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Evening star., 1951-03-06
u. 5. Gives Up Plans
To Acquire Any Part oi
Hunting Tower Project
By Crosby S. Moves

The Government has given up
the idea of taking over any part
of the Hunting Tower apartment
project in Alexandria at this time,
it was learned today.
The project was one of several
new apartments in the Washing
ton area under consideration by
the General Services Administra-
ton as prospective Office space to
meet the needs of expanding Fed
eral agencies. The Government
was considering a lease on one of
the three 8-story Hunting Creek
buildings, consisting of 264 units
each.
Published reports of the pro-
jected transactions have led to an
investigation of GSA leasing plans
by a House Armed Services sub
committee. Today. GSA spokes-
man said the Government has no
plans to lease the Hunting Towers
building now.
Skeptical of Testimony.
Meanwhile the subcommittee
prepared to dig deeper into con-
tractural arrangements between
the Government and owners of
other local apartment buildings
which the Government is seeking
to take over for Office space.
Members of the committee,
headed by Representative Glenn
ente. Democrat, of New York, are
frankly Skeptical of testimony at
the opening hearing yesterday in
dicating that the landlords stand
to lose money by renting to the
Government on a long g-term basis.
Scheduled for further testimony
this afternoon were L. Anthony
Ziernicki and Albert H. Green.
GSA spokesman, who said yester-
day the agency is ready to sign
leases on several new apartment
houses IN the Washington area.
Smaller Profit Seen.
On one of these transactions the
lease of the State House apart
ment on Massachusetts, avenue,
they testified that the owner
would make a yearly profit from
Government rental of only $19,472,
as opposed to $47.326 if the build
ing were rented for residential
purposes. The building is ear
marked for the Defense Depart
ment at yearly rental of $780,
900.
Committee Counsel John ].
Courtney indicated after yester-
days hearing that his own in
formation on the transaction does
not jibe with the figures of the
GSA officials
Another lease under investiga-
tion is that on the Boston House
also scheduled for Defense De-
partment occupancy. Later the
committee may take up two pro-
posed leases for the Federal Civil
Defense Administration, one in
volving the Gelmarc Towers Apart
ment at 1880 Columbia road NV.
and the other on the former
Landover School, near Olney, Md.
First, however, the full Armed
Services Committee will hear from
Civil Defense Administrator Mil.
lard F. Caldwell. who will testify
at 8 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Realty Valuation TripIed

The total assessed value of real
estate in Falls Church has been
increased nearly $50 per cent as
result of last years reassess-
ment program.
The new figure, revealed at the
City Councils meeting last night,
is $14,896.926. as compared with
$5,967. 900 in 1850.
Still to be added to the real
estate valuation are assessments
of personal property and public
utilities. Last year, these two
classifications amounted to ST.
$4,000 and 1896, 900, respectively
Evening star., 1951-03-06
New Blizzard Numbs
Midwest; Death Toll
In Storms Now 20
by the Assoeioted Press

A new blizzard and cold wave
knitted into the snow-plagued Up
per Midwest region today leaving
at least four victims frozen in
Western Canada and Montana.
The storm. accompanied by
intense cold, scudded across
Western Canada and Montana
and pushed into Wyoming and
the Dakotas. Cold wave warnings
were issued for Minnesota, Iowa,
Nebraska and Kansas.
A mother and her two children
perishedt during a horseback ride
from their stalled car in the Mon
tana blizzard. More than IS pas
sengers Of three stalled buses were
marooned overnight in 20-degree-
below-zero cold in Alberta, Can
ada. In British Columbia, the
frozen body of Mrs. A. Weisner,
40, was found a short distance
from the spot she left a midnight
bus during the storm.
Third Storm in Week.
The Storm-third in the Mid
west in seven days-cut visibility
to zero and sent the mercury skid
ding far below zero in Montana
and North Dakota. It brought the
weeks storm death toll to at
least 20.
Overnight temperatures of 30
degrees below zero were forecast
fer Northern Montana. The mer-
curry was not expected to rise
above five below to Is below zero
today in North Dakota.
Winds up to 10 miles an hour
raked parts of Nevada. The winds
ripped away 10000 square feet of
roofing in low-cost housing prof.
ect at Carson City. forcing n
families to leave. The gale also
smashed Carson City shop win
dows and snapped off big trees
at their bases.
Below-Zero Temperatures.
The gale also toppled Is utility
poles near Tooele, in West Central
Utah and caved in the windows
of some business firms in Salt
Lake City and Ogden. Logan,
Utah. had 18 inches of snow on
the ground.
The mercury slipped to -27 in
Cutbank, Mont, early today.
Lewistownn, Mont. reported Us
and Williston. N. OAK, 20.
The Montana exposure victims
were Mrs. Ross Christey, about
%; her daughter Linda. 3, and
son Sammy, 8 months.
They were driving 9 miles to
the ranch of Mrs. Christey's sis
ter-in-law when the car stalled
in the blizzard and 10 below zero
cold. Wind wrecked the hayrack
her sister-in-law brought to their
rescue and the Christeys started
the mile trip to the ranch on one
of the horses. The horse turned
up at the ranch riderless. Res
cuers found the bodies after an
all-night search. "a
Evening star., 1951-03-06
No Teieyision Loans

Members of Virginia electric
co-Operatives will be able to
borrow money for electric water
pumps or refrigerators, but not
for such items as televisiOn sets,
t0asterS or waffies.
This assurance was given the
State Corporation Commission
today by Harry D. Bowman,
manager of the Craig -Botetourt
Electric Cooperative.
The cooperative is seeking
sec permission to borrow $780,
600 from the Rural Electrifica- =
tion Administration to finance
equipment loans to its men,
berS.-AP.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Seven SuIoniku Reds Shot

ATHENS, Mar. 6 P.-A firing
squad executed seven Communists
in Salonika yesterday. They had
been sentenced to death by mil
itary tribunal after being charged
with attempting to set up a new
underground movement in Sa-
lonika.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Price Head Named

William F. McClayton, Balti-
more broker today was named
price executive of the Office of
Price Sterilization for Maryland.
The new official is a resident
of suburban Towson and is a
graduate of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity and the University of
Maryland Law School.-A. P.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Jim Crow to Go

& Maryland's Jim Grow" law will
be wiped off the books on June /.
This was assured last night
when Gov. McKeldin, signed q
General Assembly act repeating
the law calling for segregation of
races on interstate steamboats,
and railroads.
Enacted in the early 1900s, the
act has been enforced in recent
years only on the States Chesa-
peake Bay ferry system.-AP.
Evening star., 1951-03-06

tAA &C 0dyo.
The union Of
hcials will pre-
sent the sub.
committees with
Bureau ofmLa-
Dor Statistics
figures designed
to bolster their
contention that
Federal en-
ployes' salaries
have failed to
keep pace with
the continued
rise in the cost
,..
Evening star., 1951-03-06
DR.. Bermun to Speuk

DR.. Sidney Berman. child psy-
ch1atrist and neurologist, will
speak at meeting of the Mount
Rainier Elementary School Par
ent-Teacher Association at s pm.
Thursday in the school, Thirty
fourth and Shepherd streets.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Maryland and Virginia
News in Brief
News in Brief

He said today that a $l.49 tax
rate would raise the same amount
ION the new assessment that the
1850 levy of $3.19 raised. He cau-
toned. however. that no tax rate
has been decided on for the 1872
budget. which is still in a prepara-
tory stage.
Evening star., 1951-03-06

crease along the national wage
pattern fixed by the Wage Stabili-
zation Board.
X II
LEAVE-The Senate Civil Serv-
ice Committee Is drafting a bill
to revise the. Government annual
leave system on a graduated basis,
with the present 26 days annual
leave benefits going only to en-
ployes with 20 or more years OF
service. Other employees would
get between Is and 20 days leave
a year, depending on their length
of service.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee also is delving into the
leave situation and may act to
cut leave benefits. Committee
members are particularly critical
of the 26 days annual leave given
temporary indefinite employees
hired for the national emergency
program.
X -
INFORMATION OFFICES
The House Appropriations Com
mittee also plans a breakdown on
the Governments press informa-
ton offices. Committee members
charge that most departments and
agencies have far too many public
relations employees on their staffs.
These members say that the
number of information employees
could be cut in half without hurt
ing the efficiency of these offices.
u X 4
RETIREMENT - The Senate
Civil Service Committee will begin
hearings a week from tomorrow
on the bill to liberalize substan-
TALLY the Governments civil serv-
ice retirement system. The meas
ure. co-sponsored by Chairman
Johnston and three other COM
mittee members. is expected to
win quick committee approval.
APPEALS BOARD - John E
Lawyer has been appointed chair
man Of the United States En-
ployes c mpe tion n Appeals
Board of the Labor Department,
which is the final court of appeals
for all Government employees in
jury compensation cases.
MIR. Lawyer formerly was an Of
fetal with the Economic Co-opera-
ton Administrations labor Office
in Paris. He also is a member of
Lodge IS, AFL American Fedora
ton of Government Employees.
GPO-Negotiations at the Gov
eminent Printing ONCE are tenn
porarily stalled between Public
Printer John Deviny and the vari-
GUS printing crafts over the GPO's
pay raise offer.
Mr.. Deviny has offered the
printers an Scent an hour raise,
the pressmen, 2 cents, and nothing
to the bookbinders, saying that
this follows the wage pattern in
similar jobs in 25 other cities. The
employees, however, are holding
out for more. The printers say
employees in private printing shops
in Washington received a 14-cent
pay boost. and they want a SINH
lar increase. Meanwhile, the GPO
has reached agreement with its
photo-engravers. who were given
an 8-cent-an-hour raise, and it's
stereotypers and electrotypers. o
cents.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Hurrisonburq MEETING

RICHMOND. Va. Mar. 6 (P.-
State Civil Defense Director j. H.
Wyse will speak at meeting of
the Harrisonburg civil defense or
ganization there tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1951-03-06

BE sure to listen at 6::15
pm. eUery SGturday ouer
WMAL, The Star station, to
Joseph Young's Federal Spot
light radio broadcast featuring
additional neUs and uie1Ds OF the
Government Scene.J
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Virqiniu Bur Examination

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 6 (P.-
Summer bar examinations of the
State Board of Law Examiners
will be given July 2 and 3 at
Hotel Roanoke.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
ohiti Drought Costly

The Island Of Tahiti reported
a near-epidemic among children,
with diseases resulting from a
prolonged drought.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
EmpIoye UnionL Leodersto Open
Pay Raise testimony Tomorrow
By Joseph YOUNG

Leaders OF the various Federal ploye unions will be the
opening witnesses Civil Service subcom
mttee begins hearings on legislation to give the Governments
CLASSIFIED employees cost of living raise. -11
The subcommittee headed Pastoe Democrat of
Rhode Island who has scheduled
the hearings leascrease
Evening star., 1951-03-06
Humidity.

High and Low Of East "a Hours
High, so, at 4:2I pm.
Low, 81. at $3.50 am.
Record Temperatures This Yea
Highest, 72, on February 13.
Lowest, IL, on February 8.
Tide Tables.
Evening star., 1951-03-06
River Report.

River Report. ~
'From United States Engineers).
and Great Falls; Shenandoah clear Al
Harpers Ferry
Evening star., 1951-03-06
The Sun and Mo,
Monthly precipitation in inches in
,apftal tcurrent month to datel:

automobile lights must be turned OF
one-half hour after sunset
Precipitation,
Evening star., 1951-03-06

FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1951-10-13
Ireland Discovers America

When Columbus was gathering men for
his creU
The names that ,Dere Irish made more
than tetD;
He'd Uisited ireland because he ,Das told
They kne1D of the search for st.
Brenddn'S OF old,
And man With a spark of the old Celtic
fire
VINO Das keen for the uoyaoe waS
Patrick Mcguire.
When the sailing iUaS SloU not at all
as they planned,
When they hoped through long days and
despaired of the land,
Then they S1aD green branch with its
berries float by,
Then brdS-the71 hoD gladly the
lookout'S keen eye
Caught the undulGnt line, Dith breath
held in s1Ditt doubt,
Then bello1Oed his. Land" in a jubilant
shout
Nov priest has recorded that landino.
He tDrote
HoW Columbus and others had launched
a small boat.
When the 10Gter gre,D shallo1D to
dangerous draft
And Patrick leaped out then to liqhten
the craft.
So he 1Uaded ashore, reached the edge.
scrambled higher
And the first on the netD soil Uas Patrick
Mcguire!
A priest should be honest to ten tDhut
he k7teU.
And the Irish aren't backward. I think ,
the tales true!
Dorothy Brown Thompson.
Evening star., 1951-10-13
By Charles E. TroceweN

Jones advises householders to go slow,
however, in offering peanut butter.
The squirrel can handle only olt of
it.
One good way of feeding them this
concentrated delicacy is to prepare a
small book by cutting piece of card
board about 2 by inches, and folding
it.
On the inner sides of the leaves place
small bit OF peanut butter.
These books are found readily by the
animals.
They pick them up in their amazing
"hands." then open them and hold them
as if reading.
This is wonderful sight. or so Jones
says. What Templeton Jones says are
wonderful sights might not impress
others. These are the persons who
must be argued into taking up hobbies
when they get old. Temp Jones already
has so many hobbies it is difficult to
determine what he does for living
All life seems to be his hobby. This is
one reason. Of course, why he likes
squirrels. These natural comedians
appeal to a man who often quotes the
old English poet. the cynical fellow who
puts on his own tombstone the lines,
Life is joke and all things show it:
thought 50 once and now ! know it,"
Surely such a man is o natural squirrel
watcher. whether In parks or at home.
Evening star., 1951-10-13

at time Each individual snail is protected by
rubbery shell OF concal shape. "Languishing
under leaves by day, it moves by night, cropping
its way with two short feelers Two hornlike
stalks bear its eyes. With its horny Jaw and
barbed tongue, it can eat lettuce head as part
OF one nights prowl." The appetite of Achatina
is Unsuitable. 1t consumes every green thing it
encounters and leaves desert in its wake
So far it has preferred tropical climates, but
It's need for food inevitably is driving it into less
warm territories. Federal and State plant
quarantine inspectors, fighting to prevent further
invasion OF America are searching incoming
ships in Pacific coast ports. Achatina is clever
in concealing itself, and it has learned how 10
hide in war material. Congressional authority
for campaign against the pest has been pro-
Vided, but the drive must be paralleled by in
struction of the public to recognize and exterm-
mate the snails wherever they may be encount-
cred Once again H. G. Wells phrase about
race between education and disaster is called
into use. Achatina fulica is everybody's enemy.
and everybody should be enlisted against it, Even
though it has not appeared on the Atlantic
Seaboard, we all should know about it and be
alert to detect it if it does.
Evening star., 1951-10-13
More DeIiberotion Advisable

FreSloent Truman, in commenting on the
TASK OF hIllng vacancies on the Federal bench.
TOLD reporters that it required deliberation TO find
good men 1t would have been a good thing if
ne mad dellberated bit more before appointing
recorder OF Deeds for the District The choice
OF Earl Wayne Beck, an old Kansas CITY friend
lof the recorder post apparently was made
"lthout consideration of whether he was Quail
lied for the job.
mat assumption is justified by the nominees
own very frank statements to the Senate District
committee, which has the nomination under ad
VSement. Mr. Beck, with admirable candor ad1
mltted that he had no idea as to what his duties
would be or what salary he would get for doing
them. Whatever the requirements however he
was sure he could meet them, because of his ad.
mlnlstratlVe experience. When committee MEM
perS sought to learn more about his administra
tive experience while serving as head of a bows
nome some years ago, the witness memory failed
MIN on several important points. The committee
was lnqulring into reports that his administra
ton OF the Missouri institution had led to q
grand jury investigation and his subsequent
resignation
Inc selection of men for the Recorder of
Deeds assignment without proper deberation
is nothing new. What appears to be new is the
reluctance OF the Senate District Committee to
approve a nomination that has nothing to
commend It. 1t is outrageous that this appoint
ment was ever made and the Senate District
Committee should refuse to approve it.
Evening star., 1951-10-13

He has never gone to the point Of
feeding them in the parks, however
Sight OF old men and women feeding
the squirrels always causes him to draw
up little into himself and to say to
himself. silently. There, but for the
grace of God, goes Templeton Jones'"
Jones gets his squirrels at home, in
his own yard, as part of his bird feeding
activities. But long before he took up
the birds as one of his numerous side
lines of life he loved the ordinary gray
squirrels of the East. He is not such an
admirer of the red squirrel. or even the
flying squirrel. But there is something
about the rouguish aspect and attitude
of the grays that strikes a chord in his
heart and mind.
Feeding squirrels is no more difficult
than feeding the birds.
All sorts of seeds and grains, but
especially sunflower seeds, appeal to
them.
Slices of bread, peanuts, watermelon
and cantaloupe seed
Jones carefully saves all such from
the dinner table and hands them out
for the rest of the year.
Slices of bread are loved by many
birds and all squirrels.
Squirrels, he has discovered, will eat
almost anything, from ripe tomatoes in
summer to peanut butter in winter.
Evening star., 1951-10-13
Invasion of SnoiIs

While mankind wastes it's energies in strife
within itself, common enemy is moving in. This
foe of all humanity is known to scientists as
Achatna fulica. It's commoner name is giant
African land snail Until about hundred years
ago it was localized in East Africa. Turtles and
lizards kept down its numbers. But they could
not control its expansion. Gradually the ravenous
mollusk spread to Madagascar and Mauritius
BY 1900 it was in Ceylon and India. Thence it
went to Malaga, the East Indies and South China
In 1888 it was noticed on the march in For
mosa. The Japanese carried it to Sapan, Guam
and other Pacific outposts during World War H.
Now it has invaded Hawaii and has gained
several beachheads in the United States. There
is no reason to suppose that it is not advancing
through North China into the Soviet empire
Eventually it is expected to reach eastern Europe
The National Geographic Society says that
Achatina can be halted best with poison gas and
live steam. Its survival capacity is incredible
The persistent pest starts life male, later de-
velops egg-laying abiity-and then lays 800 eggs
Evening star., 1951-10-13
Youth Will Be Served

I am sure the young man pictured
in your paper October 6 as The Star
Carrier Of the Year" deserves the
honors he got, but I want to call
your attention to my delivery boy in
Alexandria. His name is Hayden-I
don't know his first name-and he de-
livers my paper. There was never a
finer, more dependable young gentle
man than he. There couldn't be more
outstanding service than this boy gives.
The Star and his parents can be proud
of him in every way. l am delighted
to praise him for his service and his
manners and all-round fineness.
Mrs. John Marshall Wooding.
Editors Note: Our circulation de-
partment reports that Mrs. Weddings
accolade fits Thomas Hayden, l12 Duke
street, Alexandria)
Evening star., 1951-10-13
School Segregation

George E. c. Hayes, the lawyer who
will handle the case for Consolidated
Parents against the Districts segregated
school system. has my hearty apprecia-
ton for his efforts to correct this horror
OF the Capital of Democracy.
My first encounter with this prejudice
here occurred last winter when applied
for teaching position in the District
and was sent forms asking whether
wanted to teach in a white or Negro
school, Not knowing then that white
teachers had no choice. debated the
issue.
Since my arrival in Washington, ]
have been appalled, to meet prejudice
everywhere, in the stores. the movies,
the theater, the fire department and
on the Streetcars-Where one morning
l saw a young. pregnant Negro mother
and her two small children stand while
white men and women sat!
In such places I can endure it. at
least until people learn better, but in
schools, the great hope and the one
place where enlightenment. understand
ing and tolerance should reign. it is
intolerable.
My hat is of to you and your cause,
Mr.. Hayes.
Mary Collins.
Evening star., 1951-10-13

exchange stores now must charge full
taxes and higher prices on all items, de-
pendent medical care and commissary
privileges nave been threatened, and
now Senator Douglas proposes to do
away with flight pay for all but active
Or combat duty. This cut will look good
to voters as an economy measure. but
what it really means in effect is a cut
OF $l00 or more from the monthly pay
of thousands of aviators on administra-
tive duty. How many cuts in pay of that
magnitude has the Senator heard of
recently?
II Congress cannot effectively control
prices and imitation, service personnel
are going to need every penny now being
paid them, and more. The only way
many OF the lower pay grades can live
within their means is by use of these
privileges - including hazardous duty
pay.
II the Senators are looking to labor,
dairymen, cattlemen and other lobbying
groups for votes next year, they should
not forget that thousands of men in
uniform also will be voting next year.
These men are mindful of their patri-
otic duty and proud to do it, but fight
ing man cannot do the best job he is
capable Of if he feels his voice isn't
being heard by the government for
which he fights.
Navy Wife.