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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
By GERALD WARING

Want to know how to beat
the books in baseball?
A couple Of years ago gam
bling syndicate decided such
knowledge would be q distinct
asset In betting on the World
Series. The gamblers put the
problem UP to DR.. Lawrence
Rosenfeld, q young mathe-
matician who works in a lab
oratery at Cambridge, Mass.
DR.. Rosenfeld's job was to
find q sure-fire system Of bet
ting on baseball with little
chance Of losing and a long
range mathematical certainty
Of winning. It took him three
months to discover that the
way to turn the odds against
the bookmakers is to bet on
the home team whenever It is
the unoeroog.
During the World Series last
fall the syndicate ventured
$4,000 on the Resented sys-
TEN and won more than $780,
900. DR.. Rosenfeld himself
wagered $500 and won $500.
He began his study because
1t was IAN interesting prob
lem" he said-not because he
wanted to make Q lot of money
in q hurry. He even refused
payment for his work because
there seemed TO be something
highly unethical about the
whole thing"
What ! did" DR.. Rosenfeld
said, was find the systematic
bias Of the bookies and ex-
plot 1t. I looked for the dis
crepancy between the statisti-
cal probability that q team
would win. and the odds the
bookies gave the team"
In baseball betting, Mr.. Ro-
senfeld explained, the bookie
10 an honest broker" work
ing on q 3 per cent commission.
He is q middleman. not a gam
bier. He wants his bets one
way covered by his bets the
other way.
Chonce for q Killing
People have a tendency to
bet on the fayorite. so often
the bookies have to create un-
real odds to encourage bettors
to wager on the underdog. in
order to hedge all the books
commitments.
DR.. Resented found that
when the books odds and the
statistical probabilities vary by
more than 3 per cent-the
bookie's com mission-and
when either partly or wholly
as q result Of the bookie,s ar
bitrary action the home team
becomes the underdog, the
chances are best for a scien-
tific bettor to make q killing.
In reaching this deduction,
DR.. Resented first identified
eight variable factors which,
when correlated. determine the
statistical likelihood that
Team A will beat Team b.
They are: Whether Team
A is playing at home or away;
whether it Is underdog or
favorite; the distribution of
the number Of consecutive
losses and consecutive wins Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
FRANCE
Socialist MoItet
Attempts to Form
Coalition Cabinet

France plunged into another
chapter of confused national
government last week with
President Rene Coty's nomina-
ton of Socialist Guy Mollet to
form a new cabient. Twenty
two cabinets have come and
gone since World War II. M.
Mollet's attempt to form the
23d is the first since the Ma
tional Assembly election last
January 2.
The Socialist premier -desig-
nate and ex-Premier Pierre
Mendes-France had formed Q
Republican Front for the elec-
ton, and produced a block OF
about 100 seats, far from a ma
jority of the 596-seat Assem-
bly,, but formidable enough In
the fragmented Assembly line.
up to win M. Coty's nomina-
ton.
Two main problems face M.
Mollet, aside from the one Of
working out o platform. He
must find a suitable place for
M. Mendes- France, who has
quite a reputation as q prima
donna. M. Mollet must also
find some graceful way to ac-
cept Communist support
necessary, quite probably. for
his confirmati on-without &C.
cepting Communist deputies
into his cabinet. M. Mollet is
stoutly Communist.
nj. endes-France has been
holding out for the post Of
Foreign Minister. M. Mollet,.
however, has been trying to
get his collaboration TO take the
Economic Affairs Ministry. A
compromise sometimes men,
toned is to make M. Mendes-
France vice premier, where he
could roam about the govern
ment.
1t is not clear how many
policy concessions the Com
rnunists viii demand before
they give M. Mollet their sup
port. They are asking places
In the cabinet, but few expect
them to stick to these demands.
NJ. Mollet is actually planning
q moderate policy of economic
reform and settlement for
Algeria, because he realizes
that more drastic Socialist So
buttons have no chance Of
gaining support from Assem-
blymen in the center right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
By GENE GOODWIN

II representation In the
Maryland General Assembly
pere reapportioned In more or
less the pattern set by the Fed
eral Congress. the number Of
legislators from Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties
would just about double. But
the biggest urban concentra-
ton - Baltimore City - would
not gain much strength.
strangely enough.
Under the theory of repre-
sentation In Congress. the Sem
ate, with It's two Senators from
each Of the AZ States. repre-
sents the geographical areas Of
the country. while the House
of Representatives Is appor-
toned according to population
and its membership of 435 is
re-divided after each l0-year
national census.
Maryland started out with
that same theory. The 1867
convention that drafted the
present State Constitution
provided for q Senate, made
up of a Senator from each Of
the counties and Baltimore
city legislative districts. and a
House of Delegates. appor-
toned on the basis of popula-
ton.
But failure to reflect popula-
ton changes in the more
heavily populated areas since
1922 has made q farce of
the proportional representa-
ton theory in Maryland's
House of Delegates.
To-day. 10 rural counties
with only % per cent Of the
States population can put to-
gether a majority OF So of the
1913 votes in the lower cham
Der. The combined popula-
ton of the IL least populous
counties Is about equal to
Montgomery County and less
than Prince Georges. These
IL counties have IL Senators
and n Delegates. Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges each
has / Senator and 6 Delegates.
These comparisons are SUBJ
stantiated in the table below.
showing how the House of
Delegates might be reappor-
toned on the basis of last
years population figures If the
United States House of Rep
resentatives were used as a
guide.
Big Areas Short choneed
You will note that Balti-
more, Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties are the
most under-represented areas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
MARYLAND
Large Counties Want
More Representation

In the Maryland House. Dor
chester. Somerset. Talbot and
Calvert Counties have the
most delegates per, capita.
You also will note that under
the Federal-type reapportion-
ment, the disparity between
the county with the highest
population per Delegate DOR
chester's 27.91D and the
lowest lCalvert's 12.948l would
be much less severe than the
present gap between Baiti-
more County's 55.059 and
Calvert's Gaia.
But there Is only one word
for any Maryland reapportion-
ment proposal that would
make sense. That word is
mythical"
Reapportionment bills have
been put before virtually every
session Of the Legislature in
the last 10 years. The small
county boys who would be
hurt by such reform always
have been able TO defeat the
proposals with little difficulty.
There Is no reason to be-
lieye that the situation will be
any different in the 1856 short
session scheduled to convene
in Annapolis Wednesday.
One Prince Georges delegate
said frankly that he wasn't
going to waste his time intro
ducing or even working for Q
reappOrtionment bill until
enough Of the smaller coun-
ties become big counties to
make the effort worthwhile.
The Only Hope
Short of an unexpected ges-
ture of fair play and selfless-
ness on the part Of small
county leaders, hope for re-
apportionment in the not too
distant future, ironically
enough, might lie in the same
constitutional amendments that
set the stage for the present
state Of disproportion.
A 1922 amendment provided
that counties and city dis
tricts would get the following
number of delegates according
to their population: Less than
l8,000--2: 10000 to 28.00o-3;
$4,000 to 40,000-4: 10000 to
55,000-5; over 5,000-6.
However. a 1850 amendment
pushed through the Legisla-
ture by the smaller counties
ana sold (by some miracle) to
the people with the argument
that the Legislature couldn't
get any larger-froze the mem
bership OF the House at 1873.
The table shows how this
freeze has adversely affected
Baltimore. Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties.
Eventually it will hit some
more of them.
There are two ways reap
portionment can be brought
about.
One Is by straight Constitu-
tional amendment, which re-
quires a three fifths vote Of
the Legislature and approval
by referendum.
Another way is by calling a
Constitutional Convention to
rewrite the whole document.
Here's the table:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
Farm Belt Leaders Hit
Port-Tine Hoyshokers

I'VE don't keep track Of the
details Of his farm operation, I"
said Murray Snyder. assistant
presidential press secretary.
IAN that Is highly personal
like the Presidents wardrobe. !"
Mr.. Snyder explained.
One Of Senator BLENDERS
biggest complaints regarding
gentlemen farmers Is that they
are able to write OF their farm
losses against the taxes Of
their businesses. A provision
in the Internal Revenue Act
permits a maximum deduction
Of $4,000 annually in i've con-
secutive years for farm losses.
Senator w. Kerr Scott. q
lifelong farmer himself and
former Commissioner Of Agri-
culture and Governor OF North
Carolina, has suggested that
the $50, 900 deduction figure be
reduced to 5000.
A Southerner on the House
Agriculture Committee agreed
that the tax write-ofI feature
no doubt has drawn many city
slickers into farming. But the
overriding attraction, he feels.
is "a desire to own land" just
for the sake Of owning it. Even
businessmen several genera
tons removed from the farm
often have impulses ITO return
to the soil." he said, and
added: "You know it's q won
derful feeling to own just q
little bit of this old earth
Just a little bit you can call
your very own"
DiIettonts Cowboys
Senator Ellender said that
when the cattle market broke.
we found many business people
who had no business in agri-
culture raising beef cattle In
abundance and this was o
great factor in causing over
production" He said part-time
farmers find cattle growing
especially attractive. and that
too many others 60 into wheat.
The Louisiana Senator said
that, during Agriculture Com
mittee hearings held last year
in many parts of the country.
I'VE heard witnesses all
through 20 States complain
about gentlemen farmers. In
the Northwest the big dam
contractors who made big
money from the Government
bought huge tracts, rented
equipment. hired labor. worked
the land and never visited 1t
and, Of course. their crops
contributed heavily to the sur
pluses."
Last year Agriculture Sec
rotary Benson suggested max
ing loans to part-time farm
erS-there are an estimated
$4,000 Of them In the country
but the Senate Agriculture
Committee turned thumbs
down on this.
This kind OF operation
definitely ought to be dis
couraged," Senator Ellender
said. II believe Government
aid to farmers should be linn
tied to farmers dependent on
the soil for their livelihood"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
TRANSIT
Authority Bill Is Sent
To Hill; Mcmillan
Wants WoIfson Back

Come home; all is for
given"
This was the message sent
indirectly last week to Louis
E. Woifson. the Florida and
New York industrialist whose
Capital Transit Co. was being
snatched out from under him
by act of Congress effective
August II, 1856.
The message came from
Representative John L. Nc
MILAN, South Carolina Demo-
crat who heads the House
District of Columbia Commit
tee. Mr.. Mcmillan announced
Friday his intention to intro
duce a bill restoring to Capital
Transit the charter and fran
chise which Congress took
away more in anger than in
sorrow last summer, during
the strike.
Mr.. Mcmillan had an ex-
PLANTATION for his proposal.
He said he was opposed to
public operation of transit in
Washington.
This, while undoubtedly the
truth. was not necessarily the
whole truth. A public transit
authority bill had been sent
to Congress earlier in the
week. BY means of parlia-
mentary maneuvering. the
measure was referred to the
more sympathetic House In
terstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee, rather than
to Mr.. McMillan's District
Committee. Mr.. Mcmillan,
most observers believed. was
rniffed.
The South Carolinian had
little logic on his side in offer
ing Capital Transit's return to
Mr.. Wolfson. He said he
didn't believe 1T Congress
were willing to restore his
franchise. that Mr.. Wolfson
would just walk out and
leave us with no mass trans
portation next August Is"
Representative Mcmillan did
not say why he held such q
belief.
Wolfson's Profit
AS a matter Of fact, Mr..
Wolfson stands to make more
money by getting out Of town
than by staying. And he prob
ably would make more by
allowing his properties to be
condemned by a transit au-
thority than by selling them
on the open market. Whatever
he makes at the death Of
Capital Transit will be sub
ject to only the 25 per cent
long term capital gains tax.
1t seemed doubtful that.
even II Mr.. Wolfson would
take a franchise extension as
a gift. the Senate would be
willing to bestow 1t on the
flnancier. Far more likely
was a sympathetic hearing on
a public transit authority bill.
But against the authority
bill, organized labor's hardest
pitchers were warming UP In
the bull pen. The measure sent
to Congress by the District
Commissioners last week would
deny to transit workers their
most valuable weapon-the
right to strike.
August IA was getting a.
hours closer every day. There
was no immediate solution In
sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
VIRGINIA
by ALEX r. PRESTON
star star Correspondent

RICHMOND.-W here are
the Young Turks" who fiexed
their muscles and successfully
pulled of a rebellion in the
General Assembly two years
ago?
The answer is that they
probably are back. in substan-
TALLY the same numbers at
the current session, quietly
reaping the rewards OF their
earlier efforts.
A strong suspicion of this
was practically verified late
last week. That was when
Chairman Howard II. Adams
Of the House Appropriations
Committee, called the Young
Turk rebellion of 1854 "a
blessing in disguise"
Mr.. Adams, who customar-
lily introduces the administra-
tons budget bill, is conserva-
tive in his statements.
He conceded, 1.-THE younger
members who led the revolt
had right much influence in
accomplishing" two things:
The Governors recommen-
dalton that the Byrd automa-
tic tax credit act be repealed.
A record 1885 million budg-
ct in which more than $62 mil
lion would be spent on capt.
tai needs of State agencies,
including universities. mental
institutions and hospitals.
In a historic closing session
of the 1854 Assembly. the
Young Turks held out for
capturing some 81 million due
to be refunded to income tax
payers under the Byrd law.
They wanted the money used
for universities, hospitals and
mental institutions.
A PortioI Victory
The effort was strongly re-
sisted by the Democratic or
ganization, the Young Turks
finally emerged with only 81
million out Of the 81 million.
In urging repeal Of the Byrd
tax credit act to the present
legislature, Gov. Stanley rec
ognized that the State has no
financial reserves to fall back
on, largely because Of that act.
During the last five years,
about $40 million has been
credited to Taxpayers sum
which might otherwise have
accumulated In surpluses.
One result is that the leg
islature has been asked to &C
CELEBRATE payments Of income
taxes. II enacted, this means
payments will be made on De-
cember 5 on income earned
In 1866 and again on the fol-
lowing April is on income
earned in 1866. This same
gimmick is in effect this year
In Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
MARYLAND

Elm a majority OF States. city
diuellers outnumber the ctti-
Gems OF rural areas. Yet in
most States the rural roterS
are overwhelmingly In control
OF one legislative house. and
ouerWeiohted. II not dominant,
in the other. Legislative
neglect of urban communities
has led more and more people
to look to Washington for
more and more OF the services
and controls they desire. -
Report OF Commission on IN
tergorernment1l Relations to
President Eisenhower, June 90.
1855.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
REVIEW OF
THE WEEK

Continued From Page A-25
Those who propose to mix
the races in our public schools
had might as well try TO dip
the Atlantic dry with . tea
spoon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29

NoTEPopuoton esmees for 1855 Maryland
ts Tor Montgomery Prince Georges counss
supplied by Merond Noono copie Park end Pionnins
Commission.
The Arizona post., 1956-12-07
Obituaries

Mr.. Max Rechtman, ga, a
resident of Tucson for two
years, died last Saturday in a
local hospital.
He was a retired merchant,
coming here from New York
City. He leaves his wife, Re-
becca, and a father, Albert, of
Los Angeles. Funeral arrange
ments were made by Brings
Funeral Home. Burial will be
in Los Angeles.
The Arizona post., 1956-12-07

very popular and a large audi
ence is expected on Monday
evening.
A total of II lectures will be
offered, including a concert of
Jewish Music Through the
Ages, with Cantor Maurice
FalkoW as soloist, and Dr.
Bertha Breger as narrator.
There is a registration fee of
S1.OO for the entire series.
Other lectures and dates are
as follows:
Dec. 17-Rashi. Lecturer
Rabbi Marcus Breger.
Jan. 14-Judaism and It's In
fluance on Law. Lecturer
Mr.. Hymen D. Goldberg.
Jan. 28-Lincoln and the
Jews. Lecturer-Mr. Sidney
Weissberger. Religion and
Mental Hygiene. Lecturer
DR.. Florence Schneider.
Feb. IL - Jewish Music
Through the Ages. Cantor
Maurice FalkoW, soloist; DR..
Bertha Breger, narrator.
Feb. 25-Spinoza. Lecturer
Rabbi Roy Rosenberg.
Mar. 11-Brandeis. Lecturer
Mr.. William Gordon; Great
Physicians. Lecturer-Dr. Ma
than Rollins.
Mar. 25-The Prophet JO-
nah. Lecturer DR.. In eZ
Thrift.
Apr. 8-Ahad Ha-Am. Lee
turer-Rabbi Marcus Breger.
The Arizona post., 1956-12-07
Scholarships
Offered For
Center Work
NEW YORK, (JTA)

NEW YORK, (JTA) -
Scholarships and work
study plans valued between
$4,000 and $35, 900 are avail
able for persons who are in
terested in a professional
career in a Jewish Commun-
ity Center Or YMTIA, it was
announced today by the Ma
tional wish Welfare
Board.
The scholarships range
from 5000 to 81, 800 a year
for two years, while the
work-study plans provide
from 70 percent to 100 per-
cent of the salary of a be-
ginning worker. Workstudy
plans make it possible for
students to be employed by
an agency and obtain pro-
feSsional education at the
same time.
The work week of each
student under the arrange
ment includes, in addition
to class work, approximate
ly 20 hours of field work
and another 10 to IS hours
of part-time work.
The Arizona post., 1956-12-07
Kibbitzer's Korner

MIR. HERBERT G. LUFT,
Hollywood columnist for the
national syndicate, Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, writes
I that he likes the new ARI-
IONA POST and wants a sub
scription sent to his Holly
wood home 80. MIR. BENJA-
MIN N. BROOK, Council and
Center executive director, has
! been named to the mayor S
committee on youth study :. .
MRS. ADOLPH BLOCH,
wife of the New York sculp-
tor, has returned to the east
following a months vacation
in Tucson with her sister and
brother-in-laW, MIR. A N ID
MRS. ABE FRESHMAN of
Palos Park Courts. Mrs. Bloch
hopes to return to Tucson with
her husband in the near
future
TWO YOUNG BROOKLYN
TIES have given up the big
city pavements for the Ari-
zona desert. LOUIS BROIT-
MAN, 25, and MARTIN
WILT, "a, have opened the
new Wilmart Stores in Sierra
Vista, just outside busy Fort
Huachuca. Broitman attended
City College in New York, had
a hitch in the Israeli Merch-
ant Marine, served in Korea
with the us. Army and also
was Democratic committee
man in Kings County, NY.
His cousins are the Klein's of
Barton Candies Wilt
originally is from GleiWitZ,
Germany, but moved to the
US. with his family in 1948
and served in the us. Army
The boys say they just
have the pioneering spirit and
feel Sierra Vista will become
one of Arizona's largest cities
JULES SULZER, 80, of New
York City, has opened an ac-
counting business in Tucson
and Sierra Vista. He has been
practicing accounting in New
York for 10 years and attend
ed NYU. He says he just be-
came tired of rushing around
in New York and likes the
friendly attitude of Arizonans.
He has an office in Sierra
The Arizona post., 1956-12-07

Vista and plans to open an of
flee soon in Tucson
| NEW OFFICERS of the
Broadway Merchants Associa-
ton include BILL DORSON,
president; ED KLEINER-
MAN, vice-president; an d
HAROLD WOHLFEILER,
secretary On the board
of the Beacon Foundation for
aiding mentally retarded child
rem are JAMES SILVER,
JACK NEVINS and ROBERT
MINDELL
STAN NORMAN, genial
gent of the mike over KOPO
is one fellow who believes in
inter-faith good will. On his
morning radio show the other
day Stan talked about the Cha
nukah holidays, describing
their beauty and wishing the
Jewish community a very
happy holiday. It's that kind
of brotherhood that builds
solid community
IRVING (SIGGY) SING
MAN of Brooklyn, NY. re-
ceived a freshman football
numeral award at the Univer-
sity of Arizona and the coach
es say he has great promise as
a future halfback star :.
MIR. and MRS. LOUIS LEE
SON and MICHAEL and MRS.
ALAN Lesson spent the
Thanksgiving holiday in Den
yer visiting Alan. Alan is sta
toned at Lowry Air Force
Base and will be in Tucson on
furlough Jan. 9. The Lessons
also visited with the Lester
WeinsheinkS in Denver
SANDY GERSTEN, presi-
dent of the Coca-Cola Bottling
Company of Tucson, and Muir
ray Shift, a member of the
board of directors, celebrated
the 50th anniversary of the
famed beverage RITA
GOLDSTEIN of Tucson has
been named to the state COM
mittee of the Republican par
ty of Arizona
Ell ZARAPE Drive.In has a
novel Mexican PiZza they're
offering. And in Cleveland a
Jewish bakery also offers a
Kosher PiZZa' :. It's a mann
moth, flattened onion roll
MIR. MORRIS SLAVIN has
returned home from the hoSpl-
tai and is recuperating from
his recent illness Mrs.
IRVING BERGER is chair
man of the ticket committee
for the MiStletoe Ball of the
The Arizona post., 1956-12-07

Mr.. Abe Chanin will lecture
on Jews in Journalism and DR..
Leonard Weiner will lecture
on Foundations of Zionism.
THE ANSHEI ISRAEL lee
ture series have proven to be
The Arizona post., 1956-12-07

Pueblo Junior Women'S Club
which will be held at the Pho
neer Hotel, Dec. Is
THE HORSE SHOE THEA
TER at Rillito Park will fea-
ture ''Teahouse of the August
Moon" during the first week
of January with a gala open
ing on New Years day
MAXWELL ABELL, broth
er of MRS. ROSE HIRSCH,
1910 E. Sixth, has been named
founding chairman of the
World Council of Conserva-
tive Synagogues. Mr.. Abel, a
Chicago accountant and attor-
ney, will leave Dec. Is on a
two-month visit to South
America to chart the World
Councils development there
MIR. and MRS. JACK
STREITER, 1926 N. Flanwell,
celebrated their 25th wedding
anniversary on Dec. 5. A din
ner party was given in their
honor at the Cotillon Club F.. >.
Last month saw 9,196 use the
facilities at the Center. Of the
number 1889 participated di-
rectly in Center programs and
activities
DIR. RAANAN WEITZ,
director of the agricultural
settlement department of the
Jewish Agency and a key lead
er in the development of Is
raePs Negev desert, will speak
in Tucson Dec. II to an in
vited audience. His appear
ance is sponsored by the CJA
RABBI MARCUS BREGER
is in New York where his
father is critically I'LL .. MIR.
HERBERT FEIG is reported
doing well after his recent i'll
ness MRS. JOE MYER-
SON has gone to the coast due
to illness in her family -.
MRS. LEO RAVEN, the
former Rita Corn, will visit
in Tucson for a week. The
former social service worker
at the Center is scheduled to
arrive here Saturday, Dec. 8
MIR. MEYER FELDMAN,
donor of Anshei ISraePS kim
dergarten and nursery build
ing, underwent surgery re-
Gently -.
The Arizona post., 1956-12-07
Anshei Israel To Open
Adult Lecture Series

The first two the Anshei Israel Adult Lecture
Series will begin Monday evening Dec 10th at $3.50 Pm
in the auditorium Congregation Anshei Israel 1901 East
9Th Street it was announced by Rev Maurice Fakow edu
director.