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FuIbright Asks Probe
OF Two Ex-SEC Officials

lin complete accord with this,
Mr.. Marshall said.
Consultation Suggested
He said he discussed the situ-
alton arising from his being 9
director of Coastal with Com
missioner A. j. Goodwin, jr. MIR
Goodwin, he said suggested thai
he consult a member of the
counsel's staff and then lay the
matter before the commission
ers.
1T seemed so personal and
trivial" Mr.. Marshall explained
THAT I procrastinated." He said
Inc felt there was no conflict OF
Interest and pointed out he had
completely disqualified himself
in the matter of Coastal's filing
II never saw or touched any
thing to do with Coastal" he
added.
| Mr.. Bowser, now engaged In
law practice in Pittsburgh. could
not be reached there today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Interposition Voted
BY Georgia Senate

ATLANTA. Feb. 10 R.-With-
out a dissenting vote, the Georgia
Senate today adopted a House
approved interposition resolu-
ton and sent it to Gov. Marvin
Griffin.
Senator Howard OVERLY OF
Gainesville, administration lead
er, spoke briefly on the resolu-
ton. He said the Legislature
was merely stating our posi-
ton" concerning the United
States Supreme Courts school
segregation decision.
Georgia. Mr.. OVERLY said,
deeply resents" the courts
opinions and the resolution de-
clares that resentment lin no
uncertain terms.
He said the resolution seeks
to preserve both the State and
Federal Constitutions.
There were no other speakers
and the vote was SO to 0.
The resolution declared the
Supreme Court ruling null, void
and of no effect"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
HOUSEWIVES NEED NOT REPORT
WAGES OF DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES
BY the Associated Press

The Revenue Service has relieved housewives Of any
obligation to report paid to household employees for
income tax purposes.
The service reported in its current bulletin new tax
rulings that payments salaries wages to domestcs
other household employees by the housewife not
payments made in the course Of a trade or business
Accordingly, the ruling said. the obligation of trade
business employers to- report paid by them for
income does not apply to payments made by
o housewife to employees in her household.
The ruling does not apply where the home is used
trade business such rooming house. tourist home
otherwise
Additionally. it does not affect the obligation OF
housewives to Withhold social security taxes
ing domestic help.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
ICIemency Effort
For PEPPER Put Off

| BONN, Germany, Feb. Is lP.
The clemency bid of former
SIS Col. Joachim PEPPER, serving
life for the Malmedy massacre of
American soldiers, has been
postponed. The four-power war
crimes review board will wait
until its new American member
arrives in Germany.
| He is Robert w. Upton, a law
yer and former United States
Senator from New Hampshire,
named last month to replace vet
ieran diplomat Edwin A. Pitt as
the American member on the
board.
/ The boards freeing last fall of
Nazi war criminal Sepp Dietrich,
who had been convicted for his
part in the Malmedy incident,
aroused a storm OF protest from
United States veterans groups.
The State Department later an
nounced that Mr.. Pitt was being
removed from the board and
transferred to a new assignment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
-Four Catholic Boy Scout
Officials Are Honored

-Four Catholic Boy Scout Off
Gals were presented with st.
George Medals yesterday for
outstanding contributions" to
the movement.
The Most Rev. John M. Nc
Namara, Auxiliary Bishop of
Washington, made the presenta-
ton during the annual Boy
Scout Sunday celebration at st,
GabrieFs Catholic Church, 26
Grant circle NV.
Those honored were Henry j.
Franks, jr., Joseph c. Maratta,
John M. McInerney, and Michael
F. Steele.
Mr.. Franks is an official OF
Boy Scout Pack and Troop 375,
Assumption Catholic Church;
Mr.. Maratta is Scoutmaster of
Troop 224, st. Jerome's Catho-
lie Church, Hyattsville, Md; Mr..
McInerney is an official of Boy
Scout Pack and Troop Ala,
Mount Calvary Catholic Church,
Forestville, Md. and Mr.. Steele
| is an official of Boy Scout Pack
and Troop IS and Sea Scout
Ship rs, st. Francis Xavier
Catholic Church.
| Bishop Mcnamara also pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Grand Inquest
Into Baltimore
Strike Starts
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Star stan Correspondent


ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 13.-The
House of Delegates grand in
quest" into the Baltimore transit
strike got under way today with
a promise of a full inquiry into
the cause of the transit tie-up
and possible legislation to pre-
vent future occurrences.
Special Counsel Jerome M. AL
per said the grand inquest COM
mittee would look deeply into
causes of the strike that is in
its fifteenth day. but expressed
hope. the strike would be settled
through continued collective bar
gaining.
| The history making procedure
the first full use of the grand
inquest since its provision in the
Maryland constitution Of 1867
began about As minutes late with
only 80 members Of the House
present.
| Mr.. Alper, Washington at
torney, promised close scrutiny
of published reports that both
the Baltimore Transit Co. and
the union desire public own
ership of the utility and that
both sides are using the strike
to bring this about.
Full Expression Expected
| Mr.. Alper said he would ex-
Ipect a full expression from both
union and company representa-
Itives on their attitudes and po-
sitions in this matter.
IF this is an issue in the dis
ipute it should be known" Mr..
Alper said.
He also declared that he
would question witnesses on pol
icies and practices of the COM
pany in regard to maintenance
of equipment,
The special counsel said the
present stalemate between the
company and the union cannot
long be tolerated" He added
that the inquest was not to be
considered a substitute for the
resumption of good faith bar
gaining and noted that negotia-
lions were reported under way
today under auspices Of Balti-
more Mayor Thomas D'Ales-
andre.
There have been fears both in
the Legislature and in Baltimore
that the inquest proceedings
would only cause delay in ne
gotiations. Mr.. Alper. however
said schedules were being ar
ranged so that negotiations could
continue without interference.
Legislation Basis Expected
F, The special counsel said that
the inquest was expected to de-
velop information that possibly
could serve as basis for legis-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Father of Five Vonishes
In Potomac Kayak Spill

James C. Fry. jr., 81, OF 81
Kennedy street, Alexandria. IA
Their of five children. vanished in
the Potomac River yesterday
near Chain Bridge when a wave
washed him from a capsized
kayak.
A companion. Richard w.
Parkinson, 25, of 1901 East West
highway, Silver Spring. chung
to the canvas craft and reached
shore. He was released from
Emergency Hospital after treat
ment for exposure.
Harbor police resumed their
search for the body today.
! Mr.. Fry was a graduate OF
West Point. His father. a major
general, is chief of the career
management division of the Ad-
iutant Generals Office here.
| Two-Day River Trip
The tragedy climaxed a two
day trip up the river. Mr.. Fry
and Mr.. Parkinson loaded Sleep
ing bags, cooking equipment and
tent into the kayak Saturday
morning and showed off on the
C6O canal in Georgetown. They
padded to spot above Glen
Echo, where they camped over
night.
They started back yesterday
morning.
I'VE again took the canal be-
cause the river looked too
rough" Mr.. Parkinson told a
reporter at Emergency Hospital.
| I'VE came on down the canal
Il but we got tired of so many
locks so we switched to the river
above the dam just before High
Island. We portrayed around the
dam. intending to hug the Mary
land shore as we came down.
We did all right until we got
about 500 yards above Chain
Bridge. where we were sucked
out into the current.
Knocked OF by Wave
1.-THE next thing I knew the
nose of the kayak dug under a
big wave and we tipped over.
We both grabbed onto the kayak
and we drifted about so yards. :"
Il was still hanging on when
I saw wave knock Jimmy of
the boat" he said.
Mr.. Parkinson chung to the
frail boat and finally manuevered
| it to the District shore where
/ he climbed onto rocks. Dazed,
he started walking inland and
met a boy who lent him his
jacket. Mr.. Parkinson made it
to the canal towpath and walked
until he came to Fletcher's
Boathouse, a half mile below the
bridge.
At Fletcher's were rescue units
from the D. c. Fire Department,
several ambulances, members Of
the Chevy Chase Rescue Squad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

lation "of an emergency or long
range nature"
Assisting Mr.. Alper are Prof.
Paul Hays of Columbia Univer-
sity, Arthur Lazarus, a New
York City transit authority; Ma
than H. David, a Washington
law associate; Assistant Balti-
more City Solicitor Francis x.
Gallagher and Special Assistant
Attorney General Walter r.
Tabler.
Seven large department stores
in downtown Baltimore are doing
100000 less business a day dur
ing the transit company strike
than two years ago. the inquest
was told as the hearing began.
William G. Ewald, executive
vice president of the Baltimore
rLCLdl N1Cl IlldlltS hooOtAuSAOAAn
said that seven surveyed stores
reported $2,005,462 in business
during the first 10 days of the
strike. In the same 1854 period,
lit was S3,138,77l - a total diff
ference of 1888, 300 or 36.1 per
cent.
I A spot check of smaller stores
Mr.. Ewald said. disclosed ar
average percentage drop of &c
per cent. Individual store de-
creases ranged from "a to Sic
per cent, Ewald told the grand
inquest
Mr.. Ewald also quoted figures
of the Federal Reserve index to
show effects of the strike.
He said it might be assumed
that the drop in sales downtown
would be Offset by increased
business in the suburban shop
ming ContprS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

sented Ad Altare Del Ito the
Altar Of God) crosses to IS Boy
Scouts from "a parish troops.
They were given for high
achievement in the spiritual pro-
gram of Scouting.
More than 900 persons. in
Guiding 400 Boy Scouts and 66
Scout executives, took part in
the observance. Those assisting
Bishop Mcnamara included the
Rev. Edward Fuller, Washington
archdiocesan chaplain of Boy
Scouts; Joseph E. Keller, Cath
Ollie Scouting committee chair
man. and James w. Sheridan,
Boy Scout Sunday celebration
chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

Senator Fulbright, Democrat
of Arkansas, called yesterday for
an investigation into probable
conflicts Of interest" on the part
of two former officials Of the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission. He said they had loan
company interests while work
ing for SEC.
Senator Fulbright named the
officials as John v. Bowser, the
commissions executive director
for almost a year, and William
S. Marshall, administrator OF
SECS Washington regional office
from mid-1954 until he resigned
on request last January IL.
Senator Fulbright released
correspondence with SEC Chair
man J. Sinclair Armstrong re-
lating that two men were
directors of Coastal Finance
Corp, Silver Spring. Md. during
part of the time they served
with the commission
Mr.. Bowser became executive
director of SEC at $4,000 a
year in August, 1854. and stayed
until last June Is. Mr.. Marshall
was a S9,600-a-year regional
administrator from July. 1854
until last month.
Answering Senator Fulbright's
request for report, Mr.. Arm
strong said Mr.. Bowser and Mr.
Marshall became directors oil
Coastal Finance Co. last March
Fulbright Sees Further Inquiry
Senator Fulbright, chairman
of the Senate Banking Commit
tee, issued a statement saying q
preliminary checkup appear:
to have disclosed sufficient evil
dences of probable conflicts Of
interest to warrant further in.
Quiry into the matter"
Mr.. Armstrong had said SEC
is conducting its own investiga-
ton into statements filed BY
Coastal Finance and relations Of
Marshall and Bowser with the
company.
Coastal has just been accused
by the SEC of having made
false and misleading state
ments" in connection with 9
stock offering made last summer
Mr.. Marshall said today tina
when the Coastal company
filing came to his office HI
handled the matter in accore
with the rules of conduct. which
he consulted. He assigned tn
company's request to membel
of the staff and notified thu
personnel director.
He said the director Of per
sonnet suggested that the matte
be transferred to the Division
of Corporate Finance. Il wa
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the board yesterday just two
days after the Federal Mediation
Service quit the negotiations.
The strike has shut down 80
Westinghouse plants and idled
about $4,000 workers in two UNI
ions-44.000 in the international
Union of Electrical Workers
(IUE) and 10000 in the indie
pendent Electrical Workers tUE)
The Tue said in Pittsburgh it
accepts" the fact-f1nding pro-
gram. Westinghouse said 1t
wants to examine details of Gov.
Leaders plan before replying.
Those Named to Board
Named to the board were:
DR.. George w. Taylor, Phila-
delphia. chairman of the War
Labor Board during World War
II and now a professor of indus
trial relations at the University
of Pennsylvania. During the
Korean war he served as chair
man of the National Wage Sta
bilization Board.
David L. Cole, Paterson, N. j.,
attorney. former director Of the
Federal Mediation and Concilia-
ton Service and former chair
man of the New Jersey State
Board of Mediation. He is pres
emily an arbiter of jurisdictional
disputes for the AFL-CIO.
Backing up Gov. Leader in
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with their boats. and Harbol
Precinct patrol craft.
The kayak. which Mr.. Park
.inson bought last year in Ger
many, and some Of the supplies
that were in it, were recovered by
police.
Mr.. Parkinson is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Park
.inson of 1913 Oakridge avenue
Chevy Chase. Md. He is mar
.ried, has year-old son and is
employed by the Aetna Life In
surance Co. Mr.. Fry also worked
for that firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-26
Polio Plane PASSENGERS
Advised to Get Shots

Twenty-Five passengers who
flew from Baltimore to Pitts
burgh by Capital Airlines plane
Thursday night were advised
today to take antipouo shots.
This was described as purely
a precautionary measure. Active
polio virus had been spilled in
the plane when a virus shipment
to Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore was dropped in the
plane in Washington.
The plane carried no passen-
gers from Washington to Bal
timore. At Baltimore's Inter-
national Friendship Airport the
% passengers were taken aboard
for Pittsburgh and the crate
containing the virus was re-
moved and found to be leaking
At Pittsburgh steps were taken
to decontaminate the plane and
it was returned to service. But
yesterday it was removed from
service at Flint, Mich. and was
ordered back to Washington fol
a check by Public Health Serv-
ice inspectors.
Meanwhile crew members and
those involved in handling the
virus, 10 in all, were given in
jections Of gamma globulin as q
precaution against polio.
The % passengers were urged
to take similar injections in what
was described by airline officials
as an abundance Of caution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-26
britons Praise
Presidents

LONDON. May. 26 (P).-Presi-
dent Eisenhower's schools for
peace" plan was enthusiastically
welcomed today by two big
British newspapers and was
given wide front-page display by
other papers.
In speech at Waco, Tex,
yesterday Mr.. Eisenhower sug-
gested that private foundations
and American universities Join
in helping the free nations an
swer their educational needs by
establishing science and cultural
centers to promote world peace.
Commenting on the speech,
the liberal News Chronical
stated:
1.-The Marshall plan helped to
set Europe on her feet economi-
cally. The Eisenhower plan takes
"a broader step in the field of
science, not as a charity but to
draw the Communist ma
lions forward together in sicen-
tiflc progress.
ut is now common knowledge
that the new Communist often
Slve is based on Russia's tech
biological skills, her immense
drive to produce an invincible
army of scientists. The Essen
hover plan. if met in the spirit
in which it is offered, could sup
ply the urgently needed answer. I"
Said the conservative Daily
Telegraph:
His president Eisenhower's)
plan is bold and imaginative and
like all such plans is essentially
simple. It is based upon the
assumption that neither arms
not material prosperity are suf-
f1cient to win cold wars or COM
petitions in co-existence.
-. 1t is in the world of ideas
and OF the latest scientific tech
niques that the battle against
communism must ultimately be
fought and won"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-26
Duke Of Kent Up on Roof
! ossing Off Champagne

LONDON. May -26 (P.-Out
Of the cold gray dawn over May
fair came a downpour-of cham
payne.
And who was pouring it down?
None other than his royal high
less the Duke of Kent, 20-year-
old cousin Of Queen Elizabeth II
and bright new star of the social
armament.
The lanky duke, repeatedly was
leading 17-year-old Penelope
d'Erlanger on quiet stroll on a
rooftop 40 feet above Curzon
street. They were balancing on
a ledge IL inches wide.
In his hand. according to COM
petent observers, was a cham
payne glass. He drained half
the glass and. it is reported,
flung the rest in the street.
The idea caught on fast with
fellow guests at the debutante
party. Soon Niagara of bubbly
was cascading on the street and
on any citizens who happened
to be passing.
1T went on and on" said
Marika Hopkinson, another IT.
year-old whom the duke escorted
to the party.
"A lot of people started COM
planning and got pretty annoyed.
But really it was all jolly good
fun"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-26

Airline officials said all COM
petent authorities consulted
agreed the passengers had been
in no danger. But DR.. Ludwig
Lederer, the airline's medical d.
rector. decided the passengers
should be reached by telephone
and the situation should be ex-
planned to them. This was after
consultation with the Office of DR..
Jonas Salk. developer of the Salk
antipolio vaccine, and with Pub
lie Health Service officials.
Airline officials said they had
also started notifying l24 per-
sons who were passengers on the
plane after the decentralization
operation at Pittsburgh and until
1t was taken out of service. They
had been on flights between
Washington and Norfolk and re-
turn, and then to Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Detroit and Flint
These passengers were being told
it was not believed they were in
any danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-26
Retirement Review
Will Honor Nine

Nine Army men will be hon.
ored in a retirement review at
4 pm. tomorrow at Fort Myer.
The Sd (Old Guard Infantry
Regiment will pass in review led
by 1t. Col Keith P. Fabianich,
executive officer.
Y Those retiring are:
Col. Charles G. Peterson. Office
of the Chief of Transportation:
Col. William K. Wilemon, 1t.
Col. Welma G. Wiehe and 1t.
Col. Francis j. Grogan, Walter
Reed Hospital; Maj. John S.
BonkowSki, Office of the Chief
OF Ordnance: Maj. Prince H.
Danley. Office of the Chief of
Ordnance; Capt. William B.
Southwick and Maj. Ralph j.
Wyman. Walter Reed Hospital.
and M/Sergt. Murray w. VOL
gamott, Fort Belvoir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-26
Careless Drivers
Get Police Blame

Most of last weeks traffic ac-
.cidents were blamed on late
afternoon and evening drivers
who didn't give "full time and
attention" to their driving.
This was the predominant
cause of accidents on the most
|accident-prone streets. accord
ling to the Accident Investiga-
Ition Unit of the Metropolitan
Police Department.
Fourteenth street from the
Highway Bridge S.W. to Fair
mont street NV. again was the
street where most accidents oc-
Cured last week. Thirteen of the
traffic mishaps along this
stretch were from a pm. to mid
night, police reported.
Altogether 412 accidents oc-
Cured the week of May Is with
liz persons being reported as
injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-26
Good Samaritan
Slushed by Driver

What was intended to be a
good turn proffered a fellow
motorist in distress was met last
night by a slashing attack with
some sort of a sharp-bladed
weapon, Washington police re-
ported.
Ray Absher. SO, of the 900
block of Sligo avenue, Silver
Spring, is in Casualty Hospital
as a result. He is being treated
for cuts on the head, arms,
shoulders and back.
He told police he stopped his
car to help a motorist apparently
stalled at Seventh and streets
NE. AS he approached the car
on foot. he said, the other driver
jumped out and attacked him.
He described his assailant as a
slender colored man, about %
years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-26
Scout
Named 10 Head
National Group

CINCINNATI. May rs (R. =
Kenneth K. Bechtel of San
Francisco yesterday became the
first one-time Boy Scout to be
elected president OF the Ma
tional Council of the organiza-
ton.
Mr.. Bechtel is the eighth pres
ident Of the organization, which
is holding its 46th convention
nere. Previous presidents were
not Scouts in their youth.
Mr.. Bechtel succeeds John M.
Schiff of oyster Bay. N. Y.
president since 1851. Mr.. Schiff
was made an honorary vice pres
ident.
Norton N. Clapp of Seattle,
WASH, was elected a vice pres
ident and Gerald F. Beal of
New York became treasurer.
President Eisenhower, who
earlier yesterday saluted the Boy
Scouts and their leaders in a
telegram, was reelected honor
airy president.
The President said never has
there been a greater need to
train youth in citizenship and
character and physical fitness. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-26
False Ads Charged
To Food Concern

The Federal Trade Commits
sion yesterday accused the Re-
naire Corp. of falsely advertising
that its plan of purchasing food
and freezers saves housewives
money.
The Renaire enterprise is a
combination of II corporations,
the ETC said, and operates pri-
marily in Washington, Mary
land, Pennsylvania, Delaware and
New Jersey.
J. E. Hecht. vice president of
the Renaire Corp. of Washing
ton. said he had not been in
formed' of the complaint and
could not understand it. ANY
thing we claim we do, we do"
he said.
Renaire customers do not get
food at wholesale, the commits
sion asserted. This is one of IL
advertising claims which the
commission charges are false
and misleading. In no case, the
commission said, would saw
ings over reasonable length Of
time pay for a TV set. remodel
ia home. pay for a vacation, buy
an automobile or pay for a
freezer
A hearing on the charges was
set for July II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-26
Sex-Cose Principal
Surrenders Here

Roscoe Evans, colored, re-
signed junior high school prin-
cipal accused of committing an
indecent act with a minor boy.
surrendered to Washington
police today.
Arraigned before Municipal
Judge John j. Maloy, Evans
pleaded not guilty, waived pre-
liminary hearing and was held
for the grand jury under $4,000
bond.
His lawyer, John H. Wilson,
said the former head of Shaw
Junior High had been in WASH
ington for some time.
The principals resignation
becomes effective July /. He has
been on leave.
The warrant charges him with
an indecency involving a colored
pupil, Is. Police said Evans. 81,
allegedly committed several such
acts in the lavatory of his school
Office just before the last Easter
holidays.
Detectives had earlier infor-
nation that Evans was in a hos
pital in Philadelphia. They were
promised that he would sur
render today.
The warrant is based on the
Miller Act. Conviction of the
felony is punishable by up to
10 years in prison.