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Evening star., 1951-11-04

from 5 to Z pm. Earlier, lunchA
con will be served, beginning at
1870 am, and coffee and dough-
nuts will be available all day.
Mrs. Harvey w. Goddard is
chairman of the bazaar, assisted
by Mrs. Charles D. Miller as CO.
chairman.
Doll Costumes Featured
| A 14-inch doll with natural hair
and four complete ensembles will
be feature of the first benefit to
be given by the Ladies Sodality
of Our Lady of Victory Church
on Friday night in st. Stephens
School hall. 2408 K street NV.
The doll costumes have been
designed and made by Mrs. F. W
Seibold, The doll project is under
the direction of Mrs. A. S
Gardiner.
! Pot holders and stuffed animals
made by the junior girls soda1ity
under the supervision of their di-
rectress, Miss Coralie Hurley. will
be another colorful bazaar feature
There will also be a bake sale and
card games.
Mrs. John w. Hurley is chair
man and Miss Marie Leffingwell is
,co-chairman of the benefit. Pro-
ceeds will go to the school fund
| Others assisting with arrange
ments include Mrs. Robert Teach
out, Mrs. James A. Cahill. Miss
Julia D. Connor. Mrs. Frank A
Hall, Mrs. James Flanagan. Mrs.
Fl. Stewart Mcdonald. Mrs. Rob-
ert O'Hara, Mrs. Martin ODono-
ghue. Mrs. Henry j. Trilling,
Mrs. Edward Spedden, Mrs. M.
Virgin Leland. Mrs. Michael Ken
nedy. Mrs. Victor Cahill and Mrs.
Ernest v. Burdette.
B'noi IsroeI Bozoor
The annual B'nai Israel bazaar,
featuring a variety of booths
manned by members of the B'nai
Israel Sisterhood, will be held at
1880 pm. Wednesday at the Hotel
2400.
New members of the sisterhood
will be honored at the groups
monthly meeting at 1890 pm.
tomorrow at the synagogue,
Fourteenth and Emerson streets
NV. Mrs. Ernest Sherman. sis
terhood president. will preside.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
|Opti-Mrs. Club Is Amonq
Groups Planning Buzoors

A card party and bazaar for the
benefit of the Boys Club of Wash
ihgton will be held from 1890 tc
4:30 pm. Friday at the Woman's
CLUB of Chevy Chase, under
auspices of the Opti-Mrs. Club Of
Washington.
Mrs. George w. Gates and Mrs
j. H. Holland will act as genera.
chairmen. Table chairmen in
clude: Mrs. Winfield S. Martindill
bridge; Mrs. z. A. Jones, Mrs
Joseph B. Murphy and Mrs. Jane.
j. Nelligan, prizes; Mrs. j. H. Hol.
land, white elephant table; Mrs
Ernest o. .Paland. baked goods
Mrs. j. Benton Webb, fancy work
plants and Christmas wrappings
Mrs. William w. Chase, parce
post packages, and Mrs. Francis
I'M. Hofheins. refreshments.
Mrs. William M. Kline, 361s
Brandywine street NV, is ir
Icharge of reservations.
Mission Benefit Slated
A bazaar to raise funds for i'm.
provements at Camp Bennett anc
the Children's Emergency Home
OF the Central Union Mission viii
be held from to 10 pm. FRIDAY
at the mission, 624 Indiana ave.
nue. NV.
The event, sponsored by the
Evening Auxiliary of the mission
also will raise funds for the hos.
pitality provided at the mission
for members of the armed forces
H ON m de breads, buns
cakes, cookies candies. preserves
and jellics. as we'll as handmade
aprons ard fancy work, will be or
sale at the bazaar.
To Serve Turkey Dinner
A fortune-telling booth and a
grab bag for children will be
among the attractions at the an
nual bazaar of the Women's So
ciety Of the First Congregational
Church, to be held from 10 am
to 8 pm. Thursday at the church
Tenth aid G streets NV.
Gifts on sale at the bazaar will
include leather goods. nylon f1ow-
ers, children's toys and clothing,
home baked goods and flower nov
elites and corsages.
A turkey dinner will be served
Evening star., 1951-11-04
On the ENGAGEMENT Pad

meeting; speaker: Carlo Christensen
Vice Consul In Charge of Cultural AT
fairs OF the Danish Embassy. Customs
Arts and Crafts of Denmark"
Zonta Club Of washington-Wednesd
l.:30 pm; YWCA, Seventeenth and 4
hair, Undersecretary of the Navy. Re
ssponsibilities in the National Defens'
MONTGOMERY. County ouota Club-Friday
Lynhrook drive and Chase avenue
Bethesda. card party and bazaar.
Community Clubs
Silver Spring womans Club-Tomorrow
pm, Board Of Directors, Jesup Blail
Community House. Wednesday. II am,
rad and Highland drive, rive panel fSshts' dis
cussion. Last Fifty Years of American
Literature" followed by luncheon
Women's Club Of Lyon yillage-Tomorrow
stead weanesdsy WIN pm mrs Lyon ullaa, nin
Garnett.- ir., " what Every Woman
Thursday. l2:45 pm. bridge
womans Club Of Chevy Chase-Tomor.
east side Of cheVy Chase Circle fos
walk followed by business meeting. To.
class, Wednesday, s:45 am. music sec
ton. Thursday 10 am. French section
Thursday. IL am. Spanish class. Thurs.
day l":30 pm. French section; speaker
Nine. Jean Rethore. "Franco-Americar
friendships Of Yesterday and Today .
Friday. $50 pm. square dancing sec.
ton.
Junior Women's Club Of Chevy Chase
Tomorrow; pm. garden section, with
Mrs, j; S. Spiyey. 10l3 Rolling road
Chevy Chase Tuesday, 7 pm. bowlins
section. Silver Spring Bowling Alleys
Wednesday. pm. clubhouse benefit
card party.
Takoma Park Women's Club-Tuesday
1880 pm, Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church; speaker. Dr. Allen A. Stock
dale, National Association OF Manu-
facturers. Lets Build a Better Amer
ica." Thursday, 10 am. Executive
Board. Takoma Park Branch Library,
Fftn and Cedar streets NV.
Marietta Women's Club-Tuesday, pm,
with Mrs. Reid Hammann, $500 Forty
sixth street NV.
Woman's Club Of woodside
I2:3o pm, with Mrs. Henry NJ Tunis,
s3lS Sudherry road. Silver Spring.
business meeting.
Lyon Park Woman's Club-Wednesday q
pm: Lyon Park Community House;
speaker, Ivan Booker Function of Ma
tional Education Association"
College Clubs
Radcliffe Coilege Club Of Washtnstop-
tuesday. 1880 pm. YWCA, luncheon;
Evening star., 1951-11-04
New EnoIund Wonoer

Phyllis Lyman Colony of the
National Society of New England
Women will hold a luncheon
meeting at 1890 pm. Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. George L.
Palmer, 8la Upshur street NV.
Following the luncheon. men,
bers will make Christmas stock
ings to be filled for the Children S
HOSPITAL.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
--Glogau Photo

Their engagement has been
announced by the BRIDE elects
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Peterkin Gamble of Kirkwood,
Mo. The prospective BRIDE
groom is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Augustus Arsell Booth OF
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Quota Club Benefit

The Montgomery County Quota
Club will hold its annual card
party and bazaar at 8 pm. Fri
day in the Lynbrook Community
Center at Lynbrook drive ano
Chase avenue. Bethesda. There
will be refreshments and prizes.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Civic and Study Clubs

University Women's CIub-Tomorrow. .
pm. French conversation group. To.
morrow morrow: Z pm: club tea, honor guest
meeting. Tuesday, $50 pm. shake.
sspeare group; speaker, Father John c
Madden. Topography Of the Chronicl.
conversation group. Wednesday, s pm.
DESIGNING Hats Thursday. ii am. a.
DSn SIk soota sfoap ta MFf Gss
$50 pm. writers group dinner; speaker
Maynard Speece. supervisor of televisior
opeTations ior the Department of Agri'
Now Now e''S'0n ana "hefe IL Il
AAUw, Arlington Braneh-Tomorrow II
am. creative writing. with Mrs NJ X
JessqD. 57I2 Twenty-sixth stree,
Mrs Robert T. Harris. 3OO4 Lee Hieh.
iIns, ,Eith Mrs e II Rsdiean. '5iH'i snoi
Of National Gallery. Tuesday. i pm,
board meeting, With Mrs. John Havener,
Route Falls Church. Tuesday. 1880
jssauD 1 eefaRleS Wednesday sf01p' Sth s4 Mrs M a
painting oa erosp With Mrs s. Guy s.~ii Arnold. ID
aeeosx 4eo South carlin Springs road; We'd
North Madison street. Thursday. ia
ans. art appreciation group. with Mrs.
Wilbur Morse, 6o3l Ninth Street North,
gith Mrs. NJ. K Jessup ThursdsS,
s pm. creative writing group, with
Ms: R; T. Williams. 1900 Valley drive
AAtW, Alexandria Braneh-Thursday s
pm. branch meeting. AIexandrisn n
Room, 1928 Prince street. speaker Miss
Sue Frances Ayres. Impressions OF
English Education
AAUW. Bethesda Chevy Chase Branch
Thursday. 2:30 pm, electric playhouse
The Excelsior Literary CIub-Tuesday,
I2;3o pm. Broadmoor Apartments.
Business and Professional Clubs
Pilot Club-Tuesday. 6:l5 pm, Burlingtcn
Hotel business meeting,
Wemen'S Traffic Association - Tuesday
Gas pm. Dupont Plaza Hotel, dinner
meeting; speaker. Miss Winifred Thomp-
son.
Special Libraries Association. Washiugten
Chapter-Tuesday. 100 pm, geography
and map group. tour of Army Map Ser
vice Library. Tuesday 7:30 pm, SCI
ence- technology group, workshop meet
ing Whittall Pavilion. Library Of Con-
gress. Thursday. T pm, biological sci
enceS group. Army and Navy Club:
speaker. Rear Admiral Lamont Pugh
Surgeon General of the Navy
Soroptimist Club of Washington--Wednes
day. ] pm. Willard Hotel luncheon
Evening star., 1951-11-04

/, speaker. Charles B. staufacher, special
/ assistant to director OF defense mobll-
| ization, The Defense Mobilization Pro-
gram
WASHINGTON woman's League Of Gettys-
! burg College-Tuesday. 1880 pm,
| Lutheran Church of the Reformation,
! 213 East Capitol street. luncheon;
speaker. Mrs. Fred Eckert.
Barnard Coilese AIumnae--Thursday. 80
pm, WASHINGTON Post Auditorium. 15l5
| l. street n. W. forum; speakers Mrs.
| F. Johnston. Initiation is Everybody S
| Business"
Sororities
kappa Delta Phi Nu Alpha Chapter-To-
/ day. 1:30 pm, Confessional Hotel
founders day luncheon.
Phi Delta Gamma. Beta Chapter-Today
! : pm Woodruff House; speaker. Mrs
Architecture and What q Modern Ar
chitect Is
Delta Gamma. Ainmnae Chapter-Tomor-
row : pm. with Mrs. Wilbur L. Gray
2l29 Bancroft, place NV, dessert party
and white elephant sale.
Kappa Beta ri, Alumnae Chapter-Tues-
day. pm. American Newspaper Wom-
ems Club. 1904 Twentieth street NV:
speaker, Dwight W. Daley. special agent
Of the FBI, Scientific Crime Detec-
Miscellaneous Clubs
Curiey Club-Today. am. st. Pat
rick's Church. Tenth and G streets
NV. annual memorial mass followed
by breakfast at the Hotel Raleigh
Southeast Hebrew Ladies' Auxiliary-To-
gay. pm, synagogue auditorium AL
Ninth street Sc, card party.
League of Republican Women-Tomorrow
II am. Chinese Room Mayflower
hotel, monthly meeting and luncheon;
speaker: Mrs. Henry Deland Streck
our Cultural Managers" Thursday
II am, political study group POS
First Street Sc.
Woman's National Democratic Club-To-
er. Eugenie Anderson. q. S. Ambssssdor
tions About America Thursday. Tao
pm. State luncheon. honoring the
District OF Columbia.
Danghters Of the United States Army
Tomorrow. 1880 pm YWCA lunch
con; speaker Mrs Charles l. BoIte
former president of the WASHINGTON
CHAPTER. DUSA.
Town Club-Tomorrow. 1890 pm, Exec
utive Board. with Mrs, James O'DonnelI.
n, 4O15. Oliver street. Chevy Chase,
Md. luncheon.
sodality Union Of the Archdiocese Of Wash
Hall Tenth and G streets NV.
Police wives Club of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Evening star., 1951-09-09

ALL of the faces on this page,
IA believe it or not. belong to
the same person = Miss Elsa Lam
chester, of movie fame and Holly
woods Turnabout Theater. So do
the Grable-esque gains above.
Elsa's celebrated phiz was par
ticularly endowed by nature for
mimicry, mockery and a special
type of madness. The most capri
Evening star., 1951-09-09

cious face in the world. it can
never decide whether it wants to
belong to a beautiful elf. or to the
Bride of Frankenstein.
Posed especially for THIS WEEK
by Miss Manchester. who is Mrs.
Charles Laughton in private life,
are these impersonations of famil-
lar movie types. It's all done with
out mirrors. - LOUIS BERG
Photographs by Joseph Heppner
Evening star., 1951-07-28
Two Ocean City Men Post
Bond in Gaming Raid
BY the Assoeiafsd Pres.

OCEAN CITY, Md, July 28.-
The owners of two boardwalk
entertainment establishments were
free on bond today, pending trial
in Worcester County Circuit
Court on gambling charges.
John Fields and William Gott-
lieb were arrested Thursday night
by Sheriff Edwin B. Lynch. They
posted bond and asked for jury
trials.
Fields says he's going to make
a test case of his arrest. He runs
"a place called fascination" fea-
turing a game in which a player
rolls a ball across table toward
a gridwork of Is holes. If he
lines up five balls in straight
row he gets a coupon redeemable
for a prize. Fields contends it's
a game of skill.
The places operated by Fields
and Gottlieb were among several
visited by Sheriff Lynch and two
deputies on a tour of the board
walk, Deputy Sheriff Marion
Duncan, who accompanied the
sheriff, said the sheriff told oper-
ators of other concessions they
Will have to close on order of
States Attorney John L. San
ford, jr.
The places visited ran bingo
games until Mr.. Sanford shut
down the games in the course of
gambling cleanup. Most of
them now run attractions similar
to fascination"
Evening star., 1951-07-28
8 Weeks Sea Training
Ends for Midshipmen
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, July 28.-Eight
weeks of on-the-job training for
future Navy officers ended today
as fleet transports debarked 1926
midshipmen at the Naval Acad-
emy.
Annapolis won't get much OF
a look at the returning middies
They will sign in. drop off thei1
gear, pick up baggage and take
off on 30-day leaves.
All first and third classmen-
seniors and sophomores-they
rode up Chesapeake Bay last night
on the transports Millette anG
Sanborn. They arrived at Norfolk
earlier in the day on 13 warships
of the training squadron formed
every summer to give midshipmen
practical training at sea.
Nearly 1000 Naval Reserve
officer Training Corps middies
from Is colleges and universities
accompanied Academy personnel.
From West Point, SO cadets also
were flown out for the last 10
days of the cruise. They all dis
embarked at Norfolk.
Evening star., 1951-07-28
Berwyn Crossing
Hearing Wednesday

A conference Wednesday be-
tween the Prince George County
Commissioner and Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad representatives on
the question of re-opening the
Berwyn grade crossing will be
closed to the public.
Newspapermen, however, will
be admitted when the hearing
starts at II am. in the County
Service Building, Hyattsville.
Commissioner Edward ]. Waters
said at the boards meeting yes
terday that the discussions will
be closed because public hearing
on the matter June l had de-
veloped information on all but
technical and legal points. These
are to be taken up Wednesday
Mr.. Waters explained.
Requests to reopen the cross
ing have been rejected by the
railroad and the State Roads
Commission, but Mr.. Waters has
said he will continue his fight tc
open it because of inconvenience
to residents in the area.
The commissioners also an,
nounced receipt of a letter from
A. w. Johnson. manager of the
Federally operated Greenbe't
community. offering to pay the
county $63,889 in lieu of taxes fol
the 1850 fiscal year.
Evening star., 1951-07-28
TripIet Dies;
Others Show Gain

Snug in their incubators at
Alexandria Hospital, tiny baby
boy and girl today appeared to
be winning their fight for life
after their brother died last night.
The triplets were born early
yesterday to Mrs. Rose Arnett,
2645 South Pierce street, Airing
ton, wife of Metropolitan Police
Pvt. Howard G. Arnett, 80, OF
the fourth precinct.
A hospital spokesman said this
that the surviving in
fants are doing well. Doctors
rushed them to an incubator right
after birth before they could be
weighed. but they estimate their
weight to be slightly over 2 pounds
each.
The babies were delivered at
three-minute intervals starting at
3::35 am. Mrs. Arnett is doing
fine, nurses at the hospital said
today.
The Arnetts have two other
children. Virginia Anne, 4, and
Mary Kathleen, 3.
Evening star., 1951-07-28
II Maryland Prisoners
To Be Released on Parole
By the Associated Pres.

ANNAPOLIS, July %. - The
State House yesterday announced
paroles for II Maryland prisoners,
including a Calvert County man
convicted of second degree murder.
He is Walter Curtis, 36, colored,
who was given 10 years in the
penitentiary by Calvert County
Circuit for second degree murder
i'm 1945.
Curtis was found guilty Of kill
ing girl friend, Catherine Gross,
by beating her with a stick at st.
Leonard on March "a that year.
Testimony was that he took her
home and helped her to bed. The
next morning the girls parents
found her dead.
Other prisoners released on rec
ommendation of A. Earl Shipley,
director of the division of parole
and probation. includes:
s Tsas' 1875 a 5uEFoufa st. ass
Circuit Court to not more than three
years for burglary. He escaped from
snd on
one year more.
Robert E. Lee Brinn. sentenced Decem.
Der 8, 1947, in Prince Georges Counts
Circuit Court to not more than three
years, and in Montgomery County Circuit
Court December Is, 1947 to not more
hrss i1s y % meet
tainer In another State.
Reba Elliott, colored. sentenced Novem;
Court to not more than i've years iol
| larceny.
Evening star., 1951-07-28
Arlington Public Schools
Now Being Reconditioned

Arlington's 81 public schools are
getting a face-lifting during the
summer vacation.
A crew of 100 maintenance and
custodial personnel of the school
system have been painting, build
ing, repairing and reconditioning
the buildings and their contents.
Five schools have been given
new asphalt tile floors, two have
been painted inside and out and
three others have had outside
paint jobs. The Langston Negro
Elementary School has been pro-
vided with a new multi-purpose
room constructed in the basement.
The Randolph School has had its
auditorium converted into three
temporary clasSrooms.
Play areas at five schools have
been graded and enlarged, and
the Westinghouse athletic field
has been leveled and re-seeded.
Funds for the work, totaline
nearly 100000, were provided in
the current budget.
Evening star., 1951-07-28
Fire Destroys Mill Shed
AT Prince GEORGES Yard

A mill shed at the S & F. Lum-
ber Co., Hall, Md, burned to the
ground early today, causing an
estimated $12,500 loss.
Firemen from Upper Marlboro
Glendale, Bowie, Capitol Heights
Seat Pleasant and Clinton pre-.
vented the flames from spreadins
to other buildings and lumber
stacks in the yard.
Chief o. E. Sherbert of the
Upper Marlboro Volunteer Fire
Department said the fire broke
out between 4 and 5 am.
He said a diesel engine, several
saws and some lumber were de-
stroyed with the shed. The dam
age estimate. he said, was made
by officials of the company.
The yard is located at the inter-
section of Grain highway and
Central avenue in Prince Georges
County.
Evening star., 1951-07-28
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Main Tower Completed
BY tho Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, July 2S.-One of
the 354-foot towers for the main
span of Maryland's Chesapeake
Bay bridge has been completed,
the consulting engineers reported
yesterday. The other one Is about
half completed.
The two big towers will carry
the giant cables from which the
1,600-foot span over the main
shipping channel will be Sus-
pended 180 feet above the water,
The J. E. Greiner Co., which de-
signed the $45 million bridge and
is supervising its construction, re-
ported it's steel frame work now
reaches 5000 feet out into the
bay from the western shore at
Sandy Point.
The concrete roadbed has been
laid for 3,700 feet Of that dis
tance.
The bridge is scheduled for COM
|pletion next June and may be
lopen for traffic by July 4.
Evening star., 1951-07-28
Couple, Married
~ Years, Takes
1T All in Stride
BY the Assoeioied Press

CHESTERTOWN, Md, July %
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Coop
er wanted to know what's so re-
markable about a SIND wedding
anniversary. They celebrated their
72nd on June 18, and didn't think
much about it.
The story came out yesterday
in letter to the weekly Kent
County News.
"We thought you might like tc
know" Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper sale
in their letter to the News.
The paper made splash last
week with a story about a couple
celebrating their SIND anniver.
sary.
Mr.. Cooper will be SO next
Tuesday. His wife is 88. Both
are active and in excellent health
Mr.. Cooper is a retired farmer
livestock dealer and produce buy
+. They live in Chestertown.
Evening star., 1951-07-28
Shenandoah Valley
Gas Rates Reduced
By the Associated Pres,

RICHMOND, Va, July ga
reduction in natural gas rates for
a company serving north central
Virginia and Shenandoah Valley
points was announced yesterday
by the State Corporation Commits
sion.
The cuts are expected to save
customers of the Virginia Gas
Distribution Corp. some sos, 900
a year, or 7/10 per cent for the
average household consumer, de-
pending upon the amount of gas
used.
New rates will be effective on
meter readings on and after Aug
ust 2. The company serves Staun-
ton, Waynesboro. Clifton Forge,
Covington, Culpeper, Herndon,
Warrenton, Stanardsville, Manas-
sas, Quantico, Buena Vista and
surrounding county areas.
Evening star., 1951-07-28
Lag Of Week or More
In D. {. Distribution
OF Relief Funds Seen

The delay in Congress in pass
ling the District appropriation bill
will leave 7.042 families, consisting
Iof 13,608 persons. without funds
for at least a week.
This was the report made to
the Board of Public Welfare at its
meeting yesterday afternoon in
the Municipal Center. The board
was told by Donald D. Brewer,
acting director of public welfare,
that even though Congress passed
the appropriation bill by next
Tuesday, it would take from a
week to 10 days to get the relief
checks into the hands Of the
needy.
Prepare for Action Monday.
The Senate last night prepared
the way for action Monday on the
District budget bill. Quick action
will be sought in conferences with
the House to iron out differences.
Chairman Hill of the Senate
subcommittee in charge of the
District bill said he had hoped to
get Senate action yesterday, but
the bill was sidetracked in favor of
the conference agreement on the
National Production Act.
Congress last month passed a
continuing resolution allowing the
District one months supply of
money, and there was a delay OF
about a week.
Next week the delay probably
will be longer because SO addition
al relief grants have been added
this month. If Congress passes the
same bill, allowing an appropria-
tion equal only to one month of
the first quarter of last year, there
will not be enough to go around.
Since then, there have been in
creases in relief grants, and sew
Ieral hundred have been added to
the rolls.
No EvictionS Seen.
If, however, the District Appro-
|priation bill is passed early next
week, the checks will go out faster,
because there will be a whole
years supply of money available
The board was told there will be
mo evictions resulting from failure
to receive relief checks, because
the courts will not permit them
The board also was told that in
|creaseS in rents to those on relief
will be taken care of in the new
appropriation bill.
Evening star., 1951-07-28
Business Group Tax Inequitiey
Backs CelIer Bill Hit 1e|evisiion,
On Claims Court Senators Told
Measure to Restrict
Easy Credit Misuse
Called Necessary

The Merchants and Manufac-
turers Association today put its
stamp of approval on the Celler
bill, designed to limit use of
Small Claims Court by "easy
credit" stores that garnishee en-
ployes' salaries when they fail to
meet payments.
e. A. Pritchard, the associa-
tons executive secretary, de-
clared: eve recognize the need
for a Small Claims Court and
the necessity for a garnishment
law. But the misuse of the pres
ent law has caused merchants the
loss of many good, reliable en-
ployes and has resulted in an
endless series of problems"
Would Reorganize Court.
The Celler bill would reorgan-
ize Small Claims Court and OBJ
tain "relief from the constant
harassment of reputable firms by
so-called easy credit stores" Mr
Pritchard explained.
While the association recognize.
that legitimate credit buying aid
those with limited means to secure
needed goods, Mr.. Pritchard de.
clared, "We are strongly opposed
the kind Of credit that feeds or
the gullibility of the people" Hi
said many low-income employe!
take advantage of the offers, but
when they miss scheduled pay.
mentS, their salaries are attached
Mr.. Pritchard said an associa-
ton survey revealed that many
firms complain of salary garnish-
ments after easy credit terms art
given their employees.
Increases Jurisdiction.
The legislation, introduced by
Chairman Celler of the House Ju-
dietary Committee, would increase
the jurisdiction of Small Claims
Court from $50 to 500; lift salary
exemption from garnishment from
the present $100 per month to $20C
a month and permit the judge tc
decide for the defendant if con-
vinced credit was extended in bac
faith.
The majority of Municipal Court
judges oppose the proposed legisla-
ton, foreseeing a more crowded
docket, delay and confusion.