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Evening star., 1948-01-13
Falls Church Council
Votes Investigation
OF Police Department

A resolution calling for an inves-
tigation of the Police Department
was unanimously adopted by the
Falls Church Town Council last
night.
The motion, introduced by Coun-
Gilman j. H. Mccarthy. said it was
imperative to prove or disprove
charges which have been made
against the police force, and in
structed the Mayor to appoint a
committee of the Council which
would hire an impartial investiga-
tor and report to the Council at its
next regular meeting.
More Training Urged.
Councilmen named to the COM
mittee were James Durant, chair
man: John c. McRae and Archie T.
Munson.
Town Manager Roy Dunn strongly
indorsed the resolution, saying that
all of the complaints have been
hearsay and that you can't fire
a man on hearsay." He recon-
mended more thorough training OF
the police force, said that the size
of the force was inadequate, and
that consideration would have to
be given to increasing the town
budget for police protection.
A delegation from the Teen-Age
Canteen group appeared to request
land and money from the town for
a recreation building. Glenn Wells,
as spoken for the group, explained
that a prefabricated mess hall at
Fort Hunt has been offered to the
group if funds can be obtained to
dismantle it and rebuild it on town
property.
Land Near School Sought.
Property belonging to the town
on Great Falls street at Lincoln ave-
nue. was offered by the Council, but
the group felt that land closer to
the high school would be more de-
sirable. A committee of councilnnen
was appointed to meet with the
canteen group to work out a plan
and report to the Council next
Monday.
Lyle s. Murphy, owner OF the
Falls Church Cab Co., protested to
the Council that its resolution
charging traffic violations by his
drivers was unfair in that it singled
him out. He said, II am willing to
cooperate in every way" and
asked the public to notify him i'm
mediately of any violation.
| The Council then rescinded Its
previous resolution, with several
members of the Council saying there
has already been great improve
ment in the driving of the cabs.
Evening star., 1948-01-13

fax County. To add strength to
these reports, an examination of the
desks in the House of Delegates
chamber today showed Mr.. Moore's
name already has been placed on
the floor leaders desk.
Posts Linked by Tradition.
Best available information is that
Mr.. Davis will retain the chairman
ship of the House Committee on
Privileges and Elections. The chair
man of this committee traditionally
is the floor leader of the preponder-
ant Democratic majority.
Mr.. Davis succeeded to committee
Craftsmanship and the floor leaders
post when his seniority placed him
top on the list after G. Alving Mas
senburg was elected Speaker of the
House in 1916. Speaker Massen-
burg's reelection at Democratic
caucus tonight Is assured.
Persons close to the Democratic
organization say Mr.. Davis, who
had the floor leadership during the
1946 regular session and 1947 spe-
cial session, will give his impaired
hearing .as his reason for retiring as
leader
Mr.. Moore was born in Washing
ton, D. c., April 26, 1897. He was
educated at Davidson College and
Cornell University. He is farmer
and banker, and-like his neighbor,
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia-is a fruit grower.
Member of House Since 1893.
He has been member of the
House of Delegates since 1888. He
is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, the Rotary Club and the
Winchester Chamber of Commerce.
Practically the entire General
Assembly will meet tonight to elect
officers. OF the 100 House members,
only eight are Republicans. There
are only two members of the G.. O.
P. among the 40 Senate seats.
Members Of the Senate will file
into the House chamber shortly
after noon tomorrow to hear Gov.
Tuck make his report on the State
of the Commonwealth The address
Is expected about 1:30 pm.
The Governors budget recon-
mendations will be presented Mon
day and he is expected to indicate
whether he will favor or oppose
sales tax-an issue of special sig
niflcance to Northern Virginia and
other border communities.
Byrd Gets Preview.
Yesterday, Mr.. Tuck was host to
more than so newspaper publishers
and members of the working press
in an off-the-record discussion of
his message tomorrow.
One of the earliest arrivals here
was State Senator Harry F. Byrd,
jr., of Winchester, son of the United
States Senator. Because he Is the
publisher of newspapers at Win
chester and Harrisonburg, he was
the only one of 140 legislators who
had a preview of the Governor S
message and budget recommends
tions.
Another early arrival yesterday
was delegate l.. Lake Triplett of
Marshall, who represents Fauquier
County, and Armistead L. Boothe,
member of the House from Alex
andria.
Early arrivals today included
State Senator Charles r. Fenwick
of Arlington, who was to attend a
meeting Of the State Welfare Board
before tonight's legislative caucus.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Federation Demands
INSPECTION Of Schools
Under Construction
B
K kH

Inspection of schools under con-
struction In Montgomery County
was recommended by the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation
last night. Adopting a resolution
presented by the Committee on
Schools, the federation urged that
capable construction engineer be
employed Immediately with au-
thority to add inspectors to his
staff "as may be needed"
The inspectors would be under
the direction of the assistant su-
perintendent in charge OF school
construction and would work closely
with the architects having charge Of
school building contracts. They
would be responsible for inspection
Of all new construction and major
alterations and repairs.
System Held Inadequate.
"While we may have gotten by
in the past" the resolution says.
"this system is certainly not ade-
quate for the present and future
school building program of Mont
gomery County. For the program
already authorized. it Is necessary
that the assistant, superintendent
in charge of school construction
have in his department capable
construction engineer and STAN
whose duty it would be to check
every phase of the construction Of
new school buildings in Montgomery
County. The size Of the building
program and ease with which con-
tractor can cover up omissions, sub
stitutions and shoddy workmanship
dictates the need Of capable in
spection service"
The continuation of uniform
charges for water and sewer con-
nections to cover all work beyond
property lines was urged upon the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission in another resolution.
The commission was asked also to
| take steps to avoid further delay
in making connections and to over
come the current backlog of work.
1t was suggested that private
plumbers be employed to make con-
nections and to do the necessary
excavating, The commission was
requested to retain as its function
the replacement of street paving
made necessary by such work.
Exemption for Aged Asked.
The commission recently an
nounced a change in procedure ur1-
der which water and sewer connec-
tions in unimproved streets would
be made by private plumbers, and
the commission would make con-
nections only on paved streets at
greatly increased prices.
| Among the new resolutions intro
duced was one by Samuel Stone
breaker recommending that legis-
lation be adopted at the next session
of the Maryland Assembly granting
65-year-old property owners exemp-
ton from county taxes on $4,000
of the assessed valuation Of their
houses, provided they have no chill
dren of school age.
Mr.. Stonebreaker said many
county home owners, who have re.
! tired on small pensions, find 1t "dif-
fcult and embarrassing" to spend
their declining years in their own
homes because of mounting real
estate taxes, The resolution was
referred to a committee.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
COP Group to Describe
How Government Works

Public information programs de-
voted to the operations OF local,
State and Federal governments are
planned by the Northern Virginia
Republican Club, Talmadge Wilcher,
president, has announced.
Domestic and foreign policy prob
lens will be discussed at the meet
ings, which will be held in Airing
ton and Fairfax Counties and in
Alexandria. Mr.. Wilcher said.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
De Motoy Mothers Circle
To Mark Anniversary

The newly formed Silver Spring
De Molay Mothers Circle will sponsor
an anniversary dinner for the Silver
Spring Chapter, Order of De Molay,
February IA, in the Masonic Temple,
Montgomery and Georgia avenues.
The circle, comprising mothers OF
members of the order, elected officers
at a recent meeting in the home OF
Joseph Fitzgerald, Horde street, as
follows: Mrs. Joseph Fitzgerald,
president; Mrs. George ]. Kuch,
vice president; Mrs. Henry j.
Metserle, secretary, and Mrs.
Thomas T. Keller, treasurer. Mrs.
Edwin z. Elicit, jr., was named
chairman Of publicity.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
South S Satisfaction
With Past Declared 10
Hinder Conservation
By james BirchfieId
sior stoff tenespondent {

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va, Jan.
13.-The inclination of the South
erner to be satisfied with the ways
of his grandfather were described
here today as the chief handicap In
the way of developing the marine
resources of the South.
Addressing the Southwide Con-
servation Conference, DR.. James N
Gowanloch, chief biologist for the
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries
Department., said that, while our
best brains, our money and our
equipment are being sent abroad,
research programs into the South
ern marine resources are being held
to an all-time low.
1--WE have learned how COW
grows, how a cotton plant grows,
how a sweet potato grows, yet we
have never learned how menhaden
grows or how, in the South, blue
crab grows" DR.. Gowanloch said.
1--WE are completely ignorant" DR..
Gowanloch continued, "of the marine
resources we have in the 716,000
square miles of the Gulf of Mexico,
which annually it is said, produces
an estimated half million pounds of
marine fishery products"
Lists Four Needs.
DR.. Gowanloch, who addressed the
final session of the three-day con-
ference, listed four conditions that
must be met for successful conf
merciaI marine fisheries: Adequate
production, sustained quality, prof
liable prices and maintained de-
mand.
I'VE in the South" he concluded
must cease to be the Nations STEP
children and must justly command
the abilities that are now too often
exported to the North, the financial
support and the keen search for
knowledge that alone can accom-
plish our proud destiny"
Discussing the South's under
ground riches, DR.. E. Willard Berry
professor of geology at Duke Uni
versity, described the regions min
eral wealth as adequate but not
spectacular"
While the South consists Of only
28.8 per cent of the Nations land,
DR.. Berry concluded. it produced
1928 per cent of the mineral value
in 1945.
Wildlife Management Urged.
At sessions yesterday devoted to
wildlife conservation, c. r. Gutter
muth, vice president of the Wildlife
Management Institute of Washing
ton, advocated sound wildlife man
agement on American farms as a
means of replenishing the dwindling
game reserves. -
Mr.. Gutermuth said more empha-
sis should be placed on producing in
the South such neglected game
species as rabbits, squirrels and fur
bearers. He warned against the in
discriminate use of forest land for
livestock owners for grazing pur-
poses, and urged renewed efforts to
control forest fires.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Prince Georges to Plan
Dimes Drive Tonight

The Prince Georges County chap
ter of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis will meet at the
County Service Building, Hyatts-
vile, at 8 o'clock tonight to discuss
final plans for this years March OF
Dimes campaign. ...
Eugene B. Plumer, police chief oi
Mount Rainier, Md, is chairman OF
the county drive, which gets under
way Thursday.
Campaign workers are mailing
10000 letters and circulars to resi-
dents of the county, including cards
in which So in dimes can be inserted
as contributions.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Miss Goodwin to Speak
Before Arlington PTA

Miss Martha Goodwin, executive
secretary of the Arlington Com
munity Council, will speak on Pre-
vention of Juvenile Delinquency"
before the Robert E. Lee Parent.
Teacher Association at 8 pm. tonor-
row in the school.
The talk will be the first in q
series for meetings of the PTA.
Questions and discussion from the
floor will follow tomorrow's lecture.
A business meeting Of the Arlington
group will be held before Miss God
wins talk
Evening star., 1948-01-13

: House OF Dele-
gates on the eve
OF the 1948 ses-
sion Of the Gen-
eral Assembly.
! I n + or m e d
quarters declare
that. when Amer
ica's oldest legis-
lative body con-
venes tomorrow,
Mr.. Moore, who
represents Win
c5hAster and
G1erkeaiae Faed-
q lex 06t1nties,
will succeed Roy
q Davic of Fair.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Snow Postpones PTA Meeting

A meeting of the Wasnington-Lee
High School Parent Teacher Asso-
ciation, which was to have been held
at 8 o'clock tonight at the school in
Arlington, has been postponed until
further notice because Of the snow,
Mrs. Carl w. Kloss, president, an
nounced today. --,-..-
Evening star., 1948-01-13
College Park Rotary to Meet

Labor and the Nation in 1948''
will be discussed by David LASER,
industrial engineer, before q din
ner meeting of the Rotary Club OF
College Park at the Varsity Grill
at 6:15 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
SLIGO Citizens to Meet

The January meeting Of the Sligo
Avenue Citizens Association will
be held at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
home Of Mrs. Marion lockwood,
|610 Sligo avenue, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Citizens to Discuss Beetle

japanese Beetle Control" will be
the subject of discussion at the
Landover Hills CMd) Citizens Asso-
ciation at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in the
fire house on Taylor street In Land
over Hills.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Oyster Roast Scheduled

An oyster roast for benefit of the
Bladensburg Rescue Squad will be
held In the Bladensburg hrehouse
at 2 pm. Saturday.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Virginia House likely
70 Elect F. B. Moore
70 Floor Leadership
BY Alex R. Preston
s,or Stuff Correspondent

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. ia
Northern Virginian, F. Blackburne
Moore of Berryville, today appeared
as the probable floor leader of the
Evening star., 1948-02-26
New Firehouse Sites
Approved for District

The Commissioners today author
ized the District Real Estate Com
mittee to acquire sites for new fire
houses at Forty-ninth street and
Central avenue NE, and on Irving
street Sc, between Alabama ave-
nue. and Twenty-fourth street.
The sites were the alternate
choices of Fire Chief Clement Muir
ply. made after a public hearing
on the location of the. houses jan
uary 10.
The Fire Department originally
had asked that the houses be located
at Forty-ninth and East Capitol
streets and at Twenty-fourth and
Irving streets Sc.
A meeting between the Commits
sioners and representatives of the
Board of Public Welfare, which
had been scheduled for this morn
ing, was postponed indefinitely be-
cause of the continued illness of
Engineer Commissioner Gordon r.
Young.
The Welfare group was to have
discussed the appointment of a new
Welfare Director with the city
heads. The welfare Board nomi-
mated Acting Welfare Director Ray
mond Clapp for the job last Thurs
day, but the Commissioners have
not yet agreed to the appointment.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Contract for Richie Road
SEWAGE Station Awarded

The Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission today announced
that it had awarded M. J. Bles Co.,
Mclean, Va, the contract for con-
struction Of a sewage pumping sta
ton on Ritchie road, at q cost of
$41,313.
Another pumping station, to serve
the Parkway Terrace apartments
near Suitland, will be constructed
by the commission.
Contract for a mile-long outfall
sewer for the Lone Oak and Alta
Vista Gardens subdivision in Mont
gomery County was awarded to the
Leo Butler Co., Silver Spring. on a
bid of $39, ,606. The company also
was successful low bidder for con-
struction of water mains and sew
ers on Tenbrook drive and Dryden
street, Sligo Park Knolls. 1t Of
fered to do the work for S12,595.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
All Senate Witnesses
|ndorse Atkinson for
RedeveIopment Post

The nomination Of Richard r.
Atkinson to succeed himself as a
member of the District Redeyelop-
ment Land Agency was Endorsed by
all witnesses at a hearing before
the Senate District Committee
today. ....
Chairman Buck said he expects
to report the nomination favorably
to the Senate, probably today.
Mr.. Atkinson, an attorney, has
concluded one years service, and
was nominated by President Tru-
man for a five-year term.
District Commissioner John Rus
sell Young and Mark Lansburgh
and Charles A. Robinson, both OF
the redevelopment agency appeared
to indorse Mr.. Athinson's nomina-
ton. z
Mr.. Lansburgh told the COM
mittee the land redevolped agency
had been denied funds to operate
when The House Appropriations
EnuaTnittee cut out a request fol
Necessary MONEY!. He announced
that efforts 3e made to gel
the Senate TO include an estimate
in the independent offices appro'
priatiQn bill, which has passed thy
fIedsef and Is now before thl
Senate Appropriations Committee.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Washington -to-Coast
Nyway 10 Be Named
For Wright Brothers

Skyway One for private flyers from
Washington to Los Angeles will be
called THE Wright Way" in honor
TO Orville and Wilbur Wright, it
was announced today.
The announcement was made by
C. s. Beesemeyer, president, and
John A. Reilly, vice president of
u. s. Skyway One Association. Mr..
Reilly is president of the Washing
ton Board of Trade and Mr.. Beese-
myer Is immediate past president
of the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce, the two trade organiza-
tions sponsoring the first air high
way from coast to coast.
Dedication April "a.
The association officers said the
national dedication of Skyway One
on April "a will include ceremonies
in Dayton, Ohio. home of the
Wright brothers and scene of their
work for aviation after the historic
flight at Kitty Hawk, N. c. Special
programs are being planned also in
Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, Dallas,
Washington and other centers on
the air highway.
Orville Wright, who died few
weeks ago, expressed deep interest
in the project when the official
survey flight party visited Dayton
on their trip from Los Angeles to
Washington, the association officers
said.
They recalled Mr.. Wright saying
that approximately 100 miles of
Skyway One will retrace what was
probably the first airmarked route
in the Nation, painted on barn roofs
between Dayton and Indianapolis.
Designed for Contact Flyers.
Intended solely for contact flying,
THE Wright Way" follows terrain
best adapted to that type of avia-
ton, touching points where nom
scheduled service is most needed
and where private flying is popular.
The sponsoring organizations es-
innate that approximately 5000
cities, towns and villages along the
40-mile wide path of Skyway One
will be benefited by the new route.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
By jones BirchfieId

william L. Clayton, former Under
secretary of State for Economic At
fairs and at present advisor to Sec
retary of State Marshall, sat down
last n1gnt with the herndon Ro-
tary Club to a dinner rarely seen
in these days of shortages and high
prices.
He told them that the Marshall
Plan Is risky enterprise that must
be entered into in the interest OF
the United States.
Mr.. Clayton was guest Of the club
at historic Dranesville Inn. an old
stage coach stop on the Washing
on-Winchester run. The club has
been served here weekly for more
than 10 years by Mrs. Fannie Con-
ner and her sister, Mrs. May Mad
dox, and most of the food is pro-
duced on the place.
At last nights dinner, huge plat
ters were filled with fried chicken
mashed potatoes, gravy, hominy
beets, string beans, apple sauce
stewed tomatoes and vegetable sal
ad. There were hot, homermad'
rolls and fresh butter, and the faee
was topped off with apple pie an1
coffee. e
Tanned by the Havana sun afte
attending meetings OF the 1nterna
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Unpleasant Taste and Odor
Of Water Traced to Weather

has been more than sufficient to
combat taste and odor conditions. u
But even more. than this, water
authorities conceded, was required
to burn out the tremendous
amounts of organic matter"
The unpleasant flavor and smell
which caused so much criticism
they insisted, is not the chlorine
itself but compounds which are
formed when the chlorine is unable
to neutralize foreign matter in the
water.
Safe Throughout Period.
Undesirable taste and odor die
not, they said, indicate the water
ever was dangerous to drink.
at, was at all times safe and
free of the pathogenic organisms
causing disease, conforming with
United States Public Health Serv-
ice standards" the authorities
declared.
To reduce the complaints in any
similar weather conditions in the
future, the Water Supply Division,
"a number of months ago, initiated
the purchase and installation OF ad-
ditional chemical treatment equip
ment," they said.
When the Z extra chlorination
equipment is in operation, the water
authorities predicted, "the capacity
for sterilizing the water supply will
be more than doubled, and the abil-
ity to combat such sudden and
unusual taste and odor outbreaks
will be at hand"
The District Building switchboard
which received complaints about the
water from 80 citizens on February
16 and IS the following day, record
ed only II on February 10 and nc
more than three on any day since
then.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
|ERP Is Risky, but Necessary,
|CIuvton Tells Herndon Rotary

tional Trade Organization, Mr.. Clay
ton said the United States must go
ahead with the Marshall Plan or
else do nothing at all officially to
help Europe.
He said the Marshall Plan must
not be confused with relief pro-
gram. It is, he added, a recovery
program, designed to help Europe
help herself.
IF farmer wants to repair or
build a fence between his property
and his neighbor's," Mr. Clayton
said, "he usually goes over, sits on
the porch and talks over the prob
lem. The ITO will provide that in
ternational front porch"
He said the resumption of trade
between Eastern and Western Eu-
rope is desirable in assisting Euro
pean recovery.
Ference Macy, former Premier of
Hungary and resident of Herndon,
who also was a guest last night
agreed with this statement. Mr.
Macy said Western Europe would be
SO strengthened by the Marshall
Plan that in five or six years il
would be better able to resist aggres-
IHl6n. His remarks were interpreted
E Ms son,
Districtf Rotary Governor Rober
Bogley Of Alexandria also was ,
guest Of the club.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Group Writing Revisions
Into Home Rule Bill

Numerous changes in the District
charter measure are being drafted
by members of the Home Rule Sub
committee of the House District
Committee as a result of the recent
hearings on the elected city govern
ment plan.
Chairman Auchincloss announced
late yesterday his subcommittee has
named a group of three to recon-
mend revisions. The drafting sub
group consists of Mr. Auchincloss
and Representatives Allen. Repub-
lican, of California, and Deane,
Democrat, of South Carolina.
The group plans to hold its first
meeting this afternoon. Three or
four days of hard work are ahead,
the chairman said
Basic elements of the plan are an
elected city council, which would
name District manager to take
over most administrative functions
The council would have powers to
propose general city legislation sub
iect to congressional presidential
veto.