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Evening star., 1951-09-24
Capital Transit
81 Million Expenses
In Fare Rise Request
Lists Wage Increases
And Taxes as Causes
At PUG Hearing

An annual increase in expenses
and taxes of more than So million
was cited today by the Capital
Transit Co. in support of its re-
quest for a fare increase.
Only a handful of spectators
attended the opening session of
the Public Utilities Commission s
hearing at the District Building
The company wants the straight
cash fare to remain at Is cents
with elimination of tokens and
an increase in the weekly pass
from So to $2.25.
/ Three Primary Reasons Given.
Robert E. Harvey, vice president
land controller Of the transit com.
Ipany said the application wa.
necessary for three primary rea.
sons:
/. Following the three-daJ
strike last July wage increases ane
lother benefits granted to EN-.
ployes added more than SIT mil.
lion a year to operating costs.
2. Increases in other expenses
latter deducting savings from
Economics. will amount to nearly
100000 during the next year.
8. Federal tax income rates
have been increased from SO pei
cent a year ago to Al per cent
A further increase approved by
the House, retroactive to last jan
uary l, would raise the rate te
SO per cent. This amounts to ar
increase Of more than one-third
| in Federal income tax.
Revenues Less Than Increase.
Mr.. Harvey said the increased
revenues which would come from
the proposed new fare would be
substantially less than the 81
million increase in expenses.
He said net operating income
after the increases would be less
than the company was entitled
to as a fair return on its invest
ment.
He said that savings which
have resulted in economies ir
the company operation have pre-
vented the necessity of asking
fares in excess of Is cents.
Another witness, w. C. Gilman
of w. c.. Gilman & Co., consult
ling engineers of New York City
testified that fair rate of return
for Capital Transit at present was
not less than 9 per cent.
The Public Utilities Commission
has held that 61a per cent was a
reasonable rate of return.
Two Groups Intervene.
The PUG granted the Fedora
Ition of Citizens Associations and
the Washington Chapter of Amer
leans for Democratic Action the
right to intervene in the hearing.
These rights were granted over
the objection of the company
which contended the two groups
did not qualify as consumers OF
the company's service under the
rules of the commission.
Limited intervention - which
(Sae FADES pona AsA
Evening star., 1951-09-24
British King Confident
He Will Recover From
Major Lung Surgery
Monarch Passes Crucial
First Night; Queen Only
One Allowed at Bedside
BY the Associated Press

LONDON. Sept. "a. - King
George VI was reported in good
spirits today and confident of
recovery from major lung op-
Grafton.
/ A palace spokesman said Queen
Elizabeth spent the morning with
her husband, but that no other
members of the royal family have
been permitted to see him.
The spokesman was much more
CHEEKY than an earlier medical
bulletin which merely reported
that the Kings condition was "as
satisfactory as can be expected" J"
First Night Crucial.
He told a reporter:
THE King is in good spirits, as
far as one can be after an opera
ton like this. He seems confident
of his recovery.
THE Queen has been with him
this morning"
A morning medical bulletin
said only:
the King has had a restful
might. His Majesty's condition
this morning continues to be as
satisfactory as can be expected -
1t came after a Buckingham
Palace source had reported that
the King made it safely"
through the first crucial night
after his operation yesterday
morning.
Doctors Stand BY.
The 55-year-old King spent the
might under the watchful eyes
|of doctors and nurses. Watchers
were understood to include five
.of the eight doctors who took
part in the 2-hour operation yes
terday morning. DR.. Clement
Price Thomas, who performed
the actual lung resection, did not
remain in the palace.
Lung resection is the term used
for surgical removal of the whole
lung or part of it. 1t has not been
indicated how extensive the opera
ton was or which lung was af-
fected. Neither was there any
indication of the disease that made
the surgery necessary.
Medical authorities are in gen.
eral agreement that the first four
or five days after the operation
are the crucial period.
Brit0ns Are Anxious.
Anxious Britons, who had prayed
for the safety of their beloved
monarch, got no indication of the
Kings exact condition in his bat
tie against the after-effects of
the surgery.
This mornings announcement
was signed by five doctors who
had spent the night at the Kings
bedside.
Handwritten with soft lead pen
Gil. the bulletin was posted on a
board attached to the fence in
front of Buckingham Palace.
The waiting crowd found its
terms reassuring:
THANK God for that" one
woman shouted.
We're so glad for the Queen, -
said another.
A tall police inspector read the
bulletin aloud over the heads OF
the jostling throng. People then
lined up and filed slowly past fol-
a flrst-hand look.
Persons familiar with the word
ing of official royal announce
ments said the terse statement
indicated there has been no turn
for the worse, but that the Kings
condition is still serious. They
found no evidence of any imme-
diate medical concern.
Queen Elizabeth spent the night
in a room near her desperately i'll
husband. The rest of the roya.
(See KING, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

TURN BACKWARD. o TIME
More thon 100 oneient automobiles
have ehussed into Bedford Springs,
Po., in q revival Of the GIidden Tour.
Star Stoff Writer George Kennedy
describes the influx in a story on
Poee B-l.
CONFUSION m THE NEAT MAR.
kET-The men who buy and sell cot
tie. and the butcher who sells the finaI
cut. ore steomins obout OPS resulo-
tions. The story Of the growth Of block
markets. oboye-ceiIins prices and in
ferior quality is told on Pose AZ.
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Red Cross Reports Big Response
To Appeal for Gifts of Blood
Sc Make Appointments for Donations
In Three Hours After Urgent Request

Washington headquarters of the
Red Cross reported today that a
steady stream of telephone calls
was being received from citizens
awakened to the urgency of donat-
ing blood in a serious National
crisis.
A spokesman said that within
three hours after the office opened
Evening star., 1951-09-24

million the amount city officials
Originally wanted to spend this
fiscal year.
The Commissioners and Con-
gress whitfield that $154,6 1926
figure down to $138.216.15O for
this years appropriation.
Not included in the estimates is
the proposed cost of the civil
defense program. This years
funds for that purpose are still
in hearings in the Senate.
Another prospective addition
both TINS year and next is the
pending pay raise for Government
employees. This would add between
l$6 and 81 million to the District
Government payroll.
Pay Raise Absorbed.
Budget Officer Walter L. Fow-
Ter said the pay raise could be
taken care of this year without
an increase in taxes.
The Commissioners will begin
making the individual estimates
public tomorrow in a series of
press releases continuing through
October 7.
Citizens and organizations are
invited to express their views on
the requests and make their rec
concentrations at a public hearing
in the board room of the District
Building October 90.
Prospective speakers are re-
quested to send their names to G.
M. Thornett. secretary to the
Board of Commissioners, District
Building.
Mr.. Fowler has not announced
what the city can look forward to
by way Of revenues for fiscal 1858
but they hardly will measure UP
to the department heads ambi-
tious $l64 million program.
Officials Not Restricted.
The city officials. the budget Of
ficer explained. were not restricted
in their requests.
OF the total, $4S.803 ,225 is for
capital outlay-new construction
including SIS million for highway
work and $10,012,000 for the water
system.
The rest. $115.s2S,326, is for
operating expenses. including S.
1876. .139 for the highway system
and $4.344.000 for water.
The total requests are divided
this way: General fund, $139,-
540.411 highway fund $10.835. .139,
and water fund, $14.356,000.
All the lump fund requests
show increases over this year ex-
Icept the highway request for cap
lital outlay. which totaled $6,900,-
900 this year. The drop is pri-
Imarily because of a SIT million
balance in the highway fund from
AooU 41oSdA yCdI-
Must Trim Requests.
1t will be up to the Commits
sioners, with the estimated reve-
nue. figures before them, to trim
the requests to fit the pocketbook
before .hey are sent to the Bu-
!reau of the Budget and Congress.
The city heads plan to start
going over the estimates, depart
ment by department, beginning
on october 8.
After these sessions with the
department heads and the public
hearing october %, the Commits
sioners will start whipping the
budget into shape for its scrutiny
by Congress.
What amount Congress finally
will pass for fiscal 1858 is an un-
known factor. This years $138
million appropriation represents
a staggering rise from the $50
million budget Of fiscal 1941 and
the SIT million of fiscal 1918, Mr..
Fowler notes.
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Deficit Of Sc Billion
Is Held Possible as
Defense Outlay Rises
1851 Spending Moy ReocI
S73 Billion, 64% Above
Figures for Last Year
BY the Asseeioied Press

Defense spending has swung up
well ahead of schedule for the
first time since rearmament
started.
And as a result some officials
are scaling up estimates of total
Government spending this fiscal
year by as much as SIS billion.
That could mean a deficit, they
figure, of close to So billion-two
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Photo on Pose b..

"SsS -" SSS
Sc persons called and made ap-
pointments to donate blood. Al,
volunteers indicated they were
participating as a result OF pub
licity given the blood-donor cam
paign through stories in The Sun
day Star.
The drive is the largest under
taken since World War II.
Defense leaders have said it is
imperative to build up the blood
plasma reserve for the armed
forces at once. The crisis is at
tributed to a heavy drain on The
as a result of the Korean
fighting and increasing civilian
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Tufts Has Broken Arm

| LONDON, Sept. "a tP.-Holly-
wood Actor Sonny Tufts suffered
Ia broken right wrist yesterday
while learning to play cricket.
Evening star., 1951-09-24
By Cecil Holland

White House release of let
ter and documents from former
Vice President Henry A. Wallace
dealing with his 1914 mission to
China resulted in a sharp parlia-
mentary Skirmish on the Senate
floor today.
Senator Lehman, Democrat
Liberal, of New York used publi-
Text Of Wolloee's Letter to President
Trumon. Poee A.
cation of the Wallace material
as means of getting inserted
into the Congressional Record q
series of columns by Joseph Alsep
which several Senators said re-
Ifected on Chairman McCarran
Evening star., 1951-09-24

Comparison Of 1852 and 1853 District
budget estimotes. Pose AS
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Record Budget
Mapped for DC.
Sum Exceeds Funds
Granted This Year
By $26.5 Million
By Horriet Griffiths

District department heads have
requested $164.731,55O ~ some
$26.5 million more than has been
appropriated this year-to run
the city government during the
fiscal year beginning next July /.
Another record breaker, the
total exceeds by more than $40
Evening star., 1951-09-24

Jenner Fights Tox Rise. Charges Gov
eminent Tosses Money Awoy. Pose A.:
Evening star., 1951-09-24
Allies esTurnDown
Kaesong as Size
For New Talks
Ridgwoy Asks Place
Less Likely to Have
Armed Incidents
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, Sept. 24.-The United
Nations command today told the
Communists that Kaesong is un-
suitable as a site for any future
Korean armistice negotiations.
Allied liaison officers gave these
reasons in note handed to Red
liaiSon officers at Kaesong:
l. Kaesong is too close to the
main Red supply line. under at
U. 5. lnfontry Driven From Korean Park
by Big Red Force. Page AS
Evening star., 1951-09-24

(See FARES, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1951-09-24

Continued on Page Az. Col. H.
Evening star., 1951-09-24

(See SPENDING, Page A-5J
Evening star., 1951-09-24

(See KING, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1951-09-24

(See AFL, Page A-30
Evening star., 1951-09-24

(See RFC, Page A-10)
Evening star., 1951-02-01
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

AS LIFE GOES oN-ABRoAD-A
srizzIed veteron Of Porisf fomed "toxi
brigade" Of World War | speoks his
mind in the first Of a number of stories
gathered by Associated Press foreign
correspondents about how John Q.
Citizen lives in other ports Of the world.
Cobbie Julien Boby Of Poris is intro.
duced on Pose B-S.
RELIGIONS NEW MILESTONE
The churches ore moving into public
offoirs to inject their foitk into the
proetieoI problems Of society. reports
George Cornell in the second of series
on current trends in American religious
life on Poee Alb.
POTENTIAL GERMAN COMMAND.
ERA general turned history professor
moy become the leoder Of O West Ger
mon ormy. soys Stor Stoff Reporter
WilIiom Hines in q sketch Of Herr
Doktor Hons SpeideI on Pose Ala.
ROADS TO SPECIAL LEARNING
How the schools try to put their pupils
on the right troek through guidance
services is described by oIso Anna
Jones in the Iotest Of her weekly or-
tieles on special services in the Dis
triet's public schools on Pose AS.
Evening star., 1951-02-01
2 Men Slug Gas Attendant
And Escape With $500

A 52-year-old gasoline station
attendant was severely beaten
about the head and robbed Of
5000 by two men early today.
William F. Jordan of 1886
Evarts street NE, employed at
station at 2411 Bladensburg road
NE, is in fair condition at Cas-
ualty Hospital with severe head
cuts and bruises.
He told police he was struck by
two colored men who came into
the station about 2 am. and asked
for change to put in the soft drink
machine.
Also on police robbery reports
was the loss of 500 in bills, taken
from a woman clerks purse in
desk drawer at the recorder Of
deeds Office across from police
headquarters. The owner, Mary
M. Cole. reported the theft yes
terday.
Evening star., 1951-02-01
Second GI Insurance
Dividend Scheduled
To Total S685 Million
Average S85 Payment
Compares With $l75
Returned in 1850
By the Associated Press

The Veterans Administration
said today it will distribute a $685.
million life insurance dividend this
year. starting in April.
The announcement of the divi-
dend's size has long been awaited
by World War II veterans, holders
of the 100000 national service
policies, who are eligible for
checks.
VA said the payments will occur
throughout the year on the policy
anniversary dates.
The formula for paying the divi-
dend has not yet been completed.
The amount Of each dividend will
vary according to the number of
months the policy was in force,
the plan of insurance, the face
value of the policy, and the age
of the holder at the time it be-
came effective.
Studies on rates still are being
made VA said.
However, the average payment
figures out to about $e5, compared
with an average of SITS for the
first, special dividend, on which
VA started payments in January
1850.
The initial dividend totaled 81 S
billion, about four times the
forthcoming payment. However,
Evening star., 1951-02-01
Capital Transit Co.
And District Spend
$4,000 to Fight Ice

Today's battle against sleet and
ice on streets will cost the District
government and the Capital Tran
sit Co. a total of nearly $4,000
before it is over.
Furthermore, a repetition of last
nights sleet storm would wipe out
most of the results of today's work
and cause further large expendi-
lures. Sanitation Supt. William A
Xanten said today.
The District is using about 1900
tons of sand. 80 tons of crude
crystalline salt, so tons of calcium
chloride and 500 pounds of urea
Cost of these materials. plus the
labor involved in spreading them
is about $22,50O.
Capital Transit's estimated out
lay of $4,000 is primarily for
labor, company officials said. The
company is spreading about 1000
tons of sand and "a tons of salt,
in addition to keeping routes open.
Evening star., 1951-02-01
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Because
he didn't think much of condi-
tions in this country. Arden Perrin
an outcast Communist, set out
with his family to live in Russia
He was back here today, how.
ever - sadder and apparently
wiser.
I'm glad to be back and sorry
I left, even temporarily" the g.
year-old marine engineer sale
when he arrived aboard the linel
Washington yesterday.
1--WE lost my interest in COM
munism after seeing it in prac-
tice. Ideologically, too, because
you can't put any trust in COM
munism."
Perrin, his wife Lilyan, 25, ano
their 6-month-old daughter Do
Evening star., 1951-02-01
Announced Casualties
In Korea 1854
BY The Assoeioted Press

Announced American combat
casualties in Korea rose today to
46,814.
That total covered those whose
next of kin had been notified
through January 26, the Defense
Department said.
1t represented an increase OF
613 over the previous week, the
smallest weekly rise in casualties
of any week since the first battle
casualty summary was released
last August 7.
The cumulative total includes
6,897 killed in action, 30,615
wounded and 1902 missing in ac-
ton.
The figure for wounded includes
796 men who died of wounds. The
missing in action total includes 46
dead, making the total combat
deaths for the campaign 1879.
Men reported missing who have
since returned to American lines
now number 873 and LOT of the
missing are known prisoners of
war, leaving 8,276 currently listed
as missing, when the 46 dead
among the missing are also sub
racted from the missing list.
Evening star., 1951-02-01
Indo-China Reds Fire
On U. 5. Ship and Hur|
Grenades at Sailors
No Americans Injured;
5 French Marines Hurt
In Saigon Terror Roid
By the Assoeiofed Press

SAIGON, Indo- China. Feb. L.
Communicated Wet Mimi guer-
rillas threw mortar fire at a
United States Navy vessel in the
Saigon River today. Later, sui
eide Wet Mini patrols hurled
hand grenades at a group of
American sailors from the ship.
The attack on the sailors was
in downtown Saigon. None of the
Americans was hurt, but five
French marines who were with
them suffered injuries in the ter
ror raid. apparently staged to pro-
test the arrival of the United
States ship here.
Ship Not Damaged.
The ship is the escort carrier
Windham Bay. 1t arrived this
morning to deliver planes and
other war material to the French
who are fighting the Communist
led Nationalists. 1t was undam-
aged by the mortar attack which
came as 1t moved up the Saigon
River from the China Sea. Three
to five mortar shells were fired
but fell short.
Later, when American sailors
gathered at two bars in downtown
Saigon during a shore leave, a
group of attackers appeared sud-
denly and hurled 10 grenades.
One attacker was caught by Wet
Nam police at the scene. Among
the others who fled were two
wearing uniforms of streetcar
conductors.
Immediately after the attacks,
all United States Navy personnel
was ordered back aboard the
Windham Bay Some paused long
enough to pick up grenade frag-
ments as souvenirs.
Drive to Clean Out Reds.
French Army patrols and Wet
Nam police began drive to try
to clean out the Wet Mini nests.
The carrier was in state of
alert, ready to open fire should
the Wet Mimi guerrillas attack
again with mortars from their
hiding places across the river.
These attacks recalled similar out
breaks last March, when American
naval vessels visiting here were
fired on by Communist mortars
from across the river.
The carrier was loaded with
the largest single shipment of
American military aid for French
forces in Indo-China. On board
are A Navy Bearcat fighter
planes.
Evening star., 1951-02-01
Third Atom Explosion
lin Week Is Set Off al
Nevada Test Ranqe
Acc Gives No Details;
Flash and Rour Fail
To Upset Residents
BY the Assoeiofed Press

LAS VEGAS, New, Feb. L.
Lighting the predawn sky with a
sudden, brilliant flash, the third
atomic explosion in less than a
week was touched off today at the
Governments sprawling test range
northwest of here.
Windows ratified in homes and
roulette wheels trembled in the
gambling palaces, but there was
so little excitement that police re-
ported not a single call of in
quiry or alarm.
A spokesman for the Atomic En-
ergy Commission said that first
surveys turned up mo reports of
any Pathological hazards" Other
wise he confined himself chiefly to
confirming what most of the town
already kneW-that it was another
test. 1t was explosion No. at
the new range since Saturday
and No. IL since the first was set
of in New Mexico in July, 1945.
oOdT Less 1nLcnSe.
He brushed of all inquiries
about the type of weapon which
may be tested, but townspeople
agreed that 1t seems to be more
than one.
Today's flash, witnesses said,
was about equal in brilliance to
Saturdays, but considerably less
binding than Sundays. And the
rumbling roar which followed also
was less intense.
The sun was just beginning to
light the sky, but it was still too
dark to determine whether any
cloud accompanied the blast. It
was timed within a few minutes
of the previous two.
Repercussions from the shock
took six minutes to reach here,
which would put it's center about
10 miles away. The 5000 square
mile bombing range starts about
40 miles northwest of here in
desolate desert largely cleared of
its few prospectors and other res
idents. The range embraces
parts of four counties.
Seen in Los Angeles.
Early risers in Los Angeles, 300
miles away, reported seeing the
flash. One resident said it was so
bright Il nearly dropped my
razor"
The Acc spokesman here told
reporters:
"Our patrols are out covering
the area affected"
Pressed for any details on the
(See BLAST, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1951-02-01
By the Associated Press

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Feb.
IA Halltown (W. VaD man lost
his life early today while trying to
warn his neighbor that truckload
of dynamite was about to explode.
State police said the man, Billy
Bates, was standing in the door
way of his neighbor's home
when the flaming tractor trailer
on the highway exploded. Mr.
Bates was blown through the door
way and fatally injured.
The truck loaded with dynamite
caught fire just before dawn on
United States Route $40 about
four miles east of here when
sparks from a broken tire chain ig-
nited the gas tank, police were
told by the truck driver, Edward
Schade, 33, of Gloucester, N. j.
Mr.. Schade told police the fire
broke out just after he stopped
Evening star., 1951-02-01
E Enqineer Returns to America
Disillusioned About Russia

Ilores left the United States No
vember %.
When they couldn't get into
Russia, they went to Soviet-dom-
mated Czechoslovakia. They
promptly were put under arrest
Eventually, the Czechs told
them to get out or be sent to
Russia, where they know how to
treat your kind"
BY that time they no longer
wanted any part of Russia, SC
they headed home.
Perrin said he was full -fledged
American Communist in New
York until he was kicked out OF
the party because "I disagreed
with the leadership, and they told
me there was no room for crit
icism"
His would-be pilgrimage to
Moscow cost him $4,000.
Some people learn the expen-
Sive way" said Perrin as he left
for an undisclosed destination.
Evening star., 1951-02-01
Dynamite Truck Blust Kills Man
Trying to Warn His Neiqhbor

the truck to investigate the sparks
He said he quickly awakened his
companion, Fred Schappert of
Paulsboro, N. j., who was sleeping
partially clad in the cab of the
truck. Mr.. Schappert, in his bare
feet, and Mr.. Schade then began
banging on doors of nearby houses
to warn residents.
One of the residents they
aroused was Mr.. Bates. After wax
ing his wife and 3-year-old son
MIR. Bates ran next door to the
home of Mrs. Estella Cobb just
as the flames reached the explo-
sives.
The blast, which was felt in
Sharpsburg, Md, Is miles away,
injured at least nine persons and
damaged several homes in the
HallStown area. Mr.. Schappert
was treated for slight frostbite OF
the feet.