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as long as there was no coercion
or abuse Of his official position"
Question Of Ethics.
Mr.. Sharpe said he had talked
to Mr.. Lee about it several years
ago.
He said he took Mr.. Lees ex-
Iplanation-which was in part that
Ihe didn't think he should be de-
Inied the right to livelihood be-
cause he was on the School
IBoard-and decided there was
nothing wrong.
I can't see anything wrong as
long as there was no coercion or
abuse of his official position" he
declared. There's no evidence
that this was the case"
Il don't see in my own mind
that the man has done anything
Intentionally wrong. If I had
thought he had, I would have
stopped it some way. But, an indi-
vidual must use his own Judgment
as to what are the ethics of the
situation"
Two other School Board men,
bers stated they saw nothing
wrong with Mr.. Lee selling in
surance to schools. Two members
said 1t was news to them and
couldn't comment. Two would not
comment and one could not be
reached.
Sees Effort to Belittle Lee
Mrs. Geneva Near Phillips, board
member, said:
"As far as this business is con-
cerned, I feel it's too bad it had
to be played up at this time. Mr..
Lee doesn't appear to be taking
Evening star., 1951-12-02
Education take immediate action
to recall the QUESTIONABLE.
FIagrantly Leading Questions.

Education take immediate action
to recall the QUESTIONABLE.
Flagrantly Leading Questions.
"Open and honest investigation
by competent and impartial au-
thority is one thing. The secret
employment of what press accounts
disclose as f1agrantly leading ques-
tions by Mr.. Lee. who is neither
competent nor impartial, is quite
another. His long continued heck
ling and badgering of the superin-
tendent and his open threats to
bring about DR.. Corning's dismissal
cannot have failed long ago to
acquaint every member of the
Washington school staff with his
violent hatred Of their superin-I
tendent.
Every person who has received
Mr.. Lees coded questionaires there
fore knows beyond the shadow
of doubt what kind of answers
Mr.. Lee wants. To every recipient
there is given the bitter choice
either of voting ia" to Mr.. Lees
leading questions or of himself
incurring the hatred of his official
interrogation. In America no per-
son should ever be placed in such
position.
THE Board should therefore
order the QUESTIONABLE recalled
at once. 1t should do this in fair
ness to the members Of its fine
staff who. without the Boards
knowledge. have been subjected
to gestapo tactics; in fairness to
Supt. Corning whose whole case
has been prejudiced by the coded
questionnaire's employment of
such biased and leading questions
as. Are your efforts regimentedI
:" and, Are you repudiatedI
without consultation. 2"
Should Recall QUESTIONABLE.
"And especially in justice to
itself. the Board should recall the
secret QUESTIONABLE. 1t cannot af-
ford even to appear to be a party
to such shameful proceedings on
the part of Mr.. Lee. It's school
staff should be reassured that the
Boards policies and practices
will continue to be guided by
Justice. fair dealing and freedom
from intimidation. .
The present issues have far
more than local significance. The
action Of the Board of Education
in our Nations Capital in this
instance will be watched by school
boards throughout the nation.
Consequently. in the interests of
preserving high ethical standards
Evening star., 1951-12-02
Seven Seomen, Injured
In Storm, Reach US. Port
By the Assoeioied Press

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 1.-Seven
seamen, injured during a heavy
storm at sea yesterday, were
taken from the British freighter
Javenese Prince when she re-
turned to port here today.
Four of the men were stretcher
cases, two of them with broken
legs and two with possible frac-
lures of the pelvis. The three
other men received cuts.
Evening star., 1951-12-02
Asylum May Pena|ize
Mrs. Judd for Escape
BY the Assoeiofed Press

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. Crest
fallen Winnie Ruth Judd, trunk
|murderess of 90 years ago, was
back in the Arizona State hospi-
tai for the insane today, following
a short taste Of freedom.
The 48-year-old "Tiger Wom-
an" a title she earned when she
killed two girl friends in 1881,
spent most of the day in bed
Her room was stripped Of all but
bare necessities.
The beauty shop equipment she
had been allowed to keep there
to use in fixing other patients
hair was gone.
Some of her privileges, such as
visiting her 84-year-old mother,
Mrs. Carrie B. McKinnell, may
be suspended, hospital authorities
have indicated. Mrs. McKinnell,
an inmate, occupied the next
room.
Mrs. Judd was caught last
night by police near the downtown
area of Phoenix. She had been at
large less than "a hours since
prying open a Second-story win
Evening star., 1951-12-02
Held in Currency Case

MONTREAL, Dec. 1.-P)-Ro-
meo Moreau. hotel owner from
Miami Beach. Fla. pleaded inno-
cent today to a charge Of having
Illegally exported from Canada in
1850. $4,000 in Canadian cur
rency. Moreau was ordered to
trial December 7. Bail was set
at $40, 900 bond or SIS. 900 cash.
Evening star., 1951-12-02
West Doubts Insurance Sales to Schools by Lee Violate Law

being appointed to the School
Board in 1943, and others were
sold at the request Of principals.
The money involved, in such
cases, is money handled by the
schools as a private business on
sales in cafeterias, tickets to
school plays. etc.
In no case did any one say that
pressure or coercion was used by
Mr.. Lee in making the sales. Mr..
Lee also denied that he took ad-
of his position as a School
Board member or exerted pressure
of any sort. Some school officials,
however, felt that an ethical ques-
ton was involved.
Sharpe Sees Nothing Wrong.
Mr.. Lee made his disclosures
Friday night as The Star was
completing an investigation of the
sales.
Commissioner F. Joseph Dono-
hue said the whole matter was
none of the Commissioners busi-
ness as they did not appoint
School Board members and the
board was an autonomous body.
He added:
Its probably one of those
things that's legally all right but
maybe subject to question in light
of the recent somewhat hysterical
feeling about what seems to be in
discretions by too many people !"
C. Melvin Sharpe, president of
the Board of Education, said he
saw nothing wrong with Mr.. Lee
selling the insurance to the schools
Evening star., 1951-12-02

all the funds raised in behalf o1
Ia party's Statewide ticket coule
properly be charged to the SEN
atorial candidate.
Questioned on Fund Division.
In the case of Ohio, figures COL
lected by the subcommittee
showed the Taft for Senate Com
mittee raised $507.515. For the
Statewide ticket the Ohio Re
publican Finance Committee and
the Republican State Central and
Executive Committee reported
raising $1,296,000. Senator Taft
estimated early in the hearings
that not more than 100000 OF
100000 of those general funds
could be regarded as benefitine
his campaign, which would make
the cost of the Taft campaign not
more than 100000.
Senator Monroney tried yester-
day to get Mr.. Bliss to estimate
how much of the money spent for
the whole G. o. P. ticket in Ohio
last year could be allocated to the
senatorial race.
Mr.. Bliss said he did not believe
even "a Houdini" could figure
that out. He emphasized that as
State Chairman he planned the
whole 1850 campaign with a view
to helping all candidates on the
Republican=sioie of thesballot. s.zs
Failed to Select Governor.
While they failed to elect Don
their candidate for Gov
ernor, sMr. Bliss pointed out that
the Republicans captured four
House seats and made substantial
gains in both branches of the leg
stature. AS to the, cost of the 1850
campaign. MFR. Bliss concluded:
When you consider the Federal
and State Democratic job holders
IN Ohio not under Civil Service,
the labor union political organiza-
ton, the county court house Dem
ocratic organizations in many
Ohio industrial areas, pitted
against the Republican organiza-
ton in Ohio and the volunteer
committees that worked for the
various Republican candidates, I
that the expenditure of
the Republican State Central and
Executive Committee was entirely
in keeping with costs which are
now inflated by a deprecated
dollar"
MIR. Bliss pointed out that. with
!, 5,l50,000 persons of voting age in
Ohio. it would cost $5O0,Oo to
make one mailing of piece of
campaign literature to each voter.
With this in mind, he said he
thought any fair-minded person
would agree "our expenditures
were moderate"
Senator Monroney told report
erS the 1925 law limiting the per-
Sonal expenditures by a senatorial
candidate may need some revision
in the days of imitation and ex-
pensive new mediums for cam
paigning, such as radio, television
and color printing. He said the big
problem remaining for solution
however. is how to allocate the
other expenditures that are made
for a long list of candidates on q
State ticket.
Not Registering Complaint.
The first witness yesterday was
Mr.. Owens, of the United Mine
Workers, who described the part
taken in the Ohio campaign by
Labor's Non-Partisan League. He
said the League supported Repub-
lican Candidate Ebright for gov
ernor, and Joseph T. Ferguson,
Democrat, for the Senate seat
held by Senator Taft. He emphas-
ized, however, that he is not reg
istering any complaint about the
outcome of the election, nor CON
doning any political abuses that
may have taken place in the cam
paign." He said he accepts the de-
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dow at the hospital Thursday
night and sliding to the ground on
a ladder fashioned Of rags. yarn
and an electric iron cord. This
was her fourth escape from the
asylum.
Evening star., 1951-12-02

Icision of the voters without re-
servation."
When Attorney Moore turned to
the Eaton contributions, Mr..
Owens said he had met the man
but did not know his official capa-
city.
MIR. Kruse said in his affidavit
that about October % last year
he was asked by Cyrus Eaton, ST.,
to give him my check for 81 500,
payable to Labor's Non-Partisan
League" and that he would be
reimbursed for it. The former
vice president of Otis & Co. said
he did not Immediately comply,
until one of Mr.. Eaton's7 secre-
taries, Miss Elizabeth J. Royan.
called him on the phone and
asked if he had the check ready.
He said he then wrote q check
and gave it to the controller Of
the Otis Co. The next day, ne
said. he was reimbursed with a
$500 check which he put back
in his bank.
Miss Wokral said in her affi-
davit that on two occasions in
1950-October 4 and October 18
Cyrus Eaton handed her checks
for $1,000 and told her on each
occasion to give him check for
$4,000 payable to Lahor's Nom
Partisan League. She said she
could not remember who the
maker, or makers, were on the
checks he gave her in return for
her checks.
Evening star., 1951-12-02

OF operation in the school sys-
TENS Of America, as well as in
fairness to all concerned locally,
1t is urged that the notorious
QUESTIONABLE be recalled"
Evening star., 1951-12-02
News Writers Gripe
AT Being CIossed
AS Pregnant Women
By fhe Assoeiated Press

ISMAILIA, Egypt, Dec. 1.-The
British army moved IS British
and American news correspond
ents into the pregnant women's
camp" today and classified them
for administrative purposes as
Officers wives"
Some correspondents protests.
The War Office in London said
it couldn't understand the COM
plant. A spokesman said the step
probably was taken to keep the
correspondents from getting shot
in the British Egyptian crisis in
the Suez Canal zone. He added
the quarters were most comfort
able, having been used as a sort
of nursing home for British off,
GERS wives.
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. : | RYE5z2@Eg

A new way for children to play
pin the Tail on the Donkey" is
to attach small pieces of trans
parent cellophane tape on each
tail for sticking purposes instead
of pins. The donkey, of course,
may be fastened to the wall with
the same tape.
Seams on linoleum floors can
be successfully sealed and
smoothed over by running strip
of cellophane tape down the full
length of the crack By shellack-
ing over the tape, the surface will
hold up for an indefinite period.
This not only prevents dirt seep-
ing through but prevents tripping
as well.
If you break the plastic frames
of your eyeglasses, you may put
them together again with cello
plane tape as temporary meas
ure.
Curtains will slip over curtain
rods easier if you bind the ends of
the rods with cellophane tape.
One way of catching a mouse is
to fasten the cheese on the mouse
trap with cellophane tape. 1t in
sures the demise of the mouse and
Won still have the cheese for the
next victim!
Next time you hammer nail in
the plaster to hang a picture, be
sure to apply small cross patch
of cellophane tape over the spot to
prevent the plaster from cracking.
A loose crystal on a watch will
stay put if small piece of trans
parent cellophane tape is applied
to the sides.
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Freda told Len Curtain her
name without even stopping to
think.
and sell 'em. My names Len
Curtain. What's yours?"
"Freda Brandon" said Freda,
without even stopping to think.
"Freda Brandon, Ell? You're the
girl who's going to marry Ray
Hubbard. Well, they say money
will do anything; but deliver mo.
Well, so long"
Freda didn't catch her breath
until she got back to camp. Her
mother had news.
Darling! Ray wired he's COM
ing up! He's arriving tomorrow.
Freda's spirits sank. "Goody,
goody," she said sourly.
Freda set off in the cupboard the
next morning 10 minutes before
Ray was due to arrive. Thirty min
utes later she saw a familiar look
ing boat anchored in a cove and
camp up alongside.
"Hi!" grinned Len Curtain
Flows things?"
Fine Say, look, what do you do
in the winter"
ooh. this and that" Len hauled
in his graphing iron. False
alarm. Nothing here. How about
anchoring that scow and taking a
ride around with me?"
Ray Hubbard was waiting on the
dock when she got back He didn't
like the idea of her not being at
camp to greet him, but she didn't
care.
THE DAY after Ray departed
l Len Curtain came into the dock
and Freda went down to see what
he wanted.
ITS funny thing, but I'm in
love. Will you marry me-"
Freda almost fell into the water.
"Goodness I'm going to marry
Ray"
"Pshaw! You don't love him.
Marry me and we'll have fun"
Freda caught herself won
dering if that wouldn't be
good idea. She laughed, sound
ing like frog with a sore
throat.
Marry you and fish for out
boards all summer-and do what
in the winter?'
Ray grinned There's no fishing
in the winter. We'd get along. I've
just sold my graphing magnet in
vention to the Sea Demon cupboard
people. That's only the beginning
of the things can invent"
Freda blinked. Good heavens.
was he going to be as startling as
that all his life. "I'l have to think
it over"
Give you five minutes. Hop in
and we'll ride around in the mean
time"
Freda heard of people being hyp-
Noticed, and she guessed that was
what was wrong with her She
hoped in and they rode around
When five minutes was up Len
Curtain kissed her and she kissed
him back and that settled the
whole business
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CAMP FIRE GIRLS
Junior High School Girls Learn
How to Live in Outdoor Camps
CAMP FIRE GIRLS

In spite of eight-cylinder auto
mobiles, television sets, electric
dishwashers and innerspring mat
tresses, America continues to be a
nation of pioneers.
If you doubt it, visit Camp Fire
Girls camp this summer.
Out in Whitman, WASH, you
would find a group of junior high
school girls living in a primitive
clearing, 20 minutes by boat from
the main camp where the younger
girls live.
In Gypsy Haven, the pioneer
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By Wright A. Patterson

THE LATE GEN. CHARLES G.
l DAWES was an interesting
character, a man of many varied
experiences. The general, and his
brother, Rufus, were almost wholly
responsible for the holding in 1888
Chicago's Century of Progress ex-
position. A group of the city's
wealthy men had proposed that such
an exposition be held at that time
and then the depression broke.
The proposers objected to fl
nancing an exposition at such
a time. The two Dawes broth
ers insisted that, having been
announced, the show must 60
on. During the days it was held
watched Gen. Dawes on many
occasions stand in front of
numbering machine in the ad-
ministration building, as it
checked off the visitors, one by
one, as they passed through the
paid admission turnstiles. In the
end, there were enough such
admissions to enable the ex-
position to pay out. Under its
charter it could not make a
profit, but there was enough
left after all bond holders were
paid, plus interest, to rae all
the buildings, and to beautifully
landscape the five mile long
lake front park through which
rolls every day many thousands
of automobiles from within and
without the city.
That is one of Chicago's beauty
spots, and for it the people of the
city can thank the Century of Prog
reSS.
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M i r or lake,
with t h e un
beating down un-
mercifully, S h e
would have Civ
en- a good deal
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.. Minute
q Fiction

to have the mans neck between
her two hands. Just for luck she
gave the crank one more spin. The
motor went "chugurg, chugurg"-
and died.
"Damn!" exclaimed Freda. She
was so furious she could have cried
Instead she stood up and began to
wave wildly at a boat that had sud-
denly appeared around an island
point. The boat kept serenely on
its course and Freda was about to
give up yelling and abandon herself
to fate when the other craft swerved
and headed in her direction.
Two minutes later a black-haired
youth was grinning up at her
pleasantly. "Trouble?" he asked.
There's not a thing wrong with
this motor" said Freda, Except
that it won't rum"
The young man climbed aboard.
He had a wrench in his hand. "I'n
fix it." he said.
Freda thought he was pretty
confident, but a moment later she
changed her mind.
"Strainer got clogged," he said.
"I'm an expert on outboards. My
business is retrievin' EN-"
retrieving them?"
"Sure. Plenty Of motors lost
in this lake every year. l in
vented a special magnet to
find 'em, then I grapple for
'em, haul .'em up, repair 'em
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GRASSROOTS
General Charles Dawes Served Nation in Many Ways

Gen. Dawes served his country.
AS a soldier, he was purchasing
agent of the American army in
France during the first World War.
AS a civilian he served as vice
president, as ambassador to Eng
land, as first director of the budget
and comptroller of the treasury.
The Dawes bank, Central Trust of
Illinois, was the first big-$13 mil
lion-borrower of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation, and every
dollar, plus interest, was fully re-
paid. Through the years he spent in
Chicago he was a leader in the
city's promotion. For many years
man of wealth, he died compare
lively poor.
It is broadly rumored in Washing
ton that other heads than that Of
Douglas Macarthur are to fall un-
der the blows of President Tru-
mans execution axe. Rumor has it
that ]. Edgar Hoover. director of
the F.B.1. is included in the next
list of victims. Hoover and the
F.B.I. have been largely responsible
for the conviction of such Russian
spies as Alger Hiss.
AS political misadventure, the
removal Of the popular F.B.I.
director would be second only
to that Of the now immortal
Macarthur. 1t would be resented
by the American people, and
cause them to think, II not ex-
press, their opinions as to which
side of the iron curtain the
President and his advisers, are
standing. Politically, it would
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1951-06-08

Blue Birds (junior members
Of Camp Fire Girls) think
breakfast cooked on hobo stoves
tastes better than any other, in
spite of such hazards as "sun-
burned" noses and pancakes.
camp, the only permanent installa-
tons are storeg tent, tool-shed
and toilet. The campers bring along
chow pans, axes, rope, lashing cord
and sleeping bags. With the Forest
Rangers permission, they cut down
trees from which stools and tables
a re built. Needed, small-stem
branches become mattresses under
their bed rolls. The girls also make
other camp craft necessities such
as sunken food-coolers, reflector
ovens, stone-lined baking holes,
drainage systems and trash pits.
During their stay at Gypsy Haven
the girls cook their own meals and
make friends with the areas wild
life. A doe and her fawn visit the
camp daily and chipmunks come
up to eat from the girls hands.
IN DIES MONIES, Ia, seven
lucky Horizon Club members of
senior high school age, accom-
panied by three counselors, last
summer padded 24-foot war
canoe IS miles down the Des
Moines river. Sandbars and rapids
added thrills to the trip which in
volved five steady hours of hard
padding.
When an experienced camper in
Portland, Ore, reaches the ripe old
age of IA, she gets to live in a
unit of Greenhouses.
An added zest goes withoutdoor
cooking in Dickinson, N. D., where
Camp Fire Girls prepare frogs-leg
dinners from frogs they catch them
selves.
Even Blue Birds, who are seven
to-ten-year-olds and the youngest
members of Camp Fire Girls, are
inbued with pioneer spirit. They
love to cook on tin can stoves or
on sticks over an open fire. Their
pride in their own efforts produces
an enthusiasm that occasionally
far exceeds results. AS one little
San Diego Blue Bird said last year
while she munched happily on a
badly "sunburned' bread twist, II
wish my mother could cook like
this"
In a recent issue of The Camp
Fire Girl, Ernest F. Schmidt, di-
rector of Schiff Outdoor Activities
in Mendham, N. j., gave Camp Fire
campers two rules to follow when
hiking.
The first is to stop, look and listen
if they become lost: stop to collect
thoughts; look for landmarks, and
listen for sounds Of trains, auto
mobiles or running water.
The second suggestion is always
to carry with them Litepac Lost
Kit of emergency tools. The kit,
which each girl can assemble her
self, should include a small COM
pass, snare wire and fishing tackle,
matches, bouillon cubes, paper and
pencil, and razor blade. ALI these
articles fit into a cigarette-type
plastic case or typewriter ribbon
box, either of which can be water
proofed with nail polish or shellac
cut so per cent with alcohol.
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complete the job SO definitely
started by the summary re-
mOyal of Macarthur,

started by the summary re-
mOval of Macarthur.
1t is possible the disasterous re-
suits of the Macarthur decapita-
ton may result in staying the hand
of the President in the case of
J. Edgar Hoover. His party cannot
afford another such result, especial
ly between now and the 1852 cleo
tions. Should the people receive an
other slap in the face within the
next few months at the instiga-
ton of Dean Acheson. we might as
we'll save the expense of the next
election.
The administration at Washington
continuously insists we will offer
nothing that will be considered as
appeasement to Communism, but at
the behest of England. the grand
daddy of all appeasers, and the in
sistence of the socialistically in
clined Dean Acheson, the President
fired the one man more generally
feared by Stain and his Red
hordes than any one else. That was
appeasement, and the American
people gave ample evidence that
they did not like it.
s.
1t would seem that it might be a
good thing for President Truman
that the recall system does not ap-
ply to the presidency.
The day will come when Dean
Acheson will need a safe hiding
place if he is to escape the presi-
Dental hair brush.
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By INEZ GERHARD

THE TENTH CDR. Christian"
l script contest had for its judges
Ruth Chatterton, Reuben Mamoul-
ian and Kenneth MacGowan; the
winning script, which brought it's
writer $4,000, will be broadcast this
week. And all through the year 9TH
er scripts will be performed; Sec
ond, third and fourth winners re-
ceived $500 each, authors of other