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Evening star., 1953-03-24
Eisenhower Appoints
{. F. Howrey as FTC Head

President Eisenhower today
designated Edward F. Howrey as
chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission after accepting the
resignation of James M. Mead
as chairman.
Mr.. Howrey, a Republican and
an attorney here, was confirmed
by the Senate yesterday. Mr..
Mead. a Democrat and a former
Senator from New York. retains
his membership on the commits
sion.
Mr.. Howrey, 40, is one time
Justice Department official who
had been a partner in the law
firm of Sanders, Gravelle, Whit
lock & Howrey since 1929. His
home Is in nearby Burke, Va.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Oldest Inhabitants, Inc.,
Elect William D. Nixon

William D. Nixon of 2915 Uni
versity terrace NV. last night
was elected president Of The
Oldest Inhabitants, Inc, for the
18th time. Five vice presidents
also were reelected. They are,
in precedence:
William H. Burrell, William I,
Lee, j. Howard Quander, Mu-
nicipal Court Judge Almond w
Scott and John C. Payne.
Emmer Martin Lancaster, ad-
wiser to Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer on Negro businesses, ad-
dressed the group. Mr.. Lam
caster spoke on the forthcoming
Conference on Negro Businesses
to be held April 1918 in the
Commerce Department Audi
torium.
A resolution calling on Dis
trict Commissioner Renah F.
Camalier to resign was passed.
The group met in the Odd
Fellows Temple, Ninth and 7
streets NV.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
No End Is in Sight
For the Poor Fish
Buckinq u. S. Dams

Pity the poor fish who tries to
compete with the Federal Gov
ernment'S huge dams.
Director Albert M. Day, di-
rector of the Interior Depart
ment's Fish and Wildlife Service,
in testimony made public today
by the House Appropriations
Committee, pictured the plight
of the salmon trying to buck
Grand Coulee Dam.
Dams built in earlier years
greatly cut down salmon pro-
duction in the Columbia River
watershed, he explained. The
bigger Grand Coulee Dam cut OF
many more miles of salmon
stream. Other dams under con-
struction or proposed viii reduce
salmon productivity still more.
"So," said Mr.. Day, I'VE have
had a head-on conflict between
power and fish for some time"
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Bill 10 HOspita|ize
Drug Addicts Passes
House, Sent 10 Senate

| The House yesterday passed
and sent to the Senate a bill
calling for compulsory hospital
ization Of drug addicts from the
District.
The House also approved and
sent along, among eight District
bills considered, one that would
provide pay raises for WASH
ington policemen and firemen.
The lawmakers deferred until
Wednesday final action on a bill
to curb bottle clubs and one to
repeal a tax on household be-
longings and jewelry.
The narcotics bill was ap-
proved after an amendment was
made to give the court the right
to send addicts to any hospital
the court selects.
Compulsory disqualification of
drug addicts had been proposed
by The Star and various civic
groups as a means Of combating
the illegal drug traffic here.
II hope it will be a model for
other places" DR.. Miller said.
The personal property tax re-
pealer was debated a length. It
was called up and defended by
Representative O'Hara. Repub-
lican. Of Minnesota. He put into
the record the entire argument
presented by the House District
Committee report urging passage.
The measure to put bottle clubs
under strict control of the Com
missioners and the ABC Board
was designed. its proponents told
the House. to put these after
hours "clip-joints" out of busi-
ness.
Debate continued for some
time. with Representative Hays,
Democrat, of Ohio, insisting the
bill be strengthened. When he
insisted on the absence of a quo
rum, Representative Kearns. Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania, au-
thor and principal sponsor of the
bill, called for postponement Of
final action on the measure until
Wednesday.
Other bills passed by the
House and sent to the Senate
would:
Permit judges of Municipal
and Juvenile Courts to suspend
the imposition and execution of
sentence IN certain cases.
Replace the present obsolete
corporation law with a modern
one.
Authorize the District Com
missioners to appoint a police
man or fireman as director Of
civil defense without prejudice
to his retirement rights or other
benefits.
Change the name Of the
Roosevelt Memorial Association
to the Theodore Roosevelt Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Zone Board Defeats
Plan 10 Limit Elevators
On High Buildings

The District Zoning Commits
sion today turned down a pro-
posal that would have prevented
elevator penthouses from pro-
jecting above the 130-foot maxi
mum height of downtown build
ingS.
The controversial amendment
to the zoning regulations was
proposed by Conrad L. Wirth,
director of the National Park
Service and a member of the
zoning body.
Local builders objected strong
ly to the change. They said its
effect would be to eliminate
elevator service to the top one
or two stories of any new build
ing erected to or near the 13O-
foot-high limit.
AS the regulations now stand,
a downtown building may be
13O feet high and the elevator
machinery may be housed in a
penthouse above this limit. The
amendment would have forced
the elevator machinery to be
housed below the 13O-foot limit.
The builders said this would
obviously eliminate elevator serv-
ice to the top floor or force the
builders to construct lower
buildings.
=" Last December the Zoning
Commission removed all ref
erence to; stories in the regu-
latlons governing. the height of
downtown buildings. The COM
mission set the height of such
buildings at 130 feet, which in
effect allows construction of IA
story buildings rather than the
history buildings previously
allowed.
Mr.. Wirth's proposal was
based on. a desire to protect
Washington's skyline. The Ma
tional Capital Planning Commits
sion supported the proposal.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Herlihy Given New Title,
To Stay on Robbery Squad

The Commissioners, on the
recommendation of Police Chief
Robert v. Murray, today author
lied a temporary position Of
detective-sergeant in the police
force.
This was done so Precinct De-
tective Thomas I. Herlihy, as
signed to the robbery squad,
could continue on with that
squad and not go into uniform
because he is first on the list
of promotion to sergeant in the
uniformed ranks. The vacancy
for this position will turn up
April /.
Detective ferlihy was ap-
pointed to the force February /.
1910. and was assigned to plain
clothes duty March 10. 1943.
Chief Murray said Detective
Herlihy is a capable, efficient
and thorough investigator, and
that his promotion to the rank
of sergeant in uniform would
be a loss to the detective bureau.
Detective Herlihy's position as
sergeant will be effective April
/, and he will receive additional
compensation Of 5000 q, gear.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Congress Gets
Bill 10 Extend
D. {. Rent Law
Committees to Study
Plan to Let Control
Die on June 30

The District Commissioners
today sent to Congress a pro-
posed bill to extend District rent
control from April 80, the pres
ent expiration date. to June 80.
This action started the con-
gressional machinery rolling to-
ward what will probably result
eventually in extending District
controls to whatever date is fixed
for the national law.
Committees Get Bills.
The bills went to both House
and Senate District Committees,
where they Will go to appro-
pirate subcommittee. On the
national level, congressional
leaders, after a conference with
President Eisenhower yesterday
announced that it would be ap-
propriate to extend national con-
trolls in defense areas to October
/. After that the problem would
be tossed to the States and the
District of Columbia.
Representative O'Hara, Re-
publican, of Minnesota, chair
man of a House District sub
committee which will handle the
District bill, said he planned to
help coordinate the terminal
date of local laws with national
rent control.
Delay Seen on Hearings.
On this basis, the Minnesotan
probably will delay local hear
ings for a while.
The District Commissioners
sent their proposal to Congress
after holding public hearings on
the proposal to extend District
controls to June 80, 1854.
They announced that in no
case would they recommend
such extension, but did favor
the tWo-month extra period to
June 80 this year.
The extension to 1854 was
recommended by District Rent
Administrator Robert F. Cogs-
well.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Anocostio Men eIpSupp|y Pacific Fleet
BY Chorles J. Yorbroueh
Stor Stoff covrespondsnt

MOFFETT FIELD, Calf, Mar.
24.-An energetic handful of
Washington area men and draft
ayers are running a part of one
OF the worlds busiest airlines
here.
Airlifted across the country by
their own pilots a week ago, So
members of Anacostia's Naval
Air Reserve Squadron 661 are in
their second week of providing
the Pacific Fleet with supplies
and personnel.
With the easy informality of
reservists and the efficiency of
studied regulars, they slipped
neatly into the operations of
Transport Squadron and the
Fleet Logistics Air Wing. While
Wing pilots head over the Pacific
to Hawaii, Atsugi and Alaska,
the Washington squadron plies
the California coastal route be-
tween Moffett Field and San
Diego.
They worked last Sunday.
Their mission? Carrying % new
crew members urgently needed
board a carrier lying off San
Diego.
Icing Perils.
Their route is over coastal
mountains, where icing condi-
tions at this time of year are the
rule rather than the exception
and where Air Defense Identi-
fication Zone flight rules make
operations an added chore.
Their home base here was once
the home of-and the birthplace
of-the Nations lighter-than-
air age, the Macon and the Ak
ron. Hangers built for them
still house two dozen of the
Navy's biggest air transports
now.
Their Office is in one corner of
one of these huge hangers.
To some members of the
squadron, the current two weeks
of active duty means a mere
change of location. 1t. R. L.
Calhoun, 20. of 307 Jefferson
avenue, Alexandria. is one of
them.
Mr.. Calhoun, in civilian life,
is a pilot for Capital Airlines.
He holds certificates as a trans
port pilot, flight instructor, an
aircraft and engine mechanic, a
Link trainer instructor, ground
school instructor, a parachute
rigger, instrument pilot and an
examiner. He operates two CROP
busting planes in the South two
months a year. and he owns a
private plane for PLEASURE flying.
Berlin Airlift Veteran.
Another is 1t. c. R. Fisher
keller, an Allegheny AirlineS
pilot and veteran of the Berlin
Airlift. A third is 1t. Comdr.
R. P. Mort, Capital Airlines pilot
and captain.
The squadron commander is
pleasant, easy-going Comdr.
Robert H. Proctor, flight
operations specialist for the Civil
Aeronautics Administration and
a wartime veteran of flying
boats.
1t. Coindr. j. L. zock, one of
the Squadron's busiest, is as
siStant to the vice president of
American Airlines as a civilian.
But to most members of the
squadron, flying is something for
the week ends and two weeks
every year. Chief r. M. Booker,
for instance, works for the Naval
Evening star., 1953-03-24
ChiId's Attitude on Sex
Explained 10 Moves PTA

Mrs. Helen Dow, educational
assistant to Ray H. Everett, ex-
ecutive secretary of the District
Social Hygiene Society, last
night addressed the Noyes Ele-
mentary School PTA on Your
Child's Attitude Toward Sex"
Mrs. Dow told the group that
social and sexual behavior on
the part of teen-agers results
from attitudes actually implant-
ed in their early years. Informed
parents who early gain their
child's confidence and teach him
healthy sex attitudes, she said,
will do him and the community
a service.
The meeting was held in the
NoyeS School, Tenth and Frank
lin streets NE.
Evening star., 1953-03-24

Research Laboratory as a civil
ian. Aircraft Mechanic R. E.
Taylor is brick mason, and
Arthur B. Cecil, jr., an apprentice
seaman, is preparing for the
priesthood.
Versatile 1t. Warner.
Into this category of unusual
occupations for flying men-and
at the top of it-put 1t. William
c. Warner, 80, of GALL Willston
drive, Falls Church, Va.
When Mr.. Warner was born,
his father, Harold E. Warner,
was principal of the Hine Junior
High School. He still is.
1t. Warner is a teacher of
English and social studies at
Falls Church'S new George Mason
High School, but he might have
been a neWspaperman, pro-
feSSional musician, an architect,
career Navy pilot, a better
than-average amateur boxer.
Currently he is a school teach
er, an owner and conductor of a
Canadian summer youth camp,
a regular church attendant, a
drummer in a dance band and a
man who has applied for a Full
bright exchange scholarship in
the hope 1t may provide an OPP
portunity for something else.
Mr.. Warner went to George
Washington University on a
scholarship as war clouds gath
cred. At the time. he had thought
little of school-teaching, and
even less of flying.
He settled for a liberal arts
course when Pearl Harbor de-
cided things for him, momentar-
lily at least.
my first thought was when
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Cheapest Gas Source
Urqed for D. T..

The Mid-City Citizens Asso-
citation last night asked the Fed
eral Power Commission to allow
the Washington Gas Light Co.
to get wholesale gas from the
cheapest possible source.
The citizens group suggested
the Transcontinental Gas Pipe
line Co. as a possible source. It
pointed out that the increases in
wholesale rates have been re-
sponsible for increased District
gas rates.
A gas company spokesman told
The Star he did not know
whether Transcontinental rates
are cheaper than Atlantic Sea-
board which supplies gas here
now under long-term contract.
He said it would be impossible
to tell without a long, compli-
Gated survey.
In another action, the associa-
tion declared non-voting District
delegates in Congress would not
provide an adequate substitute
for representation.
George Papanicolas was rec
commended to replace F. Joseph
Donohue on the Board of Com
miSsionerS.
The nomination of Mildred E.
Reeves as judge in the Municipal
Court was recommended to con-
tinue the present ratio of women
judges.
The group supported a Metro
politan Area transit authority,
to be set up after consultation
among the Interstate Commerce
Commission; the Public Utilities
Commission, the Federation of
Citizens Associations and the
Interfederation Council.
The citizens group met in the
Thomson School, Twelfth and L
streets NV.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Commissioners Approve
Seven Police Promotions

The Commissioners today ap-
proved promotions to the grade
of lieutenant in the uniformed
police service of Sergts. Milton
c. Reed and James L. Sadtler.
They will receive pay increases
to $5,135.
Promoted to the grade of SER
geant were Corpls. David r. A.
Conners and John B. Southard.
Pvts. Frank Strater, jr., War;
rem L. Garrett and Albert G..
Fielder were promoted to the
grade Of corporal.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Bandit Seizes $500
In Liquor Store HoIdup

Police searched today for a
holdup man who aimed q Ger
man Luger at the owner Of the
Royal Liquor Store, 1905 Florida
avenue NE, and made of with
$500 last night.
Victim of the robbery was
Jerome Finkelstein. AZ. who de-
scribed the bandit as a slen-
der colored man with thin
moustacl1e.
Eugene Early, Is. colored, of
1130 Fifth street NE, a porter,
told police he saw brownish
gray car pulling out of an alley
behind the store just after the
robbery.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Boundary Civic Group
Bucks DELEGATE PIun

The Northwest Boundary Civic
Association last night approved
in principle bills now in Con-
greSs to authorize five Commis-
Sioners for the District and a
non-voting delegate to sit in the
House.
The meeting was held in the
Raymond School, Tenth street
and Spring road NV.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Decline Continues
In Area Employment;
Further Drop Seen

Metropolitan Washington en-
ployment continued to decline
during February. with 2, 400 fewer
workers than January.
This was announced today by
the United States Employment
Service for the District. It said
the January labor force figure
was 615,700 while that for Feb
ruary was $4,000. Government
cuts will have further reaction
downward. the report warned.
With the exception of Decem-
ber, a slow but steady drop in the
labor force began last September
and no immediate signs of sub
stantial improvement are on the
horizon" said the report.
There were $500 fewer workers
employed in February than in
the same month last year, it
pointed out.
Loss Is Spread Out.
Employment loss was spread
through diversified fields, includ-
ing printing and publishing, con-
Struction, publications, retail
trade, personal service establish
ments and the Federal Govern
ment, the report asserted. In
creases over the past year were
noted only in manufacturing,
wholesale trade and State. and
local government, the report said.
Easter is expected to bring
some~ upswir1g in employment
here. USES declared. But it
said: Whether this impetus will
be enough to Offset the forces
that have resulted in the recent
consistent downward employ
ment trend is problematical."
The extent of employment in
the construction industry will be
a key factor in the situation,
USES pointed out.
See Feedral Cuts.
ITO offset any favorable fac
tors, it must be recognized that
the Federal establishment will
probably not maintain it's pres
ent size," the report declared. IF
further minor reductions in per-
sonnel occur, the effect on local
business will be soon apparent.
For example, the present level of
Federal employment is 247,200.
With the liquidation of the con-
troll agencies and reductions pre-
dicted in most other Government
departments, it is reasonable to
assume that the overall Govern
ment employment figure will
shortly be closer to 225,OOO. .
AT an estimated annual salary
Of $4,000, this means a substan-
tlal loss in buying power. These
$4,000 furloughed Government
employees and their families are
consumers. The effect on trade
and service eSta bliShmentS which
employ so per cent of the gain
fully employed outside Govern
ment might further unsettle the
labor Market" the report said.
Compared with other metro
politan centerS, Washington has
a larger numbers of employers,
mostly small, and a compare
lively small group of what might
be classified as large employers,
it said.
The report covers the District,
Alexandria and Falls Church,
Arlington, Fairfax, Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties.
Evening star., 1953-03-24

I'll go and what I'll do" he
grinned.
The university's civilian pilot
training opened up a way. 1T
was the first time fiying-at least
for me-ever entered my mind. "
Before it was all over, he had
flown 81 different types of planes
for the Ferry Command.
Mr.. Warner came back to
George Washington, wondering
about being an architect, even
to the extent of taking a course
in sculpture at the Corcoran
Gallery. Without making a de-
cision ne became editor in chief
of the Hatchet. president of the
school band and student con-
ductor and was elected president
of the Student Council after a
campaign that included riding
horse down G street.
Camp Leads to MatrimOny.
Between times the summer
camp idea took hold.
MY dad thought was crazy"
he recalled. 1t not only went
over but is being expanded for
this summer. Last summer, be-
fore camp opening, he adver-
tised for a registered nurse as
a camp aide
Miss Ruth Hartley. then q
nurse at Georgetown University
Hospital, was one of six appli-
cants. Miss Ruth Hartley not
only got the job; she married
Mr.. Warner last December.
In some of 1t. Warmers mail
here last week was a box of
fresh cookies from his wife.
with $2.45 worth of airmail
stamps on the box" he said in
awe
Evening star., 1953-03-24
House District
Unit Approves
Crime Measure
'ToIIe Will Confer
With Senate Group
Before Reporting 1t
By Harold B. Rogers

A House District subcommittee
today voted to report favorably
the omnibus crime bill, with more
than 80 changes in District law
to tighten enforcement here.
Chairman Tale announced
that he would withhold the
actual transmittal of the bill to
the full District Committe until
after conference with an ap-
propriate Senate District sub
committee.
The omnibus bill passed the
House last year but died in the
Senate. The Senate District
Committee last year conducted
q crime investigation of its own,
out of which grew several bills
also designed to strengthen law
enforcement here. The Senate
crime bills were reintroduced in
this Congress.
Mr.. Tale said the vote of his
subcommittee was unanimous
with four of the five members
present. Voting for the favor
able report were Mr.. Tale, Rep
resentative Hagen, Republican,
of Minnesota, and Democratic
Representatives Davis of Georgia
and Smith of Virginia.
Confers With Two Officials.
The subcommittee in execu-
tive session conferred with two
District officials, Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West and
Police Chief Robert V. Murray.
United States Attorney Charles
M. Ireland was unable to attend.
The crime bill, sponsored by
Representative Davis, was
amended in its technical pro-
visions, Mr.. Tale said, to make
it conform to the District reor-
ganization bill. The 41-page bill
is substantially the same, Mr..
Tale said, as developed by the
Davis subcommittee in a previous
Congress.
To ReStudy Text.
The text will be gone over
again by Mr.. West, the subcom-
mittee chairman said, in order
to be sure that it is co-ordi-
mated with the reorganization
bill.
Asked why he had hoped to
confer with a Senate District
subcommittee before sending the
measure to the full House Dis
trict Committee, Mr.. Tale said
this grew out of his previous
legislative work on the District
Committee.
MY experience with the JOINT
committee on fiscal affairs from
botrS House and Senate groups
prompted me to feel" he ex-
plained,P' that it expedites legis-
lation. It irons things out to
make for better progress on the
floor" Mr.. Tale mentioned a
proviSo setting a higher mini
mum mandatory sentence by the
courts, and said it was a good
move. He admitted that this
provision had been the most
talked about" and that there had
been some opposition to it.
The opposition had come from
several jurists and from lawyers.
Also in the bill is the original
provision to place bottle clubs
under strict supervision of the
Commissioners and the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board.