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Baptist Group Urged
To Uphold Separation
Of Church and State
By Caspar Nannes
Star Staff Correspondent
MEMPHIS, Tcnn., May 20 —
Dr. J. M. Dawson of Washington,
executive secretary of the church's
Joint Conference Committee on
Public relations, and Dr. Walter
Pope Binns, president of William
Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., called
on the Southern Baptist Convention
today to take aggressive steps to up
hold the separation of church and
State. The convention is in the sec
ond day of its annual meeting.
Dr Dawson charged that permit
ting tax funds to be used for sec
tarian schools would "introduce sec
tarianism into our schools and wreck
the public school system." He de
clared such a move would “break
down the separation of church and
State.” The speaker also insisted
that erroneous conclusions have
been reached by many on the recent
Supreme Court decision on released
school time for formal religious edu
cation in public school buildings.
Eight-Point Program Indorsed.
The decision does not rule out
prayers and scripture reading in
schools nor does it forbid chaplain
service in Legislatures and armed
services, Dr. Dawson said.
Dr Bimie. after tracing the his
tory of religious liberty in the"
United States, indorsed an eight
point program of the recently or
ganized Protestants and Other
Americans United for Separation of
Church and State. Among the
Hems stressed were active support
of "any community or State which
are seeking to protect their public
schools from sectarian domination,
or resisting any other assault on
the principle of separation of church
and State" and the “immediate dis
continuance of the ambassadorship
to the papal head of the Roman
Catholic Church.
No “Anti-Catholic Animus.
"In seeking these objects we are
determined to pursue a course that
cannot be justly characterized as
anti-Catholic animus," Dr. Binns
declared. "Profound differences
separate us in the area of religious
faith. But these differences have
no relevancy in the pursuit of our
objectives as clearly defined in this
manifesto. The issue of Church
and State has arisen in the political
aiena. And we propose to meet it
there.”
The question of political activity
was brought into the debate yes
terday, when a motion asking that
the convention send a telegram to
President Truman congratulating
him on recognition of the newly
formed State of Israel was defeated, j
The motion was introduced by
the Rev. Ed Solomon of Jackson
ville, Fla., editor of the Florida
Baptist Witness, who said for the
first time in 2.000 years the Jews’
have a home they can call their1
own.
Will Win Battle.
"It is the greatest thing that has
happened in our day and genera
tion,” he said. "They will win the
battle whether we help them or
not, because God Almighty is on
their side.”
The Rev. L. E. Barton of Mont
gomery, Ala., parliamentarian of
the convention and retired min
ister. opposed the motion “as a
strictly political measure we should
not go into.” He declared, “Mr.
Truman first approved the division
of Palestine, and soon saw that this \
probably lost him the Jewish vote.
Now, 21 minutes after the State of
Israel was proclaimed, he recog
nized it probably for the purpose
of winning the Jewish vote in New i
York, which he needs to be re
elected. Besides this resolution goes I
into a purely political matter which I
we had better let alone.” ,
10.000 Jam Convention Hall.
More than 10,000 people jammed
the Convention Hall as Dr. Louie
E. Newton of Atlanta, president of
the body, called the meeting to
order yesterday. At the end of the
first day 8,427 delegates were regis- i
tered in contrast to the 5,392 for
the same day at St. Louis last year, j
The number of delegates is expected |
to reach 10,000 with an additional:
5,000 visitors attending.
A successor to Dr. Newton, who
refused to seek re-election, will be
chosen today. Leading contestants
are Dr Robert G. Lee, pastor of the
Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis,
and Dr. John H Buchanan, pastor
of the South Side Baptist Church,
Birmingham, Ala. A “dark horse”
possibility is a layman. John W.
McCall. Memphis attorney.
Controversial issues such as the
civil rights report, communism,
universal military training and labor
legislation are now in the Resolu
tions Committee and will be brought
to the convention floor for debate
later this week.
Marshall Speaks at Dinner
Of Virginia Garden Club
By tht As»ocio*#d Prtis
LEESBURG, Va„ May 20.—Sec
retary of State Marshall was the
guest speaker last night at a dinner
meeting of the Garden Club of Vir
ginia.
Gen. Marshall was introduced by
Mrs. C. James Andrews of Norfolk,
Va. president of the club. She
presented him as "the husband of:
Mrs. George Catlett Marshall, a
member of both our hostess clubs.";
More than 100 delegates, officials j
and committee members were reg
istered at the 28th annual meeting
of the organization opened for its
two-day session in Loudoun and!
Fauquier Counties.
Pupils to Crown May Queen
Jean Clark, 11. daughter of Prince!
Georges County Farm Agent P. E.
Clark, will be crowned as May Queen
of the District Heights Elementary
School during ceremonies at the
school at 10 am. tomorrow. Jean, a|
sixth-grade pupil in the school, lives
at 208 Avenue D, in District Heights.
Whatthe Russians
Are Saying of Us
The Moscow radio, broadcasting
In Danish to Europe, said:
“The trade of the new de
mocracies with the U. S. S. R.
is a pattern of economic co
operation, based on equal rights
of both parties. Trade between
the U. S. S. R and the new
democracies 1^ balanced, which
cannot be about trade be
tween the United States and the
European countries."
The Federal Spotlight
UPWA to Drop Top Officials
To Comply With 'Red' Rider Bill
they will join either the CIO Indus- j
trial Union of Marine and Ship-j
building Workers, or the CIO Utility :
Workers of America. Both unions
are known for their militant anti-;
Communist policies.
The BUC claims that nearly 10,000
of UPWA's 85,000 members will join
them in their new organization, j
which is expected to be a separate
department within the CIO union i
' it will join. UPWA officials scoff at
! these claims, asserting that BUC
doesn’t represent more than 500
UPWA members throughout the
country.
Meanwhile, sharp and bitter de
bate on UPWA’s foreign policy reso
lution featured the final day's ses
sion.
Considerable opposition developed
yesterday afternoon to UPWA's
“peace” resolution, but UPWA lead
ership appears almost certain of
having enough
votes to gain
final a p p roval
today. The op
position, how
ever, is expected
to muster a con
siderable num -
ber of votes.
S u r prisingly
enough, some of
the delegates op
posed to the
resolution in its
present form are
not members of
the opposition
"Build the Un- Joseph l»um.
ion" Committee, but delegates who
up to now have given their ap
proval to UPWA’s policies at the
convention. BUC people also joined
in the attack on the "peace” stand.
Their opposition is based on the
fact that the resolution does not
indorse the European Recovery
Program and they want to follow
the national CIO’s lead In indors
ing ERP.
EBP Is Not Mentioned.
The resolution does not mention
ERP. It calls for immediate peace
talks between the United States and
Russia, based on the recent ex
change of views between Henry
Wallace and Prime Minister Stalin.
It also asks that "world peace can
only be promoted through the same
unity in the United Nations, pri
marily through understanding be
tween the United States and the
U. S. S. R.”
More than 50 delegates took the
floor to speak for and against the
resolution. When many more indi
cated they would like to have their
say, Mr. Flaxer set back the final
vote until today.
Tempers flared and one of the!
delegates who had a hand in fram
ing the resolution accused the
United States of being "Uncle Shy
lock."
This brought an immediate re
joinder from another delegate who
said: “I deplore the term 'Uncle
Students in Office
For Day Stage
Gambling Raids
By tha Associated rross
ZANESVILLE, Ohio, May 20.—
The unexpected happened when!
high school seniors took over city
offices for the day yesterday.
Townsfolk expected the seniors to
have fun "playing” Mayor, police
chief and other city officials. They
had fun all right—and the adult
officials had red faces because:
Jack Harker as police chief staged
a series of gambling raids. “Mayor”
Aubrey Sibbring and "City Solicitor”
Frank Shurtz, Jr., went along.
They confiscated a Jar with gam
bling slips in one place, broke up a
poker game and found a pull tab
board.
Young Harker didn’t file any
charges, although he claimed he had
full legal authority to do so.
While this was going on, "Fire
Chief” Charles Cooper, "City Audi
tor” Henry Abele and "Safety Direc
tor” John Montgomery tried to
condemn the high school building
as a fire trap.
The real school officials, Supt.
Donald Summers and Principal
Ralph Storts, managed to forestall
this after an hour and a half con
ference.
8hylock‘ in referring to our great
country.”
Those speaking in favor of the
resolution—and these Included some
of CJPWA's top officials—were bit
ter over America’s present foreign
policy, charging that ‘‘Wall Street
and Big Business" are the chief
beneficiaries. They charged that
it was leading to another war.
Their opponents did not so much
oppose the contents of the reso
lution Itself, but urged that it be
recommitted to the Resolutions
Committee to include an official
Indorsement of ERP.
Reminded of Criticism.
UPWA came In for bitter criti
cism two years ago at its first
convention when it adopted what
its critics charged was a pro-Soviet
policy.
The convention was reminded of
this by Delegate Ray Embree of
Chilicothe, Ohio, who declared:
"Let’s prevent our mistake in
1946, which caused us so much
bad publicity and the loss of mem
bership. I’m afraid that the same
thing might happen again.”
In supporting the resolution,
UPWA’s leadership is Joining the
small group of CIO left-wing unions
that are against ERP. Ewart Gui
nier, UPWA’s New York regional
director, charged that national CIO
officials are "deliberately misinter
preting" the actual stand of the
recent CIO national convention.
DISCRIMINATION — The con
vention today is expected to in
dorse a resolution condemning ‘ ra
cial discrimination" against Negroes
in the Government service.
And the resolution also is expect
ed to be critical of President Tru
man for not yet issuing his anti
discrimination order in the Gov
ernment service. Mr. Truman some
time ago said this would be done:
but at a recent press conference he
said the order had not yet been
drawn.
OTHER RESOLUTIONS — The
convention yesterday adopted the
following policy resolutions:
1. Support of a 35-hour Federal
work week.
2. Revision of the Government s
efficiency rating system, with only
two ratings—"satisfactory” and "un
satisfactory."
3. Pay raises of $1,000 for all
Government employes with a mini
mum Federal salary of $3,000.
4. Opposition to the Keefe rider.
The convention instructed its Ex
ecutive Board to "do everything
possible to defeat the rider.”
5. Restoration of price controls,
with a rollback to July, 1946, prices.
Additional news of Govern
ment affairs and personalities
make up Joseph Young’s broad
cast version of the Federal Spot
light at 3:1 5 p.m. every Sunday
on WMAL, The Star station.
Conference Opens Tonight
On Practical Nursing
A two-day conference on practi
cal nursing will open at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Armstrong High
School auditorium under the spon
sorship of the M. M. Washington
Vocational High School practical
nursing classes.
Speakers at tonight's session will
include Or. James A. Gannon,
member of the advisory council
for practical nursing of the high
school and physician member of
the Board of Education; Miss Bea
trice E. Ritter, director of nursing
at Gallinger Hospital, and Or.
Fiemmle Kitrell, head of the home
economics department at Howard
University. Mrs. Velma Williams,
board of education member, will
preside.
The second dav of the conference
will be held at the M. M. Washing
ton Vocational High School from
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow.
Congress in Brief
•y the Associated Press
Senate:
Debates proposal to take Hawaiian
statehood bill away from committee
as first step to Senate vote, then
turns to legislation to permit immi
gration of displaced persons.
Debates bill authorizing improve
ment of Army posts and bases.
House:
Rules Committee continues con
sideration of draft bill.
Note in Mailbox Leads Police
To Woman Hanging in House
A note which a mailman found in
the mailbox at 3206 Morrison street
N.W. today led police to discover the
body of Mrs. Verena M. Kidwell, 54,
hanged from a basement beam by
a vacuum cleaner cord.
The note was addressed to a
next-door neighbor, Mrs. Jay Bow
ker, 3212 Morrison street N.W., ac
cording to Detective Sergt. Richard
Felber of the homicide squad. When
the postman saw it in Mrs. Kidweli's
box, addressed to Mrs. Bowker, he
delivered it, Sergt. Felber said.
When police responded to Mrs. I
Bowker's call, they opened the front j
door with the key which was
wrapped in the note and found Mrs. j
Kidwell dead. She apparently had
been dead for about eight hours,
Sergt. Felber declared.
Her husband, Harry H. Kidwell,!
who lives in New York, was a vice1
president of the American Ice Co.
for a number of years. Company
officials here said he resigned in
1946.
Also in the envelope addressed
to Mrs. Bowker was a note to a
neice, Miss Virginia Daiker, 140
Tennessee avenue N.E., Sergt. Fel
ber said. Miss Daiker is employed
at the Library of Congress.
Mrs. Bowker told reporters she
had not seen Mrs. Kidwell for sev
eral weeks—but did not consider it
unusual as Mrs. Kidwell stayed
home a great deal.
When police entered the home,
they found canned food and dishes
stacked on tables, Sergt Pelber said.
Miss Daiker told police her aunt
had been separated from her hus
band for the last 12 years.
Mrs. Kidwell had been threaten
ing suicide for the last few months,
her niece said, according to Sergt.
Felber. Police records showed that
Mrs. Kidwell was found unconscious
from gas in her home in 1938 but
was revived by a rescue squad, the
detective added.
Sergt Felber said the death ap
parently occurred early last night.
The afternoon newspaper was still
on the front porch and Miss Daiker
called her aunt twice last night by
telephone, but got no answer, he
added.
B’NAI ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
14th and Emerson Sts. N.W.
SALUTE
To The State of Israel
SERVICES
Friday Evening, May 21, 1948, at 8:45
SPEAKER
The Hon. Alben W. Barkley
U. S. Sonetor from Kentucky
Public Cordially Invito
General Association
Of Baptists Approves
Universal Training
ly th« Associated Pross
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 20.
—The general association of the
regular Baptist Church stood today
in favor of universal military
training.
A resolution adopted last night
during the association’s 15th annual
conference directly opposed action
taken in recent months by a num
ber of other church groups.
"While holding nu brief for ag
gressive militarism,’’ the resolution
declared, ‘‘we repudiate the pacifism
of Protestant religious modernism;
as represented by the Federal
Council of Churches in America.
“We commend to the United i
States a universal military training
which should serve as a deterrent
to any nation with aggressive
tendencies.
Dr. David O. Puller of Grand
Rapids was elected chairman of the
Council of Fourteen, governing body
of the General Association. The
Rev. Joseph Stowall of Bay City,
Mich., was chosen vice chairman.
Other officers included the Rev.
Robert Ryerse of Arlington, Va.,
secretary, and the Rev. William
Kuehnle of Milwaukee, treasurer.
Three new members named to the
council were the Rev. Kenneth
Kenny of Johnson City, N. Y., and
the Rev. Donald MacKay of Gary,
Ind., and Mr. Ryerse.
Re-elected to the council were the
Rev. R. L. Powell of Tacoma, Wash.;
the Rev. William Headley of Ceres,
Calif., and the Rev, Arthur Wil
liams of Elyria, Ohio.
The association appointed four
delegates to a church meeting at
Amsterdam this summer to form an
international council of churches.
Those selected were Dr. Robert T.
Ketcham of Waterloo, Iowa; Dr.
Clarence E. Mason of Philadelphia.
Mr. Williams and Mr. Ryerse.
In other resolutions the confer
ence:
Reaffirmed the association's stand
against anti-Semitism and expressed
sympathy for the "people of Israel
in the present disaster involving the
land of Palestine.”
Approved a recent decision of
the United States Supreme Court
banning the teaching of religion
in public schools. It declared it
"rejects as false and misleading the
propaganda that separation of
church and state infers a godless
state.’’
Restated the association’s demand
that its members avoid association
with any organization that "per
mits within its membership”
churches described as apostate. J
Association leaders said the resolu
tion dealt with certain "marginal
organizations” they declined to
name.
Navy Anchorage Planned
NORFOLK, Va., May 20 (/P).—The
Army’s district engineer announced
that plans of the Navy to set up
an ammunition handling anchorage
in Chesapeake Bay oft Cape Charles,
Va., will go into effect June 8.
Charles Town Entries
ly th« Associated Press
FIRST RACK—Purse, $800; claiming;
4-year-olds and up; about 4Va furlongs.
Lead'Em All _ 1 in Maryland Morn 118
Blushing Quern 11 3 Tip Your Hat._ 118
xJanet Ragland 108 xSan Mar _ 108
xElectric _ 108 Red House 118
xWaygood Girl. 108 Blaclc Bass_ 118
Tieme __ 11.'1 Starmar_ 118
Eltonhead_ 118 Counter- 113
SECOND RACE—Purse, $800: claiming;
4-year-olds and up; about 6 furlongs.
xNorth Sea _ 108 Bar-Ma-Pat __ 113
xCast Out_ 103 Jack Horner _ 113
Cutty 8teel_4 108 xMauve 103
Tenebrose . 113 xAnn s Guard n 103
xThe Huntress 103 Buss . 113
Kensington Bid 113 Pasapet 113
Spalpeen_ 113 War Salvage— 113
THIRD RACE—Purse. $1,000: claim
ing; 3-year-olds and upward; 1 miles.
xWell Informed irj Step Down . _ 11T
Scotchflag _117 Specialist _„ 117
xPirst Party 118 Don of Reno __ 107
xKnights Hurry 107 Get Set-117
FOURTH RACE—Purse, $1,000: claim
ing; 3-year-olds; about 6 furlongs.
Cedar A1 _114 Rugged .118
The Pennsy .114 Vera Q _ 100
Spantai _ _ 100 xCount On_100
Speedy Rascal. 114 Miss Okapi __ 109
Abaiser .... 109 Victory Gold _ 100
Wicked Miss.. 100 Ocean Dream.. 114
Spred Winas __ 114 Betsy Bones_109
FIKTH RAC*—Purse. SI.700: allow
ances; 3-year-olds and up; about S fur
longs.
Mafic Trick_118 Sunday .. Ill
Virginia Jean- 11". xRoyal Favor - 111
Ooln Steady _ 113 Hairanette _ _ 113
Snow Phantom, lid xCessatlon _108
Friendly Miss., Ill xGertie O_111
xBlue April.108 Sand Rose . _ 118
xWave Oil_ 108 Rakish Jane __ 113
SIXTH RACE—Purse, SI. 200; allow
ances, 3-year-olds and up; H'a furlongs
Slam Bid . ... 114 Post Boy_115
Abrek ... 115 Eire _113
xLocal Band 118 Sweenson_113
xComedy Player 120 Tintre! ... _. 119
Virginia Beach. 114 Pigeon ...— 113
Asaider . 118 Gal Royal_ 114
Double Reward. 117 War Spy — 113
SEVENTH RACE—Purse. SI.000; claim
ing: 4-year-olds and up; about 7 furlongs.
Butterscotch 115 xPatlence . 105
xBright Remark 110 x8plkery . 110
xThe General . 110 Fiddlers Three 115
New Hour . 118 Tan Lightly 115
xJames Quest.. 113 Lady Romerv.. 110
Balloon _ 115 xBlack Grip .. 110
Honoured_ 115 Rlngalong _ 115
EIGHTH RACE—Purse, $1,000; claim
ins: 4-vear-olds and up: 1,'. miles.
xPluster _ 110 Echo Bell
Old Fellow_114 Pack Saddle
109
114
xCaptiva _ 104 xWintime_104
xLady Marine.. 104 xMilk Flip_100
xBorder Pat.
100 xYvonne
Brave Up_114
Casotln . . 1*20 Running Rito
xApprentice allowance claimed
__ 104
xHarv Aethel._ 109
109
O'Conor Election Upheld
Informal Senate Action
The Senate today declared Her
bert R. O’Conor, Democrat, of Mary
land a duly elected Senator in the
1946 election. The action was unani
mous and without debate on motion
of Senator Jenner, Republican, of
Indiana, chairman of a subcommit
tee which investigated the Mary
land election for 18 months.
Today’s Vote' ends the contest
brought by D. John Markey, the
defeated Republican candidate. Mr.
Markey contested the election when
the original count showed Senatoi
O’Conor winning by only 2,232 votes.
The Senate recount still gave Sen
ator O'Conor a margin of more
than 1,600.
Senator O’Conor was sworn in in
January, 1947, and permitted to
serve during the investigation.
Law Institute Hears
Justice Jackson at
Its Opening Session
The Supreme Court is actively
engaged in a restatement of the
law. Justice H. Jackson today told
approximtely 200 members of the
American Law • Institute in the
opening session of its 25th annual
meeting in the Mayflower Hotel.
The Supreme Court jurist was in
troduced by former Senator George
Wharton Pepper, who is retiring
this year after 25 years as presi
dent of the institute. Mr. Pepper
observed that Justice Jackson’s ad
dress would be a "benediction” since
"fortunately the justice is not of
that mould which recently prompt
eda Pennsylvania judge to resign
because he could not decide against
both sides.”
The sessions are being held joint
ly with the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State
Laws and will continue through
Saturday. At the annual dinner at
8 p.m. tomorrow. Supreme Court
Justice Felix Frankfurter will be
the principal speaker.
Justice Jackson referred to the
“decline in the place of the com
mon law” as "a part of a more or
less world-wide impatience with the
gradual and deliberate pace of
growth under the Judicial process.”
Difference in Legal View,
Observing that the world struggle
today involves legal procedures as
much as political and economic sys
tems, Justice Jackson said the basis
of Communist doctrine rests on the
theory that there is no separation of
powers and that "the court has been,
and still remains • * • a weapon
in the hands of the ruling classes
for the purpose of safeguarding its
interests.”
"The most striking feature of this
concept,” he continued, "is its primi
tive mingling in the court of the
two functions that Western civiliza
tion years ago divided between the
court and the legislature.”
He attributed this to the fact that
the Soviet Union is "at least 300
years behind the Western world.
• • • It comes from a people
whom the Renaissance, the Reform
ation and the great democratic
awakening that followed our o*rn'
and the French Revolution hMVt
never touched. Their history has
no Magna Carta, no Bill of Rights.
Their heroes include no Lord Chief
Justice Coke to remind the Czar
that he rules ‘under God and the
Law.’ No Jefferson.”
No Effective Guidance.
turning to the difficulties under
which the courts of the United
States now operate, the speaker said
“the unfortunate fact is that nei
ther Congress, in the choice of lan
gauge it will use, nor the courts, in
the meaning they will ascribe to
Congress, have really effective guid
ance from consistently accepted
principles of interpretation.”
He concluded that Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes was right when he
said “We do not inquire what the
legislature meant, we ask only what
the statute means.”
“It would help give objectivity to
the process of interpretation and
assurance to drafting of statutes,”
he said in closing, "if we could have
general acceptance by the bench as
well as the bar of a few basic prin
ciples of statutory construction.
Perhaps the institute could devise a
disinterested restatement that
would commend itself as an accept
able standard for enactment by
Congress, or for application by the
courts.”
The institute, which' comprises
leading members of the bench and
bar and professors of law from all
parts of the country, will devote all
its sessions to a study of a proposed
code of commercial law.
Miss Stone at Conference
Miss Ann P. Stone, secretary of
the Arlington branch of the Chil
dren’s Home Society, is representing
the group at the annual conference
on practices and policies in adoption,
which began yesterday in New York.
The meeting will conclude tomorrow.
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Capital Transit Fights
PSC Right to Block
Increase in Fares
■y a Staff Corraipandant of Th« Star
BALTIMORE, May 30.—Attorneys
for the Capital Transit Co. today
challenged the Maryland Public
Service Commission's right to pre
vent higher fares In Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties unless
the utility offers bargain school
rates. v
The question was argued before
Chief Judge W. Conwell Smith of
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore.
The court case Is the latest develop
ment in a battle begun last De
cember. when Capital Transit an
nounced a schedule of fare in
creases and applied for “Immediate
relief" on its Maryland operations.
The Public Service Commission
authorized general increases in both
counties, including the establish
ment of a zone system for Prince
Georges, but ruled that school chil
dren must be transported at special
ticket rates.
The new schedule permits the
elimination of weekly passes on
Maryland buses and streetcars, al
lows Capital Transit to charge pas
sengers 5 cents for each 1 Vi-mile
zone outside the District and speci
fies that school tickets be offered
at the zone rate of 5 for 15 cents—
or at 3 cents each.
The transit company took the
position that it had not been pro
vided the “immediate relief” re
quested because of extended hear
ing for the PSC. It contended that
the proposed new tariff schedule:
had been postponed the limit al-j
lowed by Maryland law and now has,
become automatically effective.
The company said it would ignore
the PSC order to sell bargain school
tickets.
The Public Service Commission
then entered another order direct
ing Capital Transit to comply with
all terms of its ruling or make no
fare change.
The utility appealed to Judge
Smith to restrain the commission
from enforcing the order. The court
temporarily restrained both sides
from any action and called for ar
guments before him today.
F. Gloyd Await, Daryl Myse and
Clarence W. Miles, Capital Transit
attorneys, declared that the bargain
rate for pupils would seriously cur
tail company revenues. In Mont
gomery. where there is currently
no special school rate, the effect
would be greatest, they said. Even
in Prince Georges, the lawyers as
serted. most children would ride for
less than under the schedule from
which the company sought relief.
S. Ralph Warnken, PSC counsel,
appeared in defense of the State
orders.
Arlington Sees Rise
In First Grade Pupils
One-third more first-grade pupils
than now are enrolled in Arlington
schools are expected to be in at
tendance next year, the Arlington
School Board announced yesterday
after a study of recent census
figures.
The total enrollment this year is
1,451, and it is estimated that there
will be 500 more next year, the
School Board said. It added that
a study of classroom requirements
is under way.
New Czech Ambassador
Leaves for Wasliington
By the Associated Press
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, May
30.—Vladimir Outrata, new Czecho
slovak Ambassador to tha United
States, left for Washington today.
Outrata succeeds Juraj Slavik,
who resigned as Ambassador March
3, shortly after the Communist
regime came to power.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Mostly sun*
ny and warmer with highest about
74 this afternoon. Fair tonight with
lowest near 50. Tomorrow some
cloudiness and warmer.
Virginia and Maryland—Fair and
cool tonight. Tomorrow fair and
warmer.
Wind velocity. 13 miles per hour;
direction, northwest.
River Report.
(From United States Engineer*.)
Potomac River clear at Harper* Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Hamiditv.
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon . 38 Midnight _3*
4 p.m._28 d a m. _81
8 p.m. - 28 1:30 p.m. _31
Temperature*.
Yesterday a high. TO. at 8:15 p.m.: low.
8:1. at 8:05 a.m. Year's highest. 80. on
May 11; lowest. 5. on January 28. Nor
mal maximum this date, 78, degree*;
minimum, 86 degrees.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High _ 8:88 a.m. 7:48 a m.
Low _ 1:08 a.m. 1:58 a.m.
High*_ 7:24 p.m. 8:16 p.m.
Low __ 1:48 p.m. 2:40 pm.
The Sen and Moen.
Rises. Sets
Moon, todav _ 8:58 p.m. 4:28 a m.
Sun. tomorrow_ 8:80 8:10
Sun. today _ 5:51 8:18
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
PreclnitaUea.
Since May 1. 8.34 Inches: May normal.
3.TO inches: May record. 10 89 inches in:
1880. Since January 1. 18.32 Inches.
3.45 inches more than normal.
Temperatures in
# High. Low
Albuquerque 85 59
Atlanta . 82 54
Atlantic City 88 48
Bismarclt 98 80
Boston 83 42
Buffalo 59 37
Chicago _ 85 44
Cincinnati _ 72 48
Detroit_ 85 48
El Paso 89 8 1
Galveston _ 88 72
Harrisburg 88 45
Indianapolis 74 48
Kansas City 83 58
Los Angeles 83 47
Louisville _ 75 49
Varieus Cities.
High Low.
Miami 82 87
Milwaukee 85 50
New Orleans 84 82
New York 85
Norfolk 87 53
Okla. City . 82 58
Omaha _ 85 80
Phoenix ... 81 60
Pittsburgh . 83
Portland . 54 37
St. Louis 74 51
Balt Lk. City 73 40
San Antonio 89 88
San F'nelsco 56 49
Seattle_ 81 49
Tampa _ 89 82
Knowland Asks Action
On Hawaii Statehood^
j Senate Odds Against j|
Senator Knowland, Republican, Of
California appealed to the Senafc
' today to make Hawaii the 49th sta(gr
I at this session of Congress. The'
! statehood bill already has passes
the House.
The odds are heavily agaiiut Sen*
ate action, however, with leadea
rushing to adjourn by the middle of
June. >4
Senator Knowland moved to fore*
the bill out of the Senate Insular:
Affairs Committee, which decided:
several weeks ago that its member^'
should go to the Pacific islands for
a first-hand study, which would
prevent action at this time.
Under the parliamentary situa
tion. if Senator Knowland’s motion
to discharge the committee is not
voted on by 3 pm. today, he prob
ably will not get another chance to
bring it up in this session.
The California Senator read many
documents to show that two-thirds
of the Hawaiian people favor state
hood. that their sons fought bravely
in World War II and that the
United States has required the
islands to serve a longer apprentice
ship in the status of a Territory
than most of the present States had
to serve.
Asserting that the loyalty of
Hawaii has been questioned in some
quarters. Senator Knowland de
clared that “not a single case of
sabotage before, during or sub
sequent to the attack on Pearl Har
bor was reported to the FBI or
Military Intelligence.”
Barber Shop Groups to Sing '"'
The Potomac Clippers and the
Capitolians, two groups of tbtL
Washington Chapter of the Society
for the Preservation and Encourage*
ment of Barbershop Quartet Singt
ing, will appear at 8 o’clock tonight ‘
at the Florence Crittenton Horn*.
The appearance is sponsored by the
Bethesda Circle of the Home.
today
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