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Evening star., 1945-06-08
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Evening star., 1945-06-08
By DON S. WARREN.

An all-Weather. aluminium topped
marble-faced stadium that would in
clude space for world fair exhibi-
tions and an all-purpose auditorium
roughly estimated to cost upward
of $4,000. .00O-was a prospect being
studied today by the Washington
Memorial Stadium Commission.
Its a honey" said Chairman
Bilbo as he described some of the
details Of the plan as revealed in
preliminary sketches drawn by Wal
ter w Cook of the Dallas (Tex)
consulting architectural firm of Pet
tlgrew, Cook & Associates.
And it eventually will pay for
itself" he added
Definite estimates of cost are yet
to be calculated Mr. Cook said he
could give none because there were
many factors yet to be decided by
the commission.
Question of Seat Width.
For one thing, said Mr.. Cook, the
question of marble facing was some
thing for the commission to decide
and for another, whether seat width
should be 18 or 20 inches.
To illustrate, Mr.. Cook said the
stadium he had sketched would pro-
vide seating for 172,000 spectators
if 20 inches were allowed per seat.
If this were reduced to 18 inches per
seat, the capacity would be increased
by at least $4,000 persons.
Chairman Bilbo, from the Begin
ming, has been an advocate of a sta
dunn seating 100000 persons, to
make the Washington project "the
biggest and best in the country"
Mr.. Cooks plan will almost reach
this measure. for he plans a struc-
ture with an auditorium-available
for opera, lectures or other events,
seating 5000 persons, in addition to
stadium seating at least 172OOO
persons. And for boxing exhibitions
and other shows not using much of
the playing field, he anticipates use
Of portable seats which would en-
Evening star., 1945-06-08
Barr Says ST. Johns Fate
Lies Wholly With Navy
By the Associated Press.

oS tilt hSaOCidleO fItoS.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, June 8.-Pres-
ident Stringfellow Barr of St. John S
College declared yesterday that "if
the Navy requires the campus of
st. Johns College it will have to
assume full public and moral re-
sponsibility for what it does"
The statement was made in let
ter to the editor of the Annapolis
Evening Capital. and expressed the
desire to ''let the people of An
napolis know that the responsibility
for what may happen to one of their
oldest institutions lies wholly with
the Navy"
DR.. Barr's letter contained the
statement of policy adopted by the
ST. Johns Board of Visitors in April
when the board said it would not
object to acquisition for expansion
Of the Naval Academy provided the
college would be enabled to con-
tinue its work elsewhere.
The House Naval Affairs Commit
mittee recently approved the Nays
plan to acquire the 30-acre campus
of the Nations third oldest college.
Evening star., 1945-06-08

Come on, Patton" was the cry
of Americans in prison camp at
Braunau, Germany. two days be-
fore Yank forces liberated them
S Sergt. Charles F. Bang revealed
today at his home at 1400 South
EdgeWood street, Arlington, Va.
Sergt. Bang, who was driven home
from Fort George G. Meade late
Wednesday night by his mother
Mrs. Wade w. Wiley, and his step
father, DR.. Wiley, said he was taken
prisoner after raid over France
on September 3, 1943, and was freed
May 3, l945.
The camp at Braunau was in a
forest" he said. The fellows had
built up a regular hobo town of
shacks made from the trees in the
woods We had walked the 1876 miles
from the original Stalag 17B site at
KremS, Austria, in 13 days, three OF
them being rest days.
The weather was good on that
march, but it began to rain as soon
as we hit Braunau. The camp was
wet. 1t was cold 1t was dark
Everything you touched was damp
and many of the boys took sick
from sleeping in sticking clothes.
"At night the place was black, but
We knew Gen. Patton was near. We
had bribed some German guards
with American cigarettes at Krems
to bring US crystals and earphones
with which We made crude radios
We managed to carry the radios
along on the march without the
Germans knowing about them. We
knew approximately where the
Americans were all the time.
Then the sound of American ar
tillery was heard. 1t came gradually
nearer. The fellows would be lying
in their wet beds at night listening
Evening star., 1945-06-08
$20,OOO,OOO Stadium Called
1SeIf-Liquidotinq, by BiIbo
arge the capacity by some thou

large the capacity by some thou
sands.
East Capitol Street Site.
AS planned by Mr.. Cook, the
stadium would be built at the foot
of East Capitol street and in COM
pliance with demands that it be
made self f-liquidating," he proposes
thousands of square feet to be used
for commercial exhibits by manu-
facturers in this and foreign coun-
tries. Senator Bilbo declared an an
nual revenue of "a half-million dol
lars could be obtained from this
space rental.
There would be Sports Hall of
Fame" in the auditorium section
of the stadium, with provision for
exhibits of "the great" in sports,
along with the exhibitions by all Of
the States in reserved quarters of
the structure
Drama would be added to the
picture, as visioned by Chairman
Bilbo, by the provision for machin-
cry and facilities which would per-
nit the display of fountains under
colored lights in the center of the
playing field during rest periods.
This added attraction would be
mounted on an elevator of huge
proportions which would raise and
lower the exhibit.
Neither Mr.. Cook nor other ad-
visers of the commission as yet have
made any close estimates of the
costs. In the first place, this would
depend largely on final determina-
ton as to whether the structure
should be marble-faced and as to
the width of the seats. 1t was re-
called, however, that Atlantic City
spent $10,40O,00O for construction of
its "all-weather" stadium which
seats only 10000 customers. From
this, some presumed to know about
these matters said the Washington
ts6ium as now conceived would cost
at least $4,000, ,000-and maybe $780,
100000.
Commission advisers also suggest
that such plan as drawn by Mr..
Cook should include available land
for an airplane landing field for
private operators, as well as parking
space for thousands of automobiles
of stadium customers and a railroad
terminal which would accommodate
81 trains
Evening star., 1945-06-08
War Bond Sales
OF S1,500,000
Reported Today
$4e, 100000 TotoI
Is 70 Per Cent of
District Quote

War Bond sales of S1,5000 900 in
creased the individual total today
to $40 200, ,OO0-7O3 per cent of the
S70,000,000 individual quota. Mighty
Seventh" War Loan officials stressed,
however. that only 100000 of the
increase is in E bonds and that E
bond sales are now nearly 100000
behind schedule.
Wilmer j. Waller, drive chairman,
explained the $40 100000 individual
quota includes $23, 100000 in F and
G bonds, per cent oversubscrip-
tion of the S22,000,000 quota for
these larger bonds. The $25,800, 900
E bond sales represented in the
current total, on the other hand,
are 13 per cent below their antici-
pated level at this time and repre-
sent only 538 of the $4,000, 900
quota.
Sales Under Average.
The 100000 E bond increase to-
day, Mr.. Waller added. is still be-
low the s1,000000 average needed to
make this quota before June 80.
Sale of the smaller E bonds is
stressed by officials because it is be-
lleved they measure the public sup
port of the Mighty Seventh"
To bolster these tagging sales,
$4,000 volunteer statesmen today
started on campaign to sell three
more E bonds each.
Mrs. Howard c. Nichols, chairman
of the women's division of the drive,
started the slogan, Sell three more
bonds" after Mr.. Waller had eSti-
mated 100000 Washingtonians are
able to buy an extra S100 bond.
These persons probably must be
asked to do so. however, Mr.. Waller
said, and that is where energetic
and faithful volunteers come in"
Fear of Failure Expressed.
UNLESS our volunteers 60 to inter-
view the persons on their lists and
genuinely attempt to bolster this E
bond schedule" Mr.. Waller said, I'VE
will never make quota in time"
Describing the next 10 days as the
critical period Mr.. Waller said:
Every possibility of a sale must
be fully explored and developed. No
stone must be left unturned in our
search for extra sales"
Movie Day Figures Expected.
Meanwhile, figures are expected to
be announced late today on the sales
on free movie day" Wednesday.
when Al District theaters gave free
admittance to bond purchasers. So
many bonds were bought that the
issuing agents needed extra time to
straighten their records, it was ex-
planned.
Most of the bonds were in S25
denominations, however, and Off
cials urged that theater booths con-
tinue to be patronized during the
rest of the drive to push up the total
sold through this medium.
The Office of Price Administration
held rally early today on Second
street between C and D S.W. Ad-
ministrator Chester Bowles spoke.
The D. c. Department of the
American Legion announced that
sl,060,oo0 of its 100000 quota has
been sold
Evening star., 1945-06-08
La Toilette Saved
From Dilemma
On Procedure

Senator La Toilette, Progressive
OF Wisconsin, who is searching fo1
ways to improve congressional pro-
cedure, found himself today giving
a practical demonstration of com
mittee problems.
The Senator was the only men,
Der present at a joint committee
hearing on improvement of law
making machinery Interrupting a
witness, Senator La Toilette apol-
oglzed and said he had to leave.
He pointed out that the Finance
Committee, of which he is a men,
Der. was about to vote on the i'm
portant trade agreement bill.
Just then, Representative Mon
roney, Democrat, of Oklahoma. vice
chairman, walked in, and Senator
La Toilette greeted him with a sigh
Of relief.
This is an example of one of the
things that's wrong with the COM
mlttee system" Senator La Toilette
told the audience as he hurried from
the room.
Mr.. Monroney explained that he
also had been delayed by the rush
of other business.
One suggestion being considered
is consolidation of legislative prob
lens into fewer committees.
Evening star., 1945-06-08
Arlington Trade Boord
To Elect Tuesday

Election of officers and directors
of the Arlington Board of Trade
will be held at $3.50 pm. Tuesday at
Jack Spratt's Restaurant.
The polls will open one hour be-
fore meeting time and will remain
open two hours.
Purchase orders for $40 have been
issued to Miss Margerye Prytherch,
1927 South Hayes street, who won
first prize in the organizations re-
cent name-finding contest for its
publication. The winning entry was
Trade Winds.
Several other persons submitted
Trade Winds, officials said, but
the rules specified the individual
suggesting the winning name first
should receive the award.
Evening star., 1945-06-08
Housing Group Urges Cadet Colonel 10 Get
Voiding Of Changes in 5aber as Liberated
Roominq House Rules Brother Watches
The Commissioner announced to-

The Commissioners announced to-
day they had received a protest from
the Washington Housing Association
over changes made in April in the
rooming and boarding house regu-
lations, that removed certain vital
responsibilities from the Health De-
partment.' The association asked
that the April order be rescinded.
The association, which sent dele
CATION to confer with the Commits
sioners, said it was disturbed not
only by the drastic changes made
in April. but by thesfact that they
complied so completely with the
pressure demands of an organized
group of rooming house operators .
A letter from j. Bernard Wyckoff,
president of the association. pointed
out the change transferred light and
ventilation responsibility from the
Health Department to the Building
Department, although adequate
light and ventilation in an inhabi-
tated room are needed for reasons
OF good health.
Protests Administration Removal.
Mr.. Wyckoff also protested re-
moval of administration of plumbing
facilities from the Health Depart
ment to the Plumbing Department
and removal of responsibility from
the Health Department for artificial
illumination
The letter urged that the re
lationship of the number of people
occupying the house and the num-
Der of plumbing fixtures in the
house is a health matter and not
one of plumbing" Mr. Wyckof said
that adequacy of lighting had "a
definite health interest both for
eyesight and cleanliness.
The association, besides urging
resembling the order, asked that no
further changes be made in the
rooming regulations until a COM
mittee appointed by the Commits
sioners offers recommendation for
changes to be aired at a public
meeting. The association estimated
there are 100000 District persons
living in more than 5000 rooming
houses.
Contend No Hearing Held.
The association contended regu-
lations for rooming and boarding
houses. adopted several years ago,
were "drastically amended" with
out a public hearing or consultation
with committee named by the
Commissioners in the fall of 1941 to
draft rooming- house regulations.
The Housing Association pointed
out the originally the responsibility
for administration of the regulation
was assigned to the Bureau of Sani-
tation of the Health Department,
working in cooperation with the
regular inspection agencies of the
District government.
The Commissioners delegated As
sistant Engineer Commissioner Jo-
seph D. Arthur, jr., to draft reply.
Evening star., 1945-06-08

Each time the artillery fire was
silence with yell. Come on, Pat
ton One side would take it up, then
another, until finally all of us were
yelling Come on, Patton Then the
firing would die down and so would
our yelling. In little while the ar
tillery noise started again. little
closer, and the yelling began again"
Sergt. Bang described how he saw
the first American soldier come into
camp on May 2.
1T was exactly $40 pm. when he
came in," he recalled He was a
tall, thin fellow alone in a jeep
Most of us were walking around
camp listening to the artillery fire
when this jeep rolled up and the
American, a captain, jumped out
and came running over. We didn't
get it at first and just stood there
Then some one let out yell and We
all blew our tops We wanted to
boost him on our shoulders, but he
wouldn't let US
The local flyer said he observed
his 21st birthday on one of the rest
days during the march to Braunau
Il had always looked forward to
that birthday, but I never expected
to spend it the way did, he de-
clared.
I'VE managed to sneak away and
steal three sucking pigs from a
farmer nearby for the birthday cele-
bration, he recounted. I'VE roasted
the pigs and ate them, but they were
too young and We all got sick"
Sergt. Bang said that "a hours
after the Americans were liberated
the American Red Cross served
doughnuts and coffee and put on a
show.
You should have seen the fellows
line up for the food" he said.
Evening star., 1945-06-08
PrinceGeorges
Meeting Called
On Bus Routes
Federation Criticizes
Proposals to Change
Lines in County

The Prince Georges County Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations to-
day pushed plans to arrange a mass
meeting at which the Capital Tran
sit Co. would explain proposals to
reroute bus lines in the county's
suburban area. The federation de-
cided to organize countrywide
civic and business organization COM
mittee to arrange for the meeting.
The decision to organize such a
group was taken at the federation's
meeting last night in the County
Service Building, Hyattsvile, after
several delegates strongly criticized
a proposal to reroute the East River
dale and Cheverly bus lines to the
Mount Rainier terminal via Cottage
City.
Plan BrOached Before.
Mrs. Betty Tayman quoted a tran
lines would be routed to the terminal
sit official as saying that the two
via Barney street.
At the terminal, according to Mrs.
Tayman, passengers would transfer
either to the Rhode Island avenue
streetcar line or to buses going to
Seventeenth and Pennsylvania Sc,
via Bladensburg road.
Declaring that such a change is
not necessary, and would lengthen
the trip between East Riverdale and
CheVerly and Fifteenth and H streets
NE. by at least Is minutes Luis
Granados. chairman of the County
Affairs Committee, asserted: This
is the same plan the transit COM
pany tried to put through 10 years
ago and again five years ago We
defeated 1t both times. but it may
go through this time unless we get
together and fight it."
Eight members of the Federation
were named to represent the group
on the projected transportation COM
mittee. They are:
Mr.. GranadoS, Daniel M. Greene.
Fred w. Cast, Mrs. Genevieve Stew
art, Walter F. Mulligan. Federation
President; Mrs. Tayman, Louis Day
and Edward Rothard
No Action on Citizenship.
The federation failed to take ac-
tion on a proposal by Mr.. Granados
that the Maryland citizenship of
Count Rene de Chambrun son-in-
law of Pierre Laval and a direct de-
scendant OF Gen. Lafayette, be re-
voked.
Mr.. Greene, to whom the proposal
had been referred for study last
month, maintained that no action
was necessary since the count had
sworn allegiance to France and
therefore could not be an American
citizen.
He explained that the Maryland
statute of 1885. which conferred the
rights of citizenship on Gen. La
fayette and his male heirs, was re-
pealed automatically when the State
ratified the Federal Constitution.
Although admitting that he had
told the inter-federation confer
|ence last month that he would re-
quest the federation to call for re-
peal of the Maryland law in ques-
ton, Mr.. Greene said mis- statement
at that time was a little rash" He
said further study of the question
had convinced him that no action
was necessary.
Evening star., 1945-06-08
CongressUrged
ToTighten Grip
On j. ). Funds
Committee Presented
Six-Point Plan for
Revision of System

Revision of congressional appro-
priation procedure was urged to-
day by Carter W. Atkins, executive
director of the Connecticut Public
Expenditure Council, in testimony
before the Joint Committee to Reor
ganize Congress.
Mr.. Atkins said, Congressional
control of the public purse is the
place where both deterioration OF
legislative power was most evident
and responsibility of Congress most
vital"
The committee was given a six
point program which, the witness
said, would make the control of
appropriations more effective.
Want Secrecy Abolished.
The recommendations were: Abol-
ish secrecy in appropriation con-
sideration; provide Congress with
an adequate audit staff operating
in the General Accounting Office:
provide the appropriations commit
tees with spot check" staff for
special work; establishment of an
overall fiscal plan at the begin
ming of each session by bringing
together a joint committee con-
sisting of the House Ways and
Means and Appropriation Commit
tee and the Senate Finance and
Appropriations Committee; estab-
lishment of an appropriations SUBJ
committee and executive reorgani-
zation.
In urging the abolition of secrecy
in appropriations procedure, Mr.
Atkins said the whole procedure
should be opened up for the under
standing and participation of the
public.
AN informed public opinion is
not only desirable but is essential to
the proper functioning of our sys-
tenn of government" he said. And
this takes on added emphasis with
respect to expenditure of public
funds"
Most Vital Responsibility.
Outside the need for military
secrecy and the opportunity for
executive sessions at times. the
whole examination of Government
departmental requests should be
open to the public, the witness said
Declaring the appropriation power
represents what is perhaps the most
vital responsibility of Congress, Mr.
Atkins urged that first considera-
ton be given 10 improve the dis
charge of this all-important legis-
lative responsibility"
The committee also heard testi-
mony from Prof. Phillips Bradley OF
Queens College. N. Y, and David
Cushman Coyle, author and lecturer
who recently returned from London
where he represented the owl.
DR.. Bradley, who is director OF
education and research of the New
York State Joint Legislative Com
mittee on Industrial and Labor Con-
ditions, discussed legislative prob
lens faced by New York State. Mr.
Coyle discussed the British parlia-
mentary procedure.
Evening star., 1945-06-08
The Church Of Our Saviour
To Burn Mortgage

Having recently paid off the debt
on its property, the Church of Our
Saviour at Sixteenth and Irving
streets NE. will hold mortgage
burning service at 8 o'clock tonight.
The Rev. Alvin L. Wills, rector,
will be assisted by the Rev. Charles
Wills Wood, rector of Rock Creek
Parish, in conducting the service
The principal address will be given
by the Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Bishop of Washington. Daniel
Sawyer, senior warden and George
A. Gather, junior warden, will per-
form the kindling of the mortgage
Following the service, a reception
will be held in the parish hall.