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Evening star., 1954-04-27
Single Bill 10 Include
Several Changes in
D. T.. Juvenile Law

Proposals for a second Juve-
nile Court judge and several
changes in the handling of juve-
nile offenders will be presented
to Congress in one package bill.
This arrangement was ex-
planned yesterday by Commis-
sioner Samuel Spencer, in re-
porting on the latest activities
of the Council on Law Enforce
ment.
The changes in juvenile pro-
cedure were recommended by
the councils Committee on
Juvenile Crime and approved by
the full council early this year
Could Return Fugitives.
One would plug a loophole in
the law that now makes it i'm
possible for the District to bring
back juvenile who commits an
offense here and fees across a
State line. MI. Spencer said
United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover is drafting a bill to put
absconding juveniles under jur-
iSdiction of adult courts, which
can order removal proceedings.
Once the juveniles are brought
back. they would return auto
matically to the jurisdiction of
! Juvenile Court.
Another proposed change
would make it possible to lodge
older juveniles in District Jail
overnight without first obtaining
Juvenile Court consent, as is now
required. Commissioner Spencer
said Corporation Counsel Vernon
West has drafted such a measure.
One of the councils key rec
concentrations on juvenile pro-
cedure-giving the United States
Attorney rather than the Juve-
nile Court judge power to de-
termine whether Is and II year
old offenders should be tried as
juveniles or enthusiastically has
been introduced in separate
bill.
Problems Studied.
The council, at it's meeting
yesterday, took up five problems
and referred all of them to its
various committees for study.
! These included:
/. Senator Hendrickson's bill
to amend the law covering OBJ
scene publications. Commissioner
Spencer said serious questions of
policy are involved as to pen
altieS and forfeiture of property.
The bill was referred to the
councils committee on misde-
meanorS.
2. Proposals to broaden the
coverage and increase the PEN
alties in cases of contempt of
Municipal Court. Commissioner
Spencer said contempt now is
limited to actions in the pres
ence of the court, but in recent
years there have been several
cases where collection agencies
have used court forms to scare
debtors into paying. He cited
one case where a collector even
forged the name of the clerk
of court on a paper. The con-
tempt question also was re-
ferred to the Misdemeanor Com
mittee.
3. A proposal to make the
services of q psychiatrist and
psychologist available to the
judges for mental examination
Of offenders. In the omnibus
Evening star., 1954-04-27

her home. he said, and pulled
her into the alleyway attempt
ing to make love to her. When
she resisted. he choked her until
she slumped to the ground and
he left her, Brown told police.
He did not know she was dead
until he saw it in the newspa-
pers the next day. he said.
Washington police have inter-
viewed or checked about 10000
persons in the search for Flor
ence's slayer.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Democratic Club to Meet

The Langley Park (Md) DEM
ocratic Club will meet at $3.50
pm. tomorrow in the Citizens
Bank, in the Langley Park Shop
ping Center. Several Of the
groups indorsed candidates for
Prince Georges County Offices
will be present.
Evening star., 1954-04-27

Brown is charged with homi-
eide by strangulation on a war;
rant brought by the Washington
detectives. Sergts. c. R. Wine
miller and G.. w. Chapman of the
District police homicide squad.
Night in Jail.
Awaiting his hearing, Brown
spent the night on the sixth
floor of Philadelphia City Hall
in the central police cell room.
Washington police said Brown
is a former boatsman's mate in
the United States Navy and is
classified as a disabled veteran.
They said he has a criminal
record. including a conviction
for taking an automobile with
out right in Washington last
May and driving it to Baltimore.
He was sentenced to a $50 fine
Oh 80 days imprisonment.
Drunk Driving Count.
Also on his record are drunk
driving charges in Atlanta. Ca,
and Raleigh. N. c., and assault
with dangerous weapon in 1850
in Greensboro, N. c.
Brown was employed in WASH
ington as a parking lot attend
ant at the time of the Soriano
Staying, police said.
Inspector Dubois said Brown,
in repudiating his confession, de-
clared he was drunk when he
made it and that he wanted to
go back to Washington to see
his wife and daughter.
The inspector also quoted
Brown as saying he had been
in the locked ward" of a men,
tai hospital at Bethesda and
that he had once been diagnosed
as a manic Oppressive.
Hospital EmplOye.
Philadelphia police said
Brown. who had been working
as an orderly at Hahneman
Hospital here, first confessed the
killing to two boarding house
roommates while drinking cof-
fee with them at a restaurant
shortly after midnight.
Then. saying he wanted to
get it off his conscience, Brown
called police and was arrested
in his room on North Sixteenth
street here.
He told his roommates, police
said. that he had choked Flor
, ence. the mother of a five
month-old baby by mistake.
Returning to his home at 1888
Thirteenth street NV. on the
fatal Halloween night, ne re-
lated, he found his wife missing
and went out to hunt her. He
said he found a woman he
thought was his wife and choked
her until she slumped to the
ground.
Then, police said he told his
friends he removed her Halo
ween mask and found it was not
his wife.
Brown told police questioners
a different story, however. they
reported.
In this version. Brown said
he had been drinking at a party
He left. he said. and went to
the 'bar local" on Tenth street
There. Brown told police, he en-
countered Florence, whom he
had met once before a couple OF
months earlier at the Miniature
Bar, Tenth street and New York
avenue NV.
Florence was with a soldier
Brown said. but promised to
ditch" him to go with Brown
Brown said he followed when
Florence and the soldier left
The couple had words" and the
soldier departed, Brown de-
clared, after which he joined
Florence.
He walked with her toward
Evening star., 1954-04-27
ReuItors Plan Dance

The Montgomery County Real
Estate Board will have q dinner
dance at $50 pm. tomorrow in
the Congressional Country Club.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-11-01

34-November |, 1854
Evening star., 1954-04-17
This and That

Templeton Jones read somewhere
that it was good idea to walk half
an hour before breakfast. Did things
for your liver, stomach. and especially
bile.
Jones, who had just gone on re-
ducing diet, thought he would incor-
porate this in his regimen.
1T ought to be easy to do" he said,
but was reminded that getting out in
the cold, maybe rain. for q full half
hour of walking before one had bite
to eat was not exactly an easy thing
to stick to.
Nonsense" said Jones, positively.
when start anything, can stick
to it,
The first day, everything went off
fine.
Jones got up half an hour earlier
than usual. started to shave, and then
realized that he must walk first.
You can shave after you come in"
he was assured.
The assurance soothed something or
other.
Yes, will be just right for shower
and good shave" he said. Where is
my old leather Jacket"
After much search the jacket was
discovered In the attic, where it had
been placed last fall. 4
BY now 10 minutes haA elapsed.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Political responsibility

When an official of political party speaks
1T q partisan rally. especially fund-raising
rally, there is a natural temptation to feed his
audience something more than non-partisan
oratorical diet. Even so, however, Democratic
Chairman Mitchell has gone overheard in his
remarks to Jefferson Jackson Day dinner at
Hobbs New Mexico.
Hobbs is long way from Washington But
It is not so remote that the echoes of what is
said there fail to reverberate in sensitive areas
Mr.. Mitchell, if he has been correctly re-
ported, attacked the Eisenhower administra-
tion on the ground that "if Americans fight in
Indo- China, it will be at place that the Com
munistS chooSe-not we." The intent of this
is to contend that the administration has fallen
down on its proposal to fight in places and by
means of our own choosing"
It may be suggested, as preliminary point,
that Mr.. Mitchell Is in error. It is inaccurate
to suggest that American involvement in the
Indo- China war would be to 6ght in place
not of our own choosing. So far, Americans
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Dealing With DeIinquents

On the oft-discussed problem of
juvenile delinquency, years of expert
ence have shown that aggressive
behavior by children cannot be ade-
quately dealt with by counteraggression
on the part of adults. The father who
really can control his youngster doesn't
have to brag. "I'll show him who is
boss" The child knows who is boss.
The parent who has no better disci-
plinary method than force and more
force is engaged in losing battle
Force without reason will never get
to first base as juvenile delinquency
preventive.
That back to the woodsned" philos-
ophy often is routine thesis Of senior
citizens who believe that the younger
generation is going to the bow-wows.
This belief is-and always has been
a most pronounced symptom of hard
ening of the mental arteries.
Ray III. Everett.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
By Charles E. TroceweH

IT should be down to Melrose street
by this time" ruminated Jones, look
ing around for his walking shoes. These
made UP an old pair with worn places
in them, but still serviceable.
"If I can't find those shoes"
Fortunately, they were found, so that
when our walker started out the front
door he was a mere Is minutes behind
his own schedule.
It was nice walking, all right, but
Jones felt little hungry.
No one who has not tried this idea
can really realize just how it feels to
start of without even a cup of coffee.
Jones solaced himself with the
thought Of the steaming cup that
would be awaiting him when he came
back.
Fifteen minutes, headed south. and
then is minutes. headed north again
Such was the program laid out. He
went around the corner, as the wind
hit him, causing him to snuggle down
into his jacket.
Few living things were abroad at
the hour, except old Pal, the white and
black dog, which gave Jones a dis
gruntled look. and padded away on his
own mysterious errand.
The wind began blowing in earnest
now. It always Mid at the corner. for
some strange reklon.
Evening star., 1954-04-17

damage the regenerative capacities of
cells in such a way that microscopic
and other laboratory examination can
not detect the damage; it becomes
known only after long period, as the
cells are gradually depleted.
AS regards human federation Of ex-
ternal irradiation, there is more guess
work involved in determining "safe"
limits than is generally admitted as
regards liberation of internal irradia-
ton, even less is known.
The long-range effects of irradia-
ton, especially chronic internal ir-
radiation. are as yet unknown
1t is true that we have always been
subject to both internal and external
irradiation, and we cannot blame the
poor physicist for that; however, we
have a right to protest when the dosage
is increased and the effects of such an
increase are unpredictable.
F. Frank LIE Fever.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
ChiseIino on Excise Tux Cuts?

The recent excise tax cuts have de-
veloped reaction which am sure was
not expected by Congress.
Certain amusement enterprises, else
where as we'll as here, have adjusted
their admission prices to absorb the tax
reduction, on the basis that they need
the money.
More important, one has only to read
the advertisements in the daily papers
to see many articles advertised at prices
which include the Federal tax. Those
prices are the old familiar oneS-such
as $2.98, $19.95, or similar f1gures-the
same prices as were advertised before
the tax reductions.
Net result: The Federal Treasury
loses millions in needed revenue, the
purchaser does not receive the benefits
intended by Congress to go to him. and
the merchants who stoop to this chisel-
ing practice are reaping additional
profits.
The intent of Congress in passing the
tax reduction law-to increase buying
power and to stimulate business--haS
been circumvented by this relatively
small group of opportunists.
Since there is no law to>compel mer-
chants to price their wares without in
clusion of the Federal excise tax, I
think Congress should repeal the tax
come tax exemptions. That would be
fair to all alike and not susceptible to
racketeering. There are many others
who also need the money.
C.. E. Barber.
Evening star., 1954-04-17

Jones recalled, as he went along.
that there were three windy spots in
Washington
One. at the base of the Washington
Monument.
Two. at the northeast corner Of
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., by the Raleigh Hotel.
And third, at Nineteenth and /
streets.
Avoid those places, if you don't like
wind. Even animals shun wind, and
they have right to be afraid Of it.
*
"Only Is more minutes" said Tenn
pleton Jones, as he reversed himself
and started back home.
He came in under full steam.
Wonderful, wonderful" he said.
Did he expect to go out tomorrow?
Certainly. certainly" he said. But
the one who knew Templeton Jones
best wondered.
The next morning
Time for your walk, Templeton!"
What's that?"
"Your walk before breakfast"
"Are you sure that man said before.
necessarily? Wouldn't it be just as
well later in the day"
: ''He said before breakfast, in order
to stir up the liver"
Templeton Jones pulled the covers
up clAeer around his neck
Bother my liver" he said.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Wire Topping

Before the wire-tapping controversy
reached its present eminence we had
thought our Attorney General was a
man of high legal attainmentS. What
are we to think now?
Attorneys General have hitherto
been considered of sufficient caliber to
recommend them for appointment as
justices on the Supreme Bench. Ger
tainly. such appointments have out
ranked, in proportion to their numbers,
those of mere Federal judges.
Is a Federal judge to tell the Attor-
ney General what to do in an executive
matter? If we are to clap executive
functions on a Federal judge, will we
not raise an embarrassing constitu-
tional question that may inject confu
sion into criminal trials?
AS to delay in getting decisions from
Federal judge. or the risk of dis
closures of confidential matter. or
suspicion of leaks with responsibility
therefor. there is little to that. =
A judge can be assigned his cham
bers next to those of the Attorney Cen
eral, if he is to perform executive
functions. He will have to be in close
contact with the FBI. He will have
much to learn to give him the proper.
background: Intricacies, policies. rami-
fications, SnarlS, cunning, psychology,
manipulations. espionage technique,
riot and anarchy. All the elements of
criminal activity, past, present and
future, that go into telephone commu-
nication. he will have to learn. His
law books will not avail. He must make
the subject his SDecialty
Being in close contact with the
FBI and the Attorney General, he can
sit down with them IN camera the
moment the question of wire tapping
arises, before even the FBI and the
Attorney General have made up their
minds. The Judge. being as well
informed, currently informed. and of
equal curial acumen as the Attorney
General, will have reached his decision
as soon as, if not sooner than, the At
torrley General himself There will be
no delay.
In the alternative, a Federal judge
can be appointed the Attorney Cen
eral. 1t is not to be supposed that
Federal Judge, dofing his judicial
robes, will thereby divest himself of
his judicial learning and temperament.
We will then have the Federal judge
ship and the Attorney Generalship con-
veniently wrapped up in one bundle,
and all the requirements will be salts
fed.
And there we have It,
COram NObiS.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Danger in the Air?

On the front page of your April /
issue, The Star quotes IAN Atomic
Energy Commission spokesman" as be-
lttling the widespread increase of
atmospheric radioactiyity after the
"H-bomb" tests. in these words: you'll
get better Geiger count off the luni-
nous face Of watch"
am not professionally competent
in radiology or biology, but I have.
done extensive reading in professional
journals in these fields, and I must
say that such statement is mislead-
ing. It has been my understanding that
the Geiger- Muller counters are pri-
marily sdetectors of gamma radiation,
and that other devices must be used
to determine the alpha and beta radia-
ton. Furthermore, luminous watch dialS
are not for internal consumption; air
and water are. AS your article states,
gamma rays are the more dangerous;
this is because they are the most pene-
trating. However, when radioactive
materials are ingested, the alpha and
beta particles become especially dan
gerous, for they do not have much to
penetrate and can do immediate dam
age to the more sensitive tissues -
blood and blood d-forming organs. espe-
cially.
Perhaps there have been recent de-
velopments not generally published;
but so far, these facts have stood:
A minute amount of internal irradia-
ton is capable of doing as much dam
age as large amount of external
irradiation.
Evening star., 1954-04-17

have not fought In Indo- China. # in time they
should night in Indo-China, it will be precisely
because we have chosen to fight there, and by
means of our own choosing.
This is a matter, however, that is fraught
with the gravest dangers. If decision to fight
in Indo-China should be made, it could lead to
World War III, and the terrible slaughter that
such conflict would entail
Hence, it may be suggested that this is not
matter for partisan speeches at money
raising functions-not even when the speech is
made way out in Hobbs, New Mexico.
Evening star., 1954-04-17

Secretary of Treasury Humphrey address,
ing the American Society of Newspaper Edi-
tors here made one point that is very timely
at moment when all signs are being examined
to see whether the national economy is going
to slow down further or is about to pick up
new speed
The point was that there are many "busi-
ness projects" around the country which are
being held up pending final congressional deci-
sion of the pending tax revision bill. In the
Secretary's expressed opinion it is imperative
that the earliest possible action should be
taken" He went on to predict that when the
bill is enacted" those preparing new business
ventures can go ahead with their plans, re-
sulting "in the creation of thousands of jobs
and the vital expansion of our economy"
It is assumed that the Secretary was not
being critical of Congress- or implying there
had been undue delay, when he called for the
earliest possible action" The omnibus tax
reform measure went through the House about
on schedule and without major change from
the form recommended by the Treasury De-
partment. Hearings have been moving expe-
ditiously in the Senate Finance Committee.
The Senate is customarily more leisurely than
the House in most of its deliberations on the
floor but even though there may be sharp
fight over some provisions. it is generally ex
pected the final decision" will come within
few weeks.
Even so, it is quite logical that certain
business decisions should be held in abeyance
until the final form Of the tax measure is
determined. In its present form, the bill
contains numerous changes in the taxes ap-
plicable to business and the question of
whether they are to be enacted is important
to many decisions The controversial proposal
{axy fiOv,
poration dividends, for example, has direct
bearing upon whether the financing of new
companies or the expansion of existing ones
should be undertaken by selling stock or by
increased borrowing The administration, as
Mr.. Humphrey indicated, is banking heavily
on this and other provisions providing a new
stimulus for business expansion. The sooner
the legislative decision can be made and the
opportunity given to test the administration
theories, on >all or on some Of the pending
proposals, the better.
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Services Terminated

1t would seem that the Navy Department
IN all good conscience owes something more to
Abraham Chasanow-and to the pubic-than
curt notice that his services were terminated
as of April T."
The known facts of Mr.. ChaSanow'S Sc
curity risk hearing have been fully reported,
and there is no need to repeat them here. The
significant thing is that this man, after %
years In service, was unanimously cleared last
October by a security hearing board. There
was no mincing of words about the clearance.
1t was unequivocal.
The case went to the Navy's Security Appeal
Board, and that agency last week reversed the
hearing boards finding. Assistant Secretary
J. H. Smith, jr., concurred, and Mr.. Chasanow
was notified last week that he had been dis
missed.
Why was this done? Mr.. ChaSanow and
his attorney do not know the answer, because
neither was asked to appear before the appeal
board Apparently there was no new evidence,
for If there had been Mr.. ChaSanow would be
entitled to hearing on it. Upon what basis,
then, did the appeal board, sitting behind
closed doors as far as the accused man was
concerned, reverse the unanimous finding of
the hearing board, before which Mr.. Chasanow
and other witnesses did appear?
There is more at stake here than the mat
ter of mans job, although that is important
Mr.. Chasanow's reputation is involved, and as
things stand it is ruined. Since the Navy has
done this in the face of the strong presumption
Of innocence which arises from the finding of
the hearing board, it would seem that Mr..
ChaSanow, at the very least, should be told why
the adverse finding was made on appeal. Even
In these times, a reputation should not be
demolished in this arbitrary fashion
Evening star., 1954-04-17
Lift the Restrictions

Revival of the Barry Farms redevelopment
plan has come at time of official uncertainty
as to the future of Washington's slum- clearance
program. The ill-fated original Barry Farms
project provides evidence of the unwiSdom OF
hasty congressional disapproval of redevelop-
nent proposals. Largely because of community
opposition to an entirely different project
that at Marshall HeightS-Congress banned
any further redevelopment planning for Barry
Farms. Now there is danger that Congress will
repeat this sort of mistake in connection with
Southwest redevelopment This time it is op-
position to project in another city that under
lies the threat to local improvements
Barry Farms is a rundown residential
area in Southeast Washington, near st. Eliza
beths Hospital. Many of its houses date from
the post-Civil War era Like Marshall Heights
and parts of Southwest Washington, this
blighted area stands high on the list of COM
munitieS held by housing authorities to be most
in need of reconstruction. In fact, Marshall
Heights and Barry Farms were the two sections
given priority by the District Redevelopment
Land Agency when it began it's studies several
years ago. But misunderstanding regarding
the nature of redevelopment planned for Mar
shall Heights led to civic protests from that
neighborhood and, finally, to congressional
edict against redevelopment either there or at
Dairy Aue OrkLA CIleIl LuTueu lIS aGCeIl-
tion to Southwest Washington, where start
already has been made on sweeping slum-
clearance and reconstruction program.
Recently a group of private builders ex-
pressed interest in undertaking a major rede-
velopment project at Barry Farms, provided
congressional approval could be obtained. The
DRLA, still convinced that Barry Farms needs
rebuilding, may ask Congress to revoke the ban
which prevents improvement of the area. This
is something which Congress should consider
while it is considering the administrations
housing program. OF first Importance, of course,
Is elimination from pending legislation of any
restriction precluding major upgrading of the
Southwest section. And when the way is cleared
for development of the Southwest il-advised
restrictions on similar improvements in other
dilapidated sections of Washington ought to
be lifted, also.