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Robinson
Continued From First Page)

Atlanta-has the key job of direc.
tor of general administration tx
carry out the reorganization un.
der the Commissioners.
The public works program Is
not so far along. Recently, Gen
Robinson has been addressing
citizen groups to get them behinc
the six-year capital improvement
program and sell it to Congress
Gen. Robinson and Commis-
Isioner Donohue worked closely to-
lgether and shared a deep respect
for each other. At a testimonial,
luncheon for Commissioner Dono-
hue, Gen. Robinson said his col.
league was "the finest thing that
has happened to the District ir
recent years."
Like Commissioner Donohue
Gen. Robinson made himself more
available to the public and press
than many of his predecessors
He appeared weekly with his fell
low Commissioners on a question
and-answer television program
over WMAL-TV-"Your Commits
Sioners' Report"
Although most Engineer Com
missionerS limit their interests to
departments under their direct
supervision, Gen. Robinson showed
his interest in other District de-
partments. He personally made
a plea before Senate Appropri-
ations subcommittee for funds to
further planning for a Children's
Center at Laurel, Md. for the
Districts child wards.
AS he has recently gone to the
community on the proposed pub
lie works program, he went to the
citizens to fight for the Com
missioners' reorganization plan
and against the Budget Bureaus
reorganization plan. He was given
much of the credit for winning
that fight.
He had known about the pro-
jected transfer before the Army
it but had not revealed
it publicly. He said he wasn't
at being transferred so
soon.
Cites Other Transfers.
"I've had several three-year as
and have been trans
ferred after year and a half" he
smiled.
For nearly 20 years, Gen. Rob-
inson has been assigned to in
important Army engi-
neering posts. After the last war,
he was awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal for his work as
chief engineer for the Army in the
Middle Pacific area.
Just before President Truman
him to the District post
the 51-year-old West Point grad
uate had supervision of a 5000
million f1ood-control, navigation,
power and dam project in Georgia.
Soon after he came here Wash
ington discovered he had other
talents than engineering. At a
of the Washington Build
ing Congress Gen. Robinson went
to the piano and played Lecuona S
"Malaguena." Then he talked
engineering.
Last February he appeared with
the National Symphony Orchestra
as narrator of Aaron Copland's
"A Lincoln Portrait"
Evening star., 1952-11-25
Eisenhower
tContinued From First Page.)

merce, Secretary Of Labor anC
Postmaster General.
Vice PreSident-elect Nixon sale
after an earlier conference with
Gen. Eisenhower yesterday thai
all sections of the country, includ-
ing the Far West and South, woulC
receive proper" recognition.
But he as well as John Minor
Wisdom. New Orleans lawyer and
Republican national committeeman
from Louisiana, reminded report
ers that cabinet jobs alone are
not the sole criterion" of repre-
sentation.
There are other outstanding
positions yet to be filed at a
policy-making level. both as to
Sub-cabinet places and heads OF
key agencies. Mr.. Wisdom, after
seeing Gen. Eisenhower on two
occasions yesterday, said he was
not seeking a job for himself but
that he suggested a specific
Southern Republican" for one of
the most important sub-cabinet
posts.
General Has Busy Day.
The Benson and Adams selec-
tions climaxed a busy day for Gen.
Eisenhower that included a tour
of the new United Nations Build
ing, luncheon with Senator Nixon.
and conferences with Ernest T.
Weir, chairman of the National
Steel Corp; Thomas j. Watson,
chairman of the International
Business Machines Corp: Kenneth
Wells, president of Freedom Foun-
dation, and Col. John Jacob Astor.
owner of the London Times. The
latter four said they visited the
general as personal friends.
The Vice President-elect told re-
porterS he and the President-elect
discussed prospective cabinet ap-
pointment. Senator Nixon said he
had no ak to grind" and did not
offer specific recommendations. He
disclosed there also was talk of the
possibility that. in addition to pre-
siding over the Senate. he may
handle some administrative duties
for the President.
The 45-minute visit of Gen. Eli
Senhower to the U. N. earlier In
the day was studded with some
-the-cuff comments as we'll as
brief speeches.
Pays Tribute to Personnel.
He called his visit an inspiring
experience. He paid tribute to
the U. N. personnel for their work
devoted to the great cause OF
peace, freedom and a secure fu-
ture for the entire world"
In going through the building
he paused occasionally to offer
impromptu and apparently puz-
zled comments on some of the
modern art. He summed up his
impression of the building by say
ing: Brother, this is something.
Mr.. Dulles, accompanied the
President-elect on the U. N. visit
Included on the Eisenhower call
ing list for today are Harold Tai
bott of the Republican Finance
Committee, Ralph Cake, former
national committeeman from Ore
gon: Henry j. Taylor. radio
commentator; Maj. M. c. Nigel
Irving Geist, New York music pub
Usher; Leonard Finder. vice presi-
dent of a st. Louis match COM
pany; H. M. Warner of Warner
Brothers and Thomas A. ANA
tucci, a District resident described
here as IAN old friend of the gen.
eral,"
Evening star., 1952-11-25
Communist Chino Shuns
Asiun Buddhist Program
ey the Associoted PFess

NEW DELHI, India. Nov. 25.-
Communist China-with one Of
the worlds largest Buddhist popu-
lations-has declined to send Of
fetal representatives to all-Asian
Buddhist ceremonies beginning
Saturday at Sanchi. in Central
India, a program spokesman said
today.
The ceremonies, scheduled to be
opened by Indian Prime Minister
Nehru, mark the reinStallation Of
relics of famous Buddhist dis
ciples. Large delegations are ex-
pected from Ceylon, Thailan and
Burma, with Premier Thakin Nu
headi& the visiting Burmese.
Evening star., 1952-11-25
Buildings
Continued From First Page.)

seven flights. They can't rely on
a friendly guard or cleaning wom-
an to take them up because of the
cut in those forces.
If light bulb burns out, it may
take a day to replace it. Faucets
drip for days. If an elevator
breaks down. it stays out of serv-
ice until help arrives from some
other building.
Regular painting of rooms and
corridors has been cut down be-
cause painters had to be fired.
When it came to reducing the me-
chanical force, officials thought
painters could be spared more
safely than plumbers and elec-
tricians.
Equipment Wearing Out.
The reduced force of main
tenance men cannot get around
to all the chores of preventive
work-checking on wiring, paint
ing equipment to prevent cor
rosion, reducing hazards. Officials
said equipment is going down and
we're going to have to pay the
bill with major replacements."
Ferdinand Kaufholz, deputy
regional director of the Public
Buildings Service, said the stretch
out of work required of the re-
duced staff has hit morale hard.
bringing in its wake absenteeism
and an increased sick leave rate.
His office is getting complaints
from Government officials who
contend the effect on their own
moral isn't so good
when they have to dust before
they can start work. are surround
ed by streaked walls and cracked
plaster and use up half their lunch
hour waiting for an elevator.
Mr.. Kaufholz said the operating
costs of his service had been COM
parable to similar costs in private
industry, which made the progress
sive cuts harder to take.
More Space, Fewer Workers.
In July, 1850, PBS in this area
had 81 100000 square feet of Fed
eral buildings to clean. protect
and maintain and a force Of
II 400 to do it. Now it has SO ,3OO,-
600 square feet and 5000 employees.
1t was explained that when a
cut comes in operating costs, it
has to be made in personnel since
such items as rent and utilities
are fixed charges. PBS listed
these cuts and how they were met:
In fiscal 1851, with a 6 per cent
reduction in operating funds,
fringe" services were eliminated
and cleaners were still giving a.
general cleaning every night, but
their zones of work were enlarged
because 500 had been fired.
In fiscal 1852, with another 10I
per cent cut in effect, drastic re-
ductions were made in service
General cleaning was done every
other night. painting of rooms
and corridors was cut back and
after-hours elevator service cur
tailed. More than l, 200 were fred
to meet the budget cuts.
No Daytime Guards.
With the cuts in the protective
force, guards were eliminated at
building entrances in the daytime
on the theory that in occupied
the occupants could
give the alarm in case of fire.
Elimination of these guards raised
the rate of petty thefts, as sneak
thieves found easier access to
buildings.
Guards also were eliminated at
arage posts and loading plat
Evening star., 1952-11-25
Health Director 10 Carry
Budget Case TO Legislators
BY the Associafed Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 25.-The di-
rector of the State Health De-
partment says his case for resto-
ration of a $50. 1000 budget cut will
be taken before members of the
General Assembly.
DR.. Robert H. Riley said yes
terday he will get in touch with
legislators by letter and urged
them to support the restoration
OF the slash made by the last
General Assembly.
Evening star., 1952-11-25
Ibn Suud Has Air 'PuIuce'

The new flying palace" of 1bn
Saud, King of Saudi-Arabia, is an
American plane containing a
throne, 18 armchairs, a bedroom
and a bathroom, Jeddah reports.
Evening star., 1952-05-25
''CSA'' has the job of tidying up 5000 huge
Federal buildings. Some of the tricks it
has learned can help housewife at home
by Pierce G. FrederickS

attacked with hoses spouting live
steam. Cafeteria silver is polished
in rotating drums full of steel balls.
In some buildings, there are even
central vacuum systems. The tank
is in the basement and the hose is
plugged into the wall.
Searching for ''the best way"
they work by trial - and some
times by error. One novice decided
that benzine was better for remov-
ing wax from floors than the COM
mercial solvent tested by GSA's
laboratory. He changed his mind
when he Lit a cigarette - and the
entire floor blazed up around him.
Such accidents are rare, how
ever, and among its mishaps and
successesG GSA has found some tips
valuable for even the smallest
house or apartment. Since they
frankly admit that they tackle a
new problem by asking themselves,
Nov what would a housewife
do?" they're happy to repay some
of the debt by passing those tips
along here.
]. Walls should be washed from
the bottom up: Water dribbling
Evening star., 1952-05-25

TTNcLE SAM. as everyone knows,
Ois a bachelor. Like many
bachelors, he has a housekeeper -
and his is a whiz. It's called the
General Services Administration
and it was formed in 1949, at the
Hoover Commissions suggestion,
partly to get efficiency into the
worlds biggest housekeeping job.
Beginning with the giant Penta-
gon. GSA is responsible for over
5000 Federal buildings. Their
total area equals more than
100000 ordinary homes. The
Washington. D. c., staff alone
tends 8,5O0.0OO square feet of
windows, II acres of Venetian
blinds and over a million lighting
fixtures.
Laid end to end, the corridors
they wash would stretch from the
capital to the outskirts of Phila-
delphia. For the workers who walk
the corridors, 1000 towels a
year must be hung in the wash
rooms. The defense program is
making the job even bigger. but
GSA has one consolation: there
are no longer many cuspidors to
clean. During a 1912 srap-metal
drive. most government expecto-
rators made the supreme sacrifice.
Find Out First
In SPITE of the size of the task,
standards of cleanliness are phe-
nomenally high. Even the use of
deodorants in restrooms "a
camoufage sanctioned by some
hotels is vetoed in GSA's code.
They feel a clean restroom doesn't
need them, and if it isn't clean,
they want to find out about it
before some congressman does.
To get the most work from the
least staff. the techniques are
wondrously mechanized. Giant
floor scrubbers put a cleaning
solution down, scrub with it and
suck it up again. Kitchens are
Evening star., 1952-05-25

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Maybe the American plan (meals included appeals
to you. But mornings. would you rather sleep than
yawn into the bacon n eggs? Or prefer exploring
new dining spots to dashing back for hotel chow?
Consider the European plan. When vacationing.
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help-wh the extra protection that exclusive safety
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Evening star., 1952-05-25

Sound of Siore in silence
q Inform your squire
A delectable dish-ill you eagle-eye silver
Tor whatever). So =. you tag the head waiter
and sound of. Or do you If you'd avoid disaP-
proving glances, you'll quietly mention the snag
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the special one for you.
Evening star., 1952-05-25
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Evening star., 1952-05-25
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rabbit hairdo's. Cover ears with curls that turn
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Kotex. 1t holds its shape. You see, this is the
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green. Proceeds are to be divided
between II provinces of the
Dutch Kingdom for regional social
and cultural uses and medical
purposes. The set will be dis
tributed beginning May / and
closing June Is.
American stamp and currency
engravers have made dies for
many foreign governments be-
sides that of Britain. They have
worked for Australia. Canada,
Greece. Russia (under the czars)
italy, Spain. Japan. Sweden. Mex
leo. Honduras. Salvador, Guate-
mala. Nicaragua, Venezuela, CO.
lombia. Brazil. Argentina, Bolivia,
Chile, Peru. Ecuador, the Domin-
lean Republic and Hayti.
When Sir Rowland Hill pub
lished his famous pamphlet on
postal reform in 1886, advocating
cheap postage as a necessary re-
form, he encountered violent OPP
position from the postal authori-
ties of England. Loro Lichfield
postmaster general, told the
House of Commons that the walls
of the post Offices would burst If
the penny post were ratified. An
other official, Col. Maberly, de-
clared to post Office personnel:
This plan. we know, will fall
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By John Clogett Proctor

the terms of a duel were drawn
up. Decatur designated Commo-
dore William cambridge to repre-
sent him, while Barron selected
Capt. Jesse D. Elliot. The follow
ing are the terms agreed upon by
them:
1T is agreed by the undersigned,
as friends of Commodore Decatur
and Commodore Barron. that the
meeting which is to take place
between the said Commodore
Decatur and Commodore Barron
shall take place at 9 am. on the
22d instant. at Bladensburg. near
the District of Columbia, and that
the weapons shall be pistols; the
distance, eight PAGES or yards;
that previously to firing. the par
ties shall be directed to present
and shall not fire before the word
one is given. or after the word
three; that the words one, two
three shall be given by Comma
dore cambridge"
Decatur arose on the morning
of the duel, and. after feigning tc
be cheerful, to throw Mrs. Decatur
off her guard, since she was moi
apparently aware of what was
going on, crossed Lafayette Square
and entered Pennsylvania avenue
walking to Beale'S Hotel. on Cap
itol Hill. where he dined with
Commodore cambridge and Sam.
uel Hambledon of the Navy. From
here the trio drove to the dueline
grounds, situated in a valley tc
the right of the Bladensburg road
going north and about half mile
south of the village. Here they
met Capt. Elliot. Commodore Bar
ron and Mr.. Lattimer.
Upon taking their positions,
Commodore cambridge informed
them that he would give the wore
quickly, Present! One, two, three"
and they were not to fire before
the word "one" nor after the
word three" Before the fata
count was made. Commodore
Barron observed to Commodore
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CoIored Masons Plan
Building Campaign

In an effort to raise $4,000 by
July 10 to liquidate the second
trust on the temple at Tenth and
U streets NV, colored Masons
Of the District, headed by Grand
Master Lawrence Hawkins. last
week launched a campaign.
Easter services will be held next
Sunday at 4 pm. at the temple
Miss Mamie Burroughs, president
of the National Training School
for Girls, will make the principal
address.
Services will also be held at
pm, marking the 106th ami
versary of Felix Lodge at Turner
Memorial A. M. E. Church, Sixth
and l streets NE, with the Rev
Kenneth White as principal
speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-06

Warrenton, Norfolk and New
York last week end rivaled for
attention of Washington tourna-
ment fans, the Fauquier meet at
Warrenton drawing the bulk of
players.
The District delegation led in
the Fauquier foursome event
Sunday afternoon, when William
Jacoby, Jerry Kibbey, Richard
Lesko and Michael Meyers
chalked up 81 wins in 80 matches
to claim the title. Two more
Washington teams, Mrs. Mari
anne Boschan-Lewis G. Tubbs-
Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher-James
G. Stone and Wallace Ashby-
David Gary Arkoian-Ray-
mond Fetzner, each scoring 20l2
wins, ended in a triple tie with a
Baltimore foursome for runnerup
credits. Several other crack
Washington quartettes put up a
stiff battle to end with 20 wins,
just out of the master point divi-
sion.
Washingtonians were less for
tunate in the open-pair match
Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. w. D.
Snyder of Warrenton won that
contest, best showing by Wash
ington being made by runnersup
1t. Col. John Geddes and Paul
Neff. Charles Lovenberg and 1t.
Col. r. H. Skinner made a favor
able start by qualifying second in
the field, but missed overall point
honors. Top in the consolation
match were Mrs. Freda Bentley
Lew Levenson, with Mrs. T. L.
Good Mrs. H. j. Alexander, Sec
ond.
At the Eastern States regional
series in New York, Mrs. A. N
Fischer and Mrs. Dora Schwartz
turned in a creditable perform
ance in the record 66-pair field
They came within one-half a
match point of winning the wom-
ems pair title.
Also in New York last week enc
were DR.. S. w. Hawken, Robert
Piper, John Simms and E. T
Simpson to score the first victor!
for Washington in eight years o!
intercity team play between Uni.
versity Club bridge groups from
Bridgeport, Conn; Philadelphia
Pittsburgh, New York and Wash
ington.
In the Norfolk, Va. matches
Frieda Kenyon carried the honor
for Washington by finishing thir'
in the mixed-pair event, paire'
with DR.. Berlin of Norfolk. Mis-
} Kenyon also scored a qualifying
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Decatur "that he hoped on meet
ing in another world they would
be better friends than they hac
been in this" and Decatur re-
piled, Il have never been your
enemy, sir"
At the word two" both fired
so near together that it sounded
as one report. Barron fell wounded
in the right hip, Decatur stooe
for a moment erect, and then
pressing his hand to his right side
fell, . the ball having passed
through his abdomen. He re.
marked, II am mortally wounded.
and he was.
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VIRGINIA
Alexandria Radio
TeleviSiOn Labs

Alexandra Radio
TeleviSion Labs
1916 King Street, Alexandria
AL. 1882
Arlandria Radio & TV
1886 Mt. Vernon Avenue, .
Alexandria TIE. oe22
Arlington Radio & Television
Laboratories
1900 N. Washington Boulevard,
Arlington ia. 2-2300
Leon C. Baltimore
GA Gibbon Street, Alexandria
TIE. 4975
Baron & Meltz Co.
GIL S. Washington Street,
Falls Church FA. $3.50
Channels Radio &
Television Co.
2405 Mt. Vernon Avenue,
Alexandria AL. 0l51
Columbia Hardware e.
Appliance
1902 Columbia. Pike, Arlington
GIL. 1886
FOrd's Radio & Television
Service
1883 N. Fairfax Drive,
Arlington IA. 7-70l7
Potomac Radio Company
2700 Columbia Pike, Arlington
ia. 2-6111
Shirlington Radio &
Television Shop
1882 South Randolph,
Arlington AL. 1900
Suburban Radio &
Televisi0n Co.
5015 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington OW. 8726
Watson Television Service
1929 North Irving, Arlington
ia. 2-7337
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NORTHWEST

II NORTHWEST
II Ambassador Appliance &
II Television Company, Inc.
II 1773 Columbia Road NV.
! DE. 1888
d. C. Radio Stores
300 M st. NV. co. 1857
Dowd's Radio g. Electric Co.
4418 Connecticut Ave. NV.
OR. 1900
Drivin Radio Saleservice
New Jersey Avenue and
D Street NV. TR. 1914
Dunnam's Radio & TelevisiOn
Service
1923 18th st. NV. DE. 1858
Emergency Electrical &
Radio Co.
900 M st. NV. MI. 6728
Fulford's Colony Radio
GIG Georgia Avenue NV.
TU. 1900
FulfOrd'S Radio & TeleviSiOn
4911 Georgia Avenue NV.
tn. 1900
Merrick Radio & TeleviSiOn
Service
1245 9th st. NV. HUI. 4277
Metro TelevisiOn Service
1419 P St. NV. HUI. $500
Mid City Radio & Television
Shop
1905 7th St. NV. RE. 1860
Shapes Radio & Television
Service
1927 18th st. NV. GE. 41l9
Sorrells, Westbr0Ok & Notz
5000 Connecticut Ave. NV.
WO. 9406
SOUTHEAST
A A. c.. TeleviSiOn Service
N 3281s Kentucky Avenue Sc.
III Ii. 4-6169
I'M Pats Radio Company
IN 311 Pennsylvania Avenue Sc.
u AT. 0020
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Blackie'S TV


Blackie's TV
1858 H st. NE. LII. 4-9186
Capitol Radio & Television
1913 Rhode Island Ave. NE.
HUI. 72l1
Fisher Radio & Appliance
Service
1885 H st. NE. FIR. 1112
SOUTHWEST
Cameo Appliance Co.
Sill 4th st. S.W. DI. 1898
MARYLAND
Associated Appliance &
Televisi0n Service
SPOT Baltimore Boulevard,
Hyattsville APP. 1922
Bachman TelevisiOn Company
9717 Georgia Avenue,
Silver Spring JU. 7-6500
Brantley's Radio & TV Service
1910 Branch Ave-, Silver Hill
w. OotAOO
Delta Radio & TelevisiOn
1857 New Hampshire Avenue,
Takoma Park SH. 1880
Earl's Radio Shop
7400 Annapolis Road,
w. Lanham Hills UN. 2715
Lochner'S Radio e. TelevisiOn
Service
5108 Baltimore Avenue,
Hyattsville WA. 1858
Macwins Radio TV g.
Electric Co.
7341 Wisconsin Ave-, Bethesda
OIL. 1859
Modern ElectrOnics Service Co.
9706 Georgia Avenue,
Silver Spring SH. 7646
Sligo Radio & Televisi0n Co.
11418 Old BladenSburg Road,
Silver Spring ST.. 1888
Wheaton Radio & Television,
Inc.
1926 Georgia Avenue,
Silver Spring 10. $500