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Evening star., 1952-10-14

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vile Of the late Frank K. Raymond;
cousin Of Of Lora Glascock % and Patrick H
snds 1sse es at q the Idd w. W ps
neral Home, 1912 Georgia ave. NV. after
l pm. Monday, October 13. Services on
Wednesday. October -. At II an
REEyEs, saES: REy .+Is sYLyEsTER as, Suddenly On
residence 1870 9th st. Sc. pastor OF
the .Paramont Baptist Church, $40 Inde-
O Ms w. Me also Is
stepson. John L. southerland; one step
tives and friends Relatives and friends
may call at the Montgomery Bros. Fu-
neral Home, 913 Fla. ave. NV, after
Services wednesdsy, eeSs ossossr 15 at lneIa pm
at New Bethel Baptist Church. 9th and
s SITS. NV. Rev. C. David Foster ON
eaiating; asAa.4:, 1nterment Lincoln MEMORIAL
ROBINSON. PERLINE. On Monday. oc.
tober 13. 1852. PERLINE ROBINSON Of
1884 G st. ne. Notice of funeral later
ARRANGEMENTS by Frazier's Funeral Home
ia fss Roa a9s4 9R SspSfy af fs Hstp,
st: NV. Notice Of funeral later. Arrange
ROSS, MATHINS. On Sunday. october 12
1852 MATHINs ROSS Of 361, M pl
SON. John as s. to meun their Sss
sister r-in-law and brother-in- Law. and :
9 host Of relatives and friends. TRt
St. NV. after 4 pm. tuesday, October IA
Eemains may be viewed at Eugene Ford,
the funeral services will be held Wed.
neSday October Is. at l pm, Interment
- L,nSoin pnnS q = Memorial rial Cemetery: IA
.SsS e hl' Es5!esnis losS Sso7s1 7s
husband nu. .as Of Mrs. Rose Eotbart and de:
paTd Rosssrt Of MRS ..a sn Levin ap
two Sisters Mrs Forence sS FreedlanSer saisSse es
Los Angeles. Calf, and Mrs. Libby Gold.
perg OF Toronto. Canada; two brothers
Chicago. ILL.,, and two grandchildren. Fu.
neral services ct the BERNARD Danzansky
| & Son Funeral Home, c5O1 14th st, q. W,
esday 9sssSs1 IS .x e. ssO
ton Cemetery.
lRUFFIN. CAULBERT B.. sR. On Tues.
pitsl, cHUEBEkr 3 R5fFIN u sefni ST.. f.aSsi aSs,
are a grandson, other relatives and man!
ransements by MCGUIRE. Inc. 16
tober Ii 1852. ADDIE B. SHOEMAKER
Of 156 INLAND ter. me-. beloved wifl
1. Shoemaker, Mrs. Pauline S. Case anc
Ralph B Shoemaker. Services at the
| s. Fl. Hines Co. Funeral Home, 2901 14tf
1:30 pm Interment Fort Lincoln Gene.
| terry. IA
tSIMMS. THOMAS. On Saturday. October
IL, 1852, THOMAS SIMMS OF 81 Fentor
pl. NV. brother Of Mesdames Rosie Ad.
ANS Julia Scott Mamie Ford and Eliza.
beth Green: Robert Charles and Ernest
simms. Other relatives and friends alse
survive. Notice Of funeral later. Ar.
rangements BY Malvan b schey. Inc.
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HEHs n. All meImebrS Of tIie
1talo- American Masonic Club
No. 100 are requested to at
tend services for cur late
Brother PETER A. RADICE
1862. at $40 pm. OF the
S. H. Hines Co. Funeral
14th ct. NV
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him that 1852 represents his last
opportunity. The choice Of playing
any kind Of waiting game Is denied
him..
But II Gen. Macarthur has pinned
his hopes on the coming election,
what is the explanation for his studi-
GUS disclaimers Of personal interest
and his reluctance to be entered In
State primaries? Above all, why his
apparent Endorsement Of one nn-
nounced candidate Senator Taft)
and his apparent hostility toward
another (Gen. Eisenhower?
Four years ago Gen. Macarthur
played the role Of q willing candidate.
II not an eager one. The result IT
that experience Che was firmly re-
jected in favor Of Harold z. Stassen
by Wisconsin primary voters) was
not encouraging. Undoubtedly, his
popular stature has increased since
then. And yet 1t is likely that Mac-
Arthur has no illusions about his
chances Of securing the nomination
in free and open competition with his
fellow aspirants. Rather than risk
q premature test Of strength with
the major Republican candidates.
both logic and prudence would argue
for Q more subtle sort Of campaign.
Quite apart from the question Of
personalities involved. there is o
sound strategic reason why Gen.
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difficult arrangement to make. Of
ficials agree that a man must be
really down and out.
Out of 604 appeals made for public
assistance during January, only 227
were certified. The philosophy is that
the burden of proof Of need rests with
the applicant. If he has any resources
at all. he is not eligible. That in
cludes ability to work. Unemployment
Is not sufficient grounds in itself. A
man physically able to work, though
out Of a job. viii not be considered.
because enough jobs are considered
to be available for all. In this con-
nection it might be noted that per-
son may draw unemployment COM
pensation for maximum of $40 only
for a maximum period Of 20 weeks.
There's No Holding Boek
All relief applicants must be able
to prove they have lived in the Dis
trict one year. They must furnish
proof Of this and must sign q state
ment testifying as to any bank ac-
count, postal savings, property or in
Surance. Even money legally due g.
person but not necessarily paid is
considered resource. Take, for ex-
ample, the case Of q mother with de-
pendent children. If there is In exist
ence Juvenile Court order requiring
the husband to pay part Of the sup
port for her and her children, this
sum is deducted from her relief check
even though she may never see 1t,
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No Room for GoIdbrckers in Woshingtons Relief Setup

As the Federal City, Washington
has dispensed welfare expenditures
across the Nation with unparalleled
! open-handedness. But on the mu-
nicipal level, Washington operates
with q stringency that some of its
citizens find reprehensible. Legally,
at least. it is not easy to get on the
relief rolls In the District. Once on,
the living Is not easy.
Recently committee Of the United
Community Services prophesied star
vation for the $4,000 people now on
relief. Prices have gone up In the
last two years, but relief grants have
not. Standards for dollar grants for
food were last revised in March, 1850.
They were set to provide about 90
per cent Of reasonable living" ne
cessities. Taking into account the
recent rises in prices, people on relief
now are getting only 79 per cent Of
reasonable living allowance.
No Borderline Coses
As for qualifying for relief, the
requirements. in the words Of We'll
fare Director Gerard NJ. Shea, are
most stringent" One social worker
expressed it more strongly. ITO get
on relief In this city. you have to be
practically naked and starving in
the streets" It is not quite that bad.
but any investigation Of the Board of
Public Works regulations will show
that to live at public expense in the
District Of Columbia is an extremely
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By Mary MeGrory

even though her husband may be- far
beyond the clutches of the law.
Welfare officials admit this Is q
hardship. The mother in this case.
is free to apply to private charity
agencies for help. If they grant it to
her, this sum, too, will be subtracted
from her public assistance grant. as
no experimentation Is allowed. AL
relief recipients are required to report
Immediately any change In their. cir
cumstances. under pain Of prosecu-
ton.
Aid to dependent children Is the
second category in the Public AS
sistance Division with 2.049 cases.
Old-age assistance. with 2.783 cases.
is the largest. Permanently disabled
account for 1,278. general assist
ance 655 and needy blind 263. The
blind are not automatically eligible.
A certain degree Of blindness must be
proved under the regulations. In all.
13,484 individuals are presently re-
ceiving relief.
In determining an applicants re-
sources, social workers also look to
relatives and attempt to prevail upon.
them to offer support whether they
are legally responsible or not. II an
applicant has house or q car he has
a choice Of disposing Of them and
living on the proceeds or keeping
them and not being eligible for relief.
There are exceptions to this rule.
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The aged and the blind may be per-
mitted to continue to purchase the
home in which they reside.
Once person has established his
eligibility (the minimum require
ments in general assistance make it
necessary for him to establish un-
employability, residence and need
the amount of money he will receive
from the city is determined by
standards Of basic personal needs.
which include food, clothing and per-
sonaI or household requirements. No
family, no matter how large or In
what dire straits. ever receives over
$3.50 per month. A single person is
allowed $50 total for room and board.
Shelter allowance varies with the ac-
commodationS the person already has.
and the maximum shelter allowance
is 500 per month for 10 people. This
includes utilities. Medical treatment
is provided by clinics. medicine by
Health Department clinics.
How Much Food?
The matter Of the food allowance
is highly controversial. Social work
ers admit 1t is not enough. But
Welfare Board officials counter that
II they were to give 100 per cent Of
today's prices. they would have to
cut out half the cases on their rolls.
While Washington comes about mid
way down In compilation Of COM
parative relief allowances in various
large cities. its living costs are ex-
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tremely high. Critics Of the relief
program say that present allow
ances fall short by II per cent of
providing the minimum necessary to
maintain health as established by the
Agriculture Department. Social
workers report no children actually
crying for food children over 10 get
$16 a month, children under 10, SID,
but point out that the effects Of mall
nutrition do not necessarily show UP
right away.
Horns of q Dilemmo
Social. workers are required to re-
view cases periodically to be sure that
need still exists and that no supple
mentary help is being received. This
plus an enormous case load GAO cases
per worker) accounts for the delay
which sometimes occurs between time
Of application and receipt Of relief.
1--WE are caught between two fires."
welfare officials say. 1--WE can be ac-
cused Of wasting the public'S money
by not checking up on relief already
being given out. or we can be accused
Of harshness by not giving aid imme-
diately to desperate people"
A survey in 1948 showed that
Washington had the smallest relief
load In proportion to population Of
any city in the United States. Under
present circumstances. this distinc-
ton. which some consider dubious, IL
likely to prevail.
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or past performance to hold the
position. Equally clear is q burning
desire for vindication and ultimate
triumph over his enemies in the
present administration. The presi-
dency would provide the perfect
balm to soothe the pain Of what he
must still consider an unforgivable
personal affront. In addition. one
must take into account the semi
insulated state In which Gen. Mac
Arthur maintains himself-a condi-
ton which magnifies the influence
on him Of those few devoted souls
who make 1t their primary function
to convince him that he alone can
save the Nation from ruin.
Lost Choncs
Gen. MacArthur's advanced age
Che was u last january has been
suggested as reason why he would
not seek the nomination. It is an
argument on which the general
himself has recently been silent.
There might be reason to believe
that q man physically able to as
sumo the active direction Of a large
scale military operation would con-
slider himself At to Withstand the
more sedentary rigors Of the presi-
dency. The age factor Is important
In one respect. however. II Gen.
Macarthur does nurse an ambition
to be President. it must be clear to
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ZAP Photo.

Macarthur might be expected to
favor Taft over Eisenhower at this
stage of the game. This is the feel
ing-shared by many expert observ-
erS-that Gen. Eisenhower is poten-
tally the stronger candidate. Gen.
Macarthur, In other words, might
want to use his influence to prevent
q landslide movement in the direc-
ton Of either man and Gen. Eisen-
hover, 80 far, looks most like the
man toward whom the land is likely
to slide.
Gingerly Support
Even discounting Mr.. Hohensee's
statement last week. the generals
support Of Senator Taft must be de-
scribed as having been somewhat
nebulous all along. Macarthur has
never publicly taken the stump for
Taft. He has declined invitations to
speak before obviously partisan Re-
publican groups. For the, most part,
he has confined his Endorsement to
broad, ambiguous statements He
has been reported as urging his sup.
porters to back Taft, and at the
same time as expressing private
fears that Bob can't make it."
Mr.. Taft. on the other hand, has
been more disingenuous. He has lost
no opportunity to voice his open ad-
miration Of Macarthur and has al.
ways seemed pleased with the ovation
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Egypt
Change in Regime
Spurs Settlement Hope
BY John c. Henry

The course Of political events in
Egypt In the past eight days offers
encouragement that the Anglo -Egyp-
tian lrnpasse may yet be resolved to
the satisfaction Of both principals
and the Western powers az large.
It Is not. however, q boundless en-
couragement. The basic issues
presence Of British troops in the Suck
Canal zone and the political future
-ef the Sudan-remain. Unaltered Is
the Egyptian point Of view that Brit
iSh military occupation of their coun-
try. fact for 70 years now. must be
ended. Unaltered. too. is the British
point Of view that the Sudan should
move into the form Of self-govern-
n1ent which has been shaping up
under guidance from London and
that the future association between
Egypt and the Sudan must then be
freely chosen by the Sudanese them
selves.
Whatever prospect there may be for
negotiated compromise on these
points seems to break into two parts.
One is that the British might yield
on the occupation, perhaps with
subsequent participation by Egypt in
q Middle East command structure.
The other is that the Egyptians might
accept some such formula as that now
supported by the British for work.
ing out Sudanee independence.
Improved Atmosphere
The reason for feeling encourage
n1ent today is not that there have
been tangible indications Of willing
ness on the part Of either principal to
compromise in the directions noted
above. It is rather that there has
been q constant improvement in the
political atmosphere in Cairo re-
moval of some Of the elements that
were deliberately keeping passions
aroused to a pitch where reason and
nationality could not operate. There
is also the belief that the British For
eign Offlce, under the experienced
control Of Anthony Eden, is prepared
to apply goth century realism to
its problems.
Again, however. these trends are
ones Of degree; they are not sharp
and necessarily permanent changes.
The Improvement In the atmos-
phere began, Of course. In the wake
of the January week end Of mob vio-
lence In Cairo, touched OF by the
British military action against Egyp-
tian auxiliary police in the Suez area.
It was then that King Farouk dem
onstrated his own developing matu-
rity and his determination that his
country should seek its objectives
through orderly and responsible be-
havior. AS the first steps. he dis
Evening star., 1952-03-09
BY jones Y. Newton

ington homes. So would q work stop
page at facility from which United
Fuel Gas buys part OF its fuel, or
on the pipeline that brings 1t from
Texas.
This illustration gives some idea Of
the headaches" encountered by Fed
eral Mediation Chief Cyrus 8. Ching
and his men In their effort to settle
the dispute. They found similar ex-
amples of intricately interlocking
company relationships throughout
the oil and gas industries. There
are. however. many other complica-
tions In the case.
The Government still has Only q
rough idea Of. the size and scope Of
the dispute. Oficials believe that
more than half Of the Nations great
oil industry, and q large part Of the
natural gas industry, are involved
In the strike threat. Trouble spots
are concentrated In the producing
and refining areas Of the Southwest.
Midwest and Rocky Mountain States.
Of1lcials know the whole thing IS big
enough to cause real hardship for
millions and play havoc with the
defense program Il allowed to reach
the strike stage.
D. Union Front
Workers involved are represented
by 20 unions. which standardized
their demands and banded together
ii q mutual fight for higher wages
and other Dement'S. BY far the
largest union Is the CIO OIL workers.
which represents the Charleston
group employees. It's president Is
O. A. Knight. chief labor represen-
tative with the National Production
Authority. He Is . lean. soft-spOken
man, veteran labor leader. The
other unions are either independents
Or are afnliated with the AF1A A
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Texas. Socony- Vacuum. Standard Oil
Of Indiana. Standard Oil Of Ohio and
Sinclair. The main portions Of the
country's biggest oil company. Stand
ard Of New Jersey, have contracts
with independent unions which are
not in the dispute. But Esso's big
Texas subsidiary. Humble Oil, is in it.
A factor contributing greatly to
the confusion is that nearly all bar
gaining In the oil industry is carried
on at the local or plant level. There
is only one company-w contract.
It Is between the CIO and Sinclair
OH, covering 10000 field production,
pipeline and refining employees. AL
others negotiate on q plant-by- plant
basis. The CIO Oil Workers say
they have so separate contracts with
the Texas Co. alone and the plants
are scattered from Delaware to Cali
fornia! Agreements with various
companies, and even within COM
panies. differ as to terms.
Hundreds of Plants
The number of plants involved III
the dispute run into the hundreds.
Government mediators have spotted"
358 oil refineries alone ct lis Diff
ferent locations.
Major demands are identical ii al
instances. Chief goals are for d
general wage increase Of IS cents an
hour. and increased premiums for
night shifts. Average pay Of workers
IN the industry now Is $40 an hour.
Best company offer SO far reported
was 1O-cents- -an-hour increase.
Some ofiicials believe the union
would accept is cents.
IN any event. this great ''snafu'
Is now In the hands Of the wage
board. which Is used to such things.
And it is hard to see how Board
Chairman Nathan p. Feinsinger can
handle IL successfully and still pre-
serve the industryis position Of bar
gaining only on . local basis. n
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A more complex labor dispute, or
bundle Of disputes, than the con-
troversy presently involving the oil
and natural gas industries is diff
cult to imagine. Certainly, Uncle
Sam has had no more Of "snafu"
dropped in his lap In long time.
Now that President Truman. to
prevent q potentially disastrous
strike. has sent the case along to
the Wage Sterilization Board for its
recommendation Of settlement. 1t
viii be interesting to see what hap
pens. The boards real difficulty viii
be In getting grip on the case. not
in deciding the issues in dispute,
which are largely monetary.
Take. for example. that part Of
the dispute which threatened to cut
of Washington's natural gas supply.
The gas. all Of which is piped In
from West Virginia and Kentucky. is
distributed by the Washington Gas
Light Co., and It's subsidiary. the
Rosslyn Gas Co.. which are not In
volved In the dispute.
The Charleston Group
The local utility purchases the fuel
from the Atlantic Seaboard Corp.
one Of I'VE companies which make
up what Il known a. tho Charles
ton CIV. va.) group" Of the Columbia
Gas System, 8 giant holding COM
pany. Atlantic Seaboard buys the
gas from another Of the Charleston
group" the United Fuel Gas Co..
United Fuel Gas produces some Of
its supplies at wells In Southern
West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky.
The rest it purchases from another
company. and it is piped into.
Charleston from Texas.
But the complexity Of the situation
does not end there. The parts Of
the pipeline to Washington through
West Virginia and Maryland are
owned by Atlantic seaboard,. How
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number Of oil industry unions. some
Of which have settled their wage
problems for the time being, are not
In the coalition. .
The oil companies have fought
successfully against industry-wide
bargaining for years. The unions
say that it Is not an issue this time.
But there is evidence that the unions,
in order to get a foot In the door Of
national bargaining. are trying to
confuse the situation 80 that the
Wage Stabilization Board win have
no recourse other than to treat the
controversy as one big dispute.
The Government estimates that up
ward Of so companies are involved in
whole or in part. Some are small. But
included also are many Of the biggest
oil firms Of the country like Gull.
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ever. that large part Of the line that
traverses Virginia en- route is owned
by the Virginia Gas Transmission
Co.. another Of the Charleston
group" companies. Gas company ON
cials here say Atlantic Seaboard and
Virginia Transmission are really one
and the same. The latter was set up
in Difference to Virginia law, which
says that q utility. to do business in
the State. must be incorporated in
Virginia.
The Charleston group" companies
are involved in the Nationwide dis
pute and were marked for strike at
midnight tonight before President
Truman instructed the wage board
to step in. Obviously, a strike at any
one Of three Charleston" companies
would affect the flow Of gas to Wash
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missed the Wafd government Of
Nahas Pasha, proclaimed martial law
as q means Of restoring civil order.
and called In Ally Maher Pasha to
head new cabinet. In its short life
Of approximately . month, the
Maher government made certain
progress. It proclaimed itself anx-
ious to reopen negotiations with the
British and initiated action toward
certain domestic political and eco
nomic reforms.
Why Moher Fell
The Maher government fell week
ago, primarily because it did not go
far enough or fast enough. Maher
Pasha became prisoner Of his own
willingness to compromise. He left
unused q decree signed by the King
for suspension Of the Parliament, still
dominated by the Wafd Party. He
apparently deceived himself In think
ing he could translate his expressed
intentions into action while the veto
power Of the Wafd Parliament hung
over his head.
Maher's successor, Ahmed Naguib
Hilaly Pasha. still has the political
power Of the Wafd to contend with.
But the Wafd's legislative teeth
have been drawn-for the next
month, at least-by the suspension
of the Parliament. Hilaly is a jurist
by profession. and he has reputation
for incorruptibility-i was on this
issue of corruption in government
that he broke with the Wafd Party
last autumn. He has set about with
q free hand to produce the domestic
reforms needed to relieve some Of
the internal pains in the Egyptian
body polite.
=. Meanwhile. he Is brieflng himself
~on the intricacies Of the Suez and
Sudan issues. An encouraging as
pect Of this process is that the brief
ing and the shaping Of what Is
likely to be the Egyptian negotiating
position Is being done principally
by two men who are known to favor
an orderly and friendly association
with the West-if it can be achieved
through some formula that would
preserve the national aspirations.
Afifi and Fowl Bey
One Of these men is Ann Pasha, q
banker and surgeon by profession,
English educated and q former AM
hassador to London, who Is now serv.
ing as chief Of the royal cabinet,
the Kings immediate advisers. The
other Is FawM Bey. Egypt's perma-
nent delegate to the United Nations.
He was called home to serve as
special adviser on the problem Of
resolving the impasse with Britain.
On Thursday Of the past week,
Hilaly Pasha talked TO both the
American and British ambassadors
In Cairo. No time has yet been set
for opening formal and direct con-
versations with the British. It Is
likely that such negotiations will be
scheduled soon. The Egyptian con-
ditions FOR an agreement win not be
modest In terms OF either principle or
action. Substantial surrender on
their part would mean either Inn
mediate reputation or another abro-
CATION in the future.
There are the potentials. however.
for agreement. And this much. ct
least, b ENCOURAGING.
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