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Evening star., 1950-09-18
Third in a Series on District
NeighborhoodS.

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from the management of the
Brookland branch of the Hamil-
ton National Bank, Twelfth and
Newton streets NE, he lives in
a handsome brick house of re-
cent vintage at Newton and Fiji
teenth NE.
His first venture in Brookland
real estate was in 1902 when he
purchased and subdivided a tract.
He sold the lots, so by 100 feet,
for $500 up. He built some six
room houses which he sold at
$500 to $4,000-and he made
money on them.
My father bought Is acres
out here in the 80s.' he said.
HE paid $125 an acre and rented
25 more for truck gardening. He
had an option to buy the second
tract at the same price. But he
did not take up his option be-
cause the earth was a heavy clay
and it was too difficult to grow
vegetables on it. But I suppose
there are a lot of people who
have stories like that about Wash
ington real estate"
Tract for 1000 Houses Sold.
And apparently the next few
years of Northeast development
are going to be just as amazing.
Houses are being completed be-
fore the streets are paved in the
area through which South Da-
kota avenue Is being extended
north to Riggs road. The "a
acre Kolipinski tract, largest un-
developed stretch of land within
the District, was sold recently. A
syndicate will build 1000 houses
on it. According to reports, the
sale price was $1,000 an acre.
1t all started with Brookland
Evening star., 1950-09-18

spurs Jesse James was wearing
when he was killed.
Miss America, a graduate of the
Visitation Convent at Mobile, was
chaperoned by her aunt. Mrs
Frank Sauers. a former president
of the Mobile Historical Society.
Miss America will leave for a few
days rest at Atlantic City tomor-
row afternoon and then return to
Alabama to tour the State dur
ing the last week of September
which has been proclaimed Miss
America Week" by Gov. James
Folsom.
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steps with admiring Representa-
tives. Mr.. Boykin was last seen
trying to drag her away from
them to take her to the White
House, where he was sure the
President would break off every
thing to meet her, although no
appointment had been made.
In his Office before the lunch
con the Congressman was busy
having his private photographer
take pictures of himself and his
guest and many of the items of
his collection which includes 10
foot rattlesnake skins and the
Evening star., 1950-09-18
Man With Knife Gets SIG
From Hotel MANAGER

The night manager of the At
lantic Hotel, 901 Thirteenth street
NV, reported to police that a
man robbed him of SIG early
today.
Herbert E. Hawkins, 40, said a
swarthy man, about % years old,
entered the hotel shortly after 2
am. and asked for change for a
SIS bill. The manager opened the
cash register and as he did so the
man produced a knife and took all
the money in the register, police
said Mr.. Hawkins told them.
Evening star., 1950-09-18

government has been converted
into the major power in the lives
of our people.
Charges Absentee Government.
AN absentee centralized gov
ernment has thus been substituted
for local self-government. Great
responsibilities have been vested
in central State which is already
heavily burdened and which has
a bad but clearly deserved repu-
tation for inefficiency and extrava-
gance." u
The danger of communism has
now been made clear to the people,
Mr.. Gallagher said, but the dan
ger of the world wide swing to-
ward socialism" has not.
Our danger from within is
more subtle, is little understood
by our people. and is, therefore.
more of a threat to our liberties"
the assembly was told.
The association president called
on this country's 100000 lawyers
to unite in urging Congress to
create a commission of distin-
guished and impartial experts to
recommend laws and amendments
that would:
/. Restore local self govern
ment by returning to the States
the responsibility for handling
affairs that can best be handled
on a local level.
Aid States Independence.
2. Give the States exclusive
power to collect certain types of
taxes so as to give them financial
independence.
3. Withdraw from the Federal
Government control over matters
involving social welfare and re-
store it to the states or to private
enterprise to the degree possible.
4. Re-examine all existing laws
which tend to promote the
specialization of business and to
hamper individual initiative"
In the present time of emer-
gency, Mr.. Gallagher said, Ger
tain special governmental controls
are necessary. But he added:
After the real emergency has
passed, we should stand stoutly
in defense of freedom and be
quick to insist that emergency
measures, designed to meet war
needs, shall be given no more
than temporary life and shall be
permitted to make no permanent
1nroad upon our liberal institu-
tionS."
Carter Speaks.
In his annual address. A. N.
Carter, president of the Canadian
association, also discussed the
problem of the encroachment by
Government on the courts. He
told the assembly:
To-day our courts suffer by
comparison with administrative
boards in respect to expense and
delay. The man in the street
cannot fail to be impressed by the
promptnesS and cheapness with
which cases are decided by work.
mems compensation boards, rental
tribunals, labor boards, boards of
public utilities and other quasi
judicial bodies; and they look with
dissatisfaction on the delays and
expense which mar judicial pro-
cedure."
The remedy. he said, lies mot in
reform of court procedure, which
in the main is satisfactory, but
rather in the reform of those who
man and serve the courts"
More Speed Urged.
Lawyers must bring their cases
to trial more quickly and the
courts must render judgments
promptly to combat the trend, Mr..
Carter said.
District Commissioner jobs
Russell Young greeted the law
Evening star., 1950-09-18
Dean to Address Luncheon

Gordon Dean. chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission, will
address the first joint luncheon
meeting of the American Bar As
sociation, the Federal Bar AsSoci-
alton and the Bar Association of
the District of Columbia at the
Mayf1ower Hotel tomorrow.
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Miss Allen to Give Recital

Miss Eleanor Frances Allen will
give an organ recital at 8:15 pm.
tomorrow in the Church ok Our
Saviour, Sixteenth and irving
streets NV.
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By George Kennedy

THE growth of Brookland and
the Northeast sections beyond it
has always been amazing but
never so amazing as in the past
10 years." James L. Sherwood
says.
Mr.. Sherwood is one of Brook
lands leading citizens. Retired
Evening star., 1950-11-26
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Herringbone Stripes Slid DAM X
Solid Navy Maroon WDOOVOW

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bone sripe Sizes S, M. and L.
s-MnHm Street
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HAGERSTOWN, MD.
Evening star., 1950-04-19

way, perhap-to achieve the de-
sired ends while preserving our
statutory structure.
In AMVETS, a special study
committee, headed by Joseph
Gelman of Pittsburgh. has now
completed work on such a pro-
gram-the first to come from any
of the veterans themselves This
program is charted midway be-
tween all-out reform and all-out
opposition to reform. preserving
the interests of veterans as both
taxpayers and veterans. Briefly
we shall recommend to the Con-
gress:
/. Creation of an overall inter-
agency hospital commission to
unity and coordinate federal hos
pital and medical operations as
an alternative to the united medi-
cal administration proposed by
the Hoover Commission which
would surely eliminate the excel
lent VA medical program as an
entity.
2. decentralization Of veterans
insurance records with greater use
of mechanical equipment and util-
iZation, if possible, of the General
Accounting Office as an alterna-
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cate hospital sites. coordinate
vacant-bed problems. establish
minimum standards, and insure
the Hoover Commission detectives
Of improved care. centralized sup
ervision. and better management
with out creating a gigantic new
agency in which the legal priori-
ties of disabled veterans would
inevitably be lost.
Neither the public nor the vet
eran wants TO see VAS precious
skllls and experience in treating
war injuries lost in a shuttle of
confusion. Neither does any one
want to see delays in admission as
a result Of overlapping eligibility
requirements. The Amvets' plan
protects both phases of the prob
lem.
Our suggestions for improving
insurance services are borrowed
from the rejected recommends
tionS Of the Hoover Commission
own task force which. better than
the commission. recognized that
the concept of a new corporate
agency in Government violates
basic theories Of democracy.
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tlons-like when did you stop
beating your wife?
Yet it's being thrown at us with
growing frequency these days as
a result of the united opposition
of the major veterans groups to
the Veterans Administration re-
forms proposed by the Hoover
Commission.
The question is symptomatic. 1t
emphasizes the fact, peculiar to
the complexities of the veterans
benefits structure. that never have
so few understood so little about
so much.
Let me say first, therefore, that
veterans are taxpayers, too. Amvets
feel that by their service to the Ma
ton they have as great a stake in
the solvency of the Government as
any other group. We veterans. as
citizens, all urgently desire eff
Evening star., 1950-04-19

| tive to the new Federal insurance
corporation envisioned by the
Hoover Commission.
3. Establishment of contractual
relationships between VA and the
Federal Housing Authority on ap-
praisals, inspections and fore
closures involving the G-I. loan
guarantee program as an alterna-
tive to dumping this program into
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency whose objectives are far
removed from the VAS.
4. A thorough administrative
housecleaning. with emphasis on
more authority for regional man
ayers to speed decisions at the
level where the VA personally
meets the veteran.
Our proposed inter-agency hos
pital commission. composed of the
VA medical administrator. the
surgeons general of the military
and public health services. and
two public representatives. would
evaluate procedures, practices.
costs and efficiency among the
various agencies providing Federal
medical care and annually would
report their recommendations to
Congress.
Such a commission could allo-
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cheney and economy, even In the
huge Veterans Administration.

cheney and economy, even In the
huge Veterans Administration.
Thus, we have favored the
Hoover Commission objectives in
principle while opposing those
recommendations we believe would
tend to destroy benefits already
guaranteed by legislation.
Our opposition to most of the
Hoover Commission VA reforms
is no reflection on the integrity
or intentions of the commission or
their task forces. Our objectives are
uniform. We differ only in means.
AMvET Program Outlined.
We cannot escape the cenvic-
ton that these recommendations,
as now constituted. too easily
lend themselves. in the beguiling
guiSe of efficiency, to all manner
of manipulations which would
deprive veterans of rights and
privileges bestowed on them by
grateful people. And, in one
instance. they introduce theories
wholly at odds with the historic
concepts Of American democracy
BY rejecting the Hoover Com
mission program. we veterans
have an obligation to present an
alternative program-a middle
Evening star., 1950-04-19
Amvets Oppose Hoover Plan;
Will Push Their Own Proqrun

The tDriter, Harold Russell,
Is the 36-year-old handles Uet-
eran Who Won tWo motion pic
ture academy aUardS for his
1Dork in "The Best Years OF Our
Lives" He is national COM
mdnder OF An1UetS. Commander
Russell, whose hooks hare be-
come his trade mark in the get
eranS' World, WaS selected by the
Junior Chamber Of Commerce as
one OF the 10 outstanding youno
men Of 1949. He is author of
the autobiography, Victory In
MI Hands,"
Evening star., 1950-04-19

By Harold Russell
North American Newspaper Alliance
Do veterans favor economy in
Government for everyone but
themselves?
That's one of those tricky ques-
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Retired Dallas Gambler
Shot in Gang Warfare
BY the Associated Press

DALLAS. Dec. 31.-Shotgun-
armed ambushers tonight tried tc
kill Herbert Noble, self-styled re-
tired gambler and a central figure
in Dallas gang warfare that has
taken two lives recently. Noble
was blasted as he stepped onto
the front porch of his home here
One charge of buckshot frac-
tured his left hip and another
tore into his left arm. He fell
backward inside the house to es-
cape further injury.
Noble told his daughter. Miss
Frieda Noble. that his attackers
were parked in front of the house
in a new car equipped with a
spot light.
Noble was shot exactly one week
after the ambush Staying of a
Dallas underworld leader. Lois
Green, at a night club here.
Green had been questioned in
the death Of Mobiles wife a month
earlier. Mrs. Noble was killed by
a bomb planted in her husband S
car and evidently intended for
him.
Tonight is the fourth time
Noble has been wounded by un-
identified attackers.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

Newly completed traffic studies
of Washington Circle--site Of a
proposed K street underpass-in-
dicate that mo present corrective
action" is needed there, Engineer
Commissioner Gordon r. Young
disclosed yesterday.
Funds for preliminary work on
the underpass had been included
in the 1851 budget estimate Of the
Highway Department, subject to
reconsideration after the eect Of
the new Whitehurst Freeway had
beeen noted.
Gen. Young said he now would
reconsideration after the effect OF
budget item be withdrawn lin the
light Of the latest studies and un-
less something wholly unforeseen
develops in the next month or
two"
Corrective work at the circle viii
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public debt, on the basis of data
available to the President on the
Governments expected income.
The Harrison proposal Is ont
more indication that the prospec
of a more than $4,000, ,00o, 900 de.
ficit this fiscal year is making
fiscal policy a major problem ir
the minds of returning member,
of both houses.
Reed Warns of Recession.
In line with this trend was the
prediction last night by Repre-
sentative Reed. Republican, OF
New York, that unless Congress
acts promptly to dispel fears oi
another tax increase, a new busi-
ness recession may be set of
in 1850.
Mr.. Harrison admitted his new
remedy for unbalanced budgets is
drastic and that it may be called
impractical by many. He also
conceded that it contemplates fur
ther delegation of power and re-
sponsibility of the Chief Executive.
"But it is obvious that drastic
action must be resorted to at this
time to keep the budget in bal
ance," he said. ut Is the re-
sponsibility OF Congress to control
the Federal pursestrings. But
Congress as a whole never has
been able to bring itself to assume
this responsibility fully. And 1t
(See BUDGET, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Thursdays Decision
Was to Keep on With
Economic, Political Aid
By John M. Hiqhtower
Associated Press staff Writer

President Truman was reported
last night to have reafirmed an
American policy toward Formosa
which would bar any use Of
American troops to prevent the
island from falling into Commu-
mist hands.
On the other hand, the reported
policy decision would allow con-
tinued economic help and political
support as well as advisory assist
ance to support Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek in his fight
against expected Communist at
tempts to take over the island
now the stronghold of the Chinese
Nationalist.
Formosa was one of many Far
Eastern questions reviewed at a
meeting of the National Security
Council at the White House Thurs
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Neighborhood Concert
Tickets Now Ready for
Central High School

Invitations for the next
Neighborhood Concert by the
National Symphony Orchestra
under the sponsorship of The
Evening Star, which will be
held January 8 at Central
High School, are now ready
for distribution.
They may be had at Central
High School, Adams, Bancroft,
H. D. Cooke, Petworth, Ray
mond, and Thomson Elemen-
tary Schools, Wilson Teachers
College, The Recreation De-
partment at 18th and Lamont
streets NV. and the Business
Counter in the lobby of The
Star Building. The invitations
are issued without charge by
The Star.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Tito Sees Solid Future
With Western HeIp
By the Assoeioted Press

BELGRADE (Sunday), Jan. L.
Premier-Marsha Tito, unyielding
chief of Yugoslavia's independ-
ence, early today called Russian
policy hostile" and said the "cal-
loused hand of the worker will
build the country's future with the
help from the West"
This was the base of Marshel
Tito's New Years message, packed
with confidence, despite the Com
inform attack. It was a message
obviously designed to emphasize
Western aid as against the eco
nomic squeeze play from the East.
The speech came only few
hours after Interior Minister Alex
ander Rankovic, boss of the coun-
try's security police, had ordered
freedom for more than 1000 pris-
oners, most Of them charged with
political crimes.
Marshal Tito spoke against a
background of increasing pressure
from Cominform countries.
I'VE did not perish" Marshal
Tito told his audience, "as was
prophesied from our late friends
-. we did not go over to capi-
talism. We worked to build a
happy. fully socialistic country"
Though the premier said he
hoped for a continuance along
this path, he did not minimize the
Importance of Western economic
and financial aid in his country's
development.
He did, however, say that this
aid must be on terms of equality
that 1t must be founded on an
exchange of goods without polit-
ical strings attached.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
City Greets 1850 With ReveIry,
Prayer as Half Century Ends
Girl Born at Midnight
Is Districts First
Baby of New Year

The first District baby Of
the New Year was reported by
Gallinger Hospital at exactly
midnight.
Just as the Infant 1850 was
crossing the threshold into
history, a girl was born to
Mrs. Ruby McNair, colored,
IS, of 1417 First street NV.
Freedmen's Hospital re-
ported a son born to Mrs.
Dolores Moore. colored, 81, OF
3501 Thirteenth street NV.
at a minute and a half after
midnight.
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Mai. Burrett Makes
First Rudio Call of so

The first police radio call of the
New Year here was made by Supt.
of Police Robert j. Barrett.
Maj. Barrett was cruising the
city in a police car last night
when. at the stroke of midnight,
he radioed headquarters and
wished the dispatcher Happy
New Year" The dispatcher re-
sponded with a Same to you,
Major"
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Harrison Asks Budget Security Council Firm
With 0ut|ays Tied 10 Against Sending u. ).
Presidents Approval Troops into Formosa
Virginion Would Cut
Spending by Requiring
Certificotion of Debt
By J. A. OLeory

A drastic new plan for balanc-
ing the budget was put forward
last night by Representative Har-
rison, Democrat, Of Virginia.
The Virginian proposed that
nearly all appropriations have a
string attached to prevent the
money from being spent unless
the President certified the expen-
ditures would not increase the
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Traffic Study Shows No Need
For Washington Circle Work

be needed some day. he predicted,
but he said the project does not
appear to be as urgent as some
others.
The studies on which he based
his conclusions were made during
the last month by the Highway
Department and the Department
of Vehicles and Traffic. He will
submit his report to the Com
missioners.
The surveys indicate, accord
ing to department directors. that
the traffic situation at the circle
is not serious and that no more
delay is encountered at peak
hours than at many other points
In the city.
The Highway Departments
study was a check Of cars enter
ing apd leaving the circle at peak
(See CIRCIE PAGE A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-01-01

that made Washington's New
Years eve celebration stand out
in sharp contrast to the frenzied
revelry of bygone yearsLmore
people were praying for peace and
good will among men.
The night spots of Washington
were crowded despite the edict
that no drinks could be served
after midnight.
Confetti and laughter filled the
air and dance bands played "Ru-
dolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" !"
Evening star., 1950-01-01
A Big Story

Jonuor I, 1900. was q date to
heiohten the anticipation Of the few
thousands who dweIled in the unim-
pressive Federal City. 1t morked the
beginning Of year during which
the Federal Government was to
move to Washington from PhiIo-
deiphio, in eompIionee with TO-
yeor-old statute.
II The Stor had been published
on New Years Day, 1900. it might
have carried such q report as this
from PhiIodelphia-o reminder Of
the forthcoming transfer, review
Of the preIiminories and on indieu-
ton of the unfavorobIe impression
which visitors from the large cities
Of the young Notion gained Of this
muddy prospective CopitoI.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Washington 10 Begin
|150th Anniversary as
Nation Capital Today
sesqui Celebration Nay
Stort in April Despite
Freedom Fair Delay
By WilIiom MilIen

Washington today opens OBJ
servance of it's 150th anniversary
as the Nations Capital.
Probable opening date for the
sesquicentennial year celebration
proper is April 1.-The time wher
cherry blossoms ordinarily make
Washington a mecca for tourists
But even before the festivity
starts, there is the matter of deal
ing with the beleaguered plans for
the Freedom Fair-regarded until
a few days ago as the major prof.
ect of the sesquicentennial cele-
bration.
To cope with the immediate
problem of getting a fresh start on
the postponed Freedom Fair, the
executive committee of the Ses-
quicentennial Commission will
meet late this week.
r Attorney May Be Retained.
The executive committee de-
cided last Friday to recommend
postponement OF the Freedom
Fair until 1851, to call a temporary
halt to Freedom Fair activities
and to review existing commit
ments. The committee wants to
know who has been promised what.
A committee spokesman said
the procedure for reviewing the
commitments has not yet been
worked out. It is expected. how
ever, that a full-time attorney to
advise the committee on these
matters will be selected before
the week is out.
The executive committee, ac-
#cording to present indications,
wants to have a firm set of regu-
lations and procedures for letting
contracts drawn up when the full
commission meets.
/. Clean Slate Is Objective.
One of the bubbles of contro-
versy that burst into the open last
week were the protests Of some
businessmen, including exhibit
builders. that they had not had q
chance to compete for the contract
plumS.
What we want is a clean slate, !"
declared Joseph j. McGarraghy,
executive committee chairman, last
night.
The committee also is expected
to seek more professional advice,
not only from additional paid ex-
perts. but also from specially ap-
pointed citizens committees.
Postponement of the Freedom
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crisp as the city's thousands
paused at midnight to look back
f1eetingly on what time had
wrought before looking ahead into
the future.
All around the world-from
Times Square to Red Square-the
men and women who will write
the story of the next half-century
gathered to greet the dawn of
1850 in their traditional way.
And from other world capitals
came confirmation of the scene