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Evening star., 1944-01-20
Senate Group 10 Study
Further Action on
Gal|inger Report
McCorron Schedules
Committee Meeting
For II AM. Tomorrow

Further action on the Gallinger
Hospital investigation report is to
be considered at a meeting of the
Senate District Committee, sched-
uled by Chairman McCarran for II
a m. tomorrow
The hearing originally was called
for review of the lengthy calen-
dar of bills before the committee, but
has been broadened to include the
Gallinger report made three months
ago by Senators Holman of Oregon,
Bushfield of North Dakota and Buck
of Delaware, all Republicans.
The District Committee just before
Christmas adopted one of the Hol-
man group recommendations, that
calling for the removal of DR.. Edgar
A. Bocock. hospital superintendent,
who has rendered his resignation
At that time, the committee agreed
to hold the remainder of the rec
concentrations for further consid-
Grafton and action.
These call for the removal of
Commissioners Guy Mason, Health
Officer George c. Rutland and two
Gallinger division. chiefs, Drs.
Charles P. Cake and Joseph L. Gil
bert.
The Home Rule" subcommittee
of the Senate group is called to
meet at 10 am. tomorrow. 1t will
consider number of revisions sug-
gested by Chairman McCarran in
the measure to provide for an elect
ed Board Of Commissioners or coun-
cilmen, who would name a city
manager. Senator McCarran said
he Gid not plan to make public the
suggested changes in the bill prior
to subcommittee action
A number of bills on the commit
tee calendar, including the baby
broker bill to license those engaging
in the placement of children, re-
Gently were referred to subcom-
mittees for hearings or considera-
ton. Several measures. reported
favorably recently, are awaiting
Senate action.
The Commissioners announced the
appointment of Mrs. C. Ashmead
Fuller. vice chairman in charge of
recruiting for the District Nurses
Air Corps. as the ninth member of
the Board of Visitors. The board,
created yesterday by the Commits
sioners. will make quarterly inspec-
tions of Gallinger. Glenn Dale Sani-
tarium and the Upshur Street
Hospital.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
lTU Council Called
Before WLB Monday

The War Labor Board last night
ordered the Executive Council of the
international Typographical Union
to appear Monday morning for a
further discussion of the unions S
strike policy as defined by Claude M
Baker. president of the union.
Along with Mr.. Baker, the WLB
asked to see Vice Presidents Clarence
J. Desper, Thomas A. Holland and
Thomas j. Martin and Woodruff
Randolph, secretary treasurer. The
WLB said this group has authority
over strikes.
Mr.. Baker, Mr.. Desper and Mr..
Holland attended hearing before
the board Tuesday which resulted in
decision to appoint a panel repre-
senting the union, the industry and
the WLB in an attempt to work out
a satisfactory procedure in future
disputes.
The discussions center around
Mr.. Bakers statement that he ad-
vised local chapters to avoid use of
WLB machinery and obtain from
publishers the full Is per cent pay
increase permitted under the Little
Steel formula, or call a strike. Mr..
Baker declared ITU chapters could
not afford the expense of carrying
their complaints to the WLB.
Chairman William H. Davis said
that Mr.. Baker must come before
the board with "a reasonable and
cooperative" attitude. or Mr.. Davis
would recommend that the union be
deprived of wage increases obtained
In any other way.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Perombu|oting DC. Draft Board
Anqered at 4th Order to Move

The chairman and members OF
District Draft Board No. 18 are
fighting mad.
The boards chairman, Ringgold
Hart, today told why:
The board started out in 1910 at
Hayes School, Fifth and K streets
NE. After settling in comfortably
the board was notified it couldn' t
get janitor service after pm. and
would have to move.
The next stop was an apartment
over a drug store at Twelfth and
Maryland avenue NE. After a short
sojourn, the landlord died, the lease
expired and the board was ordered
to move again.
Made Midsummer Move.
The board made midsummer
move to previously unoccupieo
store at 521 Fifteenth street NE
There were no screens on the win
dows. Ventilation came from a
blower which succeeded only in con-
veying streams of hot air. One July
day Mr.. Hart collected an envelope
full of flies and sent it to District
Selective Service headquarters. The
screens arrived.
On New Year eve the board moved
again. District headquarters, oper-
ating on a slim budget, was trying
to get as many boards as possible
into the rent-free building at 1924
H street NV.
On January IA Mr.. Hart was mott
he'd that the board would have tc
move again. No suggestions were
offered. The board was simply told
to find a place.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
1,335 Service Wives
Get Child Care Here

A total of 1885 servicemen's wives
here have been approved for ma
ternity and infant care since the
Federal program started last year,
the Children's Bureau of the Labor
Department announced today.
Nationally, 161, ,263 applications
for care have been approved. Nearly
10000 applications were approved
in December.
The service, financed by a con-
gressional grant. began nationally
in April and in Washington in June
of last year. In December, 244
servicemen's wives received the
benefit here. Maryland has had a
total Of 2,577 cases and Virginia,
2,728.
Participating Washington hos
pitfalls include Columbia, George
town University, George Washing
ton University. Garfield, Freedmen's,
Gallinger, Homeopathic, Sibley,
Providence and Children's.
Under the program, wives of en-
listed men in the four lowest pay
grades are entitled to medical, nurs-
ing and hospital care throughout
pregnancy, at childbirth and six
weeks thereafter, and their infants
are entitled to care until they are q
year old.
Evening star., 1944-01-20

The two rooms the board has on
H street are to become part of q
recreation center for junior officers
in the armed forces, $50 500 Federal
Works Agency project In announc-
ing it was taking over the old Lotus
Lantern and several additional
rooms in the adjoining building,
FWA had said they were unoccupied.
Must Move Again.
Mr.. Hart said District Selective
Service Director William E. Leahy
had done everything humanity pos
sible to save the boards quarters.
but had been unsuccessful.
Our board is very much angered,' -
said Mr.. Hart Every time we
move, the clerks and board men,
bers have to rearrange the files
again, and collect the thousands of
forms. The girl clerks are getting
tired of fooling with the files and
I can't tell you what the registrants
are saying when they find out we've
moved again. They can't keep up
with us.
IF this were paid job, we
wouldn't have it. but we think it's
our patriotic duty and that we're
entitled to a little consideration.
We're tired of being moved from
pillar to post"
Wed work in a woodshed if we
were moving out to make room for
wounded soldiers, but junior off,
cers-that'S the limit"
Mr.. Hart said he didn't know
what he and the other board mem
bers were going to do about it, but
they have made no effort so far
to find another place.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Fruit and Vegetable
Prices Fixed for Week

Estimated fresh fruit and vege-
table prices for the week ending
next Wednesday were announced
yesterday by the District CFA as
follows:
Apples, pounds, 81 cents; cab
bage, pounds, 11-13 cents; carrots
Clipped tops), pound, 8 cents; car
rots (tops ON, pound 5-6 cents;
grades California, table,, pound, 16-
10 cents; grapefruit (Florida interior
and Texas pink. pound, SO cents;
lemons California, 360), pound, IA
Is cents; lettuce California, ice
berg), pound; 1913 cents: oranges
(Florida, juice, pound, 7-9 cents;
onions (U. S. No. l, regular,
pounds, 1922 cents; potatoes (U. S.
No. l, white), pounds, 1925 cents;
potatoes Udaho). S pounds, 1882
cents; spinach (Texas). pound, 13-
10 cents; string beans Cflat). pound,
22-27 cents; string beans (roun6 g,
pound 1882 cents; tomatoes o.
pound cellophane boxes, 1886
cents,
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Transit Conferees
Fail TO Agree on
Bonus Pay Plan

A committee of the Streetcar
Operators Union, Local Division
689, and officials of the Capital
Transit Co. failed to reach any def
mite agreement at conference to-
day on payment Of bonus to
streetcar and bus operators in lieu
of proposed scent hour wage
increase which the War Labor Board
turned down.
The WLB had suggested payment
OF a bonus as compensation for ab-
normal work on the part of the men
and as an incentive during the war
emergency period
Meanwhile, employees of the Alex
andria. Bancroft & Washington
Transportation Co, after meeting
today to discuss WLB's denial of the
scent hourly wage increase. an
nounced they would meet tomorrow
with company officials to formulate a
bonus plan as recommended by the
board
William H. Jackson. president of
the union division at A. B. & w. said
that if workers and company Off
cials are unable to agree on a bonus
WLB will be asked to reconsider it's
decision. If the board then refuses.
MI. Jackson explained. the bus op-
orators will take a strike vote. He
added that the workers decision will
be sent to the board.
$50 Attend Meeting.
Approximately l60 employees at
tended the meeting this morning
Another meeting will be held at 8:15
o'clock tonight in Painters Hall
in Alexandria.
E. D. Merrill, president and gen.
eral manager of the Capital Transit
Co.. and S. E. Emmons, trans
portation manager, represented the
transit firm at the conference. Ap-
pearing for the union were Jona-
than G. BigeloW, president of Divi-
vision 689, Amalgamated Association
Of Street and Electric Railway and
Motorcoach Employees of American
(AFL); j. H. Cookman. financial
secretary of the local, and William
Cooley, Steve Mehalic. Pete Keith
ley, Mitchell Snellings and Jesse
McDaniels.
Agreement Expected.
Mr.. Bigelow said he thought an
agreement might be reached this
afternoon, and Mr.. Merrill added
he hoped so. Any agreement first
will be submitted to the union at a
meeting later this week. If ap-
proved by the union it will then
be sent to the War Labor Board
for final approval.
Both Mr.. Merrill and Mr.. Bigelow
emphasized that both company and
union had approved the 5 cents an
hour raise for the employees which
the WLB denied.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Bureau Stands Firm
On Collecting Taxes
From Miss KeIIems

The Internal Revenue Bureau,
backed up by Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau, stood firm
today in its intent to collect the
taxes of Vivien Kellems, Westport
Conn manufacturer who has
urged businessmen to stop paying
taxes until they have set aside post
war reserves
Her assertion drew from Mr.. Nor
ganthau last night the comment
that ito advise citizens to refuse
to pay taxes-particularly in time
Of war-smacks of disloyalty."
Earlier the bureau served notice
it is going to collect the December
Is income taxes from Miss Kellems
with this comment: There's no
question but that we are going to
collect her taxes, as required by
law"
Coffee Urges Action.
A member of Congress Joined
the controversy yesterday when
Representative Coffee. Democrat,
of Washington, claiming her state
ment would injure war production
and discourage War Bond pur-
chases, said he was asking the
Justice Department for summary
action.
OF her critics the woman in
dustrialiSt, who was in st. Louis
yesterday, asked advice on how to
fill out her March IS income tax
return; to the Internal Revenue
Bureau she said, You can't get
blood out of turnip." and OF Sec
retary Morgenthau's charge she had
only the observation that it was
too serious to be answered at once.
The exchange was started by Miss
Kellems' speech at Kansas City.
Mo. in which she said she had not
paid her December Is taxes because
she didn't have the money and the
current tax laws amount to "un-
lawful seizure" She advised others
in business ito follow my example
and put aside their postwar reserves
out of their taxes"
Morgenthau Doesn't Mention Name.
Mr.. Morgenthau, without men,
tioning her or the speech, said in
statement that most Americans
are proud to pay their taxes to
help win the war"
ANY one or every one has a
right to advocate changes in the
law by due legislative means" he
added. However. to advise citizens
to refuse to pay taxes-particularly
in time of war-smacks of disloyalty.
Such an attitude is especially un-
worthy of persons profting from
war contracts
Evening star., 1944-01-20
1900, ,O0O-P Pound Paper Goal
Seems Assured in January

The three-quarter mark in the
second million pounds of paper be-
ing gathered by pupils of Washing
ton schools was reached yesterday
when another 26,510 pounds were
brought in under The Evening STAR
PTA Salvage for Victory program.
Reports Of accumulations left to be
gathered this week indicate sufi-
cient paper to make the 100000
pound total practically certain this
month.
There were a number of large in
dividual collections yesterday, in
Guiding Bundy with 5,840 pounds,
Banneker with 2,870 pounds, Park
View with 2,480 pounds, Petworth
with $3.50 pounds, Adams with 2,178
pounds, Morgan with 1904 pounds
and Sumner-Magruder with 2,242
pounds.
The general improvement in COL
lechons demonstrates the awareness
Evening star., 1944-01-20

The driver of Edward J. CondoIon.
the truck, Thomas R. Duckett, 33.
colored, of 8l9 Third street was
not held, police said
La Marr Riggles, 81, Fairfax Sta
ton, Va, is in Alexandria Hospital
suffering from a possible fractured
skull after an automobile collided
with his parked truck on Route 1913
in Fairfax.
Fairfax County police said Mr..
Riggles, who was standing beside
his truck, was knocked to the ground
when the vehicle was hit in the rear
Police said the automobile. driven by
Roy S. Brown, also of Fairfax Sta
ton, then ran over Mr.. Riggles be-
fore coming to stop.
Miss Grace Glascoe of 2901 Kenil-
worth avenue, Hyattsville, Md, was
injured when struck by an automo-
bile at Eleventh street and Potomac
avenue Sc. She was removed to
Casualty Hospital, where her condi-
tiOn Is not believed to be serious.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Chevy Chase Marine Flyer
Downs Zero Over RabauI

Maj. George H. Poske, U. S. NC.
son of Mrs. Margaret B. Poske, 1ol
West Bradley lane, Chevy Chase,
Md, is credited with shooting down
japanese Zero January 10 in
aerial fighting over Rabaul, New
Britain, in an Associated Press dis
patch received here.
Maj. Poske, 81, whose wife, thu
former Elma Sandra Harris, lives
at STOP Fourth street NV, had
returned recently to combat duty
after being hospitalized due to an
ankle injury suffered in an anti
aircraft hit in September. He is
graduate of Georgetown University,
and entered the Marine Corps in
March, l94l, as an aviation cadet
after completing a Civil Aeronautics
pilot training course.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Becker's Store Employees
Given Retirement Plan

Adoption of an employees retire
ment plan for employees of the
Becker's Gift, Travel and Leather
Goods Co., 1914 F street NV. has
been announced by William A.
Tuerke, president.
The plan, effective November /,
l943. provides for the future retire
ment of all employees at the age OF
IS and rewards senior employees for
long service in the amount of retire
mfnt funds. The arrangements
were made through a pension trus,
agreement with the National Saw
ings e. Trust Co., trustee. The entire
cost is being borne by the company
| In addition to the retirement plan
life insurance coyerage is provided
concurrently for the beneficiaries OF
all eligible employees.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Board
Accepts Control
Of Nurseries
Votes to ReIinquish
Froternity-Sorority
Supervision

The Board OF Education has ac-
cepted a new reSponSibility-con-
troll OF public nursery schools-and
rejected an old responsibility-the
supervision of high school frater-
mites and sororities.
These actions were taken at the
board meeting yesterday.
The board approved the reorgan-
ization of nursery schools and day
care centers under school officers,
as had been suggested by the Com
miSSioners last month after receipt
OF complaint from Federal Works
Agency about high administrative
cost under the day care office. Rob-
|ert L. Haycock. superintendent of
schools, said FWA had approved
board control and had also approved
the sliding scale of fees for parents
This agency supplies most of the
money for the nursery schools.
No Fraternity Control.
Under the new fraternity rule,
to take effect July l to allow COM
pletion Of certain yearbook con-
tracts between fraternities and
photographers, the schools will
abandon all attempts to control
student membership in fraternities
and sororities. Whether or not
students join such organizations
will now be mo concern" of school
authorities, and no attempt will
be made to keep fraternity or So
rority members from holding school
office. On the other hand, the or
CARNATIONS will be denied all con-
nection with the schools. forbid
den to hold meetings there, post
notices there, advertise dances
there or have pictures in year.
books.
The responsibility for controlling
the activities of the fraternities
and sororities, and the membership
In them, has now been thrown
back where it belongs on the
parents" DR.. James A. Cannon,
author OF the rule, declared.
The organizations were unre-
stricted until 20 years ago and
then presence of teachers at their
meetings was ordered after pro-
longed hearings on their alleged
control of school elections. DR..
Robert A. Maurer, vice president of
the board, has maintained that if
this question arises again. it can
be dealt with under general school
welfare" provisions.
Solicitations Restricted.
The board also passed a rule
against solicitation of large groups
of teachers for any funds except
Red Cross, War Bonds and the Com
munity War Fund Small parties
may still be held for individual
teachers who are retiring or marry
ing, but the personal solicitation of
teachers on a large scale, such as
the Sl,400 raised last year for DR..
Frank w. Ballou, retiring superin-
tendent of schools, is now forbidden
The Offices of the attendance
department are to be moved to the
Ross School, Seventeenth and r
streets NV. 1t was decided. to
give school officers more room at
the Franklin School and at the
same time to accommodate larger
numbers of students applying for
work permits.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Three Here Join Ranks
Of Nebraska AdmjroIs

House Minority Leader Martin
Representative Dewey, Republican.
of Illinois and Constantine Brown.
The Stars foreign affairs ANALYST,
have been made admirals of the
Nebraskan Navy. Their commissions
were signed by Gov. Dwight Girls
void
They were handed their commits
sions, illuminated scrolls dominated
by a prairie schooner, last night by
Representative Curtis, Republican,
OF Nebraska at dinner at the Will
lard of the Wednesday Night Club.
group of Republican members of
Congress.
Admiral Ernest J. King. COM
mander in chief of the Fleet, heads
Gov. Griswolds appointees.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
of old newspapers and maga-
zines is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Child Quits Boys Club
To Work With Pea

Harry Child, director of the Alex
andria Boys Club, has presented
his resignation to the Board of Di-
rectors.
Mr.. Child, who has been director
of the club for the last six years,
has been appointed co-ordinator of
activities for the Pennsylvania
Central Airlines, and will travel
throughout the United States to
work with Pea personnel
The Board of Directors has not
yet named new director.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Bondit Ignores Cash,
Tokes Cheap Watches

Displaying interest only in a case
OF cheap watches and ignoring cash
and other jewelry, a young colored
man wearing an Army field jacket
yesterday held up Irving Preclude
in his jewelry store at 1926 Seventh
street NV.
Mr.. Preclude told police that the
youth threatened him with a pistol
demanded tray containing 1e
watches valued at IS each, thrust
the loot in paper bag and es-
capped.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Van Duzer Warns S|edders
To Use Protected Streets

A continued rise in shedding acci-
dents on streets not specifically set
aside for snow sports prompted
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer to issue a sharp warning to-
day against sled riding in unpro-
tected zones.
Streets in all sections, Mr.. Van
Duzer said, have been roped off for
exclusive use of persons wanting to
coast, and the sport may be enjoyed
at these locations with minimum
of danger
Evening star., 1944-01-20

WucH lie SllppeQ
on the icy pave
ment in front of
his house, Ed
ward j. Condo
lon, 6, Of ITO N
street NV. was
treated at Prov
idence Hospital
yesterday for a
sprained leg and
later was dis
charged. n e
boy is a pupil
at the 1mmacu-
late Conception
School.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Man, 78, Injured
Critically by 5treetcar

Struck by a Capital Transit Co.
streetcar as he attempted to cross
New York avenue at Twelfth street
NV. early today, man described
by police as Hugh Ducoates, about
7S, address unknown, was in Emer-
gency Hospital in a critical condi-
ton, suffering from a fractured
skull
Police reported that the operator
OF the car was Walter L. McVery.
l02 Thirty-sixth street NE.
railing In the path of a truck
Evening star., 1944-01-20

Of schools of the need for paper
and is encouraging to those seeking
to collect the maximum amount
available here.
The schedule for collections in the
5th district tomorrow. together with
the five leaders and their poundage
to date, is as follows:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-30
CANNON BROS.
FLATS FOR SALE

HARDING. ASST Eve rooms down.
FIVE up. brickO'e two furnaces
fun basement double garage side
drive s. 600. SO 000 down Acme.
1903 Grauot. PLAZA 1878
LA SALE GARDENS. 1912 bf.ci
THAT. rooms bedrooms each
oak throughout separate furnaces
- IMAGES 81 900 handles
ELSFA REALTY a INVEST CO
e2l7 Fort " ~ iifoo
PASADENA Brick two-aat refrlee-
ratnrs. stoves screens storm Nr-
dows dreplaces new roof. Et1fcr.
garages. terms We. 5-27l6 Chl1s.
VIRGINIA PARK. 1925 g.nat Z
rms each. $ll 800 81 5n0 Dr. IN
come s125 Payment only so a mo.
- = -inol1l - L. -LIl11-- 80 =
CoLORED TAFT cd River fam
SIS sep n A furnaces. hrickHted
2-car gar owner occupied 81 500 On.
TAFT 3-famS income 5-3-2 rms
ca VI a, M 2car gar; brick
siding INC 1925 mo INN poss
81 600 dn TAFT s-rm snrlo " a.
n, &c gar I'm POS s. 500. trims
r SLOBIN TR i-o366 TY lib
COLORED Vernon Chene. 2-famfs
ft rooms hrlckote, steam lmmcdi-
sic possession, fan basement, csfan.
shed business 50 600 down Couch
~ 67s3
coLoRED HARDING VACANT
Ai..-s - = Liz el--ai IE---IG-.i-
OSLY 50 400. 81 500 DOWN
HAMLAR. 5l3 r KIRBY TR 2-sttf
COLORFD Inverness 1-famib ta.
immediate poss s. 300 81 600 dr.
Crutcher. i76i McGraw TW ll1Gf
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-30
ELMER NJ. CLARK

7 sTRATBMOoR. Mr. 7.MILE
Loyely/fage brick, 2yrs. old, gas air
cond nat'l fireplace fun dining
rm large attic Pear garage over
head doors Full price only $3.50.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-30
HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS

FOURTEENTH $500 tFery Park
Two h0usekccpug rooma tw, Firis
or couple
HILLGER. 709-Jefter-1n pleasant
noms five slf's on share hn,ns
lsundcres 81 and 81 30 per SRI
DIR gig5
2a7? Iar-c, warm
room kltchenette refrscfatur hot
water light. g0s.
TWELFTH l54s0- basement room
fnr> rent two, three gentlemen. TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-30
BOARD AND ROOMS

FOTRTFFNIH- tiTand NlVer section :
three Young ladies' three meals ,
home privileges day shift, only. TE-
GIRLS Field. tOi9. near boulevard 4;
home cooking< three meals; lunches
packed excellent trans portatiun 10
Packard's. Hudson's. Budd's, Briggs' ,
DAY or night workers. no afternoon
shift, SD Olive 6bf5.
WINDER. 100 Woodward Com
Portable room excellent meals;
convenient transportation, Cherry
1000
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-30
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
SERVICES FOR EXCHANGE

.s. .''t. -..sa. g. ~ .
s~-false tar tglt SERVICES $50
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-30
VYANDOTTE

Fif-c'rih - AZ Nnrhlinc Attractive
new brick duplex singles . bedrooms
and bath up dining. living rooms
Kitchen down S2n0 down. move right
IN. Call John Quinlan, Cherry is2l.