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North Cleveland Park
Four bedrooms, detached. S195a0. En-
dining room, breakfast nook. kitchen:
beautiful large lot. 2-car garage; vacant
close to everything.
Fred A. Smith, Realtor
1113 18th st. NV. Exclusive. RE. 1881.
ROLLINGWOOD, MD.
An extremely attractive det. white brick
Williamsburg Colonial. recently redecorated
and painted throughout; 1st floor, center
kit, breakfast nook; 2nd floor. 8 lovely
bedrms., 2 tiled baths; rec. rm: with nre-
place in bsmt.. maids rm.. full bath; at
Priced to sell at S24.5O0.
w. B. WRIGHT
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FARM and GARDEN Cont }

ZzfI CHAIN and bow saws; bow. IS to
y IN; chain, Is e 2 m, IN; ss7ins n chain chain
sas ga sS. S1oos siTsr spIins i sH $3.50 e e0'
Trees REM0vED-Quick and efncient
service; reasonable prices. Call FRED
ALLEN after / pm. WO. S209.
master: walking, riding tractors, hammer
xains. CENTRAL MOTOR CO., 5000 Lee
aoyW aSy hAANGsE, Ak Xs cM Ven 7qoS poeted $3.50 per
bushels. SO per 10 bushels. $3.50 per
Is bushels. delivered. WA. 1893. S =.
HARDY AZALEAS for fall planting, all
eoiors and sizes; SOC UP; wholesale and
retail. 2510 18th st. ne. q
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CHEVY CHASE ID G

A fine spacious corner center-hall home:
,asEs .asseu. lsttf den. den. ? good size bedrooms,
bsmt.; oil heat: det garage; pretty lot with
trees. Call Mr.. Shsckelford. MA. $500;
ewes. and week ends. ST. 660S.
BOSS & PHELPS, INC.
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BETHESDA
RET'HESDA

Modern white brick bedroom and bath on
1st door; conv. to public and parochial
schools, shopping and transp,; Q good
bedrms. and bath on the 2nd hoor; oil
b. .w:h.; det. garage. Priced under $4,000.
Billingsley & Sanderson Co.
1894 Wisconsin ave, OR. 1926 till Q pm.
BRIGHTWOOD
Home and income in this semidet English
brick, equipped with apt. and spacious nv-
ing for a proud owner. Center-hall plan
wits many good features, built-in garage.
oil heat. Have other smaller homes
VERNA JOE BARTON
RE. 1855. Ewes. and week ends, sH. 20os.
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OFFER 1. GEORGETOWN = Featuring
deep south garden. rm., 2 bath random
width is, oil hot-water heat.
Offer 2, Chevy Chase. Md.-Brick and
frame corner lot, 1st-fl. bedrm. and bath.
8 bedrms. and l bath on End A.; rec. rm.'
Offer 8, Alexandria, va.-Brick, pre-
period. beautifully restored.
2 entrances, drawing rm., opens into
walled garden. 4 bedrms. 3h baths
original mantels random width noors'
Exclusive listings, NELLIE LOWE CASSEL,
1872 wisconsin ave. AID. 211S or WI.
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0 - . x8A104 ~ z
14l7 X ST. NV
CLEVELAND PARK

A spacious English-typs home In this de-
sirable close-in section; 1st floor has liv-
I'M. fireplace, din. rm., kit, buffers
pantry: 2nd floor. 4 bedrms. baths; 3rd
floor. bedrms. and bath; porch, garage,
oil h.-w.h.: excellent value; 500. .760.
w. B. WRIGHT
SRnn am
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To remodel. row brick at 1912 29th st.
Best location. $4,000. Phone RUDOLPH
SHILIIN, CO. 1919. lis
Longfellow St., Mr.. 18th
Fine row brick house in splendid condi-
tion; g rooms, 2 rear inclosed porches;
deep lot, garage; S13,950. Mr.. 6hackel-
660S,
BOSS & PHELPS, INC.
= m%
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Macarthur Blvd. Section
5162 Fulton st. n.w.-Semidet. 6-rm. and
bath; gas heat; porches, Venetian blinds,
Immed. poss. Open afternoons. Wo. 1882.
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RIGGS & CO.
EN-. 2345. OR. 656s
GATJ,ATTN ST NV

GAIIlATIN ST. NV.
Semidetached; 4 bedrms., Q baths, large
dining and living rm. and kit, finished rec.
rm.; "a it. wide; large lot brick garage:
gas heat, Q dreplaces; for sale By owner.
GEORGETOWN
1343 2sth st. n.w-open daily, As. TX
pertly remodeled brick house, living rm.
with fireplace, beautiful modern kitchen.
2 bedrms.. ! bath, basement, automatic
laundry, gas heat; inclosed garaden.
D. A. HANES CO., INC.
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BRIGHTWOOD
CATHEDRAL HEIGHTS

y blk. of Mass. ave.-Attractivs det.
Sssant Sss1 home xaos sssSSrWs ST Dsths sarass
Bnlingsley & Sanderson Co.
1884 Wisconsin ave OR 222R filI n "a
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AMERICAN UNIV. PARK

AMERICAN UNIV. PARK
A custom-built new home, attrac. finished
detached; 3 bedrms., powder rm., compi:
further inform alton. call US.
JOHN LIPSCOMB & co.
MI. Oe00; ewes. NO. 2705: -6-
AMERICAN u. PARK"
A detached home with 8 rms, bedrms.,
and trsnsp. Only S16,950. Call ME. 1143,
0n.I !. WESLEY BUCHANAN
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$I4,95U
rooms and bath; central NV. location
beautiful modern bath; $1,000 cash. Phon,
MI MI Everett Scott, CO. 1000. Br. 6lI-C
SHANNON 81 LUCHS co.
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CO. -oP. APTs. FOR SALE

CO. oP. APTs. FOR SALE
COMPLETELY MODERN APT. in old re-
nned, well-est: cooperative bldg, near
Roosevelt Hotel. Oppor. to own a spacious
nome and live graciously at a most in
ducive fNH low price. This requires immed.
lnVestigation II you are seeking charm in
2 6-rm home with 3 exposures. Phone
l4sz cHAPIN ST. N.w.-1st-noor front;
A. rms; nM;,yv kit' and bath; $1,000: terms.
Pc LgxE Ist,FLoOR 2-bedrm. apt. Apt
~, 3S1O Southern ave. Sc; immed poss
Price. $11 900; terms. Open to pm,
sat; and Sun. Or call OWNER, VI. 1858
CONN. AVE.
S2.1as down payment and monthly pay
ments OF approx. $75 per mo- inc (oper-
atlng cosD. buys an attractive 2-bedroom
apartment, at 5112 Conn. ave. NV See
p.m. daily.
HOME REALTY co.
1726 Penna. ave. NV. RE 1897. -
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APARTMENrs excuAAcrn

81 18th ST.. NV, ST. 33Oo
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RooMs FURNIsnEn-N.,...,..

OLORED-FURNISHE ROOM in oufe
nome for single girl 1875 9th st. NV.
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Mr.. CALVERT THEATER-1st a.. din.
rm., liv. rm., kitchens. 2nd a.. bedrms;.
bath; gar; needs redecorattnG: $4,000.
Ewes. no. 5940. CHAPMAN REALTY CO.,
sErT2R M Fl SEE THESE new spacious e-rm.
MeSEEN stsS aAFaM2Tsoth .pss as .Ss ssGp
perfect cond,; semidet.: excel. location;
minimum cost. Only $1,000 down. GE.
DoN'r LIKE TO BoAsT-But we respect
fully urge you to inspect 1900 and 4904
Fulton ST.. NV. and decide for yourself:
Charming brick Cape Gods, just completed
by Frank 8. Phillips. 2 bedrms. and full
tile bath on LIST f.; master bedrms. plus
another small room and full tile bath on
2nd a.; flreplaces; full bright basement
above ground; built-in garage; screened
porch; wonderful close-in location, beyond
Georgetown and Foxhall: "a blks to grade
school, stores and bus. $24,950. Open
daily, 2 to 8. Out Macarthur blvd. to
Dana pl., right to Fulton. right to homes.
Call HI. 1921 or FRANK s. PHILLIPS,
DI. 1411.
yACANT-semidet. brick; mod. 4-bedrm.
deep lot, gar, storm windows and doors;
near 14th and Madison SITS. NV. Price
only S18,950 for quick sale. .1st-time
offered. Inspect any time through DIXIE
REALTY CO, Ma: $3.50; after 5 call Mrs.
siXasooM se@ise,o5 fE BRfck iasa Completely furn.
Quick possession. Near schools. stores and
TRANSFORMATION. For inspection call OR.
6O26. =
Evening star., 1948-08-26

Trans-Lux News and shorts;
continuous from 10.l5 am.
Warner-"Pitfall";; u am, Ito,
800, $50, TAO and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1948-08-26

| man in love with a really good man
and finally show of how a clever
actress makes peace with her con-
science and society by corking per-
Torrance presumably of Hedda
Gabler.
Sydney Greenstreet as an affable,
cultivated homicide squad boss;
Claire Trevor as another frustrated
actress. and Leo Gem as the worthy
suitor in Miss Russell's life, are the
others chiefly responsible for the
slick facade of Keith's melodrama.
At its best, however, it is no more
than a first carbon of that back
stage murder which last season won
an Oscar for Actor Colman.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Liked by Swiss

A popularity poll conducted by
"Cine Swiss" leading film pubhca-
ton, picked Gary Cooper and Ingrid
Bergman as the top American screen
stars.
Cooper is currently starring in
"The Fountainhead," at Warner
Bros, and Miss Bergman is in Lon
don making Under Capricorn, I"
Alfred Hitchcock's Transatlantic Pic
lures production for Warner release.
Gregory Peck took second place in
the male list, while Bette Davis,
last years topper, was behind Miss
Bergman by small margin.
Evening star., 1948-08-26

she lets him have it with a stat
uette he won for directing their
first play together.
That's all for him, but there is a
lot left for her, most of it consist
ing of whether she is going to tell
the police the truth or let them go
On suspecting an innocent, unlucky
dame whose fingerprints were found
on the statuette.
Miss Russell gives one of those de-
ceptively easy performances of hers
as the heroine of The Velvet
Touch" She exhibits a reasonable
understanding of how it would be
to have comitted justifiable homi-
eide, slick representation of wo-
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of SHOWING

Ambassador-"Pitfall":: /, $40
$40, 7:30 and $50 pm.
Capitol-"A Southern Yankee;
10:45 am, 1:40, ABS; 7::30 and 1920
pm. Stage shows: 1890, 3:25, 6:15
and 9:10 pm.
COlumbia-"The Paradine Case;
l0:45 am, 1885. sos, 500, 7:30 and
3:45 pm.
: Dupont-"La Vie de Boheme",
ITO, 2:55, 4:4o, $40, sos and $50
pm.
HippodrOme-'Lucretia Borgia";
2:05. $40 and 8:35 pm.
Keith's-"The Velvet Touch;
11:35 am, 1875, $40, $40, TAO and
$40 pm.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Love Primitive at Playhouse;
But Sophisticated at Keith's
BY Joy Cormody

THE BROTHERS" Prestige Picture
produced by Sydney Box, directed by
David Macdonald, screenplay by Muriel
sno Sydney Box from the novel by L. "A
q. Strong. At the Playhouse
THE CAST
Evening star., 1948-08-26

Littie-"Pagliacci";; II am. 1875,
2:25, Ais, Sos, 7:55 and Gas pm.
Metropolitan-"Lulu Belle; IL rs
am, 1:30, $3.50, 5:35. TAO and Gas
pm.
Palace-"Time Of Your Life:
1880 am, 2, 4:30, 7:05 and 9:35 pm.
Pix-"Catherine the Great: 3:45,
I and 1918 pm.
Playh0use-"The Brothers; 11:25
am, 1:25, $3.50, $50, 7:30 and $50
pm.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
TODAY'S NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES


CAR0IINA ilth q N. {. Ave-. Sc.
MnH!EcGraEpvP nRIpE THE PINE HORSE. ROBERT
BuRLEsoUE," JOE E. BROWN.
circle 2lo5 Pa. Ave. NV. Re. oIs4
Comfortably Cool.
cAkEY VI II sbA pkEAM MhesDs e1Rf eMae8sa1o 1s a46
OPEN AIR E. N. !syN !oIws So DsivE-'s
Opens z;se, starts $50. en alnaSs GER ROC
ERs, .CoRNEL WILDE in 'Tr HAD TO BE
Y4H WILD a n1 lG19 pl1s BRUCE CABOT in
SOC. Including Tax. Children Always Free.
DUMBART0N -, 4. c.Is w,.fe';,T II Az; M
"MoM AND DAD" Three shows daily, 2
and pm, women only; pm, men
Adm;s cnsts Mat fat s5c Mites; s5s .tax inell
ONCE.
FAIRFAX THEATER F;i,ts.. ;ss,. y; 8.
Routes 80. 80. sI1--Free Parking.
irving psr,,n Air .s sGcnHitionsd ssrI .nv, ,,nv
GARLANp. FRED AsTAIRE. -
GREENBET cr..nbsl,. Nd. OR. 7277
RANDOLPH SCOTT. BARBARA BR1TroN
in "ALBuQUERoUE', (Color), at =, 8.
LITTLE ~ ,'h st.. s.: Aboy.r .s:,y.i,
Gill and VALL1 in "PAGLIACCI"
Nell EAN Mclean, Va: p: Ilmwood sSs
JUDY GARLAND. PAUL n1s KELLY zE1nTI in THE
PIRATE" at 7. 9. Cartoon.
PALM 24o2 MI. vsrn. Ave.. Del Ray. Alex.
OV. $3.50 Cont. from $50 Pm.
Air Conditioned.
HAP and "ToRTURE SHIP plus shorts.
e:tsnhEg' ctes%iHg' ,g5 ApgHst q and Sept. and 9.
pSisss Make & Ressrvations aE WaND Nowl a. Popular
rSIDNEY LUST THEATERS-l
0RIVE.IN On BaIto. Pike--5 Min.
Post U. Of Md.-To. $500
Open g. Hard-surfaced Ramps, No
Feature Horror ' showi aSS' DON'T y co@e 1e01f Il
R9sH RSs Hays s.r!.sasT Wsss Heart! Alan LApp.
6EvI1. 6GaEvviI ssr s. s:iS: e s!4s 1922 Also THE
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BETHESDA W; e; Ay:; 80 : l::w; =. Ivy:
Air Conditioned Free Parking. Last
eakEY f1 II DkEaM Adosi aiRk ks'aosAp as s;15,
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THE BIG PUNCH: Plus P Popeye.
Bugs Bunny, Goofy. Donald Duck and
MILO Rockville. Nd. Phone Rock 2z3z
ae~ Air Conditioned
PETER LAWFoRD, JIMMY DURANTE
GTechnieolor Mnsieap. at 10, s:s5. |
HAYWOOD te.,.r" Ave. s.,. 3; =
Mark cons1.lSnss sTEVFSs T9day sIGAAR5
VAR, isshos' iLoYD NOLAN a.SaAfD IL .THE I1R |
STREET s. BEE WITH NO NAME" at e:16,
cAMEn M Rainier. Nd.
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BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES" at
xARLB0R0 Upper MarIbe,e. Nd.
Mari. 9a75
Air Conditioned. Today, Tomorrow.
BETTY HUTTON in DREAM GIRL
at 7:25, 9:2O.
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.SE1- BETHESDA ~. y, Wis

Air Conditioned.
At Regular Prices! FREDRIc MARCH.
DANA ANDREWS. MYRNA 10y in
Best Years of Our Lives" "
Academy Award Winner. orisinal a.
Hour Version. At 8 and D Pm, Only.
Evening star., 1948-08-26

IL would be contemplate to say
that The Velvet Touch" with
RoSalind Russell was inspired by
last seasons "a Double Life" with
Ronald Colman. but they have their
similarities. Both represent the stage
in its narcissistic phase, which is
to say that each has an actor COM
init a murder which in some way
is vaguely related to the part he,
or she. has been playing.
In the first picture, Colman got
his idea from playing too many
performances of Othello. Miss Rus
sells in The Velvet Touch, which
opened at Keith's, derives from the
fact that producer tries to pre-
vent her from playing Hedda Cab
ler. If this keeps up, legitimate
theatef audiences are going to be
wretchedly disappointed when final
curtains reveal whole casts alive and
waiting to take their bows.
1t should be granted that THE
Velvet Touch" is a smoothly made
romantic melodrama. 1t has the
high pictorial gloss, the practiced
suspense, the brittle dialogue, and
the other elements which audiences
have been taught to expect of such
things. 1t has no single quality,
however, which sets it apart from
the run of polished film fiction.
Miss Russell plays her old
sophisticated self in this screen
play from the typewriter of Leo
Rosten, glib man in his field. Her
role Is that of lacquered COM
edienne, the heroine of five frivoI-
GUS hits on Broadway. The fifth
one has just closed when the picture
starts and Miss Russell has an
nounced to her producer that she
is leaving him to play "Hedda Cab
ler."
When he demurs at this and
threatens to reveal they have been
more than professional partners,
Evening star., 1948-08-26

PHILOSOPHER-Paul Draper,
the dancer, plays Harry, the
dancer, in the film Uersion of
William Saroyan's "The Time
OF Your Life" 1t is Harry's
philosophy that the uorld is
SorroVtul, that the world
needs laughter, that Harry is
funny, that the a0orld needs
Harry to make it laugh. The
picture, produced by its star,
James Cagney, is the neW ar
riDal on the Palace Theater
screen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Trial Of Meyers Postponed
From February Is 10 "A

The trial of Maj. Gen. Bennett E
Meyers, former Army Air Forces
purchasing officer, has been post
poned from February 16 to February
"a by Justice Alexander Holtzof In
District Court. Il, 5satn .'t.'ea'~
Justice Holtzoff late yesterday
granted the request Of defense at
torneys for more time to prepare
their case. Meyers Is charged with
perjury before a Senate War In
vestigating subcommittee last Octo-
Der and November and with having
induced Bleriot H. Lamarre of Day.
ton, Ohio, to testify falsely at execu-
tive sessions of the subcommittee
Lamarre pleaded guilty to perjury
charges.
Defense motions to dismiss the in
dictments against Meyers were de-
MED by Justice Holtzoff Monday
The Meyers attorneys, however
were permitted to examine various
subcommittee hearing records that
were turned over to the United
States District Attorneys Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Waxey Gordon Share
In Fey Office Reported
BY the Associated Press

Leonora Budd of Brooklyn, secre-
tary to Albert Bennett-Fey, testified
yesterday that Waxey Gordon had
desk in Bennett-Fey's New York
office, counsel for an congressional.
committee told newsmen.
Bennett-Fey previously had testi.
fed under oath that he knew Cor
don, prohibition era beer baron
only slightly.
Bennett-Fey, also known as A
Terry Fahye. is under indictment in
New York in connection with an al
legged attempt to gain control of the
Follansbee Steel Co. Of Pittsburgh
He was questioned again yesterday
by members of a House Public
Works Subcommittee which Is in
vestigating "gray-market" steel OPP
erations. >.
The hearings were held behind
closed doors. Chairman Macy later
told a reporter that Bennett-Fey
shouted lot but failed to clear up
lot of discrepancies in his previous
testimony"
Mr.. Macy said that at one point
Bennett-Fey, acknowledging that he
knew Gordon, shouted: Nobody
could believe that the great Waxey
Gordon had small job with me and
wanted to earn an honest living"
Bennett-Fey denied that Gordon
was involved in any of his numer-
GUS attempts to buy steel mills, Mr..
Macy said.
John Reddan, special assistant to
Attorney General Clark, on loan as
counsel to the House committee,
told a reporter that sBennett-Fey
conceded" he knew Gordon after
being confronted with an AFFIDAVIT
that Gordon celebrated his recent
acquittal in a New York smuggling
case by making whoopee' at Ben
nett-Fey's apartment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Four-way Drive Opens
In Move 10 Repeal
0leomargarine Tax
By Chalmers IA. Roberts


A four-point plan is under way
today in drive to repeal the Fed
eral tax on oleomargarine.
The strategy was agreed on yes
terday at a luncheon meeting of
Senators and Representatives who
favor the repeal and representatives
Of half a dozen women's organiza-
tons who concur with them.
These four points were agreed on
as the best strategy:
/. The five Republican members
Of Congress at the luncheon will
call on Chairman Hope of the House
Agriculture Committee to ask that a
date be set for hearings on the bill.
Representative Buck, Republican, of
New York, said Mr. Hope has PROM
ised him hearings will be held some
time this session.
2. Representatives of the women's
groups will call on their members
back home" to flood congressional
mail with pleas for tax repeal. The
groups also will ask Chairman Hope
to call hearings.
8. If hearings are not ordered be-
fore the G. o. p tax-cutting bill
comes to the Senate floor, Senators
Maybank, Democrat, of South Caro-
lima, and Fulbright, Democrat, of
Arkansas, will seek to attach an
oleo tax repeal amendment to the
measure.
4. If all else fails, House members
will seek to force the repeal bill
out of the Agriculture Committee
by the petition route This requires
that a majority of members sign
. petition to bring the bill to the
floor, regardless Of committee action
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Shift 10 DieseI-EIectric
On Pennsy East-West
Trains Due in Spring
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4. - All
major East-West passenger trains
on the Pennsylvania Railroad viii.
be powered by Diesel-electric loco
motives within four months, bring
ing a virtual end to the company's
era of steam engines
And by August of this year, Presi-
dent NJ w. Clement told stockholds
ers in his annual report, there vii
be 81 Diesel to pun 1mpor-
tant freight trains between Harris
burg, Pa; Chicago, st. Louis, Gin
cinnati and Detroit.
This class of motive power Il
proving satisfactory from the
standpoint of economy and service
performance, the roads president
declared yesterday In the company's
101st report.
Net Disappointing.
Mr.. Clement summed up as dis
appointing" his company's 1947
financial results which brought a
net income of 1925, lbs.
He blamed the lag between ad-
vancing costs and rate increases for
the relatively low return on opera
lions.
eff adequate rates had been in
effect" Mr.. Clement declared, your
company could have made sufficient
earnings not only to have paid its
stockholders a proper dividend, but
to have made up part Of the de-
ferred maintenance improvements
to plant and equipment. so essen
tial to provide the type of service
now desired"
In 1916 the railroad had a net
deficit of $8,530,317, the first in the
company's history.
Return Put at 1.13T,.
And the return earned on the
railroads property investment in
l947 as measured by net railway
operating income, was 1.13 per cent,
compared with less than l per cent
in 1916.
Mr.. Clement commented, THE
abnormally low returns earned in
1947 and 1916 epitomize clearly the
inevitable result of continuing in
creases in cost of doing business
without an adequate increase in the
rate level"
He disclosed construction of a
s3.200,0 900 passenger diesel locomo-
tive repair base and a 100000
freight diesel locomotive repair
depot at Harrisburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Delay in Senate Vote
On Seaway 10 Be Sought
BY the Assoeioied Press

The Senate Republican leader
ship moved today to put off a show
down vote on the st. Lawrence sea-
way project until February Is.
Senator Wherry of Nebraska, the
acting majority leader, said he
would suggest the postponement. 1t
would take unanimous consent for
the motion to carry.
Senator Wherry explained that
many Senators of both parties ex-
pect to be absent for the next cou-
pie of weeks on speaking dates.
During that time the Republican
Party holds its Lincoln day dinners
and the Democrats have their Jack
Jefferson day meetings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04

competent personnel. Then, too, II
is argued that some of the people
most urgently needed for the jobs
do not have permanent status, anc
consequently would not be eligible
The commission is expected tt
argue that the present civil service
regulations are flexible enough tc
permit exemptions in specific cases
without abandoning the merit sys-
tenn entirely.
For example, the commission says
the President has the authority to
issue an order at any time exempt
ing any category of jobs from COM
petHive examinations, if necessary
But q blanket exemption of the
whole program from civil service
regulations is not necessary and
would be harmful to the merit sys-
tenn In the long run, the commission
is expected to contend.
STATE DEPARTMENT CRITI.
CIZED-An investigation of the
State Departments Office of Con-
trolls and the qualifications" of its
director, Hamilton Robinson. to con-
tinue in the job. has been requested
by Representative Busbey, Republi-
can, of Illinois.
Mr.. Busbey, a member of the
House Executive Expenditures Com
mittee. made the request in letter
to Representative Chenoweth, Re
publican, of Colorado, chairman OF
the subcommittee devoting its at
tention to State Department affairs
Mr.. Chenoweth is expected tc
grant his colleagues request to hold
hearings soon, inasmuch as both
are members of the committee.
In his letter Mr. Busbey declared
Mr.. Robinson was not qualified
for his job, and that in view Of
certain facts known to his superiors
he should have been removed from
office many months ago"
While Mr.. Busbey said he "pro-
posed" to prove his charges, he die
not indicate what he was referring
to. Mr.. Robinson recently came
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| Are Saying of Us

The Khabarovsk radio, broadcast
ing in Russian to the Soviet Fa
East, said:
"All armies in the capitalistic
countries are armies for the sup
port of the rule of capital. They
are defending the interests of the
capitalists and landowners. In
the burgeois countries the armies
are forced, by means of deceit
and cruel discipline, to safeguard
the wealth of the exploiters.
THE Soviet Army, in contrast
to all the burgeois armies, Is
meant not to enslave other peo-
Piles and states. 1t Is the friend
of all the oppressed and under
privileged peoples, the true
guardian of peace between the
peoples and security for all the
peoples of the earth"
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Mrs. Cheshom to Speak
At Home LEAGUES Puriey

Mrs. Albert Chesham. newly ap-
pointed president of the Salvation
Army's Home Leagues for the
Southern territory. will address q
conference of six Washington area
home leagues at $50 o'clock tonight
in the First Congregational Church,
Tenth and G streets NV. The
Southern territory includes Is
States and the District.
Mrs. w. w. Bouterse, director OF
womens activities in the District.
was to be chairman OF an afternoon
meeting at lots Thomas Jefferson
street NV,