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prepared to spin. The mere
thought of what Max Lehman
is planning as one of the features
OF Variety" his next color spec
tacular, to be seen Sunday at
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Avord winner in 4 comprehensive
uaoiysis Of the day's news.
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jeopardize the position he has
built UP for the FBI by getting
into politics" the Indiana Sen
ator reported. Senator Jennei
added that Mr.. Hoover would
be highly acceptable" to many
people in Indiana.
Senator Jenner's action In
seeking out Mr.. Hoover was re-
garded in some quarters as In
dicating that Senator Knowland
Republican of California, may
not be able to count on all the
support his friends thought
would be behind the Californian
If he seeks the party nomination
Senator Mundt, Republican Of
South Dakota, another Of those
who have worked closely with
Senator Knowland. has beer
talking about Mr.. Hoover as q
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fact that four of them. Florida
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia
gave their electoral votes to Mr.
Eisenhower in 1852. The Demo
Gratis are taking no chances OF
offending those States. They
want them back in the fold next
year. Further. If it had not been
for the fact that seven Of these
solid South" States did vote
for Stevenson, the 1852 Demo
cratic presidential candidate
would have carried only West
Virginia and Kentucky.
South's Percentage Up
The solid South" finds itself
with A more delegates than II
had in the 1852 Democratic con-
vention. Two Of the so-called
border States. which almost in
variably go Democratic in ma
|tional elections, Kentucky and
.Oklahoma, also received the
bonus. These Is States will have
Ia total of 1872 delegate votes next
year. approximately 90 per cent
iof the total voting strength OF
the convention and a slight in
crease over the South's percent
age In the 1852 convention.
The Republicans have added
III delegates to their convention
strength, and here, too, the South
BENEFITS because Of the great
showing that President Eisen-
hover made in the south in 1852
The II States of the SOLID
South" will have a total of 287
delegates next year. "a more than
they had in 1852. Kentucky and
Oklahoma also received boosts
Mr.. Eisenhower lost Kentucky
only by an eyelash, and he car
.ried Oklahoma. The two States
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together have IL more delegates
than they had In 1852.
The other States which will
have more delegates are Missouri,
which jumps from 26 to 80: Mon
tana, from eight to IA, and Rhode
Island, from eight to IA. Alaska
and Hawaii each are given one
more delegate. The District of
Columbia. however, remains with
six delegates and six alternates.
District Wins Concession
The District Democrats wrung
"a concession, however from the
Democratic National Committee
at its recent meeting In Chicago.
They were given permission to
name IL delegates and IL alter
nate delegates, each with half
a vote. In the 1852 convention.
the District of Columbia was
limited to naming six delegates
and six alternates, each with
a full vote.
The Democrats believe that
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possible candidate If President
Eisenhower doesn't run.
Senator Knowland, the Sen
ate minority leader. has indi-
Gated he will get In the race for
the nomination II Mr.. Eisen-
hover doesn't make known his
second term intentions in Janu-
AIRY. He has said he viii support
the President II he runs.
The prospective Knowland
Icandidacy,~apparently would be
aimed at gathering Midwestern
support and linking it with Cali
fornia backing to present a for
midable voting strength at the
San Francisco G. o. P. conven-
ton next August.
But the prospect that Senator
Knowland will get in the race
thus far seems to have provoked
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ting the election OF convention
delegates with half q vote. in
most instances, and Of alter
mates, in less number with half
a vote. the maximum number OF
delegates for next years ma
tional convention will be 2,744
and the maximum number Of al
ternates will be 1850 total
convention personnel Of 1910.
The Republicans have stepped
up their convention totals. too
For the 1856 gathering, they
will have 1923 delegates and q
similar number of alternates-
a total convention personnel OF
2,646. The Republicans do not
permit the election Of delegates
or alternates with half votes. In
1852. the Republican National
Convention had 1905 delegates
and 1905 alternates.
Democrats Change Rules
Faced with the prospect OF
q smaller national convention
strength, because the Democrats
carried only nine Of the 48 States
in 1852, the Democratic National
Committee took the bull by the
horns, changed the rules. and
gave each State as many con-
vention votes as it had in the
last national convention.
In addition. it gave each State
bonus of four votes II the
State went for Adlai Stevenson
in 1852. if it elected a Demo-
cratic governor in or since 1852
and If it elected a Democratic
Senator during the same period
In consequence. only nine States
failed to get the bonus. They
are California. Maryland. Ne
braska. New Hampshire. North
Dakota. South Dakota, Utah
Vermont and Wisconsin.
The Democratic solid South, >
the IL States which seeded al
the time Of the Civil War, each
received its bonus of four extra
delegates - Notwithstanding the
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Tests Prove Most
Homes Drier thon
Sohoro Desert!

Tests prove that many
homes are actually drier
than the Sahara Desert,
which means a relative hu-
Nudity of 20% or less. For
proper health and comfort a
home should have a relative
humidity of 45%. You need
to introduce MOISTURE in
the air during the winter
months, because dry air
caused by artificial heating
steals the vital moisture
from the mucous membranes
OF the nose, causing many
winter-time colds, asthma,
bronchitis and many other
respiratory diseases. Dry air
also robs your body Of mois-
ture, drying the skin, max
ing. you physically uncom-
Portable. Dry air subjects
your rugs, furniture. piano,
and books to q destructive
force.
Proper naturalization can
mean reduced fuel bills,
elimination of 4 o'clock ia
tigue, reduced static cleo
tricity and increased health
and comfort for the whole
family!
John G. Webster & Sons, at
627 F Street Northwest, have
a Humidifier for every need.
For the home, office, plant,
etc. Prices start at SIS. Call
Sterling $500 for informa-
ton or come in and see our
line of Humidifiers on dis
play. Store hours are from
8 Am. til 8 PM. Monday
and Thursday, from 8 Am.
til 6 PM. Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Friday and Saturday.
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Hoover declines
Republican Bid
BY the Associated Press

Senator Jenner. Republican of
Indiana. said yesterday that FBI
Director j. Edgar Hoover has
turned down proposal that he
become candidate for the Re-
publican presidential nomination.
Senator Jenner said that, act
ing on a request from an In
diana Republican leader he did
not name, he personally sounded
out Mr.. Hoover on whether he
would be willing to run. Mr.
Hoover told him he couldn't do
1t. Senator Jenner added in an
interview.
He said he didn't want to
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Lions Club Yule Party

The Anacostia Lions Club will
hold its annual Christmas party
starting with a $50 pm. dinner
Wednesday at the OakcreSt
Country Club, 600 Marlboro
pike, Prince Georges County. Md.
Nathan Healy and Norman Muir
ply are in charge Of reservations.
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no great surge of sentiment for
him, at least from the Middle
western area.
Private reports to Republican
leaders have indicated the party
lis in trouble in that section be-
cause of falling, farm prices
Much Of the farm complaint has
been directed toward the flexible
price support program of the
Eisenhower administration.
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by their generosity IN permit
ting the election of delegates
and alternates with half votes
they stimulate interest and
bring in more contributions to
their campaign. Certainly they
increase greatly the maximum
personnel of their national con-
vention. And just as certainly
they increase the difficulty Of
housing their delegates and Of
finding places for them on the
convention floor. The Demo-
cratic convention will open in
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Both Parties Increase
Convention Delegations
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Bigger better, national conventions will nominate the
1856 presidential candidates Republican
parties
their total convention
by making the total 1872 compared
Because the Democrats have adopted system Of permit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-11

Chicago August IS, Just q week
in advance of the Republican
convention in San Francisco.
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tics Administration yesterday
warned aircraft to stay out Of
the altitude layer from Is, 1000 to
$4,000 feet in a rectangie cor
nered on Salt Lake City. Utah;
Window Rock, Ariz.; Colorado
Springs, Colo. and Medicine
Bow. Wyo. This warning expired
at 8 o'clock last night. Such
warnings are customary in con-
nection with nuclear tests.
Yesterdays blast from a 400
foot tower on Frenchman Flat
tested all manner of military
gear. weapons. vehicles. uniforms
and supplies. spread out at vary
ing distances from ground zero.
The Acc said the cloud was
blown eastward by winds of rs
to 80 miles an hour at around
10000 feet altitude. Its course
was east-northeast from the test
site across Southern Utah. Gen.
trail Colorado, North Central Me-
braska and Missouri, Southern
Illinois. Western Kentucky and
Tennessee. into the Carolinas to
the ocean. Remnants of its tail,
at lower levels and with lesser
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winds. probably were at about
10000 feet over Western Kansas
at midday today.
Of1eials also explained that
radioactivity Of the cloud de-
creases very rapidly as it is
blown before the wind and thins
out.
The Acc said there was some
possibility that radioactivity
would register on sensitive in
struments along the cloud path
as far north as Indianapolis,
Ind. and as far south as Mem
phis. Tenn. and over a North
South span from Washington,
D. c.. to Charleston. s. C.
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sided or inadequately eyaluated
tips. CONFORMATION Of witnesses
would help loyalty boards no less
than a suspected employee. they
will tell the court.
The procedure where the board
itself does not always. know the
source or competency of all the
information gives the Justice De-
partment too much power over
other departments and Govern
mental personnel. they declare.
FBI Responsibility
''The loyalty review board CAN
not weigh and appraise the EVIL
dentiary value of secret FBI
report in any judicial sense. .
The power to impose stigma and
disgrace is thus delegated to the
FBI," they state.
Other statutory or. constitu-
tional questions will be raised in
the argument. One is whether
the First Amendments guaran-
tees of free speech applies in
view of a contention that the
loyalty program procedure puts
at least two strikes on an en-
ploye who expresses unorthodox
or unacceptable views.
Another is whether DR.. Peters
was properly ousted in 1858. af-
ter having been cleared previ-
ously by loyalty boards before
the reasonable doubt" standard
was set. A third concerns the
status of DR.. Peters as a part
time Government employee in a
non-sensitive job.
Supreme Court Justices, having
just finished an almost full week
of listening to arguments on
how to end public school racial
segregation, have allotted only
one hour each for attorneys for
the Government and for DR.. Pc
tiers this week.
The case, however, could be
one of the most important de-
cided in many years. 1t could
reach almost as far as any
school indignation DEGREES, al
though not directly as many.
A ruling in the Peters case
would concern, at least indi-
rectly, every Federal employe
and perhaps eventually every
State and local governmental
employee who might be called to
answer Information" rejecting
on loyalty.
The outcome holds unusual
legal interest because of its con-
Stitutional questions.
It holds equally great popular
interest because aclear -cut de-
decision either way would break
a "A deadlock by which the
high court in 1851 affirmed a
loyalty board dismissal of Miss
Dorothy Bailey from a United
States Employment Service Job.
The Bailey case posed issues al
most Identical to those Of the
Peters case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
.A-CIoud Moves
Over CaroIinas

LAS VEGAS, New. April l6
(R.-The radioactive atomic
cloud from a major explosion
testing battle gear scooted across
the Nation to the Atlantic sea-
board today.
The Atomic Energy Commits
sion test information Office said
that "a hours after yesterdays
defamation at I1:I5 am. (2:l5
pm. EST the leading edge of
the cloud was over the western
parts of North and South Caro-
lima and heading out over the
Atlantic Ocean.
Information officials said there
were no reports of radiation
fallout that would be a hazard
TO health and there was no dam
ger to aircraft anywhere.
The Acc and Civil Aeronau-
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1900 Aboard Ship
In Peril off Chino

HONG KONG. Sunday. April
IL (R.-The Dutch freighter
Houtman was speeding to Hang
chow Bay of the Red China
coast early today to assist an un-
identified Chinese ship which
radioed she was lin danger of
sinking with 1000 passengers
and crew aboard"
The Houtman, owned by the
Dutch Royal Interocean Lines,
was en- route from Japan to
Shanghai when she was diverted.
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Princess Is Mother

LUXEMBOURG. April is up.
Princess Josephine Charlotte,
wife of Prince Jean. heir to the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
gave birth tonight to a son. her
second child. The boy, who will
be christened Prince Henri. is
first in line to the throne after
his father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
Prince Executed

ALDEN, April is GA Ye-
meni official said here today
Prince Saif al-Islam Abdullah
had been executed for plotting
to deprive his brother. Imam
Ahmad of the Yemen throne.
He said this brought to IA the
number executed in connection
with last months abortive plot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Skin Diver Dragged
z Miles by Shark

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla,
Aug. l (P.-A 6-foot shark,
maddened by a skindiver's spear,
pulled the fisherman two miles
out into the Atlantic Ocean yes
Itefday.
The fisherman. James Jones,
"a, held on grimly until the
spear pulled out of the shark s
head and then swan back to
his boat and resumed spearfish-
ing. He said he didn't want to
turn loose and lose his >expen-
Isive speargun.
The long haul and return took
two hours. Mr.. Jones speared
the shark in an underwater hole
thinking it was a small fish.
He held to a 10-foot line during
the tow through water about Is
feet deep, managing to get to
the top often enough to breathe
The shark made no attempt
/ to attack him, Mr., Jones said.
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Sick Leave Probe Gusts
10 Post Office Workers

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. l R.-
Dismissal of 10 Upper Darby
Post Office employees and suspen-
sion of four others, on charges
of misuse of sick leave, was
disclosed here today.
The disciplinary actions were
the result of a long investigation
Donald A. Myers, manager Of
the Philadelphia regional office
of the Post Office Department
said.
The inquiry began, Mr.. Myers
said, before a report by the Gen.
eral Accounting Office to the
House Post Office Committee set
off a broad discussion of the
situation on a Nation wide basis
The GAO report charged that
widespread abuse" of sick leave
by post Office workers has beer
costing the Government millions
of dollars annually in pay fol-
substitutes.
Some Of the employees dis
ciplined were understood to have
been seen at race tracks on days
when they had reported they
were Ill and unable to work.
Others had outside" jobs in
industry or stores and these were
distracting their attention from
postal work.
A postal official pointed ou
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I ronsit Woes Hit Manila:
|Jeepneys Wearing Out

back and two in front with the
driver.
They quickly became a men
ace. Drivers wrote their own
rules of the road, darting in and
out Of traffic. They stop any
where to load or discharge
passengers. Frequently one will
take a corner too fast and
tumble its passengers over the
road. Breakdowns occur regu-
larly and snarl traffic for blocks
Ten years Of hard wear are
beginning to tell on the cars,
Parts are needed more fire.
quently. Increased gasoline
consumption is cutting into
profits. And more passengers
are turning to the growing num-
Der Of buses.
Alexandra Benjamin, a driver,
estimates that on good days he
can make a 81 or IS profit. But
there are many days when !
lose my passengers who get of
every time it stalls" Passengers
pay a scent fare upon arriving
at their destination. II they
dor get there. they don't pay.
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that. while nothing in the regu-
lations prohibits a post Office
employe from holding another
job outside his working hours,
such employees nevertheless are
expected to give full attention to
postal work during assigned
working hours.
The Upper Darby Post ONCE
is In the shopping center in the
suburban area Immediately west
OF Philadelphia. It serves nearly
1000 families and has a pay
roll of more than 200 employees.
Postal officials said Anthony
Riccbezza. the postmaster, was
mot subject to any of the dis
Iciplinary orders.
The Philadelphia Bulletin re-
ported that one of the men dis
missed was Donald c. Connolly,
Iof Stonehurst. the superintendent
Of mails. Mr.. Connolly Is a
brother Of Representative M.
Joseph Connolly. a Republican
member Of the Legislature from
Delaware County.
The employees who were dis
Iciplined received formal notices
dated July II and effective July
IL. They have 80 days in which
to file appeals with the Civil
Service Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
u. S. Files Action
IOn Peace Crusade
BY the Associated Press

Attorney General Brownel
today asked the Subversive Ac.
tivities Control Board to order
the American Peace Crusade
headquarters in New York. II
register as a Communist Front
Organization.
The Attorney General two
years ago put the American
Peace Crusade on his list o.
subversive organizations.
The registration proceeding
fled against the group toda!
said that American Women fol
Peace" and the National Con
ference for Peace" similarl.
listed. have now merged into thu
American Peace Crusade.
The petition alleged that tn,
group is directed, dominated
and controlled by the Communis
Party and has been operates
primarily for giving aid and sup
port to the party"
Registration of a front" or
Eganization requires disclosure o
principal officers and the source
of financial support.
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| MANILA. Aug. / (P.-Tht
jeepney business is in peril.
! A government campaign to re.
move faulty cars from the road!
is aimed mainly at the jeepney
The word is a marriage o.
Ijeep and jitney. Thousands o.
ljeeps we're brought here in 1874.
for the projected invasion o.
Japan. The Philippines Lacked
adequate public transportation
In Manila and other cities street.
cars and buses had been de.
stroyed. When the war ended
thousands of Army jeeps were
liberated" from Manila streets
and military storage areas. They
reappeared as small public con.
veyances and soon earned the
name jeepney. T.
The jeep body was remodeled
and extended. Two seats were
installed on either side. in the
back and a one-step entrance
put on the rear. Metal tops
were constructed.
| Gaudily painted in brilliant
lcolors, they could carry a maxi
.'mRm Of eight passengers-six in
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Hot | House Clash on Polio
Brings CooI-Off Recess
Mccormack Hits Administration Politics
In Vaccine; Judd and Miller Retort

and Republican Representatives
Judd of Minnesota and Miller OF
Nebraska, both doctors.
Mr.. Mccormack paid tribute
to DR.. Jonas e. Salk. developer
of the vaccine. and the United
States Public Health Service Off.
Gals and scientists who worked
on the vaccine program. He
asserted, however, that the es-
sential dispute centered on blame
for playing politics. He con.
tended that .'the politicians tt
blame are not the ones in Con.
gress. but downtown in the ad.
Iministration."
The Democratic leader charged
not only that 1.-The administra.
ton tried to make some politi.
cal capital out of this" but alst
that Mrs. Oveta Culp HOBBY IRE.
signed as Welfare Secretary
possibly because OF the way sht
handled the polio situation
This brought vigorous protest.
from Drs. Judd and Miller anc
several other Republicans Tht
exchanges became so heated anc
loud that Speaker Rayburr
banged his gavel and announced
the House would recess for 4:
minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
FORECASTER SEES
HOTTER AUGUST
THAN CUSTOMARY

Although hardly anybody
shouted bravo when the cur
tain came down on July, Au-
gust seems ready to give a
similar performance.
The Weather Bureau said
the thermometer will be in
the low COS today and the
outlook for the month is for
temperatures above normal.
Eighteen Of July's 81 days
had above-90 heat. The nor
NAL number of such days in
July is IL.
Rainfall was slack, too,
with only 2,32 inches report
ed, as compared with the
normal July fall Of 4.26 in
ches. Rainfall for the year
is far below normal.
Another sticky night is in
prospect for tonight. with
the mercury expected to go
no lower than "a. Tomor-
row. the forecasters said,
will be fair and continued
hot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
By DON S. WARREN

House and Senate conferees
today reached quick agreement
on the terms of a bill providing
for regulation Of the election Of
District delegates to national pc.
Ilitical party conventions where
presidential candidates are Sc.
Ilected.
Senator Morse, Democrat Of
Oregon, in charge Of the bill or
1.-THE Senate side, said he woulc
ask the Senate to pass the con.
ference version as soon as pos
Isible this afternoon.
Once okayed by the Senate
and this is expected to take but
little time the measure viii
move to the House for its ap.
Iproval, which also is expected.
The bill would provide for ths
first formal election in the Dis.
ltrict in more than 81 years.
When the measure ran int
difficulty last week, largely due Il
Ia series Of Observation-Disclosures
pleas were heard from many
quarters for a compromise that
would assure passage and the
signature of President Eisen-
hover. Some sources said these
urgent requests came from many
people from the White House or
down"
Both House and Senate man.
ayers yielded somewhat to gel
the compromise. This was
achieved in about 20 minutes.
Senators accede to the request
iof House members for elimina.
ton Of two Senate amendments
One Of these would have per-