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Evening star., 1944-11-03
Roosevelt 10 Ask Time Off
For Workers 10 Vote

President Roosevelt will issue a
statement this afternoon calling on
employers, both in private industry
and the Government, to see that
employees get an opportunity to vote
on November Z.
He told his news conference today
he had received large number Of
kilograms asking him to say some
thing about this subject. S.
The President said that people
probably will need more time of to
vote than in previous elections be-
cause lot of people live long
way from their work.
Mr.. Roosevelt read an order issued
at his direction october II calling
on all Government agencies to al
low their workers to have a reason-
able amount of time off to vote.
He said that, of course, it was a
question as to what reasonable con-
stituted, and that this should not
exceed one working day. If it does,
he added, Government employees
will have to charge the additional
time against their annual leave.
That is the usual rule, he added.
Evening star., 1944-11-03

The first chinchillas ever owned
by the Zoo were ready to receive
company today, and the four little
animals that look like a cross be-
tween blue-gray rabbit and soft
brown squirrel shifted warily around
in their new homes.
They could afford to sniff. Their
ancestry can be traced back IA gen.
erations, and each of them wears a
fur coat that would bring more than
81, 900.
The chinchillas arrived yesterday
by plane from Los Angeles. They
were sold to the Zoo at price
which made them q gift" by Ray
mond c. Shelkofsky, former chin
chilla breeder, now with the office of
the Alien Property Custodian here,
DR.. william M. Mann, Zoo director,
said today.
Scurrying around in their small
Evening star., 1944-11-03

ment and the Bureau Of Engraving
Whats that silo for?" she asked
them the first time she passed thu
Washington Monument. Traffic DO.
licemen would wave her a specia
greeting, which she would acknowl.
edge with changing Of the bell.
At the Woman Operators Club or
Fourteenth street she sang folk bal
lads to the accompaniment of hel
steel guitar and she would put on q
rabbits dance that had her COL
leagues suffering from laughter.
Mr.. Hill, a widower, has three
teen-age children. Miss Lewis also
has been married before and has a
son of Is.
The romance was closely followed
by the Capital Transit personnel
working out of the Fourteenth street
terminal. The woman operators
were going to attend the wedding
at Takoma Park Baptist Church
but the couple kept down attend
ance by holding the ceremony dur
ing the afternoon rush hour. Mr.
and Mrs. Hill live at 2422 Fourth
street NE.
The Transit Trumpet, publication
of the Woman Operators Club, had
a scoop on the wedding, which oc-
CURED on October IA. The account
ended with this sendoff: "A green
light to you on your new rum"
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Evidence Of Service.
In Hiring Veterans
Is Urged by VINO

Employers should require more
proof of mans veteran status than
a discharge button or even decora-
tions, Ernest v. Connolly, Washing
ton area War Manpower director
warned today.
Veterans of this war are free of all
manpower controls and q number
of cases have already come to light
where men have posed as veterans to
get jobs in less essential industries
to which they could not be referred
by the United States Employment
Service, Mr.. Connolly disclosed.
Two AIS. he said, bought discharge
buttons and got jobs in stores, which
are classed as less essential. In both
cases the USES happened to hear
about the imposters and the en-
ployers fired the veterans" Mr.
Connolly reported.
Form of Evidence.
To protect legitimate veterans
and keep employers from violating
the priority referral program, Mr.
Connolly urged employers to require
conclusive evidence of each job
seeking veterans service record.
The evidence, he said, could be a
veterans discharge or certificate OF
separation. If veteran does not
want to carry these documents
around with him, Mr.. Connolly
pointed out, he can register with the
USES and have his veteran status
checked there.
The employment service then will
issue him an identification card
stamped Veteran Status Verified -
which employers can accept as am
pie proof, Mr.. Connolly said.
The Civil Service Commission
also clarified its position under
VINO regulations giving veterans
freedom of movement by ANNOUNCE
ing that the VINO policy does not
apply to transfers within the Fed
eral Government or to reappoint-
ments within 30 days after a
veteran has left a Government job.
Foreign Service Expansion.
On another development on en-
ployment of veterans, Acting Sec
retary of State Stettinius an
nounced last night that the State
Departments plans for expanding
and undermining the foreign serv-
ice included "heavy representation"
for veterans of this war. He said
the plans include making top dip
lomatic posts available to men
without private means and open
ing responsible assignments to men
OF ability while they are still young.
National selective service an
nounced that some veterans, in
cluding volunteers, former COM
missioned and warrant officers dis
missed under other than honorable
conditions but considered acceptable
for service, and men on reserve
status in training programs who
never saw active duty, could be re-
drafted without specific authority
from the director of selective service
Evening star., 1944-11-03
|berrunl Case
Marine Admits
Name |sDiI|s
Birth Certificate
Indicates He Is "a
Instead of Il

Marine Pfc. Earl Mcfarland,
charged with the criminal assault
and murder of 18-year -old Dorothy
M. Berrum on the East Potomac golf
course on October S, admitted today
that his real name is e. j. Dills. At
the same time a birth certificate
indicated the marine is "a years old,
not Il as he previously told police.
The revelation came during a
hearing in District Court when JUS
tice James M. Proctor took under
advisement defense motion to
quash the indictment.
The motion, filed last Saturday by
p. Bateman Ennis, attorney for the
marine veteran, claimed that the
indictment As drawn would be preju-
dicial to Mcfarland when he comes
to trial for the Staying of the War
Department clerk because it listed
several other, names under which he
allegedly had been known.
Motion Under Amusement.
Justice Proctor at one point said
that identifying person by several
names doesn't imply Any previous
Icriminallty." He took the motion
under advisement, however. when
Mr.. Ennis suggested a jury might
be prejudiced in view of the at
tendant publicity given Mcfarland
regarding an alleged previous Grim
inal record"
However, all Of the alleged prior
record would be a juvenile record
and therefore inadmissible, Mr.
Ennis argued.
The step to invalidate the indict-
ment was opposed for the Govern
ment by Assistant United States At
torney John w. Fihelly, who main
tanned the several names under
which Mcfarland was listed in the
Indictment were necessary for iden-
tiflcation. The other names given
were Jack Dills, E. J. Dill and E. J..
Dills.
Birth Certificate Offered.
A copy of birth certificate was
introduced by Mr.. FihelIy to show
that ,McFarland's correct name is
E. j. Dill and that he is "a years old
instead OF 81 as claimed by defense
counsel.
Mcfarland, in reply to a question
from defense counsel, said his right
name is E. j. Dills. In further dis
cussion as to the defendants right
name, Mr.. Fihelly said Mcfarland
had enlisted in the Army in 1887
under the name of Jack Dills. Mr..
F1helly added that the name Nc
Farland was the defendants moth
er's maiden name.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Widow Refuses
7 ak Refund
To- Aid War
3y the Associated Press.

Do Nuc AsSOC.atSQ fTeSS.
An elderly Peru und) widow, who
washes dishes for a living, has
amazed Treasury clerks by refusing
to accept a refund on her income
tax.
1t was the first time in the men,
ory Of Treasury aides that refund
check representing excess tax has
been returned by taxpayer.
Il do not want that / dollar and
II cents check" the woman wrote.
Put it somewhere it will help a
little bit.
Il am sorry I did not tell you not
to send any money back.
Keep 1t to help this war to VIC
tory.
Il thank you for your trouble.
God bless our country and our
boys"
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Gas Coupon Shortage Seen
AS Applications Jam 0PA

Several thousand Washington mo-
torists will be without A gasoline
rations next Wednesday. the Dis
trict Once Of Price Administration
warned today in reminding drivers
there are only three days left for
mailing the new ration books, which
become valid on that date.
Charles K. Davies, rationing ex-
ecutive for the District, estimated
some 27,000 motorists have failed to
send in their applications, along with
the back cover Of their present A
ration books. He said it would be
physically impossible" to process all
OF the applications believed out
standing.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
FPHA Pledges Action
On Delayed Opening
OF Parkside HOUSING

A spokesman for the Federal Pub
lie Housing Authority said last night
that delay in opening the 100000
community house at the Parkside
housing project of the National
Capital Housing Authority was the
result of a "budgetary" misunder.
standing which he promised would
be solved Immediately.
Opening of the building, owned
by the FPHA, has been delayed sew
eral months because neither the
District government nor the NCHA
said they could accept responsibility
for custodial cost of the community
building. sought for the use of some
1900 children in the project.
Oliver c. Winston, director Of the
general field Office of FPHA said
provision for custodial service OF
community buildings by FPHA was
part of national policy" Spe-
ciflcally, such custodial service can
be provided either by the FPHA OF
a local agency, such as the Recre-
alton Department.
Mr.. Winston said there would be
no increase in rents to pay for the
custodial service, but that the new
expenditure would simply reduce
the net revenue from Parkside
which is operated by the NCHA, te
the FPHA.
Commissioner Guy Mason, te
whom the Parkside Tenants Coun-
Gil protested the delay in opening
the project, said the District had
no funds with which to staff the
building, and referred protesting
residents to John Ihlder, executive
officer of the NCHA.
Mr.. Ihlder, on the. other hand
had contended that since the build
ing could be used by the neighbor.
hood, operating expenses should be
met by the District. He had Of
fered the community building TO,
use OF the District, rent free.
The Recreation Department has
made application to the Federal
Works Agency for Lanham Ac,
funds with which to staff the com.
munity building for recreationa
purposes.
Evening star., 1944-11-03

great = gr q n ~
children and ~
great = & r e q t.
grandchildren -
will attend the
funeral services
at / pm. tomor-
row at the
M cunt Zion
(Md.) Church.
It's quite q
job, of course,
rounding up the
relatives of the
colored former
M o n t 6 o m e ry
c o U n ty farm
Evening star., 1944-11-03
WA AIIots 81. Elizabeth S
S99, 900 for Nurse Unit

The Federal Works Agency has
allotted $99, 900 to st. Elizabeth.
Hospital for construction of a one.
story temporary dormitory to &C.
commodate 100 girls of the United
States Cadet Nurse Corps.
In announcing this yesterday, the
FWA said the funds would enable
st. Elizabeth's to increase its train
ing class to 230 students. The struc-
ture probably will be built some
time early next year.
The allotment was one of five
made yesterday totaling $382, 1872.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
z New Schools
Sought in Added
Budget Request
$3.50. 900 Figure Also
Covers Buildings
At GoIIinger
By BAINBRIDGE CRIST.

Supplemental budget requests oi
approximately $3.50 600 will be sub.
mitted to Congress soon by the Com.
missioners for two new schools anc
to cover costs Of plans for new
buildings at Gallinger Municipa
Hospital, the Blue Plains Home fol
the Aged and the Receiving Home
1t was learned today.
The items approved by the Com.
missioners include $4,000 for 9
new elementary school at Fifteenth
and Hamlin streets NE. and $3.50 ,OOt
for an addition to the Kimbal
School at Minnesota avenue ane
Ely place Sc.
Need for School Stressed.
Requests for immediate construc.
tion Of the colored elementar,
school in Bfookland and the Kim.
ball addition are the outgrowth O,
population increase in Northeast ane
In Southeast Washington, Robert L
Haycock, superintendent of schools
said.
Need for the school in Brooklane
was highlighted last spring wher
John p. Davis, colored lawyer, suee
for admittance Of his son to a whit.
school because there were no facil.
tiles for colored children withir
walking distance of his Brooklanc
home. The suit was dismissed BY
the District Court.
The Board of Education, which
had been requesting school in thai
area since 1888. was given an appro.
priation for the site in the 194s
budget. Need for an addition tt
the Kimball was demonstrated this
fall when half of It's 500 student.
were cut to three hours Of classe.
a day because OF overcrowding ir
classrooms intended for 300 chill
dren.
An additional $4,000 will be askec
by the Commissioners to cover the
proposed $3.50, 900 pediatrics building
at Gallinger. The 1916 budget re-
quest Of the Health Department
was for $450,000 for a pediatrics
building, and indications are that
the projected building will cost
5000, 900 more than originally ex-
pected. The $4,000 will also cover
the cost of plans for a 5000, 900 lab
oratory, sought in the 1916 esti-
mates.
The Commissioners have decided
to ask Congress for $4,000 with
which to draw up plans for $1,250,.
600 worth of new buildings at the
Home for the Aged. and 500 ,O0(
with which to start construction or
new heating plant that will even.
tually cost $3.50, 900, including new
piping and connections.
Receiving Home Pushed.
Other items approved were $4,000
for plans for new $500, 900 receiv.
ing home for children. Plans cal
for its construction on a site neal
Gallaudet College which was pro.
vided for in 1945 appropriations.
The city heads also will ask fol
$4,000 to design $270,0O0 worth ol
new detention dormitories at the
District Training School at Laurel
Md.
The new pediatrics building will
enable hospital officials to remove
the present pediatrics ward at Gal
linger from the psychopathic build
ing. 1t has been charged that chill
dren now can observe violently in
sane patients.
Plans approved by the Commits
sioners several months ago also call
for the eventual construction of q
new psychopathic building along
with new nurses dormitories and
an administration building for what
the city hopes will be a municipal
medical center.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Pro-Chorter

The five Commissioners under the
present setup have usually been
average, run-of -the-mill men. They
possess no particular qualifications
for administering the details OF To-
cal government. They are subject to
control and frequent interference by
the County boss who also decides
most county policies, both in Rock
vile and Annapolis-a combination
of executive and legislative functions
in dictator form.
Consequently, legislation and pol
icy are made by one man instead Of
by a deliberative body: administra-
ton is directed by multiple e-head-
ed body rather than by a single re-
sponsible head-the reverse of good
business-government practice.
Businesslike System.
The council-manager system OF
charter makes the elective council
the legislative, policy-making body
Details will be run by the county
manager. skilled in the business ad.
ministration of local government
Councilmen are prohibited from In
terfering with the daily handling OF
County affairs. But they can fire the
manager on 80 days notice to insure
their control Of policies as the
elected representatives Of the people
Where now the unelected county
boss determines policies, the elected
councilmen will perform this func.
ton. And where now the i've com.
missioners and the county boss al
take a hand In the detailed opera.
tions, thus violating the most ele.
mentary rules of efficient business
management, charter assigns these
duties to one qualified manager and
his subordinates.
Present System Held Bad.
The present boss system is waste
full, undemocratic, archaic-main-
tanned to take machine spoils, not
to give the public a businesslike
government. The council-manageI
form is efficient, democratic, mod
ern-proving its efficiency in SIC
cities and counties. Eminent au-
thorities have. attested the greater
efficiency Of the council-manage1
plan-Woodrow Wilson, Charles p
Taft and many others. Senator
Glass has spoken of it as "in my
judgment vastly to be preferred tc
the old system"
Best of all, the plan gives intelli-
gent people confidence in Their
power to have efficient government
1t dissipates cynicism, defeatism
and resultant lethargy-the most
potent enemies of good government
and democracy. This confidence
inspires the will to have good gov.
ernment.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Anti-Churter

Under the setup proposed by the
pending charter the unpaid men,
bers Of the County Council are au-
thorized to employ or discharge the
county manager. Five out of the
nine votes would be SUFFICIENT for
either action.
The charter authorizes salary of
$l2, 900 year for the county man.
ager:: The county manager is super
imposed by the charter as the ad-
ministrative director of the dozen
departments of the county govern
ment, most Of which are new and
will cost additional tax money to
operate. The department heads and
policy determining officials of these
county departments will be under
civil service, which, If it means what
other civil service systems mean
includes life tenure in Office. Ever
the county manager will not be able
to change any of these other depart.
ment heads or policy determining
omcials as long as they keep withir
the normal requirements of wha,
should be expected to be a norma
civil service system.
Bureaucratic Government Seen.
This means that the result of any
future Montgomery County election
as far as 1t concerns the activities
Of the county government that are
within the jurisdiction Of the char
ter, will be limited to the hiring anc
firing Of county manager through
the indirect medium of voting
through a majority of the members
Of the unpaid County Council. The
life tenure department heads will
continue to behave just as they had
been operating, without regard tc
the will of the voters.
The result of the present system
Is that when the voters want Q
change, reform, a new service OF
county government, or curtailment
Of an expenditure, they can accom-
plish any such result. through the
election of new county commission
ers any fourth year.
HOWC nule NOW.
Every proposed new county law
that has been supported by the State
Senator and the ma ajority of the
Delegates to the Lower House direct
ly elected by the people of Mont
gomery County, has as a matter OF
record been enacted into Law
throughout the past 30 years. This
constitutes complete "home rule
To change a law or to enact a new
law under the charater system, ii
will be just as necessary to win a
countrywide election of councilmen
The present system contains fewer
dangers to the taxpayers and the
voters because they can always
change any political leadership that
they object to. Under the charter a
managed" form CT government will
be fastened on the people that the
voters will no longer be able tc
change to any real extent or even tt
directly influence.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Mount Vernon Seminary
AIumnue to Celebrate

The Mount Vernon Seminary
Alumnae Association will celebrate
its 69th annual Founders day at
2::30 pm. today at the school, 1910
Fordham road NV.
In accordance with tradition, there
will be a cake decorated with SO
candles.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Stanford Club Plans Purty

The Stanford Alumni Club of
Washington will hold cocktail
party in honor Of the university
president, DR.. Donald B. Tresidder,
now visiting here, at the Statler
Hotel from S to 7 pm. tomorrow.
All Stanford alumni are invited.
Tickets may be purchased at the
door.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Man Sentenced for Assault

Joseph Wilson, Al, of the 14OO
block of Downing street NE. was
sentenced in Hyattsville Police
Court yesterday to a year in the
Maryland House of Correction on a
charge of assaulting a Colmar
Manor woman.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
(. N. DuIin Named
To Sanitation Post

e. Milton Dulin of the Building
Inspection Department has been
appointed to fill the new post of as
sistant director of the Bureau OF
Sanitation of the Health Depart
ment, DR.. George c. Rutland
health officer. announced yesterday
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Otto Reported in Lisbon

LONDON, Nov. 3 (P.-Reports
reaching here from Madrid yester-
day said Archduke Otto of Haps-
burg, pretender to the throne of
Austria, had arrived in Lisbon,
Portugal, by plane from New York.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
.243 Descendants Expected
At Rites for Farm Worker, 95

The children of Edward Brogden
who died Tuesday at 95, are hopeful
that all the members of the family
including his 159 grandchildren, 81
Evening star., 1944-11-03

worker, the way Edward BFogden.
they have scattered all over the
country. But Mrs. Bessie Thomas,
one Of his 10 children still living
(there were III, says that the way It
looks now, every one Of the $50
grandchildren. plus their children,
will attend the rites.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
MONTGOMERY Charter Debate

This the last OF sr articles presenting statements both
sides issues raised by the debate the proposed Montgomery
County charter The Affirmative statements made by the
Defeat Charter. The question
council presen
commissioner Would efficient
Evening star., 1944-11-03

GOV DEWEY GETS UNWELCOME FACE -DO-Michael D.
Burke occupies the secondoor apartment Fourteenth
street NV and for time has displayed pictures of Gov
Dewey IN his front windows directly above occupied
by the Absentee Voters Bureau of the Democratic National
Committee Early today paint thrown largest
OF the pictures completely covering the features
publican nominee Mr. Burke set about removing paint
ana said he would continue to display the pictures until
election. Star staff pheto
Evening star., 1944-11-03
Farmers May
Give 9th Area
Vote 10 Dewey
Tydines, BeoII
Reported Safe in
Maryland District

This Is the sirth In a series OF
articles tn a prediction surrey
throughout MARYLAND.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-22

JOHNNY HOWARD holds over
as the Club Royale headliner for
the next two weeks and will offer
new songs and stories in the new
revue.
Dolores Dupont, the pretty
singer from the La Martinique in
New York. is an added headliner
with her popular songs, and the
petite dancing beauty, Margie
Ward, has also been spotted IN
the new show.
The Dorothy Dorben dancers,
Don Ragen's orchestral and Roy
Tracy as master Of ceremonies
complete the show
Irving KoStaFS orchestra and
Jackie Green are scheduled for
July Z.
CLUB THREE 666 - Bette
Taylor's new 1--WE jubilee. Jam
Session." is in its opening week
and stars flash dancers Rae and
Rae and coincidence Lillian Fitz-
gerald.
The show features, as well,
Honey Brown, blues singer; Artie
Dukes, blind boogie woogie plan
list; Pete Diggs, xylophone player;
Billy Naples as master Of cere-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-22
Local Night Clubs Present
Varied Entertainments

monies; the Taylorettes and Teddy
Buckner's orchestra.