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Evening star., 1949-02-24
Finance Expert Warn!
Mortgage Clinic Of:
New Loan Outlook
By Robert J. Lewis
Stor Stoff Correspondent

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Willis J.
Winn of the Wharton School OF
Commerce and Finance at the
University of Pennsylvania, today
told a meeting of mortgage bank
ers that current economic develop
ments would exert a downward
pressure on the general level of
interest rates in the months ahead.
The first 1949 mortgage clinic
of the Mortgage Bankers Associa-
ton was opened as the convention
of the National Association of
Home Builders in another part
of the city was nearing its
close. Speakers at that meeting
forecast that good selling would
be needed to market houses this
year.
Welcomes Competition.
F. Perry Brown, American Le-
gion commander, told the builders
that he welcomed competition
among builders because it would
help bring housing costs nearer to
a level veterans could afford.
Mr.. Brown said that in the past
the building business seemed to
have got in the habit of waiting
and began to put premium on
ineficiency through the operation
of cost-plus and fixed fee.
Now, he said, there is no way to
bring costs down except through
competition, and competition is
returning" The veteran has
complete confidence that you can
solve the problem Mr.. Brown
added
Mr.. Winn was among number
of speakers who supported the
view expressed before the builders
convention Tuesday by Commis-
sioner Franklin D. Richards of
the Federal Housing Agency, that
an adequate supply of mortgage
funds would be available this year.
Many builders have been expert
encing difficulty in obtaining
favorable permanent financing.
Money to be Plentiful.
Edgar N. Greenebaum. a Chi
cago investment banker, told the
mortgage clinic that mortgage
money would be- plentiful this year,
but said:
Interest rates will remain at
present levels. Many of the large
institutional investors cut down
on their mortgage lending in the
fall of 1947. These institutions
spent most of 1948 digesting what
they had previously bitten off,
and weren't hungry for new mort
cages all of last year.
Nov, however, economic fac
tors have brought about a change.
Large sums of money are accumu-
lating and must be invested. The
yield from prime bonds has de-
clined from it's peak. and at the
same time mortgage interest rates
have risen. The net result is
that these large investors are
again seeking mortgages for in
vestment of their funds. Mort
gage money will be plentiful in
1949"
Still another speaker had a
somewhat different view. Arthur
M. Weimer, dean of the School
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Lowrenson to Stoy Head
OF County Civil Service

Charles S. Lawrenson will con-
tinue as Montgomery County civil
service commissioner for an lin
definite period" Acting County
Manager Irving G. McNayr said
yesterday.
Mr.. Lawrenson, appointed by
the old Board of County Commis-
sioners, holds an Office responsible
to the county manager in spite Of
the recent appointment of Per-
sonnel Board. The latter group
will fix policy and serve in an ad-
visory capacity.
A German firm has developed q
100 per cent "erSatz" sausage
using no meat
Evening star., 1949-02-24

than any other type Of advertise
ing.
Another speaker, Robert P.
Gerholz of Flint, Mich, said he
believed construction soon would
rise to rate comparable to that
in 1948, but warned that "the
automatic market is gone"
The market is definitely
buyers market" he said, but
added he believed it would show
plenty of signs of strength and
should readily absorb all the good
values in both new and existing
homes that are offered"
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Brakeman Denies He Struck
Notary Public With Seal

William Green, 35, a railroad
brakeman, faces Municipal
Court jury trial March 3 on a
charge he struck notary public
with the latter's notary seal.
Green pleaded not guilty to the
simple assault charge yesterday
before Judge Walter j. Casey ano
was freed under $500 bond, pen
ding trial.
He was arrested on warrant
obtained by Sidney E. Kent, 63
who charged that Green, who lives
in a third floor apartment of 11OT
Eleventh street NV, hit him with
the heavy metal seal on his LEFT
cheek. The alleged assault took
place in Mr.. Kent'S first floor
rooms after both had got into an
argument in a tavern earlier that
evening.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Thankful Armeniuns
Reach Soviet From U. S
By the Associated Press

MOSCOW, Feb. 24.-The Gov
ernment newspaper Izvestia an
nounced today the arrival at Ba-
tumi of 1862 Armenians repatriated
from the United States.
The report said the Armenians
were resting at Batumi before
proceeding to their new homes in
Soviet Armenia. The article con-
tanned a statement by one Arme-
nian. who claimed to have lived
in California, sharply critical of
life in the United States and
thanking Prime Minister Stain
for the opportunity to live in the
Soviet Union.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
ADVERTISEMENT.
Axsx\s5Esg9zIHE7EBa Tis g9IEa ~. ::
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at CENTER MARKET CITY
With Pat Parker

With Pat Parker
Permit us to hold forth on the
goodness of the Onion Roll. No
ordinary roll, this, but some
thing special when made into
a cream cheese sandwich, when
eaten with sweet butter, or
served with bortsch.
These versatile rolls also team
beautifully with chicken soup.
or a tart salad. They're large
rolls, with a center of onions
and poppy seed, and you can
find them at Georges Delica-
lessen every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
Proprietor George Lazer says
that once you become an onion
roll fiend, you're in the same
class with a television fan.
George has other good things
in the way of bakery products.
Ever tried Russian pumpernickel?
It's a heavy. dark brown bread,
delicious with bortsch, naturally.
Makes wonderful cucumber sand
wiches, too.
If YOU like French bread and
Vienna loaves, you'll find George
lowering over these treasures,
waiting to serve you. These
breads are baked here in Wash
ington, but for some reason the
bakery is called the Philadelphia
Baking Co.
You'll also find Pepperidge
Farm breads and rolls at this
stand, and Helen Gates icebox
rye, Next time you plan a party,
try combining Georges loaf
cheese sprinkled with shallots.
and the small slices of icebox
rye. II you like Eggs Benedictine
for sunday Morning Brunch, he
has plenty of English mullins on
hand.
e. Clark Jones, who presides
over Javins Poultry Co., says
that for his money you can't
beat chickens-the kind you eat
from the Shenandoah Valley.
There's something about that
valley air that makes them take
on weight faster and makes them
easier to produce. It's particu-
lariy true of Barred Rocks and
Rhode Island Reds, he says.
Eggs and poultry continue to
drop in price, but Clark says
the turkey season is about over.
There are plenty of broilers,
stewing and baking chickens,
though.
He has a theory about the
small chickens that were coming
in some time back. When meat
prices were high, housewives
substituted chicken for meat.
Producers rushed poultry to the
markets to Meet the demand,
and the chickens didn't have a
chance to grow plump. AL that's
changed now, he says, and
chickens coming into market are
getting plumper.
Clark says he has plenty of
chickens and eggs for weekend
shoppers. You might try roast
chicken with dressing for Sun
day dinner If you haven't had it.
recently. Nothing better. You'll
find these Shenandoah chickens
at Javins Poultry Stands in
CENTER MARKET CITY
Sth and K, NV.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

WALLET, brown, slipper; lost in vicinity
@ Conn. and 2 st. Reward. AID. 3449.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
FOUND.

COCKER SPANIEL, black, female; in down
Town Alex. Call ANIMAL WELFARE
league, Alex 1904.
EERMAN SHEPHERD, or yrs old; vic.
Beverly Hills; following school children.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Press Group Urges
Curbs Be Kept on ITU
Monopoly Practices
By the Associated Press


CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-The In
land Daily Press Association today
urged Congress to keep controls
over unhealthy monopoly prac-
tices" such as it said the AFL In
ternational Typographical Union
used in dealing with publishers.
The present draft of the admin
istration labor bill "by abandoning
all effective curbs on monopoly
practices of this character would
if enacted, be a disservice to free
trade unionism, to individual
workers, to employers, to employees
and to the whole public" the Or
ganization added.
The association has 422 member
daily newspapers published in 1e
states. Its views were expressed
in a letter to Chairman Thomas OF
the Senate Committee on Labor
and Public Welfare. The commit
tee yesterday concluded it's hear
ings on the new administration
labor bill.
Signed by Garfield.
Signer of the letter was the
association secretary, William F
Garfield. who said he was acting
under terms of an authorizing
resolution unanimously adopted
at an association meeting Feb
ruary is.
In large part, the letter replied
to recent testimony before the
Senate committee by Woodruff
Randolph. ITU president Discus
sing four ITU rights which Mr.
Randolph is reported to have
defended, Mr.. Canfield's letter
stated:
They are, in effect
"1. The right to exclude any
nonmember of the ITU from the
opportunity of pursuing the print
ing trade in the majority of print
ing and publishing establishments
20. The right to exact submis-
sion to a wide range of working
conditions without any collective
bargaining at all.
"3. The right by its own fiat to
determine jurisdiction, l. E., to de-
termine when and where whole
classes of workers Frequently
represented by other unions of
their own choice shall be dis
missed to make room for ITU
members.
"a. The right to force employers
Of ITU men to boycott the prod
ucts of other employers who do
not operate ITU closed shops"
Suggested Views for Law.
Mr.. Garfield declared the reason
"why it's four basically monop-
olistic foundations are deemed SO
vital to its existence is that the
artificial maintenance of a scarcity
of printers is it's basic objective. u
Any new labor law, he said,
should include these points:
l. A duty to bargain both on
the part OF management and
labor unions.
2. Access to the courts either
by the Government or the
aggrieved parties "for expeditions
relief against threatened economic
damage" from such practices as
the secondary boycott, jurisdic-
tional strike, or work stoppages to
impose illegal conditions"
3. A prohibition against in
sistence upon such wasteful
make-work practices" as the re-
production of unnecessary type.
4. A prohibition against union
coercion of employees and OF man
agement.
5. Protection against the abuse
of the closed shop to create arti-
fetal scarcities of labor by denying
qualified workers that opportunity
to work at their trade.
6. A clear definition of the term
"employe,"
Evening star., 1949-03-21
College, Is Indicted
In Use Of Mail 10 Sell
Worthless Courses

A Washington institution and
one of its operators were indicted
today on charges of using the
mail to sell fraudulent home
study courses.
The defendants named were
the Northwestern College, 635 M
street NV, and a man described
as its operator. the Rev. Davis w
Board, colored.
The college is charged with
having offered home study courses
leading toward degrees, but the
United States Attorneys office
said the credits thus obtained
would have no official recognition
atflegitimate educational institu-
tions.
In another case, two persons
were indicted on charges of using
the mail to defraud through at
tempts to obtain money under
promise of giving sale franchises
for automobiles and to obtain
funds for youth clubs.
They are Bryson De HaSs Nc
Closkey, 81, and Matilda c. S.
McCloskey. Business address for
the firm, listed as Public Motorca1
Co., was given as the 1900 block
of L street NV.
The indictments were among Is
returned before District Court
Judge Richmond B. Keech.
Evening star., 1949-03-21
2 Churchmen AssaiI
Racial Prejudice

Two speakers at separate meet
ings yesterday denounced racia
prejudice as a blot in the life o1
the Nation.
I Addressing a group al
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
Church, DR.. Wilbur LaRoe, jr.
former moderator of the Genera
Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A.. declared
there is nothing more cruel in al
the world" than race iprejudice.
DR.. LaRoe said race prejudice
ranked with liquor. gambling and
broken homes as major factor In
tending to wreck society.
Sim Andrew Kollinger. c. S. B..
of St. Paul. Mimi. last night In q
lecture at Constitution Hall said
racial and religious prejudice, as
we'll as hatred and political strife,
have no place In the consciousness
of divine love. and therefore can
be proved unreal by anyone who
instead of seeing erroneous persons
and things, refuses to see persons
and things erroneously."
Mr.. Kollinger, a member of the
Board Of Lectureship of The
Mother Church, The First Church
of Christ. Scientist, in Boston, said
there is no better way of hasten
ing the day of universal brother
hood than to recognize the pres
ence of perfection and to bring
more love for God and man into
our daily experience"
Evening star., 1949-03-21
12Women and i1.ken
On Montgomery Jury

Twelve women and II men vert
drawn today for grand jury serv.
ice at the March term Of Mont.
gomery County Circuit Court
which opened at Rockville. :,
Judges Charles W., Woodward
and Stedman Prescott designated
Marshal Davis, . Germantown
farmer and Washington rea
estate man, as foreman =
Judge woodward delivered 4
routine charge and the jury begar
considering about 26 prssentnents
In addition to Mr.. Davis, the
Grand Jury consists Of Theresa M
Hanson, Marguerite M. Langley
F.. Newell Grinin, q. Lamar Kelly
jr.;; Marjorie D. Vogel, Helen A
Travis, Bertha M. King, John
Wright, Leo r. Hurley. :,
Also, Nancy w. Williams, Ar
thur r. johnson, Clark w. Boyer
Jean s. Bennets, Thelma Souder
Charles w. Burke, Edith. NJ. Arm
strong, Emma Hodgson, Jennie c.
Fulton, Ruth g. Thompson, Ed
ward A. Osborn, John C.. Harding
and George w. johnson. " :
Twenty-Five other citizens sum
moned for jury duty will be avail
able to hear cases tried during the
term. :.
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Stead VIII Bequ'le!.sI't
ForPlaygroun!d.t Is
| -. -
Upheld on Appeal ]

The United States Court Of APP
peals today affirned q District
Court decision Of last year under
which the District Is scheduled tt
receive more than so 900 toward
establishment Of q playground II
the neighborhood of Seventeenth
and Church streets NV.
The ruling ,was In connection
with q. bequest by the late Robert
Stead of Philadelphia and. Wash
ington, who left q piece Of prop.
erty at Fourteenth. street and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. fol
playground purposes as . memo.
rial to his first, wife, the late Mrs
Mary Force Stead. Mr.. Stead died
about six years ago.
During the years which followed
other Fairgrounds were built II
the Southeast. Meanwhile, Dis
trict authorities and the Ameri'
can Security and Trust Co., trustee
Of the Southeast property felt Il
would be impractical to build {
playground on the Southeast sit<
and asked for a court interpreta.
ton Of Mr.. Steads will.
Last year. District Court Judge
F. Dickinson Let's ruled that Mr.
Stead's bequest bore a general
charitable intent to establish 9
playground for children Of Wash.
ington as a memorial to Mrs. Stead
and would permit any proceeds
from the Southeast property to be
applied to . playground at Seven
teenth and Church streets NV.
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Home Guard Proposal
Is Studied by Army

The Army's National Guard Bu-
reau is studying whether it would
be feasible to set up an internal
security force, or home guard,
within the framework of the pres
ent guard training system, accord
ing to Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Cra-
mer, chief of that bureau.
Gen. Cramer said that three
States-Texas, Louisiana and New
York-have set up the framework
of home guard. They are being
formed along Guard lines and are
using National Guard armories
and facilities but are not yet part
of the Guard.
The proposed plan is that of
forming units of men who would
not be available for general COM
bat service in the case of war.
and who would take over the du-
ties generally followed by the Ci-
villain Defense Corps in the last
war.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox recon-
mended the formation of such
units for the District Guard sew
eral months ago.
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Aaron Perry Is Fined SIS
For Beating Insurance Man

Aaron Perry's nonprofessional
bout with an insurance man here
resulted today in $25 fine for the
prize fighter in Municipal Court.
Judge George D. Nelson i'm
posed the fine son the 23-year- old
defendants admission that he as
saulted Edward S. Newman, 38, in
the latter's Office in the 1000 block
of Fifth street NV. last January.
The Government dropped a charge
of destroying private property
after Perry promised to pay for
breaking a plate glass door in the
Scuf11e.
Mr.. Newman complained in a
warrant that Perry pelted him
with rabbit punches when he
failed to get immediate action on
a claim for damages to an auto
mobile.
The welterweight lives in the
1900 block of Gales street NE.
Evening star., 1949-03-21
District NAACP 10 Honor
u al Awards Dinner

The District Branch Of the
National Association for the Ad.
vancement of Colored People will
hold its first annual award din
ner at 8 p. m. April l at the
Hamilton Hotel.
The organization will pay trib-
ute to II persons who have CIV
en- their strength and time, with
out the stress of personal in
terest, to the implementation OF
full democracy for all the citizens
of the Nations capital"
Awards will go to Undersecre-
tary of the Interior Oscar L.
Chapman, Attorney General
Clark, Attorney James A. Cobb,
the Rev. DR.. A. Powell Davies,
Federal Security Administrator
Oscar r. Ewing, Phillip H Ora
ham, Attorney Charles H. Hous-
ton, Wilbur La Roe, jr.; Mrs
Agnes Meyer, Senator Morse. Re-
publican, of Oregon, Fire Chief
Clement Murphy and the Most
Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle, Arch
bishop of Washington.
Evening star., 1949-03-21
TeIevision Program Sidetrocks
Church Membership Drive

This mornings meeting was
held for Disciples of Christ min
listers in preparation for the de-
nominations one-week visitation
evangelism campaign for Wash
ington, which starts tonight.
Teams from 10 Disciples churches
in the District area will visit pros
pective church members today
through Thursday.
Mr.. Newman said the "reser-
voir of good will throughout the
world today for the United States
is q result not of commercial en-
terprises in foreign countries, but
of missionary work In educating
and healing natives"
Evening star., 1949-03-21
u. ). Officials Testify
For $40 Maximum
Per Diem Travel Pay

The House Executive Expend-
itures Committee today heard ad-
ditional testimony from Govern
ment officials in favor Of a bill
to increase the present $6-a-day
travel allowance rate to q new
maximum Of $40.
The witnesses said they have
received many complaints from
their employees that the current
Sc rate is inadequate for living
expenses on out-of-town trips.
Arthur Focke, a Budget Bureau
official. estimated the bill, which
also would increase automobile
allowance rates from S to 7 cents
a mile. would entail an additional
maximum cost Of $66, ZOO, 900 q
year. Mr.. Focke, however. en-
phasized that the actual cost
would be considerably less because
the proposed $40 maximum rate
would only be allowed when the
occasion warranted 1t.
Also testifying in favor Of in
creased travel rates were Donald
A. Hansen Of the Treasury Depart
ment, Vernon D. Northrop, New
ton Drury and Albert Day of the
Interior Department and Eugene
Matchett of the Justice Depart
ment.
Luther c. Steward. president Of
the National Federation OF Federal
Employees, and Thomas G. Walters,
operations director Of the AFL
Government Employees Council.
also indorsed the bill.
The bill is sponsored by Repre-
sentative Karsten, Democrat, Of
Missouri.
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Invitations Issued
For Final Concert in
Neiqhborhood Series

The seasons final Neigh
borhood Concert by the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra,
sponsored by The Evening
Star, will be held Thursday
at $3.50 pm. at Coolidge High
School, Fifth and Tuckerman
streets NV.
Invitations. which are free,
may be obtained at Coolidge,
Paul Junior High School,
West, Brightwood, Barnard,
Rudolph, Keene, Whittier.
Shepherd, Takoma, Takoma
Park and Truesdell ele-
mentary schools, Takoma
Park Junior High School; the
Recreation Department, Six
teenth and Lamont streets
NV, and the counter in the
lobby of The Star Building.
Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.
Evening star., 1949-03-21

Television is competition for
churches, the Rev. Lyle V. New
man, national director OF city
evangelism for the Disciple OF
Christ, declared here today.
Mr.. Newma, speaking at a Dis
ciples understanding at the Co.
lumbia Heights Christian Church
said newness of television is prov
ing an obstacle in getting some
people to join a church.
AS an example, he said, one
evangelistic team out to obtain
new church members, called at
one home and became so inter-
ested in a television program that
it remained for the evening and
forgot the purpose of its visit.
Evening star., 1949-03-21

assistant United States Attorney
for the District and was a lieuten-
ant colonel in the Judge Advocate
Generals department Of the Army
during the war. He served in the
Middle East, Italy and the Balkans.
He will be assisted in the cancer
drive by these group chairmen:
George Mcneil, professional group;
Omer w. Clark. fraternal group;
Frank Coleman. labor unions;
Owen C. Holleran, veterans or
carnations: Harry Merrick. civic
and social organizations, and Jesse
Chessin, Jewish groups.
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Pepco Receives Delay
In Hearing on Plea
To Sell bidIess Bonds

The Public Utilities Commission
today adjourned until 10 am.
Wednesday its hearing on the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. request
to sell $37,000.000 worth of un-
secured bonds to three big insur-
ance companies without competi-
tive bidding.
j. F. Reilly. Pepco counsel, re-
quested the delay to allow time
for study of some matters before
the company presented evidence
in support Of its application.
Mr.. Reilly refused to say what
the matters were. But he stated
emphatically they had nothing to
do with the proposed Intervention
of two out-of- town brokerage
companies. The companies, Hal
sey, Stuart 81 Co. of Chicago and
Otis g. Co. of Cleveland, have
served notice they will oppose any
waiver of the PUG rule requiring
competitive bidding Of District
utilities in marketing new securi-
ties
No objection to the stay was
voiced by the intervenors.
Pepco wants the proceeds from
the sale of the bonds to finance
its new construction program and
refinance its funded debt. ,e
The company proposes to 1eli
SIS 900 900 worth of the bond is
sue to the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co.. $l2. 2.000, 900 to the
Eqsiitabie I lie Assurance Society
and 1i2 ,0oO. 900 to the Prudential
Life Insurance Co.
Rules Of both the PUG and the
Securities Exchange Commission
call for not less than three bid
ders on such bond issues unless
the commission having jurisdic-
ton fells money can be saved for
the utility by a private sale.
The PUG has allowed the Wash
ington Gas Light Co. to sell secu-
rites on a non-competitive basis.