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An Associated Press Newspaper
100th Year. No. 336. Phone ST. 5000 ★★
Gen. Eisenhower
To Streamline
New York Office
Pre-Inauguration
Headquarters to Be
Greatly Revised
By Robert K. Walsh
Star Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. I.—President
elect Eisenhower, already planning
a major reorganization of the
White House and independent of
fices, will revamp and streamline
his pre-inauguration office here.
Representative Hugh Scott of!
Pennsylvania, former Republican ‘
Aldrich, Noted Internationalist, Heads;
Bank With Global Ties. Page A-2
List of Appointments Made So Far by,
Gen. Eisenhower. Page A-3
Stassen Says Future Asia Policy May Hinge'
on Eisenhower Trip. Page A-3‘
national chairman and a cam-|
paign adviser of the general's, said
he would disclose the new setup!
late today.
Since the election Gen. Eisen-i
hower has maintained an unus
ually large office setup and staff
in an entire wing of the Com
modore Hotel. Within the last
two Weeks he has announced that
several of the key workers in the
temporary headquarters would
have permanent jobs after Janu
ary 20 in the White House. Those
include such appointees as Gov.
Sherman Adams of New Hamp
shire, who will be the assistant
to the President; Arthur E. Van
denberg, jr., who will be secre
tary of the President, and others.
Functions to Be Revised.
The plans to be announced later
today are expected to disclose that
the President-elect will maintain
headquarters here until January
20, although the number of staff
workers and the arrangement of
offices and functions will be con
siderably revised.
Meanwhile, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, designated to head the
United States mission to the
United Nations, said he would
have a news conference later to
day concerning policy conferences
held this morning at Gen. Eisen
hower’s residence on Morningside
drive.
Besides Senator Lodge, others;
who visited the residence were
John Poster Dulles, the Secretary!
of State - designate; Winthrop
Aldrich, who yesterday was se-l
lected as Ambassador to Great
Britain; Harold E. Stassen, the
future director of the Mutual
Security Agency, and Gen. Lucius
Clay.
Aldrich to Succeed Gifford.
It was announced yesterday that
Mr. Aldrich, chairman of the
Board of the Chase National Bank
here, will succeed Walter S. Gif
ford as Ambassador to Great Brit
ain. In a statement Gen. Eisen
hower said that Mr. Gifford,
former head of the American j
Telephone & Telegraph Co., a
Republican named Ambassador;
by President Truman in Decem
ber, 1950, intends to resign at
the end of the present admin
istration. The President-elect!
said he was reluctant to lose Mr.J
Gifford's services, “which have
been outstanding.’’
Mr. Aldrich, 67-year-old lawyer
as well as banker, is a son of the
late Senator Nelson W. Aldrich
of Rhode Island and a brother-in
law of John D. Rockefeller, jr.
When he visited Gen. Eisenhower
November 20 at the hotel head
quarters he refused to say wheth
er he was being considered for
an ambassadorial post. Last night
he issued the following statement:
“I believe that the maintenance
and strengthening of the cordial
relations which exist between the
United States and Great Britain
are the most important aspects of
our foreign policy today and I am
therefore extremely glad to have;
the privilege of serving my coun
try as Ambassador to Great
Britain at this time. I am par
ticularly proud to be the suc
cessor to my old friend, Walter
(See EISENHOWER, Page A-3.)
Screen Actors Strike
TV Film Commercials
By th« Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD. Dec. I—A Na
tion-wide strike by the AFL-
Screen Actors Guild against pro
ducers of filmed commercials for
television began today.
“It is the first strike in the
guild’s 19-year history and It may
be a tough one,” Actor Walter
Pidgeon, president, said.
The strikers want a fee for a
first performance in a filmed
commercial for television, plus
additional fees if the commercial
is repeated. They also contend a
commercial should be used for
only one year.
John Dales, jr., guild secretary,
said the producers, for the
original pay to the player, want
the right to show it any number
of times. He said the producers
now pay a player for but one
showing of a commercial.
The strike is expected to hit
hardest in New York. About 80
such television commercial pro
ducers operate there with a total
of 2,000 players. About 20 such
producers using 700 players
operate in Hollywood, and there
are also smaller scale operations
in Chicago, Detroit and other
cities. ■
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Tobin, Addressing CIO, Urges
AFL Merger to Protect Labor
Secretary Sees Past Gains in Jeopardy
And Makes Appeal for United Front
By James Y. Newton
Star Staff Correspondent
ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. I.—The
Congress of Industrial Organiza
tion was urged by Secretary of
Labor Tobin today to merge with
the American Federation of Labor
to protect labor’s gains.
Mr. Tobin appeared at the open
ing session of the ClO’s 14th an
nual convention which will fea
ture the election of a president
to replace the late Philip Murray.
Pointing to the coming Repub
lican administration and under
lining the recent merger proposal
of George Meany, the new AFL;
president, Mr. Tobin, in a pre
pared address, said:
i "The past gains of the Ameri
can working men and women are
: in jeopardy. Their future progress
is in doubt. This is a time to
close ranks and present a united
front against labor’s enemies.
tThis is a time, more than any
other, for unity in the American
j labor movement.
! “In the last few months there
|have been reports of growing re
sistance to trade union demands
among some employers. I do not
Frank Campaign Law j
On Contributions and
Expenses Is Urged
Ohio Representative
Says $3 Million Limit -
Is Only Kidding Public
By Francis P. Douglas
Congress was urged today that
it was time to “quit kidding the
American people” and repeal the
$3 million limitation on the
amount any one political com
mittee can spend in a campaign.!
Testifying before a Special;
House Committee, Representative
Brown, Republican, of Ohio said!
$32 Million Estimated as Cost of Cam
paigns for U. S. Offices. Page A-4
the $3 million ceiling has not lim
ited political expenditures. He
pointed out that any number of
committees can be set up, each
permitted to go as high as $3
million in spending. He said:
“In my experience, which goes
back to 1912, the limit of $3 mil
lion doesn’t mean anything. We
might as well be frank with the
American people. The limit should
be set aside and a requirement
written into the law for full dis
closure.’ By full disclosure he
meant complete reports on politi
cal contributions and expenditures.
Same Plan for State Spending.
He recommended also that those
spending money on a national
scale should get the consent of
the national organization. He said
this same plan might be followed
for State expenditures.
Chairman Boggs of the com
mittee, which is investigating!
campaign expenditures, asked Mr. |
Brown to estimate the amount
spent by all committees in the
recent campaign.
Mr. Brown said it would be a
“wild guess,” but he put it at be-;
j tween SBO million and sl6o mil
lion. Mr. Boggs, in a pre-hearing
statement, had estimated the
amount as somewhere between
SSO million and SIOO million.
Managed Campaigns.
Mr. Brown managed the cam
paign of the then Governor and
now Senator Bricker of Ohio for
the Republican nomination for the
presidency in 1944, and the simi
lar campaign for Senator Taft in
1948.
He said that, whereas it once
was sufficient to pay $15,000 for a
15-minute radio network program,
now it costs from $50,000 to $60,-
000 for a network television pro
gram.
A recommendation that specific
, limitations be made on spending
for television and radio, and per- j
haps on newspaper advertising as
well, was made by Hermon D.
Smith, chairman of the Volun
teers for Stevenson in the recent
campaign.
He agreed that the present $3
million ceiling provides little re
striction, on spending, but he urged
it would be unfair to a little
known candiuate if he should be
hampered by limitations.
He did not believe that publicity
—what Mr. Brown called full dis
closure—would be a full deterrent
to large spending. The main ef
forts toward limitations, he said.!
should be on limitations on the
use of media for mass influence.
Radio and television, he added,
have become most important in
terms of influence and expendi
ture.
Marine Officer Injured
In Crash on Route I
A Marine lieutenant stationed
at Quantico, Va., was injured
critically early today when the
car he was driving collided with
a tractor-trailer that was passing
another.
The officer was Lt. Thomas
Neely, 22, from Senath, Mo.
Virginia State police said the
accident occurred about 3:45 a.m.
on United States 1 just north of
the boundary between Stafford
and Prince William Counties.
Lt. Neely was admitted to the
Marine Base Hospital at Quantico.
No charges were preferred
against any of the drivers, police
said. Two persons riding with Lt.
Neely were uninjured, the report
said.
(Earlier Accident Story, Page B-l.)
W\t fuming iftaf
WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1952—FORTY-SIX PAGES.
know what effect the election of
Gen. Eisenhower will have on this
, attitude. But I do not think it
! is likely to discourage it.”
! An unofficial tabulation of prob
i able votes indicated a neck-and
• neck race for the CIO presidency.
The two candidates in the race
are Walter P. Reuther, dynamic
president of the United Auto
■ Workers, and Allan S. Haywood,
; CIO executive vice president, who
. has the backing of the almost
equally powerful United Steel
workers. Mr. Murray headed the
1 steelworkers, along with the CIO.
’! There were reports that the
steelworkers would switch their
(support to Mr. Reuther if that
were the only alternative to a bit
; ter floor fight. One report was
1 that David J. McDonald, acting
* president of the big union since
1 Mr. Murray’s death, had made
; such a statement at a caucus last
night of the steelworker dele
gates.
A bitter floor fight Thursday,
' when the election probably will
be held, was inevitable unless
> j
\ (See CIO, Page A-4.)
Ramspeck Cautions
U. S. Workers Not to
Resist G.O.P. Chiefs
'Passive Resistance' to
New Regime Could Revive
Spoils System, He Says
By Joseph Young
Chairman Robert Ramspeck of
the Civil Service Commission to- i
day warned that “passive resist- i
ance” by old-line career employes '
; to the new Republican regime i
could be the “entering wedge for j
a return to the spoils system.”
Mr. Ramspeck urged Federal
employes, whatever their political
beliefs, to give their loyal and de- \
voted icrvice to President-elect '
Eisenhower and the new Republi- j
can administration.
In a speech before the Agricul- ,
ture Department’s Leadership In- ,
stitute in Atlanta, Ga., Mr. Ram- |
speck said the merit system will,
remain strong as long as it re- |
mains non-political. .
Entitled to Support. *
The new Government adminis- j
trators are entitled to the support,
of Federal employes, Mr. Ram- “
speck said. And this will mean in
many cases that employes will
have to “change their thinking
. . . and in some cases change
their whole point of view.” (
This doesn’t mean that all or |
even the majority of Federal em- j
ployes are Democrats, Mr. Ram
speck said. But many of them ,
have worked on programs and j
projects that have been developed (
during the Democratic administra
tion and have great interest in (
the progress of these programs, (
the commission chief said.
Employes were urged to “adapt ’
your activities and attitudes as i
may be necessary to conform with ’
whatever changes in policy the i
new administration may bring.”
Mr. Ramspeck, who described 1
himself as a “Georgia Democrat ’
until the day I die” and who is i
expected to resign soon, said there
was no reason to fear inroads on
the merit system if Federal em
ployes learn to be flexible and give
loyal and devoted service to the !
new regime.
Probable G. O. P. Reaction. i
Otherwise, he said, the Repub- 1
licans cannot be expected to look
with favor on the merit system
if they encounter passive resist- i
ance from old-line career em- 1
ployes. v .i
“They (the Republicans) will <
inevitably conclude that the merit i
system is of no use to them, and ;
they will bring pressure to take 1
key jobs out of the competitive i
service and fill them with political i
friends and supporters. This might
well be the entering wedge for a 1
return to the spoils system. i
“Here is the acid test of the ■
merit system—and here, too, is its I
great opportunity to prove itself," s
Mr. Ramspeck declared. “The first
duty of the employes of the ’
people’s Government is to serve the
people. The job of our non
political civil service is to carry 1
out the will of the people as ex- 1
pressed through our free elections. •
The civil service now faces the :
i
(See SPOTLIGHT, Page A-4.) i
Snow Disappearing, but More
Mav Fall bv Tomorrow Niaht
Washington’s first snowfall of ’
the season was little more than <
a memory today, but the Weather <
Bureau saw a chance for another
performance tomorrow. ]
Rain or snow, depending on 1
temperatures, was forecast for to- '
morrow evening. The best guess i
was that the moisture would start 1
as snow and turn into rain. 1
The 7Vi-hour snowfall Satur- ]
day night left an official 1.7
inches at the Weather Bureau’s i
airport station. But as much as i
2Vi to 3 inches fell on higher sec- i
tions, wrapping the area in a
white blanket on November's last :
day. ’
Although the mercury climbed 1
only to 39 degrees yesterday, the :
snow melted rapidly with the aid
of brisk winds.
Very little traffic trouble was
reported during or after the snow.
170,382 Jobs
Listed as Open
To Patronage
24,049 U. S. Workers
In D. C. Do Not Come
Under Civil Service
By Crosby S. Noyes
With a reminder that at least
93 per cent of the Government’s
jobs are protected under the merit
system, the Civil Service Commis
sion today revealed a partial
breakdown of the 170,382 Federal
positions in the United States that
do not come under civil service.
Under this heading of helpful
hints to Republican job hunters,
List of Federal Jobs Not Protected by
Civil Service. Page B-l
the commission also noted that
in addition to the 93 per cent of
Federal jobs under civil service,
another 5 per cent are in agencies
such as the FBI, the Tennessee
Valley Authority and others
which have their own merit sys
tems and consequently are not
generally in the political patron
age category.
It will be from the 170,382 avail
able positions that job-hungry Re
publicans would normally expect
to reap the fruits of victory after
January 1. The commission fig
ures—although they don’t begin to
tell the whole story of patronage
opportunities—have been impati
ently awaited by party leaders
throughout the country.
The unprotected jobs aren’t the
only ones, of course, where changes
will be made. There is a normal
turnover each year in about 35
per cent of Government jobs as
a result of retirements, resigna
tions, deaths and economy cuts.
This will give the Republicans a
chance to fill some of the better
paying vacancies.
6 Pet. Have Some Protection.
The civil service list shows 93
per cent of the workers on Uncle
Sam’s entire payroll are protected
in their jobs. Getting them out
to make room for deserving Re
publicans would be a hopeless
project for the most ardent ex
ponent of the political spoils sys
tem. Os the remainder, 6 per cent
can count cm a measure of pro
tection from intra-agency merit
system*. Only 1 per cent of the
total of 2.5 million Federal em
ployes are really in the patronage
class, according to the commis
sion.
Os the 170.382 unprotected
workers, 34,444 were serving under
temporary appointments at the
end of September, when the sur
vey was made. These positions
offer little attraction. All are for
less than a year and most of them
at the lowest pay scales.
The commission found that the
percentage of unprotected workers
in the District was higher than for
the country in general. One out of
10 Federal workers here—24,o49
of them—were holding down non
civil service jobs, it was found.
The new figures do not show
what the positions in the various
agencies are, what they pay, and
whether or not they are filled to
day—all vital pieces of Informa
tion. They also do not include
positions overseas, the number of
which has been estimated as high
as 100,000.
Many Messenger Openings.
Most of the available positions
fall into the general categories of
confidential assistants, private sec
retaries and highly qualified tech
nical people at the top of the list
and unskilled, low-paid workers
at-the bottom.
In between are such choice
plums as job openings for mes
senger boys employed on the De
fense Department’s Alaskan com
munications system, packers,
cooks and axemen on the Inter
national Boundary Commission
and all positions in leprosy, yellow
fever and psittacosis investigation
stations and fourth-class post
masters In Hawaii.
In the breakdown of agencies,
the Central Intelligence Agency is
not included. That is because CIA
—while not under civil service—
is not required to publish its per
sonnel totals for security reasons.
Yule Tree 85 Feet Tall
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 UP). A
giant Christmas tree, 85 feet tall
and weighing nearly 11 tons, was
set up today in Rockefeller Center
in midtown Manhattan. The tree,
a Norway spruce, is 60 years old
and grew near Allamuchy, N. J.
The District got out 21 sanding
crews to keep bridges and hills
open.
From 2 to 4 Inches fell in
Maryland,, but highway crews
kept traffic moving everywhere.
Thanksgiving - end traffic also
moved smoothly, as many extra
trains, air flights and buses
brought holidayers back to the
District.
Weather Bureau experts agreed
Saturday and Sunday’s snow was
early for these parts, but no rec
ord-breaking feat.
On November 25 two years ago,
1.6 inches were recorded. That
was the earliest fall since Novem
ber 24, 1938, when seven inches
fell on the District.
The bureau expected a high
temperature of 48 degrees today,
followed by Increasing cloudiness
and a low of 28 tonight.
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FIRST LADIES—PRESENT AND FUTURE—Mrs. Truman (left) Arrets Mrs. Eisenhower at the
i White House today. —Star Staff Photo by Ranny Routt.
Flight Engineer Strike'
Slops Eastern Airline
Constellation Service
160 Men Are Involved;
25 Runs Canceled at
National Airport
Flight engineers on Eastern Air
lines’ big Constellations struck to
day, crippling the line’s opera
tions from National Airport and!
at least five major air terminals.
Only Constellation flights are
affected because these planes are
the only ones using flight engi
neers.
Eastern’s offlcefnrtre said the
strike will ground all of the 25
Constellation movements in and
put of National Airport every 24
hours. A spokesman said “we hope
to take care of some Constellation
bookings by putting passengers
aboard the Silver Falcons.” The
Falcons are twin-engine Martin
4045. seating 40 passengers. In
New York, the company said it ap
peared unlikely the smaller planes
could absorb the additional pas
senger volume from the grounded
Constellations.
Strike Begins at La Guardia.
The new-type Constellations
seat 60 passengers, while the
Super Constellations seat 88.
The strike began at La Guardia
Field early today and was ex
pected to hit Chicago, Pittsburgh,
Miami, New York and Boston in
addition to Eastern’s operations
here.
The union, American Federa-
tion of Labor’s Flight Engineers
International Association, said in
a New York statement that it
was acting after four months’
negotiations on a new contract.
Some 160 engineers are taking
part in the walkout, the Associated
Press reported from New York.
Pay Accepted Under Protest.
The union’s executive vice presi
dent, Sidney R. Carter, said the
engineers “have been accepting
their pay checks under protest fol
lowing a contested arbitration
award last spring.” He said they
have contested the arbitration
award in Federal courts and the
case is now pending an appeal in
the Circuit Court in New Orleans.
The dispute arises from the pay
formula dealing with hours flown,
speed and gross weight of the
aircraft.
DeSpirito Unseated
Before Bowie Race
Tony DeSpirito, sensational ap
prentice rider, made an inauspi
cious debut at Bowie this after
noon when he was unseated at
the starting gate before the first
race. His mount, Peter Barton,
ran away and was captured after
galloping about three furlongs
down the backstretch.
The 5-year-old gelding, owned
by W. E. Parker, was brought back
to the gate, and DeSpirito re
mounted. The young jockey gave
the gelding a good ride, holding
the lead until the field rounded
the turn and headed into the
stretch.
At that point Airdrome and
Rough Candy came up on the
outside to challenge him. It
seemed that Peter Barton needed
the speed and stamina he had
squandered In his pre-race per
formance, for, despite all of De-
Spirito’s efforts, he couldn’t hold
off his rivals.
Grass Skirt, ridden by Bemie
Hewitt, came with a rush in the
stretch to win the race. Rough
Candy was second and Airdrome
third. The time for the seven
furlongs was 1:28.
A slim crowd wagered $45,761
on the first race. Os this amount
$3,705 went on Peter Barton, sec
ond choice to Grass Skirt in the
betting.
(Earlier Story on Page A-17.)
Mrs. Eisenhower on Brief Visit
Calls White House Delightful
Future First Lady Guided by Mrs. Truman,
Discovers No Room for Own Furniture
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower'
took a one hour and 25-minute
run through her new home today
and in a breathless summation
called it “delightful, simply de
lightful.”
Though she doesn’t actually
take possession until January 20,
the next President’s wife had a
pleasing preview of the White
House as guest of its present
mistress, Mrs. Truman.
Emerging from the 54-room
mansion, she quickly Informed a
bevy of reporters: “I’m not going
to give any interviews today, girls.”
But, under persistent question
ing as she walked toward her
rented limousine, Mrs. Eisenhower
admitted she had gone over the
place thoroughly—except for the
kitchen.
“Did you and Mrs. Truman talk
housekeeping?” a reporter in
quired.
“All housewives talk the same
language,” Mrs. Eisenhower smiled.
Her Own Furniture.
Another reporter asked if she
had seen any place to put her own
furniture.
“Land sakes, no,” she replied.
Then she settled another point
which had been a matter of de
bate from the time of her arrival.
The coat she was wearing was
mink, all right, “an old mink,”
Mrs. Eisenhower called it.
She said she was going back to
New York this afternoon by train
5 after paying a surprise luncheon i
i visit to her sister, Mrs. George <
■ Gordon Moore, 3030 Klingle road
- N.W.
Mrs. Eisenhower and her secre- ]
j tary, Mrs. Mary Jane McCaffree, '
[ arrived in Washington by train ]
and reached the White House at
10:58 a.m.
Greeting her just inside the
■ doors of the Pennsylvania avenue ;
> entrance, Mx - s. Truman smiled
!
j Hospitalize the Dope Addicts
r '
\ Solution of Narcotics Problem
; Could Cut Crime 40% Here
By Miriam Ottenberg
Washington crime could be cut
by 1 as much as 40 per cent if the
dope addicts were taken off the
streets.
That was the estimate given to
day by Commissioner Harry J.
Police Raids Cut Drug Traffic in China
town Area. Page B-l
' New Yorker Indicted by District Jury as
Narcotics Peddler. Page B-1 j
! U. S. Due to Wind Up Case Against
Turner in Dope Trial Today. Page B-l
. Anslinger of the Federal Bureau
’ of Narcotics. He said it was based
on experience in other cities where
! the narcotics problem has been
knocked out.
He cited a Virginia city where
: crime surged upward by 600 per
1 cent because a big-time narcotics
> ring w r as attracting addicts to
town from a radius of 200 miles.
600 Per Cent Increase.
$
: When the narcotics ring was
I wiped out and the addicts were
driven out of town, the police de
; partment reported a 600 per cent
' decrease in crime, Commissioner
| Anslinger recalled.
To get Washington addicts off
, the street, he strongly recom
, mended a law providing for com
i pulsory commitment of addicts to
. hospitals for treatment,
i He estimated conservatively
that at least 500 dope addicts are
[ now at large in Washington. Other
t officials have placed the estimate
- at several thousand dope addicts.
i Even at the conservative esti
mate, he said, the number of ad
dicts per population hertßs much
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broadly and shook her hand
! heartily.
Besides the fur coat, Mrs. Eisen
hower was dressed in a black
dress, small rose velvet hat with
black trimming, black suede shoes
and black alligator bag.
Wearing a blue dress and a Per
sian lamb coat draped over her
shoulders, Mrs. Truman walked
out on the portico with Mrs.
Eisenhower for photographs.
As flash bulbs blinked, Mrs. Tru
man, an old hand at this business,
‘exclaimed:
l ! “Hurry up, it’s cold.” After the
• customary "one more.” they went
inside the mansion, both smiling
; happily.
The President’s wife Invited her
successor for a briefing a couple
‘ of weeks ago when President Tru
-1 man conferred with Gen. Eisen
hower,. but the next First Lady
had an engagement at Walter
Reed Hospital and asked for a
delay.
Old Practice Changed.
Traditionally, operations In the
Executive Mansion have been di
rected by a housekeeper, but Mrs.
Truman in recent years has as
sumed many of those duties—such
as preparing menus—and can give
Mrs. Eisenhower a wealth of first
hand information on what hap
pens and when.
Mrs. Mable Walker, Mrs. Tru
man’s principal aide, has the
title of assistant housekeeper with
perhaps 20 servants under her 1
direction. These include cooks,
maids, cleaning women and such
other help as is needed.
The first and third floors of
the White House are the actual
province of the President’s wife.
The vast kitchens are on the lower
level, and the family living quar
ters are on the top.
The main, or second floor, has
the showplaces, including the
East Room, State Dining Room
and the several reception rooms.
higher than the average through
; out the country. The Nation-wide
. average, he explained, is one ad
; diet per 3,000 population. Here,
on the 500-addict estimate, there
, is one addict per 1,700 population.
Commissioner Anslinger added
. that in States like Wisconsin and
Minnesota, where addicts are
committed to hospitals for treat
ment, there is no more than one
1 addict per 25,000 population.
| “The dope addict,” he said, “is
a complete loss to the community.
He generally impoverishes his
family. He costs merchants and
and householders many thousands
of dollars in thefts.
“He is always building up his
habit. He averages six shots a
day at $1.50 a shot. And he steals
to get the money.”
18 Addicts Arrested in Store.
1 Commissioner Anslinger said
1 when a new branch store Opened
• recently In nearby Virginia, 18
dope addicts from Washington
. were picked up for shoplifting the
’ first day.
In Los Angeles, where dope ad
! diets are arrested under the va
; grancy law, Commissioner Ans
linger said the police chief had
, told him that every man on the
narcotics squad picking up dope
addicts saved the time of several
men who otherwise would be in
' vestigating crimes committed by
addicts.
By getting a law here to hos
i pitalize the addicts, he said, the
addicts would be off the streets,
i the drug peddler’s market would
. be destroyed and the economic
loss to the community in terms of
shop-lifting and house-breaking
i would be sharply reduced.
Hooded Bandits
Get SIO,OOO at
Hos Shoppe
Nervous Trio Drops
$2,600, Fires 2 Shots
In 14th St. Case
Three hooded bandits, nervous
as amateurs, robbed a downtown
Hot Shoppe of SIO,OOO early to
day, but kicked away SIOO in
change and dropped another
$2,600 in their getaway.
Six employes were herded into
a basement office of the restau
rant at 707 Fourteenth street
N.W., where one of the bandits,
even more jittery than the others,
fired two shots into the wall to
stress his demands that the safe
be opened.
The shots could be considered
opportune. After first refusing to
open the safe, Claude Blanken
ship, assistant manager, said he
was about to rush the gunman
because “I figured the gun was
so small it was a toy.” Police
said it was ..22-caliber.
Mr. Blankenship, 28, of 221 Jef
ferson street, Alexandria, and
Kitchen Manager Ray Ayers, 28,
of 123 Lynwood street, Alexan
dria, were in the office in the base
ment about 4:15 a.m.
Upstairs were four employes,
two of whom had been unloading
an ice cream truck through the
push-bar, inside-locking rear door.
Younr Loiterer Was Seen.
The three bandits obviously
knew the premises. One of them,
after walking into the back door,
told the employes upstairs “coma
on down” to the office in the base
ment.
Manager Paul Sager and a
morning hostess, Mrs. Beatrice
Lowry, immediately tied in the
robbery with two apparent at
tempts to “case” the place. Mr.
Sager said he walked to the rear
door Friday night and surprised
a young man about 18 and blond,
standing at the door. He walked
away quickly when the manager
spoke to him.
Mrs. Lowry told of another
man, older, who sat at the coun
ter for two hours Sunday night,
refusing service and nervously
making sketches on paper. When
he still declined service. Mrs.
Lowry said, he told her he was
looking for a lob and asking
where the offices were.
When the bandits walked into
the door, they started forcing the
employes downstairs.
“I don’t work there,” one re
plied. “I work up here.”
The gun helped enforce the de
mand and the four employes, all
colored, were forced downstairs to
the office.
As the seven trooped In, tha
gunman, with shaking knees, or
dered Mr. Blankenship to open
the safe. He protested, saying h®
didn’t know the combination. It
was at this juncture that the ban
dit holding the weapon wheeled,
fired twice and then turned quick
ly back to face the employes. On®
bullet ricochetted, barely missing
Mr. Blankenship’s leg.
Bandit Fumbled Money Bags.
One of the bandits began un
loading the open safe. He took
six zippered bags bearing th#
Riggs National Bank marking. H®
fumbled them several times,
dropped two, picked them up and
dropped them again.
A handful of packaged quarters
struck the floor, broke and scat
tered. The bandit kicked them
aside.
Then the three bandits fled up
the stairs and out the rear door,
dropping two more sacks which
they didn’t stop to retrieve. Po
lice, who reached the restaurant
within five minutes after the rob
bery was reported by phone from
the office, found the sacked money
in the alley beside the back door.
Descriptions were difficult be
cause of the head-covering hoods,
but the victims told police on®
man, whose hood was made of
some “flowered” cloth, appeared
to be from 15 to 18 years old. All
three wore top coats.
The second man was about 20
to 25, five feet, nine inches tall
and weighing about 150 pounds.
His hood was a dirty white, tha
victims told police. He also wa®
the gun wielder.
The third was the same gen
eral description as the second.
The restaurant closes at mid
night and normally Mr. Ayer®
stays until 6 a.m. Mr. Blanken
ship was there later than usual
doing paper work. The other
four employes report early to
ready the place for opening of
business for the morning rush
hour.
Nixon's Income Figures
Analyzed in Column
THE NIXON INCOME—Tliara was
a lot of talk about Vic* President
elect Nixon's income tax returns dur
ing the campaign, but despite pressures,
Mr. Nixon would not discuss his tax
figures. Columnist David Lawrence
toys today the tax returns coincide
exactly with the figures presented in
Mr. Nixon's campaign explanation of
his financial standing. Page A* 13.
LOUISIANA LONGS—Dr. George S.
Long, another of the famous Lon®
family of Louisiana, is among the new
faces in Congress. A discussion of
the background of this brother of tha
late Huey Long appears on Page B-11.
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