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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-28
BY Mrs. Thomas Miles
poplar 2-3357

News Of this hot week - which has placed premium
recreation substitute for being miserable and idle in
the heat is the that is being scored at the Bull
lard playground.
According to Mrs. Gladys Cross and Steve Bernard,
there have been 10 registrations to date with the coopera
ton of parents being outstanding.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-28

From where l sit, there's prob
ably sound reasoning back of
most old sayings back of any
thing people have learned to be-
lieve in. Take the idea of a stitch
in time saving nine -sparing rods
and spelling children-Of drink
ing hot milk, or a refreshing glass
of beer, at bedtime. You may not
hold with any of these beliefs
yourself =. but it's not smart to
give them the bird"
&e M~ue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Night Visitor
Shot Twice

A 20-year-old unemployed
steeplecjack was shot twice early
today when he called on an &C.
quaintance, police reported.
He is Jack Martin. 518 H street
NV. who was reported in salts
factory condition at Casualty
Hospital with .32-caliber bullet
wounds in his neck and upper
chest.
Detectives said Mr.. Martin told
them he had been drinking with
another man and had gone to
the apartment of Verla E. Muir
ply. 80. of the first block of M
street NV, to "get Strengthened
out"
Murphy told police that when
Mr.. Martin came in, he had a
hand in pocket and acted in a
menacing manner. Murphy got
his pistol and shot twice. He
was charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon, and held I'm
der $500 bail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
10 Get FeIIowships
For Congress Jobs
BY the Associated Press

Ten fellowshipS to enable
young men and women to work
on congressional stats were
announced today by the Amer
lean Political Science Association.
The fellowships pay $4,000 TO
young professors of political
science and journalists. The
fellowships are awarded annually
from funds granted by the Edgar
B. Stern family fund of New
Orleans, La.
Those named to begin a years
work November | are:
Dr.. Gary P. BraZer, political
science instructor at Ohio State
University: DR.. MacaliSter Brown.
instructor at Dartmouth College;
Jay H. Cert. research fellow at
Yale; Charles l.. Clapp, teaching
assistant at the University of
California; r. Gene Geisler, in
structor at Gary Center of the
University of Indiana; Robert P.
Dorang, reporter for the Buffalo
Evening News; l.. Boyd Finch.
assistant city editor of the Ven-
tura County (CahfD Star-Free
Press; Francis j. Kelley, reporter
for the Hutchinson (Kanso
News-Herald; Richard l.. Milf
man, reporter for the Lansing
tMich.) State Journal, and Miss
Teresa A. Polychronis, with
American Broadcasting Co. In
New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

District officials say, because
Washington's taxpaying busi-
nessmen are not competing with
those in New Orleans. Nor are
taxpaying Washingtonians like
ly to move to New Orleans if
District taxes get too high.
They may move, though. to
the suburbs in Maryland and
Virginia. District officials point
out. And, since the District can
not grab them back through an
nexation as can most cities, the
Commissioners worry consider
ably about maintaining a bal
ance in tax burden among the
three Jurisdictions.
The $50 million additional
taxes suggested by Mr.. Passman
would impose an extra per
capita tax burden of $62. This
would bring the District figure
up to $213.19-higher than any
on the list of comparable cities,
and far above the average.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

yesterday from Walter S. Robert
son, assistant Secretary of State
for Far East Affairs, and Admiral
Arthur w. Radford. chairman Of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The
two men came back last week
end from a trip to formosa for
talks with Nationalist leader
Chang Kai-shek.
Discussion Is Secret
Precisely what they discussed
is a secret.
A neWsman asked Admiral
Radford whether he could say
anything regarding the buildup
of Red Chinese air power on the
mainland opposite Formosa.
There is no question that a
Communist buildup is going on
on the mainland" Admiral Rad
ford said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

however, is 93.3 per cent of the
average of $l62.04. Mr.. PasSman,
though, said it would be not more
than 81 per cent and maybe as
little as "a per cent. Even using
the 1853 figures alone. the Dis
trict's figure was IS per cent of
the average.
| Per capita tax burden is cal
culated by dividing the popula-
ton of governmental jurisdic-
ton into the total tax revenue
of that jurisdiction.
City, County and State
One pitfall of comparing Dis
I trict taxes with those of any
other city-a pitfall of which
District officials are painfully
aware-is that the District fills
the role not only of a city, but
Of a county and of state.
Thus, as Mr.. Passman pointed
out, District taxes must be COM
pared with those that he. for
example, pays not only to the
City of Monroe, La, but to Qua
chita Parish County, and to the
State of Louisiana.
/ And that, District officials
contend. is exactly what is done
by the Census Bureau figures
they use.
The Star attempted to check
the per capita tax burden of
Monroe in a call to the Census
Bureau, but could not get
enough information to complete
a figure.
The bureau had per capita tax
figures for Louisiana-$101 .98-
and for the City of Monroe
5000. It pointed out, however,
that the bureau does not have
/ figures for the tax burden of the
parish or of the school district
What the bureau does have adds
up to $131.07. but presumably
would be far higher If the miss
ing figures were available.
S161 for New Orleans
Census, however, does have a
total 1853 figure for New Or
leans-$16107. Admittedly, this
is 1888 higher than the Dist
trict's per capita tax burden.
But, one District official points
out, New Orleans has a lot of
high-tax revenue from heavy
industry, while the District does
not. If the Federal payment to
the District were regarded as
substitute for taxes from indus
try (Which the Federal Govern
ment keeps out of the Capital as
a matter of policy, then the
Districts tax burden would be
$176.12-$15.05 higher than that
! of New Orleans.
Also. on that basis, the Dis
trict would have the fourth
highest tax burden in the list of
Is cities between 100000 and
/ million population. s..
The point is academic, though.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

includes Census Bureau COM
putGtion>of Sf3S.91 for 1858, plus
Sf2.2S resulting from neW tares
leuied under Public Works Act
last year.
In Washington suburban areas,
per capita figures were available
only for Montgomery and Airing
ton Counties. The figure for
Montgomery was $124.46; for
Arlington, $102.38.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
PASSkAN
Continued From First Page

AASAAe~SA SAsA - - = - -
its revenue through additional
taxation by $50 million annually
and still have per capita tax
burden less than that of the
average city and State in our
country"
Perhaps anticipating just such
an argument. District budget
officials on March 20 got to-
gether Census Bureau figures
making exactly the comparison
Mr.. Passman was talking about.
Getting Own Statistics
Yesterday, Mr.. Passman said
he is assembling his own sta
tistics and will have them COM
ing in soon from seven to eight
cities. He is doing it, he said,
because I expected an argu-
ment with those people I'm try
ing to help" And, he added,
I'm on solid ground, I'm sure. -
Mr.. Passman declared he is
not planning to use Census Bu-
reau statistics. "You know
those Washington figures. We
hope they're right. but I'm going
directly to the heads of States, u
he said.
And. he added. "you can take
figures and prove or disprove
anything"
In any event, The Star took
Mr.. Passman's figures and set
them against the District Off
Gals Census Bureau figures.
This is how they came out:
The Districts per capita tax
burden was given by Census as
1891 for 1858. With last
years local tax increase. It be-
comes $151.19. This is the
eighth largest in list of the Is
cities ranging in population
from 100000 to million.
Boston had the highest pei
capita tax with $202.95.
Spread of $81.S1
st. Louis had the lowest with
$121.14. The spread between TIT
highest and lowest figures il
$8l.8l. Half of this is $40.905.
Added to the lowest per capita
figure, or subtracted from thu
highest. it gives a mean Of
$162.045 as the average PEE
capita tax burden of cities com
parable to Washington.
This is $10.85 higher than The
District figure, which will be in
creased soon If new tax proposals
are enacted at this session Of
Congress.
The Districts figure of $151.19
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Film Council to Meet

The Community Film Council
will hear William Webb of the
Library of Congress discuss
methods of converting still pho
tographs into motion pictures at
l:15 pm. tomorrow at st. Co.
lumba's Episcopal Church. Forty
second and Albemarle streets
NV. Samples of the work will
be shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Quukes Hit
Greek CITY

ATHENS, May 4 up. Press
reports from Volos said today
the quake-stricken city was
shaken by 40 post-seismic
shocks, some described as fairly
strong, during the last "a hours.
More houses have collapsed and
the population was reported
panicky.
The reports said a total of
nine persons have died in
quakes which started April 10.
The defense ministry announced
that only 1895 houses remain
intact of a total 24,167 in Volos
and surrounding villages. The
ministry said an estimated no.
900 persons were homeless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Tank Cor Mishop
Coils for Cos Masks

Police and firemen donned gas
masks to aid today when an
8,5OO-gallon railroad tank car
carrying ammonia slipped its
brakes and broke a hose con-
nection.
The car was transferring
ammonia to a storage tank at
the Peoples Chemical Co., 1911
Kenilworth avenue, Kenilworth,
Md. just across the District line,
when the accident occurred. Be-
cause of the fumes, police
blocked off the area for about
20 minutes. There were no in
juries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

troll because sit would take two
months to establish any ration
ing system"
House Hearings to Start
Chairman Spence of the House
Banking Committee, which ham
dies controls legislation, said he
hopes to be able to start hear
ings on the issue by Friday.
Chairman Priest of the House
Commerce Committee, which
handles general health matters.
cautioned against too hasty &C
ton. He said his committee is
watching the situation very
closely, but we haven't yet
reached the point where we
think legislative action is re-
quired or desirable at the pres
ent time"
Representatives Fogarty of
Rhode Island and Boland of
Massachusetts,, Democrats. pro-
posed measure to control both
sale and distribution.
1t would direct Secretary Hob
by to establish priorities for use
of the available supply. fix a
unit-price for sellers and allo-
cate supplies to each State and
the District. The bill would limit
the emergency period to the year
ending May 81, 1856.
Multer Offers Bill
Representative Multer. Demo-
crat, of New York introduced a
bill yesterday to give the Pres
ident power to proclaim temper
airy controls over the distribu-
ton, use and price of the vaccine.
Representative Celler, Demo-
crat. of New York said the adj
ministration may have power I'M
der the Food and Drug Act to
control the vaccine, but addi-
tional legislation should be
passed to make sure. He is
sponsoring a bill to give the
President sweeping powers over
the vaccine.
In the Senate, 10 members
joined with Senator Ives, Re-
publican. of New York in asking
legislation to control distribu-
ton. Senator Ives said Federal
action was essential at once.
Situation Here Watched
A spokesman for the District
Health Department said that
department is keeping a close
watch on the situation here to
guard against any abuses in the
distribution and sale of the
vaccine.
He added that no abuses have
been found here.
He said the District Medical
Association has set a recon-
mended" price for doctors to
charge for vaccinations.
Washington physicians have
been deluged with calls from
their patients about the vac
cine. and it has developed here
into a case of Don't call me,
I'll call you." the spokesman
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
How D. C. Toxes Compare
With Cities of Like Size

Here is a comparison Of tax
burdens in Is city areas having
500 900 to one million inhabitants
according to the 1850 census.
1t was prepared by District
budget officials from latest avail
able data of the Bureau of the
Census. The per capita tax fig
ures include payments to State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Suur Accord
Ruled Valid

KARLSRUHE. Germany, May
4 R-The West German Con-
stitutional Court ruled today
that the French-German agree
ment on the Saar is constitu-
tional.
The court rejected a Socialist
suit challenging the pact to Eu-
ropeanize the coal-rich Saar re-
gion.
The Saar agreement is part Of
the Paris treaty package under
which West Germany is becom-
ing a free partner in Western
defense.
The Socialists avowed aim in
filing the suit was to hold up
the whole process of rearma-
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
VACCINE
Continued From First Page

SVAGAAuCV XAO1h Il ASS USO
of vaccine manufactured by one
firm. The President added that
he himself felt that it will be
safe and wise to go ahead with
the program.
Describing the vaccine situa-
ton as a very emotional subject
because it deals so directly with
the lives of children, he empha-
sized the necessity of proceeding
very carefully and to determine
all possible facts and develop
mentS.
Several Factors Involved
The problem, he explained, is
not entirely one of distribution
1t involves factors of safety,
methods of testing and programs
for getting the vaccine to age
groups most deserving of it.
He described the method under
which the vaccine now is pur-
chased or contracted for, pro-
duced, and allocated to States.
Somewhere along the line, he
said. the States must bear a great
share of the responsibility for
seeing that it is quickly, effec-
lively and fairly distributed.
It was in this connection that
he declared inability of child's
parents to pay for the vaccine
would not be permitted to stand
in the way of its use for such
a child.
AS for States, he said, it
seemed highly unlikely that any
State officials would attempt to
discriminate. either by restrict
ing distribution to some groups
of children or allowing it to go
to adults before children. He
remarked that public howl of
protest would surely go up
against any such attempts.
There is no evidence of rae
keteering in the sale or distri-
button of vaccine under the
present system. the President
reported.
Legislators in both the Senate
and House have expressed con-
Germ that while the vaccine still
is scarce it might not go first
to children in the 5 to 8 age
group, the most susceptible to
polio.
Several Bills Offered
Several bills have been intro
duced in both bodies to control
both distribution and prices.
Mr.. Martin said he had no
recommendations on details of
what controls are needed or how
they should be imposed or ad-
ministered, but that he thought
a House committee should look
into it" and that he favors some
Federal supervision"
Governors, in an administra-
tion-sponsored meeting here
yesterday, agreed to name a
committee to work with the Fed
eral Government on the problem
of allocating limited supplies to
the various States.
There appeared to be general
agreement that the Department
of Health. Education and We'll
fare should assume response
bility for fair distribution of the
vaccine.
But governors who went into
a session with Secretary Hobby
expecting some outline Of a def
mite program said they failed to
get it. Some of them raised
critical questions as a result.
Disturbed by Delay
"It's a little bit disturbing
that they haven't come up with
some program after having
nearly a month to work one
out" Republican Gov. Simpson
of Wyoming told reporters
They seem to be just going
around in circles"
Democratic Gov. Hartman o.
New York said he has not sup.
| ported moves for Federal con
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04
Oil Reserves

OTTAWA.-Current oil re-
serves In Canada, according to
recent estimates amount to
one-half tank car for every resi-
dent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-04

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The chief musical features
will be numbers by massed male
chorus of the churches under the
direction of DR.. Roy Parsons. rhe
Salvation Army Citadel Sand
will play. In addition. there will
be a colorful professional Of
leading citizens of Detroit, MEM
bers of the distinguished Festival
sponsoring committee and the
clergy.
Presiding at the service will be
DR.. Samuel c. Weir. general
chairman for the Festival and
pastor of Littlefeld Boulevard
United Presbyterian Church Of
Dearborn. In general charge of
arrangements for the Detroit
Council of Churches will be Mr.
Carl f. Schock, director of Cen
eral Activities. DR.. C. Merrill
Lenox, executive director of the
Council. declared I'VE expect
this to be the most Impressive
Festival we have ever had. We
also believe we will exceed all
past attendance records" DR..
Lenox originated the Festival
nine years ago when he first came
to Detroit to his present position.
Serving as chairmen of the COM
mittees in charge are Promotion
-U.S.A. HesgSlom and DR.. Will
liam Harrison; Finance. The
Hon. WILDER M. Brucker and DR..
I. c. Johnson; Program. Mildred
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lott and DR.. J. L. Roberts; Ar
rangements. Ralph Hileman and
Dr.. Charles w. Sandrock. Chief
Usher will be Ernest Berger.
C. Merrell Lenox is Executive
Director.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-10-29
herman PROFESSOR TO
SPEAK AT WAYNE

One of Germany's leading pro-
fessors in oral culture and speech,
DR.. Marie-Hed Kaulhausen, will
give a lecture recital OF German
poetry on Friday, October %, at
2 pm. in the Kreske Science Lii
blary auditorium.
DR.. Kaulhausen is a speech pro-
lessor at Gottingen University.
Gcttingen, Germany. Her lecture
will include poetry and prose
readings from German classical
Apoets, Goethe, Schiller and Hol-
berlin.
The program is sponsored by
Wsyne's German and speech de-
paltments. Public is invited.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-10-29
Central Vii
CHATTERBOX
BY Alan Abrams

Friday. October 81, was a black
day in CHS annals, for on that
day our football team. The
Blazers" succumbed to their
fourth straight defeat. This time
at the hands of Southwestern, to
score of TO. At least, our track
team is doing better, beating
Northern 17-42, with Norman
Young winning his race in l0:l7.
Longfellow Hall here. has a
new counselor. Mrs. Jessie Ken
nedy. the first Negro counselor TO
come 10 Central. A native De-
troifer. Mrs. Kennedy received
grees in English at Wayne Uni
versitY. She then took posf-grad-
uate work at Columbia. and also
had advanced counseling study
at Wayne. Mrs. Kennedy former
lY taught at Miller and North
eastern High Schools.
Outside of school, Mrs. Kenne-
dY is an active member Of the
board of management of the
Lucy Thurman YWcA. Mrs. Ken.
nedy stated she has found the
students in Central intelligent
cooperative. and friendly. anc
I'm sure all the 'Lites have form
ed the same opinion of Mrs. Ken
nedy. as we wish her success and
a long and happy stay.
'Lites are real proud of Izetta
Ray, LIB here. and president
of Intra- Metropolitan Student
SporSsmanship Council. Izetts
recently was asked to deliver her
talk on Sportsmanship to a meet
ing of Detroit High School prin-
cipals. Congratulations. lzetta
and keep up the good work.
Now, with student council cleo.
tions, and first marking all over
'Lites are crossing their fingers
and just hoping for our Blazers
to start blazing again.