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Evening star., 1949-11-24
Finances One Reason.

to engage in public discussion
and public affairs with a greater
latitude than is either feasible
or suitable for one who carries
specific public, responsibilities"
Another reason, he made clear
is a financial one. He said his
years in the Government have
been "very rewarding. in every
way except financially"
Mr.. Lilienthal's resignation was
the third from the commission
within q year. w. w. Waymack,
former editor OF the Des Moines
Register and Tribune, left in De-
cember. 1948. DR.. Robert Bacher
resigned last May.
Feuded With McKellar.
The Acc chairman, outspoken
to the point of bluntness. has been
praised as a great American and
great administrator. and de-
nounced as '1eftish," arrogant
and contemptuous of the wishes
of Congress.
g His public career has been one
long feud with many Congress
members, dating back to iva
days when he incurred the Bit
ter enmity of Senator McKellar
Democrat, of Tennessee, now
chairman of the Senate Appro-
priations Committee.
Senator McKellar commented
at Memphis that Mr.. Lilienthals
announced departure was 'for the
good of the country"
It was over the protests of Sen
ator McKellar and former Sena-
tor Stewart. Democrat. Of Tennes-
see that President Truman re-
appointed Mr.. Lilienthal to a Sec
ond nine-year term as iva chair
man in 1945. 1t was one of Mr..
Truman's first appointments on
succeeding the late President
Roosevelt.
Then in 1916, Mr.. Truman, q
personal friend of Mr.. Lilienthal,
named him to head the Atomic
Energy Commission when that
agency took over the atomic bomb
enterprise from the Army. The
commission was set up under the
1916 Atomic Energy Act.
Mr.. Lilienthal's confirmation in
1947 came after a bitter fight, on
a 5o-to-31 Senate vote.
In accepting the resignation,
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Blue Serge Sunday Suit
Held Cure for Mankind
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

TORQUAY, England. - What
the world needs to revive its senst
of integrity is a return to the old
fashioned blue serge Sunday suit
That's what George Quemby Of
Liverpool told the meeting OF the
National Federation of Merchant
Tailors here.
when I entered the trade 4C
years ago." he said, every man
had q Sunday suit Of good blue
serge. He wore it to church and
when he visited friends. It gave
him q sense Of responsibility that
men haven't got today"
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Ward
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tSo1lG1l10C0 l. 4oAA = A. oV = o5S'f
sponse to this news was to in
struct Mr.. Club to inform Mr..
Ward that he and his entire staff
"are to depart from Mukden forth
with"
This was in line with previous
American actions, since the Muk-
den consulate had .heen ordered
closed early this year. Communist
authorities promised transporta-
ton for all the personnel and bag
gage in June but never made good
on it.
Diplomats here said the Ward
case had worked out about as
they expected. They regarded the
whole affair as an effort by the
Chinese Communists to disgrace
an American official and cause
him to leave the country under
q cloud.
That the Chinese Communists
will treat the matter that way in
their anti-American propaganda
is a foregone conclusion here
That is by no means the only
result which China's national
Communist leaders are not con-
fronted with, however.
For while the United States
may have somewhat "lost face
inside China over this incident
authorities here say that the Chi
nese Communists have ''lost face
in the outside world. This. ir
turn, could have an effect speci-
flcally on the speed with which
other, non-C Communist countries
are willing to recognize them.
The Ward case, for instance
could be cited in arguments in
the United Nations over the move
made by Soviet Foreign Minister
vishinsky yesterday to dfs-ac-
credit Nationalist China as a
member of the United Nations.
Russia wants the seat for Com
munist China.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Kennel Club Gives $3.50
To Alexandra Hospital

Alexandria Hospital received 9
$3.50 Thanksgiving gift yesterday
from members of the Old Domin-
ion Kennel Club.
A check, presented to Hospital
Administrator Guy F. Sutton by
Mrs. ]. Robert Smith and Mrs. An
drew Melvine, represents part OF
the kennel clubs 1949 dog show
held last spring in the Alexandria
ball park.
Co-beneficiary from the show is
Children's Hospital, which has
already received its share Of the
proceeds. Both hospitals will ben
eft from the 1850 show in April.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Rejection Predicted
In Congress for Any
Draft Law Extension
By the Associated Press

An emphatic mo" is expected
to be Congress answer to any
request for extension of the draft
law next year.
Congressional leaders believe
the administration will make such
a request, probably early in 1850.
and are confident Congress will
turn it down.
They have, in effect. so notified
President Truman and Secretary
Of Defense johnson.
In a letter to the President and
Mr.. johnson. discussing medical
benefits for servicemen's depend
ents, Chairman Vinson Of the
House Armed Services Committee
and Representative Kilday, Demo-
crat, of Texas, of the same COM
mittee, said "it is exceedingly un-
likely that the extension will be
approved"
May Be First Request.
Draft law extension, they said,
may be the "No. legislative item
of the Defense Department in the
second session of this Congress"
The present draft law, enacted
in 1948, expires next June "a. It
has been used only sparingly to
meet manpower requirements Of
the armed forces, most of which
have come from voluntary enlist
ments.
The argument that the draft
has not been overworked is ex-
pected to be cited by the armed
forces as a strong reason for its
continuance. It has, their con-
gressional spokesmen claim, been
a strong factor in heavy enlist
ments of youths who otherwise
might have been drafted.
Since the law is used only in
emergencies, they contend, it
would be wise to keep it on the
statute books rather than let it
die and then re-enact it after the
administrative machinery had
been junked:
Services Kept Promise.
Representative Price, Democrat,
of Illinois, member of the Armed
Services Committee, said he does
not think Congress will take kindly
to a proposal to keep the law on
the books. But, he added, "it
cannot be charged that the armed
forces did not act in good faith
in administering it, since they
promised it would be used only if
needed, and that is what has
happened"
Mr.. Vinson told newsmen there
isn't "a chance in the world of
getting Congress to extend the
draft" and there is no justifca-
ton for it, military or otherwise.
He thinks the administration
will ask for it anyhow.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
E. F. CoIIuduy to Speak

Edward r. Colladay, q member
of the board Of directors Of the
Washington Board Of Trade. vii.
be principal speaker and guest Of
honor at the regular noon lunch
con tomorrow at the Almas Tenn
pie Club, 1915 K street NV. He
will discuss the Board Of Trades
6Oti1 Anniversary Celebration"
Evening star., 1949-11-24
LiIienthuI
Continued From First Page.)


which is expected to exceed $780,.
10000
Finances One Reason.
Mr.. Lilienthal made it patiently
clear in his letter of resignation
that he will have much to say
about the atomic program as 6
private citizen.
He has decried what he ha.
called the excessive secrecy sur.
rounding the enterprise.
He told Mr.. Truman:
Although this resignation doe!
bring my work as a public servant
to a close, it does not mean thai
I do not intend to continue to bt
active in public affairs, for this i.
the first responsibility of all citi-
zens in a democracy.
Indeed one of my chief rea.
sons for wishing to return to pri-
vate life is that I may be able
Evening star., 1949-11-24
South Sumutru OKs Pact

BATAVIA, Java. Nov. "a. Up
The state of South Sumatra has
unanimously ratified the recent
Dutch h-Indonesian agreement for
setting up an independent United
States of Indonesia. dispatch
from the capital of Palembang
said TODAY.
Evening star., 1949-11-24
Could Vote

BY 1920, when the United States
constitution was amended to give
women the right to vote. they had
already been 50 enfranchised by
80 State governments. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
Delegate Seeks 10 Fix
Loss in Home BURGLARY
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 3.-Dele-
gate Edward T. Haynes sought to-
day to determine the full extent
OF his loss to BURGLARS who did a
leisurely safecracking job at his
home here while he and his family
were away for the week end at
White Sulphur Springs. w. Va.
1t appeared. he said, that the
intruderS-who munched a fresh
cooked country ham while they
worked-made off with at least
$4,000 in cash and valuables. He
put the money figure at $1,000 and
valued a stamp collection he had
been assembling for Is years at
$4,000. He was insure how much
in stocks, bonds and jewelry was
missing.
The House of Delegates member
from Richmond found the back door
of his west end home wide open
when he returned from the trip
yesterday afternoon The house
had been Systematically searched,
and a 500-pound safe on the second
floor had been opened can-opener
fashion with power tool A heavy
flreproof stronghold containing the
stamp collection had been carted
away.
There was quite a bit left of
the ham but the BURGLARS had
sliced into 1t literally while they
worked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
Fire al Silver Spring
Causes S250,000
Damage TO Plant

Damage estimated by a company
official at approximately S250.00O re-
suited early today when fire de-
stroyed much of the plant and stock
Of the American Instrument Co.,
Selin road near Georgia avenue, Sill
yer Spring.
The fire attacked two adjoining
buildings. Most Of the damage was
caused in the smaller, which housed
expensive scientific instruments and
manufacturing machinery.
j. T. Perone, superintendent,
made the damage estimate. He said
most of the so employees would con-
tinue to work despite the fire.
The blaze was reported about
1885 pm. by the member of the
crew Of passing Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad train. Six pieces of fire.
fighting apparatus from Silver
Spring and Four Corners responded
to the alarm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
Man Wounded in Scuff|e
Is in Critical Condition

Jasper c. Miller, 81, of 512 Whit
tier place NV, was in a critical
condition today in Leland Memorial
Hospital, Riverdale, from a bullet
wound received while scuffling over
pistol in a moving automobile.
Detective Richard A. Pearson of
the Prince Georges County police
reported Mr. Miller was a passenger
Saturday night in a car operated
by George R. Durham, Is. of RID
2, Laurel. He was shot in the chest
during a friendly scuffle over a As
caliber automatic owned by Mr.
Durham, the detective said
The shooting occurred on Ed
monston road extended at the Agri-
culture Department experimental
farm.
Police charged Mr. Durham with
assault with a dangerous weapon
and carrying deadly weapon. The
Laurel man was freed under $1,000
bond pending hearing in Hyatts-
vile Police Court January 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
Norfolk Plumbers Strike
For 5O-Cent Wage Boost
BY the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. jan 3.-Approx-
imately 100 union plumbers struck
today for higher wages.
Ezekiel Colenda, business manager
of local ITO of the Plumbers and
Steamfltters Union, said no last
minute efforts were made by the
Master Plumbers and Plumbing and
Heating Contractors Association,
the employers, to ward off the work
stoppage.
The strike, which is expected to
hold up work on a number of con-
struction projects. came after the
employers rejected demand for a
wage increase of so cents an hour
which would have raised the pay of
journeymen plumbers to $3.50 an
hour.
MIR. Colends promised that mo
citizens of Norfolk will suffer" for
lack of emergency repairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
Lane Completes Z Years
As Maryland Governor
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 3.-Gov. Lane
reached the halfway mark in his
first term today with undiminished
zest for the job Of running a $114,-
000.000-a-year business.
Gov. Lane, Sc, personally oversees
the details of the huge bond issues
and minute budget items that 60
into the management of Maryland
affairs.
Hard work" and satisfaction"
are the words he uses to describe
his first two years as chief executive.
THE pleasure of work is in the
satisfaction of getting things done.
Work is distasteful If it is &C
companied by Illustration" Gov.
Lane says.
He was sworn in ahead of his
regular term on January 3, 1947,
when Gov. Herbert r. O'Conor re-
signed to take his seat in the United
States Senate. Although Gov. Lane
is eligible for one more term under
a two-term constitutional amend
ment recommended, he says it is too
early to say whether he will run
f2r reelection in 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
Inaugural! Group
Faces Big Job in
Ticket Mailing
Committee Members
Busy Over Week End
To Stort Distribution

A major clerical problem-the
addressing and mailing of thou.
sands of tickets-faced the 1949 In
augural Committee today.
Ignoring the weekend holiday, q
number of committee members
worked Saturday and Sunday tc
get start on the big job. General
Chairman Melvin D. Hildreth ex-
pressed confidence the committee
clerical staff. assisted by corps OF
volunteers, will be able to distribute
tickets to the inaugural ball, parade
grandstands and, later. the inaugu-
raj gala, with a minimum of con-
fusion.
Tickets, at $40 each, now are
being sent to persons who notified
the committee of their acceptance
OF ball invitations and inclosed pay
ment.
In addition, the committee is in
an early stage of mailing parade
grandstand tickets.
Another mailing job in progress is
the distribution of inaugural med
'als, which cost So plus Is cents for
mailing.
Orders for Gala Accepted.
Orders also are being accepted by
mail for the inaugural gala-the
concert and vaudeville show to be
presented the night of January 19
in the Armory-but the tickets have
not been placed on sale.
After conference with 1t. Col,
Melvin E. Tyrrell, wing commander
OF the Civil Air Patrol, Mr.. Hildreth
announced special information and
communications services for private
pilots coming to Washington in their
planes for the Inauguration cere-
monies and civic celebration.
Mr.. Eildreth said Col. Tyrrell has
been assured there will be no in.
creases in prices for regular services
at the Washington area airports
during the inaugural period and that
additional refueling facilities will be
provided.
Harry j. Bludstein, representing
National Airport at meeting with
committee officials, warned, how
ever. that the big field will be taxed
by commercial traffic.
Plan Information Networks.
1T will be the duty of the smaller
field operators to handle the needs
OF private plane owners" he said.
CAP members will assist in han
ding planes at private airports
Col. Tyrrell said, and will man an
information network linking Ma
tlonal Airport and these fields. This
service, providing weather and traf-
f1c data, will be maintained during
daylight hours from January 1S
through the 21st, he disclosed.
He added many private pilots are
expected to visit the District for the
Inauguration on their way home
from the Miami Air Show.
Private pilots can obtain infor-
nation from the CAP Office in the
Tariff Commission Building, Seventh
and E streets NV, where the In
augural Committee has its head
quarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
By John V. Homer

In a sense. Thomas c. Kelley is
the key figure In the political tram
Sition from commissioners to Coun-
cil-manager government in Mont
gomery County.
This is due not so much to his
knowledge and advocacy Of the
charter system as to q familiarity
with existing conditions and what
has gone before.
No other councilman will be more
experienced in practical politics;
none will be so we'll acquainted with
the personalities with whom they
must deal at Rockville.
interested in Farming.
Mr.. Kelley. As, is Republican
but has not been too closely identi-
fed with organization politics to
disturb nonportisan charteries. He
has respect for and is respected by
politicians in both the COP and
Democratic organizations.
To a large segment of the popu-
lation, Mr.. Kelley's presence on
the Council will be important be-
GAUGE of his interest in agriculture.
He runs a 540-acre dairy farm,
Pleasant Hills, near Jamestown, be-
sides practicing law in Rockville.
He studied agriculture at the Uni
versity of Maryland preparatory to
taking charge of the family farm
and he has lived at Pleasant Hills
most of his adult life.
The only time he ever ran for a
public office he was elected to the
bench of Montgomery County Or
phans' Court. Then he completed
a law course at Southeastern Uni
versity and became the first lawyer
to sit in that court.
Unopposed for Office.
Mr.. Kelley is a vice president and
trust officer of the Montgomery
County National Bank, treasurer of
the Social Service League, past
president of the Rockville Rotary
Club and president of the West
Montgomery Citizens Association.
He is treasurer of the Board of
Trustees of the Jamestown Presby-
terrain Church.
The candidate, unopposed, is run
ming under sponsorship of the
Charter Committee for the Sd dis
trict seat. He has been active in
the charter movement almost from
the start, more than 10 years ago.
His wife was formerly Miss Cath
arine Merrill of st. Paul, MINI.
They have two sons and one
daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
CAA Segregation Ban
At Airport Cafes Due
For Court Test TODAY

A test of the Civil Aeronautics
Administrations order banning
racial segregation at National Air
ports eating places was scheduled
today in Federal Court at Alex
andria.
Judge Albert V. Bryan was to
hear arguments on petition by
Air Terminal Services, Inc, opera
tor of the eating concessions, to
enjoin CAA from enforcing the
order issued week ago today.
Observers considered it the first
step of legal procedures which will
settle the disputed question OF
whether Virginia State segregation
laws apply to the Federally -oWnec
airport.
In ordering the terminal restau-
rants, cafeterias and snack bars
opened to white and colored per-
sons alike, CAA officials said they
were acting on the advice of the
Justice Department that they were
on solid legal ground.
Acted on Advice of Attorneys.
One day after issuance of the
order, ATS officials refused to serve
six Negroes informally testing the
directive. The following day Edgar
G. Brown, director of the National
Negro Council, staged a Shutdown
strike in the coffee shop. Both
demonstrations we're orderly.
ATS officials explained they were
acting on the advice of attorneys
that, until the courts ruled other.
wise. the airport fell under the
jurisdiction of Vrginia's segrega.
ton laws.
Both sides indicated they well
coined adjudication of a problem
that has long veXed them. One suit
brought by colored person charg-
ing she was turned away from a
meal, is pending against manage
ment of the airport and dining facil-
tiles, and there have been threats
of others.
Fear Loss of Contract.
In their petition to enjoin the
GAIA, Terminal Services officials
said the company was being placed
in jeopardy of Federal punishment
unless it obeys the order and in
danger of Virginia prosecution if it
ends segregation.
The petition also stated that fail
ure to follow the CAA order might
result in revocation of the company's
contract to operate the eating
places.
CAA and airport officials have
accepted complaints from persons
barred from eating at the airport
since last Monday, and have pre-
pared them in written reports for
the Justice Department. They will
be available as evidence if the JUS
tice Department chooses to prose-
cute for criminal violations of the
CAA order.
Such violations carry a penalty of
$500 fine and six months in jail. On
the other hand, ATS officials have
said they would be liable to fines
and Imprisonment If Eney were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-03
Fairfax Referendum
Sought on Bond Issue
For Negro High Schoo!

A referendum on a $500 900 bono
issue for a Negro high school 1r
Fairfax County is sought in a pc.
tition now being circulated. it wa
disclosed today.
A joint committee Of white ane
Negro residents is gathering the
1000 signatures necessary before
the petition can be presented to the
circuit court, 1t was announced BY
Mrs. Mary A. Livingston of Senin-
airy, committee chairman.
The petition, however, will not be
presented until the ownership OF
the Falls Church schools are deter
mined. The ownership question
arose when the community recently
became a second-class city in Au-
gust.
Must Attend Manassas School.
Negro high school students nov
must either attend a regional high
school at Manassas. operated by
Fairfax, Prince William and Fau-
quier Counties with State aid, or
pay tuition elsewhere. Mrs. Livings-
ton said. There are 230 Fairfax
students at Manassas, according tc
Fairfax School Supt. w. T. Wood
son.
The joint committee and the
Fairfax County Colored Citizens
Association cite the following
among their reasons in asking for
a high school in the county:
l Some students must get UP
at am. and ride overloaded buses
for two hours to reach the Manassas
school. The round trip for one bus
is SO miles.
2. Manassas buildings are old and
classrooms are overcrowded. There
is no gymnasium and the assembly
hall is on the third floor of a struc-
ture largely built of wood.
8. There are four high school for
white students in Fairfax.
In reply, Mr. Woodson said to-
day that a new 100000 addition
is nearing completion at the regional
school. He said Fairfax contributed
$4,000 and the State $4,000 of
the cost. Much repair work already
has been done and conditions will
continue to improve, he said.
Cites Vocational Courses.
The superintendent said the
Manassas school offers vocational
courses not given in this countys
white high schools. He said the
Manassas curriculum is more COM
prehensive because of the shops
and vocational training.
Mr.. Wodson recalled that Fair
fax, which supplies about 43 per
cent of the enrolment, joined in
the regional school with the ad-
vice and the the request of the
colored citizens of Fairfax" about
10 years ago.
The Manassas school is not only
accredited by the State Board of
Education, he said, but by the
Southern Association of Schools and
Colleges. The white high schools
in Fairfax are accredited only by
the State, he said.
. He expressed the fear that the