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Evening star., 1948-03-04

Employment in Washington is
becoming more stable than it has
been at any time since 1910, the
United States Employment Service
reported today.
Fewer persons are being fired but
employers aren't expecting to do
much hiring either.
The USES estimated unmeploy-
.ment at IS 900 here. Although there
has been slight gain in unemploy-
ment over last month, the USES
said unemployment did not reach
the total expected this winter.
The monthly rate Of separations
from jobs through employees quitting
or being fired Is averaging less than
Evening star., 1948-03-04

scheduled for 1890 pm. tomorrow
in the Chamber of Commerce
Building.
Commenting on the report from
Texas City campaign headquarters,
General Campaign Chairman
Joseph C. Grew said the people OF
the city which was ripped apart in
a terrific explosion last April l6
have taken this means of thanking
the American people and the Red
Cross for their help in rebuilding
and rehabilitating the city"
District reports after the first
day showed a total of 66,237, or
6l3 per cent of the 81 ,080, 900 goal.
With 10 meetings scheduled at COM
panies and schools today and to-
morrow. a substantial increase is
expected by the time Of the re-
port.
Key men in the drive for the
Military District of Washington met
Yesterday 20 hear talk by Mrs,
Amea Willoughby of Alexandra,
Va, a Red Gross worker for the
last 10 years, and author OF Il Was
On Corrigador."
The goal Of the Military District
lis $500. The drive is headed by
LIT. Col. william F. Nee, public m
formation ofncer.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Social Security Office Is Unsafe
For Public Use, AFL Chorqes

The Washington Central Labor
Union charged today that the
Washington field office of the Social
Security agency is neither safe nor
convenient for the public" and
demanded its removal to more
suitable quarters.
The AFL group called attention
to the risks of panic from fire Or
other catastrophe in the present
quarters of the field Office on the
sixth floor at TOO Twelfth street
NV.
A Star reporter, visiting the office
today, found:
The sole fire escape is reached
by climbing over high radiator
and through the window.
The fire escape, drafty brick
inclosed stairwell and an elevator
are all within a few feet of each
other so that If fire broke out in
that part of the building, all exits
would be blocked.
Because of space limitations, the
desks are crowded so closely to-
gether that the intimate informa-
ton required from Social Security
applicants is clearly audible to en-
ployes and visitors several desks
| away.
Victor Sadd, manager of the field
office. said the public had been COM
planning about the crowded, dirty
office, but added he has been ad-
vised that more suitable space soon
will be available.
That such move was imminent
however, was not indicated by L. A
Ziernicki, space officer for Federal
occupancy of buildings in the Dis
trict. He said space was available
for part of the Office, but the Public
Buildings Administration wanted to
keep the social security activities TO-
gether.
He said the building had not been
Evening star., 1948-03-04
leases to Be Tried
In Judge Coyton' S
|Cozy Chambers

For the first time, Municipal
Court cases will be tried In the cozy
atmosphere of a judges chambers,
against a background Of French
etchings.
The change in scene became nee
essary when Chief Judge Nathan
Cayton Of the Municipal Court OF
Appeals decided to join his two as
sociates and the 10 regular jurists
on the lower court in handling the
docket for the next 10 days.
Only IL courtroms are available
for the 13 judges. This includes the
one the three appellate judges share
when they are hearing appeals.
To resolve the dilemma, Judge
Cayton said he will use his cham
bers to dispose of some of the nom
jury cases he has scheduled for him.
self. The judges chambers are EN-
bellished by his priced collection Of
etchings by the noted caricaturist,
Honore Daumier.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Insurance Plan
For Surgery 10
Be eReadyApri| |
Group disqualification
Will Offer Service
To Its Subscribers

Group disqualification subscribers
will get their first chance to insure
themselves against the cost of surgi-
cal operations and childbirth on
April l, 1t was announced today.
The plan Is expected to save the
average family one-third Of its ex-
penses for surgery and obstetrics,
according to DR.. Frank D. Costen-
bader.
DR.. Costenbader is president of
Medical Service Of the District of
Columbia, which is offering the
insurance plan under joint spon-
sorship of Group disqualification,
Inc, and the District Medical So
ciety.
$50 Doctors Available.
He said 750 doctors, of whom
three-fourths are surgeons Or OBJ
stetricians, will make their services
available to subscribers.
Neither DR.. Costenbader nor CHI
President Joseph H. Hines could
estimate how many persons will be
able to get the new coverage at
once.
1t will be offered. they said. to
persons already covered by CHI
disqualification insurance. Officials
estimated it would take about nine
months to complete enrolment of
all the $4,000 existing subscribers
who wish to extend their coverage
The new service, they said, ''offers
benefits for surgery, fractures, dis
locations and obstetrics when the
participant is hospitalized. In such
cases it provides additional benefits
for diagnostic X-day, clinical lab
oratory examinations and admins
tration of anesthetics."
Income Limits Abe Set.
DR.. Costenbader said these serv-
ices would be covered in full, re-
gardless of cost, for individuals with
an income under $2,500 and families
whose income does not exceed $4,000.
People with higher incomes. he
said, will be billed the difference
between what the doctor would
charge a nonsubscriber of that in
come and what he would charge
patient at the income ceiling.
Rates will be 80 cents for an in
dividual, $170 for husband and wife
and 50 for the family The individ-
ual contract does not include ma
ternity service.
Evening star., 1948-03-04

condemned, that Social Security
itself had asked for the sixth floor
and that there's no use spending
money on space we're going to
give up"
The labor group quoted from an
article in its publication, Trades
Unionist, declaring that the fire
marshal for the Public Buildings
Administration had condemned
using the office for its present pur-
pose, saying it was a firetrap. While
PBA officials denied this, employees
in the Social Security field office
said a PBA fire marshal had visited
the Office and said he would write
a report condemning use of the
Office for the public.
Mr.. Ziernicki contended the diff
cult access to the fire escape was
no problem since. 4 feet away. a
brick-inclosed stairwell provides
exit from the building.
But one of the many elderly visi-
tors to the field Office took differ
ent view. Walter Harrell, u, of
1926 Monroe street NV, who came
to the Office today to- see about So
cial4 security payments and identi-
fled himself as a builder, looked al
the fire escape and the stairwel
and had this to say:
"Old people could never get out o.
here. They couldn't reach the fire
escape AS for the stairwell, fee.
that draft Fire could shoot ur
there in no time,
OF the 80 or more visitors in the
Office at any one time, employees
estimated a dozen or more are In
their 70s.
Office employees said the offer of
the second floor was turned down
because it provided too little space,
due to a setback. The Office has
2,200 square feet and officials esti-
mated it's proper allotment would
he z f|()O SnIIare feet
Evening star., 1948-03-04
USESReports Employment Here
Almost Stable Level Since 40

7 per cent, the lowest rate noted by
the USES since before the war.
On the other hand, the USES re-
ported that employers in their BIZ
monthly estimates are not predicting
the employment expansion that they
predicted a few months ago.
The employment service also re-
ported that a quarter of the ap-
plicants registering for jobs in the
clerical and professional office OF
the USES here are coming from
out-of-t town. The last job they held
was In some other community. Five
per cent of all applicants are coming
from New York. but almost every
other State Is represented, the USES
said.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Brenizer Named to Head
Bows Club Comp Project

w. Spencer Brenizer has been ap-
pointed chairman of the COMMITTEES
Which will supervise development Of
a new camp at Sugar Loaf Noun
tain, Md, George E. Muth, presi-
dent of the Boys Club of Washing
ton, announced yesterday.
| other chairmen appointed were
Guy G. Harper, jr, Camp Commit
tee; Pat M. Deming. Publicity
Committee; Edwin L. Davis, new
Building Committee; Franklin A:
Steinko, Extension Committee, and
c. Bayne Marbury, Pension Trust
Committee.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Memorial Donation
To Red Cross Yields
Idea for Other Gifts

A contribution to the Red
Cross, made in memory of a
former resident of Riverdale,
Md, brought the suggestion to-
day that others adopt the idea.
The gift was made in the
name OF Mrs. Orville. H. Her.
locker, who lived many years
at $500 Cleveland avenue,
Riverdale. until her death last
September. A niece, Mrs. B. M.
Myers of New Orleans made
the contribution.
Today Mr.. Herlocker, a re-
tired employe of the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. said he
believed similar gifts on a Ma
tion-wide scale would make
possible a great expansion OF
the humanitarian work OF the
Red Cross.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
|LiberaIized D. {. Rent
Control System Seen
For II or IA Months
By Don S. Worren

A liberaliZed District rent-con-
troll system, to be extended for a
year or IA months, today was in
prospect as result of a lengthy
hearing yesterday before a joint
House Senate District Subcommit-
tee.
Belief that the extension meas
ure would include exemption OF
rooms for transients and new con-
struction was voiced by Chairman
Buck of the Senate District Com
mittee.
Urgent requests by business
groups that the District follow
closely the Federal law pattern, per-
mitting voluntary, Is per cent rent
boosts in return for long leases
also are to be considered.
Another suggested possibility Is
that a stop-gap 3c-day extension OF
the District law might be recon-
mended to await final decision by
Congress on the terms of Federal
rent-control extension.
Many Views Presented.
All shades OF views were present.
ed yesterday to the rent subcom-
mittees of the House and Senate
District Committees. More than a
score of witnesses were heard, in
a session that ignored the lunch
hour.
Some wanted no controls at all.
Some wanted continuation without
any change. Others were willing
to compromise.
Under an agreement between the
two sides of the Capitol, the House
and Senate subcommittee are to
meet separately and draft their
own views of what should be in
cluded. Then there Is to be a joint
conference with a view toward
agreeing on a unified plan.
The Washington Board of Trade
Joined with other business groups
at the hearing in urging that the
District extension follow the Fed
eral pattern. Since the House has
not yet acted on the Senate bill
it suggested a stop-gap extension
for 80 or so days to await the
final bill.
Views of the trade body, pre-
sented by Frederick P. H. Siddons,
its vice president, called for exemp-
ton of new construction. Disagree
ing with Rent Administrator Rob-
ert F. Cogswell, he contended that
continuation of rent controls has
retarded erection of new homes in
the District.
Calls for Hotel Decontr0l.
He also called for decontrolling
of hotel and transient rooms and,
netting that the Federal law permits
voluntary Is per cent rent boosts,
said it is an acknowledged fact"
there are many properties here for
which there should be higher
rentals to cover maintenance costs
and a reasonable return.
The "Voteless" District League OF
Women Voters, represented by Mrs.
Walter Tobriner, urged continua-
ton of rent controls here without
change. Despite a record building
year in the Metropolitan Area, she
said, new construction as yet has
not made a dent in the backlog OF
demand"
LAS Washington has the highest
cost of living in the United States,
it seems safe to say that most OF
the rent increase will be paid for
with food, clothing and other es-
sential money" she said. THE ef-
feet will be to deny to the growing
generation the food and security
it needs to become worthy Amer
leans"
Similar stands were taken by
others, including spokesmen for the
washington Housing Association
and the CIO Washington Industrial
Union Council.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Texas City Response
To Red Cross Drive
Spurs Workers Here

Spurred by the example Of devas-
tated Texas City, Tex. whose resi-
dents oversubscribed their annual
Red Cross quota on the opening
day of the drive, District CAM
paigners were redoubling their ef-
forts today.
They hope to be able to report
substantial results at the Second
Red Cross luncheon report meeting
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Judge Passes Test
For Drivers, but
| Doesn't Own Car

A former Traffic Court Judge,
who has never driven a car
and doesn't intend to-has
passed the District drivers test
Just to find out what drivers
have to go through.
Municipal Court Judge Ma
dine M. Gallagher, who is now
on the bench of the Small
Claims Court, said she took les
sons through an American Au-
tomobile Association course
"just because I like to get at
the mechanics of things first
hand"
Yesterday, she passed the
written exam for drivers with a
score of 80 per cent. But she
doesn't own a car and doesn't
intend to apply for a drivers
license, she said.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Armory Settlement
Hits Another Snaq
Al House Hearing

Efforts to settle the long dispute
between the National Guard and
the District Commissioners over
control of the District Armory today
hit another snag which may delay
agreement indefinitely.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, District
Guard commander, told House
District Subcommittee, which was
discussing several pending bills on
control of the Armory, that the
Guard should have control of all
concessions-the Guards own can
teen, hat check, sales of cigarettes,
cigars, programs. "or anything else y
Commissioner Guy Mason, present
at the hearing, but not called as a
witness, declared after the session
that profits from the concessions,
with the exception of the Guards
own canteen, should 60 to fund to
support maintenance and upkeep OF
the building. ri ~ 5m$G4
Subcommittee Chairman O'Hara
wound up the brief executive session
hearing by declaring:
We're right back where We
started"
No Objection to Board.
He added that he would call a
meeting of the subcommittee as
soon as possible to prepare new
bill, but he would not predict what
it would contain.
Three measures have been pend
ing for some time before the O'Hara
subcommittee. None have met sup
port from both sides, but secretly it
was believed an agreement had been
reached on a draft of fourth bill
which was a compromise. The dis
agreement brought out today fore
shadows fifth bill.
Gen. Cox, sole witness before the
committee today, objected to the
compromise Cor No. A. bill to pro-
vide money for Guard needs. These
he said, include recreational and
social activities, which now are rec
ognized by the armed forces of the
country as a vital factor in building
morale of troops.
Gen. Cox said he had no objection
to a proposed commission of three
officials to have control of the
Armory. Proposed for membership
on such a commission are the COM
manding general of the Guard, the
president of the Board of District
Commissioners, and the architect OF
the Capitol.
Favors Use Of Hall.
Gen. Cox said he favors using
the drill hall of the big building for
public purposes, such as school
sports and exhibitions. But. he in
sisted, the Guard needs money not
only for recreational activities, but
also for the protection and security
of its equipment which is on loan
from the Army Department.
The position of the District Com
missioners and the Board of Trade
on use and control of the Armory
was sharply criticized by Gen. Cox
He contended that they had been
unfriendly and "inimical' to the
Guard.
Commissioner Mason after the
hearing, said he thought it might
be a good idea to sell the building
to the Army Department. He said
that in his opinion the Cox pro-
posal to take all proceeds from con-
cessions would result in any build
ing management running into
deficit while the Guard took most
of the profits.
The Board of Trades position, as
explained after the hearing by Will
liam H. Press, executive secretary
is that the building should be avail
able for public functions, particu'
larly conventions. The board ha:
been trying to effect compromlst
between the Commissioners and the
C,1or5
Evening star., 1948-03-04
Spanish Embassy Cor Stolen

Police today searched for the
blue, four door sedan of r. Javier
Elorza, Marques of Nerva, second
secretary of the Spanish Embassy,
who lives at 1909 Madison place
NV. He reported his car was stol-
en- from the 1900 block of w street
NV. yesterday.
Evening star., 1948-03-04
DOWNTOWN CHURCH TO BE

DOWNTOWN CHURCH TO BE
REPLACED The New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church
at Thirteenth street and New
York avenue NV, where Lin
coin and two other Presidents
worshiped, will be torn down
and replaced by a larger struc-
ture If a campaign for funds
approved by the members last
night is successful. (Story on
Page AID Star STAFF Photo.
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28
ENDURING INVESTMENTS

DANIEL, winning his point, made
IL every hour count toward VIC
tory. He not only abstained from
strong drink, but used his superior
strength to serve the kingdom In
such way that his talents were
sought out and brought into larger
fields of opportunity.
Standing by his convictions, he
had won over those who at first
were disposed to poke fun at him.
BY superb performance, due to
clear thinking and high purpose,
Daniel made enduring investments
that paid off in big dividends. He
did not do right for reward. but
because he did right, the reward
was inevitable. And so it will be
with every young man and woman
who purposes in his or her heart
to do right.
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28

The Bible is a very dangerous
book-dangerous to all systems
based on greed and prejudice and
oppression.
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28
By: Donald r. Brann

Youngsters enjoy playing out.
doors in this sea-faring sandbox. It
can easily be built from stock size
lumber. The Full Size Pattern offer
ed below not only sirnplifies con-
struction but provides full size pa
per outlines so that anyone can dec
crate it in, professional manner.
User merely traces the pattern on
the lumber pattern specified, saws
and assemblies exactly as and where
pattern indicates. No special tools
or skill are required. BY waterproof
ing piece of canvas and fastening
it to the inside of the box, it can
quickly be turned into a wading
pool.
Send Csc for Sanbox Pattern No.
20 to Easi-Bild Pattern Company,
Department w., Pleasantville, N. Y
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28
Migratory Bird FIyways

Ducks and other wild fowl travel
from north to south, and then back
again, as seasons change, over four
favored routes, which are: Cd Along
the Atlantic seaboard; (2) down the
Mississippi valley; (3) from Canada
to Montana and then directly south,
or southeast into the Gulf Of Mexico
area; (D the Pacific slope. Only
explanations for the migrations Of
some birds is heredity. Most are
born in the North, and many breeds
date back to the P1eistocene age.
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28
DARE TO STAND ALONE

DANIEL knew that he was taking
~ an unpopular position, but he
was willing to be alone so long as
he knew he was right He knew
that the consequences would take
care of themselves. That Is the
quality of character which America
needs today in her youth.
It is easy enough to be popular,
if you run with the gang; but re-
member this-the gang is always
heading downhill. Daniel stood by
his convictions when it was costly.
In the final windup, he was the
head man.
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28

self With the portion
of the kings meat,
nor with the wine
which he drank :"
He w a s brave
enough to take a
stand for what he
knew W a S right.
Which reminds me
of the s tory of
Henry Ward Beech
er, when yet a small
boy. A teacher in
the school he at
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28
Daniel Stunds By His
Convictions
Lesson for May 30, 1948

n picker frozen on dgty-
Il mother starred for her brood
Socrates drinking the bemIoek-
And Jesus on The rood"
OUCH a picture we have before
- us in Sundays lesson. All you
need to do to ge; this dramatic pic
ture is to read the first chapter Of
Daniel. You will then feel anew
the meaning of that cherished state
ment, "'Tis conviction that con-
vinceth."
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28
GODS FAVOR

I WANT you to look carefully at
l. verse II. God gave them knowl-
edge and skill in al learning and
wisdom; and Daniel had under
standing in all visions and dreams. -
1t is impossible to account for
Daniels fortitude apart from his
implicit trust in God Remember
the incident Of Daniel opening his
window iowa rd Jersualem in
prayer?
God never fails those who stake
their all on him. He will not-can-
not let them fail. 1t was because of
Gods favor that Daniel and his
companions proved themselves ten
times better than the young men
who defiled themselves.
who sides with God-must always
win
Copyright by the International Council
OF Religious Education on behalf of 10
Protestant denominations. Released by
WNU FeotureS.)
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28

LSIlQOu dohCO q wy
question which he promptly an
swered. The teacher appeared dis
pleased, and told the boy to sit
down. He asked several other boys
the same question, and got the same
answer. Finally he asked Beecher,
and Beecher gave the same answer,
but refused to sit down when the
teacher frowned at him. Seeing that
Beecher was going to defend the
answer, the teacher said, Boys,
you were all correct, but only
Beecher was sure enough to stand
his ground I was simply trying to
teach you the lesson that you must
stand by what you know is right.
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28
HgL Ll0USEH0LD
R]I N1YTSa3

Cut violets will stay fresher longer
If leaves and flowers are kept close
to the water-spraying gently and
frequently also helps, since cut vio-
lets won't absorb much water
through their stems.
Try waxing venetian blinds after
you have washed and dried them
thoroughly. Waxing provides lus--
trous, clean look; and make dusting
easy.
When packing lunch boxes, stand
sandwiches on edge instead OF lay
ing them fiat: this way the filling
is less apt to soak through the
bread.
Coleus plants will grow in the
shade, but the more sun they gets
the deeper the color Of their leaves
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28
Scoffers StdY On

Even those who scoff at the Bible
prefer to live in a culture in which
the dominating ideas of the Bible
have been influential.
Arizona sun., 1948-05-28
BRAVE TO Do RIGHT

WE GET the first draught of
w this sonic in verses 8-9, 14-15,
and IT, "But Daniel purposed in his
heart that he would not defile him.