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Evening star., 1952-07-03
Byrd AssaiIs Miller
As a 'Spendthrift' in
Speech in Fairfax
By John v. Horner

Virginia's hot Democratic con-
test for the Senate grew hotter
today after Senator Byrd dubbed
Francis Pickens Miller a spend
thrift, and the Charlottesville
contender intensified an attack
Ion the Byrd machine"
Senator Byrd told a Fairfax
audience last night that Virgini-
ans who want a spendthrift in
the Senate should vote for Mr..
Miller.
He'll spend more money than
old man Humphrey, himself
Senator Humphrey" the veteran
Legislator declared. Mr.. Byrd
thus took another opportunity to
link his opponent with the most
liberal elements Of the Truman
New Deal.
Hits Political Silence.
| In Charlottesville. meanwhile,
Mr.. Miller delivered his strongest
assault to date upon the Byrd
organization. He said the State
machine" had forced thousands
of Virginians to buy their living
at the price of political silence. y
This charge was an extension
of an earlier accusation by Mr.
Miller. He declared last month
that Virginians who would not
go along with the Byrd organiza-
ton had been threatened with
economic reprisals. When Senator
Byrd called on him to get down
to cases and cite the instances
Mr.. Miller declined. saying that
to do so would pave the way fo1
further reprisal.
Senator Byrd drew a crowd OF
500 to the Fairfax High School
last night. including leading Dem
ocrats in Alexandria, Arlington
Falls Church, Loudoun. Prince
William and Fauquier Counties.
Defends 10 Years Record.
Stoutly he defended his record
as a member of the Senate for
10 years after saying Mr.. Miller
and Delegate Robert Whitehead
of Lovingston had accused him
of 19 wrong" votes in that period
The Senator expressed belief that
this number of votes out Of $4,000
he has cast was a fair percentage
But he maintained he was not
necessarily wrong on the 10.
Senator Byrd accused the Mil
Ter forces of taking out of context
a statement he made last yeal
Ito the effect that if I were asked
to name the New Deal measures
1 favor, I could not name a single
one" He told the Fairfax CROWD
that many of the progressive
measures considered by Congress
during his tenure bear no STAMP
of the New Deal or the Fail
Deal of President Roosevelt OF
president Truman.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
County Welfare Director
Dyopped for Inefficiency

Maryland State Employment
Commissioners Russell S. Davis
has ordered the removal from
Office of Miss E. Susan Hendricks
as director of the Prince Georges
County Welfare Board.
Testimony at a recent hearing
in Baltimore was proof that Miss
Hendricks was IAN inefficient en-
ploye" of the Welfare Board, Mr..
Davis reported yesterday.
Mr.. Davis said testimony in the
hearing shows very clearly that
the respondent does not have the
ability to retain the confidence
and loyalty of those who work
under her."-AP.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
Truck Highways Urged

Maryland's Gov. McKeldin has
proposed a separate system OF
super highways charging tolls for
buses and big trucks.
Such a move would enhance
traffic safety, the Governor said
in a paper presented in his behalf
to the National Governors Con-
ference at Houston, Tex, yeSter-
day. His recommendation won
support also in Wash
|ington from national spokesman
for the American Trucking AsSo-
Citations, Inc.-AP.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
Brandywine Boy Becomes
fifth Area Polio Victim

An 11-year-old Brandywine, Md,
boy has been reported stricken
with polio by the Prince Georges
County Health Department.
The new case, second for the
county thus far this year, raises
the total for the District and near
by areas to IL, five below the
number of reported cases this
time last year.
Montgomery County is the only
suburban area which has not re-
ported q case this year. Last year
at this time, Montgomery County
had five polio victims. To date,
the District leads with three cases.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
Two Killed as Stroy Shot
BIosts Dynamite Cache
By the Assoeiaied Pres.

FLINN FLON, Manitoba, July
3.-A stray bullet touched of
As, 900 pounds of dynamite stored
in a railway construction camp
Sunday, levelling the camp, killing
two men and injuring three
others, it was reported yesterday
The blast, which occurred 100
miles north of here, left crater
SO feet wide and Is feet deep.
officials said the death toll was
low because most Of the workers
were away at the time.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
Main Summer Probes
Ito Center on Condor,
Tax Exempt Groups
By Robert K. Welsh

Congressional investigators will
fight it out this summer long after
the House and Senate adjourn this
week.
The major probes will center
on DR.. Edward u. Condor, former
director of the National Bureau of
Standards, and on tax exempt
|philanthropic foundations.
This was assured late yesterday.
when the House Committee on
Un-American Activities announced
it would subpoena DR.. Condor to
testify in the near future.
Almost at the same hour, a new
special committee headed by Rep
Iresentative Cox. Democrat, of
Georgia got $4,000 in expense
money from the House and ap-
pointed special counsel to launch
a study Of the foundations.
Harold M. Keele. 50-year-old
lawyer and a former assistant
United States Attorney in that
city, was chosen for the $4,000
job with the Cox committee.
That committee will try to de-
termine whether any tax-exempt
foundations are tinged with pol
icies, operations or personnel that
are contrary to the best traditions
of the United States. @
The scheduled subpoena of DR..
Condor by the Committee on I'm
American Activities climaxes Q
controversy that has continued
for several years between him and
several present or past members.
Protest by Condor.
A subcommittee once described
him as the weakest link" in the
Nations atomic security. DR..
Condor vigorously protested. AL
though some members, at that
time. said the committee was
ready to hear him, he repeatedly
was not formally invited until
recently.
Committee Chairman Wood late
yesterday announced that the
committee decided to subpoena
DR.. Condor, who now is employed
by a manufacturing concern in
New York State.
Condor Defends Loyalty.
DR.. Condor said in a written
statement last night: Il am a
loyal citizen and have never
done the slightest thing contrary
to the security regulations of the
many secret projects with which
have been associated"
He said he would welcome q
chance to correct what he termed
the committees 1948 errors which
it completely failed to support
with any evidence"
/ Besides allotting the $4,000 in
expense money to the Cox Com
mittee, the House approved an
additional $50,000 for the King
subcommittee to complete its in
vestigation of the Internal Rev
enue Bureau. The House also
provided $4,000 for a special
committee to watch political ex-
penditures this year, and $685.
flor a special committee to look
Into indecent books and similar
lpornographic material.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity - Sunny
this afternoon with high near S8;
some cloudiness tonight, low about
70. Tomorrow, considerable cloud
mess, quite warm and humid with
scattered thunderstorms.
Maryland - Increasing cloudi-
ness and warm with scattered
thunderstorms likely in extreme
west portion tonight, low of 68-72,
Tomorrow, warm and humid with
scattered thunderStormS.
Virginia-Some cloudineSs to-
Evening star., 1952-07-03

night with low of 66-72. Tomor-
row, rather cloudy, warm and
humid with scattered thunder
storms in west and north portions.
Wind, Cat National AirporD ::
South by southwest, II miles an
hour, at 11:18 am.
River Report.
(Frorn o. 8. Engineers.1
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry. u,.,.-
,n.,s,ne At washington ToN National Airport,
Wvnssstsrdav Pet. Today- Pet.
Noon 49 Midnight ------ 73
4 m AZ am. ----- 2S
| 5 pm. ---- 80 / pm. ------ bl
Evening star., 1952-07-03
BY the Assoeiaied Press

BERLIN. July 3.-The Russians
late today released three Chicago
priests held 80 hours in captivity
after they had been seized by SEN
tries on the Berlin Soviet zone
frontier.
The Soviets handed the Cath
olic churchmen over to American
officers in KarlshorSt, East Berlin.
The priests came to Berlin yes
terday by train for a one-day
sightseeing trip. In borrowed
automobile and with a German
secretary interpreter. they halted
on the frontier between the Ameri-
can sector and Russian zone tt
take some pictures. Eastern Com.
munist police and Russian guart
Evening star., 1952-07-03
British Shifting Troops

HONG KONG, July 3 P).-
The 1st Battalion of the Royal
Leicestershire Regiment arrived
yesterday en- route home after
nine months in Korea. The bat
talon is to be assigned to duty
lin Germany.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
Extra Caution In Driving
Urued for This Week End

The Maryland Traffic Safety
Commission has warned drivers
that an all-time high in traffic
deaths may occur this week end
unless every possible safety pre-
caution is observed.
Paul E. Burke, executive direc-
tor of the commission, urged high
way users to think safety and
Iact safely"
Tragedies on the highway result
from factors within the drivers
lcontrol, Mr.. Burke said.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
School Need Studied

The Falls Church School Board
is studying means to speed con-
struction of the George Mason
High School.
The school, scheduled to open
in September, is not expected to
be completed until August is, ac-
cording to a revised construction
deadline submitted last night by
contractors on the project. The
board said it should be ready now
SO equipment can be moved in
before the opening.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
Truman Declares U.N.
Offers Best Hope for
Winning World Peace
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman declared to-
day that the United Nations is
the best hope of this generation
for achieving world peace.
And he called on the American
people to reject the "voices OF
despair" of those who preach isola-
tionism.
Mr.. Truman sent a 1,900-word
message to Congress reporting on
this Governments part in the
United Nations in 1851. and plead
ing anew for solid support for
the world organization.
This will be my last report.
as President, to the Congress, on
our participation in the United
Nations" he said.
Campaign Formally Opens.
The President returned at 10
o'clock last night from a 24-hour.
400-hile speaking tour of Arkansas,
during which he dedicated new
power development on White
River, at the Missouri boundary.
and declared he was opening
formally the 1852 "whistle-stop"
campaign-for some one else.
In his message today. Mr.. Tru-
man said that his seven years in
office had been devoted to the
cause of peace.
He blasted the 'lies. intimida-
ton and conquest" characterizing
the Soviet course, which has stood
as a barrier, but nevertheless ar
gued that the door must be kept
open to permit Russia to join the
free nations in the move for world
comfy.
Korean Action Defended.
The President again defended
this Governments Intervention in
Korea.
1--WE were right in what we did
in Korea in 1885," he said. I'VE
are right in holding firm against
aggression there now."
In Korea" the President con-
tinued, "the United Nations forces
have repelled Communist aggres-
sion, they have forced the aggres-
sors to abandon their objectives
and negotiate for an armistice
and they have demonstrated that
the course of conquest is mortally
dangerous. The success of the
United Nations in repelling attack
in Korea has given the free world
time to build it's defensive
strength against Communist ag-
gression."
partisan Attacks" Blasted.
Decrying partisan attacks"
that have been made on the U. N.
MI. Truman said that some have
been actuated by spirit of i'm
patience that can only lead the
holocaust of a world war"
Most of those who urge us
Ito go it alone are blind to the
fact that such a course would de-
stroy the solid progress toward
world peace which the United
Nations has made in the past
seven years." he said. II am con-
fident that the American people
will reject these voices of despair.
We can win peace. but we cannot
win it alone. And above all We
cannot win it by force alone"
Evening star., 1952-07-03
Wing Approval Seen

The Fairfax School Board ap-
parently has won its struggle to
include an elementary classroom
wing on the county's proposed new
Negro high school at Merrif1eld.
This was the indication yester-
day following a discussion of the
situation by School Board officials
and the Board of County Super
visorS.s .
A resolution WAS offered asking
Evening star., 1952-07-03
TuIuI Returns to Amman

AMMAN, Jordan. July 3 R.-
Ailing King Talal returned to
Amman today after several weeks
absence in Switzerland. After an
official reception at the airport,
the monarch went Immediately to
Basman Palace to rest.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
Senate Confirms Greene

The Senate last night con-
firmed the nomination of Walter
IL. Greene of Alabama to be Fed
Ieral Housing Commissioner. sue
ceeding Franklin D. Richards, who
has resigned.
Evening star., 1952-07-03

But the PreSl-
dents ha n d S
are tied. since
the bill con-
tains the 1858
operating funds
for the agencies.
I'm er the
a m e n dnent,
F e d eral en-
ployes will have
to use all of
their 1852 an
nual leave by
June 80, 1858,
or lose the un-
Akin~
Evening star., 1952-07-03
Mrs. Meyer Indorses
u. ). Public Schools
As Key 10 Democracy
By the Assoeioted Press

-. DETROIT, July 3.-Mrs. Agnes
E. Meyer. a member of the Presi-
dents Commission on Higher Ed
ucation, today upheld public
schools as a bulwark of American
democracy.
In a speech prepared for the
National Educational Association
convention here, Mrs. Meyer as
serted that clerical politicians
are taking advantage of the men
tai confusion of our postwar era
to regain their ancient privilege
Of controlling education"
Mrs. Meyer urged that the door
be closed forever upon the use of
public tax money for the support
Of private and parochial educa-
tion. She said this could be done
by constitutional amendment.
Fears National Disunity.
eve must close the door tight, I"
she said, against the present at
tempts of the Catholic hierarchy
and reactionary Protestants to
force our people to support sec
tartan schools whose rapid in
crease would destroy our secular
school and tear our Nation into
irreconcilable factions.
'"The costs of private and paro-
chlal education are mounting
steadily. Few American girls wish
to become nuns. The vocations
are decreasing and the salaries
of lay teachers are increasing
every year. The cost of their
schools, especially the secondary
schools. is crushing burden upon
the millions of poor Catholics. If
the Catholic laity realize that
they will have to bear the total
economic weight of the parochial
schools in perpetuity their atti-
tude toward these schools will be-
come more realistic"
IndOrSeS COnant's Stand.
Mrs Meyer said she agreed
with the stand of President James
B. Conant of Harvard that "the
greater number of our youth who
attend independent schools the
greater the threat to our demo-
cratic unity" She added she went
along with Dr.. Conant in grant
Ing both the legal and moral right
OF private groups to organize their
own schools.
Public tax support of private
schools, Mrs. Meyer contended,
would undermine the public
school system and substitute "a
series of feeble, jealous and an
tagonlStic church school systems,
each largely intent on teaching its
own church doctrines and strug-
Cling for an increasing share of
public funds"
Public eduction," she went on,
"is called Goddess" immoral and
secularistic only by people in
capable Of understanding its noble
purposes to keep this Nation free
and united"
Warns of Dangers.
Mrs. Meyer said this battle to
give the parochial schools the
status of public schools and thus
to secure public funds for their
support is one that is being fought
in many States"
IF it succeeds" she said, "the
reactionary Protestant leaders
would Immediately demand their
share of public taxes and the Jews
would be forced to do the same.
The public school system, all hope
of religious amity and of commu-
nifty solidarity would be destroyed.
Our country would be so torn by
hostile groups that we would be-
come an easy prey to the Commu-
mist foe."
Evening star., 1952-07-03
Maryland and Virginia
News in Brief

the School Board to reconsider its
decision to add the elementary
wing, but there was no second to
the motion. Another resolution
then was adopted thanking School
Board members for appearing to
explain their decision.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Conoress Votes Funds Bill Rider
ConceIinq Unused 1852 Leave
By Joseph Young

Congress approved the White House the 1858
independent offices appropriations containing the
annual leave rider for Federal employees
Both the night by voice vote approved
the conference bill than Of
Evening star., 1952-07-03

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 1O1. on June 20.
Lowest, 16. on January 80.
High aud Low Of Last "A Hours.
High, So. at S pm.
Low. 81. at 6:10 am.
Evening star., 1952-07-03

Federal agencies. President Tru-
mans signature is considered
certain, even though he opposes
the leave accumulation ban rider.
Evening star., 1952-07-03
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitati0n.

Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in th
Capital (current month to date):
The Miami times., 1952-08-23

Democratic party, he assisted in
the drafting of the Democratic
platform and it bore his endorse
ment when it was presented to the
convention.
The Congress of Industrial Or
CARNATIONS, through its executive
board and its national Action
Committee, has endorsed the can
didacieS of Adlai E. Stevenson
and John j. Sparkman and has
recommended to the American
people their election in Novem-
ber as President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States of
America.
Therefore be it resolved:
That the National .CIO Com
mittee to Abolish Discrimination
wholeheartedly concurs in the
endorsement of Adlai E. Stevenson
and John J. Sparkman the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations
and expressly recommends to all
Americans of goodwill the cleo
ton of these. two candidates as
President and Vice President at
the election on November 4, 1882"
The Miami times., 1952-08-23

Tho National Junior League, an
organization of young women who
dedicate themselves to voluntary
civic enterprise, recently held a
successful and harmonious con-
vention in Chicago. One of the
big moments of the meeting was
the. election of national officers.
Shortly after being elected, the
above officers got together:
Seated are: Miss Harriet Max
well, Denver, Colo. president;
Miss Harriet Powe, New Orleans,
vice president and Miss Aletha
Weathers, Evanston, ILL.,, secre-
The Miami times., 1952-08-23

CLOS Committee to abolish dis
elimination today praised the
platform of the Democratic party.
With special reference to its
civil rights section. And at the
same time strongly praised the
Democratic Presidential and Vice
Presidential candidates.
In a statement which analyzes
the platforms of both parties and
considers the qualifications of
Governor Stevenson and Senator
Sparkman. The committee recon-
mended ''to all Americans of
goodwill the election of these two
candidates"
The full text of the resolution
follows:
Resolution on Democratic plat
form and candidates.
National CIO committee to
abolish discrimination. Special
meeting, Mayflower hotel, Aug
ust Is, 1852.
"Ten years ago this month the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
ions, recognizing the tremendous
improvements that could be ef-
fected in our society by extension
of full civil rights to all of the
American peole established the
national CIO Committee to Abol-
ish Discrimination. This commit
tee and its members, who are
drawn entirely from the ranks of
labor and backed by National
CIO, played a large part in es-
tablishing and formulating the
recommendations of the Presi-
dents committee on civil rights
set up by President Truman in
1947. The report of the Presi-
dents Committee has been ex-
tensively implemented in the
ranks of CIO.
"On November 4, 1852 citizens
of the United States will select
a president and vice president and
g congress to administer the af-
fairs of our nation for the ensu-
Ing IOuI years >.
when political parties present
themselves for the consideration
of the voters they are required 70
proclaim their policies in formal
terms and then nominate the
candidate whose obligation it be-
comes to put those policies into
effect. The platform and the can
didate cannot BE- separated. They
are one entity.
Both national parties have
now gone through these processes
which, backed by the custom and
tradition of the American people,
give them the dignity of law.
"In drafting its platform on
civil rights and in selecting its
candidates the Democratic party
in comparison with the Republi-
can party, gave by far the closer
attention to the hopes and aspi-
rations of untold millions Of
American citizens who presented
their views to both parties through
their duly accred''-' free repre-
sentative.
"In the field of civil rights the
Democratic party pledged itself
to the theory that more is re-
The Miami times., 1952-08-23
CIO Praises Demos Civil
Rights Platform Plank

quired than cooperative govern
ments.' It made the fortnight
statement that the federal gov
eminent must act, must live up
to the ideals of the Declaration of
independence and must exercise
the powers vested in it by the
Constitution. :.
"The Democratic party further
pledged itself to complete the
elimination of Determination in
the armed forces and the civil
service. 1t pledged punitive action
in defense of civil rights by the
U. S. Department of Justice. 1t
met specific issues squarely in the
following language:
cat the same time. we favor
federal legislation effectively to
secure these rights to everyone:
/. The right to equal opportun-
ity for employment.
2. The right to security of per-
sons.
8. The right TO full and equal
participation in the nations pol
itical life free from arbitrary re-
StraintS."
Finally, the Democratic party
pledged itself to institute congress
sional procedures that will pre-
vent filibuster and make possible
legislative decisions by majority
vote.
These statements are clear and
impossible of misinterpretation.
In sharp contrast the Republi-
can party confined itself to a re-
affirmation of states rights
which have too often in the past
operated to deny human rights
to the individual citizen.
To carry out its pledges on civ
il rights and other pledges made
in the platform, the Democratic
party gave prolonged considera-
ton to the qualifications of the
potential and available candidates.
The candidates were weighed in
the terms already set forth by the
Democratic platform.
The convention nominated
Adlai E. Stevenson, Governor of
Illinois, for President and U. S.
Senator John ]. Sparkman Of
Alabama for Vice President.
Both of these candidates have
stated publicly that they will
support the Democratic platform
and will make their campaigns
upon the principles and policies
which it proclaims.
~Adlai E. Stevenson has a life
long record as a liberal. AS Gov
ernor of Illinois he has invoked
even the military power of his
state, notably in the Cicero af-
fair, to enforce American legal
and moral principles in defense
of human rights. He has outlawed
segregation in the public schools
of Illinois. His thinking is en-
bodied in the Democratic plat
| form.
John J. Sparkman has on a
number of occasions challenged
the proclaimed white supremacy
claims of the Dixiecrats. AS a
delegate to the convention from
Alabama and as leader in the
The Miami times., 1952-08-23

tary. Standing at the extreme
right is Mrs. Matte Smith Colin
of Chicago, national publicity
chairman.
Standing in back row are: Miss
Amelia Barnes, Chicago, finan-
cial secretary, treasurer; Miss
Adelaide Wilcox, Kansas City, Mo.
historian; Mrs. Regina Cohee,
Kansas City, Mo-, midwest reg
ional director; Villa Lee Whitney,
Denver, parliamentarian and Miss
Norma McClain, Montclair, N. J.
AMP.