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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-06-01
MariOnette Club To
Present Program At
Rockville Library

The second of group of pro-
grams planned by the Rockville
Public Library to interest various
groups in the community will be
held at the Library on Wednesday
evening, June Z, at 1880 p. m. The
Marionette Club of Richard Mont
gomery High School will present a
marionette show under the di-
rection of Mrs. Elaine Rusk, club
adviser.
Tickets are available without
charge to children who have Lii
brary cards. Since there is limited
seating, all children wanting tick
cts must come in person to the Lii
brary on Friday, June 2, Saturday,
June 8, or Monday, June 5, during
regular Library hours to pick them
up as long as they last. Children
of Rockville who do not now have
library cards may have them on
application with parents sigma
ture.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-06-01
Symphony Orchestra
Concert Tickets To
Go On Sale June 5

Plans for the first week of the
Gala Sesquicentennial Concerts
with the National Symphony Or
chestra at the Potomac Water
gate were announced this week by
Orchestra officials.
Series tickets for the concerts
will go on sale Monday, June 5, at
the Symphony Box Office at Kits.
1880 G ST., N. w., Washington.
The month-long season of twelve
outdoor symphony concerts will
be inaugurated on Sunday evening,
July 2. Concerts will continue at
the Watergate on Sunday, We'd
nesday and Friday evenings at
$3.50 through July %.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-06-01
Election Supervisors
Announces Up-COunty
Registration Places

The Supervisors of Elections for
Montgomery County have an
nounced the following times and
places for citizens of the upper
part of the county qualified to
register in order to vote in the
September IL, 1850 Primary and
November Z, 1850 General Elec-
tons:
June Is = Public School, Po-
tomac, Z p. m. to 10 p. M; June
IA, Damascus, Williams Store, A
p. m. to 9 p. M; June 10 = Bur-
louisville, Fire House, 7 p. m. to
10 p. M; June 20 Olney, Muir
phys Shop, Z p. m. to 10 p. m. ;
June % GAINESVILLE, Community
Hall, 7 p. m. to 10 p. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-06-01
Nearly 200 Women
Expected At Tea
For Thrift Shop

Today's garden party at the
home of Mrs. Frank P. Wilcox,
9121 Burning Tree Road, Be-
thesda, will bring together nearly
200 volunteer workers of the Mont
gomery County Thrift Shop.
Mingling with the volunteers
will be presidents of the various
women's clubs of the county, rep
resentatives of the distaff side of
local newspapers and radio, and
past officers of the Shop.
Mrs. Wilcox, president of the
Thrift Shop, will be assisted in
the receiving line by Mrs. Donald
F. Roberts, first vice president !;
Mrs. Thomas H. Patterson, Sec
ond vice president; Mrs. o. Nile
Harkins, treasurer, and Mrs. Per-
cy Register, secretary.
Presidents of the four agencies
which sponsor the Thrift Shop
will alternate at the tea table with
past presidents of the Shop. Those
pouring include: Mrs. j. w.
Barnsley, Women's Board, Mont
gomery County General Hospital ;
Mrs. O'Neal Johnson, Women's
Auxiliary, Suburban Hospital
Mrs. John Graham Thompson
Planned Parenthood League OF
Montgomery County; and Mrs
Roger ]. .Whiteford, Chevy Chase
Chapter D. A. R.; Mrs. B. Peyton
Whalen, a founder and first presi-
dent of the Thrift Shop, Mrs. Ed.
ward A. Merritt and Mrs. Clifford
N, Rodlun.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-06-01

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-06-01

With a common defense the
western democracies come close to
beginning something like a federal
union.
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Maryland Bar Committee
Opposes u. NJ. Declaration

A Marylany State Bar Associa-
ton committee today opposed the
United Nations human rights
declaration and covenant and the
genocide convention.
A report will be submitted to
the associations midwinter meet
ing in Baltimore Saturday. The
eight lawyers studying the U. N.
proposal opposed the covenant be-
cause it would be in treaty form.
They declared this Legislation by
treaty-making process" would en-
large the Federal Governments
regulatory power. 1t also would
diminish authority of the States
and impair democratic processes,
they said.
AS for the genocide convention,
the committee concluded that in
it's present form 'it would be of
little practical value and advan-
tage to the oppressed people in
any country which might adopt it,
except after the overthrow of
their country by war" A. P.
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Equal Rights Backers
Push House Action
BY the Associated Press

Backers of a proposed constitu-
tional amendment to give women
equal rights pressed today for
swift House action after the meas
ure's easy victory in the Senate.
I'VE want action during this
session of Congress-" said Repre-
sentative Katharine St. George,
Republican, of New York. ''The
fight has been half won with Sen
ate approval. 1t is now up to us
in the House to remove the dis
ordinations that still are found
against women
She referred to laws in some
States banning women from jury
duty and certain jobs, and making
other distinctions in treatment
between men and women.
Some of those distinctions
those granting special protection
to women-would remain in exist
ence under the bill the Senate
passed yesterday on a 63-to-19
vote. The amendment to assure
continuance Of legal safeguards
for females was approved, 81 to 81.
One other amendment was
tackled onto the bill, at the in
sistence of its opponents. That
set a seven-year deadline for ap-
proval of the proposal by the
States. ....
To become part of the Constitu-
tion, the proposed amendment
needed a two-thirds majority in
the Senate-which it got-and
must have the same margin in
the House. Then it must be ap-
proved by three-fourths of the
State Legislatures.
Evening star., 1950-01-26

policy framework set up by the
commission.
The commission has promised
the agencies 'every aid possible"
in setting up the new programs
and will loan the services of
commission technicians to help
the agencies put a more modern
lied promotional system into
effect. 1t has long been recog-
nized that the Government has
lacked an adequate promotion
program to reward capable and
deserving employees by advancing
them to better paying and more
responsible jobs.
Incidentally, the commissions
action in "decentralizing" the
promotion program to the indi-
vidual agencies should test the
bureaus sincerity. For a long
time, the agencies have been
complaining that the commits
sion hasn't given them enough
leeway in personnel matters, and
this criticism has been echoed by
the Hoover Commission. That's
why the agencies have a chance
now in this promotion program
to demonstrate if decentraliza-
tion is the answer to the Gov
ernment's personnel problems.
X X 4 X
HOUSE GROUP George M
Moore, the chief counsel of the
House Civil Service Committee
left yesterday for Florida for a
rest to recover from a re-
cent illness. Until his return, his
duties will be taken over by Fred
Belen, the committees assistant
chief counsel.
X 4 X
INTERIOR Secretary of In
terror Chapman has appointed
the following directors in the new
divisions set up in Interiors Office
Of Administrative Management:
Budget and Finance, D. Otis
Beasley: Property Management
N. O. Wood, jr: Management Re-
search. L. Wade Lathram; Per-
sonnel Management, Mrs. j. At
wood Maulding; Administrative
Services. Floyd E. Dotson. , d.
X X X u
ANNUAL LEAVE - The AFI
Government Employees Council,
which represents more than 500,-
600 Government workers, has
written to Chairman Thomas of
the House Appropriations SUBJ
Evening star., 1950-01-26

opinion about Washington's ap-
proach to art. he summed it up
with the word naive"
"You can tell by the questions
they ask and remarks they make
that people here often know little
about art, even though they are
curious about it and like it," DR..
Buschbeck said. "In Europe
would receive from Is to 20 letters
a day asking intelligent questions
about painting or artist Such
was not the case here. I don't
think Americans are as we'll read
as European gallery goers."
But Dr., Buschbeck added that
European gallery crowds that
came to see the Austrian art were
only about half the size of Wash
ington's, so that a comparison of
their respective art education is
not wholly accurate.
Evening star., 1950-01-26

stand. Representative O'Toole,
Democrat, of New York said he
felt that Mr.. Acheson "has done
the greatest disservice to due
process of law and the democratic
way of life that has ever been
done by any high American public
servant"
Senator Mccarthy brought out
the Acheson comment about not
turning his back on Hiss, while
Senator Mundt was making de-
tailed review of the entire Hiss
case.
Senator Mundt remarked that
Mr.. AcheSon speaks from the af-
finity of close and long -estab-
lished friendship. and business
relationship with his brother
donald Hiss. with whom he
(Acheson was a partner in the
law business"
Because of this, Senator Mundt
added. he does not believe that
Mr.. Acheson "is exactly what we
would call an objective illness as
to the loyalty of Alger Hiss"
Only a few Democrats were pres
ent, and they listened in silence.
Senator Mundt also criticized
Supreme Court Justice Frankfurt
ter for testifying in behalf of Hiss
at the first trial, which ended
with a hung jury.
He said Justice Frankfurter
had dragged the hallowed robes
of the Supreme Court into a
criminal court as character wit
ness for a man now convicted of
perjury"
Senator Mundt credited Hiss
with the ability to work his way
into confidence of men high in
Government where he could con-
troll policy-making.
"a few still say he is just a
nice young man with Harvard
accent and a neat crease in front
of his trousers, the Senator said.
mo wonder he could fool Dean
Acheson," he added later. He
was suave. able, ingenious. But
he wasn't smart enough to cover
up his tracks
Senator Mundt as q House
member served on the Committee
on Un-American Activities which
turned up the startling testimony
| of Mr.. Chapbers, the key witness
against His at both his trials.
Evening star., 1950-01-26

How much money are famous
art treasures worth?
That is the typical American
question that puzzles DR.. Ernst
H. Buschbeck, chief curator of
The Viennese art exhibition that
closed Sunday at the National
Gallery of Art.
Admitting that American pre-
occupation with the cash value
of things makes me mad" DR..
Buschbeck said, II don't under
stand these idotic questions
about how much money great art
is worth"
TITS ridiculous to think of art
in such terms" he declared as he
supervised packing of the precious
Hapsburg treasures for their trip
to New York next week.
when people ask me such
questions, I always ask them if
Evening star., 1950-01-26

they are thinking of buying the
art works." DR.. Buschbeck said,
land I add that they are worth
far more than they have to spend
no matter how much money
they've got.
Whenever newspapermen ask
how much the art is worth, I snap
this question back at them: How
much would the copyright on the
Bible be WORTH That usually
stops them"
Newspaper articles nave quoted
an estimated value of $50, ,000,0 900
for sthe Austrian exhibition.
DR.. Buschbeck praised the
warm reception" the Hapsburg
treasures received here. pointing
to the total of S75,173 persons who
visited the gallery during the two
month exhibition.
But coaxed into expressing an
Evening star., 1950-01-26
5000 Chinese Reported
On Way to Polish Mines
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 26.-
Diplomatic informants said last
night that more than 5000 Chi
nese laborerS have been shipped
through Russia to work in the
upper Silesian coal mines of Po-
land.
The sources, who refused to be
quoted by name, gave this ac-
count:
Movement of the Chinese fol-
lowed lengthy negotiations be-
tween the Soviet Union, the Chi
nese government and the Polish
government.
The Chinese laborers are ex-
pected to reduce the critical short
age Of manpower in that part of
Poland taken from Germany after
the war. Other Chinese may be
shipped to Poland to work on
farms and reconstruction projects.
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Equal Rights 10 Swim
AT Colonial Beach
Sought by Negroes
Speeiol 0ispotef, 10 The 5iar

COLONIAL BEACH. Va, Jan.
26.-Colored residents of this Po-
tomac River resort yesterday
dropped their fight for a separate
bathing beach and threatened to
seek court action to enable them
to use the mile-long waterfront
on an equal basis with whites.
Mayor Norman F. Brewington
Immediately countered with an as
sertion that Negroes already have
such rights.
$50 far as I know" he said,
"the town has never adopted an
ordinance providing for racial dis
elimination"
Town Attorney George F. Ma
son. jr., and Councilman John E.
Mayo agreed with the Mayor and
expressed doubt whether an ex-
isting State segregation law ap-
plies to bathing beaches.
Referring to previous efforts to
have the town set aside bathing
area for the exclusive use of Ne
groeS. Martin A. Martin, a colored
attorney of Richmond. accused
town authorities of "dilly- daily
ing" on the question.
MY clients" the attorney said
in a letter to the Mayor, have
been attempting to gain access to
beach in Colonial Beach for the
last IS years without success. It
appears that the City Council has
refused to arrange for a beach for
colored citizens, and it further
appears that the council is pre-
pairing to call a referendum on
this matter"
Town authorities said resolu-
ton providing for a referendum
had been placed before the counlN,
Gil but failed for lack of a second.
Mr.. Martin said he would i'm
mediately prepare a case for SUBJ
mission to a Federal court.
Evening star., 1950-01-26

A split in party lines was re-
ported today on the question of
doing away with the electoral COL
lege in the election of a President
and Vice President. rgs ra.s.s
The report came from Senator
Lodge, Republican, of Massachu-
setts, chief sponsor of a constitu-
tional amendment which would
drastically change the Nations
traditional method of electing the
Chief Executive.
The Senate opened debate on
the measure yesterday.
Senator Lodge told reporters he
expected the electoral amendment
to be opposed by conservative Re-
publicans and States Rights Dem
ocrats, and supported by other ele-
ments Of both parties, including a
number of Southern Democrats.
The amendment would abolish
the electoral college, but retain,
for vote counting purposes only,
the number of electoral votes each
State now has.
In addition, it would abolish the
so-called unit rule system whereby
the presidential candidate getting
the most popular votes in a given
State customarily is awarded all
OF that States electoral votes.
Instead. presidential and vice
presidential candidates would re-
ceive an electoral vote in each
State in direct proportion to the
number Of popular votes received.
Senator Lodge said he is In
no hurry for a vote because when
it comes II want it to be an in
formed vote"
Pakistan is to build it's first
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Referendum Opposed

There will be no referendum on
annexation as far as the Alexan-
dria City Council is concerned.
The group last night opposed a
referendum resolution by a 4-3
vote. The council also unanimous
ly opposed anti-annexation legis-
lation recently introduced In the
General Assembly. The city seeks
to annex 71a square miles of Fair
fax County.
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Cave-in Hurts Ditchdigger
Covering Him Completely

A ditchdigger was injured to-
day when the walls of a sewer
ditch caved in covering him COM
pletely, on a construction job at
127 Anacostia avenue NE
Alexander Lewis, 80. colored,
of 1918 G street NV, was saved
by fellow workers who dug away
enough dirt so that his head was
exposed and he could breathe.
Rescue Squad No. completed the
rescue.
He was removed to Casualty
Hospital where his condition was
described as undetermined. but
was not thought serious.
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Helpful Consul Fined

A Venezuelan consul dis
covered yesterday in Baltimore
that it doesn't always pay to
cooperate with police.
Benjamin Delgardo's car was
Communicated last July by a
Baltimore policeman to chase
another motorist. Mr.. Delgardo
needed the admonition to "fol-
low that car" He didn't stop
for a red Highland struck a
taxicab.
The judge ruled only drivers
of authorized emergency We
hicles can disregard traffic
lights. A jury assessed S190
damages against MIR. Delgardo.
A p
Evening star., 1950-01-26

u o m m lSSlOn
officials h av e
told the agen-
cieS, however,
that no further
direct &C tion
will come from
the commission.
Instead, tn e
commission has
told the agen-
cies to set UP
their own pro-
grams for i'm
proving t h e i +
promotion sys-
TENS within the
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Dodson Denied Bond

Francis E. Dodson, former Ar
lington policeman, was denied
bond in Arlington yesterday on
housebreaking and attempted
rape charges. Circuit Judge Wal
ter T. Mccarthy sent Dodson to
jail to await trial.
Dodson, recently adjudged sane
by State experts, was arrested
last September in the house OF
an Arlington family while still on
the force. Police said he locked
the husband in a closet and made
indecent advances" to the mans
wife.
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Widow, II, HospifaIized
After BEING Struck by Car

A 72-year-old widow was ad-
mitted to Casualty Hospital this
morning with a possible pelvic
fracture and injuries to both legs,
after being struck by a car at
Ninth and G streets S.W.
She is Mrs. Lola M. Adams of
629 Maryland avenue S.W.
Driver of the Car is Richard =.
carrick. 3oApf 1908 Twenty third
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Iran to Ease MurtiuI Law

TEHERAN, Iran, Jan. 26 P.-
Martial law in Trans capital will
be lifted temporarily during the
coming parliamentary election
campaign. the Council Of Min
listers decided today. The city has
been under martial. law since
February 27. 1949. after attempts
were made on the life of the Shah.
Evening star., 1950-01-26
BoziIe's Election Assured

In Richmond, the General As
sembly was ready to elect Circuit
Judge Leon Bazile to another
eight-year term. A joint caucus
of House and Senate Democrats
yesterday unanimously renomi-
mated him, despite criticism by
Delegate William j. Gibson, Fred
ericksburg. Judge Bazile presides
over the 18th judicial circuit,
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Rat Ordinance Considered

Alexandria rats are apt to be
put out in the cold. An ordi-
nance under consideration by
the city Council would require
rat-proofing of all buildings.
The measure also would prohibit
"rat harborage" or providing
shelter or protection for rats.
Evening star., 1950-01-26

committee on the 1851 independ
ent Offices bill asking for a meet
ing with him to discuss his recen
order to the Governments indie
pendent agencies regarding tn
absorption of accumulated annua
leave and last years pay rails
cost.
Meanwhile, agency officials
are getting over their initial
case of the filters regarding
Mr.. Thomas letter of last week,
which ordered them to get rid
of all accumulated leave over
and above the regular 26 days
annual vacation time and to
absorb entirely the pay raise
costs.
Several administration leaders
on Capitol Hill, as well as some
of Mr.. Thomas colleagues on
the House Appropriations Com
mittee, declare the order. is
mot only ridiculous, but i'm
possible to carry out" If all
agencies were to wipe out all
the accumulated leave piled up
by their employees, they would
have to go out of business, they
say.
Therefore, it's more than
likely that Mr.. Thomas order
will be modified drastically
either by the House or Senate.
However, most members of
Congress feel that accumula-
tion of excess annual leave
should be cut down as much as
possible. So its likely that
agencies will be asked to order
employees to take as much of
their excess annual leave as is
possible, without crippling the
operations of any particular
agency.
4 X r
WHY BUREAUCRATS GET
GRAY-An official in a Govern
ment agency located in one of tn
temporary buildings along tn
Mall called this reporter yester
day Afternoon. in an excited stat
Of mind.
II know you get most of your
complaints about working con-
ditiOns from rank and file en-
ployes," he said..- But let me
burden y0d with my headaches.
The temperature hit IA degrees
this afternoon, and some of my
employees have been pestering
me to send them home for the
day because of the heat. In
January, yet! Can you imagine
what members of Congress
would do to me If l did such a
thing. But to my employees,
I'm a heel!
RETIREMENT - Members o
Congress are being urged b,
groups of middle-aged Fedora
employees to push legislation per
mitting retirement with full an
nuities ct the age of so, after Il
years of service. At present, EN-
ployes must have 80 years of sery
ice to retire at so. They have I'd
wait until the age of 81 to retire
with Is years. ...
However. the Civil Servics
Commission is unalterably op.
Evening star., 1950-01-26
The Federal Spotlight -4-
Agencies Told to Set Up Own
Systems on Promotions
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Young

Civil Commission departments
light ahead pro-
without waiting action
Since the commission issued rather broad
principles
Evening star., 1950-01-26

posed to any lowering of the re-
tirement age at present. and it's
extremely doubtful that Congress
will dc anything about the situa-
ton this year. .
Evening star., 1950-01-26

1.-THE Federal Spotlight radio
program featuring additional
net0s and DieiDs OF the Govern
ment is heard each Saturday at
6:45 pm. oDer WMAL, The Star
stdtion.)
Evening star., 1950-01-26
Maryland and Virginia
NaMe In Rria&
News in Brief

which includes the city Of Fred
ericksburg.
Evening star., 1950-01-26

High ana Low for Yesterday. ae
High. rs, at ago pm. '' '~'
Low, "a. at 2:20 am. A& aa
Record Temperatures This Year. :
Highest. "A. on January rs.
Lowest, %, on January 20.
.s,. Tide Tables. - -,s...tssj
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1950-01-26

Pakistan is to build it's first
ships.
Evening star., 1950-01-26
The sun and Moon.

Sun, today 7;20 5:22
Sun, tomorrow 7:2O 5:23
Moon, today 11:19 am. 1858 m.
automobile lights must be turned on
one-haf hour after sunset.
Precipitation,
Evening star., 1950-01-26

Monthly precipitation in inches in tt
Capital (current month to datel.
Month 1Q5O Ave Record.
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Weather Report

District OF Columbla-Sunny,
warm and windy with record high
temperature of IT degrees or more
this afternoon. Mostly cloudy
with rain likely late tonight and
tomorrow. Lowest tonight in low
SOS. Not as warm tomorrow.
Maryland-Cloudy with rain
late tonight and tomorrow and in
north portion early tonight. Low
est temperature tonight from 30
to IS degrees in the west and from
As to so degrees in the east.
Colder tomorrow.
Virginia-Increasing cloudiness
followed by occasional rain in west
and north portions late tonight.
Lowest temperature from As to SO
degrees in west and north and in
the SOS in southeast tonight. To-
morrow cloudy with rain and
colder in west and north. Scat
tered showers in southeast.
Wind velocity, 20 miles per hour;
direction, south-southWest.
River Report.
(From U. g. Epgineers.J '
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear
at Harpers Ferry. - a9{tTt II
Humidity. "..., -,a
Readings at Washington National Airport.)
Yesterday Pct. To-day Pet
Noon --------- 6s Midnight ----- 70
pm ------- 58 g am. ------- s5
Evening star., 1950-01-26

the promotion system, Government
agencies have been waiting for the
commission to amplify the policy
statement with specific details.
Evening star., 1950-01-26

FVOLhCu WIN 1AoSA1As
MIR. Acheson became friendly
with Hiss when the latter was
rising to a high position in the
State Department during World
War II. Donald Hiss, a brother
of the convicted man, is in Mr..
Acheson's old law firm here.
Alger Hiss was released under
$4,000 bail in New York after
his sentencing yesterday, pending
an appeal which his lawyers an
nounced would be made. Hiss
was confident he still could estab-
lish his innocence of the charges
: by Whitaker Chambers, self
admitted former Communist
courier, that (he obtained secret
papers from Hiss when the latter
was in the. State Department.
Mr.. Achesops did not escape crit
scism from democrats for his