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Evening star., 1953-02-01
Robert ". Campbell
Heads Negro Masons

Robert w. Campbell was in
stalled as commander in chief
of Jonothan Davis Consistory,
32d degree, Ancient and Accept
ed Negro Scottish Rite Masons,
last Monday at the Scottish Rite
Cathedral, 1888 Eleventh street
NV.
Other officers are: Henry E.
Cook, grand treasurer; the Rev.
Melvin Key, grand keeper of the
seals and archives; C. c. Oliver,
assistant keeper of seals and
archives; Barry B. Hampton, first
lieutenant; James A. Mingo,
second lieutenant; Arthur E.
Brooks, grand minister of state;
James v. Stevenson. grand chan
cellor; George A. Farrar, grand
prior; Lewis T. Bentley. grand
hospitaller; Maj. o. Culberson,
grand master of ceremonies; Roy
Logan, grand engineer and
architect; Marion I. Gould,
grand standard bearer; Hugh d.
Kirksey, sr., grand captain of
the guard; E. B. Cunningham,
grand organist; Robert c. Gray,
assistant grand sentinel; Theo-
dore T. Boulware. grand sentinel.
GaIlahad Lodge.
Officers in Gallahad Lodge,
House of Perfection. 4th to the
14th degrees, are: Edmund M.
Chaplin, ST., thrice puissant grand
master; Jacob A. Handy, ST.,
deputy grand master; DR.. Victor
j. Tulane, senior warden; Roy
w. Logan. junior warden: Mar
tin L. Jackson, grand treasurer;
Clyde c. Oliver, grand secretary;
West A. Hamilton, grand orator;
Herman w. Tardd. grand master
of ceremonies; the Rev. Reuben
Minor, grand prior; Wallace p.
Cant, grand hospitaller; George
A. Farrar, grand captain of the
guard; Harry Hardy, grand SEN
Evening star., 1953-02-01
5. {. De Pue Post,
American Legion
Elects New Officers

New officers recently elected by
Stanley Church De Pue Post, Dis
trict of Columbia Department,
American Legion, are: Com
mander, Calvin H. Iffert; first
vice commander, Rome Counts;
second vice commander. Elmer
H. Powers; third vice command
er. c. F. Cinquequana; adjutant,
Edward P. Martin; finance off,
Ger, Samuel Baxter; judge ad-
vocate. Donald Wakefield Smith.
Arrangements for the annual
military ball of Navy Department
Post, next Saturday from 10 to !
o'clock at the National Press
Club, have been completed, it
was reported by Comdr. Herbert
M. Frazier.
A reception will precede the
ball, from $50 to 10 pm.
Reservations may be made by
calling Adjt. Daniel C. Coker,
Jefferson 2-6640.
Sergt. Jasper Post and unit
will play host to a number of
disabled veterans at Mount Alto
Hospital next Tuesday evening
at their regular monthly bingo
night at Z pm.
A large number of members of
Clark v. Polling Post, named for
one Of the four famed chaplains,
will leave here today to attend
services in the Shrine of the
-Four ChaplainS at Philadelphia,
Pa, at 8 pm. DR.. Daniel A..
Polling, a posS member, and IA
ther of Clark v. Polling, will pre-
side.
New members who recently
Joined the post are Lawrence S..
Grant, Abraham F. Kirschbaum,
Laura Helen Lane. Roy w. Gil
bertson, Mary Moreland, Thomas
Massey and Albert S. Turner.
The annual American Legion
veterans preference seminar will
be held in room 200 of the Civil
Service Commission, Seventh and
F streets NV, from Z to 9 pm.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day,
Bruce Stubblef1eld, chief of
the veterans preference section
of the csc and his assistant.
Edward L. Bechtoldt, will be the
principal speakers. George H.
Landes, department veterans
preference officer, will act as
moderator.
During the sessions every Sec
ton of the Veterans Preference
Act of 1914 and all subsequent
amendments will be discussed.
Evening star., 1953-02-01
Col. A. {. Adair Retires
From Army and Tax Office

Col. Arthur c. Adair retired
yesterday from both the Army,
in which he has been a reserve
officer for "a years, and from the
Bureau of Internal Revenue,
which he has served as a valua-
ton engineer since 1923.
A resident of Dunn Loring, Va,
Col. Adair was on active service
seven-and-a-half years in World
Wars I and II. During World
War II, he commanded Fort
Hase, Hawaii, and Canton Island.
Before joining the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau, he was a civil and
mining engineer in Kentucky and
West Virginia.
Col. Adair expects to enter pri-
vate business as q consulting
engineer and in building and
real estate activities.
Evening star., 1953-02-01

ior expert; Robert A. Barnes
grand junior expert: Boyd Clark,
grand tiler.
Buddah Chapter.
Officers in Buddha Chapter,
Knights Rose Croix are: Clyde l..
Ford, most wise and perfect
master; Bernard Corbin, senior
warden; Arthur E. Brooks. junior
warden; Harry Reed, secretary;
John w. Mudd, sr., treasurer;
William B. Edelin,, orator; Phillip
Mcneil, master of ceremonies;
James v. Stevenson, guard of the
towner.
Officers in zoroaster. House OF
Kadosche, 10th to 30th degrees,
are: Raymond j. Colbert, grand
commander; James A. Mingo,
grand chancellor; Theodore T.
Boulware. grand architect; Rob-
ert C. Gray, grand mastor of
ceremonies; James F. Lee, secre-
tary; James w. Banyard, treas
urer; George A. Farrar, grand
captain of the guard, and John
McKeython, grand sentinel.
Evening star., 1953-02-01
Jewish War Veterans

The John and Bernard Wilmer
Ladies Auxiliary, Jewish War
Veterans, will hold a bazaar night
February 2 at 8 pm. at the JWV
home, BAT Sixteenth street NV.
The affair will be to finance the
gifts, refreshments and enter
tainment used on the auxiliary's
monthly visits to both the serv-
icemen at Walter Reed and the
veterans at Mt. Alto hospitals.
Evening star., 1953-02-01
|PTA Leader 10 Join
| Panel Discussion on
Child Dental Health

VhHHu0 OVuut0u taOOhbHu
Mrs. Thomas H. Evans, health
service chairman for the District
Congress of Parent and Teach
erS, will be one of the panel
members in a discussion of chill
dren's dental health at the
Shoreham Hotel tomorrow.
Dr.. William B. Ingersoll, presi-
dent of the District Dental So
ciety, will be moderator. The
program, from l to 3 p.m., will
mark Children'S Dental Health
Day. All PTA members are in
vited.
Panel members, besides Mrs.
Evans, are Mrs. Bessie Crainer,
director of special services in the
elementary schools; DR.. A. Harry
Ostrow, Health Department, and
DR.. A. j. Zeller, District Dental
Society. A question period will
follow the discussion.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Franklin
G. Sartwell, PTA congress par
liamentarian, will conduct the
first of four classes on parlia-
mentary procedure. The class,
open to all PTA members, will
meet from 9:30 to 1880 am. at
Raymond School. Tenth street
and Spring road NV. Other
sessions will be on each Wednes-
day this month.
PTA events this week follow:
Tomorrow.
Adams pm. Mrs. Wayne C..
Sommers, first vice president of
the District PTA Congress, will
discuss the proposal for a neigh
borhood PTA council.
Emery-8 pm. Regular meet
ing. Mrs. C. H. Bennett will lead
a discussion on Discipline in
the Home"
Tuesday.
Edmonds-8 pm. Annual OBJ
servance Of Founders Day. Mrs.
Mike Manatos will review the
history Of the National Congress
of Parents and Teachers. Music
by the "Guildettes."
Janney-1:15 pm. Program by
the drama group and glee club.
Wednesday.
Congress Heights-1:30 pm.
Executive committee. Mrs. Som
mer will present the proposed
council plan. Executive commit
tees of Patterson and Simon
PTAS also are invited.
Thursday.
Woodbridge pm. Executive
Committee.
Saturday.
Eaton-A showing of 1.-THE
Yearling" at the Uptown Thea
ter. 1926 Connecticut avenue
NV, 10:30 am. for the bene-
fit Of the school.
Bunker Hill-F'olk dance party
at Taft Recreation Center,
Eighteenth and Perry streets
NE, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1953-02-01
Births Reported
Prom D. 6. Bureau Of vital statistics. !

BOYS.
Robert and Doris Allwine.
Robert and Barbara Brammer.
Frank and Rauuel Celenza.
William and Jennie Cummins.
Wesley and Mary Foster.
Henry and Valerie Howell.
Meyer and Matilda Lebowitz.
Howard and CAROLYN Oakley.
Charles and Helen Steinhardt.
George and Mary Wall.
Walter and Vera Thomas.
Julio and Mildred Barbera.
William and Jane Briley.
William and Edna ChappelI.
Billy and Shirley Foster.
Bertram and Allan Hart, tr.
Charles and Iris Lozier.
Josiah and Helen Spaulding.
Philip and Betty Tarbell, jr.
Charles and Elmisha Haddix, 1r.
Isidore and Gloria Thompson.
GIRLS.
Charles and EImisha Haddix, .r.
Edison and Peggy Booth.
William and Maria Connor.
Henry and Emma Dillon.
Anthony and Jean Gallo.
Robert and Catherine Grabo.
Ashley and Betty Monroe.
Stanley and Rachel Nixon.
Raydens and Mary Powell.
William and Madeline Smith,
Edwin and Dorothy Tripp.
Virgil and Mary Toombs.
Claude and Jessie Ano.
Lloyd and Hazel Brown.
Arlen and Doris Dickerson.
Byron and Grace Farmer.
James and Jennie Gooch.
John and Kathryn Healey.
George and Sandra Mountain.
Bruce and Lois Parker.
Robert and Marlene Quillen.
Charles and Betty Smith.
Evening star., 1953-02-01

In 1850, he was elected to the
House of Delegates of the State
Legislature from Cabell County,
the only successful Republican
candidate on the legislative
ticket in his county.
DR.. Neal is a member Of the
Methodist Church, a Mason and
Shriner, as well as a member
of the Huntington Kiwanis Club,
of which he is a past president.
DR.. Neal has three sons. A
fourth was killed in France
during World War II.
Evening star., 1953-02-01
Fraternity to Hear Peer

Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity at
George Washington University
will hear talk on Anglo-Ameri-
can trade by Lord Rochdale, vice
president of England's National
Union of Manufacturers, at $3.50
pm. tomorrow at Monroe Hall,
2115 G street NV.
Evening star., 1953-02-01
H. E. Broeer Opens Office

Harry E. Brager, manager for
the Washington Israel Bond
Drive, has resigned to enter
private business as a fund rais-
ing and public relations counsel.
His Washington Office will be
at 3 Thomas circle NV. He
also will open a New York Office.
Evening star., 1953-02-01
Ladies' Oriental Shrine

The Chanters of Su-Zu Court,
Ladies Oriental Shrine of North
America, will meet today at Q
pm. with Grace Reed. The
monthly meeting of the court
will be held Tuesday at 8 pm.
in Stansbury Masonic Temple.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-20
LEGISLATIVE KNICK-KNACKS

Now he is faced with no highway
funds, and highways are political dy-
Mantle. He is saddled with record
of complete responsibility from a
legislature that could have advanced
his program as Governor. Two years
from now there won't be much time
for him to build, and the cry of mo
money" will echo hollow if state adj
ministrative and institutional respon-
sibilities bog down.
When the liquor and gambling
bills were debated on the floor of the
house of representatives insinuations
were passed back and forth about
"bribes," "slush funds" etc. When
Rep. Taylor, who is not too subtle,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-20
LIQUOR FORCES FAIL I'm ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE
PROFITABLE STATE STORE SYSTEM

and general well-being of the peo-
pie of Montana.
While Democrats got in some tell
ing blows in behalf of retaining the
state store system, it was essentially
a Republican fight the two days it
was in progress.
Majority Leader Wiedman, calling
attention to the liquor lobby which
had been operating in the back of
the chambers, moved that the enact
ing clause of the huge bill be strick-
en-. The battle was on, lines were
drawn, and Monday afternoons gal
lery enjoyed the rare treat of wit
Messing a full-fledged floor fight be-
ing carried on for the most part, on
one side of the aisle. On a standing
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-20
TWO BAD BILLS DEAD

Two bad pieces of legislation were
killed this week. These were House
Bill 120 and Senate Bill 70.
HB 100 was the proposal that
would have emasculated the libel
laws. 1t died on adverse judiciary
committee report.
SD 70 was the bill that would have
made it almost impossible for young
men wishing to enter the livestock
business to purchase state grazing
lands currently under lease. This
bill was killed on the floor of the SEN
ate when that body concurred in
motion by Sen. Ettien to 'indefinite-
ly postpone" consideration.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-20

In what was the first major test
of intra-party strength, the forces
of Rep. George O'Connor, Carbon,
were decisively beaten this week in
their attempt to ram through a bill
eliminating the state liquor store sys-
tenn. The bill was HB 1913. The end
desired, long-sought goal of Mon
tana retail liquor dealers associa-
ton.
O'Connor and his men fought val
iently, but their high-priced statis-
tics didn't hold water when brought
face to face with the facts on state
profits off the liquor system, and
the Importance of keeping strong
control over liquor distribution in
the interests of the morals, health
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-20

vote. Rep. Wiedman's motion pre-
vailed 43-41.
Soon thereafter, O'Connor moved
to "segregate" the bill from the
committee of the whole report in or
der to save it. He was successful
by 15-vote margin.
Came Tuesday and the battle flared
anew, but to no avail for George.
On liquor, unlike most everything
else, Republican house members were
not so inclined to go along with him.
On general orders, he was decisively
voted down, and the cause of the
liquor dealers association was lost
for at least another two years.
Those supporting O'Connor in his
successful attempt to secure passage
of HB 1863 included Reps. Gebhardt,
Taylor, Pierce, Omholt, McElwain,
Higgins, Sykes, among others.
Those opposing HB 1913 and sup
porting Wiedman included: Reps.
Rimel, Mahoney, Leuthold, 1t n,
Graybill, McAndrews, Mac
Donald, Goodwin, Cerovski, Marsen-
ich, Ringing, Barnard.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-20
Leave 1t To the Legislature
COMPANY LOBBY GIVES LABOR, TAXPAYERS, THE
Old "0NE-TW0"

There will be no occupaonal legislation placed
the books bv the 1868 legislature There will be precious lit
o in benefits indusray disabled workers
granted bv this There will be legislative COM
nn nt nm TO stdv the need for occupaonal disease
isIaton during the next yearthe third the last 10
years The previous two committees did nothing. 49,
This the masters the 1858 Legislature have decreed All
legislators who be 100 cent for labor noW
standing this the party inesraight from the sixth
floor ~
The company lobby that labor accept House Bill
34-or ese-get nothing in the of improved Workmen
compensation benefits this session The company lobby
stated they did occupatona disease legislation
while the time claiming that occupatona diseases
caused by their operatonsand no such legislation Will
there be this session. ,
All this despite the fact labor repeatedly told
during the initiative campaign last that such matters
occupaona disease legislation and improvements the work
mems compensation act should be left to the more mature
alterations" of the legislature.
Labor and its friends came to the legislature presented
its program for that more mature delberation What did
they ge they've been getting for the last 80
In the every single major proposal by labor to i'm
prove condition of the ndusray disabled out OF
Rep Omhos tory-oaded committee with "do not pass
Similar treatment given two major com
pensation proposals by Rep Sykes Only House Bill "a
did bright of legislative approval shine The com
pany That sufficient went through with
flying colers
In the senate the story was pretty much
compensation bills Weydemeyer died by adverse committee
reports third Bill 2O5 by Anderson (Pondera was
killed when attempted get Senate approval to have
bill printed SD 205 occupatonal disease BILL
similar to HB 1913 which had been prepared by Montana Indus
Health Committee Again in the House. only HB "a
favor Sen Winters chairman of the
compensation committee opposed by Ander
son to either improve HB "a to SB 205.
What it all add up to? 1t should be very plain
Industry will continue least another years ee
RIDER on the bodv polite on matters concerning compensation
Benefits to ndusra disabled workers will continue far be-
low the national until at least 1855 The taxpayers
will continue the bill to for those disabled by Sill
occupatona diseases and to provide supple
mental relief the indusiay disabled through Public Wei
fare assistance payments.
That's what from leaving the egilaure when
that body dare not make turn without first consulting the all
powerful lobby of Montana's twin corporations.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-20

VIII the JODleSS MOHIdHd worker
automatically get the widely-publi-
ciZed three-dollar increase in unem-
ployment compensation headlined as
the most important provision of the
house-approved Sub. HB 90? Or, will
eligibility be so curtailed that many
unemployed workers will take a cut
in benefits, or not be able to secure
benefits at all?
To find out just why Montana la
Dor unions are so strenuously OPP
posed to Sub. HB SO, THE VOICE
asked Al Root, member of the I'm
employment Compensation Commits
sion, and executive board member of
the Montana State Federation of
Labor, to list labor's most important
objections to the bill.
Mr.. Root has outlined for us five
of the most Objectionable features
of this proposal which is now await
ing senate action. A study of tfese
five points can lead to only one con-
clusion: Sub. HB 80, instead of i'm
proving the Unemployment Compen-
sation act, all but destroys The orig
inal intent of this 16-year-old stat
ute to financially cushion unemploy-
ment in Montana.
Here are Mr.. Roots five points:
1. Sec. 1, part b, sets up a COM
plicated formula which reduces week
ly benefits below those of the pres
ent law ($2020 for IS weeks). A
claimant can be eliminated from
benefits completely if his earned
wages do not fall in the proper cate
CORY sat up in the bill
2. Sec. 3, part d, continues the
two-week waiting period. Montana
is one of the only two states still
retaining the two-week waiting pc
riod-which, in actuality amounts to
three weeks. Both the Unemployment
Compensation Commission and the
UCC advisory council, composed of
labor, management and public mem
bers, recommended the waiting pc
riod be reduced to one week.
3. Sec. A, part a, disqualifies all
who voluntarily quit their
jobs. A claimant could work ten
years and voluntarily quit his job
and he would lose all his prior credits, |
under Sub. HB SO. However, a casual
worker would lose only those cred
it's earned for last period he worked. |
Further, if employee is discharged |
for misconduct he would lose all
benefits. Under present law he is
for only one to nine
weeks.
a. Another section disqualifies
worker who fails to take a job for
which he is considered physically
and mentally able to perform. This
section does not designate whether
a doctor is to determine the physical
and mental condition of a worker,
or whether the commission will as
sumo the prerogatives of the medical
society.
5. Still another section provides
hat if a worker was getting the
minimum benefit of $500 per week
and he was offered job of $14 a
week he would have to accept it
even if his living expenses run
several times that amount.
All five of these major objections
added up, Montana labor sees Sub.
1B SO as a legal weapon which will
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-20
BY GRETCHEN BILLINGS

| There are times when Things reacf
an almost hysterical state at the
scene of the Montana State Legisla-
ture. Hysterical because they are sc
ridiculous. Hysterical because you
think you'll go mad, and wish you
could, or are you?
By the time the Republicans had
emasculated the school foundation
program Wednesday noon | think the
pitch was about at the highest point
I have seen this session.
There was tension last Saturday
!! night when the Republicans were get
ting ready to close shop for the night.
| They had whipped Leo Graybill rath-
er soundly on a Rural Telephone and
REA bill earlier in the afternoon. He
had offered an amendment to this
bill he had sponsored that had had
it's teeth pulled in committee. With
out the amendment the bill didn't
mean thing. But the house voted it
down. So Graybill asked that they do
him the courtesy of killing the bill.
They didn't feel a bit courteous, and
they wouldn't kill the bill. Leo bided
his time, and at the close of the pro-
ceedings he asked for a segregation
of the bill. He asked for a roll call,
for the roll call to be included in
the Journal and a call of the House
be taken. At one time there were as
many as 20 members out of the
house. 1t was $50 p. m. Those that
were gone, were gone, period. The
call produced no one. Graybill sug
gested progress had been made and
George O'Connor who always likes
to get into the act, and was a little
chagrined because most of the absent
members were Republicans opposed
the suspension of the call and moved
the sergeant-at-arms go out, and get
the boys. So they waited. After a
length of time it was obvious prog
ress was being made slowly, so even
George gave up and the vote was
taken. Graybill got his bill sent back
to committee, where to the best of
my knowledge it still rests quietly. 1t
was a pleasure to see, just once, the
boys knocked back on their heels,
and they were surprised!
But what the Republicans did to
their own Education Committee
chairman Wednesday afternoon was
absolute murder! 1t is regrettable
that the whole nasty thing had to
happen to Mrs. Reed who has work
ed hard and conscientiously on the
Education Committee as Chairman.
Apparently the Republicans had not
afforded her the courtesy of letting
her know they were going to amend
the bill, and the amendments were
ones that were not drawn by just
"any" representative. 1t was cal
culated, well planned move. Speaker
of the House Dean Chaffin who made
his first appearance as Rep. Chaffin,
from the floor, Rep. O'Connor and
Rep. Omholt were leaders in the bat
tie against her and the foundation
program.
l feel sorry for Governor Aron-
son because of the state of affairs
this Republican legislature is going
to leave the state government in for
the next two years. But he can take
heart, maybe next session there will |
be a few more Democrats in the
House and Senate who will be more
toward state government
and he will ge given some financial
backing with which to work. The
Governor laid down no plans in his
address from which his party could
build; he left the plans in their hands.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-20

spoke of the word bride, Democrat
ic supporter of the bill legalizing
card games, Rep. Dempsey of Silver
Bow, rejoined "Do you think any
one in his sane mind would give a
Democrat in this session a bribe?"
Mr. Taylor had to admit they would
MT. So who was there left to ac-
cept?
Rep. Rimel and Senator Worden of
Missoula both fought the oil bills
on the same grounds: at might be
good time to question the laws
that have existed since 1927, to see
where and if they are in conflict
with the enabling act"
Senator Wallace of Lake: "If the
word if were taken from the Eng
lish language, Senator Mahoney could
not rise out of his chair"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-02-20
SUB. lib 90 WILL NOT help THE UNEMPLOYED
WORKER. SAYS U.C.C. BOARD MEMBER

% all but destroy the intent of the
unemployment compensation act, and
(2) work to break down wage con-
ditions of men not unemployed, 90
will reduce rather than increase the
average weekly benefit, and (4) make
it impossible for many unemployed
workers to secure unemployment
compensation benefits.
The roll call in the House is as
follows:
For Sub. lib SO and to Emasculate