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Evening star., 1948-04-19
Arlington ReburiaIs
To Include ; Marines
And Navy Commander

A Navy commander and three
Marines who died in World War II
will be among those reburied this
week at Arlington Cemetery.
Comdr. John Joseph Fitzgerald,
U. S. NJ, who died July 81, l945,
while port director in Trinidad, will
be reburied at Q pm. Friday.
Born in. Buffalo, N. Y, Comdr.
Fitzgerald received a law degree
from the University Of Buffalo and
did postgraduate work at George
Washington University. In 1918 he
was commissioned an ensign from
Harvard University and served on
the destroyer feet in Charleston.
Served as Patent Attorney.
His shore duties were in the Ca
pacity of patent attorney in the office
of the Judge Advocate General here
during the 1920s when he was aide
to Rear Admiral Edward H. Camp
bell and the late Rear Admiral j. L.
Latimer. He was also on the staff
of the late Rear Admiral Yancey
Williams in the Canal Zone and was
navigator of the cruiser Tuscaloosa
when it carried President Franklin
D. Roosevelt on his goodwill tour OF
Central and South America.
Comdr. Fitzgerald is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Sara Hortense Law
renee Fitzgerald, and two daugh-
ters, Misses Hortense and Sara
CAN'T Moultrie Fitzgerald, all OF
Folly Beach, S. c. ...
Reburial services for the three
Marines will be held at 2 pm. to-
morrow. Included are:
Marine Corpl. Robert j. Burdette,
30, who was killed February 10, 1945,
on Two Jima. A native of Washing
ton, he was graduated from West
ern High School and worked at the
Naval Gun Factory until 1889, when
he joined the Canadian Army. He
transferred to the United States
Marine Corps in June, 1912. Sur
vivors are his mother, Mrs. Agnes
j. Burdette, $500 w Place NV: a
sister, Miss Mary A Burdette, and
three brothers, Charles NJ, George
E. and Richard Paul Burdette, all OF
Washington.
Killed on Two Jima.
Marine I'd 1t. Leonard Sokol, 23 =,
who was killed in action on Two
Jima on March 3, 1945. He was an
athletic instructor at Taft Junior
High School before he went into
active service in 1943 1t. Sokol
was graduated from Central High
School and George Washington Uni
versity where he was a star basket
ball player and outstanding in base
ball. Survivors are his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Sokol, 1913 Monroe
st. NE, and two brothers. Ernest
Charles Of Washington, and Robert
of Toledo.
Marine Pfc. Hardy James Sor-
rell, who was killed on Guam July
27, 1914, three days before his 10th
birthday. Pvt. Sorrell was born in
Washington and attended Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School. He
Joined the Marine Corps in July,
1943, and went overseas the same
year. Survivors are his mother,
Mrs. Mary v. Sofrell. 490612 West
way drive, CrestvieW,& Md; two sis
tiers, Mrs.. C. c., Stephens; Mrs.
Claude Shoop, ana six brothers
James E,ssRic hard I, \ William a Ass
George IL. Curtis all Of the,
Washington area, sands John M. Sor 4.
rell of California. r..
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LoyuIty
Continued From First Page

Is considered a natural for the
assignment; In anti-subversive work
already accomplished 1T has COM
piled files so extensive that one
official thinks it might be possible
for this unit to give the District the
names OF several doubtful" en-
ployes "by return mail" when it is
informed the loyalty program is
under way.
According to the present thinking
of District officials, the squad would
make its reports on the background
and connections of city workers to
the special committee of department
heads. The reports would be sifted
by that committee. which would
pass on to the Commissioners those
cases which it felt required their
attention.
Parallel to Federal Inquiry.
This setup, the officials point out,
would parallel that OF the Federal
loyalty investigation. There the
Civil Service Commission acts as the
supervising body, while the Federal
Bureau of Investigation does the
spadework.
The District antisubversive squad
now is believed to comprise approx
mately IS policemen and five civil
ians. 1t is headed at present by 1t.
Harry Blackman.
If it is to assume responsibility
for the municipal loyalty check,
however, the unit will have to be
expanded considerably, it is said.
And in its new capacity, according
to reports, the squad may operate
under direct supervision of Floyd
Truscott, assistant superintendent of
police. -.-...-
The squad has been operating in
the police department for several
wears under a variety of names. At
one time, it was known as the pub
lie relations squad" At all times,
however, in addition to other as
signments, it has kept close eye
on the operations of suspected sub
versives.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
Gordon Junior High
Plans Doqwood Festival

Gordon Junior High Schools
third annual dogwood festival will
be held at 80 pm. Wednesday on
the school playground, Thirty-fourth
street and Wisconsin avenue NV.
Feature of the festival will be the
coronation of a queen, chosen by
the students, whose identity will
not be revealed until the process
sional begins. j. Dallas Shirley.
principal of the school, will crown
the winner.
The natural amphitheater of the
school grounds, banked with pink
dogwood, will present one OF Wash
ington's most spectacular displays,
according to Mr.. Shirley. The pro-
gram will be- under the direction OF
Mrs Edith w. Dewhirst, director OF
physical education.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
By the Asxocioted Press

BERLIN April 19.-Robert Mag
idoff, American correspondent, says
spy charges that brought his ex-
pulsion from Russia were "trumped
up" apparently as Soviet smear
of foreigners.
He told interviewers on his ar
rival from Moscow yesterday he be-
lieved the accusation was "for in
ternal propaganda purposes" part
of a campaign to discredit for
eigners, especially Americans, In
Russia
Mr.. Magidoff said Soviet leaders
want to isolate their people from
such foreigners and also are trying
new "to make their people believe
they are just as good or better than
any other people"
"One way of doing this is to try
to discredit the foreigners by trying
to make them appear as evil people,
degenerates or spies" he said.
Mr.. Magidoff flew into Berlin with
his wife. Both are United States
citizens. Russian by birth. He had
spent IL years in Moscow az 2 cor
respondent, most recently for the
National Broadcasting Co., McGraw-
Hill Publishing Co and British Ex-
change Telegraph Agency.
He said their baggage and even
the Innings of their clothes had been
searched thoroughly before they
left Russia and an his manuscripts,
letters and Photographs taken:
The Soviet press department
ordered him out last Thursday, the
day letter in the Moscow news
paper Izvestia accused him OF spying
Ter staae- United StateS,ass., - j
The ietter bure-the xtgnHttife OF
his secretary, Michigan-bofn Cecilia
Nelson. Mr.. Magidoff said she re-
Evening star., 1948-04-19
VA Names Dr.. WoIford
AS Department Chief
By the Assseisssd Press

DR.. Roy A. Wolford, So. has been
appointed chief Of professional
service In the Veterans Administra-
tion department Of medicine, Vet
erans' Administrator Gray said yes
terday.
DR.. Wolford succeeds DR.. Paul B.
Magnuson. who became medical di-
rector earlier this year when DR..
Paul r. Hawley resigned.
DR.. Wolford, native Of Piedmont.
w. Va. was graduated from the
University Of Maryland and took
training at Maryland General Hos
pital, Baltimore. and st. Joseph's S
Hospital, Lancaster, Pa.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
New 81. Ann S Church
Dedicated by 0'BoyIe;;
.1,50O Attend Rites

The Most Rev. Patrick A. OBoyls,
Archbishop Of Washington. yesterday
dedicated the new st. AIMS Catholic
Church at Wisconsin avenue and
Yuma street NV, In 4 colorful
ceremony attended by 1900 parish
toner's.
In defeating the more than half
million dollar edifice Archbishop
o'Boyle declared it was . shrine
and. dwelling place for God on
earth"
A procession of so priests, II
Monsignori, members OF the Holy
Name, Society and Of the, knights
of Columbus preceded the blessing
of the outside Of the church by
Archbishop .o'Boyle. He blessed
the marble high altar and the two
side affairs at. an earlier service.
Seats For '1,600.
A Solemn Pontihcal Mass, cele-
brated by Bishop John NJ. McNa.
mara, vicar general Of the Archdi-
ocese of Washington. followed the
dedication.
The new edifice is built Of line
stone and brick along 18th Century
Gothic lines. It seats 1900 persons.
TOO on the main floor and 900 in the
The main entrance OF
the building. on Wisconsin avenue.
is So feet wide. and has . statue OF
st. Ann in buffed limestone In the
high archways of the entrance over
the heavy oak doors. The struc-
ture is 68 feet high at It's upper.
most point and 200 feet long on the
Yuma street side. 1t Is 50 feet wide
at the exact center Of the church.
The rectory adjoins the church on
the Yuma street side.
Parish Started In 1869.
st. AIMS, one of the oldest Cath
olic parishes in the District, was
started in 1869 when the Jesuits Of
the Holy Trinity Parishs built q
small frame church in what was
then the City of Tennallytown, D. G.
It was organized as parish on
August 13, 1858.
The church which the present
structure replaces was built in 1902.
It was torn down two years ago to
make way for the new ediflce.
The Rev. Henry D. Collins 10
pastor Of the church. He came In
1899 from st. Martins Church In
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
Druft
Continued From First Page)

me but I wouldn't serve in Jim
crow army" he said.
He explained that his committee
has 230 members. Asked If the
organization had authorized him
by resolution ito oppose draft
law unless it was written just the
way you want it," Mr.. Reynolds
replied that he regarded the ques-
ton as improper.
mo one had to pass a resolution
telling me what to say" he added.
Andrews Denies Charge.
He and Chairman Andrews OF the
Armed Services Committee engaged
in a heated dispute when Mr.. Rey-
nolds charged that the chairman
mad advocated separation of Negroes
and whites in the armed forces. Mr..
Andrews denied this and said he
had suggested that some units might
be- made up on the ratio OF two
battalions of white troops to one
battalion of Negroes. "
Cowan, legislative director
6txhe CIO, told the committee thas
the CIO believes selective service
and UNIT are unnecessary and
harmful at this time.
I'VE ask that neither UNIT nor
the draft be passed now but that
rather we reinforce our democracy
on the economic Or political level
at home" he said. Our greatest
contribution to the peace Of the
world can thus be made by helping
rebuild Europe through the Mar
shall plan"
Two other witnesses who opposed
revival of the draft were the Rev.
Eugene Blake, pastor of the Pasa-
dena (Calif) Presbyterian Church,
who represented the Presbyterian
Church in the United States, and
Joseph w. Reilly of Philadelphia,
chairman of the Eastern Pennsyl-
vania Youth Council.
Hearing Is Extended.
Mr.. Reilly, who said he served a
prison term as conscientious OBJ
jector during the war. disclosed that
his organization is affiliated with
the National Youth Assembly
Against UNIT. That organization,
according to its officers, consists OF
several directors who belong to
Communist front organizations.
Mrs. Elsie Wilcox, executive Sec
retary of the National Youth
Assembly, attended today's COM
mittee sessions. As previously an
the group came to Wash
ington to confer with various
Evening star., 1948-04-19

K street NV. :,
had prac ticed
here since 1884
when he retired
from the Federal
Government.
A native OF
Harrisburg. Pa,
he was educated
in public schools
and Normal Col
lege in that
State. He re-
ceived his bache-.
lor and master OF
laws d e 6 r e e S
from G or G e
xxyo cl,ipotnn TJni.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
; Lectures Scheduled
For ArIinqton G. of 6.

Howard J. Wisehaupt will speak
at 8 o'clock tonight. tomorrow and
Wednesday at Westinghouse High
School, Arlington, under auspices
of the Arlington Chamber Of Com
merce.
The lectures, for which there will
be no charge, will be entitled How
to Earn More money" Personality
in Business" and Make Your Job
Evening star., 1948-04-19
u. Of California Research
On Atom Is Extended
By Mhs Associated Pres

By HE AsseeIofsd Press
BERKELEY, Calif., April 19.-The
University Of california today an
nounced 1t has . contract extending
for four years its atom research for
the United States Atomic Energy
G Commission.
The contract, said University
President Robert 6. Sproul, "indi-
Gates the Atomic Energy Commis-
sion intends sustained, fundamental
research" It continues operation
Of the schools 4,0O0-ton cyclotron.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
Marjorie Lloyd Morries

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, April 10
(R.-Marjorie Elizabeth Lloyd and
Bartlett Ross II, advertising man,
were honeymooning today in San
Francisco. She is the 21-year-old
daughter of Harold Lloyd, former
film comedian. The couple were
married here Saturday night at the
Lloyd home.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
Rotorions to Hear Dr.. Carter

"The Heart" will be the topic Of
an address by DR.. Hill Carter before
the Rotary Club of Washington at
its meeting at 1915 pm. Wednesday
in the Mayfower Hotel. DR.. Carter,
2121 Leroy place NV, has taken
postgraduate work in cardiology at
Massachusetts, General Hospital.
Evening star., 1948-04-19

make up work in a fair and equita-
BILE manner.
3. The Student Council will be
recognized as the official spokesman
for the body.
4. Women students will not be
"campused" CONFINED to dormi-
tories for a certain period for hav-
ing remained in a meeting last week
a few minutes beyond dormitory
hours.
S. No retaliation will be taken
upon any individual or group in
reference to grades.
Evening star., 1948-04-19
Edwin 4. Mess Dies;
Attorney, 80, Long in
Government Service

Edwin A. Neiss. 80, attorney, died
yesterday at his home, 1922 Critten-
den street NV, after q six-week
illness.
Mr.. Mess, whose Office was 1924
Evening star., 1948-04-19

signed by telephone the day it came
out and he hasn't seen her since.
He added he was convinced 1t was
not her idea.
II think of her more in pity than
in anger" he said. Il think the
Ministry Of Interior and the Soviet
press department called her IN and
told her what to write"
Mr.. Magidoff said Miss Nelson
migrated from the United States to
Russia with her Finnish parents IN
the early 30s and became a Soviet
citizen.
She is a blue-eyed blond, about
33. and the wife of a Moscow Finn
known, said the correspondent as
"the best trumpet player in town" ="
Since quitting a United States En-
bassy job in 1914, she had worked
half days for Mr.. Magidoff and half
for Reuters. .,
The Izvestia denunciation said
Espionage assignments in the
u. S. S. r." were contained in let
ters on McGraw-Hill stationery
found in Mr.. Magidoff's office.
He said the letters were the rou-
tine sort that McGraw-Hill sent to
correspondents the world over He
said he wrote Izvestia denial but
it never was published.
The Russians have accepted Mr.
Magidoff's assistant. Andrew Stel-
ger of Pittsburgh, as successor in his
job and that proves, he sa1d,
they had nothing on McGra~-
Hill, either"
Mr.. Magidof said Russian po-
lice who had been shadowing him
and his wife for week suddenly
duit when the letter. came ant As
said the Soviet official who notified
hip1 of his, expulsion ..just wouldn't
lou ma straight in the eye"
Evening star., 1948-04-19
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Stratton Bill Opposed

To the Editor of The Star:
Members OF Congress, unmindful of the
threats Of alien minded mincrities, are taking a
positive stand against the Stratton bill which
authorizes admittance to this country of So
called displaced persons" of Europe.
Representative Louis E. Graham of Pennsyl-
vania quotes Ivan H. Peterman of the Phila-
delphia Inquirer as showing that among these
displaced persons" are many outright trouble
makers numbering some of the toughest,
meanest, and most exasperating characters on
this EARTH"
Representative w. J. Bryan Dorm Of South
Carolina, who during the last war spent much
time in Germany, reports that he became very
familiar with the displaced persons" and the
reasons for their being displaced; that he
had great deal Of sympathy for them, but on
the whole, found them undesirable material
for citizenship in America"
Representative Gossett of Texas describes the
movement to get these displaced persons" into
America as "a new fifth column or the refugee
racket" and makes most convincing substan-
tiation of his charge.
The overwhelming majority of inarticulate
but patriotic Americans unquestionably are
back of such Congressman in their opposition
to the Stratton bill. Vote-minded Congress
men, who support such measures to please
minority groups, may awake to the fact that
such minority groups support, once the ma
jority is aroused, becomes political liability
and not the political support they counted on.
FRANKLIN HICHBORN.
Santa Clara Calf.
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The Story Up to Now

David c. Mearns' history OF the Llbra1.'
of Congress, first published as part OF
the Librarians annual report for the flScal
wear ending June SO. 1916, has been re-
issued as an independent book. 1t bears
the title The Story Up to. Now and
represents good narrative writing at its
best. But most particularly 1t proves the
evolution of 1.-The worlds largest biblio-
graphic establishment" as living organ
ism. 1t shows by what processes OF plan
ming and doing the Library came into
being, expanded. increased in scope and
span, perfected improved means of service
to a global public.
Elbridge Gerry. member of the First
Congress from Massachusetts,, was the
father of the original resolution that "a
committee be appointed to report cata-
logue of books necessary for the use OF
Congress" The date was August 6, 1888
Nothing happened until April 80, 1870,
when Mr.. Gerry, Aedanus Burke OF South
Carolina and Alexander White OF Virginia
were named to look into the proposal
They reported on June %, recommending
the expenditure of ST 900 for books neces-
sary for the use of the legislative and
executive departments, to be followed by
the appropriating of $500 annually to i'm
prove the collection. A permanent library
institution for the whole Government
obviously was indicated. Unfortunately,
Mr.. Mearns says, there were those who
found the idea either frivolous or unre-
lated to the immediate concerns of wise
and representative democracy" Gerry lost
his enthusiasm for the project. A decade
passed while the plan lay neglected.
Then, in April, 1900, Congress passed a
bill providing incidentally for "the pur-
chase of such books as may be necessary
for the use of Congress at the said City
Of Washington, and for fitting up a suit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29
Appeasement Must Fail

To the Editor Of The Star:
Henry Wallace has announced platform
based largely on the claim that he is for peace
while President Truman is for war with Russia.
This is absurd MI. Wallace and President
Truman differ chiefly in that Mr.. Truman
favors the Marshall Plan for American loans
and grants to help European economic recovery,
while Mr.. Wallace is opposed to that plan ap-
parently because Russia is and, therefore, the
Communists, who are Mr.. Wallaces chief back
ers, are opposed to it also. In general Mr.
Wallace differs with Mr.. Humans foreign
policy whenever that policy is opposed to
Russia's plans for imperialst expansion
What Mr. Wallace means by peace policy
is a policy OF appeasement 'of Russia But
history shows that it is not possible to get peace
by appeasement of any totalitarian dictator
ship. Chamberlain, as British Prime Minister,
tried to get peace by appeasement OF the Naz
totalitarian dictatorship and, of course, he
failed ANY attempt to get peace by appease-
ment Of the Russian totalitarian dictatorship
is doomed to a similar failure. A totalitarian
dictatorship by its very nature is inclined to-
ward imperialist aggression. RusSia's seizure
of territory from Finland, Poland, Czecho-
slovakia and Romania her swallowing up OF
the little republics of Lithuania, Latvia and
Estonia, and her support of the demands OF
her satellites on Greece, all add up to impe-
rialist aggression. The more we give in to the
imperialist demands of any totalitarian dicta-
torship, whether Naz Germany or Communist
Russia, the more demands such dictatorship
makes. Hence, you cannot get peace by
appeasement.
Mr. Wallace ought to learn that clear and
simple lesson from recent history.
ALFRED BAKER LEWIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-29

able apartment for containing them, and
for placing them therein So, as Mr..
Mearns puts it, "as part of an appropria-
ton for furniture and footways, the
Library of Congress was founded" To
suggest that 1t has been refunded day
by day and year by year is well within
the truth. Thousands of citizens of all
classes and hundreds of friends overseas
have contributed to the making of the
Library as it stands at present. Mr..
Mearns tells the tale of this cooperation
and reviews it's fruits.
But to grasp the full value of 1.-THE Story
Up to Now" one must read it against the
background of ones own experience. Every
individual finds in the Library what he
himself looks for. The same observation
applies to Mr. Mearns' scholarly yet emf
nently readable book If it is not "best
seller" the circumstance will be remark
able