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Evening star., 1952-02-18
Moody Job|ess Plan
Endorsed by Truman

President Truman today agreed
with Senator Moody, Democrat, o1
Michigan, that the Federal Gov
eminent should help make sure
the people who are losiAg jobs
right now are not penalized by the
inadequacy of State unemployment
benefits.
The President told Senator
Moody in letter he is ION the
right track" in the bill recently
introduced to have the Federal
Government temporarily add to
the State unemployment benefits
in those areas where the defense
program. has thrown men out Of
work.
Senator Moody had written Mr..
Truman asking his comments on
the bill sponsored by Is Senators.
This approach seems reason
able to me, as a short run solu-
ton. until the States can act to
increase the benefits paid out OF
their own insurance trust funds, u
the President wrote.
Most State benefits are plainly
inadequate. They should be
raised-emergency or no emerg-
ency. But I am afraid there is
no practicable way to raise them
quickly to meet the present Situa-
ton, except through the device OF
Federal experimentation. -.
"Of course, this kind of stopgar
emergency action is not a Substi-
tute for the general basic improve
ments in unemployment insurance
which I have been urging on the
Congress for several years.
IF those Improvements had
been in effect today. there would
be far less need for emergency
Federal action.
I'm the long run, the present
State systems of unemployment
will have to be substantially i'm
proved and expanded to give us
an up-to-date, effective program
And in the long run, the primary
responsibility of the Federal Gov
ernment should be to make sure
this gets DONE"
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Richmond Girl Ends
Life in Cathedral,
Lists Broken Heart
By the Associated Pres,

RICHMOND. Va. Feb. a8. -
The note in the girls hand read
Cause of death, broken heart
1t is as simple as that"
The note and As cents in hel
purse were all that police found
There were no clues on the body
to identify the girl, who died ir
Ia Catholic cathedral yesterday
after she was seen to drink from
an undetermined liquid.
The girl was identified today a.
Margaret Bidgood, %. of Rich
mond.
DR.. G. T. Mann, State chief
medical examiner, said identifi.
cation was made by the girls
aunt. Mrs. Frances Hudson. DR.
Mann planned an autopsy.
Miss Jane Brauer-in the choir
loft-said she saw the girl take
three sips of the mixture, turn
toward the choir loft and ask
Miss Brauer to "get the priest"
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Two Baby Girls Die
In Fire al ]essups
By the Associated Press

JESSUPS, Md, Feb. 18.-T Two
little girls died yesterday when
fire swept through their log cabin
home off the Baltimore boulevard
near here.
The victims were Jennifer, 2
and Shirley. 4 months, children OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Daley
The family is colored.
Mrs. Daley, next door visiting
relatives. first knew of the blaze
when her 5-year-old son John
rushed in shouting, Mama, mama
the house is on fire."
The distraught mother tripped
and fell as she rushed from the
house to the aid of her children
Her brother-in-law, Stanley Dali
ley. said he tried to enter the
burning six-room home but was
forced back by smoke and flames.
Evening star., 1952-02-18

Besides his interpreting, Tommy
lends a hand at setting the table,
making his bed and holding the
dustpan while his mother cleans.
His helpfulness at home,
though, hasn't kept him from
romping with playmates, and
watching Hopalong Cassidy each
afternoon on a neighbor's televi-
sion. Hoppy is Tommy's idol, and
he told a photographer who asked
to take his picture that he would
prefer to pose on a horse.
The Beierles find only one
handicap to Tommy's capabilities.
He's too quick to understand
when they are talking about
something they don't want him
to hear"
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Commissioners Move
To Study Bu||ock's
Grand Jury Testimony

The Commissioners today petit
toned District Court for permis-
sion to study grand jury testimony
by Police Inspector Albert I. Bull
lock in the Charles E. Nelson
gambling case to help them de-
eide whether any action should
be taken involving the officer now
on leave.
The petition was filed with
Judge James r. Kirkland by Oil
yer Gasch and John F. Doyle, as
sistants to the corporation counsel
Judge Kirkland deferred action
to give Inspector Bullock an op-
portunity to oppose the petition
Retirement Requested.
It was indicated that one reason
the Commissioners wanted to ex-
anime the grand jury testimony
was for possible use in a decision
on the requested retirement Of In
Spector Bullock.
The police officer became a de-
fendant in the gambling con-
spiracy case after he appeared
before the grand jury. but during
the trial of the Is persons indict-
ed. Judge Kirkland directed the
petit jury to acquit Inspector
Bullock. ~.
The officer had been suspended
from the Police Department and
was reinstated on acquittal. but
he Immediately obtained leave
which was recently extended.
30 Years ON Force.
His application for retirement
was submitted last week, on his
55th birthday. the minimum re-
tirement age. He has completed
80 years as a policeman.
The Commissioners delayed ac-
ton on the application pending
a study being conducted at their
request by three members of the
District Bar Association. This
group consists of Francis w. Hill,
John Lasky and John ]. Wilson.
Evening star., 1952-02-18

He Is Pfc.
Nicholas Tos-
,ques. jr., of
S308 Eighteenth
street NE.
an artilleryman
who was cap
tured April Is
last year while
serving W t h
the oath Divi-
sion in Korea.
His parents,
Mr.. and Mrs.
Nicholas Tos-
ques, had one
latter frnm him
Evening star., 1952-02-18

Sometime between his second
and third birthdays, Tommy
heard a neighbor's radio in Rock
ford, ILL.,. He started to initiate
the sounds. When his parents
became aware Of it he was sent to
nursery school where he learned
to speak like his playmates.
Interpreter for Family.
Now Tommy knows how to
speak both ways-like his parents
and like other people. He has be-
come the family interpreter,
bringing to his parents the happi-
ness of talking with their neigh
bors at Temple Trailer Village
in Alexandria, ordering from the
store, and countless other eyery-
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+ day tasks which sometimes are
a problem for the speechless.
When his 6-week-old sister,
Diana. cries Tommy lets his
mother know about it. He tells
his folks what went on in school
during the day, and reads his
homework with his mothers nelp.
His father works evenings as a
machinist at the Naval Gun Fac
tory.
Helps With HOusework.
Miss Georgianna Willet of the
Alexandria Visiting Nurse Service
finds Tommy big help when she
makes one of her regular calls on
Mrs. Beierle to advise her on car
ing for Diana. The nursing serv-
ice considers the Beierle's among
the happiest families they attend.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Crime Grand Jury
Turns Attention 10
Narcotics Situation

The special District crime
grand jury today focused on the
narcotics situation in Washington.
First witness to be closeted with
1.-THE panel was Thomas Andrew,
head of the Washington field Office
of the Treasury Departments Mar
'cotics Bureau. Other narcotics
agents were scheduled to be called,
it was understood.
Others Facing Questioning.
Others who were waiting to be
questioned. possibly in connection
with the gambling situation here,
included John w. Carter, a former
bondsman who is seeking appel
late court action to force District
Court to renew his bonding Ii
cense, and Mrs. Lawrence Hall,
who testified in a recent divorce
case that her husband made from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year from
games of chance" and bootleg
Iging.
Mrs. Hall. stepdaughter of Mr..
Carter, testified in her divorce
case last week that her husbands
present worth is $150,000.
Formerly Employed by Carter.
In papers filed in the case. Mr..
Hall denied he is worth that much,
and said he once worked in Mr..
Carter's restaurant for a salary of
$3.50 a week, and later in Mr.. Car
ter's liquor store at a salary of
$75 a week.
Testimony in the divorce trial
showed that Mr.. Hall paid $4,000
cash for a new Cadillac automo-
bile.
United States Attorney Charles
M. Irelan revealed that he had
asked Police Supt. Robert v. Muir
ray to assign detective to Mr..
Irelan's Office as an Investigator
in the crime probe. It was re-
ported that Detective Elden Ernst
of the vice squad had been as
signed.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
$4,000 Flood Control
AT Peace Cross Called
Defense Measure

Army engineers justify a $50
900 item for flood control at the
BladenSburg Peace Cross as a de-
fense need to expedite evacuation
|of Washington in event of disas-
ter, House Appropriations Com
|mittee hearings disclosed today.
The Peace Cross junction of
U. S. Route l to Baltimore and
U. S. Route so to Annapolis is
flooded on an average of six times
yearly, interrupting traffic to and
from Washington and, on the De-
fense Highway. they said
In justification of the 1858 bud
get item, engineers pointed out
that last year transportation at
the junction was interrupted a
total Of % days. 10 Of which oc-
Cured in June.
Activities Interrupted.
During these periods, Govern
ment and commercial activities
were interrupted, the committee
was told. a condition which would
prove disastrous" in the event
Evacuation of the City should be-
come necessary.
Interruption to traffic would be
even more serious, it was said. if
bridges to Maryland on the Lower
|Anacostia River should become
|unusable by flooding.
The item was the only project
approved for the 1858 fiscal year
under the 1850 flood control. act
which authorized a long range
program for improvements in the
Lower Anacostia River.
Cost Estimate Rises.
As estimated then, the cost of
the overall program was $4,531.-
600. It now is estimated at ST.
1886, 900, due to increases in labor
and material costs.
Another item Of $4,000 was
sought to complete flood control
in the Patuxent River which is
crossed by the route of the new
Baltimore Washington defense
parkway. A similar amount vas
spent last.year.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Two CIV Students Saved
After SaiIboaf Capsizes

Two George Washington Uni
versity students we're rescued
yesterday from the choppy Po-
tomae River by two school mates
after a 12-foot sailboat capsized
The men were practicing for
CIV sailing team tryouts when
10 gust of wind caused the sail
boat to heel, over.
The victims. were Robert Chris
tiansen. %. Of the 1900 block OF
Park road NV. and Robert
Hughes, 81, of the 1900 block OF
Abingdo drive, Alexandria. Their
rescuers were Robert Chase, 3100
block of Nichols avenue Sc, and
Clarence Barr. 1900 block OF
South Twenty-f fifth street, Airing
ton. ~
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Truman Lists March
As Red Cross Month

President Truman today desig.
mated March as Red Cross month
and asked the public to contribute
"as generously as possible" towarc
the $S5 million Red Cross goal
The presidential proclamation
cited the work of the organization
in behalf Of servicemen, veteran.
and their families and in time o1
national disaster such as the Mid.
west floods of last summer.
The President is honorary Rec
Cross chairman.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
CIV Low Scholarships
Offer 3 Years Tuition

George Washington University
has announced that applications
are being accepted for seven
scholarships. each to provide three
years tuition in the law school.
The scholarships are open to
graduates of accredited colleges
eligible for admission to the law
school in the fall. Applications
must be made by letter, before
March Is.
Evening star., 1952-02-18

lCtJCI
before the Reds gave out the
list Of prisoners. which included
his name. In his letter he said
he was being treated well.
" Pfc. Tosques, who served about
six months in World War II, re-
enlisted soon after the Korean
fighting broke out. He was ship
ped to Japan for a short 're-
fresher" course. and then to
Korea.
His family were surprised to
see him looking so well in the
photograph. eve expected him
to look thin" MIR. Tosques said.
The picture was made by Frank
"Pappy" Noel, an Associated Press
photographer, who is also a pris-
omar Of war.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Housing Agency
ToAid Tenants
Losing Homes
Votes to Appoint
Committee to Help
Dispossessed Groups

Appointment Of a special COM
mittee to work with the Wash
ington Real Estate Board and
other organized real estate inter-
ests here with a view to aiding
tenants forced out of their homes
through sale or condemnation of
property, was decided on today at
a meeting of the Washington
Housing Association. 1906 M street
NV
The associations Urban Rede-
velopment Committee met with
representatives of the Southeast
Citizens Association and others
to discuss the threatened eviction
of 80 families in the 1000 block
Of Thirteenth street Sc.
In an effort to solve their i'm
mediate problem, the meeting de-
cided that the families should go
to the Washington Housing Cen
ter Of the District government.
Promises to Aid Group.
Mrs. Mary E. Mahoney, super
visor. and Mrs. Ella r. Foster, re-
ferral interviewer, both of the
Washington Housing Center, par
ticipated in the meeting and
promised to help the 80 families.
If possible.
The meeting adopted a resolu-
ton to set up the special COM
mittee. Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III,
chairman of the Washington
Ho1sing Association, an affiliate
OF the Community Chest Fedora
ton. said the committee probably
would consist Of five persons.
Mrs. Hilda Cloud, executive
director Of the association, ex-
planned, that the committee will
try to set up d permanent organi-
zation. This group will help find
new homes for persons dispos-
sessed through sales Of property,
Government buying of houses for
improvements, such as schools,
etc., and for other reasons.
May Ask Larger Staff.
Mrs. Cloud said that the asso-
citation may go later to the Dis
tricts Commissioners to seek an
enlarged staff for the Washington
Housing Center.
! The 50 families are in homes
being sold to- colored. purchasers
by the Colonial Investment Co,
Sf5-17 Ninth street NV. They
are now occupied by white ten
ants. The corporation acquired
these homes from the Washington
Sanitary Housing Co., organized
some years ago to provide low
cost housing for tenants in low
income groups.
Mrs. Celeste Sanford of 1922 L
street Sc, tenant who has been
there for II years, and Mrs.
Johanna Forgit Of 1309-A K street
Sc. who has lived there for 40
years, told the meeting of their
difficulty in getting other homes.
They said the new owners would
not sell to them. Twenty families
have already moved out of the de-
velopment, but the remaining 80
need to be taken care of in the
next month or so, the meeting was
told.
To Take Responsibility.
Representing the Southeast
citizens interested in seeing that
the families are properly relo-
Gated. and who attended the
meeting, were Mrs. Arthur c..
Wagner, S14 A street Sc: Mrs.
Donald Detwiler of 631 G street
Sc. and the Rev. John H. Stipe,
rector of Christ Episcopal Church,
$40 G street Sc.
John r. Searles, jr., executive
director of the Redevelopment
Land Agency, told the meeting
that his group will assume re-
sponsibility for relocating fam
lilies dispossessed by his organi-
zation's program.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
By Mary Lou Werner

At an age when most little boys
won't bother to pick up their toys
I6-year-old Tommy Beierle has q
responsible position in his house
hold.
Tommy's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Ferdinand Beierle, cannot speak
or hear. They talk to each other
only with sign language. Until
Tommy came along, their COM
Imunication with others was diff
cult and limited.
But Tommy was born with nor
NAL speech faculties. His parents
unable to hear him, were not
aware of this at first. They talked
with him in the sign language
and he learned to reply the same
way.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
District Officials
Discuss Ending
Relief Secrecy
Commissioners May.
Receive Amendment
At Session Tomorrow

Assistant Corporation Counsel
Irving Bryan today said he hoped
to present to the Commissioners
tomorrow the wording of an
amedment to remove secrecy from
relief rolls.
Mr.. Bryan and other District
officials. including Welfare Direc-
tor Gerard M. Shea, met for two
hours this morning to thrash out
the wording. No one would COM
|ment on what was accomplished,
other than to say that progress
was made.
Mr.. Bryan, under instructions
from the commissioners to draft
the amendment, called the con-
ference.
He said the group had worked
out a trough draft" and he hoped
to put it into final shape today
SO that the city heads could con-
slider it at their meeting tomor-
lrow. He refused to say if the
amendment will spell out precisely
who would be qualified to inspect
the relief rolls if the secrecy pro-
vision is removed.
Not Public Now.
At the conference also was Dis
trict Auditor A. r. Pilkerton and
representatives of the Federal Sc
curity Agency and the District
budget Office.
lief system, relief rolls are not
open to public inspection. This
is matter of Public Welfare
Board regulation.
Last month Senator Pastore,
Democrat, of Rhode Island intro
duced a bill to streamline the
city's welfare setup. Included in
the bill was a provision to keep
the relief rolls secret. 1t also set
penalties of a $500 fine and six
months in jail for those who either
gave or received unauthorized in
formation on the relief rolls.
The secrecy provision was over
looked by the Commissioners when
they first approved the bill. Then
the matter was reconSidered and
last week, in split vote, the city
heads took a stand in favor Of
opening the relief rolls.
Commissioner F. Joseph Dom
ohue opposed making the rolls
public. His colleagues. Commits
sioners John Russell Young and
Bernard L. Robinson, voted for
removing the secrecy.
Hearing Set Thursday.
A hearing on the bill has been
called Thursday by a Senate Dis
trict subcommittee. City officials
hope to have the amendment
ready for presentation at that
time.
The. controversy over whether
the relief rolls should be open or
closed to inspection apparently
has resulted in MISUNDERSTANDING
about just what is intended, back
|ers of publicity declare.
1 Opening of the relief rolls to
!, inspection, advocates point out,
would not mean the indiscrimin-
ate publication of the names of
those receiving assistance. Publi-
cation Of the names for a political
or commercial purpose would DO
forbidden and the rolls would be
open for inspection presumably
only to responsible" agencies or
individuals under a set of regula-
tions that would be promulgated.
Opponents of the proposal insist.
however. that availability of the
rolls even under restrictions would
hamper social workers in rehabil-
itation work. and would humiliate
relief recipients.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
Borrett to Speak

Edward w. Barrett, former as
sistant Secretary Of State. will
speak on Americas Campaign
of Truth" at $3.50 pm. Wednesday
in the social auditorium Of Adas
lIsrael Synagogue. 1850 Quebec
street NV.
Evening star., 1952-02-18
District Soldier Identified
In Chinese pow Picture

A 23-year-old Washington man
has been identified In a picture
made in a Chinese Communist
prisoner of war camp.
Evening star., 1952-06-29
oberdosey Crop Predicting Blamed for Fantastic Errors

error and the weaknesses in the
collection of basic data.
It said the board felt its final
estimates were more accurate than
the original data.
b "HoW the board thinks is can
produce overall statistics that are
more accurate than the basic data
is still somewhat of a mystery to
the committee" the report said,
but it apparently involves pro-
found faith in and extensive use
of various sheets of graph paper
covered with dots which are called
|regression charts"
The report said the crop board
in 1851 failed to reduce its cotton
estimates enough even after the
Weather Bureau warned for sew
Ieral weeks that drought was hurt
ing cotton plants. The subcom-
mittee, in examining the 1851 sta
tistics said it also found evidence
suggesting that the crop board
made arbitrary decisions to obtain
breakdown" figures that would
Justify the boards total estimate
for the country.
The subcommittee, however, ex-
pressed faith in the integrity o1
Evening star., 1952-06-29

basic information from non-paid
crop reporters" They fill out
missionaries about the condition
and size of their own crops and
their neighbors.
These crop reporters" are sup
posed to be farmers who can
exercise considerable judgment
about production prospects. But
that isn't always the way it works,
the subcommittee said.
Among the persons on whom
the Board is depending for crop
information" the subcommittee
said, "were people such as pro-
fessional wrestlers. city and state
employees not engaged in farm
ing, haberdasherS, automobile
agency bookkeepers and similar
authorities on agricultural pro-
duction.'
The subcommittee also found
that cotton crop reporters in
cluded florist and farmers who
did not live in the county they
reported on.
Indifference Charged.
The subcommittee charged that
the Crop Reporting Board just
shrugged its shoulders at the 1851
Evening star., 1952-06-29
Special Blood Donor Appeal
Is Issued by Red Cross

In anticipation of a heavy holi-
day accident rate next week end,
the Red Cross has issued a special
appeal for blood donors during
the next four days.
Residents are asked to phone
the Red Cross for appointments
or visit bloodmobiles scheduled for
the following locations.
Monday: United States Naval
Powder Factory Base Gym, In
dianhead. Md, after 9 am. and
the Hecht Co. auditorium. Arling-
ton, after II am.
Tuesday: Room 2541 of the
Main Navy Building. Constitution
avenue. after $50 am; Mt. Rain
ier (Md.) High School. after Il
noon and Union Hall. Front Royal
Va, after 10 am. EST.
Wednesday and Thursday:
Room 4A750 of the Pentagon ano
Room 40 Of the Naval Research
Building, both after 10 am.
Evening star., 1952-06-29
By Jones (. Roper

A House subcommittee reported
last night that the Agriculture De-
partment's crop forecasters use
information from haberdashers,
professional wrestlers and other
farm experts"
No wonder, the subcommittee
said. that the Agriculture Depart
ment made an almost fantastic
error" in trying to predict the size
of the 1851 cotton crop.
An erraneously high estimate
caused price plunge that cost
American cotton growers $125
million. It also caused a House
Agriculture subcommittee to in
vestigate how the Agriculture De-
partment makes crop forecasts.
In. a 75-page report on the in
quiry. the subcommittee said the
department should overhaul its
''horse-and-buggy" methods of
crop reporting. It said the 1851
error could and should have been
avoided"
System is Outlined.
The subcommittee related that
the Agriculture Departments
Crop Reporting Board gets all its
Evening star., 1952-06-29

board members.
It recommended that the Agri-
culture Department find more
competent crop reporters, use
full-time Agriculture Department
workers to supplement these re-
porters, clarity the questionnaires
and set up a new statistical re-
search unit to figure out how raw
data can be turned into more &C.
curate overall estimates.
The departments estimate o.
cotton paintings on July l, 1851
turned out to be 5.4 per cent toe
high. This error was compounded
by an inaccurately high estimate
of yield per acre.
The departments August, 1851
prediction of cotton production
was 14.1 per cent higher than the
departments final estim a te-
made last month-of what tht
crop actually was. This was thu
biggest error since 1887.
Evening star., 1952-06-29
Rates Go Up Tuesday
On 3d-CIuss Bulk Mail
By the Associated Press

The minimum postage rate on
bulk mailings of third class mat
ter goes up on Tuesday in move
designed to add some $50 million a
year to Post Office revenues.
The present minimum charge is
one cent per piece. This will ad-
vance to one and half cents.
Third class matter includes cir
culars and similar printed matter.
certain types of books and cata-
logs. merchandise samples, seeds.
plants and other small articles
weighing less than eight ounces
each.
Evening star., 1952-06-29
Stage Goes Into q Whih

A revolving theater stage at
Odense. in Copenhagen. Denmark,
suddenly began to whirl around
when it was supposed to stay put.
and had to be worked by hand
for the rest Of the evning.
Evening star., 1952-06-29
Afqhonistun Censorship

Although its film censorship
is somewhat haphazard, Afghan
istan authorities aim to prevent
the showing of pictures offensive
to Moslem beliefs and code Of
morals, Kabul reports.