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Evening star., 1946-07-16
GreenbeIt Residents
Form Group 10 Study
Purchase From u. :,

Nearly 400 residents of Greenbelt
last night voted to establish ar
interim association to serve as a
fact-flnding and organizing agency
for the ultimate purchase of the
GoVernment-oWn community as a
township.
In a session In the Center School
auditorium the residents elected a
13-man temporary board of di-
rectors charged with the organiza-
tional details of the housing group
which was formally named the
Greenbelt Mutual Housing Associa
ton.
The meeting was sponsored Jointly
by the community's Citizens Asso-
citation and the local chapter o!
the American Veterans Committee
Membership was declared open tc
all residents and each membership
will represent individual familie.
occupying the 1887 dwellings. A
total OF LOG subscriptions was re.
ceived last night at a registration
fee of 81 per family.
Col. Westbrook Speaks.
According to Col. Lawrence West
brook, who addressed residents or
mutual housing projects, tbs
Government requires 81 per cent
Of the population of a community
for initial consideration for the sale
OF such property. Approval of 81
per cent of the residents would
consummate sale once agreement
had been reached on the purchase
price, he said.
Col. Westbrook said he believed
a mutual homecoming corporation
would be able to buy the property
at reasonable" price, presumably
with a 3l2 per cent interest rate
and 30-year amortization. He COM
pared residents participation in the
housing corporation to a policy
holders share in a mutual life in
surance policy.
George Bauer, Mayor OF Green
belt, spoke in favor of looking into
all types of housing ownership, "in-
stead of having this mutual business
clamped down our throats"
"Pussyfooting" Charged.
In reply Sherrod E. East, member
of citizens association delegation
which approached the Federal Pub
lie Housing field Office several
months ago on the subject of cit
liens ownership. accused lat least
three members" of the council of
"pussyfooting. The council at that
time rejected by 3-to-2 vote a re-
quest to study the housing pro-
posal. and Mr.. East said "the only
alternative" suggested by FPH was
to form mutual housing group.
Other citizens who favored forma-
ton of the housing association COM
planned of insufficient maintenance
and repair of Greenbelt homes
under present Federal ownership.
Members of the directors board
which will meet next Monday are
Maj. A. c. Long. Mr. East. Abraham
Chasanow, Thomas Ritchie, Max H
Salzman, Mrs. Carnie Harper, Will
liam Nicholas. William F. Miller
Cyril O'Connor, James Walsh. Rob-
ert Thomason, Ralph G. Miller and
Walter R. Volckhausen.
Dayton w. Hull, who served as
moderator at last nights meeting
will continue as temporary chair
man of the association pending
election of officers.
Evening star., 1946-07-16
Mrs. AIdridge Gets Post
In Fairfax Child Service

Mrs. Anne w. Aldridge, graduate
Of Smith College School for Social
Work, who was at one time en-
ployed as psychiatric social worker
with the Washington Child Guild
ance Clinic in the District, has been
appointed psychiatric social worker
for the Fairfax County Child Con-
sultation Service, DR.. Leopold Wex-
berg, director of the organization
announced today.
DR.. Wexberg added that the serv-
Ice will be closed until August Is
but that messages may be given te
his secretary by calling Falls
Church 1859.
Evening star., 1946-07-16
Work Starts in Bethesda
On Veterans Home Project

The first veterans housing project
in the District to be insured under
the new Federal Housing Admins
tration's liberalized loan provisions
was to be started today by the AL
bert w. Walker Properties, 670l
Hillandale road, Chevy Chase, Md
Ground was to be broken for the
first IL of 184-unit rental group
at Chevy Chase drive and lillian
dale road, just off Bradley boule-
ward in Bethesda, Md The build
ings will be an extension of 542-
unit development completed In 1943.
Evening star., 1946-07-16
Luroy Red Cross Plans
Permanent Quarters
Special Dispotch 10 The s,or

LURAY, Va, July 16.-Plans have
been made for permanent Rec
Gross headquarters room here. pos
sioiy In the County Office Building
it was announced today.
AT the same time it was an
nounced that awards will be made
at the annual September meeting
TO all volunteer workers who have
given 1000 or more hours Of service
Evening star., 1946-07-16
Hyuttsville Odd Fellows
Install New Officers

Hyattsville Councilman Harry A.
Shinn of the third ward has been
installed as Noble Grand of Oriole
Lodge, No. At, Odd Fellows of
Hyattsville, it was announced today.
Other new officers are: Howard
w. Walker, vice grand; Henry J..
Steele, warden; Gibson L. Moore,
conductor; Henry M. Nau, chap
lain, and John Tracy, Hugh T. Nc
Clay, H. Wilson Spicknall. D. Hazen
Mcleod, Calvin M. Brincefeld,
Frederick w. Waigand, jr.; Maurice
G. Carpenter and Charles C. Allen.
Evening star., 1946-07-16
PrinceGeorges
Citizens 10 Get
Road Hearing
Signing Rieht-of-W
Agreement for Three
Projects Expected

Residents of two Prince Georges
County communities will meet with
County Engineer Arthur w. Tayman
within the next week in an effort
to expedite signing of right-of way
agreements by property owners
along the routes of three proposed
county road improvement projects,
which are expected to begin next
month.
The towns holding meetings, at
which property owners may sign the
agreements. are Paramount Heights,
where Mayor James A. Campbell has
called session for pm. Saturday
In the town hall, and Wildercroft,
where residents will meet in the
Wildercroft Elementary School at 8
pm. Monday.
The projects to be considered by
the Paramount Heights group are
Sheriff road from the District line
to the George M. Palmer higway
and Addison road from Forty-ninth
avenue, near the District line, to the
Palmer highway in Seat Pleasant.
The latter project also includes the
improvement of Reed street from
Addison road to the North Engle-
wood subdivision.
Mondays meeting will cover Riv-
erdale road and Finns lane from
Edmonston road to Defense high
way, according to Mr. Tayman.
Roads To Be Widened.
On each project, the roads will be
wldered with a hard bituminous
surface of "a feet and 8-foot
shoulders, Mr. Tayman said. The
county commissioners will be re-
quested to advertise for bids for the
work as soon as necessary right-of-
way agreements are obtained, he
added.
Plans for another road project.
also included in the county 'as1 ,000,-
900 improvement program, are now
being prepared for approval for the
second section of Addison road. from
Central avenue, across country, to
Walker Mill and County roads, Mr..
Tayman said.
Meanwhile, county officials we're
Informed by the Federal Works
Agency yesterday that approval has
been given on Government advances
totaling S96,663, which will be used to
finance two other highway develop
ment projects in the county.
Cost Put at S3,097,045.
The projects, to be completed at
an estimated cost of $3,097 045, will
provide for improvements to street
intersections and highways on Ham
ilton avenue, extended, between
MelroSe avenue and Defense high
way approximately 1.23 miles, and
the third stage in the construction
of an intercounty and cross county
Metropolitan Freeway. between Ed
monston road and Defense highway
approximately 2.3 miles.
For the most part, both projects
call for construction of two 24-foott
lanes separated by a concrete strip.
The Hamilton avenue extension will
cost an estimated $1,704,866 while
the Freeway will cost 81 1892, ,179, the
FWA reported. Previously, advances
had been approved for Hamilton
avenue from Queens Chapel road to
Rhode Island avenue and for the
proposed Freeway from New Ham
shire avenue to Edmonston road,
Mr. Tayman said
Evening star., 1946-07-16
Parole Boord Meets TODAY

The District Parole Board was to
meet at 2 pm. today at the District
Reformatory at Lorton, Va, accord
ing to Hugh F. Rivers, executive
secretary of the board. Nineteen
applications for parole are sched-
uled for consideration,
Evening star., 1946-07-16
County WCTU to Convene

The Montgomery County con-
vention of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union will be held
beginning at 10 am July % at the
Ashton Methodist Church.
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South DakOtans Are Visitors

Two recent visitors to Washing
ton, Mrs: Evelyn Baker and Mrs.
James Magee of Custer and Belle
Fourche, S. D., can tell their friends
back home in the Black Hills region
that while they were here they took
in three events which might set the
tone for all such future events.
The ladies, winners of a radio con-
test to honor women who did their
bit during the war years, visited
Washington during the week when
three top-drawer government off,
Gals, all close friends of Harry Tru-
man, were sworn into new jobs.
The swearing-in of cabinet Off
Ger used to be rather modest af-
fair. The swearinee, his family, a
few friends, and his office staff, a
few of the press, usually gathered
in his new Office, and the whole af-
fair was over in about the time it
takes for bride and groom to say
''I do"
True, Fred Vinson and Lewis
Schwellenbach did travel to Capitol
Hill for their inaugurations as treas
ury and labor secretaries respec-
lively. But those events occasioned
no such hoopla as did the cere-
monies which made Monday-Tues-
day - Wednesday Washington news
one late week in June. "a
Mrs. Magee and Mrs. Baker and
five thousand other spectators, plus
the navy band, gathered on the
White House lawn to watch Mr.. Vim
SON take over his new Office as chief
Justice of the United States; they
saw John -Snyder's big moment
made bigger when President Tru-
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man strolled from the White House
to the treasury portico to watch his
st. Louis crony take the oath as
head of the treasury department;
and they observed tall, young-look-
ing John Steelman's swearing-in as
reconversion director.
Having observed these impress
sive occasions, the Black Hills visi-
tors could appreciate the widely
whispered remark of Undersec-
rotary of Navy John Sullivan. (Sul-
Ivan got his swearing-in done quiet
ly and additionally on June 1877 AS
Sullivan congratulated John Steel
man after the rose garden cere-
mony, he asked, "Well, are you the
last of the June brides?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-07-19
SHADES OF BRYAN
Silver Ratio l6-l May Prevail

WASHINGTON.-The senate has
tackled rider to the post Office APP
preparations bill which would boost
the price of silver to 90.3 cents an
ounce for the next two years. After
that the treasury may begin buying
the white metal at $1.29 an ounce.
If the senate bill comes through
conference and becomes a law, the
old William Jennings Bryan ratio
of 10 to ! may yet prevail. Before
the devaluation some years ago, the
price of gold was sos an ounce.
One-sixteenth Of $2067 is $1.29.
Silver producers Of the western
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part of the United States have al
ways resented the old ratio of about
80 to l, which was the relationship
between the two metals when Bryan
made his famous "Cross of Gold"
speech. New mines had been
opened and silver had become more
abundant. The silver producers
have tried for years to restore the
old 16 to / ratio which prevailed be-
fore 1878.
The only stickler now is that gold
is priced at $35 an ounce. Even if
silver advances to $1.29, it win not
be up to the coveted 16 to ! ratio
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which westerners believe is the prop
er balance in world where bimet-
allism is used.
While most countries are now off
the gold standard, silver is still used
in almost every country. In some
countries, such as India, nickel and
other metals are used. For many
years the U. S. treasury did not pur-
chase silver in quantities sufficient
to hold prices up. The silver pur-
chase act of 1884 was designed to
aid the white metal regain some
Of its old prestige.
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a famed university
was sitting with me
in Burt's the other
day.
/ Burt's is a sort of
greenroom for ra-
dio folk and others
w h o m Owe an d
speak and have
their being in what
is systematically
referred to as
Washington's Ra-
dio center. Inspired
Cor infuriated) by
the nresence of so
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COMMUNISTS:
In State Department

Charges of Communism in the
U. S. state department is more a
matter of alarm than Of fact"
Dean Acheson, under-secretary Of
state, told the house foreign affairs
committee in Washington.
He denied that 300 of the state
department personnel had been
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WNU Service, 1916 Eye Street, NV,
washington, ID. G.

A bright young railroad executive
who has his cum laude in law from
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Congress Methods to Be Revamped
Few Legislators Authors
of Bills They Introduce
BY BAUKHAGE
Neics Analyst and Commentator.

nority rule was operating then. Mi
nority groups nullified the wishes Of
the duly-elected representatives Of
the people.
My friend, with all his We
hemence, with his allegiance to
management, made no claim that
the demands of the railroad men,
the coal miners, were unjust. He
merely said that In order to obtain
what they considered justice, the
powerful leaders of the organiza-
tons to which they belong were able
to play baseball according to foot
ball rules-temporarily at least.
The theory that the creation of the
laws of the land has been taken
from the hands of the elected repre-
sentatives of the people was put
forth by Crawford in "The Pressure
Boys" seven years ago when he
said: "It is improbable that a sin
gle important law enacted in the
last 10 years has been written by
its congressional sponsor or its
nominal author. Administration
bills are prepared by New Deal ex-
perts in executive departments.
Legislation independently inaugu-
rated is almost invariably pre-
pared in the Office of a lobbyist.
Congress maintains a legislative
drafting service which writes bills
for committees, but it seldom is
called upon by individual legislators
for assistance in writing any minor
private bills"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-07-19
RUSS ENVOY:
Saws No War

The new Russian ambassador to
the United States, Nikolai v. Mo-
vikov, in one of his first statements
promised that the Soviet Union will
never start war against the Unit
ed States or anyone else"
While he insisted that all differ
ences between the two major pow
ers could be ironed out, he cau-
toned that solutions for many world
problems will require time and pa
tience.
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HELP wANTED-MEN, WOMEN

NURSES, PRACTICAL.
Female and male.
$50. 100 month registered.
$500 month unregistered.
Uniforms and full maintenance.
Modern Chronic Disease Hospital.
Fare refunded after 60 days
HOME FOR INCURABLES
183rd Street and Third Avenue
Bronx New York.
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CREDIT:
Payments Easier

The old days of "a dollar down
and dollar every time we catch
you" are not back yet, but time or
"easy'' payments have been hber-
allied on many items. 1t is expect
ed that charge accounts will con-
tinue to rise also with relaxation OF
the 30-day rule under which all bills
had to be paid by the 10th day of
the second month after purchase.
Under regulation w, federal re-
serve system measure controlling
credit, many items have been list
ed under group A which required
a down payment of one-third and IL
months maximum maturity. Attic
ventilating fans, automobile bat
teries, tires and inner tubes have
been removed from group A. Many
household appliances are expected
to be removed within short time.
Furniture is still under control when
sold on credit.
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LaFollette Bill
Would Revan1p

Thomas Mechlin, writing on this
subject in the current Virginia
Quarterly Review, touches on the
subject of readymade legislation.
He tells how lobby "gets its own
staff together and knocks out bill
which the front Office would like to
see made law eventually. It then
runs the draft over to large law
firm which has one of its members
In congress. Although the con-
gresham cannot personally repre-
sent the client, the method used in
submitting the proposed legislation
through the body of the firm takes
care of that. If the lobby is
well-organized, it will exploit high
powered publicity from then on
OUT
am constrained to admit that
much in all of these assertions is
true. But ! would like to mention
three hopeful signs on the horizon,
minuscule though they may be. Two
were measures introduced but not
acted upon in this session of con-
gress. They will be presented again
and have good chance of passing.
One is the LaFollette measure for
revamping congress, one provision
of which increases the technical as
sistance available to members. The
second is a bill introduced by
Representative SABBATH of Illinois,
which provides for an all-inclusive
investigation of Hobbies. Most con-
gressmen don't like lobbyists and
Sabath's bill, as Mechlin admits,
was capitalization of this feeling.
The third indication was a resolu-
ton introduced during the OPA
fight by Senator Taylor 3D., Of
Idaho) authorizing the publica-
ton of a document on how each SEN
ator voted on every measure. He
said that the people are becoming
more aware of their political re-
sponsibilities, that politics is no
longer solely in the hands of politi-
clans, ward-heelers and lobbyists.
Congress is sensitive to the need
of restoration Of majority rule,
but the only real hope lies within
the majority itself. Unfortunately,
the giant sleeps.
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many of the few who say so much
to so many, my friend launched
forth into TRADE on the respon-
sibility Of the publicist.
"You can't play baseball accord
ing to football rules" he said, shak-
ing menacing fist at me, land
that is what Washington officials are
doing. You studied political science
80 years ago. / studied it only 20
years ago. And you know perfectly
well that the present generation Is
not following the rules laid down by
our founding fathers. You ought to
tell the public about it.
''Now maybe the principles of our
government are wrong. I am not de-
Tending them. But I am saying that
we are deserving them. Rule of the
majority, republican form of gov
eminent operated by the represent
atives of the people, is travesty,
when legislation is damned
through by minorities. And l mean
bureaucrats as well as lobbyists"
This happened when the senate
was neck-deep in the final debate
over the -OPA and my friend
claimed congress was revolt
ing against what he called the high
pressure methods Of the admins
tration. Since the congress was tear
ing the administration measure to
shreds at that moment pointed out
that while it was true that congress
was sore at Stabilizer Bowles for
what they called propagandizing,
the example was not very good
one. So he proceeded to develop his
theme with specific references all
too familiar to me and my col
leagues Of the microphone and type
writer,
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WANTED TO BUY

lection. viii pay the following prices for
coins in fine condition. S32 for 500. SIG for
$40, SO for IS, 81 for 3. "a for S2Iz, S21a for
81. p. o. Box 2646 Arlington sta, BaltI-
more 10, Maryland.
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DEGNAN CASE:
Killer Found?

The entire United States was
shocked last January when little
Suzanne Degnan was found slain
near her home in Chicago. The case
proved to be one of the most stub
born police, the FBI and others ever
attempted to solve. Now, they be-
lieve they have found the killer.
William Heirens must face the
music. He faces 81 burglary and
4 assault charges, to say nothing
of the evidence piled up connecting
him with the kidnap-murder of Su-
zanne.
Heirens, police said, once con-
fessed the Degnan murder. But
more often he steadfastly has
denied every crime of which the po-
lice have accused him. He was
student at the University Of Chi
cago.
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HELP WANTED-MEN

AUTO MECHANICs-Expd. Have tools.
Steady work. Vacation, guarantee good
pay. Chance to advance. OLDSMOBILE
DEALER, SO. S7th st. Phila. 4, Pa.
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ATOM BOMB:
And Human Beings

The extent of heat damage to
some of the more distant parts of
the target feet in Bikini lagoon,
where the atom bomb test was made
July l, showed human survival
would have been doubtful. Ships a
mile from the center Of the blast
were burned and blackened as
though by tremendous blast fur
mace.
Anyone on the decks of these
ships would have burned to death
in an instant, those who inspected
the damage believe. While some
animals survived on most ships, the
fate of human beings might have
been different. Studies of animals
injuries may show whether
enough crewmen could have lived
through the blast to operate the
stricken ship. Making the study is
DR.. Carl Compton of the Massachu-
sets institute of technology.
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! ASK ME- =
!; ANOTHER {
! A General Quiz

The Questions

]. When was the Gregorian cal
cnd9r introduced?
z. Does the flying fish actually
Gy7 %
3. The United States has award
cd how rnsny Congressional Med
OILS Of Honor for heroic action dur
ing the war;
4. viii o bullet fred horizontally
reach the ground as quickly as one
dropped from the same height?
8. William Wordsworth was
poet-laureate Of England z years.
Did he write any poetry during
that period?
The Answers
1. In 1882 by Pope Gregory XIII.
2. No; the Ratchet fish is the
only fish that flies.
3. 1t has awarded 406 medals.
4. Yes, because of the equal pull
of gravity.
5. Not line.
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U. S. FILMS:
Shown in Paris

T.
They were gayer than ever in
Gay Paree" when the first "new"
American films to be imported to
France under the terms Of the
French loan made their appearance.
Well, maybe the films weren't exact
ly the latest but
The pictures shown during the
opening week included Citizen
Kane" ''Kitty Foyle," "Too Many
Husbands" and Dangerous Adven-
ture." All are in English with
French subtitles dubbed in.
The new movies made their ap-
pearance in the middle of a bitter
attack by some French writer's on
what they termed the "assassina-
ton" of the French movie indus
try.
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Tour, Seethes
With Lobbyists

You too, are familiar with the
power of the pressure boys" as my
friend Kenneth Crawford called
them in his revealing book by that
name. Crawford estimated there
were 5000 active lobbyists in WASH
ington when World War II started.
There are many more now. Speak
er Rayburn said the town was
"seething" with them.
We all remember the seven-digit
sum Of money contributed to cam
paign fund which came out of the
members dues of one great labor
union. True, the head of the union
later quarrelled with the president
whom he had helped elect because
the president refused to take his
orders. Nevertheless, this example
illustrates what "big money" at
tempts, and sometimes succeeds in
doing.
We know, too, that when the en-
tire economy of the country was
locked to a dead center by strikes
in two essential industries, coal and
transportation, and that when the
government itself gave orders,
those orders were disobeyed. Mi
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NEWS REVIEW
Days of Easy Payments
Said to Be on Way Back

fired because of Communistic lean
ings, as intimated by Representa-
tive Cox d., Ga.), on the house
floor. They were let 60 for econ
omy reasons, he said.
Of all the lists submitted by men,
bers of congress and other persons,
raising the Communist issue against
various permanent department per-
sonnet, he said, accusations against
but one employee have been SUBJ
stantiated, and this person has been
discharged. The employee was not
identified.