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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-13
SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH
ia Shawmut Ave.
Rev. e. A. LOckett, Minister

@NCHs H. "a fAN@hNHNq
Every Sunday night at 1880
Song Service begins at the Sew
enth Day Adventist Church, 712
Shawmut Avenue. At 8 pm,
Elder Lockett begins the
preaching service. He is con-
tinuing the series Of topics on
Religious Liberty. Last Sunday
night the topic was "Individ-
uall Accountability to God for
Religious Life; text, Act S:
1920. Next Sunday, February
IA, the topic for the sermon
will be The Lamb That Spake
AS Dragon. Elder Lockett in
vites all to come and hear this
very important sermon.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-13
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
BY MONROE MASON. LIB.

Frederick Douglass in bondage born,
Taught in youth, it wasn't right
For Nation to be wrong
To deny Freedom from shining bright
As bondman lit the flame
So true men could understand
Humans should not live in shame
On the sod of America grand
Due notice blazed with Holy Writ
He flashed DER the Universe
With speeding wings and measured fit
To ban tradition, known as curse.
Flight from loathsome scurge
TO channels where Freedoms rivers flowed;
Slave masters doomed for purge
Where bright lights cleaned, grandly glowed
On famed rostroms Douglass spoke,
Boldly acclaimed profound plea
mat bondages chains must be broke
Ger the globe land and sea-
Statesmen listened, not dismayed,
To the crusade to make men free.
Douglass prayed night and day
They would keep faith ana agree
Freedom dawned in a clear sky,
Amazing JOY from long time blight,
EnSigns of truth unfurled on high
AS blinded Nation received its sight
Humans equal according to law.
Race and creed marching as one,
Pictures of beauty for posterity to draw,
Purest virtue MALICE TOWARD NONE.
Who refused Freedoms call
Avidy held in talon vice
A divided Nation, doomed to fall
ABE" LINCOLN did noble deed
In blood drenched Civil strife,
Volunteers of all kind and breed
Bravely fought for a Nations life.
Douglass sons with GALLANT SHAW.
CARNEY, who toted the BLOODY FLAG,
Thousands died the living saw
A BANNER that did not drag
From Wagner Pillow to Vicksburgs slope,
Shermans famous march to the sea-
Grant famed Richmond Lee gave up hope,
A UNION saved, made millions free
Medal Of Honor, Douglass award
Entered proudly, The Hall Of Fame.
Unclaimed slaves by the aid of GOD.
Voiced truth in His Sanctihed Name.
Unyelding faith, His Epitaph
Carved on ageless granite stone,
Trod on Freedoms lighted path
To Great Heaven His Final Home.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-13

awarded The public is invited.
Mrs. Frank c. Register, of
Register Tailor Shop, 407 Col
umbus ave was speaker for the
Housewives Leagues History
Week program on w. c. o. P.
last Saturday at noon.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-13
BLUE EAGLE NEWS
BY BARBER SHOP CHORD

- 0GAANLLAe OllOL NGlOEeD
Owner Jackson surveys with
your columnist February's short
month, which memoralizes 3
great Americans, their re-
Spective dates, IL, IA and %
George Washington, Father of
His Country; Abe Lincoln, The
Great Emancipation; Frederick
Douglass, the great Abolition
list. They were stalwart men Of
honor and integrity.
On another page readers of
this publication will discover an
original poem dedicated to the
great Frederick Douglass. It
was written by a columnist of
long standing with the Guardi-
an during the hectic days of
the Equal Rights Crusade.
after World War I, an
F. B. I. agent came to him
for urgent information regard
ing William Monroe Trotter It
was rumoured this was done
at the instigation of the late
President Woodrow Wilson. The
above did not wish Trotter to
make that overseas trip.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-13
IN MEMORIAM

1929 1854
WILLIAM H. sAYLES
Who died February u, 1929
The years may wipe out many
things
But this they wipe out never
The memory of those happy
days
When we we're all together.
Always remembered and sadly
missed by
LILLIAN NJ. CALDWELL,
Daughter
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-02-13
TOURISTS A BIG HELP

The MASSACHUSETTS Depart
ment of Commerce has esti-
mated that summer tourists to
the Commonwealth pay a total
of more than 100000 yearly
in excise taxes on cigarettes,
alcoholic beverages and motor
fuel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Forum Will Discuss
Security and Civil Liberty

The Washington Jewish Com
munity Center and the Anti
Defamation Committee of the
B'nai Birth Council will sponsor
the first of a series of Freedom
Forums" in the center, Sixteenth
ana @ streets NV. at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow.
Participating in the forum,
entitled Government Security
and Civil Liberties" will be
former Senator Harry Cain,
chairman of the Subversive
Activities Control Board; Repre-
sentative Mccarthy, Democrat,
OF Minnesota; Gerald P. Van
Arke. former general counsel Of
the National Labor Relations
Board. and Frank Waldrop. State
Department consultant and for
mer editor of the Times Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Driver Held for Jury
In Saturday Traffic Death

Philip Nesmith, SO, of 1910
Sixth street NE, yesterday was
held for action of the grand jury.
after an inquest into the traffic
death Saturday of a 69-year-old
Baltimore woman.
Miss Maude Register, who was
riding with a friend on her way
to the Armory, was thrown from
her automobile when it collided
with Nesmith's car at Fourteenth
street and South Carolina avenue
Sc. She died several hours later
of skull fracture in the District
General Hospital.
Mrs. Carl Berndt, 68, of Balti-
more, also injured in the acci-
dent was treated and released
from the hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
House Group Approves
D. {. Civil Defense Pacfs

The House Armed Services
Committee today approved and
sent to the House for action a
Senate-passed resolution to au-
thorize the District to enter into
interstate civil defense compacts.
The resolution was approved
unanimously on recommendation
of Representative Johnson, Re-
publican, of California, who re-
Gently held hearings on it. One
minor amendment of technical
nature, recommended by Irving
Bryan, assistant corporation
counsel of the District, was ap-
proved.
The measure was strongly adj
vocated during a hearing by
John E. Fondahl, District direc-
tor of civil defense, and Mr..
Bryan.
The District would be given
the same powers now held by
most of the States to make agree
ments for interstate co-opera-
ton in case of emergency or dis
aster from enemy attack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09

making greater use Of the
transfer.
p. u. c.: The present proper
ton Of feeder and cross-town
lines represents a reasonable
balance.
Transit Co.: There are suffi-
cient feeder and cross-town lines.
Requirement Of additional trans
fer results in greater inconven-
fence to patrons.
y + 4
To speed up the conversion of
streetcarS to motor buses and re-
routing lines to avoid bottlenecks.
p. U. c.: Conversion of the re-
naming streetcar lines requires
consideration of the economic
losses involved in retirement of
property which has considerable
remaining useful life. The mat
ter is under study since it costs
about 40 per cent more to oper-
ate a 72-passenger streetcar
than a 70-passenger diesel bus.
Transit Co.: The company OPP
poses this speedup unless ade-
quately compensated. The street.
car system represents a substan-
tial investment. Rapid liquida-
ton without adequate colnpen-
sation would be ruinous.
y
To review the status of stag
gered hours with the object of
expanding and co-ordinating
such staggering Of Government,
Offices, school and business
hours.
p. U. c.: This is beling left to
the District Commissioners.
Transit Co.: The company has
favored staggered hours for
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
BentIey's Condition
Continues 10 Improve

The condition of Representa-
tive Bentley, Republican. of
Michigan, was reported so salts
factory today that physicians
said he might be taken off the
serious list if improvement con-
tinues the next few days.
Mr.. Bentley was the most
critically wounded of five Repre-
sentativeS shot by a band of
Puerto Rican Nationalist on the
floor Of the House a week ago.
Yesterday he underwent a
half-hour operation at Casualty
Hospital for removal of packing
around his shattered liver and
for insertion of drainage.
Defense attorneys spent an
hour and As minutes yesterday
with the four defendants charged
on 10 counts each of assault. A
petition to proceed without cost
was filed in their behalf.
The four insisted changing of
the words United States citi-
zens' on the petition to Puerto
Rican citizens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Attack Fails 10 Halt
Family Court Endorsement

The Glover Park Citizens AS
Sociaticn last night voted to
back the family court bill as il
now stands. despite a vigorous
attack on the bill by a speaker
James c. Toomey. treasurer OF
the District Bar Association.
Mr.. Toomey told the group
the bars main objection to the
bill is that it would create a new
court jurisdiction within the
District. He said such a setup
would be too expensive.
The association voted to back
the bill. however, by a vote OF
20 to %.
In other business. the associa-
'tion opposed the use Of white
schools by colored groups and
colored schools by white groups
for any meetings.
The meeting was conducted
by Henry Backenheimer. presi-
dent in the Stoddert School,
Thirty-ninth and Calvert streets
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Flower Show Closes
Tomorrow; Record
Crowds Attending

Washington's fourth annual
National Capital Flower and
Garden Show continues to draw
record crowds. as it goes into
its last two days in the Ma
tional Guard Armory.
The show will close at II pm.
tomorrow.
| Show officials said attendance
is running we'll ahead of figures
for former years. They reported
the largest Sunday crowd ever
present at a paid Armory event.
Among the model gardens in
the garden club section of the
show, the front walk garden of
the Chevy Chase Garden Club
has attracted wide attention.
Gardeners Garden.
This display, which shows how
a small, front entrance can be
treated, has been called a gar
dener's garden" by garden de-
signers. It's use Of plant material
has received particular COM
ment.
This garden was designed by
Mrs. Parker Dodge, an archi-
tectural graduate of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology,
Most of the plant material was
grown and forced into bloom by
club members.
On one wall of the garden, fol-
example. Irish yew has been used
that was espaliered in a mem
ber's yard. The garden has fol
an accent beds of spring flower
ing plants, and a pink stal
magnolia. Its beds are edged with
BoxuS microphylla Koreana, q
dwarf lockwood that is native tc
Korea and was developed in this
country by an eastern nursery
Bounty of the Garden" will
be the club section theme for
today. Yesterday in the COM
petitive classes. the theme was
Outlook for 1854" and best in
show awards went to Mrs. Ro-
land Lee Hutchings, Of the Ar
lington Neighborhood Garden
Club, for her gladiolus compost
ton, and to Mrs. Hugh w. Cary
also Of the Arlington club, fol-
her picture window arrangement
Award Winners.
| First. second and third place
awards in yesterdays classes
were as follows:
.eff 0Tensltio New eRei seoa6 es
/ Garden Club Mrs Alec Earle. VaIieS
GSarde5 Club Of Front Royal: Va. ant
/ M MS; Rooert W. Wheat. Hunting Crees
| :, Large Niche eladioIus composition
MIS- MS: Hltieihings Mrs. Larry Cherry
Darrell st. Clair Forest Hills Garden
Small Niche composition using ce-
Thomas Jefferson School, Alexandria
e 9ardsn c Siuo' q; apd Mrs; Marx s LaasburTh
| Table setting for q contemporary
| Connolly Hoe n Hope Garden Club
and Mrs. Malcolm Matheson. Alexandria
| Garden Club.
| Mrs. Cary, Mrs. Alice Gordon Murdoch
Trowel Club. and Mrs. Howard E.
| Chaille Ayr Hill Garden Club
| Traditional living room. arrangement
| in French manner-Mrs, John J. Beatty
| Jr.. Trowel Club: Mrs. Arthur Crawford,
| Chevy Chase Garden Club, and Mrs.
| borhood Garden Club
Contemporary living room. using plant
material with a Pacific Island feeling
! Garden Club: Mrs. John M. Clarke,
Stony Brook Garden Club. and Mrs. Elsie
M Alien Agriculture Department Garden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Virginia Held
Willing 10 Aid
f Street Span
Confused Statement
Seen os Postponing
Jones Point Decision

The Virginia State Highway
Department apparently is willing
to work on a plan for approaches
to- a Potomac River bridge at E
street. but rejects at this time
similar work on approaches for
a bridge at Jones Point.
A week ago. Virginia highway
authorities told a House District
subcommittee there was no pos
sibility the State could pay for
the approaches to the bridges.
Representative Broyhill. Repub-
lican. Of Virginia arranged con-
ferences with highway officials to
get this stand clarified.
Calls 1t Reversal.
Yesterday afternoon Virginia
Roads Commissioner James A.
Anderson issued a statement Civ
ing the departments position but
it created some confusion over
how far the department was will
ing to go in the bridge financing
situation.
Mr.. Broyhill then issued a
statement saying that he consid-
cred Mr.. Anderson's statement a
reversal of the previous position
and expressing the view that Vir-
GINA was preparing to Coop
crate.
Mr.. Anderson, called in Rich
mond by The Star. today said the
memorandum delivered to Mr..
sBroyhill yesterday was neither a
reversal nor a restatement of the
departments previous position
but Qualification.
Jones Point Later.
1--WE went into that hearing
not knowing just what the sit
uation was" Mr.. Anderson de-
clared.
1--WE now find that most of
the money we've been spending
up there Tin Arlington) for years
may be considered as providing
approaches to the bridge"
Mr.. Anderson said that since
the E street bridge appeared
likely to be built first. the prob
lem of Jones Point approaches
would be considered later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Rezoning Caution Urged

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation last night urged a
policy Of extreme caution in con-
.Sidering rezoning applications
that would shatter the existing
land use pattern in areas not
covered by master plan.
The plea was made as a result
Of an emergency resolution sub
mitted by the Garrett Park Cit
liens Association in opposition
to an application to rezone the
White Flint golf course on Rock
vile pike for apartment use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Joe Adonis Perjury Trial
Postponed 10 March Is

The perjury trial OF Joe
Adonis, nationally known racket
Ger. scheduled for today in the
u S. District Court for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, has been post
poned until March is at the re-
quest of the Government.
1t was understood one Of the
Governments key witnesses will
no. be available until then.
The defendant is accused Of
lying to a congressional crime
investigating committee in say
ing he was born in this country.
The Government says Adonis
was born in Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Citizens Ask
More Fairfax
School Funds
Seek $500 Increase
In Teachers Pay;
Boord Meets Today
By Mary Lou Werner

CONFRONTED with OVerWhelm.
ing pleas for higher teachers
salaries, more teachers and in
creased taxes. the Fairfax County
School Board was meeting today
to take final action on its pro-
posed 1954-55 budget. s
Demands for more spending
instead of less were heaped on
the school board last night at a,
public hearing on a proposed
SIG million budget for the COM
ing fiscal year.
A crowd of $50 attended and
nearly three dozen spoke. All
but few insisted that the
budget should be higher. When
q showing of hands was re-
quested, only one was raised
against further increases.
The budget as proposed by the
school board is S12 million above
the current budget, and appar-
emily requires a 31-cent increase
in the county tax rate. The in
creases urged last night would
add another Is cents to- the tax
rate. bringing the total 1854 in
crease for schools to 40 cents.
Requested Increases.
The specific increases re-
Quested were: :.
l. A $500 increase in the
teachers salary scale. instead of
the $100 increase proposed by the
school board. The 5000 increase
would give the county salary
scale Of $4,000 to $500 for
teachers with A.. B. degrees.
Representatives of parent-teacher
associations insisted the 5000
salary scale increase was neces-
sary to bring Fairfax County
salaries in line with those OF
neighboring communities. The
increase would cost the county
$106.820 and require an addi-
tional 5 cents on the tax levy.
2. Provision for n teachers
above the Isl new teachers pro-
posed by the school board. This
would reduce the pupn-teacher
ratio to 30-1, instead of the $685.
as set up in the budget. The
current budget was based on a
pupil-teacher ratio of 314 to 1
in elementary schools. Those in
favor of increasing the number
of teachers insisted the county
should aim to decrease the size
Of classes, instead of increasing
them. 1t was estimated the n
additional teachers would add
another Is cents to the tax rate.
The traditional-foes of higher
taxes and increased spending
were conspicuously absent from
the hearing. although it was
widely publicized.
Citizens Oppose.
The hand raised against the
5000 teacher salary scale increase
was that of Jones Jasper, Ok
road.
School board members said
they tried to keep the budget as
low as possible because they
didn't feel the county could af-
ford to spend more for schools.
Thorleif Ellison. Mount YER
non district. told the school board
he was glad the final decision was
in their handS-"and not in the
hands of this crowd here tonight.
All they know is spend. spend.
spend"
After final action by the school
board. the budget goes to the
Board of County Supervisors,
which will hold a public hearing
on the complete county budget
April 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
PuroIed Convict Slain
After Woundinq Two
BY the Associated Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Mar.
9.-An eX-convict went berserk
here today and wounded two
other persons before police sur
rounded him in a woods and shot
him to death.
James Hughes. SO. colored was
reported dead by Williamsburg
Police Chief w. H. Kelly. Those
wounded, but not in critical con-
dition are Mrs. Mary Rodman.
%. and jeff johnson, SO, both
colored.
Hughes was a paroled lifer
from the Maryland State Peni-
Tertiary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Fund Use Cleared

Falls Church City Council has
taken steps to put funds from
the 100000 school bond issue
just approved into new construc-
ton as soon as the money be-
comes available, even though
legality of the issue may be con-
tested.
The council last night author
lied the school board to spend
up to $4,000 to hire architects
to draw plans for school addi-
tions it will put up with the bond
money. It also decided to put
sale of the bonds in the hands of
the State Local Debt Commission
instead of a private bond broker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09

downtown area and reserve all
curb space in the core area for
standing only between 10 am.
and 4 pm, Monday through
Fridays"
Commissioners: ''This is not a
scientific approach If all
streets were the same width and
all subject to the same conges-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Society Of Sponsors

The Society Of Sponsors will
meet at 8:15 pm. tomorrow in
All Souls Unitarian Church, Six
tenth and Harvard streets NV.
Speakers will be Mrs. Marcella
Blaetus and Miss Barbara Fen
ton. who are sponsors at the Re-
formatory for Women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Telethon to Benefit
Crippled Children

The District Society for Grip
pied Children will benefit from
a l4-hour telethon on Saturday
on WMAL-TV, The Star station.
Jim Bergman, Star cartoonist,
and Doris Fleeson, columnist for
The Star. will appear with other
radio, television and newspaper
personalities.
The telethon is part Of a $176,-
900 Embarrassing drive from
March Is through April ID,
Easter Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Pay Raise Approved
For Montgomery Teachers

A plan to increase teachers
pay in Montgomery County from
$3.50 to $500 was approved today
by the county'S Board Of Edu-
cation.
The board said, however. it is
subject to review if loopholes are
uncovered in a study by the
boards controller. or If public
reaction leads board members
to seek some changes. The board
will consider how to implement
the pay scale and fit ii INTO the
budget at a meeting Monday
night at Montgomery Junior
College, Takoma Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09

poses this recommendation be-
cause wider spacing Of stops
would result in less convenient
service
~ 49,
To establish feeder cross-town
service to the radial lines and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-09
Transit Income
Off 81 Pct,
Hearing Told
Week of Feb. II
Cited by Utilities Aide
In Injunction PIeo

Capital Transit's passenger
revenue for the week ending
February a. was off 81 per cent
compared to the same period last
year, it was brought out in a
report today.
The report was offered in evil
dence by j. William Falk, execu-
tive accountant of the Public
Utilities Commission, at an in
junction hearing before Federal
Judge Edward M. Curran.
The commission is seeking an
injunction in the U. S. District
Court for the District of Colum-
bia to prevent payment by the
transit company Of a Accent
quarterly dividend to stockhold-
ers and redemption of $50 mil
lion in bonds.
Wants Plan Halted.
The commission is seeking to
have the transit company plans
stopped, at least pending COM
pletion of a PUG investigation
into the company's financial
structure. The inquiry is sched-
uled to begin March 16.
The commission has charged
that the board redemption and
the dividend declaration would
seriously impair the ability Of
the company to render adequate
service to the public.
The report showed the 81 per
cent decline on passenger reve-
nue. totaling $496. 422. For the
week ending February 20 a de-
cline of 60 per cent compared
with the same period in 1853
was noted with passenger rev.
enue totalling $518,922.
Earlier Judge Curran rejected
a motion by the transit company
union to intervene in the action
on the side of the Public Util-
tiles Commission.
The union had asserted that
the company bond and dividend
plans might impair a pension
retirement plan now in effect
through contract with the COM
pany.
The motion to intervene was
denied after Attorney Edmund
L. Jones declared that the
unions argument paralleled that
of the commissions.
Stockholders Intervene.
BY common consent a group
of stockholders was allowed to
intervene on the side of the
transit company. The stock
holders motion for intervention
was filed in the name Of four
persons who said the action was
in behalf of themselves and
more than 100 stockholders
holding more than 100 shares"
The stockholders asserted that
any interference with the de-
clared dividend payment would
do them irreparable damage.
The four stockholders said
they had owned shares for more
than 20 years and had paid $50
a share. They asserted that
none of them has recouped his
original investment and declared
that none received "a return of
anything like 80 per cent"
The 80 per cent figure had
been cited by the P. U. c. as
typical of the rate Of dividend
payments for about the last four
years.
The stockholders declared in
their motion that they have re-
ceived "only moderate fruits of
investment to which even stock
holders in public utilities are en-
titled"
A Today restraining order
which had forbidden the bond
redemption and dividend pay
ment plans expired today.
Today's action involves a pre-
liminary injunction to prevent
the company's plans from being
carried out pending hearing on
a permanent injunction.