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the reserve in stocks, corpora
ton and Government bonds.
building and loan associations.
and the Police Credit Union.
Last January. assets of the
association totaled more than
1925 900 compared with S460,000
in 1916.
Three Choices Cited
Chief Lutz said the associa-
ton has three choices:
Disband and divide the asso-
citation; become a part of the
Federal Group Life Insurance
Plan or obtain passage of spe-
cial legislation and continue to
operate as in the past.
A referendum was held early
this year. Results showed 2,422
in favor of special legislation
and 68 approving the Federal
Group Life Insurance proposal.
Under Mr.. leagues bill these
men. in addition TO Chief Lutz.
would be authorized to form the
new corporation: Francis Con-
ley, Garland B. Waters. William
G. Schenck, Lawrence D. john
son. Anthony A. Cuozzo, John
r. Wallace and Edwin S. Gray
SON
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Raiders Seize
Devices

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, Mar.
80 tR.-State and city police
today raided 10 establishments in
MartinSburg and one in Berkeley
and confiScated Is pinball ma
chimes. five slot machines, Is
cases Of whisky and wine and
$3.50 in cash in a room which
police said was used to handle
horse bets.
West Virginia law prohibits
sale of liquor except at State
stores.
Charged with illegal whisky
sales at Martinsburg were the
American Legion Home. Veterans
of Foreign Wars post, Eagles
Club and Harvey Henry Mills,
Billy White. Lemuel Prather and
Harvey Mills. as individuals.
Charged with illegal payoffs on
pinball machines in Martinsburg
were the Coed Billiard Parlor,
Palace Pool Room. White House
Restaurant. Cozy Corner and the
Stag Bar. The same charge was
placed aginst Jim Young's Truck
Center outside town.
Vernon Mclaughlin and Whit
ney Lewis of Martinsburg were
charged with handling horse
race bets.
They and those charged with
illegal whisky sales were ar
'raigned in City Police Court and
released in bail ranging from
500 to $3.50 for appearance
Monday.
Those charged with gambling
were given preliminary hearings
before Justice OF the Peace
Berkeley Gay and released in
$500 bond each for appearances
in court April 8.
First Sergt. E. l.. Roush Of
the Elkins State Police barracks.
who led the raids. said this
wasn't the end of the breakdown
on illegal pinball operations.
"Pinball payoffs are a menace
TO the community" he said. land
the Department of Public Safety
State Police has been ordered to
cut down on such operations at
every opportunity"
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and the proposed cut in police
funds to provide a 2,400-man
force instead of the 2,500-man
force approved by Congress last
year.
Few changes were expected,
however, in the budget from the
form in which the Appropriations
Committee reported it Friday.
At that time, the committee
adopted the recommendation of
its subcommittee. headed by
Representative Rabaut, Demo-
crat of Michigan, to trim back
President Eisenhower's request
for SCOT million by about STAT
million.
Payment to City Cut
At the same time, the Federal
payment to the capital was re-
duced to $40 million from $23
million in the current fiscal year.
House action on the District
measure is scheduled imme-
diately after disposition Of the
$2.8 billion appropriations meas
ure for the Department of
Health. Education and Welfare.
Portions Of the HEW bill con-
tanning funds for three WASH
Iington projects weathered floor
debate Friday. Unchanged as the
House worked its way through
the huge money measure were
SO million for Freedmen's Hos
pital. $40 million for Howard
University and $2.4 million for
Gallaudet College.
At 3 pm. Wednesday. the
Morse subcommittee on Health.
Education and Welfare will meet
in Room P-38 of the Capitol to
hold hearings on two bills. One
measure amends the law relat-
ing to condemnation of insani-
tary buildings here. The other
eases the conditions under
which a father may acknowl-
edge the parentage of a child
born out Of wedlock. Both meas
ures are by Chairman Nicely of
the District Committee.
District Committee Session
At IL am. Wednesday, the full
District Committee is scheduled
to hold an executive session to
consider the nomination OF
Orman w. Ketcham as judge of
the District Juvenile Court. Last
Monday the committee held up
Mr.. Ketcham's appointment on
the grounds of residence. Mr..
Ketcham lives in Chevy Chase,
Md
A bill by Senator Case. Re-
publican of New Jersey, to trans
fer the Employment Service for
the District from the Department
of Labor to the District Com
misSioners will be given a public
hearing at 2::30 pm. Thursday
by the Morse subcommittee.
At the same hour on Friday
the Morse subcommittee will hold
a public hearing on the bill by
Senator Beall. Republican OF
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opinion. there is virtually no
chance that the 10 conferees will
compromise on a sales tax plan.
The Senate teacher pay bill
would cost the State an eSti-
mated $7.2 million, the House
bill an estimated $10.4 million.
Representatives of the Mary
land State Teachers Association
said they prefer the House bill.
They have been seeking "a $400
increase next September with
another $500 the following year.
Threat of Veto
Hanging over the deliberations
of the confereeS is the threat of
a veto by Gov. McKeldin. The
Republican Governor has said
repeatedly he believes that in
creasing teachers salaries at this
time is a local rather than State
responsibility.
Other members of the confer
ence committee are Delegates
George R. Hughes, Republican of
Allegany; Blair Lee III, Demo-
-crat of Montgomery; Jerome
Robinson, Democrat of Balti-
more and Henry H. Hanna,
Democrat of Wicomico.
Also. Senators John G. Turn
bull, Democrat of Baltimore
County: Harry T. Phoebus, Re-
publican of Somerset; James B.
Monroe, Republican of Charles;
Joseph A. Bertorelli. Democrat OF
Baltimore. and William S. James,
Democrat of Hartford.
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Maryland. to revise the fish and
game laws of the District,
DR.. Addison Duvall, chairman
of the Commissioners Youth
Council will appear before the
Elliott subcommittee of the
House Education and Labor
Committee at 10 am. Tuesday.
I He will testify during the series
of hearings on legislation de-
signed to give Federal financial
assistance to the States in pro-
viding juvenile delinquency pro-
grams.
Testimony on Safety
Andrew P. Federline, Wash
ington altorney anc l.. CJnnor.
Norman Bennett, USN (Ret), of
Silver Spring, Md, will testify
on traffic safety measures at 10
a m. tomorrow before the Rob-
erts Special Subcommittee of
the House Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce.
The House tomorrow is sched-
uled to take up Senate amend
ments on the bill to extend the
life and change the name of the
District Auditorium Commission.
From Monday through Friday,
Senate Appropriation subcom-
mittees considering billions Of
dollars in appropriations for var
lious Federal departments will
take up separate bills with nu-
merous Washington area prof.
ects scattered among them.
Tomorrow, for example. Post
master General Summerfield will
testify at 2 pm. in Room F-37
of the Capitol on the Treasury
Post Office appropriation bill
which passed the House Febru-
AIRY 20.
Hearings on Interior Bill
| At 10 am. tomorrow through
Thursday, another Senate APP
preparations subcommittee in
charge of the Interior Depart
ment appropriations bill. will
hold open hearings. This meas
ure carries the Park and Plan
ming Commission budget, the
National Capital Parks budgets
and items for various parks and
Fairgrounds in the Washington
area. 1t also includes funds for
the George Washington Memo
rial Parkway.
Another appropriations sub
committee will consider general
Government appropriations at
10 am. Tuesday in G-16 of the
Capitol.
Wednesday through Friday at
10 am. in Room GIG still an
other subcommittee in charge OF
the independent Offices budget
will hold public hearings. These
include funds approved by the
House on March 20 for such
agencies as the General Serv-
ices Administration. the Public
Housing Administration and the
: National Capital Housing Au-
thority.
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Police Group Seeking
.InsuronceLow Exemption

Legislation to exempt the Met
Iropolitan Police Relief Associa-
ton from the insurance laws OF
the District will be considered
on Capitol Hill this week.
The association. with some
3.185 members. provides death
benefits of $500 to widows of
policemen and $3.50 to policemen
whose wives predecease them
The membership lists 1872 po-
/ licemen and 1928 wives or
widows.
The association has assets OF
nearly 81 million. Members pay
So per month and their wives, as
associate members. 81 monthly
| A House District subcommit-
tee, headed by Representative
league, Democrat of Texas, will
conduct a pubic hearing at 10
a m. Wednesday on Mr.. leagues
bill specifically exempting the
association from the insurance
laws of the District. and provid-
ing for its incorporation.
Regulation Sought
! According to Deputy Police
Chief Clarence H. LutZ, head of
the association. attempts have
been made to bring the police
benefit group under the Dis
trict's insuranc regulations
since 1852. In a report to House
and Senate District Committees,
Chief Lutz said the association
submitted its annual report OF a
certified public accountant to
District Insurance Supt. Albert
Jordan. July %, 1858.
4 Chief Lutz said the associa-
ton was told lit did not con-
form to the type of report re-
quired Of insurance companies
required to submit reports to
this Office
On July 81, 1853, Chief Lutz
continued. Mr.. Jordan sent a re-
port to the District Commission
ers. recommending the police as
ISOLATION be ordered to cease
operating because. in his opin-
ion, 1t was violating the law.
The Commissioners approved
this recommendation without
any advance knowledge Of its
contents" Chief Lutz said.
Jordan WithhOIds Comment
Mr.. Jordan said last night he
preferred to withhold comment
pending the Commissioners pre-
sentation of their views on the
legislation. He said his position
in the matter had had the sup
port OF former Corporation Coun-
sci Vernon E. West.
The legality of the association
has been in doubt. but so far
Congress has failed to enact
clarifying legislation. This year
Chairman Nicely of the Senate
District Committee offered a bill
identical to that introduced by
Mr.. league. It defines the asso-
citation as a charitable. nom
profit corporation.
Founded in 1896, the associa-
ton has been headed by Chief
Lutz since 1916. at which time
he set UP an investment COM
mittee. This seven-member COM
mittee. whose investments must
be approved by a 25-member
board OF directors, has placed
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McKELDIN VETOES
CATCHES

ANNAPOLIS. (P.-Gov.
McKeldin tagged down a
bill yesterday that didn't
appear as innocent to him
as to the Legislature.
1t would have permitted
residents Of Anne Arundel
and Calvert Counties to
catch lone bushel of oysters"
without buying a $3.50 tong
ing license.
The governor objected 1t
didn't specify how often a
person" might catch the
buShel.
His veto of the bill will be
subject to House action Mon
day.
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.l08 Acres Burned
Below Glen Burnie

ELMHURST, Md. Mar. 80
CSpecian Fire famed by brisk
winds swept 1903 acres Of brush
and woodland near here today
before being brought under con-
troll by Anne Arundel County
Volunteer Firemen and State
Forest Rangers.
Nick Constant. State forest
ranger. said flames at one time
endangered Is homes and sew
eral tobacco farms in this COM
munity, one mile south of Glen
Burnie.
The blaze was touched Off
about / pm. in field by chil-
dren playing with matches, fire.
men reported.
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Postal EmpIoye
Held in Breuk-in

A janitor at the District Post
Office has been charged by Mont
gomery County police with
breaking into the Public Finance
Corp. Office. 96l Bonifant street,
Silver Spring, last week end.
Detective Sergt. Stanley Hard
ing identified the man as James
d. Norris, 80. of the 100 block
Of T street NV.
Sergt. Harding said the safe
in the building had been forced
open. but nothing was reported
missing.
Norris was held on $4,000
bond pending a hearing in Silver
Spring Peoples Court April 8.
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BY a star star Correspondent.

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 30.-The
1857 session of the Maryland
Legislature, which comes to a
legal end at midnight Monday.
will be remembered as much for
the bills it killed as for those it
passed.
Biggest category Of casualties
has been motor vehicle legisla-
ton.
When the session began on
January 2. the legislature was
given several bills drafted by a
special Legislative Council Com
mittee on Motor Vehicle Laws,
headed by Delegate Edgar Silver,
Democrat OF Baltimore City.
OF the committees major pro-
posals the only bill still alive is
the one calling for compulsory
annual inspection Of motor
VenlcleS Dy private garages.
Other Bills Killed
Committee proposals for chem
ical tests for drunken driving
and reflectorized license plates
got by the House but died in Sem
ate committees.
The House killed bills for man
datory driving courses in public
high schools and for periodical
re-examination OF motor vehicle
operators.
In place OF the latter, however
the House Judiciary Committee
came up with a two-bill package,
drafted with the help Of w Dana
Rudy. Deputy Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles. They would have
established a point system for
punishment Of traffic offenders
patterned after the d. c. law and
provided for relicensing OF driv-
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tomorrow ana report on
Monday.
The committee met for about
an hour today behind closed
doors and repeatedly made little,
If any. progress.
At issue are conflicting House
and Senate bills to increase State
teacher pay minimumS next Sep
TENDER. The State minimum for
beginning teachers is now So, 800
a year, but all Maryland counties
supplement that minimum in
amounts up to the $500 paid in
Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties.
Senate FavOrs Tobacco Tax
The House wants to give teach
ers a $500 increase in minimums
and pay for it with a boost in
the State income tax rate from
2 to 2la per cent. The House bill
also would provide higher in
creaSeS IN mlnimums of princi-
pals and supervisors.
The Senate proposes a $3.50
increase in minimums of all edu-
cational, personnel to be paid for
by a State tax of 2 cents per
pack on cigarettes, to 3 cents
on cigars and a penny for every
20 cents worth of pipe and chew
ing tobacco.
Both chambers had considered
but rejected a sales tax increase
Eastern Shore and Baltimore
city legislators are strongly op-
posed to raising the present
per cent sales tax.
Mr.. Boone said that. in his
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I-HlOStiy Oh Dlgn SCnOOl age
take the traditional Capital tour.
according to Board of Trade
/ figures.
The board says most groups
of students are high school SEN
Tor classes, from as far away as
California and as nearby as
Northern Virginia. Although
group sizes vary. the board be-
lieves the general range is from
20 to 85.
+ BY buS-and-train loads. they
help crowd the city streets and
pack the public buildings. And
by-and-large. they behave well,
hotel managers and tour conduc-
tors report.
From Alabama
I Typical of the groups here this
week end was the senior class Of
the Decatur. Ala. high school.
Chaperoned chiefly by their prin-
cipal, William Jenkins-who was
on his fifth tour-the teen-agers
took the city In their stride.
/ Peggy Spain. bright-eyed l8-
year-old Decatur girl. said
neither she nor any of her class
mates found the Capital to be
greatly different from the image
they had of it. This echoed the
views of majority of the visit
ing youngsters. although Peg
lgy's tour companion. Alice Jones.
differed.
Alice. red-haired and II. said
she liked sitting in zone OF those
Senate caucuses" during her trip
to the Capitol. but added:
Il was disappointed in the
Capitol building though. l ex-
pected it to be white and pretty.
but 1t isn't. It's dull and dingy .
She said she guessed the high
school textbook pictures are a
bit too dressed up" to be real
istic.
Earned Own Way
Mr.. jenkins said his students.
like most who come here in class
groups. paid their way through
a variety of projects"
He said they sold 50 1000 worth
OF magazines, an effort that
netted them about $4,000. They
also presented a stage show, add
Ing another $4,000 to their trip
treasury.
There were other projects, /"
Mr., Jenkins said. but TO meet the
FINAL cost OF coming here--about
S9.430--each youngster had to
pay $50. This, too, many OF them
earned, he said.
! The principal said since the
groups always are seniors, there
is no way to tell how much
scholastic good the Washington
trips accomplish.
But ] guess they are better
citizens after coming he said.
~ certainly think they ought to
be. Anyone should"
The Decatur group, 13l IN
number. was among the first TO
arrive during the beginning Of
the great spring stampede as
one capital guide called it.
4 Few of the bus drivers who
we're chauffering students around
this week end had brought SINH
lar groups here earlier this year
The bulk of their chartered tour
assignments comes at Easter or
shortly thereafter, they said.
But there were exceptions
one driver. with 1913 Manasquan,
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stamps prima facie evidence that
a pinball machine is being used
for gambling. 1t also increases
the present penalty. 500 fine
for making pinball payoff. to a
$500 fine. six months in jail,
or both.
The Wheatley liquor bill was
given an "unfavorable and hold"
report by the House Alcoholic
Beverages Committee, according
to Delegate Ernest A. Loveless,
jr., the Prince Georges County
member of that committee.
The vote was taken behind
closed doors. as are all votes of
that committee, Mr.. LovelesS de-
clined to disclose details of the
vote.
Rejection Surprising
The bill had not been expected
to win the approval of that COM
mittee because of the opposition
it has aroused from county
liquor interests.
The measure provided for the
beginnings of a dispensary sys-
tenn in Prince Georges county,
extension of the present ban on
Sunday liquor sales to include
beer and wine and a prohibition
on consumption of alcoholic bev-
! erages in private clubs on SUM-
4 days.
Senator Wheatley termed the
. committees action "regrettable. +"
He said he thought his bill would
. have served the interests of the
county better than a series of
. House liquor bills he started NOV
. ing toward enactment today.
Gambling Stamps Cited
Both of the Wheatley and the
delegations measures stem from
!, recent allegations of widespread
Sunday sale and other liquor
law violations. and pinball ma
chine payoffs. Delegate Hervey
G. Machen, early in this legisla-
! tive session, charged that about
400 pinball machines in the
county had $3.50 Federal gam
bling stamps on them.
Among measures enacted by
the Senate as Senator Wheatley
let loose his delegations bills,
. was one giving full police powers
! to inspectors for the Board of
. License Commissioners.
Also enacted was a measure
! authorizing the board to adopt
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regulations on the presence of
youths under 81 in taverns.
Another measure that got by
the Senate without amendment
would increase the salaries of
board members from $1,000 to
81 500 a year; the chairman
from $1,000 to $4,000 and the
to the board from
81 200 to $4,000.
Revocation Rules Set
The Senate approved with a
minor amendment the bill that
would provide for automatic rev.
ocation of a liquor license when
the licensee or one of his en-
ployeS is convicted twice in two
years of illegal Sunday sales or
selling after hours. 1t also would
require automatic 30-day sus-
pension whenever a licensee is
convicted of a Sunday or after
hour sale. or upon two convic-
tons of any of his employees in
two years.
Under other provisions Of the
bill the County Liquor Board
would either suspend or revoke
a license whenever the licensee
is convicted of a charge of gam
bling on the premises or when
ever one or more of his employees
are convicted twice in two years
Gas Storage Approved
Several other delegation meas
ureS were amended. in minor
detail, by the Senate and enacted
by the House.
One would prohibit a person
from having financial interests
in more than one liquor estab-
lishment in the county.
Another would hold mattresses
and bartenders responsible for
illegal whiskey sales along with
tavern owners.
A third measure would re-
quire taverns which have sep
arate package store service to
close this service at midnight.
A bill to regulate underground
storage Of gas in Prince Georges
County also was enacted. The
Washington Gas Light Co. has
option on 10 per cent of some
1000 acres in the Brandywine
area where it hopes to store
natural gas UNDERGROUND.
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Beaten Bills Mark Path
OfMoryIond Legislature

ers every three years by mail
with authority for the Motor We
hicle Department to re-examine
drivers with cause.
Both Of these measures passed
the House but nit snags in the
Senate.
The point system was killed
by the Senate Judicial Proceed
ings Committee after Mr.. Rudy
changed his tune and said he
did not want the bill he had
helped the House draft. The
same committee amended the
relicensing proposal to make IL
a one-shot affair for the purpose
OF bringing motor vehicle rec
ords up to date. The House still
has to concur in the amend
ments.
Speed Limit Raised
One major change in motor
vehicle laws enacted and signed
by Gov. McKeldin raises the
maximum speed limit on dual
highways from SIS to so miles
per hour, effective June /. 1t was
not among the q recommended
by the Silver Committee.
In the field OF labor legislation,
the Senate Judicial Proceedings
Committee killed both the So
called "right-to-worK' bill, which
the unions hate, and the prevail
ing wage bill, which the unions
sought.
The compulsory Insurance
motor bill was defeated on the
Senate floor, but both houses
passed and sent to the Governor
legislation to set up the State
fund to pay traffic accident dam
age suits against uninsured and
hit-run motorists.
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House Due to Consider
District Budget Tuesday
BY ALEX r. PRESTON

severely curtailed budget Of $925 million
ct appropriations slated to approval
Tuesday afternoon
District officials considered of the slashes
particularly items like the deeton of 100000 planning
to build the proposed wing the Municipal
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Spring Brings Flowers,
Birds, Youngstersto DC.
BY A. L. SINGLETON, Jr.

When spring Washington. the birds return and so
do the school children.
BY the hundreds Of thousands youngsters pour the city
each the weather stat-
from the and winter
nual steam bath
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PinboII Curb Bill Wins,
Liquor Controls SheIved
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
sta star Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 30-Senator Wnshp Wheateys Prince
Georges County pnha bill
controversial liquor bill was killed in committee.
The House voted 800 pnbal Governor
desk after the Prince Georges delegation reported avoaby
The measure would make possession gambling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31
Talks Continue on Raise
For Maryland Teachers
BY GENE GOODWIN
Star staff Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS Mar 30.-Senate House conferees prepared
tonight for weekend stay in Annapolis attempt
reconcile differences between the two branches of the
Legislature the teachers pay bill.
Majority Leader Gordon Boone of the conferees
the House the conference committee would meet tonight