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Two Alexandra Incumbents
Seek Reelection April 5

North Fairfax street. He is i
veteran OF the Air Force and fiev
% missions in Europe during
World War II.
He Is married and lives with
his wife and two children at IL
East Linden street.
Mr.. Williamson, 38. has beer
city attorney since 1949. having
been elected to two successive
terms without opposition. He viii
be opposed this time in the pri-
mary by Ralph Payne, who an
nounced last week that he was
q candidate.
Mr.. Williams was graduated
from the University of Virginia
and also received his law degree
there. He began practicing Law
in Alexandra in 194O. During
World War II. he served in the
Navy, rising to the rank OF lieu
| tenant commander. He saw ac-
ton from Guadacanal to Oki-
nawa.
The incumbent candidate il
married and has two sons at
tending the George Mason Ele-
mentary School. The Williamses
live at 3211 Old Dominion boule-
ward in Beverly Hills.
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|cIC, Urban League
Hold Hiring Farley

Capital Transit Co. and Dis
trict Government officials met
with representatives Of the Wash
ington Urban League and the
Presidents Committee on Con-
tracts again yesterday on the
question Of the transit company's
hiring policies.
District Public Utilities Com
mission Chairman Robert E. Me-
Laughlin said the group contin-
ued discussions and study Of
methods used in other cities In
discarding discriminatory en-
ployment practices by transit
companies. notably in st. Louis.
Another meeting is expected
to be scheduled soon to continue
the series of talks on the ques-
ton of changing the transit
company's practice Of hiring only
white operators.
Among those at yesterdays
session were Assistant Engineer
Commissioner Giles Evans. Lisle
Carter and Victor DAILY of the
Urban League, who also is per-
sonnet director for the United
States. Employment Service for
the District: Godfrey Butler,
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viii create a nuisance close to
heavily populated areas.
Board member George M
Rowzee, jr., moved approval o1
the resolution after County
Manager A. T. Lundberg said
all other possibilities have been
explored. MIR. Lundberg said
one site considered is In Stat
ford County, accessible by raj
from the county incinerator.
Deny Rezoning Request.
The board denied a request
for rehearing of a board action
rezoning property in the 1900
block of North Culpeper street
for apartments. Board member
Wesley w. Cooper abstained
The board chairman, Mrs. Leone
Buchholz, was absent.
Reappointed to the Board OF
Equalization of Real Estate
Assessments were Homer Bauer
man. James r. Harris and Ralph
Kimble.
Charles H. Purcell, jr., a mem
ber of the zoning and Land Use
Committee. was named an alter
nate to Max Wehrly on the Ma
tional Capital Regional Planning
Council.
The board was informed oi
the resignation from the Plan
ming Commission of James L
Sundquist, who is moving from
the county.
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Arlington Orders
Plans Drawn for New
Recreation Center

Preparation Of architects plans
for Q new Arlington Recreation
Center to replace the building
destroyed by IRE during Hurri-
cane Hazel last October has been
ordered by the Arlington County
Board.
The board, meeting at the
Court House last night, asked
that the plans be drawn for the
site Of the old center at North
Third street and Park drive. The
architects win be requested to
present plans for construction of
a first unit. and also for future
expansion.
Pay Raised for I.200.
In other business, nearly $685.
600 was appropriated to give
salary increases averaging be-
tween 5000 and $500 to about
1900 employees coming under
jurisdiction Of the county man
sager.
One hundred policemen and
81 firemen will receive 500
annual increases. The changes
were recommended by Jack II.
Foster, county director Of per-
sonnel, as a result Of a pay scale
study. The same study brought
agreement between the County
Board and School Board in CO.
.ordinating salaries and person.
mel policies.
Acquisition of the Worthing-
ton Oil Co. property on George
Washington Memorial Parkway
at Rosslyn was approved. The
price of $4,000. to be paid the
present owner, the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation, is far
below earlier prices asked for
the property.
The States payment of half of
the $4,000 is conditioned on
credit by the Federal government
for this amount of Virginia's
contribution to extension of the
parkway. The County Board, in
its action last night. requested
reimbursement by the Federal
Government for half of the
$23, 900 it authorized. Arlington
has been paying one-fourth of
the cost of acquiring land for the
parkway.
Ask Disposal Site Views.
The board also decided to ask
the Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors for its view on ac-
QUESTION of a site for disposal of
Arlington incinerator residue on
a Fairfax tract.
The property is 100 acres
owned by George L. and Blanche
]. Frye on Route 622 north of
u. s. Route l, west of Hybla
Valley Airport and south of a
large tract owned by the Bureau
of Public Roads.
r. M. Writ, county director Of
public service, and F. H. Doe, jr.,
head of the sanitation division,
said in a report that sites now
being used will be filled soon or
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star stan Photo.

personnel director for the tram
sit company. and e. C. Giddings,
a company vice president; Jacob
Seidenberg of the Presidents
Committee on Contracts. Mr..
Mclaughlin and Robert M.
Weston of the utilities commits
sion and e. j. Milligan of the
commission staff.
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Climbers Glasses

"A special course for beginners
in mountaineering will be offered
at the Manchester, England,
College Of Commerce.
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nave seriously nampefeQ Lne
administration in solving the
Nations real personnel prob
lens"
James Watson, the leagues
executive director, joined Mr..
Kelley in criticiZing some Re-
publicans for hindering the
President and the csc in their
efforts to improve civil service
The leagues conclusion on the
various events in civil service
during the last IL months was:
while the morale of the
career service has been seriously
shaken, the basic merit system
is being maintained. and there is
hope for improvements. The
extent of public and official con-
fusion and misinformation is
serious"
The league charged that Re-
publican pressure for political
patronage jobs in connection
with the new excepted Schedule
c has SO completely monopo-
lized" the time of the csc that
the commission has not had time
for more constructive work. AS
a result, the vital Improvements
needed in the civil service sys-
tenn have not been made. Mr..
Kelley declared.
The league called on the ad-
minIstration to modernize ire
Governments personnel ma
chinery to Improve the eff
cheney. morale and public
prestige of the career service"
1t also asked the administra-
ton to press for modification of
veterans preference in reduc-
tlon-ln-force programs. 1t de-
scribed veterans preference as
the only major legislative bar
rlel to effective civil service.
The observation-disclosures regula-
tions are harmful and wasteful
in that often the most able peo-
pie are the ones that must be
dropped. the league said.
Asking that the Federal civil
service be based on progressive
personnel practices in private
industry. the league said progress
IN this direction during the past
year has been disappointingly
SLOW 1t declared that some
elements in the new administra-
ton have not sufficiently under
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Dickinson Placed
In BeIvoir. Stockade

Corpl. Edward S. Dickinson.
who is being held by the Army
for consorting with the enemy
while Korean POW, was trans
ferred from Walter Reed Hos
pital to the stockade at Fort
Belvoir, Va. yesterday.
Dickinson is being held at Fort
Belvoir. He was in Walter Reed
undergoing physical examina-
tons when he was arrested last
Friday.
Meanwhile. Col. James Jewett
Carnes has been assigned by the
Military District of Washington
to direct the pretrial investiga-
ton that. will determine whether
Corpl. Dickinson must face
court martial. The investigation
is expected to get under way at
once.
A native of Minneapolis. Col.
Carnes lives at 4446 Greenwich
parkway NV. He is a graduate
of West Point and the George
town University School of Law.
He is 54.. ... ...
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II. S. Considers Plan to Sell
Butter to Public at Cut Rate

going to be such losses which,
ever way the administration
moves to handle the butter prob
lem. possibly as much as $500
million.
Still Fears Big Loss.
The Vermont Senator said he
is certain Secretary of Agri-
culture Benson would have to
let the support price drop below
the present 80 per cent of parity
level.
This could result in the Gov
ernment's acquiring the butter
at a price of about Sc cents a
pound instead of the present Sc
cents, but there would still be
big losses if the butter were sold
to wholesalers at 80 cents a
pound. he pointed out.
Senator Aiken noted that he
himself was not indorsing the
plan discussed at yesterdays
meeting and that he did not
know whether the Agriculture
Department would decide to
do so.
They're really desperate over
this butter situation" Senator
Aiken said. In many ways 1t
is the most serious problem the
Agriculture Department faces.
I'm frank to say / don't know
what to do. If l did I would
tell them"
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. Of Il els Staying
With Reds Revealed
As Stool Pigeons

TOKYO, Jan. 28.-At least
nine Of 81 American prisoners
who turned their backs on their
homeland acted as stool pigeons
for Chinese guards in North Ko-
rean prison camps. the United
Nations Command officially dis
closed tonight.
The nine were accused of in
forming on fellow prisoners.
The U. N. c. said of the 81:
Four expected to be punished
if they returned and were afraid
to come back.
Five were sent to China during
their captivity for further school
ing.
Seven were either selected for
or promised more schooling in
Red China.
Five Considered Insincere.
Five were considered weak and
not sincere in their Communist
beliefs.
Reasons they stayed with the
Reds were: They fell in love with
Chinese women: they hoped to
get something for nothing and
they were promised educations
in China"
Twelve were "progressives"
from the first days of capture
and active in all kinds of Red
activity in the prison camps.
Twenty of the 81 were regular
Army men. One was a draftee.
Three were artillerymen. two
were medical aidmen. There
were two engineers and the rest
were infantrymen.
! Five are 81 years old and the
oldest is 80. The average age
is 23l2. Nineteen are single, two
married. Three are Negroes.
Ten had an average of two
years in high school. One had
3l2 years of college and another
graduated from college. Two
completed grammar school only
and two didn't finish grammar
school. One only completed the
sixth grade.
No Earlier Political Activity.
Not a single one of the 81 had
any recorded political activity
prior to entering the Army.
The allied spokesman said 10
Of the 81 came from low income
homes. Most OF the others were
from middle class families. One
is the son of an Army officer.
One of the 81 is an orphan
who was adopted at the age of
IL. Two came from broken
homes.
Before entering the Army.
FIVE were restaurant workers,
four were truck drivers. three
were mechanics or mechanics
helpers: one was a bakery en-
ploye. a service station attend
ant, sales clerk. machine OPP
orator, and welder. Four were
never employed.
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27Americons BIostU. S. Again,
Then Go to Live With Reds

and group interviews, said all
most exactly what they told a
handful Of other allied CORE
spondents who interviewed them
at Panmunjom Tuesday.
They said they want to be
peace fighters" and cannot do
so in the United States.
Some said they planned to
visit Communist China now that
they are free men," Others re-
fused to answer when asked
where they would go.
Communist newsmen said spe-
cial camps had been prepared
for the men at Kaesong and that
a gala welcome awaited them.
In interviews before leaving
the compound all of the men said
emphatically that they believed
American flyers dropped germs
on North Korea.
Aaron Wilson of Urania, La,
said he was sure the charges
were true because II saw the
planes drop them"
How could you tell they were
germ bombs?" he was asked.
II saw the insects" he an
swered.
What kinds of insects?"
II could not say what kind.
Several kinds" Wilson replied.
Lowell o. Skinner of Cleve-
land said he was firmly con-
WINGED the United States was
guilty of germ warfare in Korea.
Il am going to China to furth-
err peace, further my general
knowledge and political knowl-
edge. Beyond that, I'm afraid
it's none Of your business" he
coid
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AAsoeio.ed Press Foreign Core respondent

ASsoeiofec pFesS foFsi9n IoTresponoem
PANMUNJOM, Jan. %
Twenty-one singing, chanting
Americans and one Briton. who
renowned their homelands to
stay with the Communists today
rolled northward in nag be-
decked trucks toward a life be-
hind the Bamboo Curtain.
The former allied soldiers,
along with 325 South Koreans,
carried Red peace dove" ban
ners as they marched from their
barbed wire compound in Korea S
bleak neutral zone,
They sang. cheered and
shouted charges of imperialism
and germ warfare at the Western
world as they boarded big green
trucks for the trip north.
1t was Is minutes past noon
when the truck convoy rumbled
past the northern boundary Of
the demilitarized zone.
Five Allied newsmen saw them
go.
An Indian escort took the five
of us to the pro-Red north camp
for the last frenZied propaganda
show of the men who chose COM
munism.
Communist Correspondents AL
Ian Wilmington and Wilfred
Burchett arranged for a few
newsmen to witness the unusual
spectacle.
We were allowed to move freely
in the compound that has held
the pro-Red captives since they
were turned over to Indian GUS
tody September "a.
The prisoners. in individual
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Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Prince Georges to Seek
Nearly $l3 Million Budget

Prince Georges County tMdD
department heads will ask for
nearly $13 million to finance
county government operations
during the next fiscal year. 1t
appears unlikely that they will
get that much, but that the final
budget will be in the neighbour
hood of $l2.
All county department esti-
mates are before the County
Commissioners today with the
exception of those of the police
and health departments.
The $l2 million portion of the
budget is that derived from
county taxes. The total expendi-
lures for the year are estimated
at S18 million. with the addi-
tional Sc million coming from
the State and Federal govern
ments and from miscellaneous
income.
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White House Receives Bill
On Pay for Missing GIs

The Senate yesterday sent to
President Eisenhower a bill ex-
tending to July /, 1855. the pay
and allowances of servicemen
missing in Korea.
Earlier in the day, the Senate
and House each passed identical
bills on the subject. But later
the Senate also passed the House
version to complete congressional
action on the measure.
1t would continue the pay and
allowances of families of $3.50
men listed as missing by the De-
Tense Department on January /.
These men are gradually being
transferred to the list of dead
or presumed dead.
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Heating Oil Price Rise
Is. Partially Rescinded

NEW YORK. Jan. %. The
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. yester-
day rescinded part of it's recent
price increase on light heating
oil.
It's marketing divisions were
authorized to lower prices to
meet competitive conditions.
There will be a reduction of
one-tenth of a cent a gallon in
the tank car and barge delivery
price of light heating oils at
New York, New Haven and Phil
adelphia. In upstate New York.
cuts will run to three tenths of
q cent.
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Democrats Ask Probe

The Fairfax County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee has
asked the 10th District Demo-
cratic Committee to investigate
the appointment Of William G.
Bauknight to a State Legislature
Committee.
1t was charged that Mr.. Bau-
knight bolted the party to run
as an independent against the
regular Democratic nominee in
the Alexandria Commemorative
attorney election. He was de-
feated by Earl F. Wagner, the
party nominee.
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stood the Importance of morale
in the Federal career service"
The league urged improvement
of Federal employe training pro-
grams, revision of reduction-in-
force programs to retain the
best employees regardless of vet
erans' preference and a revision
of the Governments security
program to end confusion be-
tween loyalty and suitability
f1ringS.
y r y 4
STATE RITY EN-
PLOYES.-Scott Mcleod, the
State Departments security
chief. has again asked the Civil
Service Commission to remove
civil service job protection rights
from the Departments security
investigators and evaluators.
Twice before the CSC has re-
fused the request. However. the
csc is now under terrific pres
sure from Capitol Hill. and there
are persistent reports that the
commission will approve placing
these employees under excepted
Schedule A.
PAY-Although the House
Civil Service Committee will be-
gin its Federal pay raise hear
ings on February 8. it probably
will give the administration until
February Is to submit it's views
on pay legislation. There are a
number of conflicting views
among administration officials on
pay, and they have indicated to
the committee they would like
another week in order to reach
agreement.
SEPARATED CAREERISTS-
Senator Johnston. Democrat, of
South Carolina. is sponsoring a
bill today to restore displaced
Government careerists to the
payroll as we'll as retain career
employees who might lose their
jobs in the future. The bill was
referred to the Senate Civil Serv-
ice Committee of which Senator
Johnston is ranking minority
Under the bill. SIS million re-
volving fund would be created
to take care of separated career
lists until they found new jobs.
The Civil Service Commission
would be empowered to order
agencies to hire these separated
career workers.
Senator Johnston declared that,
with the CSC given broad au-
thority to place jobleSs career
workers. all OF these employees
could be placed quickly without
any trouble And the revolving
fund would assure them of
continuing income for the few
weeks it would take to place
them in new positions. he said.
Meanwhile. the csc an
nounced it has found jobs for
1875 more displaced careerists
during the past week. The COM
mission said 3.112 jobless career
workers have been placed in new
jobs since last June, while 1884
remain UNEMPLOYED.
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity - Fair
and colder tonight, with low
est around IS in the city. Is
in the suburbs. Tomorrow, fair
with increasing .cloudiness and
milder in the afternoon
Maryland-Fair and colder
tonight. with lowest 1918 in
west, and 1926 in east. To-
morrow. fair and rather cold
in east and increasing cloudi-
ness and slightly milder in west.
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Benson Asks Support
For Administration
On Farm Program
By the Associated Pres,

Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son said today it is high time
that thinking Americans take
stock and heed the warning" of
President Eisenhower that pres
ent farm programs are not in the
best interest of agriculture and
the Nation.
Addressing a farm conference
being held by the United States
Chamber of Commerce, the G.
o. P. farm chief appealed for
public support for a new agricul-
tural program outlined to Con-
gresS by the President earlier this
month. 1t features controversial
flexible price supports in con-
trast to the present program of
rigid supports for major crops.
The Presidents program"
the secretary said. "charted a
course for increasing farm in
come on an overall, year after
year basis. At the same time
it provided for easing the strain
on the Federal treasury and the
consumer. It should be the peo-
pies program"
Noted Injurious Effects.
In his message, Gen. EiSen-
hover said the present program
OF mandatory high price floors
was diScouragipg sales and
causing the creation of costly
SURPRISES of farm products.
In addition to the economic
aspects of the Eisenhower
plan, I'm sure it will strengthen
the social bond between farmers
and urban consumers, Mr.. Ben
son said. 1T is designed to keep
the cost of farm assistance
within reasonable limits and at
the same time provide protec-
ton to our food and fiber
supply"
He added: I'VE have reached
the point where we must let price
shave some influence in deter
mining the direction of produc-
stion and consumption"
No Flowing Under"
Z The Secretary said some of his
#CriticS have charged that he
wants to eliminate inefficient
farmers.
N Frankly. the blowing under
principle was favorite Of some
groups some years ago." he said.
1T certainly is not mine. I be-
Fheve in increasing agricultural
efficiency at every possible turn"
IC an earlier address to the
conference Undersecretary of
Agriculture True D. Morse said
restrictions on farm production
impo>ed this year to combat sur
pluses may turn out to be a
serious shock" to business and
the national economy.
Mr.. Morse's view was that
smaller-scale farm operations
will require less in the way of
services and supplies. from farm
hand labor to bank financing.
and that will cut business and
jobs. ~
Sees CutbackS Forced.
The farm cutbacks are being
forced upon farmers by present
farm price support programs, he
said. adding that the programs
are pricing some crops out of
markets and creating SURPRISES.
In anothe prepared speech,
Assistant Secretary of Agricul-
ture John H. Davis said a solu-
ton to farm SURPRISES could be
found in expanding consumption
at home and in measures de-
signed to maintain this coun-
try's fair share of foreign trade
in farm products.
Mr.. Davis cautioned, however,
that It would take time to es-
tahliah broader markets and that
because of this the surplus prob
lem will be with lis for a while
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Virginia-Fair and colder to-
night with low 1924 west and
$3.50 east. Tomorrow, fair with
slightly milder in the interior
by afternoon.
Winds-Northwest at 1920
miles per hour tonight and about
10 miles per hour tomorrow.
River Report.
tFrom U S. Engineers
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls: Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry.