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method of applying the Districts
unemployment compensation tax
law.
There are 80 States which now
have the experience rating system in
their laws, and in each of these
States it is operating most success
fully. Answers to inquiries we made
Of the administrators of each of
these State agencies show that the
great majority Of employers are COM
pletely in accord with the experience
rating method of applying the tax.
This system affords the only means
under the existing Federal social Sc
curity law by which reductions in
present tax. rates can be obtained by
employers
Hope for Action.
"It Is our purpose in indorsing this
method Of taxation to reduce the
size of the Districts reserve fund
and to reduce the rate of tax for the
greater majority of employers in the
District. We are certainly hopeful
that some legislation of this type will
be enacted at this session of Con-
gress."
Francis G. Addison, jr., chairman
Of the Employment and Security
Committee of the Board of Trade,
said members OF this group had been
studying the matter for four years.
He added:
1T Is and has been our considered
opinion that the most equitable
method by which this tax could be
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Annu|ment Of Dead Mans
Marriage Asked by Court
By the Associated Press.

0y Iue ASSOClhlcu IIcSS.
BALTIMORE, Oct. IA petition
to annul the marriage of a man
who has been dead for three months
was filed in Circuit Court today. It
was believed to be the first such
action in the history of Baltimore's
courts.
Petitioners were George Ross
Veazey and Edward Martin in be-
half of the children of August Mil
Ter, who died July 2. The petition
was directed against Laura E. Miller,
who is seeking a widows share of
a $4,000 estate left by Mr.. Miller.
The petition charged that the
marriage was brought about by
fraud and duress" at time when
Mr.. Miller was mentally weak and
unable to understand the nature
OF the contract or its legal conse-
quences." Al,
Mr.. Miller's will, filed in Orphans
Court, directed that the entire estate
be held in trust equally for his four
children. Mrs. Miller was not mem
toned.
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Montgomery Health Group
To Hold Phantom Party

Forced to forego it's annual Hal
loween benefit dance, the Public
Health Lay Council of Montgomery
County will hold instead phantom
party" ~. -:
Members of the council felt that
gasoline and tire rationing would
make it impractical to hold the an
nual dance, SO the public will be
asked to attend, in spirit only, a
phantom party" for which charge
will be made to raise funds to carry
out the councils charity program.
Among the activities for which
funds are needed is the operation
ofa station wagon used to transport
INDECENT patients to various county
clinics. DR.. v. l.. Ellicott, county
health officer, urged the council
Monday night to make every effort to
continue this service.
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Prince GEORGES
Mayors Put Off I.
Merger Action |
Plans Too Indefinite
For Sound Discussion
CheverIy Head Says I

A proposal to consolidate the in~
corporated towns in the MetropoI-
itan Area Of Prince Georges County
still had not advanced beyond the
planning stage today. Hi,
Mayors of several Of the towns
met last night as guests of the
Prince Georges County Chamber ofl
Commerce, but took no official ac-
ton pending submission of a defi.,::
mite plan. HI
The keynote of the meeting was
voiced by Mayor John Raymond
Fletcher of Cheverly, who said that
unless a plan of consolidation is
presented it is impossible to hold an
intelligent discussion of the pro-
posal." II
Matthias Voices Opposition. Ii
Vigorous opposition to the pro.
posed merger was voiced by Mayor
Floyd Matthias of Mount Rainier
and Andrew Gasch, chairman of the
Town Commissioners of Bladens.l
burg. Mayor Matthias said any
mayor in the area who advocated
such plan might as well not run
for reelection" He added that 95'
per cent of the residents in his town
are against it. N,
Mr., Gasch declared it would bai
unfair to approve the proposed mer..
ger IN view Of the fact that so many
residents of the various towns ard.
IN the armed services. Il
On the other hand, Walter r.
Mulligan, president of the County
Federation OF Citizens Associations.
predicted a sharp rise in the tax
rate unless some plan of placing the
towns under one central authority
Is adopted. He was joined by John!
Finchau of the Chamber of Con. J:
merce, who pointed to the advan-
tages that have accrued to Mont
gomery and Arlington Counties by
placing incorporated towns under q
general metropolitan government.
Favored by Duckett.
Consolidation of the towns has
been urged repeatedly by T. Howard
Duckett, land-purchasing agent for
the Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. In a
recent talk before the County League
of Women Voters, Mr.. Duckett said
such a setup would reduce ex-
penses, coordinate municipal func-
tions and eliminate confusion.
The area to be included in the
proposed merger would extend as
far as Beltsville and would in
clude Hyattsville. Riverdale. Capitol
Heights, Cheverly, Seat Pleasant,
Edmonston, College Park, Bladens-
burg. Bradley Heights. Boulevard
Heights, Dupont Heights, Mount
Rainier and Brentwood.
H. j. Patterson. vice president Of
the chamber, presided at the meet
ing, which was held in the County
Service Building in Hyattsville.
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1WO ways VI lOWcIluS IIc pIcScuC
pay roll tax of 2.7 per cent, which
has yielded reserve already ex-
ceeding $50, ,o00-some Is times
more than the unemployed have
needed during the highest benefit
year-are before the COMMITTEES S Ju-
dietary Subcommittee, headed by
Representative ,McGehee, Democrat,
OF Mississippi. Mr.. McGehee hopes
to obtain the subcommittee's ap-
proval of one bill or the other in a
few days. ..
Sentiment for Both Plans.
The measure reported most gen.
orally favored by the employers
and by many experts in tax and
insurance fields would replace the
Districts nat pay roll tax with So
called experience rating plan. which
SO States have adopted. Under this
plan, employers would be taxed on
the basis Of how stable their pay
rolls had been over q period of years,
with the steady" employer paying
least and the business that hires and
lays of frequently assessed a higher
tax. ........,...
The alternative method would
continue the fiat rate. but reduce 1t,
under the present reserve, to O.5 per
cent. The future tax would be on q
SLIDING scale depending on the
amount In the reserve, but not ex-
ceeding the present tax OF 81. Labor
organizations generally favor this
plan. So do some employers, espe-
cially those engaged in seasonal
work, who contend they would be
Disseminated against under the ex-
perience-rating system. The District
Unemployment Compensation Board
always has supported the fiat rate.
Following are comments on both
sides Of the question:
Views Of L. r. McIachlen.
l. P. McL.achlen, banker, president
Of the Board Of Trade, In = state
ment to The Star.
Among all those who have inter-
ested themselves in the efforts to
amend the District Of Columbia un-
employment compensation law there
is total agreement on two points
that Is. that Cd the Districts reserve
fund is too large and is increasing
too rapidly, and f2) that employers
should receive q reduction from the
present rate OF. ~ per cent.
I'm the boards membership OF
1900, practically every type Of busi-
ness in Washington Is represented.
We have had . cross section Of opin-
ION from . sufacient number OF our
members, As well as employers out.
side our membership. to assure VI
that employers II the District want
and believe In the experience ratine
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HyottsviIIe Man Indicted
As ShieIder of FUGITIVE
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. lotto George
Woods, 10, of Hyattsville, Nd, was
indicted yesterday by the Federal
grand jury on charge of harboring
and concealing an escaped military
prisoner.
Woods, now in custody, was ac-
cused OF concealing James E. Morris,
who escaped from military au-
thor1ties at Fort Francis E. Warren,
Wyo. Court officials said Morris was
arrested recently in Florida on a
criminal charge.
The indictment also charged that
Woods concealed Morris from arrest
on warrants issued in Kentucky and
Colorado.
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Montgomery ' zoniing
Under Charter Tonic
OF Two Civic Debates
Opponents Of Change
Assert County Council
Would Lack Authority

The question of whether zoning in
Montgomery County would by in
validated by a charter form of gov
ernment was injected into debates on
the charter issue held at two meet
ings of county civic groups last night.
Frederic p Lee, nominee for a
proposed charter board which would
study suggested changes in county
government, debated the question
with Miss Vivian c. Simpson, Rock
vile attorney, at meeting of the
Citizens Association of Section 4,
Chevy Chase, in the Chevy Chase
Elementary School.
At the second gathering sponsored
by the Woodland Citizens Associ-
alton in the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Recreation Center, j. Bond Smith,
nominee of the Board of County
Commissioners who opposes a char
ter form Of government, argued the
issue with Washington I. Cleveland,
member of the Charter Committee.
=. Miss Simpson said the late Judge
Charles Burke of the Maryland
Court of Appeals gave an opinion
that a. charter change is unconstitu-
tional. Mr.. Lee contended that this
was an informal opinion not made
from the bench. He maintained
that the proposed County Council
under the charter provision, would
assume all Of powers of the present
county commissioners.
Mr.. Smith likewise referred to
Judge Burk's opinion and declared
that zoning is now a bi-county
function and therefore could not be
assumed by the county council
Mr.. Cleveland asserted the main in
tent OF the charter movement is to
avoid taking local legislative matters
before the State Legislature.
Mr.. Smith. who Is general counsel
of the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, said
today he was amazed" to learn Mr.
Lee had contended the proposed
county council would have zoning
power, since it would meet only in
one month of each year.
Such on effort to mislead and
deceive the voters Is not worthy of
Mr.. Lee" Mr.. Smith added Last
nights debates will have been help
full If they awake in each voter and
home owner the consciousness of the
imperative necessity of scrutinizing
the proposals carefully before they
vote for something which may in
validate zoning In this county
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Virginia 10 Put
Il Pm. Curfew
On Drink Sales
Applies to Purchases
:" For Use on Premises
As Well as OFF
By the Associated Press.

By! the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 7.-Effec-
tive October Is, the sales of alcoholic
beverages by retail ABC licensees
throughout Virginia will end at II
pm. instead Of at midnight, the Vir-
gtnia Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board announced yesterday.
The curfew regulation, which will
restrict the licensees sale hours to
the period between 6 am. to IL pm.
daily, was adopted by the board yes
terday. At present the sale of beer
and wine and other alcoholic bev-
erages is permitted between the
hours OF S am. and midnight.
The board explained that the pur-
pose OF the earlier closing hour is
primarily to discourage the con-
gregating of persons late at night in
establishments located in areas
whose population has become greatly
increased as result of war
activities.
Thousands Flow In.
1T is common knowledge that
there are number of places in
Virginia where war industry has
brought an influx of thousands of
workers.
This condition has been conse-
quently accompanied by conges-
ton IN restaurants, confectioneries
and similar establishments holding
wine and beer licenses issued by the
board.
The board is of the opinion that
stopping the sale of beer and wine at
IL pm. will aid in relieving this con-
gestion and will be of assistance to
licensees, to patrons of these estab-
llshments and to local authorities in
the maintenance Of ORDER" the board
said.
Applies on Premises.
The board added that the IL pm.
deadline applied to on-premise con-
sumption Of wine and beer, as well
as to sales. 1t indicated that the
regulation could not be evaded by an
individuals buying several bottles Of
beer or wine just previous to II pm.
and remaining in the store to con-
sumo them following the deadline.
The new regulation was made
Statewide because the areas re-
ferred to above cannot be definitely
defined" the board said.
Club-type licenses, however, will
be exempted from the ruling, the
board added.
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Sheet MetoI Course Opens

Glasses In aircraft sheetmetal
work for beginners who have at
tained the age Of II years . months
are being held at the Montgomery
Blair High School. Registration
may be made at the school from
to 10 pm. today through Friday
for day or evening courses,
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X ..4. X
Mzat4o~4~xWM
WAR BONDS
\ r

The hand grenade Is one OF the
most effective weapons used by our
Army and Marine Corps. The
pineapple" as it is called. was used
extensively during World War I
and we must have them available
in huge quantities A delayed-ac-
ton fuse sets off the grenade few
seconds after the firing pin is pulled
and the handle released.
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PIT. A. to Meet

CAMERON VALLEY, Va, Oct. I
fSpeciaD The October meeting Of
the Lee-Jackson Parent Teacher
Association will be held at 8 o'clock
tonight In the school auditorium.
The annual reception to faculty
members will also take place. All
school patrons are invited to attend
the session.
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Police Pay Roise Urged

A resolution urging that the
salaries Of Montgomery County
police be raised to the levels for
policemen in the District has been
adopted by the Hillandale (Md.)
Citizens Association. John Hunting
ton, president. was authorized to
present the resolution to the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation.
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Porkside Citizens to Meet

A meeting Of the newly organized
Parkside Citizens Association will be
held at the Parkside School, Silver
Spring, Nd, at 3 O'Clock tonight
when James Cunningham Rogers Of
Chevy Chase viii explain the charter
movement Ia Montgomery County.
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Folls Church Group to Meet

The Falls Church Citizens Associ-
alton will meet at O'Clock tonight at
the home of A. L. Anderson, 20l East
Broad street, Falls Church, Va.
Principal business will be discussion
of school problems with school and
town officials. s
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A Message To
Every Driver

You can save rubber and help
win the war II you will do these
things:
/. Drive only when absolute
ly necessary.
2. Keep under IS miles an hour.
;. Keep your tires properly
inflated.
I. Have them inspected regu-
lArly.
5. Share your car with others.
WILLIAM M. LETTERS,
Rubber Director.
Evening star., 1942-10-07

THE hand grenade costs about
k1.5o. 80 even your purchase of War
stamps in the smaller denomina-
tions viii bny them for the Army
and marines. But your investment
OF at least 10 per cent Of your in
come every payday is necessary to
adequately finance the war effort.
Buy war bonds from your bank.
post once, radio stations and at
come retail stores.
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House Slated for Early Chance
To Lower D. C.. Job|ess Tax
District Committee Choice Lies Between
Flat Reduction and Experience Rotinq

(Ts the last OF series OF articles pending legislation to
Districts
s30OOOO00dn unnecessary
OF idle Dhch continues Precious articles
proposed decreasing
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.
In the almost unanimous demand revision of the
Districts Unemployment Compensation Act
District Committee remains for them only to decide the best
way of bringing this about.
Chairman Randolph reporting majority of the committee
amend the law predicts that bill will
within short time promises House leaders
early calendar.
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Residents Not Startled.

Without exception, families inter-
viewed yesterday had received no
notice Of what was planned. But
few. II any. were pertsrbed. Large
tracts In the vicinity, most Of them
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A. P. Randolph To Get Spingarn Med.

performed the most distinguished
service for his race during the
year.
The Spingarn Medal Award
Committee of the NAACP made its
decision Saturday, January 81. 1t
was stated that the medal is to
be presented to Mr.. Randolph in
recognition of the dramatic Gull
mination of his years of leader
ship in the field of labor organi-
cation and national affairs in the
mobilization of Negro mass opin-
ion in 1941 in a March on Wash
ington, to exercise the constitu-
tional right of citizens of a demo-
cracy to petition their government
peaceably for the redress of griev-
ances-this being done when all
other methods failed.
The Committee said that Mr..
Randolph's leadership was instru-
mental in the issuance of Execu-
tive Order 1902 and the establish
ment of the Committee on Fair
Employment Practice both of
which profoundly affect the basic
economic status of the Negro and
other minority groups.
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N. A. A.C.P. Investigates
Speedy Justice" In Bellingham

boys, and has agreed in writing to
rehire Herod if he is released. The
Prosecutor says, however, that Mr..
Atkinson need not sign a COM
plant since the boys pleaded gull
ty. The biggest obstacle to pro-
cedure in this case is the boys
pleaded guilty without benefit of
counsel. MIR. Prim said, ut is ur-
gent that we inform citizens to
consult an attorney before they
plead" In this case, the boys have
practically waived their right of
appeal.
Judge Olson stated that John
son earned only $500 week and
that any boy of 18 earning only
that amount was likely to get into
trouble. For this reason he ordered
the boy to return to his people in
Texas after he had served his
sentence. Unfortunately, Mr.. Prim
stated, the Court did not see fit to
give the boys reprimand and a
suspended sentence. Judge Olson
replied entirely on the statement
of the police and the Prosecutor,
and not the fact that the boys
had no previous police record, and
other circumstances in their ia
vor.
The law of the State of Wash
ington is so worded that although
Herod has been accustomed to
taking the car from the parking
lot in his regular duty for his en-
ployer, the fact that he took the
car this time without his consent
constitutes a criminal offense. In
spite of these facts, the NAACP
believes that more equitable JUS
tice could have been melted out
to the boys. Mr.. Squires, Urban
League secretary, has offered the
services of his office in finding
Johnson job should the boys be
released. The Legal Redress COM
mittee is continuing its work on
this case.
The NAACP has been meeting
almost weekly for the past month
working on this and other urgent
matters. The treatment of Negro
soldiers and sailors at the Service
Mems Club was reported, and a
committee headed by Prentis I.
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BY j. A. (Jaclk) johnson

The probability of war between
the United States and Japan have
been discussed almost since the
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To be arrested, tried, and SEN
fenced all within the space of one
morning seemed an exceptional
procedure to the local branch of
the NAACP, but it is more the
general rule than the exception
in Bellingham, according to Pros
ecutor Edward Johnson, and Judge
Ralph P. Olson. Nevertheless, two
citizens, one white and one COL
ored, thought otherwise, and re-
ported separately the case to the
NAACP asking this organization
to investigate.
The facts in the case are these.
Willie D. Herod, aged 20, drove
a car from Texas to Bellingham
for his employer, George Atkin-
son, about ten months ago, and
has since been employed by him.
Saturday, Jan. 10, Herod and his
two friends, Archie Brim, age 10,
and Logs Johnson, age Is, also
from Texas, took Mr.. Atkinson's
car and drove it to Marysville to
visit some girl friends. Sunday
morning, Mr.. Atkinson reported
his car missing from the parking
lot. Sunday night the boys re-
turned the car, and reported as
usual for work Monday morning.
They were arrested at 500, 900
and 9:15 a. m. respectively, taken
to Jail and their cases turned over
to the prosecutor. They readily
admitted to the police that they
took the car. The Prosecutor in
formed the boys that if they
waived counsel and pleaded guilty
it would go easier with them. The
boys, the last two being from Tex
as only six months, frightened by
the whole procedure, agreed to
whatever was told them. They
were tried and sentenced to the
maximum terms under the law
by lib the same morning. Herod
to ten years at Monroe, the other
two boys to 6 months in the Wat
com County Jail, with the added
proviso that they return to Texas
at the expiration of their sentence.
The Legal Redress Committee,
headed by ]. E. Prim, attorney,
is working on the case. Mr.. At
kinson, the employer, has not
signed a complaint against the
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Delays Judgment Sound

shipment of scrap iron and oil to
Japan and warned that it would
some day come back to us in bull
lets and bombs. DeLacy, undaunt-
ed by the criticism heaped upon
him by the public press and by
leaders of great corporations
whose only thought was profit.
personally went to the picket line
in protest of what he believed to
be wrong.
There is no question in the minds
of anyone now that DeLacy was
right. Not only is there short
age of these materials for our own
use, but that which was sold to
Japan is being used to blast Am
erican soldiers and sailors into
eternity.
DeLacy likewise warned off the
housing shortage now so acute in
our city. He was among the first
to go to Olympia in the interest
of the basic enabling act to provide
for federal housing projects and
urged the early construction of
the Yesler Way Housing project
which has now solved the problem
of many families forced to sur
vive on low incomes. These things
are important to every citizen and
Continued on Page Three)
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Race Men Replace
japanese Employees
AT Rainier Club

The Race men recruited from
Spokane and Tacoma, Washington
replaced Japanese bell boys and
elevator operators at the historic
Rainier Club last Sunday morning
at 8 o'clock.
The conduct of the new crew
elected commentator from men,
bers and officials alike. They are
fine set of young men and are
promising additions to Seattle's
social set.
For the past II years, Mr.. Will
ard Hallum at the check room,
has been the only Race man en-
ployed at the Rainier Club.
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Missouri Press Comments
On Lynching At Sikeston

nation, lis a disgraceful blot on
the State of Missouri" Cleo
Wright's crime was the crime of
an individual; that of Sikeston
was the crime of a community, and
it is the worse for being so. Last
year, there were only four such
recorded crimes in the entire
United States.
The prosecuting arm of Missouri
law cannot erase the lynching blot,
but it can bring the guilty persons
to justice. If local authorities need
the help of the State Attorney
Generals office, they have Gov.
Donnelps assurances that it will
be forthcoming.
DISGRACE TO MISSOURI
Kansas City Star
While we are fighting barbar-
ism abroad we cannot for a mo-
ment tolerate it at home. Mob
violence can never be condoned
under any circumstances. The lynn
ching at Sikeston, Mo-, is partic-
ularly disgraceful, and is another
blot upon the state.
The circumstances indicate it
readily could have been prevent
ed. The victim not only was in
Jail, but was critically wounded
and helpless. Had he. survived his
wounds-inflicted by an officer of
the law-he could have been tried,
convicted and punished in accord
ance with the gravity of his crime.
But, although hours passed after
the Negro had been captured and
placed in Jail, no apparent attempt
was made to move him to dis
tant place, out of reach of the
gathering mob. Nor was there any
apparent attempt to protect the
prisoner against the mob.
Governor Donnell has acted
quickly in his demand for a full
investigation, and the indictment
of any known member of the mob.