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Evening star., 1953-05-02
Spanish War Veterans
Unit Ends ParIey Tonight

The 41st annual convention OF
the District Department Auxil-
iary of the United Spanish War
Veterans closes tonight with a
dinner at ODonnell's grill, and
announcement of new officers. It
opened last night in the IOOF
Temple, 410 Seventh street NV.
Miss Anna M. Palmer, auxil-
iary president, presided at joint
department memorial service for
members who have recently died.
It was directed by Department
Chaplain Charles c. Lewis and
Mrs. Laura B. Sabins, the de-
partment auxiliary chaplain.
. Capt. Valentine T. Mayer,
department commander, also
placed flowers in memory Of dead
comrades. Mrs. Palmer placed
flowers for Mrs. Jessie Booth
Perry, late past national presi-
dent. The Rev. w. Kenneth
Lyons of the Anacostia Method
ist Church, gave the invocation
and benediction. The speaker
was E. E. Carl, national adjutant
general.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Rickenbacker Urges
Protective Air Power
AGAINST US. Enemies

Government leaders were called
upon yesterday by famous ace
of World War to recognize the
public's demand for air power
adequate to insure the progress
and protection of the United
States.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker,
speaking on the 25th anniversary
Of Eastern Air Lines. which he
heads, told civil and military
aviation leaders that with proper
planning, the industry can make
greater progress in the next 10
years than it has during the last
half century.
Capt. Rickenbacker, who dis
tinguished himself in both World
Wars, declared the Nations No.
l need is an intelligent, nation
ally planned program of research
and development for all phases
of aviation.
The speaker and other officers
Of his airline were guests of the
Aero Club of Washington at a
luncheon in the National Press
Club. The meeting was one of
a series of events scheduled in
Washington and throughout the
country in celebration of SO
years Of aviation progress since
the Wright brothers made the
first powered flight at Kitty
Hawk, N. c.. in 1908.
After the luncheon, guests
went to Friendship Airport, near
Baltimore, to witness a preview
of a "span of flight" air show
sponsored by Eastern.
The show included flights by
a "pusher" type biplane of the
era of the Wright brothers, a
flight by a World War I Spad
fighter of the model flown by
Capt. Rickenbacker against the
Germans and demonstrations by
a 25-year-old Mailwing mail
carrier. and the latest Sabrejets
and helicopters.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
CIendenin Ryan Buys
Fauquier County Estate
By the Assoeiated Press

WARRENTON. Va, May a.
Clendenin Ryan. independent
candidate for Governor of New
Jersey, has announced he is pur-
chasing Clovelly, historic Fau-
quier County estate. from Robert
c. Winmill Of Warrenton and
New York.
Mr.. Ryan said he plans to use
Clovelly as a retreat for his
torical research"
He also said he plans to use
the estate to expand his pure
bred Aberdeen Angus breeding
operation now conducted at
Panther Ledge Farm, Allamau-
chy, N. j.
The house on the historic es-
tate was built in 1745 and is one
of the oldest standing between
Washington and the Shenandoah
Valley.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Pair Await Sentencing On Narcotics CHARGES

A man and woman today await
sentence in the u. S. District
Court for the District of Colum-
bia on narcotics charges on
which they were convicted with
out testimony of a main Gov
ernment witness.
The two are James S. Turner,
"a, colored. of the 410O block of
Eighth street NV, and Elaine
A. Lee, %, colored, of the 1900
block Of Corcoran street NV.
They were convicted by a jury
Thursday of illegally selling a
narcotic. illegal possession and
facilitating its sale and conceal
ment.
Evening star., 1953-05-02

A main Government witness -
the case was a man who himself
is under sentence of 20 months
to 5 years on narcotics charges
and who refused to testify,
standing on his constitutional
rights. Turner and the woman
were prosecuted by Assistant
United States Attorney Arthur j.
Mclaughlin. Judge Richmond
B. Keech, who presided at the
trial. did not set date for SEN
fencing.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-09-01

form). For another, it has meant a
reduction in seed price from $500
a pound or more to so cents a pound,
thus bringing the seed within eco
nomic reach for large scale seeding.
The Soil Conservation Service
compared four different kinds of
harvesting equipment in western
Kansas in 1941. In this comparison,
it was found that headers harvested
seed at the lowest field cost, $2.35
per 100 pounds.
Combines ranked next as to low
cost, $685. per 100 pounds, but OBJ
tanned only half as much seed per
acre. This might be overcome par
TALLY by reducing the operating time
from 10 to hours during the drier
part of the day.
The binder secured more seed per
acre than the combine, but less than
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-09-01
In Lighter Vein

A Yankee farmer decided to sell
his stony hillside forty acres, and he
listed it with a real estate agent,
who wrote an advertisement describ-
ing the farm. The realtor read the
description over to get the farmers
approval. After he had finished, the
old man said:
''Read that again"
After second reading the YAM
kee sat for a few minutes in
thoughtful mood, and finally said:
II don't believe want to sell. I've
been looking for that kind of place
all my life, and it never occurred to
me that had it until you described
it to me. I don't want to sell out"
Too many guys try TO pull them
selves out of trouble with a cork
screw.
A gun fight broke loose in one of
the towns restaurants. Glass was
shattered all over the joint and in
nocent bystanders hid behind every
chair and table. In the midst of the
fight, little man walked in, calmly
plunked down dime on the coun-
ter, and said to the proprietor who
crouched behind the cash register,
Gimme a cigar!"
"Hey," whispered the proprietor,
''they's a fight on. You better git
out"
ooh, that's all right" retorted the
little man, glancing casually around
at the various gunner. 81 owe mon
ey to all these boys"
Darling. this cake is delicious. Did
you buy it yourself?
A stranger sauntered up the side.
walk before a modest, new ranch
house in a small Montana town
''Nice house you got here" he OBJ
served to the owner. s'Worth abou
$4,000, I imagine"
Nope" retorted the owner, cit
worth every cent of $4,000. Arr
you looking for place to buy?"
''No," replied the stranger, iottinl
something in a notebook, "I'm tn
new tax assessor"
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-09-01

the header. The cost per 100 pounds
of seed harvested was 1919. The
stripper was least efficient on all
scores, the field cost per 100 pounds
of seed being $4.78.
On large acreages, the operator
may be justified in sacrificing the
seed that will be lost if he uses
combine. On small acreages, when
seed is scarce, the more efficient
method of harvesting pays off.
These Improvements in the har-
vesting of ative and adapted
grasses for the plains and mountain
states are by no means the final
word. They do, however, represent
a great stride toward filling the
seed needs of these states, and over
longer period, of making better
use of the feed producing abilities
of these lands.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-09-01

and leaves. The stems and leaves
overload the sieves. There is also
loss of seed from strong air blast.
Check Cylinder Speed
To avoid trouble from these items.
the operator must observe cylinder
speed, concave clearance, and air or
fan adjustment. The latter should
usually be shut off almost COM
pletely
Combine cylinder speed should
range from. 900 rpm. for the blue
stems to 1900 for the wheatgrasses,
lovegrasses, and switchgrass. The
concave clearance ranges from IS
inch for lovegrass to as inch for
most other species.
For low-growing species such as
buffalograss, certain major changes
In combine adjustment are neces-
sary. This has taken the combined
ingenuity, inventiveness, and re-
sourcefulness of scientists, engineers.
farmers, mechanics, tinkerers, and
gadgeteers.
Starting with rather complicated
and unwieldy suction machines, they
ended up with comparatively slight
but fundamental changes of the
combine harvester.
Adapting Combine
The conversion of one of the most
commonly used harvesters of this
type consists of:
(a) Extending the platform about
8 inches, thus moving the
sickle forward and Ringing the
bar so the sickle can be run
flat on the ground.
(b) Bridging the gap between the
platform and sickle bar with
tin.
(c) Lengthening the pitman rod,
and resetting driver to fit new
sickle placement.
I'D Equipping reel bats with
brushes of broom to sweep
seed material up on the canvas
These changes can be made ir
good farm shops at comparatively
small expense, at the most a few
hundred dollars. The effects have
been rather far reaching.
For one thing, it has meant the
harvesting of several hundred thou.
sand pounds of seed Tin the bul
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-09-01

"IneSe settings are intended as guide in
starting the harvest; they will need some
changes In the field.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-09-01

Combine adjustments for cleaning
grass seed.
Combine or
threShers
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-09-01

grass seed.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
President Of Hawaii U.
Backs W. H. Taylor
By the Assoeioted Press

HONOLULU, Nov. 21.-Dr.
Gregg M. Sinclair, president of
the University of Hawaii, said
last night a former Hawaii fac
ulty member under investigation
by a loyalty board in Washing
ton sis a loyal American"
DR.. Sinclair strongly supported
William Henry Taylor. subject Of
an inquiry by special civil serv-
ice loyalty board because, he
once worked with Harry Dexter
White, who has been named as
a source for Communist es-
pionage.
I've known Bill for 20 years
and he's good American, a very
loyal one. He's no more a spy
than I am" DR.. Sinclair said.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Group Accused
OF Jumping Gun on
House Testimony
By the Associated pres,

" HiS FSSoCiuIeO FTeSS
Representative Eberharter,
Democrat, of Pennsylvania, has
protested that, even before uues-
tions were asked and answers
given, a House Ways and Means
subcommittee came out with a
press release of a witness testi-
mony.
The release was issued yester-
day while the subcommittee's
hearing on the social security
program was underway. 1t re-
ported testimony by Philip Vogt,
a Nebraska welfare administra-
tor.
In prepared statement. re-
leased along with the @. and A.,
Mr.. Vogt criticized the Federal
welfare program as arbitrary,
degrading and unfair"
Subcommittee Chairman Cur
tis said the release was prepared
in advance after a conference
with Mr.. Vogt. Mr.. Curtis said
he resented any inference that
the subcommittee staff, and not
Mr.. Vogt, prepared Mr.. Vogt's
testimony.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
BY james E. Roper

Herbert A. BergSon collected
100000 for handling an anti
trust problem for two abrasive
manufacturers shortly after he
resigned as head of the Justice
Departments Antitrust Divi-
sion in 1850.
Friends and foes of Mr.. Berg
son agreed on this today, but
did not agree on how to interpret
the facts from a legal or ethical
standpoint.
Mr.. Bergson has been indicted
on charges of violating the "con-
f1ict of interests" laws. These
bar Government attorney from
handling. within two years after
he leaves Federal service, a pri-
vate claim against the Govern
ment involving the same matter
which he handled on behalf of
the Government.
Asks Nom jury Trial.
Mr.. Bergson has denied any
wrong doing, and has asked for
an early trial without a jury.
Both sides recognize that Mr..
Bergson. while head of the Anti
Trust Division, prosecuted an
antitrust case against six abra-
sive manufacturers, including
the Minnesota Mining & Manu-
featuring Co., and the Carborun-
dunn Co.
While the case was pending,
representatives of Carborundum
and Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing offered Mr.. Berg
son a chance to handle a legal
case for the two companies.
Mr.. Bergson is said to have
replied that he could not con-
slider the offer until after he left
the Justice Department.
Mr.. Bergson resigned from the
Government effective Friday,
September 20, 1850. On the fol-
lowing Monday, Mr.. Bergson was
in Chicago starting negotiations
to take the case for the two
companies, which wanted to
merge.
They offered Mr.. Bergson a
retainer of $4,000 to handle the
merger case, which included ask
ing the Justice Department to
give an advance ruling that the
proposed merger would not vio-.
late the antitrust laws. If Mr..
Bergson won Justice Depart
ment clearance, he was to get an
additional $4,000.
AS it turned out. Mr.. Bergson
collected the total of $1O0. 900.
From october 2. until November
II, Mr.. Bergson compiled facts
about the two companies and
their status if the merger went
into effect.
Wanted Quick Clearance.
On November II, Mr.. Bergson
started presenting his case to the
Justice Department. Carborun-
dunn and Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing wanted quick
clearance so they could advertise
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Rosenbaum Cleared
On Charge Of Lying
To Senate Probers
BY the Assoeiated Press

Joseph H. Rosenbaum. Wash
ington attorney, was acquitted
yesterday Of lying to Senators
investigating alleged influence
and favoritism in Reconstruction
Finance Corp. operations.
A jury in the U. S. District
Court for the District of Colum-
bia returned the verdict which
freed Mr.. RoSenbaum after de-
liberating for about three and
one-half hours.
Mr.. RoSenbaum, AZ, was
charged with swearing falsely
when he denied before the Sen
ators that he had said he was
closely connected" with william
E. Willett. then an RFC director.
Repeats Denial.
He repeated the denial from
the witness stand after three
Government witnesses testified
they heard Mr.. Rosenbaum make
the reference to Mr.. Willett at
a meeting Of stockholders of the
Lustron Corp. here February J.,
1850.
The defense contended Mr..
RoSenbaum didn't even know
Mr.. Willett at the time he was
alleged to have boasted of close
connections with the RFC di-
rector.
Mr.. Rosenbaum didn't repre-
sent the Lustron Corp. in con-
nection with its RFC loans to-
falling $37.5 million. Testimony
was to the effect he attended
the stockholders meeting only
briefly at the behest of one of
the stockholders whom he had
represented in tax matters.
Mink Coat Recalled.
The RFC investigation brought
out that Mr.. Rosenbaum paid
for a $9,450 pastel mink coat
for Mrs. E. Merl Young. The
coat made headlines because
Mrs. Young worked at the White
House as a stenographer in the
Truman administration and her
husband figured prominently in
the inquiry. Young said he bor-
roWed the money to pay for the
coat from Mr.. Rosenbaum, and
repaid him. ....g. a.
Young and his brother Her
schel were convicted of perjury
growing out of the RFC inves-
tigation. Each received a SEN
tence of four months to two
years. They are free on bond
pending appeals.
Evening star., 1953-11-21

owners would pay something like
SIS or $40 per year on vehicles
weighing less than about $500
pounds, and $25 to $50 on We
hicles over that weight, regard
less of year-to-year valuation.
But with uSed-car valuations de-
clining. the city expects to re-
gain its initial losses in revenue.
Personal Property Tax.
AS in previous years, the Com
missioners proposed eliminating
the personal property tax on
household goods, while retaining
the levy on business property.
This would mean a loss to the
general fund of $3.50, 900 annual
ly. But the city heads figured
a l per cent increase in the in
dividual income tax would more
than offset the personal property
tax loss. The total increase OF
revenue fro mincome is expected
to be SIG million annually.
In releasing their new tax
program, ,Sthe Commissioners dis
closed they had considered, but
rejected, suggestions that a sales
tax be imposed on foods and
groceries; that the sales tax on
restaurant meals be extended to
apply to checks of less than
SIPS; that personal income ex-
emptions be lowered from the
present $4,000 level, to $4,000,
and that taxes on certain unin-
corporated businesses, as well as
the rental of all real property. be
increased.
The city heads also considered
imposing a gift tax-and a tax
Evening star., 1953-11-21
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Continued From First Page,

the District from $11 million to
$40 million annually over the 10
year period, charging the city
interest on $50 million in loans
over the same span and increas-
ing local taxes by more than SIS
million a year.
The bulk of the increased tax
levies would accrue to the gen.
eral fund of the District, to the
extent of $4.5 million. The re-
mainder, $750,0O0, would go to
the highway fund. Congress,
some time ago, apportioned Dis
trict revenues into four funds:
highway, water, motor vehicle
parking and general.
For Highway Fund
To meet the improvement pro-
gram in the Highway Depart
ment, the Commissioners recon-
mended not only a 1-cent per
gallon increase in the gasoline
tax, but Cd switching the $780,
600 annual receipts from vault
rentals from the general fund to
the highway fund, and (2) i'm
posing a "flat-fee" for the regis
tration of motor vehicles and
trailers. This would replace the
present system of levying a mo-
tor vehicle property tax, excise
tax and registration fee based
on the year-to-year valuation
placed on automobiles.
The rental structure of vaults
those pieces Of public space ly-
ing beneath streets and side
walks leased by the city to pri-
vate interests currently being
studied by highway engineers.
The idea ultimately is to raise
these rentals to a reasonable"
level that might realize $500, 900
more than the present $50, 900
annually paid.
At the outset, the f1at-fee
charge on motor vehicle regis
tration is expected to result in a
100000 annual loss. The charge.
which would be comparable to
that now levied in Maryland,
would mean that District car
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Bergson Case Rests on Query:
Was He Prosecuting Claim?

their merger proposal and place
it before stockholders meetings
in January.
Mr.. Bergson, driving for
speedy action. conferred fre-
quently with Justice Department
representatives, and then went
into a climactic conference with
Justice Department aides and
then Attorney General Howard
j. McGrath at the McGrath
home on November Is.
Mr.. McGrath was sympathetic
to the desire for speed, but the
Justice Department had not in
'vestigated the facts which MIR.
Bergson contended would show
that the merger would not vio-
late the antitrust laws.
Mr.. McGrath today told The
Star this story Of what finally
happened:
Il said. Give them a letter
saying the merger is o. X. if our
investigation sustains Mr.. Berg
sons statement of the facts
said they should start an investi-
cation Immediately to see what
the facts were."
The conditional clearance for
the merger, said Mr.. McGrath,
then was issued by William Un-
derhill, one-time first assistant
to Mr.. Bergson and later his sue
cessor as head of the Anti Trust
Division. The Justice Depart
ment's Investigations of certain
facts in the case began the next
! day.
Conference Not Unusual"
Mr.. McGrath said the Satur-
day conference was not unusual
he was just putting in some
unpaid overtime. Asked If he
were influenced by his friendship
Tor Mr.. Bergson. Mr.. McGrath
said:
Not in the slightest. If I were
influenced by anything it was by
my desire for all companies to
get advice in advance on this
kind of thing-before they got
into trouble"
The merger never went
through. Before the companies
could act, Congress amended the
antitrust laws and Mr.. Bergson
reached the conclusion that the
merger would be illegal.
The facts came to light as the
Justice Department prepared its
conflict of interest" case against
Mr.. Bergson. The issues in that
case. however, are legal rather
than ethical.
The Justice Department argues
that Mr.. Bergson's handling the
case for the two manufacturers
was prosecuting a claim"
against the Government and.
under the conflict of interests"
laws, was illegal. Mr.. Bergson
contends that his work for the
two companies was not, in the
legal sense, a prosecution of a
claim"
The courts will decide this
legal issue.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
French Communist Chief
Rumored Again Stricken
sy the Associated Pres,

NICE, France, Nov. 21.-Ru-
mors circulated on the Riviera
today that Maurice Thorez, boss
of the French Communist Party,
has suffered a second paralytic
stroke.
Communist Party officials de-
clined all comment. Reporters
who went to the villa near
Cannes where Thorez has been
vacationing could see no sign OF
any unusual activity.
Thorez, So, was stricken in
October. 1850, and later went to
Moscow for treatment. He re-
manned 90 months and came
back to France last April, walk
ing with great difficulty and
with the use of one arm lost.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Nixon Hears Quirino
On Economic Union
BY the Assoeioied Press

MANILA, Nov. 21.-President
Elpidio Quirino proposed today
that the United States bolster
Far Eastern democracies in their
battle against communism by
taking the lead in formation of
a Southeast Asian economic
union.
Mr.. Quirino, defeated in his
bid for reelection this month,
outlined his plan to United States
Vice President Nixon during a
one-hour, 15-minute conference
the longest Mr.. Nixon had had
with chief of state during his
goodwill tour of the Pacific.
The Philippines, President
elect. Ramon Magsaysay, said
in an interview today that Mr..
Quirino has expected all South
east Asian nations to accept him
as a leader, whereas first 1--WE
must win their confidence. Mr..
Magsaysay, who talked with Mr..
Nixon last night. implied that
he favors Filipino leadership of
2 Southeast Asia alliance, hut
atends to proceed slowly.
Evening star., 1953-11-21

well forgotten by next Novem-
ber. Senator Hoey added:
"The farmers have not been
so impressed by the White case
as to lose sight Of the problems
they face. I thought before and
I still think that the Democrats
are going to win control of Con-
gress because the Republicans
haven't found solutions for the
country's problems"
Senator Kerr, Democrat. of
Oklahoma said in a Dallas, Tex,
speech last night that Republic
can leaders are acting like "a
bunch of political hit-and-run
drivers. making charges today
and then running away; making
promises today and then fading
away"
"The President himself, at his
last press conference, tried to
knock some sense into the heads
of these reckless men," Senator
Kerr declared. 1.-THE President
fatty and courageously repudi-
ated the statement of the Re-
publican national chairman that
the top issue of 1854 would be
the exposure of Communist in
filtration of the previous admin
istration.'
President Eisenhower said at
his Wednesday news conference
he hopes the Communist-in-
Government issue would be only
memory in next years cam
paign.
Senator Kerr said the Eisen-
hover administration ought to
act to prevent a depression
which might breed more Com
munists.
Representative Moulder, Dem
ocrat. of Missouri, said congress
sional committees should ques-
ton Secretary of State Dulles
concerning his sponsoring the
promotion of. and his associ-
alton with, Alger Hiss"
Mr.. Moulder's statement was
not explicit on the point, but 1t
was presumed he referred to the
fact that Mr.. Dulles was men,
ber of the board of the Car
negie Endowment for Interna-
tional Peace when Hiss was
chosen president of 1the organi-
zation in 1947, at a salary of
20,000 a year.
Hiss. a former State Depart
ment official now serving a
prison term for perjury, was
named in FBI reports along with
White as having passed United
States secrets to Communists.