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Evening star., 1955-02-28
Six Of 10 Employees
Being Retired by VA
Complete IS Years

Retirement of 10 employees,
six of whom have served more
than 35 years in Government
service, was announced today by
the Veterans Administration.
One, Miss Mary L. Schneider
of % X street NV, is an attor-
ney-reviewer and was one of
the first woman ever employed
in VA as a claims adjudicator
She was the first VA woman
clerk to study law at night
school while working for that
agency.
In addition to Miss Schneider
those having IS years Govern
ment service or more are: !
Miss Lulu F. Detwiler, 4901
First street NV, a mail clerk;
Clarence E. Jenkins, 629 Galla-
tin street NV, department Of
medicine and surgery supply
service administrative officer;
Malcolm K. Ross, 736 Northamp-
ton drive. Silver Spring, a con-
tact representative; Bert E.
Sager, 1880 Eastern avenue NE,
an accountant, and Royce w.
Van Norman, 4201 Wheeler road
Sc, a file clerk.
The others are Nathan r..
Warthen, 1901 Saul road, Ken
sington; Mrs. Ethel r. Tyus, 1910
Southern avenue Sc; Mrs. Alice
M. Russell, 902 jackson avenue,
Takoma Park. Md, and Mrs.
Sarah E. Kaplan, 1905 Roswell
drive, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Man, for All CIeverness, Faces
Extinction, Lord Dunsony Says

Have we also the power to save
it? I can't believe So"
The poet-dramatist is In WASH
ington on his fifth tour of the
United States. He speaks at
the Library of Congress tonight
and leaves for Detroit tomor-
row, going afterwards to Cali
fornia, where one Of his stories.
1.-THE Last Revolution" is being
filmed.
Asked. sis there any sugges-
ton you can offer for increas-
ing the wisdom we already
have?" Lord Dusany replied
Eyes, get out into the country
go among simple men. get one
degree nearer to the Creator
And don't be afraid to admit
that you don't understand what
is happening. Who does under
stand it? Postulations I offered
the statesmen of the world ten
years ago still aren't out of date
They don't know the answers. Sc
why should we be ashamed to
confess that we don't have
them?"
Evening star., 1955-02-28

Civilization is heading for a
high-speed crash. do what it will,
a distinguished Irish man OF
letters said today.
Lord Dunsany, celebrated poet,
short-story writer and dramatist,
arriving in Washington for a
Library Of Congress appearance
tonight, said:
Were like a party of people
in an automobile being driven
downhill at midnight by a child
of the age Of four. I can't see
any possibility of our avoiding a
crash"
Lord Dunsany thinks "the
human race is getting too clever
to live!" In June, 1945, he
declared, "Our power to destruc-
ton was multiplied by million,
but our wisdom wasn't multi
piled; and there you have the
terrible problem of this lost age
how to multiply our wisdom
by a million, too. We have
the power to wreck this planet.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Suit Seeks 10 Block
New Vote on Negroes
In Bar Association

An injunction suit to prevent
the District Bar Association from
holding q third referendum on
admission of Negroes was filed
today in Federal Court by At
torney Archie K. Shipe.
Mr.. Shipe, a former member
of the associations Board of Di-
rectors, charged that repeated
referendums on the question
threaten to bankrupt the pro-
fessional society.
The lawyer said he wanted to
make it clear he was in no way
contesting the merits or demerits
of a referendum on a proposed
amendment to the associations
bylaws. He said he was seeking
to prevent dissipation of associa-
ton funds because the subject
has twice been voted on.
The latest referendum would
decide whether the word white"
should be stricken from Article I,
section l, of the bylaws. He said
this would have the effect of ad-
mitting Negroes to membership.
He charged no benefits would
accrue to the association men,
bership, except to further the
political ambitions of the refer
endum sponsor.
Mr.. Shipe said referendums on
the question were held about
four years ago and again on jan
uary II. Each time the proposal
to admit Negroes was voted
down.
Cost of each referendum, Mr..
Shipe said, was lover $500"
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Cancer Mission 10 Take
6. W. Teacher 10 Sweden

DR.. Jeanne Bateman, clinical
instructor in medicine at George
Washington University Hospital
will visit Sweden next month to
discuss with Swedish physicians
her use of certain drugs in the
treatment of cancer.
DR.. Bateman, chief Of the drug
treatment section at the Garfield
Memorial Hospital Cancer Clinic,
was invited to Sweden by DR..
Sven Hultberg, director of Stock
holm's Karolinska Institute.
She first reported the success
of drug therapy in cancer
patients, particularly those in
advanced stages, at the World
Cancer Congress held last No
vember in Sac Paulo, Brazil
Though the drugs have not
"cured" cancer, DR.. Bateman has
reported they apparently have q
controlling effect.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Head-on Crash Victim
Is in Critical Condition

William H. Speaks, 81, of Ma
nassas, was in unsatisfactory
condition in Arlington Hospital
today after being critically in
jured in a two-car crash late
Saturday on Route 211 near
Centreville, Va.
Fairfax County police said Mr..
Speaks suffered severe chest and
head injuries when his car COL
lided head = on with another
driven by Woodrow Wilson Titus,
SO, of Hagerstown, Md.
Police said the Titus car was
driving on the wrong side of a
dual-lane highway and plowed
into Mr.. Speaks car, which was
passing another in the SOUTH
bound lane. Police charged
Titus with drunken driving.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
P.1. Russell, Sonar Expert
| With NAVY, Refires

Philip T. Russell, underwater
sound expert for the Navy Bu-
reau Of Ships, retired today aft
er 81 years service as a Navy
civilian.
Mr.. Russell, who lives at 2707
Queens Chapel road, Mount
Rainier, Md, worked for IA
years at the Naval Gun Factory
before joining the Bureau OF
Ships l9 years ago.
For his contributions to the
field of underwater communica
ton, Mr.. Russell was awarded a
total of more than $4,000 by the
Navy.
Among his inventions are an
undersea telephone for COM
munication with a totally dis
abled submarine lying on the
bottom of the sea; an electrical
remote control system for use
in enemy submarine detection;
a remote control system for de-
lection of surface craft by SUBJ
marines and an echo sounding
system for depth measurements
Admiral w. D. Leggett, jr.
chief of the bureau, commended
MIR. Russell for his Invaluable
contributions" to the Navy.
Mr.. Russell lives with his wife
at the Mount Rainier address
They have two daughters, Mrs
William T. Bates of Arlington
and Mrs. Richard F. Conn OF
Hyattsville and four grandchil-
dren.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Inspector Lauds
Jail Conditions
In Montgomery
No Maryland Lookup
Meets National
Standards, However

The Montgomery County Jail
at Rockville has been singled
out as one of the best in Mary
land in the State jail inspectors
annual report.
Nevertheless, said the report
of Inspector Wallace Reidt to
the Board of Correction, not a
single county lookup in the
State meets all of the require
ments of the National Jail Asso-
citation.
Mr.. Reidt also had praise for
improvements at the Prince
Georges and Howard County
jails. He called Calvert County's
the worst in the State. The old
Howard County lookup at Elli-
colt City, labeled worst in the
State" in 1899, has been COM
pletely remodeled and improved,
the Associated Press account of
Mr.. Reidt's report said.
Montgomery Needs More Room.
OF the Montgomery County
facilities, Mr.. Reidt warned that
that areas booming population
will soon make it necessary to
provide more room. When that
time comes. he said. it would
be better to put up an entirely
new building rather than ex-
pand the present one.
This Jail reflects credit on
the county," he said. "and it is
interesting to note that the 81
prisoners serving terms there at
the time of the inspection in
June. 1854. half were at work
on county roads"
He called the Rockville Jail
clean and well-maintained and
said "the morale of staff and
inmates is very high"
Mr.. Reidt found conditions at
the Prince Georges County Jail
in Upper Marlboro improved
greatly during the tenure Of
Sheriff Carlton Beall, who took
Office in 1850. Mr.. Beall recently
was appointed United States
Marshal for the District of CO.
lumbia.
No Kitchen or Dining Room.
Although the Prince Georges
County Commissioners have au-
thorized a bond issue to build a
new Jail, Mr.. Reidt expressed
disappointment that they had
not made arrangements to pro-
vide a kitchen and dining room
in it.
He praised the morale of staff
and prisoners and repairs to the
heating, plumbing and lighting
systems at the jail. He found
the quarters for women prison.
ers poorly arranged. however.
and the quarters for juveniles
rather crowded"
The Baltimore County jail,
however. held the No. l spot as
not only the cleanest and most
orderly county Jail in the State.
but an outstanding example
of what can be done with COM
petent personnel in an outmoded
institution.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Bobby.Sox Bandits
Rob Woman Of S26

A pair Of bobby-sox bandits
robbed a young woman as she
prepared to pay her telephone
bill last night, police reported.
Florence Coleman, %, colored,
of 1900 Monroe street NV, said
she was standing in front of
the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co.. 725 Thirteenth
street NV, preparing to deposit
and envelope containing $26.
Two yonng colored girls, one
wearing red coat and bobby
sox approached and grabbed the
envelope from her hand, she
said.
Evening star., 1955-02-28

the school, words Call unto me- and will thee"
kept going through my mind
Lord, help him to ask me" secretly prayed.
Suddenly he turned and looked square in the face
and said:
young man, would you like to preach for us next
Sunday EVENING"" Quickly and without seconds hesta
ton said, "I'd be glad to-"
The next Sunday little mission in Tampa preached
my first sermon. God then always, verified His word
and kept His promise in my ondest dreams hoped
for rich opportunities for service He has given
Tomorrow-George e. c. Hayes.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
New Medical Test
is Granted Simkins,
Seeking Trial Delay

A second medical examination
will be undertaken this week te
determine whether Gambler
Roger (Whitetop) Simkins is fit
to 60 to trial next Monday with
two policemen in a bribery con-
Spiracy case.
Chief Judge Bolitha j. Laws
ordered the examination today
after attorneys for Simkins re-
quested an indefinite postpone
ment of trial on grounds that
Simkins is suffering from heart
and gall bladder trouble.
Co-defendants include Police
Capt. John B. Monroe, former
commander Of the 18th precinct,
and Probationary Detective
George c. Prather.
Nearly $4,000 Involved.
The policemen are accused OF
accepting nearly $1,000 in bribes
ITOm o1IIlhlllo dAlu AAAo SoAAoA 20
between April and June OF last
year.
Prosecutor Edward Troxell
said he would vigorously oppose
any postponement of the March
7 trial date if it is at all possible
for Simkins to appear. He also
said he would oppose a separate
trial for Simkins if his physical
condition will not permit him
to appear as scheduled.
Other Defendants.
The other defendants in the
case, uncovered by Police 1t.
Todd A. Thoman, jr., who acted
as a go-between in the alleged
bribe passing, are:
Charles. Anderson, John
lefty) Winston, Burnie (Bozo)
Taylor, all colored, and Albert
(Real Estate) Smith.
Attorneys for Simkins at to-
days session we're Jack Burnett
and George E. c. Hayes.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Caffery Ends "A Years
With State Department

Jefferson Caffery, United States
Ambassador to Egypt, retires
today after A years of service
with the State Department. He
has been Ambassador for five
and half years.
At a farewell breakfast yeSter-
day at the Mayflower Hotel, Mr.
Caffery said the first principle
of diplomacy is always to tell
the truth"
Speaking to guests Of the
Winter Communion Breakfast
of the John Carroll Society, Mr.
Caffery declared that telling the
truth is the exact opposite OF
what the governments of the
Iron Curtain countries tell their
people and the world"
Evening star., 1955-02-28
1t Does Happen Here
HuPPeh
Driving Conditions Sometimes Require
Lower Speeds Than Siqns Show

Traffic Director George e.
Keneipp piu giue another of
his ,Deekly "Tra6fc Directors
Mailbag" programs at GAS
o'clock tonight ouer WMAL-
TV. The shotD ,Diu include a
discussion OF traffic situations
like the one pictured here.
In 1898 accidents last year,
a driver was charged by police
with "colliding."
In 1885 accidents, no such
charge was placed.
What do police mean when
they charge q driver with COL
iding?
Two District trafnc regula-
tions are involved. 22-C and s.
The first Of these requires driv-
ers to reduce their speed "ap-
propriately" when going through
u1JSISSCLlOAAcs dAOuAAA SuA NOos VA
narrow or winding roads. pear
the top Of a hill, at railroad
grade crossings and in bad
weather.
The second regulation. 81. re-
quires drivers to exercise due
care to avoid colliding" with
any pedestrian they see on the
roadway.
Both regulations make plain
that the legal speed limit Is not
always the one posted on the
street signs. Both regulations re-
quire q driver to slow down ac-
cording to driving conditions.
The drivers shown here were
not exceeding the posted limit.
But both were going too fast
for q road surface made slip
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Student Reads Plato as He Waits
'Fnst-Come' Auto Tag AA-1000
Sits Beside Door
Of Vehicles Office
Preparing for Test

The District Government did
MT figure on David Dressed when
lit decided to quit issuing
special" auto tags this year.
David, 19-year-old foreign stu
dent at Georgetown University,
knows exactly what his tag
number will be. It will be AA-
1000. He'll get 1t about three
minutes after the tags go on sale
at 8:15 am. tomorrow at the
Municipal Center, 800 Indiana
avenue NV.
| David showed up at Room 1880
in the center at 8 o'clock this
morning. With him he brought
a folding chair. a carton Of
sandwiches, milk and cigarettes
and a copy Of "The Republic" by
Plato.
Spends Day Outside Door.
He spent the day seated just
outside the door Of the tag Offices
and plans to stay there until it
opens tomorrow, when he'll hand
over $32 for AA-1000 and hurry
back to the university to take q
test in "The Development Of
Civilization" with special atten-
ton to Plato.
The District this year has
stopped issuing special tag num-
bers on request. In previous
years, the Department Of Vehi-
cles and Traffic had spent half
its time processing the 8 per cent
of all tags that people wanted to
correspond with house numbers,
telephone numbers, birth dates
and so on.
This year, only the tags from
/ to 999 are set aside for alloca-
ton by the Commissioners. All
other tags will be assigned on
a strict first-come-f -first-served
basis.
That's where David Dressed
figures. He's first come"
Wants Tag on Convertible.
He wants to put AA-1000 on
his 1949 convertible because "it
will be easy to remember"
All tags this year-except for
the Commissioners 999-will
Evening star., 1955-02-28
ToIks on Modern Jew
Beoin Wednesday

A series Of lectures on 1.-THE
Modern Jew in America" spon-
sored by the College of Jewish
Studies, will begin at 8:45 pm,
Wednesday in the Adas Israel
Congregation building. 1850 Que
bee street NV.
DR.. Irving Cheslaw, Of the
University of Pittsburgh Aber-
deem Research Staff, will deliver
the opening lecture. His subject
will be American Influence on
the Jews in America"
Lectures will be given at 8:45
pm. on successive Wednesdays
through May II. The public is
invited,
Evening star., 1955-02-28
TraubQuiizzed
ByGrand Jury
On FHA Issue
Lawyer Is Called
In Profits Probe After
Court Denies PIeu


Federal Judge F. Dickinson
Let's today ordered Abraham
Traub, a New York lawyer and
real estate dealer, to appear as
a witness before a District grand
jury investigating windfall prof.
its on Federal Housing Admins
tration mortgages.
Mr.. Traub, who appeared ear
lier as a grand Jury witness, lost
a vigorous fight to prevent a
second appearance. The New
Yorker contended he did not
want to go before the panel
because he believes the Govern
ment intends to name him as
a defendant if the grand pury
should return any future indict-
ments.
Loses on Plea for Records.
Judge Let's fatty turned down
Traub's request. stating he had
shown no proof that Max H.
Goldschein. special assistant to
hte Attorney General. intended
to seek an indictment against
him.
At tn esame time Judge Let's
refused to order Mr.. Goldschein
to return to Mr.. Traub a sheaf
of records the lawyer previously
turned over to the grand jury.
After Judge Let's ruling, Mr..
Traub's attorneys, Arthur Shein-
berg and J. Bertram Wegman,
asked for a court order to
prevent Mr. Goldschein from
calling Mr.. Traub as a witness
before they noted an appeal Of
Judge Let's ruling. The plea
was denied.
Mr.. Goldschein Immediately
called Mr.. Traub from the
courtroom and ordered him into
the grand Jury room.
Faces Query on Check.
The Department of Justice
lawyer wishes to question Mr..
Traub about allegations that he
was high pressured into writing
an $11.864 check payable to a
racehorse bookie for a gambling
debt owed by Clyde Powell,
ousted Assistant Commissioner
Of the Federal Housing Admin
istration.
At a hearing before Judge
Let's on Friday, Mr.. Goldschein
fatty denied ever saying that he
was "out to indict and convict
Mr.. Traub."
The grand jury is investigating
reports that builders reaped mil
lions in windfall progts on mort
cages approved by Powell be-
fore he was fired.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
; Bandits Get $4SS
In Hotel Safe, Abduct
And Later Free Clerk

Three men abducted a down.
town hotel clerk yesterday after
robbing the hotel safe Of $4ss,
the clerk told police. He was
pushed from the bandits car
shortly afterwards. but escaped
injury.
The clerk, James e. Turner,
80, of $500 Wisconsin avenue
NV. said two of the men came
into the Gordon Hotel, 916 Six
teenth street NV. about 4::30
am.
They registered for q room,
he said. and then one Of them
asked him to change a $40 bill.
Mr.. Turner went into an Office
to get change from a safe.
As he did so the men walked
behind the counter. One OF
them drew a Luger automatic
and told Mr.. Turner:
"Step back and we'll take care
Of the money"
Mr.. Turner said the two men
took all of the money from
the safe and a cash drawer and
then forced him outside and
into an automobile containing
a third man.
They pushed him from the
car under q bridge over Rock
Creek Park at Pennsylvania
avenue and Twenty-fifth street
NV. Mr.. Turner took a taxi
cab to the Third Precinct and
reported the incident.
A short time later Montgomery
County police chased a car SINH
lar to that described by Mr.
Turner, but lost it north Of
| Rockville on Route 24O,
Evening star., 1955-02-28
"A NIGHT at Hume'
Sponsored by Church

Scottish members and friends
of New York Avenue Presbyter-
ian Church will sponsor "A
Nicht at Hame" at 8 pm. next
Monday in the Peter Marshall
Memorial Hall of the church.
1913 New York avenue NV.
The program will feature
highland dancing by the Bon
ME Lassies, directed by Jean
Taylor: bagpipe music by the
MacKenzie-Scott Bagpipe Band
of Baltimore, and Scottish songs
by the New York Avenue Lads
and LasSies.
Proceeds will 60 to the church's
choir fund.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
ESQ Men on FurIouqh
Recalled by B. & O.
BY the Associated Pres.

BALTIMORE. Feb. 28.-An
encouraging increase in car
Ioadings" has resulted in the re-
call Of $50 men who were among
several thousand furloughed by
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
during seasonal business slump
in January.
The $50 men will return to
work on the railroads freight
car repair units tomorrow.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Womon's Purse Stolen
THROUGH WV Window

A thief reached through a
window and robbed a woman at
tending meeting at the Young
Women's Christian Association,
1719 Thirteenth street NV,
police reported today.
Lillian Swift, so. colored, OF
$40 P street NV, said she was
seated near a window In the
auditorium when the thiet
reached in and took her purse
containing $40, a diamond ring
and her house and car keys.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Senator McNumuru to Talk

Senator Mcnamara, Democrat,
of Michigan. will be guest
speaker at the dinner meeting
of the Potomac Cooperative
Federation at $3.50 pm. tomorrow
at the American Association Of
University Women Club. 1884 I
street NV.
Evening star., 1955-02-28
Capitol Police
ShakeupAsked
In nHousebil|
Two Legislators Shot
By Puerto Ricons
Cite Security Lack

Two House members seriously
wounded by gunfire from Puerto
Rican fanatics a year ago to-
morrow introduced legislation
today to reorganize the Capitol
Police Force.
The two victims of the gunflre
attack from the visitors gallery
are Representative Bentley, Re-
publican. Of Michigan and Rep
resentative Roberts, Democrat,
of Alabama.
Frankly" said Representa-
tive Bentley in a statement an
nouncing introduction of the
new legislation, Il think the
American people would be out
ragged if they realized that secur-
ity measures in the House are
almost identical to those that
prevailed a year ago.
"The visual effects of the
shooting, such as bullet holes.
have been repaired, but almost
nothing has been done to protect
the security of the Nations law
makers in session."
Bill Died Last Congress.
A bill to reorganize the
Capitol Police passed the House
in the last Congress but died
in the Senate.
The Bentley-Roberts bill in
troduced today is similar to the
one approved by the House last
summer. 1t provides for elimi-
nation Of the patronage system
in Capitol Police appointments.
Nominees to the new force,
the bills sponsors said, would be
required to pass mental and
physical examinations and would
be given special training before
taking up their duties.
Two principal changes from
the bill which died last year are
incorporated in the new measure.
One is designed to meet some
objections raised by Senators
last year which would have made
mandatory the retirement of
Capitol policemen at the age of
81. The Bentley-Roberts mea-
sure provides that the retirement
age shall be 81 unless the Capt.
tol police board shall with re-
spect to such individuals specifi-
cally direct otherwise"
Party Representation Set.
Another change would simply
specify that the members Of the
Capitol Police Board from the
House and Senate should repre-
sent both major parties.
This would mean that the two
members of the. House appointed
by the Speaker would include one
Democrat and one Republican
and the two Senators named to
the board would likewise repre-
sent both parties. The other
three members of the seven
member Capitol Police Board
would include, as last years bill
did, the Senate and House Ser
geants at arms and the architect
Of the Capitol.
Representative Roberts, limit
ing with the aid of a cane as a
result of being shot in the left
leg, announced on the floor his
introduction of the new legisla-
ton.
Calling for passage Of the
measure, the legislator declared:
This gunplay wounded five of
the members, and but for a
miracle might have resulted in
many deaths. The scars of this
murderous demonstration will
be borne by some of us until the
end Of our lives. There are
still many grim reminders of
that infamous day, and I am
sure that those of us who sat
like clay pigeons do not care to
be reminded of its horrors"
Evening star., 1955-02-28
A Thnnght fnr Tuhay
Lenten Reflections by People You Know
By Billy Grohum
Noted Evangelist

jeremiah xxxiii 8: "Call unto Me, and will answer
thee and show great and mighty things which thou
knowes not" has been very significant verse in my fe
In fact it had to do with an incident which became turn
Evening star., 1955-02-28

Ing pOlnt IN my ministry.
Twas in my first year of Chris
tian college in Tampa, Fla. In my
heart was a growing feeling that
God wanted me to preach, but no
one had invited me to do so. I lis
tened admiringly and almost en-
viously when other student-ministers
were asked to conduct services.
One day visiting minister came
to the school to ask one Of the fiedg-
ling preachers to help on the follow
ing Sunday. The one he had come
to invite was Ill. As I listened to his
conversation with the president of
Evening star., 1955-02-28

have two letters and four num-
bers, starting with AA-1000 and
running through AZ-9999.
Other classifications are BA,