Evening star. [volume], May 21, 1948, Page A-5, Image 5

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Financial Inadequacy
Of Public Education
Assailed by Truman
By Joseph A. Fox
President Truman was on record
today with a blast at the inadequacy
of public education in this country.
Speaking late yesterday at Girard
College, Philadelphia, to an audi
ence of 1,300 boys of grade and
high school age who are students
there and to several hundred invited
guests, the President declared:
"The financial situation of our
public school system is something
disgraceful in the richest country in
the world—underpaid teachers—not
enough room for the children to get
the education they ought to have.”
Then he added:
"You can’t live in this day and
age without an education.”
Five Hours at School.
The President’s speech was broad
cast and televised. It climaxed a
busy five hours at the school, which
was founded by Stephen Girard,
merchant and banker, for the edu
cation of poor boys. _
In the course of his visit, the
President toured the school, sam
pled the ginger cakes which are an
institution there, reviewed the cadet
corps at retreat, and then told his
hosts that he wished he were a
youngster again, starting in life
because of the opportunities the
coming years offer. He returned to
Washington at 8:30 o’clock last
nieht.
The White House had emphasized
the trip would have no political
implications, despite the presence
in Philadelphia of the Executive
Committee of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, which was choos
ing a national convention keynoter
and permanent chairman. That
forecast was borne out. The only
Pennsylvania Democrat of note in
the President’s oarty was Senator
Myers. Mayor Bernard Samuels of
Philadelphia, who was with the
President throughout the day, is a
Republican, as is Gov. Duff, who
was on hand to greet Mr. Truman
on arrival at noon by special train.
Nor were Philadelphians given
much opportunity to see Mr. Tru
man. A good crowd was in evidence
at the Pennsylvania Station at
Thirtieth street, when his train
pulled in, and there was a fair
turnout on the brief riae to the
college and at the school itself.
In the evening, when the Presi
dential motorcade moved into the
downtown section en route to the
Broad street station, the crowd w’as
spotty.
At both stations, the Presidential
party encountered what were re
ported to be collegiate groups carry
ing placards reading: “We want
Truman—to nominate Eisenhower.’’
The President visited the school
at the request of an old friend, Hor
ace Deal, a graduate, who now is
a wealthy St. Louis contractor. Mr.
Deal made the trip with the Presi
dent.
Mr. Truman's speech was ex
temporaneous and largely in homely
vein, as he told of his own life as a
Missouri farm boy and urged the
boys to take full advantage of their
chances. It was when he praised
the opportunities which the college
offers that he pointed to the differ
ences in the public school system.
Galiinger
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patient for a preliminary examina
tion.
Patients picked up by police, Mr.
West added, would continue to go to
Galiinger.
In answer to questions from sub
committee members, about condi
tions in Galiinger, Dr. Joseph L.
Gilbert, head of the hospital's psy
chopathic division, said his division
was overcrowded in all but one ward
and that “certain groups could well
be eliminated from going to Gal
’ nger to the advantage of the
. atients.”
Many Requests Received.
The St. Elizabeths Hospital super
endent tcl:l the subcommittee he
d had "mr .v requests" from the
mily of p-’Wetits known to be
• Mentally ill. for whom doctors had
ccommendcd admission to St. Eliza
beths. These families, he said, did
not want the patients to go to
Galiinger first, but he had to tell
them he could not admit them di
rectly to St. Elizabeths.
"This bill will make it easier on
the patients and cheaper all around
and it doesn't add to’our load,” Dr.
Overholser declared. He pointed out
that Dr. Samuel B. Wortis, director
of psychiatry7 at New York’s Belle
vue Hospital, had recommended this
procedure when he came here to
survey conditions at Galiinger late
last year.
Mr. Mason, asked about the com
parative costs to taxpayers, said the
measure would result in a saving of
S3 per day per patient, since the cost
to the District of keeping patients at
St. Elizabeths is $3 less than the
cost of keeping them at Galiinger.
Dr. Gilbert was asked by Dr. Miller
how long patients bound for St.
Elizabeths now stay at Galiinger
before going on to the mental hos
pital. Of the 1,300 sent there each
year, Dr. Gilbert replied, half of
them go within three days, but the
average stay of the other half at
Galiinger is three weeks.
Mrs. Lucy Peacock Dies
Retired Beauty Shop Owner
Mrs. Lucy Peacock, 70. retired j
beauty shop operator, died yester
day at her home, 1241 Good Hope
road S.E., after a month's illness.
A native of St. Maiys County,
Md„ Mrs. Peacock came to
Anacostia after her marriage to
Joseph H. Peacock, a barber, who
died in 1926.
After their marriage Mr. Peacock
opened a barber shop at the Good
Hope road address 45 years ago.
Following his death, Mrs. Peacock
transformed it into a beauty parlor
and operated it until her retire
ment in 1938.
Surviving dre two daughters. Mrs.
Benlti M. Thomas and Mrs. Louise
A. Justice, six grandchildren, and
a great-grandchild, all of Washing
ton.
Requiem mass will be sung at
9 30 a.m. Monday in St. Theresa's
Church, Thirteenth and V streets
S.E. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
600 Pentagon Restaurant
Employes Sign Affidavits
The Military District of Washing
ton headquarters announced today
completion of loyalty affidavits
from approximately 600 employes of
the Pentagon restaurants. None of
the workers refused to sign the
paper, which is similar to those re
quired of Civil Service employes, a
headquarters spokesman said.
PHILADELPHIA.—A SNACK WITH THE PRESIDENT—The
youngest pupils of Girard College, century-old institution for
fatherless boys, joined President Truman yesterday in a ginger
cake snack during the centennial celebration of the school.
The President was the guest of honor._—AP Wirephoto.
AFL Paper Attacks
Johnston's Tactics in
Cleveland Hotel Strike
By the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, May 21.—The Cleve
land Citizen, official AFL publica
tion, today accused Alvanley Johns
ton, head of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, of employing
“back-door tactics” in handling a
strike at the swanky 500-room Park
Lane Villa, which his union owns.
Mr. Johnston said in Washington
today that an AFL statement that
he is advertising for new employes
to break that strike is “a malicious
lie.”
Hitting back at his critics, Mr.
Johnston said he doesn't know what
the strikers want. He thinks they
are “just trying to take advantage
of what I’m up against here (in
Washington)” in efforts to reach a
settlement with railroad employers.
About 32 AFL elevator operators
and maids are striking for retro
active pay and a union shop at the
hotel.
Reports Secret Meeting.
In a front-page article in today’s
Citizen. Warren Greenwald, a re
porter, wrote:
“Johnston, who has ‘not been in’
to representatives of the (striking)
Building Service Employes’ Union,
attempted to hold a secret meeting
with (M. E.) Wilbur (Park Lane,
manager) early this week.
“Johnston drove into the parking
lot in the rear of the villa and was
met there by Wilbur, who left the
hotel by the rear door. The two of
them were spotted by Business
Agents A1 Fisher and John Lavelle.
"The union officials approached
Johnston’s car from two sides. Be
fore they could reach the car, they
were noticed. Wilbur scurried back
to the sanctuary of the villa, and
Johnston drove away.
Another ArL Accusation.
"Why Johnston is employing such
back-door tactics is not known,
unless it is because as a union man
he refuses to cross a picket line,
which he as an employer has
caused."
Mr. Johnston already has been
accused of "trying to break a strike”
by a top AFL official.
The accusation came from Wil
liam Finegan, secretary of the
Cleveland Federation of Labor, in
connection with villa strike.
“He (Mr. Johnston) is trying to
break the strike by inserting ads in
the newspapers offering jobs," said
Mr. Finegan in a Federation meet
ing.
"He said before the strike began
that workers who struck would not
be returned to their jobs and now
he is going through with this plan
through these ads.”
Un-American
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was charged with an offense against
Congi ess.
Felt Self Under Attack.
Trumbo's statement asserted he
had "searched my conscience deeply
and discovered there no word, act
or thought which has departed in
any degree from those obligations
which citizenship imposes.”
He said he had learned through
experience of the necessity for em
ployes to organize into unions secret
ly and felt the inquiry on the Com
munist Party membership to be a
direct attack on the secrecy of the
ballot.
"I have practiced film writing as
I have practiced citizenship with a
sense of responsibility and social
purpose," Lawson declared. “When
I was called to the hearings before
the House Un-American Activities
Committee last October, I realized
that my whole life as a writer and
a citizen was under attack.
“I realized as events hfive since
proved, that the committee was
seeking to gain control of the mo
tion pictures, to dictate its employ
ment and production policies. I be
lieved then, as I believe now, that
I was defending the motion picture
in defending my integrity—my very
existence—as a writer.”
Trumbo and Lawson are 2 of 10
Hollywood personalities indicted for
contempt of Congress following the
House committee hearings last
October on Communist infiltration
into the movie industry.
The eight remaining defendants
have not yet been tried, but all
except three have waived jury trials
and agreed to submit their case
without entry of a verdict pending
outcome of appeals on the Lawson
and Trumbo cases.
Those who have waived jury trial
are Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz,
Herbert Beiberman, Edward Dmy
tryk and Alvah Bessie. The other
three, Ring Lardner, jr.; Adrian
Scott and Lester Cole are expected
to do likewise.
Budget
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ommend enactment of a 2 per cent
retail sales tax, as proposed by city
officials. This session was to have
been held today, but was postponed
because of other business.
The size and character of the
new District tax bill is expected to
turn principally on pronounce
ments by House and Senate leaders
as to what cost-of-living pay in
crease is to be granted Federal and
District Government workers. Those
in charge of District budget and
revenue problems have been hoping
for a definite agreement on the pay
policy before the end of this week,
so they can chart a definite course
on the municipal issue.
In addition to Mr. Young, Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle, president of
the Board of Education, and Dr.
Marshall R. Shepard, recorder of
deeds testified before the Dworshak
group.
Stocks Stage Brisk Rally,
But Lose Part of Gains
ly the Associated Prass
NEW YORK, May 21.—Stocks
advanced briskly on a broad front
in early dealings today, but most
gains were trimmed later.
The high-speed quotation ticker
fell behind transactions for a short
period in the first hour as an ac
cumulation of overnight buying
orders was cleared. This brought
transfers of blocks of as much as
5,000 shares.
Despite the speed of the move,
gains generally were limited to a
range of fractions to around a
point. Leadership came from some
of the oils, rails, liquors and steels.
American Distilling pushed up 3
points. Others ahead included
Schenley, National Distillers, United
States Steel, Republic Steel, Illinois
Central, Southern Railway, Pennsyl
vania Railroad, Sinclair Oil, Texas
Co., Oliver Corp., General Motors.
Chrysler, Union Carbide, National
Supply, General Electric and West
ern Union.
Gets 2 Years in Gum Theft
SALEM, Oreg., May 21 (SP).—Walter
prokus was sentenced to two years’
imprisonment yesterday for burglar
izing a warehouse. His loot: Two
sticks of chewing gum.
The Wyatt Earp, the Australian
Antarctic exploration ship, has re
turned to Melbourne after a cruise
oi 7,000 miles.
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U.S. Pay Raise Action;
Other Bills Approved
Senate and House qonferees today
failed to reach a decision on Federal
pay raises, but adopted recommenda
tions to have the Civil Service Com
mission set up standard of employ
ment for physically handicapped and
to pay Government employes un
justly separated from the service.
A joint meeting was held behind
closed doors at the Senate Office
Building by subcommittees of the
Senate' and House Civil Service
Committees considering Federal pay
raises.
Another meeting of the two
groups will await the outcome of a
conference next week between
Chairman Taft of the Senate Re
publican Committee and Speaker
Martin of the House. It is under
stood these two officials will go over
the tfhole Government fiscal
balance sheet, study income and
outlay of public money and then
decide what can be afforded in the
way of Government pay raises.
Subcommittees to Meet Later.
Chairman Rees of the House Civil
Service Committee said the two sub
committees will meet later at the
call of Chairman Langer of the
Senate Civil Service Committee.
Mr. Rees said he expects to go
before the House Rules Committee
and recommend Government pay
raises, urged by his group. The
House wants temporary raises of
$468 to Government workers and
$585 to postal workers.
The Senate group is urging an
average permanent pay increase of
$650 annually for Federal employes,
$800 for postal workers, a revision
of the Classification Act and sub
stantial salary raises for Federal
officials in the upper brackets.
Chairman Rees said he feels con
fident pay raise legislation will be
submitted at this session.
Postal Provision Dropped.
An hour before the Senate and
House members met jointly to dis
cuss pay, the conferees went into
session.
Taking up the bill dealing with
employment discrimination against
handicapped in the Government
sercvice, the conferees dropped out
the Ellender amendment, which
would give classified status in the
postal service to physically handi
capped. This amendment was op
posed by veterans groups which de
clared that it would result in taking
Flood in Colorado
Fells Wires and Sets
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Three Depots Afire
By th« Associated Press
OURAY, Colo., May 21.—'Too
much water caused three fires.
High water in the Uncom
paghre River knocked down a
pole strung with power lines.
The pole dropped its high-ten
sion wires across a railroad tel
egraph line causing a short.
Fires started almost simul
taneously at two Ridgway rail
road depots 16 miles north of
here and in the local Rio
Grande depot. The depot here
was destroyed.
positions away from veterans. The |
conferees agreed to strike it out.
The conferees struck out of the1
bill to pay salaries to persons un-;
justly separated from the Govern
ment service a section which would
require suspension of employment
in certain cases where national se
curity was involved. The conferees
said that this item is now pending
before the Senate in the armed
services bill.
Fruit Workers to See Films
El Salvador “flnca” (fruit ranch)
owners plan to rent motion picture
films to display in order to keep
their workers happy.
Argentina’s trade with the United
States in 1947 was 687 per cent
above prewar.
Wechsler Elected Head
Of B'Nai B'rith Council
The newly formed B’nal B’rlth
Council of Metropolitan Washington
has elected Harry C. Wechsler pres
ident, for a year. Mr. Wechsler is
vice president of Argo Lodge.
Other officers named are: Miss
Dorothy Volner, Business and Pro
fessional Chapter, and Stanley B.
Frosh, Independence Lodge, vice
presidents: Mrs. Horace Gold, Inde
pendence Chapter, secretary, and
Irvin Miller, Montgomery Lodge,
treasurer.
50 in Night Clothes Routed
By Apartment House Fire
More than 50 residents of a three
story apartment house at 403 Or
ange street N.E. were routed in
their night • clothes early today by
a fire which filled the building with
dense smoke.
Firemen had difficulty getting at
the blaze, which apparently started
in the wall on the first floor. Dam
age was caused by water as well as
fire, firemen reported.
Two firemen suffered cut hands
from glass from a smashed window.
They were Pvt. William N. Ickes,
29. of 3337 Parkland place N.E., of
No. 8 truck company, and Pvt. B. J.
Walsh, 28, of 913 Quincy street N.E.,
of No. 25 engine company. They
were treated at Emergency Hospital
and released.
The fire burned up through the
walls of the building, inflicting some
damage to most of the apartments,
firemen said.
Bust of Maj. Walter Reed
Is Unveiled at N. Y. U.
ly tho Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 21.—A bronze
bust of Maj. Walter Reed, the Army
doctor who nearly a half century
ago uncovered the secrets of yellow
fever, was unveiled yesterday on the
New York University campus.
Representatives of the Army Med
ical Department, the university and
various other medical groups par
ticipated in the memorial ceremony.
The bust of Maj. Reed, whose ex
periments established the fact that
yellow fever is carried by mosquitos,
was erected through contributions
of Army doctors, the American So
ciety of Tropical Medicine and in
dividual donors.
It was unveiled by Maj. Reed’s
son, Maj. Gen. Walter L. Reed,
USA, retired.
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