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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Assembly Plans
Quick Action on
Maryland Tax
Income Levy Of z Pct,
Bill on Oyster Boots to
Get Priority HondIing
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS. Jan. 15.-Legisla-
tors plan speedy action on income
tax relief for Marylanders when the
General Assembly reconvenes Mon
day night.
An emergency bill to keep big
oyster boats in business on the East
ern Shore also is expected to get
priority treatment.
An administration backed bill to
keep the tax rate on earned income
at per cent will be up for final
consideration in the house. It is
expected to be sent to the Senate
for action Tuesday. The levy is
scheduled to 60 up to ga per cent
in April on, 1948 income.
The House already has sent to
the Senate measure to allow over
sized dredge boats to work oyster
bars in Dorchester, Somerset and
Talbot Counties until March 81.
Immediate Action Sought.
Senator Lewis L. Goldstein, Dem
ocrat, of Calvert County, chairman
Of the Senate Chesapeake Bay and
Tributaries Committee, said he will
ask for immediate enactment. He
will report the bill favorably as
soon as the Senate reconvenes.
Temporary injunctions barring
use of the diversified boats were dis
missed yesterday and today on
petition of the boat owners. The
injunctions had been obtained by
the Tidewater Fisheries Commits
sion.
In the six legislative days since
the session started on January 4
the General Assembly has received
205 bills covering many subjects
from motor scooters to child labor.
Here is what lies ahead:
A series of special messages from
the Governor outlining the joe to
be done for mental hospitals, Chesa-
peake Bay conservation and other
problems. Gov. Lanes budget mes
sage, expected to call for a record
outlay in fiscal 1851, is Cue for
delivery ats,t January Is.
Committee hearings Gil such con-
troversial bills as one to re-apportion
representation in the House, in eff
feet giving Baltimore more delegates
and the smaller counties fewer.
Consideration of tie legislative
programs offered by series of study
commissions.
The commission on subversive &C
tivities yesterday called for a new
law to curb Communists. The Bow
man Commission has urged a re-
vamping Of the boa d Of natural
resources and the Tidewater Fish
cries Commission. Others want
sweeping changes In the State penal
law and, parole system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Patman Favors Loans
For Housing Co-ops
Like Bannockburn
By Robert J. Lewis
ReoI Estots Editor Of The Stor

Representative Patman, Democrat,
of Texas, welded shovel late yes
terday to help break ground for the
Bannockburn Housing Cooperative
and told $50 persons assembled for
the ceremony he favored direct
government "REA-type" loans to
promote nonproflt cooperative
housing.
Speaking at ceremonies held at
the thirteenth hole of the Bannock-
burn Golf Course, Mr.. Patman said
the type of loans he envisaged
would be patterned along the lines
Of those provided through the Rural
Identification Administration tc
farmer co-operatives organized tc
distribute electricity to rural areas
The Texas Representative hailed
/ the. start. of the Bannockburn pilot
fproject" OF "a houses near Mac.
Arthur boulevard and Wilson lane
Montgomery County, Md, and de.
clared the fact that the project ii
now on its way will be of great help
to all of us interested in advanc-
ing this cause
Poses With Shovel.
Mayor of Glen Echo, and Morris
Along with Edward c. Fenimore
Weisz, the Texan then began to
shovel earth for the benefit of
photographers.
After the ceremony, Mr.. Patman
said that loans of the type he fav-
ored for housing co-operatives could
be made by the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. under provision of
the Full Employment Bill of 1850
which, he said. he had introduced in
the House and Senators Murray of
Montana and Sparkman of Alabama
had introduced in the Senate.
The bill. he said, would make
available 5000, 100000 for certain
Government-sponsored undertakings
along wide variety of lines.
Letter From Wagner Read.
Letters of congratulation were
read from Senator Wagner, Demo-
crat, of New York: Senator Richard
Mcmahon. Democrat, of Connecti-
cut, and Richard Gray, president of
the AFL Building and Construction
Trades Department.
Among other speakers were Hugh
B. Pomeroy. director of planning
of Westchester County, N. Y; Glen
F. Preller. president of the Wash
ington Building and Construction
Trades Council: Leo Goodman, a
Representative of the CIO Housing
Committee: Walter Mason. repre-
senting AFL President William
Green. and John j. Carson. presi-
dent of the Cooperative League of
| the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Fire in Bethesda Causes
$1,000 Building Damage

Building damage estimated by
firemen at $1,000 occurred yester-
day when fire broke out at j. G.
Harding, Inc, 7008 Wisconsin ave-
nue.. Bethesda.
Company officials said they had
made no estimate of damage to
stock of the electric appliance COM
pany.
Chief A. J. Bargagni of the Be-
thesda Fire Department said the
flames. apparently started by Gig
arctic. fed on trash accumulated
beneath wooden stairs at the rear
of the building.
The flames were first noticed by
employees of the county liquor dis
pensary next door. Adjoining struc-
lures were not damaged. The flre
was fought by the Bethesda, Chevy
Chase. Glen Echo and Kensington
companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16

He also urged a larger ALLEGATION
of road funds to Fairfax County.
Mr.. Leigh. who Is married and
has three children, lives at Oakton.
Va He is q native of Fairfax
County. He is a graduate of Ma
tional University Law School and
has been a member of the Virginia
Bar since 1884. From 1882 to 1942
ne was a deputy commissioner of
revenue and headed the county
land Office when it was first set up
in 1910. From 1912 to 1915 he was
assistant to the Fairfax Common
wealth's attorney.
Mr.. Leigh is a member Of the
Fairfax County School Trustee Elec-
toral Board. and was one of the Or
ganizers and is a past president OF
the county Young Democratic Club.
He was Mason and a member of
the Methodist Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Miles Asks Assembly
For Investigation Of
Montgomery Schools

Members of the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly were asked yesterday
to investigate charges by Franklin
T. Miles, Chevy Chase attorney
that Un-American teaching is al
lowed in the Montgomery County
schools.
Mr.. Miles made the request to
chairmen of the Senate and House
Education Committees. Previously
the charges have been rejected both
by the Montgomery County Board
of Education and by DR.. Thomas G
Pullen, State superintendent of
schools. who investigated them at
the direction of Gov. Lane.
THE basis for these charges is
of real concern to the welfare of
the people of Maryland,' Mr.. Miles
wrote the legislators. L will provide
all desired proof to substantiate my
charges and, if considered appro-
pirate, will offer suggestions for
constructive remedial legislation"
Open Hearing Sought.
DR.. Pullen asked Mr.. Miles to SUBJ
stantiate his charges at confer
ence in the superintendent Balti-
more Offices but the attorney de-
clined on grounds that such meet
ing would be a closed session. He
said he had been refused an open
hearing by DR.. Pullen and the
county board.
The attorney has directed his cri-
ticism at the books written by Har-
old o. Rugs, the Bruner-Smith
books and the Building America
series. He claims all three contain
communistic propaganda.
In addition. he has attacked coun-
ty school official5 for permitting
Mrs. Aleksandra Pavlovna Lewis tc
make what he described as pro
Russian" talk March 26, 1947 be-
fore students of the Montgomery
Blair High School, Silver Spring.
Pullen Report Cited.
DR.. Pullen, in his report to Gov
Lane last month, said the Ruga
books have not been used in Mont
gomery schools for several years anc
the Rruner-Smith books are useo
only for reference. AS for the
Building America" series, DR.. Pull
len said they praise the capitalistic
system.
He also quoted Daryl L. Shaw
Montgomery Blair principal, as say
ing Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents had been in the audience
when Mrs. Lewis made her talk and
had found nothing Objectionable in
her remarks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
BY The Associated Press

RICHMOND, Jan. 15.-Three
years ago tomorrow, the man many
Virginians knew ,familiarly as Big
Bill Tuck" of South Boston. stepped
into the Office of Governor that had
long been his goal.
Today. on the eve Of his third
anniversary as governor, the amiable
man from South Boston had more
gray in his hair and apparently
was heavier than when he took
office.
Still favoring a sprained knee that
kept him confined to the governors
mansion most Of this week, he was
reluctant t, comment on his admin
istration at the three-quarter mark.
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snseial pi,peteh 10 The Ste.

NEWBURG, Md, Jan. 10
MARYLAND State Police today asked
the armed services to check a plane
which repeatedly dropped a bomb
outside target areas near the Po-
tomac River Bridge, about l mile
from here.
The bomb fell close to the car
of Deputy Sheriff Bruce Shyman-
sky of Charles County, who Is still
one Jump ahead of fate.
Three weeks ago, he narrowly es-
caped death when an alcohol stove
used up oxygen in the cabin of a
pleasure cruiser he was plotting
from Point Lookout to Cobb Island.
Completely recovered, the deputy
was driving leisurely past here to-
day when
IT heard d dull zoom, just ahead
and a few feet to the right of my
car. Dirt flew 20 feet in the air"
he said.
Mystified and plenty scared" Mr..
Shymansky stopped and investi-
gated. He said he found Q shell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
School Teachers
Get Bonuses in
Charlottesville
Special Dispoich to The Stor

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Jan
15.-Teachers and other employees of
the Board of Education are to re-
ceive cash bonuses out of unantici-
pated revenues from the school tax
on real estate.
The board has voted "dividends'
ranging from S25 for maids to 500
for professional employees.
School Supt. R. c. Jennings said
money taken in from the special
real estate levy has been greater
than was anticipated when the
budget was prepared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
@-Day Ban Imposed
On Sewer Extensions
In Fairfax County Ends

Fairfax County's 30-day ban on
sewer extensions ended last night.
Sanitary Engineer James ]. Cor
balls said that beginning tomorrow
ne would grant permission for sewer
extensions requested by builders.
unless he receives instructions to
the contrary.
The ban was imposed by the
Fairfax County Board of Super
visors after it appealed to the
State Water Control Board last
month to permit Groveton to con-
meet with the Holmes Run trunk
sewer that flows into the Potomac
River. The water board said sew
age disposal facilities would have
to be provided before Groveton
could connect. The water board re-
minded the supervisors that Vir-
ginia law prohibits the emptying
of additional sewage into any Viz
GINA river. :
The supervisors, subsequently
Voted to prohibit any extensions of
THE Holmes Run sewer for 80 days
The trunk line, built by the Gov
eminent, is the only large sewer
in the county. 1t runs from Falls
Church to the Potomac River just
south Of Alexandria, serving areas
on either side About 20 miles of
sewer extensions have been added
by private builders since the trunk
was laid.
Protest Made by Builders.
Builders led by State Senator
Andrew Clarke, attorney, protested
that prolonging the ban would him
der development in the county.
Some builders said they would be
ruined financially because, without
sewers, they could not secure loans.
Expiration of the ban, however,
will not solve the Groveton problem
Sewage from overfoWing septic
tanks in that thickly-populated area
flows on the surface of the ground
in some places.
Plans prepared with a Federal
appropriation. call for a Groveton-
Penn Daw sewer system to connect
with the Holmes Run sewer, but
before Groveton can utilize these
plans. State approval must be OBJ
tanned.
Bond Issue Planned.
Mr. Corbalis said yesterday that
no one had requested permission to
extend sewer lines during the 30
day ban and he believed that no
developer had been affected.
Meanwhile, plans are being pre-
pared for a 100000 bond issue
in Fairfax County Sanitary District
No. l to purchase the Holmes Run
sewer from the Government for
100000, to build new sewer lines
IN areas including Groveton, and to
build a sewage treatment plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Ross|yn zoning
For 1,000.Unit
Hotel Sought
Builder in New York
Asks Change in Law
To Permit Project

The Arlington County Board
yesterday was asked to amend the
county coming ordinance to permit
construction of an apartment-hote
of more than 1000 units in the
Rosslyn area.
The request was made on behalf
Of New York builder by Attorney
Lawrence w. Douglas who said the
present zoning regulations as ap-
piled to multi-storied elevator-type
hotels will prevent their construc-
ton"
Mr.. Douglas asked the board to
amend the ordinance so as to ex-
clude provisions covering front and
side yard dimensions, lot area per
living unit and accessory building
coverage as they apply to buildings
more than 80 feet in height and
within 1000 feet of the Potomac
River.
To Hold Public Hearing.
The requested amendment, on
which the board agreed to hold o
public hearing at its regular meet
ing February II. affects only
very limited area in the Rosslyn
section, most of which already is
zoned for industrial purposes" &C
cording to the attorney.
Details Of the contemplated con-
struction are not complete, Mr..
Douglas said. The site consists Of
about is acres.
Buildings of the type planned
must have the special approval Of
the County Board and the attorney
said he would present the request
for the permit at the February IL
meeting
In a letter to the board, Albert
A. Carretta of the County Public
Utilities Commission said an in
complete investigation into the rates
of the Rosslyn Gas Co. has con-
firmed earlier statements that the
firms charges to consumers are
among the highest in the entire
country"
Report Due Feb. l.
Mr.. Carretta said indications are
that report of the investigation
being conducted by j. Paul Blundon,
Keyser wv Va consultant. will be
ready about February l. The in
vestigation was authorized by the
board to determine if the State
Corporation Commission should be
asked to conduct hearing on the
rates of the company, which serves
Arlington, Alexandria and parts OF
Fairfax 1t is a subsidiary of the
Washington Gas Light Co.
The PUG member also reported
that the Rosslyn firm refused to
furnish me with information <
and consequently compelled me tc
make a trip to Richmond In order
to examine the same data"
Mr.. Carretta said a request has
been made to the firm for permits.
sion to examine additional records.
I'VE are hopeful that the execu-
tives of the Rosslyn Gas Co. will
now see the advantages of cooper
ating with us-if they have nothing
to hide from the public" Mr.. Car
retta wrote.
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Death of Tanker Pilot
Laid to Heart Attack

DR.. John A. Sims, Alexandria cor
oner, last night attributed the death
of James H. Davis, rs. Baltimore,
pilot of a gasoline tanker, to a
heart attack.
Mr.. Davis died Friday in his
quarters in the tanker, the Lake
Charles, while it was en- route to
Alexandria. The body was viewed by
DR.. Sims when the vessel locked
yesterday.
Mr.. Davis had been picked up in
Baltimore to navigate the craft down
Chesapeake Bay and up the Poto-
mac River, police said. The tanker
is owned by Lake Tankers Corp.
Perth Amboy. N, j.
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Recreation Meeting
Slated in ARLINGTON

Arlington groups concerned with
the county recreation program will
attend a meeting of the Recreation
Division of the Arlington .Commun-
ity Chest and Council at pm
tomorrow in the Chest Council Of
fees, 3159 Wilson boulevard. The
meeting is open to the public.
Guest speakers win be Charles
Walsh and Colin Macpherson, rep
resenting the county schools: Mrs
Florence Cannon and Basil De
Lashmutt, from the county board
Mrs. Ruth Phillips of the recreation
department and c. L. Kinnier, Ar
lington planning engineer.
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Meeting Set TO Form Chorus
OF Montgomery Residents

A meeting to form a mixed chorus
of Montgomery County men and
women will be held at pm. Tues
day at the Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School. Bethesda, Dean Hugh
G. Price of Montgomery Junior Col
lege announced.
The chorus, sponsored by the
Junior college and the Montgomery
County Board of Education adult
education program, is the second
of a series of cultural projects
planned by the junior college Dean
Price said. The first was the Mont
gomcry Symphony Orchestra.
Mrs Aoah Bogus. head of the
music department of the junior COL
lege, hopes to have 80 voices in the
chorus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Gov. Tuck, Groyer and Stouter,
MARKS Third Year in Office

He said the record piled up dur
ing his 1096 days in office could
speak for itself. He seemed to take
satisfaction in it and said he had
enjoyed his work.
As for the future when he leaves
office a year hence, he said all he
wants to do is go home"
The governor didn't have much to
say on the subject of political ad-
vancement, but he let 1t be known
he wouldn't spurn job
He said he had no plans for cele-
brating his third anniversary in Of
fee. If there is any observance at
all, he said, 1T will be quiet" d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Old RoseGarden
Considered
As sparkling LOT
East Potomac Park
Site Believed Able
To Hold ESQ Cars
BY Jerry O'LeoY, Jr.

The District Motor Vehicle Park
ing Agency is considering plans to
set up a third fringe" parking lot
for Virginia commuters automobiles
on the site of the old rose garden
In East Potomac Park. P. Y. K.
Howat, head of the agency, dis
closed last night.
Part of the former garden now is
occupied by the approaches to the
half completed east span of High
way Bridge Mr.. Howat said, how
ever, that if the District used the
area, there would be space for about
$50 cars to park where the garden
once grew.
Mr.. Howat says the area perfectly
fits the formula for a successful
fringe parking lot. The agency has
long sought third site for fringe
lot to provide for the many motor
lists who work and shop in Washing
ton but who live in Virginia.
Connected by Buses.
Two fringe lots already are in
operation, at Fourth street and
Constitution avenue and Twenty
fifth and E streets NV. They are
connected by Capital Transit Co.
shuttle buses which provide day
time service through the center OF
the r street business and shopping
district.
Mr.. Howat said the proposed rose
garden site is we'll adapted for a
fringe lot because it is on the right
side of a main approach to the city
and is close to the center of town
He said $50 parking spaces would
not be enough but added that addi-
tional space might be found in ad-
jacent areas.
The E street lot, which is near
Heurich's Brewery is not notable
success because it is too far of the
beaten track.
Irving c. Root, superintendent OF
National Capital Parks, which owns
the rose garden area. indicated Mr.
Howat's plan may encounter snag
If it becomes a formal proposal. Mr.
Root said plans of the parks office
call for grass and trees in the rose
garden area. A hard-surfaced park
ing lot would not comply with those
plans, he said.
Garage Plan Hits Snag.
The area is being filled in now
with dirt brought down from the
Dupont Circle underpass project.
Meanwhile, Arthur G. Dezendorf' S
plan to build history automatic
parking garage in the 1900 block Of
G street NV. next spring have hit
a snag in District building regula-
tons.
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Carlin Whitesell said last night
that Mr.. Dezendorf will be in to
see Engineer Commissioner Gordon
r. Young tomorrow in an effort to
iron out the difficulties.
It seems that District regulations
much more strict as of January l
with the new fire exit regulations
in effect-call for a number OF
structural innovations that Mr.. Dez-
endorf didn't figure on when he
planned the garage.
AS his plans stand, they are In
violation of the District code gov
erning new construction. The auto
matte garage would park automo-
biles through a system of electric
elevators operated by push button
The plans are in the office of the
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency.
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times a week
Mondays,
ednesdays
and Fridays
on the page
opposite the
e d t o r ! al
page.
Mr.. Stokes
is one of the
distinguished
mem berS OF
the w ash
ington corps
of CORE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
COLLEGE Concert Tomorrow

The Western Maryland College
Little Symphony Orchestra will pre-
sent its first concert of the year at
II 80 am. tomorrow at Alumni Hall.
Westminster. Eight student con-
ductors who will direct the orchestra
include Wanda Bradham of Wash
ingtOn.
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primary.
Mr.. Leigh be-
came the first to
announce for the
seat now held
by r o b er t J,
McCandlish, jr.,
who a week ago
stated he will
not seek re-elec-
ton.
Mr.. Leigh said
he favors more
State funds for
teacher salaries
and an adequate
school building
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Bradley PTA to Meet

Three mental hygiene specialist
from the Public Health Service will
discuss Discipline as a Growth Elk.
perience" at a meeting of the Brad.
ley School Parent Teacher Associa.
ton at pm. Tuesday In the school
Bethesda. They are Drs. Mabe
Ross, Dale c. Cameron and John c
Eberhart,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
BIoodmobiIe at Clarendon

| The Red Cross Bloodmo',ile will
be at the Clarendon Po'>t!~' -
North Highland street and Wilson
boulevard, from 10 am. to 4 p....
tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Guithersburq PTA to Meet

The Gaithersburg Md Parent-
Teacher Association will meet at
8 pm. tomorrow in the school. A
panel discussion on What Makes
a Good Teacher and Good Parent
Is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Thomas Stokes Column
To Appear in The Star

Thomas L. Stokes becomes
a Star Columnist tomorrow.
His comment on men and
events will appear three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
W. |. Leigh Of Fairfax
To Run for Assembly

w. Lewis Leigh, Fairfax attorney,
yesterday announced his candidacy
for the Virginia House of Delegates,
subject to the August Democratic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
6 in ForestviI|e Family
In Fire Department

Six of IS newly installed officers
of the Forestville Md Volunteer
Fire Department are members Of
the family of Samuel J. Randall
who has been reelected president
Relatives of Mr.. Randall who
were installed include:
David E. Randall, brother,
vice president and member of the
Board of Governors; James w
Randall. a nephew, assistant chief
and secretary; John w. Randall
nephew, captain: Edward Randall
nephew, sergeant at arms; George
Randall. nephew, fire marshal, and
Albert Randall. brother, trustee.
Others installed were: E. E. Worth
chief; Henry DeVaughn, first lieu
tenant; L. D. Raulerson, second
lieutenant; Russell Thorne. engi-
neer; Ralph Gray. financial secre-
tary, and Albert Windsor, treasurer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Lynhuven Meeting Set

The Lynhaven Citizens Associa-
ton will meet at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the Mount Vernon School. Alex
andria, to adopt a constitution and
bylaws.
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Londover Hills PTA to Meet

The Parent Teacher Association
of the Landover Hills Md Ele-
mentary School will meet at 8 pm.
Tuesday at the school.