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THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C.
TUESDAY, JUNE It, ISM
Suspect in Murder
Among 18 Indicted
By Alexandria Jury
An ex-convict charged with
murder was among 18 persons
Indicted by an Alexandria Cor
poration Court grand jury yes
terday. __
The murder indictment was
returned against Boyd Frazier,
colored, 55. of the 500 block
South Columbus street. He is
charged with the fatal shooting
of Eddie McDowell, colored, 51,
t>f the 400 block South Columbus
street, in a card game argument
on June 6. Police said Frazier
was sentenced to a 2y 2 -year term
in 1937 on a charge of voluntary
manslaughter and to a 3-year
term in 1940 on an unlawful
wounding charge.
Ibrahim W. Harb, 32, of the
1200 block of Madison street, was
Indicted on charges of felonious
assault as a result of a shooting
at the restaurant where he was
employed. Police said Harb fired
at one customer and accidentally
struck another one, seriously
wounding him.
A 16-year-old boy, certified by
the juvenile court as an adult
for prosecution, was indicted on
two charges of statutory bur
glary. The boy, James M. Sham
burg, of Annandale, Va., is
charged with breaking into the
Cloud Motor Co. on May 31 and
the J. C. Penney Co. on May 10.
Others indicted were: Claude
Carlos Chance, 25, of the 400
block of North Columbus street,
auto theft; Dehart Doyle, 18, of
the 400 block of King street,
•alto theft; Everett N. Johnson,
18. and Bernard Washington
Johnson, 29, both of the 400
block of Prince street, grand lar
ceny; William A. Lattimore, 40,
colored, of the 3500 block of
Tenth street N.W., bad check;
Elmore Long, 37, colored, of the
400 block of North Henry street,
felonious assault; James H. Mas
sie, 26, of the 1000 block of King
street, auto theft: Mitchel Lee
Moorefield, 26, colored, of the 300
block of North Henry street,
felonious assault.
Also, Louis Pagliochini, 37, of
the 6100 block Kingston road,
Capitol Heights, Md., bad check;
Robert Posey of the 100 block of
West Glebe road, grand larceny;
Robert Lee Sylvester, 50, colored,
of the 300 block of North Patrick
street, grand larceny; Allison
Taylor, 19. colored, of the 300
block of North Henry street,
grand larceny; Johnny B. Hardy,
20, colored, of the 900 block of
Pendleton street, grand larceny;
Asbury Willis, jr., 23, colored, of
the 1000 block of Montgomery
street, auto theft, and George
Wilson. 53, colored, of the 1300
block of Prince street, felonious
assault.
Syphilis Signs Detecfed
In 15% ol Those Tested
Results of a survey to deter
mine the incidence of syphilis
in the District, show 15 per cent
of those examined in the first
month had blood signs of the
disease. r
Os these, half were unknown
to the Health Department’s ve
nereal disease clinics.
First report on the survey,
which was started March 15 and
will continue through June 30,
is contained in the publication,
"The Capital’s Health," issued by
the Health Department.
Out of 4,206 persons tested, j
the report said, 631 persons :
proved “positive” for syphilis. Os
these. 311 had been previously I
known to have suffered the dis
ease.
The survey has carried Health
Department officials and survey
teams into various companies,
garages, warehouses, hotels and
Government agencies.
Fail to Scale Mt. Makalu
NEW DELHI, India, June 22
(IP). —A report brought by runner
from Mt. Makalu disclosed today
a California expedition failed to
scale the 27.790-foot Himalayan
• peak because of bad weather and
difficulties of the steep climb.
The report was from Dr. William
Siri, leader of the expedition. i
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—Fair to
night with low about 72. Tomor
row partly cloudy with chance
of scattered afternoon thunder
showers. Not as warm tomorrow
night.
Maryland—Low tonight 65-70.
Some cloudiness with chance of
•cattered thundershowers tomor
row and in west portion tonight.
Not as warm tomorrow night.
Virginia—Rather cloudy on the
coast and some cloudiness in the
interior tonight with low 65-70.
Tomorrow partly cloudy with
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ern Pennsylvania, the Middle Mississippi Valley and the Cen
tral Plains and Western Montana. A few showers are pre
dicted on the North Pacific Coast. —AP Wirephoto Map.
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’COPTER PILOT When
you're Hi the helicopter busi
ness, it’s handy to know
something about ’em. Jean
Ross Howard, 2900 Connecti
cut avenue N.W., has become
the 11th woman in the world
to hold a helicopter pilot’s
license. She is assistant to
the director of the Helicopter
Council, Aircraft Industries,
a Civil Air Patrol major and a
member of the Ninety-Nine,
Inc., an organization of wom
an pilots.
Council Hears Views
On Redevelopment,
Sets Vote for July 16
A spark of life still burned
today in Alexandria’s redevelop
ment plan.
Mayor Marshall J. Beverley
did his best to snuff it out last
night at the end of a five-hour
hearing attended by more than
500 citzens in George Washing
ton High School.
A majority of the council
agreed, however, to postpone a
decision until the regular meet
ing on July 16.
Councilman Daniel Fairfax
O’Flaherty protested to Vice
Mayor Leroy S. Bendheim, who
favored the postponement, that
“I have had all that this body
and soul can stand.”
Only Mayor Beverley and Mr.
O’Flaherty opposed a motion to
defer action.
Councilmen James M. Duncan,
jr., and John Ewald said they
were ready to vote, but they said
they appreciated the popiton of
Councilman David S. Haddock,
who said he was not ready to
vote.
Mr. Haddock said the council
had acted hastily on important
matters in the past and he was
| not going to be “pressured into
a vote.” .
During the long hearing the
sweltering audience and council
men heard supporters and op
ponents of the plan toss in all
their arguments, most of them
well known and often repeated
in the bitter debate that has
raged since the plan was an
nounced.
The Alexandria Redevelop
ment and Housing Authority
plans to buy up homes and busi
ness establishments in an 11-
acre area, demolish the building
and sell the site to private de
velopers for a shopping or busi
ness area.
The area lies between Duke
street ‘and King street, about
seven blocks west of Washington
street, and includes mostly slum
dwellings.
Duke of Kent Gains
LONDON, June 22 (JP).—' The
Duke of Kent, 18-year-old cousin
of QUeen Elizabeth, was reported
making a satisfactory recovery
from head injuries suffered in
an automobile accident Sunday.
chance of scattered thunder
storms in north portion and not
as warm at night.
Wind—Mostly southwest 12-18
miles per hour today shifting to
northwest tomorrow.
5-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity. June 23-27.
Temperatures will average 2 to
4 degrees above the normal daily
high of 85 and low of 66. Thurs
day not so warm but warmer
again over the week end. Scat
tered thundershowers tomorrow
afternoon and again about Sat
urday will total Va inch.
Committee Approves
Group Life Insurance
For Federal Workers
By Joseph Young
The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee today approved legislation
to provide group life insurance
benefits for Government em
ployes.
Besides Federal workers, the
committee’s bill would Include
members of Congress, legislative
and judicial employes, and Dis
trict government workers, in
cluding police and firemen.
The committee vote was unan
imous. However, several Demo
cratic Senators reserved the
right to propose minor changes
before the bill comes up for a
Senate vote.
Amounts Based on Salaries.
Strongly backed by the admin
istration, the bill would provide
life insurance to Government
employes based on their salaries.
| For example, an employe earn-
I ing $4,100 a year would be in
| sured for $5,000, or an employe
! making $6,800 annually would be
: insured for $7,000.
The employes would pay $6.50
! a year per SI,OOO worth of cov
| erage. The amounts would be
deducted from each biweekly
: pay check on the basis of 25
; cents per SI,OOO.
| The program would be on a
j voluntary basis, with employes
I having the right not to partici
pate.
No Premiums After 65.
Employes who retired on a
regular annuity, or who kept on
working past the age of 65, would
not have to contribute further
to the fund. After age 65 the
amount of the policy would de
crease by 2 per cent a month, but
would not go below 25 per cent
of the policy’s original value.
Employes who resign or are
1 involuntarily separated would
: have the right to convert their
policies without medical examin
ation, regardless of age.
The entire program will be
underwritten by private insur
ance companies. The commit
tee also approved a provision
which would allow Government
employe unon life insurance com
panies to participate.
The committee-approved bill
was sponsored by Senator Carl
son, Republican, of Kansas, com
mittee chairman.
Hearing
(Continued From First Page.)
on the Army side as well as a
“shakeup” of the McCarthy com
mittee staff. Senator McCarthy
is regular chairman of the In
vestigations Subcommittee who
stepped down in favor of Senator
Mundt for the hearing. He is
away on vacation.
Senator Potter refused to say
what he discussed with the Pres
ident, but he said he certainly
wasn’t “unhappy” about the
position he had taken earlier.
Favors Staff Cleanup.
The Michigan Senator also
said he agreed with the position
of the three subcommittee Demo
crats that the McCarthy group
should hold no further investi
gative hearings until there had
been a “cleanup” of the staff.
He said he regarded as a “very
serious matter” the reported
failure of two members of the
McCarthy committee staff to re
ceive security clearance from the
Defense Department for access
to classified or secret material.
A Democratic Senator said that
Acting Chairman Mundt had
never called attention of com
mittee members to an affidavit
on the McCarthy fracas filed last
week by H. Struve Hensel, Assist
ant Secretary of Defense.
In the sworn statement, made
public two days ago by Mr. Hen
sel, the Defense official said
among other things, Senator
McCarthy onoe offered to with
draw his charges that Mr. Hensel
"masterminded” the Army’s case
against him if he could do so
without appearing a “damn fool.”
The Democrat said he and his
colleagues knew nothing of the
Hensel statement-until they read
of it in tho newspapers.
Senator Potter also said he
was unaware that Mr. Hensel had
submitted the statement to Act
ing Chairman Mundt.
River Kmart.
(Prom V. 8. Engineers.)
Potomac River muddy At Harpers Perry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah muddy
at Harpers Perry.
Humidity.
(Readings Washington National Airport.).
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon 41 Midnight .. 65
4 p.m. 86 8 a.m. 73
8 p.m. 55 10 a m. 66
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 06, on June 13.
Lowest. 13. on January 23.
High and Low of Last 24 Hoars.
High. 00. at 4:15 p.m.
Low, 68. at 6:15 a.m.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
High _. 1:36 a.m.
Low 7:29 a.m. 8:32 a.m.
High 1:00 p.m. 1:55 p.m.
Low 7:48 p.m. 8:42 p.m.
The San and Moon.
Sun. today 6:42 8:37
Sun. tomorrow _. 6:43 8:37
Moon, today 12:25 a.m. 12:01p.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-halt hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1954. Avg. Record.
January 2.30 3.38 7.83 '37
February 0.85 3.0 n 6.84 'B4
March 3.47 3.65 8.84 '9l
April 330 3.30 913 'B9
May 2.98 3.71 10 69 '53
June 0.43 3.97 10.94 'OO
July 4.40 10.63 'B6
August 4.35 14.41 ’2B
September 3.69 17.45 '34
October 2.91 8.81 '37
November 2.71 7.18 '77
December 3.09 7.56 'Ol
Temperatures in Various Cities.
H. L. H L.
Abilene 96 79 Knoxville 91 67
Albany . 92 68 Little Rock 95 73
Albuquerque 100 72 Lot Angeles 77 52
Anchorage _ 75 69 Loulsvlue 93 71
Atlantic City 64 53 Memphis.. 93 76
Baltimore 94 64 Miami. 87 78
Billings . 85 52 Milwaukee 85 63
Birmingham 91 70 Minneapolis 77 62
Bismarck... 79 49 Montgomery 92 73
Boise 89 59 New Orleans 88 72
Boston 93 71 New York 92 71
Buffalo 89 68 Norfolk 85 65
Burlington. 89 65 Omaha 90 61
Charleston.. 84 71 Philadelphia 92 67
Charlotte.. 90 66 Phoenix , 111 79
Cheyenne . 82 63 Pittsburgh 90 71
Chicago . 95 68 P'tlsnd. Me. 90 67
Cincinnati 91 69 P'tland. Or. 77 52
Cleveland 94 75 Raleigh 79 60
Columbus 92 69 Reno 99 54
Dallas 95 75 Richmond 89 63
Denver • 91 64 Bt. Louis. 94 74
Des Moiner 91 63 Salt Lake C. 89 56
Detroit.. 92 73 San Antonio 95 75
Duluth . 64 55 San Diego 72 61
Port Worth 95 76 8. Francisco 87 50
Houston 86 74 Savannah 88 65
Huron „ 79 54 Seattle... 71 52
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SENATOR SMITH.
Maine
(Continued From First Page.)
al district. Representative Rob
ert Hale snowed under two op
, ponents and won renomination
for a seventh term. A former
Republican, James C. Oliver,
, captured the Democratic nomi
i nation from a single rival. It
I was Mr. Hale, in the 1942 pri
mary. who ended Mr. Oliver’s
tenure as a G. O. P. House mem
ber.
The gubernatorial scrap looks
like the outstanding one in Sep
; tember, between two more men
who got by the primary unop
posed : Republican Gov. Burton
M Cross and Democratic Na
tional Committeeman Edmund
j S. Muskle.
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Budget
(Continued From First Page.)
cause Congress passes the city
appropriation measure.
Joseph Kaufman, speaking for
the Taxation Committee of the
Federation, listed these requests:
1. An increase in the number
jof part-time women highway
! crossing guards to 100.
2. Development of a program
i for the provision of public as
sembly rooms in branch library
buildings.
3. A strengthening of the pub
lic school program with the em
ployment of psychiatrists.
4. Funds for construction of
more schols in Southeast Wash
ington. He said such projects
should be given high priorities.
Herbert Jacobi, president of
the American Legion’s 1954 con
vention corporation of the Dis
trict, urged inclusion of $25,000
in the budget for preparations
for the convention. This also
has been asked by the Commis
sioners.
$50,000 Asked for Library.
Other witnesses today'touched
on a wide variety of subjects.
Giles E. Dawson, representing
the Connecticut Avenue Citizens’
Association and other groups,
spoke for $50,000 to finish the
Cleveland Park Library project.
Restoration of the emergency
homemakers service in the
Health Department was called
for by Mrs. Jack Gottsegen, of
the Washington section of the
National Council of Jewish
Women. She called on the sub
committee to restore $54,460 for
this purpose which was disal
lowed by the House.
Among those calling for a res
toration of a $30,240 in the Dis
trict’s public assistance program
was Mrs. Grace M. Spiro, execu
tive secretary of the Washing
ton Chapter of the Americans for
Democratic Action.
Mrs. Samuel Bigio, of the
Shepherd Park Citizens’ Associa
tion, spoke on the needs of Paul
Junior High School, pointing to
a “dire need” for more classroom
space, more recreational space
and more men teachers.
Rigrs Park Area School.
Restoration of money for a
new elementary school in the
Riggs Park area was requested
by Mrs. Florence V. Craver, sec
retary and legislative chairman
of Council B, Area 2, of the Dis
trict Congress of Parents and
Teachers.
Bolstering of the music pro
gram in the schools was asked by
Mrs. Edith Blau, president of the
Citizens Committee for Music in
the District Public Schools.
Mrs. Werner W. Moore, 3106
Chain Bridge road N.W., request
ed “a substantial appropriation”
for the District’s educational tel
evision station. She also request
ed more recreational areas in
Northwest Washington.
Recreation budget requests,
especially for shelter houses at
Deanwood and Harrison play
grounds and improvements to
Other playgrounds were sup
ported by Mrs. Gordon Van
Sanford, of the Mother’s Coun
cil of Washington.
Mrs. Gertrude Evans, execu
tive secretary of the Progressive
Party of the District, called on
the subcommittee for full sup
port of the $l7O million budget.
Second Security Hearing
For Chasanow Opens
A second security risk hearing
for Abraham Chasanow, em
ploye of the Navy Hydrographic
Office, was opened yesterday at
the Naval Gun Factory and will
be resumed Friday.
Mr. Chasanow, a resident of
Greenbelt, Md., was fired in
April after 23 years of Govern
ment service when a Navy Se
curity Appeal Board reversed a
decision of an original hearing
board, which had cleared him.
He had been charged with
associating with Communists
and taking part in radical ac
tivities, which he denied. The
new hearing was granted on re-'
quest of Mr. Chasanow.
District Judge Named
For West Virginia
President Eisenhower today
nominated Herbert S. Boreman,
56, a Parkersburg, W. Va., law
yer, to be United States District
judge for the northern district
of West Virginia.
Mr. Boreman was named to
succeed Judge William Ely
Baker, retired, who died two
weeks ago.
Directors Approve
Merger of Packard
With Sfudebaker
By ttw Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 22.—An
agreement for the merger of
the Studebaker Corp. and Pack
ard Motor Car Co. has been ap
proved by directors of the two
companies subject to stock
holder approval, it was an
nounced here today.
Announcement of the agree
ment was made by James J.
Nance and Hugh J. Ferry, presi
dent and chairman of Packard,
respectively, and Harold S. Vance
and Paid G. Hoffman, Stude
baker president and board chair
man, respectively.
Mr. Hoffman is to be chair
man of the new company, to
be known as the Studebaker-
Packard Corp.; Mr. Vanqp will
be chairman of the executive
committee and Mr. Nance will
be president and chief execu
tive officer. With the expected
ratification. Ferry will retire as
Packard chairman but will re
main on the board of directors.
Headquarters in Detroit.
Principal headquarters of the
new company will be in Detroit,
j home of Packard. Sales will be
I directed by a Studebaker execu-
I tive.
Submitted to stockholders will
be a proposal for reclassification
of Packard stock on the basis
of one share for each five
presently held. Then Stude
baker stockholders, if they ap
prove the proposal, would get
V/2 shares of the new company
1 stock for each share of Stude
baker common they now haye.
The net result of the stock
transaction will be that the new
Studebaker-Packard organiza
tion will have about 6Vi mil
lion shares of stock outstanding.
Conforms to Trend.
The projected Studebaker-
Packard combination is the lat
est move among the smaller con
cerns in their fight against the
almost overwhelming competi
tion of the industry’s larger con
cerns. Last year Kaiser-Frazer
and Willys-Overland joined
forces. A few ago Nash-
Kelvinator and Hudson com
bined to become American Mo
tors Corp.
Industry gossip has it that
once the Studebaker-Packard
consolidation is approved by
stockholders, efforts may be
made to bring the new company
and American Motors together.
Eisenhower to Talk
Tonight at Banquet
President Eisenhower will ad
dress tonight’s banquet of the
National Editorial Association
at the Shoreham Hotel.
The 300 editors and publishers
of weekly and small dailies today
went on a sight-seeing tour of
the Washington area.
At tonight’s banquet each
State delegation planned to in
vite its Senators and Represent
atives as guefcts. The newly
elected president, Edward An
derson of Brevard, N. C., will
preside.
Maryland is the host State to
the association and the stop here
is one on an itinerary that in
cludes Virginia and Maryland.
G. Arthur McDaniel, publisher
of the Federalsburg Times,
Federalsburg, Md., association
director for thie area, said the
delegates will travel in nine
buses to Old Point Comfort, Va.
tomorrow. Thursday they will
visit Williamsburg, on Friday,
Ocean City, Md., and Saturday
they will return to Baltimore.
The delegates toured Annap
olis and were dinner guests at
the University of Maryland last
night. Gov. McKeldin asserted
at the luncheon yesterday that
the roots of liberty are imbedded
more deeply and more firmly in
the press. He said the weeklies
and small dailies particularly are
the “real grass roots of freedom."
The members also toured the
State House and the Naval
Academy.
Philip Flies to Paris
PARIS, June 22 OF).—'The
Duke of Edinburgh, at the con
trols of a twin-engine British
naval plane, arrived yesterday
for his first visit to the French
capital since his wife ascended
the throne of Britain. He will
fly on to Germany Thursday
after a round of social affairs
and military briefings.
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The Federal Spotlight
Move Develops to Speed Raise
By Separating Fringe-Benefits
By Joseph Young
A move is developing in the House Civil Service Committee to
divorce the fringe benefits from the classified pay raise bill so
action can be expedited on the salary legislation.
A number of Democrats and Republicans on the committee
are asking that this be done. With the time element extremely
important, as Congress drives <
toward adjournment, they feel
the best course would be to
fringe bene
fits and salary
legislation as
separate bills. m
Chairman
Rees says he ' 1
will agree to \ *
separating of . „
the fringe
benefits from
the pay bill if B JP
that is the V - f|§
sentiment of B
the Commit- pp
. , Jmib Yoon*.
The next few
days should tell the story. The
committee yesterday completed
hearings on the controversial [
Whitten rider but faces quite a
job in closed session to draft a j
compromise modification of the
rider that will permit the con
version into permanent status of
many thousands of indefinite
employes.
The Whitten is the most
important feature of the fringe
benefits; but there are other
items, such as more super-grade j
jobs and hiring standards, on
which the committee may want
to hold more additional hear
ings.
Therefore, classified pay raise
sponsors in the committee would
like to have the pay increase
handled as a separate measure.
Meanwhile, the committee’s
members have been presented
with four or five alternatives re
garding a classified pay raise.
Republican Representatives
Hagen of Minnesota and Corbett
of Pennsylvania, who led the
successful move in the commit
tee for a 7 per cent postal pay
increase bill, are considering
spoworship of a 7 per cent clas
sified pay bill.
Other proposals before the
committee include a 5 and 6
per cent classified pay increase,
and one that would range from
SIOO to SBOO.
The committee will hear addi
tional testimony on classified pay
on Thursday when Civil Service
Commission Chairman Philip
Young testifies. The committee
had closed its pay raise hearings,
but decided to hear Mr. Young
again to get the administration's
reaction to the various pay plans.
Originally, the administration
urged an average 3Vi per cent
reclassification increase plan for
classified workers.
** * *
ROUGH TlME—Meanwhile,
Mr. Young and other CSC offi
cials had a rough time yesterday
before the committee. The com
mission chief ran into almost
blanket committee opposition
to his request for outright re
peal of the Whitten rider.
Representative Murray, Dem
ocrat, of Tennessee, the group’s
ranking minority member,
echoed the sentiments of his
colleagues when he said that
outright repeal was out of the
question.
Mr. Murray said the Whitten
rider would allow the perma
nent status appointments of
208,000 Federal indefinite em
ployes, since the number of per
manent workers is that much 1
below the level of September,
1, 1950. He said the commission !
could proceed with its proposed
conversion program with out
need of having the rider re- ;
pealed.
The Tennessee Democrat, who
played a maj'or role in drafting j
the original rider, said the com
mittee would agree to Whitten
rider modifications if the com
mission suggested them. Also. 1
Mr. Murray said, the committee
was ready to lift the September
1, 1950, ceiling by another 10
per cent "so that the CSC could
authorize a total of about 230,000
permanent appointments during
the next few years.
Noting that the CSC conver
sion program calls for 154,000
immediate permanent appoint
ments, plus another 100,000 dur
ing the first year of the program,
Mr. Murray said the proposed
modifications and the adjust
ment of the personnel ceiling
would enable the commission to
make nearly all of these perma
nent appointments possible.
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PERSONAL PATRONAGE
During the hearing, committee
* m
members charged that personal
patronage existed on a wide
spread basis in Government pro
motions.
Chairman Rees, Mr. Murray
and Representatives Moss of
California and Dowdy of Texas,
both Democrats, were . among
those who assailed the practice.
“It existed in the Democratic
administration and now appar
ently is flourishing in this Re
i publican administration,” Mr.
I Murray noted. Chairman Rees
1 agreed the practice had been
S going on for years.
The members charged that
(during their recent personnel
! investigation throughout the
i country, they uncovered nu
merous instances where super-
I visors built up “personal em
| pires” by awarding promotions
j to favorites and members of the
same clique.
“It was the principal source
of complaint that we got from
rank-and-file employes,” Mr.
Moss declared.
The members declared the
commission should set more
rigid standards, both as to the se
! lection and training of super
visors and the promotion quali
fications. Mr. Young agreed the
problem is a serious one and
that action should be taken
*****
SNAIL’S PACE—The Civil
Service Commission's program
to find jobs for separated ca
reer employes has really bogged
down. There are now 1,305 job
less careerists here—more than
there were six months ago.
17 Here Named in Drive
To Help Rehabilitate Korea
Seventeen Washington busi
ness and professional men have
been appointed to committee
posts in the American - Korean
Foundation’s drive for rehabili
tation funds, according to Mrs.
Robert L. Bacon, chairman of
the Washington drive committee.
Ralph E. Becker, a local attor
ney, has been named vice chair
man, and R. Earle Haycock,
senior auditor of the Riggs Na
tional Bank, will serve as treas
urer.
Named to committees were
Francis J. Kane, Robert V.
Fleming, Floyd Akers, Herbert
Blunck, Eustace Florance, George
Thompson, Charles H. Tompkins,
Robert McLaughlin, Hugh Duf
fleld. Coster Schermerhorn, Rob
ert Garner, Harold Fellows,
James Hirsch, Charles Norberg
and M. X. Wilberding.
The Washington drive, which
will continue through July, is
part of a national campaign to
raise $lO million and 600 car
loads of materials for the recon
struction of Korea.
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Silver Spring Man
Gels 30 Days in Jail
For Automobile Row
A Silver Spring man is serving
a 30-day jail sentence after be
ing convicted of three charges,
including assault by automobile,
growing out of an argument in
Chevy Chase on March 25.
Richard T. Auldridge, 23, of
the 900 block of Bonifant street,
was given sentences totalling 70
days by Trial Magistrate Oscar
J. See in Bethesda Police Court
yesterday. The sentences ruh
concurrently, however, and Auld
ridge is serving 30 days in the
Rockville jail.
According to police and court
recordsi 'John E. McKeever, 6617
Delafleld street, Chevy Chase,
found the driveway to his home
blocked by Auldridge’s car on
March 25 An argument devel
oped, and when Mr. McKeever
went to the comer to get the
license plate numbers from the
car of Auldridge, who was driv
ing away, witnesses said Auld
ridge drove up on two lawns in
an attempt to rim Mc-
Keever.
Judge See gave him 30 days for
assault by automobile. SIOO or
30 days for reckless driving and
$25 or 10 days for disorderly con
duct.
Court records show Auldridge
received a suspended sentenced',
in Montgomery County Circuit
Court in 1950 for burglary and
larceny, and that he has four
convictions for offenses involv
ing automobiles.
It Was Done on TV,
So Boy, 7, Pulls Firebox
A 7-year-old boy, who said he
got the idea from a television
show, yesterday pulled a firebox
and sent three engine companies
a truck company and a battalion
chief speeding to a false alarm.
Police said the boy made no
attempt at concealment when he
pulled the firebox at Anacostia
road and C street S.E. At least
two persons saw him do it. De
tective M. T. Taylor of the Juve
nile Squad said the boy told him
he didn’t know it was wrong,
that he had seen the same thing
done on a television program.
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