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AMER. UNIV. PARK-Immaculate.
3-bedroom, 2-bath home on one OF
the most beautiful lots in the en-
tire area; breakfast rm.. =, porcheS,
Alice Deal Wilson. St Ann S
Schools, LOW POS $4,000 list.
trust available. FRANK S. PHIL
LIPS, DI. i-I41l. ewes, WO. e.
540p
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SUMNER, . blocks on Mass. ave
Attractive 3-bedrm., ..lbath brick
Colonial. with full bsmt.. breezeHay
and garage. Asking S27 300 FRANK
S. PHILLIPS. OIL. 2-7006; ewes,
VIII. 6-619S.
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NEE. 2. PARK-Flne-Quality BIZ

Colonial; heavy-slate roof. full
center hall, den, lst-floor lavatory:
3 hedrmS., > baths on ind fl .
nicely finished Sra A.; rec. rm. with
fireplace, screened porch garage
Beautiful fenced lot St Ann S,
Janney. Alice Deal. Wilson Schools,
Sprins Valley shopping. WILL
CONSIDERS OFFER IN MLD-3Us.
FRANK S. PHILLIPS, DI. 7-I4II:
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HOUSES FoR SALIVA.

ALEXANDRIA AREA bedrooms
with space for more. Exceptionally
nice home with lovely yard. Close
in. Good neighborhood. Believe 1t or
not it's priced at $1,000. Conven-
tiOnal or CT. Listing NO. COS. ART
POST. INC. XII. 5000.
CHARMER-Immacu
late brk. rambler with 2 twin-size
basement, . flreplaces, garage.
porch: beautiful lot with nice trees
in a fine neighborhood across from
park. Few minutes to Pentagon,
Armv-Navv Club, Shirlington snop-
ping. Low 20S FRANK S. PHIL
LIPS, ia. 5-6266; ewes. Ell. g.
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slo,OOO-s1, 900 DOWN
UNIVERSITY PARK
ANNANDALE

The Perry Boswell Co.
VA. ;.t5O0 Rsai.sfs
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ALEX. Del Rpy-S5O0 down, $50
mo SOME LUCKY CT will own a
nice 2-beurm. brick "tip-top shape"
Separate. din rm., excel. kit, bsmt.
SO 600. Il SMITH REALTY. XII.
S-6652; ewes, TIE. 6-5S52.
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THOMAS H. RYoN
=. S-4g1s III OAK

SILVER SPRING
Mr.. INDIAN SPRINGS VILLAGE
Diet. brick on lovely cor. lot Con-
Please see this real quality home.
sisting Of bedrm. and bath on Isl A.
IN addition TO lge. liv. rm.. din. rnn
and kit; . full-size bedrms. and
bath upstairs, side porch and at
Iaehed gar., gas h.-w.h. Price,
HUGH T. PECK REArToP
1850 New Hamp. Ave. HE 4-ts10O
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HOUSES FOR sALE-MD.
NO DOWN PAYMENT
MUST SELL

East Riverdale-Lovely. modern.
semidet., 3-bedrm. brick. Call OIL.
DI. 7-S333.
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HOUSES for SALE. NE. lcontJ III
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BY MARY McGRORY

The Republican National Com.
mittee has stolen a march or
the Democrats in the social well
fare field, charity-begins-at-
home division.
Faithful party workers at the
G. o. P. headquarters can now
look forward to an old age in
greener pastures, thanks to q
retirement plan which went
into effect June /.
The plan is the brainchild OF
Miss Bertha Adkins, assistant
chairman Of the National Com
|mittee, who felt that the 80 OF
80 regular employees who form
the backbone Of the organization
Should have the social security
that employment in private
business or any other less haz-
ardous occupation than politics
could bring them.
She headed a subcommittee
which spent year looking into
various plans and submitted the
best to Chairman Leonard Hall.
The one he approved makes
workers with two years. service
eligible and will guarantee to
those who work for the maximum
period of 80 years between IS
and so per cent of their salaries
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President and his own success
during the pre- Inauguration
days of 1858. in selling himself
to President-elect Eisenhower
and Defense Secretary-to-b be
Charles E. Wilson as the man tc
mastermind their military new
look"
Accused as JingOist
Sitting in the top jos spot,
Admiral Radford has stirred
the Pentagon ever since.
Democrats accused him as q
jingoist who would start a new
world war to save Chang Kali
shek and Formosa. Gen. Matthew
Ridgway, as Army Chief of Staff,
clashed with him when Admiral
Radford supported land Mr..
Eisenhower vetoed an atomic
air strike to relieve Frenchmen
trapped in the Indo-C China Fort
ress of Diem Bien Phu.
Now Admiral Radford is at 1t
again with service chiefs who
have leaked" his idea that the
same atom explosive power he
called a false promise in 1949
might shortly permit lower budg-
cts. big manpower reduction. re-
lief Of the bulk of the 100000
United States servicemen over
seas and defense concentration
on small mobile striking forces
and the big-bang retaliatory
striking power.
released BY North American Newspaper
. Alliance)
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revolt when the Navy took aim at
defense spending concentrated
on the B-36 and the strategic
bombing concept it represented.
AS a witness before the House
Armed Services inquiry which
followed. Admiral Radford said:
THE B-36 has become in the
minds of the American people a
symbol of a theory of warfare
the atomic blitz-which prom
ises them a cheap and easy vic
tory if war should come.
Consequently. the American
people, and indeed the. whole
world. will take your final action
in this investigation to be the
approval or diSapproval of a
theory of warfare which I am
confident is not generally ac-
cepted as sound by military
men,"
TnaC was Admiral Rad10rQ
fighting for Navy carrier forces
and other conventional weapons
and against the Air Force idea
of "indiscriminate bombing of
cities"
Seemingly, he lost: President
Truman fired Admiral Louis E.
Denfeld, the Chief of Naval
Operations; the then Capt. (now
Chief of Naval Operations) Ar
leigh Burke was kicked out of
his Pentagon propaganda 700,
and Admiral Radford went back
to his flagship to sit till retire.
ment.
Unlike Gen. Mitchell, Admiral
Radford was saved" by a new
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record shows, has in seven years
about-faced from contempt OF
the value Of atomic strategic
bombing to (his enemies say a
program of big nuclear war, if
there's to be any shooting at all
When Gen. Mitchell, on July
81. 1921. proved" air powers
potentially by sinking the old
"Osfriesland" in a Commute
bombing attack off Hampton
Roads, Va, Admiral Radford was
Ia Navy Lieutenant with seven
months service as a graduated
pilot, Twenty-eight years later,
when he staged his own Mitch
ell-type revolt against higher
authority, Admiral Radford was
flying his Admirals flag as
commander in chief. Pacific.
In 1949. he was recognized as
guiding spirit of the admiral's
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to disclose. will come out of the
reserve fund. which prudent
chairmen always have made 1t
a point to maintain, even If the
party falls on lean years-com-
parable. say. to the period 1892
1952-the workers still would be
protected.
The National Committee of
the Democratic Party, which
likes to call itself "the party of
the people" and to boast of its
humanitarian achievements, re-
gretfully said it had no COM
parable plan for its faithful
workers.
Asked for comment on the
Republicans new plan, a spokes-
man, who did not care to be
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eASW WSeNk~OAA0 NAAe-J 4@e%NS SA~N@@ ~
military manpower and a mass
return-home of United States
forces overseas.
Like Gen. Mitchell, Admiral
Radford is brilliant, personable
and brash officer whose rows
with higher authority have
brought him close to insubor-
dination charges. Unlike Gen
Mitchell. he has so far cashed
in on controversy to the tune of
four stars on his flag and cur
rent assignment as chairman OF
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
AbOut-Face Cited
Mitchell fans claim another
fundamental difference: TIL e
general was consistent to the
point of fanaticism in his single
prejudice that air power was
making all other military force
obsolete. Admiral Radford, the
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COP. Gives Workers
Own Pension Program

when they leave. 1t is a volun-
tary contribution plan, with
worker and committee each
contributing.
The time. she indicated, seemed
of a special ripeness for launch
ing such a scheme, with the
treasury practically running over
with the proceeds of the Salute
to Eisenhower" dinners, and
contributions high as a result
of the renewal of the winning
Eisenhower-Nixon ticket.
The cost to the National Com
mittee, which officials declined
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Rodford Defense Row
Recalls Mitchell Case
BY MARTIN S. HAYDEN

Thirty-ve to the week after Gen. William L. Billy
Mitchell ruined his by proving arpane could
bateshp another Defense establishment
This time it's sailor Admiral Arthur W. Radford shaking
established the threeserce with his idea that
cleared the for reductions
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identified. said only that II
sounded "ominous."
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ADVERTISEMENT.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-09-13

don.
Dolores Carver, house and 90 |
a to John and Kathryn Patter-
son, Chadon.
Chardon Savings Bank Ola to
Paul T. and Carolyn r. AL
word, Chardon.
CHESTER TWP. - Leonard
w. Anderson 1.68a to Robert
N. and Charlotte K. Boucher,
CheSterland.
Marian w. Beattie, house and
barn and 4.58a to Robert E.
and Annie M. Jackson, Chester
land.
Robert P. and Anna Allen.
house and Goa to Donald v. and
Carolyn I. Hampton, Chester
land.
Walter w. Williamson 1.67a to
Louis and William L. Marx,
Cleveland Heights.
Oliver A. Ranney 3a to Equi-
dius M. Stroombeek, Willough-
by Hills.
Cecil B. Titus, house and garn
and .75a to Kenneth E. and
Betty J. Palmer, Chesterland.
Harley E. and Mildred Ayers
lola to Edward B. and Rita
M. Johnson, Eastlake.
Steel Investment Co. Inc,
house and Goa to Joseph C.
Schultz, South Euclid.
Harley E. and Mildred Ayers
house and barn and Lola, Lola,
to John C. and Evaylia B. Dor
an, Perry, q.
CLARIDON TIP. - THOMAS
G. Richmond LISA to Joe J.
Jr. and Amanda J. Kaufman,
Hun tsburg.
Richard j. and Mary L. Phil
lips, house and 2.22a to Eugene
R. Sr. and Elizabeth Kupper,
Chardon.
CLARIDON & CHARDON
VILLAGE - Fern G. BiSsell,
IA to Ruth J. Bissell, Chardon.
HAMBDEN TWP. - Agnes
Jedlinsky, house and .69a, 1.70a
to Richard J. Jedlinsky, Char
don.
HUNTSBURG TWP. - Minno
J. Schmucker, house and 4.0a
to David M. and Irene G. Pat
erSon, E. Claridon
MIDDLEFIELD VILLAGE -
Hattie S. Johnson, house and
garage and asa to Nelson R.
! Miller, Middlefield
MONTVILLE TWP. - Joseph
Ann E. Southam 153a to
A. Robert J. Simon, Margaret
Drotor and Edward P. Simon,
50.54a to Albert c. and Ann f ,
Zgonc, Chardon
Joseph A, Robert J. Simon,
Margaret Drotor and Edward
P. Simon, rs. 5Oa, 81 .48a to Mar
garet Simon, Huntsburg.
MUNsON TWP. Sophie
Klatka 2.77a, house and goa,
lisa, 5 parcels Of 1.51a each,
II parcels of 1.51a each, 3 par
cells of 1.53a each, 2.26a, 2.11a
house and 2.14a, 1.90a, 1.87a, to
Sophie Klatka.
Frank and Alvita p. Daman-
te, 1.53a to Anne E. Southam
Cleveland.
Ann E. Southam 1.53a to
Frank and Alvita P. Damante
Cleveland.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-09-13

RIVERDALE ESTATES AL
LOTMENT - George w. Muel-
ler, 1.90a to Ella Warnke Muel-'
Ter, Novelty.
RUSSELL CHAGRIN FALLS
S.S.D. = Bennett T. and Mar
jorie Church .15a, house and
.31a to William F. and Virginia
Hughes, Chagrin Falls.
John H. and Ellen A. Hose
mann, .31a to George H. and
Agnes B. Anderson, Chagrin
Falls.
SOUTH RUSSELL VILLAGE
Bellwood Acres Inc, 1.05a to
Claude E. and Lila Beatrice
Payne, Chagrin Falls.
THOMPSON TWP. - Nathan
Berry 5.01a to Clarence A. Tay-
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KIWANLS LAKE Hazel
Glanzer, 2 parcels of .07a each
to Howard w. and Frances E.
Martin, Willoughby.
PUNDERSON LAKE - Don
aid H. and Julia M. S. Rahm,
.10a to Lawrence and Evelyn
C. Krofta, Bedford.
PARKMAN TWP Leslie
Wayne, house and garage and
.27a, .10a, barn and la to Ne
va Wayne, Parkman.
RUSSELL TWP. Frank
Prohazka and Stanley Kler GOA
to Ray L. and Majken B. Has
eroat.
william and Sophie Marie
Loczy 1.79a to Robert and Ed
ma Yak, Novelty.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-09-13

MUNSON CHARDON VII
LACE - Aubert G.. Woods,
2.22a to Evelyn Jones and Les
ter Orlando Dethloff, Shaker
Heights.
NEWBURY TWP. - Gayland
Inc. 13 parcels of 1.50a each,
house and 1.50a, 2.20a, 2.14a,
80 parcels of 1.55a each, 2.35a,
q parcels of 2.34a each, 1.54a,
6 parcels of 1.51a each, to Gay
land Inc, Hudson.
Betty NJ. Wilson, house and
garage and 1.56a to Paula H.
BrittOn, Novelty.
Tony and Anna P atriSk Y
house and barn and 7.13a to Will
liam and Allen Johnson, New
bury, 0.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-09-13
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Birchard G. Hokes, %, of
Rome, Ohio, and Dorothy L.
Erasmus, 13, Of Chardon.
Charles Rex Hollis, Chagrin
Falls, and Ruby M. Johnson,
Chagrin Falls.
Dennis c. j. Lafferty, IT,
Chardon, and Beverly HorVath,
16, Chardon.
Donald Elwood, 20, of Solon
and Patricia Manus, IT, of Chag-
rim Falls.
Jesse Z. Sherwin, Parkman,
and Florence SherWin, Park
man.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-09-13
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

SUNSET DRIVE SUBDlV. -
Clare G. Miner and Clyde Sill
vernail 2.80a, 6.8Oa, 7.14a, to
Carl c. and Margaret A. SHep-
pard.
BAINBRIDGE TOWNSHIP -
william F. KehreS .92a to
Kehres Land Co., Chagrin Falls.
Shirley D. English 1.5Oa to Jo-
seph r. and Tillie T. Velek,
Chagrin Falls.
CHARDON WP. Louise
w. GUNNER 2.0Oa to Judy Mez-
gee, Cleveland.
Olmar Construction Co. LOLA
to Robert l.. and ROSemarie
Summers, Chardoh.
Elizabeth Berends 4 .50a to
Kenneth and Mary J. Berends,
ChardOn
Elizabeth Berends 4.38a to
Fred A, Berends, Cleveland,
CHARDON VILLAGE - Paul
T. and Carolyn Alvord la, .O2a
to Chardon Savings Bank, Char
don.
Eemir c. Close, house and
barn and .46a to Frank Grau
Chardon.
Donald r. Van Meter, house
and garage and .33a to Rober
F. and Dorothy M. DolSen
| ChardOn.
Murray w. Carver, house ant
.29a to Dolores Carver, Char
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-09-13
COMMON PLEAS COURT
New Cases

Dorothy Stanek, 301 Water St.,
Chardon, has filed for divorce
from Frank Stanek, Chardon.
Everest P. Derthick, Chagrin
Falls, annd the Ohio Casualty
Insurance Co., have filed suit
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-09-13
At THE COURTHOUSE

for S373.86 against zelda JEFF
fers, Cleveland. The suit is filed
as the result of an auto acci-
dent which the petition asserts
occurred on Rt. 6 near Chardon
on July 2, 1865.
Edwin H. Ristimaki, Chardon,
and the Ohio Casualty Insur-
ance Col are seeking $685.. IS
from Harry Root, Tilden Ave,
Chardon, as the result of an
accident which occurred, ac-
cording to the petition, on No
vember 3, 1855, on Rt. 6 near
Chardon.
Edward McGinnis and Flor
ence McGinnis have filed suit
for registration Of title against
Sarah Meyer and David Meyer
ct al. The suit concerns proper
ty in Bainbridge Township.
Marvin Helf Inc, 131 Main
ST., Chardon, has filed a quiet
title action against H. A. Her
property in Chester Township.
rick ct al. The action is over
Rulings
The case between Joseph
ChmieleWski and George Stef-
anek was dismissed at Mr.. Ste
fanek'S costs
Stanley Novak was granted
$167.51 from Don Carver. Cred
it was allowed for $25 paid sub
sequent to the filing of the suit.
Edythe Austin Wagner was
granted a divorce from Richard
Wagner.
The case between Sophie
Szeyrej and Joseph Szyrej was
dismissed at her costs.
Mary Pogue was granted a
divorce from Bernard Pogue
The cases between Anna Kir-
by, Caroline Kirby, Helen E.
Yondo and Victor J. Kirby flour
cases all against Russell L.
Gergen, were dismissed al
Mr.. Gergen'S costs.
Settled and dismissed was the
case between Bernice M. Duffy
and John H. Duffy.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-09-13

HAVE YOU MET
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dingle of
RID. /, Burton, who came
from Cleveland? Their two
children are Dennis, l year,
and David, 5 weeks.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-09-13

lor, Madison, o.
TROY TWP. Don Ford
Ray K. Thrasher and j. w.
Moats 37.63a to Harry l. and
Helen w. Sanborn, Chardon.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-09-13

Thurs. Fri. Sat Sept 20, 81, 22
Paul Newman
Pier Angel
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Red Arms Boost
Hit by Stussen

BROOKLINE, Mass. Feb. 20
(P).-Harold E. Stassen. Presi-
dent Eisenhower's special assist
ant for disarmament. said last
night the United States "still
has weapons superiority" over
Russia.
Mr.. Stassen said any Russian
claim to the contrary rs just
another Soviet idle boast"
Mr.. Stassen spoke to 1000
persons at the 23d annual Good
Will dinner of Temple Ohabei-
'Shalom. He received the temples
Brotherhood Award.
THE brotherhood Of mans
progress" Mr.. Stassen said, has
now reached the state where the
immoral law Of force can no
longer be prof1tably enlisted"
He urged that war be declared
"off limits" for every Nation. He
said. THE lesson learned from
freedoms past victories tshould)
be an expanding force for peace
in the future"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Fair to-
night with low about % in the
city and % in the suburbs. Fair
and warmer tomorrow.
Maryland-Clear and cold to-
night with low 1920 in the
mountains, 1926 in the north
and $3.50 in the south. AFR
and somewhat milder tomorrow.
Virginia-Fair and cold to-
night with low around 80 on the
coast. 1923 in the interior and
1920 in the mountains. Fair and
warmer tomorrow.
Wind-West to northwest be-
coming southwest 1915 miles per
hour tonight and increasing to
1920 miles per hour tomorrow
Excellent visibility.
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wired President Eisenhower in
the matter, terming the arrests
part of a developing pattern OF
terror tactics"
The President and Attorney
General Brownell received copies
of a telegram to ICC Commits
sioner j. Monroe Johnson in
which Mr.. Diggs said the Incl
dent demanded immediate in
vestigation and appropriate
action" He called the matter
one Of arrogant defiance" OF
the ICC regulation banning seq
iregated waiting rooms for inter-
state passengers.
He suggested Mr.. Brownell
consider action under civil rights
law.
Mr.. Mitchell stopped of in
Charlotte, N. c., on the way to
Washington last night and told
Inewsmen he didn't consider the
case closed "by any means"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
NAACPHeodH Here Fiqhts
Segregation in Caroline

FLORENCE, S. c., Feb. 20 up.
A Negro leader says he re-
CARDS his hearing on charges Of
resisting q police officer here as
"the end Of segregation in wait
ing rooms in South Carolina"
Charges against Clarence
Mitchell. director Of the Wash
ington Bureau Of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, were
dropped In City Court yesterday.
Mr.. Mitchell and the Rev.
Horace P. Sharper. Negro min
lister, were arrested on disorder
~ conduct charges at an Allan
tic Coast Line railroad station
Monday after refusing to use the
entrance for Negroes.
A nolle pros (discontinuance)
was ordered by Judge William
Smith when City Attorney Wylie
Caldwell said he did not. believe
he could get a conviction.
Charges against Mr.. Sharper,
pastor Of the Negro First Bap-
fist Church Of Sumter, also were
dropped.
Mr.. Caldwell told Defense At
torney L. c. jenkins. jr.. q Negro,
"the case will not be reopened. ;"
A packed and segregated court
room heard Mr.. Mitchell and Mr..
Sharper plead not guilty to
charges of resisting. an officer.
which had been substituted for
the disorderly conduct charges.
Just before the trial.
After the trial, Mr.. Mitchell
went to the station. entered
through the entrance for whites
and discussed his train reserva-I
tons with the ticket agent while
so or so Negroes stood by. There
wasn't policeman In sight.
Mr.. Mitchell said after the
court action. II regard this as
the end Of segregation in wait
ing rooms in South Carolina.
Representative Diggs, Repub-
lican Of Michigan, q Negro,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29

member New York Negro con-
|gregation.
It had been announced after
q meeting OF New York Negro
leaders here Friday that they
had agreed no Negroes should
attend school or work from 2 to
g pm. on the prayer day.
In Miami, Fla. Monday. DR..
Joseph H. Jackson Of Chicago
said he favored prayer. but was
opposed to any work stoppage
He is president Of the 5-million-
member National Baptist Con-
vention. r
In a wire to DIR. jackson yes
terday, Mr.. Powell said in part:
Work stoppage idea COM
pletely erroneous. We are
interested in prayer only. We
and Is million colored Americans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29

that Federal agencies now have
no uniform policy on outside
activities of engineers. with some
allowing such activities and
others restricting them.
- ~
MEETING CANCELED-Lack
|of a quorum prevented the Senate
Civil Service Committee from
meeting yesterday on the bill to
protect Federal employees from
salary cuts in cases of down.
grading. The House already has
approved the measure. The
Senate committee will meet again
next Tuesday.
HOUSE MEETIN G-The
House Civil Service Committee
meets tomorrow In closed ses-
sion. The group is expected to
approve the bill to give more
scientific and tech
Inical jobs to the Defense De-
Ipartment, the National Security
Agency and the National Advis-
sorry Committee for Aeronautics.
The committee also Is expect
ed to approve the civil service
investigation report Of its staff
and decide whether to hold
postal rate hearings.
$50
HOLIDAY BILL-A House Ju-
dietary subcommittee Is holding
hearings this week on legisla-
ton to make Good Friday and
Inauguration Day legal holidays.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Secre-
Itary Of Interior Mckay declares
that his departments employees
have used the lowest percentage
of sick leave than any other de-
Ipartment or agency. This is a
record of achievement Of which
each department employee can be
proud" Mr.. Mckay declared. Il
am proud that employees OF the
Interior Department have earned
this recognition Of their devo-
ton to the highest ideals of
responsible Government service.
II commend and congratulate
every department employee. with
out whose devotion to duty this
Accomplishment would not have
been possible" >. The Veterans
Administration has presented
outstanding performance awards
to the following employees: Mrs.
Jean P. Roederer. Mrs. Inez C.
Sullivan. Mrs. Ruth B. Scott,
M. Louise Ogle. Louis Rosen-
blum, Royce A. Novels. Ray H.
Borden, Robert B. Mcpherson.
Curtis g. Reagan and Mrs. Eta
IT,, Thomas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-29
Negroes Urge
No Work Halt

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 R.-
Sponsors of q Nation wide
prayer day on March % in sup
port Of the Montgomery (Ala)
Negro boycott Of buses say they
do not want a simultaneous
work stoppage.
1--WE are interested in prayer
only" Representative Adam
Clayton Powell, Democrat Of
New York. said yesterday. Mr..
Powell is pastor of a 10000