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Evening star., 1952-04-14
Freight Rates Go Up IS Pct,
Adding $678 Million to Bill
ICC Approves Twelfth Increase
For Rouds Since End of World War II
|unless continued on a permanent
1ha sic nv the commission

unless continued on a permanent
basis by the commission.
Rate Raise Opposed.
The Office of Price Stabiliza-
ton, during the hearings, took the
position that any new general in
crease would bring fresh pressure
against the inf1ationary spiral.
Other Government departments,
principally the Agriculture De-
partment, strenuously opposed any
further rise in rates at this time.
Technically, today's order wipes
out the 6 to 9 per cent increases
granted last August and author
ICES Is per cent increases instead.
However. it provides for a "hold
down" on a limited group of COM
modities. This provision holds the
full increase on grains and grain
products, coal. coke, sand, gravel,
stone and iron ore to IL per cent.
Some Hold Downs" Set.
The other hold downs" are:
Fresh fruits and vegetables,
melons, edible nuts, lumber,
canned and preserved food prod
ucts, copper, lead and zinc, maxi
mum. increase of IL cents a loo
pounds.
Building woodwork and mill
work, maximum increase of Ia
cents a 100 pounds.
Sugar, maximum increase of
10 cents a 100 pounds.
The commission authorized no
further increases on protective
services such as heating and icing,
or loading or unloading of live
stock.
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Body Of Woman Is Found
By Family on Egg Hunt
By the Associated Press

GLEN BURNIE, Md. April IA
An autopsy is being performed to-
day to determine what caused the
death of a woman whose body
was found yesterday by a family
on an Easter egg hunt.
The body was found by Virgil
Allen. He had gone out with his
wife and two children to have an
egg hunt in woods off Oakwood
road.
DR.. Gustav Faubert, Anne
Arundel County medical exam
liner. guessed the woman had been
dead about 10 days. He said she
appeared to have been between so
and go years old.
The only clothing on the body
was a red plaid blouse. A pair of
dungarees was found near the
body.
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Sweepstakes Winner Leaves
Wife 'Pittunce'- Wants 1t

In June and July, though, he
gave $70,042.50 to the other wom-
an. Then he "squandered or
transferred to third parties in ex-
cess of $16.300."
The tax collector called on Soy
ack in New York with bill for
$64 ,698.08 back taxes. Soyack
said he was broke.
So now the Government has
slapped a claim against Mrs. Soy
ack, demanding that she turn over
the entire $4,000 the husband
gave her-to help pay his tax bill.
Mrs. Soyack told the Tax Court
her husband had plenty of money
to pay his taxes when he sent her
the $4,000. If he isn't able to pay
now, she added, ''his inability re-
suited from the aforementioned
transfer" to the other woman and
his squandering.
In effect, she asks the court to-
order the tax collector to leave her
alone with her memories-and her
$4,000.
Evening star., 1952-04-14
New York Air Traffic
And Shipping Hit by Fog
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, April 14.-Thick
fog over the Metropolitan area dis
rupted shipping and air traffic for
three hours today.
At Idlewild Airport. in Queens,
operations were halted until after
9 am. because Of a 10o-foot CELL
ing and visibility limited to one
fourth of mile.
Sixty flights were affected. Five
Pan American World Airways
flights, inbound from Puerto Rico,
London and Miami. were diverted
to Philadelphia and Washington.
Other flights were delayed and
several domestic flights were can
celed.
More than so flights were de-
layed at La Guardia Field
Evening star., 1952-04-14
By the Associated Press

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission today gave the railroads
IA further freight rate increase, es-
timated to raise charges by about
$678 million a year. The rise is
9 per cent in the South and West
and 6 per cent in the East.
The order increases rates Is per
cent above what they were at this
time last year.
The railroads applied last year
for a Is per cent increase. The
ICC last August ruled that instead
of a straight Is per cent advance,
the charges should be raised 9
per cent in the East and 6 per
cent in the South and West.
Today's order, issued after re-
consideration, allows the full Is
per cent across the country.
18th Since War.
This is the 18th general freight
rate increase allowed since the
end of World War II.
The increases may be put into
effect upon Is days notice to the
public, except for grains and grain
products, on which a 30-day rate
revision notice will be required.
The ICC said domestic water
carriers may apply to their
charges the same revisions author
lied for the rails.
AS in the case of the rate in
creases granted last August, the
ICC termed the new revisions
"surcharges" which will automati-
cally expire February %, 1854,
Evening star., 1952-04-14
By the Associated Press

A Honolulu housewife says her
husband ran away with another
woman after winning 1892 in
the Irish Sweepstakes. And now,
she says, the Government is trying
to take away the pittance he left
her.
Mrs. Dorothy Marie Soyack
told of her plight in a brief filed
in the United States Tax Court
here. Her account:
Her husband pilfered some
money from her household funds,
bought a ticket in the Irish
Sweepstakes and won $13a285.
Two days later dast May 20)
he boarded a liner for the United
States with another woman who
reportedly posed as his wife,
After six days at sea, the err
rant husband sent her $4,000
and this note-"After I pay my
taxes at the end Of the year I
will sent you the rest-and I
hope you can get over me-"
Evening star., 1952-04-14

the deadening monotony that now
appears on some commercial pro-
grams" he said.
He explained, however, that
educational stations could have a
wide range of programs-includ-
ing straight college courses,
scientific reviews. literary and
political discussions, and even
some types of educational humor
such as the Kukla, Fran and Ollie
puppet show.
President Arthur S. Adams Of
the American Council on Educa-
ton said that within five years,
State universities might be Using
TV to "give a service that we can
hardly appreciate today"
Cooperative Indicated.
The University of Maryland
appeared to be the school most
eager to get into TV full blast
Already the university puts on a
weekly Commute telecast over
WBAL, Baltimore. A university
spokesman said today Maryland
wants to go "all out" for TV.
Tv costs, however, probably will
force local schools to join some
cooperative plan for operating
any educational station here. Only
the District Board of Education
appeared cool to the idea.
The board last fall produced
an experimental program over
WNBW and now sponsors two eX-
perimental programs over WMAL-
TV. But School Supt. Hobart M
Corning thinks the experiments
have not gone far enough to
decide the value of education
on TV.
Range Differs From Present.
Like the educational ALLEGATION
the new commercial channel as
signed to Washington is in the
UHF. range. The Districts four
present television stations -
WMAL-TV, WTOP-TV, WNBW
and WTTG. all commercial-are
in the very high frequencies
(VHFD.
Even if the new stations were
to begin telecasting tomorrow,
Washington viewers could not see
the programs because no local sets
are equipped to receive UHF.
Radio stations WWDC and
WGMS are expected to file appli-
cations soon for the right to use
the new commercial channel
No. 20.
Definitely Interested"
Both have been interested for
some time in getting a television
outlet, but have been stymied by
the Governments freeze order.
M. R. Rogers, of WGMS, de-
lclared:
I'VE expect to file our applica-
Ition with three or four days-as
soon as the necessary paper work
can be completed. We are def
Initely interested in getting the
new channel"
He said no application was filed
during the freeze because it was
believed a new form would be re-
quired. FEC announced today that
all previous applications would
have to be re-filed on new forms
Evening star., 1952-04-14

on TV construction, assigned a
telecast channel to Washington
for an educational station. FEC
also assigned Washington another
channel for commercial use.
A quick scramble for the COM
mercial channel is expected, but
school officials had no concrete
plans at this time to use the edu-
cational outlet.
Board Awaits Experiments.
DR.. Marvin said the first step
would be consultation among rep
resentatives of colleges and uni
versities. the public schools and
education associations in the Dis
trict area. He had not set a date
for the meeting.
The District Board of Educa-
tion's policy has been that the
value of television for educational
purposes has not been determined
The board feels more experiment
Itation is needed.
Educators who have been spe-
Icializing in use of TV urged school
officials here and throughout the
country to bid quickly for the
educational channels. The FEC
set aside 242 channels for educa-
ton throughout the country. but
these are being reserved firmly
for only one year. After that, FEC
may authorize commercial use
of the channels unless schools
move in.
Calls for Speed.
Edgar Fuller, chairman of the
Joint Committee on Educational
Television, told a news conference
that speed is especially needed
i'm the very high frequency (VHF)
channels in large cities"
These channels, he said, would
be especially valuable for COM
mercial use if the schools fail to
snap them up. The Washington
channel is in the ultra high fire.
quency CUHF) range.
Seymour N. Siegel, president OF
the National Association of Edu-
Icational Broadcasts, said:
II strongly urge application for
construction permits even before
schools get the money to build
the stations"
The FEC will start processing
applications for the educational
stations July /. Building a sta
ton, however, is expensive. The
original cost might be between
$3.50 900 and $350,000. with an
nual operating costs of $150,00C
or $250,000.
Width of Scope Noted.
Even that is a bargain, Mr.
Fuller said.
| I'VE want to get away from
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Reaction Is Mixed
To Budget Bureaus S
Reorganization Plan
Proposal Was Given
Very Poor Timing,
Auchincloss Declares

Reaction to the Federal Budget
Bureaus plan to revamp the Dis
trict government were mixed on
Capitol Hill and at the District
Building today.
Representative Auchincloss, Re-
publican, of New Jersey, declared:
II think it is very poor timing
for any reorganization bill to come
to Congress now. Congress is not
in any frame of mind to give the
serious study to such a study
which it deserves.
Mr.. Auchincloss said the pro-
posal apparently was similar in
many respects to the so-callcd
home rule bill he proposed several
years ago. The major difference,
he pointed out, was that his city
council would be elected.
Commissioners Oppose Plan.
The Budget Bureau plan calls
for city council appointed by
President Truman. The council
in turn would appoint a city man
ager. The District Commissioners
oppose this plan, and are pushing
their own streamlined version of
the present Commissioner form of
city government.
Commissioner F. Joseph Dono-
hue said the city heads had not
yet received a copy of the Budget
Bureaus proposal. He commented:
1--WE never seen the plan. All I
know about it is what 1 read in
the papers yesterday"
Robinson BOrrOws Copy.
He said that his colleague, En-
gineer Commissioner Bernard L.
Robinson, borrowed a copy of the
plan from the District Building
press room to see what the Budget
Bureau had in mind for the city.
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Threat 10 Jobs
Program Seen
In Budget Cuts
Robinson Appeals
For $86, 900 Fund
For Training School
By Don S. Worren

Serious setbacks to the Dis
trict's employment program and
jail and welfare services were en-
visioned on Capitol Hill today by
city officials. They told a Senate
subcommittee these blows were
probable if House cuts in the Dis
trict budget are not restored.
These points were made before
the subcommittee hearing testi-
mony on the third supplemental
bill:
l. Serious disruption would re
caused to the city's administra-
tive services if the money is not
restored and some services may
come to an end.
2. Engineer Commissioner Bern
ard L. Robinson told the appro-
lpriations subcommittee new
National Training School for Girls
at Laurel, Md may be delayed
until 1853 if the $4,000 cut is
not restored. "Details on Page
IBID
Food Riots Held Possible.
8. Severe food riots were fore
seen at District penal institutions
by Director of Corrections Donald
M. Clemmer if the Senate fails 10
restore the 10 per cent cut of
money for legislated pay raises.
"Details on Page BIZ
Chairman Hill said he would do
all in his power to exempt the
District from the 10 per cent cut.
Senator Hunt, Democrat of Wyo-
ming, announced he would sup
port such an amendment by Sen-
ator Hill.
The Senate is expected to act
on the bill Wednesday or later
this week.
The new problem was high.
lighted today during testimony by
Mr.. Clemmer.
Some Positions Frozen.
District Budget Officer Walter
L. Fowler broke in to outline the
effect of the House action on the
supplemental bill. He emphasized
that the Commissioners already
had frozen vacant positions in
many District services so as to
force savings to permit a balanced
budget.
| And Gen. Robinson declared
denial of needed funds for the pay
raises would cause serious effect
on the highways, sewers, school
and welfare services.
The supplemental bill carries
about $6 million in payroll money
to meet the pay raises. The House
bill specifies that not more than
80 per cent of the appropriated
funds could be obligated or ex-
pended. The one exemption was
the Federal Post Office Depart
ment, where the money withheld
was only l per cent.
Mr.. Fowler said "the District
can't absorb this additional cut
unless agencies services are dis
rupted."
Voluntarily Cut Requests
He brought out also that the
District originally had proposed
supplemental estimates for the
pay raises totaling $6.3 million.
Since these pay raises are
financed entirely from the reve-
nues of the District, Mr. Fowler
continued, the District voluntarily
reduced their requests by $262. 900
''in an effort to alleviate our taut
financial condition"
The city budget officer explained
that the cutback on the pay raise
money would affect 81 different
District agency items. ranging
from $700 for the insurance de-
partment to SIS million for the
schools general administration.
He recalled that the Commits
SionerS already had required the
schools to absorb $250,000 of their
payroll needs and that an added
reduction of $150,000 would be
an impOSSibility.
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Lincoln Prayed Alone
In Historic Church

SEEKING CoURAGE-ln New York
Nenue Presbyterian Church. the Civil
War President went into the pastors
study to proy for courage and con-
tinenee. Another in q series Of orticIes
on Washington churches. written by
oIeo Jones, oppeors on Pose AS.
EASTER SUNDAY Down church
services ond morning worship, foshioa
parade and fashion prizes morked
Woshinston's cloudy Eoster. In story
and picture, todoy's Stor tells the story
On Poqe A.
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Michigan Utility Struck

JACKSON. Mich, April IA
wage dispute erupted today in a
strike against the Consumers
Power Co., which furnishes gas
and electricity to more than a
million outstate Michigan homes
and businesses. In walking out
at 1901 am, the CIO Utility
Workers Council ignored a last
minute plea by Gov. G. Mennen
Williams to remain at work pend
ing study of the dispute by a fact
finding commission.
Evening star., 1952-04-14

members of the society, including
1000 delegates and alternates.
Total membership Is 170,760, with
2.699 chapters.
The congress will be called to
order by Mrs. James B. Patton.
OAR president general. She will
give the keynote address on
Safeguarding Our Future"
Pre-Convention Activity.
During the day, the daughters
were holding various State and
committee teas and meetings.
The Daughters went to Con-
stitution Hall, the administration
building and Memorial Continen-
tai Hall today by hundreds in a
myraid of pre-convention activity.
as delegates and alternates began
registering.
In the lobby Of Constitution
Hall. numerous stands were ar
ranged about the corridors selling
cards, handiwork and otheer me-
mentos of the convention.
The flower booth was dispensing
dollar-bill corsages, along with
ever-present orchids. The Daugh-
ters donate the money from the
corsages to Embarrassing drives
after they wear them,
The flower room in the base
ment of Constitution Hall was also
a busy place, fragrant with bios
SONS being fashioned into the
society's beloved bouquets and
corsages.
Orchids From Hawaii.
The Aloha Chapter will send
more than 1000 orchids from
Hawaii Wednesday by air for the
benefit of the administration
building completion fund. Mrs.
Donald Bennett Adams is ma
tional chairman of this fund.
The building completion fund
and the Valley Forge bell tower
fund will benefit from many of
the Daughters activities. A label,
Eat Candy for the Building Fund
and Valley Forge" adorned
one booth dispensing chocolates
Orange juice sales also will boost
the building fund.
Mississippi members have sched-
uled their Natchez garden party
at the Statler Hotel from 2 to
pm. The party and pageant is
for the benefit of the Valley Forge
Pa, Memorial Bell Tower fund
To Recreate the Past.
This is the big social affair o1
the congress. In a setting of the
old South will be portrayed the
Duchess de Ponchartrain, fol
whom the first fort on the MisSis-
sippi River, Fort Rosalie. was
named by its founder, Jean Bap-
tiste Bienville.
Later on the same site, high
ABOVE the river at NatcheZ, the
mansion Rosalie was built. II
now is a shrine, restored and
maintained by the Mississippi
OAR.
Yesterday, the Daughters made
a pilgrimage to the Valley Forge
tower, which is being built to
house a national carlton Of 49
bells. 1t will be memorial to
soldiers of the American Revolu-
Ition and veterans of both World
Wars.
The memorial room of the tow
Ier. recently completed, was dedi-
Gated yesterday.
I'm a world of unrest and tur-
moil, what better balm can there
be than memorializing heroic pa
ltriots whose deeds made this
America-this land Of opportun-
lity, an actuality," said Mrs. Pat
ton in her dedication speech,
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Truman Moves
To Take Flood
Job From Army
Message Will Ask
Shift of Control to
Interior Department
By Francis P. Douglas

ton plan transferring flood con-
troll and rivers and harbors work
from the Army Engineers Corps
to the Interior Department, The
Star has learned.
Such transfer. was one of the
recommendations of the Hoover
Commission on Organization of
the Government.
The move has been strenuously
Opposed in the past. Submission
of the proposal in a presidential
reorganization plan would be ex-
pected to arouse sharp conflicts
in Congress.
|. The Hoover commission recon-
mended the consolidation of the
civil functions-f1ood control and
river and harbor work-with the
Reclamation Bureau in the Inte-
rior Department.
Seeks to Eliminate Waste.
Supporting the proposal the
commission said:
/. A major reason for such a
grouping is the elimination OF
I"disastrously wasteful conflict
between the Engineers Corps and
the Reclamation Bureau.
2. No effective method has been
found for reconciling conflicting
opinions and programs although
attempts have been made to OBJ
tain Coordination through inter-
departmental committees.
3. It is contended that flood
control and rivers and harbors
work provides valuable training
for the Engineers Corps, but there
are fewer than 200 Army engi-
neers involved. The rest of the
personnel is civilian.
4. Division of water develop
ment work between agencies, re-
suits in no adequate provision OF
neurological data in advance of
project planning and construc-
ton.
Mcclellan and ManascO Object.
Two members of the Hoover
Commission dissented from this
Recommendation. They are Sen
Iator Mcclellan, Democrat, OF
Arkansas, and Carter Manasco
then a Democratic member of the
House from Alabama.
They maintained such a step
would completely emasculate the
Corps of Engineers" and deprive
lit of a practicable and effective
lpeacetime training program. They
said also it would place "impor-
tant peacetime development OF
our rivers in inexperienced and
less competent hands"
Senator Mcclellan is chairman
of the Senate Expenditures Com
mittee to which most of the presi-
dental reorganization plans have
been assigned.
A presidential reorganization
plan becomes law in so days il
neither house gives an adverse
vote by majority of it's members
Similar Plan Before Congress.
A similar proposal affecting the
Engineers Corps has been before
Congress Ssince March Is, 1851.
It is contained in q bill fol
reorganization of the Interior De-
partment. The measure is one OF
20 introduced to bring before
Congress proposals of the Hoover
Commission that had not been
acted on.
No action has been taken on
the bill. In the Senate it was as
signed to the Expenditures Com
mittee which has held no hear
ingS on the measure.
A similar bill was introduced
in the House. It is before the
Expenditures Committee there
also, but that committee has held
no hearings on it.
Bills to attain the same end
but in two steps, we're also intro
duced in the House. They were
assigned to the Interior and In
sular Affairs Committee and the
Public Works Committee. Nc
action has been taken on them.
Evening star., 1952-04-14
$4,000 Routed
From Homes by
Midwest floods
Omuhu Is Menuced
By 31.5-Foot Crest
On Missouri River
By the Associoied Press

OMAHA, Nebr.. April 14-The
Missouri River threw a record
breaking flood crest at the Sioux
City, Iowa, today and forecasters
heaped new encouragement on
the downstream Omaha Council
Bluffs Qowa), area by raising
the predicted flood crest another
foot and a half.
The new schedule calls for the
arrival early Thursday of a mon
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Late News
Bulletin
Truman Approves Move

President Truman today
agreed that the United States
will join the Canadian govern
ment in an immediate applica-
ti0n to the international Joint
Commission to approve the
power project that is to be de-
veIoped in connection with the
st. Lawrence Seaway. 4
Evening star., 1952-04-14
OAR Congress Opens
Here Tonight With
CoIorfuI Ceremonies
Over 5000 Members
Expected to Attend
Groups 6lst Session

The 61st Continental Congress
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution will open at $50
o'clock tonight in colorful cere-
monies at Constitution Hall.
The annual convention is ex-
pected to draw more than 5000
Evening star., 1952-04-14

Prosrom for OAR Convention Tonight and
Tomorrow. Poge A-6
Political Contest Will EnIiven OAR
Continental Congress. Poee A-6
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Dr.. Marvin Calls EducotorsHere|
To Plan New TeIevision Station
Channel Assigned for InstructionoI Use;
Scramble for Commercial Outlet Is Due

DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, presi-
dent of George Washington Uni
versity, today started arranging
meeting of educators to discuss
of an educational
television station here.
The Federal Communications
c Commission, in dropping its freeze
Evening star., 1952-04-14

Stote-b by-Stote HiehIiehts Of Midwest's
Bottle Against Flood. Poee A-3
Evening star., 1952-04-14

FEC Makes Room for 1000 New Sto-
tions by Ending Freeze. Poee A-l6
Evening star., 1952-04-14

(see REORGANIZATION, A-3.,
Evening star., 1952-04-14
Weather Forecast

Mild with scattered showers in afternoon
and evening; some cloudiness and cooler to-
night and tomorrow. Low tonight about A.
(Full report on Page A-2D
The beacon of Dillingham. (Dillingham, Alaska) 1952-1955, 1952-06-30
HOUSE RAISES SALARY OF ALASKA )
d6k1{SS16NER8

4 bill which would raise salaries Of
some us. oomm1s sioners in Alaska was pass
cd by the House recently.
Tt authorizes the COMM toner's to keep
the first 1880 they receive each yea
in fees. The present limit IL 81, 900.
Tho ouss interior oonmi tteS reported
that fees. which make UP tho Ao1e eonpen-
sation received by the oonm1Ss ansrs. OK
coed the present limttat4o ms An only fivs:
Alaska cities.