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Evening star., 1951-04-26
Court Denies Motion !
For AcquitfaI Of Brehm
On 'Kickback' Charqe

District Court Judge Burnita S.
Matthews today denied defense
motion for Judgment Of acquittal
for Representative Brehm, Repub-
lican. of Ohio, charged with ac-
cepting illegal campaign contri-
buttons from two Of his Office en-
ployes.
The juriSt said she would rule
later on another motion made by
Defense Counsel Leo A. Rover to
throw out testimony relating to
what has been described as def
mite plan by the lawmaker to get
contributions in this manner.
This action came as the defense
rested shortly before noon, follow
ing testimony Of the aecused's
wife, Lucille.
Denied FBI Statements.
While on the stand, Mrs.
Brehm denied twice that she had
made statements testified to by
FBI agents. The Government wit
nesses had quoted Mrs. Brehm as
saying her husband didn't want
to be bothered with campaign con-
tributions repeatedly offered by
Mrs. Clara Soliday, 71-year-old
complainant and former employe
in DR.. Brehm's Office. According
to the FBI agents, Mrs. Brehm had
told them her husband said she
could handle them.
The FBI agents quoted Mrs.
Brehm as saying that she Thought
it kind Of foolish that DR.. Brehm
wanted her to handle contribu-
tions." Mrs. Brehm also denied
this version of the conversation.
saying the foolish" remark had
been directed at Mrs. Soliday's
activities.
The agents who testified were
Rosser l.. Nails and Harold n.
Hair. A late witness was Louis
Nichols, assistant director of the
FBI, who testified that she talked
to DR.. Brehm last August. He
received Every food cooperation"
Mr.. Nichols said, adding that he
does not yet know the source of
the original complaint against the
lawmaker.
Blamed Political Campaign.
Mr.. Nichols quoted DR.. Brehin
as saying he surmised the charges
grew out of "a rather nasty polit-
ical campaign" in the primaries.
He also said that Mr.. Brehrn
told him that Mrs. Soliday "be-
came rather vindictive" after she
was fired as ineffective. DR.. Brehm
also observed, the witness said,
that his opponent had formerly
been employed in the Department
of Justice.
On the stand earlier, Mrs.
Brehm said that Mrs. Emma
Craven, another complainant, had
come up to her and said she did
not know of any other member
of Congress who had a chance
to keep money and would not do
it.
Mrs. Craven remarked she
could not get over the fact that
DR.. Brehm gave the money back"
to her. according to the defend
ants wife.
Mrs. Brehm also said that It is
not unusual for members Of Con-
gress to receive anonymous con.
tributionS for their campaigns.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
Nee|y Says He Needs
Adequate Funds for
District Crime Inquiry
By Don S. Worren

A considerable fund probably
will be sought by the Senate
District Committee for the inquiry
into Washington crime and Law
enforcement it ordered yesterday
by unanimous vote.
Details are yet to be worked
out. For one thing. Chairman
Neely wanted to consult with Sen
ator Kefauver, Democrat, Of Ten.
|nessee, who spoke last night ir
his home State.
Funds for Investigation.
But Senator Nicely made clear
he wants an, adequate" fund for
a sufficient" investigation staff
unless we are to have ade-
quate funds and a staff of proper
size" Senator Nicely said, "there
would be no point in having the
inquiry. Let's do it right or not
at ALL"
The fund, under present plans
and normal procedure, would come
from the Senate's housekeeping
funds, dependent first on approval
Of the Senate Rules Committee
and then the Senate itself.
Announcement Awaited.
Senator Neely was expected to
announce today the membership
of the special subcommittee to
conduct the inquiry. He planned
to consult first with the ranking
majority and minority party men,
bers of the District Committee
Senators Johnston, South Carolina
Democrat, and Senator Case, Re-
publican. of South Dakota.
The two Republican members
of the crime subcommittee, ii
agreements made yesterday carry
will be Senators Welker of Idaho
and Butler of Maryland.
Speculation was that one of the
Democratic members would be
Senator Pastore of Rhode Island
a former Governor Of his State.
Evening star., 1951-04-26

Thousands of Montgomery
County grade school children have
combined their efforts to show
parents what can be learned in
class besides reading. writing and
arithmetic.
The result-a handicraft ex-
hibit-is open to the public from
$3.50 pm. to $50 pm. today and
tomorrow at the Kensington
Elementary School. The exhibit
is staged by the Montgomery
County Branch of the Association
for Childhood Education.
The pupils have been preparing
since last September for the show.
Composed the Music.
tt wasn't easy for quiet little
Marguerite Carone, of the second
grade at the Chevy Chase (Md.)
Elementary School, to write her
ode to a butterfly.
Evening star., 1951-04-26

OIL AOo pAo 1NA1 AO~-e'
Ramspeck's Endorsement of some
kind of Federal pay raise this
iyear. Mr.. Ramspeck previously
had conided in friends that Gov
lernment workers were entitled to
a pay boost similar to the ones
being given in private industry.
8. He strongly opposes any at
tempt to have the civil service
retirement system swallowed up
by social security. Also, he op-
poses and liberalization Of the
Ipresent retirement benefits that
would harm the actuarial sound
ness of the present retirement re-
serve funds.
l. Several bills have been intro
duced in Congress regarding the
civil service retirement system.
One would liberalize present bene-
| fits, while the other would merge
the system with social security.
Mr.. Ramspeck's remarks indicates
that he would not oppose the first
bill if it can be placed on a pay
as-you-go basis. Actuaries are
now working on a bill drafted by
the Senate Civil Service Commit
tee that would pay for the in
creased benefits by eliminating
the present 3 per cent interest
payments on retirement refunds
to employees who leave the Gov
Iernment before 20 years Of service.
4. He also opposes unavoidable
restrictions" placed by Congress
on Federal personnel activities.
Although Mr.. Ramspeck wasn't
specific in this respect, it was
taken for granted that he re-
ferred to present accumulative
leave ban riders as well as the ban
on permanent promotions and
transfers.
OVERSTAFFING-5. A strong
effort will be made by the COM
mission to crack down on over
stating Of personnel by various
agencies and a program to insure
better production from all en-
ployeS.
6. Greater efforts should be
made by supervisory employees to
improve the Governments work
output.
mo group Of workers can be eff
fective without capable leader
ship" Mr.. Ramspeck declared.
Supervisors should, he said, "wel-
come changes in methods when
new methods increase efficiency. :.
They should not discourage the
new employe who shows enthus-
iasm and who suggests new
methods. They should encourage
such spirit. 1t is the spirit that
built this great Nation"
2. II am known as a friend of
the Government workers, and I
Evening star., 1951-04-26
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-Rather
cloudy with brief and scattered
showers today. Some cloudiness
and cooler tonight and tomorrow
Low tonight near So degrees.
Maryland-Some cloudiness and
cooler tonight and tomorrow. Low
$3.50 degrees.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
By the Asseeiated Press

NEW YORK. April 26.-An
electric typewriter which would
eliminate all type, typesetters,
Linotype machines and other
equipment presently involved in
the casting Of type was demon
strated yesterday to the American
Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton.
The typewriter weighs about a
pound and half and is attached
to apparatus approximately the
Evening star., 1951-04-26

am. I shall continue to be. J
shall defend them and help them
IN every way I can consistent
with what I think is in the public
interests"
Mr.. Ramspeck also said that
while perhaps some employees ir
Government may be inefficient
and lazy, most of them worl
harder than do employees in pri.
vate industry.
X y &x
STRONG INFLUENCE - Mr.
Ramspeck's views are important
since he is held in high esteem
by members Of Congress, of which
he was once a member. AS 6
Democrat from Georgia, he served
in the House for II years, man,
years of which he was Democra.
tic whip and chairman of the
House Civil Service Committee
He resigned in 1945 to become
vice president of the Air Trans.
port Association. He took a spe.
tcial leave of absence from hi.
$25, ,000-a-year job to accept the
commission Craftsmanship.
In urging Congress not to i'm.
pose unworkable personnel re.
lstrictions on agencies, Mr.. Ram.
speck added:
"The personnel job of the Fed.
eral Government is the mos
tremendous in the world. It needs
constant improvement and shall
do all I can toward achieving
that objective. I hope the Con-
gress will not impose unavoidable
restrictions upon the agencies ir
its laudable desire for economy
On the contrary, I hope Congress
will call in those responsible fol
the administration of such pro-
posals before adopting them and
get a thorough understanding Of
what such proposals will do"
The commission chairman also
said he will undertake campaign
to bring about a better under.
standing of Government employees
and what they do. 1.-THE public
is essentially fair when they have
the facts and I expect to make
every effort to acquaint them full,
with those facts" he said.
(Be sure to listen at Sis pm.
epery Saturday oper WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Yonng's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast, featuring additional
netos and DietDS of the Govern
ment scene.)
Evening star., 1951-04-26

Virginia-Cloudy and cooler
with scattered thunder showers in
southern portion tonight. To-
morrow partly cloudy and cool
Low between 50-55 degrees IN
northern and $3.50 degrees in the
southern portion.
Wind: North, northeast. 8 miles
per hour, at 1880 am.
Evening star., 1951-04-26

speech he eX-
pected to have
a plan soon on
the leave situa-
ton.
2. Gov ern-
|ment employees
should receive
the same treat
ment as private
industry work
ers in matters
Of pay and
working condi-
tionS.
This is re-
Evening star., 1951-04-26
National Advertising
Outlay of $49o Million
In 1850 Sets Record
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April 26.-
National advertisers invested
an all-time high of $499 ,019,-
900 in newspaper space in
1850.
The total represented a 12.1
per cent dollar gain over 1949.'
The grocery industry again
topped the list with an
expenditure of $123,354,000.
The figures were reported
yesterday by the Bureau of
Advertising of the American
Newspaper Publishers Associ-
alton, which is holding its
annual convention.
New directors of the bureau
included S. H. Kaufman,
The Washington Star.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
Lund Given Park Commission

Alfred H. Smith, owner of the
Smith Sand & Gravel Co. o1
Branchville, Md, yesterday turned
over deeds for five acres along the
Anacostia parkway and four acres
on the Paint parkway in College
Park to the Maryland Ma tional
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. The land is valued al
almost $4,000.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
Mrs. Krakow Will Head
Citizens Association

Mrs. Bernard Krakow has been
elected president of the Evans
Parkway Cameron Heights Citi-
zenS Association.
Other officers named are Marion
r. Brockman, vice president, Mrs.
Beatrice Plotkin, secretary, and
James w. Miller, treasurer.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
The Federal Spotlight
Romspeck Policy Talk Indicates
Leave Revision, Raise Backing
By Joseph Young

IN MS n major policy speech since taking office Robert
RanSpeck, chairman OF the Civil Commission declared
last night before the Capital Forge of the
lions Association that
The Governments annual sick benefits should be
e-examlned with view toward making changes Privately
Evening star., 1951-04-26

nc 1IaS cAPItSSeu CIle view our
ing the last few weeks that the
present benefits in some respects
should be reduced. He said In his
Evening star., 1951-04-26

River Report.
tFrom U. s. Engineers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
ana Great Falls; Shenandoah clear al
Harpers Ferry.
Readings at Washington Airport)
H. Yesterday Pct. To-day Pct
Noo.i -------- so Midnight --- So
| s pm. ------- 3S 10 am. ------- IS
| Pm. 40 pm. ----- A
Evening star., 1951-04-26

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 81, on April 25.
Lowest, H., on February 8.
Tide Tables
pCruished BY United States Coast an
Ge0detie SllrVRyl
Evening star., 1951-04-26

~sAS0Aap SVd@J---- ------- C.OO d.iH.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-hah hour after sunset
Evening star., 1951-04-26

High and Low OF Last "A Hours.
High, 81, at $40 pm.
Low, So, at 6:l6 am.
Evening star., 1951-04-26

Monthly precipitation in inches in t
CAPITAL (curfent month To da$e1:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH

U. S. Ambassador Robert Murphy in Brussels has handed the Bel gians a tough note virtually de- manding that Belgium send some of its army to help the United Ma tions in Korea. So far, Belgium has sent only a few hundred volunteers .. The United States is also pres surfing the Netherlands to do it's part to reinforce General Ridgway's $ army. The Dutch contribution has been no greater than the Belgian. American reports on Russian A-bomb tests have been so accurate that the Russians are reported pre- pairing a new and distant proving ground for future tests It's report ed to be in the Takla Makan desert across the southeast Russian border in China. This desert is shut off from the outside world by some of the worlds highest mountains. |. U. s. experts believe England's rearmament program will danger
 ously lower the British standard of
 living and make another U. 5. loan
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
SENATE PROBE OF EsCAPEEs

Meanwhile, a group of farsighted Senators has introduced resolu- tion proposing a Senate investiga- tion of escapees in western Europe Behind this is the fact that both American and allied officials in Europe have so badly muffed hand ling these escapees that some want to go back behind the Iron Cur tain. Russian escapees are handed back and forth between U. s. count CT intelligence, central intelligence and military intelligence, then either, turned loose to find a job on the Germany economy or allow ed to go to seed in refugee camps.
 The Senators who sponsored this investigation are: Nixon and Know land of California, Bennett of Utah Bridges of New Hampshire, Brews- ter of Maine, Carlson of Kansas, Hendrickson of New Jersey, Ives of New York, Monroney of Oklaho- ma, O'Connor of Maryland, Smath- CTS of Florida, and Wiley of Wis consin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
Wednesday, October "A, 1851
BRITAIN IN TROUBLE

British prestige and authority in the Near East already damaged by the action of Iran in sezng the property of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, were further weakened when Egypt moved to evict the British from the Suez Canal Zone and announced that the Sudan region would be annexed to Egypt.
 Following these developments the Government of Irau requested revision of 1930 treaty which granted the British Government the right to maintain two air bases and some troops in that neighborhood Irau includes most of Arabia and is nation of about five million Arabs scattered desert tracts or into eeming cities along the fertile river valleys
 The Iraq leaders proceeding, it seems, upon a proper basis suggesting that the treaty which IS supposed to run until 1855 be amended. It should also be noted that British ground troops with drawn from Iraq in 1947 and that there are now in the country only Royal Air Force attachments.
 We caf attention to these disputes which center around the vital and strategic Near Eastern not because the United States is primarily concerned in the relationship between Great Britain and the other countries but because this country would be seriously affected by any change in the status of the nations which would result military advantages for Soviet Russia.
 The basic policy of the United States is to pre- vent the spread of Russian aggression. Whatever action is necessary safeguard the defense of Vest civilization from military encroachments will have .to be done regardless of the difficulties involved
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
20 YEARS AGO FIFE TIT EMPIRE
OCTOBER "A, 1881

James Connors Jr of Combining he planned attend the annual football came between his alma mater University Mary at
 Humboldt which than bullion while plying between Seattle and apped sold to burned for the and steel m her hull
 c. DeVighne returned to Juneau following SIX daughter had accompanied them Victoria, B C., school
 school had entered St Hospital for a tonsiecomy. Fee The Right Crimon Bishop Alaska returned from the Princess Norah
 William Fifth and
  F Wyler Ketchikan the Nothand.
 Weather High 46 low, 32; partly cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
CROP SECRETS

In headline-crazy Washington, the issuance of a monthly crop re- port by the Department of Agricul- ture may seem mere routine news. However, newsmen reporting on fu- ture croPs are treated to spectacle of mystery and suspense that rivals the launching of new atomic weapon.
 The ceremony, believe it or not, is climaxed by Secretary of Agricul- ture Charles Grammar getting locked up in his own department.
 All this is because back in 1905 a report on the estimated cotton crop leaked prematurely and specu- lators made a big killing. Since then the department has devised an ironclad security system" to make sure it doesn't happen again.
 The night before general crop estimates Con wheat, corn, cotton, etcD are to be released, field re- ports from farm states are secreted in a box, reinforced with two locks, in the main agriculture building. At am. the next day, the box is removed, under an armed guard, to a corridor on the second floor of the adjacent south building.
 Here the whole corridor is lock- ed off, with armed guards at each end. Nobody can get in without a special pass and, once in, there's no getting out until the pm. dead line for releasing the crop report.
 To make sure there is no com- munication with the outside world in this agricultural "Shangri La" all telephones are disconnected. Guards even lower and latch the venetian blinds in the large room where the crop estimates are pre- pared, so there will be no signaling from windows. (This was how the 1905 leak" occurred)
 At noontime, lunch is wheeled in for members of the crop report ing board and their aides, but not even the food bearers can get out once they're in-until o'clock. Secretary Grammar, who usually ar- rives about o'clock to read and sign the finished report, also must sit it out, a prisoner in the depart ment he rules.
 Just before the deadline, copies of the report are taken to special press room and placed on a table near battery of telephones. Across the room, reporters fidget behind white line painted on the floor, like trackmen toeing the starting mark.
 Not until s. R. Newell, assistant chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economies, yells "go!" on the stroke of 3 pm. can the newsmen cross the line and phone in their stories. Then Secretary Brannan, a free man again, returns to his office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
Home Mail Carrier Works (iiy 'Rou!e'

There may not be home mai service in Juneau but there is one first class letter carrier.
 Like a lot of other jobs, this one has been taken over by a fe- male. Her name is "Goofy." And "Goofy" is a dog. a part-Pomeran- ian, but in Uncle Sam's regular service there is no more zealous guardian of the mail
 Come mail time, and "Goofy" is a regular sight on Juneau streets strutting proudly beside Gus Mic ketis, her equally proud trainer with the days mail in her mouth.
 The dog is owned by MT. and Mrs Joe McNallen, but she's a sidekick of Gus and was trained by him "Goofy" won't cross a street with her precious cargo until Gus gives her the word. Gus will leave the mail up on fence or on a post and she won't leave until she has it again in her mouth.
 The mail goes through when "Goofy" takes charge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
LOOK and LEARN %sy c. GORDON

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 lakes situated Lucerne and Lomond? atH has long?
 ANSWERS:
 1 Asia
 g. The pyramids Of Egypt g. A skin specialists.
 4 Switzerland and Sco.and, The
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS like had slept for days" Say q slept
 MSPRONOUNCED: Appreciate Pronounce third syllable a a-pre-si-ate. a.
 Nonparei the ELI is pronounced ELL
 SYNONYMS Exhilarate den, eniven
 word three times and it yours Let Todays word: esteem attempted the had effect that popu
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
JET PLANE SHORTAGE

Crippling strikes have put jet plane manufacturers so far be- hind schedule that more than a million pounds of aluminium sheets have piled up in aircraft factories waiting to be used As result friends of the industry inside the National Production Authority are now maneuvering to divert this backlog of precious aluminium into civilian goods.
 Meanwhile. sabre-jet pilots are fighting against five -to-one odds in Korea, because of the shortage of jet planes
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA &y LEE

O. Is a obligated his in a bus whom he knows?
 give their seats public conveyances still considered the polite thing for them to they we'll invitation be home christening?
 telephoned friends both and polite write
 What the position of the bread and butter plates luncheon table? j. upper the plate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24

necessary by the middle of next year. It'll be around $2,000,0 100000, and will occur whether Churchills elected or not. (Actually change in Britain's ruling political parties is not expected to make the slight est difference in Britain's economyo All of our new F-84 jet fighter bombers are now equipped to be refueled in flight. This gives them range thousands of miles greater than the fighters in the last war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
paeiifie NW Grid Noies

SEATTLE, Oct. 24-iR-Pacific Northwest football notes
 Washington = Don Heinrich took his regular position in the backfield yesterday for the first time since he injured his shoulder in pre- season practice. The All-American quarterback said later his arm still ached after his short passes and Coach Howie Odell said Heinrich probably will not be available for either the Stanford game Saturday or the Oregon State contest week later. a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
RIOT SQUAD

SINGAPORE,-tR-The police of Singapore are going to have a spec ial riot squad modelled on the lines of the one that operated in Shang- hai.
 The founder of the Shanghai riot unit, It. Col. W. E. Fairhairn, may come to Singapore from Britain for three months to organize and train the squad.
 The government has approved $16,650 for equipping the new unit. EXPIRE WANT Ans pAy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24
COP IN A CAB

OMAHA,-tR-A rookie police pat rolman decided to resign from the Omaha force i rather than face charges of "unbecoming" conduct after Police Chief Henry Boesen caught him covering his beat in a taXicab.
 The rockies explanation was that he was delayed and took a cab to reach his phone by check-in time.
 The National Geographic Society says there are nearly 100000 movie theaters in the world.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-24

Even so there is every to believe that Iran, Iraq and Egypt will have substantial concessions made to them and assurance to their future status if they cooperate with the free nations Of the world.