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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-13

Its most significant provision
would make Federal gambling
stamps prima facie evidence that
pinball machines were being
used for gambling.
However. reporters have
pointed out to the Senator that
his bill exempts from this pro-
vision amy coin-operated ma
chine used only for amusement
where the ony award for the
operation, thereof. directly or
indirectly, is a free play to the
player"
This would seem to make it
necessary for law enforcement
officers actually to observe pin
ball players being rewarded in
cash, as at present, before cases
could be proved, regardless of
whether the machine involved
had the Federal stamp.
FOuce Complain
Police have complained this
makes it difficult to stamp out
pinball machine payoffs. Until
this month. county police have
made no pinball payoff arrests
in almost two years.
Delegate Hervey G. Machen,
Democrat of Prince Georges, has
alleged that almost 500" pinball
machines in the county have
$3.50 Federal gambling stamps.
Senator Wheatley said today
he drafted the bill under pres
sure and certainly did not in
tend for it to contain any loop
hole for continuation of pinball
machine payoffs. He said he will
review the measure carefully to
determine whether an amend
ment is necessary.
The Wheatley bill also would
increase the penalty of a 500
fine for a pinball machine pay
off to a maximum of $500, six
months in Jail or both. 1t also
would provide for confiscation
and destruction of pinball ma
chimes being used for gambling
and for closing establishments
where such machines were in OPP
Grafton.
Other Developments
In other Montgomery-Prince
Georges developments here:
The Montgomery delegation
introduced bill to extend the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
District to about a 3-square mile
area just southwest Of Gathers
burg.
The Montgomery and Prince
Georges delegations joined in in
Producing a bill to permit the
local governing bodies to increase
the present 7-cent park tax rate
in the Metropolitan District up
to an additional cents.
The Prince Georges delegation
earlier had decided to pass a bill
providing for l-cent manda-
tory increase in the tax, but
delegation chairman Perry O..
Wilkinson said they decided to go
along with the Scent permissive
increase for purposes of getting
the bill introduced before last
nights deadline. He indicated
the delegation may still amend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-13
WheotIey Plans to Plug
Any PinboII LoophoIe
BY GENE GOODWIN

ANNAPOLIS, Mar Ex-senator H. Winship Wheatey. jr,
Democrat of Prince Georges said today he will review his pnba
bill carefully to determine whether he had inadvertently included
a loophoe
The BILL introduced Friday, is aimed at tightening up
laws against pnbal machine payof in Prince County
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-13

or Federal agencies in matters
that are purely a function of a
State or a political subdivision"
Senator FenWick added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-13
School Activities Banned
For Fraternity Joiners

The Montgomery County Board of Education yesterday
detailed the penalties including exclusion
activities to be imposed students join fraernies
sororities secret organizations
Board members had debated several possible disciplinary
measures following board action
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-13
Silver Hill Meeting

The Silver Hill MD Citizens
Association will meet at $3.50
O'Clock tonight at the HillcreSt
Heights Elementary School.
Evening star., 1957-08-18
REVIEW OF THE WEEK

the public. the press and television
cameramen. were these:
. That seven phony paper" locals
Of the Teamsters Union were
quickly chartered in New York in
1855 with the only purpose being
to rig q crucial upcoming election.
AS q result. the committee was
told, John O'Rourke, close asso-
ciate Of James r. Hoffa, Teamster
kingpin and probable successor to
Dave Beck as president Of the
huge union, was elected.
. That Anthony Dora, racketeer
Johnny Dio, cashed a $4,000 bond
that had been turned in by a de-
funct union. and subsequently in
vested the money in his own per-
sonal business. Doria told the COM
mittee that Dio had honest in
tentions, but had been the victim
Of a "cruel society"
. That a former consultant to
the New York Legislatures In
dustry and Labor Committee had
demanded, and accepted. a bribe
in l949. The accused. Marshall M.
Miller, said that the charges. made
in an afiidavit to the committee,
were 'lies."
Mr.. O'Rourke, president Of the
New York Joint Council Of Team
sters. was called to testify on
Thursday. but repeatedly pleaded
the Fifth Amendment-ever when
asked to state his occupation. Two
others on Thursday. both known
racketers who we're linked by the
committee to O'Rourke's election,
also pleaded the Fifth.
Meanwhile, It was learned that
a New York Federal grand jury
had indicted both Dio and his
bodyguard on charges Of income
tax evasion--a seemingly routine
action that has proved the down.
fall Of many ? clever hoodlum.
Evening star., 1957-08-18

start a war because she has q
SOLDERING respect for American
military might.
The fact that ballistic missile
development escaped the economy
ak was due TO the frantic drive to
produce at the earliest possible
date these weapons which now
appear to be near the stage Of
perfection. The ballistic missiles
l.500-mile and 5,000-mile range
weapons-receive their power and
guidance at the moment Of
launching, much in the manner
Of a bullet fired from a rife.
Long-range strategy. as well as
economy. was behind the order
by Mr.. Wilson to merge the de-
velopment programs Of the Army's
1,500-mile Jupiter missile and the
Air Forces rival Thor, Of about
the same range.
The order. in effect. called for
q choice between the two or q
missile combining the best fea-
lures Of both. Both are designed
To carry nuclear warheads, and
with a promise to Great Britain
that she will receive some Of
them when they get into pro.
duction, have become an integral
part Of the Vests defense ar
senal.
Evening star., 1957-08-18

scious doctors aravitate toward
each other.
Certain specialists in the medi-
cal profession are thus joining
hospital staffs. on salary, at q
rapidly increasing rate. This is
especially true Of doctors working
in medical areas such as anes-
thesia, pathology, radiology. psy-
chiatry and treatment BY radio
active processes.
Across the field. the potent
State and national medical or
ganizations which want the trend
reversed believe they have two big
forces working for them: "a The
law, and (2) the British example.
While the number Of court bat
ties involving the point have been
few. it is established in American
law that corporations - which
hospitals are - cannot practice
medicine.
A few States have expressly
provided to this effect In statutes.
Most Of them. however, cover the
same ground by implication. That
is, the statutory requirements set
up for licensing medical practi-
tioners are drawn so as to extend
only TO natural persons.
From such laws as these the
courts Of Illinois, Kansas and
California. for example, have uni
formly deduced that the "mani-
fest intent Of the Legislature"
was to exclude corporations from
medical practice. And, the courts
add, corporations which 'prac-
tice" through employees who are
licensed may be held liable for
violations Of the licensing laws.
It is possible to argue. and it has
been argued. that hospitals which
employ doctors on q salary basis
are not actually engaging In the
practice Of medicine even though
they charge the patient directly
for the salaried physicians serv-
ices. New York State. apparently.
takes this view.
The precise point was recently
raised in q legal battle between
the Iowa Hospital Association and
the Iowa State Board Of Medical
Examiners. The contention Of the
hospital, which followed the fore
going procedure in regard to its
pathological and X-ray depart
ments, was fatty rejected in court.
It was all right for the hospital
to provide these facilities and bill
the doctors for their use, the
court ruled; but to salary any
doctor and bill his patients would
give hospitals the right to hire
medical specialists in all fields Of
medicine. including putting sur
geons on salary"
Evening star., 1957-08-18
MARYLAND REPORT
Ocean City's Political Mecca

but went on to defeat In the
November general election.
The decision to throw the anti
Mahoney support behind Mrs.
Tydings came after q long round
Of conferences" In q literally
moke-filled room at Sol Board
walk.
That is the frame cottage that
is headquarters during August Of
the Baltimore County contingent.
This year, as in the past, Ma
tional Committeeman Michael J.
Birmingham will play host at the
cottage to a cocktail party that
spills over onto the beach on Sat-
urday night.
And after that Mr.. Tawes, who
appears to be out in front as q
gubernatorial candidate, and his
wife will follow this party with an
other reception at the Atlantic
Hotel.
Most observers close to the
Mayor do not believe he will an
nounce his gubernatorial carldi-
dacy yet. although he has been
under heavy pressure to make q
move from some of his closest as
sociates. The Mayor. however, is
q master at the art Of timing and
he does not feel the time is ripe,
but there are reports he plans
some excitement"
Around the Baltimore County
headquarters, as at the Mayors
home. the week end will buzz.
Here among others will be
found Senator John Grason Turn
bull, being mentioned both for
the United States Senate and for
Governor; House Majority Leader
A. Gordon Boone and Delegate
Daniel Brewster who already has
announced for the I'd congress
sional district race.
At the Plihimmon Hotel will be
Montgomery delegation chairman
Blair Lee III. his wife and six
boys. He has his eye on the con-
troller's seat being vacated by Mr.,
Tawes.
At home base at the Atlantic,
Senate President Louis L. Gold
stein will stay as he continues his
moves to win support for the same
office
Others likely to be on hand in
clude DR.. Harry c. Byrd, unsuc-
ceSsful gubernatorial nominee in
1854 and a candidate again this
year; Attorney General c. Ferdi-
nand Sybert. who appears most
likely now to 60 for reelection
despite his gubernatorial ambi-
tious; State Central Committee
Chairman T. Barton Harrington;
Delegate Lloyd l.. Simpkins, House
Judiciary chairman; and Repre-
sentatives Richard E. Lankford.
Edward A. Garmatz, Samuel N.
FTiedel and George H. Fallon.
Evening star., 1957-08-18

The court forced discontinuance
Of the arrangement as an illegal
corporate practice Of medicine"
Moreover. its decision seems to
have carried particular weight
since the defendant hospital In
the case was q nQn-proflt organi-
zation which claimed exemption
from the law on that basis. It
made no difference.
Whether other States will adopt
attitudes as strong as Iowa's Is q
question only the future can an
swer. But the ANA and its sateI-
lites are reported hopeful Of
making the future produce more
such answers with q minimum Of
delay.
No High Court Decision
The lone case Of the kind ever
appealed to the United States
Supreme Court. by the way. was
refused certiorari. It was q Cali
fornia dispute which the Supreme
Court at that time (1939) appar-
emily felt was purely q matter for
State decision. OF course, this
doesn't guarantee q similar atti-
tude by today's Court which may
wen accept the next similar ap-
peal for review.
Meanwhile, the anti-salary
group points with considerable
effect to recent reports from Lon-
don which suggest marked dissat-
isfaction among English doctors
with their salaried schemes.
The average British doctor has
earned only q little over $4,000 Q
year since his one and only pay
raise was approved by the govern
ment In 1851. Each doctor serves
. panel Of not more than $500
patients and gets q nat annual fee
Of $2.3S for each. This has
worked out to an everage yearly
salary Of $6.22l which remains
constant regardless of services
rendered.
Even more serious, United
States medical groups say, is the
fact that their British counter
parts feel desperately limited by
the well-meaning but medically
ignorant administration Of the lay
once holders who regulate the
country's medical practice. Small
wonder. they add, that q nth Of
Britain's upcoming young doctors
are migrating to Australia, Canada
and the United States.
Inside United States medical
circles nobody seems to want to
give odds on the salary-issue
battle. About the only thing as
sured Is that an intramedlcal
scrap is shaping up, and 1t prom
ises to be q corkerl
Evening star., 1957-08-18
By CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

Chances are that II you want
to talk with a Maryland politician
during the next two weeks you
will have to 60 to Ocean City.
The seaboard playground for
many years has been drawing the
States political leaders Especially
Democratic chieftains) and their
families for the last two weeks Of
August.
After simmering and stewing In
their own political indecision all
summer the b'hoys are At to be
tied when they arrive there, and
almost anything can be expected
during their stay.
Announcements Of candidates,
charges and counter charges,
wheeling and dealing and cam
paign kickoffs are old hat along
the boardwalk.
The Democratic hopefuls' stage
for their antics quite regularly
in recent years has been the
summer meeting at the Atlantic
Hotel Of the United Democratic
Women's Clubs.
While a few years ago the
meeting was no more than q
Sunday afternoon tea and recep-
ton for the ladies, more recently
it has been expanded to three
days and has produced some Of
the better political stories OF the
years.
This years meeting, slated for
next Friday, Saturday and Sun
day. is expected 10 draw some 800
women with the crowd going to
500 by the time the rally" is held
Sunday afternoon.
For that rally, DR.. Mildred
Otenasek. president Of the
women's group, has invited vir-
tually every imaginable land per-
haps some not so imaginable)
candidate for Governor, United
States Senator, controller. Repre-
sentative and attorney general.
D'AlesOndro Is Busy
A dependable scene stealer in
recent years has been Baltimore
City's peppery, rotund Mayor,
Thomas D'Alesandro.
The Mayor is probably Ocean
City's best known unofiicial resi-
dent and has been going there
since 1925. During August he regu-
larly shifts back and forth from
colorful bathing trunks to busi-
ness suit and shuttles between his
apartment at 1917 Boardwalk and
his offices in Baltimore City Hall.
1t was four years ago that on
the morning Of the Sunday
women's meeting the Mayor an
nounced that he was going TO run
Evening star., 1957-08-18
Optimistic. Analysis

While he was ordering the pro-
grams of restricted spending,
Secretary Wilson received some
CHEEKY news from Admiral Arthur
Radford, outgoing chairman Of
the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, and his
successor, Air Force Gen. Nathan
Twining.
Admiral Radford told a news
conference that he believed United
States national security need not
require a rate Of spending greater
than the current rate in the next
few years. Both he and Gen.
Twining agreed that there is no
likelihood Of the Nation becoming
involved In any war, great or
small. in the foreseeable future.
Russia, they said, is Rot likely to
Evening star., 1957-08-18
sALARIED DOCTORS SOCIALISM?
Hospitals Like Payroll Medicine

hospitals making its appear
ance.
Among other reasons which
prompt them. hospitals are hav-
ing . difncult time making ends
meet. Many are operating in the
red. Through no fault Of their
own, they need money and frankly
admit 1t. One way Of getting the
money is via salaried employees
licensed to practice medicine. The
theory is that by being able to bill
patients for doctors services as
well as hospital care, the hospitals
can make enough to pay their
employed medics and have q tidy
amount left over.
What's wrong with this?
The organized medical view
With which. incidentally, many
physicians disagree-is that the
salaried practitioner leads TO
mediocre medicine. He works 4
40-hour week and is likely to
produce an inferior brand Of 40
hour medicine" AS q salaried
doctor he joins an administrative
hierarchy and must hew closely to
the medical views of his superior
OR he gets the boot. He dare
not dissent. branch out, expert
ment, criticize accepted theories,
etc. Result: Slow medical progress
at best.
Whether This theory is sound or
not. more and more doctors are
finding it hard to resist the siren
song Of steady salary. And, like
the hospitals. these doctors appear
to be motivated primarily BY n
nancial considerations. But their
eyes are open.
Offers More Security
They recognize the salary
scheme means q smaller lifetime
income for them, but they like
the security 1t offers. They like
the idea Of having retirement an
nuities built for them by employ
ers. Presently. they must build
their own. without the Dement'S
either of social security or tax
exemption on income put aside
for the purpose. They lean
toward the happy thought Of reg.
ular hours. q status in which they
are not likely to be pressed
into duty at any moment and
because Of which they can count
on holidays and adequate time
with their families. Finally, in
view Of current Federal tax struc-
lures. they must work great deal
harder as self-employed to pro-
duce even q slightly higher take
home pay than they get as salaried
employees.
These factors tend to make the
hospitals and the security-con-
Evening star., 1957-08-18
Processing Costs Cut Formers
Share of Consumers Dollar

ting the food from the farmer TO
the dinner table.
Labor's share also has been
increasing under . long upward
movement In the wage scale, as
well as the addition, In recent
years, Of such worker benefits as
social insurance. private pensions,
welfare grants and compensation
for injuries.
Woge Rates Rising
Government reports show that
the average hourly earnings Of
food industry workers increased an
average Of 5 per cent last year
and now are SO per cent higher
than In the 1947-4o average.
Total profits before income taxes
Of corporations from processing.
wholesaling and retailing farm
produced and domestically con-
sumed food products are estimated
by the government at 81 billion
for 1856. Figures were not avail
able on profits Of unincorporated
firms. Profits Of corporations after
taxes were estimated at $500 mil
lion compared with $500 million in
the 1o47-4o period.
Other costs In getting food to
the consumer were estimated ct a
total Of $o.9 billion last year COM
pared with $7.3 billion in the l947-
40 period. These costs include
fuel, electric power. containers,
supplies, depreciation, rents, taxes
other than income. interest on bor-
rowed capital and profits on unin-
corporated marketing firms.
What has happened to farm
prices since 1o47-40-a period Of
rising returns for other segments
Of the food industry? They have
gone down 8 per cent. Net farm
income dropped from an average
Of &l6 billion in the 1o47-lo period
to about $l2 billion last year. But
this decline has been onset to
some extent by the fact that there
Is . somewhat smaller farm popu-
iation now.
(AssoeiAted PTssED
Evening star., 1957-08-18
BY PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

l6 sociallzeo medicine" walk
ing In Americas back door?
A lot Of professional people on
the inside Of the medical scene
are beginning to wonder.
Obviously, the classic element
Of Government sponsorship and
control Is absent. but one Of the
sure symptoms Of the socialized
medicine concept-the saIaried
physician-is waxing strong on q
national basis.
Curiously enough, this little
pubhcized development in United
States medical practice is reported
to be splitting the two most pow
erful entities in the field-the hos
pitais and the organized medical
societies.
The hospitals would prefer to
have more doctors and staff mem-
bers as salaried employees. The
doctors. or at least the big medi-
cal societies. vigorously disap-
prove.
In fact, the American Medical
Association is evidencing an in
tent to fight the trend not only
through revised codes of medical
ethics. but in the Legislatures and
courts Of States in all parts Of the
country.
It win be no small task.
According to q recent survey
made by Medical Economies, Inc.
an independent professional jour-
nal. the percentage Of doctors
going into salaried positions Is
now three times greater than dur
ing the pre-World War I era. al
most twice as great as it was IL
years ago.
About is per cent Of the doctors
graduated In 1915. for example.
have gone into salaried jobs. OF
the mid-1940's crop. some ~ per
cent are on salary. Today it Is
estimated that 20 per cent Of the
new medics will become salaried.
DFooder Opportunity
One Of the big reasons for this.
Of course. is the increased oppor-
tunity for salaried jobs. Industry
and business have been setting up
their own health programs and
hiring their own doctors. Labor
organizations are beginning to fol-
low suit. Many private clinics and
group practice organizations OPP
crate on salary set-upS. Medical
research is booming and creating
Q sizeable outlet for salaried per-
6onnel. Salaried teaching jobs are
also expanding.
Now an additional factor-the
Evening star., 1957-08-18
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Continued from Page A-21
the interest Of economy. 1t planned
to reduce its civilian payroll by
10000 claimed savings Of about
So million q month.
Aircraft manufacturers with Air
Force contracts we're asked to cut
their payroll costs by per cent
by October, the only exception be-
ing those with ballistic missile
contracts.
The Army's contemplated SPEND
ing budget Of $9.170.000,000 for
fiscal 1858 was cut back by $500
million. TO a ceiling Of 1885,
100000.
On Wednesday, two days later,
the Navy announced that 1t would
drop 1900 Of It's 3e9,70 civilians
from its payroll. At the same time.
the National Guard ordered all
Of It's units to reduce the number
Of paid drill meetings between
now and January /.
Evening star., 1957-08-18

for Governor. "what q bombshell
that was" the girls still say.
In 1855 when he was being mem
toned prominently as q senatorial
candidate. the Mayor walked into
the meeting and accused Control
Ter j. Millard Tawes and George
p. Mahoney Of making q deal to
give the Democratic senatorial
nomination. to Mr.. Mahoney last
year in exchange for his support
Of Mr.. Tawes for the guberna-
torial race next year.
But the biggest excitement
came last year when "Mr.
Mayor" spoke briefly at a Satur-
day luncheon and suggested that
a woman be considered to replace
ex-senator Millard E. Tydings as
the party's standard bearer against
Senator John Marshall Butler.
The place went wild, and over
night Mrs. Eleanor Tydings. who.
previously had declined the NOM
ination, fell back on her preroga-
tive as a woman and changed her
mind.
Phones Were Busy
The Mahoney forces, which
were in control Of the women's
meeting, were incensed and tele-
phone lines out Of Ocean City be-
gan buzzing as both sides sought
to line up support for the meeting
in Baltimore the next night to
pick Senator Tydings' successor.
AS it turned out Mrs. Tydings
campaign probably was one Of the
shortest but most intense in Mary
lands political history. Mr.. Ma
honey easily won the nomination