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Evening star., 1951-01-26
Steel Expansion Pace
'ExceedsGovernment's s
Goal, Grace Says
By the Associated Prsxs

NEW YORK, Jan. GA leader
of the steel industry believes its
expansion plans fully meet the
Governments demand for greater
steelmaking capacity.
e. G.. Grace, chairman of Beth
lehem Steel Corp, the Nations No
2 producer, made the statement in
commenting on the industry's pro-
gram to provide 1T 100000 tons of
annual capacity by the end of 1852.
He recalled President Truman
said capacity of 100 million tons
would be needed in three or four
years, and indicated the industry S
expansion already was at a faster
pace than that.
Since the industry has met the
Governments wishes" he said, 81
don't see any need to use Govern
Iment funds to create additional
steel capacity"
Plans No New Financing.
At a news conference after
Bethlehem directors meeting yes
terday. Mr.. Grace said his COM
pany contemplated no new financ-
ing to complete the 100000. 600
expansion program in which 1t is
engaged. This is desigend to raise
Bethlehem's annual ingot capacity
to 17.600,000 tons by the end OF
1852.
Mr.. Grace reported several rec
ords attained by the company in
1850: Net income of $122,976,071,
equal to $12.15 a common share;
production of 15,116,000 net tons
of ingots and castings and ship
ment of 10,933 900 tons of finished
steel products. The income was
record high for the third sue
cessive year.
The company also announced a
81 common dividend, payable
March S. This compares with 80
cents a year ago and rs cents
each in June and September. A
final of 81 was paid in December.
The regular SITS dividend was
also declared.
Bethlehem booked 81 .629, 900 900
of bushes in 1850. highest since
1912. At the end of the year
orders on hand totaled SCOT mil
lion, of which $73 million was In
the shipbuilding division.
Fears Some Imitation.
Steel facilities of the company
currently are operating at 102
per cent of its newly rated ca
pacity of 16 million tons a year.
Asked for comment on price and
wage controls, Mr.. Grace said:
LAS between a controlled econ
omy and imitation, I've got to vote
for controls. But I'm afraid
we're going to have some of both" F."
And he added that if controls
are adopted, Control everything
Don't leave wages open: don't
leave farm products open.
don't think one segment of the
economy should profit against an
other segment. If one Is out of
line, put it in line right away"
Evening star., 1951-01-26
Legion Dance Tonight
To Aid March of Dimes

The auxiliary of Cheverly (Md)
American Legion Post No. 108
will hold a dance from 10 until l
o'clock tonight at the Cheverly
Legion Club to raise money for
the 1851 March of Dimes polio
drive.
Mrs. Nelson G. Tayman, dance
chairman, announced invitations
have been sent to Harry A. Styne,
Prince Georges County March of
Dimes chairman, and Mrs. Dor
othy Zundel, executive secretary
of the drive.
Evening star., 1951-01-26
|WFTU, 20ther Bodie,
Run by Communists
|0utIawed in France
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Jan. 26.-France today
outlawed three pro- Communist
international organizations, in
cluding the World Federation of
Trade Unions.
The Interior Ministry ordered
the WITH to close it's interna-
tional headquarters here within
a month.
The ministry also gave similar
orders to the World Federation of
Democratic Youth and the In
ternational Democratic Fedora
ton of Women.
The government probably was
inspired to move against the
WFTU because of Red efforts to
get French dockers, to refuse to
handle American arms ships.
The Communist-run General
Confederation of Labor (CGT) is
affiliated with the WFTU.
In December. 1949, in London,
leaders OF 50 million trade union
workers in SO countries formed
the International Confederation
of Free Trade Unions 1CFTU)
to fight the WFTU.
Catholic and Socialist trade
unions in France affiliated with
the ICFTU. Delegates from these
French unions and from other
Mediterranean countries met re-
Gently in Marseille to combat the
Communists anti-American cam
paign.
CGT-WFTU Communists have
been trying to get Marseille long
shoremen to refuse to handle 900,-
900 tons of American arms and
ammunition repeatedly due there.
Evening star., 1951-01-26
Al ***THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c.
Proposed New Rate
For Groups in Cabs
See;nAidingSociabi

The proposal of District taxi
drivers to change group riding
rates here might weld good many
new friendships among their pas
sengers.
The drivers want to limit the
cheaper rates for group riding to
instances when two or more pas
sengers enter a cab at the same
place at the same time.
Under this incentive, the man
who rides to work in a cab would
be encouraged to get acquainted
with his taxi-flagging fellows down
the street. Bound in the same di-
rection, they might become an eco
nomical team.
Another passenger who joined
them in the taxi block farther
on. however, would have to pay
the full, single-passenger fare un-
der the proposal.
Zone Increase Sought.
The petition filed yesterday
with the Public Utilities Commits
sion seeks a 10-cent-per-zone fare
increase for single passengers, but
only a scent increase for group
riders.
At the same time, the drivers
are seeking to iron out a number
of snags that have plagued the
mandatory group riding system.
For instance, they point out,
driver may pick up a man in the
90-cent zone. He would get 80
cents for the trip with that single
passenger. But if he picks up an
other man in the 30-cent zone
along the way, the first passengers
fare Immediately drops to so cents
and the second mans to 20 cents.
That means he collects only 70
cents.
The petition asks the PUG to
define more closely the term same
general direction in the provision
covering group riding. 1t wants
to limit acceptance of additional
passengers to those going no more.
than five blocks off the direct
route to the first passengers
destination.
The drivers also want to abolish
group riding when a cab is dis
patched by radio or telephone,
and when a cab has been hired
by the hour.
Would Limit Packages.
The shopper who takes up lot
Of room with bundles would find
his cab ride more expensive, under
another proposal. It seeks to
limit packages to three per per-
son. Other bundles, presumably,
would be charged for at the rate
OF 10 cents each as hand baggage.
The rate for trunks would goI
UP from SO cents to 81.
Another charge asked by the
drivers would increase the charge
for waiting time from 10 to Is
cents for each five minute period, |
and would limit waiting time to
80 minutes.
The proposed new charge for a
taxicab employed on an hourly
basis is $3.50 for the first hour or
fraction of an hour and 80 cents
for each additional Is minutes.
The present rate is $3.50 for
the first hour or fraction and 60I
cents for each additional Is min
IltpS
Evening star., 1951-01-26
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-Mostly
sunny and cold, high near 35 this
afternoon. Fair tonight, low 20
in city and Is in suburbs. Tomor-
row some cloudiness, high
about 38.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair
tonight, lowest Is to 20 in the
interior and around Is along the
coast. Tomorrow some cloudiness
and continued rather cold.
Evening star., 1951-01-26

Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning, 20 miles per hour;
direction. west.
Five-Day Forecast for Washington
And Vicinity, January 26-31.
Temperatures will average FIVE
or six degrees below normal, which
in Washington is maximum, AZ;
minimum, 26. Somewhat warmer
Sunday but colder Monday and
continued cold through Wednes-
Evening star., 1951-01-26
Import Native Coal

Maryland would import"
some of its own coal from West
Virginia by terms of legislation
now before the General As
sembly.
Senator Kimble, Republican,
of Allegany County, amended
his bill to require the State to
purchase all of its soft coal from
Maryland mines. He wants to
include the Stanley Coal Co.'s
mine at Crellin, Md, where
miners cross to West Virginia
to enter the shaft and then dig
back to the Maryland side.-AP
Evening star., 1951-01-26
Mistaken Identity

Were you ever mistaken for
a fox?
Jackie Boyd, 19, of Shepherds
town, w. Va, was. Right now
he's in a hospital recovering
from wounds received when
Charles Washington, also Shep-
herdstown, shot him. 1t seems
Mr.. Washington fired at a real
fox in the chicken yard. Mr..
Boyd, thinking the animal dead,
stepped out of the chicken
house. Mr.. Washington, think
ing the animal alive, shot Mr..
Boyd.
Evening star., 1951-01-26
1870 Unions in Pukistun Group

KARACHI.-One hundre d
eighty labor unions, with a total
membership of 100000, belong to
the All Pakistan Confederation of
Labor. The confederation at a re-
cent meeting in Brussels was ad-
mitted to membership in the In
ternational Confederation of Free
Trade Unions.
Evening star., 1951-01-26
Counsel Plan Rejected

Can the Arlington County Board
retain Attorney Malcolm D. Miller
on part-time basis at q salary
of 5000 a month?
Commonwealth's Attorney Den
man T. Rucker. the elected legal
adviser to the board, thinks not
In fact, Mr.. Rucker said yester-
day, if the board majority persists
in its plan, Mr.. Miller will have
an opportunity to test his legal
skill the first time he tries to COL
lect his pay check"
Evening star., 1951-01-26
Truck Overlooking Declines

A sizeable reduction in the num-
ber of overloaded trucks on Vir-
ginia highways Is reported by the
State Department of Highways.
In November and December, IL
per cent of vehicles checked were
found in violation of the 50,O00-
pound limit. In January, 1850,
the violators constituted 15.9 per
cent.-AP.
Evening star., 1951-01-26

place Harry B. Mitchell, who SUBJ
mitted his resignation two years
ago, but who has stayed on at
the request of the President.
Committee sources say the
White House several times has
promised that a new chairman
would be appointed. but nothing
has been done. They say young
er man is needed in the job
some one who can "clean house"
and give the commission aggres-
sive leadership.
It's argued that Mr.. Mitchell,
who has been in the post for II
years and is over rs, has done a
good job in former years, but is
too old for the leadership in per-
sonnel matters that the national
emergency requires.
ATTACK - Impatient at the
White Houses delay, Senator
Johnston really cut loose at the
commission in a Senate speech
yesterday afternoon, in which he
disclosed plans to investigate
every phase of Government per-
sonnel operation.
Senator Johnston said that
most of us and the people in
general are disappointed by the
failure of the President to cut
non-defense expenditures to the
bone, by the failure of the Civil
Service Commission to adopt a
realistic and hard-boiled man
power policy for the Government,
and by the failure of Federal
agencies to transfer more of their
experienced employees to the de-
fense agencies, where they are
urgently needed"
Senator Johnston lashed at the
nothing, feet-dragging atti-
tude of the Civil Service Com
mission" He charged that the
Whitten amendment, limiting all
promotions and transfers to
temporary basis, was adopted by
Congress last year because of its
resentment" Of the commission
failure to meet the Governments
manpower problem.
IF the commission had been
aware of it's responsibilities and
had acted to meet the emergency
situation in Government after the
Korean invasion by the Com
munists, there wouldn't be a
Written rider" Senator Johnston
declared.
II sometimes wonder If the
commission and the officials
realize the gravity of the situa-
tion," he added.
PLANS-The committee Is ask
Evening star., 1951-01-26
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Briet
Assessment Law Repeal
Grows Dim in MARYLAND

A controversial bill to scrap
Maryland's five-year rotational
assessment system faces a dim
future.
Representatives of 10 of the
States % counties attending a
meeting of the Eastern and West
ern Shore County Commissioners
Associations yesterday at An
napolis voted to ask the State
Senate Finance Committee to kill
the bill.
Evening star., 1951-01-26
Red Law Voided

A disputed ordinance in Cum
berland, Md, requiring Com
munists to register, has been
ruled invalid. The Allegany County
Circuit Court observed yesterday
that its findings We're mot in
accordance with the theories that
Communists would follow If vhey
were in control" They found the
law violated both Federal and
State Constitutions.-AP.
Evening star., 1951-01-26
Dodd Is Confirmed
As Justice of Peace
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 26.-Gov.
McKeldin's first appointment since
naming his secretary Of state on
Inauguration Day was confirmed
yesterday.
The Senate approved the gov
ernor's nomination Of j. Wilson
Dodd of Takoma Park as Justice
of Peace in Montgomery County.
Mr.. Dodd will serve out term
expiring in May.
Evening star., 1951-01-26
NoiIs Grow Inch in 8 Months

CHICAGO.-Fingernails grow
on the average of about an inch
every eight months. If there is
no disease, growing a completely
new nail will take about 100 days.
Evening star., 1951-01-26

Civil. Service Subcommittee that
will make the probe.
Some Of the things the commit
tee will investigate are:
/. Whether the personnel of
non-defense agencies should be
frozen" at their present levels
to give defense agencies their
choice Of the available workers.
Senator Johnston severely criti-
cized the high rate of hiring in
non-defense agencies.
2. The feasibility of drafting a
transfer policy, free of red tape
and restrictions. that would en-
courage employees In non-defense
agencies to transfer to defense
agency jobs.
3. Whether the leave accumu-
lation rider. which forces en-
ployes to use up their 26 days
leave for 1850 by next June 80,
should be repealed in view of the
national emergency.
4. Whether the 26 days annual
leave given Federal workers should
be reduced on a graduated senior
ity basis.
S. The possibility of longer work
hours for more Government en-
ployes in order to save manpower.
6. The practice of assigning
military personnel to civilian jobs.
Senator Johnston said this prac-
tice is very costly, since it costs
much less to hire civilian en-
ployes.
7. Ways to streamline promo
ton and appointment policies to
meet emergency conditions, in
cluding a close perusal of the
Whitten rider.
8. Whether time consuming"
civil service competitive exams
are necessary during the national
emergency.
9. Ways Of facilitating trans
fers of employees in non-defense
agencies to defense agencies and
also to the old-line departments,
such as Labor, Commerce and In
terror, which have been given
duties in connection with the de-
fense program.
Senator Johnston told the Sen
ate: 1--WE must see to it that
every single person in Govern
ment is in job which contributes
most to our Nations defenses,
that no agency has more employees
than it needs, that red tape and
regulations that make it difficult
for experienced employees to trans
fer to the defense agencies are
abolished.
1--WE propose to hammer out a
manpower policy for the Govern
ment for the duration of the
emergency"
PAY BOOST Another pay
increase for about 5000 Army
and Air Force per diem civilian
workers here was announced yes
terday by the Defense Depart
ment. The increase averages Z
cents an hour.
BE sure to listen at 6:15 pm.
every Saturday oper WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
netDs and DieDs OF the GoDern-
Evening star., 1951-01-26

way the Gov.
ernment's per-
sonnel Sc tup
was operating
to m e e t ma
tional e m err
G e ncy needs.
Much Of the
blame he placed
on the commits
sion.
S e n a t o r
j o h n S t o n
a S k e d t h g
White House to
appoint a new
Evening star., 1951-01-26

More urs expected tonight the Lakes region
and the Northern Appaachans Showers will fall in the North
Pacific States the Northern Rockies
the Upper Mississippi Valley North Dakota anticipate bz
conditions cold heading Montana. Cold
weather will the North Central Eastern States
the Southern Plains and Msss-
sipE Valley. -AP Wirephoto Map.
Evening star., 1951-01-26
Airport EnIurqed for Jets

SINGAPORE (P.-A 50O-foot
extension to the runway at Singa-
pores Kallang Airport is planned
to make it long enough for the
De Havilland Comet jet airliner
expected in mid-1952.
Evening star., 1951-01-26
The Federal Spotlight
Senate Probe of Civil Service
ToExpIore Personnel Policies
The Federal Spotlight
BY Joseph Young

The growing enmy between the Civil Service Commission and
the Senate Civil Service Committee has exploded the
with the announcement of the Senate that it will make
sweeping investigation of the Governments
Committee disclose that objective
modernize the commissions setp
Evening star., 1951-01-26

commission leadership.
For months now, Chairman
Johnston Of the committee has
been greatly dissatisfied with the
Evening star., 1951-01-26

BE sure to listen at 6:15 pm.
every. Saturday oper WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
netos and uie,0s OF the Govern
mental Scene.)
Evening star., 1951-01-26

PLANS-The committee is ask
ing the Senate for $4,000 to con-
duct its investigation. There will
be four Democrats and three Re-
publicans appointed to the Senate
Evening star., 1951-01-26

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, u. on January 10.
Lowest 1S, on January 8.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High, As, at 1920 am
Low, "a, at 6:55 pm
Evening star., 1951-01-26

7
Evening star., 1951-01-26

day. Rain or snow about Sunday
or Monday. Total precipitation
about one-third inch.
Evening star., 1951-01-26

PAY BOOST Another pay
increase for about 5000 Army
and Air Force per diem civilian
workers here was announced yes
terday by the Defense Depart
ment. The increase averages 7
cents an hour.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Lens Fans 10 Shoot
Faith Performance

A Candid Camera Night contest
will be held Thursday night al
the Carter Barron Amphitheater
where Faith of Our Fathers" i:
being presented for the second
season.
Non-profeSsional still and mo-
tton picture photographers are
invited to bring their cameras tc
the Amphitheater at 8 pm. for q
shooting jamboree before, during
and after the performance.
The contest is sponsored by the
National Council of Camera Clubs
Of Washington.
Two separate contests have
been arranged, black and white
still photographs and a second for
color tranSparencies.
All black and white entries must
be submitted to the Commission.
Room zoos, 1400 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, no later than
pm. next Monday. All color
transparencies must be submitted
to the same address no later than
3 pm. September /.
Prizes will include such items
as miniature Argus camera
carrying case, tripods, cases of
flash bulbs, and film.
Winners will be announced
later.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
National Church Council
Names Stewardship Head
BY the Assoeia'ed Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 20. - The
Rev. Thomas K. Thompson, oi
Cranston, R. L, has been ap-
pointed head of the joint depart
ment of stewardship and benev.
olence on the National Council oi
Churches of Christ.
Mr.. Thompson, a Congrega.
tional pastor, succeeds retiring DR.
Harry Myers of Hillsdale, Mich.
on october /.
An announcement from the
council yesterday said that the
stewardship department headquar.
ters will be shifted from Hillsdale
to New York City.
Mr.. Thompson, a native of Little
Rock, Ark, has held pastorates al
the First Congregational Church
Angola. N. Y, and Essex Com.
munity Church, Chicago
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Policemen Pay Fine
For Blind Vendor
After Park Arrest

A blind ice cream vendors
faith in human kindness was re-
stored yesterday by five warm
hearted policemen at the 4th
Precinct station.
The officers put up a dollar
each to pay the collateral of Felix
Distrito, a 60-year- -old ex-prize-
fighter, arrested on a charge of
vending in park.
Mr.. DiStrito was arrested by
Park Police Pvt. r. D. Howell as
he sat on a park bench near the
Smithsonian Institution with his
little daughter.
The park policeman said he saw
Mr.. DiStrito sell ice cream to a
passerby.
Mr.. Distrito lost his sight many
years ago after taking part in
more than 800 fights as a fly
weight boxer. Since then, he has
supported his IL children by SELL
ing peanuts and ice cream.
The blind man, who elected to
forfeit the collateral put up by
the policemen, said he had
stopped on the park bench for
a moment to rest.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Trucker Faces Stiff Fine
If Bridge Is Ruled HIGHWAY
BY the Assoeiofed Press

CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. 20.-
Magistrate Dick has a poser for
the attorney general:
Is a bridge just a bridge, or is
| it part Of a highway?
The answer could mean plenty
I-dollar-wise-to trucking firms
accused of operating overweight
vehicles.
For instance, there could be a
500 penalty If you exceed the
weight limit of a certain bridge
in Western Maryland. But If a
bridge is classed as part Of a high
way-as one section Of the truck
weight law says it is-then the
penalty could run into hundreds
of dollars.
The magistrate is awaiting word
from the attorney general before
ruling in a case of the Elliott Mo-
tor Lines of Winchester, Va.
A driver for the trucking COM
pany is charged with exceeding
by 1900 pounds the load limit of
the Potomac River bridge from
Wylie Ford. w. Va. II it is a
highway load violation, the fine
is 6 cents for each pound over
| the limit.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
Port Of New York
Seeks 10 Increase
Trade With Latins
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-The
Port Of New York Authority is
trying to steer South American
commerce away from the Gull
Coast shipping centers to New
York and New Jersey docks.
Joseph M. Byrne, jr., vice chair
man of the two-State authority,
says the New York-New Jersey
port gets most of the billion
dollars-a-year business Brazil does
with the United States.
However, he notes a trend OF
commerce towards the Gulf ports
particularly New Orleans, because
of their competitive spirit.
Mr.. Byrne's challenge to the
southern shipping centers came
yesterday with his announcement
that the authority was setting ur
an Office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
to promote the New York port
The Brazil Office is the first fol
trade promotion established by
the authority outside the United
States.
Competing ports are more alert
than ever before to the need for
port promotion" said Mr.. Byrne
Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk
Baltimore. Charleston, Mobile
New Orleans, Houston and Gal
weston naturally are trying to at
tract as much commerce as they
can"
He said the New York port
authority's Offices in Chicago,
Cleveland and Washington have
been successful" in keeping i'm
porters and exporters advised of
the superior services and facilities
in the port here.
y The Rio de Janeiro office, Mr..
Byrne said, will do "the same kind
Of job" in South America.
Mr.. Byrne said South American
trade accounted for 20 per cent Of
the commerce, or 2,500.000 tons,
handled by the New York-New
Jersey port in 1850.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
.19-Year-0ld CoIIegian
Is U. 5. Chess Champion
BY the Assecioted Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Larry
Evans, a 19-year-old sophomore
at City College Of New York, is
the new national chess champion,
youngest ever to gain the honor.
Mr.. Evans defeated DR.. Ariel
Mengarini yesterday to nose out
by one point Samuel Reshevsky,
a strong favorite at the start.
Mr.. Evans had a score of 9h
points In the 11-round competi-
tion.
DR.. Mengarini had defeated Mr..
Reshevsky, known as an interna-
tional grand master of the game,
in the seventh round.
Mr.. Evans, who started playing
at 13, is the fourth to win the
biennial United States Chess Fed
Grafton tournament. Previous
winners were Mr.. Reshevsky and
Arnold S. Denker, both of New
York, and Herman Steiner Of Los
Angeles.
Evening star., 1951-08-20
$1,100 and Jewels Token
In Theft of Safe Here

A small safe containing $1,lOO
and an undetermined amount Of
jewelry was stolen from a home
at 314 Gallatin street NV. while
the owner was vacationing in At
lantlc City, police reported.
A neighbor, Lurane Patterson,
3l2 Gallatin street, noticed that
a basement window had been
pried open and called police.
Phillip P. Keller, the owner. has
been on vacation since Thursday
Loss OF the safe was discovered
yesterday morning.