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Evening star., 1947-11-04
Maryland Sales Tax
Nets $5,702,622 as
Repeal Fight Begins
By the Assoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 4.-The per
cent sales tax on most retail trans
actions over cents raised $5,702, ,622
in Maryland during the first three
months of its application.
In announcing that figure last
night, State Controller James j..
Lacy said the yield would go about
$25 100000 during the fiscal year
ending next June 80 unless an ad-
ministration proposal to raise the
exemption to IA cents is enacted at
the special session of the General
Assembly convening tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the Maryland Eco
nomic Council, embracing civic
groups in 81 Maryland communities,
is laying plans for a drive to have
the act repealed.
Repeal Efforts Planned.
Robert Black of Norbeck, council
presidentA said the group plans to
have repeal resolutions presented
simultaneously in both Houses of the
General Assembly with bipartisan
sponsorship.
If that move fails, he said, the
council will press for an amendment
that would call for a referendum on
the act at the November 1948 elec-
tions.
Delegate .Pollack, Democrat of
Baltimore, said some time ago a re-
pealer would be offered and sub
stitute program for raising revenues
would be presented.
One method suggested was tax
on handbook betting.
The Washington County Ministe-
rial Association adopted resolution
in opposition to that suggestion last
night.
Delegate Changes Stand.
Delegate Bandiere, Democrat of
Baltimore, who announced previous
ly he would offer a bill calling for
distribution of surplus tax receipts
to the subdivisions in which they
are collected, said last night he had
changed his mind and would not
sponsor the measure.
His action caused City Council
man John Reed of Baltimore City
to withdraw his resolution before
that group calling for legislation
similar to that proposed in the Ban
diere bill.
The resolution had been opposed
by the city administration. The
withdrawal came after stormy
council debate.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Committee Studying
Police Case After
Greenbe|t 'Hearinq'

A two-month-old controversy over
two suspended Greenbelt policemen
was placed last night in the hands OF
a committee named at a meeting of
the Greenbelt Town Council.
After devoting an hour to a hear
ing" which councilmen later admit
ted was a highly irregular pro-
cedure," the five-member body moved
to close the issue pending the find
ings of an investigation committee
appointed by Mayor Thomas J. Can
ming.
The dispute f1ared up during the
regular council session when Mr..
Canning reported on the suspension
last July Of Officers John E. Belton
and Robert G. Dodge.
When the Mayor refused to re-
veal the reasons for the suspensions
both officers and spectators clam
ored for details.
ACCuSCU UI I-DIu1kIuSs
Mr.. Canning said that he did not
want to make a police trial. out
of the Council session, but upon
the officers insistence, reported they
had been suspended on charges of
drinking liquor while on duty and
in full uniform" at a private party
in the community.
Town Manager James T. Gobel
order the suspension. During last
nights discussion Mr.. Bolton and
Mr. Dodge repeatedly jumped to
their feet to say that certain towns
people" have been out to get" them
In answer to direct question by
Councilman Elizabeth Harrington,
Mr.. Bolton, however, admitted he
and his partner had had "one high
BALI each at the time, but claimed
they had worked excessively long
hours that day." On several oc-
casions Mayor Canning had to call
for order.
lO TTODe AuIulnlStTdtlOH.
The Investigation Committee,
which will go into all phases of
town administration, is comprised
of Bernard Bordenet, Wesley C.
Darling, Joseph Fitzmaurice, Milton
P. William and the five council
members.
A second committee named by the
Mayor to study proposals for a
National Guard unit in Greenbelt
includes Curtis j. Barker, Charles
M. Cormack, Edward C. Kaighn,
Frank j. Lastner and DR.. James w.
McCarl
Other business transacted at the
meeting included moves to sell town
hospital equipment to the Greenbelt
Healh Association, to obtain infor-
nation from Government housing
agencies regarding disposal of de-
fense homes and to review the town
charter with q view to strengthen
ing certain sections.
Residents were asked by the town
manager to submit suggestions for
the annual budget within the next
four weeks.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Audience Receives Special Musical Treat
AT Armstrong School Neighborhood Concert

The thousand people in Armstrong
High School auditorium were not
aware the National Symphony Or
chestra had a special surprise for
them
A printed line in the program
issued last night before the second
in the 1947-48 series of Neighbor-
hood Concerts under the sponsor
ship of The Star was the only clue
they had.
francesca Da Rimini, by Tschai-
kovsy," the line read. It hadn't been
played by the National Symphony in
three or four years. But now Con-
ductor Howard Mitchell was ready.
He tapped with his baton for atten-
ton.
Enchanted BY Music.
AS the selection progressed, the
audience became aware that here
was something different. There were
little musical pinwheels that came
from nowhere and went nowhere.
There was a curious vagueness about
it all. Indefinable little notes came
from violins. There were elusive
myriads of them.
The audience lost itself. 1t was
like being enchanted.
There were some listeners who
understood the meaning of the eerie
wisps. They had read of the
tragic love of Francesca and Paolo.
These listeners knew this was the
engrossing musical narrative of the
two lovers in the Second Circle of
He'll, from the Fifth Canto of Dante's
Inferno.
Storm Of Applause.
Here, the National Symphony was
depicting the tortures and agonies
of the condemned and the turmoil
of Hades. And when it was over the
listeners didn't move. They de-
ferred to the effect of this master
piece.
Then they applauded as a neigh
borhood audience never did before.
Three times Mr.. Mitchell asked his
orchestra members to rise to re-
ceive their honors. Only then did
people depart.
In the first part of the program
adults and children saw Mr. Mitchell
mould his "a musicians into per-
fectly synchronized unit. They liked
the almost automatic way violin
bows gracefully and uniformly
swept upward during Haydn'S
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Mrs. Go|dsborough Hurt
In Crash Near Frederick

Mrs. Laura Goldsborough, wife of
District Court Justice T. Alan Colds
borough, was reported to be in a
satisfactory condition this morning
at the Frederick (Md) Memorial
Hospital where she was taken yes
terday after being injured in an
automobile accident south Of Fred
erick.
Mrs. Goldsborough suffered head
cuts when the automobile in which
she was a passenger left the road
and crashed into an iron fence sur
rounding the Monocacy Battlefield,
police said.
The driver Of Mrs. Goldsborough's
car was listed as Willie Thomas, so,
colored, lis Eighth street NE, a
messenger at District Court. He was
unhurt. Mrs. Goldsborough was en-
route from Washington to Berkeley
Springs, w. Va, when the accident
occurred.
Justice Goldsborough adjourned
court yesterday afternoon and went
to Frederick after receiving word
Of the accident.
Evening star., 1947-11-04

Symphony No. SO in B Flat Major"
And they liked the beautiful melan-
choly of Wagner's 'Traume."
Gratitude Expressed.
This was the music the Symphony
was playing during its Neighborhood
Concerts. Woolsey Hall, president
of the Federation of Civic Associa-
tions and guest speaker during in
termission, summed it ups
Tonight" he said, I'VE renew
our expression of gratitude to The
Evening Star for sponsoring the ap-
pearance in this neighborhood audi
torium Of our National Symphony
Orchestra, for here in our very pres
ence it executes with perfection the
moving works of the great music
masters of the ages.
I'm fact" he added, "the beauty
and power of the artistry of these
masters of music tranSfigure us,
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Nine Maryland Airports
Rated as Above Average
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov 4.-The Air
craft Owners and Pilots Associa-
ton has rated nine Maryland air.
ports as above average in a Ma
tion-wide survey.
The association said the survey
was made at 1877 airports, or ap-
proximately one-quarter of the Ma
tion's airfields.
Maryland fields listed as above
average are Baltimore Municipal
Airport and Ruther Field in Bal
timore; Curtis Airport, Brandy
wine; Mexico Farms Airport, Cum
berland; Stevens Airport, Frederick;
Schrom Airport, Greenbelt; Hagers-
town Airport. Congressional Airport,
Rockville, and Delmarva Airport,
Salisbury.
Evening star., 1947-11-04

ton, he is an 88th Division veteran
of the italian campaign.
Young Burchette, who comes from
Ronda, N. c., and Betty, who is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Carroll Allen of 5716 Eighth street
north, Arlington, were married Au-
gust 81. She was brought to the
hospital in an ironlung on Septem-
ber 16. The National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis paid for the
disqualification and for a nurse. Miss
Rita Rice, according to Mrs. Fran
ces L. Biddle, executive secretary of
the Arlington chapter.
The chapter, she said, is paying
for the convalescent trip. to Warm
Springs with Miss Rice In attend
ance. The physicians assure Betty
that she will recover completely.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Stote Employees Seek
Raises in Maryland
By The Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 4.-The Mary
Classified Employees Association has
sent to Gov. Lane a resolution ask
ing the special session Of the Legis-
lature which convenes tomorrow to
increase salaries Of State employees.
The resolution says employees in
most departments have not received
pay increase since September,
1946, and the boost did not con-
template the additional rise in the
cost of living which has taken place
since that time"
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Luroy Is Holding
Unofficial Vote
|OnHospitoI Tax
Special Dispatch TO The Stor

LURAY, Va, Nov. 4-Ballot boxes
manned by clergymen were placed
today at the voting precincts in Page
County, 40 feet from the official
boxes, and citizens will be polled un-
officially on whether they want q
county tax to build new hospital.
A. F. Herndon, president of the
Board of Trustees of the hospital,
said the Board of Supervisors would
be asked to make such a levy If the
citizens approve. The report on the
unofficial balloting will not be made
until next week, he added.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Skidding Auto Kills
Driver, Several Hurt
In Traffic in Storm

Heavy rain, driven by strong
winds, was responsible for automo-
bile accidents which caused one
death and injury to several persons
yesterday and last night.
Skidding on wet roadways led to
the traffic fatality in Montgomery
County and the serious injury of a
young woman in Fairfax County.
Heavy property damage also re-
suited from the storm.
William Dodson, "a, a plumber OF
Fairland, Md, died last night in
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, of in
juries suffered about 7:30 pm. when
his automobile slid into tree on
the Viers Mill road, 3 miles east of
Rockville, Montgomery County,
police reported. He suffered skull
fracture when thrown from the We
hicle.
Girl Hurt in Same Crash.
Miss Louise Campbell, 20, of Rock
vile, passed a fairly good night"
at the hospital, attendants said. aft
er treatment for lacerations suffered
in the same accident. A third per-
son, whose name was listed as Ben
jamin Harding, was shaken up but
not seriously hurt, the hospital re-
ported. He was not admitted as a
patient.
When a light truck slowed down
to go over the crest of hill on
Route so yesterday afternoon, a pas
senger automobile rammed into it
injuring two persons, and setting the
stage for q second collision a short
distance to the rear five minutes
later, according to Fairfax County
police.
The police said an automobile
driven by Miss Barbara Ann Nc
Hugh, %, of Uniontown, Pa, crashed
into the rear of a truck driven by
Miss Della Joseph, %, of Middle
town, Ohio, half a mile east OF
Pender.
Car Is Demolished.
Miss McHugh was admitted to Ar
lington County Hospital with a pos
sible fracture of the pelvis. Her
automobile was demolished when it
struck a telephone pole after hitting
the truck. Miss Joseph was admit
ted to the hospital for observation.
Before the wreckage could be
cleared away, an automobile driven
by Charles w. Payne, jr., 100 South
Pitt street, Alexandria, piled into
three others parked Immediately be-
hind the scene of the first crash, the
police said. No one was hurt in
this collision.
Two women were taken to hos
pitals after being injured in traffic
accidents in the District yesterday.
Mrs. Ottlie r. Signell, AZ of RID
l, Laurel, Md, was reported in a
serious condition at Casualty Hos
pital with a broken back and right
leg Police said Mrs. Signell was
struck by an automobile while cross
ing First street at East Capitol
shortly after 3 pm.
Woman Hit by Streetcar.
The driver, identified as Robert
r. Padgett. 81, of 207 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc, was charged with driv-
ing with a defective windshield
wiper, police said.
Mrs. Nina Garfield. 40, Of 1905
Seventeenth street NV, was struck
Evening star., 1947-11-04
HyattsvilIe Receives
Report on Retirement

The Hyattsville Town Council last
light received report by special
committee consisting of H. w. Spick-
nall and H. L. Lawrence on partici-
patton in the State employees retire
ment system. 1t proposed to obtain
information on costs to the munich
pality and to the employees before
deciding whether to participate.
An application was received from
John F. Lillard to erect a motor
court in the rear of his law Office
property. 5l01 Baltimore avenue.
Action y scheduled November II.
Evening star., 1947-11-04

by a streetcar on Connecticut ave-
nue. near N street NV. She was
taken to Emergency Hospital with
injuries to her right side, police re-
ported. The car was operated by
John T. Williams, 20, Of 1424 A
street NE, reports said.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Lee School PTA to Meet

How to make parent-teacher CO.
operation more effective will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the Robert
E. Lee School Parent Teacher Asso-
citation in Arlington at 8 pm. to-
morrow, Mrs. LaRoy Bove an
nolInced
Evening star., 1947-11-04

AT ALEXANDRIA HOBBY SHOWOne of the exhibits in the
at the Cameron Street Community Cen
ter Alexandria, powered model tugboa Laurel Lee,
built Stanley L. Potter 2O1 West Masonic View avenue who
says will pull It's operation being explained by
Leroy Juerat % 03 North Henry street. to Boy Scouts
Rcky 705 Endurby drive Qef and Ralph Kneeland
drive The show by the Alexandria
recreation department, closes today Star Staf Photo
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

fight to abolish these evils. it
will make little Roadway to-
ward social justice. And, of
course, when a pastor does en-
ter the day-to-day struggles of
the people, he faces the pos
sibility of being red-baited--
as number of Chicago clergy
men know only too we'll.
I'm old fashioned ENOUGH
TO believe that the church
with its mass membership
should take the lead in solv-
ing the practical problems of
the plain people as nay Bible
tells me il did in the begin
ming. Either that. or John
Foster Dulles and his sup
porters should rewriie the
New Testament.
Frankly, Cardinal Griffin
would do humanity a greater
service by inviting all Cath
olics to join holy war for
elimination of racism-begin-
ming, of course, among all COM
municants of his faith-than
in doing battle against Com
munists who have long had the
reputation of kicking out any
body who shows prejudice to-
ward Negroes, Jews or any
similar oppressed group.
All available evidence shows
that on this score at least, the
Catholics can learn from the
Communists.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04
Meat prices - one year
after controls we're lifted

WASHINGTON-FP-In the
year that has passed since
Pres. Truman went on the
radio to announce he had Civ
en- in to the meat profiteers
and had ordered decontrol of
meat, the price trend shows
that labor and consumers
groups fears of outrageous
meat profiteering at the time
were justified.
On Oct. IA, 1916, Truman
blamed high meat prices on
"a few men in Congress-" who
had stab5ed OPA to death,
and said he had "a definite
promise" from livestock and
meat men that the lifting of
controls would bring to the
market the meat which our
people want, at reasonable
prices" He addSl that the
public would know where the
responsibility rests if a profit
eering spree should set in.
Surveys by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics show the
wholesale meat index at 254.4
as of Sept. 20, 1947, with a 1926
price base of 100. For the
month of September 1916, Just
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taxes the 46 million families
would have to pay on the re-
CURED income of $40. billion.
the production of goods and
services today would already
pretty nearly provide every
family with what it needs under
the requirements of the Heller
budget. And where production
was deficient, it could be
quickly raised to satisfy the
increased purchasing power of
the people.
The real point behind DIR.
Backman's argument is not that
the economy cannot provide
every family with the goods
and services called for by the
minimum standards of the Hell
Ter budget. He contends that
since the nation is getting along
With so much less, it is imprac-
teal, if not immoral, to fight
for Heller budget standards.
In other words, he is par
roting in his own way the prop
uganda of the monopolies and
their stooges in Congress that
the people are eating too much
and living too well. They want
the people to eat less and live
less SO that even greater profits
can be made at the expense of
the stunted lives of workers
and their children.
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But the record shows that
the gap is not as great as DR..
Backman believes. There are
some 46 million families in the
country. If they all received
$4,000 as called for by the Hell
Ter budget, their total income
would be about $170 billion.
The actual annual rate of
total personal income in the
first half of 1947 was more
than $191 billion. There was
more than enough therefore, if
purchasing power were fairly
distributed, to provide each
family with an income suffi-
Gent to assure a healthful and
decent living standard.
GIVEN the income, there is
no doubt about the economy
providing the goods and serv-
ices that would be needed. The
production of consumer goods
and services in the first half
of this year was at an annual
rate of $3.50 billion.
If allowance is made for the
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Figures don't Iie> but
here's how liars figure

that the average worker in the
manufacturing industries today
is making about $50 a week, or
$25 less than what is called for
by the Heller budget.
They call attention to the
fact that a recent survey by
the Federal Reserve Board re-
vealed that only about 2OPo
of American families make
more than the $4,000 a year
required to maintain family
at health and decency stand
ara.
Called by such facts spokes-
men for big business are now
attacking the use of trade I'M
ions of Heller budget data in
their wage negotiations.
Most recent criticism has
come from DIR. Jules Backman,
speaking for the Natl. Indus
trial Conference Board. The
Natl. Industrial Conference
Board does the brain work for
big business to prove that wage
increases cannot be granted,
that corporations are always in
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

danger of imminent bankruptcy.
DR.. Backman is specialist
in this kind of thing. Back in
1916 he proved that if the steel
workers received a wage in
crease the industry would go
broke. Its profit record since
then has cast considerable
doubt on both his supposed
objectivity and his accuracy as
an economic analyst.
DIR. BACKMAN points out
that the Heller budget is all
wrong because if every family
received what it called for, the
output of goods and services
that would be required would
be in excess of what the econ
omy is producing.
That is half truth since
there is nothing to prevent the
nation from expanding the out
put of the economy except the
fact that monopolies which con-
troll industry can extort greater
profits from scarcity than from
plenty.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04
Frank :|}|'|:|l S|:Ve

nomic dictators of America re-
tain their power. In too many
instances, the church finds that
it profits materially by failing
to even speak out against seq
regation. In such cases of
course, leading militant fight
against this great evil is out
of the question.
However, I doubt that the
ownership of costly temples of
worship and extensive real
estate is the kind of material
ISM to which Cardinal Griffin
refers.
To merely tell a congrega-
fion that race hate is NOR
ally wrong" brings few posi-
tive results. There will be
few converts to active
brotherhood of all men
among listeners whose rae
ism is based upon economic
factors. The signer of re-
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before Truman decontrolled
meat, the index was 1913.
RETAIL meat prices, which
have reached the highest levels
on record and approach 81 a
pound for many cuts in large
cities, stood 1907 above the
prewar level on the latest BIS
retail index, July Is, l947.
During the year they have
shown a pattern of leaping
sharply up every three or four
months, then inching down
slightly as the public resisted
high prices, and then climbing
sharply again. This cycle has
occurred three times since Tru-
mans decontrol speech of last
October.
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United clearinghouse Workers
CIO) called for a price con-
troll act which would hold the
line on meat prices and keep
their members working. Their
charge that the packers were
not buying cattle on the range
and deliberately creating a
scarcity was borne out by Agri-
culture Dept. figures. Only
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While the Republican 8Oth
Congress has set committees to
work investigating whether
prices are high and if so why.
a look at corporation profits in
Moody's, a business guide for
business, shows the following:
ARMOUR & CO.. one of the
meatpacking giants, reported
net income after taxes of $9.3
million in 1945, which climbed
to SCI million in 1896 First
quarter 1947 sales were SUBJ
stantially higher than the year
before.
Swift & Co., another of the
meat kings, increased its net
income after taxes 1929 in
1916 over 1945.
While the Natl. Assn. of
Manufacturers and their friends
in Congress applauded meat
decontrol a year ago, the Con-
sumers Advisory Committee of
OPA termed Truman's action
"a body blow to the American
consumer which will turn loose
the forces of initiation on food"
A FEW days before. the
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against jim crow, than in
fighting discrimination which
makes members of minority
groups turn to communism as
the only way out.
have nothing but praise for
the strong position taken by
Archbishop Ritter of st.
Louis who refused to back
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

one-fourth the normal quota
of meat was being slaughtered
weekly in federally inspected
plants.
Latest available BIS figures
show meat has climbed faster
and higher in price than all
other major items in the city
jewellers budget during the past
year.