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Evening star., 1950-10-11
Fairfax Bans School Talk
OF Government Chances

Discussions Of the proposed
government changes in Fairfax
County have been banned from
the county schools.
In an order to school principals,
School Supt. w. T. Woodson said
that while he recognized that
schools are required to teach
county, State and Federal gov
ernment, no outside speakers
should be permitted to discuss the
issues and no literature on county
government should be distributed
to students.
1--WE wish our schools to be kept
entirely out of this controversy
and we do not wish the schools to
be used by any group as a means
Of distributing propaganda" Mr..
WoodSon said.
It was understood that the
action followed distribution of
literature favoring one form of
proposed government at one of
the county schools.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Officials Plan 10 Trim
.SurratfsviIIe School
Below S565,31S Bid

Prince Georges County school,
officials today had hopes of trim.
ming a s565,318 bid before award
ing a contract for construction o1
new addition to the combined
Surrattsville High and Elementary
School.
The bid, lowest of foRr received
yesterday. was submitted by the
B. & j. Construction Co. OF
Washington.
Thomas S. Gwynn, jr., county
director of school planning, re-
ported the proposal was higher
than anticipated" He said the
Board of Education, however, &C
cepted the bid conditionally ano
will attempt to reduce costs. II
possible. through changes in
building plans.
Nine More Classrooms.
The project calls for the addi
ton of nine classrooms. a gym
nasium. kitchen, and renovation
of Offices in the existing 15-class-
room structure. Slated for COM
pletion by September. 1851. the
school is designed eventually to
hold 900 Junior and senior high
school students. Future plans call
for construction of a new elemen
tary school at later date. Ne
gotiations already have been
started for purchase of necessary
land.
In other business during its
monthly meeting at Upper Marl-
boro, the board authorized the
sale of six abandoned one and
two-room elementary schools for
colored children. The schools,
closed this year in a consolidation
move, are located at Ammendale
Muirkirk. Lakeland, Fletcher
town, Glenarden and Accokeek
They will be sold at public auc-
ton on dates to be announced
later.
Another School Asked.
The board also received a dele.
cation of about Is residents of the
Accokeek area, including County
Commissioner D. Leonard Dyer
asking that a new elementary
school for white pupils be bull
in that community. They were in.
formed that negotiations were IL
progress for buying a school site
The group urged that it be in.
cluded on the 1951-52 building
program. A two-room school nov
serves Accokeek.
Five teacher appointments were
approved. They were Bernict
Rowley, for the Silver Hill Ele-
mentary School; Charlotte Anr
Phillips and Shirley G. Thomas.
son, the Mount Rainier Ele-
mentary School, Mount Rainier
and Paul E. Myers, Brentwood
Junior High School.
Elton H. Brown, jr., was desig.
mated as a trustee for the Mount
Rainier Elementary School.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Maryland Health Agency
Plans St4,455,O0O ProjecI
BY the Assseiofed Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 1.-THE
Maryland Department of Health
has long term capital improve
ment calling for expenditure of
$14.455, 900. OF that amount, DR..
Robert H. Riley says, projects to-
falling an estimated $7,510.O0O are
classified as urgent.
DR.. Riley, director of the State
Health Department. told the State
Planning Commission yesterday
that the project most urgently
needed is a 600-bed chronic dis
ease hospital in the Baltimore
area. He estimated its cost at
$6,425, 900.
Also classified by DR.. Riley as
urgent are 81 million building
to be used as staff quarters at
Mount Wilson State Hospital and
an $85 900 program to improve the
water supply and fire protection
system at Victor F. Cullen State
Hospital.
Evening star., 1950-10-11

Virtually all -salaried work.
ers paid on an hourly basis. such
as road construction and main
tenance men, have come from the
county, the council said.
And of the % top supervisory
Jobs in the county, % were filled
by county residents, the council
added.
The county heads also empha-
sized that appointments are not
lifetime" ones. A probationary
period of six months is required
for all new employees, and they
may be dismissed or demoted if
found incompetent, the coup il de-
|clared.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
By james BirchfieId

IneffciencieS of the present
form of government in Fairfax
County were emphasized today by
the County League of Civic Or
ganizations, formed to sponsor
the county executive government
plan in the November 7 refer
endum.
| In a statement the league asked
voters not to be misled by the
erroneous" use lately of the term
executive secretary form" to de-
scribe a government plan.
There is no such complete
form of county government in
Virginia." the league said. I'm
fact, the words executive secre-
tary form do not appear on the
ballot to be voted on in the
November 7 referendum"
Intent to Hide Fact Charged.
Proponents of the county mana
ger form of government. the
league said, refer frequently to
the executive secretary form. per-
haps because they want to hide
from the people the fact that the
county executive form is entirely
different and much better than
the existing form.
1.-THE present form, of course. is
unsuitable and inadequate, the
league said. 1T was created by
general law and applies to all
countries which have not adopted
complete form by a referendum
vote, as they may do at any time
under the constitution. This law
provides among other things that
the Board of Supervisors may, by
resolution, appoint an executive
secretary. The making of this ap-
pointment, however, is not man
datory at all. The law, more
over, does not clothe him with
adequate powers to- perform the
many tasks of administration fac
ing our county today.
Likewise the general law pro-
videS for the continued election
of county treasurer and a COM
missioner of revenue, whereas un-
der both the county executive and
the county manager forms, these
two Offices are consolidated into
one appointive office.
I'VE feel that the existing form
is deficient, too, because under it
IS per cent of the revenues of the
county are not disbursed by the
Board of Supervisors, but by
boards appointed under the in
direct method of selection by the
circuit court judge.
I'VE feel that centralized pur-
chasing for all the county depart
ments which is prescribed under
the county executive form would
be more efficient than under our
present system We feel that the
appointment by the supervisors of
the school, health and welfare
boards, respectively, as provided
identically under both the county
manager and the county executive
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Heavy Out-of- County Job Roll
Denied by Montgomery Council

The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil yesterday struck back at what
1t termed "misstatements" about
appointments of county employees.
Democratic leaders have charged
that many Of the county's top jobs
were given to out-of-county resi-
dents.
In denying this, the council said
that, of all persons appointed to
full time salaried positions, 81 per
cent lived in Montgomery County.
OF the non-county appointees,
IA were from other Maryland
counties and 10 from the District,
according to the council. In some
instances, the council addeE, no
local residents applied for jdbs.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
School Bond Issue Rally
To Be Held in FuirIinqton

A rally for the proposed $7,450,-
900 Arlington school bond issue
will be held at 8:15 pm. tomorrow
at the Abingdon Elementary
School in darlington.
Speakers will include Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Campbell, school board
chairman; Colin Macpherson
school board member, and Schools
Supt. William A. Early.
The rally is sponsored by the
darlington Civic Association, the
darlington Elementary School,
Parent Teacher Association, the
Abingdon Elementary School Par
ent- Teacher Association, and the
Arlington League of Women Vo-
ters.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
1900 Parking Spaces
Added in Downtown Area

A total of 1900 off-street park
ing spaces have been added in and
around the downtown area since
last spring.
Charles M. Upham, chairman of
the Motor Vehicle Parking Agency
today said the new facilities bring
to 11.575 the number of spaces
added since the agency was set up
four years ago.
A breakdown of the 1,500 spaces
revealed that $40 were in the CEN
tral core area, bounded by Penn
sylvania. Massachusetts, avenues
Fifth street and Nineteenth streets
NV. Another $50 spaces were
obtained in the Government area
and 440 spaces in the service area
which is just outside the core
area.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Hudossuh Meets Sunday

Mrs. Jack Goodman, a member
OF the National Board of Hadassah
who recently visited Isreal, will
speak at a buffet supper sponsored
by the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Chapter at 8 pm. Sunday at the
Montgomery County Jewish Com
munity Center on East-West high
way. Paintings by Israeli artists
will be exhibited. Mrs. Goodman
is from Indianapolis. e
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Residents Urged
To Back River
Cleanup Effort
Potomac Dangerous
To Whole Population
Commission Warns

The Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin appealed
today to residents of the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area to sup
port efforts to provide more ade-
quate sewage treatment facilities.
In an open letter, Commission
director Edwin r. Cotton empha-
sized the dangers to health and
welfare arising from the sanitary
condition of the river in the
Washington area. He urged resi-
ients of nearby Virginia to vote
for funds to construct abatement
facilities.
Mr.. Cotton's statement follows:
THE Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River basin Is very
reluctant to use scare words in
describing the critical unsanitary
condition of the Potomac River in
the Washington Metropolitan
Area. Since many people do not
use the river for recreational pur-
poses, they are lukewarm toward
any corrective measures.
This commission desires to en-
phasize the fact that dangers aris-
ing out of the unsanitary condi-
ton of the river are not confined
to those actually using the stream.
The Potomac River is tidal
stream and the filth exposed along
it's banks between high and low
tides is a notorious feeding place
for insects. particularly flies.
These insects are capable of car
rying many types of diseases and
we may not even be safe with the
best type of protection in our own
homes. 1t should not be necessary
for tragedy to befall us in order
to make us aware of the condition
of the river. Should we permit the
river to degrade into a cesspool,
the threat to our health, welfare
and security will be intensified to
the breaking point.
THE District of Columbia and
the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission in Maryland, are
actually engaged in a program for
cleaning up their pollution. The
District of Columbia is now spend
ing over So million as a part of
an $11 million program for the ex-
pansion of it's treatment plant
which will ultimately render ade-
quate treatment to all sewage from
the east side of the river. In the
meantime, it Is essential that Vir-
ginia communities do their part.
THE Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin fully
realizes the need for other i'm
provements in Virginia, but ap-
peals to the people to support the
efforts of their governing bodies
by voting for funds for construct
ing pollution abatement facilities
as their contribution to the over
all effort for the protection of the
people in the Washington Metro
politan Area"
Evening star., 1950-10-11
z Candidates to Speak
On Silver Spring Radio

States Attorney Walter w.
Dawson of Montgomery County
and Register of Wills Walter C..
Clarke, both seeking reelection,
will speak at 11:55 am. Friday
over Station WGAY, Silver Spring.
The program is one of series
sponsored by the Women's Re
publican Club of Silver Spring.
Mrs. John B. Wilkie iNpresident.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Construction Elevator
Crushes Workers Foot

A construction elevator crushed
the foot of a workman on a prof.
ect in the 7700 block of Wood
bury drive, Silver Spring, yester-
day.
Alexander Long, %, of 2616 Uni
versity place NV. was freed by
fellow workmen and members OF
the Silver Spring Rescue Squad
He was admitted to Washington
Sanitarium. Montgomery County
police said Mr.. Longs foot was
caught between the elevator and
the shaft.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Chest Drive Supported
By Schools Association

The Independent Schools Asso-
citation of Montgomery County
voted unanimously last night to
participate in this years Com
munity Chest campaign.
1t is the first time that the as
sociation has formally backed the
drive, although some of its mem
bers took part on an individual
basis in past years.
The group consists of IA of the
approximately 10 private schools
in the county. Carle O. Warren,
president, is serving on the county
campaign committee as chairman
of solicitation for all private
schools.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Porent-ChiId Council
Sponsors Workshop

The Montgomery County Par.
ent-Child Study Advisory Council
will sponsor it's third fall workshop
October 1925 at st. Luke
Lutheran Chuch, Colesville roae
and Highland drive. Silver Spring
Sessions will be held from csc
am. to 2::30 pm. daily. A
nursery will be provided fol-
children. DR.. H. Gerthon Morgan
of the Institute of Child Study
University of Maryland, will be
the principal lecturer.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Alexandria Man Fined
$500 in Lottery Case

An Alexandria man yesterday
was fined $500 and given a 90-day
suspended Jail sentence on a
charge of operating a lottery.
Judge James R. Duncan i'm
posed the fine in Alexandria Civil
and Police Court on Bennie
Prichett, Sc, colored, of the 300
block of Madison street. Prichett
was arrested Monday at his home
by Detective Andrew Benarik and
Pvt. Lonnie Pendergraph who said
they found numbers slips in his
possession. .-
Evening star., 1950-10-11
School Board Loans
Carver Junior College
Bus for Night Pupils

Sdl tcI OullIUT AOIlcSC SGIlUus
transportation problem that has
resulted in a small enrolment in
the new Montgomery County col
lege for Negroes was promised re-
lief by Board of Education action
yesterday. granting the use of q
county school bus for the evening
classes.
The board action will enable
students to come to the college
from widely scattered Negro COM
munities where transportation IA
cilities are poor. Before voting
however. the board members made
certain the use of the bus fol-
evening sessions would not hamper
the school systems regular trans
portation setup.
The boards permission carried
with it the proviso that the stu
dents themselves must pay for the
oil and gasoline used by the bus
and for a competent driver. The
county will maintain the bus and
the insurance on it. School Supt
Edward w. Broome, who suggested
the bus loan. explained the county
school system has no funds fol
junior college transportation, since
the colleges are operated under q
separate budget.
Only 20 Enrolled.
Carver Junior College. first such
institution for Negroes in Mary.
land, enrolled only % of an esti.
mated 40 interested students. be.
cause many could find no means
OF getting to the school in Rock
vile.
Concerned over possible criti-
cism of the fact they were grant
ing a favor to colored students
not shared by the white students
OF Montgomery Junior College, the
board was told by Member
Thomas S. Jackson that this Is
not discrimination"
Dean Hugh G. Price Of Mont
gomery Junior College said most
of the students there come from
nearby suburban areas and that
many have cars.
The Board of Education voted
yesterday to set up q citizens ad-
visory committee on school bus
transportation, comprising repre-
sentatives of civic, PTA and other
groups.
Path Criticized.
The action followed a lengthy
discussion with members of the
Argyle Citizens Association about
a 600-foot path used by children
of the Forest Grove school, which
the citizens called muddy, danger
GUS and "intolerable."
Unconvinced that a woods path
does not have it's advantages,
board members cited other paths
in use and promised a study to
see If the Forest Grove problem is
unique.
In other action yesterday, the
board appointed William Whalen
of Bethesda to be director of con-
struction for the county school
system. at salary of $1,000 a
year. Mr.. Whalen, now a Federal
employe. succeeds Edward Bur-
nap, who resigned last month
The board appointed the follow
ing school trustees: Mrs. Leslie
Ball, Oak View; Robert Gutter.
man, Forest Grove, and Sidney
Wolfson, George Edward Keslel
and Randall B. Strickland, Viers
Mill.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Toxpoyers' Dance Planned

The Taxpayers Advisory Asso-
citation will hold a dance at 8 pm.
tomorrow at Wards Corner, Fran
coma, Va. Money from tickets
which will be sold at the door, will
be used for the associations pro-
gram of civic improvement.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
New Telephone Securities

RICHMOND, Oct. II R-The
Virginia Telephone & Telegraph
Company Of Charlottesville has
applied to the State Corporation
Commission for permission to is
sue 100000 worth OF INV securi-
ties. e
Evening star., 1950-10-11
ArcoIu PTA Plans Dance

The Arcola (Va) Parent-Teach-
er Association will sponsor dance
at 9 pm. Friday at the school to
raise funds for school improve
ments. Arcola is Is files west Of
Fairfax on Route so.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Mclean Lodge Dinner

Sharon Eastern Star Chapter
will sponsor a turkey dinner at the
McLean Va0 Fire Hall at 5 p.n4
Saturday.
Evening star., 1950-10-11
Fairfax Benefit Dinner

A benefit ham and oyster dinner
will be held at $50 pm. Friday at
Fairfax High School under spon-
sorShip of the Band Boosters Club.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Business Briefs

Bank Clearings in Is leading
cities in week ended December 13
totaled $16,014.348. 900, down
1857 from the previous week, but
were 1910 above the like week a
year ago.-Dun & Bradstreet.
Business Loans in leading cities
in the week ended December s
totaled $17,274, 100000, an increase
of $l77 100000 from The previous
week, compared with So 467 200, 900
in the like week a year ago.
Federal Reserve Board.
Crude Petroleum production in
the United States in" the week
ended December declined 70,050
barrels daily to 5,755.17O and
compared with 4,979.300 barrels
a year ago.-American Petroleum
Institute.
New Passenger Car registrations
in 10 months ended October 81
totaled 5,329,986 compared with
4,838,342 for all Of 1949.-R. L.
Polk Co.
Total Payroll of the iron end
steel industry in October reached
a record of s212,187,000, about
IS 100000 ahead of March, 1949,
the previous record. American
Iron & Steel Institute.
Railway Express Agency reported
air express revenue in the first
10 months totaled $17,267,935,
more than the total for 194e.
Construction Contracts awarded
in November in 81 Eastern States
totaled $l,087, ,062, 900, 40 below
the October total, but 14fo above
the like month of 1949.-F. w.
Dodge Corp.
International Nickel Co. of Cam
ada announced an increase of 2la
cents a pound for it's nickel and a
wage increase for it's workers.
MissOuri-Kansas- Texas Railroad
Co. received ICC authority to issue
$5.7 million of equipment trust
certificates.
Kroger Co. stockholders approved
a tWo-for-one split of the 1885,
589 shares Of the outstanding
common.
American Steel Foundries has
purchased the Diamond Chain Co.
of Indianapolis. The price is re-
ported as about So million. The
firm has 1000 employees.
Southwestern Public Service in
II months ended September 80
earned $4,445, ,664 or $1.34 share
VS.. $4,092, ,204 or $1.37 in 1949.
Central Maine Power Co. in year
ended November 30 earned $4,385,-
051 or $1.58 a share VS.. $4,169, ,970
or $1.54 in 1949.
International Tel. e. Tel. and
subs. in 9 months ended Septem-
ber 80 earned $8,747,143 VS.. ST.
973 ,240 in 1949 period.
Pillsbury Mills, Inc, announced
election to the board of DR.. Sam
uel N. Stevens, president of Grin
mel College, and Paul S. Gerot of
Minneapolis. E. P. Pillsbury and
r. j. Keith were named vice pres
idents.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO; Dec. IA lP,.--Grains strod'
Upward Upward with a nice pickup in tradint
although nearby oats contracts dragged
behind the rest Of the market. Easines'
had an pess on thes. In
beans and wheat led the upturn.
Wheat near the end of the FIRST houl
was "a to cent higher, December 8" 36a4
corn was l.-la higher. December 81 :867s
December s65.. soybeans we're / SI'i to y
cents higher. January S"96la. and lard
was 20 to 80 cents a hundred pounds
higher, December S17.3O.
Some bullish impetus was given the
Of the Yugoslav aid bill Early news dis.
PATCHES, from Washington, yesterday had
xben sfid the the, measure .mEig be defeated
Is the markets chief Characteristic al
The House made some amendments to
this bill as 1t originally passed the Sen
abd bod1 It nSw mat sG bfek s to the
opinion Of local traders.
Traders viewed the possibility of a
ysIlrosd ysIT sfsdst tepp a; one more DEVELOPMENT
seriously affected by the wildcat strike. Ike
In In addition, much grain is coming here
corn booked yesterday were scheduled Si fol- OF
the chicago North western DaoS Is tns'bfe the bs.
gest grain carrier to this market
from Lake success, ea r. Y to aons M shf koms May
China. 1t did not appear that the cease
fire. proposal in the Korean war would
get very concrete results. even if it were
selling of grains when this proposal first
came up.
Evening star., 1950-12-14
stock Prices Mixed,
with Changes Held
Ito Less Than Point
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 14.-Con-
flicting price trends persisted in
the stock market today.
Soft drink, copper and textile
issues improved, while automobile.
chemical and radio-television
stocks backed down.
The overall result was a thor
ough mixture of gains and losses,
with most changes confined to
less than 81 share.
Despite limited price action
traing hit fast space, we'll above
yesterday, when around 100000
shares changed hands.
Railway issues kept their bal
ance in the face of a wildcat
strike.
Higher prices were paid for
Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola. Wyandotte,
Consolidated Textile, American
Woolen, Bethlehem Steel, Good
rich, Douglas Aircraft, American
Telephone. Kennecott Copper,
Phelps Dodge, Chesapeake &
Ohio, New York Central and
Trans World Air.
Hanging back were Philco, Ra-
dio Corp, Zenith, General Motors
Chrysler, Studebaker, Santa Fe,
Nickel Plate, Standard Oil New
Jersey, Montgomery Ward, Gen
eral Electric and American To-
bacco.
Caution keynoted corporate
bond trading and price changes
were small and irregular. United
States Governments held steady
in over-the-counter dealings.