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Evening star., 1951-04-27
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Administration Report to Back
Pay Raise Of About 7 Per Cent
By. Joseph Young

The administration next week
viii send . report to Congress
supporting salary increase for
Government employees, It was
learned today. IS
Administration officials said the
amount of the pay boost recon-
Imendation has not yet been
worked out, but that it probably
would be around Z or 8 per cent.
A Senate Civil Service SUBJ
committee completed hearings
more than a month ago on a
Federal pay bill providing for a
~ per cent raise. It has not
taken further action, pending the
administrators report on the
measure.
The administrations decision
to support modest Federal pay
boost is a reversal of it's atti-
tude Of few months ago, when
top Government officials were very
cool to any such increase.
One reason for the change OF
heart Is the strong position taken
by Robert Ramspeck, the new
chairman Of the Civil Service
Commission, who feels that a Fed
eral salary increase is justified.
In conferences with White
House and Budget Bureau Off
ciajs, Mr.. Ramspeck made it plain
that he felt Government en-
ployes should receive the same
treatment being accorded private
industry workers in upward salary
adjustments.
The way for the Administra-
tons Endorsement of a Federal
pay boost was paved yesterday
when the Economic Sterilization
Agency said it had no objection
to any Government pay raise less
than 10 per cent. While not in
dorsing any Federal pay increase,
the ESA said such a boost of 10
per cent or less was in accord
with national pay policy for work.
ers in private industry.
Equal Percentage Goal.
The administrations report to
Congress is expected to call for
an equal percentage increase for
all Federal employees. Administra-
ton officials are strongly opposed
to the views Of some members
OF Congress who want to give the
bulk of any Federal pay increase
to employees in the lower salary
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brackets. The administration will
say that this would once again
throw the Federal Classification
Act of l949 out of kilter.
It will be pointed out that the
Classification Act Of 1949 was the
result Of many years of hard work
in properly classifying the Fed
|eral salary structure and that any
graduated percentage increase
would bring. back all the in
equities Of the old classification
Act.
TOP RATING - Civil Service
Commission officials privately say
that not more than 500 of the Gov
ernment's more than Q million en-
|ployes will receive Outstanding"
ratings under the new performance
rating system. Except for the
relatively few misfits who will get
unsatisfactory" ratings, all the
rest will receive satisfactory
grades.
ITO receive an outstanding rat
ing, you've got to be combination
|of Superman, Dick Tracey and
Gen. Macarthur" one top COM
mission official commented.
y
TOP SALARIES-President Tru-
man has ordered the Budget
Bureau and the Civil Service Com
mission to review the needs of all
the Governments departments
and agencies for GS-16 to 18 jobs
paying $1,000 to $4,000 a year.
The present authorization for
these jobs is based on temporary
authority and the number of these
jobs is limited to 400 by Congress
in the non-defense agencies, and
to $50 in defense and control
agencies through an executive
order Of the President.
Mr.. Truman wants the survey
made so that a proposal for one
permanent law covering these jobs,
with a specific limitation in num-
Der, can be sent to Congress.
BE sure to listen at 6:I5 pm.
eUery Saturday over WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast, featuring additional
neaOs and pieiDs OF the Gouern-
ment scene.)
Evening star., 1951-04-27
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, April
IT. Czechoslovakia's Communist
government today accused Associ-
ated Press Correspondent William
N. Oats, arrested by secret po-
lice, of spreading material insult
ing to the Czechoslovak republic
and its order"
The APPS Prague chief of bureau,
held since Monday, also is accused
of securing and verifying certain
secret reports" the government
told the United States Embassy.
Tyler Thompson, American En-
bassy counsellor. presented in
writing to the Czech government
a formal request that he be per-
mitted to see Mr.. Oats. He re-
ceived no definite answer to this
request when he made it orally
yesterday.
The Czech accusation was con-
tanned in an official note to the
Embassy which said the Czech
had testimony of
witnesses" to back it's charges.
Embassy officials said this appar-
entity referred to four Czech en-
ployes of the AP Prague bureau
who vanished mysteriously in the
past month. Like Mr.. Oats. they
are believed held in Pankrac
Prison. "A
Here is an tlnoficial translation
nf the Czech Foreign Ministry
note as received by telephone
from Prague:
The Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs presents it's compliments to
the Embassy of the United States
Of America and has the honor to
advise that the head of the press
agency Associated Press w. N.
Oats, has been detained by the
Czechoslovak security organs for
having carried cut anti-states ac-
tiyities.
"Mr. w. N. Oats. according to
the testimony Of witnesses, en-
Evening star., 1951-04-27
Handyman Given Sentence
For Starting Fire in House

A man, said to have admitted
starting fire in his employers
nome to enjoy hero's role by
appearing to discover the fire. to-
day was sentenced in District
Court to serve from one to five
years for arson.
The defendant, Arthur Douglas.
38. colored. had pleaded guilty to
starting fire last month in the
home of Col. Robert H. Fletcher
1921 Twenty-fourth street NV.
where he Swas employed as a
handyman.
Douglas was quoted by Fire In
spector Kermit r. Mullins as, stat
ing he thought Col. Fletcher would
reward him for discovering" the
fire.
Douglas was sentenced by judge
Richmond B. Keech.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
Apartment Fire Fatal
To Portrait Painter, a.;
Northeast Man Burned

Miss Nella Fontaine Buckley
74-year-old portrait painter. died
in Emergency Hospital early to-
day from smoke inhaled during Q
fire at her apartment.
The elderly woman was found
unconscious in her blazing Sec
ond-f1oor apartment at 1921 ]
street NV. Wednesday morning
when flremen battered down the
door. Apparently she had tried
to put out the fire before she was
overcome by the smoke.
The alarm was turned in by Of
ficials of the Camp Fire Girls.
who occupy offices in the same
building. Miss Buckley had lived
there alone for several years.
Cause of the blaze was not de-
termined. Large piles of old
newspapers, books and almanacs,
some dating back to 1906, were
thrown out of the rear windows
Iby firemen.
In a fire early today in the
first block of @ street NE, a 81
year-old man was burned criti-
cally while trying to battle a fire
in his third-hoor apartment.
Firemen found the man, iden-
titled as John D, Harvey, colored,
unconscious on a bedroom floor
when they broke into his apart
ment. His clothes had been
burned off.
He was taken to Freedmen's
Hospital by Rescue Squad No.
where he was admitted for first
and second degree burns to his
entire body.
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ployed in the State Department
for one month in 1900. On May
|16. 1901, she started regular work
as a stenographer. Her service
has been continuous since that
time
The veteran employe has worked
in the Passport Division since 1906.
gaining detailed knowledge of
passport requirements and pro-
|cedures that have made her serv-
ices unusually effective, the de-
|partment said.
She was one of seven employees
in the Passport Division in 1906.
Now this division has more than
200 employees. It has issued more
than S million passports during
Mrs. Rodrick's service there.
Mrs. Rodrick was born in
GainSboro, Va. She attended
business school in Hagerstown.
Md. and later operated her own
stenographic service here before
she joined the State Department.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
No Color Bars

University of Maryland officials
decided yesterday that applica-
tions for enrolment in the insti-
Itution's Baltimore schools will be
considered without regard, to race,
color or creed"
The action, which clears the
way for the entrance of Negroes
to the university's professional
schools. conforms with recon :
mendation of the Committee on
Education of the Maryland House
|of Delegates. 1t also agrees with
recently stated views of DR.. H. C.
Byrd. university president.--A. P.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Wind: East, 8 miles per hour,
at 1890 am.
Forecast for Washington
And Vicinity, April 28-May 2.
Mostly fair and warmer with
temperatures averaging 10 to IL
degrees above normal. Quite
warm over the week end. Little
cooler Monday and warmer Tues
day. Normal temperatures for
Washington and vicinity will
range from high of 10 degrees to
low of 40 degrees. Chance of
scattered showers Sunday after
noon and Wednesday.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
kefauver May Urge
Detailed Tax Returns
For Gambling Clubs

The Senate Crime Investigating
COMMITTEES recommendations to
osssrhaul the tax laws may include
one to drive illegal gambling clubs
out Of business by forcing them to
divulge too much specific infor-
nation about their operations, it
was learned today.
The committee is considering
half dozen different attacks on
the gambling profession-ranging
from a ban on using the mails to
bet to curbs on interstate trans
mission of race results.
The group planned to hold a
long closed meeting today to whip
the recommendations into final
form for the overall committee
report to be handed to the Senate
Monday.
Vague Returns Filed.
Tightening of the tax laws to
make it harder for, gamblers to
conceal their illegal gains is one
o. the targets of the committee.
The Senate investigators have
heard plenty of testimony that
the racketeers who draw their ma
jor profits from gambling file
vague returns and do most of
their business by cash.
A committee source disclosed
that the Senators are hoping to
get at cash transactions by pro-
posing that gambling clubs be re-
ouired to file detailed returns even
to the extent of having to record
every bet made at the gambling
tables.
It was explained that the re-
quired returns could be soSdetailed
that the gambling clubs would
find it impossible to function. The
Senators have been told that some
Of the unreported cash winds up
in the pockets of county sheriffs
and other police in payment for
letting the clubs stay open.
The committee also is expected
to propose amending the tax laws
to require racketeerS to submit
annual statements of their net
worth.
Other Violations Studied.
Nearly score of changes in the
law are likely to be recommended
by the committee. While legal
attacks on interstate gambling
are major concern. the COM
mittee also plans to propose stiff
fer penalties for dope peddlers,
tightening of the immigration
and naturalization laws and
stricter regulation of liquor per-
mits.
One committee member said
the group Undoubtedly" would
also make vigorous recommends
tions that the cities and the States
clean house themselves rather
than rely wholly on Federal laws
OF Federal agencies to do the job
for them.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
Appropriation
Continued From First Page.

NCHA under the District Alley
Dwelling Authority Act should be
financed from revenues derived
from the properties.
But the committee said. This
activity should be presented to
Congress annually for considera-
ton rather than to operate under
a permanent appropriation, as
would be the case under the budg-
ct proposal. The procedure rec
commended by the committee
would give the Congress an op-
portunity to review the budget
OF this agency and make appro-
pirate changes annually"
Despite criticism of the in
creased expense of running the
renovated White House, the COM
mittee allowed $315,600 for care
and maintenance of the Execu-
tive Mansion and grounds. This
was an increase of $49,600 over
the current appropriation, the
committee explained. and is due
partially to the additional space
to be cared for after renovation
of the mansion. About 80 per
cent more space will be available
when the President and his fam
lily move in December /.
Commission Funds Cut.
Funds for the Commission on
Renovation of the White House
were cut $13, 900 by the committee
allowing $4,000 to carry the COM
mission to December l this year
The cut would eliminate several
positions for architectural and
engineering supervision, which
the committee said could be done
by Public Buildings Service.
The Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin, con-
cerned with flood control and
pollution of waterways, was al
lowed the budget estimate of
$4,000.
Salaries and expenses for the
Smithsonian Institution were cut
by $165 800 below the budget esti-
mates to a total of $2,391 200
The National Gallery of Art sal
aries and expenses, under the
Smithsonian, were granted ST.
$4,000, a reduction of $4,000
from the estimate.
Acc and VA Benefit.
The two largest benef1ciaries ot
the bill are the Atomic Energy
Commission and the Veterans Ad-
ministration.
For the Acc, the committee al
lotted 81. .140.017,750, a cut of $69,-
982 $50 mostly in construction pro-
grams. The committee directed the
Acc to use care and simplicity
in designing its new buildings anc
to cut out the fancy trimmings.
For the Veterans Administra.
|tion. the allotment was $3,971,.
|944, las. budget cut of $483, ,378,.
855. Heavy reductions were ir
funds for readjustment benefits
and pensions, due mainly to q
tapering off in the education
program for vets.
For other major agencies in the
bill. here's what the committee
recommended. and the amount
cut. from the budget:
Executive Office of the President
$780, ,215, a cut of '$12.810,000
mostly in emergency funds.
Civil Service Commission, 1921
'005, 900. a cut of SIS 400, $50; this
allotment includes $500 million
for civil service retirement anc
disability payments.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
FBI 10 Join Hunt for Man
Wanted ON Sex Charqe

The Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation today was called on to
aid in the search for a 37-year-
old man who failed to appear in
court after his arrest on a sex
perversion charge in Lafayette
Park early this morning.
The man told sex squad officers
who arrested him that he was
counsel for a Senate committee.
The name and address he gave
proved fictitious after his release
on $500 bond. s--,.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
Estate Tax Upheld

An Alexandria District Court
decision in the sale of historic
Oak Hill near Leesburg was up
held yesterday by the United
States Court of Appeals for the
fourth circuit in Richmond.
The appeals court said the lower
court acted properly in dismissing
a motion by Frank Campbell Lit
Teton former owner of Oak Hill
seeking to set aside the sale to
Thomas N. DeLashmutt as a re-
suit of bankruptcy proceedings
against Mr., Littleton.-A. P.
Evening star., 1951-04-27

District Of Columbia - Sunny
and mild with high near IS de-
grees today. Fair tonight with
low near So degrees in city and A
degrees in suburbs. Tomorrow,
sunny and warmer.
Maryland - Fair tonight with
low in mid 40s in western and
$3.50 degrees in the eastern por-
tions. Tomorrow sunny and
warmer.
Virginia-Fair tonight with low
in the upper 40s and low Sos. To-
morrow. fair and warmer.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
Nashville Police Probe
Possible Drug Link in
Death OF Woman
sy The Assoeiaisd Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. April 27.--
Reports of a missing will and q
narcotics ring we're studied today
by police investigating the death
of the attractive 40-year-old
widow Of a noted cancer specialist.
Mrs. McNairy Morel Crutchfield,
widow of DR.. Carl r. Crutchfield.
died in convulsions Wednesday
night shortly after she was strick-
en- in her own clinic in a down.
town Office building.
District Attorney General j.
Carlton Loser said DR.. Edward j.
Shaw told him the widow recently
wrote a second will leaving him
her entire interests in the clinic
she had operated since her hus-
band died last May.
DR.. Shaw was associated with
the clinic. He came here nine
months ago from New Rochelle,
N. Y.
Lunacy Warrant Issued.
Mr.. Loser issued lunacy war
rant for the 36-year r-old surgeon
yesterday. but DR.. Shaw volun-
tarily entered the nearby Central
State Mental Hospital for observa-
ton.
Both Mrs. Crutchfield and DR..
Shaw" Mr.. Loser said, "appar-
emily were suffering some halluci-
nations"
Pending the outcome of clin-
ical tests to determine the cause
of the widows death, Mr.. Loser
suggested IAN overdose of seda-
tive" as the possible cause.
Mr.. Loser said a search of the
clinic and DR.. Shaw's hotel room
failed to disclose the reported
second will.
August Win Filed.
Meanwhile. a will signed by Mrs.
Crutchf1eld before Attorney Frank
Berry last August was filed for
probate in County Court. Under
its terms, her estate was left to
her year-old daughter.
Mr.. Loser said he also is trying
to learn if DIR. Shaw or Mrs.
Crutchfleld were involved in or
knew of narcotics ring operat-
ing in this area.
Police said Mrs. CrutchfieId
called them Wednesday. said she
believed she had discovered a drug
ring, and expressed belief that
"some one is trying to kill me or
dope me-" DR.. Shaw had ex-
pressed a similar belief. police said.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
Churchill
LContinued From Fifst PAGE


University of Pennsylvania library
on May 8. Since yoiir arrange
ments were made, events have
happened which make it difficult
for me to fulfill the engagement
now. I hope, therefore, you will
allow me to postpone for a while
my yisit to Philadelphia to which
! look forward keenly.p /
I'm New York the Mutuals
Broadcasting System today off,
fered its short-wave facilities so
Mr.. Churchill could speak from
London to the University of
Pennsylvania program May 81
Mr.. Churchill also released Mr.
Stassen's reply, which expressed
hope that "at an appropriate
future hour you will present your
views, which will be d source Of
inspiration to the people Of Amer
ica and the world"
Stokes Takes Beyin Job.
Meanwhile, a 54-year-old for
mer industrial executive wal
named boss of Britain's raw
material program-felt to be the
most critical economic problem
facing the Labor government al
this time.
Prime Minister Attlee today ap-
pointed Richard Stokes, veteran
Labor member of the House oi
Commons and since March, 1850
Minister of Works, to succeed the
late Ernest Bevin as lord privy
seal. Mr.. Attlee assigned to Mr.
Stokes as his chief duty the jot
of administering Britain's raw
materials.
Mr.. Stokes will be succeeded ir
the Works Ministry by Georgt
Brown, at present parliamentary
secretary for the Ministry OF
Agriculture.
AS raw materials boss. Mr.
Evening star., 1951-04-27

Secretary of
State Acheson
plans to present
her a letter OF
e o mnendation
and her : CO.
workers in the
d e p a rtment's
Passport Divi-
sion will honor
her at a lunch
con at the Carl
ton Hotel.
Mrs Rodrick,
who lives at the
Wardman Park
Evening star., 1951-04-27
New Building Code

The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
will hold two hearings next month
ion a proposed new building code
for Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties.
The new code would permit use
of many materials heretofore pro-
hibited and would reduce con-
struction costs.
One OF the hearings will be held
at 4 pm. May % in the COM
missions Prince Georges Office at
481l Riverdale road. Riverdale,
and the other at pm. the fol-
lowing day at $500 Colesville road,
Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
s5# s4s.5
Proposed Fare increases q
Held Up by iCC

Commuters protests have caused
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to hold UP for another
month fare increases proposed by
Capitol Greyhound Lines for its
Washington Annapolis routes.
The bus company wants to raise
the price OF communication book
tickets from Is to so. per cent.
One-way cash fares would be cut
by l6 per cent to nearby points,
but increased by as much as 37.5
per cent to more distant points.
The ICC today continued the
case until May 25 to give both
sides additional time to file briefs.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
High School Editor Selected

Virginia Findley, a Junior at
Montgomery Blair High School in
Silver Spring. has been named
Ieditor-in-chief Of the 1852 Silver
llogue, the school yearbook.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
Congress in Brief
NJ .ha Ae.ar;otad prass

Senate:
Continues debate on bill to au-
thorize recruitment and importa-
tion of Mexican farm lahorers.
Banking Committee opens hear
ings on rival proposals to abolish
RFC or safeguard it against in
huence.
House:
Adjourned until Monday.
Evening star., 1951-04-27

they were determined to do
nothing that may ;. weaken the
position of the government in the
House of Commons.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
Mrs. Bertha Rodrick
Ends 5O-Year Work

Mrs. Bertha S. Rodrick, 10, the
first woman ever to work for the
State Department for so years,
will retire Monday.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
IS. WEATHER suREAu MAP

forecast for tonight from the middle MISSISSIPPI
Valleys norhwstward to the northern border
also will be scattered the Central Gulf States ana
plateau along the North Pacific Coast Cooler
temperatures will be noted the Plains but the north
quarter the Nation will experience warmer weather
ZAP Wirephoto Map
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River Report.

River Report.
tFrom U. S. Engineersl
Sotomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
ana at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear at
HarperS Ferry. O.
Evening star., 1951-04-27

Record Temperatures This Year.
HIGHEST, SO. on April &c.
Lowest, II, on February 8.
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
High, .S3. at l2:45 pm.
Low, so, at @ am.
Evening star., 1951-04-27
The sun and Moon

Monthly precipitation in inches in III
Capital lcurrent month to datel:
Evening star., 1951-03-06

The American S+ores-PhiIco Plan for Tel
schools is NOT A CONTEST there is
between schools. Every school in this col
pate. Through system Of votes. you. the
can Stores and ACME Super-Marke+s have
Gliding which schools get the +eIevision rec
purchase entities the customer to one vote
Ter recei pts are your votes. Everyone may
votes. Votes are in turn collected by The Sc
teacher organizations and similar groups.
Evening star., 1951-03-06

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232 corroIl St., Tokoma Park "
1895 Irving St. NV.
10Th and r SITS. Me-"
5722 Georgia Ave. NV"
8529 Georgia Ave-, Silver Sps.
1879 Good Hope Rood"
1852 Columbia Road NV,
1929 10th ST. NV.
1891 18th St. NV.
2744 18th ST. NV.
Evening star., 1951-03-06

906 6 St. NV.
All 18th ST. NE.
1897 Minnesota Ave. Me-
Flower Ave. g Piney Broneh Rd.
ARLINGTON, VA.
Washington and Lee BIvds.
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47o7 Lee Highway"
50 N. Giebe Rood"
PARKING LOTS
Evening star., 1951-03-06

2slo S. Quincy, ShirIinston
423 23rd ST., So. Arlington
Jefferson Village Center
loz South Wayne ST.
BAREFOOT
Columbia Pike g. S. Euehanan ST.
ALEXANDRIA. VA.
Powhoton and Henry Sts."
Kings Hishwey and Fort Drive
$40 FrenkIin St.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-15
Elder Criticizes Church
For Ignoring Segregation
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, July 14.-The
church has been taken to task in
a Presbyterian magazine article
for failing to take a stand on
racial segregation in the South.
There is no excuse for the
Church's failure 'to state the
christian ideal" on this issue, &C
cording to James Mcbride Dabbs,
a Mayesville Is. c. Presbyterian
elder.
Mr.. Dabbs' article appears in
the current, July 16, edition of
the Presbyterian Outlook, pub
lished weekly here.
1.-The least the church could
possibly do" wrote Mr.. Dabbs,
would be to tackle the essential
problem, the existence of segrega-
ton within the fellowship of
saints that is, within the church
itself.
Noting that segregation is
breaking down." Mr.. Dabbs said
it's possible that it's ''last strong
hold -. in the South will be the
socalled Christian church." He
predicted that segregation viii
eventually be crushed by "econo.
mic, political and judicial pres.
SureS.'