European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                18 countries join Europe pay Union Parl 19 of 18 Western european countries today signed the Accord creating the european payments a new system for settling debts among and designed to encourage Milton president Truman special ambassador in charge of Marshall plan operations in hailed it As meaning More goods for the Homes and defense forces of the free against the background of armed aggression in he said in a prepared the european payments Union be at a critical a vital link in the Chain that is being forged for the economic welfare and the Security of the free nations of Western the Marshall plan has allotted to get the plan it is designed to replace the Post War system of inter european Trade by which nearly All transactions were made under agreements be tween a pair of these bilateral agreements strictly limited the amounts and kinds of goods to be within 15 60 per cent of All import restrictions on goods received in a Given be ended by All on the Hong of a dilemma Hoffman sees West Hurt if East Trade is halted it looked like m bad moment for Toreador Manuel Capetillo when he slipped while fighting Boll in the stadium at although hooked by the thanks to us slim Rode the balls head with a Horn on each Side of he he suffered a Mere scratch and name Back to make Bis Senate oks Odwyer 19 the Senate confirmed Exma Yor William of new As ambassador to Mexico yesterday after rejecting Republican protests based on a gambling ring Roundup in Odwyer had once ridiculed the gambling which resulted in 28 arrests Over the week a Witch the 60yearold onetime police Man was confirmed after a bitter political fight in which the Republican opposition lost every round a motion by Irving Ives to postpone action for 48 pending further word on the gambling was 3725 a Republican move to Send the nomination Back to the Senate foreign relations committee for further study was Engineer convicted in airline plot Santa 19 Engineer John Grant was sentenced yesterday to one to 20 years on each of six counts of attempted murder for trying to blow up an Airliner carrying his wife and two Grants term in state How will run Only a maximum of 20 years because Superior judge Orlando Rhodes ordered the sentences to run Grants attorneys announced they would file a plea for a stay of exe pending decision on their he was ordered freed on f Stassen to make announcement of 6 world import9 new 19 Harold Stassen said yesterday that he will make an announcement of International prob ably within 10 he denied he expected an appointment to an important Desensi department Post or any appoint ment of any kind from the admin he added that he probably would do some travelling in the next several but not to he would not explain the Stassen mystery began when he cancelled a speaking engagement saturday before a group of re publicans in Chicago because of unforeseen developments connected with an important National asked what that move the president of the University of Pennsylvania and 1948 gop aspirant for the presidency said in not prepared to make that announcement til have a statement when i am at Liberty to do so probably within the next 10 the matter i am working on will be of International Sig after sidestepping newsmen questions about his personal future Stassen spoke extemporaneously be fore the annual convention of the National wholesale druggists Assn 1 czech to die 26 others get prison terms As spies 19 one czech was sentenced to two were Given and 24 others were sentenced to 22 years in prison Tia terms which up to ended yesterday in formerly officials the group of 27 persons was charged with belonging to an ant state Organ ution Svetlana Jarmila and accused of preparing a terrorism and giving secret reports o officials said reporter wins at moans los 19 a Young newsman who cleaned a Las craps table of moaned yesterday he might have won if hed understood the the 27yearold reporter topped off a weeks vacation at the desert resort with five hectic hours of his big winnings came in what Veteran gamblers called an unprecedented Streak of but he was in the he before he got the Dice and held them for 25 minutes without rolling a during that time he commanded every Chip on two tables in a free spending operators of the club Aid it would have been easy for him to gain half a million dollars in that run of Luck if he had comprehended the Odds All i remembered was advice a Gambler once gave your chips like they Are Mon the reporter the reporter said he had All the Amateur gamblers doubts to fret mortgage and House passes i voting Bills 19 Bills to make sure servicemen Over seas get a Chance to vote were passed unanimously by the House yesterday and sent to the one Bill would require the de sense department to give each eligible Man in uniform outside the a postcard application for an Absentee ballot in his Home under present the depart ment is required Only to make available such a second Bill recommends that the states use their regular Absentee ballot to answer the a the legislation would abolish a weight limit of one ounce on such material being put in the the House also unanimously passed and sent to the White House a Senate approved Bill to extend for five years the Federal Aid of per Man for disabled soldiers and sailors in state Twenty six states have such Homes shelter ing conferees approve new attired Bill 19 a Senate House conference Mittee agreed yesterday on terms of a Bill to crack Down on com the led by sen Pat Mccarran described the measure As even tougher in some respects than Bills previously passed by both the Senate and and Woven together by the conferees in this Compromise the Bill now goes to the which plans to consider it wednes and then to the presi Dent Truman has declined o say whether he would sign or veto the measure but has promised a Quick it was reported in and Vance that the Compromise retains a Senate provision for internment of subversives in certain emerged Tydings renominated for Maryland seat 19 Millard Tydings who staunchly defended his pro admin stration record against his oppo won his fight last night for he democratic senatorial Nomina renomination was con ceded Early this morning by his closest attorney Hugh who was trailing with votes to Tydings with More than on third of the states precincts Green urges ban on shipments 19 Liam head of the american federation of yesterday asked the to Stop All Trade shipments to and from opening the ails annual con he asserted Russia is using goods for War Green strongly criticized South Ern democrats for helping Block repeal of the Taf Hartley labor act he said wages must keep Pace with increases in the Cost of the convention received a Reso Lution asking the government to make it Clear to the russian peo ple that America distinguishes sharply Between them and their Kremlin not foes of people the offered by the International ladies garment workers said the Amer ican people Are friends and not the enemies of the russian the proposal said the should establish some Means by which the average russian could be convinced that our conflict is solely with the despotic rulers in the thirsting for world Green said his plea that the Stop buying and Selling anything with Russia is similar to an Al Effort made in 1937 to Stop scrap Metal shipments to Adverse reports on loyalty bring suspension of Lee 19 Commerce department officials said yesterday a department loyalty Board has made an Adverse finding against Michael Lee and he has been suspended from his a year Job in that the handed Down with out announcement already had been challenged by his attorneys Are preparing an Appeal to Secretary of Commerce Charles officials his finding reversed a clearance Given Lee when the department Board said a year ago reasonable grounds do not exist to believe that you May be disloyal to the government of the United was born in Manchuria of russian he was head of the far East Branch of the departments office of International Trade before his loyalty was put under question first in october before the Adverse loyalty Board Sawyer had asked Lee to resign or be fired on grounds that his continued employment was detrimental to the department aside from loyalty stocks gains limited new 19 Stock Market fluctuated irregularly within narrow Price limits yester although gains were slightly in the International paper featured the industrials with a gain of 1 while fractional advances were chalked up by Allied general electric and general fractional losses were sustained by Bethlehem Wool Orch and Union selected oils were in demand with Standard of California up and Standard of new Jersey up met als were mixed with Small gains in american smelting and International Nickel offset by fractional losses in Anaconda and Kennicott volume tapered off to shares As against snares last assails measure barring sales 19 foreign id chief Paul Hoffman declared yesterday that the mar shall plan n a t o n s Are shipping some War materials to Russia but warned a halt in the Trade would disrupt european Hoffman told a news conference that he was unalterably opposed to an amendment to the emergency defense appropriations Bill which would bar Marhall plan Aid to coun tries sending War materials to rus Sia or her he declared that a Good Job has been dots in like past on cutting shipments of military value to nations behind the Iron and said that the matter can effectively be handled in the future under pres ent he would permit the West to continue to receive the largest possible amount of strategic goods from the East while limiting the shipment of important military items to the Iron curtain cites agreements the Kcal Chiei said that Viera Are agreements with All Erp nations prohibiting shipments of Mili tary and these agreements have been honoured in the great majority of United press re j Hoffman was closely questioned about reports that Large of fabricated steel Are moving into Eastern Germany from the Western he said there was a problem of policing the Kas West German Border involved in this but expressed Confidence that High commissioner John Mccloy is capable of controlling such ship ments and is doing he said East West Trade in Europe is now running at a our year level and military ship ments from the West Only account for a Small amount of the would boost costs Hoffman declared that reduction in the shipments would increase foreign id costs and put a heavy additional Drain upon american in East West though it has also been of some Benefit to the soviet Union and satellite enabled Western Europe to strengthen her self at much less Cost in Amer ican dollars and american re than would otherwise have been the at the same Hoffman announced that he will leave 27 on an extensive trip to 12 major cities in Western Europe to Confer on the economic situation growing out of the rearmament Hoffman will arrive in Berlin 1 and will be in Paris 7 for the meeting of the organization for european economic he will also visit the Oslo and Rok minister favors end to 38th parallel Boundary 19 minister limb of the Republic of said we must not lose sight of the importance of eliminating the 38th limb said if we try to buy Vic tory by stopping at the 38th parallel it will be a useless if we leave the parallel As a dividing line War will come the 38th parallel is the dividing line Between North and South for tobacco 19 Britain has been allocated from Marshall plan funds for the Purchase of american