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Evening star., 1951-06-22
D. {. Heads Pass Up Action
On Racial Law Enforcement

The District Commissioners have
decided to take no further action
ON the request of the Co-ordi-
mating Committee for the Enforce
ment Of the District Anti-Dis-
elimination Laws for immediate
prosecution of all restaurants dis
eliminating against Negroes, un-
less the group requests a formal
hearing.
Commissioner r. Joseph Dono-
hue said yesterday that Mrs.
Mary Church Terrell, chairman
of the committee, had asked that
Corporation Counsel Vernon F.
West be instructed to enforce the
old anti-segregation laws inmedi-
ately, rather than wait for a
higher court ruling.
Mr.. Donohue said he told Mrs.
Terrell he would arrange a hear
ing before the full board of Com
missioners. II the committee so
desired, but that he has heard
nothing further from the group.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Balfimorean Elected Head
|0f Press Broadcasiers
BY III. Asseelai.d Press

ANNAPOLIS. June 22.-Robert
Embry Of Baltimore Radio Sta
|tion WITH yesterday was elected
president of the Chesapeake Asso-
lciated Press Broadcasters.
Mr.. Embry succeeds Dennis Sar-
tain of WWDC in Washington.
Eelected vice presidents were
Ted Kopp of WTOP, Washington: !:
William Paulsgrove of WEI, Ha-
|gerstown. and Dan Hydrick of
WDYK, Cumberland.
The members voted to plan
awards for outstanding news
presentations.
Formation Of a. Maryland and
District of Columbia Broadcasters'
Association was approved. Charles
Truitt Of WBOC In Salisbury was
named temporary chairman.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Note on Door Can Invite Entry by Thief, Too
,r. She thought he

the back door. She thought h
was salesman.
But it was the thief" Capt
Tolson said. Remember, sales.
men don't ring at all doors. L
no one answers at the front. they
go on to the next house.
If the neighbor had called DO.
lice. we would have prevented q
robbery and caught a criminal .
Persons leaving home for q few
hours also should take some pre-
cautions. Capt. Tolson warns.
Never leave the key under the
mat, over the door, in the mali
box or other likely places. Lock
the doors and windows securely,
close the gagage doors and leave
a light or two burning in a room,
not in the hall.
Apartment residents, he points
out. should never leave open
windows that overlook balconies
or f1re escapes, and they should
lock the door, even if they are
just going downstairs for a paper,
the mail or to chat with neighhLrs.
The highest incidence of house
breakings occurs between 1890
am. and 1880 pm. Thieves pre-
fer the daytime. because they can
see better and can enter and leave
a house without arousing as much
suspicion than II they were seen
around a building late at night.
Most Of the persons responsible
for District housebreakings today
are described by Capt. Tolsou as
amateurs"-sneak thieves who
will only approach a house or
that they are reason
ably sure is unoccupied. Thus,
the added necessity for vigilance
and caution on the part of nome
ana apartment dwellers.
Tomorrow: Be on your guard
QdQinSt uutO Themes J
Evening star., 1951-06-22

The vast scientific resources OF
the National Institutes of Health
at Bethesda, Md, are on public
display for the first time today as
the extensive research center holds
open house in connection with the
laying of the cornerstone of the
Institutes $50 million clinical CEN
ter.
The public is invited to visit the
laboratories in the seven research
agencies on the 3O0-acre tract,
and to attend the ceremony at
which President Truman will de-
liver a major address.
Mr.. Truman was to speak at $3.50
pm, and lay the cornerstone at
the entrance to the 50O-bed hos
pital Is minutes later. He was to
be introduced by Federal Security
Administrator Oscar Ewing.
Elaborate preparations for tours
OF the Institutes have been made.
The laboratories are open from
l pm. until 9 pm, except during
the period of the cornerstone lay
ing.
Parking for Visitors.
All parking areas are being re-
served for the public and visitors
will be handed programs, listing a
choice of guided tours, as they
leave their cars.
The formal tours leave from
the administration building, al
though visitors may follow an
itinerary Of their own choosing.
Scientists and technicians are
On duty at all laboratories to ex-
plain to visitors the type of re-
Evening star., 1951-06-22

Legislation to require regula.
payment of wages at least semi
monthly and to help employees tt
collect valid clai.ls for wages dut
has been passed b. the Senate
and sent to the House for action
The measure was one of sew
eral bills affecting the District
approved yesterday by the Sen
ate.
The bill provides that, where
an employer, by custom or con-
tract. has been accustomed to
paying employees at least once a
month, he may continue to do So
The measure also provides for
payment of wages in the event OF
discharge, ,oluntary quitting or
in consequence of labor dispute
1t carries sr Life method of
payment in the event of a dispute
concerning the amount of wages
due.
A complicated bill to remove in
equities in the public school teach
ers' leave law also was sent to the
House by the Senate.
The amount of sick leave teach
ers may accumulate would be in
creased from the present maxi
mum of 60 days to rs days for
regular teachers and from 10 to 20
days for temporary teachers. This
is the accumulation allowed Fed
eral employees, the Senate was told
oy Senator Pastore, Democrat, of
Evening star., 1951-06-22
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Evening star., 1951-06-22
Eliot Junior Hiqh
Shift foCoIored
To Be Studied
Dr.. Corning Adds 1t
To List After Protests
On Stuort and Langley

The possibility of transferring
the Eliot Junior High School
Eighteenth and B streets NE, tc
Icolored students instead of the
Langley or Stuart Junior High
Schools will be discussed in a re-
port by School Supt. Hobart M
Corning to the Board of Educa-
ttion Monday, DR.. Corning said to-
day.
The announcement of consid-
Grafton of the Eliot School trans
fer to relieve the overcrowding of
colored schools came after angry
protests to the board by parents
of children in the Langley and
Stuart Schools.
Corning Changes Proposal.
DR.. Corning originally proposed
transfer of the Stuart. located at
Fourth and E streets NE, but
suggested Langley Junior High,
First and T streets NE, after
Stuart parents protested.
The Board of Education then
asked DR.. Corning to report on
the possibility of transferring
Langley at meeting scheduled
for Monday.
Dr. Corning pointed out today
that Eliot parents will be heard
Monday If they apply in writing
before the meeting at 10 am. on
that day.
Transfer Of Eliot was suggested
Wednesday by Mrs. Ina Whitall,
president of the Langley Parent
Teachers Association, at a meet
ing of the Board Of Education.
Enrolment Below Capacity.
Eliot has an enrolment this
spring Of ASS students and has
of 918, the board said.
Wednesday DR.. Corning told the
board that transferal of the Lang
ley Junior High School would be
possible" but said further study
was needed to see whether such
a transfer could actually be made.
The Langley school has only 476
students with capacity of 1900
students.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Third Of O Series.

from waiting on the front porch
for a few minutes, but it may also
be an invitation to a less welcome
viSitor-a sneak thief proving
your neighborhood looking for just
such hints as this that a house
is unoccupied.
1t was "house available for
robbery" signs like this and many
other glaring indications of un-
occupied houses, which, during the
fiscal year 1850, cost District
home-owners $89,989 in stolen
money and property.
This loss represents 1900 house
breakings, many of which would
not have occurred if owners had
exercised reasonable caution and
foresight before leaving home for
"a few hours, a day or longer.
Fifty per cent of our house
breakings could be prevented, if
residents would be a little more
careful before leaving home" says
Capt. Aubrey Tolson, head of the
Metropolitan Police Departments
General Assignment Squad.
with the summer vacation sea-
son coming up, home-owners
should be alerted to what they
can do to keep a happy vacation
from being turned into an expen-
sive and miserable homecoming"
II you are leaving home for
longer than a day, Capt. Tolson
advises:
l. Stop all deliveries. Persons
usually think to stop milk de-
liveries. but often forget about
newspapers. Then, too, he said,
detectives have found that many
persons believe that, if they pay
for a newspaper by the month,
they have to make payment
whether they are home or not.
2. Arrange to have some one
cut the grass regularly, if you
are to be away for a long Pc
riod, and have all handbills litter
Evening star., 1951-06-22

search each is engaged in and tn,
accomplishments to date
Motion pictures on menta
fe alth. ACTH in treatment O
rheumatic fever, cancer research
diabetes and other medical sub
Ijects are being shown at Wilson
Hall in the administration build
ing.
Institutes making up The re-
search activity are:
The National Microbiolos lea
Institute, the National Institut,
Of Arthritis and Metabolic Dis
eases, the National Cancer Instl
tute, the National Institute O
Dental Research, the National In
stitute of Mental Health, the Ma
tional Heart Institute and the nav
National Institute of Neurological
Diseases and Blindness.
Selected Clinical Patients.
When the center is completed
late next year. scientists will bt
able to carry on clinical as well a.
basic research.
To the center will be brought
selected patients suffering from
such diseases now under study al
heart disease. cancer, mental i'll.
ness, arthritis and neurological.
diseases.
These patients will be recruited
from private physicians
throughout the country. Patients
meeting diagnostic requirements
of a particular disease condition
under study at the time will be
the only ones admitted. All treat
ment-the finest available-will be
free
Evening star., 1951-06-22

/ B d III w II ID
helps provide funds for Jaycee
youth welfare projects. He is a
member of the chambers Board
Of Directors.
The machines are placed in
various business firms throughout
the Metropolitan Area.
Also presented awards were
Stanley Holland, 1922 Woodside
place, Chevy Chase, Nd, for
heading the 1851 crippled chill
dren's boat ride, and Gilberto
Violante, Times Herald police re-
porter, Of 2456 Twentieth street
NV, for editing the Jaycee Bull
letin.
1t. Tom Amatucci, Lacy drive,
Colesville. Md, was honored for
his work as chairman of the 1851
Miss Washington contest co-spon-
sored by the Jaycee and radio
station WWDC.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
CAB Holds Session
In Plane En- Route to
Seminar at Purdue

The Civil Aeronautics Boarc
hoped out to Lafayette. Ind, to-
day and made a little history en-
route.
The full board Of five members
headed by Chairman Donald W.
Nyrop made the flight In the off,
cial CAB plane, accompanied by
Ed Slattery, the boards public re-
lations officer. They will attend
q local air service seminar at
Purdue University.
The bit Of history was made
when the board held its regular
morning session in the air be-
tween Washington and Lafayette.
Evening star., 1951-06-22

The building will have twice as
much laboratory space as bee
space. Each room. except in the
infectious disease unit, will accom-
Imodate two patients. The rooms
will be air-conditioned, have tele-
phones. and radio and television
Outlets.
Theater and Chapel.
Each floor will have a solarium
and the center will have library
Itheater and chapel.
Each Of the Institutes will have
a separate space for their patients
in the 14-story building, for which
planning got underway in 1945.
The National Institutes of Health
traces its history to 1887, when DR.
Joseph j. Kinyoun. a Public Health
Service medical officer, set up g
'one-room laboratory in the Marine
Hospital at Stapleton, Long Island
He was the first to demonstrate
the cholera organism ameng i'm
migrants arriving In New York.
Since then. the NIH-formerly
known as the Hygienic Laboratory
has made many contributions to
the Nations health. Scientists
there have discovered among other
things, that pellagra is a dietary
deficiency disease, that fiuoridated
water supplies can prevent tooth
decay in children and have de-
veloped vaccine for Rocky Noun
tain spotted fever.
Currently, their research ranges
from investigation of the cause Of
the common cold to possible use Of
saline solution as an emergency
treatment for shock.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
King 10 Present Cross
Ito Cathedral Here

King George VI will present 8
silver altar cross and matching
candlesticks to the United States
at a London ceremony July 4
with the stipulation that the cross
be placed in Washington Cathe.
dral.
The presentation is being made
in recognition of the Cathedral's
hospitality to British personnel
here during the war.
The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre,
jr., dean of the Cathedral, and the
Rev. Luther D. Miller, former
Army chief of chaplains, now a
canon there. will receive the spe-
cial gift. It will be placed in the
Chapel of st. Joseph of Arimathea.
Mr.. Miller will be placed on
active duty as a major general
from July / to IL to perform
this mission.
Army spokesmen said Mr.. Miller
will be the official representative
of the United States at the cere-
mony.
Officials here are hopeful that
King George VI will be well
enough to make the presentation
i'm person.
Gen. Eisenhower, who will par
ticipate in the ceremony, will give
Ito st. Paul's Cathedral an il
Illuminated parchment scroll-a
roll of honor inscribing the names
of all Americans of all branches
of the services who died in service
during the war in the British
Isles.
MIR. Miller and Dean Sayre
plan to fly from Washington by
Military Air Transport Service.
Following the ceremony at st.
Paul's the Americans will be
guests Of the Lord Mayor of Lon
don at q luncheon.
Evening star., 1951-06-22

realty rate, raising it from Sits tt
I$2.15, and along with these a 2(
lper cent boost in assessments.
The total extra burden to the
property owners and their tenants
was estimated to be 80 to 40 pei
cent.
In spite of these circumstances
however, the old cry was raised
recently in the House that the Dis
/ trict had one of the Lowest" realty
tax rates.
Spokesman for both the House
Appropriations Committee and the
District Committee, upholding the
full $12 million Federal share
promptly refuted suggestions that
the $2.15 rate here meant that real
estate was under-taxed.
They stressed that the rate alone
meant nothing until measured
against realistic assessments. They
noted also that less than half of
the area of the National Capital
could be taxed, due to Government,
church. educational and charity
exemptions.
Defended by Sasscer.
One of the strong defenders of
the District was Representative
Sasscer, Democratic. of Maryland,
who confirmed survey reports
showing that realty taxes here
actual cash bills-were higher
than those on comparable prop
critics in adjacent communities in
his own district in Maryland.
He also knocked down attempted
comparisons with Baltimore on
the ground that the District, un-
like Baltimore, has no big indus
try to be taxed. There is here,
he told the House "an entirely
different situation"
Mr.. Sasscer also pointedly noted
that the growth of the District
over its fixed boundaries was
pushing people over the lines into
Maryland and Virginia, thereby
"lessening the assessable tax basep
in the District.
District officials, including
Budget Officer Walter L. Fowler
and acting Assessor James L.
Martin, had testified earlier that
the realty tax here was relatively
high because of the level of as
seSsments.
In the District this is at full
market value. but city officials
have stated time and again they
do not now attempt to keep 1t atI
current sales prices because these
nowadays are inflated and. inl
their opinion, do not represent
real values.
Assessments here are said to bel
10 per cent or higher of current
prices. District officials are con-
vinced the level is lower in many
other cities.
1949 Statement Cited.
LII support OF CnlS general out
look District officials have called
attention to a statement in the
January, 1949. issue of the Ma
'ional Municipal Review tha t
warns:
1T is well to remember that
although those cities where legal
requirements specify assessments
1t full or true cash value often
'eport a 100 per cent ratio, it is
to find a city with
actual assessments at 100 per cent
If today's market" l.
The National Municipal Review
added:
When 100 per cent or even
nynnIs 1.ntinc va
Evening star., 1951-06-22

q S tn e ou t.
standing ia "
Gee of the year
by the Junior
c h a m b er OF
Commerce.
Mr.. Mun1aw,
-35, of 1913 Ray
moor road, Ken
S in G ton, was
honored a t a
luncheon meet
ing at the Bur-
lington H o t e ]
for heading the
Gum Ball pro-
Evening star., 1951-06-22
By Wallace {. CIoyton

Gertrude: just ran down to
the store. Go on in and make
yourself at home. I'll be back in
a few minutes"
Hanging note like this on your
front door may keep Gertrude
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Phillips Named TO Council

Duncan Phillips, president OF
the Phillips Memorial Gallery has
been appointed to the National
Advisory Council of the Girl
Scouts of the United States OF
America, the organization an
nounced today.
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Real Estate NowCorries 38Pct.
OfDistrict' Increased TuxLood

be ratios based on prewar values
Thus the real ratio is unreported
and adjusted tax rates for these
cities are subject to question and
must be quoted with care"
With due note to the above
Assessor Martin nevertheless sup
piled a comparative table to the
Bates subcommittee of the House
because he knew that tax rate
and assessment comparisons would
be inevitable.
The showing made, by District
officials was buttressed by the
results Of a 1949 survey, made at
the request of congressional off,
cials, of the actual cash taxes
charged against identical housing
units in the District and nearby
Maryland and Virginia.
Results Are Listed.
The results were:
District with a tax rate then
of So per 500 of value, now
$2.10, $1s4.2S. Montgomery
County, Md. with a rate of
$3.50, $175.91. Arlington Coun-
ty. Va. ($3.25 per 5000, $168.35.
A direct comparison with iden-
tical housing in Prince Georges
County. Md, the House was ad-
vised, showed:
District (the tax rate then
being So per $1,000. $164.32.
Prince Georges County ($2.67
per 5000, $147.14.
Assessor Martin said the sur
vey also showed that some busi-
ness properties in downtown
Washington had considerably
higher" assessments than similar
in the Metropolitan
Area. despite the fact that the
gross sales in the stores in the
District were less than in those in
,he outlying areas.
Survey data also reminded Con-
gress Of the extraordinary situa-
lion here in that the District can
lax only 60.3 per cent of the value
If Washington lands and improve
nents, the rest being exempted.
As to land area less than half
of the total acreage, or only 48.3
per cent, is taxable. Most of the
are due to non-taxable
Federal holdings. which have con-
5inued to expand in recent years.
Exceeded Only by New York.
In 1850, one of the survey tables
showed, the District had a per
capita realty tax assessment of
$4,000, exceeded only by New York
among all cities with a population
If 100000 or more.
The average per capita assessed
was $2,1o6 for cities
With populations over l million.
The average for cities between
100000 and ! million population
vas $1.677. The District led this
after list.
The same survey report showed
hat the per capita amount of
axes in the District was $44.94.l
This exceeded figures for st.
louis, Houston, Cincinnati andI
1ew Orleans and Philadelphia
'ut was less than a dozen other
arge cities. All such cities, AS
essor Martin noted, have indus
rial, port and other commercial
eatures not to be found in the
National Capital which Is pre-
ominantly residential.
District officials make q special
'oint of the extraordinary amount
t tax exempt property here,
tressing that in valuation It'll,
to nearly 40 per cent asl
with an average of only /
go per cent In other big cities. h
Therefore, they told Congress,
I this factor were taken fullyI]
nto account, the Districts perl
apita assessment would be $2,-
00-which would lead the field-lt
nd the per capita taxes would
e $60.21.
Tomorrow: The cost OF being
Evening star., 1951-06-22
By Don S. Worren

Real estate today carries SO pei
cent of the Districts increased taz
load despite the advent Of the in
come and sales taxes and other
special levies.
City revenue troubles in recent
years brought several boosts in the
Evening star., 1951-06-22
Mumaw Is Given Award
As Outstanding Jaycee

Norman Mumaw, controller and
assistant treasurer of Kiplinger
Letters, was presented yesterday
with the James S. Beattie award
Evening star., 1951-06-22

oun yandS elies
Population: 100000 to /
Even with SIT per cent of its land from taxation
due 10 huge Federal holdings school,
emptons the District shows respectfully average exe
ton is 1872 cent this applied the District per capita
assessment would be &2s0o and the capita $6o2
Evening star., 1951-06-22

Tomorrow: The cost OF being
the. Nations shoW place.
Evening star., 1951-06-22

Third Of q Series.
Evening star., 1951-06-22

Tomorrow. Be on your guard
against auto thieDeS.)
Evening star., 1951-06-22

Legislation require regular Rhode Island with appropriate
of at least semi deduction because teachers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-05-31
ATSTIN- Z. SCHWARTZ

Austin Franklin Schwartz, 40, died
Sunday evening, May y, at his home
ut Gormania, W. Va, after brief
illness.
Deceased was born February 10
1908, in thi, county, a son Of the late
Austin +. and Mary Mckinley
Schwartz. He was a member Of the
Presbyterian church at Golmania
commander Of the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars post at Gormania, and
a member Of the Knights of Pythias
lodge in that town.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Vivian Duckworth Schwartz, two
daughters, Mrs. Peggy Jane Loibel
Cumberland Mrs. Mary X. Evans
New London, Conn; three grand
children, also one sister, Mrs. Ethel
Williams, Goimania; and one brother
Peter r. Schwartz. Orlando, Fla
lie enlisted in 1913 in the L. s.
Navy, serving as a pharmacists mate
in the Pacific area.
Funeral services are being held this
afternoon at , O'Clock from the Pres
DyteIian church in Gormania, in
charge Of Rev Jonathan Edwards
Of Indiantown Gap, Pa, former
minister there Interment will be in
the Pope cemetery in German.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-05-31
FRANCIS BITTINGER

Francis Bittinger, aged "A, died
Tuesday evening, May %, at G:3O o.
clock, at his home in the Meadow
Mountain community.
Deceased was born March 5, 1877,
in Swanton, a son Of the late Peter
and Sarah Broadwater Bittinger. He
had engaged in farming throughout
his lifetime and was a member of the
Lutheran church at Meadow Noun
tain.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary
Bittinger; three daughters, Mrs. Lizzie
Mayhem, Westernport; Mrs. Effie
Mayhem, Monongahela, Pa; Miss Ida
Bittinger, Homecoming; three sons,
Frank Bittinger, at home; German
Bittinger, Lonaconing; and Oney Bit
finger, Canton, o.; also one brother,
Harmon Bittinger, Swanton; and one
sister, Mrs. Lizzie Sewers, Davis, w.