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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-02-19
brotherhood
PEARL BUCK,
PRES. APPOINTS
LAWYER HAYES

WASHINGTON - President
Eisenhower has appointed At
torney George E. C. Hayes to
the Public Utilities Commits
sion of the District of Column
bia. Hayes is the go yr-old
general counsel of Howard
University who gained ma
tional stature by standing up
against Senator Mccarthy in
the defense of Mrs. Annie Lee
Moss whom Mccarthy charged
with "subversive activity" but
who has since been cleared
and reinstated as a federal
employee.
The appointment of Hayes
was made by the President on
Lincoln'S Birthday, last week,
from Eisenhower's vacation
place in Townsville, Ga. On
the same day Eisenhower re-
affirmed his intentions of
striving to lead the Republi-
can Party in the traditions of
Lincoln.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-02-19
AWARDS TO
ALAN PATRON

NEW YORK - During Bro
therhood Week Feb. 2O-27, the
National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews will award
thirty-fiVe winners for achieve
ment in bringing about bet
ter understanding between
peoples. Among winners named
for awards are South African
born Alan Patton for his Col
lier magazine articles of ra-
c1al oppression, and Pearl
Buck for her book, my Sew
eral Worlds" and other novels
on better understanding of
ASianS and Africans.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-02-19
JUDGE GOURDIN,
SPEAKER ON
BIRTH. PROGRAM

Judge Edward o. Gourdin
and Judge Charles I. Taylor,
both of Roxbury Municipal
Court, and Father Lawrence
Brock, chaplain of Boston City
hospital, will be guest speak
ers Brotherhood Week opening
day at Temple Mishken Tel
Ma vestry, Roxbury, Feb. 20
this Sunday morning. Tht
! program is sponsored by Haym
Solomon Lodge, B,nai Birth.
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$4,000 Theft Charge Against
N. {. Mutual Trusted EMPLOYEE

WASHINGTON, D. C. - One
of its Oldest employees, Mrs.
Britinia E. Parmes, who has
been with the company fol
more than 20 years, has been
accused of enlbezzling more
than $4,000 from the Wash
ington branch of North Caro-
lima Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
Mrs. ParmeS, 40 years old,
is being accused of pulling in
dex cards of policy holders
who paid premiums by mail
and governing this money for
her own personal use. The
cards were then hidden so
that delinquent notices would
not be sent to the ploicy
holders. Before the grace
period expired on these po-
licieS, Mrs. Parmes would then
bring the accounts up to date
by using other money paid
in as premiums.
SuSpician was finally arous-
ed from the home Office in
Durham, N. c. when it no.
ticed that so many policy-hoId-
erS apparently did not pay
their premiums until Just be-
fore the policies were about
to lapse. Then an auditor
was sent from the main Of
fee.
Mrs. Parmes often worked
late at night as a trusted en-
ployee of the firm. She was
arrested by bet. David Higgins.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-02-19
African Author
To Speak Here

Eze Oqueri, native of West
Africa, will deliver the main
address for the Virginia State
College Alumni New England
Chapter at its College Day
celebration in Union Methodist
Church, Sunday, Feb. 81. IL
Continued an Page Four
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Tourist Resort

Developing New England as
a tourist resort is a good wa
to ensure traffic congestion in
the country in Summer as well
as in the cities in Winter.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-02-19
Armed Services
Hometown News

Cpl Samuel Keenan, of
Cambridge is a postal clerk
with the 311th Army Postal
Unit in Japan. Corporal Keen
an, son Of Mrs. Martha Keen
an, 8 Marvin Pl, Cambridge,
arrived overseas in November
1850. He is a veteran of four
years of Army service.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-02-19
Atomic Age

Considering that everybody
says atomic war is unthink-
able, enough people are doing
enough thinking about it.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-02-19
Amateurs

The amateur spirit, many
connoisSeurs insist, is seen at
it's best in home cooking.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-02-19

A cynic is a person who be-
lieVes there is no such thing
as ample parking space.
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BOSTON
BAKED
BY Mabe Kountz

"WithOut the idea there
would be no plan; and with
out the plan there would be
no action"
CONGRESSMEN of color
from the Bay State will some
day be a common Occurance.
The list of qualified men who
were denied the opportunity
is, however, quite tragic. The
reader is free to compile his
own roster. But my own list
would certainly include DIR.
William Dubois Great Bar
ringtOn), William MunrOe
TrOtter, Hon. William Lewis,
Hon. Matt Bullock, Judges
Bruce Robinson and Edward
Gourdin, and at least several
more.
THE POLITICAL chiefs of
this and most other states
have endorsed and help elect
to the Congress men of far
less ability and integrity than
the Colored Americans I have
named here. The Southern
states in particular have elect
ed congressman who couldn't
compare with our men from
Massachusetts. Why has the
Bay State discouraged colored
candidates?
DR.. DUBOIS is, today, hard
ly known as a New England
er because he had to find his
opportunity elsewhere. Yet DIR.
William E Burghardt Dubois
was born in 1868 at Great Bar
flngtOn, Mass, of a poor but
progressive family. He won
scholarships to Fisk and Har-
ward, winning his M. A. and
Phd at the latter. He continued
his studies in Europe, incIud-
ing U. Berlin.
THE GENTLEMAN with the
distinguished goatee, gloves
and cane became OF the
worlds greatest educators,
writer's, social reformers and
hardest fighters. With Trot-
ter and others he helped or
ganize the forerunner of and
the NAACP. His lectures for
equality took him to London,
Paris, Brussels, Lisbon, Rus
STA, Africa, and Asia. He re-
presented Uncle Sam at the
Liberia inauguration of Pre-
Sident King. He edited The
Crisis.
THE PATRIOTISM of DIR.
Dubois was proven during the
First World War, although
many efforts have been made
to discredit him since. Right
in the midst of one of Ameri-
cas- worst periods of Iynching
and oppression, DIR. Dubois
wrote an historic 1918 Crisis
editorial requesting cOIOred to
postpone the equal rights fight
and, "clOse ranks, shoulder to
shoulder with our fellow citi-
Gems" This editorial fIared
great controversy.
THE CLOSE RANKS 1918
Crisis NAACP editorial of DR..
Dubois has since proven it's
vast wisdom. 1t has grown
famous and symbolic of the
Tan Yank loyalty during every
American crisis. 1t was a
direct follow-up of the policy
announced earlier by Crispus
OttuckS In TITO, and Fred
Douglass almost a century la
ter as Douglass helped to or
ganize the 54th and 55th
Mass. Regiments with his two
sons being the first to enlist.
FRED DOUGLASS might,
indeed, be included in our list
of men who might have re-
presented the Bay state in
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-02-19
PARTY LOYALTY

Edna Black Associates and
Mary Reed are backing the
Democratic Party.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-02-19

FRED DOUGLASS might,
indeed, be included in our list
of men who might have re-
presented the Bay State in
Continued on Page Four
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"WithOut the idea there
would be no plan; and with
out the plan there would be
no action"
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Jeans Tiff Shows
Trend to Neotness, ,
Clothing Men Told

A national mems wear ex-
pert has entered the Battle OF
the Blue Jeans" with the state
ment that clothing merchants
should support moves to improve
the dress of students.
George M. Epstein. president
Of the National Association Of
Retail Clothiers and Furnishers,
told q group of retail merchants
yesterday at the National Press
Club that opposition to blue
jeans as school clothing sis be-
coming national in scope"
ut is now recognized" he said
"that there is a link between
juvenile delinquency and sloppy
dress habits which should make
school authorities as well as par
ents anxious for a better level of
dress particularly among inn
pressionable high school stu
dents
Mr.. Epstein said merchants
could help improve dress by act
ing as counsellors to parents and
schools as well as to young peo-
pie.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
D. {. Drafting Plan
To Publish Codes
In Official Form

Proposed legislation to set up
a system for maintenance of
official District Government
records is being drafted In the
city management Office.
The law will, among other
things, provide an official refer
ence for current District regula-
tions and clarity the authority
of the Commissioners to destroy
old records. Maintenance of the
records would be assigned to an
Office designated by the city
heads, possibly that Of the Sec
retary to the Board of Com
missioners.
The proposal is being drafted
by Daniel F. Noll, who said it
would be similar to records laws
in effect in the Federal Govern
met and most of the States, and
stems from a 1858 management
study.
At present, MIR. Noll said, there
is a lack of readily available
copies of laws and regulations.
Regular publication of regula-
tions began last year in the Dis
trict Register. but Congress au-
thorized the Register only as an
information sheet. Mr.. Noll said
city officials want publication in
the Register to be prima facie
evidence of the text of local
laws. It then could serve as a
certified copy of ordinances for
court use.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Workers Here Urged
To Call City Home

The glaring weakness in
Washington is that many of its
residents do not regard it as
"their city," the pastor of a lead
ng Methodist church declared
yesterday.
The glaring weakness on the
part of the people who live here
is the fact that they do not
really live here" DR.. Albert p.
Shirley, pastor of Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church, charged
In his sermon
They have their bodies here
but their hearts are elsewhere,
This is not their city. They live
here for 10, Is, 20 years and
never feel that Washington is
their home"
The minister lamented the
fact that many people who be-
longed to churches before COM
ing here do not become members
of washington congregations.
Extolling the efforts Of city
planners to rid the District OF
slums. DR.. Shirley declared I'VE
are not only interested in max
ing Washington a slumless city
We are interested in making
Washington the model city Of
the Nation and the model city
Of the world"
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Negligence Is Charged
In Fire Injuring Two

Police yesterday charged a 35-
year-old woman with negligence
in setting a fire in which she and
a companion were burned.
Accused was Miss Eta Cham
bers, who lives in an apartment
at 3217 Connecticut avenue NV
Police said she was burned on
the hands while trying to put
out a blaze in the mattress Of a
day bed. They added that the
fire apparently began when she
dropped cigarette.
A companion. Joseph Wasson
"a, of the 300 block of D street
S.W., also suffered severe burns
on his hands while trying to put
out the fire. Both we're treated
at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Traffic Board Member
Accused Of Speeding

Jack j. Blank, a member of the
District Commissioners Traffic
Advisory Board, was charged
with speeding in nearby Mary
land yesterday.
Mr.. Blank, 81, of 1915 Orchard
street NV, president of Arcade
Pontiac. posted $2l.45 collateral
at the Hyattsville Police SUBJ
station on a charge of exceeding
Is miles an hour on Rhode
Island avenue just across the
District line.
Mr., Blank told q reporter that
If he was exceeding the limit, it
was ''inadvertent." He said he
was driving a new Pontiac, was
not watching the speedometer
and may have been few miles
over the limit. Mr.. Blank said he
would appear in Hyattsville Po-
lice Court February 10 to answer
the charge.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Two Men Arrested
In Attack on Girl, IS

Two men have been charged
with criminally assaulting a l5-
year-old girl In q school base
ment after yoking her escort.
The girl, who is colored, told
police she was attacked three
times by one Of the men and
once by the other early yester-
day in the Bundy Elementary
School basement near Fourth
and o streets NV.
According to the girls state
ment. the men first yoked her
l6-year-old escort and then
threatened both Of them with a
butcher knife before dragging
her into the basement.
Police charged Robert e.
Jones. colored. 81, of the 1900
block Of sixth street NV. and
George z. Evans. 81, colored, OF
the 400 block Of N street NV.
with rape. The girl said Evans
was the man who attacked her
three times.
Both men, who were arrested
at their homes, were to appear
In Municipal Court today.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Four Teen-Agers Charged
In District Heights Fire

Four District Heights teen
ayers have been charged with
arson in connection with a fire
which caused more than $1,000
damage to a house under con-
struction at 7206 Elmhurst street.
District Heights, Md.
Prince Georges County Fire
Marshal Lawrence r. Woltz said
the juveniles. three boys and q
girl. were picked up after In
vestigation disclosed that a
householder near the scene Of
the fire saw them enter the new
house before the blaze broke out
last Wednesday.
Detective Sergt. James p.
Kearns said the juveniles. aged
II to 13. admitted setting FIRE
to the house after two Of the
boys poured paint thinner on
the floor because they wanted
TO see q f1re." AL four face q
hearing in Upper Marlboro
Juvenile Court on February 8.
They were released in custody Of
tssir parents after questioning.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
1t Does Happen Here
It Happen Here
Drivers Who Changed Lanes at Wrong Time
Caused 1929 District Crashes Last Year

Traffic Director George E.
Keneipp at Gas o'clock tonight
iDiu present another program
IN a netp weekly series, "Trdf-
fc Directors Mailbag" ouer
WMAL-TV. Channel 2. The
shoiD ipiil include a discussion
OF traffic accidents like the one
pictured here.
Major accident causes In
Washington vary little from year
to year.
Four or five specific driving
errors set of a substantial per-
centage of the total accidents
during any l2-month period
When the personal injuries
and property damage figures are
broken down in the annual
statistical reports. the violation
Of changing lanes without cau-
ton consistently ranks high in
the list Of accident causes.
Last year. 1t was fourth. Driv-
ers who cut into another lane
at the wrong time and the wrong
place caused 1899 accidents.
Forty-five persons were injured.
In 1853. the violations also
ranked fourth. setting on 1873
collisions and iniuring 80 per-
sons.
Many Of these smash-ups grow
out Of q situation like the one
pictured here where q motorist
whips into another lane 70 pass
q slow-moving car In front Of
him.
A District trafiic regulAts4n
Evening star., 1955-01-24

cupant Of the second car, with
q fractured hip and nose.
At Casualty Hospital in fair
condition was Betty Burns, 20.
Of 10 Danbury street S.W., who
rode in the first car. Another
passenger in the car, Arthur
Starett, "a, an airman stationed
at Boiling Air Force Base, was
treated at Casualty Hospital for
injuries and then transferred to
the base hospital.
Driver Of the second car, Harry
r. Chase. 80. colored. of 2655
Birney place Sc. was uninjured.
A passenger IN his car. Calvin
Harris. 80. Of 1911 Half street
S.W., was treated ct District
General Hospital and released.
Police charged Harry Chase
with driving on the wrong side
ef the street. A.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
House District Group
Meets Friday Morning

Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee today
called the first meeting In the
e4th Congress Of his unit for
II am. Friday.
The South Carolina Demo-
crat said the principal business
would be to organize. adept rules
and probably 70 set up the mem-
berships Of the subcomMne esees.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Two Women injured
In 2-Siory Plunges

Two women who police said
apparently jumped from the
second floor of their homes were
In good condition today.
One of them. Mrs. Kathleen
Hamilton, 81. Of 1920 Biltmore
street NV. was in Emergency
Hospital with a fractured right
arm and leg and possible skull
fracture.
Police reported she apparently
jumped to the concrete steps be-
low after her husband walked
out of their home in the wake
of a domestic argument yester-
day.
The other woman, Mrs. Mary
Frances Howell. 80. of 2940 Mills
avenue Me-. was in District Gen.
eral Hospital with cuts to the
head and body.
According to police, she also
apparently jumped yesterday
from a second floor window Of
her home.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
BroyhiII Bill Asks
For Council 10 Cope
With Delinquency

Representative Broyhiil. Re-
publican. Of Virginia. plans to
introduce a bill today to establish
a White House-appointed Coun-
Gil on Juvenile Delinquency.
Mr.. Broyhill said the council
would be composed of "a men,
bers from national religious and
major veterans organizations as
we'll as from private groups ac-
tive in the field of juvenile de-
linquency and other outstanding
American authorities in the
work.
Under the Broyhill proposal,
the council would engage in
continuing studies Of the meth
DDS used by State and local gov
ernments. courts. public schools
and other public agencies. pri-
vate schools. associations and
agencies to control and prevent
juvenile delinquency"
The measure requires the
council to report to the Presi-
dent, for transmittal to Congress,
the results Of its studies within
year Of its creation.
The council would consult and
cooperate with State, local or
private groups and would deter
mine to what extent the Federal
Government should participate
in controlling and preventing de-
linquency. The council would
continue in existence for two
years.
Mr.. Broyhill said the proposal
conforms with President Eisen-
hover S expressed desire to cor
rect zone Of the Nations great
est and most vexing problems"
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Neighbor Held in Staying
.Of Man After Quarrel

A Washington man was shot
fatally by q neighbor after an
argument last night. police re-
ported.
Bishop L. Quarles. As. colored,
Of 1925 Fifth street NV, died
early this morning at District
General Hospital after being shot
in the stomach with q .32-caliber
revolver.
. Police said Cleveland Epps. 43.
coIored, shot Quarles after an
argument in Epps' home in the
1900 block Of Fifth street NV.
Epps was charged with homi-
eide and held for action Of the
coroner. An inquest viii be held
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Hyottsviile Man Hurt
Fatally by Automobile

Massie Johns, 54. of 1907
Kenilworth avenue, Hyattsville,
was injured fatally yesterday
when he was struck by an auto
mobile on Kenilworth avenue.
two miles from the District line.
Mr., Johns. who suffered head
and internal injuries. died in
Prince Georges General Hospital
at about 2:45 am. yesterday,
two hours after the accident.
Prince Georges County police
charged Frank E. Brownell. IT,,
~. an electrician. of 3ll3
Ramblewood drive, District
Heights, with manslaughter.
Police said Mr.. Brownell, in a
signed statement, said he did
not see the man before he hit
him.
Mr.. Brownell was placed un-
der 81 900 bond for q hearing in
Upper Marlboro Police Court
next Monday.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Center
Fund Extension
Bill Offered
Nicely Also Submits
2SchooI Measures
AT City's Request

Chairman Neely of the Senate
District Committee today intro
duced a bill at the request Of the
General Services Administration
to extend for two years from next
June 80 the period Of authoriza-
ton of appropriations for WASH
ington's Hospital Center.
Work on the project now is
under way on a site in the United
States Soldiers Home grounds.
The measure would call for no
additional funds beyond the all
ready authorized $35 million.
$19.5 Million Contracted.
For the hospital center itself
there has been invoked an adj
ministrative limit of $21. 700, 90.
Actual appropriations already
made include one for $2.2 mil
lion and another for $4,5 million
and GSA is seeking $9.7 million
for the next fiscal year. Con-
tract authorizations already
made total $19.5 million.
The Federal Budget Bureau
has voiced no objection to this
measure.
Chairman Neely also intro
duced two measures dealing
with the schools. introduced at
the request of the commission
erS.
Clarity Probation Issue.
One bill would clarity a long
standing question as to whether
teacher transferred to a new
position as well as newly-ap-
pointed teachers, should be sub
ject to q rule for two-year
probationary appointment. The
bill would apply the rule to both
classes, but not Q temporary"
teacher.
The second school bill would
grant District Government re-
tirement and Social Security benz
efits to employees of the public
schools food service for the time
they worked in school lunch
rooms before the Central Food
Service was set up.
They would have to make de-
posits covering the period. This
provision once was enacted but
later was repealed on what the
Commissioners now say was q
false assumption.
Evening star., 1955-01-24
Symphony Players Strut Stuff
In Opening of SIS Fund Drive
By Horry Boeos

With a musical volley fired
into thousands of Washington
homes, the National Symphony
Orchestra yesterday opened its
annual campaign for survival.
Four squads of musicians. in a
novel radio and teleyision broad
cast, aimed their instruments at
citizens in a good-natured re-
minder that a $500, 900 sustaining
fund is needed to carry on the
1856 concert season.
The show was staged In the
studios of WRC and WRc-1V.
and kicked of a week -long drive
by 1000 volunteers.
Keep Ticket Price Low.
The program began with music
in the background as Carson G..
Frailey. campaign chairman, ex-
planned to listeners and tele-
views that less than half of the
orchestra's $500,000 budget next
year viii be met by paid admis-
Sions
..We keep our ticket prices
low because we want everyone in
town to have the opportunity to
go to the concerts" he said.
IF We tried to pay our own
way-and no orchestra in the
country does - we would lose
much of our popular audience. I"
Then he rose and invited
listeners to take a brief studio
tour of the orchestra with him.
The cameras pulled up first at
the percussion section. The
show was on.
After a racy introduction al
most as staccato as his flying
sticks, Snaredrummer Joseph
Leavitt sent his three colleagues
into a shake-rattle-and- -roll rou-
tine called Percussion Exposed. :"
Mr. Frailey's- 10-year-old son,
Carson. jr. IA would-be tym-
panist) watched the demonstra-
tion with astonishment as it
rose to a climax of bird-calls,
boots and a boat whistle. Mr..
Leavitt explained-as the echoes
still chattered-that the boy had
heard only a fragment.
I'm its unabridged state" he
said. this piece takes an hour
and 4 minutes not counting
encores."
Was Heavy Schedule.
The camera rolled around to
Sylvia Meyer, symphony harp
ist. seated Behind her 85-pound
instrument. Between closeups Of
her flying fingers in a cadenza
from Swan Lake" and an
American number called Windy
Nights" Miss Meyer read a page
from her date book.
IN the week Of February 4. her
schedule showed, the orchestra
will play once at Westminster.
Md; once at a Washington hotel