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campaign has been the sales tax
launched by Gov. Lane two years
ago to build better schools. roads
and hospitals.
Mr.. McKeldin has pledged him
self to work for a step-by- ster
elimination of the tax. AS matters
now stand, however, both candi-
dates agreed to raise the exemp-
lions on purchases from Is to sc
cents and exempt all food ano
articles used in baby care.
Representative Sasscer, dean Of
Maryland's delegation in the
House, has been reelected con-
tinuously since 1889.
Mr.. Sasscer's Republican oppo-
nent, Thomas s. Carr. 38, is ar
Annapolis radio executive. Mr.
Carr has actively campaigned in
the Southern Maryland district
which includes Prince Georges
County and a part of Baltimore
He has raised the issue of gam
bling in Prince Georges County
during the campaign.
Representative Beall. who is So
lives at Frostburg and is seeking
his fifth term in the House.
His Democratic opponent is
Maj. Gen. Russell P. Hartle,
U. S. A., retired, who lives in
Hagerstown. Gen. Hartle, at 81,
is making his first venture into
politicS.
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Corning Scale
|OfCunudiuns
Professional Men
At Top of List
By Robson Black

MONTREAL.-What classes
of people in Canada are now
earning 'big money? The gov
eminent has just issued the
latest compilation for the IL
months of 1913. Nothing so
dramatically reflects the evolu-
ton of the country from its old
time occupations of farming,
fishing and forestry that used
to embrace most of the young
nations wealth production.
Canada collected $647 million
in income taxes for the year
1913. Lawyers, doctors and en-
gineers were at the head of the
list of income earners, their
averages being from $7.400 to
$500. OF more than two and q
half million taxpayers, nearly
10 per cent earned more than
$1,000 but less than $4,000. In
the higher brackets, 1880 per-
sons earned between $4,000 and
$4,000 a year; 1870 earned be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, and
1850 more than $4,000.
Nurses were the lowest of the
income groups. with an average
of $1.319. Fishermen averaged
1885, farmers $2,887. Farmers,
under Canadian. law. are al
lowed generous scales of deduc-
ton for depreciation. but their
official record of net income
still leaves them with one-half
the take" of an average dentist
and $500 less than the profess
sional entertainer. The latter
makes a much better showing
than university professors and
school teachers, who are bulked
together at $2,239, although
most professors are paid above
the level of $3,500-$4.000.
Tax Boost Due
The Canadian government
collected $685. million in profits
taxes from corporations. OF
that amount, $685. million came
from manufacturers. $50 mil
lion from retail firms, $43 mil
lion from wholesalers, $44 mil
lion from mining firms and $39
million from public utilities:
The year 1851 is almost GER
tain to bring a substantial in
crease in corporation taxes and
perhaps a rather smaller in
crease in income tax to meet the
rapidly spiraling federal expen-
diture on defense. Already bur-
dened with about $3.50 million
of taxes, about half of the total
collected on personal earnings.
the Canadian recipient of $500
to $4,000 faces the new imposts
with grim resignation. The
squeeze of runaway retail prices
for food and clothes plus the
new bills for ornaments is cut
ting real income to a melan-
choly remnant.
(Copyright London Observer Foreign
News Service
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by the Rome vote-which has
been going on between opposite
concepts since FAC was set up
in Quebec in 1945. One Of those
concepts was personified by Sir
John Boyd Orr-now Lord Boyd
Orr-Nobel Peace Prize recipient
in 1949, first director general OF
FAC.
His selection was vigorously OPP
posed by the British delegation
at Quebec and by the United
States delegation. The latter del
egation was led by the then
Undersecretary of State Will
Clayton and the then-Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton P. Ander-
son. This opposition openly anc
actively showed itself even before
Sir John had arrived in Quebec
or had enunciated his ideas Of
what FAC should be. One of foul
sons of Scotch ovenanter par
ents, this University of Edinburgh
doctor-farmer. founder OF the
worlds first nutrition laboratory
at Aberdeen. Scotland. was al
ready well known for his crusade
against the irrationality of de-
stroying food SURPRISES in worlt
of need. This crusade was IL
lumined by the motion picture
film, "A World of Plenty" which
he xected and which figured
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If you are an average Ameri-
can, your income more thar
doubled in 10 years. but dropped
back q little in 1949.
The Commerce Department
recently figured the 1949 rate
at $3.50. compared with $1,387
in 1948 and $3.50 in 1889. From
1888 through 1913 there was
an increase every year.
The term average American"
includes everybody-papa who
usually has the biggest paycheck
in the family, mama and junior
who sometimes have paychecks
of their own and little Susie who
was born last month.
OF course, not only income
but prices and taxes have been
going up. But that's another
story.
The departments report
shows sharp differences in aver.
age income in various States.
High income region for the
Nation was the District of Co.
lumbia. with an average of
$500 a year. Low was Mis-
sissippi with 1894.
On the East Coast, besides
the District of Columbia, there
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Council (policy-making group,
Viscount Bruce of Australia. has
likewise indicated he does not
want to stand for reelection. The
basic conflict within FAC will find
expression in these elections when
ever they take place.
In this situation the position
Of the United States appears
anomalous. It is described by
members Of the delegation as
fluid" Confronted by the dis
satisfaction of the Latin Amer
lean bloc and its adherents, the
United States delegation is re-
ported ready to back any candi-
date for any Office who enjoys the
support of a majority of the dele
gates.
On the substantive question of
FAO's actual future operations the
United States delegation gives
some signs of willingness to devil
ate from its heretofore close fol-
lowing of the British lead. The
delegation is still self-conscious
from the battering it has received
for not having prevented the dis
rupting move of headquarters to
Rome rather than keeping it in
the United States or leading on
a compromise such as Mexico City
or Quebec.
1t does not mean, however, that
the United States is yet ready to
back down from the State De-
partment's position of resistance
to international administration of
surplus agricultural commodities
by FAC. It means rather that
the United States will back ex-
pansion of international activi-
ties and of technical assistance
programs. The latter have ranged
over a wide field, from the early
missions to Greece and Poland to
far flung programs of rinderpest
control, hybrid corn distribution
and rice breeding. Three FAC
regional Offices in Latin America
will be added to the one already
operating in the Far East at Bang
kok and the one in the Near East
at Cairo.
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courts meet the needs Of 300
young women from 80 States and
the District of Columbia and from
eight foreign countries.
These students look forward
eagerly to the early completion
of the new gymnasium, the gift
of parents and alumnae, presently
under construction. Two schools
stand today on the Foxhall road
campus - fifth home of Mrs.
Somers' school-a preparatory
school and Junior college. They
are separate in function and in
program, they occupy different
buildings, they are under separate
administration and taught by diff
ferent faculty. yet they are one
in their adherence to the schools
fine traditions and in their pride
IN their goodly heritage.
The Alumnae
A partial list of the alumnae
association includes: Mrs. Walter
Kinds Allen, Mrs. Paul A. Blair,
Mrs. Parker Dove, Mrs. Andrew
B. Duvall, Mrs. Henry M. Eakin,
Mrs. William C. Eustis, Mrs.
Charles w. Fairfax, Mrs. Warren
Foster, the late Mrs. Julius I.
Peyser, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor.
Mrs. Samuel A. Gayley, Mrs.
Cabot Coville. Mrs. Henry Polkin-
horn, Mrs. Eleanor Lutz Boiling,
the late Mrs. Bruce Edmund
Clark, Mrs. Henry P. Erwin, Mrs.
William w. Bride, Mrs. Hobart
Brooks, the late Harriet Belle
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Mr.. Tawes ran against Mr.
Lane in the 1916 primary but was
defeated. Subsequently, the Gov
ernor appointed him banking
commissioner and then controller
to fill the vacancy created by
the death of James J. Lacy nearly
two years ago.
For a while it looked like Mr.
Tawes was Just 'lukewarm" in
his praises for Gov. Lane early
in the campaign but this impress
sion was completely dispelled
when the Democrats toured the
Eastern Shore. There, where Mr.
TaweS has wide influence as a
native son." he went all-out for
the Governor and the other Dem
ocratic candidates.
McKeldin's Pledge
Also at stake Tuesday is Mary
lands representation in the House
Representative Beall of Frostburg
and Representative Miller. Easton,
of the 9Th and 1st districts, re-
spectively. are the only Republican
incumbents. The other four DEM
ocrats are Representative Sasscer
of Upper Marlboro, in the 5th;
Representative Bolton, I'd district:
Representative Garmatz, Sd dis
trict, and Representative Fallon,
4th district.
Prime Issue in the pllbernatorial
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Walker, Mrs. F. w. Yeatman. Mrs.
Willoughby S. Chesley, Mrs. Julius
T. Conrad, Mrs. cambridge Crist.
Mrs. Eleanor Lansing Dulles, the
late Mrs. Robert Lansing, the late
Mrs. Edward Mclean, Mrs. T.
Percy Myers. Mrs. Gerson Nord-
linger.
Mrs. Mildred Bacon Oulahan,
Mrs. Theodore S. Palmer, Mrs.
William E. Pearson, Mrs. Francis
H. Pope, Mrs. Margaret Rees
Price, Mrs. Wilton j. Lambert,
Mrs. Clifton Laughlin, Mrs.
Charles A. McKenney, Mrs. Will
liam P. Meredith, Mrs. Barry
Mohun, Mrs. E. B. Sheriff.. Mrs.
Arthur C. Stanley, Mrs. Irene B.
Story, Mrs. Ralph E. Wilson, jr.:
Mrs. Morgan Stump, Mrs. James
H. Purdy, jr.; Mrs. Benjamin
Rathbone, Mrs. William Vernon
Richardson, Mrs. George Scharf.
Mrs. w. A. Scully, Mrs. William
D. Searle, Mrs. Edwin M. Watson.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lake, Mrs.
Jerome j. WILDER, Mrs. Herbert
l.. Willett. jr.; Mrs. Henry Bailey
Wurdeman.
Mrs. Frank H. Towner, Mrs.
Frederick w. True. Mrs. George
Weed Wallace. Mrs. Charles En-
erson Hood, Mrs. Huron w. Law
son, Mrs. Charles W. Kutz. Mrs.
S. H. Greene, Mrs. Victor Kauff-
mann, Miss Anne Seymour Ames.
Miss Rene w. Barr. Miss Grace
Edwards, DR.. Mabel H. Grosvenor.
Miss Gertrude LutZ. Miss Clara
A. Lutz, Miss Emily May Libbey.
Miss Anna Van Dyke Skillman.
Miss Nancy Struble, Miss An
gelica Remey, Miss Emma Mertins
Thorn, Miss Gertrude Adelaide
Tu-ooI1, o~L Mice cr,oa Ior~av
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1927, when she was approaching
her Goth year, she refers to this

1927, when she was approaching
her Goth year, she refers to this
square, saying: THE Farnham.
lived near us, on the corner Of
Eleventh and M streets. They
owned the entire block and their
grounds were our dearest play
spot. The old house is still there
1t was q part of Mrs. Somers
School at one time"
On the south side of M street,
between Eleventh and Twelfth
streets, across the street from
the Farnham home. at 1104, lived
Crosby S. Moves, then editor OF
The Star.
College Preparation
The program of the school has
always been characterized by
sound college preparation. aca-
demic freedom and emphasis upon
the important role of woman in
her home and community. These
threads run through the philos-
ophy of the two modern schools
which developed from the SEM
inary's early beginnings. Plans
for the incorporation Of the
school and its removal to Ne
braska avenue location. were COM
pleted in 1917. under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Adelia Gates Hens
ley, long associated with Mrs
Somers in its administration and
her successor as headmistress.
In October, 1916, Mount Ver-
non opened for the fall term on
the Foxhall road campus. al
though far from completed. To-
day an administration building.
six student residences, a refectory
fine playing fields and tennis
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trade without first consulting the
FAC commodity committee. This
was recognized as a significant
gesture toward giving power to
a poWerless international commit
tee. 1t was not what the State
Department wanted. 1t seemed to
spring from a special understand
ing with President Truman who,
in an address to the conference
earlier, had evidenced leanings in
the direction of the clearing house
idea. But it came so near the end
of the conference the other dele
cations had no time to get in
structions to back it up from their
respective governments.
In his report to the just-ended
FAC Council meeting Director
General Dodd emphasized the crit
ical change in the world food sit
uation caused by the Korean War
and the Atlantic pact nations re-
armament program. Nations are
already being forced by events, u
he said, ''to expand production
of scarce commodities and to ini-
tiate stockpiling, price and credit
control, and, to some extent, allo-
cations and rationing."
"At no time since FAC was
founded" he continued, "has il
been so acutely necessary to quick
en- the pace and broaden the scope
of international action on food
and agriculture problems. Unless
the fortnight military steps
taken by the United Nations are
backed up by equally farseeing
action to remedy fundamental
economic and social Ills that op-
press vast populations and drive
them along desperate roads of ma
tional and international revolt,
see no real hope for peace in the
years ahead"
His report advocates broadening
the terms of reference of the COM
promise commodity committee irl
the direction of Sir Johns con-
cept. He recommends that the
member governments of FAC:
!; "(a) Take prompt steps to de-
: velop a system of nationally helo
reserves Of storable food and agri.
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cultural commodities as insurance
against severe shortages, national
or international, and for use in
famine relief, war relief and other
emergencies, including interna-
tional agreement on the conditions
under which the reserves would
be released;
"(b) Initiate plans for the in
ternational ALLEGATION. If the pres
ent situation should materially
worsen, of scarce supplies of agri-
cultural products important in in
ternational trade, the ALLEGATION
system
"O To become effective only
when shortages and prices reach
points to be defined and agreed
upon in advance. and
"Cii) To include the determine.
ton. based on international agree
ment, of the range of prices
at which allocated commodities
would be bought and sold fol-
import and export:
"(c) Utilize the Food and Agri-
culture Organization as fully as
possible to efectuate these recon-
mendations on reserves and al
locations within the framework OF
international cooperation"
u. S. Position Fluid
But the FAC Council drafting
committee. led by Sir Gerard
Clauson of the British delegation
in formulating the Council recon-
mendations to the whole confer
ence, rejected the plan for buffer
stocks and turned It's back on al
of Mr.. Dodd's proposals in this
section Of the report.
It is not clear whether any new
officials will be elected at this FAC
special conference. Director Gen.
eral Dodd, whose health has not
been good, has agreed to stay or
another year to administer the
transfer of headquarters. There
has been some talk that q director
general designate might be chosen
to take over when Mr.. Dodd steps
! down. HE chairman Of the FAC
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ator Mccarthy into Maryland a
few times in the hopes they could
capitalize on the Communist
charge, but apparently there are
those who thought better of 1t,
remembering the Inflated "Tyd-
ings purge attempt" by President
Roosevelt in 1888.
BY contrast to the Senator's
strategy, Mr.. Butler has attacked
his opponent personally. The Re-
publican uses the record of his
opponent, who Is chairman Of the
Senate Armed Services Commit
tee. Mr.. Butler blames the Demo-
Gratis for lack of preparedness in
Korea and at the same time &C
cuses them of leading this coun-
try into all of its major wars.
On the other hand, Senator
Tydings' favorite speech is to re-
call the record of the last two
wars and charge that the Repub-
licanS now fight the Marshall
Plan and North Atlantic pact,
thus adopting an Ostrich policy"
One of the mysteries of the
Democratic primary was the 81
lence of about 10000 voters in
the Senate race. About 100000
Democrats voted for Gov. Lane
and his four primary opponents,
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THE SUNDAY STAR. Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER S, 1850
Conflict Within FAC
U. N. Group Set Up to Handle World Food
Problems WrongIes Over Its Functions
By Gardner Jackson

Former Special Assistant the Secretary Of Agriculture
crisis importantly in his selection
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, State Department insistence on
O policy of bilateralism in re-
spect to agricultural commodities
in contrast to the multilateral-
ism of the clearing house pro-
posal, however, forced Secretary
Brannan to accede to appoint
ment of a compromise commodity
committee with only advisory
powers. Farm organization lead
ers point, however. to his final
speech ,at last years conference
as evidence that he did not aban-
don his fight.
In that speech Secretary Bran
nan pledged the United States
Government not to move on any
of its surplukes In international
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Pledge

Prime issue in the gubernatorial
Evening star., 1950-04-22
N19,625 in Permits
Includes Approval
For S277,70O School
PIuns Are Revised
For Hebrew Academy
To Cost $3.50, 900

Building permits were issued
during the last week by the Cen
tral Permit Bureau, Room los
District Building. having a total
valuation of $Sls,625, Among
permits was one for a school
building to cost $277,0Oo.
Among permits were the fol-
lowing:
Hebrew Academy Of Washing
ton. owner. 3235 o street NV;
Standard Construction Co, build
er, 1910 Vermont avenue NV;
Corning & Moore. architect. 1926
M street NV; revised plans un-
der previously issued permit, to
erect one 2-story masonry school,
6O45 Sixteenth street NV. to cost
$685. 900.
District of Columbia, owner,
builder, not selected; municipal
architect. architect; to erect one
4-story brick, cinder- block and
concrete school. 1850 Benning
I'd. NE, to cost $277,7O0.
Washington Roofing Products
Co., owner. $50 l. street NV:
George c. Burns. builder and
architect, Chevy Chase. Md; to
erect one 1-story brick and cinder-
block store and showroom, 624 M
street NV, to cost $65 900.
George H. Candey, owner, 1ll8
Eighteenth street NV builder,
lot selected; Harry Barrett. ar
hitect. GIT Fifteenth street NV:
o erect one 2-story brick and
cinder-block, steel store and Of
flee, 1116 Eighteenth street NV,
to cost $4,000.
Morris Lenkin, owner, Tivoli
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FHA Gives LIST
0f29Projects
Yet 10 Start
These Developments
In Area Will Have
2,74l Apartments

The District Once of the Fed
eral Housing Administration dis
closed today that out of 43.477
apartment units approved in the
four years between May %, 1946,
and March !, 1850, a total Of
2,741 units in 40 projects have
not as vet been started by the
sponsors.
Most Of the projects have been
approved since January /, the
agency said, though a number have
been awaiting a start for q longer
period.
The mortgage amount involved
in the 29 projects is $17,555,7
out Of mortgage total of $780,
9s6,S06 for the 3s9 projects on
which FHA has agreed to provide
mortgage insurance in this area.
Delay Explained.
In some cases, final arrange
ments have not as yet been made
for financing, and in others, the
delay is due to changes in plans
and specifications or to other fac
tors, the agency said.
Last week FHA reported it had
agreed to insure mortgages on A.
projects which had not yet been
started.
Meanwhile, it reported today
that six of these projects, having
a mortgage amount totaling $4,-
$1,000 have now been started,
making a total of 35 projects
either not yet started or just get
ting under way.
The remainder unaccounted for
is represented by group of ap-
plications now either under ex-
animation" or mot to be proc
essed" which, inadvertently, were
included in last weeks group of A
projects listed as not yet started,
the agency said.
List Of Projects.
The list of projects not yet
started, together with address.
number of units, mortgage amount
and names Of sponsors, follows:
Hillcrest Heights, Section Is.
Twenty-sixth and Heating streets
Prince Georges County, Md, SO:
$247, 500; Anthony. Carozza. F. w.
Berens. H. Kleinpeter. George De
Franceaux.
Hamilton Courts Apartments.
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Hearings to Begin
On Rent Control Bill
Monday in Senote

Hearings on the bill to ex-
tend rent controls will begin
at 10 am. Monday before the
Senate Banking Committee.
with Housing Expediter Tighe
e, Woods, Gov. Bowles of
Connecticut and Gov. Steven
son of Illinois among those
sceduled to testify in favor of
the measure.
More than 500 other persons
are reported to have requested
an opportunity to testify pro
and con.
Senate hearings probably
will continue for about a week.
The House Banking Commit
tee will hold hearings begin
ming May 8.
Evening star., 1950-04-22
HugeApartment
May Bullion
Nevius Tract
New Housing Act
Makes $500 More
Units Possible Here
By Robert J. Lewis
Reel Esaase gdltsr Of ne SAss

The new national housing act
signed by the President this week
may permit construction Of about
2,3oo rental apartment units In
the District area IN addition 10
the 43.477 already approved By
the Federal Housing Administra.
ton.
Among projects now being con.
sidered by FHA is an elevator
development to have q total II
1908 units which is proposed for
construction on part Of the
Nevius tract in Arlington County.
Va, north Of the site on which
the Veterans Administration once
planned 10 build a veterans hos-
pital.
| other projects which may set
FHA mortgage financing are Q
557-unit elevator apartment build
ing on Massachusetts, avenue be-
tween Fifteenth street and Scott
Circle-to be owned by the Inter-
national Brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers. l7-unit apartment to
be known as Quinn Gardens at
Twelfth and North Quinn street.
Arlington; and a 267-unit addi-
ton to District Heights Apart.
ments in District Heights. Md.
Applications Filed.
Applications for mortgage insur-
ance for these four projects. said
an FHA spokesman. we're filed
prior to February Is, which Is un-
derstood has been set as the cut-
of date for developments to bs
aided with an additional $500. .o0o.-
900 mortgage insurance authorize.
ton provided in the new housing
act.
If the Nevius tract project In
approved. 1t would be the largest
elevator development In the entire
District area. Sponsor Is the
O'Driscoll Construction Co. Of
New York. The location Ii Lee
boulevard and Arlington Ridge
road.
A decision by FILA on all pend
ing cases is expected within six
weeks, spokesman explained.
Housing developments came In
rapid-f1re order this week. signal
lied by the Presidents approval
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