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Evening star., 1953-06-19

Fairfax Circuit Court Judge
Arthur w. Sinclair will hand
down decision next Thursday
in the rape case of Hampton
Catlett.
Judge Sinclair, who heard the
case yesterday without a jury,
postponed a verdict until that
time so Catlett's Army medical
record can be presented to the
court. Catlett testified he was
discharged from the service be-
cause of nervousness.
Catlett, 80, currently of the
300 block North Columbus street
Alexandria, is charged with at
tacking a 57-year-old grand
mother at Groveton, Va, last
February 25.
The woman, who has IA grown
children and a number of grand
children, testified Catlett grabbed
her by the arm just after she
got off a bus near her sons
home on Lee street in Groveton
II had never seen him before y
she said of her asSailant. HE
said he would walk me home,
said didn't need any help
Dragged to Cabin.
Catlett kept a hold on her
arm, she said, and started to
guide her off the road after they
had walked a short distance
She added:
Il tried to get away. I said
didn't go that way. fell down
or he showed me down. can't
recall. Then he pushed and
dragged me a half block to this
cabin he said was his home. ]
tried to grab a tree to pull away
from him, but I couldn't
reach it.
Il was crying. I couldn't help
but cry. He pushed me up to
the door and held me fast be-
tween his knees while he un-
locked the door"
The victim, a short, plumb
gray-haired woman, said Catlett
attacked her twice when they
got inside the house.
She said Catlett walked from
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Fairfax Begins Trial
OF Convict Charged
In Attack on Woman

The rape trial Of q Virginia
convict began in Fairfax Circuit
Court today.
The convict, 27-year-old Rich
ard Parker, is charged with
attacking a 21-year-old Fran
coma Housewife in the presence
of her two small daughters after
escaping from a prison road gang
on Shirley highway last May 8.
The woman. who weighed only
80 pounds. told police Parker
came to her house and asked for
some water. She said she di-
rected him to q spring near the
Evening star., 1953-06-19

house. He returned a short time
later. she said, came into her
bedroom where she was feeding
her 2-year-old daughter and
assaulted her.
Parker had been working with
a road gang along Shirley high
way near the woman's home. He
was trusty and left the road
gang to go for water. He never
returned.
Parker was the object of o
two-day manhunt throughout
Fairfax County. He was recap
tured by Fairfax County police
after some one saw him come
out of shack on Route 236 near
the town of Fairfax.
Parker was serving a 12-year
sentence for Slashing his wife.
He had served nearly half the
sentence and would have been
eligible for parole soon. He Ii
from Rockbridge County, Va.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Bureau Notes Sharp Drop
In Value Of U. 5. Contracts
Sy the Assoeiatsd Press

The Bureau Of Labor Statistics
today reported a sharp drop in
the value Of contracts awarded
for construction involving Fed
eral funds.
The bureau said such contracts
totaled $626 million during the
first three months of this year
a so per cent drop from the last
quarter Of 1852.
The bureau also said pre-
liminary figures show the first
quarter 1853 total was is per
cent under that of the CORE
spending three-month period in
1852.
Most of the drop from the end
of last year, the report said, was
in electrification projects and
federally owned industrial plants
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Trainee Killed, Is Are Hurt
IN She'll Blast al Fort Dix
By the Assecic,ed Press

FORT DIX, N. j., June 19.-
A mortar shell, exploding toe
soon. killed one soldier and in
jured Is Others during a firing
range demonstration at Fort Dix
yesterday.
The dead man was identified
by Army officials as Pvt. Frank
x. Zirnheld, 20, of Buffalo, N. Y.
Capt. Harry Lapham, jr., post
public information officer, said
the accident occurred while the
men. all recruits in the 18th week
of their basic training. were
watching demonstration firing.
The demonstration had been
going on all afternoon and was
almost completed when one CO.
nm. mortar exploded prema-
turely on leaving the firing me-
chaniSm. 1t burst within to Is
feet of the muzzle of the mortar,
Capt. Lapham said.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Airline Cargo Agent Held
In Theft Of 6S7 Diamonds
BY the Assecioted Press

CHICAGO, June ia Fed
eral grand Jury yesterday in
dicted an airline cargo agent
charged with the theft of 687
loose-cut diamonds valued at
$4,000.
The agent, John H. Wilson, 10,
Of Chicago, was employed by
Trans World Airlines. Inc, at
Chicago's Midway Airport. He
was arrested May S by FBI
agents.
Kline Weatherford, chief OF
the Chicago FBI Office, said Will
son admitted the theft after
agents found two diamonds on
the floor of his car and more
of them at his home.
The gems belonged to Harry
Neumark & Co. of Chicago and
were en- route to the firms Of
flee in New York when the theft
occurred,
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Funds for ParkIands
Held Up by Highway
Plan, Nye Contends

Federal funds for park!and ac-
quisition here are being with
held, pending action on whether
a leg of new Route 24O will be
extended into sections of Rock
Greek Park, according to former
Senator Gerald P. Nye.
The assertion came from the
former legislator yesterday, as he
led group of Chevy Chase (Md.)
residents fight against the pro-
posed extension of the southeast
leg of the new highway through
the area.
The ex-senator also disclosed
a letter from Interior Secretary
Mckay. asserting his depart
ment will vigorously oppose any
use of the Rock Creek Valley for
arterlal highway purposes"
Seen as Great Asset.
Secretary Mckay, in his letter
termed Rock Greek Park one of
the greatest assets of the Ma
tional Capital.
ANY adverse use of the park
property which would be de-
structive of its natural beauty
would be nothing less than
tragic" he added.
Mr.. Nye said he interpreted
the letter to mean that the
Eisenhower administration is
opposed. to the expressway. He
added Congress also looked with
disfavor on the plan.
Mr.. Nye, in a Commute plea,
urged the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission to preserve Rock Creek
Valley for park, parkway and
recreation purposes.
Senate-House conferees on
the Independent Offices Appro-
priation bill, he said, have not
reported out funds under the
Capper-Cramton Act because
they are waiting to see what the
planning commissions do with
parklands already acquired with
Federal funds.
Although he asserted no pres
sures have been exerted on Con-
gress. Mr.. Nye warned: Il should
go out of my way to see that
no other funds are appropri-
ated" If the expressway is al
lowed to go through the park.
Roads Body Request.
The Maryland State Roads
Commission last week asked the
Maryland planners to grant it
permission to extend the route
through the park.
The Southeast leg would ex-
tend from Wisconsin avenue
through the wealthy Chevy Chase
area to EaSt-West highway at
Beach drive.
Mr.. Nye reiterated his former
charge that the purpose of the
extension was to force open to
an eXpressWay the entire Rock
Greek park IN the District.
Robert M. Watkins, chairman
of the commission, assured some
rs persons at the hearing the
commission has taken no stand
on the question. He added none
would be taken until after con-
ferences next Thursday with the
National Capital Planning Com
mission.
The roads commission" Mr..
Nye said, "is forcing you to be
a leverage in the District to
further destroy Rock Creek
Park"
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Garfield Ceremony Set

DR.. Theodore Winship of the
Laboratory Department at Gar
field Hospital will speak at a
candlelight Gaping ceremony OF
Is student nurses at 1880 O'Clock
tonight in the hospitals kellogg
Auditorium, at Tenth street and
Florida avenue NV.
Evening star., 1953-09-10

tional Office is at 900 F street
NV.
MISUNDERSTANDING Selec-
ton and Development in the
New Administration" will be dis
cusesd by the Society for Per-
Sonnel Administration at 1880
pm. Tuesday in the Archives
Auditorium. John Macy, the
Civil Service Commissions new
executive director, will partici-
pate in the discussion along with
top personnel officials, John Cor
son. Lyle Belsley, John Strug-
giles and Earl Strong.
- Ek
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The fol-
lowing employees in the Navy De-
partment's David Taylor Model
Basin have received awards:
Walter Campbell, Edward H.
BoblitS. length of service GO
years.; Roy E. Frisby, John
Monroe, length of service GO
years.; John Gilbert, meritori-
Gus civilian service: Raymond e.
Converse. Charles M. Atchison,
superior accomplishment: Alfred
j. Wolfson. Charles C. Columbus,
jr.; James C.. Porter, Albert c.
Hawk, George j. Danko, bene-
f1cial suggestions. {. Arlington
County has announced an exam
for billing machine operators at
salaries of $4,000 to $3.50 a year
Apply at the Department of Per-
sonnel. Building tt, Courthouse
Arlington, Va The Ameri-
can Political Science Association
today begins its three-day an
nual meeting in the Mayfiower
and Statler Hotels. Two topics
Of special interest to Federal en-
ployeS are Personnel Admins
tration in Transition" at 2:3O
pm. tomorrow in the Hotel
Statler and President Eisen-
hower's Loyalty Program" at 9::3C
am. Saturday at the same place
Representative Broyhill, Repub-
lican. Of Virginia is drafting a
bill for introduction in Congress
next January to permit Federal
employees to retire with full an
nuities after IS years of service
regardless of age. :. Mrs. Bessie
A. Barco of the Institute of Inter-
American Affairs, Foreign Oper-
ations Administration, has re-
tired after IS years of Govern
ment service.
Evening star., 1953-09-10

Of some procurement Of some
kind
II know maybe 40, so men in
business comparable to that OF
Mr.. Bishop and Mr.. Stephen
son. ! don't think one Of them
has ever lost an opportunity to
advise me, the world at large.
and anyone standing within ear
shot that they have a heck Of a
lot of informtion about possible
contracts.
THAT seems to be quite busi-
ness in this town. If you don't
have the information. Just raise
your eyebrows as though you can
get it.
Evening star., 1953-09-10
Csc Orders RehHing
|0f Justice Lawyer;
Cites Veteran Rights

The Civil Service Commission
has ordered the Justice Depart
ment to rehire an attorney with
veterans preference after ruling
he was dismissed illegally.
The csc held that the at
torney. even though he does not
have Civil Service status, is en-
titled to the procedural safe
guards and appeal rights ac-
corded veterans in Government
jobs.
The Justice Department has
asked for time to consider the
commissions ruling. csc ON
cials said that if the department
does not comply, the veteran in
volved probably would seek court
action.
Differ Over Rights.
The Civil Service Commission
has always held that Federal
workers in excepted schedule A
and B jobs who are veterans are
entitled to procedural safeguards
such as a 30-day notice. a writ
ten letter of charges and the
right to appeal. The Justice De-
partment feels that attorneys in
these jobs are not entitled to
veterans preference procedures.
The principal in the case is
John p. Witsil, a 31-year -old at
torney who formerly served in
Justices criminal division He
was appointed in 1851
Mr.. Witsil was fired on June /
after he rejected suggestions
that he voluntarily resign"
In his appeal to the COM
mission, Mr.. Witsil declared he
had a satisfactory performance
rating and had been promoted
from grade Z to 8 Job last
year.
Justice officials contended they
dismissed Mr.. Witsil under pro-
cedures of the Veterans Pref
erence Act, but the csc ruled
that this was not the case.
Other Cases Coming Up.
Meanwhile, other cases involv-
ing Justice Department attor-
neys are in the courts or heading
for legal action to test whether
attorneys in Government can be
fired without regard to civil
service regulations.
A hearing is scheduled in Dis
trict Court today before Judge
Alexander Holtzoff on the ap-
peal Of Leo A. Roth, another
fired Justice attorney who seeks
his job back. Mr.. Roth received
civil service status in 194l and
contends the Justice Depart
ment ignored civil service regu-
lations and the Lloyd-La Fol-
lette Act which requires that all
employees be given written no
tices Of the charges against
them before they can be fired.
Evening star., 1953-09-10
By John v. Horner

President Eisenhower today
personally welcomed Crown
Prince Akihito of Japan on his
month-long visit to the United
States.
The young prince received a
special invitation to the White
House when the President re-
turned mere from Denver for the
funeral of Chief Justice Vinson.
Prince Akihito had been sched-
uled to see President Eisenhower
IN Boston September 81. The
prince will be touring New Eng
land then and the President is to
be in Boston for a speech that
day.
Guest at Blair House.
The 19-year-old heir apparent
to the Japanese throne was ac-
companied to the White House
by Grand Chamberlain Taxa
nobu Mitani. Foreign Office
Counselor Akira MatSui and
Ambassador Eikichi Araki.
The Crown Prince, who walked
across Pennsylvania avenue
from Blair House. spent about
Is minutes with the President
before photographers were ad-
mitted.
The young visitor presented
Gen. Eisenhower an elaborate
embroidered folding screen as a
gift from his father, the Emperor.
The President was quoted as
saying humorously that as soon
as Mrs. Eisenhower saw the
screen he would lose it.
Had Pleasant Visit
AS he left the White House
by automobile the Crown Prince
told reporters:
II had a very pleasant visit
with the President.
Since his arrival by plane
Tuesday, Crown Prince Akihito
| has been a guest of the Gov
ernment at Blair House. Today
however, he is moving to the
Japanese Embassy, where a
reception is planned for him at
1890 o'clock tonight.
The prince had a private
luncheon today at the Embassy
and will give a formal dinner
for high Government officials at
8 o'clock tonight at the Shera-
toni Carlton Hotel.
A part of today, as yesterday
was spent in Washington sight
Evening star., 1953-09-10
Post Office Employees
will Get Chance al
Promotion Tests Soon

The Post Office Departments Is
clerks and carriers soon will have
an opportunity to take uniform
promotion tests which can quail
ify them for higher positions in
the department, Assistant Post
master General Abrams said
today.
The tests, designed to remove
political favoritism from the de-
partment's personnel operations,
are expected to get under way as
soon as the Civil Service Com
mission can prepare them. Mr..
Abrams said. DR.. Albert Mas
low. assistant chief Of test de-
velopment for csc, has devel-
oped an examination which will
measure not only the candidates
general ability but his person
ality and skill in dealing with
personal relationships.
One of the main purposes OF
the tests, Mr.. Abram said. will
be to advance more employees to
the position of supervisor. Grade
2 postal clerks and carriers in
the $3,170 to $3.50 annual pay
bracket will be eligible to take
the examinations for the super
visory jobs. which pay $4.570.
Mr.. Abrams said that under
Civil Service regulations an en-
ploye who fails an examination
must wait two years before he
can take it again. However, he
said. the department intends to
establish a training program as
soon as the Office of Assistant
Postmaster General for person
mel, now vacant, has been filled
by President Eisenhower.
He said the number Of en-
ployes who could qualify to take
the tests would probably be under
nm mn
Evening star., 1953-09-10
7 Southern Farmers
Accused Of Slavery
BY the Assoeiated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 10.
"A Federal grand jury has in
dicted seven white farmers on
charges of holding Negroes in
slavery and beating them. One
Negro man who tried to run
away allegedly died as the re-
suit of a whipping.
The indictments against six
Alabama farmers and cne Mis-
sissippi man were revealed when
six of the accused men sur
rendered at the United States
marshal's Office yesterday They
were released on bond.
They were identified as Oscar
Edwin Dial, "a; Fred N. Dial, 25;
Grady Clarence Dial, %, and
Robert Mitchell Dial, A, broth
ers; Arthur Arnold Dial, also
known as Otto Dial, 27, a second
cousin of the other DialS, and
Charles Harper, also known as
Francis Harper, Portersville,
Miss.
United Sites District Attorney
Frank johnson, jr., said Lindsay
| VINEYARD Dial, 43. a first cousin
of the DialS, would surrender at
the marshafs Office today under
the same indictments.
All of the Dials are farmers in
Sumter County, Ala, where they
have extensive holdings.
The indictments charge that
the farmers paid fines levied
against the Negroes. then
brought them to the Dial farm
near Boyd, Ala, to work out the
debt, holding them in ''invol-
! untary Seryitude and slavery"
Evening star., 1953-09-10
Eisenhower Greets Akihito
As Prince Visits White House

seeing. Among the places he
was to visit during the day were
the Lincoln and Jefferson Me-
MORALS and the Washington
Monument.
Akihito was honor guest last
night at a State dinner given at
Anderson House by Secretary of
State Dulles, who offered a
toast to the Emperor of Japan
and said:
"On behalf of President Eisen-
hover and the people of the
United States. we are happy to
have you here"
The crown prince responded
with a toast to the President
and said his visit to this country
will be memorable.
Dulles Praises Japan.
II look forward to seeing its
many wonders, he said. Il shall
never forget them, just as I
shall always remember the cor
dial welcome I have been given
Secretary Dulles said the royal
family typif1es the best in Japan
and he paid tribute to the cul-
ture and beauty of that country
He said:
"We are neighborS in the Pa
cif1c and most of our relations
have been friendly. I hope our
association in the future will
always be happy"
The Prince was honored at
lunch yesterday in Blair House
by Vice President Nixon.
Cancels Court Visit.
During the day, the Crown
Prince sent condolences to Mrs
Fred M. Vinson on the death of
the Chief Justice. Out Of respect
to Chief Justice Vinson, a
scheduled visit to the Supreme
Court was Cancelled.
The five-foot, f1ve-inch visitor
will be honored tomorrow after
noon by a National Press Club
reception. Afterwards he plans to
have dinner at the japanese
Embassy with a group of young
friends.
He will leave Washington on
Saturday to spend the week end
at Williamsburg, Va.
Evening star., 1953-09-10
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Parents Strike Ends
At LewisdoIe School

Parents of Lewisdale School
pupils who kept their children
home yesterday, permitted them
to attend classes today after
Prince Georges County school
authorities promised the young
sters would not have to cross a
drainage ditch on foot. Parents
were promised that if a foot
bridge is not built the pupils will
be given bus service.
Evening star., 1953-09-10
Rosewood Probe Ordered

An investigation will be made
of conditions at Rosewood State
Training School, a Maryland
institution for mental detectives.
The State Legislative Council set
up a special committee for the
inquiry. Conditions at Maryland
Penitentiary and the House of
Correction also will be investi-
oated.-A. p
Evening star., 1953-09-10
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Clear
tonight, lowest around SIS. To-
morrow. sunny with highest
about 80.
Maryland - Continued fair
weather tonight and tomorrow.
Slightly warmer in west tomor-
row afternoon. Lowest tonight
$3.50.
Virginia - Continued fair
weather tonight and tomorrow.
Lowest tonight 40-48 in west and
50-55 in east, except about IS
on the coast of extreme south
east portion.
Evening star., 1953-09-10
Alexandra Raises Pay

Alexandria city department
heads will get a 12.5 per cent pay
increase starting october /. City
Council approved the raises last
night. DR.. T. F. McGough,
health officer, was given 500
raise. to $4,000. Then council
voted to raise other department
heads pay, since one depart
ment head won an increase.
Evening star., 1953-09-10

only indefinite
S t a t u S. The
re suit has
been a great
sense of job
insecurity on
the part of
many indeh-
mite employees.
many of whom
h q We passed
civil service
exams to get
their jobs.
Government
p e rSon n e !
4"oiale - .
Evening star., 1953-09-10
Heard Procurement Talk.

Wind-Light northerly winds
tonight and tomorrow.
District Medical Society rag
weed pollen count for "a hours
ending at. 9 O'Clock this morn
ing, A grains per cubic yard OF
air.
River Report.
tProm U 8 Engineersl
Potomac River clear at HarperS Ferry
and clear at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity
tReadings, Washington National Airport
Yesterday Pet Today Pet
Noon -- SO Midnight -- 73
pm. ------ 3o 8 am. ~
Evening star., 1953-09-10
Republican Aide
Ind Per Cent inquiry
May Still Gef Secrets
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to Radiant Manufacturing Co.,
Chicago.
Mr.. Stephenson't Office said
today he had no statement to
make on the case.
Mr.. Stephenson swore before
the House group that he OBJ
tanned the information from a
business tipster. Stanley Bis
hop. To prove that he was tell
ing the truth. Mr.. Stephenson
said he would submit to a lie
detector test.
Mr.. Bishop, however, denied
under oath that he gave the dis
puted information to Mr.. Steph-
enSon.
Representative Hardy. Demo-
crat, of Virginia told Mr. Steph-
enson that, You are one of the
biggest liars that I have ever
listened to-" r
Mr.. Hardy also accused the
Navy Of deliberately trying to
hide the information leak until
the Armed Services Subcommit-
tee started investigating.
The Navy, upon being in
formed of the leak, had Naval
Intelligence investigate. Admiral
T. S. Combs, chief Of the Bureau
of Aeronautics. told the sub
committee:
81 can't sit here and tell
you that there was a leak in the
: Bureau Of Aeronautics. But the
conditions indicate that there
were and that is why j was in
siStent that we get the FBI and
find out all we can about the
thing because if there is, want
to know it. I am not going to
have a bunch Of people that I
can't trust"
The Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation today declined to CT
ment on the progress Of its in-
veStigation. Naval Intelligence
ordinarily would investigate ad-
ministrative problems with the
Navy Department, but the FBI
would be involved If authorities
felt that the leakage Of infor-
nation on bids threatened to
lead to defrauding the Govern
ment on contracts.
In two appearances before the
subcommittee, Mr.. Stephen
son-Who rode the Eisenhower
campaign train the last presi-
dental election-inSiSted that he
got all his information from Mr..
Bishop.
Met in JOnkel's Once.
He said he met Mr.. Bishop in
the Office of Jon Jonkel, con-
troversial publicist who directed
the 1850 campaign Of Senator
Butler, Republican, Of Maryland
and later was fined $4,000 for
violating the Maryland Corrupt
Practices Act in handling cam
paign funds. -
Mr.. Jonkel said he met Mr..
Bishop in the home of Matte
Brown, one-time District boxer
and wrestler who drew a 1912
prison sentence of Is months to
four years in a 1928 payroll
holdup Of the Valley Forge Dis
tributing Co.
Mr.. Stephenson said he got
information about the Navy bids
from two slips of paper from Mr..
Bishop. Mr.. Bishop denied writ
ing anything.
Mr.. Hardy told Mr.. Stephen
son: Zone of you (Mr. Stephen