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Pay Bill Accord
By Conferees
Seen Next Week
Senate, in Completing
Action, Grants $300
Hike in Low Brackets
By J. A. O’LEARY.
Pinal agreement probably will bi
reached next week between House
•pd Senate conferees on the war
time Increases to be paid Federal
*na District employes after April
SO.
Both houses have approved con
tinuation of the 21.6 per cent in
crease in per annum pay for a 48
hour week, on an overtime basis,
but the Senate amended the bill
before passing it yesterday to deal
mere liberally with those in the
low-salary brackets.
Major Senate changes, awaiting
settlement in conference, are: A flat
$300 in cases where the 21.6 per
cent overtime raise would be less
than $300 a year.
A flat $300 raise in place of the
present 10 per cent increase for
those whose work cannct be meas
ured by hours, principally in the
legislative and judicial establish
ments.
Eliminates $5,000 Ceiling.
Elimination of the ban in exist
ing law against any raises above
$5,000, which the House voted to
retain. The Senate provisions would
i allow increases in salaries above
$5,000, but with the percentage fig
ured only on the first $2,900 of .pay.
The House bill merely continued
the 21.6 per cent increase for those
on an overtime basis, without any
lump sum minimum for the low
brackets. For those not subject
to overtime, the House allowed a
flat 15 per cent instead of the
present 10 per cent.
The House bill would; run until
June 30, 1945, with power reserved
in Congress to terminate it earlier.
The Senate made June 30, 1944, the
termination date, on the theory Con
gress could again extend it if the
war is still on.
The conferees also will have be
fore them a Senate committee
amendment to deny the benefits of
the bill to any Government worker
belonging to a union that discrimi
nates on grounds of race, color or
creed.
ranger Amenament ueieated.
Senator Langer, Republican, of
North Dakota was defeated on a
motion to extend this ban to wage
board mechanics in navy yards who
are paid under separate legislation.
Supporting the Langer amend
ment, Senator Mead, Democrat, of
New York said complaints were
brought to the Civil Service Com
mittee that men have been denied
membership because of color in a
union whose members are engaged
in navy yard work. Lack of mem
bership, he said, prevents them from
advancing. Senator Brooks, Re
publican, of Illinois also supported
the amendment.
The Langer proposal was opposed
by Senators Russell, Democrat, of
Georgia, and Byrd, Democrat, of
Virginia, who argued it meant mak
ing labor unions, as private organ
izations, subject to Government con
trol.
After the Langer amendment was
declared lost Senator Russell moved
to strike out the original commit
tee ban, but this move failed on a
standing vote. This left the com
mittee ban in the bill, but without
the additional language that would
have applied it to the Navy Yard
Wage Board workers.
Equivalent to Straight Time.
Senator Mead emphasized dur
ing debate on the bill,that con
tinuation of the 21.6 per cent raise
for a 48-hour week for most
per annum employes amounts to
little more than straight pay for
overtime, since it is accompanied
by a 20 per cent longer work week.
Late Friday a move was started
to put Government personnel on
the regular time and a half basis
for overtime, as required in private
industry, but it was abandoned yes
terday. This would have been ac
complished by using a 260-day work
year instead of the present 360-day
year in computing the pay for work
over 40 hours, and would have
meant a 30 per cent raise instead
of 21.6 for 48 hours. Senator Mead
explained his original bill early in
February provided for that for
mula, but was rejected by a ma
jority of the Civil Service Commit
tee.
Montgomery Farm Agent
Withdraws Resignation
Otto W. Anderson, agricultural
agent for Montgomery County, has
withdrawn his resignation, recently
submitted to Dr. T. D. Symons, di
rector of the University of Maryland
Extension Service, and will continue
on the job indefinitely, he an
nounced yesterday.
Mr. Anderson, who has been
county agent for the last 17 years,
resigned in the belief that his three
farms needed his entire attention.
He was persuaded to reconsider.
Daily Rationing
Reminders
Bine coupons. Book 2—Those marked
D, E and F good for rationed
oanned goods through April 30.
Bed coupons, Book 2—Those marked
A and B are valid now and will
remain good through April 30.
They can be exchanged for meats,
butter, margarine, fate and oils,
cheeses and canned fish.
Stamps marked C will become good
Sunday and D coupons on April 18.
They will also be good through
April 30.
Sugar—8tamp No. 13 in Book 1 is
good for 5 pounds through May 31.
Coffee—Stamp No. 26 in Book 1 is
good for 1 pound through April 25.
Fuel oil—No. 4 coupons are invalid.
So, 5 coupons are valid for 10 gal
lons through September 30.
Gasoline—No. t A coupons are good
for 3 gallons each through July 21
B and O coupons, good for 3
gallons each, expire on dates in
dicated In individual books.
Shoes Stamp 17 in Book 1 is good
for one pair of shoes through
June 15.
Detailed rationing information
nOU be found on Page A~2 of The
Sunday Star each week.
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HOME OF THE DISTRICT’S FIRST MUNITIONS MAKER—
Helen Gatch Durston has sketched at the left the pre-Revolu
tionary War house once occupied by Henry Foxhall, munitions
king in 1812. The modern-day owners, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Randolph, have connected the original old house at 2908 N
street N.W. with 19th century houses on each side. Mrs. Ran
dolph is the granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln. Her father,
Robert Todd Lincoln, once lived a short distance away, at 3014
N street NW.
The Foxhall house, as it is generally known, is so old that a
tunnel still runs from its foundations for refuge from Indian
tribes. The munitions maker lived there while he was supplying
guns to American fighters in 1812 from his foundry on the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. He was himself an Englishman and
only a violent storm saved his foundry from the vengeance of
the British as they hurried past on their way to invade Wash
ington. In gratitude for this good fortune, Mr. Foxhall built
the first Methodist Church in Washington at Fifteenth and G
streets N.W., now the site of the Colorado Building.
Refusal of Second
Passenger Run by
W. & 0. D. Reported
Brookes Says Officials
Fear Interference With
Freight Schedules
John S. Brookes, jr., chairman of
the Emergency Transportation
Committee for Northern Virginia,
today said officials of the Wash
ington and Old Dominion Railroad
have declined to establish a second
daily passenger run on the line be
tween Leesburg and Rosslyn.
Mr. Brookes said the committee
suggested to G. C. Baggett, vice
president and general manager of
the railroad, that a second passen
ger train to some intermediate point
on the line, such as Herndon, would
help carry the burden of passenger
operations and enable the service
to show a profit.
According to Mr. Brookes officials
of the railroad pointed out that
freight schedules are extremely
heavy at present and an additional
passenger train would impede
freight movements.
W. & O. D. officials further de
clared, Mr. Brookes said, that the
three persons now employed to
operate the passenger train are
shifted to other jobs between runs
and could not easily be spared for a
second daily passenger run.
In answer to a suggestion from
the committee that the departure
time from Rosslyn be changed from
6:05 to 6:20 p.m. to allow late work
ers additional time to catch the
evening train, Mr. Brookes said of
ficials declared a poll of commuters
had been taken and all favored the
early departure.
Mr. Brookes said that in making
this suggestion the committee had
in mind those commuters who are
not now able to ride the train, but
would do so if the departing time
was set back. He said several Gov
ernment workers have indicated
they would ride the train if it were
held longer at Rosslyn.
Declaring in a letter to Mr. Bag
gett that the “fundamental differ
ence between us in this whole sit
uation lies in our compl^ely differ
ent approaches,” Mr. Brookes said
he was “seeking some formula work
ing toward permanent passenger
service of a character to be worth
while to you and of the greatest
importance to the future of our
community.”
Maryland Civil Air Patrol
Has Over 1,000 Members
Bs the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 10.—Mary
land's Civil Air Patrol, operating
from five airports in the State, now
has more than 1,000 members en
gaged in courier service, anti-sub
marine patrols, pilot training and
other war work.
Capt. Harold R. Bohlman, com
mander of the one-year-old Balti
more squadron, based near West
minster, said yesterday • that more
than 300 members of his squadron
had been "recruited from people in
all professions, crafts and busi
nesses.”
In the event of invasion or enemy
air attack, the CAP squadron would
act as an aerial home guard.
“We are concentrating, however,
on training personnel in the main
tenance and operation of aircraft,”
Capt. Bohlman said- "Our basic
Job is to add steadily to America’s
pool of trained flyers.”
Msgr. Sheen to Speak
At Rotary Conference
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 10.—The
Right Rev. Msgr. Fulton John Sheen
of Catholic University will be one
of the principal speakers at the an
nual conference of the 180th District
of Rotary tomorrow and Monday,
Rotary officers announced yesterday.
Other speakers will Include Clin
ton P. Anderson, past president of
Rotary International; Dr. Samuel B.
Ross, chief economic industrial an
alyst of the War Production Board,
and J. Raymond Taffany, vice presi
dent of Rotary International.
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Shop Work at U. of M. Clashes
With Studies, Seniors Charge
War Course Called 'Pure Boondoggling/
Imperiling Usefulness, in Letter to Star
By J. B. ZATMAN.
Rumblings of discontent among
University of Maryland seniors
forced to take a war production
course in order to get their diplomas
have broken into open revolt, with
many of the students charging they
are unable to keep up with their
regular academic classes and spend
eight hours a week in shop work.
The charges were contained in a
letter to The Star signed by 24 of
the 400 students taking the course.
The course, which includes classes
in aircraft welding, sheetmetal and
machine shop work, was instituted
by President H. C. Byrd at the be
ginning of the current semester. It
is the first of its kinds to be made
compulsory for graduation in an
American liberal arts college. Only
seniors are required to take the
course at present.
To date, approximately 50 seniors
have been reported failing in the
course because of excessive ab
sences. and may not be able to
graduate.
The letter pointed out that the
hours when the war production
training is given conflict with other
courses required not only for grad
uation but for “our specialized cur
ricula.” This condition, it was said,
“postpones our usefulness to the suc
cessful prosecution of the war.”
While asserting that they would
be “willing and proud” to participate
in a program that would aid the war
eflort, the students who signed their
names to the letter claimed that the
war production course is “pure boon
doggling.”
Thus far, the students said, they
have produced nothing but tennis
ball containers and paper weights.
The letter added that the foremen
employed to teach the course would
be much more valuable in war
plants.
“We have spent at least four years
in preparation for specialized fields
which will enable us to become vital
in America’s war effort as chemists,
dietitians, physicists, sociologists,
engineers, doctors and political sci
entists,” the students declared in
their letter. “It seems illogical to
cancel all this valuable technical
knowledge for semi-skilled pseudo
training.”
Of 11 seniors Interviewed yester
day, pf whom six were boys and five
girls, 10 declared they disliked or \
even “hated” the course. Only one
student differed with this sentiment
—a girl majoring in sociology, who
explained she “didn’t mind it.”
All six boys interviewed said they
believed the course was a “waste of
time” and that they would receive
much greater value from courses
related to their regular academic
work.
They added that 90 per cent of
the boys taking the course are in
the Army and Navy Reserve and are
slated to enter the armed services
this summer, where their war pro
duction training will do them no
good.
“We could be taking advanced
military training instead, which
would help us tremedously when we
enter the Army or Navy,” one
student said.
One of the five girls interviewed
described the course as "rather
stupid” in view of the fact that most
of the girls in the course are en
rolled in colleges which have no re
lation to industrial training.
"A compulsory Red Cross course
, would be much more sensible for
girls,” she asserted.
All 10 students expressing their
dislike of the course were confident
that their feelings were shared by
“99 per cent” of the seniors.
Ralph Galllngton, in charge of the
course, maintained, however, that
“the trouble started about two weeks
ago due to a rumor that the course
was not compulsory.”
Before that time, he explained,
practically all of the students taking
the course showed great interest
in it.
Auto Tag Sales Rise
In Nearby Virginia
1943 Total Is Expected
To Exceed Last Year's
Automobile tag sales in nearby
Virginia are expected to-exceed last
year’s figure by a small margin.
Lyman N. Kelley, deputy commis
sioner of motor vehicle for Ar
lington County, said sales for the
first 15 days this year were running
about 500 tags short of the same
period last year. He added, how
ever, that the pickup in the last
few days Indicated the total 1943
sales would be several hundred
more than last year.
Mr. Kelley said last year’s sales
were 29,759.
W. T. Oliver, jr., in charge of tag
sa’es in Fairfax County, said sales
this year have run about 10 per
cent below the same period last
year, but that indications pointed
to a larger total by April 15, the
deadline for the purchase of 1943
tags in the State.
T. J. Scott IV, in charge of Alex
andria tag sales, said approximately
7,500 tags have been issued so far
this year. This represents an in
crease of about 2,000 above last
year, he added.
Both Mr. Kelley and Mr. Oliver
emphasized that there will be no
extension of the tag deadline in
the State. They said the April 15
deadline for new tags is set by the
Legislature and cannot be extended
by executive order.
Persons purchasing new tags were
warned to have with them both thg
application blank supplied by the
Department of Motor Vehicles and
their 1942 automobile registration
card. Truck owners must also have
a certificate of weight for their
vehicle.
Paste a War savings stamp in year
attorn—tt will hMp paste the enemy.
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24 Women Graduate
From Farm Course
Many From D. C. Among
Maryland U. Trainees
Twenty-four women, many of
them from Washington, who three
weeks ago began a special course
at the University of Maryland In
farm training, today were ready to
take their places on farms hit by
the labor shortage.
At ceremonies yesterday marking
completion of the course, the women
were presented arm bands by Mrs.
M. M. Nowinski,‘chairman of Land
Army Committee of the American
Women's Voluntary Services. The
course was organized by Dr. T. B.
Symons, director of the university
extension service, In co-operation
with the AWVS and the Farm
Security. Administration.
Approximately half of the women
who completed the course are farm
owners who were interested In
learning latest farm practices in
order to boost their farm production.
Six of the women said at the out
set of the course that they would
accept jobs on farms and three were
placed before the end of the study
period. Two are now at work on
the university poultry farm at Col
lege Park and one has been em
ployed on a farm near Towson, Md.
Applications have been received
from farmers for others who com
pleted the course.
Dr. Symons said he thought a
farm course for women should be
continued at the university for at
least three months. He emphasized
that it will be necessary constantly
to recruit women for farm work.
Many of the women who became
full-fledged farm workers yesterday
were strangers to farm life before
enrolling in the course.
Do yon long to commit the perfect
crime? Murder the Axle by invent
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No Changes Planned
This Year in Virginia
Liquor Rationing
ABC Board Confesses
It Underestimated
Demand for Books
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, April 10.—The State
Liquor Board yesterday admitted it
had underestimated the demand for
liquor ration books, but indicated
the present rationing system in all
probability will be continued
throughout the year on the same
basis. ••• • -; ■
In a formal statement yesterday,
the ABC Board said the “deplorable
condition which resulted" from the
error in estimating the demand for
the ration books, “was one which the
board was unprepared to remedy
promptly."
The early estimate of only 300,0001
registrants, as compared with an
actual civilian registration of about
900,000 “explains why inadequate
provisions were made in the begin
ning for registration in Norfolk and
the more congested areas,” the
board said.
The board’s statement came in re
sponse to a request sent to Gov.
Darden by Delegate Edward L.
Breeden, jr., of Norfolk, in which he
asked that the ABC Board furnish
the people of the State with a clear
picture of its present and past pur
chasing policies and their bearing on
the present shortages of stocks in
the stores.”
Z5-Cent Fee Defended.
The board’s statement, signed by
Chairman R. McC. Bullington,
Hunter Miller and John N. Sebrell,
touched on seven major points re
lating to politics and past practices.
In brief, the explanation on these
points was:
1. The Board has operated under
the policy of subordinating profits to
considerations of social welfare.
2. Conclusion that the 25-cent fee
was "equitable and proper” for the
liquor ration books, not as a source
of revenue but as a means of de
fraying the cost of the rationing.
3. In the event the State should
be unable to obtain supplies to oper
ate the stores, the board feels it
would “take such action as the law
authorizes” to remedy any injustice
if circumstances develop “which
would render it inequitable for the
State and localities to retain” the
service charge.
4. The board said that “it is cer
tain” that its policies in regard to
purchases have in no way contrib
uted to the present shortage.
Program to Continue.
5. The board, commenting on fu
ture supplies, said it was felt that
the present rationing system will in
all probability be maintained
throughout the year on the present
basis.
6. As to the “inadequate facilities”
for issuing rationing bboks, the
board admitted that it underesti
mated the number who would apDly,
but only after trying to avoid this
by examining the experience and
methods of other States.
7. As to securing competent em
Eoyes in the stores, the board cited
i difficulty in obtaining sufficient
employes, especially in the Tide
water areas.
In the enforcement field, the
board reported that 3,565 cases of
alleged violation of liquor laws were
brought in the last year into State
courts by the board’s agents, and
more than 1.200 illegal stills were
captured and destroyed.
The board stated it had sought a
balance of prices which would best
combat the evils of intemperance
and bootlegging.
Nazi Prisoners Recaptured
SHERBROOK, Quebec, April 10
(JPt.—Two Nazi seamen who escaped
Thursday night from a nearby
prisoner-of-war camp have been re
captured, the provost corps reported
last night. They were identified as
Wilhelm Gratsch, 31, and Erich
Gross, 33.
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Statue Is Placed
In Jefferson
Memorial
Sculptor Supervises
Its Erection for
Tuesday Opening
The heroic statue of Thomas
Jefferson has been put in place
in the center of the memorial room
In the white marble memorial which
is to be dedicated Tuesday.
Arriving a few days ago, the
statue has been erected on its pedes
tal, and Is being prepared for exhi
bition when the memorial is opened
to the public.
Present Figure Temporary.
Although appearing like bronze,
the statue was not cast of metal,
because of the shortage of war ma
terial. Por the duration, the statue
of plaster, from the design of the
sculptor Rudulph Evans, will stand
until it can be replaced.
The memorial room in which the
figure stands is not yet open to the
public although the memorial, build
ing itself, with its approach and
broad stone steps, have been a cen
ter of interest to thousands of per
sons, especially during the period
the cherry trees are in bloom. Some
blossoms may still be on the trees
for the dedication, experts said to
day.
Ceremony in Morning.
The building and grounds will be
open to the public today and up to
6 p.m. tomorrow, when it will be
closed until 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Dedication ceremonies will start
at 11:30 a.m. with a conoert by the
Marine Band.
The sculptor has been here for
several days supervising installation
of the Jefferson statue. No photo
graphs will be allowed of the figure
until after scaffolding has been
removed. Dignitaries of many na
tions will joint with relatives of
Thomas Jefferson in places of honor
on the broad steps and plaza at the
north front of the structure for the
dedication.
Maryland OPA Warns
Against Price Violations
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. April 10.—The
State Office of Price Administration
warned today that grocers and
butchers found selling rationed
foods above ceiling prices would be
given administration hearings by
panels of local attorneys.
Reuben Onpenheimer, OPA attor
ney, said the panels would have
authority to prohibit the retailers
from selling the goods.
The hearings will be conducted
"speedily and will supplement court
actions by # which dealers’ licenses
may be susoended and fines levied
against dealers,’’ Mr. Oppenheimer
said.
The warning was issued follow
ing an intensive investieation which
disclosed hundreds of Marvland re
tailers had been violating OPA reg
ulations.
Research Urged
To Find Apple
By-Products
By the Auociateti Press.
, Virginia is looking for some one
to do for the apple what George
Washington Carver did for the pea
nuts of Georgia. A Senate Military
Affairs Subcommittee heard about
it yesterday from Finley Tynes, sec
retary of the Staunton Chamber of
Commerce, who observed:
“Surely more can be made from
apples than apple sauce, apple but
ter, cider and applejack.”
Mr. Tynes, indorsing a bill to set
up an office of technilogical mobili
i zation, asserted:
"Millions of apples rot under the
trees each year, apples that an in
ventive genius could surely intro
duce in some form or product into
the stream of profitable commerce.”
INSPECTOR RICHARD H.
MANSFIELD.
Inspector Mansfield's
Health May Force
Retirement Soon
Veteran Detective Chief
Recently Was Stricken
With Heart Attack
Retirement of Inspector Richard
H. “Dick” Mansfield, chief of detec
tives and veteran of 32 years with
the Metropolitan police force, ap
peared imminent today as the in
spector admitted he anticipated ill
health would force him to “take it
easy.”
Stricken with a heart attack three
weeks ago while on a train heading
for Florida and a “much needed
rest,” Inspector Mansfield has been
recuperating at his Cheverly (Md.)
home.
The veteran enforcement officer,
who rose from the ranks to become
assistant superintendent of police,
is slated to appear before the Board
of Police and Fire Surgeons at the
end of the month for the annual
physical examination required of all
men 55 years of age or over. He was
55 in February.
Expects 10 ran lesi.
He said yesterday he “didn’t ex
pect to make it,” referring to the
medical test.
Formerly an athlete, Inspector
Mansfield first suffered a heart at
tack last year. He was warned to
take it easy, but he continued his
full schedule of activities, which in
cluded his regular traffic safety
“chalk talks” to school children and
cartooning for The Star.
He said that he received hundreds
of letters from school children ex
pressing hope for his recovery.
Appointed chief of detectives near
ly three years ago following a Con
gressional investigation of the de
partment, Inspector Mansfield aided
in building the detective bureau to
what is considered a “model” bureau.
Inspector Mansfield was in vaude
ville prior to becoming a policeman
in Januarv. 1911. He was promoted
to a detective sergeant in 1923, to a
lieutenant in 1929 and in 1932 was
made a captain.
Known to Many Children.
Many Washingtonians — particu
larly children—knew him as the
popular commander of No. 9 pre
cinct. During his traffic safety
campaign among school children in
that precinct, not a single child was
killed during school hours in the
nine years he served as commander.
After becoming chief of detectives
and assistant superintendent, he
fouftd Time to continue his safety
campaign in District schools.
For 17 years he has drawn for The
Star the well-known Sunday fea
ture, “Those Were the Happy Days.”
He is the only policeman-cartoonist
to win second prize in a Nation-wide
contest for newspaper cartoonists.
Top honors went to the late Clare
Briggs.
Inspector Mansfield is married and
has two sons in the Navy. Donald
McAllister Mansfield, 20, is a seaman
(second class) now in Norman,
Okla. Lt. (j. g.) Richard H. Mans
field, jr.. 29. is stationed in Prince
ton, N. J.
Capital's Beauty and Hurrying
People Intrigue Oscar Tschirky
Noted host Visits
Raleigh Hotel Suite
Named in His Honor
The most famous “chef” in
America—who insists hts ne.^.
been a chef—finds surcease from
New York crowds by watching
Washingtonians hustle to work at
6:30 a.m.
"It is music to me, it is pleasure,”
said Oscar Tschirky, Swiss native
whose reign as “host to the world”
at the Waldorf-Asorla has perhaps
. been exceeded in length only by the
reign of Queen Victoria. Oscar be
came maltre d’hotel at the Waldorf
on the day it opened, March 15,
1893.
He came here Wednesday to be
a guest of the Raleigh Hotel in a
suite named in his honor, and left
last night. But Thursday and Fri
day mornings Oscar seated himself
by a window overlooking Pennsyl
vania avenue and enjoyed the
symphony of scurrying feet below.
The man who has known world
celebrities, the friend of every
President for 50 years, was soothed
by the sight of war workers leaping
from buses and walking rapidly
through traffic signals.
Likes Busy Humanity.
Oscar, it seems, not only knows
the carriage trade, but also has a
love for humanity in general.
He likes to. see people busy, yet he
doesn’t know the meaning of hard
work.
“My work has never been hard, it
has been pleasant.”
To appreciate this American figure
one must go back to the 80s. Amer
ica longed for the elegance and
splendor of Europe; Oscar had the
vision to see a nice future for him
self if he catered to a growing de
mand. He worked at Hoffman House
and at Delmonico's before going with
the Waldorf-Astoria. He would give
the rich and famous five-hour course
dinners with all the trimmings. lie
wasn't a chef, but chefs will tell you
Oscar always was coming up with
suggestions for making a meal more
delectable.
Oscar put out a cook book in 1893
designed to be helpful to the carriage
trade, which was beginning to emu
late European custom by enlarging
kitchens and employing five or six
cooks. It labeled Oscar with the title
OSCMfl.
—Star Staff Photo.
"chef.” Nevertheless he reiterates he
is not a chef, but a host.
Near 77 years of age, Oscar has
met royalty and other celebrities for
50 years. He would greet them at the
Waldorf and escort them to suite or
banquet hall.
Mme. Chiang Most Fascinating.
Oscar is nothing if not diplomatic.
Asked who was the most glamorous
woman he had ever met, he replied:
“Lillian Russell was a great beauty.
There have been beauties In every
decade. If you will ask me who is
the most fascinating woman I’ve
known, I’d say Mme. Chiang Kai
shek.”
This prompted a- woman inter
viewer to ask: "What male person
ality stands out most In your recol
lection?"
Oscar shied away from that one,
too.
“There are so many, for instance
all the Presidents have been great
personalities; I don’t like to single
out one."
About food rationing, he was
asked. Would chefs Improvise as of
yore?
“We can get used to meatless, days.
The chefs—and I’m not one—are
going to do . the beet they can with
Priority Plan
Expected Today
'WPB Officials Promise
To Outline Procedure
For Rooming Houses
Officials of the War Production
Board have promised that some
time today they will outline to Dis
trict officials the exact priority pro
cedure to be followed by operators
of boarding, rooming, lodging and
apartment houses in applying for
fir? escapes and other safety facili
ties.
There has been no explanation as
to why there has been a delay of
more than two days in detailing
the priorities system—which has
been postponing actual provision of
Are safety facilities on affected
housing units ordered by the Com
missioners.
It was assumed to be a case of
the slow grinding of administrative
machinery. The procedural details
were to have been delivered first no
later than Thursday noon, and there
were successive postponements, with
the answer still undelivered last
night.
City Heads to Hear Procedure.
The latest information was that
officials of the construction division
of the WPB were to consider plans
this morning and that as soon as
this session was over the procedure
was to be given District offlcials by
L. A. Anderson, housing priorities
manager for this area.
Approval of requests for fire es
capes, fire extinguishers and other
safety facilities was expected, par
ticularly since the WPB Thursday
morning announced it had modified
prohibitions against use of steel for
non-essential purposes, and had au
thorized limited manufacture of
various civilian products using steel,
even including millinery wire and
hat frames.
Meanwhile, as one direct result
of the order of the Commissioners
for prosecution of rooming bouse
and similar operators if they con
tinue business without a District
license, hundreds of such landlords
are seeking information as to why
their license applications have been
denied. It is indicated many are
taking steps to bring their places
into compliance with District regu
lations and law.>
Commissioners Firm.
The Commissioners are maintain
ing their stand that requirements
must he met or operators will be
prosecuted if they continue to do
business otherwise. Corporation
Counsel Richmond B. Keech has
said time and again he will prose
cute any and all operators who
operate without a permit, as 60on
as the necessary information is sup
plied to him.
It came to light yesterday, how
ever, that some inspectors hav& de
cided as a practical matter to delay,
temporarily, formal reports of non
compliance, in "a few” instances in
which proof was given by landlords
they have placed orders for fire
safety facilities or have applied for
priorities, and otherwise were un
dertaking to comply with the law
and the orders of the Commis
sioners.
How long this period of grace
will be extended for these landlords,
or just how far the Commissioners
will perihit inspectors to use their
own discretion, was not indicated
last night.
Maryland Legislature Sets
Record for Passing Bills
By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, April 10.—Not only
did the 1943 session of the Mary
land General Assembly break a pre
cedent of at least 50 years' stand
ing by adjourning two days ahead
of time, but the legislators set a
new record for passing bills.
Dr. Horace E. Flack, director of
the State Department of Legisla
tive Reference, said a final check
up disclosed that 1,007 bills were
passed during the session.
The 1941 legislature passed 937
bills, breaking the previous record
of 864, set during the session of 1914.
Gov. O'Conor had signed 305 bills
by yesterday, and has until May
7 to act on the remainder.
Baltimore Thief Drops
10 Pork loins in Flight
By the Associated press.
BALTIMORE, April 10.—A crate
discarded in an alley by a fugitive
evading capture nearly disrupted
routine business at northwestern
police station yesterday.
As policemen tried in vain to
And the crate’s legal owner magis
trates, officers, plaintiffs, defendants
and just plain bystanders eyed the
exhibit hungrily.
Police Capt. M. Joseph Wallace
disappointed them all, however,
ruling that the contents—10 pork
loins, weighing 110 pounds and
worth 1,100 ration points—would be
turned over to city institutions.
what they have. But the American
people are good sportsmen. They
know, no matter what happens In
rationing, we are better off than
people In Europe.”
He wouldn’t talk about President*
except to say that Itanklln D.
Roosevelt calls him “my neighbor
across the Hudson.” Osear has
given his home, New Palis, near
Poughkeepsie, to the Culinary So
ciety of America as a permanent
home for aged cooks.
Likes Washington's Beauty.
Oscar met Prince Henry of Prus
sia, King Albert of Belgium; Queen
Marie of Rumania, the tbeh Pftnce
of Wales, Edward Windsor; King
Peter of Tugo-Slavla, and famous
European and Asiatic generals and
statesmen.
Visiting Washington for the first
time since 1931, Oscar derived his
greatest pleasure from watching
those early morning crowds rushing
,to work.
"If I had to live in a city, I’d pick
Washington. No skyscrapers. It: Is
beautiful; broad streets, splendid
buildings, cultiired people.”
Fifty years at the top of hla pro
fession. That’s Oscar's claim to
fame.- ,
”1 am proud to tysve made so
many friends. I don't believe X have
an enemy in the World.”