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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-18

county, and farm acreage alIot-
ments.
Despite special efforts to increase
the 1854 production of Durum wheat
(Class IL, production last year to-
tailed only about million bushels
This compares with 5-year, 1948-52,
average of 81 million bushels. Total
supplies for 1954-55, critically low
because of damage from stem rust,
race lob, in the last 2 years, are
estimated at only IL million bushels
the average for 1948-52 was 81 mil
lion bushels.
Durum wheat (Class ID is used
exclusively in producing semolina,
from which are made macaroni, spa
ghetti, and similar food products. No
other class of wheat is suitable for
producing high-quality alimentary
paste products.
CONSERVATION FOR DIVERTED
ACRES STRESSED
True D. Morse, undersecretary of
agriculture, urges farmers to plant
and conserving crops on
the 35 to 40 million diverted acres
which basic crop allotments call for
in 1855. He particularly directs at
tention to needed hay, pasture, and
forage crops to accomplish the dual
purpose of protecting the land and
promoting more efficient and prof
table farming.
According to the undersecretary
the sole purpose of the acreage al
otment and marketing quota pro-
grams is to aid in attaining more
balanced production and in bringing
supplies more nearly in line with de-
nand." While accomplishing this
purpose "an important objective Of
he U. S. Department of Agriculture
will be to encourage and assist farm
RS to divert to soil-conserving and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-18
Proposed 8O-Acre Spacing 49,.
From MONTANA OIL JOURNAL

The astounding proposal that the state oil gas
ton commission issue ruling that hereafter drilling in newly
discovered Montana oil fields be restricted to we'll to 80
ito prevent waste drew Numerically opposite
actions at hearing Helena Monday before the commission
Lined sodly in favor of the the California
Company the Murphy Corporation the Standond Oil Gas
Company the Shell Oil Company with reservaons Texaco
Phillips Petroleum. the Sun Oil Company and the Mobil Pro-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-18
ACREAGE INCREASE MUST BE
IN DURUM WHEAT

Final determination of wheat acre
age allotments for farms producing
Durum wheat (Class I'D under this
program will be made after farm per-
Torrance has been determined. Farm
ers in the designated counties may
grow Durum wheat (Class III on all
or any part of their present wheat
allotment and they may produce adj
ditional Durum wheat (Class ID up
to their maximum wheat allotment
the acreage of cropland well suited
to the production of wheat. Any in
crease in such a farms wheat acre
age in excess of the present wheat
allotment must be in Durum
wheat (Class IL, in order to comply
with provisions of the wheat allot-
ment and marketing quota program.
Any acreage of wheat other than
Glass Ii Durum harvested in excess
IF the farms present wheat allot-
nent would make the farm in nom
and the excess wheat sub
ect to marketing quota penalties,
md none of the wheat produced on
he farm would be eligible for price
The additional acreage required
for farm allotments under the 1855
Durum wheat (Class I'D program
will be in addition to the national,
state, and county wheat acreage
allotments and will not be consid-
cred in establishing future state,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-18

area, and Jean Gerlogh, Shelby, con-
sulting geologist and oil operator,
representing Independent operators
in the Pondera, Kevin-Sunburst and
Cut Bank areas
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-18
Program TO Increase 1855 Production
Of DurUm wheuf Announced

Durum Wheat (Class ID for such a
farm will be the acreage of cropland
we'll suited to the production of wheat.
Notification of maximum wheat
acreage allotments will be issued by
county ASC committees upon re-
quest of the operator or other pro-
Queer on the farm.
, 1955-05-26
Announc ement

!. The Christiansted Utilities
Company wishes to announce
its door to door delivery Of
kerosene.
Our tank delivery truck
will call at your home or
place Of business and pump
kerosene directly into your
containers fifty gallons and
over. No leakage, nor spillage.
Delivery begins Thursday
morning May 25th. Please call
43 and place your order.
, 1955-05-26
N Q E

Notice is hereby given that
orders for the attachment of
properties in arrears for real
property taxes and night soil
removal service fees assessed
for the year 1853 will be is
sued to the Sheriff for the Mu
nicipality of st. Croix by this
office within the next two
weeks.
Office of the Administrator
for st. Croix, Christiansted,
st. Croix, v. T., May is, 1855.
Albert o. Fabio
Acting Administrator for
st. Croix
, 1955-05-26
The SIS. "Alcoa Roame is

The SIS. "Alcoa Roame " is
scheduled to sail from Boston
May 10th, Baltimore May oath
New York May 9th and is
due at Frederiksted via Puer
to Rico and St. Thomas : June
4th, accepting freight from the
above ports and for Puerto
Rico and New York.
.Rob't I. Merwin & Co., Inc.
Agents
Frederiksted, st. Croix
, 1955-05-26
SHIPPING NEWS

The S. S. "Lamyra" is SEIZED
uled to sail from Mobile May
18th, New Orleans May goth
and is due at Frederiksted :
via Jamaica, Haiti, Peurto
Plata and st. Thomas = May
31st, accepting freight from
the above ports and for Mar
Unique, Barbados, George
town British Guiana) and
Paramaribo Netherlands Guia
na).
Evening star., 1955-07-01
WoIfson Still Controls
7 Tronsit, OffieioI Says

Wplfson referred this reporter
to. E. B. Gerbert, a director OF
CAPITAL Transit and president oi
Universal Investments, Inc, OF
Jacksonville, Fla, who said the
two purchasers Of the 90 per
cent were not outsiders. but were
closely allied to the Wolfson
group in other enterprises.
The sale of the 20 per cent OF
los 900 shares was made BY
Southern Pipe g. Supply Co., q
Wolfson company. which in turr
had picked up much Of the stock
fnom u. s. Wolfson Bros. Co., an
other Wolfson subsidiary, which
In turn had bought some OF the
shares from Louis e. Wolfson anc
his three brothers and other as
sociates.
The Wolfson empire Is a con-
fusing labyrinth to find your way
through. Not only do his various
companies sell securities bach
and forth at times but the trad
ing extends also between the
Wclfsons. their associates, theil
wives and their many founda.
tions.
The point Mr.. Giddings was
trying to make was that the ac-
tuaa control still was in Mr.. Wolf.
sons hands. There was an addi-
tioHai point: The distinct posi-.
billy that after allowing fol
technicalities Mr.. Wolfson and
people associated with him in
many varied enterprises still hold
a much larger proportion of the
stock than 27.8l per cent.
Evening star., 1955-07-01

Guess who crawled along with
the rest Of the trafic on Rock
Greek Park drive during the
morning rushg
Vice President Nixon, en- route
Ito work. calmly reading O news
paper In the back seat while q
chauffeur inched the car along
This Ones Puzzled
Another motorist. this one be-
hind the wheel, was biding traf-
| Ific-jarn time by working o cross
word puzzle as cars inched along
Constitution avenue.
They Don't Want Rides
Police Inspector Aubrey M
|Tolson isn't, too sure about the
helping hand. Driving to work
with his young son this morning,
he stopped twice to offer rides to
persons waiting at car stops.
mo thanks"
No Car Pools There
Someone with an eye for the
statistic took 10 minutes to meas
lure the possibility Of increase II
car pools on Colesville road into
Silver Spring. Result During
the 10 minutes there were 114
cars with only the driver, 73 with
only two persons and 2e with
three or, more
Golf Must Go On
Ashortage OF caddies because
lof transportation problems
couldn't halt the Women's Dis
Itrict Golf Association Class c
tournament at Columbia Country
Club. Some participants rad ar
rangements to pick up theii
caddies en- route to the club
Others went to other country
Iclubs. picked up caddies there
and took them to Columbia
Evening star., 1955-07-01
STRIKE OR NOT,
CARS WON'T RUN
|iF GAS ISGONE

4
If your car stops running
suddenly in downtown traf-
1ic today. look at the gas
gauge before you start blam-
ing the heat, the humidity
or the electrical system.
The American Automobile
Association reported today
that while calls for emer-
gency road service was rum
ing about normal for a week
day, in a surprisingly large
number of cases the trouble
was simple-iio gas.
An AAA official said that
q lot Of people who aren't
used to driving to work had
brought their cars to town
today. And then they forgot
to ask the wife II she had
put gas in after her shopping
tour yesterday. q
Evening star., 1955-07-01

to postpone the strike to see
what would come out OF the rate
increase application. As it is,
we Just don't have the money to
give them"
Said Mr.. Bierwagen: I'VE
tried We tried everything. We
failed, The strike is on"
eve. take the position that our
proposals were bargainable." Mr.,
|Bierwagen said. "We asked finally
whether the company would
not submit the dispute to arbl-
|tration and were turned down. y
Asked for comment on the
Broyhill seizure bill, Mr.. Bier
wagen said it appeared to be
Ia strike breaking technique not
In the interests of the employees
but in the interests of the en-
lployer.'i
No Picket Lines Set
The strikers did not set ar
picket lines. but stationed OBJ
servers at company facilities
Pickets viii be used only in the
event the company attempts tc
operate with supervisory per.
ISonnel.
For the first two weeks of the
strike the union members must
Iget along on their final salary
payments and private reserves
The strikes timing gave them
Isomethingl In the way of sal
aries due.
II the strike continues into .
third week. each man win re.
ceive a straight SIS a week ir.
respective of dependents.
The unioh was examining the
liability phases of a plan to haul
people to town from hinge park
ling lots at Carter Barron Amphi-
theater and South Capitol Street
Bridge.
If the procedure is found le-
Igally sound. union members may
begin carrying motorists from
the lots to downtown in personal
cars, but not before Tuesday.
Evening star., 1955-07-01
DOS

/. Parking time limits are
suspended. You may park all
day, except where signs forbid
rush-hour parking. z to $50 am,
and 4 to $3.50 pm.
2, You may park in meter
spaces without depositing Q
nickel.
8. You may park In Capital
Transit bus and streetcar stops.
unless signs say no parking sat
any time or during rush hours.
4. Parking will be allowed al
a 45-degree angle on some street
car tracks and parallel on certain
other streetcar tracks. but in nc
case within an intersection or
closer than Is feet to a cross
walk. Motorists who park on
car tracks, however, must leave
their names, addresses and both
home and business telephone
numbers displayed on the inside
of their windshields. These are
the 45-degree streets:
Connecticut avenue NV. from
K to L streets, from M to N
streets and from S street to
Columbia road.
F street NV. from Seventh to
Ninth streets.
Indiana avenue NV. from
Fourth to Fifth streets.
independence avenue S.w
from Maryland avenue to
Seventh street.
Massachusetts avenue NE
from North Capitol to First
streets,
Pennsylvania avenue NV
from Peace Monument to Fiji.
teenth street and from Seven.
teenth to Twenty-second streets
Eleventh street NV. from 7
street to Massachusetts, avenue
These are. the streets fol
parallel parking on streetcal
tracks:
Second street S.w. from Cana
street to. D street.
Third street S.W. from indie.
peridence avenue to d street.
Eighteenth street NV. from
c street to e street north.
Nineteenth street NV. from
c street to E street north.
Union Station Plaza toutel
roadway on the westbound tracl
only. f
s. You may park opposit,
streetcar loading platform.
wherever signs forbidding it hav.
been covered up by police.
6. You may park all day or
these roads in the National Cap.
ital Parks system:
The Mall between Seventh ans
Twelfth streets NV, the Wash,
ington Monument grounds, Lin
coin Memorial Circle. the NORTH
curb OF the westbound lane ant
the south curb Of the eastbouns
lane Of independence avenue
from Seventeenth street IA
TWnYty-thirfl street NJ w
Evening star., 1955-07-01
BY DONALD B. HADLEY

Louis E. Wolfson and his as.
Isociates still hold actual con-
troll of Capital Transit Co, q
company spokesman said today
E. Cleveland Giddings, vice
president, said he had told news
Ipapermen that Mr.. Wolfson and
his associates now own only 27.81
Eper cent of the 100000 shares OF
transit stock, hut he said he had
mot told them that Mr.. Wolfson
and his associates had trans
ferred actual control Of the COM
pany.
Mr.. Gliding said the proxy
statement sent out to stock
holders for the annual meeting
in April stated that Mr.. wolfson
and his associates owned only
I27.81 per cent of the stock di-
|rectly or indirectly.
Mr.. Giddings said he had nc
idea who now. owned the re.
maindel Of the approximately
So per cent Of the stock, which
aMr. Wplfson and his associates
owned At one time. He left the
implication that 1t must be
lowned by someone entirely dis
associate. with the Wolison
group.
|. Actually just about q year ago
lon June 5, 1854, about 20 pei
lcent OF the Wolfson groups
stock was sold to unidentified
Interests.
At first it was assumed the
BUYERS were outsiders but Mr.
Evening star., 1955-07-01
TRAFFIC
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Continued From First Page
ltunate. creates an ideal situa-
Ition for motorists who want to
drive down between 10 am. and
4 pm. be sure Of finding a park
ing space in garage, and
shop
As the morning rush hit q
peak at 9 am, the same repeti .
tious reports came in from
throughout the city--long lines
lcf cars. packed solidly in every
lane from dozens of key inter-
sections.
| Even so. the impact was les
lsened immeasurably, ofiicials
feel. by annual leave taken by
thousands of Federal and other
employees. Officials didn't expect
full effects Of the strike--if II
lasts that long--to be felt until
after the holiday week end Tues
day.
All Traffic Stopped
1 One of the worst jams was
near Grant Circle and, several
blocks to the north. at Missouri
avenue and North Capitol street
where at 8 am. traffice streams
simply stopped moving. Anoth-
er bad spot was upper Sixteenth
street. The Pennsylvania ave-
niue bridge also was blocked, with
q case Of locked bumpers addine
to the snarl. q
Along with Sixteenth street
lMr. Keneipp linked Constitution
avenue and Virginia avenue west
tof the White House as the worst
lsnarls he saw The situation
didn't improve as motorists
fought their way from Virginia
avenue past the White House
grounds.
Undoubtedly, the traffic CHIEF
said. there was an earlier move
for work this morning. But
some spots. most notably west of
the White House, were still
Isnarled after 10 am. Most ol
the rest Of the city, by that time,
had settled down to about 9
normal trafcc flow
Mr.. Keneipp said he expected
to see about the same situation
this evening" as workers reverse
Evening star., 1955-07-01
DoN'Ts

1. Motorists may not park on
all streetcar tracks. but only on
those designated by the Com
missioners.
2. Motorists must not park on
streetcar tracks where streetcar
loading platforms are opposite
each other.
8. Motorists must not park
within 25 feet Of any crosswalk,
I 4. Motorists must not park
within 40 feet of any intersec-
tion.
\ 5. All peak hour restrictions
remain In effect as indicated by
ofiicial signs. Peak hours are
from Z to $3.50 am. and from
a to $50 pm.
8. All '.No parking at any
time" prohibitions remain. ir
effect. 6
|, .. 1ne re2ulatlon prohibiting
parking at entrances, loading
zones, fire hydrants. and alleys
remains In effect.
8. TIE regulation which pro.
hibits parking in all places fol
more than 18 consecutive hours
remains in effect.
8. The usual restrictions lin
iting the parking OF commercial
vehicles to certain locations will
remain in effect.
10. Parking will not be per.
mitted In bus stands of the
WMA and AB&w transit lines
IL. Residents Of Maryland
and Virginia should continue tt
use buses serving Virginia ane
Maryland instead Of driving
their own cars, so as not to TAKE
critical parking space from per.
sons who really need 1t.
Evening star., 1955-07-01
STRIKE SIDELIGHTs
Traffic jams Showed
No Respect for Ronk

Weekend golfers at the various
clubs may find the shortag,
still In existence over the holiday
Swearing-In Delayed
A White House ceremon,
swearing in John B. Hollister a.
director of the new Internationa
Cooperation Administration wa,
delayed today because variou,
officials were caught in traffic
jams. including Secretary oI
State Dulles.
Henderson Trapped
10y Henderson. Deputy Under.
secretary of State for admins
tration. was another who wa.
trapped by heavy trafiic between
the State Department and the
White House.
Mr.. Henderson finally ahan-
doned his car and reached the
White House on foot ahead oi
his boss. Mr. Dulles.
ITS the Bomb!
Urgency of the Capital Transit
strike came to q Metropolitan
police detective with emphasis
at . am. today.
Vacationing in Solomons
Island cottage some so miles
from Washington. the detective
was awakened by the man from
whom he had rented the cottage.
Maryland State police (whc
were relaying messages) said you
are ordered to report back tc
your job Immediately and by the
fastest transportation available. :
The detective was fully aware
OF the pending strike, but urgen-
cy of the message added velocity
to his return. Il thought maybe
somebody had dropped the
bomb, /. he snapped.
Evening star., 1955-07-01

n
their routes to- get home. aWs
can all be thankful that, worktns
hours are staggered as much a.
they are, : he added. ut coule
have been much worse
Police CompIimented
Mr.. Keneipp, in report Il
Engineer Commissioner Thoma.
A. Lane late this morning, com.
Fplimented the police for keepinl
|trafiic moving on most streets.
Across the Potomac. the Four.
|teenth Street Bridge began back.
ing up first. as Virginia roads
poured solid streams of cars
toward Washington.
An American Automobile AS.
|sociation official said roads from
Prince Georges County and Sil.
yer Spring were the hardest hit
with Montgomery County arter.
les moving the smoothest.
Downtown Washington tool
on an unnatural quietness. as fal
les pedestrian and normal bust.
ness activity was concerned.
But this was. more than made
lup for by the horns of motorist.
land whistles of as many >police.
men as long -time residents hay,
ever seen on Washington street.
lat one time.
Chief Agnew said "every avail.
able man was shaken loose tt
direct traffic and help motorist.
solve the new emergency parkins
relaxations. On every major
street. police were at each corner
and, at some points, In the mid.
die Of blocks.
Police Held Over
Chief Agnew said that fn ad.
clifton to shifts OF police from
outer precincts to downtown
No. ! and No. 3 areas, officers on
the midnight shift were held
over. This afternoon, the regular
4 pm. shift will come In an hour
early The force also was swelled
by q cancellation Of days OF and
leave.
The biggest visible change
downtown, brought about by the
drastic parking relaxations, was
the long lines Of angle-parkec
cars across streetcar tracks. Al
early as. 6 am. the choice spots
Evening star., 1955-07-01

on Pennsylvania and Indiana
avenue tracks were taken.
The parking regulations. .
dream come true for regular
Commuters. are the biggest worry
Of police and traffic otileials--
and private parking garage
owners, who sadly watched their
regular patrons park free.
In 5the three-day transit strike
of 1851. abuses OF parking re-
laxations slowed up moving traf-
flc 30 much officials were sorry
then they had started the whole
thing. Taking lessons from that
experience. police have banned
parking on some tracks today
along F and G streets west of
Ninth NV, for example. go
| The parking relaxation opened
up 1,475 new spaces, l,l2S on
! gar tracks and $50 In District
bus loading zones. This is more
Than double the 1,l00 curb
spaces usually available. In adj
ldltion. except In rush hours, time
limits are suspended on curb
meter spots.
Pools Flourish
| For one of the few times since
World War II, commuters
turned to pool riding today. on
every street, instead Of the nor
NAL lis passengers per car in
morning rush hours, many cars
carried three, four or more
people.
Both Mr.. Keneipp and Chief
Agnew however, said they saw
many more "o1e and two.pas-
Isenger" cars than they. had exc
Ipected. sss
Radio Station WNfAL. in q
special on the-spot series Of re-
ports, advised motorists on the
way to work today where the
worst traffic sriarls were devel-
oping. Announcer Felix Grant.
at AAA offices. cut In regularly
on the Jim Gibbons Town
Clock" program with radio re-
ports from IL cruising WMAL
trucks.
I'VE tried to tell motorists
some OF the pitfalls they could
avoid" Mr.. Grant said. "At
times. all We could say was, BE
patient.
Evening star., 1955-07-01

'|pleted their tours and then
'l.bedded down" the equipment
jim the barns.
Mediation efforts went on to
1.-THE contract-expiration hour OF
midnight. with Commissioners
Spencer and Thomas e. Lane,
the latter in a dinner jacket,
ARRIVING at the Tariff Building
lat 10:45 and Commissioner Rob-
1ert e Mclaughlin joining them
shortly thereafter for final
appeal.
Gen. Lane told reporters he
pointed out to management rep
resentatives, including President
u. A. B. Broadwater, that civil
service workers have received
18 per cent increases in the last
three years whereas transit
workers. getting a is per cent
boost over the same period, were
tagging behind.
Gen. Lane said he suggested
ian 8a-cent package deal" tc
management to apply to wages
and other benefits for one year
He said he hoped that would be
ia starting point.
However, management stuck by
the stand made yesterday before
the Senate District Committee
It was willing to make a final
settlement on wages alone by
earmarking for that purpose
only the revenues that would be
derived from elimination of the
i$500,000 gross receipts burden
land raising Of school fares to
half that OF adult fares.
Holding A Cum
Union President Walter J.
Bierwagen said that was "hold-
ling a gun" at the unions head
The union expressed willingness
to bargain only without any
qualifying stipulations by the
company.
Commissioner Spencer would
mot comment on Representative
Broyhill's seizure bill, but die
lsay, this community simply
cannot afford a lengthy tieup oi
hts transit system. y"
He recalled the estimate oi
Herbert Rich, president of the
Merchants and Manufactured
association. that merchants
stood to lose s. to $40 million q
month In sales.
As the strike cali came, Com
missioner Lane said: "Oul
powers seem to be exhausted
until and unless Congress takes
some action"
e. Cleveland Giddings, COM
.Ipany vice president, said OF Gen.
Lanes sKs cent proposal that
1.-THE company's offer stemming
from tax relief and higher
school fares would amount to
more than that.
Both the company and union
regretted advent Of the strike
lSaid Mr.. Giddings:
| We're sorry it had to happen
this way. We did everything
possible over the last few months
to avoid this and it's too bad the
Iunion couldn't see its way clear