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FASHIONS—READERS' CLEARING HOUSE SOCIETY—CLUBS—RECIPES %\\z gening f&kf WASHINGTON NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1949 ★★★★ — ■■■— — . , - «-— - Education Board Rejects Plan tor Fewer Meetings Continues Bi-Monthly Sessions; Cooke Cose Criticisms Repealed The Board of Education has turned down a proposal suggested by some members that it meet only once a month, rather than the present twice a month. School Supt. Hobart M. Corning told the School Board at its meet ing yesterday he would not make a recommendation on whether it would be advisable to have only one meeting a month. He sug gested that, if the board wanted to try the plan for a period, he then could see how it worked, out and make a recommendation. The board then voted not to change the number of monthly meetings. The suggestion to cut down the number of meetings was made by C. Melvin Sharpe, board president. He explained he threw the subject out to settle the matter, since some board members had been talking about the advisability of such a move. Letters on Cooke Case. It was pointed out at the meet ing that the Board of Education had been receiving a number of letters on the, disposition of the case of Dr. PaulDooke, an instruc tor at Miner Teachers’ College, who appealed to the board that a promotion he did not get vio lated the board procedures. The board ruled several weeks I ago, after a public hearing, that Dr. Cooke had no case. During the hearing. Dr. E. A. Clark, pres ident of Miner Teachers’ College and Dr. Cooke's immediate supe rior. stated: “If a teacher doesn’t accept a decision I doubt seriously if he is the kind of person we want to promote, even with two Ph. D.’s. (doctor of philosophy degrees).” The Education Committee of the Federation of Civic Associa tions wrote the board, asking1 why Dr. Clark was not rebuked for such a statement, and expressed the hope that his views were not accepted by the board in reach ing its determination. NAACP Also Wrote. The District chapter of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People also wrote the board. The chapter asked if a teacher had any re dress when a “president openly criticized him on a personal basis,” and asked clarification of - the matter. Albert E. Steinem, a board member, said, in reference to the letters, that Dr. Clark’s comments were not considered in the deci sion against Dr. Cooke. John H. Wilson, another board member, pointed out that Dr. Cooke had expressed the viewpoint that the hearing was “just and impartial.” Other board members agreed with Mr. Steniem, although no official action was taken on the matter. The letters received on the subject are still in the hands of a board committee for consid eration. In other actions the school board: Retired Mrs. Rosetta O. Robin son, 1131 Girard street N.W., a teacher at the Garfield Elemen tary School, after 45 years’ serv ice, and Clarence B. Ingram, 18 Fifty-third place Nil., a mathe matics teacher at Shaw Junior High School, aftei1 40 years’ serv ice. Act on Teachers’ Pay. Authorized Dr. Coming to ask for legislation to preyent a loss in pay to about 30 temporary teachers caught in a legal quirk of a bill approved by Congress to correct inequities for another group of teachers. The temporary teachers were hired at a set sal ary. but the new bill, which was made retroactive to a date before they were hired, set up- a new system for giving credit for ex perience that meant they would lose, in some cases, up to $400 a year. Before the school board began Its meeting, a group of about 15 student^ from Cardozo High School showed up at Franklin Administration Building. The board is still studying what to do about crowded conditions at Car dozo. Mr. Sharpe informed them the Cardozo question would not come up for discussion and then wanted to know how they were out of school. The students said they had been excused from class. Dr. Coming was asked to look into the matter and let the board i know if they were being excused from class to attend board meet ings. The board also heard an appeal from Mrs. Ruth E. Glennon, pres ident of the Congress Heights PTA, that the board do some thing at once to get at least two new elementary schools built in the Congress Heights area Mrs. Glennon pointed out that hous ing developments are still going • up and that the two schools there now — Patterson and Congress Heights—have part-time classes. Woman, 72, Dies After Fall In Store Revolving Door Miss Clara Phelps, 72, of the Washington Home for Incurables, died early today at Emergency Hospital, presumably of injuries suffered November 1 when she fell going through the revolving door of a downtown department store. Coroner A. Magruder MacDon ald said he was told the woman had started through the door when some one pushed It quickly, throwing the aged woman off balance. ' / a An autopsy is to be performed. •YOU HAVE COME A LONG WAY .. .’—With a warm smile and a friendly handshake, President Truman greets the Shah of Iran at Washington National Airj»rt. “You have come a long way to be with us and we are very grateful,” the President told the 30-year-old ruler. Greetings from between 100,000 and 150,000 persons who lined the streets were acknowledged by the President and the Shah as they rode from the airport to Blair House, where the Iranian monarch was an overnight guest. “You are looking at the people who make the clock tick in the United States,” the President said. • _ . The key to the city is presented to the Shah by J. Russell Young, president of the Board of District Com- j missioners. The Shah responded that he had heard much j of Washington’s beauty and found that the city’s “claims to distinction have not been exaggerated.’’ (Story on Page A-l.) —AP and Harris & Ewing Photos. ...._9u-. ——.....— Lack of Warrant Voids Numbers Case Against Two Seized in Room Gambling charges against two persons were dismissed by United States Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence yesterday because police invaded a private room without a warrant. j Charges of operating a lottery and possession of numbers slips, and setting up a gaming table and permitting gaming, were dropped against Herman Brooks, 50, of the 500 block of Peabody street N.W., and Florence E. Sim mons, 43, of the 500 block of Third street N.E. Commissioner Lawrence ruled that Vice Squad Detectives Paul Clarke and Howard Ogle had not been invited to enter a room where they arrested them Novem ber 1. “If this arrest is sustained, police will be able to enter any private room in Washington, claiming they have reliable in formation a crime is being com mitted there,” the commissioner said. Commends Policemen, Mr. Lawrence, however, com mended Detectives Clarke and Ogle, saying they were “very fair" policemen who had just reason to believe gambling was going on in the rear room of a laundry in the 1100 block of H street N.W., where the defendants were arrested. He further commended them for obtaining warrants before finally arresting the pair. Detective Ogle told the com missioner he and his partner, acting on a “very reliable tip,” entered the front room of the laundry and asked for Mr. Brooks. An employe said Mr. Brooks was in a rear room but refused to show the detectives to it. The detectives then pushed open a door and found the defendants. The detective said they were writing numbers and taking horse bets. Commissioner Lawrence said he “had no doubt gambling was going on there,” but added that the room was a private one where the police could not make an “exploration” without a warrant. Two Others Face Charges. In other actions yesterday Commissioner Lawrence referred to the grand jury lottery charges against Clarence M. Simms, 65, of the. 1300 block of Emerson street N.W., and Sam Leyman of the 1900 block of Linton street, Silver Spring, Md. Simms, wfio was arrested October 28 in a barber shop in the 5500 block of Colorado avenue N.W., told Commissioner Lawrence last week that he had taken three horse racing bets as a “favor to Sam.” He told the commissioner he was willing to sign a complaint against “Sam,” and Leyman was arrested later the same day. The commissioner continued until Wednesday charges of operating a lottery and possession of numbers slips against Edward H. Trundle, 41, of the 300 block of Madison street N.W. Two hours later Trundle ap peared before Municipal Court Judge Ellen K. Raedy and pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of numbers slips. He was sentenced to gay a $50 fine or serve 60;4ays. He still must appear before the commissioner on the charge of operating a lottery. Regular Telephone Service From D. C. to Iran Opened Coincident with the Shah of Iran.’s visit here, the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. today announced opening of regular tel ephone service for the first time between the United States and Iran. The new service, officials said, uses an overseas circuit between New York and Berne, Switzerland, with Swiss facilities completing the link with Teheran. The service will be available be tween 6.30 and 8:30 am., Wash ington time. It will cost $15 for a three-minute call to Teheran from anywhere in this country. Retreat Announced A closed retreat will be held from tomorrow through Sunday at the Washington Retreat House, 4000 Harewood road N.E. The retreat master will be the Rev. Aquinas Thomas of the Francis can Friars of the Atonement. Those interested may call the re treat house, Taylor 0848. ' -• Next2Weeks Tell the Story in Fay's Gambling Crusade By Miriam Ottenberg At least two more weeks will pass before the public gets the answers to two of the questions raised 1$ months ago when United States Attorney George Morris Pay embarked on his much-pub licized anti-gambling crusade, it appeared today. The questions: Has a special grand jury found enough evidence to warrant Mr. Fay’s estimate that a $100,000,000 a-year gambling racket flourishes here? Will & regular Jury determine a link actually exists between Wash ington bookmarkers and operatives at a Maryland establishment which the Government contends was a gambling headquarters? The answer to the first ques tion lies in the pages of a report filed by the special grand jury yesterday and promptly sealed by Judge Alexander Holtzoff. With that report the special grand jury went out of existence. Due to Ask Reports Publication. The answer to the second ques tion will be found in the acquit tal or conviction of William "Snags” Lewis and 13 others now on trial in District Court on charges of violating District gam ing laws from a Maryland head quarters. The case is expected to last another two weeks. Presumably, Judge Holtzoff sealed the grand jury’s report to await the outcome of the trial. It can also be assumed that Mr. Fay. who has made the anti gambling crusade the most spec tacular aspect of his administra tion, will urge publication of the report at the earliest possible moment. The special grand jury, em paneled May 17, 1948, had made no report on its findings until yesterday. Last March 25, how ever, raids prompted by informa tion brought before the grand jury resulted in 36 arrests. The following month, the 36 were in dicted. Immediately after the raids, Mr. Pay talked freely. The purpose of the grand Jury, he said, was to see how it would be possible to curtail and control violations of the gambling laws and other District statutes re sulting from the open operation of racketeers in this area. Communications Called Key. He declared the grand jury had found that the key to the opera tions of the professional gamblers he said was the use of telephones and telegraph tickers, through which District bookies maintained constant communication with Maryland "ticker drops.’’ To put a crimp in this com munications system, Mr. Pay noti fied the telephone company that more .than 300 subscribers were using their phones to violate Dis trict gambling laws. At the same time, the telegraph company was told news tickers were carrying race information to 25 nearby Maryland locations. The telephone company served notice it would remove the phones and the telegraph company took out the tickers. Prom that point on, while the special grand jury continued to meet at wide intervals, Mr. Pajf started on a legal obstacle course. Mrs. Truitt's Jacket, Diamond Pin Found A lost diajnond brooch and bolero jacket, belonging to Mrs. Max O. Truitt, daughter of Vice President Barkley, was found early today by a policeman of No. 13 precinct, and later identified there by Mrs. Truitt’s butler, Gil bert Grayson. The pin, in the shape of a small bow and containing 112 small diamonds, was lost Tuesday night by Mrs. Truitt as she alighted from an automobile in front of her home; 2325 Wyoming avenue N.W. It is valued at $2,750, po lice said, and was a gift from her husband. r According to the butler, Mrs. Truitt apparently dropped the jacket, on which the brooch was pinned, as she left the automo bile of her brother-in-law, Doug las MacArthur n. She had just returned frt>m a visit to Mr. Bark ley with Mr. MacArthur and her sister. Pvt. W. B. Jackson found the jacket and pin in a clump of bushes in the 2100 block of Wyo ming avenue, two blocks from Mrs. Truitt’s ltome. It is be lieved, police said, that the jacket had been picked up by some one and thrown away. 4 • . • He had no trouble with the tick ers. They were out and as far as is known have stayed out of the Maryland locations. The telephones were a different story and so were the indictments. One of his headaches was the question of jurisdiction and a barrage of lawyers made the most of it. Lost First Phone Case. Mr. Fay lost the first telephone case brought into court. Nathan Miller, whose Avondale, Md., tele phone was to be removed, sought an injunction to prevent its re moval and won his case when Judge David A. Pine ruled that no evidence had been produced to show the Maryland phone was used to “aid and abet” gambling in the District. A few weeks later. Judge Alex ander Holtzoff told Mr. Fay his notice to the telephone company was not enough to justify phone removals, that he would have to submit substantial proof of law violation. After tliat, the prosecutor began, winning the phone removal cases ! but an assistant United States at torney was kept busy lining up af fidavits to justify the removals. The telephone project, however, continued to harass Mr. Fay. The Public Utilities Commission was asked to pass on the telephone company regulations that service would not be furnished if any law enforcement agency advised the phone was being or would be used to violate tha law. The PUC, after a hearing, told the company to revise its rule to provide that the company should notify the affected, subscriber .of hit right to apply to the PUC “for a determination of the applicabil ity” of the rule. Some Requests Withdrawn. . Judge James W. Morris last month said that the language was too vague and the PUC made an other revision to insure a fair hearing and competent evidence against the subscriber before phone removals. Finally. Mr. Fay said only last Tuesday that he was withdrawing some requests fdr telephdne re moval because District Ccurt pro ceedings have enabled his office to make a clearer “evaluation of the evidence” required to uphold phone removals. He didn’t say how many of his original 326 re quests were withdrawn. In the courts, Mr. Fay has had to battle a battery of defense lawyers trying to get the 36 gam bling indictments thrown out on a variety of reasons. In the preliminary maneuver ing, he had one major victory. Judge Edward M. Curran cleared the way for prosecution of “Snags” Lewis and his co-defend ants by upholding the right of deputy marshals from the District to raid a Maryland establishment on a search warrant issued by a United States Commissioner in Maryland. Without that ruling, Mr. Fay’s crusade would have foundered on the shoals of no-jurisdiction. In case of conviction of these 14 de fendants, Mr. Fay would have to fight out the question of jurisdic tion in the Court of Appeals. Two Defendants Die. In contrast with the compara tively smooth sailing of the Lewis case through endless preliminary motions, the prosecutor suffered one setback after another in some of the other cases, two defendants died before trial and a third case was dismissed at Government re quest. Here is the score in some of the other cases growing out of the special grand jury's investigation and the March 25 raids: Judge Edward A. Tamm ruled the raid on Barber’s Newsstand was based on a defective warrant and all the evidence collected in that raid would have to be sup pressed. Since Gamer S. Barbour, one of those indicted, has died, that decision affected three other de fendants arrested at the news stand and indirectly affected five others accused ol, conspiring with them to violate District gaming laws. _ Institute for Blind Agrees to Pay Hufty $150-a-Month Pension French S. Hufty, who ha* to leave the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind which he had served for more than 40 years, will be paid a $150 monthly pen sion by the school for the rest of his life. This amount was agreed on early today when Judge Jennings Bailey met with the ST-year-old blind man’s attorneys, Julius Aro noff and Jack N. Steinberg, and the attorney for the institute. Fred Ballard. , Judge Bailey yesterday decided in favor Of the institute’s efforts to oust Mr. Hufty, who. It was claimed, obstructed their plans to improve the school. On the re quest of both sides, however. Judge Bailey agreed to discuss Mr. Hufty’s future with the lawyers in his chambers. Urged Higher Amount. According to the attorneys the Judged opposed a $125 monthly pension suggested by the school’s trustees after the trial yesterday. When Judge Bailey suggested a higher amount. Attorney Ballard promptly agreed to the judge’s suggestion*__ Mr. Steinberg reported that it was further agreed that he and Mr. Aronoff have the responsibility of finding housing accommodations which Mr. Hufty can afford on his pension. The lawyers issued an appeal to the public to notify them of any one-room apartment or pri vate home accommodations which may be available for the elderly blind man. Given "Reasonable Time’* to Leave. "Mr. Hufty would be a happy man, we feel, if we can find him a small place where he can prac tice his trade of piano teaching and tuning," Mr. Steinberg said, adding that Mr. Hufty would pre fer living alone. Mr. Steinberg also reported that Judge Bailey allowed a "reason able” time for Mr. Hufty to be removed from the institute where he now lives at 1808 H street N.W. Noting that Mr. Hufty was “stunned” by yesterday’s verdict, the lawyer observed that “we may have a rough time getting him to leave. After all, he has had a large influence at the institute since 1911. A change at this time is not easy to make.” Largest Flower Show Ever Held Here Planned for Next March Plans for the largest flower show ever held in the Capital were announced today by a Dis trict committee representing the Society of American Floritts. The show will be held at the Armory March 23 to 29, with the entire floor space of some 60,000 square feet subdivided into a colorful labyrinth of exhibits. Granville Gude, committee chairmkn, said that the show, held here for the first time, may be come the springboard for a per manent show of the type staged in New York, Boston and Phila delphia, Such a show was last held id' this vicinity at Baltimore in 1936, Robert Rowland of Chicago, secretary of the Society of Ameri can Florista, was unable to attend a conference held here l%pt night on the shew, but was represented by Richard i. White, secretary of the American Association of Nur serymen. Boris Timchenko is architect for the show and his plan for arrangement of the Ar mory was approved. Mrs. Em manual Perry will head up par ticipation of the garden clubs in this area. Others on the committee include Lloyd Jenkins, vice chairman; Conrad Link, University of Mary land, educational participation; J. D. Blackistone, jr„ retailers; John Sharp and Henry Witt, com mercial cut flowers and plants; Mr. White, the nurserymen, and Her bert Sauber, garden equipment and furnishings. The garden clubs will develop unique plantings and garden arrangements with a varying pro gram for ecah day of the week. Flower arrangements will also be featured. Mr. Cfude said that at least 250, 000 persons would see the show during the week if interest dis played at the Roses, Inc., and Rational Capital Orchid Society shows are'any guide to the popu larity of such exhibition here. In the case of the latter five, however. Judge Tamm ruled that the search warrant was valid. These five, headed by Murray H. Olf, were taken in the nearby Maryland raid on State Wide Sports News Distributors. In another ease. Judge Tamm suppressed the evidence on the same basis as he had acted in the newsstand case—that too long a period elapsed between the time an alleged violation was observed and a seach warrant was issued. The later case affected Nicholas Floratos, who is said to be con nected with the Macedonia Coffee Shop. Time Lapse Cited. judge iienry a scnwemnaui held the search and arrest warrants in the case of Fred erick Whiteoak were Issued too long after the incident mentioned in the affidavit on which the war rants were based. That means no evidence or knowledge gained by searching Whiteoak’s home can be brought into court. Judge Schweinhaut also ruled invalid the warrant to search Attilio Acalotti’s apartment, there by barring any evidence gained from that search. The judge agreed, however, that the Govern ment had the right to arrest Acalotti at another apartment. The prosecution, therefore, can use evidence it accumulated at the time of arrest—if it can tie the evidence positively to Acalotti. Despite these setbacks, Mr. Fay is still planning to go ahead with these cases. In addition to Mr. Barbour. Walter “Sonny” Mason has died since his indictment. He com mitted suicide last May. The case against another de fendant, Simon Best, was dis missed at Government request after he had pleaded guilty to charges based on the same evi dence in Alexandria. He was fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days in jail but the sentence was suspended and he was put on pro bation for three years. Kopel Trial Tuesday. In the case of Harry S. Kopel, co-owner of Hammers Restaurant, who was arrested In a raid on Hammel’s along with a waiter, Walter C. Plummer, trial has been set for next Tuesday. With preliminary motions out of the way, the other cases have been set for trial on the following dates: Defendants arrested in raids on Barber’s Newsstand and State wide Sports News Distributors, December 19. Nicholas Flbratos, next Tuesday. Philip Samakow. alias Phil Har ris, December 7. Individual cases combining Acalotti with Umberto D’Ambrosio, Acalotti with Whiteaak and Ralph Caparotti, Acalotti by himself and Acalotti with “Snags” Lewis and Frank Billeci, next Wednesday. The latter case, however, presum ably will be postponed because of the current trial in which Lewis is a defendant. Louis Lieberman, next Wednes day. _ * Henry E. Fish, tomorrow. Mrs. Anna Uhl Services To Be Held Tomorrow Funeral services for Mrs. Anna J. Uhl, 82, retired Civil Service Commission worker who died Tuesday at her home, 2712 Cort land place N.W., will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Church of St?. Thomas the Apostle, Wood ley road and Twenty-seventh street N.W. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Uhl was a clerk in the service records section of the Civil Service Commission for 17 years before her retirement in 1937. She was bom in Milmine, HI., and had been a resident of the District since 1919. Mrs. Uhl was active in church and civic* organizations and was a member of Court District of Columbia No. 212, Catholic Daugh terstefs of America. She was a Red Cross volunteer during the war and a member of .St. Thomas the Apostle parish. She is survived by four chil dren, Mrs. Marie E. Morey. 4125 Seventh street N. W.; Miss Au gusta E. Uhl of the Cortland place address; Thomas J. Uhl of Dallas, Tex., and Victor A. Uhl of Spring field, Hi., and a grandson, Thomas J. Uhl, jr., of Dallas. PTA to Hear Isaac Frank Isaac Frank, executive director of the Washington Jewish Com munity Council, will address a PTA Sabbath meeting at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in B’nal Israel Synagogue, Fourteenth and Em erson streets N.W. y Maryland Woman, 24, Kills Self With Razor, Blames Devil for Act A pretty 24-year-old Accokeek (Md.) mother, who lived in Wash ington until three weeks ago, ended her life yesterday by slash; ing her throat with a razor after writing a note saying “no one is responsible except the devil.” The body of Mrs. Jean Helene Shifflett was found lying face MRS. JEAN HELENE SHIFFLETT. —Harris-Ewing Photo. down on a bed m her home in the Calvert Manor subdivision just outside of Accokeek yester day afternoon. Dr. John T. Maloney, Prince Georges County deputy medical examiner, issued a suicide cer tificate. He said Mrs. Shifflett probably died about noon. She was wearing a slip when found. Mrs. Patsy Wilson, a close friend of the dead woman, found Mrs. Shifflett’s body when she entered the home about 4:30 p.m., according to Detective John W. Sidall. Mrs. L. E. Stan ton, manager of the development, found Mrs. Shifflett’s 4-month old daughter crying in a nearby crib and gave her to a neighbor for safekeeping until the father returned home. A razor blade was found be neath her body and the paper wrappings were on the floor, De tective Siddall reported. In her note, which was ad dressed “To whom it may con cern,” Mrs. Shifflett wrote: “I took my own life. No one else is responsible except the Devil. Mom and Dad, don’t blame Paul for this. It was strictly my fault. Paul, take good care of the baby.” Detective Siddall said the dead woman’s husband, Paul Robert Shifflett, 30, a research tech nician at^ the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, could give no explanation as to the rea son why Mrs. Shifflet killed her self. Mrs. Shifflett's body was re moved to the Gasch funeral home in Hyattsville. Funeral arrange ments have not been completed. Mr. and Mrs. Shifflett lived at 9 Danbury street SJ5., until they moved into the home which they were building. Mrs. Shifflett’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Owens, also lived In the District area until about nine years ago. Mr. Owens, a construction inspector for the Government, has assisted in the erection of many Federal build ings here and now is working out of Denver. Besides her parents, Mrs. Shif flet is survived by a brother, Robert Owens of Denver. District Tratfic Accidents rotal 1,223 in October The Metropolitan Police Depart ment’s statistical bureau has re ported that a total of 1,223 traffic accidents, 224 of them in volving pedestrians, occurred in the District during October—an Increase of 178 over the October. 1948, total. The month’s accident total in :luded 10 fatalities, as compared with'two during the same period the year before. The October total, which included 531 injuries, brings the number of accidents here this vear to 10,512, involving 4,438 injuries. * < Meanwhile, the police Depart ment's Traffic Division listed a weekly total of 226 accidents here last week—a decrease of 106 from the figure the previous week. The total included 30 pedestrian ac s, 18 of Which police sdid ret-i-Cd from neglAence. Cost of Changes Put at $514,290 By Transit Firm Says Union Demands Also Would Require 94 New Employes The Capital Transit Co. today presented data to a five-man arbi tration board to show that certain changes in working conditions asked by the union employes would cost the company $514,290 a year. The company also maintained before the board, which is hold ing hearings at the Hamilton Ho tel, that the changes would re quire the employment of 94 men. The union, among its collateral demands, is asking for an increase from 10 to 20 minutes in “report” and “turn-in” time, and an in crease from 48 to 60 per cent in straight runs, overtime after 10 hours of what is known as “spread” time instead of 11 hours, and other concessions. Figures Presented. Isaac B. Goad, director of sched ules and traffic, presented figures indicating that if the company re quests were granted, the annual saving would be $500,986 and that five fewer men would be required to operate the present schedules. The union also is asking a 25 cents an hour pay raise across the board and elimination of all . so-called "swing runs” on Sun day. The company, besides resisting the proposed pay raise, is asking the arbitration board for five changes in working conditions, in cluding elimination of operators* pay for the 20-minute daily lunch period. Documents suomtuea. Hawley Simpson, labor con sultant. and Mr. Goad, put into the record for the company yes terday a series of documents out lining the background of the op eration of both bus and streetcar lines as a basis for discussion to day of requests by the union. Mr. Goad told the board yes terday operators now average 7 hours and 10 minutes work a day, but under the contract still in ef fect, get paid for an average of 8 hours and 30 minutes. In support of the company * contention that a 25-cent wage raise is not justified. Mr. Simpson submitted figures showing that the average transit worker earned more than the average Federal Government employe in 1948. The average salary of 798,05J classified workers in Government was shown to be $3,313 annually in 1948, compared with $3,339 for transit workers. A still sharper comparison was shown by a table indicating that 473,249 Federal workers subject to prevailing local rates averaged $2,760 a year. Dogs Will Get Free Rabies Inoculations Free inoculations of dogs against rabies will be given from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at seven places in Montgomery County. Most of the county’s eastern suburban *area and an adjoining area in Prince Georges County were placed under a 90-day dog quarantine Tuesday to prevent the spread of rabies. The Montgomery clinics will be held at the Four Comers Fir# Department, Silver Spring Ar mory, E. X. Price’s store, Whea ton; Takoma Park- health center, Cissel’s store at Colesville, Hillan dale Fire Department and the Silver Spring health center on Old Bladensburg road. Owners must bring their doga on a leash, as required by quar antine regulations. The quaran tine was ordered following reporta of nine children bitten by rabid dogs during the last month in the Four Corners and Indian Spring Village sections of Silver Spring. Although the inoculation pro gram is voluntary, health officials urged all dog owners in the area to participate. Trumans to Sfee New Film At 71-Seat Private Theater President and Mr* Truman will visit the 71-seat theater of the Motion Picture Association of America Tuesday night for the first showing of a new picture, which has not been identified. The theater, at 1600 I street N.W., is to be known as the Aca demia aijd will be used for private showings of the pictures of as sociation members. Cabinet members and members of the White House staff have also been invited to the showing. Invitation Issued ■ For Second Concert In Neighborhood Series Tickets for the second of the Neighborhood Concerts by the National Symphony Orchestra, under the spon sorship of The Evening Star, will be held Monday night, November 21, in Armstrong High School. Invitations, which are is sued without charge by The Star, have been turned over for distribution to the Music Department, Divisions 10-13, atPark View School, Warder and Newton streets N.W. A supply also has been placed at the business . counter in the lobby of The Star Building, where they may be obtained upon dtiest.