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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-28
Fother Tells How Son
Died in Indiono Blast

WHITING. Ind. Aug. ~ R.-
A grieving father today told how
one Of his young sons was killed
and another critically injured
by the Standard Oil Co. Qnd1
refinery explosion.
The blast blew a large chunk
of steel through the walls Of the
Frank Plewniak home. seven
blocks from the scene Of the
explosion. The flying metal
killed 3-year-old Richard Plew-
MAX and injured his brother.
Ronald. 8. as they slept. Rom
AIDS left leg was amputated.
MY wife and I were sleeping
when there was q terrific roar
that shook our home and
knocked the plaster on the
walls" Mr.. Plewniak. 50. told
newsmsn at st. GATHERINGS
Hospital.
Mr.. Plewniak and his wife.
Elizabeth. 81, suffered minor cuts
and bruises as plaster tumbled
from walls and ceilings in their
home.
IT rushed into the other bed
room where the two boys were
sleeping" he continued. "The
boys were on the bed and they
were covered with blood. A heavy
chunk Of steel had crashed
through the wall and hit them"
Late today doctors still were
striving to keep Ronald alive.
A Whiting housewife who was
shaken by the blast said she
thought the world had come to
an end.
II thought the sun had ex-
ploded and that this was the end
Of the world" said Mrs. Marga-
ret Sally, whose home is near
the plant. There was q terrible
noise and big red fash"
Many residents in the area
said they thought the city was
under an enemy air attack.
Gloria Dosen, II, said she
dashed to a window after being
thrown from her bed by the
force Of the blast.
II thought I heard two bombs
explode. Then there was a bright
red light. All Of the houses
looked red-real red"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-28

the other end Of the alley and
finally got here"
Way Home Blocked
Mr.. Hunter. q crane operator
for the Inland Steel Co. at nearby
Indiana Harbor. tried to return
to his home later but the way
was blocked by heat and flames,
At the center Mrs. Anna Halus-
ka told newsmen:
I'VE thought it was the end
of the world. The house shook
violently. Plaster fell and ]
could hear the sound of breaking
glass as the house rocked. Our
five children screamed. Frank
and / rushed to their beds and
got them out as fast as we could -
Mrs. Haluska and her husband.
Andrew, a gas station employee,
and their children escaped from
the scene, but their home was
jolted from its foundation.
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Negro pupils made known. These
officials believe the lag is ex-
plainable by the oversize classes
that long prevailed In colored
schools, the migration here Of
many poorly prepared children
from the South. and other cul-
tural and social handicaps, and
that indignation itself will do
much to overcome it.
Similar Picture in '49
The achievement lags among
both Negro and white students
also are nothing new. A picture
very similar to the present one
was painted by the published
report on a survey headed by
DR.. George D. Strayer, formerly
of Teachers College, Columbia
University, in 1949.
Some officials said they felt If
such lags had been made better
known to the public. through
regular publication of test re-
suits. the community would have
done more to make up the
school systems lacks. and the
achievement record by now
would be much better.
Another point made by several
officials was that many of the
achievement lags are duplicated
in other cities and there is no
reason, therefore, for Washing
tons school system to be super
sensitive about them. Reading
retardation, for example, is a.
Nation wide problem.
Policy Due for Review
Subordinate officials said they
did not wish to take issue with
DR.. Corning.
However. several said that the.
whole policy of handling test
data is due for review soon under
the current reorganization.
DR.. Irene Hypps. assistant SUI
pertintendent who has been
placed in charge of testing, said
she will recommend making peri
odic public disclosures of test
results, along with suitable ex-l
plantations.
Another official predicted that
regardless of what the school
system itself would prefer to do
the public will insist on being
given more information.
II think we'll have to tell
them. I think we ought to-
this official said.
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from which nearly 1000 families
had been evacuated by Red
Cross workers, national guards
men and police. These flaming
sallies were checked with sand
bikes, and finally were extin-
guished.
Police said that the disaster
struck at tbs am. EST. at a
time when only a small fraction
of the 5000 plant workers were
on their jobs.
In a statement at II o'clock
(E.D.T.) tonight. plant manager
A. F. Enders said: THE fire is
not spreading. 1t appears to be
contained and covers no greater
area than it did about five hours
ago. The actual area Of fire has
been reduced"
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gardless Of how many shares
he owned.
Oliver Stone, president Of the
Potomac Cooperative Fedora
ton and a local attorney. said
his groups thinking is that any
new transit cooperative would
retain streetcars as well as buses,
at least for the immediate future.
At the meeting next Thursday
night, he said, Mr.. Bierwagen
would discuss possibilities from
the transit union mems view
point; Mr.. Hankin would speak
on overall problems involved.
and others would talk from view
points Of the Capital Transit
Co. hite-collar workers and OF
the transit-riding public"
Mr.. Bierwagen said one factor
in whether Capital Transit's
present employees - union and
non-union-might be interested
sis the question Of how many
substantial people in the COM
munity, business people and
civic leaders, are interested IN
some kind of participation"
Another problem that would
have to be worked out 20 far as
the union is concerned. he said,
is q possible conflict Of interest
with union members being in
volved in the management.
Strong Possibility
Asked to evaluate the idea,
Mr.. Bierwagen said it was Ger
tainly q strong possibility" but
wanted to 60 no further than
that at this time.
Mr.. Hankin said he would dis
cuss the new idea in a broadcast
over Station WUST at $50 am
today.
He said some initial discus
sions had been held informally
with business, labor and CO.
operative leaders here. but
stressed that the idea had de-
veloped only within the last few
days and are only of IAN ex-
ploratory nature we're going
slow to get all the facts"
In The Stars Letter to the
Editor columns last July 8, Mr.
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Retreat for ChupIoins

HEIDELBERG, Aug. q R.-
Three Methodist, bishops are
coming from the United States
next month to conduct a religious
retreat for Methodist chaplains
of the United States Army. They
iare Bishops G. Bromley Oman,
Washington. D. c.; Gerald H.
Kennedy, Los Angeles, and
Hazen G. Werner, Ohio. The
retreat will be September 1916
lat Berchtesgaden.
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Hankin attacked Capital Tran
sits earnings as being more than
the reasonable return" intended
for public utilities and said what
the transit system needed was a
more economical operation, bet
ter service and reduction in
fares.
Since leaving the Public Utili-
ties Commission, Mr.. Hankin
has been an Interior Department
attorney and is now practicing
law here.
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LAS T

Continued From First Page
struck at 7:15 am. EST, at q
(EDT) tonight, plant manager
flowed into the sewer mains of
Whiting, and some was sluiced
into the Calumet Sag ship chan
mel to disperse and divert it.
At one time, burning oil surged
across the highway toward the
blast-shaken residential area
Evening star., 1955-09-28
|AirIines Moy Cut
Fares for MiIitury
By the Assoeiated Prssa

The Civil Aeronautics Board
has drafted and is studying q
proposed new rule to permit air
lines to offer reduced-fare va.
cation travel to United States
military personnel overseas.
ut appears that the available
|ity of reduced-rate transporta-
ton to members Of our armed
forces desiring to visit their
homes and families would, by
improving morale. clearly aid
the national defense" the CAB
said In an explanatory statement.
1t added that Pan American
World Airways and Trans World
Airlines recently expressed a de-
sire to make Substantial rate
reductions" for furloughed mill
'tary personnel.
The board does not deem it
necessary. at this time, to pre-
scribe any minimum levels for
such concessions" it said, but
added the fares should cover
the out-of-p costs actually
incurred in moving this traffic.
The board gave interested par
ties until October 27 to submit
comments on the proposal.
Evening star., 1955-09-28
Thomas to Rule on Lundy;
Discusses Case With Nixon

All the hearings and other in
vestigations have been COM
pleted. he added.
Secretary Thomas emphasized
his visit to Mr.. Nixon's office
early this afternoon was mot
seeking his advice on the Landy
case" He declined to reveal
what opinion. if any, Mr.. Nixon
expressed on the case. But he
declared that his own decision
was not being influenced by Mr..
Nixon.
There has been so much pub
hcity in the Landy case" Mr..
Thomas said, ''that ! thought 1t
important enough to bring 1t to
Mr.. Nixon's attention and to dis
cuss 1t with him. In my endeayor
to do the right thing I thought
this was appropriate"
At graduation exercises at the
Merchant Marine Academy on
Long Island several weeks ago,
1t was disclosed that Mr.. Landy,
although an honor graduate. had
been denied q commission in
the Naval Reserve because his
mother was formerly a member
of the Communist Party.
Evening star., 1955-09-28
THE EVENING STAR, washington, D. c. :. b

surely have my cooperation. ;"
eOne phase Of your program
gives me serious concern" Mr..
Corbett declared. Insofar aa
! am aware. prior to the infofs
NAL meeting last week. no mern-
bers Of the subcommittee (cer-
tainly ! can vouch for the n1i-
|nority) had been afforded an
opportunity either to approve
the plan you proposed or to offer
suggested improvements or mod
ifications. -
II consider the effort you plan
too significant and potentially
of too great value to be endan-
gered by inadequate subcommit-
tee support or Endorsement, and
] therefore most earnestly urge
that you convene the subcon-
mittee swiftly In order that each,
member may, to the extent de-
sired. contribute to the success
OF the undertaking." -
Evening star., 1955-09-28

agencies had been informed OF
the program outlined.
Question Fixed Figure
II should be less than candid" !"
Mr.. Corbett told the subcommit-
tee chairman In his telegram to-
day. '.if ! failed to express my
view that we cannot expect to
achieve a 10 per cent slash In
personnel levels in each agency
lof Government.
The needs and activities and
degree Of efficiency Of the vari-
Gus agencies are too dissimilar
to be susceptible of a fixed fig
|ure." he pointed out. Perhaps,
however, we can help the ad-
|ministration effect a reduction
that will average approximately
10 per cent Of the total Govern
nent rolls but varying above or
believe that figure In specific
agencies. To this end you win
Evening star., 1955-09-28

administration had moved '.in
exactly the same direction Is you
propose for the subcommittee,
sharply reducing the Govern
ment payroll and eliminating
duplicating and unnecessary
Government jobs.
II agree that our subcommit-
tee can perhaps accentuate the
administrators continuing eff
forts to economic and assist adj
|ninistrators In locating still
larger savings without injury
Ieither to our national security
|or essential Government func-
|tions. suspect we can also de-
|yelop constructive suggestions in
respect to existing legislative re-
|quirements that prevent many
departments and agencies from
|effecting savings they would
otherwise make.
Mr. Corbett had attended the
recent meeting on Capitol Hill
where many representatives Of
the executive departments and
Evening star., 1955-09-28
Ex-Morine to Confer
Over Lapse in Pension

District pay Is $4,000 a year
declared the law was liberalized
last August 4 to permit earnings
up to $4,000. At that time. he
said. his pension payments Of
$2l6 q month were resumed but
were being diverted by the
Marine Corps to paying OF the
sl3.49l which the Corps wants
repaid.
He said the Marine Carps ex-
poets the dept win be paid by
10, 1861. He said he has
offered to sign over his $l00. 900
life insurance policy to the
Marine Corps in exchange for
resumption of pension payments.
What bothers Mr.. McGrory
most is his argument that he
retired as an enlisted man in
l949 and therefore believed he
was not affected by the Dual
Compensation Act. However. he
said. six months after he retired
he was promoted to the rank Of
commissioned warrant officer,
the rank he held during World
War II. and the pension decision
was based on that promotion.
Evening star., 1955-09-28

Martin A. McGrory, assistant
superintendent of the District
Receiving Home. will confer to-
morrow with the legal adviser
OF the Retired Ofiicers' Associa-
tion in an attempt to get his
Marine Corps pension started
again.
Mr.. cGrory said he will con-
fer at 10 am. with Rear Admiral
Harold A. Houser. USN tret.)
He said the Marine Corps
stopped his pension last jan
ury, contending that he had not
been entitled to draw 1t while
working for the District Govern
ment from l949 through 1854
and earning more than $1,000 a
year.
Now. he said, the Marine Corps
wants back the $l3.49l paid
during that period.
Mr.. McGrory said his retire.
ment pension was stopped under
terms of the 1882 Dual Compen-
sation Act. which prohibits pen
sions to officers drawing more
than $1,000 q year in Federal
employment.
Mr.. McGrory, who said his
Evening star., 1955-09-28
Corbett Seeks
6. 0. ?. Hand in
Payroll Slash

Republican members Of a
House Civil Service subcommittee
should be given the right to act
lon details Of q subcommittee
drive to cut the Federal payroll
by 10 per cent before the pro-
gram is put into effect. Repre-
sentative Corbett. Republican OF
Pennsylvania urged today.
The ranking minority men,
ber Of the unit said he strongly
questioned the proposal to give
committee stan members the
right to interrogate and virtually
supervise executive branch Of
Evening star., 1955-09-28
CordeII Hull Memorial
Considered by 0. A. S.
BY the Associated Press

A special committee Of the
Organization Of American States
is considering erecting a memo
rial to the late Cordell Hull,
former Secretary of State.
The committee. established by
the OAS Council, has askss the
Pan-American Union for infor-
nation on existing memorials
within the Union grounds here
and how they were financed.
A decision is yet to be made on
the kind Of memorial to be
erected to Mr.. Hull, who was a
leading exponent of the good
neighbor" policy toward Latin
American countries.
Evening star., 1955-09-28

ficials without prior approval Of
the full subcommittee. and at
tendance of its members.
Mr.. Corbett asked Subcommit-
tee Chairman Davis. Democrat Of
Georgia, to convene the SUBJ
committee swiftly" to give the
members time TO study the en-
tire program, and contribute In
what way they chose toward
success of the plan to reduce the
payroll.
support Is Pledged
Pledging his support to the
overall purpose of the drive to
cut Federal expenses and bal
ance the budget. the Pennsyl-
|vaniail said he nad discussed the
"entire undertaking with key of
'ficials Of the executive branch. !"
THE executive branch Of our
Government" he wired MIR.
Davis. warmly welcomes both
your purpose and your evident
determination to accomplish real
results"
For three years. he said, the
Evening star., 1955-09-28

Secretary Of the Navy Thomas
disclosed today after a confer
ence with Vice President Nixon
that they discussed the case
Of John Landy. q Merchant Ma
rine Academy honor graduate,
who was refused a Naval Re-
serve commission because Of
q question Of loyalty Of his
mother.
The Navy Secretary told re-
porters that he expects to make
decision on Mr.. Landy's APP
peal sin the very near future. I"
Evening star., 1955-09-28
BUDDING ARTISTS AT CORCORAN

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seportra drawing by Leonard Maurer will direct this Saturday
the
attend painting modelling crafts
will am Photo
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US. Priest
Offers Mass
In Moscow

MOSCOW - The Christ Child
came &, Moscow on Christmas
through the hands of American Fa-
ther George Bissonette, who said
Midnight Mass in Spasso House, the
residence of United States Ambass-
ador and Mrs. Charles f. Bohlen.
Father Bissonetfe, an Asump-
ZIONIST Of Pswtueket. RI. is the
only American priest in the So
Wet capital. Neither this Christ
mas nor last was he allowed TO
offer Mass in the Church of ST..
Louis OF the French, because
this ehUreh-fhe only Catholic
church in Moscow-has been clos.
ed TO him by Soviet authorities.
Only one other Mass was report
ed in Moscow. This was a Mid
night Mass said at the Church of
St Louis of the French, by Father
Josef Butorovich Adamovich, a
Latvlan priest who came to Mos
COW in 1949 and was designated by
the Soviet Minister of Religion TO
take over as pastor of the church.
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where until we become Christian.
Real Christianity would not
merely contain communism. And
il would not merely roll commun-
ism back, 1t would convert the
COmmunists-enough of them, at
lease, to transform the world.
WHEN WE REFUSE to open the
doors of the nations to the refugees
and the excess populations"-an-
other term | hate-we play into
the hands of the Communists.
There ought to be an enormous
program, under the UN, with the
cooperation OF all the free ma
tions, TO find living room for peo-
pie who want a chance in life.
There ought to be, but there isn't,
And the "pressures' build up and
up. Unless something is done, they
will break the dikes of the world
some day-all because of unchar.
ity.
If there's anything you can do
to ease immigration restrictions
on earth, do it. At the very least
you can pray.
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Catholic Employers
Launch Family
Allowance system

GEORGETOWN. British Guiana
---fNC) - A family allowance sys-
tenn has been started here by a
group of firms belonging to the
Association of Catholic Employers
and Executives
Under the plan employers will
pay to a central fund an entrance
fee 0f 81 for each OF their male
employees over 2l, and contrihu-
ton Of s2 month. Married EN-
ployees earning less than 5000 a
month will be entitled TO draw 50
4 month for each dependent child
under 10. provided there are more
than two children in the family.
This applies also to widowed moth
ers employed by any of the par
tieipating firms
The British West Indian dollar
Is worth about so cents in United
States money. Judged by American
standards. wages in this British
colony are low and the birth
rate is high, Recently the govern
ment fixed minimum wage for
store clerks al Si3 weekly,
The family allowance plan owes
It's inception largely 10 Bishop
Richard Lester Gully. ST. Vicar
Apostolic OF British Guiana, who
prior 10 his recent conservation
served as chaplain Of the Catholic
employers association.
A statement issued by the asSoei
stion said The plan was an entirely
spontaneous agreement on the part
of the employers concerned, ane
that the allowances were intended
10 supplement fair wages. Joining
the plan were eight firms, three ol
them oi large size, judged by loca
standards
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But we're walking with the men
who passed by the man on the
road to Jericho.
We're siding with the selfish
brother in the parable of the
Prodigal Son.
We're sitting with Dives, ignor-
ing The pleas of Lazarus for the
crumbs that fall from the table.
Population pressures" You can
say words like that until you're
blue in the face, and nothing hap
pens in your heart.
What we've got TO do is get it
into our heads that we've got
some responsibility for every hui
man being on earth.
Every man, woman and child is
Gods, and God will hold us to ac-
count for our treatment of them.
he WON'T BE ASKING US at
the Last judgment about popula-
ton pressures. He'll be asking
whether we helped our brothers
and sisters.
We haven't even scratched the
surface of the good we ought to
be doing.
We've got TO replace hatred and
indifference with love
We've got 10 heal the worlds
divisions.
We've got to get the nations or
ganized so that everybody on this
earth will have a fair chance in
life.
Why should Industrious folks go
hungry in Japan or Italy, or Pal
estine or anywhere else, when
there are vast areas uninhabited
and undeveloped?
G. K. cHEsTERToN once re
marked that il people suddenly
developed a sense of humor, they
would go about automatically full
filling the Sermon on the Mount
Well, this much is certain - if
the nations suddenly became char
table all mankind would enjoy
such prosperity as has never been
dreamed Of
Putting IL the other way around
Iii We don't become charitable,
we're going TO go on Furnishing
ourselves with frightful wars and
unimaginabie inhumanities and
denominations.
II won't be necessary for God
TO send fire and birthstone upon
us. Wen take care of that our
selves.
Every last tribulation ever suf
fered by any human being or by
millions. can be traced right back
10 somebody's lack of charity.
In the present case, it's col
! ieciive lack.
oU@ LACK or CHARITY is the
undefended gate through which
such movements as nazism and
communism enter TO rend the
world
Lack OF charity is the cause oi
our negativiSm, our Incidence, oui
weakness. II leaves us off balance
when the enemy unleashes hi:
shrewd blows,
We're all loudly anti-Communist
and sntithis and snti-that. It's no
enough. Wen get practically no
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the Ihter-American regional unit
of the international Confederation
of Free Trade Unions.
When the priests offered their
aid to the labor movement, Peron
could not tolerate this kind of ac-
tivity, said the periodical, "and
struck back with customary
methods of SANDER, innuendoes,
persecution and even arrests"
The Bulletin said the socially
minded" Argentine priests extend
ed their interest in purely NOR
al and spiritual advisory capacity
to some sectors of the labor move
ment, particularly in the provinc-
es OF Cardoba and Santa Fe"
The periodical said it was not
surprised at Peron's actions, add
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behind Peron's current move
against the Catholic Church"
In his statement, Mr.. Ganley had
said the real struggle is between
the dictator and the workers who
cherish freedom.
"A dictator can't stand having
anyone" Mr.. Ganley had said,
teach the Papal social encycli-
Gals. A dictator can't have anyone
speak up for democratic unions. A
dictator can't stand having anyone
form an association he can't con-
troll"
"Peron fears q free labor
movement. That is what is really
behind his charges" Mr.. GsnleY
said.
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ing that the organization had been
following, and condemning. the
Argentine dictatorship since 1947.
When we think of the con.
structive results Of the coopers-
tion with the Labor movement
given by elements OF the Csfho.
lie Church in Costa Rics. coIom-
bis, Chile, Gustemala, Paraguay,
British Honduras, Surinsm. and
other countries, we we'll under
stand the reasons for Peron's
hostility" the editorial said.
A statement by James F. Gan
ley, president of the Catholic La
Dor Alliance of Chicago, H., was
termed by the Bulletin zone OF
the best descriptions of the motives
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-01-07

GHENT, Belgium - NC)-The
first Carmel in Sweden is being
planned in Huddinge. near Stock
holm. by Belgian Carmelites here
on invitation of Monsignor David
Assarson, rector of Helsingborg
parish.
The constitution ban on monas-
teries of eontemplative orders in
Sweden was abolished in 1852.