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McNayr Attacks
School Board
Budget Letter
Plea to Parents Called
'Worst Outrage
I Have Heard Of'
The Montgomery County Board
of Education has been accused of
issuing a “completely misleading
and emotion-arousing” letter in an
attempt to obtain the county com
missioners’ approval of its proposed
$3,429,969 budget for the coming
fiscal year.
The accusation was made yester
day in a statement by County Su
pervisor Irving G. McNayr.
He referred to a letter signed by
H. Stanley Stine, school board pres
ident, protesting Mr. McNayr’s pro
posal to cut $544,501 from the Board
of Education’s request.
Mr. McNayr issued his statement
after receiving a mimeographed let
ter brought to him by his 7-year-old
daughter Mary Ann, who said she
had received it from her teacher at
the Rockville Elementary School.
Sent Via Children.
The letter, signed by Nathan R.
Gilbert, president of the County1
Council of Parent-Teacher Associa- :
tions, was attached to a copy of Mr.
Stine's letter. It was addressed "to
all parents” and asked them to write,
call, wire or see personally the
county commissioners and to urge
them to support the proposed Board
of Education budget.
Mr. Gilbert, when called later, said
similar letters had. been distributed
in all county schools. The names,
address and telephone numbers of,
the commissioners were given on the
letters.
Mr. Stine's letter, which was pub
lished Wednesday in The Star, said
that in order to give the teachers
the raises promised them it would1
be necessary to make six drastic j
changes in plans. They were to hire
no additional teachers, to eliminate
kindergartens, to eliminate music,
art and physical education classes,
to reduce librarian and counsellor
service, to eliminate the driver
training program and to make it |
necessary for elementary school
principals to teach thus reducing
supervision of instruction.
Budget Held Adequate.
Mr. McNayr's answer was that 50
additional teachers and all the serv
ices threatened with elimination;
were provided for in his revision of
the Board of Education budget.
Terming Mr. Gilbert's action “the ,
worst outrage I have ever heard of,"
Mr McNayr declared:
“I feel the activities of the Board
of Education, its administrative staff
and the Parent-Teacher Association
council are to be deplored.
Deplores "Demagogic Tactics."
“I also deplore the demagogic
tactics which have been employed
by these pressure groups in an age
and time when co-operative effort
would achieve far better results.”
He denied it would be necessary
to eliminate or curtail any school
services under his proposed budget,
as claimed by Mr. Stine, adding that
the School Board would get ap
proximately $500,000 more than its
current appropriation. He said this
sum represents the additional reve
nue expected by the county as a
result of the increase in the county’s
realty tax revenues.
The proposed budget of the county
supervisor,” Mr. McNayr said, was
based on giving teachers the same
salaries they received last year plus
between $100 and $200 additional.
It also provides for 50 new teachers
at a starting salary of at least $2,600
a year each, he said.
Would Curtail Teachers’ Pay.
Mr. Stine’s letter, however, said
that $333,099 of the proposed bud
get cut would force the Board of
Education to place more than 70
per cent of the teachers on a pay
schedule below the amount they
should get according to “their train
ing and experience.”
The limitation of last year's bud
get, the letter said, held teachers'
pay below a “publicly approved”
schedule for the same teachers.
“This places a penalty on prepara
tion and long service which will
discourage all teachers,” the letter
went on.
Board at Fault.
“The Board of Education appar
ently is trying to lay the blame for
failure to put older teachers on the
new pay schedule on the county
commissioners,” Mr. McNayr said.
“It is pointed out to all teachers
and taxpayers that failure to recog
nize training and experience in
determining salaries for a period of
years is clearly due to faulty ad
ministration on the part of the
Board of Education itself.”
Mr. McNayr said the salaries of
the county's 733 teachers range from
$2,600 to the principals' top pay of
$6,700, and average $3,569.
He explained that his proposed
budget would raise the average to
$3,896 with top salaries for princi
pals at $6,900. The Board of Educa
tion's proposed budget, he added,
would raise the average to $4,015
with a maximum for principals of
$7,100.
Highest County Pay in U. S.
The county supervisor contended
the county is paying teachers more
than any other county-operated
system in the United States.
He pointed out sufficient funds
were appropriated last year to place
all teachers on a new salary sched
ule recommended bj himself and
County Controller Alexander K.
Hancock. But he claimed school
authorities drafted a “much more
liberal ’ schedule and apparently ex
hausted their funds in trying to put
it into effect.
His views were echoed by Brooke
Johns, president of the Board of
County Commissioners, who warned
that “pressure tactics’’ may have an
adverse effect on the commissioners'
decision.
150 Safety Patrol Boys
Frolic at Theater
Some 150 safety patrol boys from
schools in six Northwest Washing-i
ton police precincts, had a party at
the Circle Theater, 2105 Pennsyl
vania avenue N.W.. today as guests
of the Northwest Washington Lions
Club.
Ice cream and movies were the
chief attractions. Inspector Arthur
E. Miller, traffic division head, and
precinct safety officers were on
hand, with Pvt. Arthur Miskell of
the third precinct acting as master
of ceremonies. Gilbert Kelly. Lions
Club safety chairman, was in charge
at the arrangements.
CADET TO VISIT CANADA—S/Sergt. William M. Jeffries, 18, Central High School Student of
1014 South Scott street Arlington, Va., (second from right) was selected last night as the
Civil Air Patrol representative in this area to visit Canada in the Cadet Exchange Program. A so
shown are Mai. Gen. Lucas V. Beau (left), national commander of the CAP; First Sergt. John
G Copley 17 Western High School student of 1901 K street N.W., named alternate to Sergt.
?eff?es and Maj Woodrow W. Dickey, Air Force, and CAP liaison officer, -Star Staff Photo.
Expectant Mother
In Good Condition
After Auto Crash
Mrs. Theresa Morton, 27, of 4136
Arkansas avenue N.W., an expectant
mother, was reported in good condi
tion at Homeopathic Hospital today
with injuries suffered when an auto
mobile driven by her husband hit a
tree at Sixteenth street and Arkan
sas avenue N.W.
Robert J. Morton, 28, said he was
not taking his wife to the hospital
at the time but asked that she go
there following 'the accident in
which she was cut and bruised on
the shoulder and face. Hospital
officials said Mrs. Morton’s condition
was not complicated by the accident.
Police today obtained an identi
fication of the woman fatally in
jured when struck by a streetcar
at Eighteenth street and Pennsyl
vania avenue N.W. last Wednesday
night.
She was identified as Miss Delma
Ford, about 40, of 1735 I street N.W.
C. E. Lawson of the same address
made the identification at the Dis
| trict Morgue. He told police she
1 roomed at the I street address.
Miss Ford had been employed In
the circulation department of the
Washington Post until recently, he
said. She has no known relatives in
Washington.
3 Children Injured.
In traffic accidents last night three
children were slightly injured when
they ran in front of automobiles
near their homes, police reported.
They were Michael Casey. 12, of
: 1650 West Virginia avenue N.E.,
treated at Emergency Hospital for
scalp cuts; John Kelly, 3, of 1622
Nineteenth street N.W., treated at
that hospital for facial injuries, apd
Robert Knight. 3, colored, of 1514
Eighth street N.W., treated at Chil
dren's Hospital for a fractured nose.
Joseph F. Taylor, jr„ 22. of 3400
Taylor street, Brentwood, Md., was
cut on the head and suffered from
' shock when his automobile hit a
light pole after he dozed while
driving, police said.
The accident occurred at Michi
gan avenue and Harewood road
N.E. Mr. Taylor was treated at
Soldiers' Home Hospital and later
transferred to Mount Alto Hospital.
Death of Mrs. La Falce
Is Ruled Accidental
The death of Mrs. Virginia La
Falce, 36, whose body was recovered
from the Potomac River at Alexan
dria Thursday night, has been ruled
accidental by Alexandria Coroner
Dr. John A. Sims.
Mrs. La Falce, who lived at 115
South Patrick street, was the
estranged wife of Frank H. La Falce,
Washington publicity director for
Warner Bros.
Police said it was believed Mrs.
La Falce fell into the river from the
edge of the Duke street pier, where
she had been sitting. Police were
called by a passerby who heard a
splash. Mrs. La Falce was pulled
from the river shortly after police
arrived, but efforts of the Alexan-i
dria Rescue Squad to revive her
were unsuccessiul.
Mrs. La Falce was the daughter of
Mrs. Thomas Fones of the Patrick
street address. She is survived also
by two brothers, Joseph R. Jester of
Fresno, Calif., and Randolph A.
Jester of Alexandria. Until recently
she had worked at Jelleff's in Wash
ington but left due to illness, her
family said.
Funeral services are to be held at
2 o'clock this afternoon from Cun
ningham's in Alexandria. Burial
will be in Mount Comfort Cemetery.
Boy Held in Housebreaking
At Police Officer's Home
A 17-year-old boy, caught last
night after “soliciting newspaper
subscriptions” on the third floor in
the home of Poliee Inspector Oscar
J. Letterman, was held for juvenile
; authorities on charges of house
breaking.
The boy's capture followed a
four-block chase by the inspector
who was joined by Pvt. Henry T.
Rinck, jr.
Inspector Letterman lives at 2030
F street N.W.
81 Scouts Promoted,
Honored at Ceremony
Eighty - one Washington Boy
Scouts received awards and promo
tions last night in Anacostia High
School at the annual court of honor
iof the Congressional District, Na
tional Capital Area Council.
Four of the boys, two of them
brothers, became Eagle Scouts. The
brothers are William and John
3right of Troop 400. Howard
Bragunia of Troop 48 and Louis
Donatelli of Troop 400 also were
advanced to the top rank.
In another ceremony, W. L. Hick?,
District area board member, pre
sented a national standard senior
iunit rating, one of the organiza
I tion’s top awards, to members of the
Sea Scout Ship No. 75.
Two Lifelong Friends Receive
G. U. Medical School Award
Two lifelong friends, who will be
graduated Monday from the George
town University Medical School, to
day received the James A. Cahill
award for the best theses on surgi
cal subjects submitted by seniors.
The awards, first of an annual
presentation, are In honor of the
late Dr. James A. Cahill, jr., pro
fessor of surgery and director of the
department of surgery at George
town until his death in 1942. The
awards were presented at George
town Hospital by Dr. Cahill's widow,
Mrs. Florence McKinney Cahill.
The recipients are:
Frederick Stohlman, Jr., 21. of 101
Grafton street, Chevy Chase, Md.,
who will graduate cum laude.
J. Winthrop Peabody, 23, of 12
East Melrose street, Chevy Chase,
Md.
Attended Same School.
The young graduates are natives
of Washington. Both attended
Blessed Sacrament Elementary
School, Gonzaga High School and
Georgetown University before en
tering the medical school together.
Dr. Robert J. Coffey, professor of
surgery at Georgtown, told the win
ners their theses “are so excellent”
that a committee of judges was un
able to choose only one winner.
Judges considered about 75 entries.
A cash prize went with the award,
a medal bearing the likeness of Dr.
Cahill.
Dr. Peabody won his prize for a
comprehensive study entitled, ‘‘The
Etiology of t£e Modern Concept of
the Physiological Basis for Shock.”
The thesis, with a bibliography of
571 reference works, contains a his
torical resume from 1733 to the
present of advances influencing the
understanding of shock conditions.
To Enter Navy.
Dr. Peabody’s father is chief visit
ing consultant at Glenn Dale Sani
tarium. He is married and is the
father of a 15-month-old daughter.
He said he was awaiting a Navy
commission and that he plans to
begin internship this summer at the
Naval Medical Center at Bethesda.
Dr. Stohlman won his award for
a study entitled “The Pathogenesis
of Arterial Hypertension.” Hs is
the son of Frederick Stohlman,
Washington attorney, and plans to
begin his internship at Boston City
Hospital.
Dr. Coffey said the two prize
winning papers will be published in
the near future. Prizes for other
winners will be announced later, he
said. _
| Hundreds of Children Dance
At Southwest Sidewalk Fair
Hundreds of children stepped to
square dance music and toured the
exhibits yesterday at the third an
nual Sidewalk Fair, sponsored by
the Southwest' Branch of the Dis
trict Public Library, at Seventh and
I streets S.W.
One group of dancers, fifth
graders at the Fairbrother School,
wore colorful muslin aprons and
paper bonnets of their own handi
work.
Especially for the occasion, they
had painted bright stencil designs
on the aprons and fashioned bon
nets of painted craft paper and
wax paper.
Tony Prencipe. 12, of 234 Ran
dolph place N.E., exhibited the racer,
not quite finished, in which he in
tends to compete in the Soap Box
1 Derby.
Tonv, who took part in the Police
Boys' Club exhibit section, confl
dently had labeled the racer, “Derby
Champion-to-be for 1948.”
There was a puppet show made by
the class for crippled children at
Anthony Bowen School, art, sewing
craft, woodwork and metal craft.
The "new-look house” of South
west Washington was depicted in an
exhibit made by the primary special
class of George Bell School out of
scrap material.
The Nutrition Services of the Dis
trict Red Cross Chapter compared
the usual noontime meal of an
American child with that of a Greek
child, and a wasteful, overflowing
garbage can with the empty can of
the economical home.
Participating in the varied ex
hibits were public and welfare
agencies, schools, churches, busi
nessmen's and civic groups. The
fair illustrated functions of the or
ganizations by maps, charts, posters,
models and demonstrations.
Elks'lodge No. 15 to Mark
Flag Day Here With Parade
Washington Elks’ Lodge No. 15
will observe Flag Day at 3 pm. to
morrow’, with a parade from the
organization’s clubhouse at 919 H
street N.W. to the Sylvan Theater
on the Monument Grounds.
Air Force Col. David W. Heiman.
will speak at 4 p.m. Participating
organizations will include the Amer
ican Legion, Military Order of the
World Wars, Disabled American
Veterans, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, American Veterans of World
War II, Catholic War Veterans,
Jew'ish War Veterans, Boy Scouts
and others. James E. Colliflower,
chairman, will preside.
Providing music in the parade
will be the Navy School of Music
Band, Metropolitan Police Band,
Fort Stevens Fife and Drum Corps,
Police Boys’ Club Band and Green
belt Community Band. The parade
will proceed from H street down
Eleventh to Pennsylvania avenue,
then dowm Twelfth to Constitution
avenue and west to Fourteenth
street and the Monument Grounds.
U. S. Reassures Denmark
On Bases in Greenland
By the Associated Press
Denmark has asked and received
assurance that the United States
plans no new’ military’ bases in
Greenland, diplomatic authorities
said yesterday.
They reported that Ambassador
Henrik de Kauffmann inquired
about American intentions this week
after the Navy asked Congress for
$1,000,000 to repair an existing com
munications station on the coast of
the strategic North Atlantic island.
Officials explained the station is1
used to supply navigation data for'
civilian as well as military ships
and planes. They said the Navy’s
request did not identify the location,
but the Ambassador was given that
Information.
' The Navy repair proposal was in
cluded in a list of scattered projects
for which funds were asked in the
House. It was reported in the Danish
press. The Moscow radio there
upon quoted a Copenhagen news- j
paper's “information” as stating the,
United States is sending "a big
expedition to build two more mil
itary bases.”
Greenland is under Danish sov
ereignty.
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Evensong Service Planned
A solemn evensong service will
be sung by the St. Paul’s Choir
at 8 p.m. tomorrow at St. Matthew’s
Episcopal Church, Seat Pleasant,
Md. The offering will be for the
benefit of the church Altar Guild.
Dr. Martin of Post Office
Retires After 26 Years
I
Dr. Aaron W. Martin. 67, medi
cal director of the City Post Office,
began his retirement today, after
26 years service.
A native of
(Hill sville, Va.,
he plans to move
j there with his
| wife from his
present home in i
Berwyn, Md., \
associates said.
As post office
medical director,
jDr. Martin has
: supervised the!
health of all
District pos t a 1 ■
employes.
At a farewell ]
ceremony yes
terday. Dr. Mar
?>r. Martin.
tin was given a number oi gins
and received the best wishes of his
friends.
Missing Man Carrying
$300 Hunted in Arlington
Fairfax and Arlington police have
been asked to be on the lookout for
Albert E. Slaughter, 25, of Vienna,
Va., by his parents, who reported
that he disappeared last Saturday
while carrying oetween $300 and
$500.
Mr. Slaughter was in the pro
duce business in V;enna. Police said
his truck was found parked in
Rosslyn last Saturday and he has
not been seen sir.c*.
A veteran of the merchant marine
during the war, Mr Slaughter was
described as about 5 feet 9 inches
tall, about 160 pounds in w eight and
with light brown hair When last
seen he was wearing tan gabardine
slacks and a white shirt.
Boy Cyclist, 11, Injured
By Truck in Alexandria
Alex John Morris, 11, of 222 South
Henry street, Alexandria, was in
jured yesterday when struck by a
tractor-trailer truck while riding his
bicycle near his home.
He was admitted to the Alexan
dria Hospital with abrasions and
possible spine injuries. The hos
• pital this morning described his
condition as good.
Alexandria police said the driver
of the truck was Eddie Cherry, 37,
colored, of North Carolina. Police
! said the truck driver was not
charged. _
Postmaster Nominated
President Truman yesterday sent
to the Senate the nomination of
Edward V. Dorsey to be postmaster
at Upper Marlboro, Md., succeeding
R. M. Buck, resigned.
Reward of $500
Posted for Clues
In Denekas Case
Ex-Employe Sought;
Cab Driver Suggests
Suicide Possibility
Arlington detectives Investigating
the mysterious auto bomb murder of
William E. Denekas were hopeful
today that a $500 reward authorized
by the Arlington County Board last
night may develop information to
put them on the trail of the slayer.
Although admittedly without a
promising clue. Police Chief Harry
Woodyard of Arlington County ex
pects to question another associate
of the 30-year-old bomb victim as
soon as he can be located. The
man was said to be Bernard Sopher,
described as a former employe of
the neon sign company in which
Mr. Denekas was a partner.
The story of a Washington taxicab
driver that Mr. Denekas told him
that he knew how to attach a bomb
to the ignition system of an automo
bile was being checked today, al
though detectives are proceeding on
the assumption that Mr. Denekas
was a murder victim rather than a
suicide.
1945 Conversation Related.
Harold Dazion of 1223 Twelfth
street N.W. went to Arlington police
yesterday afternoon and volunteered
the information that Mr. Denekas
discussed the contrivance of such a
bomb with him in Arlington dur- :
ing 1945.
The reward was voted last night
at a board meeting on zoning mat
ters. Authorization was made sub
ject to the approval of Common
wealth Attorney Denman T. Rucker,
who said today he would rule the
action, was legal.
Mr. Denekas, former co-owner of
the Old Dominion Neon Sign Co.,
who died Monday morning shortly
after neighbors found him in his
bomb-wrecked automobile, was
buried yesterday following funeral
services at which two detectives
mingled with the mourners.
The explosion occurred shortly
after 11 am. when Mr. Denekas tried
to start his car in front of the home
of Mrs. Lorena Strader, at 5837 N.
Twenty-ninth street, where he
roomed.
I |
50 Questioned Thus Far.
Some 50 friends and associates of
Mr. Denekas have been questioned
so far, including three men who
were booked for investigation only
to be released a few hours later.
Police say Mr. Sopher is one of the
last known associates of Mr. Den-i
ekas remaining to be questioned.
The taxi driver said he walked
into a garage in Arlington in 1945;
and found Mr. Denekas working on
a speedometer.
“When I said I didn't know he
knew anything about speedometers, ’]
Mr. Dazion told police, “he told me,j
'I sure do. I even know how to|
wire a car to bomb it.’ ”
Detectives passed on Mr. Dazion’s
story to reporters without comment.
The driver later told The Star!
that Mr. Denekas “explained to me
just how a bomb could be fixed on
a car. I don’t know whether he
ever did wire one up, but I think he.
may have wired his own car up
just for protection.”
Revision Urged in D.C.
Sound Truck Control
The corporation counsel's office
has recommended to the Commis
isioners that a District regulation
| governing use of sound trucks here
'be revised to conform with a recent
, Supreme Court decision, which
; called a ban on their use an abridge
ment of freedom of speech.
The District regulation gives the
police chief the power to issue
licenses for the use of sound trucks
whenever he deems it advisable.
It- was a similar law in a small
New York town that the Supreme
Court last Monday ruled was illegal.
This suit was, brought by a minister
of the Jehovah’s Witnesses sect,
after the city refused to issue him a
license to use a sound truck in a
public park to preach his doctrines.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Milton D. Korman said the District
regulation probably will be rewritten
so that the use of the sound trucks
can be controlled. But the power of
the police chief to determine who
should use one will be taken away,
he added. The court decision ap
parently allows control but not a
ban on their use, he added.
irhe matter was brought to the aU
tention of the Commissioners yes
terday by Mr. Korman when an ap
plication was made by the Veterans
for Eisenhower to use a sound truck
■ tnis week end. The license was
granted with the provision that the
truck be used only between 8 a.m.
and 8 p.m. today and between 1 p.m.
and 7 p.m. tomorrow.
Oakland Man Is Charged
With Assault on Housewife
Gustave Lasanska, 32, of the 6600
block of Walker Mill road, Oakland,
;Md„ was charged with rape and
[held without bond today at Prince
I Georges County Jail in Upper Marl
boro, on a warrant sworn to by a
43-year-old Washington housewife.
Detective Wilson J. Purdy said
Lasanska met the woman last night
in a Capital Heights, Md., tavern,
Lasanska and another man offered
to drive her home, the detective said.
The woman told him, the detec
tive said, that she was attacked by
Lasanska in the presence of the
other man; that she got out of the
car and hailed a passing car bound
for Washington. She got into the
second car, the detective said, and
was driven into Washington, pur
sued by Lasanska and his friend.
Washington police of the eleventh
precinct arrested the drivers of both
cars for speeding. When the story
of the pursuit came out, the driver
of the pursued car was released and
Lasanska was turned over to Mary
land police. His friend was held on
an intoxication charge.
Air Force Technician
Again Honored by Navy
Dr. Ellis A. Johnson, technical di
rector of the Air Force special weap
ons group, was given a gold star in
lieu of a second Legion of Merit by
the Navy for oustanding service in
World War II.
The medal was presented by MaJ.
Gen. William E. Kepner, chief of
the special weapons group, at a cere
mony in the Pentagon. Dr. John*
son lives at 419 Essex avenue, Chevy
Chase, Md.
Camp Fire Girl, 13, Gets Award
For Saving Drowning Child
The Rev. Vincent Campi as he presented life-saving award
to Beth Burroughs.
Beth Burroughs, 13, of 201 Dresden
street, Kensington, Md., last night
received one of the highest Camp
Fire Girl awards for saving a
drowning child.
The presentation of the National
Honor in Life Saving testimonial
was made at the annual Grand
; Council Fire of the Potomac Area
[Council of Camp Fire Girls, at the
[Sylvan Theater on the Washington
Monument Grounds.
I Beth and a companion were sun
ning themselves on a dock at An
napolis, Md., last August when she
heard a commotion and saw a small
girl bobbing in the water near
another pier where other children
were playing.
She ran to the pier, stretched out
and grabbed the girl, who was
drowning in water 8 feet deep.
The testimonial was presented in
behalf of the Camp Fire Girls by
the Rev. Vincent Campi of the
Blessed Sacrament Church in Alex
andria, Va.
Beth is an eighth-grade student
at Kensington Junior High School.
She is the daughter of Roy J. Bur
roughs, an economist, and Mrs.
Burroughs. A member of the O
Ki-Hi group, she has been with the
; Camp Fire Girls for two and one
half years.
About 700 girls from 50 area Camp
iFire groups in the District, Alexan
dria. Va„ Arlington, Prince Georges,
Fairfax and Montgomery Counties
attended the ceremonies last night.
Awarding of ranks wras directed
by Mrs. William Harvey Young,
‘presentation of birthday honors by
(Mrs. C. C. Alvord, awarding of group
' honors by Mrs. Carl Izzard and Mrs.
Alfred Andrews, awarding of indi
vidual honors by Mrs. William Heck
endom, Mrs. E. W. Aiton, Miss Mar
garet Patterson and Father Campi,
and presentation of civitan citizen
; ship awards was by Charles Eveland.
! Mrs. Reynold A. Lee, president of
the Potomac Area Camp Fire Girls,
(conducted the ceremonies.
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Almond to Take Over
Prosecution of 178 in
Virginia Lynch Case
By th« Associated Prt$*
RICHMOND, Va., June 12.—Gov.
Tuck yesterday directed Attorney.
General J. Lindsay Almond, jr., to go
into the Circuit Court of Buchanan
County and take over the criminal
prosecution of 178 men charged with
violating the State’s antilynch law.
In a seldom invoked move the
; Governor said he was ordering pro
jsecution by the State’s top legal
'officer because of the apparent lack
'of interest by Buchanan's local law
enforcement officials.
The 178 men were Indicted after
an assault upon R. L. Gilliam, one
of the proprietors of the Gilliam
and Hodgins strip mining operation.
1 last April in which the operator was
seriously injured.
Blames Union Miners.
This attack, the Governor wrote
Mr. Almond, was committed by a I
group of union miners bent upon;
stopping the nonunion operation and1
intimidating the workers.
“Local law enforcement agencies!
offered no protection,” Gov. Tuck
said, “and but for the timely inter
vention of the State Police more
serious consequencies to property
and human life would have been
wrought.”
The wholesale arrests were made,
he added, solely through the dili
gence of the State Police at his
direction.
The Governor's action evoked no
immediate comment from county
law enforcement officers. Sheriff
Isham Fletcher was away from his
home in Grundy and could not be
reached. The county’s Common
wealth’s attorney. R. E. Williams,
died two days ago and no successor
has been named.
May Seek to Move Trials.
It was learned reliably that the
Governor's action contemplates the
Attorney General taking the almost
unprecedented step of seeking to
move the trials out of Buchanan
County or, at least, getting a change
of venire—that is, bringing a jury
in from some other county of the
State.
The beginning of the trials havei
been set tentatively for the July
term which opens July 12.
Supreme Court Will void
Taft Ad, Morse Predids
By th« Associated Pres*
ASBURY PARK, N. J„ June 12.—
TheTaft-Hartley Act ultimately will,
be found unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court, Senator Morse, Re- j
publican, of Oregon predicted last
night at the 51st annual convention
of the American Federation of
Musicians, AFL.
“When we reach a point where
free men are given their choice of
working 80 days for a private em
ployer for his private profit dollar,
or else going to Jail, an inalienable
right is gone in America," he
charged.
The law may be on the books for |
some time to come, he warned, and i
"Jt may take a decade to correct
. the mistakes that hysterical Con
gress made when it passed that
legislation.”
He commented that the Nation
today is nearer to government by
injunction than at any other time
since before passage of the Norris
La Guardia Act (restricting the use
of injunctions in labor suits).
| His speech followed the re-election
of James C. PetrUlo as AFM presi
dent for the ninth straight year,
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Arlington Man Acquitted j
On False Pretense Charge |
Roy Philip Perry, 38, of the 3800
block North Ninth street, Arlington,
has been acquitted on a charge of
accepting money under false pre
tenses. . „
He was cleared of the Arlington
charge Thursday by Judge Hugh D.
Reid in Arlington County Court.
Mr. Perry was arrestefl May 17 by
Arlington and State police and
charged with accepting money for
advertisements under false pre
tenses. Police said he claimed he
represented a State agency. Mr.
Perry said he is editor of the Vir
ginia State Labor News.
Democrats Elect
A Republican—by
Error—in Danville
By th« Associated Press
DANVILLE. Va.. June 12.—Dem-:
ocrats here elected 21 delegates to!
the party's State convention in July
and were surprised to find that one
of the number was a Republican.
The Republican chosen at the
Democratic mass meeting last night
was Austin Jones, a member of the
Danville Republican Steering Com
mittee. He thanked the Democrats,
but refused the nomination. After
all, he said, “they might end up
backing Truman.”
“It was all a mistake,” a member
of the Democratic delegation said.
“We didn’t know Mr. Jones was a
Republican.”
When the slate was completed it
included all organization members.
Labor's Legislative League and the
Negro Voters’ league boycotted the
meeting. Spokesmen said they did
so to avoid committing members to
any action of the State convention
of which they may not approve.
Draff Faces 3 Hurdles
Before Adjournment
The draft bill has at least three
big hurdles to overcome if it is to
be passed by Congress before prob
able adjournment next Saturday.
While leaders continued today to
predict House approval of the 19
thruogh-25 draft measure voted by
the Senate. 78 to 10, Thursday, they
cited the following possible moves
that might block enactment:
1. Refusal of the House Rules
Committee to clear a draft bill lor
floor debate.
2. Defeat of such a bill on the
House floor or an “amend-it-to
death” strategy by opponents when
the measure comes up for debate,
probably Tuesday or Wednesday, if
released by the Rules Committee.
3. Delay or inability of^House and
Senate conferees to agree on amend
ments late next w eek.
The main obstacle, according to
House Armed Services Committee
backers of draft legislation, is the
Rules Committee. An informal poll
indicated recently that at least six
and possibly seven of the 12 mem
bers of the Rules Committee, includ
ing Chairman Allen, are unfriendly
to the idea of a peacetime draft.
Speaker Martin and other House
as well as Senate leaders, however,
have not only predicted passage of
a draft bill at this session but they
have put it on the “must” list.
The Rules Committee meets Mon
day morning to vote for or against
giving the go-ahead signal for House
action.
Senators Approve Probe
Of Economic Concentration
By the Associated Press
The Senate Rules Committee yes
terday approved the expenditure of
$50,000 for an investigation into the
extent andk character of ecorfomic
concentration in this country.
The investigation would be made
by the Senate Commerce Committee.
It grows out of a resolution by Sena
tor Capehart, Republican, of Indi
ana which originally called for a
study of the effect of two recent
Supreme Court decisions on j con
sumer prices. I
The scope of the inquiry was
broadened at the suggestion of Sena
tor O’Mahoney. Democrat, of Wyo
ming and of Federal Trade Com
mission officials. It now includes a
study of problems of “increasing
concentration of economic power
which raise serious threats for the
success and survival of our form of
Government.”
The Senate still must pass on the
resolution. _
9% Rent Rise Granted
For 60 Apartments
Rent increases of 9.82 per cent on
60 apartments at 4700 Connecticut
avenue N.W., were approved yester
day by Rent Control Examiner Wil
liam Mansfield.
The increase is a little more than
half that requested by the Atlantic
Building Co., owners of the building.
Under the new scale, apartments
will range from $76.75 tor four rooms
to $148 for nine rooms.
A
House Vote Due
Monday on $200
Teacher Raise
Would Be Effective
Next Fiscal Year if
Others Get Increase
Legislation to ■ give all teachers
and school officials here a $200 pay
increase for next fiscal year only
was sent to the House calendar
today and will come up for action
on the floor Monday.
Approved late yesterday by the
House District Committee, the
measure is intended to help teach
ers meet the cost of living increase
since the 1947 pay act set up a
new scale of salaries.
The District Committee also ap
proved ' three other bills and sent
them to the calendar. One would
correct certain inequities in the 1947
teacher salary law. It was recom
mended by the Board of Education
and discussed at length yesterday
morning at a hearing of the joint
fiscal subcommittees of the House
and Senate.
Bills Duplicated in Senate.
Two bills identical to these teach
ers’ measures have been introduced
in the Senate by Senator Cain, Re
publican, of Washington, chairman
of the Fiscal Subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee.
The two other measures approved
by the House District Committee
would authorize the Commissioners
to lease city property up to 50 years,
with the understanding that struc
tures for parking automobiles would
|be erected, and would direct the
Commissioners to investigate the
charges made by auto parking lota
here.
Representative Beall, Republican,
of Maryland said many complaints
have been received at his office and
i by other members of Congress
; against high prices charged in park
| ing lots here.
Bates Pilots Bills Though.
The bills to benefit school teach
ers were piloted through the Dis
jtrict Committee by Representative
Bates, Republican, of Massachu- -
setts as chairman of the District
Fiscal Subcommittee.
Reporting that teachers’ organi
zations yesterday had asked for
more than *200, Mr. Bates empha
i sized that the $500 pay raise, al
ready approved by the House for
policemen and firemen, is intended
to take care of a two-year period
! increased cost of living.
The $200 increase would become
' effective only if the general pay
! raise for Federal and other District
workers is granted by Congress.
The major change made by the
Bates bill in the present teachers’
pay law would correct a situation
that allowed teachers with masters’
degrees, entering the public 'school
system here for the first time, to
receive more money than a teacher
with the same experience and also
! holding masters’ degrees, who al
j ready were teaching in th* schools
! here.
System Revised.
When the 1947 pay bill was en
\ acted, teachers holding masters' de
grees were allowed a $100 stepup
and placed in the new scale accord
ing to the salary they were receiv
ing. In many instances, their sal
ary was below the $3,500 minimum
allowed by the 1947 act for teachers
with masters' degrees.
Consequently new teachers enter
ing the system started with $3,500,
causing dissatisfaction among the
others who were receiving less.
The Bates bill would allow teach
ers in the school system who pos
sessed the masters degree on June
30, 1947, or received one during the
fiscal year ending this June 30, and
whose salary during the past fiscal
j year was less than $3,500, to receive
a salary of *3,000 per year, plus
' *100 for each year of service in the
! public schools, up to five years.
This change in the law would cost
about $22,000 a year, school officials
testified, but they said funds would
I be available to cover it.
B. & 0. Continues Inquiry
In Wreck Near Laurel
As the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
continued its investigation today
into the cause of Thursday’s wreck
near Laurel, Md., which killed one
man and injured more than 50
persons, the most critical case among
the victims took a turn for the
better.
He is Nathaniel Sullivan, 34, a
colored track worker who was struck
by a derailed car and suffered spinal
Injuries and a broken leg. Surgeons
at St. Agnes Hospital. Baltimore,
were to put his leg into a cast
today. It had been almost severed
in the accident.
The track worker was one of a
group Which had been replacing
rails on the northbound track. Rail
road officials think the accident was
due to failure to replace all the
spikes before letting traffic resume.
The railroad will make a report on
the accident to the Interstate Com
merce Commission in a few days.
Alexandria Woman Found
Guilty of Animal Cruelty
Miss Mary Louise Nicol yesterday
was convicted by Alexandria Civil
and Police Court Judge James R.
Duncan of cruelty to animals and
maintaining an unsanitary residence
at 316 North Washington street.
Miss Nicol was found guilty dur
ing a private hearing in Judge Dun
can’s chambers, which was attended
by her minister. She was arrested
about, a month ago when police
found a number of dogs housed in
the ramshackle mansion where she
lived with a sister, Mrs. Frances
Nicol McKone, who has been ar
rested by Arlington police on a bad
check charge.
At the time of her arrest Miss
Nicol was under a court order not
to keep any dogs at the house. Im
position of sentence on yesterday’s
conviction has been continued until
Wednesday._
Folger Library Gallery
To Close on Sundays
The exhibition gallery of the Fol
ger Shakespeare Library, 201 East
Capitol street, hereafter will be
closed on Sundays and holidays, ef
fective tomorrow.
The gallery will be open to the
public, admission free, from’9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Mondays through Satur
days. During the war years, the
gallery went on a Sunday schedule
because many Government workera
had no opportunity to visit the col
lection during the week.