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Evening star., 1949-08-01

John Maragon today told re.
porters his name appears in the
secret diary of James v. Hunt
but only because he telephonee
the former Army Colonel to tel
him what I thought of him, in nc
uncertain terms"
The adventures OF Mr.. Mara
gon, one time bootblack and nov
a man-about-town here. have
taken the spotlight temporarily
away from Mr.. Hunt, whose ac-
tivities as a management counsel
1or ARE being investigated bly,. a
Senate subcommittee looking into
the operations of five per cent
ers."
Mr.. Maragon went to the Capt.
tol today to see reporters and tell
his side of some of the stories now
circulating about him-from what
happened on his mission to
Greece to whether he has a hid
den" bank account in Texas. Gust
to be sure he got everything in. he
asked some of the questions and
then answered them.
ScOlded Hunt.
Here are some of the things
he covered:
/. The only thing he knows
about Mr.. Hunt is that while en-
ployed by the Albert Verley Co., a
perfume firm, he returned from a
trip to Europe to be told by the
company president that Mr.. Hunt
had made certain unpleasant
remarks" about him.
Il telephoned Hunt Immediately
and in no uncertain terms I, told
him what I thought of him. Hunt
made a record of my call to him.
That's why he's got my name in
his diary"
2. AS for a story that Mr.. Mar
agon was sent home from a Greek
mission because he made a nuis-
ance of himself. Mr.. Maragon said
that the conduct of some men,
Evening star., 1949-08-01
u. 5. ENJOYS Wife Pays
Call on Mrs. vishinsky
BY the Assseio,ed Pros,

MOSCOW, Aug. Mrs. Lydia
Selden Kirk, wife of the new
American Ambassador to Moscow,
Alan G. Kirk. has paid a social
call on the wife of Soviet For
eign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky
1t was Mrs. Kinks first such
diplomatic visit since her arrival
here last June. Diplomatic sources
said the two chatted for some
time in French.
The Ambassador had suggested
to Deputy Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko that Mrs. Kirk
would like to pay = call on Mrs.
Vishinsky and the invitation came
shortly thereafter.
Evening star., 1949-08-01
Sales Tax
Continued From First Page)

comparative values. He remem-
bered the days dack in Texas
when each stein carried a heavy
collar and a two-cent tax and
cigarettes were taxed S cents the
pack.
The general misinformation un-
der which both retailer and con-
sumer is laboring was typif1ed by
q 5-and-10 clerk. To a consumer
buying three scent balloons she
impaired the advice:
Buy them one at time. Turn
around after each sale and it will
be a new sale. That way you
won't have to pay the tax
The customer preferred paying
the tax to a possible dizzy spell.
Even Money Is Taxable.
A reporter found out that even
money is taxable. Buying rare
1923 silver dollar from curio
shop, he was charged sl.20-and
a Scent tax.
Newsstand operators were hav-
ing trouble with people victimized
by habit. Customers dropped Is
cents on the stand for a magazine,
forgetting the tax. The operators
had the choice of nagging them
for the penny or taking the cent
loss.
The District Sales Tax Office was
swamped with telephone and per-
sonal calls from merchants and
customers with problems. One of
these came from merchants with
out registration certificates who
wanted to know how they could get
their supplies without paying a
tax.
Thousands Still Unregistered.
" Retailers were told to apply. for
certificates at the Sales Tax Office.
at which time they would be as
signed a number to be used on
resale certificates passed along
to wholesalers. Thousands of re-
tailers have not applied for the
necessary registration. but must
collect tax just the same.
An all-night drugstore at
Thomas Circle, one of the first to
impose the sales tax. learned early
that some people were not going
to take the tax without a squawk.
At least two customers called
off purchases rather than pay the
tax. One of the purchases was a
carton of cigarettes. on which the
new tax is 10 cents.
At a combination cigar and
mems wear store at Fourteenth
street and New York avenue. one
regular customer baked when an
extra penny was applied to what
had been a 3 for % cents cigar
purchase.
Going to Give Up Smoking.
Have they gone up?" he asked.
Told that the sales tax applies to
all tobaccos except cigarettes,
which are taxed by a special levy.
the customer moaned. I'm going
to give up smoking altogether.
One early morning wag paid
Evening star., 1949-08-01
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. ** A


of invading a privacy which other
wise is not invadable at ALL" the
majority held.
Judge Prettyman conceded
that as a result of the ruling 'the
situation may we'll require" the
District to make immediate
moves for legislation necessary for
authorizing search warrants for
private dwelling inspections.
Judge Prettyman rejected the
Districts argument that the alb
sence of law providing for such
warrents means that Congress in
tended such inspections could be
made without warrent.
Upholds Woman's Appeal.
1T is untenable to argue that
because Congress has failed to
provide procedure for obtaining a
search warrent. searches otherwise
unconstitutional can therefore be
made" Judge Prettyman declared,
The decision upheld the original
appeal of Mrs. Geraldine Little
over her arrest early last year on
a charge of preventing a health
inspector from checking a COM
plant Of waste matter in her home
in the 1900 block of Tenth street
NV.
Mrs. Little was convicted on
that charge and fined $25 by the
late Judge John P. Mcmahon.
This verdict was reversed by the
Municipal Court of Appeals, and
the District appealed that decision.
Judge Prettyman reviewed one
aspect of the case by noting that
one of the complaints involving
Mrs. Little's home charged that
some of the occupants failed to
avail themselves of the toilet facili-
ties
Reducing the Appellants doc
trine to practicalities the result
would be that if the owner of a
house be reliably charged with
concealing a cache of arms and
munitions for purposes of revolu-
ton, police officers could not
search without either permission
or warrent, but if the information
be that an occupant fails to avail
himself of the toilet facilities,
government officials could enter
and examine the house over pro-
test and without warrant.
Bathroom Door Surely Protected.
1T may be that the boundary of
the curtilage grounds adjacent to
a home) is no longer the outpost
of a mans domestic independence
1t may be that transom is debat-
able access. But even if the front
door of the house is no longer pro-
tected by the Constitution, surely
it had been thought until now that
the bathroom door is," the judge
declared.
Summing up the question oi
Constitutional guarantees of free
dom of speech. freedom of religion
and the right of privacy of the
home, Judge Prettyman declared
These characteristics are not
mere hallmarks. They are the
beams and pillars about which the
structure was built and upor
which it depends. If private
homes are opened to the intrusion
of Government enforcement Off.
cials, at the wish of those officials
without the intervening mind anc
hand of a magistrate. one proI
of the structure of our system il
gone and an outstanding charac
teristic of another form of gov
ernment will have been substi
tuted." 'J'
Evening star., 1949-08-01
John Morogon's S Job:
Preparing Who's Who
OF 7 Political Parties

John Maragon, the ex-
bootblack whose activities are
being scrutinized by the Sem
ate Investigations Subcom-
mittee probing the five per
centers," has finally revealed
his current occupation.
He's compiling a Who's
Who of the Democratic
Party" to be published be-
tween blue covers. and a
who's Who of the Republi-
can Party" to be bound in red.
Mr.. Maragon said he is as
sociated with the Capitol
Publishing Co. of Chicago on
the project. Politicians, he in
sisted, don't pay a thing to be
counted among who's who
Evening star., 1949-08-01
taft about the Tanforan race

staff about the Tanforan race
track.
Mr.. Woods said Mr.. Hunts
name was mentioned in both race
track cases, but he added that in
neither instance was there any
thing which, in itself tended to
incriminate Mr.. Hunt or to in
dicate anything improper.
In the Tanforan case, he said,
the old Civilian Production Ad-
mlnistration turned down an ap-
plication for permission to go
ahead with construction. But
construction got underway any,
how, Mr.. Woods added. 'and SUBJ
sequently there was court
action"
BY the time Mr.. Woods became
housing expediter in October,
1916. another group had applied
for a go-ahead on construction
work at Tanforan. Mr.. Woods
said the matter had been cleared
by the Justice Department when
he took Office and his only con-
nection with the case was to ap-
prove the second application after
being told 1T was in ORDER.
Hunt Urged Approval.
THE records SHOW" he said.
..that shortly before, became ex-
pediter, Hunt appeared at a hear
ing on the case and urged that the
application be given favorable
consideration. The records do not
show who he represented at the
time.
His appearance wasn't neces-
sary because we were going to
give it favorable consideration
anyway"
In the Foxborough case. Mr..
Woods said. Mr.. Hunt sought our
opinion" on whether the track
could qualify for a construction
permit. He was advised, Mr..
Wood added, that it could.
Mr.. Woods said he understands
Mr.. Hunt was paid $4,000 by the
client he represented in the Fox
borough case.
In Boston. Paul Bowser. a
former wrestler. told a Boston
newspaper in June that Hunt
gave us an Interpretation Of law.
He gave it to use in writing. We
had to have hearings in Wash
ington. He helped us conduct the
hearings"
Intends to Pay Fee.
Mr.. BowSer was quoted as say
ing he still owed Mr.. Hunt $500
of the $4,000 fee and that he
would pay it.
Mr.. Woods, who described Mr..
Hunt as friend of the family"
in Chicago. said the Hunts had
entertained his family, but that
Mr.. Hunt had come to him only
once as housing expediter.
That one visit had only re-
motely professional connection. u
Mr. Woods said. 1T was at the
time soil pipe for homes was ex-
scarce and there was a
great need for scrap steel to make
that kind of pipe.
Jim" asked me to 60 to the
Commerce Department to see if Il
could help shake loose some scrap
steel from Europe" for this use,
Mr.. Woods said. HE told me he
was representing some people who
had large market for scrap, but
couldn't get it out of Europe"
Il was very eager at that time
to get more soil pipe to speed up
home construction, so I went to
the Commerce Department. But
I wasn't able to do much good"
Mr.. Woods said that shortly af-
ter he came to Washington MIR.
Hunt asked him for an auto
graphed photograph.
II gave it to him." Mr.. Woods
said. "and that's how my picture
happens to be on the wall of his
Office"
Evening star., 1949-08-01
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permit and other valuable papers. VI.
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BOSTON BULL TERRIER, tag No. 1871
answers a: 70 Mike. H CT sa 1863: Sos ~. ss"'
BRONZE MEDAL, engrsyed image Of
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WILL PERSON who found potted plant
which fell out Of End story window q
1908 Ashmead pl., kindly telephone OU
$3.50. container very valuable ANTIQUE
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
OLIVE BRANCH:
BeUin .RecdntS

BeU1n hecGntS
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin apparently was relenting in
his stand on the Palestine situation.
Gingerly he held out an olive
branch: Britain's willingness to re-
lease Jewish immigrants of fighting
age now held in Cyprus, his per-
sonal and strong support of peace
negotiations between Israelis and
Egyptians at Rhodes.
Observers declared this position
a deliberate and genuine effort
on his part . to seek peace with
Israel and his critics in Britain and
in the U. S.
WHATEVER MOTIVATED the
foreign secretary, there was no
overlooking the fact that criticism
had been mounting both in England
and America. With the pressure
continuing, the situation might have
resolved itself into one holding the
very political future of Bevin.
The foreign minister also in
dictated that de facto recognition
of the government of Israel was
being seriously considered. If that
step we're taken by Great Britain,
it would mean the death knell OF
Arab hopes for continuation of
strife or any eventual triumph in
the Holy Land controversy.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26

He did not completely endorse the
Democratic platform, would not be
led into enthusiastic me too" dec
larations.
Lucas was vehement. ION whose
coattails did Chapman come to the
senate" he demanded, 1T h e
Truman-B arkley coattails or those
Of Dewey and Warren?" Other
angry Democrats rushed to point
out that Chapman ran loo, 900 votes
behind Truman and Barley In
Kentucky.
JOINING CHAPMAN In the mo"
votes were Democratic Senators
Byrd, johnson, Maybank, Nc.
Clenan, Robertson and Russell.
Chapman didn't take criticism
lying down. He declared, in effect,
that if such taxes r to be removed,
it ought to be done in regular legis-
lative process, not by hurried
action on the floor.
Republicans were more meta.
phorical. They argued that since
there is a tax on powder used on
babies, a woman dressing up for an
Inauguration ball should regard her
powder as more Of a luxury than
powder applied to a baby. This
statement followed an effort to
exempt baby powder from federal
taxation which failed of approval.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
Local News Items

A social hour and a lunch
followed the regular business
meeting of Zidonian chapter, Or
der of Eastern Star, Thursday
evening at the Masonic temple.
An inaugural theme was used
in the decorations for the table,
which was centered with a
miniature White House. Hos
tesses were Mrs. Gene Williams,
Mrs. Edna Mae Hoppel, Mrs. d.
L. Hafer and Mrs. Gloria Durrer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Lantz
and son Jon, of Big Piney, Wyo.,
and Lawrence Lantz of Cody,
Wyo., were guests last week of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward SekOra.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26

Simpsonvi1e had done what no one
before him had been able to achieve,
something the army believed inn
possible. Told he was not expected
to answer all the questions correct
ly, he nevertheless went ahead and,
in rapid-fire order, dashed through
the test without a single error.
1t was the preliminary test given
volunteers at the air force recruit
ing office in Louisville. The testers
were amazed. They checked, re-
checked the score. found it perfect.
They then checked the records.
Sure enough. Below was the first
to make a perfect core.
THESE NEW TESTS, much more
exacting than the old, have been
in use since last May. Questions
are divided into three sections.
vocabulary. arithmetic, and per-
ception Of spatial relationship.
There are Is questions and they
must be answered in 40 minutes.
Below will give the air force a
trial. If he likes it, he will make
it a career; if he doesn't he will
take up accounting.
A Simpsonville high school
basketballer and diamond per-
former, Belew stands six feet tall,
weighs 160 pounds, was expected
to pass the army physical examina-
ton with ease
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
SIX "NO'S":
Was 1t Revolt?

Six Democrats joining with SEN
ate Republicans gave the COP
victory in the first test of strength
since the 81st congress convened.
The issue may have been trivial,
but the result burned Democratic
leaders. Scott Lucas. Illinois, sue
cessor to Vice-President Barley as
majority floor leader, "sputtered."
Barley was also put out. For, it
appeared, the result was an unex-
pected as it was ''humiliating."
THE ISSUE was exemption of
Inauguration tickets from federal
amusement taxes. The exemption
slid through the house 1879 to 40,
SO n a imagine the surprise
when it failed in the senate.
Chief target Of administration
censure was Kentucky's Virgil
Chapman.
But those who remembered the
Kentucky campaign would recall
that Chapman showed no little
independence in his drive for votes.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26

While I'm waiting for a hair
cut the other day, Slim Hartman
lets slip with a crack about those
foreigners" who live by the depot.
"Now wait a minute, SLIM"
snaps Doc Sherman. Don't forget
we're all foreigners more or less.
Some of our families have simply
been here longer than others. But
even if they came over on the May
flower, they were foreigners to the
Indians"
Slim gets a little red and you
could see that Doc had him. And
the reason they came here" he goes
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
U. S. BUDGET:
Under Attack

" w wv
The question whether President
Truman's 81 billion dollar budget
was excessive was being raised
again. This time John Foster
Dulles, chairman of the U. S. delega-
ton to the United Nations general
assembly in Paris, raised the issue.
The budget, which Dulles ques-
toned, provides Is billions for
military expenditures, six billions
for foreign aid during fiscal 1850.
DULLES THOUGHT it too high.
He pointed to d%windling war fears
and potential menace to U. S.
economical health as reasons for
curtailment of Truman proposals.
Conceding that there is a risk"
of war, Dulles declared the risk
is not so great that we should
seriously ~jeopardize our w eco
nomic health by saddling our
selves. with such vast armament"
Dulles suggested cause, implied
a remedy. He blamed lack of suf-
ficient u~nification of U. S. armed
forces for administration belief in
the need of huge military outlay.
and declared that present huge
military expenditures cannot go on.
81 think our armament is exag'
gerated by the fact that there is not
sufficient ~unification betw e e n
the different branches of our
(armed) services" he said. 1T
seems as though the rivalry were
such that each branch wants to be
strong enough so that if there is a
war it can win it alone. without
help from anybody"
Dulles said there is Tess fear
of war;" than there was last year.
but commented:
"OF COURSE. there is always a
risk. You have a tense situation
like a dry autumn in the woods
when any fool ear start a fire.
1T is entirely possible, however,
to have better relations with
Russia and 1 think it is probable"
The problem was up to congress.
Could it gamble on the fool in
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
DIXIECRATS:
ROuQh Road

IOUyH NlOuU
The road ahead looked rough for
states Fighters.
Democratic administration forces
we're showing little patience with
southern old-liners who had bolted
the party in the presidential cleo
ton.
THE PURGE SWORD swung first
at the un-American activities COM
mittee and two heads tumbled.
They we're those of Representative
John A. Rankin, fiery Mississippian,
and F. Edward Herbert, Louisiana,
both of whom supported the states
rights ticket against President Tru-
man in November.
Rankin, along with everyone else,
knew the blow was coming, &C.
copied it calmly.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
INAUGURATION:
Brief InterIude


President Truman could lay valid
claim to the title busiest man in
the world" The inaugural behind
him, the nations chief executive
was up to his neck in problems,
both foreign and domestic.
ON THE HOME FRONT, there
was a little matter of having con-
gress implement Democratic cam
paign pledges and provide funds
for the continuing armament ex-
pansion. Abroad, with this nation
committed to the gargantuan task
OF saving the world from COM
munism, the problem was equally
monumental.
But for awhile, on January 20,
Harry Truman, Missouri farm boy
who rose to the presidency of the
United States, once by succession,
currently on his own vote-getting
prowess, relaxed, basked in public
adulation, may ever have forgotten
the tremendous pressure under
which he labored.
ORIGINALLY PLANNED as a
more or less sedate affair, with
this atmosphere desired by Truman,
the Inauguration, instead, was
turned into one OF the most lavish
and spectacular since Andrew
jackson rode into the top spot.
Packed and damned, Washing
ton gave a hero's welcome to the
World War 1 artillery captain. Tru-
man buttons, Truman pictures,
Truman banners were greatly in
evidence and the President, seeing
these and the vast m~ultitudes, must
have wondered if there were any
one at all who voted against him
In the November election.
BUT THE INTERMISSION from
duty was brief. The parade, the
swearing in ceremonies. the round
of gala capital affairs that night,
and the next day. Harry Truman
was again on the job.
Peace has been his rallying cry.
Its importance marked all his
utterances. Now he vas buckled
down to the job Of trying to pre-
serve 1t. Men Of good will every
where in the world were wishing
him success.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
MONKEYS:
Up in the Air

For whatever benefit it may be
to scientists or anthropologists. two
sad-eyed dogs will not calm 300
Rhesus monkeys.
THIS WAS graphically. if some
what d~isturbingly demonstrated
when 80 crates of the monkeys ar
rived in New York by plane from
the Azores.
The trip started sedately enough
with all the monkeys locked in their
crates. Two large, sad-eyed dogs
were along because someone had
said their presence would tend to
keep tranquil the monkeys spirits.
Somehow most of the monkeys
got out of the crates and suddenly
there n monkeys in the cockpit,
monkeys through the plane, mon
keys peeping out of windows and
monkeys even trying to iberate
other monkeys.
Capt. Miguel Braganca and his
crew, heavily outnumbered, was
forced. to stay in the forward part
of the ship while the monkeys
cavorted. The monkeys saw to that.
Says the captain: ''They kept hang
ing on the cockpit door and watch
ing us all the time"
When the plane reached La
Guardia field, about a dozen chat
tering monkeys were starting to
climb out the windows, but eight
airline cargomen joined the crew
and with brooms and blankets fl
nally shared the truants.
The monkeys were consigned for
infantile paralysis research.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
Best Voices

The best telephone voices" in
the nation for 1913 were chosen by
telephone operators Of New York.
The voices? Most sincere: Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Ted Collins,
owner Boston Yanks pro football
team; most courteous: Joe Di-
Maggie and Mrs. Alfred Gynne
Vanderbilt; most sensuous:I Rita
Hayworth. Actor Richard Ney; most
expressive: Actor Jose Ferrer and
Sister Elizabeth Kenny.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26
Cupid Curbed

The army is making it tougher
for American G.I.'s to marry Ger
man frauleins. In the first place.
many army authorities and chap
lains suspect too many German
girls are using marriage as an
excuse to escape from the hard life
of occupied Germany to the United
States. There is also an apparent
desire to protect young draftees
expected to start arriving soon in
Germany.
Laurel outlook., 1949-01-26

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Wallace
visited Tuesday in Columbus
with Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Peterson and family and in the
evening witnessed the installa-
ton of Miss Jacqueline Peterson
as worthy advisor of the Co.
lumbus assembly of Rainbow
Girls.
r. p. Palmer, Jr., a veteran
of World War II, left Monday
for Lincoln, Neb., to enroll at
the University of Nebraska
where he will major in den
tistry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gowen
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Platz
were luncheon hosts at the
Gowen home Sunday for Mr..
and Mrs. Dwight Rowlison and
sons, Dick and Dale.