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HOUSES FOR SALE-s.W.

50 ELMIRA ST. s.W.
Semidetached brick; three bedrooms
din. rm., liv. rm., all-electric kit.
full basement with rec. rm. Gail
for more details. Mr.. 6tenderhod
WI. $500,
MARSHALL ]. WAPLE CO.
Realtor. 1924 14th st. NV. DI. 3346
1876 ELMIRA ST. S.W.
Near Naval Research Lab. Anacostia
Air Station and Boiling Field; this
semidetached. 6 rm. and bath home
in excellent condition; beautiful
handicapped grounds; FHA financing.
Call Mr.. Shuman. DU 1886.
MARSHALL j. WAPLE CO.
Realtor. 1894 I4th st. NV, DI. 3346
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"I,YON VTTJ,ACEO
TAUXMONT

Three-bedrm. rambler on h-acre
wooded lot. There are beautiful trees
and the street is quiet and secluded.
A wonderful community for children.
There Is q cooperative nursery
walking distance. Priced AZ ST.
500 with cash payment Of SIS. 900.
For appt. to see, call Mrs. Myers,
TIE. 3445: ewes. OV. 2J3S. CHAS.
r; HoOFF, INC, 1907 Duke st.
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CAPE COD, SIS, 900
2-bedrm. brk. home. mr.. schools.
flrepl. din. rm., kit. stairway to
,expansible attic, full bsmt,, oil
h.-w.h.; $4,000 cash. bal. In monthly
payments.
CLOSE-IN LOCATION
Pre-war brick bunga., Q lge. bedrms.,
ny. rm., sep: din. rm., newly-eQuip.
kit. tile bath. gas h.-w.h.; lge. lot:
nr. transp., schools. shopping
$1,000 cash down. -, :,
WOODMOOR AGENCY
Til o p. m. SH.5555
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HOUSES SALINE. tcent.)

COLORED-24OO BLK. end ST. NE.
Corner brick rooms. bath. bsmt.,
beautiful lawn. Reasonable. Call
AK. 1853 till 8 pm. POTTS
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Secluded Estate
l0-acre hilltop with 4 bedrms., Q
baths; large home, under huge pines;
3O-ft. liv. rm. with fireplace; only
"a hour from D. c.: S24,95O is q
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ST 000 DOWN

possession on new 5-rm.,
full b5mt semidet. home in Kent
land. S69.50 mo inclusive; full
price; S10,950. FRED GREENE,
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ALEX. SUBURBAN

4 bedrms., 2 baths. modern home
on acre. Builders own home in
new-home condition. Only 2 years
shop offered at q very Reasonable
price and with as little as S4 900
cash. Asking price, $23,950.
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SHANNON & LUCHS co.

! BOB H St, NV Ma. 2345
HILLCREST AREA
1920 M ST. Sc.
Lge. detached. 3 bedrooms. liv. rm.
with firepl,, din. rm.. lge. mod.
iSt isSuippSsd, yS9, o6; Kit; oil III. h;;w.h;; shaded
S14, $50; terms; of Branch ave Sc.
THE GABLES co.
1906 Pa. Ave. Sc.
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WOODSIDE FOREST

WOODSIDE FOREST
ASSUME GI LOAN -
picturesque and planned for eoo6
built in 1910 on a beautiful land
scaped and wooded corner lot. Has
> large bedrooms, 2 baths, power
room, good closets. screened porch.
open deck, built-in garage, outdoor
fireplace.
W. c. & A. N. Miller, OR. 4464
Silver Spring Sales Department
YORKTOWN VILLAGE
Fine center-hall brick home, 3 large
bedrms. and 2 baths; 1st "A. includes
all kitchen gadgets. Rec. rm., built
in garage: dead-end street. Immed.
poss. Ewes. TIE. O72S. RIDDELL
REALTY CO., DI. 1900,
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Just Completed ..-
Custom-built brick rambler. separate
dining rm.,. 3 bedrms.. full parti-
toned bsmt.; 954t. wide lot: all
modern conyeniences; 2 blocks from
everything; S16,95O.
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HILLCREST

I11ILN0GOI
1St-Floor Bedrm. and Bath
OPEN Ewes. 6 TO DARK
Come and see this lovely brick Cape
Cod; large liv. rm. with picture
all-Hotpoint kitchen, bedrm. and
tiled bath on lst mr., two nice bed
rms. and tiled bath. upstairs. Bsmt.
with attached garage.
TO REACH: Out Penna. ave. Sc. left
left to 3631-35 Highwood DIR.
ALDRE. INC, LU. 4-0747.
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Quality Plus II!
The best built brick rambler we have
seen this year; 22-ft. liv. rm., fire-
place, 3 bedrms., huge bsmt.; large
lot with trees; $18.500.
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HOME AND INCOME

O14G H1VG III ,1CU
Beaut. 3-bedrm. brick; liv. rm. with
log burning firepl;;; din. rm.. bright
screened pch.; fenced lot; IA block
to school; $4,000 FHA loan.
PRINCE GEORGES REALTY co.
WA. $500. UN. 1166. HY. O636.
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COLOREp BARGAIN
NEAR 18th AND A ST. NE.
brick, 2 apts.. 4 rms and
bath each apt. Separate hot-water
only on 81 600 % down, % very ficIa Clean. t'igT sT
3657; JU. 9-2164.
nRE1TERMAN REALTY CO.
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NEAR SHIRLEY HIGHWAY

New. brick. 3-bedrm. ramblers in
restricted section. well constructed
acre. All public facilities including
sewer and water.
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8 acres and big trees-2O-mile view
down the Potomac; about is miles
from p: c: over Shirley hwy; @
year-old, lovely 2-level rambler;
upper level has 4 bedrms. and
large liv. rm. and din. rn1.. mod
ern kitchen, paneled den and u
bath; Gear garage. II privacy and
quiet surroundings are your desire
! guarantee you will love this prop
erty. Reduced to S46 600.
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stage about the time the new adj
ministration was to take over.
But, actually, the President is
leaving the Republicans something
considerably hotter than coal
strike, an economic situation that
could start speedily off on either an
,indationary or a deflationary spiral.
At the time of the coal wage de-
cision. Mr.. Truman had before him
the problem of what to do about
controls. He was strongly advised to
drop all controls. That would have
obviated the necessity for making
decision on coal wages.
One More Hole
However, the President decided to
keep price and wage stabilization.
But at the same time, he punched one
more hole in the controls program by
his decision on coal. The Wage
Sterilization Board had said that
under its rules the miners could be
given no more than $3.50 a day. If
they got the $1.90, the board argued,
it would be more than other industrial
workers had been allowed, and would
touch off new and possibly, from
the standpoint of a stable economy.
disastrous round of wage demands.
On top of that, the Presidents de-
cision put the Wage Board out of
gear.
The problem facing the Eisen-
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saved and efficiency gained by con-
Solidating governmental services now
handled piece-meal by the several
towns and the county.
For example, many of the towns
own street-maintenance equipment
which could be put to much greater
use and cover larger area than it
is required to now. A particular piece
of equipment costs just as much if
it's needed to patch up 10 streets
or 1000.
Many of the incorporated COM
munities have small police forces,
most of them part-time. The county
force covers responsibility for the
latter. One good-sized city police
force of about 100-150 men for the
entire suburban area would provide
more efficient police protection at
no substantial increase in cost and
without split responsibility, advo-
Gates of the consolidation contend.
Combining the administrative re-
Sponsibilities now handled by the
towns and the county would be more
efficient and economical, proponents
say. The several towns now spend
thousands of dollars on administra-
tive expenses of officials,
maintenance of municipal buildings
and other town equipment and ia
cilities, collection of town taxes and
bookkeeping, to name a few.
Mr.. Boswell argues, however, that
the consultations chief value in the
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of strikes unless the cases were de-
cided promptly. About 5000 of the
petitions were pending before the ma
tional board here. the other 5000
were scattered over the IA regions
Each week another estimated 1900
new cases come in.
Although Mr.. KillingSworth's sta
bilization committee is less than
week old, the members have rolled up
their sleeves and already have made
a sizeable dent in the backlog of un-
decided cases. They have processed
several of the biggest ones, including
petitions affecting 100000 electrical
workers and $4,000 meat packing
house workers.
Foster Action
The old WSB, with it's Industry and
labor members frequently in conflict,
often was more of a debating society
than smooth -functioning board.
The new committees processes may
not be as democratic as those of the
old board. but the new group has
found it can function at a much
faster pace. Cases which would take
the tripartite board several days to
decide now are handled in a matter
of hours.
Regardless of what the fate of the
controls program is to be, the chances
are that the new administration at
least will inherit no real headache in
the way Of a backlog in wage cases.
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By Gene Goodwin

Maryland City, a 25-year-old idea
that refuses to die. has cropped up
again as suggested tonic for what
ails the booming suburban area of
Prince Georges County.
The idea has survived, everybody
seems agreed, because it makes sense.
Simply stated. Maryland City is the
name given the proposal for con-
Solidating into one large city the
present hodge-podge of Prince
Georges communities ringing the
District.
How it would be done, no one seems
to know for certain. That's where
the simple idea expands to something
explosive and complicated.
How 1t Started
The Maryland City plan first was
conceived in 1927 by a young news
paper promotion man seeking way
to boost his papers circulation. The
young promoter was Walter L. Green,
today prominent attorney and Dem
ocratic leader in the county.
In those days, Mr.. Green was
working in the promotion department
of the old Washington Herald while
he attended National University Law
School. The idea came to him, he
says. when he and fellow worker,
Percy Skinner, were sitting around
one day dreaming up schemes to at
tract new readers.
Mr.. Green's brainchild was a pro-
posal to consolidate the % incor-
porated and unincorporated commu-
mites existing then in the northern
urban area of the county. He fig
ures there were about $4,000 persons
living in those % communities. The
southern suburbs of the county were
largely undeveloped then.
Mr.. Green took his plan to the
HyattSville Chamber of Commerce,
predecessor of the Prince Georges
Chamber Of Commerce. The cham
ber liked the scheme-that is, most
Of its members did. Some of them,
Mr.. Green recalls, became quite warm
In their opposition and denounced
him as a young whippersnapper."
After that meeting, the chamber
named what was to become the first
of many committees to study and
promote Maryland City. Since that
night, Maryland City has occupied
almost a permanent position on the
chambers agenda each year. The
plan, however. has never gone beyond
the talking stage.
lotest RevivoI
The latest revival of the proposal
came only few days ago. Officials of
the Prince Georges chamber pre-
sented it to the county's delegation
at the Maryland General Assembly,
who agreed to hold a special hearing
on the plan with view toward intro
ducing legislation in the 1858 session
of the Legislature.
Details of the plan-how much
area it would cover, how the CONVEX
sion from many towns to one big
city would be made-have not been
worked out. No bill has yet been
prepared. The chamber is hoping
that after the special hearing, the
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county's delegation will draw up a
bill. If the lawmakers won't, the
chamber says it will.
Harry A. Boswell, jr, who is shep-
herding the 1852 revival of the plan
for the chamber, said he believes the
bill should call for a special referen-
dunn in the areas affected. The
referendum would be similar to the
one held in the county November 4
on the home-rule charter question.
In other words, the voters would be
asked whether they approve the idea
of consolidating their community
with all the others of suburban
Prince Georges. At the same time
the voters would select non-partisan
members of a charter board to draw
up a proposed charter of incorpora-
tion. The charter would be voted
on two years later.
Mr.. Boswell said his idea of the
area to be included in the consolida-
ton would be roughly that area
defined as urban by the Census
Bureau. The census people consider
all communities of more than $500
persons to be urban. whether in
corporated or unincorporated.
With this as a guide. the proposed
consolidation then would include %
incorporated communities, contain
ing total Of about 100000 persons.
The resultant city would become the
second largest in Maryland.
The boundary line of the en-
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trolls. It undoubtedly will mount after
the new Congress comes in. And even
sizeable part of organized labor
the CIO-has called for the end of
wage curbs, which would force price
controls out. too. The CIO has indi-
Gated it would change its position if
price controls were frightened.
The work, meanwhile, of admins
tering wage stabilization has been
taken over from the shattered Wage
Sterilization Board by a new Wage
Sterilization Committee. It is made
up Of the four public members Of the
old WSB.
The WSB had been made up ot the
tripartite national board here, and
IA regional boards of industry, labor
and public representation. The last
word was that industry members
have resigned from at least half of
the regional boards. Work in those
regions also is being carried on by
committees of the old public men,
bers.
Charles c. Killingsworth, the last
chairman of the WSB, is chairman of
the new national stabilization COM
mittee. He inherited a backlog of
10000 cases. Among these petitions
for approval of wage increases al
ready agreed to by unions and man
agements are anywhere from nine to
100000 workers. each. Many of the
cases were months old, end labor
leaders warned there would be a rash
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By jones Y. Newton

hover administration is pointed up
by the Governments announcement
Friday that the cost of living was
still rising. In fact, living costs as
of November Is. the time of the last
survey. had equalled the record all
time high.
On the other hand, long-range
forecasts of most economists indicate
lower, rather than higher, prices. The
situation is fluid" a dangerous con-
dition. Maybe it would do little or
no harm to remove controls. But it
would be a gamble. Government
spending for defense still is high and
undoubtedly will remain so for some
time. It causes pressure for higher
prices.
The Eisenhower administration
first decision must be made right
after it takes over January 20. A
second problem must be met soon
afterward. The present economic con-
trolls law expires April 30. The gen.
eral and his people must decide
whether to ask for extension. If they
decide to do so, then will follow the
battle in Congress, where sentiment
is strong, particularly among Repub-
licans, to drop controls.
Heovy Pressure
There is heavy pressure from busi-
ness and industry for an end of con-
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Old Plan for Single Prince Georges City Gets New Boost

long run will be in the new industry
and business which he feels such a
large city undoubtedly would attract.
He said the suburban area at the
present time does not have the
business and industry needed to
support it's large population. Prince
Georges is the only jurisdiction in
the Washington area which does not
have branch of one of the large
downtown department stores.
More DetoiIs Needed
Many civic and political leaders
have indicated they want more de-
tails on how the consolidation would
be made and what effects it would
have before they make up their
minds. They support the idea be-
hind Maryland City, but they want
some sort of study made first, so
people will know what they are vot-
ing on. One of these is Mrs. Irma
Bogdanoff. leader of the fight for
a home-rule charter in the county
and president Of the county Council
of Democratic Women.
Mrs. Bogdanoff believes that the
county's lawmakers should draw up
and introduce a law in the next ses-
sion of the Legislature setting up and
financing a formal commission study
of the idea.
Mrs. Bogdanoff called attention to
the proposal to incorporate Arlington
County into a city, which was de-
feated November 4. A special study
committee there, she said, went into
the matter and reported that Arling-
ton would lose considerable sums of
State aid money if it incorporated.
That State aid question and several
others would have to be answered be-
fore Mrs. Bogdanon and many other
political and civic leaders would go
all-out for Maryland City.
Opposition Sources
Even if all the questions are an
swered, however, there's still bound
to be opposition from those who have
vested interest-legitimate and other
wise-in the present division Of au-
thority and responsibility between
the towns and county. Residents Of
towns having better than average
services, for instance, might be con-
cerned that the consolidation would
tend to give them less than they are
getting now. Likewise, residents of
low tax, minimum service towns
might be fearful of a tax increase.
Opposition also can be expected
from persons who take great pride in
living in their particular town with
its particular name.
What would be left of Prince
Georges County after such consoli-
dation concerns some. T. Howard
Duckett, prominent lawyer, banker
and Democratic leader, was one of the
first supporters of Maryland City. but
today he says he would be somewhat
hesitant about separating from the
county it's most prosperous and high
est assessed area"
And how does Walter Green, the
man who started all this. feel today?
1T was good idea in 1927" he says.
And it's better idea noW."
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visioned city would stretch from
point approximately where New
Hampshire avenue extended crosses
the Montgomery County border,
eastward to the northern limit of
Greenbelt, then south to Lanham.
Glenarden and Morningside and
southwesterly to the Potomac River
across from Jones Point. This lies
roughly within 12-mile circle CEN
tered on the White House.
Incorporated towns that would be
taken into such a consolidation
would include: The Prince Georges
section of Takoma Park, North Brent
wood, Mount Rainier, Hyattsville.
University Park, College Park. Berwyn
Heights. Greenbelt. Riverdale, Ed
monston, Bladensburg, Cottage City,
Colmar Manor, Cheverly, Landover
Hills. Seat Pleasant. Glenarden,
Capitol Heights, Fairmount Heights.
District Heights, Morningside and
Forest Heights.
When he presented the plan to the
lawmakers, Mr.. Boswell said that if
the people seemed to want it, the
chamber would be willing to change
its proposal to provide for two new
cities-one in the smaller southern
suburban section and one in the
north.
Advantage: Economy
Chief argument for Maryland City
is the obvious one-money could be
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One of the toughest problems the
new Republican administration will
have to face-and an early one-will
be what to do about price and wage
controls. Gen. Eisenhower and his
aides must decide whether to con-
tinue controls or drop them. A de-
cision for retention requires choice:
Try to make the present leaky sys-
tenn work or try to get the Republican
Congress to pass tighter controls
law.
Here is a problem laden with po-
litical dynamite. That this is true
is proved by the rather anguished
cries emanating from Eisenhower
headquarters in New York. One
such cry came from Representative
Martin of Massachusetts,, the prospec-
tive House speaker. who said the
outgoing Democratic regime has the
stabilization program ION the ground
gasping for breath"
Trumon Concern
President Truman, in overruling
his stabilizers recently in the coal
miners wage case. gave as one reason
for the action his desire not to leave
in the lap Of his successor such hot
potato as John L. Lewis coal strike.
If he did not allow the full 81 go per
day wage increase won by the miners,
Mr.. Truman said, the miners surely
would strike. And the strike, he
added, would reach the emergency
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What Crime Wave?
New York Papers Are Full of Dock Probe
But Union Boss Hasn't Heard About 1t
By Doris M. Konter

River. You can count the people" i"
Sharing blame with Bob Moses,
according to The Boss, are traffic
conditions, bus terminals, the pres
ence Of 1900 trucks on the streets, the
lack of more docks.
The crime hearings have brought
out considerable criticism of two
dockside institutions, the "shape-up"
and the public leaders," The former
is a system whereby longShoremen
appear for work daily without know
ing whether they will be employed.
The latter are group of characters
who seem to be hired to hang around
the piers and do little or nothing.
The. shape-up. The Boss insisted,
is a fine thing; it gives everybody a
chance to get work. AS to the public
leaders, The Boss was not so sure
about them-he went so far as to call
them a necessary evil" But, he
added quickly, these public leaders
are highly skilled" men. Evidence
at the crime hearings indicated that
not few of the public leaders learned
their Skills in training schools main
tained by the State at Ossining and
Dannemora.
Responding to request for sta.
tistics, The Boss called public Of
fetal and quickly determined that
New York Port handles $50 ships a
day; represents 81 billion invest
ment; puts bread in the mouths of
one out of every 10 families in the
New York metropolitan area, and is
in competition for ocean-going busi-
ness with six other North Atlantic
ports.
His Little Joke
This information received, The
Boss INDUCED in little joke he has
with his friends downtown. Grim
ming broadly, he asked into the tele-
phone: when is the Crime Com.
mission going to catch up with you?".
The reply he received, if any, was not
relayed to the reporter.
AS far as getting the true story
Of crime on the piers was concerned,
the interview with The Boss was a
complete frost. But The Boss didn't
seem to realize it. Bidding the re-
porter goodbye after repeating that
he didn't know anything about no
crime, he said: "If I can be of any
more help, let me know"
Outside on Fourteenth street, the
air was fresh and crisp. One of the
1900 trucks in the port area roared
by, laying down a cloud Of blue smoke.
At least, it wasn't cigar smoke.
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cleansed of the oath by confession
and absolution.
The Christian cleansing is greatly
preferred by white authorities, as they
fear the effect of official Endorsement
of witchcraft cleansing. After many
years of an uphill fight against the
paralyzing terror of witchcraft in
Africa, British governors feel they are
taking long step backward in
Kenya.
New recruits are sworn in by the
Mau Mau about as fast as the govern
ment can cleanse old ones. The dis
satiSfactionS that found outlet in Mau
Mau violence still exist.
The Kikuyu resent being governed
by white men; they are irked by diff
ferences in standards of living of the
white farmers and the natives, and
they dislike the overcrowding Of the
Kikuyu reserve.
The Kikuyu have a deep yearning
for plot of land Of their own It is
a practical yearning. The Kikuyu will
not be cared for in their old age un-
less they have bit of family land to
fall back on. There simply is not
enough land to go around, however.
Proposals for Solution
Several solutions to the problems
are offered. The natives say Britain
should turn the large, white-owned
farms over to groups of natives. But
the whites insist the unskilled Kikuyu
farmers would ruin the land and con-
sequently undermine the economy of
Kenya. The whites suggest, instead,
that the Kikuyu become city indus
trial workers and hired farm laborers.
But those jobs would spoil Kikuyus
chances for comfortable old age.
Observers feel that the land yearn-
ing can be answered only through
some sort of social security program
to take care of Kikuyu oldsters. And
better education will be needed to
permit the natives to contribute to
the colony's economy.
The long-range solutions last week
were put up to commission ap-
pointed In London. In the meantime,
suppression and political witchcraft
keep Kenya IN foment.