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Evening star., 1945-10-09

Navy as soon as he graduated from
Amherst.
The commander has seen his
share of combat, but he comedies
he's been pretty lucky. Take the
Okinawa show, for instance. Comdr.
Morgenthau was executive officer on
the destroyer minelayer Harry
Bauer. Once the ship was hit by
torpedo that went right through
the bow without exploding.
During the same engagement a
Jap plane planted a bomb squarely
on the deck. The bomb didn't go
off. and the Bauer rode for II days
with the live bomb nesting in her
innards before experts could reach
it.
On the destroyer Lansdale Comdr
Morgenthau was not so lucky. This
ship went down after being hit by
a torpedo in the Mediterranean on
April 20, 1914. He received the
Bronze Star as result of that Incl
dent, but he wouldn't talk about
that yesterday. He said he couldn t
remember, and insisted it wasn't
important, anyway.
Comdr. Morgenthau wears, be-
sides the Bronze Star, the Mediter-
ranean-European ribbon with three
stars, the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with
two stars, the American theater
ribbon with one star and the Phil
ippine Liberation ribbon. He re-
turned to this country September
"a.
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Report Due Thursday
On nAgeneyRevampin

A Senate Judiciary subcommittee
is expected to report out Thursday
a reorganization bill similar to the
one passed last week by the House
giving President Truman broad
powers to revamp Government agen-
cies.
I Chief argument among members
of, the committee centers on the is
sue of how large a veto voice Con-
gress should have on any reorgani-
zation plans submitted to it by Mr.
Truman.
Senator Ferguson, Republican. OF
Michigan is one of those who wants
either branch of Congress to have
veto power over any reorganization
He strongly opposes provisions of
the House bill which provide that
any reorganization plan submitted
would become law in so days unless
both branches of Congress passed a
disapproving resolution.
However, Chairman McCarran of
the Judiciary Committee predicted
today the single chamber veto pro-
posal would be defeated. He said
that substantially the committee
reported bill would be similar to the
House measure.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Deyereux 10 Receive Sword
Of Ancestor in Baltimore
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Oct. Sit. Col
James P. S. Devereux came back to
his home town today for a parade
and welcome in his honor.
With Col. Devereux came his IL
year -old son Paddy, from their pres
|ent home in Chevy Chase to ride
with military and State officials in
the procession.
A reception was scheduled during
which he was to be presented a
sword carried by his great-great-
|great-grandfather. Capt. James Dev-
ereux, U. S. NJ, during the War
of 1872. Later he will go to historic
Fort McHenry, where he will present
a flag in behalf Of the city.
Among the notables enlisted to
help Baltimore honor the colonel
are Secretary of the Navy Forrestal,
Gen. A. A. vandegrift, Marine Corps
commandant; Mai. Gen. Philip
Hayes, head OF the Sd Service Com
mand; Gov O'Conor and Senators
Tydings and Radcliffe, Maryland
Democrats.
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Widow Awarded 81, 900
In Death of Husband

A District Court jury YESTERDAY
awarded a sum of $4,000 extra in.
surance, with back interest, under
a double indemnity clause, to Mrs
Ruth v. Taylor of Annapolis, Md.
for the death of her husband, Lem.
uel K. Taylor, who was fatally in.
jured in plunge down q stairwel
at Walter Reed Hospital in April
1910.
The New York Life Insurance Co
previously had paid the face value
of the insurance premium, $4,000
Subsequently, the widow sued fol
the extra $1,000, claiming double In.
demrity under the theory the death
was accidental.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Kalorama Citizens Back
Child Care Fund Bill

The Kalorama Citizens Associa-
tion last night indorsed the bill
appropriating $5,0o0,00o to continue
the child care centers during the
reconversion period. Endorsement
was on condition that the District
be included in the appropriation.
The motion was made by Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley.
Representative Doyle, Democrat,
of California introduced the bill in
the House.
Col. Hugh Miller, Dupont Circle
Citizens Association president, dis
cussing merger of the two civic
bodies, said this would bring about
a stronger and much more effective
association.
Monte Sanger was appointed
chairman of the Nominating Com
mittee by Maj. D. B. Wills, presi-
dent. Election of officers will be
held November IL.
Maj. Wills presided over the
meeting held In the John Quincy
Adams School.
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Commissioners Back Plea
For Housing Center Aid

The Commissioners today indorsed
the plea of the Advisory War Hous-
ing Center Committee for continued
Federal support of the. War Housing
Center at 1400 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV.
The committee will ask the Ma
tional Housing Agency, which has
directed the closing of housing CEN
ters throughout the country unless
an emergency exists. to continue
support of the local center until
the end of the fiscal year.
The committee, headed by John A.
Reilly, president of the Second Ma
tional Bank, pointed out that more
than go per cent of the applicants
at the center are civil service en-
ployes, 80 per cent are veterans and
military personnel and 10 per cent
are from private industry.
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1t. Comdr. Robert Morgenthau
presumably was back at his fam
ily's Hudson River home today, lis
tening enchantedly to his infant
daughter say Daddy"
The 26-year-old son of the for
mer Secretary of the Treasury
caught a train yesterday afternoon
exactly half an hour after the Navy
finished making him civilian again
at the separation center, 1920 G
street NV.
He began the official red tape Sat-
urday. He received his final papers
yesterday afternoon and then
rushed directly to Union Station.
After nearly four and half years
in the Navy Comdr Morgenthaus
plans for the immediate future are
sensibly vague. All he has in mind
for the moment is rest and a chance
to become reacquainted with his
family. His wife, the former Mar
tina Patrick, and his daughter Joan,
tx months, were waiting for him
with Mr. and Mrs. Morgenthau at
the family estate. Hopewen juno
ton, NY. The commanders wife
and daughter had been living in
Minneapolis during his naval serv-
ice.
"Joan's very smart girl" he said
"She says Daddy"
Later on Comdr. Morgenthau
plans to go to law school. He hasn't
any idea where. He entered the
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Group
Hits Defuse Service

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation was urged last night to
request the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission to furnish
adequate and proper" refuse re-
moval service, or to acknowledge its
inability to do so. The resolution
submitted by the East Bethesda
Citizens Association, was referred
to the Sanitation and Public Health
Committee for early action.
The resolution points out that re-
peated promises of improvement
have failed of fulfillment, and that a
serious health hazard now exists in
the uncollected garbage. The method
of selection of commission members
by the Governor has made them
entirely unresponsive to the wishes
of residents, the resolution declared
The status OF postwar road prof.
ectS in the county was the subject
OF a report by Washington I. Cleve-
land, chairman of the Roads, Streets
and Bridges Committee. First in
the order of priority in State prof.
ects, Mr.. Cleveland said, will be the
Silver Spring grade elimination
scheduled for completion during
1945 and 1916.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Naval Academy Host
10 Educators Today
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. a.-The
presidents of SO Naval Reserve Offi-
|cers' training course universities, to-
gether with officers of the American
Council of Education, will attend
Educators day at the Naval Acad-
emy today.
The educators will be invited to
view Naval Academy educational
and training procedures and will
spend the day witnessing and study
ing all phases of academic routine.
Yesterdays observance of the
academy's Tooth anniversary was
high lighted by visit by the third
Mars flying boat. largest aircraft OF
its type now in operation, and an
address by Vice Admiral Marc A
Mitscher, deputy chief of naval op-
erations and former commander OF
Task Force 58.
The plane, as yet unnamed, will
be on display during the long
observance. 1t is one of five being
constructed for the Navy by the
Glenn L. Martin Co.
With the passage of time" Ad-
mlral Mitscher declared, there will
undoubtedly appear weapons to
challenge the carrier, but remember
thls-we have proven the efficacy of
carrier air power and until such a
time as other weapons are proven
to be superior we should not neg
lect the power that is carrier su-
premacy."
He told the midshipmen that
"carrier-based air power proved be-
yond the shadow of a doubt that all
power and sea power are one and
the same thing"
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Social Security Benefits Give
Widowed Mothers Greatest Aid

That the worker did not leave a
widow or minor child; d. That he
Cor sne) was wholly dependen5 upon
and supported by the worker at the
time of death-that Is, hac no other
income or only inconsequential in
come.
Both May Get Benefits.
One or both parents can get bene-
fits. To qualify, proof of dependency
on the worker dtem ID must be filed
within two years after the worker
died. Dependency upon the worker
is presumed by the board if three
fourths of the parents income came
from the worker who contributed
regularly during the year before
death and If the parent does not
own over $1,000 worth of property,
not counting personal belongings
and a home. Benefits begin as each
parent reaches IS. Just as in the
case of other benefits, monthly earn
ings of SIS or more halt payments.
incidentally, this is the only benefit
for which dependency on the worker
must be proved positively.
3. Fathers.
These benefits are payable on be-
half of minor child to a father
(or mother) who is receiving his own
payments at age IS. These benefits
are delivered each month as long as
the child is under Is. Again, no
payments are made for months in
which the child earns SIS or more.
The benefit which the 65-year -old
worker receives for himself, however,
is not affected when the child works,
turns l8, marries or stops school.
Getting Insured.
Generally speaking, the worker is
insured" if he was paid, for jobs
covered by the law $50 or more in
half the calendar quarters (three-
month periods beginning each Janu-
ary, April, July and October be-
tween 1887 Cor age 81, if later) and
the quarter in which he reaches
65 or dies. But he must have at
least six such quarters. For ex-
ample, If you worked in every quar-
ter from January /, 1887, to De-
cember 81, 1888, a total of eight
quarters, and then became too i'll
to continue or went into farming,
type of work which is not yet
credited under the act, you would
be insured" through March 81
l941. This would be insurance for
a period as long as you worked,
plus an additional grace" or free
quarter. Once you get 40 quarters,
you are insured for life. Since the
law began to operate January l.,
1887, no one can become fully in
sured until the last quarter of 1916
or 40 quarters from that date.
Young mothers benefits, however
are granted even if the worker had
only six such quarters during the
II just before he died. Benefits
to orphans are also granted on
this basis.
You can find out how much is
credited to your account by writing
to the Social Security Board.
Simply request a statement of earn
ings and give your account number.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Mondays Checks 10 Give
Teachers More Salary

An estimated $500 school teach
ers will receive their pay checks
next Monday, the first after the
summers vacation.
Hereafter, District Auditor Arthur
r. Pilkerton said, pay days would
be on the 18th of the month, but
that delay had occurred this time
because of the numerous changes
in the recent Teachers Pay Act.
Next Mondays checks will reflect
the increased pay, Mr.. Pilkerton
said. Heesaid the new act had re-
quired a vast amount" of research
and tabulating to put teachers in
their correct status. Similar diff
culties with pay legislation had been
experienced in making out the rolls
for other departments.
Mr.. Piikerton said that his Office
would draft a schedule of pay days
for all the custodians, clerks and
others not included with the
teachers.
Evening star., 1945-10-09

operations and see what changes are
needed. He was to discuss the center
with the Commissioners either later
today or tomorrow.
The new appointee, who is TECH
nically on loan from selective service,
has been chairman of the District
State Veterans Service COMMITTEES
which was formed under orders from
the Retraining and Rehabilitation
Administration. He also is chair
man of the Advisory Committee for
the center and spearheaded the Dis
trict selective service program for
veterans assistance through its
draft boards.
He has been with District selectiye
service since the beginning of the
World War II draft. In the World
War he served overseas with the 5th
Antiaircraft Machine Gun Battalion
and is member of the Costello
Post, American Legion, and the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars. Both these
organization and the Disabled
American Veterans favored his ap-
pointment.
Before going to selective service
Mr.. Norton was business manager
OF the Public Assistance Division,
District Board of Public Welfare, for
five years and prior to that was an
auditor in the Federal Surplus
Commodities Corp.
The uch-criticized veterans CEN
ter was managed by Maj. Ennalls
Waggaman on a volunteer basis un-
til recently. Since then it has been
without a director.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Hearings on U. 5. Pay
Seen Forcing Stand
On National Policy

! congressional Leaders predicted
today the administration will be
forced to take definite stand on
national wage policy when hearings
are opened by the Senate October
% on legislation calling for pay in
creases to Federal workers.
The belief stems from the convic-
ton of the bills sponsors that any
pay raise for Government employees
will be contingent on a national
wage policy. Since President Tru-
man has asked that Federal pay
scales be adjusted, members of Con-
gress feel general wage statement
is needed.
Both Chairman Downey of the
Senate Civil Service Committee and
Chairman Ramspeck of the House
Civil Service Committee feel there
Is little or no chance of the bills
passage until Congress knows what
the national wage policy is.
With this in mind, supporters of
the bill plan to get a definite state
ment from the administration re-
garding wage policy. They feel that
they have everything to gain and
nothing to lose.
When the hearings open, officials
of the War Labor Board and the
Budget Bureau will be called to give
the administrations views on the
subject.
Senator Downey is author of the
current pay bill which calls for a
blanket 20 per cent wage boost for
Government workers.
Republican members of the SEN
ate Civil Service Committee are ex-
pected to join with the bills sup
porters in asking for Qualification
OF national wage policy.
The only expression of the ad-
ministration's wage policy so far
occurred August 18, when President
Truman issued an executive order
declaring wages could be raised in
dependent of Government author
ity, If the price of the employers
product did not increase as a re-
suit.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Savings Bank
Closed in 3
To Pay Interest
1900 Depositors
Benefit by Rejection
Of Court Appeal

More than 1900 depositors of the
closed United States Savings Bank
formerly at Fourteenth and Z
streets NV, are slated to receive q
10 per cent interest dividend total.
ing about s163,138 as a result of the
Supreme Courts refusal yesterday te
review a Court of Appeals decision
awarding such funds to the deposi-
tors.
This was announced today by r
c. Parsons, receiver. who explained
however, that there was no indica-
ton as to when the dividend will be
paid. Depositors will be notified by
letter when the dividend is avail
able, he said. They already have
received dividends totaling 100 pei
cent of their deposits when the bank
was closed in 1888.
All Assets Liquidated.
Action of the court yesterday
placed the receiver in a position to
formally recommend the dividend
he said. All assets of the bank
have been liquidated. The bank
building was sold sometime ago for
$4,000. When the dividend is paid
the affairs of the institution, which
was closed in March, 1888, will be
wound up.
The bank has been the center oi
prolonged and complicated legal
controversy which has involved the
Treasury Department and the re-
ceivers in several suits brought by
the bank president, Wade H
Cooper. The court yesterday denied
Mr.. Cooper's request for a writ OF
certiorari to review Court of Ap-
peals decision which awarded re-
naming funds to depositors.
Depositors already have received
dividends in four installments
amounting to about 81, ,631 900. The
last installment of 10 per cent was
paid in March, 1888.
Phone Company Using Building.
The bank building now is leased
from its owners by the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. as a busi-
ness office.
Mr.. Parsons said the proposed 10
per cent dividend, which will amount
to 10 per cent interest on the de-
posits in the bank when it closed
will be paid by mail. Letters OF
notification to depositors will include
a receipt to be mailed back to the
receiver at his Office, 1850 r st. NV
Dividend checks then would be
mailed to depositors.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
PTA 10 Check Bars
For Sale Of Liquor,
Cigarettes 10 Minors

A committee of men from the Dis
trict Congress of Parents and Teach
ers will inspect bars and taverns this
winter to watch for liquor or ciga-
rette sales to minors, George r,
Hammond, chairman, said today.
Mrs. Arthur G. Watkins, president
OF the congress, asked Mr.. HAM
mond to compile information on
which the congress can base a drive
for more rigid enforcement of Dis
trlct liquor or cigarette sales regula-
tions. Mr.. Hammond said at con-
gress board meeting at the Adams
School today that four men presi-
dents of parent-teacher associa-
tions will help him.
The investigation of bars will be-
gin after the committee has OBJ
tanned information on test cases
prosecuted successfully in other
cities. He said the committee also
would study the District laws and
the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment's method of enforcing them.
The chairman said he. hoped the
congress could get more rigid en-
torcement without developing test
cases. By January /, however, he
said the committee members will
have some instances of violations
to use if requests for more rigid
enforcement fail.
The committee also may recon-
mend some changes in the laws, Mr.
Hammond said.
The congress became alarmed over
the sale of liquor and cigarettes to
minors when Mrs. Watkins reported
at a recent meeting that she had
heard of the case of a 17-year- -old
girl who had to be carried drunk
from a tavern.
Men assisting Mr.. Hammond are
Thomas M. Darnall, Joseph Upton
Leon Barber and Henry Mitchler.
Members of the board reported
that IA Parent Teacher Associa-
tions have gone on record favorine
the return from the $50 am. war
time opening to the normal" 6
am. opening for Junior and senior
high schools. Three association.
voted against it, it was reported
The decision on the opening houl
will be made at a Board of Educa
ton meeting October II.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Maryland 10 Reopen
Oyster Area in Bay
By the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Md. Oct. 9.-Gov.
Io'Conor announced today that ar
rangements had been completed with
the Navy to reopen most of the
Cedar Point area of the Chesapeake
Bay to oyster dredging on No
vember /.
The bars of the area had been
closed to dredgers for three years
because of naval activity.
Gov. O'Conor said a small part of
the oyster bar directly opposite the
Cedar Point Air Base would remain
closed until January l.
He said members of the Commits
sion on Tidewater Fisheries would
examine the entire 5000 acres of the
area this week. Test catches will be
made on all the bars to determine
the qualities of oysters which have
accumulated during the three-year
period.
The Governor said that prior to
the closing of the area catches of
from so to 100 bushels daily were
being averaged by dredgers on
the bars.
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creased enrolment. He hazarded q
guess that it might be the students
had lost interest" in military
training.
Col. H. o. Atwood, professor Of
military science and tactics for the
colored schools, said the enthusiasm
OF his students for cadet training
had been increased by the war. He
said veterans had told boys now in
school that the cadet training
proved invaluable on the battle-
field. The enrolment this fall is an
all-time high for the colored cadet
corps, he said.
The 1883 colored cadets are
divided among four senior and vo-
cational high schools.
Evening star., 1945-10-09
Truman Fears Return
OF Agencies Now
Would Be Mistake

President Truman believes that
1t Wouldkbe a mistake for any of the
40 Federal agencies and sections oil
agencies which were removed from
Washington during the war on ac-
count of she housing@ssaortage to
attempt to return before six months
or year, Harold D, Smith, budget
director, announced today.
Mr.. Smith has written letters to
the heads of the agencies involved
asking them to submit estimates OF
their postwar space requirements
for consideration by the Commits
sioner of Public Buildings, who will
allocate Government housing.
There is no question as to the
= need of central planning" Mr.
Smith wrote the agency heads
and control of space assignments fol
the next IL months. During the
first postwar year we can expect
numerous changes in the space re-
quirements of the Federal agencies
now located in the District of Co.
lumbia.
Most of the temporary war agen.
cies will be liquidating their affairs
within the year. The military serv.
ices are planning to reduce theil
commissioned and civilian personne
as rapidly as demobilization require.
ments permit. On the other hand
the Office of War Mobilization anc
Reconversion, the Surplus Property
Board, the Veterans Administration
and several of the departments will
continue to expand.
Departments and agencies which
during the war, surrendered choice
space in permanent buildings tc
the use of war agencies and occupied
temporary quarters both in and out.
side the District of Columbia have
right to expect an early and salts
factory adjustment of their housing
problems"