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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-28
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-28
|NAACP Leader
Seized at Stution

! FLORENCE. S. c., Feb. % [P1.
Clarence Mitchell. director of
the Washington Bureau of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People,
was arrested here last night at
railroad station.
! Mr.. Mitchell said he had re-
fused to use an entrance pro-
Vided for Negroes.
A hearing on the case was
scheduled for $50 pm. today at
Recorders Court here, Mr..
Mitchell said police informed
him.
Mr.. Mitchell said he and the
Rev. Horace P. Sharper, pastor
of the First Baptist (Negro)
Church of Sumter. were ar
rested.
At the police station Mr.,
Mitchell posted SIT bond. The
same amount was set for MIR,
Sharper, whom police held in a
cell for about a~half hour until
bond was obtained.
Mr.. Mitchell said he saw no
sign specifying white and coll
ored entrance.
He spoke at an NAACP rally
at Sumter last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-28
Is Killed in Collision
Of Commuter Trains
Senator KiIgore, 63, Dies,
West Virginia Democrat

Senator Harley Martin Kill
gore of West Virginia. a New
Deal Democrat who had been
in the Senate for Is years: died
early today at Bethesda Naval
Hospital.
The 63-year-old former judge
suffered q cerebral hemorrhage
during the night and died at
1898 am. He had been a patient
at the hospital about two weeks.
having entered for a physical
checkup and treatment Of high.
blood pressure.
Late last week his recovery
was so good that plans were
being made for him TO 60 home.
On Saturday. however, he suf-
fered a stroke which then was
described as mild. But he was
in a coma most Of the time after
that and at the time of death
he was unconscious.
Headed Judiciary Committee
Senator Kilgore was chairman
of the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, one of the most influential
assignments in Congress. He
also was a member of the Ap-
preparations Committee.
With his death, the Democratic
majority in the Senate was re-
duced to a single seat. 10 to
~. 1t was assumed. however, that
the appointment of his successor
will restore the party lineup. The
appointment will be made by
Gov. Marland of West Virginia
who is a Democrat.
The vacancy left in the Judi
ciary Craftsmanship will be filled
by Senator Eastland of Missis-
sippi. the ranking Democrat.
Senator Kilgore was q close
associate of former President
Harry S. Truman. He followed
Mr.. Truman. then a Senator, as
chairman Of the World War II
Investigations Committee, which
was credited with saving the
Government millions of dollars
on contracts. During Mr.. Tru-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-28
NeHs Activities Spreod
Over 5 States, Probe Told
that Mr.. Nef did not discuss any
of the details with him.

that Mr.. Neff did not discuss any
of the details with him.
Pattern" Sought
The young lawyer was ques-
toned by committee counsel
Charles w. Steadman to estab-
fish "a pattern" of Mr.. Neff' S
activities.
Mr.. Gerdes said Mr.. Neff had
made a telephone call to Wyo-
ming but that he did not know
why the call was made or with
whom Mr.. Neff had talked.
He also related that he and
Mr.. Neff visited in Des Moines,
Iowa, and had a conference with
Robert Goodwin. Republican
national committeeman, center
ing around the merits Of the
gas bill. He said MIR.
Goodwin promised to ascertain
the attitude of Senator Hicken-
Hooper. Republican of Iowa. on
the legislation, but he believed
that Mr.. Goodwin never let Mr..
Neff know.
Mr.. Gerdes said he did not
remember that Mr.. Neff told
him. after a trip to South Da-
kota. that he had contributed
$4,000 to the Case campaign
fund.
Mr.. Neff testified that since
being retained as a lawyer by
Superior Oil last October he has
received $4,000 in fees up to
February l and $3.50 in ex-
penses.
$500 Not Delivered
Mr.. Neff also testified that
the $4,000 Mr.. Patman gave
him to be used as a second con-
tribution to the Nebraska Re-
publican Committee was not de-
livered.
In answer to questions by COM
counsel. Mr.. Neff said he
is using $1,000 of that for at
torneys representing him, that
he left $500 of it with his law
See LOBBY, Page AS
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Arlington Woman Called
Red Probe 'Perjurer'
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

Mrs. Helen Roark Hill Of Ar
Ilington, Va, associate chief stat
Iistician for the National Labor
Relations Board until April, 1854,
today was accused OF perjury by
a member of the House Un-
American Activities Committee.
Representative Scherer. Re-
publican of Ohio. said obviously
the witness perjured herself"
after she refused to say whether
she told the truth May IA. 1854.
in swearing to the committee
that she had never been a men,
her Of the Communist Party.
Mr.. Scherer recommended that
the transcripts of all Mrs. Hills
testimony be turned over to the
Justice Department for action.
Chairman Walter said the COM
mittee would meet in executive
session later to discuss the
matter.
Herbert Fuchs. former NLRB
solicitor who has admitted he
was an underground Communist
for more than decade. identi-
fed Mrs. Hill formerly Him
melfarb) as fellow member Of
a Red group in 4946 in testi-
mony last December.
Reveals Testimony
And today, Commute Counsel
=..chard Arens revealed that an
H. C. Armstrong testified be-
fore a loyalty board that he
had recruited Mrs. Hill. then
Helen Roark, into the Commu-
mist Party in her home State OF
Washington.
Mr.. Arens also disclosed that
Mrs. Hill left the Government
service April q. 1854. after hav-
ing been suspended under the
Eisenhower employee security pro-
gram.
Mrs. Hill, whose husband
Jerry. operates landscape
nursery in Arlington. was repre-
scented by Attorney Charles E.
Ford.
The attractively CARRIED wit
ness, nervous and soft-spoken.
conferred frequently with Mr..
Ford. She almost always replied
to committee questions with an
Of the Fifth Amend
ment. She even refused to say
whether her name had ever been
Himmelfarb. whether she had
previously testified before the
committee or had worked for
For this she drew warn
ing from Mr. Scherer that she
might be in contempt.
As to the May Ia, 1854. testi-
mony, which was given in eXecu-
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mans presidency, Senator Kill
gore was a frequent visitor to
the White House.
Stevenson Shocked
Adlai Stevenson described him
today as IAN old friend" In New
York, the presidential aspirant
said he was distressed and
shocked to learn of his death.
The Senator's administrative
assistant, Harold c. Miller, is
sued a statement expressing the
shock of the Office staff.
HE Was truly a great man"
said Mr.. Miller. land his passing
viii be deeply mourned by his
thousands Of friends and sup
porters not only in West Vir-
ginia and the Nation, but also
throughout the world"
Senator Kilgore went on an
inspection tour Of Europe and
the Middle East last fall. He be-
came i'll in Madrid and was hos
pitalized there for high blood
pressure.
AS Senator Mr.. Kilgore spon-
Continued on Page AS. Col. 1
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Ex-Wife Wins
S5O,000verdicI
Says Heiress Stole
Cob Driver Husband

A woman who charged her
Itaxicab driver husbands affec-
Itions were stolen by an heiress
today got a $4,000 verdict from
ia District Court jury.
Mrs. Louise A. Schauer, SO. OF
1000 Eighth street Sc, was
awarded $37.50o for alienation
of her husbands affections and
!$l2.500 on an adultery count,
known as criminal. converse
ton"
The verdict was against Mrs
Josephine Schauer. who married
Robert George Schauer, the cab
driver. eight days after Mrs.
Louise Schauer divorced him in
1883. Attorneys said it was Mrs.
Josephine Schauer's fifth mar
riage.
Mrs. Louise Schauer said she
was washing clothes when a Star
reporter called to ask whether a
photographer might take her
picture.
Inherited 100000
Mrs. Josephine Schauer in
herited an estate Of more than
100000 from her father, the
late George Bernard, a New York
real estate man. according to
testimony at the trial. 1t was
also testified that she has an
income of some $500 a month
and that part of her property is
! a portion of the land on which
the Hotel Martinique in New
York is located.
The jury found that the de-
fendant. the former Mrs. Jo-
Isephine Fuller. alienated Mr..
Schauer's affections while he
was married to Mrs. Louise
Schauer.
Mrs. Louise Schauer was mar
ried to Mr.. Schauer in 1892 and
has seven children, ranging in
age from 4 to % years. Mrs.
Josephine Schauer is the mother
of a 25-yeor-old son and 7-year-
old daughter.
!. Letters Introduced
The suit charged that the
alienation started in 1850. Dur
ing 1868. the suit alleged. Mr..
Schauer and the defendant
still Mrs. Fuller at the time
met in Atlantic City. Miami
Beach and Havana. 1t was testi-
fed at the trial that the then
Mrs. Fuller sent him money for
the trips.
Mrs. Josephine Schauer now
lives at 2102 Jameson street, Hill
See ALIENATION, Page AS
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Scores Injured
In Accident
Near Boston

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass, Feb. 20
P).-A four-car commuter train
of the Boston & Maine Railroad
ploughed into a second train,
halted outside the station yard
here today, killing Is persons.
BY l pm, five hours after the
wreck, Is bodies had been recov-
cred. Nine had been identified.
DR.. Joseph DiClerico of Ma
liant, district medical examiner.
said the total death list as far
as he knew would stand at 10.
Scores were injured as many
Iof the 1000 passengers were
thrown from their seats.
The collision came in blind
ing snoWstorm.
/ The rear car of the halted
train was splintered and turned
over.
Lead Car Torn Open
The lead car of the four-car
train of diesel-propelled Budd
Highliners was torn open like
a watermelon" in the words Of
one eyewitness.
A passenger in the halted
train, Warren S. Martin of Dam
vers, said the train was more
than 20 minutes late when it
left Salem, and stopped about a
quarter of a mile from the
! SWampscott station.
II heard the short blasts of a
whistle from another train, and
the next thing / knew we were
rammed," he said.
The halted train was en- route
from Portsmouth, N. H., to
Boston, and William H. Kirley,
an official of the state Public
Utilities Department, said it had
stopped at a home signal" out
side the Swampscott station
yard. 1t was not known i'm
mediately why it had stopped.
Other Ran Into 1t
The other train, on a Danvers-
to-BoSton run, ran into it," Mr..
Kirley said.
An immediate investigation Of
the crash was ordered.
Swampscott is about six miles
from Boston.
The injured, many Of them In
serious condition, were rushed to
hospitals in the vicinity as am
balances and doctors were hastily
summoned. Priests rushed to
the scene and later to hospitals
to administer rites of the Cath
Iolic Church.
A huge moving van was driven
down beside the tracks and the
bodies were placed in it.
Don Flynn. a Lynn Daily Item
reporter, said most of the dead
he saw were badly mangled. Most
of them were men.
The trains carried a high pro-
See TRAIN, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-28
NEW COMIC STRIP
BEGINS TOMORROW

Beginning tomorrow, The Evening
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"Dovid Crone" is the story Of O
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Obstacles he ond his young bride hod
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-28

A special Senate committee
today received testimony thai
activities of John M. Neff in
behalf of the natural gas bill
spread over a five-State area.
Paul j. Gerdes. Mr.. Neff'.
youthful law partner in Lexing-
ton. Nebr.. said Mr.. Neff made
visits or telephoned to South
Dakota. Nebraska. Montana
Wyoming and Iowa after the
firm was employed last October
by the Superior Oil Co.
This was the first disclosure
that Mr.. Neff's work for the oil
interest in behalf of the natural
gas bill had extended to Wyo-
mins and Iowa. .e
The testimony was taken as
the special committee. headed
by Senator George. Democrat Of
Georgia, neared the end Of ar
inquiry growing out of MIR. Neff's
efforts to contribute $4,000 tc
the campaign fund of Senator
Case, Republican of South
Dakota.
Other HighlightS
Other highlights of the hear
ing included:
/. Mr.. Neff. recalled as wit
ness. said he received a total OF
$500 for political contributions
from Elmer Patman. a Texas at
torney for Superior Oil. He said
the contributions were in three
amounts Of $4,000 each.
2. Joseph Wishart. chairman
of the Nebraska Republican
State Finance Committee. testi-
fed that Mr.. Neff, a stranger to
him, approached him in the
Mayfiower Hotel here and con-
tributed $500 for Republican
campaign efforts in Nebraska.
Mr.. Gerdes testified that calls
and visits by Mr.. Neff in the five
States were made. he assumed.
in behalf of the natural gas leg
islation. He added, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-28
IRobber GuiIIotined

PARIS. Feb. % (P.-Emile
Buisson, France public enemy
No. l.. was guillotined at dawn
today in the courtyard of Sante
Prison. The 54-year-old GRIM
inal was convicted of a series of
bank robberieS. murders and at
tacks. He had been in Jail since
1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-28

j tive session. Mr.. Arens asserted
that Mrs. Hill was asked wheth-
er she had ever been a member
Of the Communist Party and
had replied. mo. ! have not. -
Then he asked:
WAS that answer true?"
Il decline to answer or
grounds Of the Fifth Amend
ment." came the reply.
Mr.. Arens brought out that
the witness had denied member
ship In the Communist Party on
a Federal personnel affidavit
and to a loyalty hearing board.
Did you lie to this commit
tee under oath when you told
this committee you were not a
member Of the Communist
Party?"
Again, Mrs. Hill declined tc
answer on grounds Of possible
self determination.
Mrs. Selma Rein, wife of
Washington attorney David
Rein, preceded Mrs. Hill to the
stand. She refused to say
whether she was now or had
ever been a Communist. Both
she and her husband had been
identified as party members in
1916 by Mr.. Fuchs.
Lists u. S. Jobs
She said she worked for the
following Government agencies
as a statistician or economic
analyst in the 1916 period:
L a Dor Department, Securities
and Exchange Commission.
NLRB. Social Security and Farm
Security Administration. In ad-
dition. she said she worked for
the House Select Committee on
Interstate Migration as a re-
searcher and writer in 1910.
Under questioning. she said
that Nathan Gregory Silver
master. branded a Soviet spy by
Elizabeth Bentley. was my boss"
at FSA. She asserted that she
did not know whether Silver
master was a Communist and
stated testify. Il have not when
asked whether she had served
in a Communist party cell with
him.
Mrs. Rein. who made her re-
plies in strong clear voice, told
the committee she left the Gov
eminent ito raise a family" She
gave her address as 5066 Mac
Arthur boulevard NV.
Mr.. Rein. like Mr.. Fuchs a
former NLRB attorney. was
questioned by the committee last
week. He invoked the Fifth
on his alleged Com
Party Affiliations. He is
q law partner Of Joseph Forer.
who represented Mrs. Rein
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-28
Austrian Coalition
Asks May Is Election

VIENNA, Austria, Feb. % (F).
---Austria's two-party coalition
government, deadlocked over
questions Of naturalization of
industry, decided today to ask
dissolution Of Parliament and
hold new general elections on
May 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-28
House 10 Push
D. {. Tax Rise
$40 Million Ruise
In Levies Drafted
By DON S. WARREN

The House District Commute,
is expected to act within a few
days. probably next week. or
the Districts new $12 million
revenue measure put into drafi
form late yesterday by the Fis.
cal subcommittee of the House
and Senate District Committees
It calls for $40 million in new
taxes-on full year basis-anc
a 50 million increase in the Fed
eral payment.
This would raise the author.
lied Federal share from $40 mil.
lion to $50 million. just how
much the District gets in the
Federal payment will depend
upon congressional action eacf
year on the annual city appro.
priations bill.
While the authorized Fedora
share now is $40 million, Con.
gress actually gave the District
for the current fiscal year only
$18 million. This was at the
Iinsistence Of the House which
last year initially sought to slice
81 million from the authorized
$40 million.
Lists Tax Increases
The measure, drafted by the
fiscal subcommittee headed BY
Representative Smith, Democrat
of Virginia, and Senator Bible
Democrat of Nevada, calls for
these tax increases:
Income tax:
The basic exemption is re-
duced from $4,000 to $1,000 for
an individual and $4,000 for a
married couple A deduction of
$500 is allowed for dependents.
Withholding would begin october
! for residents Of the District.
The withholding plan would not
apply to residents of Maryland
or Virginia who work in the
District. The increases will be
forgiven for the first half of 1855.
Present rates will be continued:
az per cent on the first $4,000 of
taxable income. ranging up to 4
per cent on $4,000. Two new
top brackets are added-4Ia per
cent on the next $4,000 and S
per cent on taxable income in
excess of 5000.
The income tax changes are
expected to bring in an addi-
tional $34 million in the next
Continued on Page AS, Col. 3
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Sunny. windy and colder today. fair and
colder tonight. low %. Fair and cold
tomorrow. tFull report on Page A-20
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Temperatures Today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-27
10 Railroads Seek to End
Freight Rate DifferentioI

the 10 railroads filed their an
nouncement with Edgar v. Hill,
chairman of the Traffic Execu-
tive Association Eastern Rail-
roads. The tariffs will soon be
filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission, they said.
Traffic Lost
The traffic officers said the
railroads serving the ports in
volved are convinced they have
lost a considerable volume of
traffic because of the unequal
rate situation.
The inland rate differential
was set many years ago when
ocean transportation charges to
and from the ports of Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Norfolk and
Newport News were higher than
to New York, Boston and the
Canadian ports.
Since 1885, however, ocean
freight charges to and from all
Eastern seaports have been
placed at the same level. Thus,
the traffic executives stated,
there is no practical reason for
continuing to penalize the
Northern ports with the burden
of unqualified freight rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-27
MichieonNegroesC Charge
Bios, Quit Convention

DETROIT, April 81 (P.-
Negro delegates walked out of
the Michigan Democratic Party's
1st congressional district con-
vention in Detroit last night,
claiming the party organization
refused to give them adequate
recognition.
The convention elected four
delegates and two alternates to
the Democratic National Con-
vention in Chicago August l3.
Jesse L. Smith, Negro. was
chosen among the delegates, but
the Negro group demanded at
least two delegates.
District Vice Chairman Walter
Bates, jr.. led the walkout. He
grabbed a microphone and an
nounced they were leaving be-
cause of unfair treatment" The
group issued statement saying
Negroes had been pushed
around long enough"
The District has been a Demo-
cratic stronghold since early
New Deal days. The population
is 40 per cent colored, including
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-27
Area Police PorIey Set
June Lon Youth, Crime

In another move to combat
juvenile crime, a conference tc
coordinate activities of ares
police Jurisdictions will be called
sometime after June 7.
Inspector John E. Winters
head of the Metropolitan Police
Departments Youth Aid Divi-
sion, said the meeting will be
held at Municipal Center after
conclusion of the departments
Juvenile training school.
To Fight Roaming ViOIatOrs
From the talks police author
tiles hope to eliminate one of
the obstacles to fighting teen
age unlawfulness. They will set
up plans for exchanging records
on violators.
Police have experienced con-
siderable difficulty with juveniles
who commit crimes III one juris-
diction, then move into another
for additional offenses. BY CO.
ordinating activities, police could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-27

have access to criminal records
throughout the entire area, and
thus clamp down harder on
habitual violators.
Growing concern about the
juvenile problem has been re-
flected in the Metropolitan de-
partment's school for training
police in juvenile work. In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-27

the Oldest established Negro resi-
dental district on Detroit's East
Side. The district also includes
the Polish community of Ham
tramck.
Some Negroes attending the
district convention threatened
privately to go over to the Re-
publicans.
The first district convention
split on racial lines. Negroes
were seated on one side of the
convention hall. whites on the
other.
In the background of the split
was a move by Negroes to replace
the districts present Democratic
Congressman. T ddeuS M.
Machrowitz, with a Negro. Miss
Cora M. Brown, Michigan's first
Negro woman State Senator, is
opposing Mr.. Machrowicz' bid
for denomination.
Negroes described the fight as
one of long duration" in the
district. Their statements said
the battle for Justice" was be-
tween Negro and white Polish
elements,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-27
Man Held in KiIIino
In Dice Come Row

Leroy Cromartie. %, of the SOC
block Sixth street NE, was
charged early today with the
Staying of a friend in an argu-
ment over a dice game.
Police said Matthew Marsh, Al
colored. of 1854 Corcoran street
NV, was found in the hallway
of Cromartie's apartment house
with bullet wound in his chest.
Before he died police said, Marsh
named Cromartie, colored, as his
aSSailant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-27

third and final eight-week school
now in progress. Prince Georges
County for example has enrolled
90 policemen.
Some of the nearby jurisdic-
tons. including Prince Georges,
has not yet set up a juvenile unit.
The conference is expected to
discuss the need for juvenile
units in all departments.
To Attend Police Course
Inspector Winters, who will
preside at the conference, also
announced that Capt. John
Ryan, head of the juvenile squad,
will attend the University of