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Evening star., 1952-06-25
1akoma Park zoning Plan
Approved at 7 HEARINGS

The proposed master zoning
plan for Takoma Park won gen.
eral approval yesterday in two
separate hearings before the Mary
land National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
Suggestions for minor changes
were the only recommendations
voiced by those attending sessions
at the Silver Spring Liquor Dis
pensary Building and the commits
sion's Prince Georges regional Of
flee in the Calvert Mansion, River
dale.
The Silver Spring meeting, held
last night, was attended by more
than rs persons. About IL persons
were present for the Riverdale
meeting in the afternoon.
The suggested revisions involved
isolated cases within Takoma
Park. The commission announced
it would adopt a final zoning plan
in about two weeks.
Evening star., 1952-06-25
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, June 25.-
Delegates to the sixth annual
Maryland Boys State said yes
terday they would try to arrange
a conference with Gov. McKeldin
today to discuss an ordinance
passed by the city council Of
mythical Key City.
Mayor Seymour Sureff Of Key
City said the boys want to set
aside a road in the State where
teen-agefs and others would be
allowed to run hot rods and rae
ing cars.
Evening star., 1952-06-25
Tox Expert to Address
College Park Rotary

Jack R. Miller, deputy collector
for the Bureau of Internal Reve.
nue., will tell the College Parl
Rotary Club How to Avoid Trou-
BILE With the Internal Revenue
Bureau" at its regular dinner
meeting at 6:15 PM. tonight ir
the University of Maryland din
ing room.
The group also will install off,
GERS for the coming year.
Evening star., 1952-06-25

"In the Northern Neck. the
State Senator is R. o. Norris,
jr.; the Circuit Judge E. U. Smith.
Selection of School Board.
"In most Virginia counties, the
people have no say in the selec-
ton of the School Board. The
School Board is the governing
body in which they have the
greatest interest; it comes closest
to the home and it spends a big
part of local taxation.
"The School Board is appointed
by a School Trustee Electoral
Board which is appointed by the
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successfully for Congress and fol
coxyn,.vN4.

successfully for Congress and for
Governor.
How many Republicans are
there in this qn his inter-
viewer asks little incredu-
lously. The population is 10000.
Eight or 12," he says. I've lost
count. The people who vote for
me aren't Republicans"
They're just in opposition to
the machine"
Recently Mr.. johnson has been
in the news because the State
stopped part of his pay. He re-
fused to sign quadruplet form
authorizing social security with
drawals. Since then he hasn't
been getting the half of his $2,-
500 a year salary which comes
from the State.
Not Worried About Pay.
I'm not worried about the pay"
says Mr.. johnson. "I'll get it all
right. In the meantime am 60
ing to make a few radio talks
about the situation"
1T started like this" he says.
"They sent me these mimeo-
graphed forms. I couldn't make
head nor tail out of them, so I
threw them in the waste paper
basket"
"I'll tell you what I am pro-
testing against" he said. "It's the
Capitalization of power - the
transfer of authority from the
people in a county, where it be-
longs, to a bureaucracy at the
State capital. The Byrd machine
is doing the very thing in Rich
mond that Senator Byrd COM
plains so much about in Wash
ington.
This State had one of the fin
est Constitutions in the Union.
But the Civil War and the recon-
struction period led to reaction.
The present Constitution, which
was passed in 1902, made most Of
fees appointive rather than elec-
tive. The men who drafted it
wanted to insure white suprem-
acy.
Explains How 1t Works.
"Let me show you how it works
in a county like this. In the first
place, the salary and expenses of
every Commonwealth's attorney
are determined by the State Com
pensation Board. The chairman
of that board-his name is L. Nc
Carthy Downs-thereby becomes
one of the chief patronage dis
Evening star., 1952-06-25
'AssessabIe Base Raise
May Cut Tax Boost
forecast by McNayr.

Some relief appears in sight for
Montgomery County residents,
who have been told they face a
19-cent tax incerase if the county
managers $25 million budget is
adopted.
The county's aSsessable base will
be $487 1897 $50 for the next fiscal
year, it was made known yester-
day.
The base is some $13 million
higher than the $474 million base
on which County Manager Irving
G. McNayr based his request for a
19-cent increase.
Mr.. McNayr yesterday said that
if the council adopts his budget,
the tax rate may have to be raised
only 13 or IA cents, owing to the
increased base.
The present tax rate is $2.03.
The council yesterday an
nounced it would make public late
Thursday night all increases it
proposes in Mr.. McNayr's budget.
The council pointed out an
nouncement of the increases will
not necessarily mean the total
budget will be hiked. The council
is required to issue press releases
on increases but does not have to
make public decreases until the
final budget is prepared.
During recent public hearings
on the budget, the council was
deluged with requests from agen-
cies for increases in funds recon-
mended by Mr.. McNayr. The most
vocal support for increased funds
came from the school board, which
gets the lions share of the funds.
The council has until midnight
Monday to adopt a capital and
operating budget for fiscal 1888.
The tax rate for next year must
be announced at the same time.
Evening star., 1952-06-25
By Alex R. Preston
Stor Stoff Correspondent

FREDERICK, Md, June 25.-
Gen. Eisenhower's appeal for the
independent voters support would
assure his election as the next
President, Senator Saltonstall, Re-
publican, of Massachusetts, told a
rally here last night.
I'm for Ike because I believe
he is the one Republican who ap-
peals particularly to the inde-
pendent voters of our country
and we must have their votes to
win," the Senator. an early Eisen-
hover booster, said.
Take my own State of Massa-
chusetts as an example. We have
there $4,000 registered Repub-
licans, $4,000 Democrats and IL
million independents. Only man
who can win the overwhelming
support of Republicans and inde-
pendents can be President of the
United States"
A somewhat similar theme was
struck by DR.. Edwin H. Sponseller,
chairman of the Frederick County
Eisenhower for = President Com
mittee that sponsored the rally
at the band stand at Baker Park.
Montgomery County's State
Senator Dewitt S. Hyde, G. o. P.
nominee for the House from Mary
lands 9Th District, declared for
eign policy is the major issue
among the presidential candidates
The speakers words, though, ap-
peared to be carefully chosen, and
nowhere was there an inkling of
his leanings toward either Gen
Eisenhower or Senator Taft.
There's no doubt in my mind
how the major candidates of the
Republican Party feel about that
ISSUE" Mr.. Hyde said. However.
there is considerable apprehension
in my heart whether the Repub-
lican PARTY is going to make that
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Boys State Delegates Indorse
Hot-Rod Road for Teen-Aqers

Although the ordinance was
passed in a make-believe session
here, the boys want to press the
idea into actual usage. They
think unnecessary highway acci-
dents will be eliminated in this
way.
Earlier yesterday Gov. Nickel
din told about 125 Girls State
delegates that they are coming
into their own in politics and
government.
The Governor said there are
serious movements this election
year to nominate Q woman for
Vice President.
Evening star., 1952-06-25

pensers of the machine. The Com
monwealth's attorneys 60 before
him with their hats in hand ask
ing for a raise or Office rent.
II pay my own Office rent here.
If played ball with the machine,
I could have $500 a year for rent.
But I won't.
Under the Constitution, the
circuit judge is appointed by the
Legislature. This, in effect, gives
the State Senator for the district
the power ,of appointment. And
the State Senator is usually a law
yer who tries many cases before
the Circuit Court.
Evening star., 1952-06-25
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Program for oniqht

Programs presented through
the cooperation of the District
of Columbia and Arlington Coun-
ty Recreation Departments and
the Film Center of Washington
Washington, at Dusk
Gallinger. F and Twenty-second
streets NV.
Takoma. Fourth and White,
streets NV.
Edgewood, Third and Evarts
streets NE.
Rosedale Seventeenth and Gales
streets NE.
Thomson. Twelfth and L streets
NV.
Congress Heights, Savannah
street and Randle place Sc.
Howard, Fourth and w streets
NV.
Happy Hollow, Eighteenth
street and Kalorama rd. NV.
Langston, 2210 H street NE.
Lincoln, Sixth and L street!
NE.
Arlington, $3.50 PM.
Recreation Center, 4811 Nortl
Third street.
Evening star., 1952-06-25
7 Are Renamed
To School Board
In Alexandra
City Council Suggests
Adding Two for
Better Representation

Leonard M. Knight and Mrs.
Shara Kerbel were reappointed to
the Alexandria School Board by
the City Council last night. At
the same time the council sug-
gested the board consider enlarging
its membership.
The council unanimously ac-
cepted the recommendation of it's
school committee for reappoint-
ment of the two members. Mr..
Knight has served for 18 years and
Mrs. Kerbel for four. Their new
terms are three years each.
Cites Limit on Board Size.
The school committee said it
was sympathetic to the arguments
of various citizens and groups who
felt that residents from the newly
annexed area and the Negro popu-
lation should be represented on
the school board.
The committee added, however.
that the school board is comprised
OF only six members, all well quail
if1ed, efficient and worthy of re-
appointment. The committee sug-
gested that the possibility of in
creaSing the school boards size
from six to eight members be con-
sidered. State law lets the school
board make that decision.
Orders School Plans.
The council authorized the
school board to proceed with
architectural plans for new ele-
mentary schools on the Hume
tract in the Delray area and on
the Brookings tract in the Semi.
nary Hill area.
The council suggested that tbs
school board consider using the
new Robert E. Lee School plan
for the Hume site. since it is UNI
derStood school of the same type
is needed there.
A master plan for the annexed
area was adopted as recommended
by the planning commission, with
one minor exception. The council
changed from light industrial to
heavy industrial a tract bounded
by the Southern Railroad, Back
Lick Run and the west corporate
limits of the city.
The onwer, Harry w. Portor,
said the property for a number
OF years had been in use as a con.
crete plant.
Efforts to change the master
plan at several other locations
failed after City Attorney v. Floyd
Williams ruled it requires a vote
OF six councilmen to override the
planning commission recommen.
dation.
City Budget Adopted.
The city's 1928 budget. to-
falling $5,882, ,9O6, finally was
adopted without comment from
the spectators. The figure is
about $1,000 above the adver.
tised budget. This was caused
by some minor revisions, and an
increase in the city's anticipated
surplus from $4,000 to $81 900.
1t was voted to put $247,450
in the next city bond issue to
cement the bottom and sides of
Hooffs Run from the r. F. & P.
tracks to Spring street. Acting
City Manager c. Luckett Watkins
said the cost of covering the en-
tire run would be at least $780,.
900.
John Ogden DAILY was ap.
pointed clerk to the council, ef.
fective July I.
Evening star., 1952-06-25
By George Kennedy
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

HEATHSVILLE, Va, June 25.-
Walter johnson, the Common
wealth's attorney of Northumber-
land County-the county at the
eastern end of the Northern Neck
moved into this area only seven
years ago.
While not exactly Yankee, he
comes from the North. He was
born in Minneapolis Sc years ago
of Danish parents. What's more,
he's a Republican. Senator Taft's
picture is the first thing you see
when you enter his makeshift Of
flee in the old Methodist Protes-
tant Church (1860) building near
the court house in this town.
He's a tall, rangy, silver-haired
man with a big mitt for the hand
shake and a wide impish grin. AT
an age when most men are think
ing of retirement, he is having the
time of his life needing the po-
litical organization of Senator
Harry F. Byrd.
Has Easy Going Way.
You can see how he came to be
accepted. While his accent is
northern, he has an easy-going
soft-spoken way of talking. While
city-bred, he has the country
mans way of taking his time.
He takes his visitor over to
the court house. Northumberland
is one of the oldest counties in the
United States. 1t was started in
1648 when group of settlers from
the new Maryland colony crossed
the Potomac. The names of the
judges and the kings attorneys
later commemorative attorneys
from that date on are on stone
plaques on the wall.
We walk back and sit on the
stone steps of the old church
building and he tells his story
after lighting a 10-cent cigar. The
telephone may be ringing in his
Office upstairs but he's not con-
cerned about that. Anybody who
really wants to talk to him will
be able to find him.
Surprised BY Election.
Two years after his arrival here
he ran for Commonwealth's at
torney as Republican and, to his
surprise, was elected. The margin
was Sc votes. Last year he was
reelected by an almost two-to-
one majority. He has run un-
Evening star., 1952-06-25
Commissioners Weiqh
Rival Charter Board
Slate Of 5 Candidates

A slate OF charter board cand1-
dates to oppose the five persons
named by the Citizens Committee
for Good Government is under
consideration today by the all
Republican board of Prince
Georges commissioners.
The county heads indicated yes
terday they will select an oppos-
ing group, after they were urged
to do so by party leaders. They
gave no hint of who they have
in mind.
Edwin A. Glenn, president OF
the county Republican Club, told
the commissioners in Upper Marl-
boro his unit favors home rule
but not the charter-county man
|ager plan.
Mr.. Glenn and two other
G. o. P. leaders, Lawrence j
Burns and Mrs. Dorothy Sousa
said the club is the county's first
political organization to indorse
home rule formally.
Qualified Persons Urged.
They asked the commissioners
to name a slate of candidates be-
cause. Mr.. Glenn declared, "the
Citizens Committee has an ak to
grind and is proceeding in a way
that would not give the people
what they want"
All three asked that persons o1
the highest caliber, not necessarily
Republicans" be chosen.
Home rule, as advocated by the
club. would follow a line suggested
by a committee studying proposed
lstreamlining Of the State govern
ment. The committee, headed by
Simon E. Sobeloff, a Baltimore
attorney, has recommended that
counties and municipalities be re.
lquired to pass local statutes. Con.
troll over tax and debt limits woulc
be retained by the General As.
Sembly.
Most Of the county heads are ir
general agreement with this plan
but Commissioner Edward j
Waters said yesterday he is op-
posed to radical governmental
changes"
Candidate Named.
The Citizens Committee, lead
ing a drive for a charter and a
county manager, has named as its
charter board candidates DR.. Jo-
|seph M. Ray, Walter F. Mulligan
Nicholas Orem, jr., Reubin j. Cor
don and Charles F. Parker.
Petitions seeking 10000 names
on a charter petition and 1000 fo1
each of those named for the
charter board are being circulated
The Citizens Committee will hold
a public meeting at 8 o'clock to-
night in the County Service Build
ing in Hyattsville to spur the drive
for signatures.
The commissioners are not re-
quired to submit petitions. They
need only select names and submit
them to the county election board
This they intend to do by July %
Whether the charter petition and
names must be offered by thai
date or by October l is uncertain
Civic leaders have asked a ruling
from the State Attorney General
If petitions are filed, voters will
decide between opposing states ir
November. The winning group
would prepare the charter mex
year, and the proposal would bt
voted on finally in 1854.
Evening star., 1952-06-25
Forester Casey Retires

HARRISONBURG, Va, June
IS Especially .-Abner Casey, as
siStant supervisor Of George
Washington National Forest here,
has retired after 81 years with
the Federal Forest Service, the
last "a Of which were spent here.
Evening star., 1952-06-25
Arlington Church Dinner

The Walker Chapel Methodist
Church, North Glebe and Dittmar
roads. Arlington, will serve q
friend chicken dinner from 5 to
u pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1952-06-25
6. O. P. to Meet

The Alexandria Young Republi-
can Club will elect officers at a
meeting at 8:15 tonight at the
George Mason Hotel, Alexandria.
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Recreation Center, 4811 North
Third street.
, 1952-01-21
AnnuoI Lutherun
Church Conf. Being
Held il st. Thonos

The annual conference Of
the United Lutheran Church
ia the Caribbean area opened
ii St. Thomas this morning
and pastors and delegates from
both towns left on the early
Caribair flight to be present.
Each year the conference is
held in q different district in
the Caribbean area; next year
It WILDE held ia Christiansted
Delegates from the Chris
hansted Lutheran Church
were: canute Brodhurst (vot-
ing delegate) q Mrs. Beatrice
Benjamin talternatel; from
Frederiksted were: Darnley
Petersen, voting delegate) and
Reginald MacFarlane (alter-
nate). Pastors from both
churches, Oleson and Schnorr
accompanied the delegates.
There will also be delegates
from Puerto Rico; they Will be
accompanies ~ Rev. William
Arbaugh, Executive Secretary
Of The Board Of American
Missions.
The conference IS scheduled
To conclude tomorrow after
noon.
, 1952-01-21
Secretary Chupmun
70 Lay Hospital
Cornerstone Here

Secretary of the Interior
Oscar Z. Chapman IS sche-
duled to visit the Virgin
Islands ia early February to
take part il Official ceremonies
70 be held ia ST. Croix and
st. Thomas.
The Secretary plans to be
present At the opening Of the
St. Croix Museum on Saturday
afternoon, February 2. on
Sunday he will lay the corner
stone Of the new hospital in
Christiansted which IS to be
known as the Charles Har
wood Memorial Hospital. The
day he IS scheduled
to lay the cornerstone Of the
Thomas hospital.
, 1952-01-21
Governor Submits
Amendment to Tax
Exemption Ordinonce

Governor de Castro has sub
mitted to the Municipal Coun-
Gil Of St. Thomas & ST. John,
al amendment to the Tax
Exemption Law, designed to
exempt tax-exempt industries
from the gross receipts section
Of the Trade Tax Law.
III transmitting the amend
ment, Governor de Castro IN
dictated that he was sure that
not exempting the qualified
industries from the gross re-
cepits section Of the Trade Tax
Law was an error Of ommis-
sion, since be believed it was
the intent of both branches Of
the Government to grant CONF
plete tax exemption in the
case Of the tax-exempt indus
tries ia accordance with the
, 1952-01-21
Mrs. Vividn Browne
Dies il New York
After Short Illness

Mrs. Vivian Browne, i na-
tive Of st. Croix who has been
living on the mainland for
many years, died On january
l6 ii i New York hospital
after 4 short illness.
She is survived by her hus
band, Walter who is d brother
Otis Browne, several chill
dren, her mother and a sister,
both Of whom reside here.
, 1952-01-21

The article reviews the results
Of the Lodge BILL under which
1000 aliens have been permitted
70 enlist IN the u. s Army IS good
but far from adequate to the situo-
ton. Such program 4 3 he prcpoc
es. the General declares. would cost
no more. and probably less than W.
are paying now 70 keep American
troops under arms because he
says. the average European fight.
ing man IS accustomed to getting
much less than his American co0n-
tefpart, particularly ifregulara
who fight for hire Besides, he asks
sis there any greater price than
the one We now are paying ii blood;
dis gufement and death 70 Amer
lean men22
, 1952-01-21
Atty. jones IA. Bough
VIII Return Before
Departing for N. X.

Attorney James A. Bough,
Chief of the Caribbean Section
Of the Non-Self-G Governing
Territories Of the United Ma
tons who was here during the
Congressional Hearings, left
for st. Thomas on Saturday to
continue supervision Of con-
struction of 4 ranch-style
home there. He was special
Counsel to the Virgin Islands
Delegation from New York.
Attorney Bough will return
here before his departure for
New York to resume his du-
ties with the United Nations
, 1952-01-21

limitations specified ia the Tax
Exemption Law. He stated
that he had discussed the mat
ter with the management Of
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Evening star., 1952-04-30
are adequate to meet the test Of
lemergency and crisis.

are adequate to meet the test Of
emergency and crisis.
Under these circumstances I ain
of the opinion that. weighing the
Injuries and taking these last
mentioned considerations into ac-
count. the balance is on the side
lof plaintiffs. Furthermore. if !
consider the public interest from
another viewpoint. I believe that
the contemplated strike, if it
came, with all its awful results,
would be less injurious to the pub
lie than the injury which would
flow from a timorous judicial rec
Iognition that there is some basis
for this claim to unlimited and
unrestrained Executive power,
which would be implicit in a fail
ure to grant the Injunction. Such
recognition would undermine pub
lie confidence in the very ediflce
of Government as it is known un-
der the Constitution.
The remaining claim of defend
ant is that plaintiffs have a plain,
adequate and complete remedy by
a suit in the Court of Claims for
damages, and, therefore, equity
can not take cognizance of the
case. The records show that none
tary recovery would be inadequate;
but aside from that. the seizure
being unauthorized by law, there
could be no recovery under an
implied contract, and there can
be none under the Federal Tort
Claims Act. This act expressly
provides that any claim based upon
an act of an employe of the Gov
ernment in the execution of a
regulation. whether or not it be
valid, is expected from it's terms.
For the foregoing reasons I am
of the opinion that preliminary
injunctions restraining defendant
from acting under the purported
authority of Executive Order 1034O
should be issued in favor of all
plaintiffs, except the United
States Steel Co. That COM
pany verbally limited its motion to
one for a preliminary injunction
to restrain defendant from max
ing any changes in the terms and
conditions of employment. That
I am unwilling to issue because of
its stultifying implications. I could
not consistently issue such an in
junction which would contem-
plate a possible basis for the
validity of defendants acts, in
view Of my opinion hereinabove
expressed, and moreover, a pre-
liminary injunction should main
tain the status quo as of the date
of the wrongful acts complained
of. If the United States Steel Co.
wishes to withdraw its verbal
amendment and proceed on the
basis of its original motion. leave
will. be granted for that purpose,
and the same injunction issued to
it as to the other plaintiffs.