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Evening star., 1947-05-23
Civil Service Board
Opposed 10 Absolute
Priority for Veterans

The Civil Service Commission to-
day expressed outright opposition to
legislation which would give vet
Grams absolute priority in Govern
ment jobs.
The commissions position was
stated by John A. Overholt, its ef-
ficiency rating chief, in testimony
before the House Civil Service Com
mittee.
Mr.. Overholt pointed out that un-
der provisions of the bill "a veteran
in the Government with one day OF
service could be retained over a
nonveteran with IS years Of serv-
ice."
Modification Indicated.
The witness said enactment OF the
bill would result in chaos in the
Federal service and would bring
about situation impossible to solve.
After today's hearing, committee
members indicated that the bill
would be modified to meet the COM
missions objections. The bill also
contains provisions designed to pro-
tect veterans job rights as provided
in the Veterans Preference Act.
Representative Vursell, Repub-
lican, of Illinois, who presided at
today's meeting, scheduled the next
session for a week from Monday.
Meet on Canal Zone.
Meanwhile, Senate Civil Service
subcommittee met in executive ses-
sion to question Panama Canal
Zone and Civil Service Commission
officials on the new order permit
ting non-American citizens to COM
pete for important jobs in the mill
tarily strategic Canal Zone.
There has been some criticism of
the order on the grounds that agents
bof potential enemy countries might
secure jobs in the zone. Senator
Thye, Republican, of Minnesota
said after the meeting that Army
officials In the zone had assured the
committee that each job applicant
would be thoroughly checked before
being allowed to compete for the
positions.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
u. 5. Chamber Will Hold
1948 Convention Here

The 1948 convention Of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce will
be held in Washington from April
26 to %, Ralph Bradford, executive
vice president Of the chamber, in
formed the Greater National Capt.
tai Committee of the Washington
Board Of Trade today.
The chambers annual meeting
was held here this year for the first
time in six years. officials said
Washington was picked again be-
cause the Nations industrial, hnan-
cial and Government leaders are
readily available here to discuss
problems with chamber delegates.
Edgar Morris, chairman of the
Greater National Capital Committee
who recently was elected a chamber
director, said the meeting is zone Of
the countryis most valuable conven-
tions. both from the standpoint Of
prestige and also from the standpoint
Of the large amount OF revenue
which the chambers delegates and
guests bring to Washington"
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Arorot Shrine Guards
To March Tomorrow

Washington will get a view of
the colorful mounted guard from
the Ararat Shrine Temple of Kan
sas City, Mo, tomorrow morning
when the unit will parade along
Pennsylvania avenue from the Capt.
tol to the Washington Hotel. The
parade will follow a welcoming cere-
mony between $50 and 10 am. on
the east steps of the Capitol in
which the Missouri delegation in
Congress will participate.
There are $50 members in the
groups uniformed bodies - the
mounted patrol, drum corps and
chanters-and $50 additional men,
bers.
The organization is en- route to
Atlantic City, N. j., for the 73d
annual session of the Imperial
Council. The group will arrive here
at 6 am. on two special trains.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Closing Time for
Sunday Classified Ads
2 Pm. Saturday

Owing to the tremendous
demand for Classified Adyer-
tising space in The Sunday
Star, the closing time for such
advertising has been adj
vanced to 2 pm. Saturday,
branch offices to l pm.
The Stars rates for Classi-
fed Advertising for the num-
Der of words per line printed
and results received are by far
the lowest to the public.
Please place your adver-
tising as early as possible.
Closing time for Classified
Ads in The Evening Star Is
3 pm. for next days issue.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Special Unit Of House
Soon 10 Start Probe Of
Western High Incident

A special House District SUBJ
committee soon will begin a COM
plete investigation of the so-called
Western High School incident.
Creation of fve-man inquiry
group was authorized late yesterday
by the fun House District Commit
tee, with instructions to make an
immediate and complete probe
and report back recommendations
Chairman Dirksen Is expected to
name the subcommittee members
within the next day or so.
The incident occurred on May 6
when four students walked out on
a talk on Russia by Mrs. Shura
Lewis, wife of a former Moscow
Embassy clerk, who is now stu,
dent at George Washington Uni
versity. The students said they OBJ
jected to certain remarks by the
Russian-born speaker on life in her
native land.
Action by the committee in or
dering an inquiry followed an Off
the-record discussion of the whole
episode.
Mrs. Lewis was invited to speak
|at the high school by Principal N
A. DanoWsky, after he heard her
speak on another occasion. He said
he had asked her to avoid con-
troversial matters, but Mrs. Lewis
later said she did not remember
the request.
A Board Of Education investiga-
tion pronounced the matter unfor-
tunate and announced institution of
a system of advance check on fu-
ture speakers.
Mrs. Lewis, born in Russia, came
here in 1943 with her husband, when
she married in 1899. They have
two children.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
AAF Gets Plans
For Porochutinq
Whole HOSPITALS
BY the Assoeiofed Press

The Army Air Forces has blue
prints of complete hospitals which
could be dropped by parachute on
battleflelds or disaster stricken COM
mulIities.
The idea has been submitted to
the AAF's air surgeon, Mai. Gen.
Malcom C. Grow, by several aircraft
and engineering firms and serious
attention is being given the project,
AAF officers said today.
Sketches and blueprints so far
prepared include these proposals:
The hospitals would be made I'D
of individual units, each complete
in itself, such as operating rooms,
x-ray rooms and quarters for
r.t.-ats.
o.ess. init would be a separate
fuselage, capable of being released
in the air or detached after the
airplane had made a normal land
ing.
Overall length of units intended
for use with large transport would
run up to 80 feet. giving a ROOM
size comparable with many ordinary
hospital rooms.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Clio Urges U. 5. School Aid
As Step Against Prejudice
By the Assoeiotsd Press

The CIO, striking out at State
differences III educational standards,
cnntended today that the Federal
Government should be as concerned
about the people who cross State
lines as about the quality of vege-
tables and cattle which cross them"
Kermit Eby, CIO director of edu-
cation and research, declared In q
statement prepared for House
Labor Subcommittee that "agricul-
tural products and livestock must
meet certain standards Of quality
but young men and women are
ignored"
Supporting a bill to provide Fed
eral grants to States for education,
he asserted that young people who
leave underprivileged areas in search
of opportunity for themselves and
their children carry with them
their illiteracy and prejudice to the
cities in which they settle"
For this reason, if for no other"
he said, "a national standard of
equal education opportunity is
needed-to protest against the con-
tagion of ignorance, to inoculate
against the virus of prejudice"
Evening star., 1947-05-23
New Bill 70 Ask
Felony Status
III
For Gun-Totinq
Senator Cooper Hopes
TO Have Measure for
D. c. Ready Monday

The District antigun- toting bin
may be rewritten to meet the OBJ.
jections raised by Senator Cooper.
Republican. of Kentucky when 1t
came up for Senate debate yesterday.
Senator Cooper said he objected
to permitting search without war
rant for q misdeineanor, but would
support a bill making the carrying
of concealed weapons In the Dis
.trict felony. He contended Ii
would be bad precedent to permit
such search for misdemeanors.
The Kentuckian did not oppose
onsideration Of the measure yes
.erday, but wanted a larger attend
ance of Senators to hear the dis
cllssion. When he indicated he
would ask for a quorum call, Chair
man Buck Of the Senate District
Committee Withdrew the bill for the
time being.
New Bill to BE Drawn.
Senator Buck later suggested to
Senator Cooper, OF the floor, that
the Kentuckian prepare his own
bill, meeting the objections he raised
yesterday.
Senator Cooper agreed and said
he would try to have 1t ready by
Monday. Chairman Buck said he
would lay it before the District Com
mittee next week and try to get 1t
reported promptly to the Senate
as substitute.
The Kentucky Senator said he be-
lieves his bill would be greater
deterrent to gun-toting, because az
a felony violations would require
heavier punishment.
And I will do my best to get It
passed." he added, because I don't
see why any one, unless he is an
officer. has any business with a pistol
on him"
The bill Chairman Buck tried to
get through the Senate yesterday
passed the House April IA. It would
amend the existing law regulating
the sale and use of pistols and
other dangerous weapons by per-
mitting search and seizure without
warrant upon probable cause OF
violation.
Citing Supreme Court decisions,
Senator Cooper described the bill
in its present form as a threat to
one of the fundamental rights In
the Bill of Rights, relating to search
and seizure.
He said he is in sympathy with
the objective of the bill to cope
with crimes of violence and believes
some measures should be taken.
"But ] believe they can be taken
without attacking a fundamental
right more important than the tenn
porary situation" he added.
IF this offense is of SUCH i'm
portance-and it is of such i'm
portance-that it demands a search
without warrant, then the Con-
gress should make the carrying Of
concealed weapons a felony in the
District"
Evening star., 1947-05-23
6 Outstanding CIV. Graduates
Win 1o47 Achievement Award

avenue Sc, recently appointed
librarian of the Supreme Court.
Rudolf Emil Schoenfeld, son Of
Mrs. Johanna Schoenfeld, 705 South
Royal street, Alexandria, member
OF the Division of British Common
wealth Affairs, State Department.
Clyde A. Tolson, 1000 Cathedral
avenue NV, associate director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
DR. Sterling v. Mead, l149 Six
teenth street NV, president of the
American Dental Association.
The awards will be presented at
the schools commencement exercises
at 8 pm. Wednesday In Constitution
Hall. The presentation viii be by
DR.. Alexander Wetmore. association
president.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
ICC Cancels Hearing
For Young, Bowman
by the Associoted Press

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission today Cancelled a hearing
called for June 2 on the applications
of Robert r. Young and Robert S.
Bowman for authority to sit on the
board of the New York Central Rail-
road Co.
The postponement is to permit
additional time for attorneys to pre-
pare data to be reviewed. A new
hearing date will be set later.
Mr.. Young is board chairman of
the Chesapeake g. Ohio Railway Co.
and Mr.. Bowman is C. & o. presi-
dent. They were offered places on
the New York Central board after
c. & o. acquired substantial stock
holdings in New York Central.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Keep Prices Down, Tuck
Urges Tourist Industry
By the Associated Press

Gov. Tuck called on the States
tourist industry yesterday to keep
prices reasonable" and to clean up
establishments catering to the trav-
cling public in line with the New
Virginia Campaign launched by
the State Chamber of Commerce.
Speaking to representatives of
the tourist business gathered in the
hall of the House of Delegates, he
told them that "gouging will dis
courage the return Of the visitors"
and said that a united effort would
be required for Virginia to forge
ahead in the hot competition for the
Nations tourist dollar and to make
the State the variety playground
of America"
Evening star., 1947-05-23
| Arlington toCIose
| Registration at
| 9 Pm. Monday

Secretary John w. Jackson of
the Arlington Electoral Board, an
nounced today that registrat ton
books of precinct registrars will close
Monday night for Tuesdays elec-
ton.
The books Of Central Registrar
Mary Moore Mcintosh at the court
house, will close at pm. tonight
for Tuesdays voting.
Mr.. Jackson explained that al
though the law permits registration
up to and including election day,
many of the registrars will be on
duty at polling places as clerks and
judges and registration of voters
would interfere with voting. The
central registrar Office Is closed on
Saturdays.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

Six outstanding graduates of
George Washington University have
won the 1947 achievement award of
the university's General Alumni
Association, it was announced today.
The winners were recognized for
achieving distinction in their chosen
fields. They are:
Philias II. Girouard, 3401 Patterson
street NV, chief engineer of the
Navy Bureau of Ordnance.
DR.. Martha Bob Lucas, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert II. Lucas.
140 Hesketh street, Chevy Chase,
Md. president Of Sweet Briar
College.
Miss Helen Newman, l28 Kentucky
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Louisville Writer to Head
Democratic Publicity
BY the Associated Press

Samuel c. Brightman, special
writer for the Louisville (Ky0
Courier-Journal, was appointed as
sistant director of publicity for the
Democratic National Committee.
He will assume his new post June /.
Mr.. Brightman, a former public
relations adviser to former Housing
Expediter Wilson Wyatt, replaced
Josef Berger, who has resigned after
being awarded Guggenheim fell
lowship to write novel.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Father Ryon Is Named
Domestic PreIute

The Rev. John K. Ryan, associate
professor of philosophy at Catholic
University and well known writer
on philosophical topics, today re-
ceived word of his elevation by Pope
Plus XII to the rank of domestic
prelate with the title of monsignor.
Notice of the honor was forwarded
by the Most Rev. Leo Binz, coad-
jutor bishop of Winona, Mimi,
where Father Ryan taught before
coming to Catholic University in
1881. Investiture ceremonies are
scheduled at Winona in August.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
New Courthouse Bill
Goes 10 White House
with Minor Changes

TIE House today concurred in Sem
ate amendments to House-passed
bill for planning a new Federal
courthouse here and ordered it sent
to the White House.
Congressional action was COM
pleted shortly after the House con-
vened at II am. The bill, which
had been passed yesterday by the
Senate with minor amendments, was
called up and quickly approved.
AS soon as the measure can be
enrolled and formally signed by the
Speaker Of the House and President
Pro Tenn of the Senate it will be
sent to President Truman.
Approval by the Chief Executive
has been forecast because. the
Budget Bureau some time ago sent
to the Senate Public Works Com
mittee a letter, ostensibly on behalf
of the President, saying there was
no objection to the measure.
Appropriation Necessary.
If and when the President affixes
his signature, funds will have to be
appropriated to start planning the
structure. The measure provides for
100000 for plans and specifications.
There is no authority, however, to
start construction.
When the measure was called up
in the Senate yesterday, Senator
Magnuson, Democrat, of Washing
ton said there is an urgent, accumu-
lated need for public buildings
throughout the country He wanted
to know If an exception is being
made to provide for a new court
house here.
His colleague, Senator Cain, Re-
publican, of Washington said no
exception is being made for the
immediate erection of a building
here. This bill, he explained, mere
ly authorizes preparation of plans
and specifications against the day
when Congress decides to provide
funds for a building program.
With this explanation, Senator
Magnuson offered no objection to
passage of the BILL.
The site chosen for the project is
the vacant area between Constitu-
ton avenue, c street, Third street
and John Marshall place NV,
which belongs to the District Gov
ernment.
Share to Be Decided Later.
Congress many years ago required
the District to buy an area in excess
of its actual needs for a new Mu-
nicipal Center, and the courthouse
bill provides that the value of the
land-$2, ,420, 0,000-constitute a credit
of the entire courthouse project.
Congress would determine later,
when the building was being erect
ed, what the Districts share of the
cost would be.
The plans for the building would
be prepared under the direction of a
committee composed of justices of
the United States Court of Appeals,
the District Court, member of the
Board of Commissioners, the Com
missioner of Public Buildings and
the Architect of the Capitol.
The Senate also passed yesterday
bill to fix the authorized strength
of the White House. police force at
ITO men. This measure still requires
House approYal..
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Organization Of Unit
To Treat Alcoholics
Charfed al Hearing
By George Kennedy

An organizational chart for
clinical treatment of alcoholics in
the District was introduced today at
hearing before a Senate District
subcommittee considering the Her
bert bill for rehabilitation of
alcoholics.
The chart was introduced as an
ideal one by James v. Bennett, di-
rector of the Federal Bureau of
Prisons, a member of the COM
mittee which drafted the bill.
The chart called for a director at
$4,000 a year, three psychiatrists
at $1,000; three at $1,000; two at
$4,000; a chaplain at $4,000 and
technical assistants at $4,000 a year
and up.
Mr.. Bennett told Senator Cooper,
Republican, of Kentucky, who is
chairman of the subcommittee, that
II do not like to see this program
approached as experimental We
know enough about this already.
Recoveries of as high as 80 per cent
have been reported under a similar
program. Let us be conservative
and figure on 80 per cent recoveries.
It will still pay off"
Health Officials Cooperate.
Mr.. Bennett said that his chart
had been drawn up in consultation
with United States Public Health
officials who are interested in al
coholism as the fourth public health
problem.
He said that he did not believe
there would be difficulty in obtain
ing qualified personnel If enough
money were paid to make it attrac-
tive to them.
MIR. Bennett, suggesting a change
in the bill as it came from the
House, said he did not think the
director necessarily should be a
medical man as stipulated in the
House bill.
Judge Walter j. Casey of Munich
pal Court also suggested this change
and said the Alcoholics Anonymous
brotherhood had provided the most
effective help he had received in his
experience of committing drunkards.
Liquor Dealer Favors Clinic.
Milton S. Kronheim, wholesale
liquor dealer, said that he believed
that establishment of a clinic was
"commendable and necessary" He
said that the Health Departments
Alcoholic Clinic now is operating
on $4,000 annually, and if it would
take $4,000 to $25,000 more, the
money should be appropriated from
the general fund.
Mr.. Kronheim reiterated his op-
position to financing the clinics with
a special tax on the liquor in
dustry.
Mr.. Kronheim was followed by
Joseph Donohue, his attorney, who
appeared as counsel for the Wash
ington Retail Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation. Mr.. Donohue said that
consumers of alcoholic beverages ir
the District pay $4,000, 900 a year
to the United States Government
and 100000 a year to the Dis
trict government. He said the tes-
timony in the hearings had over
looked the fact that District liquor
dealers pay s1,400,oo0 to the Dis
trict in personal property tax on
their inventories.
Mr.. Donohue warned that addi-
tional taxation might 'kill the goose
that lays the golden eggs" but
speaking for his liquor dealer cli-
ents. he concluded by saying:
1--WE are in favor of these clinics
no matter how they have to be
financed"
Mrs. Josephine Gurley, head of
the District WCTU's Legislative
Committee, testified that her organ
ization favored financing the clinics
by taxing the liquor trade.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
7 D. c. Legion officioIs
Cited for Bond Services

Seven District American Legion
officials have been cited by the
Treasury Department for their
services in connection with War
Bond sales.
Special awards were presented
last night by Hugh Lynch, director
of the Treasury,s District savings
bond division. at the Legion Club
house, 2437 Fifteenth street, NV.
Awards went to Guy c. Nadeau, de-
partment commander; Charles
Koken, Thomas r. Callahan, Frank
lin Porter, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons,
J. A. Ager and Haywood N. Saunders.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Cancer compoign Goes
Over Top in MoryIond

BALTIMORE, May 23.-The can
Ger campaign for Maryland was
well over the top today, with Mary
landers subscribing by nearly 5000
in excess of the State quota.
Campaign workers raised $204 $50
in the Give to Conquer Cancer"
drive which opened April l and
ended yesterday. The quota was
$200, 600.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Copitol Press Banquet Set

Arthur NJ. Carter, managing editor
of the Washington Afro-American,
will preside at the fourth annual
Capital Press Club banquet at $3.50
o'clock tonight at Lucy Slowe Hall,
1919 Third street NV. Al Smith,
colunnist for the Chicago Defender,
will be toastmaster.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Nurse Added to Stuff

Mrs. Helen Teberg has been added
to the staff Of the Instructive Visit
ing Nurse Association of Arlington,
it was announced today. Mrs. Lillian
Cary, executive director, said ad-
missions and visits are running
ahead of the same period last year.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1947-11-14
VYROCNf OSADNf
P~OSVfCENSKA


Vystrojena Dude letos jake
iest6 nikdy dosud ma -pochout-
ku a zabavu vsech ct6nych no
stu We dnech 10. a 10. tohoto
mesfce, tedy jiz prfstf 1tery a
stredu v dolejsi skolnf mfstno-
sti pTi osade sv. Vaclava.
Slfbeno vsem tentokrate pra-
We to posvicenf, p6kny to 1vod
do diamantovych slavnosti ia
kozto prfpravou ma vzacny Den
Dfknvzdan1 "a 75ti-lete trvan1
osady svatovaclavske. Protoz,
radujme Sc a veselme Sc vespo-
lex O Posvfcenske veceTi We
prospect starobyle a nam tax
drahe osady, ably setrvala jeste
hezky dlouho do budoucna pro
pozemske a nebeske stest1 ka-
tolickJch CechG v Baltimore.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1947-11-14
SCHUZE PROTI
EXPRESSWAY.

Minute pondelf vecer obcane
nasi ctvrti naplnili rozsahlou
mfstnost pod skolou sv. Vacla-
va do posledniho mfsta, ably de-
monstrovali prot zamyslene
Expressway, ktera ma prob1-
haiti Eager ulici.
Tato protestnf sch1ze byla
svolana Observation-Disclosures
can Civic Association, kterazto
organizace vede oposici k po-
razenf ordinance obsahujicf
vystavbu Expressway.
SchGzi T1dil predseda Asso-
ciace p. Emil Mynar, ktery W.
slovil ostre namitky proti pro-
jektovane speedway" v nasi
ctvrti. Take nasledujici Una
my Tecnfk p. Anton j. Svejda,
tajemn1k Home Vigilance Cen
ter za1tocil ma podporovatele
Expressway a kritizoval jiste
vedoucf obcany naseho mesta
pro jejich ciny.
Schulz byli take prftomni vsi-
chni 3 meststf radni 2. legislac-
n1ho distriktu PIP. Waldt, Di-
Domenico a Kennedy, kteri
taktez projevili svoji oposici k
ordinance a slibili, re budou
pracovati k jejf porazce a re
budou voliti prot ordinance v
mestsk6 rade.
Statnf senator p. Hubert P.
(Tex) Barton Sc take vyslovil
proti "racer-dip" tax jak ma
zval Speedway.
DalSfmi Tecn1ky byli PIP. stat
nj delegati John Wallis a L. c..
Schueler, kteTf taktez ostfe ma
padli podporovatele speedway.
Pan Wallis varoval mestske rad
nj pTfpad6, re by chteli uni
citi sve 1mysly a pan Schueler
nabldl pomoc zenam budou-li
chtfti vniknouti do zasedac1 ST.
ne mestske rady nebo starosto-
Wy 1radovny.
Pan Pavel Novak, cinny Glen
associace a vedoucl oposice po-
zadal shromazdeni, ably psali
svym mestskym urednfk1m a
projevih svGj protest k Elk
presSWay.
DGstp. Josef F. Vetrovec, ia
rar Osady sv. Vaclava nabadal
toto velike shromazdeni ably
stall sjednoceni v teto vazne
veci. Varoval, re v pT1pade po-
stavenf Expressway nase Osa-
ola a jakoz i majitel6 domd by
byli vazne ohrozeni.
Observation-Disclosures Civic
Association
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