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Evening star., 1951-06-02
Methodist Resolution
Asks 'DisapproyaI' Of
Social Action Group
By Casper Names
Stor Staff Correspondent,

WESTMINSTER, Md, June 2.
"A resolution demanding that
the Methodist Federation Of
Social Action eliminate "Metho-
dist" from its title will be acted
upon today by the Baltimore An
nual Conference, The Methodist
Church, at its meeting here.
The resolution, in the form of
a memorial, would be submitted
to the denominations quadren-
|nial General Conference next May
at San Francisco. The General
Conference is the supreme legis-
lative body Of The Methodist
Church.
The memorial charged that the
Methodist Federation of Social
Action, generally considered a
liberal group. has IAN atmosphere
of official Methodist sanction"
since many bishops and board
members belong to it. The fedora
ton is an unofficial body.
A definite pronouncement" by
the General Conference that "the
federation is not an official or
authorized agency of the Meth
Iodist Church" is urged in the reso-
luton. In addition the statement
calls on the national body to state
definite disapproval" of bishops,
church board members and Meth
odist educators who support the
federation.
4 Area Residents Elected.
-Four Washington area Meth
odists were elected yesterday as
delegates to the 1852 General
Conference. In all six lay and six
ministerial. delegates were chosen.
Lone District ministerial delegate
selected was DR.. Orris G.. Robin
son, pastor of Calvary Methodist
Church. Lay delegates are Judge
Charles w. Woodward of Rock
willie, D. Stewart Patterson, con-
ference lay leader, and Mrs. Fred
Ierick C. Reynolds. wife of the
Washington East District superin-
Itendent.
The meeting also named four
Washington residents as delegates
to the world Ecumenical Methodist
Conference to be held August 27-
September at oxford, England.
Chosen Yesterday.
Those chosen yesterday are DR.
Paul Douglass, president of Ameri-
can University; DR.. Frederick
Brown Harris, minister of Foundry
Methodist Church and Senate
Chaplain; DR.. Frederick C. Reyn-
olds. Washington East District su-
perintendent, and Mr.. Patterson
The conference, which opened
Thursday and closes tomorrow, to-
day will hear reports from the
Board of Education, treasurer ano
Istatistician. DR.. c. M. Mcconnell
of Boston University will address
I the gathering at 7:30 o'clock to.
night. ..,
! Climax of the conference will be
!, the reading of appointments fol
the coming year by Bishop Charles
) Wesley Flint of Washington. Min.
, isterial assignments. whether new
: appointments or reappointments
are traditionally announced at thl
end of each annual conference.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Wrong Man Fined
And Pair Walk Out
In Norfolk Court
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

NORFOLK. Va, June Folks
in Norfolk County Trial Justice
Court wondered for a while
whether they should have opened
court at all.
Justice Ralph H. Richardo i'm
posed a small fine on a man
brought before the bar yesterday.
Instead of moving over to the
prisoners dock and paying up,
the man walked out. Finally some
one took notice OF the fact and
police scurried out in a vain effort
to contain the situation.
Then the justice checked back
a bit and found he had fined the
wrong man in the first place.
And in the second place the
man he should have fined had
already departed. too, by this
time.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Silver Spring Trade Boord
Dinner Set Wednesday

The Silver Spring Board Of
Trade will hold its last dinner
meeting before the summer recess
at $3.50 pm. Wednesday at the
Indian Spring Country Club.
-. Feature attraction will be a
gag contest conducted by Gene
Klavan, radio and television come
dian. The business session will
include committee reports.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Silver Spring Kiwonis
To Honor PutroIwomen

Montgomery County police
patrolwomen, assigned to school
crossing guard duty. will be guests
of the Silver Spring Kiwanis Club
at it's luncheon at noon Tuesday at
the Silver Spring Hot Shoppe.
The ~ uniformed women will
receive certificates of appreciation
from the club through its public
relations committee, headed by
Ernie Tannen.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
1,8OOMidshipmenSa Sail
On Training Cruise
To European Ports
By d stoff corrsspondent Of The Stor

ANNAPOLIS, Md, June q
More than 1900 midshipmen were
sailing down Chesapeake Bay to-
day on a training cruise to Eu-
Iropean ports, while their class
mates of yesterday departed on
their first leaves of absence as
commissioned officers.
The Naval Academy on the
shady banks of the Severn
seemed strangely deserted after
the crowded events of June Week.
The traditional celebration, cli-
NAKED by yesterdays graduation
of a class of 722, probably drew
the largest attendance in its 30
year-old history.
Led by Battleship Missouri.
Led by the 45,000-ton battle
ship Missouri. the training task
force group was moving down the
bay along with the Missouri's
sister ship, the battleship Wiscon-
sin, and the heavy cruiser Albany.
eight destroyers and two high
speed transports.
Meanwhile, nearly all of the
1851 graduates had scattered to
their homes throughout the
United States. Among those re-
manning were prospective bride
groomS, whose marriages are
scheduled today, tomorrow and
Monday in the Main Chapel and
St. Andrews Chapel.
The weddings began yesterday
afternoon, soon after the gradu-
Eates received their diplomas ano
donned new uniforms.
1 SO Marriages Scheduled.
Fifty-three marriages have beer
scheduled at the academy through
Monday, while numerous Others
will take place later in home com
Imunities.
Of the graduating class, 48l
donned the uniforms of naval en-
signs, lit became second lieu.
tenants in the Air Force, and 49
second lieutenants in the Marine
Corps.
The Army claimed one of thu
graduates, Bob Renneman of Por
Washington, N. Y, because hi
stature of 6-foot-6 was two inche
: over the Navy maximum.
5 Marshall in Warning.
!. Defense Secretary Marshall yes
terday warned the graduates the.
! are entering the military service
!. at one of the most dangerous per
: iods he has known during his life
time.
He advocated universal militar
: training as one means OF helpin
r to present a successful militar
: posture" to the rest of the worlc
He told the graduating clas
that pickering between the serv
4 ices had handicapped the man
e power program. In the past, h
: said, appropriations have been
a source of disunity, he added.
9 Every service was trying it
: best to get the most money" h
: -lsaid.
i But the Secretary praised a
e the services for their successfl
campaigning in Korea.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Sunset Terrace Citizens
Elect Earl Burnhurt

Earl L. Barnhart has been
elected president Of the Sunset
terrace Citizens Association, Sill
yer Spring.
Other officers elected include
John Widness, vice president; Mrs.
Ely Maurer, secretary; and Mrs.
Arthur Brown, treasurer. v
Anthony Anthony and Erwin
Fleischer were named delegates to
the Montgomery County Civic
Federation, and Thomas Fontaine.
Larry Shiller and Samuel Efron,
delegates to the Allied Civic Group
of Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-06-02

Roads Commission to reopen a
grade crossing over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad tracks on Ber-
wyn road The action was taken
after a public hearing. during
which about 35 residents of Ber-
wyn and Berwyn Heights COM
planned of the great incon-
lvenience they have suffered since
ting crossing was closed in 1910.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
League Reports
On Alexandria
Juveni|eCourt
Closer Cooperation
With Other Civic
Agencies Urged

In the wake of a dispute over
the District Juvenile Courts Sc
crecy policy, the Alexandria Juve-
nile Court was urged to work
more closely with other commu-
nifty agencies.
The recommendation is con-
tanned in a report Of the city's
League of Women Voters, which
surveyed the court and its ac-
tivitieS.
Unlike the District Juvenile
Court. where Judge Edith H. Cock
rill has shut off all information to
community agencies, the Alexan-
dria court is not accused of with
holding information.
Better Use Of Resources.
But the report suggests the
Alexandria court could make
better use of existing community
resources"
The league acknowledged that
the juvenile hearings are closed to
the public by law.
However. the report continues,
"the judge is empowered to admit
such persons as he may deem
proper and also to seek co-opera-
ton of all organizations having
for their object the care of chill
|dren :"
In many courts, the report says.
it is matter Of policy to hold con-
ferences with social agencies. mem
tai hygiene clinics and other or
ganizations devoted to child vel
fare.
These meetings provide for he
exchange of information on court
cases in which the agencies may
have prior knowledge. or in which
the court thinks they may be help
full" the report states. For the
same reason they (the welfare
agencies) may be invited to attend
hearings"
But according to the league re-
port, the Alexandria Family Serv-
ice Society. Inc, and the Alex
andria Mental Hygiene Clinic
claim this policy has not been
practiced in the city.
Statistics show that the Juvenile
Court referred fewer than seven
cases to Family Service in 1850,
the report pointed out.
Urges Judge Be Appointed.
The report also recommends
that the city's juvenile Judge be
appointed, instead of elected, and
that an advisory committee be ap-
pointed to assist the court.
State law, the league said, re-
lquires appointment of juvenile
Judges, but Alexandria charter
contradicts this with a provision
for an elected judge.
An advisory committee first was
suggested about four years ago in
a survey of Alexandria's welfare
services. The court authorized ap-
pointment of the committee. but
members never were named.
Other recommendations in the
league report include: ,,.',:
Use Of private homes for tenn
porary detention facilities, addi-
ton of a social service director to
the probation staff. stenographie
and clerical assistance for proba-
ton officers. creation Of juvenile
bureau in the police department
to handle complaints against
minors, and publication Of statis-
tical material on juvenile cases.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
County Heads Decline
To Name Manager
For Prince Georges

Prince Georges County is oper-
ating under a slightly changed
governmental setup today. but the
commissioners have declined to
make some major changes author
lied by the 1851 Legislature, such
as the appointment of a county
manager
The commissioners yesterday
made several minor alterations.
mostly on paper and entailing no
expense, in order to conform with
legislation repeating the disputed
Democratic sponsored Sothoron
Act, under which the county has
been governed for the last year.
The repeater, pushed through
the recent Legislature by the Re-
|publicans, whose triumph last
November has been attributed in
part to dissatisfaction over the
Sothoron Act, authorized the COM
missioners among other things, to:
/. Appoint a county manager.
g. Establish county personnel
and purchasing bureaus.
Calls for Survey.
3. Sponsor a professional sur
Ivey of county government.
4. Establish a department of
public works.
The commissioners bypassed
the authority to appoint a county
manager. Board President Thomas
J. Latimer said previously that
the county cannot afford to pay
about $12 600 year for a county
manager when it is legally COM
mitted to maintain a full-time
commissioner performing the
same tasks. Mr. Latimer is now
the full-time commissioner al
$500 a year.
AS for the authority to set ur
personnel and purchasing bureaus
the commissioners voted to con.
tinue their present personnel sys-
tenn and named Mr. Latimer tt
act as county purchasing agent
Under the present personnel sys-
tenn. the commissioners, plus theil
clerk and attorney and the par.
|ticular department head involved
Isit as personnel board.
The survey has been underway
since April. 1t is to be completed
in the early fall.
| Set Up Works Unit.
The commissioners did create :
department of public works. The.
abolished the present office O
. county engineer and transferred
/, all personnel and equipment tt
the new department. They ais,
named County Engineer Arthu
w. Tayman to be administrato
of the new department.
In other actions at their meet
ling in Hyattsville. the com
miSsioners:
! /. Established a new Depart
; : ment OF Electrical Inspection, a
: prescribed in an act of the recen
= Legislature. They named Williar
F. Mclean of Hyattsville to b
chief electrical inspector &
: SIS, 200 year. with John Collins, 81
of Hyattsville, as senior inspectc
e and Mrs. Kathryn Duvall {
S Riverdale as clerk.
2. V9aed to petition the stat
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Mary Washington Graduates

r FREDERICKSBURG. Va, June
p R.-Degrees will go to 213
candidates at Mary Washington
|college's commencement exercises
Monday. The principal speaker
win be DR., Harwell G. Davis. presi-
dent of Howard College. Birming-
ham, Ala.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Welfare Group Elects

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. June
2 (SpeciaD Mrs. William T.
Stevens has been elected presi-
dent of the Child Welfare Associa-
ton to succeed Mrs. G. p. Wat
kins Rlack4
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Tuck Gets Museum Post

RICHMOND. June L 2, R.-
Gov. Battle yesterday appointed
his predecessor, William M. Tuck
|of South Boston, to the board OF
trustees of the Virginia Museum OF
Fine Arts. He will fill a vacancy
lcreated by the death Of Pleasant
IL. Reed Of Richmond.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Kenwood Pool Opened

The Kenwood Golf and Coun-
try Club swimming pool opened
today for the summer season. The
pool is. available only to members
and th&ir guests.
Evening star., 1951-06-02


Gloyd Await told reporters he had
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PortioI Text Of Judge Edserton's Opinion.
Page AS
been unsuccessful in attempts to
reach company officers to inform
them of the appeals court deci-
sion and chart the future course
of the long-drawn-out battle over
the broadcasts.
He said, however. he would ad-
wise his clients to carry their case
to the high tribunal.
Ben Strouse, president of Wash
ington Transit Radio, an affiliate
of Station WWDC-FM, which fur
nishes the broadcasts, said 1--WE
have no alternative" but to take
the case to the Supreme Court.
Sees Broader Challenge.
1.-The decision is so broad that
it not only challenges transit radio
broadcasts," Mr.. Strouse said. "but
is an implied challenge to all in
dustry- supported commercial ad-
vertising."
If the appeal is made it seems
probable the broadcastS will con-
tinue until the case finally is de-
cided. Mr.. Await said he will seek
an order holding up the appeals
court order to send the case back
to the Public Utilities Commission
"for further proceedings It
seemed unlikely that the Supreme
Court could act on the case before
next fall.
There was general agreement,
however. that if the appeals court
ruling against commercials on the
radio programs is upheld it will
mean the end Of the broadcasts.
Two-Year Battle.
Yesterdays decision by the
Court of Appeals marked a win
ming round in the battle for a
group known as the Transit
Riders Association" which has
fought the transit broadcasts since
they were started here more than
two years ago. ,
Claude N. Palmer, president o1
the association, hailed the ap-
lpellate decision as recognizing
an entirely new area of human
rights" and Hector G. Spaulding
counsel. said it represented lone
of the greatest advances in re-
cent years in the field of persona
freedoms"
Mr.. Palmer said the aSsocia.
ton was fully prepared" to assist
lin continuing the fight through
the Supreme Court If necessary
although it saw no reason to be-
Ilieve there was much likelihood
of a reversal.
The first round transit radio
fight went to Capital Transi
Co. and Transit Radio, Inc.
which sells the equipment ane
arranges for the broadcasts
That was in December, 1949, wheI
1.-THE PUG dismissed petition II
halt the broadcasts. Round
WAS fought in the District Court
where Judge Edward A. Tamu
lrebuffed the transit riders suinl
Ito silence the offending broad
Icasts.
Rights Held Violated.
The Court of Appeals, however
disagreed whole -heartedly wit
Judge Tamm and the commission
"A salty opinion, written by Judg
Henry w. Edgerton, with Judge
!. David L. Bazelon and Charlie
Fahy concurring, states in no un
certain terms that the broadcast
,, Invade the constitutional rights G
riders and deprive obJecting pas
sengers Of liberty without du
: process of law"
Lawyers for the Transit Rider!
Association expressed cautious de
light at the decision.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Virginia TruveI Campaign

RICHMOND. Va, June 2 P.-
The Virginia Travel Council
launched a campaign this week
to extend invitations to some $500
organizations to meet in Virginia.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Transit Radio
Ad Ban Headed
For HighCourt
Appeals Tribunal
Hold Rights Of
Riders Violated

An appeal to the Supreme Court
to permit continued commercial
broadcasts on streetcars and buses
seemed likely today, after the
United States Court of Appeals
ruled that the commercials vio-
late the constitutional rights of
riders.
Capital Transit Co. Attorney F.
Gloyd Await told reporters he had
porioI Text Of Judge Edserton's Opinion
n..m A 4
Evening star., 1951-07-15
Firmness Pays Off

Although experience cautions against hasty
conclusions, 1t is beginning to look as though
the Communists may really want to wind up the
military phase of the Korean war.
The concessions the Reds have made in
response to General Ridgways demands are
substantial Reversing their previous stand, they
have agreed to admit correspondents to the
Kaesong area This, however, is relatively unin-
portant. The more significant thing, If one may
judge from the English-language version Of the
Communist radio broadcast is that they have
accepted the proposition that cease-fire negotia-
tions should be conducted in neutral area free
Of armed guards
This If it naterializes, will retrieve blunder
on our part. We should never have started
negotiations in an area patrolled by armed
Communist guards. The U. N. delegation should
have turned back when it ran into the first
armed check point on the road to Kaesong. The
acceptance of these restraints imposed by the
enemy lent substance to their victory claims,
and resulted in the decision on our part to force
the issue initially over the comparatively unim-
portant question of admitting newsmen to-
Kaesong.
It looks, however, as though these matters
have been satisfactorily adjusted General
Ridgway's insistence that we would negotiate
as equals or not at all apparently has paid off.
The fair inference is that the Communists want
to write off their Korean bunder, for otherwise
they would hardly have taken the loss of face
that must accompany their acceptance of Gen.
eral Ridgways terms. :
Evening star., 1951-07-15

But. really, the same thing is true of
every place. All roads lead everywhere
Any road leads to the ends of the earth,
and so has its own resistless fascination.
The great highway that winds like
ribbon over the hills and far away has
an autocratic authority all it's own. The
call OF the road is imperative.
Charles Hanson Towne strikes a uni
versal note when he sings:
II like road that leads away to pros
poets tair,
A road that Is an ordered road. like a
nuns eUening prayer;
But best OF all, lone road that leads
to God knotDs where"
There is romance about the arteries
Of travel which crisscross our great land
that is never glimpsed when a prosaic
map is unfolded and marked with the
agile pencil of one who professionally
traces the routes to be traversed in ar
riving at desired haven. How easy it
is to miss the glory of a road which
has been sanctified by the bones of
the brave!
Religion lifts its signboamis to mark
the sure highways of the spirit. Robert
Louis Stevenson traversed long trails
that took him far from the hills of
home. But the most sacred road to
Evening star., 1951-07-15
Call OFF the Guards

A recent news dispatch reported-perhaps
with unintended irony-that the House Armed
Services Committee is considering Air Force con-
struction plans so secret that an armed guard is
being kept around the committee room "a hours
a day
The rest of the dispatch makes this precau-
ton seem rather pointless.
Testifying reluctantly, an Air Force officer
told the committee that we now have only 81
B-36 bombers ready for action. This was secret
information, and certainly information of con-
siderable value to the Russians. But one of the
committee members spilled the beans, and the
classified information found its way into the
story along with the note on the armed guard.
The armed guard, of course presumably
can keep spies from breaking into the COM
mittee room But why would spy want to
take the risk of trying that when all he has to
do is sit back and wait until some committee
member gets chance to shoot off his mouth?
Evening star., 1951-07-15
Fifty Years Aqo in The Star

erage Of 20 hours a day. He entered
Harvard in 1860. and he was lecturing
there on positive philosophy in 1869
and teaching history in 1870. His first
important book, Myths and Myth
makers" was published in 1872. There
after historical texts seemed to pour
from his hands. He also expounded
the Darwinian theory and wrote scores
OF essays on miscellaneous subjects
many Of them for the Atlantic Monthly.
In his prime. Prof. Fiske was feet in
height and 800 pounds in weight. He
played the piano for recreation and
boasted that he never was i'll. At the
moment of his death, he was lone of
the most important intellectual influ-
ences" of his time and country. Over
work and the torrid heat killed him.
Uncle Toms Cabin" had been play
ing at the Lafayette Thaater during
the week ending July 13,
Iheofer 1901, and The Star explained
Notes the old play had established
new record in point of at
tendance" At the Wednesday matinee
every seat in the house was occupied"
and there were nearly 200 people
standing" Meanwhile, Uncle Toms
Cabin" also was drawing crowds in
Paris, where the famous M. Coquelin
was appearing as the hero. Coinci-
dentally plans were in process of de-
velopment for production of Ben Hur"
in England, Australia and France as
well as in America. Creston Clarke was
about to produce Hamlet" wearing the
costumes used by his uncle, Edwin
Booth. Digby Bell had been engaged to
sing the role of Ko-Ko in "The Mikado"
at Manhattan Beach. -
liz X
ocean bathing by the light of the
moon,' declared The Star on July Is,
1901, sis the con-
Founder brodiey suning topic Of gos-
Declines sip among the As
bury Park, N. j.,
summer girls and beaux. This novel
innovation they are eagerly trying to
Evening star., 1951-07-15
The White Cone

Would you be kind enough to give a
bit Of publicity on the white cane, which,
as you know. is used only by the visually
handicapped?
After an operation have lost all sight
in the left eye and can see very little
with the right eye.
In Baltimore every one seems we'll
aware Of the fact that white cane is
a blind persons courage. There / even
had Red Cap at the depot who refused
my tip. However. in Washington I was
amazed to discover that many people
knew nothing about the white cane.
On K street, I felt something hit my
cane and when put my hand down
to feel, discovered it was an automo-
bile. The driver, man who was 60
ing into hotel driveway. stopped his
car only when he hit my cane. I feel
sure he would not have endangered my
life had he known why I carried the
cane. If he had been driving faster.
there might have been tragedy for him
and for me.
I lived IN the Capital for over 20 years.
/ love the place and I returned five
times in the past year. But shall be
afraid OF future visits unless and until
people do become white-cane conscious.
! was congressional secretary for Is
years. until returned home four years
ago.
Marie +. Slicer.
Raleigh, NJ C.,