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Evening star., 1950-04-05

Agriculture Departments. and the
Federal Security Agency and the
Veterans Administration.
These departments and agencies
were selected because. outside OF
the military agencies. they have
5he largest bulk of Federal employ
ment. The military units were
skipped because of the commit
tees feeling that Defense Secre-
tary johnson already had achieved
a considerable reduction in civilian
employees.
MARITIME-If the Maritime
Commission is transferred 10 the
Commerce Department-and thi.
seems very likely-Msj. Gen. Philir
Fleming. Maritime's chief, is ir
line to become Undersecretary Of
Commerce for Transportation.
STATE DEPT.-Deputy Under.
secretary of State John E. PeurifoS
is reported by some State Depart
ment insiders to be in line for 8
top diplomatic post. Mr.. Peurifoy
a career employe, who worked hi.
way up from an elevator operator
to one of the Governments tor
officials, is said to be a definite
possibility for the Job of Am,
bassador to Canada.
EMPLOYMENT - The Bvre
Committee on Nom Essential Fed.
eral Expenditures reports that
although the Defense Depart
ment has dismissed more thar
ll4.000 civilian employees sine,
Defense Secretary Johnson's econ.
omy order. most military aeencie.
in Washington have increasec
their StaffS.
With the exception of the Nav,
Department which trimmed 1t!
personnel by 1883 workers during
the last six months. the other mill
tary units in Washington addee
employees, the Byrd Committee
declared. The Air Force increased
by l.190 employees, the Army b.
70l and the Office of the Secretar,
of Defense by 179.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The Fed
eral Communication Commits
sion has changed the name of it
Special Legal and Technica
Group to the Office of Forma
Hearing. Parker D. Hancock il
chief, Sylvia D. Kessler and Her.
bert Sharfman. attorney advisers
Horace E. Stone, electronic enei
neer. and Charles S. Borum, &C.
countant Eben NJ. Whitcomb
the Tariff Commissions director
Of investigation. has retired aftel
80 years of outstanding service
DR.. Raymond E. Wilson ha,
been appointed chief OF the Ma.
tional Bureau of Standards tenn
Evening star., 1950-04-05
| Am an American Day.
Planned Here Nav III

Plans for observance OF Il Am
an American Day" in the District
May 81 and % were announced
yesterday by Waldron E. Leonard
general chairman.
They include a talk by President
Truman in ceremonies at the Cap
itol on May %.
The program. to be preceded by
a parade, will be timed to permit
attendance by school children and
Government workers.
Mr.. Leonard said it is hoped
that Bill Boyd. radio and tele-
visions Hopalong Cassidy, will
appear on the program.
Evening star., 1950-04-05

June 80, 1851. and about IS mil
lion each year thereafter.
The letter was signed by Maj.
Gen. Clark L. Ruffner, the Army's
chief Of legislative liaison.
The Board of Commissioners,
it was learned from a high off,
cial. did approve the l48-acre sur
plus declaration.
Army officials insisted the sur
plus land will have little effect
on the home-located at the
far north end of the property
and that it will retain its
autonomy under the new plan.
The Soldiers Home area Topped
off by the surplus declaration, Of
flcials said. has been a part of
the homes large dairy farm.
Center Leaders Reserved.
While leaders of the hospital
center project were cautious in
comment on the home land, mean
while, none of those interviewed
objected strenuously to the pro-
posal.
A doctor on the board said he
would prefer the observatory site
but that he thought the Soldiers
Home is "a grand location" The
land, he said, is in an area "of
good population" accessible from
many points of the city and hav-
ing the advantage of not being
on the tax books of the District"
A hospital official added:
The community needs it badly
to replace old, outmoded and un-
safe buildings. I'd settle for a site
period. Let's CO."
Gen. Fleming said the observa-
tory had the advantage of about
10 acres of land, but that he
thought some of it was pretty
rugged" for the centers purposes
He also disclosed that I'VE are
now talking in terms OF a 1000
| bed hospital Originally, the CEN
ter was to have contained 1900
beds.
Observatory Site "Junked."
w. E. Reynolds, Commissioner
OF the GSA's Public Buildings
Service. said his unit has "junked'
the observatory site as far as
planning purposes in concerned.
because availability of the site
seemed so far in the future"
Senator Tydings. Democrat, of
Maryland. who fathered the hos
pital center bill through Congress
and fought for the observatory
site, had heard about the Soldiers
Home proposal and hopes it will
be considered.
Some high Navy officials, it
was learned. are lukewarm about
the observatory move, although
the Navy has gone on record as
feeling 1t would be desirable /"
The Senate already has authorized
the move to Virginia. but a House
committee recently eliminated the
authorization from a building bill.
inls action may throw the issue
into House-Senate conference.
Location of the VA hospital
meanwhile, while also has been cut
IN size from 750 to 500 beds. has
caused a raging controversy for
several years.
The Nevius tract. selected by
Gen. Bradley when he was Veter-
ans Administrator, is located at
Lee boulevard and Arlington Ridge
road, adjoining Arlington Gene
terry. There has been speculation
tnat, II 1t were declared surplus.
IL might be used to expand the
cemetery
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other developments in the Army
surplus move:
l. The Army, with Budget Bu-
reau approval. has prepared legis-
lation to cut the Soldiers Home S
vast trust fund and route into the
Treasury each year money lin
excess of that required for cur
rent and future construction
plans and for the operation and
maintenance of the home"
Soldier Charges "Steal."
2. This proposal. as we'll as the
148acre cutoff of land, brought
vehement protest from a spokes-
man for some of the old soldiers
residing at the home.
The spokesman, 74-year-old
Sergt. Jason B. Chambers
charged the moves are a scheme
of the Budget Bureau" and rep
resent lone of the biggest steals
ever pulled over on the defenders
of our Nation"
Administrat ton Of the home, in
cluding expenditures. is controlled
entirely by Board of Commits.
sioners. headed by a retired off.
Ger. The members are high Army
officers. Their actions are sub.
ject to approval of the Army Sec.
retary. -~~
+ Congress each year appropri.
ates operating money from thu
trust fund and adds 3 per cent ir
terest on the fund annually. TIL,
fund has three sources, an oficia
said, largest OF which is from fine!
and forfeitures from court mar.
tials. Second largest source is tn,
Congressional interest. payment
it was reported. and the third /.
a l0-cent month assessment or
the payroll of Regular Army en-.
listed men. )
Is kf@ Income Noted. :
The legislation sought by the
Army was outlined In a letter te
the Senate and House Armed
Services Committees.
The letter observed that the
trust fund has an income of SIS
million a year plus interest
amounting to 81 million. Oper-
ating expenses amount to SIS
million a year.
The trust fund now totals $42
million. the letter stated. It ad.
ded that the Budget Bureau said
President Truman will. in the nea,
future, request Congress to appro.
pirate s12 million now in the
fund for immediate construction
at the home This will leave q
balance of $40 million.
! The legislation would provide
that on June 80, 1851, all unap-
propriated funds in excess of S26
million be transferred and credited
to miscellaneous receipts in the
Treasury.
$50 Million in Reserve.
OF the $26 million remaining
$40 million would constitute a re-
serve fund for future construction
OF the remaining Sc million, such
sums as might be necessary would
be appropriated for maintenance
and operation of the home for the
fiscal year ending June 30. 1852.
/ On or after June 80, 1850, all
funds on deposit in the Treasury
credited to the Soldiers Home
fund would cease to draw interest
The letter said the legislation
would not add any cost to the
Government, but would divert from
the Soldiers Home fund to the
!, Treasury about $11.5 million or
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Plan Summer Theoter

A summer stock company may
play in an open air theater just
off the Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway this year as a result
of 4 ruling by the Fairfax Coun-
ty Board of Zoning Appeals.
The board granted a special
use permit for an outdoor
theater at Collingwood, about
five miles south of Alexandria,
which has been operated as a
tea room since 1882.
Edmund B. Montgomery, own
er of Collingwood, declined to
give details but said he has been
negotiating with 4 group of New
York theater people.
Evening star., 1950-04-05

W a IL oONtI IL.
mnt workers.
All injury and
d e a tn claims
filed by Federal
employees an d
d e p e n d e n t 5.
stemming from
mishaps on the
job. are ham
died by t h e Sc
units.
Less than a
year ago, FSA
PIP os e d any
move to trans
fer these units
Evening star., 1950-04-05
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District Of Columbia-Partial
clearing. cool and windy this
afternoon. Fair and colder to-
night. with lowest about 36. To-
morrow fair and continued cool,
highest in middle 40s.
Maryland and Virginia-Some
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Soldiers Home
Continued From First Page.

NNUIIlIIUeU TIUIH II ST FdRCD
Of two streets directly through the
old home property. One connects
with North Capitol street at the
south end of the land and winds
northward through it. The other
connects with Illinois avenue and
Rock Greek Church road on the
north and extends southwark to
Michigan avenue. which borders
the land.
Meanwhile, there were these
Evening star., 1950-04-05

cloudlness. windy and much colder
tonight, lowest Is to 80 in noun
tains and around 35 in central
portion, SO to 40 on the coast.
Tomorrow fair and colder.
Wind velocity, 10 miles per
hour: direction. northwest.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Soop Shortage Deplored

Lack of soap and poor table ap-
pointments in Irish hotels were de-
plored at Dublin by A. Mcbride,
Minister for External Affairs. as
q discouraging factor for tourists.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
.FSA Reverses Stand, Agrees
Compensation Bureau Shift
By Joseph Young

Reversing stand Of
Agency has the
transfer its United States Employees Compensation
Labor Department.
The bureaus activities. well Employees
Evening star., 1950-04-05

perature measurements section =.
Harry Hubbard, vice chairman OF
the Federal Personnel Council. is
vacationing in Florida. The
Civil Service Commission has
ruled that, if the Post Offlces Gus
todlal employees are transferred TO
the General Services Administra-
ton, AS contemplated In President
Truman's reorganization plan.
they will be allowed to carry over
their sick leave. Custodial EN-
ployes operate under a different
sick leave system from other Fed
eral workers, and there had been
some question whether they
might carry over their accumu-
lated sick leave benefits to the
GSA. The commissions ruling
says they may.
BE sure to listen at 6:l5 pm.
euery Saturday ouer WMAL,
The Star station, TO Joseph
Youno's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
nc,Ds and ricDs OF the Govern
ment ScereD
Evening star., 1950-04-05

Fair weather will prevail almost entire country
tonight with precipitation limited
rain the the Pacific States It will he
cool over the eastern third of the country Pacific
country. ZAP Wrephoto Map.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Federation Member Resion.

The Arlington Civic Federation
accused of political activity by
one of its member organiza tions
accepted the resignation of the
protesting group last night.
The New Ballston Citizens AS
sociation also complained that the
federation acts on controversial
issues without first giving men,
Der groups an opportunity to in
struct delegates as to how to
vote. Federati ton President T
Oscar Smith branded the politi-
cal activity charge utterly false
and said the delegates, them
selves. have the power to defer
action if necessary.
The federation agreed to pre-
sent all previous and future win
ners of The Evening Star Trophy
with miniature copies for perma
nent possession. The trophy is
awarded annually by the fedora
ton for civic endeavor.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Keyser|ing Says Nation
Must Increase OUTPUT
BY N. Asscttc,.1 pfeu

NEW YORK. April S.-America
must boost Its overall economic
output. says Leon H Keyserling,
or face growing mass unemploy-
ment."
The acting chairman OF Presi.
dent Truman's Council Of Eco
nomic Advisers said last night
that to prevent widespread unem-
ployment, annual output must be
increased to $500 billion within
the next decade.
Mr.. Keyserling spoke at the
10Th annual dinner OF the Ma
tional Housing Conference.
Evening star., 1950-04-05

PROPOSED HOSPITAL SITES-Ths of the Soldiers Home
property shows declared surplus by the
marked sites for the delayed hospital
and the proposed 1000 bed Washington Hospital
shown streets planned through
leading from North Capitol the south
other connecting with Illinois n the north.
Evening star., 1950-04-05

COMPENSATION Appeals BOarO,
which also would be transferred
from FSA to the Labor Depart
ment. are of extreme Importance
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Acquitted of JoiIbreok

A prisoner convinced a Fair
fax County Circuit Court jury
yesterday that he was not try
ing to get out of Jail when
guards found him saving on
bars.
John Havens, 20, of the 400
block of North Hudson street,
Arlington, told the jury he was
helping out a friend who wanted
to get out of Jail. The friend,
Paul Sheppard. Gordonsville,
Va, got a six months sentence
after pleading guilty to at
tempted jailbreak in February.
Guards said they found Hav-
ems and Sheppard saving on the
bars of an outer window of the
jail January 81. Havens is serv-
ing a six-year sentence for
HOUSEKEEPING in Airing ton and
was being held in Fairfax while
the Arlington Jail was repaired
Evening star., 1950-04-05

River keDort
tFrom United States Enaipeers1
Potomac River clear at Harpers rerr1
ano A. Great Falls; Shenandoah clear Al
Harpers Ferry.
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Monthly precipitation in inches in tn
CAPITA teurrent month to date):
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Humidity.
tReao1nsS At Washinrton q tionsI A,rnn-t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-30

Formerly this region was West
Indian or AntiIlean in character.
II was soon overwhelmed BY
northern notions. and soon lost
its intimate connection with Cuba
and the Bahamas. The construc-
ton Of highway and railroads
marked a verg decided epoch n
the history Of south Florida. The
perfection Of lighthouses and fast
boats stopped the wTeckIng on the
shores. In short. at that time the
keys lost their West Indian crops
West Indian natives, West Indian
customs and West Indian gIamor.
There is perhaps little Of the Flor
ida Of old which can be saved The
old time atmosphere IS gone be-
cause the things which produced
It no longer exist The very land
scape has changed. Northern Gus
toms have prevailed, and / doubt
if we are better, certainly not
happier than N those good old
days when nobody locked their
doors, when everybody had plenty
TO eat and nobody vas ever IN q
hurry. Wrecking was a legitimate
business, and Key West was is
center. Captains Of old time
schooners had their homes there
This extended back to about I858
Previous to this date, for many
years the whole country. except
the Lower Keys, was IN constant
turmoil. The natives fed in fear
OF the Indians, and there IS little
to record except the establishment
Of the forts and skirmishes here
and there in kind Of guerilla
warfare. Back of 1858 we're Span
ISL and Indian days. about which
very little IS really known. Per
rine tried to settle If IN 1870. bui
long before then the Indians were
on the warpath. During Spanish
times l am sure this country haC
many interesting events not re
corded in any history.
ITO Be continnedI
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anu.us..........
FIoridion Keys


Trend left Ithaca for Miami II
vas rseessary to spend the night
= Jacksonville. Early in the morn
ng The bright yeIIow-colored
nan. with chair-car for the
ell-to-do left for Miami The
ssaln stopped one hundred and
elgntyrseven times on its journey
south. The cars were fun Of dust
and smoke We finally arrived at
ger midnight It was moonlight
and the upper porch Of our hotel
looked down on many yards full
o. tropical trees and frgrant flow
ers. We asked Colonel WaddeIl If
there was anything Of special IN
terest IN the neighborhood- He
recommended a trip to Coconut
A1roye, 50 we hired an old negro
with q pony and coach and fol-
lowed q narrow white road though
a dense tropical jungle. It was
Ike 4 white ribbon through q tsIn-
mel Of green. We went to the Pea
cock Inn. and liked It so wei that
we sent back for our baggage.
The bay was filled with picfur-
esque sail boats. Some were bring
ing IN turtle, conehs and fish:
others were loaded with truck and
fruit from the keys. Others had
brought passengers and groceries
from Key West. One man on the
porch said that he thought they
might Be able to grow vegetables
On the mainland as well as on the
keys + they could find the right
izine q fertilizer SennnoIes were
loafng on the lawn The names
|of such men as Agassiz were On
the register South Florida was
practically an island separated
from the rest Of the state BY miles
o1 mud and unbridged rivers. Key
Vest was the main city. All this
country depended on boats trade
70 and from Key West II was the
metropolis and the mainland was
the back country With the con-
lslructi0n Of highways ana rail-
roads this has all been reversed
The center has shifted to Miami
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The
WEATHERMAN
Says
he

LEAD weather Report tag
Key West ana Vicinity: Partly
cloudy today thru Tuesday with
possibility of shower or thunder
storm activity IN the area Con-
tinued mild temperatures Mod
crate to fresh. occasionally nod
erately strong northeasterly
winds. diminishing Tuesday.
Small craft warnings displayed
Florida: Fair with little change
in temperature through Tues
day.
Jacksonville Thru The Florida
Straits. Small craft warnings dis
played from Miami southwark
through the Keys through sun
down for fresh to moderately
strong northeast winds gradually
diminishing today and becom-
ing ueSh n0rtheaSferly Tuesday
Moderate north TO northeast
winds elsewhere. Fair weather
except widely scattered showers
in Florida Straits.
East Gulf OF Mexico. Gentle TO
moderate northeast winds thru
Tuesday except occasionally fresh
IN south portion. Winds OCCASION
ally moderately strong some dis
lance from shore in south por-
ton today. Generally fair wealth
err
Jacksonville To Apalachicola:
Small craft warnings continued
today until sunset from Miami
southwark through the Florida
Keys None displayed elsewhere.
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ped On an old steamer called -
Lizzie Henderson. bound fo~
Tampa with 3 lead Of rock for he
obstruction u the Tampa Bsv
Hotel We stopped on the wax =
Key West for fuel and water A.
mai time there were many peo-
PIE living on the keys. but tha
mainland was sparselv settled
1ne ship had brought sisal slire
60 Nassau from Lignurn vitae
Key When we passed Biscavne
Bay The captain said there were
two small settlements near fhe
Aiami River He said the bav VA
shallow ard ihe land very wifs
aud rpriys but that some day tf,ev
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WEATHER CONDITIONS
For The Tropical Atlantic. carib
bean Sea and Eastern
Gulf Of Mexico

A trough of low pressure exists
from slightly east Of Bermuda
southwark across Puerto Rico.
Elsewhere conditions are reIa-
lively stable. There are no signs
Of a tropical disturbance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-30

The oil from The seeds of black
mustard IS more pnngent than
that from the white variety.
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Report

Key West, Fla- Oct. 80, 1850
observations taken at City Office
600 An, EST
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cUpy must be in the Adver-
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Evening star., 1950-12-04
Drug Ration Keeps Red Troops
Hoped Up, Escaped GI Says

bit larger than a package of Gig
arettes. All of them have it. They
chew it like chewing gum. It
makes the Chinks act like crazy"
The Americans had escaped
from a Chinese ambush on the
east side of the reservoir.
Some said they crawled on their
hands and knees across the frozen
reservoir to safety. Others said
they followed roads and railroad
tracks south where they joined
United States Marines.
One CT. his toes purple from
frostbite, said They'd blow a
bugle about dark and in about 80
minutes there they'd come,
screaming like hell"
One soldier declared he saw
some Chinese run up to a truck
load of wounded guys and let
EN- have it with sub-machineguns.
Some of those were already
moaning but that didn't make
any difference to the Chinks.
They'd shoot 'em and ! saw them
set fire to one truck load of
wounded guys"
Evening star., 1950-12-04
i. n. Korean Retreat.
Sends Stocks Down
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-The bleak
retreat of United Nations forces
in Korea brought on a selling
wave in Wall Street today with
stock prices dropping 81 to as
much as SO a share.
The flood of selling orders
swamped reporting facilities right
after the opening, and the ticker
tape ran minute late for a period
of % minutes. There were $780,
900 shares traded by noon.
Down more than 81 were United
States Steel, General Motors,
Chrysler. and Southern Pacific.
Off more than 50 were Texas Co.,
Atlantic Refining. Goodrich and
American Smelling. A loss of
more than SO was shown by Allan
tic Coast Line Railroad and sew
eral other leaders were traded
near that extreme figure,
Key commodities broke at the
start of trading in futures mar
kets. Rubber was off the daily
trading limit of 4 cents a pound.
Cotton lost as much as $5 a bale
In New York before it recovered.
In the bond market, railroad
loans were down l to 2 points, and
japanese and other foreign bonds
were weak.