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Evening star., 1952-12-18
Morse S Prediction
I0f Punishment 10
District Group Is Hif

| Senator Morse's comment that
he would be banished to the SEN
ate District Committee as punish
ment for quitting the Republican
Party drew the retort today from
Senator Welker of Idaho that
Senator Morse was crying into
his beer"
Personally" said Sc ma tor
Welker. It'd say the District Com
mittee was pretty high for him.
AS to whether or not he'll be a
member. I couldn't say. That's
a matter for the Democrats to
decide. since he resigned from the
|party."
Speaks at Fund Banquet.
Senator Morse's comments on
the District Committee were made
Tuesday night in a speech to the
Jewish National Fund Banquet in
San Francisco. The Oregon Sem
ator speaking of the treatment
he expected in the new Congress
as the result of his switch to sup
port Gov. Stevenson in the midst
Iof the presidential campaign.
they'll probably put me on the
District Committee. he told his
audience"-one of the lowest COM
Imittees. where you aren't a Sem
lator but an alderman. And then
I'll vote to end segregation in
Washington . I'll help Ike keep
his promise" "
Senator Welker said he felt diff
lferently about the committee
which exerts a great measure of
control over Congress government
of the District.
II think the committee is really
quite high" he said. Every one
lis interested in this city. There
isn't schoolboy or girl in the
country who isn't proud of the Ma
ltion's Capital. I'm proud to be
lon the committee. I expect to stay
on it and I feel the job I've done
there. has been more satisfactory
than any other I've done in the
Senate"
Ever since Wayne has made his
move. he's been crying into his
beer. He has reasons for wanting
to make people feel sorry for him.
But so far as I'm concerned, he
has made his bed and he can lie
in it." =.
| Senator Welker was the only
Republican Committee member
available for comment today.
Senator Hunt Comments.
Senator Hunt, Democrat, of
Wyoming. who also serves on the
District Committee, observed that
a good many other Senators
would agree with Senator Morse.
"As you know" he said, most
Senators don't care too much toI
get on the District Committee be-
cause it doesn't mean anything
back home. You can work your
self to death and not get any
credit from your constituents.
Senator Morse was only speaking
what most of them believe"
Senator Hunt added, however,
that he had enjoyed his work on
the committee and would be
sorry to leave" He is moving ont
to make room for incoming fresh
man Senator Symington from
Missouri.
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Session 10 Get
Teacher Raise
And Road Bills
Consideration Assured
By Legislature
In Maryland
By Gene Goodwin
Stor Stoff cer,ssnondsrt

BALTIMORE. Dec. 1S.-Pro.
posals to raise teachers salaries
and give the Maryland road sys-
tenn S568 million overhauling
today were assured of considera-
ton by the 1858 General Assem-
bly,, convening on January Z.
The Legislative Council ap-
proved both proposals here yester-
day.
The council voted. without a
dissent, to recommend to the Leg
islature the Green Commission
bill for teacher pay increases Ct
up to $500. The bill. drafted by a
commission headed by Harry j.
Green. Baltimore lawyer, calls for
Ia $4,000 minimum teacher salary
during the next two school years,
with floor of $4,000 starting in
1855. The State could pay the
difference between the current
minimums and the new scale.
Money Set Aside.
Gov. McKeldin. who appointed
the commission. has set aside
money to finance raises up to $500
a year for the 1884 school term.
The State Roads Commissions
12-year. $568-million highway i'm
provement program had a rougher
time Of it, mostly because of an
amendment tackled on at the last
minute by the Legislative Coun-
ellis Budget and Finance Commit
tee.
The roads program was recon-
mended to the Legislature by a
vote of II to S after Senator
Robert H. Kimble, Republican
minority leader from Allegany
County, tried in vain to kill the
amendment. which transfers cost
of Maryland State police oper-
ations from moto" vehicles reve-
nues to general funds.
Other Actions Taken.
The council. the Legislatures
year-around agent which acts as
a soundin. board for recommended
tions that crop up between ses-
sions. took these other actions in
its last session before the 1883
session:
/. Rejected. 7 to 5. a bill to
permit police to give scientific
tests for intoXication to tipsy
drivers. Legislators seemed afraid
that policemen might deliberately
or accidentally mix up results of
the tests causing innocent persons.
to be convicted.
2. Approved a Montgomery
County sponsored measure chang
ing the three-year rotational as
sessment system going into effect
IN 1854 to allow Baltimore and
the counties TO put new property
values OF. their tax books every
year. One-third OF each county
OF Baltimore City would be as
SesSed annually. Without the
new values would be
kept off the books until the en-
tire subdivision had been ap-
praised.
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Who|esa|eCos
Of Gas Cited
In Rate Plea
Need for Increase
Of 4.6 Pct. Explained
At Public Heurino

The public hearing on the rate
increase request of Washington
Gas Light Co. began today in the
board room Of the District Build
ing.
The company says the proposed
rates would furnish about $3.50, 900
in additional revenues per year.
It bases its plea on anticipated
higher costs for wholesale natural
gas purchased from Atlantic Sea-
board Co.
Everett j. Boothby, Washington
Gas Light president, the first wit
ness. emphasized that the higher
cost it stands to pay the gas whole
saler is virtually the only reason
for the present rate increase re-
quest.
Blames Natural Gas Price.
II think it is safe for me say"
Mr.. Boothby testified, that if it
were not for this third increase in
natural gas cost going into effect
within so days, we probably would
not have filed this application"
But in view of the impending
higher wholesale cost. he added.
the company must have higher re-
tail rates to become effective si-
multaneously with the higher
wholesale charges.
The witness again emphasized
that if any of the Wholesale rate
hike requests should be rejected or
trimmed down by the Federal
Power Commission. the local util-
ity will reimburse local consumers
accordingly.
6.25 Per Cent on Investment.
o. H. Ritenour, company vice
president. pointed out that if the
requested increase is granted by
the PUG, the gas company ex-
poets to realize a 6.25 per cent
rate OF return on it's investment.
This was the rate authorized
by the commission as fair and rea-
sonable in the last gas-rate case
in May. If no increase is granted.
at this time, Mr.. Ritenour testi-
fed, the scompany's rate of return
will be only about SIT per cent.
OF the expected additional rev.
enues which the proposed rates
would provide. more than $475 900
would be eaten up by Federal and
District taxes, leaving a net in
crease in operating revenues of
abeut $360,000. This would raise
the company's total operating rev.
enues to $19.3 million as against
Sill million in total operating
expenses.
Wholesaler Seeks Inc ease.
Even now, United Fuel Gas Co.,
a pipeline outfit that supplies At
lantic Seaboard, is arguing it's
case for a $14-million rate in
crease before the Federal Power
Commission. The Washington
Gas Light petition is before the
District Public Utilities Commits !
sion.
Local gas officials estimate that
the latest rate increase asked by
Atlantic Seaboard, and due to
become effective next March, will
cost Washington Gas Light about
100000 yearly. In addition
labor and materials costs have
continued to rise, the company
points out.
The requested rate increase
would amount to 4.6 per cent. !
It would mean about 16 cents
per month higher gas bills for
domestic gas users and 73 cents
a month for customers having
space heating.
Evening star., 1952-12-18
New f Engineer Commissioner
Is Made Brigodier General

Louis w. Prentiss, newly named
engineer commissioner for the
District. has been promoted to
brigadier general.
Gen. Prentiss received his first
star today from his chief, 1t. Gen.
Lewis A. Pick. Chief of Engineers,
during an informal ceremony at
the Gravelly Point Engineer
Headquarters.
Gen. Prentiss will take over the
engineer commissioners job Janu-
ary l. succeeding Brig. Gen.
Bernard L. Robinson. A veteran
OF % years service with the en-
gineers, Gen. Prentiss is leaving
the post of assistant chief of en-
gineers for personnel and admin
istration.
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Cole Is Temporary Head
Of D. c. Porking Agency

The Commissioners today named
Herman S. Cole. administrative
officer of the Department Of We
hicles and Traffic. to handle fiscal
and personnel matters Of the Mo-
tor Vehicle Parking Agency on a
temporary basis.
Mr.. Cole. officials said, will take
over the duties only until a new
head for the parking agency is
named. Its former chief. c. T.
McGavin. resigned several weeks
ago.
Evening star., 1952-12-18
WoIfson Testifies Again
In Shipyurd Sale Probe

Louis E. Wolfson. chairman OF
the board of Capital Transit Co.,
appeared in the United States
Courthouse here today to testify
for a second time before a Fed
eral grand jury investigating sale
of a Florida shipyard to a COM
pany headed by Mr.. Wolfson.
The jury is investigating sale
of the st. Johns River Shipyard
at Jacksonville by the Govern
ment to Mr.. Wolfson's shipyard
company for $1.9 million. The
Government had paid about $19
million for the yard originally.
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Auto Distributors Donate
To6 Nearby Hospitals

Six nearby hospitals received a
Christmas gift of approximately
S700 each yesterday from the
Greater Washington Automotive
Distributors Association. Inc, at
a luncheon in the Mayflower
Hotel.
The amount was contributed by
the % members of the associa-
ton. Recipients Of the gift were
Alexandria, Arlington, Children's
Prince Georges General, Suburban
and st. Marys County Hospitals.
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Miss Edith A. Lyons.
Appointed Associate
School Superintendent

Miss Edith A.. Lyons. veteran
public school supervisor, is tht
temporary successor to retired AS.
sociate School Supt. A. Kigel
Savoy.
Miss Lyons was appointed tc
Mr.. Savoy's post on an interim
basis by the Board of Education
Yesterday. She will have charge
of the city's Negro elementary
schools.
Also approved yesterday was the
retirement. effective next March
of DR.. Eugene A. Clark as presi-
dent of Miner Teachers College
No successor has been proposed
Top Aide of Savoy.
Miss Lyons. as director of ele-
mentary education. has been one
of Mr.. Savoy's top aides. She
joined the school system as a
grade school teacher in 1915, be.
came principal of the Morgan
School in 1910 and the following
year was appointed to her admin
istrative post. She has been re.
sponsible for supervision of teach
ing.
A native of Augusta. Ga. she
is a graduate of the old M Street
High School here and of Miner
Normal School, now the teachers
college. She also has attended
Howard and Catholic Universe
ties and holds a masters degree
from Columbia University Teach
ers' College.
DR.. Clark, 50. has been president
of Miner Teachers College since
it received its present name II
1880. He also was principal OF it,
predecessor. the normal school
from 1921 to 1926. He headed
the colored elementary schools a
an assistant school superintendent
from 1926 to 1880.
Teacher In 1909.
He Joined the school system a.
a teacher in 1909. A Washington
native, he is a graduate OF the N
Street High School. Phillips Exeter
Academy and Williams College. HI
earned a doctorate of philosoph,
at Columbia University.
He has been on sick leave from
Miner for some time.
Also approved yesterday was the
retirement of Miss Ada c. Moody
physical education teacher al
Roosevelt High School. and Mis-!
Ina Forbes. teacher at the Murcf
School, both effective December 81
The board combined the Byrar
and Blair Schools under Blair's
principal, Miss Margaret Moore
Byran's principal. Miss Anna M
Crook. died unexpectedly last week
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
EXIT THE SOUID

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington SAYS that
the giant squd might be nearing extinction If so stories
OF and sinister sea creatures NAV decline
noticeaby in the coming years
The giant squid is ominous-lookng sea creature,
which sometimes grows to length of fy-five feet The
Smithsonian recalls that sailors the giant squd infre
quenty up until the turn of the century, but about
the turn Of the century, few reports have n telling
OF the sighting of the giant squd.
What has caused even more speculation is the fact
that few giant squd have washed ashore in the last
haf-century This combined with the lack of reports
from sailors who normally would catch glimpse of
giant squd once in while has convinced the Smithsonian
that the giant squid is probably disappearing.
The squid has a thirty-foot-long torpedo-shaped
body and tentaces extending in front There some
seven or eight major enaces in front and two extended
backward from its head The giant squd is very secreve
and Elusive and seldom comes to the surface.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
Senators Will
Ride To Work
More Smoothly

WASHINGTON P-Senators are
going to be riding to and from
their work more smoothly next
year but that isn't guaranteed to
smooth the business of lawmaking
The easier riding will be on new
y laid tracks for the senator's
-c0-foot monoral subway line
which connects their office build
ag with the Senate wing Of the
Capitol.
The new rails have just been in
stalled at a cost of 81 500. They
are the first complete track re.
placement since the monOrau syS-
tenn was Installed 40 years ago.
Time had thinned the rails and
rotted the ties.
The two isyesr passenger cars
are going to remain, although they
are being oyerhauled and re-
painted
These cars make an average Of
225 trips . day and are one of
the hig tours; attractions of the
capital, especially asGA yoanzsgers.
Rides are free - al VIC caa
ctawi oa.
The new tracks are part Of the
Capitals biggest gcBeral cleanup
and reA~ h55I'3fon jn Il vcz~S
David Lynn, architect q The
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19

Swimming is better sport for those who can sta
afloat than for those who can't
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
|IEan !: Qn Esltss.wn y
End In Deadlock

PARIS Up - BTitish-American
talks to break the Iranian oil dead
lock ended here without "ahy sort
of solution in sight, official Amer
lean and British sources reported
What amounted to a final effort
BY President Truman'S administra-
ton to settle the 20-month-old dis
pute appeared to have ended in
failure.
Precise issues which Snagged the
talks between experts named by
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
and Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden were not disclosed. Eden and
Acheson also met to discuss the
situation.
The breakdown came as no sur
prise for the British, who reacted
coolly to American suggestions
for ending the deadlock stemming
from Trans action i'll Matchmaking
the billion dollar Anglo -Iranian Oil
Company holdings.
Highly informed sources said in
Washington Wed. the United
States was ready to advance up to
100 million dollars in an effort to
break the deadlock and help re
store Trans oil to the Western
nations.
Such aid would hinge on agree
ment by Iran and Britain to CO.
operate in a settlement.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
Federal Grand Jury Says baltimore Swore
Falsely Regarding His Communist Hook-Up

Sion's Loyalty Review Board ruled
there was reasonable doubt as
to his loyalty.
"Some committee should seek
the answers as to why baltimore
and Vincent have been protected
so long and so effectively in their
jobs in the face of all the evi-
dence," Mundt told reporter yes
terday.
Sen. Watkins -Utah) comment
ed that Lattimore's indictment
"vindicated the judgment" of the
internal security subcommittee, of
which he is a member. The sub
committee, headed by Sen. Nc
Carran (D-Nev), recommended
last July that the Justice Depart
ment lay before a grand jury the
question of whether baltimore had
committed perjury,
The seven-count indictment grew
out of Lattimore's II days of
stormy testimony before the SUBJ
committee during its. long mvesti-
CATION of the fnStiuAe of Pacific
Relations QPR(, a privately-fi-
nanced research organization.
The subcommittee said Latti-
more, long a prominent figure in
IPR affairs, ''was, from some time
beginning in the 1905, a conscious
articulate instrument of the Soviet
conspiracy"
The report called Vincent "the
principal fdlcrum of IPR pres
sures and influence in the State
Department"
Both baltimore and Vincent
figured prominently in a Senate
investigation in 1850 into McCar-
thy'S Communists in govern
ment charges, as well as in the
IPR inquiry.
The indictment charges that
baltimore, contrary to his denial
before the internal security SUBJ
committee, "had been a sympa-
thizer and promoter of commu-
niSm and Communist interests.
The other counts of the indict-
ment alleged baltimore commit
ted perjury when he said:
That a trip he took into Com
munist China in 1887 was not by
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19

pre-arrangement with Communist
authorities.
That a meeting he had with the
then Soviet ambassador, ConStan-
tine Oumansky, took place after
the German invasion of Russia in
1871. (The indictment said the
Hitler-Stalin pact was still in eff
feet at the time of the meeting).
That he was not told DR.. Ch'ao
Ting Chi, described by the Senate
subcommittee as Communist
agent in the IPR, was a Commu-
mist.
That he had not published ar
ticles in Pacific Affairs, IPR mag
azine of which he was editor, by
Communists other than Russian
contributors.
That he had not handled LAUGH
lin Currie'S White House CORE
spondence while Currie, an aide to
the late President Roosevelt, was
away.
That he did not know Asiaticus,
a writer for Pacific. Affairs, was
a Communist.
Protesting his innocence, Latti-
more said:
That innocence should have to
be so long defended against such
vengeful harasSment as | have
been subjected to for three years,
is something that can be better
commented on by others than by
myself.
"All that I can do is, in the
words of a namesake of mine, to
be Of good comfort and play the
man; for if / should not, it would
be an evil day in our Country for
freedom of conscience, of re-
search, and of comment.
''These are freedoms that should
be guarded by all, but by univer-
sity professors with a special de-
v0tion."
baltimore said the be of good
comfort quotation was from Hugh
Latimer, who was burned at the
stake in 18th century England ION
a question of conscience"
The District of Columbia Code,
under which baltimore was in
dicted, provides a maximum pen
atty of 2 to 10 years OF each count.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19

Capitol, says his maintenance
force has been able TO accomplish
more this year than in any year
since before World War II. The
reason: Congress was out Of ses-
sion for six months in 1952-long-
est recess since 1888.
All told, $685. 900 was voted for
Capitol maintenance in the fiscal
year which began last July l and
most of it is being spent in the
current SiX-month period. Here are
some of the other Jobs:
Repainting Of the dome and all
Of the central portion Of the build
ing.
Painting Of II offices and stair
ways and corridors.
Converting some elevators from
manual to automatic control.
Cleaning of 60 ornate crystal
chandeliers.
A complete soap and water
scrubbiug for every statue-laera
are dozens ot them.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19

The man who is always seeking an easy million usual
~ winds up borrowing money to live on
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
BY KARL R. BAUMAN

WASHINGTON R - A federal
grand jury mas accused Owen Lat
timore of swearing falsely that he
had never been a Sympathizer or
promoter of communism or Com
munist interests.
The indictment returned late
Tuesday also accused the FaI
Eastern specialist and occasional
State Department consultans of
lying under oath on six other
points during his testimony before
the Senate internal security sub
committee last spring. The indict-
ment termed all seven points
material"
'T am, of course, innocent, I"
baltimore said.
He is due to be arraigned Fri
day. Trial date may be fixed then.
baltimore has been a frequent
target of Sen. Mccarthy (R-Wis).
Mccarthy said in March, 1850,
that he considered baltimore "the
top Soviet espionage agent in
America"
pure moonshine," replied Lat
timore, 52-year-old director of the
Walter Hines Page School of Inter-
national Relations at Johns Hop
kins University in Baltimore.
The university president, DR..
Detlev Bronx, announced that Lat
timore had been given leave of
absence, with pay, until Fed
eral Court shall have passed upon
the charges"
Mccarthy also has called Latti-
more lone of the principal archi-
tects of our Far Eastern policy"
baltimore said that wasn't true
either.
The indictment prompted Sen.
Mundt (D-SD) to call for con-
gresSional investigation ''to try to
find out the names of the patron
saints" of baltimore and career
diplomat John Carter Vincent.
Vincent was suspended by the
State Department Monday from
his post as minister to Tangier
after the Civil Service Commis-
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19

If people do not understand your motives you a
failing to express your thoughts properly.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
NO SERIOUS INJURIES
IN TRAIN ACCIDENT

CUMBERLAND, Md. Up - The
National Limited, fast Baltimore
and Ohio passenger express, left
the tracks at Rowlesburg, w. Va,
about 60 miles west Of here, early
Thursday.
The railroad said none Of the
approximately 100 passengers was
hurt seriously enough to prevent
them from continuing TO their des-
tination on substitute train.
The wreck, between here and
Grafton. W. Va. tied up the B &
O's main line tracks to St. Louis.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
|Cards.Depict
Memories OF
Her Childhood
Rx DOROTHY ROE
ssociated Press Wonnen's Editor

Associated Press Wornen's Editor
Dorothy Simmons remembers
Christmas at grandmother's house,
the jingle of sleighbels in the
snow, the garlands of pine and
holly in the great Victorian hall,
the spicy odors of mince pies and
fruit cake from the old-faShioned
ovens, flames leaping in. the old
fireplace and, best of all, the
wonderland of Christmas morn
ing, with toys and packages piled
high around the glittering Christ
mas tree.
All of these happy memories of
the childhood wonder of Christmas
she puts into her Christmas cards,
which sell by the millions through
out the nation.
And that may be the reason that
Dorothy Simmons is considered
one of the foremost greeting card
artists in the world today.
This dainty, Sophisticated-look-
ing little woman, with prematurely
white hair and exquisite clothes,
lives in an apartment in the heart
of Manhattan, overlooking the East
River and the glittering shops of
57th Street. She was born and
raised in New York City, but the
Christmas holidays of her child
hood were spent at her grand
mothers old-fashioned home in a
tiny village in the Pocono Noun
tainS. She says:
81 can close my eyes and see
the sleigh and horses waiting at
the little station, feel again the
excitement of the jingling ride
through the snow, see the lights
in the old house as we drew near
and hear the laughter in my grand
mothers voice as she welcomed
her family home"
Dorothy Simmons most popular
Christmas cards are her madon-
mas, which seem to have a special
radiance. She says:
81 always read the Bible story
of the birth of Christ before l start
to paint a madonna card. remem-
Der that the madonna was very
young, and that she loved her
baby"
The trend in Christmas cards
today is toward the old-fashioned
card with real Christmas senti-
ment, says Dorothy. She adds:
"The era of the flippant angel
is out. Nowadays people seem to
want cards that express the tradi-
tional feeling of Christmas. At first
my cards used to be purely de-
corative and sophisticated. Now l
try to combine old-faShioned SEN
timent with a modern treatment.
And my cards always say Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year. ~"
The beSt-sellers, year after year,
are the madonna cards, says the
artist. She started painting them
years ago for her personal use,
then did a few for friends, soon
found herself in business.