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Evening star., 1952-11-23
Building May Be IL Stories.

NAAy DC * otOA
The entire tract is bounded on
the south by Florida avenue. on
the west by Connecticut avenue
and Columbia road, on the north
by wyoming Apartments. and on
the east by Nineteenth street.
Height of the Office building is
proposed as IL stories, though to
obtain that number of stories a
zoning change would be necessary.
Plans call for limestone and gran
ite facing. first-floor stores and
parking for about 600 cars.
The developers said they believe
the tract would be suitable as a
site for a second commercial
building at Florida and Connecti-
cut avenue and an institutional
building at Florida and T street,
when that street is cut through.
plus a hotel and luxury apart
ments on the residential part of
the tract north of T street.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
PurceIIviIIe Library
Officers Are Elected
Special Dispatch 10 The Sior

PURCELLVILLE, Va, Nov. %.
Franklin H. Kenworthy of Pur-
cellvllle has been elected chairman
of the Executive Board of the
Purcellville Library. Mr.. Ken
worthy is a retired official of the
c. & P. Telephone Co. He sue
ceeds c.. L. Robey, Purcellville,
who has been chairman of the
board for 18 years.
Mrs. Philip Bradley, Hillsboro,
was elected vice chairman; A. r..
Pape, Round Hill. treasurer, and
Miss Theodate Wilson and o. l..
limerick. Executive Board men,
bers. Mrs. Robert Carruthers,
who has accepted the librarian
post effective December /. will be
secretary.
Beside the board members, IL
brary trustees include D. N. Myers,
j. T. Hirst, Irvey Baker, S. Hawpe
Adams, c. L. Robey, Mrs. Robey,
Miss Irene Wright. Mrs. H. C..
Thompson and Mrs. T. Janney
Brown.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Fiscal Policy
Continued From First Page.)

is in very short-term issues.
2. The interest yield on public
debt issues is too low.
3. Government monetary policies
have in the past been loose" 4"
making for a soft dollar of de-
creasing value. There was repeated
comment that in the last 20
months. since the Federal Re-
serve halted unrestricted buying
of Government securities, none
tary policy has frightened con-
siderably.
Here is the public debt situation:
The total debt is $265 billion,
and, by official estimate, will be
about $26712 billion by the end
Iof the current fiscal year, next
June 30.
OF this. approximately STAT
billion is in marketable securities,
and nearly $78 billion is in saw
ingS or in investment series.
Nearly $40 billion of the
marketable securities is in the
IShorteSt-term debt-90-day bills.
About $1l2 billion worth of these
become due each week over 13
weeks, and. at present. are re-
financed weekly. This sum will
roll right into the hands of the
new Secretary, for continued
ultra -short-term financing, or re-
financing on longer terms.
Big Maturity in February.
Nearly SIT billion of the public
debt is IN the next shortest term
Government issue-certificates of
indebtedness. There are four such
issues, each maturing in II
months to one year. The biggest
OF all, an issue of nearly SO billion,
comes due February Is next year,
and will face Mr.. Humphrey with
his first major funding problem,
The present administration has
been refinancing these issues as
they came due. keeping their terms
of maturity about the same but
edging interest yields upward. An
other certificate of SIS billion will
come due June l and a further
issue of So billion will fall due
next August Is. A 81 billion issue
natures December 1, this year.
There are eight outstanding
issues Of Treasury notes-issues
that mature in up to five years
totaling slightly over $50 billion.
The biggest issue is the shortest
a 14-month note of sos billion.
It comes due December /, next
year.
The Government has % major
issues OF bonds on the market,
totaling about $134.5 billion and
maturing over periods of five to
so years. The two shortest issues
five and six year bonds-were
hoated this year, illustrating the
present tendency to keep interest
rates down by keeping the debt in
short terms. The longer the terms
of an issue, in general, the higher
the interest rate.
Market Constantly Stirred Up.
One bond issue falls due in 1858.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Probe
Continued From First Page.)

some Of the seized companies and
the disposal of those companies to
American interests.
Some sensational inquiries can
be expected from the Senate
Government Operations Commit
tee which has a broad range of
authority for looking into Govern
mental activities.
The reason for this is that
Senator Mccarthy. Republican, of
Wisconsin, is scheduled to become
the chairman. He told reporters
last week he had "a lot of ideas
on what he wants to do, but he
refused to say what particular
fields he wants the committee to
look into.
Senator Capehart of Indiana,
who is in line to become chair
man of the Senate Banking Com
mittee. already has served notice
that he wants another investiga-
ton of the Reconstruction FL
nance Corp, with a view toward
determining whether the huge
lending agency should be con-
tinued.
"Plenty to Investigate"
The House Committee on Un-
American Activities and possibly
the Senate Internal Security sub
committee "a unit of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, will con-
tinue Investigations of Communist
activities.
The foreign aid programs are
in line for thorough review
not only from the foreign affairs
committees of both house but also
from the appropriations commit
tees which must pass on the
money made available for such
undertakings.
We'll have plenty to investi-
gate" said one Republican mem
ber of Congress. After all, it's
only appropriate that we should
take a close look at 20 years of
Democratic rule"
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Business Group Election

The Northeast Business Asso.
citation has elected Archer Roberts
president. Others elected are Will
liam B. Mehler and Herbert
|Kneessi, vice presidents; Julian O.
Kardin. treasurer: T. v. Cooper,
secretary; William T. Pace, gen.
|eral counsel, and Maurice B. Love,
|sergeant-at-arms.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
Eisenhower's Margin
In Connecticut 129,363
By the Associoted Pre,s

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Nov. o.
Official figures for the November 4
election announced today gave
Gen. Eisenhower ,363-vote
margin over Gov. Stevenson for
Connecticut's eight electoral votes.
The official vote, released by Sec
retary of State Alice K. Leopold,
was Gen. Eisenhower Gil ,012, Gov.
Stevenson 481 ,649.
It varied only slightly from the
unofficial vote tabulated election
night by the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1952-11-23
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

December Issue. Page 1856. Read why the
Niagara Home Massage set is the Perfect
Gift and an aid to better health It will
help to stimulate poor circulation, relieve
painful limb cramps. numbness. cold feet
and many other signs Of circulatory oil.
ments. For Booklet mentioned
Evening star., 1952-07-25

1851 floor sam.
Piles and demon
strators. Some
one and two of
Q kind; some with
full-width cross
top freezers. Not
every model at
every store but q
good selection at
each of Lacy's 2
Stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-17

in private enterprise? About other
salaries: The policy and direction
of the Red Cross" Mr.. Hartman
said, "are determined by a volun-
teer board of governors augmented
only by such paid staff as the vol
unteers determine are necessary.
Executives are paid less than per-
sonnet in comparable private jobs"
Myth: The Red Cross sold
cigarettes to CTS in the last war,
is doing the same thing in Korea.
Fact: The sale of smokes is not
only a violation of organization
policy but Bureau of Internal
Revenue regulations as well.
Myth: The Red Cross never
releases a report showing how
money is collected and spent each
year. 1t is hiding its finances.
Fact: The organization distrib-
utes $4,000 copies of it's annual
report to its chapters, to Libraries,
members of Congress and news
papers. The report goes to the
Department of the Army, which
actually audits the statement.
Copies are available on request at
the chapters or the national head
quarters.
Myth: The Red Cross has a
surplus amounting to millions.
Fact: 1t did accumulate a sur
plus through oversubscription
during the wartime drives, but it
asked for less funds in the postwar
years in order to mop up that sur
plus. The last of the extra money
is being used up in the current
fiscal year.
Myth: Only a small percentage
of collected funds is spent for aid.
The rest goes for Embarrassing and
administration.
Fact: Take a typical chapter,
the one in Brooklyn. In 1851,
campaign contributions amounted
to ST, 122,246. To raise that sum,
the chapter spent $50, 372, a little
over seven per cent. A total of 1871
per cent went to the national Or
ganization and 70 per cent of the
remainder went for home service.
first aid. blood-donor service,
nutrition, nursing and the like.
Administration expenses were
only $59, 4O2, and heat, light,
rent and maintenance of head
quarters cost sos, 500.
How do these myths start? Just
one example of how the blood
selling rumor could begin was
found in the case of a young sailor
in the Pacific who lost all his
money in a dice game aboard ship.
He wrote his father an urgent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-17
AMERICAS MOST VICIOUS SMEARS
Continued from preceding page


letter, saying he had been injured
and needed $50 to pay the Red
Cross for a TRANSMISSION. Bewildered
and angry, the family told the
story to neighbors and a rumor
was born.
In shipping and sorting SO, &c.,
lob packages of cigarettes from
1871 to 1916, some Red Cross
smokes accidentally got mixed up
with post-exchange supplies and
were sold to CTS. Once a field
director in Europe spent a week
tracing all the men who had
bought cigarettes with the ARC
emblem, giving each a free pack
for every one he had purchased.
But in some areas the CTS could
not be located. Thus a rumor was
born.
During his personal investiga-
ton while he was president of the
society, General George c. Mar.
shall found that a Red Cross
employee had been selling supplies
on the black market. He was dis
missed from the service, but the
material had been resold and
bought again and a rumor had
been born.
Politics in Poli0?
WHEREVER polio hits, the
National Foundation for 1nfantile
Paralysis provides lifelines of
nurses, physical therapists. iron
lungs and hot-pack machines. 1t
pays bills in the millions for
patient care, disqualification and
rehabilitation. 1t pays for research
at scientific institutions and for
the education of professional peo-
pie in fields directly concerned
with every aspect of polio. Yet
the foundation is constantly being
smeared.
Myth: 1t is a political organiza-
ton, trying to keep the Demo-
Gratis in power. Didn't Franklin
D. Roosevelt start it? In Balti-
more, a street-car conductor told
me his two children had been
stricken with mild cases and that
the foundation had footed the
bills. The children recovered - he
was profoundly grateful. But this
was his amazing attitude: They
did it just to get my vote, and the
votes of all parents they help"
Fact: Republicans as well as
Democrats are active on the
boards and in the annual drives.
Says Basil O'Connor, foundation
president: Were strictly across
the board, humanitarian and not
political. Roosevelt, a polio VIC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-17

tim. was the founder of the organ
ization. That's ALL"
Myth: Basil O'Connor earns
between $4,000 and $4,000 a
year. In Yonkers, N. Y, / met
housewife who said she had never
given cent to the March of
Dimes and was telling her neigh
bors to shun the appeals. why
should my dimes help O'Connor
buy another convertible"
Fact: Mr.. O'Connor is a volun-
teer, has never drawn a cent of
pay. He is senior partner of the
law firm of O'Connor and Farber.
That's where he makes his living.
Myth: A polio cure has been
discovered by doctors, but the
foundation is hushing it up.
Fact: Mr.. O'Connor's reply is
brief and pointed: "Our main job
is to put ourselves out of business.
When we lick polio, we can all 60
home" How, he demanded, can
anybody so control the medical
profession as to withhold a cure
for a disease, especially polio?
Myth: Embarrassing companies
are hired to collect money during
annual campaigns and take huge
bites off the top.
Fact: Professional agencies are
never used. Volunteers do the
overwhelming proportion of the
canvassing, and only a few tech
nical aids are paid.
One of the most frequently
heard criticisms, which cannot
strictly speaking fall into the myth
class, is this one: polio gets too
much money. There are many
other diseases which cause more
disability and deaths each year.
Why give polio so much?
There are other diseases which
exact a higher toll. But, the foun-
dation points out, the critics do not
realize that polio is an extremely
expensive disease to treat. In its
most severe form, it requires
round-the-clock nursing care and
costly equipment. A respirator
costs between ST 500 and So, 600;
nurses working "a hours a day
must be paid from $50 to $42. If
a patient must remain in a respi-
rator an entire year, the bill
may range as high as from $40, 900
to $4,000.
IL YB WHIPPED Out''y
L HEARD many persons say that
tuberculosis has been practically
wiped out. Director Perkins of the
National TB Association told me.
Continued on page 30
Evening star., 1952-01-13
|ConnaIIy Is Against
Envoy 10 Vatican
By the Assoeio,.d Pres.

Senator Connally. Democrat. oi
Texas, said yesterday he oppose.
the naming Of Gen. Mark Clark
Ior any one else as United States
ambassador to the Vatican.
He predicted the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee which he heads
viii turn down such a nomination
if President Truman again SUBJ
mits one.
II Gen. CLARK is named, Senator
Connally said the first thing his
committee will do is call the gen.
eral before it and ask him il he
desires to remain In the Army.
| If he says he does, then I'll
tell him to get just as far back in
the Army as he can and stay there
because he isn't going to be con-
If1rmed as ambassador"
Mr.. Truman sent up Gen
Clark's name on the final day o1
the 1851 congressional session last
October. It was not acted on
but the President has said he will
offer it again.
Senator Connally told newsmen
he hoped the issue would not come
UP again.
The Texan declined to elaborate
lon the reasons for his views.
Evening star., 1952-01-13
California 6. 0.p. Backs
Warren; Health Rulnor Hill
BY the Assoeiafed Press

tei5#s ~ NV SNsSVSt1Is0 rtSsSss5S4ss
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. a.
The California Republican AS.
lsembly today was told there wert
widespread vicious rumors' cir.
Iculating about Gov. Earl War.
lren's health.
"A few minutes later the as
lsembly convention indorsed Gov
lWarren's presidential candidacy
by an Overwhelming vote.
Gov. Warren, yacationing ir
Honolulu, was quoted as telling
Senator Knowland, Republican
LOT California:
Doctors checked him over thor.
Ioughly and there was no truth tt
the rumors.
He intends to launch a vigorous
campaign for the G. o. p. nomi-
nation upon his return from
Hawaii tomorrow.
A~rumor that Gov. Warren has
a serious ailment has spread across
the Nation since the 6i-year-olc
Governor underwent surgery al
the University Of California Hos
lpita] here November 81. His per-
lsonal physician DR.. Junius B
Harris Of Sacramento, announced
that Gov. Warren's appendix haC
lbeen removed along with some
ladhesions oscar tissue).
Evening star., 1952-01-13

committee, according to Senator
Maybank, does not plan to call
Mr.. Symington as a witness.
From the Republican standpoint,
the nomination Of Mr.. Mcdonald,
a Republican who for many years
was in a brokerage firm in Detroit,
aroused some criticism. The White
House apparently did not consult
Democratic or Republican leaders
before deciding to name Mr.. Nc
Donald.
A Republican member of the
committee told reporters he
thought the appointment at this
time was IAN attempt to needle
the Republicans in a campaign
year" When the nomination
reached the Senate last Thursday
another Republican member of the
committee said he wondered
whether the President was trying
to save the much-investigated
IRFC from further criticism.
f. 2 RFC Bills Pending.
Pending before the Senate are
two major bills dealing with RFC.
One, sponsored by Senator Byrd,
Democrat of Virginia, and several
others, would. abolish the agency
The other, introduced by Senator
Fulbright, would reorganize it
still more and surround it with
far tighter restrictions. Shortly
before Congress recessed last fall
the Banking Committee reported
out both bills without recommen-
ldati0n
Evening star., 1952-01-13
Boy, 10, Escapes With Bruises
In Fail From 2nd- Story Window
Youngster Topples
rs Feet in Leuning
Out to See PIoymotes

There's a pretty good view from
the second floor window at the
home Of Peter J. Connolly. jr.
10. but young Peter learned yes
|terday afternoon that it's q pre-
|carious perch.
He was leaning from the win
dow at 2733 Ordway street NV
watching other children playing
below, shortly after noon.
Suddenly he slipped and tum-
bled from the window, landing on
the earth two and q half floors
below. Despite the 25-foot fall,
Peter escaped with no apparent
serious injuries. his physician said
after X-rays at Children's Hos
pital.
A boy who had been playing in
the group below saw Peter fall,
and rushed into the house to tell
the parents.
His mother and father. Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter j. Connolly. ST., were
in the house. but were unaware
of their sons accident.
The Bethesda Chevy Chase Res
cue Squad was summoned. When
they arrived. Peter was conscious,
but complained Of q pain in his
back.
He was taken to the hospital.
His physician said that aside from
a few bruises, Peter appeared to
be unharmed. However. he was
to be kept at the hospital for OBJ
servation until later today. and
for further X-rays as q precau-
tionary measure.
Peters father is general coun-
sci with the State Departments
International Claims Commission.
Evening star., 1952-01-13
Ferde Grofe Murries
One Day After Divorce
by The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS. New, Jan. 49,
Divorced only yesterday, Composer
Ferde Grofe was today married
to Anna May hampton of Boulder
City, New.
The ceremony was performed
in the Hotel Last Frontiers Little
Church of The West by a Lutheran
minister. DR.. e. A. Vessel.
The 43-year-old bride stated on
the wedding license she was di-
vorced here last August but dio
not identify her former husband
Mr.. Grofe, SO, was divorced yes.
terday by Mrs. Ruth Grofe, who
charged cruelty and testified he
screamed at me all the time.
They were married in 1929 anc
have two grown children.
Evening star., 1952-01-13
by the Assoeiofed PRass

BUNKER, Mo-. Jan. PA 34-
|year-old father was charged with
arson and frst-de murder to-
day after 4 fire in which his three
young children died.
He is Jesse Willard Hill, a mill
worker. Hill was arrested shortly
after discovery OF the bodies In
the burned out home OF cleve
Street. a neighbor.
HiA is held in the Reynolds
County jail at Centervine.
The children were Wanda sue
HILL. S: Alfred willard, 4, and
Charles Ray, q They were found
huddled together on a small cot
Their mother. Georgia Marie
Hill. 81. told police she had tasen
the children to the street home for
protection after she quarreled
with her husband late last night,
Evening star., 1952-01-13
Open Welfare Rolls
Voted by Farm Bureau
At Closing Session
BY lie Assoeio,ed Prsss

~ me ASsoctofed PresS
BALTIMORE, Jan. II. The
Maryland Farm Bureau swounc
up its, annual meeting today with
members voting that the names Of
those who get welfare payments
should be made available to tax
payers.
The proposal stirred up a lively
discussion at the final business
session.
Most of those who spoke agreed
the names Of those on welfare
rolls should not be subjected tc
newspaper publication.
This was not reflected in the
resolution as it finally passed
however. It said that the names
should .'be made available to the
taxpayers Of Maryland"
Speakers Complain.
AS the farm leaders warmed ur
to the topic, several speakers
complained that long lines Of ap-
plicants can be seen at the well
fare board offices in the various
counties but no one can be found
to work on the farm.
Administrators Of the welfare
program haYe contended that pub.
lication Of the names would serve
mo purpose.
Twenty-Five other resolutions
were adopted by the Farm Bureau
most Of them without discussion
The delegates called for cur.
tailment of nonessential Govern.
ment spending, a balanced bud.
get, and curtailed credit.
Want Farm Labor. |
1--WE deplore." ones resolution
said, "The attempts Of any ad-
ministrative agency Of the Fed
eral Government to attempt the
formation Of agricultural policy
The delegates asked for con-
tinued State and Federal cooper
alton in bringing farm labor here
from other countries. They asked
continued use of grant-in-aidk
funds for the administration o1
farm programs and for encourage.
|ment of soil conservation prac-
|tices.
Three top officers of the bureau
were reelected. They are Wilson
A. Heaps, Street. Md. president;
c. c. Philips. Quantico, Md. vice
president, and G. e. Wise, jr.. Bal.
timore. secretary treasurer.
The same officers were elected
to identical posts in the Maryland
Agricultural Society except that
the secretary treasurer post was
split between Mr.. Wise, as secre-
tary, and DR.. Gordon Cairns, Col
lege park, who became treasurer
Those elected county directors
include: Herbert T. Giddings
Anne Arundel; John c. Ward
Calvert. w. A. Cooksey, Charles.
Cecil X. Holder and T. S. An
derson, Frederick; William p
Brendel, Howard; w. F. Sickle
Montgomery; Nelson Billingsley
Prince Georges. and Robert A
Stevens, st. Marys.
Evening star., 1952-01-13
Mcdonald Is Facing
Rough Senate TussIe
On RFC Nomination
By Robert K. Welsh

Harry A. Mcdonald, first Repub-
Ican ever named to head the Re-
construction Finance Corp, may
be caught in Democratic as well as
Republican crossfires when his
nomination comes up for Senate
Banking Committee consideration
Wednesday.
President Truman's appoint
ment of Mr.. Mcdonald, chairman
OF the Securities and Exchange
Commission since 1949, to succeed
w. Stuart Symington as RFC ad-
ministrator also may hasten action
on bills to abolish or greatly re-
vamp RFC, committee sources said
yesterday.
There were indications of rising
resentment not so much against
MIR. McDonald's qualifications as
against the manner in which he
was appointed while SEC itself
Is under investigation.
Facts ON SEC Asked.
Senator Fulbright, Democrat, Of
Arkansas, chairman of the bank
ing subcommittee in charge of
the closed hearing this week, an
nounced he has asked a House
Commerce subcommittee for "all
the facts bearing on SEC, with
particular reference to the chair
man."
The House group, headed by
Representative Heller, Democrat.
of New York, began closed hear
ings last Wednesday to question
Mr.. Mcdonald and his four fellow
commissioners. Further sessions
have been scheduled for tomorrow
and Tuesday. A member said
public hearings may be called late
this month although no decision
will be made until the subcom-
mittee covers more ground in its
preliminary investigation.
Barred RFC Favoritism'.
Senator Fulbright, whose sub
committee almost a year ago
started bringing out sensational
disclosures of "favoritism and in
fiuence" affecting RFC. did not
voice an opinion on the Mcdonald
nomination. But he remarked to
reporters that II think the White
House made very serious mistake
in timing"
He noted that Mr.. Symington's
resignation was due to become
effective at midnight Tuesday and
that the resignation of Peter I.
Bukowski as deputy administrator
took effect December 81. He raised
the possibility that the subcom-
mittee might decide to hold open
hearings on the Mcdonald nomi-
nation and that some time might
elapse before the Senate votes on
confirmation Of the nominee if
approved by the committee.
Banking Committee Chairman
Maybank said earlier last week
that Mr.. Symington agreed to re-
main at RFC "for a few days so
the RFC won't be left without an
administrator even temporarily"
Salary Status in Doubt.
Committee officials said there
was some doubt that Mr.. Syming-
ton could draw salary or make
policy decisions at RFC after his
resignation becomes effective. The
Evening star., 1952-01-13
Friend Dies at Funeral

VANCOUVER, B. C. (R.-John
James Galloway, IS, collapsed and
died recently while attending the
funeral of Col. Walter McInnes.
The two had been friends for
many years,