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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22

one for parking on a sidewalk
Mr.. Cahill had this comment
on the fine:
II am q victim Of circum-
stances"
Hes one Of the most anus
ing people you ever met. "
DR.. James Ruby, executive Sec
rotary Of the Georgetown
Alumni Association and a
classmate OF Mr.. Cahill. said
today. i've never known any
body who didn't like him on
sight"
oddly enough" DR.. Ruby
said. Il don't believe Phil owns
a car. He's always been a
great guy for renting one. He
comes TO Washington on busi-
ness every two or three months,
and always in a rented car"
The 1928 Georgetown year.
book lists Mr.. Cahill as proud
possessor OF the most extra
ordinary puns and word Jokes
In Christendom. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Policy Reversed
Posse Seizes
Man Sought
In 3 Shootinqs

PARKERSBURG. w. Va, Jan.
% R.-Sidney James McCor-
mick. 25-year-old ex-convict
wanted in the Staying of a
grandmother and the wound
ing Of two women, was captured
In an abandoned farmhouse
near here after a gun battle
today.
Mccormick was forced out
with tear gas and gunfire. He
hid in the house after he
wrecked his car trying TO es-
cape from police.
Mccormick is charged with
the fatal shooting in Lynch
burg. Va. Of Mrs. Alma Walton
Davis. 66-year-old grandmother
Of his former wife. and the
wounding Of Mrs. Alma Davis
Powell. 80. daughter OF Mrs.
Davis, and Beverly Jean Nc
Cormick, ~. from whom he was
divorced last Monday.
After the shooting early yes
terday. Mccormick forced his
wounded ex-wife into q car and
fed.
First reports TO police indi-
Gated Mccormick was headed
toward Baltimore. Roadblocks
we're set UP in Northern Vir-
ginia and Maryland.
Last night Mrs. Mccormick
stumbled into a house at Deer
Walk, near here. The occu-
pants told police a car waited
outside with the lights on and
the motor running. then sped
away.
State police we're called, and
they brought Mrs. Mccormick
to a hospital here. She had
been shot three times.
Mccormick. chased by police.
wrecked his car but escaped on
foot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22

then 1t Is q really encouraging
development for business"
Gerald Loeb Of the Z. r.
Hutton Co.: Il believU that the
rapidity and persistence Of the
administration and Federal Re-
serve policy In an effort 10
check the recession win sue
coed In restoring confidence
and stimulating business. These
are important factors that
should tend 20 extend the re-
covery in the stock market"
Proper" Anderson Says
Secretary Of the Treasury
Anderson described the decision
as a proper" one. and con-
tinued evidence Of the flexible
use Of the Federal Reserve
mechanisms In the national in
terest."
The reduced rate on loans to
the banks will permit them to
lower their own interest charges
to corporations and individuals.
thus encouraging the financing
Of new product lines. plant ex-
pansions and other business
ventures.
The trend toward lower-cost
borrowing was described by
President Eisenhower. in his
economic message to Congress
Monday. as one Of the favor
able factors making 1t likely
that business will recover this
year from its recession.
Policy Reversed
The Philadelphia banks ac-
ton dramatized the reversal in
the national economy in the
past few months from business
boom to recession and from
See CREDIT. Page AZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Bank Approved
For Chevy Chase.

The National Bank Of WASH
ington has received permission
from the Controller Of the Cur
rency to establish q branch Of
flee at Chevy Chase Circle.
President Barnum L. Cotton an
nounced today.
Ranked as Washington's Sec
ond largest bank and known
as the bank in which John l..
Lewis and his United Mine
Workers have a large interest.
NBW will build its thirteenth
Office in a section. where many
corporation executives live.
1t will be Of Colonial design.
"Details ON Page A-2Sl
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Congressman Dies
In House Restaurant

Representative Lawrence H.
Smith. Republican Of Wiscon-
sin. dropped dead after suf-
fering q heart attack shortly
after noon today Is he and his
wife were walking into the
House restaurant in the Capt.
tol.
Mr.. Smith. IS. was pro-
nounced dead at 1920 pm. by
DR.. George Caiver, Capitol ply
stefan.
The Congressman collapsed
just as he was entering the
crowded restaurant and his
head was cut Is he fell against
q table.
He suffered q heart attack
two years ago. but apparently
had made an excellent recov-
cry.
A native Of Racine. Mr..
Smith was educated In the
public schools there and was
graduated from both the State
Teachers College and the Mar
quette University Law School.
He served as q lieutenant
during World War ! with the
32d Infantry Division and was
department commander Of the
Wisconsin American Legion.
He was married to the former
Eleanor Rowley Of Racine.
They have three children.
Betty. Alice and John.
An ardent foe Of President
Roosevelt's foreign policy. Rep
resentative Smith was elected
to Congress from Wisconsin's
LIST district In i94l. He had
served continuously since then.
As ranking Republican mem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Champion Of ScoffIows'
Is 1928 GU Graduate

II has cost q former resident
Of Washington $3.50 TO become
liking" Of New York City's
"scofiiaws."
j. Philip Cahill. 81. an alum
nus Of Georgetown University
who is now a New York subur-
ban real estate man. set the
record yesterday when he paid
that amount in court in New
York for ignoring 13l traffic
tickets.
Mr.. Cahill. a native Of Brook
Ign. is O 1928 graduate Of
Georgetown and a former pres
Ident Of the Georgetown Alumni
Club Of New York. During
World War II. he was assigned
In Washington as an Army pub
lie relations officer.
Mr.. Cahill paid the fine
Just four hours after Chief
Magistrate John M. Murtagh
had told him to paw UP in a
week or go to jail for one
year and % days. the Asso-
ciated Press reported.
The real estate man, who
gave two addresses in court
81 Plainfield avenue, Lynbrook,
N. Y, and 1905 Fair Lawn ave-
nue., Fair Lawn, N. J.-pleaded
guilty through his lawyer. Mar
tin j. Kelly.
Magistrate Murtagh. figur-
ing at the maximum Of $50 q
ticket. told Mr.. Cahill:
you appear before me with
more summonses than any one
has ever appeared with before.
You are the all-odds champion
Of the scofilaws."
Mr.. Cahill's record for the
last i've years included 10
tickets for overtime parking in
metered areas. rs for parking
in restricted areas. 10 for over
time parking In unmetered
areas. 10 for double parking, a
for parking next TO FIRE n.y.
drants and 2 for obstructing
driveways. He also had tickets
for other offences including
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Missiles Lag
Blame Denied
BY Democrats
House Opens Debute
On $l.26 Billion
Emergency Fund

House debate on the admin
istration's request for an extra
$i.260. 100000 in defense funds
for the current fiscal year
opened today with . Demo-
cratic denial that . congress
sional cut In the budget last
year was responsible for lags
in missile development.
Representative Mahon. Dem
ocrat Of Texas. also asserted
in q speech prepared for de-
livery this afternoon that 1t Is
not fair to put major blame
on previous Congresses since
1916 or on the Truman ad-
ministration for comparatively
slow progress in the ballistic
missile field.
IF one Is bent on fault md
ing" Mr.. Mahon said. there
may be enough blame to go
around when we look back.
But certainly when we look
forward there Is enough glory
to go around II We measure
up to the responsibilities Of the
hour. make the right decisions.
make them promptly and get
going with the necessary pro-
grams.
There is no place for poll
tics in this picture. Indeed the
best thing politically and the
best thing for the country Is
for us honestly 70 face the
future and get on with the
job"
Plan Vote Tomorrow
The House planned to debate
the funds bill all afternoon
and take q final vote on 1t
tomorrow. Besides giving
President Eisenhower the entire
81. 26O. 900. 900 he requested In
additional funds for defense
purposes during the remainder
Of the 1858 fiscal year ending
next June 80. the bill also
would allow the President to
transfer $50 million In already
appropriated funds within the
Defense Department. That Is
$40 million more than the
President had suggested In such
transfer authority.
Mr.. Mahon defended the
Appropriations COMMITTEES and
the House itself for the defense
budget adopted last year. He
conceded that there has been q
serious miscalculation Of So
Wet progress in satellites and
long-range missiles. He insisted.
however. last years 81 billion
cut should not have affected
the Pentagon's ballistic missile
program either for the IRBM
or the ICBM.
Mr.. Mahon emphasized that
the 81 $50 .00O. 900 In the sup
plimentary bill today provides
See FUNDS. Page A-6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
JOINT RETURN CAN
SAVE YOU MONEY

" YOU'RE MARRIED. your best
bet probobk is a joint income tox
return. but there ore exceptions
6. K. hodesfield. Associated Press
writer. tells you how to decide. on
The Sto''s Fsoturs Pose. BIS.
A WIFE LEFT ALONE needs
vsll-laid plans to help her adjust to
q changed life, writes Thomos COL
Inns in The Golden feors." Turn
to The Stars Feature Poss. BIS.
bali HAI" is the tune Celeste
Holm hssp when she finds Q dress
she likes. Reed Eleni's interview
With the foshiOn.viss oetrss on
Poss s.S.
A DANGEROUS eriminol goes
free 10 Washington. See editorial
"SOeiOpothie Justice" Poss A-ls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22

Otner rcuefoi reserve banks
are expected to request similar
reductions shortly.
New York's biggest bank. the
Chase Manhattan. Immediately
said II was cutting its prime
interest rate-that charged big
borrowers with top credit rat
ings-from "a 70 Z per cent
today.
Today major banks across the
country followed the lead Of
Chase Manhattan.
Guaranty Trust Co. Of New
York was one Of the first TO
drop TO Z per cent.
In Philadelphia the Central
Penn National Bank and Girard
Trust Corn Exchange Bank
dropped TO the 4 per cent rate.
Directors Of the Federal Re-
serve Bank Of New York meet
tomorrow.
The Wall Street reaction
generally was optimistic. Some
sources there. however. ex-
pressed disappointment because
the rate was not dropped to
ga per cent.
Wall street Comment
Here are some Wall Street
comments:
Bache q Co.: The move Is
along the lines of the program
indicated to aid business,
through easing Of the money
situation. which should invari-
ably affect the stock market. I"
A. w. Zelomek. an econo-
mist: IF it is reflected in q
cut in interest rates by banks,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22

Police pressed q forgery
charge today against q man
accused Of passing more than
$4,000 worth of bogus checks
while posing as the son Of q
non-existent bishop.
Richard Alphonso Franks.
Is. was about ready to take
of for Ohio when suspicious
employees Of The Hecht Co.
changed his plans yesterday.
Instead. he was held in $500
bond after an appearance
today before United States
Commissioner James Splain.
Detective Sergt. Benjamin D.
Clark Of the check and fraud
squad said the arrest revealed
some Of Franks activities
before the victims knew OF
their losses.
He said Franks admitted
writing a $562.2 check for a
fancy movie protector pur-
chased from Paul l.. Brand a.
Son. 2l53 X street NV. two
days ago. He signed the check
Vincent A. Gabrielson. the
name used in all his transact
tons.
A day or two before the
purchase, the firm received a
postcard saying that Bishop
Gabrielson" was interested in
the protector. Sefgt,' Clark
said Franks then appeared.
representing himself as a son
of a nonsectarian bishop who
wanted the protector for
movies TO fight juvenile delin-
quency.
He produced q learners
drivers license. a public library
card and a photograph OF him.
self as q United States Marine.
A store ofiicial sheepishly ad-
mitted today he fell for II.
The worthless check had not
yet returned from the bank
when police found the protector
In a shop where 1t had been
pawned for $3.50, and returned
1t to the Brand Arm.
Franks. who lived in a hotel,
was arrested yesterday after
police said he had successfully
passed $40 and $50 checks at
Hecht's. on q third transaction,
they said, he save q tl46.8S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Guither Dutu
Is Still Secret,
Presidents


President Eisenhower today
informed Chairman Lyndon
johnson of the Senate Pre-
paredness Subcommittee that
II would be improper and UNI
wise for me" 70 turn over the
so-called Killian and Gather
reports on Americas military
status either TO the Congress or
for public release.
Senator johnson released q
letter he received from the
President In which Mr.. Eisen-
hover closed the door firmly to
subcommittee attempts to OBJ
tain copies or resumes Of the
highly secret reports. The
Presidents letter said in part:
Throughout our history the
President has withheld infor-
nation whenever he has found
that what was sought was con-
fidential or that its disclosure
would jeopardize the Nations
safety or the proper function
ing Of our Government.
i mention this consideration
because Of my conviction.
which ] am sure you share.
that in such q matter as this
we must be careful to maintain
the proper separation Of powers
between the executive and leg
islative branches Of Govern
ment."
Senator johnson told news
men that he had hoped that at
the very least" the subcom-
mittee might have been given
a "desensitized version" Of the
reports or that he and the
ranking Republican member be
given the opportunity to study
them.
EARLIER St0rv nm Pare AK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Cyprus Peace Broken

NICOSIA. Cyprus. Jan. %
ga months peace in
Cyprus was broken last night
by masked gunner who struck
in two villages. They killed two
Greek Cypriots and wounded
three. all members Of leftwing
trade unions. British author
tiles expressed belief the gum
men were Eoka rebels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Business Squirt Forecast
AS Discount Rate Falls

Financial circles forecast squirt for business a result
of the Federal Reserve Boards approval Of lower discount
rate today at the Philadelphia Reserve Bank.
The of the reduction In the discount rate from
to 2 per cent for that district caused prices jump the
Pacific Coast Stock Exchange San Francisco yesterday
afternoon
The Philadelphia district reduction is effective today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
BIizzurd on Chunnel

LONDON. Jan. % (P. =. A
blizzard dumped Is inches OF
snow today on the white cliffs
OF Dover and elsewhere along
Britains southern channel
coast. Many villages were
isolated.
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Dulles Voices Support
For Mideast Security
U. S. Denies
Red Churue
On Bases
by GARNETT d. HORNER
star star Writer

1890
President Eisenhower and
Secretary Of State Dulles today
affirmed "unwavering" Amer
lean support for collective Sc
curity in the Middle East
against the threat of Com
munist Imperialism"
Mr.. Dulles voiced deep con-
Germ" Of the United States for
the security Of that part Of the
Free World as he prepared to
leave for Turkey to attend q
Baghdad Pact meeting.
In q statement issued as he
left q conference with Mr..
Eisenhower at the White
House. Mr.. Dulles said the
President authorized him to
express "our constant and I'M
waivering support for the prin-
ciples Of collective security
symbolized by the Baghdad
Pact"
Mr.. Dulles noted that the
Communist threat TO the Mid
die East was again expressed
only yesterday by the Soviet
Union"
DenOunces Charge
The State Department
earlier had denounced as to-
tally false" yesterdays Soviet
charge that Mr.. Dulles was 60
ing TO the Middle East to force
American missile bases on the
Baghdad Pact nations.
The departments statement
branded as incredibly arro-
giant" q Soviet declaration that
placing nuclear and rocket bases
in the Moslem states would be
an insult to their religion.
It suggested that the Moscow
blast amounts to an argument
that the Moslem nations should
be militarily inferior to the
"atheistic system" Of the So
VETS.
Mr.. Dulles took only passing
notice Of the Soviet allegations.
The United States is fully
conscious Of the threat to the
area middle East which
comes from the north" he said.
Formerly il was the threat Of
Czarist imperialism. Now it is
the threat Of Communist i'm
perialism, again expressed only
yesterday by the Soviet Union"
Offers Aid to Area
The Secretary said the
United States is glad to help"
the Middle Eastern nations
banded together in the Bagh-
lad Paet-Iran. Iraq. Turkey,
Pakistan and Britain-"exer-
else their right Of collective
self defense"
The Secretary was leaving
by air this afternoon to attend
a meeting Of the Baghdad Pact
foreign ministers in Ankara,
Turkey, as an observer. The
meeting opens Monday. The
United States is not a member
Of the treaty but has Joined
its military. economic and anti
subversive subcommittee.
On his way to Turkey, Mr..
Dulles planned to stop for sep
arate conferences with top Of
ficials in Morocco and Iran.
A formal statement from the
State Department replied to-
day to the Soviet blast.
Hitting back at the accusa-
tons made yesterday by a
foreign ministry spokesman in
Moscow. the statement said.
"A Soviet Official statement
See DULLES, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Defense Hiring Order
To Put $4,000 in Jobs
But Lifting Of Wilson Directive
Will Not Help Capitol Employment

More than $4,000 civilian Jobs In the Defense establish
ment outside Of Washington expected be filled by
next June 80 following the relaxation of hiring controls by
Defense Secretary McElroy.
The Pentagon announced last night that Mr.. McElroy
had eased restrictions imposed August by Secretary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Reuiher Blame!
Auto Industry
For Initiation
Sounds Keynote
For Future Bottle
On Profit Shuring
by WILLIAM H. HINES
star stan writer

DETROIT. Mich. Jan. "a
President Walter p. ReutheE
today committed his United
Auto Workers Union to Q fight
for q new labor contract which
he said would correct q 'seri-
Gus imbalance" in the national
economy.
In q one-hour-and-45-m
ute speech at the opening Of q
special three-day collective
bargaining convention. Mr.
Reuther blamed the huge auto
mobile corporations for a large
share Of the responsibility for
what he called "the most cock
eyed kind Of imitation In the
history Of the world"
Mr.. Reuther laid before the
5000 delegates representing
more than 200 locals his plan
for q profit-sharing scheme
which he said would amount
TO more than so cents an hour
in higher wages for the Ma
tons auto workers. The Big
Three Of the auto industry
already have spoken out In OPP
position to the plan.
Although the JAW presi-
dents remarks constituted the
keynote speech to this war
plans" convention. It was OBJ
vious that his remarks were
directed 70 the public and that
Mr.. Reuther regarded the BAT
tie ahead as In large measure
one Of public relations.
Stresses Sound Basis
Repeatedly. he stressed that
the bargaining position Of the
union must be coupled with q
public understanding Of the
basic soundness Of the unions
position.
las we Get closer to the bar
gaining table the wheels Of
propaganda win begin 10 turn.
he said. This propaganda, :
he added. win Be directed
toward. persuading the public
that the JAW Is seeking fur
thsr fnfiationary pressures.
Mr.. Reuther. In outlining
plans for the profit-sharine
plan and other contract i'm
.proyements already fn4de pun
lie. said the unions contract
package Is the opposite Of In
aaticnary, He explained that
the cause Of the current eco-
nomic sag was that productive
power had outstripped pur-
chasing power.
-Rigged Imitation"
why Is there imitation II
there Is no consumer pressure?"
Mr.. Reuther asked. This Is
the most cockeyed kind Of in
fiation in the history Of the
world. A kind Of imitation the
textbooks say Is impossible.
1T is an artiflcially rugged
infiation-one rugged by COR
porations that arbitrarily set
prices at the level they choose.
Mr.. Reuther did not mention
the shorter work week. which
up to a fortnight ago was con-
sidered the No. / item on the
JAWS bargaining agenda for
1858.
A floor fight, led by Carl Stel-
lato Of the Ford Local 800 al
nearby Dearborn. appeared
likely to shape up as the con-
vention developed. Mr.. Stel.
lato. q long time foe Of the
Reuther leadership. said he viii
Continued on Page AS. Col.
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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-01-31

Checks of $1,000 each were pre-
sented to the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People and the Scholarship Fund
for the nine Negro students at
the recently integrated Central
high school at Little Rock, by the
Amalgamated Machine Instru-
ment and Metal Local Union ABS,
IUE, AFL-CIO.
Receiving the contributions at
the locals annual conference here
at Manhattan Center on Jan. %
were Roy wilkins, executive Sec
rotary, NAACP, and Clarence A.
Laws, field secretary, assigned to
work in Little Rock with Mrs.
L. c. Bates, Arkansas State NAA
CP president.
Mr. Wilkins commended the la
Dor organization on its continuing
effort for human betterment and
understanding and said that work
ing with organized labor was
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-01-31
Americanism Award Goes to The
Nine Central High School Negroes

Responses from an estimated
audience of some 400 people,
Little Rock was host to one of
the most spectacular meetings the
city has ever held, Sunday at
Bethel AME church when the
Little Rock Nine was given the
"Americanism Award"
Representative groups from
every section of the state, and
many parts of the nation were
on hand to witness the Nine Ne
gro children who have braved
the hate of a certain element of
Arkansas to advance their educa-
ton at Central hi school.
The Award was given by the
American Veterans Committee
and presented in person to the
Nine by Chat Paterson Cleveland
Ohio industralist and chairman
of the Americanism Committee of
the AVG.
Paterson's presentation of the
Award, followed one of the most
eloquent addresses heard in many
years, by the eminent attorney
Of Chicago, William R. Ming, jr.
president of American Veterans
Committee.
The noted barrister was intro
duced to the audience by Wiley
Branton, Pine Bluff businessman
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-01-31

and attorney.
A brief history of the Veterans
organization, which is thoroughly
integrated was given by DR.. J. B.
Woods.
Others appearing on program
were the Rev. J. c. Crenchaw,
Rev. c. D. Alstork, ST., Rev. Ru-
fus K. Young who made the
welcome address. Horace Mann
hi school choir. under the direc-
ton of Frederick J. Ransom, fur
nished music for the occasion
with Misses Francis Smith and
Continued on page Three
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-01-31

RECEIVE "AMERICANISM AWARD"-This
toto was taken following one of the most spec
tacular meetings held in Little Rock in recent
years. when the nine children attending Cen
trail hi school were given the "Americanism
Award" by the American Veterans Committee
The award was made Sunday at Bethel AME
church.
Back row standing ]. to r. Mrs. L. c.