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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
By the Associated Press

The House Appropriation!
Committee today approved a bis
boost in funds to fight cancer
heart trouble and other disease:
as it recommended $8,301. 508,-
041 in new money to finance "a
Government agencies.
The money is for use during
the fiscal year starting July
and is $154,155,641 more thar
President Eisenhower had re.
|quested.
However, the increase was
more than accounted for by the
committees decision to add $305
million more than Mr.. Essen
hover had requested for the
civil service retirement fund.
The committee said the extra
money would help keep the fund
on a sound actuarial basis.
Civil Defense Funds Cut
One of the sharpest cuts, $37.1
million below the Presidents re-
quest. was made in funds for the
Civil Defense Administration, fo>
which the committee voted $86. /
million.
For operation of the National
Health Institutes the committee
voted $135, 525, 900. This is SO
million more than requested and
$37, 100000 more than the in
stitutes received this year.
The National Cancer Institute
was allotted $34,437, 900; the
Mental Health Institute $23, 749.-
900; the Heart Institute $25, 106,-
900; the dental program $3,471.-
900; the arthritis and metabolic
diseases program S13,845, 900;
and the neurology and blindness
programs $14.196,00O.
In a report written by Rep
resentative Fogarty, Democrat
of Rhode Island, the committee
voiced optimism over prospects
for new tranquilizing drugs for
cases and for solid ad-
vances" in control of high blood
pressure.
The funds for the "a agencies
financed by the committees pro-
posalS were included in two sep
arate bills. Both are scheduled
for House action next week.
More than half of the total
was voted for the Veterans Ad-
ministration. The $4,720,280,-
860 for that agency included all
money asked for benefit pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
The strange magic
of Plus XII

Warmth, compassion and hui
NOR find soft, shy expression in
this man. From the hands of a
pilgrim he may take a little
skullcap offered for blessing,
place it on his own head and
give the pilgrim his cap.
March Readers Digest
brings you portrait of the man
who holds singular influence
over everyone he meets E. yet
whose deepest yearning is only
for solitude and prayer.
Get March Readers Digest
at your newsstand: 43 articles
oflasting interest, including the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

picked up the offending pebble
When he got to the office, he
filed it away in an envelope
marked with date and location.
Sure enough, in a few days,
the woman stormed into the
office with her lawyer. She
wanted money for injuries in
Cured by stepping on a badly
defective piece of sidewalk a
whole block away from the
pebble scene.
Needless to say" said Mr..
West, when our astute inspec-
tor came forward with the peb-
BILE and his own eyewitness tes-
timony, the lady's case col
lapsed."
Claims cases, no matter how
small, are time-consuming for
his staff. But so are the count
less other chores, of both a State
and municipal nature unique to
Washington as the Federal City
I'VE are very much under
stated with our so people," he
said. 1T may seem like a big staff
for a city of this size, but those
IState-municipal functions we
serve heap a tremendous load
on us all. I am fortunate in the
loyalty and efficiency of the
people of this Office"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
a Arrests Sturt
Capt. Thomun on
Gambling Job

Capt. Todd Thoman got off on
the right foot yesterday, his first
day as head of the Metropolitan
Police Gambling Squad.
He used that same foot to kick
in a door in the first block of
Buchanan street NE, where he
and three other Gambling Squad
officers made two arrests on
charges of operating a lottery,
Earlier in the day, he had ar
rested two others on the same
charge.
Capt. Thoman reported he had
to break in the Buchanan street
address when no one answered
his knock. He said he found
Leighton Earl Williams. 40, and
Mrs. Dorothy A. Neff, Al, in the
dining room.
A search Of the place, he said
turned up numbers slips.
Earlier, Capt. Thoman ar
rested George Dorsey Day, "A. OF
the 800 block of T street NE,
at that address and Clifton A.
Hammond. "a. colored, of the
5000 block of Seventh street
NV. at Seventh and Quincy
street NV, also on charges of
operating a lottery.
He said all four suspects were
released under 81 900 bond pend
ing arraignment today before
the United States Commissioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

hower's second term announce
ment had prompted a shift in
the strategy of the Democrats,
who began to blame the Presi-
dent for Farm Belt woes.
Senator Humphrey, Democrat
of Minnesota, asserted that
maybe some of us have been
unfair" to Secretary of Agri-
culture Benson, who heretofore
has been the prime target.
Hes been carrying out the
orders and those orders have
come from Mr.. Eisenhower" the
Minnesotan said. Some of us
have been calling it the Benson
farm program but it is really
the Eisenhower program"
He added "the remedy is for
the public to register their votes
this year and fire the man who
ought to have fired Benson"
Two other Democrats, Senators
Kerr, Oklahoma, and Olin John
ston. South Carolina, joined in
with assertions that the Presi-
dent should be held responsible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
House Group Votes Boost
In Funds to Fight Disease

grams for veterans and some
increases for rehabilitation of
hospitals and facilities.
Other Appropriations
Approved appropriations in
Icluded:
Grants to States for unem-
Iployment compensation and en-
ployment service administra-
ton, $3.50 million.
Veterans unemployment COM
pensation, $40 million.
Unemployment compensation
for Federal employees, $25 mil
lion.
Mexican farm-labor program,
81 $4,000
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Sc. 687, 900.
Wage and hour division, $40
million.
Food and Drug Administra-
ton, $6,779,000.
Office of Education. $115,-
268,581.
Office of Vocational Rehabili-
tation. $38,910,000.
Public Health Service, $375,-
024, 900.
Social security administration.
81 ,343 ,093,000.
Civil Service Commission,
$619,756,50O.
Federal Communications Com
mission, $7.8 million.
Federal Power Commission,
$50 million.
Federal Trade Commission, $5.4
million.
General Accounting Office, $34I
million.
General Services Administra-
ton, $211, 100000.
Housing and Home Finance
Agency. $152, 100000.
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, $13.9 million.
National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics. STATS, 900.
National Science Foundation,
$35, 915,000.
Securities and Exchange Com
$5.7 million.
Selective service, $28, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Auto Accidents
Claim olives

Auto accidents claimed two
lives last night and early today
and left a 3-year-old boy criti-
cally injured.
John Mergner. IS, of 5215
Brookway drive. Massachusetts,
Avenue Hills, Md, died in Emer-
gency Hospital last night appar-
emily of injuries suffered Friday
when he was dragged by a taxi
after his coat had caught in the
door.
Mr.. Mergner was admitted tc
the hospital, treated for a dis
located shoulder and shock ano
was considered not in serious
condition. He went into con-
WILSON'S Sunday and became
critical.
Cab Pulls Away
His death is the city's 18th
traffic fatality of the year
compared to IL at the CORE
spending time last year.
Mr.. Mergner got out Of the
cab at Thirteenth and G streets
and after the driver, Earl j
Harley, %, Of 602 Sixteenth
street NE, heard the door slam
he drove away. He stopped wher
a truck driver back of him begar
honking his horn.
The second death came early
today when a car struck two
power poles and a tree only 10(
yards from the Waterloo Mary
land State Police barracks or
Highway l at 1915 am.
The victim was Mrs. Edith D
Jiannine, 26, a Laurel (Md.)
waitress, who died instantly.
Hurtles Through Air
Her companion. Army Sergt
Gerald Virgil Luczak, police
said, had been AWOL from
Fort Meade since Sunday. HI
was admitted to the Army post
hospital with head cuts and in
jured ribs.
State Trooper William L
Starkey said the 1851 con-
vertible apparently was hurting
through the air S feet above
the ground when it struck the
tree.
Mrs. Jiannine was hurled from
the careening auto, which rollec
and bounced after knocking
down the second power pole
The accident caused a tenn.
porary power failure in the area
In Washington 3-yea ole
John l.. E. Sarvis, jr., of 1234
Thirteenth street NV, suffered
Ia fractured skull about S pm
yesterday when he ran from
between parked cars on Eighth
street near Ingraham NV. anc
was struck by a car driven by
Purcell Mosby, 26, colored, o.
723 Jefferson street NV.
The boy is in Children's Hos
pital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

War Labor Board worker, now
professor of economics at Dick
inson College, Carlisle, Pa:
Nathan Witt, former assistant
general counsel of the National
Labor Relations Board: Edwin S.
Smith, former member of the
three-man NLRB; Marie Prince,
stenographer of New York, and
Morton Friedman, Newark, N. j.,
attorney, both former NLRB en-
ployes.
Mr.. La Vallee refused to say
whether he knew DR.. William
Edell, president of Dickinson,
after the committee suggested
he had denied to his superior
that he had ever been a Red.
Mr.. Fuchs identified Mr.. La
Vallee as a Communist in testi-
mony last December.
Shouting Contest
Mr.. Witt, who was in his
seventh congressional appear
ance. engaged in a shouting
contest with committee counse
Richard Arens and Mr.. Walter
as he sought to find questions or
his alleged Communist affilia.
tions. He was represented BY
Washington attorney Charles E
Ford.
Mr.. Smith, who now sells news
photographs for Sovfoto and
Eastfoto, agencies of the Soviet
and Red China government!
respectively, declined to tell the
committee whether he knew O.
anyone who was engaged il
espionage against the United
States.
Both Miss sPrince and Mr.
Friedman invoked the Fifth
Amendment to all pertinent
questions on communism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Sue Squirrels Themselves
For Damage, D.C.Advises

the legal officer said. "He said
that, since the District had a
law prohibiting him from killing
squirrels, the District, by gosh,
had an obligation to pay him for
the gnawing they did in his
attic.
1--WE were sympathetic but dis
allowed his claim. I suppose he
got the squirrels out and the
damage fixed himself"
Mr.. West told of another
claims incident. 1t so happened
that one day woman was walk
ing along a downtown street
with one of the Districts claims
inspectors coineidentally a few
PAGES behind her Winding his
own business.
Suddenly she stepped on q
pebble and fell to the ground
The inspector helped her to hel
feet and limping on her way
Before he left the scene, how
ever. a professional thought oc.
Cured to him. He stopped ant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
BY JOHN w. STEPP

If you ever get squirrels in
your attic, don't try to collect
from the District Government for
the damage they do.
The District will probably only
pat you on the head and tell you
to take it up with the squirrels.
That, in any case, is the legal
precedent established in an old
claims case that still is the guide
post in matters of man versus
squirrel.
Vernon E. West. the city's
veteran Corporation Counsel
slated soon to retire, was telling
Cosmopolitan Club about claims
cases and the many other oper-
atoms Of his office. The club met
for luncheon in the Sheraton
Carlton Hotel.
Mr.. West related that this
indignant home-owner huffec
into the District Building with
his problem many years ago.
He had an interesting theory,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

obviously" they are claiming
votes that he knows will go the
other way.
Even should the Senate vote
for the lower scale, however, the
chairman of the Senate Agricul-
ture Committee said, the House
which already has passed a
high-support bill, will insist or
this level.
Democrats, generally, favor q
return to the 80 per cent of par
ity prices for wheat, cotton, rice
peanuts and corn, that were re-
placed with a sliding scale in
the G. o. P.-backed farm bill.
adopted in 1854.
The price issue will come to a
head next Thursday when the
Senate starts voting on the ON
nibuS bill, which entails also a
broad-gauge crop-cutback as a
weapon for reducing crop sur
pluses.
Meanwhile, as debate on the
bill continued yesterday, it be-
came clear that President Eisen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
IHurIun to Be Guest
AT Law Luncheon

Sureme Court Justice Harlan
will be the guest of honor at the
annual law day luncheon of the
George Washington University
Law School at 1890 pm. tomor-
row in the Willard Hotel.
The luncheon is part of a full
days program of activities for
students, alumni and friends of
the Law School.
/ Also on the program is the
final competition of the student
Case Club at 1890 am. At 1890
pm. a panel of experts in atomic
energy law will discuss the 1.-THE
Impact of Atomic Energy on
American Industry" in the Lis
ner Auditorium, Twenty-first and
H streets N. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
CHERRY BLOSSOM PRINCEssEs

Here the first prnceSses announced for the Cherry
Blossom Festival April 38. They Miss Charlotte
Adams of Alabama, Miss Elizabeth ST. Claire of Arizona,
Miss Dixie Lee Browning of Kentucky Miss Emily Hall of
Mississippi Miss La Verne Karsten of Missouri and Miss
Nancy Belts of Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

OUT OF Cne recent disclosures
made by Herbert Fuchs, former
solicitor of the National Labor
Relations Board and a member
of the Red underground for IL
years.
Primary Objective
Asserting that inf1ltration OF
the Government is still a pri-
mary Communist objective, Mr.
Walter declared:
This committee is continuing
its Investigations of this area OF
the Communist conspiracy, with
a view to legislative action re-
garding those people who have
committed a fraud upon the
United States by serving in its
Government while, at the same
time. they serve a foreign, hos
tile power"
He said testimony had shown
that Communists had gained i'm
portant levels of Government
even though their affiliations
were not a secret.
"One of the most appalling
things to emerge from these
hearings is the picture of shock
ing indifference which enabled
these people to pursue their OBJ
jectives within the very Govern
ment of the United States" Mr.
Walter asserted. Further hear
ings on Reds in Government
have been slated for Denver il
April and Los Angeles in May.
Witnesses Heard
Yesterday, the com ait e
heard five witnesses, all forme
Federal employees. and each O
them invoked the Fifth Amend
ment in refusing to state whethe
they had ever been members O
the Communist Party. The.
were:
L. Raymond LaValle, forme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
samples, irreguIars, eIoseouts
NYL0N SLIPS
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Many styles in white and postels, topped and
flounced with pleots, Ioces, applique and net
Sizes 81 to 40 in the group.
Down Stors Store, Underwear
also Bethesda Budget Store
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
E|Iender Claims Margin
For High Price Supports
BY JOSEPH A. FOX

small margin of victory the battle price supports
claimed Senator Eender Democrat of Louisiana
as farm bill debate continued in the Senate
Leading the fight for hghevel supports for major
modes Eender said the administration hackers of
lower flexible scale insist they have SO votes but that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Walter Spells OutMenoce
Reds in u. S. Jobs Pose
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

Chairman Walter of the House Un-American Activities
mittee there is believe that
from the of Communist conspators public employ
The Pennsylvania Democrat issued this warning
statement ringing the curtain three
Communists in the Federal growing
The Arizona post., 1956-02-17


Flora
to r. Harold Kme memberaarge; Phil Levy sgnaarm
Toll
The Arizona post., 1956-02-17

Arizona Post, Feb. II, 1856
Evening star., 1956-12-28
sy the Associated Press

New records in employment,
income and production should be
set in the United States next
year barring grave emergency"
Secretary of Commerce Weeks
says.
But he added I'M a year-end
statement yesterday that infia-
ton is the biggest of the eco
nomic VI problems ahead and
added:
Government, business, labor
and consumer all have a response
|bility in fostering healthy growth
and in avoiding attitudes en-
|couraging to an inflationary
boom or other excesses."
Along with new highs in en-
|ployment. wages, production and
exports established during the
past year, he noted that con-
sumer prices rose 2l2 per cent
during the year ended last
month.
People made more and spent
more, he said. but because of the
rise in prices, the years 6 per
cent gain In personal income
after taxes actually increased
purchasing power only about 4
per cent over that in-l955.
The Nations output in the past
year totaled $412 billion in value,
a rise Of about $2i billion or
more than 5 per cent above
1885. te ~
Evening star., 1956-12-28
LIST Irregular
In Fairly Active
Stock Trading

NEW YORK, Dec. % (R.-
Prices continued mixed with q
slight upward trend in fairly
active stock market trading
early this afternoon.
Key stocks moved to the plus
or minus side by fractions to
around a point. A few stocks
made larger gains.
Ooils were helped by the start
of clearing operations in the
Suez Canal. The glowing pre-
|diction Of Commerce Secretary
Weeks for 1857 business was
encouraging but a good number
|of transactions to establish in
come tax gains or losses was
still going on. This tended to
create a spotty pattern.
Leading oils advanced as a
group. Most of the pivotal steel
stocks weer gamers. Rails and
motors were somewhat irregular.
Aircrafts showed losses and mis-
cellaneous manufacturing stock;
edged off.
Lukens Steel ran ahead
around 6 points, reaching a new
high. Bethlehem and Youngs-
town gained around a point each
and United States Steel was
steady.
The Associated Press average
of so stocks at noon was up 20
cents to $4,000 with the indus
trials up 40 cents, the rails UP
10 cents and the utilities up 20
cents.
Corporate bonds declined in
quiet trading.
Evening star., 1956-12-28
RetoiI Tr'ode
Rises Sharply

NEW YORK. Dec. 20 (P).--Ar
upsurge of 11th-hour Christmas
shopping boosted the Nations
retail trade this week, it was
reported today by Dun & Brad
street.
Total dollar volume for the
week ended Wednesday exceeded
that for the comparable week
Iof 1855 by substantial margins
Sales, according to an estimate
by Dun & Bradstreet, ranged
from S to 9 per cent higher than
a year ago.
Biggest increase was scored
In New England, where business
was up Z to IL per cent. Per-
|centage gains in other major
areas included: Middle Atlantic
6 to 10 per cent; East North Gen.
trail and West North Central
to 8; South Atlantic and East
South Central 3 to Z; West South
Central and Rocky Mountain 2
to 6, and Pacific Coast { to 8.
Best sellers included jewelry
handbags, lingerie. toys. televi-
sion sets and linens. Sales oi
furniture and major appliances
declined. 49, .W#,s -,
Evening star., 1956-12-28
BALTIMORE
MARKETS
NOTICE
Quot ations suppIIsd by DE unlts1

Quotations supplied By the United
states Department Of Agrieulturel
on frysrs and hsavy.type hens fowl Be-, De-
mand good for. the liEht but about
ssaesuate ,supplies: Prices generally
,hisnsr Heavy ssiSht YOUNG tom
sale selling prices per pound in Bait.
more: Broiers or fryers--3 pounds md
young tonF 3O-9i
Livestock Markets
Cattle i5O. demand narrow for ali
classes o. cattle but . couple Of. loads
Of slaughter steers and a load Of buiis
steady with Thursday, 2 loads GOOD ana
choice 02D.I .O55 ID siaughter steers
90 .OO-23 OO load utility and commercial
Grade sausage bulls 1850
Calves none, quotations nominally
unclaimed At up 70 $500 for prime
Hog e5 no. enousb on offer 70 es-
tabllsh q trading basis. teaitered odd
head lots trueked-i1 offerlnss nominally
steady with Thurtday with No ] and
sfsde isg.z2o p earrevs and efits
sheen none. quotations hewinsiiy
unchanged.
Evening star., 1956-12-28
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK. Dec. - w. (usDAL-
wholesale eEg prieeg we're lteady 70 nrr
today; receipts. .I34OO. fWholesals s1ll.
ing priceh based On sxehsnEs lnd other
tons follow NldUsstefn. miIed coiors
egtrag lfB-50 i11i, 35-36s extras ARR
ff5.46 lbs.l, 34is.tb; extras meoium
aQ-3l gnallS. 30-51 stsndares large
trsr 1850 bLl. aSls-as; eEtras laTrs
z ;32 bFcFns. sHtris $3.50 10 y
HearbT. whlies. TOP oqsIHy 4A5C
ibs.l, 3911f3 fop quality 1f5-4a ibS }
31-Jg fDediuQlB, I1.35; an1aila. 30.3i
browns iqp gP.li,y tss.sg y. J. as.ga
Busi.r-..s.es1Y i,eeisss si7.ooo.
priesh Unbalanced
cheese = Steady; FscsiptA 1900
prices unchangec.
Evening star., 1956-12-28
BUSINESS
BRIEFS
Heavy Construction contract

Heavy Construction contract
awards reported in the week
ended Monday amounted to
282.2z4,000. consisting Of $148,-
848, 900 in private, and $l33.426.-
900 in public construction, COM
pared with 6,57l 900 the pre-
vious week and $276, ,764 900 for
the corresponding week in 1865
l-Engineering News Record.
Loans to brokers and dealers
on other than United States
Government securities held by
member banks in New York City
totaled 1920. 900. 900 Wednesday,
an increase Of SIS million from
a week before, and q decrease Of
$565 million from a year before.
Federal Reserve Board.
Electric Power output last
week totaled a record 1927, ,000,-
300 kilowatt-hours compared with
the previous high Of 1920, ,000,-
900 the week before and So per
cent over the 1l,614.0O0,OOO in
the like week of 1955.-Edison
Electric Institute.
Greyhound Corp. announces
Iplans for a new joint air and
bus shipping service designed to
speed delivery of packages to
some 5000 communities which
do not have direct air freight
service.
Bethlehem Steel announced
price increases for special OPP
|erations performed on hot
rolled structural steel shapes and
|hot-rolled carbon steel plate.
The Free World still produces
three times as much steel as the
Soviet Union and her satellites.
Production figures for 1856 show
the Soviet world raised its output
by a greater percentage than
nom Communist countries, but
failed to crack the 3-to-1 ratio.
Iron Age.
The steel industry of the
United States will begin 1857
with capacity to make 133,459,-
$50 net tons Of ingot steel, 5,096,
060 tons more than a year ago.
Iron and Steel Institute.
American AirIines announced
its special brand Of DC-7 service,
known as "The Mercury" will be
extended in 1857 to a dozen cities
instead Of the present three.
United States Steel announced
a price increase estimated to be
less than / per cent" on its extras
for hot rolled carbon and low
alloy high-streneth steel strip.
Standard Oil IN. j. has
staked SIPS billion on q con-
tinued worldwide boom in oil.
The company will spend that
amount improving its facilities
and searching for oil and natural
gas next year.
: Beatrice Foods reports earn
ings Of $4,2l4,412 equal to $2.9l
per common share for the nin6
months ended November 80,
compared with earnings Of $3.-
692,239 or $2.59 a share in the
like period a year ago.
other earnings reported:
For Year Ended October III
Dayton Rubber S2,6OO,O0O s2.32I.477
For % Quarter Ended ksy.mb.r Nv 50 '.'4
Murray Corp 777,oO6 i,2Os.Oga
fsr 81 weeks Endsa November '4O
j. Stevens - e.249.791 e,B34 100
Per snare EOS Els