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Evening star., 1952-09-03
BY the Associated Press

| UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Sept.
3.-Four men fast with figures
like seven come eleven-get to-
gether today in United Nations
meeting room to throw loaded dice
and tilt a primitive pinball ma
chine.
It's all very legal and highly
scientific. for demonstration pur-
poses only. The four experts
two from New Jersey, one from
Illinois and one from Denmark
are doing it to dramatize the first
step of teaching new statistical
and factory methods in India.
The four men are Ellis r. OFT,
Rutgers University: Paul c. Cliff
ford, New Jersey State Teachers
College; Mason E. WeStcott,
Northwestern University, and An
ders Held, University of Copen-
hagen.
At the request of the Indian
government. the U. N. technical
assistants administration is send
ing the team to establish training
centers in New Delhi, Calcutta and
Bombay. Their job is to explain
how to control the quality of
statistical figures and apply them
to Indian industry.
Theory of Probability.
Specially designed mechanical
devices are being used by the ex-
Iperts to get across the idea of the
Evening star., 1952-09-03

visorS check whether their prod
Iucts fall within acceptable quality
limits. Defective materials and
equipment or careless operators
can be traced down and elimi-
mated. Raw materials can be con-
served by cutting down scrap or
rejects. Production costs can be
trimmed.
The experts credit DR.. Walter A.
Shewhart. of the Bell Telephone
Laboratories. with developing the
basic philosophy Of statistical quail
ity control, as far back as 1926. and
proving in Britain and the United
States that the technique works.
DR.. Shewhart is also quoted,
after looking at India first-hand,
as saying that the program is 60
ing to help Indian production,
both in quantity and quality.
Evening star., 1952-09-03
Loveh Believes Cost
OF Running Services
May Be Less in 1853
By John A. Giles

Secretary Of Defense Lovett fig
ures 1t will cost less to run the
armed forces in the next fiscal
year.
All three of the services yester-
day laid on the Secretary's desk
their initial estimates Of what
money they will need in the next
fiscal year. Later Mr.. Lovett told
IA news conference that what the
Air Force asked was closer to
actual appropriation for this year
Request May Be Cut.
AS no department ever asks for
less than it hopes to get. the i'm
plication is that the initial request
will be whitfield down somewhat,
according to the custom Of budget
officers.
The Secretary's statement sug-
|gested strongly that the services
might have acted as a result of
instructions laid down by Presi-
dent Truman, although Mr.. Lovett
did not mention any ceiling hav-
ing been laid down on expendi-
lures.
For this fiscal year, ending next
June 80. the armed forces have
received $46.5 billion, not includ-
ing $2.2 billion for public works.
Denies Disagreement.
Mr.. Lovett denied some reports
that there had been q disagree
ment between members of the
Joint Chiefs Of Staff. Such dis
agreements are eventually settled
by the Secretary and the Presi-
dent. MIR. Lovett said the Joint
Chiefs were of the opinion that
the size Of the armed forces
should remain at 81 million dur
ing the next fiscal year.
All three services are getting
new weapons and other equipment
lat an accelerated rate. Mr.. Lovett
said.
Spending for delivery of military
equipment and construction from
the start Of the Korean war to
late June 80 increased 6.6 times.
The increase for weapons. etc..
was 81 times and for planes alone
the increase was 80 times.
There have been recent congress
Sional complaints that. military
buying was tagging.
Predicts for 1854.
Mr.. Lovett said that by fiscal
1854 there would be enough major
items for equipping the armed
forces, and that thereafter pro-
|duction would be patterned on q
sustaining basis.
Although Mr.. Lovett did not ex-
plain just how the armed forces
could ask for less money while
giving q pay boost and in the
face Of increasing inflated costs,
It might come about through the
leveling OF or sustaining process
after the initial equipping Of units
with modern arms.
Nevertheless, the items to be
bought for sustaining the forces
are expected to cost much more
for production.
Evening star., 1952-09-03
Judges Hear First Cases
In New Courtrooms

Courtrooms in the new court.
house at Third street and John
Marshall place NV, went into
formal operation yesterday for the
first time.
District Judge Edward M. Cur
ran. sitting in Courtroom No. 1917,
ordered the extradition to a Mays
Landing IN. J) prison camp, of
Willie Reed. 30. colored. charged
with fleeing the camp where he
was serving 270 days for failing to
register in the State as q felon.
District Judge Luther Young
dahl, in Courtroom No. 18, heard
arguments on several minor mo-
tions.
Evening star., 1952-09-03
Argentina and Czechs Sion

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Sept. 3 (P.-Argentina yesterday
signed a barter agreement with
Communist Czechoslovakia for the
exchange of undisclosed quantities
of hides, skins and other agricul-
tural products for Czech tractors,
iron and steel machinery.
Evening star., 1952-09-03
u. N. Experts Toss Loaded Dice
In Scientific Tests to Aid India

theory of probability and other
factors used by pollsters and trend
forecasters. The team plans to
teach Is to 80 students in each
of the centers. These students, in
turn. will train others to work
among the millions of India.
One of the mechanical aids is a
Irudimentary pinball machine.
Loaded dice are used in another
demonstration, to show how you
can make seven come up any
time you want to, in contrast to
the times sevens are likely to
come up when pure, unadulterated
cubes are used.
To give an idea of how polls
work by sampling ross-section
Iof the population, the experts
take a plastic sheet and plunge
lit into a collection of uniformly
sized wooden beads of several
colors. The sheet always comes
up with certain number of one
color, number of another color,
land so on-not always the same
number of the same color, but
near enough to show how sampling
works, under the law of
probability.
The kind of counting device still
used by many Chinese laundry
men-an arrangement of beads
strung on a frame of wires and
called an abacus-furnishes the
idea for control chart board
used by the experts.
Checks on Quality.
The experts say this gadget
which originated thousands OF
Evening star., 1952-09-03
80 Drown in Gonges
When Boot Overturns
By the Associofed Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW DELHI, India, Sept. s.
Eighty persons were drowned in
the Ganges River near Lucknow
when an overloaded boat sank in
midstream, reports reaching here
today said.
The majority Of the victims re-
portedly were women and children.
Evening star., 1952-09-03

Checks on Quality.
The experts say this gadget,
which originated thousands of
years ago. helps factory SUPER
Evening star., 1952-09-03

Eleeont fIoroI potterns bring
warmth and cheerful color to
your home. Perfect quality
with the finest virgin wool for
durability, select corpet royons
for color and luster.
Evening star., 1952-03-27

enjoyed shooting and wanted II
continue.
| Members Of the club are from
IL to 19 years old. At 19, they
become eligible to join the senior
Arlington Pistol and Rifle Club.
| The club fires at 7::30 pm. or
Fridays at a range in the base
ment of Washington-Lee High
School. The boys must prove they
have learned how to handle the
.22-caliber rafles and must pass 8
written test on safety before they
are permitted on the indoor range
Care and cleaning of weapons
proper firing position. aiming OF
the rifle and squeezing the trig-
Iger are taught not only at the
Friday night firing sessions but at
dry runs" held at the range on
Saturday mornings.
Equipment at Cost.
Ammunition and targets are
provided at cost through the civil
ian Workmanship program of the
Evening star., 1952-03-27
|Airmon Who Spent -Four Years
In Jap Camp Enrous at GNU

A 21-year-old Army airman who
spent nearly four boyhood year,
behind the barbed wire Of a Jap
|anese concentration camp has en-
rolled for full-time courses at
George washington University to
advance his ambition to become q
commissioned officer.
At the age Of II, Henry w
BRADY was imprisoned with his
mother and two brothers in the
lSanto Tomas University Of Manila
while his father, q United States
infantryman, was fighting the
Japs ON Bataan. 1t was not until
I1946 that the family was re-
united.
American troops stormed the
campus stockade under Jap artil-
IIery IRE to release the prisoners in
I1945. Meanwhile the father, VIII
liam II. Brady. had survived the
|Bataan death march and was a
prisoner of war in Japan. Young
Brady received elementary educa-
|tion through American prisoner
teachers and q year later entered
high school in Manila after his
fathers return from four years
i'm the prison camp.
He finished the full 4-year
course in three years and in 1850
Evening star., 1952-03-27

Members Of a boys rifle aclut
In Arlington who are facing mill
tary service may feel strange wher
they meet the sergeant but they
will be at home on the range.
Several graduates. of the Ar
lington Junior Rifle Club have
written to Instructor Reynolds T
Harnsberger from service posts ex.
pressing gratitude for their earlier
training.
Mr.. Harnsberger is convinced
that his boys have an easier time
In the Army because they already
have overcome their natural fear
of the rife, including it's recoil.
and have learned how to handle
Q weapon gracefully and safely.
Organized Five Years Ago.
Mr.. Harnsberger, an investigator
for the General Accounting Of
flee, organized the club five years
ago at the urging of Boy Scouts
who wanted to win the marksman-
ship merit badge. Many of them
Evening star., 1952-03-27

Department of Defense. Some am.
munition, based on the number o1
boys who meet qualifications Sc
by the department, is provided
free.
Rifles are also loaned under the
program. The club posts bond anG
lis responsible for care Of the
weapons.
On the Washington-Lee range
the bullets strike a steel plate set
on an angle and ricochet into a
sand pit. The club is pleased with
the facilities there and has an un-
Iblemished safety record. but Mr.
IHarnsberger would like to have
the county build a larger range
so that the boys can do more fir
ing and less waiting.
The Westinghouse range pro-
Ivides only four firing points and
the club should have 10, the in
|Structor says. He has urged the
county to use part of an 1892 ,00C
park and playground bond issue
to enlarge the firing range.
Evening star., 1952-03-27

in the 1840's. Many died, many
emigrated to America.
10000 Leave Each Year.
There are no famines now. You
eat better in Ireland than in Eng
land. Yet emigration continues to
drain of surplus population. AL
though the Irish marry late, they
still produce a surplus of births
Iover deaths. This however, is
wiped out by emigration. The
population was one-tenth Of / per
cent greater in 1851 than in 1916.
The Irish embassy here esti-
mates that about 10000, on the
average, leave Ireland each year.
Some go to America, but mainly
Evening star., 1952-03-27
By AdeIoide Kerr.
Associated Press Feature Writer

NEW YORK, Mar. 27.-How
old is old when it's time to retire?
that's one of the hottest ques-
tionS in the country today.
Attention is focused on the
problem by facts like these:
Right now there are more than
IL million over-65 folk in the
country, but less than one-fourth
are in the labor force. (About
SIS million oldsters received $2.5
billion dollars in old-age assist
ance and social security last year,
Many of the oldsters like f1nan-
cially secure retirement. but
there's been increasing protest
from others in that expanding
age group that they're fit and
willing to work and don't like to
live on pensions that are half, or
less, of what they earned pre-
ViouSly.
Retirement Plans Modified.
Result has been that many
companies have been re-examin-
ing retirement policies during the
past two years, and some changes
have been made. A check of re-
tirement plans shows a variety in
operation:
Some companies have compul-
sorry retirement at IS. Among
them are General Electric, West
inghouse Electric. American Tele-
phone & Telegraph and the Bell
system.
Others have normal" retire
ment at IS, when an employe has
the right to retire on pension. and
the employer generally expects
him to, but not every one in the
company does SO and some healthy
people continue working for a
time. Among them is Eastman
Kodak.
Among companies which prac-
tice some form of elective retire.
ment are United States Steel and
its subsidiaries, General Motors
and Pittsburgh Plate Glass.
Revaluation at 6S.
Elective programs vary. In some.
certain categories of capable
workers can remain after IS at
their own option, while others can
remain only at the desire of man
agement. In other companies all
employees are under the same re-
tirement rule. Age SO is some
times a revaluation point, after
which the decision is up to man
agement. Several companies say
they make every effort to find
job for workers past IS if they
want to work but can not do their
former assignments.
Uncle Sam retires civil service
employees at 20. But those who
have not completed Is years
service. are allowed to work until
they have done so, to fulfill PEN
sion regulations.
Favored for Some Jobs.
A check of typical industries
and businesses throughout the
country indicates a new revalua-
ton and use of older workers.
When the Committee on Human
Development of the University of
Chicago recently surveyed employ
ment programs for older workers
in widely varied industries in 81
States, SO companies furnished
the following data:
Thirty-seven said they had nc
fixed retirement age, and many
told how they used older workers
A roofing materials producer
wants older workers for jobs re-
uuiring attention and conscien-
kiousness.t An automobile COM
&,
Evening star., 1952-03-27

The received an associate Of arts
degree from Manila's University Of
the East.
The Brady family returned to
the United States in 1850 and
settled in Dallas. Tex. The youth
enlisted in the Air Force in Janu-
|ary. 1851, and was sent to Andrews
Air Force Base where he attended
might classes at George Washing
ton University under an Air Force
educational project. Midnight
OIL"
Evening star., 1952-03-27
Pension Plans Fail to Decide
What Time Is Time to Retire

Ipany finds older men good sales
men, and a paper products COM
Ipany pronounces them more re-
liable as clerks and guards. A
shoe factory hires older women
for its cutting room and welt
room. A department store pre-
fers older women for certain Sec
tions of the store.
Seeking Skilled Mechanics.
The preliminary report Of the
survey says companies appear to
be exploring the ranks of older
Evening star., 1952-03-27

they come to England. The emf
grants are mostly girls. attracted
by higher wages. Some go into
domestic service as maids and
nannies, some into hospitals as
nurses, some into midlands fac
tories.
But wherever they 60. they re-
main more Irish than the Irish
back home. There are dance halls
in London where you hear Gaelic
spoken. And when you ask if the
Irish are vanishing from the face
of the earth, these colleens laugh
and answer, "Not vanishing from
it, begorrah-just spreading over
IT.
Evening star., 1952-03-27
why Irish Marry Late:
Mother Keeps Sons
Home, Colleen Says
Bv WII;on, MrGoff;n

y
Foreign Correspondent The star and the
\ Chicago Daily News.
4 LONDON. Mar. Don't quote
me" said a pretty irish girl now
working here in London. "but If
you ask me, it's because Ireland
ills a matriarchy."
] had wondered why men in
ireland get married so much later
than in most other countries.
'They have possessive mothers
who won't let them leave home, I"
she said.
What started my inquiry was q
quotation attributed to Rev.
Father John O'Brien Of Notre
Dame University that the Irish
are vanishing from the face Of
the earth because fewer men and
women marry in Ireland than In
any other civilized country.
The Irish embassy confirmed
Father O'Brien's estimate that
about 65 per cent Of the people in
ireland are now single.
"Why?" ! asked different Irish
residents here. I got several an
|swers that tailed with the Irish
girls petulant complaint.
"Their mothers make them
much too comfortable at home, p
said one.
Father Hangs Onto Land.
But there are other reasons, too.
In the rural areas, 1t seems, q
man holds onto his land until he
dies. and his eldest son waits till
he inherits it before he weds.
Marrying late in life has become
q tradition that has spread to
the towns and cities, a tradition
hard to break. MY father didn't
marry till he was IS. Why should
lI?"
The trend is reflected in official
| figures. A few years ago, latest
available figures show that when
53.1 per cent of the men in Eng
land and Wales between the ages
of Is and 20 were married, only
IT. per cent of Ireland's 1929
year-oldS were married. And when
77.9 per cent Of the 30-34 year-old
men in England and Wales were
married, only 1854 per cent Of the
Irish were married.
Ireland's population in 1851 was
only 2.958,878. compared to about
8 million in 184O. But the popu-
lation was roughly cut in two
from 8 to 4 million--by the famine
Evening star., 1952-03-27

men for skilled machinists and
mechanics. since the graduates of
the abbreviated training courses
of World War III cannot satisfac-
torily fill many Of the jobs now
opening up."
Forty-six companies reported
that if older workers declined in
efficiency they reassigned them to
other jobs-sometimes lesser posi-
tions. Most companies said they
Iexerted effort to effect a transfer
to job with equal pay and pres
tige. Six reported they lowered
wage rates for lowered produc-
Ition. Another company reported
lit practiced down-grading, but
many older workers never re-
iuuired 1t.
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Tour Of Fort McHenry
To HighIiqhf Parks Program

A tour of Fort McHenry in
Baltimore harbor. birthplace o1
1.-THE Star-Spangled Banner" will
be conducted tomorrow by the
National Capital Parks.
Buses will leave the Capital
Transit Co. Office at 1416 F street
at $3.50 am. and will return about
6 pm. A visit also will be made to
Hampton Mansion, a well-pre-
served home of the Georgian
period.
Garden tours through the
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens to
see water lilies in bloom, will be
conducted Sunday at 8 and II
am. and 1880 pm. tomorrow. The
plants propagated from ancient
Indian lotus seeds, which bloomed
for the first time this year, will
be observed. A park naturalist
will organize the tours at the
office Of the gardens, about two
blocks west of Douglas street and
Kenilworth avenue NE.
Tuesdays campfire program
will be along the c. & o. Canal
from $50 to 9:30 pm. The event
will be organized at the picnic
area near the Lock 5 barge land
ing. This can be reached from
Stop "a on the Cabin John car
line. Picnic suppers may be
brought.
Evening star., 1952-08-02
BY the Assoeiored Press

ny me ASSocioIe0 PIeSS
Four House Republicans leave
today for the Far East to study
American defenses in the Pacific
area.
Those going on the three-week
air tour include Representatives
IOstertag of New York, Harvey of
Indiana and McCulloch and Nc
Gregor of Ohio.
Mr.. Ostertag said the group, in
visiting Korea, Japan, Formosa,
the Philippines and Hong Kong,
also will observe economic condi-
tions with relation to American
assistance programs.
The trip was given approval by
Congress. The flight will be made
in a Military Air Transport plane.
The four Representatives ex-
Evening star., 1952-08-02
u. N. Troops Get Welcome

TOKYO R.-It's just like a
homecoming-only different - for
United Nations troops arriving in
Japan. They're greeted at Yoko-
hama by the 289th United States
Army band and, the Army says,
"a line of talented Japanese dane
ers. all teen-agers, dressed in col
orful summer kimonoS."
Evening star., 1952-08-02
Representatives 10 See U. s. Defenses In Pacific

|pected to pay their own expenses
except for transportation.
Mr.. OStertag and Mr.. Harvey
ARE members of the House Agri-
culture Committee, Mr.. McCul-
tloch is a member Of the Judiciary
Committee, and Mr.. McGregor a
member of the Public Works Com
Imittee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-22
Britt Advanced
In Rating

William Edward Britt. First
Class Commissaryman, USN, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard c. Britt
of 8T4 Main, Wilmington, Mas
sachusetts has recently been adj
vanced in rating as a result of a
fleet competitive examination.
Britt who entered the Naval
Service June 81, 1945, received
his recruit training at the Naval
Center at Sampson, New York.
After graduating from the
Basic Submarine School, New
London. Conn, he reported to
the submarine USS Sarda in
March l94T for duty. In October
1850 he was transferred to his
present submarine, the USS Sea
Poacher (SS 406).
Prior to his Naval Service,
Britt graduated from the Will
mington High School.
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There i only one way to make an honest dollar.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-22
Hert1e Reports
For Duty Here

Clinton Carl Hertle. Torpedo
man Striker. USN, son of Mr..
and Mrs Carl T. Hertle OF Route
|, Waltham, Minnesota has re-
Gently reported aboard the SUBJ
marine USS Sea Poacher gSS-
4o6l, with the Atlantic Fleet, for
duty.
Hertle, who entered the Naval
Service May %. 1851 received
his recruit training at the Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes,
Illinois. After his recruit train
ing he attended Torpedoman's
School in Newport, Rhode Island
and then attended and graduated
from the Basic Submarine School
in New London, Conn. A short
advance Torpedoman's School in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-22
HAL
BOYLE
SAYS
BY HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK Tilt looked like
the political man-of-the-year in
1852 was going to be the indepen-
dent voter.
Now I'm not so sure. I think
the tide may be turning against
him.
There Is a strong possibility that
the Independent voter has already
passed the peak Of his popularity.
AT the start OF the indoor cam
paign training season experts fig
ured there might be as many as
Is million independent voters this
year and that they would hold the
balance of power in the presiden-
tial election.
This Immediately made the In
dependent voter the Clark Gable
Of politics. He was pictured as q
high-ininded, thoughtful figure who
stood above the clamor of partisan
ship and weighed every issue care
fully.
What happened? Wei. naturally
9s.A per cent Of all living Ameri-
cans decided they were indepen-
dent voters. The temptation to
stand aloof on the heights. wooed
by all factions, was Irresistible.
Each man could dream Of the
following situation: on election day
the nation is divided q, s67 ,s43 to
q. S67 .s43 and as Mr.. Jones steps
up to ballot the rival statesmen
say.
Mr.. Jones. the fate of our coun-
Try rests on your vote. Whom do
you choose."
II am an Independent voter"
says Jones proudly. "on the
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grounds of patriotism rather than
party ! cast my ballot for"
An the nation breaks out In
cheers. Jones has made history.
The trouble with this pretty
dream was that everybody was
trying TO get into the act. IL you
had decided TO be an independent
voter, it seemed that everybody
you met had decided tc be one
too.
That wasn't any run. So. grad
ually. more and more people have
decided to 60 back and be the
Democrats and Republicans they
always were. And they are having
much better time. They canSitch
in and argue for the side they
really favor.
Back in the fold themselves, they
are beginning to attack the linde-
pendent voter as a hereto or a
fence-straddler afraid to stand up
and be counted as a man.
There are certain disadvantages
TO his position. II you are losing
friendly political argument at q
cocktail party, and somebody gets
you down and starts beating you
up, you can get rescued by shout
ing, Help, I'm a Democrat" or
Save me, I'm a Republican,"
But what would happen If you
yelled from the floor, Help, help,
I'm an Independent voterl" The
other independent voters would
just stand there and look al you.
But all the Republicans and Dem.
ocrats would rush over and Joy
ously join in kicking you.
That's the danger in being an in
dependent in anything. You may
have distant admirers, but you
lack first aid in an emergency.