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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-05-22
Boston Baked
BY MABE KoUNTzE
Ignorance IS ne erecutioner Of

Ignorance is the erecutioner OF
Democracy"
DREW PEARSON.
ss - -
THE AMERICAN LEGION ma
tional convention is, or has been
originally, scheduled for Miami,
Florida, some time next Septem-
Der. In view of the Dixie Re-
volt against Civil Rights, and
the determination of colored
veterans not to put up with
any further racial humiliations
in southern city, there is go
ing to be trouble unless the con-
yention is transferred elsewhere,
or Miami removes jim crow laws.
~ - %&
JAMES F. ONEIL, the Legion
national commander, has been
officially notified of, and has re-
portedly acted upon, an appeal
by BOSTON LEGION VIM. E.
Carter Post requesting the 1913
Convention site be changed, due
the fact that COLORED
VETS OF two world wars will be
insulted and lnistreated in the
south where they will be barred
from hotels, theatres, restaur-
ants, etc.
NATIONAL DEFENSE at this
time, including the plans of any
draft or UNIT, can not stand any
''unfavcrable spotlight" affect
ing the n1istreatment of thou
sands Of colored American vet
Grams at a national convention.
Discrimination already has
strained tenpers. Messrs Rey-
nolds and Randolph and many
others would gain added fuel If
the Legion vet convention was
split by color controversy.
- - -
JOSEF STAIN would like
nothing better than to see a big
rumpus at Miami next Fall, per-
haps eliminating in thousands
CT colored and white Yankees
packing their grips and quitting
the convention, perhaps fighting
another Civil war" all the way
back north to the Potomac. Mil
itary men have fighting tempers.
This Is a bad time to put those
tempers to a test. This is time
for reason.
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VIM. E. CARTER POSf is, Of
course, one of the most advanced
Legion units in America. It con-
tains many distinguished veter-
ans. Major George z. Simmons,
adiutant, is the living symbol of
famed Old Company l, of the
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-05-22

Monthly opera meeting Of the
S. Coleridge-Taylor Musical As
ISOLATION this Sunday, May %,
$50 PM. at $50 Mass. Ave. An ex-
.cellent program. as usual has
been planned.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-05-22

ERICAN WAY which the Legion
breaches in every town and ham
let and each "red schoolhouse'
in the nation. Indeed, this con-
vention site is a tremendous is
sue. THE DECISION will show
the world, as well as the nation,
just what stuff the Legion is
made Of.
4s *s -
THE BUDDIES of at least two
world wars who, in a crisis, would
risk life and limb for one anoth-
er in beautiful brotherhood, now
stand the test to prove whether
peace and prosperity has made
them soft and selfish and "hoo-
ray-for-me" guys. Some men do
change. But that word buddy"
means more, as we shall hear on
MEMORIAL DAY. Many good
Legionaires have and will sup
port the Carter Post.
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NO EXCUSE can be given by
the Legion for refusing to pick
a better site. The Carter Post
letter is dated Feb, OF, 1913, sew
en- months in advance. Military
men have made decisions in less
time. Profit and loss do not en-
ter into it. DEMOCRACY calls
for sacrifice; the Legion today
is asking American mothers for
their sons for sacrifice" another
war may bring. Let the Legion
SET AN E xAMPLE for these
youngsters. Let the Legion speak
and act against racial bias not
only at the Convention but in
the Armed Services as we'll. It
must do these things and truly
Ma Ike Right the Master Of
Might
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-05-22

Rcvs. LIE. and WE. Crumlin
Pastors
Mans most valuable posses
ion was theme Of Rev. Wallace
Crumlin Sunday morning. Mrs.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-05-22

THIS SELFISH attitude am
ong some irresponsible Legion
aires is going to be met by Com
mander James. F, O'Neil. 1t is
going to be A TEST of the AM
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KEEP TROTTER
IN REMEMBRANCE

-SHAKESPEARE.
Evening star., 1948-03-28

Sixteenth Street Highlands, Manor
Park. Takoma, Chillum, Petworth
and Shepherd Park Citizens Asso-
Citations; the Coolidge, Paul, Whit
tier, Brightwood, Truesdell, Keene,
Rudolph, Barnard, West and Ma
tivity Parent Teacher Associations;
the Brightwood Lions Club and the
Northwest Washington Recreation
Council.
Salvind o. Olson, president of the
Lions Club, pointed out that Mr.
Newell had been named chairman
of the clubs committee for the
drive and commented:
THE businessmen are interested
in this and are trying to get the ball
rolling. Mrs. Clark has spearheaded
the effort to get this center for
years, and we hope she'll be able
to see the result before too long"
The citizens propose that the tract
be named the Matthew G. Emery
Recreation Center in honor of the
building contractor and civic leader
who became Mayor in 1870 and
served until the following year
when the District was given a
territorial form of government.
The fund drive has the best
wishes of Mr.. Christensen.
Evening star., 1948-03-28
|nquests Set tuesday
In Two Traffic Deaths

Inquests will be held Tuesday at
the District Morgue in the traffic
deaths of an unidentified man and
a 9-year -old boy. In both cases the
victims were pedestrians, and mo-
torists were held for action of the
coroner.
The two deaths early yesterday
brought to 81 the traffic fatalities of
the year. two more than had oc-
CURED at this time last year.
The boy was Edward A. Brown,
colored, OF % Fourteenth street Sc,
who was injured fatally while play
ing in the 400 block of A street Sc.
Friday evening. He died in Gal
linger Hospital. Police said the
driver. was William Bandler, 109
Seventeenth street Sc.
An unidentified colored man was
killed about l am. yesterday walk
ing east across the street in front
of 1880 Sixteenth street NV. A
description of the victim was tele-
typed to all police precincts.
The driver of the car was identi-
fed as John R. Ale, q, OF l357S
South Stafford street, Arlington.
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Citizens RaisingFunds
To Make Emery Tract
Into Recreation Area

Residents of the neighborhood are
determined the Emery Tract on
Georgia avenue shall become a rec
reation area sooner than the District
government plans.
They have begun a $150,000 fund
raising campaign to build COM
munity house on the 81a acres, once
the estate of Matthew G. Emery
last mayor of Washington.
The tract, on which stand many
fine old trees, has remained an un-
developed, overgrown piece of land
since the District acquired it at a
cost of more than 100000 by an
Act of Congress of two years ago
1t is bounded by Georgia and Mis-
souri, avenues and Ninth and Madi-
son streets NV.
Precinct Canvass Planned.
"Citizens of the area were instru-
mental in convincing Congress we
should have it," Milo F. Christian
sen, superintendent of the District
Recreation Department, explained
I'VE got it before we were ready
for it, as a matter of fact, and we
don't have any money for develop
ing it. Other areas have been wait
ing longer and are ahead of it on our
schedule"
But residents of the sixth pre-
cinct are not disposed to wait.
I'VE have an architects drawing
of the kind of building we want
and we're going to conduct house.
toulouse canvass of the entire Sixth
precinct" said Mrs. Jennie E
Clarke, Sab Eighth street NV.
Mrs. Clarke is chairman of the
committee directing the fund cam
paign. A worker in community
causes for many years. she was
a leader in the drive to obtain funds
for purchase of the land.
Hope to Clear Underbrush.
She believes the residents want
the recreation center enough to
subscribe the full amount. sought
Even if they do not, she hopes the
substantial amount expected to be
pledged will persuade Congress
there is a real need for the center
and that an appropriation may be
forthcoming. ....
Its shame the children can't
have the use of this land" she
said. There are some lovely trees
on it, but it's covered with under
brush. We hope to get it cleared out
this summer, at least"
Among the leaders in citizens af-
fairs who have lent their support
to the spontaneous Embarrassing
effort are John H. Connaughton
president of the Federation oi
Citizens Associations, and Clifford
H. Newell, past president of the
federation.
The committee will meet again
tomorrow night to complete its
organization.
Businessmen Interested.
Among the groups alresaG inter
ested in the project, accoi ing II
| Mrs. Clarke, are the Brig wood
Evening star., 1948-03-28

are to be submitted first for the ap-
proval of the Home Rule subcom-
mittee of the Senate District Com
mittee.
With approval there, the revised
draft of the charter measure is tc
be submitted to an early meeting o1
the full House District Committee
The plan has both supporters ano
opponents in the full House com.
mittee, but numerous interested
members have withheld judgment
until they see the terms of the meas.
ure as finally recommended.
Representative Miller, Republican
of Nebraska announced last night
he plans to introduce a revised bill
for stronger control of sex offenders
A few amendments have been
worked out during conferences dur
ing the past week and incorpated
into a new draft. Most of the
changes were said by DR.. Miller, a
physician, to be minor. The meas
ure is expected to be reported to
the full House District Committee
soon.
Also under consideration by DR.
Miller's subcommittee on Health
Education and Welfare are two bills
which would regulate the practice
Of optometry, and authorize expen-
diture of funds for hospitals here
not included in the new Hospital
Center to be erected on the Naval
Observatory grounds.
The nomination of Edward A
Tamm, FBI official to be a District
Court justice, will come up again
for hearing before Senate Judi
ciary subcommittee at 7 pm. Tues
day. Mr.. Tamm was nominated
February 2 by President Truman
to succeed Justice James M. Proc
tor, who was elevated to the Appeals
Court bench.
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Thousands of Students VISITING
Capital on Sightseeing Junkets

high schools. They are staying
at the Burlington Hotel.
Described by G.. C. Boone, man
ager, as one of the best-behaved
groups his hotel has ever enter
tanned, they come from high schools
in Ballston Spa, Windman, Cairo,
Liverpool, Moravia, Split Rock and
Wolcott.
One of the smallest groups is IA
girls between the ages of II and Is
years from Miss NeWman's School
| for Girls in Detroit, who are at the
Willard Hotel. They are under the
charge of Miss Lorraine LIE Page,
26, who says that the hardest part
of her tour has been persuading her
charges to go to bed on the sleeper.
Also at the Willard are approx
mately 275 boys and girls from 19
upstate New York high schools
Represented in this group are schools
in Dansville, Olean, Ithaca. Albany
Rochester, Saratoga Springs, De
Kalb, Manchester, Caledonia ano
Little Falls, IN ADDITION 10 STANFORD
Conn.
| At the Hotel Harrington are "A
members of the senior class at the
Dansville, N. Y, high school under
the supervision of the Dansville
superintendent of schools, L. w
Bradley, and Mrs. Bradley.
Approximately 100 high Schoo
seniors came from several Cincin.
natl public schools. They are at thu
New Colonial Hotel under the
supervision of Miss Rosemary Hope
a Latin teacher at Hughes High
School, Cincinnati.
More than so high school seniors
from the Windsor, N, Y, centra
school arrived at the Cairo Hote
Friday night by bus. having stoppec
during the afternoon to go over the
Gettysburg battlefield.
Evening star., 1948-03-28

Chairman Koran has announced,
however, that after official wit
nesses are heard the subcommittee
will listen to the views of repre-
sentative citizens.
Among the first witnesses will be
the District budget officer, Walter
L. Fowler, and his deputy, William
G. Wilding. The closed hearings are
expected to last two or three weeks.
Hearing on Bills Set.
Provisions of the District rent con-
troll extension bill and other meas
sures are slated for consideration by
the Senate District Committee, in
executive session Wednesday morn
irg.
As a preliminary to the full COM
mittee session, Senate District
subcommittee will hold an open
hearing at 10 mo tomorrow on four
House-passed bills. Most contro-
versial of these is the measure to
place the Armory under control of
a three-man board. Witnesses in
clude District Commissioner John
Russell Young, Brig. Gen. Albert L.
Cox, commanding general of the
National Guard; David Lynn, archi-
tect of the Capitol, and Joseph C.
McGarraghy of the Board Of Trade
The other three bills up for hear
ing would foster automobile driver
training course in junior and senior
high schools; place the ABC Board
salaries under the Classification
Act, and authorize licensing of
physicians who have passed tests
of national examining boards.
If these bills are approved by the
subcommittee they will come up for
action before the full District Com
mittee Wednesday. Also to be con-
sidered at that session will be the
measure to regulate casualty in
surance here.
Cain Proposal Opposed.
Senator Cain is seeking to have
the District rent extension measure
follow, the national pattern to in
clude voluntary increase in rents
up to Is per cent. District Com
mittee Chairman Buck and other
members have opposed this on the
ground that conditions here and
the past practices under District
rent control differ from those else
where in the nation.
Robert F. Cogswell, District rent
administrator is strongly opposed
to including the Is per cent volun-
tary increase, carried in the ma
tional rent act now before Presiden.
Truman for signature. He claims
that under present law landlords
are given rent increases when justi-
| fed.
Mr.. O'Hara, a member of the joint
subcommittee handling the rent
issue. said yesterday he would 60
along with decontrol of new con-
struction in the District, but had
worries over other moves to liberal
ize the city law, including decon-
troll of reconverted properties.
The Home Rule subcommittee OF
the House District Committee is
expected to announce this week
several major and a lot of minor
changes it is recommending in the
Auchincloss-B Ball bill, calling for an
elected city government and re-
organize departmental setup.
Proposals to be Submitted.
4 Proposals of a drafting subcomt
mittee OF the Auchincloss grout
Evening star., 1948-03-28

has to make such provision. "If
you want" the judge replied. you
may get a reporter at your own
expense"
Taking a new tack, the lawyer
said that earlier yesterday he had
filed a petition with the Municipal
Court of Appeals asking it to order
stay of sentencing for his client,
and asked Judge Mcmahon to with
hold action pending word from the
Appellate Court.
The judge, however, refused, and
when he instructed Mr.. Laughlin
to reappear at 1:30 pm. to argue
his new trial motion. the lawyer
retorted: II want two hours to argue
my motion. and I will not be back
here at 1:30 to do So"
With that he left the courtroom
Mr.. Loughlin did not show up
when the judge resumed the bench
at 1:30 o'clock. At 2 o'clock, after
trying unsuccessfully to reach the
lawyer by phone, Judge Mcmahon
called the defendant before him.
II want you to know I've giyer
your lawyer every chance to be
here, but since he is not here I an
going to overrule his notion" saio
the judge.
Sentence Due Tomorrow.
He added that only because
defendant is entitled to have his
lawyer present during sentencing
he would defer the imposition until
10 am. tomorrow.
And you might tell Mr.. Laughlin
that" the judge suggested.
Last Wednesday Attorney Robert
T Miller clashed with Judge Nc
Mahon when the court ordered the
lawyer to try another shoplifting
case over the protest that he was
sick and unable to defend the two
clients. ....
After the jury brought in a guilty
verdict, Mr.. Miller announced his
intention of appealing. His clients
were two women charged with steal
ing a coat from Hecht's.
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Photographers Crowd
Tidal Basin Area 10
Get Shots Of Blossoms
By George Kennedy


Never were the cherry blossoms
lovelier for Easter and never were
there more photographers.
The wind was high yesterday, but
the day was cool. The blossoms
were fully opened, but few petals
were blown on the waters of the
Tidal Basin.
They will be at their coral tinted
peak today and seldom has the
blooming of the blossoms rhymed
so well with Easter.
The photographers were there
with every conceivable type OF
equipment. An indication of pros
perity was this: The 50 box jobs
with hair-spring shutters were in
a minority. 'r-
There were German Leicas and
Contax and Zeiss- Ikons packed with
color film and equipped with color
filters. Some had telescope lenses.
Panorama Cameras Seen.
There were Speed Graphics-us-
ually used by. the press. Some en-
thusiasts had panorama cameras.
revolving on axis by clockwork.
Others were pressing rubber bulbs
or plunger shutter releases to
catch the Washington Monument or
the Jefferson Memorial wreathed in
cherry blossoms in the intervals
when the sun came out.
Many had reflex cameras and
peered into them waiting for the
ideal moment. A few with old
fashioned plate cameras on tripods
threw black cloths over their heads
as they studied the inverted images
in the ground glass
And there were almost half as
many movie cameras. Many had
both still and movie equipment.
1t was a full postwar blossoming
of the camera-a reminder that a
requisite of the l-dressed man Is
now or soon will be shoulder strap
and case for a miniature camera.
Many Europeans Turn Out.
There were women who seized a
low spray of blossoms and put it
under their chin to pose for a
photograph.
There were fathers who hoisted
their offspring aStride their necks
for mothers to click the shutters.
There were girls who managed
to boost one another upon the low
horizontal limbs of the willow trees
for nature poses in trim spring
suits.
There was a babble of foreign
; tongues along the walks. Europeans
in Washington apparently turned
out in numbers for the cherry bios
SONS And there we're many ORR
entals-Filipinos and Chinese and
perhaps an occasional japanese out
to see the gift from the mayor of
Tokyo in the administration Of Will
liam Howard Taft.
The swan barge with an out
board motor went from time to
time. White gulls were resting or
feeding in the center of the basin.
The clouds scudding overhead
finally cleared and left a towering
; range of cumulus clouds across the
northwest quarter Illuminated by
the setting sun.
!, Everything, including a forecast
!, , of a clear afternoon, pointed to an
, , ideal Washington Easter amid the
hlnccrrns
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Mcmahon 0verruIes
Laugh|in Motion When
He Fails 70 Appear

Municipal Judge John P. NC
Mahon yesterday overruled motion
for new trial when the defendant s
attorney failed to appear as in
structed by the court.
The attorney, James J. Laughlin
had engaged in sharp repartee with
the judge during a morning session
the second time in less than a
week that the court figured in
arguments with lawyers over dis
position of a case.
Defending Cybert Campbell, IS
colored, who was convicted by q
jury March II for stealing a Sc
bottle of perfume from the Hecht
Co. in ,1946, Mr.. Laughlin renewed
a written request of last Thursday
that a reporter be provided at Dis
trict expense to record arguments
in new trial motion.
Laughlin Charges Discourtesy.
In the written request, Mr.. Laugh
lin said he felt the judge had been
"discourteous" and had not dealt
fairly" with his client during the
trial.
Reminded of the letter, Judge
Mcmahon told Mr.. Laughlin he
knew of no rule whereby the court
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Prince Georges {. Of {.
To Hear Carson, Shuqart

Taxes, schools and roads will be
discussed at a dinner meeting OF
the Prince Georges Chamber of
Commerce at 7 pm. tomorrow at
the Prince Georges Golf and Coun-
try Club, Landover. officials en-
phasized that the public is invited
William A. Carson, president OF
the Board of County Commissioners
will discuss Our New County
Budget and Tax Rate"
G. Gardner Shugart. county school
superintendent. will speak on
Prince Georges School Building
Program
T. Howard Duckett, attorney
banker and civic leader, will tell OF
Recent Developments in the State
Roads Commission Program for the
METROPOLITAN Area"
Evening star., 1948-03-28

Several thousand Of the prettiest
girls in America, accompanied by
nearly equal number of we'll
scrubbed, self conscious young men
arrived here this week-well chap
eroned.
They are, mostly, high school
seniors making their first visit to
the Capital. They are having, they
say, the time of their lives.
From a large number of the city's
hotels today they have spread out
on the town and last night they
relaxed in ecstasies at the wonders
of cherry trees, the Capitol, 5he
Washington Monument, the Ma
tional Gallery of Art, the Smithson-
ian Institution and Washington
generally.
One of the largest groups was
made up of 2O1 boys and girls from
several northern New York State
Evening star., 1948-03-28
4 D. {. Issues Slated
For Congress Study
On Action This Week

Four controversial District issues
are slated for congressional COM
mittee study or action this week
budget, taxes, rent and home rule
Representative Horan, Republican
of Washington, head of the House
subcommittee in charge of the Dis
trict appropriation bill, will begin
executive hearings at 10 am. Tues
day on the Districts record $101,-
100000 budget requests.
An advocate of the sales tax, he
has promised to search for econo-
mics in the budget but doubts that
an increase in taxes can be avoided
Representative OHara, Republi-
can, of Minnesota declared yester-
day he could not see how the Dis
trict could finance it's needs with
out the adoption of the proposed
sales tax. If this tax is adopted
the District individual income tax
should be repealed, Mr.. OHara, a
member of the fiscal subcommittee
of the House District Committee
said.
In Keeping with Proposals.
This is in keeping with proposals
of District officials now being con-
sidered by the House-Senate sub
committee in charge of the District s
new revenue problem as a means
of meeting a s6,0O0,000 deficit in the
pending budget for the next fiscal
year and of financing budget needs
of later years.
Mr.. OHara is the author of the
amendment in the 1947 District
revenue act under which the salaries
of Government workers are exempt
from the income tax if they claim
they are domiciled in their home
State.
Senator Cain, Republican. ot
Washington, head of the fiscal sub.
committee of the Senate District
Committee, is sponsoring a bill tt
repeal the city's personal incom.
levy on the ground that it is in.
equitable since it applies to onl,
$4,000 out of an estimated 200,O0t
wage earners here.
District officials are asking tha
this levy be continued for one yea
after the sales tax is invoked t.
prevent a gap in needed revenues
Special Hearing Planned.
Sponsors of the sales tax pro
posal are considering calling +,
special hearing where all angles O
this levy may be explored.
Committee tax studies are sched
uled to go on this week, though
final action may be deferred. Join
committee aides now are perfectins
one section of the revenue measure
to exempt firms from outside thu
District that sell goods here but dt
not maintain Offices or warehouses
here, from the per cent franchise
tax under the income tax law.
A general review of the District
needs and finances is expected at
the opening of the budget hearings
tuesday. These hearings will be
stosed to the public and the press
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Records of Bird
| Songs Featured
Ion Proqrom

Recorded songs of birds and an
illustrated lecture on birds and their
houses will comprise program open
to the public at pm. Tuesday in
the Silver Spring armory.
Donald B. Hyde, member of the
Massachusetts Audubon Society and
members of the Washington Audu-
bon Society will speak.
Cyrus F. Armiger of Silver Spring.
who arranged the program to stimu-
late public interest in birds. said
school children in the greater WASH
ington area are invited. The pro"
gram will be free.
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Clinic Books Cancer Tests

Appointments for examination in
the Health Departments recently
opened cancer detection clinic at
Gallinger Hospital are now being
taken directly through the clinic.
DR.. Jay Mclean, director of the Bu-
reau of Cancer Control, has an
nounced. Persons seeking appoint
ments are requested to telephone the
clinic and not to apply at the bu-
rPaIl