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Evening star., 1953-10-06
Vepco Asks Increase
In Electric Rates
Effective January |
Arlington alexandra
Area Charges Boosted
In Company Proposal
Vy the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Oct. 6.-Virginia
Electric & Power Co. today asked
the State Corporation Commits
sion for authority to increase
electric rates effective jan
uary /.
Vepco President Jack G. Holtz-
claw said the company is ask
ing the first Vepco rate increase
in 80 years.
Rates for residential service
would have brought in S.65 per
cent more income if they had
been in effect for the past year.
Mr.. Holtzclaw said.
The new schedule as a whole
he said, would raise the COM
pany's overall revenue slightly
more than per cent.
Would Simplify Rates.
Mr.. Holtzclaw said the higher
rates are sought to secure addi-
tlonal net income the company
nedS and OF unity and simplify
"needleSsly complex" power rates
That exist in the Vepco territory.
The company serves about
tWo-thirdS of Virginia, includ-
Ing areas near Washington and
part OF Northeastern North Car
olina and a small area in West
Virginia.
Rates for gas supplied by Vepco
are not affected.
Under the Vepce proposal
more than 10000 small resi-
dental consumers in areas other
than Alexandria Arlington will
get their bills reduced because
their present top rates cents
will be reduced to Az cents a
kllowatt hour. The top rate in
the Arlington Alexandria area
is nov 3.9 cents a kilowatt hour.
so their rate would be raised.
hfle minimum monthly charge
would be raised to $3.50 for the
entire system.
$2.2 Million Boost.
The proposed rates would have
raised the company's net earn
ingSS after taxes, to about $2.2
million annually. If these rates
had been in effect for the IL
months ended June 81, Mr.. Holtz-
claw said, they would have
amounted to about $4.8 million
gross income, of which Virginians
would have paid about $4.5 mil
lion.
Mr.. Holtzclaw said Vepco is
unable to absorb rising costs of
fuel, labor, material and taxes
without a rate increase.
Evening star., 1953-10-06
SummerfieId Sees
Drive-In Service
For Postal Patrons
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Oct. 6.-Postmas-
ter General Summerfield said to-
day his department eventually
must embark on a huge building
program-and some day may
provide drive-in service.
In an address prepared for the
Inland Daily Press Association
Mr.. Summeffield said that in
some large cities expanding mail
volume is being handled on the
sidewalks, outside the buildings
because of inadequate facili-
ties" He added:
When we do get the money
(from CongresS) to expand anC
build badly needed postal facili-
ties, you can expect modern post
office structures. SubStationS will
be built away from the costly
downtown real estate Sites-away
from traffic congestion, so mail
trucks won't have to fight costly
downtown traffic jams and lost
precious time.
You can look forward to the
post offices of tomorrow having
adequate parking facilities anc
even drive-in service"
Evening star., 1953-10-06
2MiIIion 3-Cent Letters Flown
To Chicago as 7 est Run Opens

may go by air depending on air
space available.
Postmaster General Summer
field headed an early breakfast
delegation of more than $50 in
National Airport's terrace room
at 7 am. The ceremonies, pic
re-taking, newsreels and tele-
vision, ran right up to take-off
time.
An American Airlines DEG
and a United Airlines DC-6 were
off on the first flights at $3.50
am, with a scheduled two hour
and Is minute run to Chicago.
The two other airlines partici-
pating in the experiment are
Trans-Wo and Capital.
Pretty hoStesSes drew lots for
the honor of the first mail bag.
Americans Miss Lisa Abbott, of
Chicago, was the winner.
In addition to mail, 500 copies
of The Star and other Washing
ton newspapers will be on the
new air service. Many of the
newspapers are for delivery to a
luncheon meeting of the Inland
Daily Press Association in Chi
cago. The newspaper service is
not established on q regular
basis.
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Dock Strike in Britain
Ties Up 81 Vessels
By the Assoeinted Press

GLASGOW, Scotland, Oct. s.
Britain had her own dock
strike troubles today. More than
$500 longshoremen were out and
81 ships were idle.
In Glasgow, 5000 men quit
work today to force two union
members to pay back dues. The
walkout idled 20 ships and
brought the busy port to a stand
still.
A wildcat strike of more than
$500 men for the second day
tied up At ships in the twin
ports of Liverpool and Birken-
head. Most of Liverpool's $4,000
lockers stayed on the job, how
ever.
The Liverpool -Birkenhead strik-
ers were demanding the rein
statement of a worker said to
have been fired after refusing to
switch from one ship to an
other.
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Westchester Apartment Sales
To Tenants to Open 7 tomorrow

buildings will be held by the
Realest Corp, and will not be
sold.
The IL acres occupied by
buildings will not be sold, either,
but will be leased for SO years
to the coop corporation formed
for the purchase.
Also to be retained and not
sold by the present owner will
be commercial facilities, includ-
ing dining room, kitchen, grocery
store, garage and other space.
Under the agreement offered
to the tenants, a subsidiary OF
RealeSt Corp, to be known as
the Westchester Management
Corp, will manage the develop
ment for the cooperative corpo-
ration
Plan May Be Changed.
In letter to tenants, the Hag-
ner company said no payments
would be required until the plan
has been declared effective, -
leaving open the possibility that
the coop sales plan may be
changed in case a sufficient
number of coop buyers do not
make purchases.
The sales prices range approx
imately as follows, a spokesman
for the Hagner company said:
Eff1ciencieS, 81 900 to $4,000.
One bedroom, $4,000 to $12,-
900.
Two bedroom, $4,000 to ST.
600.
Three bedroom, $21,6OO to
$25, 5000.
Present tenants include Sec
retary of Commerce Weeks, SEN
atorS Schoeppel of Kansas;
Capehart of Indiana; Ferguson
of Michigan; Goldwater of Ari-
zona and Ives of New York, all
Republicans.
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Pentagon Slows
Payments for
Defense Work
Policy Aims to Keep
Inside Debt Limits,
But Draws Protests
By John A. Giles

The Defense Department is
slowing up payments to defense
contractors in a move to keep
Government expenditures within
the statutory debt limit.
The new policy, which report
edly is drawing heated protests
from affected businesses, is de-
signed to force the producers to
borrow needed working capital
from the banks, rather than to
depend on Government fl
nancing.
Previously the services have
made what have been known as
progress payments" to big con-
tractors during actual construc-
ton time. Now, although such
payments will not be discon-
tinued entirely, the greater por-
ton OF the cost will be paid at
the end of construction.
Assistant Secretary of Defense
Charles S. Thomas declared in
a memorandum that the new
policy was dictated by a need to
keep the expenditure of public
funds within the statutory debt
limit"
Debt Near Ceiling.
The present law places a $275
billion ceiling on the debt which
the administration is permitted
to assume. The public debt now
stands at $272.4 billion.
Congress, in the last session.
refused President Eisenhower's
request for a debt limit increase
The President only last week said
at a press conference that it now
appeared that it would not be
necessary to call a special session
OF Congress to raise the debt
limit.
Mr.. Thomas ordered the serv-
ices ito maintain a tight and
effective control over progress
payments and to exert every pos
sible effort consistent with es-
tablished procurement policies to
persuade defense contractors to
utilize private capital and financ-
ing rather than Government
financing to the greatest extent
possible"
Stress Minimum Spending.
He added that in using prog
ress payments to replenish man
ufacturers working capital,
money was to be spent on a
minimum basis.
Slowing up of such payments
will not reduce the amount which
the Government will finally have
to pay for the manufactured
items. But it will substantially
curtail payments during the cur
rent fiscal year in which the debt
ceiling will pinch.
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Many Longshoremen
Are Back at Work,
But Some Stay Away
Reason Is Not Clear;
New York Shopeups
Are Without Incident
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-Striking
longshoremen returned to work
up and down the East Coast
today in the wake of a court
order, but their absence was
conspicuous at several major
points.
The far-flung Brooklyn docks
were idle through the morning,
police reported, and there were
gaps of inactivity elsewhere
along New York City's water
front.
Across the Hudson River in
Jersey City, union officials
shooed away pickets, but dock
hands failed to answer the
shape-up whistle.
Many longshoremen returned
to work in Philadelphia.
Confusion In Baltimore.
The situation in Baltimore was
confused by what a trade as
sociation called legal technicali-
ties. A full work force was
not expected until tonight.
Whether absenteeism else
where was due to the uneasy
truce on the docks that followed
issuance yesterday of a 1O-day
Taft-Hartley Act injunction or
merely delay in issuing back to
work orders was not clear.
Officials of the striking Inter-
national Longshoremen's Asso-
clation, recently evicted from
the AFL recently on charges of
corruption, have indicated COM
pliance with the Injunction
may not be complete until to-
night or tomorrow.
No Incidents Reported.
Those shape-ups which took
place here this morning were
without incident. One of the
first groups to return to work
was a batch of about 200 men
in a local that has switched it's
allegiance from the ousted ILA
to a new dock union formed by
the AFL.
There were no mixed work
gangs, however, for the rival
unions control workers at differ
ent piers.
At two New York piers II
gangs of longshoremen got busy
handling baggage and supplies
for the liners Andrea Doria.
scheduled to sail at noon, and
the Constitution, departing to-
Qight.
At a third pier the Swedish
American liner Gripsholm moved
into her berth, the first passenger
(See DOCKERS Paon A.ol
Evening star., 1953-10-06
QuadrupIets Are Born
To Australian Woman
By the Associated Press

SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. g.
Ethel Hudson, 38-year-old
grandmother, gave birth to
quadrupletS today, The latest
arrivalS-a boy and three girls
gave her a round dozen children.
Authorities at the Gilgandra
Hospital, 326 miles northwest of
Sydney, said the births were
normal and mother and babies
were doing well. Arriving over
a 312-hour period, the babies
weighed 2 pounds 13 ounces
(the boy) and 3 pounds 13.
Mrs. Hudson had expected
twins. The family has been
living in two tents 2 miles out
of Gilgandra.
"I suppose I'll have to buy
| another tent" father E. r. Hud-
son, a 40-year-old fencing con-
tractor, said in a telephone in
terview.
But New South Wales HouS-
ing Minister Give Evatt soor
promised the family a house
He said the state government
was building three houses al
Gilgandra and the Hudson.
would be allotted the first ont
finished.
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Second Man Dies Of Hurts
In Maryland Accident

A 22-year-old Maryland man
died in Freedman's Hospital
early today from injuries received
Saturday night in an automo-
bile accident near Marbury in
Charles County, Md.
The victim, Carlton H. Thomas,
oolored, of Rison, Md, another
Charles County community, was
the second person to die as a
result of the accident on Mary
land Route 224.
The other was a sailor, Willie
C. Walker, 38, colored, Of Egg
Harbor, N. j., stationed at the
Naval Powder Factory at Indian
Head, Md. Mr.. Thomas was q
civilian employe at the powder
factory.
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Eisenhower Pledges
Efforts 10 Confine
Atom 10 Peace Use
Titupic Force Must
Serve Mankind, He
Tells Churchwomen
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor Staff corresnondent

ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. g.
President Eisenhower promised
in effect today that the United
States will never stop trying to
negotiate an international agree
ment for peaceable use of the
atom.
Painting a stark picture of the
devastation to which continual
ton of an atomic ornaments
race could lead, Gen. Eisen-
hover said:
This horror must not be. This
titanic force must be reduced
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Portal Text Of President Eisenhower
Address. Po9e AS
to the fruitful service of man
kind. If it is within the power
of your leaders, with Gods help,
it will be done"
But the President told the
sixth national assembly of the
United Church Women, Ma
tlonal Council of Churches of
Christ, that the free world must
build, maintain and pay for a
military might assuring us of
reasonable safety from attack
even as it works for peace"
Defines Alternatives.
And he added:
I'VE must certainly make sure
that all the world comprehends.
IN simplest terms, the para
mount alternatives of our day.
The first of these alternatives is
a WaSteful and devastating con-
test in the production of wea-
ponS OF inconceivable power. The
other alternative is a world ever
advancing. in peace and pros
perity through the cooperative
effort of it's nations and peoples.
THE choice that spells terror
and death is symbolized by a
mushroom cloud floating up
ward from the release of the
mightiest natural power yet un-
covered by those who search the
physical universe. The energy
that it typifies is, at this stage
of human knowledge the un-
harnesSed blast. In its wake we
see only sudden and mass de-
struction, erasure of cities, wind
rows of unidentifiable dead, the
possible doom of every nation
and society,"
5000 Women Attend.
The President flew here this
morning to take part IN the ma
tional assembly proceedings in
(See EISENHOWER pape A-6)
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Gruenther FIyino Here

PARIS, Oct 6 (P).-Gen. AL
fred M. Gruenther, supreme al
lied commander in Western Eu-
rope, will fly to New York to speak
at the annual Alfred E. Smith
memorial dinner on Thursday
He will leave here tomorrow, and
will spend two days in WASH
ington before returning here.
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Many Citizens Groups
Aid Delinquency Fight

CONCERNED cITIZENs-Throuoh-
out the city juvenile delinquency is
holding the spotlight OF citizens osso-
ciotions and other group meetings.
For whot on expert and District resi-
dents hove to soy obout it todoy, see
pose B-l.
BAD LITTLE RICH BoYs-chI-
dren Of the sIums have no monopoly
on vondoIism. Howard Whitman de-
scribes the rovoees of boys from So
colled good homes" in todoy's i'm
sediment Of his vondoism series on
pooe "A.
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Bosporus Swim DELAYED

THERAPIA, Turkey, Oct. 6 (A1.
Americas long-distance SWIM
mer. Florence Chadwick, today
postponed until tomorrow her
scheduled round-trip crossing Of
the Bosporus because Of choppy
seas and because the necessary
clearanceS had not been obtained
TO land on a restricted military
area on the Asiatic shore.
Evening star., 1953-10-06

auspicious beginning than that
accorded today's beginning of a
year-long experimental opera
tion between Washington and
Chicago.
The service for a limited vol
ume of Scent first-class mail
may be expanded later if tests
show the public will benefit.
The test means that a limited
amount of mail that would ordi-
narily travel by rail gets on the
air lines. 1t also means that a
letter mailed here in the morn
ing, or even at noon, can reach
Chicago the same day.
The regular Scent first-class
mail destined for Chicago is not
guaranteed air service-but it
Evening star., 1953-10-06

1949, with a terse White House
announcement that an atomic
explosion had occurred in Russia
Shocking as it was, the an
nouncement did not have much
practical effect then and there.
Until 1949, American military
policy was grounded on our pos
session of the atom bomb and
our ability to deliver it in Russia.
This one overwhelming punch
was counted on to balance the
admitted weakness of the free
world in conventional military
strength. Only our atomic stock
pile seemed to keep a check on
Russia's ambitions, and our whole
diplomatic policy leaned. on the
assurance it gave us.
Word that Russia probably had
Evening star., 1953-10-06
By ChorIes J. Yorbrouoh

Two million Washington. let
ters were winging to Chicago to-
day in less than three hours
for cents each.
Regular airmail, which once
cost "a cents, hardly had a more
Evening star., 1953-10-06

New periIs confronting the Nation ore
forcing militory pIonners to toke q
new look at mony theories on which
our notionol defense hos been based.
This is the first OF O series of articles
outlining some Of the thinking thot
underIies the orent decisions oheod.
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Protecting America !,
By Crosby S. Moves

American military thinking
centering squarely in the White
House-appears to be undergo
ing a radical revision these days.
Some have gone SO far as to call
it revolution.
The seeds of the big change
were planted in September,
Evening star., 1953-10-06
Guide for Readers

Amuse'nts A-l6-l7ILost, Found A-3
Classified B. 20l obituory ----A-l4
Comics ---B-22-23l Rodio- -TV ----s-2l
Editorial ----A-l2ISports ---A-l9-2l.
Edit1 Articles Abb Womcn's
Finonciol- abb Section ---B-3-6
Evening star., 1953-10-06

Exhibit at Commerce BuiIdino Shows
Progress IN Aviotion. Poge B-l
Evening star., 1953-10-06

(See DEFENSE, Page A-30
Evening star., 1953-10-06

(See EISENHOWER, Page AS,
Evening star., 1953-10-06

(See DOCKERS, Page A-3O
Evening star., 1953-10-06

Election ofhcials were all set to take
care Of the voters who were expected to
go to the polls in Maine election. What
happened? See "Life in the U. S."
Page A-10.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
HarryH. Campbell,
Formerly With RFC

Harry H. Campbell, 73, retired
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton employe who was we'll
known in Washington musical
circles, died Wednesday at his
home in Wilmette, Ill.
A former resident of Takoma
Park, he retired from the RFC
in 1850 and went to Illinois a
year later. He formerly worked
in the Treasury Department.
Mr.. Campbell, bass soloist,
sang in the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church and several
Episcopal churches here and
formerly taught voice at his
home.
He was born in West Newton,
Pa, and came to Washington as
a boy.
Survivors are his widow, Eu-
genia Booth Campbell; a son,
Harry, Jr., Evanston, H.; two
daughters, Mrs. Robert Johnson,
Wilmette; Mrs. Hubert Visscher,
Atlanta, Ca; two sisters, Mrs.
Eugene w. Bond, 1923 Piney
Branch road, Silver Spring; Miss
Mary B. Campbell, 512 Ashford
road, Silver Spring, and II
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow in Wilmette.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Donald I. Langhorne,
GSA Engineer and
Resident Of Bethesda

Donald T. Langhorne, 48, a
safety engineer with the Gen.
eral Services Administration,
died Wednesday afternoon when
stricken by a heart attack at
his Office.
He lived at 4425 Montgomery
avenue. Bethesda, Md.
A native of Philadelphia, he
was the son of the late George
T. and Frances Larkin Lang
horne.
He was graduated from WorceS-
ter Academy and the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, where
he studied architecture.
After working with the archi-
tectural firm of Delano & Al
drich in New York, Mr.. Lang
horne came to Washington 10
years ago.
He was a member Of the Be-
theSda Presbyterian Church.
His widow, Mrs. Dorothy Terry
Langhorne, survives him, as do
a son, Donald T. jr., and a daugh-
ter, Nancy, all of the home ad-
dress.
Services were to be held at 8
pm. today in Humphreys fu-
neral home, 1857 Wisconsin ave-
nue., Bethesda, with burial in
Parklawn Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Thomas |. Grooms,
Retired Navy Officer

Comdr. Thomas L. Grooms, SO,
U. S. NJ. retired, former engi-
neer attached to the Commerce
Department, died Tuesday at the
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda.
An area resident for seven years,
he lived at 5131 South Eleventh
road, Arlington.
Comdr. Grooms was born in
Watertown, Tenn, and was in
the Navy 80 years before he re-
tired in 1945. He served in both
World Wars and took part in
the battles of Midway, Gilbert
and Marshall Islands.
He was a naval engineer in
Washington with the Commerce
Department when he retired.
Survivors are his widow, a
son, Thomas, jr.. 4: three broth
ers, r. w. Grooms, with the
Army at Fort Bliss; E. j. Grooms,
Indianapolis; Wendell Grooms,
in Utah, and six sisters, Mrs.
Grace Hancock, Mrs. Bessie
Armstrong and Mrs. Monte Rag
land, all of Watertown; Mrs.
Byrd Hall, Murfreesboro, Tenn;
Mrs. Clara Ships, Lebanon,
Tenn, and Mrs. Lena Bradshaw,
Darien, KY.
Funeral services and burial
will be Monday in Lebanon,
Tenn.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Clifford +. Peters, S.,
GEORGETOWN Florist

Clifford F. Peters, SIS, who
owned and operated flower shops
in Georgetown, died Wednesday
at his home, 1926 T street NV.
Mr.. Peters was born in The
Glen, Md, near Potomac. His
father, the late George Fountain
Peters. operated a flour mill
there.
Mr.. Peters and his wife, Sally
w. Peters, operated the Claire
Flower Shop at 1865 Wisconsin
avenue NV, and Claire Florists
at 1243 Wisconsin avenue NV.
Besides his widow. he is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. A.
Maude Peters, Of the T street
address; three sisters, Mrs. Amy
C. Lynn, Glen Echo Heights;
Mrs. Della w. Johnson, Jackson
vile, Fla; Mrs. Lucy v. Kellogg,
of the Washington area, and two
brothers, Lewis A. Peters, dairy
farmer in Howard County, Md,
and Noble Peters, Glen Echo
Heights.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Sunday at Robert
Humphreys funeral home, Rock
vile. Burial will be in Potomac
Methodist Church Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Funeral Rites Monday
For Mrs. George Patton

Funeral services for Mrs. Bea-
trice Aver Patton, widow of the
famed Sd Army commander of
World War II, will be held at
Beverly Farms. Mass, at 8 pm.
Monday, friends here were noti-
fed today.
Mrs. Pa alton was killed
Wednesday when thrown from
her horse during a hunt.
The family has asked that do
nations be sent to the Army Re-
lief Society, United States Mill
tary Academy, West Point, N. Y.
Capt. George Patton, jr., a
son on duty with the 14Oth Tank
Battalion in Korea, is flying
home from Tokyo and is expected
Monday. His wife is the former
jeanne Stanley Holbrook, daug-
ter of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Will
lard Ames Holbrook, 5025 Low
ell street NV.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
J. Martin Quinn, 43,
Assistant Chief Clerk
To Railway President

j. Martin Quinn, 43, assistant
chief clerk to the president Of
the Southern Railway System
here. died yesterday at his home,
512 Fontaine street, Alexandria.
He had been sick several
months.
A native of Alexandria, Mr..
Quinn attended Eastern High
School here. He joined the rail-
road when he was 16, as a clerk
in the law department. He later
served in that department as a
stenographer and as secretary
to the assistant general counsel.
In December. 1943, he was
promoted to secretary to the
vice president in charge of
finance and purchases. He was
appointed to his latest post in
1945.
His widow, Mrs. Pauline Bell
Quinn. and a daughter Paula Of
the Fontaine street address. sur
vive. Other survivors include:
His father, Martin A. Quinn.
Alexandria: two brothers, Thom-
as w. Quinn, Rogers Heights.
Md, and Paul A. Quinn, Falls
Church. Va, and two sisters, Mrs.
John T. Roub, Alexandria, and
Mrs. John L. Thompson, Arling-
ton.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. tomorrow in st. Rita's
Church, Russell road, Alexandria.
Burial Will be in st. Mary'S Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Homer 6. Murphy,
Retired Official Of
Home Owners Loan

Homer Gross Murphy, 73.
retired senior litigation officer
for the Home Owners Loan
Corp. died yesterday in his
home, 100 North Huntington
street. Arlington. He had been
i'll several months.
A native of Plainfield. N. j.,
Mr.. Murphy spent his boyhood
in New York. In 1908 he moved
to Montana and set up home
stead.
He graduated from Chatta-
nooga (Tenn.) College of Law
in 1907 and returned to Montana
to become a member Of the bar
there.
The following year he married
Augusta Hogan, daughter of a
pioneer Montana family. She
died in 1919.
In 1885 Mr.. Murphy left the
firm of MacIntire & Murphy,
which he had helped organize,
to come here as a lawyer for the
HOLC. He retired in 1948.
His survivors include two
daughters, DR.. Eugenia E. Muir
ply of the home address, Sister
Miriam of the Sacred Heart,
Montreal. Canada, and two sons;
DR.. John C. Murphy, Hawthorne.
Wis, and Homer G. Murphy, jr.,
publisher of the Flathead CMont0
Courier.
A requiem mass will be said at
9 am. tomorrow in st. AIMS
Church, Arlington. Burial will
be in Helena, Mont.