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Evening star., 1954-11-09

high schools Of other cities. Mr.
Griffith said.
Seeks to Spur Spirituality.
But the pamphlet was too
sketchy for the people in indus
try who held meetings similar
to those he conducted. So the
Cincinnati resident decided the
early part Of this year to expand
his pamphlet. He first tried out
the material now appearing in
the different chapters at talks
in factories, and then wrote down
the essential points.
"The aim is to get the people
within an organization to ex-
plain what democracy is ali
about, using this book as the
text" Mr.. Griffith said. 1.-The
purpose of the book is sto create
in our time the same spirituality
which dominated our founding
fathers"
He added the aim was to keep
the groups down to 20 persons SO
questions would be asked freely.
Mr.. Griffith is somewhat
amazed at how his absorbing in
terest in the mission has grown.
II never started out with any,
thing like this in mind at all,''
he explained. Then things be-
gan to happen one right after
another, and before I knew it,
was wrapped into it and the mis-
sion soon became my paramount
interest.
Mr.. Griffith studied at Heidel-
berg College .Tifin, and took
postgraduate work at Harvard.
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Health Council Elects

Joseph H. Freehill, of Falls
Church, former president of the
Fairfax County Community
Chest, was elected the first
chairman Of the new Fairfax
County Health Council last
night.
Twenty two organizations
were represented at the meet
ing, held at the Joseph Willard
Memorial Health Center, Fair
fax.
The council set up for study
by committees projects includ-
ing an adequate water supply,
need for a county hospital, CO.
ordination Of groups working
work crippled, blind, deaf and
mentally retarded children, and
those suffering from cerebral
palsy.
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Publishing Record
OF Davies Case Held
Unlikely by Dulles

Secretary of State Dulles said
today there is very little likeli-
hood that his department will
make public the record in the
security case Of John Patton
Davies. career diplomat who was
fired last week after % years
service.
Mr.. Dulles said that while he
has not reached a final decision
on the matter. his preliminary
Judgment is that it would be
inadvisable to publish the full
record because it includes much
top-secret material and that it
would be unfair to release only
parts of the file.
Publication was requested by
DR.. Davies, who was dismissed
on unanimous recommendation
of Civil Service Security
Board. The boards opinion
ended the ninth investigation of
the diplomat. On eight previ-
Gus occasions he had been
cleared.
Loyalty Not Involved.
In firing Mr.. Davies the Sec
retary emphasized the action
was based upon lack Of judg-
ment, discretion and reliability"
and that no question of disloy.
atty was involved. In a brief re-
view today Mr.. Dulles told re-
porters he would not comment
specifically on the ruling be-
cause it was in the nature Of a
judicial opinion.
The Secretary called attention
to the fact that Mr.. Davies said
last week that he recommended
in 1850 a preventive showdown
with the Soviet Union"
Not Part Of Policy.
He took this opportunity to
emphasize that any idea of a
preventive war "is wholly out of
the question insofar as the
United States is concerned and
IS not in any sense a part of
United States foreign policy"
Later during the news coy
ference MI. Dulles, in reply to
a question. expressed doubt that
Soviet Russia contemplates
launching general war.
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Woshingtonion Buys Picture
By Girl, 8, Shown at Exhibit

An 8-year-old London girl has
a Washington buyer awaiting
the painting her mother sub
mitted as a prank, only to have
it accepted by gallery for
exhibition along with paintings
by some of Britain's big-name
artists.
He is S. Thomas Saltz, vice
president of Lewis & Thomas
Saltz, Inc, mems clothiers here,
who plans to exhibit the paint
ing for the benefit Of Children's
Hospital.
The Associated Press reported
today that Mr.. Saltz's offer to
buy the child's work for the price
stipulated at the exhibit-12
guineas or $35.28-had arrived
at New Burlington Galleries,
and that a cable had gone back
advising him he had bought
himself a painting.
The 8-year- artist, Tania,
Evening star., 1954-11-09

painted her picture of a Japa-
neSe doll for the fun of it one
afternoon a few months ago.
Her mother and her alf-brother
who are serious painters few
weeks ago were discussing what
pictures they would send to the
London group for consideration
for the annual show at New
Burlington Galleries.
Mrs. Bryan Hunter, Tania' S
mother, remarked that some
shows accept paintings that
might have been done by a child
OF 8 -" She sent Tania S
painting along with some of her
own work and her sons, just to
see what would happen. The
work of the mother and brother
were rejected, but Tania's was
accepted.
Evening star., 1954-11-09
D. {. Approves St4t,74O
zoning Revision Contract

The Commissioners today ap-
proved a $14l,740 contract with
Harold M. Lewis of New York
for the 18-month job of revising
the Districts 30-year-old zoning
regulations.
Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss.
Engineer Commissioner, said the
contract had been worked out in
great detail" both technically
and legally. 1t provides for
lump-suln payment he said. and
for delivery of a finished product.
Mr.. Lewis. Gen. Prentiss said,
is IAN outstanding authority in
his field and so recognized by
the planning experts of America.
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Army Identifies Pilots
Flying Under Bridge
BY the Assoeiated Press

The Army has identified three
pilots who few their light OBJ
Servation planes under the Royal
Gorge bridge in Colorado Sat-
urday.
They were Cd 1t. Arthur
Wichman, Fargo, N. OAK; I'd
1t. Charles M. Thompson,
Detroit. Mich, and I'd 1t.
William c. French. Denver, Colo.
All are stationed at Fort Carson,
Colo.
A public information officer
said at the fort yesterday that
appropriate action will be taken
against the men,"
Evening star., 1954-11-09
High School Cadets
To Draw Lots for
Ceremony Honor

Washington's communicates
High School Cadet Corps this
winter will have its leader chosen
for public ceremonies by lot.
School officials said today the
regimental commanders of the
city's high schools will draw
numbers for the honor of giving
orders when the high-ranking
officers appear in public.
1t was disclosed last week
that no cadet colonel--tradi-
tional top-ranking officer of the
corps-is being appointed this
year because of complications
arising from racal integration.
The corps is expected to have q
colonel again next year.
Evening star., 1954-11-09

is the White House official who
issued the controversial directive
to agencies requiring them to list
civil service and excepted job
vacancies with the Republican
National Committee. Under this
system, the Republican members
of Congress are given the oppor-
tunity to recommend their con-
stituents for the jobs. To make
sure the opportunity is avail
able, Mr.. Willis has ordered
agencies to freeze the job va
cancies for at least 80 days from
the time they occur so Repub-
lican applicants can get first
crack at them.
Despite his Importance in the
Government personnel scene
some personnel officials say he
has supplanted Civil Service
Commission Chairman Philip
Young as the No. adviser to
President Eisenhower on per-
sonnel problems-Mr. Willis has
had very little personal publicity.
He is not listed in Who's Who
in America, and the newspaper
files reveal very few clippings
about him.
His entrance into politics oc-
CURED in 1852, when he became
co-organizer of the Citizens for
Eisenhower Committee. Previous
ly, he had been a partner in a
company selling supplies to air.
line companies.
Decorated Navy Pilot.
Mr.. Willis is So years old. Dur
ing the war, he was a Navy
pilot. He received numerous dec
orations and citations for his
war record, including the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross with
four gold stars, the Purple Heart
and the Presidential Unit Cita-
ton.
He was married in 1914 to
Miss Grace Eddy. This mar
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Free Tuition Proposed
For Future Teachers

DR.. Donald e. Deyo, dean Of
the Montgomery Junior College,
and Forbes H. Norris, county
schools superintendent, proposed
today that students who want to
enter the teaching profession at
the college should be granted
free tuition.
Their recommendation was
presented to the County School
Board. The tuition normally is
$75 per semester.
Dean Deyo said the expert
mental proposal was intended to
encourage graduates from Mont
gomery high schools to enter the
teaching profession.
Evening star., 1954-11-09

riage ended in divorce in July,
1858. They had three children.
In January. 1854, Mr.. Willis
married Elizabeth Firestone,
daughter of Harvey Firestone,
chairman of the FireStone Tire
and Rubber Co. The couple is
very prominent socially.
So far as can be determined,
Mr.. Willis has had no other adj
ministrative or personnel expe-
rience other than what he might
have acquired during his busi-
ness venture. This may be an
injustice to Mr.. Willis, but it
cannot be checked, since he
refuses to talk with the press.
All questions about the White
House patronage program are
referred by Mr.. Willis Office to
Mr.. Hagerty (James Hagerty.
President Eisenhower's press sec
retaryo In turn, Mr.. Hagerty re-
fers questioners to the Civil
Service Commission, which did
not know about the patronage
order in the first place.
DenOunces Newspapers.
This reporter called Mr.. Willis
office some weeks ago, after dis
quieting reports were being cir
culated about a political job
patronage plan.
Mr.. Willis started the con-
verSation by denouncing the
Washington news papers for
printing "a pack of lies" about
the Eisenhower administration s
personnel policies.
His listener invited Mr.. Willis
to set the facts straight if there
were any iniustices being done
to the White House. He agreed
and said he would set an ap-
pointment soon for this reporter
so "the true story can be told"
However, Mr.. Willis kept post
poning the appointment and
never has set a date. Meanwhile.
the newest White House patron
age program, issued after this
reporters original conversation
with Mr.. Willis, was announced.
Polite But Reserved.
csc officials who have occa-
sional dealings with him report
he is polite enough" but rather
reserved. One top csc official.
who sees Mr.. Willis more often
than his colleagues, had this to
say:
Charley is a capable fellow,
but he certainly is no Jim Far
ley. Each time I see him, he ap-
parently fails to recognize me,
and I have to be introduced to
him all over again."
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Ex-Industriolist Deyotes Time
To Instructing in Democracy
Griffith Attending
Session Here; Tells
Of TuIks, New Book

Wellington j. Grifith, jr., is
a man with a mission-to bring
what democracy stands for to
the ordinary person.
To further this goal the former
dairy and ice cream manufac-
turer is devoting his full time
talking to workers and writing.
The fruits OF his thinking are
contained in a book he has just
published, Freedom Is Not
Free" The slim volume is SUBJ
titled "A Study of Dynamic
Democracy" and goes into the
many things that make our
country's system what it is.
Mr.. Griffith, a native of THIN,
Ohio, now living in Cincinnati,
is here for the National Confer
ence on the Spiritual Founda-
tions Of American Democracy.
The three-day meeting opened
last night at the Sheraton
Carlton Hotel and will close
tomorrow.
Speaker Since 1851.
A deliberate-speaking and
earnest man, Mr.. Griffith ex-
planned that since 1851 he has
been writing and speaking on
democracy before industrial
groups, service clubs and other
organizations.
IF it is a proper expenditure
of company funds to teach
everything else, why isn't it
proper to teach the fundamentals
underlying our form of govern
ment," he said. Our form of
government alone makes free
enterprise possible"
The 51-year-old former For
eign Service official, who served
as American vice consul in Lon
don from 1924-26, explained that
when he started speaking to
these groups there wasn't a salts
factory teaching tool" to work
with. So he wrote a pamphlet,
ION This We Stand" It came
out in March. 1852, and gave a
snopsis Of our form of govern
ment together with the duties of
each citizen.
The pamphlet. which has had
a large sale. is now being used
in the Cincinnati and Evanston,
ILL.,, high schools as well as the
Evening star., 1954-11-09
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

mostly northeast 1915 miles per
hour tomorrow.
Skyline drive - Fair and
slightly colder tomorrow with
high in the middle sos with fair
visibility.
5-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, November 10-14.
Temperatures will be slightly
above the normal high Of So and
low Of II. Cool tomorrow fol-
lowed by a rising trend. General
ly fair through Friday. Light
precipitation possible at end Of
the week.
Evening star., 1954-11-09

District and vicinity-Fair and
slightly colder tonight and to-
morrow. Low tonight about "a
in the city and rs in the suburbs.
Maryland-Fair and slightly
colder tonight and tomorrow.
Low tonight 24-28 in west and
1886 in east portions.
Virginia-Fair and slightly
colder tonight and tomorrow.
Low tonight 1854 in west and
north and 30-38 in southeast
portions.
Wind-Northerly 1918 miles
per hour tonight becoming
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Doctor and 7 Women
Held in Abortion Ring
File Guilty Pleas
J BY Richard Rodgers
S,o, S,n{f oy,a.nN,5taa

WARRENTON, Va. Nov. o.
Dr. George r. Strother, 54, plead
ed guilty here today to five
counts of performing abortions
Each count is punishable by
to 10 years in prison.
His case was continued to No
vember %. Sentencing may be
postponed even longer, depend
ing upon when the court re-
ceiyes probation report.
The Brunswick Md physi-
clans wife Ruth, 38, and Mrs
Mary c. Boyer, 48, also of Brun-
swick, were arraigned with him
today for aiding the abortions
Plead to MisdemeanOfS.
Commemorative ATTORNEY
Charles G. Stone permitted the
two women to plead guilty to
misdemeanors, rather than fell
onies. Each woman was charged
on five counts. and each mis-
demeanor count is punishable by
a $l00 to $500 fine and up to one
year in prison.
-Four other defendants, each
accused on five counts of aiding
the illegal operations, are to be
arraigned here November %,
They probably will plead guilty
to misdemeanors, according to
their lawyer, E. L. Balm, War
renton.
The four are Jesse F. Grimes,
AZ, and his wife, Helen, 46, both
of Alexandria; Frank B. French,
80, and Melvin Lee Bainer, %,
both of Washington.
All seven were arrested June
Is in an isolated eight-room
farmhouse about 2l2 miles south
OF Paris, Va, in the extreme
northern tip of Fauquier County
Reviewing the case today,
Prosecutor Stone told Circuit
Judge Rayner V. Snead that the
% or 80 raiders found DR.. Stroth-
er performing an operation on a
Baltimore woman, while three
other women waited their turns,
Five other women in the farm
house had already undergone
operations, he said.
$12,00O-a-Week Business.
Mr.. Stone said county and
State police had been watching
the farmhouse two months.
State police said the abortion
mills business amounted to $12,-
600 a week. Troopers said the
patients were picked up in
Washington in the evenings, and
were guaranteed they would be
back in the District by 2 am.
DR.. Strother is 1924 graduate
Of the Georgetown University
School of Medicine.
Since he lives in Maryland,
the probation report on him
must come partly from that
States authorities. Preparation
of the report may take six weeks,
the court was told. Z.
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Policemen Complete
Traffic Law Course

A Montgomery County police.
man and two Maryland State
troopers have completed short
course in traffic law enforcement
at the Traffic Institute of North
western University.
They are Sergt. Paul o. Alex
ander, 4831 Flanders avenue,
Kensington, Md, of the Mont
gomery County Police Depart
ment. and Sergt. George r. Cole
Middletown, and Sergt. Edward
E. Everhart. Hagerstown, of the
Maryland State Police.
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Maryland and Virginia


million to $51 million in a year,
according to new assessment
figures presented to the City
Council last night.
Since assessments are figured
at IS per cent of market value,
the new tax base next July
will be about $23.7 million, COM
pared to SIT million last
January /.
George Walter, member of the
Board Of Assessors, said most OF
the increase resulted from COM
mercial building. The new assess
ments on homes, he said, will
average not more than 5 per cent
higher than at present.
Evening star., 1954-11-09

the lodge, 919 H street NV. The
Washington program will be part
of national drive under the
motto, "As Elkdom Sows Amer
lea Reaps."
AS personal representative Of
William J. Jernick, grand exalted
ruler, Mr.. Pickrel will outline a
plan to sponsor Boy Scout and
Girl Scout activities, junior atl1-
letic teams. leadership and schol-
arship contests and other pro-
grams to meet the needs of the
community.
Evening star., 1954-11-09
New Firing at Quemoy

TAIPEH, Formosa, Nov. 9 (P).
Nationalist Chinese on Que
moy Island and Chinese Com
munists on Annoy and Tateng
Islands traded light artillery fire
today, the Nationalist Defense
Military announced. 1t did not
say who initiated the exchange.
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Commission c changes Urged

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation added its voice last
night to demands for. shakeup
of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission. The civic
federation of neighboring Prince
Georges already is on record with
recommendations for changes.
The recommendations include
laws to allow the Montgomery
County Council and Prince
Georges commissioners each to
nominate to the Governor one
member Of the three-man COM
mission, the third to be selected
by the Governor.
Another requested law would
require the commission to hire
an overall executive officer.
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Lewis Douglas Operated On

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (R.-
Lewis Douglas, former ambas-
sador to London, has undergone
a gall bladder operation at Pres
byterian Hospital and is re-
ported "convalescing nicely" A
spokesman said he was admitted
to the hospital last Tuesday.
Evening star., 1954-11-09

ally all his
dealings are
with the Re-
publican "spe-
cial a ssi S t.
ants" in the
various asen-
cies. The spe-
cial assistant
Jobs were Gre
ated by the
a d m i n i S.
tration to deal
W ith agency
p a tron a g e
matters.
NEr JTY:IIso
Evening star., 1954-11-09

~ .
Is, of tn e
B e n e v ol ent
a n d Protec-
tive Order of
Elks.
Rosel T.
Pickrel, Dis
trio t deputy
grand exalted
ru Ter, W i'll
la unch the
w a S h i ngton
Lodges pro-
gra m at a
m e e t ing at
Evening star., 1954-11-09
E|ks Lodge Plans
Area Youth PROGRAM

A new youth activities and
charity work program for the
Washington area will be launched
tomorrow by the Washington
Evening star., 1954-11-09
The Federal Spotlight
Air Of Mystery Surrounds
Willis, Patronage Dispenser
BIZ Joseph YOUNG

The who has taken Eisenhower adinistra-
ons Federal job patronage dispenser mystery man to most
Government officials well press.
Charles F. Willis . the assistant
Sherman Adams has few dealings
cials. And he refuses to the*
Evening star., 1954-11-09
Property Value Jumps

The value Of property in Falls
Church has jumped from $37
Evening star., 1954-11-09
US. WEATHER 8UReAU MAP


tonight in the Southern Plains, the
North Pacific States the northern portions of California
Nevada 1t will be fair to partly cloudy the rest Of
the country will be cooler in the Northeastern corner Of
the country and in the Great Basin, while weather
indicated for the Southern and Central Plains Elsewhere
there will be little temperature change
Evening star., 1954-11-09
River Report.

(From u 8. Ergineers.l
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1954-11-09

Personnel officials say Yirtu.
Evening star., 1954-11-09

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. l0S on July 81
Lowest, 13. on January 23
High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High SO, at pm.
Low. 80. at 1881 am.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast ana
Geodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow.
Hlgh - 6:15A.nl. f:0T In
Low 1o.47 am 40 n
High 6:44 pm T:3S p.m.
Low 1856 p.rn. 1:47pm.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-16

teorology. The engineering aid pos.
itionS include the following options:
aeronautical, architectural, civil,
electrical, mechanical, radio, struc.
tural, and general.
No written test is required. APP
plicants may qualify on the basis
of appropriate education or exper.
ience, or a combination of educa-
tin and experience.
Persons interested in these posi-.
tions NAV get further information
and application forms from the
Commissions Examiner in Charge
Bert A. Roberts located at U. S.
Post Office, Kew West Fla. or fr3m
the U. S. Civil Service Commits
sion, Washington, D. c. Applica-
tionS will be accepted until fur.
ther notice bv the Commissions
Washington office.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-16
Passage West Heads Drive-InDoubl Bill

An exciting and unusual adven-
ture, Paramount's Passage West
will be the attraction at the Is
lander Theatre starting tonight.
Starring John Payne, Arleen
Whelan and Dennis O'Keefe, this
Technicolor saga deals with the
starkly dramatic journey of a wa
gon train of settlers fighting their
way toward California and a new
life.
Headed by a fighting preacher,
these pioneers are set upon by
desperate band of hunted convictS
seeking gold who take command
of the caravan and drive it at gun
point toward the Mother Lode coun'
try. Led by a brutal murderer. the
jailbreakers molest the women,
deny water to the sick and dying,
and shoot those who protest.
The conflict between the preach
er and the convict leader heigh-
tens when the whip-wielding MUIR
derer forces himself upon the prea-
cher's sweetheart and she res
ponds. Then, when the declmated
group reaches California and gold
is discovered, there is an eXplo-
sive showdown which solves the
love triangle as well as the fateS
of settlers and convictS.
Filmed on location in the Mo-
jave Desert, Passage West" weav-
es the raw emotional conflict of is
central situation with the elemen-
tai drama of wagon journey over
the most desolate and treacherous
areas of the West.
There are vividly realistic scenes
If the storm-ridden caravan fight
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-16

fume, necklace and bracelet set,
washer '(dolly) and dishes a big
box of crayons and a box of books.
Thank you Santa,
Dorothy Drum
Dear Santa,
l am seven years old. l am a
good boy and will you please bring
me for Christmas a bicycle, hun
ter'S suit, 2 holsters and belt, cash
register and an electric phonograph
and records.
Thank you,
Leonard Wayne Bethel
230O Harris Avenue
Dear Santa,
have been a good girl. Would
you please send me these toys. l
would like to have a cross on
chain, Black Stallion, Black Sta
lion Returns, Satan, Bood Boy Colt
books a horse statue a jewelry
set sword and shield, a toy trum-
pet, How To Draw Horses book
furry cat.
l will leave you hot cup of
cocoa and cookies for you
Love
Randy Drum
Dear Santa,
I am six years old. l have been
good boy. Will you please bring
me an electric train also horn
if you have enough money
l will leave some goodies for you.
My mother is writing this for me.
Best of wishes
Eddie Watterson,'
Apt. CT, George Allen.
Dear Santa Claus,
I'm a little boy from England.
I'd like to have a good Christmas
here in the good old United States.
Would you please bring me a
couple of stuffed animals, a bag of
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-16
Civil Service
Positions Are
Open In DC.

The u S. Civil Service Commits.
sion has announced that persons
are urgently needed for filling phy-
sical science and engineering aid
positions in various agencies in
Washington, D. c.. and vicinity.
These positions, which pay salaries
ranging from $3.50 to S4,2O5 a year
offer qualified applicants excellent
opportunity for immediate employ
ment.
The optional fields for physical
science aid positions include chem
istry, geology, physics, mathema-
tics, metallurgy, and other branch
es of physical sciences except me-
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-16
FAIR FARE FORETOLD

STAMFORD, Conn. R-The New
Haven Railroad plans eventually to
adjust commuters fares to rises
and falls in the cost of living index,
its president Patrick B. McGinnis
has announced.