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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Mitchell Endorses Bill
On Equal Pay for Women

Mrs. Alice K. Leopold director
of the Women's Bureau of the
Labor Department, today an
nounced Secretary of Labor
Mitchell's Endorsement of the
bill for equal pay for equal work
introduced in the House last
month by Representative Fran
ces Bolton. Republican. of Ohio.
The Secretary approved the
proposed legislation in a letter
to Mrs. Bolton. which was read
by Mrs. Leopold in a press con-
ference this morning.
In the letter, Mr.. Mitchell said
he was very much in favor" of
legislation to assure equal pay
for equal work without discimi-
nation on account of sex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19

CUSTOMS Mr.. Wood explained.
They admitted his wife and the
two parakeets but not the eggs.
Somebody ruled they were
wild bird eggs and fatty refused
to let them pass" he continued.
Finally, Mr.. Wood plugged his
incubator into socket in the
ship lines pier Office and went
off to a hotel to get some sleep.
Wildlife Service Helps.
The next morning he came
to Washington. where he called
on the Interior Department for
help. The departments Fish and
Wildlife Service wired New York
that eggs were not wild bird
eggs and should be allowed in
the country.
Mr. Wood went back and re-
trieved his eggs and the incu-
bator. He arrived home again
last night.
I'VE won't know the end of
the story until Monday or Tues
when the first egg is sup
posed to hatch
He said he would be lucky if
one of them would hatch now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
Manufacturers Award

The Office of Vocational Re-
Mobilization of the Department
of Health. Education and We'll
fare has been selected to receive
the American Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers Associations 1854
research award. Miss Mary E.
Switzer. director, will accept the
award.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19
New Big Mo- Skipper

NEWPORT, r. l.. Feb 10 (P\.-
Capt. Robert T. S. Keith of New
port. chief of staff and aide to
the commander of the Atlantic
Destroyer Force, yesterday re-
ceived orders TO assume COM
mand of the battleship Missouri,
now in Norfolk, Va, some time
in March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-19

ChENROIEl StILeMASIEN Z-GN.i
2-tone grey. ?. and h. Cor No. 2ol3A.
PLYMOUTH 2-DR.; block. Z. ond h.
Cor No. 1884.
WILLYS STATION WAGON; green.
+. and defroster. Cor No. 2607.
CHEVROLET STYLEMASTER 2DR.;
blue, =. and h. Cor No. i7l3.
CHEVROLET FLEETMASTER Abr;
2-tone green, =. and h. Cor No. 2l66.
PACKARD Abr; blue-srey. {. and
h. Cor No. 1888.
CHEVROLET AERO 2-DR.; blue. =.
and h. Cor No. 1884.
FORD Va TUDOR; block. 2. and h.
Cor No. 2480.
oLDs "s" "es" Abr: grey. Hydra
Motto, 9. and h. Cor No. 1902.
HUDSON COMMODORE "6"; grey. 2.
ond h. Cor No. 2559A.
STUDEBAKER 2-DR.; grey. h. and
defroster. Cor No. 264I.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
By Robert K. Walsh

The Speaker special" that has
shuttled back and forth since
I947 for House Democratic
Leader Rayburn and Republican
Leader Martin has ground to q
halt.
Mr.. Rayburn moves up again
to the Speakers rostrum when
the 84th Congress convenes jan
uary 5. But he believes this
move IS sufiicient to the day.
He has decided to remain in the
minority office suite he occupied
during the last two years and
during the 8Oth CONGRESS.
If the new House has any slo-
gan at all it IS: Don't make q
move without calling Sam" In
this instance, Mr.. Rayburn re-
portedly made up his mind even
before the November 3 election
that, whether the Democrats won
or lost the next House. he would
stay put. and probably stand pat,
In the small consultation cham-
ber he nov occupies.
Mr.. Martin, the outgoing
Speaker. therefore seems destined
to dwell for another two years
ii the conimodious three-room
quarters overlooking the Capitols
west terrace and the Mall. It
win Be the FIRST time In many
years. K not for N time. that
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Roybmn Accepts FckIe GoyeI but Declines Office Switch

his associates said. Those rooms
adjoin the. suite generally all
Iotted to the Speaker but are not
as conspicuous. However humble
in comparison to the Speakers
layout. they have q homelike
attachment to Mr.. Rayburn.
And, besides. Mr.. Rayburn re-
tportediy Is weary Of moving back
and forth every two years or so.
Moreover, for ceremonial, rest
Eful or emergency purposes. the.
Speaker. who ever he may be,
has another suite available at
all times immediately outside
the members lobby entrance to
the House chamber. .
When Mr.. Rayburn first be-
came Speaker on the death of
William B. Bankhead In 1910, be
was House majority leader aId
held forth IN an Office on the
Capitols ground floor below the
House chamber. Unit. 1947 he
had the Speakers suite but
changed Offices with Mr.. Martin
who was Speaker ID I947-48. He
shifted ofiice again when the
Democrats controlled the House
In the 81st and sd Congresses.
II January, 1853. at the start of
the 83d Congress. he moved
down the hall once more while
MI. Martin carried his parlia-
rnentary helonsinss hack into
the bigger suits.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
1855 Big Events
Reviewed in Star

REVIEW or THE YEAR--The sig
nificont Developments Of 1854 ore
brought into focus on Pages 81 and
B-3 Of the Editorial Section. On
Pose B-4, the metropolitun oreo,s
yeor Is reviewed. and on the sonss
pose o Korean diplomat stresses thot
uniiieotioa Is still his eountry's No. !
gool.
NEW FAcEs-As o ssudeut, irwin
D. Dovidson wos interested IN dro.
motics. But he followed bis fathers
wishes TO become o lawyer. Meet
the Democratic successor to FronkIin
.. Roosevelt, H.. IN the House of
Representatives on Page A-io.
LEATHERNEcKs-The combined
Morine Corps service Of . Wosh-
inston reserist and his o5-yeor-old
fother IS o2 years. Reed oboss
TiSeret. WiIIiom ?. Thomas, II, and
bis fother in the Here end Abrood
column, Poge All.
PURcELLyILLE-o Opinion L a.
vided 10 she attractive Ullose Of
ParcelkilIe. Va over the possibility
Of The Atomic Energy commissisnf
moving its Washington Office INFO
Loudoun County George ksnnsdy
reviews the reaction ~ Poss Dill.
complete Index. Pose AZ
aodio- TN ProgToms. Pages B-0-ll
Evening star., 1954-12-26
800 Homes Destroyed
In Downtown Pusan Fire
sy the A..esie.ed Pres.

PUSAN, Korea. Sunday. Dec.
26.-Fire destroyed more than
800 homes In downtown Pusan
early today.
There was no report Of casual
ties but police feared some might
have perished In the blaze. which
broke out at 1850 am. They
estimated that at least 1000 were
made homeless.
A brisk north wind famed the
flames through the fiimsy build
ings on the southern slope Of
Yong -Du Hill. American and
Korean firef1ghters succeeded in
checking the FIRE just before 1t
reached the business district.
Police said the fire may have
started from q neglected candle
which set fire to the paper floor
ing of q house.
Earlier this month fire raced
over the north slope of Yong Du
Hill. destroying the homes of
1000. Four persons died In that
blaze.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Post Holiday Calm EnyeIops
City After Family Christmas
Bright Sun Fovors Bicycles Over sIeds;
Crowds Attend Special Church Services

There was less crime than on an
ordinary Saturday but more
lighting. feuding and drinking"
as one police dispatcher put 1t.
Between midnight and 5 pm.
yesterday, police logged 81 fight
calls and 43 drunk calls. There
were also several calls from woe-
begone husbands asking police
help in patching up cuarrels with
wives.
Union Station was deserted.
The stationmaster reported busi-
ness was so slow that the 1880
pm. train to Florida was cam
celled.
This is but the lull before the
traffic storm, however. The
thousands who left town by
train. plane, bus and auto on
Christmas eve will be fiockine
back tonight. The American
Automobile Association estimates
more than 100000 will be jam
ming highways into Washington
In the back -to-work movement.
And tomorrow, the stores will
gear themselves for the after
r1aath of the holiday season.
Operation Exchange.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
D. c. Man Killed as Car
Runs OFF Highway
speeiol pispoteh % me stor

ELKTON, Va, Dec. 25.---Eu-
gene Willard Eppard, 20, Of 21l6
Fourth street NE. Washington.
D. c., was fatally injured near
here today when his car ran Oh
State Route 759, two miles north
of here.
Three other persons were in
jured in the crash, including his
father and brother.
Virginia State police said the
accident occurred at $40 pm.
Mr.. Eppard died in the Rocking
ham Memorial Hospital at Har-
risonburg, Va, at 6:55 pm. from
a skull fracture. f
Injured were his father, Dewey
Eppard, Sc, of Route /, Elkton,
who suffered a broken ankle: his
brother, Leonard Eppard, 20, and
Winford Shifflett. about 40. both
Of Elkton, face cuts.
Police said Mr.. Eppard's car
went out of control, plunged on
the road, hit several fence posts
and then careened into a field.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
By Froneis P. DoueIos

Movement Of retail business to
the suburbs has not been the
death knell for the downtown
areas of five cities covered in
studies reported by the Highway
Research Board.
One of the chief conclusions
Of the studies is that central
business districts are destined
to remain the dominant business
areas"
The cities covered in the sur
veys are San Francisco, Oakland,
Columbus, Ohio; Detroit and
Seattle. The Detroit study was
accompanied by studies Of re-
tailers' participation in activities
to relieve downtown parking in
five smaller Michigan cities.
The amount of retail business
done in the central business dis
tricts has increased and no doubt
will continue to increase. At the
same time, however. the ratio Of
the business volume Of the down.
town districts to the total in the
whole area has declined, This is
looked on as inevitable as urban
communities expand and new
shopping centers are established.
Not Alarming.
j. T. Stegmaier. project engi-
neer for the Highway Research
Boards report. wrote a foreword
to the 321-page volume contain
ing the reports. He said the
branch store developm n t
should not be too alarming but
rather expected as a normal
growth pattern since. at any one
point In time, smaller downtown
Evening star., 1954-12-26

Washington today had settled
into post holiday quiet-the toys
all open, the drumsticks eaten.
the prayers said in . happy
family setting.
It wasn't q white Christmas
but it was q sunny one-good
weather to try out new bicycles
and skates instead of sleds.
Santa Claus was well on his
way back To the North Pole,
leaving in his wake wide-eyed
children ciutching dolls that cry.
call for mama. walk and vet
their diapers.
Homegrown Santas had suc-
ceeded In making the electric
trains run and the playhouse
stand on its own cardboard
foundation. Mrs. Santas were
busy making the leftover turkey
as tasty as the first days feast
at the family board.
Rain Expected Tonight.
To-day ii expected to be even
milder than, yesterdays perfect
holiday weather. A high of 81
degrees is expected amid in-
creasing cloudiness. The fcfe-
caster predicted rain tonight TO
end the holiday week end.
Christmas, 1854, began here
with prayer. Churches were
crowded for the traditional mid
night services. Special services
were held for children during the
day.
In churches throughout the
city, choirs sang the traditional
music to commemorate the be-
ginning Of Christmas 1854 years
ago.
Christmas was q family time.
Countless thousands left the city
to join their loved ones for the
holiday. Those who couldn't get
away kept telephone and tele-
graph wires humming.
Many Restaurants Close.
Washington's downtown streets
were deserted yesterday, Many
restaurants were closed for the
day to let their employees spend
Christmas at home.
A cab company dispatcher re-
ported this was the Quietest
Christmas he could remember as
far as calls for cabs were con-
cerned Cabs were called to de-
liver f1owers-l1ot people.
One cab driver carried Christ
mas with him. His little girl,
sleepy from all the excitement
but wanting to spend the day
with daddy. was riding around
with hirn-fast asleep but clutch
ing q doll as big as she was.
It was no holiday for police.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Accidental Deaths
Reach Zig in U. S.;
Traffic Claims III
29 Persons Die in Fires,
Miscellaneous Causes
Snuff Out 19 More Live:
BY ths. As.oeiosed prl..

Accidental fatalities since s
pm. Friday climbed to at least
219 Of which III persons were
killed in traffic inishaps. Fires
claimed 20 victims and 10 more
deaths were classified as miscel-
ianeous.
The National Safety Councils
somber timetable, predicting $40
traffic fatalities in the 54-hour
holiday weekend, was progress
sing on schedule with more than
six deaths per hour.
Before midnight, the toll as
the Nation observed the Nativ-
ity was more than three times
greater than on safe-driving
day. December is. Deaths for
that day were 81.
Soldering Thought.
ut is q SOLDERING thought to
know that sudden death has
ruined Christmas in so many
homes with the holiday only
half over" said Ned II. Dear
born, Safety Council president.
How much more Of this need
less slaughter Is 1t going to take
to shock the rest of us into using
extra care to meet the extra
hazards Of holiday driving?
The very least we can do Is
to drive carefully. courteously
and soberly.
While traffic was the big kill
er, two fires took Is lives.
Flames flashed through q plush
Tulsa, Okla, apartment taking
the life Of Mrs. Marie Foster
Kane Smith, 44-year-old oil
heiress.
10 Children Die.
Eleven members Of two Mexi-
can farmer families at Parkin,
Ark, perished In q blast and
IRE. Ten were children. Al
blazing labor camp building at
Penn Yam. NY. claimed four
other persons. including a baby
girl.
Last Christmas week end-a
three-day, 78-hour. holiday
period accidents took TIT lives,
585 IN trafiic and 83 IN fires. with
III unclassified statistically.
The record oyer-all accident
death toll for D Christmas holi-
day was 78o during the four day
span ID 1852. The most deaths
for . two-day Christmas holiday
were 3o6 incIudine ATT traf1ic
fatalities In 1915.
Evening star., 1954-12-26

. House minority leader baslks
In the spacious surroundings or
dinarily reserved for the Speaker.
Whether or not the prospect
Is too good to Be true, James N.
Milne. veteran administrative
assistant to the even more vet.
eran Speaker Martin. said that
any change IN the status quo
was strictly up 70 s.1Er. Sam. =
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Poseont Prosram.
Paae A-3

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Pageant Prosrom. Pose As
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seen ct the Pageant, despite
the fact that no programs were
scheduled and the silver stage
was dark.
From 3 o'clock on, automo-
biles poured through the drives
circling the Ellipse at the rate
of 5000 an hour. To handle the
unusual traffic. Park Police had
to augment their detail of uni-
formed men.
Lasts Until January 6.
Afternoon and evening pro-
grams viii be resumed today and
will continue daily through
Twelfth Night" on January 8,
the traditional end Of the Yule-
tide season.
While church services were in
progress yesterday morning and
later on when most families
gathered for Christmas dinners
and the exchange Of gifts, traffic
on the Ellipse was light. But
after dark, children and adults
swarmed the paths and board
walks.
Still the favorite sight for
young and old alike--was the
eight Alaskan reindeer. They
seemed remarkably spry consid-
ering their globe -circling Christ
mas Eve fight the night before.
Comet Is Casualty.
That flight produced one cas-
ualty. however. Comet showed up
Christmas morning with one
antler missing. The reindeer are
not due to shed their antlers
until March.
The crowds were also deep
around the towering Christmas
tree and In front Of the lighted
Nativity scene.
Today's schedule viii open at
4 pm. with a musical Salute
to the Embassies from Main
Street, q. S. A." by the Singing
Capital Chorus, drawn from
local barbershop quartets. To-.
morrow. the weekday schedule
viii be resumed, with q religious
service at noon as the first event
on the program.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Star Want Ad Rents
House First Duy

Mrs. v. |. ?. vented to rent .
furnished hone quickly. After ploe-
ing on I'D ia the rental columns Of
The Stor Classified she found Q ten
ant the first doy her cd appeared.
According to Mrs v. [. p. The
Star did o wonderful JOB Of produe-
inc results.
Yeor N and yeer eut. The stor
produces The best yeor-'round re-
suits FOR classified edvsrfisess. THAT'S
why Il publishes more classified eds
than the. other Woshinetea nevs-
papers eombiued.
Il yos won't 10 rent. buy. trade Or
sell. tell Il 10 the long established
audienes Of The stor readers. Phoas
Sterling 5000 and ssk fw an Cd
tukes.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Crash Kills Girl,
-Four Others in
Family Injured
sA5S'ssf
Conudion Soldier
Loses Control Of Cor
And Rums Tree Here

A Canadian Embassy soldiers
young daughter was killed yes&
terday when her father lost con-
troll of their car and raInmed Q
tree on Rhode Island avenue ~
Seventeenth street NE.
Her mother was injured criti-
cally. The father and two other
children were hurt less seriously.
1t was one of six Christmas
traffic fatalities in and around
washington. TWO persons died
in st. Marys' County srnashups.
one was killed in Rockingham
County, Va, one in Montgomery
County, Md, and one other In
the District.
The dead child was Judy Lynn
Moore. 4. Her mother. Betty
Mae, 26, suffered head injuries
and possible internal injuries.
District General Hospital re-
ported.
Suffers Broken Leg.
The father. Corpl. Raymond
Joseph Moore. 81, suffered o
broken leg. A son, Gary. 5, and
a daughter, Karen. 8. were adj
mltted to Childrens Hospital for
observation. Their injuries are
not believed serious.
Police said the family was
headed toward home, 4218 Knox
road, College Park, Md. when
the accident occurred at 5:3S
pm. They said witnesses told
them the car was travelling fast.
Police theorized Corpl. Moore
had to swerve to miss a streetcar
loading platform and that the
car jumped onto the sidewalk
and slammed into the tree.
Pinned Under Dashboard.
The mother. in the right front
seat, was pinned under the DASH
board and Judy Lynn was
pinned beneath her. &
The child was pronounced
dead after arriving at Childrens
Hospital. The two other children
also were taken there. The
father was taken to Emergency
Hospital. H
Mrs. Moore's mother, Mrs.
Edna Miles. 534 Crittenden street.
NV, said the Moores were re-
turning home after Christmas
visits to several friends. Mrs.
Miles said the Moores lost an
other child, q 4-month-old son.
last April. He suffocated, the
| grandmother said.
The embassy said Corpl. Moore
has served here more than Q
year, as clerk with his gov
ernment's army staff in WASH
ington.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Mcclellan Sees Cut
In Probe Costs With
Shelving
Arkonsos Democrat
Hints at Shukeup Of
Subcommittee Stuff
By james Y. Newton

Senator Mcclellan, Democrat.
Of Arkansas, said yesterday the
Senate investigations Subcom-
mittee under his administration
would operate more economically
and with q smaller star then it
has under the Craftsmanship Of
Senator Mccarthy.
The man who will take over
as chairman in the new Congress
of the subcommittee's parent,
the Committee on Government
Operations, limited at a shakeup
in the Mccarthy subcommittee
staff. However, the Arkansan
said he was threatening to fire
no one and I am pledged to keep
no one."
II don't know who will resign" I"
Senator Mcclellan told The Star
by telephone from Arkansas. ut
is quite probable that some over
there will not want to serve
under my administration"
Uncertain ON Chairman.
Senator Mcclellan said he still
was not ready to say whether
he, as Senator Mccarthy did,
will assume the Craftsmanship Of
the Investigation Subcommittee
as well as of the Government
Operations Committee.
When Senator Mcclellan was
chairman of Government Oper-
ations in the 82d Congress. the
late Senator Hoey, Democrat. Of
North Carolina. headed the SUBJ
committee, There have been re-
ports that he wished Senator.
jackson, Democrat. Of Washing
ton. to take over the investi-
cations this time. but Senator
Continued on Page A-4, Col. ID
Evening star., 1954-12-26

than happy to postpone United
States action until the pacts
signed at Paris and London earl
ier this year have run their
course through Parliamentary
storms In Germany and France.
The two countries most directly
concerned.
Debate is under way In the
French Assembly. which stunned
American and British officials by
rejecting the rearmament plan
280-259 yesterday. Another vote
is to be taken next week. when
the fate Of the government of
Premier Menoes-France viii be
riding on the outcome.
Ready For Consultation.
Secretary of State Dulles dis
cussed the problem in q long dis
tance telephone conversation
with President Eisenhower yes:
terday. And there were reports
here that Mr.. Dulles and British
Foreign Secretary Eden are ready
to consult Immediately in event
the French Assembly fails to
reverse It's rejection of the
treaty.
There was no word on whether
MIR. Dulles would fiy to London If
such consultation becomesi nec-
essary, whether Mr.. Eden would
come to Washington, or whether
diplomatic channels would suf-
nee.
It was apparent the United
States and Britain, acting in
close harmony. had shifted from
a state Of shocked surprise to
grim determination that, with or
without France, Germany was
going to be rearmed as a soye-
reign member Of the Western
alliance.
Discussing plans for United
States Senate action, Chairman
Wiley OF the Foreign Relations
Committee told reporters:
After all. we. don't want the
impression to be created that
this German settlement is all
our doing. That would Just
play into the hands of the Rus
sianS."
Sparkman Gives Views.
Senator Sparkman, Democrat.
OF Alabama. 9 committee menu
Der. said in a separate inter-
view:
I'VE rushed in and ratified the
European Defense Community
treaty and whether that made it
appear We were applying heavy
pressure / don't know. But at
any rate, the treaty was killed
III 9TaIlCC.
II think we should wait now, !"
he added. II think the admins
tration wants that. We should
not act here in the Senate until
France and Germany have given
the treaty their approval"
OF the several documents in
volyed, the United States SEN
ate must ratify only q couple:
The protocal which ends the
occupation and grants West
Germany her sovereignty; and
the agreement admitting Ger
many to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
Another of the agreements
would permit United States
troops to remain In West Ger
many, but this is understood to
fall within the con1mander-in-
chief powers Of the President.
and thus apparently win not
require Senate ratification.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Struck By 2 Cars
Woman, II, Is Killed

A W-year-old Germantown
(Md) woman was killed early
last night when she was struck
by two cars while walking only O
few yards from her home on
Route 28 just beyond its inter-
section with Route ll8, Old
Germantown road.
DR.. Frank j. Broschart, Mont
gomery County medical exam.
iner, said the woman, Viola v.
(See CRASH, Page A-4.)