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Evening star., 1949-11-19
Long Extinct NoIcono
Awakening in Huwuii
BY the Associated Press

HONOLULU, Nov. 19-Mauna
Kea, the great Hawaiian volcano
that has been considered extinct
for possibly $1,000 years, is show
ing signs Of life.
Volcanologists reported yester-
day that a series OF rapid but
feeble earthquakes started jig
Cling their delicate seismographs
November 4.
They are centered 20 miles
down, directly beneath the 1895
foot summit Of Hawairs tallest
mountain. Such shocks often in
dicate impending eruption Of q
volcano,
Evening star., 1949-11-19

Rutherford M. Whitehorn today
rejected an offer of a Washington
finance company to return the
car repossessed from him last
Tuesday near his Lorton (Va.)
home under circumstances which
He'd to highway robbery charges
against the two men who took
the car.
The company yesterday said it
made the offer as q charitable
gesture" because of Mr.. White
horns financial plight"
Mr.. Whitehorn said he and his
wife "are not looking for charity
and we don't want any,"
IF I were looking for charity"
he said. II would contact the
Community Chest."
He added that all he wanted
were the groceries and personal
belongings which he said were IN
the car when It was taken.
He also took issue with q claim
lby w. ]. Nolan, Of the Nolan
Evening star., 1949-11-19

After few years I was instru-
mental in getting the District to
grant tax exemption to the insti-
tute and I persuaded Congress to
give us an annual appropriation
of $4,000 to help us carry on our
work for the blind. r..
"The Board of Trustees, in rec
ognition of my efforts, voted to
let me have this room rent free
with the clear understanding that
I was to be permitted to remain
here until I saw fit to move.
I'm 1882 I became secretary and
manager Of the institute and in
1914 I was the sole surviving trus-
tee. The institute had about
$4,000 in bequests to administer.
Il didn't want to have full re-
sponsibility for administering this
fund so I asked my nephew, Page
Hufty, who is in the insurance
business to come in and help me.
Tells of Troubles.
"He got some of his friends, all
sighted people to serve on the
board. Then Page wanted to
transfer our building and assets
to the Washington Society for the
Blind. I opposed this idea and
that's what started the trouble.
About a year ago the board ap-
pointed Mr.. John j. Corplin as
manager and after about six
months he began agitating to get
me out of here.
tive held this institution to-
gether and strived to help the
blind and I never took one cent
as salary. But now they want
me to go, so I'll CO."
Mr.. Corplin said Mr.. Hufty was
like an octupns reaching his ten
tacles into every nook and Granny
of the Institutes business" In
the interest of orderly administra-
ton, Mr.. Corplin said, he re-
quested the board to have a show
down with Mr.. Hufty.
Judge Bailey placed response
bility for finding new living quar-
ters for Mr.. Hufty on the blind
mans attorneys. Julius Aronofi
and Jack N. Steinberg, and Fred
Ballard, attorney for the institute.
Mr.. Hufty, who derives modest
income by giving piano lessons,
said he wanted tWo-room,
kitchen-and-bath apartment in
the vicinity of the institute.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Bethesda Real Estate Office
DESTROYED in $4,000 Fire

Fire early today wrecked the in
terror Of real estate field Office
in the $500 block Of Bradley
boulevard, Bethesda.
Bethesda firemen, who esti-
mated the damage at approxi-
mately $4,000, said the blaze ap-
parently started In the 18-inch
space between the ground and
the floor. Cause Of the fire was
undetermined.
The Office is owend by r. Bates
Warren, according ito firemen.
Also responding to the alarm were
Chevy Chase and Glen Echo Fire
Departments.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Hall Named President
I0f Civic Federation
For Fourth Term

Woolsey w. Hall last night was
elected president of the Federation
Of Civic Associations for the fourth
time.
BY a vote Of CT to ~. he won
over Huver I. Brown, attorney and
one of the founders of the Pleasant
Plains Civic Association. Mr.. Hall.
81, is q retired Treasury Depart
ment purchasing agent. He lives
at 1880 Wallach place NV.
Although reelected with other
officers by acclamation. Mrs. E.
Wyatt Payton, corresponding secre-
tary, resigned Immediately. She
was replaced by Mrs. Edith Berk-
ley Portal, president of the Central
Northeast Civic Association, also
by acclamation. :.
Officers Reelected.
Reelected were Mrs. Rosina C.
Tucker of the public interest
group Of the Federation, first vice
president; John B. Duncan, Ben
ming Heights, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Edith p. Thomas,
Eastland Garden, recording sec
retary; Mrs. William N. Buckner,
Pleasant Plains. assistant record
ing secretary; Lawrence L. Larry,
assistant corresponding secretary;
Bernard C. Chapman, Northeast
Boundary, treasurer; Mrs. Martha
*. Simpson, Kingman Park, hnan-
cial secretary, and the Rev. John
E. Morris, chaplain.
Mr.. Hall was president in 1885,
1946 and 1947. He is now vice
president of the Washington Fed
Grafton Of Churches and the Gen.
| tral Suffrage Conference, as well
as an elder of the Fifteenth Street
Presbyterian Church. Last June
he retired from the Treasury De-
partment after As years service
He was nominated last night by
Ernest r. Harper, former presi-
dent, who declined reelection.
School Transfer Urged.
The federation urged its "a
member groups to work for trans
fer OF Central High School for the
use OF colored students to relieve
conditions at Cardozo High School
and put on a campaign Of letters
to the Board of Education TO ac-
complish this. Spokesman viii at
tend board meetings.
The federation also announced
that the Fire Heights Civic Asso-
citation had been named the win
Iner of The Evening Star Cup fol
outstanding civic work. The East
central Civic Association received
honorable mention.
The committee in charge Of the
annual banquet. headed by Mrs
Julia Davis, announced that the
banquet viii be held at $3.50 pm.
december 8, at the Washington
Vocational High School. George
lE. c. Hayes. attorney and former
member Of the Board Of Educa-
4 tion, will be the honor guest.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Woman S Death Recalls Fall
From Window in Sleep

Mrs. Emma v. Strother, 6P,
colored, died last night. possibly as
a result of injuries suffered when
she fell from her bedroom winqoR
at 4439 E street Sc. while wtlB-
ing in her sleep, police reported.
Police said the fall from THE
first-foor window occurred on
November 3. She was admitted
to Casualty Hospital for head i'd
juries. 70
The coroner's Office will conduct
an autopsy to determine the
cause of death. @-@
Evening star., 1949-11-19

Nan AUAA oS4 ~
NV, was an
*nounced today,
: Mr.. B oon G
! formerly W q {
: :connected with
the Broadnoor,
. F q ak and
!; Raleigh Hotels
!: here. He has
| long been q
!: member Of the
Hotel ASsocia-
. ton Of Wash
|ington and now
lis serving his
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Fairfax Sees Need
Of $12,00o,o00 for
School Construction
Approximately s12 900 600 prob

Approximately $4,000, 900 prob
ably will be needed to pay for
Fairfax County's proposed school
construction program, which should
be completed by the fall of 1851.
This was agreed on last night
at a meeting Of the County School
Board with the School Emergency
Committee and members OF the
Board of County Supervisors.
The group emphasized, how
ever, that the figure is only tenta-
tive and is subject to revision. It
was decided to meet with school
and parent-teacher association
officials throughout the county to
review the proposed outlay.
w. T. Woodson, superintendent
OF schools. said the county will
need every one Of the new class
rooms by 1851"
@ Wallace Carper. chairman of
the Board of Supervisors, ex-
pressed confidence that a school
bond issue to cover the cost OF the
program would be approved by
the voters.
At the same time, he advocated
passage Of a sales tax, whose pro-
ceeds would be earmarked for
schools. as "the answer to our
problem"
He said that sS per cent OF the
county's 1919 tax per 500 as
sessed valuation now goes for
school purposes.
Under the proposed building
program, two new high schools
and Is elementary schools would
be constructed. In addition, about
$270, 900 would be needed to buy
school sites and 100000 for
euuipment.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Choral Group to Reheorse

The choral group Of the WASH
|ington Opera Guild will rehearse
at 1880 o'clock tonight in the
United Nations Club, Nineteenth
and r streets NV. The group is
open to any one who likes to sing
and ADDITIONS are still being held
ct the reaearSals.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
n. J. AIthouse Named
Peoples Drug Controller

Directors of Peoples Drug
Stores, Inc, have elected H. j.
Althouse controller to fill the va
cancy caused by the recent death
of C. j. Riggall.
Mr.. Althouse has been assistant
to the controller since 1914 and
connected with the drug chain
since 1928. He was transferred
from York, Pa, in 1881, and for
years was supervisor of the book
keeaing department. He is ma
tive of Glen Rock, Pa.
Evening star., 1949-11-19

president Of Charter 81, Hotel
Greeters Of America.
Born In White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va, May 26, 1917, Mr.. Boone
graduated from Greenbrier High
School there and also from South
eastern University In Washington.
He is a member OF the Lions
Club here and the Hotel Sales
Managers Association and Is an
allied member OF the American
Society Of Travel Agents.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
La Fontoine No Better,
Baltimore Hospital Says

James A. La Fontaine. 81, dean
Of Washington gamblers, was re-
ported mot bit better" today at
Maryland General Hospital In
Baltimore.
The longtime proprietor OF
"Jimmy's Place. Is fighting for
life against the effects Of heart
ailment, for which he has. been
under treatment for some time
and a cerebral hemorrhage suf-
fered Wednesday night.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Transit Hearing
Recessed After
Sharp Clash
Arbitrotors May End
Sessions on Contract
By Next Week End

The board arbitrating the diff
ferences between the Capital
Transit, Co. and union employees
over a new labor contract was
in recess today until Tuesday
morning.
There are indications the hear
tngs may be concluded with final
arguments next Friday. After that
the five-man arbitration board
will hold executive sessions to ar
rive at an award.
Public interest in the hearings
was indicated by the statement
yesterday Of Aired A. Colby that,
rs chairman of the board, he has
received "quite a number" of let
ters regarding the arbitration. He
told Hawley S. Simpson and E. L.
Oliver, counsel for the company
and the union respectively, that
the letters are, not being con-
sidered in any way. since they
contain matter that does not come
across the arbitration table.
Session Brings Clash.
The five-man board. sitting at
the Hamilton Hotel, is arbitrat-
ing the union request for Is cents
an hour pay increase for It's MEM
bers and various changes in the
contract. The company Is op-
posing the pay increase and most
of the changes and is asking for
certain changes itSelI.
The company agreed yesterday
to five minor points asked by the
union. But the afternoon session
produced one of the most vigorous
clashes yet developed.
The union Is asking for-and
the company is opposing-the
elimination of the hiring of part
time bus and streetcar operators.
Mr.. Oliver maintained that the
company said, In a similar arbi-
tration in the fall of 1947, the
practice was gradually being dis
continued.
The company yesterday pre-
sented an exhibit showing that,
In October, 1947, the number of
such employees was down to So.
that later it increased to more
than 100 and is now 81.
ut is a burr under the saddle
which an intelligent personnel
practice would have eliminated" "
Mr.. Oliver said heatedly.
1947 Record Quoted.
Mr.. Simpson read from the
record of the 1947 arbitration a
statement by Samuel E. Emmons,
general manager, that the COM
pany would like to continue the
part time employees statement
Mr.. Emmons also made yesterday.
o. David Zimring, union repre-
sentative on both the present and
the 1947 arbitration boards, said
his understanding in 1947 was
that the company was letting the
practice lapse. He indicated he
felt he had been misled. 4
Later Mr.. Simpson objected to
the expression on Mr.. divers
face and Mr.. Oliver advised him
to close his eyes. Mr.. Colby called
. hve-minute recess and the mat
ter ended there.
The company yesterday intro
duced evidence opposing the
unions request to increase from
seven to IL the number of days
sick leave allowed a year and to
increase from 35 to so the num-
ber of days which may be accu-
mulated. The company's evil
dence tended to show that grant,
ing paid sick leave is generally
the exception in the industry.
The company also began its
presentation of evidence in oppo- |
sition to the unions request for
1000 in group life insurance on /
each employe, group accident and
sickness insurance and insurance
covering disqualification and sur
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Chest Drive Exceeds
Quota Within Week
In Huqerstown Area
By the Assoeiotsd Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov.
19.-Hagerstown and Wash
ington County have preserved
their long record Of generos-
ity by pushing the annual
community chest campaign
SIS, 900 over its goal.
All the pledges and contri-
buttons were rounded up
within the week.
The organization set out.
Monday to raise S92, 900.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Alumni Donce Tonight

Alumni Of Mckinley Tech High
School have been invited to at
tend dance, sponsored by the
Inter Fraternity Sorority Council
LOT the school, In the Annapolis
|Hotelsat 8 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
6. {. Boone Appointed
MANAGER Of Hotel 24OO

Appointment Of G. C. Boone,
manager Of the Burlington Hotel
for the past four years, as the
new manager Of the Hotel 2400
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Oxon Hill. Card Purty

The Ladies' Guild or Saint
Barnabas Church of Oxon Hill,
Md, will give a card party at 8
pm. tomorrow in the church hall
tOxon Hill,
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District Committee Chuirmen

Washingtonians should find considerable
satisfaction in the designation of Senator
McGrath as chairman of the District Com
mittee. Friendly and approachable with
an intelligent and sympathetic under
standing of the city and its problems, he
will be source of strength in local legis-
lation. His statement that he will attempt
to run the committee as though the people
here had voting rights is in keeping with
his whole approach to local matters, exem-
plifled on more than one occasion during
his service as a minority member of the
committee. }.n ri
: His selection as chairman this year is
an interesting illustration of the vicissi-
tudes of seniority as it affects assignments
to the committees having to do with Dis
trict affairs. His opposite number in the
House this year is apt to be Representative
Mcmillan of South Carolina, long a men,
Der and a former chairman of the House
District Committee. Mr.. Mcmillan and
Senator McGrath are probably as far apart
as the poles in their approach to legisla
ton, social legislation particularly. Mr..
Mcmillan is Southern conservative. Sen
ator McGrath is one of the outstanding
liberals of his party, fresh from his highly
successful management of the Presidents
campaign on liberal platform.
In the preceding Eightieth Congress the
situation was reversed, though in not SO
marked a degree. District Committee
Chairman Dirksen of Illinois was one of
the leading liberals of his party, on the
House side; Senator Buck, who handled
District legislative matters in the Senate,
was classed more with the conservatives.
This year chance easily might have placed
Senator Johnston of South Carolina in the
position now occupied by Senator McGrath.
The two men represent the extremes in
social and political philosophy which is so
marked a characteristic of the elements
composing their common party
This diversity of background is, of course,
true Of the Congress as whole. It's effect
on local legislation is more direct, how
ever, and often more conclusive. For
policy in local legislative matters without
the pressures from voting constituents, is
left pretty much to the committee chair
men, whose personal predictions are apt
to prevail. In the matter of local suffrage,
for example, there is all the difference in
the world between its chances in committee
or on the floor, as between Mr.. Dirksen's
aggressive championship last year and Mr..
McMillan's equally solid opposition this
year On the other side of the Capitol,
however, Chairman McGrath is not apt to
follow Chairman Bucks neutral attitude of
last year in waiting to see what the House
turns up.
The ideal formula for the chairmen of
the District Legislative Committees. of
course, would be to function as if the people
of the District were their voting constitu
ents, making their interests the paramount
consideration. The degree to which the
chairmen follow that concept is usually
the mark of their value to Washington.
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Deep Purpose

All nature matches me Uith tender pride
As I become as one 1Dith bud and Dough-
With field and grain, Nth rising moon
and tide
And bend my ,Dil to Earth's deep
purpose no,D.
What strength and keen perception
possess
As something sacred In me stirs and
gro1Dsi
HoU far apart feel from teUered stress
OF daily living ,ohich all mankind kno,os.
The Earth and are same 1Dith high intent:
As she braces herself for sno1D, so T.
Heavy ,pith precious burden, but content
To wait and match slo,p hours multiply.
And phen the Uelcome robin comes to
nest
Then shall hold small rapture to my
breast! LYDIA B. ATKINSON.
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A Week to End Weeks?

The Commerce Departments list of
special days, weeks and months in 1949"
includes something called National Leave
Us Alone Week." AS one reporter who
Spied this week commented, one might
have hoped that this was to be week to
end weeks" 1t was not to be, however The
originator of this observance merely was
adding to the multiplicity of special days,
weeks and" months" with a campaign
designed to free sales drives from tie-ins
with Embarrassing schemes.
The list of week-long observances alone
now totals 102, or nearly twice the number
of weeks in the year. That means, of
course, that some weeks coincide with
others. In fact, the public is asked to
celebrate nine different things during the
set aside as National Family Week,
National Boys and Girls Week and
National Baby Week, in addition to six
other kinds of weeks. Why babies of
whatever sex should be celebrated during
the first week of May more than during all
the remaining weeks of the year is not
made clear by the Department of Com
MERGE May just seems to appeal to the
week-celebrators. There are a total of
twenty-one special weeks during that
balmy month
The published list fails to show any
special observance scheduled for the first
week of the year, however This week,
then, Is one that should be celebrated
beyond all others. 1t certainly should be
added to the list of weeks already
scheduled. Let us designate it permanently
and exclusively as National Nobody Need
Observe-It- Believe Ito Not Week.
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Koreu's Stutus

Timing it's action with the beginning of
the new year, the United States now has
extended full recognition to the fiedgling
government of the Republic of Korea.
The gesture-to be followed soon by the
establishment OF formal ambassadorial
relationships seem of little conSe-
quence to Americans, but it is OF con-
siderable Importance to Koreans as move
designed to add to the stature and prestige
of the regime headed by President
Syngman Rhee.
The Rhee government came into being
last summer after the Republic had been
established on the basis of free elections
carried out under the supervision of the
United Nations. Because the Russians
refused to let the vote take place in their
zone of occupation the results covered
only the southern part of the country.
But that area-the American zone-con-
tains bit more than two-thirds of the
Korean population, and its young govern
ing Setup has the overwhelming backing
of the U. N.
Thus, with the Russians and their
satellites along dissenting, the General
Assembly of the United Nations, just
before its adjournment last month, for
mally proclaimed the Rhee government
at Seoul to be the only lawful government
in Korea-a decision implicitly condemning
the rival Communist regime in the north
as a fraudulent puppet of the Kremlin.
Moreover, the Assembly recommended that
the members of the U. N. establish their
diplomatic relations accordingly, and our
decision to extend full recognition Is in
keeping with that fact.
But our recognition and the support of
the vast majority of the U. N, though of
substantial moral and psychological value
as factor strengthening the Seoul govern
ment in the eyes of Koreans in both the
American and Red zones, will not be
enough to bring the whole country under
one government. For the bleakly simple
fact is that until the Soviet Union changes
its policy, Korea will be cut in two and
thus prevented from achieving political
unity and economic stability as free and
independent land.
In realization Of all this, the General
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by the combatants indicates q changed
attitude on both sides which can be
accounted for in several ways. To begin
with, neither antagonist has been able
to gain military decision nor seems likely
to do so; so continued stalemate appears
mutually improbable. But behind this
immediate factor there lies the betterment
of Indian -PakiStan relations that has
occurred during recent months. Several
disputed questions largely economic or
financial in character, have been amicably
disposed of. Furthermore, the passions
reused by the religious riots and forced
migrations which followed the end of
British rule over the subcontinent have
partially cooled. 1t was, of course, in that
generally explosive atmosphere that the
kashmir struggle began. But now that
the religious tension between the Domin-
ions has abated, the Kashmir problem can
be more easily localized and considered
by itself rather than as part of a larger
whole.
TO be sure, the stopping of hostilities
in Kashmir is not, in itself, a settlement.
AS yet, 1t Is only truce. But an impor-
tant first step has been taken, and the
ground has been laid for the impementa-
ton OF the commissions recommended
lions, which appear to be both equitable
and feasible. 1t Is therefore to be hoped
that the program will be carried out, to
the advantage of every one concerned,
and to the enhancement of the prestige
and authority of the United Nations.
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Assembly, when it passed the Korean reso-
luton last month, created new commits
sion to lend its good Offices to promote
the unification of the country, break down
the barriers set up by Russia, encourage
broadening of representative govern
ment to the Red zone, and observe the
withdrawal of American and Soviet occupy
ing forces-a withdrawal which is supposed
to take place as early as practicable"
At the moment however, the U. N.
commissions chances for success seem
remote in the extreme. AS with so many
other issues, the status of Korea is not
likely to change much for the better
unless and until the Kremlin decides to
become genuinely cooperative good
neighbor