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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-23


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

mother was . dancer. While at
Eastern, the youth represented
the school at the city-wide inter-
high track meet and won second
prize in the high jump.
Music runs in the family. Miss
McMullen, in addition to her
school activities. sings in the choir
at the Metropolitan Baptist
Church, Sixth and A streets NE.
A brother. Bobby. who now is in
the Army. also attended Eastern.
Coming Campaign Cited.
Howard P. Bailey, assistant to
the managing editor of The Star.
spoke during the intermission last
night, and stressed particularly
the forthcoming sustaining fund
campaign of the National Sym
phony Orchestra, which starts on
January 10.
These concerts are intended to
make it easy Tor you to become &C
quainted near your homes with
the wonderful orchestra which has
been developed here in the Cap
ital," he told the audience. 1T
might be appropriate to call to
your attention the fact that the
campaign to raise the guarantee
fund for the orchestra for the next
season is about to start.
Great cultural organizations
like this seldom can be fully sup
ported by the admissions which
are paid for during the regular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
John McMullen, who is believed

John McMullen, who is believed
to be the only veteran In Wash
ington studying classical ballet
under the CT bill, had a definite
purpose in attending last nights
Neighborhood Symphony Concert
in Eastern High School.
The Star sponsored program
featured Haydn's Symphony No.
104 in D Major" and that was a
prime inducement.
The 22-year-old former Army
medical corpsman especially is in
terested in Haydn's work because,
on the afternoon of January 2. he
will dance to the famous COM
poser's music when the children's
ballet, "Hansel and Gretel." Is
presented in Constitution Hall
with the National Symphony Or
chestra. The Hayden music will
be used. along with some of
Humperdinck, in telling the old
folk tale.
The young veteran was no
stranger to Eastern. for he at
tended that school until 1945,
when he entered military service.
When he came out. he started
studying at the Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

School of the Ballet. which is pre-
senting the Constitution Hall pro.
gram.
Listens Backstage.
And so just before Conductor
Howard Mitchell and the orches-
ira played Haydn's composition
last night, Mr.. McMullen and hi
sister Mary, Is, a sophomore al
Eastern, went backstage to the
room where the radio was pick
ing up the broadcast. He sat or
a desk, near the one he usec
while at Eastern, and analysed
the music.
Mr.. McMullen, who lives at 70a
A street NE, will dance the role
of the Sandman in "Hansel and
Gretel." The veteran was borr
in Washington, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy A. McMullen. His
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

season. Additional financing
must come through gifts. I hope
that this evenings concert may
inspire you and the members of
the radio audience to respond
when the appeal is made"
The concert was broadcast in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

its entirety over WMAL. The
Stars radio station, with Bill
Coyle, promotion director of the
newspaper, in charge.
In addition to the Haydn SYM
phony, the program consisted of
the overture to "Coriolanus, Opus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

81, by Beethoven: the Suite from
Carmen" by Bizet. and 1.-The
Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Dukas.
Evening star., 1949-01-19

could supply a statement showing
how much was spent on food. cloth
ing and other charitable needs last
year He said the statement was not
completed. Asked if he could supply
one for 1947. he said all his books
we're in the hands of an accounting
firm, which he named.
An official at this firm said the
man who handled the society's &C
count was out of town but, after
searching his files. he said as far as
he could tell the firm handled only
withholding taxes for the society's
10 employees and income taxes for
Mr.. and Mrs. Vawters.
Society Tax Exempt.
AS religious and charitable Or
ganization, the society is tax ex-
empt. 1t was incorporated in 1888 as
the Childrens' Aid Society and the
Mission House Church.
Mr.. Vawters said his salary is
$50 80 a week, after $7.20 is deducted
for taxes, and that Mrs. Vawters re-
ceives $35 week, before taxes.
The societys' affairs are conducted
by a board of five persons. including
Mr.. and Mrs. Vawters, with an ad-
visory board of 10, one of whom re-
Gently resigned.
Evening star., 1949-01-19
Only 7 A|exandrians
File for Council Race

Leroy s. Bendheim yesterday filed
for reelection to the Alexandria
City Council.
Mr.. Bendheim is the second in
cumbent councilman to submit his
candidacy petition to Alexandria
Democratic Committee Chairman
Gilbert Cox. Councilman Marshall
Beverley filed his petition last week.
The Democratic primary is April 5.
Republicans recently decided to hold
a primary also on that date, but no
one has filed.
Mr.. Cox said yesterday it was
unusual" not to have more candi-
dates with the filing deadline so
near.
Democratic candidates must sign
party pledge declaring that they
voted for all of the nominees OF
the party at the last general elec-
ton in which they voted and that
they will vote for Democratic nomi-
nees in the next general election.
Mr.. Cox said this required only
that the candidate had voted for
Representative Howard w. Smith
and Senator A. Willis Robertson
last November. He said the Vir-
ginia attorney general had ruled
that in the presidential contest
voters only select electors and do
not cast ballots for the candidates
themselves.
Evening star., 1949-01-19
Retired Employees Oppose
Business Licensing Plan

Opposition to a proposed county
ordinance requiring licenses to prac-
tice businesses and professions has
been voted by the Arlington Chapter
No. 7, National Association of Re-
tired Civil Service Employees.
In a letter to Chairman Basil M
De Lashmutt of the county board
the chapter asserted that the aver
age income of its 173 members is
about 81 100 year. An accompany
ing statement asserts that many
retired Government workers utilize
their time and talents to supplement
pensions and that the proposed levy
would work a hardship in these
cases.
Lawrence D. Batson, acting chair
man of the Committee On Living
Costs and Taxes, said the chapter
had asked for an exemption from
the proposed ordinance of all per-
sons whose taxable personal income
is not more than $4,000 a year.
Evening star., 1949-01-19

ween Treasury place and Pennsyl-
ania avenue opposite F and G
reefs.
lowest side Fifteenth street
orth of Treasury place.
l1-South side Pennsylvania ave-
.ue between Fourteenth and Fiji
,eenth streets.
12-Park on south side Pennsyl-
vania avenue between Thirteenth
and One-Half and Fourteenth
3treets.
13-Park on north side Pennsyl-
vania avenue between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets.
l4-North side Pennsylvania ave-
nue. between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets.
15-South side Pennsylvania ave-
nue. west of Twelfth street.
16-South side Pennsylvania ave-
nue. west of Tenth street.
17-South side Pennsylvania ave-
nue. between Ninth and Tenth
streets.
1s-South side Pennsylvania ave-
nue. east of Ninth street.
19-Park on north side Pennsyl-
vania avenue between Seventh and
Eighth streets.
leA-Park on north side Pennsyl-
vania avenue between Seventh and
Eighth streets.
20-Park on north side Pennsyl.
vania avenue between Sixth ane
Seventh streets.
21-South side Pennsylvania ave-
nue. between Sixth and Seventh
streets.
Evening star., 1949-01-19
Fairfax Board Refuses
To Drop Control Of
Falls Church Schools

The Fairfax County School Board
last night refused to relinquish
control of its schools in the city Of
Falls Church, as requested by the
City Council.
The action, anticipated by Falls
Church officials. paved the way for
filing of suit by them to determine
whether the county or city should
operate Falls Church schools. It
had been agreed in November the
question would have to be settled
through court action.
In denying the request, school
board members said the law would
not permit them to turn over Falls
Church schools to any one. The
school board authorized Common
wealths Attorney Hugh Marsh to
represent it when the Falls Church
suit is filed.
Settlement of the school owner
ship question meanwhile is delaying
action on a proposed S7,500,000 bond
issue for new school construction in
Fairfax County. Doubt whether
Falls Church residents could vote IN
the proposed bond issue referendum
precipitated the present dispute.
A 1912 legislative act provided
Fairfax County would continue to
operate Falls Church schools, even
though the latter became a second
class city. The city is required to
reimburse the county with tax
money for the operating expense.
An earlier Virginia law provides
that second-class cities operate and
maintain their own school systems.
The court will be asked to decide
which of these laws should apply.
Falls Church became second-class
city in August.
The School Board authorized the
purchase of 502 student lockers at
Fairfax High School for $5,762.
Evening star., 1949-01-19

drivers must stay with cabs at all
times.
FOOD.
Besides normal restaurant and
hotel dining facilities, concession
naires are licensed to sell food along
the parade route. Ceiling prices set
by the Inaugural Committee in
clude: Coffee, Is cents; hot dogs,
20 cents; hot chocolate. 20 and Is
cents; soft drinks. 10 cents; peanuts,
10 cents; box lunch of two sand
wiches, fruit and cake, IS cents;
popcorn, 10 cents; candy, 10 cents;
cigarettes, Is cents.
SEATS.
Admission to the stands at the
Capitol will be by invitation and
ticket only. You may stand behind
the seats, where there is room for
100000 people. Admission to stands
along parade route will be by
ticket only. and all tickets are sold.
You may stand along the parade
route, and there is room for at
least 100000 people. You may not
bring your own box, chair or other
type OF seats; they are forbidden by
police regulation. Persons watch
ing the parade from private build
ings must sign a register.
GRANDSTAND LOCATIONS.
To find your seat in the grand
stands along the parade route, find
your grandstand number from this
list:
1-Ofdcial reviewing stand, front
of White House.
Evening star., 1949-01-19
II Drivers Summoned
On School Bus CoIors

Twenty-Five bus drivers for four
private preparatory schools in Mont
gomery County have been ordered
to explain in Bethesda Police Court
Monday why the buses are not
painted in accordance with safety
requirements of the Maryland law.
County police said the men were
summoned because the schools have
failed to heed their warnings to
paint the vehicles orange and black
like those used to transport public
school students.
The drivers are employed by Lam
don School for Boys, Honeywell
Foundation. Georgetown Prepara-
tory and the Longfellow School for
Boys.
Police said they. warned school
authorities last week about the law.
They pointed out that a motorist
cannot be required to stop for
school buses unless the prescribed
colors are used. Police acted after
parents complained.
Evening star., 1949-01-19

22-Park on south side Pc..-4.y -
vania avenue at Constitution ave-
nue. and Sixth street.
23-North side Pennsylvania ave-
nue. east of Sixth street.
24-North side Pennsylvania ave-
nue. west of John Marshall place.
25-North side Constitution ave-
nue. between Third street and John
Marshall place.
26-Park on south side Constitu-
tion avenue at Third street.
27-South side Constitution ave-
nue. at Third street.
28-South side Constitution ave-
nue. at Second street.
29-South side Constitution ave-
nue. at First street.
30-North side Constitution ave-
nue. at First street.
HOLIDAY.
Federal and District Government
employees have a holiday Thursday
and Friday as well as the usual
Saturday and Sunday of. Public
school pupils in the District, Alex
andria and Prince Georges County
also will have the four-day holiday
Those in Arlington, Fairfax and
Montgomery counties will have
Thursday of but school will resume
Friday.
MISCELLANEOUS. --s
You may not throw confetti
carry . toy gun or annoy YOU
neighbor at the parade with {
ticker or any other type of amuse
ment gadget. Programs are Z
| cents.
Evening star., 1949-01-19
ParkHeadAgain
Refuses Figures
On Go|fProfits
Recreation Board
Reopens Old Feud
Over LeoffIer Contract
By Colt HendIey, Jr.

Irving G. Root, superintendent Of
National Capital Parks, has turned
down another Recreation Board re-
quest for information on how much
money the S. G. Leofler Co. makes
from operating the public golf
courses here, and the old feud Is
raging again.
At the Recreation Board meeting
yesterday James E. Schwab, board
member, re-opened his attempts to
get some information on the Leof-
f1er company profits from the golf
courses which it operates under
contract for the Interior Depart
ment. The flve-year contract ex-
pired on January l, and is up for
renewal.
The Recreation Board wants to
operate the courses, which are on
park land and under the control
of National Capital Parks.
Interior Satisfied.
Mr.. Root said Mr.. Leoff1er very
likely" will get the contract again.
He added that the Interior Depart
ment is satisfied with the operation
of the courses and intimated 1t was
none Of the Recreation Boards
business what Mr.. Leof1ler gets out
Of it.
rs it your idea that a Govern
ment agency can operate without
anybody knowing anything about
it?" Mr.. Schwab asked.
"The General Accounting Once
knows all about it," Mr.. Root re-
! torted.
| Mr.. Schwab said the public Is
entitled to know what Mr.. Leoffler
is making out of it. If the profit
is reasonable, there can be no OBJ
lection, the board member said.
The Rock Greek golf course is badly
kept, he charged, however, and a
group of several hundred players
petitioned the Interior Department
for Improvements last October.
Mr.. Root explained the courses
we're built on Federal land at Fed
eral expense. The Federal share
has gone back into Improvements,
and he said he feels the courses are
being operated well.
He told the Recreation Board it
is not necessary that it control the
golf courses to sponsor activities
there.
Lets see what you propose" he
stated. "You don't need to own o
railroad to ride on it."
Query to GAO Authorized.
The board authorized Mr.. Schwab
to ask the GAO for information on
the profits of Mr.. Leofler. 1t also
asked Mr.. Root to arrange a con-
ference with the Assistant Interior
Secretary Davidson, which he said
he would do.
Harry s.. Wender, president Of the
board, pointed out that Mr.. David
son had been asked for a confer
ence last year. Mr.. Root said the
request had come in the middle OF
the election campaign and that all
: routine" matters were showed aside
at that time, and things aren't back
to normal yet.
After the meeting, Mr.. Root told
a Star reporter Mr.. Leoffier and the
directors of the company receive
salaries and that, after operating
and maintenance expenses are de-
Quoted, the profits are split $3.50
between Interior and the company.
Mr.. Root said Mr.. Leoff1er probably
averages about $4,000 year for
himself.
Asked if the financial statements
on the company will be available
to a reporter, Mr.. Root answered
probably"
Evening star., 1949-01-19
Arqenne Gift of Clothes Puts Spotlight on Child Aid Group

OF these 10, six said they rarely or
never attended board meetings and
had never seen a financial state
ment. Two could not be reached.
The two others said they attended
meetings frequently and that finan-
cial statements were available.
These two were Mrs Katherine E.
Gass, 1895 Arcadia place NV, who
said she was a step-sister Of Mrs.
Vawters, and K. w. Dewitt. 5305
Baltimore avenue. Chevy Chase,
Md, who said he works for the So
ciety.
The eight others listed as board
members we're Patrick T. Boylan,
1888 Seventh street Sc, retired
Post Office guard who could not be
reached for comment; Ollie j. Har-
rison of Harrison's Battery and
Electric Service, 1881 H street S.W.,
who said he repairs the society's
three cars; Abe Millison. grocer, Of
434 Thirteenth street NE, who said
he used to supply the society's gro
ceries.
Paying Member" on Board.
Also, Mrs. Carl M. Requard, 5000
Ames street NE, who said she is
a paying member" but does not
Evening star., 1949-01-19
Alexandra Concert Fund
Drive 10 Open Jan. "a

The newly formed Alexandria
Community Concert Association will
conduct a campaign from January
"a through 20 to sell subscriptions to
series of concerts it plans to stage
in Alexandria.
The concerts will feature artists
booked through the Columbia Con-
cert Bureau of New York. A men,
bership subscription to the concerts
will cost So, including tax. The
series will include three or four con-
certs, an association spokesman said.
Howard w. Smith, jr., is presi-
dent of the associations Executive
Committee, and Alexandria Recrea-
ton Director Eugene Barnwell is
general manager. Persons interested
in subscribing to the series can do
so through the Alexandria Chamber
of Commerce.
Evening star., 1949-01-19

pay very much: William b. Giles,
pastor of the Church Of the Naza-
rene, who could not be reached but
was described by Mr.. Vawters as a
one-time telephone solicitor for the
society; DR.. and Mrs. William H.
Spicer of 901 Twenty-flrst street,
Arlington, and Randolph Avon. 3035
South Buchanan street, darlington,
who said he knew nothing about
the workings of the society and had
resigned because of the press OF
business.
Although Mr.. Dewitt said the ad-
visory board meets monthly and
sometimes is attended by full
board, Mr.. Avon said he had been
advised only once of meeting dur
ing his year on the board.
DR.. Spicer, whose otice is at $40
Seventh street S.W., said Mr.. Vaw-
ters had asked him to "act as a
sponsor or something of the sort"
and he had said the organization
could list his name on its stationery.
Mrs. Spicer, a nurse, said she die
not know Of any board meetings but
that the society lis always on the
Job and helps a lot Of people who
otherwise would not be helped"
Average Donation 81.
Mr.. Vawters said donations aver
age about 50 and are never more
than $40. He showed an account
book listing contributions totaling
$l23 in a week obtained by a woman
solicitor. For the week, the solicl-
tors share amounted to $500.
While the religious activities OF
the society are entirely nonsec-
tartan, Mr.. Vawters said, he is a
Methodist and Mrs. Vawters is
Catholic. Mr.. Vawters is not a
minister of the Methodist Church,
however. He explained he was or
dained by the society's Mission
House Church through the action
Of its directors and officers, who are
the same as for the society itself.
He is licensed to preach and per-
form marriages in the District and
in Delaware, he said. although he
never does much preaching. Rev" ?"
precedes his name on the society," S
literature.
Concerning the house occupied by
the Vawters' at 3702 Military road
INV, Mrs. Vawters' said: 1.-THE way
I managed to get that piece OF prop
erty is that I have q family living
with me-" The family pays rent, she
explained, so that the net cost is
$50 a month and the utilities
charges.
Deals in Real Estate.
Mr.. Vawters said that, some years
ago, he bought some real estate
which has increased in value and
that he also buys and sells real
estate now.
Mrs. Vawters is a native of Wash
ington and attended the Petworth
and Park View Schools. Later. in
Columbus, Ohio. she attended high
school.
Mr.. Vawters was born in Columbus
and was a policeman for while.
Later, he said, he was superinten-
dent for the Latham Hardwood
Floor Co., and then for four years
ran the Reliable Express Co. 1t was
while he was at the floor company
that he met his future wife, who was
working in q restaurant after school
hours.
They came here in the 1930s and
ran a second -hand furniture store
before starting the society, Mr..
Vawters said.
Evening star., 1949-01-19

It took the makings of an inter-
national incident to put the spot
light on one of several Washington
agencies that are collecting money
by asking people for it on the tele-
phone.
Until the other day, the Children S
Aid Society, Inc, operated from its
narrow red brick house at 466 H
street SW., without rousing too
much public attention.
The people who got telephone
sales talk or a circular in the mail
knew about it. So did families in
the neighborhood who sought food
and clothing there.
The Better Business Bureau knew
about it, too. To those who called
the bureau about the society before
making a contribution the bureau
said-and still says-"it may do
some good, but we don't know how
much of the dollar contributed
actually goes to charity"
Not Indorsed by Chest.
The old Council of Social Agencies
and the new United Community
Services knew about it as an agency
outside the Community Chest Fed
eration-an agency it did not in
dorse.
Sporadically, an article raising
some questions about the society S
collections reached the newspapers.
More often, there were pictures OF
Thanksgiving dinners, children get
ting toys at Christmas time and
other samples of benevolence.
Now that out-of-toWn as we'll as
Washington newspapers have shown
an acute interest in the society and
newsreels want to take pictures OF
the clothes sent here from Argen-
tina, officials of the society have
reached the point where they have
resolved not to talk to anybody.
Claims Persecution.
Before that, however, the Rev.
Ralph E. Vawters, president, and his
wife, Mrs. Fay M. Vawters, secre-
tary-treasurer Of the society, con-
tended they are being prosecuted.
Mr.. Vawters plucked from his files
card after card showing that
families had received shoes and
clothing from the society. A sign
outside the house advises that CLOTH
ing is distributed every Saturday
Mr.. Vawters said that in one instance
when a family was evicted, the So
ciety paid the storage bill and sent
food. He estimated that between SO
and 50 children are given hot meal
every afternoon in the basement OF
the house. The day the Argentine
clothes arrived, he said, n chill
dren we're served.
Mr.. Vawters said when donated
shoes and clothing did not fit the
requirements of a needy child, he
took children every week or so to
nearby bargain stores to be fitted.
He suggested the reporter check one
of these establishments. The re-
porter was told at this store that
the society sent in four or five
children a year to be fitted with
shoes.
800 to Solicitors.
The society, according to Mr..
Vawters, is supported solely by tele.
phone and letter solicitation. The
telephone solicitors, he said. get
30 per cent of each donation and
the man who collects the money or
clothes gets IS per cent. Rent,
other household expenses and
salaries also come out Of the
donated dollars.
Mr.. Vawters was asked II he