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Evening star., 1950-09-06
Daughter Of Kurusu
Regains Citizenship
On Truman Order

President Truman today re-
stored American citizenship to
Mrs. Jaye Kurusu Maddox. daugh-
ter of Japan's peace envoy" at
the time of Pearl Harbor and
wife of a Washington-born Army
officer now fighting in Korea.
Mrs. Maddox first became an
American citizen automatically
when she was born in Chicago
while her father, Saburo Kurusu.
was stationed at the Japanese
consulate there 90 years ago. Her
mother was an American.
She lost her citizenship when
she voted in the japanese election
in 1916. Congress enacted spe-
cial bill to restore her citizenship
after her mother-in- law. Mrs.
Marion Wygant Maddox, Of 1890
Fessenden street NV, intervened
on her behalf.
In 1948 1t. William j. Maddox,
jr., a graduate of Wilson High
School here, met the daughter OF
the former Japanese Ambassador
while he was stationed in Yoko-
hama with the Military Govern
ment. They were married in
June, 1948. He is now fighting as
liaison pilot with the 1st Cavalry
in Korea. They have one child.
The younger Mrs. Maddox con-
tended that she voted in the 1946
japanese election under duress.
The State Department overruled
her retention and revoked her
citizenship. She had returned to
Japan with her father before the
outbreak of World War II.
Another daughter Of the former
japanese diplomat, Pia, "a, was
married in 1947 to former 1t.
Frank White.
Evening star., 1950-09-06
By the Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Sept. 6.
An Iowa psychologist said yes
terday he believes he has de-
veloped a scientific method for
determining whether a proposed
new stage play would be hit
or a flop.
And that possibility goes also
for movies and radio programs
before they are generally pro-
duced, said DR.. Norman C. Meier
of the University of Iowa in a
report to the annual meeting of
the American Psychological Asso-
citation. The meeting is being
held on the campus of the Penn
Sylvania State College.
DR., Meier described results of
two years tests with a machine
he has developed for studying
audience reaction to every mo-
ment" Of play or script being
tried on a test audience.
From the experiments and
tests rum" he declared, 'it is
evident that plays may now be
tested before they are produced
on an expensive scale.
Blueprint for Director.
Moreover, weak spots may be
detected and corrected: dramatic
episodes be measured for their
duration and effectiveness, and
the director given a blueprint in
advance as to what his job is in
perfecting the production.
Still more Importantly. scripts
of new plays can be appraised in
advance so that weak ones can
be rejected and good ones spotted
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Businessmen Warned
As9 Are Held in Theft,
Forgery Of Checks

With the detention of a we'll
organized gang Of nine confessed
thieves and forgers Of Government
checks, the Secret Service today
renewed its warnings to business
men who so easily are duped into
cashing forgeries.
Two women and seven men
were held for the grand jury un-
der $1,000 bond each by United
States Commissioner Cyril 8. Law
renee in connection with nearly
100 forgeries.
Worked in Small Groups.
In teams Of two or three. they
rifled mail boxes in apartment
houses or private homes in the
Northwest section. according to
postal agents. One person would
stand lookout. while the others
broke into the boxes and removed
the contents.
Invariably, one Of their number
would trail postmen on their
rounds about the first of the
m6nth, in order to ease" the
scene Of their raids.
Others specialized in actually
forging the Endorsements on
checks they considered worth at
tention.
Postal inspectors Joined the
Secret Service in tracking down
the thefts and forgeries over the
last two or three months.
Held on Two Charges.
Held as members Of the gang
on one charge each Of forgery
and theft from the mails were
these defendants. all colored:
Jesse James Hodges. jr.. 81, OF
the 900 block of Westminster
street NV; Vernie J. Dade, %
Of the 1000 block Of M street NV;
Bertram M. Elliott, %. Of the 1900
block of o street NV: John N
Anthony. "a. of the 1900 block OF
California street NV: William
r. Barnes. %, of the 100 block
of Corcoran street NV: James D
Scott, %, of the 1900 block OF
Minnesota avenue Sc: Edward
S. Wheeler, 81. and his wife
Naomi. Is, of the 1400 block OF
Eleventh street NV, and Addie
Mae Harris, 20, of the 1000 block
Of Tenth street NV.
Evening star., 1950-09-06
device Tests Dramatic Values
|Of Plays and Radio Skits

by the audience judgment rather
thar the subjective opinion OF the
director or producer"
The testing technique involves
use of a number of small "au.
dience-response" recorders which
can be plugged into an electric
circuit handy to where members
of the test audience are seated
About 10 subjects-"typical au-
dience persons'-are used for eact
test run.
Sliding Pointers Arranged.
The individual machines arr
equipped with sliding pointers ar.
ranged on a graduated scale sc
that the subject can indicate hi
interest at every moment of the
plays development. The printed
scale runs from quite uninter-
esting" to "very interesting"
When the play is over, the rec.
ord of each subject appears as d
finely inscribed line on a wax-im-
pregnated tape. Then the records
are synchronized with the script
by the experimenter so that the
reaction Ito any line or episode
can now be examined"
After the play has been run
for different test groups at vari-
Gus times, the records are assem-
bled and transposed into a total
sample audience" for an overall
study of the play.
With such recording of audi
ence appraisal the playwright can
study the formal Of successful
plays and by contrast find out
the weaknesses Of his own." DR..
Meier said
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Larson Will Explain
Decentralization Plan
To Senate Committee

General Services Administrato:
Jess Larson said today he will
need only about As minutes to
brief" the Senate Appropriations
Committee tomorrow on the
Presidents plan for dispersal OF
key Government agencies.
But he added that the plan
which National Security Re-
sources Board Chairman w. Stu
art Symington urged at a COM
mittee session yesterday might
cause question -and-answer pc
riod lasting several hours.
Mr.. Larson and a dozen top as
sistants testified all day yesterday
on varied GSA items in the $751;
billion supplementary appropria-
ton bill being studied by the
committee. The only remaining
item directly concerning GSA is
the $139.8 million request for re-
moval Of some key agencies from
Washington to points within a
30-mile radius in nearby Mary
land and Virginia.
The committee asked the GSA
officials to return tomorrow morn
ing. It also expects to hear Sen
ator Mcmahon, Democrat, oi
Connecticut, chairman of the
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
a leading advocate Of the decen-
tralization proposal.
Mr.. Symington made an un-
scheduled appearance before the
committee yesterday, particularly
to answer questions about Gov
eminent stockpiling arrangements
He refused to comment after the
closed session. His official func-
ton, he explained. was strictly
advisory" in connection with re-
quested emergency defense appro-
priations.
Committee members disclosed
however, that the NSRB chairman
offered a brief Endorsement Of the
$3.50 million plan. He did not
touch on details of the proposed
rrogram.
After hearing details of that
plan tomorrow the committee still
will have a long list of other items
to consider in the overall $16.7
billion measure. One would pro-
vide additional funds for the FBI
The committee hopes to report
out the big bill by Friday, but
members said there was no as
surance this could be done. The
House passed the bill August 26
with numerous slashes. Those in
Guided a cut from $500, 900 to $780,
900 in civilian defense funds for
the District.
Evening star., 1950-09-06

1852 convention of the AFL Amer
ican Federation of Government
Employees has an amusing story
behind it.
A number of cities were bidding
feverishly for the next AFGE con-
vention when the union met in
convention last week in Omaha.
But the San Francisco delegation
came up with an inspired idea
They obtained the services of
Madalyn King, Miss Nebraska of
1947," to help persuade" the con-
vention to come to San Francisco
in 1852.
Clad in fetching cowgirl's out
fit. the blond and shapely Miss
King, now professional dancer,
handed out miniature cowboy hats
and very engaging smile. That
seemed to do the trick. The dele
gates selected San Francisco as
the site of their next convention
in 1952-unanimously.
X X X X
AFGE - incidentally, Hal J.
Miller, the Ages public relations
director, deserves a lot of credit
for the excellent way in which
he assisted newsmen covering the
convention. Everything went
smoothly, thanks to Mr.. Miller.
X X X X
COMMERCE In hiring en-
ployes to handle it's war controls
duties. the Commerce Department
will give first priority to former
employees who lost their jobs be-
cause of budget cuts. After these
employees are taken care of, the
department will hire outsiders.
Don't forget the aeW time oJ
Joseph Young'S Federal Spotlight
radio broadcast-6:15 pm. euers
Saturday oDer WMAL, The Sta'
radio station.
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Maryland
and
Virginia
Popogeorge Quits Sept. 80
As Public Works Head
News in Brief

George T. Papageorge. director
Of public works for Montgomery
County, has resigned. effective
September 80 from the $9,500-a-
year post. He win take a job as
head of the Urban Redevelop-
ment Commission Of Atlanta.
Mr.. Papageorge has held the
job in the nearby Maryland coun-
ty. for the past IA months, going
there from his native Georgia
Resignation Of the county's third
ranking executive was accepted
with regrets" yesterday by the
County Council.
Last April. following differences
with County Manager Irving G
McNayr, Mr.. Papageorge said he
would resign May !. He later re.
considered. Mr.. McNayr said
yesterday the resignation came al
"a complete surprise"
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Gen. Clark OF This Week
For European Inspection
BY The Assoeio,ed Press

FORT MONROE, Va, Sept. g.
Gen. Mark w. Clark, Army field
forces chief, will leave Fort Mon
roe Saturday for a nine-day tour
Of military installations in Ger
many, Austria and Trieste.
Nine field forces staff officers
and Maj. Gen. Glenn o. Barcus,
chief Of the Langley-based Tacti-
cal Air Command, will accom-
pany Gen. Clark on the tour and
to observe the annual large-scale
fall field maneuvers in the Euro
pean command.
Both British and French occu-
patton forces are scheduled to
take part In the big military show
a few miles from the Soviet zone
boundary September ILLS.
Gen. Clark will return to Fort
Monroe with part Of his team
September 20. Others of the OBJ
servation group will remain in
Europe until early Octcher.
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Loudoun Joins Planners

Loudoun County will become a
member of the Northern Virginia
Regional Planning Commission
The County Board of Supervisors
voted in favor of the move yes
terday.
The action came after Mrs. r.
8. Pickens. head of the Loudoun
Planning Commission. urged the
county to became a member Of
the planning group.
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Nose Collector SIuin

Police near Junagadh, India. re-
port shooting to death Visa Man
jaria, leader Of a gang which cut
off the noses Of 200 people. The
gang had raided 80 villages and
cut off the villagers noses-which
they offered In homage to o Hindu
goddess, police claimed.
Evening star., 1950-09-06

| Inc SGumD- "osepn A"1"s'
ling block is whether Federal en-
ployes who receive satisfactory"
ratings should have the right to
appeal their marks. The House
approved bill would give them this
appeal right. But the Senate's
bill would allow an employe an
appeal only from an "unsatisfac-
tory" rating.
And in conference. House con-
Iferees are insisting that employees
be allowed to appeal "satisfac-
tory" ratings If they so choose.
tOn the other hand. Senate con-
ferees, led by Senator Long, DEM
ocrat. of Louisiana. are just as
vehement in holding out for ap-
peal only on unsatisfactory"
grades.
The House conferees say en-
ployes are entitled to full appeal
right. Senate conferees declare
an appeal from a satisfactory"
rating isn't necessary because an
employees job wouldn't be at stake.
Otherwise, the conferees have
reached tentative agreement on
other portions of the bill. They've
agreed to the Senate's "satisfac-
tory" unsatisfactory" and "out-
standing" ratings, instead of the
satisfactory" unsatisfactory"
and excellent" grades voted by
the House. The present system
rates the employees as excellent"
very good" good" flair" and
unsatisfactory"
DECENTRALIZATION Presi-
dent Trumans request for $139
million to move $4,000 to 10000
Federal employees here to new Of
fees within a radius of from 20 to
80 miles Of Washington. is running
into considerable opposition in the
Senate Appropriations Committee.
Some Senator's privately are ex-
pressing opposition to the idea, de-
claring 1t isn't feasible.
IF we're going to move Govern
ment offices out of Washington,
then let's move them a good dis
tance away" one Senator declared.
IF the Russians ever drop atomic
bombs on Washington, 1t will be
Just as easy for them to bomb Gov
ernment buildings 20 to 30 miles
away"
A few other Senators feel the
question of dispersal deserves more
study than Congress will be able
to give it in the next few weeks
before it recesses for the Novem-
ber elections. All this indicates
that the decentralization proposal
may have some rough going in the
days ahead.
4
SEX APPEAL-The selection of
San Francisco as the site Of the
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Feather Forecasts Set

Feather Forecasts" will be
broadcast this summer by Brit
aims Air Ministry for owners Of
homing pigeons. Last year pigeon
fanciers lost $4,000 birds, many
of them valuable, because of the
weather. The forecasts will give
wind direction, speed, cloudiness
and visibility along the lines of
flight. For races abroad a special
long-range weather forecast will
be broadcast a few hours before
] the race begins.
Evening star., 1950-09-06
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-Mostl,
sunny with highest about IS de-
grees this afternoon. Clear with
lowest near Sc degrees tonight.
Mostly sunny and a little warmer
tomorrow.
Maryland-Clear and cool again
tonight. Tomorrow mostly sunny
and little warmer in the in
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Catholic Teachers
Hear Archbishop
Al School Mass

More than 1000 Catholic teach
ers today heard the Most Rev
Patrick T. O'Boyle. Archbishop OF
Washington, declare at a teachers
mass that there is no more i'm
portant work in the whole church
than that of teaching our children
love Of God, Of country and oi
their fellow men,"
Archbishop O'Boyle, who was
celebrant at the mass, held in st
Matthews Cathedral. added it was
possible to give the students al
the same time "the best possible
education in other branches Of
learning. We ask God daily tc
bless you and your noble work"
Teachers From Area.
Teachers attending the mass
were from Catholic schools in
Washington and Maryland coun-
ties of Montgomery. Prince
Georges, st. Marys, Calvert and
Charles.
The Rev. John G. Schultz OF
Holy Redeemer College, Catholic
University. in his sermon said "the
rising generation must be taught
that religion is something that
enters into every phase of life
They must be taught that God is
for week days as we'll as for Sun
days. that Jesus Christ cannot be
separated from the factory, Office,
work shop, theater and seashore
The place to show our children
that such a notion OF religion is
possible and practical is in the
classroom of the Catholic school,"
Schools Open Tomorrow.
Other officers of the mass were
the Rev. Alfred Kienle. new rector
of Gonzaga High School, assistant
priest; the Rev. Peter P. Rakow-
ski, pastor Of Mount Calvary
Church. Forestville, Md, and the
Rev. Thomas E. Burke, pastor of
st. Benedict the Moor Church,
deacons; the Rev. Donald j. Fan
non, pastor Of st. Ambrose
Church, Cheverly. Md, and the
Rev. Merle Baldwin, pastor of
st. Michael's Church, Ridge. Md,
deaconS of honor.
The Rev. Walter j. Schmitz of
Catholic University served as
master of ceremonies.
Catholic schools in the Wash
ington Archdiocese open tomor-
row for the 1950-51 academic
year.
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Snake EnIivens Golf

Playing golf on the Uitenhage,
South Africa, course Fred Taute
narrowly missed being bitten by
a snake. When the snake reared
three feet from the ground, ready
to strike Taute, his partner, Reg
Bacon. struck out with his club,
but the snake curled round the
shaft. Trying to shake it off, Ba-
con whirled it through the air. 1t
missed Taute by a whisker, then
Slithered aWay.
Evening star., 1950-09-06

terror, but rather cloudy and cool
on the coast.
Virginia-Rather cloudy with
occasional rain on the coast,
otherwise fair in the interior to-
night and tomorrow continued
cool.
District Medical Society rag
weed pollen count for "a hours,
ended 9 am. September 6, 106
grains per cubic yard of air.
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Sheriff Bonded in Assault

Sheriff HI. b. Wayland of
Culpeper County, Va, was free
under $3.50 bond today on q
charge Of assault and battery
ON q Culpeper town police
man. The sheriff Is charged
with blackjacking Police Pvt.
Horce w. johnson, 46, last Fri
day ut the jail.
A warrant was served on the
sheriff yesterday. The case was
continued until September 20
in Trial Justice Court. Fellow
officers recalled Pvt. johnson
served . warrant on Sheriff
Wayland several months ago for
ignoring q parking ticket. It
reportedly cost the sheriff S9.25.
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Towes Sure of Election

J. Millard Tawes will be elected
Maryland State Controller with
out opposition in November.
Mr.. Tawes, appointed recently
on the death of James J. Lacy,
is the nominee of the Democratic
Party. The deadline for any one
to file in opposition passed yes
terday without any candidates.
AP
Evening star., 1950-09-06
Women Police Pick Stacks

Fourteen special p0licewomen
will guard Montgomery County
school crossings when classes
start Monday and they will be
clad in slacks-not skirts.
The women, first Of 80 to be
employed for the school crossing
posts, ruled out skirts them
selves. Stacks, they told sur
prised officials, are more prac-
tical. With the slacks they will
wear battle jackets and peaked
caps.
Evening star., 1950-09-06

At the mo-
ment, however,
neither side is
S h 0 W in 6 any
signs of giving
in. But confer
ees have a way
of working out
a compromise
at the last mo-
ment. and that's
what sponsors
of the Senate
and House mea-
sures are hop
ing for.
Evening star., 1950-09-06

Heavy rainfall and high winds expected tonight in
section of the Nation in connection with the op
storm that drifting slowly southwark along the West
band scattered thundershowes will extend
Northern Rockies of Montana ouhwesward
mountains of Northern California Cool weather will continue
in of the Nation the southern tier of States where
it will be -AP Wrephoto
Evening star., 1950-09-06
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Efficiency Rating Bill Styn1ied
By Conferee Fight on Appeals
By Joseph Young

The conferees the legislation overhaul the Governments
efficiency rating system disagreement the
ctng versions the bills recently the
and Senate
Evening star., 1950-09-06

High and Low Of Last "A Hours.
High, 90, at 1855 pm.
Low, So. at 7:15 am.
Record Temperatures This Year,
Highest, 90. on June "a,
Lowest Is. on March 8.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast ano
Geodetic Survey.)
Evening star., 1950-09-06

River Report.
(From q. g. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
ana Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy at
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1950-09-06
The Sun and M,
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (Curgene month to date):

AutomobIIe NRhts must be turned o.
one-half hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1950-09-06

Will meet again IN several days
in hopes of reaching agreement
anc getting the measure enacted
into law this wear.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-05-11
Pepper Defeat
BLOW TO TIL
REPEAL HOPES

Washington (LPA)-Labor will
need to pick up six new Senators
who oppose Taft-Hartley in the
November elections, as a result of
the defeat Of Sen. Claude Pepper in
he Democratic primaries by Rep.
George Smathers. Before this,
unionists had figured that they
would need to re-elect all anti-Taft-
Hartley Senators who are up for
reelection in November, and to de-
feat at least five TIL supporters
to get repeal Of the law.
Smathers' victory over Pepper,
by about $4,000 out Of a record
total Of 100000 votes cast, came
after one Of the dirtiest and bitter
est campaigns in many years.
Union officials paid tribute to Pep
per for conducting brilliant cam
paign against heavy odds, but had
staked any hope for success on the
ability Of the union rank-and-file
in Florida to successfully counter
the name-calling and whispering
campaign against Pepper. Large
sums Of Republican, Dixiecrat and
big-business money were spent by
36-year-old veteran
whose political career was started
under Peppers wing.
In Alabama, home of the Dixie
Gratis, they didn't fare as well. Sen.
Lister Hill led the pro-Adminis-
tration forces in the party to vic
tory, though the margin was close.
Hottest fights came over control
of the state committee, where the
Dixiecrats had heavy backing from
northern industrialists, but where
they were licked. Hill and the en-
ire Congressional delegation, loyal
20 the Truman wing of the party,
that he would like to see industry
as whole accept bona fide col
lective bargaining" He summed up
by saying, "The employer who is
afraid to trust the American work
srs' good will towards industry,
their willingness to cooperate, their
to flood this country
with production, is a fool who does
not know his countrymen."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-05-11
PAGE FIVE

were renominated. There will be
a runoff for governor, but both top
candidates support the national
Democratic party.
Sen. Robert Taft now knows who
his opponent will be in November.
It's State Auditor Joseph T. Fer
guson, who polled more than 1877
900 votes in the Democratic pri-
mary to 100000 for the nearest of
his five opponents, Mayor Michael
v. Disable of Toledo. Organized
labor took no sides in the primary
race, but is expected to put on d
heavy push for Ferguson as
against the Republican Taft.
In Indiana, there were no upsets.
Now, the attention will focus on
the fights inside the Republican
party in primaries in Pennsylvania
on May Is and in Oregon on May
l9. Next test of pro-Administra-
tion strength in Democratic pri-
mary in the south will come in
North Carolina on May 10, when
Sen. Frank Graham will come up
against two reactionary opponents
in the primary there. AS in Florida
and Alabama, it will be a close
race.