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Evening star., 1949-08-01
By GEORGE Kennedy

aaWith firecrackers banging away
and its whistle screaming as@it
raced through the dark. the
Branchville -Beltsville trolley made
it's last run early yesterday.
Members of the Washington
Division of the Electric Rail-
readers Association, who religi-
ously make all last rides. found
this one enlivened by residents OF
Daniels Park who had ridden the
line for years.
The trip was almost hazardous
with revelry. At one spot Motor
man Joseph S. Long had to grind
on his brakes, get off and put out
big bonfire between the rails.
Abandonment of the single
track line, which skirts the
Baltimore boulevard and crosses
it at one point. shortens Capital
Transit Co.'S operation into Mary
land by three miles. The COM
pany said it was losing $35, 900 a
year on the run and when the
Maryland Public Service Com
mission denied it permission to
stop service, the company took its
plea to the Maryland Court OF
Appeals and won.
Once Ran to Laurel.
The line was part of the track
age laid by the Berwyn & Laurel
Electric Railroad, organized At
years ago. Until 1925 service was
furnished from downtown Wash
ington to Laurel over the line. In
1899 the line was shortened, with
Beltsville as the terminal OF a
shuttle service.
The president of the railroaders'
association, Henry Leinbach. a
big, balding young man who is a
sound physicist at the National
Bureau of Standards. showed up
for the ride with an umbrella over
his arm. DR.. Ira Pearlman.
pediatrician at Gallinger Hos
pital, another member of the as
sociation who never misses last
ride, also was on hand.
There were about a half dozen
other members of the associa-
ton. all of whom profess devo-
ton to the continuation of elec-
trio transit but take great delight
in these events because they can
tell new members about rides on
no-longer existent lines.
But the Railroaders were quite
nonplussed by the frenzy OF the
local people as the car went Ca
reening through the night. Mrs.
William T. Casey of Daniels Park
was clinging to the whistle cord
like Casey Jones at the throttle
in another last ride. The boys
who used the car to get to Holy
Redeemer parochial school and
Greenbelt High School. all put two
fingers in their mouths and tried
to whistle loud enough to top the
din.
Banged Dustpan.
c.. L. Sayer, a little bald man in
his COS who also lives at Daniels
Park, supplied percussion by beat
ing new metal dustpan on the
stanchions. The boys were well
supplied with firecrackers which
kept exploding with distressing
frequency.
The car was festooned with
ribands of crepe paper, which
were soon pulled down. Edmund
Pendieton. a conductor OF the
lexington line. went along just
for the ride.
The boulevard was crossed and
the automatic red light stopping
motor traffic turned green.
That light VIII never be red
Evening star., 1949-08-01
U. S. Building Engineers
Reqister for Convention

Chief engineers of Government
institutions. hospitals. hotels and
large Office buildings began regis
tering this morning for the annual
convention of the Universe
Craftsmen Council of Engineers at
the Hotel Statler.
More than 500 delegates are ex-
pected to attend the meetings,
which begin at 9 a. m. tomorrow
The convention will end Friday
The engineering systems of sew
eral Washington buildings will be
inspected by the delegates.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Man, Wife, Daughter
All Die in 80 Hours

WINSTON-SALEM, N. c.. Aug.
death struck three times in
the same Winston Salem family
within 80 hours.
w. c. Tucker. 78. of Route 6,
Union Cross community, died at
6 pm. Saturday at his home. At
6 am. today his wife. Mrs. Asia
Bodenhamer Tucker. 70. died of
a heart attack. An hour and a
half later their daughter. Mrs.
Clara Tucker Willard of High
Point. died of a heart attack just
after reaching the home.
Evening star., 1949-08-01

year OlQ DOy.
drowned while
swimming in
t he S ev r n
River.
The drown
ing victim was
Philip E d g a r
Wells, son OF
Mr.. and MS.
ace R.
Wells, 6801 c
s t r e e t.. Seat
Plea So Mt.
The boy.t a
student at the
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Two New Polio Cases
Reported; Public Told
How 10 Defect Disease

How 10 Defect Disease
Two new polio cases were re-
ported by health officials in the
Washington area TODAY, raising to
81 the number of victims of the
disease reported tLis year.
Both at Chi,dren'c Hospital, the
new patients are:
A 2-year-old boy Of the 5000
block of Twenty third street Sc.
the 14th District resident to be
stricken.
A l2-year-old girl of the 5000
block Of Varnum street, Hyatts-
vile, the tenth case reported in
Prince Georges County.
Symptoms Described.
Meanwhile, the Public Health
Service warned of symptoms
which may be a warning of the
start of polio. The chances are,
officials said. that a child having
such symptoms does not have
polio. because many illnesses Of
children begin with the same
signs. But they advised:
Put the child. or any member
of the household who shows such
symptoms. to bed. Keep others.
especially children, away. If the
patient has developed other symp-
toms, "is feverish or looks or acts
very sick, sendfor q doctor with
out delay" 81
axhe illness maE not be Polio
myelitis." says asspamphletwput
out by the Health Service, but. if
it is. the medical and nursing
care he receives from the begin
ming may have a geat bearing on
how he comes through the illness"
Similar to Bad Cold.
The services gives these further
details on early symptoms:
"At the start, poliomyelitis is
often hard to distinguish from
severe cold. influenza or some of
the diseases of childhood.
Among the early symptoms are
fever. headache. vomiting. fret
fulness. drowsiness, sometimes a
sore throat and at times change
in bowel habits.
stiffness and pain in the back
and neck may give warning of
poliomyeliUis.'
How about methods of protec-
ton?
Since there is no effective vac
cine against polio" says the serv-
ice, doctors suggest the follow
ing procedures for people of every
age to follow when cases of polio
are occurring in the community:
Il. Keep the general health as
good as possible. Try to get q
little more rest than usual and
avoid getting overly tired. Don't
plunge into cold water when your
body is overheated.
Put Off Operations.
"2. If operations on tonsils or
adenoids, or in fact any surgical
operation can be. put off with
safety, wait until after the polio
season to have them done.
"3. Avoid exposure to polio
virus. Although this isn't entirely
possible, many things can be done
toward this end.
During the polio season, per-
sons with mild. undiagnosed
forms of polio can unknowingly
spread the disease to others. AS
there is no practical way to know
who these people are. it is better
to avoid mingling with crowds of
people.
See that children and others in
your household take nothing into
their mouths that could have been
soiled by a discharge from the
bodies of Others"
Check Swimming Water.
On the matter of avoiding ex-
posure to virus, it Is further sug-
gested:
Check with health authorities
on the condition of the water be-
fore swimming in a pool, lake or
river.
Keep the house free of flies. be-
cause polio virus may be carried
by them. Cover all food against
flies.
Have your family go in for more
frequent and more thorough hand
washings."
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Seat Pleasant Boy, 10,
browns al Youth Club
0utng on Severn :

An outing to Herald Harbor by
a Seat Pleasant youth. organiza-
ton ended in tragedy yesterday
when one of the group. a 10
Evening star., 1949-08-01
CITY Hall to Close Tomorrow

The Falls Church City Hall will
be closed tomorrow because of the
Republican and Democratic pri--
marieS.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Drivers Return
To Job, but New
Strjke|sFeared
Equipment Operators
Authorize Another
Construction WoIkoui

Washington's strike troubled
construction industry was back at
work in force today. but new
dispute was threatening to de-
velop into a walkout.
Union operators of heavy equip
ment - cranes, bulldozers and
shovels-have authorized their
wage policy committee to call /
strike at its discretion in demands
for 25-cent hourly increase on
the current $3.50 to $3.50 an hour
scale.
There are about $50 men in
volved, members of the American
Federation of Labors Local IT.
International Union of Operating
Engineers. They have rejected q
10-cent increase and have been
working without a contract since
expiration of their last one May l.
A strike of the operators would
cripple work on all projects now
in the excavation stages, among
them the Dupont Circle under
pass and the Government Ac-
counting Office building.
No Meetings Scheduled.
A spokesman for the union said
today that no new meetings on
the dispute have been scheduled.
The industry had three strikes
and seven disputes during July.
and settlement on demands OF
ready-made concrete truck drivers
put the men back to work today
for the first time since Thursday.
Another potential strike was
averted when the Plaster Tenders
Union agreed to new wages.
Today also is to see the first
move toward arbitration of this
Capital Transit Co. wage dispute.
A city-wide strike of streetcar
operators, bus drivers and main
tenance personnel on July l was
averted when Cyrus w. Ching, di-
rector of the Federal Mediation
and Cancellation Service. stepped
into the dispute and won the ar
bitration agreement.
5-Man Board to Sit.
Samuel E. Emmons. general
manager of Capital Transit, and
William F. Sims. president of the
union, are to sign a formal appli-
cation for the arbitration today.
The move will establish board
of seven members, from which two
will be removed-one by the COM
pany and one by the union. Then
the five-man board will tackle the
problem. The union asks a 25-
cent hourly pay raise and other
benefits.
John. Curtin, of Simpson ant
Curtin, Philadelphia labor advise
and his law partner, Hawle.
S Simpson, will present the com
pany's case, Mr.. Emmons sait
: today. For the union, o. Davit
Zimring of Chicago has beer
/ named and Eli Oliver, Washing.
ton attorney. is expected to be
selected for the employees.
Evening star., 1949-08-01

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Evening star., 1949-08-01
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Evening star., 1949-04-22
Catholic Archbishop Warn,
OF Education Monopoly
~ IN. A,soe;o,sd Pres,

PHILADELPHIA, April 22.--
Archbishop Mcrsicliolas of Cincin-
natl today called on the parents Of
all faiths to examine the moral
crisis Of education in the United
States.
"our Supreme Court. our Fed-
|eral and State courts, our legis-
Ilators, out statesmen, our secular
press and our professional edu-
Gators are all contributing in their
fields to monopoly Of
education. probably without Sc
rious realization of the devastat-
ing movement which they are pro-
noting" the archbishop said.
The prelate, president general
Of the National Catholic Educa-
tional Association. issued his
warffing to about 5000 delegates
attending the organizations 46th
annual meeting.
His prepared speech was read by
the Right Rev. Clarence ]. Issen-
man, vicar general Of the Arch
diocese Of Cincinnati, on behalf
Of Archbishop McNicholas. who is
i'll and unable to attend the meet
ing.
Informed and capable persons
Of all groups in our country should
study the implications Of monop-
oily Of education and the ravages
and degradation which are in
evitable under this dictatorship, ;"
the archbishop asserted.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Text of Presidents National Health Proqrom

tunity to add TO the program OF
medical research through new scien-
tific techniques. such as the Use Of
the products of atomic energy. anc
through the wise and balanced ex-
pansion Of research into diseases
which have not SO far been con-
quered.
These recommendations are inter
related parts Of q comprehensive
plan for improving the quality o.
medical care and making such care
more completely available 10 ouy
people. They present sensible and
realistic program of action. which
compliments by recommendation
for extending and improving the
social security system. including the
provision Of insurance against losa
Of workers incomes during periods
of sickness or disability.
No Time Should Be Lost.
We should lose no time in making
q full-scale beginning on all parts OF
our health program. At the same
SAIilc tiiat VIC e4c Puttl1AB AiCa4SAl AA
surance into operation, We should
be establishing the hospitals and
clinics, and training the medical
personnel, that the insurance sys-
tenn will enable us to afford. We
cannot, Of course. achieve our goal
fully until the system has been In
operation for some time. That fac,
emphasizes the need for early legis-
lative action.
Many people are concerned about
the cost Of a national health pro-
gram. The truth is that 1t will save
great deal more than 1t costs
We are already paying about 4 pei
cent of our national income fol
health care. More and better care
can be obtained for this same
amount of money under the pro-
gram I am recommending. Further.
more, we can and should invest
additional anoIrlts in an adequate
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Proque Peace Conference
Resumes After Recess

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. April
% (P.-The Prague section Of the
World Peace Congress"-an over
flow from the Paris meeting-re-
sumed today after one-day re-
cess.
Chinese, Hungarian and Rus
sian delegates renewed their pleas
for peace, their attacks on foreign
capitalists and their praise of Rus
sia. They also assailed France for
not giving every one visas to at
tend the Paris meeting.
Recordings of the Paris pro-
ceedings, flown here yesterday,
were relayed for the audience.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Peace Congress
CONTINUED From First Page

common people" in the United
States had withstood a filthy
torrent Of anti-Soviet propa-
ganda."
They have not forgotten" he
continued, that their homes are
inviolate because the valiant,
great Red Army withstood the
monster of Nazism."
Henderson accused the United
States Government Of using every
device and trick to confuse, di-
vide, bribe and use democratic
people as weapons against the
forces of democracy in the world.
Describing conditions in Amer
lea, Henderson said the working
people had felt some Of the ter
ror Of reaction In the Taft-Hart-
ley Act, which was designed to
weaken and II possible smash the
unions and prepare the way for
| the Atlantic Pact and war de-
signs"
Forced Underground"
In three States, he added. the
Communist Party and progressive
forces have virtually been forced
underground. He did not name
the States.
Unfortunately, . he said. bribery
Is one Of the means Of action In
our country. Sad to relate, many
top labor leaders have made COM
mitments to the State Department
The membership Of unions Is more
militant for peace than It's leaders
and millions have undertaken to
explain the real meaning Of the
Marshall Plan and the Atlantic
Pact, despite the fact that their
leaders are under commitment to
the State Department"
The rightist newspaper L'Aurore
today demanded that Frederic
Joliot- Curie be fred from his post
as head Of Frances Atomic Energy
| Commission. Joliot- -Curie. Com
munist, was one of the speakers
at the congress.
The Patriarch Alexei, head OF
the Russian Orthodox Church. sent
blessings TO the congress.
The MetropolitanNicolasK Kuititsky
conveyed the blessing, then aimed
q broadside ut @Warmongers, such
as other Communist and pro-C Com
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Health
Continued From First Page.)

the greatest possible extent" and
that 'the quality Of medical care
be adequately safeguarded."
In this connection Mr.. Truman
suggested that administration OF
the program in each locality be
guided by "a local group in which
the skills and judgment of local
medical personnel are fully rep
resented"
In urging assistance for medi-
cal schools, Mr.. Truman said that
today there are about 10000 ac-
tive physicians in this country
of whom $4,000 are in private
practice.
Not Enough Physicians.
"This is not enough" the Presi-
dent insisted. ut represents only
about 80 per cent Of the physicians
we require. Unless we take prompt
action to expand the medical
schools, we shall be no better of
10 years from now. We face SINH
lar shortages with respect to den
fists, nurses and other professional
medical personnel"
Stressing that In an age OF spe-
cialization, medical treatment has
become more expensive. the Presi-
dent declared:
"It is no longer just the poor
who are unable to pay for all the
medical care they need-such care
is now beyond the means Of all
but the upper income groups"
He said that there was particu-
lar need for this medical program
in rural areas. At present. he said,
only 3,500,0o0 of the American
people "have insurance which
provides anything approaching
adequate health protection" al
though some so. .o00. 900 have some
form Of insurance.
But under current plans. he
argued, costs are not adjusted to
income and those who need pro-
lection most cannot afford to
join"
The Presidents program. about
which he said there is no longer
any substantial difference of
opinion" lines up with legislation
introduced by Senator Murray Of
Montana and Representative
Dingell Of Michigan. both Demo-
Gratis.
Plans providing for localized
administration have been intro
duced by Senator Taft. Repub-
lican, Of Ohio and Senator Hill,
Democrat. of Alabama. and other
sponsors from both parties.
Evening star., 1949-04-22

munist speakers had delivered. He
did not make specific reference to
the West.
The metropolitan is q church
official next in rank to patriarch.
Many warmongers think OF
themselves as Christians" he said.
"and call themselves Christians.
but we in the Russian orthodox
church are not deceived by those
efforts to cover their demoniacal
schemes with the Bible"
Evening star., 1949-04-22

health program-for the additional
investment viii more than pay for
itself.
The real cost Of our present in
adequate medical care Is not meas
ured merely BY doctors bills and
hospital bills. The real cost TO So
ciety Is in unnecessary human SUI
fering and the yearly loss OF hun
dreds Of millions Of productive work
ing days. To the individual the real
costs are the shattering Of family
budgets, the disruption OF family
life. the suffering and disabilities,
the permanent physical impair
nents left by Gripping diseases. and
the death each year Of tens of
thousands OF persons who might
have lived. This Is the price We are
now paying for inadequate medical
care.
Differences on Details.
1t is plain common sense that We
should not permit these needless
costs TO continue when We have it
within our power TO reduce them
with a practical health program.
Where there are differences remain
ing as to The details of the program,
we should not permit these differ
ences to stand in the way OF our
going forward They should be
threshed out with honesty and tole-
rance, as Is our democratic fashion.
We should enact the best possible
program and then all OF us should
get behind it to make 1t work.
We are striving in this country to
see that the strength and fiexibility
Of our political and economic insti-
tutions are used to bring the great
est possible good to our people. I
consider this health program as part
Of that endeavor-to adjust TO mod
arn conditions without losing tradi-
tional values. to bring to the people
Of this country the full enjoyment
of the benefits which our freedom
makes possible.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
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Evening star., 1949-04-22
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Evening star., 1949-04-22

medical care has been growing rap
idly In this country In recent years.
This growth is proof that our people
understand the advantages OF
health insurance and desire Its ex-
tension.
Voluntary Plans Inadequate.
Unfortunately, however. voluntary
plans have proved inadequate te
meet the need. Most voluntary
plans give only very limited protec'
tion. While some 10000, 900 people
now have some form Of health In
surance, this insurance usually pro-
vides only limited protection so fai
as Decentralization Is concerned and
in most cases makes no provision at
all for other medical services. Only
3,500,000 of our people have insur-
ance which provides anything ap-
preaching adequate health protec-
ton. Most serious Of all, since rates
in these voluntary plans are not
adjusted to incomes, those who need
protection most cannot afford to
join.
The only fair and effective means
to assure adequate medical care
through insurance is to build on the
pattern of our existing social insur-
ance plans. As in the case OF those
plans, we should seek to include as
many persons as possible within the
health insurance system, so that
more may benefit, and costs can be
more widely shared.
Health insurance is a method Of
paying Tor medical care. It win
not require doctors to become en-
ployes OF the Government. It will
not disturb the freedom Of doctors
and hospitals to determine the
nature and extent of treatment tc
be given. It will not interfefe with
the personal relationship between
Evening star., 1949-04-22

A1ee I'm urButS COuBHSs
NV fourth Recommendation Is that
the Congress increase the amount
of the Federal grants for these ac-
tiyities, consolidate the existing sep
arate grants insofar as possible,
and provide for matching by the
States adjusted to their differing
financial resources.
Another essential step, II We are
to continue to improve our medical
care system, Is to continue to Inn
prove our medical research as more
facilities and scientific personnel
become available. The Government
is already contributing substantially
to the advance Of medical knowledge
by conferring fellowships for re-
search In many specialized fields, BY
providing grants for research by
public and nonprofit agencies, and
through its own research activities.
We must keep alert 70 every oppor-
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DIDELE DAINU MEDzIOKLE CLEVELANDE

riu; Povilas Duskevicius pa
grieze pora polku. IS vyru dau-
giausiai dainu ir graziai padai-
navo kupiskenas Jonas Alekna.
DR.. Balys sake, kad cia bltu
darbo gal net savaitei - kitai,
bet treciadieni jis isskubejo j
Pittsburgha tokiai paciai me-
dzioklei.
Dainu medziokle buvo prade-
ia nuo Onos Vildienes, nes apie
ja, atsiliepdamas j DIRVOS at
sisaukima, pranese neseniai j
Clevelanda atvykes naujakuris
P. Miksys. Kitus teko gaudyti
"viena nuo kito". Reikia paste
beti, kad senuju dainu zinovai
dare klaida, neatsiliepdami j at
sisaukima ir nepranesdami apie
save redakcijai. Tuo dainQ rim
kimas butu palengvintas ir re-
zultatai butu gal dar geresni.
Todel kitais atsitikimais ME
kas atsisaukimu nepraleiskite
neatsiliepe, nes tai yra bendras
reikalas.