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|Sobe||off Report Asks
State Property Tax
BE Ended in Future

Eventual elimination of the
State property tax is the major
recommendation contained in a
report released today by Mary
lands Commission on Admins
|trative Organization. .
This is the body set up by Gov.
McKeldin in March. 1851, to study
administration and organization
|of the State Government. It
sometimes is called the Sobelloff
Commission, after its chairman,
Simon E. Sobelloff.
The commission, in its third
report since the study began, re-
ported that State use of the prop
|erty tax has been declining in
recent years. whereas it is the
major source of revenue for
counties, cities and towns. At
present, the commission noted, the
property tax accounts for only
three per cent Of the States
tax revenues.
"Goal for the Future"
It's elimination as q State tax
is "a desirable goal for the fu-
ture," the commission asserted.
Before its elimination, however
there are several problems which
must be resolved, the commission
stated. One involves State grants
Iin-aid to counties for public edu-
cation. Another concerns retire
ment Of outstanding bonds.
The report suggests that a new
educational grant formula be de-
vised or some means be developed
to assure continued maintenance
Of machinery for equalization OF
property assessments between
counties.
Recommendations on Bonds.
In addition, the commission OBJ
served that the property tax now
is pledged to retirement Of State
tax and cannot be eliminated
until outstanding bonds are re-
tired. It recommends discontin-
uance Of pledging Of this tax fol-
future bond issue.
The report declared that Mary
land raises seven-eighths Of all its
revenue. with the remaining eighth
or approximately $40 million. COM
ing from Federal grants-in-aid.
The major State sources are the
income tax. sales tax and gaso-
line and motor vehicle revenue.
The State property tax provides
little more than $4.2 million.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Lost japanese Soldier
Discovered in Burmu
BY the Assoeiosed Press

MANDALAY, Burma. A so
year-old japanese soldier, de-
scribed as the last straggler of
remnants of the Japanese occu-
patton army. was discovered living
with an aged Burmese couple near
here.
Police brought the man to q
hospital after he had been severely
knitted by villagers during a quar-
rel over a lottery prize. He said
he did the couples farming, fish
ing, weaving. wood chopping and
other odd Jobs.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Support Of Legion
Invited by Kimba|I
For Effective Navy
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 28.-Secre-
tary of the Navy Kimball today
asked the American Legion to help
keep America strong on the seas.
"You can help us" he told
legionnaires at their national con-
vention. "by supporting our re-
quests for appropriations to create
and maintain the strong armed
forces this country is going to
need as long as aggression stalks
the world"
Secretary Kimball followed
Secretary of the Army Pace in the
hist of speakers for this morning S
convention session.
The Navy secretary said the
Nation has increased It's invest
Iment in it's armed services about
$100 billion in the last 20 years,
adding:
For the richest nation on
earth, I think this is a more or less
modest investment in national. in
Isurance. The total investment is
less than one-third of one years
national income. and while of it
self, it is tremendous amount of
money. do not believe it is eX-
IceSsive.
"Stakes Are High"
1.-THE stakes are high in this
battle for freedom in which we are
engaged and it cannot be won with
tokens or I. o. US"
Secretary Kimbau said the Navy
should now have four carriers Of
the Forrestal class under con-
|struction instead of two and 'it is
my hope that the third or fourth
vessel of the Forrestal class will be
atomic powered"
The keel of the so, ton, 5000
million Forrestal was laid July. IA
in Newport News, Va. A second
vessel of the same type will be
built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Two of these ships are not
enough" Secretary Kimball said.
1--WE are going to ask Congress for
more of them"
Invites Legion Support.
The secretary reiterated his be-
lief that strong naval forces ARE
the most economical forms of
national security insurance" But
he added that no branch Of the
service can be slort-changed
without throwing the whole
scheme of our defense out of bal
ance and running the risk of a
national disaster"
Support the requests of all the
services for adequate appropria-
tions to sustain those balanced
forces" he urged the Legionnaires.
1--WE feel and hope that the
amount of these annual appro-
priations will go down as our
forces get the equipment they
need"
Evening star., 1952-08-28

District of Columbia and vicin-
ity-Cloudy, rather windy with
occasional rain this afternoon and
tonight. High in the upper 7Os.
Low tonight near 10. Tomorrow,
considerable cloudiness. warm and
humid with scattered showers
likely.
Maryland-Cloudy with occa-
sional rain and low Of 66 to 72.
Tomorrow. mostly cloudy. rather
warm and humid with showers
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Hired Killer Wounds
Deputy Tax Collector
In Cleveland Doorway
BY The Associoted Press

CLEVELAND, Aug. 28.-A dep
|uty collector for the Internal Rev.
enue Bureau was shot from am
bush last night. Police say o
hired killer" wounded him.
The tax agent-Vincent T. Dat
tilo. 31-was in critical condition
with several shotgun pellets in the
back of his head and spine. He
was shot while entering an Office
where he had a part-time Job as
a night watchman.
At first. police said they thought
Mr.. Dattilo had interrupted a safe
cracking at the Cuyahoga Wreck
ing Co. But today they changed
that version. They now think q
hired killer, for reasons unknown,
tried to get Mr.. Dattilo.
Two Policemen Hurt.
Treasury and revenue agents
were assisting police in a wide
hunt.
Two Negro policemen, Sergt. Da-
Ivid E. Beasley, a, and Patrolman
Charles McWhorter, 81, were
wounded slightly by the same gun
man when they came to MIR. Dat
Itilo's aid. .....
Deputy Inspector James E. Nc
Arthur, who took charge of the
investigation. said he thought the
shooting was an assassination.
The assassin fired two blasts
from the shotgun while he stood
across from the wrecking COM
pany Office" he said. Both the
charges struck Dattilo in the back
as he was opening the office
door"
Joseph Kane, internal revenue
supervisor, questioned MIR. Dattilo
and announced he wanted to learn
whether Mr.. Dattilo's work for
the revenue bureau had anything
to do with the attempt on his
life.
Flags Policemen.
After he was shot MIR. Dattilo
tagged Policemen Beasley and
McWhorter. The two went for
Mr.. Dattilo's car keys before TAX
ing him to the hospital and two
more blasts from the gun fol-
lowed, hitting them both. They
were not seriously hurt.
Then police, still believing a
robber had been interrupted. ar
rived in force and filled the wreck
ing firm with tear gas. Six masked
policemen investigated. but could
find no one.
The wounded agents wife
Maria. 80. said she knew of no
enemies her husband could have
had.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Open-Air Service pIunned

LEESBURG. Va, Aug. % (Spe-
|ciaD The Rev. Edward Morrow,
rector of Grace Episcopal Church.
Alexandria, will be the preacher
al the open-air service on the
|Leesburg Courthouse lawn Sum
day at 8 pm. This win be the last
i'm the summer series Of outdoor
services for the current year.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
ID. {. Heads Create
Administration Setup
In Reorganization

The District Commissioners to-
day formally created the new De-
partment Of General Administra-
ton, first step in reorganization
of the city government.
At the same time, they dis
patched a letter to Schuyler Lowe
newly appointed director Of the
department. outlining his duties
Mr.. Lowe will take over Tuesday
The directive establishing the
new department also goes into
effect then.
To Run 13 Agencies.
The order transfers to Mr.. Lowe
all functions and powers of 1a
District agencies. They are:
The Budget Office. Disbursing
ONCE. District Educational Agency
for Surplus Property. District Per-
|sonnel Board, Division Of Printing
and Publications, Office of the AS
SCISSOR, Board Of Assistant Asses
sors, Board OF. Equalization anc
Review, Committee on Special As
sessment Appeals.
Also the Office of the Auditor
Office Of the Collector of Taxes
Police and Firemen's Retiring ant
Relief Board and the Purchasing
Office.
The Commissioners said al
these agencies would continue tt
function as presently constituted
hut as subordinate agencies of the
Department of General Admins.
tration.
May Set Up Agencies.
Mr.. Lowe was authorized Il
make any provisions he deem
appropriate to implement tn,
functions of any of the agencies
He was told he could establish II
his department Of General Ad
ministration whatever agencie
and Offices, with suitable titles, h,
idesireS.
He also was given the power Il
fill the Offices but was told h
could not appoint. promote o.
remove employees in grade 10 o
above without prior approval o
the Commissioners.
The Commissioners told Mr.
Lowe his immediate task was tt
organize the Department of Gen
eral Administration.
He was told that as soon as tn
necessary studies had been com
pleated, he should submit ap'
propriate recommendations to tn,
Commissioners.
The city heads also said the!
want early attention given to de-
velopment of an effective per.
sonnet Office and personnel pro-
gram. A complete historica
record on the changes, including
cost and economies developer
should be maintained. the Com.
miSSionerS declared.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Giont Sun Spots Seen
lBy California Scientists
BY the Assoeioted Press

PASADENA, Calf, Aug. 28.-
Sun spots, one 10 times as long as
the earth's diameter, were report
ed yesterday from Mount Wilson
Observatory.
Scientists said one group passed
through the suns center; another
is near the center. Such spots
frequently affect the earth'S COM
munications, but observers de-
clined to predict the effect of the
current crop.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
District Is Assured
American Legion Will
Convene Here in 81

The 1854 national convention
Of the American Legion will be
held in Washington. according to
Clarence A. Arata, manager Of
the Greater National Capital
Committee.
The Legion's National Conven-
ton Commission. meeting in spe-
cial session at the annual conven-
tion OF, the Legion in New York,
late yesterday voted unanimously
to recommend to the National
Executive Committee that the
1854 meeting be held here.
The commissions recommended
ton is tantamount to approval by
the Executive Committee, it was
said, so Washington virtually is
assured Of being host to the
Legion gathering two years hence.
Bunch Active In Bid.
Led by Robert Al. Bunch, de-
partment commander of the Dis
trict Department of the Legion,
a group Of Washingtonians began
laying the groundwork for bring
ing the biggest convention Of
them all to Washington some
time ago. Mr.. Bunch presented
the original bid from. Washington
last Saturday. .....
Mr.. Arata, who is a Legion
naire. presented the Districts in
vitation to the convention COM
mission at yesterdays meeting. It
was enthusiastically supported by
Mr.. Bunch, who spoke in behalf
of the District department Of the
Legion. - -
Commissioner r. Joseph Dono-
hue, also a member Of the Legion.
appeared at the same meeting to
offer the unqualified support Of
the Board of Commissioners and
the District Government.
Other Washing tonians who have
worked to bring the annual con-
clave to the District are Frank
E. Weakly, president of the Hotel
Association Of Washington; Her.
bert jacob, past national vice
commander of the Legion; Cob
Waldron Leonard, co-ordinator of
the veterans affairs here: James
D. Hill. retiring national execu-
tive committeeman, and Lee r.
Pennington, newly elected nation
al executive committeeman.
May Bring 15O,O00.
At yesterdays final meeting in
New York. the Legion departments
Of both Maryland and Virginia
indorsed the Districts invitation
and offered their full cooperation
and assistance in staging the con-
vention in Washington.
Largely through the efforts of
the Greater National Capital
Committee, WaShington's success
in attracting the convention to
the District came with it's first
serious attempt to bring the meet
ing here, Mr.. Arata said.
About 10000 Legionnaires can
be expected here for the 1854 con-
vention, as indicated by attend
ance at the New York meeting.
Washington's greatest influx of
convention delegates up to now
came when the American Dental
Association and the Jehovah's
Witnesses held their conventions
here at the same time in October !,
1851. Total attendance at the two
conventions rnachad aholit 7E n0N
Evening star., 1952-08-28
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

and probable scattered thunder
storms.
Virginia-Cloudy with occa-
sional rain and low of sc to u.
Tomorrow. considerable cloudi-
ness, warm and humid with scat
tered showers and thunderstormS.
Wind: East at IL miles an hour
at 1880 am.
River Report.
tFrom u. 8. Engineers.l
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear st Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1952-08-28
Heuds Leqion Women

NEW YORK, Aug. % (Pl.-Mrs.
Rae Ashton, a Vernal (UtahD de-
partment store owner, was elected
national president of the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary today.
Evening star., 1952-08-28

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 101. ON June 90.
Lowest. 10. on January 80.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High. S2, at 2:55 pm.
Low, SO, at 2:55 am.
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win be rain tonight the New England and Middle
coasts showers and expected over
Valley the North Central Lakes region the North
Mississippi Valley the Central and Southern Rockies the
Texas Panhandle and the far Southwest Cool weather VIII
prevail over northwest quarter Nation while the
mainder Of the country will have little change in temperatne
ZAP Wirephoto.
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Monthly precipitation in inches In ths
Capital (current month to datel:
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The SUN and Mool
Evening star., 1952-12-10
Fletcher KnebeI
] TCIOT TCT TNTTODCT.
Potomac Fever

Ike and his advisers spend two Tuesdays crossing
national date line the Republicans
alert bunch Even before they're in Office they manage
turn the clock back.
Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinky sails
all Christmas. Vishnskys mellow mood-hes going
join the festive purge trial
The Supreme Court begins hearings racial segregation
public schools The will conduct itself legal
questioning everybody and his broherexcept
the schools
The Army 1t. Col. Irene Galloway of Iowa
director Of the WACS The finally getting
The have taken most work-and
Force most of its appropriations
Attorney General McGranery to strip Racketeer AL
Anastasia of his citizenship McGraney
these cleaning the Washington day-and
ing his boss by night that this be
the Harry couldn't find
President our-day Christ
week end The President thinks there's nothing
his boys accustomed to using their time wisely
Movie Star George Murphy to work
chairman of the Eisenhower inauguration Hollywood
its usual de touch the they over
won't be whether we've Dwight or
Evening star., 1952-12-10
Thomas L. Stokes:
Thomos l. Stokes
Scromb|ing Days Are Here Aqoin
TAI Does Not Make Much Sense but 1t Looks Familiar
The Big Rush for the Jobs of Those Nostv Beoucrots

Vice President Barkley, an
old hand at politics and know
ing of its habits, has a saying
about a bureaucrat being fell
low with a job that somebody
else wants.
That is apropos at this season,
as harassed secretaries of Re-
publican members of Congress
can tell you as they look up.
bleary y-eyed, from bales of ap-
plications for a Government
position" from what must be
taken for granted are "deserv-
ing" Republicans. There is no
other kind of Republican now.
Beyond being folks with jobs
that some Republican wants,
bureaucratS also are, as we have
heard in the political campaign
recently endured, very villain
Gus, mean and nasty people who
devote not only their days but
their nights to thinking up
schemes to annoy the innocent
citizen and plague the "practi-
cal" businessman. They, there
fore, must be rooted out, lock,
stock. notebook, typewriter and
Evening star., 1952-12-10
Stevenson Vote Myth Exploded
Dewey and WI<e Got Higher Shares of Mojor-Porty Vote
Kefouver Might Have Fored Better Against Eisenhower
lst Eisenhower

since the peak of the Demo-
cratic tide-which was reached
in 1886 and which began in 1910
to descend-haS finally become
large enough to get majority
in several States. These narrow
margins helped to swell the
electoral vote and. if the Re-
publican trend continues, it may
mean substantial Republican
gains in the House and Senate
in the 1854 elections.
The 1872 million additional
votes that were not cast for Ell
ther party in 1948 can never be
identified either as to age group
or former Affiliations unless
some scientific studies are
undertaken in that field of
inquiry. But there must have
been a huge number of new
voters who helped increase the
total vote of both parties, and
there must have been many
hundreds of thousands who
voted in 1948 but switched from
one party to the other this year.
About all the election statis-
tics do show is the geographical
distribution Of the majorities,
and the fact that normally
Democratic States like Okla
homa. Tennessee and Missouri
switched over and gave the Re-
publicans their electoral votes
by relatively small margins is
a sign that the anti-Democratic
trend was stronger than most
observers realized. Indeed it
may have been strong enough
this time to elect Senator Taft
had he been the nominee-but
on that there will be wide dis
agreement. Anyhow, the elec-
ton figures will be studied by
both parties to determine
whether the trend against the
Democrats has yet more per-
centage points to go or whether
there will be a turn Of the tide
in another four years.
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crease the normal Democratic
vote. AS percentages go. Presi-
dent Truman in 1948 got 52.3
per cent of the major party
vote. whereas Mr.. Stevenson in
1852 got only 44.66.
Was Gov. Stevenson, there
fore. a weaker candidate than
President Truman would have
been? Most decidedly not. The
Democratic Party was wise not
to draft Truman but to try
out a new candidate. Yet it is
a fair question whether Senator
Kefauver of Tennessee, whose
name had been well advertised
not only over television during
the crime investigation but also
during the several State primary
contests in which he partici-
pated, might have done much
better. This correspondent
thinks Senator Kefauver would
have polled higher vote than
Gov. Stevenson. The reason is
that Mr.. Kefauver typif1ed an
attitude toward corruption
which was well understood,
whereas Gov. Stevenson's PROM
ise to give the country a change
was not backed up by adequate
knowledge by the people gen.
orally concerning his expert
ence in public affairs or his
attitude toward the corruption
issue itself.
1t is doubtful, with the mega
tive tide that was running
against the Democratic ad-
ministration, whether any DEM
ocratic nominee could have won
in 1852. and certainly if popu-
larity of the nominee were the
main test, then Gen. Eisenhower
should have won by bigger
percentage than he did.
The election results show that
fairly narrow majorities pre-
vailed in many States. This in
dicates that the trend which has
been steadily rising for the Re-
publicans in many States ever
Evening star., 1952-12-10
David Lowrence:

Now that the official tabula-
tion of votes cast in the 1852
presidential election has been
about completed, it is apparent
that there isn't much founda-
ton for the myth recently float
ed that Gov. Stevenson made an
unusual showing or achieved
something significant by getting
26.713,223 votes.
Actually, out of the 12,200,00
additional votes over and above
1948 cast by both major parties,
the Illinois Governor got only
about 100000.
Gov. StevenSons percentage
of the total major-party vote
was only 44.66 per cent. AS a
losing candidate, this is not as
good a record as Gov. Dewey
made as a loser in 1948, when
he polled 47.68 per cent of the
major party vote. Few people
in his own party thought that
was good enough to have him
run again in 1852.
Back in 1910 Willkie, a loser,
got better percentage of the
total major-party vote than did
Gov. Stevenson in 1852.
In the category of winning
candidates, Gen. EiSenhoWer'S
55.34 per cent was not as good
as other Republican victors
like Harding and Hoover.
But there are some observers
who point to the Stevenson total
vote of more than 26 million as
something of a record, which
they believe marks him as an
unusual candidate. Mr.. Steven
son was an unusual candidate
in many respects but not in
his vote-getting ability. He got
the normal Democratic vote of
1948 plus a small percentage of
the additional enthusiastically
only 81 per cent.
The reason probably was that
Gov. Stevenson couldn't possibly
become known sufficiently in the
80 days of campaign to in
Evening star., 1952-12-10
Rioting May Spread in Morocco
Pinoy Foces Serious Dilemma as Our Costly Air Bases
Are Threatened and France Lacks Enough Military Power
Constantine Brown:

Our important and costly air
bases in Morocco are threat
ened. If the present troubles
are extended it is possible that
the air bases in other parts OF
North Africa, such as Libya.
may be endangered.
The violent -outbursts at
Casablanca are considered only
a preliminary to far more
serious outbreaks not only
in the French North African
protectorates but along the
whole southern shore OF the
Mediterranean.
Fears are expressed in official
quarters in Washington that
the Arab nationalist movement,
which the French believed
themselves capable of contain
ing, may spread like a prairie
fire throughout Africa.
The fact that the situation
has been temporarily re-
established at Casablanca by
force is without much signif1-
canoe. The strategy of all these
nationalist movements is to
produce sporadic uprisings and
thus keep the pot boiling. The
use of force to put them down
locally can be successful only
if it is followed by negotiations
and agreements between the
protector and the protected.
This was done in the years
before the last war when the
nominal rulers sided with the
French following the suppress
sion of the rebelliouS moves.
In the present crisis both the
Sultan of Morocco and the Bey
of Tunis have taken sides def
nitely with the nationalist
groups which are being sup
ported by large segment Of the
native population.
The Moscow agents are keen
~ interested in the Arab moves
for complete independence. The
Kremlin's role is to exploit the
Arab nationalism and create
chaos and confusion as long as
possible. The Muscovite dicta-
tors are eager to see continual
ton of violence in Morocco.
Their chief purpose is to en-
danger the North African air
bases whence the allied air
forces could strike at the
U. S. S. r. in the event of a
third world war.
Mohammedan Communist
agents are known to be dis
tribqting large amounts Of gold
to the Arab chieftains and
melting fanatics to loot and
kill Europeans. In addition,
there is evidence that arms are
being smuggled into Tunisia
and Morocco by ships flying the
Soviet or satellite flags. The
French authorities have shut
their eyes in the past for fear
that their interference might
cause increasingly strained re-
lations with Moscow. .ya4l
The French government
headed by Antoine Pinay is at
present in great difficulties The
majority of the members Of the
National Assembly insist that
France put down the outbreaks
by force; so does French public
opinion. Mr.. Pinay and his cabi-
net realize. however, that France
lacks the military power to keep
some IS million Arabs in sub
mission.
The present situation is diff
ferent from the past when some
diScontented Sheik started
trouble, was defeated by a regi-
ment Of Foreign Legionnaires
and then was bought off with
little gold and decorated with
the Legion of Honor.
Now the French government
has to deal with q massive
"worked-up" population and not
with isolated incidents as be-
fore the last war. To cope with
such q situation would require
a larger force than has been