Evening star., 1949-06-26


how they spent Thursday nigl
room shack. Their father Is be
will receive q fair and open
minded hearing from his COM
mittee."
Wants Testimony Cut Short.
Before the argument arose over
the letter to the South Carolinian.
Mr.. Mcmillan had told reporters
he planned to talk with Sub
Chairman Harris Monday about
date for hearings for Washington
witnesses.
Il would like to have the testi-
mony cut as short as possible" he
told reporters.
A similar view was expressed by
Senator Kefauver, who said he
could see no reason for protracted
| hearings since the House last year
held months of sessions and that
the subject also had been COW
cred by this years Senate hear
ings.
Spokesman for nearly so Wash
ington groups have asked to be
heard by the House subcommittee.
Aside from the quartet Of men,
bers OF Congress. the list Is
headed by Louis Brownlow. former
District Commissioner and White
House adviser on questions Of Gov
ernment reorganization.
Others are Col. William A..
Roberts. lawyer and former
peoples counsel; Robert Faulkner;
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley. D. c..
Federation OF Women's Clubs:
George L. P. Weaver. District In
dustrial Union Council; c. r.
Preller, president. Washington
Central Labor Union; Frank J.
Coleman, CLU secretary. -
Others Listed.
Mrs. Elvria Magdeburger,. Board
ot Education; Dr.. Hobart M.
CO r'r1ing. superintendent of
schools; Albert Atwood. Board of
Library Trustees; Harry NJ Peter
son, District librarian: Mrs. John
C.. McClintock. president. and
Mrs. Kathryn N. Stone. first vice
president, League Of Wom E n
Voters. s
Culver B. Chamberlain. presi-
dent. and Wilbur s. Finch. vice
president of the Washington Cen
trail Suffrage Conference; James
William Bryan and j. C. Turner
for the Democratic Central Com
mittee; Lloyd Cutler, Washington
Home Rule Committee; Harry N.
Stull, for the Federation of
Citizens Associations; Mrs. Diana
Bird. Washington Chapter of
Americans for Democratic Action;
the Rev. Frederick E. Reissig,
executive secretary. Washington
Federation of Churches.
Augusta s. Dessoff. president,
National Council of Jewish Wom-
en-; Richard A. Wilmer: Emery
M. Foster, president. Washington
Chapter, Unitarian Fellowship for
Social Justice; Mrs. H. M. Besh-
ers, 2914 Kanawha street NV;
E. H. Blakelock, secretary Uni
tartan Layman's League.
Arnold Edelman, legislative
chairman. Government Workers
Union; Mrs. Geraldine Walsh,
legislative chairman. Business and
Professional Women of the Dis
trict: Willie White. suffrage COM
mittee chairman for the Fedora
ton Of Civic Associations; Joseph
Beavers. business agent. Local
209. Cooks. Pastry Cooks and
Kitchen Employees.
Harry s. Wender. chairman,
law and legislation. Southwest
Citizens Association. and chair
man Of Recreation Board; Mar
shall L. Shepard, recorder of
deeds. and Elmer Dague, of the
recorders office.
Charles E. Sands, veteran union
spokesman; Austin L. Fickling,
Brookland Civic Association;
Sarah Newman, Potomac Coop
erative Federation; Mrs. Margaret
r. Stone, National Women's Trade
Union League; DR.. Vincent
Browne. National Association for
Advancement of Colored People:
Daniel Crystal; Mrs. Charlotte
Sillers. Women's Auxiliary. United
| Public Workers.
Marvin M. Mclean. president,
Brookland Citizens Association:
the Rev. J. F. Whitfield. Interde-
nominational Ministers Alliance
of Washington: Ben. Cummins,
4430 Connecticut avenue NV:
Elmer Batzell. MACARTHUR boule-
ward Citizens Association: Sylvia
Altman. Central Suffrage Con-
ference; Fletcher S. Talton. Kalo-
rama Citizens Association and
Mrs. Bernice Comic, Hotel and
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