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help Government workers-that 1t
would end their dependence on the
generosity" Of Congress for pay ad-
justments every time living costs
went up.
Senator LANCER is said to be par
ticularly irritated by union opposi-
ton because he feels the plan would
strengthen unionism in the Federal
service. One OF the provisions
would give Government union Of
ficials equal representation on the
salary boards with Federal officials.
This, it Is argued, would give
Government unions powerful
selling point in their drive to organ
ize the bulk of Federal employees
It's contended that one Of the great
difficulties OF organizing Federal
workers Is the fact that Govern
ment employe groups, unlike other
unions, have no direct bargaining
voice at present when 1t comes to
pay.
COMMISSION-The White House
has offered the vacant Job Of Civil
Service Commissioner to an S2-year-
old top Government personnel
ofIicial.
The official in question has long
BACKGROUND Of Federal personnel
experience. A Republican, he would
replace Republican member Arthur
S. Flemming who resigned recently.
If the ofncial accepts the job
and he is reported to be pondering
a decision ut the moment-the
White House probably will make the
announcement sometime this week.
Even though the appointment
only would be q four-month interim
one-with the appointee's future
depending on the outcome OF NO.
yember's election-President Tru-
man Is said to feel that q Repuo-
liman member must be appointed
soon to forestall any criticism.
White House oncials don't want
to give the Republicans an oppor'
tunity to charge that the admins
tration is keeping a Republican
member of Of the commission be.
cause OF q desire to "whiteWasn'
the loyalty investigation program
or any other personnel issue.
tAA
CHARM-The new secretary o1
Labor, Maurice j.. Tobiny has made
a big hit with rank-and-file Labor
Department employees since the
short time he has been in off1ce.
Mr.. Tobin's charm and friendly
personality won his new employees
over in record time. And the Bos-
ton Iristman's good looks have
done nothing to hurt his popularity
with the departments stenogra-
pliers and secretaries, who eagerly
crane their necks for q second look
whenever their new boss passes by
Maybe that's what the Govern
ment needs-more handsome execu-
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California Guard Is Told
Il Must Keep Segregation
~ the ksseejoisd Press

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Sept. T.
The California National Guard must
continue segregation Of white and
Negro troops or lose Federal appro-
priations, Attorney General Fred N
Howser ruled yesterday.
In an opinion handed down at
the request of Assemblyman Au-
gustus Hawkins Of Los Angeles, the
only Negro member Of the State
Legislature, Mr.. Howser said:
"The authorized Federal, authori-
ties, having adopted a policy Of
segregation Of whites and Negroes
at the company level, such organi-
zation policy must be followed by
the State. Neither the Governor
nor the Legislature can change that
policy"
There are three Negro National
Guard battalions in California, two
in Los Angeles and one in San Fran
cisco, the Adjutant Generals ONCE
said.
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Grange Day Held at ] 7imonium
After $4,000 See State Fair

cakes and cookies, all destined te
make the city mans mouth water.
Livestock Judged.
Livestock judging by All Club
teams was a feature yesterday
The results of yesterdays judging
competitions will be announced to-
night at the annual All banquet.
AS the agriculture section of the
State Fair got under way yesterday
special exhibits told the story OF
agriculture to the city visitor. One
building was given over to displays
on soil conservation. Here minia-
ture fields were laid out in contour
strips to show how Maryland soil
may be kept where it will do the
most good
Dairy Industry Has Display.
Other buildings contained edu-
cation dairy displays, showing the
value Of the dairy industry both to
the farmer and to the urban resi-
dent.
There was poultry. too, all kinds
of it, from mammouth geese to vest
pocket size chickens. Some were
dressed in gaily-colored plumed tur-
bans, while others wore coats OF
curled feathers, looking as though
they had been f1shed out Of pono
land their feathers had failed to dry
Up on the midway was the ferris
wheel for the children, and along
the way were machinery displays
Here the farmers could at least
look at the machinery they haven't
been able to buy.
I Most of the city people who came
to the fair were out for lock al
the races on Timonium's half-mile
track. In the livestock section, the
judging of Percheron horses and
Holstein cattle drew the largest
crowds.
Evening star., 1948-09-07
Urban League Hears
Plea for Negroes 10
Seek Full Rights
ly ne Aaassiaisd Rrssa

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. Am
ofncial Of the National Urban
League said today that any con.
cession to the Negro people Is en-.
couragement for them to hit harder
for the complete measure Of citizen.
ship.
ANY one among us who sells out
is dead, though he himself may be.
lieve that he made the deal with.
out witnesses" said Warren NJ.
Banner, director Of research and
community projects Of the inter.
racial organization dedicated to the
economic and social betterment Of
the Negro.
Mr.. Banner said In an address at
Virginia Union University. where
the league is holding its annual con-
ference:
'The philosophy Of our movement
requires that the Urban League
work to assist colored persons In be-
coming live participants in all the
various activities in the community.
Would Open Facilities.
TN accomplishing this aim the
league must get colored persons to
make use, of existing facilities and
services, and If these are closed to
persons Of color, 1t is the leagues
responsibility to work to open them"
He told the group of some 800
delegates from Urban League groups
throughout the country that con-
slant productive performance was
required or else the nonpolitical,
nonsectarian interracial effort would
become "nonentity." He added that
in some places it already was too
late. and went on:
Our Affiliations in private life
must be kept hidden on the Job
where we must work with all groups
interested in q common cause. It Is
no secret that we are after full in
clusion In all of the benefits Of
citizenship. 1t is known that We
are continuously trading to achieve
our goal. At the same time 1t Is
also known that any concession
made to us is more encouragement
for US to hit harder for the COM
plete measure"
Stresses Accord on Rights.
Last night the predominantly
Negro audience was told by Edgar
Ray, managing editor of the Tampa
Fla.) Daily Times, that the talk Of
civil rights meant nothing unless
the hearts of a majority Of the
people were in accord on human
rights. He said:
Il want to make one thing clear:
Partisan political controversy never
has. and never will, develop the
qualities of the human mind and
heart that will expand racial rela-
tions and liberalism.
Long after the Missouri Waltz
returns to its~ rightful place a. .
piece of music
Long after Henry Wallace stops
trying to be all things to all men In
America and Russia
Long after the bitter bourbon Of
the Dixiecrats has gone down the
sink
There will be a crying need, Is
there Is today, for a hard-working,
ever-eXpanding urban league with
basic human relations and needs as
its guideposts.'' )
Evening star., 1948-09-07
Bible Classes Elect
Stackhouse 10 Head
Next Easter Service
By Cospor Nonnes
Stor StoH Correspopdent

WESTMINSTER, Nd, Sept. Z
Howard M. Stackhouse was chosen
to head the 1s4s Easter Sunrise
service sponsored by the Organized
Bible Glass Association of Washing
ton at the closing session yesterday
Of the groups 9th annual meeting
The three-day conference was helc
at Western Maryland College.
Mr.. Stackhouse, a member O.
Emory Methodist Church, has head.
ed the Easter Sunrise service, helc
at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, since
1914. He is executive vice president
OF the ASSOCIATION. DR.. Page Mex
Etchison Is president and George
A. Watson, treasurer.
Vice Presidents Elected.
Vice presidents elected yesterday
were:
Honorary-Clarencs M. Cook OF
Baltimore.
Baptist-Everett Haycraft, North
Washington Church; Harold S
King, Chevy Chase Church; Will
liam E. Harvard and John G. Minor
Calvary Church.
Congregational-Mrs. Eta Zahn
Ingram Memorial Church.
Disciples of Christ-John L. Bate
man, Ninth Street Christian Church;
Elton H. Brown, ST., Mount Rainier
Church; Noah r. Robinson, Colum-
bia Heights Church.
Evangelical and reformed-Rich-
ard o. Herberber and Mrs. j. M.
Smith, First Church.
Allen M. Laster Chosen.
Lutheran-Allen M. Laster, Keller
Memorial Church.
Methodist-Marshal r. Baker,
Emory Church; James L. Ewin,
Francis Asbury Church; Wade H.
Holmes, Epworth Church; Alden
w. Hoage, Eldbrooke Church.
Presbyterian-Miss Esther Dunk
ley, Kenilworth Church; Mrs. j. e
Huddleston, Eastedn Church; James
A. Williams, Western Church.
At large-Mrs. Daisy Bell. Anacos-
tia Methodist Church; George E
Harris, Chevy Chase Methodist
Church.
DR.. Etchison, who was reelected
president Of the association for mis-
18th successive year, announced the
appointment of the following COM
mittee chairmen: Banquet, MI.
and Mrs. Richard S. Clark; Bible
fund, Mr.. Harris; directory, Harry
j. Miller; forum. Mr.. Hoage; his
torical, Mr.. King; library and ex-
h!bits, Mrs. Myrtle Powell.
Treasurer Reports. .
The association has a cash ball
ance OF $599.12, Mr.. Watson, treas
urer, reported to the conference.
He proposed a budget for the COM
ing year totaling $2,050. I
Mr. Stackhouse told the gather
ing that several hundred dollars in
contributions towards the expenses
Of furnishing the new association
office in the Washington Building,
Fifteenth street and New York
avenue NV, have been pledged al
ready. He estimates that approXi-
mately $500 will be needed to
purchase equipment.
The 1949 annual meeting will be
held september 3-5 at Western
MARYLAND College.
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tives to stimulate more loyalty and
efficiency from the girls in their
ofnces!
SECRETARIES-The Civil Serv-
ice Commission announces the long
awaited examination for secretarial
jobs in the Government. These
jobs. which will have permanent
status, pay starting salaries Of from
$2,974 to $3,727 . year.
Application forms may be secured
at the commissions main ONCE,
Seventh and F streets NV. And the
filled-out applications must be filed
with the commission not later than
September ~. The exam viii be
given some time this fall.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - Joseph
Sachs. the international representa-
tive of the C1O United Public Work
ers of America in the Canal Zone,
has been convicted OF criminal libel
against the Attorney General there
and sentenced to months in jail.
UPWA will appeal the conviction,
contending that it was political"
move by the Panamanian authori-
ties. John r. Venning, chief of
the Indian Bureaus law and order
section and the Oldest employe in
point OF service in the bureau, has
retired after Al years Of Govern
ment service. ;. Don't expect any.
thing to develop soon on the Eeder-
al Personnel Councils reconY2enda-
ton that Government workers be
given brief rest periods during the
day. The suggestion has aroused the
Ire of members Of Congress who are
all set to make q big issue Of it II it's
adopted. Reginald E. Gilmore,
wealthy industrialist, has been
appointed vice chairman of the Ma
tional Security Resources Board.
Examinations for librarians with
starting salaries of $2,974 q year
have been announced by the Civil
Service Commission. The jobs will be
in the Washington area. Other
job exams announced by the COM
mission are those for educational
specialists ($6,235 to $l0,3o5), me-
teorologist ($3,727 to $6,235) and
instrument makers 90, ,49s to $4,479)
(Be sure to listen at SIS pm.
every Sunday ouer WMAL, The
Star station, for Joseph Young's
Federal Spotlight broadcast, tea-
turing additional ne1os and uieUs
of Government affairs and per-
sondlities.)
Evening star., 1948-09-07
$4,000 in Gold Missing
From Plane al Bangkok
BY the Associoted Press

BANGKOK, Siam, Sept. 7.-Siam
has another case of gold robbery
from an air shipment on its hands
today.
The gold - $4,000 worth - was
missing from kim plane which
left here yesterday for Singapore
The plane supposedly had taken
on a cargo of 80 cases of gold worth
$1,500,o00 for delivery from Amster-
dam to Saigon.
Evening star., 1948-09-07
z Hungorions Executed
For Treason, Espionage
Assoeisisd Prsss-spert. Wrisse

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Sept. u
A former hish4Fanking army ofncer
and former chief inspector Of the
Hungarian railways were executed
today for treason and espionage.
Executed were former Staff Col
Pal Hadvary and Eemer Lovasz,
former chief inspector. They were
sentenced August 20 for "continu-
ally high treason and espionage on
behalf of q Western power"
Evening star., 1948-09-07

Washington's hope in the Miss
America pageant is in Atlantic
City, where clouds, likely showers
and Shiver-inducing temperatures
frowned on the parade scheduled
to open activities lasting all week.
Miss Joan V. (Jody) Miller, o.
year-old Miss Greater Washington,
sos N. Garfield street, Arlington,
left here yesterday for the poise,
pulchritude and talent program.
She crossed fingers with every one
In sight and carried two good luck
charms. The trip was made in the
Evening star., 1948-09-07

new automobile she received as one
of the prizes in the contest here.
Fifty-six girls will compete in the
Miss America pageant which reaches
"a finale Saturday night with crown
ing of the 1948 winner by Barbara
10 Walker, Memphis, Tenn, who
was last years winner.
At least four of the entrants were
in Washington in the last few days
for short sightseeing trips before
continuing on to Atlantic City. They
were the winners from Oklahoma
Texas, Puerto Rico and Arizona.
Evening star., 1948-09-07
Weather Report

District Of Columbia - Variable
cloudiness with scattered showers
and highest temperature near 81
this afternoon. Partly cloudy to-
night with lowest about 68. Tomor-
row considerable cloudiness with
highest about 81 and scattered
showers likely.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ending
an, September 7-131 grains per
cubic yard OF air.
Five-Day Weather Forecast,
September Through September ii.
For Northern Virginia and Mary
land - Temperature will average
four to six degrees above normal.
Normal maximum, so; normal mini
mum, 50. Rather warm and humid
through Friday followed by cooler
over the week end. A'few scattered
showers likely Wednesday through
Friday totaling one-half to three
fourths of an inch.
River Report.
(From United States Engineersl
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy At Great Falls; Shenandoah
Evening star., 1948-09-07

into { ief Jackson's car, in which
the oliicer was just leaving head
quarters for lunch, and ordered him
to drive OF.
On his return to New Orleans
early today, Chief jackson said they
had spent most of the afternoon
driving up and down country roads
The gunmen told him several times
that they did not intend to kill .him
but would turn him loose when II
became dark.
Chief jackson said that Simpson
wore two guns strapped around his
waist at all times. Miller, he added
also carried two revolvers.
Evening star., 1948-09-07

lCSS MViACys
The AFL Amer
ican Federation
Of Government
Employees at its
p Phila d E lp hia
convention last
week formally
went on record
as rejecting the
proposal, declar-
ing 1t would
be disastrous
for Government
workers.
Senator Lang
er feels that 1t
Evening star., 1948-09-07
British Editor Dies

EAST GR1NsTEAD, England
Sept. Z lP.-Harold Edward Lawson
II, a former editor of the London
Sunday Times and the Daily
Graphic, died today.
Evening star., 1948-09-07
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
LANCER Annoyed by Union
Opposition to Salary Board Plan
By Joseph YOUNG

Chairman LANCER of the Senate Civil Service Committee
said to be much annoyed with Government union
officials who have opposed his plan to salary boards
Inx the wages Of all Federal employees.
These union people most rgd reception the idea
aboishng Governments Classification setup
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o1 Government SaIhfy bodID. 1Hey
felt that this would not result in
increased wages for the average Fed
eral worker, but rather would mean
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River Report.
(From United States Ensineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy At Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1948-04-25

open from 1 to 8 pm. Election
judges are A. Gray Dawson, Ray
mond M. Florence and Alfred c.
McGarraghy.
Industrial exhibits will be placed
in the Chinese Room by the Po-
tomac Electric Co; Southern
Dairies, Inc; washington Gas Light
Co.: Capital Transit Co.: Lamb
Seal and Stencil Co.. Inc; The Gold
Craft Co.; Fred S. Gichner Iron
Works, Inc: wilkins Rogers Milling
Co.; Lank woodwork Co.: Schuttig
and Co.: D. C. Paper Mills Co.;
Kilgore Chemicals, Inc; Automatic
Fire Alarm Systems; c. .& P. Tele-
phone Co.; Gichner. Inc; Edmonds
Art Stone Co.; Melvern Diaries. Inc. !:
Capital Chemical Co.; The Shade
Shop; Southern Oxygen Co., Inc;
Fiaherty Brothers, Inc, and United
Clay Products Co.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
| Trade Board 10 Elect
Il Directors Friday
|At IFS Annual Meetinq

The washington Board OF Trade
will hear an address by DR.. Harold
Stonier, executive manager Of the
American Bankers Association. and
elect IL directors at its annual
meeting at pm. Friday in the
Mayflower Hotel, John A. Reilly,
president, announced yesterday.
The meeting, last in a series Of
six general membership sessions
during the organizations 59th ad-
ministrative year ending Friday,
will include musical interludes by
the Metropolitan Police Boys Club
Band.
Coinciding with the meeting will
be display of products manufac-
tured in the Washington Metropolis
! tan Area by Board of Trade men,
bers. The display, which will be
in the Chinese Room of the May
| flower, is being arranged by the
boards Industrial and Wholesale
Interests Committee, of which
Thomas Somerville. Sd, is chairman.
Martin T. Wiegand is subcommittee
chairman.
Discusses Anti Imitation Drive.
DR.. Stonier, an authority on
banking and investment. will dis
cuss the campaign against imitation
now being conducted on a nation
wide. scope through the banking
system.
Thornton w. Owen, secretary of
the Board of Trade, has announced
II men have been nominated for
the IL vacancies on the Board of
Directors The II receiving the
most votes will be elected for three
year terms.
Candidates are: Kenneth H. Ber-
kelley, vice president and general
manager Of Radio Station WMAL;
J. H. Carmichael, president of Capt.
tai Airlines; Edward Carr, real es-
tate man and builder, and former
president of the National Home
Builders Association; James A. Cas-
sidy. building specialties; Maurice
r. Colbert, president of Maurice j.
Colbert Co.. Inc; Raymond DuFour,
general agent, Pacific Mutual Life
Insurance Co.: Karl E. FARRELL, pres
ident of the Thomas E. farrell Co.
Other Candidates Listed.
Also, Clyde E. Kellogg, president
of the Stanford Paper Co.: w. Rus
sell Lamar, partner. Lamar g. WAL
tlace; Thomas M. Locraft, partner
Murphy and Locraft, architects;
Maj. Gen. David McCoach, jr.,
U. S. A., retired. vice president of
the Chas. H. Tompkins Co.: Will
liam j. McManus, vice president of
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co.; John w. Murphy, re-
tired; Charles T. Penn, vice presi-
dent OF the Indiana Limestone Co.,
Inc.
Also, Elmer M. Pusey, business
manager of Judd & Detweiler, Inc.
William C. Shelton, business man
ager OF the Washington Times
Herald; Evan A. Sholl, owner of
Sholls Colonial Cafeteria, and
Charles M. Upham. engineer-di-
rector of the American Road Build
ers' Association.
Mr. Cassidy, Mr.. FARRELL, Gen Nc
Coach, Mr.. Shelton and Mr.. Upham
will be competing for second terms
on the board.
s-. Polls Open at Pm. ............
4 4 The election with voters limited
\ to Board OF Trade members in good
standing, will be held in the May
flower promenade, with the polls
Evening star., 1948-07-23
Farley Will Discuss
Smokestack' S Heiqht

Civil Aeronoutics Administration
representatives were to meet today
with Alexandria and Braddock Light
& Power Co. officials in an attempt
to iron out differences over the
height of smokestacks at the power
plant under construction near the
south end of National Airport.
Alexandria Smoke Inspector John
Kelly said the meeting was called
at the request of the CAA.
The city and CAA have been dead
locked for months over the height
of smokestacks at the generating
plant. The city code originally re-
quired a minimum height of 28A
feet, but the power company was
permitted to reduce this to 1876 feet
after CAA officials protested the
stacks would interfere with takeoffs
and landings at the airport.
Permission was granted for the
lower height after the company
agreed to install special precipitators
to reduce the amount of smoke and
gases escaping from the smokestack.
The CAA subsequently requested
the city to further reduce the height
to 165 feet, claiming anything higher
than that would substantially reduce
the efficiency of the airport. The
CAA believes nearly 100000 an
nual revenue would be lost by the
airport if the 195-foot stacks are
nermitted.
Evening star., 1948-07-23
Arlington Youth on Trial
On Charges Of Girl, IS

Trial of a 17-year-old Arlington
youth charged with carnal knowlege
of a 15-year-old girl started in
Arlington Circuit Court today be-
fore Judge Walter T. Mccarthy and
a 12-man jury.
Charles Ellis, colored, of the 5000
block of South Twenty second street,
was indicted last month and pleaded
not guilty. He has been held in
Jail in lieu of bond.
The offense was said to have been
committed the night of May q
when the girl said she was assaulted
near her home at Sixteenth and
South Monroe streets. Ellis was
arrested on a warrant sworn out
by the girl.
On a request of his attorney
Homer Randolph Thomas. the jury
visited the neighborhood where the
girl lives, the corner where the
youth is accused of first seeing her
and the garden In which the offense
| is said to have occurred.
Evening star., 1948-07-23
Officers Are Nominated
By Wheaton Chamber

Nominations for officers Of the
Wheaton MD Chamber Of Com
merce for the 1948-49 season, to be
voted on August IT, were announced
today as follows:
For president. Robert Pendleton,
Lloyd Goebel and Fred Jones; for
vice president, Roy Price, Mr..
Goebel and Mr.. Jones; for secretary.
Donald Lamborne and John r.
Pendleton. jr.; for treasurer, John
Smith. Mr.. Jones, L. w. Ellenburger
and Hudson Eldridge and for SER
geant of arms, Chris James.
Nominees for the Board of Di-
rectors, two of which will be elected.
are Thomas Oyster, Milton Smith,
Mr.. Goebel, Oscar Mckay, Mr.. Jones
and william Welsh.
Evening star., 1948-07-23
Vo|Iten Resigns Post
As Deputy Sheriff

The resignation of Theodore F.
Vollten, Bethesda. as a deputy sher-
iff and appointment Of George w
McCeney, Burnt Mills. as his sue.
cessor, were announced today by
Montgomery County Sheriff Frank
Davis. Z.
Mr.. Vollten, 81, was named a
deputy sheriff about two months
ago. He said he is resigning, ef-
fective today, to take a job as tax
investigator for the Maryland Un-
employment Compensation Com
mission in Baltimore.
Mr.. Vollten, who formerly was
chief Of detectives for the county
lives at 1915 st. Elmo avenue.
Mr.. McCeney, So, lives at 1030G
Colesyille road. He will be sworn in
Monday. He was formerly county
road supervisor and later served
as assistant supervisor of schoo
property. He also was employed ir
the County Controllers Once ir
Rockville as q cost accountant ane
was deputy treasurer in the Silvel
Spring county building. He viii
receive $2,100 a year.