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Evening star., 1954-06-07
Court Ruling Won Praise
Of World, Se|assie SAYS
By the Associo,ed Press

DETROIT. June emperor
Halle Selassie of Ethiopia said
today he thinks "the United
States Supreme Court decision to
end segregation in all parts of
your country won the praise of
the entire world"
The monarch'S comment came
in reply to a news conference
query about racial discrimina-
ton. He did not expand on it.
Emperor Selassie was well
coined to Detroit by Mayor AL
bert Cobo as "a great fighter for
freedom" An estimated 5000
cheered him at a City Hall re-
ception.
He is on a Six-weeks tour of
the United States, Canada and
Mexico.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
By L. Edgar Primo

The Atomic Energy Commits
sion has denied a request by DIR.
j. Robert Oppenheimer for a
chance to present oral argu-
ments directly to the five com
misSionerS who must decide
whether to accept a finding that
he is a security risk.
This was made known lest
night by a high Acc official who
requested anonymity. This o.
f1cial said that counsel for DR.
Oppenheimer would be permitted
to file a brief, as they have re-
quested
A special three-man board
found last week in a 2-to-1 vote
that although the famed nu-
clear scientist was a loyal"
citizen he nevertheless was a
security risk and that President
EiSenhower's order of last De-
cember that banned him from
Government secret should be
continued.
Denies Resignation Plan.
In a new development today,
DR.. Oppenheimer denied state
ments attributed to the Acc
that he first broached the sub
ject of resign!ng as conSultant
to the commission as a way out
Of airing the security charges.
The man who is credited with
Evening star., 1954-06-07
BY the Assoeiased Press

SAUK CITY, Wis, June T.
The Joe Must Go Club an
nounced today it failed to obtain
enough signatures on petitions
to recall Senator Mccarthy. Re-
publican. Of Wisconsin.
The club issued a statement
signed by its officers declaring
the drive to obtain signatures.
which ended at midnight Satur-
day. did not reach the 403, ,904
signatures required by law.
The club did not report on the
number of signatures it obtained.
Although the 403. .904 legally
required petitioners were not OBJ
tanned, the members of the re-
call group are very heartened
and pleased at the tremendous
response they received from their
efforts" the statement said.
The statement said that while
the group failed to obtain the
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Whots Wrong With Our Schools?
Some Pupils are Eosed BY;
Get Diplomas Despite Failures
Simpler Courses Don't Seem to Help Much;
Porents Often Fiqht Aaoinst Promotion
Whats Wrong With Our Schools?

failed often he probably dropped
out of school and went to work.
In the case of a girl, she would
stay at home and help her
mother.
There were many, however,
who were kept out Of school by
the economic necessity Of con-
tributing to the family income.
It came to be felt that a high
school education was the birth
right of every American. There
fore, compulsory education laws
were changed until generally q
youngster must stay IN school
now until the 10th birthday. It
was made more difiicult for a
child to go to work and the ne
cessity for it was reduced by
aid to dependent children pro-
grams.
The age-16 rule-applies in the
District. Virginia and Maryland.
In the District q child may
leave school at IA If he is regu-
larly and legally employed full
time and If he has completed the
eighth grade.
"WOrk Paper" Necessary.
In Virginia the rules are quite
strict. Before a child under 16
can leave school there must be a
school board finding, approved
by a court, that the pupil will
not profit by more schooling.
Even though the youngster had
completed high school he should
obtain a permit-"work paper"
is the usual term-if he goes to
work before he is Is.
The result of all this is
swollen school enrollments and
more pupils completing high
school. In 1900, of the children
S to II inclusive, 72 per cent
were enrolled in public schools.
This percentage was 73 in 1910,
but it increased to 78 in 1920
and to IS in 1910. In 1850 it was
down to 50 per cent. probably
because of the larger number Of
5-year-olds, many of whom are
not in school.
Back in 1900 only about six
out of every hundred 17-year-
olds were graduates of public
and private high schools. In 1880
the figure had increased to 20
out of every 100, and in 1850 to
SO.
A dramatic demonstration of
what had happened is given by
the figures for schooling of SOL
dierS of World Wars I and II.
In World War I only 20 per cent
of the soldiers had progressed
beyond grade school. This was
II per cent in World War II.
Eight per cent in World War I
had a high school education or
more; this was 80 per cent in
World War II.
The Army also has startling
figures on high school graduates
who cannot read or write. An
Adjutant Generals Office state
ment said, 1T is estimated that
in 1858. 2.5 per cent Of all
(See SCHOOLS, Page A-14.)
Evening star., 1954-06-07

Photos Of Wrecked cors and Five VIC
Tins. Poee AS
brought death to 16 on Mary
land roads.
So dreadful was the impact
that all 10 in the Route 416
crash died instantly of frac-
tured skulls and crushed chests,
Calvert County Medical Exam
liner Hugh Ward said.
Speeding on Wrong Side.
State police blamed the trag-
edy on the fact that one car
was speeding on the wrong side
of the road as it approached the
curve.
The driver of that car and the
four other occupants all were
from Silver Spring, Md. It was
headed north toward Washing
ton. They were:
Robert Edward Abel, "a, Of
829 Gist avenue. Silver Spring,
the driver.
Bryan Abel. jr., Is, Of 829 GiSt
avenue. brother Of the driver.
Milton E. Stottlemyer. Is. of
9315 Sudbury road.
John P. Schweinhaut, "a, of
003 Gist avenue.
Robert Lee Schweinhaut, 20,
Evening star., 1954-06-07

been eased along to me. He'll go
on to junior high school. When
he gets where he can be given
some vocational training we
may be able to do something
for him. Meanwhile, we hope
that school has taught him at
least to get along with others
Of his age"
The principal Of a junior high
school said. 81 have a problem
with a boy who is doing the
seventh grade for the second
time, and he's failing again.
We're convinced it wouldn't do
him any good to do it for a third
time. We're going to put him
into the eighth grade"
Both of these cases are in
Washington area schools. They
are typical Of hundreds of other
cases. They are the explanation
for the fact a school diploma
does not mean what it used to
mean.
Lack Basic Needs.
Many children graduate from
school without the mastery Of
reading, writing and arithmetic
that they should have. Simpler
courses have been set up for
them. Still they fail, but they
graduate anyway.
Are there explanations for
these conditions? There are. and
some of them appear to make
sense. If they don't make sense
it iss up to the public to change
the conditions.
Instances of children being
eaSed through school despite
failures puzzle or even exaSper-
ate some adults. The exaspera-
ton is shown by parents who
feel a child has not received
a satisfactory foundation in a
subject. and will suffer from this
lack later on in school and
should therefore do the grade
over. But they say they have
to put up a fight to keep the
child from being promoted.
Some adult observers who see
in the practically automatic pro-
motions a disquieting some
thing trend demand
almost furiously, why don't
they funk 'em. In my day if
you didn't do the work you
weren't promoted. You repeated
it until you could do it."
|, But in those days there was
another course open. If the child
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Bulletin
Library Bomb Reported

A makeshift b o m b was
thrown through the window Of
the Bethesda Public Library
Saturday night and exploded
near the far wall of the pub
lie reading room, Montgomery
County police reported today.
A note was attached reading,
1--WE don't like the term crude
bomb 1t was the sixth such
attack in two months.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
War Correspondent
In Normandy Again

NORMANDY REVISITED - Stor
Stoff Correspondent Thomos R. Henry
reeolIs the time when on oItor in
little French church served as
Communications center during World
War n. His report from Cherbours
is on Poge A-3.
ROPE JEWELRY-Give q woman
enough rope jewely and there's no
telling whot she'll do with il, soys
The Stor's fashion editor. EIeni. This
summers crop Of beods come in
deIieote postels. block, @hite, tropical
eoIors and oil sizes. Poee B-4.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Star Want Ad Rents
House in One Hour

M. l. A. 6. found there was no
time lag in finding the right tenont
when he advertised on unfinished
house for rent in Stor Classified.
Within one hour otter his od op-
peored he had o new Oecupont.
II you hove something big or little
to buy, trode or sell. tell the long
established audience Of Stor reoders
about it. Enjoy the some kind OF
quick oction.
The Stor publishes more classified
ads thon the other Washington news
popers combined becouse it produces
the best results.
It's cosy to place an inexpensive
won't I'D in Stor Classified. Just phone
Sterling $4,000 and ask for on od-
tokeF.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Witness So Shocked
He Is Confined at
Maryland Hospital

A witness to the Owings,
Md, accident, who helped
pull 10 bodies from the
burning wreckage. was so
shaken by what he saw that
he was confined today to
Prince Frederick Hospital.
He is Gordon Berry, about
%, Of Takoma Park, Md.
DR.. Hugh Ward, Calvert
County Medical Examiner.
said Mr.. Berry was in a car
following one Of the autos
that collided.
Reporters were forbidden
to talk to him today.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Five Killed in Other Car.

JOIlI1.
Five Killed in Other Car.
Killed in the other, south
bound car, were:
Clarence Martin Thomas, "a,
driver, of Olivet, Calvert County.
Earl S. McCready, Is, of
Olivet.
Mrs. Benjamin Thomas, SIS. Of
Olivet, mother of Mr.. Thomas.
Norman T. Carey. of 312 Whit
ridge street, Baltimore.
Mrs. Helen P. Carey, Is, his
wife.
There were no survivors.
Worst 2-Car Crash.
The accident was called Mary
lands worst two-car crash. On
January l, 1851, seven persons
were killed in a similar accident
near Savage on the Baltimore
boulevard. The highest toll in
any State highway accident was
the death of IA persons when a
train hit a school bus at Rock
vile in 1885.
Police Chief Willard C. Ward
of North Beach, said the men
from Silver Spring in last nights
accident had become involved
in an argument in a beer garden
there just before midnight.
The dispute was with some
North Beach men and concerned
a girl, the chief said. He added
that he broke up the argument
and saw the Silver Spring car
leave North Beach about 1855.
Answering an, accident report
about IS minutes later, he rec
ognized the flaming wreckage OF
the 1850 Mercury convertible
owned and driven by Mr.. Abel.
The spot where the fatality
(Sop CMASHTTp poOo AIRY
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Mason Nominated
As Housing Chief
BY The Assoeiotsd Press

President Eisenhower today
sent to the Senate the nomina-
ton Of Norman P. Mason to be
Federal housing commissioner.
Mr.. Mason. a lumberman from
Chelmsford, Mass. and a Re-
publican. has been acting FILA
commissioner since the admin
istration fired Guy o. Hollyday
of Towson, Md.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Steel Union and Allegheny
Open 2d-R Round Pact Talks
BY the Assoeia,ed Press

PITTSBURGH, June T. The
CIO United Steelworkers' Union
meets with Allegheny Ludlum
Steel Corp. today in the opening
of the second round of 1854 con-
tract talks in the basic steel in
duStry.
United States Steel Corp. lead
ing producer in the country, is
expected to resume bargaining
tomorrow or Wednesday. Big
Steel usually sets the contract
pattern in the industry.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
By Robert K. Welsh

The Supreme Court ruled 5 to
3 today that the Federal Power
Commission is required to Ak
prices on interstate sales Of ma
tural gas by companies which
produce and gather such fuel.
The ruling went contrary to
a stand taken by the power COM
mission itself. The issue also had
long been a subject Of political
dispute. Congress several years
ago passed a bill barring the
FPC from regulating producers
sales of natural gas in interstate
shipments. Former President
Truman vetoed the bill.
Justice Minton delivered the
opinion from which Justices
Clark, Burton and Douglas dis
sented. Justict Jackson did not
take part.
Hands Down Other Decisions.
AS the court prepared to end
its current term and adjourn to
October 4, it began handing
down several other important
decisions this afternoon.
In a case involving a con-
troverSy between a Richmond,
Va, construction company and
the United Mine Workers and
two other labor unions, the tri-
bunal upheld a judgment by the
Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia requiring the unions to
pay $129, 1876 in damages to the
company.
Questioned Jurisdiction.
The unions contended that
State courts lacked jurisdiction
because Congress had ultimate
control over the field of labor
relations. The Laburnum Con-
struction Corp Of Richmond
charged that Representatives of
the United Construction Workers
and the UNIV interferred with
its workmen. in a construction
job in Kentucky in 1949. This in
reference. according to the COM
pany, resulted in a work stop
page and a loss of the construc-
ton contract. The company
originally asked for 100000 in
damages.
A jury in a State court re-
turned a verdict in favor of the
company after hearing testimony
that union representatives, some
Of them armed, interferred with
the Laburnum company's en-
ployes on the job in Kentucky.
The 6-to-2 opinion was writ
ten by Justice Burton. Justices
Douglas and Black dissented.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
20 Die in Slovene Floods

LJUBLJANA, Yugoslavia. June
2 @.-Flash floods have killed
at least 20 persons and caused
damage estimated at $50 million
in Slovenia and Croatia, officials
reported last night.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Archbishop Improves

LONDON, June z R.-The
Archbishop of Canterbury, DR..
Godfrey Fisher, was reported
much improved" today. He
has been i'll for a week with a
severe cold. The Archbishop,
chief prelate of the Anglican
church, is 68.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
By Froncis P. DougIos

A sixth grade teacher said:
II have q boy in my class who
can't read above a third grade
level; I don't believe he ever
will be able to. When there's an
opportunity I work with him
alone. but I'm not getting any
where.
TN former years he wouldn't
be in school now. AS it is, he has
e....l II - e>.:n.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Court Rules FPC
Must Fix Prices on
Interstate Gas Sales
Stond on Transactions
By Producers Is Contror,
To Commission Position
bulletin

The Supreme Court today
upheld validity of key provis-
ions Of the Federal Lobbying
Regulation Act. The 5-to-3
opinion was a victory for the
Government. It reversed a
ruling last year by Judge Alex
ander Holtzoff in the U. S.
District Court for the District
Of Columbia.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Join the Ranks
Summer Comp Fund
Contributors Listed

Readers Of The Star have an
opportunity to make some child's
left happier this summer.
A contribution Of $35.72 will
provide a 12-day vacation at
camp for a little boy or girl
whose family can't afford this
luxury.
The Evening Star Summer
Camp Fund will help to make
sure that the camps operated by
the Summer Outings Committee
in Prince william Forest Park
are filled to capacity.
Today The Star acknowledges
the following contributions:
Previously acknowledge 81 ,459 .06
Anonymous -------- 35.72
Anonymous --- 1000
Wade and Virginia Mad
dox. Lorton, Va.-- 35.72
Gilbert M. and Martha
H. Hitchcock Founda-
ton $3.50
Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Tom B. Hill 35.72
(See CAMP FUND. Page A.2l
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Oppenheimer Request to Offer
Oral Arguments to Acc Denied
Physicist Says He Didn't Brooch
Subject Of Resignine as ConsuItont

the key role In the development
Of the first atomic bomb re-
leased a letter he wrote to ACC
Chairman Strauss last Decem-
ber %. It reads in part:
Dear Lewis:
Yesterday, when you asked to
see me. you told me for the first
time that my clearance by the
Atomic Energy Commission wal
about to be suspended. You put
to me as a possibly desirable al.
tentative that ! request termina.
ton as a consultant to the com.
mission, and thereby avoid ar
explicit consideration of the
charges on which the commits
sion's action would otherwise
be based.
II was told that if I did not dc
this within a DAY. I would re-
ceive a letter notifying me Of the
suspension of my clearance and
of the charges against me, and
! was shown a draft of that let
ter.
II have thought most earnestly
of the alternative suggested. Un.
der the circumstances, thi.
course of action would mean thai
I accept and concur in the view
that I am not At to serve this
Government that I have nov
served for some IL years. This
I cannot do. If I were thus un-
worthy I could hardly have
served our country as have
tried. or been the director of oul
institute in Princeton, or have
spoken. as on more than one
occasion I have found myself
speaking, in the name of oul
science and our country"
Would Set PRECEDENT.
The anonymous Acc ohicia.
told newSmen that DR.. Oppen.
heimer's lawyers were refused
permission to make the ora.
arguments in behalf of theil
client because it would set q
precedent for all other security
risk cases.
Directly after the specia'
board, headed by former Army
Secretary Gordon Gray, informed
DR.. Oppenheimer of its recon-.
mendations, the scientists coun.
sci asked the Acc to skip the
usual review by the commission's
personnel review board and tc
take the case under immediate
consideration itself.
In a related development, II
scientists yesterday told Gen
Eisenhower that more security
reviews like that given DR.. Op.
penheimer would point to q
"sure road to national suicide
by eliminating men Of inde-
pendent mind from our defense
establishments"
Advisory Board Urged.
In an open letter to Gen. Ei-
senhower. 10 oficers and fnem-
bers Of the Federation Of Ameri-
can Scientists suggested ap-
pointment of a special presi-
dental advisory board Of leaders
in Government. science and law
to form q balanced security
policy.
Among findings of the special
Acc panel Tuesday were that
DR.. Oppenheimer had con-
tributed to delaying the start OF
hydrogen bomb development
and that he had associated with
Communists for years.
The scientists wrote Gen
Eisenhower: 1.-The purge of g
loyal scientist for giving frank
advice presents q grave peril tc
our Nation. Such a policy, If con-
tinued, will eliminate the men o1
independent mind from our de-
fense establishments. In this age
when new weapons repeatedly
dwarf the destructive power o1
their predecessors, this is a sure
road to national suicide"
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Derwood Mill
IsDestroyed by
$75O,OOOFire
Creek "a of Mile
Awoy Is Damned
To Get Water

Flames roared through the
Derwood Mill near Rockville
Md. today. burning out the huge
feed plant. destroying the ad-
jacent railroad station and de-
laying at least seven Washing
ton-bound Baltimore & Ohio
trains.
The mill. one and a half miles
north Of Rockville on Route
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Stevens Talked
To Wilson on
Job for Sehine
Secretary Phoned
Druftee to Tell of
Defense Chiefs Role
By John A. Giles and
james Y. Newton

Army Secretary Stevens told
G. David Schine before his in
duction in the Army last fall
that he and Defense Secretary
Wilson thought there was IAN
excellent chance" Of finding Mr..
Schine a useful" spot in the
Army after he went through
basic training.
This was brought out at the
hearing on the Army-McC Carthy
The Stor, in cooperation with
WMAl-TV, will continue television
eoveroee Of the Army Mccarthy
hearings this week. As previously. eoeh
doy's entire proceedings will bs
presented beginning OF 10 ON.
row today as a monitored phone
call between Mr.. Stevens and Pvt.
Schine, former consultant of the
Mccarthy committee, was read
into the record of the Senate In
veStigationS subcommittee.
There was considerable doubt
whether Mr.. Stevens initiated
the call to Mr.. Schine last Oc-
tober 81 or whether he was re-
turning a call Mr.. Schine made
to him two days before.
Reveals Wilson Role.
But the call revealed for the
first time that Mr.. Wilson had
been consulted in the efforts
first to get Mr.. Schine an Army
commission and failing in that
to persuade the Army to waive
ordinary basic training for him.
In the october 81 conversa-
ton Mr.. Stevens told Mr.. Schine:
". I wanted to call you
and tell you I have reviewed
this whole situation with Mr..
Wilson and it adds up to this:
Neither he nor I see an appropri-
ate way to avoid the basic train
ing. We feel that is almost q
must. in the situation as it now
exists, and after going over the
situation three times now, inso-
far as you are concerned, it Is
Mr.. Wilson's and my conviction
that this is the wise thing to
do, Dave. And having done that,
then think there is an excellent
chance that we can pick you up
and use you In a way that would
be useful to the country and to
yourself"
Hints arrangement"
Mr.. Stevens went on to say
that he personally would like
to arrange it in such a way that
you would come into this Army
or military establishment in such
way that you could use the
knowledge and ability you have
in certain fields. But don't
(See HEARING, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1954-06-07
10 Die Instantly
In Maryland
2-CarCoIIision
Crosh Near Owines;
16 Are Killed Over
Week End in Stute

Ten persons were killed early
today in one of Maryland's worst
traffic accidents-a head-on
crash of two cars at the crest
Of hill curve on Route 416 in
Calvert County. about 40 miles
southeast Of Washington.
This was the largest of a Sc
ries of weekend accidents which
Evening star., 1954-06-07

The Stor, in cooperation with
WMAL-TV, will continue television
eoveroee Of the Army Ne corthy
hearings this week. As previously. eoeh
doy's entire proceedings will bs
presented beginning ot 10 ON.
Evening star., 1954-06-07

(See HEARING, Page A-6O
Evening star., 1954-06-07

Second Of q Series.
Evening star., 1954-06-07

Picture on Poee B-l
Evening star., 1954-06-07
White Collar Trouble

Jobs for white collar workers are in
creasingly scarce and the international
Labor Organization is alarmed at the
worldwide trend to avoid getting the
hands dirty"
Page A-12.
The frontiersman., 1954-05-20
COM MMUNITY CALENDAR
THURSDAY. MAY 20

THURSDAY. MAY 20 AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL- IARY, Legion Bldg, 8 pm.
 FRIDAY. MAY 2l VALLEY HOSPITAL BOARD, Hospital, 8 pm. L. D. s. BAKE SALE, Bert's, 2 pm.
 SUNDAY. MAY 23 BACCALAUREATE SERVICES, School Gym, pm.
 MONDAY. MAY 24 KIWANIS CLUB, Coop Club room, 12:05 pm. BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL WOMEN, Soil Conservation Office, 8 pm.
 TUESDAY. MAY 25 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES School Gym, 8 pm. WELL BABY CLINIC, Health Council, 2-4 pm. MOOSE & WOMEN OF THE MOOSE, Moose Hall, 8 p.m.. BOY SCOUT MEETING, United Protestant Church, 7 pm.
 WEDNESDAY. MAY 26 LAST DAY SCHOOL, Summer vacation CARPENTERS LOCAL, Carpen- ters' Hall, 8 pm. GARDEN CLUB, Coop club room, 7:30 pm.
 THURSDAY. MAY 27 NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN GE, Grange Hall. pm.