European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday january 23, 1950 Truman bloc defeats move on rules Washington Jan. 22 a by a 53-vote margin the Truman administration beat Down a proposed change in the House rules which threatened wide areas of he presi Dent s fair Deal vote was 236-183 on a toll Call. The vote Meens that the rules committee which is dominated by republicans and Southern democrats Vail not have absolute say so Over what measures reach the House Victory was Sweet to or tru Man coming just a year to the Day from his inauguration. He had thrown his weight against the rules change and told a White House Visi Tor he result was highly Satis fac Southern democrats and re publicans who favored restoring Bill blocking Powers to the rules committee the outcome was s decided margin of Victory Sia riled even administration loaders who engineered burst from the democratic Side of the chamber and from the packed galleries As he outcome was final count showed 64 republicans and one american Laberite joined 171 democrats to defeat the proposed change alter the voting was Over Mem Bers of both parties agreed that the test though important did t guar Antee the Success of president tru Man s legislative proposals in the months Issue was an attempt to repeal a year old Rule which clamped a a 21-Day limit on the length of time the rules committee could bottle up Bills which had won the approval of committees handling legislation if the anti administration forces had won it would have restored the committee its old Power of freezing Bills almost indefinitely. At immediate stake was the fac that under the present 21-Day Rule a key civil rights Bill setting up a fair employment practices com Mission Fec might be taken of of the rules commit Lee s hands and sent to the floor. Treasury officer to sign own dividend Check Washington Jan. 22 ins Paul Banning will have the unusual experience of receiving a government Check signed by himself. Banning is the Treasury department s hic disbursing officer whose name is scribbled by a machine on All Federal checks originating in Washington. Banning also was � Soldier in world War ii and expects to receive one of the 16,000,000 insurance dividend checks just like any other Veteran. Truman asks shift in tax Law to push investment abroad Washington. Jan. 22 president Truman has sent Congress a report Flora his leading economic advisers recommending changes in tax Laws designed to increase Amer ican private investments abroad in furtherance of his Point Fostir pro Gram for the development of Back Ward areas. The changes if approved by con Gress would 1exempt americans abroad from . Income taxes As from the Day they establish residence abroad. 2allow estate taxes imposed by foreign governments to be taken As credit against american estate taxes. 3postpone american taxes on profits of foreign branches of Amer ican companies until these profits Are actually sent to the . 4waive the present require ments that american corporations must have majority Stock owner ship of foreign subsidiaries to be eligible to credit foreign taxes paid by subsidiaries against american taxes. Coconut schooling South Bend ind., Jan. 22 a Mil Hael Udo Akpan is going to enrol at the University of notre Dame on o Coconut scholarship. The 24-year-old West african said his clan Council in Nigeria donated the proceeds Frorer. Be month s crop of omits to Send him to College. Dimes Roll wherever needed Portsmouth va., Jan. 22 special pfc George Hill was As signed to the 19th engr up Lith an div. At Camp Campbell by. He took his wife and one year old daughter Georgia with him. They lived for four months in a trailer Camp. The child was stricken with polio last october. She was received in the station Hospital. After a time she required regular physical ther apy and the Hospital was forced to hire special nurses for Georgia s the Camp Campbell Hospital was not equipped for polio patients and even with special nurses could not care for the child properly for an indefinite period. It was decided to Transfer her to a civilian Hospital. The Choice was presented be tween a Louisville. Ky., Hospital and mar View Hospital near Portsmouth. As the Mother could live with her parents at Portsmouth and be wit the child daily at mar View. Georgia was transferred there. All Bills at the Camp Campbell Hospital were paid by the Kentucky chapter of the National foundation for infantile paralysis. Bills pile up Georgia is now receiving the Best of care at tie mar View Hospital. In the meantime. Hill was More and More worried. The Bills piled up because the mar View Hospital did t know whose March of dimes Money would pay the Bills Ken Tucky s where the Case originated and where the father is stationed or Eastern Virginia a where the child now this came to the attention of the National foundation for infantile paralysis it sent the follow ing Telegram to the Camp Campbell cd please assure private first class George Hill. 19th engr up that. The National foundation for infantile paralysis will assume responsibility for expenses for hospitalization and medical care. For no matter where Hill May be stationed his family like All de Pendents of members of the armed forces will be helped by the National foundation for infantile paralysis whenever they Are so unfortunate As to be stricken with polio and the services of a govern ment Hospital Are not available. Be will be deprived of treatment for Lack of funds regardless of age race color or religion. Latvian of Iri recalls Ottiss terror Chicago Jan. 22 ins Irene to ens 27. Flinches at a sudden Knock on the door. And Good reason. The russians took her father away from their Home at Riga capital of Latvia in a Roundup of enemies of the lives now with her Mother Marija in an apartment in Chicago and makes speeches about the Dis placed persons still living in european Camps. She has made friends gradually and has become adjusted to her Community. But sometimes she thinks about her Home in Riga and of her father George a violinist who vanished in those nightmarish Early morning hours. � she recalls that As they sat in their Riga Home there was no Hope of escaping. There was Only waiting with terror in their ayes and a prayer on their tips that perhaps the russians would pass by and not accost them. But the Knock came a Soldier opened the door pointed at Tocas and he was gone. Irene and her Mother never saw him again. Survived invasions Irene and mrs. Tocas survived the invasions by the russians and germans. Later they fled to Ger Many to escape second russian invasion. Finally they were admitted to this country As Dps. The russians tried to lure them Back at War s end but the latvian women would not return despite the Promise of their old jobs Back. And the word that their old h and relatives were waiting them. For Cid but when we asked Why you do All these things Why Oid you take our people away Why did you kill so Many?1 they d it was a matter of policy said Irene. We knew we never would to Back As Long As the russians in our Irene already has lined a Spon sors for 80 Dps in Camps. She has a Job As assistant to the resettle ment worker at the lutheran Chari ties although she wanted to Nidy Medicine. She has a new goal now. Trying to help other displaced persons. Giving fee the slip us envoy sees Acheson Washington Jan. 22 up British ambassador sir Oliver Franks paid an unscheduled visit to Secretary of state Dean ache son for 45 minutes to Confer on general problems before return ing to England at the end of the month. Some of the 600 cars stranded on Lake Winnebago wis., when the ice broke come curving in to Shore and onto solid land when the freeze set in again. Acme Judy is ordered to stand trial with go bitches new York Jan. 22 if sold at Premium prices. He said he did not perceive any considerations of monetary policy which would justify him in pro posing that the . Change the Dollar Price of Gold. Coal companies sue Lewis for 89,000,000 Wert Ohio Jan. 22 a president John l. Lewis of the United mine workers Union Cio was served with 17 summonses in damage suits seeking nearly $9,000, 000 from him other officers and the Union. The suits were filed in Franklin and Guernsey counties in Ohio two weeks ago by Coal companies which asked damages on the basis of ton nage lost by various strikes and work stoppages. Lewis was return ing to Washington from his Mother s funeral in Springfield iii., when the papers were served. Maragon asks charge quash Washington Jan. 22 u i John my Tigon former White Habitude and alleged in e Salesman has asked the District court to throw out he indictment which charges him with lying to Congress. , u Friend of maj Gea Harry h. Vaughan president Tiu Man a military aide requested Dis Missal of the indictment be Ismeit does not state facts Sui rent to constitute an offence against in United states he is charged with lying Ubrun his Bank accounts and connections before a Senate i b c Ommittee which last summer investigated "5 per the subcommittee issued a rep i three Days ago which labelled a m As an outright its of criticized Vaughan for helping him make government contracts. Maragon s petition also Smied these reasons 1that his testimony to the Nib a Ommittee was not material to any matter then pending before it. 2that the grand jury which indicted him was illegally constituted because 14 of its Melba worked for the Federal or District of Columbia governments. 3that the indictment was defective because it failed to slate whether a quorum of the subcommittee was present when he Testi fied capt Burke named to defense Board Washington Jan. 22 a capt Arleigh a Burke whose Nome was reported once crossed off then restored to a Navy promotion list because of the Row Over unification today has a new Job. He is Navy Secretary on the re search and development Board of the defense department. This is the Board that Jot he department s studies in Fields As guided missiles biological War i it chemical warfare and a Hur aspects of modern combat. Forces strength totalled 1,555,200 at year end Washington Jan 3 1 a the manpower strength of the . Armed forces Tolah a 1,555. 200 at the end of 1949, the de sense department has announced. This was "2,000 More than to
