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Evening star., 1946-05-25
National Third Parfy
Opposed by Wallace
By the kssceiofed Press

NEW YORK, May 25.-Secretary
OF Commerce Wallace last night op-
posed formation of national third
party on the ground that, because
of the election laws in many States
such a movement would guarantee a
"reactionary" victory by splitting the
votes of the progressives.
Addressing the 10th anniversary
dinner of the American Labor party
Secretary Wallace, frequently men
toned as possible presidential
candidate of third party, declared
Il believe in the two-party sys-
tenn. I want the party I belong to
the Democratic party-to be the
progressive party. Any progressive
third party which attempts to op-
crate on national scale will find
because of the laws in most States
that it will guarantee a reactionary
victory by dividing the votes of the
progressives.
He lauded the Labor party fo1
helping elect former Gov. Herbert
Lehman of New York and Senator
Wagner, Democrat, of New York
and supporting the policies of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and added:
so long as we fail to have real
party responsibility, you will con-
tinue as most significant part OF
the conscience of the Democratic
party in New York"
A message from President Truman
was read at the dinner, attended by
more than $500 State Labor party
delegates and political leaders, in
which the President congratulated
the party on its "attainments' dur
ing its first decade of existence.
Evening star., 1946-05-25

deprecate the PAC connection. Mr..
Hannegan stood pat on the posi-
ton he and President Truman have
always taken and which Mr.. Tru-
man dramatized by his choice of
Henry Wallace as his co-speaker at
the Jackson Day dinner.
No Written Contracts.
The conservatives thus had to be
content with his no-committee-
purge assurances. Here Mr.. Ham
negan was specific and their VIC
tory clear cut. Should the COM
mittee get caught in the purge act
now, Mr.. Hannegan will be con-
victed of violating his word, which
is fatal to politicians. There are
no written contracts in politics and
you have got to be able to depend
upon a promise.
PAC likewise will have to take it
and like it that the committee will
not nelp them to distinguish be-
tween what from their point of view
are good and bad Democrats. In
other respects they are assured of
cooperation.
Evening star., 1946-05-25

sition of military properties vital to
the Army's supply and training pro-
gram"
Capt. Alfred ]. Passonne, 3740A
South Utah street, darlington, last
week received the Army Commenda
ton and Ribbon for his work in con-
nection with the development OF
protective coatings for highly spe-
cialized engineer equipment, as
chief of the Engineer Boards pro-
tective coatings section at Fort Bel
voir from July, 1943, to the present.
1st 1t. Robert p. Camalier, @. M
c., 1928 Cumberland street NV, has
been awarded the Army Commenda.
ton and Ribbon for services as colo
storage warehouse officer and pur-
chasing and contracting officer al
the San Francisco Quartermastel
Market Center from August 81, 1945
to this April.
Returnees
The transport Maritime Victory
due in New York on Monday, carries
the following District veterans fo,
whom no street addresses were giver
in the Associated Press report:
End 1t. Daniel D.. Klawansky, -T/Sergt
Earl E. Mathers, T/5 Alfred c. Carpineti
T/5 David P. Wood: jr.,- Pic. Richard F
Louis j. Williams, Sergt. Edward F. Butler
Seret. Walter w. Mullen and Pfc. Thomas
E. Hill.
Nearby Maryland and Virginia
men aboard the vessel include:
Sergt William E. Curtis. Kensington
T/5 BENJAMIN F Embrey, Rockville; TIE
Gerald r. Fleming. Alexandria and Pfc
Hugh Dixon, Falls Church
Evening star., 1946-05-25
|Garden Parties
|At Embassies
yesterday

Perfect weather enhanced the
parties yesterday given by the
Brazilian Ambassador and Senhora
de Martins and the Peruvian
Charge d'Affaires and Sonora de
Fernandez-Davila. Both parties
had a purpose; that at the Brazilian
Embassy honored the Minister OF
communications of Brazil and Sen
hora de Macedo Soares Silva, who
are here for few days. The other
was farewell for the retiring Air
Attache of the Embassy, Gen. Ar
mando Reveredo.
The Brazilian Ambassador and
Senhora de Martins received their
guests in the rose garden at the
west of the Embassy. They stood
near the lovely statue executed by
dynamic Senhora de Martins, a
gifted sculptress and known in the
art world as Maria. They were
assisted by their guests of honor.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
James F. Byrnes, with other men,
bers of the cabinet circle as well
as heads Of diplomatic and special
missions from other countries, were
invited. Others included members
of the Foreign Relations and For
eign Affairs Committees of the
Congress, and officials of the Post
Office Department were among
those invited to meet the cabinet
officer from our South American
neighbor republic.
Gen. Reveredo stood with his
hosts to bid farewell, for he short
ly will leave to join Sonora de Rev
eredo in Peru. The sonora went
home for a visit a month or more
ago, in fact was about ready to re-
turn to the States and join the
general when he received his trans
fer home. So she Cancelled her
plans to come back to Washington
and is awaiting him there.
Evening star., 1946-05-25

And the fight over who owns the
Democratic party will continue
The Southerners are sensitive about
it because it is so important fol
them to be regular at home. Prob
ably they would like to displace Mr.
Hannegan because of his PAC
views, but as he seems to be in fine
fettle now, their chances for the
moment are slim.
A stanchly New Deal member o1
the caucus committee said he was
entirely satisfied with the results
The Tories, he said, roared in like
lions and left like lambs.
Had Their Innings, Too.
However, the Tories" had theil
innings, too. They poured it or
Publicity Director Sam O'Neal fol
promising to speak at the PAc
school here in June where the
faithful are to be taught how to wir
votes and influence people. Mr.
O'Neal said he was going to talk
Democratic gospel.
Mr.. Hannegan was put on the de-
fensive about the Democratic Di-
gest's failure to retract its attack or
supporters of the Case bill as anti.
labor He said he covered it in a
statement and no apology was
needed. Asked directly if he con.
ferred with Kansas City political
leaders about a purge of Roger
Slaughter whose antiadministratior
blows from his key position on the
Rules Committee have intensely
frustrated the President, Hannegar
said no. The discussion at thi.
point was heated.
Mr.. Slaughter's race has received
wide publicity because he is from
the Presidents home county, though
not his district, and because hi!
Rules position gives him power il
the House. The administration ha!
complained loudly about him, bu
has not been able to split his organ.
iZation support at home.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. c. la1DS, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, vait three full days and
receiDe the license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Luther Ross, SO. 110e / st. NV, and
r., Beanie M : M Jackson; p; 1929 sth st. NV.
and Olivia B. Alison. q q. % Newport It News.
80. both of 1895 Willard ST. NV
aoa Gssten: SIS. sos 4th St St. Sc &C. ana georgia
Lee A. hUth WiamS Ia 5s srd s4S sale Elyson
%. both Of Falls Church.
Henry, Colman. ,75, sanbornville.. N. H,
and Nora Eaton. 66. 249 Gallatin st.
Johnl" +. Cole, 80. eoe Goth ave. ne, and
pnLo}ns toTise 1nsram %, eS2o Clay s. ne
ne, and Dolores c. Lyles II, 1905
Monroe st. NV.
Thomas R, Moore, ir.. ,36, Cleveland. and
Marsaret ma a s A. Leavy' 34' 2236 Cathedral
Theodore Miles, "a, 77e Morton st. NV,
and Erma g. Lucas, 20. 5o91 Sheriff
*5sS fs1F see g. fH&EP' S5i New Va 5elsss ass
sErances sE,rances L: spriggs. IS, se1s Firth
Walter w. Hange 80, and Lois T. Breck-
enridge, "a, both of 1881 Minnesota
Herbert NJ. Mack, %, and Ruth M. sinsle-
-, taxy. q, both Of 1887 F st. ne
Charles S. Green, "a, 915 Bird ST. Sc. and
Lillian G. Dickerson, "a. 1910 Linden
William p Lesopky, e7. Simpson. Pa, and
SssI SGesraidine jones' 2l' 1439 Rhode
Robert M. Rosenthal. 80, 40 Nicholson
st; NV, and Ann Barney, ~. 572s
Sam M. Jones. AZ, sa1a st. NV, ane
Marjorie F. Sherman. ~, 45Ol Ches
apeake st. NV.
Robert S. Bergstein, 20. 1897 Clay st. ne.
and Ethel A. Cohn. 20, Brooklyn, N, Y
Calvin r. Long. 81 and Dorothea
Fields, IS. both of Fairfax. Va.
George A. Candea. 20. and Cecilia r
=. Morics' q; both Of Arlington;
Sc. and Gwendolyn D. Thomas, ~, q
william Smith III. %, $40 G st. ne. ant
cnsuss hussnia a' Fora d. 1s ss2 Iss2 ib s. &
ave, ave; Sc. and Kelsy j. Cooper, &c
1902 9th st. NV.
Dorothy, 2. Irving. "A, Esmont. va.
James Nesbitt. 81, 1928 10th st. NV, ant
Millie Jones 33. 1924 Belmont rd. NV
Chester L. McRae, "a, 55 G st. sw., ant
RAYMOND s. Burns. 90, Lithia, Va, ant
Virginia S. Bundy, Fl. $40 21st st. ne
Evening star., 1946-05-25
News Of D. G. Men
In Armed Forces
Decorated
Decorated

1t. Col. Lewis S. Kirkpatrick, who
died while a prisoner of the Jap
anese, was awarded the Legion of
Merit posthumously yesterday. Col,
Kirkpatrick's son, Roy, 10, with
solemn face, stood at attention to
receive his fathers medal at the
Pentagon.
Col. kirkpatrick had commanded
Fort Drum in Manila Bay and, with
his command, stood against the at
tacks of japanese forces until the
surrender of the Philippines on May
6, 1912. He was commissioned in
the Army in 1924 upon his gradua-
ton from West Point.
1t. Gen. LIE Roy Lutes, chief of
the Army Service Forces, presented
the award to Roy. The ceremony
was attended by Col Kirkpatrick S
widow, who resides at 3400 Porter
street NV, their daughter, Mary,
8, and other relatives.
Ensign Alvin r. Martin U. S. N
r., son of Mrs. Linden H. Martin,
2063 Thirty-siXth street Sc, this
week was posthumously awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross for hero
ism and extraordinary achievement
in aerial flight while attached to
Patrol Bombing Squadron 119 in ac-
ton against enemy japanese forces
in forward Pacific areas from March
2 to May 4, last year.
Leo J. E. Babineau, aviation motor
machinist flight engineer &c, whose
father, Alfred Babineau, lives at 301
Eleventh street Sc, this week post
huElously was awarded the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross for hero
ism and extraordinary achievement
in aerial flight as air crewman oi
a plane in Patrol Bombing Squad
ron LOG in action against enemy
japanese forces off the coasts OF
Borneo, the Celebes, Malaga anc
Indo-China, from April q to May
"a, last year.
Comdr. Raymond Cole, U. S. N.
1854 WeStover drive Sc, recently
received the Legion of Merit for
wartime services as executive Off
Ger and, later as commanding off,
Ger of the Radio Material School
Naval Research Laboratory, during
which period he "ably assisted in the
selection and acquisition of key per-
sonne' and in the organization and
administration of the embryonic
electronic and conference.-the
training program"
Col. William c. Bennett, jr, en-
glneers, 1920 Cleveland avenue NV.
has been awarded the Army Com
mendation and Ribbon in recogni-
tlon Of services as special assistant
to the chief of legislative branch
and executive officer of the Office
Of director of real estate, from
March, 194l, to last December. wher
he significantly aided in the acqui.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Rehearing 10 Be Asked
In Parking LOT Judgment

Godfrey L. Munter, attorney, said
yesterday he would apply for a re-
hearing of an appeal before the
Municipal Court of Appeals which
has affirmed a judgment against
the Service Parking Corp. in a suit
seeking possession of parking lot
property adjoining the Trans-Lux
Theater Building which the parking
corporation had leased.
The court ruled Thursday the
Judgment for the Trans-Lux Radio
City Corp, which bought the lot
from Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean,
was correctly entered for non
payment of rent in the sum of
$70,291.34.
Defense of the suit had been
based on alleged agreements be-
tween the lessor and the lessee for
adjustment and reductions of rent
and modification of the lease, and
the assertion that the lessee had
rendered the amount of reduced
rent, which the lessor had refused.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Sorority to Install
Columbus L. Unit

A new chapter of Kappa Beta Pi
Legal Sorority which has been
formed at Columbus University was
to be installed today at a luncheon
at the MayfloWer Hotel attended by
more than 100 members and guests,
The chapter, which has a member
ship of 40 graduates of the univer-
sity, is the first Kappa Beta Pi unit
to be set up in Washington in II
years.
The program included an address
by James j. Hayden, dean of the
Columbus Law School, and the in
stallation ceremonies conducted by
Mrs. Edwina Austin Avery, grand
dean. Miss Mary-Frances Glenn is
chairman of arrangements.
Those invited to attend included
William E. Leahy, president of Co.
lumbus University, with Mrs. Leahy,
and the following distinguished
members of the sorority: Judge Ell
len K. Raedy of the Municipal Court
of the District, Mrs. Helena DOGGY
Reed and Mrs. Grace Brown Stiles,
assistant United States attorneys:
Mrs. Mae Peacock, grand registrar;
Miss Carolyn R. Just, director of
Province II and chairman of the
board of directors; Mrs. Sara Nero
Williams, dean of Province II and
recently elected president of the
Women's Bar Association of the
District of Columbia for her second
term of office; Miss Mary Frances
Glenn, vice president of the Wom-
ems Bar Association; Miss Mar
guerite Rawalt, president of the
Business and Professional Club, and
the four deans of the WASHINGTON
chapters, Miss Blanche M. Marga-
son, Omicron; Miss Clara L. Long
streth, Epsilon; Mrs Lynne Kauf-
man, Nu, and Miss Marcellina Hum.
mer, Eta Alumnae.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Mcmahon Gets Term
In Mission Death

James w. Mcmahon, 81, Gospe
Mission employe, yesterday was
sentenced by Justice Henry A
Schweinhaut of District Court tc
serve from four months to one veal
on charges of assault with a dan.
gerous weapon and simple assault
last February on Everett ]. Ashe
"a, former merchant marine sail
or, who died.
A District Court jury on May {
found Mcmahon guilty on the lesser
charges of assault after trial or
charges of second-degree murder
McMahon was found guilty of hit
ting Mr.. Ashe with blackjack ano
of dragging him down the mission
steps.
Still to be tried on manslaughtel
charge is John L. DeGruchy, Al, q
carpenter, beneath whose automo.
bile Ashe was dragged for severa.
blocks after being caught under thu
machine in an alley near the mis-.
sion.
Sidney E. Smith, jr., 81, assistan,
cashier of the Morris Plan Bank
OF Washington, who on April l was
indicted on charges of forging l:
notes on the bank aggregating S..
180, was given a suspended sentence
| by Justice Alexander Holtzoff o1
District Court and placed on pro.
baton. Justice Holtzoff ordered tn.
money repaid to the bank.
In another District Court sen.
tence, Justice Holtzof gave Lance.
ford ]. Pruitt, 80, of the 1900 blocl
of Twenty eighth street Sc, from
S to Is months on a charge of lar.
cency after trust of $3.50, which tn.
defendant was said to have oh.
tanned from a woman to purchase
an automobile.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Fission Rays Hold Possibility
of Producing Spray Germs

hereditary qualities cannot be
transmitted.
1t long has been known that it
is possible to induce mutations in
lower forms of life by irradiation
with X-rays, ultraviolet or the
radiation from radium. In order
to produce mutation, there must
be direct hit by a gamma ray or
a light photon, and this could not
be expected to occur more than
once in a group of millions. Most
of these mutations would be lethal
but few might be able to continue
the new species.
Three Possibilities.
For example, a culture of bubonic
plague germs might be exposed to
ultraviolet light. The majority OF
them would remain unchanged
Some lines of descent might be
much less virulent than ordinary
bubonic plague germs, some might
be much more virulent. 1t would
be possible to separate these lines
and rear vast numbers of either the
less virulent or more virulent germs
Up to date the mutations observed
have been toward the less viru-
lent side. Germs of tularemia. fol-
example, when grown in artificial
media undergo mutation in which
they lose their virulence for man
Mutations induced under ultra
violet light have proved of great
value.
The mold which secretes peni-
cillin, for example, was placed
under ultraviolet and mutations in
duced with the hereditary quality
of secreting more and more of the
antibiotic substance.
But there is no known reason
experts here say, why it might not
be possible to produce germs OF
greater virulence-especially with
the numerous new bands of radia
ton made available by atomic piles
Experiment Revealed.
Naturally, any official work o1
this sort remains under the utmost
security restrictions. At a recent
meeting of the American Associa
ton for the Advancement Of
Science, however, there was one re.
port of an experiment by Miss Eve.
lyn Witkin of the genetics labora.
tory of the Carnegie Institution
She irradiated culture of bacillu:
coli, one of the more common path.
illogical organisms responsible fol
several serious human diseases. Il
is susceptible, however. to both the
sulfa drugs and penicillin.
Most of the organisms in her cul.
ture were killed. Those surviving
longest were found to constitute
new strain much more resistant tt
the killing action of both ultra.
violet and X-rays and probabl,
even more significant-to the sulfs
drugs and to penicillin. No data wa.
obtained as to any increased viru.
lence
Evening star., 1946-05-25
By Thomas R. Henry

1t is possible that deadly cpl
demic diseases can be made to
order.
All the known devastating human
maladies which appear in epidemic
form are due to living organisms
one-celled animals, one-celled plants,
or the infinitesimal filtered vi
ruses which are far below the level
of any optical microscope.
One form of bacteria may cause
pneumonia in man while another,
practically indistinguishable, is
harmless. One virus causes dis
temper in dogs while man, so far
as known, is completely immune
to it. Nobody knows the reason for
the difference. 1t apparently is an
hereditary quality passed on from
generation to generation of micro
scopic and ultramicroscopic organ
isms.
Heredity AlterabIe.
The laws of heredity in disease
germs are, SO far as has been de-
termined, precisely the same as in
men, mice or field corn. Like will
continue to produce like until some
thing happens which interferes with
the structure or arrangement of the
genes, the unit carriers of heredity.
Disclosure in Congress that the
Navy has a germ spray capable of
Wiping out whole cities-a weapon
described as worse than the atomic
bomb-brings to the fore possibility
this interference might be provided
artificially-especially with the use
OF atomic fission radiations.
There is more or less protection
afforded by vaccines against the
historically devastating epidemic
diseases. Admittedly, it was learned
at the Public Health Service, vacci-
nations against the two worst ones
cholera and bubonic plague - are
not too reliable but they are believed
good enough to make impossible
such devastation as is claimed for
the Navy's germ spray.
Mutations Rare in Nature.
1t is known, however, that the
hereditary qualities of the germs
against which vaccines and inocu-
lations are to some measure effec-
tive can be changed. They might
be made more deadly, with a viru-
lence against which any present
vaccines would be useless.
Mutations to organisms with
different hereditary qualities ap-
pear-but very rarely-in nature
Such mutations are probably the
primary factor in the evolution of
different forms in both higher and
lower organisms, including man as
differentiated from other anthro-
poids. The vast majority of such
mutations are lethal. They result
in the death of the organism to
which they occur, so that the new
Evening star., 1946-05-25
I(9zazz zs
Society Represented
Ballast Night

the first door prize, handsome gold
brooch, a gift of Grape & Co., for
merly the Jewel Shop Other win
ners of the door prizes were 1t.
Comdr. Charles Windsor, who won
the course of health treatments from
Ann Kelly for streamlining the
figure.
Sidney and his Mayf1ower Or
chestra provided music for dancing
which was the main attraction for
many of the younger guests. The
evenings entertainment, however.
included a variety of special fea-
tures-music by Evalyn Tyner and
her Rhythm Boys, the awarding OF
number of prizes and buffet sup
per, to name few.
One of the high lights of the
evening was the presentation of
birthday cake to the honorary pres
ident of the club-Kate Scott Brooks
whose 04th birthday anniversary
coincided with the date for the
ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davies were among
those who also entertained at din
ner parties before the ball. Their
guests included the Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs Anderson, the
Postmaster General and Mrs. Robert
E. Hannegan, the Belgian Ambas-
sador, Baron Silvercruys; Senator
and Mrs. Millard Tydings and Mrs.
Burdette Fitch. Mrs Irene Cald-
we'll also gave a dinner party and
other hosts at preball affairs in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Hurja.
Mrs. Truman, who is an honorary
member of the club, had as guests in
her box Reconversion Director and
Mrs. John w. Snyder, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Earle Stewart of New York and
her brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Wallace of Den
yer. Miss Truman received for the
club in her capacity as an associate
member
Among other prominent box hold
ers were the Netherlands Ambassa-
COR and Nine. Loudon, the Nor
wegian Ambassador and Mrs Munthe
de Morgenstierne, the Greek Am
bassador and Nine Diamantopoulos,
the Portuguese Ambassador and
Senhora de Bianchi, the Cuban
/ Ambassador and Sonora de Belt,
Rear Admiral and Mrs Luther Shell
don, jr; the French Ambassador and
Nine. Bonnet, the Italian Ambassa-
dor and Signora Tarchiani the New
! Zealand Minister and Lady Berend-
sen, Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Max
Kaufman, Mrs. George Mesta,
Senator and Mrs. Tom Connally,
Mr.. and Mrs. Davies and Mrs. Gill
bert NJ Hitchcock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lisle A. Smith and
Mr.. and Mrs. George C. Smith, who
shared box, had as guests, Senator
and Mrs B. B. Hicl-enlooper, Mr..
and Mrs. William A. Disque, Mrs.
K. NJ LIE Compte. Mrs. F. William
Sprang of Cape May, NJ j.; Repre-
sentative T. Millet Hand. Cal Moss
Yater, Mr.. and Mrs. George C.
Clarke, jr., and 1t. and Mrs. William
Carter Pennington.
Proceeds from the ball are to be
divided between the Fellowship and
the Building Funds of the American
! Newspaper Women's Club.
Evening star., 1946-05-25
Sorority Holds Tea

Miss Elizabeth Howry and mem.
bers OF the Sigma Alpha Iota Soror-
lty will entertain at tea this after
noon in Miss Howry's home in
Georgetown. in honor of the Pan
Hellenic Union.
Invited to pour tea are Miss
Bertha Joseph, Miss Cecilia Fine.
Miss Grace kaufman, Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty, Mrs. George
Thorpe, Mrs. Paul Ellington, Mrs.
William S. Culbertson and Mrs.
Oscar Mcdowell, all members of the
Citizens Committe for World War
Memorials.