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Evening star., 1947-06-22

New York Highlanders, took a
shine to a 20-year-old trainer
named Mike Martin, who fol-
lowed him to Cincinnati and
to Washington and who now
is a scout. Thirty-five years
ago a friend of Grifhth's, a
former big league star, was
released by Kansas City. Crit
fifth wired Nick Altrock: Join
me In the big leagues" Al
trock became a coach In 1912.
Clubhouse Custodian Frank
Baxter has been with the club
"a years, plays pinochle with
the boss In the of season. Ed
ward B. Eynon, jr., secretary
of the club, has been in the
Washington Office for 28
years, and John Morrissey,
chief ticket seller, has been at
the same stand for ~ years.
Even the youthful (mid 3Os)
vice president of the club,
Calvin Griffith, is a 25-year
veteran, for shortly after his
adoption by Mr.. Grifhth he
became the teams batboy.
The heir apparent to the
Washington club since has
managed the Charlotte and
Chattanooga farm teams and
served as president of both
clubs before graduating to
the parent organization.
Perhaps the oldest friend of
Clark Griffith with him now
Is George Winkelman, who
for years has been in charge
OF the employees gate. AS a
wide-eyed, 18-year-old pitch
er Griffith was befriended by
Winkelman, a veteran hurler,
when he joined Milwaukee
in 1888. When Winkelman's
pitching days were ended and
Griffith was installed in Wash
ington, there was a Job for
the man who befriended him
50 years ago.
No sentiment in baseball?
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Ball Park Sentiment
Pose "a
BY FRANCIS E. STANN

TT is SAID that in baseball
Il sentiment Is a word in the
dictionary. When a player
outlives his usefulness he is
cast aside, unless he happens
to be one of the lucky few
qualified to become a man.
ager or a coach. All down the
line, from manager to player
to coach to nonuniformed
employe, the turnover Is tradi-
tionally quick and heavy.
But there are a few base
ball magnates to whom 10y
atty and sentiment count for
a great deal. Clark Griffith,
77-year-old president of the
Washington ball club, is one
of these exceptions. In his
ball park at Seventh street
and Florida avenue NV, Mr..
Griffith has gathered a loyal
little group of old friends who
constitute not only the we'll
known, directional force of
the Nationals on the field but
the unsung men behind the
scenes.
When Ossie Bluege was
named manager of the Mats
In 1943 Grif1th was following
a policy set down when he
came to Washington IS years
ago, namely that Of appoint
ing one of his own players or
former players. The last out
slider to manage, in fact, was
Griffith himself c1912-l92O),
who was succeeded, in order,
by George Mcbride, Clyde
Milan, Donie Bush, Bucky
Harris. Walter Johnson, Joe
Cronin, Harris again and
Bluege.
Milan, manager in 1922,
still Is with Washington in
the capacity of coach.
The list of old cronies gath
cred about Mr.. Griffith Is
long. Forty-two years ago
Griffith. then managing the
Evening star., 1947-06-22

ltTh!A ss . ,ns.'n. much ~::.'' q. pound
ltVlAtv W makes ,a.o orlv W as much you need
regular coffee And You NJ grounds to throw away
No leftover st|se1|ss;.~~~~~ se1ss - ~
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43% Increase in Funds
Asked for Soldiers Home

An increase of 43 per cent over
current appropriations for the
United States Soldiers Home Is
asked In the 1918 budget sent to
Congress today.
The increase Is asked to plan
the expansion of the home to meet
future increases In its membership,
now at capacity. An increase In
the membership Of IS per cent has
taken place since June, 1945. '..
The bulk of the increase Is 10
plan an 850-capacity new barrack
building, a so per cent expansion
of the homes hospital and for
service utilities.
A 10 per cent increase in the
salaries Of the civilian stah Of the
home is asked to bring their pay
UP to the level Of Government Civil
Service personnel.
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Library Reading Groups.
PIonned in Two Areas, 8

Library reading groups are to be
held in the Anacostia and Mac
Arthur boulevard areas this spring.
it was announced today by Miss
Clara w. Herbert. District librarian.
These two groups will be In addt-
ton TO II already announced for
the spring. AL 10 groups are sched-
uled to begin study next week. Reg
istration is now being conducted for
all groups ut the Central Library.
There are no special educational
qualifications. Any one interested
may call the library, National 677e.
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s11,5s7,114,76e
7,342,771,835
2,820,129.298
1,654,114,593
225,400,5
38,069, ,598
1.,602,949,215
1,098,921,243
1,532,911,801
112,326,889
117,517,596
1,426,534,322
5,000,000,00O
2,064,803,500
25,ooo,0O0
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Summary of the New United States Budget

Estimate, 1913.
$19,120, ,000,0 900
$3.50, 800, 600
f6,118,010,000
1888, 900
$780, 900
2,61s,s66,3ss
378,59s ,557
j39,717,465
1,ss7,1oo,oOo
$37,730, 0,365,945
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$15,19, 9,457,635
1901 ,388,963
5,637,691,909
1859 ,846,599
525,566,578
71.493,8A4
1,582,473,122
727,275,809
935,58S,293
175,886,08
124, ,004,518
1,482,779,087
1850, 900, 900
2,154, 4,647,147
10000, 900
-------------
$42,698, ,099, ,588
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Clonal opportunities ana acnleVe
satisfactory educational standards.
The relationship of the Federal
Government to higher education
also demands serious consideration.
$50 A presidential commission
on higher eduation is studying the
matter because of its great impor-
tance to the future of the Nation
Many agencies Of the Federal
Government carry on research as a
part of their regular programs. But
we need a central agency to corre-
late and encourage the research ac-
tivities of the country. While free
dom of inquiry must be preserved,
the Federal Government should ac-
cept responsibility for fostering the
flow Of scientific knowledge and de-
veloping scientific talent in our
youth.
Urges Science Foundation.
To accomplish this, I recommend
again that q National Science Foun-
dation or its equivalent be estab-
lished.
- The total of appropriations
| for education and general research is
IS million dollars for the fiscal year
1913 million dollars less than the
estimated expenditures. This total
includes a tentative estimate Of the
amount which will be required un-
der the new authorization for voca-
tional education.
Because of high consumer in
comes in the United States and the
continuing world shortage Of many
foods, the demand for farm prod
ucts will doubtless remain strong
throughout the fiscal year 1948.
Agricultural production goals for
the 1947 crop year, with few ex-
ceptions, viii call for another year
of maximum output.
We must design our agricultural
policies TO work toward Q better
Evening star., 1947-01-10

QrdWu ulleInplOymcnt OF SeIt-eAu-
ployment allowances.
In recent months tightened ad-
ministration and more positive
displacement program by the en-
| ployment service have contributed to
a reduction in the numbers on the
allowance rolls. In the fiscal year
i948 1t Is expected that about 600, 600
veterans on the average will receive
nearly one billion dollars in these
allowances.
On the average 100000 veterans
are receiving education and training
benefits in the fiscal year 1947. In
1948 possibly 100000 will partici-
pate at cost of over 2.3 billion dol
4 lars. ss
Pension Payments Rise.
Pension payments to disabled vet.
Grams and to dependents of vet
Grams rose sharply from 1946 to 1947
as claims arising in World War II
were granted. The increase in 1941
expenditures also reflects the &c
per cent rise In pension rates ap-
proved by the last session OF the
Congress.
Estimated expenditures of 2.5
billion. dollars for pensions in 1915
include about $50 million dollars fos
subsistence allowances to disabled
trainees and students. An average
Iof 3,15e,0o0 individuals will receive
pensions and compensation in 194e
so per cent more than in 1916
This program will continue to in
crease for years TO come.
- For these veterans pro-
grams this budget recommends ap-
preparations of 7,009 million dollars
and contract authorizations OF 220
million dollars to cover obligations
to be incurred in the fiscal year
| l948.
In spite of the. achievements Of
| the past II years in promoting the
heath, welfare and social security
Of the American people much re-
Evening star., 1947-01-10

such essential agencies as the Fed
eral Trade Commission, the Federal
Power Commission, the Antitrust
Division (Justice) and the Tariff
Commission.
To provide necessary information
for business, provision of funds is
recommended for census OF man
ufactures (already authorized by
law and likewise for a census OF
business to be authorized by pro-
posed legislation.
The Patent Office urgently needs
increases in personnel to cope with
the growing backlog of patent ap-
plications and to handle regiStra-
tions under recent trademark
legislation. -"
SEC Requires More Funds.
With stock market activity and
new security issues far above war
time levels, the Securities and Ex-
change Commission requires addi-
tional funds to rebuild its depleted
staff and thus provide more ade-
quate protection for the millions OF
investors.
- = Estimated appropriations in
the fiscal year 1e48 Of 116 million dol
lars include anticipated additional
appropriations of So million dollars
required by proposed extension OF
the existing authority of the Once
of Temporary Controls and the au-
thority of the Department of Com
merce to control exports. They also
include "A million dollars for new
censuses under proposed new legis-
lation.
The facilities OF the Federal Gov
ernment for dealing with the well
fare Of labor and with labor-man-
agement disputes provide for the
encouragement Of collective bar
gaining, administration OF laws and
Evening star., 1947-04-20

War and Navy Departments and in
the Public Works expenditures of the
Government have contributed SUBJ
stantially to the reduced estimate
for expenditures"
The Senate Finance Committee
will consider the Lucas bill and sew
'eral other alternatives to the House
bill in its hearings
In place of the House plan, which
ranges from a 30 per cent cut in the
lowest income tax brackets to 10.5
per cent in the top brackets. the
Lucas bill has three main features:
l. Raises the personal exemption
for dependents from $500 to $500.
This would remove 3,200, 600 taxpay-
ers from the rolls and reduce the
Treasury's income by $500. 600 ,000
Could Split Incomes.
O. Allow married couples anywhere
in the United States to split their
incomes, to give them the same ad-
vantage now enjoyed by married
persons In the Q States that have
community property laws. This
would mean tax cut of $l,000,-
100000.
3. Reduce by points the surtax
rate in each bracket, which Sena-
tor Lucas said would have the ef-
feet of giving each taxpayer a re-
duction of per cent of Surtax net
income. This would amount to ST.
300, ,000, ,000..
In contrast to the bill Republican
leaders put through the House,
Senator Lucas said this gives a
more equitable amount of savings
in dollars to all taxpayers, rather
than relating the savings directly to
the amount of taxes paid"
The Lucas proposal to put off
the start OF any tax cut until Janu-
ary l, 1948 is expected to encounter
Senate Republicans have been PLAN
ming to put the lower rates in ef-
feet July /.
In proposing to let married couples
throughout the country split their
incomes for tax purposes. Senator
Lucas is trying new approach to
an old tax controversy.
"One of the most glaring in
equities in the present tax law" said
Senator Lucas. ITS that citizens of
nine States washington, California,
Idaho, New Mexico. Arizona, Texas,
Louisiana and Oklahoma) :.
and Hawaii, enjoy the privilege of
dividing income between husband
and wife for Federal income tax
"The result of this privilege is
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ate will provide for both tax re-
duction and debt retirement.
Il think We have reached, or are
about to reach a peak on prices, "
said Senator Butler. ''The trend is
now downward, so that we don't
have to worry about that"
For several weeks it has been
known the anticipated deficit for
this fiscal year. was. turning into a
surplus, but the White House state
ment last night revealed the specific
figures. ...-
421a Million Receipts Forecast.
The President said it is now esti-
mated expenditures for the fiscal
year will be about SAL $50 ,0OO, 900 a
figure 81 $50 .000, 900 below the Janu-
ary forecast. At the same time,
it appears that receipts will total
S42 500 600, 900, an increase of So
300, 900 900 above the January esti-
mate, according to the White House
statement
Explaining the part economy has
played in this improvement, the
President said:
Il have required the major de-
partments of the Government to
limit their expenditures to the fullest
possible extent. Economies in the
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Memorial

Youngman. Anna
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Bradley Hits Moves
10 Give Cars 10 Blind,
|ArmIess Veterans
By George Beveridae

Veterans Administrators Bradley
has protested strongly to Congress
against moves to grant free auto
mobiles to thousands OF veterans Who
lost their sight or suffered arm am
|putations during service, 1t was
learned last night.
World War II leg amputees now
can get cars at Government expense,
providing the cars cost no more
than 1900. Congress has appro-
|priated $50, ,000, 900 for the program.
The protest was registered In q
special report last week to Chairman
Edith Nourse Rogers Of the House
Veterans Affairs Committee, which
will open hearings Wednesday On
bills which Gen. Bradley said would
pave the way for a free car for every
veteran with q serious disability.
Most far-reaching OF the bills
would give a new car to every vet
eran of any war who lost an arm.
la leg or whose sight is as bad as
$500, resulting from a wartime in
jury. Others would allow the dis
abled veterans to buy cars costing
as much as $1,000 at Government
Eexpense, and would force the Vet
Grams Administration to set up
nation wide training program for
driver instruction
Such move. Gen. Bradley warned
in his report, by logical progression,
might ultimately demand that all
seriously. disabled veterans be sup
piled with automobiles, in addition
to compensation and other benefits"
On the same basis, he opposed the
bill in the last Congress that gave
cars to leg amputees.
Cost of the bill to give cars to all
amputees and blind veterans would
be an estimated $21 $50 600, the ad-.
Iministrator said.
The $30, 100000 grant for leg am
putees will be gone by June 30, he
said in the report. To date, nearly
$4,000 amputees have been certified
as eligible for the cars and $500
actually have received them. The
agency reported that IA new cars
already have been delivered to vet
Grams in the Washington area alone.
Opposes Cars for Arm Amputees.
Gen. Bradley said the problem, of
getting around is not serious enough
to warrant cars for arm amputees.
Their rehabilitation can be speeded
more by development OF artificial
aids and through vocational training
courses to fit them for employment,
he declared in the report. i
AS for blinded veterans, the gen.
eral pointed out that the agency's
programs stress development of self
reliance.
"It is open to serious question
whether the development Of initia-
tive and self-reliance might not be
seriously retarded by providing free
automobiles which must be operated
by Others" he declared.
Moreover" he added, there
would seem to be little purpose in
encouraging the blinded veteran to
become habituated to his own auto
mobile without also providing allow
ances for the hiring of drivers"
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stunned TO realize their widowhood.
Many came in simple work garb. A
number wore bandages. They had
been injured in the first or second
explosion.
Tears ran unheeded down the
faces of listening men and women,
too new to grief to hold it, as the
Rev. Erwin Jackson, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, prayed':
Let not your heart be troubled
Neither let it be afraid"
A quartet from the Pan-American
Oil Refinery sang hymn and the
60-voice cappella choir from the
Texas Lutheran College at Seguin,
their white surplices and black cas-
socks ripping in the evening wind
sand My God and l." The Old
Rugged Cross and Beautiful
Savior"
Pastors representing seven of the
city's 20 churches took part in the
ceremony. The st. Mary's Roman
Catholic Church was unrepresented.
Its priest, Father william Roach,
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Arrangements have been made TO
add q new section to the daily
Treasury statement, effective Inn
mediately. comparing the budget
estimates for this fiscal year with
the actual figures to date each day.
THIS comparison now shows . SUR
plus for the fiscal year to April Is
of $4,000, 900, 900. or more than ST.
000. 900 600 in excess OF the new csti-
mate for the ei1tire fiscal year.
This is because Of an important
concentration OF expenditure in the
last part Of the fiscal year.
Big Interest Payments In May.
For example. the heaviest pay
ments OF interest on the public debt
are made In the month of June.
Also, there will be large payments
to the national service life insurance
fund during the last part OF the
fiscal year. These and other items
account for the difference between
the surplus now shown in the daily
Treasury statement and the ex-
pected surplus for the entire fiscal
year.
I have stated on NANNY occasions
my firm resolve to balance the
budget and provide for reduction
OF the public debt. Now that we
are achieving a balanced budget I
want to emphasize the need for re-
ducing the public debt to the fullest
possible extent now, while times are
good.
A good start has been made on
this objective by bringing the debt
down from its all-time peak of
almost $3.50, ,000, 600 900 to the present
level of s258, 600 600 900. The sound
ness Of our policies in managing the
debt is evident from the fact that
almost all the reduction to date
has occurred in the holdings OF
Federal securities by banks. But
the most important thing we can
do in debt management ntoday is
to continue to reduce the debt as
rapidly as possible.
1t is natural for taxpayers to wish
to see taxes reduced. But to do this
now would promote imitation, so
that the benefits of any reduction
would be largely disSipated.
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that husband who has a surtax ne

that husband who has surtax net
income of $4,000 is able to escape
with a tax equivalent to twice the
amount of tax upon $4,000 surtax
net income. Since the highest sur
tax rate upon $4,000 is 81 per cent,
and the top rate at $4,000 is so per
cent, the family is enabled to save
a very substantial amount in taxes.
This inequality has been protested
for years by the citizens of the nom.
Western States. with complete merit.
In 1941 an effort was made by the
Committee on Ways and Means of
the House to meet the problem
through the requirement of manda-
tory joint returns, which would have
deprived the Western States OF their
special privilege.
Bill Defeated in House
This measure failed of passage on
the floor of the House. The opportu-
nifty is now here to remove the in
equity, not by depriving the Western
States of their special privilege, but
by generalizing this advantage to
citizens of all States, so that hus-
band and wife will, in every State, be
permitted to split incomes"
Senator Lucas said this change
also would help the Treasury ad-
minister the tax law by eliminating
litigation now indulged in by the
Government to prevent tax-avoid-
ing schemes, based on assignment of
income to a wife, or through the
creation of family partnerships.
Chairman Millikin, estimated the
Senate tax hearings will last about
10 days. 1t probably will take the
Finance Committee another week to
revise the House bill, which means
the Senate would get the tax bill
about the middle of May. Most of
the intervening time will be re-
quired to dispose of the controver-
Si3l labor control bills
Evening star., 1947-04-20
Couple Keeping Children
Seized on Cruelty Choree
BY the Associaied Press

LANCASTER, Pa, April 1a.-Guy
Baer, 81. and his wife, Sarah, go,
were arrested today and held with
out bail in Lancaster County Jail
charged with cruelty and neglect of
two small children left in their care
The children-John Younkins, 2,
and his sister, Esther, 3-were re-
moved from the Baer home in near
by Sunnyside last Thursday They
are in Lancaster General Hospital
suffering from malnutrition.
State Police Sergt. l.. F. Owen
said the Baer home was too terrible
to describe" Eleven dogs were in
the house
The child's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Younkins, are living in Balti-
more,
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Clad in dungarees and wearing a
black prayer cap, Leo Kaufthiel, lay
member of the Beth-Jacob Syna-
| gogue in Galveston, prayed in He
brew for Jewish disaster victims.
There was preponderance of
elderly people in the throng. A
number Of women holding children
Ito their bosoms sobbed softly as
the Rev. Henry w. Quinnius of the
First Presbyterian Church read Sc
|lections from the Scriptures.
One white-haired volunteer fire.
man, still in uniform, wept through
out the entire ceremony. He was
one of handful of men who es-
capped death when the first ship ex-
plosion destroyed all the city's fire
fighting equipment and killed 81
of the firemen volunteers.
Cloaked in Beauty.
In the falling dusk the ceremony
scene was cloaked with impressive
beauty. Scores of floral offerings
white lily crosses, red gladiolas,
lavender stock, white candy tuft,
yellow snapdragons, and green mag
nolia leaves-formed backdrop for
the stand.
Before the stand was a large
cross of Easter lilies carrying
white silk band on which had been
inscribed in gold: I'm Loving
Memory" 1t was the sole inscrip-
| ton. ...
There are flowers here from every
corner of Texas Mrs. Vera Miller
Northrup of Huston said.
| Opening his brief memorial ad-
dress the Rev. Roland P. Hood of
the First Baptist Church said: II
want to express our profound ap-
probation to the mar agencies
and groups that have c1me to assist
us and to those who sent messages
of sympathy to our city.
These are our dead and we come
together this afternoon in loving
remembrance of them. We come
with hearts that are burdened and
filled with longing and sorrow"
"The Lord Is My Shepherd"
He read the 23d Psalm-"The
Lord is my Shepherd"-and con-
cluded: I'VE life our hearts in
humble gratitude to God. We have
a hope that reaches beyond this
shadow" ..-
| Two birds f1uttered with thin
cries through the smoke as the
Rev. Frank S. Doremus of the First
Presbyterian Church led the as
semblage in The Lords Prayer"
The words were chanted slowly.
Beneath the stadium a playful
puppy caught long piece of brown
wrapping paper in his jaws and
pranced joyfully. A young boy too
small to know the significance of
the ceremony called to the puppy:
Here, here" His father shushed
him into wondering quiet. The
puppy ran off.
The Rev. Martin Pempeit, Luth-
eran pastor. closed the ceremony
with a short benediction. Then the
silent crowd began to march across
the empty field to their broken
homes.
One fat tow-headed youngster
had sucked his thumb contentedly
on his grandfather's shoulder in
grave silence throughout the meet
ing. Now he began to cry. Daddy ;,
daddy, daddy" he walled.
The grandfather reached up
work-gnarled hand to soothe him
but said no word. The baby kept
on crying Daddy, daddy, daddy"
and the cid man walked on silently.
tears rolling down his weather.
beaten cheeks from his faded life
defeated eyes.