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Evening star., 1949-01-14
Police Courtesy
Urged by Barrett
During Inaugural
Congress will be watching. >

Congress will be watching"
This, in effect, was the reminder
Police Supt. Robert J. Barrett gave
his department today in a memo
randum directing special courtesy
effort during the inaugural period.
There will be times when our
patience will be tried, nerves taut
and the going hard" Maj. Barrett
admitted, but he said he knew he
could count on the forces rising
to the occasion"
Particularly, he stated, police
should be "solicitous of strangers
in the city"
1--WE have many new members Of
Congress who are getting acquainted
with Washington for the first time"
Maj. Barrett wrote. 1--WE have sew
eral items of legislation pending IN
Congress which are very important
to the welfare of our members. We
should conduct ourselves in such q
manner as to reflect credit upon
the department"
Evening star., 1949-01-14
County I!!'y Service Shifts
Due in Montgomery
After Council Is Sworn
By John Y. Horner

Operations at county service
buildings in Bethesda and Silver
Spring will be reorganized as soon
as the new Montgomery County
Council takes Office next week. it
was learned today.
Although officials were unable to
specify what changes will be ordered,
1t appeared that most services here
after will be directed from Rock
vile, with a consequent shift Of per-
sonnel to the courthouse.
It was disclosed also that at least
some of the new councils public
coming hearings will be held at
night, as requested by many citi-
zens. The first such hearing has
been scheduled for 8 pm. February
16 at the Silver Spring Service
Building.
Six Of the council-elect's seven
members are expected to be sworn
in at $50 am. Monday and the new
governing body will begin function
ing Immediately.
It's first move will be organization
of the council itself, with Frederic
P. Lee of Bethesda as president,
Thomas c. Kelley of Darnestown as
president pro tempore and j. Douglas
Bradshaw of Takoma Park as
secretary.
1t will then appoint Irving G.
McNayr, the present county super
visor, as acting county manager.
1t was learned, meanwhile, that
Mr.. Bradshaw rendered his resigna-
ton yesterday as corporation coun-
sci for Takoma Park in order to take
the oath as councilman.
Under the charter form of gov
erpment, the suburban commission
er offices heretofore held by Wesley
I. Sauter and Oliver w. Youngblood
are abolished.
Whether it will be desirable or
necessary to name deputy county
managers to replace them is ques-
ton which will be left to Acting
County Manager McNayr, but such
a step appeared today to be unlikely.
Evening star., 1949-01-14
Suit Charges Boys School
Has DAMAGED Pooks Hill

Suit for $4,000 has been filed in
Montgomery County Circuit Court,
Rockville, against the Honeywell
Foundation for back rent and dam
age alleged in operation Of a school
for boys on the Pook's Hill estate
near Bethesda.
Mrs. Doris c. Lowe and Pook' S
Hill, Inc, the plaintiffs, instituted
the proceedings against DR.. D. w.
Honeywell and Col. Frederick Jones'
Davies, who operate the school.
The Honeywell Foundation leased
the property last year when fire
its school building on
Bradley lane at Wilson boulevard,
a house built by the late Mrs. Eva
lyn Walsh Mclean.
Pook's Hill was the wartime resi-
dence of Crown Princess Martha of
Norway. 1t is to be used soon for
a large elevator-type apartment
project.
The suit claims $1,000 monthly
rental from last June and reim-
bursement for damage to property
and roads.
Evening star., 1949-01-14
Floats for Parade Being Built
At Armory and Airport Hangar

The basement Of the National
Guard Armory and Hangar No. 7 at
National Airport may never again
oe as colorful as they are right now.
For at these two places, most of
the floats for the inaugural parade
are being built.
Only the Districts official float
and the entry from the State of
California are being constructed
outside the Washington area.
The Districts official float-Which
not even the Parade Committee
knew was being built until yester-
day-is being constructed in New
York. 1t will be driven here after
the $500 replica of the Washing
ton Monument and the Capitol
authorized by the Commissioners-is
completed. An unofficial" float,
sponsored by several organizations
here, also will be in the parade,
carrying a suffrage motif.
Final touches will be put ON the
California float after 1t is shipped
here.
At the Armory, Paul Riedel. sr.,
756 Atlantic street Sc, is super
vising 20 men as they assemble the
waterfalls, White House, tobacco
fields and large-scale maps which
will appear on the IA floats being
built there
Mr.. Riedel. superintendent of the
Hargrove Display Service. 1901 H
street NV, says the floats are the
most elaborate" he's ever built.
The most expensive one under his
supervision is Missouri's. Built at
cost Of $4,000, the float honoring
"our greatest Missourian" will fea-
ture a White House replica, figures
of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Saw
yer and large map of the State.
Mr.. Riedel, philosophical after
Evening star., 1949-01-14
InouquruI Calendar

9 p.m-North Carolina State sosiety re-
eeption and ball. washington HOTEL asI,,,r
sPessena Ge 4S aee Non Sh @ clap
Seventeenth and K streets NV,
Armory By invitation only.
FRIDAY, JANUARY FL.
9 am-Louisiana State Society open
house for visitors, Harris Hotel:
sponsored BY woman,s division Demo Demo
1a:ao p.m.LMichiEan State Society,
bHss gnche9n hotn, hsn91ns ssfs7 Gov and Mrs
p.m.-Receptlon at Women's National
Democratic Club, By invitation only.
I p.m--North Dakota State Society recep-
tion for congressional delesation. Ward
5 pm-Virgjnia State Society reception
cation, home of John R. Smith: presi-
6 .pm.--Nevada State Society. reception
for visitors from the State Mayfiower
7 p.m.-Reception for Chairman Nc
Grath of Democratic National Com
mittee, Shoreham Hotel. BY invitation
only.
10 ,p.m,-Kentucky State Society recep-
ton and ball honoring Vice President
elect Barkley, Shoreham Motel.
SATURDAY. January 22.
4 pm-Montana State Society reception
Hotel.
7:3O p.m.-Tennessee State Society dinner
for confessional delegation. Shoreham
Hotel
9 80 p.m-Nebraska State Society dance,
Gov. Peterson and congressional dele
cation guests of honor, Wardman Park
10 pm-West Virginia State Society
dance and reception for congressional
delegation, Shoreham Hotel.
SUNDAY. JANUARY 23.
$3.50 p.m.-ArkansaS State Society re-
ception for congressional delegation.
Senate Caucus Room.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 27.
7:30 pm.-Ohio State Society dinner
dance, Wardman Park Hotel
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28.
8 p.m.-South Dakota State Society dance
and reception for congressional dele
cation, Hotel 2400.
Evening star., 1949-01-14
Musicians Union Joins
Symphony Association

The Washington local Of the
American Federation Of Musicians
for the first time has become a
member of the National Symphony
Orchestra Association by contrib
uting to next seasons symphony
sustaining fund.
- The Executive Board of the Mu-
sicians' Protective Union, Local 16l,
also has designated Miss Sylvia Alt
man, Washington pianist, to lead a
committee to enlist other Washing
ton unions in the symphony fund
drive, slated for February 3-25.
The committee will inform un-
ion members in all fields "of the
value of maintaining our resident
orchestra" Paul Schwarz, mu-
sicians' president, said.
Evening star., 1949-01-14
President Says
| He Still Backs
D. &. Home Rule

President Truman "a not weaken
ing in his support of home rule fol-
the District of Columbia.
Told at his news conference yes
terday that there had been some
disappointment" here because this
was not mentioned in the State of
the Union message, Mr.. Truman
said he had backed up his civil
rights program in the message and
that home rule for the District was
part of this program.
Mr.. Truman on several occasions
las voiced support of home rule
and when he sent the omnibus civil
rights message to Congress last Feb
ruary. the District got attention.
Evening star., 1949-01-14
Trigger Man in Death
OF Kelly Executed
In Electric Chair

Shirley NJ Harris, Is, trigger man
in the Staying of Frank c. Kelly on
March II, 1947. was executed in the
District Jail's electric chair today.
Mr.. Kelly, a 54-year-old electrician
in the District Department OF Army
Engineers, was shot to death in an
attempted holdup by three colored
men in the $500 block of Eleventh
street NV.
Two others convicted of the muir
der. Joe M. Gray, 10, and Herbert
H. Hall. 1S, were saved from the chair
when President Truman commuted
their sentences to life imprisonment
on December 81.
Harris entered the fourth-floor
death chamber at 1908 am, ap-
bearing calm and relaxed. TWO
minutes later the attendants had
strapped him into the chair. In
another two minutes, at 1907 am,
the current was turned of.
Called an Extrovert.
Physicians pronounced Harris
dead at 1913 am.
Though he was described by Jail
Supt. Curtis Reid as happy-go-
lucky, talkative and rather extro-
versive, Harris apparently u said
nothing during the brief time: final
Preparations vwere made forF his
death.
The Rev. c. r. Murray. pastor of
the Vermont Avenue Bapttst Church,
one of four ministers at the execu-
ton, said he had visited Harris ave
times and that recently the con-
demned man had told him he was
ready to die.
This morning Mr.. Murray gave
the prisoner communion. Harris
told him to try to cheer up his
brothers, the minister said.
Also comforting the prisoner were
the Revs. William L. Pinn, witness
ing his 30th execution; Don Shaw
and A. B. Sauer, Department of
Corrections chaplains.
Victim Was on Way Home.
Signal for the current to be turned
on was given by Capt. Charles E.
Tucker of the Jail guard. Harris
was pronounced dead by DR.. Paul
Zukerman, assistant Jail medical Of
ficer, and Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald.
Mr.. Kelly, father of four, was re-
turning to his home at 4004 New
Hampshire avenue NV. on the
night of March II, 1947 when he
was accosted by the three men at
1918 pm.
Attempting to flee, he was shot
in the shoulder, and the bullet
lodged in his neck. The wound was
so indistinct that for Is hours it
was assumed Mr.. Kelly had died
from natural causes.
Harris later said he had no inten-
ton of shooting Mr.. Kelly, but that
he did so when the victim showed
him. The trio were traced by
pair of stolen shoes and a stolen
revolver
Evening star., 1949-01-14
Whisky Barrel Float
Idea of Kentuckions
Ruled Out in Parade

Construction on a float spon-
sored by the distillers of Ken
lucky, Vice President Barkley's
home state, has been halted
because the parade committee
decided the theme would be
Objectionable to prohibitionists
and embarrassing to Mr.. Bark
ley.
Although the theme was
passed on once, the committee
asked the distillers to present
another float idea. The origi-
nal theme depicted an Uncle
Sam" who was prosperous be-
cause of the help of industry.
The industry was represented
by several whisky barrels.
Evening star., 1949-01-14

many years of float t-building, merely
laughed when telling of having to
rebuild the wooden Missouri map.
I'm order to round it out and make
it fit, we cut off a small piece OF
land at the bottom of the State. 1t
was covered by another decoration
anyway.
But a certain Congressman, born
in that section, raised big protest
So we put it back on, although
you'll never be able to see it,"
The most expensive float in the
whole parade-as well as the biggest
is being put together at the air.
port by Dallas Mead and Associates
an Oklahoma decorating firm.
Gov. Roy Turner Of Oklahoma
called us one Sunday morning last
month, told us to come here and
make sure we built the biggest float
in the parade" a workman said.
The float, which will stretch 70
feet, will be too heavy to be pulled
by jeep, as will the other floats
in the parade. A farm tractor will
be rented to tow the huge float. A
small orchestra in the middle will
play tunes from the musical comedy,
"Oklahoma," while cowgirls, a hill
billy trio and Indians cavort around
a huge picture Of Will Rogers and
replicas of COWS and oil derricks.
Construction cost will be about
$1,000.
Alan Metreger Of Chicago has a
crew of 80 men building IA floats
at the hangar, also Mr.. Metreger,
another veteran of the bodybuilding
business, says the inaugural floats
will be "the most elaborate ever seen
in this part of the country"
After the expensive floats have
been tower from the Capitol to the
White House, most of them will be
taken back to where they were built
and torn apart for scrap.
Evening star., 1949-01-14
Treasury Clerk Honored
For 81 Years Service

Miss Ethel A. De Cav, Treasury
Department clerk for 81 years, was
horored at a dinner last night at
the Parrot Restaurant, 1701 Twen-
tieth street NV, by group of her
former associates in connection with
her retirement December 81.
Miss De Cav, a Washington
native, was a special clerk in the
Federal Reserve section of the Divi-
sion of Securities. Letters from
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
and other officials praised Miss De
Gaw's service.
Evening star., 1949-01-14
HyattsviIIe Court Fines
Traffic Repeater S130

Charles A. Vickers, 43, of Hillside,
Nd, was fined $3.50 after pleading
guilty to three traffic charges, in
Guiding one for drunken driving, in
Hyattsville Police Court yesterday.
Vickers appeared in that court for
at least his eighth time since jan
uary, 1947. Trial Magistrate Alan
Bowie imposed a 500 fine for driv-
ing while drunk, $25 for reckless
driving and S. for passing a red
light.
Evening star., 1949-01-14
inaugural Editions

The Stars three inaugural issues January 49, TO- and 2
will be available for mailing souvenirs.
The Special Inauguration Day Edition on January 20
will include fu-szed 12page Coorgravure Section with
cover pictures in full color President Truman and Vice
President-elect Barkley It also will include full and
picture coverage of the ceremonies and parade.
mail copies from Star Carrier nearest news
stand or fill out the order blank printed Page Az
Evening star., 1949-09-19
Carson Confirmation
Up for Senate Vote;
Outcome Uncertain.
BY The Associated Press


The Senate came today to al
vote on another presidential ap-
pointment. with the outcome I'M
doubt.
This time the question is
whether to confirm President
Truman's nomination of John
Carson of Michigan as a mem
Der Of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion. ~
Taking note of a previous turn
down on a Truman appointee,
Senator Tydings, Democrat of
Maryland. predicted, meanwhile,
that Mr.. Truman may have to go
outside Of industry for a Num-
tions Board chairman.
Last Friday, the Senate rejected
by a surprising 40-to-28 vote Mr..
Truman's choice of Carl A. Ilgen-
fritz to head the Defense Depart
ment's Munitions Board. The
action was taken because Mr..
1lgenfritz didn't want to give up
his $4,000, yearly pay as vice
president of the United States
Steel Corp.
Republicans Oppose Carson.
Senator Tydings. who led the
losing fight for confirmation, told
q reporter he thinks the Senate's
action then may have made it
almost impossible for President
Truman to get a man from in
dustry for the post.
The board is charged with ad-
vance planning of industrial mo-
bilization for war. It also super
visers purchasing activities by the
armed services and has a direct
voice in the fixing of priorities.
Senator Byrd. Democrat. of Vir-
ginia. argued successfully in the
ngenfritZ case that it would set
bad precedent to have a gov
eminent official drawing pay from
q private company. Senator Byrd
added that there were many busi-
ness men who could comply and
serve for the $4,000 Government
salary.
Mr.. Carson's nomination for
the trade commission post has been
opposed by most of the Repub-
GcanS, led by Senator Bricker of
Ohio.
Called an Independent.
Senator Bricker attacked Mr..
Carson's economic views, asserting
he had no experience in business.
He said that by no stretch of the
imagination could Mr.. Carson,
named to succeed a COP member
Of the commission, be regarded as
q Republican.
However. some Democrats who
read the record of Mr.. Carson's
testimony outlining his economic
views before the Senate Commerce
Committee said that uf1iess they
change their minds they are likely
to vote against confirmation.
Mr.. Carson. a former Washing
ton newSpaperman, was secretary
to the late Senator Couzens. Re-
publican, of Michigan, for ~
years. He then became consumers
counsel for the National Bitumi-
nous, Coal Commission. For the
last 10 years he has been Wash
ington director of the Co-opera-
tive League of the United States.
President Truman nominated
him last April to the $10,000-a-
year post on the Federal Trade
Commission, to serve until Sep
tember, 1852. Mr.. Carson is a.
native Of Detroit and is an at
torney.
Evening star., 1949-09-19
81 Reports Theft Of 500
At Fl. Meade Apartment

The theft of approximately $700
from his apartment was reported
to Fort Meade authorities yester-
day by M/Sergt. Edgar c. Dunn.
ofacials said Sergt. Dunn told
them the money, which consisted
Of about $500 in change and 500
Ia bills, was taken from locked
trunk in his bedroom.
They quoted the soldier as say
ing the money was taken some
time between 8 am. and pm.
yesterday while he and his wife
were out.
Evening star., 1949-09-19
A STEEL STRIKE
IS NOT JuST|F|E

Philip Murray President of the United Seeworkers America CO
threatens steel strike September 2 l9 Why? Simply because
and other steel companies will his unreasonable de-
mand that unless agree advance the recommendations
of the Presidential Steel Board resume collective
bargaining with Before the Presidential Steel Board esab
sh the President the United States gave express
the recommendations of the Board would binding upon either
party upon that understanding United Steel ap
peared before the Board
United States Steel has several times notified the Union of its will
gne collective bargaining with Union the
purpose Of attempting arrive mutually satisfactory solution
Of all Of the issues in dispute Collective bargaining the method
established by law for the negotiating contracts We renew
such offer collective bargaining with the Union
United States Steel has already stated its willingness join with
the Union in study Of PENSIONS such study be concluded by
March 1850 if possible that there may then be intelligent bar
gaining pension program Furthermore United States Steel pre-
vous has stated its willingness negotiate with the Union
conbuoy program Of social Insurance. the of which
United States Steel will contribute up hour proper
share. ..
strike occurs the Union must the responsibility
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replacement. I Henry McLemore.
might just as we'll have tried to
purchase two dozen aux eggs for
Matching. The hardware stores
and plumbing emporiums I visited
not only didn't have any iron
claw feet for bathtubs, but the
young statesmen had no dreaming
idea of what I was talking about.
Mighty Pretty Tubs.
They looked at me as if I were
crazy when I described what I
wanted. One young man went so
far as to tell me that there wasn't
such a thing as a bathtub that
stood on feet, and was I sure I
wasn't looking for a footstool? He
then proceeded to show me square
bathtubs, octagonal bathtubs,
round bathtubs, parallelogram-
matte bathtubs and oval bath
tubs, all of which sat fiat on the
floor.
They were mighty pretty tubs,
and in all the lovely colors of the
rainbow and then some. but they
wouldn't fit in my bathroom and
would be as out of place as mod
esty in a nudist camp if they did.
Incidentally, looking at the 1949
tubs I wondered what fun young
sters have in taking a bath in
them. To be fun a bathtub has
to have sloping end, like a ski
run for beginners, which can be
soaped down and allow a kid to
enter the hated water with a re-
sounding splash. To try to slide
down a modern tub, with its sheer
Evening star., 1949-11-29
This Changing World
Ward Case in Mukden, Panay Incident,
In 1887 Seen Parallel in Many Ways

like a province of the USSR than
any other part of the Chinese
Peoples Republic" 1t is from
Moscow, Western European diplo-
mats believe, that the orders came
last June to refuse the American
diplomat the usual transportation
facilities and exit permit to get
out of Mukden after he received
orders from the State Department
to close the consulate general. It
was from the same authority that
the orders came to keep him and
his staff incommunicado in the
American compound in Mukden.
And it was from the Soviet rulers
that Chinese authorities in Muk-
den received orders the middle of
last month to jail the American
representative and members of his
staff on typically Oriental trumped
up charges.
Moscow Watched Reaction.
Then Moscow. rather than Peip-
ing, was interested to witness the
reactions of the American Gov
ernment after it was allowed to
learn about the indignity nearly
a week after Mr.. Ward and his
subordinates were thrown into q
Chinese prison.
The Chinese puppet organiza-
ton is not recognized by the
United States and there was no
question of retaliation in kind by
the American Government. Mos
COW, in the opinion of Western
European political observers,
wanted to see whether we would
make the customary academic
protest or whether we would
adopt a threatening attitude.
There lies the parallel between
the Panay and Ward incidents.
Would the United States-Moscow
is believed to have rationalized-
yield as it did IL years ago to the
fear that any explosive reaction
on our part would unleash a world
war, and accept Oriental insults
without further ado? Or would
we assume threatening attitude
and compel the Chinese to respect
the American flag and our official
representatives? It seems now
that the Russians have guessed as
right as Tokyo did in December,
1887.
Whatever logical reasons our
Government may have for react
ing less firmly in this instance
than in the Panay case. our pres
tige-on which our future position
in the whole Pacific and Indian
Oceans depends-has suffered a
severe blow.
Evening star., 1949-11-29

Is possible That Ls~en mohe".
the Communist regime in Man
churia may have been impressed
by the unusual procedure Of this
great and powerful country, i'm
pressed to the point Of conform
ing to the diplomatic decencies.
Nobody yet knows. It could even
be true-dreadful thought in the
minds of our own desperate dem
lagogues!-that the Chinese Com
munists are now laughing at us.
This last notion is almost too
terrible for our demagogues to
contemplate. It means. they tell
you. that we have "lost face" And.
as experts in matters Oriental.
they explain that the worst thing
that can happen to anybody In
the mysterious East Il to lose
face.
That may once have been true.
but 1t is not certain that it is
entirely true today. Down through
the centuries China has had .
privileged class. . greatly over
privileged class, that lived by
squeezing the marrow out Of the
bones Of the Chinese masses. This
class built up It's own sense Of dig
nifty and importance, as some
thing not to be offended, and It's
members made a ritual Of 1t. It
was this class, for the most part
that Westerners did business with
In China and the Westerners
Learned to conform to the custom
They spread the word that In
China the all-important thing is
face.
But there always have beer
Evening star., 1949-11-29

the appropriate committees OF
Congress to look into the feasi-
bility of 500 a month pensions for
all.
Now Secretary of Labor Tobin
has told the Massachusetts, CIO
that we should have "a sound
insurance system enacted i'm
mediately which would give a
minimum of 500 a month for
every retired person in the United
States" Whether a Sound in
surance system" can produce that
and how is distinctly moot. Sena-
tor Taft said he doubted it and
suggested that such a plan would
cost about $4,000, 100000 a year.
Tobin to Garry Ball.
The President himself will let
Secretary Tobin and others float
the trial balloons on 500 general
pensions. He will rest for the
present on his own plan of broad
ening the social security system
which has already been partially
approved by the House.
Mr.. Truman had asked that TO-
000, 1000 more Americans be made
eligible for old age insurance and
that benefits to the 10000, 900 now
receiving such assistance be in
creased about 80 per cent.