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Evening star., 1952-02-24
Somebody's Going Be Commissioner but No One Admits Hes Running
By 6eeFse Kennedy

washington haA no elections, but
eeeAslehaHH the CIV enters lnta A
peplGa gf speculation about A GaHAlHR
ApPelhtheht te IVA hlshest municipal
pehltlgnI MelnbepRhln IN the thFees
nan HgaFd af commissioners And
these eeeRhlanR have 0 tenRenesR
eneAt meM net Hnllke eleetlaH time
w other cities,
With John Russell VeHng, president
OF tho board, stating that he expects
70 retire before hls term expires w
June, such 0 period ID on now,
There ID some campaigning Rs we'll
as speculation, No one comes right
out IN q luncheon club speech and
says no would like TO he Gommis-
sloneF, That's not the way II Ia
done, In fact, those who have gone
out for the post In the past and failed
ore still wondering how II 10 done,
The campaigning is carried on
quietly-sometimes II starts without
the candidate knowing anything
about II, There seem 10 be no rules
o. In the New Hampshire presidential
"WhaASI WttCIV WIG Chh1t0utG tHubb
assent TO the submission OF his name
--no rules except the unwritten one
that no one should publicly ask for
the Job.
Prominent citizens will write letters
TO the President suggesting O nominee,
or make trips to the White House 10
tell Donald Dawson, the Presidents
assistant In personnel matters, who
would make good Commissioner
Names will be suggested TO the press
and speculative lists Of probable ap-
polnteeS will appear.
Then one day the White House
sends O presidential nomination for
the District Board Of Commissioners
TO the Senate. The nominations OF
the past decade or more seem TO have
been O surprise TO every one, except
the nominee, who. OF course, was
consulted aS TO his willingness 10
accept.
This performance Of the White
House does not discourage specu.
lation as new appointment ap.
proaches. It seems to widen 1t. Pro.
tests from O prominent citizen that
he Is not after the position are not ac-
cepted. 1.-TWO OF the men mentioned
this time already have entered such
Evening star., 1952-02-24

TO the Capital, which includes In its
population q higher proportion et
tflarriageahle young women than any
city In the country. For one OF the
things he takes most pride In ID his
record aS q matchmaker. He credits
himself with bringing about ibB mar.
riages. Only three OF these have been
terminated by divorce, which, no
points out. ID much better than the
national average.
Rsnounesd copt. John
He was born In Washington Of V!r.
ginian ancestry. For years no thought
no was q descendant Of Capt. John
Smith OF the Jamestown Colony, but
he revised that idea when he discoV.
cred the explorer died unmarried.
Mr.. Smiths father had O feed store
at Fifth and X streets. He started
his moving business with horse. .drawn
vans In 1919. Today II crosses more
than 81 million O year. He believes
II Is the largest In the Capital and
among the 10 largest In the country.
He Is q great organizer and joiner
says that he started 90 organiza.
ttons, more than O dozen OF them
Lions Clubs In the area. He 10 dis
trict governor Of Lions. Brought UP
Evening star., 1952-02-24

protests--H Gabriel Murphy and
Gerhard Van Arkel,) The spectators
seem TO operate on the theory that
the more names they mention the
more chance they have to keep the
White House from achieving surprise.
Don't Make O Move
As might be expected, men who
have been active In raising funds for
the Democratic Party are In the fore.
front OF the speculation. One OF these
10 Arthur Clarendon ("Don't Make q
Move Without Calling") Smith, presi.
dent OF the Democratic Club OF tho
District.
Mr.. Smith 10 0 vigorous man who
appears to DO In his sos but takes
great pleasure In telling people no is
90. He marched In Grover Cleveland's
second inaugural parade QeeS) and
has attended almost every Demo.
cratic convention since. His slogan,
repeated constantly over the radio.
has acquainted most Washingtonians
with the fact that he is In the NOV.
Ing business. Should he gain high
public ONCE, the people will learn o
lot more about this remarkable man.
He probably would be o great boon
Evening star., 1952-02-24
Daylight Saving Time
u Yeu Den't Like ths Idsa, DIsms rho DrItIshj
lfYeu Do, Give Credit 10 eur Mr. 6aVIund
h jahn W., ktenp

sham time, EhiftV time, war
time aP lshRaeR af deFRhWinIl sum
meptlme-eAll II what vow. VIII,
lall II, even dRyllght.sRVlng time
we eEIlelal name OF this annual
phenameHen,
That season Of tho year Ia upon
w when the buds are about TO burst
their veFnal honds--and Congress Ia
blVstlng lts seasonal gasket over
whetheF Washington deserves day
Aght-saving time In 1859,
With eloeklike regularity, q con-
gTesslonal committee last week got its
annual bill TO authorize fast time In
the District for another set OF SUM
mer months, And, like some iine
old timeplece, 0 Senate commit
tee was ticking on the days until II,
too, could decide what, II any. kind
Of time II should vote for the city,
It's happened every year since the
end OF the war. One group OF law.
giverS propoundS and crates: Day
light.saving time 10 agln nature: II
disrupts farmers and confuses cows
u Affects the nervous systems OF
children. Then group two chimes
In. Daylight-saving time conServes
electric power; II endow0 old dad
with On extra hour Of sunshine for
golf and gardening.
Men With an Idee
This yearly tangle can be blamed
on William Willett and Robert Oar
land.
Mr.. Willett was 0 British builder,
Although he was 0 prosperous man.
no was no stand.patter. He had
that querulous approach that makes
men ask embarrassing questions.
30, IN 1907, he asked why c!Viliza.
ton should sleep late into the sum.
mer morning when, BY rising earlier,
IT could tack the extra daylight on
the other end Of the day and enjoy
outdoor fun and gamesp
He used his own funds In an effort
to evangelize the British. But the
new idea got no more support than
1t gets from anti-DST people today.
Snined q prominent astronomer Of
the time: "The only people that
have o shifty time are savages, and
1t iS now suggested that we should
join their ranks"
Sham time" cried British MUM.
tions workers and farmers. "Eelf.
deception" groused others.
From across the English Channel
Q French scientist complained that
the only true clock was the sun, and
that this Cahard Of M. Willett would
disrupt titnekeepihg In the areas
around Paris which tas every fight
thinker knew was the center Of the
Dssth DsiOFs vietOy
Mr.. Wiiiett died, O tired man, In
1919, THIS was Just one year bef6fe
ENGLAND decided that, In the lAterz
etsts, 81 war eeeRenRY daylight tliAe
sheYid be ad0ntedI Mere Chan Sia
iflliileR, weHid be saved In iiGhtiRa
e6Sts ai9le, declared the pFep6ReFtS
willie the farmers RFHhlbied and
stHgk 70 RHH time, ..t'Df.t 3
Meanwhile, due TO the concurrent
eHepts OF Robert Garland, an AIneFis
can iHdHstFlallst with the crusader
Evening star., 1952-02-24

splPlt af william Wlllett, tho day.
nRhtsRRVlng time movement M the
United states reaches NHltlaR IN
vt ministers to eeenemy and en-,
cheney" declared President Wilson,
w 10 his ears IN World War !, The
American farmer was silent when the
law passed In 1917, but within two
years he had raised such claHl0F
about the dol0Tnus state Of his cows
and crops that dayllght-savlng time
was repealed In 1919,
With the exception OF le22, when
President Harding half-heartedly put
fast time into effect In Government
ottices, DIST remained dead until
io42,
2, D. R. Seves Power
President Roosevelt said its reinsti-
tuition would save electric power for
the war effort. MobilixerA agreed and
Congress passed saving time for the
duration plus six months.
Meanwhile Great Britain, with q
nod TO the memory Of william VII.
lett. went the gentleman one better
by adopting double summer time
o tWo.hour advance Of the clock,
twice % much savings.
Back In the United States, Federal
authorities were claiming that B bill
lion kilowatt hours Of electricity were
conserved during three and one.ha9
years OF war.
But came i046 and O postwar drive
spearheaded by the farmers and their
cows, led TO repeal Of the duration.
styled "war time"
Since that time the matter Of time
has rested In the hands OF State and
local authorities, A. o result. about
Ave out Of every IL Americans have
operated on DIST between April and
October.
"Hooey" to TVumon
This President Truman has not
favored. Daylight-savlng time Is
lot Of "hooey." he has said. unless
1t applies on o Nationwide basis.
In the District, where people each
summer wait on Congress for their
AAObAACAAv We WAAAAGs WIG 0upJCOU - oVAbA
controversial. Housewives have risen
Indignantly TO declare. "Dayl1ght.sav.
ing time Ii outrageous. ] wish some
OF you men would have to get dinner
at the hottest time Of day" Say
sleep.loving males, Congress has no
right to legiSlate us out Of bed an
hour earlier"
A dairynan says, ''F'oolins with
time ID like hitting q sleeping dog
with d stick. It's better TO let him
lie. It's only Government workers
and playb0ys who want dayilghtssav-
Ing thine anyway"
But, Oh the ether hand, traffiO
6ffielais have said "M6st tfaffie aeels
dents 6eeuF after sunset, % there are
fewer aftefsW6fk Fushsh6uF accidents
under dayilehtssaVlhe time"
Ana O farmer, heFetleai 10 hlS eails
Ing, observes, u, for enc, deRb mind
getting up a ilttle earlier 10 have 0
little mere time In The evening"
30 the aPgARieRb has Paeed since
william Wliiett's time, And thFeHeh
u aiir the sun and the m9en feat In
the universe ana exchange quiet
smiles,
Evening star., 1952-02-24

oldest department store, has at least
one Qualification for the lob that
could make him Q Truman selection.
He was born In Missouri.
While the Lansburghs have been
In business here since 1850, Mr..
Lailsburgh's maternal grandparents
lived In Marshall, Mo-, which Ia not
far from independence. His mother
USED to 90 back there before her
confinements.
Mr.. Lansburgh wants Il under.
stood that he Is not after the com.
nliSsionership. II II came TO him he
would probably accept as O matter
OF civic duty. but with reluctance. He
resigned from the store several years
ago because OF his health.
He has Just been reappointed chair.
man OF the District Redevelopment
Land Agency which finally viii be
able TO 90 about its task OF slum
clearance with the help OF some long.
sought money. He wants TO get on
with that work.
Would.Bs Architect
Mr.. Lansburgh wanted to be an
architect; he studied at the Uni.
versity OF Pennsylvania under the
late Paul Cret. The family business
claimed him, though. He Is q mild
hammered man. No one would sus.
pect him Of being O member OF the
Explorers Club In New York and A
one.tirle railroad engineer who held
the throttle Of Congressional Limited
to almost 100 miles an hour on a
run TO New York. That was when
he was president Of the Merchants
" Manufacturers Association and re.
allied boyhood ambition BY being
an engineer for d day.
His membership In the Explorers
Club comes through his hobby, color
photography, rather than tfrouah
excursions Of the beaten bath. ffe
was the ilfst 10 make e0i0r movies
81 the Blue 6f6tt6 Oh Capri ana the
flfst 10 record On Aim The beauty
q several lakes In the Canadian
H6ekles, ne sh6Ws hls ffl6Vies at
times TO small gF6uBsj Mrs. HaRss
bHfeh gives On accompanying eeffl=
menbafy, he ls 0 member OF tHe
HkpteFeFs' HeARd Fable and Rotary,
ne, Aaa 90 take @ let OF klddlnG Al
iasb weeks Rotary meeting because,
70 ills surprise, speculation listed
nm % q possibility for the Beard
Oh commissioners,
Evening star., 1952-02-24

Memo to those who have listened
in vain for the Districts air.raid
alerts: Civil Defense officials are still
testing their radically new and un.
proved "electronic air-raid warm
ing devices" In search Of d foolpruof
method for safeguarding the public
In potential enemy attack.
so far the feeble "beep beep"
from the at6itiiesaEe siehAl system
has been little more than d whisper
when compared With the eafsspllts
ting scream OF conventional sirens
used during W6fid War IT,
The Dig Picture
After sin months OF planning,
BUILDING and experimenting this ID
the seeFei
Fetal eest (aS OF 5aRHaFV n OF
civil Defense communications and
aHEFald warning layeHt-sieeIe6gr
Number Of eltyawide tests ata
tempted=thFeer #
Number Of successful eltyswide
tests=nene,
Next step=Immediste expenditure
OF Sl8,488 to pay feF feur mere
"eleetrenie devices" new on order,
Future plans-Qutlay OF at least
all7,62a for "a more "eleptronip de-
vices" This figure may run higher
II price OF equipment continues to
rise, The first 50 devices cost S2,-
a96,05 each, The four now on order
will cost $S,469.60 each,
Anticipated final result Complete
air-raid warning coverage of the Dis
trlct, II the system works.
Final cost-More than SS25,000,
Latest in Equipment
The new signal equipment Is the
latest In design-so modern, In fact,
that 1t never has been used elsewhere.
Beginning with an elaborate COM
mand CENTER" the entire system is
radio-controlled. The "electronic air
raid warning Devices" mounted on
buildings and other lofty percheS In
the city. are nothing more than
jumbo-siSed radio receivers with q
few extra gadgets.
Instead Of SirenS-which cost about
one-tenth Of the outlay for the elec.
tronic deviceS--the new method EN-.
ploys q tone signal. fed into the re.
cctvers from the main transmitter at
the Armory. II an air.raid alert be.
comes necessary. o quick flick Of O
switch will operate these receivers by
remote control.
In fairness to the Civil Defense
officials who authorized the financial
outlay, II should be noted that about
100000 Of the S52B,000 total ID not
tied up In the warning system. This
sum covers cost Of emergency, port.
Evening star., 1952-02-24
BY Huoh Humphrey

able, two.way radio equipment 10 be
used In wrecked areas should an
atomic bomb strike. There's no deny
Ing that such communication would
be invaluable, since power and tele.
phone lines are among the most
vulnerable targets In an elf raid.
II and when the new equipment
W6fks properly, viii II elve 10 times
the protection ana service received
ff6ffi the old sifehsS Why were they
abahd6hedS Are District civil be-
fehse 6ffieiais sure 10 viii operator
Herbert A. FFeede, superintendent
OF communications for the city, ID
confident HE explains why the
earlier tests haven't been Toe much OF
O heWilHg success,
I'VE had the warning teHe pitched
toe high on the fFst Jest" he says,
"6HF seeeRd and thlFd experiments
BFeVea much mere satisfactory be-
cause we lowered the bitch TO ab9Ht
the same seHnd "a the A abeVe
middle 9 on 0 plane Keyboard IL
carried better then"
Mysterious seft'Pedel
An odd angle ON the "eleetrenie
device" Vs, siren question seems TO
have no answer, even from physicists
here, According to Mr., Freede and
others, the volume OF sound pouring
out Of the electronie units speaker
Is equal to that churned up by q
regular-sized siren, Yet, the SIRENS
scream Is heard much easier, Sound
experts won't venture an opinion on
why there Is such O difference,
There's no doubt that sirens are
an effective warning device, Mr..
Freede admits. He contends, how
ever, that sirens Of fire trucks and
other emergency vehicles would be
confused with air-raid warnings, es-
pecially by motorists. I'VE even had
trouble from the suburban areas
during World War H." he says.
MANY volunteer fire departments
were unable to distinguish Our daily
tests from the real fire alarms which
are sounded by sirens In those sec.
tionS."
Emergency Power
What about electric power 10 oper-
ate the oversize radio warning units7
Would they be useless II regular
sources Of electricity were cut off2
Since radio ID involved, would II be
possible for an enemy to Jam the
Wavelength or otherwise interfere
with their operAtions7
The central command post has
emergency gasollne.powered genera.
tors, MIR. Ffeede says. that can be
put Into operation instantaneeusly
Evening star., 1952-01-30
Eisenhower Club Volunteers
Seek Solid Bloc for General

Volunteers were working from
the District Eisenhower for Presi-
dent Club headquarters today In
an effort to make the six delegates
who will 60 to the Republican Ma
tional Convention from the Capt.
tai a solid bloc for the general.
The clubs headquarters were
formerly opened at 808 Seven
teent street NV. yesterday, with
short speeches by Senators Salton-
stall Of Massachusetts, and Tobey
Of New Hampshire and members
Of the House.
About so women and 80 men
attended the opening. The walls
were decorated with newspaper
cartoons favorable to the Eisen-
hover candidacy. There also was
q large chart, showing the hours
from 8 am. to 10 pm. Monday
through Friday plus a Shorter
Saturday. and the names OF the
Evening star., 1952-01-30

volunteers who had agreed to
canvass during those hours for
the cause. There was a name OPP
|posite every space on the chart.
The speakers were introduced
by Robert j. Mclaughlin Of the
law firm Of Roberts d McInnis.
president Of the club.
Senator Sa1tonstall said Gen.
Eisenhower will have "a foreign
policy we can all understand and
get behind"
Senator Tobey said, 81 make the
prediction right now that Ike will
lead all the rest in the New Hamp-
shire primary.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, he said,
was known as the man with the
million dollar smile.
II give you Ike" he added. 'the
man with the billion dollar smile. .
Representatives Heseltine OF
Massachusetts, and Widnall of New
Jersey also spoke.
Evening star., 1952-01-30
2 Youths Get 5 10 Is Years
In profihess Yoke Robbery

Two Washington youths yester-
day were sentenced to serve 5 to
is years each for a yoke robbery
that netted them only an empty
wallet.
The youths, William ]. Quarles.
81, of the first block Of I street
NV. and Solomon K. Allen, 20, Of
the 1900 block Of T street NV,
both colored. were convicted In
District Court Of yoking and
robbing Guy s. Barnett. IS. on the
street near his home. 503 I street
NE, last November az.
An empty wallet, worth about
ST., composed the total loot. Pro-
secutor Frank Strickler. who told
District Judge Edward M. Tamm
that the defendants had confessed
other robberies, said Mr.. Barnett
had been robbed so often that he
no longer carried cash on his per-
son.
Evening star., 1952-01-30
WesfIndes Schooner Sinks; Guiana-Bound Ship Lost

after springing . leak. Her crew
|of II. including 19-year-old girl.
and two passengers were rescued.
The 75-ton schooner Zenith
which left Barbados December az
for British Guiana with . cargo.
|of lumber has not been reported
since her departure. Ships and
planes are searching the missing
vessels route.
Evening star., 1952-01-30
By Ne Alis'seelassd ! Prsss

PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad.
Jan. 3O.-Trinidad shipping au-
thorities reported q British West
Indies schooner capsized and sank
on Trinidad last week and q sec
ond schooner is missing en- route
to British Guiana.
The 23-ton Elodyf capsized 4
miles of Trinidad last Thursday
Evening star., 1952-01-30
Dairy Council Elects

SYRACUSE. N. r. Jan. 50 P).
Milton Hult Of Chicago will
serve another term as president
OF the National Dairy Council. He
was re-elected yesterday by the
approximately 400 delegates at
tending the 37th annual meeting
OF the council. q research and
educational agency. E. j. Mather
of Washington was elected to the
Board Of Directors.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-08

and he will be assisted by a staff of to 10 volunteer leaders, their number depending on the actual number of boys who go from the territory.
 It is expected that the trip, including an extended sightseeing tour of 10 western states, will take about six weeks, with the party leaving Alaska about June 14 and returning about Aug. 1.
 Cities and scenic spots to be visited include a tentative sched- ule of Seattle, Olympia, Portland, Salem, San Francisco, Sacramen- to, Reno, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Tia JUana, Grand Canyon, Pueblo, Alguquerque, Philmont Scout Res ervation, Denver, Salt Lake City, Yellowstone National Park, Spo- kane, Coulee Dam, Yakima, and back to Seattle.
 It is not known yet whether the group will travel by steamship or airplane to Seattle, but it is thought they may proceed their tour from Seattle by chartered buses, thus enabling them to stop more frequently and as wished
 Scouts and their families will pay each boys way, with each Scout being required to earn a reasonable portion of the total
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-08

cost. Boys must be at least 12h years old and less than Is at the time of the Jamboree, and they must earn First Class Scout rank before then, and demonstrate camping and group cooperation skills before being accepted for the trip.
 Each unit in. Alaska is having one place reserved for it's candi- date until November l, 1852, fol- lowing which reservations will be accepted on first-come first served basis, the announcement states.
 Those interested may secure additional information by writing the Boy Scout Council headquar- ters at 332 9th Ave-, Anchorage, or by contacting field representa- lives at Fairbanks, Juneau, or Ketchikan.
 A total of about 50,00O Ameri- can and foreign Scouts are ex- pected to attend the conclave, to be the largest gathering of it's kind ever held.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-08
Alaska Boy Scouts To Take Part In 1853 ,JambOree

First announcement of AlaSka'S s participation in the 3rd National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, to be held during July of 1853 at the Irvine Ranch, near Santa Ana, Calif., went out last week to the 80 Scout troops and Explorer posts of the territory.
 According to the preliminary plans of the Alaska Councils Jamboree Committee, about 100 of Alaska's Boy Scouts and Ex- plorers will be permitted to at tend.
 Two years ago, 52 Scouts and leaders went to the 2nd National Jamboree, held at Valley Forge, Penna., where they attracted na- tional attention because of the distance travelled and because of their unusually smart appearance and discipline.
 Scout executive Maurice Pow CTS, professional head of the Boy Scout movement in the territory, will be in charge of the Alaska contingent again next summer,
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-08
46O Doctors, 2O4 Dentists
 To Be Drafted in December

WASHINGTON, (P)- The De- fense Department announced yes terday it will draft 46O physicians and 204 dentists in December.
 The Army will get 285 physi- clans and 159 dentists in the De- cember quota The other were assigned to the Air Force.
 The new call will bring the number of physicians drafted since July 1850 to 2,694 and the dentists to 1,254.
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-08
AN ALASKAN REPUBLICAN
 says

the federal appointed officials we receive 25 and above aesde sal the grade Now this all the good Alaska the and such 2 of the federal poyes in this division they buy all their food than items which by apane Seattle wholesale prices Thus the living 25qo hgher-n much the merchandise is purchased wholesale prices and brought Alaska by freight federal employees exceptions the rule but the majority buy outside and the of Alaska who higher and higher under the entirely without this of
 Alaskan wcudnt it be wonderful taxes could be reduced 25? Just from the Demo- craThey need waste by the millions Gafers deluxe with every Democrats office, maintain control believe all employees Alaska should receive 400 instead of the
 Alaskan who equal rights government man-apponted and selected employees, then
 VOTE REPUBLICAN WIN WITH IKE
The Nome nugget., 1952-10-08
11IIIIl1I 1lf1lll6I1DI VOTE REP BLICA AN
 CHAS. D. JONES
 Candidate for Senator

Fellow Alaskans:
 In asking for your vote and support in the com ina election Oct. I4. 1852. I submit the following for your consideration:
 l believe that from my life in Alaska: from my record in inc Legislature in voting for measures for the best interest of all of us; from my knowl- edge of the conditions now confronting us and from my reputation for