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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-01-08
Neus OF Arronia

The doorway decoration con-
teset, sponsored by the Arvonia
Improvement Club. was judged
the evening of Dec. 90 Mrs Will
liam Davidson. Mrs. w. B. Clark
and Miss Martha Clark. JUDGES.
chose as winners Mrs. T. A. Yam
cey, first prize Mrs II. M Du-
Val. second prize; Mrs O K Jett-
.rey third prize. Mrs M F. Le-
Suem, vice president of The club,
presented each Of the winners
with a hand painted plate and
pinned ribbons on their do0rWays.
Christmas holidays guests Of
w. j Bersch were Nh and Mrs.
Olney Bersch and son. of Wash
inqton, N. c.. Mr. and Mrs James
Bersch and children OF Richmond.
and Miss Mary Bersch. Of Char
lotteSyille
Dr. c f. McRae. Of HaInpden-
Sydney. viii conduct services at
AlNpli iit9ISe ti Idlf 1iittf ~, 'SNll-
day. Jan. n. 'll.l5 a IN. The
public is cordially invited 10 the
worship service.
Go0chland Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Erie Jones and
Janice and Michele, Of Gooch-
land, were guests Of Mr. and MIS-.
NJ r LeSureur, New Years day.
Other holidays guests of MI. and
Mrs LeSueur were Mr.. and Mrs,
Donald Clarke, of Portsmouth.
Miss cynthia Irby, Of Amherst
ana MI. and Mrs. Earl Haden
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Lynchburg.
MI. and Mrs. Meade Anderson
and Jimmie with their guests. Nh
and Mrs. Cullen, dined with Mr.
and Mrs. Celanm, Tuesday night
Scrabble, according to Life
Magazine. is a game currently be-
ing played by everyone \ old
enough to spell and still not too
feeble to lift the tiles" Mr. and
Mrs. Coleman entertained at sup
per. Monday. followed by an eve
ming of scrabble Their guests
were the John Morgans, Jr., Mrs
Rodney Smith and Ed Saxon All
four qualified as to age and appe-
tite.
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Andersonville

/ The Morgan Cole family was
4 full Of excitement, last week, ovel
/ the arrival Of Billy Cole and his
bride from San Francisco. There
have been family dinners and en-
pertaining fol' the couple from
here to Portsmouth and back
again Mr. and Mrs Cole, Mrs
Ferd Cole and Charles Morgan
spent the week end with the
Lightfoot Crews family. On then
return trip they had dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Poats in Richmond
and on back home TO dine with
Mrs. Tryy Flood Mr.. and Mrs
Cole are leaving Friday for her
home in Nebraska for more par
ties and entertaining before re-
turning to the west coast.
Miss Lula Food spent Sunday
with Mrs. Lewis Morgan
Mr. and Mis-. c w Holland and
their three children were guests
In Mrs Ellen Robertson's home
Sunday.
Mrs Rowlett Bruce made a
brief but cheering call in the
Forbes and Gillian homes, Thurs
day afternoon
The Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth
Barnes and their children made
an early start to church Sunday
morning. in order to give Mrs.
Barnes time for few minutes call
on MIS- Forbes
Returns Home
Mrs George Eldridge. just back
from spending the holidays with
her sister ilh Carolina, was with
the Gallialn family for the week
END and visited the Forbeses.
4 Sunday afternoon.
News and the Thompsons and
4 Waldens. Mrs. Thompson spent
4 Monday in Lynchburg While Mr.,
and Mrs Walden and Nat visited
friends at Glover. Tuesday, Mrs.
/ Thompson and the Walden family
spent with the j r. Wingoes. at
Jeterslille. Wednesday they had
dinner guests. Hatcher Thompson,
and Neale Webster. WHIP tried
their luck at hunting in THE af-
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivanhoe Morgan
and Goopie visited Mrs. Hattie
Morgan, Saturday night
Norfolk Visitor
Miss Mary Anne Seay returned
to Norfolk Monday. after long
visit at her home here. Miss Hat
tie went to Farmville to see her
of on the train.
Betty Mills and Charlotte
Wright have become known as the
inseparables Betty spent several
days Of last week with Charlotte
and Charlotte came home with
Betty for the week end They
parted Sunday afternoon with nc
chance Of d reunion until 9 a. m.
Monday. at the sound Of the
school bell Life can be cruel!
Mrs. James Carter, of Cum
berland. and Miss Dorothy Car
ter. of Richmond, visited Mrs
Meade Anderson. Saturday after
noon
Dinner Guests
Saturday night dinner guests in
the Anderson home were the John
Morgans Jr the Emmett Nc
Craws and Juan and Claude An
derson. Other recent dinner guests
IN the same home were Mr. anc
Mrs. John Word and Mr. and Mrs
Jack Anderson
Mr.. and Mrs. Poats and Judy
spent several days with Mrs
Flood. last week.
MI. and Mrs. Jack Anderson
Nh and Mrs, John Morgan Jr.
and Juan and Claude Anderson
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Richard Ellis, Monday evening.
Meet Friends
Miss Beth Forbes and Miss Alice
Forbes went to Richmond, last
Tuesday. where they met out-of-
town friends for lunch They
shopped for awhile. visited the
Alexander Forbeses, and made ar
early start home Later in the
week. they, wit hSandra Forbes
and Lib Cowan, went shopping If
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tent In Johnston Willis Hospital
Dick Lyons. of Arlington, was a
recent visitor Of Mr.. and Mrs. j
NJ. LeSueur.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Barbee and
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart FoWlkes and
Thomas, of Richmond, and Miss
Martha Foulkes. of Charlottes-
vile. were Christmas holiday
guests of their mother. Mrs. w
w Fowlkes.
T. II. Ford spent Sunday in
Richmond where he visited his
wife. who is q patient in john
stony Willis Hospital.
Christmas Guests
Mrs. w. A Chambers, Mrs. l.. O.
Pierce and w. A. Chambers. Jr.
visited Mr. and Mrs Milton
Chambers and Mr.. and Mrs
Pierce Chambers during Christ
mas holidays
Mr.. and MIS-. Ed Stephanoi and
children, Of Chicago. and Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Wingo. Of Richmond
spent Christmas with Mr.. and
Mrs. O. r. Jeffrey.
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Williams
and son. Jack. have returned
home after spending the holidays
III California.
Mrs. f. E. Roberts is a patient
III Grace Hospital. where she is
UNDERGOING treatment.
Visit Daughter
Mr.. and Mrs II M DuVal spent
the past week end in Hampton
with their son -in-laW and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Saw
yer.
Mr., and Mrs Henry Jones and
Hank and Chuck. of Carysbrook
were recent dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. w, A. Chambers. Other
CHESTS in the same home were MI.
and Mrs Elmer Maxi and child
rem, Of Rosney
r. T, Ayers spent Christmas
with Mr and Mrs. James Young
blood. Of Danyille. and New Year S
day with Nh. and Mrs. Harold
Jones. of Bedford.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r A. Martin.
Mrs. J l.. Toney and Miss Mae
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Embassy
Party

The anniversary Of the indie
pendence of Ceylon was cele-
brated yesterday in the Embassy
when the Charge d'Affaires. Mr.
H. Shirley Amerasinghe. acted
as host. The newly appointed
Ambassador, Mr.. Ratnakirti
Gunawardena and his family are
not expected until the latter
part of the month. They will
sail from England where they
expect to visit former Ambassa-
dor and Lady Corea in London.
Sir Claude Corea now is his
country's High Commissioner in
that capital.
The several hundred guests
yesterday were invited from $3.50
to $3.50 O'Clock and included Of
ficials, diplomats and ranking
officers of the services. Speaker
OF the House. Representative
Joseph w. Martin, jr.. was there.
also Secretary Of Commerce and
Mrs. Sinclair Weeks. Associate
Justice William o. Douglas. Rep
resentative Sam Rayburn, AS
sistant Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Henry A. Byroade and Dep
uty Chief Of Protocol and Mrs.
Raymond D. Muir.
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Capt. Graham
Takes Bride

Mr. and Mrs. William LaVarre
of Richmond, Va, Washington
and New York. announce the
marriage of their daughter, Mrs.
Yvette LaVarre Ruddell, to Capt.
William Worth Graham III.
U. S. A. F., of Bel Air, Md.
The wedding took place Feb
ruary 2 in Saint Mary's Church
of Hartford County at Emmor-
ton, Md. The Rev. William Fitz-
gerald officiated.
Mrs. Graham is the widow Of
Capt. James Cornelius Ruddell.
jr.. who died in Korea in 1851.
She is graduate Of the Hewlett
School. Her early forbears in
clude Colonial Governors of both
Virginia and Massachusetts, and
she is a collateral descendent Of
Patrick Henry.
Capt. Graham is the son of
Mrs. Clara Pue Graham and the
late Mr.. Graham of Bel Air and
Tryon. N. c. He attended Wash
ington and Lee University. He
served in the Pacific during
World War II, later in Alaska
and is currently stationed at
Scott Air Base.
Following a brief trip to Ber-
muda, Capt. and Mrs. Graham
will make their home at Scott
Field, Ill.
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ENGAGEMENTS Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Bealle
of Waldorf, Md. announce the
engagement of their daughter
Dorothy Cecilia to Mr.. Paul
Benedict Brown. son Of DR. and
Mrs. Clement R. Brown Of
Clarksville. Md. A summer we'd
ding is planned.
Miss Bealle is a graduate Of
the University of Maryland and
is teaching at the OXon Hill. Md.
Elementary School. Mr.. Brown
will be graduated from the Uni
versity of Maryland in June.
Ashby-Stroop
Mrs. Walter Byron Ashby of
Exmore, Va. announces the en-
gagement Of her daughter. Mar
lene Joyce to Midshipman Paul
David Stroop. jr., son of Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Stroop Of Ar
lington. Va. A June wedding in
the Naval Academy Chapel is
planned.
Miss Ashby. daughter of the
late Mr.. Ashby. is senior at
Mary Washington College of the
University of Virginia in Fred
ericksburg. Midshipman Stroop
will be graduated from the
United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis in June.
PoImer Botschen
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard C.
Palmer of Silver Spring an
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nounce the engagement OF their
daughter Linda to S/Sergt. Jay
A. Botschen. U. S. A. F.. son Of
Mrs. Arthur G. Botschen of
Davenport, Iowa. and the late
Mr.. BotSchen. The wedding will
take place in June.
Mas Palmer attended the Uni
verslty of Colorado. Sergt.
BotSchen is stationed at March
Air Force Base in Riverside, Calf
Epstein Greenfield
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Epstein
Of Baltimore, Md. announce the
engagement of their daughter
Dorothy to Mr.. Richard Green
field, son Of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Greenfield. The wedding will
take place in April.
Croker Tiehooro
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred E. Croker
of st. Petersburg. Fla. announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter Earlene IneZ to Mr.. John
Marvin Tiehaara. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John o. Tiehaara of Boga-
lusa. La. A May wedding is
planned.
Miss Croker studied music
and art in Washington after at
tending schools in Denver. Colo.
Mr.. Tiehaara received his bach
elor Of music degree from South
eastern Louisiana College and
his masters degree in music from
Louisiana State University.
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Press'Attuche
Entertuins;
Envoy Away

Pakistan Ambassador and
Begun Ali with their daughter.
Miss Talat Ali, will return early
next week from California.
They were in Los Angeles
Wednesday while the Press At
tache Syud Ahmed was enter
tanning members of the Interna-
tional Friendship Committee of
All Souls Episcopal Church. The
party was a buffet supper with
many Pakistani dishes and the
company numbered 200 or more.
During the evening an inter-
esting program of native music
and dances was given and a
color motion picture of Pakistan
was shown. Mr.. M. S. Qureshi
danced in native costume and
Mrs. Jilani, wife of the Armed
Forces attache; Mrs. Muna-
warndin, wife of the CONNER
cial Attache, and Mrs. Shafoat,
wife Of the First Secretary. sang
native songs. Mrs. Jilani also
described the native dress Of
Pakistani ladies and told on
what occasions they are worn.
The motion picture was shown
by Mr.. K. Latifullah.
The Rev. Frank Blackweider,
rector Of the church, was among
the guests and others incluoed
Miss Ethyl Clarke. chairman of
the International Friendship
Committee.
The Rev. Inayat Nash. a PAX
iStan Christian priest also was
at the party. He is doing post
graduate work at the Virginia
Theological Seminary.
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TRIBE Celebration

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c. Bagg
of Bethesda will entertain at
triple celebration dinner party
tonight at Normandy Farm. The
event will mark the 10th wedding
anniversary of Col. and Mrs.
John hammond of Falls Church.
the fourth wedding anniversary
of Col. and Mrs. Frank Kriwanek
and the birthday of the hostess.
Mrs. Bagg
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Guggenheinns
.HOnored

United States Ambassador to
Portugal and Mrs. M. Robert
Guggenheim were guests of
honor at dinner last evening of
the Portuguese Amba ssador and
Senhora de Esteves Fernandes.
Earlier Ambassador and Mrs.
Guggenheim were entertained at
luncheon by Luxembourg Min
lister and Nine. LeGallais in their
legation on Massachusetts ave-
nue. at Twenty-second street.
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Society News

For the second time this week.
official Washington turned out
in white tie elegance for a re-
ception last night. The dean OF
the diplomatic corps. Norwegian
Ambassador and Mrs. Morgen-
stierne, staged the dressy affair
to introduce the new Chief JUS
tice of the United States and
Mrs. Earl Warren to the chiefs
of foreign missions.
They were practically all there.
AS the announcer rolled OF the
names. one mentally zigzagged
from country to country around
the globe, "the Netherlands Am
bassador and Nine. van Roijen.
the Ambassador of Afghanistan,
the Mexican Ambassador and
Sonora de Tello. the German
Ambassador and Nine. Krekeler,
the Bolivian Ambassador and
Sonora de Andrade."
AS they went down the line,
they found themselves facing
big man of great natural friend
illness coupled with the dignity
of accomplishment. Mr.. Warren
is not an aloof person, of in the
clouds somewhere. He's with
you from the start. It's doubtful
if any diplomat who shook his
hand but felt the warmth of the
Californian.
His sweet hammered. gentle
wife stood beside him, clad in a
soft dark blue net dress. It
turned out to be almost the exact
color, only a darker hue, Of the
net dress worn by the hostess.
Only a little earlier they had
risen from the embassy dinner
table at which the Warrens were
also honored by their hosts as
a kickoff to the evening. The
IS guests had included the
French Ambassador and Nine.
Bonnet, the Swedish Ambassador
and Mime. Bohemian, the Luxem-
bourg Minister and Nine. LIE
Calais. Justice and Mrs. STAN
ley Reed, Senator and Mrs. Will
liam Knowland, Senator and
Mrs. Homer Ferguson. the AS
sistant to the President and Mrs.
Sherman Adams, the Chief OF
Naval Operations and Mrs. Rob-
ert Carney. the former Am
bassador to Norway and Mrs.
Charles Bay, who were down
from New York for the party;
former Ambassador Joseph E.
Davies whose wife will soon re-
turn from a Caribbean cruise:
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lippmann
and Mrs. John Coleman, daugh-
ter of the hosts.
Virginia Worren There
Miss Virginia Warren, eldest
daughter of the Chief Justice,
was attending her first official
Washington party since her
father donned his black robe.
She arrived here Tuesday and
plans to be here from now on.
though she doesn't think her
two sisters will come until next
fall Honeybear may not come
here then. as she has two more
years of college and no doubt
wants to finish them in Cali
fornia. None of them, says Viz
GINA, is yet used to the fact that
their parents permanent home
has been moved from California
to Washington.
The American Ambassador to
Portugal and Mrs. Robert Gug-
genheim were being welcomed
back to the scene after seven
months absence. With her
strawberry blond hair shorter
than usual. Polly had on a black
velvet and white chiffon eve
ming gown with her diamond
bordered sapphire-the largest
in the world-pinned to the
neckline. They go out or enter
tain nearly every night in
Lisbon, she said, but it's rarely
on as large q scale as last eve
ning's gathering.
Bob Guggenheim says he has
no difnculty getting to bed early
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Society News
NorWoy Ambassador
Fetes Chief Justice
Worrens Greet Diplomatic Corps at
White-Tie Reception Given by Dean
By Betty BeoIe

in Portugal. There are only
three Ambassadors who outrank
him, so he can usually leave
when he wants. Dinners there
are at $3.50 and are over by
11:30-at least they are for Am
bassador Guggenheim.
Lequerieos Back
Also being greeted warmly at
their first appearance since their
return from Spain were Spanish
Ambassador and Sonora De
Lequerica. The popular couple
spent the entire two months
they were away in Madrid and
other parts of Spain. Not only
was handkiSsing prevalent last
night but cheek kissing as well.
Still another couple fresh
from distant shores were the
Van RoijenS. During their
months absence they visited
Dutch Guiana. Curacao and
other Netherlands soil in the
Caribbean area. They found the
swimming best in Curacao; life
the widest in Dutch Guiana,
where they frequently witnessed
the unusual spectacle of whole
families standing in the nude
and singing the national an
them.
Justices Robert Jackson and
William Douglas were there, too.
and Senators from the Foreign
Relations and Armed Services
Committees. Senator and Mrs.
Leverett Saltonstall had a din
ner before the 1890 reception
and arrived at the embassy with
Senator and Mrs. James Duff
and Senator John Sherman
Cooper. Senator Hubert Hum
phrey was telling a member OF
the embassy staff about visiting
the chapel in Norway where his
mother was baptized. 1t was
built, he said, in 1922. Peggy
Scott Hansen was calling the
Senator cousin" because she
has an uncle by the name OF
Hubert Humphrey.
Gwen Cuts Swothe
When the Morris Cafritzes
walked into the formal drawing
room, Gwen cut a wide swathe.
She wore a strapless, white satin
gown that fitted like sheath to
the knees then flared out into
huge stiff coral pink fullness.
Extremely dramatic, it prevented
one from standing very close.
Others in the celebrity filled
rooms, where Sidney's music
poured forth, were Air Chief of
Staff and Mrs. Nathan Twining
Marine Commandant and Mrs.
Lemuel Shepherd. Lady Makins,
Mrs. John F. Simmons, Under
secretary Of State and Mrs
Donold Lourie. Mr.. and Mrs.
Drew Pearson. Mr.. and Mrs
Andre VisSon. the Swiss Minister
and Nine. Bruggmann. the Andre
Boisgelins. Count and Countess
Carl Douglas. the former chat
ting with Soviet Counselor Ana
toll Dobrynin; the Spanish MIN
lister and Sonora de Proper and
the Argentine Ambassador and
Sonora de Paz.
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Envoy Returns
The spanish Ambassador and

The Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de Lequerica have re-
turned to the United States after
a two-month trip to Spain. They
arrived Monday aboard the s. S.
independence and were met in
New York by the Consul General
of Spain. Senior Ramon de la
Presilla, and the Press Counselor
of the Spanish Embassy, Senior
Luis A. Bolin, as well as other
Spanish officials. They arrived
in Washington late Monday eve
ming.
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MeIvins Honored

Comdr. and Mrs. C. s. Melvin,
who will leave soon for his new
assignment in California, were
the guests of honor at a farewell
dinner given yesterday at Water
Gate Inn by Capt. and Mrs. Burl
Bailey. u. S. N.
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Farewell Luncheon

Mrs. Eleanor Walker, who will
soon leave Arlington for her
new home in Orlando, Fla, will
be honored at q farewell lunch
con to be given tomorrow at
Water Gate Inn by Mrs. Edward
II. Diegel.
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The wedding of Miss Sue Ellen
O'Connell and Mr.. William
Douglas Toomey took place jan
uary 9 in the chapel at Fort
Myer, Va. The Rev. Joseph P.
McBarron performed the cere-
mony before members of the i'm
mediate families.
The bride is the daughter Of
Mrs. Joseph O'Connell and the
late Mr.. O'Connell of Conway,
Ark, and the bridegroom is the
son of Mr.. ard Mrs Floyd F.
Toomey of Chevy Chase. Md.
Following breakfast at the
Columbia Country Club the
newlyweds left for a short we'd
ding trip through the South.
They will make their home in
St. Louis, Mo-, where the bride
groom is associated with the
Mcdonnell Aircraft Corp.
Evening star., 1954-05-04
; Reds Sentenced
AS They Hit Mccarthy
BY the Associo.ed Press

: SAN FRANCISCO, May A.
2 Three Communists and a %
syear-old woman sentenced to
sprison for hiding a fugitive New
York Communist leader filed no.
ztice of appeal today.
Z The three men, all former
! Communist Party officers, were
given a chance to speak in Fed
eral Court yesterday. They
emitted loud blasts against "Mc-
Carthyism," the Eisenhower ad-
ministration, the Cadillac cabi-
net" and Attorney General
BroWnell.
Then Judge Louis E. Good
man pronounced their sentences:
Sidney Steinberg, 80, former
assistant national labor secretary
of the Communist Party in the
United States-three years.
Samuel Irving Coleman, 43,
- former member of the Commu-
mist Party's upper echelons in
sNew York and Buffalo-three
years.
Carl Ross, 81, former Secre-
J, tary of the Communist Party of
Administrative year.
Mrs. Shirley Kremen, %, for
.mer Los Angeles City College
student, designated by the Gov
ernment as a schoolgirl radi-
Ecal"-one wear.
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c.. Al
TUESDAY, a.

serted. it would result in fewer
juveniles being placed in insti-
tutions. and more family support
by fathers who might abandon
their families.
Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss,
the Engineer Commissioner, said,
in another matter, that repairs
now are finished on the deep
sewer break in front of the Naval
Gun Factory but that the OBJ
struction to traffic probably will
remain for another three weeks
to permit the concrete involved
in the repairs to harden.
The Commissioners were asked
by an interviewing reporter if
they intended to enforce the pro-
visions involving the licensing of
sightseeing guides. Commissioner
Samuel Spencer said this was a
more complicated problem than
originally thought and that the
law might require a amendment.
Whatever happens, the Com
Evening star., 1954-05-04
Welfare Agency Sees
Economy in Plea for
Funds 10 Boost Staff

Welfare Department requests
for about $780, 900 in additional
funds for hiring 80 more social
workers were to be placed before
the Commissioners today.
This was disclosed last night
by Commissioner Renah F.
Camalier, during the telecast of
"Your Commissioners Report .
over WMAL-TV,. The Star sta
ton.
Mr.. Camalier said the addi-
tional funds, if granted, would
permit considerably more reha-
bilitation of public welfare cases,
and moreover, would mean a
savings in direct aid, since the
additional case workers would
cut down malingering.
Also, the Commissioner as
Evening star., 1954-05-04

Homer c. Clay. argued that no
fair hearing can be had at this
time. He charged that Attorney
General Brownell already has
tried the case in the press. by
defaming the organization in an
April 8 network television speech.
Mr.. Clay also contended the
hearing should be put off until
after q pending court ruling on
Evening star., 1954-05-04
Mother Asks coInInuiation
OF Son. S Death Sentence
BY The Asseeioted Press

RICHMOND. May 4.-The
mother Of q convicted murderer
yesterday pleaded for commuta-
ton of her sons death sentence
by Gov. Stanley
Mrs. Emma Kensinger, whose
son, John Kensinger. %, wa:
convicted of the fatal shooting
last June "a Of Leroy A. Apple
gate, made her plea in a private
session with the Governor.
Mr.. Applegate, 80, a Takoma
Park (Md) cab driver, was
found with a bullet wound in his
head on the Virginia side OF
Chain Bridge.
Kensinger, an itinerant maga-
zine salesman from Pennsylvania,
won a reprieve from an execu-
ton date set December 10.
Evening star., 1954-05-04

the constitutionality of the So
called McCarran Act, which au-
thorizeS such hearings.
Mr.. Lautner, now a Justice
Department consultant, testi-
fled he was a Communist Party
member from 1929 to 1850, ex-
cept while he was in the Army
from 1912 to 1945.
The hearings were to be re-
Sumed today.