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Evening star., 1951-11-08
Guide to a New Era in Fairfax

Fairfax County'S newly constituted Board
OF supervisors is fortunate in having a compre-
hensve and authoritative guidebook for its diff
cult task of converting the county government
10 the county executive form approved year
ago. Ine guldebook is detailed report by the
Bureau OF Public Administration of the Univer-
slty OF Virginia on steps necessary for smooth
transition from the county's traditional super
vlsors' rule to modern executivej management
system That the transition can be accomplished
without appreciable disturbance is clear from
the report But there Is a warning of serious
pitfalls II certain advice is not followed carefully
One of the potential pitfalls is the choice
OF county executive. The whole success of the
countys governmental reform hinges on this
selection. David Lawrence, editor and columnist
VINO was chairman of the research project which
produced the report, gave appropriate emphasis
to this point in submitting the report to the
Board OF Supervisors. He said: 1.-THE position
OF county executive, if filed by the right man,
can carry forward the new form of government
to great heights of achievement, whereas the
selection OF the wrong man can bog down the
whole machinery of the new form of government
and result in chaotic situation in our county
that would be detrimental to the best interests
OF the people
The new Board of County Supervisors as II
only OF picking executive but of listing ouali-
hcationS for the Office and fixing the salary.
Unless the qualifications and the salary are set
high enough TO insure competence in the key
once, the whole future of the executive plan will
be imperiled. Beyond that there must be q
close working arrangement between the board
and the executive, yet not SO close as to hamper
him in doing his management job effectively.
The suggestion in the report that the board seek
the advice of small committee of citizens expert
enced In personnel work in choosing the county
executive Is good one. Technical advice will
be available from the State On many other tran
sition problems
It is evident too, that legislative aid from
the General Assembly will be needed, if the new
system Is to be adapted to the special needs of
rapidly growing Fairfax County The report says
special legislation should be sought for legal
adviser to the board, separate from the common
wealths attorney; for delegation of certain au-
thority, for creation of department of public
works, for appointment by the board rather than
the court OF library trustees and for elimination
OF the referendum requirement in coming changes.
These added powers would enable the board to
better serve the needs of a community which
rapidly is taking on an urban aspect. With this
added authority and with an able manager of
the countys business affairs, Fairfax will be able
to look forward to bright new era of develop
ment.
Evening star., 1951-11-08
Mr.. Snow to Mr.. Lawrence

I have sent the following letter to
David Lawrence, and I shall appre~
ciate it II you will publish it in your
columns:
"You have done me the honor. in
your columns of October 80 and 81, to
refer extensively to the speech I made
Legal Fraternity Of George Washington
University. could wish that you had
also done me the justice to quote ac-
curately from that speech. In your first
column, after the words. Here Is the
exact language by Chairman Snow on
this point you omit from the follow
ing quotation the entire first half Of
my opening sentence, which contained
an important qualification that applied
to everything said on the subject.
What actually said, and what you
omitted to quote was:
Under the first head, the truth of
the allegation. can speak only for the
Department of State and for the period
1947 to the present, the period of my
participation in the loyalty and security
program, but for that department and
for that period Here begins your
exact quotation.
"A large part of your two columns is
then taken up with alleged occurrences
in connection with the Hiss case dating
from 1899. 1941. 1912 and 1945, which
you say contradict my statements. These
alleged occurrences concern the admin
istrations Of Secretaries of State Hull,
Stettinius and Byrnes, none of whom
require any defense from me, and as
fn xsYhn r for -
make statements. I was practicing law
in New Hampshire in 1899, and was in
the Army of the United States from
1910 to 1946. Mr.. Hiss resigned from
the State Department in January 1947,
and the Loyalty Security Board was not
appointed by Secretary Marshall until
July of that year. The board has never
had the Hiss case before 1t. and is in no
position to pass on what actually oc-
CURED under the earlier security pro-
cedures Of the State Department I can
only say what intended to make clear
by my speech, that under the loyalty
and security procedures set up in 1947.
Hiss would not have continued in en-
ployment. once the allegations regarding
his behavior had been made known to
the department by the FBI
"You state in your second column
that have chosen to give out only part
of the story. You are quite correct. I
spoke only Of the facts with which as
chairman OF the Loyalty Security Board
was familiar. If an employe resigns
during loyalty investigation and before
his case comes to the board, his file is
never even seen by the board. II he
resigns after the case coneS tn tho
board, but before adjudication, the
board loses jurisdiction, and the file is
withdrawn from the board. If it served
any public purpose to discuss publicly
individual cases, these files could be ex-
Evening star., 1951-11-08
Believes We Mocked Boy Scouts

To point favor the irony you de-
pict in your cartoon of November 2, but
why pick on a Boy Scout handbook to
emphasize the irony? Why not show
Mr.. Mckinney reading the Bible? From
this cartoon the public will get good
laugh at virtue and the Boy Scout or
ganization. because The Stars editor
must know that the public believes the
one to be synonymous with the other.
Admitted that the Scouts are asked to
memorize an idealistic oath and an
equally idealistic scout law and are ex-
pected to be living examples Of both,
ask you is this form of idealism to be
paraded through the newspapers in
mockery? Harold L. Robinson.
Evening star., 1951-11-08

time and history. Grant was for an
easy peace at first but he later became
identified with the Republican radicals
and their punitive measures.
There was the speaking tour on which
Johnson took him along-and how
Grant hated to make speeches, even the
few words expected of him when he was
introduced! Grant felt that the Pres
ident was trying to make him CO.
responsible for the presidential policies,
but he went along. He was soldier;
the President. Commander in Chief
There were embarrassing moments in
the West when the crowds hissed the
President and cheered Grant Gentle
men. I'm ashamed Of you," Grant said
in indianapolis, "go home and be
ashamed of yourselves"
But the moment in the cabinet meet
ing, when Grant refused to undertake
a mission to Mexico because he thought
johnson was trying to get him out of
the way, must have been even more
embarrassing.
Then, despite the Tenure Of Office Act.
Evening star., 1951-11-08
Eisenhower Reflects Over q Pointi1o
By George Kennedy

WHEN Gen: Eisenhower called at
w the White House Monday, he
stopped to look at the picture of Grant,
Sherman, Lincoln and Admiral Porter
discussing terms to be offered should
the South surrender.
The great captains of the present
know intimately the lives of those of
the past. While he was waiting to see
the President, the General might well
have reflected how different is his situa-
ton than that of Grant after the Civil
War.
There are some parallels. In both
cases death took the war presidents in
the period Of victory. Like Grant,
Eisenhower has had to get along with
successor whom he did not know before.
There the analogy ends. Truman has
been a much happier President than
johnson. Truman succeeded in getting
himself nominated and elected to the
presidency in his own right and Eisen-
hower's relations with him have been
far more pleasant than Grants were
with Lincolns successor.
johnson. Gen. Eisenhower might re-
fleet. never offered to help Grant attain
the highest Office in the land.
Grant was younger, in his mid
forties; Eisenhower has passed 60.
Grant had left the Army in his
younger days; was known to have been
a Democrat in the period of successive
failures in Missouri and Illinois. Grant
could have had either the Republican or
the Democratic nomination had the con-
ventions been held in 1866.
Grant was the unqualified hero of the
people OF the North. Congress gave him
$4,000 year. His gifts included the
big house in Philadelphia that he never
lived in: the house at Galena, Ill.,, that
he seldom came back to; Boston's gift of
$4,000 library. and IA trotting horses,
all gifts from admirers which he used
to drive through Washington with a
cigar always between his teeth.
But as Gen. Eisenhower might have
reflected. Grants existence was par
ticularly unhappy at that time when
admirers were booming him for the
presidency and he was keeping his
silence.
Something much worse than the
atomic bomb had exploded in America.
killing almost million and leaving the
leadership of the land radioactive with
fanaticism and plain hate. No one could
have steered course through that mael-
strom that would have satisfied both the
Evening star., 1951-11-08
Holding the Spenders to Account

welcome curb on careless spending of
Government funds has been put into effect at
a number of Defense Department installations.
thanks to the Hoover Commission. That COM
mission severely criticized the loose and am
biguous accounting and budgeting methods used
by most Federal agencies. The military estab-
lishment was pointed out as a prime offender
in this connection. The commission said that
under present bookkeeping procedures it was
almost impossible to obtain accurate figures on
the cost, for example, of running the Bethesda
Naval Hospital Similarly, there was no way Of
knowing whether it was cheaper to overhaul
ship, tank or an airplane at one military plant
or another.
The commission recommended modernized
system of accounting and budgeting OF appropria-
tions, based on what it called the performance
budget" plan. That is, each unit would have to
render full accounting of its performance, with
a detailed report on where all moneys came from
and where they went This is novel only to the
Federal Government. Most up-to-date business
establishments long have operated on this basis.
One of the first military activities to adopt
the new system was the Pentagon printing plant.
In the past it was customary for various offices
of the Defense Department to send their printing
orders to the plant without consideration OF cost.
The Office placing the order never received bill
to worry about. Now all is different. Not only
does each Office receive bill for the cost Of the
job but payment Is made out of the appropria-
ton of the ordering agency officials watching
the experiment say the effect has been note
worthy. Printing orders have dropped in number
and in size, now that agencies realize that their
own funds will be tapped for the cost
The new system has been installed at several
other military yards and plants and eventually
will be used generally under gradual conversion
plan. This is the sort of "cost consciousness
which the Senate Preparedness subcommittee
vainly sought in a recent survey Of naval posts
and which is necessary if there is to be any real
progress toward administrative economy and
businesslike efficiency IN the Federal Government
Evening star., 1951-11-08
Hurvesters

The sink Uas filled tDith dishes,
The n.ending still undone,
And other tasks 1pere Daiting
But she had seen the sun
Descend distant hilltop
Her heart could not be stayed,
Her feet made haste to tolIow
Lest soon the glory fade.
Her menfolk stored the harpest
For use tD1aen snoD should taH,
But she had gGrnered pictures
To hang on n,ensory's ,ualli
lnez CIork Thorsor.
Evening star., 1951-11-08

Tax Protest
AS one of the common people I wish
to protest the high-handed manner in
which our taxes are assessed.
My small income is static, yet am
conf onted with the ever increasing cost
OF living and a greatly increased tax
burden, while our high officials, who are
responsible for the new tax law, are
practically untouched. The Presidents
salary and the present exempt $2,500
expense accounts of the members of
Congress remain exempt until January,
1858, while the common man is required
to pay the increase now.
I cannot help wondering at the rea-
soning Of the assessors. How do the tax
exempt officials expect to exist when
the common man is reduced to poverty?
Just Another Taxpayer.
Evening star., 1951-11-08
A Man Who

Any number of possible candidates for
President are being discussed. AS a
plain. ordinary American. I want to
nominate w. Stuart Symington for Pres
1dent. Intelligence, integrity, stature,
business ability and diplomacy are
among his qualifications. While we still
face excessive waste. his programs have
been responsible for many savings.
The speed with which both parties
approved his RFC appointment is ample
Endorsement. Francis Koppeis.
Evening star., 1951-11-08
N Street, Georgetown

How many people have had bumpy,
Jarring rides along M street in the
Georgetown section of our Capital City?
This street, which originally was used
for horse travel and paved with cobbles
to prevent horses from slipping, is almost
exclusively used for auto, traffic today.
For the love of the twentieth century,
why don't some of our officials wake up
and pave and widen this street for
modern traffic.? The sidewalks in the
Georgetown section also are a disgrace.
Edward M. Strong.
Evening star., 1951-11-08
Questions and Answers

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By THE HASKN SERVICE
@. What is the highest safe tempera-
ture IN a refrigerator, and is it af-
1ected by the thickness of frost inside?
HI. F. L.
A. A temperature Of so degrees in the
refrigerator is recognized as the health
line" If frost is permitted to accumu.
late inside to a thickness of an inch.
the temperature in the refrigerator will
probably be 54 degrees, or degrees
above the maximum to arrest the
growth of organisms causing spoilage.
@. What is the oldest radio serial?
-E. 0.
A. The National Association of Radio
and Television Broadcasters says that
Just Plain Bill" is believed to be the
Oldest existing daytime radio serial. It
first went on the air In September, 1882.
Other serials currently broadcast origi-
mated at an earlier date, but have not
run continuously.
@. What was the first rag-time song?
H. P. M.
A. Sigmund Spaeth says that it Is a
mistake to credit any individual song
with this distinction, although the honor
has often been given to "The Bully"
sung by May Irwin in 1895 and pub
lished in the following year.
Evening star., 1951-11-08

which added the advice and consent
OF the Senate to the firing as well as to
the hiring Of high Government officials,
johnson fired Stanton and made Grant
Secretary of War. johnson wanted to
test the law.
But when the Senate refused It's con-
sent, Grant allowed Stanton to regain
possession of the Office. He merely
walked across the street to his Office as
commanding general of the Army. john
son said that Grant had violated an
agreement to keep the Office or to allow
him to appoint his successor. Grant re-
piled that his "honor as a soldier and
integrity as man" had been violently
assailed.
1t was an humiliating episode. 1t was
then that Grant joined the Republican
Party.
Yes. Ike might have reflected as he
looked at the picture, how much more
pleasant his relations are with the White
House-but the thought might have
crossed his mind that after all, Grant
became President.
Evening star., 1951-11-08

clean q way must be found to get the stay-at-
homes to 60 to the polls.
Evening star., 1951-11-08

Remembering how the spring was
stirred
BY many thrilling cry and ardent call,
own,
He tries them all.
Now, silent, he has flown
To the magnolia's shining green,
And where cone is stifhy holding up
It's scarlet seeds
Poising upon the tip. light winged, he
feeds
Out of a. swaying cup.
Within the cloister of the leaves, un-
seen,
Low-twittering, as if in prayer,
He practices the notes that he has heard
Some happy summer bird
Toss on the shadowy air.
Flashing from bush to shrub, from shrub
to tree,
He is slim, winged anthology,
Lyric with bits of half lf-remembered song.
To him belong
The broken cadence and the minor key
OF those who seek to capture a lost
felicity. M. L. H.,
ARLINGTON, Va.
Dear Sir:
"Your column is joy to read as you
educate the foolish public in more posi-
tive conservation of our national re-
sources, including the birds and small
animals.
Destructive people haZe ruined so
Evening star., 1951-11-08

Pen-nan1es may be used If letters carry
,0riters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1951-11-08

The Stars readers can get the ansver to
any any question Of fact by either writing The
NV. Washington s. D. c. and inciosing 4 sents
return postage or BY telephoninr Sf SSsS
, 1951-01-04
Mu|ti-mlion Dollar
Dope Ring Broken Up

Prano, James Galci, Andrew Bot
tanicino and Michael Lockett.
Earlier, FBI agent in New York
had nabbed Anthony Pisciotta,
said to be the ringleader of the
syndicate. Another Negro member
of the ring, Will Baggnet, 35, was
arrested at LaGuardia field, New
York, as he was about to board a
plane with 100000 worth of un-
cut heroin.
|. According to the federal agents,
the distributors obtained most of
their supplies in New York and
then distributed them, usually
through a Negro agent, to ped
dlers throughout the middlewest.
, 1951-01-04

ATLANTA, Jan. 4. (ANP)-
An Atlanta grocer will perhaps be
more careful of the the methods
he uses to collect his bills here
after.
Essa R. Erben, operator of a
grocery store was hailed before u.
S. Commissioner Frank Holden
last week, charged by U. S. Postal
inspectors with unlawfully taking
a $45 welfare check addressed to
a Negro woman, from her mail
box.
, 1951-01-04
VOL. VIII-NO. 266
Suspended Term
Given Man For
Throwing Lye
JIMMIE N. JONES

Birchum Wells IS, of al Banks
St., charged with throwing a lye
solution in his wife's face last
October Is, was allowed to plead
guilty to charges of assault and
battery instead of the indictment
for disfiguring another person, be-
fore Common Pleas Judge Charles
Lee Mills Wednesday morning and
received a suspended sentence of
six months in the workhouse.
According to the charge, Wells
threw the lye on his wife, Werner,
when she made a grab for a ham,
mer following a family argument.
Mrs. Wells testified on the stand.
she picked up the hammer but did
not hit Wells with it.
, 1951-01-04

In a hearing before Holden, Err
ben admitted taking a letter con-
tanning the check addressed to
Mrs. Norma Bailey but declared
that he chad not even opened the
letter.. He admitted he refused to
return it to the woman. He said
he 'did it to induce her to pay
her overdue BILL" explaining Mrs.
Bailey told him she was no longer
receiving a welfare check.
Erben testified that he had
checked with the county welfare
, 1951-01-04
SEVENTH ACCIDENT
VICTIM SUCCUMBS

TROY, Ala. Jan. 4, (ANP)-
The seventh victim of a head-on
collision near Shady Grove Dec.
%, died in the hospital Christmas
day. His name was Melvin Booze
%, a native of Shellborn, near
Troy.
Other Negroes killed in the col
lision were lack Booze, 81, David
Lee Booze, rs, and Fletcher DIV
err, %, all of Shellborn.
Included among the eve dead
were three white men.
, 1951-01-04
funeral Services
SatwddyEor
J. 5. CUMMINGS

Funeral services for John S.
Cummings, 81, of sol Dearborn
St., who died at his home Jan.
2, will be conducted at 200 pm.
Saturday Jan. 6, 1851 at the Nc
Lin Chapel. Rev. M. c. Pollack
will conduct the services. Burial,
Greencastle cemetary. Friends may
view the remains Friday, 1000
am. at the McLin Chapel, 1870
Germantown St. Born in Tennes-
see, he had resided in Dayton forty
seven years, and was employed at
Delco as janitor for thirty-three
years. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lottie Cummings: fiv e
daughters, Mrs. Weltha Williams,
Mrs. A. l.. Frazier, Mrs. Chariot
tie Render, Mrs. Mildred Jarman,
and Mrs. Phyllis Rice; one son,
joni S.Cummihgs, Jr.; sister, Mrs.
Ella Caldwell; brother, Grant
Cummings; twenty-eight grand
children and one great grandchild.
, 1951-01-04
WARD SENTENCED
TO R~EFORMATORY

Harley S. Ward Jr., found
guilty on a charge of armed rob-
berry, was sentenced by Common
Pleas Judge Calvin Crawford to-
day to a term of from 10 to rs
years in the Ohio State Reform
atory. Sentence was passed after
counsel for the defendant failed
to make an appeal.
, 1951-01-04
JustLike0Id
Times Joe
Wins by Tx
Celebration Follows
Victory Over Beshore

Special to the Daily Express
DETROIT-Jan. St was just
like old times here tonight, both
the fight and the celebration af-
ter wards.
Joe Louis, whose determination
to be the first heavyweight fight
err ever to lose and regain the
championship crown is no secret,
punched out an impressive victory
of Freddie Beshore before a crowd
of 1906 fans who, to a man
commented, "The Brown Bomber
is back"
His slashing left working with
machine i k e precision, and the
right hand he did not use against
Cesar Brion finding it's mark with
ease, Louis punished the game
Harrisburg, Pa, youngster un-
m~ercifully for almost four rounds
before the referee stopped the
fight.
The former champ had scaled
down to a trim 210R pounds and
showed much of his former spry-
ness as he battered Beshore's face
into a bloody pulp. Joe drew blood
from Beshore's nose in the first
round and opened a cut owe his
eye in the early part of the third
CONTINUED on Page ~
, 1951-01-04

DETROIT, Jan. 2. (ANP)-A
multi-million dollar interracial
dope peddling ring which operated
through New York and in midwest
ern and southwestern states fell
victim to the FBI both here and in
New York recently.
Locally, the federal agents
broke what is believed to be the
major center of the national syn
dictate when they arrested five as
sociates or distributors in the dope
ring. Nabbed in a raid Of a hotel
suite was. William Hackett, 20.
Others picked up in the city and
identified by Hackett were Nick
, 1951-01-04
H~ypodermic Needle
Owner Is Sentenced

Willie Thomas Caldwell, SAL S.
Euclid ave-, charged with posses
sion of a hypodermic needle was
fined $500 and cost and given one
year in the workhouse. The fine
and nine months of the sentence
were suspended.
, 1951-01-04
Grocer Uses Wrong Collection Plan

department and found the check
was to be sent and then watched
the letter-box until he saw a post
man deliver it.
81 showed it to her and told her
she could get it as soon as she
paid my BILL" the grocer told Hol-
den. The Commissioner comment
ed wryly, "That's not the way to
collect a BILL"
He then released Erben under
$500 bond and set his case for
Federal court in March.
, 1951-01-04
NO Racial Problems In
This Cal. Community

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Jan. s.
Especially There are no interracial
problems in st. Lawrence of Brin-
dist Parish in nearby Watts, al
though several nationalities make
up the congregation.
Each Of the racial groups are
represented in parish organiza-
tons: Holy Name Society, Sodal-
ity, and Third Order of St.
Francis.
Children of all races sit side by
side in class and play together on
the grounds at st. Lawrence
School, conducted by Sisters of
Notre Dame. Their parents work
together for the parish welfare.
Capuchin Fathers, who administ-
er the parish, are not amazed at
, 1951-01-04
PLAN CONSTRUCTION

LOUISVILLE, KY. Jan. s.
(ANP)-Presidential approval of
a $7,597,978 public housing de-
velopment for $50 Negro families
in southwest Louisville, was an
nounced here last week by the
Municipal Housing commission.