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Evening star., 1953-03-27
Columbia u. Writer
Called in Inquiry
Into Leftist Books
By Cecil HolIond

A Columbia University pro-
fessor and writer was scheduled
to testify today before the Sen
ate subcommittee investigating
the State Departments overseas
library program.
Chairman Mccarthy of the
subcommittee identified the wit
ness as Bernhard ]. Stern. He is
one of series of authors being
questioned by the subcommittee
in connection with charges that
books by Communist authors and
sympathizers have been pur-
chased and circulated by the
State Department through the
libraries operated as a part of
this country's international in
formation program.
Roy Cohn, chief counsel of the
subcommittee, said a book ed
tied by Prof. Stern is being used
in the library service. He added
that the book is called Under
standing the Russians"
Only One Witness Today.
The Columbia professor was
the only witness called for the
fourt day of public hearings on
the overseas libraries.
Subcommittee members ar
ranged for a short hearing so
they could be on hand to par
ticipate in the Senate debate on
President EisenhoWer's nomina-
tion of Charles E. Bohlen as
United States Ambassador to
Russia. Senator Mccarthy is
one of the leading opponents of
the Bohlen appointment.
Yesterday the subcommittee
heard two writer's refuse to re-
veal whether they had any con-
nections with the Communist
Party-on the grounds of possible
self determination.
They were DaShiell Hammett,
Evening star., 1953-03-27
House Won't Permit Un.American Unit
Ex-Fi|m Writer'S Suit May Call Minister
ToInterupf|ts Work On Pamphlet Attack
BY the Associated Press

The House of Representatives
has no intention of running the
risk of having its business halted
by legal action naming members
as defendants.
1t said so emphatically and
unanimously yesterday in re-
fuSing to permit seven members
OF its Un-American Activities
Committee to appear as defend
ants or make dispositions in a
$51, 1,750,000 suit filed in a State
court in Los Angeles.
The suit was filed by % for
mer film writer's and players
who claim they were black
listed by the industry after
having refused to tell the House
committee whether they belonged
to subversive groups.
Each plaintiff seeks $2,25O, 900
damages from the Congressman,
two committee investigators. 16
film studios, distributors and
movie executives, a Senator and
a former House member.
Congressional defendants in
clude Representatives Velde, Re-
publican. of Illinois; Kearney,
Republican. of New York; Dom
aid Jackson. Republican, of
California; Walter, Democrat. of
Pennsylvania; Moulder, Demo-
crat, of Missouri: Doyle, Demo-
crat, of California, and Frazier,
Democrat, of Tennessee, and
Senator Potter, Republican, of
Michigan, a former committee
member. Others are former
Committee Chairman John S.
Wood. Democrat, of Georgia,
and Committee Agents Louis j.
Russell and William Wheeler.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
General Vote Registrar
Planned in AIbemarIe
Speeial Dispatch 10 The Ster

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Mar. ~.
"A general registrar Of voters
will replace Albemarle County'S
"a precinct registrars. it has been
decided by the County Board Of
Supervisors. The decision re.
quired the vote of the breaker for
the first time in more than 20
years.
The act under which the gen.
eral registrar will be appointed
by the County Electoral Board
provides that the Offices of pre-
cinct registrar are automatically
abolished when the general
registrar qualities. It requires
the Electoral Board to appoint
a general registrar within 80 days
after it receives copy Of the
County Boards resolution, pre-.
sumably within the next few
days.
Evening star., 1953-03-27

author Of such mystery hits as
THE Thin Man." and Mrs. Helen
Goldfrank. described as a writer
of childrens stories under the
name of Helen Kay.
Mr.. Cohn told the hearing the
State Department had reported
that 300 copies of 18 books by
Mr.. Hammett were in 73 informa-
ton centers throughout the
world. He added that 80 copies
of Helen Kay's books were listed
as in use in the service.
Poets Views Changed.
Another witness was Langston
Hughes, the widely-known Negro
poet. A willing witness, Mr..
Hughes testified that he once
held leftist views. although he
was never a member of the Com
muniSt Party. He agreed with
Mr.. Cohn that his earlier writ
ings reflected his Communist
sympathies, and said he had
changed in his thinking about
five years ago.
His earlier works, Mr.. Hughes
said, do not represent his current
thinking. Asked if he thought his
books expressing Communist
Sympathies should be in the
libraries maintained to reflect
the ideals of American democ-
racy in the worldwide struggle
against communism, the poet re-
piled:
Il was certainly amazed to
hear they were being used. I
would certainly say no. I
would very much prefer to see
my later books there"
Another witness was Edwin
Seaver, author of THE Com
pany" and Between the Ham,
mer and the Anvil" He, too, said
he once was a Communist SYM
pathizer but no longer holds such
views.
If you were making up a list
OF books =. to reflect the Amer
lcan way of life" asked Mr.. Cohn,
would you select those books
you wrote when you were a Com
munist sympathizer?
mo, I don't think I would 4"
Mr.. Seaver replied.
Evening star., 1953-03-27

vestigate alleged Communist
influence in churches. The re-
mark was strongly criticized. by
committee members among
others, and Mr. Velde quickly
soft-pedaled the idea.
The Rev. Heist said he is 68
and had paStorates in Indian
apoliS, Denver and California
before retiring on church
pension.
Later in the session. Simon
Lazarus, 68, the producer of
Salt of the Earth" was called
to the stand. but he refused to
identify his partners in the
controversial movie venture. He
denied the film had any Com
muniSt Party financial backing.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
SPECIAL NOTICES

! WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for
any debts other than those con-
tracted by myself LEWIS L.
STRICKLER. 6120 Otis ST.. Land
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Youths Choke Hacker,
Take Watch and $3

A cab driver was choked into
Inconsistencies by three youths
last night and robbed of So and
SIS wristwatch, he told police.
Harry Miles. 43, colored, of
1902 SiXtieth avenue NE, said
he picked up the fares, also COL
ored. in the TOO block of Kenil-
worth avenue NE. In the 1900
block of Mead street NE, they
ordered him to halt the cab. One
grabbed him and choked him.
When he regained conscious
ness. his money and watch were
gone.
Evening star., 1953-03-27

the tough Hammersmith dis
trict.
Police investigations estab-
lished that all three were we'll
known in sleazier bright light
haunts of the West Side.
But Police Supt. P. j. Bev-
eridge told reporters:
I'VE can find no common link
between the murdered women. ."
Police said a main suspect in
the case was spotted near the
murder house last Friday and
was seen taking photographs in
nearby park Monday-the day
before the first corpses were
found. They expressed the belief
that he since has holed up in a
room somewhere in London.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Charlottesville Democrats

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Mar. 27
(SpeciaD The City Democratic
Committee will meet at 8 pm.
Monday at the Courthouse to de-
eide on a primary or convention
method of nominating Demo-
cratic candidates for local elec-
tionS this year.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Hiking Club to Meet

The Wanderbirds Hiking Club
Will meet at $50 am. Sunday at
Twelfth street and New York
avenue NV, where members
will ride to Monocacy River, Md,
and then hike from Monocacy
River to Balls Bluff, Va.
Evening star., 1953-03-27

j WILL NOI DE hESFONSIbLL loE
tracted by myself. LEWIS l.
sTRIcKLER. 612O Otis St. Land
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRON1C
Deyelopment work solicited. Can
co. 5-lSS4. SO
NOTICE.-Notice is hereby given that
special meeting Of the stoGknoIders ;5I Ider
pany, corporation under the laws
of the District of Columbia, will be
held at the ofice OF the Company
D, C, on Wednesday, April y. 1853.
at twelve o'clock noon, for the pur-
pose of voting on the. following
resolution of the Board of Trustees;
passed at special meeting held
That in order to provide addt-
the Increased business of the
The Law'Reporter Printing Company,
a District of Columbia corporation:
hereby calls a special meeting OF
the stockholders of the corporation,
to be held at 518 Fifth Street. NV,
April IS, 1853. at 12 O'Clock, noon:
to vote on a proposal. the approval
of which the trustees recommend,
to increase the capital stock OF the
into 10000 shares of par value OF
$40, each, to Sl62,OOO divided into
16,200 shares OF a par value OF $40
each, and that the stockholders OF
record on April 15, 1853, be issued
asSignable rights to purchase the
new stock to the extent of one share
of the new stock for each two shares
of present stock held by them, at
par, SO per share, said rights to
expire thirty days after the notice
of the approval of the stockholders
to the increase is mailed to each
stockholder. at his usual, place Of
residence. Resolved further that
stockholders not desiring to pur-
chase, shall have the right to as
sign their rights to any other pres
ent Stockholder. Resolved further.
that any rights not exercised before
the expirat tion of said thirty days
shall be sold to present stockholders,
as the Board of Trustees, by resolu-
tIon. may direct. DION S. BIRNEY.
RALPH Pr, BARNARD; NhRI9v, B BRUCE
fAFzMEk. lE Il dEokaE sEosa. ( (, LHAkHNs. MzkMEs
JOSEPH c. McGARRAGHY. .
majority of the Trustees
Evening star., 1953-05-12
MorriueeLicense
Applications

Under d. C. lGU couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day. tDait, three full days
and recetUe the license on the
fifth day. Sundays and hoi-
days are counted the same as
other days.
Tenn.
William G. johnson, 81, and Ruth
Thayer, ;4S, both Of Memphis, Tenn.
Jack Hughes. %. Norfolk, Va, and Helen
Green. 22. 1915 Duncan st. ne.
% susan f Hail. ii. !. Lsndover' foSe Nd. Rio' anu
ave. Sc, and Edith deisier. ss. $50
Oakwood st. Sc.
Jack HasselI, 81; Houston: Tex. and
Annie Johnson, %, 613 Florida ave.
Luther shifaett. 81 615 9Th st. NV. and
Irene Bowen, 80, 719 9th st. NV.
Charles McEnerney. Jr., 81. 2O15 Hillyer
ppl NV. and Mary DWyer' 27. 42o4
Harold Parish, 22, Alexandria. Va, and
Frances Motsinger, 20, Winston Salem.
N. c.
FREQ satP BussnsE ssE.v 50 Tys5yisE W. and
Hush Foster. r.. 20 Randolph pi; NV,
NV.
Willie Newell. 10. 535 5th st. Sc, and
Beatrice Stewart, II. 32s 18th st. ne.
Theodore, Hakim, 90, Brooklyn, n. z;
and Lila Appel 22' 200 Rhode Island
Richard stokes 40 1920 C st. Sc. and
Dorothy Cullens. 80, All Columbia I'd.
NV.
Richard sp9nsgEle e. 2111 os6 St a;T; aSES
st. NV.
Gerritt Fletcher. As. Portage. Mich, and
Margaret Hofer, SO. Norwalk, Conn.
Janss MS5Gis oS9ow:tt r. AEest19 Goa9sle vr pa and
Margaret Dawson. As. Wilmington. Del.
Edward Williams, jr.. 35. Berryville, Va.
and Bette Fahnestock, 81, 3236 Res
ervoir rd. NV.
Sidney Grossman. .35. Rochester. Pa,
and Ina Friedenberg, 23. 5535 Ne
braSka ave. NV.
Bonnie Ward 90. Carey. Ohio.
unies nie., and Margaret Coleman 2S.
Bowling Green Va.
Edward Robinson. 43. College Park. Nd,
Cicero Guyton, As. and Ethel King, %,
both of 500 Dixon ct. s.w
Columbia, and Msvis Fulton, SO. 2o37
VANS e %lsssnDurs as g, W.ysssIy5 ysss5 9. 5eys,
Nerownzia Williams. 20. and Mildred
Phillips Msacbsmh e. sSh lssS sSktHp N St nv ~
and Parthene Donald. 81. Ander-
pobsrt SSbTeveS "a aA1e Morrison st
NV: and Mary Anderson. 20. Philippi.
Howard Jacobs, IS. and Anita Weber, 21,
william Peterson, 29 Joliet. ~. and
william. Ford; IS. 1904 ms iMsssaehusetts
Rsin,er REsfi n;wl MD and Mary P''tas' 3d. MI
Michael Graham. 81. Savannah. Ga,
rrass aad M:EsaFS Msrs snt % San a. A6dno GniSn k sd
and Sara Fox, Is. KetchikSn. Alaska;
Russ Psrtes ir 2s BTidgevills ssS Pa and
virginia Oliver. 81, 42S sth st: Sc.
Joseph ST ssrickland; 6l and; e. = and Ida Smith
both Of i 43o Belmont St: NV.
'fss Fss ssatdn s5S sfn ss p a1d
Va, and Dorothy Hendrix 90 Mon
zR EditR Hairy. 50. o. Selma. Ala. wy. . .nD
Terrence ORourke. 81. Richmond; Calf.
aTna and Betty Be Holtzclaw' 49, 5125 Ben
Louis Eiseman, 70. and Anne cubbase,
HeI@.6 rs both cSttre S5 1al 1th ltFasta St. ne and
Rfn Elsie Cav. 's 81. FarmviIIe' fs" N, c.' e. -"'
Thornton Giles. IS. Thoroushfare. Va.
and Marion Harrison. "a. Pomokey.
ponsld Abbott, 81, and Catherine Bond.
both Of Arlington. Va.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
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Evening star., 1953-08-15

New Jersey. whose State flower
is the violet.
Furthermore violet stems
cooked like any other green's
are delicious and are better for
you than spinach.
Is Once-a-Week Golfer.
Mr.. Beall also has hobby.
He's a golfer-a once-a-week
golfer. And after 20 years, he
confesses, he still is trying to
crack 80.
Off the record, he has another
hobby. That's eating the violet
stems and other strange dishes
his wife whips up in her studies.
When the Bealls move here
they'll be within easy driving
distance to Mr.. BealPs son, Ed
ward D., whose wife and baby
live at 1901 Riggs road, West
HyattSville. His son, a Navy
lieutenant, Junior grade, is on
sea duty now.
Mr.. Beall has two attractive
daughters, Pat and Ronni, or,
"if you want to be formal and
they won't like It," Patricia and
Veronica. Pat is a student nurse
in Norfolk. Ronni, an Ohio
State University coed, probably
will come here with the family
if they find a house before the
fall term opens.
Evening star., 1953-08-15
Tommy ManviIIe Divorce
Voided by Mexican Court

LAREDO, Tex, Aug. Is P.-
Tommy Manville was notified to-
day that a Mexican divorce from
his ninth wife, Anita, has been
voided-after a year of compli-
Gated procedure in Mexican
courts.
Federal Judge Manuel G. Toro
Flores in Nuevo Laredo, across
the Rio Grande from here, in
structed the state judge at Rey-
nosa, Mex, where the divorce
was obtained last August, to
notify both parties the divorce
action was voided.
The ninth wife of the asbestos
heir of New York came to Lare-
do last August but was unable
to get a divorce in Nuevo Laredo.
Her attorney, Jesus M. Tercero,
obtained one at Reynosa.
Later Mrs. Manville asked the
Nuevo Laredo court to annul the
Reynosa proceedings. Toro Flores
granted a permanent injunction
last February which voided the
Reynosa action, but Mr.. Man
vile filed an appeal. Later he
and his wife were reconciled.
Evening star., 1953-08-15
D. {. Driver Held for Jury
On Criminal Attack Charqe

Samuel D. Floyd, a District
colored truck driver charged with
raping a 26-year-old Forestville
(Md.) woman, was held for ac-
ton of the Prince Georges
County Grand Jury yesterday.
Judge Nita S. Hinman Crane
ordered Floyd, 81, of the 800
block of Second street S.W..
committed to the county Jail
without bond after preliminary
hearing in Upper Marlboro Po-
lice Court.
The woman identified Floyd
in the courtroom. She testified
that the defendant accosted her
the night of July 7 after she got
off a bus in Forestville.
She told the court that Floyd
threatened her with a knife and
dragged her to nearby field
where the alleged attack oc-
Cured. After the attack, she
said, Floyd took $28 from her
and warned her not to give an
alarm.
Floyd was picked up in the
District the next day. He had
refused to waive extraditioh but
finally agreed Tuesday to go to
the county voluntarily,
Evening star., 1953-08-15
Go|denberg Buys
ShirIington Coop

Some 500 Virginia sharehold-
ers in the Shirlington Co-opera-
tive Department Store, Arling-
ton. will receive par value for
their stock as the store owner
ship changes hanuS.
Sale of the cooperative to the
Goldenberg Department Store
was announced yesterday. Alan
H. Goldenberg, treasurer of the
Washington firm, did not COM
ment on the sale price.
Dividends on shares in the
Arlington store, established five
years ago, were paid in 1850 and
1851. Total of par value of share
holders stock is about $4,000,
according to M. M. Gubin, man
ager of the Arlington store.
Mr.. Gubin said the store vas
owned by the Consumer Distri-
button Corp. of New York, es-
tablished through endowment of
the late Boston department
store magnate, Edward A. Filene.
He added that a local board
of stockholders approved the
deal, concluded Thursday. The
transfer will become effective in
a few weeks.
Evening star., 1953-08-15
Pistol Puckin' Grandma RepeIs
Ambitious Attack on Lawn

the soprano voice behind the
trusty rifle.
The invaders hesitated, then
slowly began to haul huge
wooden beams from the deck of
the landing craft to the bluff
below Mrs. SienkielewSki.
A workman edged across the
improvised gangplank of beams
but halted uncertainty as the
defender lay aside the rifle and
whipped out a pistol.
Come any further" she
warned, land I'll let you have it,"
Then she climbed the fence
and gave him a shove which sent
him Skidding down the sandy
bank. Soon policemen arrived.
II don't like being pushed
around" the aroused grand
mother informed the hesitant
workmen, the police and assem-
bled spectators.
Mrs. Sienkielewski contends
the Leo G. Butler construction
firm of College Park, Md, parked
the building equipment on her
well-kept lawn by the creek with
out permission. They haven't
offered a fair rental fee, either.
she adds.
Evening star., 1953-08-15
Easfern-CoIoniaI Mercer
Reported Approved
BY The Associoted Press

The Civil Aeronautics Board
has voted to approve merger
of Eastern and Colonial AirlineS,
American Aviation Daily said
yesterday.
The trade publication said the
vote will not be made public for
several months, until it has been
submitted to and acted on by
President Eisenhower.
A spokesman for the CAB said
the board makes no announce
ment on merger cases involving
presidential approval until after
the White House has made its
decision. White House approval
is involved in this case because
the lines serve foreign cities.
A board examiner recon-
mended last June that the pro-
posed merger be approved.
The examiner found that
Eastern already had acquired
control of Colonial in violation
of the Civil Aeronautics Act. but
should be allowed to buy the
smaller company nevertheless.
Evening star., 1953-08-15
FBI Holds BaItimorean
For Turnpike Staying Quiz
BY the Associated Press

GRAFTON, w. Va, Aug. is.
A Baltimore man is being held
by the FBI today for investiga-
tion in the mysterious Pennsyl-
vania turnpike slayings after
his arrest yesterday on Route
so west of here.
Police described him only as
John Waddell of Baltimore.
State Trooper w. r. Withrow
said Waddell was picked up at
truck stop after truckers said
he had been climbing in and out
of parked trucks.
He said Waddell was driving
a Buick, but that an investiga-
ton proved the license plates
were from a Pontiac. The killer
who recently killed two truck
drivers and wounded a third was
believed to be driving a Pontiac.
Evening star., 1953-08-15
Mite Urges 81 Billions
More a Year for Defense
By the Associafed Press

A former State Department
policymaker says the United
States should spend So to So bill
lion more a year on defense
against the possibility of over
whelming atomic attack"
Paul H. Mite, who directed
the State Department planning
staff during the latter part of
the Truman administration,
made the estimate in a speech
last night.
He said third world war ''has
for the time at least been
averted'', but that it seemed GER
tain the hostility of Russia's
rulers against the United States
and other great powers not un-
der their control would continue.
He added it would be tragic
indeed" if Soviet Premier Malen-
kov's intimation that Russia has
the hydrogen bomb secret failed
to produce action.
Evening star., 1953-08-15
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 15.-Chalk
up another round for Mrs. Wan
da K. Sienkielewski, the rifle
totin', pistol-packin' grandma.
She has repulsed the invaders by
sea as we'll as land.
The 57-year-old grandmother
scored her latest victory yester-
day in the SiX-month battle with
a construction company which
has parked some heavy equip
ment on her property just east
of Baltimore.
Discouraged by a wire fence
she built around the equipment
and by the .22-caliber rifle she
always keeps handy-a band of
construction workers decided to
forego another land assault. An
amphibious invasion up adjoin-
ing Bear Creek looked like a
better bet to recover a pipe
layer they need for work on a
So million sewer project.
But when the first invader
stepped off the barge and hit
the beach, Mrs. Sienkielewski
was ready.
Get off my property" said
Evening star., 1953-08-15
Mccarthy Sets Stage
For Open Hearings
On Security in GP0
By J. A. O'Leory

The stage was set today for
public hearing before the Senate
Investigations subcommittee next
week into security conditions at
the Government Printing Office.
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
of Wisconsin, chairman, yester-
day completed a week of pre-
liminary closed-door sessions in
preparation for the open hear
ingS.
One Of the last witnesses in
closed session yesterday was
former woman employe of the
Printing Office who no longer
lives in Washington. Senator
Mccarthy quoted her as having
told the subcommittee she saw
an employe take classified ma
terial on various occasions while
she worked in the print shop.
Senator Mccarthy said the
preliminary closed hearings have
involved two employees still work.
ing at the printing office who are
being investigated by the sub
committee to determine whether
they have ever had Communist
affiliations. The Senator said
both employees have cenied in
the preliminary hearings that
they are now or ever have been
members of the Communist
party.
Throughout the period of
closed sessions. the subcommit-
tee has avoided revealing the
names of any of the witnesses.
The public hearings starting
Monday are expected to throw
more light on the. extent to
which classified material passes
through the Government Print
ing Office.
Early in the week Senator Nc
Carthy said he had information
from the printing Office that it
has handled some Atomic Energy
Commission work. A spokesman
for the Atomic Energy Com
mission replied that the commits
sion never sends restricted data
to the main printing office.
Senator Mccarthy said the
subcommittee talked with two
men from the Navy Department
yesterday who said they had sent
secret atomic energy material to
the printing Office.
Evening star., 1953-08-15

million. The present budget is
$4.2 million.
Mr.. Beall looks the part of a
businessman-the rugged indi-
vidualist type. Forty-f1ve years
old, slightly balding and square,
chinned, he stands 5 feet 8
inches and weighs about 179,
which, he says, is Is pounds too
much.
Is Years in Phone Firm.
For Is years he was with the
Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. in Maryland and was
the western district manager
when he quit. Then he spent
five years with the Celanese
Corp. of America, first in Cum
berland, then in New Jersey, as
assistant superintendent and
superintendent of personnel.
Portsmouth is far different
from Montgomery County. A
river town, Portsmouth is an in
duStrial center known for its
steel and nail mills, and shoe
factories.
A static community for many
years-aS a matter of fact its
population decreased during the
l940s-it has suddenly come to
life with the construction of a
81 billion atomic energy plant.
When the project gets fully un-
der way it will employ some
10000 persons.
The result is that industrial
Portsmouth and rural and sub
urban Montgomery County have
only one thing in common
problems. ~
Traffic congestion, mushroom