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House Group to Give
Reluctant Approval
To Annapolis Airfield
The *12.000.000 airfield proposal
Tor the Naval Academy at Annapolis
will get reluctant House Rules
Committee approval today, only be
cause the project cannot readily be
detached from a *208.000.000 "top
priority” Navy measure, members
said.
Storm center of a controversy in
the Annapolis-Baltimore-Washing
ton area for more than a year, it
caused a bitter debate in the Rules
Committee yesterday afternoon.
Its principal advocate, Repre
sentative Bates, Republican, of
Massachusetts, asserted most oppo
sition came from nearby "summei
residents, who apparently put their
own convenience and happiness
above the security requirements of
the country."
Necessity Questioned.
Several Rules Committee members
questioned the Immediate necessity
of such flight Indoctrination facil
ities for midshipmen and acquisition
of 2,400 acres of land at this time.
They tried unsuccessfully to per
suade Mr. Bates to introduce the
Annapolis project as a separate bill.
The committee later decided in ex
ecutive session to vote on the over
all bill this afternoon. Chairman
Allen predicted the committee will
send it to the House.
He added that the Naval Academy
airfield project, a proposed $205,000
chapel for the Naval Medical Center
at Bethesda and a provision for
*3.000,000 for family quarters for
Navy officers would encounter op
position on the floor. House debate
may start Friday.
The bill to authorize buildings and
facilities at many Navy installations
throughout the United States and
in Alaska, Guam and other overseas
•areas does not specifically designate
a site for the Naval Academy air
field. The Navy’s reported plan is
to acquire land along Chesapeake
Bay near Sandy Point and the Ma
gothy River, a short distance north
east of the academy.
Groups File Protests.
Protests were received by the
Armed Services Committee and the
Rules Committee from groups in
Baltimore and other parts of Mary
land. Mr. Bates declared Annap
oiis city officials and civic organiza
tions approved the project, which
was first authorized in 1943 but post
poned during the war.
Mr. Bates disclosed that the Navy,
after sifting area requests for $2,
500,000,000 in installation projects,
asked for a $800,000,000 program
for the fiscal year. This was re
duced to $250,000,000 by the Budget
Bureau and trimmed to about $207,
000.000 by the Armed Services Com
mittee.
The committee had approved a
$209,689,500 total, of which $116,
756.600 would go for overseas Work.
It cut the total to about $208,483,500
this week by revising proposed al
lowances for officers’ housing.
The Naval Academy airfield pro
posal. Mr. Bates told the Rules
Committee, 1s "No. 5 on a list of
some 500 top-priority Navy building
projects.”
Representatives Harness. Repub
lican. of Indiana opened the sharp
questioning by asking if the $12,
000.000 "isn’t just a beginning,” and
whether the plans call for "lux
urious swimming pools and officers'
quarters.
Admits Drawing^ "Grandiose.”
Conceding that original archi
tect's drawings were "rather gran
diose.” Mr. Bates explained the
$12,000,000 not only is essential now,
but would cover all needs for the
future. |
Mr. Harness wanted to know why
the academy could not give basic
air training at Andrews Field or
the Patuxent Naval Air Station. Mr.
Bates replied those places are too
far from the academy and in other
respects not suitable for the type
of training necessary.
Representative Sasscer. Democrat,
of Maryland, whose congressional
district Includes the area in ques
tion, declared "there would not
have been any opposition in Con
gress to this proposal if it. hadn't
been for a well-financed lobby that
has been publishing lots of propa
ganda."
Van Zandt Urge* Approval.
Representative Van Zandt, Re
publican, of Pennsylvania urged
approval of the airfield proposal. He
said it had been approved not only
by six Navy Investigating Boards in
recent years but also by four Con
gressional Boards of Visitors to the
Naval Academy.
Another heated exchange occurred
when Mr. Harness said he doubts
the advisability of spending $205,000
for a chapel at the Bethesda Med
ical Center, especially if existing
auditorium facilities can be used.
•‘When Christianity is under fire
throughout the world," Mr. Bates
exclaimed, "I certainly don't want
to take the responsibility of limiting
religious services. The present facil
ities for religious worship at
Bethesda are not only inadequate.
They are a disgrace "
Church Plans Fund Drive
The congregation of St. George's
Episcopal Church will meet at 6:30
pm. tomorrow in the parish hall.
Nmth and North Nelson streets,
Arlington, to discuss plans for a new
structure and to open a drive for
funds.
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The Federal Spotlight
Elimination of Keefe Red Rider
By Senate Committee Indicated
By Joseph Young
There are strong indications the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee will vote to eliminate the so-called Keefe red rider ap
proved by the House.
It’s almost certain the Senate group’s subcommittee, which
has held hearings on the rider, will move to strike the clause, and
its expected that the full commit-'
tee will approve the subcommittee's
action.
The House-approved rider would
iorce tne dis
missal of all
Government em
ployes belong
ing to unions
whose officials
fail to sign non
Communist affi
davits, It would
affect members
of the CIO
United Public
Workers of
America and the
1,700 members
of the Interna
tional Typo
graphical Union
Joseph Tounff.
here who wort in me uovermnem
Printing Office and the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving.
The chief reason for the expected
Senate rejection of the rider is the
feeling that it goes beyond the;
intent of the Taft-Hartley Act.j
which requires union officials to sign
non-Communist affidavits only if.
they want to avail themselves of
the services of the National Labor:
Relations Board.
Senate rejection of the rider would
not necessarily kill it. The situa
tion would have to be threshed out
in House-Senate conference on the
various appropriation measures.
STATE—The Civil Service Com
mission has given the State De
partment permission to hire outside
civil service regulations until 1950
in a number of important jobs.
Included in the commission's
order are political, economic, finan
cial and other technical and pro
fessional positions * not including
informational positions* at the
salary level of $4,149 and above.
The commission’s order said per
sons hired under this authority must
have ‘'specialized foreign relations
knowledge, training or expeiience
with respect to a particular foreign
area, foreign language, or foreign
affairs problem.”
* * * *
ATOMIC ENERGY—Dr James H
Jensen has been appointed chief of
the Atomic Energy Commission's
biology section, division of biology
and medicine. * .
Dr. Jensen comes to his new job
from the North Carolina State Col
lege, whire he was head of its sec
tion of plant pathology.
* * * *
AFGE—There is some support de
veloping within the AFL American
Federation of Government Employes
for Mrs. Bemiece B. Heffner to be
its next president.
Mrs. Heffner, who is the AFGE s
secretary-treasurer, assumed the
acting presidency last week when
James B. Burns resigned the job.
Now there is a move afoot within
the union to support Mrs. Heffner
for a full two-year term as presi
dent when the AFGE holds its con
vention in Philadelphia in late
Meanwhile, supporters of Mr.
Burns are gapping plans to regain
the presidency for him at the con
vention. It looks as if there will
be a rip-snorting fight at the con
vention, with a number of candi
dates fighting for the top job.
* * * *
EFFICIENCY—Our recent item
that a spot-check made of several
Federal agencies indicated the ma
io-ity of employes were satisfied with
their efficiency ratings has brought
us quite a bit of mail saying the
survey was all wet.
Of course, it should be remem
bered that the spot check was made
in only a few bureaus and that addi
tional sampling in other agencies
might bring a different result.
Typical of the letters received is
this one, which we quote in part:
"It must have been a very selec
tive spot-check if the results in
dicate that the majority of employes
are well satisfied with the Federal
efficiency rating system. Most of
the rank and file employes are intel
ligent enough to realize that the
existing preponderance of incom
petent, indolent supervisors use the
efficiency rating to reward their
favorite employes and to penalize
those who are not their personal
friends.”
How about it, all you Government
employes? Do you think your present
adjective rating system should be
changed?
Send me a post card at The Star
telling me how you feel about it.
Well tally the cards up and publish
the results in a week or so. And
don't worry about signing your
names. They will be kept strictly
confidential.
* * * *
PAT BOOST—There's no doubt
the pay raises granted by General
Motors will have a salutary effect
on the Federal pay increase situa
tion.
Quite a few members of Congress
have been concerned lest a Fed
eral pay boost start another round
of industry pay raise demands on
the part of labor unions.
But General Motors’ pay increase
and the fact that other corpora
tions probably will follow suit in
granting some sort of pay adjust
ments eliminate this objection to a
Government pay raise. And it is
well to remember that private in
dustry employes already have fared
much better than Federal workers
in the matter of pay raises since
the end of the war.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP—The Civil
Service Commission announced
exams for Veterans' Administration
jobs, including those as steamfitters,
general mechanics, boiler firemen,
operating engineers and laundry
helpers. The jobs pay up to $2,694
a year . . . The Agriculture Depart
ment has given superior accomplish
ment pay Increases to the following
employes: Julia K. Jacobson, Ray
M. House, John K, Cross, Daniel
E. Gibson, Beverly M. Thomas,
Frank W. Schultz and Alva C.
Blakely . . . There were a number
of disappointed officials at the
Washington Post Office when Roy
M. North, the Deputy Third Assist
ant Postmaster General, was nomi
nated by President Truman to be
the new city postmaster. They have
ample regard for Mr. North's ability,
but there had been considerable
speculation that one of the city post
office officials would be promoted to
the job.
Additional news of Govern
ment affairs and personalities
make up Joseph Young’s broad
cast. version of the Federal Spot
light at 3:15 p.m. every Sundayy
on V/MAL, The Star station.
Warren Appears Winner
in Florida Primary Race
By the Associated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 26.—
Unofficial returns from almost all
of Florida's 1,530 precincts made
43-year-old Fuller Warren the ap
parent winner in
yesterday 's Dem
ocratic runoff
primary for
Governor.
Mr. Warren, a
Jacksonville at
torney, spurted
from behind to
overcome an
early lead estab
lished by Dan
McCarty, 36,
Fort Pierce cit
rus grower.
On the basis
of reports from
1.464 precincts.
m is *
Mr. Warren.
Mr. Warren had 284.067 votes
against 270.647 for Mr. McCarty.
In heavily Democratic Florida,
Democratic nomination is tanta
mount to election. In the nine
man race for Governor in the May
4 primary Mr. Warren polled 183.
263 votes and Mr. McCarty 161,778.
Series of Readings Set
Mr's. Ada Butcher will give a series
of readings entitled "Masterpieces
of the East” at 8:30 p.m. Friday at
the Walker Memorial Baptist
Church. 2018 Thirteenth street N.W.
The affair will be sponsored by the
Redemption Chapter, No. 14, of the
Eastern Star.
WhattheRussians
Are Saying of Us
The Moscow radio, broadcasting
to the Soviet Union, said:
“All the election laws in the
United States, while varying in
different States, have one feature
in common—they seek to preserve
the monopoly of the two major
old parties and prevent the or
ganization of small progressive
parties.
“Thus certain States require
petitions containing tens and
even hundreds of thousands of
signatures before a new party
can be placed on the ballots. In
many cities the progressive par
ties have some difficulties in ob
taining permisison to hold meet
ings.” _
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{Inquests Due Today
In Deaths of 2 Men
In Traffic Accidents
Inquests were scheduled at the;
morgue today into the traffic deaths;
of Jeremiah F. Steele. 50, of 4-Ai
Auburn court, Alexandria, and E1-!
win H. Forristall, 74, of 3711 Fes
senden street N.W.
Mr. Steele died at Emergency
i Hospital Monday after the car he
was driving collided with a streetcar
operated by Joseph W. Runion, 27,
of 917 Cameron street, Alexandria,
at Seventh street and Independence
avenue S.W. last Friday, police said.
Mr. Forristall died May 19 at
Emergency, a day after he was
struck while crossing in the 5000
block of Connecticut avenue N.W.
by a car driven by Donald I. Leh
man, 17, of 3130 Tennyson street
N.W., according to police.
In two accidents yesterday, a 5
year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl
were taken to Casualty Hospital
after they were struck by automo
biles while crossing the street.
Artnur wucoxin or iozj uaies
street N.E. was reported in fair
condition today after he was hit at
Seventeenth and Gales streets N.E.
by an automobile driven by Harold
L. Gatton, 17, of 1827 Massachusetts
avenue S.E., police reported. He
sufTered head injuries and brush
bums to his left leg. police said.
Struck in the 1800 block of Ala
bama avenue S.E., Patricia Sistare,
colored, of 1827 Frederick place S.E.
suffered scratches and cuts to her
head and elbows, according to po
lice. The automobile was driven by
William W. Smith, 21, of 3018 Ninth
street S.E., police said. Her condi
tion was reported good.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Cloudy and
cool with rain and temperature in
lower 60s this afternoon. Mostly
cloudy tonight and tomorrow, with
occasional rain likely. Lowest to
night around 58. Continued rather
i cool tomorrow.
Virginia — Cloudy and continued
rather cool with occasional rain and
scattered thunderstorms this after
noon, tonight and tomorrow.
Maryland—Mostly cloudy and con
' tinued rather cool with occasional
rain and scattered thunderstorms
east and central portoins this after
noon, tonight and tomorrow.
imrr nepon.
iFrom United States Engineers.'
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and ai Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy at
Harpers Fury.
Humidity.
Yesterday. Pci Today— Pet
Noon ._ 69 Midnight _ 81
4 p m. . _ 68 8 a m _ 90
j 8 P m... 72 1:30 p.m _92
Temperatures.
Yesterday s high, 13 at 6:10 p m.: low,
i 60 at 6:45 a m. Year's highest. 90 on
May 11: lowest, 5. on January 26.
Normal maximum this date. 77 degrees:
i minimum, 67 degrees,
i Tide Tables,
i (Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High _11:10a.m. 11:51am.
Low _ 5:40 a.m. 6:25 am
High _11 :42 p.m. P.m.
Low _ _ 6:24 p.m. 7:08 p.m.
' The Sun and Mapn.
Rlsea. Seta.
I Sun, today _ 5:47 8:23
Sun tomorrow 6:46 8:24
j Moon, today p m. 8:25 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Since May I, 6.43 Inches: May normal.
3 To Inches. May record. 10.69 Inches in
! 1889. Since January 1. 19 41 inches.
I 3.04 Inches more than normal.
Temperatures In Various Cities.
H. L. H. L.,
Abilene, Tex. 81 61 Milwaukee 63 46
Atlanta 87 63 New Orleans 61
Atlantic City 66 57 New York 61 57
Bismarck 78 .51 Norfolk 81 6o
Boston 59 49 Okla City 62
Buffalo 64 39 Omaha _ 80 4,
Chicago __ 69 44 Phoenix _ loo 61
Cincinnati TO 45 Pittsburgh.. 60 44
Delroit — 66 46 Portland._51 45
B Paso W 60 St. Louis' .. 71 50
Harrisburg 75 55 SaltT.. City 84 o3
Indianapolis 60 47 San Antonio 90 66
Kansas City 73 51 San Frcisco 58 50
Los Angeles. 69 56 Seattle 72 53
i Louisville . 71 49 Tampa 91 < 1
i Miami - 83 *3
*
Liquor and Gambling
In Washington Hit
By Wilbur La Roe
By Caspar Nonnes
Star Staff Correspondent
SEATTLE, May 26.—The liquor
and gambling traffic threaten de
struction of Christian culture in the j
United States, Wilbur La Roe, Jr.,!
last night told the pre-assembly
conference on evangelism of the
160th General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in the United
States of America.
Mr. La Roe of Washington, D. C.,
moderator of the general assembly,
cited gambling and liquor conditions
in the National Capital to support
his contention.
He said the evils were heightened
because the people of the District
cannot vote. “If they could,” he
declared, “they would throw out of
office the people responsible for
these conditions.”
Mr. la Koe aaaea:
“We cannot confine ourselves to
the international picture, for with
in our borders we have become
largely insensitive to evils which
threaten the , destruction of our
Christian culture.
“Even such terrible things as an
$8,000,000,000 liquor traffic and a
still larger gambling traffic we ac- !
cept with more complacency than
we could possibly accept them if we
lived up to our status as disciples:
of Jesus Christ!*
"In the District of Columbia a
special grand jury is about to in
vestigate a $100,000,000 gambling
racket under a courageous and able
district attorney who is virtually j
taking the matter out of the hands
of the police, under whose very
noses this racket has been per
mitted to thrive for years. The
police have offered their help, but
have been told in effect that when
their help is needed it will be asked
fcr.
“Thus is not a happy picture
when we consider that Washington
is the Capital of the Nation, nor
does it make the picture better to
consider the fact, that the District
of Columbia leads the Nation in per
capita consumption of liquor.”
The Presbyterians today devotedi
themselves to the pre-assembly con-1
Terences on Toreign missions, na
tional missions, Christian education |
and pensions. j
State's Attorneys to Meet
OCEAN CITY. Md., May 26 oPi.—
The Maryland State's Attorneys As-!
sociation will hold a special meet
ing here June 12 to discuss pro
posed changes in criminal trial
procedure.
Congress in Brief
|y the Associated Presi
Senate.
Continues debate on bill to per
mit entry of war refugees into the
United States.
Appropriations Committee hears
Ambassador Harriman on European
recovery funds.
Judiciary Committee continues
closed study of antilynching legis
lation.
Senate-House Labor Study Com
mittee hears NAM and others on
proposed amendments to the Taft
Hartley Act.
House.
Debates one-year, restricted ex
tension of Reciprocal Trade Agree
ments Act.
Appropriations Committee con
siders annual Interior Department
money bill.
Junior Executive
openings
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Sea Horses, Captured by Girls,
'Romping' in Corral at Zoo Here
Miss Evelynne Kanich, 1862 Ontario place N.W., examines
one of the two sea horses now on display In the Zoo's reptile
house. —Star Staff Photo.
Citation and Coaltown are
romping in their salt-water corral
at the Zoo today, after a triumphal
journey from Florida and their
natural pasture in the Gulf of
Mexico.
The two namesakes of the famous
racing steeds are sea horses, the
first ever to be exhibited at the
Zoo here.
Like thoroughbreds, they merit
special attention. Several five-gallon
jugs of sea water are being shipped
from the Baltimore Zoo. Officials
there agreed to scoop the water
from the ocean, as a friendly ges
ture. A small electric pump, unused
since the 1937 Smithsonian-National
Geographic Expedition to the Dutch
East Indies, is pumping oxygen into
the tank. The pump was used then
in a futile attempt to keep alive
some rare tropical fish.
Despite the;* precautions, how
ever, Dr. William M. Mann, Zoo
director, said he fears the rare
exhibits will not live. The record
for keeping sea horses in captivity
is studded with failure.
The 5-inch high specimens were
presented to the Zoo by Miss
Jacqueline Simpson, 3828 Garfield
street N.W., and Miss Doris Kimber,
Wild West Restrained
BUTTE, Mont. UP).—Folks still
like to unlimber the family
shooting irons out here in the west,
but apparently their enthusiasm ex
ceeds their accuracy. Police recently
issued on order forbidding target
practice inside the city limits. Of
ficers said too many bum shots had
converted their back yards into fir
ing ranges "with serious damage to
surrounding properties.”
1344 Quincy street N.W. Employes
of the Navy’s Bureau of Ordnance,
they captured Coaltown and Cita
tion during a vacation in Florida
last week.
The aquatic stablemates look, as
seahorses are expected to, like thick
question marks. The long tails can
wrap around objects, much in the
manner of monkeys. But neither
of them has been spotted swing
ing from seaweed.
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Finland's President
Shakes Up Cabinet in
Red Strike Crisis
By the Associoted Prtss
HELSINKI. Finland, May 26.
—President Juho Paasikivi shook
up his cabinet today in an effort
to end the political crisis arising
from Communist strikes.
From 30,000 to 100,000 were on
strike in Finland in protest against
the dismissal of Yrjo Leino. Com
munist Minister of Interior censured
by Parliament last week.
Mr. Paasikivi appointed Eino
Kilpi of the Communist-dominated
Popular Democratic Coalition as
Minister of Interior succeeding
Leino.
Lennart Heljas, Agrarian, was
named Minister of Education.
Hertta Kuusinen, wife of Leino
and real leader of the Finnish
Communists, was appointed Vice
Minister for Social Affairs.
Responsible quarters saia ail
strikes started on the Leino Issue
will be ended at once. The walk
outs had paralyzed Finnish docks
and spread to heavy industries.
Conservatives said only 30,000 were
on strike; the Communists and
Popular Democrats placed the num
ber at 100,000.
The prestige fight between the
Popular Democratic Coalition on
one side and the President and
Parliament on the other had ap
peared to be settled, but new diffi
culties arose when the Social Dem
ocrats demanded that one of their
men get the Interior post.
They claimed the post for Onnl
Hiltonen, now the Minister of
Finance. They had the support of
the Agrarians and Rightists, but the'
Communists and Popular Demo
; crats refused to yield.
Diet Causes Divorce Plea
STOCKHOLM (/Pi.— Because her
husband is a vegetarian, a woman
in Stockholm filed suit for divorce.
The woman testified that her hus
band forbade her to smoke and
forced her and the children to eat
only his kind of food. “I'm all fed
up with grass,” she explained, ask
ing for a decree. The judge was
sympathetic, but decided to think
it over.