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Evening star., 1951-03-06
Falls Church Really
Valuation Increased
$50 Pei. Over 1850

The total assessed value of Falls
Church real estate was increased
$50 per cent by last years re-
assessment program, the City
Council was informed last night.
The new figure is $14,896, ,926
as compared with $5.967 ,O00 in
1850.
The current tax rate is s4.55
per $100 of property valuation
City officials estimated a tax rate
of less than 1920 on the new
assessment total would bring in
the same revenue the city antici-
pates in the current fiscal year.
Rate Cut Promised.
To be added to the real estate
valuation are assessments of per-
lsonal property arla public utilities.
Last year these two classificat tions
totaled $1,822,000 and 1896, 900
respectively. Increases are ex-
pected in both amounts this year
The Council has said the tax
rate would be reduced when the
new assessment goes in effect on
tax bills which will go out this
fall. No specific figure was men
toned. however. pending a deter
mination of public demand for
public improvements"
Real estate was reassessed al
As per cent of ''fair market value. >
Members of the Board of Assessors
are George H. Walter, Austin D
Thompson and Col. Edward P
Herman.
| City Attorney LaRue Van Meter
who released the reassessment
report. said the new figure will
increase the city's borrowing power
from the present 100000 to $2.s
million. Virginia cities can float
bond issues up to an amount rep
resenting 18 per cent of their as.
sessed valuation for projects thai
are not self-liquidating.
Board to Be Urged.
Mr.. Van Meter said he will rec
ommend that the Council appoint
a board of equalization "to hea,
complaints of unequal or errone-
Gus taxes before recourse is hao
to Circuit Court" The city attor.
ney also said the board could be
empowered to conduct an annua
reassessment program.
/ The volume of work in the re.
assessment program far exceeded
what had been expected, Mr.. Var
Meter said, increasing the cost OF
the job by more than twice the
amount anticipated.
Evening star., 1951-03-06

The music, now Wagner, moved
from ''Das Rheingold" to
"Meistersinger" and on into
"Walkure." At one point, the
horns came in badly, and Mr..
Stokowski sat down with a wry
smile, commenting:
That's what like, right on
it-there's no doubt about it,
The players laughed.
Once I thought the conductor
caught my eye, but he looked
away again.
Comes the Dramatic Pause.
Then came the momentous
pause. First there was an aside
to First Cellist John Martin, then
a long look by Mr.. Martin toward
me, then the big question, ad-
dressed slowly and dramatically
to the whole orchestra
who is this gentleman sitting
at the piano?" "a
There was silence. Finally
saw no one else would answer.
I'm a newspaperman," I an
nounced, still seated.
Another pause. Then-"May
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Jim Crow Repeal !! Act
Signed by hckeIdin;
TO Be Effective June |
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Mar. g.
Jim Grow" on the States Chesa-
peake Bay ferries will bow out
on June /.
Gov. McKeldin assured that
last night by signing a General
Assembly act repeating Mary
lands law calling for segregation
of races on intrastate steamboats,
and railroads.
Enacted in the early 1900s, the
act has been enforced only on the
States ferry system in recent
years.
Regular efforts had been made
to get Jim Grow" off the books
for more than 20 years, but it was
not until this year that the
perennial repeater gained approval
of both houses of the Legislature
A group of the States Negro
leaders stood behind the Cover
nor as he tremendously used
three pens to sign the repeater.
Gov. McKeldin also signed a
bill which makes it a felony, pun
ishable by a mandatory prison
sentence of at least five years, TO,
any one convicted of selling O,
giving narcotics to a minor.
It gives me great pleasure tc
sign that" the Governor said.
The bill was sponsored by House
Speaker Luber.
Pointing out that under the
legislation. drug peddlers who sell
to minors may draw a term of az
long as 20 years. he said:
These people who teach chill.
dren to smoke marijuana to gair
new customers for their filthy
trade make UP about the lowest
form Of humanity I can think of. ;
Evening star., 1951-03-06

Mr.. Stokowski was busy admon-
ishing the players here that you
are not together" there that "you
can't take anything for granted y
pleading for "all you have, louder!"
from the snare drum and xylo-
phone. Then the music finished.
"Liebermann!" the conductor
called out-the name Of the COM
poser of the "Furioso."
Begin Work on "Furioso."
Mr.. Sax dropped his book, mo-
toned to me and hastily took over
the piano stool while I took his
chair. The "Furioso" began. Ir
the middle, Mr.. Stokowski took
time out to come over for a brief
huddle. He didn't even look at
me. Mr.. Sax said to me, II was
right" and resumed playing.
When the "Furioso" passed
like a storm-Mr. Sax left fol
home, and while the orchestra
took break, Symphony Manager
j. E. Mutch chatted, first with
Mr.. Stokowski. then with ME. The
music began again, and he left
too. I was again on the piano
stool.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
GreenbeIt Opposes Use
OF Gasoline Taxes for Roads

The Greenbelt City Council is
concerned" over a bill before the
Maryland General Assembly to
earmark the use of revenues from
gasoline taxes and similar sources
for highway maintenance.
In expressing this attitude last
night. Council members explained
they favor permitting municipali-
ties to have some discretion in
spending such funds.
The Council instructed City
Manager Charles T. Mcdonald to
notify the Prince Georges County
legislative delegation of it's stand.
In another action, the Council
decided to ask the Public Housing
Administration to approve install
lation of % street lights on Cres-
cent road, from Parkway to the
municipal park around Greenbelt
Lake.
The Council also voted to spend
$3.50 for a movie protector, par
ticularly for use in the teen-age
recreation center.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
National Flower Show
Being Held This Week
At Baltimore Armory
BY @ stoff Correspondent Of The s.or

BALTIMORE. Mar. 6.-The
9th National Flower Show, spon-
sored by the American Society of
Florists and Ornamental Horti-
culturists. opened over the week
end in the 5th Regiment Armory
and will continue through Satur-
day.
Outstanding among the garden
displays that decorate two floors
OF the huge building is the Gar
den of Nations" arranged by the
Baltimore Park Board. More than
10000 blue hyacinths and other
spring flowers are arranged in
formal rows before a copy of the
Francis Scott Key Memorial. In
the background are the flags of
the United Nations.
Another colorful exhibit is the
old mill garden. which was shown
In Washington last spring when
the over show was held there.
There is a Virginia lockwood
garden. with one specimen IA feet
across the top, and there are
spring gardens, rose gardens and
old-fashioned wild gardens.
The lower floor of the armory
has been given over almost entire
ly to club exhibits. Among those
exhibiting arrangements over the
week end were Mrs. Parker Dodge
and Mrs. Arthur -Sturgis of the
Chevy Chase Garden Club, Mrs
II, Q, Alexander and Mrs. Warren
Flarety OF the Charles County
Garden Club. and Mrs. Stuart
Haller of the Frederick Garden
Club.
The Hancock Garden Club hac
an arrangement of apple trees
growing against a background OF
Western Maryland mountains. The
club exhibits are changed each
day.
The University of Maryland is
represented with an exhibit show
ing correct pruning methods, and
the Agriculture Department has
on display a collection of more
than 200 lilies. One lily, a red
Chinese, is being shown for the
first time IN the country.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
S123,353,79S Given
AS Fairfax Tax Base
For Budget Of 1851

The 1851 real estate and per-
sonal property tax rate in Fair
fax County will be based on as
sessments totalling $l23,353,798.
This was announced today by
R. M. Loughborough, county ex-
ecutive secretary, who pointed out
that the new figure is nearly
double the total assessment of
$63,977. 626 on which the tax rate
for the 1956-51 budget was based.
A tax rate of S1.49 per $1o0 of
assessed valuation would raise the
same amount on the new assess
ment that the 1850 tax rate of
$3.19 raised on the old assessment,
MIR. Loughborough pointed out.
He cautioned that the $1.49 figure
was not to be mistaken as the
proposed tax rate for the 1872
budget, however, since the budget
is still in the preparatory stage.
The new assessment includes a
real estate assessment of $99, ,203,-
1913, which was announced last
week; SIT million in tangible
personal property assessments: ST
million in assessments on public
utilities which the State Corpora
ton Commission sets, and $780,
900 in assessments on machinery
and tools.
In addition to revenue received
from the county levy. the budget
includes grants from the State and
other miscellaneous incomes. The
$3.19 levy during the current year
raised about $1.8 million of bud
get over SO million.
The new tax rate-which is the
same for real estate and personal
property taxes-will be determined
when the 1872 budget is
adopted in April.
Evening star., 1951-03-06

Mr.. Stokowski has refused to
see any newSmen while he's here
guest-conducting the symphony.
But I decided to drop in on the
rehearsal, hoping it might make
some kind of story, anyway.
When I entered from backstage,
Mr.. Stokowski was busy on the
podium, his blue sport shirt open
at the neck and his name of white
hair flying. At my side of the
stage, Pianist Sol Sax was sitting
next to his piano, back of the
violins. He was absorbed in a
book
Asks Title Being Played.
Whats this?" I asked Mr.. Sax
about the music being played.
THE Riegger," he replied, nam
ing the composer.
when do you play?" inquired.
N'In the Furioso," he whispered
another piece on the program.
How do you like him?" I asked,
pointing to Stoke -sA -
Wonderful" said Mr.. Sax. He
returned to his book, and I sat
down on the piano stool. Four
Evening star., 1951-03-06

ask if you are here by permis-
sion?"
"YeS."
"By whose permission?"
"The managers"
Intolerable Situation.
This apparently was intolerable
Mr.. Stokowski said he had been
assured no one would be present
He couldn't understand. He asked
my name. I gave it, offered to
leave. He said that was not nec-
eSsary.
He sat down. It seemed for a
few moments that he would not
continue the rehearsal. Finally
he stood up again, and the playing
resumed. I stayed and was ig-
nored.
When the session ended, I spoke
with him. He said he had for
hidden onlookers because lit
might embarrass the players when
I have to tell them how to play
something"
left and he left-separately.
The concert will be at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow. I won't be playing.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Young Republicans Elect
Mrs. Wachter in Bethesda

Mrs. John j. Wachter of Silver
Spring was elected president of
the Montgomery County Young
Republican Club last night.
Meeting in Bethesda. the group
chose, the following additional
officers:
Gordon L. Hawk, Bethesda, vice
president; Miss Betty 10 Man.
fusco. recording secretary; Ralph
Stankoff, corresponding secretary
and Frederic o. Louden, treasurer.
all of Chevy Chase.
In resolution the club urged
that a forthcoming vacancy on
the County School Board be filled
by a nominee to be chosen at a
countrywide convention of the
club April S.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
National Symphony
Could Be Greatest
Stokowski Asserts

The National Symphony
Orchestra could be lone of
the greatest orchestras in the
world" If it had more re-
hearsal time. Leopold Sto-
kowski says.
The noted conductor told
the orchestra's musicians so
yesterday, in protesting cur
tailment of a rehearsal for
tomorrow nights concert here.
Mr.. Stokowski said the Gus
tomary 212-hour rehearsals
should be heightened to 3
hours to conform to those of
other major orchestras. A
symphony official pointed out
this would require added
funds, however.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Electrical Contractors
To Meet in HyuttsviIIe

The Electrical Contractors AS
sociation of Prince Georges Coun-
ty will hold a special meeting at
8 o'clock tonight at the Hawkins
Electric Co. office in Hyattsville.
The meeting has been called to
consider legislation proposed at
the current General Assembly ses-
sion regarding licenses of con-
tractors.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Economy in Budget Asked
By Takoma Park Leaque

The Community League of Ia
koma Park last night adopted a
resolution asking the City Council
to keep expenditures within the
current budget, and to include
only necessary increases in the
1951-52 budget.
The resolution also asks that
more effective steps be taken to
economic in municipal oper-
ations. A special committee which
investigated the 1949-50 budgets
submitted it's report, in which it
was pointed out that the city
spent about $4,000 more during
1949-50 than was collected.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Patterson Nominated
By Bethesda Chamber

H. I. Patterson of the Chevy
Chase Motor Co. was nominated
last night for president of the
Bethesda Chamber of Commerce.
Other officers nominated at the
groups meeting in the Kenwood
Country Club are Roger Eisinger.
Jr., first vice president; F. G..
Harting. second vice president;
Hugo Brooks, secretary, and Scott
Brewer. jr., treasurer.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
U. 5. Drops Plan
ToLease Units in
Hunting | Tower
GSA Considered
Acquiring One Of 3
Apartment Buildings
By Crosby S. Moves


The Government has given ur
the idea of taking over any part
Of the Hunting Tower apartment
project In Alexandria at this time
it was learned today.
The project was one of severa.
new apartments in the Washing
ton area under consideration by
the General Services Administra-
ton as prospective Office space tc
meet the needs of expanding Fed.
eral agencies. The Government
was considering a lease on one o1
the three 8-story Hunting Greek
buildings, consisting of 264 units
each.
Published reports of the pro-
jected transactions have led to ar
investigation of GSA leasing plans
by a House Armed Services SUBJ
committee. Today, GSA spokes-
man said the Government has nc
plans to lease the Hunting Towers
building now.
Skeptical of Testimony.
Meanwhile the subcommittee
prepared to dig deeper into con-
tractural arrangements between
the Government and owners OF
other local apartment buildings
which the Government is seeking
to take over for Office space.
Members of the committee
headed by Representative Glen.
ente, Democrat. of New York, are
frankly skeptical of testimony al
the opening hearing yesterday in
dicating that the landlords stanc
to lose money by renting to the
Government on a long-term basis
Scheduled for further testimony
this afternoon were l.. Anthony
ziernicki and Albert H. Green
GSA spokesman, who said yester.
day the agency is ready to sigr
leases on several new apartment
houses in the Washington area.
Smaller Profit Seen.
On one of these transactions the
lease of the State House apart.
ment on Massachusetts, avenue
they testified that the owner
would make a yearly profit from
Government rental of only $19,472
as opposed to $47,326 if the build.
ing were rented for Residential
purposes. The building is ear.
marked for the Defense Depart.
ment at yearly rental of $400..
900.
Committee Counsel John ]
Courtney indicated after yester.
days hearing that his own in.
formation on the transaction doe.
not jibe with the figures of the
GSA officials.
Another lease under investiga.
ton is that on the Boston House
also scheduled for Defense De.
partment occupancy. Later the
committee may take up two pro.
posed leases for the Federal Civi
Defense Administration. one in.
volving the Gelmarc Towers Apart.
ment at 1880 Columbia road NV.
and the other on the former
Landover School, near Olney, Md
First, however, the full Armed
Services Committee will hear from
Civil Defense Administrator Mil.
lard F. Caldwell. who will testify
at 8 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
PTA to Meet Tonioht

The safety of school children
during bombing raids will oe dis
cussed at a meeting of the Ia
koma Park Elemetary School
Parent-Teacher Association at 8
o'clock tonight in the school audi
tOrium @
Evening star., 1951-03-06
PTA Meets Tonight

The East Silver Spring Ele-
mentary School Parent Teacher
Association will meet at 8 O'Clock
tonight in the school auditorium
Mrs. Louise s. Walker, supervisor
of audio-visual education for
MONTGOMERY County Schools, will
speak.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
geRebukes
Grand Jury for.
Threat 10 lano
PinbuII Man Cleared
Of. Earlier Conviction
On Compromise PIeo

An Arlington grand jury was
rebuked yesterday by Circuit
Court Judge William D. Medley
after Sam Lano, pinball machine
distributor, complained that one
of the jurors had threatened him
with imprisonment and a fine "if
didn't tell the truth"
The fiye-man jury later dis
missed Lano and said he would
not be asked to reappear.
This morning Malcolm B. De-
vers, 600 South Carlyn Spring
road, was called to testify.
MIR. Devers, owner and manager
of the Congressional School, 140l
North Twelfth street. was called
at the request of the jury. accord
ing to Commonwealth's Attorney
Denman T. Rucker.
The jury has completed seven
days of hearing testimony on
gambling and activities of the
county police department.
In a separate hearing before
Judge Medley yesterday Lano was
cleared of an earlier conviction
for permitting illegal operation Of
"free-play' pinball machines. The
machines were seized in a raid led
by Mr.. Rucker last October.
Pleads Guilty for Company.
| Mr.. Rucker agreed to drop the
charge against Lano as part of
compromise in which Lano plead
ed guilty on behalf of his coin
machine company to a similar
charge.
Lano and the company each
were fined $50 and costs in county
court last November. Both cases
were appealed at that time.
Conf1scation and destruction Of
six machines seized in the raid
was part of the agreement to drop
the charge, Mr.. Rucker said.
Their total value is approxi-
mately $1,000.
Threatened With Fine.
After testifying for more than
five hours before the grand jury,
Lano, through his attorney, Al
fred w. Trueax. told Judge Med
ley that Juror Al Wasserman had
threatened to fine him $1,000 and
to send him to jail for 30 days.
The judge summoned the jurors
to the courtroom and told them
they had no power to fix punish
ment and merely had the au-
thority to indict a defendant on
perjury or other charges If they
believed him guilty.
Mr.. Wasserman told the Judge
he had merely spoken of possi-
Ibilities" when he mentioned the
fine and Imprisonment. He said
he didn't mean to give Lano the
impression that the jury itself
could punish him.
Denies Wrongdoing.
Lano told reporters that the
Jurymen were "hammering me to
death with question after ques-
ton" asking him whether he was
engaged in bookmaking or num-
bers. Lano consistently denied
being engaged in either business
and said he "has never done any
thing wrong" and is in legiti-
mate business.
Lano said he no longer dis
tributes pinball machines in
Arlington County.
Another subject of inquiry by
the grand jury, Lano said, was a
report that he had given television
sets to several county officials
prior to his arrest last November.
lie said he told the jurors the re-
port was not true.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Wolfe Heads GreenbeIt
Democratic Club

The Greenbelt Democratic Club
last night announced new officers
chosen in recent annual election
They are James N. Wolfe, presi-
dent; Mrs. Gladys Freeman, vice
president; Mrs. Mae Zoellner, sec
retary, and Dr.James w. McCarl,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
DeMothu to Hear Sonas

The DeMatha Catholic High
School will present a musical by
the Mount st. Mary's College Glee
Club at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at the
school auditorium. 4310 Madison
street, Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
BIodensbure PTA to Meet

The Bladensburg Md Junior
High School Parent Teacher Asso-
citation will meet at 8 o'clock to-
night in the school. ...-
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Virginia CIO Plans Session

RICHMOND. Va, Mar. 6. Up
The Virginia State CIO will hold
an educational institute here
March 1917.
Evening star., 1951-03-06

janitors with mops were the only
other spectators in the big hall.
Evening star., 1951-03-06

LIFE BEGINS AT 50-THOUSAND-Na resumes creative
task and forces tiny
Indian lotus seeds in the laboratory
Capital Parks Office here The pre-
historic deposits sent here gift from the University
Japan and Rorace Wester National Capital Parks
cuurist experimental until he awakened
of life. Star STAFF photo
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-08-31

QUESTION: What is the Ellis
tadrut?"
ANSWER: The Histadrut is the
name for the General Federation
of Labor in Israel. Technically, it
is non-political in scope. It's mem
bership is at least 100000. It is
much more than trade union
since it operates large industrial
cooperatives, marketing organi-
cations, as well as shipping and
agricultural enterprises. It's ranks
contain working people of all
sorts - professional and lay peo-
pie. 1t was founded in 1921 and is
perhaps the largest organizational
force in the country.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-08-31

clusively deep in the New Tesla
ment said he was happy to meet
Micah. He said Michah's words
were for all the people JUS
tice, kindness and humility! He
was thankful for the introduction
to Micah.
II shall learn the words and
shout them from this curbstone. -
he said.
Whenever he sees me approach
ing his curbstone Mr.. Haynes
shouts Micah: "He hath showed
thee, o man, what is good; and
what doth Jehovah require of
thee but to do justly and to love
kindness and to walk humbly
with thy God"
But it's not just for me that Mr..
Haynes shouts Micah. He joins
Micah with what Jesus said: "All
things therefore whatsoever we
would that men should do unto
you. even so do We also unto
them; for this is the law and the
prophets" This is the Golden
Rule.
Mr.. Haynes, shouting the words
of the prophet of the Jews and
the prophet of the Christians can
feel that he is expressing the es-
sential unity that is of the broth
erhood of man.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-08-31
Workers in Sweden
Ask Ban on Sheehito

STOCKHOLM, (JTA) - A de-
mand for the banning of Shechita
was made here in a letter address
sed to Gunnar Strang, Swedish
Minister of Agriculture, by the
trade union representing workers
employed in this country's food
industries, including employees
of abbatoirs. If the prohibition
should be imposed, Jews in Nor
way will also be affected since
they now import kosher meat
from Sweden.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-08-31

QUESTION: What is the ''Pal-
mach?"
ANSWER: The "Palmach" was
the name for the commando
squads that operated as shock
troops. It played a great heroic
role in the days when the Hagan-
ah was doing underground" work
and later in the War of Indepen-
dence. Later it was merged into
the regular army units of the
State of Israel. The word opal
mach" is an abbreviated form of
two Hebrew words ''Plugat Mach
atz." ':Plugat" comes from a He
brew root meaning to divide"
Thus the term means a division"
or segment" "Machatz" comes
from the Hebrew root which
means to ''break" or to Strike"
The whole term thus means the
striking division" or "the group
that strikes" or the Striking
force"