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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Mary A. Miller, Decease

Estate of Mary A. Miller, Deceased
Notice is hereby given, That the
subscriber has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Washington
County, Letters Testamentary on the
estate of
MARY A. MILLER
late of said county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said
deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit same with the vouchers there
of, legally authenticated, to the
subscriber on or before the 18th
day of February, next; they may
otherwise by law, be excluded from
all benefit of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th
day of July, AID, 1913.
ALTHEA MILLER SHADRACH,
7-15-3t EXecutrlx
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of Charles E. Spielman, died on July
16 at the home of her son, Ezra Spiel
man, 1884 Virginia avenue, aged 49,
She was member of Grace Ev-
angelical Brethren Church.
Surviving are: four sons, Ezra
Spielman, this city; Frederick w.
Spielman, Frederick, Md; Paul E.
Spielman, Chambersburg; and AL
bert A. Spielman, Hanover; sister,
Mrs. Sarah Dorsey, townsville; and
IL grandchildren.
YvOnne Annette Miller, infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald D.
Miller, Funkstown, died at the Wash
ington County Hospital on July 16.
Ralph Eugene Long died at the
Washington County Hospital on July
10, aged IA years.
He resided at 337 West Washington
street and was born and reared at
Morrisonville, Pa, the son of Henry
and Mary Frances Cordell Long.
He was employed for SIS years by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
retired seven years ago as a loco
motive engineer. He was member
OF St Mary's Catholic Church, the
Holy Name Society, Brotherhood of
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Olive Blanche Cunning
ham, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, That the
subscriber has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Washington Coun-
ty, Letters of Administration on the
estate of
OLIVE BLANCHE CUNNINGHAM
late of said county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said
deceased are hereby warned to
file the same in said Court, with the
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated, on or before the 9th day of
February next; and no claim not
filed within the period specified shall
thereafter be asserted against the
real estate of said deceased in the
hands of purchaser for value.
Given under my hand this 9th day
of July, AID, 1948
o. LORRAINE GRIFFIN,
7-15-3t Administrative
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Franklin E. Murray, De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given, That the
subscriber has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Washington
County, authority to publish No
tice to Creditors on the estate Of
FRANKLIN E. MURRAY
late of said county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said
deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit same with the vouchers there
of, legally authenticated, to the sub
scriber on or before the 10th day
of August, next; they may other
wise, by law, be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 10th
day of July, AID, 1913.
LULU c. MURRAY,
7-22-1t Petitioner
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Nellie virginia brennan. Al North

Nellie Virginia brennan, Al North
Potomac street died on July IA at
the Washington County Hospital.
She was So years old.
She was a member of st. Mary's
Catholic Church, and was formerly
employed by the Washington Coun-
ty Welfare Board.
Surviving are: four sisters, Mrs.
Mary Fink, Hagerstown; LYDIA Dren-
men, Hagerstown; Grace Drennen,
Hagerstown, and Mrs. Herbert Rock
enhauver, Chambersburg; and two
brothers, Victor, Pittsburgh; and
Robert, Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22

Engineers and Veteran Association
of the Baltimore and Ohio, and the
Fraternal, Order of Eagles at Bruins
wick.
Surviving are: his wife, Helen A
Long;five daughters, Mrs. Helen
Wood, McKeesport, Pa; Mrs. Mary
E. Voorhees,, Chicago, ILL.,; Mrs. Mar
querite Slayman, Hagerstown; Mrs.
Louise c. Price, Niagara Falls, N. Y,
and Mrs. Beatrice st. Pierre, Wash
ington; sons, Henry Michael, Ralph
L. and John c., all of McKeesport,
and William r. Long, Boonsboro;
sisters, Mrs. S. Crummitt, Cumber-
land; Mrs. M. Louis, Baltimore; and
one brother, Harry, Brunswick.
Twenty-one grandchildren and six
great grandchildren also survive.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22

Harry nj. Matthews died on July
Is at the Newton D. Baker Hospital
after brief illness, aged 81 years.
A native of this city, he had re-
sided at so West Antietam street
and was employed with the Hagers-
town Shoe and Logging Company.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22

This is your town-Boost It!
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22

The Roman catacombs-the first
church and cemetery of the early
Christians-wind' for 587 miles UNI
der the Italian city and contain
more than 100000 tombs.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22

Harry B. Davis, Jr., age 6, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. Davis, Will
Transport, died instantly in July Is
when a large concrete laundry tub
fell on him while he was playing
near his home.
Surviving, besides his parents, are:
two brothers, Dennis Lee and John
Michael; one step-brother, Max E.
Rohrer; one sister, Mary Jane; and
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry A. Davis, Williamsport; and Mr..
and Mrs. Dennis H. Hoover, Shep-
erdstown, w. Va.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22

He was veteran of World War 1.
He is survived by a brother, E.
M. Matthews of Pittsburgh, Pa, and
sister, Minnie Matthews of Bal
timore.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22

The first grapevines in Europe
were planted on the Rhine River by
the German King Ludwig in 842 A.
d.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-07-22
Herbert LinwOOd HerralI, 41O

Herbert LinwOOd HerralI, 410
Fremont street, died on July Is at
the Washington County Hospital,
aged go years.
He was born and reared in
Kearneysville, w. Va, and had lived
here for the past five years.
He is survived by: his wife, Mrs
Thelma price Herrall; seven
daughters, Mrs. Mable Hershberger,
Frederick; Mrs. Dorothy Gaines,
Martinsburg; Mrs. Ruth Shewbridge,
Berryville; Misses Louise, Dorothy,
Dolores and Pauline, all at home;
six sons, Raymond L., Kearneys-
vile; H. Garfield, Martinsburg; Lee
roy, Thomas, Frank and Robert Lee,
all at home; and six grandchildren.
Evening star., 1948-06-13

zone OF a Series of Sketches on
Presidential Possibilities
Evening star., 1948-06-13
By Fletcher F. IsbeII

An irritated resident of Lyme,
N. H., in 1914 wrote a New York
newspaper: I'm all the talk about
poll tax States, I don't believe New
Hampshire was ever mentioned. In
New Hampshire the tax in the past
has been 81 per voter, but now (this
year, they have added SO soldiers
bonus tax. Many can't vote for SIS.
Many who can are not going to
vote because they can't consider a
vote being worth full IS. OF
course, it's worth more, but why
should one have to purchase it?"
The vexed New Hampshireman
voiced an impression common to
many in his and other New Eng
land States. They know that, in
actual practice. they have to pay
poll taxes to vote. They never hear
their States mentioned in demands
for Federal anti-poll tax legislation
New Hampshire officials deny any
specific statute requires payment
of their poll tax as voting quail
fcation-and they are correct to
the letter. But:
/. No rural resident without prop
erty may vote in New Hampshire
without having paid his poll tax.
2. No rural resident, with prop
erty or not, may vote without being
assessed for his poll tax. He might
possibly make payment after the
election, but, once assessed, he must
pay or suffer penalties.
These situations are accomplished
not by one law, but by several
which interlock. They produce the
effect while enabling the statement
that poll tax payment is not a
voting requisite. This situation ap-
parently is what the State Attorney
Generals office means when it says,
1T Is generally understood that the
current tax should be paid before
a person may vote, but it is not a
specific requirement"
Jail Term Provided
| The basic law is article 81 Of the
State constitution. 1t provides that
rural citizens must be either
assessed or taxed in, order to vote.
In the case of farmer with prop
erty this means that the cost Of his
vote is the amount of his assess
ment. When the assessor comes to
q man with no property above the
statutory exemption. however, the
citizen may remark that 1t seems
he cannot qualify as an elector, as
: he owes no taxes.
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/. til fall, when they may pay their
poll taxes with their property levies
Even the stern Mr.. Howes has
qualm about this. He remarks OF
the spring immediate payment list,
"It would seem advisable to include
all poll-tax payers in such a list
instead of discriminating between
the 'haves' and the 'have-nots.'
Only One Way Out
There is only one way nom
exempt inhabitant Of New Hamp-
shire may avoid paying a poll tax
If he really is almost penniless, he
may ask abatement. The instant
| he does, he really loses his right to
vote. Still another law specifically
bars him.
New Hampshire is not the only
Northern poll tax State, and there
are others elsewhere, such as Ne
vada, with its 81 levy. But the
Federal bill to abolish the tax as 9
voting requirement is a current
issue, and since it is so worded that
New Hampshire's interlocking stat
utes are untouched, they become o1
special interest.
The complete poll tax lineup ir
New England, as of fairly recent
period, was:
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In Vermont each town adds to
the levy of 81 by imposing a poll
tax of its own. Indignant denials
sometimes issue from Hartford that
the Connecticut levy is poll tax
because it Is known there as an
"old age assistance tax" from the
use made OF the revenue. It Is,
however, a true poll tax, being lev
led on every poll" or head in the
State between 81 and so. The de-
malls are recognition Of the unde-
sirable connotations that have built
up around the phrase poll tax"
plus possibly some confusion of the
word poll" meaning head.
These undesirable connotations
illustrate, incidentally, Southern in
difference to psychological warfare
until an explosive point is reached.
Southern States could have given
check to their poll tax opponents
years ago merely by following Con-
necticut example and changing the
name of tax to its revenue use. In
all Southern States the money goes
entirely or partially for public sup
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Nen EngZnnd State Taxes Voters But Escapes Criticism

port, and the levy could as correctly
be called a school tax. The explain
atory difficulties Of a Committee to
abolish the School Tax would be
considerable.
There Is no doubt that New
Hampshire likes its poll tax. Except
for occasional grumblings such as
those from Lyme or the lumber
camps, it is supported by the bulk
of the citizenry. Mr.. Howes puts
the reasons: without doubt, 1t is
the fairest and most equitable levy
that can be made. 1t is the only
contribution that many residents
are called upon to make toward
the running expenses of their own
home town-and there is no 81 in
vestment that brings so much in re-
turn"
Both New England and Southern
States thus seem in agreement on
the fair nature Of the tax, its use
as a prerequisite to other privileges
being the only argument. New
Hampshire requires poll tax pay
ments directly before a citizen can
get an automobile driving license,
register a car, or get hunting or
fishing license; and indirectly be-
fore a farmer or lumberman may
vote. It collects strictly, under
threat of debtors prison.
Some Don't Enforce 1t
Six Southern States do not touch
sports or nvelihoods with it, but
make it prerequisite to Democratic
primary and general election voting.
South Carolina requires 1t only in
the formaiity of the general election.
The tax Is not charged for voting,
but for school and sometimes other
revenue and all affected citizens
owe it whether they vote or not, or
even If they have lost the privilege
Of voting by a felony conviction. No
State, however, forces payment. The
voting attraction is the only incen-
tive to collection.
In the past, few realists have had
much doubt that the antipoll tax
bill, already passed by the House,
would fail to pass the Senate on q
showdown vote. Its opponents place
heavy reliance on constitutional
arguments. 1t is true the bills con-
stitutionality is so doubtful, at char
liable best, that the Supreme Court
could sustain it only by the unlikely
procedure of reversing itself In the
1884 case Of Elk parte Yarbrough, .
landmark decision for State control
Evening star., 1948-06-13

mot at ALL" the assessor may
reply. "You are between the ages
of 81 and 10. Under the law I must
assess you for a head or poll tax Of
50. That qualities you" (Although
New Hampshire was the highest
poll tax State in the Union in 1914
and 1945, when the levy was the IS
complained of by the Lyme resident,
the tax has since been lowered to
its prewar $2)
The tax is payable on demand,
without notice, If the collector
chooses. He may seize and sell a
delinquent's property to get the
money. If there is no property he
can arrest the citizen and throw
him into the county jail or house
of correction, where he has to work
out the tax at the rate of so cents
a day, while paying $3.50 a week
board. On a six-day week citizen
thus can be Jailed and worked four
weeks in order to pay his poll tax
Hand Book Advice
These are revised 1912 statutes
Tax Collecting in New Hampshire, u
an instruction book for the States
collectors written in 1941 by Will
liam F. Howes, makes no bones
about the course of action expected
toward subversive antipoll-tax char
acters: IAN arrest should be the
last resort, but sometimes-as in
case where a person who has
refused to pay is inciting others to
do likewise-it is not only justiflable
but commendable as a statutory
lesson to others in law enforce
ment."
With this sort Of backing collec-
tors in some Of the smaller towns
accompany selectmen when they
make their annual inventories of
polls and property, and collect on
the spot. Mr.. Howes says this prac-
tice has been especially popular in
lumber towns, where the woodsmen,
living in company quarters, have
no chance to avoid listing or pay
ment.
Such drumhead collection Is op-
tional with the official, however. In
such a case property-less rural
resident. assessed in the early part
of the year, may fancy he is going
to vote in November before he pays
the 81. He reckons without another
law. It orders each assessor to COM
pile by June / list of all poll
taxes he has levied against persons
having no property. and the col
lector to collect these taxes ut once.
Taxpayers with property wait un-
Evening star., 1948-06-13

Mr.. Warren has offended no one.
He has the respect of Republicans
generally. He can deliver Califor-
mia. He would run strong as horse
radish in all the great Western area
and once the East had good look
at him, he would be favorite can
didate in that section, too. He is a
personable, likable, sensible man.
He is not an orator in the accepted
sense of a William Jennings Bryan
or a William E. Borah.
After his nomination, by the
Democrats as we'll as the Repub-
licans, in 1916, Gov. Warren proved
terrible thorn in the side of DEM
ocratic State Chairman James
Roosevelt, son of the late President.
Roosevelt had the job OF electing a
Democratic Senator and majority
of the States delegation in the
House of Representatives. Unhap-
PLY he could not 60 to Democratic
nominee for Governor for aid. In
his quiet way, Gov. Warren threw
the support of his own particular
followers to Senator Knowland, Re-
publican, who was opposed by viii
Mr.. Warren is a third-generation
Scandinavian American. His father
was brought to this country from
Norway, a baby, and his mothers
parents brought her. also at an
early age, from Sweden. His father
eventually moved to Los Angeles
and took job in the shops OF the
Southern Pacific Railroad. From
there the family moved to Bakers
field where the father, Methias, con-
tinued to work on the Southern Pa
cific.
AS Earl Warren grew up, he was
determined to go to college and be-
come a lawyer. He did both, at
tending the University of California
and clerking in law Office for three
years. Then he was drafted in 1917.
He came out of the Army a lieu
tenant, but he did not see overseas
duty. Out on his own, young War
Evening star., 1948-06-13

of the franchise. But some sup
porters Of the bill want . law re-
gardless of its constitutionaity OF
lack of it and they probably have
the votes.
II the bill is enacted, some Of the
seven affected States probably would
accept the statute without contest
Repeal movements have made head.
way in some, notably Tennessee
Virginia and Arkansas.
Court Reversal Possible
But the people Of some States may
object to being told what theil
voting requirements must be. Thi.
is reaction or American independ-
ence, depending on the point o.
view. If these States do 60 to thu
Supreme Court, past decisions o.
that body indicate their chances o.
invalidating the act are better thar
even.
But they do not have to. Re.
gardless Of the way these events
may transpire, the present bill !!
an open sieve. Language more wa
tertight than now used must b.
found if it is to achieve the effect
desired by proponents. For any
recalcitrant State that wants tt
take advantage Of it has the New
Hampshire example.
The present bill would prohibit
payment, not assessment, Of pol
tax as a voting requirement. Il
thus does not touch New Hamp.
shire, even If 1t is enacted ane
sustained by the Supreme Court.
Neither would it touch any State
which:
/. Repealed its poll tax voting
requirement.
2. Made tax assessment, in gen.
eral, . qualification instead, as does
New Hampshire for its rural citi-
zens.
3. BY another statute levied a per
capita tax without reference to vot-
ing, as do all the New England
States.
4. BY still another statute made
the tax payable on demand at time
of assessment, at option OF the col
Ilector, as does New Hampshire.
The difnculty faced by the bills
hackers is that they cannot amend
the bill now to stop this route OF
egress, or later try to inyalidate 1t
in the Supreme Court, without
Isnarling the constitution Of at least
one Northern State, perhaps q
half dozen.
(Copyright 10zS.)
Evening star., 1948-06-13

.ren took a clerks job with the Ju'
dietary Committee of the State Leg
islature. That was a turning point
in his career. He has continued ir
public service ever since as deputy
city attorney in oakland, as district
attorney for Alameda County, as
Attorney General and as Governor
His career in public service has
been one of steady growth. He
liked people and people liked him
partly for himself and partly for the
honest service they received. He
prosecuted all kinds of racketeers
and criminals; he spent much time
arousing public sentiment to clean
house in city and State government
Two cases he prosecuted stand out
The first was against q group OF
men-on the Oakland City Council
who conspired with paving COM
panies to defraud the city govern
ment out of large sums OF money
Warren convicted them. The Sec
ond brought him up against Harry
Bridges and his CIO union. George
Alberts, chief engineer on the Point
Lobos, was murdered while the ship
was docked in Alameda. After War
rem had collected painstakingly the
evidence, he had indicted three Of
ficials and a "fngerman" OF the
Marine Foremen, Oilers, Water
tenders and Wipers' Association for
conspiracy to commit the murder.
The CIO and Harry Bridges at
tackled Warren, declaring he was
trying to kill the union. Bridges
put 1000 pickets around the court
house where the trial was being
held-and raised the number later
to 4,OOO-but Warren got confessions
out of two of the defendants, who
admitted joining in the beating OF
Alberts. The public stood by War
rem, notwithstanding the attacks
made upon him by the unionists.
For 13 years he served as district
attorney.
Today Mr.. Warren is neither a
Evening star., 1948-06-13

ACFO4t Va 9OdoAACAANAos
Members Of the Republican c,
their personal influence into a solu-
ton of q deadlock over nomination
of candidate at the party's con-
vention.
The hot race between active can
didates, Dewey, Stassen and Taft
indicates the possibility Of con-
vention deadlock. 1t may be the
|tightest deadlock since Dark Horse
Warren Harding's nomination on
the 10th ballot was agreed upon by
party leaders In a "smoke-filled
hotel room" back in 1920.
Convention delegates. of course
select the nominee by majority
vote. But if after several ballots
no candidate musters majority
(548 of the 1904 votes), then men,
bers of the national committee may
have potent influence in the choice
of compromise candidate.
National Committee of 1O4
Committee members are infiuen-
tial because they usually are vel
known to the delegates from their
respective States and to prominent
persons in the party. Several com.
mitteemen are convention delegates
and some are leaders Of State dele.
cations. .
The Republican National Com
mittee has 1O4 members, one man
and one woman from each of the
48 States and from the District OF
Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii and
Puerto Rico. They are the repre-
sentatives of rank-and-file Republi-
cans from saddlestring, Wyo., to
Quechee, VT, and from Honolulu to
Mineola, Long Island.
The committee is sort Of ad-
visory board for party activities
1t helps coordinate the work OF
women's Republican clubs, young
Republican and Republican veter-
ans organizations, puts out COP
publicity from its Washington head
quarters and raises funds to finance
election campaigns and other activ-
tiles.
Members Of the national COM
mittee are elected by each national
convention. What the convention
actually does is to ratify the selec-
ton of committee members who are
nominated by the delegations from
each State.
Nominee Names Chairman
Committee members often are re-
elected, but the party's presidential
nominee can choose the committee
chairman. In 1914 Gov. Dewey
selected his campaign manager, Her
bert Brownell, as chairman. The
present chairman, former Repre-
sentative Carroll Reece Of Tennes-
see, was chosen by the committee
when Mr.. Brownell resigned in 1916.
The national committee issued
the call and Is making arrangements
for the convention at Philadelphia
beginning June 81. Walter 8. Hal
lanan, veteran committeeman from
West Virginia, directs a 32-member
Committee on Arrangements which
has been at work for eight months.
The chairman of the national
committee calls the convention to
order. Chairman Reece's voice will
be the first heard by the convention
assembly and the Nationwide radio
audience.
He will preside until the temporary
chairman and keynoter, Gov. Dwight
H. Green Of Illinois, takes the gavel.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
High Costs Placing More
Rich Men in Government
Big Income Names Fill Roster of Important
Jobs as Federal Economy and Taxation
Combine to Restrict Career Hopefuls
By Raymond P. Brandt

The Truman rich men in top policy
making poporonay than any adminstra-
ton history principal the high cost OF living
and the high ability required handle presenday prob
Another explanation big government demands big men
Evening star., 1948-06-13
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c. K c.
National COmmitteesF Face
Potent Convention Tasks
Republican Leaders May Have to Break
Deadlock and Democrats Confront a
Revolt Before Naming Candidates
By Alexander R. George

Republican National Committees the general
stats" Of the parties campaigns elect President face especially
challenging in respects this year
harmonic party torn by
revolt" of southerners.
the Republican Committee be called to swing