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niIeu.
This, they report, docs not
reflect an increase in incidence,
but rather more accurate dag
liosis.
DR.. Joseph LoPresti, director
Of medical education at the hos
pital, declared that lead poison
ing has become second only
to aspirin intoxication in the
number Of accidental poisonings
treated at Children's.
Because of this, the institu-
tons medical staff checks all of
its young patients believed to
have even a chance Of lead
poisoning. And, for those cured
q lead poison clinic is maintained
as a follow-up program.
Diagnosis Improves
In 1850 the institution began
using a drug called Versine. II
was the first hospital here to use
this nontoxic chemical to COM
bat lead poisoning. Now, Versine
is the treatment of choice.
Work with this drug stimu-
lated better diagnostic methods
And, the poisoning was detected
more frequently because of this
Interest on the part of the hos
pitfalls doctors.
The main cause OF such poi.
soning among children is the
chewing of paint or plaster that
contains lead.
When children are teething
they put many objects in their
mouths. If the objects do not
contain toxic substances such as
lead. this period-known as plea
may be all right.
Doctors say further that q
person may INCEST a large
amount of lead in one day and
there will be no trouble. But
small amounts ingested over q
period of time are dangerous
The lead is absorbed by the
bones, the central nervous sys-
tenn, the liver and other organs.
Here it is in its latent period.
Released by Infection
Then, nearly any sort of in
fection-perhaps a Goodwill
cause large amounts of lead to
be released into the blood stream
and lead poisoning symptoms
may develop.
These symptoms eventually
may turn out to be severe brain
damage, spastic paralysis, mental
deficiency. blindness, recurring
commissions or death.
One doctor estimated that half
OF these cases die If not treated
In time; IS per cent may suffer
serious permanent damage and
only Is per cent escape without
any permanent damage.
The ideal time to diagnose lead
poisoning is when it is latent,
before the lead is released into
the blood stream.
At Children's Hospital each
child is investigated. Also, if a
child is being treated for worms,
he is checked for lead poisoning,
because children with the con-
dition may chew on dirt and
obtain worms just as they may
chew on painted wood and
INCEST lead.
If there is evidence that some
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meals or otherwise help around
the house.
While Internal Revenue de-
clined to permit the deduction
the point had been made: A
wife is a value asset whose worth
ought to be legally recognized
OF course, the Nebraska in
stance, like the New Jersey one,
represents an extreme sort Of
rationalization-at least on the
basis of current law-and is not
likely to get far. On the other
hand, there does appear to be
some ground for legal recogni-
ton OF a housewives worth, par
ticularly in tax law.
The next low in the News Column
will appear Fidoy.
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LAW IN THE NEWS
A Housewives Worth
Is a Legal Question

involving Just this point arose
not long ago in Nebraska where
an elderly Omaha taxpayer
shook UP the Internal Revenue
Service quite a bit when he
tried to deduct for depreciation
on his wife. He argued that she
was getting tired and worn out
and could no longer get his
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ing foreign objects such as lead
paint.
Generally, DR.. LoPresti pointed
out, lead poisoning occurs In
children Of lower income bracket
families. The interiors of homes
in this bracket are more often
painted with cheaper loaded
paint, and often furniture is
.ref1nished with cheap loaded
paints.
Eliminate this, DR.. LoPresti
declared, and you won't find
much lead poisoning.
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TODAY IN MEDICINE
Clinic Helps Children
Resist Lead Poison
Rx CHARLES G. BROOKS

Lead poisoning children has ncreasinly
nized serious problem in the past six years
Doctors Chdren Hospital here report that during the 80
previous 1885, only of this oenfaa
ing diagnosed there Since 1880 nearly 40 have been
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Stops Stomach Gas

3 Times Foster
Certified laboratory tests prove BELI.ANs
tablets neUiFoIlEe ; times as mUsh
stomach usidlty In one minute as manY
leading digestive tablets. Get BEll-ANS
today for the fastest known relief. 2SG
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RESORT FORECAST

South Jersey-Occasional
rain today, high 20. Warmer
tomorrow with afternoon
thundershowers.
Upper Bay - Showers to-
day, high rs. Warmer to-
morrow with afternoon
thundershowers.
Lower Bay Thunder
showers today. high 80.
Warmer tomorrow with aft
ernoon thundershowers.
Ocean Beaches - Thun-
dershowers today. high 80.
Warmer tomorrow with aft
ernoon thundershowers.
Skyline Drive - Thunder
showers today. high 63-74.
ThunderShowers tomorrow
followed by cooler.
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Economists Call Suez
Peril to Mid-Eost Area

yesterday he might take new
plans or 'refinements" of the
users association scheme to Lon
don with him.
They also said that other ma
tons would be free to amend
the British French American
proposal or put something en-
tirely new before the group.
French sources in Washington
said the conference might be
expanded beyond the Is nations
which favor internationalizing
the canal. India might be one
Of the other countries to be in
vited, it was said.
Final decisions on broadening
the conference m m bership
might be made next Tuesday,
it was said.
While increased prices of i'm
ports and exports would likely
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take new routes.
Wet Nam and Cambodia,
which sell rubber to France
would also be hard hit. A gen.
|eral worldwide increase in rub
Der prices might also result from
Ia canal shutdown or showdown,
economists say.
European Russia might re-
route its Siberia-bound cargoes
via the Panama Canal in case
of a Suez showdown, it is said.
Another gamer in a Suez traf-
fic showdown would likely be
South America, economists say
Argentina and Uruguay might
for instance, muscle in on some
Australian wool markets in Eu-
rope, they believe. Brazil and
other South American coffee
producers also might inherit
some of East Africa's coffee
markets, it is said.
How the Middle East ano
Asian. peoples would react to q
Western boycott of the canal il
one of the things Secretary
Dulles and British and French
diplomats may now be finding
out.
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Military Lawyers Open
Drive to Boost Their Pay

interest in them and to acknowl-
edge their legal speciality"
Pay raises for lawyers were moi
specifically mentioned. but thu
nature of the report raised the
question of the Doctors Draft
Act, which the American Medi-
cal Association vigorously sup
ported. Recognizing the scarcity
of physicians and dentists, the
act provides that they he paid
500 extra each month during
their first two years in uniform;
$3.50 a month during the next
two to six years; 5000 during
the six-ten-year period, and $3.50
a month after then.
The military lawyers group
asks the bar association to ad-
vocate that they automatically
be promoted after one years
service. The report also asks a
reversal of the associations
stand which backed a Hoover
Commission recommendation
that uniformed lawyers be re-
Istricted to military justice mat
tiers, pointing out that under the
Code of Military Justice they
also spend considerable time in
civilian courts.
Calling for the higher rank,
lit states that IAN organization
commander cannot be expected
to repose complete faith and
trust in a young law school
graduate of second or first lieu
tenant when all other officers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
By John A. GILES

Military lawyers, envious o.
bonuses given physicians who
remain in uniform, have
launched a high-pressure drive
to get pay raises for themselves
In a strongly-worded report
the Judge Advocates Association
composed Of military attorneys)
virtually accuses the American
Bar Association Of lying down
on the job by not bringing pres
sure to improve their lot.
1t cites the American Medical
Association, politically perhaps
the most powerful Of the profess
sional associations, as having
mot limited its activities to the
support of the civilian physi-
clan. +.
"Other professions have bene-
fitted greatly through the backing
of their professional associa-
tions.' it declares.
1t goes on to state that Sc
per cent of the military lawyers
are members of the American
Bar Association, the Army lead
ing with almost 100 per cent Of
its 1855 attorneys.
Tops Civilian Percentage
This percentage is greatly il
excess of the percentage of ci'
william attorneys belonging" i
continues. ". 1t is now TIM
for the association to show it
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TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT.

District and vicinity-Mostly
cloudy. scattered showers and
thunderstorms, high in upper
70s today. Partly cloudy ano
warmer tomorrow, with chance
Of afternoon thundershowers.
Maryland - Cloudy. showers
and Scattered thunderstorms
heavy locally. high in the 7os
today. Partly cloudy and warmer
tomorrow with scattered thunder
showers followed by cooler In
western portion in afternoon.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy, scat
tered showers and thunder.
storms, high 1918 in north
1885 in southern portion today
Partly cloudy and warmer to.
morrow with scattered afternoon
thundershowers likely.
Winds-Mostly southeast IL
south winds 1915 miles per houl
today. Visibility fair to good
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result in a loss Of markets for
East Africa, India and Pakistan.
government economists believe
the Japan might gain If the Suez
canal were closed. She probably
would take away some Asia bust
ness from European exporters,
whose prices might be pushed up.
Russia also might be consider
ably affected, economists point
out, because she uses the canal
to send goods back and forth be-
tween Vladivostok and the Black
Sea. New stresses would be i'm
posed on the already strained
Trans-Siberian railroad, it is be-
llieved.
For Red China. a closing down
or drastic slowing of traffic
through the canal might NEAR
Ia cutback in shipments of jet
aircraft fuel and other cargoes
she is now getting from Eastern
Europe. At the least, prices Of
these items would rise if Com
Imunist ships too we're forced tt
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on his staff are in the higher
grades"
The report states II was found
"the service attorney was not
enjoying the professional pres
tige to which his educational at
tainment and comparable stand
ing in the civilian community
Ientitle him."
It quotes the Air Force Judge
advocate general as having found
that most service attorneys
are dissatisfied with their posi-
ton and feel that their profess
sion is considered second-rate,
not only by the services, but by
their professional associations.
The Air Force has upwards Of
200 uniformed lawyers, the
Navy AIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
By EARL H. VOSs

The economic impact OF
shutdown or curtailment Of traf-
fic through the Suez Canal would
be acute" in several Middle East
and East African nations and
serious" in India and Pakistan,
in the opinion of Government
economists.
For the two or three years it
would take to build tankers and
pipelines to bypass the disputed
waterway, Middle East oil pro-
duction would probably have to
be cut as much as 20 per cent.
1t is believed.
But the effects would not be
catastrophe, and after a few
years new trade patterns would
be developed and the period of
hardship would end, the econ
omists believe.
Severe Blow to India
India's economic development
program would likely be seriously
impaired, it is pointed out, be-
cause she depends on foreign ex-
change to develop capital for her
investment program.
In poor country like Paki-
stan. there might be a need to
expand American aid. it was
said.
These serious economic effects
Of a possible decision by western
shipowners to detour around
South Africa rather than USE
Egyptian pilots were taken to be
one reason Secretary of State
Dulles was reported still to have
an open mind on the so-calleo
"users association" plan.
British Prime Minister Sir An
thony Eden announced In Lon
don last Wednesday that his
country would join with France
and the United States in setting
up the users association. which
intended to use its own pilots
and arrange its own traffic pat
terms for passage through the
Suez canal.
Meet in London Wednesday
Egypt has been in complete
control of the canal since last
July IS. when President Canal
Abdel Nasser announced nation.
alization Of the old Universal
Suez Canal Co., which wa
largely British and French
owned.
A special meeting of the Il
nations who proposed interna.
tionalizing the waterway has
been set to start in London next
Wednesday. Secretary Dulles
will fly to London Monday tt
attend it.
State Department sources said
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skills to fill the job vacancies
wherever they occur.
I'm addition, the top Office In
each case will provide guidance
with respect to the appraisal
promotion. and training Of the
lemployes concerned. Such pro.
grams are now being planned In
about 20 Army wide occupations
In addition to accountants, they
apply to supply managers. safety
engineers, procurement special
lists, industrial engineers, anc
other scarce skills. These occupa.
tons are obvious ones to start
with. AS the system develops
employees in many others, includ-
ing the trades and crafts. will bt
Included.
WOrld-W Opportunity
Second" Mr.. Brucker con-
tinued, "the Army has been able
to take a progressive step for.
ward in creating real world
wide opportunity for career CT,
yilian personnel by integratinl
1.-THE overseas service with service
lin the United States. Since thl
FIRST Of April. any civilian employ
going to a job overseas has re-
ltained his career status. anC
every possible effort will be mad
to place him in a comparable
or better Job when he comes bacl
home.
Under this new system, which
we call interchange Arm,
commands overseas will get EN-
ployes who know our methods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. is
Pl &c zechoslovakia sold Brazil
almost $40 million worth of pis-
tolls last year. government inn
port figures show. The official
statistics gave no indication Of
how many guns this represented,
but they were specific in report
ing Brazil also imported $50
pianos from Czechoslovakia in
1855.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

LunlJleS LOT ArIny ClVllldlS III q
speech before employees.
Mr.. Brucker declared:
First. we are going to build
career programs for particular
occupations which are Army
wide. We have scores Of occu-
pations involving tens of thou
sands of skilled employees. We
intend to treat these skilled en-
ployes as occupational groups.
and place the responsibility for
leadership in initiating career
programs with those offices which
already have the staff RESPONSE
bility for leadership and guild
ance on the technical side. For
example, we have thousands of
accountants. whose procedures
are directed by the controller of
the Army. We have decided that
as the highest official in the bus
mess, the controller should be
actively concerned with insuring
that a systematic plan exists for
the development Of the civilians
who perform the kind of work
for which he is responsible.
Master Plan Developed
1--WE have developed a master
plan which will compromise the
basic elements Of each of the
various occupationa1 programs
and which will apply to career
employees from the time of theil
entry into the occupation until
their retirement. Each program
contemplates a referraI Of en-
Iployes against organizational
lines for consideration on the
basis Of their experience and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

of operation and who hav
proved their capabilities. Yol
will understand that civiliar
employees will not be transferred
Involuntary, but will be Offered
the opportunity for jobs botf
Overseas and in the United
States.
About 1000 employees a year
will be moving each gay. We
shall be recruiting less from the
outside. and making overseas
service as much a part Of a
civilian career with the Army as
its home service.
Third, we have set up the
Secretary OF the Army's Re-
search and Study Fellowship
program.
This program referred to by
Mr.. Brucker will enable up to 40
Army civilian employees each
year to take courses at leading
educational institutions for 6 to
IL months designed to further
their careers
y
JUSTICE TO COOPERATE
The Justice Department, which
was accused by the House Civil
Service Subcommittee on man.
power utilization Of being UNI
cooperative with it, has agreed
to change its tactics.
Certain Justice officials an
gered legislators on the SUBJ
committee when they failed to
supply the data and information
requested regarding the depart
ment's manpower situation
However, when the matter was
brought to the attention of Dep
uty William Rogers. Mr.. Roger:
assured the subcommittee thai
he would see to it that his sub.
ordlnates co-operated in every
way with the subcommittee. /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Workers for Blind
Will Meet Thursday

The District of Columbia AS
ISOLATION Of Workers tor the
Blind will meet at 8 pm Thurs-
day in the willard Room,
Church of the Epiphany, 1917 G
street NV.
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The FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Army Setup Improving
For Career Employees
Nv JOSEPH YOUNG

The Army going full steam ahead in its program to i'm
the service for the than 100000 civilians in the
department
Secretary of WILDER M Brucker recently outlined the
Army three designed to give greater top career oppor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
WEATHER BURF

WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST-Clear skies
ST 9ud prevail most of the southern half of the
Nation and the Northwest today, while Showery or
cloudy conditions are expected elsewhere. 1t will
be continued cool in the Northeast; cooler in the
Central Plains; warmer in the Ohio Valley and
Western Lakes region, and continued warm in the
Northwest and Southeast-AP Wirephoto Map
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

Designed especially for those who have
been unable TO get the tremendous hear.
ing aid power they need. Actually. the
Regent provides ; times the power
output Of any previous Zenith aid.
Ingenious Zenith Power Regulator"
offers special benefits for those with
progressive hearing impairments. :
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Sunday, September 1s. 1856

Tide Tables
Furnished by the United States Coast
and Geodetic survey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

DIRECTIONS: Go to South Capitol St. Bridge, con-
tnue on South Capitol Street to District Line
tinue = miles on Indian Head Hwy, to sign,
turn night on Fort WASHINGTON Rd "a miles 70 Fort
Washington Estates entrance left Property Joins
HlstoEic Fort MashinGton NafionaI Park
The frontiersman., 1956-02-02
H0MEMAKER'S
 NEWS
aIrnasilla Club

i few of us braved another wintery night 10 meet at the home Of Ruth Schaefer. We had very pleasant evening by the fireside discussing our hobbies and .make-overs" and knitting. Mrs. Rideout was present to as- sist us Tn many ways. II was de- eided to urge each club mem ber's family to donate to the Polio fund.
 The February meeting will be on the 14th at the Dearborn resi- denee at Matanuska Agricultural Experimental Station. A special invitation IS extended to anyone in this area to see the film on self examination for Cancer which will be shown there that night.
 Butte Club
 The Butte Homemakers' club met at the home of Diane Me Kechnie on January 19 with 13 members and one guest present. A pot-iuek luncheon was enjoy ed at noon.
 IL was decided that a small fund. perhaps around S15 would De donated 10 the March of Dimes.
 Maryiou Rideout came about two o'clock with her willingness 10 help anyone wishing to make over their clothes and also 10 teach anyone to knit or help any one with knitting problems.
 The next meeting will be at the home of Ina Mckenzie on Febru- ary= Is. Bring clothes you wish to remodel.
The frontiersman., 1956-02-02
Homemakers Calendar

February
 2-Wasilla Club, home of Mrs.
 Evans Jones 8-Happy Valley Club. home Of
 Mrs. William Beuwens 8-Golddusters Club, home of
 Mrs. Jim Wilson 9-Chugiak Club l0-Suttonette Club, home of Mrs.
 Mary Estep f3-Cheechako Club. home of
 Mrs. Frances Brown I4-Palmasilla Club. home of Mrs.
 Doris Dearborn 14-Sourdough Club. home of
 Mrs. Seth Cook f5-Homesteader Club, home of
 Mrs. Edna Johnson 16-Butte Club, home Of Mrs.
 Ina Mckenzie I6-Riverbend Club, home Of
 Mrs, Frances Hubert 21-Glacier View Club, home of
 Mrs. Ruth Estelle 27-Young Mothers Club. home
 of Mrs. Eunice Briggs 28-Nugget Club, home of Mrs.
 Mary Lundberg
The frontiersman., 1956-02-02
PoIio's Not Licked Yet!

Polio isn't licked yet This that being brought public attention volunteer workers concentrate the 1856 March Of Dimes campaign The drive for funds carry the polio fight will continue here Palmer for least weeks
 Thousands of polio patients still need aid, according the National Foundation for Tnfantle Paralysis And depend lungs and other mechanical devices for the very breath of life.
 To stop aid now. spokesman of the March of Dimes campaign said would be like pulling the electric plug from iron lung
 The treatment of single polio patient often costs thousands Of dollars and extends many years It IS enough to life the job isn't done until everything possible done make that life worth living again
 The March of Dimes program includes maintenance of fl respator centers where medical specialists study meth ods Of restoring the ability to breath and demonstrate techniques that this knowledge be applied hos pitals all the country.
 More than 50 percent of this years March of Dimes need for patient aid March of Dimes funds will be spent also research programs which may future genera tons from the crppng disease The salk vaccine de- veloped through q March of Dimes grant The minimum need for this years program SAT 100000 Let's meet share.
The frontiersman., 1956-02-02
Bonding Bill
 introduced hy Del. E. L. Bartlett

The Territory would be per mitted to incure bonded indebt- edness in the amount of s12H million II Delegate Bartlett's bill approved by the full House h. serior Tnsular Affairs Committee becomes law The measure was voted on by the full committee this week.
 The bonding bill would permit indebtedness for public improve ments, such as schools. hospitals and other public facilities and If enacted would eliminate a pro- fdbition contained in the Organic Act of 1912 against such indebt- e1ness. Ii will be recalled that at the general election Of 1852 approval was given by the voters of Alaska to the referendum seek lag views on territorial bonding sup s0 SI2a2 million for school purposes. The vote Wss i9. 9.609 10 4.07a. Although the measure in ereases the scope of. the purposes of bonded indebtedness. t would permit the territorial government through the legislature, # 1t so desires, to borrow on is credit sfnr school purposes only, for a combination ef purposes. or not at all.
 Futher provision IS made for borrowing n emergencies on cer- aIEcates of indebtedness secured by fhe faith Of the Territory in an amount not exceeding S200,- 900 outstanding al any one time within the overall debt limlta- ton of si2ia million. This could be accomplished through pro- vision permitting the territorial legislature 10 enact general