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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Party Given
Last Evening
InBe|| Home

Entertaining at a beautiful
cocktail party, Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren w. Bell and Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert P. Andrews were
hosts last evening to about 100
Cocktails were served from b
to o'clock in the dining room
OF the Bell home which was de-
corated in the spirit of Christ
mas. Surrounding the morror
over the dining room mantel
was an outline of holly lighted
by two large red candles on the
mantel. The hor d'oeurve table
was centered with polnsettlas
flanked by silver candelabra
with burning candles, and the
table was covered with an I'M
ported Italian cloth.
In the front living room the
was decorated with mini
ture choir boys interspersed
with greenery, and in the back
living room, a Santa Claus with
reindeer was used on the
During the evening canopes,
cocktail shrimp, ham and other
hor d'oeurves were served.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

Po@o: Tommy Smell. Billy sn,...
F.d Eooert Strange, Jr.. 1Wvs'"n WsI,n
Storm, Courtiand walter
Frank symmes, F, T 'yrmna
Robert Taylor, Victor TTsyiIoH
Walker Taylor, Jr. Fred lisyIer, m1
let's, Jr., Robert Willjnss WI, u
Wootten, James /. Corbot.S'' C'laS' Id
out-of- town guesrs invited :.
GUIDED: Betty Boatwrjgibv,0 IN,
Danvllle, Va, Betty '' Of
Bobblt of Raleigh. KatbIaaan Am
Bryan of Greensboro. N',ntssa Cyate.ar
Cannon N of Millbrook, N. Y DI"l' ~,
ella Carmichael of New, = " W.
city, Frances Cbes6ir. '0&
Charleston, S. C.. Katb,,;.'t 't
Cheshire of Charleston, ;;''I9' s n
Sue Dempsey of Great p p;, ~
Long Island, Mary A. Diynn 'r'sf
Raleigh, Carolyn Dunn Of XXI Kin o'
ton, Isabel Gade of Mer;da'
Conn, Ann Leigh Graham 10'n n.
Wlnston-salem ", and New YorS u
Christine Gray of Wjn,tnsS suIS
Salem, Pauline Gray '0,l i,
Winston S salem. Fr.r.'y VI
Griffith of Charlotte. pbrys byts
Hall of Rye, N. Y. FIoraa-S a,.S
Harriss, Laura Harvey of Ey,.' KIN.
ton, Ann Horton. EHzshsf,
Hunter of Birmingham. Al,
Alice Jones of Charlotte, AlisS,, s
Jones of New York city. EvaIvn o
King of Admission, Ala. csrt.n Nhn
Lambert OF Lynchburg. W. W.
Barbara Lee of Indianaoor,
Ind, Anne Leeuallen of
Winston-Salem, Kathleen Van
Loon, Margaret Lucas % -,
Charleston, S. c., Mona I,ym,n
of San Mateo, Calf. Josenb;ra
Macmillan, of Chapel Hin
Claire McGinnis OF San Fran.
cisco, Calf, Pat Pulitzer a,
Palm Beach, Fla. Lan>.
Stacey of Lumberton. Jan,
White of Henderson;
Laurence Barroli and Jim
Robbins of Philadelphia. Locke
Glenn, Harold Abernethv Chan.
man Berry, James Brown Coz.
don Allen, Newton Angler Blr.
Cheatham of Burlington, IRWIN
Cherry, John Cooke, Stuart
Cramer, Don Culva, John Dab.
ney, George Darden Wr;grt
Dixon, Will Erwin, Marvin
Farille, Jim Ficklen of Green.
vile, Robert Foster. jim Fox
Jerry Fox, Charles Gearrp
Dodger Geoghegan, Howard
Gray, David Griffith, Brentop
Halsey, John Halsey, Bill Hog.
gard, Billy Hines, Erwin Jones.
Bob Kirk. Charles Leap, Nelson
Macklin, Rob Macmillan. Doug.
lad Macmillan, of Chapel Hill |
Jack Marcus, Pete Miller, Clay.
ton Moore, David Redgly. jay
Schenck, Zachary Smith Alex
Sprunt, Jr., Bobo Tame; Ray
Taylor, Walter Taylor Faison
Thompson, Charles Warren and
George Wood.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER a,
-Four Wilmington Debutantes Reign As Queen,
OF Christmas Ball At Cape Fear Countv CI.l

Matthes, Edna Matthes, Betty
Bacon McKoy, Elisha McKoy,
Emma Mitchell, Anne K.
Moore, Peggy Moore, Margaret
Parks, Frances Penton, Jane
Reynolds, Jane Perry, Bes
Plaxcau, Katharine Rhett, Juli-
cite Robertson, Elizabeth Roe.
Laura Roe;
Peggy Rorison, Catherine
Russell, Vie Sanders, Dorothy
Sutherland, Julie Sprunt, Lii a
Symmes, Mary Symmes, Kent
Thompson, Mary Elizabeth
Toms, Nancy Trask, Sally Tru-
love, Louise Wells, Eleanor Will
let's;
Gleason Allen, Sam Baker
Graham Barefoot, Edgar Bak-
er, Poll V. Barefoot, Robert Bel
lamy, Whit Benton, Charles
Boney, Burrell Byers, L. Paul
Campbell, Jr., John Codington,
Tom Cobb, Arthur Diehl, L m
Doss, Bill Dunn, Darlington
Eggleston, Haywood Emerson,
L. W. Fonvielle, George Forbes,
Jere Freeman, Robert Carey,
Mortimer Glover, Jim Gibson,
Lewis Hacker, Dick Hanson,
Bryant Hare, Jr., Jim Harris
Wade Harris, Bill Head, Gill
christ Hill, Cyrus Hogue, Jr.,
James Hughes, Jr., Peter l..
Knight, Jack Lowrimore, Hugh
MacRae, End, Jimmy McCarl,
Billy McEachern, E. L.
Mathews, Jr.;
Chick Mathes, Charles
Mitchell, Robert Morrison, Juli-
an Morton, j. W. Murchison,
Preston Oliver, David Ormond,
Jack Ormond, Howard Penton,
Jr., Bill Peters, Clark Poisson,
Fred Poisson, Rockwell Pois-
son, L. w. Preston, Jr., Dinks
Preston Jack Preston, Stanley
Render, Haskell Rhett, Donald
Russell, P. R. Smith, Jr., Paul
Smell, Laurence Gray Sprunt,
Sam Nash Sprunt, J. L. Sprunt,
Jr., Walter P. Sprunt, Jr.. Hugh
Sprunt, David Sprunt, John c.
Symmes, John Taylor. Bradford
Tillery, Raymond Thomason,
Bill Wallace, Benjamin M.
Washburn, Harry Wellott, Jr.,
James L. Wells, Jr., E.
L. White, Jr., Emerson Willard,
Martin Willard, Busy Wood
bury;
Dick Andrews, Swift Miller
BoatWright, Leslie N. Boney,
Jr., Kedar Brown, Jimmy
Bruce Cartier, George
Clark, Ray Galloway, James
Goodwin, Louis Hanson, Charles
Harrington, Jr., Weddell Har-
riss, GLASGOW Hicks, Jr., John
ny Hill, Billy Head, Tommy
Hines, Lewis Hinton, Raymond
Holland, Jr., Dr.. Joe Hooper,
Jr., Taliaferro Hughes, Winder
Hughes, Jr., James B. Hughes,
Jr., George Johnson, H. L.
Keith, Melvin Kester, Bobby
Kester, King Marshburn;
Liston Mills, John Murchison,
W a | l a Murchison, Bert
Myers, Rye Page, Jr., Neal
Patrick, Oscar Peck, Steve
Peck, Arthur Perry, Frazier
Perry, James Robertson, Reece
A. Robertson, Frank Ross, Will
liam Ross Ruran Sldhllrv IL
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
SOCIETY
Woman S News
xAv GOODAAN--Socia Editor 0'A @
Christmas Music To HIgh||ght
First Baptist Church Services

the choir will sing portions from
Handel's 'MesSlah -.
+ Slice the annual student nl2ht
celebration, will take place Sun
day the difficult recitatives and
arias will be sung by college stu
dents from the church member
ship. who are najoring in mu-
sic at their respective colleges:
Participating as soloists Will
be Barbara Marshall, contralto
westminster Choir College
Princeton, N. j.; John McDou
gall, tenor, Lenoir Rhyme
College, Hickory, Rachel Cam
wron. soprano, Converse Col
lege. Spartanburg, S. c.;
Robert Allen Melton, baritone,
one. Duke University, Dur
ham. Guest soloist for the occa-
sion will be James E. Hearn,
Jr., bass. -,
The organ recital at 7:45 will
be played by Margaret Fales,
also student at Westminster
Highlight of the evening will
be the "Hallelujah Chorus In
contrast to the English concert
hall tradition of standing mem
bers of the congregation will re-
main seated for the perform
ance of the chorus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Reservations Closed
For Country Club
Dinner On Saturday

An unprecedented number OF
reservations were received Tor
the Cape Fear Country clubs
annual Christmas dinner dance
this Saturday evening at o:3o
o'clock necessitating the closing
Il of reservations when a capacity
number was reached.
The management regrets that
Sc many members had to be dis
appointed and wishes to urge
club members who are interest
ed in making reservations for
the New Years Day luncheon
to phone in their reserva-
gions immediatly to the club
dining room telephone 4751 in
order that there may not be a
reoccurance of Saturday evening.
1t will also be necessary to
close the reservations for the
New Years Day luncheon in cd
vance deadline when the number
is reached that the management
feels can be taken care Of COM
-fortably and satisfactorily
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
KINSTON COUN GIL
NAMES NEW MANAGER

KINSTON, Dec. %. -(P>- The
Kinston city council today nam
ed w. ]. Heard, 46, manager of
Carey, O., as this eastern North
Carolina communitv's first city
manager, filling an office created
by vote of the people last Sep
tember.
Heard is scheduled to assume
his new duties next Feb. l at a
reported annual salary of ST.
200. Heard served in the recent
war as an officer of the army
engineer corps.
The 1910 census listed Kinston's
population at 1888 and Carev's
as 1884.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
RY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
America's Gard AthOrity
Written For NEA Service

Written For NEA Service
A few weeks ago I went to
Pittsburgh to attend the Penn
sylvania State tournament. Bert
Wilkoff and his committee did a
fine job on that tournament, in
which they had 1872 pairs in the
open pair event and 81 teams-of-
four.
c. M. Whitehead of Pittsburgh
played a very fine hand in the
tournament against me. 1t was
rather difficult to get to six
hearts on this hand. believe he
and his partnuer were the only
pair in the room who arrived at
the small slam contract.
Against six hearts I opened a
heart, which Whitehead won in
dummy with the queen. He
cashed the king of clubs and led
a small spade, playing the queen
from his own hand.
| won this Trick with the ace
and returned club, which he
trumped in dummy with the ace
of hearts. Then small diamond
was played to the ace and the
five of clubs trumped in dunn
my with the king of hearts.
Now the seven of hearts was
led and won by Whitehead with
the nine. He cashed the jack and
ten of hearts, picking up the out
standing trumps, and of course
the ace-queen-nine of clubs and
king of spades were good for the
last four tricks.
It'll was quite unusual to find
the ruffing all done with the top
cards so that declarer would
have a trump entry into his own
hand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Deputy State Grange
Master Meet Monday

GREENSBORO, Dec. 23-(P)-
Deputy masters of the State
Grange will convene here Mon
day and Tuesday to review the
state and national Grange pro
grams and draft objectives and
projects for community and coun-
ty Oranges for the ensuing year.
Harry B. Caldwell, State
Grange master, explained that
between 80 and 40 deputy mas
ters were expected for the meet
ing which he described as i'm
portant because its main OBJ
jective is to translate into COM
munity action the programs
drafted at state an dnational con-
ventions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
BEN MCDONALD BETTER
AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT

Ben Macdonald, a director at
Radio Station WMFD, was in
good condition last night at
James Walker Memorial hospital,
where he was undergoing treat
ment for back injuries and Sc
verely cut lip sustained when his
automobile overturned yesterday
morning.
Sheriff's officers said that Mac
Donald's car failed to make a
curve at Bradley's creek bridge.
He was alone at the time and
en- route to his home at Wrights-
vile Beach, the officers said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
ST. PAULS TO HOLD
SERVICES TOMORROW
MORNING 7 O'CLOCK

Christmas Day services will be
held in St. PauFs Lutheran
Church, Sixth and Market streets
tomorrow morning at seven
o'clock.
Both the adult and young peo-
pies choirs will render the
Mathis, and sing as Anthems
Gloria In Evcelsis Deo" (The
Nativity French CaroD and 20
Little Town Of Bethlehem" by
W. H. Neidlinger, with Miss
Louise Dunlea singing the obliga-
to.
The pastor, the Reverend Walt
er B. Freed, will speak at the
Mathis on the subject ''The
Power OF Christmas. "
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce
Celebrate G o | d e n
Anniversary Here

Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Pierce
celebrated their 50th ami
versary recently at their home,
I'll S. Fourth street. Mrs. R. E.
Shepard and Mrs. R. R. Shepard
were hostesses for the occasion.
Among the guests attending
the party were: Mrs. V. c. Har-
olson, Mrs. Irene Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. G.. d. Parker, Mrs.
Eloise Davis, Mrs. E. H. Coh'e,
Mrs. R. S, Thorpe, Mrs E K.
Swami, Mr.. and Mrs. c w.
Sanders, ]. w. Shepard, Mrs.
Graham English, Mrs. R. L.
Piner, Miss Lucille Bishop, VIII
Ketchum, Mrs. E. E. Cooper,
and Mrs. c. J. Rivenbark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
CHRISTMAS PRESENT

RALEIGH, Dec. 23-P)-Some
$50 prisoners will receive as
their Christmas present from the
State their freedom just little
sooner than they were suppos- d
to be freed. Prison officials said
today that in accordance with a
long custom, prison camp super
intendents will release tomorrow
all prisoners whose terms expire
between Dec. "a and Jil. | in
elusive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Holiday Schedule
- For Bookmobile

- The Bookmobile will not 60 o1
tour this afternoon or Christmas
Day, but will make stops at Win
ter Park and Wrig ltsville Peach
Friday, Mrs. Fila B. Eakins
said Tuesday.
Regular stops will be made on
the Carolina Beach route on Fri
day, January 2. it was an
nolInced
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
BY ALICIA HART
NEA Staff Writer

Make one piece of jewelry DO
the work of two, and you'll have
fewer idlers in your treasure
chest. When the tax is added,
good costume pieces cost % o
much these days to allow Jew
elry to loaf.
Make your sparkling necklace
double as a head band worn
with a formal hair-do. Ihat 5
the trick advocated by top
Partisan designers. IL YOU
necklace is a long string oi
pearls or multi-colored stones
YOU can lace it through a top
knot or braid and achleve
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
B|RT T HIS
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul illegal of
Charlotte, announce the birth of
son, December %, in Char
lotte. Mrs. illegal is the former
Helen LoWenstein of this citv
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

holidays with their mother, Mrs.
Ida P. Oldenbuttel in the Caro-
lima apartments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Prince of
Loris, S. c., and son, Charlie.
spent Monday as the guests Of
Mrs. G. c. Baggett at her home
on Market street. Mrs. Prince
worked here at the Atlantic
Coast Line during the war years.
1t. Robert ]. Andrews, MD, of
the U. S. Naval Air Dispensary,
Arlington, Va, and Claude D.
Andrews of Charlotte, are spend
ing the holidays with their par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. V. NJ. An
drews at their home on Carolina
avenue.
MI. and Mrs. David Peterson
of Baltimore, Nd arrived Sun
day to spend the holidays with
Mr.. Peterson's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. David T. Peterson. Mr..
Peterson is student at Maryland
Institute of Art in Baltimore
Mr.. Peterson will return to his
studies on January 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyden Sparkes
arrived this week from New
York city to spend Christmas
at their country home on
Wrightsville Sound.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph c.
Eagles, Jr., and daughter, Bet
sy Eagles, and Mr.. Eagles
brother, Fred Eagles of Wilson,
will arrive to spend the holidays
with Mrs. Eagles parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Boyden Sparkes on
Wrightsville Sound.
Miss Minnie A. Payne will
leave today for Falls Church.
Va, where she will spend two
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
Calhoun.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Skipper
and daughter, Linda Suzanne, of
Aberdeen, Md, have arrived to
spend the Christmas holidays
with their parents, Mrs. Matte
Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. L.
T. c. Skipper
Mr.. and Mrs. Cummins Meb-
ane, Jr., of Chapel Hill, will
arrive Christmas afternoon to
spend the holidays with Mrs.
Mebane's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Homes Davis at their home
in Forest Hills. Mrs. Mebane is
the former Betty Blue Davis.
William Cummings of Reids-
vile, arrived Monday to spend
the holidays with his daughter
and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. |. Lassiter at their home on
Nun street.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. William
Allen and daughter, Mary Dar-
den of Chapel Hill will arrive
today to spend the Christmas
holidays with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest M. Allen.
Major John o. Marshall, who
for the past three and half
years has been stationed with
the Army Air Force in Europe,
arrived in the states Monday and
is expected to arrive today to
spend the holidays with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Marshall
at their home, 1901 Princess
street.
Miss Carolyn Lilly, student at
High Point college, arrived Mon
day to spend the holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. I.
Lilly. En- route home she visit
ed friends in Charlotte over the
week end.
Miss Emily Setter of Washing
ton, D. c., will arrive to d ay
to spend the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Selt-
ter, Jr., on the Castle Hayne road.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Fiss OF
Charlotte will arrive to d ay
to spend the holidays with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs j.
L. Fulbright.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

OF Kitty hawk 6eacH, ALL L|e'iA
Hill, N. c., arrived last week
for visit with Mrs. Murphy's
sister Mrs. M. G. Meigs, at her
home on Perry Avenue.
Miss Dorothy Gaylor, Of Wash
ington, D. c., arrived Sunday
morning to spend the Christ
mas holidays with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Gaylor at
their home on North 18th street.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Jennings,
Jr. of Oxford, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Duval Lennon of Lumberton,
and their families will arrive to-
day to spend the Christmas holi-
days he-e with their parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac c. Wright, at
1907 Chestnut Street,
Walter Goldburg, student at
cornell University. Ithaca, N.
Y, has arrived home to spend
the holidays with his mother,
Mrs William Goldburg.
Mrs Sam Berger left Tues
da, night for New York City,
where she was called on account
of the sudden illness of her
mother.
Miss Leila James will arrive
today from Jacksonville, Fla,
to spend the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. G.
James.
DR.. and Mrs. w. C. Wansker OF
Winston Salem, and Ber-
nard Wansker of Durham, will
arrive today to spend the Christ
mas holidays with Mrs. Vans
er's mother, Mrs. William
Oates in Colonial Village.
Miss Ann Farmer. student of
Womans college, University of
North Carolina, in Greensboro is
spending the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Graham
D. Farmer, 1908 Princess street.
Miss Alice Farmer, mem
Der of the Winston-Salem
spending the holidays with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Ora
ham D. Farmer, 1905 Princess
street.
Miss Cynthia Johnson, student
at Marjorie Webster college,
Washington, D. c., and Hooper
johnson, student at Wake For
est have arrived home to spend
the holidays with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hooper Johnson
in BrookWood.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T Kermon
and small son, Toody, Of Chapel
Hill, are spending the holidays
Mr.. Kermon's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. NJ. Kermon, Sr.
at their home on Harpor Island.
MI. Kermon is student in the
University Medical school,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.. Vanland-
ingham left yesterday for Lake
land, Fla, to visit friends over
the holidays. Mr.. and Mrs Van
landingham formerly made their
home there where Mr.. Vanland-
ingham was at one time chief
for the ACL and Mrs.
Vanlandingham taught in the
Lakeland Junior High school.
w. R. Kenan of Lockport, N.
Y. is visiting his sister, Mrs.
Graham Kenan at her home on
Market street for the holiday
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. August L. Mey-
and, Jr., and young daughter,
Sara, of Chapel Hill, are spend
ing the holidays with Mr. Mey-
lands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
L. Meyland on Marlboro Island.
Claude T. Davis arrived Sat
urday from Memphis, Tenn, to
spend the holidays with his
mother, Mrs. j. L. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c. Col
burn and dauthter, Betty Sue of
Burlington, arrive today to spend
the holidays with Mrs. Colburn's
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

new look of formal elegance.
Fancy dress clips can be Civ
en- more work to do. When not
worn as a clip, suspend the
sparkler from a chain and wear
as a long, pendant necklace. Or
hand the clip On to bracelet.
Two or three odd clips or pins
may be clustered together to
make more massive ornament
for pocket, cuff, neckline, or
belt of dress.
Earrings will double as studs
for French cuffs. A flock of un.
mated earrings can be used as
buttons to close an open front
blouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

Twenty New York A.. c. ath-
letes have won national senior
individual titles within the last
five years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

OF the five horses getting
votes in the horse of the Year
award TOR 1947, three belonged
to Calumet Farm and two to
King Ranch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Christmas Comings And Goings

holidays with their mother, Mrs.
Ida P. Oldenbuttel in the Caro-
lima apartments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

spent the past two years in Co
lumbus, Ohio where Mr.. Alspach
has been stationed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sprunt
are spending the holidays at
Greenville Manor on the
Sound, where they will be Joined
by Walter Sprunt, Jr., of Hous-
ton, Texas, DR.. and Mrs. Worth
Sprunt of Washington. D. c.,
Hugh Sprunt of Memphis, and
Miss Julie Sprunt. Edgar L.
Woods of Washington, D. c.
and Miss Barbara Hood of Mem
phis will also spend Christmas
with the Sprunts. The only alb
absent member of the family is
the Rev. David Worth Sprunt,
who is studying at the Univer-
sity of Zurich and who is visit
ing friends in Prague, Czecho-
Slovakia.
John Britht Hill, Jr., SOpho-
momore at North Carolina State
college, and William L. Hill, ca
Diet at Valley Forge Military
academy, Wayne, Penn, are
spending the holidays with their
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. john
Bright Hill.
Laurence p. Robbins, student
at State college, is spending the
holidays with his arents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. l.. Robbins.
Porter w. Oldenbuttel, sea-
man Sc, and John Oldenouttel.
sophomore at the University OF
North Carolina, are spending the
Evening star., 1947-01-06
Long Ba||oting Seen
For French President
BY the Associafed Press

PARIS, Jan. 6.-Protracted ballot
ing in the manner Of deadlocked
American political convention Is
foreseen as the French Parliamen.
prepared to meet January 16 to
elect the first President OF the
Fourth Republic.
Leadership in the joint session Of
the National Assembly and the
Council of the Republic is almost
equally divided between Commun-
lists and the moderate Popular RE
publican Movement, with neither
commanding an absolute majority
of the 900-odd members.
The stage has been set for a
battle over procedure with the Com
munist demand that a majority on
any hallok Abe necessary for cleo
tion, and That all ballots be public.
They thus upset previous agree
ment among the five principal par
ties that all ballots be secret and
that a plurality would be sufficient
for election If a majority Of the
entire body was not obtained on the
first two ballots. The Fourth Re-
publics constitution does not settle
these questions.
Four candidates are expected to
be presented for president Of the
republic, a Communist, member
of the MRP, Socialist Vincent Auriol.
and Radical-Socialist Edouard Her
riot.