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lJohnStown, Pa, after graduation
from Dickinson College. In 1918
he was made superintendent OF
schools at Newport, Pa, serving
-four years until he became super
lintendent at Trinidad, Colo. This
post he held for 10 years, then
became superintendent at Colora-
do Springs. Colo. In 1910 he
shifted to the top post at Omaha
remaining there until he came tc
the District school system.
Had Board Support.
DR.. Corning began his superin.
tendency in the District with the
Board Of Education solidly behind
him. He was faced Immediately
with a shortage of school build
lings-construction of new schools
virtually stopped during World
War II-and the pressures of a
stepped-up fight by colored resi-
dents against the dual school
system.
Even after his first three-year
term. DR.. Corning still had a
fairly united board behind him.
When he was reappointed in Feb
ruary, 1949. he, remarked:
ut is very difficult job. Some
times there aren't hours enough
or physical energy enough to ac-
|complish all the tasks"
He listed as compensations the
good relationship he had with the
Board Of Education. the teachers
and the children of the city.
That relationship with the
School Board deteriorated rapidly
in the following years with Mr..
Lee taking the role of DR.. Corn
ing's main critic.
Actually. Mr.. Lee and DR.. Corn
ing split soon after the school
superintendent took over the Dis
trict post. That was in 1947
when Mr.. Lee charged that GER
tain textbooks were un-American.
The board backed DR.. Corning in
defending the books, with Mr.. Lee
dissenting.
Text Was Revised.
The squabble got before a con-
gressional committee, n however,
and resulted in the publishing
company making certain revisions
to one of the texts. Another
group of social science texts also
was barred from use in the system.
During his first term, DR.. Corn
ing also had to contend with the
first in a series of controversies
born of the dual school system.
That was a ent-inspired boy
colt of the Browne Junior High
School which occurred after the
School Board voted to use Blow
and Webb Elementary Schools as
annexes to Browne.
DR.. Corning's troubles with the
School Board-and Mr.. Lee in
particular-really got going strong
during his second term as super
intendent.
Mr.. Lee charged that gamblers
were moving in on the city's high
schools and that drinking was
prevalent at football games. DR..
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BY she Assosioi.d Pres.

FLOYD, Va. Jan. IA young,
foreign born doctor begins prac-
ticing in Floyd County today, Sc
cure in the knowledge that he is
among friends.
Or. William s. Hitrec, 38-year-
old graduate Of the Royal Univer-
Sity Of zagreb. Yugoslavia, finally
received his Virginia license yes
terday. 1t was the last hurdle in
o bitter fight for the right to prac-
tice In the Old Dominion.
And the people of Floyd County
were with him all the way.
When the doctor moved to the
county last spring. the State Med
ical Board refused to give him the
State examination because the
American Medical Association
doesn't recognize his alma mater
County residents-desperately
in need Of another doctor-de-
cided they liked DR.. Hitrec and
that he wasn't getting fair deal
So they started swinging for him.
A thousand of them signed a
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Text Of Tfununs Statement on Tax Bureau OverhuuInq

The tert OF President Tru-
mans statement announcing re-
organization OF the Bureau of
Internal Reuenue tolloiDs:
After extensive study of the
matter with the Secretary of the
Treasury, have decided to in
stitute a sweeping reorganization
of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
This reorganization is part of a
program to prevent improper con-
tduct in the public service. to pro-
|tect the Government from the in
|sidious influence peddlers and
favor seekers, and to expose and
punish any wrongdoers. It is one
|of series of actions ! am taking
Ito insure honesty, integrity and
fairness in the conduct of all Gov
|ernment business. It is another
step to promote responsible and
efficient management Of the Ex-
ecutive branch.
turtnef Action Planned.
Some of the changes basic to
the reorganization will require a
reorganization plan. To accomp-
lish this. propose to submit such
a plan to the Congress when it
reconvenes. Other of the changes
can be accomplished by admin
istrative action. I have directed
the Secretary Of the Treasury to
proceed with these Immediately
with view to placing the full
plan in effect as soon as possible
In addition to the reorganiza-
ton Of the Bureau of Internal
expect to take further
administrative action and to make
other recommendations to the
Congress to insure complete in
tegrity in the operations Of the
Government. Z
Some persons in the Bureau of
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'tion and mold 1t administratively
to achieve even higher goals. It
is based on the recognition that
the very solvency of our country
depends In part upon the integrity
of the revenue service.
The greatly increased tax col
lectionS necessary to support our
defense effort are placing more
and more heavy responsibilities
upon the Bureau Of Internal
Revenue. This fact alone makes
1t especially urgent that we give
the bureau the best organization
and management that can be OBJ
tanned. We must move ahead
rapidly in accomplishing this. I
therefore hope that the Congress
will give speedy approval to the
reorganization plan which I am
submitting.
Thorough Inspections.
The new. streamlined revenue
service will have clear, direct
channels of responsibility and
supervision from the lowest field
office to the commissioner. It
will be thoroughly inspected and
controlled from top to bottom to
assure complete integrity and
fidelity in its operations. I am
confident that it will give the
taxpaying public the soundest
and most efficient tax system that
we can provide.
It is my intention to make the
Bureau Of Internal Revenue a
blue ribbon civil service career
organization. I intend to make
1t q service in which all of us can
place genuine confidence and have
justified pride. hope that I
will have the fun support of the
Congress and of the public in
bringing this ahntit h
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oreign- Born Doctor Wins
Fight to Practice in Viirqii,io

petition to the Floyd Circuit
Court and obtained an order
forcing the Medical Board to give
DR.. Hitrec the State test.
The notice came yesterday that
ne had passed the exam and iusti-
fed the faith in him. And he
was PROMPTLY flooded by telephone
calls OF congratulation.
1T was q long wait. hut I'm
glad ] stuck it out" he said. II
feel obliged to the people who
fought with me and I'm glad I
didn't disappoint them
Or. Hitrec. who had previously
passed the New York State exam,
said the Virginia version was cas-
Ter.
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ito the commissioner in Washing
ton. The present complex system
under which more than 200 sepa-
rate field officers report directly
to Washington win thus be abol-
ished. Taxpayers hereafter can
look to the district commissioner
or his local representative as the
official in complete charge Of all
Federal tax matters in the dis
trict.
Has Full Authority.
4. A strong, vigorous inspection
service will be established and
will be made completely inde-
pendent of the rest of the bureau.
Through a comprehensive system
of audits and inspections, this
service will keep operations and
management of the bureau under
continual scrutiny and appraisal.
q It will have the responsibility,
coupled with full authority. Of de-
tecting and investigating any
Irregularities. It will be alert to
the practices of the influence ped
oilers and flxers. There viii be an
inspection Office in each district
under chief inspector who win
be independent of the district
commissioner. In view Of its i'm
portance, the Nationwide direc-
tion of the inspection service will
be the sole responsibility of one
of the three assistant commits
sioners of internal revenue.
S. Bureau headquarters at
Washington will be reorganized
and it's operating functions fur
ther decentralized. Three as
sistant commissioners will replace
the present intricate structure Of
supervision. One will be in
charge of the, inspection service.
Anott,ar will he in charge faf fiald
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Army TO Consider
Complaint About GI
Training in Hawaii
BY the AssoeIoted Pre.a

senator Lyndon B. johnson
Democrat, Of Texas stirred UP {
ruckus that figuratively set tht
palm fronds waving today ovel
the question Of training Army re.
cruitS in Hawaii.
Senator johnson, chairman o1
the Senate Preparedness Investi.
eating Committee. said it was q
waste Of taxpayers money to senc
the recruits all the way to Hawaii
especially if they were due fol-
service later in Europe.
Joseph r. Harrington, Hawaii's
delegate to Congress, declared the
people Of Hawaii will fight to the
limit" any attempt to cut down
training facilities on the sun
washed islands.
Secretary Of the Army Pace said
he would think 1t over.
Happy Over Promise.
II am very happy to learn
Senator johnson said in a state
ment. that Secretary Pace has
agreed to reconsider this costly
program"
With his statement, the Senator
released a letter from Mr.. Pace
that said, I'm accordance with
your request, the Department of
the Army is re-examining its
present practice in this matter" !"
All this drew an angry blast
from Delegate Harrington.
Army training in Hawaii is one
Of the most valuable facilities we
have in the Pacific" Mr.. Earring
ton told a reporter. THAT is
training in an area where we need
1t most"
Mr.. Harrington said the Senate
subcommittee's criticism resulted
from a superficial examination Of
the program and facts"
Two Big Objections.
Senator johnson told Mr.. Pace
IN a letter December Is he had
two objections to moving men to
Hawaii for basic Army training:
"1. In some instances the
United States Government is
placed in a position of paying
transportation costs of these men
first to Hawaii, then back to the
United States and then, in some
instances, possibly to a European
post. This appears to me to be
an unjustified waste Of the tax
payers money.
20. The men so trained cannot
enjoy their normal seven-day
restraining leave in the United
States unless they are returned
on assignment to the mainland
or can pay high transportation
charges. This strikes me as being
discriminatory and likely to inn
pair morale"
The Army had informed SEN
ators that Hawaii provided "ter-
rain features and climatic condi-
tons that are ideal for training
purposes"
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Water, Sewer Project
Nearing Completion
Sp.siaI pispe,eh TO The S,er

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan.
"A 3o-year project for relay
ing the city's water and sewage
lines will be ended this winter
with the placing of mains on two
principal streets, it has been re-
ported by City Manager L. j.
Houston, Jr.
Mr.. Houston said the project
when finished should give Fred
ericksburg the most complete
water and sanitary system Of any
city in Virginia. The new 16-inch
mains. replacing old 8-inch pipes
can be expected to hold until the
end of the present century, MFR
Houston said.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
British Cool Output Rises

LONDON. Jan. 2 (R.-Britain's S
nationalized mines produced 222,-
l17,500 tons of coal in 1851, &C
cording to the provisional esti-
mate of the Ministry of Fuel and
Power. The output was an in
crease of nearly million tons
over the 216,3os,O00 mined in
1850. -A-
Evening star., 1952-01-02
One Moment
With God
By EDWARD L. R. ELSON

F. CALENDAR OF THE SOUL.
"It is the divine consciousness
IN man, the consciousness that he
is a child of God, that makes him
know he is short-lived," wrote
Phillips Brooks. Human life is
not long or short. 1t is only full
or empty rich or poor. When life
becomes empty it seems long. To
the idler the day crawls. To the
, busy beaver it flies. The fact time
seems short. is the mark OF our
! best humanity and our kinShip
with God. The soul has its own
calendar.
fReadino ior today: Psalm
H:14J
prayer: o God. I'LL my lite
pith Righteousness. Ansen.)
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Internal Revenue have betrayed
the public trust reposed in them
The revelation of that fact has
come as a shock to all, decent
citizens. I have directed that
every effort be made to expose
and punish such persons wherever
they may be found. I intend to
have the highest standards of
integrity maintained in the Fed
eral service. Those standards are
high now and have been observed
faithfully by the overwhelming
majority OF our public servants.
We must rid the Government of
any employees who misuse their
official positions for personal gain.
Equally important. we must cor
rect any conditions which make it
possible for such practices to ex-
ist. I believe that this reorganiz-
alton will be of great help In
achieving both of these purposes.
Major Changes Listed.
The following major changes in
the Bureau Of Internal Revenue
will be made by this reorganiza-
ton:
l. The Offices of the 64 collectors
Of Internal Revenue will be abol-
ished.
2. Only one officer, the Commits
sioner Of Internal Revenue. will
be appointed by the President by
and with the advice and consent
OF the Senate. All other positions
will be filled through civil service.
3. All operating functions of
the bureau will be placed in not
more than Is district offices, each
headed by a district commission
er. All field activities in each dis
trict will be under the juriSdic-
tion of the district commissioner.
q nd hn a1nrn uyi1l he. .,.ncY,rN,o cilalo
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Danish Population smull

COPENHAGEN. denmark has
about half as many people as New
York City. They live in an area q
third as large as New York State.
Evening star., 1952-10-17
Rockets Are Launched
From Huge Balloons
Above Top Of World
By John A. Giles

The Navy has launched rockets
from giant balloons literally above
the top of the world.
The department announced last
night the instrument-laden bal
loons-tall as 10-story buildings
had been launched high above the
geomagnetic pole. They went to
attitudes of about 40 miles, the
greatest height known to have
been reached in the area.
The Coast Guard icebreaker
Eastwind was used for the launch
ings in Baf1in Bay, west of North
ern Greenland.
Soaring rockets radioed back
lcosmic radiation measurements
at the one point on the globe
where the earth's magnetic field
has the least influence on incom-
ing cosmic ray particles. The
Navy also sent Photographic "nu-
clear emulsion" plates aboard the
balloons to attitudes Of about co.
600 feet, or IL miles.
Equipment Seen to Land.
Valuable Photographic plates
and equipment from two of the
balloons were seen to parachute
safely to earth. One set landed
on Ellesmere Island. west OF
Greenland, and the other on the
Greenland icecap. within 10 miles
of the geomagnetic pole.
"The SnowStorms during the
last of August and early Septem-
ber prevented Navy helicopters
from recovering the equipment,
the announcement stated.
DR.. Marcel Schein Of the Uni.
versity of Chicago offered a $10(
reward for return of the equip
ment and the hope for its return
Evening star., 1952-10-17
killing of Conspirotors Foi|ed Assassination

that Nguyen Van Thu headed the
band Of conspirators. Van Thu,
they added, had been spotted in
the neighborhood of Mr.. Heath's s
home and may even have gotten
into the house-disguised as a
worker-to draw a plan Of the
residence.
Last Monday. the official ac-
count continued. the police
|swooped down on a hut where Van
Thu and other terrorists were
meeting. Van Thu and his chief
assistant were killed. but the. rest
of the group got away. Mr.. Heath
was to have been killed that
night.
A plan found on one Of the
dead terrorists showed the route
they were to follow to the Am
bassador's residence and into the
house via a servants entrance,
the police said.
Evening star., 1952-10-17

American Embassy here and that
10 such suspects had been ar
rested recently.
Threatening Letters.
Mr.. Heath received several
threatening letters last month, and
shortly after the local police ar
rested a Wet Mimi messenger car
trying instructions for the AmbaS-
sador's Staying to an "assassina-
ton COMMITTEES" At that time
the guard of Indc-C Chinese police
and American Marines at Mr.
Heath's home was reinforced.
Wet Nam Premier Nguyen Van
Tam personally informed Mr..
Heath last night Of the nipping of
the plot against him. The news
caused great excitement among
the city's 600 Americans, most OF
them employed by the Embassy
lor in the American aid program
here.
Intercepted Orders.
The police said that they
learned from the Wet Mimi in
|structions intercepted last month
Evening star., 1952-10-17
BY the Assoeioted Press

SAIGON, Indo- China, Oct. IT,
Indo- Chinese police officials an
nounced today that the killing OF
two members Of the Communist
led Wet Mimi four days ago had
foiled a plot to assassinate United
States Ambassador Donald r.
Heath.
The police said the two con-
Ispirators. were shot a few hours
before they were to make their
attempt on the American envoy
who since he came here two years
ago has watched over the United
States program Of military aid to
the French and the Wet Nam gov
Iernment they are sponsoring
against the Wet Mimi.
The police added that they had
recently had information that
many Wet Mimi agents had sue
ceeded in getting jobs in the
Evening star., 1952-10-17

IA Balloons Launched.
Fourteen balloons were
launched. The EaStwind had to
race downwind, through iceberg
strewn waters. at the speed Of the
wind In order to create the no
wind condition essential for
launching.
The rockets were less than
inches in diameter and more than
10 feet long. Each carried either
Ia geiger counter or an ionization
chamber to measure the cosmic
radiation and telemeter it back
to the Eastwind for recording and
analysis.
The rockets were suspended be-
meath the balloons and fired al
most vertically after they had been
lifted up through most Of the
earth's atmosphere.
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IA Balloons Launched.

by Greenlanders or Eskimos was
n
Evening star., 1952-07-10
Credentials Minority Report

Itional committee in accordance
with party organization.
IL. The Foster group admittedly
has never contributed monies, as
a group. to the Republican Ma
Itional Committee and has never
contributed to the national COM
mittee's budget or any organized
fund raising.
Is. That every responsible ON
Icial Of the Republican Party had
consistently recognized only the
Sommers-Tu group as the reg
Iular Republican Party Of Georgia
and such recognition has never
been extended to the Foster fac
ton by the Republican Party's ma
tional committee or officials.
Accordingly. on the Georgia
contest. a minority Of the COM
lmittee recommends that the dele
cation known as the Sommers-
Tucker delegation be seated.
Evening star., 1952-07-10
QuodrupIets' Fothe,
Goes to Hospital to
Rest His Nerves
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

PORTLAND, Me-, July 10.-The
father OF 4-day-old quadrup-
lets lay in the same hospital as
his wife and babies today, the VIC
tim of frazzled nerves.
Silas Pinkham. As. Of Standish,
was admitted as a patient when
he visited Mrs. Elizabeth Pink
ham, 35, and the quads-William,
Rebecca. Melissa. and Jane-at
the Osteopathic Hospital last
night. ,a.
Of6cials said mother and quads
continued to do nicely but they
said Mr.. Pinkham was suffering
from nervous exhaustion.
Family Physician Stanley E.
Rowe Of Gorham ordered the
carpenter to bed for two or three
days rest.
Evening star., 1952-07-10
Majority Makes
exception in
Louisiana Case
The n1ninritM renor,

Ine majority report of the
Credentials Committee tollo,ps.
Mr.. Chairman, your COMMITTEES
on Credentials respectfully reports
that it has held a full hearing
upon the contests submitted to ii
upon appeals from the action OF
the Republican National Com
|mittee and has given full con-
|sideration to all statements
|evidence, documents and argu-
|ments presented to it upon each
contest.
After due deliberation, your
committee recommends that the
names Of the delegates and alter
mates appearing upon the tenn
lporary roll be placed upon thu
Evening star., 1952-07-10

permanent roll Of the convention
with the following exceptions:
In the case Of the delegates and
alternates at large and in the
q, 2. 3. 6. Z and 8 districts Of
Louisiana the names Of the fol-
lowing persons shall be placed
upon the permanent roll Of the
convention:
Delegate at large-Theodore II.
Lyons; James F. McKillips, al
ternate.
Delegate at large-Harold B.
Judell; Samuel McNeal. ST.. al
ternate.
Delegate at large-Mrs. j.
Cornelius Rathborne: Roy NJ
Watson. alternate.
| Delegate at large-Charles Dille-
muth: Edward j. Petition, alter
nate.
District Mrs. Violet B. Allen;
Mrs. Doris Boudreaux. alternate
District 1-Alexander F. Laneu-
vile: D. Bigger Suarez. alternate
District 2-John Minor Wis
dom: Mrs. John E. Hurley. alter
mate.
District Edwin A. Leland
jr.: Mrs. Elise Meyer. alternate.
District 81. Paulin Duhe; D. J.
Fitzgerald, alternate.
District 3-Robert Gauthier;
Mrs. Susie Husak, alternate.
| District 6-Harrison G. Bag
well: DR.. Virgil T. Jackson. alter
nate.
/ District 7-Clem L. White; AL
bert E. Alba, alternate.
District 8-Roy Cookston; Mrs
Eloise D. Barlow. alternate.
That in the case of the dele
|gates-at-large and alternates-at-
Evening star., 1952-07-10
Court Decision Disputed;
Convention Held Judqe

10. The decision of a Georgia
trial court. which is being ap-
pealed. stating the Foster faction
is the legal Republican Party OF
Georgia is neither legally binding
on this convention nor morally
persuasive because:
A. In the absence of statute
granting a court jurisdiction-and
Georgia has none-a political con-
vention is the sole judge of its own
members Rnd no court has juris-
diction to decide such a question
B. Only one of approximately
IS named defendants was served
and before the court at the time
Of the trial and several defendants
have not been served with the
suit even now. yet, nevertheless
the court entered an order pur.
portedly affecting all of the de.
PENDANTS whether served or not
c. Although issues of fact wer,
clearly involved. the court held {
lengthy hearing and took AZ page.
of oral testimony and severa
hundred pages Of docunentar,
evidence, and refused to impane
a jury although Georgia law re-
quires issues Of fact to be triet
by q jury and demand for sucl
Jury trial was made.
D. A motion for new trial ha
been filed and set down for hear
ing by Judge Byars for August
which is, Of course. long after thi
convention will be adjourned.
E. The decision itself says tina
1t has nothing to do with the dele
gates to this Republican Nationa
Convention.
IL. The regular Republica,
State Central Committee Of Geor
gia headed by w. r. Tucker ha
regularly been assigned a financ
quota by the Republican Nations
Committee for the State Of Geor
gia and has consistently filed thi
quota and forwarded it to the na