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Evening star., 1949-07-08

ALLEN LEE HOTEL
1924 r st. NV, Elk. 1924. Attrac-
tive summer rates on several desir-
able rooms. Some with pvt, bath.
24-hour switchboard service. Near
Govt. Bldgs. III
HOTEL CONGRESS
Heart of city and . few blks. Union
Station; rooms newly decorated; ;
with running water, radio and
phone. Special summer rates, week
ly for singles, $3.50 up; doubles,
SIS up. Phone Ma. 1858. %
DOWNTOWN
nished single and double rooms. end
floor. summer rates; see MRS.
LocHRIE. No. 4. 1st hoor. Elk.
COLORED-LGE. FRONT RM., dbIe.
beds; nr. University; men students.
pefosES2,sas sasas 50; s1ss ! ST. N Ms:w;;.Rsss,m e,
COLoRED-e21a TLAGLER PL. NV.
Rooms. near bath; employed per
sons preferred. HU. 56S2. s.
COLORED-?350 CHAMPLAIN ST
A furnished rm. for rent, with all
home priyils; yns; front room. Call after
c6LoREDMIARGE OH co ROOM. comfort
able; for quiet, employed couple or
,SLSRkpolGH.. z %sni c9; hse NICELY ruiN. ir rm.
for rfensd couple; soma privileges.
Evening star., 1949-07-08
MOTHER'S CLUB

Rooms for working mothers with
one or more children; board 6 days
week for mother and child; 9 days
day care. Phone AP, 2342. 10
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COUNTRY BOARD
ROOMS. APTs. no. sHARE

COUNTRY BOARD AND ROOM for
child. Must be girl from 2 Yrs. up.
Call HI. 1882. p
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ROOMS WITH BOARD WANTED
ARLINGTON, va, lge. dble. rm..
nicely furn,; good home-cooked
food; also board by the week. GL.
7948 or OW. 1894. 10
BY MARRIED COUPLE, unfurn. End
floor front, with board: private
family preferred. Box BIOS. Star.
Evening star., 1949-07-08
KENT VILLAGE

Why Worry About Transp.?
. rms. kit. and bath apis, in down.
town apt hotel A few avail. for
immed occupancy; S125 per mo.
Call RE. 1a40 s
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CONGRESS HEIGHTS
One and 2 bedroom apartment units.
For July Is and Aug. / occupancy.
MANOR, foot of So. Capitol ST.. Dis
trict line IO 2.210N
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APARTMENTS SUBURBAN

TWo-BEDRM. APT. in westmorelana
Ter. Lee blvd. and FIT. Myer dr..
Ari., Va, immediate possession. rent
S925O B. F. SAUL CO.. MA. 210o.
APT. /. 300 E. GLENDALE AVE.
Alex, va rms, kit, den and
bath, completely furn.; convenient to
Pentaeon, Navy Annex and Airport;
rent 500 per mo. B. r. SAUL Co.
Ma oINO 10
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HOTEL 1440

Be comfortable with air-cooled fan;
/ room, kitchenette and bath: "a
hour phone and elevator service
$24 so to S2S weekly. l44o R: !
ave d W -ln
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USED TIRES
Your choice, $3.50 each. STANDARD
TIRE d. BATTERY CO.. 10th and
H SITS. ne. go
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT
BABY CRIBS, carriages. strollers,
high chairs. etc: Week or mo. Free
delivery. BERGER'S. TU. 3443.
BULLDoZERS Large and small
dozers now available. Also overhead
shovels. Call HI. 4933. -13
HOSPITAL BEDS. IDEAL BEDDING
AND FURNITURE CO.. 622 E St
aw National 1904
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BABY WELCOME

Lee. rm. for refined young couple
with baby. share kit. compl.
furn. with individual refgr.. din.
table, dishes, etc. maid service,
refs, S15 mo. Call bet. S am.
and pm. AID. a331. p
$500 Que St. NV.
THE CARLYN
furnished efficiency apt;
available at once: S13O mo. Call
manager DU 3400 -
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SLAUGHTER'S

OLA O111 i EN- -
1927 19th st. NV. tNear Dupont
Circle; excel. transp, all rooms
with telephones. daily maid serv-
Ice very good food, lse. dining room
and front porch: reas. HO. 6767
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C. IL
drawer; letter file, etc. owner must
vacate. Bargain for quick sale.
SCREENS. copper, for porch, approx
ssre.nso stss deor Seorons and bdya4. 5 BY 70 n n
SEWING MACHINES, new, used, elec-
trio portables and consoles; cash or
terms. NO: 2100: 24I4 14th st. NV.
SEWING s,tat1s MAGHNIsnssF cSI,o geo pSrtass
home demonstration. sos 11th st.
Sc: Ii. 3-3S33 3
SEWING MACHINES az, elec. Wind
SCR sas pete1aa sssndasa sa sss M Nsw .oOd Hons s
SEWING MACHINES = overstock
clearance sale; $3.50 up: Singer,
White and DOMESTIC makes; terms
NE. SEWING MACHINE & RADIO
STORE, 1915 H st. me- TR. 6s41.
SEWING MACHINE-sale Fri. md
Sat. only. New Home elec. porta-
Bile. 20-yr. guar; Singer elec con-
tas tabe Tp uP singer s9F sasT eise Sey
Home elec. console, Ssa.5 rent
ing and repairing. all makes Have
you. old sewing machine converted
tSo tS sles @ sl5.s5 .s2pvc COM 5yS. AYE I'VE, SEW
Swing MACHINES, nat'ly famou,
brand; Just received lge shipment
seasonal savings of $50 to S100 off
all factory cartoned; no floor sam
Piles: salts. guar. Call daily. 81
OLA, Mon. Fri, Sat, 9 am. to g
pm; Tues, Wed, Thurs, till pm
Ill
SEWING MACHINES, the loves,
prices in town, new and used elec
portables and consoles, also COM
mercial machines. 602 F st. NV.
ssWING ssIsT1iPs MACHINES. sla5 3 extra spe.
cials, save up to $50. These wont
last long. Real nice portable, S35
Singer console, $130 value, S106
with attachments, Featherweight
portable open Fri. eve. asl2 Lee
SEWING MACHINES. Singer electrics
sale or rent We, also electrify al
makes sewing machines: Open ewes.
ssWfNG SE M 'MAcHrSEsEsinger treadle
S24.50; rotary portable. $3.50;
console, S6e. so: rentals, repairs spe-
cialists. PA. AVE. SEW MACH
CO., 214e Pa. ave. NV, MA. 1888.
SHOES, cancellation; hundreds OF
styles: men. women, children; out
At your family in famous-name
shoes; Msdemoiselle. Paradise, Bond
witteller. De Liso, Town and Coun-
try, Jarman. Bates, Roblee, Edwards,
Play Poise, etc. Save 509e or more.
Shop here in air-cooled comfort
LTEBERMAN. INC, 3412 14th st.
.v.,2nd hoor. Open 10 10 pm.
Aos ~o~As
Evening star., 1949-05-11

II the pitching was good. the batters we're
helpless. The whole team was hfeiess.
dispirited. 1t looked a. though Washing
ton was trying to secure itself In last place.
Then came the explosion. or series OF
explosions. The Mats suddenly forgot how
to lose ball games. Home runs began 10
whiz over the fences and into the stands
with startling regularity. vollmer. Robert
son, Robinson, Lewis. Christman. Coan,
Stewart and Evans began banging them
with such regularity that already twenty
two round-trippers have been piled up
compared to thirty-one for ali Of last sea-
son. And the pitchers. too. have been
wonderful-cIimaxed by Mickey Haefner's
hitter against the Indians yesterday.
OF course. the skeptics viii say that this
Is all fash In the pan. But 1t il certainly
the hashiest flash in the pan that baseball
has seen in many day. Even allowing for
some cooling of in the weeks to come.
we seem to have a ball team after all!
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Migratory Season

Each spring the heart flies home seata,
as noYthudrd bird,
From uhateUey barren country claims 70
no9. Inhdt alien cline, :
Wfngtap toNdr6 some yemsmbered place.
or some forooftsn icord.
Some lost young snnisghf Of ss earlier
and q happier nnss.
odoys of morning byushsrs IN fas eiss
Virginia hffis :
Come back across three fhoasssd miles,
1eyoss the long. long years. :
AgasH the trfid ahIss foam Of early soesoo4
spf1s. !.
Ths Aqatd laughter Of shs wockfneeara
appears and assoppscys {
Buf here beneath q foseaes sEa sas fosrHeg
Of fAe heart is brasf. 4
IN shas harsh seatosIess country o. 70
eqafnox. &
wRh no promised annual vaasacis Of esess
nafoiftne aeaf.
Remembered spvfaa IL Ieas bssHssr sAs
desert awd shess rceks. 4
FREDERICK KnRi0HT.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Wants Statue Of Franklin
More Prominently Displayed

To tbs kGtter 81 Tas star
In the Capitol building Benjamin Franklin
Is prominent in paintings OF The Declaration
OF Independence and the Constitution ot the
United States and yet his statue by Hiram
Powers stands unhonored IN q niche In a
Senate wing corridor opposite q stairway.
Why continue thus to Slur his memory? let
us relocate this marble masterpiece by Pow
ers In the rotunda where 1t belongs
Architect Of the Capitol David Lynn openly
objects to this transfer because Poor Rich
ard" never was President But there Is q
statue there Of o man named Baker who
never made the history books. The Joint
Committee on the Library will decide this
question. ] trust they will take q more
patriotic attitude Franklin has long been
on our stamps and bills and Is nov on coins
He was one Of the first four Americans
chosen for the Hall OF Fame and had three
more votes than jefferson
J. HENRY SAiYTHE. Jr.
Chairman, Benz nJamin Franklin Committee
National Society. Sons Of the American
Revolution,
Evening star., 1949-05-11
A Hurd Byrd to Hit

II President Truman really was shoot
ing at Virginia's Senator Byrd in his too
many Byrds in Congress" statement, 1t
must have been one Of THOSE random
shots that are not expected to hit any
thing.
In the first place. Senator Byrd has
limited rather strongly that he will not
seek reelection after his present term
Secondly, that term does not expire until
1853. So 1t would seem that the President,
If he Is cunning for Senator Byrd, Is not
only hunting out of season, but Is also
pursuing q quarry that may be gone by
the time the President gets within shoot
ing range.
All things considered, 1t would seem
that this incident Is creating more OF
stir than its importance deserves. SEN
ator Byrd has announced that he will be
there when the purging starts. The head
lines tell us that his friends are rushing
to his defense. And the Republicans.
whose righteous indignation can soar to
really impressive heights when they see
a chance to promote fght among the
Democrats, are rallying around with loud.
warlike cries.
But there will come o day when all OF
this will simmer down. The President, as
the slang artists of decade ago used to
put 1t, will continue to zig when he should
have Jagged. And Senator Byrd, threats
or no threats, will continue to be Senator
Byrd. II he should decide to run for
another term, and II Mr.. Truman should
be foolish enough to try to purge him.
the Senator will not need to call upon his
friends in Congress or the Republicans.
His constituents in Virginia will know how
to handle the matter.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Our Amazing Mats

Even II the rampaging Senators should
return to their losing ways forthwith, they
have done enough on this Western trip so
far to rate an editorial. As Of today they
are the hottest team in the American
League. They have proved it by breaking
the club record for home runs in one game,
by superb pitching in the pinches, by
spreading dismay among the pennant
contenders and by humbling the world
champion Cleveland Indians three in a
row. And today they find themselves tied
with Philadelphia for fourth place as the
result of an amazing eight-game winning
streak.
j Even Clark orifith has difnculty in
remembering how long 1t has been since
o washington team has won eight games
straight. And they have done 1t on the
road, too. Nobody seems to know Just
what has happened to the Mats al Of q
sudden. No team could have had more
dismal start, barring that opening game.
In the early games everything was wrong.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Commends Article
On the Nations Waterways

Commends Article
On the Nations Waterways
To the Editor OF The Star:
Your fine article ~. 8. Improves Water
ways" in your April II issue. has come to
our notice.
Informing the people with respect TO the
benefits OF waterways. vital both in peace
and in war. is real public service. 1t is
certain that less Is known about the coun-
try's unparalleled inland and tntracoastal
waterway system than any other great nat
ural asset. Money spent for waterway de-
velopment Is an investment in the growth
and strength Of America.
The continuing development Of the Po-
tomac Mt and below Washington VIII GER
tainly return large benefits to the Nations
Capital.
with high cost distribution one OF our
major unsolved problems all aids to low cost
water TRANSFORMATION are help In its solu-
tion. GEORGE II. PALMER.
President and Publisher. Marine News.
New York.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
One Of Woshington's Builders

General u. s. Grant, Sd, completed his
term as chairman of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission on April
80. He has not been reappointed. 1t Is
not known whether the President plans
to reappoint him. General Grant himself
probably would welcome relief from the
assignment but there are several commits
sion projects which he naturally would
prefer to see completed before successor
is named. The job carries heavy respon-
sibility but as the chairman serves without
compensation no purely selfish considera-
tions are involved. In the meantime,
several of his friends are asking the Presi-
dent to reappoint him.
The selection of a chairman is the Presi-
dents responsibility which he will dis
charge as he sees best in his own time.
But regardless of whether he reappoints
General Grant or appoints a successor, q
few observations seem appropriate. One
OF them Is that the President would have
to 60 long way to find, as chairman,
man who possesses General Grants own
intimate knowledge of the planning COM
mission function or who has shown greater
integrity in working for what he considers
w SC tkAS HSoV 4AVCACoeo Va tiiC NotiOkA
Capital.
He Is one of group of men and women
who were instrumental In forming the
commission. He was stationed here in
1925 as director of the Office of Public
Buildings and Grounds, and as such be-
came first executive officer of the Park and
Planning Commission. He served in that
capacity until 1888, when military trans
fer took him outside Of Washington. He
succeeded Frederic A. Delano as chairman
In 1943 Much of his later service, therefore,
has been during war or immediate postwar
years. when the work of the commission
was subjugated by emergency measures
tending to dislocate all orderly develop
ment of the city according to plan. The
commission has also suffered handicaps of
stringent appropriations, thus accounting
for delay In modernizing Its Plan of Wash
ington-one Of its uncompleted tasks.
The Star, with others, has found itself in
disagreement with General Grant on some
issues. But never to the degree of altering
It's conviction as to his ability, his complete
honesty Of purpose and his contribution
to the development of this city.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
The Deodline Grows Nearer

1t Is a case of now or probably never
with respect to Government reorganization.
Time Is rapidly running out for legislative
action to prevent collapse Of the latest
effort to put the executive establishment
on q businesslike basis. And collapse Of
the comprehensive Hoover Commission
program through inaction at this session
of Congress almost certainly will mean
collapse of the whole reorganization move
ment for long time to come. 1t Is not
easy to imagine how there can be any
hope of congressional approval in the near
future If this Congress fritters away the
golden opportunity now at hand to take
effective action.
The deadline for rescuing reorganization
from legislative oblivion is perilously near.
AS President Truman pointed out in his
urgent message to Congress Monday, any
reorganization plan which he may be
authorized to submit must reach the
Capitol at least sixty days before Congress
adjourns. And, under the La Toilette
Monroney congressional reorganization
law. Congress must adjourn by July 81
unless otherwise provided" That means
that-barring special extension of the
present session by resolution-the Presi
dents proposals must be presented by
June /. The next legislation to be taken
up In the Senate will be the reciprocal
trade bill. Vying for attention after that
will be the labor bill and the North Atlantic
Treaty Somewhere, somehow, the bill to
authorize the President to submit reorgani-
zation plans must complete its passage
through the mill, along with these other
important measures.
Democratic Majority Leader Lucas .ndi-
Gated yesterday that a special effort will
be made to dispose of the reorganization
bill by pushing it on to conference without
extended debate. 1t would then be up to
the conference committee to resolve the
differences between the House and Senate
versions. The House already has done its
part of the Job. The House bill, Incl
dentally, Is much to be preferred to that
reported to the Senate, for the latter pro-
vides for a veto of any presidential plan
by either house. This would add another
stumbling block that would only impede
and possibly kill the reorganization plans.
This question Of q one or two house veto
arrangement could be settled in conference
without holding up the other bills await
ing Senate action.
The all-important thing is to start the
reorganization bill moving through the
Senate at the earliest possible moment.
For no legislation more vital to the efficient,
orderly functioning of the Government has
come before Congress in a long, long time.
Evening star., 1949-05-11
The Impossible AirIift

The West Berlin airlift'S days are
ended, but its place In history is secure.
The airlift was one of those impossible
things that one had to see and experience
to believe The Russians scoffed because
they were convinced it was pipe dream.
They regarded 1t as desperate gesture
doomed to failure. Indeed, there were
skeptics on our own side. 1t seemed utterly
fantastic to talk of supplying the western
zone of Berlin by air alone-especially with
winters storms and the increased need for
fuel to be considered.
But If General Clay had any doubts, he
kept them to himself. He insisted that
the effort should be made His enthusiasm
spread to others as the Air Forces Opera
ton Vittles" got under way last June, with
A few war-scarred CATS carrying the first
loads into the beleaguered city. At first
only few hundred tons of flour and coal
q day were brought to Tempelhof Airfeld.
As more cargo planes arrived from distant
stations-some from points more than
half way around the world-the lift began
to function in earnest. The British joined
in-and so did the American Navy. Before
long the Russians, too, were beginning 70
take the airlift seriously So seriously, In
fact, that they began to think up ways OF
soaring us of or discouraging US. They
warned of air maneuvers, target practice
and other activities in the airlift corridor,
or close to it. But the CATS, the C-54s,
the Navy planes and the British craft con-
tinued to land and take of in steadily
increasing numbers.
Despite snow, rain and fog, and despite
crashes that killed twenty live Americans
and twenty-five British flyers. the allied
airlift succeeded In bringing into blockaded
Berlin more than million and half tons
of food, fuel and other supplies. On Easter
week end the flyers carried record total
of nearly thirteen thousand tons within
twenty-four hours. 1t WAS not long there
after that rumors began to fly that the
Evening star., 1949-05-11

the cited case the sery3remAn Is married ard
his wife in all prcAA ozlity would ee re-
ce!ying o $50 family allowance IL her ewa
right whether or not sire might ar ssss-
supporting. When such 81 allowance Is
being paid 70 the wife. tie child ey = pre-
vioas marriage woaAe receive a family a.
lowance o. only $50 q month. II there are
several children. the family allowance Is
computed On the basis q $50 .es tAs
nrst child and $40 for each additional
child. al such benefits being shared equally
by the children. For example sherV are
only two children. each child would receive
$2S; II there are three children each child
would receive S23SS and II there are four
children. each child would receive 80 SO.
LOUIS NJ D0RSCH
Evening star., 1949-05-11
A Phony Tax Plon

Senator Flanders OF vermont toio tne
Senate on Monday that he thinks the
minority report on District taxation is
"more sensible and constructive" than the
majority report.
II such men as Senator Flanders are
impressed by this minority report, IL Is
high time that it be examined as to the
facts. This minority report involves the
substitute plan for raising local revenue
that is favored by Senator Johnston OF
South Carolina as an alternative to the
sales tax.
One of its major premises is this: THE
per capita tax burden in the District Is
the lowest of all the eighteen cities IN the
United States having populations OF more
than 100000, and we are told that only
the sales tax is left to be taxed for addi-
tional revenue. These facts make 1t clear
that the claims made by the proponents
of the sales tax are absurd"
Where in the world did Senator Johnston
get any such statistics? The Census
Bureaus comparison of the nine cities OF
the United States between 100000 and
100000 population ranks the District next
to the highest-BostonIin per capita
revenue. Boston's revenue per capita OF
$1O2.98 compares with Washingtons
$8O70. Pittsburgh, last of the list, Is
$2771. One reason for Boston's high tax
burden is a bonded debt of $129 900 ,000-
compared with the absence OF bonded debt
in Washington. Somebody In the Senate
should request Senator Johnston to explain
in detail the source of his figures on Wash
ington's tax burden His conclusions, In
this respect, are absurd.
The minority report also makes the
astonishing statement that local income
tax, touching everybody who lives here and
increasing the rates, would yield $l5,OO0,0O0
a year additional Where did he get those
figures? Out of thin air? Let the Senator
explain the source of his estimates to the
Senate.
Careful estimates of the yield of such an
income tax indicate that the District would
receive about $8,0O0000 additional. But
everybody, including Senator Johnston.
knows that Congress is not going to
approve such local income tax. It has
failed of approval repeatedly in the House
and it would be killed again today.
But if it were approved, it would not
produce the needed revenue. To help
produce it, Senator Johnston proposes
adding another IL per cent to the so
per cent increase in real estate taxes that
has taken place in the past two years.
And working both sides of the street. SO
to speak, he couples his erroneous state
ment to the Senate concerning Washing
tons low tax burden with the pious
demand that the United States increase
its annual payment by 100 per cent
something that Congress would refuse
to do.
Senator Johnston's tax plan would hit
the "little fellow" in the District harder
than the majority tax plan. It Is plan
based on highly questionable estimates OF
unknown source. 1t is full, in addition, OF
improbabilities. Before such men as Sena-
tor Flanders are ready to swallow 1t as
''lnore sensible and constructive" than the
majority plan, let them spend some time
examining the estimates of yield, as well
as the principles involved. Such examina-
ton may change their minds.
Evening star., 1949-05-11

Russians were willing to talk about lifting
the blockade. The rumors proved correct.
1t LIS no exaggeration to say that the
success of the airlift not only saved the
face Of the Allies, but saved Western Berlin
from starvation and perhaps from COM
munism. Here, then, Is another group Of
flyers to whom many persons owe q great
deal. To them, almost alone, must 60 the
credit for holding West Berlin for the
democratic world and hence for admin
istering the Russians the worst defeat
they 80 far have suffered in the cold war
Evening star., 1949-05-11
Decision Against Communism
Wanted without Further Delay

Our warships and nationals have been
forced out of Shanghai. Our Embassy has
been invaded fhe Communist advance Is
now menace to the whole civilized world
No more Panaysi No more Pearl Harborsl
Thresh 1t all out nowl Our Congress should
forthwith pass q resolution that. upon the
first attack on our forces or citizens the
Congress Of the United States will declare
war.
We have the atomic bomb. We can ut
terly destroy an enemy army over night
One hundred thousand Communist lives are
nothing to the millions OF young lives 80
many Of them American TO be saved by
such prompt, drastic decision-and possible
action. LAMBERT FA1RCHILD.
Chairman, Committee for Republican In
tegrity.
New York