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Evening star., 1952-03-19
Arnold bus|ines Ask
Ito Shift More Service
TO CIarendon-Ba

The Virginia State Corporation
Commission was asked in Rich
Imond today to approve a change
in Arnold Bus Lines schedules
that will take more Falls Church
and Arlington shoppers to the
Clarendon -Ballston business dis
trict and will reduce service to
Washington.
Gerald j. Glasslnan, executive
secretary to the County Public
Utilities Commission, said the
busline, known officially as the
Washington. Virginia a. Maryland
Coach Co., had agreed it will
start the new service on April z.
The route will originate in Falls
Church and will provide service
from the area northwest of Lee
highway and Glebe road to Clar-
|endon.
Saturday Service Set.
The company also viii inaug-
urate on April IL, Mr.. Glassman
said, similar service between 10
am. and 6 pm. on Saturdays in
recognition Of 'the fact that de-
mand for Saturday service to the
District Of Columbia has lessened
since the recent construction in
the Clarendon shopping area.
The Arlington commission
withdrew its objections to pro-
posed schedule changes by the
busline in view Of a compromise
reached by the commission and
the company. The proposed shop
perS' route is part Of the agree
ment.
Offers to Restore Service.
Mr.. Glassman said the COM
pany is willing to restore service
to the Dominion Hills area. which
it had planned to drop.
Three express buses win runt
between Falls Church and theI
District during the morning rush
hours, Mr.. Glassman said. and
four viii be assigned to the re-
turn trips during the evening rush
hours.
Mr.. Glassman said the company
has promised to improve the |
inter-company transfer connec-
tions with the Alexandria. Bar
croft q Washington Transit Co.
and viii review its service connec-
tions with Capital Transit in the
District and existing joint fare
arrangements with Capital Trans |
It.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Civil Service Status Asked
For Collectors Of Customs

Senator Thye, Republican, Of
Minnesota, introduced a bill to-
day to put all collectors Of Gus
toms under civil service, as al
ready has been done for internal
revenue collectors by congressional
approval Of the Presidents re-
organization order.
Senator Thye said the "A GUS
toms collectors and six controllers
OF customs have duties similar to
those Of tax collectors and also
should be under the merit system.
The bill provides that the in
cumbents would have to pass COM
petitive examinations within slx
months to retain their posts.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
w. S. Cheothom Begins
Planning Board Duties

William s. Cheatham, who re-
signed yesterday as an assistant
corporation counsel for the Dis
trict. today started new duties
that will bring him in close touch
with Washington developments as
legal adviser and secretary of the
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
The young attorney. who has
spent 80 Of his 42 years as a Gov
ernment employe. having started
as Senate page at 12, was
sworn IN at Interior Department
By Associate Justice Harold H
Burton Of the United States Su-
preme Court. q longtime personal
friend. In his new capacity, Mr.
Cheatham succeeds Thomas s
Settle. who retired last October
Evening star., 1952-03-19

middle scho ool
c ON p ri ses 30
boys In the 7th
and 9th grades.
Mr.. q o uld,
who lives near
.Travilah, h as
b e 9 n on the
Landon faculty
$ ! n G e 1916,
teaching Amer
ican history
science and ge-
ography. He is
q native Of New
York City and
q graduate Of
Yale University
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Proorom for Jewish Porents

The Washington Highlands
Jewish Center viii hold open
house at $50 o'clock tonight for
parents Of children attending the
|center's Sunday and daily school.
The center Is at f41 Kenia street
'S.W.
Evening star., 1952-03-19

rect control Of the project through
the Joint Committee Of the
Library and the Architect Of thel
Capitol, who Is acting director Of
the garden.
Members Of Congress entertain
ing on Capitol Hill are entitled toI
call on the garden for cut flowers
to decorate luncheon tables. Thesel
are supplied through the restau-
rants for Senator'S and Repre-
sentatiyes.
In addition. potted plants and
Towering shrubs are sometimes
loaned for official dinners. lunch-
cons or conventions. Occasionally
conventions In which Federal
agencies are interested can borrow
floral decorations.
For the General Public.
The principal function Of the
garden is that Of a tropical plant
museum for the enjoyment and
general education Of the public.
The staff gives practical rather
than scientific advice to students
and others interested In the prop
agation and care Of tropical
plants.
Many specimens in the perma-
|nent collection have been propa-
gated from stock collected more
than 100 years ago.
The garden propagates or grows
from seeds virtually all Of its trees
and plants, although substantial
gifts have been received from
wealthy collectors. travellers and
explorers.
The Botanic Garden was
founded in 1920 under the Colum-
lbia Institute for the Promotion
lof Arts and Sciences; an organiza-
tion which had received it's charter
from Congress. The institute sur
viyed only II years. however.
The garden owes its revival In
1842 to the fact that the young
Navy 1t. Wilkes had returned
from q four-year voyage to the
South Seas with a collection of
exotic plants then unknown in this
part Of the world.
The strange palms, ferns and
young trees were placed in the
Patent Office until a greenhouse
could be erected for them under
direction Of Congress on q lot
behind the Patent Office.
Two ON Early Staff.
In the early days the Botanic
Garden had two employees. while
the Agriculture Department boast
ed only four, and six men were
guiding the destinies of the United
States Treasury Department.
A few years later the garden
was moved into a new greenhouse
near the present location. At that
time. according to an early issue
of The Star, the site was "a swamp
draining into Tiber Creek" then
the Capitals open sewer. 8
"It was the abode Of many Shiny
snakes and other crawling things
the breeding ground and hot bed
of malaria"
Yet thousands of rare and
valuable trees and plants gathered
from every latitude and cline
were saved for future generations
The Conservatives housing the
permanent collection were COM
lpleted In January Of 1888. Alu-
minum was used here for the first
time in the high, arched spans up
holding the expanse Of glass.
While the roof scars 100 feet
|above the jungle floor it still is
mot high enough for the gardens
royal palm. Unfortunately also
1.-THE roof is within the reach OF
small boys with sling shots, al
Though few can throw stones that
high.
At present rigging is being sus-
pended under the dome to enable
10 workman to replace a broken
pane at q cost of about $125.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
SiTrkins' Wife
Says He Put Up
Cash toBuyCafe
Wise Hopes to Prove
Numbers Kingpin
Owns Bruss Rail
By chorIes 6. Brooks

Roger lWhitetop) Simkins, Ne
gro numbers backer. gave his wife
Yvonne the money with which to
buy the Brass Rail Restaurant, she
told The Star today.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert Wise, who Is assigned to
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board. has been trying to prove
this ever since deposition hearings
began In the action which Mrs.
Simkins has filed against the
board to regain her liquor license.
This has been Mr.. Wise's con-
tention in trying to prove Simkins.
rather than Mrs. Simkins, owns
the restaurant. Licenses are de-
MED under ABC regulations to
persons who have been convicted
of a felony within 10 years and to
persons guilty Of moral turpi-
tude."'
Board Gets Records.
In an interview. Mrs. SimkinS
declared. "of course he gave me
the money. They never asked me
about it. I'm not going to say
that it wasn't Roger"
Mrs. Simkins' admission came
after she had turned over her
bank records to the board.
Last week, records showed that
Mr.. Wise did ask her if Simkins
had given her the. money. But
her attorney, George E. c. Hayes
objected to the question saying
"the relationship between hus-
band and wife is a confidential
relationship and I instruct her not
to answer"
Mrs. Simkins had been asked to
produce her bank, records before
further hearings. The Star
learned today that the board has
received them and that they bear
out Mr.. Wise's contention that
lit was her husbands money that
was invested.
License Refused.
The ABC board refused to re.
issue the restaurants liquor Ii
cense earlier this year because the
board said it had reputation as
a headquarters for Simkins' num-.
bers business. Both of the Sim.
kins have denied this.
Mrs. Simkins had also testified
earlier that the money to purchase
1.-THE restaurant had been saved
while she was working as q clerk
flor the Government. The Brass
Rail was incorporated in l946
shortly after the gambler had be-
gun his rise to prominence in the
numbers underworld.
The bank records will show.
when hearings are renewed, that
Mrs. Simkins opened an account
at the Industrial Bank in 1941 and
that the largest balance before
she closed it two years later was
1851 so.
Another account opened in her
name in 1943 at the Second Ma
tional Bank will show as its largest
balance $1,002.l0 before it was
closed in 1945-the year she mar
ried Sinkins and one year before
the restaurant was Incorporated,
Mrs. Simkins is expected to
maintain that although the res
ltaurant was purchased with money
given her by her gambler husband,
lit was still her money and that
she, not Simkins. is the actual
owner.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
By w. II. Shippen

Uncle Sans gardeners within
the Conservatives and green
houses at the foot Of Capitol Hill
are preparing for an unusually
large display Of Easter flowers
this season with the confidence Of
men who can disregard the
weather.
A collection Of some $500 bulb
flowers, built up since the end Of
the war, will be shown this year
at the Botanic Garden along with.
numerous azaleaS which are still
blooming after they were put out
for a special showing In February.
Many varieties Of lilies. tulips
and narcissus are being condi-
toned for the Easter display
opening on Palm Sunday, April 6.
The seasonal exhibits. including
poinsettias before Christmas. and
chrysanthemums In the fall, are
arranged against q permanent
background Of jungle greenery.
Popularity Increases.
The Botanic Garden, which
drew an attendance Of over 300.-
900 last year, has become in
creasingly popular with tourists
and local residents since the end
Of the war.
The jungle setting within the
soaring glass walls lies on the
beaten track of sight-seers going
to and from Capitol Hill. Many
visitors find the contrast rather
startling.
The atmosphere Of the fantastic
trorAcal forest prompts some un-
usual reactions. One consists OF
the practice of tossing pennies
nickels and occasional dimes, and
quarters into the man-made pools
and streams under the jungle
foliage.
The coins are collected regu-
larly and contributed to various
charities. Nobody knows how the
custom started, or why 1t con-
tinues. "It's a kind of wishing
well, I think" said an attendant.
Maybe they're wishing that some
day they'll see q natural forest as
peaceful as this one"
The permanent collection rooted
within the Conservatives includes
exotic palms, ferns, tropical trees.
cacti. MOSES and outlandish
plant growths which fall some
where between these broad classi-
fications.
Even Affects Bobby -SOxers.
In the atmosphere of the quiet,
ageless forest even the bobby
soxers and their escorts are sub
dued for the moment.
Romantic couples seek secluded
glades, camera fans break out
their equipment. and even the
small fry refrain from carving
their initials on tempting sur
faces like that presented by the
Gardens huge royal palm.
This specimen. which arrived
20 years ago as . sapling IN .
bucket, is now brushing It's zronds
against the sky-1ight 100 feet
overhead. Soon the column.
which has developed with weird
and resembles huge
cathedral candle. must be chopped
IN sections and removed to save
the glass roof.
Nearby is a. a'grotesque but sturdy
,ago palm which was brought
from the South Seas more than q
century ago In the sailing vessels
Of the famed Navy explorer, 1t.
Charles Wilkes. The twisted
trunk, with its spiked crown OF
appears good for many
future generations.
The permanent exhibit contains
some 10000 species and varieties
from tropical and sub-tropical
attitudes all over the world. The
collection already is beginning to|
crowd the available space under
some three and q half acres Of
glass contained in the central
Evening star., 1952-03-19
IsrueIi Aide to Speuk

Miss Esther Herlitz, first secre-
Itary Of the Israeli Embassy, will
speak OF the University Of Mary
land tonight at 7:30 in the Arts
and Science Building auditorium.
Her subject win be Israel. 1852"
Evening star., 1952-03-19

Mr.. Gould succeeds Dwight M.
Collins. 6605 Meadow lane, Chevy
Chase. who is on an indefinite
leave Of absence serving on o
United States diplomatic assign
mett.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Students to Give PIuy

Murder Mansion" q mystery
comedy play. win be presented by
the George Washington High
School at 8 pm. Friday ID the
school In Alexandra.
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Faith Of Our Fathers
May Be TeIevised if
Drama Is Repeated

Negotiations are under way to
put Faith Of Our Fathers" on a
|television network this summer,
lit was learned today.
No decision on repeating the
Paul Green SeSquicentennial
drama has been reached yet, but
liz it goes on. the chances for
|television are good, Sesquicenten-
|nial Director Paul M. Massmann
said today.
The drama would be filmed and
then televised serially, he said.
Would Be Self Sustaining.
The video contract would enable
the patriotic stage production,
presented the last two summers
lin Rock Creek Park. to be self
sustaining, Mr.. Massmann pre-
ldicted.
Mr.. Massmann said television
would provide an estimated in
come Of $65. 900. He predicted ad-
missions would total $155, 900 and
concessions and similar subsidiary
activities another $4,000. for a
total income of $260.000. This
would cover all operational costs,
he said.
In addition, Mr.. Massmann is
proposing 100000 worth Of con-
|stfuction work at the Carter Bar
ron Amphitheater. which was
built for the production. The
construction would include ar
acoustic shell, a curtain. a new
lighting system, paving of the
parking lots and road and path
repair.
Useful for Other Events.
This construction would make
the amphitheater useful for music
and theatrical events other than
the drama. The amphitheafer il
slated to be turned over to parH
authorities when the sesqui COM
mission goes out Of existence ai
the end Of this year.
Meanwhile. it was disclosed to-
day that Controller General Lind
say Warren has approved the ex-
lpenditure Of part Of the remain.
ling STA million appropriated fol
the sesqui by Congress to repeat
lthe production. The budget pro-
lposed is $469. 900.
Evening star., 1952-03-19

The naturalized setting Is one
LOT its strong points. The hot
house Jungle. with its vines,
orchids and interlaced foliage. is
rooted between informal terraces
Evening star., 1952-03-19
Gould Is Senior Master
All landon Prep School

Lyttleton B. p. Gould, jr.. has
been named senior master and
director Of the middle school at
Landon Prep. Bethesda. The
Evening star., 1952-03-19

of coral. and overhangs shallow
pools, streams and water falls.
The Botantfc Garden Is one Of
the oldest of Federal institutions
and has survived various political
and economic viciSSitudeS despite
Evening star., 1952-03-19
PurkIown Citizens TO Meet

The Parklawn Citizens AsSocia-
tion viii meet at 8 pm. tomorrow
In Grace Methodist Church, Ia
'koma Park, Md.
Evening star., 1952-03-19

the fact that its early utility func-
tions have long since been alb
sorbed by the Agriculture De-
partment.
Congress, however. retains di-
Evening star., 1952-03-19

conservatories and eight nearby
greenhouses.
Although small when compared
with the worlds great botanic
gardens, the collection Is unique
in several respects.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
OPS 10 Cut D. {. Staff
Down 10 29 EMPLOYEES

The District Office of Price Sta
bilization will cut it's staff here
from 60 to 20 employees, effective
September /.
The personnel reductions, an
nounced today by Vincent A.
Holmes, District OPS director, are
in line with a general drastic cut
back in all OPS offices. I'm
der congressional appropriation
Slashes, @ total OPS staff of $4,000
will be reduced to 6,1O0. Some
ZOO employees in the national Office
here will lose their jobs.
officials at the District office,
80 Sixth street NV, explained
that 30-day notices will 60 out
by August /. Employees dropped
from the payroll will be fur
loughed until April 80, 1858, when
the price-control law expires, they
said.
The heaviest reduction in the
District Office will be in the price
and enforcement branch, where
the most persons are employed.
Mr.. Holmes, just back from q
regional OPS conference in Rich
mond. promised that his staff will
continue its enforcement of price
control here despite the employe
reduction.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Ten Pickefs Arrested
AT RosedaIe Playground

Ten persons were arrested by
police this afternoon while picket
ing Rosedale Playground, Seven.
teenth and Gales streets NE. In
an anti-segregation demonstra-
ton.
The pickets were charged with
blocking the sidewalk. A Rec.
reation Department official said 9
group of about 80 pickets haC
been blocking the gate to the area
which is restricted to white per.
sons. The area includes a swim
ming pool.
The remaining pickets dis.
banded after the arrests. Severa
of those arrested deposited S.
collateral at Ninth precinct fol
court appearances, and the other.
were expected to follow suit.
About so persons also picketet
the playground yesterday. Tht
Inter-Racial Workshop, an anti.
segregation group. had announced
plans for the picketing.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
~ N. A.,oe;o,ed Press

NEW YORK. July 17.-Numbers
racketeer Louis Weber surren-
dered today to begin a five-yeaI
prison term for lying to the Ke-
fauver Senate Crime Committee
The 52-year-old racketeer tried
to conceal from the committee his
stealthy friendship with James j
Moran, one-time Democratic big
shot in the city administration OF
William ODwyer.
The Federal Government called
his lie part Of a calculated
scheme, deeply rooted in the mon-
strous alliance between crime and
politics"
Millions watched on television
as Weber swore to the Senate
committee in March. 1851, that
he never in his life saw Moran
Moran turned around and ad-
mitted half dozen meetings with
Weber when Moran was Mr.,
ODwyer's first deputy fire COM
missioner.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Weather 10 Remain
Warm and Humid

More hot and humid weather
was predicted by the Weather
Bureau forecaster today as the
temperature began climbing to
the 90s for the fifth successive
day.
The same will hold Saturday and
Sunday with a chance of after
noon thunderstorms.
How long "the same" will
plague Washington depends upon
the ability of upper air currents
to cope with the Bermuda High"
The Bermuda High" is one of
Washington's most persistent and
unwelcome visitors. It is a mass
of hot, moist air that creeps in
from the southeast and then stag
mates. It stays until air currents
come in from the west in the high
attitudes and start it circulating.
So far the Weather Bureau OBJ
servers have been unable to find
the wayward western winds.
Today a high of 90 degrees Is
expected. Yesterdays law was 72
degrees at 6 am.
Lightning struck two homes in
Silver Spring during the storm
late yesterday.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Special Star Staff to Couer
The Democratic Convention

Star readers will get close look at the second in the
Nations n-bll politics during the Demo-
cratic National Convention in Chicago
They will get news features and interpretive from
corps of experts with varied background furnishing
significant political articles.
The Star team includes B. NJ McKelway, The Stars
editor Gould Lincoln veteran of conventions
renowned nationally political analyst OTeary
years ago the confidence admiration egis-
ators Capitol H Robert K Walsh another of The Stars
highly regarded reporters covering Capitol HILL Newbold
Noyes E Sunday editor outstanding interpretive writer
Crosby Noyes equally adept in feature articles about pot
ca and the significance of what they do and say
Alex Preston political expert Maryland and Virginia.
and Betty Beae popular society columnist
And readers also will have the comments and views Of
Lawrence Doris Feeson and Thomas Stokes whose
appear in The Starus than 100 reporters
American Newspaper
Alliance
Star subscribers thus will have rngde reports from the
greatest political show EARTH For home delivery telephone
Sterling 5000.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Tuck Urges Virginia Delegates
To Prepare for Party Bolt
Tells Democratic Convention 1t Must Pick
Own Nominee if Fair Dealer Wins in Chicago

Iscallions who have dragged the
hitherto unblemished name of oul
party through mire of corrup.
ton and immortality until the Ma.
ton itself nears the brink o1
disaster"
In calling on Virginia's 28-vote
delegation to Chicago to join other
States against a Fair Deal can
didate. Mr.. Tuck had this to say:
Il urge this convention to arm
those who are to represent us al
the national convention with the
support and wholehearted backing
that will make them an influence
far out of proportion to their
number; and I pray that our del
egation will be joined by others
sufficient in character and vigor
to return the Democratic Party
to its rightful place and to the
paths of our forbears."
Mr.. Tuck is credited with the
States so-called "anti-Truman
law" enacted by the General As
Sembly in 1948 during his admin
istration. This law does not bind
the Virginia Democratic Party to
decisions of the national party.
This convention, Mr.. Tuck
said, must prepare itself to wage
this all-important crusade to the
Evening star., 1952-07-17
GumbIer Weber Enters Prison
For Lying to Crime Committee

Both Moran and Weber were
convicted Of perjury on evidence
that they had met more than 10C
times. Both drew five years in
prison and $4,000 fines.
However. Moran later was con-
victed of a fuel oil shakedown
racket in New York and now is
serving 1914 to % years on this
charge.
Weber was convicted in May,
1851, and since has vainly ap-
pealed the prison sentence. He
once laughed and told a reporter:
"They (the crime committee)
didn't ask me an important ques-
tion-Why I go see Moran"
Nor did Moran ever explain
their friendship or his reasons
for lying about it. He often was
pictured in sworn testimony as
q shakedown artist who raised
Democratic campaign funds from
the city's underworld-a charge
he denied.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
Military Forces Exempted
From Tax on Home Profits
By the Asseciated Press

President Truman yesterday ap-
proved legislation allowing men,
bers of the armed forces who sell
their homes to ignore for income
tax purposes any profits they
might have made from the sales
provided they invest the money In
a new home within four years.
The act replaces a law which
allowed non-recognition of prop
erty profits of service personnel
for an 18-naonth period.
The act requires that the serv-
iceman, to qualify for the privi.
lege, must have at least 80 days
active duty.
Civilians can have q like taS
exemption, except they must in.
vest in a new home within one
year.
Evening star., 1952-07-17
By Alex R. Preston
Sior Stoff Correspondent

ROANOKE, Va, July 17.-For-
mer Gov. William M. Tuck today
called on Virginia Democrats tt
send delegates to the national
convention prepared to join a
Southern bloc against nomination
of a presidential candidate unac-
ceptable to the South.
In a keynote speech, he urged
the Democratic State Convention
to leave the door open to recon-
vene, if necessary, to repudiate the
national party's nominee in Chi
cago next week.
Mr.. Tuck, who is scheduled to
be selected as the new chairman
of the Virginia Democratic Party
this afternoon, delivered Scath-
ing denunciation of the Truman
administration but praised the
political PHILOSOPHERS of Virginia's s
Senator Byrd and Georgias Sen
ator Russell.
Declaring Virginia has with
stood Washington's "evil inf1u-
ences which would infringe upon
our liberties" Mr.. Tuck added:
I'VE have passed untouched the
odorous fieshpots preferred by
ubiquitous Federal omceholders
for consumption by political rap