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Evening star., 1948-03-17
Easter Parade Judges
Named by Association

Miss Emma Perley Lincoln, public
relations officer of the Mayf1ower
Hotel, will serve as chairman of the
Judges Committee selecting the best
dressed women, men and teen-agerS
promenading along Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, between 1890 and 3 pm.
on Easter Sunday.
The Connecticut Avenue ASsocia-
ton, composed of business and pro-
fessional men of the avenue, is
sponsoring the fashion parade and
will give prizes to the winners.
Other judges will be Mrs. John
r. Steelman. wife of the assistant
to the President; Mrs Joseph Far
rington, wife of the Delegate from
Hawaii; Mrs. George Malone, wife
of the Nevada Senator: Mrs. Kurt
Hetzel, Mrs. Blake Clark, Mrs. Lor-
ton Sims. Mrs. Lee Walsh. Miss Eleni
Sakes. Mrs Elizabeth Mcguire. Miss
Malvina Stephenson. Miss Virgila
Stephens, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Mitchell. Mrs. Alva Brewer, Mrs,
Thomas Eberly and Walcott Wag-
gaman.
Also, Mrs. Irene Caldwell. Mrs.
Mitchell Palmer. Miss Gertrude
Presley. Mrs. William Candy, Mrs.
William Culbertson, Mrs. Callie
Hagner Shaw, Paul Murphy and
Hal Walsh.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
California Primary Ballot
To Include Wallace Party
By the Associoted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. ia
tl.rd party ticket, headed by Pres
idential Candidate Henry A. Wal
lace, today was assured place on
the California primary ballot.
Qualification of the Wallace third
party movement, announced by the
secretary of State, yesterday was
regarded generally as body blow
to Democratic prospects in Cali
fornia.
This was emphasized by the size
of the qualifying petitions from Los
Angeles County, the Democratic
Party's California stronghold. In all,
more than a quarter million sig
natures were obtained there. Only
$4,000 were valid, however.
The prediction came from Assem-
blyman John B. Cooke. Democratic
floor leader in the California House,
that a Wallace third party meant
''the end of Mr.. Truman in Cali
fornia"
Il am opposed to Wallace and it
is regrettable that his group qualified
in California he said.
As of today, 295,951 valid sig
natures to qualifying petitions were
on file A total of 275.965 signatures,
or 10 per cent of the vote cast in
the last general election were re-
quired to qualify the Wallace ticket.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
800 Visit Gallery in Hour to See
Priceless German Paintings

The display attracted wide
variety of art lovers, including sew
en- high school girls who admitted
they had played hockey" to see the
exhibit.
A mother, Mrs. A. w. Hesse, 341S
South Eighth street, Arlington,
visited the exhibit. wheeling her
daughter Ruth, 2, in a go-cart.
One of the earliest visitors was
Herman Carter, 1929 Tenth street
NV. He studied the pictures in
tently and said:
when I was young I wanted to
be an artist. There is something
about these paintings that can't be
expressed in words
Among the artists present was
Dean Stambaugh, who teaches art
at ST. Adams School for Boys. Mr.
Stambaugh said he was impressed
with the paintings represented in
the collection from the Kaiser Fried
rich Gallery in Berlin.
The exhibition will continue
through April Is. The gallery is
open to visitors from 10 m. until
S pm. on weekdays and from 2 TO 10
pm. on Sundays.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Industrial Employment
Shows Increase in Virginia
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 17.-John
Hopkins Hall, jr., State Commits
sloner of Labor. has disclosed that
the 2l3,000 Virginia workers in man
ufacturing industries during Febru-
ary represented an increase of $500
over the same month last year.
The Labor Department also re-
ported that steady demand for
consumer goods especially in tex
tiles and apparels, added 900 en-
ployees to payrolls of the factories
producing non-durable goods.
There are 63.5 of all factory work
ers in this group of industries which
employed 10000 persons in mid
February.
Manufacturing employment in the
State was steady between mid-Janu-
ary and mid-February, the report
added and said there was net
change of less than 100 workers.
A relatively large year end season.
al decline in canning which started
in October caused falling off In
the level of employment in food
processing industries.
Evening star., 1948-03-17

Nearly 600 persons-almost six
times the usual number-visited the
National Gallery of Art this morn
ing during the first hour that more
than 200 German-owned paintings.
some of them world famous, went
on display.
The art was brought to this coun-
try by the Army in 1945 for safe
keeping after the pictures were dis
covered in a salt mine in Germany
The paintings will be returned to
Germany soon, according to the
Army.
The priceless collection includes
works by Rembrandt, Raphael. Bot
ticelli, Titan. Vermeer and Rubens
An estimated 1000 paintings were
found in the salt mine in Germany
but only 202, considered the most
valuable, were brought to this coun-
try for safekeeping The insurance
valuation of the collection has
been estimated at $8OOO0,0O0.
The officer who led the Army
unit which discovered the paintings
viewed the works in their new set
ting today He is 1t. Col William I.
Russell, 1895 Langdrlm lane, Chevy
Chase, Md, now stationed in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Mrs. A. Peter Dewey
Hurt Slightly by Car

Mrs. A. Peter Dewey, 26, widow
of a wartime OSS officer who was
killed two years ago during liot-
ing in Indo-C China. was slightly in
jured last night when struck by
an automobile.
Mrs. Dewey. the former Nancy
Weller, was injured as she stepped
from the curb in front of the home
of Orme Wilson. former Ambas-
sador to Haiti, in the 2400 block of
Massachusetts, avenue NV, police
said. They said she was struck by
car driven by John C. Leonard
jr, 26, of River road, Bethesda.
She was treated at her home
1928 o street NV. by Dr. James
Mitchell for a conclusion and shock
1t Col. Dewey was a son of
former Representative and Mrs
Charles s. Dewey.
In another accident, Miss jose
phine Kelley, 56. of 1865 Thirty
eighth street NV, was struck by
car near Wisconsin avenue and
Rodman street. Police listed the
driver of the car as Mrs. Helen Van
Arnam. 35, of 45O8 South Chelsea
lane, Bethesda. Miss Kelley was
treated for fractured collar bone
and cuts. 1t was reported at George
town Hospital that her condition is
good.
Steven Little, 40. Of 1911 Sixth
street NV. is in fair condition at
Casualty Hospital with fractured
legs and bruises. Police said he was
injured at the corner of New York
avenue and o street NE. when
struck by a car driven by Raymond
A. Dahlstedt, 36, Brentwood, Md.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Curtain Dispute
Runs Up $50 Fine
| Aqoinst Woman

A dispute over missing curtains
hung up Municipal Court for a
while yesterday.
Before it was over, woman
tenant in a rooming house in the
1000 block of Seventeenth street
NV, was fined $50 by Judge Ellen
K. Raedy for assaulting another
tenant.
Mrs. Margaret Davis, 80, colored,
charged she was kicked and beaten
on March 7 by two other tenants,
Mr. and Mrs. James Harrington,
colored, in dispute over the miss
ing draperies.
Mrs. Harrington said her husband
did not take part. When the judge
asked Harrington about it he re-
piled:
"Oh, no, no indeedy, not at all
Those were two women fighting and
I just sat in my chair while it was
going on"
Judge Raedy dismissed the charge
against him, but fined his wife.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
William PawIey Resienine
Post as Brazilian Envov

William D. Pawley, airman and
businessman turned diplomat at
President Trumans request Is quit
ting as Ambassador to Brazil be-
cause Of his health.
The White House announced late
yesterday that the President had
accepted Mr. Pawley's resignation,
effective March 80, with regret.
Mr.. Pawley returned to this coun-
try several months ago for medical
treatment. Secretary of State Mar
shall announced recently that he
was asking Mr.. Pawley to remain
here to help in preparations for the
inter American conference sched-
uled to open at Bogota, Colombia,
March 30
Despite his resignation. Mr.. Paw
ley is expected to play key role in
the Bogota conference
M. Pawley entered diploma tic
service two and half years ago as
Ambassador to Peru He was shifted
b Brazil in April, 1916.
Evening star., 1948-03-17

The Irish always will fight for
their rights, and that is one of their
heritages from st. Patrick, the Rev.
1gnatius Smith of the Dominican
Order told an overflow congregation
at a pontiflcal high mass in honor
of the patron saint of Ireland at st.
Patrick's Church today.
Two archbishops and bishop
were enthroned on the altar. They
were Archbishop Patrick A. OBoyle,
the Most Rev. Amleto Cicognani,
papal delegate, and the Most Rev
John M. Mcnamara, vicar general
Of the archdiocese.
The high altar was decked with
carnations colored green. A guard
Of honor of fourth-degre Knights
of Columbus stood with drawn
swords during elevation of the host
and the chalice
Father Smiths sermon told the
story of one of the most successful
missions in the legends of the
church-how st. Patrick came from
France, brought a whole people in
to the faith and ordained 5000
priests to carry it on
Outside hawkers were Selling. flags
and emblems to further the wear
in O the green" Throughout the
city about one person in three was
decked out with at least one green
item.
Most men satiated their urge for
Evening star., 1948-03-17

lyman of that tribunal, Chief jus
tice Bolitha j. Laws of District
Court, and his guest. Judge Alfred
P. Murrah of the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals in Oklahoma
City. Okla.
Also United States Attorney
George Morris Fay, Col. E. Goring
Bliss, secretary of the District Jury
Commission; Daniel w. Bell, presi-
dent of the American Security &
Trust Co.. and president of the
Community Chest Federation, Ma
tionel Capital Area Robert C.
Overs, vice president of the Wash
ington Gas Light Co. and Chairman
of the Washington Campaign for
the American Cancer Society, and
DR.. Howard B. Myers, assistant di-
rector of research for the Com
mittee on Economic Development.
Holland Is Critical.
Meanwhile, Board of Trade rep
resentativeS were criticized last
night by Senator Holland, Demo-
crat, of Florida for holding poll
tax views on District home rule.
Speaking over Radio Station
VOLS Forum of the Air, Senator
Holland charged that those who ad-
vocate that the franchise be linn
tied to District tax payers could
not afford to criticize Southern poll
tax provisions.
Championing the Auchincloss bill
as a measure which will provide
District residents all the powers of
any municipal votes, Senator Hol-
land was opposed in his views by
F.. G. Await and Ralph Cusick, both
of the Washington Board of Trade.
Mr. Cusick, a Washington attor-
ney. took the view that while home
rule is desirable, the Auchincloss bill
is not properly drawn. He con-
tended that only bona fide District
residents should be allowed to vote
and that any municipal machinery
must be preceded by national rep
reSentation in Congress.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Federal Raises
Still Opposed
ByPresiident
Budget Bureau Tells
House Unit Trumun
Hasn't Changed Mind

Budget Bureau officials disclosed
today that President Truman still
is opposed to granting a cost-of-
living pay increase to Government
employees.
The House Civil Service Commit
tee was told that "as of the day
before yesterday" Mr.. Truman had
not changed his mind on the ques-
tion
Joseph Winslow, Budget Bureau
official who represented the admin
istration in today's pay hearing
revealed Mr.. Truman's position in
response to questions from COM
mittee members.
Allowed for Change Of Stand.
In January, Mr.. Truman opposed
Federal pay raises, declaring that
If Congress enacted his anti-infla-
tion program, wage increase would
not be necessary. Mr.. Truman
added, however, that he might re-
verse his position II Congress did
not enact his program.
Chairman Reese and other COM
mittee members today asked Mr..
WinSlow whether Mr.. Truman would
veto pay-raise legislation.
Mr.. Winslow replied that he could
not speculate on this possibility.
Administration insiders, however,
have conf1ded that If Congress
does pass pay-raise legislation, Mr..
Truman would not veto the bill.
Classification Changes Urged.
Civil Service Commissioner Arthur
S. Flemming told the committee
that If Congress should decide to
vote pay increases, the legislation
should be combined with a revision
of the Classification Act.
Both Mr.. Winslow and Mr. Flem-
ming said that the Classification
Act needs to be revised to correct
present pay inequities among the
various grades
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Boy, 9, Is Injured
As Toy PIune ExpIodes

A jet toy plane explosion late yes
terday sent 9-year-old boy to Cas-
ualty Hospital with a broken nose,
cuts on the face and hands.
Gerald Baldwin, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Baldwin. jr., 600 Ave-
nue. E. District Heights. was injured
when the 2-cylinder toy plane blew
up ir his face, member of the
household said.
The hospital reported his condi-
tion today was good.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Trade Board Formally
AsksConeressto Enact
District Sales Tax

The Washington Board of Trade
last night formally called on Con-
gress to enact per cent retail
sales tax in the District.
The action reaff1rmed a previous
stand which advocated passage of
such a measure. if no substitute
means of raising additional revenue
for administration of the District
government could be evolved.
Some 900 members of the trade
group attending membership
meeting in the Hotel Statler heard
an emergency report containing a
request for the sales tax The re-
port was read by Maj. Gen. David
McCoach. chairman of the groups
Municipal Finance Committee.
He pointed out that Board of
Trade policy is for repeal of the
Districts personal income tax be-
cause of the "inequitable provision
imposed by the Congress which
exemptS Federal salaries"
Yield Estimated.
"We have now concluded that
there is no reasonable manner for
meeting local revenue requirements.
except through the enactment of a
sales tax" Gen. McCoach said. I'VE
will recommend to Congress the
imposition of per cent tax on
all sales of tangible personal prop
erty to consumers. a law popularly
referred to as the retail sales tax.
Based on the experience of other
jurisdictions and study of the re-
suit in neighboring Maryland, such
law here should yield from $12,-
100000 to s15.00O,00O annually"
John A. Reilly. head of the trade
group, who presided at the meeting,
urged members to give their support
to the proposed measure.
Another speaker was Beardsley
Ruml, chairman of the R. H. Macy
Co, Inc, New York, and former
chairman of the Federal Reserve
Bank in New York He discussed
The Interest Rate Problem"
Initiation Checks Urged.
Wi. Ouill1 odIu Ulldt. dS lar dS IEle
authorities are concerned. l believe
that there Is consensus that long
term interest rates on Government
bonds should be kept low and
steady"
Attorney William E. Leahy stress
ed the responsibility of citizens to
accept jury service
The urgency of the Embarrassing
campaign of the American Cancer
Society during next month was
stressed by Harvey L. Jones, chair
man of the business unit in the local
campaign.
Another speaker, James E. Coli
flower chairman of the courtesy
campaign sponsored by the trade
groups Greater National Capital
Committee. said the program has
taken hold beyond even our ex-
pectations." The contest ends to-
night.
Honor guests included Brig. Gen.
Gordon L. Young, Engineer Com
missioner: Chief Justice Harold M.
Stephens of the United States Court
of Appeals, Justice E. Barrett Pret-
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Chevy Chase Protests
Heard in Petition for
Apartment Rezoninq

Strong opposition by nearly a
dozen homeowners in the Farming
ton subdivision and adjacent devel-
opments in Chevy Chase, Md.
marked a 2la hour hearing before
the Montgomery County commits
sioners yesterday on a petition for
apartment house use of approxi-
mately acres in the area.
The petition, filed by John H.
Bacas, 1920 Eighth street Sc, was
taken under advisement by the COM
missioners, who met in the Bethesda
County Building.
Another application, which sought
lassificat ation from residential A to
C of 1112 acres adjacent to the
Pooks Hill estate on the Rockville
pike near Bethesda, was withdrawn
by Edward S. 'Northrop. attorney for
the applicant, Mrs. Josephine T.
Bell.
Nye Makes Protest.
The Bacas tract is at the inter-
section of the Baltimore g. Ohio
Railroad and Jones Mill road and
adjoins about 80 acres owned by the
Chevy Chase Land Co.. which was
rezoned to apartment house classi-
fication two months ago.
In urging approval of the appli-
cation, Mr.. Bacas' attorney. Roger
J. Whiteford warned that if single
family homes are built on the prop
erty, they will be like the small
homes already erected across the
railroad, and which sold for $4,000
each"
Among those protesting the ap-
plication on the ground it would
reduce the value of their homes was
Gerald P. Nye, former Republican
Senator from North Dakota, who
lives in Pennington.
John L. Laskey, an attorney, who
lives in Pennington. said residents
of the subdivision did not oppose
the Chevy Chase Land Co.'S petit
ton because it is adjacent to exist
ing commercial and industrial land
along Connecticut avenue, and be-
cause of the company's land use
plan. which proposed as buffer
strips between the apartment prof.
ect and homes in the area.
Cablegram Is Presented.
Mr.. Laskey presented cablegram
from Brig Gen. Telford Taylor,
chief American war crimes prose-
cutor in Nuremberg, who lives north
of the Bacas tract, opposing the
petition.
Others expressing opposition in
cluded L. H. Woolsey, former solicit
tor for the State Department; Capt
Chester Wells, u S. NJ, retired; Mr.
Northrop. representing Chevy Chase
Village; Carl w. Tomlin. represent
ing the Rollingwood Citizens Asso-
citation; Ernest F. Henry, former
general counsel for the District of
Columbia Rent Administration; Jo-
seph Wells, R. Hartman Weller and
Joseph Garrett.
Mr.. Garrett, who said he Is build
ing % homes across Jones Mill road
east of the Bacas property, told the
commissioners his investment would
be greatly jeopardized" if apart
ments were built next to the homes.
He said each of the houses will con-
tain four bedrooms and three baths.
Mr.. Whiteford said it is planned
to build about 154 units at cost Of
approximately 100000. The apart
ments would be similar to those
planned on the Chevy Chase Land
Co. tract. he added.
He added Mr. Bacas plans to build
single family homes east and south
of the six acres as buffer strip
between the apartments and resi-
Dental communities.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Joseph Buscher to Head
Silver Sprinq VFW Post

Joseph D. Buscher, an assistant
attorney general of Maryland, last
night was elected commander Of the
Silver Spring Memorial Post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. He sue
ceeds Trial Magistrate Alger Y
Barbee.
Other officers chosen were: Peter
H. Blackwell. jr.. senior vice COM
mander: Edward H. Veitch. junior
vice commander, R. Glenn Slicer
auartermaster; Mr.. Barbee, post ad-
vocate; Howard M. Elms, chaplain; :;
William c. Barnes. trustee, and DR..
Merrill M. Cross. surgeon.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Plan for Special
Fees Offered
By yGroup Health
Substitute for Dues
Increase Submitted
To l4,200 Members
By Thomas 6. Buchonon

Group Health Association to-
day submitted to it's 14,200 MEM
berS an alternative to the dues
increase at which they baked
in a membership meeting of the
health cooperative last month.
The Board of Trustees cautioned,
however, against pitfalls in the new
proposal, which it feared might
wreck the principles on which the
controversial medical agency was
founded.
The alternate scheme would SUBJ
stltute a series of extra charges for
services rendered for the original
recommendation of a general in
crease in prepaid dues.
Would Add Special Fees.
Present dues for comprehensive
coverage of doctors and hospital
bills would remain So month for
adults and So for children. The
following special fees would, how
ever, be added
All clinic visits to Group Health
doctors, 81; all home calls. $3.50;
service charge on all injections and
laboratory services in addition to
cost of materials, 25 cents.
The Board of Trustees admitted
that the alternate plan would have
the advantage of discouraging un-
necessary use of Group Health serv-
ices, and place the large share OF
cost on members who use the serv-
ices most.
But it listed these arguments
against the service charges:
/. They would tend to break down
the protection provided through a
prepayment plan.
2. They would deter people from
getting early care at the first ap-
pearance of symptoms of illness.
3. They would increase adminis-
trative costs.
The revenue produced by the al
ternate scheme, the board of trus-
tees estimated, would approximate
the money that would be brought in
If dues were raised so cents for
adults and Is cents for children, as
originally recommended.
Both the original and the alter
nate plan, designed to offset an
expected monthly deficit of $3.50
this year under existing rates would
decrease discounts for dues paid in
advance, and raise the cost of ma
ternity care from $50 to $1O0
Special Meeting Called.
A special membership meeting
will be held March 80 at the Fed
eral Security Auditorium to permit
discussion of the two budget-bal-
ancing proposals. Ballots will be
mailed to the entire membership
ABOUT April 6, when the issue will
be decided.
William E. Warne, Group Health
president. reminded members in
letter being mailed out today that
they had voted down a service
charge proposal similar to the pres
ent alternate scheme last year by a
four-to-one margin.
We trust he said, that the
members will reaffirm their con-
sistent past expressions of conf
dence in prepaid medicine"
Group Health has been in the
spotlight since it was founded q
decade ago, combating charges of
'socialized medicine and entering
the courts in a widely publicized~
anti-monopoly trial of the Ameri-
can Medical Association and the
District Medical Society
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Tenor BocceIIi to Be Guest

Luigi Boccelli, Philadelphia tenor,
will be a guest of the District As
sociation of Workers for the Blind
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the Church
of the Epiphany, 1917 G street NV
Evening star., 1948-03-17
FulIon Seeks Reelection

BALTIMORE. Mar. II tP,.-Rep-
resentative Fallon, Democrat. an
nounced today his candidacy for
denomination to Congress from the
Fourth Maryland District.
Evening star., 1948-03-17

Celtic expression with a green tie
or green socks. Generally speak
ing, women were outdoing the men
with fun green ensembles, scarves,
hats and handbags.
Candy stores were doing q thriv-
ing business in shamrock shaped
mintS and other green-hued sweets.
Some citizens went to the extent
of wearing tired ShamrockS in their
lapels and occasional families hung
1reland's crownless harp flag in
their homes.
Not a shillelagh was seen on
downtown streetS-in the early
hours this morning. at least-and
very few of those who always
threaten to wear something orange
had carried out their threat.
Scores OF parties and dances were
scheduled by fraternal and civic
groups. The Irish War Veterans
We're to hold their annual ceremo-
nies at the Commodore John Barry
statue in Franklin Park.
Led by Capt Hugh Curry, the
Unietd States Army Band will give
St. Patrick's Day concert at 8
o'clock tonight in the Departmental
Auditorium on Constitution avenue
between Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets NV. The band will play
The Rose of Tralee." "Glocca Nor
ra' and Percy Grainger's arrange
ment of Derry tunes.
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-10
OVERLOOK

Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at Whites Chapel for
Mrs. Ella Truitt, wife of the late
Benjamin Franklin Truitt. The
FRUITS were lifelong residents of
this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Campbell
of Philadelphia, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur B. Campbell this week.
Mrs. George Chappell and daugh-
ter, Miss Betty, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Hastings were Wilmington
shoppers, Saturday.
The w. s. c. S. will meet tonight,
December 10, in the basement of the
church. A special entertainment has
been arranged, it being the Christ
mas Party. Refreshments of home
made cake and ice cream will be
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Wilson and
daughters, Clara and Carolyn, spent
the weekend in Wilmington and
Philadelphia, visiting their rela-
tives; also, they went Christmas
shopping.
Mr.. VIM A. Green spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Holmes
of near Milton.