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THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D C.
MONDAY, JOITE 14, I*6*
A-2 **
Woman Dies Instantly
When Virginia Crash
Hurls Her From Car
A Long Island (N. 7.) woman
was killed instantly yesterday
when she was thrown from a car
driven by her husband after it
hit a culvert on Route 211, three
miles west of Amissville, Va.
Virginia State police identified
the dead woman as Mrs. JoAnne
Ruth Traber, 24, of Rosslyn,
Long Island.
Her husband, William A.
Traber. 29, was reported in seri
ous condition at Warrenton Hos
pital with head cuts and bruises.
Police said the Traber car ap
parently skidded on wet pave
ment before striking the culvert.
Car Flips Over on Bridge,
Killing Arlington Woman
A 24 - year -old Arlington
woman was killed early yester
day when the convertible in
which she was riding ran up a
stanchion on the southbound
Fourteenth Street Bridge and
turned over on top of her, ac
cording to police.
She was identified as Maggie
Jeter, colored, of 1921 North Edi
son street. Arlington.
The driver, Elton Williams, 25,
of the 5100 block of North Nine
teenth road, Arlington, and Ros
ette Clark, 18, of 2235 Dinwiddle
street, Arlington, another pas
senger, climbed out from under
the car unhurt.
Police said the automobile ap
parently went out of control and
rode about 8 feet up the stan
chion before flipping over and
landing on the bridge.
Williams was charged with
homicide and driving at an un
reasonable speed. He was placed
under a SSOO bond.
Roanoke Crash Fatal
To Washington Man
ROANOKE, Va., June 14. (IP).
—Aaron Marshall, 40, of 1855
California street N.W., Wash
ington, D. C., died in a hospital
here last night of injuries re
ceived in an automobile mishap
early yesterday.
Also injured in the accident
was Mr. Marshall’s son, William,
15, of the same address.
The elder Marshall suffered a
skull fracture, a fractured right
ankle and face cuts. His son
suffered a fractured left hip
and left ankle. The youth’s
condition was said to be fair.
Police said their car struck a
bridge. The Marshalls were re
ported to have been visiting rela
tives here.
5 Week-End Deaths Raise
*54 Virginia Toll to 314
By th* Associated Pross
Five persons died over the
week end as a result of injuries
received in traffic accidents on
Virginia highways, sending the
1954 State highway fatality toll
to 314, compared with 390 a
year ago.
The victims included:
Joe N. Wright, 53, of Washing
ton, who died instantly in a sin
gle-vehicle crash Sunday on
U. S. 17 a mile southeast of Port
Royal.
William Dellmon Sine, 28, of
Edinburg, in Shenandoah Coun
ty, who died Saturday in a
Woodstock hospital of injuries
received in a non-collision acci
dent June 6 on State Route 623
in Shenandoah County.
Zed L. Williams, Jr.,
Heads District VFW
Zed L. Williams, jr., 39-year
old Washington auctioneer, has
been elected department com
mander of the District Veterans
of Foreign Wars, it was an
nounced today. The department
was in convention last week in
the Hotel Burlington. Mr. Wil
liams is a member of Washing
ton. Post No. 2194.
Other officers include Francis
C. Woods, senior vice comman
der; Ralph Lewis, junior vice
commander; Edward Spedden,
quartermaster; Benjamin E.
Reed, chaplain; Rutherford Day,
judge advocate; and Dr. Paul
A. Manganaro, surgeon.
VMI Alumni Elect
LEXINGTON, Va., June 14 UP).
—H. E. Doyle of Richmond yes
terday was re-elected president
of the Virginia Military Institute
Alumni Association.
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—Pair to-1
night with low about 68. Tomor-'
row partly cloudy and quite
warm with high about 94.
Maryland and Virginia—Fair ,
tonight with low in the 60s. To
morrow partly cloudy and quite
warm.
Wind—Gentle and variable to
night and tomorrow.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE—Attorney General Herbert Brownell,
jr., receives an honorary law degree at American University graduation exercises yesterday.
On right is Robert B. Fletcher, chairman of the university's Board of Trustees.
Strobel to Succeed
«
Reynolds in Public
Buildings Service
Peter A. Strobel, Denmark
born consulting engineer and
construction executive, has been
named Commissioner of the
Public Buildings Service the
world’s largest operation in real
estate management.
The appointment was made
public today by General Services
Administrator Edmund F. Man
sure. Mr. Strobel will succeed
W. E. Reynolds, who retires
June 30 after 21 years of su
pervision of the Government’s
public buildings.
Mr. Mansure also made public
a letter to Mr. Reynolds paying
tribute to his work.
“Pioneering achievements of
outstanding character stand to
your credit in the General Ac
counting Office, the handsome
terminal buildings of the Wash
ington National Airport, the
United States Court House and
the Clinical Center of the Na
tional Institutes of Health in
greater Washington —to name
only a few,” Mr. Mansure wrote
Mr. Reynolds.
Grateful to U. S.
Mr. Mansure said Mr. Strobel
accepted the post in gratitude
for the opportunities this coun
try accorded him after he came
to the United States as a fledg
ling civil engineer recentily grad
uated from the Royal Technical
University of Copenhagen.
The 53-year-old engineer
started as a structural steel
draftsman, becoming successively
a designing engineer, field in
spector, chief engineer and con
sulting engineer. He is a partner
in the New York firm of Strobel
& Salzman. Mr. Mansure said he
has given up all active participa
tion in the firm to take this post.
He was chief structural engi
neer for the New York World’s
Fair. He invented, designed and
supervised construction of port
able airplane hangars and de
signed for the Corps of Engineers
prefabricated army barracks for
use in field operations.
Served on AEC Group.
He served on the committee
reporting to the Atomic Energy
Commission on economy in plan
ning and constructing new
atomic energy projects and
shared in construction for
atomic research at Cornell Uni
versity.
Mr. Strobel has participated
in the construction of industrial
plants, warehouses, material
handling facilities, cement and
power plants, armories, hangars,
railroad stations, garages, com
mercial buildings, shopping cen
ters, hospitals, churches, re
search centers, university build
ings and apartments.
He is married and has a
daughter who graduated from
the Architectural School of De
sign at Harvard University. His
home is in New Rochelle, N. Y.
River Report.
(From U. S. Engineers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and slightly muddy at Great Falls;
Shenandoah cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
(Readings Washington National Airport.)
| Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
| Noon 47 Midnight i>7
4 p.m. 39 8 a.m. 67
8 p.m. 41 10 a.m. 59
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 00. on June 13.
Lowest. 13, on January 23.
Powell Glass, Jr„ Regrets
Supporting Eisenhower
By th* Associated Press
ROANOKE, Va., June 14.
Powell Glass, jr., has "confessed”
he and other Democrats who
supported Gen. Eisenhower for
President made a mistake.
“In the words of another
Democrat, ‘lf I have erred there
will be no denial, because self
criticism is the secret weapon
:of democracy and candor and
confession are good for the po
litical soul,’ ” Mr. Glass said here
Saturday night at a political
! rally.
| Mr. Glass said Gen. Eisen
j hower cast his lot with the Re
-1 publican Party—“a party that
for 18 months has again shown
1 that it will not and cannot work
as a unit for the good of all of
the people of this country.”
Mr. Glass, who is'37, is seek
ing the Democratic nomination
for the 6th congressional dis
trict seat now held by Repre
sentative Poss, Republican, of
Radford.
Gen. Nichols Held
Backing Board-in
Oppenheimer Case
By th* Associated Pratt
NEW YORK. June 14.—The
New York Times said today that
Maj. Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols,
general manager of the Atomic
i Energy Commission, has drafted
i his recommendation in the Op
penheimer security case. “It
supports the Gray board’s find
ing that Dr. J. Robert Oppen
heimer is ‘loyal,’ but should not
be retained as a consultant to
the commission,” a Washington
dispatch to the Times by James
Reston said.
“Thus, the famous atomic sci
entist has lost another round—
the next to the last—in his long
fight to be restored as a reliable
servant of his Government.” the
dispatch said.
The story also said:
Gen. Nichols’ recommendation I
has not been delivered in final
form to the members of the AEC,
but this will be done later this
week when the five-man com
mission will begin the final step
in the proceedings. Gen. Nichols
has discussed his recommenda
tion with commission members.
It is understood that Gen.
Nichols’ letter to the AEC is
more critical of Dr. Oppenheimer
than the majority finding of the
Gray board—a three-member
special Atomic - Energy Commis
sion Security Board.
The board—headed by Gordon
Gray, former Secretary of the
Army and now president of the
University of North Carolina—
recently found unanimously that
Dr. Oppenheimer is a loyal citi
zen and it praised his discretion.
However, the board voted, 2 to 1,
that under the administration's
regulations Dr. Oppenheimer
must be classified as a security
i risk.
High and Low of Last 24 Hoars.
High. 96. at 3:25 p.m.
Low. 68. at 6:40 a.m.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High 7:25 a.m. 8:04 a.m.
Low 1:42 a.m. 2:27 a.m.
High 7:49 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Low 2:28 p.m. 3:11 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. todav 5:42 a.m. 8:35 p.m.
Sun. tomorrow __ 6:42 a.m. 8:36 p.m.
Moon, today . 7:17 p.m. 3:56 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. Ays Record.
January ... 2.30 838 7.83 37
! February 0.85 3.00 6.84 'B4
' March 3.47 365 8.84 91
April 3.30 3.30 9.13 ’B9
May 298 3.71 10.69 S 3
June 0.09 3.97 10.94 ’OO
July ... 4.40 10.63 'B6
August 4.35 14.41 28
September 3.69 17.46 ‘34
October 2.91 8.81 '37
November ... 2.71 7.18 '77
December 3.09 7.69 'Ol
Temperatures in Various Cities.
H.L. H.L.
j Abilent 93 75 Key West... 89 78
Albany ... 82 60 Knoxville .. 90 67
Albuquerque 88 58 Little Rock.. 98 73
Anchorage . 64 47 Los Angeles. 66 67
Atlanta 92 68 Louisville . 94 70
Atlantic City 77 64 Memphis... 95 74
Baltimore 95 67 Miami 87 77
Billings 78 48 Milwaukee . 90 70
Birmingham 91 70 Minneapolis 87 70
Bismarck 89 62 Montgomery 95 68
Boise 69 46 Hew Orleans 89 79 I
Boston 79 56 New York.. 89 61
Buffalo ~82 62 Norfolk _ 95 68
Burlington . 72 5? Oklahoma C. 91 68
Charleston.. 84 <o Omaha . . . 86 73
Charlotte .. 94 69 Philadelphia 93 70
Cheyenne... 83 51 phoenix . 93 66
Chicago 95 73 Pittsburgh . 85 59
Cincinnati.. 81 68 Poland. Me. 62 65
Cleveland.. 93 63 p. t i, D d. Or. 60 61
SSET". $ 73 - gs!
| £s n Moines: 87 69 “ I
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Port Worth. 97 72 £“ ™ i 1
Houston 94 69 5? 2:,
Huron 87 69 51 5r I
! Indianapolis 92 68 f.% “j
Jackson .. 95 71 5** 111 * $7 15
; Kansas City 91 74 Tampa 91 73
, Kansas my. us <* wichita 95 71
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'Vigilance' in Face
Os Other Ideologies
Urged by Brownell
Attorney General Brownell last
night urged vigilance to “pre
i serve our liberties from those
! who owe allegiance to other
| ideologies and also from those
j misguided persons whose zeal
i may lead them into errors no
less destructive.”
Adressing the 40th commence
ment of American University,
Mr. Brownell made an apparent
reference—without naming him
—to Senator McCarthy, Repub
lican, of Wisconsin, and his dif
ferences with the Administra
tion.
“Under our system,” he said,
“no person can be allowed to
set himself above the laws of the
land; no branch of Government
can usurp powers of another
branch—not if our system of
Government is to survive.”
Business of Everyone.
The preservation of our free
doms and form of Government,
he said, must be the business
of every citizen but “that does
not require a return to the vigi
lantes of the frontier.”
Mr. Brownell told the 438
members of the graduating class
that an optimistic picture can
be painted of the wonderful op
portunities facing the youth of
this generation in the “Age of
Marvels.”
“As we face the future,” he
went on, “we must apply more
knowledge and intellect to the
problem of protecting our free
dom and less prejudice and emo
tion.”
Reminding his hearers of the
divide-and-conquer strategy of
the Communists, he declared:
“We must not fall for it, nor
follow others who fall for it.
Our enemies exploit every differ
ence among us. We cannot, as
they would like us to do, lose
faith in our institutions and in
the essential wisdom of free
men.”
Must Counter Lies.
Mr. Brownell emphasized that
both the agents of a foreign
government and the demagogues
thirsting for personal power
would destroy the trust on which
this nation is built and operates.
“We cannot be content,” he
said,” “to merely parry each
thrust of either the Communist
or the would-be demagogue, 'f’he
tactics of deceit are limitless.
We must counter each lie or
half truth with full truth.”
The truth, he added, must be
used aggressively “for it is truth
and trust which make men free
and keep men free.”
Creditor Too Drastic:
He Derailed a Train
For using a rare method of
persuasion, Rabari Jai-Mala got
a five-year prison sentence in Ah
medabad, India.
To make his debtor repay a
loan of $l,lOO he derailed a train
on which the debtor was travel
ing, after having warned him by
anonymous letter of the grave
consequences of repaying the
loan.
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The Federal Spotlight
Time Important for Pay Raise
Program as Session Nears End
By Joseph Young
The time element is becoming increasingly important as far
as Federal pay raise legislation is concerned.
With only about six or seven weeks remaining before Con
vgress is scheduled to adjourn, any lengthy period of delay could
mi the legislation
However, there is ample time left, providing the administra-
tion does not try to kill the"
classified and postal pay bills
by stalling tactics.
In fact most
Federal pay
raise bills
have been en- vjHPP
acted in the ' 9
final days— Wt -l
or even final R|
hours —of
Congress. f
There’s little
doubt that the
ad m i nistra- H M
al pay raise *
bill approved i»»«.
by the House Civil Service Com
mittee. Chairman Rees of the
committee, who opposed the
measure but was outvoted, has
taken his time on filing the com
mittee’s pay report. It is due to
be filed in the House tomorrow
and then referred to the House
Rules Committee.
The rules group is not ex
pected to take immediate action,
with the result that the postal
employe unions plan to get the
bill out of the committee and
up tor House action tnrough use
of a discharge petition. Although
this requires the signatures of
218 of the House’s 435 members,
the postal groups are confident
they can secure them.
The classified employes pay
raise bill appears to be languish
ing at the moment in the House
Civil Service Committee. Al
though the group approved the
pay bill several weeks ago, there
is no inclination to rush into ac
tion on the classified pay meas
ure.
The committee is now holding
extended hearings on the Whit
ten rider, which it decided to
include as part of the pay bill.
From all indications, the ad
ministration has lost whatever
enthusiasm it had for the classi
fied employe pay reclassification
proposals it submitted to Con
grass several months ago. The
Senate Civil Service Committee
has not yet scheduled hearings.
The administration’s attitude
appears to be that if it can’t se
cure its postal pay reclassifica
tion proposal, it isn’t too inter
ested in an adjustment of classi
fied employe salaries. The ad
ministration is not opposed •as
such to a modest Federal classi
fied employe pay increase along
reclassification lines, but it is not
doing anything further about
getting Congress to act on the
legislation.
** * *
LIFE INSURANCE Chair
man Carlson of the Senate Civil
Service Committee announces his
group will meet Friday in execu
tive session to redraft legisla
tion to provide group life insur
ance benefits to Government em
ployes.
The committee has its job cut
out for it. During testimony last
Friday many of the Government
employe groups were cool to the
administration’s bill in its pres
ent form. In fact the Govern
ment Employes Council, which
represents more than 600,000
Federal employes in various APT.
groups, urged that the bill be de
ferred.
Other groups such as the Na
tional Federation of Federal
Employes, the American Federa
tion of Government Employes
and the various postal groups
urged considerable rewriting of
the bill before it would be ac
ceptable to them.
Among the employe groups’
complaints: Federal employes
should get the proposed benefits
free without having to pay the
contemplated $6.50 a year per
SI,OOO worth of insurance; em
ployes should be told in greater
detail automatically covered,
but should only be included if
they specifically say they want
to participate; the Government
should underwrite the program
instead of private insurance
companies; the amount of the
policies should not decrease so
sharply after age 65; employes
still working for the Govern
ment after 65 should not be re
quired to contribute further to
the insurance fund.
** * *
JOBLESS BENEFITS Key
members of the House Ways ■
and Means Committee are pre
dicting their group will approve
legislation, this week or next,
to provide unemployment com
pensation benefits to Federal
employes.
** * *
NLRB—To clarify an item
that appeared here last week,
the National Labor Relations
Board .officials who were criti
cized by the Court of Claims in
the dismissal of an employe were
not NLRB board members, past
or present. The officials involved
were subordinate.
** * *
COMMERCE—The Commerce
Department has issued a writ
ten memorandum from Assist
ant Secretary James Worthy to
all operating officials, emphasiz
ing that all employes must be
treated alike, regardless of race,
color, religion or national origin.
Mr. Worthy issued the memo
when he found that the depart
ment never had issued a written
policy on the subject.
** * *
CAPITAL ROUNDUP The
following Treasury Department
employes have been selected to
participate in the department’s
fourth fiscal service executive
development program: George L.
Clark, Jack M. Evans, Sebastian
Fama, John M. Harrison. Harry
F. Opperman, Mrs. Eileen P.
Snyder, James W. Bowser, jr.,
Martha Fox and Leonidas B.
Rose, jr. . . . Gertrude M. Mc-
Nally, Hazel Gallenne, Elsie
Hoover, Nicie Perrell and Ger
trude Schellhorn have been
elected delegates of Local Union
No. 105, Women’s Union, Bu-
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Episcopal Meeting
Opens in Frederick
By th* Associated Prats
FREDERICK, Md., June 14.
About 400 delegates registered
yesterday as the Conference of
the Episcopal Church, Province
of Washington, opened its an
nual seven-day meeting at Hood
College.
Attending are delegates from
churches in Washington, D. C.;
Maryland. Virginnia, West Vir
ginia, Delaware and Pennsyl
vania.
Conference speaker is the Rev.
Chad Walsh, author and profes
sor of English at Beloit College,
Beloit, Wis.
These of the conference is
“Christ and His Modern Rivals.”
The public is invited to spe
cial services each night at 7:30.
President of the conference is
the Right Rev. Noble C. Powell,
bishop of Maryland.
reau of Engraving and Printing,
to attend the biennial conven
tion of the National Federation
of Federal Employes in Dallas
in September. .. . Seven Interior
Department employes here have
been awarded distinguished serv
ice citations by Secretary Mc-
Kay. They were Clarence R.
Bradshaw, Bureau of Land Man
agement; Ned J. Burns (posthu
mous award), National Park
System; Alvin B. Carpenter,
Walter H. Horning, BLM; Ger
ald M. Kerr, BLM: Howard I.
Smith and Guy C. Stevens, Geo
logical Survey. . . .
** * *
FAITHFUL SERVICE Miss
Julia A. Burns, a statistical clerk
for the research component of
the USAF Air Weather Service
at Andrews Air Force Base, has
received a letter of appreciation
for 10 years’ “faithful service.”
In presenting the letter, Brig.
Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, jr.,
AWS commander, said her
knowledge of statistical proced
ures and ability to apply it to
problems have “constituted a
valuable contribution to our
mission.”
SAFE DRIVER —Harry W.
Wells, jr., 17-year-old Be
thesda-Chevy Chase High
School student, won first
place in the Maryland Junior
Chamber of Commerce
Roadeo in Baltimore Satur
day. He was awarded a
plaque, a SSO savings bond
and a movie camera. Young
Wells, who lives at 3200 Le
land street, Chevy Chase,
will represent Maryland in
the national finals here Au
gust 10-14 when State cham
pions will compete for $3,100
in scholarships.
Six in Minister's Family
Are Killed in Home Fire
By th* Associated Brass
EVARTS, Ky., June 14.—Six
members of a Negro minister’s
family were burned to death in
a fire which destroyed their
home late Saturday night.
Coroner Tom Lee said the Rev.
George Drummond and Mrs.
Drummond escaped with two
children just before flames en
veloped their four-room frame
home.
Those who died were the min
ister’s mother, Mrs. Virginia
Drummond, 72; a daughter.
Lydia, 21, and her two children,
Barbara, 5, and Calvin, 3; a son,
Victor Joe, 3, and another
daughter, Vera, 18 months.