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Evening star., 1948-10-07
VA Hopeful Of Saving
| Jobs for Most Of s.
Scheduled for Firinq

Veterans Administration officials
said today they hope to save the jobs
of most of So employees who have
been told they will be fired within
the next two months.
The So, all adjudication workers,
who rule on payment of veterans
and dependents claims on the Gov
ernment, have asked the White
House and the Civil Service Commits
sion to review their cases. None OF
them has permanent civil service
status, but all have passed exam
nations making them eligible for it
VA officials said 10 of the workers
were given dismissal notices effec-
tive October Is, and that the rest
were told they would be fired No
vember Is or December IS. The
orders were issued. officials said, be-
cause of a Civil Service Commission
ruling that all nonpermanent status
adjudicators must be OF the rolls
by December Is.
About Is of the 10, however, will
receive a 30-day extension of their
October dismissal notice, officials
said, in the hope that they can be
reached from the agency's perma-
nent status registry.
'It is possible" a personnel
spokesman said, that only a very
few Of the 63 will have to be re-
placed"
In netitinns To the cnnn mission
Evening star., 1948-10-07

Their lives saved because an alert
telephone operator sensed an emer-
gency, Mr.. and Mrs. Byron S. HUE
Of $500 Forest Glen road, Silver
Spring, were recovering today from
the effects Of heavy coal gas fumes
They were reported in good con-
dition at Suburban Hospital, Be-
thesda, where rescue workers took
them after their narrow escape yes
terday.
A doctor said that Mr.. and Mrs
HUE, who had been overcome by
the gas and fallen to the floor al
their home, would have died bu,
for first-aid summoned by the tele.
phone girl.
The heroine Is Miss Antoinetts
Capone, %, of 6519 Seventh plac,
NV.
According to the Silver Sprin,
rescue squad, Mrs. HUE tried t,
telephone for help and collapsed
while at the telephone. Miss Ca
pone, hearing a moaning sound
called in her supervisor, Mrs. Mar,
B. Craft, 802 Spring street, Silve
Spring, and they notified the rescu,
squad.
Mr.. HUE, 81, is an examiner TO
the liquidation section of the Re
construction. Finance Corp. His wife
a statistician for the Atomic Energ,
Commission, is So.
Montgomery County police salt
the couple had been on vacation
On returning Tuesday night the,
built q fire In the furnace. The.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
AmbuIatory Fracture
Group Elects Dr.. Hall

DR.. Gusts Lee Hall, prominent
Washington orthopedic surgeon, has
been named president of the Ambu-
latory Fracture Association, officials
said today.
The association Is an organiza-
ton formed to study a method of
treating bone fractures known as
external fixation" The method in
wolves screwing long metal pins
into broken bones to hold them in
place. The pins then are attached
to a metal bar outside the body to
hold them fast.
DR.. A. w. Diehr, retiring board
member of the group, said pr. Hall
was elected at board meeting last
night. DR.. Hall is clinical professor
of surgery at George Washington
University Hospital, chief of ortho-
pedics at Doctors Hospital and con-
sultant at st. Eliza abeths Hospital
Other new officers, DR.. Diehr said
include:
DIR. r. A. Vargus of San Bernar-
dino, Calf, first vice president; Dr.
Frank Weber of Olney, ILL.,. second
vice president: DR.. Herman w. Well
merling of Bloomington, Ill. secre-
tary-treasurer. and William S. Wat
son, business manager.
Evening star., 1948-10-07

The radiance of the Capitol
dome at night. It is one of
the sights Tommy Campbell
must imprint on his memory
now. For, at 10, Tommy is 60
ing blind.
When he thinks of his
mother, he will remember her
smiling. The heartbreak never
creeps over her face when he
is looking at her. Mrs. Camp
bell is storing memories IN
Tommy's minds eye. She took
him to New York recently to
see the skyscrapers.
Tommy had worn glasses for
a long time. His parents knew
he was near-sighted. He
seemed a bright child, but he.
had trouble in his Prince
Georges County school and
even had to repeat a year.
One day several months ago,
Mrs. Campbell saw Tommy
brooding by the window. She
found his new bicycle laid
away far back in the cellar.
She asked him why.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Tommy Will Remember His Mother Smiling

with children with full vision.
Mrs. Campbell can't help
her ownfboy that way now, but
she can save many other chill
dren the strain and worry and
shame of failure that Tommy
went through because Of a
physical defect.
Because you gave to the
Community Chest Federation,
there is a District Society for
the Prevention of Blindness,
which is working to make spe-
cial provision for people who
have eye defects, as we'll as
+. doing all it can to prevent
blindness.
The society has helped to
get sight conservation classes,
and it has helped to get vision
testing for school children in
. the District, so they won't
have to muddle through
against a sight handicap as
Tommy did.
Give again, as much as you
can, so that children of the
whole Washington area may
have 8 chance, too.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Liquor Store Is Seized
Pendinq Tax Settlement

Collector of Taxes Guy w. Pear
son revealed late yesterday that his
agents seized liquor store and its
entire stock briefly last Friday fol
non payment of taxes by the owner
Carl Travis, owner Of the Travis
Liquor, Inc, 1908 U street NV, ar.
ranged for payment of the $2,250 ir
unpaid taxes through his attorney
according to Mr.. Pearson, and the
property was restored to him the
same day.
The unpaid taxes were corpora
tion, income and personal property
levies, Mr.. Pearson said, and covered
a three-year period.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Princeton Alumni Open
Fund Campaign Here

An $188,711 campaign has been
started in the Washington Area to
insure adequate salaries for the
Princeton University faculty, Lee D.
Butler. campaign chairman, said
today.
The kickoff for the campaign came
last night when DR.. Harold w.
Dodds, president Of Princeton, ad-
dressed the Princeton Club of Wash
ington at smoker at the Wardman
Park Hotel.
TN this critical moment" DR..
Dodds said, Princeton proposes to
uphold her faculty by providing
more adequate compensation and
better facilities and conditions under
which to work. She further proposes
to continue her active search for
men Of exceptional promise and to
interest them in teching careers"
The campaign here is part of q
Nationwide drive to raise $3.50, 900
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Pickets Remain on Duty
In Airline Pilots Strike

Pickets maintained their long
vigil at National Air Lines offices
here yesterday in the eighth month
of a pilot strike which began over
the discharge of one man.
A presidential emergency board
has held that the company is at
fault in the prolonged dispute and
recommended that the discharged
pilot, Capt. Maston G. ONeal, be
given a fair trial"
Capt. O'Near was discharged after
landing accident at Tampa, Fla,
more than three years ago on COM
pany complaints that he exercised
bad judgment"
About las pilots and co-pilots are
involved, but picketing Is carried on
by volunteers from other air line. an
Air. Line Pilots Association spokes-
man said today.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
New York Physician,
d. T.. Man Win Delay
After Gaming Raid

A former New York physician and
a Washington newsstand operator
were granted continuances to Octo-
ber q when arragined in Municipal
Court today on charges OF setting up
gaming table.
The physician, DR.. Max Schwartz,
81, was said by police to have told
them he abandoned his practice to
come to the Capital because gam
bling is more lucrative here" He
was arrested late yesterday in a raid
on an apartment in a building at
2l51 California street NV, which
he told police he owned.
The other man arraigned today as
result of the raid was Louis Wal
ter Dove, 40, who has newsstand
at 1896 Columbia road NV. Vice
squad detectives described him as
one of the city's biggest operators"
in race track bookmaking.
Men Free on Bond.
Both men were permitted to re-
main free under $4,000 bond each.
1t. Roy Blick of the Vice Squad,
who led the raid, said DR.. Schwartz
was found in possession OF "a guam
tity" of bet slips, about $l35 in cash
and two promissory notes totaling
$35, 900.
Dove had a brand new" little
black book containing about $55 900
in I.O.U.'s on him, when he was ar
rested while attempting to hide bet
slips in a bathroom hamper, 1t.
Blick added.
Many of the IOUs were in
amounts greater than $1,000, and
all bets, judging by the condition
of Doves book, had been made
within recent weeks, the lieutenant
said.
Arrested Four Times.
Dove has been arrested four times
previously on gambling charges, 1t.
Blick added, but has been convicted
only once. He served 80 days In
1884 for permitting gaming.
The two promisory notes found
on DR.. Schwartz were dated March
l9, with no year indicated. One
was for $25,0OO, and the other for
$4,000. Both were payable after
April 5.
Found in DR.. Schwartz's apart
ment at the time of the raid was
an expensive split-second clock, ap-'
parently used in double-checking
racing times, It. Blick said. The
place had been under observation
about a week, he added. Even as
his men were arresting the pair, he
said, telephone calls continued to
come in from persons making bets
as high as $400.
A humorous touch was added to
the raid in the discovery of small
slip with the printed words. "Tur-
key in the Tree Tops on Thanks
giving" mystery tune" which paid
a Middle Western radio listener
So, 900 last weekend. A.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Bids Received for Work
At Naval Establishments

The Potomac River Naval Com
mand is accepting sealed bids for
installation of equipment and re-
pairs to buildings at naval establish
ments in the washington area, it
announced today.
Work planned will include in
stallation and reinforcement of parts
of buildings at the Naval Ordnance
Laboratory at White Oak, Md; the
National Naval Medical Center at
Bethesda, Md, and the Navy De-
partment Potomac Annex.
Required specifications and other
bidding data may be obtained on
application to the public works office
OF the naval command, at the Naval
Gun Factory.
Evening star., 1948-10-07

the second Is already partially here
To, large group of Washington
residents who otherwise would find
hospital bills prohibitive, prepay
ment insurance plans of such org
anizations as Group disqualification
Inc, and Group Health Association
mean the ability to meet most hos
Ipital costs. Such plans throughout
the nation are covering more than
80, ,000, 900 persons.
Hope to Expand Plans.
Spurred on by advocates of a
Government controlled compulsory
health program, voluntary health
and hospital leaders hope to expand
these plans to offer the entire work.
ing population of the nation COM
plete protection against all hospital
bills-no matter how high.
Prepayment plans in most cities
are grouped under the fast-growing
Blue Gross Commission. headed by
DR.. Paul R. Hawley, former medical
director of the Veterans Administra-
,tion.
CHI. the largest such organization
in Washington, has enrolled 375 900
residents here. 1t paid hospitals for
123. 900 days of treatment to its sub
Iscribers during the first six months
Of this year The group last week
ANNOUNCED increased rates to meet
higher payments to hospitals, but
included additional hospital services
in its contracts CHI still has a
long way to go. however, in covering
Washington with its service benefits
Membership, for example, is limited
to groups set up in business which
have at least five employees, and
so per cent of employees must join
in order to form a group.
Greatest hope for expansion of the
plan here. officials feel is to open
membership on a community basis.
to allow individuals to enroll and
make payments directly to the
organization Such a plan now is
under consideration but no definite
plans have been made
Drawback in Plan.
A drawback in the present plan,
officials say, is the difficulty in get
ting enough subscribers to establish
group in some offices, particularly
those with a large Negro employ
ment. Where it has not been possible
to get sufficient number in such
Offices, plans have been set up to
enroll only white employees.
Protection also is offered to the
public through commercial insurance
companies on a prepayment basis.
But in these cases, the companies
pay patients fixed amounts toward
hospital bills rather than paving
hospitals for services they give.
DR.. Hawley has condemned Blue
Cross plans which have deviated to
provide such cash indemnity pay
ments to patients. The trend must
be toward complete service coverage
without any restrictions whatever"
he said recently. That is the only
real answer under voluntary
system"
Far behind are plans operated
in conjunction with medical groups,
such as the GHI-District Medical So
ciety prepayment protection against
surgery bills. They must gain in
creased support from doctors before
they can nearly approach success OF
the hospital plans.
Many new services also must be
covered, officials believe, before the
plans will become really attractive
Evening star., 1948-10-07
PTAGroup Told
Schools Need
Mental Clinics
so of Children
Listed as Requiring
Psyehiotric Help

The 18th annual Parent-Teacher
Institute Conference at George
Washington University today was
told there should be a team of psy-
chiatric social workers in at least
half a dozen District schols."
Mrs. Mildred Percy, chairman OF
the Mental Hygiene Committee OF
the District of Columbia Congress
of Parents and Teachers, told the
health group that IS per cent OF
District school children are in need
of mental health help"
I'VE need to get across to school
authorities and parents the great
need for child guidance clinics, COM
posed Of a psychiatrist, psycholo-
gist and staff to help him." Mrs.
Percy said.
Need of Clinics Cited.
She said such a clinic should be-
come an integral part of the school
so timidity of parents about send
ing children to psychiatrists would
be overcome.
If these clinics were established
children could be sent to them as
they are to health clinics when they
have cold or other physical diff
ficulties," she explained. "At the
same time. the clinics could educate
adults and teachers in recognizing
children with emotional and mental
upsets."
The Department of Education
group of the Institute was urged by
Mrs. May T. Kyle, principal OF
Stanton Elementary School and
chairman of the Committee for Co.
operation with Colleges of the Dis
trict Congress, to do everything
you can through your PTAs to en-
courage intelligent young men and
women to enter teacher training in
stitutes."
Wilson College Rolls Down.
Mrs. Kyle pointed out that there
was a drop of "a enrollments Wilson
Teachers College this year and a
drop of 18 at Minor Teachers Col
lege.
Mrs. Kyle said that one tangible
way to get more people into teach
ing is to offer some whole or par
tial scholarship to students.
A new approach to sex education
In the schools in the form Of a
technicolor movie entitled Human
Growth" was shown to the health
group Of the institute by the Social
Hygiene Society of the District. -
Educational Film Shown.
The Commute film, produced by
the University of Oregon. shows
growth Of the human body, develop
ment of glands and the reproduction
process.
Mrs. Wallace N. Streetaer, chair
man of the Department of Health
said she will ask the group for COM
ments on the picture this afternoon
to see if they will recommend it to
their PTA's for showing in District
schools.
The PTA Institute is sponsored by
George Washington University and
the District of Columbia Congress OF
Parents and Teachers. 1t will end
after a general session tonight at
the university.
Evening star., 1948-10-07

read in the paper about the
Delta Gamma Sight Saving
Scholarships offered by the
District Society for the Preven-
ton of Blindness to teachers
who would take special courses
in work with partially sighted
children.
She applied and received
one. Now after another year
at Illinois State Normal Uni
versity, she will be ready to
start teaching partially blind
children, who need special at
tention if they are to keep up
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Northwest Womun, 26,
Is Stricken by Polio

One new polio victim was reported
by the District Health Department
today, raising to 19l the. number
Of cases treated this year in WASH
tngton hospitals.
The latest case is a 26-year-old
colored woman of the 1900 block OF
T street NV, who was admitted to
Georgetown Hospital last Friday
She is the 102d victim residing in
the District to be reported this year
Evening star., 1948-10-07

to employers and their employees.
One factor holding back such ex-
pansion now is the fear of making
rates seem too high to the public.
As prepayment plans and the
complexities of medical care are
sending more people to hospitals
the need for co-ordinated facilities
is being recognized as an increasingly
important factor in the Nation s
health.
Change Since Wartime.
The Metropolitan Health and Hos
pital Survey two years ago gave
Washington a fine foundation to
build plans for adequate facilities
for diagnosis and treatment of all
kinds. But the city has changed
from it's wartime condition and so
may have its hospital needs. The
new 400-bed hospitals at George
Washington and Georgetown Uni
versities have furnished outstanding
facilities for research and training
as well as treatment.
The proposed 1,500-bed Washing
ton Hospital Center, which will con-
solidate Garfield, Emergency and
Episcopal Hospitals. will replace some
OF the oldest facilities, and supply
additional beds for the city Provi-
dence also faces a possibility of
moving into new quarters near
Catholic University, although plans
are still unsettled
Children's Hospital. aided by Fed
eral funds, soon will begin a $4,000
900 expansion and renovation pro-
gram.
Others Plan Expansion.
Most other hospitals here also have
expensive expansion and repair
plans, success of which rests pri-
marily on Federal grants. Most of
these based hopes on a $4,000, 900
authorization in an amendment to
the Hospital Center Act The legis-
lation reached the House floor in
June, but action was blocked there
With so many projects on hand,
hospital authorities believe WASH
ington might well look to plans laid
down in other cities to determine
the actual need and the most effec-
tive use of each hospital.
One OF the most well-developed
plans is the master plan" of the
Hospital Council of Greater New
York. The council is composed of
organizations, but its Board of Di-
rectors represent the community,
rather than specific groups.
Plan Estimates Needs.
The plan estimates the needs in
each area Of the city and recon-
mends the type OF institutions re-
quired to supply them. While the
council has no power to require
participation, most hospitals come
to it voluntarily for approval of their
expansion and repair projects-and
abide by the decisions.
A similar 14-member citizens
committee recently was formed in
Philadelphia to plan needs and
screen proposed projects in the
Philadelphia AREA that would cost
$86 ,000, 900 If carried out.
Authorities believe that. without
planning, there is as much danger
in overbuilding as in not having
enough beds. And enough money to
operate them must be assured.
Every three years, they point out,
operating expenses Of a hospital
| total the original cost of the insti-
| tuition.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
598 Enrolled at Shepherd

SHEPHERDSTOWN, w. Va, Oct
7 (SpeciaD Enrolment at Shep-
herd College here for the fall term
has reached an all-time high of 59s
students, Dean Carey v. Stabler
announced yesterday. This is an in
crease Of l42 over last years figure
Evening star., 1948-10-07
TuIk on Hutch Act Planned

George c. Moore, chief counsel
for the House Civil Service Com
mitee, will discuss Hatch Act pro-
visions at meeting Of the Mont
gomery County Young Republican
Club at 9 pm. Monday In the Be-
Ithesda County Building.
Evening star., 1948-10-07

II can't see to ride it any
more" he said.
Now Mrs. Campbell knows
that Tommy has retinitis pig
mentosa, a degeneration of the
retina. It was before she knew
there was no hope that she
Evening star., 1948-10-07

and the White House, number Of
the workers complained that while
they are experienced in the VA jobs.
outsiders who have higher ratings
on the. registry are being brought
In to take their Jobs.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Couple Recovering From Fumes
After Operator Saves Lives

Miss Antoinette Capone,
whose quick action saved the
lives of Mr.. and Mrs. Byron
8. HUE, shown at her switch
board. Star STAFF Photo.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
You and Your HospitoIs
You and Your HospitoIs
Prepayment Plan Expansion,
Coordination Are Big Needs
Last OF a Series.)
By George Beveridqe

To the who sick only questions about hospitals
really count what need available? And How and going
to pay for it?
The community should up medical science to
question Hospital leaders believe
Evening star., 1948-10-07
On the Air Toniqht

Hear the story of Tommy
and his fight for his sight in
radio drama over Station
WMAL at 1915 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1948-10-07

In petitions to the commission
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-21
NLRB HEARING E
 UNDERWAY HERE

Preliminary ar r a n g e mentS for procedure were made at the open ing session of the National Labor Relations Board hearing on the Juneau Spruce Corporation dispute this morning. Melton Boyd, hear ing officer, 18th Regional Office, NLRB, Seattle, is conducting the hearing.
 The CIO-ILWU dispute with the CIO-IWA has been over the load ing of Juneau Spruce Corporation barges by memters of the Wood- workers, who claim that all work at the Juneau sawmilI is under its jurisdiction.
 The hearings are being conduct ed in the Senate Chambers of the Federal Building and the morning session commenced at 10 o'clock and the afternoon session at 1:l5. It is hoped to conclude hearings by noon Wednesday.
 Many representatives have arriv- ca rom the states to be present at the meeting.
 Representing the Juneau Spruce Corporation, connplainer in the hearing, are James Rogers and Norman Banfield. Henry Roden and William Paul, Jr., represent ILWU Local 16. defendant, and Al Har- tung is attorney for the Interna- tional Warehousemen, Local M-271, |intervenor.
 E. E. Lesher is official reporter for the hearing.
 MT. Boyd, in the preliminary pro ceedings, called attention to the fact that the hearing officer has no power to make rulings in the case.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-21
4,522 REGISTER FOR
 SELE(T|vE SERVICE

Total number of men in Alaska to register for Selective Service, as of Saturday, is 4,522. John L. Mccormick, Territorial Director of Selective Service, announced to- day.
 September 18 was the final day for registration of men be- tween the ages of 18 and 25- for services in the armed forces.
 Total registrants in the Juneau area was 984, according to McCor- mick.
 Figures for districts throughout Alaska are as follows: Anchorage, 1,70O; Nome, 1864; Fairbanks, BOT; Kodiak, 164.