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1st COPY TO Cj OK 1 3 19 HOT C18 1667Q7 Complete WEATHER Fair, cold tonighttnostly tunny, continued cool tomorrow -A- 3rklTC TOUT CITY WCN I 3 BUKWHZRa CX1TT BROOKLYN 1, N. FRIDAY, ntmt Brooklyn a td CUm lua Matter 108th YEAR No. 140 DAILY and SUNDAY coPriM. uu. Th.

Btookin ba u. 1 1 MSBIB LAffllfiB ASS Ota MY IF BiHl IN IflTfl 0 Sammy, 9, Fights for Life -And a Merry Christmas UNION STAGES WALKOUT AT GAGE, TOLLNER Waiters, Bartenders Find Spy Probe's 'Missing' Witness Slated to Appear Before Jury -Chambers Quits Time Post Whit taker Chambers, former Communist spy courier, re ASKS BRITAIN TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL, SPAIN Churchill Cites Jews' Victories, Madrid' i Indirect Aid in War London. Dec. 10 (U.R) Win And Cooks Affected at signed his job as a senior editor of Time magazine today as the Federal grand jury's investigation of Communism Fton Churchill urged on the and espionage brought the following developments: Labor Government today full lecoenition of Israel, renewal 1. Mrs.

Alger Hiss, wife of the Fulton St. Restaurant A picket line was established in front of Gage Tollner's, well-known Brooklyn restaurant at 374 Fulton today as waiters, bartenders and cooks went on strike. Termed one-thiru successful by the restaurant management and JX) percent successful by the A. F. unions represent former State Department of of friendly relations with Fran co Spain, and a special settle ficial, appeared with her hus band to testify before the jury ment bv the West with Russia, if possible.

in the Manhattan Federal Building. 2. William Ward Pigman, "missing'' witness found in Wis ously that the resignation had been accepted. The Chambers announcement came at the height of a double-barreled spy probe in New York and Washington touched off by the discovery of microfilms of stolen State Department documents secreted in a hollowed pumpkin on The wartime Prime Minister, now leader of the Conservative opposition in Commons, hailed ing the workers, the labor dis- niiti rumo in a haaH lnct nitrht consin by investigators for the as a "tremendous event" the when waiters walked "out at Committee Un-Ameri prospect that the United States GOT SEALED ENVELOPE, i LEVINE SAYS House Probers Told Of Ex-Red's 'Morbid Fear' of Liquidation Washington, Dec. 10 (U.R) Nathan L.

Levine, nephew of Whit-taker Chambers' wife, today corroborated Chambers story that 10 years ago he gave Levine a sealed envelope which Chambers has said contained stolen State Department documents. Levine told his story to an open session of the House Un-American Activities Committee. He said he didn't know what was in the envelope. But Chambers, self-confessed former spy, has said the envelope contained secret document taken fro mthe State Department and passed to Soviet underground agents. Feared Liquidation Levine said he had known Chambers for approximately IS years.

He said that Chambers had lived in "morbid fear of being liquidated by the Communists." Levine already has appeared hefore a Federal grand jury at New York which is investigating Communist espionage. He said Chambers instructed him that if anything happened to him the package was to be given to Chambers' wife, Esther. If anything happened to both Chambers and his wife, Levine said Chambers told him that as an attorney he would know what to do with the package. can Activities, was expected to may now be prepared to guar the dinner hour rush period. antee Western Kurope against Lu H.

Griffiths, manager of Chambers' Maryland farm. He has testified hefore the House Committee that he re agression, "coupled with military collaboration." Churchill spoke to Commons the restaurant, asserted that the issue was the eating place's determination to hire "the type of waiter we've always had in this establishment." ceived secret documents for transmission to Russian mili on the second day of foreign be brought before the Jury today. He formerly was employed in the U. S. Bureau of Standards.

3. Hiss was served with a subpena to appear at 10 a.m. tomorrow before the House Committee, but since the grand jury decided today to hold a Saturday session, his Washington appearance will be delaved. affairs debate. He ranged the tary agents before the war, cit William .1.

Walker, attorney ing Alger Hiss as one source. globe in a speech reminiscent of his wartime reviews of trou for the firm. said. "The princi The statement by Chambers on his resignation was: Knew He'd Been Ked "I have offered my resigna pal issue is the closed shop and the union hiring hall. The union is demanding a closed shop.

We have no contract with the union." AI Perl mutter, business representative of Local 325, Cooks, Countermen, Soda Dispensers tion as a senior editor of the magazine. It has been accepted. Both of these acts became imperative when I recently began nmi-f i i-a- -i MM Resignation Accepted Chambers, a key figure in the espionage investigation, announced his resignation in a statement through his attorneys, John McKim Minton and William F. McNulty of 295 Madison Manhattan. James A.

Linen, publisher of Time, announced simultane and Assistants, A. F. acted to make revelations about Communist espionage. When Time ble spots and problems beset- ting Britain and the world. Rucks Israel Regime The highlights of his full dress speech included: 1.

Britain should recognize the new state of Israel at once and send a diplomatic representative to Tel Aviv. He said the Jews had set up an effective government, had a victorious army, and had the support of the United States and Russia. 2. The aid of Spain was of "immense service" to the Allies in wartime and "I certainly see Jio reason why Spain should be excluded from the United Nations any longer, or why our as spokesman for the Local Joint Board of Brooklyn and Staff Phot by Oelltr "MAKE ME A GOOD BOY," prays Sammy Murray, 9, of 1011 Foster as kids with an eye to Christmas are praying all over the country. But if Sammy, who wants toy movie projector, lives till Christmas it will be because the doctors are wrong.

Thy say hg is doomed to die of cancer -soon. Queens which takes in the bar hired me in 1939 its editors knew that I was an ex-Commu- Contlnued on Page 13 tenders', waiters' and cooks unions all three of which are involved in the dispute. Mr. Perlmutter Mated: 4'After an election in June, we won by a majority and started negotiations. The attorney for Gage Tollner's has Cancer Victim Hopes to Get Gagged Woman, 71, Found Dead in Bed vote should be cast in favor of Fight for Rails Poses NewThreatto Nanking 30,000 Communists on Way to Reinforce Advance Unit Which Cut Supply Lines been stalling along with con their exclusion." ferences for months and we have held numerous negotia 3.

Recalling his frequent ex hortation that the West should Autopsy Disproves Murder Theory But Cops try to reach a settlement with Russia before she has the atomic Film Projector By JAXE CORBY Fifteen more days to Christmas, but not, doctors fear, for Sammy Sammy, 9, was sent home to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Clark Hit Committee Meanwhile, Attorney General Tom Clark Insisted that he "just told the truth" in charging that the committee is hampering the Government's own investigations. His statement was midi after attending the weekly Cab- Contlnaed on Page IS Sift Daughter's Story Man Ran From Room A 71-year-old woman was found dead today In the bedroom bomb, he said: "It has always Nanking, Dec. 10 (U.R) A grave new tnreat to Nanking been my earnest desire, which I shall not yet abandon, that a of her Cypress Hills home and police at first had what appeared developed today as Communists threatened to isolate several hundred thousand Nationalist troops fighting in the Pengpu to be a murder mystery on their hands.

But an official autopsy peaceful settlement may. be leached with Soviet if lions." Mr. Walker said: "The union made as a condition precedent to any discussions that we agree to a closed shop and a union hiring hall. We refused to do this. "We don't care if the man belongs or doesn't belong to a union." he continued, "all we're interested in is whether he's a good worker and will give the kind of service to the public which meets with Gage area 100 miles to the north.

cpiickly showed there was no evidence of violence Police continued to investi-li Continued on Page 2 Truman to Talk gate, however, on the basis of uel Murray of 1011 Foster about month ago after an operation for cancer of the More than 30,000 apparently well equipped ComnTunists drove swiftly toward the thinly held rail-line north of Nanking UN Stalemate Ends a story of the woman's daughter that she had seen a man run U. S. Tax Rise Seen By Key Democrats With Mme. Chiang liver to die "before Christmas." But Sammy is a spunky Tollner's standards." ning from the nouse and that she had tossed a bottle of cold cream after him. At first the "As for the hiring hall," he In Capital Today young fellow.

He's making a upon which all the government forces in the Pengpu region depend, Already the line has been cut only about 40 miles north ofj Nanking by a Communist ad added, "we believe we should Washington, Dec. 10 (U.R) daughter, finding a gag in her Key Senate Democrats said to have the right to pick our work mothers mouth, believed she fight or it. He may yet live to see beside his pillow on Washington Dec. 10 (U.R day the Government may have had been strangled. ers wherever we can find the best workers, the kind who measure up to our standards." to raise tax rates if it is to stay As Israel Agrees To Free Egyptians Paris, Dw.

10 (U.R) Israel broke a stalemate in United Nations work on Palestine today by agreeing to release a force of 2,000 Egyptians trapped at Faluja in the Negeb desert. The U. N. announced that Christmas morning that movie Docker Protest Stalls Ship Here About 100 longshoremen on Tier 17 at Joralemon St. today refused to answer a shapeup call, holding up loading of the Isthmian Steamship Lines freighter Steel Traveler for the second clay.

The men are demanding the return of a shop steward who was discharged three months ago after he had admitted pilfering from the dock. The dock workers ignored a President Truman meets Mme. Chiang Kai-shek late today to hear her appeal for greater vance unit of about 5,000 men. He stressed the fact that busi Wrists Tied With Lace The woman, Mrs. Anna Mes-kervich of 225 Autumn Should the larger force be ahle projector set and the signalman for his train (the train was last year's Christmas present), which make up his complete ness was going on "as usual" in the 70-year-old establishment.

to fight off Nationalist attempts to open it again, a major gov American commitments for Nationalist China's fight against Communism. Mme. Chiang was assured of ernment defeat would be in list of wants. prospect. was found at 2:30 a.m.

today by her daughter, Mrs. Anastasia Bush. There was a long piece of lace tied loosely around her Continued on Page 15 I sing their well-known tactics Trouble is, Sammy's father Continued on Page 15 $20,000 in Jewels a warm personal welcome by the President. But there were of infiltration and encirclement, Prime Minister David Ben Gu- the Communists appeared to be rion of Israel had agreed to no indications in administration circles that promises of large-scale aid would be forth out of the red next year. Senator Walter F.

George of Georgia, incoming chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, told a reporter that final answer on higher taxes would have to wait until President Truman sends Congress his budget for the 1050 fiscal year, which starts July 1. However, George Indicated his belief that increased foreign and military spending and new domestic programs could force the Government into the red column and make higher tax rates probable. Senator Harry F. Byrd. V'a.) a ranking member of the Finance Committee, said in Stolen at Ritz seeking to bypass the main Nationalist forces in the Pengpu negotiate with the U.

N. on fieeing the Egyptians "by Fhapeup whistle yesterday after Reds Halt Berlin Autos noon, calling out, "No shop area and strike directly toward coming from the President. Berlin, Dec. 10 (U.R) German stagec," as proposed by Dr Ralph Bunche, acting Pales tteward, no the Yangtse River and Chiang Mrs. Sidney Waldon of Detroit automobile traffic between East Film Star to Wed Hollywood, Dec.

10 (U.R) Film star Marguerite Chapman announced today she will marry attorney Bentley Ryan during Christmas week. Kai-shek capital. tine mediator. told Manhattan police today The shop steward was not named. According to Walter M.

Wells, president of the line. ern and Western Berlin was halted for Russian inspection Rush Reinforcements The National Defense Minis Diplomats hoped that the Israeli move would clear the way for full-fledged armistice today. that a thief entered her room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel during her absence and stole jewelry he and another man were ar try acknowledged the senousj negotiations between the Arabs The White House said earlier this week that Mr. Turman would meet Mme. Chiang at "tea." But the President swept this social label aside with the observation that China's first lady wanted to talk aid.

He said he did not know if he would meet again with Mme. Chiang beforer she leaves the United States. rested on the pilfering charge September but the second threat, and said that troops and valued at $20,000. and Jews on the entire Palestine military situation. man was released.

rail guards were being rushed to meet it. The ministry's com Mrs. Waldon, who arrived in New York Nov. 5 to visit her a separate interview that a 1949 Ben Gunon, in a message he It was reported there have bct'ii at least five previous work munique referred to the Com- Says Mac's Strike Ban Thwarted Jap Reds brother, George Reschner, said ordered sent to Bunche, empha stoppages over the dismissal. Contlnurd on Page 2 tax increase seemed inevitable to avert deficit spending.

Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney incoming chairman sized that Israel would release the encircled Egyptian troops she went shopping and when she returned a few hours later she found the jewelry was on the understanding that Egypt was committed to dis of the joint economic commit missing. General Douglas MacArthnr mobile Workers, Deverall in Rooney on Mend After Operation The robbery was the latest in sisted that he resigned from cussing a Palestine armistice. tee, said tax returns must be large enough to finance Ameri The Security Council ordered a series oi metis in wnicn can "win-the-peace" efforts. prominent guests of swank Man saved Japan from Communist domination akin to Czechoslovakia's when he curtailed the right to strike, according to negotiations Nov.

16 after a previous order for Israeli with hattan hotels and residents of Call Washington Bias Blot on Entire Nation Washington, Dec. 10 (U.R) but In Government jobs The Federal Government today an1 even in churches and hos The size of the budget which Mr. Truman will hand, the Democratic-controlled Congress Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Bethesda, Dec. 10 Representative J. Rooney of drawals from Negeb positions apartments have lost more than $185,000 in gems since early Richard L-G.

Deverall of 40 won in a campaign which violated the U. N. truce there. next month is not yet definitely September. Prospect Park West, who until recently was chief of labor edu determined.

But there are As soon as the Israeli note signs it may run as high as was received the Security pitals, the report said. cation under MacArthur. Deverall bas just returned to $45,000,000,000. Council's sanctions committee "It has reached the place Mercury to Dip Brooklyn after three years cancelled an afternoon meeting! Brooklyn, who was admitted to the Nava Hospital here Nov. 22 for an operation on his spinal column, was scheduled to get out of bed for a brief period to-tiav.

the Representative, who is to become chairman of the House cub-committee on appropria was accused of setting such a bad example in racial discrimination that the District of Columbia has become a "blot on his Tokyo post "in protest against the misguided policies of the former chief of the labor division, James S. Killen of the A. F. Deverall charged that Killen, instead of correcting "abuses of the left wing union movement elected to 'coddle' left wing leaders." The Japanese Communist party and "its stooge, the Japanese National Congress of Industrial Unions," he said, had planned a general strike for last Aug. 7.

In preventing the strike, Deverall said, MacArthur prevented not only the probable overthrow of the Japanese government but saved where a dog cemetery has erected a bar against the burial service in Japan. To 20s Tonight Protesting that published ae at which it had planned to consider punitive action to force the Jews to open the count3 stating he had resigned the nation." of dogs belonging to colored pitals, the report charged. It was based on an exhaus The mercury dipped to a low Faluja pocket. The "committee on segrega in protest against the labor policies of MacArthur were "absolutely false," Deverall Ben Gurion in the same note tions for the Departments of tion in the nation's capital," tive study of the Negro ques agreed to negotiate with the composed of 87 prominent civic said: leaders from all sections of the u. N.

and through it with "I have always supported country, made the charge in a and still support the basic la Egypt on the demarcation of a permanent no man's land in the Negeb. blistering report. WHERE TO FIND IT Pag Paqa Around Boro 5 Night Ulm 1 0 Bocka 18 Novel II Brown 14 Obltuarie IS Calendar 5 Patiern 19 Comic 27 Radio 27 Crossword 27 Peal Estate 13 Dr. Brady 14 Society 1MI Editorial 14 Sporta 20,22 Grin and Bear It 1 4 Teen-agert 9 Heiteman 14 Theater- 12,11 Horoscope 13 Thee Women 27 limmy Murphy 22 Tommy Holme 20 ust Between Ut 1 3 Tucker 1 4 Marrlaqe Lie. 18 UncieRcry If MaryHavforth 17 Vet.inBk.lyn Moie 12,11 WantAa 2V2S Muni 13 Womea 17, It bor policies of General Mac- It said discrimination against for the Fall early today and a new season record was due to be set tonight.

The temperature was 33.4 degrees at 6:10 a.m., as compared to the 34 registered Nov. 30. Tonight, the Weather bureau reported, the mercury should fall to the upper 20s in the city and near 20 in the suburbs. Tomorrow, it was said, will be sunny and continued cold. Arthur," adding that under tion in Washington by Dr.

Joseph D. Lohman of the University of Chicago and a staff of 20 field workers. Their findings will be studied by the full committee before any recommendations for action are made. The report contended that the segregation of Negroes is "planned as a matter of good business" by the dominant real "the American taxpayer untold millions of dollars." State. Justice and Commerce and the Federal Judiciary in the 81st Congress, was operated on last Saturday.

Doctors said a 'disc in a vertebra had been pressing on the sciatic nerve. The condition had existed for about 14 months and had caused the Representative's hospitalization in Berlin in Oc'or, 1917, during a tour of Europe, and again here in the MacArthur "Japanese labor Negroes is more widespread in the nation's capital now than 50 years ago and that the Fed Charles Town Results MacArthur, he went on, pro eral Government it one of the "still has more freedoms than many unionized or non-unionized workers in America." Asail Polirlr chief offenders. tected "95 percent of the Japanese people against the Red-influenced 5 percent who were preparing for an October revolution 1 Crowism is practiced not FIRST RACK 1800: claiming; ml up: about 4' furlonis. Attruo (Richmond! 44 00 13 00 40 African Sunny (Ardulnl) 3 00 2 40 Ain (Balrd) (I 00 Tlm. 4-5 Mvr(rn IirflT Lady Loudoun.

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