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Hartford chronicle., 1947-01-18
TOBACCO SITUATION NEEDS LEGISLATION

ddTG1OTQ - EVer since OOV- ernor Snow revealed the con- tents of the report on the tobac- co situation in Connecticut by the Department of Labor, there has been much hue and cry about the discrepancies.
 But high above all the charges and counter charges that are flying back and forth, thick and fast, are certain ma jOr considerations. First of all is the fact that the tobacco in dustry is really big business be- cause it approximates an an- nual seventy million dollar de- velopment. Second, for a long time it has depended upon child labor. {
 These are the two factors that give people of the state a good deal of concern. First is the basic consideration that no busi ness of this magnitude should be permitted to operate with out some legislative controls ; and certainly not on the basis of their good intentions.
 Then for long years it ha been an accepted principle in industry that our child popula- tion must be protected from the standpoint of age, working con- ditions and hours.
 At the moment the latter item seems to depend solely upon the goodwill and consci- ence of operators. Therefore some of them follow the die tates of reason very closely while others break any and every rule whenever 1t serves their purpose.
 It appears that there will be a showdown in this legislature about the whole tobacco situa- tion and that there will be some laws forthcoming to regulate the use of children under IA years of age.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-01-18

ReSlgndC1On or IN. I. OoISo1 Jr., North End district secre tary of the Greater Hartford Community Council, is an nounced by Leroy A. Ramsdell executive secretary. MT. Dot son will go to Seattle, Washing, ton as executive secretary o1 the Urban League of that city concluding his work here early next month in order to begir his duties in Seattle by Feb ruary 15.
 Asking to be released from his Council position "with re- luctance because of very pleas ant memories of friendships formed and of pleasant work surroundings in Hartford" MT. Dotson n's resignation comes at the completion of four and a half years association with the community organization here. He came to Hartford in August, 1922, from a Y.M.C.A. position which he undertook after 13 years service as executive sec retary and director of boys work with the Englewood, N. J. Urban League. A graduate of Springfield (Mass.) College, he attended the New York School of Social Work and is a candi- date this year for MA degree from Columbia University.
 ''Mr. Dotson is being released to go to a bigger job involving greater responsibilities" MT. Ramsdell said. "He is a sound and able community organizer who has done some penetrating study work in his job with us and has rendered excellent re- ports thereon. In a situation involving extraordinarily com plex problems i'll group and in dividual relationships, he has proved himself an efficient and capable operator.
 "His judgment has proved uniformly good and sound un- der all circumstances. His con tacts with all kinds of people seem to be consistently produc- tive of cooperative relation ships. He has won the confd- ence and high regard of his as- sociates, both professional and non-prfoessional. He is an ex- ceptionally capable social work CT and I sincerely regret his loss to the community"
 Reviewing his work here, MT. Dotson said that he believed development of more situations which will give opportunities for the mutual participation of persons of different races and religious ,/persuasions was a most important element in a peaceful and happy future for the North End. "This is the
Evening star., 1947-10-23
No-Stonding Rule
Made to Conform
To Parking Ban

As soon as existing signs can be
replaced 1t will be illegal for cars to
stand" on Washington's arterial
streets where parking now is pro-
hibited during morning rush hours
The Commissioners today ap-
proved a recommendation to this
effect by Traffic Director George E.
Keneipp. =.
Hitherto. parking has been pro-
hibited between 7 and $50 am. on
these Observation-Disclosures the
"no-standing" rule. prohibiting stop
ping to load or unload, applied only
between 7:30 and 9 am.
In asking the Commissioners to
extend the standing prohibition to
the entire az hour rush period, Mr.
Keneipp said considerable con-
fusion" had resulted from the pres
ent conflict in the traffic signs.
The traffic director indicated the
new rule will not be enforced until
existing signs are replaced. which
he said would be ''as soon as pos.
sible."
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Coroner Finds Woman Died
OF Natural Causes in Cell

A certificate of death from natural
causes was issued by the coroner's
Office late yesterday in the case of
Mrs. Theresa l.. King, 38, who died
early yesterday in her cell at District
Jail, where she was serving 30-day
sentence for intoxication.
The death occurred as District Of
ficials and police moved to provide
more adequate medical attention at
Gallinger Hospital for prisoners
whose physical condition is in doubt.
The coroner's Office said an autopsy
disclosed Mrs. King died from COM
pncations Of the heart, liver and
kidneys.
Mrs. King, who had been held sew
eral times previously on similar
charges, gave her brothers home In
the 2400 block of South Dakota ave-
nue. NE. as her residence when she
was last arrested. She was fined $50
with an alternate OF 80 days In Jail.
when. she appeared in Municipal
Court Friday.
Mrs. Kings brother said, as far as
he knew, his sister never had the
benefits Of medical treatment for
alcoholism. She had been out of
touch with her family, he said, for
considerable time prior to her death
and was separated from her husband.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Hospitals Ask D. e..
INDECENT Pay Plan

A subcommittee of the Hospital
Council met with Health Of1cer
George c. Ruhland yesterday after
noon to work out plan whereby
Washington hospitals, which do not
have contractual relations with the
District, can receive payment for
INDECENT residents who are treated
at these institutions.
Representations were made to DR..
Ruhland that the Washington hos
pitals are having a difficult financial
time. They said they believe the
District should pay for treatment
to District residents who are un-
able to pay and are treated at these
hospitals. 1t is estimated it would
cost the District 100000 more q
year than is now being spent by the
Health Department.
-Four Washington hospitals, Cas-
ualty, Emergency, Freedmen's and
Children's, now have contractual
relations with the District whereby
they are compensated for the treat
ment of such Washington patients
The committee discussed the sit
uation with DR.. Rutland and agreed
to submit written proposal which
DR.. Rutland will pass on to the
Commissioners for action. Members
of the committee said they would
report back to the council. The COM
mittee told the health oficial it is
the primary obligation of the Dis
trict Government to look after
INDECENT persons who are i'll.
DR.. Ruhland explained all the
cases now sent to contractual hos
pitals must be cleared through the
Hospital Permit Bureau CT his de-
partment.
Evening star., 1947-10-23

The Commissioners today ap-
proved license applications of 10
small loan companies, following the
recommendation Of License Supt.
Edward E. Bailey, jr.
The companies receiving licenses
are among Is companies. most Of
them auto loan organizations, whose
applications have been under con-
sideration by Mr.. Bailey, District
police and the corporation counsel's
office since last April.
A controversy over whether the
licenses should be granted arose
when police reported that officers of
several of the Is companies had
criminal records.
Two of the six applications on
which the Commissioners did not act
act favorably were rejected as in
complete. Two were withdrawn by
the applicants, and two more were
held up by the license board for fur
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Civil Service Refusal
To Open Loyalty File
Is Upheld by Truman

The Civil Service Commission has
been upheld by President Truman
in It's refusal to turn over its con-
f1dential loyalty lead" files to the
House Expenditures Committee.
MIR. Truman, in a letter to Chair
man Hoffman of the committee, said
he believed "it was in the best public
interest to keep Civil Service Com
mission records confidential, in the
absence of a compelling reason to
the contrary in a particular case"
I'm the circumstances presented" !"
Mr.. Truman wrote: II do not believe
that I should interfere with the
commissions refusal to make these
records public"
Mr.. Hoffman, who had asked
President Truman to compel the
commission to open its files to the
committee, is out of town but COM
mittee sources said Mr.. Truman's
refusal apparently ends the mat
ter-for the time being, at least. u
The Michigan legislator demanded
a look at the files after it was
disclosed that the names of some
members of Congress were in the
dossier. The commission refused to
open its files to the committee, but
it did promise to remove the names
of Congress.
Mr.. Hoffman previously said that
if the White House turned down
his demand he would take the
matter up with Congress when 1t
convenes.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Delay Is Granted in Trial
OF fHod Carriers Off;cioIs

The District Court trial of several
top officials of the International
Hold Carriers Building and Com.
mon Laborers' Union and other who
were indicted In March, 1914. on q
charge of conspiracy to embezzle
union funds was postponed today
until March 3, because a defense at
torney is in Japan.
The trial had been set for No.
vember IL. but postnonement was
granted by Justice Alexander Holtz-
off after a cabled request from At
torney Joseph D. Keenan,, counsel
for three of the defendants. who is
chief prosecutor in the Japanese war
trials. Mr.. Keenan, informed the
court ne would still be engaged in
Japan for some time.
Attorney Leo A. Rover several
months ago was named special pros
ecutor for the trial.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Conservation Group
Meets Today 10 Map
District Program
The Districts Citizens Food Con-

The Districts Citizens Food Con-
servation Committee meets this aft
ernoon to plan Washington's part
in the national food-saving cam
paign.
Chairman James E. Collifower
yesterday named new vice chair
man of the committee, Sidney Kol-
ker, when it was pointed out to
him that the groups included no
representative of the wholesale meat
industry. The addition brings the
committee membership to 30.
Mr.. Kolker. treasurer of the
Washington Beef & Provision Co.,
is general chairman of the whole
sale food division of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association.
In turn, Mr.. Kolker named group
of eight others who will assist him
in working with the local committee
though they will not belong to Mr..
Collifower's group.
They are-Hotel supply, Morris
Kraft, District Hotel Supply Co.;
poultry, Morris Bressler, Morris
Bressler & Co., and Brian Cunning
ham, C. A. Swanson & Son, Inc;
meat products, Raymond c. Briggs,
L. S. Briggs g. Co.; John P. Lewis,
Pointer Co., Inc, and John Klein,
meat broker; butter, eggs and cheese,
Nick Coppola, Grand Valley Products,
Inc, and William F. HUM, William
F. Huhn Co.
Chairman Charles Luckman of the
National Food Committee told sew
eral hundred Labor Department en-
ployes today that "even the most
rugged isolationists have become
convinced that America cannot be
an oasis of plenty in the midst Of
a world of despair"
Speaking in the departmental au-
ditorium at noon meeting spon-
sored by the Labor Departments S
own Conservation Committee, Mr..
Luckman called the program a step
of enlightened self-interest" as well
as humanitarian.
Other speakers we're Undersecre-
tary David A. Morse and William F..
Patterson, director of the Appren-
tice Training Service.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Woman Who Wrote 81 Entries
Wins Contest for Model Home
Miss Grace Fitzgerald
Is Attorney and
Former U. S. Worker

The Washington Home Builders
Association announced today that
the winner Of its model house Jingle
contest is Miss Grace N. Fitzgerald,
51-year-old attorney, who spent six
weeks writing "a different entries.
Miss Fitzgerald, who lives in a
one bedroom Naylor Gardens apart
ment at 2819 Thirty-fir street Sc,
was employed until October 8 in the
Public Housing Administration,
where she has been a legislation
specialist for the last five years.
Her job was terminated after she
had been on terminal leave since
August %.
II would like to sell the house to
veteran who needs it," said Miss
Fitzgerald, a tall, smiling, gray
haired woman, who came here from
Dallas.
Miss Fitzgerald admitted she was
"all bewildered" at being the winner.
Il was so excited I hardly knew what
to do" she said.
Miss Fitzgerald won the home, now
on Fourteenth street site behind
the District Building. and valued at
between $4,000 and $4,000. with
a winning last line to a jingle. The
contest was held in connection with
the home show last week at the
Armory.
Jingle Recalled.
Her winning last line, together
with the other three lines of the
jingle, was as follows:
Here's an industry engineered
home you may win
AT the Washington home build
ers' show;
You'll find every convenience and
comfort built in,
Bring your bride here with
pride-GI joe"
Announcement of the winning
ticket was made Sunday night at
the Armory by John A. Reilly,
president of the Washington Board
of Trade and one of three judges
in the contest. in which $4,000 en-
tries were submitted Other judges
were Warren Francis, president of
the National Press Club, and Harold
M. Talburt, president of the Grid
iron Club.
Announcement of the name of
the winner was made at the Am
bassador Hotel, where Miss Fitz-
gerald was available to meet re-
porters.
The Home Builders Association
emphasized today that judging was
on the basis of the written last line
of the jingle and was not a lottery.
Miss Fitzgerald's entry was identi-
fed by her holding of a blue stub
numbered 100000. The number,
however, provided merely an iden-
tification and had no bearing on
Evening star., 1947-10-23
19 Loan Companies Granted
Licenses, 2 Drop Applications

ther consideration of protests against
granting them.
Police officials had urged that
granting of the licenses be held up
until new regulations could be
drafted governing the dealings Of
small loan companies here.
Work on these regulations is being
pressed by Assistant Corporation
Counsel Robert D. Wise. Francis
Buckley of the District Bar Associ-
atoms Small Loan Committee, Mr.
Bailey and other officials.
The licenses granted today will
expire November /. The loan COM
panies must seek renewals on that
date.
Whether Mr.. Wise and his col
leagues will have completed thei1
work on the new regulations by No
vember Is not certain, but 1t was
pointed out at the District Building
that 1t generally is easier to renew
license than to get one ID the first
place.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Your 0nce.a-ye hance

The clasp of his mothers
hand brings security back to
Billy's world.
Billy is 4 years old. His
parents rushed him to Chill
dren's Hospital the day his
screams sent them outside to
find his face covered with
blood. A pop bottle lay shat
tered on the ground.
The doctors said the cornea
OF Billy's eye was cut deeply.
They would have to operate.
That set Billy's father back to
the place where his hands
trembled and his voice shook
the way he had been when
when he worked himself to a
breakdown point and left his
home and job for two months
to rest. There wasn't any
money for more sickness in
the family.
Both of Billy's eyes were
bandaged after the operation.
The father steadied his voice
to answer the boys plea,
Daddy, I will be able to see,
won't ~"
They're trying to make sure
you do, my boy. That's why you
must do everything they tell
you"
Once before, when their first
baby came, Billy's parents had
borrowed from the Community
Chests disqualification fund.
They paid it all back. Now
Billy's father went back to the
Health Security Administra-
tion. The worker assured him
the agency would pay the bill,
and he could pay back what
he could. That, promised the
father, would be all of it.
For people like Billy's father,
a helping hand like this can
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Assault Charge Dropped
Against Quuntico Marine

Criminal assault charges against
S/Sergt. Robert Walter Des Jardins,
81, stationed at the Quantico Marine
Base, were ordered dropped for lack
of prosecution yesterday by United
States Commissioner Stanley King
In Alexandria.
Des Jardins was arrested early
Saturday morning and charged with
criminally assaulting 31-year-old
woman he was said to have met that
evening at Washington bar. The
woman complained to Alexandria
police that the Marine drove her
down the Mount Vernon boulevard
south of Alexandria and attacked
her.
The complainant agreed to drop
the charges on advice Of her at
torney, Robinson Moncure.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Montgomery PTA Council
To Hold Workshop Meeting

Decision Through Discussion
will keynote the Montgomery
County Council of Parent-Teacher
Associations workshop at 2 pm.
Saturday at Richard Montgomery
High School, Rockville.
Approximately 200 officials and
committee members of the county's
PTAs are expected to take part.
Held annually to give leadership
training in PTA programs, Satur-
days meeting will consist of gen.
eral and panel sessions.
Topics to be discussed include
such problems as how associations
can improve school plants and
equipment and how they can build
active memberships,
Evening star., 1947-10-23

the selection of the winner, officials
pointed out.
Miss Fitzgerald. who has been
an attorney for 20 years and for
merly praeticed in Dallas. said she
had been interested for many years
in entering contests. She said she
had entered them over a long period
of years, but never had won any,
thing before, except a 81 prize once
and IS prize once.
10000 Entries. .
A home builders spokesman said
that fully 10000" entries in the
contest had ended with the words
"GI joe" which Miss Fitzgerald
used successfully.
Miss Fitzgerald said she didn't
hear she was the winner until the
day after the contest closed, when
Mr.. and Mrs. John C. New, neigh
oors at Naylor Gardens, gave her
the number identifying the winner
When I realized I was the win
ner we all started yelling" Miss
Fitzgerald said.
Under rules set up by the Home
Builders Association, Miss Fitzger-
aid has 10 days with which to find
a lot and have it prepared for the
mouse. An appropriation of $2,50O
has been set aside by the builders
association which to pay for NOV
ing the house to the lot, which
must be properly zoned and within
a 10-mile radius of the District
Building.
An association spokesman said
Miss Fitzgerald may dispose of her
rights to the property before OF
after It's removal to a permanent
site.
In case the property is sold, the
law requires that 1t be offered to
veterans for a 30-day period, build
Iers explained.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Southern Masons
To Confer Degree, End
Meeting Tomorrow

The biennial meeting of the. Scot
tish Rite Of Freemasonry, Southern
Jurisdiction, will be brought to a
close tomorrow, when the 33d degree
is conferred in ceremonies at pm.
in the House of the Temple, Six
teenth and S streets NV.
Among those elected for the honor
are Senator Dworshak, Republican,
of Idaho. Others from the Wash
ington area are George Bonescu,
Mishel George Daoud, Ray Baker
Harris, Arthur Cotter Moses and
William Eugene Schooley, all of
Washington; Norman Sheridan,
Kensington, Md, and Samuel Ed
wards Wade, Alexandria.
A luncheon will be held at / pm.
In the temble for those to receive
the 33d degree and at pm. they
will join 33d degree Masons In a
banquet.
John H. Cowles of Louisville, KY,
sovereign grand commander, will
preside at both the banquet and
degree rites. A total of 800 Masons
have been elected for the high hon.
or, but many will be invested later
with the rank in consistories at or
near their home jurisdictions.
Today the Royal Order of Scot
land, holding its provincial grand
lodge and grand chapter in conjunc-
ton with the Scottish Rite meeting,
conferred its degrees in the temple,
with DR.. James H. Brice of New
York City, provincial grand master
presiding. A banquet will be held
at pm. in the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Last night so of the 1,141 men
elected to the rank of knight COM
mander of the court of honor had
the rank conferred on them at the
temple. Among those present were
Senator Hickenlooper, Republican
6f Iowa: Gov. Tuck of Virginia and
Chaplain Alfred c. Oliver. jr, U. S
A., retired. The other designates
named throughout the Natoin, will
receive the honor at later dates
in the local consistories.
The honors last night were con-
ferred by the Brethren Of Dalcho
Consistory of Richmond.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Cox Reply on Armory
To Be Presented 10
City Heads Today

Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, COM
mander of the District National
Guard, was to present in a letter
to the Commissioners today his
stand In their controversy over con-
troll of the huge Guard Armory.
Gen. Cox said his statement would
take the form of an answer to the
Commissioners demand that he
turn over to the city all funds COL
lected for the rental of the Armory
drill hall or face a lawsuit.
The Guard commander refused to
discuss contents of his reply, but it
is expected he will maintain his
stand that such funds should be
used for benefit of the Guard. The
Commissioners contend the money
belongs to District taxpayers, whose
funds are used for the upkeep of
the building.
Began In June.
Accompanying the letter, Gen.
Cox said, will be his studied in
depreciation" of laws which he feels
gives the Guard financial control
OF the structure.
The controversy, brewing since
the Guard occupied the armory last
June, flared into the open a week
ago when the Commissioners sent
Gen. Cox an ultimatum, threaten
ing legal action unless he turned
over the funds, including an $8,-
500 collection from the Home Build
ers' Association.
After brief meeting with Gen.
Cox on Monday, the Commissioners
said they would instruct the cor
poration counsel to prepare a
friendly suit for District Court un-
less the Guard commanders reply
agrees with their position.
Another Contract Signed.
Meanwhile, 1t was learned, the
guard has signed another contract
to rent the drill hall through its
enlisted mems benefit unit - the
Headquarters Detachment Associa-
tion.
The contract was signed under
protest yesterday by Sergt. John
Mayhem, president Of the associa-
ton, authorizing use of the hall next
Saturday night for dance by Name
Bands, Inc. He said Capt. S. G.
Cook, the detachment commander,
ordered him in writing to sign. Gen.
Cox said Mrs. Gene Ford signed
for the corporation.
The agreement. he said, gives the
guard $1,000 guarantee, with the
option of taking Is per cent of the
gross receipts, minus Federal taxes,
If that amount exceeds $1,000.
Gen. Cox said the receipts would
be held by the headquarters as
sociation, along with the $500
realized from the home builders
show. None of it will be spent
until the guard reaches an agree
ment with the Commissioners, he
said.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Johns Named to Head
Chest Business Unit

Appointment of Brooke Johns,
president of the Montgomery
County Board of Commissioners, as
chairman of the county business
unit in the Community Chest Fed
Grafton campaign was announced
today by Mrs. P. Landon Banfield,
who heads the Montgomery unit OF
the drive. r
Assisting Mr.. Johns will be the
following vice chairmen:
Clayton D. Gasque, sr.,. Rockville;
G. Gregg Everngam, Silver Spring;
Alfred M. Rinaudot, Bethesda
Chevy Chase, and Ralph G. Shure,
Takoma Park. Mr.. Shure will be
aided by Garrett Waters.
Evening star., 1947-10-23
Football Dunce Planned

The Varsity Club of Falls Church
High School will sponsor home
coming celebration tomorrow, be-
ginning with the schools football
game with Bethesda Chevy Chase
High at 2:30 pm. on the Falls
Church field. At 8 pm, the club
will give a dance In honor Of the
football team.