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Evening star., 1953-10-25
BaItimorean Presses
Fight for City Probe
By the AssoeIoteo Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. "a. - Re-
buffed in his attempt to get Bal
timore's Board of Estimates to
put up $4,000 for a probe of the
entire city administration" At
tcrney Hyman Pressman today
asked for chance to appear be-
fore the grand jury.
In letter to Matthew C. Fen
ton, foreman of the grand jury,
Mr.. Pressman asked for an op-
portunity to "show cause" why
the jury should request the
Board of Estimates for money
to pay for a "full~scale" irivesti-
cation.
1t was Mr.. Pressman who
touched off the investigation of
the city's off-street parking set
up which brought grand jury
charges against 10 persons, in
Guiding two officials.
The attorney was turned down
oy 81 vote yesterday when
he asked the Board of Estimates
for the money.
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro
said Mr.. Pressman was trv'>g
to supersede the States At
torney, the grano Iu..y, ,Aa ~
lice department and the courts"
IN asking for the probe.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
CIV University Marshal

George Washington University
has appointed DR.. John F.. Lati-
mer, an associate professor and
assistant dean. as university
marshal. DR.. Latimer will be
responsible for planning convo-
cations and other formal func-
tionS.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Former Turns TO Sea

Casparus Hoffman, a farmer
OF BredaSdorp, South Africa, has
turned to the sea for his crop.
He purchased a beached trawler
aho Is salvaging it's equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Mrs. Rogers Thinks
VA Will Stay as Is
BY the A.soeioted Pres,

Representative Edith Nourse
Rogers, Republican of Massa-
chusetts. said yesterday she be-
lieves she has won her fight to
keep the Veterans Administra-
ton as separate agency.
AS chairman of the House
Veterans Affairs Committee,
Mrs. Rogers has protested
against every reported move or
suggestion that some sections of
the VA be transferred to other
Government agencies.
She said a letter from Joseph
M. Dodge, budget director, con-
vinced her the administration
is not going to break up the
VA.
II believe we have won," she
said.
Mr.. Dodge, in the letter which
he made public, told Mrs. Ro-
gers he had not discussed the
reorganization of the VA with
Nelson Rockefeller or other
members of q commission
charged by President Eisen-
hover to study reorganization of
Government departments gem
orally.
He added:
"UhiIa M decision hos heen
reached regarding either the
fundamentals or the details of
any form Of VA reorganization.
I have no information which
suggests that the Rockefeller
committee considers the abb
sorption Of the VA by any other
agency to be either feasible or
desirable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Curtis Urges Firing
OF Policy Makers
In Civil Service

Representative Curtis, Repub-
hcan. of Nebraska. last night
demanded the firing Of civil
service workers holding policy
making positions in the Govern
ment.
The Nebraskan declared Re-
publican reform cannot be
achieved If the policy-making
positions are manned by per-
sonnet that rose from the ranks
under the Roosevelt and Truman
administrations.
Representative Curtis in a
statement. emphasized that his
proposal should not be confused
with wholesale firing Of efiici-
ent and faithful Government
workers below the policy making
level" This is not suggested and
is not contemplated, he said.
The peoples inherent right to
change the administration is
annulled unless it carries with it
the right to change high level
personnel and thus change poll
cies which the people them-
selves have repudiated. Mr.. Cur
tbs said.
He said new bureau heads and
even members Of the Eisenhower
Cabinet find themselves sur
rounded by policy-making sub
ordinateS they cannot remove.
He held that unless the head
Of each administration agency
can select his own personnel at
policy-making levels, he can
not carry out his program.
ITO often" Representative
Curtis charged 1.-The bureau
cracy. not the administration,
runs our Government agencies. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Second Xavier HuIed
By Asiutic Catholics
BY fhs Associotsd Press

GOA, Portuguese India. -
Catholics from throughout Asia,
here for the 4OOth anniversary Of
the death of st. Francis Xaxier,
are praising a Second Xavier
who lived 100 years after st,
Francis.
He is Father Jose VaZ OF
Benaulim. Goa, whose beatifica-
ton documents. revealing q great
record Of conversions and mir
acles, we're completed by a spe-
cial commission appointed from
Rome The tricentenary Of the
death Of Father Jose vaz was
celebrated here last April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
|Humelsine Resigns
State Department Post

e
The White House announced
yesterday that President Eisen-
hover has accepted the resigna-
ton Of Carlisle H. Humelsine as
Deputy Undersecretary Of State
for administration.
The resignation was effective
last Friday but Mr.. Humelsine.
q holdover from Secretary Ache
sons administration, viii re-
main until April ! as a consult
ant. He plans to 60 into private
industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Toll .Women's Society
Seeks Better Clothing
BY the Associated Press

IL
NEW YORK.-The Associa-
ton Of Women With Large Feet.
formed in Britain in 1949. re-
Gently changed its name to The
Association Of Tall Women. re-
ports the British Information
Service here.
The organization was success
full in its original aim of con-
vincing manufacturers to make
shoes and stockings in a wider
and more attractive range Of
large-size styles. It has now
shifted its campaign to clothing
firms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
Amozon Vegetable Oils

RIO DE JANEIRO.-Greatest
vegetable oil source in the world
may be the Amazon River Valley
area of South America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-15
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Evening star., 1953-03-18

Grade GS-15 ($11,800 a year,.
The Broyhill measure would
continue the leave accumulation
ban for employees in grades GS-
Is and above.
Chairman Rees of the House
Civil Service Committee has
sponsored bill to bar cash
leave payments to Cabinet Of
ficers, agency heads and Presi-
dental appointees, when they
leave the Government.
Chairman Carlson of the Sem
ate Civil Service Committee has
sponsored a bill to bar cash leave
payments to all employees in
grades GS-16 and above.
Mr.. Broyhill's bill is an excel
lent one as far as it goes. The
Thomas amendment should be
repealed. But why penalize
career employees in grades above
GS-15?
Little Quarrel Seen.
Few will quarrel with the
move to deny cash leave pay
ments to political appointees in
top Government jobs. But en-
ployes in grades GS-16, II and
18-the so-called super jobs
are career employees. These are
the elite jobs authorized by
Congress several years ago as an
aid to better civil service
system by providing greater in
centives and rewards for the
most talented employees.
These employees are the ones
who, by ability and ambition,
have succeeded to these top
jobs. And these are the positions
to which rank-and-file employees
will one day aspire. In discrimi-
mating against employees in these
| Jobs, Congress would be in the
position. of penalizing talent and
ambition and putting a premium
on mediocrity.
That's why Mr.. Rees' bill
makes the most sense in regard
to top jobs. It would apply only
to political jobs.
Therefore, it would be an ex-
cellent move if the House Civil
Evening star., 1953-03-18

Is years. and that postal eff
cheney had become impaired.
National headquarters officials
Of the NFOPC here said that
the Michigan group acted on its
own and that it's sentiments are
not those of the national union.
y X y n
BLUE RIBBON MERIT-Sen-
ator Humphrey, Democrat, Of
Minnesota. has sponsored a bill
to create a blue ribbon civil serv-
ice merit system. The measure
would place United States at
torneys, marshals and collectors
of customs under civil service.
Also, all political patronage
would be removed from postal
jobs.
While the measure doesn't
have much of a chance, it indi-
Gates the forthcoming fight be-
tween the Democrats and Re-
publicans on the entire issue Of
political patronage and how far
it should extend.
X X \
FSA-The expected Congress
/ sional approval of President
Eisenhower's reorganization plan
to give departmental cabinet
status to the Federal Security
Agency is expected to "unfreeze"
a lot of the policy-making jobs
now under civil service.
Under the new reorganization,
FSA chief Oveta Culp Hobby
will have a lot more leeway in
filing key positions.
Evening star., 1953-03-18

mild tomorrow. Highest tenn
perature in the SOS and lowest
between $3.50.
Virginia-Rain this afternoon,
mild with chance of scattered
thunderstormS. Highest tenn
perature in the sos. Clearing,
windy and rather mild tomorrow.
River Report
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Perry
and cloudy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
muddy at HarperS Ferry.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Partly
cloudy and mild tonight with a
chance of scattered showers.
High about 60, low about So to-
night. Clearing, windy and
rather mild tomorrow.
Maryland-Rain this after
noon, scattered showers and
mild tonight. Lower between As
SO. Clearing, windy and rather
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Dredqinq Plan Attacked

The Prince Georges County
Commissioners are on record as
opposed to a pending General
Assembly bill to authorize a
100000 bond issue for dredging
the Anacostia River. The pro-
ject was designed to- alleviate
floods at the Peace Cross at
Bladensburg.
I'VE are willing to cooperate
in steps leading to permanent
solution" Chairman Thomas E.
Latimer remarked, "but we are
unwilling to go in for a tenn
porary cure"
The commissioners have in
dorsed an Army plan for perm
anent relief.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Broken Street Lamp
Leads 10 Arrest Of
Two Safecrackers

A shattered street lamp today
led police to a pair of safecrack-
ing suspects one of them so
busy hammering at the door of
a safe that he did not hear the
police approach.
/ Pvts. John A. Vaccaro and
John F. Reynolds, jr., cruising
in their scout car. spotted the
broken, lamp at / am. in an
alley at the rear of the 600 block
of H street NE.
Investigation disclosed that a
screen had been forced from a
window at the rear of the SAT-
ford Chandler Motor Co., 629 H
street NE. The two policemen
radioed headquarters for aid.
and then entered with drawn
revolvers.
Youth Caught Under Car.
They saw a youth scurry be-
meath an automobile. Pvt.
Reynolds hauled him out and
held him while Pvt. Vaccaro fol-
lowed the noise of hammering
into the firms Office.
There, in dim light, he saw a
man wearing a beret pounding
at the door of the safe with a
hammer taken from the firms
service garage. The first indica-
ton the suspect had of the
policeman's presence was the
press of the officers revolver
against the suspects neck.
"He certainly had q surprised
look when he turned around, /"
Pvt. Vaccaro said.
25O-Pound Safe Theft Admitted.
At police headquarters, the
youth who had tried to hide
under the automobile told police
that last Thursday he carried
away 250-pound safe from
Georges Radio & Television,
I'LL H street NE.
He did it alone, he said. He
is six feet tall and weighs 180
pounds. and told police he is a
boxer. A check Of boxing rec
ords failed to disclose his name.
The police report lists $1,000
in cash and checks in the safe
stolen last week. The suspect
told detectives he spent the
money on women and gambling
Both youths. II and colored,
have police records. They were
charged with housebreaking and
held in the Receiving Home.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Squirt in Donations
Raises Red Cross
Drive 10 1852 Par
Red Cross volunteer campaign

Red Cross volunteer campaign
erS were caught up with last
years fund collections today
after a lag in the first half of
the month-long drive.
At yesterdays report, they
had collected $561,586 to equal
the contributions on hand a day
later in the 1852 drive. This
years amount represented $500
fewer gifts. showing an in
creased per capita contribution.
But the workers still had So
per cent of the $1,531 900 goal
to bring in. Fund Director Ran
dolph Bishop cautioned against
any relaxation in the effort. The
1858 goal is $145, 700 higher than
that of 1852.
The Government Division of
the campaign yesterday reported
it had collected 20 per cent of
its $698.700 quota: General Busi-
ness, ~ per cent of a $421 800
quota; Residential, 49 per cent
of $125, 300 quota. and City, 81
per cent of a $66.90o quota.
All 10 campaign divisions will
report at the next luncheon
meeting in the United States
Chamber of Commerce Building
at 1890 pm. Friday.
Evening star., 1953-03-18

licist and writer, among those to
whom he paid money in hopes
Of getting his tax case settled.
He said Mr.. Miller and Mr.
Sherman, both of whom he de-
scribed as Washington news
paper reporters, were among
those represented by him as hav-
ing influence.
: Mrs. Miller, former society
editor of the Washington Post,
who is now doing free lance
television and magazine writing
said she was retained by a
Washington attorney in 1850 to
publicize Mr.. Iozie's case. She
said she received a $4,000 re-
tainer. but described as "pre-
posterous" Mr.. Iozia's story that
he gave her $2,5OO in cash at
their first meeting in a New
York hotel.
Mr.. Sherman, who lives ir
Alexandra, was asked about
Mr.. Iozia's testimony that hi
had given him well over $6,50O'
in 1949-50.
He said he was employed by
the Housatonic Dye Works anc
was given about $500 a month
to represent Mr.. Iozia, before
Government agencies.
Committee Counsel John E
Tobin said both Mrs. Miller anc
Mr.. Sherman will be questioned
in a public session later in tn,
week.
Mrs. Miller, it was Learned
from committee sources, ALREADY
has been questioned privately
Mr.. Sherman was called before
the subcommittee in an ex.
ecutive session yesterday after
Nom
Evening star., 1953-03-18

Service Committee would COM
bine the Thomas leave repeal
feature of Mr.. Broyhill's bill
with the Rees measure and al
low all employees in the classified
service t0accumulate leave with
in the so to 80 days maximum.
EXECUTIVE ORDER-It will
be several days before the White
House issues the executive order
removing several hundred top
policy jobs in Government from
civil service protection. Some
technical difficulties have to be
ironed out first.
In addition to the top jobs
the order is expected to give the
Republicans a crack at about
$4,000 excepted jobs in the mid
dle-salary brackets, now filled by
employees who have civil service
protection because of having re-
ceived career status In previous
Federal jobs. Many of these
positions are of a technical or
scientific nature, and therefore
wouldn't be much good fol-
patronage purposes. But there
are some posts the Republicans
are eyeing hungrily.
\ + y
POSTAL PATRONAGE THE
Michigan Federation of the Ma
tional Federation of Postal
Clerks (AFL) has adopted a res
olution favoring the removal OF
all postmaster jobs from civil
service. The group charged that
employe morale in the postal
service has dropped alarmingly
as a result of the postmaster ap-
pointmentS made during the last
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Sheriffs Powers Opposed

The Montgomery County
Council has decided to seek State
legislation to curtial the duties
Of the county sheriff.
The Council yesterday said it
will ask the county delegation
at Annapolis to introduce meas
ures to transfer to the council
Sheriff Charles S. Lawrenson's
work of transporting prisoners
and serving court papers.
Councilmen also indicated they
want to limit the number of un-
paid deputies the sheriff may
appoint.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Fairfax Health Officer
Urges Clear Rabies Law

DR.. Harold Kennedy, Fairfax
County health officer, was to ask
the Board of Supervisors today
to clarity its rabies control ordi-
nance before some unfortunate
accident occurs"
Responsibility is now divided
among police and other peace
officers, the health officer. the
game warden and poundmaster,
DR.. Kennedy said.
DR.. Kennedy decided to ap-
pear before the Supervisors after
he received a report Monday
that a dog shot Friday on Pope's
Head road near Fairfax Station
had rabies. He said he had not
been informed of the incident
previously, although other county
officers had investigated on Fri
day.
Evening star., 1953-03-18

It's to let yourself get into ruust doing the
the scope activities grow narrower until
suddenly you discover that you're completely Of
swim sitting the sidenes while the rest Of the world
having fun And you'll discover too that the people
nave 1un are the people who dance That's why we that
lesson at an Arthur Murray Studio It's easy become
really good dancer in evening The secrets Arthur
Murrays Magic Step that lets you master all the different
types of dances immediately What's more you'll your
never knew you had to win you new friends, and open
You're always welcome There's Arthur Murray Studio
ARTHUR MURRAY STUDIOS, 1106 Connecticut Ave NV.
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Evening star., 1953-03-18
Fourth Set of Twins

NEILLSVILLE, Wis, Mar. ia
R.-A 26-year-old farm woman
gave birth yesterday to her
fourth set Of twins in six years
It left her husband almost
speechless. The twins, a girl
and a boy, were born to Mrs
Elaine Hagedorn. Her husband
Louis. 20, told a reporter: II just
don't know what to say"
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Gen. Ruffner Returning

TOKYO, Mar. 18 (P).-Maj
Gen. David L. Ruffner OF
Charleston, w. Va. former COM
mander of the 5th Division in
Korea, sails Saturday for the
United States and retirement
after more than IS years of serv-
ice.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
$4,000 AIien-Born
Under Investigation,
Browne|t Reveals
By the AssoeIofed Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 18.-At-
torney General Herbert Brownell.
jr., says nearly $4,000 foreign
born residents Of the United
States are under investigation
for possible Communist af1lia-
tions.
He adds that they will be
subject to eventual deportation
where evidence is found that
they have violated our immigra-
ton and nationality laws"
The widening inquiries are
part Of a campaign to rid the
Nation of subversives, Mr..
Brownell told the society of the
Friendly Sons of st. Patrick at
a dinner last night.
"It's a job worthy Of a mod
ern-day st. Patrick to drive
these snakes from our shores. I"
the Attorney General declared.
10000 Are Citizens.
Mr.. Brownell said that among
those under scrutiny are nearly
10000 naturalized citizens who
"are believed to be or to have
been engaged in subversive &C
tivities or presently to be or to
have been members of, or affili-
ated with, the Com munist t
Party"
"These investigations are to
determine whether their natu-
ralization can be revoked" Mr..
BroWnell added. IF naturaliza-
ton is revoked by the courts
these persons will again be aliens
and subject to deportation"
Another 10000 being probed
are aliens living in the United
States, Mr.. Brownell said.
Wherever these Investigations
uncover evidence of Subversive
activities or membership in or
affiliation with the Communist
Party" Mr.. Brownell continued.
". deportation proceedings will
be instituted against these
aliens"
$50 Face Deportation Now.
At present, 280 Communist
Party leaders are under deporta-
ton orders, the Attorney Gen.
eral asserted.
"Many obstacles remain to
successful completion Of this
program" Mr.. Brownell said,
g.. but steady progress is being
made-and we are determined to
succeed"
Mr.. Brownell also discussed
the new administrations Gov
ernment employe loyalty pro-
gram, saying it's predecessors had
shown a "pussyfooting" attitude
in certain loyalty and security
cases.
"Under the new program" Mr..
Brownell said, IAN employe or
applicant for employment may
be loyal in his own mind, but
still, because of personal habits
of conduct, a background OF
carelesSneSs, negligence, or fall
ure to observe reasonable rules
of security, he is in fact a
security risk and therefore not
acceptable as a Government
employe."
Old Program Called Failure"
He said the old loyalty program
was a failure" was 'discredited"
and was inadequate.
Praising the work of the FB1,
Mr.. Brownell said:
I'm recent years this great in
vestigative agency has been un-
der attack from Communist
groups and front organizations
with more or less covert support
from some Government officials.
&c. Evidence now in FBI
hands conclusively proves es-
pionage in certain cases, but this
evidence cannot be used in court
because of present rules of evil
dence. Accordingly, we are spon-
soring a legislative program to
strengthen the application of the
rules Of evidence in espionage
cases."
Evening star., 1953-03-18

Representa-
tive Broyhill.
r e pub lican,
of Virginia, a
member of the
H 0u S e Civil
Service Com
m i t e e, has
spo nsored a
bill to repeal
the Tho mas
a m e n dment.
banning leave
a C c u m u
lation for en-
ployeS UP to
and incllIflinp
Evening star., 1953-03-18
German Jobs Increase
274,550 in IS Days
BY the Assoeioted Press

NUREMBERG, Mar. 18.-West
Germany's unemployed declined
by 274,550 to 1,536,145 cases in
the first half of March, the fed
eral labor Office announced here
today.
Good weather enabled many
building projects to start ahead
of schedule. Agricultural ac-
tivity also increased.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Trucks Ban Opposed

A group of persons living on
or near the present Baltimore
boulevard have protested a Gen
eral Assembly bill to ban trucks
from the Maryland section OF
the Baltimore expressway.
A delegation of about so resi-
dents of Prince Georges and
Howard Counties spoke against
the proposed ban at a hearing
yesterday before the Senate FL
nance Committee in Annapolis.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
GIee Club and Bond to PIoy

Georgetown University's Glee
Club and band will give a con-
cert at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
De Matha High School Audi
torium. Hyattsville, Md. Mi
chael Ponti, pianist, will be the
Soloist.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Better Leave BMMoy Emerge
by Combining New Proposals
BY Joseph Young

Annual leave bills-both good
and bad-have been introduced
in Congress during the last few
Evening star., 1953-03-18

will be cloudy tonight the eastern third of the
Nation Rain expected the Middle Atlantic States
and showers scattered thundershOwers the
mainder from the lower Lakes to the South
Atlantic Light again will fall the
Northwest Pacific States Temperatures will be falling
the the Mississippi Valley while the Central
Rockies the New England States will have
weather. ZAP WirephotO Map.
Evening star., 1953-03-18

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. rs, on February 81.
Lowest. %. on March 2.
High and Low Of Last "A Hours.
High. 63, at 4:2O pm.
Low. 43, at 4:30 am.
Evening star., 1953-03-18

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