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Evening star., 1951-04-04
Big Money Involved
In Army Truck Deals,
Witness Tells Probers
BY the Assoeioted Press

An account of big-money pay
ments in the highly profitable pur-
chase and resale of surplus Army
trucks was outlined to a House
investigating committee today by
q Chicago dealer.
Morris Green of Green Brothers
Truck Sales Co. told an Executive
Expenditures subcommittee he
paid fees and commissions total
ing $279, 900 on the resale of 1000
surplus Army trucks purchased
in the Philippines. The commit
tee is looking into the disposal of
Army surplus overseas.
MFR. Green said an additional
$85 900 was paid to his brother,
Selmour Green of Los Angeles. as
a share of profits indicated to be
$425 900 after all expenses.
Brother Received $85,00O.
"Seymour's commission was 20
per cent of the profits on the
dealt amounted to about $685.
000." Mr., Green said.
He said he, another brother
Julius and Edward Udelson. a
Cleveland truck dealer, organized
Green Brothers Enterprises, Inc,
in 1947 to acquire the 1000 trucks.
The corporation paid 5000 to
$3.50 per truck. After recondi-
tioning costs $700 to $500 per
truck. and shipping charges. the
trucks were reSold in the United
States.
A total of 34S of the Philippines
surplus trucks were sold to the
Atomic Energy Commission for use
at the Hanford, Wash. plant, Mr..
Green testified.
$500 for $500 Truck.
The Acc paid $4,000 for six
by six White trucks, and $4,000
for Diamond T dump trucks.
Mr.. Green testified the Acc
was the principal purchaser.
He related expensive dealings
were involved in selling the sur
plus vehicles and getting them
into the United States.
He said he paid the Schnitzer
Brothers Steel Co. of Portland,
Greg. a $127,00 commission for
acting as brokers in lining up the
Acc deal.
An out of court settlement of
$4,000 was paid the estate of a
Joseph Freeman of Los Angeles,
who Mr.. Green said sued for
100000 for allegedly helping to
acquire the trucks in Manila.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Exchange Plan Ends

The termination of pupil ex-
change agreement between Falls
Church and Fairfax County school
Eof1cials may affect colored stu
dents living in Falls Church who
attend a county elementary
school.
Fairfax Supt. of Schools w. r.
Woodson told the County School
Board yesterday he had been in
formed of the city boards action
ending the agreement by Irwin H.
|Schmitt. Falls Church school
head.
Mr.. Schmitt said all school chill
dren living in Falls Church will
attend city schools when a new
high school and primary school
are completed in the fall. And
Mr., WoodSon told the Fairfax
board. II assume this includes city
|colored children who now attend
James Lee Elementary School
Ioperated by the county"
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Planning Chief Named
For Upper Montgomery

The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil yesterday appointed Patrick j.
Cusick, jr., 81. of Medford. Mass,
las planning engineer for the Up
per Montgomery Planning Com
mission. az
Mr.. Cusick. who will. receive
$7,500 a year. will plan develops
ment of the county's rural area
in manner similar to the job
being done in the suburban Sec
ton by the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Doris Day Weds Agent

BURBANK, Calf, April 4 (P).
Actress Doris Day is now Mrs.
Marty Melcher. She married her
agent yesterday, her 9th birth
day. She divorced George w.
Weidler. saxophonist, in 1949
Mr.. Melcher was divorced last year
from Patti Andrews of the sing
ing Andrews sisters.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Bond Issue Backed

The Arlington Civic Federation
will support proposed $4,875, ,00o
school bond issue, on which a ref
erendum will be held April II.
The federation took the action
last night with only one dissenting
vote among the approximately 80
delegates.
Mrs. Virginia Thatcher, chair
man of the federation's. school
committee, warned that approx
mately 5000 students would be on
halliday sessions in September if
the bond issue is rejected.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Red Cross Drive Here
Tops 81 Million Mark
with 100000 10 Go

The tagging District area Rec
Cross fund drive has gone ovel
the 81 million mark, Everett ]
Boothby, general campaign chair
man, announced yesterday, but
lit still has 100000 to go.
The announcement came short.
ly after Baltimore reported i,
had gone over its goal of 81, ,0O4,.
800.
Mr.. Boothby said metropolitan
Washington still has reached only
II per cent of it's $1.3 million
quota and that the figure is II
per cent behind the amount fol
this time last year.
Extended to April 13.
The campaign, extended te
April 13. has reached "its mos
crucial days." Mr.. Boothby said
eve can make our goal only il
everyone of the 10000 volunteers
working on the drive follow
through with their assignments,
he declared. "The success depends
upon everyone
Mr.. Boothby said the Washing.
ton area always has been among
those cities to oversubscribe tt
their quotas.
Three hundred thousand dol.
lars more is not really too much,
he said.
To make up the deficit, Mr.
tBoothby declared, everyone mus
contribute little more" TIL,
volunteer. workers must canvas
again many areas, particularly
places where less than 80 per cen
tof the people have contributed.
The war in Korea and the threa
tof a larger war, he said, have in
Icreased the responsibilities of tn,
Red Cross to the armed services
"It may hurt little bit to give,
Mr.. Boothby said, "but it's tina
little bit that viii make you fee
you've actually done your part.
Other Needs Stressed.
T Helping the armed services is
great part of the Red Cross
responsibility to the Nation. h
continued, but the civil defens
program and the blood program
are just important.
The Red Cross, he emphasized
also needs money to train larg,
groups in first aid, in mass feedinI
and in other fields of civil defens
to prepare for any attack on ou
cities.
ut cannot perform these serv
ices without the badly needle.
funds" Mr.. Boothby said.
Richard P. Dunn, chairman O
the Special Gifts Division, said hi
group has reached 102 per cen
of its quota. He reported 1854 ,43
has been collected-a 81 per cen
increase over last years donations
This money. he continued, is rep
resented in the reports of tn
various divisions, since his uni
does not report directly.
officials were hopeful yesterda
that Fridays report meeting vii
show the drive to be much close
to it's goal. The meeting will b
held at 1890 pm. in the Unite'
States Chamber of Commerc
building.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

extreme west and IS to 40 in east
and central portions tonight. To-
morrow fair, slightly milder in
afternoon.
Wind velocity at 10:45 o'clock
this morning, 13 miles per hour;
direction, west.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
.omun Beers 10th Child

SANTA MONICA, Calf, April 4
P).-Mrs. Barbara Valdez, Al,
gave birth to her Goth child March
27, st. Johns Hospital disclosed
last night. The boy, Paul Michael,
weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces at
birth. He and his mother are do
ing fine, the doctor said.
Evening star., 1951-04-04

District Of Columbia-Rather
cloudy and cool. High near 54
this afternoon. Some cloudiness
with low about 40 tonight. To-
morrow fair, milder in afternoon
Maryland and Virginia-Some
cloudiness with low 80 to 35 in
Evening star., 1951-04-04

form, may cost
some money af-
ter all, and has
asked the Civil
Service Com
missions retire.
ment division to
submit a detail
ed cost analysis
of the bill.
Also, the COM
mlttee has In
structed the re-
tirement divi-
sion to revise
downward the
'Nronocnd hon fire
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Robot Weather Station Lands
by Chute and Transmits Data

station to an upright operating
position. A third explosion ex-
tends the telescoped vertical
|antenna and the station is ready
for work.
On the job it notes and broad
casts changes in temperature,
pressure and humidity.
Evening star., 1951-04-04

troll of the City Council, although
won three of the five
runoff elections yesterday. The
of the council will be 33
Democrats, 16 Republicans and /
independent. The Democrats won
81 of As races in the February 27
aldermanic elections.
Democrats also were winners in
the races for three other city
Offices, clerk, treasurer and Mu-
nicipal Court judge.
Evening star., 1951-04-04

them. Many of the employees have
worked for the military establish
ment for 20 to 80 years or more.
and they feel they deserve con-
sideration.
They charge the Pentagon's top
brass with having instituted an
unfair and undemocratic caste
system in assigning parking space
y x X 4
FBI-The FBI is asking Con-
gress for enough money to con-
tinue its employees on a six-day
week, at least until June 80, 1852.
X X
TYPO-In the early editions of
yesterdays Star, misplaced line
of type in the item about the
round-the-c clock work proposal
caused this column to state that
Chairman Cannon of the House
Appropriations Committee said
that employees who would work
night shifts under this system
would not receive night differential
pay.
What Mr.. Cannon said was that
employees who worked on night
shifts would get differential pay.
X X X y
NFFE-Three local branches of
Federal Employees Union No. 2,
National Federation of Federal
Employees, have elected officers for
the coming year. They are: Com
merce Department branch, Perry
j. Stevenson, president; Grace A.
Witherow and Myrtle M. Starr,
vice presidents; Lois j. Simon, Sec
Iretary-treasurer; Veterans Admin
istration branch, Henry G. Nolda,
president; Lewis Sneed Sasser,
vice president; Mrs. Lola c. Cohee,
recording secretary; Mrs. Hilda
Douthit, financial secretary, and
Gilbert w. Cass, sergeant at
arms; Public Roads branch,
Charles w. Prisk, president; Mrs.
Mary E. Austin and Joseph M.
Davis, vice presidents, and Vida
c. Tucker, secretary treasurer.
(Be sure to listen at 6::15 pm.
eUery Saturday oDer WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Young'S Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast, featuring additional
nelDS and pie1Ds of the GoUern-
ment Scene.)
Evening star., 1951-04-04
U. Of Virginia Institute

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
4 P.-President Colgate w. Dar-
den announced today that the
University of Virginia will hold the
18th session of the Institute. of
Public Affairs, beginning July 8.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Shomo Gets Health Post

LURAY. Va, April 4.-Esten
Shomo, of Richmond. a native of
Harrisonburg. has been named as
sistant to George Jones. director
of the State Health Laboratory
here.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Maryland and Virginia
News in Brief
News in Brief

thanks to the efforts of Silver
Spring police. -:.a
The family was found in the
car yesterday on a lot i'm the
rear of the 1900 block of Georgia
avenue. They had been evicted
from a Washington apartment
because the landlady objected
to the children. .v
Police Immediately swung into.
action and moved them into the.
Silver Spring Hotel until more:
permanent housing was OBJ
tanned at POI Willow avenue,
TakOma Park.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Family Gets HOUSING

Mr.. and Mrs. James T.. Seek
ford and their five children are
living in an apartment, instead
of their 13-year -old automobile,
Evening star., 1951-04-04
The Federal Spotlight >..
Bill to LiberoIize Retirement
Faces Toning Down for Passage
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Youno

proposed lberaized retirement benefits
the Senate Civil Service Committee have be scaled
slightly enchane the chances this
originally drafted the bill anything
have from eliminating present per
Evening star., 1951-04-04

retirement interest payments to
employees leaving the Government
before 20 years of service.
However, the committee now
feels the measure, in it's present
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Record Temperatures This i,

hecUru Temperatures This Year.
Highest. "A, on April /.
Lowest, H., on February 8.
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
High, 40, at 2;15 pm.
Low, 40, at 4:45 am
Evening star., 1951-04-04
Vote on Troops
Brieker-Cordon Plon
Is Defeated, 56-31
By The Assoeioted Press

Here is the 56-to-31 vote by
which the Senate yesterday de-
feated motion by Senators
Bricker, Republican, of Ohio and
Gordon. Republican, of Oregon to
recommit the troops to Europe
resolution to committee to be
made mandatory legislation in
stead of advisory:
FOR THE MoTIoN-31.
Evening star., 1951-04-04
River Report,

From U. s. Engineers.)
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
ana at Great Falls; Shenandoah muddy at
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions and Time of Showing

Stage.
Arena - "Julius Caesar; $3.50
pm.
Ambassador-"Here Comes the
Groom: /. sos. Sis. 7:25 and
9:35 pm.
Capitol Iron Man; 11:00
am, las. 4:30, tbs and 1000
pm. Stage Slows: 1880. 3:25,
500 and 9:05 pm.
Meet Me After the
Show; 10:45 am. 1875. 2:30,
4:20, $40. sos and 9:55 pm.
Dupont-"Oliver Twist; 1920,
1925, $50. 7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Keith's-"His Kind of Woman; !;
1850 am. 2:25, 500, 7:35 and
1000 pm.
Little-"La Ronde":: 1918, 1855,
3:35. Sis, $50. $50 and 1910
pm.
Metropolitan - "The Texas
Ranger; 11:40 am. 1:20. sos,
4:45. $3.50, $40 and $50 pm.
Palace-"David and Bathshe-
ba";; 10:45 am, 1855. $40. $40,
7:35 and 9:50Np.m.
National ~ "The Frogmen";;
1920 am, 1880, 3:35, $40, 7:45
and 9:55 pm.
Pix-"Ladies Of the Chorus;
200, 4:45, 1880 and 1918 pm.
Playhouse-"No Highway in the
Sky, 11:10 am. 1:l5. 3:20, 5:25,
7:35 and GAS pm.
Plaza-'"The Mill on the Po";;
11:10 am, 100, $50, 4:35, 6:25
8:15 and 10:05 pm.
Trans-Lux - "One Woman's
Evening star., 1951-10-02

company and the first arena pro-
duction of Julius Caesar" ever
seen here. ~
Arenas whole company is not
new, as attested by the presence
of two of last years outstanding
performers, Lester Rawlings and
Henry Oliver Ii the first of the
new seasons plays. Roy Poole. a
newcomer will play the role OF
Brutus, and Angela Patton, also
new to the company, will play
Portia.
A notable audience. including
representatives of 80 embassies
will attend tonight's gala opening
Addenda: "a Streetcar Named
Desire" which opens Thursday at
the Warner. Metropolitan and Am
bassador theaters. was screened
last night for the local drama
desks. Set for tomorrow
night screening is "a Place in The
Sum-" which will open with an
premiere at the Trans
Lux next Monday with the regular
opening set for Tuesday morning
Rejecting the new congeni-
ality between all branches of en-
tertainment. television's Patti Page
will be the stage headliner at the
Capitol theater starting Thurs
day. Mt. Vernon Players, one
of the oldest community theater
groups. will open its season in
November with the Elizabethan
comedy "The Knight of the Burn
ing Pestle." New member of
Catholic University's drama fac
ulty this season is DR.. John T.
Dugan. who received his master
of fine arts degree here in 1948.
/. During his student years here,
he turned out to be one of the
university's finest actors. talent
he has submered in favor of teach
ing and playwriting. THE
Petrif1ed Forest" by Robert E.
Sherwood will open the Falls
Church community theater's sea-
son Nov. 1-3. It will be di-
rected by Frederick M. Kerby,
active in local drama circles for
Is years. Allan Zee has been
named as manager of Loew's
Capitol theater and Joel Margolis
moves over to the Palace to replace
Angie Ratio. recently i'll. now re-
lief manager for Loew's local
theaters.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
Hollywood
Diary
By SheiIoh Grohon,

Paulette Goddard is concluding
a deal in Paris to star in the movie
version of 1.-THE Respectful Prosti-
tute," Jean Paul Sartre's play.
The picture is to be made in
English.
Tony Curtis leads the Modern
Screen" poll for the most popular
male star among the 20-year-olds
and younger audiences. This bit
of information should help Tony
get the boost in salary he wants
from Universal International.
Producer Richard Krakeur has
wired Hollywood dance director
Robert Alton to return to Broad.
way to stage the dances for his
musical, Casey Jones"
Mrs. Spike Jones took two weeks
off from singing with the band to
fly back to Hollywood to visit the
children. Spike, spearheading the
revival of two-a-day vaudeville, is
breaking records in the East.
y X
Former kid movie-star DickieI
Moore is due to become father
in three weeks, but leaves the in
FAINT behind when he tours with
the road show of Autumn Gar
den"
When I bumped into Anita
Loos and Yul Brynner at al" IN
New York. Anita told me her book
about Paulette Goddard is now
called "The Goddard Tour of
Europe sort of "GentlemenI
Prefer Brunettes."
Robert Stack fingers on in New
York to discuss play on Broad
way with several interested pro-
ducers. I asked Bob for details
on why he couldn't work In 1.-THE
Gift Horse" when so many other
American players had worked in
Britain. That's just it," he said.
I'm the straw that broke the
camel's back"
X X Il
Rhonda Fleming, on the deck
of the Golden Hawk" in Techni-
color. tells me, ''I may do Song
of Norway at U-I and I have al
terrific deal offered by the dollar
bills. I dare not mention figures. "
(But can. She'll get $12O, ,000l
for three pictures.) Rhonda may
marry DR.. Lew Merrill within two
months, after his divorce becomes
final.
Rhonds's co-star in Golden
Hawk Sterling Hayden, limps by /
He's still suffering from a recent
operation on his knee-removal of
cartilage injured in a parachute
jump when he was with the OSS.
":I've optioned a 175-foot schoon-
er in Seattle" Sterling tells me.
She's a beauty-and that's the
life for me I" he adds.
4
Franchot Tone is covered with.
Lloyds for hospital and medical
expenses. He'll collect If he can
prove he was not the aggressor In
that famous fight.
Veronica Lake back in Holly
wood to see her valley mansion
sold by Uncle Sam for $55, 900 to
a HOLLYWOOD clergyman. Veronica
and Andre de 10th put S110,000I
into that little shack.
Edmond O'Brien com m ute 81
from TV-!ng in New York toI
Philadelphia every night to see
Olga San juan in Alan Jay Lern-
er's Paint Your Wagon" That's
love, in any mans language.
tReleased By North American Newspaper
Alliance
Evening star., 1951-10-02

VINO were called incompetent the
season before, who knows they
have not overcome the miserable
shortcomings that make the critics
critics so angry?
Well, John Houseman writing
in the October issue of Harper's
thinks he knows.
Even before the 1951-52 season
gets under way. he lays down a
raking fire aimed at roughly eight
of the nine New York daily news
paper critics. and inferentially
most dramatic critics elsewhere.
They have too much power of life
and death, especially death, in
terms of their technical knowledge
Of the theater, Houseman says.
This is not a new charge, of
course, and to the extent that not
many critics write, produce. di-
rect or act in plays. there is some
thing in it. Directing a play, as
Houseman does,frona tlmeFtasti
any reviewer WuN some
thing useful toel his reeular
occupation. JuSt what, or how
much, no one is prepared to say
and to his credit Housepaan does
not try to say It'll
Another thingshe does not say
and thi$ Us not so mach I'd the |
credit ofSAny attacker OF cxita
that the play reviewers sso-|
ciated with wholly fe and
distinct titution called Journal
ism viii las a much larger au-
dience aa the theater.
1t is the critics solace in mo-
ments OF fire from the other side
that the public simply has found
their institution more trustworthy
than the theater. Hence their
Evening star., 1951-10-02

power, no matter how embarrass-
ling it can be at times.
X \ Il X
Players, Inc, Catholic Univer-
sity's repertory company. has a
long way to go after tomorrow
nights benefit performance at
Holy Trinity theater under the
auspices of GEORGETOWN Visitation
alumnae. e4
Fact is, it has $4,000 miles to
travel before ending its season
next May.
The tour, on which it will play
Moliere's "She Stoops to Con-
quer," and Shakespeare's Twelfth
Night" will take the company
through 81 States and. into
Canada. The two productions on
this seasons schedule were di-.
rected by Walter Kerr, drama
editor of Commonweal Magazine,
an6@8oEnaerly associate professor
fof many years in Catholic US
drama department.
More than three week. away
is the opeufng of the regular
schedule of plays at the University
theater this year. First perform
ance of Tempest," opening
play, is sek Tar October 26 with
a two.week run thereafter.
Subscriptions for the University
theater's program are now on sale
at the boxofice on the campus,
5000, Branch 35l.
y X y
Area Stage which snuggled into
the affections of the community
as few year-old institutions in
Washington history. goes into its
second season tonight with a new
Evening star., 1951-10-02

ADJUSTMENTS,
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Story: l1:00 am, 12:45. 2::30,
4:20. sos. 1855 and $40 pm.
Warner - Here Comes the
Groom: 1900 am. Ito. 800,
5:25. 7:30 and 9:40 pm.
Evening star., 1951-10-02
The Posing Show
John Housennon Lets Fly
Before the Season Opens
By Joy Cormody.

Nothing is the except possibly turnips.
There used to be business instance upon
which could after This that
call the drama critics incompetent in until they had
had chance demonstrate it. Granting they the
, 1951-12-18
ATTENTION PLEASE

Members of the newly organized Political Party spon-
sored by the Hon. S. Christian Chase and Lionel Hen
bricks are called to attend a special meeting, for the pur-
pose of discussing the Constitution and Bylaws Of the
Party
All members are politely requested to attend. This
meeting will be held at the usual place, in the Christian
sted Police Court Room on Wednesday of this week
December 19, 1851, at $50 PM.
FOR THE COMMITTEE
Peter C. Thurldnd
, 1951-12-18
now, THAT'S A
GOOD QUESTION

What do most people like ? Well,
when you've been in business as
long as I have and see what
brands people buy again and
again, it gives you a good idea
of their likes and dislikes.
In my store, for example, I find
most of my customers 60 for
Campbell's Soups. You see,
there are Fl kinds to choose
from, and with such variety,
there are many to please every
palate and every family, to fit
every budget.
And no wonder! Campbell's
Soups are all delicious :. all
soundly nourishing -. and all
good value.
Yes, I'd say Campbell's Soups
are the peoples choice. I should
know -. I sell so many.
Evening star., 1951-11-25

An announcement of interest tt
vacation travellers is expected this
week. Particularly intrigued will
be individuals and families who
heretofore have not been able tc
affofd-in time and money!
visit to the Old World.
With a news dispatch dateline
of Nice. France, the announce
ment will tell whether the Inter
national Air Transport Associa-
ton has decided to allow cheaper
plane fares to Europe by next
summer. IATA. governing body
of scheduled airliners flying world
routes, is to meet at Nice on Tues
day, and two of its most impor-
tant agenda items concern the
date of introducing trans s-Atlantio
tourist fares ana the standard
price each line is to charge for
this economy service.
If surface signs are any indi-
cation, IATA will not insist on its
Bermuda meeting decision of last
May that tourist service be post
Iponed until the fall of 1852. Lower
rates in time for early spring
visits to Europe are possible.