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Evening star., 1954-05-21

raise for CLASSIFIED employees. II
the Postmaster Generals @com-
promise bill is approved, the
committee can be expected to
vote classified employees an addi-
tional 500 above the original
.3!a per cent pay raise plan pro-
posed by the administration.
The extra 500 would be given
to employees in the first 10
grades.
This would provide the ma
jority of Federal employees with
a raise of about $3.50 to $500.
Employees in the first two grades
would receive 500 (under the
administrations original pro-
posal, they would receive moth
ing), and employees in grade 3
would receive $50.
Employees in grades 4 to 8
constitute the bulk of Federal
employment, and the increases
for these employees would range
from 5000 to $4O0 or so. The
increases would go up to $500 in
the upper grades.
X 4 X 4
PROSPECT - Representative
Broyhill. Republican, of Virginia
favors adding the 500 to the
administrations classified pay
raise proposal, rather than a
fiat 10 per cent raise. A mem
ber of the committee, Mr.. Broy-
hill will support this stand next
Tuesday. -
Mr.. Broyhill declared that,
while this isn't as much of a
raise as he would like to see, it
is the only kind of an increase
that has q chance of becoming
law.
He feels a fiat postal pay raise
bill would be vetoed by the
President. This, in turn, would
kill the classified pay raise as
well. Mr.. Broyhill said.
Therefore, a compromise
whereby $100 is added to both
the classified and postal pay
raise bills is the only solution,
the Virginia Republican said.
He also pointed out that the
fate of the various Government
employe fringe benefit bills de-
pends on the pay raise legisla-
ton. The administration, which
has so enthusiastically initiated
and supported the various fringe
benefits bill, probably would
withdraw its active support if
its pay recommendations we're
ignored, Mr.. Broyhill believes.
LIFE INSURANCE-The, vari-
Gus features of President Eisen-
hower's group life insurance
program proposal for Govern
ment employees will be explained
on our Federal Spotlight radio
program at 6':45 pm. tomorrow
on WMAL by Warren Irons, di-
rector of the Civil Service Com
missions Bureau of Depart
mental Operations. Mr.. Irons
played a major part in drafting
the group life insurance pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Guilty Plea Is Withdrawn
By Driver in Fatal Crash

I. A 26-year-old man today with
drew q guilty plea to negligent
homicide In connection with q
November. 1852. traffic death Of
a 7-year-old boy and changed his
plea to not guilty.
The defendant is Lawrence p.
Majors. of the 1900 block Of s
street Sc. The move leaves him
open to trial on the more serious
charge Of manslaughter on which
he was indicted in the first place.
Trial of the case was set fer
June 9.
On May 6 Majors had pleaded
to the lesser charge of negligent
homicide and was scheduled to be
sentenced today by Judge Curran,
before whom the plea had been
made.
Majors is accused in the death
Of Larry Dickerson, of 1406 U
street Sc. The indictment
against Majors was returned last
December.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Travel Ban Lifted
In Atom Test Wal6
BY therAssoeio,sd psss


The Government today lifted
its ban on air and sea avel in
the, area around the Marshall
Islands atomic proving grounds
in the Pacific. The restrictions
wefe set up during the recent
series of hydrogen bomb tests.
The announcement was radioed
and mailed to all marines and
'airmen by the Navy's Hydro
graphic Office.
Removal of the restrictions
permits free access to all waters
within three miles of Eniwetok
and Bikini atollS. These are the
actual test and laboratory sites
where a permanent "off- Limits"
zone of security is maintained.
In announcing on May 13 con-
clu$ion of the test series, the
Atomic Energy Commission said
the mariners and airmen would
be hotifled when the sea and air
traffic could be resumed safely.
Removal of the ban apparently
indicated that waters in the area
used by commercial fishermen
are now free Of radioactivity
which had contaminated some
fish caught by japanese fisher
men outside the warning zone
during the tests.
The reference to the zone sur
rounding Bikini was the first
official confirmation that at least
one of the hydrogen bomb blasts
was set off on that atoll which
used in the first 1946 atomic
experiments. e..
Evening star., 1954-05-21

lege in New York. He Is a
member of the Kentucky, as
well as the District Bar.
Married and the father OF a
son, William Waller Thompson,
MIR. Thompson attends st.
Georges Episcopal Church and
is a member of the Northwest
Boundary Civic Association, as
well as other civic and fraternal
organizations.
Other officers installed include
Mrs. Margaret Hawthorne. first
vice president; E. Lewis Farrell,
second vice president; George
Windsor, recording secretary;
Miss Jean Miles, financial secre-
tary; Harold Hawthorne, cor
responding secretary, and Judge
Andrew j. Howard, jr.. treasurer.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
4OO,OOOPoIio Vaccine Shots
GWenWithout Acute Reaction

be possible until next year. DR..
korns. an Albany IN. " Medi-
cal College associate professor, is
on leave to the Poliomyelitis Vac
cine Evaluation Center at the
University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor, Mich. = The evaluation
team 'isE now jim its fourth week
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Two Of Four Counts
In Fulton Lewis
Indictment Dropped
Special Dispatch % The s.a.


ELLIcoTT CRY. Nd, May
21.-One case Of criminal libel
and one Of perjury against radio
commentator Fulton Lewis. jr..
were thrown out Of court today,
leaving two other libel cases. to
be tried June IA.
The dismissals were announced
by Judge James Clark of the
circuit court for Howard County,
who received the cases on. q
change Of venue from st. Marys
County.
Mr.. Lewis, who attacked the
political setup in st. Marys on
national radio broadcasts. was
indicted by grand juries investi-
eating charges instigated by Mr..
Lewis himself.
One of the dismissed charges
said the commentator libeled
Trial Magistrates j. Donelan
hurry, ST., ana wilson II. knight,
ST., in a letter written to Gov.
McKeldin.
The other charged Mr.. Lewis
with lying to grand jury
investigators when he said he
did not serve alcoholic beverages
to minors at his home in st.
MaryS County.
The orders sustaining defense
motions were issued by the
judge without an accompanying
opinion.
The remaining counts accuse
Mr.. Lewis of libelling county
political figures in letters pub
lished in the St. Marys Enter
prise. One letter, to song
singing Gov. McKeldin" was
cited by the st. Marys grand
jury as libelous to State Senator
Paul j. Bailey.
Evening star., 1954-05-21

$48O, whichever is greater.
The vote on the Corbett pro-
posal is expected to be extremely
close, with possibly one vote de-
Gliding the issue.
Aligned against the Corbett
plan are Chairman Rees and
others on the committee support
ing the Postmaster Generals
plan. With Is members on the
committee, each side figures it
has about 10 OF. II safe votes
and is now engaged in trying to
line up the other votes to win a
majority. ** **
CLASSIFIED PAY AT STAKE
The outcome of the postal pay
raise fight will determine the
amount of the salary bill to be
voted for classified employees.
Those supporting the Post
master Generals plan offered a
number of compromise amend
ments yesterday in an effort to
make it more palatable to the
postal employe unions. The
amendments have the indorse-
ment of Postmaster General
Summerf1eld.
offered by Representative st.
George, Republican. Of New
York, the amendments would
provide a 500 increase over
Mr.. Summerfield's original fig
ure. This would provide postal
workers with an average raise
of more than 5000, with some
postal workers getting as much
as $500 to $500.
The other amendments would
specifically protect present postal
workers from having their sal
aries down-graded and would
allow employe appeals to the
Civil Service Commission on any
salary dispute. Also, the amend
ments would provide for a $10O
uniform allowance and would
increase field postal workers $6
daily travel allowance to SO.
Thus, the committee has its
choice between the Corbett 10
per cent pay raise plan and the
compromise Postmaster General
pay plan which would provide
fringe benefits plus an average
raise of more than $500.
r. \ *'.*
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
Should the Corbett motion pre-
vail, the committee, in all likeli-
hood. will vote a 10 per cent pay
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Expansion Program Planned

The Falls Church School Board
is planning a new 81 million ex-
pansion program after an $780,
600 bond program that was ap-
proved by a small majority of
voters was ruled invalid yester-
day in Fairfax County Circuit
Court.
The program would include
funds for the possible purchase
of Oak Street School. The new
program will be offered to the
City Council to be considered for
submission to the voters. The
board agreed that an appeal of
the courts decision would delay
necessary expansions too long.
An appeal will be made. however.
Evening star., 1954-05-21

Wind-Smau craft warnings
are displayed. Northwest winds
20-30 miles per hour and 1920
miles per hour tonight and to-
morrow.
5-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, May 22-26.
Temperatures will average
about normal. Washington nor
mails are II high and So low.
Rising trend in temperature
through Monday. Cooler Tues
day and Wednesday. Showers
likely Sunday night or Monday
totaling one-fourth to three
fourthS inch
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Prettiest FEC Member Weeps
As She Gives Senate a ScoIding
AssuiIs Pressure
For Speedup in
Extension of TV

Frieda B. Hennock, prettiest
member of the Federal Com
munications Commission, tear
fully lectured the Senate today
for putting pressure on the COM
mission to speed up extension Of
televiSion into new areas.
The commissioner broke into
tears as she told a Senate Inter-
state Commerce subcommittee:
II will have to take my hair down
and blame the Senate as much
as the commission" for problems
which have arisen in the televi-
sion industry. s
The subcommittee is holding
hearings on how to overcome diff
flculties that have developed in
opening up the ultra high fire.
uuency channels as Wen as. the
original very high frequency
channels. ...',,,es-r.e.'e.s...
E Commission figures SHOW that
since the freeze on new stations
was lifted in April, 1952,w72
television grants to operate sta
tions have been dropped by the
holders. Of this number go
were in the UIF band and IL
were in the WIFI band.
Hits "Hurry-Up" Requests.
! While witnesses and commit
tee members were discussing
the difficulties confronting the
new UHF stations. Miss Hennock
declared:
"I blame the Senate because
Of senatorial pressure. I am all
for these improvements these
people talk about, but if any
one tells me there is anything
the matter with .UHF they have
got to show me-"
Miss Hennock complained.
Senators call up and say hurry
up and give us teleyision service
to our communities and give it.
to us by tomorrow :" -
She criticized those. who ex-
pect an applicant to "come in
Tuesday at S o'clock and file an
application and not allow any,
body to compete for that chan
mel" She also criticized mergers
which sometimes occur in con-
nection with applications.
, Ready to Give Up"
II am ready to cry and give
up. and if you want to know the
rest of my statement I'll give it
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Romanian Legation
Radio transmission
Here Is Ended byU.S.

The United States has put a
stop to short-wave radio COM
munication between the Com,
munist Romanian Legation at
1901 Twenty third street NV.
and the Red government in Bu-
charest.
Federal Communications Com
mission monitors advised the
State Department several weeks
ago that the legation was oper-
ating a short-wave station.
Following this, the State De-
partment sent a note to Ro-.
manian Minister Marin Florea
Ionescu advising him that United
States laws do not permit opera
ton of any unlicensed radio
transmitter and specifically pro-.
hibit such an operation by a
foreign mission, here.
Communications Act Cited.
The department said no reply
has been received from Mr..
LONESOME. but it has no doubt the
transmission stopped immedi-
ately since the FEC has reported
no further evidence that it was
continuing. Presumably, how
ever, the equipment is still in
the legation.
State Department Press
Spokesman Lincoln White said
the note to the Romanian lega-
ton was dated May 10 and cited
the Communications Act of 1884
barring operation of radio trans
mitters by foreigners.
You are informed" the note
said. that the operation of a
radio transmitter is contrary to
the provisions of the above-men-
toned statute and the legation
is accordingly requested immedi-
ately to refrain from any fur
ther use of the tranSn1itter it
has installed"
Not a Cold War Move.
A department spokesman en-
phasized to reporters today that
the ban was not a cold war move,
but a standard regulation ap-
plying to all unauthorized sta
tionS. A station operated; by the
Hungarian legation was put of
the air under similar circum-
stances several months ago.
The department said it had
no information on the nature
of the messages being sent. But
officials assume it was not an
espionage operation, since it
was highly unlikely that any
diplomatic mission would be in
discreet enough to lay itself
open to probable charges of
sending such material.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Montgomery Reports
Seasons First Polio Case

The Montgomery County
Health Department today re-
ported its first polio case of the
season, a 6-year-old girl.
The Health Department said
the child. who lives in the 5100
block of Brookview drive, Chevy
Chase, was admitted to Chill
dren's Hospital May 2. The case
was believed to be Of a nom
paralytic type.
The first case reported in the
county last year came on June
%. The county reported 81 cases
during the year.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District = Fair and cool to-
night. low about 46s Tomorrow.
fair and somewhat warmer.
Maryland-Fair and cooler to-
night, low 44-48 east portion,
38-44 west except 1898 with
chance of scattered frost on AL
legheny plateau. Tomorrow, fair
and warmer.
Virginia - Fair and cool to-
night. low $3.50 east portion,
38-45 west except 1898 with
chance of scattered frost in
mountain sections. Tomorrow,
fair and warmer.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
BY the Associoted Press

CHICAGO. May 21.-Not a
single case of serious reaction
has been reported from among
more than 100000 of the Ma
lions school children given in
culations Of the 6alk polio vac
Nine. - % ~
DR. R6Heak E Korns. 4 meui-
Der Of tie u poliD Haccilse
dvaluati0n team. made the INST
official report on the mass ex-
pertinent yesterday to the an
nua1 conventions of the Illinois
State Medical Society.
At the same time DR.. Hart E.
Van Ripkr, medical director of
the National Foundation for In
fahtile Paralysis. said in New
York that the first phase of the
Nationwide polio tests is COM
pIeted and is a success. He said
644,138 children in A States
have now received the first of a
series Of three injections.
Since the trials started, DR..
Korns said, polio has broken out
in Florida, Texas and Michigan.
and three polio cases have oc-
CURED among the $4,000 chill
dren in the study group.
One Of the polio cases is that
Of a first-grade pupil in Florida
who is included in the study but
who did not receive shots Of the
vaccine.
The other two cases. one in
Michigan and one in Texas. re-
ceived either the vaccine or an
injection of a blank substance
of no medicinal value. Halt, Of
the children in those two States
got vaccine and half got the
blank substance, and which sub
stance was given will not be dis
closed until the final stages of
the study.
n. Y0,.,,c ea;fJ a 60aI o,,o1,,a
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Oppose Fire Area Increases

Proposed increases to the
Laytonsville fire area in Mont
gomery County were opposed last
night at a meeting of the County
Council.
Laytonsville fire company Of
ficials had requested the in
creased area to provide "a rea-
sonable" tax base for future sup
port of the company. Repre-
sentativeS of Gaithersburg, Da-
mascus and Sandy Spring fire
companies declared that Lay
tonsdlle could not give adequate
fire protection in the area it
wishes to take in.3U. q sta Il
Evening star., 1954-05-21
DeodIine 10 Tonight
For Sunday Want Ads

The deodline tonight for won't ods
to be published in the Saturday or
Sunday Stor is 10 o'clock by teIe-
phone or 9 o'clock at the business
counter in The Stor lobby.
II you wont to hire. buy. trode or
sell. tell the long established ou-
dienee Of Stor readers about IL.
You'll get quick oetion.
The Stor eorries more classified
DDS thon the other Washington news
papers combined beeouse il produces
the best results.
It's cosy to ploee an inexpensive cd
in Stor Classified. Just phone Sterling
5000 and osk for on od-toker.
Evening star., 1954-05-21

hdppa AIpAa
P ST Ho S e,
1708 S street
NV.
A graduate
of ow ar d
University in
1 9 3 4, M r.
T h o m p SON
took his law
degree from
R o b ert H.
Terrell Law
School in 1889.
and has done
graduate work
at City Col.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Arlington Town Meeting

An Arlington Town Meeting
will be held at 8 pm. Monday at
Jefferson Junior High School to
choose a non-partiSan candidate
for the County Board.
The meeting is expected to
select as a nominee either DIR.
Ivan A. Booker, a National Ed
ucation Association official. or
Attorney Hyman j. Cohen, pres
ident Of the darlington Civic
Association.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Al Jomison, Pro
At Quontico, Hurt
In Auto Accident
BY O s.er s.uff Correspondent

BALTIMORE, May 21.-Al
Jamison, professional at the
Quantico (Va.) Marine golf
course, was scheduled to be re-
leased from st. Agnes Hospital
today after suffering painful
injuries in an auto accident on
the Baltimore pike yesterday.
John Zaleski, pro at the Fred
ericksburg (Va.l Country Club.
who was riding with Jamison,
was treated and released. Jami-.
son swerved to avoid a truck on
the pike. He missed the truck
but ran up on the island divid-
ing the dual highway.
His condition was good" this
morning and he was to be re-
BASED later in the day.
A6
Evening star., 1954-05-21

to you before / am through with
this hearing said Miss Hen
mock.
Government regulations of TV
was among a variety of proposals
made to the subcommittee yes
terday.
Allen B. Du Mont, head of
the Du Mont Laboratories, Inc.
which operates the Du Mont
television network. testified that
without "some Government in
tervention" television broadcast
ing shortly (wilD become the
property of two networks and a
relatively few powerful VHF sta
tions."
Sees Four Networks Needed.
Chairman Potter of the sub
committee asked if the availa-
bility of better programs on the
UHF stations would be sufficient
incentive for the public to in
crease its purchases of convert
erS.
Mr.. Du Mont said he believed
so; that four strong networks
are essential to place WIFI and
UHF stations on an equal foot
ing. He said there are two
strongly entrenched national
television networks and two
relatively weak networks" He.
didn't mention the strong ones
by name but other Du> Mont
witnesses noted that the CO.
lumbia Broadcasting System and
National Broadcasting Co. have
the heaviest preferred time"
schedules,
Evening star., 1954-05-21

master Gen.
erals pay re-
cl a ssihcation
plan for post
al W or K ers
a n d instead
approve q 10
per cent post
al p ay in
crease meas
ure.
Mr.. Cor
belts proposal
W ould iv e
postal workers
a 10 per cent
incre S e or
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Scouts Plan CurniyoI

Cub Scout Pack 6S8 Of Falls
Church viii. hold a .children's
carnival from to 4 pm. tomor-..
row at the Crossman Methodist
Church in Falls Church.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Washington Bar InstaIIs
Thompson as President

Attorney William S. Thonip-
son was installed last night as
president of the Washington
Bar Association in ceremonies at
Evening star., 1954-05-21
The Federal Spotlight
Showdown on u. S. Pay Raise
Is Expected at PdrIey Tuesday
By Joseph Young

The showdown Government pay-raise legislation
expected to Tuesday when the Civil Service
Committee meets again in closed session.
The committee met yesterday behind closed doors and agreed
to settle the bitter pay fight at Tuesdays meeting.
AS the committee wound its session yesterday agreed
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Alexandra Manager
Asks Tax Increases

ASKS I ok increases
Alexandria City Manager Ira
F. Willard last night recon-
mended to the city council new
taxes and tax increases totaling
about $500, 1000.
Mayor Marshall J. Beverley, in
revealing the recommendation,
said Mr.. Willard said the city
faces a $303. 900 deficit this year.
The city manager proposed rails
ing the real estate tax rate from
$2.75 to $3.50. He also proposed
a 10 per cent tax on telephone
bills, extension of the business
license tax to builders and. de-
velopers and a new tax Of 81 per
500 gross receipts from real
estate rentals.
Evening star., 1954-05-21
US. WEATHER BUREAU MAP
popostrnens Of Commerce

Rain expected tonight in the Northern States with scat
southern sections of Upper Great Lakes
ThunderStOrmS large through
Rocky Mountain Plains States and in the mountain
Southern Idaho 1t will be in Southern Mchi
Indiana and Illinois but will continue cool in the extreme
NOheas Cooler conditions toreseen for the Northern
ri ms and Northern Rockies 4 -aP Wrephoto Map
Evening star., 1954-05-21

DR.. Korns said a final evalua-
ton of the effectiveness of the.
Salk vaccine probably will not
Evening star., 1954-05-21

W tOtC OAl tLAC A4Ot1O1l VI kUcP.
resentative Corbett, Republican,
of Pennsylvania to kill the Post
Evening star., 1954-05-21
Rreciniiafinn-
River Report.

Monti1y precipite tion in inches In the
capitai tcurrent month to datel.
Evening star., 1954-05-21

CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
Should the Corbett motion pre-
vail, the committee, in all likeli-
hood, will vote a 10 per cent pay
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-16

Auto insurance in some areas
cost more than the total tax for
gas, oil and repairs.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-16
Negro Training School Renamed for Founder

School after the original founder
who until his death in 1887 was
a resident of the county
Born III 1865. the son of Mr..
and Mrs John Ellis, Stephen Ellis
was an extremely active man He
was graduated from the Virginia
Seminary and College and at the
time OF his death was pastor or
four churches, Jerusalem. Fork
Union. Liberty Chapel. and Zion
Baptist
He held other positions as. local
Farm Agent. Supervisor Of Elem
entary Education Moderator OF
the North River Baptist Assoc
iation, and was an Insurance
Agent.
Besides founding the Training
School, he gave special assistance
to the president OF the Virginia
Seminary and College in promot-
in9 that institution. He was also
d member Of the Ancient Free and
accepted Masonic Lodge
He married twice, to Katie
Jones and later to Dora Jones
who nov resides in WASHINGTON.
p G., and had one child by each
WIFE
Auto insurance in some areas
cost more than the total tax for
gas, oil and repairs.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-16
Annual Cancer Crusade Begins in State
With S3O2.5OO To Raise as 1854 Coal

Striking Back AT Cancer
Mans Cmelost Enemy is the
e}note % the 1854 Cancer cru
SAD for iunds ana ncrea ed pub
liz awal }neas Of the American
Cancer Society three point pro-
gram Of research education and
service
With the SLOGAN. the month
long campaign in Virginia has as
its goal $500 800 to further med
ical research and public health
progress in the early detection
ana treatment Of cancer, one of
the leading causes or death in
this state and throughout the
nation
The Vngmia Cancer Crusade in
April Cancer Control Months
ps4% q thf nationwide drive of
The American Cancer Society with
which this states Division is af-
filiated The national campaign
chairman is Elmer II Boost. New
York business leader Public sup
port is being sought for a three
way program Of research, educat-
ION and service essential to de-
tcctng and controlling cancer.
State Chairman
william II, Perkins. Jr.. OF
Lynchburg, is state C d m p align
chairman Discussing the drive, he
said, THE decisive spirit to con-
quer cancer. expressed in our 1854
Cancer Crusade slogan inspires
all of our volunteers They are