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Evening star., 1952-12-07
Adventists Will Prepare
Clothing Cargo for Korea

Preparations for clothing
Caravan for Korea" were to be
started at 9 o'clock this morning
by Seventh-day Adventist workers
at the Takoma Academy, Takoma
Park, Md.
Ten tons of clothes are expected
to be donated by Washington area
residents who have been making
collections for two weeks. Fifteen
churches and four major schools
have been spearheading the drive
which is covering six States.
At 3 pm. tomorrow, T. G. Park,
Korean Embassy official, will
speak in a brief ceremony at the
Embassy before the truck leaves
for New York, where it will be
transferred to American Relief for
Korea offices. En- route, the truck
will pick up additional loads in
Trenton and Wilmington. It will
be Joined by another truck at
Philadelphia.
The caravan will be greeted in
New York at 4 pm. Tuesday by
D. Y. Nam Koong, Korean consul
general, and Robert Dolins, cam
paign director for ARK, and Sew
enth-day Adventist officials.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
BO0Fd Of ] F0de to Celebrate
The Star and Post Anniversaries
Baltimore Editor
To Be Speaker at
Tuesday Meeting

The Tooth anniversary Of The
Star and the 18th anniversary of
the Washington Post win be cele-
brated at a meeting of the WASH
ington Board Of Trade at 8 pm.
Tuesday, December Is in the main
ballroom of the Mayfiower Hotel.
The Star will be 100 years old
that day. The Post observed its
18th year Of publication last Fri
day.
Principal speaker at the meet
ing will be j. Hamilton Owens,
editor Of the Baltimore Sun
papers. E. D. Merrill, president Of
the Trade Board, will present con-
gratulatory scrolls to executives
of the two Washington papers in
recognition of their anniversaries.
Other events on the evenings
program include an outline of
the Trade Boards Business Out
look Conference in January and
the boards Congressional Rela-
tions program. There will be a
special program of Christmas
music and refreshments will be
served.
Representing The Star at the
meeting will be Samuel H.
Kaufman, president; B. M.
McKelway. editor. and Herbert F..
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Suffolk Packer Faces Trial
In S49,935 Tax Evasion
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

RICHMOND, Dec. Ga Suffolk
meat packer will face trial in Fed
eral Court here on charges Of
lodging $49. 1856 in income
taxes over a period of four years.
Peter D. Pruden, sr., was in
dicted on four counts of tax eva
sion by an Alexandria Federal
Court grand jury Tuesday. A
date for his trial has not yet been
set.
The indictment charges him
with fraudulently listing his in
come for the fiscal years 1946-49
some $81. 900 less than the actual
figure.
Pruden was accused of report.
ing an income Of $23.608.53 in
stead Of $46.443.13 in the fiscal
year ending September 80, 1916:
$40 ,967.02 instead Of $50, ,901.70 in
1947; $29, 1851 instead Of $33.-
056.48 in 1913; and $43,754.13 in
stead Of $50. .199.07 in l949.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Citizens
.Hit Rezoning Order

Recent rezoning of q 6.8-acre
tract for industrial use has
aroused Montgomery County citi-
zens who claim the County Coun-
Gil disregarded opposition to the
land-use change.
The Green Acres-Glen Cove
Citizens Association announced 1t
is investigating the Massland tract
between Massachusetts avenue
and River road adjacent to the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
tracks. It's rezoning was ap-
proved by the council November
18.
Association President William
Decks has been instructed to
question council members on the
reasons for its (the council's)
disregard of protests by citizens
groups" Frederick De Joseph,
chairman of the associations law
and legislation committee. was
named to study the background Of
the Massland Corp, owners Of the
tract. He also was directed to
obtain reaction of neighboring
citizens groups to the rezoning.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
(luantico Marine Officer
Dies Of Auto Injuries

A Quantico Marine lieutenant
injured in an accident last Nom
day died yesterday at Bethesda
Naval Hospital.
He was. 1t. Thomas Nicely. a..
of Senath, Mo.
Virginia State Police said the
Icar he was driving on U. s. Route
/ / collided with o tractor trailer
that was passing another. The
crash occurred about 3:45 am.
Just north Of the boundary be-
tween Stafford and Prince William
Counties.
Two persons riding with 1t.
Nicely were lninjured, police said.
The officer had been admitted to
the Marine Base Hospital at
Quantico but was transferred to
Bethesda on Thursday.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

Hot Springs. Ark. Mr.. Short took
up residence at 10910 Montrose
avenue. Garrett Park, in 1888.
The town has not grown in area
since then, but hundreds of new
residents have been added.
Mayor Short feels his town still
retains its rustic atmosphere even
though it is located a short dis
tance of busy Rockville pike
about 2 miles north of booming
Bethesda. One of the factors
contributing to this small-town at
mosphere is the lack of house-to-
house postal service. The result
is that the combined post Office
and general store serves as a
meeting place where adults.
youngsters and dogs" gather daily.
Mr.. Short Is married but has
Evening star., 1952-12-07
'BeaI| 10 Push Inquiry
Info District Area
Transit Facilities

Senator r-elect Beall, Republi-
can, of Maryland, intends to press
early next year for an Interstate
Commerce Commission inquiry
into Washington area transit
facilities.
Maryland's new Senator said
one Of his first acts when Con-
gress convenes will be to re-intro-
duce a bill calling for the ICC
inquiry. AS a House member.
Mr.. Beall submitted such a meas
ure in the 82d Congress, but it
never came before the Interstate
and Foreign Commerce Commit
tee for q hearing.
Reached at his Frostburg (Md.)
home, Mr.. Beall said his main
interest was to sponsor more CO.
ordination in both fares and serv-
ice by the transit firms which
serve the District and nearby
Maryland and Virginia areas.
Current problems, he said, can
best be brought to light by IAN
outside survey"
Mr.. Beall pointed out that pub
lie service commissions in each of
the three Jurisdictions are con-
cerned mainly with their own
problems.
The House bill Mr.. Beall intro
duced last year called specifically
for an ICC study Of the adequacy
and convenience Of passenger
carrier facilities and services and
the reasonableness of fares" in
the entire area.
An identical bill also was pend
ing in the Senate. It had been
submitted by Virginia Democratic
Senator's Byrd and Robertson.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
ice, the coun-

personnel system for the county's
500 employees. The figure includes
all county personnel, except those
OF the school board and the
Prince Georges General Hospital.
No longer do department heads
hire and fire as they please, with
or without reason, political or
otherwise.
26 Years Of Experience.
Backed by the knowledge gained
in rs years of administrative ex-
perience. the last six at Warren
Hospital. Laurel. MIR. Rice stands
guard at both ends Of the line.
He scans all job applications
and rules on major disputes be-
tween agency heads and subordi-
mates. His decisions can be modi-
fed or reversed only by the county
commissioners.
Mr.. Rice. who is A, began his
duties last July. His department
came into being then under q
mandatory clause of the act which
superseded the Sothron admins
trative outline. He lives in Laurel
with his wife and three children.
While the plan he Is now shap-
ing is proving its worth, Mr.. Rice
feels that introduction of the merit
system would bring further, i'm
|provement.
1t would, in the first place, re-
quire competitive examinations.
and as he sees 1t, would strengthen
employees sense Of security against
unwarranted demotion or dis
miSsal.
Independent System.
The police department is the
only county agency now requiring
competitive examinations.
The county merit system would
be an independent one. entailing
mo additional expense to citizens
or employees. County personnel
are now eligible for benefits from
the State retirement system.
Mr.. Rice's study of Prince
Georges personnel needs has in
cluded studies of practices fol.
lowed In Washington and Balti-
more, as well as methods used by
the State and Montgomery and
Arlington counties.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Court Of Tax Appeals
Rejects Brookda|e's
Reassessment Plea

The Montgomery County Appeal
Tax Court yesterday rejected a
mass protest Of sharply increased
property assessments filed by
Thomas j. Flavin for some 100
homeowners in Brookdale.
The court said in a letter to Mr..
Flavin that It had found no evi-
dence that the community had
been unfairly or inequitably as
sessed as compared with like
communities similarly situated" "
The court on October 16 heard
MIR. Flavin call the reassessments
in the down-county area inequit-
able and discriminatory. The
Brookdale group had leveled the
sharpest blasts at the reassess-
ments that brought increases of
from 81 to 100 per cent over 1948
levels.
individuals May Protest.
The Brookdale group had
warned that If the reassessments
were not revised downward to q
fair comparable basis with other
districts" the assessment statute
might be held unconstitutional.
The court yesterday said 1t felt
the community had been fairly
and justly assessed and nothing
had been done to throw upon it
more than it's share of the tax
burden.
The court emphasized in its let
ter that the decision on the mass
protest did not prevent individuals
from the area protesting their re-
assessments as erroneous or un-
fair"
The Brookdale group may pro-
test the courts decision to the
State Tax Commission and then
to the Montgomery County Cir
cult Court.
Homeowners Hit Officials.
In another development Friday,
the Homeowners Tax league of
Maryland scored the failure Of
county officials to provide 1t with
a property-type breakdown of as
sessment appeals heard by the
court last year.
The group charged that Court
Chairman Charles D. Herron's re-
cent statement that more than so
per cent Of proteStants received
relief in the 1951-52 year. They
said he failed to point out how
many Of the protests were made
by homeowners and how many
came from industrial and COM
mercial property owners.
The group reiterated It's request
for the information.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
GU Debuters Beat NYU,
Lose Twice to Navy

Georgetown University yester-
day lost two debates and won
one in a series held on the campus
with New York University and the
Naval Academy.
Subject of the debates was
Resolved: That Congress Should
Adopt a Compulsory Fair Employ
ment Practice Act" Georgetown
won Its debate with NYU. The
Navy debators took both of their
contests.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

mo children. He was educated in
public schools in Athens. Ga, and
attended the University Of Georgia
briefly before quitting to enter
the Naval Academy. But the
Academy turned him down when
it was discovered he is color blind.
That was In 1922, and Mr..
Short decided to make Washing
ton, D. c., his home, He took q
job as clerk in the treasurer's Of
flee Of the telephone company and
has been with the firm since.
He is serving his second two
year term as mayor having been
nominated both times by the Gar
|rett Park Citizens Association and
elected without opposition. He is
a former president Of the citi-
Zens' group and also served i've
years on the town council.
Garrett Park has q population
|of 523, according to the last CEN
sus report. Mayor Short says
the townspeople are especially
proud Of their community center.
It was provided four years ago
through cooperative efforts of
town residents. It is now used as
a nursery school.
Garrett Park was Incorporated
in 1898 when about 40 families
had settled the community. It
was named after John w. Gar
|rett, a former president Of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The
rail line is the eastern boundary
|of the town.
This Is another In series
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Indicted Magistrates
May Continue Duties,
But Rudolph Declines

Two Prince Georges Count!
justices Of the peace who hav,
been indicted for malfeasance II
Office may have the legal right Il
continue their duties until the!
are tried.
One Of them, however, Herman
H. Rudolph, SO, said yesterday tina
lin, the best interests Of thu
county" he would not work fol
a while. He said he would takt
annual leave which he has pilet
up during the past 18 months.
Letter From Commissioners.
Mr.. Rudolph added, however, g
could work If ! wanted to-" He
said he had received q letter from
the county commissioners asking
him to forego his regular turn al
committing magistrate until the
courts could dispose Of the charges
against him.
Until my term expires May /
no one can oust me. not even the
Governor unless and until I have
been convicted" Mr.. Rudolph de-
|clared. "---.. --
Two indictments charging NAL
feasance were returned against
George S. Phillips. Ga. another
committing magistrate stationed
at Hyattsville. Mr.. Phillips is
under a physicians care.
In Baltimore the Associated
Press reported that Gov. Nc
Keldip has said it would be in
the best interest Of justice If the
two magistrates refrain from
sitting in their posts while they
are under indictment.
MIR. Rudolph had worked his
regular shift from midnight to
8 am. Friday. He did not
show up yesterday. however.
Refers to Constitution.
Asked whether the magistrates
can legally continue to perform
their duties under such circum-
stances, Deputy Attorney General
j. Edgar Harvey pointed to section
AZ, article 4. of the State consti-
tuition. ..
It recites, in part, that the Gov
ernor. with the advice and con-
sent Of the Senate, shall appoint
justices of the peace and that
justices Of the peace so appointed
shall be subject to removal by the
Judge or judges having criminal
jurisdiction IN the county or the
city, for incompetency, wilful neg
lect of duty or misdemeanor in
office"
But the same section adds that
such removal shall be ION convic-
ton in a court of law" There is
no constitutional provision for
suspension of a justice Of the
peace.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

Corn, managing editor. For the
Post, invitations have been sent
to Eugene Meyer, chairman Of the
board, Philip L. Graham. pub
Usher, Herbert Elliston, editor. and
j. Russell Virgins. managing
editor.
Other guests will include John
T. O'Rourke and Matt Meyer Of
the Washington Daily News. and
Col. Robert r. Mccormick, Frank
c. Waldrop and F. M. Flynn Of
the Times-Herald.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Washington County Gets
Half Million School Loan
SpeeiuI Dispoteh 10 The Stcr

HAGERSTOWN. Md, Dec. g.
The Board of County Commission
ers has borrowed the first $500, 900
of projected $2.5 million school
construction loan for Washington
County, Board President Winslow
BurhanS announced.
Interest on the loan from a
State fund will be about IL per
cent.
The commissioners plan to bor-
row an additional 81 million in
the next year. which, with other
available funds, will permit con-
struction Of four new schools. The
loan will be paid of in is years.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Attorney Association
Names AIexundriun
BY the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 6.-How-
ard w. Smith, jr. of Alexandria
today was elected president OF
the Association Of Commonwealth
Attorneys Of Virginia. He succeeds
j. c. Hutcheson of Lawrenceville
The association also named Al
ton I. Crowell of Pulaski vice pres
ident and reelected w. Caring
ton Thompson Of Chatham secre-
tary-treaSurer. Commonwealth
Attorney Hugh B. Marsh Of Fair
fax was named to the executive
committee.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Liquor License Review
Ordered for Union Club
Ry fha Assorinfad Praas

HAGERSTOWN. Md, Dec. g.
The Washington County Liquor
Board has ordered officers Of a
club operated by q labor union
here to appear December 10 and
give reasons why its liquor license
should not be lifted.
The club, operated by Local 842
Of the CIO United Auto Workers,
was accused yesterday Of violating
alcoholic beverage laws by allow
ing liquor to be sold to minors and
failing to maintain order on its
premises.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
72P Pct. of Voters in Fairfax
Went to Polls November 4

The official vote count in Fairfax County reveals that u
ballots the election
ranged high Of SO Annandale pre-
cent in the West End precinct The national vote
wal per Of those registered
Fairfax County is divided into six voting districts with 20
precincts
District city
Church. made the best showing five Of its precincts reported
of those registered ballots sixth
End precinct where only 40 Of the % registered
turned out
Evening star., 1952-12-07


tvs first per-
sonnel director,
will prep are
the bill this
week. He will
be aided by c.
Calvert La n =
c a S er, chief
counsel to the
c un ty COM
n1isSionerS.
Without fan.
fare or public
ity, Mr.. Rice
has desi g n e d
and set in mo-
ton a modern
Evening star., 1952-12-07
New Montgomery County
Building Near Halfway Mark

engineering Offices, . large draft.
ing room and the home demon.
stration Office will be on the thirt
floor.
The county manager and most
Of the administrative Offices viii
be on the fourth floor. These in.
clude the county attorney. person.
mel chief, purchasing officer. Boart
Of Zoning Appeals and fire mar.
shall. The newly created Recre-
alton Department and the plan.
ming engineer also may be located
here.
Fifth Floor Has More Room.
The fifth floor Of the main Of
flee wing will have only the pent-
house council chambers. Pro-
visions have been made. however
for completion Of the rest of this
floor. If the need arises. Similar
provisions also have been made
for upward expansion of the
health and welfare wing.
Most of these Offices are now
located in the present county
courthouse building erected in
1881. Once they move. the court
will get the extra room requested
for them by the County Bar AS
sociation. The Juvenile Court
now in rented quarters, also will
be moved to the courthouse.
The three-story health and well
fare wing will house most of the
county's health activities. Here
will be located the public nurses,
health and dental clinics, diagnos-
tic rooms, conference rooms, sani-
tarians. therapy rooms, a health
library. the school health program
and the Welfare Department.
Waiting rooms have been pro-
vided in the health wing. There
also will be a special playroom
where parents attending clinics
or other departments can leave
their children.
Provisions have been made In
the main wing for q cafeteria to
seat about rs county employees at
one time. In the basement will be
record storage rooms. duplicating
equipment, the county surveyors
office and a laboratory and stor-
age space for the agricultural Of
fees.
Parking Areas In Rear.
J To the rear of the building will
be a large parking area. The
center leg Of the E-shaped build
ing will be small auditorium to
seat about 200 persons.
Bonds issued to pay for the
building will cost taxpayers q
yearly average Of $53,965-or
about ! cent on the present tax
base.
BY moving time next May. how
ever, the county. will be paying
some $4,000 in annual rentals
on offices now spread throughout
office buildings in Rockville.
The saving in the rent alone
Is not the complete picture, ac-
cording to County Manager Irv-
ing G. McNayr. A large amount
of additional space Is needed for
The clerk of circuit court, land
records, assessment Office, orphans
court and others. Removal of the
Welfare Department from the old
Richard Montgomery High School
will alleviate crowding of the
School Board Offices.
Sometimes called "McNayr's
oily" the Office building has been
;he subject of much criticism and
,he brunt of many pokes.
1t has come under fire chiefly
rom individuals. especially from
The upper county farm regions.
Mr.. McNayr. however, feels con-
of the building was alb
'olutely essential for the county to
provide services the people have
demanded.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Civic Committee
Votes 10 Retain
P|anniingAgency
Books Commission
As Logical Unit
For County Areas

Unexpected support for the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission was re-
vealed this week as the commits
sion prepared to fight q proposed
Montgomery County bill that
would kill the bi-county agency.
The planning and zoning COM
mittee Of the powerful County
Civic Federation has voted to sup
Iport the commission as the logi-
cal planning agency for the SUBJ
urban area Of Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties.
The committee tomorrow night
will submit its report to the full
federation. The committees ac-
ton. in effect. recommends that
the federation reverse its stand
Of last spring when it supported
the County Council and the Re-
publican delegation to the Gen
|eral Assembly in its fight to abolish
the commission.
A bill to abolish the commits
sion and put the Montgomery
County section under the thumb
of the County Council is sched-
uled to be introduced again in
the 1858 General Assembly.
Vote Was Unanimous.
The federation committee, head
ed by Bernard Rosen. acted sew
|eral days ago after hearing argu-
|ments by j. Bond Smith, general
counsel for the commission, and
Frederic p. Lee, charter commit
tee leader and arch-foe of the
commission for many years.
Mr.. Rosen said the committee
voted unanimously to support the
planning commission. He said
committee members felt the issue
was more than a battle between
Home Rule advocates and their
|protagonists. Chief basis for the
Committees position is that it
feels problems of planning are
best handled by an agency not
limited by an arbitrary county
line, Mr.. RoSen said.
The report is certain to touch
of bitter battle in the federation
which, in the recent past, has sup
ported nearly every major move Of
the County Council.
The committee also will point
out that If there is need tor unified
planning of the urban and rural
sections of Montgomery County,
the present commission can
undertake the job If the council
requests. Authorization for the
commission to do so was provided
in a 1949 General Assembly law.
Council Wants Own Agency.
If the bi-county commission is
abolished, the County Council
would set up its own planning
agency to encompass the work
now done by the commission in the
suburban area and the Upper
Montgomery Planning Commits
sion in the rural sections.
The proposed bill would estab-
lish an authority to administer
Capper-Cramton park funds in
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties and to cooperate on in
tercounty highway problems.
The federation committee, how
ever. has some ideas of it's own on
getting more local jurisdiction
over the planning commission,
whose members now are appointed
by the Governor.
The committee will suggest that
the Governor be allowed to name
one member from each county to
the commission. He then would
name two members from each of
the counties whose names are sub
mitted to him by the county gov
erning bodies.
Under this alternate proposal,
terms Of commission members
would be staggered and would be
for six-year periods.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

resentative for
the Chesapeake
& P o t o m a c
Telephone Co.
Of Washington
backs up this
claim by q re-
minder that
there Is only
one business
enterprise in
the small. COM
munity--a COM
oination post
Office and gen.
eral store.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Monticello Scout Chuirmun

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, Dec.
6.-John S. Fitch has been elected
to succeed Elma Bishop as chair
man of the Monticello Boy Scout
district. and Allen j. Clay has
been elected vice chairman.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Open House at School

An open house to celebrate the
opening of the new Woodley Hills
Elementary School in Fairfax
County will be held from 8 until
5 o'clock this afternoon, at the
school,
Evening star., 1952-12-07
FoIIs Church Man Honored

John s. Britten Of Falls Church,
Q member Of the Class Of 1854 at
Yale University. has been elected
to Phi Beta Kappa. national hon-
orary society.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Meet the Mayors
Meet the Mayors
Garrett Parks Short Boasts
That Town Has Only One Firm

Francis J. Short, Mayor of Gar
rett Park, Md, proudly boasts
that his town is a really resi-
dential" community.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Chunuku Program Slated

A Chanuka program will be held
by the AgudaS Achem SiSterhood
at 8:15 pm. tomorrow at 1400
Russell road, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Merit System
Proposed for
Prince Georges
Competitive Testing
To Determine Jobs
Under New Plun

Prince Georges legislators will
be asked to enact measure in.
augurating a merit system for
county employees.
Harold T. Rice, the coun.