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Evening star., 1948-12-16
Appeals Court Hears
Argument on Legality
OF County Election
BY John v. Horner
Star SsoH Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 16.-The Mary
land Court Of Appeals heard argu-
ments today on the legality of hold
Ing q special County Council elec-
ton in Montgomery County Janu-
ary 6.
The charter, approved November
z, became law two weeks ago but
four Of the old county commission
ers are trying to delay the elec-
ton Of the first seven-member
council for at least two years. They
brought suit in Circuit Court at
Rockville, charging that the Mary
land constitution forbids any coun-
ty election between 1946 and 1850.
The commissioners lost their case
before Judges Charles w. Wood
ward, Stedman Prescott and Pat
rick j. Schnauffer. So they ap-
Spealed to the States highest tri-
bunal.
To expedite final decision on the
issues. the Court of Appeals re-
ceived briefs in the case Tuesday
and gave priority for arguments
today A decision may be made
today or tomorrow The appellate
court recesses tomorrow for the
Christmas and New Year holidays.
1t is not scheduled to reconvene
until January IL, which is five days
after the scheduled election.
interested spectators in the court
room included one of the complain
Ing county commissioners, Wesley I.
Satuer of Bethesda, and a delega-
ton of charter supporters. The lat
ter included Col. Norman B. Ames,
president of the Montgomery County
Charter Committee; Mrs. Dorothy
s. Himsteed, Bethesda, a candidate
Tor the new Council, and others.
The argument for reversal of Cir
cult Court was presented by F. Bar
nard Welsh of Rockville, attorney
to the county commissioners. The
argument to sustain the lower court
was made by Frederic P. Lee, a
leading proponent of the new coun-
cil-manager form of government
and one of the seven Charter Com
mittee candidates for Office in the
new administration.
Other charter attorneys present
were Gerald D. Morgan, r. Edwin
Brown and James j. Hayden. As
sisting Mr. Welsh for the plaintiffs
was David E. Belts.
The suit was filed against the
Montgomery County Board of Elec-
ton Supervisors. The commission
ers sought to have the court enjoin
that board from conducting the spe-
cial, off-year election.
Evening star., 1948-12-16
Safety Violations Cited
In MARYLAND Mine Deaths
BY the Assoeioisd Press .

CUMBERLAND, Md, Dec 10
Safety code violations in varying de-
grees have a direct bearing on the
loss of life In a recent Maryland
mine explosition, report released
by the Federal Bureau of Mines said
today.
The accident claimed the lives of
five miners November 4, when fire
ravaged pit of the George M.
Nethken Coal Co. in Western Mary
land.
Clyde J. Row, mines inspector for
the Maryland bureau, listed the fol-
lowing violations Of the Federal
code having a bearing on the loss
of life:
A wooden fan house and air duct;
lack of adequate f1re-fighting equip
ment: use of a fan that required re-
installation in order to be reversible; !;
lack of signs indicating the alter
nate escape way.
The Federal report also said that
smoking was done in the mine:
open flame lights were used, and
nonpermissible blasting units were
employed.
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Henry 7. Bodman Resigns
AS Member Of RFC Board

President Truman today accepted
the resignation Of Henry r. Bod
man as q member of the board of
directors of the reconstruction
Finance Corp, effective next We'd
neSday.
Mr.. Bodman, in submitting his
resignation November rs, pointed out
that he had been in Government
service in various capacities since
January, 194l, and wanted to re-
turn to private business by Jan
uary !.
Ip letter made public by the
White House, Mr.. Truman praised
Mr.. Bodman's service in the Once
of Production Management during
early years of the war as well as
with the RFC,
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Atomic Energy Commission duties
in a letter to the President, No
vember 9.
He said he needed rest "for rea-
sons not unrelated to a succession of
attempts at public service, includ-
ing this one"
Mr.. Waymack has served on the
commission since October, 1916.
There were indications that Mr..
Truman has not picked a successor
to Mr.. Waymack yet. III reply to
a question, Presidential Secretary
Charles G.. Ross told newsmen that
the President will not be ready to
announce a successor at his news
conference today.
Served Full 2 Years.
Mr.. Waymack, noting that he
has served as a member of the
commission for two full years, told
Mr.. Truman that when he accepted
appointment 1T was because I knew
that some five men had to take on
the job and duty of getting our
national atomic energy develop
ment going on an entirely new
basis. under law, with objectives
much wider and of much longer
term than the wartime mission, and
with vigor."
He added that he had not con-
templated serving beyond the orig
inal term, which expired last Au-
gust l.
Mr.. Waymack also recalled in his
letter that last March 19 Mr.. Tru-
man asked all the commissioners to
accept reappointment for the stag
gered terms then prescribed by the
Atomic Energy Act.
Truman Plea Recalled.
He said he asked to be relieved
at that time, but that "this you
(Mr. TrumanD overruled on the
ground, with which had to agree
entirely, that the Nation could not
afford another sag in its atomic
energy development, that to pre-
vent this it was essential to main
tain stability and continuity through
a period admittedly critical, and
that the best way Of maintaining
stability and continuity was to
hold the commission team together
for an additional period"
Mr.. Waymack added that for this
reason the five commissioners
agreed to accept reappointments.
Mr. Waymack then noted that
Congress, choosing different
course. amended the Atomic Energy
Act by statute which extendeds the
terms of all present commissioners
by two years" rather than on a
stagger term basis.
The Republican-controlled Eight
ieth Congress refused to confirm
of up to five years.
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personnel matters. He is thought
Of highly by Federal employe groups
as well as by Government personnel
officials.
Another factor adding to the spec
ulation about Mr.. Dawson is the fact
that he was one of the few top
Administration officials to campaign
actively for President Truman.
There's no doubt that Mr.. Dawson
would be popular choice. 1t should
be added, however, that he is doing
nothing to encourage any boom on
his behalf, although it seems log
ical he would not refuse the job If
it were offered to him.
It's likely the presidency of the
commission soon will assume greater
importance than it ever has in the
past. AS reported here some weeks
ago, the Hoover Commission will
recommend that the commissions S
chief be given final authority in all
administrative decisions, with the
power to overrule his two associates.
This would make the commission
chief the top personnel administra-
tive official in the Government with
great powers. And there are indica-
tions that President Truman will 20
along with the recommendation.
ANTIQUATED-Next to pay raise
legislation, the most important
measure affecting Government en-
ployes that will be pushed in the next
Congress is the one to increase COM
pensation benefits to workers who
are injured in the line of duty.
It's expected that top Democrats
in both the House and Senate will
sponsor legislation to increase the
present $l16 month maximum
payment to 1925 monthly and to
boost the payments to widows and
children Of Federal employees who
lost their lives on the job.
The chances of passage are very
good. Not since 1927 has the COM
pensation rates been increased, with
the result that the present schedule
is pitifully inadequate.
1t isn't generally known, but
Federal employees are killed or seri-
ously injured on the job at the rate
Of one every hour and "a minutes.
The 100000 Federal workers are
engaged in a great variety of posi-
lonesome of them extremely dan
gerous. For example, the Govern
ment's investigatiye agents, NUM-
tions and chemical employees, scien-
lists and others risk their lives
almost daily.
And even Federal employees in. So
called safe" Jobs run the risk of
accident-tripping over telephone
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student cadets came there in 1918
to learn to fly Wright airplanes.
Some of the highest air officers
of the last war, including Gems. H
H. Arnold and Jimmy Doolittle
called themselves Mrs. TuSchs
boys" as did Admiral Richard E.
Byrd. Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and
Admiral William A. Moffatt. The
grandmother recalled these early
days while visiting in Washington.
Disappointed at not being able to
attend the celebration here is an
81-year-old mechanic, who helped
the Wright brothers build their
first plane. Charles E. Taylor told
the Associated Press in Los An
geles his doctor advised him against
making the trip to Washington to
welcome back the flyer" after its
20-year exile in England.
Another feature of the 45th an
niversary service will be the annual
dinner of the Aero Club of Wash
ington, at which Lawrence D. Bell,
president Of Bell Aircraft Corp, of
Buffalo, N. Y, will be the principal
speaker. The dinner will begin at
7 o'clock tomorrow night in the
Hotel Statler with William G. Key,
president of the club, presiding.
The newly-established Wright
Brothers Memorial Trophy will be
to DR.. William Frederick
Durand, 80, aviation pioneer and
dean of American engineers.
DR.. Durand. who now lives at
Stanford University, was recalled
from retirement by President
Roosevelt at the beginning of
World War II to aid in the devel-
opment and production of jet en-
gines for fighter planes.
Evening star., 1948-12-16
2 Marine League Units
Set Up in MARYLAND
SpeeIaI pispateh 10 The Stor

SpseIoI VIsPoIeH 70 IHt SfoT
ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 16.-Char-
ters for two Marine Corps League
detachments in Silver Spring and
Cambridge, Md. were granted by
the national headquarters here yes
terday.
The Silver Spring detachment in
cludes members from Burnt Mills
Hills, Colesville and White Oak.
Evening star., 1948-12-16

The first flyer" of the Wright
brothers will come home at last
tomorrow to the American people
who never lost faith in their pio-
neers.
Probably, as no other invention in
American history has weathered
such a storm of controversy. The
flyer" now has been installed in
a place of honor as lasting proof
that Wilbur and Orville Wright
have been vindicated.
Workmen today were adjusting
the Flyer" or Kitty Hawk, as the
aircraft has become popularity
known. and were preparing North
Hall of National Museums Arts and
Industries Building for the formal
acceptance tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile, aviation enthusiasts
were assembling from all parts of
the country for the invitation cere-
mony, beginning at 10 am.
Hall Rings With Activity.
Not since inaugural celebrations
in the early 1880s has North Hall,
in the Smithsonian Institutions
ancient, red-stone structures, re-
sounded to such activity. Wires were
being strung for radio and tele-
vision broadcasts, and places were
being prepared for high Govern
ment officials, guests, the Air Force
Orchestra, and press photographers.
The Kitty Hawk" recently re-
turned from England, has been sus-
pended from wires some Is feet
above the floor. Immediately in front
of one of the Smithsonians moss
popular exhibits, the Spirit Of st.
Louis" in which Col. Lindbergh
flew from New York to Paris. >
Guests will be seated ip.ssthe hat
beneath the two most treasured OBJ
jects in American aviation.
The aircraft will be presented on
behalf of the estate Of Orville
Wright by Milton Wright of Dayton,
Ohio, a nephew of the two bicycle
who. IS years ago, made
the first human flight at Kitty
Hswksk. CY on sDecsmber II iso3.'
Truman Unable to Attend. - !.
Acceptance viii be made In be-
half Of the Smithsonian by d high
Government official. President Trp-,
man, it was learned, will be unable
to attend. Invited guests include
Federal officials, relatives and
friends of the Wright brothers, rep
Of the aviation industry,
high military officers and aviation
pioneers from many sections.
Among those en- route here for
the occasion are 60 Early Birds,
nine or 10 pilots of early
Wright planes. The organization
is composed of survivors of Ameri-
cas- pioneer airmen, many of whom
began to fly over 40 years ago.
The Coast Guard, six of whose
members witnessed the first flight
of the Wrights while. stationed at
Kill Devil Life Saving Station, will
be represented by Admiral Joseph
F. Farley, commandant, and other
ranking officers.
Mother" Tusch Coming.
Present for the ceremony also
will be Mother" C.. A. Tusch, u.
who came here from her home In
Berkeley, Calf, to renew associa-
tions with pioneer airmen and to
pay tribute to the Wrights. Mrs
Tusch was president of the campus
mothers club at the University of
California when the first group of
Evening star., 1948-12-16

De open, ana Mr.
Dawson is con-
sidered by many
top Federal on
cials as the log
ical choice for
the assignment.
Mr.. D a W S on,
who f or m e rly
served as per-
sonnel director of
the ReconStruc-
ton Fin a n c e
Corp, has made
a fine record as
administr a tive
assistant to the
PreSid ent on
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TcSlBildtlOu y t s.
terday because
of the u r G e n t
c o n S iderations
presented in your
letter. " He added
that Mr.. Way
mack has earned
a rest after his
work in the pub
lie service.
Mr.. Waymack
formerly was ed
itor of the Des
Moines Register
and Tribune. He
first, asked for
relief from his
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wires or chairs and other accidents
that could happen in any Office.
Sponsors Of the legislation believe
all this calls for prompt increases
in the present injury compensation
rates. And they feel Congress
finally will take action next year.
TREASURY DEPT.-The Treas
ury Department has adopted the
hard-hearted policy of refusing. to
employ any one over IS, unless the
applicant has had previous Govern
ment experience.
Treasury's reason is similar to that
given by the Commerce Department,
another Federal unit which has
adopted the same policy. Federal
employees are entitled to full retire.
ment benefits at 10 if they have Is
years OF service. But, say Treasury
and Commerce, if they hire persons
over SIS who have no previous Fed
eral service, they will be obliged to
keep them on way past the 70-year
mark. This will lesson efficiency
since persons past 70 can't do the
maximum amount of work required
of them, it is argued.
The fact is that most of the job
applicants who are past 55 do not
intend to work past their 10th BIRTH
day anyway, if that long. They
feel they have a good number of
years and experience to contribute
to their Government and just don't
see the logic of being barred auto
matically from employment.
X **
DEFINITELY OPPOSED-Admin-
istration officials are opposed to the
proposal of some staff members of
the Senate Civil Service Committee
that the retirement annuities of top
Government officials be held down,
If top-bracket Federal pay raises are
voted by Congress.
The staff members have suggested
that the present civil service re-
tirement system be revised to pre-
vent these officials from getting as
much as $4,000 more in retirement
if the pay raise goes
through.
However, the administration op-
position to the plan makes it unlikely
Evening star., 1948-12-16
Virginia Girl, l6, browns

HOT SPRINGS. Va, Dec. 16 (P)
Joyce Hodge, Is, of Calison, nine
miles south of Hot Springs, wa.
drowned yesterday when she fell
from small log footbridge across
q swollen stream near her home,
Evening star., 1948-12-16
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Dowson's Appointment to Head
Civil Service Commission Seen
By Joseph Youno

There considerable talk around that Donald
the assistant to President Truman
problems has good chance of being appointed chief of the Civil
Service Commission sometime year.
The present president of the commission Mitchell
Evening star., 1948-12-16
that it will be given very much col
sideration.

| that It will be given very much cor
sideration.
A top Administration official do
clared: II we did that, we would de
feat the purpose of top-bracket sal
ary increase-to attract and retail
the best possible people in Govern
ment. We would be in the positio,
of giving them something with on
hand and taking something ava,
from them with the other"
Incidentally, lot of rank-and
file Government employees have be-
come needlessly perturbed over thu
proposal. The Senate staff memba
who made the suggestion wants thu
present retirement system, which
determines annuities on the basil
of an employees highest averag,
salary over five-year period
changed to a IS to 20 year period.
But this would apply only to tol
Government officials who woult
stand to get more than 5000 q yea,
in retirement annuities. Nobody
has the slightest intention Of apply
ing this to the Governments rank.
and-f1le workers. Anyway, the pro.
posal seems to have been given Q
knockout blow as result o,
the administrations strong stand
against 1t.
NAVY DEPT.-Four civilian EN-.
ployes in the Navy Departments
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
have received "meritorious civilian
service awards" for outstanding
service in the department.
They are Edward L. Jordan, Mrs.
Ethel M. Martin, Miss Jane Garry
and Mrs. Elsie M. Fairfax.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Frank e.
Kimel, a principal operating engi.
neer in charge of air-conditioning
controls at the Pentagon, Is retiring
after "a years of Government serv.
ice. He is employed by the Federal
Works Agency. :. Federal employ.
ment here in Washington continues
to climb, with an increase of 1888
during the month. The largest in
creases were in the Air Force De.
partment and the Veterans Admin.
istration, bringing total Government
employment in the executive branch
here to 209,374.
(Be sure to listen in every Sun.
day at 1915 am. ouer WMAL,
The EUening Star station, for
Evening star., 1948-12-16
|Waymaek Quits Post
|0nAtomicC Commission
'1oGef Some Rest
By the Associnfad prs.s

w. w. Waymack is resigning as a
member OF the Atomic Energy Com
mission ito try to get some rest"
President Truman accepted the
Evening star., 1948-12-16

recently had his term extended. But
Mr.. Mitchell, who is past 10, has
said he will serve for a limited time
only.
When he steps out, the job will
Evening star., 1948-12-16

fBe sure to listen in every Sun.
day at II5 am. oDer WMAL,
The Euening Star station, for
Joseph Young'S broadcast uerston
OF the Federal Spotlight, teatur-
ing additional net1s and pietDs OF
the Government scene.J
Evening star., 1948-12-16

LOS ANGELES.-RECALLS KITTY HAWK FLIGHT-Charles E.
Taylor 3d. mechanic for the Wright brothers helped
mans first plane flight looks souvenir of the
Kitty Hawk His souvenir several pieces broken the plane
when the wind overturned after its fourth flight December
IT, 1903 -AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1948-12-16
ltuliuns to Go to Paraguay

Paraguay is preparing to receive
large numbers of Italian immi-
grants.
Evening star., 1948-12-16
Charles Town Entries
FOR FRIDAY.
ey the Associoted Press

FOURTH RACE-Purse, $1,000; allow
,nces; 3-year-oldS and up; about 41s fur
Evening star., 1948-12-16

Harry B. Mitchell,
Evening star., 1948-12-16
Weather Report

tFrom q. s. Engineers)
Potomac River muddy Harpers Ferry
And at Great Falls; Shenandoah muddy at
6arpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Mrs. Douglas Tells
Women Lawyers ERp
Exports Democracy

The European Recovery Pro-
gram exports democracy" in the
only way this object can be
achieved, Representative Helen Ga
hagan Douglas, Democrat, of Cali
fornia, told meeting of the Wom-
ems Bar Association of the District
last night in the Raleigh Hotel.
This program is our hope. and
I think it is conceived in the frame
work Of the thinking that has
made us great people," Mrs.
Douglas declared.
Even were there no such thing as
communism, she said, there still
would be need for the program,
whose great by-product is that,
when nations are independent, then
they are free to make free choice
of the kind of Government they
want.
United Stand Cited.
1--WE would hope they would
choose the road that leads toward
freedom" she said.
Upholding the principle that only
through collective security can a
permanent peace be worked out,
Mrs. Douglas pointed out that COL
lective security depends on many
nations standing together.
What we are confronted with
are only two nations standing on
their feet-the United States and
Russia, surrounded by group of
satellites. What we are doing in
the Marshall Plan is to enable
other nations to stand on their feet
and be part of the community OF
nations in the world"
Nominating Committee Elected.
She warned she does not believe
the people Of this country will con-
tinue to support European aid un-
less I'VE keep our own economy
under control"
The association elected a Nomin-
ating Committee to prepare slate
Of officers to be elected for the next
year, including Mrs. Airline c
Rogers, Mrs. Elizabeth Franzoni
Miss A. Pearle Mount, Miss Ida
Ais and Miss Marquette Rewalt.
Miss Mary-Frances Glenn presi-
dent Of the association, conducted
the meeting.
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ical professor Of nemosurgery al
George Washington University, is
scheduled to be the speaker.
His talk viii begin at 8 pm. in
the District Medical Society audi
torium, 1718 M street NV.
The program is sponsored by the
institutional staff nurses section oi
the nurses association.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
DR.. Watts to Lecture
To Graduate Nurses

Members of the Graduate Nurses
Association and their guests will at
tend an illustrated lecture on psy-
chosurgery tomorrow.
DR.. James Watts, associate clin-
Evening star., 1948-03-17
New York Rector to Speok

Dr.. John H. johnson, rector Of
st. Martins Episcopal Church, New
York, will speak at the pm. lenten
service tomorrow In st. Luke's Epis-
copal Church, Fifteenth and Church
streets NV. The Rev. billiard H.
Brown Is rector of st. Luke's.
Evening star., 1948-03-17

Henry Bessemer, an English
metallurgist, invented revolution
ary steel-making process in 1856,
and the Bessemer method opened
the doors to mass production Of
steel.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-09-30
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH

9:45 a. m. Sunday School.
The Junior Ladies Aid meets at
7:30 p m, October 7, at the church.
Mrs Edwin M. Olson, hostess.
John Appelgren, Deacon.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-09-30

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
James Davidson, Pastor
Sunday School GAS a. m.
Worship Service ii a. m.
Westminster Fellowship 5 p. m
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-09-30

! Choir Practice every THURSDAY Y
Juniors at I p. m; Seniors a' '.oo
/ p. m. .,, W.
, nesday forenoon.
All loyal members of the church
are requested to attend the world
wide observance Of the Lord t;, sup
per at 1900 a. m. The reception OF
new members will also take pace
and the public is cordially invited
to attend.
The Editor of the Chicago 10, TIT
bune said some time ago, What
ever our later activities in NE. no
matter how far we may starry from
the devout teachings of our par
ents. l feel the early tralnlns IN
Sunday school and the knowledge
we there acquired of the Scriptures.
is an influence for good, not only
in our personal conduct, but IN our
attitude toward others, which San
never be effaced" Send your enid
to Sunday School.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-09-30

of Helena. was named Secretary of
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee today by State Chairman
Mailman B Landoe
Murray. who is Clerk of the Mon
tana Supreme Court has been a
prominent and active party worker
for many years.
He has served on both county
and state democratic central com
mlttees since 1890 and was a can
didate for the office of Secretary
of State in the recent primary
State headquarters are located at
3 North Main Street in Helena.
Other Democratic State Com
mittee officers are: Mrs Wallace
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Kingsbury VICE chairman Waller;
Jack T0ole treasurer, Shelby; Mort
j Donoghue. director of publicity,
Butte: O S Warden National com
mitteeman. Great Falls, Mrs W. w.
Hamilton, National conmitteewom-
an. Dodson
First Congressional District Cor
don Rognlien, Kalispell Congress
sional committeeman, Mrs Lena Bis
sonette, Deer Lodge CongrssiOn-
al commlttecWoman.
Second Congressional District
f G. Byrne Galata, Congressional
committeeman Mrs Tom Beasley,
Livingston. Congressional Com
mltteeWOman