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Evening star., 1948-02-20
By Howard W. BIokesIee
Associated Pres. sei.ne. Editor


NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-The race
for the first useful atomic power
plant promises to go to the Brook
haven National Laboratory. Long
Island, some time next year.
This race is between the United
States, with five known entries,
Canada, Britain and France, and
Russia regarded as silent starter.
1t was announced today that
Brookhaven will have power plant
in operation in 1949. 1t will pass
hot air out of an atomic pile to
make steam, which in turn will
make electricity. The capacity is to
be about $500 horsepower. That
Juice will be used to run blowers
and other laboratory apparatus.
This Brookhaven power plant will
not pay for itself. 1t will be built
for research, and as byproduct of
the atomic pile, which also is only
for research.
But 1t will be, If plans go on
SCliCduIC, tilC AAot deSAAAS ofSAA ="
turn out real power. The other
American power projects are at the
Argonne Laboratory, near Chicago;
Schenectady, N. Y, where the Gen.
eral Electric Co. is building the
Knolls Laboratory for this purpose;
Oak Ridge, Tenn, and Los Alamos,
N. Mex, the atomic bomb plant.
Canada's power plants are con-
centrated at Chalk River, where
scientists are working on various
kinds of atomic ovens, including
heavy water. The Canadians have
made no progress reports. In
France, Frederick Joliot-C -Curie, the
nations foremost nuclear physicist,
has been heading a power develop
Evening star., 1948-02-20
Frank 7. Linton, Druggist,
| Dies After Heart Attack

Frank Truman Linton, sr., So, OF
951O Thornhill road, Silver Spring
Md, who retired last fall after con-
ducting his own drug business here
for 40 years, died last night at Sibley
Hospital after suffering a heart
attack.
A graduate of George Washington
University with the degree of doc
tor of pharmacy, Mr.. Linton was q
member of the National Retail
Druggists Association and the Dis
trict Retail Druggists Association
He was a 32d degree Mason, belong
ing to Harmony Lodge and the
Scottish Rite.
Born in Charles County, Md, he
lived for some years at Montross
Va, before coming to Washington
as a young man. DR.. Linton de-
voted much of his interest to CHAR
liable work here.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Ellen f. Linton; daughter. MISS
Dorothy L. Linton of Silver Spring
a son, DR.. Frank T. Linton, jr., OF
Chevy Chase, Md, three brothers
DR.. Howard Linton of Washington
Samuel Linton of Riverside, Md.
and William Linton of Doncaster
Md, and sister, Miss Bertha G
Linton of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
the Hines Funeral Home at pm
Monday. Burial will be in Glen
wood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-02-20
Film Producer to P by
$3.50 Monthly for Son
By the Assoeiated Pre.a

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Feb. 20.
Film Producer George Buddy de
Sylvia must pay $3.50 md1th for
support of his illegitimat te son,
3-year- -old Stephen William Ballen-
tine.
Superior Judge Stanley M<sk yes
terday ordered De Sylvia to continue
previously contracted payments of
$500 month to Miss Marie Ballen-
tine, SO, the boys mother and De
Sylva's former secretary.
OF that amount Miss Ballentine
was directed to place 500 month
in trust for the boy until March 10,
1949. De Sylvia was ordered to place
an additional $3.50 a month in trust
for the same period.
After March, 1949, payments to
Miss Ballentine will be reduced to
$4O0 a month and De Sylvia there
after must pay $3.50 month to the
trust account until 1865, when the
boy reaches 81 years Of age.
Evening star., 1948-02-20
DR.. Ralph H. Long Dies;
Lutheran Council Director
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Dr. Ralph
Herman Long, IS, executive director
of the National Lutheran Council
since 1880, died yesterday of heart
attack.
DR.. Long, a native of Loudonville
Ohio, was a graduate of Capital
University and Evangelical Luth-
eran Seminary in Columbus. He
was ordained in 1909. In 1918, he
served as camp pastor at Fort
Meade, Md. He was stewardship
secretary, Evangelical Joint Synod
of Ohio, from 1927 to 1880.
A contributor to church publica-
tions. he was a member of the ex-
ecutive committee, Lutheran World
Federation. DR.. Long was elected
vice president of the American
Lutheran Church in 1916.
He will be buried at Columbus
Monday. Special services will be
held at Capital University.
DR.. Long had been under treat
ment for a cardiac condition for
several weeks. He suffered his first
attack a few days before the 30th
annual meeting of the National
Lutheran Council at Richmond, Va.
January 27, and was unable to at
tend the session for the first time in
18 wears.
Evening star., 1948-02-20
EXCL Sues GP0 TO Regain
Job He Held Before Service

Orton T. Campbell, 203 D street
NE, an employe of the Government
Printing Office. is seeking to compel
the Government to restore him to
the same GPO job he held before
being given military furlough In
January. 1943.
Mr.. Campbell, in suit filed yes
terday in District Court, says that
when he returned to GPO after
more than three years service as an
Army Air Forces pilot, he found
his old job had been reclassified to
a higher. salary bracket. He con-
tends that, upon his return to work
in 1916 he should have been given
his old position, with the higher
salary.
The suit, regarded as test case,
names as defendants Public Printer
Augustus E. Giegengack, members
of the Civil Service Commission and
Controller General Lindsay War
rem. Attorney Warren E. Miller, who
with Attorney David S. Allshouse
represents the plaintiff, said Mr.
Campbell now is planner in GPO
Evening star., 1948-02-20
United Nations
CONTINUED From First Page.

met neither by evasion nor by
meaningless compromises" Mr.. Tru-
man declared.
"The decisions and recommenda-
tions on the large number of prob
lens noted in this report are
straight forward expressions OF the
Judgment held by the overwhelming
ma ajority of the members on the
right and effective course to follow
"The small minority holding op-
posing views on certain important
problems. however" Mr.. Truman
continued, have presented to the
organization a new question of dis
turbing character through theil
non participation in carrying out
the recommendations with which
these members have disagreed"
This was the first hint from
top American official that tht
United States regards the attitude
of the Soviet bloc as problem
which may require decisive actor
by the U. N. The report provided
no indication as to what form Of
action might be sought.
Progress Elsewhere Noted.
Mr.. Truman noted that in mat
ters of less controversial nature
such as in the economic, social and
health fields, the United Nations
has progressed quietly along many
lines. He said its work in the
field of fundamental international
problems is, on the others hano
mot free from disappointments."
This is especially true" the Pres
ident said, "in regard to the estab-
lishment of international control o1
atomic energy for peaceful purposes
and to various political, economic
and other problems that directly ol
indirectly affect progress toward OBJ
tanning international security. But
whatever the disappointments, TIT
United Nations is making headWay.
1
Evening star., 1948-02-20
Charles A. Compton
5tatistician, Dies

Charles Andrew Compton. IS. Of 81
Marietta place NV, statistician
with the Air Forces, died suddenly
yesterco-' - Sibley Hospital after a
heart attack. ~
Elde-t G. six brothers and sister
all IS years of age or older, Mr.
Compton had never been Ill before
he was stricken fatally. his family
said.
He operated a mercantile business
for more than 80 years here, left
for Carroll County, Md, to run
dairy farm for several years, and
returned to Washington at an ad-
vanced age to enter the Government
service.
Born at Great Cacapon, w. Va.
where land grant by Lord Fairfax
in 1765 remains in the family
possession, Mr.. Compton was grad
uated from Indiana State Normal
School and came to Washington
some so years ago.
Surviving, besides his brothers and
SlSUCl, dlC UIIICC OduSAlVCAo, N4Ao
Margaret Garrett of the Marietta
place address, Mrs. Ella Hinton OF
Washington and Mrs. Nancy Kinley
of Pittsburgh; a son, Joseph F
Compton, Clarksburg, w. Va, and
three grandchildren.
His brothers are James M. Comp
ton of Washington, the Rev. Will
liam M. Compton of Bedford. Va;
Smith Compton of Cherrydale, Va.
and T. H. and Newton P. Compton
of Great Cacapon, and his sister Is
Mrs. Anna L. Alderton of Washing.
ton. His wife, Mrs Evaline Thatch.
er Compton, died IA years ago.
Funeral services will be held al
m. tomorrow at the Hines funera
home. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-02-20

he resigned.
Immediately thereafter. he as
sumed the presidency of the Amer
ican Iron & Steel Institute at a
reported salary of 100000 a year
He eft this position 13 months
later after assailing the National
Recovery Act of the early New Deal
days.
Helped Draft Code.
Mr.. amont was a leading figure
in drafting the steel industry code
under the NRA. but he had been
brought up under an older economy
He said there were evils in the
competitive system, but he believes
they could be solved in great meas
ure by "co-operation." He was
completely opposed to the union
shop, the reduction of working
hours and most particularly the
entrance of government into pri-
vate industry.
The NRA he said. was the most
extraordinary injection of govern
Evening star., 1948-02-20
David Posey Rites Today;
D. T.. Fireman IS Years

Funeral services for David M
Posey, 81, retired District fireman
who died Wednesday, were to be
held at pm. today at the Lee
funeral home. Burial will be ir
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Posey, who served As years
with the fire department here, died
at his home, 1346 North Carolina
avenue Me-, after a brief illness
He was born Id Charles County
Md, but came to the District as a
young boy. He retired from the fire
department two years ago.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Edna E. Posey; a daughter, Miss
Myrtle C. Posey; three brothers
Charles z. and Joseph H. Posey OF
Indian Head, Md, and Robert G
Posey of st. Petersburg, Fla, and
two sisters, Miss Dora Posey Of St
Petersburg and Mrs. Ruth Morgan
of Havana, Cuba.
Evening star., 1948-02-20
Mack SenneH Plans Suit
Over Use Of Name in Show
BY the Assoeioisd Press

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 2o.-Mack
Sennett, movie producer In the days
of the silent screen, said he will
file s250,o0o damage suit today
against producers of the Broadway
musical, High Button Shoes"
The suit, as prepared for filing ir
Superior Court, alleges that Mr.
Sennett's name was used without
authorization in the Mack Sennett
Ballet of the Broadway show.
The ballet features the keystone
Kops and Mack Sennett bathing
beauties made famous by Mr.. Sen.
nett in silent movies. The suit
charges that Mr.. Sennett's name
was used without permission ir
theater programs, press notices anc
advertising.
Defendants are listed as Monte
Proser and Joseph Kipness, pro-
ducers of the Broadway show
Stephen Longstreet, lyric writer
julie Styne and Sammy Calm, COM
posers; George Abbott, production
director, and jerome Robbins, dance
director. Compensatory damages OF
100000 and exemplary damages o1
$4,000 are asked.
Evening star., 1948-02-20
Mrs. Annie Huntington
Dies OF Iona Illness

Mrs. Annie McNair Elderkin
Huntington, IS, native of Washing
ton, died after long illness at her
home in the Cordova Apartments,
Twentieth street and Florida ave-
nue. NV.
Mrs. Huntington was the grand
daughter of the Rev. Phineas D.
Gurley, who was pastor of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
and a spiritual adviser to Abraham
Lincoln. She was the daughter OF
Col. William Anthony Elderkin ano
the granddaughter of Noble Strong
Elderkin, both of New York.
After graduating from Monticello
College at Godfrey, ILL.,, in 1882, Mrs
Huntington was married in 1885 al
Brattleboro, VT, to the late DR.
George S. Huntington, anatomist.
Surviving are son, William Ell.
derkin Huntington, and two daugh.
ters, Mrs. John ODonnell and Mrs
Frances Huntington-Le Bouvier, al
of Washington.
Private funeral services will bt
held Monday, with burial following
in West Point Military Cemetery
West Point, N. Y!
Evening star., 1948-02-20
Mrs. Alice V. Caldwell,
Injured in Fall, Dies

Mrs. Alice v. Caldwell, u, Of 243c
Thirty-ninth place NV, died last
night in Georgetown Hospital after
several months illness following q
fall at her home.
A native of Anacostia, Mrs. Cald-
we'll was the daughter of the late
Thomas Singleton Webster ane
Catherine G. Webster.
Surviving are her husband, Rober'
N. Caldwell, sr.: two daughters, Mrs
Edith c. Maxey and Miss Catherine
F. Caldwell; three sons. Raymond
w. Caldwell, ST.; Richard H. Cald
well and Robert N. Caldwell, jr.;; Il
grandchildren and great-grand
children.
High requiem mass will be cele
brated at 9 am. Monday at 81
Stephens Catholic Church. Burla
viii be In Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-02-20
Iona Island Plant to Generate
useful Atomic Power Next Yea,

ment for more than . year. Brit
aims power pile is at Harwell.
A few weeks ago the Atomic En-
ergy Commission shifted the Amer
ican power plant center from Oak
Ridge to the Argonne Laboratory
Up to that time it had been re.
ported frequently that Oak Ridges
Clinton Laboratory would have the
first atomic power plant in the
world.
This was to be a steam-electrit
plant. Tt was to have gone intt
operation by early 1948. The Argonnt
Laboratory, the place where the
scientific. work on plutonium trans.
mutation originated, and where thu
first atomic pile was started In 1912
had been working on various atomic
power sources.
These include a heavy water boiler
instead of the graphite brick piles
where atomic chain reactions were
first made practical. They include
also studies of beryllium and other
substances that might make power
plants.
Los Alamos has a small pile that
works differently than the others
closer to the principle of the atomic
bomb. 1t could boil water.
The delays in atomic power are
not all due to producing the nucleal
energy. They involve the troubles
in separating atomic heat safely
from the dangerous radioactivity
that created it. 4
The Brookhaven plant was de-
scribed, without being identified, q
month ago by Sumner T. Pike
atomic energy commissioner. He
said it would operate probably be-
fore the end of 1949 and make only
enough power to run pumps, blow.
ers and other auxiliaries.
Evening star., 1948-02-20

|ment into private business In hts
tory" He found it "abhorrent"
that three government represent
atives could walk into a meeting of
his board of directors and listen
in.
On resigning from the steel in
stitute, AMIR. Lamont said he had
tried to comply with the NRA, but
there was no knowing "how far
this will CO." He did not return to
active business life.
Quit Fight Against Dry Law.
When President Hoover appointed
Mr.. Lamont to the cabinet Mr., La
mont resigned his dictatorship In
the Association Against the Pro-
hibition Amendment.
Because the liquor issue had been
prominent in Mr.. Hoover's campaign
Mr.. Lamont gained considerable
publicity from his connection with
the association and said he resigned
because he was playing the game
with the administration.
In his early engineering days, Mr.
Lamont supervised the excavation
for the Boston subway system and
the building of underwater tunnels
into Lake Michigan to furnish Chi
cagos water supply.
An Army colonel during World
War I, he served as chief of the
procurement division Of the Ord
nance Department.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow in st. Bartholomew Epis-
copal Church. ..
Survivors include his widow. Mrs
Gertrude Lamont of Falls Church
Va; a son, Robert Patterson La
mont, jr., of Thiensville, Wis, and
two daughters, Mrs. Matthew Jones
of Washington and Mrs. Chauncey
Belknap of New York, at whose
home Mr. Lamont died.
Evening star., 1948-02-20
z Law Experts Advise
House Unit on Yay
To LegisIate on leds

Pitfalls of attempting ko curb
Communist operations in tA United
States by legislation were escribed
today before subcommitt& of the
House Committee on Un- 4nerican
Activities by two experts OF consti.
tutional law.
The witnesses were Prof. tobert A.
Maurer of Georgetown diversity
Law School, a member Of 1e Board
of Education, and Prof. William Y.
Elliott Of Harvard Univer&y, staff
director of the House Selft Com.
mittee on Foreign Aid.
The subcommittee, coEidering
anti Communist bills, was hear a
Communist Party spokesman this
afternoon. william z. Fosta, leader
of the party in the United States,
was invited to testify, but 1t was
not known whether he or mother
representative would appear
Warned on Type Of L y.
Both professors warned tA legis-
lators against attempting write
a law aimed at Communist Ehiloso-
ply rather than subversivehcts Of
its adherents.
"Condemning q mans thoghts or
even his membership In q pSticular
organization is not, I am afiid, the
sort Of thing that the Apreme
Court Is going to sustat.' DR..
Maurer said.
He suggested laws to corfol the
overt acts known to be part { Com
munist strategy could be devied and
could be prefaced by "a legislative
finding of fact" which mint in
f1uence the courts to recognit Com.
munist activity as "a clear all pres
ent danger"
Registration Seen Leai.
DR.. Elliott, emphasizing he was
speaking only on his own behalf.
said he thought the Mundtbill, re-
quiring registration of Communist
Party members, probably Huld be
held constitutional.
If the Communist Party Rre de-
clared a criminal organization by
law, however, he added, "thefit may
we'll be charged that the legislature
is determining by its own jbgment
a question that is ordinarilya SUBJ
ject Of judicial inquiry"
He said he thought the bet anti
dote for communism was t1 read
ing of its literature, which h called
"tripe," and a visit to RSsia to
smell the odor of fear thatsoes up
in that country"
Hearings Due to End Tday.
Subcommittee Chairmar4 Nixon
said the hearings on suggested anti
Communist legislation will be con-
cluded today with introdu tion of
data on Communist Party $atus in
various States. Thereafter. tie Cali
fornia Republican said. the Abcom-
mittee will start work on drf fting q
bill and will strive to have / ready
for submission to the full 9mmit-
tee in about two weeks.
Outlawing of the Communist
Party was recommended yaterday
by Charles S. Sullivan, jr, Judge
advocate of the District aepart-
ment, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
and James Burnham. author and
member of the New York University
faculty.
Evening star., 1948-02-20

dustrialist. h a d
retired about IL
years a 6 o. He
was a native of
Detroit.
At the tim e
President Hoov-
er named him to
h is cabinet in
1929, Mr.. La
mont was presi-
d e n t of t h e
American Steel
Foundries Corp.
He S erv e d as
Commerce Sec
retary untifAu-
n11ct 1920 mh en-
Evening star., 1948-02-20
Dratha
WELLS. John ADAMS.

WELLS. JOHN ADAMS. On, Tuesday
February II. 194S, JOHN ADAMS. WELLS
Of Ar 12th st: Sc, husband Of ,lIi. Naomi nj
Winston Salem. N. c.. and Sim Caldwell
and uncle OF Novice Wells. Friends may
call at his late residence after 5 pm
day, February 81, at l pm Interment
Woodlawn Cemetery. ARRANGEMENTS b,
Malvan g. Schey.
YOUNG, GEORGE A. On Thursday
sethesds seahheaIs Ma Ma. lsiS GEORGE x. YOUNG oi
BIB Elm ST. NV, husband of the late
Eta 2. Young. SURVIVING are sister sister
Mrs. Tulip c. Peck, and other relatives
and friends. Notice of funeral later
ARRANGEMENTS by Mcclure. 20
Evening star., 1948-02-20
DR.. B. L. Monius Dies

CHICAGO, Feb. 20 (P.-Dr
Bruno Leo Monias, 70, retired chem
ist and former member of the fac
ulty Of Marquette University, died
Yesterday in his home DR.. MoniaS
retired in 1889 as chemist at Grant
Hospital here where he had served
for 18 years.
Evening star., 1948-02-20
Baroness Van Verwolde
Dies; Was Novelist
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20.-Baroness
Alma van der Borch van Verwolde,
novelist and member of prominent
St. Louis family, died yesterday at
Montreux, Switzerland, friends here
were advised. She was the former
Alma Orthwein, who moved to
Switzerland in 1902.
The baroness published several
books. the most successful OF which
was Pastures of Plenty" written
under the name Of Archibald Luck
in the early '20s.>
Evening star., 1948-02-20
| Robert P. Lamont, 81,
Commerce Secretary
Under Hoover, Dies
BY the Associoted Press

/ NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Robert P.
Lamont, 81, secretary of Commerce
during the Hoover administration,
died yesterday.
Mr.. Lamont, an engineer and in
Evening star., 1948-02-20

Goss, EDWIN M. A special communi-
cation of Lebanon Lodge, No. -
IN r; A; A. NJ, is hereby csliss ,nss toi
ANo pm, at the Masonic Temple
NIX to conduct Masonic services .,
W. the funeral of our late brother
EDWIN M GOSS.
HOWARD H. JACKLEY. Master.
ARTHUR M ROBINSON. Secretary. 23
Evening star., 1948-02-20

BROCKENBERRY, KOSA. Forest Tem-
pie, No. 9, l. B. P. o. E. of w,
N8 is hereby. notified to meet IN a
mn session OF sorrow Friday, Feoru-
III airy 20, la4s, at pm, at the
wv Elks' Home to arrange for the
- funeral Of Daughter ROSA
BROCKENBERRY, to be held
Monday, February 23, at ] pm, from the
First Baptist Church. Rosslyn, Va.
FIORINE POGUE, Daughter Ruler.
BEATRICE WEST, Fin. Sec.
Evening star., 1948-02-20

GRAY. IRENE. suddenly. "wednesday,
widow of the late Mr.. John Gray, cousin
Of Mrs. Lu Emma Terry Of Detroit, Mich
and Mrs Letitia Wright Of WASHINGTON.
be contacted at 422 9TH St, Sc. Arrange,
ments by the Taft H. williams Funeral
Home 1902 18th st. NV.
GRIFFIN. JOHN e. Departed this life
Wednesday, February Is, 194S, at :25
am, at Gallinger Hospital JOHN E.
GRIFFIN. He leaves to mourn their loss
a devoted mother, three sons, one grand.
son, one sister, four brothers and host Of
other relatives and friends. Remains rest,
Ing at VIM. r. & Ruth B. Tolbert's Funeral
Home 1905 9Th st. NV. Funeral services
Saturday, February 21, at 1880 p M AZ
NV Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-02-20

ABBOTT, GEORGE W; On ,sI1. Thursdays; "a I
bflfi, ave, Capitol Heights, Md: GEORGE
" ABBOTT, beloved husband Of Maude I
Abbott, father Of Lester z. and William 4
NAV cali at his late residence, where serv-
ices will be held on Saturday; Fepruars
81, at 2 pm. Relatives and friends IN
vited Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery
Mattinsly Funeral Service
Evening star., 1948-02-20

ruary 19, 194s. ISRAEL BREsLER, be-
ther of Edward L. Bresler of Philadelphia,
Pa; Morton Bresler. Mrs; Claire B: Lon
don and Miss Arlene Bresler. all of Wash
brothers, Morris Bressler, Joseph D. Bres-
Ter and B. Richard Bresler, and one sister,
D. C. Services and interment will be in
Philadelphia, Pa, Sunday. February %
In mourning at 5105 3rd St NV. Ar
rangements by the Goldberg Funeral Home
(Phila de1phia papers please copy) 21
Evening star., 1948-02-20

GoSS, EDWIN MILTON. on Thursday
Eastern ave. ne, EDWIN MILTON GOSS
beloved husband Of Blanch M: Goss, father
Of Lydia Marie Goss and Milton Edwin
Goss brother Of Mrs Laura E. Thompson
and Mrs. Ruth Jordan Friends are In
vited to call at the Lee Funeral Home, 4tn
st. and Mass. ave. ne, where services VIII
be held on Monday, February %, at pm
Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. ~