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34,000 May Go
On Night Shifts
In U. S. Offices
Public Works Hearing
Told of Prospect if
Mobilization Comes
By Francis P. Douglas
Some Government employes
again may find themselves work
ing on night shifts to save office
space if the Nation comes to total
mobilization.
This was* indicated as Adminis
tration officials testified yesterday
before the House Public Works
Committee on behalf of the $190
nyllion project of dispersing Gov
ernment agencies into nearby
Maryland and Virginia. The dis
persal plan is designed as a de
fense measure against atomic
bomb attack. _
The committee completed its
hearing late yesterday. Chairman
Whittington said members will
study the proposals for several
days before voting whether to
recommend its passage.
34,uuu rwgni seen.
W. E. Reynolds, Public Build
ings Commissioner, told the com
mittee that, in normal times,
126,000 employes can be - accom
modated in permanent Govern
ment buildings in the District. In
case of total mobilization, he
said, “we can house 160.000 in
acceptable permanent buildings,
which includes second and third
shift operations.” This would
mean 34,000 on night and “grave
yard” shifts.
It was pointed out elsewhere
that processing of applications in
prioe control and rationing proce
dures and such things as filing
could be done at night as well as
during the day. The number as
signed to the after-midnight shift
would be much smaller than the
number in second shift operations.
Assuming normal Government
employment of 180.000 persons in
Washington, exclusive of the mili
tary, and razing of the present
temporary structures, which now
house 45,000 persons, Mr. Reynolds
gave this breakdown: A total of
126.000 in permanent Government
buildings, 6,500 in leased build
ings. 8.000 permanently moved
from the Washington area in
“decentralized” agencies, as dis
tinct from dispersed agencies, and
39.500 in eight buildings in the
Washington suburbs.
Sees 270,000 Employes.
On the assumption there would
be 270,000 employes under mo
bilization conditions. Mr. Reynolds
gave these figures: A total of 160,
000 in permanent buildings in
Washington, 15,000 in leased
buildings, 8,000 moved to other
cities and 87,000 in the dispersed
buildings.
In this case, in addition to the
permanent buildings on their
eight outlying sites, each accom
modating 5,000 workers, the Gov
ernment would erect a temporary
building at each site, also provid
ing for 5,000 or more.
Both Jess Larson, General Serv
ices Administrator, and Mr. Reyn
olds put the number of employes
in decentralized agencies at from
5.000 to 15,000. Whereas Mr.
Reynolds put the probable num
ber finally at 8,000, Mr. Larson
put it at 10,000. A list of the
agencies that might be transferred
to other cities is expected to be
completed by the end of this
month.
Agencies Considered.
There has been discussion about
moving the Federal Power Com
mission to Colorado Springs, Colo.
Speculation on decentralization
also has included these agencies:.
The Federal Trade Commission,
the Securities & Exchange Com
mission, which might be moved
to New' York, where it already
has a large staff, and other in
dependent offices and bureaus,
such as the Bureau of Mines.
The suggestion also has been
made that the Patent Office,
which was largely moved to
Richmond during World War H,
be moved again. This would af
fect a large number of patent
attorneys in Washington.
It \yas stressed by both Mr.
Larson and Mr. Reynolds that
any removals this time w'ould be
permanent.
The cost of the eight outlying
Bites and eight buildings was put
at $17,850,000 each, and the $190
million figure also includes $41
million for roads. Mr. Reynolds
said this figure w'as scaled dowrn
$23 million from an original esti
mate of roads cost.
60 Miles of New Roads.
Fred E. Schnepfe of the Public
Roads Bureau said it is estimated
that 60 miles of new roads would
have to be constructed and 70
miles of existing roads would have
to be reconstructed. The aim w’ould
be four-lane freeways to serve,the
buildings.
He said it is planned to use, so
far as possible, present highways
radiating from Washington. He
added, how'ever, that some of
them would have to be recon
structed entirely on new sites be
cause of inadequacies. Some of
these radial highways might serve
more than one site, but he said
this W'as not true of all. He cited
U. S. Highway.240, which extends
from Washington through Rock
ville and Gaithersburg, Md., as in
adequate to serve several sites.
In one case, he said, reconstruc
tion would have to extend two
miles into Washington.
Mr. Larson said Congress would
consider using one or two of the
outlying buildings for its own use
in case of danger from attack
David Lynn, Architect of the Capi
tol, said no decision had been
made by Congressional leaders on
this.
At one time, it was proposed
that a garage be constructed deep
under the proposed new Senate
Office Building, which could also
serve as a bomb shelter. But the
whole office building project has
been held in abeyance.
Truman Letter to Critic Draws Wide Reaction
By the Associated Press
President Truman’s knuckle
cracking letter to a music critic
who panned his daughter’s singing
provoked chuckles and some sharp
Republican comment today.
In the free-swinging style he
sometimes uses in private con
versations with friends, the Pres
ident let go at Paul Hume, critic
for the Washington Post. Mr.
Hume had said in his review that
Margaret Truman’s singing last
Tuesday night at a well-attended
concert in Constitution Hall was
“flat a good deal of the time.”
Few outside of the President and
Mr. Hume professed publicly
knowing just what Mr. Truman
said. But the Washington Daily
News quoted the President in an
irate-father vein like this:
“I have just read your lousy
review buried in the back pages.
You. sound like a frustrated old
man who never made a success,
an eight-ulcer man on a four
ulcer job and all four ulcers work
ing.
“I never met you but if I do
you'll need a new nose and plenty
of beefsteak and perhaps a sup
porter below.
“Westbrook Pegler, a gutter
snipe, is a gentleman compared
to you. You can take that as
more of an insult than as a re
flection on your ancestry.”
J*egler Comments.
In New York, Mr. Pegler, a
columnist often critical of Mr.
Truman's administration, said:
“It is a great tragedy that in
this awful hour the people of the
United States must accept in lieu
of leadership the nasty malice of
a President whom Bernard
Baruch in a similar incident called
a rude, uncouth, ignorant man.
| Let us pray.”
At first, White House officials
denied knowing whether Mr. Tru
man himself had written the let
iter, which was on White House
stationery and signed “H. S. T.”
Later they confirmed that he
i had written to Mr. Hume, and one
source said the published version
sounded like what he wrote.
Mr. Hume himself said the pub
lished version was almost word for
word with the letter he received,
except that it left out a couple of
paragraphs. There were hints that
the full version contained lan
guage at least equally strong.
Withholds Full Text.
Mr. Hume declined to make the
full text public. He said in a
statement:
| “I can only say that a man suf- j
; fering the loss of a close fnend
and carrying the terrible burden
of the present world crisis ought
to be indulged in an occasional
outburst of temper.”
The reference was to Charles G.:
Ross, Mr. Truman’s secretary and
longtime friend, who died a few,
PAUL HUME.
—AP Photo.
hours before Miss Truman's Con
stitution Hall concert.
Mr.*Hume said in his review of
the concert that Miss Truman
“cannot sing very well” and "is
flat a good deal of the time.’’
"There are few moments during
her recital,” the review continued,
“when one can relax and feel con
fident that she will make her goal,
which is the end of the song . . .
“It is an extremely unpleasant
duty to record such unhappy facts
about so honestly appealing a per
sonality. But as long as Miss Tru
man sings as she has for three
years, and does today, we seem to
have no recourse unless it is to
omit comment on her programs
altogether.”
Watkins Critical.
Mr. Truman has shown resent
ment before—mostly in private—
when the critics panned his daugh
ter's singing. And more critics
have panned it than have praised
it—although the criticism doesn’t
seem to have affected her concert
hall, radio and television au
diences.
While Mr. Hume was inclined to
excuse what he called “an out
burst of temper,” at least one Re
publican Senator wasn’t quite so
charitable.
Senator Watkins, Republican, of
Utah told a reporter:
“That is what you have to ex
pect. This is in line with some
of the comments the President
has made when his guardians were
not there to take care of him.”
Most Democrats in Congress ap
parently assessed the incident as
a human sort of reaction by a
proud papa whose daughter’s art
wasn’t appreciated as he thought
it should be.
Other Incidents Recalled.
Some of these chuckled arid said
it was something that Andrew
Jackson might have done, his
temper aroused under similar
circumstances.
Some Republicans privately
compared the outburst with Mr.
Truman’s crack months ago that
the United States Marines had a
propaganda system that ranked
with that of Russia’s' Premier
Stalin. The President later apol
ogized for that statement.
To other Republicans it recalled
the language the President once
used when he referred to News
paper Columnist Drew Pearson as
“an S. O. B.“ The President
didn’t retract 'that one.
On a concert tour in the South,
Miss Truman' said in Nashville,
Tenn., “Mr. Hume is a fine critic
and has a perfect right to say
whatever he thinks.”
Miss Truman Meets Press.
Arriving by train late in the
afternoon in Nashville, Miss Tru
man held a brief news conference.
When a reporter showed her a
newspaper giving an account of
the letter, she expressed doubt
that the President had written it.
Advised later the White House
had confirmed authorship of the
letter, Miss Reathel Odum, secre
tary to Mrs. Truman, who ac
companied JVlargaret to Nashville,
said Miss Truman would have no
comment.
Mr. Hume is 32 years younger
than the 66-year-old President,
and weighs 165 pounds to Mr.
Truman’s 180 or more. Friends
said he had nci intention of en
gaging in any controversy, fistic
or otherwise, with the President.
The critic, whose duties don't
often take him to the White
House, said he doesn’t expect to
meet Mr. Truman.
Nashville Critics Reserved
On Miss Truman's Singing
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec^ 9 UP)
—Two music critics were reserved
in their comments on Margaret
Truman’s singing last night, but
they and the audience of 1,400
apparently were won over by her
personality.
Critic Alvin S. Wiggers of the
Nashville Tennessean said: “Miss
Truman has a lovely, sweet voice,
though by no means possessing
the size and resonance required
for opera.
“Her charming, graceful ap
pearance, and her winsome per
sonality, had her listeners won
over before she sang a note.’’
Sydney Dalton, critic for the
Nashville Banner, said: “As a
singer. Miss Truman’s chief merit
is her obvious sincerity. Her fu
ture will largely depend upon this
sincere attitude combined with
making the most of whatever
talent she has for interpretation.
“The voice itself is limited in
quality and volume and she is still
insecure technically.’’
Board Abandons Plan
For Prince Georges
$9 Million Freeway
A proposed $9 million cross
county freeway project has been
abandoned by the new Board of
County Commissioners of Prince
Georges County.
The commissioners acted yes
terday at a regular semiweekly
meeting, after hearing a report
from County Engineer Arthur W.
Tayman on the operations and
plans of his department. It was
the second meeting of the all
Republican board which took
office Tuesday.
The project was proposed in Oc
tober. 1945, by the Advisory Board
to the County Commissioners. The
then Democratic board approved
application to the Federal Gov
ernment for a $150,000 loan to
finance the design of the 712-mile
thoroughfare.
The loan was approved, and
half was advanced. Only $12,000
has been spent for a preliminary
construction plan and a cost esti
mate.
Virtually all of the four-lane,
divided highway would have been
built with only a very small por
tion of existing highways being
used. The route would have fol-1
lowed roughly the East-West
highway from Takoma Park and
University lane, then skirted the
northern boundary of Riverdale,
continued in an easterly direction
to Briar Ditch, south of Good
Luck road, and across the county
to Ardwick, where it would have
connected with the Annapolis
Freeway. It also would have tied
in with the Baltimore Parkway.
Board President Thomas E.
Latimer expressed the opinion
that, if and when such a road is
built, it should be “much farther”
out than the route proposed.
Other commissioners said the
1 county should wait and benefit
from the Highway Transportation
Study of the Metropolitan Area
now under way. That study is
being made by Maryland, Virginia
and District authorities and the
Bureau of Public Roads.
A request of the Brentwood
Town Council for county police
and the State's attorney’s office
to pay “close attention” to floor
shows in Brentwood taverns,
was referred to Acting Police
Chief Roscoe Sines. Town Attor
ney Vance V. Vaughan wrote the
commissioners that council mem
bers had seen newspaper accounts
of arrests for obscene shows in
the county.
Couple Planning Fight to Keep
Child After Losing Custody
Adoption of Girl, 4,
Cared for Almost
Since Birth, Denied
A Georgetown couple who have
been denied the right to adopt a
child they cared for almost since
its birth, are planning to fight to
keep her.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ehr
mantrout. 1671 Wisconsin avenue i
N.W.. said today they would visit,
their lawyer Monday to plan fur-1
ther moves in their fight to gainj
permanent custody of a 4-year
old girl named Linda Jean.
The adoption petition was de
nied yesterday by District Court
Judge Edward A. Tamm, who said,
“Some ' one probably will suffer
from a broken heart.”
He had taken a long time to
reach the decision. A hearing on
the adoption petition had first
been held on May 19. The peti- [
tion for adoption of blond, intelli- :
gent Linda Jean, whom the Ehr-:
mantrouts had cared for since
she was six months old, had been
filed eight months before.
Case Put Off for Inquiry.
At that hearing. Judge Tamm
had continued the case for six;
months to give officials more time
to investigate the plea by the
couple for adoption of the child.
Judge Tamm said the Ehrman
trouts had represented to the
court that the child’s natural
mother had agreed to the adop
tion proceeding.
But, he said, testimony at the
hearing indicated the child's
mother, who has been seriously
ill for some time, was now anxious
to regain custody of her daughter.
Judge Tamm noted yesterday
that neighbors had testified the
Ehrmantrouts had given the child
excellent care—if anything, he
said, she was a little spoiled.
“Typical parental indulgence,"
; he termed it.
But, he said, this testimony was
in variance with a report by the
Board of Public Welfare.
The welfare board report, he
said, complained the physical
conditions of the home were not
up to the board's standard.
But, he said, the board had also
recommended against adoption on
the ground that the adoptor
mother’s I. Q. is relatively low
when compared to the child's.
Judge Tamm said Mrs. Ehrman
trout had been a patient at St.
Elizabeths Hospital from 1929 to
LINDA JEAN.
1939, but had been released as
cured.
Cites Board Report.
He said further, the Welfare
Board report stated the child had
a very superior I.Q., and a men
tality of a child twice her age.
After the hearing, while Mrs.
Ehrmantrout was crying in an
anteroom, welfare board officials
told reporters the girl would be
taken immediately from the Ehr
mantrouts and placed in a foster
home for the time being.
“You fellows have the wrong
idea about foster homes,” one
worker said. “They are all very
fine homes.”
Mrs. Ehrmantrout was detained
at the courthouse while the child
was picked up. Judge Tamm had
been told at a bench conference
the woman once had remarked
she would kill the girl, rather than
have Linda Jean taken from her.
Lost 4 of Her Own Children.
Mrs. Ehrmantrout told a re
porter who visited their home to
day that they took Linda Jean
shortly after she had lost a baby
of her own. She said she has
lost four children, the latest a
year ago.
Linda Jean’s room was still as
the child had left it. Dozens of
dresses lined a closet, and the
child’s large bed had a bedspread
matching the draperies in the
room. A small dressing table
with a mirror w'as trimmed with
matching material, and a gay
linoleum covered the floor. In
one corner was a baby buggy
loaded with dolls. A blackboard
stood in another corner.
Downstairs, several pictures of
District Closes
All 6 Day-Care
Centers Dec. 22
Board Action to Meet
Deadline to Affect
About 250 Children
The District’s child day-care
centers, after several tempestuous
years, will finally close their doors
on December 22.
Congress, earlier this session,
had appropriated money to run
them until the end of this year.
It will take several days to wind
up the clerical work, however, so
the centers actually will close
about a week earlier.
There are now six centers with a
staff of 49. The daily average at
tendance for the last several
months has been 259.
The centers were started in 1943
to aid mothers engaged in war
work. At first they functioned
under a citizens committee, re
sponsible to the Commissioners,
with the Board of Education and
the Welfare Board providing the
necessary personnel. Then, when
Lanham funds, became available
the Board of Education took them
over and operated 22 centers with
a daily average of from 700 to 800
children.
Number Cut.
In 1946, a corporation was
formed to take over the cen
ters with the help of Community
Chest money. Shortly afterward,
the centers were turned over to
the Board of Public Welfare, and
Congress appropriated $250,000ta
year, to run 12 centers. Later the
number of nurseries was cut in
half, and $150,000 appropriated
by Congress to run them for a
year.
For the last two years, congress
appropriated $100,000 a year, with
the provision that small fees be
paid by the parents to help out.
This year Congress set aside only
$50,000 and provided that the
centers go out of existence on
December 31.
The final action on the centers
was taken at a meeting of the Wel
fare Board yesterday. The board
also approved the appointment of
a psychiatrist as a consultant in
the Child Welfare Division. The
appointment will run for two or
three months, after which the
consultant will advise the board as
to what steps should be taken to
help psychiatric children.
Fees Raised.
. i
The board raised the fees paid
to foster parents for the care of
children under six months old
from $45 to $60 a month. The
board recommended to the Com
missioners that the care of 30
emotionally disturbed children
who are being cared for in institu
tions outside thepistrict, be raised
from $90 to $100 a month.
A saving of $10,000 a year was
announced by the board, through
an arrangement with police to
take children from homes and j
courts to welfare institutions.
This will mean the discharge of
four chauffeurs who are now doing
the work.
Four Buildings Sought.
The Commissioners were asked
by the board to build four build
ings at the District Training
School for Feeble-minded at
Laurel. One would be a security
building to take care of inmates
who are hard to control. Another
would house criminal defectives.
Welfare Director Gerard M.
Shea announcetfto the board that
618 relief appeals were handled
last month, and all but 30 of the
applicants were seen the same day
they applied. In the past, it
usually took five weeks from the
time a person appealed for help
until he was interviewed.
Spout Run Road Link
To Open Next Week
The recently completed paced
Spout Run connection of the
George Washington Memorial
highway between Key Bridge and
Lorcom lane on the Virginia side
of the Potomac River will be
opened formally to parkway traf
fic next Saturday.
National Capital Parks and Bu
reau of Public Roads officials made
a final inspection of the paving
contractors’ work yesterday and
have accepted it. The completed
.9 of a mile link, begun early in
1948, provides a continuous park
way from the Mount Vernon estate
to the Lorcom lane-Lee highway
connection.
Supt. Edward J. Kelly of NCP;
said the cost of construction of the'
link was about $850,000. It was;
delayed a long time by excessive j
construction bids.
The Spout Run connection is a
dual highway, with the westbound;
lane overlooking the palisades of
the Potomac. The high level east
bound lane offers an excellent ap
proach view to Washington and a
quicker route to the downtown
area.
Linda Jean covered the living
room mantel.
Mrs. Ehrmantrout said she had
already bought the Christmas
presents the child had asked for
—a “walking doll,” a smaller doll,
a toy typewriter and a toy cash
register.
Georgia Alumni Banquet Rallies
For Presidential Cup Contest
Coach Wally Butts (left) of the University of Georgia foot
ball team, indulges in pregame chatter with Mrs. Willett Kempton
and Eugene Black during the Georgia Alumni dinner at the Wil
lard Hotel. Mrs. Kempton, of 5220 Klingle street N.W., is now
president of the International Bank. —Star Staff Photo.
‘•Glory to Old Georgia” was the
theme song last night as alumni
of the University of Georgia ral
lied at a banquet at the Willard
Hotel on the eve of their team’s
final football game of the season—
the American Legion’s Presidential
Cup contest with Texas A. and M.
The Georgians will vie with the
Texans in packing Byrd Stadium
at the University of Maryland this
afternoon. The pregame pag
eantry was to start at 1 p.m. The
event, in which leading teams will
be invited to play for the benefit
of the Legion's welfare fund, is
expected to be an annual one.
Football was not overempha
sized at the banquet. Dr. O. C.
Aderhold, president of the uni
versity, came from the campus at
Athens to make the principal ad
dress. He told the gathering that
every graduate of the university
is expected to help raise Georgia’s
educational level.
The university is to celebrate
its 150th anniversary on January
24. It is the oldest chartered
State university in the United
States.
He told the story of the insti
tution’s growth from a small
liberal arts college to the present
university with several profes*
sional schools and an enrollment
of 10,000.
Among those introduced was
Miss Anne Reed, of the United
States Chamber of Commerce.
She was selected by the Georgia
State Society to be the sponsor of
Georgia’s football team today.
Plans for the banquet were
completed by Erie Cocke, jr„ na
tional commander of the Ameri
can Legion, and his former class
mate, Mrs. Willett Kempton,
chairman of the banquet commit
tee.
Members of her committee
included Mrs. F. C. Brickwedde,
J. R. Radford, jr„ W. G. Brant
ley, R. W. Fuller, Dr. Mark D.
Hollis, jr., Maj. Capers Holmes,
George Wilson Lanier, Mrs. Stuart
B. Levi, R. Lowry Nicolson, Price
H. Preston and Robert F. Sikes.
Those present included Wally
Butts, coach of the Georgia team.
Bowie Weighs Trial
Of Lewis Alter Court
Bans Seized Evidence
By Robert C. Rollings
The question of whether Wil
liam (Snags > Lewis will be tried
in Prince Georges County on
gambling charges was being con
sidered today by State’s Attor
ney A. Gwynn Bowie in the light
of a Circuit Court ruling that evi
dence seized in a Bladensburg
raid last March is inadmissable.
A three-judge tribunal ruled
that the evidence is suppressed as
to Lewis and three others of the
19 defendants arrested in the
raid ordered by United States At
torney George Morris Fay and
carried out by deputy marshals
from the District. The other
three defendants are John Ralph
Mitchell, George P. Scott, lessees
with Lewis of a house at 4310
Forty-sixth avenue, and Mrs.
Sadie Stanton, the owner.
As to the remaining 15 defend
ants, who were "merely invitees”
or whose presence in the house
was lawful only because they were
not tresspassers, the court ruled
the evidence valid.
Indictment Still Stands
The court, made up of Chief
Judge John B. Gray, jr., and As
sociate Judges Charles C. Mar
bury and J. Dudley Digges, re
fused, however, to quash the
search warrant or order the re
turn of the property seized from
Lewis, Mitchell, Scott and Mrs
Stanton.
The 12-page decision left the
indictment standing. This means
that the decision on a trial is
left up to Mr. Bowie. It was clear
from the court ruling, however,
that additional evidence not
seized under the illegal warrant
would have to be produced, if
there was to be any hope of a
conviction.
Mr. Bowie had no comment,
pending completion of his study of
the decision.
Lewis and 13 defendants still
face retrial in the District of.
gambling charges that arose from
the Maryland raid.
Cannot Quash U. S. Warrant.
Last night's decision held that
the search warrant is void because
it did not state the grounds or
probable cause for its issuance,
nor did it state the names of the
persons whose affidavits had been
taken in support of it.
Regarding the motion to quash
the warrant and to order the
property returned, the court stated
it “has no authority to quash the
Federal search warrant, nor in our
opinion order the return of the
property seized thereunder.” The
court then pointed out that, more
over, the property is in the pos
session of District authorities.
$3,373,965 or 78%
Reported at Chest's
Final Unit Luncheon
The *1951 District Community
Chest Campaign yesterday re
ported it has received contribu
tions amounting to S3.373.965. or
78 per cent of its $4,260,000 quota.
The latest contributions, re
ported by nine units at a lunch
eon in the Washington Hotel,
amounted to $42,036.70.
A breakdown of each unit is as
follows:
Business I—$1,214,416.10, or
73.21 per cent of its $1,658,800
quota: Business II—$173,731.59,
or 71.44 per cent of a $243,200
quota: Alexandria—$62,641.11, or
77.33 per cent of an $81,000 quota:
Arlington—$45,644.23, or 73.27 per
cent of a $62,300 quota.
Other Units.
Fairfax—$35,386.95 or 89.59
per cent of a $39,500 quota; Mont
gomery County—$87,919.75, oi
67.63 per cent of a $130,000 quota;
Prince Georges County — $31,
770.35, or 61 10 per cent of a $52,
000 quota: Special Solicitation—
$237,812.23, or 79.01 per cent ol
a $301,000 quota: Government
Si.483.642.95, or 87.69 per cent ol
a $1,692,200 quota.
Yesterday's meeting was the
Chest’s final unit report luncheon
The Government unit, which car
ries a large percentage of the total
campaign figure, will hold its final
report meeting Monday in the
Hotel Washington.
Mrs. Alben Barkley, wife of the
Vice President, was on hand yes
terday as about 75 volunteer work
ers received “Oscars” for their
“fine work and co-operation in the
campaign.”
Recipients of Awards.
Among those receiving the
i awards were:
Business II Volunteers: Mrs. Helen Dem
! ary. Michael Sullivan. Leon Brown.
! Maurice Friedman, Bill Tooker. J. Fennelly
j Orall Brown, jr., Herman Neugass. Mrs.
! Bernard Berman. R. B. Lambert, M. Gel
: fand. Harold E. Hanson, Don F. Mitchell.
Alfred Harman. Bernard Goldstein. Gerald
O'ConncT. Sidney Z. Mensh, Carl Hari,
John J. English, Dr. Leo Diegelmann,
Clifton W. Jones. Mrs. Agnes Holmes. D.
B Fantroy. Mrs. Helena Galloway. John
Carpenter. Verne Carpenter. Mark Eisen
berg. W. H. Riley. Robert Koontz. John M.
Harris. E. A. Fowler. Rolland Lamensdorf.
Asher Kahn. Mrs. Julian Cohen. Mrs.
Betty Miller. Mrs. Harry I. Hais. Miss
Elsie Bennett. George G Wyland. E. S.
Estes. A. Stanley Wolfe. Fred Shaffer.
Roger Moss, Charles Hall. W. F. Jaauith.
Special Solicitation Unit: Mrs. Freder
ick B. Lee. Mrs. W’illiam J. Glasgow, jr..
Mrs. Louis C. Arthur. Mrs. William E.
Sp5cer. Mrs. Grace Lormans. Mrs. Travis
O. Campbell. John Z. Miller. Mrs. Harry
D. Sheldon.
Prince Georges County: Mrs. Ernest N.
Cory jr.. of Laurel Md.: Robert P. Mc
Millan of the Southern Oxygen Co.. Her
bert W. Reichelt. Mayor of Mount Rainier.
Montgomery County: Roger Farquhar,
in behalf of the six county newspapers,
the Maryland News, the Record. Rockville
Times. Takoma Journal, the Tribune and
the Sentinel: the faculty representatives
of the Montgomery County Education As
sociation and the Rock Creek Forest Ele
mentary School, and E Merrit Douglass,
superintendent of the Montgomery County i
public schools._
Young Democrats to Dance
The Washington Young Demo
cratic Club will hold a Christmas
dance at 9 o’clock tonight at the
Women's National Democratic
Clubhouse. 1526 New Hampshire
avenue N.W. Lee Maxfield’s Or
chestra will play.
OFFICE BUILDINGS LIKE THIS PLANNED FOR OUTLYING AREAS IN DEFENSE MOVE—This is the design for Government office buildings planned for eight sites in suburban Maryland and
Virginia as part of the defense against an atomic bomb attack. The buildings, of reinforced concrete and all alike, would be about 20 miles from the White House on sites at least 5 miles apart.
They would be three-story and basement structures and would accommodate 5,000 employes each. Escalators would provide access to upper floors. This design is by the Public Buildings Service
of the General Services Administration. f -
Car Crash Kills
Man; Another
Dies of Injuries
Silver Spring Accident
Fatal; Pedestrian, 81,
Was Hit Last Month
A 31-year-old Spencerville (Md.)
contractor was fatally injured in
an automobile accident today and
an 81-year-old man died as a re
sult of injuries received last
month.
Plummer W. Allnutt of Spencer
ville died at the Washington Sani
tarium from head injuries suffered
when his automobile skidded last
night on an icy stretch of Piney
Branch road in Silver Spring. His
car skidded into a bank and then
struck a tree, police reported.
The death of Mr. Allnutt, son of
Smith Allnutt, a Silver Spring
real estate man, was the eighth
traffic fatality of the year for the
Silver Spring area.
Two Passengers Hurt.
Two passengers in Mr. Allnutt’s
car, Rudolph Bower, 19, of Route
3, Silver Spring, and Herbert Du
bin, 18, of Aston, were treated for
minor injuries.
George W. Camack, 81, colored,
of 818 Twenty-sixth street NW.
died at Gallinger Hospital as the
result of injuries when he was
struck by a taxicab as he walked
across Memorial Bridge November
18. It was the District’s 66th
traffic fatality of the year.
Mr. Camack had suffered a
broken back and severe face cuts
when he was struck by the cab in
the Memorial Bridge accident,
police said.
The cab driver, George B. Shaw,
55, of Route 1, Vienna, Va.. at the
time was charged with failing to
give full time and attention to his
driving and was released under
$100 collateral.
Soldiers’ Car Crashes.
Three Fort Belvoir soldiers nar
rowly escaped death or serious
injury early today when their car
plunged 45 feet down an embank
ment near the Pentagon and was
demolished.
Pvt. Edward G. Brockway, 25,
told park police an apparent me
chanical failure caused him to lose
control of his 1939 model coupe
on Route 1. After swerving across
the road for 150 feet the car
plunged down the bank onto a
railroad spur line and turned over
several times.
Pvt. Brockway and Pvt. George
E. Giddings, 19, were treated at
the nearby Naval Annex dis
pensary for minor cuts and bruises.
Pvt. George B. Taylor, 23, was
taken to Walter Reed Hospital for
X-ray of a possible broken arm.
Another Silver Spring area ac
I cident last night caused a 45
minute power failure over a square
mile area in the vicinity of East
West highway and Washington
avenue.
Police said a car driven by John
M. Morton, 29, of 2925 Covington
road, Kensington, struck an elec
tric pole near the intersection
when he swerved to avoid an
other vehicle. Mr. Morton was
uninjured.
Youth, 16, Faces Trial
For Three Sex Cases
j Juvenild Court Judge Edith
i Cockrill today turned over to Dis
trict Court a 16-year-old youth
| accused of one rape and two at
tempts.
Judge Cockrill and her staff
I have had under advisement for
i three days the question of wheth
er to allow District Court trial of
’the youth or whether to handle
his case in Juvenile Court.
If convicted of the rape charge
jin District Court, the high school
[student, Lee Verne Boseman, col
lored, of the 1900 block of Eleventh
i street N.W. faces a possible death
penalty.
He had been placed on proba
tion by Juvenile Court authorities
last April after his arrest for
purse-snatching.
He is charged with raping a 17
year-old schoolgirl near her North
west home November 20 and at
tempting to rape a 20-year-old
housewife and a 10-year-old girl.
He also is charged with robbing
the housewife.
He was arrested early this wek
after an alert detective recalled
that the description given by the
victims tallied with that of a boy
arrested in the purse-snatching
case.
Brought before United States
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence,
the youth was held without bond,
but in a legal technicality, Com
missioner Lawrence fixed total
bond at $40,000. The boy refused
an attorney and the case was
continued until Thursday.
Veterans Warned of Risk
On Side Payment for Homes
Veterans who pay more for
homes than is shown on their loan
reports risk the loss of rights
unaar all veterans laws, the
Veterans Administration warned
today.
In addition, they face prosecu
tion under Federal laws, together
with the persons who participate
with them in such deals.
The VA central office here said
today that, despite repeated warn
ings. cases continue to come to
light wherein veterans have been
induced to pay the builder or
seller an amount over and above
the sales price shown in the loan
report. Such side payments. VA
said, usually are made to evade
the ban against sales to veterans
in excess of the appraised “rea
sonable value.”
Louis H. Bean to Speak
Louis H. Bean. Government
economist and political statisti
cian, will discuss the 1950 and 1952
elections at a luncheon of the Dis
trict Democratic Club at 12:30
p.m. tomorrow at the Dupont
Plaza Hotel. Arthur Clarendon
Smith. sr„ president of the group,
has invited the public to attend.