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Evening star., 1960-03-13
The Question of Restriction

The FEC has its own code Of
ethics containing a similar phrase
but noting that the rule is not
meant to "unduly restrict" an en-
ploye's social activities.
Each employe must judge for
himself whether his social activi-
ties may or may not compromise
his position as a public servant"
the FEC code states.
Proponents of tough legislation
to impose Stricter ethical stand
ards on Government officials, par
ticularly in the regulatory agen-
cies which WELD vast power over
the industries under their control,
scoff at such codes of ethics as
empty expressions of piety. A pro-
posed overhaul of the conflict-of-
interest laws placed before Con-
gress recently would make it q
Evening star., 1960-03-13
BY ROBERT E. CLARK
Star staff Writer

The path of virtue in Govern
ment is marked by strange guide
posts. The deep freezer, the mink
coat and the l2-pound ham of the
Truman years still mark the pit
falls for the unwary; the Eisen-
hover appointee need only chart
a course between the hounds
tooth and the vicuna coat of Sher-
man Adams.
Such beacon lights would seem
adequate to light the way. That
they are not was implied once
again last week in the forced resig-
nation of John C. Doerfer as chair
man Of the Federal Communica-
tons Commission.
Mr.. Doerfer violated neither the
law nor, by his testimony to House
investigators. his own conscience.
He did not regard the Florida hos
pitality he accepted from the
owner Of a chain of radio and
television stations as an impro-
priety that might reflect on his
official conduct.
His actions nonetheless revived
the old and troublesome issue of
ethics in Government.
Charles Sawyer, Mr.. Truman's
Secretary Of Commerce, once said
that anyone who needs a code of
ethics to determine what is proper
and improper is too innocent to
work in Washington.
Congress, perhaps more naive
than Mr.. Sawyer, two years ago
approved q code Of ethics cover
ing all Federal employees. 1t in
cluded declaration that no Gov
ernment employe should accept
"favors or benefits under circum-
stances which might be construed
by reasonable persons as influence
ing the performance of his gov
ernmental duties"
Evening star., 1960-03-13
By WALTER PINCUS
Contributing Writer

The Federal Government Is
quietly but forcefully moving to
put into operation the Labor Man.
agement Reporting and Disclosure
Act of 1859.
The Labor Department has
turned over to the Justice Depart
ment for investigation and possible
prosecution the case of Harry
Bridges International Longshore-
mems and Warehousemen's Union
which has refused to give informa-
ton to the department with regard
to alleged Communist affiliation of
union officers. Section 504 of the
act prohibits Communist party
members from holding Office in a
labor organization and makes it a
crime for unions to wilfully employ
party members if they have knowl-
edge of such aff1liation.
The Federal Bureau of Investi-
CATION has been requested by the
Justice Department to check the
backgrounds Of 492 members of
one union, believed to be Bridges
ILWU, for possible Communist af-
f1liation.
The bureau, at the request of
Justices Internal Security Divi-
sion, has begun a wide-scale re-
view of all labor unions in the
country with the aim of turning
up Communist membership of
union officials.
The Justice Departments Grim
inal Division has requested FBI
investigation of more than 90 in
dividualS for possible violation of
a section 504 provision which pro-
hibitS former felons from holding
union Office within five years af-
ter conviction or following the
end Of their Imprisonment.
Funds Misuse Alleged
The Labor Department has for
warded to justice for further in
vestigation about a dozen cases
involving alleged misuse of union
assets, violence in union activities,
and fraud in local union elections.
The Compliance Division of
Labor's new Bureau of Labor
Management Reports has begun
its own investigation of a number
of labor relations consultants who
failed to file reports of their ac-
tivities as required under the act.
Only IL have done so.
The division has received some
200 complaints monthly, most of
which come from rank-and-
union members who request in
vestigation of some alleged viola
ton Of the act by local officials.
A large number of these cannot
be prosecuted because the alleged
incidents took place prior to
enactment of the bill into law
September IA. last year. The de-
partment already has closed 1874
cases after determining it did not
have jurisdiction.
However, as Of January 81 this
year, more than 400 complaints
had progressed to cases under ac-
tive investigation by Labor De-
partment agents in the field.
In the area of union reporting,
more than $4,000 charters, con-
stitutions and bylaws have flooded
the Labor Department for review
and filing. More than half Of
these, department officials report,
had to be returned for correction
"a majority showing minor dis
crepancieS such as unsigned docu-
ments and improper completion Of
forms. In number of cases, how
ever, unions were informed that in
Evening star., 1960-03-13

the Truman administration scam
dalS.
The legend of the l2-pound ham
as the most valuable gift a Gov
ernment official should accept
dates from this period. A witness
before a Senate inquiry admitted
receiving small hams as gifts.
Pressed as to what size ham he
would regard as improper, he drew
The line at IL pounds.
The ethical issue swirled about
several of Mr.. Truman's aides, in
cluding Matthew j. Connolly, now
under prison sentence. and Harry
Vaughan, who held his job despite
a furor over the acceptance of deep
freezers as gifts.
Mrs. E. Merl Young, a White
House stenographer, was the lady
in mink. Her $4,000 mink coat was
paid for with checks signed by
lawyer who represented clients
seeking loans from the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation.
Her husband, who helped lex
pedite" RFC loans, was later con-
victed of perjury before Senate
investigating committee.
Another Senate committee,
headed by Senator Douglas, DEM
ocrat of Illinois, followed through
in 1851 with a lengthy study of
what might be done to elevate
ethical standards in Government.
Its report proposed a code of eth
les under which any employe who
accepted gifts or favorS from any,
one doing business with the Gov
ernment would be fired.
Would Poy Roise Help?
This recommendation languished
and was eventually forgotten,
however, along with most of the
groups other proposals - except
one to raise the level of Govern
ment service by increasing con-
gresSional salaries to $25,000
year. This was passed and put in
to effect. But the committees
recommendation for a 15-member
Commission on Ethics" to carry
on a two-year study and Court
of Ethics" to hear complaints of
improper conduct stirred little en-
thusiaSm.
Perhaps the most lasting con-
tribution of the Douglas commit
tee was the revival in its report of
an old English quatrain lamenting
on corruption in public life:
"The law locks up, both man and
woman
Who steals the goose from off the
common,
But let's the greater felon loose
Who steals the common from the
goose"
Mr.. Eisenhower set the ethical
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Rail Strike Shuts
Five Steel Mills

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 18 (AP)
Some l.150 incorporating
employees struck the Union
Railroad Co. today in a con-
tract dispute, closing down five
United States Steel Corp. mills
served by the railroad.
About 10000 steelworkers
were thrown out of work by
the strike.
LaSt-ditch negotiations COL
lapsed late last night. No fur
ther talks were scheduled.
The striking workerS-tower
operators, clerks and main
tenance men-are represented
by the United SteelWorkers
Union.
About 5000 other railroad
employees were idled because
of the strike.
The railroad, a United States
Steel subsidiary, haulS raw
materials and steel to and be-
tween the company's Duquesne,
Homestead. Edgar Thomson,
Irwin and Clarion Works.
The railroad also serves IL
other area industrial plants.
but most of these have made
arrangements for transporta-
ton and do not plan to shut
down.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Cycle Rider Dies
Of Truck Injuries

Charles R. Sampson. "a, of
1910 Pennwood road, Brent
wood. Md. died early today in
Washington Hospital Center,
after a dump truck struck the
rear of the motorcycle he was
riding yesterday in the $500
block of Rhode Island avenue
NE.
Mr.. SIMPSONS death brought
to SO the total of District IA
talities this year, as compared
to 38 for the same period in
1859.
Estera L. Hill, 40, of the 700
block of Forty-ninth street
NE. listed by police as driver
of the truck, was charged with
colliding. The driver of a con-
struction shovel, with which
the truck also collided, &C
cording to police. was charged
with turning from a wrong
lane.
Police identified the shovel
operator as Marvin R. Bosley,
26, of the 1900 block of Irving
street NV. Both Mr.. Bosley
and Mr.. Hill were released
under $500 bond for appearance
in Municipal Court on Sep
tember %.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Maj. Roberto. BIenis, Active
In Scouting Many Years

Maj. Robert c. Blenis, Al, a
staff officer at the Walter Reed
Army Institute of Research
and active in scouting for
many years, died Tuesday,
after a heart attack. He lived
at 1923 Wildwood lane, Alex
andria, Va,
Maj. Blenis served as a ma
chine gunner in Africa after
attending Drake University in
Des Moi1es, Iowa. He held
several posts in Germany and
the United States before COM
ing to Walter Reed as an ad-
ministrative assistant in the
Department of Nuclear Medi-
cine and Chemistry.
Considered one of the coun-
try's outstanding leaders in
Boy Scout activities, Mr.. Blenis
studied at the Boy Scouts
world training headquarters,
Gillwell Training Center, Eng
land. in 1856; headed the Amer
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Mrs. W. Calhoun StirIinq,
Active in Hospital Work

Mrs. Elizabeth Graft Stirling,
"a, the wife of a Washington
surgeon. died yesterday in the
Washington Hospital Center
after long illness.
Mrs. Stirling was the widow
of John Thilman Hendrick, a
former District Commissioner,
who died in 1914. In 1948 she
was married to DR.. w. Calhoun
Stirling. an internationally
known kidney surgeon.
A native of Sharon, Pa, she
was the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Dickson Graft. After
the death of Mr.. Graf, Mrs.
Strings mother was remarked
to Edward H. Droop of Wash
ington. and moved the family
here.
In 1914, Mrs. Stirling was
graduated as valedictorian of
her class at Western High
School.
-Four years later, she was
married to Mr.. Hendrick, who
was appointed a Commissioner
by President Woodrow Wilson.
Mrs. Stirling was a member
OF the Women's Board of EpiS-
copal Hospital, and, for many
years, the chairman of the
House Committee there. She
was also a member of the board
of Emergency Hospital and a
member of the Episcopal Guild
at the Washington Hospital
Center.
She leaves her husband, of
the home address, 2l0l Connec-
ticut avenue NV; three sis
tiers, Mrs. Julian F. Barnes, of
Pinehurst, N. c.; Mrs. G. CAL
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Mrs. Reilly, 80,
Member of Old
Southwest FumiI,

Mrs. NJ. Orilla Reilly. 83,
sister Of the late Col. Harry l..
GeSSford, once superintendent
of Metropolitan police. died
yesterday in the Washington
Hospital Center.
Mrs. Reilly, who lived with a
daughter, Mrs. Louise r. Axt.
on MoWatt lane. College Park,
was the widow of J. Ross Reilly,
teacher in District public
schools for nearly 80 years.
A member of an old South
west Washington family. she
was born in a section now long
since razed for redevelopment.
Until recent years. she was
active in Ruth Chapter No. |,
Order of the Eastern Star, in
Washington. She was also a
member Of Berwyn Presbyte-
rian Church and active in Red
Cross work in the Berwyn area.
Survivors include a son. c..
Russell Reilly, of 6l30 Sligo Mill
road NE, two grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1890 am.
Saturday at the home. Burial
will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Miss Warner, 49,;
Garden Writer

Miss Marjorie F. Warner. 20,
a former Washington resident.
died yesterday in Henderson
vile, N. C.
Miss Warner was librarian
of the Bureau OF Plant Indus
try in the Department of Agri-
culture and spent much of her
time in reSealch into horticul-
tural history and literature.
She published articles in horti-
cultural magazines and edited
a book on gardening.
She was a member of the
American Horticultural Society
and the Agricultural History
Society.
She leaves a brother Everett
of Westmoreland. N. H.
Burial will be in Westmore-
land.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Albert Fletcher,
Retired Aide of
u. S. Chamber

Albert T. Fletcher, 80, a for
mer special representative of
the United States Chamber of
Commerce. died Tuesday at
Mount Alto Veterans Hospital.
A native of Boston, Mr..
Fletcher lived at 240l Calvert
street NV.
Prior to World War 1, he
headed his own brokerage in
vestment firm in Boston. Dur
ing the war Mr.. Fletcher, with
the rank of major, served in
France with the American EX-
peditionary Force. His job was
disposing of captured German
materials.
After the war he was en-
ployed by the Chamber of Com
merce until his retirement in
1859.
He was a member Of August
P. Gardner Post No. l8 Of the
American Legion, the Army
and Navy Club, the Washington
chapter of the Society of Co.
lonial Wars and the University
Club of Boston.
He leaves his wife, Mary S.,
of the home address.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy be in
the form of contributions to
the American Cancer Society.
Private services and burial
will be in Boston.
Evening star., 1960-08-18

outboard motor and expensive
fishing gear, police said.
Police Speculated that Mr..
Singer may have fallen over
board or jumped in the water
to get something and then got
tangled in the rope.
Mr.. Singers home was at
SAL TWenty-Seventh street
NV. He repeatedly left there
about 9 am. Tuesday for
Benedict, where he often fShed.
His wife, Mary Cady Singer,
had gone to California, Just
after they returned home from
Europe, to pick up their two
children, Harold, IL, and Laura,
9. They were at a summer
camp and visiting relatives
while the parents were in
Europe.
Grandfather Founded Store
Mr.. Singer was a grandson of
the late Gustave Lansburgh,
who founded the department
store in 1860 with his brother.
James Lansburgh. He also had
worked at the store from 1927
to July, 1856, starting as a
salesman in the yards goods
department and rising to the
post of vice president and mer-
chandiSe manager.
An uncle, Ralph L. Goldsmith,
recently retired as president
of the department store. now
with the City Stores
Corp. of Wilmington, Del, but
remains as chairman of the eX-
ecutive committee of the cor
poration'S Lansburgh division.
Mr.. Singer entered the real
estate field after leaving Lans-
burgh'S. At the time of his
death, he was the owner of a
chain of automatic laundYies in
Washington and Maimi and vice
president of the Midcity Invest
ment Corp, which owns real
estate here including an office
building at 1901 Connecticut
avenue NV.
He was native of New York.
and moved to WASHINGTON in
about 1927. He was a graduate
of Pennsylvania Military Col
lege. In World War II. he was an
officer in the Army Exchange
Service.
Funeral services for Mr..
Singer will be held at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow in Gawlers Funeral
Home. 1856 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. Burial will be private
Evening star., 1960-08-18
H. l. Singer, Ex-Store
Official, Dies in River

The body of Harold L. Singer.
former vice president of
Lansburgh'S Department Store,
was found yesterday in the
Patuxent River near Benedict,
Md.
Mr.. Singer, Sc, who re-
turned home Just last week
from a trip to Europe with
the Advertising Club of Wash
ington, had gone to Benedict
on Tuesday to go fishing as
he frequently did.
Seen on Shore
He rented a boat there about
noon Tuesday and was last
seen about 5 pm. when he
returned to shore before going
out fishing again, State police
were told.
The body was found about
4::30 pm. yesterday about a
mile north of the Benedict
bridge and about 20 feet off
shore, police said. 1t was par
TALLY submerged in the water
with the anchor rope wrapped
or tied around an ankle, police
reported.
The anchor itself was in the
boat, as was the dismounted
Evening star., 1960-08-18

ican Contingent to the Inter-
national Scout Jamboree in
Denmark and attended the
International Jamboree in Lon
don. England. He received the
Silver Beaver Scouts of America
Scouter Award. the highest
award given by the organiza-
tion.
Mai. Blenis leaves his wife
Pauline; three children, Sharon
Kay, II; Robert Alan. IL. and
Wendy Sue, q; his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Chester G. Blenis Of
Lakewood, Calf. and two
brothers, Maj. Donald D. Blenis,
USAF. Shilling Air Force Base,
Salina, Kans., and Capt. Cor
don L. Blenis. USAF, Eglin Air
Force Base, Fla.
Funeral services will be held
at l pm. tomorrow at the Fort
Myer Chapel. followed by burial
in Arlington Cemetery. The
family requests that tokens OF
sympathy be contributions to
the American Heart ASSocia-
ton.
Evening star., 1960-08-18

JOHNSON, RICHARD II. r. In loving
memory of our dear husband and
father. RICHARD H. T. JOHNSON,
who left US fve years ago, Ausust
II, 1855
Eternal rest grant unto him. o Lord,
And may his soul rest in peace
WIFE AND CHILDREN,
Evening star., 1960-08-18

Sc, on August ID. 1850 10 son n OF OF
Laura B. Fields and brother OF
Ruth Z. Freeman. Bertha L. Pal
mer. Irene Fields and Mary +
Bayne. Services at Chambers Flu
neral Home. 5l1 llth st. Sc, on
Friday. August 10, at | pm In
terment Arlington National Gene
terry Is
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Int Mrntnriant

MARTIN. REV. RICHARD $. In. low
REV. RICHARD S. MARTIN, who
departed this life one year aeo to-
day, August is, 1889.
He was a man of God
With his loving. smiling ways.
Always trying TO do for others
AS he journeyed on his way
His life was one of care and duty
AS he toiled from morn to night
With a gentle heart so tender.
Striving for the right.
His kind words were ever cheerful
To the strangers or 10 the friends:
All who knew him loved him dearly,
He was faithful 10 the end.
Greatly missed by his
DEVOTED DAUGHTER, LILLE,
PRAITHER, ELLA NJ. AND HART.
our devoted mother and aunt. VINO
passed away August Is, 1881, and
June s. 1910.
Memory is a Gift of God that death
cannot destroy.
THE FAMILY.
TYLER. EDWARD. In loving memory
of EDWARD TYLER, who passed on
two years ago today.
In Heaven there are no pretended
friends, they are all true.
Rest in peace until we meet you.
THE FAMILY. FANNIE, EDNA.
GEORGE AND JOHN.
EDWARD. In sad but loving
memory Of our dear friend, ED
WARD TYLER, who departed this
life two years ago today, August is,
1888.
Eternal rest grant unto him, o Lord
THE BRUCE FAMILY.
WEST. ANNIE E. In loving memory
OF my dear. wife, ANNIE E. WEST
today, August is. 1858.
wonder If you miss me as I miss
YOU.
Gone. but not forgotten.
YOUR DEVOTED HUSBAND, SAM d"
WEST, ANNIE E. In memory of my
mother. ANNIE f. WEST, who
passed away five years ago today,
August is, 1853.
They say time heals all sorrow,
And helps us to forget;
But time so far has only proved
How much l miss her vet.
DAUGHTER.
WILDS, FRANK II. In memory OF our
beloved husband and father, FRANK
years ago today, August is, 1885.
The world may change from year
to wear
And friends from day to day,
But never will the one We loved
From memory pass away
LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Bond Geddes, Ex-Newsmun,
Pioneer in Radio Industry

Bond P. Geddes, 70, a former
Washington newspaperman and
a radio industry pioneer, died
Tuesday at Georgetown Hos
pital. He lived at 20 Grafton
street, Chevy Chase, Md.
A native of Paw Paw, H.,
Mr.. Geddes was educated in
schools in Nebraska and was
graduated from Columbian Law
College here. He first worked
for newspapers in Omaha, and
later was a reporter on the
old Washington Times.
Mr.. Geddes became manager
OF the Washington bureau of
the United Press and later was
chief of the Associated Press
Capitol staff. He travelled as a
correspondent with Presidents
Taft, Wilson, Harding and
Hoover.
From 1927. when most radio
receivers were of the crystal
and cat whisker variety, until
his retirement in 1850, Mr..
Geddes was executive vice
president and secretary of the
Radio Manufacturers Associa-
ton, now the Electronic In
dustries Association. After re-
tiring. he continued as a con-
sultant to the ETA.
Before going into the radio
industry, Mr.. Geddes was on
the public relations staff of the
Sinclair Oil Co. during the
Teapot Dome oil investigation
in 1924.
Mr.. Geddes was a former vice
president and director Of the
American Society OF Trade
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Walter Siciok, Al,
Federal Prison
Industries Agent

Walter S. Siciak, Al, a Fed
eral Prison Industries agent,
died after a heart attack Mon
day in Prince Georges General
Hospital.
Mr.. Siciak first joined the
Justice Department as a clerk
in 194l after serving a year in
the Army. He re-enlisted in
the Army in 1912, became a
second lieutenant. and saw ac-
ton in the European and Mid
die Eastern theaters. In the
invasion of Europe. he was in
the first boat to reach Omaha
Beach.
He returned to the Justice
Department in 1946 and became
a specialist in the organization
of industries in Federal prisons.
He had been a selling agent IN
the Federal Prison Indus
tries at the time of his death.
Mr.. Siciak was born in Nc
KeeSport, Pa, but his family
moved to Brooklyn, N. Y, be-
fore he was year old. He at
ten d ed George Washington
University and was elected to
Phi Beta Kappa.
He was a member of the
American Legion and the Holy
Name Society of st. Mary's
Church, at Landover Hills, Md.
He leaves his wife, Barbara;
three daughters, Cecilia, Bar
bara and Ann, and two sons,
Anthony and Walter. II, all OF
the home address. 1906 Seventy
fourth avenue, Hyattsville. He
also leaves his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony Siciak, of Port
Jervis, N. Y, and a sister, Mrs
Frank Marvo, of Brooklyn.
A requiem mass will be said
at $50 am. tomorrow in St.
Mary's Church. with burial in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1960-08-18

Association Executives and a
member of the WASHINGTON
Trade Association Executives.
National Press Club. Columbia
Country Club. SIGMA Chi and
Royal Arcanum. He also was
Mason.
He leaves his wife. the former
Edith c. Gray, Of the home
address; four grandchildren,
and a sister. Mrs. Margaret R.
Johnston. Of 3O4O Idaho avenue
NV.
Services will be at 2 pm.
tomorrow at Gawler's Funeral
Home, 1856 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1960-08-18

vert Bowie, of Edison lane,
Rockville, and Mrs. Hamilton
E. Mcguire of Bluemont, Va.
She also leaves a stepson, E.
Thilman Stirling, of 6109
Cromwell drive NV, and a
stepdaughter, Miss Elizabeth
Laura Stirling of 2O24 R street
NV.
Services will be at IL am.
tomorrow at St. Margaret's
Episcopal Church. Burial will
be private.
The family requests that eX-
pressions of sympathy be sent
to the Episcopal Guild Of the
Washington Hospital Center.
Evening star., 1960-08-18
With Regard to a
Gard of Thanks

Very often q cord Of Thanks In
The Stor meets o reed which con
hordIy be solved in ony other woy.
Not only is it q gracious expression
Of gratitude to those who have sent
floroI tributes but also courteousiY
acknowledges the services ond
kindnesses Of the mony to whom
personal note Of thonks connot
well be moiIeJ o; whose homes
ond addresses ore not known.
Insertion Of ccrd Of thonks
moy be orroneed by telephone to
. The Stor. II. $4,000.
The Evening and Sunday Stor
Evening star., 1960-08-18
Hnurtltn1

COHEN. SOL. There will be an un-
yelling OF a monument to the mem
ory OF SOL COHEN on Sunday,
August II, 1860, at \ am, al
the District OF Columbia LodSe
Cemetery in Anacostls. Relatives
and friends invited.
SAMUEL NJ. COHEN. 1870
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HUDSON. WILLIAM A. On Monday

AUGUST 10, IV6W. at GeOrgetoWn
University Hospital. WILLIAM A,
HUDSON OF +lOO Forest lane. Nc
Lean. Va. beloved husband Of Elvah
Lee Hudson. father of Howard NJ.
Hudson Of the home address and
brother Of Ralph Hudson OF Mis-
souri,, Mrs. Imogene Gold of Cali
fornla and Mrs. Geraldine Berryhill
o! Mississippi. Friends may cali
at the Arlington Funeral Home.
3Hnl North Fairfax drive. Airing
ton, Va, until 10 pm. Thursday.
August is Services At Fort MyCr
Chapel on Friday. August 10. at 10
m. lnterment Arlington National
Cemetery. is