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Evening star., 1955-02-09

Connally, Mrs. Nathaniel B. Dial,
Mrs. Thomas Gore and Mrs. j.
Hamilton Lewis. 38 years, of the
production and supply service.
Presiding over the program
was Joseph C. Grew, chairman
of the event. Others who spoke
&iefy included Daniel w. Bell.
chairman of the District Chap
ter; John Clifford Folger, hon.
orary chapter chairman and CO.
chairman Of the 50th anniver-
sary celebration, and Mrs. David
E. Finley. chairman of Volunteer
Services. The Marine Band
played.
The list of organizers who at
tended the first chapter meet
ing, besides Miss Boardman and
Mr.. Boardman, included Mrs.
Fairfax Harrison, S. w. Wood
ward. G. A. Lyon, jr., Gen.
George M. Sternberg, the Rev.
Wallace Radcliff, the Rev. John
Van Schaick. jr.. Gen. John M.
Wilson,, Mrs. j. Ellen Foster,
Henry B. F. Macfarland, the Rev.
Louis Stern, Miss Bessie j. Kib-
bey. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey,
DR.. Sofie Nordhof- Jung, Mrs.
Herbert Wadsworth, Blair Lee,
John B. Henderson, jr., Admiral
w. K. Van Reypen, Medical Di-
rector j. o. Boyd. Gen. George B.
Davis. Hilary A. Herbert and
Charles L, Magee.
Evening star., 1955-02-09
Water Break Cuts
Supply 10 Arlington

A break in 20-inch Arlington
water main today interrupted
service to several thousand
homes and business establish
ments in the Clarendon Cherry
dale area.
The break in the main line
from Chain Bridge was reported
about $50 am. at Military road
and North Thirtieth street.
William Jefferies, head of the
County Water Department. said
service would be restored to most
of the area within a few hours
by tapping reservoir supplies and
bypassing the break. t-
Water bubbled from Military
road at the site of the break at
Donaldson run and one-way
traffic was put into effect.
A 30-inch line is being in
stalled to bring more water to
the central part of the county
but this line is not yet COM
pleted.
Evening star., 1955-02-09
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Some
cloudineSs tonight and tomor-
row, with little change in tenn
perature. Low tonight near 35.
Maryland Some cloudiness
and slightly warmer tonight
with low 1885. Slightly warmer
and cloudy tomorrow.
Virginia-Rather cloudy but
mostly sunny and warmer to-
Evening star., 1955-02-09
House 10 Act First
On Pay Raise for
Congress-, Judges

A bill to raise pay of Congress
members and Federal judges will
be taken up first by the House
next Wednesday instead of by
the Senate. Democratic leaders
said today.
The Judiciary Committees in
both branches have reported out
bills. The measure approved by
the House committee yesterday
provides somewhat bigger in
creases and covers more ground
than does the bill voted earlier
this month by the Senate COM
mittee. Senate leaders had in
dicated they would bring up the
bill during the week of February
81 but this may depend on House
action.
The House bill would give
members of Congress a $4,000
pay boost. They now receive
$12,500 plus a $4,000 expense
allowance. Under the House bill
they would get a total of $25, 900.
including the allowance. The
Senate bill proposed a $500 in
crease, for a total of $22,500.
Congressional leaders predict
enactment of such nav raise
legislation this year. Some be-
heve the final figure will be closer
to $22,500 than to $25. 900. Pres
ident Eisenhower's state-of-the-
Union message last month called
for increases in congressional
and judicial salaries "commen-
surate with their heavy RESPONSE
bilities." 7
House and Senate bills are
much the same in providing in
creases ranging from $500 to
$4,000 for Federal judges. The
House bill, however, would lift
the maximum pay of United
States Attorneys, Assistant
United States Attorneys. the
Deputy Attorney General. Solici-
tor General and Assistant Attor-
neys General. The Senate COM
mittee planned a separate bill
to include those officials,
Evening star., 1955-02-09
WoIfson Group Lists
.ItsMontgomeryWar
Shares at 1tO,93O
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Finan-
cier Louis E. Wolfson and his
associates now own 2l0,930
shares of common stock in
Montgomery Ward & Co., ac-
cording to the Wolfson group.
The latest count of the Wolf
son groups holdings in the big
chain store and mail order firm
came in a letter to stockholders
which urged the custer Of Sewell
Avery, Montgomery Ward chair
man, in favor Of a management
which would be "strong, alert
and progressive"
The letter said the present
Ward directors, at latest count,
owned $500 shares, including
Mr.. Avery's 1886.
Shares of Committee.
1t said members of the Wolf
on-Montgomery Ward Stock
holders Committee. which is
spearheading the fight against
the Avery management. own
4,635 shares of Ward stock, in
Guiding $1,000 shares personally
held by Mr.. Wolfson.
Other substantial holdings
were listed for members of Mr..
Wolfson's family and several of
the many companies controlled
by Mr.. Wolfson and his relatives
dncluding Devoe & Reynolds,
Inc. paint and varnish firm,
with 10000 shares.
A pamphlet accompanying the
letter compared Mr.. Avery's pol
icy Of postwar retrenchment
with the expanded operations of
Wards principal competitor"
(not named in the brochure but
identified by a Wolfson associate
as Sears. Roebuck & Coz
Drop in Sales Cited.
1t said Wards sales have
shrunk from 78 per cent of it's
principal competitors" in 1884
to 33.5 per cent last year. 1t
said Ward cut down the num-
ber of its stores from 610 to 568
from. 1881 through 1854, while
the principal competitor" in
creased the number of its stores
from 378 to 1888. It argued that
the $293 million in cash and
Government bonds which Mr..
Avery has stockpiled as a de-
preston hedge caused stock
holders money ito lie idle and
nonproductive."
The letter offered a nine-point
rescue plan" for Montgomery
Ward, laying heavy emphasis on
"infusing new blood into the
management" and undermining
and expanding the company's
retail operations.
Evening star., 1955-02-09
Judge Sends Driver
Back to Jail to
Rewrite Speech

A traffic court defendant who
wrote a speech to prove he
wasn't guilty landed back in Jail
yesterday after the arresting Of
ficer told the judge, He'd write
much better if he had more
time"
Charlie Foster, 36, colored. of
the 4400 block of Thirteenth
street NV, was charged with
driving with expired tags. fail
ure to obtain District tags.
parking abreast and failure to
lock his ignition.
He spent IS days in Jail while
waiting for his trial. Early yes
terday he composed a speech
and delivered it in traffic court.
Judge Andrew j. Howard listened
and decided You wrote a very
nice little speech down there"
But" said 10th Precinct Pvt.
j. c. Brooks. II know he'd write
much better if he had more
time"
Judge Howard sentenced Fos-
ter to $24 or IA days in Jail.
Foster went back to jail.
Evening star., 1955-02-09
Pioneers Recalled as Red Cross
Marks 5OthD C.. Anniversary

The Red Cross was likened to
a bureau of standards" in the
field of compassion and service
yesterday by Secretary Of Com
merce Weeks
Mr.. Weeks was the principal
speaker at the 50th anniversary
celebration of the District Red
Cross Chapter in the Hotel
Statler. Some $50 persons at
tended the luncheon, at which
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson cut the
birthday cake.
Here in the Red Cross has
been developed what I might call
a standard of compassion and a
standard of service for those who
need help" the Secretary said.
Like other speakers, he paid
tribute to the late Miss Mable
Boardman, founder of the Dis
trict chapter, and to her asso-
ciates who pioneered its work
half a century ago.
1t was at the home of Miss
Boardman's father, w. j. Board
man, at 1901 P street NV, on
March 25, 1905. that % organ
tiers of the chapter met. The
District chapter was the first to
be organized under congress
sional charter.
Accomplishments Come Quickly.
Mr.. Weeks noted that, within
a year after It's founding, the
District chapter had contributed
to famine funds for China and
Russia. fulfilled a program of
community service at home and
provided its quota of supplies
and raised $59,363 for victims
of the fire disaster in San
Francisco.
During its first year, the chap
ter had a membership of only
200 or 800. he noted. Last year,
he added, there were some 381, =
900 contributing members in the
District and seven suburban
chapters.
Mr.. Weeks listed. as some of
its recent achievements:
Last year the home service
department alone gave advisory
and financial help to more than
15,600 persons, and dispensed
total of more than $66,800. To
about go hospitals went $4,000
pints of blood. Over 95.60O per-
sons shared in the educational
program. More than 1900 per-
sons were added to those with
first aid or water safety skills.
The Red Cross volunteer
service uniform. Mr.. Weeks re-
lated, now "a welcome national
symbol of humanitarian aid from
the people of America" orig
mated in the District chapter.
Long Time Volunteers.
Among those honored yester-
day were 10 volunteers with 38
years or more of continuous
service. They included Mrs. Glen
j. Clifford, Al years, and Mrs.
Eldridge Jordan, SO years, of the
Gray Lady service: Mrs. Dixie
Wright, 38 years, of the motor
service: Mrs. John D. Northrop,
II years. and Mrs. Mary Bush,
Mrs. William E. Borafl, Mrs. Tom
Evening star., 1955-02-09
Senate Status Urged
For Former Presidents
By the Assoeiotsd Press


Former Presidents of the
United States would become
non-voting members of the SEN
ate under a bill introduced yes
terday by Senator Kilgore,
Democrat. of West Virginia,
Judiciary Committee chairman.
The bill would create the
Office of Senator at large for ex-
Presidents. Except for voting
they would have all Senatorial
rights and privileges. including
salary and allowances.
Only two ex-Presidents are
still alive-Harry S. Truman and
Herbert Hoover. a
Evening star., 1955-02-09

with ~ new
super = grade
jobs, led the
list of Federal
a g e n c i e S
W h hich re-
ceived d ap-
proval to fill
t h e Sc posi-
tions. The Ma
tional Advis-
ory Commit
tee for Aero
nauticS was
next with 18
new jobs, and
the .IuStice
Evening star., 1955-02-09

night and tomorrow. Low to-
night 30-35 in west and north,
1898 in southeast.
Wind-Light variable winds
becoming southerly and increas-
ing to 1920 miles per hour to-
night and tomorrow.
River Report.
From U Engineers
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and very muddy at Great Falls; Shenan-
doah cloudy at HarperS Ferry.
Evening star., 1955-02-09
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
73O New Super Grade Jobs,
GS-16 to 78, Approved by CSC
By Joseph Young

The Civil Service Commission announced today has ap
1870 GS16 Federal agencies
paying $4,000 to $14, 300 year.
The csc said will approve another 80 Of these jobs
making total of 162 positions
grade jobs approved by:---
Congress year part of ;.o r,,hor,, ,u ro.o
Evening star., 1955-02-09

Department third with 16.
Some of the positions are filed
by present employees who will
have their grades raised to 16,
1T or 18. Other positions will be
new Some of the appointments
undoubtedly will be of the politi-
cal Schedule c variety.
Here are how other agencies
Jared in the number of new
$4,000 to $14.800 a year jobs:
Agriculture, six; Air Navigation
Development Board. one; Civil
Aeronautics Board, one; Civil
Service Commission. one; Com
merce, seven; Export Import
Bank, two; Federal Communi-
cations Commission, one; Fed
eral Trade Commission, one;
District of Columbia Govern
ment, five; Health, Education
and Welfare, seven; Housing and
Home Finance. three; Interior,
seven; Library of Congress. two:
National Mediation Board, one:
Securities and Exchange Com
mission, two.
Also, Tariff Commission. two;
Treasury, one; United States In
formation Agency, nine; Vet
Grams Administration, II, and
the various super-secret agencies
(the csc did not furnish the
breakdown, seven. All other
agencies not listed here did not
receive any new super-grade
jobs.
ARMY-AIR FORCE-The of
flee of the Army civilian person.
mel Office and the Army
Force Wage Board has been
transferred from the Assistant
Secretary of the Army to the
Assistant Chief of Staff. G-1.
Defense officials said this was
done for operational economy
reasons as we'll as to coordinate
the personnel problems of the
military and civilian. Some civil
ian employe leaders view the
move with some misgivings. feel
ing that civilian personnel mat
ters should not be moved under
military control. s...
X
JURISDICTIONAL FIGHT
The decision of the National AS
sociation of Postal Supervisors
to withdraw from the AFL may
lead. to a move by the AFL to
sponsor a rival group. The SUI
Evening star., 1955-02-09

CONGRESS IdSC year as part OF the
fringe benefits law.
The Post Office Department,
Evening star., 1955-02-09

JURISDICTIONAL FIGHT
The decision of the National AS
sociation of Postal Supervisors
to withdraw from the AFL may
lead to a move by the AFL to
sponsor q rival group. The SUI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
Nationalist Planes
Hit Red FIoti|Ia

TAIPEI, Formosa, Mar. 80 (P)
Nationalist planes today at
tackled a Red flotilla near the
Matsus, sinking one wooden
craft and damaging seven other
ships, including three gunboats
the Chinese Air Force said.
A communique did not give
the size of the concentration, nor
did 1t speculate whether it was
bent on an invasion of any of
the Matsu Islands 100 miles
northwest of Formosa.
Communist shore guns and the
gunboats opened up with heavy
antiaircraft fire but all planes
returned safely, the communique
said.
Three gunboats were the tar
gets of the first wave of Ma
tionalist warplanes, which roared
to the attack at 2::30 pm. The
communicate asserted the three
gunboats were heavily damaged.
A second wave nearly three
hours later then took on a con-
centration of wooden craft. The
communique said a two-masted
wooden craft went to the bottom
and four others were hit.
Earlier in the day Chinese
guns on Annoy. across Formosa
Strait. fired IA shells at the
Nationalist islet Of Tatan, ga
miles south Of Annoy. The De-
Tense Ministry said the Smelling
caused no damage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30


always with us in what he called
this poor old distressed world.
But, he declared no one has a
crystal ball and any prophecy
about when war might break
out assumes an accuracy of in
formation that never has been
attained.
The President added that he
has no information that would
back up a prediction that the
Chinese Communists may start
an attack on the Chinese Ma
tionalists-held offshore islands
of Matsu and Quemoy by April
Is, although neither could he
say they will not be attacked.
Won't Reveal Attitude
He refused to speculate on
what his decision may be about
throwing American forces into
the defense of Quemoy and
Matsu if those offshore islands
held by the Chinese Nationalist
should be attacked by the Chi
nese Communists.
BY stressing the need to pre-
serve the morale of the Chinese
Nationalist defenders of For
mosa, however, he made it clear
that it would be difficult for the
United States to stand by and
see those offshore islands con-
quered by the Reds.
The Presidents news confer
ence remarks came only two
hours before he met with House
Democratic and Republican
leaders at a White House lunch
con starting a two-day series of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
Reds Deny Gromyko
Violated Any Secrecy

MOSCOW, Mar. 80 (P.-The
Soviet Foreign Ministry denied
today that Andrei Gromyko had
violated a secrecy pledge by re-
vealing the Soviet Unions posi-
ton at the London f1ve-power
disarmament talks.
The Foreign Ministry press
chief, Leonid Ilyichev, told a
news conference Mr.. Gromyko
had merely taken advantage of
his rights to correct biased, dis
torted and apparently inspired
versions" which he said had been
appearing in the Western press.
The statement was brought
forth by a storm Of criticism in
Britain, France and the United
States after publication of an in
terview which Mr.. Gromyko, then
chief Soviet delegate at the arms
talks, gave in London to a corre-
spondent of Tass. the Soviet news
agency.
That interview gave in detail
the position which the Soviet IN
ion had taken in the talks.
The other participants-Brit-
ain, the United States. France
and Canada-protested that Mr..
Gromyko had violated the con-
ference's secrecy rules.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
One Guordsmon Killed,
Jordan Sources Say

JERUSALEM, Jordan Sector,
Mar. 80 (P.-A Jordan military
source said Israeli forces today
killed one Jordan National
Guardsman, wounded another
and made off with about ITO
cows and sheep.
He said this occurred in a
three-hour clash with Jordan
guardsmen near Jalboun Village
in the northern border sector.
The informant said eyewit-
nesses reported an Israeli mil
itary patrol of about nine men
took positions behind the armis-
tice demarcation line and opened
fire at Jalboun Village.
The fire was returned by a few
guardsmen. At the same time
another Israeli patrol crossed the
armistice line from another di-
rection grazing in the area, and
drove it into Israeli territory just
a few yards away.
The sources said the Israelis
seized three young Arab girls
who were in the area but the
Jordan guardsmen succeeded in
forcing the Israelis to free the
girls and a few cows and sheep
Jordan lodged a complaint
with the U. N. Mixed Armistice
Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
Reds to Returns istine Madonna
Of Rafael to East Germany

Mr.. Ilyichev said the decision
to return the paintings, which he
called treasures of culture and
of great artistic value for the
whole world" had been taken
with the aim of strengthening
friendly reations. between the
Soviet Union and East Germany.
Among the paintings are IT,
tian's Portrait of His Daughter
Lavinia" and numerous other of
his works; velasquez's Portrait
of Juan Matthias" and Portrait
of an Old Man with the Order of
st. Yazo," Rembrandt's Self
Portrait With His Wife" Self
Portrait With an Album" and
"Saskie With Red Flower; Ru-
bens' THE Judgment of Paris"
and Mercury and Argus"
Duerer's Portrait of a Young
Man." Watteau's Gathering in
q Park" and Holiday of Love-"
and Poussin's 'Narcissus."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30
Saigon Tense
As Rebel Troops
Block Streets
Renewed Fighting
Feared as Diem
Takes Firm Stand
BY JAMES E. ROPER
Star STAFF Correspondent

SAIGON, South Wet Nam,
Mar. 30.-Steel-helmeted Wet
Namese soldiers and Binh Xuyen
society troopers in green berets
crouched behind sandbag bar
ricades only 100 yards apart
along the bloodied Boulevard
Gallinei tonight-and waited for
somebody to start shooting.
This paved, eight-lane street
was the scene of a 3-hour battle
early this morning between the
National Army and rebelling
Binh Xuyen troops while other
Binh Xuyen units fired motar
shells at the palace of Premier
Ngo Dinh Diem.
Casualties are authoritatively
stated to total 10 to Is dead and
SO to so wounded.
Foreigners Held Safe
While more violence is feared,
diplomats here believe foreign
nationals are safe from deliber-
ate attack during the present
tense situation.
The United States supports the
Diem government and therefore
inferentially is opposed to the
Binh Xuyen, but there is no in
dication the Binh Xuyen is anti
foreign. On the contrary, lead
ers of the society want to curry
the favor of the United States.
Most American officials here
have accepted a French offer to
supply sentries for their homes
and Offices, but the rank-and-
file government workers mostly
declined.
Palace Not Hit
Five mortar shells fell in the
palace grounds, but the build
ing was not hit and Mr.. Diem
was unhurt. A battle at the
prefectural police headquarters
and an attack by the Binh
Xuyen on the National Army
headquarters were both ended
by the retreat of the rebel
forces.
(The Associated Press re-
ported today that % persons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30

MOSCOW, Mar. so (P.-The
Council of Ministers of the Soviet
Union announced today it has
decided to return Rafael's Sistine
Madonna and TAO other art
masterpieces to the Dresden,
Germany. museum.
The paintings were brought to
Moscow by Russian troops at the
end of the war and have been
here ever since.
Foreign Ministry Chief Leonid
I1yichev told a news conference
that the decision to return. the art
treasures was taken by the
Council of Ministers after nego-
tiation with the East German
government.
He said the paintings have
been in Moscow ever since they
were saved and brought to the
Soviet Union" by the Red Army
in the last year of World War II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30

, 1t also said Mr.. Hoffman failed
to turn over withheld taxes while
connected with the Wright
Cleaners, Silver Spring. Md, in
1913.
Two separate liens of Sill. 900
each also are being held against
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman.
Mr.. Hoffman bought the house
in 1914. According to the In
ternal Revenue Service, he has
good" equity in it.
Should the property be sold
next month. the Hoffmans will
have a year in which to redeem
the property. But to do so, they
will have to pay an additional
20 per cent of the sale price.
Mr.. Hoffman Is a travelling
salesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-30

were reported killed and liz
wounded in the fighting.
French sources gave this
breakdown, the AP said-Na-
tional Army and police, 6
dead and "a wounded: Binh
Xuyen, 10 dead and 20
wounded; civilians, 10 dead
and So wounded.
None of the nearly 1000
members of the United States
diplomatic, military and eco
nomic missions here was in
jured, APP said.
(The APP also reported that
Mr.. Diem personally took over
the Defense Ministry from "a
year-old Ho Thong Mini, an
able but mercurial personality
who resigned yesterday be-
cause he did not wish to throw
the Army against the Binh
Xuyen without prior approval
of the whole cabinet.)
Chiefs Blame Premier
Chieftains of the Binh Xuyen
which is one of a number of dis
sident groups trying to fore,
Mr.. Diem to reorganize his gov
eminent, declared after tn,
fighting: Diem alone is re.
sponsible for the blood which
has flowed"
Mr.. Diem, whose government
has American backing, offered t
let oygones be bygones in ar
attempt TO ease the worst 20.
litical crisis in this country's
brief history.
THE Government, like the
people, will be willing to forgive
those who repent and will admit
them again into the ranks OF
the people," he said. "On the
contrary, those who continue tc
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