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Evening star., 1953-06-14
THE SUNDAY STAR Ass
Washington, D. c. **A
SUNDAY, JUNE II. 1858

status of women. its action
would jeopardize the freedom
of the world and the Constitu-
ton"
Seen As Indictment Of Leader.
Speaking in opposition, Mrs.
Powell charged that the resolu-
ton was a "back- handed indict-
ment of the World Woman's
Party and of Alice Paul, and
therefore inconsistent with pre-
vious policy"
In a statement following the
session, Mrs. Murrell admitted
she authored the motion to make
the party state its position as
to whether it was IAN American
organization working for an
amendment to the Constitution
or whether it was a branch of
the World Woman's Party work.
ing for treaty law"
Last night. the delegates heard
talks by India Edwards. vice
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. and Represen.
tative st. George, Republican,
Of New York.
Addressing the biennial BAN
quet at the Willard Hotel, Mrs.
Edwards told the party to
broaden its program to include
support of legislation benefitting
all minority groups as they work
toward enactment of the equal
rights amendment.
Legislation Can't DO All.
Mrs. Edwards warned that "the
ability to improve our lot, to
attain true equality without any
Of the old sex antagonism will
not come automatically with the
passage of legislation"
Mrs. st. George, who is chief
sponsor of the Equal Rights
Amendment in the House of Rep
resentatives. pointed out that
"the great and crying need for
the amendment is to insure equal
pay for equal work" Stating
that this never will be fully eS-
tablished until the amendment
is passed. Mrs. st. George de-
clared, women neither need
nor want protective legislation.
They want to be free to work
as equals. asking for no special
privileges, but insisting on equal
ity of opportunity and pay"
At aluncheon at the Dodge Ho.
At a luncheon at the Dodge Ho-
given the newspaper. radio and
television women's slant on OPP
portunities for women in those
fields.
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Mrs. Milton Dickerson,
Dental Specialists S Mother

Z Mrs. Milton Bartram Dicker-
son, mother of DR.. Mildred w.
Dickerson, Washington dental
specialist. died Friday at the
home of a daughter. Miss Mar
garet M. Dickerson, Baltimore.
Mrs. Dickerson, a widow, for
merly lived in Marion, Ohio.
Besides DR.. Dickerson, 3 Glen
drive, Alexandria, and Miss Dick
erson, she is survived by another
daughter. Mrs. Hector S. Young,
Marion; two sons, Malcolm G.,
Bloomingdale, Mich; Milton H.,
Miami, Fla; brother, Thomas
G. Mossman, Sunland, Calf; IL
grandchildren and 81 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were to be
held today in Baltimore. Burial
will be tomorrow in Marion.
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Cob Driver, z Women
Robbed. in EorestyiIle

A District cab driver and two
women passengers were robbed
early today while the cab was
stopped in Forestville, Md. it
was reported to Prince Georges
County Police.
Ford Scaverry of ~5005 Meade
street NE, told police he and
his passengers were robbed by
two colored men driving a 1851
Oldsmobile. Mr.. Scaverry told
police the robbers hit him over
the head with a brick before
making their escape.
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AkseI N. Pedersen,
Patent Attorney and
Engineer, Dies

Aksel M. Petersen, IS, patent
attorney. died Friday at his
home, 1887 Rittenhouse street
NV. He had had heart trouble
for more than q year.
Mr.. Petersen came to Wash
ington before World War I and
worked for the Bureau of Stand
ards as a chemist. During World
War I he was in chemical war
fare here. He was graduated
from National University Law
School and was an examiner in
the Patent Office. For many
years he had been a patent at
torney. His Offices were in the
Colorado Building.
Mr.. Petersen was 0born in
Varde, Denmark. He came to
Beverly, Mass. with his parents
when he was an infant. He was
graduated in chemical engi-
neering from Massachusetts, In
Stitute of Technology in 1912.
In 1850 he was made a Fellow
of the American Chemical Insti-
tute.
Mr.. Petersen specialized in COL
lecting objects of art, especially
Chinese art, and had travelled
around the world and across the
Atlantic seven times in pursuit
of his hobby. A trained musician,
he was formerly organist and
choir director for several years
at st. Adams Episcopal Church.
Survivors are his widow, Helen,
and brother and two sisters in
Massachusetts,.
Funeral services will be held
at l pm. tomorrow at Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be private.
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Edward J. Barber, 66,
Steamship Lines Head
By the Associcsed Press

NEW YORK, June 13.-Ed-
ward j. Barber, 66. chairman of
the Board Of Barber Steamship
Lines. Inc. and its affiliated
firms. died today at his home in
the Essex House.
He was born in Liverpool, Eng
land, and was brought to this
country before he was a year old
by his parents, James and Cath
crime Candy Barber.
In 1917 Mr.. Barber became
president of Barber Steamship
Lines. which was started in 1888
as Barber & Co.. Inc, by his
father and his uncle Herbert
Barber. He became board chair
man in 1945.
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Southeast Residents
Awarded for Efforts
InBeautifyingHome

"A group Of Southeast residents
yesterday won recognition for
their part in an intensive citi-
zens' campaign to improve and
maintain beauty Of their neigh
borhood.
The two-month campaign,
sponsored by the Garfield Doug
lass Heights Citizens Associa-
ton, ended yesterday with pres
entation of prizes to residents
who did the best job in keeping
up appearance of their homes.
The prizes. awarded at the
Frederick Douglass Recreation
Center, 1000 Alabama avenue
Sc, were based on cleanliness,
care of lawns and plants, ar
rangement of shrubbery and pro-
visions for trash and garbage
disposal.
Two Spur Program.
In back of the program were
Mrs. Ella r. Foster, president
of the citizens group. and James
G. Banks, an area resident
whose full-time job is rehousing
chief of the District Redevelop-
ment Land Agency.
Mr.. Banks said the programs
Purpose was to develop COM
munity-wide sense of response
bility" in this area, which has
doubled in population within
two years. The area residents,
virtually all negro, include 600
low-income families in public
housing project.
More than 125 residents for
mally entered the property i'm
provement contest. Separate
ratings were made for owners
and tenants, as well as for class
room cleanup inspections in the
areas schools.
Judges for the contests were
William H. Carey, jr.. head of
the District Bureau of Public
Health Engineering; P. j. Ray
ford, science department chief
of Public Schools Division II,
and j. H. Burton, of the j. H.
Burton Landscape Co. The
prizes were awarded by John B.
Duncan, District Recorder OF
Deeds.
List of Winners.
Winners were:
johnson, 312S twenty fourth street Sc,
Fi1 shpp pEs1tGo sGo Nv 1d MFs sreet ATsau s
WfisSt, SsfEhH sins Bf11e rWentyfo%rth vent Street
hTd sn Mls prTs Randy Bssss 1909
Young. ss07 Hartford street Sc: MS:
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore. Taylor. 3121
CLARENCE W. cauley. BIB Twenty-fOuTth
Renters-Mrs. Thelma CUNNINGHAM.
1927 Congress- place Sc, first prize;
Mr.. s. Meachum, l4S1 Bruce place s. e,
Turner, 1925 Congress place Sc. third
prize. Honorable mention: Mr.: and
Mrs. Russell w. Bowler. 1852 Robinson
inson. 1856 Robinson street Sc; Mr..
and Mrs. Rufus Williams. 3166 Robin
son street Sc; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Keyes. 1549 Congress place g. f., and Mr..
and Mrs. Vernon Williams. 1923 Robin
son street Sc.
Classroom cleanliness awards-Second
grade. Turner School, Mrs Katherine
field School. Mrs. Sara T. Roberts,
teacher, and sixth grade, Turner Annex,
E. B. Mercer. teacher.
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1910. he has MI Matthe"S'
been active with the member
ship committee since 1850.
Bringing to his new task ex-
perience as souvenir chairman
and floor chairman in previous
mid-winter dinners, he has also
served as prize and entertain
ment chairman Of the boards
spring outing.
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Mrs. Jennie Atherton, 83;
Trucking Official S Mother

Mrs. Jennie Lee Atherton, 80,
mother of Ray G.. Atherton, gen.
eral manager of the American
Trucking Associations here, died
Saturday in Beggs, Okla, where
she lived.
A widow, she is survived by
Mr.. Atherton, 7615 Sixteenth ave-
nue., Takoma Park, and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services were to be held
today in Beggs with burial Tues
day in Carrollton, Mo.
Evening star., 1953-06-14

ington Board
Mid-W in ter
of Trad d e's
Din er, the
board has an
nounced.
Mr.. M a t.
t h e W S. who
now is chair
man of the
boards Public
Utilities Com
mittee, has
been a men,
ber of the
oard since
NAAP
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Newsnen Ride the Ronqe
AtFortHunt, ,LeornAbout Beef

ranch at Potomac, Md. Wrangler
Evans is from the west-West
Virginia. He said it was no
trouble for him to locate a cast
of rodeo hands. He merely got on
the telephone, not so long dis
tance, and rounded up posse.
For instance, Buster League, a
Texan, was located in Baltimore.
He is a seaman on the DeS-
troyer-tender Everglade. He rode
a bucking Brahma bull and after
the first few leaps was thrown
and stepped on. He was helped
out of the corral but it turned
out he had only scratch. The
bulls hoof grazed his neck.
Another bull of the same breed
broke out of the corral. Glib
Sandefer, who was announcing
from horseback shouted:
Look out for that bull!"
But the members, inspired by
such examples of courage, did
not scatter No one was injured.
The bull was lassoed after
smashing up an automobile.
The show opened with a
parade led by Diane Sandefer,
Edward j. Kelley, superintendent
of National Capital Parks; Orville
Crouch and Fred w. Perkins
of Scripps-Howard Newspaper
Alliance who was chairman of
the affair.
Firemen Called In.
Alphonse Zappelloni, the as
sistant manager, started roast
ing the meat at 10 o'clock Fri
day night. He had beds of glow
ing charcoal 80 feet long. They
were inclosed with corrugated
iron sides and covered with a
wrought iron grill. On them was
the beef, everything but the head,
hoofs, entrails and tail.
One-half hour after he started
cooking he had to call the fire
department. He wasn't doing
any better than anyone else
who has ever tried to broil steaks
over charcoal: the dripping fat
starts the charcoal blazing.
Volunteer flremen quenched
the blaze and everything went
well after that. The beef was
smoked as we'll as broiled. which
added to the flavor. Even after
16 hours it was not overdone.
| It was wonderful.
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Heut CIuims Fourth Death

MEMPHIS, Tenn. June 13 (P).
Record breaking temperatures
claimed fourth life of the week
today when Floyd Collins, so.
year-old city employe. died in .
hospital of heat prostration.
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Sales Tux Cruckdown

West Bengaps governor, DR.. H.
c. Mookerjee. has appealed to
private industry in Calcutta to
help the State Government in
checking the evasion of the sales
tax"
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Quuke in California

HOLLISTER. Calf. June. 13.
(R.-An earthquake jolted homes
and ratified dishes in this central
California area today. No dam
age was reported.
Evening star., 1953-06-14
Board Of Trade Names
Winter Dinner Chairman

Paul Matthews, senior partner
of the accounting firm of Mat
thewS & Sickles, has been ap-
pointed chairman of the Wash
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Area Transit Inquiry
Progress Indicates
Hearings in October

Public hearings may be held
sometime next month on the
Washington transit problem,
Senator Payne. Republican, Of
Maine, in charge of the $35. 900
Senate inquiry, said today.
He voiced satisfaction with the
way the inquiry is progressing.
Accountants and other experts
of the management firm of Ernst
& Ernst are examining records
of the transit companies oper-
ating here.
After consulting with the in
quiry group and members of the
Senate District Committee staff.
Senator Payne said: There is a
possibility the study will have
progressed to a point, sometime
in October. when public hearings
may be scheduled.
Ernst & Ernst has a staff of
about five checking into the A.
nancial history of the Capital
Transit Co. and other firms oper-
ating here. They have obtained
data from both the companies
and the Public Utilities Com
mission.
The Senate District Committee
inquiry was ordered toward the
end of the past session of Con-
gress in response to long
continued complaints about serv-
ice, increased rates and Capital
Transit Co. dividends.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Allied Team Ready
To Talk to POWs
Refusing Return
BY the Associated Press

INDIAN VILLAGE, Korea,
Sept. 15.-TeamS of allied Off
GERS who will attempt to con-
vince United Nations soldiers
who refused repatriation to re-
turn home are due here Thurs
day or Friday, United States
Brig. Gen. A. L. Hamblen said
today.
Gen. Hamblen heads the
group of officers who will talk
with about 800 Koreans and 20
non-Koreans the Communists
said chose to stay behind.
The allied teams will come
fresh from schools where they
rehearsed their roles.
The reluctant prisoners will be
turned over to Indian custody in
the demilitariZed zone near Pan
munjom - probably Sunday -
and the teams probably will be-
gin interviewing the POWs
about September Is.
Gen. Hamblen'S staff will total
about 100 officers from the three
services, handpicked from the
9th Army and from posts in
Japan.
Actually only a few will talk
with the prisoners. Most of the
officers will serve as observers at
interviews by Communist repre-
sentatives for some $4,000 North
Korean and Chinese POWs who
turned down repatriation.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Probers Say Ferry
Wasn't Tied Fast
In Virginia Mishop
By the Associoted Press

HAMPTON, Va, Sept. Is
A day-long investigation has
shown that the ferry accident at
Hampton which cost two lives
resulted because the ferry was
not securely tied to the dock.
D. B. Fugate, director of tolls
for the Virginia Department of
Highways, said yesterday that
deck hands on the ferry, the
jamestown, testified that the
vessel had been made secure
when it entered the Old Point
ferry slip. However, it obviously
wasn't" Mr.. Fugate added.
The two victims, the Rev. and
Mrs. Alexander Robinson of Nor
folk. drowned when their car
dropped between the drifting
ferry and the dock into 40 feet
of water.
The Robinson car was pulling
onto the ferry when the boat
Swayed away from the dock.
A formal investigation of the
accident was scheduled today
before three-man Coast Guard
board.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
White House 10 Study
Jobs Finding Plan for
Displaced Careerisfs

President Eisenhower has
promised to take under consider
alton a request that he issue a
presidential order supplementing
the Civil Service Commissions
new program to find new jobs
for displaced Government career
workers.
The request was made last
week by Representative Broy-
hill, Republican, of Virginia, in
a telegram to the President.
Cites Need for Help.
Mr.. Broyhill told the PreSi-
dent the commissions program
would be made much more effec-
tive if accompanied by a White
House directive. Various de-
partments and agencies would
cooperate more fully if they
knew it was strongly backed by
the President, Mr.. Broyhill de-
clared.
Mr.. Broyhill last night said he
had received a telegram from
President Eisenhower in Denver
promising that the matter would
be turned over to the White
House staff for possible action.
The Virginian said he is "very
encouraged" by the Presidents
prompt response and hopes that
action will soon be taken.
Employees Ask Crack down.
Meanwhile, members of the
new Federal Civil Service Sepa-
rated Career Employees Associa-
ton at a meeting last night
urged the Civil Service Commis-
sion to crack down on agencies
that persist in denying jobs to
displaced careerists.
More than 200 persons at
tended the meeting in the In
terror Department auditorium
and heard the chairman of the
new group. Alton T. Murray, de-
clare that thus far only "a pitt
fully small number" of career
workers have been placed.
Mr.. Murray also urged that q
freeze be placed on all hiring
until jobs are found for the un-
employed career workers. He
also declared an executive order
by President Eisenhower backing
the program would greatly help
the situation.
Evening star., 1953-09-15

destroy the meaning and intent
of the civil service system. as
well as that part of the Veterans
Preference Act relating to Fed
eral employment.
The resolution declared that
agencies already have the privi-
lege of getting rid of incompe-
tent or undesirable employees
through regular regulations,
without having to bypass normal
civil service and veterans pref
erence safeguards.
The Legion declared it would
fight vigorously any legislative
rider move in Congress or &C
tions in the individual depart
ments to fire Federal employees
summarily without the regular
procedure of preferring charges
and, in the case of veterans.
giving the employees the right to
appeal.
In other resolutions, the
Legion:
/. Strongly opposed any move
to modify veterans preference
in Government reduction-in-
force programs.
2. Objected to a new Civil
Service Commission order re-
straining dumping" rights OF
employees in observation-disclosures
programs to their own bureaus.
instead of permitting bump
ing" on an agency-wide basis as
before. This new system cur
tails veterans rights, the Legion
declared in asking that the for
mer system be restored.
A resolution by the Virginia
Department of the American
Legion condemning the use OF
military personnel in civilian
Jobs in the Defense Department
was not acted on after veterans
officials pointed out that a
previous Legion convention al
ready had approved such a reso-
luton and was on permanent
record against such practices.
Another major veterans group.
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
last month voted at its national
convention to oppose any modi-
fication of veterans preference
in Federal reduction-in-force
programs, condemned any move
to bypass civil service and vet
erans' preference regulations in
firing employees and demanded
that the right of agencies to
bypass veterans in favor of nom
veterans in certain cases be cur
tailed. The VFW objected to the
right of agencies to retain nom
veterans over veterans in reduc-
tion-in-force whenever it would
promote the efficiency of the
service" The VFW said this
authority was too vague and
should be allowed only when
the agency can prove that the
veteran is inefficient or guilty of
misconduct.
H&&
INDEFINITES-Civil Service
officials say a new White House
Evening star., 1953-09-15
Baptist Association
To Meet in Arlington

Leading Southern Baptist Con-
vention speakers will address the
semiannual meeting of the Mount
Vernon Baptist Association on
Thursday in Arlington Baptist
Church, Eighth and South Mon
roe streets, Arlington. Va.
The one-day meeting Of the
association. which has 81
churches in Alexandria, Arling-
ton and Fairfax, with $4,000
members. will start at 10 am.
Speakers will include DR.. j. B.
Hill. secretary of the Virginia
Baptist Sunday School Depart
ment; DR.. Porter Routh of Nash
vile, Tenn: secretary-treasurer
of the Southern Baptist Conven-
tion's Executive Committee, and
DR.. Baker James Cauthen. of
the denominations Foreign Mis-
sion Board.
Evening star., 1953-09-15

executive order is needed to per-
NIT permanent status appoint
mentS to be given to many Of the
Governments indefinite en-
ployeS.
There are 100000 fewer per-
manent jobs in Government than
there were on September /. 1850,
when the Whitten rider barring
permanent appointments went
into effect. The Whitten rider
later was modified by Congress to
allow permanent appointments
to be made up to the September.
1850. level.
However, a White House ex-
ecutive order issued after the
original Whitten rider specifically
bars permanent appointments
and civil service legal officials say
new order revising this is
needed if permanent appoint
mentS are to be made. If the
White House agrees to such a
move, about 100000 indefinite
employees who have passed their
civil service exams would be in
line for permanent status ap-
pointments.
AH ~
CSC-Chairman Philip Young of
the Civil Service Commission has
returned after a month-long trip
throughout the country to visit
commission regional Offices and
Federal installations. Mr.. Young
feels that a field trip was nee
eSSary before personnel planning
could be done for the Federal
service as a whole.
PAY-The national AFL con-
vention in st. Louis next week
will be asked to indorSe a reso-
luton calling for Congress to
vote Government classified and
postal workers an $8O0-a-year
pay boost. The resolution was
adopted recently by the AFL
Government Employees Council.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-This is
the week when 100 employees in
the General Accounting Offices
claims division are due to get
their layof notices. The Illi-
nois State Society holds its first
dance of the season at 10 pm.
September 26 in the Shoreham
Hotel. Seven employees at the
National Naval Medical Center
at Bethesda have been given
cash awards for beneficial Sug-
geStions. They are Gault w.
Hoover. Warren j. Woodfield,
Mrs. Edith G. Coe, Arthur j.
Holden, Asa B. Dorsey, Preston
Butt and Edmond C. Fleet. l..
The Civil Service Commission
has approved the placing in
excepted schedule A of the 13
regional and 13 associate re-
gional directors in the new
Evening star., 1953-09-15
$4,000 Gems Stolen
AT Calvert St. Home

Police are searching for a
burglar who yesterday ransacked
a Northwest home and made off
with $3.50 in cash and jewelry
worth an estimated $4,000 to
$4,000.
Mrs. E. M. Mottsman of 3842
Calvert street NV. told police
that a thief broke a f1rSt-floor
window in her house while she
was away and took the jewelry
from a second-story bedroom.
The cash was taken from sew
eral places throughout the
house.
Mrs. Mottsman said the Jew
elry was fully insured and that
an accurate evaluation of the
gems would be made today.
Mr.. MottSman operates the
Swami liquor store, 1924 Eight
eenth street NV.
Evening star., 1953-09-15
N-App|iance Men
Hear Criticism Of
Trade Practices Here

Washington television and ap-
pliance dealers who complain
the business is plagued by dis
counts today heard some jibes
at trade practices here.
About $50 dealers, including
some from neighboring cities,
met at the Shoreham Hotel. The
gathering was regional meet
ing of the National Appliance
and Radio-TV Dealers AsSocia-
ton.
price Wars" Attract u. S.
Mort Farr, a dealer of Upper
Darby, Pa. and a director of
the national association, said
Washington price wars have
made quite story around the
country"
He said advertising of some
Washington dealers. has at
tracted attention elsewhere. He
added that it is not going to be
easy to make people forget ex-
aggerationS in the advertising.
Another speaker, William A.
Blees, assistant to the president
of the Crosley Corp, diagnosed
the industry's basic problems as
having two parts:
Promiscuous selling by manu-
facturers to anybody through
their distributors and promiscu-
GUS buying by dealers from any
body.
Cites Discount Clubs.
The meeting was told by Ber-
nard BurnStiene of the District
of Columbia Business Practice
Counsel, that the appliance busi-
ness here is plagued by price
juggling, selective DISCOUNTS and
bait advertising. He estimated
there are about $50 discount
clubs" in various departments
and agencies of the Government.
He said fair trade" law here
is necessary to bring about "a
more ethical situation"
General chairman of the meet
ing was George C. Webster, gen.
eral manager of John G. Webster
& Sons, Inc.