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Evening star., 1948-11-12
Result Of Voting Expected
Today on Phone Pay Offer

Vote tabulators were expected tt
announce today whether members
of Division 80. Communications
Workers of America. have accepted
a wage increase offered by the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co.
Ringing on the outcome are in.
creases averaging $4.11 weekly fol
more than $500 maintenance, com.
mercial and accounting employees
The voting trend indicated &C.
ceptance of the offer by a narrow
margin.
The increases were approved by
the union negotiating committee
and the CWA International Execu-
tive Board pending membership
ratification.
The division will vote next Tues
day on new officers nominated al
this weeks meeting. Glenn E
Watts, president, alone was nomi-
mated to that Office.
Gilbert T. Williams, incumbent
vice president, declined to run again
Others nominated were Leo Urban
ske, Helery Robinson, Gordon
Archer, Fletcher Rawls and Allen
Stratton. For secretary the nomi-
nees were Mr.. Archer, incumbent
Raymond Lunceford. William Sharp
less, John Hazel and Mr.. Urbanske
Charles Pipkin, incumbent, was
nominated for trea Silrer along yrit n
Adolph Carlson and Harold Warner
Evening star., 1948-11-12
direct Peace ParIeys
with Arabs Going On,
Israeli Office Indicates
BY the Assoc;oisd Press

TEL AVN, Israel, Nov. IA
high authority said today direct ne
gotiations to explore the possibilities
Of q Palestine peace are under way
between Israel and all the Arab
powers.
This information, which came un-
officially from the Israeli foreign
Office, said in some contacts definite
progress had been made, but lin
every instance 1t is Britain rather
than the. Arab governments which
is blocking the way to agreement
on terms"
The government here still is tax
ing the official line Of denying that
anything like direct peace negotia-
tions with the Arabs Is taking
place" ,
But diplomatic correspondents
whose columns in the Hebrew press
are regarded as close to government
policy have added that talks are
going on. They say these talks so
far are Of a preliminary and ex-
ploratory nature.
These negotiations are described
as having taken place at Paris and
elsewhere.
egyptian and trans Jordan
spokesmen have denied they are
talking peace with Israeli
Although the government here
has said repeatedly it is willing to
negotiate directly with Arab powers
even preferred that to U. N.
mediation-a foreign Office source
said 1t was the Arabs themselves
who approached Israeli representa-
tives for the present talks.
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Sailor Injured Critically
In Stabbing by Robber

A 23-year-old sailor was in critical
condition in the Bethesda Naval
Hospital today, the stabbing victim
OF a holdup man who attempted
unsuccessfully to steal his watch.
The sailor, Harold A. Stark of
the Patuxent River Naval Base, was
stabbed in the stomach. His home
is N Mount Joy, Pa.
Police said MI. Stark was walking
through an alley in the rear of the
500 block of New Jersey avenue
NV, last night when he was ap-
preached by a tall colored man.
The man asked Mr.. Stark if he
knew what time it was.
AS the sailor raised his arm to
glance at his watch, the man said:
Never mind the time, gimme your
watch"
In the struggle that followed, the
sailor was stabbed.
Police said he described the hold
up man as ark-skinned, about
6 feet 4 inches tall, wearing a
brown suit.
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NeedIework Guild 10 Show
Work OF Campfire Girls

Campfire Girls from four groups
in Bethesda and Chevy Chase will
take garments to a collection spon-
sored by the NeedleYork Guild of
Bethesda Chevy Chase at st. Johns
Church, Bethesda. from $3.50 to 4:30
o'clock this afternoon.
Each group will present 80 un-
used garments, most of them made
by the Campfire Girls. The clothing
will be distributed by the guild to
Student Aid for underprivileged
children in the public schools; the
social services of Suburban Hospital
and Montgomery County General
Hospital and to the Public Health
Lay Council.
Mrs. Grace Pariseau, president of
the Bethesda Chevy Chase Branch
of the Needlework Guild, has ar
ranged an exhibit of the garments
and a tea for the Campfire Girls.
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Victim Of Third hoIdup
Knows Routine, Loses $40

Max Levine, 81, veteran holdup
victim, knew exactly what to do
today when a man with gun
entered his hardware store at 1902
Seventh street NV. He opened the
cash register and watched the bandit
empty it of $40 in change
1t was Levine's third holdup. Last
January a robber took $50 from his
cash register. A few months before
he was robbed of $50. Police have
captured one of the robbers and he
believes they'll catch the other two,
Levine said.
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Senator Byrd long has insisted
that Federal employment could be
considerably curtailed. A majority
of Federal officials disagree with this
view, contending that the Govern
ment's many commitments in ma
tional and international policies
would not permit a sizeable reduc-
ton at present.
At any rate. we should be hearing
more of the Byrd Committe in the
months to come.
REVERSE-At his press confer
ence yesterday, former President
Herbert Hoover stressed that top
Federal salaries must be raised be-
cause the Government is losing SO
many of its able officials to private
industry.
Whereupon, one Of the reporters
inquired in all seriousness:
But don't you think that, II Fed
eral salaries are increased, there will
be the danger Of private industry
losing its best people to the Gov
ernment?"
Mr.. Hoover joined in the laughter
that swept the room.
X X 4
LABOR DEPT.-Theres an air Of
optimism these days in the Labor
Department regarding its future
operations.
Labor Department off1cials say
| that chances are very good" that
the new Congress will restore to the
Department some of the functions
THAT were taken away from it dur
ing the last few years.
Among the units that Labor De-
partment officials are eyeing eagerly
are the United States Employment
Service and the Federal Mediation
and Cancellation Service. They would
like to see these bureaus once more
ensconced in the Department.
++k
Government departments
and agencies are moving at a snail's
pace so far in submitting their
nominations for the first annual
award to the Government employe
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gram of the Public Health Service.
A special group award went to
DR.. Paul r. Hawley, former medical
director of the Veterans Admins
tration, and his successor, DR.. Paul
E. Magnuson, for their co-ordinated
efforts in developing the huge net
work Of medical and hospital activi-
ties operated by the agency.
Others honored with 81 900 awards
were:
DR.. Vincent du Vigneaud of the
Cornell University Medical College,
for studies involving the chemistry
of biotin and penicillin; DR.. Selman
A. Waksman of Rutgers University
ard DR.. Rene J. Dupos of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research, for studies of the anti
biotic properties of soil microorgan-
isms' and, in DR.. Wakeman's case,
for the discovery of streptomycin
Evening star., 1948-11-12

the pending proposal than wait until
a worse" document was drawn.
The plan substitutes councilman
ager government for Montgomery
county commissioner system. 1t be-
comes operative December 2 and
the incumbent five commissioners
will constitute the first council un-
til the seven newly elected councilr
men assume their duties the middle
of January.
Meet With Party Workers.
Mr.. Lee and Mr.. Shaw disclosed
their intention to support the char
ter ticket at a secret meeting of
DEN ocratic precinct workers
wednesday night. They are under
stood to have urged the workers to
join them. Twenty-eight of them
already have agreed to do So All
are precinct chairmen or vice chair
men.
In statement today the leaders
said they 'ask no deal of any kind
and there are no strings on our sup
port of the charter candidates.
The statement follows:
For the reasons stated in the
letter of the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee for Montgomery
County dated November 9 recon-
mending the following course, and
for other governmental and political
reasons. we as individual Democratic
Party workers herewith announce
our intention of following the course
so recommended and state that we
will work and vote for the seven
candidates for the County Council
to be Endorsed by the County Charter
Committee in the special election
! to he held January s, 1949.
Election Cited.
I'VE respectfully urge the atten-
tion of all Democrats and other
residents of Montgomery County,
whether they favored or opposed
the approval of the charter il re-
cent elections, to the fact that this
charter was approved by a county
ma ajority Of approximately $500
votes on November 2 last and is
consequently now both the constltu-
ton anG the law of Montgomery
County.
I'VE further desire to point out
that we are for the most part
Democratic Party workers in the
Silver Spring. Colesville. Olney and
Wheaton pl ecincts and that in this
entire section the charter was only
approved November by majority
of $40 votes. ..........-,-
+ "We further call attention to the
! fact that the charter was the same
day approved in the 7th election
district, which includes Chevy Chase
and Bethesda. by a majority of A.
t178 votes, with additional majorities
! in favor of charter of $40 votes in
the incorporated town of Takoma
Park and 261 votes in the town and
precincts of Kensington.
Evening star., 1948-11-12
EIon St. Clair Hobbs,
Steel Trade Expert, Dies
BY the Assoeioted Press

WESTBURY. N. Y, Nov. IL
Elon st. Clair Hobbs. r85, president
of the Iron and Steel Board of
Trade, died Wednesday. He was q
native of Dorchester County, Md
Mr.. Hobbs was a founder of the
Maryland Society Of New York and
was an honorary member of the
New York Southern Society. He
was editor of the United States
Revenue Journal during the 1905
and was an authority on tariffs.
Evening star., 1948-11-12

DR.. r. E. Dyer, director of the
National Institutes of Health, an
DR.. Martha M. Eliot, associate chief
of the Children's Bureau, are among
five health leaders awarded $1,000
awards for outstanding service.
The annual Lasker Awards were
presented last night at ceremonies
highlighting week-Iong activities
of the American Public Health As
sociation in Boston.
DR.. Eliots award was for her de-
velopment of the Emergency Ma
ternity and Infant Care Program
set up during World War II to fur
nish medical and hospital care for
wives and babies of enlisted men in
the armed forces. From 1943 until
last July. more than 1,453,000 cases
were authorized under the program
DR.. Dyer was honored for his di-
rection of the research grants pro-
Evening star., 1948-11-12
Highly Secret Talks
[0n Atlantic Alliance
Convene in London
BY the Associated Press

LONDON. Nov. 12-The five ma
!tions of the Western European
Union began talk in highly secret
meeting today on a proposed North
Atlantic defense treaty with the
United States and Canada. !,
A French Foreign once spokes-
man In Paris said France is pro.
posing a 5o-year agreement binding
the United States and Canada to the
alliance. There was neither con-
firmation nor denial here. The ma
tions in the Western Alliance are
Britain, France, Belgium, the Netfi-
erlands and Luxembourg. - .
Louis S. st. Laurent, who becomes
Canadian Prime Minister Monday,
called last night for North Atlantic
security treaty to include both eco
nomic and military cooperation.
Top Western diplomats in Washing
ton may try to decide next week
whether to expand the proposed all
lance to Italy. Portugal. Norway,
Denmark, Iceland and Ireland, b
Washington dispatch said.
United States to Be Asked to Pay.
The United States Is expected to
be asked to pay for rearming the
alliance.
An informed diplomatic source
said the five members of the alliance
will start draft today of Western
European views. All five are known
to favor the plan in principle.
The representatives meeting here
are members of the permanent COM
mittee of the alliance. which was
formed at Brussels. The informant
said work on drafting concrete al
lance proposals is being started.
Paris Proposals Presented.
Discussions about an Atlantic
treaty started in Washington last
summer. Details have been OBJ
'scured by secrecy heavier than at
any time since wartime operations
planning. Both Washington and
Ottawa reports said officials there
expect a North Atlantic conference
before Christmas.
Although the agenda Of today's
meeting was secret, informed sources
said the representatives are drafting
proposals mentioned by Foreign
Ministers of the five powers in Paris
last month They announced at
the time they were "in complete
agreement" on the principle of a
North Atlantic security alliance.
United States Defense Secretary
Forrestal was believed to have dis
cussed the French 50-year pact pro-
posal with French Defense Minister
Ramadier at a meeting in Paris last
night. Mr.. Forrestal was to have
flown to London today but was
grounded bv fog.
Evening star., 1948-11-12
Two Get ; 10 . Years
For Fatal Knifinq;
3 Others Sentenced

Sentences for recent slayings,
robberies and other crimes were I'M
posed today in District Court.
Richard B. Wilson, 80. colored,
of the first block of Fifteenth street
Sc, was sentenced to three to nine
years by Judge Henry A. Schwein-
haut for manslaughter In the cut
ting last August of Richard E..
Brown, 40. colored. of the 290C block
of Pomeroy road Sc.
Alex Ferguson. 81. colored, of the
1900 block of Fourteenth street NV,
was sentenced to three to nine years
by Judge Richmond B. Keech for
manslaughter in the cutting last
July of John Pollard, %, colored, of
the 800 block of Twenty-fourth
street NV.
House Manager on Probation.
Judge Schweinhaut gave Albert H.
Shelton, As, an apartment building
resident manager in the 80 block of
I street NV. suspended sentence,
but placed him ON probation for
four years for shooting and wound
ing Julius A. Bradshaw last May
while the victim was a tenant at
the I street apartments. Mr.. Brad
shaw's recent address is listed as
in the $500 block of Fourteenth
street NV.
Judge Keech gave William B.
Henson, 43, colored, 200 block of
Virginia avenue SW.. from two
years and eight months to eight
years in the shooting and wounding
of Mrs. Azeal C. Ashton, 80, colored,
Iof the 1900 block of Carrollburg
place SW.
A former Cetral High School foot
ball player was give a suspended
sentence today by Judge Schwein-
haut and put on probation for three
years for robbing Granville j. Jones
of Arlington of $50 last June. The
robbery was said to have taken place
after the former football player, Will
liam j. Denikos, l9. of the 48OO block
of Seventh street NV, and two com
panions had offered Mr.. Jones q
ride. "''s~"s
Two Sent 10 Jail.
The other two youths were sent 10
Jail. They are James T. Triantis, i8.
who was given from eight months to
five years and John Triantis. 10, who
was given from one to five years.
The two Triantis youths live in the
200 block of Rittenhonse street NV.
The two had pleaded guilty in an
other robbery and sentences in that
case were made to run concurrently
with the other sentences.
In another District court sentence,
Judge Edward M. Kearn gave John
ny j. Perry, 18. colored, of the 11OO
block of Congress street NE, from
five to Is years in the $34 robbery
OF Highs Ice Cream store in the
1900 block of Sheriff. road NE.
Catherine Horton. "a, of the 900
block of H street NV, was given
from l6 months to four years by
Judge Schweinhaut for stealing a
pocketbook containing $50 from a
man.
Harold Coleman. 56, colored. of
the 2400 block of Fourteenth street
NV, was sentenced to serve from
three to nine months by Judge
keech for promoting a lottery and
possession OF numbers slips.
Evening star., 1948-11-12
Two Women Charge
Doctor Attacked Them
8y fhe Associoied Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. IA 29-year-
old physician here faces charges OF
raping two women patients.
Prosecution witnesses were to ap-
pear before a grand jury today.
The charges were filed against DR..
Elmer Ellsworth Cook on the COM
plants of two married women, both
of whom gave the same address.
DR.. Cook was released in S., 900
bail after habeas corpus proceed
ings before Judge Robert France of
the supreme bench of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1948-11-12
|Vienno Assesses Domuoe

VIENNA (P.-Offlcial Austrian
figures set the war damage to
Viennese buildings at $1,646, zoe, 600
The number of houses destroyed
equalled the entire number built in
20 years preceding the war. More
than $4,000 apartments were COM
pletely destroyed and another $4,000
were damaged badly.
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Congress, is ex-
pected Senator
Byrd will be able
to wangle some
money for his
committee.
he Repub-
licans allowed
Senator Byrd to
m q int a / n his
Craftsmanship Of
he committee
during the last
two years, but
the title was
largely an empty
one. Now, how
ever. things may
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who will be selected as the most
Outstanding young man in the
Federal service.
This award is being sponsored by
the Washington Junior Board of
Commerce, and presentation of the
Arthur S. Flemming trophy (the
award Is named after the former
Civil Service Commissioner is
scheduled for sometime in January
The plan had been to have all the
nominations submitted by early next
month. But so far no nominat tions
have been forthcoming.
That's why the board would like
Federal agencies to get started on
the project. The award is a very
good idea. and its sponsors plan to
make 1t an annual event, climaxed
by a yearly dinner, which the Pres
ioent OF the United States would be
invited to attend and present the
award.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Arthur A.
Gladstone, chief OF the Federal
Communications Commissions Do
mestic Radio Branch, has been ap-
pointed as FCC's Fair Employment
Practices Officer. The State
Department expects to have a
number of jobs open soon in its
Foreign Service division. Applicants
for the jobs. which will include
stenographic. clerical and translators
positions. must be able to speak
fluently in one OF the Eastern Europe
Languages. George OBrien, for
mer operations director of the AFL
Government Employees Council, has
been elected to Congress as Q Rep
resentative from Michigan.
Colleague Howard Lewis of the
Times Herald is passing out cigars
It's a paby girl in the Lewis house.
hold.
(Be sure to listen in every Sun
day at u:15 am. oDer WMAL,
The Star station, for Joseph
Young's broadcast persion OF the
Federal Spotlight, featuring ad-
ditiondl ne,Us and Die,Ds OF the
Evening star., 1948-11-12
Conodion Gets Virginia Post

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. IL i4D.-
State Health Commissioner L. J
Roper yesterday announced the ap-
pointment of DIR. Geoffrey Thomas
Mann of Regina. Saskatchewan. as
assistant chief medical examiner OF
Virginia.
Evening star., 1948-11-12
Pokiston Hos Stute Bonk

The State Bank Of PakiStan has
been established to manage cur
rency and act as banker TO the
central and provincial governments,
with 81 per cent of the share cap
ital owned by the government and
the remainder by the public.
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The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Funds From New Congress Due
To RevitoIize Byrd Committee
BY Joseph Young

The Byrd Committee Essential Federal Expenditures
which the past proved
ment agencies is due become group
Capitol Hill.
During the last two the committee monthly
Evening star., 1948-11-12
Weather Report

District of Columbia
cloudiness with highest around go
this afternoon. Cloudy with occa-
sional light rain late tonight and
tomorrow. Not as cold tonight.
Lowest about A.
Maryland and Virginia - Cloudy
and not as cold followed by acca-
sional light rain beginning west
portion early tonight and east por-
ton late tonight. Tomorrow cloudy
with occasional rain. Somewhat
warmer west portion.
Wind velocity S miles per hour;
direction, south.
Five-Day Weather Forecast No
vember IL Through November 16.
For Northern Virginia, Maryland
and the District of Columbia-Tem
peratures will average three to five
degrees above normal. Slightly
warmer Saturday and cooler Mon
day with little change thereafter
Occasional rain likely Saturday and
again about Tuesday with total
amount one-fourth inch or less
Normal maximum, SIS; normal mini
mum, 81. in the Washington area.
River Report
From U. 8. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
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done little else because of Q lack of
funds.
But now, with q new Democratic
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the Thomas K. Lynch Memorial Handicap;
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-01-15
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1ers' pictures do not oppoar in this
issue. Some do not have cuts and
those who do, we viii bring yours
out at a later date.
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Evening star., 1948-11-16
Keneipp to Seek
Police Action on
Used-Cor Titles

Traf1ic Director George E. Keneipp
said today he will ask police to look
into one of the operations disclosed
in testimony before House sub
committee investigating questionable
trade practices in the used car busi-
ness here.
Mr.. Keneipp pointed to testimony
given yesterday that no record was
made of trade-in sales, that the
owners of trade-in cars signed Ger
tif1cates Of title in blank and that
the dealers to whom they traded in
their cars did not get a certificate
of title as required by law.
Title to a car, according to Mr..
Keneipp, should show a continuous
ownership and failure of any dealer
to get title, regardless Of how
long he owned the car, is . direct
violation punishable by law.
AS a result of this testimony. Mr..
Keneipp said, he will call the alleged
practice to the attention of Inspec-
tor Arthur E. Miller. head of the
police traffic division, for possible
criminal action.
Meanwhile United States Attorney
George Morris Fay said that John
T. M. Reddan, counsel for the House
subcommittee investigating ques-
tionable trade practices in the auto
business here, has promised to for
ward to the prosecutor any evidence
Of criminal law violations discovered
by the investigators.
Evening star., 1948-11-16
Truman to Ask
ForEorIyAction
On Civil Rights
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

KEY WEST, Nov. 16.-Presi-
dent Truman said today he will
press for enactment of the full
civil rights program laid down
in the Democratic platform when
he delivers his State-of-the-
Union message to Congress.
The President also told his first
news conference in more than a
month that he will ask Congress for
outright repeal of the Hartley
Labor Act, but was not certain
whether he would ask for complete
restoration of the Wagner Act.
Mr.. Truman emphasized that he
will urge passage OF the expanded
New Deal program for which he
campaigned.
The civil rights program laid down
in the Democratic platform followed
the lines of the Presidents original
proposals which caused the South
ern revolt in the party.
Today's news conference-Which
actually is the first break in the
resting regime on which Mr.. Tru-
man entered nine days ago-was
worked out late yesterday with the
arrival Of Press Secretary Charles G.
Ross, who, along with Secretary
Matthew J. Connolly, received what
no doubt was the most unusual
welcome ever rendered anybody
coming to this base.
Reporters and photographers
dressed ship" for the OCCASION