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Evening star., 1951-07-31
Fairfax Appoints
BUILDING Inspector

Hugh D. Dollin-, 66, former
structural engineer in the Office
of the District Building Inspector,
today was appointed Fairfax
County's first building inspector
at an annual salary of $500.
The county's ewly-adopted
building code takes effect tomor-
row. Mr.. Dollins was selected for
the chief building inspectors job
over four other applicants at a
special meeting of the County
Board of Supervisors today.
Mr.. Dollins retired December 81,
1850 from the District Govern
ment after 43 years service, in
cluding nearly 80 in the building
inspection division. He lives at
AIT East Broad street, Falls
Church.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Driver Of District Car
Jailed, Fined S1,7N
In Traffic Death Case

A Washington man was sem
Itenced to two years in the Mary
land House of Correction and fined
"a total of $1,750 yesterday after
his conviction on charges result
ing from a traffic accident in
Capitol Heights, Md, last March
30, in which girl pedestrian was
killed and her mother seriously
injured.
Judge Nita S. Hinman Crane, in
Upper Marlboro Police Court, i'm
posed the sentence on Joseph C.
Wesley, a 22-year-old Navy Yard
|employe. who lives in the 14O0
block of Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Since it appears that they can
not think under any other cir
Icumstances." the judge said, "it
has become necessary to give peo-
pie who drive cars recklessly
plenty OF time in jail to think
things over"
Struck by Wesley's car as they
walked along Sixty-f1rst avenue,
Capitol Heights, near their home
in the 500 block were Miss Pa
tricia Mcclure. 10, and her
mother, Mrs. Florence Mcclure,
38. Both were taken to Casualty
Hospital where the daughter died
within an hour. Mrs. Mcguire
was hoSpitalized with broken legs
and head injuries.
Wesley was sent to prison and
fined $500 for manslaughter. Ad-
dltlonal fines were 81, 900 for driv-
ing drunk, $100 for driving with
defective brakes, $100 for reckless
driving and $50 for colliding.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
States Win House Fiqht.
For TideIands Oil Bill
By Vote Of 265 10 1O9
By the Associated Press

The House has decided the
States have undisputed right to
the riches of their submerged
lands for miles out to sea-1O1a
miles in the case of Texas.
That includes the vast deposits
of oil already known to lie under
the coastal waters of Texas, Cali
fornia and Louisiana.
But yesterdays 265-to-109 roll
call decision by the House is still
far from becoming law. 1t must
be acted upon by the Senate, and
if passed there, would go on to
President Truman.
The President in 1916 vetoed a
similar bill, and Congress did not
muster enough strength to over
ride the veto.
The States and the Federal
Government have for years dis
puted ownership of the submerged
sometimes called tidal-lands.
Besides oil, they may contain al
most any of the other riches of dry
land, such as coal, iron, copper.
Main Provisions.
The bill passed by the House
makes these main provisions:
l. Gives coastal States, except
Texas, title to land for three miles
out to sea. Texas gets title to
101a miles out because the terms
under which she was admitted
to the union specified that her
boundaries ran out that far.
2. Gives States ownership of
oil and other minerals under
their submerged lands.
3. The Federal Government
gets full power from the State
boundaries out to the edge of
the continental shelf. That is
where the sea bottom falls off
steeply, forming the oceanic
deepS. The continental shelf is
narrow, in some places, runs out
ESQ miles or more in others.
4. Gives the Federal Govern
nent the right to lease submerged
ands beyond State ownership.
5. Royalties collected by the Fed
.ral Government from exploitation
If its submerged lands would be
earmarked, 371a per cent for the
coastal States, and the rest for
'etirement of the national debt.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
.PinbaII Distributor
Quits in ARLINGTON

A Washington pinball machine
distributor said yesterday he has
completely ceased operations in
Arlington County as the result of
a court ruling last week.
Hirsh de La Viez, head of the
Hirsh Coin Machine Co., said the
finding of Arlington's Circuit
Court that he must pay a $1,000
license fee levied by the State
makes Arlington a poor business
risk.
He said this tax, by itself, would
not be too much, but the action
of the Arlington County Board in
levying similar license fee, plus
a tax OF $500 per machine, just
taxed me out Of business"
The court ruling resulted from a
suit filed by Samuel E. Brown, at
torney fer Mr.. de La Viez, asking
the court to find the company not
liable to the tax on slot machines.
Meanwhile. Arlington Common
wealth Attorney Denman T.
Rucker said the county still has
Mr.. de La Viez listed as owing
81 ,O09 in taxes for his pinball op-
erations in 1850. Mr.. Rucker said
he will proceed to take proper
steps to insure payment o. these
funds.
Mr.. de La VieZ said he paid
more than $1,000 in taxes to the
county for his 1850 operations and
does not owe any other tax funds.
Evening star., 1951-07-31

committees news suppression was
the major factor in causing the
committee to reverse itself. Pre-
viously, the group had approved a
resolution not to divulge any of
its activities to the press.
I'm glad that the committee
has changes. its mind and a great
deal of credit belongs to The Star
and it's Federal Spotlight column, :"
Mr.. Morrison said.
Despite the fact that the COM
mittee tried to suppress the news
about the pay bill, The Star car
ried full up-to-the-minute details
of the groups actions. Mr.. Nor
rison and a number of other COM
mittee members cited this as their
argument for reversing the previ-
GUS policy and cooperating with
the newspapers in bringing the
pay news to the hundreds of thou
sands of interested Government
employees and their families in the
Washington area.
PMA-J. L. Buntin and v. H.
Nicholson of the Agriculture De-
partment's Production and Mar
keting Administration have been
given cash awards for manage
ment improvement suggestions.
LABOR-Mrs. Nancy Her, wild
ow of Henry Her, former president
of the AFL American Federation
of Government Employees, who
died last year. has joined the
Labor Department.
X
AEC-Dr. Donald H. Lough-
ridge, former scientific adviser to
the Secretary of the Army. has
been appointed assistant director
of the Atomic Energy Commits
sion's division of reactor develop
ment.
JOBS-Fort Meade, Nd, needs
civilian employees in the following
jobs: Artillery repairers, laundry
extractormen, radio installers and
repairers, telephone and teletyp-
writer repairers, engineering
craftsmen. stenographers. dupli-
eating equipment operators, trans
portation specialists and statisti-
cal assistants. .. The Civil Serv-
ice Commission has announced an
exam for navigation specialists
(air), $3,825 to $6,400 a year, IL
the Navy Department and severa,
other Federal agencies.
VA-Two Veterans Administra-
tion's employees, each with more
than 80 years of service, are re-
tiring from the Government. They
are Mrs. Martha F. Maynard
and James A. Lee.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Man BIomes Snake
Gliding Down Arm
For Ttters at Wheel
BY the Assoeiated Press

DAYTONA BEACH. Fla, July
31.-The young man charged with
reckless driving had an excuse
he had a snake in his hat.
David S. Youngmark of Green
Cove Springs bought foot-long
boa at a tourist attraction here,
put it in his hat for safekeeping
and clapped the hat on his head,
He told police he became un-
nerved when the reptile slithered
out of captivity and down his arm.
Mr.. Youngmark posted bond.
left police headquarters disgusted-
ly and returned the boa to its
natural habitat-the grass in front
of the station.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Horpers Ferry Park

The State Conservation Com
mission of West Virginia plans to
start taking up options on TOO
acres of land around HarperS
Ferry for establishment of the
Harpers Ferry National Monu-
ment, better known lin the area
las a park. The property will be
added to another 800 acres in ad-
joining Maryland and turned over
Ito the National Park Service for
DEVELOPMENT. A. p.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Three Maryland Crime
Probes in Prospect
By the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, July 31.-Three
investigations-on the city, State
and National levelS-will be aimed
at Maryland. and particularly
Baltimore criminal elements, in
the next two months.
Senator O'Conor, Democrat, of
Maryland announced in Washing
ton that his Senate Crime investi-
eating Committee will hold public
hearings in the Capital August 8
and 8 on underworld activities in
Maryland.
He said the inquiry would be
primarily concerned with Inter
state crime activities He added
matters of purely local concern,
not involving possible interstate
operations, will be left to State and
local officials to handle"
At the same time, Chairman
O'Conor noted that the Maryland
Legislature had appointed a COM
mittee which he said lis vested
with far-reaching authority and
has summary jurisdiction within
the State not inferior to that of
the United States Senate Commit
tee in the investigating of criminal
tranSgressions."
Meanwhile, the chairman of the
State group, Senator Crothers,
Democrat. of Cecil County, said
his committee will 'in all prob
ability" make a study of condi-
tions within the Baltimore City
Police Department.
He did not expand on that
statement, but said the hearings
probably will be held some time in
September.
The third investigation will be
conducted by the Baltimore grand
jury which yesterday summoned
26 witnesses for what States At
torney Anselm Sodaro described
as a 1ocal-level investigation"
Among those called are william
Adams, prominent colored politi-
cal and gambling figure, and Capt.
Alexander Emerson, head Of the
police departments vice squad.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Artificial Ruinmukino
Cleared as Flood Cause
By the Associoied Press

The chief of the Weather
Bureau yesterday notified Sena.
tor johnson, Democrat, of Col
orado there is no evidence that
artificial rain making had hao
anything to do with the recent
KansaS-Missouri floods.
F. w. Reichelderfer wrote that
the air masses responsible for the
flood came from the North Pacific
Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
beyond the scope of artificia.
rain-maKing activities"
Senator johnson said he woulc
give Mr.. Reichelderfer's letter t.
Senate subcommittee studyine
legislation to regulate the rair
makers.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Maryland and Virginia
News in Brief

drew specifications for the Coun-
tvs sewage treatment program,
including an addition to the dis
posal plant Two bids for the plant
addition, however, both exceeded
the $2,617,000 sewer improvement
bond issue.
Mr.. Dugan said the engineer
ing firm was hired by machine
politicians when they were in
power, and thought it was time for
"a change The County Board has
not yet decided what to do about
the bids, but Mr.. Dugan says he
will have mo part" in awarding
the contract to either Of the firms
that overbid the amount specified
by the voters.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Former Deputy Says
Sheriff CurtaiIed Raids
In Prince Georges
By J. |. MichoeI

Guy E. Curtis, former Prince
Georges County deputy sheriff
who resigned after five-montt
campaign against liquor and gam
bling law violators. declared to-
day that he quit because his cru
Isading activities were "curtailed'
by Sheriff Carlton G. Beall.
"The sheriff. he said, never
ordered me to lay off any indi-
vidual, but he made it clear that
he felt that was much too zeal
Ious."
AS arrests and convictions piled
up, the former officer charged
Sheriff Beall needed and nee
died" saying, If you keep on
locking up people, you'll find your
self in trouble, and maybe you'll
get shot
Finally" Mr.. Curtis added
"the sheriff ordered that I be
permitted to do nothing more than
serve routine papers. but l re-
fused to become messenger boy
His declarations were the first
open indication of the riffs which
have developed in party and Off
cial ranks since Republicans took
over the county government last
fall after ousting the 25-year-olc
Democratic regime.
Supported by Police.
Mr.. Curtis, who began his duties
in February and left his $3,000-a-
year post early in July, also
charged that except for such
figures as the late Jimmy LaFon-
taine, there are about as many
gamblers. big and little, operating
in the county as there were at any
time in the last quarter century.
1T also would astound you,
he added, "to know how much
bootleg liquor is sold in Prince
Georges today and every day, in
Guiding Sundays"
Mr.. Curtis said that in his eff
forts to curb these law infractions
he had received the fullest CO.
operation" from Police Chief F.
Allen Richards and other mem
bers of the county police force
but had received nothing but
criticism from the sheriff and
members of his staff.
But" he asserted, when the
80 cases worked on were con-
cluded with only one acquittal
Sheriff Beall took his share of the
credit and tried to take the Po-
lice Departments share as WELL
The sheriff'S Office and the po-
lice department each look hope
fully for greater police powers but
neither is willing to show it's hand
pending report of experts now
conducting a survey of the county
government.
If the disagreement between
Sheriff Beall and the former dep
uty produces a public controversy,
Mr.. Curtis expects Chief Richards
and at least one delegate, William
+ Hughes, to champion his cause.
Mr.. Curtis. who operates a night
club in Seat Pleasant, said he has
a wide acquaintance with the
county's sporting fraternity but
denied that he ever had under
world connections.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
S273 Million More Asked
By Truman for Acc Work

President Truman today asked
Congress for a supplemental ap-
preparation of $273 million for the
Atomic Energy Commission, ex-
planning the money was needed in
part for certain new plans and
equipment projects made neces-
sary by recent technical develop
ments."
The President said also that the
expenditure contemplated pro
gram acceleration.
He explained that higher costs
were responsible in part for the
new request.
There was nothing to indicate
hydrogen bomb experiments were
involved in the new program.
The President also asked for
$3,050,000 for the General Services
Administration for administrative
operation, explaining that in
crease in prices and a "substan-
tial increase in electric power here
called for the added expenditure. u
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Israel Election Gives
|Ben-Gurion' S Party
3S Per Cent Of Votes
By the Associated Press

TEL AVN. Israel, July 81
Official returns from 987 of 1900
polling places today showed Prime
Minister David -Gurion's
Mapai uabor) Party leading with
1858 per cent of votes counted in
yesterdays parliamentary elec-
tions.
The conservative General Zion
lists were second with 1875 per
cent throughout the nation.
Results so far gave the Com
.munists only 1892 per cent and the
left-wing pro-Russian Mapam,
.11.85.
The right-wing Freedom Party
had 7.45 per cent, the Religious
Workers, 6.36; the liberal
Progressives, 3.58, and the re-
'mainder was scattered among
other parties of the II which
campaigned.
$4,000 Voters Eligible.
Balloting was for 100 members
of the Knesset Parliament) and
was the second election in Israel's
three-year history. About $50, 900
voters were eligible.
OF these, about 100000 were
new citizens who have come to
Israel since the last election in
1949. They were unknown fac
tors in Israeli politics and made
prediction guessing doubly haz-
ardouS.
Results apparently showed,
however, that they were impressed
with Ben-Gurion's argument that
only his policy of a State-planned
economy and a foreign policy
based on the United Nations
Charter could assure continued
immigration and living for new
comerS.
Returns From Cities.
Ben-Gurion's Mapai won 81
per cent Of the vote in Jerusalem
the first city to post complete
returnS-and 81 per cent from
200 polling places in tn. CONNER
cial city of Tel Aviv.
The General Zionists had only
IL per cent in Jerusalem but
second place there as they
did in Tel Aviv with 26 per cent
of the $4,000 votes cast in that
coastal city.
The Freedom Party was third
in Jerusalem with 10 per cent and
the nationalist right-wing Cheruth
Party was third in Tel Aviv with 9
per cent.
The strict orthodox Jewish
group did well in the balloting nu-
merically. but were split into so
many parties that their political
effect is scattered. No party which
ran on a strictly religious plat
form in Jerusalem, for instance.
won more than Z per cent of the
vote. The total of all religious
parties, however. was % per cent
there.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Hawaiian Says Reds
Used ILWU, Honolulu
Paper in Bid for Power
By the Associoted Press

HONOLULU, July 31.-Jack H.
KaWanos 25,000-word story of
Communist Party operations in
Hawaii from 1887 through 1949
was made public today by the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities.
Kawano, 40, a Hawaii-born jap
Anese, said he was a member of the
Communist Party's Hawaii execu-
tive board in 1949 when he quit
both the party and Harry Bridges
international Longshoremen's and
WarehouSemen's Union. He was
president of the longshore local
for IL years.
He named Jack w. Hall, the
1LWU'S Hawaii regional director,
as a Communist executive board
member from 1916 through 1949
and 46 others as Communist
members.
Kawano testified before a closed
session in Washington July 6. The
committee released texts of his
testimony to Hawaii newspapers
for use today.
Reds Main Weapons.
He testified the nWU, the Ha-
wali Civil Liberties Committee and
the Honolulu Record, a weekly =,
were the Communists main weap-I
onS in their bid for power in
Hawaii.
Kawano also told the commit
tee:
In 1949 the national Communist
headquarters in New York was the
final court of appeals in policy
disputes between Hall and non-
union members of the Hawaii
Communist board.
The Honolulu Record was start
ed at Communist inStigation in
l948 and Koji Ariyoshi was named
editor. Ariyoshi, Hawaii born
japanese. served with United
States Army intelligence in China
in 1914 and 1945.
More than so per cent of the
Hawaii Civil Liberties Committee
members are Communists.
In 1948, Kawano said, a Com
munlst meeting at Halls home de-
cided the Communists should try
to take control of the Hawaii
Democratic Party. He said they
didn't fully succeed but he felt
they could.
May Be Stronger Today.
He said he believed that the
Communist Party, because of its
influences in the ILWU, Civil
Liberties League and Democratic
Party, is "just as strong if not
stronger" than when he quit inI
1949.
The ILWU, he said, represents
about $1,000 Hawaii workers on
docks and sugar and pineapple
plantations.
He said he broke with the ILWUt
during the 1949 Hawaii strike |
when the Communist Party de-
cided to call out sugar workers in
support. He said he was convinced
sugar strike would have failed |
and that the dock strike then
would have been lost.
Kawano refused to testify be-
fore House Un-American Ac-
tivities Committee hearing here I
in April. 1850, after he had quit
the party.
He said he changed his mind /
after the Korean war began and |
decided Il owe it to my country
to bring to light all I know about
Communist activities in Hawaii" !"
Evening star., 1951-07-31
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Virginia-Rather cloudy, fol-
lowed by few scattered showers in
west and north portions tonight.
Low 68-74 degrees. Tomorrow,
scattered showers ending in north
portion by afternoon. Continued
warm.
Wind-South, southwest, 10
miles per hour at 1880 am.
Five-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity-August LIS.
Temperatures will be near nor
NAL for period. Washington area
Evening star., 1951-07-31

eral ruled that the commission, if
lit wanted to, could prevent any
cuts in employees salaries because
of downgrading, if the employe
had been on the payroll since Oc-
tober, 1949, when the reclassifica-
ton law went into effect.
/ The post-audit job program
still has not been completed. and
the commission says hundreds of
thousands of jobs remain to be
checked. So the new regulations
beng drafted will protect any en-
ploye in the future from taking a
cut in salary, if his job is down.
graded as a result of this audit.
But the commission is still un-
decided whether to take care of
those employees who already have
had their salaries reduced because
+of job downgrading brought about
by the audit. Some commission
officials say this would bring about
costly claims by employees who have
quit the Government or by the
estates of those who have died.
Failure to protect employees who
already have been downgraded
would be most unfair to them.
This is acknowledge by commits
sion officials who are struggling
with the problem. The result may
be some retroactivity to a date not
yet determined. But it is doubtful
whether the commissions new
regulation will cover all employees
who have been hit since October,
1949.
INTERIOR - The Interior De-
partment's Recreation Association
will hold its annual field day for
Interior employees Saturday at Fort
Hunt, Va. Various sports contests
will be topped off by refreshments
and a beauty contest to select
Miss Interior"
VICTORY-The House Civil
Service Committee has voted to
lift its iron curtain" policy re-
garding news of it's activities on
Federal pay raise legislation. Act
ing Chairman Morrison, who was
opposed TO this policy from the
start, gave a major share of the
credit for the committees de-
cision to make public its moves
to The Stars Federal Spotlight
column
The Louisiana Democrat said
this columns sharp attack on the
Evening star., 1951-07-31

u o V e rnInenC-
wide job audit
was ordered to
d e t e r m i n e
whether some
positions were
overgraded.
AS a result,
some Jobs we're
d o W n graded.
and the en-
ployes involved
were forced to
take a cut in
salary.
Recently, the
Co~tr0Ilor Can
Evening star., 1951-07-31

District of Columbia - Mostly
sunny with high near "a degrees
today. Cloudiness with chance of
scattered showers tonight or early
tomorrow. Low tonight, IS de-
grees. Clearing tomorrow after
noon and cooler by night.
Maryland-Rather cloudy, fol-
lowed by a few scattered showers
tonight and in east portion early
tomorrow. Low tonight 68-74 de-
grees. Clearing tomorrow after
noon and cooler by night.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Seeks Engineers Dismissal

Arlington County Board men,
ber Daniel A. Dugan wants to dis
miss a iirm of consulting engi-
neers retained by the County.
The firm is Alexander Potter
Ass ciates Of New York, which
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Poles Report Vitumin Method

Scientists in the research labo-
ratory of Poland's Poznan Food
stuffs Plant claim to have found a
new method of producing Vitamin
C concentrates with hawthorn
berries as the raw material.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
Children fought Builder

Watching children making sand
pies, an Irish builder got the idea
for fast, simple process for build
ing houses, now widely used in
Great Britain. Belfast reports.
Evening star., 1951-07-31
McKeldin Honored

ANNAPOLIS, July 81 (P).-
Gov. McKeldin has been desig-
mated an honorary chairman of
the National Mental Health Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1951-07-31

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90, on June Q
Lowest, IL, on February 8.
IVA High and Low Of Last "A Hours.
High, 80, at 3:5O pm.
Low. ~, at 7:05 am.
Tide Tables.
'Furnlsned by U: S. Coast and Geode
Evening star., 1951-07-31

normals are high, 86 degrees, and
low, So degrees. Slightly cooler
tomorrow night and Thursday
and warmer Friday. Chance of
scattered showers tomorrow and
again Friday totaling one-quarter
to one-haf inch.
River Report
(From U. s. Engineers)
potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
snd at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
HumIdity
Evening star., 1951-07-31

Turkish tribes were driven from
Central Asia by the Mongols
around 1900 AID. They settled
near the EuphrateS in Asia Minor
Evening star., 1951-07-31
The Federal Spotlight:
The Federal Spotlight:
Civil Service Commission to Halt
Pay Cuts in Job Downgroding
By Joseph Young

New regulations protect employees from any future
reduction in salary result of downward recascaons
will be issued by the Civil Service Commission
The order Is expected
employees who already have been downgaded
Evening star., 1951-07-31

West Virginia ranks next to
Pennsylvania in its mineral
wealth.
Evening star., 1951-07-31

ton. Here is the situation:
When Congress passed the 1949
Federal Redistribution Act, a