European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes sunday March 19, demos assail re Washington. March 2r up House democrats denounced a re ported administration Economy planto Cut the size of the army arid i the House military a propel Lions subcommittee. Item. Overton Brooks a chairman of the armed services us committee that drafted a Mil itary Reserve program last year joined Sikes in urging the Housetop reject any such Economy move. The Washington Post had quoted unidentified Pentagon officials As Yang defense Secretary Charles e. Wilson feels that with 750,000 Young soldiers leaving the service this year after two year draft periods combat units in this coun try can Well be Cut to half cites prohibition of recall Wilson reportedly Felt that the new veterans would be available Lor snick Recap to fill out the divisions in. Case iof any new war.". Brooks said Wilson should be told that such a course would be against the 3aw after july i unless con Gress okayed it. He said the new Reserve act prohibits recall of vet Erans after that Date unless the president declares a new emergency and Congress approves a specific number of reservists Lor recall. A defense department spokesman Eaid no such plan had been drawn although reduction of standing forces was under consideration As a Means of cutting military spend two republicans win county seats in Georgia Columbus ga., March 28 a 15-month-old boy has become by adoption the heir to � Oil for tone mind mrs. Tevis f Morrow completed court proceedings Lor the adoption of the child. Tucey have had no children in 16 years of marriage. 5$, estimated his an Noal income from Oil Fields in Texas and Wyoming at $1jsw, 8w a .".,. Mrs. Morrow once a an extra in the movies. Morrow Jude head Lac. Last new year s eve when he tossed a $30,000 party the fanciest a Hollywood 2 ask probe Madison wis., March 28 a two democratic assemblymen pro posed that the Wisconsin Legisla Ture investigate the propriety of Loans made to sen Joseph r. Mccarthy Ruwis by his Hometown Bank. The Resolution introduced by assemblymen Edward Meir to and Charles Schmidt Rof Milwaukee charged that Mccarthy put up Only a fraction of the required col lateral in obtaining a $149,176 loan from the Appleton state. Blank Dee. 51, 1945. V it accused the Wisconsin Bank ing department of Eon Doriner a flagrant violation of the state Law cited the Resolution said that with a modest $500,000 capital and surplus the Bank Lent Mccarthy the Money so he could buy Railroad Stock thereby making Mccarthy s aggregate obligation to the Bank $169,- the Resolution cited stale Laws that limit the. Amount a state Bank May lend to any one person to 20 per cent of its capital arid surplus. Federal Reserve Board regulations the Resolution continued require a person borrowing Froni a Bank for Stock speculation purposes to pledge collateral in the amount of at least four times the loan. In Washington Mccarthy said the investigation move was an at tempt to smear him up reported. I am encouraged to see that the Truman Type of new dealers Are continuing their smear attempts he said Days a week Brines Uoti world and War news and sports overage Paltu a Weeklyfeature Section coloured comics Lohy at Agnfstars and stripes newsstand 29 sunday 30 bionday 31 toes at 1 wednesday 2 thursday Friday eat today sen. Fulbright former reds Wasington March 28 up sen. J. William Fulbright dark said attacks on Public officials by professed sex communists like Louis f. Budenz weaken America at Home and in Reni actions with he rallies. Be said at a Senate foreign relations hearing that he knows no better Way for a communist to destroy Confidence in the by denouncing the party and then denouncing government officials. These charges he said also shake in e Faith the rest of the free world has in America s Leader ship. 1 Budenz told the permanent. Investigating subcommittee of sen. Joseph r. Mccarthy a wis wednesday that a concealed communist must have been responsible for slipping communist written books info libraries the state department maintains around the world. Value questioned. Fulbright raised the Issue of the value of such charges at a meeting of the foreign relations subcommittee of which he is a member. The group had heard Edward , lbs radio and television newscaster say h � believed con Gress should take the voice of America out of the ment and staff it with Well paid newsmen.,turning to the subject of allege Dex communists Fulbright said if the impression is created by professed former reds that Large sections of Bur people and particularly important officials Are disloyal foreigners will think either the russians Are incredibly Clever or there is something wrong with our system that does t attract Fulbright said he has no information that Budziu has not in fact left the communist party.". Authors testify at the Mccarthy committee hear ing meanwhile two former red sympathizers testified they were surprised to find their books in . Overseas libraries. Two other authors including Dashiell Ham Mett refused to say if they Are authors who said books written when they were communist sympathizers should not be in the libraries were negro poet Langston Hughes and Edwin Seaver whose works include be tween the Hammer and the Anvil Hammett Well known mystery writer and mrs Helen Goldfrank who has written children s books under the name of Helen Kay refused to answer questions about communist said he never engaged in sabotage or espionage against this country arid thought it would be impractical to adopt russian communism in the . At this time. Hughes said he was never a party member. He was once sympathetic to communism but by 1950 had mind completely. However he defended a 1950 Book which ridiculed the House in american activities committee. Hughes said it represented the View of Many negroes after a commit tee member called a negro witness a very ugly Namebowwow in a powwow mrs. J. T. Davis of Judale Utah chats with her talking or. Lucky h. Three reporters who interviewed acc Fly and made i recording claim the 7-year-old Doe can Otter in recognizable including i want my Mommythe Boston terrier s favorite is of dear signs Bill setting up transit authority Albany n.y., March 28 up gov. Thomas e Dewey has signed his bitter Pill legislation to meet new York City s financial problems. The program designed to wipe out the City s 5173,000,000 deficit would create in Independent Tran sit authority with Power to raise the 10-cent subway fare and would permit a $50,000,000 increase unreal estate taxes and a $60,000,000 payroll tax. But the City which now runs the transit system itself must accept the transit authority before it can use the Revenue raising measures. Mayor Vincent r. Impellitteri and the City Board of estimate have agreed tentatively to accept the authority out of necessity in order to raise real estate taxes. But they oppose the payroll tax. Dewey said his program was designed to end the evil practice of paying for current operating expenses with borrowed denounced As false charges by democrats that his program was an Effort to lift some of the Burden of taxation from real estate interests. J estranged wife leaps 33 stories to death Cincinnati March 28 up a 23-year-old woman made a fatal plunge from the 33d floor of the Carew Tower in downtown Cincinnati As dozens of horrified shop pers the woman s Pur s e r Polk found a note. My Dar Linig Eddie it said. Sorry things did t work diet. I loved you with All my heart hazel.", relatives of the woman identified As mrs Hazel Guan drum said they separated abut three weeks ago states vote tideland Tii Washington March 26 the Senate Interior Ca voted to give coastal s disputed title of offshore to their historic boundaries to leave the rest of the shelf under Federal control what if any voice Tetwill have in administration development of the. Outer be determined in a later committee passed up this question for the moment act i further delay on the main legislation. The measure approved of 11-4, gives coastal states title to submerged lands three Miles except for West Florida. Historical extend 10v Miles into the Mexico in these two states. A sen. Guy cordon Man of a subcommittee drafted the Bill said he report the measure to the immediately. Debate expected be heated and lengthy mss under Way nex. Week. Cordon said the ,1 proceed Forthwithan � of Bill to implement former Dent Truman s 1945 order the outer Continental Shell Federal government. This measure will Federal state relation to of left area. The House uni tree has approved a Eryb. States Power to Las onside their historic Blu Rudorf mayor renter United nativ.-. --28 up Ernst r e u t e r i West Berlin visited us ters yesterday for informal Calls on Assembly preside"1 b. Pearson of Canada am tary general Trygve a judge frees a men Canasta Philadelphia March 28 up a judge dismissed gambling charges against nine women whose Canasta game was raided by police on the complaint of a hungry Hus band. Tired of eating canned Beans on club nights the husband persuaded police to break up the Small $v@-?k&4 vote at Llev. " i but4he judge suggested that the policemen who confiscated the womenv$32 i Kitty go out and track Down bigger game. Mrs. Freda Bellmore at whose Home the game was being held had been charged with permitting gambling in her Home and her eight guests were charged with frequenting a gambling place. Just s Friendly eat their hearing. Magistrate John p. Daly asked the women what it was All about Why we were Only having a Friendly game of Canasta said mrs. Bellmore. She said club Mem Bers played every we member s Home. Each girl puts up $2 loses $2, she still cantle hostess explained. The magistrate apr to matter Bat j in did t. 3told that the off by one it tit resented canned to per one Wejman Sai Well find oat canned Beans
