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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20
SparroWs Point Workers
Authorize Ship Strike
By the Assoeio.sa Pres.

BALTIMORE, July 20.-Ship-
yard workers at Sparrows Point
voted last night to authorize the
negotiating committee of CLIO
shipbuilders union to cali a
strike after midnight Friday II
necessary.
Earlier. workers at the Curtis
Bay yards Of the Maryland Dry
dock Co. voted to authorize q
strike after 8 am, Friday.
The Key Highway workers Of
the Bethlehem Steel Co. are
scheduled to vote today. Eight
Bethlehem yards are involved in
q dispute over wages and other
contract issues. Negotiations are
being carried on in New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20
Faces Photo Churqe

Murray Levy, A, Washington
commercial photographer whose
studio was raided July 8 by po-
lice. is to face a Municipal Court
jury trial August Is on a charge
of possessing Topographic pic
lures. Levy, of the 5700 block
of Third street NE, who is free
on $1,000 bond, appeared this
morning before Judge Nadine L
Gallagher,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20


Stevens Martin, was taken to
Fairmont Emergency Hospital,
where she was later reported un-
conscious. A spokesman said she
was in poor condition, but re-
spending to treatment.
Unexplained for the time be-
ing was how Mrs. Martin, a
widow. spent the last week and
If she spent it in the open-how
she survived.
Two boys, whose names were
not learned, found Mrs. Martin
while picking berries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20
Woman Missing for Week
Pound Dared Near Home
ey The A.,oe;o,ed pr...

by me ASsoeioiou FFeSS
FAIRMONT, w. Va, July 90
An 86-year-old woman was
found wandering dazedly yester-
day in berry patch only a quar-
ter Of a mile from the home
from which she disappeared a
week ago.
The woman. Mrs. Elizabeth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20
John Marshall BicentenniuI
BY the Associated Pres,

WILLIAMSBURG. Va, July 20.
The College of William and
Mary will commemorate the
200th anniversary of the birth
Of John Marshall at ceremonies
here September Is. Principal
speaker viii be Chief Justice
Earl Warren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20
D. {. Library Reports
Upturn in Reading;
War Books Credited

0lSLTlOuClOQ Oh WdTblule paper
bound books to the armed Serv-
ices helped to nourish a steady
upswing in reading after World
War IT, District Public Library
authorities noted today.
The annual library report on
reader habits credited this and
other factors for the increased
popularity of books as 1t again
chalked up circulation surpas-
sing the 2 million book mark
during the year ended last June
30.
Ralph L. Thompson, assistant
public librarian. placed the fiscal
1853 figure at 2,015,736. This ex-
ceeded the previous years book
borrowing by 39.476.
While the 2 million mark has
been reached twice before in the
last eight years, subsequent
changes in the 1ibrary's book
accounting system make the lat
est figure actually weightier than
past totals.
Mount Pleasant Leads.
Top circulation branch library
continued to be Mount Pleasant,
with nearly 200. 900 volumes Dor
rowed. Close runner-ups were
the PetWorth and Georgetown
branches. according to Mr..
Thompson.
A second bookmobile provided
for in the current budget should
help swell this years circulation.
Television also has been stimu-
lating interest in the written
word.
Mr.. Thompson reported that
while TV lured people away from
books in its early days, programs
dealing with interestins subjects
have prompted viewers to seek
further information in books.
This is true Of children as well
as adults. the report said. One
children's librarian reported, Mr..
Thompson said, that because Of
movies, radio and TV young
children asked for books on
rather advanced subjects"
Cowboy Stories Drop
The report indicated further
that the little ones may even be
losing interest in horse operas.
While ballet. song, mystery and
humorous books remained in
high favor, cowboy stories were
"less in demand" Mr.. Thompson
reported.
That the increasingly strained
condition of world leads readers
into the public libraries is at
tested by the turnover of cur
rent history volumes. Among
these, books on the East were in
demand, notably Ambassadors
Report" by Chester Bowles: 1.-THE
Awakening East" by Eleanor
Roosevelt, and Introducing
Asia" by Lawrence Battistini.
A heavy turnover was also not
ed for such titles as Elmer Davis
But We Were Born Free" Luigi
Barzini's Americans Are Alone
in the World" and jacques Bar
Guns Gods Country and Mine. +"
American history claimed it's
customary attention with such
titles as Bruce Cations "a Still
ness at Appomattox"fs and
Nathan Schachner's THE Found
ing Fathers" moving well.
Other BEST Lenders"
Other books listed randomly
from various categories as best
lenders" include Herzog's "An-
napurna," Hunts Conquest of
Everest" Cousteau's Silent
World" biographies of Churchill,
Stain and Hitler. as well as
George Washington, Lincoln and
Mrs. Lincoln.
Concern over problems of ju-
venile conduct resulted in a siz-
able turnover of books on that
subject-for example, How to
Live With a Teen-Ager."
And in the quest for peace of
mind. many readers turned to
the Revised Standard Version of
the Bible and Bishop Fulton j.
Sheen'S Life Is Worth Living. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20
condy Prices Drop

Increased competition between
major producers has cut the
prices Of candy in England,
where every man. woman and
child consumes S1a ounces Of
sweets weekly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20
British Trade Ships

Britain's portion of world trade
has slipped to 1913 per cent Of the
globes imports In contrast to
l7.9 per cent in 1888. London
reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Hoffn1on's Confession

II would somehow be able to
make good, to set everything
straight. Now, I must leave it,
dead, to you to do what you
know must be done.
Mother is and has always
been a devoted and frugal per-
son, has known nothing Of my
financial plight and has in no
way contributed to it. However.
mother also is a very honorable
woman and I know she will want
to contribute everything she pos
sibly can, above her actual sub
sistence needs, to- see this thing
through for me.
at is a sad heritage I leave
to mother, to Hope, and to you
and to the wonderful grand
children, but I pray it may
somewhat be softened by the
knowledge that I do love you
all so much.
DADDY"
State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex
Ada Hoffman Leonard, of full
age. being sworn on her oath
says, that I prepared and typed
the above statement and it is
true to the best of my recollec-
ton.
Sworn and subscribed to this
18th day of June, 1854.
ADA HOFFMAN LEONARD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Hoffman
Continued From First Page. J

ner or someone designated by
him August Is.
They are:
William s. Lutz, chief fiscal
and personnel officer Of the Di-
vision of Employment Security;
Jean A. Chianese, chief account
ant of the division, and Thomas
B. Faherty, supervisor of pur-
chase and stores.
The name of the man who
resigned was not disclosed. Mr..
Richman said he was reported
to be i'll.
Hoffman died of a heart at
tack in New York June 4 at the
age of So.
His daughter, Mrs. Ada Hoff-
man Leonard of Madison, dis
closed to State officials a letter
Hoffman had written her re-
vealing his embellishments some
20 years ago to pay for his cleo
ton to Congress in 1927 and for
his successful 1884 guberna-
torial campaign.
Pledges Repayment.
Mrs. Leonard pledged that the
Hoffman family would repay
every cent of the money. Hoff-
mans widow last Monday was
voted a $6.O00-a-year pension
by the State Legislature and
the bill awaits Gov. Meyner's
signature.
Hoffman, affable after-dinner
speaker and president of the
fun-loving Circus Saints and
Sinners, was suspended March
Is by Gov. Meyner from the
$13,500 post he held since he
left the Governorship in 1888.
At the time of the suspension,
Gov. Meyner said he had evil
dence of widespread irregulari-
ties" in the purchase of di-
vision supplies and equipment.
The day after Hoffman's death
Mrs. Leonard demanded that
Gov. Meyner clear her fathers
name Immediately. In a letter
to Gov. Meyner last night, she
apologized to the Governor be-
cause for almost two weeks you
have appeared in a crucially I'M
fair position.
Mrs. Leonard, mother of six
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Noyes
Continued From First Page.)

pressed open hostility to rearm-
ament of Germany under EDO.
It is clear, however, that the
European army project would
long remain in mothballS If Mr..
MendeS-France had his way.
One of his conditions is that
France should first unload the
burden of Indo- China and build
up the nation to a point where
it could compete with a rearmed
Germany. Another is that the
large majority Of French people
should support the treaty.
Americans may not like the
sound of this political philos-
ophy, but it appeals to a grow
ing number of Frenchmen. And
to the extent that any real po-
litical trend can be traced out
of the present confusion, it fol-
lows this line.
The chances of it's coming to
life at this moment, however,
are small. Mr.. Mendes- France,
according to dopesters, has little
hope of forming a new govern
ment. His one chance seems to
lie in the support of So Com
munist deputies who might seize
the opportunity to strike blow
against EDO. But Mr.. Mendes-
France himself has let it be
known in advance that he would
reject this support.
Few Mentioned as Successors.
There are a few other young
Turks in opposition who are
mentioned as possible successors
to Premier Laniel if Mr.. Mendes-
France fails. The names most
often heard are those of Jacques
Soustelle, Gaullist. and Francois
Migterand, UDSR, either of
whom would bring a radically
new look to the French govern
ment.
The probabilities. on the other
hand are a good deal less dra-
matte. Most of the experts at this
point are still betting on Edgar
Faure, the present Minister of
Finance, whose policies are plia-
bic enough to offend a minimum
number of people, and a cabi-
net composed of many of the
same small group of men who
have held onto executive power
through many successive admin
istrationS.
And this probability, which re-
duceS the overthrow of the
Laniel regime to a meaningless
exercise in governmental futility,
is profoundly depressing to many
Frenchmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

children, termed her letter tt
Gov. Meyner a difficult one tc
write. "but it is warmly and
sincerely largely a thank-you
note"
The story of Hoffman's de-
falcations broke yesterday at q
press conference which was
attended by Gov. Meyner and
other State officials.
Was Promised Assistance.
In an affidavit recounting the
letter written to her by her
father. Mrs. Leonard quoted him
as saying a certain wealthy
elder candidate who is now de-
ceased" promised to meet his
congressional campaign costs
but did not. leading the way to
the embezzlement which "got
deeper and deeper" Hoffman
also was quoted in the affidavit
as saying another unidentified
State official blackmailed him OF
$150.000 after learning of the
embeZzlement. The State official
also is dead, the affidavit said.
At the news conference Hoff-
mans attorney, Harry Green
of Little Silver, said he
had seen the charges brought
against the former Governor
Mr.. Green said the charges were
shown to him the day Hoffman
died and that a tentative agree
ment had been reached to have
Hoffman submit a letter of
resignation rather than face q
hearing on the charges.
Gov. Meyner, Mr.. Green and
Mr.. Richman told how Mrs.
Leonard visited Mr.. Green at his
Little Silver home last Wednes-
day and showed him the letter
from her father. She later
showed the letter to an officer
of the South Amboy bank, and
then destroyed it.
Mr.. Green said it took several
hours Thursday to convince Mrs.
Leonard the contents of the let
ter should be made known to
Gov. Meyner When she con-
sented, Mr.. Green called the
Governor and he began an i'm
mediate investigation.
Hoffman's term as Governor
O935-1938 spanned the period
of the Lindbergh baby kidnap-
ing case, in which he gained Ma
tion-wide attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
IKidnaper's Weapon,
Binoculars Sought;
$4,000 Found
~ he A,,ocioted Press

PHOENIX. Ariz., June 15.-
Discovery of the SIS, 900 ransom
money cleared UP a major mys-
terry in the puzzling Evelyn Ann
Smith kidnapping case today.
The missing cash, bundled in
q mans work shirt with a shiny
pistol lying on top, was found
near the Superstition Mountains
yesterday. The hiding place"
was less than 10 feet from a road
over which dozens of policemen
had travelled since Friday.
About 100 yards away is a
ranch house near which Daniel
j. Marsin. an unemployed Phoe-
nix welder. was apprehended
shortly after the ransom was
paid by Mrs. Smiths husband,
Herbert Smith.
Identified by Victim.
MarSin, IL. was identified by
Mrs. Smith as her abductor.
Police placed the money in q
shoe box, which was labeled
"$75,O 900" and hung it for a short
time on a tamariSk tree while
they continued the search for a
rifle and binoculars the kidnaper
was reported to have used.
A mine detector was taken
into the foothills to use in the
hunt for the rifle.
Meanwhile, Marsin waited in
Jail fer preliminary hearing on
a charge of kidnapping at 2 pm.
tomorrow. MarSin's attorney.
John j. Flynn, has said "lots of
answers will be given" ct that
time.
The questions to which Mr..
Flynn referred and the sudden
discovery of the payoff money
prompted County Attorney Will
liam P. Mahoney to call this "the
most fantastic kidnapping case in
American history"
MI. MdnOney SAID ne believes
the intricate planning that went
into the kidnapping would link
Marsin to the crime.
FIJI Criticized.
Last night the Federal Bureau
OF Investigation was accused by
Police Chief Charles P. Thomas
OF having delayed a description
Of the kidnaper.
Mr.. Thomas told the City
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Resignation Of Rand
From F0A Post Accented

President Eisenhower accepted
with real reluctance" the res
ignation of William M. Rand as
deputy director of the Foreign
Operations Administration, ef-
fective July /.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said no sue
cessor has been selected.
Mr.. Rand has served as dep
uty to FOA Director Harold
Stassen for more than a year,
He wrote the President on June
/ that personal affairs" require
that he leave the Government.
In accepting the resignation
today, Gen. Eisenhower wrote
Mr.. Rand "only with real reluc-
lance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

Council that FBT agents had
tried to run the whole show"
and had scoffed at police for
OBTAINING Marsin at all.
"They told city officers that
the suspect had nothing to do
with the crime" Mr.. Thomas
said.
He said the Federal agents de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15

layed gaining Q description Of
the abductor by bringing the VIC
tim into Phoenix for questioning.
The case. added Mr.. Thomas,
is very definitely q bona f1de
kidnapping"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Muke your own movies

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Film, too, is amazingly inexpen-
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Film-enough for 30 to 20 average
movie sceneS-is only s3.75. returned
to you ready to show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-15
Homes for Pigs

Freight cars for . discontinued
narrow-gauge line In Northern
Ireland have been bought by
farmers for conversion into pig
litter houses, Belfast reports.
Evening star., 1954-04-02

Flaws are tiny, hard to find. but
savings are practically unbeatable
on these thick, thirsty Cannon
bath towels, a big 24x46" in size.
Buy matching face cloth, 69c and
wash cloth, soc.
The Hecht Co., 5th Floor, Washington;
STd Floor, SilveT Spring and PARKinGton
Evening star., 1954-04-02
1895 Douglas
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Last Day, 5Q.95

Douglas chromed Dinette set with
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tern. Heat-reSistant plastic table
top, 80 by 40 inches "opens to 43
inches) .Plastic-u upholstered chairs.
The Hecht Co., 7th Floor. Washington; 4th
Floor, Silper Spring and PARKin0ton
Evening star., 1954-04-02
1925
KneehoIe
Desks
5:3 s:;; 2Q.95

Popular kneehole style with plenty
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9Th Floor, Washington and PARKington;
Srd Floor, SilUer Spring
Evening star., 1954-04-02

Thick and heavy fibre rugs-at a
saving you can't afford to miss!
Buy them for your home or for
the porch! Big 9x12' sizes in
smart plaid design. Green, grey,
or beige.
The Hecht Co., 9Th Floor, Washington;
1th Floor, PARKirCtoH; 3Td Floor,
Silper Spring
Evening star., 1954-04-02

Sturdy aluminium outdoor dryer
with long-wearing, long lasting
plastic lines. Will hold 18 sheets!
Buy it now-last day-at this spe-
Gil saving price!
7th Floor, Washington; 18th Floor.
Siluer Spring and PARKinqton
Evening star., 1954-04-02
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The Hecht Co., 9Th Floor. Washington;
Srd Floor, Silver Spring and PARKington
Evening star., 1954-04-02
9.95 King Size
Foam Pillows
Las. Dali 2 tor Q.95

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these plump, bouyant latex foam
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Evening star., 1954-04-02
29o.o5 2-Pc.
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Las. q, 1895

Imagine saving a whopping 500
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Ih Floor. Washington and PARKington;
Srd Floor, Silper Spring
Evening star., 1954-04-02

In solid birch, drop leaves raise
to seat 4 in comfort, and you get
4 chairs with table. Or choose a
solid birch corner cabinet at $78.
Last Day to savel
kth Floor Washington and PARKtngton:
Srd Floor, Stlver Spring
Evening star., 1954-04-02

Big savings on a jumbo size 2-door
wardrobe of sturdy metal! Ideal
as an extra closet. Lots of storage
space. Has hat shelf and tie bar.
Measures 64x27X20".
7th Floor, washington; 18th Floor,
Siluer Spring and PARKington
Evening star., 1954-04-02

popular extension tables in
soft-gloW lined oak. Here's your
answer If space. Is your problem.
Extends to seat 6.
9Th Floor, Washington and PARKinCton:
Srd Floor, Silver Spring
Evening star., 1954-04-02

Save! On a huge-size, 20-gallon-
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and trash is kept tightly in.
The Hecht Co., 7th Floor, washington;
9Th Floor, SilDer Spring and RARk'ngton
Evening star., 1954-04-02

Weather simply can't hurt this in
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yet tough and sturdy. Green and
yellow or red and ivory plastic
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The Hecht Co.. Srd Floor, WASHINGTON:
18th Floor, Siluer Spring and PARKington
Evening star., 1954-04-02

Save SIG! Famous Sunbeam Mix
master complete with juicer at
tachment and two mixing bowls
one large, one small. Brand new
in original cartons!
The Hecht Co., 7th Floor, Washington
Store OHlyi
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-17
The United States and the Middle East

ing from the mistakes of others. We in trance
of self-decepton.
The recent accord between Britain and Egypt,
providing for the evacuation of the Suez Canal
Zone could have provided the basis for the begin
ming of peaceful settlement of all standing issues
in the area. Instead the precarious balance of
power in the Middle East has been profoundly
shaken by our Governments offer of military
supplies to Egypt, which continues to threaten a
renewal of war against Israel. The Egyptian Gov
eminent pays lip service to its Western bene-
factors but still refuses to consider adherence to
any alliance against Communist aggression, which
is the United States primary aim in the Middle
East Instead it gives clear warning that it intends
to prosecute Jihad Noly War; for Islam against
its sister religion, Christianity, in Africa. What
manner of allies are these?
Without an affirmative guaranty of pacific in
tentions by Egypt, which the United States as the
successful mediator between Britain and Egypt
had every right to require, there is the gravest
danger that the Suez Canal base soon to revert to
Egyptian hands with its vast military installations,
may become a springboard for fresh Egyptian
adventures against Israel and the general security
of the Middle East.
Surely it must be clear to our policy makers
CONTINUED on Page 81
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tanned at the Library of Congress.
Morton defended Iraq on behalf
of the State Department. He said
Iraq sis keenly aware of the Com
munist danger" and that it was
incorrect to state that Iraqis
want U. S. arms to kill Israelis.
Morton went on to characterize
Iraq as a vital anti Communist
outpost linked with the United
States. This was done despite the
April Is Iraqi official communi-
que stating that "the Iraqi Gov
eminent is pleased to announce
that the U. S. Government has
recently agreed to supply the
Iraqi army with military aid un-
conditionallY. devoid of political
obligations or alliances"
Last January, Israeli Foreign
Minister Fadhil AL Jamali told
the Iraqi parliament: whoever
called for peace with Israel would
be guilty of high treason, and
should be hanged" In February,
he said: "The destruction of Israel
will be achieved only by a
strengthening of the Arab states. !"
Zionists noted that these warlike
statements were made by a leader
of government granted free
arms by the State Department as