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Evening star., 1953-05-12
Democrats Open Fire
On Reorganization,
Plan for Agriculture
By james E. Roper

Democrats today opened q
heavy barrage on President Els
enhower's proposal to reorganize
the Agriculture Department,
in what appeared to be their first
concerted attack on legislative
proposal of the new admins
tration.
Influential Democratic Senator
Russell Of Georgia cried that the
proposal was nothing more than
a blank check" that would grant
the Secretary of Agriculture more
power than Congress has given in
the past, even to the White
House.
Senator Russell and Senator
Murray, Democrat. of Montana,
testified before a Government
Operations subcommittee as it
opened hearings on the reor.
ganization plan.
Senator Smith Backs Plan.
Subcommittee Chairman Mar
garet Chase Smith of Maine
supported the plan and placed
in the record a message frcm
former President Hoover CALL
ing for adoption of the reor-
ganization "as soon as possible"
Gen. Eisenhower sent the re-
organization proposal to Con-
gress April 9. 1t becomes effec-
tive June 3 unless either the
Senate or House rejects it.
The plan would create two
new assistant secretaries of Ag-
riculture and give Secretary Of
Agriculture Benson control over
numerous agricultural agencies
that now operate more or less
independently. Senator Russell
said it "is purely a sweeping
grant Of power to a non-elected
official-the Secretary of Agri-
culture"
Sees "Abdication of Powers"
If the Congress approves this
reorganization plan," Senator
Russell testified, 1T will repre-.
sent the most complete abdica-
ton of legislative responsibility
and power ever made by this
body
Reorganization plan No. 2 is
nothing but a blank check. It
is not even a blank check made
out to the President of the
United State, but to an ap-
pointive official"
Mr.. Hoover's statement en-
phasized similarity between the
Presidents plan and proposals of
his commission on organization
of the Government. Mr.. Hoover
wrote: "The first necessity in
good and economical executive
administration now is to give re-
sponsibilty and to fix that re.
sponsibility. That is the purpose
of the Presidents plan"
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Berkeley Educators
Select New Officers
SpeeiuI Dispoteh 10 The Star

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, May
12-T. D. Matthews. principal of
Pikeside School has been named
president of the Berkeley County
Education Association. He will
succeed Leo Kesecker.
George O'Brien was named
vice president; Mrs. Stewart
Laidlow, secretary, and Miss
Mary Coe Dillon, treasurer.
New officers of the Classroom
Teachers Association also were
selected. They are Grey Marsh.
president; Mrs. Dorothy Ware,
vice president. and Miss Louise
Dunham. secretary-treasurer.
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is not the prevailing practice in
private industry. Although en-
ploye groups have contended the
majority of private firms will
give employees additional DAYS
off for the holiday, administra-
ton officials say they can find
no evidence this will be true in
most cases.
Where legal holidays fall on
a Sunday. Federal employees are
entitled by law to a holiday on
the following day.
X X - X
GRIND-The job of Civil
Service Commission chairman is
a backbreaking one. In addi-
ton to formulating personnel
policies and programs, the chair
man also is in charge of the
CSC's day-to-day administra-
tive operations. Also, under
President Eisenhower'S new exec
tive order. the csc chairman is
the Presidents personal repre-
sentative on all Government
personnel matters.
To catch up on his work,
Chairman Philip Young came to
his Office last Sunday and worked
until 10 pm.
Il + HA
MONEY BILLS-The House
Appropriations Committee this
week will report three bills con-
tanning the 1854 operating funds
for some Of the Governments
major departments.
The committee tomorrow will
report the Treasury-Post Office
bill. On Thursday, it will act
on the Agriculture Department
measure. and on Friday it will
report the bills for the Labor
tment and the new
Health. Education and Welfare
Department.
-
MAJOR SPEECH-Civil Serv-
ice Commissioner George M.
Moore makes a major speech be-
fore the regional meeting of the
Civil Service Assembly on Thurs
day. in which he will disclose the
Administrators stand on civil
service matters.
+ \
POLITICAL SCHEDULE-The
Civil Service Commission has
approved the removal of the fol-
lowing jobs from civil service and
their inclusion in the new politi-
cal Schedule c.: Interior Depart
ment, Office of the Solicitor, one
confidential assistant to the
Solicitor: Department of Agricul-
ture, one administrative assistant
to the Secretary of Agriculture. .
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Omer
L. Hirst, Annandale real estate
man who is a candidate for the
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Five-da! FOrecaSt

Five-da! FOrecaSt
Temperatures will average
above normal. Warm and humid
tomorrow and Thursday. cooler
over the weekend. Showers and
thunderstorms tomorrow and
Thursday with fair weather by
the end of the week.
River Report.
(From U S Engineers.l
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy
at HarperS Ferry.
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Sanitary Board Blasted

Gov. McKeldin has been asked
by the Montgomery County Civic
Federation to insist that in the
future the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission hold
open public hearings when it is
considering changes in tax rates
and service charges.
The federation criticized the
Governor-appointed commission
for recent rate increases estab-
lished in closed session.
A bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Broyhill, Republican,
of Virginia calling for a study of
Metropolitan Area problems was
Endorsed by the federation.
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Maryland
and
Virginia
Falls Church Council
Awaiting Court Decision
News in Brief

The Falls Church City Coun-
Gil is awaiting State Supreme
Court action on a case that
could result in transfer of Fair
fax County's Oak Street School
to the city without cost.
City Attorney Lytton H. Glib
son said a Chesterfield County
Circuit Court decision, now ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court,
raised the possibility of city &C
QUESTION of the school.
Falls Church and Fairfax still
have not made a financial set
tlement ordered when the town
became a second-class city in
1948 and set up its own school
system.
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Tokomo Budget Offered

If the tentative budget for
1953-54 is adopted by the Takoma
Park City Council, it will provide
for a Scent reduction in the
present rate of $1.03 per 500 of
real estate valuation, effective
July l.
The total budget of about
$370.000 is approximately $50. 900
above the present budget.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
ReuI Double Trouble

CANTERBURY, England, May
IL (P).-Twin British soldiers
were sentenced to twin terms in
Jail on twin charges at a court
martial here yesterday. The
twins, 20-year-old Ronald and
Reginald Kray, were accused OF
slugging their sergeant and going
AWOL. Their sentences were
nine months each.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
VundoIs Dumuqe School

VandalS broke into the Carroll
Junior High School early today
and played havoc with flowers
and potted plants. Two scout
cars and a safe squad cruiser
rushed to the school at First and
Piepre streets NV. but all they
fout& was the damage.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
BUDGET Received

The Alexandria City Council
has received City Manager Ira
Wizards 1953-54 budget proposal,
but the public won't get to look
at it for another week.
Council Daniel Fairfax OLA
herty explained that the charter
gives the council authority to re-
lease the budget whenever it
chooses, and councilmen want to
study the document before re-
leasing it.
"It's up to councils discretion
and we were very discreet to-
day." Mr.. O'Flaherty said.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
Senate Floor Fight
Seen Over Committee
Action on HOUSING
BY J. A. O'Leon

A floor fight in the Senate over
continuation of the Govern
ment's public housing program
was forecast today, following ac-
ton by the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee late yesterday
in voting to authorize $4,000
more units in the coming fiscal
year.
This was the most important
change the Senators made in re-
porting out a $460-million ap-
preparation bill for more than
o score of independent Govern
ment boards and commissions.
For the same agencies the House
had allowed $451 million.
The Budget Bureaus estimates
for the % agencies covered by
the bill amounted to Sill billion,
so both the House and the Sen-
ate committee cut draStlcally
this first 1854 money bill.
$4,000 Units Restored.
The House made no provision
for starting any more public
housing units in the coming year.
Although the Senate committee
restored the $4,000 units recon-
mended by the Eisenhower ad-
ministration, Senator Saltonstall,
Republican, of Massachusetts,, in
charge of the bill, told reporters
there were split votes on several
motions to reduce or eliminate
that figure. He said he assumed
the debate would be renewed in
the Senate.
The Senate committee made
q few last-minute cuts yesterday
below the figures that a Subcom-
mittee previously had approved.
One of these was in President
Eisenhower's emergency fund for
national defense, which was re-
duced from the House figure of
$500, 900 to 100000.
Memorials Fund Cut.
Another was in the item for
construction of memorials and
cemeteries by the American
Battle Monuments Commission.
The subcommitte had recon-
mended $8.5 million, which was
81 million less than the House.
The full committee also recon-
mended that 81 million of the
$8.5 million be taken from coun-
terpart funds of countries receiv-
ing American foreign aid.
The full committee also made
q last-minute cut Of 100000 in
the $3.930.000 the subcommittee
had recommended for salaries
and expenses of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency.
The restiration of the $4,000
public housing units does not
add any money to the bill at this
time, but means the Govern
ment would incur an obligation
for future Federal contributions
to cities when the new houses
are built.
Contribution Denied.
The Senate committee agreed
with the House in omitting for
next year the Governments con-
tribution of about 1868 million
to the Civil Service employees
retirement fund. The Senators
explained that this is merely
deferment of the obligation,
pending new study Of the re-
tirement program, and pointed
out there are ample funds avail
able to meet retirement obliga-
tions.
Although the budget estimates
for these % agencies have been
cut more than so per cent, the
House left for handling in a sep
arate bill later the three biggest
independent agencies-Veterans'
Administration, iva, and Atomic
Energy Commission. The budget |
estimates for these three
agencies amount to $6.4 billion,
and il they had been included
along with the % other inde-
pendent commissions, the House
and the Senate committee would
not have been able to make any,
think like a so per cent overall
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not be in line
with the new
economy pro-
gram. T ey
also say this
situation hap
p e ms only
once in six or
S e v e n years.
so employees
are not being
o u t rageously
cheated.
Also, a d.
m in / Stration
officials say
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Evening star., 1953-05-12
Mrs. Luce on Tour

ROME, May IL (P.-United
States Ambassador Glare Boothe
Luce left Rome today for a three
day tour of southern Italy. 1t is
her first trip outside Rome since
she took up her duties April %.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
Stevenson at New Delhi

NEW DELHI, India, May IL
(R.-Adlai Stevenson returned
to New Delhi today after a six
day flying tour of South India.
He is scheduled to leave for Ka-
rachi Thursday.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
BuIIitt in Formosu

TAIPEH, May 12 (P).-William
c. Bullitt. one-time United
States Ambassador to the So
Wet Union, arrived in this Ma.
tionalist Chinese capital yester-
| day for a visit.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
Love-Sick Prisoner BuIks

A prisoner in Jail in Cairo,
Egypt. went on hunger strike
recently because the warden
would not let him write love
letters,
Evening star., 1953-05-12
The Federal Spotlight
Requests for Extra Days off
On Saturday Holidays Refused
The Federal Spotlight
By joseph Youno

Inc administration has turned thumbs employe
additional days off for the July holidays
which fall Saturdays. ''
The employees had asked for the preceding Friday following
MONDAY so they could have couple holidays But
atinnn nf6ci alSuuara acolds ~
Evening star., 1953-05-12
'OkIuhomu!' Is State Soma

OKLAHOMA CITY, May IL
(R.-A bill making the popular
Broadway show tune, "Ckla-
homa!" the official State song
was signed yesterday by Gov.
Johnston Murray.
Evening star., 1953-05-12

Showers forecast for the New England States tonight
with showers and hundestOrmS due in the Central and
Southern Rockies and from the Ohio Valley westward to the
Central Plains and southwark the Gulf States Elsewhere
generally fair weather is expected will be cooler in the
central third of the country Continued weather
expected for the South Atlantic States with little change
elSew ZAP wirsphoto
Evening star., 1953-05-12

In the. first place. they say it
would prove too costly and would
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Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in tbs
CAPITAL (current month to dateI
Evening star., 1953-03-28

quoted Mr.. Robertson at agree
ing that the United States put
pressure on the Chang Kai-shek
government to carry out the
Yalta agreement. =
Senator Dirksen, Republican,
Of Illinois also based his opposi-
ton on the World War II con-
ferences and inquired:
"If you are going to disavow
Yalta, how do you accept the
architect?"
During the final hours of de-
bate, the supporters of Mr..
Bohlen used very little time be-
cause they were anxious to
avoid delaying the vote another
day. -
Majority Leader Taft inter-
rupted at one point, however,
to remind the Senate of Mr..
Bohlen's own testimony con-
corning Yalta. Senator Taft
said Mr.. Bohlen felt, with the
advantage of hindsight, Yalta
was a mistake. but in the light
of the information available at
the time, it was the best that
could be done. Senator Taft
said that he did not necessarily
agree, but thought the Senate
should have Mr.. Bohlen's posi-
ton.
Evening star., 1953-03-28
By w. Howard Persons
Erie Dispatch Writer.

ERIE, Pa, Mar. 28.-Hundreds
of people stood in the damp cold
early today outside Erie's Union
Station as mercy train arrived
from the three-train wreck 27
miles west of here.
Z The street thoroughfare was
crowded with automobiles, am
balances and hearses-ready to
rush some 152 survivors to hos
pitfalls and hotels. ''-
; A dozen Erie physicians had
medical kits and emergency
equipment in the stations bag
gage room.
The Red Cross had set up a
reception and registration CEN
ter.
Civil defense officials, police
and f1remen were on hand to
lend aid-and they were needed
as the first passengers were
helped and carried from the ele-
vator leading from the train
level.
Awe Inspiring Sight.
It was a wonderful and ter
rible sight-Wonderful to see peo-
pie walking, terrible to watch
the pain-wracked faces of the
critically injured as they were
borne on stretchers and placed
in ambulances and hearSes.
Twenty-three stretcher cases
passed through the baggage
room, II women and nine men.
Evening star., 1953-03-28
Text of Resignation
Letter to President

This is the tert of the letter.
released at the White House.
that Mr.. Roberts Drote to Gen.
Eisenhower on his resignation:
It is with deep regret that
I feel I must tender my resig-
nation as National Chairman
to the members of the Repub-
lican National Committee.
The reasons for this action
I know you are acquainted
with and I am enclosing a
copy of the statement I am
issuing.
I want you to know how
greatly I appreciate the Splen-
did support and cooperation
you have always given the Re-
publican Party and its organi-
zation, and certainly to. me
during my tenure as chairman.
To my mind you are the great,
est leader the Republican
Party and the Nation have had
since the days Of Abraham
Lincoln, and my respect and
admiration will always be
yours.
I cannot say all that is in
my heart, for your cause has
been my cause, and my many
months of devotion to duty I
hope will testify to my sincere
sentiment.
I do want you to know that
I honestly believe that I have
never in all my life committed
a dishonorable act and that
my part in the transaction at
issue was and is to me right
and proper for the best inter-
Evening star., 1953-03-28

This is the tert of President
EiSenhower'S statement on the
resignation of C. Wesley Rob-
erts as chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee:
I have just received a letter
from C. Wesley Roberts in
forming me that he is SUBJ
mitting to the Republican Ma
tional Committee his resigna-
ton as national chairman.
He was selected for that post
in January by the Republican
National Committee with my
concurrence because of our
confidence in his abilities, in
tegrity and character.
A situation involving him
has arisen and I have read the
fortnight public statement
concerning it that he has re-
leased.
Resignation was decided
upon by Mr.. Roberts on his
own initiative. I believe his de.
cision a wise one.
Nevertheless, ] should like to
express appreciation of the
valuable and tireless efforts he
has devoted to the Republican
Party both during the cam
paign and since January as
chairman.
Evening star., 1953-03-28
200 Persons Questioned
In Fort Meade Holdup
RY the Asseeiated Press

FORT MEADE. Md. Mar. %.
NO arrests have been made
although about 200 persons have
been questioned in an intensive
investigation Of the $40, 900 bank
robbery here a week ago yester-
day.
The distinguished looking
holdup man was given the money
in small bills after he threat
ened to hurl a jar filled with
acid into the face Of girl teller.
FBI agents determined from
analysis of some Of the liquid
which spilled from the jaD that
it was a dilute solution Of sui
phuric acid.
Evening star., 1953-03-28
Chicago Divorce Given
To Mrs. Curtis Dawes
BY the Assoeiated Press

CHICAGO. Mar. %. Mrs.
Dorothy P. Dawes, 43, of sub-
urban Winnetka. was granted a
divorce yesterday from Curtis
Dawes, .46, Of Jacksonville, Fla,
vice president of the Seaboard
Oil Co.
Circuit Judge Julius H. Miner
gave Mrs. Dawes icustody Of the
two children, Sue, Is, and Betsey,
IA. and ordered support and
alimony payments of 5000 a
month.
Mrs. Dawes attorneys said an
out-of-court settlement also had
been reached. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dawes were married in 1885.
Mrs. Dawes said Mr.. Dawes de-
serted her March 3, 1852. Mr..
Dawes is a nephew of the late
Charles G. Dawes, Vice President
during the Coolidge administra-
ton.
Evening star., 1953-03-28

Assembly failed to find a solution
last fall and again as recently
as a month ago.
Soviet Reaction Awaited.
Since the new regime Of Prime
Minister Malenkov took over in
Russia, however, there has been
widespread speculation here that
the Communists might soften
their attitude.
The first reaction in U. N.
circles was that the new Peiping
move may be the first step in
response to appeals for concrete
action to support avowed peace
full intentions.
Mr.. Vishinsky still has not
said a word since he got back,
but there is a widespread belief
among U. N. diplomats that he
may reopen the whole Korean
debate before the end of the
current session some time in
April.
Evening star., 1953-03-28
Hundreds in Erie Aid Survivors
Arriving Aboard Mercy Train

Most were unconscious. Others
looked up at the long row Of
faces with dazed expressions.
Still others limped through the
room aided by the even more
fortunate who had escaped Seri-
Gus injury.
Two boys. 2 and 4 years Of
age, dragged along behind their
mother, bewildered by this arena
Of confusion. >... - s
Fireman Carries Boy.
Another little boy, Gregory
Quinn, jr.. of Erie, was wrapped
in a blanket and carried in the
strong arms of a fireman. The
total shock will come when he
learns that his mother, Mrs
Alpha Quinn, was dead. Mrs.
Quinn was the first victim to be
identified.
Then there was a 2-year-old
girl, Barbara Marks of St. Louis,
Mo-, who was going home. She
reached out for the waiting arms
of her grandfather, Martin Rie-
man of orchard Park. N. Y.
Mr.. Rieman had driven more
than 100 miles to Erie after
hearing of the wreck.
There were shrieks, screams
and tears as those awaiting at
the station identified some of
the passengers being helped from
the mercy train.
That was Saturday morning in
Erie'S Union Station.
Evening star., 1953-03-28
Undercover Agent
1estifies on Waste
AT New Jersey Pier
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

A former undercover agent for
the New York City Anti-Crime
Commission testified today he
found loaf1ng. gambling and
waste at a New Jersey water
front terminal which handles the
shipments of military materials
overseas.
Joseph Napolitano of Jersey
City told a Senate Commerce
subcommittee at a televiSed pub
lie hearing that Mayor John v.
Kenny arranged for him to get a
job at the Claremont terminal.
He said he didn't have to do any
hard work but was paid about
$125 a week.
A dark-haired, heavy-set man
who listed his occupation as a
gardener. Mr.. Napolitano was
the first witness called as the
subcommittee continued its in
vestigation of racketeering on the
New York-New Jersey water
front.
Real Tough" Witnesses.
Downey Rice, subcommittee
counsel, said in advance that
other witnesses on top included
some he described as real tough
guys
Thomas Maher, superintendent
of Stevedores for Huron Steve
doring Co.. a subsidiary of the
Grace Lines, told the subcom-
mittee yesterday that two men
were carried on the payroll until
this year under fictitious names
to quiet labor troubles. He
identified one as Tim O'Mara
and the other as Jay O'Connor.
Mr.. Maher said Mr.. O'Connor
was business agent for Local
791 of the International Long
shoremen'S Association and that
Mr.. O'Mara, a public loader,
settled four or five strikes" by
talking to the men.
Mr.. O'Mara subsequently teS-
titled he is a member of Local
791 but refused, on the grounds
of possible elf-incrimination, to
say whether he had any in
duence in handling labor matters.
Stopped After Killing.
Fred M. Rohrer, vice presi-
dent of Grace Lines and the
Huron Stevedoring Company,
testified that payments to the
"phantoms" were stopped i'm
mediately after Staying in
April, 1852. brought the situa-
tion to light.
He said the company esti-
mates that altogether $4,000
was paid to the two "phantoms"
but told the subcommittee none
of it will be included in figuring
Government subsidies paid to
shipping lines.
The subcommittee told Mr..
O'Mara to come back Wednes-
day with his Federal income
tax returns for 1949 through
1852. He said he would bring
the returns but. on advice of
counsel. would not turn them
over to the subcommittee un-
less it showed a presidential
order authorizing it to examine
Federal tax returns.
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Final Vote on TideIands
Due in House Wednesday
Nv the As.ocio,ed Pres,

Senate and House leaders have
cleared the way for floor debate
next week on submerged lands
ownership legislation.
Under procedure agreed upon
late yesterday by the House
Rules Committee, there will be
four hours Of general debate in
the House on Monday. On Tues
day the measure will be open
to amendments, with debate on
each proposed change limited to
five minutes. A final vote thus
is expected Wednesday.
Senator Gordon. Republican,
Of Oregon, who presided at SEN
ate Interior Committee hearings
on the issue. said debate on the
bill approved by that group
would begin on the Senate floor
Wednesday. Senate Majority
Leader Taft said it likely would
last at least q week or 10 days.