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Evening star., 1952-06-29
Alcoholic Beverages

Improved procedures relating
to the control OF alcoholic bev-
erGgeS. - The subcommittee
found that the Alcoholic Bever-
age Control Board and its staff
are possessed of adequate au-
thority to discharge their func-
tions effectively, but the ad-
ministrative details of this con-
troll could be improved. New ap-
plicants should be more thor
oughly investigated, with a full
inquiry into the personal his
tory and prior residences Of all
persons connected with the ap-
plicant for prior period of 10
years instead of 3. The boards
approval of applications from
persons with criminal records,
particularly those who have
been active in the so-called
rackets, should be given more
sparingly than has been the
case in the past. The current
inspection Of licensed premises
should be reorganized so that
the assignments of each inspec-
tor are precisely controlled and
50 that every licensed premise
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Police Administration

Cd A professional surrey of the
Metropolitan Police Department.
In the last quarter-century
police administration has be-
come a complex science. In
Washington the police arm has
developed more or less haphaZ-
ardly, and it would be eminent-
ly worth while to have the en-
tire situation analyzed and
modernized. in terms of today's
problems on the one hand, and
up = to the minute techniques
for solving them on the other.
An outstanding professional Or
ganization concentrating in this
field Is the Institute of Public
Administration. now engaged in
making a full study Of police
administration in New York
City. The subcommittee strong
ly recommends that the possi-
bility of having some such ex-
pert analysis undertaken in the
District of Columbia be ex-
plored.
CD Improved police training
program. - The training pro-
gram conducted by the Metro
politan Police Department for
new recruits has received bene-
fetal attention recently, and
the quality of graduate-trainees
is improving. This is a point at
which pressure for steady i'm
provement must be maintained.
More emphasis should also be
placed on the program Of ad-
vanced training for officers who
have need Of specialized knowl-
edge as they advance through the
ranks. Complementing this.
full advantage should be taken
of the facilities available among
Federal agencies in Washington
and at educational institutions
and police headquarters else
where.
go Limiting the practice OF
posting and torteiting collateral.
The D. c. Code. now provides
that any person charged with
any offense which was formerly
triable in the Police Court may
avoid direct judicial considera-
tion Of his case by depositing
collateral with the station keep
er Of the police precinct within
which such person may be ap-
pretended. This is a practical
way to deal with offenses which
do not involve any substantial
culpability. but certain vice Of
fenseS, e. g.. bookmaking and
prostitution, are presently also
included. The practice leads to
widespread abuse when it is
available in connection with the
latter. A bill is proposed TO
remedy the situation by EXTEND
ing the rule-making power of
the Municipal Court to the for.
feiture of collateral, and limit
ing the same to minor and non.
culpable offenses punishable BY
fine only.
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Wolf and Stofberq

The subcommittee's question:
naire exposed a different sort of
detection on the part of 1t.
Jacob j. Wolf. long head of the
Metropolitan Police Department
automobile squad. In the period
Immediately following the war,
when new cars were very scarce
and many were being diverted
to gray-market operators who
extorted fantastic prices from
the public. this officer ran what
he calls a side line. BY virtue
of his Office he was able to obtain
a great many cars. which he
turned over to gray marketeers
at a profit. A similar instance
of concern to the subcommittee
appears in the testimony of
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New 'G| Bill Is Sent
To Conference After
Speedy Senate Action
By George Beveridqe

The Senate yesterday gave a
fast vote Of approval to a "GI
Bill" for veterans of the Korean
war, and sent the measure to 0
HouSe-Senate conference.
The Senate bill agreed in. most
respects with a House-passed ver-
sion. but differed in methods of
paying for schooling and student
subsistence benefits.
Under the House measure, full
time student veterans would get
$110 monthly if they have no de-
Ipendents. and $3.50 with depend
entS. The money under both bills
would be paid directly to the
veterans.
Payments Limited.
But the Senate version would
give the full-time student without
dependents $50 a month as a basic
payment, plus allowances up to,
$40 a month. or $3.50 a school year.
toward tuition and school fees.
Actual school charges would
govern these payments.
Veterans would have two years
after their discharge to begin
training. and would have to finish
it in seven years.
The Senate Labor Committees
bill whipped through by a voice
vote, with only minor amend
ments. One. by Senator Fergu-
son, Republican, of Michigan.
would make the veterans eligible
for unemployment compensation
at the rates and conditions pre-
|vailing in their States. The Fed
eral Government would pay the
bills.
Mastering Out Pay Provided.
Both House and Senate meas
ureS, however, eliminated the
World War II veterans provision
of $40 a week in unemployment
pay for So weeks. Instead. the
measures provide muSterlng-out
payments of $100 for less than
so days service, 5000 for more
than 60 days and $500 for more
than so days service with over
seas duty.
CT housing provisions are SUBJ
IStantially the same as those pro-
vided for World War II veterans.
The Senate committee rejected
certain housing-program safe.
guards written into the House bill,
on grounds that insufficient in
vestigations of them were held.
1t also said such questions prop
erly should come under jurisdic-
ton of the Senate Banking Com
mittee.
Both measures provide extern
sive limitations on educational
programs, designed to prevent the
widespread criticisms made Of the
World War II veterans training.
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District Crime Probers
Spend Less Money
Than Was Allotted

The Senate Crime Commit
tee made news by spending
less money on its investiga-
ton than allotted to it.
The Senate voted $50, 200
for the probe. The commit
tee is returning $4,000.
Members said the work had
been aided by the Federal In
ternal Revenue Bureau. The
report stated graphically:
THE cooperation has been
reciprocal, and the ultimate
recovery of tax revenues from
cases developed by the sub
committee should mate
rally reduce the net costs
thereof"
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Charles Stofberg, executive as
sistant to Commissioner John
Russell Young, who testified to
receiving a flood Of expensive
gifts including q diamond
studded watch and a $500 bond
while he was holding his official
position. The very success that
has attended the subcommittee'S
investigation leaves a grave
problem in it's wake. The sub
committee, in setting forth its
specific findings regarding crime
and law enforcement. empha-
sizes the fact that its disclosures
in this report are not all
inclusive. They do constitute
however. a sufficient basis for
legislative proposals and ad-
ministrative action. The record
suggests the warning that ex-
oneration Of police and civic
officials not mentioned in this
report may not be inferred.
The cleansing process, once
started, must be pushed to COM
pletion. If not, the subcommit-
tee fears it may leave behind
even more cynicism and de-
moralization than it found. This
is the challenge to those who
now hold responsible offices.
The District Commissioners. the
corporation counsel, the United
States attorney and the major
and superintendent Of the
Metropolitan Police Department
must discharge their respective
functions conscientiously to see
that the present situation is
wholly rectif1ed, and to insure
that another congressional In
quiry such as this will never
become necessary.
Proposals
The subcommittee is aware
that the proposals which follow
are not, in themselves. the an
swer. Honest and determined
officials, operating in the present
structure, can give the District
of Columbia an exemplary adj
ministration. Special impor-
tance is attached to the first
five. since they are aimed at
providing additional safeguards
for the integrity Of the official
community itself. The remain
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Identification of the parties to
these loan transactions. and
after filling the record with
evasions, contributions, and
proteStations about his faulty
memory he was at last pinned
down to several direct state
ments. identifying one deposit
of $1,000 in cash as a partial
repayment on a loan from his
brother-in-law. j. M. Selby.
In order to fix at least a single
definite point of reference for
the tumble of evasions it was
hearing, the chairman inter-
rupted the proceeding to sum-
mon Selby, a Government en-
ploye. who completely and di-
rectly contradicted Beach, re-
iterating that he had never
made any cash payments to
Beach. The following morn
ing Beach had a new explana-
ton of the $1,000 cash deposit.
He had completely forgotten a
loan Of $4,000 he had made to
Ernest F. Wyckoff, a police Of
f1cer under his command, &c.
and unfortunately in the mean
time Mr.. Wyckoff is deceased"
The record is replete with il
lustrationS Of the twisting and
turning which Beach tried to
substitute for a decent explana-
ton of his cash receipts. Not
only did he fail. in the subcom-
mittee's Judgment, to clear up
the grave inferences to be
drawn from his transactions in
cash, but at the same time he
appears to have ventured far
into the realms of contempt and
perjury. His testimony has
been transmitted, for scrutiny
on this latter account, to the
Office of the United States At
torney. Inspector Beach, too,
is under suspension from the
force.
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Bullock and Beach

Inspector Albert I. Bullock
focused suspicion on himself at
the outset by leaving the sub
committees QUESTIONABLE lying
unclaimed in his mail box for a
period of over three weeks and
by his long delay in returning
the completed QUESTIONABLE. :,
Inspector Bullock has served
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as an officer in. the Metropoli-
tan Police Department for 81
years, working his way up
through the ranks. He became
a captain in 1942 and is alleged
to have been transferred from
an active precinct, No. II. ito a
quiet one, No. 8. in 1947 by Maj.
Barrett's predecessor, Harvey
Callahan, for his "unsavory
connections" In the former pre-
cinct. On the very day that
Barrett took command Of the
force, July !. 1947. Bullock was
Evening star., 1952-06-29

ROBERT ]. BARRETT
The Principal Target
account showed substantial cash
deposits for which he offered
no satisfactory explanation.
Barrett Ignores Bids.
This took place at the Janu-
ary hearings Of the subcom-
mittee. Barrett was the first
witness heard, and the subcom-
mittee intended to examine him
further after it had taken other
testimony. At the close Of his
examination, it was made clear
that he should remain on call.
Nevertheless he ignored the sub
committees invitations to re-
turn voluntarily. and when ef-
forts were made to recall him,
in May. he was not to be found.
His attorney (Charles E. Ford)
appeared before the subcom-
mittee on May %. claiming that
Barrett was no longer under
subpoena, and that he was un-
able to give any information as
to Barrett's whereabouts.
In Ford's presence, the sub
committee then heard the testi-
mony Of a staff accountant.
Jerome j. Steiker, as to the
results of a full investigation of
Barrett's finances which had
been completed In the interim.
Steiker testified to Barrett's
known receipts and disburse-
ments item by item. His total
expenditures in excess Of funds
available. conservatively recon-
structed, were: In 1949. S.
1908: in 1850. $8,204.52; and
in the first 9 months Of 1851.
$4,060.47. The total for the So
month period analyzed was ST.
4O0.92.
Barrett returned to Washing
ton on June 2. 1852. and forth
with subpoenaed. In the interro-
cation which followed. on June
10. Barrett invoked the privilege
against standardization. Bar
rett sought this unworthy refuge
worse than unworthy for one
who had held a high Office of
public trust-when the first
question probing into his finan-
cial transactions was asked. He
and Ford made it perfectly clear
that all attempts to throw light
in this area would be frustrated.
Refuses to Answer.
Senator Welker: Do I UNDER
stand you, Mr.. Witness and
counsel. that as Of this time you
will under your objection here
tofore made. refuse to answer
any questions with respect to
your finances. bank account.
your income. or anything bear
ing upon your finances, your in
come. or otherwise?
Mr.. Ford. Yes. sir: that is
correct.
Mr.. Barrett. Yes, sir.
Senator Welker. And any
questions we might PROFOUND
to you at this time or in the
future will be refused by you
upon those grounds?
Mr.. Barrett. That is correct.
Feeling that the record of
such defiance would speak for
itself. the subcommittee aban-
doned any further examination
as futile and unnecessary. The
record also shows that Barrett
ran the police force ruthlessly
as q private army, to serve his
friends and harass his enemies.
Early in his regime he expanded
his authority, as major, over the
civil service ratings OF officers,
and preempted full authority
over the transfer Of personnel
by inducing a change in the
established procedure for sub
mitting proposed assignments to
the Board Of Commissioners for
confirmation. It is noteworthy \
that Barrett has stood by the
officers he sponsored in top
posts-Carper, Beach, Bullock.
Murphy and Wolf.
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Narcotics

Cd Amendments to the Mar
cotic Drug Act.-The Office of
the Corporation Counsel has
developed amendments designed
to improve the narcotics laws
of the District of Columbia, and
the subcommittee strongly en-
dorses this effort. These amend
ments bring hypodermic devices
within the control of the act,
alter the penalty section, and
make other clarifying changes.
A. bill has been prepared which
embraces the Corporation Coun-
sells proposals. with an addi-
tional change as to the penalty
structure. The subcommittee
also feels that proper control Of
the capsules in which narcotic
drugs are furnished to the lille
gal traffic might be helpful, and
a provision to make this pos
sible has therefore been added.
Since such capsules are used
for many legitimate purposes,
the provision is drawn so as
to give the Board of Pharmacy
wide discretion in applying the
act and promulgating regula-
tions for this purpose.
CD Distinguishing betDeen
the addict and the peddler.-
There is often a wide differ
ence in culpability between
the addict-patron and the pro-
fessional seller. A bill has
therefore been prepared which
distinguishes between mere pos
session of narcotics and pos
session with intent to sell, with
a heavier penalty for the lat
ter and a presumption of
intent from the possession of
more than certain fixed guam
titles of any narcotic substance.
80 Strict compliance 1Oith
statutory procedures governing
the disposal OF seized narcotics.
The careleSs-and criminal
way in which police officers
have flouted the law in diSpos-
ing of seized narctics has been
corrected. The subcommittee
feels that it is worth a special.
urgent injunction to officers
concerned with this practice in
the future and to their superior
as well. to make absolutely GER
tain that such a lapse is never
allowed to reoccur.
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is formally inspected at least
once a year. Greater reSpon-
Sibility should be assumed by the
board, instead of the Metropoli-
tan Police Department, for the
investigation of noncompliance
complaints which do not involve
disorderly conduct or other di-
rectly criminal acts.
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Public Relations TuIk Set

The National Capital Forge Of
the American Public Relations
Association will meet at 1915 pm.
tomorrow in the Hamilton Hotel
to hear John Perry speak on Are
Public Relations Human?"
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Gambling


recommended for enactment.
Gambling
Cd A complete repision OF the
laUs relating to gambling Of
tenSeS.-The present gambling
laws of the District of Columbia,
like those of many States, have
developed in a haphazard fash
ion with many discrepancies and
loopholes. Conducting a lottery
is a felony (three years. while
bookmaking, an equally grave
offense by current standards, is
a low-grade misdemeanor go
days.. Running certain long
forgotten gambling games.
"ABC, EO. equality. keno. thin
bles, or little JOKER" is a grave
felony offense Give years.. A
model act, being developed by
the American Bar Association
Commission on Organized
Crime in cooperation with the
Council of State Governments
and the commissioners on uni
form State laws, has been used
as a basis for the bill appended
hereto. This bill would reach
all types of gambling. with a
consistent pattern of penalties,
and incorporates controls which
have proved highly effective in
various States where they have
been utilized.
(2) Enforcing the Federal
Lottery Act to protect the Dis
trict of ColumbiG.-The ease
with which numbers operators
have eluded local enforcement
authorities by operating from
nearby Maryland or Virginia has
been a grave problem in con-
trolling gambling offenses in
the District Of Columbia. The
Federal Lottery Act. was orig
inally worded SO as to apply
only to the transportation Of
lottery tickets from one State
to another. excluding the Dis
trict. Subsequently the language
was changed so that the act
now clearly reaches transporta-
ton to or from this jurisdiction.
No action is required of Con-
gress: the law is perfectly ade-
Quate. only it must be enforced.
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He revealed that during the
entire IL years he had been on
the squad, he had disposed Of
seized narcotics by flushing
them down the drain. No rec
ordS of the destruction, or the
amount involved, have ever
been kept.
Roberts estimated that he
paid Carper $4,000 to $4,000
per year under their arrange
ment. Broussard is reputed to
have paid 5000 per month and
probably actually gave much
more since his sales ran up to
$1,000 per week at times. The
Turner group paid at least $500
per month. From the evidence
before it, the subcommittee
feels justified in surmising that
most, if not all, the major mar
cotics sellers in the District of
Columbia who operated during
1t. Carper's regime were COM
PEELED to make substantial pay
ments to him.
The interrogation of Carper
about his financial affairs was
wholly unsatisfactory. He
claimed he had no Cancelled
checks; that he made a prac-
tice Of destroying them after
they were returned from the
bank. Bank records showed
that he made regular. periodic
deposits in cash over and above
his pay checks, ranging from
$l00 to $500 at monthly inter-
walls. Carper first sought to ex-
plain these deposits on the basis
that he had borrowed the money
from banks. When asked to
name the lenders and confront
ed with records which estab-
nshed these deposits. and that
he had sought no loans
whatsoever during the year
1949, he parried. Il do not re-
call them at all I do not
recall it. no sir I have no
idea where it came from, SIR"
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dSdtlls DULL Sd1P PCA dA1N 40J1OA
have subsequently been indicted
for conspiring to violate the
narcotics laws, and for accept
ing bribes. YES
Informer Is Engaged.
Other facts about his conduct
in Office also came to light. In
the spring of 1851 Carper sent
an emissary to see Daniel Cole.
an addict and peddler who was
then in prison, to see If Cole
would act as an informer. Cole
agreed and was released shortly
thereafter. He soon became
known as an informer, and had
difficulty buying drugs to feed
his habit. In the summer OF
1851, Detective Sergt. Tayor ac-
tually sold narcotics to this ad-
dict for his own use, taking in
payment IS advanced to Cole
from police funds for the pur-
pose Of making buys.
The District Of Columbia,
section 33-417, establishes a
rigid procedure for the forfei-
ttre and disposal of narcotic
drugs, by court order. with a
sworn report as to the place
and manner Of destruction re-
uuired to be submitted by the
destroying officer in each case
to the court and to the United
States Commissioner Of Mar
cotics. 1t. Carper testified that
he was unaware Of this law.
Evening star., 1952-08-24
Week End at Rehoboth

WITH only to come before summer is unoffi-
w ciay over week ends by the become red-etter
days Washingtonans Certainly the most popular spot
for many society members the Nations Capital Reho
both Beach, Del.
More and more diplomats Congressman, prominent
residents and their families each focking to this
spot which the boasts of Delaware Even the
busy take time off from his chores since the
bay bridge makes motor time only three hours.
Sports enthusiasts artists alike have field day at
Rehoboth Last Friday there the largest social event
of the season when members of this colony put their
dancing slippers, let their imaginatons run wild and
attended artists costume ball. Next week end
a Labor Day highight will be the 'Breakwater Swim"
which is another colorful event.
You can count conversation at early fall dinner
parties here starting off, EYES, but let tell you about
Rehoboth - DAISY SHERIDAN.
(Star Staff Photos by Paul SchmickD
Evening star., 1952-07-01
Births Reported
(From the D. G. Br

BOYS.
Walter and Eeanor Baker.
Amos and Jean Hit.
Bernard and Doris Kroll.
Bruce and Margaret Tutor.
Thomas and Irma Wilmington.
Eddie and Roxie Best.
George and Juanita Brent.
Ernest and Alice Burgess.
John and Marie Hammond.
John and Lucille Head.
william and Florence Mccoy.
Charles and Lula Mcdaniel.
William and Lucille Mickens.
Crawford and Joan Mickles.
J. w. and Mary Morton.
Frederick and Ida Murdoch.
Murry and Alberta Simon.
Willie and Ruth Strom.
Andrew and Lettie Young.
Wilson and FLORENCE Young.
Lawrence and Mary Brooks.
David and Edna Cherry.
Charles and Dorothy Dougherty.
John and Doris Coz.
johnson and JOanne Lykens,
George and Mary QHare.
John and pricia paulkovich.
James and Hazel Mattingly.
Donald and Esther Schran.
Melvin and Margaret Snyder.
John and Amanda Beatty.
GeOrEe and Doris Bias.
James and Fannie Brown.
Herman and Betty Cole.
James and Mildred Dyson.
Richard and Eula GlenmoYo.
Clyde and Queen Gray.
Evening star., 1952-07-01
Survival Swimming Course
Announced by Red Cross

The thousands of men facing
future military service will be
taught q new course In survival
swimming, Alfred w. Cantwell,
national director Of Red Cross
water safety. has announced.
An instructors manual is being
distributed to Red Cross chapters
throughout the country. Author
lied Red Cross water safety in
structors will be qualified to teach
the course without further train
ing.
In cooperation with the armed
forces. the Red Cross adapted the
manual from the functional SWIM
ming course given military person
mel during World War II.
The same survival swimming
course Ii being taught ut Navy
training stations, at Air Force CEN
|ters in Europe and . few domestic
bases and at selected installations
Iof the Army and Marine Corps.
The ability to stay alive and
keep afioat in water for long pc
RODS of time are stressed rather
than perfection Of swimming
form, Mr.. Cantwell said.
Description of q new assem-
Ibly-line" technique Of teaching is
included in the manual. enabling
large classes to be instructed In
a short time.
Evening star., 1952-07-01
Points for Purents-., Esy,h 1A.ns. w.1'ss.

Mother-Shall we invite q fam
lily with children near your age to
picnic with us or would you rather
each ask O friend?