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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
McKeIdin Will Seek
Speedy Action on
Peace Cross Floods
By J. [. Michael
StoY Stoff coryesooneIenf

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. Gov.
McKeldin will demand speedy
solution of the Bladensburg
Peace Cross flood problem but
he definitely is not committed to
any plan.
THE Governor is open
minded" an executive Office
spokesman emphasized today,
''on all proposals so far sub
mitted and will take the same
view on others that may be Of
fered by qualified engineers.
Reminded that the Governor
has been quoted as saying he
would back plan to elevate
U. S. Route in the Bladensburg
area, the spokesman did not deny
that such an impression had
been given.
But, he declared. "Gov. Nc
Keldin is not an engineer and
has no intention of attempting
to rule on the technical merits
of the various plans.
"His sole objective is to see
that the intolerable situation is
corrected quickly by action which
is economically sound and FEAST
BILE from an engineering stand
point"
Hearing Set For Tuesday.
The Governors attitude was
clarified almost on the eve of
public hearing on the controver-
Sial issue now tossed about in
political currents as swift as
those which muddy the area
after each heavy rain.
State Roads Commission Of
f1cials will conduct the hearing
at 8 pm. Tuesday in the County
Service Building at Hyattsville.
Three proposals have been adj
vanced. One, which has been
pending in Congress for many
years, contemplates large scale
redging operations by Army
lgineers who have jurisdiction
| the tidewater area. This plans
stimated cost is from $12 to
IA million.
Another recently Offered solu-
ion. popularity known as the
)arneille plan, proposes locks
md dams and utilization of
harsh land as a catch-basin. It's
oonaors say it would cost about
3 million.
The third projection, the
ireenhorne plan. calls for rails
ing the road level near Peace
Cross at an estimated cost Of
$500, 900 to be paid by the State,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Year-Round Program
ToCo-ordinate Gifts
To Needy Revealed

A year-round program for CO.
ordination of giving to the
needy was announced last night
by Carl E. Anvil, chairman Of the
United Community Services In
formation and Referral Depart
ment which directs the UCS
Christmas Bureau.
Mr.. Anvil pointed out that
parties and gifts need not be
confined to the Christmas season.
He said several community
groups have expressed interest
in holding Valentine parties for
children in institutions and hos
pitfalls.
Other Events Cited.
Others may wish to plan
Easter parties or sponsor sum-
mer outings or camping activi-
ties, he said. They may obtain
guidance from the department.
Inquiries should be directed to
Mrs. Lucia Whittemore, director,
at Decatur 2-7330
At a meeting of representa-
tives from more than IS agen-
cies dealing with the Christmas
Bureau in December. giving was
recommended to permit parents
to plan their own Christmas
celebration. Cash gifts distrib-
uted through agencies were in
dorsed as the best means of Civ
ing needy families such help.
Some Cause Disappointment.
A letter to one Community
Chest agency illustrated a case
of disappointment caused by we'll
meaning Christmas .givers. 1t
was that of a man who for the
first time in several years had
reached a point where he could
plan a Christmas celebration.
Two days before Christmas, he
came home with a tree. only to
find a group of strangers at his
home trimming a tree which
they had bought. according to
the story.
Early Christmas parties and
registering of plans for gifts and
parties with the Christmas Blu
reau were recommended as means
Of avoiding duplication and pro-
noting the widest possible dis
tribution of gifts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

with perhaps some aid from
Prince Georges County.
It is the latter plan that re-
portedly has been approved and
scheduled for implementation
by Gov. McKeldin and the State
Roads Commission.
Commission Skeptical.
The roads commission, how
ever, is skeptical. At least two
of the commissions three men,
berS have privately made it clear
that they do not favor the
Greenhorne plan although they
are willing to go along with
whatever proposal Gov. Nickel
din and the general public con-
slider best.
They believe the Greenhorne
project would provide only tenn
porary relief and might waste
as much as $750,000.
In addition, they declared
there is the likelihood that areas
adjacent to Bladensburg which
are not affected would be flooded
if the plan is adopted.
Property owners of the Ed
monston section have evisioned
this possibility and are sending
objections to the commission s
Office.
Not q Permanent Solution.
Thomas E. Latimer, chairman
of the Prince Georges commits
sioners, agrees that the elevation
plan does not offer a permanent
solution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Republicans 10 Hear
Endorsements for
Commissioner Posts

Open hearings on recon-
mendations for appointments as
District Commissioner will be
held by the District Young Re-
publican Club at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow in the South American
Room of the Hotel Statler.
Gilbert Hahn, jr., chairman Of
the club'N special Committee on
Patronage, said Endorsement for
the vacancy on the Public Utili-
ties Commission also will be
heard at the meeting.
Among those present will be
Samuel Spencer. Citizens for
Eisenhower candidate for Dis
trict Commissioner.
At the meeting. the young Re-
publicans will analyze the in
dorsements and then make their
recommendations to the District
Republican State Committee.
President Eisenhower has rec
commended that the Commission
ers be increased to five in num-
Der, and legislature to that eff
feet has been introduced by
chairman Case Of the Senate
District Committee. He has
pointed out that the three-man
Board of Commissioners is the
smallest in the United States in
relation to the size Of the city.
and that the five-man body will
give wider representation to all
segments Of the community.
Mr.. Hahn said those persons
presenting. Endorsements should
take note that the District Code
requires commissioners to have
three years Of continuous resi-
dence in the District. He also
asked that a written qualiflca-
lions sheet be furnished at the
time that oral Endorsements are
presented to the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
|YMCA Cornerstone
To Be Sci in Arlington

The cornerstone Of the Airing
ton Negro branch Of the Vet
erans' Memorial YMCA will be
laid at 3 pm. today.
The two-story $4,000 brick
building at Kenmore. and South
Twenty-Second streets in Arling-
ton is scheduled to be finished
in the spring. The County Board
granted a permit for the project
yesterday.
The organization has been
using members homes and school
and church facilities since it was
formed in 1916.
Randolph e. Meyers, general
secretary Of the Metropolitan
Washington YMCA, said this Is
the first of a number Of YMCA
buildings planned In the Metro
politan area for the next several
years.
It's site and much Of the labor
and materials have been donated.
It lists q membership Of about
800.
The Y hopes to enlarge 1t later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Citizens Reject Move
ToAssai| Kneipp's
Job as Traffic Boss

The Federation of Citizens AS
sociations last night voted down
a move to condemn Traffic Di-
rector George E. Kneipp's hand
ling of his department.
The Anacostia Citizens Asso-
citation had criticized MIR. Kneipp
in a letter to the federation last
November. The Anacostia group
charged the traffic director with
failing to cooperate in the
placement of traffic control lights
and other traffic devices in the
southeast section and demanded
his resignation.
Last night, Kenneth Arm
strong, chairman of the fedora
tons safety committee to which
the matter had been referred,
recommended that the Anacostia
groups letter be filed without
further action.
Unable to Judge.
In a report to the federation,
Mr.. Armstrong said: Insofar as
the condemnation of Mr.. Kneipp
is concerned, attention is called
to the fact that the revenue
available for the installation Of
traffic lights is always insufficient
to provide for all that the De-
partment of Vehicles and Traffic
considers necessary.
Therefore some system of
priorities must be followed. The
federation is not in a position to
Judge as to the relative merits
of each installation and there
fore should take no part in the
controversy"
Congress Controls Funds.
Mr.. Armstrong; report as
SGIbCO UI1C Ocbo1C NA1144OuAOy 40 UAA0V
Congress and not the District
controls the amount Of money to
be spent on traffic lights. It said
the Anacostia complaint was a
matter for local handling by
that group.
The report was approved in a
voice vote
In another action the fedora
ton ratified 9 decision Of the
executive board not to submit
views on the mechanics of ending
District school segregation.
Last month the executive
board termed requests for such
views premature" and criticized
the Board of Education for re-
questing proposals at this time.
The federation met In the board
room of the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Trout Cave Is Rock Labyrinth
Of Small Rooms and PASSAGES

Trout cave, where two Wash
ington men were found after be-
ing missing for three days, cuts
into a cliff high in West Vir-
ginia's Allegheny Mountains near
Franklin.
It lies near U. S. Route 22O at
an elevation of nearly 1000 feet
in Pendleton County.
The cave has been explored
many times by psychologists, and
there is evidence that there is
a second entrance at it's end,
nearly $50 yards from the main
entrance.
This cavern, like many others
in West Virginia, contains deep
beds of saltpeter earth, which
was mined extensively during the
Civil War.
Floor of Fallen Rock.
The entrance, 20 feet wide by
Is feet high, leads into long
room of the same general dimen-
sions. This room, with a floor of
fallen rock like most of the re-
mainder of the cavern, extends
$50 feet to the northeast.
Here it sets off toward the west
for a short distance before con-
tinuing northeast as q narrower
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Foirlineton PTA Program

A founders day program.
sponsored by the darlington
Elementary School Parent
Teacher Association, will be held
at 1880 pm. tomorrow In the
school, $500 South Stafford
street. Arlington, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Film on Wild Life

Canada West a color film
sponsored by the District Audu-
bon Society. win be shown by
Bert Harwell, naturalist and wild
life photographer, at 5 and 8
pm. tomorrow at the National
Museum auditorium.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
2-Day Farley Aimed
AT Aiding Growth Of
Israel economically

A two-day conference of Jew
ish community leaders from
across the Nation aimed at
furthering the economic growth
of Israel will open here tonight.
DR.. Israel Goldstein, president
of the American Jewish Con-
gress, will speak at the opening
1870 pm. session of the National
Economic Conference for Israel
in the Shoreham Hotel.
More than 800 are expected to
attend the conference, which will
be devoted to the theme of
American JeWry's part in
strengthening Israels economic
position.
Others who will speak tonight
include Israeli Ambassador Abba
Eban and Henry Morgenthau, jr.,
former Secretary of the Treas
ury. Mr.. Morgenthau now heads
the Board of Governors of the
Israel Bond organiztion.
The conference will close at
noon Monday. At the sessions,
an examination will be made
of the experiences and problems
involved in the sale of State of
Israel Bonds.
In a message to the conferees,
Levi Eshkol, Israel's Finance
Minister, declared that money
raised from the sale of these
bonds is the core" of his coun-
try's development budget.
He added that leach year
brings Israel closer to it's goals
Evening star., 1953-09-26
IA Mail Order Firms
Seek Court Ban on
Parcel Post Rate Rise

Fourteen mail order companies
yesterday brought suit seeking to
injoin Postmaster General Sum-
merfield from putting into effect
increased parcel post rates,
scheduled to begin October /.
According to the complaint,
filed in the U. S. District Court
for the District of Columbia, the
proposed increased rates would
mean an additional $153, ,525 900
to be paid annually by parcel
post users
The complaint also names as
defendants eight members of the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
The suit charges the defend
ants acted outside, the authority
granted them by a 1925 act and
that the new rates were set with
out a hearing and presentation
of evidence.
1t complains that the Post
master General modified proposed
increases for catalogues and men
tions Sears Roebuck & Co. and
Montgomery Ward & Co. and
others as benefitting. This ac-
ton, the suit said, cut about
$3.5 million year from the cost
of parcel post principally ap-
plicable to two major mail order
houses"
The suit was filed in behalf
of the plaintiffs, located in a
number of States, by Attorneys
William A. Roberts and Morton
R. Galane.
Mr.. Roberts said the plaintiffs
deal predominantly in greetings
cards, but also sell jewelry, sta
tionery and cosmetics.
Mr.. Roberts explained the suit
is in the nature of a class suit
and that the increased parcel
post rates concern particularly
the members of the National
Association Of Direct Selling
Companies.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Archbishop Keough 10 Sail
For Rome October ;
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 90
Archbishop Francis j. Keough
leaves for Rome October 3 to at
tend dedication exercises of the
new North American College
building there.
The head of the Baltimore
Archdiocese will sail from New
York aboard the S. S. Constitu-
ton with Bishop Lawrence j.
Sheehan of Bridgeport, Conn,
Bishop John j. Russell of
Charleston, S. c., and a small
group of other clergymen.
The Archbishop will return
November II. The North Ameri-
can College is a seminary for
candidates for the priesthood.
Evening star., 1953-09-26
Cur's Steel Costs $225

PITTSBURGH-Thea amount
of steel used to make a modern
automobile selling for $1,984
costs only 1925. The steel in a
$27.50 electric razor costs a dime,
that in an $11.95 electric iron,
At cents, and that in $3.50 elec-
trio refrigerator, $13.56.
Evening star., 1953-09-26

in food production, irrigation
power, transport. mining, indus
try, housing-the sinewS of self
support"
Evening star., 1953-03-27
BY the Assoeioted Press

LUXEMBOURG, Mar. 81
Perle Mesta, the American wom-
an diplomat whose career in
Spired a musical comedy and a
movie, announced today she is
leaving her post as minister to
Luxembourg on April 13.
Appointed by President Tru-
man after q headline-making ca
reer as a Washington hostess and
Democratic Party campaign
worker, she arrived here on Au-
gust II, 1949.
In a prepared statement, Mrs.
Mesta said: 81 am leaving April
18th. but hope to be able to re-
turn many times for unofficial
visits"
Along with other Truman dip
lomatic appointees, she submitted
her resignation before the inau-
guration of President EiSen-
hover. There had been some
speculation, however, that she
might continue on in the post,
since Gen. Eisenhower and his
wife frequently visited her here
while he was NATO military
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Roberts Broke
Spirit of Law,
Probers Say
BY the Assoeioted Press

TOPEKA, Kansas, Mar. 27.-
A legislative investigating COM
mittee held Friday that Wesley
Roberts violated the spirit" of
the States lobbying law in ham
ding a 1851 building transaction
which netted him a $1,000 fee.
In its findings, based on a 10
day inquiry, the committee said:
Your committee is constrained
to the view that while there is
doubt there was a violation of
the letter of the law, the COM
mittee is firmly convinced that
there has been a violation of the
spirit of the law.
THE protection which it (the
lobbying law was designed to
afford to the people of this State
was deliberately and intention
ally frustrated by Wes Roberts
and Edgar Bennett"
Mr.. Bennett is Grand Master
of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, an insurance order
which engaged Mr.. Roberts to
sell the building to the State.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Mrs. Mesto to Quit as Envoy April 73

Elizabeth II. After that she
will travel in Europe and the
Near East and will return to
Washington in the fall.
She indicated she soon would
be back in Washington giving
more of her fabulous parties.
"Im having a new house built
in Washington" she announced.
The former Minister said she
was not too happy to leave. ex-
planning:
II love Luxembourg and the
people here and I have made
so many friends"
OF her departure from dip
lomatic Office, she commented: !:
After all, I have been here
nearly four years. It is longer
than many"
Evening star., 1953-03-27

and indicated he expects to stay
there.
Asked whether he felt he was
being given a free rein to do the
job he feels should be done at
the State Department, Mr.. Nc
Leod replied: Il wish you
wouldn't ask me that question.
II haven't been hiding out"
he said. II felt it was my job
to just stay where I was and
keep working. The State De-
partment has press officers to
deal with reporters"
Would he testify for Senator
Mccarthy? Mr.. Mcleod didn't
know about that. He said he
had received mo formal invita-
ton in writing"
And Mr.. Bohlen-did Mr.. Nc
Leod consider him a good Sc
curity risk. or a bad one?
The answer was prompt: mo
comment"
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Bulletins
Red Cross Extends Drive

The Metropolitan Area Red
Cross fund campaign was ex-
tended from March 81 to April
10 today as workers reported
contributions to date totaling
S970,4O4 or 63 per cent Of the
S1,531,00O goal.
Green Suit Dismissed
A suit by Attorney John
Locke Green challenging valid
ity of an $11 million Fairfax
County school construction
bond issue was dismissed to-
day by Fairfax Circuit Judge
Paul E. Brown. MIR. Green
noted an appeal to the Vir-
ginia Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Senate District Unit
Adopts Pay Raise for
Police and Firemen
BeoII to Call Up Bill
For Full Committee
Action Next Tuesday

The Public Safety subcommit-
tee of the Senate District Com
mittee today voted quick and
unanimous approval of the
House-passed bill for graded
pay raise for Washington police
and firemen and an increase for
retired members.
Senator Beall, Republican, of
Maryland, said he planned to
call the measure up for action
by the full District Committee at
its meeting scheduled for next
Tuesday morning. Familiar with
the situation in the protective
forces here, all three members
of the subcommittee indorSed
the pay raise move even before
a battery of witnesses had a
chance to repeat testimony pre-
viously given to the House Dis
trict Committee.
Identical With House Bill.
Senator Beall began by say
ing he was the author of a
Senate bill identical with the one
approved by the House.
Senator Payne. Republican, of
Maine, said this amounts to a
question that the District just
can't afford not to meet"
Senator Mansfield. Democrat,
of Montana. said 1--WE thought
for a long time that the safety
forces here have been greatly
underpaid." Later, after listen
ing to testimony, he added I'm
convinced they're not only un-
derpaid but that the forces are
undermanned."
Members of the subcommittee
agreed with witnesses that pre-
sent rates of pay have tended
to keep the departments below
present authorized strength and
that this has been paralleled by
an increase in serious crimes
here.
The subcommittee voted ap-
proval of the House bill in the
face of a warning by William G.
Wilding, deputy budget officer.
that on the basis of present esti-
(See POLICE PAY, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Former Voice Chief
Charges Probers
Are Going Hog-Wi|d
Barrett Makes 1t Plain
He Refers to Mccarthy
t At Senate Hearing
by the Associoted Press

Edward w. Barrett, former
head of the Voice of America,
testified today some investi-
eating Senators are Childish
headline hunters" gone "hog-
wild"
He did not mention Senator
Mccarthy, Republican, of Wis
consin by name, but left little
doubt he was referring to him.
Mr.. Barrett, who once directed
the Voice and the related State
Department overseas informa-
ton program as an Assistant
Secretary of State, offered these
comments before a Senate For
eign Relations Subcommittee.
which like Senator Mccarthy is
investigating this Nations over
seas information machinery.
To triumph in the cold war,
Mr.. Barrett SAID, requires etfec-
tive persuasion to win the
minds of men,"
Sees AntagOnism As Result.
1T does not mean going hog
wild, misconstruing propaganda
as a substitute for action" he
said. 1T does not mean letting
childish headline-hunters fright
en- us into such shrill and stri-
dent techniques as to antagonize
those we seek to win over"
"One might even question if
it means parading the alleged
innerworkings Of Americas prop
aganda mechanism before the
Nations television screens while
(See VOICE, Page AS.
Evening star., 1953-03-27
By John A. Giles

Field Marshal Viscount Mont
gomery arrived here today to be
the White House guest of Presi-
dent Eisenhower and confer
with Government leaders before
starting on an extended tour of
United States military installa-
tions.
The Deputy Supreme Com
mander of allied forces in
Europe was welcomed with full
military honors on his arrival at
National Airport.
On hand to meet Lord Mont
gomery was Gen. Bradley. chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
whose World War II memoirs
were highly critical of him.
The Army's prior announce
Evening star., 1953-03-27
Mcleod AppeorsforU. Quiz,
But Remains Silent on BohIen
Security Chief Denies
He's Been in Hiding
To Avoid Inquiry

State Department Security
Chief R. w. Scott Mcleod, who
for the past week has eluded
questioning on his view of the
Bohlen case, showed up on Cap
itol Hill today-but still kept
silent as to whether he considers
the Ambassador designate to
Moscow a sound security risk.
1t was Mr.. McLeod's reported
disagreement with Secretary of
State Dulles over clearance of
Charles E. Bohlen for the Mos
COW job which kicked off the
controversy last week. Some said
Mr.. Mcleod might resign because
he disapproved of the appoint
ment. Others said he might be
fired because Senator Mccarthy
and other critics seemed so
thorough informed about the
contents of secret FBI files on
Mr.. Bohlen.
Mr.. Mcleod, meanwhile, vir-
tually disappeared from public
view. Senator McCarthy's in
vestigations subcommittee want
ed to question him, but he failed
to make a scheduled appearance
before that group last Saturday.
He stayed out of town over the
week end. When he returned to
his office Tuesday, he remained
inaccessible to reporters.
A reporter caught up with Mr..
Mcleod this morning. as he sat
waiting to testify at a House ju-
dietary subcommittee inquiry on
United Nations employees. The
interview was brief.
Mr.. Mcleod said he still is on
the State Department payroll,