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Evening star., 1949-06-24

Representatives have taken their
grievances 10 Chairman Johnston
OF the Senate Ctyil Service Com
mittee. the group that would ham
die the postmaster nominations
once they were sent 10 Congress
Senator Johnston. its reported
also is incensed about the si,ua-
ton. particularly with the holding
up OF nominations from his own
State. South Carolina.
Senator Johnston may discuss
the situation soon with President
Truman, In fact. there are some
reports that he already has dts
eussed the matter with the Presi-
dent. but these reports cannot be
confirmed
PAY-The insurgent faction in
the House Civil Service Committee
staged a surprise coup yesterday
and when the smoke cleared. they
had won their battle 10 have the
group begin hearings on Federal
pay reclassification legislation,
Led by Representatives Rhodes.
Democrat. OF PENNSYLVANIA. and
Miller. Democrat, OF California
these members demanded show
down on the committees refusal
for more than Ave and one half
months to take UP the legislation,
/ They and their colleagues de
clared that, II the group failed
to act. they would circulate a dis
charge petition in the House 70
force the legislation out OF CON-
mittee.
| Whereupon Chairman Murray
who until then had refused tc
act on the measure. as well a,
some OF the other recalciirantS
agreed to the motion TO set q
hearing date. Consequently. the
committee will open It's hearing,
at 10 a m, Tuesday.
! Employe leaders naturally were
delighted at the outcome. Bu'
even so they realize the legisla
ton faces a difYicult hurdle, prin.
cipally because OF the time ele.
ment involved. Had the commit
tee acted sooner. the Legislation
might have had more than ar
outside chance.
AS the situation stands now. the
!, odds are against enactment at this
/ session. Even so. employe group.
feel committee action this year
could clear the way for prompt
enactment at next years session
OF Congress. AS pointed out here
yesterday. unfinished legislative
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Bus Taking Ampuiees
To Ball Game Kills
5-Year-0Id Child

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arc q sa42.s- ~ks ~esalsgsass ~ -wa
- Ta-sS ags saeass Asgv asr ,~s-
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cerss gss rrse - - Al iAGs ,zsss gAsa
yw&y
ne es45s RAsEs NaIsoS- 49,.
ose<s .1ss rSs@rat sssex4 - IA
:Fuza kscs~~xp PARKED eAfs~ gss-R+
sAsa. Arsa ~as sgySwK ~ . Fs@t
Cross eas carrying asnENais~a -
;ss bal game 81 osiIsh Stadium
Tsae aeraarns occurred IA isoat ~
&is CsAaaaas street. Nv,
THE ef4vv+ ut taF e&aA, SaNh q
Owned sy shs Aentsesnegy Ce&a -
Caapsrr a ths Red CroaA wAA
gas9rd sy po,ses - s3tsf4Ssr X
HAYES, tr- 4k. q. Asls oAGascsas
Avsnu< RrtfesGsA Ma The aEs1'a-
te<s sVR h~aas uansgNst~d ti-esa
netaeS.a SAvAl AaaGssAa
Eaec.sactana Mate se ' r.
LeAsen- -, a she Z s r Tvs
Aosnes wA. srg acasly injured Shsa
re stepped sFrsn a heading Es2a'
.ayn ~ North Capitol street aft
MAsSae aasrsts avenue Gatc lie
Saae Of q ssE~<trAF poises sAsd
The operator Ct The asEcetear
wA2 lasted by police As he~Afd
Wl.ltord. -. o! sSl EAAi CaPs,oA
street Tf4e sailor suffered . eosa
pound fracture 81 The skut! and
head cuts he was treated al
Casualty Hospital and later trans-
fsrred 10 Bethesda Naval Hos
piiAl
Shortly eefogr p m YESTERDAY,
the ;iller eaa Of an ar.iA! ladder
truck crashed into t1a parked
cars police said. when ths tisisr
operator failed To gulsse Tive sp-
pasatus III q turn from AxsaFasad
place into Belmont street. NV
The truck police said asa
driven hy Pvt leAlie T. Smith.
%. O. i0l& Sixteenth street N l..
and wAs OH a tglal run The ullTr
operator. new man failed 10
bring Tie apparatus os4 OF TIE
turn. according 10 police
Damage 10 the TAO ears ~ss
listed at t27a and 10 the truck 81,
Evening star., 1949-06-24
.Civitan International
Ends Sessions With
Anti-Red Resolution

Civitan International ended its
29th annual convention today
with adoption Of a resolution to
stamp out subverSive activities
specifically communism. Notice
of this action will be sent to Pres
ident Truman and Congress.
The delegates also voted to oust
any club member proved to be a
Communist.
Support of the Hoover plan for
Government reorganization was
pledged at the final session in the
Shoreham Hotel.
A program to develop better
informed. thinking citizens was
adopted by the group as its inter
national project.
Essay Winners Named.
A Washington student. Miss
Eileen Virginia Foster of Eastern
High School. and Miss Huguette
Veuthey of Silver Spring. stu
dent at Takoma Academy, Ia
koma Park. were ninth and tenth
place winners in the Civitan-
sponsored essay contest. Each
will receive a S25 award. .
First-place winner. Miss Juanita
Strott. Nashville. Tenn. will be
given a 5000 scholarship,
The IA district governors, were
flonored at luncheon at
noon in the hotel after adjourn
ment Of the four-day meeting.
The $50 delegates yesterday
heard an address by Alexander M.
Campbell, Assistant Attorney
General. t,~ar, "a, +gr,.- 81
I,~ Eugene Bryan Elected.
I'VE must stress togetherness
rather than separateness in this
country between Catholics. Jews
and Protestants," he said. IF we
fail. America will be an island of
democracy in a sea Of communism
America will not fail"
Eugene J. Bryan of Chattanoo-
ga. Tenn. was elected president
for the coming year. r. Kelvin
Shivers. SAT- Alabama avenue,
Alexandria. was chosen president
elect and will take office in 1851.
Other officers are: Marcus Rob-
bins. New Haven. Conn, and w.
T. Stephenson. Shreveport, La,
vice presidents, and c. r. VOL
ford, Birmingham, Ala. reelected
treasurer.
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Boy, "a, Kept Hidden
By Mother, Refuses 10
Talk 10 Her in Court
D. re Assex ,oasS sssss

boS 4Os. SiI1c ~ -- W stu
trembling. snAn-boy no. Gerald
Sullivan. IL. yesterday turned
away from the mother who IS ae-
cusec O: keeping him 8 hidden
boy most OF his life
The mother. Mrs. Anna Sulii-
van. IS. and son met outside
closed court where she had come
10 plead with q Judge 10 return
her boy
They have been apart since last
March IL when Gerald startled the
world on his first day o! real
freedom.
In ragged dresses and with
black curls down to his shoail-
ders. Gerald told police o; his
escape from a tenement room in
which he said his mother kept
him locked.
He said ne knew nothing OF the
world outside except what he
could see through slit below
nailed curtain.
Said She Loved Boy.
His mother-ln q weeping in
terview with newSmen-said she
loved the boy and meant him no
harm. Her only thought over all
the years. she said. was 10 hide
the secret OF the boys illegitimate
birth. She said she wanted him
back so they could 60 away and
begin life anew together.
Yesterday she saw her son in a
neat blue tweed suit. his hair
carefully combed.
The boy did not speak.
Then his mothers counsel. At
torney Daniel J. O'Connell. said
Don't you want TO speak 10
your mother. Gerald"
Set-faced. the boy turned away.
Mr.. O'Connell persisted,
Don't you want TO say hello"
His voice shaking. Gerald blurt-
ed-'No."
He walked away.
His mother stood wordlesS be-
tween her two sons. James and
John. both enlisted men in the
Marine Corps.
Later, the boy and his mother
entered separately for the private
hearing before Judge Frankland
w. l.. Miles. Mrs Sullivan Is
charged with neglect OF a child
Against the boy there also is the
technical charge Of being a neg
lected child.
The court will decide the
charges and also where Gerald
will live.
Once pictures OF the bright
faced youngster appeared in
newspapers, offers TO adopt him
came from all over the Nation.
| Whatever the boy thinks. what
ever he has said of his captive life
time has not yet been made public
At a city home he has been gettins
schooling he never had before. He
has been playing with youngsters
his age for the first time.
| Newsmen who saw him today
and remembered his first appear.
ance said he seemed 10 have put
on weight.
| But until the scene with hi:
mother. he was the same grinning
friendly youngster Who kepl
police busy answering, his frs
Questions about the world.
The police then called Gerald
curious as q kitten" and said he
was the "friendliest little fellow
in the world-he runs to every.
body" .. a.... f.
Judge Miles announced the case
would continue next Thursday.
Yesterday there were voices for
the mother. too.
Neigf1bors waiting outside the
court said they planned q petition
asking that the boy be returned
to her.
She's a good mother" they
said.
Evening star., 1949-06-24
| 900 Genou Patients
End Hunger Strike

by the Asseeiosed Press

GENOA, Italy, June 24.-Sani-
tarium directors made some prom
fses today and 1000 tubercular
patients ended hunger strike
begun to enforce demands for
better food and greater liberty.
The directors agreed to nomi-
nate q commission to supervise
living conditions and the patients
ate breakfast. their first meal since
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Bureau Of Engraving
Picketed 10 Support
Racial Bias CHARGES

Charges OF racial Discrimination
at the Bureau Of Engraving ane
Printing brought about 500 pick
cts 10 the plant at Fourteenth snf
c streets SW. yesterday after
noon.
Secretary OF the Treasury Sny.
der declared at press conference
Wednesday there is absolutely nj
foundation" to the discrimination
charges. and this was repeated to-
day by a Treasury Department
spokesman
The picketS. who included bu.
reau employees. representatives oi
CIO and AFL unions and the gen.
eral public, were led by Mrs. The,
rese Lee Robinson Of l725 T stree
NV. grand directress OF civi
liberties of the Elks.
She emphasized today that tht
picketins. from $50 to 43o pm
Yesterday, was not q strike. bu
AN opportunity TO educate tn,
people passing and the officials IL
the bureau" She declared she feel,
there Is a great deal OF discrim'
ination there that is not knowr
10 the general public"
Charges Outlined.
The charges OF the Citizens
Committee TO End Discrimination
at the Bureau OF Engraving. which
sponsored yesterdays demonstra'
ton. follow:
The bureau does not advanc,
colored persons TO skilled. techni.
cal. clerical or supervisory jobs
Not a single Negro printer. en-
graver or machinist is employed
at the bureau. Plans are now be
ing made to dismiss many hun.
dred colored women employed a.
printers assistants. many with 81,
or seven years experience. and re
place them.
The bureau announced an ex'
animation for veterans to becom.
apprentice printers. but after some
80 colored employees qualified fol-
the examination. 1t was Cancelled
Locker room and lavatory facili.
ties are separate for the races.
The printers union at the bu.
reau does not admit colored anc
union membership should not b,
required for a Government Job.
Bureau Chiefs Reply.
Alvin w. Hall. bureau director
replied thus to the charges: Col
ored employees hold a large shar,
of the jobs to which workers cal
be advanced without taking an
other civil service examination
The civil service register supplies
the names of all tradesmen re
quired, but so far no colored per
son in this field has been certifie,
to the bureau. No appointment
can be made until they have beel
certified.
Dismissal Of many hundred Ne
gro women as printers assistant
is in prospect. War service an
pointees, under an order of Presi
dent Truman. must take an ex
animation to protect their jobs
The president of the Civil Servic
Commission explained this In
letter to the United Public Work
ers In January.
The examination for veterans t,
become apprentice printers wa
called off because the bureau OBJ
tanned improved labor savinl
printing presses and did not desir
to have a surplus force. This ar
rangement affected white as wei
as colored workers.
While locker room and lavato
facilities are separate, they ar,
equal, Colored employees use toile
facilities throughout the bureau
including those in white locke
rooms.
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Evening star., 1949-06-24
Smoke Pit Selected
As Best Film OF Yeor
o. tAs Ass&sa~,sa fssa.

HOLLYWOOD. June 9.~Ths
Screen Writers oaiid has named
the Snake PIT" IS the movie
which dealt most ably With prob
lens Of the American scens IN
IieSs"
The guild also named the film
as the best drama oi the year.
Oscar HRmmrrsteln II save ths
awards last night 20 Screen Writ
ers Prank Partos and Milisn
Brand al an industry and nation
al broadcast, Novelist May Jane
Ward shared in both honoTa
OthFr awards Best musical
Easter Parade" " Sidney Sheldon.
Frances Goodrich and Albert
Haekett. best western The
Treasure OF Sierra Madfe." John
Huston. and eesi comedy Sit
ting Pretty" r. Hugh Hefeeri
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Aeheson Urges Action
To Keep Russians on
Defensive in Europe
eY the Asxocio,ed Press


Secretary OF State Acheson Is
convinced that Soviet Russia is
now on the defensive in the
struggle for the soul of Europe
and must be kept that way.
He said yesterday that the Paris
meeting Of the Big -Four foreign
ministers showed that Russia does
not dare follow the example Of
the West by relaxing its grip In
occupied Germany.
Mr.. Acheson's prescription for
keeping the advantage Is to drive
ahead steadily with the measures
already In effect or proposed
Marshall Plan aid. the North At
lantic Treaty, and the admins
tration's arms for Europe pro-
gram.
Czech Reds Denounced.
Two days following his return
from Paris. the Secretary detailed
at news conference his thoughts
on where we go from here"
First he denounced the attacks
OF the Communicated regime in
Czechoslovakia on Archbishop
Josef Beran as a violation of the
rights Of conscience and the de-
eencies of civilization.
Then Mr.. Acheson launched
into an off-the-cuff analysis of
the Paris meeting, which the State
Department later authorized for
direct quotation.
The Big -Four conference, Mr.
Acheson said. served-like the
gauge on O steam boiler-to meas
ure the pressures between Russia
and the West.
II think that the recording of
this conference is that the posi-
ton Of the West has grown
steadily. greatly, In strength and
that the position Of the Soviet
Union IN regard to the struggle
for the soul Of Europe has
changed from the offensive to
the defensive" he said.
Soviet Refuses to Relax Hold.
THE significance Of this is very
important in explaining why no
agreement was possible about
Germany.
Being on the defensive, the
Soviet Union was forced to take.
or did take at any rate, the at
titude that 1t would not relax its
hold in any way whatever upon
any area which 1t controlled in
Germany. 1t would not relax its
hold on the Eastern zone Of Ger
many or on the Eastern sector
Of Berlin"
BY contrast. Mr.. Acheson said,
the aim Of the West has been to
return self-government as quickly
as possible, under a system guaran-
teeing basic human freedoms and
containing the necessary safe
guards for European and world
security. .- s..
Afraid of Voice For Germans.
1.-THE Soviet Union was totally
unable TO accept that, position be-
cause that meant relaxing their
hold they had" Mr.. Acheson de-
clared. "This meant that they
could no longer carry on this
sovietizatiQn, this domination OF
tie LIE OF Germany which they
controlled.
ITO do so they would have 10
give, as we have given. the Ger
nianx 9 large voice In THE conduct
of their own affairs. That. the
Soviets were apparently afraid to
do. They knew that If they did
that, they would no longer be able
to control what they now hold
In Germany"
Mr.. Acheson added:
1--WE are going forward with our
program without any hesitation of
any sort. Not the slightest delay
has been introduced into our pro-
gram in any way whatever and
the program is in better shape to-
day that it ever was before.
Now, that is q negative result
Of Paris, but it is an important
one"
Evening star., 1949-06-24

~ < J . III " VI
Their choices
for he posi-
master ,ocs sT3li
are being held
Up in the White
House. ey
assert n e
primary reason
is TO pu n ! S h
them for their
labor stand and
10 put the pres
sure ON 70 make
them an G e
their minds.
C~-A - shA
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Rugby PIoyer Borred

Charles Osborne. goalkeeper for
the Winchelsea. England. rugby
team. was barred from the game
for life for physical violence
against the referee.
Evening star., 1949-06-24
The FederoI Spotlight
Southerners Prepare to Blast
Truman on Postmaster Delay
ey Joseph fesns

Southern Democrats
White hoe!nx
Soaherners Withheld pun2aa
The rrpe&I o. ths Tats-Ears3ry Aet-
ataaMas
Evening star., 1949-06-24
In varisns

Personnel Of the Supreme Court
was increased from six to nine
members iu 1889.
Evening star., 1949-06-24

Star statloa. for tosrph foEHes
bToadeaa pr'sIoH Of the Fsdef ai
Spotlight. featuring addiitosai
nfes and rtrms OF the Uore9 a.
fnkRf keKfafsAe !
Evening star., 1949-06-24

party III Congress
Other FNaesal chs
ses-TlcS
EAktS Itse South
Evening star., 1949-06-24

ssasGcss al th2s YEA sssAaevsa ~
Cc1rrrSs secx not c4r e@t car nw
&ctr6 on neat yea
GErt> LIGHT Tes REs. ~
Russs Committee NAs Esrvn Ia AZ
prevail 10 the ell ia lic~gAass<
FEDERAL employees alEr e~fsesg.
ar ae'lor ~hAh Etee. Inc Easas.
ere a. excellent chance ct rnAe&-
neus this wear,
IEae Rsaaes Committee had oexn
TIE hills stumbling eaock eecxa~
on sevrral pre-, sc%4s ss,s s&Saaas Il
had refused 10 give IL rS.le
NiAos4t \ rue. stas n4l ets4lc not
reach the House zoo:
Ncs. however. ths e4.l wtu hx
brought Up tos Ho1se asIor as .
result oi the committee srAnsIns
the rule And HOUSE approval /.
considered virtually certain Tbs
Senate, toe. IS expected 70 approve
the bill
INTERNAL RESE>tT-,Sxnag IA
ccnieTeeS on the Treasury Pest
once 1850 appropriations bill arr
insisting that the Internal Rev
eiue Bureau be given encug r
money TO hire I 900 new agents
That's the amount voted b, TIE
Senate
The House would ALLOW the oa
reAu 10 hire only 300 additional
agents. and consequently INA
House Senate eon!egees are dead
locked over the issue
The Senate confeTees. who re.
ported the situation 10 the Senate
received an overwhelming man
date from their colleagues the
other day TO insist on enough
money for the hiring OF the T.ooG
additional agents The vote wAs
IT 10 0. with even such economy
advocates as Senator Byrd. Demo
cfat, OF Virginia. approving the
stand. Internal Revenue ofhcials
declare the additional tax agents
would collect millions OF dollars
in unpaid taxes.
AFGE-lohn Murray. vice
president OF the AFL American
Federation OF Government En-.
ployes. has been appointed tns
Ages director OF organization
Mr. Murray. who Is q Boston Nav,
Yard employe. will resign that jot
as we'll as the union vice presi'
dency. in order TO assume his new
duties. MIR Murray will also serve
as special assistant 10 President
James @, Yaden. The director oi
organization job is new post II
the union
WINDuP-The third deneiepc,
bill reported yesterday By Tn,
House Appropriations Committee
took care OF the several agencies
not included in the various othei
money bills. Generally speaking
these bureaus Will operate durini
/ the next year with practically th,
same number OF employees. The!
INCLUDE the Federal Cancellation
and Mediation Service and tn.
National Labor Relations Board
BE sure 10 listen In Sundays
at fI:i5 O m. oper WMxL. The
Evening star., 1949-06-24

from individuals or organizations.
The following gifts are &C
knowledged today:
Previously acknowledged $7.23l.04
Daughters Of the United
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Weather Report

DlStrlcC OF ColumDla-MOStl
sunny. warm and humid today and
tomorrow. Highest today about
80 degrees. Fair with lowest about
73 tonight.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair
warmer and more humid tonight
and tomorrow. A few scattered
showers or thunderstorms likely
In mountains Of west portion to-
morrow afternoon.
Wind velocity, 8 miles per hour;
direction, South-southeast.
Nve-Day Weather Forecast For
Washington and Vicinity,
June 24-29.
Hot and humid weather tomor-
row through Monday averaging
four or five degrees above normal
with somewhat cooler tempera-
ture indicated for Tuesday or
Wednesday. Normal for Washing
ton is high. IS, and low, 66. Scat
tered afternoon thundershowers
likely on Sunday and Tuesday.
Total rainfall predicted less than
one-fourth inch.
River Report.
tFrom United States EnRineers1
Potomac River muddy at Hsrpers Ferr,
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah muddy q
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1949-06-24

FURNISHED by United States Coast ans
Geodetic Suryey1
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Building Guard Held
In Staying Of Wife

The wife of a Civil Service
Commission building guard was
shot and killed today and police
said her husband admitted she
died in q struggle with him over
a gun.
Mrs. Lelar Spell. 90. colored
900 block of M street NV, was
shot five times. once in the head
and four times In the chest. with
a .38 revolver.
Capt. Jeremiah Flaherty Of the
homicide squad said her husband
Freddie Spell, jr.. took a taxicah
from the home where the shoot
ing took place and surrendered at
the first precinct. He was held
for an inquest today.
The couple argued last night
over domestic problems. and re-
sumed the battle this morning
during which Mrs. Spell seized
the revolver, Capt. Flaherty said
the guard told him.
The struggle took place In the
first-foor bedroom Of the Spell
apartment while their two boys
Freddie. jr.. 2. and Tisha. 1s
months. were in another room
Spell was assigned as a building
guard December, ls43. records OF
the Public Building Administration
show.
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Two Professors Develop PIone
Able to Fly at Only " M.P.H.

They also claimed 1t will descend
at slower vertical rate than O
parachutist-with a forward speed
of only 81 miles an hour.
Prof. Koppen said the plane has
a maximum speed Of about liz
miles an hour.
The first model Of the craft was
described as q two-passenger.
high-wing monoplane equipped
with q large, two-bladed propeller
and an S5-horsepower engine.
Prof. Koppen said the large wing
spread and large propeller enables
the plane to stay aloft and descend
at such slow speed.
He said the wing gives the plane
twice the lift and stalling angle
of an ordinary wing. The pro-
peIler gives twice the thrust Of an
ordinary one. thus increasing the
angle OF climb.
The craft was designed by Prof
Koppen according to specifications
| Of Prof. Bollinger. q former air.
lima pilot
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Two Women Injured
Seriously in Crash
On Fifteenth Street

Three persons were injured. one
critically. in a two-car collision at
Fifteenth and Harvard streets
NV. early today.
One Of the motorists. Mrs. Me-
lania M. Dean. "a. OF 252 Whit
moor terrace. Silver Spring. was
placed on the critical list at
Emergency hospital with head in
juries.
A passenger in the other car
Mildred J. Bodiou, %. of 1915 Pea
body street NV. was reported In
serious condition at Emergency
also with head injuries. The
second driver. Lewis @. Cotton, 81,
of 2S0s Fifteenth street NV. was
treated for minor injuries and re-
leased.
Car Knocks Down Tree.
Police reported Mrs. Dean fell
out Of her car and was found
under the second vehicle. Her
car continued moving and knocked
down a tree. they added. Damage
to the two automobiles was esti-
mated by police at $500.
In hospital today after another
crash is Robert McAleer. II, OF
l474 Columbia road NV. driver
of a car which figured in a COL
lision with an auto driven by
Samuel Miller, 36. Of % Nicholson
street NV. The accident occurred
in the Soldiers Home grounds late
yesterday. police reported.
The youth was reported in fair
condition today in Garfield Hos
pital with a broken hip and head
and leg injuries.
An 1lth precinct police private
was struck by a bus at Nichols
avenue near Morris road S.E.
during last nights rain.
Treated at Gallinger.
He is Pvt. Ellsworth Williams,
81, colored, 764 Columbia road
NV. He was treated at Gallinger
Hospital and instructed to report
to the police clinic today. The
Capital Transit bus driver was
Listed as Gus Kassiris, %. Of
Indian Head, Md.
In an accident near Potomac.
Md. late Saturday. Naval Lieut..
q. g. John P. Maloney. jr., 80,
of 1854 Wilson boulevard. Arling-
ton. suffered a broken left elbow
and jaw when his automobile
struck an abutment on River road.
He was admitted to the Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda.