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Evening star., 1949-10-05
Boykin to Address Group

The National Society of the
Colonial Danes will hear Edward
Boykin, director of the National
Capital Sesquicentennial Com
mission as guest speaker at din
ner at 7 o'clock tomorrow night at
the Sulgrave Club. 1901 Massa-
chuSettS avenue NV.
Evening star., 1949-10-05
Walter Reed PIX Opened

Maj. Gen. Paul H. Streit, COM
manding Walter Reed Hospital,
yesterday cut a ribbon at the
entrance to the new patients
Post Exchange, formally opening
it. Maj. William Williams is the
post exchange officer.
Evening star., 1949-10-05

NEW YORK-PRINCESS- BRIDE WELCOMED-Clyde Harris
Amarillo Tx interior decorator grees his bride the FORMER
Wilhelm arrival yesterday on the liner queen
Elizabeth They married in Hech1ngen germany June
81 after romance They met in 1945 when Mr.
Harris was Army inspector Of historic German relics Mr.
~ Wirephoto
Evening star., 1949-10-05
Gas Workers Want Budaes

Because citizens have been
duped, assaulted and robbed by
pseudo gas meter readers, gas
works employees in Auckland. New
Zealand, asked for distinctive
badges.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
ChiIdren's Hospital Talk

Mrs. Josephine P. Prescott, di-
rector Of the Bureau Of Public
Health Nursing. Health Depart
ment, will speak to the doctors,
nurses and social workers at
Children's Hospital tomorrow at
noon on the work Of the public
health nurse in q tuberculosis
program.
During 1o48-40 Indian railroads
ornssnd tRf2 kfn mn
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Democratic Leaders to Back Sales Tax Again

pay up to level OF the Federal
employees. He called this a moral
obligation Aside from this. he
said 1t was distressing" to read
that police and f1remen were
being forced to borrow to meet
living costs and he put down as
a "damnable situation" reports
that dallinger Municipal Hospital
already had insufficient funds to
buy needed sheets and medical
supplies.
Sales tax sponsors will intro
duce a revised bill this week to
permit the House to have "sec-
ond chance" to act on the meas
ure. The revised measure will in
clude amendments adopted last
Monday before the House killed
the whole bill. Among amend
ments we're those to exempt cam
dy. bottled soft drinks. dentures,
artificial limbs and similar med
ical aides, and the once-proposed
tax on newspaper, radio and tele-
vision advertising.
Evening star., 1949-03-20

trial development. They have
urged regional differentials, as
they did when the Fair Labor
Standards Act first was being de-
bated. Differentials based on the
siSes Of communities also have
been suggested.
The act does provide conces-
sior1s, for Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands, based on the fact
their economies are radically Diff
ferent from that of the CONT
mental United States.
At the Labor Department,
though, it is asserted the South's
fears are not borne out by the
experience Of the region under
the existing act. The progressive
IS, 80 and 40 cent minimums pro-
vided in the law were found sur
prisingly digestible in the South.
and editorial writer's who op-
posed the system admitted this in
substantial numbers after the act
had been in operation awhile, it
Ii claimed.
The law provided for industry
committees. composed Of labor.
management and public represert.
atives. which could recommend
minima above the figures called
for in the act. The Accent figure
was to be reached in the progress
sion at the end Of October, 1o45.
All industry committees recon-
mended that it be placed in effect
In advance Of this time. however,
and the last Accent wage order
took effect in July. 1914.
In the three years preceding
passage Of the act, the average
hourly earnings in manufacturing
was about 57.6 cents.
The average. on an annual basis,
advanced to Tao cents in 194l.
S1.02 in 1914 and Sl.22 in 1947.
In December. 1o48, 1t had reached
$1.3S.
These figures represent gross
hourly earnings, exclusive Of over.
time. They are averages, taking
into account, Of course. the wages
Of many workers earning far above
the minimum.
While they have nc. direct relA-
tionship to the proposition Of
minimum wage. they do reflect the
Widening gap between. the going
rate" andthe statutory wage floor.
Evening star., 1949-03-20

mittee and did not attend the
Wroclaw Conference.
Americans on Committee.
Three other Americans named
to the international Committee
10, Dayidson, the sculptor, and
Albert q. Kahn ana Howard Fast
writer's, are sponsors OF the New
York conference.
Eastern European cultural lead
ers at the Wroclsw gathering were
free to express only Moscow views
the State Department said. 1t
predicted the same would be true
at the New York conference.
When the State Department
granted visas last Wednesday to
% delegates from Iron Curtain
lands. the Daily Worker. official
Communist organ here. reported
the news in four paragraphs. 1t
did not mention State Department
charges OF Communist propa-
ganda.
OF the "a, seven are Russians.
Best known in America is Dmitri
Shostakovich. the composer. Visss
were refused the Ave Hungariaf1s
because the American Minister to
Hungary and several aides were
forced to leave the country.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Youth Won't Fight Soviet,
Federation Official Says
By the Associated Press

p1 ms $SSoSioteo FIess
BUCHAREST. Romania. Mar
I'D. Kate Hookham. British
secretary of the World Federation
of Democratic Youth, today
pledged the 50.ooo,000 members
she claims are in the federation
not to fight against Russia.
THE imperialists and their
servants must understand" she
said, that the world youth will
never wage war;
The British secretary of the
federation, addressing the Ro-
manian Youth Congress. said:
"The Anglo-American imperial
lists want to throw us into the
catastrophy Of q Third World
War"
Evening star., 1949-03-20

cratic Whip" Priest said: IF
the sales tax comes out on the
floor again. am ready to push
it all can. I shall make real
effort to get out a good vote for
the bill" He added that he prob
ably would speak for the bill on
the House floor.
Since the city tax question is q
bipartisan matter, he said, he did
not propose to make 1t a party
issue, but added: 1T looks now,
with no forseeable alternative in
sight that there will be more in
dividual push for the sales tax
than was evident last week"
Some of the sales tax opponents
were wavering. One of these,
Representative Granger, Demo-
crat, of Utah, a sales tax opponent,
said he would vote for it as a
very last resort" if all substitute
proposals were defeated.
Mr.. Granger said he would in
troduce two separate bills in the
House tomorrow. one for a IS cent
increase in the city's realty tax
rate to 1925 per $40 of value, and
the other to broaden the Districts
income tax law to include all per-
sons resident, here for most Of the
tax year.
Must Get Revenue.
If these proposals are defeated.
he said, then we still have got
to get the necessary revenue He
added that he always had been
ready to GO along with the sales
tax if 1t proved to be the last re-
sort"
A "high level city income tax
is tied to the plan for a District
sales tax. AS the bill went to the
House last week it would have
exempted the first $4,000 OF net
income under the income levy.
The idea was to exempt all the
little people" resident here since
they would have to pay the sales
tax. Under the latest suggested
revision, proposals were heard
yesterday that the exemption be
lowered to $4,000.
Representative Bates said it was
quite apparent that the House
must be given another chance to
decide between the sales tax and
broadened income levy 'in view
of the very critical situation
here"
District government employees,
he said, are correct in assuming
that Congress would bring their
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Rents
Continued From First pase.1

voluntary Is per cent rent boost
under the present law could not bs
charged either Of the increases
proposed in the Senate bill.
But If q tenants rent now is 10
per cent higher than 1t was for the
same dwelling In l947. then his
rent could be raised five per cent
October but no more April /,
1860.
States Can Drop Controls.
The Senate bill would let the
States drop rent control when.
ever the legislature passed such
a law and 1t was approved BY the
Governor. The States also could
take over the rent control pro-
gram from the Federal Govern
ment at any time.
The House. passed bill would
let States, counties or muflicipali.
ties scrap rent controls any time
they chose to.
Paul v. Betters, executive di-
rector of the United States con-
ference of Mayors, said that group
will oppose the house provision at
O three-day meeting opening in
Washington tomorrow. He said
many cities under State law would
have no legal power to decontrol
The conference also is expected
to repeat its earlier demand fol
continuing adequate rent control
until the present housing shortage
lis alleviated."
Evening star., 1949-03-20
HoIdup
Continued From First Paee,)

had the two men spotted in the
process Of buying a l94l model
car at an automobile concern OIL
Bladensburg road.
Additional police descended on
the establishment and took two
men into custody as they were
driving out to test the car. After
they had identified themselves
they were released.
Mr.. Hel bst said the gunman
warned him that II mean buSi-
ness"
Above the store is located the
apartment where Corpl. Grady
Beacham was shot to death BY
Robert S. Wilkerson last Decel11-
Der 2 as the policeman was serv-
ing him with a warrant. Wilker-
son was killed by a second police
man who accompanied Corpl
Beacham on the arrest.
The gunman in yesterdays hold
UP was wearing . blue tweed
coat and brown hat, while the
second man wore a khaki wind
breaker and felt hat.
Evening star., 1949-03-20

nomination can be sent to the
Senate while the Wallsren ap-
pointment rests in its committee
pigeonhole. Neither, they say. can
MIR. Wallsren be named to any
other job until the current matter
is cleared up.
II there is q Senate fight over
q move to discharge the commit
tee, Senator Cain, Republican. of
Washington. has promised to bet
ter the nearly seven hour speech
he made against Mr.. Wallgren
more than q week ago.
Republicans probably would line
UP almost solidly with Senator
Cain for q bitter-and perhaps
lengthy-flsht that would delay
the legislative program.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
CONTINUED From First Page

present situation q positive dis
grace" .-" .''
IN all my 80 years Of expert
ence with city government affairs"
said Mr.. Bates, former mayor Of
Salem, Mass, and = former lead
er in the Massachusetts legisla-
ture, II never have seen anything
quite so absurd"
He had reference to the failure
Of the House last Mnoday to vote
any new city revenue measure. He
made note of the fact that this
revenue bill failure was in the face
Of an "austerity' budget that still
was unbalanced by s2.500.000 and
still lacked the $10,000.000 needed
to cover city workers pay raises
that lin all justice" must be
granted.
Higher real estate taxes and a
boost in District liquor taxes.
along with proposals for tapping
other sources Of revenue, such as
tobacco. are among solutions men,
toned for the two big issues-the
sales tax or an all-inclusive city
income levy.
Strategy Meeting Tomorrow.
Sales tax opponents are sched-
uled to hold q strategy meeting
tomorrow. Leaders of the move
rnent for some substitute plan are
Representatives Klein of New
York and Kennedy of Massa-
chusetts. both Democrats.
On the other side, a statement
Is promised early this week from
Representative Smith. Democrat,
Of Virginia. who is chairman of
the Fiscal Subcommittee of the
House District Committee. and a
determined advocate of the sales
tax plan.
The issues may come to a head
BY mid-week when the full men,
bership of the House District Com
mittee is to be called into an
extra session by Chairman Nc
MILAN. The session is expected
to be held Wednesday or Thurs
day.
The objective of the special
meeting would be to recommend
a revised sales tax bill. or some
other revenue measure to the
House in time for action at the
March 20 District day.
On this point, House Demo-
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Lieutenants Will Urge
Truman 10 Avoid Fight
10 Confirm Wa||gren
Ix the A,ss<isisa Ifs,s


Administration slieutenants will
urge President Truman not to
create q fight in the Senate over
the pigeonholed appointment Of
Mon G. Wallgren, one Of them
said yesterday.
MIR. Truman b expected to talk
over with leaders early this week
the effects Of the action Of 4 Ito
6 majority Of the Senate Armed
Services committee In tabling Mr..
Walgrens appointment to head
the National Security Resources
Board. -
The President Is expected to be
advised that unless one or more
of the six Republicans ond one
Democrat who voted against the
nomination changes his mind, the
signs don't look good for Senate
approval.
Mr.. Truman was represented as
not likely to give UP hopes for
his former Senate colleague and
fishing trip crony as long as there
is q chance that the nomination
can be revived in the committee.
Wallgren's Friends Hopeful.
Mr.. Wallgren'S friends say they
think that some members might
change their vote and let the ap-
pointrnent 90 to the Senate with
an adverse report of the commit
tee.
If that should happen, admin
istration leaders say they think
they could get enough support
among Democrats to give Mr..
Wallgren the job.
But they are opposed to any
attempt at this time to discharge
the Armed Service Committees
consideration Of the nomination.
This is the only recourse to force
action on q tabled appointment.
1t would involve O floor fight
likely to line UP several other
Southern Democrats behind Sena-
tor Byrd of Virginia, who voted
with the Republicans to put the
nomination in the committee
cold storage.
Leaders Cautious.
After their recent filipuster un-
pleasantness with the Southern
ers, the Truman leaders would
rather let things cool of.
Any discharge move also would
put Senator Tydings, Democrat, OF
Maryland on an uncomfortable
spot. He would be expected to
defend his committees action, de-
spite the fact that he was in the
minority opposing It.
Before he went to Florida, Mr..
Truman personally penned q brief
letter to Senator Tydin9s urging
him to do everything in his
power to help get the nomination
approved. The President was
said to have taken the position
that Senator Tydings could swing
1t. II he tried hard enough.
The Maryland Senator's efforts
failed, however, when Senator
Byrd decided to join the Repub-
licans in the position that Mr..
Wallgren did not have the duali-
fications and experience needed
for the important post. @
Stcelman Holding Job. !
AS the situation stands, Mr.
Truman probably will have toI
keep John Steelrnan, one Of his
assistants, in as acting chairman
of the board until Mr.. Wallgren' S
nomination either is withdrawn
or rejected finally.
Most Senators think no new
Evening star., 1949-03-20

A number of labor groups have
urged q 81 minimum.
The bill now ready for House
debate is the product of sharp
differences of opinion in commit.
tee. 1t does not include authorize
ton for further increases up to 81
through operation of industry
committees. which was among q
number of things sought by the
administration.
At one point there was 1919
vote for the bill eventually re-
ported. The final tally on report
ing was 1915.
Four Republican members of the
committee filed a minority report
in which they urged that the ma
tional minimum be linked in q
formula with the cost of living in
dices. They did not mention any
starting point for such a fluctu-
ating minimum.
Here are some of the arguments
advanced by proponents of an i'm
mediate increase in the national
minimum wage:
l. Workers in the lowest income
groups can least afford to bear the
burdens of imitation and need this
statutory economic aid.
2. The Accent hourly minimum
no longer is realistic. 1t renders
the Fair Labor Standards Act inn
potent in it's mission of eliminat-
ing conditions detrimental to
maintenance of a minimum stand
ard of living necessary for the
health and efficiency of workers.
3. The 75-cent floor, preventing
excessive wage-cutting, and the
increased purchasing power of en-
ployes given raises by the new
figure, would operate as restraints
on recessive economic forces.
4. The increases which would
be required by enactment Of the
proposed legislation would add
only about / per cent to the total
payrolls of the industries covered
by the act.
There has been Appreciable OPP
position to the proposal, but it has
not been as substantial as when
the present act was under con-
sideration. Many opponents of
the 75-cent figure have conceded
that some upward revision Of the
Evening star., 1949-03-20
By Chris Muthisen

II Congress writes a 75-cent ma
tional minimum hourly wage into
the Fair Labor Standards Act,
approximately 100000 workers
in the United States will get a
small raise in pay-perhaps about
81 q week.
This is ths estimate of officials
Of the Labor Department Wage
and Hour and Public Contracts
Divisions. They emphasize it is
only q rough one, but the best
that can be offered in the absence
of an industry by industry census.
OF the total likely to be in line
for immediate raises, 1900, 900 are
employees now covered by wage
provisions of the act. The re.
manning 100000 are workers not
at the present time subject to
terms Of the law.
The Fair Labor Standards Act
has been on the statute books
since 1888. Its minimum wage
provisions - with q 40-cent-an-
hour floor now in effect-apply to
approximately 22,600.000 en-
ployes. Enactment of the law re-
suited in 100000 workers getting
immediate wage increases.
Now. proposal to raise the
minimum hourly rate to rs cents
is awaiting action in the House. It
has the approval Of the House
Labor Committee. President Tru-
man has requested it's enactment.
Very few workers now covered
by the Accent minimum would
get q 35-cent-an-hour raise, ac-
cording to the Labor Department.
The typical increase for those en-
ployes now getting at least 40
cents. but not as much az IS cents
would be about 10 cents, 1t is esti-
mated, or a 81 increase on 4 40
hour week.
Mr.. Truman and the committee
are in agreement that the Nation
could stand o higher minimum.
Mr.. Truman said "at least" when
he suggested rs cents to Congress.
In its report last week, the COM
mittee commented:
Since 1898 our national income
has more than trebled. Our per
capita income is over two-and-
one-haH times as great now, as
then"
Evening star., 1949-03-20

minimum is logical. in view OF the
existing wage.price levels. These
points. however, are among those
put forward by objectors to the
pending bill:
l. The added purchasing power
would be a new infiationary force.
2. The raises given workers
benetiting through the increased
minimum would lead inevitably
to wage boosts for employees earn
ing higher wages in the industries
affected. The inflationary effect
would be cumulative.
3. The higher minimum would
be an unfair burden on certain
industries which have operated
on q pattern Of relatively low
wages over a period Of years.
4. Any national minimum wage
Is illogical, because it does not
take into account sharp differ
ences in the local economies Of
various sections of the Nation. It
would promote unemployment in
some sections.
According to the Labor Depart
ment. the bulk Of the labor which
would benefit Immediately in pay
through establishment Of the 75-
cent minimum Is engaged in seq
ments Of the lumber. tobacco.
leather. apparel. furniture. food
and trade and communication in
dustries.
William r. McComb. admins
traitor of the Wage and Hour and
Public Contracts Divisions, IN
sists that, ION the basis Of the
high levels Of demand and profits
in almost all Of these industries,
however. it may confidently be
expected that the costs Of a IS
cent minimum would be met with
out serious difficulty and without
any significant curtailnent Of EN-
ployment in any industry"
The geographical aspects of a
minimum wage law enter into this.
In general. the segments Of in
dustries listed as likely to have
the most payroll revision if the
law is changed can be linked to
regional wage structures. The
South, particularly. Is concerned.
Many Southern manufacturers
have contsnded the 75-eent mini
mum wnufd be a major roadnlock
sfthe course Of the South,s tndusa,
Evening star., 1949-06-14
Painter Killed in 8-Story Fall;
Second Narrowly Avoids Drop

One painter fell eight floors to
his death and another narrowly
escaped losing his balance yester-
day when a platform on which
they were working shifted while
an adjustment was being made
on 1t.
The platform was suspended
from the roof of the Cavalier
Apartments. $500 Fourteenth
street NV.
Killed instantly in the fall was
William ]. Quirk. 40. of 421
Eleventh street NE. Charles E.
Bell. Is, of 536 South Eighteenth
street, Arlington, held onto safe
ty line as the platform swung in
toward the building.
Mr.. Bell said the accident hap
pened as Mr.. Quirk was adjusting
bumper" which held the plat
form away from the side Of the
building.
1t slipped, he said, and the
platform swung suddenly. Mr..
Quirk was thrown off balance and
fell backward. His body first
struck a window ledge about Is
feet of the ground and then
landed on the sidewalk.
Evening star., 1949-06-14
Forest Heights Mayor
And Council TO Meet

The Mayor and Town Council OF
Forest Heights. Nd, will hold a
meeting at pm. tomorrow at the
home of E. A. Brandt. 5 Delaware
drive.
DR.. c. L. Wood. Prince Georges
County health officer. will discuss
sewage system problems. Contract
bids for garbage disposal also will
be discussed
Evening star., 1949-06-14
8O.Year-0|d Scouting
Veteran Among 7 10
Receive Scout Awards

Seven District area residents,
Including an S0-year-old man. last
night received Boy Scout Silver
Beaver Awards for outstanding
service to boyhood.
New officers for the current year
also were elected at the annual
meeting of National Capital Area
Council Of the Boy Scouts in the
Commerce Department Audito-
rum.
These were Richard B. Shands
OF Mclean, Va, renamed presi-
dent; William M. Werber Of Prince
Georges County, Md. renamed vice
president; Col. Henry P. Erwin.
Upton street and Linnean avenue
NV, reelected treasurer; George
B. Earnshaw, Chevy Chase. Md,
assistant treasurer, and DR.. Leon
ard M. Elstad, president OF Gallau-
det College, Scout commissioner.
Joseph C. Gleason, 30. OF IA
Nicholson street, Takoma Park.
Md, led the list of recipients OF
the Silver Beaver Award. Known
as Pop" to hundreds Of Scouts,
he has a service record in Scouting
dating back to 1888. During this
time he served as troop commit
teeman in Troop 36, Northern Dis
trict, bordering on Takoma Park
and also as member Of the Coun-
Gil Camping Committee and as a
Council member. Especially active
in the camping program, he has
used his engineering and mechan-
ical talents to great advantage
in aiding boys.
Others receiving the award for
long years of scouting service were
Freedom r. Leaman, 229 Willow
avenue, Takoma Park; Ernest D.
McIver, 1929 South Joyce street,
Arlington, Va; Delmar c. Ports.
2701 North Beechwood place, Ar
lington; Charles B. Upp, 2315
Thirty-second street Sc; Henry
Albert Sauer, BIT Charming street
NE, and Frank I. Louckes. jr..
1920 North Washington boulevard.
Arlington.
Evening star., 1949-06-14
HiIIcrest Citizens Back Bill
For Medical Research Docs

The HiIlcreSt Citizens Associa
ton last night adopted a resolu-
ton favoring passage in Congress
OF a bill TO provide unclaimed dogs
from the District pound for medi-
cal research purposes
The bill. upon which public
hearings have been held. would
authorize licensed medical tnstitu-
tions 10 obtain animals, under Ger
Evening star., 1949-06-14

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said he was withholding a death
certificate pending a report from
the District Industrial Safety
Board.
Mr.. Quirk is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Lille Quirk of the
Eleventh street address. and four
brothers. Robert E.. Melville l..
John NJ. and Lewis a Quirk. all
Of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
$50 IN. Thursday in the Hanlon
funeral home. 641 H street NE
Burial will be in Arlington Gem
etery,