| Show CRISIS PASSES T£t Halt £akt STrfhtms Costs CAB Ponders TRUMAN OKEHS Senate Agrees SHORT PUSHES Economy 3 Tuesday July 1 1947 Out of 4000 Mississippi Flattening OF Jobs On PROBE U S Labor Board for Fund RFC AID'S Denver-A June After St Louis Rampage METAL DEARTH WASHINGTON Counsel Quits RESIGNATION Staffs Internal revenue bureau offices — WASHINGTON June WASHINGTON June The Madison and Granite City ST LOUIS June jLine Disposal PresWASHINGTONTruman June ' WASHINGTON June of counsel The associate throughout the country are general On the Illinois side south of St some Mississippi river flattened out at LRep Dewey Short (R Mo) Monday L 30 30 UP)— Jure WASHINGTON Air t'red for Weetenf Harry S In for and proposal William F publc courtsel for the fi-- al argument rarst the Kenned v reccmmeried agairst the apphcation to purchase on three CA B - grounds I That the price Is too hgh 2 That the sale wduld (iepm e Western Air Lr es cf its only route that ah owed a profit in 194 6 3 That instead of permitting Ur ted to deal drectlv with Western the board should open the ease to all interested air lres and which should be allowed to iie d-c- The senate reached a preliminary agreement Monday' to give tfte accepted “with reluctance” of Charles B Henderson chairman of the board of directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corp Mr Truman nominated Harley Hse cf California to Henderson’s place on the board The five members name their own chairman Henderson’s resignation is effective when his successor qualifies The senate must approve a new’ member Henderson was appointed for a term running to next Jan 22 The White House made public a letter in which Pres Truman said he had held Henderson’s resignation in abeyance since h£ Lrst expressed a desire to quit early In April 30 Lres’ $3750000 bid Air Lines’ Demver-L- o Ar geie routa went to' the Civil board for' a— dromon Aeronautic Muniary 30 CD— the route Barher Monday attorneys for I! the two air Lres told the board that both companies would benefit th rourh aprroval of the sale They i that Western cannot hope to operate the Lrk profitably In the on the other hand its Ltre whle would strengthen L’rted s transcontinental network cf ar hres CTen B East bum manager cf the Lo Angeles Chamber cf Com- mer-ctuition department also recommended CAB approval of the proposed sale John M Pratt ij rl for the Mrreapo!s-S- t Pa-- 1 airport commission asked hm es er that the board require the ar Lnes to maintain service between the T in Cties and Los at least equal to the state department aufficient ateas These would be beamed over the “voice of America" to Russia and other regions where Sen Joseph H Ball (R Minn) said commu- nist propaganda Ls strongest” on approval of The actioi-c&man amendment to a $351343000 appropriations bill for the state commerce and justice departments Ball said during debate that most of the $11970000 proposed for the foreign broadcast program ought to be spent to purchase programs prepared by commercial acc-r- e I e er ce arsrued that attomes for Unted and U extern had failed t) prose sstufaclorly that West- e— cannot curtn'ie to operate the pe"i Angeles route r'ftat’y He sad that juJg'nger-Lc- 'S the r own passenger estifet there was a good th s coud be done ri plans to ask the house armed services committee to call the army-nav- y munitions board before it to explain why “we don’t have a atockpile of lead zinc and copper"’ he said Monday The Missourian ranking majority member of the committee told a reporter he also wants to find opt “why high army offiwe have only a second cials rate army when we have been voting billions of dollars for the army” Short’s comments were made a few hours before authority for payments on lead premium zinc and copper produced from the nation’s mines was to expire atmarginal midnight Along with several other members of congress Short is seeking action within the next few days on legislation which would extend the payments for another year or two 30 CD— pass- ing out dismissal notices to 4000 employes it wsfs disclosed Monday These notice have a final-rin- g because congressional action on funds to operate tqe bureau for the next 12 months has been com pleted — with a $20000000 reduction in the amount’ asked f Meanwhile the maritime com mission has laid off some 1600 workers indefinitely including 600 - St Louis Monday after surging to its highest level here in 103 years and damage generally was confined to the immediate riverfront districts The rampant river breached one dike on the Illinois side north of St Louis proper but army engineers said they expected two stronger barriers behind it to hold flood waters out of the highly industrialized cities of Venice Madison and Granite City 111 About two thousand persons in Washington pending- ferial action by congress on its funds for working under supervision of U S the fiscal year beginning Tuesday engineers turned their attention to Layoffs of this kind are ex- two seriously weakened levees pected to hit hundreds of workers south of St Louis one of them in other agencies They can be protecting a district in which canceled however if the funds Dupo 111 with a ' population of about 2000 is located finally granted permit it The rampant river broke one Internal revenue headquarters here said ther& is no way to de- dike on the Illinois side north of termine immediately how the dis- St Louis but army engineers said missals of its workers will be they expected two stronger barapportioned among state and local riers behind it to hold the flood out of the industrial cities of Ven offices 30 CD ice Louis Monday night’s heavy rain to order prompted the engineerssome 4000 immediate removal of persons from the Dupo and East Carondelet? areas The river remained at 393 feet at St Louis for 6a hours but h of a foot gradually fell shortly after noon Revising a previous forecast of 395 feet the one-tent- the national labor relations board submitted his resignation Monday with a declaration that he doubts the “wisdom fairness and practilabor cality” of the law S He was Morris P Clushien who had been ’with the NLRB since 1939 except for service in the army during World War XI Taft-Hartl- ey government weather bureau said the river probably would begin dropping after 24 hours A sharp earth shock at 11:25 pm (EST) Sunday which was felt throughout St Louis and points ak far as 20 miles away was of rafere concern to residents than the flood Sunday night It rocked large buildings rattled dishes and windows and brought thousands of the city’s residents out into the streets Although it was the sharpest quake recorded since St Louis university set up its seismographs in 1910 no serious damage was reported "Fishin' Wes Swell" We feel great and won't lie about how many or how big the fish we caught or our sales er service HELD PEN CO 16 WEST 1ST SOUTH fn t mate e he Chir-- the appropriations measure $234764-00- 0 for the state department Noting that Secy George C had requested about Marshall $2500000 more for the cultural Sen and information service WASHINGTON’ June 30 UP) — Claude (D Fla) told his Pepper d strict court dismissal of the colleagues that he believs it will 1544 wartime mass sedition case be “false economy” not to make amount available longest trial of its kindjn Amer-attcme- v the“Afullfew million dollars spent jean history was upheld "Monday thus way will do more good than fc millions of other expenditures” he jj S court of appaIlK government appealed after declared Ball said the appropriations comBolitha J Laws district court to" meet Marnot mittee tice dsmissed the charges against shall’ isrequestwilling because members 26 remainng defendants last No- - are oonvinced that the cultural and emb‘r- - Mating another attempt information service is “doing to try them would be a "travesty lot of things that are completely useless” 0f justee” He said the service wanted to $3000000 to make 52 docuCited spend Conspiracy movie shorts while he Indictments returned early In mentary contended that Hollywood is turn1944 charged 30 defendants with ing out many that could be used cor sp racy to interfere with the wuth slight changes Minnesota senator told Sen draft undermine the morale of H The Alexander Smith (R N J) the armed forces and set up a that a limitation of $1157000 in nazi regime in the United States the bill on the personnel funds to Defendants included Will am Dud- be made available to the information service would stand unless ley Pelley leader of the silver specifically even if the sUrts snd Elizabeth Dilling au- senate shouldrepealed approve the house-passe- d Mundt bill authorizing a thor cf the ‘Red Network” Death or dimsxal of charges broad information al' program removed four defendants from the original grrup The appellate court In a 2 to 1 deciscn held the trial court is to dsmisa indictempowered ments where there is “unnecessary dilay in bringing a defendant to trial “ It said the trial court at the request of some of the defendants “again and again sought Washington June 30 to compel scticn which would The upper basin states of the Colorado river may become involved either result in a trial or in congressional arguments over The court also held “where there an Arizona reclamation project The possibility that the upper has been a lack of due diligence in the prosecution of a case the basin’s share of the Colorado's water supply may be Impaired by trial judge may dismiss ” The eight-mont- h court session Arizona’s need for 1077000-acr- e Ariin 1914 which covered 17897 feet for the proposed central sevto pages of testimony' ended in a zona project was referred tesmistrial when Edward C Eicher eral times during last w'eek’s reclamasenate the before the presiding judge died timony tion subcommittee Hatred’ ‘Religious Judge Comments The government accused the of attempting to stir up Judge Clifford H Stone direcracial religious and class hatreds tor of the Colorado water conserand introduced a vast number of vation board an interested obserrepublications described as the work ver at the hearings told a of the defendants porter: “We are watching the proceedJudge Laws in dsmiasing the case said he did “not see how ings closely I do not know yet these defendants now can pos- whether we shall offer testimony this hearing” sibly obtain fair trials ” He said at California witnesses said Ari“witreva now are scattered zona has no firm source from some are net accessible The memdrawn ories cf witnesses as to events oc- which this w ater could isbe authorthe if and that project many years ago are not ized curring the supply must come from clear “ deplete the surplus which would amount required ro satisfy Mexico’s treaty claim of 1500000 acre feet Continued From Page One James H Howard general counsel for the metropolitan water disto meet the needs of the national trict of fouthern California told cemetery to be developed on a the committee that if the surpart of the reservation If the water available is insufficient army reserves all that water for plus to meet Mexico's claim the defithe cemetery the zemainirg land ciency must be borne equally by without water won't be worth the upper and lower basin states more than five dollars an acre Upper Lower Basins Where wruld ary purchaser get water if the army appropriates While the division under the all there is there now?” Colorado rner compact is not A Ray Olpin pres dent-othe along state lines Colorado Utah University of Utah was present Wyonurg ard New’ Mexico are conat the corferenees Monday pre- sidered as the upper basin and pared to offer any information at California Arizona and Nevada as bis command which will help the the lower basm committee He probably wall be But New Mexico and Utah alasked to testify when the armed though their interests lie mainly service committee again takes up with the upper basin states have the Fort Douglas bU which may a direct interest In lower basin be Thursday No date has been depletions Arizona must provide fixed as the subcommittee does out of its share between 114000 not know w'hen it will have its and 131000 acre feet for these proposed policy ready for sub- states under rights older than the mission Colorado agreement in -- which carries a total of jus-Arf- Ke-re- dv frc-- chain This is part of $13470000 allocated for the stkte department's information and cultural program Court Upholds Dismissal of Sedition Trial ion per- sonnel funds to prepare Its own shortwave broadcasts to certain 30 CD j I Year in ’Black’ Begun This Month hv US WASHINGTON Tve gev err " r- -t c a new fs al ed fcu A e 30 UP) — year with a Arizona Perils River Rights Of Upp er Basin bal-r- ear iget for the old 'ely in U A J-- starts Tuesday- i bo-k- budget better-than-baianc- r the fiscal but orlv one year ro w begr-i'cfn the 12 appropriation bils to j-the )mus sgences has c eared congress The fiscal sear erd-- g at raid-- r ght is the fnst m 17 sear with a taiarre in the black Figures ' r ad but the last five days show a suepius cf $1142 925 0(jO A search of the records shows at the government has operated the black 73 years’- - in the red a year not counting the year te le M night The senate adjourned tonight ih'-uOn how a fral t- - f start of the new at the dccijn which have yean age-cr yet been appropr&ted for 5 However jr lawmakers a creed there is suffcert legal au-- 3 U rty to carry on nrnal so that government depart-- I § r r- ents won t have to lock their ej Uo g f 1 ds-xriasa- m- t oe es al jt - 1 C j crs prenmusly enacted defciency V Ur the dying provdrgtadmoney zed federal iual t author year j d partme-t- s d to incur b 1 a-- n —ral oh’ c: per d- all ti'n to acf'e'cyb a lav pas-el s in anticipation the provision the senate lat an added safe-gar- d tv- m or n-- t- mg A irJir measure is passed al- t i QUICK DEATH TO Mosquitoes’ EmdEFOBT N nisiisl ( PRESIDENT SIGNS RENT RILL Continued from One tant however and their removal K IUS MOZE INSECTS’ by ths act may prove disastrous to home budding ’ “The increased demand for materials and labor resulting from removal of these controls may deas tntftY Mrrwoost lay m dechne in building cost and may even result in further cost increases M trw m fOCkui Sen Albert XV Hawkes (P N J) who fathered the “volunN tnmtsy No trf tary Increase” clause argued that A Tvitf th thumbs it would protect tenants from much a "4 t doo' Saf larger increases when rent control dLa rrondarc to He ends eight months hence tee J s're-se- d that it would be illegal to — 1 Mt ra'se snvonea rent 15' except on ma Ja a basis "voluntary” ry rt T1 e new law musit be administered by Housng Expediter Frank II Creedjn He said before the bill Bridgeport was j axMd that it mav wreck the xA?rVsol housing program that ' a huge volume cf nonresident lal construction is expected to start” with an end to controls over commercial construc-ti- c oj-rA4i0ft- miiy ft- m and the livin' is easy!" 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