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Evening star., 1950-10-24
.N Sets That Can Switch
To Color Coming Out Soon
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Oct. 24.-Plans
to produce the first internally
adapted television set to receive
Columbia Broadcasting System
color broadcasts in black and
white were announced yesterday
by Commander TeleviSion Co., a
relatively new firm of New York
Vice President Mitchell Fine
said the new sets would retail for
about SIS more than the COM
pany's ordinary sets. and would
be in production in about 10 days.
Although other firms have an
nounced plans to build external
adapters. Commander is the first
to announce set with a built in
device which would enable the
viewer to receive either regular
black and white broadcasts, or a
black and white picture of a color
broadcast, by the flick of a switch.
The new set would require an
external converter to receive CHS
color images, as would those of
other manufacturers.
An adapter is a device for re-
ceiving CHS color broadcasts in
black and white. A converter
brings in a color image. Previous
ly announced adapters have all
been attachments designed to be
added to regular sets.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Copone's Brother Throws
Crime Probe Writ in Gutter

CHICAGO, Oct. "a tP).-Investi-
gators for the Senate Crime In
vestigating Committee said yester-
day they had served a subpoena
on JOIN. (MimD Capone, brother
of the late Scarface Al. They said
Capone threw it in a gutter and
left them hurriedly.
Informed of Capone's action,
Senator Kefauver, committee
chairman, said:
Nobody is going to get by defy
ing the committee, if that is the
case" Senator Kefauver said he
had no official word of Capone's S
action and withheld further COM
ment until he talks with the in
vestigators. n
The investigators said they saw
Capoile sitting in an automobile
Saturday and presented the paper
to him. They had been looking
for Capone for two months.
Capone's reported diSdain of the
subpoena paper does not exempt
him from appearing before the
committee. investigators said.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Need for Engineers
Slows Building Permits

The big volume of postwar
building has created an additional
need for more structural engineers
in the District Inspections Depart
ment, Robert H. Davis, director Of
inspections, said today.
For the last three years. the
department has not been able to
give as prompt service to builders
in the issuance of permits as it
would like to do if it had more
employees to handle the job, Mr..
Davis said.
Delays were said to be due
principally to lack of a sufficient
number of structural engineers.
though other employees also are
needed, it was explained.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
German Socialists Demand
Powerful Allied Army

BONN. Germany, Oct. "a (P.-
Western Germany's powerful So
cialist Party declared today that
the German people should refuse
to bear arms again until the West
ern Allies have formed a powerful
army to face Soviet Russia on the
Elbe River.
Socialist Chairman DR.. Kurt
Schumacher said his party would
approve German remilitarization
only il the Western powers couple
their military fate to the military
fate of Germany for an indefinite
period
The Social Democrats (Social-
ists) are Western Germany's Sec
ond strongest political party.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Hospital Aid 10 Needy
Halted for October

The Hospital Service Agency
which pays hospital bills for the
needy here, has run out of its
October money and can aid nc
new patients for the rest of the
month. it was announced today
The Community Chest Fedora
ton. which finances the agency
said all of the $500 allotted for
October had been committed by
October Is.
Chest Issues Statement.
The Chest, in joint statement
with the Hospital Council of the
National Capital Area, said.
This means that no new Ger
tiflcations for hospital care can
be made through the H. S. A. Of
flee at 1923 L street NV. until
November / when another tenta-
tive allotment of $3.50 will be-
come available. The situation
which gives grave concern to hos
pital and Chest officials alike
stems from failure of the COM
munity at large to subscribe fully
the Red Feather Campaign goal
a year ago."
After the hoped-for hospitaliza-
ton grant for 1850 was reduced
from S517,5l0. the statement con-
tinued. it was necessary to make
allocations to H. S. A. to
make their funds extend over the
entire calendar year.
Short in Other Months.
Chest officials said this is but
one of several months that HSA
funds have run short. They esti-
mate that 5000 persons will be
aided by HSA funds this year, but
that at least $50 will be unable to
obtain aid because of lack of
Thus it happens that only the
most urgent cases can be han
died by HSA without borrowing
against the new appropriation
available on November l."
THE voluntary hospitals have
given assurance that they will
continue to serve serious emer-
gency cases of medically INDECENT
persons who apply directly to
them" it was stated,
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Soviet Press Marks
Anniversary Of U. N.
BY the Associoted Press

MOSCOW, Oct. "a. - Pravda
lzvestia and other major Soviet
newspapers marked the anniver-
sary today Of the founding of the
United Nations with articles or
the international organization. All
the newspapers said the Soviet
Union had been faithful to the
original concept of the U. N.
The article in Pravda, official
Communist Party newspaper, was
carried on the third page. It
came from Pravda's two special
correspondents at Lake Success
who wrote that the U. N. organi-
zation now is at the crossroads
Before the United Nations lie
two paths: The path serving peace
pointed out by the Soviet Union
and the path abetting the aggres-
sors," the Pravda article said.
Evening star., 1950-10-24

cific cases such as the Communist
Party ITSELF"
Promises Full Publicity.
Mr.. Richardson promised that
when the board opens an Office it
will try to make its activities as
widely known as possible.
Meanwhile, District Court test
of the laws validity appeared in
prospect. Ralph E. Powe, WASH
ington Negro lawyer, sought to
file a petition there late yester-
day, challenging the law as un-
constitutional.
Mr.. PoWe said he represents
lot persons living in 80 States.
He ran into a procedural block
in the clerks Office when it was
found that the 15-page petition
contained no street addresses of
the lot plaintiffs. Judge F.
Dickinson Let's ruled that such
addresses must be listed. Mr..
Powe said he would get them with
in three days.
Among the plaintiffs whose
names were on the petition, as
we'll as on mimeographed copies
distributed by Mr.. Powe, were
William L. Patterson, executive
secretary of the Civil Rights Con-
gresS; Prof. Louise Pettibone
Smith of Wellesley College, and
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. national
committee member of the Com
munlst Party.
Thought Control" Charged.
While the petition attacks
validity of the entire Internal Sc
curity Act. it singles out the Sec
ton requiring registration Of
Communist and Communist front
organizations. 1t contends the law
puts the Government in the
thought control business, makes
criminal the mere membership
in political organization, goes
contrary to the United Nations
Charter. establishes the "prin-
ciple of conviction" without
finding of personal guilt, ipfringes
upon freedom of speech and press.
and was enacted "in the politlca!
hysteria of present. day America. !"
Appointment of the Subversive
Activities Control Board came at
the expiration of the 30-day pc
riod during which Communist Or
ganizationS and fronts were sup
posed to register with the Justice
Department. None has registered,
and Communist Party officials in
New York and elsewhere have de-
clared they do not intend to sign
up.
The appointees subject to SEN
ate confirmation are:
Mr.. Richardson, 10, an Iowa
native, who has held many Fed
eral posts under Republican ad-
ministrations and was an Assist
ant Attorney General under Presi-
dent Hoover. He and his fellow
members must devote full time to
the Jobs that pay $12.50O a year.
He also must give up his place
on the Loyalty Review Board.
Peter Campbell Brown, 81, for
mer. Brooklyn attorney, who now
is special assistant to the Attor-
ney General.
Charles M. La Toilette, So, for
mer Republican House member
from Indiana. and until recently
executive director of Americans
for Democratic Action.
DR.. Kathryn McHale. so. for
Evening star., 1950-10-24
C. NJ. La Toilette.

merly of Logansport, Ind. edu-
Gator and psychologist and former
general director of the American
Association of University Women.
She is a Democrat.
David j. Coddaire, So. Boston
and Haverill. Mass, attorney and
a Republican member of the
Maritime Commission in 1948 and
l949.
Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Coddaire and
DR.. McHale are Catholics.
Mr.. Richardson will serve for
three years, Mr.. Brown and Mr..
La Toilette for two years and the
others for one year. AS those
terms expire. appointments will be
for three years.
Assurance came from Mr.. La Fol-
lette that he and his fellow board
members will not indulge in
witch hunting"
The law must be followed as
written he said at his Fairfax
County dairy farm near Centre
vile. but the extreme need is
to prevent any witch hunting of
innocent persons because of their
social orfeconomic views
Evening star., 1950-10-24
2Kerosene-SmeIIinu 7
Jars Found al Scene
OF Davis Home Fire

Fire Marshal Raymond C. Rob-
erts said today his investigators
have located two jars smelling of
kerosene at the scene of the fire
that damaged home recently
bought by a colored family in a
white neighborhood of Northeast
Washington.
He added that his office and
police are pursuing their investi-
cation on the theory the fire was
deliberate act"
The blaze late Sunday night
burned the side and front of a
nine-room house, at TIC Hamlin
street NE, The owner, Samuel
Davis. 48. a colored bricklayer.
had not yet moved in but his
cousin was spending the night
there.
Mr.. Roberts said youth inter-
viewed by police had turned over
a portion of gas-soaked sash cord
which he said he had found at
the scene. The investigators the
oriZed the rope, was used as a
wick to ignite one of the two fires
at the house.
The first fire was stamped out
by neighbor but the second was
out of control before discovery and
the Fire Department was called
to eXtinguish it.
Mr.. Roberts said the investi-
gators found a blackened gallon
jug apparently used for kerosene,
which had cracked in the flames.
Nearby, the fire marshal added,
investigators found another glass
container which carried the odor
of kerosene.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Jersey Gambling Raid
Nets $4,000 atRome
Of Biggest Bookie
BY the Associoted Press

TEANECK, N. j., Oct. 24.-Two
quick raids by New jerseys deputy
attorney general yesterday netted
a cash haul of $4,000 at the
plush home of "one of the biggest
bookies in the Nation" and a
trunk load of his alleged betting
records.
The money - stacked in neat
rows of SIS. $40 and $40 bills-was
found in wall safe in the base
ment rumpus room of Leo Link,
so, alias j. w. Donaldson, already
under indictment in a Western
Union horse race betting case.
Deputy Attorney General Nelson
Stambler. who personally led the
raids, pinned the biggest" bookie
label on Link.
Mr.. Stamler parlayed "hunch"
into the seizure of the trunkload
of alleged gambling slips, tele-
grams from bettors and letters to
Link in a later raid at nearby
Palisades Park. He is expected
to announce today the results of
his study of the trunks contents
1--WE have found out that Link
did $4,000 a month business in
the little town of Bridgeton, N. j..
alone. You can imagine what
we're going to find when we go
through this stuff" Mr.. Stamler
said.
Bridgeton, small South Jersey
community, was the scene of ear
lier disclosures that the Western
Union Co. there handled tele-
graphed horse bets from all over
the country.
At that time, MI. Stamler said
100000 a year in wagers passed
through the Office. OF this
amount, Mr.. Stamler said, the
company received $4,000 a year
in message charges and Link, 70
per cent of the bookmaking busi-
ness. Link is out on $4,000 bail
on bookmaking charges growing
out of the Byidgeton deal. The
case still is pending.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Coast Guard Saves
Eight From Freighter
By the Assoeioted Press

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Oct. "a
"A United States Coast Guard
cutter has picked up eight sur
vivors of sea tragedy and the
search continued today for II
more crewn1en of the missing
Greek-owned freighter North Voy-
ageur.
The cutter Sorrell picked up the
men in drifting lifeboat off the
south coast of Newfoundland yes
terdav and headed for Argentia,
the Royal Canadian Air Force
Search and Rescue Service said.
Evening star., 1950-10-24
Subversives
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Continued From First Page.)
included a Communist Party ex-
ecutive committeeman, Jose As
trada Castillo, 57-year-old Mexi-
can who has been in this country
since 1919. The department an
nounced today he was taken into
custody at Dallas, Tex.
That drive has no direct con-
nection with the work of the SUBJ
versive Activities Control Board.
Mr.. Richardson deplored what he
said was Nation wide confusion
about the function of that board.
It's duty. he explained. is to ad-
minister the Internal Security
laws section dealing with deter
mination of Communist action
and front organizations, and
Communist action organization
members that must register with
the Attorney General.
Own Understanding Chaotic"
Remarking that his own under
standing of the law is still some
what chaotic" Mr.. Richardson
said his new position would be
more difficult in some ways than
the Federal Loyalty Review Board
Craftsmanship he has held since
1947.
The board probably will con-
vene within the next 10 days and
confer with Attorney General Nc
Grath. The task of finding a
qualified staff, including a legal
counsel and examiners. presents
special problems. Mr.. Richardson
noted.
How quickly the board will
tackle the business of deciding
what groups must register, he said,
will depend largely on action by
the Attorney General in citing or
ganizations for failure to register,
and action by the Senate on the
board member nominations, now
on a recess basis.
Cautious OH Wisdom of Law.
While Mr.. Richardson would
not tell what he thought about
the wisdom of the law, or the
probable outcome of any court
battles, he observed:
Men of 10 get little opportunity
to perform public service in a time
of public stress. l can't believe
that the financial sacrifice in TAX
ing over this work is a satisfactory
excuse for not accepting appoint
ment. I'm a contentious, lifelong
Republican, in disagreement with
most policies of the administra-
ton. Why President Truman had
confidence in me is something for
him to explain. But the oppor-
tunity intrigues me and I'll give
the job all have, with no strings
-
Mr.. Richardson, strong de-
fender Of the Federal Loyalty Re-
view Boards record, said the Sub
verSive Activities Control Board
procedures will offer considerable
more latitude to organizations and
individuals at public hearings.
There's no doubt that every
one who comes before this board
can have his day in court" he
maintained. but if the length of
the Communists trial in New
York and the Harry Bridges pro-
ceedings in California is any cri-
terion, there might be some
aWfully long days before the board
can make determination in spe-
Evening star., 1950-10-24
French

statement, approved by the CO.
alition cabinet yesterday, was to
continue possibly until Thursday.
Mr.. PleVen and his cabinet have
been struggling to reconcile
Frances adherence Of an armed
Germany with American proposals
for integrating the Germans in
a Europe rearmed for defense
against Communist aggression.
Evening star., 1950-11-14
Prescott Tells Jury
County Is Clean

A 23-member grand jury fol
the November session of Mont.
gomery County Circuit Court yes.
terday was told by Judge Sted.
man Prescott that the county
"has. been kept clean"
H"The county should be con.
graduated on its lack of vice anc
gambling" Judge Prescott said.
The judge also told the jury il
was his duty under Maryland
new Ober anti-subversive law tt
tell them Of any subversive activi.
ties that needed investigation
There were none to report, he
said. ....-
Yesterdays grand jury selec-
ton was the first under a new
law which gives the court power
to choose the jury foreman be.
forehand. Judges Charles w
woodward and Prescott chose
William S. Bowling, Bethesda
contractor, as foreman.
Other grand jurors are: Creigh-
ton j. Rhodes. Peggy H. Conner
Herbert T. Yaeger, Margaret A
O'Connor, Raymond j. Davis
Walter B. Reynolds. Joseph D
Byrd, jr.; Wilbur R. Garrett, jr.;
T. Yellott Candy, Martha P. Bond
Brooke E. Edmonston, william K
Carlin, Eleanor K. Dyson, Evarts
j. Wagg. Mabel G. Gamble, An
drew j. Thompson, Albert H
Hamke. Julia Jeffers. Lester D
Clagett. Mary v. Dietz, Daniel P
Mularkey and A. e. Godfrey.
Evening star., 1950-11-14
Ohio Police Probing
D. {. Woman S Death

Authorities In Columbus, Ohio
today awaited chemical reports in
the death of a Senate Foreign
Relations Committee secretary
who also had served as secretary
for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.
Miss Isabel Smith, 40, was found
dead in her sisters home in
Columbus yesterday with d long
note left on top of a television set
Full text of the note was not dis
closed, but police said it stated
Miss Smith was unhappy and
melancholy" and that she thought
"this is the best way out" the
Associated Press reported.
Miss Smith, who had been with
the committee about three years
lived at Mclean Gardens here
but since adjournment of Con-
gress had been an attache of the
United States mission at the
United Nations in New York.
In Columbus, DR.. Robert A
Evans, Franklin County coroner
said a small empty bottle was
found near her bed. but he sale
investigation has not determined
what the bottle had contained.
The sister told detectives Mis-.
Smith had been "reticent ane
melancholy" during her visit.
Evening star., 1950-11-14
Virginia Couple, q, Mark
Goth Year Of Wedding
spseioI Dispateh 10 The siar

ELKTON. Va, Nov. 14.-Mr. anc
Mrs. T. 8. F. Chisholm of Elkton
celebrated a wedding anniversary
yesterday-for the 60th time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chisholm, lifelong
residents of Virginia, both are 81
years old. They have three chill
dren, including two sons who live
in the Washington area. They are
II. Lee Chisholm of 1445 Otis place
NV. and w. w. Chisholm OF
Fairfax. A daughter, Miss Ruth
Chisholm, lives with her parents
at Elkton. A granddaughter, Mrs
Robert Eldred. lives in Madison,
N. j.
Mr.. Chisholm is retired build
er. He constructed the house in
which they now live in 1897. Mrs.
Chisholm is a defendant of Presi-
dent William Henry Harrison.
Both have vivid memories of the
Civil War.
Evening star., 1950-11-14

Women's Clubs in Beall's garage" I"
Osborn p. Beall. proprietor Of
the garage. is Republican chair
man of Baltimore County.
do you know" Mr.. Clark said.
he must have met a tremendous
lot Of people in his district. If
I only had a meeting of IL Young
Republicans, he'd be there to talk
to them"
Ex-Sergeant Helps.
Gen. Devereux's campaign was
managed by Thomas w. Offutt of
Owensyille and Towson. One OF
the volunteer workers was Oliver
P. Haggerty of Rising Sum-, who
was a first sergeant of the Ma
rines at Wake and spent months
together with Gen. Deyereux in
q japanese prisoner of war camp
Gen. Devereux said he had pre-
sented himself as a conservative
and kept the campaign on ma
tional issues. There was one diff
flculty about this. His opponent,
William P. Bolton. was a very
conservative Democrat.
Il only found one thing in his
record l could attack him on"
said Gen. Devereux. "He had
voted against arming Western
Europe.
II took the position that I could
do much better for the conserva-
tive cause on the Republican side
Of the aisle than he could on
the Democratic. Then. near the
end of the campaign, he made
the mistake of sending out 30,-
900 envelopes containing a
pamphlet which looked very po-
litical under his frank. I attacked
him on that"
The general made it clear he
is no isolationist. He is for wide
defense perimeter but wants it to
include Spain. He thinks a bi-
partisan foreign policy is neces-
sity. He would like to serve on
the Foreign Affairs Committee.
At the end of the campaign, he
got about the district in a helicop-
ter. That was about the only
spectacular thing he did.
Evening star., 1950-11-14
Teen-Agers Enlisted
In Telephone Drive
For Traffic Safety
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND. Va, Nov. a.
Virginia's bobby soxers planned a
telephone campaign today to pro-
mote traffic safety.
It's all part of a plan of Motor
Vehicles Commissioner C. F. JOY
ner, jr., to cut down the number
|of accident fatalities during the
Thanksgiving holidays.
The plan is simple-high school
students in each locality in Vir-
ginia have been given a certain
number of persons to call during
the next seven days and remind
them to use caution in driving.
Mr.. Joyner outlined his idea
yesterday in a letter to school
principals throughout the State
The plan, was Endorsed by Gov
Battle and State Supt. of Public
Instruction Dowell j. Howard.
The dates for the telephone
calls must be adhered to, Mr..
Joyner said, because 1--WE are
anxious to study accident reports
and traffic fatalities during this
period" to determine the pro-
grams effectiveness.
Evening star., 1950-11-14

A prediction by Howard Nit
chell. conductor of the National
Symphony Orchestra, that this
years will be the best orchestra
we've ever had" was hailed as true
last night, when the fifth season of
Neighborhood Concerts sponsored
by The Evening Star opened at
Eastern High School.
81 don't know where you'll find
a finer orchestra this year." Mr..
Mitchell told an audience of Dis
ltrict and Prince Georges County
students, parents and school Off
cials.
The program, first in series of
10 to be presented in District and
nearby Maryland schools. was
broadcast over WMAL, The Eve
ming Star radio station. Subse-
quent concerts also will be broad
cast.
Because no large auditorium
has been available in Prince
Georges County, last nights con-
cert in Eastern. at Seventeenth
and East Capitol streets. was also
for Hyattsville and Mount Rainier
High School students and their
guests.
40th Neighborhood Concert.
The concerts-last nights was
the 4eth-are designed to bring
the orchestra into communities
where residents would not ordi-
narily hear the National Sym
phony. During the four years the
programs have been held. thou
sands of WaShingtonians have
heard the orchestra for the first
time and have become ardent fans.
Obviously pleased with its per-
Torrance. MIR. Mitchell praised
the orchestra warmly at the close
of the hour long concert. The
full tones presented a program Of
Beethoven. Wagner, Hindemith.
Strauss and Franck, despite o
Evening star., 1950-11-14
1951BudgetPro
In GreenbeIt Revised
Upward by $1,000

The proposed Greenbelt budget
for 1851 has been revised upward
about $4,000 to a new total OF
$217,377 mainly to include city
public welfare agent.
City Manager Charles T. Nc
Donald announced the new figure
in his annual report to the mayor
and City Council last night. The
new tax rate on property was set
at $500.
Mr.. Mcdonald said the 1851
budget, as it now stands, repre-
sents a $10.412 reduction from the
1850 figure despite rising costs.
This means a corresponding drop
in the city tax rate, still the
highest of any municipality in
Prince George County.
His report, along with a cost
breakdown for all departments,
will be acted on at a special meet
ing Monday. The council-approved
figures then must be forwarded to
the Public Housing Administration
for approval.
Biggest single item in the new
outlay would be $50, ,280 for recre-
alton. This would include $11, 1863
for cultural" work and $10.404
for municipal parks. Among other
top costs proposed are $37, ,551 for
sanitation, $34,334 for public safe
ty, $31 .487 for general government
and $29,355 for highways.
The council passed on first read
ing an ordinance under which 1t
is empowered to Ak each year a
uniform tax rate on all tangible
personal property owned by cor
porations, including public util-
tiles In the city.