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Evening star., 1948-04-25
Extra Oil Tanks
Suggested for
D. D.C.Homes

J. Thomas Kennedy, superin-
tendent' of weights, measures and
markets, who was fuel co-ordinator
during the winter. yesterday urged
Washington householders to put in
an extra fuel oil tank in their
homes and have both tanks filled
before the heating season sets in.
Last winter during the fuel oil
shortage, Mr.. Kennedy had to set
up an emergency pool to supply
residents who were out of oil and
could not get supply from their
dealers, and he is urging the extra
tanks to prevent a similar situa-
ton next winter.
The Oil Heating Division of the
Merchant and Manufacturers AS
sociation is also assisting in the
movement, according to A. Graham
Shields, chairman, and has beer
instrumental in getting many house
holders to adopt the plan.
THE usual storage tank in Wash
ington homes Mr.. Shields said
holds 275 gallons. There is more
storage space in other cities
especially the west and northeast
sections of the country. In these
sections householders have larger
tanks or an additional small tank
If Washingtonians install an extra
tank during the summer they will
IKE a load off the dealers in the
cold months"
Evening star., 1948-04-25
By Thomas R. Henry
Science Editor Of The Stor

Washington has its whispering
bridges.
Strange echoing phenomena OBJ
served under the arch of the bridge
crossing Rock Greek at Massachu-
sets avenue were reported to the
Acoustical Society of America here
yesterday by DR.. Herbert G. Dorsey
3708 Thirty-third place.
If one stands close to the wall OF
the arch in the quiet of early morn
ing, DIR. Dorsey said, it is possible
to hear two distinct echoes from a
faint whisper or from pin dropped
a half inch into pastboard box.
A louder sound, such as handicap,
will give five to ten echoes at inter-
walls of about two-and-a-half sec
onds.
The best results are obtained, DR..
Dorsey said, when the temperature
is about 10 degrees.
The phenomenon, he explained, is
that of the creeping of sound around
q curved surface. 1t has been OBJ
served previously in the so-called
whispering gallery at st. Pauls
Cathedral in London.
The intensity of the echoes di-
minishes quite rapidly with distance
from the wall of the arch, DR.. Dorsey
found. For a whisper difference
of two or three feet is quite notice
able. Standing under the center of
the arch, there are three simulta-
neous echoes, from the top and from
both sides.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Recruits in 4 Cities Sought
By Sd Infantry Regiment

Special recruiting drives for
picked troops to fill the ranks of
the Bird Infantry Regiment here
will be inaugurated in Baltimore
Syracuse, N. Y, Minneapolis and
st. Paul, the Army announced yes
terday.
The regiment, the oldest in the
Army, recently was re-activated
and will participate in all public
ceremonies here
The Army is seeking men who
can pass especially high mental and
physical standards for the 3rd
They must be at least feet 9
inches tall.
The first contingent of the picked
troops arrived here last week from
the 9th Infantry Division at Fort
Dix, N. j., and a second group now
in process of selection at the Fourth
Infantry Division, Fort Ord, Cal,
will arrive May /.
Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay, COM
manding the Military District of
Washington, said the Twin Cities
had special interest in the 3rd
Infantry because it was stationed
for a number of years at nearby
Fort Smelling.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
D. T.. Heads Schedule
Week Of May 1-S for
Cleanup Campaign

The Commissioners have issued
a proclamation designating the
week May to as Cleanup,
Paint-Up Week" and started the
ball rolling by ordering all District
government department heads to
clean up their Offices in connection
with the campaign.
Declaring that Washington, as
the Nations capital, should fur
nish the rest of the country an ex-
ample. the city heads said now is
the time to clean up and repair
homes and buildings, remove rub
bish and improve the appearance
of buildings with paint.
. They asked Washington residents
to refrain from littering private
property and public space and
thereby promote the health, safe
ty and attractiveness of the city.
The Clean Up Washington Com
mittee of the Washington Board
of Trade. headed by Kirk Miller
is sponsoring the campaign to make
streets and yards cleaners and
make homes more attractive.
The Commissioners also urged all
civic, trade and community organi-
cations to assist in the campaign
by calling attention to it at their
meetings.
I'VE believe that such concerted
action on the part Of our residents
and citizens will result in making
Washington the cleanest city in the
United States" the proclamation
said.
The campaign will be publicjzed
Evening star., 1948-04-25

general began passing the manu-
script of a book he had written
among his fellow officers and asked
War Department permission to pub
lish it. Now .entitled "Reconstruc-
ton for Abundance" it is at the Is
land Press in New York, a cooper
ative venture, waiting for the gen.
eral to furnish $4,000 for its publi-
cation. The book calls for abandon
ment of that sinking ship, the cap
italist system.
In July 1s43, Gen. Holdridge was
relieved of his command at the
Adjutant Generals School.
"All the forces allied against
Dreyfus were allied against me-" he
said.
In the summer of 1914, after a
spell in Walter Reed Hospital, he
was retired for medical reasons.
Last year he incorporated the
Peoples Party. using the old pop
ulist designation on which the
copyright had expired, Two months
ago, he decided to go after the
Democratic nomination. He has
spent $4,000 of his own money on
his campaign. The rest OF his $500
a month budget is from loans and
donations from followers. The larg-
est loan was $500, the largest do.
nation 5000.
Don't sell our candidacy short,
said the general as I left. '"This Ii
growing, so we feel we are going te
win. You might call 1t psychic
| bid"
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Star Staff Photos.

economically to know what they
were talking about. DR.. Seligman
gave a course on Marx. couldn't
understand Marx, and I couldn't
understand Seligman.
The generals interest in economics
started in the depression.
"One cold, sleety night under the
Chicago elevated, saw man in an
American Legion uniform selling
apples" the general said. Il knew
that 9Th Corps headquarters on
Michigan boulevard was planning to
shoot down fellows like him. That
is they were making plans to put
down civil disturbances then thought
imminent. 1 said to myself that the
system which brought about such a
situation was wrong-I meant the
capitalist system, and I mean it
today
Since then the generals economic
ideas, when he has voiced them, have
disturbed his fellow officers. The
generals instruction in economics
came from a Catholic priest, the
Rev. John Duffy, an Army chaplain
who had taught economics at Notre
Dame. In 1894 and 1885, they spent
| hours together on a porch at
Philippine post discussing the
subject. '-' as.F f. .-
I Devised Psychology Tests.
At the outbreak of the war ir
Europe, the general had the plan.
ming function in the Office of the
adjutant general. He had one
assistant. He got $50,000 from the
Carnegie Foundation and Other
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Woman Is Killed in Fall
From Freedmen's S Window

Mrs. Martha ]. Sebastian, Sc, Of
2316 E street NE, mother of DR..
John w. Sebastian, practicing
physician here, was fatally injured
Yesterday in fall from second
story window at Freedmen's Hos
pital.
Hospital officials told police a
staff physician saw her on the WIN
dow ledge but was unable to reach
her. She died two hours later, at
$40 pm.
Mrs. Sebastian was admitted to
the hospital last wednesday for OBJ
servation as a result Of injuries in
an automobile accident at Alta
Vista, Va. last Christmas Day
Mrs Sebastian was born in Mass
achusettS and attended Simmons
College in Boston, Boston Unlver-
sity and Columbia University.
Hel husband, DR.. Simon Powell
Sebastian, was killed in an auto
mobile accident in North Carolina
several years ago. She is survived
by two sons. DR.. Sebastian and Ed
ward P. Sebastian. both of Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Colonial Airline Goes
Into lis 18Th Year
Without Fatal Crash
By W. H. Shippen, Jr.

Aviation Editor Of The Stor
Colonial Airlines last week estab-
lished what probably will stand as
a new world safety record by enter
ing its 18th year of operation with
out fatality to passenger or crew
member.
The airline, whose ships connect
Washington with Bermuda, Mont
real and Ottawa, has kept its planes
moving over snowy wildernesses and
tropical seas alike for a total of
192, 100000 passenger miles with
complete safety.
President Calls for Vigilance.
Although receiving congratula-
tions from many quarters, Sigmund
Janas, president of Colonial, is not
inclined to pat himself on the back.
I'VE realize" he said, I'VE can't live
up to our slogan, safety is no &C
cident,' except by constant vigilance
and the handling of details"
In the 18 years since its founding,
Colonial has flown 1874 200 600 pas
sengel miles between New York and
Washington and Montreal and Ot-
iowa. Vacationists to winter and
summer sports centers in Canada
made up a large part of the pas
senger traffic. More recently the
line established four-engined service
between Washington and New York
and Bermuda. To date some 8,000,-
600 passenger miles have been flown
on this route.
The service brings National Air
port to within four hours of Ber-
muda, where all hotels and guest
homes have reopened this season
for the first time since the war.
Holds Council Award.
The air trip has proved especially
popular with week-enders and col
lege students on spring vacation.
The airline holds the award of
honor for distinguished service
given by the National Safety Coun-
Gil when it completed 16 years of
service without fatal accident.
Mr.. Janas said "our employees in
every department are determined
to do their part to increase safety
in air transport. and to continue
their efforts to set an example of
safety for the aviation companies
of the world"
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Virginia Ruling
Protects Truman
bdckers' Status
Retoin Porty Standing
Regardless Of Electors
They Support
BY the Assoeiofed Press

RICHMOND, Va. April 24.-At-
torney General ]. Lindsay Almond,
jr., ruled today that "a candidate in
the August Democratic primary
may vote for any set of presidential
electors without violating the pledge
required by the Democratic Party
plan."
He held also that mo Democrat
is barred from participating in
Democratic primaries after the l948
presidential election regardless of
what presidential electors he may
cast his ballot for in that election"
His opinion, delivered in response
to queries raised by Delegate Ed
ward T. Haynes, Richmond, was
based on findings that presidential
electors are not nominees of the
party" within the meaning OF the
party plan and the prevailing law.
Opinion May Be Final.
An attorney generals opinion
being the final word unless the
courts holds otherwise, it apparently
settles questions of party con-
formity raised in light of Virginia's
new, so-called anti Truman elec-
ton law.
This statute was enacted by the
recent General Assembly at the re-
quest of Gov. Tuck as the Virginia
Democrats answer to the Truman
civil rights program. 1t allows the
State Democratic convention to re-
pudiate nominees of the national
party and put up its own slate OF
presidential candidates under the
Democratic Party of Virginia label.
1t also provides that the national
Democratic Party presidential NOM
inees may appear on the official
Virginia ballot.
Since candidates in this years
Democratic primaries for Congress
must take an oath to support all
nominees of the Democratic Party
in the next general election, the
question arose: which Democratic
Party presidential nominees should
they support under the party pledge?
Party Status Questioned.
Delegate Haynes addressed this
question to Mr.. Almond and asked
also about the party status of Demo-
Gratis who vote for the national
party nominees.
A similar query also was put re-
Gently to State Democratic Chair
man Horace H. Edwards by Martin
A. Hutchinson. Richmond attorney
and leader of the liberal wing OF
Virginia Democrats.
Mr.. Edwards has not yet replied
with his ruling. 3t' ~ s -
Mr.. Almond, who went to work on
the Haynes query after taking Office
as attorney general last Monday,
based his opinion on precedents set
by two former attorney generals.
the late John r. Saunders, and Jus,
tice Abram P. Staples of the Vir-
ginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
He said his own examinations OF
the law found nothing to change the
two prior opinions-Mr. Saunders .
in 1929 after many Democrats sup
ported Herbert Hoover in 1928, and
Mr.. Staples, in 1899, in response to
a similar inquiry.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Sacred Heart Players
To Present Rio Rite

The Sacred Heart Players will pre-
sent the musical show Rio Rita, -
at $3.50 O'Clock tonight. tomorrow
and Tuesday nights in the Sacred
Heart Hall, 1925 Park road NV
Dorothy Mason Walton, formerly
with the ziegfeld Follies, directed
the show, which was written by Guy
Bolton and Fred Thompson with
score by Harry Tierney and Joe Nc
Carthy.
Mary T. Sullivan will sing the title
role and Joseph Zeiss will play Cap
tain Jim Stuart of the Texas Rang
ers. The cast comprises so players.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Salvation Army Marks
Prison Visitation Sunday

Salvation Army groups in Wash
ington and other communities ad-
jacent to Federal, State and local
prisons will observe National Sun
day Visitation today by special visits
to those institutions.
James V. Bennett, Director OF
the Federal Bureau of Prisons,
wrote to Col. w. w. Bouterse, Sal
vation Army division commander
here, to commend the organization
on its 66 years of work among pris-
oners and PAROLES. Approximately
200 900 inmates of 1900 penal and
correctional institutions take part
in religious services conducted by
the Salvation Army, Col. Bouterse
said.
Evening star., 1948-04-25

by movie trailers and posters. Mean
while, the Board of Trade commit
tee will meet at 8 pm. Wednesday
in Room 531, Evening Star Build
ing. and representatives of all civic,
business and community organiza-
tions have been invited. Actively
cooperating with the Board of
Trade is the Commissioners Clean
illness Committee, headed by San
itation Superintendent William
Xanten.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
University Women's S
Minority Seeks Votes
In Race Controversy

A protesting minority of the
Washington branch of the Amer
ican Association of University
Women yesterday announced plans
to recruit voting strength from
approximately 400 members de-
scribed as having taken no part in
the long controversy arising from
the branch's refusal to admit a
colored college graduate.
The minority described itself as
nearly 200 strong. The branch S
total membership, numbering more
than 1000, is now voting by refer
endum on whether the branch
should change its membership rules
to conform to the national associa-
tons Interpretation of the bylaws.
Deadline for voting is Thursday
The National board has given the
branch until May 8 to decide whether
it will change its rules or be ousted
from the association.
Dispute Began IS Months Ago.
Mrs. Ruth Voris Lyons, chairman
of the minority, said nearly 200
members have been opposing the
majority since the controversy began
l8 months ago over the refusal OF
the branch to admit Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell to membership Mrs
Terrell, who is colored, is graduate
of Oberlin College and widow OF
a former Municipal Court judge
She is a member of the National
association.
The minority, Mrs. Lyons said
went on record at special meeting
last Thursday in opposition to 1.-The
majority group now in control" The
minority group Endorsed the flrst
item on the referendum ballot, re-
quiring that the branch bylaws be
made to conform with the National
association, Mrs. Lyons said.
At the same time, the group voted
to work for additional support from
members who did not vote in past
months when the issue has been pre-
sented to the membership. The
group estimated the non-voters at
400.
Injunction Effort Protested.
"In the minority's opinion" Mrs.
Lyons said, these members may now
wish to take a definite stand to pre-
vent the automatic exclusion Of the
branch from the National that will
result should the majority vote in
the referendum be in favor of the
branch's outlined non-conformity to
the National bylaws"
Mrs. Lyons said the minority
group is also protesting the pc
titioning by the officers of the local
branch for an injunction restraining
the National association from ex-
Guiding the branch-such action
having been taken by the local Of
ficers prior to the holding OF the
referendum.
The deadline for filing facts and
authorities for and against the mo-
ton for a preliminary Injunction is
next Friday.
Mrs. G. r. Wilhelm, president OF
the branch, said seven-Woman
committee headed by Mrs. Karl
Fenning, immediate past president,
has been appointed to count the bal
lots In the referendum. 4
Evening star., 1948-04-25
District 10 Open
Extended Study
Of Traffic May )
Whitehurst Describes
Survey to Be Used as
Bosis for Planning

The most intensive traffic study
ever undertaken in the Washington
metropolitan area will get under
way on May 8 to serve as a basis
for planning more efficient new
streets and reconstructing existing
highways.
Highway Director H. c. White
hurst yesterday said field operations
will be carried out by the District
Highway Planning Survey with the
cooperation of the Public Roads
Administration. tke Federal Works
Agency and the highway depart
ments of Maryland and Virginia.
The forthcoming study is intended
to supplement survey of traffic con-
ditions here made several years ago
The surveys differ. Capt. White
hurst said, in that the old one was
limited to roads and highways
within the District boundaries. The
new study will include large areas
of surrounding counties.
Findings to Be Compared.
The highway director plans to
compare the new findings with in
formation on hand from the earlier
survey.
The new study will comprise
three parts:
An internal survey based or
home interviews.
An external survey based on road
side interviews at "a stations on
highways around the city.
A special survey on truck, taxi
and bus companies.
Under the Federal Aid Highway
Act, half the cost will be borne by
the Public Roads Administration
and the three civil divisions involved
will share the remaining cost on
a proportionate scale based on
population.
The conduct of the survey, in
Guiding recruitment and training
of personnel, preparation of pro-
cedure manuals, formal reports
charts, maps and the setting up OF
administrative and cost account
ing controls, rests with the District
Highway Planning Survey-the re-
search and development unit of the
Department of Highways.
S. R. Harrison, Deputy Engineer
Of Streets, will head the project
with the assistance of D. S. Brink
ley and w. D. Heath, planning
engineers.
Stations to Be Set Up on Bridges.
Survey officials plan to set up
stations at Chains Bridge, Key
Bridge, Memorial Bridge, Highway
Bridge and the bridges over the
Anacostia river at Eleventh street
Sc, Pennsylvania avenue Sc. and
Benning road NE. Other roadside
interview stations will be set up
at key points in surrounding Mary
land and Virginia counties.
Notice of home interviews will
be mailed to selected addresses
few days in advance, Capt. White
hurst said. The occupants of about
1000 homes will be interviewed.
Motorists will be stopped ano
questioned at "a stations around
the area. Capt. Whitehurst says
it will be necessary to interview
the drivers of about 68 per cent
of the total external traffic, OF
about 10000 automobiles.
Collection of field data will be
completed in September, Capt
Whitehurst said. and formal re-
ports based on the findings of the
etud,y will be oppol,pned later
Evening star., 1948-04-25
District Vehicle
SET
AT u. ). Record
22% Increase Here
Highest os National
TotuI Hits 81 Million

The District experienced the
highest percentage increase in
motor vehicle registrations of any
jurisdiction in the United States
during 1947, the Public Roads
administration revealed yesterday
The national figures set new rec
ord, it was added.
The Washington total, as of De-
cember 81, was 156,l33 private and
commercial vehicles, or 22.6 per cent
above the 1916 figure.
The national total was 37,402, ,23O
private and commercial vehicles, a
figure 1912 per cent above that for
1916 and 8.5 per cent higher than
recorded in 1941, the previous peak
year.
4S1,00O Government Vehicles.
In addition. 481 ,0O0,035 vehicles
owned by Federal, State and local
government agencies were regis
tered last year, as against 427 ,185
in 1916.
Motorcycle registrations increased
1876 per cent during the year. The
Public Roads administration at
tributed this largely to the popu-
larity of motor scooters. The 1947
total was 434,741.
A new record was set in the use
of rural roads last year. An esti-
mated 1856 billion vehicle miles were
Travelled, about 912 per cent above
the previous high in 194l.
Below 1941 Record.
Traffic Director George E. Kene-
ipp pointed out that the Capitals S
registration year ended March 81,
by which time the total of vehicles
on the rolls had reached more than
10000.
Despite the big increase, the
figure still was we'll below the 1941
record of more than 10000 regis
trations. but Mr.. Keneipp predicted
that the total would be exceeded
during the current registration year
Evening star., 1948-04-25
West Point Choir Sings
At White House
BY the A,.oeiated Presi

The West Point Military Acad-
emy's l0O-member choir entertained
in the Fast Room of the White
House late yesterday for President
and Mrs. Truman.
Also in the historic mirrored and
chendeliered room were members OF
the White House staff and their
families. 4
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Truman TO Speak al Dinner
OF Young Democrats
BY the Associated Press

President Truman will be the
principal speaker at the National
Young Democratic dinner here May
a.
This was announced yesterday by
National Democratic Chairman Nc
Grath and Roy G. Baker, president
of the Young Democratic Clubs of
America.
Some 1900 young Democrats and
administration leaders are expected
to attend.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Veterans to Hold Jomboree

A World War II veterans JAM
boree will be held at 8 pm. Thurs
day in the Alexandria Armory, 2l0
South Royal street. j, L. Mcbride
is in charge Of arrangements.
Evening star., 1948-07-12

port either by the Northern OF
Southern wing of the party, de-
pending on which side has its way
in the final wording of the civil
rights plank.
Convention Fight Due.
The major developments we're:
l. Southerners from II States
drew up a States rights plank, and
served notice that if it is not
adopted in the Platform Committee
it will be taken to the convention.
2. Representative Celler of New
York conferred with a group OF
Northern members of the Platform
Committee on similar plans for a
floor fight in the convention II
President Truman's program fol
Federal legislation to insure racial
equality is not adequately expressed
in the final draft.
3. Chairman McGrath of the
Democratic National Committee said
he believed it possible to write a
civil rights plank that would sat
isfy the South, as was done in 1914
He added, however, that he had not
talked with Senator Myers as tc
what language the drafters have
Tin mind.
Hope to Appease South.
For several days it has appeared
that party strategists were hopeful
the South would be content if the
new platform followed the genera.
lines of the 1914 civil rights state
ment.
Within the last six months, how.
Evening star., 1948-07-12

aimed at the big Jewish commune
cations town Of Afula.
The Jews announced that their
artillery in Jerusalem had opened
up against Arab guns which are
shelling the 100000 Jews besieged in
the Holy City. 4
Jewish commando troops-the elite
corps Of the Israeli Army-were re-
ported massed for drive to expel
the Arab Legion from Jerusalem.
Their target Is the Old Walled City.
A dispatch from the Old City said
the Legion's heavy artillery had
scored two direct hits on the King
David Hotel. Israeli soldiers pushed
past United Nations guards sta
toned at the hotel when the truce
ended last Friday and occupied the
building. They refused to leave de-
spite protests by the guards, Red
Cross representatives and an Amer
ican consular ofncial, U. N. guard
said.