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time in getting down to practical
lobbying as it is now being done
by some of the most powerful spe-
cial interest groups that ever con-
centrated upon Washington.
Such, it was thought, was the
aim Of this investigation when the
committee was created last ses-
sion. But, deducing from reports
about the Capitol, that purpose
seems to have been diluted in the
months since. Political pressure
has become operative, it is in
dicated, to keep hands OF some OF
the big special interest lobbies be-
cause of their political power and
their influence with key figures in
Congress.
Wealth of Material.
Considerable detailed work has
been done by the staff of the
Select Committee to Investigate
Lobbying Activities, under direc-
ton of Representative Buchanan,
Democrat. of Pennsylvania, chair
man. It has amassed a wealth of
material relating to all phases OF
lobbying, in a mechanical. tech
nical and even philosophical way
to the end of improving the Lobby
Registration Act, which is gener-
ally recognized as inadequate.
All of that, of course, is i'm
portant.
But the public interest demands
more than that, for 1t is the public
which has suffered from the spe-
cial interest Hobbies. What the
public ought to know from this
investigation, and what it is en-
titled to know. is what interests
are blocking measures for it's well
fare, and how they operate. That
would give a clue to the para
mount question that ought to be
explored every so often in a de-
mocracy:
who really rules?"
| Any member Of Congress and
any experienced observer knows
about these lobbies and who are
their agents in Washington, and
to get the story is as simple q
matter as calling these people
before the committee. with their
records, and asking some per-
tinent questions. That's the way
it has been done in the past.
Agitation for the current lobby
investigation grew largely from
activity of the real estate lobby
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that when the Henry "eIem're
Kings colors, or the colors OF
any member of the royal family,
win, a great shout of Hats off to
the King" rings so loud that it
can be heard in the furthermost
part of Liverpool.
Twas walking about the grounds
before the race. when a litIle
sawed-off sort of fellow, wearing
a macintosh and bowler,
started charging through the
thousands of spectators yelling,
Hats off to the King! Hats off
to the King!"
Question Is Posed.
AS dumb as I am I knew that
the race Gin which a horse owned
jointly by the Queen and Princess
Elizabeth was one of the favored
runners) had not even started. So
I grabbed the small chap (ever
brave McLemore, he, when the
troublemaker is wee one) and
said to him:
Listen, fellow, the race hasn't
even started. The royal steed has
not won. So why on earth are you
yelling, Hats off to the King'?''
The wee one turned to me,
tipped his bowler, and said:
Would you mind minding your
own business. I know the race
isn't off, and I know the Kings
horse hasn't won, but listen-1
placed a bet with a baldheaded
bookmaker and I can't find the
bloke. I thought my yell would
help"
Here in Windermere, dead in the
center OF some of the loveliest
countryside in the world - the
Lake District immortalized by
Wordsworth, Southey, etc. - !
heard a most enlightening talk by
Lord Andrew McDonogal on the
subject of rock climbing.
There are quite a few sizable
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States Rights Face Test
Supreme Court Asked to Speed Ruling
On Georgia's Unit Voting System

to June this year, hoping then to
claim that, the election being
over. any court deliberations
would be moot-that is, for exer-
else only.
These facts are recited in the
motion to be made by two young
Georgia born lawyers. Hamilton
Douglas, jr., and Morris Abram, a
Rhodes scholar. Their hopes are
high since they managed to ex-
tract strong dissenting opinion
in their favor from a three-judge
Federal court in Atlanta last
March is.
Judge Andrews Dissents.
The dissenter was Judge M. Neil
Andrews. Judge Andrews is Serv-
ing on a recess appointment from
the President and has not been
confirmed.
Judge Andrews pointed to some
well-advertised facts. The Demo-
cratic primary is the only election
that counts in Georgia. Votes
from Atlanta are consolidated
under the county unit rule so
that an Atlanta vote is evaluated
at only one-eleventh the weight
given ballots from other parts
of the State.
1T is difficult to imagine a more
obvious denial OF the equal pro-
lection of the laws or one
with less foundation in experience,
practically or necessity" Judge
Andrews declared. The court,
he asserted, had the power to
grant equitable relief and mo un-
palatable practical consequences"
would result If 1t did, as the votes
would merely, all be counted in
the democratic manner.
|, For the majority. Judges Samuel
H. Sibley and T. Hoyt Davis did
not dispute the facts cited, but
saw mo evidence of any legisla-
tive purpose to Intentionally
disfranchise urban voters" They
admitted that Atlanta's plight had
strong appeal" but said it was
not a matter for their court to
decide, since the Constitution was
not violated thereby.
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mountains here in and about Lake
Windermere, but Lord McDonogal
working British understatement to
the hilt, referred to it as rock
climbing.
He allowed as the rocks in this
neighborhood were the training
ground for those adventurous
(and to my mind, daffy) souls
who want to scale Mount Everest,
highest peak in the world, and
whose summit no man has ever
reached.
Milford pointed out that rock
climbing had but one real danger
death for those who made a
misstep. That seemed a bit of a
steep price to pay for scaling the
side of a harmless and peaceful
rock, but Milford talked so con-
vincingly of the sport, the thrills
and the exercise. that I went out
after his speech and climbed N.Y.
self a rock.
Bravery Overestimated.
1t was late in the evening when
I went forth, and the visibility
wasn't too good, so I can't swear
whether the rock I climbed was
2 feet high or a monster of some
6 feet. All I know is that I didn' t
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VAN f><ASS'
What the court does is naturally
important to Georgia. More vital
the case is being watched in
States like South Carolina, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Alabama
as a test of how far a State can &C
in its efforts to dilute the votes OF
labor, Negroes and other urban
groups, presumably friendly to the
President.
Political Concern Is Immediate.
It's practical Importance to the
States Fighters is obvious. If. by
such devices as the county unit
system, they can effectively disen-
franchise potentially liberal voters
or at least reduce their weight,
they can keep control Of their
States. II that retreat is cut of
their control will be subject to in
creasing and hostile pressures.
The issue is interesting as law
and civil rights. Recent Republi-
can firtations with the Dixiecrats
on one big ticket for all in 1852
make it also one of immediate po-
.litical concern to the Truman ad-
ministration. TIa
The new effort to speed up the
Supreme Court follows action by
Gov. Talmadge's forces to get the
Democratic primary out OF the
way before the court can rule
The primary ordinarily takes
place in September. The Tai
madge faction has moved it back
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Tifo Got 93.2% Of Vote,
Official. Report Indicates
by the Associoted Press

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Mar.
29.-The independent Communist
regime of Premier Marshal Tito
was supported in its fight against
the Russian-led Cominform by
93.2 per cent of the Yugoslav
voters in Sundays general elec-
ton, it was officially announced
today.
The official Yugoslav news agency
Tanjug reported that 9,059,113 OF
the 9,746,000 who voted supported
the unopposed Peoples Front
ticket.
The biggest show of opposition
apparently was In Catholic Gro
alta, where some districts record.
ed more than 20 per cent agains,
the regime.
Nevertheless the election showed
stronger popular support of Tito's
regime than did the last general
election in 1945.
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This Changing World
Transfer of Butterworth Unlikely
To Appease State Departments Critics

ClnlZe Cne persons VINO were re-
sponsible for such short-sightee
policies as we'll as those wht
carried them out.
The critics Of the administra.
tion's foreign policies in the Sen.
are are accused of reyerting tt
isolationism. at a time when VIZ
are engaged in a global cold war
This charge cannot be supported
Senator Bridges of New Hamp-
shire. who spearheads the cam
paign, can hardly be described al
an isolationist. He voted for lend
lease and favored Intervention
against the Axis as far back al
1899, at a time when some of the
present strong advocates of bi.
partisan policy were still in the
isolationist camp.
Minority Still Left Out.
However, what appears to anger
Republicans in both houses o1
Congress is that even today, after
so much criticism about the ad-
ministration's hush-hush policy
the minority party is still kept out
of the top councils of the executive
branch.
For instance. when the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and Defense Sec
retary johnson arranged to fly
over to Europe to discuss impor-
tant matters in connection with
the Military Aid Program, Mr.
Johnson invited the Democratic
chairmen Of the two Armed Serv-
ices Committees to accompany
him. But he refused to extend a
similar invitation to the ranking
Republican members of those
committees. He informed them
they would be filled in" by their
colleagues of the majority.
This aroused grave suspicious
among the Republicans, The re-
fusal of the Defense Secretary to
give them similar invitation was
believed to result from the fear
that some major differences might
develop at the meetings in Europe.
Mr.. johnson. it is assumed, ex-
poets some Of the European chiefs
of staff to tell us bluntly that their
countries cannot meet the require
ments of the Military Aid Pro-
gram.
II the Republicans were to hear
first hand some frank talk of this
kind the second year Of the Mill
tary Aid Program. which Congress
has yet to approve. might be jeop-
ardized. Hence, they say, Mr.
Johnson has adopted a policy OF
what they don't know won't hurt
them" and has taken off for Eu-
rope accompanied only by admin
istration stalwarts.
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Soft Pedal on Lobbying
Scholarly Approval Seen as Sign
That Pressure Has Diluted Probe

1t has just won q big victory
in elimination of the loans-to-
co-operatives provision in the cur
rent housing bill. Likewise, it is
trying desperately to kill off rent
control. 1t would seem, in the
public interest, that an investi-
cation of this lobby would be one
OF the committees first jobs.
The Republican leadership of
the House has co-operated with
the real estate lobby consistently
against housing measures that the
latter didn't like. The party lead
ership is represented on the lobby
investigating committee by two
OF its veteran and key figures
Representatives Halleck Of Indi-
ana and Brown of Ohio, to look
after the party's interest. 1t is
strange that the Democratic lead
ership did not assign any of its
leaders Of equal rank to the COM
mittee. especially since President
Truman originally proposed the
lobby investigation.
Oil Today Powerful.
Equally powerful with the real
estate lobby is the oil lobby, ano
it has influential friends among
Democrats in Congress. If the
committee wanted to do 4 job o1
immediate public interest, it coulc
have opened up this lobby and it,
operations to public view, as. fol
example, in connection with the
Harris Kerr Thomas bill to de.
prive the Federal Power Commis-
sion of regulatory authority ovel
natural gas which, If finally en-.
acted into law, will cost consumers
millions annually. It could wei
look, too, into the oil lobby.
activity on behalf of the bill to re-
move jurisdiction over oil-bearine
tidelands from the Federal Gov
ernment to the States which, in.
cidentally, was factor in the
Dixiecrat movement.
The steel industry's lobby to re.
tain the basing point pricing sys-
tenn, the electric utility industry.
lobby against needed public powei
projects-these and many Others
merit investigation to tell the pub.
lie the real story of what hap.
pens in Congress.
There is nothing Theoretical
about all this-it is very prac.
tical.
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the appearance
of a number of
college profes-
sorS and ex-
perts in govl
ernment.
That is all
very well, one
might suppose,
to lay tn e
groun d W o r X.
But it would
seem that the
committee, If it
is really in ear
ne S t, W oul d
u, q ste it'll q
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| on japanese al
| fairs to Secre-
tary of S t a t e
! AcheSon.
| T is actual
d e m o tion of
M r. B u t t e r.
W orth is re-
g a r d e d in
Washington a S
a peace Offer
ing" by tn e
S e cr e t ary of
S t a t e to his
critics in the
S e n a tie W h o
h O va nhiacfed
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" Al L ~ v a ~ ~
Rights D e m o.
Gratis.
In effect, the
Court will be
asked to hurry
up and decide
whether Geor-
gia's cou n t y
unit system OF
counting votes
is con S t i t u
tional be for
an actual State
primary makes.
the case moot.
as happened in
@L1 ~ocf
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/ Grand National
S t e e p lechase,
W ith a sight
| that I saw and
heard at that
course last Sat-
urday.
Picture half a
million or SO
folk gathered
in a n d about
the track where
the Worl d. S
greatest steeple-
chase is run.
Remember, too.
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February %, 1850.
American Security Trust Fund "A.
District Of Columbia Law and Rules and Regulations Of
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
To bring together assets of participating
these greater stability of income and safety Of
principal through much broader dversfcaion of invest
ments than generally possible for of moderate size
when invested independently.
Only bona de trusts being administered created in
the FUTURE of which American Security trustee or CO.
trustee, may participate. Maximum participation for any
trust is $500O0 The Trust Company will receive no fec
for operation of the fund.- but will continue to receive it,
compensation from participating trusts a in the past.
In accordance with provisions of plan approved BY our
Board of Directors and under the Investment supervision
of Trust and Investment Committee Income collected
securities held in the fund will be distributed quarterly
among all participating trusts, and income payments will
then be made the benecares Of those trusts a. desired
by them.
Once year. by firm of certified public accountants selected
by and responsible Board of Directors Information
such audts will be forwarded benefciares Of par.
ticpatng In addition all under the manage
ment Of the Trust Department examined regularly by
banking authorities.
Approximately 80 throughout the country have m.
thorized the creation of funds and many
large banks have successfully operated funds for several
years. We believe the creation Of common trust fund
will enable render better service to the hene.
hciaries of our smaller and moderate sized trusts
Evening star., 1950-03-29
By Constantine Bro,On

w. Walton Butterworth, Assist
ant Secretary of State in charge
of Far Eastern affairs, has, been
transferred to the post of adviser
Evening star., 1950-03-29
By Thomas L. Stokes

The widely heralded investiga-
ton of lobbying by a select House
committee is starting off in a very
scholarly seminar fashion, with
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McLemore-
ModestIy Takes Up
Rock Climbing Fad
By Henry McLemore

LAKE WINDERMERE, Scot
land.-Let's start off today
though we are miles from Aintree
and the running of the 104th
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Bv Doris FIees0n

The Supreme Court may set in
motion next week a chain of
events which could prove decisive
in President Truman's war with
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Audiu:
Miseelloneou:

American Security acts q executor
and trustee under wills, and a. trustes
under trnst agreements.
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Fer further information on. our com.
mon trust fund or any other trust
services, We suggest that you write,
visit Or telephone our Trust Depart.
ment
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FACTS ABOUT
-. AMERICAN SECURITY'S %.
COMMON TRUST FUND

When established:
Name:
Authority:
Purpose:
Evening star., 1950-11-19
z virginians Receive
Maximum Penalty in
'Right-to- o-Work' Case
By The Associated Press

LANCASTER, Va. Nov. 18.-
Two men have received the maxi
mum penalties on charges of vio-
lating the Virginia right-to-work
law.
Judge E. Hugh Smith Of Lam
caster County Circuit Court yes
terday imposed $500 fines and
12-month jail sentences on T. j.
Henderson and Robert Smith,
Both of Weems.
The defendants were charged
with violations of the statute as
an outgrowth of a labor dispute in
September at the struck seafood
packing plant owned by w. G.
Taylor at White Stone.
While union, oyster shuckers
were on strike. Mr.. Taylor had
employed some non-union work.
ers. One day, he said. five or six
of them had reported for work
and strikers carrying a rifle and
a shotgun came into the plant"
and CHASED them out"
The section of the Virginia code
which the men are charged with
violating says mo persons shall
singly or in concert with others
interfere or attempt to interfere
with another in his exercise OF his
right to work by the use of force.
threats of violence or intimida-
ton"
Judge Smith heard the cases
Yesterday on appeal from Lam
caster Trial Justice Court, where
Henderson and Smith had been
fined $3.50 each and sentenced to
six months in jail.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Iwo-Day Panel Series
will Discuss Parkinu
And Decentralization

Discussions of a plan to de-
centralize Washington and meth
ods to finance off-street park
ing will highlight two-day series
of panels beginning tomorrow
morning at the Chamber of Com
merce building, 1915 H street NV.
{, The conference Of businessmen,
called by the Chamber of Com
merce. has as its theme the crea-
tion Of better cities.
Tomorrow's program will start
ut $50 am. with an address on
Federal policies in an emergency
period by Raymond M. Foley, Ad-
kninistrator of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency.
The Washington decentraliza-
'tion will be discussed during the
same program by J. w. Follin,
special assistant to the Admins
TRAITOR Of the General Services
Administration.
Roy v. Peel, Census Director,
will discuss decentralization in
American cities at 1890 pm.
luncheon in the Hotel Statler.
The panel on financing of Off
street parking will be conducted
at the Chamber building at 2:30
pm. tomorrow.
At 7::30 pm. tomorrow, an
exhibit on a comprehensive plan
for Washington will be shown
at the Corcoran Gallery, Seven
teenth street and New York ave-
nue. NV.
At the same time, an informal
discussion on urban traffic prob
lens will be held in the Chamber
building.
Evening star., 1950-11-19

agreement" was worked out b.
attorneys for all persons whose
claims to the estate are regarded
sufficiently strong to tie up dis
tribution of the money for years
to come.
In return for the money they
will get, the II additional litigants
have agreed not to contest the
Orphans Courts findings, the
Bulletin reported.
Parties to the pact, the Bulletin
said, are:
Charles s, Starr of Haverford.
Pa, an administrator of the estate
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and Mrs. CARROTS financial ad-
wiser who has laid claim to the
entire fortune, contending 1t was
Mrs. CARROTS intention that he
should have 1t.
Frank G. Marcellus, of Philadel-
phia, the other administrator, who
presented evidence he was Mrs.
CARROTS cousin. once removed. on
his mothers side.
Charles Hall Garrett. relative
of Mrs. CARROTS husband. Walter,
who built the snuff fortune she
inherited.
Mrs. Harry Hutzell. "A. Of Fox
Chase, Pa.
Mary Alice Hutzell, 72, of South
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ampton, Pa, Mrs. Hutzell's sister.
Mrs. Mable G. Davidson. "a, of
Florida.
Ralph G. Kretschmar, ST, of
New York City.
Aubrey c. Kretschmar, 70, of
Boston.
Mrs. Charles Van Wyck. 43, of
Philadelphia.
Rudolph Fleming, of Haddon-
field, N. j.
Mrs. Irene L. Kretschman, of
Chicago.
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D. {. Nurse Aide Service To Graduate "a Tomorrow

The District Red Cross Nurse S
Aide Service will graduate "a stu
dents at 8 pm. tomorrow at Provi-
dence Hospital, Second and D
streets Sc.
Graduates will serve at least one
evening a week at the hospital.
Mrs. Ernest Markwalter, chairman
of the District Nurses Aid Serv-
ice, will preside at the graduation
ceremony.
Graduates are Marjorie Bennett,
Catherine Bolton, Evelyn Burrows,
Constance Deenihan, Anne Duke,
Evening star., 1950-11-19
More Women in Industry

Employment of Czechoslovakia
women in industry is increasing
In the first six months of 1850
over $4,000 women entered in
duStry-nearly as many as took
industrial jobs during the whole
of 1949.
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By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18.-The
Sunday Bulletin reported today
that at least II additional persons
will share with a Mississippi
banker and a Chicago woman in
the SIT million Garrett snuff for
tune.
The Bulletin said a package
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Mary Elliott, Ruby Franklin, Syl-
via Gillette, Anne Heide, Anne
Ignatowich. MIS-. George Karas,
Jean Murphy, Frances Murray.
Mrs. William Naughton. Ellen
O'Brien, Dorothy Olmstead, Anna
Price. Mrs. Stanley Quigg, Virginia
Reveal. Joyce Sterling. Dorothy
Sweadner, Mary Synkowski, Eve
lyn TeSkey and Ruth Willcoxon.
In early American Colonial days,
wild turkeys sold for 6 to Is cents
each.
Evening star., 1950-04-23

is your neighbor-Mrs. Blank" 3"
Sometimes she will call me back
and I've noticed always she says.
This is Mary Jones. etc" Would
the fact that I'm in my late fifties
and the neighbor in her twenties,
make any difference?
Answer: OF course, it would-it
would in fact. be very pretentious
to announce herself otherwise.
Dear Mrs. Post: How does one
make friends in a new neighbor-
hood? We're building a house, but
don't know anyone around.
Answer: Beyond showing a
readiness to be friendly when
people greet you. and urging them
to come to see you. patience is the
best policy to win you friends in
the end.
Mrs. Post is sorry she cannot
anSDer personal mail. Howeuer,
she has Wrttten a booklet, No.
502, Letter Writing" which,
among other helpful intorma-
tton. includes models of formal
notes, thank-you notes and
notes of coincidence. To obtain q
copy send 10 cents (coin pre-
terred and a Scent stamp to
her, care OF The Evening Star,
p. o. Boz 80, Station G, Ner
York 10, ". Y.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1950-04-23

be called Mrs. Christian name. As
a long time grandmother. ! GER
tainly prefer being called Mrs.
Emily Post to Miss Post. which
was never my name.
Guest Has Accident
can't find any discussion of
yours on the subject which inter-
ests me most. which is this: When
having dinner with a friend in
her house and I spill something
not Just little but a lot. which
needs to be wiped up-what
should I say? What should she
say?
Answer: What else can you do
except say you are sorry. and she.
except see, to it that the damage
is repaired as casually as possible
Name on Telephone
Dear Mrs. Post: What is your
opinion of a woman's using her
first name when speaking to an
acquaintance on the telephone?
l occasionally telephone a neigh
Dor whom ! know only casually.
1t seems natural to say. This