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War' Over A-Bombs

ton plan, built around the
commission form of govern
ment, and drummed up a
massive array of public sup
port which persuaded Mr.. Tru-
man to adopt it and send it to
Congress.
When it came to carrying
out the plan, and Gen. Robin
son brought in Mr.. Lowe, who
had worked for him in At
lanta, many veteran District
officials looked upon the new
conner as q modern carpet
bagger-in-reverse come to Gre
ate change purely for the sake
of change.
Mr.. Lowe. who confidently
forecast he could produce
clearly demonstrable dollar
savings through reorganization
of the city's Offices from more
than 80 into Is departments,
now comedies that this is i'm
possible.
Whenever savings are made,
he says. they are Immediately
eaten up by demands for new
and additional services. For
example, he cites the recent
creation of the Central Driv-
ers' File as a move which will
save many police man hours.
'Iffy' Saving
If the department were at
full strength. he says, several
police could be laid off to
show a clear saving. Since the
department is under strength,
however, all the change does
is to make more police man
hours available for street pa
troll duty, he insists--a benefit
to the city which cannot be
shown on an accounting ledg-
er. and which may even pro-
duce an increased overall cost.
Another item is enforce
ment by the personnel office
Of the Civil Service Commits
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Senate Votes

Votes Of Senators from
Maryland and Virginia on
major roll calls March l4-18.
On extending corporation
and excise taxes q months,
rather than IL as provided in
the tax bill. and allowing a $40
credit for each taxpayer and
$40 credit for each dependent.
Rejected, 44-50. March Is.
AGAINST: Beall tR.. Md. Butler
q, Md. Byrd ID. Val, Robertson
On eliminating a HouSe-a
proved $40 credit for each tax
exemption. Adopted 61-32,
March Is. (The Senate then
passed the bill, providing a
one-year extension of excuses.
by voice vote).
For: Beall, Butler, Byrd. Robertson.
On nomination of John
Marshall Harlan to be AsSoci-
ate Justice of the United
States Supreme Court. Con-
f1rmed, Till. March 16.
For: Beall. Butler. Byrd. Robertson.
Compiled by Confessional Quarterly
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dozen organizations. including
the American Civil Liberties
Union, the Americans for
Democratic Action, the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, the Con-
gress of Industrial Organiza-
lions and the Engineers and
Scientists of America, had q
different point of view.
They criticized giving pro-
lection" to Communist and ex-
Communist informants while
Withholding it from poor little
John Citizen" They conceded
that security hearing is not
a trial, but said Bill of Rights
provisions should apply. FIRE.
quently, witnesses said, an &C
cused person permitted to
cross-examine his accuser has
cleared himself.
President Eisenhower stepped
into the controversy when he
told his news conference that
witnesses in security cases
should confront the accused
except when the witness is
an underground agent.
Meanwhile, another Senate
committee was investigating
the classic security snafu, the
case of ex-Maj. Irving Peress.
Army witnesses admitted q
string of administrative err.
rors in accepting, promoting
and honorably discharging the
Fifth Amendment dentist"
Not even Senator Joseph r.
Mccarthy of Wisconsin, sitting
as a minority member, seemed
to worry much about Commu-
mist control Of Army person.
mel policy, but the Senator did
pursue doggedly the White
House conspiracy" against
him. The committee indicated
it would seek to have rescind-
ed the "blackout" order on O
White House meeting concern
ing Senator Mccarthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20

into the North Atlantic COM
munity.
The Bundesrat. the upper
house. approved the treaties
20 to 9 after brief debate. For
complete German ratification
the pacts need only clear a
routine court test and receive
the signature of President
Theodor Heuss.
In France. however. the is
sue is still in doubt. The up
per house of the French Par
lament will take up the trea-
ties this week. but movements
to amend the treaties or post
pone action are widespread.
And Premier Edgar Faure's
government. meanwhile, was in
serious trouble over taxes.
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District:
City Heads Open Pondoro;s Box With QUESTIONABLE

The District Commissioners
may well have opened a PAN
dora's box of trouble for them
selves last week when they
authorized sending a question:
naire to city department heads
on effects of recognizing the
District Government.
Col. Thomas A. Lane, the
Engineer Commissioner, saw
this coming when he agreed
with Commissioner Samuel
Spencer that the QUESTIONABLE
would be a good idea." but
should be directed to facts
and not to opinion. We would
get lots Of opinions that don't
mean anything"
He drove the point home
again. declaring, IT know there
is a lot of opinion pro and con,
but factual information would
pe very valuable.
The QUESTIONABLE itself will
go at first to only % depart
ment heads and asks only four
questions about the three-year-
old reorganization of the Dis
trict government:
"Is your department pro-
viding more services or less?
Does your department have
more or less personnel?
Does 1t cost more or less to
operate your department?
List the advantages and
disadvantages of operating
your department under reor-
ganiZation as it affects the
general public and your de-
partment."
Storm Generator
These questions, propounded
by the Federation of Business
Mems Associations and the
Board Of Trade, are enough to
stir storm of words. Already,
some department heads have
charged that honest answers
will be given only If they are
kept from the eyes of the re-
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By Hector Mclean

organizers. Chief Of these is
Schuyler Lowe. director of the
Department of General Ad-
ministration, brought into the
District government to run the
reorganization by former En-
gineer Commissioner Bernard
L. Robinson.
The reorganization, Of course,
has cut deeply in terms of
human values. It has affected
mems jobs, their scope OF au-
thority, their Civil Service
grades, their pay and the way
they think their departments
ought to be run.
Some District officials, there
fore, have liked it. Some
haven't. But discomfort and
disagreement with official pol
icy has been kept largely under
cover.
One official, for example, re-
signed with bitter words in
private against the personnel
Office, product of reorgani-
zatioA. He wouldn't back them
up in public, however, so the
matter ended there.
The reorganization got under
way late in the term of Presi-
dent Truman, who warned the
District Commissioners that
his powers under the Fed
eral Reorganization Act were
about to expire. If they wanted
to make any changes, they had
better do so quickly, he said.
Budget Bureau PIon
At the same time, they
learned that the Budget Blu
reau was drafting a reorgani-
cation plan of its own, which
involved establishment of the
city manager form of govern
ment and an appointed city
council.
Consequently, the Commits
sionerS drafted a reorganiza-
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Maryland:
Tax Equalization System Under Study

ANNAPOLIS-A great part
Of Maryland officialdom seems
to have declared war on I'M
equal property assessments.
And most would agree it's
about time.
In the past several days,
three State financial study
commissions have attacked
lack Of uniformity in assess
ments among counties, which
results in unfair distribution
of certain State aid.
And Gov. Theodore r. Nc
Keldin, backing up this view,
said Maryland must bring to
an end the misleading device
of Understanding property
values by which some jurisdic-
lions profit inequitably in the
largess Of the State at the
expense of others"
What they are talking about
Is a spread Of about IS to so
per cent in the ratio Of assess
ments to real market value Of
property In Baltimore City and
the % counties. A study by the
State Tax Commission two
years ago showed Calvert
county at the bottom of the
scale, assessing its property at
IS per cent of market value,
and Baltimore City at the top
with so per cent. The other
counties fell somewhere in be-
tween (Montgomery's average
was so per cent; Prince
Georges, ~ per cent?.
School Funds
This lack Of uniformity is
important to taxpayers be-
cause most Of the State school
funds are divided up under the
so-called equalization formula,
which strives to give each child
in the State an equal oppor-
tunity to learn by distributing
proportionately greater school
aid to the poorer counties and
less to the wealthier ones.
Maryland was one of the
first States to apply equaliza-
ton to distribution Of school
and welfare monies, and hard
~ anyone disputes 1t as q
theory. But since the assessors
estimates Of the value Of prop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20

6lSS on United NATIONS anatr8.
Reaction
In this country reaction to
the papers release was as pre-
dicted. The Democrats hol-
Tered, Foul" The Republicans
loudly proclaimed that the
documents proved that some
thing was f1shy in the State
Department and other execu-
tive branches during World
War II, as they have been
charging for many years.
In Europe. comment was
mainly moderate. The Ger
mans, $4,000 of whom FDR
was reported willing to see
executed, were ready to forget
the whole business. France
was hurt at the disclosure of
some pretty low opinions Of
her that the great powers
shared. But there was no
move to make this q pretext
for delaying action on the
Paris agreements.
In Britain, however, Sir
Winston Churchill was genu-
inely angry. He made two
principal points:
0 The release was bad be-
cause 1t distorted history. Re-
ports reaching him Of the
Yalta papers included serious
mistakes" he said.
. The action would tend to
inhibit future conferences.
Statesmen would be afraid, he
feared, that some day a tran
script of their remarks would
be put out to satisfy another
internal political need of the
United States-or of some
other country-now that the
precedent has been set.
Mr.. Churchill talked of
Britain's publishing a version
OF its own, but said he would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
AIgerHiss

Nineteen days before Yalta
got under way the United
States delegations policy and
strategy file was in the hands
Of Alger Hiss. later convicted
OF lying when he swore he was
not a Communist spy.
At the conference itself
Hiss was one notch above q
glorified office boy. The closest
he came to influencing policy
was in the Roosevelt decision
to give the Soviet Union three
votes in the United Nations
and Hiss said last week he
opposed the three-vote idea.
There Is no indication in
the Yalta papers that Mr..
Roosevelt was swayed by Hiss
or any one else. The Presi-
dent openly spurned advice,
but the document indicates
that he listened more atten-
lively to another man, the
late Leo Paslovsky, than to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
BY Gene Goodwin
Stor Sfoff Correspondent

erty in each county is con-
sidered to be the measure Of
that county's wealth, the
equalization distribution is
thrown out of balance if there
is disparity between the APP
praisals in the various counties.
Equalization is now work.
ing in reverse" concluded the
so-called Green Commission
on Education and Finance.
by reason of tremendous in
fiux of population and greatly
increased births, the so-called
richer counties, with the new
population supplying little or
no taxes, are now in trouble.
-. The demand for all types
Of services is so great that
they must assess realistically
and may no longer hold down
their own assessments in order
to take advantage of largess
by the State"
An examination Of how
equalization works shows how
counties like Montgomery and
Baltimore can become poor
little rich girls.
How 1t Works
Under Maryland's compile
Gated equalization formula, the
counties put up whatever IS
cents on their tax rate will
raise and the State contributes
$40 for every public school
pupil and $40 for each class
room. If the total Of county
and State contributions do not
equal the cost of the minimum
educational program set by
State law Gas to number of
teachers, their salaries, etc.,,
the balance is paid from the
States school equalization
fund.
The amount Of money a
county raises with a rate Of
IS cents on each 500 of as
sessed valuation depends, Of
course, on the total assessed
value Of its taxable property.
That's where the unfair aspect
Of the distribution comes To,
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Bevun
Labor Gusts Leftist,
But Attlee's Victory
Seems q Pyrrhic One

Observers trying to make
head or tail of Britain's Labor
Party action last week against
Aneurin Beyan frequently al
luded to two historic parallels:
The censure last fall Of Senator
Joseph r. Mccarthy, Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin and the
victory 1900 years ago of King
Pyrrhus against the Romans.
For Nye Bevan was a figure
of the far left-similar in
many ways to Mccarthy of the
far right, and Labor Leader
Clement r. Attlee, after defeat
ing the Bevan wing, was left in
something of the position of
the ancient Greek who in
vented the "pyrrhic victory"
There was a good chance Mr..
Attlee's triumph had destroyed
his own chances to become
Prime Minister next fall and
had undermined his leadership
Of the party.
War Over A-Bombs
Last weeks showdown was
the result of an intraparty
dispute over use of nuclear
weapons in a hypothetical war.
The two men chose to split
hairs over the precise circum-
stances in which the nuclear
bombs should be used. On the
floor of Parliament Mr., Bevan
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Continued From Page A-2O
going behind the others back
for q little dealing with Stain.
They also had basic policy
differences, over methods of
demilitarizing Germany per-
manently; over building power
spheres in the Balkans
Churchill was for it but
Roosevelt was scandalized);
over colonialism in Asia (the
President suggested the British
relinquish Hong Kong to the
Chinese, and over territorial
concessions for Russia in the
Far East.
These disagreements, Of
course, should not obscure the
much wider areas Of agree
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
Europe
Bonn's Upper House
OK's Puris Poets;
Onus Now on France

Germany put France squarely
on the spot last week by Civ
ing final parliamentary APP
proved to the Paris treaties to
rearm Germany and bring her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
Security Probe Capture Attention. Outed by British obo

have to take q look at the
full State Department publ
cation first.
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Review of The Week:
Reaction

Hiss on United Nations affairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-28

Pompei." The premiere Of a
new production, "The Devils a
Stranger" drew good audiences
last week. Critics considered the
musical play laid in the Penn
sylvania Dutch country at the
turn of the century. likely ma
terial for 'big-time musical
bright lights" Thornton Wilder's
I"Our Town" is showing through
this Saturday night, and Pom
peii" will close the players 1855
season on Monday, September
6.
Fashion Show Thursday
The distaff side is looking for
ward to a big fashion show next
Thursday afternoon, September
/, at the Rehoboth Country Club.
when women, teen-agers, and
children Of the resort colony will
serve as mannequins for fall and
winter apparel provided by Ben
.jamin's Store of Salisbury. Md.
The style show will start at 2
O'Clock on the open terrace Of
the country club.
Washingtonians who will
model are Mrs. Gregory J. Aires,
and her daughter, Annabelle.
and Mrs. Michael T. Fabrizio.
Mrs. John w. Watson Of Ruxton.
Md. will also be one of the %
mannequins. Mrs. Carl A. Zoller,
and Mrs. Arden E. Bing, are
serving as co-chairmen Of
patronesses.
The Might at the Circus"
Artist Costume Ball last Friday
night at the country club
proved to be the most success
full of the Rehoboth Art Leagues
annual affairs of the past 16
years. Chauncey Murray of
Washington, and Bishop William
r. Moody of Lexington. KY,
CARRIED as Kentucky colonies.
were the announcers for the
spectacular circus parade" Of
costumed dancers, led by Wash
ington's Erwin Devron orchestra.
Washingtonians COPIED many Of
the costume awards, all portray
ing life under the Big Top. Mrs.
Russell Cunningham as the
leopard cat woman, and Herbert
e. Bingham as the chameleon
man" carrying a rack of live
reptiles, won in the class for
singles. A herd of eight ele-
plants won first prize in the
group class. as depicted by Mr..
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Parade Opens
Miss America
'Fete Sept. 6
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

Eighty floats, ~ bands and
more than 100 pretty girls will
go to make up the Festival Of
Floats, the big parade that will
move down the Boardwalk or
Tuesday night, September 6, tc
open this years edition Of the
Miss America Pageant.
Since the pageant started back
in 1921. the Boardwalk parade
has been the heavy favorite with
the crowd and each year some
100000 persons witness the
spectacle.
Sparkling with lights, the
floats win get underway promptly
lat $3.50 pm. and continue fol
about two hours. Should weather
Inecessitate q postponement, the
parade will be held the follow
ing evening.
Fifty contestants participating
in the pageant will ride on floats
Fifteen Of the 81 bands arr
those Of the string variety sup
piled by the Philadelphia Mum
mers. When the parade is over
these organizations will take ur
posts along the Boardwalk and
for the next two hours will play
for the entertainment of the
visitors. Their spectacular cos
tunes and gay music will spread
a carnival atmosphere along some
2 miles Of the wooden way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-28
BY WILLIAM B. COCHRAN

ny NvAAA4AAl0 he OOSLANkAAN
Special Correspondent of The star
OCEAN CITY, Md. Aug. IT.
A parley Of the 118 clubs Of
the United Democratic Women's
Club Of Maryland is under way
at the Atlantic Hotel. The clut
has a membership of more thar
10000 women.
The session began last night
with an informal get-together
A luncheon was held at noon
today honoring Mrs. Hamilton
p Fox. jr, of Salisbury. Md.
wife of a States attorney. Mrs
Fox is Eastern Shore chairman
of the United Democratic Wom-
ems Clubs of Maryland.
Several informal parties are
planned. Among those enter
tanning are Col. and Mrs, e
Brooke Lee of Silver Spring. Mrs
Lee is president of the United
Democratic Women's Club Of
Maryland.
A reception tomorrow at 2 pm
will honor State Senator Mary
L. Mock of Salisbury. Mrs. Mock
is Maryland's only woman rep
resented in the Maryland Senate
Among guests expected are
Clarence Miles, president of the
Baltimore Orioles, prominent in
Democratic circles and men
toned for a high post in the
State; former Senator Millard
Tydings, Representative Richard
Landlord, Attorney General
Ferdinand Sybert; Senator Louis
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and Mrs. Charles C. Koones. Col
and Mrs. James Isbell. Col. ano
Mrs. Merton English. Mrs. Fran
els Winslow, and Mrs. Lena
Peters. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Harmon Of Washington won al
Ia cleanup crew" following the
elephants. Mrs. Charles Good
rich Of Washington and hel
Imother-in-law, Mrs. William
Moody. came as a pair Of Siamese
Twins. Miss Betty Burton OF
the New Amsterdam apartments
was so good as a fortune teller
she cleaned a lot of extra change
for the balls benefit fund. Pro-
lceedS from the ball, Of which
Mrs. Thornton w. Owen OF
Washington and Mrs. Naon C
Craft of Rehoboth were co-chair-
men. will probably net the nom
profit organization around ST.
200, as reported by Mrs. Craft
this week at the art leagues
annual meeting.
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Apartments and Club
Planned at Bimini
BIMINI. Bahamas

This fast growing tourist cen.
ter. until recently q sleepy fish
ing village, will soon boast {
$250.o0O club and apartment
structure. If the dream Of Victor
Till comes true.
Mr.. Till. retired Florida bust.
IneSsman. is president Of thu
IBimini Marlin-Tuna Club. He /!
now building his own home or
the island and has already
started work on the club expan.
sion.
The plans call for a club build.
ing with all facilities for sports
men and their families. with ar
attached wing Of 20 co-opera.
tive apartments. which will be
owned individually by the mem.
beers. When an owning member
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Oceon City Rally Plans
Reception for Mrs. Mock

IGoldstein. president Of the
Maryland Senate.
Despite the sticky weather last
week end, Ocean City was
damned.
! Up the beach north Of here
1.-THE Dunes Club, a private club
had a turnout Of some 200 at a
dinner dance. Rivers Cham
IberS of Baltimore furnished the
music. Among couples seen On
1.-THE dance floor were Baltimore
Police Commissioner and Mrs
James M. Hepbron. They were
guests at the table of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Campbell Of Balti-
more. Mrs. Campbell is among
those who have worked untir-
ingly to make the club a sue
lcess. There last night the Hill
top Players from Baltimore gave
their production Of Good House
Keeping" in theater in the
round.
Fewer Marlin Caught
Due to rough weather the
marlin catch is tagging far be-
hind last year. Wednesday, 476
catches had been registered
However, now that fishing boats
can venture out again. the slack
is expected to be taken UP. A
year ago at this time around 900
marlin had been landed.
Guest Lists
Guests from Washington and
vicinity at the Harrison Hall in
Iclude: Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Got
tardi, Mr.. and Mrs. David Gold
berg and family, Mr.. and Mrs
". C. Branham, MIR. and Mrs
Frank Flanagan, Mr.. and Mrs,
Keith L. Montgomery, 1t. and
Mrs. Stanley Fox, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil
lie Reed. Miss Alayne Powell. Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Driesen. Mrs,
Edward A. Echols, Mrs. Frances
Garlock and Miss Marie Kemet,
Mr.. and Mrs, William Vogel and
daughter and Nina Baker, Mr.
and Mrs. John Cameron, Mr.
and Mrs. Wade Minor, Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Gramsky, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Ponton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dominic Venuti, Mrs. Nam
nette Day and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Swanson, MIR. and
Mrs. Walter Cohen. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Bartino.
At the Hotel Beach Plaza
Commissioner and Mrs. Cyril
Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Boswell, Mrs. o. D. Field, Mr.
and Mrs. Allan H. Perley. Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. William Adlung. Mr.
and Mrs. Burton A. Ford, jr.r
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Kraft, Mrs
Percy Petit, Mrs. Nicholas Orem
IMr. and Mrs. Emory Hall. Mr.
and Mrs. C. c. Dillingham;. Mr.
and Mrs. w. R. Garrett. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Phelps, and Mrs. Alan
K. Dollmer.
At the Stephen Decatur: DR.
and Mrs. Spencer v. Meade and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Sari,
Mrs. B. Balducci and son. Mrs
Lucille Conway, DR.. and Mrs,
George E. Saxon.
At the Hamilton: Miss Betty
Thomas, Miss Peggy Walton. Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Chambers, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Carpenter,
all Of Washington; Leonard
Shapely, Arlington; Mr.. and Mrs,
Robert Shenk, and Mr.. and Mrs,
Paul Wheeler of Berryville. Va,
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Hotel in Nassau
Adding Is Suites
NASSAU. Bahamas

Nassau's Royal Victoria Hotel,
"a gathering spot for cotton spe-
culato-s and blockade runners
during the War between the
States, has announced plans for
"a construction program that will
bring its capital outlay for i'm
Iprovements close to the 81 mil
lion mark for the last nine-year
period.
Preliminary work has started
on a separate building which
will house 16 de luxe -condi-
toned suites. The new units
will be ready to receive bookings
on next January 20, just as the
hotel reaches its 95th year q
continuous operation.
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lis not in residence, his apartment
can be rented to other members
Tor to guests Of members.
Each apartment will be air
conditioned,