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Evening star., 1949-06-03
Conference Is Called
On Depletion Of Chest
disqualification Fund

Community Chest Federation
and hospital officials. faced with
depletion of the 1949 hospitaliza-
ton fund by the end of September.
will hold q conference at 8 pm.
Monday at 1101 M street NV.
1t was reported today that in
the first four months of the year
45.37 per cent of the 1949 fund
was spent. and that continuation
of present rates of expenditure
will mean the entire fund will be
exhausted at the end Of September.
Edward j. Keyes, Chest Fedora
ton director, called the meeting
shortly after receipt of the quar-
terly accounting of expenditures
by the Hospital Service Agency
The report showed a total of $207.- =
111.43 paid to the hospitals in the
first four months of the year. The
total available for the year is
$482 ,460.50.
Rate Cut Request Expected.
1t is expected the hospitals will
be asked to take a cut on their
special rate-$11 a day-for
hest-suppcrted patients, in an
effort to stretch the fund to the
end of the year.
At a conference last month of
representative of the Hospital
Service Agency and the Hospital
Committee with the Federation
Council of Presidents. 1t was de-
cided the best solution to the
problem lay in redistribution Of pro-
rata distribution of each months
disqualification fund.
Under the present agreement,
there is th-by-month full re-
endorsement from the pooled fund,
May Get Lane Report.
Mondays meeting may hear a
suggestion from hospital execu-
tives that Chest funds be reallo-
Gated among the Red Feather
agencies in order to alleviate the
disqualification fund crisis.
The report of Robert P. Lane,
Boston welfare expert called in by
Chest officials to study probable
costs of hospital certiflcation of
IChest-supported patients. may be
ready in time for Mondays meet
inc
Evening star., 1949-06-03
900 to Build Farm Project in Day
ey jones enchfield

! More than / 900 volunteers
farmers. youth organization mem
bers. contractors and skilled work
ers-wlll begin a. daylight tomoy-
row TO construct a center for Rg-1-
culture IN Montgomery County.
BY nightfal the Montgomery
County Cooperative Agriculture!
Center. located on a s5-acre tract
at Gaithersourg. will be complete
For. during the dav. 10 build
ings will De constructed a 3is acre
lake will be built. a picnic area viii
be completed. q ball field layed out
and finished and an area planned
for the showing OF county live
stock.
Begin at Sunrise.
Headed by w. lawson King.
Montgomery County dairyman and
business leader. crews will begin
work with sunrise tomorrow. BY
Tam contractors. with their crews
Of skilled workers viii move on
the scene.
In the event Of rain. Mr.. King
said the big day" will be post
ooned until the following Saturday.
Among the buildings TO be con-
structed will be an administration
building. q feed storage building
and a recreation hall. Later. plans
call the construction Of a pavilion
for horse shows and other events
and a trotting track around the
lake.
Value of the center may reach
half a million dollars. County
Agent o. w. Anderson estimated
that more than $25o.O00 in cash.
materials. machinery and labor
already has been donated 10 the
center.
10000 Spectators Due.
The idea for the one-day affair
Mr.. Anderson said. originated with
county leaders after the soil con-
servation demonstration on the
Thrasher farm in Frederick Coun-
ty last summer. That farm was
made over in single day.
Mr.. Anderson said leaders ex-
pect more than 10000 spectators
to watch the workers tomorrow.
He said food. prepared by county
womens organizations. will be
available. All proceeds will go to
the center.
A center where Montgomery
farmers could exhibit the fruits OF
their farms has long been a dream
Of agriculture leaders. So long
have plans been underway for
some such meeting place, that no
one now can tell who originated
the idea.
The idea behind the present
project began to take shape several
years ago with All Club leaders
In the county. The Farm Bureau,
headed by James D. King. took up
the campaign and four years ago
succeeded in having the Maryland
General Assembly authorize bond
issue for the development OF a
center.
Bond Plans Dropped.
The bond issue nrver material
lied. At that time no land Was
available and plans were dropped
temporarily.
Meanwhile, All and other youth
organizations. with county live
stock breeders, continued to hold
Evening star., 1949-06-03
By Jerry O'leory, I.

| Special Assistant Corporation
Counsel Daniel B. Maher today
took under study demand by the
National Lawyers Guild that the
Commissioners begin enforcing q
77-year-old District law which
would end segregation in restau-
rants, bars. hotels and barber
shops here.
| Mr.. Maher. the Commissioners
trouble shooter" is under orders
to study the situation and write
an opinion that will guide the city
heads in deciding whether the old
| law should be enforced.
| The law is an act OF the 1872
District Legislative Assembly,
popularity elected body which was
abolished by Congress in 1874
that prohibits segregation in places
of public accommodation. 1t
makes the practice misdemeanor
and sets a 500 fine and loss OF
license as penalties.
Young Prompts Study.
Corporation Counsel Vernon z
West was told to assign Mr.. Maher
to the controversial matter by
Commissioner John Russell Young
Mr.. West said some members OF
his staff already had made a pre-
Iliminary study OF the legality Of
the 1872 act, but did not have
time to reach any conclusion.
The guilds letter to Commits
sioner Young was dated May Is
and was accompanied by copies OF
seven-page opinion written re
Gently by the District Affairs Com
mittee OF the District chapter OF
the guild.
The opinion states "it Is our
considered opinion" that the anti
segregation acts Of the 1872 Legis-
iative Assembly have never been
repealed and are in effect as bind
ing and enforceable law Of the
District"
The opinion was written BY
Chairman Joseph Forer and At
torneys James A. Cobb, Daniel
Crystal. Margaret A. Haywood.
Charles H. Houston. J. H. krug
and Herbert s. Thatcher.
Cites Segregation Report.
The letter was signed by Donald
M. Murtha. president OF the Dis
trict chapter Of the guild.
! Mr.. Murtha cited the report OF
the National Committee on Segre-
CATION in the Nations Capital,
which brought to public attention
! the 1872 act.
, He said this law was omitted
from the 1901 codification Of Dis
trict legislation. What became OF
it is somewhat OF q mystery be-
cause no record indicates that 1t
ever was repealed.
obviously. it Is a serious situa-
ton when legislation which Is In
effect is ignored by both those sub
ject to its provisions and the en-
forcing authorities. Mr.. Murtha
wrote. I'VE ask, therefore, that the
Commissioners take appropriate
action to insure that this lesisla-
ton Be enforced With respect 70
Evening star., 1949-06-03
100 Driver-SaIesmen
Strike, Halt Delivery
For 4Pie Companies

Pie deliveries were crippled In
Washington today by strike oi
about 100 driver-salesmen for -four
pie baking concerns.
The strike was called at mid
night after negotiations in pro-
gress nearly six months broke
down.
Although officials of the Bakery
Statesmen Local No. 80, Teamsters
Union, said they "meticulously
notified bakery managers OF the
walkout by noon yesterday, be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 pies were
baked for delivery today, one
source said.
Production Halted.
One bakery official said the con-
Germs were notified as long as 10
days ago that the drivers might
strike last night. but that word
was never definite enough to order
a shutdown of production.
Consequently, full production
went on and the companies noti-
fed customers by telegram that
they must pick up the pies them
selves if they wanted them today
Production was halted today and
probably will be called off for the
duration of the strike.
The pie wagon drivers struck
for a 81 weekly base wage increase
shortly after 900 bread-bakery en-
ployes in the union voted to accept
a 81 increase. plus a $3.50 raise
lifting the weekly minimum to $65
Get Base Pay of $50.
Robert Lester, business agent fol-
the striking union, said that in
effect the pie bakers had offered
the drivers a $40 weekly wage cut.
At present. the drivers have a
base pay of $50 and 10 per cent
commission on sales exceeding
$400. The bakers offered to in
crease the base pay $40, but to
start the 10 per cent commission
for sales exceeding 5000. Mr.. Lester
said. That would, in effect, knock
$40 week off present pay. ranging
from $57 to $100 a week.
The drivers wanted their base
pay raised to $54 while retaining
the $400 starting point for COM
missions. They also wanted 81 a
week more for shipping clerks.
The struck concerns. all being
picketed, are the Colonial, Perfec-
ton, Connecticut and Crusty Pie
Cos.
Evening star., 1949-06-03

Practically all lumber that viii
go into buildings and other stlue-
lures tomorrow was cut and saved
by volunteer groups. and WAS then
hauled and stacked on the center
grounds by farmers. WORKING IN
seasons OF slack farm chores
Almost every person in Mont
gomery County has contributed III
some way toward the center. Either
through contributions of money
materials or in labor The entire
project. according 10 Mr.. Andcr-
son. has been AN amazing exhi-
bition Of community operation.
Mr.. Anderson has emphasized
that the center Is 10 serve all OF the
people in Montgomery County II
will not be for agriculture alone
but for all groups in need OF IL
facilities.
Evening star., 1949-06-03
Thief Hides in Store,
Gets $500, Breoks Out

Police today were seeking an
inside" housebreaker who re-
portedly took $500 in change from
the Food Fair Super Market at
1905 Columbia road NV.
The thief, investigating officers
said, apparently was hiding in the
store when it was closed last night
and broke out Of it after taking
500 from a cash register and 5000
in bags In another part Of the
store. police said.
Evening star., 1949-06-03
Hospitol Service plcnned

Special services IA observance uf
the festival of Eaaa snsaa vlii Dc ssaf
nj . am. tesnosTuw Tor Jswaan
patents ai 81 Egssan~tha H0spaiai
In Hltesrork hAn A soe!Ai ts0ssr
sponsored by TIE Hess~w Sisters
A.c csrcle waa soliow tfae seyvsn&4.
Evening star., 1949-06-03
School Board
Avoids Pledge
0nBi-Racia|PIay
Refuses to Direct
Members Vote at
Recreation Meeting
By Colt HendIey. Jr.


The Board Of Education Will
send its representative 10 the
June II meeting of the District
Recreation Board uninstructed on
how to vote in the expected show
down on segregation on public
Fairgrounds here.
The school board yesterday
tabled motion which would have
instructed its member on the Rec
reation Board TO vote for bi-racial
use of all recreational facilities.
+ Albert E. Steinem. the board s
representative on the recreation
board, voted to table the motion
although he had asked the Board
of Education for instructions on
how TO vote on the segregation
problem.
Il realized that If I went in
structed I could not vote for a
compromise proposal" Mr., Ste
niem said in explaining his ac-
/ ton.
! He told Board of Education
members the Bylaws Committee
of the Recreation Board is plan
ming to present compromise
proposal to the Recreation Board
members.
Experiment Watched.
This compromise. he said, would
allow bi-racial use of school build
ings for meetings and other uses
and would call for postponement
OF any further breakdown of seq
regation here on Fairgrounds un-
til after the summer experiment
IN bi-racial play on two of the
Fairgrounds. The experiment will
be conducted at Rose Park and
Garfield Fairgrounds by the Rec
reatlon Board, assisted by the
Friends Meeting.
Irving c. Root, superintendent OF
National Capital Parks and the
Interior Departments representa-
tive on the Recreation Board, al
ready has served notice that he
will call for complete abolition OF
segregation in recreation at the
recreation board meeting.
The motion to instruct Mr.
Steniem to vote against segrega-
ton was made by George E. c.
Hayes. colored school board men,
Der. Adelbert w. Lee made the
motion to table Mr.. Hayes mo-
ton.
Sharpe's Note Decides.
Mr.. Hayes, John H. Wilson
colored. and Mrs. velma Williams,
colored, voted against tabling the
motion. Mr.. Lee, Mrs. Philip Sid
ney Smith and Mr.. Steinem voted
for 1t. c. Melvin Sharpe. school
board president, cast the deciding
ballot. The other two board mem
bers were not present.
Mr.. Steniem said he interpreted
the boards action to mean that he
could vote according to his own
discretion at the recreation meet
ing.
When the Recreation Board
meets, at least two Of the men,
bers will be instructed. however.
Mr.. Root has been instructed by
the Interior Department and Dis
trict Budget Officer Walter Fowler,
who represents the Commissioners
on the Recreation Board, has
stated he will vote according to
the Commissioners instructions.
AS far as is known. the Commits
sioners have not instructed him
as yet.
The Bylaws Committee of the
Recreation Board is working on a
statement of policy which will be
presented to the full board for
adoption as its policy in racial
matters.
The Board of Education. at its
meeting yesterday, gave the Rec
reation Board permission to use
some 60 school properties for its
summer programs, with the under
standing that it would not dictate
policy as to how they will be used.
Evening star., 1949-06-03
Jormon Approved for Post

The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee yesterday approved tsse
nomination of former Representa-
tive Pete Jarman Of Alabama 10 be
lAubsssanoY 70 Australia
Evening star., 1949-06-03
House Posses FIoe Doy Bill

The House paAsed and A~ni 70
the Senate yesterday q reanlus ION
to authorize the President 70
designate June IL each year as
Flag Day.
Evening star., 1949-06-03
Cites Other Contributions

Contribution. 10 eKpSaiiloEss
have been made by ConsTs$s fer
many ycafs. Senator AcIJfnta
aalc. referring 10 ksaK !lks
which had previously bssn ps1t
into the hearing Fseofos
In passing the 6rfesprY hail.
if,s Eenats made no chang 10
sny Of the many itsrns !ag tess
DassTtrt government. totaIlifa
81. 7ss sBs1. an increase Of t1os sTs
over ttse H0slar approved AsuFe.
Among The f4fSds are s3s $50
for ths city ass<Saas 10 hst up .
aals. tAx division 70 administer
The nsN levy. ard t2siTA fer
salaries for tess res Of ,fsa aacal
year .oY rsnpioyss % Rsns Coniral
Adrnsnasssasns RohrFs r cowswsl
Tss NEXT gsyday 'os usSas
xcgksfx ia Tuesday. AS Ce8sasl
said, ard sfa1szs fssugry "a syaa-
able tss smpsoyra wGil ssAss gntss
without ase wrwk& salary
Evening star., 1949-09-22

Smith can count on that amount
unless:
/. She gets married again.
2. Or her income goes over
$500 a year. Proceeds of Ma
tional Service Life insurance do
not count as income, but every
thing else does.
So assume Mrs. Smith gets
married. Or assume that she gets
a good job and starts making
$1,000 a year. Her pension is
stopped at once, as soon as she
notifies the VA (Which she had
better do If she wants to keep out
of trouble).
What about her kids? Does
their pension stop, too, just be-
cause hers does?
NO. spell it out. The children
keep on drawing a pension as
long as they are children and as
long as their income stays under
81 900 a year each.
If there was only one child the
amount would be $21.40 month:
two children. $32.40 a month, split
equally; three children. $43.50 a
month, with $3.50 for each addi-
tional child, total amount equally
divided.
This means that if you are a
World War I widow Cor a World
War II widow whose husband had
a service-c connected disability at
death your children rate a pen
sion even if your income is $780,
900 or more a year-as long as
theirs is less than $1,000 each!
you may 1Drite Maj. Nal, In
care of this newspaper, II, con-
nection Dith your o,Dn service
connected problem. IncloSe a
self addressed, stamped en-
Delope.)
Evening star., 1949-09-22

Guide
Maj. Thomas IA. Mai

Harry Smith. veteran, killed in
train accident" the headline said.
Or in an automobile wreck, or by
cancer or anything you like.
The point is Harry, who fought
the Japs in the Pacific, died from
non service connected reasons.
He died like thousands of others
die every day, from old age, bad
heart, what have you. His death
is as far removed from his war
service as the Washington Sena-
tors from winning the 1949 pen
nant race.
So Harry's widow and six kids
get no death compensation. They
are left with pang of bereave-
ment and a lot of unpaid bills,
and that's all.
At least. that's what Mrs. Smith
thinks.
A friend should tell Mrs. Smith
the facts. They are that she may
be entitled to death pension and
her six children may be entitled
TO death pension.
They can't get compensation,
but they may get pension.
Death pension is paid to de-
pendents of veterans who die
like Harry Smith died, from
causes not connected with service.
But the payment. unlike death
compensation, is not made auto
matically upon application.
Mrs. Smith is entitled to death
pension only if:
1. Harry had service con-
nected disability of some kind at
the time of his death.
2. Her annual income is less
than $4,000. If she had no chill
dren the income limitation would
be $1,000 a year.
If she had been the widow OF
o World War I veteran, No.
above would not apply. 1t
wouldn't matter an iota whether
her husband had a service-con-
nected disability at the time of
his death.
Let's assume that Harry did
have that service-connected dis
ability. He lost his little finger
when Jap shrapnel ripped it open
below the first knuckle. And as
sumo Mrs. Smiths annual income
Is $400 q year and that she can't
take job on account of her kids.
Mrs. Smith will get (if she ap-
plies for it, $42 a month.
How about the children? A
widow with one child gets $54 a
month. instead of just $42. And
each additional child raises the
total amount by Sc. "a child is
a child only until reaching 18
years of age or 81 if still in school.
But If a child marries he or she
Is no longer a child.)
So Mrs. Smith and her six chill
dren will get a monthly check
from the VA equalling $84. Mrs.
Evening star., 1949-09-22

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Evening star., 1949-09-22

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
WEEK NO MORE, BUT INDIANS STILL GRAB NO. 1 SPOT, MAJORS.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 7-R-Bill Veeck, dynamic ex-president of the Cleveland Club is gone but the In- dians are still stealing the show from the rest of the major league cluts
 While the others were feinting and fencing but apparently accom- plishing nothing in their efforts to swing the first big trade at the minor league convention, the In dians came up with one of the finest pitching prizes in the minors.
 He is Hal Saltzman, 24-year- -old righthander who won 23 and lost l3 for the Portland club of the Pacific Coast league. General Manager Hank Greenberg of the Indians, who announced the purchase last night, said Saltzman cost Cleve- land five players besides an undis- closed amount of cash. He estimated the deal represented a $100,000 pur- chase.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07

 ODDITIES

NEW YORK, Dec. 7-R-An en- thusiastic Washington & Lee sub who made an illegal tackle that wasn't detected for two days fur pished the football oddity of the 1e49 college football season.
 Here's what sports writers and broadcasters voted the most un- usual incident of a rather screwy season:
 Washington & Lee tackle Bob Smith, who had sat on the bench, was walking to the showers in the final seconds of the Virginia game.
 End Ed Bessell of Virginia caught a pass and was running across. smith raced in to drop him inches short of the, goal.
 He explained, T just had a hunoh Virginia player might core on the last play of the game, and when Bessell came by me, l couldn't resist tackling him"
 But Smiths good work went for cothing. Bessell fumbled over the soal line and a Virginian recovered Tor a score. Virginia won, 27-7.
 The sues great play came to light when movies of the game were Eown the next Monday.
 Other oddities:
 The customary little dog was the cnly creature to cross the Stanford goal line in the Indians 40-0 trounc- ing of Washington.
 A rabbit proved the best broken field runner in the Beliot-Lawrence game.
 After Willamette University had run through four plays with only nine men in action against Idaho, the referee asked the coach if he would care to use the legal limit.
 Levi Jackson of Yale sprinted to touchdown against a l0-man Columbia team and gave credit for a neat block to one of his linemen. It turned out he raced over a hole vacated by an absent minded Co., l. mbia tackle sitting on the bench.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07

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 First publication, Dec. ', 1949.
 Last publication. Dec. 10, 1949.