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publicans may have a substitute
ready when voting begins, prob
ably today.
The opposition appeared split
over whether to make an all-out
fight to kill housing legislation for
this year, or offer a substitute.
One suggested compromise would
take out of the bill all authority
for the government to finance
publicly-owijed homes that low
income families could rent.
Halleck said some Republicans
are discussing compromise. But he
added that if a substitute is of
fered “there will be no surrender
on fundamental principles.”
Opponents shouted “Socialism"
at the bill Wednesday as floor de
bate opened, and cried that the
administration proposal imperils
the financial soundness of the
government.
They quoted time and again
from the Saturday speech of
James F. Byrnes, in which the
former Truman cabinet member
warned against “statism” and
“economic slavery,” and declared
“our first line of defense is a
sound, solvent American econ
omy.”
The bill’s backers — including
some Republicans—kept up a run
ning argument that billions put
into publicly-owned housing
would be a good investment in
better citizenship, by reducing
juvenile delinquency and crime,
improving health, and instilling
confidence in democracy.
The legislation proposes a vast
program of slum clearance, low
rent public housing and farm
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ent rounds, but Jersey Joe pos
sessed the ring generalship to es
cape a knockout. He back pedalled
and failed to fight in the closing
rounds. Between the 12th and
13th, Joseph Triner, chairman of
the Illinois state athletic commis
sion, ordered referee Davey Mil
ler to tell Walcott’s handlers to
make him fight.
Walcott apparently fought only
to remain on his feet until the
finish.
Charles at 181% gave away
'3% pounds to Walcott who tipped
the scale at 195*/i>.
The two judges were in com
plete accord with referee Miller
in scoring the fight. Judge Frank
“Spike” MvAdams voted 78-72 for
Charles, and so did Judge Harold
Marovitz. Referee Miller’s card
gave 77 points to 73 for Charles.
The announcement of the unan
imous verdict knocked Jake
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agers, into a complete faint. He
housing aids. Its cost has been es
timated all the way from $7,500,
000,000 to twenty billion dollars.
SEA SERPENTS MAY BE
RIBBONFISH SAY EXPERTS
LA JOLLA, Calif. (/P)—Those
sea serpents fishermen have been
seeing recently may be ribbonfish
say scientists. p
Specialists of .Scripps Institute
of oceanography, dragging the
briny deep, say their nets have
brought up eggs and larvae of the
rare ribbonfish near here. The
ribbon fish, several feet long, has
a way of shooting up and streak
ing like a fluttering ribbon over
the whitecaps.
The Scripps men, trying under
a $700,000 grant to discover
whence disappears California’s
sardines, say that their project may
increase the known species of fish
in these waters from 682 to 1,000 i
or more.
The Constitution of the United
States originally consisted of a
preamble and seven Articles; it
has since been added to by amend
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collapsed in a neutral corner
when Charles was proclaimed the
new champion. He quickly recov
ered, however, and left the ring
under his own power after a
stretcher had been hustled in to
carry him out.
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broadcast heard in Cuba said a
third attempt to land revolution
ary invaders in the Republic by
plane had been crushed. The
broadcast said eight of the invad
ers were killed and four captured
in the latest reported attempt
against the government of Presi
dent Rafael Trujillo.
Friday. June 24, 1949
The national Chinese navy en
forced a blockade on communist
held Chinese ports today. A radio
message from the Egyptian ship
Star of Suez, received in Shang
hai, said she was forcibly detained
by a national Chinese Warship af
ter clearing Shanghai.
The message sgid the ship,
which is chartered by an Ameri
can company, was stopped by
eight rounds of gunfire. Passen
gers became alarmed and put on
their life preservers. Chinese na
val officers boarded the Star of
Suez. The ship was afterward per
mitted to proceed to Japan but her
captain reported the Shanghai pi
lot boat was apparently under ar
rest of the nationalists.
This is the first ship out of a
communist-held port to be detain
ed and boarded by the nationalists
since they proclaimed their block
ade. Foreign shipping in Shanghai
was bombed by nationalist planes
early this week.
Protestants in Czechoslovakia—
a minority group—were reported
to be rallying behind the Roman
Catholic church’s struggle for ex
istence in that communist state.
The protestants, now numbering
1,000,000 adherents, have been a
traditional foe of Roman Cathol
icism in Czechoslovakia since the
time of John Huss.
A western Protestant clergy
man visiting in Prague said "we
are next and we are lost if the
Catholics succumb to state subju
gation.” There was no official Pro
testant pronouncement on the is
sue.
The government charges the
Catholic hierarchy with interfer
ence in state affairs. The church
charges the state is interfering in
its sphere of faith and morals by
taking over church schools and
publications.
Two hundred thousand Hun
garian communist party members
have been purged. The announce
ment of the purge came from
party leader Matyas Rakosi who
spoke in Prague last night. Rako
si said the party had been thinned
down to 1,000,000 members. He
said the communist leaders had
found spies and paid agents of
foreign powers in their ranks.
Rakosi headed a delegation vis
iting Czechoslovakia for ratifica
tion of a Czech-Hungarian treaty
of friendship.
Netherlands forces began leav
ing Jogjakarta, former capital of
the Indonesian Republic. The re
stored government of President
Soekarno will take over about
July 1. The Dutch took the an
cient city by “police action” last
December. A United Nations com
mission worked out conditions of
the restoration.
Italian farm workers weue or
dered back to work, ending their
36-day strike. The government en
gineered a settlement between
landowners and union representa
tives. The long strike had been
marked by frequent violence. Six
persons were killed in the dis
turbances.
JURY FINDS FLORENCE
BEAN JAMES GUILTY
SEATTLE oPi—The bitterly ar
gued retrial of Mrs. Florence
Bean James ended last night in
her conviction on a charge of re
fusing to tell a State Legislative
committee on un-American activi
ties whether she was or ever had
been a communist party member.
She is co-director of the Seattle
reportory playhouse with her
husband. Burton James.
A superior court jury, whose
mode of selection had been chal
lenged early in the hearing by
Mrs. James’ attorney, JohnCaugh
lan, returned its verdict after an
hour and a half of deliberation.
The original trial ended in a dead
locked jury.
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