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wanted to talk to you. We're little
troubled, some Of us back home. We've
had reports that Sidney may not quite
understand what we want him = what
we'd like to have him do in regard to
certain matter. A rather important mat
ter, really, connected with the Smith
Maddox bill. Perhaps you know what |
mean?"
She said, what do you mean, MIR.
Carmody?"
Another blue spiral Of smoke curled
toward the ceiling. las you probably
know, Mrs. Danforth, the bill itself isn't
important, but one of the riders is. That
rider has been very carefully phrased. II
will make great deal Of difference to =
well, let's say to our plans for developing
certain natural resources in our State.
He paused, but the Senator's wife.
watching him steadily, said nothing.
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borrow trouble, darling. Sc His lips brushed
her check "One Of these days I'll be able
to say no to Carmody. Or anyone else.
You'll Sec"
She watched him go, small woman.
quietly dressed. Not beautiful, but with a
certain strength and serenity in her face.
After a while she glanced at her watch,
picked up her gloves and pCcketbcok.
She had an appointment to keep. An
appointment with man she had heard Of
often, but had never met An appointment
with Big Jim Carmody himself.
Wy dear Mrs. Danforth." Car
mody said in his bluff. hearty voice, 'how
good Of you to come"
He stepped back into his hotel suite,
holding the door so that she could enter.
He was big man with silver hair, steel
colored eyes, beautifully manicured hands.
He looked rather like movie version Of
a Senator himself. But where he came
from, Big Jim Carmody was considered
much more important than Senator. Or
a Governor, for that matter. Or some
times even a whole Legislature.
He let her precede him into the gra-
cious room. He always occupied this
suite when he came TO Washington. He
liked the wide windows overlooking the
tree-blurred streets, the great dome Of the
Capitol Silhouetted against the sky. He
nodded toward hawk-faced man stand
ing near the window. mrs. Danforth,
may | present Philip Redmond, an old
friend Of your husbands and mine? He
has many talents. and one Of them is mix
ing drinks. May we offer you something's?
She said. mo, thank you. MIR. Car
mody."
If he Sensed the GOODNESS in her voice.
he did not show it. please sit down. Mrs.
Danforth This is great pleasure for Phil
and me. When we heard that Sidney had
found a wife in Washington. we were
delighted. And now that I've met you, I'm
even more delighted. The old rascal -
how did he trap pretty woman like your
Lucy Danforth smiled family, and Car
mody found himself wondering just how
old she was Thirty-five? Thirty-eight? No
matter. they were all susceptible to fiat
terry. He lit a cigar and blew stream Of
smoke at the ceiling. They tell me you
were a teacher once. A high school
teacher, right here in Washington. What
subject did you teach?''
Il taught history. mostly - American
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history" Her small hands. folded in her
lap, were very still.
Splendid" Carmody nodded. the
strong afternoon light glinting on his
broad forehead. "Splendidr' He leaned
forward, suddenly serious. mrs. Dan
forth, suppose you thought it odd Of me
to ask you to come down here this after
noon alone. But before seeing Sidney, !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-10

Carmody studied the glowing end of his
cigar. i've been told that someone close
to Sidney has been giving him some rather
dubious advice. Someone has been urging
him to attack the rider on the floor of the
Senate. 1t occurred to me, Mrs. Danforth,
that this someone might just possibly be
YOU" He looked up suddenly. IAN
right?''
Her eyes did not waver. YES"
He leaned back and smiled at her. my
dear lady, I'm sure you mean well. But
isn't politics bit out Of your line? Practi-
cal politics, mean? Now, where these =
all resources are concerned, it's ques-
ton of -"
''Of exploiting them - not developing
them. Isn't that what its a question Of,
MIR. Carmody?"
Carmody's big shoulders lifted
half an inch. There will be considerable
profit involved = for a few far-sighted
people. don't deny that. But it happens
every day. Mrs. Danforth. | really don't
think you understand 80.
Il understand the difference between
right and wrong, MIR. Carmody."
The big man kept smiling with every
thing but his eyes. Il was about to say,
don't think you quite understand your
husbands position in all this, Mrs. Dan
forth. If. as the junior Senator from our
State, he attacks this rider, or even men,
tons it, he will draw attention to it. Too
much attention. If he leaves it alone, there
will be no trouble. No trouble for any
Of US"
She stood up slowly. my husband is
Senator Of the United States"
The man at the window said, harshly,
Listen, lady -"
Carmody silenced him with gesture.
''Of course he is, Mrs. Danforth. And
we're just a couple Of ordinary citizens
trying to make our wishes known to him."
He looked at his watch. Phil and are
flying out at nine O'Clock. Id like to have
a word with Sidney first. Just to be sure he
under - Continued on next page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-10

REMEMBER Death on
the Waterfront" arthur
Gordon'S LAST story? IL
WILDE feLeNiSed this spring
on The Twentieth Cen
lMry-EOx Hour over CHS.
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HOW TO KEEP HEARING LOSS
FROM GETTING WORSE

tkUM Uel lutuO WVW9e
Do you know why you hear better
sometimes than at other times?
Do you know there are many ways
you can improve your hearing with
out using a hearing aid-ifyour loss
is only slight?
Do you know why most people
who have a hearing loss find their
condition gets worse as they get old
er?And what can be done about it?
As a public service, Maico has
prepared a booklet filled with hints
and tips on how to get the most out
of the hearing you now have-and
how to keep it from getting worse.
This valuable booklet is yours FREE.
Well mail it in plain envelope.
Evening star., 1957-08-18

me SUNDAY STAR MAGAZINE WASHINGTON c. AUGUST Is. 1887
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-21

Falls Church's new top adj
ministrator wants to attract
more .commerce into Washing
tons Presidential bedroom" He
termed the small city's poten-
tial the greatest in this area"
City, Manager Lewis 2.
Johnston. jr. who came 70
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BroyhiII Granted
Poster Case Delay

A continuance was granted
today in Arlington County
Court on a political poster vio-
lation case against Thomas J.
Broyhill.
County Court Judge Paul d.
Brown granted q delay until
Thursday provided Mr.. Broyhill
complies with coming regula-
tons by that date.
SummonseS were sworn out
last week against Mr.. Broyhill.
q builder. charging that he
failed to obtain 81 county per-
mits for eight political signs.
These posters urge the cleo
ton Of j. Maynard Magruder
to the county board.
Mr.. Broyhill is a leader In
Arlington Independent Move
ment, the organization which
Is backing Mr.. Magruder's
candidacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-21

National Association Of Food
Chains, 10 document the bar
gain story.
He related that food pur-
chases take rs per cent Of the
average American famiiy's In
come after taxes. Two genera
lions ago, he went on. American
families were spending half of
their income for food and this
is also true today Of families in
q dozen foreign countries.
l.O00 Delegates Expected
The association opened its
convention today at the Shera-
ton Park Hotel. -Four thou
sand executives Of food chains
and supplying companies are
expected to be present. Two
hundred food chain represen-
tatives from other countries are
attending the three-day con-
vention: afterwards they will
hold their own convention at
the Mayfiower Hotel.
President Eisenhower sent
greetings to the convention to-
day. In a message to John A.
Logan. president Of the NAFC.
the President said: las you
meet with the central objec-
tives Of increasing productivity
and lowering marketing costs. ]
send best wishes for the sue
cess Of this most worthy OBJ
jective."
DR.. DeGraff. maintaining
that food is relatively cheaper
than in former years. cited
data showing that while food
prices had risen II per cent
since l947-49. per capita SPEND
able income has risen by AZ
per cent. The spread between
what the farmer gets and what
the consumer pays. he asserted.
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IJurTist Asked
To Reverse
Soul Order

Attorneys for David H. Scull,
today asked the Chief Justice
OF the Supreme Court to sus-
pend an Arlington Circuit
Court order requiring Mr.. Sctll
to testify before virginia's
Thomson committee.
Mr.. Scull. vice president Of
the Fairfax Council on Human
Relations. was ordered last
week by Circuit Judge Emory
Hosmer TO testify before the
committee investigating racial
activities in Virginia.
Mr.. Scull, an Annandale
printer, refused to testify when
the committee called him Sep
TENDER 20. The Thomson COM
mittee has scheduled q new
hearing Wednesday to get Mr..
Mr.. Scull's testimony.
Hearing Held Last Week
Delegate James NJ. Thomson.
committee chairman. obtained
the court order after q hearing
last week in the Arlington
court.
Judge Hosmer refused to
stay the order pending an
appeal. A similar request to
the Virginia Supreme Court Of
Appeals also was turned down.
Joseph L. Rauh. jr.. attorney
for Mr.. Scull. today filed the
request with Chief Justice
Warren. It asked for q stay Of
the order pending ANAL de-
Termination Of this case by the
Supreme Court Of the United
States"
Rights Violation Charged
Mr.. Rauh and other attor-
neys in the case said:
ITO summon q man by COM
pulsory process before an In
vestigating committee without
rules on the basis Of unchecked
information and there to in
terrogate him with no precise
subject under inquiry in the
highly infiammahle area Of ra-
cial relations. presents q situa-
ton far more yiolative Of Fed
eral constitutional rights than
that presented TO tins court by
either Watkins or Sweezy.
watkins and Sweezy cases.
previously heard by the SUI
preme Court. involved civil
rights issues stemming from
congressional investigations)
Particularly is this true
where the questioning is un-
der a vague authorizing reso-
luton dealing with Affiliations
Of NAACP and other racial or
CARNATIONS before q committee
which was created as part and
parcel of an effort to nullify
this courts school integration
ruling and whose chairman
made quite clear that the pur-
pose and effect Of his investi-
cation was to drive from Vtr-
ginia the leading organization
supporting litigation on behalf
! of racial integration."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-21
New kagruder
Club Organized
.By7 in G. 0. P.

The Arlington County Board
candidacy Of j. Maynard Ma
gruder, veteran Democratic
offlcehoider. was Endorsed to-
day by seven county Repub-
licans.
According to q news release,
the Arlington Republicans for
Magruder for County Board
Club" was formally organized
last night.
Mr.. Magruder, who served as
Democratic delegate from Ar
lington TO the General AS
sembly for IL years, is Q county
board candidate on the Arling-
ton Independent Movement
ticket. AIM is q coalition of
conservative Republicans and
Democrats.
Brown Is Opponent
Mr.. Magruder's opponent is
Herbert L. Brown. Of the Ar
lingtonians for a Better County.
The new Magruder club.
headed by Erskine Stewart. al
trade association executive. an
nounced:
I'VE. as Virginians and Re-
publicans. are proud to join In
supporting Maynard Magruder, |
a man with a record Of many
accomplishment benefiting our
schools, county and Stete.
I'VE urge our fellow Republic
cans to join with U.S."
Charter Members Listed
Other charter members.of the
Republican club were listed as:
william p. Ames, sr... busi-
nessman and former Republic
can members Of the Arlington
County Board; Mrs. June Glo-
yer. former head Of the Arling-
ton Republican Women's Club.
and Richard Parli. architect
and q 1854 Republican candi-
date for the county board.
Also. Lawrence Michael, for
mer Republican congressional
candidate and civic worker;
Clifford w. Perrin. Arlington
businessman. and Paul H. Lind
gren, county businessman.
Earlier this year. Arlington
Republicans put UP a county
board candidate, Vincent Mar
cum, but he later withdrew.
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Fl. Myer Building
Damaged by Fire

Fire destroyed three apart
ments in Delaware Hall. q res
idence building for enlisted
men. at the South Post Of Fort
Myer last night.
A base spokesman said the
two-alarm blaze started near
the entrance to one Of the
wings Of the building. Arling-
ton and Fort Myer firemen
fought the fire for an hour be-
fore 1t was brought under con-
troll shortly before midnight.
Cause Of the fire will be In
vestigated. the spokesman said.
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due to the city's position as q
residential area for Washing
ton. He said he Is working on
that situation in his street pro-
gram.
The city also Is studying the
feasibility Of buying the An
Mandate Water Co. The firm
promised not to sell the system
pending q survey by the city,
Fairfax County also would like
to buy the firm which lies in
the heart Of the county's pop
ulated area.
Water for 200.Oeo Persons
Falls Church has nearly COM
pleted a large transmission line
to the District water supply
reservoir at Dalecarlia. 1t would
furnish enough water for about
2O0. 900 persons. The city now
serves less than one-fourth
that figure, with more than
half its customers being In
Fairfax County.
Mr.. Johnston said 1t wouic
be financially advantageous q
the city to obtain the AMMAN
dale firm II the price ;right.
He said the city wants to 'ex-
tend its lines into Fairfax
County wherever we're in q
position to serve"
Mr.. Johnston said his In
terest In municipal administra-
ton stems from his fathers
life. His father was city man.
aaer of Buena Vista. Va. from
1912 to 1916. when he died
Mr.. Johnston succeeded his
father in the top post there
and served for four years IN his
home town.
From 1850 until he came 70
Falls Church this year, Mr.
Johnston was city manager OF
Farmville, Va. He served with
the Army Corps Of Engineers
during World War II.
Mr.. Johnston attended the
Virginia Military Institute
School Of Engineering after
graduating from the Buens
Vista High School. He Is
married and has q son and q
daughter.
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represents services which trans
form and move raw materials
so the consumer can use them.
Many "Middlemen"
In a dramatized presentation.
the association made the point
that many s1middlemen" are
involved In the costs that have
to be charged including the
banker. the insurance agent
and others.
The organization took a dig
at Congress which frequently
takes digs at the middleman
Of food stores. An actor was
presented in the role Of a SEN
ator who. in pantomime. was
making q speech. He was told
he represents the biggest
middleman Of all--iocal. State
and Federal Government which
costs more than $12l billion
a year. In the cost Of a loaf
Of bread. he was told q quarter
of the prices is represented by
taxes.
The associations story was
further dramatized by q pro-
gram in which Ralph Story Of
"The $4,000" television pro-
gram and Mrs. Linwood Find
ley, 1905 Grant street. Arling-
ton. the current Mrs. America,
were among those taking part.
Mrs. America learned that a
good part Of the price Of retail
foods includes what might be
called built-in maid service.
Nevertheless. she was told a
typical wage Garner can pay
for q pound Of rib roast Of
beef with the income from
only 20 minutes OF work.
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Horticultural Society

The Hyattsville Horticultural
Society will meet at 8 pm.
Thursday in the First Baptist
Church. DR.. Conrad B. Link.
professor Of Horticulture at the
University Of Maryland, viii
sneak.
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MEET THE MANAGERS
Johnston Promoting
Falls Church Growth
D. DAN POOLE

Falls Church's new top adj
ministrator wants to attract
more .commerce into Washing
tons residential bedroom" He
termed the small city's poten-
tial the greatest in this area"
city, Manager Lewis z.
Johnston. jr.. who came TO
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Falls Church last June /. said
he Is working toward Falls
Church's progress and growth
In an orderly manner.
There are many young
people here. :" the S7-year-old
administrator said. land the
potential Is unllrnited.p'
Mr.. Johnston pointed out
that facilities for industry in
Falls Church are limited and
residential land Is nearly all
used. But he maintained that
coInrAerce In the historic city of
about $500 should he trehled.
The city has q lot sof unused
commercial land.
Has Eye on Seven Corners
Falls Church also has long
had its eye on Fairfax county's
commercially valuable area at
Seven Corners. There also has
been talk Of expansion toward
Vienna IN undeveloped land.
But Mr. Johnston said he
would have to make q survey
before recommending that the
city undertake any annexation
attempt.
I'VE wouldn't want to annex
II 1t weren't economically feasi-
bic. We can't get all the cream
and we certainly wouldn't want
to get all skim milk" he said.
During his four months as
city manager Of Falls Church.
Mr.. Johnston has concentrated
on building up q Jason be-
tween the manager and the
populace."
The tall. soft-spoken munich
pal leader has launched a
policy Of listening to the peo-
pies problems no matter how
small. He said: I've got ex-
cellent department heads here.
] want Just to coordinate the
operations. My main job is
understanding and working
with the public"
Municipal improvements
Mr.. Johnston said he is work.
ing under q policy Of get them
rolling" in connection with
several municipal improvement
projects. such as street work
and storm drainage.
Falls Church's seven man
city council under Mayor
Thomas A. O'Halloran is back
ing Mr.. Johnston's work as
head Of the municipal govern
ment. The city is operating un-
der q $l.247.00o budget this
year.
The city manager said one
Of Falls Church's main prob
lens is the vast amount Of
traffic that flows on its streets
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'Borgoin Story Is Theme
Of Food Choins' PorIey

Representatives Of food chains and their suppes opened
meeting in Washington today intent telling the people Of
the country they getting bargains when they spend s64
billion year food.
Dr. Herre Dea professor Of food economics at Cornell
University was presented the Gath meeting
Evening star., 1957-12-22

in that list Washington stood
18th.
The lag in Waashington's
living cost increases may serve
TO odify the city's reputation
as a costly place. That reputa-
ton was gained chiefly from q
Labor Department study Of a
modest but adequate" budget
for q family Of four-parents
and two children under IS
years old.
The study took in a number
of cities and prices used were
those Of October. 1851. In the
list Washington was high. with
the budget calling for $4.454.
New Orleans was low with
$S,Si2 meeting the budget. The
costs cover taxes. social secu-
rity. life insurance, etc.
The consumer price index Is
made up Of various prices
weighted according to their i'm
portance in a modest family
budget. Food, for instance, ac-
counts for about 80 per cent
OF the index. This includes
restaurant meals.
The all-city average food in
dex in November stood at lie.
This is part Of the overall index
OF 1915. Among the 10 cities
listed Washington stood fourth
with a il6.s index.
Last ON Housing Rise
Washington was at the bot
tom Of the list Of 10 cities In
Evening star., 1957-12-22
10000 Get Back Wages
Under Woge-Hour Law

Nearly 10000 families will
have q merrier Christmas this
year because employers are
paying on back wages the
Labor Department found due
under the Wage and Hour Law.
The department said the
payments range from a few
dollars to as much as $4,000.
1t was explained that the en-
ployers. either through misun-
derstanding or for other rea-
sons. had failed to pay the
$l-an-hour minimum and time
and q half for overtime as
required by the Federal law.
The Wage and Hour ana
Public Contracts Divisions Of
the Labor Department reported
an unusually large number of
pre- Christmas hack-wage paw
ments by employers all over the
country.
Waterman Gets $1,000
The biggest individual set
tlement. $4,000, went to the
former night watchman Of an
Eastern coal company. In ad-
dition to q bountiful Christ
mas. he plans to buy Q small
farm.
A majority Of the payments
have been made voluntarily
Evening star., 1957-12-22

pings. A criminal court In
Houston ordered the company
to pay s2.SOO q its employees.
The division reported that the
court directed that the en-
ployes should get the money
before Christmas $50 they can
wrap some gifts. too"
Also cited was an instance in
q Southeastern State where a
bank has Just finished paying
almost $4,000 TO IS present
and former maintenance en-
ployes. The biggest single pay
ment was se36 to q charwoman
who had been working for $50
q week.
Evening star., 1957-12-22

respect TO increases In housing
costs. The housing index covers
home purchase. rent. gas and
electricity. fuels and furnish
ings. The housing index for
November stood at 1859 for all
cities. The top city among the
10 was Chicago. where rents
had gone up 50 per cent over
the io47-49 base. and the hous.
ing index stood at 1854. In
Washington rents had gone up
only 26.i per cent and the hous.
ing index was 1905.
Washington was 10th In re-
spect to clothing price increases
and fourth among the 10 in
respect to transportation. That
includes public transportation
fares and automobile prices.
In medical care the national
average index was 1903. Wash-
ington stood sixth. In Detroit.
the top Of the list Of 10 cities,
medical costs had gone up a
little more than SO per cent.
In Washington they rose by
only q third.
Al Top ON Services
Washington was ninth among
the 10 cities In respect to in
creases in the costs Of personal
care and reading and recrea-
tion. But II topped the other
nine cities In increased c6sts Of
"other goods and services" The
national average was 1868: the
Washington figure was 1868
This last category includes
tobacco. alcoholic beverages
and such miscellaneous services
as legal services. banking fees
and burial services.
Evening star., 1957-12-22

BY employers after the Wage
and Hour Division called at
tention to law violations. The
division added that court ac-
ton was resorted to only where
a violation proved repeated and
willful.
Christmas Package
1t cited the case Of a COM
pany manufacturing gift wrap
Evening star., 1957-12-22

In the same period the Wasn-
ington index had risen to iis.4.
Basis Of Index
The national index includes
prices from 20 large cities and
26 medium-sized and small
cities.
The current report gave in
dexes separately for 10 cities.
In that list the Washington
area stood eighth.
The bureau has cautioned
that comparisons Of city index
es In one city changed more or
less than in another. It added
that city indexes cannot be
used to measure differences in
living costs between cities.
Even on this basis the in
dexes for the 10 cities are sig
nificant. Here they are:
Evening star., 1957-12-22

T. o. Kraabel has resigned
as director Of the American
Legion's national rehabilitation
division. effective January 6.
His successor viii be John J..
Corcoran, now an adviser to
the National Security Agency
Evening star., 1957-12-22

In an earlier report. the BIS
listed indexes for the 20 cities
for which it publishes separate
figures. The figures are not
entirely comparable since some
are for July. some for August
and others for September. But