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THE SUNDAY STAR
Washington, D. C.
SUNDAY, iVKK 13. I»S4
Laniel Is Retained
As Premier Briefly
Despite Vote Loss
(Continued From First Page.)
from Mr. Coty he will immediate
ly call for another test vote in the
hope of losing by absolute ma
jority. If this happens he can
ask the President to dissolve Par
liament and hold new national
elections. It is known that many
members of middle-road parties
favor the idea of going to the
people on the great issues that
face France today.
One trouble with thfs scheme
Is that elections must be held
within 30 days after Parliament
is dissolved. And that would
put them right at the beginning
of summer vacations when a
very large proportion of French
families decamp from their
places of legal residence. It is
feared that the only ones to
profit from this would be the
Communists since it appears
they are the only ones to con
sider politics more important
than vacations.
On the other hand, if Mr.
Laniel’s resignation is accepted,
France may face a very long
crisis indeed at a time when
neither France nor the rest of
the free world can well afford it.
As he left Elysee Palace this af
ternoon, Foreign Minister Geor
ges Bidault announced that in
any case he will return to Ge
neva Monday. But it goes with
out saying that his authority to
negotiate in the name of the
French government will be hope
lessly compromised by what
happened here today.
France’s Future at Stake.
These are a few of the things
that Mr. Coty has on his mind as
he ponders his hard decision to
night. And beyond them is the
much broader question of
France’s role on the stage of
world politics.
In his last-minute appeal to
the assembly, Mr. Laniel went
all the way.
“Let us speak plainly,” he
urged. “Is there a majority here
for an Asiatic Munich or a ma
jority to renounce the Atlantic
Pact?”
More oratory, perhaps than
fact. Another pro-government
speaker put the question more
calmly: “Is this the moment,” he
asked, “to create a new pow 7 er
vacuum?” “Are we going to let
Gen. Ely (the new commander
in-chief in Indo-China) do busi
ness with ministers responsible
only for the conduct of current
affairs? Are we to break off
negotiations face our friends
and allies with France's reflec
tion and assure our adversaries
of a diplomatic success
calculable cohsequences?”v
In their owti way and for Ipotr ■
own reasons France’s elected rep
resentatives gave their answer
today. But the final word and
tm final measure on this latest
free world crisis is still to come.
Slums
(Continued From First Page.)
Redevelopment Land Agency,
which goes into areas which
have deteriorated beyond the
point of rehabilitation, removes
the slums and promotes new
construction. There is the Na
tional Capital Housing Author
ity, which provides public hous
ing to the extent that private
interests do not provide enough
low cost housing.
There is the Board for the
Condemnation of Insanitary
Buildings, which condemns in
dividual places unfit for human
habitation. There is the new di
vision of Licenses and Inspec
tions to do the day-to-day job
of bringing buildings up to
standard. And there is the Na
tional Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission to approve
sites for low-cost housing and
redevelopment and carry out
other planning functions.
“Any city-wide rehabilitation
plan.” Mr. Lowe said, “will be
the Commissioners’ plan. I-don’t
see why the Director of Licenses
and Inspections should not be
the key person responsible to
the Commissioners for co-ordi-
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—Mostly
sunny and hot with high near 92
' today. Possible thundershowers
this afternoon or evening. Low
tonight about 67. Tomorrow, fair
and continued warm.
Maryland—Partly cloudy and
hot with high 87-92 today. Scat
tered thundershowers in the
afternoon and evening likely.
Tomorrow, fair and continued
warm.
Department *f Commerce
* #XIa«J v n’T
H.fh Temperatures «nd Ar»Ol
of Precipitation tspeeied Sunday
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A% Os 130 P M IST !sssss! *"•« l -'A-.i
June 11, 19J4 M.jfu and lews India*
Scattered thundershowers are forecast today for Southern
New England, the Middle Atlantic States, the Southeast and
the Ohio Valley. Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected
in the Great Plains and Central Mississippi Valley while
showers are likely in the North and Central Rockies and along
the Pacific Coast from Washington to Northern California.
It will continue warm and humid in the East from the Middle
Atlantic States to Florida and in the Gulf Coast States. Slightly
cooler weather is slated for the lower Great Lakes and in the
Northern Rockies. v —AP Wirephoto Map.
I
Boy, 11, Tells Police He Started
Tenement Fire That Killed 7
Says Cigarette Butt
Set Chicago Blaze;
Described as Drinker
By th# Associated Press
CHI6AGO, June 12. Chief
of Detectives John T. O’Malley
said today that a whisky-drink
ing, cigarette-smoking 11-year
old boy told him he started a
tenement building fire w'hich
killed seven persons and injured
nine.
Mr. O’Malley said the boy,
Marion Gregory, told him the
fire started last night when he
“flipped” a cigarette butt into
some rubbish in a stair well. ;
A father and his small son
and daughter, a mother and
daughter and a brother and sis
ter were trapped in their fou»th
floor apartments by the fast
spreading flames and perished.
Young Gregory previously told
investigators that the fire ap-)
parently was started by two men
in baseball caps.
The lad lived in an apart
ment with his father, Lewis. j
Assistant State’s Attorney
Frank Ferlic said the boy told
him that the start of the fire j
was an accident.
Several investigators said un
officially there were indications
that the fast-spreading flames
fed on gasoline.
During his questioning, Greg
ory complained of a sore jaw.
He was taken to the Cook
County Hospital where physi-
° Still Time to Get Snapshots
‘ In The Star's Amateur Contest
Every one likes to know the |
s quickest way to make an easy
s dollar.
In The Star’s Amateur Snap
e shot Contest the quickest way
f is to enter the class with the
f least competition. So for this
year there have been relatively
0 few entries on scenes and still- !
t life subjects, their quality rating
only fair. At least that’s what
the judges report after the first j
! two weeks of selecting w inners
e in the four contest classes. En
' tries in the “Young People and j
c Adults,” “Babies and Children”
and “Animal Life” classes have
J made strong showings so far.
J Only the “Scenes and Still
■ Life” class have disappointed 1
■ the judges.
t Judging on Wednesday.
If you have good scenic shots j
- made since last July 1, now is i
- the time to send them to the
t Snapshot Contest Editor. If
C they are received by Wednesday
s morning they will be eligible for
■ the judging that afternoon.
s Winners in the first two weeks
-of the contest will be published
The .Star JPlctorial Maga-1
H aire of #une 27 and July 4.1
-) The winners to be picked Wed
r, nesday will be published July
1111. And thereafter the prize
t photos will appear each Sun-.
2 ’U. S. Spies' Get
J 25 Years in Russia
By tha Associated Press
' j MOSCOW, Sunday, June 13—
j Two “American spies” have been
sentenced to 25 years in prison
by the supreme court of the
Soviet Union, Pravda announced
; today. The Communist Party
[ newspaper said the two men had
i nating the work of these agen
r cies behind a single plan.
“First we’ve got to have a
1 housing survey to show the gen
■ eral conditions—the blocks sub
• ject to repair and those needing
1 replacement. No careful survey i
> j has been made and such a sur
■ vey should be the basis for our
■ planning.”
5 He estimated that such a sur
i vey could be done for about $15,-
t 000 by Licenses and Inspections.
But it would depend on how that
i department fares in the pending
; budget. Out of between 35 and
t 40 persons requested by the Com
-5 missioners for housing enforce
; ment. only three were allowed by
) the House Appropriations Com
- mittee.
! Virginia—Mostly fair and hot
l with high 87-94 today. Possible
5 thundershowers this afternoon
i r or evening, mostly in the North,
r Tomorrow, fair and continued
warm.
1 Wind—South and southwest,
- 10-18 miles per hour.
River Report.
(From U. S. Engineers. >
1 Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferrv
and dear at Great Falls: Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
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—AP Wlrephoto.
MARION GREGORY.
cians said he is suffering from
mumps. Then the boy was taken
to a police station for further
questioning.
Police said they found five
empty whisky bottles in his bu
reau drawer along with lurid
comic books.
The elder Gregory, a factory
worker, was locked up ir. a cell
at the station. He told police:
“Babe smoked cigarettes, about
a pack a day. I didn’t want him
to but I bought him cigarettes
because there wasn't much I
could do about it.”
Police said Gregory also told
them he gave the boy an occa
sional drink of whisky.
i day during the 15-week con-
I test.
Each week during the con
test The Star awards a prize
of $lO, two prizes of $5 and
an honorable mention for the
i pictures chosen for publication
iin the Pictorial Magazine. At
l the close of the contest, the
photo judged best in each of
the four classes will be awarded
1 a grand prize of $25.
National Prizes Total $15,000.
These four final local win
ners will be entered in the 16th
j annual Newspaper National
Snapshot Awards, which offers
280 prizes, ranging from $25 to
SI,OOO. The national prizes are
worth a total $15,000.
To enter the contest, simply
send any number of black-and
i white prints you wish to The
Star Amateur Snapshot Contest
i Editor, 401 Star Building, Wash
ington. 4, D. C. Print your name
and address on the back of each
print, along with the title* (if
you can think of a good one)
and thet class in which it should
| be entered.
Rules ,of the contest are avail
able at Che business counter in
the lobby of The Star Building
and at > photo supply counters
throughout the Washington area.
been spirited into Murmansk
with the aid of Norwegian of
ficials.
Pravdi identified the alleged
spies as Vladimir Constano
vich Galai and Juri Alexandro
vich Khramtzev.
The story said Galai deserted
from the Soviet army in Austria,
contacted American intelligence
in Vienna and was sent to a “spy
school” under the name of Law
rence O. Johnson.
The account said Khramtzev
left the Soviet sector of East
Berlin, was picked up by Amer
icans in the Western sector and
sent to a “spy school” under the
name of Gregory Vasilov.
j Following completion of their
training, Pravda said, the two
were taken by American intelli
gence authorities and smuggled
into Murmansk, Soviet Arctic
port.
The newspaper said both ad
mitted their guilt.
Miss Europe to Be Picked
VICHY, France, June 12 (TP).
—Girls from 14 nations will com
pete for the title of Miss Europe
in festivities at this resort city
June 20.
Humidity.
• Readings Washington National Airport 1
Yesterday— Pet. Yesterday— Pet.
, Noon 54 8 p.m. 62
4 p.m. 35
Reeord Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 91, on June 12.
Lowest, 13, on January 23.
Huh and Law of Last 24 Hours.
High. 91, at 4:00 p.m.
Low. 70. at 8:26 a m.
. . Tide Tables.
(Furnished bv United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey )
’ ... , Today Tomorrow
• High 6:40 a.m. 7:23 a.m.
Low •• 1:42 a m.
High 7:04 p.m. 7:49 p.m.
Low _ 1:41p.m. 2:28 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
„ . . Ris.s Sets
Sun. today 5:42 a.m. 8:35 p.m.
Sun. tomorrow _ 5:42 am. 8:35 p.m.
Moon, today 8:19 p.m. 3:18 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
__ Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1954. Avg. Record.
January 230 838 7.83 '37
February 0.85 a oil 6.84 84
March 347 365 8.84 «!
April 3.30 330 9.13 ’B9
May 298 3.71 10.69 53
Juna 0.09 397 10 94 ’oo
July 4.40 10.63 ’BB
Auautt 4.35 14.41 '2B
September _ 369 17.45 ‘34
October 2.91 8.81 ’37
November 271 718 ‘77
December 3.0# 7.56 "01
Temperatures in Various Cities.
H. L H. L.
Abilene 94 73 Knoxville _ 94 64
Albany 83 55 Little Rock 97 70
Albuuueraue 93 56 Los Angeles 75 57
Anchorage 59 4 7 Louisville 97 72
Atlanta 90 68 Memphis _ 97 To
Atlantic City 68 63 Miami 88 64
Baltimore 90 64 Milwaukee 88 56
Billinas 78 47 Minneapolis 66
Birmingham 93 72 Montgomery 94 71
Bismarck 79 51 New Orleans 95 73
Boise 69 53 New York 80 63
Boston 71 59 Norfolk HO 6|i
Buffalo _ 87 63 Oklahoma C. 94 72
Burlington 73 46 Omaha 87 67
Charleston . 85 77 Philadelphia 91 Hi*
Charlotte 92 69 Phoenix 79 64
Cheyenne 79 42 Pittsburgh 89 65
Chicago 73 P'tland. Me. 76 51
Cincinnati _ 91 To P'tland Ore. 66 54
Cleveland . 93 70 Raleigh 71 63
Columbus 94 71 Reno 64 49
Dallas 97 75 Richmond . _ 94 66
Denver 89 52 St. Louis 93 73
Des Moines 85 61 Salt Lake C. 84 46
Detroit 93 65 San Antonio 96 74
Duluth 82 43 San Diego _ 67 81
Fort Worth 97 78 S. Francisco 80 55
Houston 91 70 Savannah _ 90 71
Huron .81 55 Seattle 64 52
Indianapolis 94 71 Tampa .. 93 70
1 Jackson _ 98 71 Washington 91 70
j Kansas City 79 86 Wichita SO 61
» Key Weat #o 74
I.
GW Promotes Seven
To Professor Status
Seven associates at. George
Washington University have
been promoted to the status of
full .professor,
John T. Fey. dean of the Law
School, who has been an asso
ciate professor since 1949, was
named a full professor.
Other promotions to full pro
fessorship include:
Dr. John F. Latimei*, univer
sity marshal ajid assistant dean
of the College of General Stud
ies; Dr. Roderick Hollett Davi
son. professor of European his
tory; Dr. Calvin W. Pettit, pro
fessor of speech; Dr. Joseph H.
Krupa, professor of physical
education for men; Dr. George
| Nordlinger, clinical professor of
obstetrics and gynecology, and
Dr. John C. Nunemaker, pro
fessorial lecturer in medicine.
Other professors raised from
■ the assistant to the associate
rank include:
James W. Harkness, associate
professor of chemistry; Mrs.
Mildred H. Shott, associate pro
fessor of secretarial studies; Dr.
Samuel M. Dodek, associate
clinical professor of medicine;
Dr. Vincent M. lovine, associate
clinical professor of obstetrics
and gynecology: Dr. Walter H.
Gerwig, associate clinical pro
fessor of surgery; Dr. Clarence
R. Hartman, associate clinical
professor of medicine; Dr. Vin
cent M. lovine, associate clinical
professor of surgery, Leon
Yochelson, associate clinical pro
' fessor of psychiatry, and Glen
jE. Weston, associate professor
of law.
Reader's Guide
I Sunday, June 13, 1954
SECTION A
General News, Editorials.
Lost, Found. A-3
Editorial Features. A-29-32
Editorials. A-30
Obituary. a-34
SECTION B.
Classified, Finance.
Classified Ads. B-l-23
Finance. B-25-27
Education. B-24
SECTION C.
Sports, Resorts, Farm, Garden.
Sports News. C-l-6
Resorts. C-7-9
Farm and Garden. C-JO-11
SECTION D.
Society, Women's Clubs.
Society News. D-l-20
Women’s Clubs. D-14
Reader’s Clearing House. D-19
SECTION E.
Amusements, Features.
Amusements. E-l-3
Recordings. E-4
Music. E-3
Radio-Television E-6-7
Art. E-5
Crossw’ord. E-5
Camera. E-8
Bridge. E-8
Book Reviews. E-5
Stamps. E-8
This edition also cotitains
This Week Magazine of 40
pages, a 12-page comic section
and 40 pages of rotogravure^
Oldest Jesuit Priest Dies
GUELPH, Ont., June 12 (TP). —
The Rev. Joseph R. Richard, old
est Jesuit priest in the world,
died today at 100. He served for
almost 65 years as a missionary
to Indians and whites in the up
per Great Lakes region of On
tario. He was born in Montreal
where he was ordained in 1886.
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The Federal Spotlight
Moore of CSC Predicts Veto
If 7% Postal Pay Boost Passes
By Joseph Young
Civil Service Commissioner George Moore predicted last night
that President Eisenhower would veto the 7 per cent postal
employe pay raise bill approved by the House Civil service Com
mittee if it passed by Congress.
In a speech before the National Association of Postmasters
in Atlantic City, Mr. Moorse urged postal employees “not to be de
ceived by false claims that the'*
( Postmaster General’s pay re
. classification proposal is unfair.’-’
. i Mr. Moore’s speech was the
. | first pu b1 i c
. prediction
by an admin
[ istration offi
> cial that the
f Pre s i d e n t
l would veto any
.! postal pay bill
that does not
i contain the
i pay reclassifi
cation author
» ity sought by
. Postmaster
. General Sum
. merfield. Post
» Office officials
mn
Mr. T.ui.
; privately for the past few weeks
> have been predicting a presiden
s tial veto.
• j Seen as Official Stand.
‘ 1 The Republican commis
j sioner’s speech was seen as pre
-1 senting the administration s offi-
J cial stand on the bitterly contro
-1 versial postal pay issue. Also, the
1 fate of classified employes pay
‘! raise legislation hinges directly
1 on the outcome of the postal pay
: fight.
Mr. Moore’s, speech also was
seen as an appeal to rank-and
file members of the heavily or
ganized postal employe unions
to overrule their leaders on the:
pay issue. Most of the postal
employe unions have sharply
criticized the Postmaster Gen
eral’s pay reclassification plan |
; as dictatorial, charging that it
1 would allow him to downgrade
1 postal employe salaries when
ever he chooses. The unions also
have charged it would give the
Postmaster General widespread
authority to engage in political
patronage.
Mr. Moore said he felt that
Congress ultimately will approve
the Postmaster General’s re
classification plan.
“The opposition to the Post
master General’s bill has had
! the effect of postponing pay in
creases for the rank and file of
j postal employes,” Mr. Moore de
i dared. “As a matter of fact, if
the two proposals were carefully
Magazine Salesman, 13, |
Get 5 Years for Arson
By th» Associated Press
PENSACOLA, Fla., June 12.
A 13-year-old magazine sales
man has been sentenced to five
i years in prison for arson.
Judge Ernest E. Mason sen
tenced Donald K. Fortune yes
terday after he pleaded guilty.
The State claimed he set fire to
a house owned by W. K. Aid
after Mr. Aid refused to buy a
subscription.
The boy was sentenced to the
State prison farm at Raiford,
but Chief Probation Officer Neil
Blue said he would be trans
ferred to the Apalachee correc
tional institute for youthful of
fenders.
Mr. Blue said authorities here
attempted to send him back to
Texas, but Texas authorities re
fused to accept him. He said the
boy came from a broken home
! and his parents couldn't be lo
cated. He came here with a
! magazine-selling crew.
compared, I am certain it would
| be found that there is very little
monetary difference for the av
erage postal employe.
Sees Little Difference.
“For example, the cost of the
Postmaster General’s proposal
is about $143 million, whereas
the cost of the bill approved by
the House committee is about
S2OO million. On the average,
this difference represents less
than $l2O for each postal em
ploye. Specifically, the only real
difference between the two pro
posals are a slightly higher en
trance salary and additional
longevity benefits for employes
with more than 17 years of ser
vice.”
Postal employe leaders prompt
ly disputed Mr. Moore's state
ment, declaring that the average
postal worker would get at least
SIOO more from the House com
mittee’s bill than under the Post
master General's $250 average
pay reclassification proposal.
The National Association of
Postmasters, before whom Mr.
Moore spoke, is one of the few
postal organizations supporting
Mr. Summerfleld’s pay plan.
Postmasters generally would get
sizable increases under it.
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row in the South American and
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