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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
Many Other Items
Not Listed
REDUCED FOR
CLEARANCE
At Our Spring Valley Store
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At Our Spring Valley Store

DREXEL, Genuine Mahogany Double Dresser,
Mirror, Chest full size Bed and Night Stand Was
1919. Now ---- a. ----- t-------.- $27S
UNION NATIONAL, 6-piece Drectoire group, pear
wood with accents Of ebony and gold group consists
of large Double Dresser Mirror Chest chest.
full-size Bed and commode Night Stands. Was
SLOTS. Now - .-------------- $5SS
JOHNSON-HANDLEY JOHNSON, magnificent
Sable Mahogany Contemporary Group consisting Of
72-inch Triple Dresser, large Chest-on-C Chest,
Swing Bed and glass-top Night Tables Was 1904.
Now z-e4- La $685.
DREXEL Green and Beige Double Dresser, Mirror,
Chest, full size Bed and Night Stand. Was $538.
Now 49, -. .------- 4--.---- = $298
INSTRUMENTATION, Early American Maple,
Double Dresser, Mirror. Large Chest-on- Chest and
Poster Bed Were $685. Now -.-.-----.---~- $41S
NATIONAL Double Dresser, Mirror, Chest, Full Size
Bed, Swirl Mahogany. Were $416. Now ------- $29s
DREXEL, Shaped front Double Dresser, Mirror,
Chest, full size Bed and Night Stand genuine ma
hogany. Were $37S NOW -------- --sa------- $27S
DRExEL, Early American, Bunk Beds, pine, ladder
included. Was sl41. Now $50
Killing, 32-inch Chests solid Maple. Were $88.
Now ---.. -----.--- ------4. - $6S
DREXEL, French Provincial Twin Beds, cherry.
Were $219 per pair. Now -----.------- $88 per pair
DREXEL, French Provincial Triple Dresser Base,
64-inch, cherry. Was 1929. Now -- $1A
NATIONAL Powder Tables, mahogany, 2 drawers
and lift-up mirror Were $109 Now ------------ SIS
NATIONAL, Night Cabinet Stand, z drawers blond
mahogany. Was $43. Now ----------------------$1 SIS
DREXEL, French Provincial 7-Drawer Vanity Base
and Mirror. Was $217 Now ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SIS
HABITANT, 3-drawer Dresser Base, pine. Was $6s5O.
Now ------.---. -t-.------ $3.50
KINDEL, Powder Table, genuine mahogany Was
DREXEL, Travis Court Shaped.front Brides Chest
mahogany. Was $13450. Now ---------.---- $3.50
DRExEL, Wallace Nutting Poster Bed cherry, full
size. Was $1lo Now $50
BOUDOR Platform Rocker, green texture, kick pleat
skirt. Was $8450. Now S39S $50
NATIONAL italian Provincial Cherry Full Size Beds
were $68. Now ------1--. $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21

MOHAWK l2x4 Beige Wool Twist Was SIS.
Now ---..-s.t--1. = ---.-. .---.es $50
ARTLOOM sx1s'6" Nutria Cotton Kimberly Was
$45 Now - SIS
BARWICK 6xlo Honey Beige Cotton Royal Twist.
Was $40. Now :. ------ .------- $2S
MOHAWK 9xl2 Gold Legation Wool Twist Was
$166. Now ----- -.--s.----.---s---44 sos
GULISTAN sxl2 Gray All Wool Coronation. was
$229. Now ~ S135
MOHAWK 9xl6-Red Legation All Wool. Was $222
Now ---a-------- -.. S169
FIRTH 1878 Gray AL Wool Nubby Frieze Was
$128. Now .-- SzS
ARTLOOM l2x16' Green Carved Design Cotton
Zephyr Was $2S950. Now .------------------$l 27
FIRTH 12x246" Buckthorn Green Highland Tweed.
Was s461. Now S35S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21

The nsxt ortieis in this series will
eppear Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
DeLorenzo to Head
GIN Publicity

Anthony G. De Lorenzo has
been named General Motors
public relations director, Paul
Garrett. vice president in charge
of the GIN public relations staff
announced today.
Mr.. De Lorenzo has been d.
rector of press. radio and tele-
vision relations for GIN since
last April. He joined GINS
public relations staff in 1949
after serving for five years with
the Buick and Fisher Body divi-
sions. A native of Wisconsin.
he previously worked for the
Racine (Wis.) Journal-Time
and for the United Press at
Madison, Milwaukee. Chicago
and Detroit.
His Affiliations include the
Public Relations Society of
America. Sigma Delta Chi, jour-
nalistic fraternity, and the Ma
| tioral Press Club of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
CHiCAGOLIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Dee IS iPs.-SaIahIe
hogs 10000; active. very uneven sem
orally $500 higher on butchers. in
tanees up more on WEIGHTS over 80
lbs; sows 25-5D higher. all interests in
trade ana complete early clearance with
some orders untitled; receipts largely
mixed Nos. : and 8 2f0-3s0-lb. butch
erS; most mixed Nos. / and JSO-2.U-
10 butchers in mixed grade lots, u so
IL. 20; mostly No. s Erade below. ] rs.
and most. lots at 12,Q0-1225 with a
Nos, and . end; several hundred head.
100. most lots At the price with
STABLE percentage Nos. ] and 2; IS
n neAa iet selected Nos and g el5 l ssa
lbs. Io.75-It75 with some Nos. /
and z, go lbs, ct 1880: most 600
320 lbs. l0.O0-1 90; most 35O-6a0-
ID, sows, s50-975; few selected
lighter weights to 1000.
Salabie cattle 10000: salable calves
300: steers and heifers steady 70 so
higher. mainly steady; cows and bulls
moderately active, steady to strong:
Dealers strong TO fully 90 higher;
stockers and feeders scarce, steady: q
load OF high prime l,l25-lb. steers
- %; bulk choice and prime steers
~. 00-3 3 90. but some high good under
l050-lb, yearlines up to 1850; good
heavy steers sold down TO 1900 and
u 53 90 90: prime over l.ooo-Ib heiters,
I5.00-2i 90; utility and commercial
cows, .t0.5o-l200 a few high com
1ercial young cows up to 1900; can
ners and cutters ShO-IO50: utility
and commercial bulls, I4,00-l600:
vealers, $500 down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
EARLY BIRD SPECIALS!

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1-29995 Bendix or Console, 1855 - 1895
1-299.95 Westinghouse 81" Console, 1855, 1895
1-34995 GE 81" Console with DOORS 1885,
1895
1-29995 Emerson 81" Console 1855 1895
1-26995 Westinghouse 81" Table Model, 1855,
1895
1-27995 Olympic 81" Console. 1855 - 1895
1-$495 Motorola "a" Console with doors, 1855,
1885
1--329.95 Philco 81" Console, 1856 - 229 IS
1895 Olympic "a" TV-Radio- Phone, 1856,
299.95
1-369s5 Olympic 81" TV-Radio-P Phone, 1856,
21995
l-2s9.95 Olympic IT TV-Radio-Phono. 1866,
Z 1885
1-36995 GE 81" Console with doors, 1856,
1855
1-26995 Philco 81 Console, 1956----179.95
l-399.95 Philco 81" Console, 1855 &c., 24995
1-29995 RCA "a" Table Model, 1855 219 95
1-249.95 RCA 81 Consolette, 1855 - 1895
1-29995 Admiral "a" Consolette, 1855 1885
1-179.95 Admiral 81" Table Model, 1855 1885
1-52995 Admiral 81" TV-Radio- Phone, 1855,
34995
1-139.95 Admiral II" Table Model, 1855 SSS
1-l99.95 Emerson 81 Table Model, 1885, 1895
1-l69.95 Bendix 81 Table Model 1855 500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Good Year Is Reported
In u, s, Foreign Trade

Returns for the full year are
likely to show that 1855 was one
of the best years in Unitec
State foreign trade since the enc
of World War II, reported tho
Alexander Hamilton Institute.
Imports in nine months totaleo
SO, 294. 100000, up 80 per cent
from a year ago. Exports Of
$11 1896, 900, 900 included mill,
'tary items of nearly 81 billion
for which foreign countries d.
not have to pay. Excluding mill.
tary shipments, exports of Sl0,-
416, 100000 were up 12.1 per cent
from a year ago.
As a result of the sharp ex.
pansion of commercial export.
during 1866. the loss sustained
during the post-Korean wal
slump was more than made up
the institute commented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Floor Samples! All in Condition. Fully
Guaranteed Be Here Early Sorry No Mail Phone Orders
Limited Quantities at Washington Store Only
d !; rs

5th FL, Washington Only
222995 Bendix Automatic Washers, 1854,
$685.
995 Maytag Automatic Washer, 1855,
1895
1-22995 Bendix Automatic Washer, 1856,
1895
1895 Hotpoint Automatic Washer 1855.
1885
1-33995 Westinghouse Deluxe Automatic
Washer 1854 1925
24sss5 Bendix Duomatic Washer-Dryer
Combinations, 1855 $685.
1-25995 Frigidaire Electric Dryer, 1854, 1895
1-2995o Thor Automatic Washer, 1854 1895
1895 Hamilton Wringer Washer, 1855,
l. 1895 Monitor Apartment Size Washer.
1885
1-15ss5 Norge Deluxe Wringer Washer, 1855,
S8S
2-29e.s5 Norge Deluxe Automatic Washers.
1855 1885
l-27s95 Hotpoint Automatic Washer, 1854.
1888
1885 Hotpoint Automatic Washer, 1885,
1898
4-299.5O Thor Automatic Washers, 1854 1895
l-29oo5 Bendix Automatic Washer, 1854,
1895
1895 Speed Queen Automatic Washer, 1854,
1895
1-2se;s5 Apex washamatic Automatic Washer sa q.
1-239s5 Bendix Electric Dryer, 1854 = 1895
1-2S9s5 Hotpoint Electric Dryer, 1855 119 95
$685.
1-299.50 Thor Automatic Washer, 1858 1895
1895 General Electric Dryer 1855 1895
Heater ~ 1895
1854 1895
1-2s9s5 Westinghouse Deluxe Dryer 1854.
1885
1885 General Electric Automatic Washer,
1-l9e95 Whirlpool Deluxe Wringer Washer,
1855 - 1883
1-179s5 Bendix Dialamatic Washer, 1855.
$685.
1-27995 General Electric Washer, 1855 1895
1-2995O Thor Automatic Washer, 1885 1880
1-33995 Westinghouse Automatic washer,
1855 - = - 2l9.S5
1-3sss5 whirlpool Imperial Automatic
1895
'N'''' NA"''"e 1-'''-' l7s.s5
1-23995 Norge Automatic Washer, 1855 S133
1-2395O Thor Electric Dryer, 1854 500
1-23475 Frigidaire Electric 1roner, 1855,
1-27995 Bendix Electric Ironer, 1855 1895
1-33995 Whirlpool Imperial Automatic
Washer 1854 1925
l-319.95 Whirlpool Deluxe Automatic Washer,
loss 1885
1-23995 Crosley Automatic Washer, 1854.
Demonstration ------------------- 800
I-249 95 General Electric Deluxe Dryer, 1855,
1895
1-23995 Whirlpool Automatic Washer, 1855,
1895
l-27995 Maytag Automatic Washer, 1854, SLIT
2-14995 Norge Electric Dryers, 1854 80 $SS
1-1sl IS Kevinator Electric Dryer. 1855, 1895
1-19995 General Electric Automatic Washer,
1osA 9 1896
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
'3 RI BUSINESS
Area AAA Membership
Tops the 100000 Mark
By DONALD B. HADLEY

:; AS automobile ownership in
the Washington Metropolitan
Area continued to increase in
1855, membership in the Ameri-
can Automobile Association in
the area crossed the 100000
mark.
This was reported today by
Leverne Johnson, manager Of
the District division of the as
ISOLATION serving Washington
and nearby sections of Mary
land and Virginia.
Mr.. johnson expects the divi-
sion's membership to increase
further to 10000 by the end
Of 1856, he also disclosed in a
year-end statement.
I'VE are enjoying continued
prosperity in the motor club
field and signs point to 1856 be-
ing an even bigger year." de-
dared Mr.. johnson. Travel.
both domestic and foreign,
reached an all-time high in
1855. We expect the record set
this year to be passed in 1856.
A swing to out-of-doors vaca-
lions was voted by our travel
experts in 1855 and is confirmed
by the management of camping
sites across the Nation"
Nationally, association MEM
bership passed the 5-million
mark and is expected to con-
tinue growth at a record pace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
'SuitAgains:tIBM
.AsksS9OMi|Iion

NEW YORK, Dec. % (R.-
Sperry Rand Corp. seeks $50 mil
lion damages in an antitrust suit
filed against international Bust
ness Machines Corp.
The suit, filed in Federal Court
yesterday. charged IBM with
monopolizing the tabulating ma
chine business.
Sperry Rand also accused IBM
of having tempered or inter-
fered with the efficient normal
operation of tabulating ma
chimes manufactured by the
plaintiff"
.:estraint Charged
"The effect Of such conduct, Z"
ISperry said. "has been to dis
courage users of tabulating ma
chimes manufactured by the
plaintiff from continuing to use
them and to induce such users
to use tabulating machines man
.ufactured by the defendant"
Sperry also claimed that IBM
has substantially lessened COM
petition and has unreasonable
restrained and has monopolized
interstate trade and commerce
in the manufacture, distribution,
lease and sale Of tabulating ma
chimes in violation of the Sher-
man Antitrust Act"
Thomas j. Watson, chairman
of IBM, issued a statement deny
ing the charges. He stated:
We deny any violation of the
antitrust laws or that our con-
duct has at any time been ad-
verse to the legitimate business
Interests of the Sperry Rand
Corp"
Treble Damages Asked
Sperry. which makes office
machines under the Remington
Rand label. asked for treble dam
ages and for an Injunction to re-
strain IBM from the alleged
practices.
The suit said IBM receives a
rental of more 5000 million a
year from tabulating machines,
which it leases. but win not sell.
to users. For more than 10
years, it added, IBM has owned
more than 80 per cent of all
electrical and eleetronic tabulat-
ing machines in the United
States. W.
Sperry said it has been max
ing mechanical tabulators since
19ll and electric and electronic
machines since l947. From 1860
to 1855. the company continued.
its relative position in the in
.dustry has been constantly de-
lcreasing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Dec. IS B,-ForelgI
exchange rates follow. Great Britain
in dollars. others IN cents tunchangec
unless otherwise noted;
Canadian dollar in New York opeT
market 70 per cent premium Of 100,12h
United States cents. UP 1/32 OF cent
Europe: Great Britain (pound)
81 SOL. up IL; 3o-dag futures
279 XII I32, up 1899; 8O-day futures
.2.7a 1882, up 3i32; aO-day futures
2.79fs. up 2 49,; Belgium tfrancl, 200
France franc, 38ss OF a cent; Ger
many WESTERN fdeutsche mark
"a so; Holland fguilderl. 1913; Itall
tltrsD, 1875 of cent; Portugal iescudoi
70 so; Sweden tkronal, 1894; Switzer.
land tfranel tfree), 1894; Denmark
krone. 1850.
Latin America: Argentina tfreel
80; Brazil tree1. IS; Mexico, SOC
Venezuela tbolivarD, 1903.
Far East: Hong Kong dollar, 1880
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Kerby H. Fisk Joins
Washington Post

Eugene Meyer. chairman OF
the board of the Washington
Post Co.. announced yesterday
the appointment of Kerby H
Fisk as financial consultant to
the Meyer family.
Mr.. Fisk is resigning, effective
January Is, as vice president of
Prudential Insurance Co. to &C
cept the position. He also was
among four new directors added
yesterday to the board Of Allied
Chemical & Dye Corp.
Mr.. Meyer said that in addi-
ton to serving as family con-
sultant, Mr.. Fisk will become
vice president for finance and a
director of the Washington
Post Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Washington Gas Light
Declares Dividends

Directors of Washington Gas
Light Co. today declared quar-
iterly dividends of s1.12la on the
$3.50 cumulative convertible pre-
Iferred stock and $1.06k4 on the
iS4.25 cumulative preferred. both
payable February 10 to stockhold-
ers of record January rs.
A quarterly of SO cents share
was declared on common stock
payable February ! to holders OF
record January 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Durkee General Partner
OF Johnston, Lemon

Stanley r. Durkee has been
admitted as a general partner
of Johnston. Lemon & Co.
Washington investment firm.
Mr.. Durkee has been with the
firm since 1887. He is a gradu-
ate of Central High School and
received his BA. degree from
Amherst College in 1929. He
then entered the securities bust
ness in New York with a New
York Stock Exchange firm AND
in 1882 became securities analyst
with New York bank.
He joined Johnston, Lemon
81 Co., as a statistician and be-
came sales manager in 1916
During World War II he served
In the Navy as a lieutenant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Building, Loan League
Puts Savings in Name

The District Building and Loan
League will change its name TO
the District Savings and Loan
League. members decided unan-
imously at a meeting yesterday
A special committee recon-
mended elimination OF the ole
designation used by the league
for 4S years. The United States
Savings and Loan League made
a similar change some years age
and various State leagues have
conformed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Aviation Publications
Adopts Pension Plan

American Aviation Publica-
lions, Inc, has adopted a PEN
sion plan to be administered by
Connecticut General Life In
surance Co.
The Washington publication
house will put up So for every
81 contributed by employees to
the plan. Employees up to 80
years old and with three years
of service will be eligible. Re-
tiremeut age is IS. The COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
Kelleher Registration
Is Revoked by SEC

Kelleher Registration
Is Revoked by SEC
The Securities and Exchange
Commission has revoked the
broker registration of Kelleher
Securities Corp. and its sole
owner, William H. Eynon.
The order also will have the
effect of disbarring them from
membership in the National As
sociation of Securities Dealers
Last May the United States
District Court permanently en-
Joined the company and Mr.
Eynon from engaging in certain
conduct and practices in connec-
ton with the purchase sale OF
any securities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
RANGES
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OIHIy
1-19995 GE Electric Range, 1854 ~ 1885
1-299.95 Magic Chef Gas Range, 1855 149.95
1895 GE Undercounter Dishwasher, 1855,
1885
1-29995 General Chef Range Refrigerator,
1854 Observation-Disclosures .- 1895
1-13995 Famous SO" Gas Range, 1855 = 1895
2-31995 RCA Estate Gas Ranges 1855 1895
1-27995 Magic Chef Gas Range, 1854 1895
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
,,Saa1g :: :, IS
5th FL, Washington Only

5th FL, Washington Only
1-299.95 Philco 8 Gu. it., 1854 --------- 1895
1-279,95 Philco Gu. it., 1854 1895
1-349.95 Philco II Gu it., 1855 IS
1905 Norge 12-cu.-ft Upright Freezer, 1855,
$685.
1-299.95 GE Gu it,, 1855 -- 1895
1895 GE 10-cu.-ft. Automatic Defrost, 1865,
1885
1-399.95 GE 11-cu.-ft. Upright Freezer, 1855,
26495
1-479.95 Frigidaire 12-cu-ft. Double Door,
400 @oVo
1-5l9.o5 Admiral 13-cu-f Double Door Dual
Temp. 1855 --- 349.95
1895 international Harvester 7-cu. it.,
1855 ------1l 1885
1-29995 Servel 9-cu.-ft. Electric, 1854 Sl33
1-44995 Hotpoint 10 Gu. it,, 1855 - S2SS
1895 Kelvinator Fooderama Refrigerator
Freezer, 1855 q vertical doors) SASS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28

pany paid the usual holiday
bonus to 1903 full-time employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28
MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK, Dec. rs 4R--Nationa
Association Securities Dealers. Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-28

Mahogany Veneer; l6 to rs
RPM. record player; twin
speakers. AMIN .adio. Just IL.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Accord Reached to End
LIN Strike "Wednesday

Board, announced the agreement
in this statement:
THE National Mediation
Board, at long last, is pleased to
announce that an agreement has
been reached between the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad, affili-
ated railroads and all unions
which have been on strike.
The dispute with the non-
operating organizations is to
be submitted to a neutral ref
cree whose decision will be final
and binding.
"All employees are to return
to service and full operations
resumed on Wednesday. May II.
In the interim the roads will
take steps to prepare for full
operation.
The negotiators reached an
understanding in a 24-hour ses-
sion before mailing down all
details of the agreement.
Under the agreement, the l..
& N, and the incorporating un-
ions will have until 10 am.
(EDT) tomorrow to agree on the
referee or arbitrator. If they
have reached no mutual choice
See STRIKE, Page AS
Evening star., 1955-05-09
RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC IN A METROPOLIS
Rodford Says Sea Control
Offsets Peiping Armies
chione and Rhee Forces outmonned
z to |. FOREIGN Aid Heurno Told

but is unspent only because of
the time required to build mill
tary equipment after the con-
tracts are awarded.
Asked by Senator Wiley, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin, how the
re-arming of Japan is moving
along. Admiral Radford said
Japan has been slow in building
forces for various reasons. "but
they are progressing satisfac-
torily, generally speaking"
Senator Fulbright, Democrat,
of Arkansas, noted that Admiral
Radford had emphasized that
the military part of the foreign
aid bill does not differ in purpose
from our own defense program
and is carried in a separate bill
more as a matter Of procedure
than substance.
Way to Avert Cuts
Senator Fulbright suggested
that it would be wiser to put
the military aid for allies in the
defense budget because Congress
is more sympathetic and would
not cut it there.
Admiral Radford and Mr.
HenSel saw no objection to that,
They said they were merely fol-
lowing a custom started in the
See FOREIGN AID, Page At
Evening star., 1955-05-09
New German Flags Join
Other Banners in Paris

anniversary of Germany's de-
feat in World War II.
Good fellowship and festivity
are the order of the day COM
manded alike~by hotel managers
and the public relations officers
of the Is nations assembled
here. This. however. does not
rule out an occasional sour edi-
torial or an impression that in
their opening meetings the va
rious foreign ministers have not
seen entirely eye to eye on the
unceremonial issues before the
conference.
This impression is stimulated
by the official blackout on news
decreed by the ministers them
selves. Within the framework
of their instructions official
spokesmen are authorized to
talk to reporters about anything
in world except what is being
said behind the closed doors
of the conference chambers.
One can learn readily enough.
for instance. that Secretary of
See MOVES, Page AS
Evening star., 1955-05-09

survey requirements and develop
tentative plans and then come
up for engineering money and
ultimately go through the con-
struction cycle.
so, although we have, by i'm
provising, been able TO do it, it
has been diverting people from
other work. I dislike to belabor
the point, but it is such an i'm
portant item, sir, and that is
what it boils down to-"
Mr.. Lowe asked for funds to
hire a man to handle space as
signment planning. The job. so
far, he said, has been handled
by a committee Of department
heads which once was able to
handle space assignments rather
satisfactorily"
However. he declared, "As the
District government has grown.
you might say we are bursting
out at the seams"
Evening star., 1955-05-09
BY the Associated Press

An agreement was reached to-
day calling for an end to the
stormy 57-day Louisville &
Nashville Railroad strike at
am. tEST) Wednesday.
The agreement calls for sub
mitting key unsettled issues to
a neutral referee for a binding
arbitration decision.
The union representatives and
management negotiators were in
separate rooms. Government
mediators Shuttled back and
forth for signatures to a series
of documents that called for end
ing the strike.
A formal Government an
nouncement of the agreement
was made at 1l:45 am. (EDT)
Marked by Violence
The strike, marked at times by
violence, had crippled rail serv-
ice in IA Southern States for
nearly two months. 1t was the
longest rail strike since the 30
day Nationwide strike of 1922.
The strike affected $4,000 en-
pIoyes.
Chairman Francis A. O'Neill,
jr., of the National Mediation
Evening star., 1955-05-09
F|oydGetsL Life
In Assault on
FuirfuxGirI,11

Robert Clark Floyd today was
sentenced to life in prison in
Fairfax Circuit Court for the
rape of an 11-year-old girl at
her Lake Bancroft home last
December 4.
The 43-year-old illiterate con-
struction worker escaped the
electric chair only because of his
low mental standing, Fairfax
Circuit Judge Paul E. Brown de-
clared as he imposed the SEN
tence.
Floyd was on probation from
the State Penitentiary on a
grand larceny charge when the
rape occurred His victim was
the daughter of a Lake Bancroft
contractor who employed Floyd.
Floyd was convicted of the
rape charge by Judge Brown
after a trial two months ago
Floyd and his court-appointed
attorney, John Alexan d er,
waived a jury. Sentencing was
deferred until today, awaiting a
probation report.
From the facts and from the
probation report it is evident
this man should not be allowed
to harm society again." declared
commemorative Attorney Rob-
ert C. Fitzgerald.
The little girl was attacked by
Floyd while she was home baby
sitting with a younger brother
and sister, Fairfax County police
reported.
Floyd had wife and three
children from whom he had
been separated for years. police
said.