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Evening star., 1950-02-07
@. O. P. Retains Thomas Seat
In New Jersey House Race
w. B. WidnuII Wins
Over Democrat for
Remainder of Term
By the Associoted Press

HACKENSACK, N. j., Feb. T.
Republicans STAYED off repercus-
sions of the j. Parnell Thomas
"kickback" case and elected q
COP successor to Thomas va
Gated House seat yesterday.
William B. Widnall. 43-year-old
State assemblyman, scored ar
easy victory in a special election
in New Jerseys 7th Congressional.
District.
It was the Nations first such
vote in 1850 and boosted Repub.
lican strength in the House to liz
again as compared to 261 fol
Democrats.
Mr.. Widnall defeated Democrat
George T. English by a better
than two-to-one margin in the
traditionally Republican district
The final unofficial tally was
81, ,226 votes for Mr.. Windmill ano
1871 for Mr.. English, former
Mayor of East Paterson, N. j.
Thomas, who in his heyday
headed the House Committee on
Un- American Activities, resigned
his post five weeks ago. The ac-
ton followed his sentence of G
to 18 months in prison and a
$40, 900 fine for padding his office
payroll and accepting kickbacks
He now is serving time in the
Federal correctional institution In
Danbury, Conn.
The 7th district seat has been
held by Republicans for the last
35 years. Thomas was elected to
seven terms. In 1948, while al
ready under investigation, he won
by 72,873 to 56.095 for Democrat
John j. Carlin.
Mr.. Widnall, who directed his
campaign fire at Federal spend
ing and veered away from the
Thomas issue, will serve for the
remainder of 1850. Candidates
will run for a full two-year term
in November.
a.
Chairman Guy George Gabriel
son of the Republican National
Committee himself from New
lJersey-said today that the vic
tory yesterday of William B. Wild
mall, Republican, In the race te
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Budenz 10 Continue
Testimony Against
.ChristoffeI Today

L 1llS ShIcllG VI r1dIUlu II. SIlI ISL
offel's alleged associations with
Communists and the party was to
be probed further this afternoon
| in District Court. when Louis F.
Budenz resumes his testimony.
| Christoffel, former head of Local
248 CUAW-CIO) in. Milwaukee,
was to go into the sixth day of his
trial at 1880 pm. Judge F. Dickin-
son Let's declared recess until
that time. since he must impanel
new set of jurors for the entire
court in the morning.
The tall, lanky defendant, lead
| er of numerous labor disturbances
at the Allis-C Chalmers plant for
more than a decade, is charged
with perjury. This is his second
trial on the same charges that he
lied when he told the House Labor
Committee in 1947 that he was not
Communist and that he INDUCED
in no Communist activities.
Budenz Tells of Meetings.
Convicted the first time, he was
granted new trial by order of
the Supreme Court, which held
the Government had failed to
show quorum of the Labor Com
mittee was present to hear the
alleged perjury committed.
Louis Budenz, ex-Communist
and former editor of The Daily
Worker, occupied the witness
stand during most of yesterdays
session. He was the chief prosecu-
ton witness in the first trial.
AS Budenz told his story of
seeing Christoffel after 1887 on
numerous occasions when Com
munist Party matter were dis
cussed, the defendant showed no
emotion, but his brows were con-
stantly knit as he gazed earnestly
at the witness. Not even when
Budenz testified the defendant
was introduced to him as "a good
Bolshevik" did Christoffel finch.
Under intense croSs-examina-
ton by Defense Attorney o. John
Rogge, the witness likewise re-
mained calm. At several points,
as when Mr.. Rogge accused him
Iof adding" to testimony he gave
at the first trial, the witness broke
into an almost friendly smile as
he voiced his denials.
Labor Official Testifies.
Since renouncing the Commu-
mist Party in 1945, after 10 years
active membership, Mr.. Budenz
has been an economics professor
at Notre Dame University for one
year, and has held professor
ship at Fordham University for
about five years.
The only other witness produced
by Prosecutors John S. Pratt and
Frank Patton was Glenn M
Clarke. until last month secre-
tary-treasurer of the Milwaukee
County Industrial Union Council.
He was grilled in connection
with records Z he removed from
union files concerning activities
Iof former officers. These files
were subpoenaed by the Labor
Committee when it was investi-
eating Communist activitiess In
labor unions in 1947.
Mr.. Clarke said he was elected
on an anti-Communist platform,
He admitted letting a Milwaukee
newspaperman study the records
some time before they were sub
poenaed. But he denied Mr..
Rogge's accusation that he stole"
them from the files. contending
the papers were in his custody.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Final Cavern Repairs
May Open I'D ST. for
Traffic Tomorrow

Twenty-second street at @
street NV. should be open to
traffic again by tomorrow night,
in the estimation of J. N. Robert
son, District director of highways.
Concrete was laid yesterday over
most of the large section of south
bound roadway, which had to be
ripped up last Friday when
cavern to feet deep was dis
covered under the pavement.
Concrete ordinarily takes 70
hours to seven days to dry" COM
mented Mr.. Robertson. But we
used richer mixture with cal
cium chloride added" He said
this would hasten the drying.
To Apply Asphalt.
I'VE hope to be able to cover 1t
with asphalt tomorrow morning"
he added. This should be cold and
ready for use by the evening rush
hour, when I'VE hope to open to
traffic"
Slightly behind in the resurfac-
ing is small section in the mid
die of the street, at the end of a
safety island, where a new gutter
drop" is being installed. Concrete
for this. replacing the defective
one, which allowed water to wash
out the cave, was poured yesterday,
and forms were to be taken out to-
day and the dirt filled in.
Ellwood johnson, deputy direc-
tor of sanitary engineering for the
District, said 30 feet of 15-incn
sewer line had to be replaced be-
fore the main part of the roadway
could be covered. Until Twenty
second street is opened, south
bound traffic is being diverted over
Twenty-f1rst street.
Cause of Cavern Uncertain.
The exact cause of the cavern
is still something of a mystery,
Mr.. johnson said.
He said he was certain the
washing away process did not re-
suit from weakening mains be-
cause of extensive blasting in
that neighborhood several years
ago.
Formation of the cavern prob
ably took months and perhaps
years, Mr.. johnson said, but his
Office still can only "surmise' how
it all started.
The trouble has been traced to
two breaks, but their cause or age
cannot be determined with Ger
tainty, he explained. One break
was in the sewer line that runs
parallel to @ street. The other
was in a connection between q
corner manhole and the sewer
basin.
Water from the street surface
and manhole escaped from the
connection break and washed in
creasing amounts of dirt into the
broken sewer,
Evening star., 1950-02-07

by radio. At Neighborhood Con-
certs, listeners are almost all
Ineighbors. There are no tuxedos
and no professional critics.
Often twos and threes of small
boys walk into the auditorium
and sit chattering noisily. Then
Mr.. Mitchell walks out to the
podium, and the house falls quiet.
At most of the schools, night
classes are in session during the
concert, and many students steal
softly into the auditorium after
class, sometimes even when there
are only 10 minutes more of
music. Some students unabash-
edly skip class to sit in on the
symphony.
$4,000 Attendance.
Since The Star first began the
neighborhood series in the fall of
1916, more than $4,000 persons
have heard the concerts at the
schools, and countless numbers
more over their radios.
Said Mrs. Genevieve Dias of 48
U street NE. who brought her
11-year- daughter Kathleen to
last nights concert:
Its a great advantage to the
younger set. We oldsters didn' t
have symphonies like this. 1t
gives them a chance to learn to
appreciate music"
Kathleen, who is a student at
st. Martins School, has been
studying the piano for five years
and hopes eventually to be con-
cert pianist. Her classmate, Char
lene Shepherd. II, also plans to
continue her musical studies.
Both Mrs. Dias and Charlene's
mother, Mrs. Irene Shepherd of
81 Rhode Island avenue NE, are
enthusiastic hackers of the SYM
phony.
Another contributor sent in her
donation together with short
note which read:
Dear Sirs:
'My family laughed at me for
sending my hard-gotten money to
help support the music of WASH
ington, but I think your programs
help all of us who listen to them
or attend them. hope you keep
up your neighborhood concerts as
I go to high school and have en-
ijoyed them very much"
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Suit Over Church Sale

A retired Arlington Baptist
minister has brought suit against
a real estate man, on charges
that a former church at 1888
Wilson boulevard has been lille
gally converted to commercial
use.
The Rev. Francis J. Lukens,
2770 North Washington boule-
ward, protested to a Circuit
Court jury that he has not been
paid the $4,820 he was to receive
If religious use of the building
was discontinued.
The minister contended that
this provision was contained in
the purchase contract when he
sold his church in 1914 to Rev.
Charles o. Benham, now of
Clifton.
The defendant, Talmadge
Wilcher, said there was no
such clause in the contract
when he bought the church
from Mr. Benham in 1945 for
$4,000. The building now con-
tains Mr.. Wilcher's office, a
valet shop, radio store and can
dy shop.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Swedish Sailor Leaves Here
To Rejoin Ship in Bermuda

Lars Johansson. the Swedish
sailor left behind when the cruiser
Gotland left here, was sent to
Bermuda today by commercial
airlines to rejoin his ship.
Travelling alone, Mr.. Johansson
left here at $50 am. for New
York. The Swedish Embassy said
he was to be met by a Swedish
consular official and transferred
to Bermuda bound plane.
Evening star., 1950-02-07

the popular personnel director of
the Federal Security Agency, is
recovering nicely from a recent
illness. He's expected back on
the job within the next few weeks.
FEWER ACCIDENTS-Federal
Security Administrator Oscar
Ewing has reported to Congress
that. during the past year, there
have been fewer on-the-job in
Juries among Federal employees
than ever before.
Mr.. Ewing, whose agency ad-
ministers injury compensation
matters for Government workers,
declared this new all-time injury
low resulted from the remark
able strides made during the past
year in helping to make Federal
employment less hazardous than
in former years" A number of
Government agencies, particular
ly the Navy Department. have in
stituted new safety programs to
afford their employees greater pro-
lection from injuries.
x X X
CAPITAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Aulette, Louis Thompson, Charles
Mace, Elinor Reams and David
Scull have been elected to fill va
cancies on the State Departments s
Federal Credit Union Board of Di-
rectors. Others elected to credit
union positions in the Depart
ment were Leo Vincelette, Russell
Fessenden and Neil Muhonen
Rome D. Leandri has been ap-
pointed assistant chief of the Vet
erans' Administrations vocational
rehabilitation and education serv-
ice. BARLEY A. Costello has been
appointed chief of VAS training
facilities section
The Civil Service Commission
has announced an exam for prac-
tical nurses ($2.65o a year, at
F'reedmen's Hospital The COM
mission will announce a Govern
ment-wide exam for shorthand re-
porters later this month To-
morrow is the day when the unan-
imous consent calendar will be
called in the House, but none of
the more important Federal en-
ploye bills is expected to win the
unanimous approval needed on the
consent calendar ...
Eight Federal employees have
been nominated for three positions
on the Board of Trustees of the
Group Health Association. The
election will be held at s pm. to-
morrow in the National Archives
Auditorium. Those nominated are:
Eugene Eaton, Interior Depart
ment; Harold Eisele, Agriculture
Department; David Ginsburg, Sc
curities and Exchange Commits
sion; Kenneth Meiklejohn, Labor
Department: Maurine Mulliner,
Federal Security Agency; Aaron B.
Nadel. Veterans Administration;
John L. Sullivan, Office of the Sec
retary of Defense. and Albert
Waterston, International Bank
and Monetary Fund.
fBe sure to listen at 6::45 pm.
eDery Saturday .oUer WMAL,
The Star station. to .Joseph
Evening star., 1950-02-07

time and a half for all overtime
Also, the bill would give Gov
ernment workers double time il
cash for all work on Sundays ane
holidays.
The measure would have an
other important effect. Many
Federal officials work their en-
ployes overtime because it doesn't
cost them any money-the en-
ploye can always be given com
pensatory time off. But if they
had to pay cash for all overtime
many employees would not be sub
jected to overtime work. Many
Federal workers have complained
they have had to work overtime
because of the whims of their
bosses and not for any essentia.
reason.
STATE DEPT. THOROUGH
MESA woman we know re-
Gently applied at the State
Department for a rather rou-
tine clerical job. Instead of
being interviewed by the per-
sonnel Office, she found herself
questioned by one of the depart
ment's top administrative off,
cialS.
From the questions asked her
she wondered whether she had
applied for a clerical job or for
the position of Secretary of
State. What did she think of
our Latin American policy? Did
she feel our foreign policy was
succeeding in Europe and Asia?
What were her views on For
mosa? Were we winning the
"cold war;? Nothing was men
toned about her qualifications
for the job she wanted.
Apparently her policy views
satisfied the State Department,
for the next week she was in
formed the job was hers. How
ever. she declined with thanks.
Meanwhile, she had gotten a
job with the Army Department
without having to answer a sin
gle question relating to the
hydrogen bomb, the unification
issue or other kindred policy
subjects. They just asked her
if she knew how TO file.
X X
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Gen. Lee Heads Air Group
In New Atomic Tests

Maj. Gen. Robert M. Lee, head
of the Tactical Air Command at
Hampton, Va, will direct the air
task group which will help con-
duct the new atomic tests in the
Pacific
He will serve under 1t. Gen. Ell
wood r. Quesada, commander OF
the joint task force to conduct
the tests. the date for which has
not been announced.
Evening star., 1950-02-07

rent practice.
whereby most
F e d eral en-
p es W h o
work overtime
are not paid in
cash but in
stead are given
C o m p pensatory
time off during
the following
week. The Le-
S i n S ki b bill
would guaran-
tee Federal en-
pl oy es cash
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Maryland
and
Virginia
Sweeping Changes Proposed
In County Government
News in Brief

A merit system for Prince
Georges County employees is in
cluded in sweeping changes pro-
posed for the county government
in bill before the Maryland Sen
ate today.
Senator L. Harold Sothoron
introduced the measure last night.
It would authorize the County
Commissioners to set up a pur-
chasing bureau and provide a
$500 annual salary for a board
chairman to serve full time.
The four other commissioners
would receive $500 a year each.
At present all board members
draw $1,000 year each on a
part time basis.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Jailed for Tokinq Bets

A District resident accused
of taking bets on race horses
while operating a pie truck in
Montgomery County was fined
$500 and jailed for As days in
the county yesterday.
In sentencing Louis Thaddeus
BusSard, Al, of the 300 block of
r street NV, Judge AIger Y.
Barbee declared:
you are one who makes it
possible for the District of Co
lumbia organizers to operate in
this county"
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Over Million in IsrueI

TEL AVN (P).-A total of
239,171 Jewish immigrants from
all parts of the world arrived in
Israel during 1949. These ar
rivals boosted the new states
population well over the 1000, 900
mark.
Evening star., 1950-02-07

Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast, featuring additional
ne,Ds and Uie,Ds OF the Govern
nent scene.J
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Tax Cut Bill Passed

Swift action was expected from
the Maryland Senate on two bill.
which would save the States in.
come taxpayers more than ST..
100000.
Both were approved unanimous.
ly last night by the House. The
measures raise exemptions for de.
pendentS from $400 to $500 ane
doubles the $1,000 personal ex.
emptions for those over IS years
Evening star., 1950-02-07
College Robbed of $4,000

Four bandits obtained $4,000
from the library receipts at Nor
gan State College in Baltimore
yesterday. The gunmen entered
on the run, held 16 persons at
bay and made off with the days
registration fees. The apparently
well-planned robbery was COM
pleted in only three minutes.
The robbers. three young COL
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Town to Cut Service

Lack of Federal payments may
force Greenbelt drastically to cur.
tail public services.
The only public services which
can be assured. the City Council
voted last night, will be police anc
fire protection if the PUBLIC Hous.
ing Administration refuses tt
make payments which the city
claims are due.
Without this aid, it was said
the city must discontinue sewage
disposal. trash and garbage col.
lection. a kindergarten and pub.
lie health and library facilities.
Evening star., 1950-02-07

Az WlTephOt0.
fill the House seat in the 7th New
Jersey congressional district was
IAN indication of the resurgency
of our party not only in New
Jersey but also nationally"
Evening star., 1950-02-07

ored men, took advantage of the
fact that students were paying
midterm fees. They escaped in
an automohile.-AP.
Evening star., 1950-02-07

Every 10th Viennese now is an
alien, the Austrian metropolis an
nounced, after a count showed
that of Vienna's 1,744,8 inhabi-
tants 102,732 or six per cent, are
aliens.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
The Federal Spotlight
Bill to Ask 7me-ond-o-HoF
Cash for All Overtime
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Young

Chairman Lesinsk of the House Labor Committee within the
few will introduce legislation
half cash Government employees
they have to in the JOB.
Finishing touches being measure
Evening star., 1950-02-07

(Be sure to listen at Gas pm.
eDery Saturday ouer WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Evening star., 1950-02-07

mittee for action as soon as it is
introduced.
The measure would end the cur
Evening star., 1950-02-07

RECOVERnIG-O. Glenn stahl
Evening star., 1950-02-07

AuLomoplle lgntS must
one-half hour after sunset.
PRECIPITATION,
Evening star., 1950-02-02
Small Loans
Continued From First Page.)

Reconstruction Finance Corp,
Senator O'Mahoney said that if 1t
worked. it might take the RFC
out of the business loan field.
In explaining his proposal, he
commented:
Either we are going to have
competitive enterprise or we are
going to have monopoly control
> =, The best answer we can
make to the hydrogen bomb and
the atomic bomb is to make the
free enterprise and private prop
erty system work"
Aid to Private Enterprise.
He said the proposed machinery
was envisioned as something
which would permit private econ
omy to stand on its own feet"
He said the investment hear.
ings demonstrated substantial in.
terest among insurance compa.
nies in investing in small business
II a practical way could be founC
for doing so with reasonable Sc.
curity. At least So billion dollars
in investment funds are not avail.
able to small business as risk
capital, he said.
Senator O'Mahoney pointed
out that the new banking firms
would permit National banks ot
the Federal Reserve System tt
use some of their large surpluse.
for investment in small busines.
through risk-sharing arrange.
ments with other banks and pri.
vate and institutional investors
Evening star., 1950-02-02
DR.. MetzIer Injured
CRITICALLY by Auto

A Government farm employ.
ment specialist was critically in.
jured when struck by an automo.
bile on Executive avenue, be-
hind the White House, late yes
terday.
Park police identified the VIC
tim as DR.. William H. Metzler
So, Berkeley, Calf. Driver of the
automobile was Paul B. Cromelin
1906 Gramercy street NV. a past
president of the District Bar AS
ISOLATION, police reported.
DR.. Metzler arrived here by
plane Tuesday. He was staying
at the Emery Hotel, 1912 G street
NV. He reported yesterday for
work in the Bureau of Employ
ment Security of the Labor De-
partment, officials said. From
1942 until December he was en-
gagged in research on migratory
labor problems for the Agriculture
Department in Berkeley.
Both his legs were broken In
the accident and he suffered head
injuries, police reported.
Inspector Mark Raspberry
chief of Park Police, said DR.
Metzler was crossing the avenue
Eject from thesnearest cross
walk. No charges are contem-
plated asainst Mr.. Cromelin, he
added. IS -
Evening star., 1950-02-02

former recording secretary OF
Local 248. They identified GER
tain records of the local. which
were put in evidence by the prose-
cution.
Back Hartley Testimony.
When the trial recessed last
night II legislators had sworn
they were on hand to hear Chris
toffel.
Members of the current Con-
gress, testifying for the Govern
ment on the quorum issue yester-
day were Representatives Lesinski
of Michigan, Kennedy of Massa-
chusetts and Fisher of Texas,
Democrats, and Gwinn of New
York. Nixon of California, Smith
of Kansas, Kearns of Pennsyl-
vania and Brehm of Ohio, Re-
publicans.
Former Representatives who ap-
peared were Schwabe of Missouri
and Kersten of Wisconsin, both
Republicans.
Each insisted he was present
during the questioning of Chris
toffel. backing up the testimony
of Fred A. Hartley, jr., fromer
Republican Representative from
New Jersey, who was chairman OF
the committee at the time and
who said Tuesday a quorum def
nitely was present.
Evening star., 1950-02-02
ChristoffeI Case Brings
Senate Quorum Change
BY the Associosed Press

The Senate voted yesterday to
change its committee quorum rules
to meet legal objections raised in
the Harold Christoffel perjury
case. r{F soy
1t adopted a resolution offered
by Senator Bridges, Republican, of
New Hampshire. authorizing its
standing committees and their
subcommittees to fix a lesser num-
ber than the present requirement
of one third of their membership
to comprise quorum for the pur-
pose of taking sworn testimony.
In urging adoption of the reso-
luton the Senate Rules Commit
tee noted that the Supreme Court
in the Christoffel case ''invalidated
the practice of custom of presum-
ing a quorum of a committee to
be present once it had been estab-
lished and until point of no
quorum was made"
Christoffel, a Milwaukee labor
leader, was indicted fer perjury
after telling the House Labor
Committee he had never been a
Communist. The high court. how
ever, threw out his conviction on
the grounds that the prosecution
had not proved a quorum was
present. Christoffel now is being
retired on the perjury charge.
The Senate committee said the
new rule not only provides an ade-
quate response to the decision In
the Christoffel case, but it will
protect the rights of future wit
nesses to have a competent tri-
bunal to hear their sworn testi-
mony.
Evening star., 1950-02-02
Tibet Broodcosts Vow
10 Eiuht for Freedom

The mountain land of Tibet,
which Red China threatens to
5"liberate," has broadcast a vow
she will fight to preserve her
freedom at all costs.
From the cloud-wrapped capi-
tai Of Lhasa have come faint
broadcasts, heard in New Delhi,
India, insisting that Tibet is not
part of China and declaring the
people demand their right as
Tibetans to absolute independ-
ence."
Referring to news reports that
Chinese Communist troops have
already reached the borders OF
the mountain fastness, the Lhasa
radio asserted Tibetans "are firm
ly resolved to protect his holiness
(the Dalai LANAI, their religion,
their country and their lives"
The Chinese Communists have
been stepping up their propa-
ganda drive for what they re-
ferred to as the liberation of
Tibet" Their statements have
been interpreted as a curtain
raiser to a possible invasion OF
that sparsely settled mountain
'land.-AP.