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cans. The Corcoran also will dis
play exhibits showing the growth
OF Washington and its plan fol-
development.
In mid-June, the drama by the
Pulitzer prize winning dramatist
Paul Green. is slated to open anc
will run until cold weather. This
production will center around the
character Of George Washington
Construction Of the amphitheater
Is under way in Rock Creek Park
for this drama, near Sixteenth
street and Colorado avenue NV
The special events phase of the
Sesquicentennial is known in
Commission parlance as plan AZ,
Its plans call for "parades, fes-
tivals. gala days. contests, con-
certs. cultural and scientific DEM
onstrations, and other entertain
ing public events"
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George Ickes Retires;
.33-Year u. ). Worker

In 1e45. when George L. Ickes
was awarded an Army Navy "E''
emblem, he learned for the first
time that for several months he
had been helping make the atomic
bomb possible.
Yesterday, as he retired after
80 years of Government service
Mr.. Ickes recalled with pride the
small part" he had played in
producing the bomb.
A foreman machinist for the
Public Buildings Administration
Mr.. Ickes wanted to do more
toward winning World War II,
so he took a night job as foreman
Of $50 employees at the Silver
Spring plant Of the Loftstrand
Co., where some delicate and intri-
cate parts of the atomic bomb
were developed.
President Roosevelt awarded
the plant. now at Rockville, an
Army-Navy "E' for the job and
each emp1oye, including Mr..
Ickes, was given an "E' emblem.
A relative of former Interior
Secretary Harold L. Ickes. Mr..
Ickes has retired to his own 10
acre farm near Bowie, Md. A
veteran of World War I, he served
in the Navy in 1917, remaining
until 1921.
He is active in civic affairs in
Prince Georges County and is
president of the county's Four
teenth District Citizens Associa-
ton.
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College Of Preachers Term
Will Open Tomorrow

The winter term of Washington
Cathedrals College of Preachers
will begin tomorrow at 4:30 pm.
with 80 ministers from % States
and the District expected to par
ticipate.
OF those expected to enroll to-
morrow, three have been awarded
fellowships covering the entire
winter term from January 2
through February II. They are
the Rev. Harold F. MCGEE, rector
OF Trinity Church, Iowa City,
Iowa; the Rev. w. Moultrie Moore,
jr.. Of st. Luke's Church, Sails
bury, N. c., and the Rev. William
j. Spicer of ALI Saints Church,
Syracuse, N. Y. Others attend for
the current week only.
Eight five-day workshops are
planned for the term to be at
tended each week by new group
of rectors from Episcopal dioceses
all over the Nation. Jointly spon-
sored by the Cathedral College
and the National Councils De-
partment of Christian Education,
the weekly workshops offer the
clergymen intensive study in such
matters as audio-visual aids,
parent and home cooperation,
adult education, the teaching pas
torate and the teaching pulpit.
The workshops are conducted
under the leadership of the Rev.
| Theodore O. Wedel, warden of
the college. Staff members of the
Department of Chistian Educa-
ton serve as the faculty, under
supervision of it's director, the
Rev. DR.. John Heuss of New York.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

in other ways, from 1899. Cham
pions of 1901 as the official start
of the new century asserted that
if the figure / meant anything il
meant the first. the beginning the
commencement. and from then
on.
The question at the moment is
whether the Goth century human
race, having experienced two
world wars, the roaring 20s and
a depression, also can claim tc
have lived through so years OF
only a full 40. as. of today.
Unlike the 10000 debaters
present defenders of 1850 as the
hallmark have at least a figura-
tive advantage. It is the figure SO
itself-50-50. for better or fol
worse. for richer or for poorer.
Those who prefer to split the
atomic age more precisely may
want to wait little longer to
celebrate. But If they wait until
January l, 1851, they may find
themselves, begged down in an.
other argument,
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Sesqui
Continued From First Page.)

Fair will be formally put to the
full commission at its next meet.
ling, probably at the White House
The Freedom Fair. to be located
at the end of East Capitol street
lis q nulti-million-dolla project
lin which this Government and
foreign governments as well as in
dustry are expected to participate
It will also include an amusement
area.
BY deferring the fair until 1851,
the buildings in Anacostia Park
near the National Guard Armory
in which it will be housed, can
now be constructed more economi-
cally and better, in the opinion of
commission officials.
More Opportunity For States.
Further. States in which legis-
latures are scheduled to meet this
year and early next will have
additional opportunity to discuss
whatever financial arrangements
they may want to make for par
ticipating in the Fair.
Although Congress did not open
its sessions in Washington until
November, 1900, the Sesquicen-
tennial planners have chosen the
whole year for the celebration
with special events spotted through
the observance.
Leading in the movement for
a gala opening Of festivities in
April is the Greater National
Capital Committee of the Wash
ington Board of Trade, which
plans to put on a bigger and
better" Cherry Blossom Festiva.
this year.
Board of Trade Offers Help.
| William H. Press, executive Sec
retary of the Board, of Trade, said
the organization is anxious to CO.
operate toward the success of the
sesquicentennial program. A spe-
cial committee. headed by Thorn
ton w. Owen. the boards first
vice president, is looking into the
ways the Board of Trade can be
helpful.
! The board also is suggesting the
names of outstanding citizens tc
serve on various committees, which
the commission is expected to
name shortly. These committees
4 will cover such fields as hospital
4 ity. housing. labor, industry and
many Others.
All through 1850. State days
and historic events will be marked
by special celebrations. One of
these will be a mammoth Fourth
of July observance on the Monu-
ment Grounds with the fireworks
display centering on the theme
OF the founding of the Nation S
Capital.
Special Art Shows Planned.
i In the spring, as another fea-
ture Of the Sesquicentennial, spe-
cial art exhibits at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art and the National
Gallery of Art will open. The
Corcoran will feature historic
movements vital in American his
tory, while the National Gallery
will portray outstanding Ameri-
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nan farm plan, and repeal of the
Taft Hartley labor law-appear tt
have no chance of passage at this
session. They apparently are
slated to go into the coming cam
paign as issues on which mem
bers of Congress are to be elected
The controversial bill liberal
Hing the Displaced Persons Act
may be given early consideration
The administration will be con-
fronted again by a coalition of
Republican and conservative Dem
ocrats (most of them from the
SOUTH strong enough, to block
or tc defeat outright highly con-
troversial measures.
Taft Act Action Doubted.
Unless there is a change of plan
brought about by demands of Mr.,
Truman himself, the Democratic
leaders of the Senate and House
will make no move for Taft Hart
ley Act repeal. The Senate last
year put through a revised Taft
Hartley Act, which administration
and it's labor allies oppose. In
the House the administration met
with no better success when it
offered the bill to repeal the Taft
Hartley Act, and finally the meas
ure was recommitted.
The sharpest battles of the ses-
sion may come over appropria
tions, with the Republican-Demo-
crst coalition striving to curtain
Government expenditures ane
keep them in sight, at least, OF
revenues.
The first legislative business to
come before the Senate will be
the bill repeating the tax on oleo-
margarine, already passed by the
House. Majority Leader Lucas
has said he will move to take up
this measure as soon as the Sem
ate returns to its chamber Wednes-
day afternoon after hearing Mr..
Truman's message. He plans to
keep the bill before the Senate
until it is approved or rejected.
Tax Repeal Rider Hinted.
There have been hints that ar
effort will be made to amend the
oleo bill by tacking on repeal o1
the wartime excise taxes, includ.
ing those on transportation. tele.
grams and telephone messages
and services, and on many articles
Senator Lucas says he will op.
pose such a move, believing tha
the excise taxes should be taker
up in a more orderly manner
It is his opinion, too. that thu
House, in which tax Legislation
under the Constitution, must orig
mate. might resent an attempt
by the Senate to rush through
repeal of the excise taxes.
The House leaders have still to
develop q program for the first
week of the session. Speaker Ray
burn and Majority Leader Nc
Cormack will confer with other
party leaders tomorrow or next
day. The probabilities are, how
ever, that no major measures will
be taken up. .-
With a congressional campaign
in the ofnng, Congress is expected
to seek an adjournment as early
as possible - certainly by July
when under the Reorganization
Act, Congress is supposed to ad-
journ. It did not adjourn it's first
session, however, until October
10, and Mr.. Truman may again
insist on the members remaining
in Washington to deal with more
Of his program.
The members of the 81st Con-
gress will work with their eyes
on the campaign ahead, when all
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Tug Reaches Tanker
In Distress OFF Burneoo,
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-A rescue
tug reached a distressed tanker
off Barnegat Light late today and
plans were made to tow or escort
the ship to Philadelphia.
The, coastal tanker M. L. Sylvia
reported she had hit submerged
object. believed to be the wreck
of the SIS. Gulftrade. about half
a mile from wreck buoy.
The 175-ton Sylvia reported
earlier she had lost the use of her
main engines and was taking
water rapidlv.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Congress
Continued From First Page. )

such legislation has in the pas,
always been begged down by fill.
busters Of Southern Democrats
has the time. this year, and If IL
has the desire, 1t will put through
some of these bills.
The main. and most controver.
sial, measures of the Truman pro.
gram-health insurance, the Bran
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Churches Work Together

Ell PASO, ILL. R.-While the
Federated Church was being re-
decorated, it's congregation wor-
shipped with the Baptists for
three weeks. Then the Baptists
redecorated their church and at
tended services in the Federated
Church when the job was being
done.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

members of the House must stand
for reelection, and one-thtrd OF
the members of the Senate. They
are returning now after spending
several months at home. learning
the attitude of the voters on the
measures which are to come be-
fore them for action.
There is a serious difference
between Senator Lucas and Mi
nority Leader Wherry over the
proper way to tackle civil rights
legislation. Senator Lucas has
said he will call up. at an early
date, the bill to create a Federal
Fair Employment Practices Com
mission. Senator Wherry, on the
other hand, has called on the
Democratic leadership to give
right of way to the anti-lynching
bill, which he insists has the
greatest chance of becoming
law.
An anti-lynching bill is on the
Senate calendar, sponsored by
Senator Ferguson, Republican. OF
Michigan. The Democrats do not
like the idea Of having a Repub-
lican civil rights bill put through
the first ever to pass the Senate.
Nor do they approve Of the Ferg-
uson bill as it sands, on the ground
it might be inimical to labor.
Senator Lucas is determined to
call up the FEPC bill. which also
is on the Senate calendar. He
feels this is the bill the Negro
voters want most of all. There
may be some doubt, he admits,
whether it can command the nee
essary 64 votes-two-thirds Of the
entire Senate-to invoke cloture.
But he intends to bring the matter
to a showdown. Senator Wherry
is ready to move to take up the
anti-lynching bill as a substitute
for the FEPC bill, when the time
comes.
Republicans and Democrats
alike are prepared to vote for re-
peal of wartime excise taxes, and
it is presumed the President will
recommend the repeal of some.
Any tax increases Mr.. Truman
may recommend as an Offset to
the repeal of the excise taxes will
be carefully scanned. Congression-
al leaders are emphatic in saying
that any proposed increases in per-
sonal income taxes will be strong
ly resisted.
Spending Cuts to Be Sought.
A demand for drastic cuts in ex-
penditures, in order to balance the
budget, will come from the Re-
publicans, and they will have the
support of Democrats like Senator
Byrd of Virginia. Also Congress.
on the recommendation of the
President, is expected to agree to
more reorganization plans for the
executive branch of the Govern
ment proposed by the Hoover
Commission. It has been estimated
that the reorganization already af-
fected will save the Government
perhaps a billion dollars annually
and that if the whole program is
put into effect, another two billion
may be saved.
The single appropriation bill
promised by Chairman Cannon of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee is expected to work also in
the interest of economy. Chair
man Cannon has divided his COM
mittee into nine subcommittee.
each to deal with a regular an
nual appropriations bill. These
committees are ready to start
hearings as soon as the budget
has been received, and to go for
ward simultaneously. -s4tg.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Rep. DoIIiver 10 Discuss
European Health Plans

Representative Dolliver, Repub-
lican, of Iowa, will discuss social
lied medicine as he saw it in oper-
alton in Europe at 7:15 O'Clock
tonight at meeting of the Mems
Youth Fellowship and Young
Adults groups of the Wesley Meth
odist Church, Connecticut avenue
and Jocelyn street NV.
AS a member Of the House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee. Mr.. Dolliver toured
Europe last fall and studied the
various medical plans.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

A charge that vandals have
wrecked the interior of Jone!
Point Lighthouse, Alexandra
landmark. has been made against
the Army by an Alexandria chap.
ter of the Daughters of the Ameri.
can Revolution. it was learned
last night.
Miss Helene K. Douglass. re.
gent of the OARS Mount Vernon
Chapter, said she has received {
promise from Army Secretary
Gray to investigate the condition
Of the building. which is owned
by the chapter but is on an Army
reservation.
The lighthouse, built in 1855
was abandoned by the lighthous.
service in 1926 and turned ovel
to the OAR chapter by Congress
It is the site of the original South
Corner Stone of the District o.
Columbia, erected in 1871 ane
still standing in front of tn,
building.
OAR Barred During War.
An Army Signal Corps radio
station has been located at Jone
Point since the start of Worle
War II, and the OAR was no
allowed access to the lighthous,
during the war. Miss Douglas
explained.
Recent inspection by DAT
members showed serious damage
to the interior of the building, in.
Guiding holes punched in the walls
the chapter regent declared.
Our committee was appalled,
at the condition" she said. IT
has been practically demolished.
The group enlisted the aid O.
retired Marine 1t. Gen. Julian C
Smith, whose wife is a chapte
member, and wrote to Representa-
tive Smith, Democrat. of Virginia
who forwarded the protest t,
Secretary Gray, Miss Douglas
said. Representative Smith helpee
transfer the building to the DAF
in 1926.
The Army reservation wa!
fenced in and guarded during tht
war. but part of the fence ha!
been dismantled recently, making
it possible for intruders to gair
access, the OAR official said.
Shrine Proposed.
At one time the OAR proposed
to make the lighthouse into 6
historic shrine open to the public
The chapter has hopes of revivins
this idea. according to Mis-.
Douglass.
1--WE would like to have the
Army make the necessary repairs
I understand there are War AS.
sets Administration funds thai
can be used to repair private
property that has been damaged
while in Army hands," she said.
Repairs would cost possibl,
$500, according to an informa
estimate made by a member o,
the OARS committee investigat.
ing the matter. she added.
At one time a caretaker liyee
in the building, but he was forcee
to leave when the Army took over
it was explained.
OAR members are particular,
anxious to get the building il
shape for the Districts Sesoui.
centennial celebration, Miss Dou.
glass said.
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Howard c. Hickman, 50
Character Actor, Dies
BY the Associated Press

SAN ANSELMO, Calf, Dec. 81.
Howard c. Hickman. SO, for years
a vaudeville player and motion
picutre actor, died Unexpectedly
today at his home here.
Mr.. Hickman and his wife,
known professionally as Bessie
Barriscale. teamed on vaudeville
circuits for years. In 1925 they
turned to the movies. Mr.. Hick-
man specialized in character
parts for 20 years.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Forecast of Taft, Lucas Defeats
Taken With Grain of Salt on Hill

by Thomas Hennings. jr., the Dem
ocratic nominee in Missouri, said
he isn't too much perturbed by
the forecast. But he said he
realizes he has a battle on his
hands.
Senator Brewster of Maine, who
heads the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee, said he can
agree with Mr.. Bean on Connecti-
cut and on the predictions that
Senators Lucas, Myers and Tay-
lor will be defeated.
But he conceded that the Re-
publicans think they have less
chance to beat Senator McCarran
in Nevada than almost any other
Democrat running this year.
The Republicans also quarrel
with Mr.. Beans listing of Mary
land, Oklahoma and Utah in ter
ritory safe" for the Democrats
in November.
Democrats contend, on the other
hand. that they have a chance of
winning in Kansas, South Da-
kota and Oregon, which MIR. Bean
listed as safe" for the Repub-
licanS.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
BY the Associotsd Press

The politicians most affected
took with a grain of salt today
prediction by Louis H. Bean that
Senators Taft, Republican of Ohio.
and Lucas, Democrat, of Illinois,
will go down to defeat in the
November election.
Mr.. Bean, an Agriculture Depart
ment economist, forecast in Look
Magazine article that Republicans
will gain in this years voting but
won't win control of Congress. Mr..
Bean attracted attention in 1948
by being of the rare prophets who
predicted President Truman'S vic
tory.
But politicians generally dis
counted many of Mr.. Beans f1nd-
ings-baSed primarily on past
election trends - because they
were made without reference to
political effects of the Korean
fighting.
Besides Senators Taft and
Lucas, Mr.. Bean forecast the de-
feat of Democratic Senators Nc
Mahon and Benton of Connecti-
cut, Myers of Pennsylvania and
McCarran of Nevada. He said Re-
publicans had a $3.50 chance to
beat Senator Taylor. Democrat of
Idaho, who apparently already has
been beaten in the Democratic pri-
mary.
DOnneII, MilIikin Losses Seen.
Mr.. Bean listed Republican
Senators Donnell of Missouri and
Millikin of Colorado as likely to
Join Senator Taft in defeat.
The prediction that Senator Taft
will be beaten in Ohio by State
Auditor Joseph Ferguson, the
Democratic nominee, brought this
comment from the Senator:
Every year a new prophet
arises to foretell the results of
elections and disappears just as
rapidly after the elections"
There was some evidence that
Senator Taft's friends think Mr..
Beans forecast might be some
help. since it could serve to help
diSpel overconfidence in the ranks
of the Ohian's campaign workers.
Senator Lucas told a reporter
he thinks Mr.. Bean included him
among those the economist pre-
dicted would be defeated 80 he
could sell his article"
1T looks like he picked the
heads of the two policy COM
mittees so that he would attract
some attention" Senator Lucas
said.
Senator Mcmahon said he
usually isn't a betting man but
he'd like to back with some cash
his belief that Mr. Bean doesn't
know what he's talking about so
far as Connecticut is concerned.
Battle Ahead for DonnelI.
Senator Donnell. whom Mr..
Bean predicted will be defeated
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Leader Of Karen Revolt
Killed by Burma Troops
BY the Assoeiafed Press

MOULMEIN, Burma, Aug. 15.-
Saw Ba o Cyl, premier" Of rebel
Karens, was killed by a machine
gun bullet through his throat Sat-
urday as he blazed defiance at
government troops with his car
bine.
Burmese army officers said the
46-year- old Karen chiefs career
was ended during a gun battle in
chest-deep waters surrounding his
jungle hideout rs miles north of
here.
Several hundred Burmese men
and women clamored at the
morgue here yesterday for
glimpse of the body of the rebel
chief who challenged the author
ity of the government for more
than two years.
Officers said loyal KarenS guild
ed them to Ba U Gyi's headquar-
ters near Kawkareik, a town IA
nous for its balancing pagoda,
about 25 miles from the Thailand
border.
They said two BritonS and three
Karens died with the chieftain.
Evening star., 1950-08-15

No food shortages. The Presi-
dent has stated that neither food
shortages or rationing are in
prospect, despite the fighting in
Korea. Don't hoard.
Evening star., 1950-08-15

After 80 summers in the
city of Washington, we be-
lieve we know a few sum-
mertime food secrets. Why
don't you try our crisp, fresh
salads with a variety of
ingredients that famous
Montana labor news., 1950-09-28
i. s. Debt Shows
-You-Co
Needed

WHY i, the national debt now
around SOS billion 50 big &c
~cau>e Ne are still paving Tor two
World Wars.
Paul Douela, IT, HI and Joe
OMahone1 ~. W,ol. pointed up
this important TACT. 80 often over
looked BY mans people. in the Sen
ate august Is.
Only one third Of the cost OF the
first World War wa paid ior by
taxation The rest was financed bS
borrowing.
In the second World War. IS per
cent II the cost was paid Tor by
taxation, The other S per cent
was financed by borrowing
IS any d YOU who have ever
bought a house on time know. you
pay and pay ior the use 1t the
money sou borrow
That. What the United state, /,
doing now .Nnd il will continue to
pay ior years to come the interest
on money borrnwercd 10 light two
wars
Thi> time we've got IA pay IL we
60 That's another reason ior an
excess profits taN.
Montana labor news., 1950-09-28

Senate conicrces have come 10 Al
agreement that makes ii plain tina
no cNec>sprofitS tan legislation vii
be reported out this year. Further
more. il the ncNt Congress consider
legislation Of this sort ii is statcC
that II may be made retroactive /,
July | or October / OF this year.
What !, this Congress thinking O
When II accepts such statements a,
these. Ii this Congress does not tax,
action now. il is quite likely that il
the next Congress does consider AZ
cNce,,-proiits bill il will not report
out a measure before next July and
ii max moi ven be retroactive. Il
must be remembered that the SENATE
Finance Committee, in lis report OF
the tax bill. stated that an c>cc,s-
profits tau. ii passed. would apply
10 1881 profits.
! want to ask the House this quc>-
ton Is il fair 10 raise the taxes
paid by individuals with incomes ii
$4,000 Or less by 20 per cent, begin
ning October |. and at the same time
refuse To impose an excess-profits
tax on corporations making the big
eost profits in history. Furthermore,
must remember that due to the
rise IN the cost OF living since June
25. 1880. The people who are going
TO be asked 10 pay this % per cent
tan have already suffered a severe
loss III their take-homc pay. What
We will be doing. ii we fail 10 mea-
sure up to or responsibilities on
the eNcess-profits la question viii
be to iced the greedy aud pcnalizc
the needy.
Montana labor news., 1950-09-28
Mansfield Addresses
House on Excise
Profits Tax

Mr.. Mansfield Mr.. Speaker. Con
eress should not adjourn until il ha,
passed an cNcess-profit> taN Ac.
cordine To the press, the hou,c and