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Evening star., 1952-01-19
|nfIammab|e Aprons
Also Held Dangerous

A warning that certain plastic
aprons" are as highly inflammable
as torch sweaters" was sounded
yesterday by Robert c. Byrus. di.
rector Of fire service extension Of
the University of Maryland.
Mr.. Byrus urged housewives to
snip OF a piece of the fabric and
fexpose it to fire to determine
whether it burns rapidly.
At the Hyattsville Fire Depart
ment yesterday, Mr.. Byrus staged
Ia demonstration of a torch
sweater" which burned in less
less than a minute. The Arlington
County Fire Department. staged .
similar demonstration.
The Hyattsville sweater was
turned in by a woman Who said
she bought it from q door-to-door
salesman. The Arlington sweater
was reported to have been bought
from "a man at a gas station"
Evening star., 1952-01-19
SaItonstaII Plans
Home Rule Vote
With Changes
Fovors Striking Out
P1royiso 3 Q Fixing y. S.
Payments to District

Senator Saltonstall, Republican,
tof Massachusetts,, said today he
hoped to vote for the Washington
home rule bill, but would attempt
to strike from the measure q pro-
IviSo for fixing the Federal pay
ment to the District.
The section he hopes to kill
would set the Federal share of
city costs at 20 per cent of the
Districts own tax revenues.
This In effect would more than
double the present Federal pay
|ment." the legislator said. Pres
|ent law already fixes that pay
ment at $12 million, but during
the last two years Congress has
appropriated less than that to-
wards expenses Of the National
Capital" The figure this fiscal
year is $11.4 million.
Wants Separate Handling.
'It would be bad procedure to
leave the payment fixing title In
the home rule BILL" the Senator
declared. Appropriations, such
as the Federal share, normally are
lup to the Appropriations Commit
tees"
At any rate, Senator Saltonstall
said the problem Of the Federal
payments size should be handled
by itself. and not as a part of the
pending suffrage legislation.
Action Slated Tuesday.
Senator Saltonstall's amend
ment to strike the Federal share
clause from the home rule bill was
introduced on Thursday and will
come up Tuesday for debate and
action on the Senate floor. Agree
ment has been reached to limit
debate on all amendments, and
/ on the bill itself. with the hope OF
bringing the measure to a vote on
ipassage by late Tuesday OF
Wednesday.
The legislation will be subject
to general debate on Monday. But
the first order on the program
Monday will be continuation Of a
speech by Senator Ellender, Demo-
Icrat, Of Louisiana.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Fire Again Strikes
AT Goodrich Family

Fire yesterday damaged another
building housing the Goodrich
family whose original home at 718
Tenth street NE, was ruined last
Sunday in a fire that killed three
members of the family.
Yesterdays blaze was confined
to the basement of a three-story
brick apartment building at 600
Twenty-second street NV. The
family, was out visiting injured
relatives at Casualty Hospital.
They had been accupying a third
floor apartment in the building
since last Sundays fire.
Last nights blaze started near
"a coal-burning hot-air furnace in
the basement and roared it's way
to the mead Of the stairway at the
first floor when f1remen succeeded
in stopping it. Firemen believe
the flames were started by q
neighborhood boy playing with
matches in the basement. Mem
bers of the family returned from
the hospital visit as the blaze was
being fought.
Three members of the family
were burned fatally and four
|others injured in last Sundays
fire. Those who died were Mrs.
Pearl Goodrich. At; a son. Donald.
4, and a granddaughter. Linda
Louise, 2. Burned severely were
Mrs. Goodrick's husband, Louis; a
daughter, yLenore. 16, and two
sons, Louis, jr., %, and Daniel, 10.
Another son. Bobby. 10, was adj
|mitted to Casualty Hospital Thurs
day after he suffered minor in
|juries when he was hit by a taxi,
while on his way to visit his
father.
Evening star., 1952-01-19

Charles H. Nelson, colored,
former night manager of the
Brass Rail Restaurant, told the
Senate Crime Investigating
Committee yesterday he had
witnessed and taken part in al
legged pay-ofs to enforcement
officials.
FOLLOWING is part of the
testimony in response to QueS-
tionS By the assistant commit
tee counsel, taken from the off,
cidl transcript:
Harold Soloman assistant coun-
sci of the committee)-Now, who
was the day manager of this tav-
|ern?
MIR. Nelson-Well. his name was
they called him Preacher Saun-
ders.
Mr.. Solomon-Now. on any of
these occasions when Saunders
was on duty, were you ever in the
Brass Rail?
Mr.. NelSon-I was.
Mr.. Solomon - Did Saunders
ever introduce you to any officials
of any commission or board OF
the District government?
Mr.. Nelson-Introduced me to
ABC inspectors.
Mr.. Solomon-Did he introduce
you to these men and give you
their names?
Mr.. Nelson-He did.
Mr.. Solomon-Do you remem-
ber what happened when you
were introduced to these ABC in
spectors?
Says Money Passed.
Mr.. Nelson-Well. ! don't know
Ithat-he introduced me and hi
passed them some money.
Mr.. Solomon-How much mon.
ley, do you recall. was it thai
Saunders passed to ABC inspect
i. ors?
/ Mr.. NelSon-He gave each ont
$25. That was in the Office.
Mr.. Solomon-In what denomi
nations were those. bills?
i Mr.. Nelson-Well. I don't-on'
of them I do remember, a twent!
and a five. I do know the other
were $25-ae said. Here is $25.
Mr.. Solomon-Do you recall tn
, names of those inspectors?
, Mr.. Nelson-I don't recall thei
names now. I cannot recall thei
p names.
Mr.. Solomon-Now, on any oc
lcasion when you did the day ant
might shifts, did Mr.. Simkins eve
leave with you or give you an
instructions as to any packages
d Mr.. Nelson-He did.
!. Mr.. Solomon-on how man
|. occasions?
Evening star., 1952-01-19
House Group
10 Hear Foes Of
UNIT tuesday
70 Witnesses Slated
To Testify on Proposed
Voluntary Program
BY George Beveridoe

The House Armed Services Com
mittee today began a three-day
vacation before calling q parade
Of about 10 witnesses for testi-
mony on proposals which would
govern the conduct Of universal
military training.
These proposals, submitted to
Capitol Hill by a special White
House commission, must be ap-
proved by Congress before any
steps can be taken to put UNIT
into operation.
Many Of the witnesses who will
begin testifying Tuesday represent
groups opposed to UNIT. Chair
man Vinson indicated their testi-
mony would be restricted to the
proposals mainly legal in nature
made by the National Security
Training Commission.
However. during the first phase
OF the hearings, concluded yes
terday, the emphasis was on plans
of the administration to put into
effect q limited UNIT program.
This program, during the first
year. would take $4,000 volunteers
for six months Of UNIT. followed
Immediately by 18 months Of
service in the armed force of their
choice.
Vinson Proposed Plan.
Mr.. Vinson proposed the volun-
teer plan about two weeks ago,
and Defense Secretary Lovett tes-
titled that he would ask the Presi-
dent to put it into effect six
months after Congress approved
the legislation now under study.
Members of the Joint Chiefs Of
Staff added their endorsements
yesterday.
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff, suggested that
UNIT, tied to 18 months service,
be kept in effect for two or three
years on a voluntary" basis.
Later, he said, manpower needs
Should be reviewed to determine
if the draft could be stopped, per-
mitting UNIT to continue alone.
Other Generals Testify.
Others testifying were Gen.
Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force
Chief of Staff: Vice Admiral LIT.
Du Bose, representing Admiral
William M. Fechteler, chief of
naval operations. and Gen. Lem
|uel c. Shepherd, commandant of
the Marine Corps. ALI stressed
that the limited UNIT beginning
could be conducted at no substan-
|tial cost to the services.
Gen. Shepherd also disclosed
the Marine Corps has increased
Slightly its reliance on the draft
this year. For the first six months
|of 1852, he said, the corps has a
draft request for 36,750 men, as
compared with 31,248 draftees
during the last half of 1851.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Bridegroom Awaits
Court Action on Plea
For Return Of Bride, Il

A youthful bridegroom hope
fully waited today for a District
Court decision that would return
his bride of nine days.
Charles Ellis, %, an oiler on
construction machinery. was back
in his parents home at 436 Tenth
street NV. after an elopement,
a marriage and honeymoon that
ended when West Virginia State
troopers took his 17-year-old
bride from him in Beckley.
The bride, Mrs. Mary Frances
Lyons Ellis, was returned to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James j.
Lyons of 4801 Minnesota avenue
NE.
Asked for Writ.
Young Ellis petitioned. for a
writ of habeas corpus on his re-
turn to Washington. Judge Bur-
nita Shelton Matthews issued the
writ and ordered the brides par
ents to produce herr in court
Thursday for a hearing to deter
mine her custody.
The bridegroom said yesterday
he had met Mary Frances about
six months ago through his cousin
at her place of employment, the
Kresge Store at Eleventh and II
streets NE.
They became engaged, he said,
and on January 8, Mary Frances
parents took, her engagement ring
from her and she left home.
Gave Age as 10.
They drove to Wilson, N. C..
he said, where they were married
by a justice Of the peace. Mary
Frances gave her age as 10 and
her home as Kaiser, w. Va, where
her grandmother lives.
They drove to Beckley, w. Va,
where he has an aunt, he said,
and Mary Frances telephoned her
father and told him they were
married. Her father, an investi-
gator for the park police here,
asked her the number from which
she was calling. He told her to
wait there, the bridegroom said,
and he would call her back. In
stead. a State trooper arrived and
took the bride away.
Evening star., 1952-01-19

Mr.. Solomon-Did he ever tell
you or make any remark about
the incident of the kind that you
just described?
Mr.. NelSon-Well, I mean, when
he came up he said. Never let
your left hand know what your
right hand is doing"
Mr.. Solomon-Did you ever
hear Mr.. Simkins make any re-
ference to his associations or in
fluence with the Police Depart
ment? -... -... ..
Had Protection.
Mr.. Nelson-Yes. he made them.
Mr.. Solomon-What were those
references, Mr.. Nelson?
Mr.. Nelson-He said-he spoke
that he had protection, you know,
from the policemen.
Mr.. Solomon-What else did he
say?
Mr.. Nelson-He mentioned that.
Mr.. Solomon-Did he say any
thing else about his power or in
duence or what he could do?
Mr.. Nelson-Well, he didnt
speak it right then. I know on
occasion he said when policemen
come in. he said, II will have that
little suit taken off Of you," that
was about some of his remarks.
Mr.. Solomon-Did he at any
time mention the names of any
other officers or officials of the
Police Department, that you re.
call?
Mentioned Capt. Strange.
Mr.. Nelson-Well, he mentioned
one time Capt. Strange.
Mr.. Solomon-Whom did you
know Capt. Strange to be?
Mr.. Nelson--A policeman.
Mr.. Solomon-And was he the
commanding officer Of the pre-
cinct. as far as you know?
Mr.. Nelsno-That is right.
Mr.. Solomon-What precinct?
Mr.. NelSon-I don't know
think it was No. 3.
Mr.. Solomon-Now. some time
prior to-
Senator Butler-May I ask a
question? do not think the rec
ord should be left in that condi-
lticn.
In what connection did he men
ton his name?
Mr.. Nelson-Well. Capt. Strange
was in there at one time and he
mentioned, THAT was Capt.
Strange" to me.
Senator Butler. Oh. ! see. He
did not mention anything more
Mr.. Nelson-No. that is all he
said. "That was Capt. Strange"
Evening star., 1952-01-19
estmony by Former Night Manager in Alleged Poyo Cases

Mr.. Nelson-To the best of my
recollection, I couldn't recall see
ling him before.
Mr.. Solomon-Did you ever see
him after that? "
Mr.. Nelson-I don't believe-if
II did, I couldn't recall it.
Mr.. Solomon-Now, you were
in the Brass Rail and you were
employed at the Brass Rail for an
extensive period of time. About
how long?
Mr.. Nelson-Little over a year
i imagine.
Mr.. Solomon-During that time
was it customary that white men
came into that place?
Mr.. Nelson-Very seldom we
ever had a white man there.
Mr.. Solomon-Do you recall the
names of any white men you did
lsee in that restaurant?
Mr.. Nelson-Yes.
Mr.. Solomon-Who were they?
Mr.. Nelson-I have seen men
Mr.. Simpkins introduced as Clark
and Ogle.
Pointed Them Out.
Mr.. Solomon-Did he introduce
you to them or did he just point
them out to you?
Mr.. Nelson-He pointed them
out to me.
Mr.. Solomon-Did he tell you
who those men were?
Mr.. Nelson-He said they were
detectives. that is all.
Mr.. Soloman-Now, on the oc-
|casions or occasion when you saw
Detectives Ogle and Clark at the
Brass Rail, would you tell us what
you saw transpiring or what you
saw happen between them and
Mr.. Simkins?
Mr.. Nelson-Well. Mr.. Simkins
was talking to them and then he
taken one of them downstairs.
Mr.. Solomon-Is that to the
cellar?
Mr.. Nelson-That is right.
Mr.. Solomon-How long did he
remain downstairs?
Mr.. Nelson-Well, ] would say
approximately i've or 10 minutes.
Mr.. So1omon-And then would
both of them return to the main
floor?
Mr.. Nelson-Well, just one went
down there.
Mr.. Solomon-One, and then
would Mr.. Simkins come back up
with that one?
Mr.. NelSon-That Is right.
Mr.. Solomon-And when he
would, what would happen?
Mr.. Nelson-Well, then he
would go down with the other
gentleman.
Evening star., 1952-01-19

Mr.. Nelson-Well, to my recol-
lection. two that I can recall.
Mr.. Solomon-Now, on the first
occasion do you recall what kind
of package Mr.. Simkins gave
you?
Mr.. Nelson-He gave me small
envelope.
Envelope for Pittman.
Mr.. Solomon-Did it have any
name ON the outside?
Mr.. Nelson-One name was on
it.
Mr.. Solomon-What name was
that?
Mr.. NelSon-Pittman. , r
Mr.. Solomon--Do you know O
man by the name of Pittman?
Mr.. NelSon-I do.
Mr.. Solomon-Who is he
Mr.. Nelson-Lt. Pittman.
Mr.. Solomon-Is he a member
i of the Metropolitan Police De-
partment?
Mr.. Nelson-He is.
Mr.. Solomon-What precinct is
he attached to?
Mr.. Nelson-Thirteenth.
Mr.. Solomon-The Brass Rail
was in No. q?
Mr.. Solomon-That is right.
Mr.. Solomon-Aud Mr., Simkins
lived in No. 13?
Mr.. Nelson-Lived in No.
don't know whether he lives ir
No. 13 or-I don't know whether
he lived there.
Mr.. Solomon-Was the envelope
sealed?
Mr.. Nelson-It was.
! Mr.. Solomon-Did you see the
contents Of the envelope?
Mr.. Nelson-I did not.
! Mr.. Solomon-Did it feel a.
Though it had one sheet Of paper
inside?
Mr.. NelSon-I can't tell whether
lit was one sheet. You know,
mean. just by the feel Of it.
couldn't just say whether on,
Isheet-
\ Couldn't Decide on Contents.
4 Mr.. Solomon-Did you have an!
idea of what the contents of tn,
envelope were?
Mr.. Nelson-No, I couldn't jus
exactly say.
Mr.. Solomon-Did it appear II
be bulky or light?
Mr.. Nelson-Well. I mean. o
: course. that occasion I can no
] recall whether that was bulky.
r Mr.. Solomon-On that occasion
7 when you were given an envelop'
with the name Pittman on tn
outside Of it. what did Mr.. Sim
= lkins tell you?
Mr.. Felson-He told me tba
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Thieves Must Be Hungry!
Tuke Meets Worth S687

Police were looking for some
hungry thieves today who broke
into the Home Quality Market. 326
Eleventh. street S.W., and stole
$687 worth of meats.
Owner Harry Rubenstein re-
ported the thieves broke a plate
glass window and escaped with
large amounts Of fatback. sliced
bacon, pork loins. smoked hams.
lunch meats and other meats.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Ewing Forecasts S. Boost
In 0Id-Aee Payments
BY the Associated Pres.

Federal Security Administrator
Ewing said yesterday he believes
Congress will approve this year
q SIS increase in old-age and sur
viyor insurance payments and of
disqualification insurance for the
aged and dependents of deceased
persons.
Persons over 65 covered by the
old-age and survivor insurance
now receive an average of $42
monthly.
Mr.. Ewing told a reporter he
believes the increases have good
chance of approval because the
increase can be financed from
the social security trust fund with.
out a change in the tax base Of
in rates.
Evening star., 1952-01-19

had just came through and locked
that door and then he turned
around and said to me, "You sc
and so, you are up to some more
of your so and so tricks"
I said, what do you mean
major?"
He said, 'You know what ]
mean"
said, mo, I don't know what
you mean"
And then he said that me and
Nelson were trying to shake Sim
kins for $4,000, or words to that
effect and I told him it was a sc
and so lie.
Tells of Penitentiary Threat.
And he said, Don't tell me
that" and I said, "Well, it is q
so and SO lie, I don't care who tolo
you"
II will put you in the peniten-
tiary for it," he said, and. I said
"You know what you can do"
Then 1t. Murray said something
and said, Lieutenant, he il
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Mr.. Nelson-I did not:

Mr.. Nelson--I did not:
Senator Butler-Where did you
have it during the hour and a
half or so?
MIR Nelson-In the hour and a
half I had it in my pocket.
Mr.. Solomon-Did 1t. Pittman
come to the Brass Rail in uniform
or civilian clothes?
Mr.. Nelson-Uniform.
Mr.. Solomon-On the second
occasion did Mr.. Simkins leave
any envelopes with you?
Mr.. Nelson-He did.
Mr.. Solomon-What kind OF
envelopes were they on that oc-
lcasion?
Mr.. Nelson-They were brown
envelopes.
Mr.. Solomon-Did any of these
envelopes have a name on the
outside?
Mr.. Nelson-No. they did not.
Mr.. Solomon-On the occasions
he would leave the brown en-
lvelopes with you, did Mr.. Simkins
give you the names of any per-
son who would come to call for
them? .... ..5
Mr.. NelSon-He did not. .
Mr.. Solomon - What did he
say?
Mr.. Nelson-He would give me
an envelope and say. "There will
be a man in here, shortly; he will
ask for it, give 1t to him!
Mr.. Solomon - Would such a
man come?
Mr.. Nelson-He did.
Mr.. Solomon-,And what did he
ask you?
Mr.. Nelson--IIe asked If Sim
kins left something for him.
/ Mr.. Solomon-And would you
give it to him?
/ Mr.. Nelson-T did.
White Man Got It. r
Mr.. Solomon-Do you 1emem-
lber the name of that man?
Mr.. Nelson-No, do not.
Mr.. Solomon - There was nc
name on the envelope?
Mr.. Nelson - There was nc
name.
Mr.. Solomon-Was he a white
man or a colored man?
Mr.. NelSon-A white man.
| Senator Butler--Get him to de-
scribe him.
Mr.. Solomon-Would you be
liable to describe the man to whom
you gave this envelope?
i Mr.. Nelson Il couldn't;
wouldn't know him. I mean, he
Twas a white man, you know, he
was just q white man
i Mr.. Solomon-Did you ever SET
him before?
Evening star., 1952-01-19

f1oor-in the meantime I had
never mentioned to him about
Simkins because I didn't think
anything of that threat of last
night made to me.
So, when I got upstairs to his
office he, 1t. Murray. told the
gentleman at the front desk there
"Tell the major I got Nick" ane
he did and I think I heard Bar
rett speak over the PA. system
"Let him wait"
Then, oh, in about six or sever
minutes he said, "Send him back,
so Murray takes me back to Maj
Barrett's Office.
+ When I walked into the door
leading down this hall
Mr.. Bauman-Will you speak q
little more slowly?
Mr.. Nichols am sorry. Wher
I walked down the hall leading
into his Office, he was at that door
locking that door to his private
secretary.
Then he walked to that door
Evening star., 1952-01-19

SeTgt. ReuOen NtcnOLS, col
ored, noW retired from the
Police Department. testified
before the Senate Crime In
Uestigating Committee yester-
day that he was inuited to
Roger (Whitetop) Simkir,s'
home shortly after a night club
manager threatened to tell OF
police pay-ofs.
Sergt. Nichols told the SEND
tors he became ipvolUed because
OF his friendship tDith Charles
II. Nelson, colored. 1Dho man
aged the Brass Rail Restaurant
for Sinlkins. He said SinlkinS,
also colored, became angered
tOhea, he told him the affair
"does not concerr, you as much
as it does the Police Depart-
ment."
This testimony, from the off,
cial transcript. tollotDed::
Mr.. Nichols - He (Simpkins)
said, II am going to call your boss
up," and I said, MY boss?" And
he said. Eyes, your boss, Maj. Bar
rett. I am going to have you up
in his Office at 9:15" and we had
a set-to then. I told him, I said.
Look, I don't know what these
people have told you. but I know
what I have told them, nothing
that I have told them was hurting
you too much" I said, "and If you
had them here would talk to you,
but they are not here"
So he says, II am going to teach
you never to mind my business"
Says He Cursed FBI.
And I said, GAS long as I am, a
policeman you are going to respect
me. I was here before you came
and I think I will be here after
you leave" and I said, "You know,
we have an FBI agency here" and
he cursed the FBI.
Mr.. Bauman - Did anything
happen at roll call?
Mr.. Nichols-Yes, sir. Next
morning at roll call-and honestly,
I had forgotten about Simkins'
threat because it sounded so alb
surd to me-about 9:15 1t. Muir
ray comes to my desk.
He said, "Nick, the major told
me to bring you upstairs to the
Office right away"
The Chairman-Who told you?
Mr.. Nichols-Lt. Murray.
Mr.. Bauman-The man who is
now major and superintendent of
police?
Mr.. Nichols - And he said,
Mick, Maj. Barrett wants you to
be up at his Office right away"
Mentions Picture.
So after a second or two. 'I
think I know what it is all about.
I think he is mad about that pic
ture that was in the paper a week
or so ago"-it was shortly before
that.
Senator Welker-He said that
or you said that?
Mr.. Nichols - No, he told me
that. So I said to him, said, Il
made a remark, knowing how the
story come about-the story come
in the paper this way, I better
explain that.
While I was in Cleveland, the
reporters from the paper came to
see about this $4,000 money max
ing machine business I broke, and
he gave them the story but could
not give the lingo and they want
ed to make a magazine section
or story of it and so when he
came back, II told him I would
give him the rest Of the story and
lingo"
And so I knew that and II
didn't want to get involved there
and I told him, II know the
thing, let me take it, I can explain
it, I can tell him how it come
about" and I said
Mr.. Bauman-Well, at the time,
sergeant, you still felt that Maj.
Barrett wanted to see you about
the picture of yours that had
been in the Afro
Thought He Knew.
Mr.. Nichols i thought he
knew.
Mr.. Bauman-You thought he
knew?
Mr.. Nichols-That is correct,
sir, but when got off at the fifth
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Cunu Conference Set

A. Cana conference for married
and engaged couples will be held
from Q to 5 pm. tomorrow at St
Johns Church, Forest Glen. Md
Evening star., 1952-09-09

NE MORNING you'll be greeted by the sound Of eoger
footsteps all the community The feet will be those Of your
children and ou-952 sehoors their way bock school,
Many of these bound youngsters will be carrying school sup
plies from Peoples wide selections because again mony
porens following this rue First Peopeshen to school, If
you have eye for vuechonces your children will carry their
books in Peoples bookboe write Peoples notebooks with
Peoples pencils cot out Of Peoples Iunchkits
Schoobook time reminds US that you've fought quite lesson
through the years. You fought who need you need
and the price you'd poy We realize thot growth
has depended the with which eoned this lesson In
return want teach you monesovng esson You'll owoys
get the best for the eost money whatever you buy Peoples