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Evening star., 1952-04-04
Road Planning TO Be Topic
Al Montgomery Meeting

Future planning and road con-
struction will be discussed by the
West Montgomery County Citizens
Association at 8 pm. Monday at
the Potomac School.
The group also will be advised
Of progress on subdivision regula-
tions by the Upper Montgomery
County Planning Commission
Members Of the Citizens Advisory
Committee to the commission will
give a report.
Road construction, maintenance
and repair will be the subject Of
Q discussion led by Washington I.
Cleveland. Irving G. McNayr,
county manager. and Mason A.
Butcher. director Of public works
for Montgomery County, win be
guests Of the association.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
$500 in Cash and Jewe|ry
Stolen in Colonial VILLAGE

Arlington police today are in
vestigating the theft of $500 in
cash and jewelry from a Colonial
Village apartment which was
broken into while the occupants
were at work yesterday.
Detective Walter Kadel said
thieves forced open the door Of
Mrs. Florence Womack at 1904
Key boulevard with a screw driver.
The jewelry and money were in
a bedroom dresser.
An apartment in the next unit
was broken into in a similar man.
ner, Detective Kadel said, and
was ransacked but nothing was
reported missing.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Queen and Aides Selected
For Hyattsvi||e Egg Hunt

Mona Mae Roll, IL. daughter of
Mr.. anc Mrs. William E. Roll.
1909 Madison street, Hyattsville,
will be queen of the 18th annual
Easter egg hunt at Magruder
Park.
The hunt will be held Easter
Monday under the auspices of the
KiwaniS Club of Prince Georges
County and the Sidney Lust The
aterS
Dorcas Glasgow, II, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Glasgow. 4116
Hamilton street and Joyce Ann
kaufman. II. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c Austin kaufman of 5601
Forty-Second avenue, will be maids
of honor The queen and her
maids are pupils at Hyattsville
Elementary School.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Civic Federation
Awards Hines
Star Trophy
Roads Chuirmun
Of Prince Georges
Group Honored

Ernest L. Hines of 1881 Allen
town road, Friendly. Md. will re.
ceive The Star trophy this year
for outstanding civic achievement
in the Prince Georges County
Civic Federation.
The federation voted last night
to award the trophy to Mr.. Hines
for his work as chairman Of its
Roads. Streets and Bridges Com
mittee The trophy is given each
year to a member of the fedora
ton who renders distinguished
service to his community and the
county.
The formal presentation will
be made at the next meeting on
May l. The federation decided to
attempt to hold that meeting in
the Oxon Hill High School, in
Southern Prince Georges, be-
cause it is in that area that Mr..
Hines has done most of his fed
Grafton work.
The federation ordinarily meets
in the County Service Building at
Hyattsville.
Chief Reviser at GPO.
Mr.. Hines. 54-year-old chief re-
wiser for the Government Printing
Office, is the first representative of
the Southern area of the county to
receive the cup. He is a delegate
to the federation from the Friend
ly Citizens Association, which he
helped organize.
In other business. the group in
dorsed the Senate resolution to
set up an interstate agency to reg
ulate public Transportation in the
Washington Metropolitan Area.
That resolution, introduced by
Senator johnson, Democrat, Of
Colorado, is now pending in
Congress.
The federation also commended
the county commissioners for
great improvements in the new
budget, which they have proposed
for next fiscal year.
Walter F. Mulligan. president Of
the federation, which has been
sharply critical of the county bud
get in the past, said "the commis-
sioners have done a bang-up Job
this time"
Want Information Available.
In a companion resolution, how
ever, the federation urged q
streamlining by the commissioners
to make it easier for residents to
obtain budgetary and financial in
formation.
The resolution urged that a
printed and detailed budget be
issued at least 80 days in ad-
vance Of public hearings. To give
the commissioners more time to
prepare and hold hearings on the
budget. the federation suggested
that the final date for setting the
ltax levy be advanced from April to
June Is.
The resolution, which notes
that the changes asked would re-
quire legislation by the Maryland
General Assembly, further re-
quested monthly statements by
the commissioners on the county's
financial position and a printed
: annual financial report within
100 days after the close of each
fiscal year.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Business License
Tax UnderF
In Near Virginia
ConstitutionoIity Test
Opens in Arlington
And Falls Church

The Arlington and Falls Church
business license tax ordinances
are under legal attack.
Arlington Attorney Miles Spence
Bray, in a motion for a declara-
tory judgment filed in Circuit
Court yesterday, contended the
county business and professional
license tax ordinance is uncon-
stitutional.
MIR. Bray said that the tax is a
local and special one, prohibited
by Section 63 of the Virginia Con-
Stltution. He also maintained
that, when the County Board pub
lished the ordinance at the time
OF its adoption on February 2,
1949, the advertisement failed to
cite the authority in State law
for the ordinance.
Tells of Payment Demand.
The attorney said Commissioner
of Revenue George D. Fischer had
demanded payment of a $40 at
torney'S tax from him. The fee
was due on January 81. The tax
on attorneys salaries ranges from
$40 fCf income up to $4,000 to
500 for incomes exceeding $25,-
900 in one year.
The penalty for failure to COM
ply is a fine not to exceed $500
or 80 days in jail, or both. Each
day of violation constitutes a sep
arate offense. z>
Mr.. Bray, who named the
County Board and Mr.. Fischer as
defendants in the suit, said the tax
violates his Constitutional rights
as a citizen and an attorney Ii
censed by the Commonwealth of
Virginia to practice his profession.
In the proposed Arlington
budget for 1952-53, revenue from
the tax is estimated at $450, 900,
but three members of the County
0SnAN, q AAuJOA AtyS AldVC OAHU C41Cy
favor a substantial increase in
next years rates.
Filed in Fairfax Court.
The challenge to the Falls
Church ordinance was filed on
Tuesday in Fairfax County Circuit
Court by attorneys for the John
p. Agnew & Co., Inc. a WASH
ington fuel distributor.
1t contests the validity of q Sec
ton that levies a SITS yearly tax
or oil distributors doing retail
business in the city, although not
having an Office or plant within
the city limits.
The tax is described as one
levied for the use of the city's
streets by such oil companies.
The Agnew company. through
its attorney. John w. Waller, OF
the firm of Thomas. Strauss and
Waller, says it paid the tax but
believes the law demonstrations
Evening star., 1952-04-04
7 Baltimore Citizens
Ask Court 10 Block
|F|uoriidation Of Wafer
Speeioi Dispotch 70 The S,or

BALTIMORE. April 1.-Two
citizens have asked Superior
Court to block f1uoridation of
Baltimore's water supplies.
They charge that adding fiuo-
rides to the water would violate
their personal and religious rights.
Filing the complaint were Harry
c. Hoffman, a Christian Scientist
lay leader, and Ian Ross MacFar-
lane, a radio news commentator.
They asked the court to issue a
writ Of mandamus ordering city
officials to carry out their duties
OF protecting citizens personal
and religious rights.
Judge Joseph L. Carter gave
the defendants until April 81 to
reply to the complaint.
Mr.. Hoffman and MIR. Mac
Farlane said in their formal COM
plant that the City of Baltimore
intends to introduce in the near
future into the water supply of
Baltimore toxic substance known
generally as fluorine."
"Such action is prejudicial to
the health, religious rights and
other rights guaranteed to the
plaintiffs under the Constitution
of the State Of Maryland" the
complaint continued.
Attorneys H. Clifton Owens and
Louis E. Bowen are handling the
case. Mr.. Owens said Mr.. Hoff-
man feels that flucridation of
water to help prevent tooth decay
among children violates the
Christian Scientist belief against
medication.
adding chlorine to water is
acceptable" Mr.. Owens said, "be-
cause that does something to the
water and the impurities in it
Fluorine, however, is added be-
cause of its effect on the human
body and despite the fact we
don't know all the effects it might
have"
Mr.. MacFarlane has used his
radio program to campaign
against fluoridation, expressing
alarm over possible harm that the
chemical might do to some per-
sons.
Baltimore plans to start adding
duorides to the water about May
/. It had been set to begin a
month earlier. but necessary
equipment has not arrived.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Bodies Of ; Still MISSING
In Chesapeake JET Crash
BY the Asseeioted Press

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE
Va, April 4.-Officials have aban-
doned hope Of recovering the
bodies of three crewmen pre-
sumed to have drowned in a jet
bomber crash last Friday night.
The plane. a B-45. cracked up
in Chesapeake Bay some 6 miles
north of Langley.
Presumed dead are Capt
Roland C.. Parnell of Ridgeway
IS. c.; 1t. Heber J. Whiteside OF
Layton. Utah, and 1t. Phillip r
Dunlap Of Greenville, Ala.
The men were on q routine
training fight from Langley
when the accident occurred.
Evening star., 1952-04-04

More than 100000 persons lined
K street NV. last night to watch
q parade of Illuminated floats,
carrying the pretty Cherry Bios
som Festival princesses.
At times, parts of the parade
route between Ninth and Twen-
tieth streets looked like they were
bathed in sunlight, as high can
dlepower searchlights cast their
beams along K street.
The estimate of attendance was
made by Chief Mark Raspberry of
the park police and Inspector
Beverly Beach of the Metropolitan
police. Inspector Beach said 430
policemen were on duty along the
parade route, which took nearly
~ hours to pass. It was COM
posed of "a floats and numerous
other attractions.
D. C. officials on Hand.
In the reviewing stand. near
Seventeenth street, were many of
the city's dignitaries, including
Commissioner F. Joseph Donohue,
and Brig. Gen. Bernard L. Rob-
inson, the Engineer Commission
er, who were the honorary mar
shals; Police Supt. Robert v.
Murray, General Festival Chair
man Edward r. Carr and Parade
Chairman Ludwig Caminita, jr
AS each unit passed the review
ing stand, Bryson Rash, commen-
tator for WMAL and WMAL-TV,
Tile Star stations, identified it
by name, as he also did with the
prlnceSSes.
Many floats advertised the at
fractions Of their States. Most OF
them were pulled by jeeps of the
District National Guard, and they
shone brightly as the searchlight
beams picked up the colors Of the
|gaily decorated vehicles.
Spectators around the reviewing
stand had an unexpected laugh
when the jeep towing the float
of June Klein, Miss Washing
ton," stalled right in front Of the
stand. Several newsmen and
spectators gave it a push to start
it again.
Mounted Police Parade.
The parade was led by the Dis
trict police motorcycle squadron
and the police band. Then came
Maj. Murray. Mr.. Carr and Mr..
Caminita. who left their cars at
the reviewing stand. to be fol-
lowed by Commissioners Donohue
and Robinson. A highlight which
followed was the appearance of
the park police's mounted squad
ron Of II matched Morgan horses.
Miss Klein's float, sponsored by
Super Mustic Stores here. led the
contingent of princesses.
One Of the floats, that of the
Capital Transit Co., hearkened
back through the years. On it
was an ancient streetcar, circa
1880. At one time it was horse
drawn. Then, when electric power
was introduced, it was hitcned to
the back Of one Of the first electric
lstreetcars, as trailer"
Among the service organizations
participating were the Marine
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Prince Georges Group
To Form Sasscer Club

A Prince Georges County Sas.
Scer-for-Senate Club will be or.
ganized at a Dutch treat" lunch.
con at 1890 pm. tomorrow ir
the Hot Shoppe at College Park
Mrs. Ruth Swami, president o.
the Bladensburg District Demo.
cratic Club and vice president o1
the County Council of Democratic
Clubs. will serve as temporary
chairman.
All supporters of Representative
Sasscer for the Democratic nomi.
nation for the Senate are invited
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Virginia Foes
Launch Battle
Against Byrd
Anti-Orgonizution
Fight Is Opened by
Miller and Whitehead
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, April A.
Anti organization Democratic
leaders apparently have fired the
first shots in a campaign against
Senator Harry F. Byrd.
The attack came from Francis
Pickens Miller, a potential candi-
date against Senator Byrd in the
July is Democratic primary, and
Delegate Robert Whitehead, re-
garded as a likely anti-organiza-
ton candidate for Governor next
year.
Mr.. Miller. who ran q strong
second to Gov. Battle in the 1949
Democratic primary. assailed the
Byrd organization in a speech last
night at Chatham, his first polit-
ical speech in more than a year.
Mr.. Whitehead, who has been
taking the organization to task
frequently in recent weeks for
what he considers sins of omission
by the 1852 General Assembly,
stepped up his attack in an ad-
dress at Lynchburg yesterday. He
borne down on the term Byrd
iSm," which he said had showed
Its true attitude toward the elec-
torate at the 1852 session.
Considers Opposing Senator.
Mr.. Miller, who said some weeks
ago he was seriously considering
running for the Senate this year
when Senator Byrd's term expires,
refused further comment. He told
reporters he still was considering
the matter.
Senator Byrd told reporters
Thursday night at Norfolk, where
he spoke, that soon he would have
to "do like Mr.. Truman" and
make a decision on whether to
seek reelection. Earlier in the
day, the Senator spoke at Rich
mond. flew back to Washington to
be on hand for an important Sen
ate vote, and then few to Norfolk
for the speech there.
Mr.. Miller, in an address to the
Rotary Club of Chatham, spoke
on "The Truth at Washington and
in Virginia as I See It," an OBJ
vious play on the title Senator
Byrd has used for a number of
recent addresses-"The Truth at
Washington as I See It."
He took the view that Virginia s
interests would best be served if
Virginia's representatives in WASH
ington played a greater part in
the political councils of the Ma
ton.
Says "Byrdism" Shackles Voters.
Earlier in the day Mr.. White
head told the Lynchburg Lions
Club that "the greatest blunders
Of the 1852 session were in the
field Of suffrage"
".Byrdism' put seven shackleS
on the voters of Virginia, and then
on top of that it all but took the
lid of the amount Of money that
might be spent to obtain nomina-
ton Of Office" he said. "The pow
erful and the rich had a real field
day. The average citizen did not
fare so we'll"
Mr.. Whitehead said the voters
were shackled by the following
legislative actions: Advancing the
primary date from August S to
July Is: requiring separate bal
lot for presidential electors and
Senator: reducing from 80 to 10
days the minimum time for plac-
ing a presidential ticket on the
ballot by petition; banning the use
of rubber stamps in writing in the
names of candidates on ballots;
failing to take steps to repeal the
poll tax, passing a congressional
redistricting plan that was "out of
balance" and failing to reappor-
ton the General Assembly seats.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Baltimore City Called
Organization Politics
Best Barometer
By jock Davis
Assoeiofed Press Stoff Writer

BALTIMORE, April 4.-Mary-
lands Sd and 4th congressional
districts. located entirely within
Baltimore City. are the best
barometers in the State regarding
organization politics.
Nowhere else does the party boss
and factions mean so much.
The Sd takes in all Of the
immediate downtown section, the
Northern harbor district including
Little Italy, Highlandtown, and
east to the city line.
No Contest in G. o. p.
There is no contest for the Re-
publican nomination. Jerry Toula
has the field to himself.
On the Democratic side, Repre-
sentative Garmatz seeks renomi-
nation over Harry Kemper, a gro
Ger, and Delegate George c. Wag-
ner, a matchmaker serving his first
term in the General Assembly.
Mr.. Garmatz has had the back
ing Of top organization leaders
since he was elected to succeed
Thomas D'Alesandro in l947,
when D'Alesandro resigned to be-
come Mayor. Observers say only
a major party upset could lose
him denomination.
Bases Hopes on Upset.
Mr.. Kemper, who was defeated
in the last gubernatorial primary
is basing his hopes on such an
unexpected upset. Mr.. Kemper
has done little publicized cam
Ipaigning.
Mr.. Warner, 40, elected in 1850
to the House of Delegates from
the city's I'd district, was clerk
to the Supervisors of Elections
from 1898 to 1949.
The 4th' district takes In
most Of the relatively weather.
North Baltimore as far north as
Govans and a smaller segment OF
the western part of the city, where
the Negro section is concentrated
Fallon Appears Strong.
Representative Fallon, who since
his election in 1914 has weathered
the Republican wave of 1916 and
loss of labor aid for supporting
the Taft-Hartley Act, appears to
be just as strong in facing his
single opponent, Chester w. Taw-
ney, member of the House OF
delegates since 1947.
Mr.. Fallon served on the Balti-
more City Council from 1899 until
1914, when he was elected to
Congress. Mr.. Tawney is presi-
dent of a small loan company.
Among the Republicans, it looks
like a free-for-all. Delegate Sam
uel Hopkins, only Republican
member of the House from Bal
timore City. is credited by a few
with having slight edge, but
they quickly say the outcome will
depend largely on the outcome OF
the large Negro vote.
Territory Outside Own.
That's the voting strength which
Senator Harry T. Phoebus OF
Princess Anne, is banking on
Mr.. Phoebus is belived to be the
first Maryland candidate to be
running for Congress in district
outside his own territory.
Opposing Messrs. Hopkins and
Phoebus are Frederick Beck
Temus Tim Bright, automobile
dealer, and Henry T. Fields.
Mr.. Bright, Macarthur for
President advocate four years ago
has shifted his support for the
presidency to Gen. Eisenhower.
Mr.. Fields ran for the Demo-
cratic nomination to Congress in
1948. He finished third in the
primary, won by Mr.. Fallon. He
said he switched to the G. o. p
because Of the complete failure
Of the Democratic Party to probe
crime
Evening star., 1952-04-04

approaches by
eollins now.
The Star is
eorryins m ore
and more clos
sified ods-proof
Of the success
Of The Stor os
O n advertising
medium. This oIso
meons more ods
to process. es-
peeiolIy os the
week md an.
Evening star., 1952-04-04
Call Now to Place
Sunday Star Want Ads

The deodIine for pIoeins Sunday
Classified ods is z pm. tomorrow. But
you con help ovoid flood Of coils at
The Stor switchboard os the deodIins
Evening star., 1952-04-04

brooches. You con help US by phonirs
Sterling 5000 now to advertise in Wosh.
inston's Number classified medium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-05-18
Curb on Aviation Gas
To Go on EVENT. Oil
Strike Is Settled
End of WuIkout Would
Relieve Shortages in
Auto Fuel immediately

Aviation gasoline will be re-
stricted for some time, the Gov
eminent announced last night.
Interior Secretary Chapman
said the curtailment in use of
aviation gasoline might continue
until June 3, even if the oil strikes
are settled Immediately.
On the other hand. settlement
of the strikes will bring an almost
immediate end to scattered Short
ages of automobile gasoline, Mr..
Chapman said.
Strikes Have Made 1t Worse.
He explained that hard-to-make
aviation gasoline has been scarce
ever since the start of the Korean
war. The strikes, he added, merely
made a bad situation worse.
Oil union officials, meantime,
reported a mixed reaction from
union members on efforts to set
tie the 18-day strike on the basis
of a 15-cent hourly wage increase
Workers at some reflnerleS have
agreed to the offers and returned
to work since the strike was called
April 80 by coalition of % CLIO
AFL and independent unions.
Air Training Curtailed.
At other plants, difficulties in
negotiations have cropped up re-
garding retroactive pay and union
requests that wage negotiations
be reopened every six months
Most companies want to make it
a year.
The strike has hit hardest at
the country's supplies of high
octane aviation gasoline. This has
caused the Air Force to curtail
training manuevers and CONNER
cial air lines to drop some flights
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-05-18
By Joseph Young

A House-Senate wrangle over
! the steel seizure threatens to delay
paydays for Federal and District
Government employees.
Funds to assure regular paydays
between now and June 80 are con.
tanned in the third supplemental.
appropriations bill now in confer
ence after being approved in vary
ing form by the House and Senate
Conferees have agreed to all pro-
visions of the bill, including the
pay funds, except for one item
which holds up the entire works.
This is the Senate-approved
provision which bars the use of
any funds in the bill to enforce
the Governments seizure of the
steel industry. The Senate insists
on retaining this provision. while
House conferees are equally ada
mant that the rider be eliminated
When no decision was reached
on the matter. the conferees in
formally agreed to wait for the
Supreme Court decision in the
steel seizure case. This might be
three or more weeks.
Running Out of Funds.
Meanwhile, most Federal agen-
cies and the District Government
are rapidly running out of funds.
Most of them won't be able to
meet their payrolls after next
week unless Congress takes action.
The House some weeks ago ap-
proved an emergency resolution to
permit the regular payment of sal
aries and other operating expenses
until the third supplemental bill
BECOMES law. But the Senate has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-05-18
Peace Is Foremost
With Iowa Farmer

THE FARMERS voIcE-From the
grain belt Stotes, surprise Of the l94S
election, comes the voice Of Former
Kane thinking on peoee. prices ond
his children's future. Robert Roth, Of
the North American Newspaper A.
lance. interviews Mr.. kdne in the first
Of form series on pose 40.
s~eKcUs TIME-stor stoH Writer
James J. CuIlnone looks in on the
circus roustobouts. the men who put
the circus there and then fode owoy
until they put it someploee else. His
story on the coming Of the circus is
on Poee A-8.
DISTRICT lEGlsLATIoN-A muI-
titude Of bills offectins Washington
ore pending before Congress. Stotus
OF that leeislotion appears in o eoIendor
On, eoge A-57 sodoy.
FISH ON A RATA young French
doctor pIons q drifting voyage across
the Atomic on q roft, surviving ex-
elusiveb on seofood and fish juice
squeezed into seowoter. The story 10
on Pose ALI.
Iodio-Tv Programs. Pages c-8-9
Complete Index, Poee AZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-05-18
Truman and $4,000 Watch
Armed Forces Day Parade
Representatives Of a Iron Curtain Nations
Also See Four-MIe-Lopg Procession

the exhibit had $4,000 visitors
yesterday.
In addition, two Navy destroyers
are moored at Municipal Pier
on Maine avenue for public in
spection. Visiting hours are from
l to 4 pm.
President Truman, who, the
night before asserted that the
struggle for world peace is ION
the verge of success" watched
1857 marcherS go by his review
ing stand.
The official counters, Police
Pvts. Hubert Hoke and Francis l.
Buckley. went at it scientifically
The count disclosed: There were
8, 820 men and 1883 women in
the parade; Is marching bands
26 pieces of motorized artillery
and % pieces of "hand-drawn'
artillery.
There was one casualty. Police
Pvt. John Wildman. 20, of the No
9 Precinct, suffered a back injury
when struck by a streetcar while
he was on the parade detail. He
was admitted to Emergency
HOSPITAL.