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Evening star., 1951-01-09
DRIVERS Now AVERAGE
Prewar Speeds,
Traffic Experts Told

American drivers are hitting
about the same speeds as they
did in the pre-war years.
Morton S. Raft of the Bureau
of Public Roads told the 30th an
nual meeting of the Highway Re
serve Board of the National Re-
search Countil today that aver
age auto speeds dropped sharply
from Al miles per hour to 36 in
the fall of 1912. Since that time
they have leveled off at about 4S
miles per hour.
The Reserve Council opened its
sessions today at the National
Academy of Sciences Building,
2101 Constitution avenue NV.
The meetings will continue until
Friday.
Mr.. Raft said the percentage Of
motorists driving between so and
so miles per hour has increased
from 19 to 20 in the last five
years.
He said more buses are exceed
ing the 50-mile speed than any
other type of vehicle. However.
he pointed out, the percentage of
trucks going faster than so is
about twice what it was before
the war.
Gordon K. Gravelle, transporta-
ton engineer of the Automobile
Safety Foundation here, told the
group that city streets could be
operated more efficiently if traffic
experts would examine the capaci-
ties at intersections.
"Then," he said, "by determin-
ing the demand through a long
range study of traffic flow and
making operational changes in
signal times, turning points, Off
street parking and one-way streets.
the arterial street flow could be
greatly increased"
Evening star., 1951-01-09
CONTINUED ,Frpmf First eePage.)

Continued ,EFph FIRST sFaee.'
arisen with respect to the creation
of appropriate districts within the
States, which merit the considera-
tion of the Congress.
Discrepancies Cited.
"Over the years Widespread dis
crepancies have grown up between
the populations of the various
congressional districts. While
some variation is inevitable, the
extreme differences that now exist
can and should be corrected. For
example, there is one State in
which, according to the 1850 cen
Sus, the smallest district has a
population of under 175,000 and
the largest has a population ex-
|ceeding 100000.
I'm many States, there are diff
ferences of 100000 to 100000
people between the smallest and
largest existing, districts in the
State. While about half of the
congressional districts through
out the country are between 300,-
900 and 100000 in population
there are some so districts with
population of 25O, 900 or less and
at the other extreme some Sc
districts with q population of
450, 900 or more. Furthermore, as
population has increased, several
States have added congressman
at-large. instead of redistrictine
as they should. Such defects in
our system Of congressional dis
tricts .obstruct the effective opera
ton of democratic principles on
which our whole Government
rests. 1t is fundamental to the
whole structure of the Constitu-
ton that all citizens have equal
representation as far as prac-
ticable in the House of Represent
atives. This basic principle is
not carried out unless congress
sional districts are drawn up to
reflect population changes.
Red,stricting Enyisioned
"The present statute clearly
contempiates that the States will
redistrict after an apportionment
Redistricting is the task of the
State legislature and must of
course continue to be so. How
ever. it is also matter of national
concern, and Congress has a con-
stitutIonal obligation in this field
which cannot be overlooked. Ar
ticle I. Section 4 of the Constitution
provides that the times. places and
manner Of holding elections for
representatives shall be prescribed
in each State by the legislature
thereof. But Congress may by law
make or alter such regulations.
For many years the Congress
exercised this power. From l842
through 1911 the apportionment
statutes enacted by the Congress
as the result of each succeeding
census required each State hav-
ing more than one Representative
to divide itself into single member
districts, thus holding down the
number of Congressman at large
This requirement is not included
in the legislation which now gov
erns the subject. Furthermore
Evening star., 1951-01-09

mittee-Assembly President Mas
rollah Entezam of Iran, Sir Bene-
gal N. Rau of India and Canada's s
Lester B. Pearson-have sent a
declaration of principles" to their
governments for study.
It's contents are secret but one
provision is understood to be a
promise to Peiping that her repre-
sentatives will be asked to a con-
ference on Far Eastern problems
after her troops have withdrawn
from Korea.
Evening star., 1951-01-09

N~AASAAAA~A = ohk ~ OS d6S't
and Chairman George E. Leighty
of the Railway Labor Executives
Association.
Will Be Closed to Public.
The Committee for Economic
Development. headed by Marion B.
g, Folsom of Rochester, chairman of
the Board of Trustees, will meet
Thursday afternoon.
Friday afternoon will see the
board confer with the United
States Chamber of Commerce,
headed by President Otto A. Sey-
ferth, and the State Chambers of
Commerce, led by Hershel Atkin-
son of Columbus, Ohio.
While the, conference will be
/ closed to the public. Mi Ching
has asked the participants to
bring along statements of their
position to give to newsmen.
Much the same labor and man
agement groups will meet today
with w. Stuart Symington, chair
man of the National Security Re-
sources Board. They are his
advisers.
Taft Act to Be Under Fire.
President Truman, in his state
I of-the- Union message. said there
| was need for changes in present
labor laws.
Presumably, Mr. Truman meant
amendment by Congress of the
Taft-Hartley labor relations law
1t is almost certain that the labor
leaders will demand changes in
the law they really want repealed
as means of holding disputes to
a minimum under any emergency
program for controlling wages.
The issues which Mr.. Ching
suggested for review by the indus
try and labor groups in the Wage
Sterilization Board conference
were:
/. Inequities which might be
created between workers who have
fallen behind at the time that
controls would be established.
2. Should cost-of living adjust
ments such as those now in effect
in the automobile industry be con-
tinued?
8. What to do about contractua
provisions for specific future in
creases agreed upon in advance.
4. Industry versus area stabiliza.
ton: Will wage improvements ir
an area upset industry wide sta.
bilization and vice versa? To whar
extent should urgent manpowel
needs be considered in allowing
wage adjustments.
S. Administrative problems Gre
ated by intra-plant wage adjust
ments.
6. Substandard rates of pay.
7. The effect of other economic
benefits such as bonus. health vel
fare and pension plans on thu
movement Of workers into neces
sary defenSe jobs. ~
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Controls

Continued From First Page.)
and Chairman George E. Leighty
Of the Railway Labor Executives
Association.
Evening star., 1951-01-09

Like other business institutions banks must concern
themselves with third type of service-the opportu.
nifty for accomplishment and personal progress they
provide for their sta Our methods of providing this
opportunity are outlined in the Report.
The booklet also contains the Union Trust statement
of condition at year-end-with deposits and total
assets at new highs report of our income and ex.
Penses, and financial comparisons with past years.
We invite you write for your copy Or. better st visit
either office in person. We would welcome you here
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Muquzine HuiIs Byrd

RICHMOND, Jan. 9 R.-The
official publication of the League
of Virginia Counties has desig-
mated Senator Byrd, Democrat. as
"Virginia's Man of the Mid Cen
tury,"
Evening star., 1951-01-09
New Taxes, Sacrifices
Due, Valentine Tells
Dry Goods Retailers
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. "a rough
road ahead paved with sacrifices
and taxation until it hurts was
the picture left with the Nations
top retailers today by Alan Valen-
tine. economic stabilization ad-
ministrator.
The alternative, he said, is
ruinous imitation that will pick the
pocket of every wage Garner.
Nothing specific was forecast in
the way of price or wage controls
In Mr.. Valentines speech last
night to the National Retail Dry
Goods Association.
But he left no doubt that con-
trolls were coming and he made no
bones about clamping down on
those who put selfish interest
before the common good"
Holds 40th Convention.
The NRDGA's 40th annual con-
vention turned from Government
warnings today-the second of it's
Monday-through- Thursday meet
tng-to discussions of it's prob
lens by top retail executives and
manufacturers.
The 5000 retail storekeepers
from all over the country faced
common plants of manpower
shortages. Tightening supplies,
rising costs and Simmer profits.
Theodore I. Felner, manager of
the yards goods division of the big
Burlington Mills, echoed a COM
mon feeling that has run through
the meeting when he said it is
certainty that we're in for a
long period of extensive Govern
ment spending and business def
nitely will be on the bullish side"
Warning Discussed.
There still was talk today of Mr..
Valentines call for an all-out sac
rifice by all hands to- battle inf1a-
tion.
There was talk of Mr.. Valen-
tines warning, too, that it is not
enough to stabilize prices, if, as
result, the essential goods at
the lower price levels vanish from
the market.
Mr.. Valentine had told the re-
tailers these goods are often the
only kind low-income families can
afford to purchase and he urged
them to keep them on the mar
ket mo matter how difficult that
may be-"
What sacrifices will the house
wife and the worker be called on
to make?
Mr.. Valentine said if such things
as going without a new refrigera-
tor and television set is a sacri-
flee, then many will be called on
to endure it.
Stresses Common Interest.
"Adb Audot Nuoli1Coo w. N1I
Valentine said the small business
man and capitalist alike must sub
ordinate every special interest to
common interest.
He added there will be national
control for those who insist upon
putting their selfish interest be-
fore the common good as the
crisis deepens."
Mr. Valentine said the job of
his agency is to bring the economy
back into balance. He said fair
distribution of goods in short sup
ply was one of his agency's pain
full jobs.
Clearly" he said, "the distri-
button of these goods cannot be
left. as in normal times. to the
free play of prices in the mar
ket place"
He will try to do the job, he
said. with as little tinkering with
free enterprise as possible.
Evening star., 1951-01-09
Dr.. Fisher Resiqns

SHEPHERDSTOWN. w. Va.
Jan. 8 (P.-Dr. Vernon j. Fisher.
associate professor Of agriculture
at Shepherd College, has resigned
to accept position with Du Points
agricultural station at Whining
Evening star., 1951-04-26
Natures S Children
BY LiIIion Cox Athey

ferent individuals. Lions of India
if there are any left-are name
less.
Until the male reaches three, he
wears no badge of sovereignty. His
collar grows with great speed and
luxuriance until the lion is six.
Even though he may reach the age
of 40, his name will not continue to
grow with the years. The long hair
of the name continues as a fringe
along the center line of the belly.
Strangely enough. there is a
thorn" buried in the tuft Of his
long "swatter." 1t is a sharp gristle,
so far no real use has been found
for it. Apparently it angers the
lion, no end, when he thrashes his
own hanks in anger, to be struck
by this thorn"
An adult reaches the length of
10 feet s inches, with a weight of
ATS pounds. The females are about
Evening star., 1951-04-26
African Lion.

Great fear has been expressed by
many persons who are afraid ZOOS
will be bombed, setting the liking
of beasts free" Great care has been
taken by authorities not only to
protect the animals, but citizens as
well.
Though given the reputation for
majestic bearing, the lion does not
always carry himself with such dig
nifty as to warrant the title. Rather
he is likely to move about with
head down. Livingston, and others
well acquainted with the lion, re-
port he is generally mean and a
coward.
The grand proportions of the
beast, together with his flowing
name. always attracts attention. The
hairy adornment distinguishes the
male lion from all other members
of the family. The growth Of long
hair varies greatly In color in diff
Evening star., 1951-04-26
ADVERTISEMENT.

Pound roe in mortar and add
chopped onion and soaked
bread, after squeezing out
water. Pound until mixture is
like paste. Then begin to add
olive Oil, alternating with lemon
juice, stirring briskly. When
quite thick add lemon juice and
remaining olive oil gradually,
stirring all the while, until mix
ture acquires a uniform con-
Isistency.
This is not a salad for sissy,
and it takes a while for Amer
lean tastes to get used to it,
but it's really delicious if you
like exotic dishes. The Greek
name for the roe is 'Tarama."
EVER SO often we get calls
for blackStrap mOlaSses, par
ticularly from those Washing
tonians who are following the
food theories of Gaylord Haus-
er. VI course, we nave IL. you'll
find it at Sellers Frozen Food
Stand, No. 106-1OS. Y0gurt?
You'll find it at Georges Deli
catessen, stand No. $780, 1892.
%& -
WHEN you aren't actually
shopping at the Market, tune
to Ruth Cranes Modern WOm-
IAN" program over WMAL-TV
ON Wednesday. You'll find it
fun to view your favorite mer-
chants on televisiion, and to
hear the latest news in foods.
| You'll find our FREE PARK
ING LOT on X Street a great
convenience when you come
down to shop, and do use our
little shopping carts. Their use,
is free Of charge, too.
CENTER MARKET CITY
5th s. K SIS. NV.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
A C7te-Mt7lnte Test of You
!. +, News Knowledge
/. NEWS QUIZ
By Tom Henry

1. REDS-Russia has COM
pleted It's latest flve-year plan,
boosting production 73 per
cent over 1910. How many
plans have they had?
2. SWAP What is the
name of Gen. MacArthur's
plane that has been rechris-
ened.
8. CHECKS-The Governs
ment is still paying out Sc
million a year in Civil War
pensions. When did that war
end?
4. DIAMONDS-The Ma
tional League opened its 18th
season last week. What sea-.
son did the American League
open?
5. QUOTES When did
President Truman say: Our
foreign policy is a world policy
of world peace-peace not
only in the Western Hemi-
sphere. but in Europe, in
Asia-all around the globe?
Answers.
i. This is the 4th and was
completed 9 months ahead of
schedule. 2. Formerly named
''Scap" for Supreme Com
mander of the Allied Powers,
it is now called 'Bataan. g..
86 years ago. Pensions total
over SO billion in that time. 4.
It's 50th. S. At the Demo-
Gratis $100-a-plate Jefferson
jackson Day dinner.
Tom Henry's "Quiz 'Em"
appears every Sunday in This
Week Magazine with The Star.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
Contract Bridge
By Culbertson
Washington, D. G.
THURSDAY. APRIL 26, 1851

tcopyrieht. 1851. bs MY CuIbertson.)
Today's deal was notable for the
fat that each Of the four players
was highly critical of his partners
bidding or play.
South, dealer
North-South vulnerable.
NORTH
AKA
2AQJ8
132
&KQJ95
WEST EAST
AQ93 AJ72
109754 262
% 1K8754
4 &A862 &1043
The bidding:
South. West. North East
1d'm'd Pass 3clubs Pass
Sd'm'ds 3hearts Dbl Pass
3spades Pass Mt. Pass
4 4spades Pass Ant Pass
6d'm'ds Pass Pass Pass
SOUTH
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Evening star., 1951-04-26
V s
1AQJ1os6
a -

It would take too long to analyZe
each of the above bids-let it suffice
to say that several flaws could be
found. We viii get back to the
bidding, but now let's watch the
play:
West opened the heart ten. De-
clarer played dummy's jack,
dumped" his singleton club on the
heart ace, then cashed the king and
ace of spades and ruffed third
round. The fortunate 3-3 spade
break brought a smile to South'S
face. and he now led dummy's last
diamond and finessed. He could
not. Of course, catch East's diamond
king, but he could easily force out
that card, control East's return,
draw the rest of the trumps and
claim the slam.
Then the fur few. East blistered
his partner for not laying down the
club ace on opening lead, and West
countered this by exclaiming. 'sWhy
didn't you double six diamonds,
with all those trumps in your hand?
Then I would have laid down the
club ace" North and South were
also critical of each other for the
bidding, but, naturally enough, this
criticism was tempered by their
smashing success.
Taking up the matter of whether
East should have doubled, and
whether. in the absence of that
double, West should have opened
the club ace. it seems fair to con-
clude that East had the better of
the argument In the light of the
bidding. specifically North's double
Of three hearts, West should have
opened the club ace. The very fact
that he was void of diamonds raised
the strong possibility that East had
a trick there.
(Released by the Register and Tribune
Syndicate. 1851
Evening star., 1951-04-26
one foot shorter and tip the scales

one foot shorter and tip the scales
slightly less.
Natives of western Tanganyika
hunt the lion with spears as their
ancestors did centuries ago. Many
of them are SO skillful they kill
with a single thrust.
At the time the Kenya-U Uganda
railroad was being constructed, the
lions of the neighborhood were
greatly intrigued, spending hours
gazing at the strange activities.
The trickling water from the great
tanks kept at the station was too
much for them, closer inspection
was deemed necessary. It was not
unusual for the station agent to
telegraph, Lions on the platform,
don't get OF"
Evening star., 1951-04-26
Railways Poy Billions

NEW YORK. - United States
railroads spend about 81 billion
a year to improve service and pay
about 81 billion in taxes.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
ADVERTISEMENT.
eENTER
MARKET CITY
with Af AXhN%

ss. W<xH <dk <a/HES
FASCINATING, fascinating,
fascinating! This great mar
ketplace that is a storeh0use
for all the good foods of the
world. Yes, literally, the world.
Not just foods from the District,
Maryland and Virginia, but
from all over the world!
There is no other market
near that houses as many va
rieties of foods under one roof
truly, a trip to Center Market
City is an education in foods.
REMEMBER the carp roe we
told you about last week-frOm
Variety Sales Co? Well, we have
a reader who wants to know
what kind of salad you make
with this roe. It's a well-known
salad in the Mediterranean
countries. The ingredients i'm
cIude 10 ounces of the roe, 8
cups of olive oil, l finely chop
ped onion, Calamata olives (you
can also buy these at Variety,
= cups of bread and juice of 2
lemons.
Remove crusts from bread
and place in water to soak.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Take Ny Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby
The "BOSs's" Corner.

Pasadena: There is a merry war
on in my organization concerning
my insistence on emitting the YES
tigial salutations and compliments
ary closes from the letters I dictate.
/ haven't used them for years, for
I can see no point in calling people
I don't even know dear" or trying
to convince them that I am theirs
sincerely. If they can't tell from
the tone of the letter, haven't
written it we'll. And If I haven't
written it well, flowery phrases
won't help. Won't you please. give
your opinion to the public atelarge
Cif you agree with me, that iO p
T. B. H.
Bravo! At last I have found the
Twentieth Century Executive I've
been searching for! I agree with
you 100 per cent.
Generally speaking, the average
executive is brilliant dynamo of
a man, as -the-minute as to-
days front page until he rings
for his secretary. Then he sets his
mind back 100 years, and off he
goes into the most elegant prose
ever penned-he thinks. Of course
the unfortunate person who receives
his rambling but beautiful bit Of
verbosity seldom is able to under
stand what he's talking about; but
that is of minor consideration.
However, today I want to talk
primarily about the point T. B. H.
has raised-those protestingly af-
fectionate affectations, the saluta-
tion and complimentary close.
The truth is that salutations and
complimentary closes have no
meaning whatsoever. They are, to
quote from one of my own books,
"relics as useless and incongruous
as a whipsocket on a jeep."
Is Mr.. William Worcester Wink,
of Wink, Blank, and Blink, my
dear? Indeed not! He's neither
mine nor dear to me. Dear
means: esteemed; precious; loved;
regarded with affection.)
Why should I keep telling Wink
that I am your truly or yours
sincerely? In the first place, I'm
not his at all; in the second place
itSis an untruth to remind him con-
stantly that l am true to him. And
is it not boasting of my own hon
esty to assure and reassure him
that I am sincere with him?
Consider what goes into the bust
ness letter: the dictator's time; the
time of the stenographer; the re-
cipients time; part of the STEM
ographer's notebook, pencil, desk
chair, typewriter and ribbon; the
cost of letterhead, second sheets
carbon paper, envelope and post
age. 1t has been estimated thai
the cost of the average business
letter is about SO cents. Is it any
wonder, then, that use of long
winded, outmoded. meaningless;
"elegancies" are disgraceful con-
suners of manpower, money and
materials
Stick to your guns, T. B. H. I'm
for you. And perhaps # We con.
tinue our crusade we'll make Some
small impression-within the nexI
100 years or So
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Uncle Ruy's Corner

For almost As years, King Henry
In ruled England. He did impor-
|tant work in putting the country
on the basis Of law, and in par
ticular he promoted the system OF
trial by jury.
This king met Ill fortune, how
ever, through a man he had ap-
proved as Archbishop of Canter-
bury. The archbishop was known
as Thomas a Beckett.
Henry tried to bring about
new system in which clergymen
would be forced to appear before
civil courts, instead of church
courts. Archbishop Beckett objected
to this, and also had other quarrels
with the monarch.
| The trouble went on for a long
/ time before the king spoke angry
words. He said that none Of his
friends would do anything to taks
Evening star., 1951-05-25

revenge on an "upstart clerk," "
meaning the archbishop. -Four OF
his knights heard the words, went
to the cathedral, and killed Thomas
"a Beckett. It seems that the king
did not intend to bring about the
murder, but the deed caused him
to lose standing in England.
Further trouble came to Henry
from his sons, Prince Henry and
Prince Richard. Joining forces in
France, where large sections be-
longed to the English king, these
princes led a rebellion against
their father. They failed. and the
father was kind enough to pardon
them.
Richard was only is years old at
the time of the rebellion. Later
his elder brother rebelled again,
and this time Richard helped his
father. The king won the day, and
Evening star., 1951-05-25

Swedish stock prices advanced
on a governmental decision to re-
lease corporate profits which had
been blocked off in a dividend
limitations move.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Word Come
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RATIVE
meaning. "a remedy" Average is
q; limit, 80 minutes.
Rules-Words must be Of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition of IS" such as 'bats. +"
cats" are not used Only one form of a
word is used. Proper names are not used
A list will be published tomorrow.
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