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Evening star., 1955-03-15
Thomas L. Stokes
Thon7os L. Stokes
The New Hoover Commission
Hofied Points Out That Report Critical Of Aid to Farmers
Small Businessmen Didn't Note Subsidies to Industry

An open secret around here
is the way eX-President Her
Der Hoover is seeking to change
basic and long established
Government policies through
the medium of the Commits
sion on Organization of the
Executive Branch of the Gov
ernment, of which he is chair
man.
To any one familiar with
Government agencies and their
operations, this is made clear
enough in the commission
latest report to Congress this
week which contains 48 recon-
mendations affecting Federal
lending agencies. But. to make
it doubly sure that the public
gets the story, it is explained
at long last by a Democratic
member of the Hoover Com
mission who also is a member
of Congress, Representative
Chet Holifield, of California.
He takes occasion to reveal
what he considers a distortion
of the commissions job as laid
down by Congress, about which
he long has been disturbed, in
the course of a minority re-
port on Federal lending agen-
cies in which he diSSentS from
most of the recommendations.
AS he sees it, the recommenda-
tionS which are designed to
turn over financing now
handled by many Government
lending agencies to private
banHs, point in the direction
of tighter agricultural credit,
slowing down of housing con-
struction, restrictions on the
rural electrification program,
and limitation on other direct
or indirect aids provided by
the Federal Government"
In the Truman administra-
ton, when the commission was
created and Mr.. Hoover was
delegated to head it, the COM
mission limited itself to rec
concentrations on ways of max
ing the Government more ef-
ficient and its operations more
economical-a mechanical, re-
organizing job. Mr.. Holifield
thus tells the story Of what
has happened now:
The Congress re-created the
Hoover Commission to study
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nancing. He and Arthur S.
Flemming, Director of Defense
Mobilization. could not go
along with cutting off normal
short-term rt-import loans
by the Export Import Bank,
or for reducing or abandoning
urban planning and reserve of
planned public works by the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency.
The 10-member task force
on Federal lending agencies in
cluded four bankers, and it's
chairman was a partner in
Price Waterhouse and Co., GER
titled public accountants-Paul
Grady. Mr.. Holifield thought
it unfortunate that the COM
mission again used in the pres
ent study a 're-hash" of a re-
port by Price Waterhouse for
the first Hoover Commission
that was severely criticized by
important members of the pre-
vious commission as rejecting
a narrow accounting view of
broad public policies.
The California Congressman
also pointed out that while the
commission criticized subsidies
in Government programs for
farmers, homeowners, small
businessmen and veterans, it
said nothing about much more
lavish subsidies to big manu-
facturerS, publishing firms,
ship operators, airline COM
panies. and the like, or about
the hundreds of millions of
dollars obtained by large COM
panies as interest-free loans
through the device Of accel-
Grated tax amortization" Com
pared with the latter. the for
mer. he said, pale into insig-
nificance."
Evening star., 1955-03-15
Circuit Court Voids
Parks Segregation
In Maryland Case

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. IS
The Fourth Circuit Court yester-
day threw out the separate but
equal" segregation principle as
applied to public parks and play
grounds.
Such theories. the appeals
court said were swept away"
by the Supreme Courts decision
of last May II banning racial
segregation in the public schools,
The courts action reversed
Baltimore Federal District Court
decision which held that racial
segregation - provided substan-
TALLY equal facilities were pro-
vided separately-did not violate
the Fourteenth Amendment.
1T is now obvious, however,
that segregation cannot be JUS
| titled as a means to preserve the
public place merely because the
tangible facilities furnished to
one race are equal to those fur
nished to the other" said the
circuit court in an opinion
handed down in cases heard
jointly against the City of Balti-
more and the State of Maryland.
The District Court had been
asked on May Is, 1852, to give
injunctive relief to Robert M.
Dawson, jr., and Milton Lone
some and other similarity situ-
ated, against enforcement Of
racial segreg egation at pub
lie beaches and bath houses
operated by the city and State
at Fort Smallwood Park near
Baltimore.
Federal Judge Rozel C. Thom-
sen issued the ruling upholding
separate but equal public SWIM
ming facilities in Maryland on
July 27. 1854.
The judge neld that the Su-
Evening star., 1955-03-15

sible an adequate rounding
out of frontiers in the Far
East - possibly by expansion
into Manchuria if Communist
China we're defeated in war
in Formosa Strait.
When Marshal Zhukov be-
came the Soviet defense min
lister after the ousting of NAL
enkov. much was written about
his warm feeling toward Presi-
dent Eisenhower. his former
comrade in arms. Zhukov
placed the whole thing in its
real perspective when he stated
that he and the former Ameri-
can supreme commander in
Europe merely worked har-
moniouSly" in their official
capacity" while they were in
charge in Berlin.
He obviously wanted to point
up the we'll known fact that
personal relations between in
dividuals-no more than the
family ties which existed be-
tween the German, British and
Russian courts before World
War I-have no impact on
the policies of nations. If per-
chance the purposes of the
Communist regime were to be
best served by a relaxation of
the tension which has existed
for 10 years between the USSR
and the U. S. A.. he and his
realistic thinking colleagues
would do their best to achieve
this purpose.
The present firm stand of
the administration in connec-
tion with the Formosa crisis
is due partially to the belief
that if the Chinese Commu-
nistS force us to lock horns
with them we need expect no
reprisals from the Muscovites
who will not risk (under the
new realistic leadership posi-
BILE severe damage to their en-
pire for the sake of the Chi
nese.
There are some indications
which tend to support this
Evening star., 1955-03-15
Constantine Brown

The possibility of armed
conflict with the USSR over
the strained situation in the
Western Pacific is more remote
today than at any time in the
10 long years of cold war. &C
cording to the best diplomatic
and military minds in Wash
ington.
The reason for this optimism
lies in the changes which have
occurred in the Kremlin since
the ousting of Georgi Malen-
kov and the rise Of the mill
tary to unprecedented influence
in Moscow. Although the tough
Nikita Khrushchev still holds
power as secretary general of
the Communist Party. his job
is mainly that of principal
party boss, according to the
best available information.
international policies. ac-
cording to these sources. are
in the hands of the marshals
who stand near the pinnacle of
power. They are Voroshilov,
Bulganin, Zhukov, Vassilev-
sky and Konev. Ten more
colonel-generals were promoted
last week to field marshal rank.
They had all proved their met
tie as competent leaders in the
last war but until the death
of Stain and overthrow of
Malenkov were Semi-eXiles in
the far corners of the Soviet
empire.
These military men are all
good and loyal Communists
who would unquestionably
fight to the last for Maj Xist-
feminist doctrines. But they
are also strong realists who
appreciate more than civilians
what American capabilities are
if pushed to extremes.
The marshals who now set
the pace of the Soviet Unions
foreign policies are more in
terested in maintenance and
consolidation of the present
huge empire, the security of
its boundaries, and if pos
Evening star., 1955-03-15

Of his guaranteed annual
wage proposal. Mr.. Reuther
says: I'VE are irrevocably COM
mitted to the principle that
our workers are morally and
economically entitled to a year.
round wage"
His determination to achieve
it accounts in part for his
willingness as CIO president
to approve the AFL-CIO mer-
ger. He was moved to concen-
trate on it now for two major
reasons.
One is that vastly improved
new labor-saving techniques
are being introduced into au-
tomotive production. This is
the famous "automation. "
The union feels that it's guar
anteed annual wage is the
necessary corollary to automa-
ton. helping both to control
it and insure that the workers
get a fair share of its benefits.
The other is the dramatic
competitive struggle between
Ford and General Motors for
first place in the industry. The
union believes that at least one
Of these giants will feel it
must have peace no matter
what the price.
Detroit is betting that Henry
Evening star., 1955-03-15

the present organization and
operation of the executive de-
partments and agencies, with
view to better management and
economy. I do not believe that
the Congress wanted advice
from the Commission on public
policies of every sort.
"The Commission has con-
strued its Congressional man
date otherwise. This report
indicates that the Commission
is willing to roam far and wide
in the field of public policy.
mo matter how wise and
well-informed, the II Com
mission members cannot be
expected to have more than a
casual acquaintance with many
of the complex issues posed by
this report. The task-force
study contributed little, in my
opinion, to the deliberations of
the Commission"
1t is regarded of some sig
nificance that James A. Far
ley, another commission men,
Der. issued a broad. if brief.
statement Of dissent to pro-
posed policy changes. Though
a member of the Roosevelt
cabinet, which he left when he
broke with President Roosevelt
over a third term, Jim Farley
never was regarded as a New
Dealer, but conservative Of
viewpoint. He said:
1T is my opinion that this
report fails to give adequate
reasons for recommending
changes in certain Government
organizations, functions, and
policies which have served a
good purpose, especially in
fields where private enterprise
has failed to meet the needs. !
refer particularly to the Farm
ers Home Administration, the
Commodity Credit Corpora
ton. the Rural Identification
Administration and the Ex-
port t-Import Bank, although
there are other agencies which
this report has dealt with in
similar manner"
Dissents also came from two
officials high in the admins
tration and in the Presidents
confidence. Attorney General
Brownell objected to turning
over REA to private bank A.
Evening star., 1955-03-15
Doris FIeeson-

An issue is taking shape in
Detroit which will profoundly
affect the 1856 presidential
campaign, although politicians
will have little or no control
over it.
1t is the demand of the CIO
automobile workers for a guar
anteed annual wage. The is
sue will be joined when Presi-
dent Walter P. Reuther of the
union formally presents his de-
mands to General Motors May
20 and to the Ford Motor Co.
June /.
If Mr.. Reuther achieves the
principle of the guaranteed
annual wage, no matter in how
attenuated a form, an eco
nomic revolution is in prospect.
If he does not and he refuses
to settle for less, as he now
promises, a bitter industrial
conflict may ensue, as in 1887,
which could, again as in 1887.
produce a political revolution
Of sorts.
The automotive industry ac-
counts for roughly one-third of
the material, time and effort
expended annually to keep the
United States industrial ma
chine in motion. This being
so. the wide impact of the
industry's labor policies is self
evident.
Evening star., 1955-03-15
Wilson Given Authority
To Award Medals

President Eisenhower today
delegated to Secretary Of De-
fense Wilson authority to award
the Legion of Merit in the de-
grees of commander, officer and
legionnaire to members of the
armed forces of friendly foreign
nations.
The President retains respon-
sibility for awarding the, media.
in the degree of chief CON-
mander.
Evening star., 1955-03-15
No, Never Aqoin!

HUMBOLDT, Tenn. (P).-
Law violators who've just paid
traffic fines at Humboldt's police
station are inclined to think
politeness can be overdone.
When they leave the pay-up
desk, this sign looms before
them: Thank you. Please come
again."
Evening star., 1955-03-15

preme Court opinion that sepa-
rate but equal public schools are
unconstitutional did not apply to
State and municipal recreation
facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Lock on Elevator Blamed
For Death Of Two Airmen

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE,
Va, Mar. 90 (Rl.-The failure of
a locking device on a loading ele-
vator was blamed today for the
death of two Air Force crew
members.
A2c Bobby v. Wigington. 20,
of Watonga. Okla. and T/Sergt.
Carl E. Mega. "a, of Warren.
Ohio, were killed yesterday when
heavy Grated material fell on
them from the elevator. T/Sergt.
Robert J. HARRISON, 80, of Mary
land Park, Md. suffered a broken
toe and lesser injuries.
The men were loading cargo on
a 'C-124. The elevator had
reached the top of its lift when
the crates suddenly toppled down.
A board of officers was named to
investigate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Frozen Food Sales jump

Another feature of the last
year has been a sharp expansion
of the frozen food department,
which also was established in
1858. Further gains are ex-
pected in 1865, Mr.. Fox said.
DIGS members at last nights
meeting reelected Henry Noon
for his third term as first vice
president. Archie Rosenblatt of
the Super Community Market
was elected second vice president
and Sam Kotz of the Mount
Pleasant Market was elected
third vice president.
Jerome Litvin of Western Mar
ket was named treasurer and
William Paul of the DIV
Market, secretary. The follow
ing directors were elected:
Sam Klein. Wheaton Super
Market: Frank zeitchik, Chas-
Teton Market: Herbert Baker,
Herbs Market; Bernard Cooper,
Cooper & Brody's Market; Louis
Biskin, Manor Market; Louis
Sniler, Montgomery Hills Mar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Mar. 90 ~ (USDA -
Salable hogs 12.000: market SLOW and
uneven; steady to % lower on butchers;
sows around steady; most choice 100
G4o ID, butchers 17.e5-l7.75; a few
decks choice No. | and IS 10000 ID.
1900; and around double deck mostly
choice No Is 1928: most 250-310 ID.
l6.50-11.25 320-4O0 ID. 1575-16.50;
Sows around $50 ID and lighter | ) 90
1875; a few choice lighter weights to
] 1900 and slightly above: bulk 450-600
Id. 4.O0-15."5 good clearance.
Salable cattle 5000: salable calves
300; slaughte- steers and heifers drasgv,
steady to weak with Mondays low close;
other classes moderately active; cows
steady to > higher; bulls steady. to
strong; Sealers steady to 90 higher;
stockers and feeders steady to so high
err load OF high choice l .225 ID. steers
300; choice steers and yearlings "A 90
21.I5; six loads near LOO lb.. fed
CALIFORNIA; 27.75: good to low choice
steers 20. 5n-23 Is; utility to low good
grades l5.25-o0.0 90: good and choice
heiferS a,50-2I75 three loads Colo
RADIOS "a -; commercial to low good
heifers 10 5O-19.00: utility and COM
mercial cows 12.75-15.75; Gamers and
cutters, 1o.5o-l3,@5; utility and, com,
choice vealers 23.00-2S.00: utility and
commercial 10000 90; several loads
of good and choice S64 -964 lb. feeding
steers 22.35-23.50; a load Of medium
900 ID. feeders 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Swedish Captain Gets
7 Years for Spying

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Mar
90 (P).-A Swedish Army Reserve
captain was sentenced today to
seven years at hard labor for
military espionage for Commu-
mist Czechoslovakia.
Capt. Arthur Oertenblad, At.
confessed before a magistrate
court that he sold military secrets
to two Czech Military Attaches
for money and liquor. He was
one of II spy suspects rounded
up in a nationwide sweep three
weeks ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29

system for non-memberS has
filed a real need for small cor
ner grocerS.
These non-member grocers,
who can get a competitive whole
sale price on small lots by COM
ing to the DGS warehouse and
doing their own selecting and de-
livering, now number $50 and
their annual volume has risen to
So million, Mr.. Fox reported.
This is in addition to the DGS
member stores totaling 300.
Started in 1858, the cash-and-
carry system has received Ma
tion-wide attention and has been
ahiled in national trade maya
zines as a solution for the small
grocer who has a hard time get
ting wholesale service because of
the SmallneSS of his orders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Reuiher Emissions
All Unions JOINING
Strike Fund in Time

CLEVELAND. Mar. 90 tR.-
Walter Reuther says labor un-
ions eventually will establish a
huge common strike fund. but he
expects to. ask no outside money
aid for 1855 auto industry bar
gaining.
Mr.. Reuther told the 5000
delegates to the CLIO United Auto
Workers Union convention here
the union will go it alone in bar
gaining this year for a guaran-
teed annual wage and depend on
a proposed $25 million JAW
strike fund in case of walkout.
The plan of Mr.. Reuther. JAW
president. and the unions other
officers to triple present member
dues of $3.50 a month to $3.50
until the $25 million strike fund
is raised has stirred a convention
storm. So many delegates want
cd to talk the convention had to
be recessed last night and final
vote put over until today.
Delegates Divided
During debate some delegates
grumbled disapproval of raising
dues, other argued for bigger as
sessments, while still others were
divided on whether benefits paid
to strikers should be fixed
amounts for everyone idled or
varied according to need.
Carl Stellato, president of the
big Ford Local No. 600 at Detroit
and a longtime critic of Mr..
Reuther's policies. said he agreed
with Mr.. Reuther on the need
for the fund, but felt it should
be bigger.
Mi. Stellato urged Mr.. Reuther
to assemble CLIO and AFL leaders
and seek their financial support
so the union would be better
prepared to finance any strike
this year against General Motors
of Ford in behalf of the TWAS
demands for the year-around
pay plan. larger pensions and
more pay.
Long Range Plan
Mr.. Reuther said that for a
decade he has nursed the idea of
getting AFL and CLIO unions, as
well as the independent mine
workers and the railroad unions,
to create a joint defense fund so
that everybody in it will be fl
nanced by everybody's money"
"One day we will be able to do
this" he said. We're working
on it. But right now we have our
own problems to work out while
we're working on these long
range programs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29

We're giving big send-off to thousands of
proud and happy customers in these new
Chryslers They're the ones to talk to if you
want the real low-down on the wonderful
things Chrysler has done this year.
Come on in and experience for yourself the
thrill they'll be feeling every day of the year
from now on We've got our biggest ''wel-
come mat" out waiting for you!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29

Otner II eW sS "1heE
officers: Mrs. Margaret Francis,
Suburban Trust, vice president;
Miss Kathleen Marshall, Riggs
National, recording secretary;
Miss Louise Pike, National Bank
of Washington, corresponding
secretary; Miss Sylvia Karyda-
kis, Second National: treasurer;
Miss Carolyn Holloran. National
Metropolitan, historian.
Elected to the Board of Gov
errors: Miss Elizabeth LaBaie,
Riggs; Mrs. Avlynne Helm, Ma
tional Savings g. Trust; Mrs.
Frances Turner, Anacostia Ma
tional; Miss Florence T. Kelly,
McLachlen Banking; Mrs. Vivian
Elliott, National Bank of Wash
ington.
WGL Officers Reelected
Directors of the Washington
Gas Light Co. today reelected
the following officers:
Everett j. Boothby, board
chairman and president; Howard
B. Moves, senior vice president;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
CoIors Show Direction
To Drivers at Night

TUCSON. Ariz. - Motorists
touring Arizona have no trouble
telling their directions either by
day or night. thanks to the
States unique system of coloring
its route markers.
The signs reflect their true
colors even at night. Orange
means north. green south. brown
east and blue west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29

We're proud, we're happy, we're rarin' to
60! This is our big year. This is Chrysler's
big year. And it's YOUR big year, too :. D..
if you uunt to drive the smoothest, sweetest
new beauty that ever came doUn the pike!
It's the new 1855 Chrysler and it's a
knockout! It's the lowest, longest, leanest
thing you ever laid eyes on. Tailored steel''
il what the fashion people call it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29

the previous
year, reported
Pre- sid e n t
Louis Fox at
biennial cleo
ton of off,
GERS a S t
night.
Mr.. Fox,
who was re-
elected for his
third conSecu-
tive tWo-year
term in office,
said the or
ganizat ion IS
cash and carry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Heads Bank Women's Club

IA z z Y / IL 3 az
the Occiden-
tai last night.
Miss Wer-
ner is Secre-
tary to tn e
assistant con-
troller, Board
of Governors
of the FEEDER
eral Reserve
System a n d
formerly with
the Hamilton
N a t / o n a !
Bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29

Stltutlon this
month.
A native Of
Washin g t o n
Mr.. Robey at
tended Bush
ess Hi 6 h
S C h DOL and
t he Linthi-
cum Institute.
His banking
career began
in 1919 when
he Joined the
old Potomac
Savings Bank
&C q nlark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29

NEW divided grille you spot It q mile away NEW
Super.Scenc sueptback windshield lets you
than any oher NEW Twin Tower tail lights bold dramatic,
Enthusiastically ChrysIer! NEW PowerFEte Range Selector
the dash outmodes the conventional lever steering
post NEW sweeping silhouette inches lower than other
big cars! NEW $50 hp FirePower engine all Chryslers
v-ss! NEW coaxia Ful-tme Power Steering. NEW
Power Brakes With double pdth pedal for brakng with
either foot NEW interior luxury correlated richest
fabrics In car today! NEW everything everywhere!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Norman Vincent Peale
answers your questions

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
BY DONALD B. HADLEY

Warehouse volume of District
Grocery Stores advanced to a
record SIS million during 1854,
a gain of around 5 per cent from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
New Directors Elected

Stockholders of NEMS-Clarke.
Inc. electronics manufacturers
of Silver Spring, Md. have elect
ed J. F. Whitehead and E. c.
Kogok to the company's Board
of Directors.
William P. Smith, Washington
attorney and general counsel for
the River Raisin Paper Co. Of
Monroe, Mich, was reelected a
director of the corporation at the
annual meeting.
George Harris has been
named general manager for the
Redskin Trading Post, Washing
ton appliance, radio and TV firm.
1888 Ninth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Mutual Funds

NEW YORK. Mar 10 0Pl.-National
Association Securities Dealers. Inc:
Moon Quotations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29

He and his wife have two
daughters and reside in Falls
Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-29
Marks Both Anniversary

William E. Robey, senior vice
president of the Old Dominion
Bank in Arlington, celebrates
his 30th anniversary with the in