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Evening star., 1953-12-24
2He|d for JuryAction
In Purse Snatching

Two young men, charged with
snatching the pocketbook Of a
washington woman returning
home from a sodality meeting
last night, were held for the
grand jury by United States
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence
this morning.
They are Alfred L. Pearson,
Is, and Roy Pearson, 18, cousins
who live in the. first block of
Rhode Island avenue NV.
According to police, Alfred
Pearson jumped from a car
driven by his cousin Roy and
snatched a purse containing
$500 from Mrs. Alice Crowder
of 7O8 Quincy street NV, as she
returned home from a meeting
at st. Gabriel's Catholic Church.
Mrs. Crowder'S screams were
heard by Theodore White. 49,
colored, of 3015 Warder street
NV, who pursued the pair by
car and blocked a cab as one
entered it at Rock Creek Church
road and Fifth street NV.
Mr.. White and the cab driver,
Calvin Cook, 46, colored, of 1741
T street NV, held the suspect,
identified by police as Albert.
until police arrived.
Commissioner Lawrence set
bond for Alfred Pearson at
$500 and for Roy Pearson, who
was arrested by police later on
Mr.. Crowder's description of car,
at $2.5OO.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Capitol Clerks Raise ST 900
For Senate Aide Shot in HoIdup

Senator johnson said Miss
johnson was on the mend, de-
spite a setback two weeks ago.
Miss Lemke was about to
enter the Capitol Vista Apart
ments, 211 Delaware avenue
S.W., where she lived, when she
was confronted by a holdup man
shortly before midnight, No
vember IA.
She said he threatened to kill
her unless she gave him her
purse. She did; but he pointed
a pistol at her and fired. wound
ing her in the lower abdomen.
Wilbert Albert Green, colored,
25, of the 800 block of Second
street S.W., was arrested and
charged with the robbery and
shooting.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Los Angeles Paper. :
Sold 10 Democrats
BY ,hs A.sociosed Pres.

q
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 24.Arfie
controlling interest in the Los
Angeles Daily News. a morning
newspaper. has been bought by
Clinton D. McKinnon, Demo-
cratic Party leader and former
United States Representative.
The sale was announced joint
ly last night by Mr.. McKinnon
and Robert L. Smith, PRESIDENT
and publisher. The price was
not disclosed.
Mr.. McKinnon, of San Diego,
founded the San Diego Journal
in 1914. He sold that paper to
enter politics, and served two
terms in the House. In 1852, he
ran for the United States Senate
but was defeated by William F.
Knowland. Republican.
Mr.. McKinnon is now South-
ern California vice chairman Of
the Democratic State Central
Committee. 49,
The new president and pub
Usher Of The News that the
paper will be pro-Democratic
and pro-labor.
The Daily News. he added, has
$4,000 subscribers and needs
another $4,000 circulation ito
turn the corner" ut.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Policy Shift Studied
In TV 0wnerships
BY the Associated Press

The Communications Commits
sion announced a proposed re-
vision of the, rules for television
station ownership today and
called for public comment.
The announcement said the
commission believes an individ-
ual or company should be per-
mitted to have interests in two
ultra high frequency television
stations in addition to interests
in five very high frequency sta
tions. The present rule, an
nounced November 81. limits an
individual or company to an in
terest in not more than five sta
tions regardless of whether they
are UHF or VHF.
The announcement gave the
public and the industry until
February 1, 1854. to file COM
mentS. Oral arguments may be
held later if they seem neces-
sary, it added.
The commission said there
have been three petitions re-
questing amendment of the rules
to permit additional UHF own
ership< above the limit of five
stations. The petitions were by
the National .Broadcasting Co.,
Inc, which proposed no limit to
ownership of UHF stations;
Allen B. Dumont Laboratories,
Inc. which requested ownership
be limited to eight television sta
tions with not more than five in
the VHF band; and the Ameri-
ican BroadcaSting Co., Inc, Now
American Broadcasting Para
mount Theaters, Inc, which sug-
gested a limit of seven television
stations, no more than five OF
which could be VHF.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Two Exceptions Made
In Speed Data Ban

The Air Force has adopted q
policy Of banning publicity on
attempts to break world speed
records. but already has made
two exceptions to the ruling.
Trevor Gardner. special as
sistant to Air Secretary Harold
E. Talbot, advocated the policy
on the grounds that the results
disclose military information of
aid to the Communists.
But shortly after the policy
was enunicated it was relaxed to
permit two exceptions.
The first involved Maj. Charles
Yeager, who recently set an un7
official record of more than
1000 miles per hour in the X-1A
rocket research plane.
The second relaxation permits
the scheduled transcontinental
speed run by Col. Willard w.
Millikan of Alexandria earlD in
January. The colonel, COM
mander of the Districts 18th
Air National Guard Fighter
Bomber Wing, will fly from Los
Angeles to New York in an
F-86 Sabrejet to kick off a
Nationwide Air Guard recruit
ing drive.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Teachers
Continued From First Page.)

desirability of incre asing
teachers pay.
Budget Director Robert Fowler
said yesterday taxes would have
to be raised to meet the expense
of higher teachers pay. Com
missioner Camalier voiced that
fear today. Mr.. Lowe agreed that
the proposed scales would mean
taxes higher even than those
needed to provide $40 million
yearly to help finance the city's
proposed $306 million public
works improvement program.
Conferees reached agreement
on these major points yesterday:
New pay range for teachers
with bachelors degrees of $500
to $500. The present, range is
$3,440 to $500. The school
board had asked $4,000 to SIS. 500.
New range for teachers with
masters degrees of $4,100 to
$4,000. Present range is $4,016
to SIS, 1872. The board had wanted
$4,100 to $6,100..
A boost for Supt. Hobart M.
Corning from $4,000 to ST, 500.
The school board would get the
right to raise the superintend-
ent's pay as high as $40, 900, pro-
vided the Commissioners agreed.
A reduction from Is to IL in
the number of years it takes
teachers to reach top pay. The
board had wanted a reduction
to seven. Principals would get to
the top in eight years and as
SiStant Superintendents in six.
Retention of a $500 gap be-
tween elementary, junior high
and senior high principals, re-
spectively. The board had wanted
to cut the gap to 5000, meaning
bigger boosts for elementary and
Junior high principals. s
The school board agreed to
drop a request for $500 extra
pay for teachers with 80 college
credits beyond a masters degree.
Also dropped was a plan to re-
store premium efficiency pay to
a few teachers who lost it in a
pay change several years ago.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
She Wanted to Get Married
In Ohio, butWouIdn't 7 ell d Fib

and had never lived in Ohio.
Therefore, she had no home
county there. And a District
license can't be used outside
Washington.
The couple finally settled on a
Silver Spring marriage at the
Woodside Methodist Church par
sonage. Mr.. Tucker, a physicist
at the Naval Ordnance Labora-
tory, lives at 1910 Grace Church
road. Silver Spring.
"You can't tell me that out-of-
state girls don't get married in
Ohio" Mrs. Tucker said. But
she refused to give the address in
Oberlin of her husbands parents
to bypass the law. Instead, they
came here for the wedding.
The couple left today for an
Ohio honeymoon.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
81 States Challenge
Federal Appeals Law
BY the Associased Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. "a
The State of Pennsylvania and
81 other States have challenged
the constitutionality of a Federal
law passed in 1867 which allows
convicted murders and other
criminals to seek appeals in
Federal courts.
The argument was presented
before all seven judges of the
United States Circuit Court of
Appeals. here yesterday by State
Deputy Attorney General Ran
dolph C. Ryder. The action
specifically concerned the ap-
peal of Thomas Elliott, 25,
sentenced to death in April.
1851, for the murder of a Phila-
delphia policeman.
Mr.. Ryder told the court such
appeals have increased greatly
in the last decade. He said they
have "an injurious effect" on
the administration of criminal
justice in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Ryder pointed out that
even the United States Supreme
Court has recognized what he
called "the improperly" of a
single Federal judge reversing a
State court.
Richard j. Blanchard, an at
torney from the Department oi
Justice, was granted go days BY
Chief Judge John Biggs. jr., tc
file an answer to the States
arguments,
Court attaches said most o1
the 48 States are expected tc
join Pennsylvania before the
decision is made.
Evening star., 1953-12-24

A Washington area couple had
to change their wedding plans
because the bride. Montgomery
County school teacher, refused
to tell a fib. II ~
The couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Tucker since Tuesday night, had
planned on a wedding at Ober-
lin, Ohio, where Mr.. Tucker had
spent most of his life.
But a 1850 Ohio law provides
that a marriage license can be
obtained only in the home
county of the bride. A Lorain
(Ohio) clerk turned down the
couples application two weeks
ago.
Mrs. Tucker, the former Miss
Sarah Rogers, of COL Nineteenth
street NV, was born in South
Carolina, worked in Maryland
Evening star., 1953-12-24

Senate and House clerks have
raised more than $1,000 as a
Christmas gift for Miss Elsie
Lemke, 41-year-old Senate aide.
who was shot and critically
wounded November II by a hold
up man.
The gift was carried to Miss
Lemke at Casualty Hospital by
Senator johnson, Democrat, of
Colorado, in whose Office Miss
Lemke was employed.
"She was quite overwhelmed
by it ALL" said Senator johnson.
"And I want to add my thanks
to all the secretaries and clerks
who joined in this cause"
He said her hospital bills ap-
parently would be quite a sum
and that blood donations alone
would cost about $1,000.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Realty Mans S Gun Fails
To Fire, but Bandit FIees

A Northeast real estate man
yesterday scared of a robber
with a pistol that wouldn't fire.
police were told.
Lawrence Jett, owner Of the
Jett Realty Co., 713 Eighth street
NE. said the man held his hand
in his pocket as if he had a gun
and demanded money.
The robber. colored and about
20 year old, glanced away for a
moment and Mr.. Jett grabbed a
SO revolver from his desk and
pulled the trigger.
The gun failed to fire but the
bandit ran like a horse" Mr..
Jett said.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Heavy Greeting

PITTSBURGH. (P.-Business
customers of a Pittsburgh clay
brick factory are receiving some
thing unique in Christmas greet
ingS.
Instead of Christmas cards
the company is sending out
handsomely wrapped packages
They're pretty hefty, as mailmen
will attest:
When you open the package,
what do you find? Just an old
fashioned red brick, inscribed
Merry Christmas"
AS a paper weight, they can't
be beat.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Book World Opposes Dr.. West
| As Librarian Of Congress

OF the American Book Publish
ers' Council. said that publisf1-
ers and librarians look on the.
appointment of the Librarian Of
Congress not Just as a matter
of professional prestige but as
an intensely practical matter
which affects their own Libraries.
Under its vast loan system. the
Library ties together all the Ii
braries of the United States,
and its administration of copy
right laws involves a stake of
millions Of dollars annually.
Publishers and other people
who regard this service as vital. !"
Mr.. Lacy said. "are terribly con-
eerned over having some one in
there without knowledge and ex-
perience Of copyright matters" !"
Two Others Disapprove.
Two other members of the
Ala special committee also
voiced disapprovai of the ap-
poilltment They are q Ralph
Mum. librarian of fathe Carnegie
Library m Pittsburgh~and Ralph
A.. Ul 4eling. director Of the De
truit Ruhlic Library. Both are
past presto dents Of ALA. z e .5s'ss9 5sgs
Actually, .Df West has had IL
| y sy.s4 kx 10 Tsit
brary experience In the
Library Of Congress Though it
was rather brief and long ago.
The records show that he worked
in the Library's catalogue de-
partment. for five or six years.
leaving in 1919.
DR.. West, who lives at 5000
Sedgwick street NV, refuses to
discuss the possibility of his ap-
pointment.
Author Of 3 Books.
DR.. West. who is SO, was grad
uated from George Washington
in 1918 and received his Phi. D.
degree from Johns Hopkins Uni
versity in 1922. He returned to
George Washington as an in
structor in political science in
1922. and four years later was
made an associate professor. He
was associate dean of the School
of Government from 1894. to
1945, has been dean of the Jtlni-
versity's division of special stu
dents since 1945. He was made
chairman of the university Ii
brary committee at the begin
ming of the current academic
year.
He is the author of three
books. French Public Opinion
on the American Civil War. :"
"The American Government"
and 1.-THE Federal Government
of the United States" In June,
1851, he wrote for the Atlantic
Monthly an article called Sen
ator Taft's Foreign Policy"
The last time the ALA rose up
in protest against the naming
of a Librarian of Congress was
in 1899, when President Roose-
velt gave the job to Archibald
MacLeish, the poet, who was
also not a librarian by training
or experience.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
BY Mary McGrory

The book world is registering
sharp protests over reports that
the Nations top library job. Lii
brarian Of Congress. will go to w.
Reed West, professor of political
science at George Washington
University, and dean of the uni
versity's division of special stu
dents.
The White House has refused
to make any statement about
the appointment, bat librarians
are convinced That DR.. West is
front-runner. and they are un-
happy about it.
Leading librarians all over the
country have written to the
White House protesting the
naming Of a professor without
library or administrative expe-
rience. They emphasize it is no
easy task to run the Nations S
greatest library, an institution
with an annual budget of about
$11 million and a staff of 1000
people.
Librarians Want To Talk.
So concerned are librarians
over the possibility of Prof
Vests appointment that the
president of, the American Lii
brary Association. Flora B. Lud-
ington. has Informed the White
House that a special ALA Com
mittee is willing to come to
Washington even during the hol-
iday season to discuss the mat
ter further with President Eisen-
hover. The ALA has, a member
ship of 10000 librarians.
This same special committee
waited on Gen. Eisenhower last
July. after. the resignation of
Luther H. Evans as Librarian of
Congress. At that time they left
at the White House a list of six
qualifications for the job. First
requisite listed was demon
Strated ability in the admins
tration of a large library"
Keyes D. Metcalf, librarian of
Harvard University. said the
West appointment would be "ill-
advised and unfortunate"
"Our chief object" he said,
s'is to keep the Library of Con-
gress from becoming political
football because it would mean
a change of librarian with every
administration. Continuity of
service is essential to the main
tenance of the traditions of the
library"
Urges Professional Direction.
Frederic G. Melcher, publisher
of Publishers Weekly and the
Library Journal, said the ap-
pointment would be "a sad thing
in the face of the library and
in the face of the world, which
looks to the Library of Congress
for leadership"
1.-THE appointment of a scholar.
however admirable a scholar.
would be to lose the full profess
sional direction that a great Ii
brary needs" he said.
Dan Lacy, managing director
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Challenged Ballots
To Decide Outcome
Of Dock Union Vote
BY The Assoeiossd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The
National Labor Relations Board
said today the outcome Of a
neck-and-neck longshore bar
gaining election would not be
known until Monday, with final
results hinging on disposition Of
4.405 challenged ballots among
1924 cast in the two-day bal
loting.
When the counting Of unchal-
lenged ballots ended shortly be-
fore 2 am. (EST), the NLRB
said the independent Interna-
tional Longshoremen's Associa-
tion (HA) was 1892 votes ahead
of the newly formed HA-AFL.
Interunion rivalry f1ared into
sporadic pitched battles along
the waterfront yesterday in
Brooklyn and Staten Island,
where the voting took place.
Heavy police reinforcements
quelled the disturbances.
No Strike Expected.
Charles T. Douds, NLRB re-
gional director, said he did not
believe either union would call
q strike at midnight tonight.
when an 80-day Taft-Hartley
cooling off" injunction expires.
The old LILA, ousted from the
AFL for failure to rid its ranks
of racketeers, staged a five-day
strike last October-which was
halted by the Taft-Hartley in
junction. The no-strike order
was extended later to the LA
AFL.
Results of the election will
determine only which union will
represent New York-New Jersey
1ongshoremen, but some 10000
other dockerS along the East
Coast have their eyes on the
outcome.
The first days balloting, on
Tuesday, was relatively orderly
and quiet-with longshoremen
voting in Manhattan and Jer-
sey City, N. j.
Results Surprising.
Many observers had believed
the election would be walk
away" for the old lila, consid-
ering that the new AFL union
has had comparatively little
time to form ranks and vie for
membership. The fact that the
old LILA leads by less than 1900
unchallenged ballots is consid-
cred a surprising show of
strength by the new union.
The old lila had been consid-
erably encouraged by a $4,000
prediction loan from John l..
Lewis, head of the United Mine
Workers (Ind).
Meanwhile, the New York
Shipping Association, represent
ing ITO shipping and stevedor-
ing firms along the New York
New Jersey water front, stands
ready to talk contract terms with
the union that wins the election.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
, Life ! q II the Y 5.
Life il the y
Greeting Gard
Makes 27st
Annual Shuttle
BY the Assoeia.sd Pres.

OMAHA. Dec. 24.-Lydia M.
Ramer Of Omaha isn't at all sur
prised at the slightly used Christ
mas card she got this year from
Mrs. Charles Ramm of San
Diego, Calf.
It's the same one Miss Ramer
sent Mrs. Ramm last year.
In fact. the card has been
shutting back and forth be-
tween the two at Christmas
time for the last 81 years.
This could go on forever. "
said Miss Ramer, who found the
card still apparently good for
many more round trips.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
DR.. MiNikan Is Buried
ALONGSIDE Noted Artists
q N. A..oe,o,.s pr...

GLENDALE, Calf. Dec. "a
The body Of DR.. Robert A. Milli-
kan, internationally famed
physicist. has been entombed
alongside the final resting places
of sculptor Gutzon Borglum and
composer Carrie Jacobs Bond.
Funeral services for the 85-
year-old Nobel Prize winner were
conducted yesterday at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park.
Mr.. Milikan died Saturday
For many years he was president
of California Institute of Tech
nology at nearby Pasadena.
Evening star., 1953-12-24

president of traffic for Alta,
said that Mr.. Macklin, in addi-
ton to his duties as director OF
the bureau. will assume added
responsibilities. He has been ac-
tive in scheduled aviation for %
years.
He became the director OF
ATA's Military Bureau in 1949
when it was formed for the pur-
pose of handling military traffic
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Good Old Days

/. WINOOSKI, VT. (P.-Some
1000 housewives today began
planning to cook their Christ
mas dinners the old-faShioned
way-in ancestral fireplaces.
The Green Mountain Power
Corp. reported last night that
equipment at its plant in Bur-
lingtOn has failed and there
swill be no gas to operate home
gas stoves for seven to 10 days.
Evening star., 1953-12-24

ence Of Amer
lea since its
inception, has
been chosen
assistant vice
president of
traffic for the
Air Transport
A S S oc iation,
effective Jan
uary l, 1854.
In making
this a n =
ou cement
We S t e r ay ,
Charles Hub
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Non-Com Club Elects
AtWuIter Reed Center

Sergt. Sam B. Ezell has been
elected president of the Nom
Commissioned Officers' Club at
Walter Reed Army Medical Cen
ter. Others elected to the club
board of directors are:
SergtS. Homer E. HaySlip
Robert o. Strider, Harry C.
Jackson. Arizo E. Geiger, Roy c.
England, James C. Fox, Lionel
E. Baker, Hazel B. Langford,
Frankula C. Grammos and James
r. Mitchell. Sergt. Lawrence
Ruhle was appointed secretary
treasurer.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Shurp Teeth

OKLAHOMA CITY, (P).-A
county prisoner coughed up his
secret.
Jailers were wondering where
the inmate kept a razor blade
with which he was constantly
slashing his wrists specifically,
just enough to get sent to the
hospital.
The cough dislodged it from
under his upper plate of false
teeth.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Christmas Joke

DALLAS, Tex. (P.-Former
Democratic Representative Ed
Gossett, stanch conservative
during the Roosevelt Truman
administration, has a new story
he's telling this Christmas.
It concerns, a couple who
were watching the neighbors
prepare for the celebration.
well, I see the JoneSes are
carrying in the Yule log" said
the wife.
The husband took one look.
mo, JONES'" he replied.
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Irish Whisky Drop Due

Lack of a market may bring a
big drop in Irish whisky output
next year. Dublin reports, as the
lifting of restrictions on export
seems to have come too late to
step up sales abroad,
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Foraivinq Village

ALBION, N. Y. R.-Add Yule-
tide cheer: No overtime parking
tickets this week.
Instead. the village gave Of
Tending motorists forgiveness
tags saying: Santa Claus asked
us to let it go this time"
Evening star., 1953-12-24
Frank J. MackIin Named
To ATA Traffic Post

Frank j. Macklin of I'll Avon
place, Alexandria, Va. who has
been director of the Military
Bureau of the Air Traffic Confer
Arizona sun., 1953-01-09

independence at Jaipur. He was
entertained by C. Rajagopalschari,
Governor General at Government
House, New Delhi; toured the un-
touchable. villages of Mysore with
Thokka Bappa and had several in
terviews on world problems with
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime
Minister.
On March 7, 1949, Hustin was
informed that the Supreme Court
of North Carolina had upheld
lower Courts decision that he
should serve 80 days on road
gang for disobeying southern Jim
Grow laws during a bus trip two
years before He began the SEN
tence on March 21, and was re-
leased with eight days good time
on April 13, 1919. His report,
.'Twenty-two Days on the Chain
Gang" was published by the New
Arizona sun., 1953-01-09

York Post and the Afro-American
during August of that year.
In the summer of 1852 he went
to the World Meeting of Friends
in Oxford, and from there went to
Africa, where he visited in the
Gold Coast and Nigeria. While
there he consulted with Nkruma,
the first black Prime Minister in
Africa, and with Azikiwi, one of the
political leaders, as we'll as study
ing African problems and the pos
sibilities of non-violence being used
to correct them. ar
At present, Bayard Rustin serves
as member of the faculty of the
American Friends Service Commit
tee Institutes of international Re-
lations, and spends full time as di-
rector of the College Section of
the American Fellowship of Recon-
Citation. $