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Evening star., 1950-07-27
BY the Assoeiated Press

Internal dissension within the
Republican National Committee
came to light today with the
resignation of Arthur Summerfield
of Michigan as chairman of the
party's Strategy Committee.
In letter to National Commit
tee members and other party off,
cials, Mr.. Summerfield charged
that National Chairman Guy G.
Gabrielson planned to let the
strategy group "die on the vine
Mr.. Gabrielson told a reporter
the party's Executive Committee
had urged me to dissolve the
Strategy Committee" in view OF
regional party conferences being
held at various cities.
The Strategy Committee was
formed during the regime of Mr.
Gabrielson's predecessor, Repre-
sentative Hugh D. Scott. jr., with
the aim of taking over active
direction of the drive to elect a
COP Congress in November.
Members of Committee.
It's members include representa-
tives of the National Committee,
Governors, State chairmen. finance
chairmen and Senator Brewster
of Maine and Representative
Leonard Hall of New York, heads
of the Senate and House Republi-
can Campaign Committees.
Mr.. Summerfield said in his let
ter that despite the fact that
neither Mr.. Scott nor Mr.. Gabriel
son had given the group any funds
it had worked out "a very we'll
conceived and constructive pro-
gram" for the campaign.
But Mr.. Summerfield said Mr.
Gabrielson first wanted to abolish
the committee altogether and
then decided to let it die on the
vine.
II believe If there ever was a
time when we needed the services
of Republican leaders everywhere
working together in fullest CO.
operation with all units of our
party, it is now" Mr.. Summer
field wrote National Committee
adding:
This view apparently is not
by our chairman and some
of the unnamed National Commit
tee members who he says have
continually urged him to adopt
his stated course.
Resolution Cited.
obviously in arriving at this
Chairman Gabrielson is
in reality forcing the Strategy
Committee to dissolve by reason
Of its proposed inactivity"
Asked to comment, Mr.. Gabriel
son said:
"A resolution adopted by the
National Committee in
February authorized the termina-
ton OF all subcommittees except
the Executive Committee at the
of the chairman.
Members of the Executive
Committee urged me to dissolve
the Strategy Committee, in view
OF our regional conferences at At
lantic City, Salt Lake City and
Chicago, which are bringing to-
gether Governors, State chair
men, State finance chairmen,
Young Republicans and Republi-
can women's organizations. At
the request of Mr.. Summerfield
and others. I agreed to withhold
action until after the election up-
Evening star., 1950-07-27
C. P Committee Rift Barred as SunmeneId Quits Group

on his assurance that the Strategy
Committee would remain dor
mant.
"The Executive Committee is
meeting. monthly until after the
election. I shall continue to rely
upon it's counsel. and to work in
cooperation with the National
Republican Senatorial Commit
tee and the National Republican
Congressional Committee"
Walter Hallanan, West Virginia
national committeeman, learned
that Mr.. SuInmerfield's letter had
leaked out and called a reporter
to say that Mr.. Summerheld was
garbling the facts in the situa-
tion.
Charges Half Truths.
His letter is filled with half
truths and malicious distortion u
Mr.. Hallanan declared.
Mr.. Summerfield said Mr.. Ga
brielson had suggested that q
three-member -ordinating COM
mittee be formed to take the place
of the strategy group. The new
committee would be made up of
member of the national commit
tee. State chairman from west
of the Missouri River and State
finance chairman.
Mr.. Gabrielson was quoted as
suggesting that Mr.. Summerf1eld
and Thomas Coleman, Wisconsin
finance chairman. be named as
members of the co-ordinating
group. Mr.. Summerf1eld and Mr..
Coleman rejected the proposal.
Mr.. Summerfield didn't name
Evening star., 1950-07-27

the National Committee members
who he said advised the party
chairman to get rid of the strategy
committee. However, in his elec-
ton last year, Mr.. Gabrielson was
supported by what some of his
critics called the "old guard" Of
the Republican Party.
Mr.. Summerf1eld has represented
Evening star., 1950-07-27
Indian Makes Bamboo Puper

CALCUTTA.-India, one of the
few countries in the world to
make paper out of bamboo, got its
first paper-making machine over
a century ago. BY 1925 nine paper
mills were in operation.
Evening star., 1950-07-27
Poris Cancer Clinic Opens

PARIS.-More than IS million
has been appropriated to modern
ize children's wards in Paris hos
pitals. A children's cancer clinic
recently was opened In Paris.
Evening star., 1950-07-27
metals Board Dropped

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has
abolished its Joint Iron and Metals
Board, which for the past 10 years
has regulated the distribution of
iron and other metals.
Evening star., 1950-07-27

a younger element that hasn't al
ways agreed with Mr.. Gabrielson's
policies.
Evening star., 1950-07-31
District Tax Office
Expects Over $1,000
Returns by Tomorrow

More than $1,000 penalty-free
personal property returns are ex-
pected to be received at the Dis
trict Building by tomorrow.
James L. Martin, an assistant
District assessor, said this figure
is 1000 more than last year.
Heavy returns poured in today,
he said, as taxpayers hurried to
avoid 20 per cent penalty which
will be imposed on all returns made
after midnight.
Although a line from so to 100
persons long moved through the
District Building tax Office
throughout the day, Mr.. Martin
said the bulk of the estimated
returns are mailed in.
The increase in taxes paid this
year, Mr.. Martin pointed out, is
due to the fact that blank returns
were sent to District residents who
have paid any form of tax here.
Personal property returns have
increased steadily, he said, from
Sis million in 1910 to $6,638, 900
for the year ended June 80.
The Office of the personal tax
division in Room 215 of the Dis
trict Building will be open until
4:45 o'clock this afternoon. All
returns postmarked before mid
night will be accepted without
penalty.
The rate is 50 per 500 valua-
Evening star., 1950-07-31
Forgery Expert Hits John Hancock Signature Contest

they were dated ahead. The EQD
determined this by showing that
the date was out of alignment
with the inserted market prices
and totals and could not have
been typed at the same time.
The Government thus was able
to collect large amounts of taxes
by proving that one man lost
only $50, while the other gained
an equal sum.
Examiners of questioned docu-
ments keep tabs on new develop
ments in writing materials because
of their Importance in giving
evidence of fraud or assurance Of
genuineness.
"I was dismayed when I first
saw writings made with the ball
point pen and noted the rate at
which they were being sold." Mr..
Cole declared. -
THE conventional split-nib pen
is a sensitive instrument for
recording pen pressure, shading,
direction of movement and con-
tinuity of strokes. Many of these
features are missing when a ball
point is used" he said.
But whether he uses pen or pen
Gil, according to Mr.. Cole, the
forger often fails because the al
terationS or insertions almost al
ways are made at a slower writ
ing speed than the genuine, leav-
ing more ink deposited and the
ledges Of the strokes less sharp.
Evening star., 1950-07-31
By L. Edgar Primo

"You might as we'll have q con-
test to see who can pick a lock
or Jimmy a window the fastest -
The speaker, a small man with
piercing blue eyes, took quick
puffs on a cigarette in his office
in the Liberty Loan Building
Fourteenth and P street S.W., ano
snapped:
Imagine getting people to
practice forgery"
His attitude toward the recent
competition to see who could come
closest to duplicating John Han
cocks signature perhaps was un-
derstandable. He is Alwyn Cole,
chief of the relatively obscure
Examiner of Questioned Docu-
ments office in the Treasury De-
partment-a unit that saves the
American taxpayer hundreds of
thousands of dollars every year.
In his job, he must tackle some
5000 cases of forged, mutilated or
altered checks and bonds year.
And he gets only the toughest
ones. About $4,000 other cases
were handled last year by the
Treasury's enforcement agencies
the Secret Service, and the Bu-
reauS of Internal Revenue, Gus
toms and Narcotics.
The 41-year-old Mr.. Cole, who
has devoted half his life to his job
said that unfortunately forgery
Evening star., 1950-07-31
; Polio Cases Reported
In Area Over Week End

Three new cases of polio were
reported over the week end in the
Washington area. bringing the
total up to II.
Two of the cases were reported
in Prince Georges County. A q
year-old girl Of the 100 block OF
Fifty-ninth avenue and a 6-year-
old boy of the 100 block of Audry
lane, both in Hyattsville, were
taken to Childrens Hospital late
Friday.
The Fairfax Health Department
reported the other case, a 90
months-old girl, of Route /, who
was also taken to Childrens Hos
pital.
The new cases bring the number
up to II with one death in Prince
Georges County and IL with nc
deaths reported in Fairfax County
Evening star., 1950-07-31
Polio Strikes 3a Day
In WytheviIIe Area
By the Associated Press

WYTHEVILLE, Va, July 81
The polio outbreak in this South
west Virginia region continues to
strike down victims at rate of
more than three per day.
Three more cases were reported
yesterday from Wythe County,
increasing the areas total to 81
cases since the outbreak began
July l. And another fatality,
which occurred late Saturday,
sent the death toll to IL.
The latest death reported was
that OF a 21-year-old man, father
OF a little girl who died II days
before.
Indications that the disease
might be spreading were borne
out by the report of another case
from adjoining Dickinson Coun-
ty, which reported it's second case
yesterday
The first case in Bristol since
the outbreak started here and in
Wythe County was reported last
night. Bristol is on the Tennes-
see border. Hospital authorities
there described it as a mild case
Yesterday, Wytheville's chill
dren heard their Sunday school
lessons by radio because of the
epidemic which kept most of them
indoors.
Most churches held morning
services for adults but attendance
was small
Evening star., 1950-07-31

fra-red lamps, polarizing screens,
color filters and a wide variety of
Photographic equipment are in
cluded among his tools.
Erasure is problem cropping
up frequently. It was key fac
tor in a West Coast case of some
years ago. A time offender
got a life term when the prosecu-
tor convinced the jury the de-
fendant, in order to establish an
alibi, had erased the name of an
other person and inserted his own
in the register of a hotel hundreds
of miles from the scene of the
crime.
Eight years later, when the mat
ter came to the attention of the
EQD, it was established that,
while there had been an erasure,
not a single stroke Of the eraser
had touched the mans signature
proving that his was the original
one. He later was freed.
Most of the cases handled by
the EQD involve "unknowns" and
small amounts of money. An ex-
ception was the Raskob-du Pont
exchange and re-exchange of
securities, ostensibly as sales,
totaling $88 million. After these
"sales," the principals claimed
losses of 81 million for tax pur-
poses.
Blank form letters, with spaces
left for the insertion of market
prices and totals. were useA But
Evening star., 1950-07-31

is something almost every one is
equipped to attempt.
mo experience in other crimes
is necessary" he asserted. "Forg-
ers are opportuniStS and sneaks.
That's why I fear some of the
losers in the Hancock contest,
convinced they should have won,
may seek rewards in other opera
tions."
With counterfeiting and for
gerieS on the increase, the FIVE
man staff at EQD is buster than
a politician at press club bar
becue.
Its job is to protect the Treas
ury, disburser of $50 million
checks a year, against fraudulent
documents and to produce evidence
when called on by the depart
ment's enforcement agencies.
When the EQD looks at a docu-
ment, everything that goes into
that document comes under close
study. Color and size and all ply
sical and chemical characteristics
of marks made by pen and ink,
pencil, crayon. printing, etc., are
scrutinized. Fiber properties of
the paper and such items as paper
clips, staples, adhesives and sur
face tints are examined.
The examiner, who is a hand
writing expert, employs the finest
scientific devices as aids. Magni-
flying glasses, microscopes, pho
tomicrographs, ultraviolet apd in
Evening star., 1950-07-31
Auto Prices Drop
To Rock Bottom at
Sale of DereIicts

Auto prices hit rock bottom here
today for those who didn't care
what they bought.
A 1885 Cadillac sedan-a rub
ber-tired yacht if there ever was
one-went for $65 as the Metro
politan Police Department auc-
toned off 81 autos that were tired
10 years ago.
It was great collection of traf-
fic combat fatigue on wheels and
few of them, if any, could leave
the lot under their own power.
Most of the buyers were Junk
car dealers, who plan to dismantle
the old cars and salvage parts
from them.
Typical prices: A Ford Tudor
sedan, $65; another Ford So, a
1910 Buick sedan $3.50 and a
Plymouth sedan SIS.
The cars, and three nondescript
boats were lost or abandoned be-
fore being towed to the police
property yard at Sixth and School
streets, held required period
end then put on the auction block
Evening star., 1950-07-31
Milk Prices Increased
|By Half Cent Per Quart

Major Washington dairieS today
raised the price of home delivered
milk from 2012 cents to 81 cents
quart. Premium. vitamin D
homogenized milk will go from
211a to % cents.
The major dairies were divided
on the matter of raising cream
prices. Some indicated an in
crease from the present price OF
81 cents a half-pint to 2112
cents. Others said that present
prices will remain unchanged.
The increases were authorized
last week by the Virginia Milk
Commission which sets the prices
for dairy products in the State.
Milk prices in Washington almost
invariably follow the commissions
lead. In asking for the increases.
spokesmen for the distributing
dairies cited increased costs Of
milk processing and delivery az
the primary reason.
Evening star., 1950-07-31

Mr.. Kelley also prosecuted a
war frauds pilot case" against a
New York tool and machinery
company accused of padding time
card accounts of workers on cost
plus contracts. These defendants
also were convicted.
1t was Mr.. Kelley whom the
Department of Justice selected to
tangle with Charles E. Ford, one
of the Districts outstanding GRIM
inal lawyers, when Carl Marzani,
former OSS employe, was tried on
charges of denying membership
in the Communist party. Marzani
was convicted.
Mr.. Kelley also prosecuted
Mayor Curley of Boston in Dis
trict Court here, and obtained a
conviction.
The trials of Mildred F. "Axis
Sally" Gillars and Judith Coplon
in the local District Court at
tracted national attention to Mr..
Kelley. During both trials men,
bers of the District Bar filled
visitors benches in courtrooms
to watch him match wits with
Defense Attorneys James j.
Laughlin, representing Axis Sal
ly" and Archibald Palmer repre-
senting Miss Coplon. Both de-
PENDANTS were convicted.
Mr.. Kelley, who has resided at
1907 Gunston Road, Parkfairfax,
plans to move to Fort Wayne with
Mrs. Kelley and their four chill
Gren next week.
Evening star., 1950-07-31
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight
Washington. S:30 PM.

Washington, $3.50 PM.
Murch, Thirty-sixth and Elli-
colt streets NV.
Rudolph, Second and Hamilton
streets NV.
Bunker Hill, Fourteenth street
and Michigan avenue NE.
Lily Ponds. Kenilworth avenue
and Quarles street NE.
Virginia avenue, Ninth street
and Virginia avenue Sc.
Highland Dwelling, 656-7 Yuma
street Sc.
Monroe, Georgia avenue and
Columbia road NV.
Francis, Twenty-seventh and N
streets sN.W.
Blow, Nineteenth street and
Benning road NE.
Syphax, los S street S.W.
Arlington, $3.50 PM.
-Four Mile Run. Four Mile Run,
drive and Vermont avenue. I
Alexandria, 8 PM. 7
Maury, Russell road.
Montgomery County, 8 PM. {
Kensington, Everett street and
Kensington Parkway. =
Prince Georges County, 8 PM. /
Landover Hills Elementary
School. 7oos Varnum street. i.
Evening star., 1950-07-31
Court UphoIds Right
OF D. {. TO Levy Tax
On Securities Firms

The Districts right to impose
an unincorporated business tax
on stock brokerage concerns here
was upheld today by the United
States Court of Appeals.
The courts decision upheld an
earlier finding by the Board of
Tax Appeals against w. B. Hibbs
& Co., located in the Higgs Build
ing.
The Hibbs firm initiated the
appeal after paying $975 as it's
5 per cent unincorporated busi-
ness tax levied in 1947. The firm
is a partnership.
In the view of the company, the
tax law exempted it because it is
business which, by custom, can
not be Incorporated. Attorney
Caesar L. Aiello argued that about
80 per cent of the Hibbs business
is transacted on the New York
stock exchange, which bars mem
bership to corporations. The
lawyer added that custom" of the
exchange precludes Hibbs from
Incorporating and exempts the
firm from paying unincorporated
business taxes.
The court noted that such pro-
fessionals as lawyers and physi-
clans fall within the exemption
clause due to customs or ethics"
However, it ruled that stock COM
panies do not enjoy the same
status.
I'm contrast, stock brokerage is
little different from any business
whose activities are essentially
those of agents for purchase and
SALE" Judge David Bazelon wrote.
Since it has long been settled
that corporation may act as an
agent for such purposes, there is
no inherent bar to petitioners in
cooperating"
Prior to the present ruling the
Hibbs firm paid taxes in the form
of individual income levies of each
of the six partners. A Hibbs
spokesman said today that the
decision will principally affect
some 13 stock brokerage houses
here who are members of the New
York Exchange.
Evening star., 1950-07-31
Nemesis of Soboteurs,
Traitors and Spies, Resigns

John M. Kelley, jr., ace prose-
cutor of the Justice Departments S
criminal division, today submitted
his resignation as special assist
ant to the Attorney General, to
enter private law practice in Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Mr.. Kelley. who successfully
prosecuted Axis Sally" on trea-
son charges and Judith Coplon on
charges of removing Government
documents, will become trial at
torney for the law firm of Camp
bell, Livingston, Teeple and Dill
dine. Alexander M. Campbell is
former chief of the Justice De-
partment's criminal division and
now is the Democratic candidate
opposing Senator Capehart. Re-
publican, in the Indiana sena-
torial campaign.
Since he joined the Justice De-
partment in 1943, Mr.. Kelley has
been in the forefront of the De-
p ar t m e n t'S antl-sabotage and
anti-espionage drives.
One Of his first assignments
was to prosecute the Antonelli
Fireworks Co. in Rochester, N. Y,
manufacturers of incendiary
bombs dropped on Tokyo by the
Doolittle raiders. The Govern
ment charged the defendants
failed to insert the proper amount
of incendiary mixture in the
bombs with the result that a large
proportion of the bombs dropped
by the raiders were "duds." The
defendants were convicted.
Evening star., 1950-07-31
Maryland Guard Unit,
7 Reserve Companies
Get Marching Orders

The first Maryland National
Guard unit to be summoned to
active duty received it's marching
orders today. 1t was the 231st
Transportation Truck Battalion.
an all-Negro outfit from the Bal
timore area and the only non
divisional element in that States
National Guard. It will report
August 10, at its armory in Bal
timore.
Two Army reserve quartermas-
ter contingents in the same area
were ordered to report for active
duty on the same day. They are
the 758th Quartermaster Sales
Mobile Company and the 699th
Quartermaster Reclamation Main
tenance Company.
The fourth group of District
youths called by local draft boards
reported for examination at the
Arlington Farms preinduction
center today. Eight of a sched-
uled quota of SO from Boards Two
and Seven did not show up.
Selective service officials said
that IL of the 46 in the first group
examined last Monday passed the
tests. Beginning next Monday
and continuing on Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays thereafter,
groups of at least 100 District men
will be examined.
Navy recruiting officers here
today launched a special drive for
volunteers for a standby Seabee
force. They said they hope to line
up at least 10000 skilled construc-
ton men from all parts of the
country.
The Coast Guard also is carry
ing on a special drive to enlist
volunteer reserves for port secur-
ity work. No Coast Guard re-
serves have yet been called to
regular duty and there has been
no change in the monthly recruit
ing quota of 40 in this area.
The Army and Air Force need
for doctors is due for discussion
at meeting of the District Medi-
cal Society's Executive Committee
tonight. The committee will con-
slider recommendations voted last
week by approximately 400 doctor
veterans of the District.
Those veterans suggested that
the medical society's executive
committee appoint a seven-mem-
ber committee to spur volunteer
ing, particularly by young doctors
who were trained at Government
expense and saw little or no active
service in the last war.
The Districts quota for Sep
tember is 252. First notices for
induction are not likely to go out
until early in September, officials
indicated.
Recruiting Offices in downtown
Washington reported the following
activity yesterday: The Army and
Air Force interviewed Is appli-
cants, the Marine Corps four and
the Navy four.
Evening star., 1950-07-31
Doctors Bag, Clothing
Stolen From His Car

A physicians bag and clothing
having total value Of 5000 were
taken last night from the car OF
DR.. w. T. Spence, 1914 Connecti-
cut avanue NV, he told Arling-
ton police.
DR.. Spence said he missed the
bag after making successive stops
at Arlington Hospital and a pa
tient's home in the District. .