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nomination of Admiral Sherman
as Chief of Naval Operations, re-
placing Admiral Louis E. Denfeld,
who was fired from the post last
October as the climax of the bitter
unif1cation row.
Democrats and Republicans
Joined in voluntary agreement
to have the hearing at once after
first defeating, by a 5-to-5 vote
along strict party lines. a Re-
publican move to bring Mr.. Mat
thews before it. The Democrats
construed that as an effort to use
the Sherman nomination as a We
hicle for reopening the whole uni
f1cation row.
Knowland Sponsors Move.
The move to call Senator Mat
thews was sponsored by Senator
Knowland, Republican, of Cali
fornia, and vigorously opposed by
Chairman Tydines, Democrat, of
Maryland.
Senator Tydings said that if the
California member would confine
his questioning to the qualifica-
tions of Admiral Sherman, he
would vote for the motion. How
ever. he opposed using Admiral
Sherman "as pretext for going
into the Denfeld matter"
Senator Knowland countered
that he was being gagged" and
at one point he said that he would
resign from the committee If that
took place.
Admiral Denfeld was fired after
he testified against the admins
tration's' unification policies be-
fore the House Armed Services
Committee. Previously the De-
partment had considered Admiral
Denfeld as a supporter of uni
f1cation.
Democratic Senators Kefauyer
OF tennessee and johnson Of
Texas finally brought about the
agreement to bring the two Navy
chiefs up Immediately to dispose
of the Sherman nomination As
quickly as possible.
To Rule on Questions.
Senator Tydings agreed to the
compromise with the explanation
that If any questions put to Mr..
Matthews this afternoon were
deemed irrevelant to the Sherman
nomination, the committee then
would decide whether they should
be answered.
The issue had appeared settled
after the tie vote on the Know
land motion. but feelings were
still strained between the Repub-
licans and Democrats lined up on
opposite sides of the table.
1t was reopened when Senator
Saltonstall, Republican, of Massa-
chusetts made a new motion to
have Secretary Matthews come
before the committee, entirely
apart from the Sherman nomina-
tion. to give any information he
desired about the physical condi-
tion of the Navy or its morale.
Chairman Tydings hastened to
explain that he had planned to
bring the Secretaries of all three
branches-Army. Navy and Air
Forces-before the committee one
by one later on for. a discussion
of their respective services, but
he wanted time to arrange an
orderly schedule.
Johnson Mskes Comment.
The Salstonstall motion was
still pending when Senator john
son said irreparable harm was
being done Admiral Sherman and
the Navy by letting his conflrma-
ton lag when from day to day
wrangling over broader issues.
Senators Kefauver and Chap
man, Democrat, of Kentucky
Joined in urging an immediate
open session this afternoon on
the nomination.
Senator Morse, Republican, of
Oregon said he was glad that
Chairman Tydings planned to
have the heads of all three serv-
ices before the committee soon
because the people all along the
West Coast had become greatly
q
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BULLETIN

Secretary of State Acheson
today said Russia is detaching
the northern provinces of China
and attaching them to the So
Wet Union" Shortly before he
challenged a statement by Sena-
tor Taft, Republican, of Ohio
that a small amount of aid now
could save Formosa.
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Civil Rights Amendments Add CompIjeo-
tons to OIeo Bill. Page Al.
fEPC Bill Tops Program Of House
Leoders. Page AZ.
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u S. OffieioIs Discuss How To Speed
Arms To Europe. Page A-4
West Pacific Defense Not Impregnoble
But Strong, Experts Soy. Poge AS.
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By J. A. O'Leoy

The next move in the verbal
battle over Formosa appeared to
be up to Secretary of State Ache
son today, following the sharp at
tack made by Senator Taft, Re-
publican, of Ohio, in the Senate
yesterday on the administration S
policy in the Far East.
Mr.. Acheson is scheduled to
speak at a National Press Club
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luncheon at l o'clock this after
noon and both sides in the con-
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Reds Massing Forces
On South China Coast
For Smash al Hainan
Believed Able to Lond
At Will on Island;
GuerrilIus Active
BY the Asseciotsd Press

TAIPEI, Formosa, Jan. a.
Red China was reliably reported
massing forces today for q smash
at rugged Hainan Island. Ma
tionalist refuge off the South
China coast.
Inf Tor m ton reaching Hong
Kong said the Communists could
OBSERVE. Believe Soviet Is Giving Mao
Hord Time. Poge b..
Russia Believed Too Weak to insect
Chinese in U. N Now. Poqe A-l6.
u. S. Destroyer Fseortins Flying Arrow
to Tsinstoo. Page A-3
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(See COPLON, Page A-2.}
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(See WARRING, Page A-4)
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(See ECA, Page A-4.)
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(See LIQUORS, Page A-5)
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Johnson Makes Comment.

(See ADMIRALS, Page A-20
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Occasional light rain mixed with sleet to-
day. Rain tonight, low about IS. Tomor-
row occasional rain and milder. Gull re-
port on Page A-2)
Evening star., 1950-03-22
Of $303,00Q
Expected for Fairfax
Road Work in Year

About 1903 900 is expected to
be available for road maintenance
and surfacing in Fairfax County
during the 1o50-51 fiscal year.
j. H. Phillips. resident engineer.
announced the approximate fig
ure yesterday at the county's
annual Spring road meeting at
tended by about 100 residents
seeking road improvements.
Although the State has not yet
disclosed the exact amount it will
allocate to Fairfax County, Mr..
Phillips said he expects it will be
about the same as last year. The
total appropriation for 1949-50
was about $485 900, but some Of
this went for administration. en-
gineering. repayment of earlier
over expenditures and other costs
Leaving only slightly more than
100000 for actual road work.
The meeting was conducted by
r. I. Mount. engineer for the
Seventh Highway District. He
pointed out that Virginia's high
way system has been built on a
pay-as-you-go basis. He added
there is no debt for roads built in
Virginia. .
The State ALLEGATION is partially
based on population. Fairfax
still receives funds based on a
1910 census and will not profit
from its greatly increased popu-
lation until the 1951-52 fiscal year,
Mr.. Mount said.
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Winners Announced
By Catholic Daughters

The Court Forest Glen No. e61
of the Catholic Daughters OF
America has announced the local
winners in the poetry contest be-
ing sponsored by the national or
ganization.
Winners named by Mrs. Eleanor
Press, grand regent. are: Brian
Sheehan. st. Michael's School,
Silver Spring; Ethel Blaine, Ma
tivity School of Washington, and
Mary Jeanne Estencheid of the
Academy of the Holy Cross, Sill
yer Spring.
They will be presented with IS
each by the local group and are
now eligible competitors with
other Maryland courts in the
State contest.
Court Forest Glen also will pre-
sent Lenten convert program at
BIS pm. Monday at St. Michael's
Auditorium, Silver Spring. The
Rev. William J. Kelley, Catholic
University labor relations in
structor, will speak. Mrs. Helen
Shaudis is chairman OF arrange
ments.
Evening star., 1950-03-22
DIP Farm Family Of Five Marks
First Anniversary in PooIesvi|Ie

Emils Ulis, his wife and five
children had an anniversary yes
terday.
There were no ceremonies on
the Poolesville Md farm where
the Latvian family lives but the
milestone did not go unnoticed.
On March 81, 1949, the family
arrived in New York from a dis
placed persons camp In Germany.
On that same day they became the
third family to locate the Metro
politan area under the resettle-
ment program OF Washington
Lutheran churches.
Much has happened since. Other
DIP families have come and gone.
But the Ulis are still on the farm
dairy farm of Halle Chisholm. And
it seems more like home every day.
Take it from dimpled-checked
Maiga, %, the oldest child. Maiga,
who smiles as she speaks the Eng
lsh she learned in Germany and
has improved in the IL months
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$4,000 70 Be Spent
On Ayr|awn Work

The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
will spend $4,000 this year in
developing the Ayrlawn recrea-
ton center in North Bethesda,
according to Vice Chairman
Blair Lee, III.
Speaking last night before Is
representatives of community or
ganizations at the Bradley School,
Mr.. Lee said $12 900 of this amount
will be used for sewers.
He added the commission has
ordered play equipment, includ-
ing swings. slides, sand boxes and
see-saws, and plans to begin re-
modelling a burned-out farm
building as meeting place dur
ing the summer.
The Community representatives
said they preferred to have the
money spent on the grounds and
equipment rather than on build
ings.
They also asked for a caretaker
cleaning the grounds, more toilet
and drinking facilities and con-
flning the area to recreation use
1t now is used for a bricklaying
school and as a parking place for
the Montgomery County Tree
Service trucks.
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High Schools Build Up Atomic Energy Study

and 1t is not being used for such
harmless things as pottery dye.
The study of atomic structure
has been in the high school cur
riculum for years, Mr.. johnson
explained. But the increased en-
phasis now is an obvious thing
caused by the dramatic advances
made in the field.
Form Special Unit.
Mr.. johnson said that the
science teachers have formed a
special committee to work up an
atomic energy unit" to include
in science courses. When the
committee finishes its work, Mr..
johnson said he and Percy j. Ray
ford, science department head for
the colored schools, hope to. add
special two-week study to pre-
sent science courses.
The last two weeks would be
devoted entirely to atomic study
if plans go through, Mr.. johnson
said.
Not only will atomic energy be
taken up in science classes, but
two-weeks unit will be added to
the social science courses, Mr..
johnson explained. The social
significance of nuclear physics is
just as important as the scientific
aspects, he added.
In addition to the work of this
committee. Mr.. johnson and Mr..
Rayford currently are presenting
a series of lectures on atomic
Evening star., 1950-03-22
Arlington Fire Volunteers
Bid 10 Join D. T.. Force

Fire Chief Joseph A. Mayhem
has invited Arlington volunteer
flremen to apply for some of the
146 new vacancies that will exist
on the District force when the
60-hour week here goes into effect
July /.
Chief Mayhem addressed the
monthly meeting of the Arling-
ton County Firemen's Association
last night in the Jefferson Dis
trict Firehouse. SOL Twenty-third
street NV.
He praised the 125 firemen pres
ent for their cooperation with
the District Fire Department and
stressed the value of the volunteer
suburban companies to the Dis
trict. John Paul Jones, president
of the organization, which repre-
sents all seven Arlington COM
panies, conducted the meeting.
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energy for the benefit of the
teachers. These lectures are be-
ing given by scientists from the
Atomic Energy Commission.
Showing Real Energy
Meanwhile, science students
and the science clubs at the high
schools are digging into the field
with energy almost atomic in
nature.
At Anacostia High School, for
instance, a number of exhibits
have been produced to illustrate
basic principals of atomic energy.
One of these is a simulated atomic
explosion.
The "secret formula" for the
explosion is kept locked up at
the school. Mr.. Johnson confided
that it was a mixture of zinc and
sulphur, however.
Woodrow Wilson students have
managed to get hold Of a radio
active dime, yes. 10-cent piece.
This coin once spent some time
in an atomic pile absorbing
deadly rays.
What it radiates now is not
deadly. So. it hangs on the wall,
a reminder that the atomic age
is here.
When the science classes get
Geiger counters-which is not too
far in the future-that dime can
be counted on to make the
machine rattle.
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Baptists TO Spend $4,000
For Wheaton Chanel Site

The National Baptist Memorial
Church has appropriated $4,000
for a building site for the Wheaton
Baptist Chapel, 10914 Georgia
avenue, Silver Spring, the Rev. DR..
William j. Crowder, acting pastor
of Wheaton Chapel, announced
today.
DR.. Crowder stated that $22, 500
was for the purchase of the Geor-
gia avenue home and $4,000 to
renovate it for church purposes.
The building has an apartment
upstairs that will be used as par
sonage.
Fifty persons have presented
themselves to date for member
ship in the new congregation, DR..
Crowder said. Charter member
ship will be held open through
Easter Sunday, April 9.
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here, is sort of spokesman for the
family.
It is MaigA who transmits in
structions and suggestions from
Mr.. Chisholm, Garrett Park fuel
dealer. to her parents. both of
whom still understand only their
native tongue. .
It is Maiga who has learned to
drive truck and an automobile
and daily carries food for the hogs
from Garrett Park to Poolesville.
And it is Maiga who makes you
feel, as you talk to her, that the
Ulis family will do job that will
make Mr.. Chisholm and the
Lutheran Church proud of it.
The other children are Via and
Rasma, 17-year-old twin girls, and
Egars and Janis, 6-year-old twin
boys. The two girls live and work
in Garrett Park and Kensington
and go home on weekends. In ad-
dition, Rasma, attends night school
in the District. The boys 60 to
school at Poolesville.
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Virginia AP Radio Men
Elect John W. Eure
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 22.-
John w. Eure, news editor of Ro-
anoke's Station WDBJ, is the new
president of the Virginia Associ-
ated Press Broadcasters, succeed
ing Jack Weldon of Station
WWOD, Lynchburg.
Other new officers elected yes
terday are Fred Hart, WLPH, Suf-
folk, vice president; Irving Abeloff.
WLEE, Richmond, secretary, and
Frank w. Fuller, Associated Press
Richmond bureau chief, treas
urer.
Among members named to the
Executive Committee was Howard
Stanley, WEAM, Arlington.
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Montgomery Farms
Bought by Ed. Flynn

Edward J. Flynn, former New
York Democratic leader, has en-
larged his landholdings in Mont
gomery County with the purchase
of the 412-acre farm Of Samuel
r. Jarboe, near Poolesville.
William Y. Bouic, attorney for
the Bronx leader, said the pur-
chase price was about 100000.
Mr.. Bouic said a deed to the
farm has been made out in the
name of Thomas F. Corcoran, an
Air Force veteran who has been
a companion of Mr., F1ynn's two
sons for many years.
According to Mr.. Bouic, Mr..
Flynn plans to raise thoroughbred
horses. The property fronts on
the Potomac River at Edwards
Ferry.
The land adjoins a 350-acre
farm bought by Mr.. Flynn two
years ago.
Evening star., 1950-03-22
By Colt HendIey, Jr.

The plates on your dinner table
may be radioactive.
And, it should be a simple mat
ter to find out if they are. Ask
almost any Washington high
school student who has taken a
science course recently.
In the past year. the high
schools have been placing more
and more emphasis on the teach
ing of atomic energy and all that
it means in the physics field. This
interest in nuclear studies caused
Keith johnson, science depart
ment head for the white schools,
to comment:
THE interest of the students is
so deep that it is impossible for
science teachers to devote enough
time to the subject"
Uranium and Pottery.
But about those plates:
Before the war, certain pottery
companies which specialized in
colorful patterns used a uranium
compound to produce the orange
color which predominates on Mex
lean and California-type pottery.
That dye from uranium acetate
will make Geiger counter go
mad" Mr.. Johnson said. "Of
course, the radiation is harmless" :"
During the war, however, other
uses for uranium were discovered
the atomic bomb, for instance
Evening star., 1950-03-22
Young Democrats Elect
H. 6. Machen President

Assistant States Attorney Her
vey G. Machen has been elected
president of the Young Democrats
of Prince Georges County to serve
a year.
Other officers chosen are:
Oscar R. Duley, first vice presi-
dent; Harry A. Boswell, jr., second
vice president; Ernest N. Cory. jr.,
treasurer; Perce Wolfe, jr., secre-
tary. and Mrs. Phyllis McNamee,
sergeant-at-arms.
All Democrats Of the county,
both men and women under 40,
are invited to join the club. Appli-
cation blanks may be obtained
from Mr.. Machen at 1923 Farra-
gut street, Hyattsville.
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Arlington Youth Heads
Crimson Key Society

John Tilgham Hazel, son of
DR.. John T. Hazel, 4014 North
Thirteenth street, Arlington, has
been elected president of the
Crimson Key Society at Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass.
The society, a branch of the
student council. was organized to
assist newcomers and visitors to
the college. Mr.. Hazel is in his
junior year and majors in history.
He is a graduate of Washington
Lee High School in Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-03-22
Tax Returns Still Due
From o09b in ARLINGTON

Fewer than 10 per cent of Ar.
lington taxpayers have filed State
and municipal tax returns to date,
according to Harry K. Green, COM
missioner of revenue.
Returns reaching the commits
sioner's office after May / are sub
ject to 10 per cent penalty.
Mr.. Green warned that failure
to receive a tax form does not
excuse a taxpayer from making
the return. Assistance in prepar-
ing the forms is available in tho
commissioners office in the court
house.
Evening star., 1950-03-22
Montgomery Plans
For County Building
Nearing Completion

Plans are nearing completion
for construction of a new Mont
gomery County Office building in
Rockville to cost approximately
$7oo, 900.
Site of the proposed building,
1t was revealed at the county
councils meeting yesterday, is q
1-acre tract at Perry and Jeffer-
son streets. The council Is at
tempting to buy the property from
the heirs of Mrs. Mary Peter for
about 100000.
In other business, the council:
l. Granted two rezoning petit
tions for apartment and CONNER
cial use in Silver Spring.
e. Approved four appointments
to fill positions in the Health and
Public Works Departments.
3. Set a hearing at $3.50 pm.
April 1s in the Rockville Court
house on q proposal for street i'm
provements in the Argyle Club
Estates subdivision, Silver Spring
Four Story Structure Planned.
According to Ronald S. Sense
man, Takoma Park architect, pre-
liminary plans for the Office build
ing call for a four-story and
basement structure. An adjoin-
ing three-story wing is to house
the Health Department. At pres
ent. county offices are scattered in
different buildings, as we'll as in
the Rockville Courthouse.
County Manager Irving G. Nc
Nayr said $4,000 has been set
aside in the current county budget
for drafting plans.
A public hearing on the coun-
ellis proposal to buy the site will
be held at 2 pm. April 4 in the
courthouse.
In resolution yesterday, the
council asked the Board OF Edu-
cation to convey to the county
land adjacent to the proposed site
to permit complete DEVELOPMENT
OF the Office building.
The school boards land now is
used as an athletic field by Rich
ard Montgomery High School.
Areas Rexoned.
The rezoning petitions granted
were filed by j. Fendall Cough
Ian. attorney for Helen j. and
John D. Maddox, for commercial
classification of land at 1901 Fid-
Ter lane, and by Annie, c. Wade
for apartment house use of prop
erty on Browning avenue.
New employees appointed are:
Marian w. McNab, Route /,
Germantown, as a secretary in
the Public Works Department at
$3.50 a year; William l.. Bland,
Berwyn, Md, as an inspector for
the same department at $3,740 a
year: Agesilaos j. Bulahanis,
Mount Rainier. Nd. and John E.
Waaser. Lansdowne, Pa, as sani-
tarians with the Health Depart
ment at $4,000 year each.
The street improvement project,
on which a hearing will be held
April 18, contemplates curbs, gut
tiers, sidewalks and resurfacing
work along Dallas avenue from
Forest Glen road to Argyle road
Bristol avenue from Forest Glen
road to Argyle road and Guilford
street from Dallas avenue to
Bristol avenue. Total cost is esti-
mated at $77.159.
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Gov. Lane Saws
.HeWi|| Sign
Sothoron Bill
Backs Measure to
/. Revomp Rule in
Prince Georges
By stoff Correspondent of The stor

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 22.-Gov.
Lane said today he definitely"
will sign the controversial Soth-
oron bill to reorganize the Prince
Georges County government.
The measure, which provides
for full-time county commits
sioner at $500 a year and a
county purchasing bureau. is
among lot bills on which the Gov
ernor will act at pm. Tuesday.
In all, ia bills were passed at
last months session of the Gen
eral Assembly. Six already have
been signed by the Governor and
one has been vetoed.
Had Cast Doubt.
On Monday, Attorney General
Hall Hammond issued an opinion
in which he cast doubt on the
constitutionality of the Sothoron
bill and 33 other measures.
He said then that the bills
might not be valid under a con-
stltutional provision that 30-day
legislative sessions must be re-
stricted to the States fiscal af-
fairs, acute emergencies and the
general public welfare.
The Governor quoted Mr.. Ham
mond as saying yesterday that he
believed the Sothoron bill, spon-
sored by State Senator L. Harold
Sothoron of Prince Georges, was
intended to meet an emergency in
the county government.
Gov. Lane recalled that 1949
amendment to a local county law
omitted the number of county
commissioners to be elected in
November.
Believes Action Justifiable.
UNLESS I sign this bill" he de-
clared. 1--WE would have a situa-
tion in which the county would
wind up without any county
government this fall since, in my
opinion, the present county COM
mlSSlonerS would not hOld over.
For that reason I believe the bill
was justif1ably considered by the
legislature.
The Governor also said he has
written the Prince Georges County
Civic Federation denying it's re-
quest for hearing before he acts
on the bill.
The federation and the County
League of Women Voters have
strongly opposed the measure on
the ground it is mot a true home
rule bill"
Because of the emergency ma
ture Of the BILL" Gov. Lane said,
Il have told the federation that
a. hearing can serve no useful pur-
pose and it is my duty to sign it."