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Evening star., 1949-05-01
The United States statutes are

The United States statutes are
In q mess, and it's going to take
years to straighten them out.
A congressional committee
has been working on the Job
since l943. When 1t Is done
we will have q brand-new. up
to-date. revised body Of United
States laws which q citizen can
curl up In . chair with and
understand. That's just slight
ly impossible today.
Our laws were last revised In
1873. In that year the 42d
Congress passed and President
Grant signed . gigantic piece
Of legislation which at once re-
pealed every single previous
general and permanent law and
gave the country the so-called
revised statutes.
The task took five years. but
law scholars say 1t would have
been worth doing had 1t taken
twice that long. The result
was an indexed. one-volume.
70-title publication In which all
laws were arranged by subject
matter. with superseded and re-
pealed laws left out.
Up 70 that time thers was
only one way for lawyers. menu
bsrs Of Congress and tho courts
70 track down the exact law on
any given topic. That was TO
slaxt st The end q The imms7ss.
Evening star., 1949-05-01
By George Kennedy

house" II has the same win
dow arrangement and frontal
cornice as the Leinster house
and the White House.
Thomas Jefferson Is believed
to have submitted drawings in
the contest under the pseu-
donymous initials. "A. T." As
might be guessed. 1t would have
been domed presidential
mansion had jefferson won.
He took as his model the Villa
Rotunda near Vicenza. the
masterpiece of Palladio which
had aroused the enthusiasm
of Goethe. and had been imi-
tated by many of the famous
houses Of England.
Darinsly Majestic
Jefferson's Yankee descen-
dant. Thomas Jefferson Col
lidge. jr.. assembled a great
collection Of Jefferson's archi-
tectural drawings. Among
them is a series Of studies of
the Villa Rotunda. And
among the competitive designs
for the Presidents House in the
collection preserved in Balti-
more is a frontal drawing OF
the villa in the same meager
non-professional craftsman
ship characteristic of jefferson,
signed "A. T."
How daringly majestic the
initial structure of the White
House was is hard to realize
today. The White House is
ITO feet long. Comparison of
that with the dimension of
the ordinary residence will
suggest what a big building it
seemed when its stone walls
started to rise near the
western boundary of Davy
Burns farm.
Once they saw it, the Sena-
tors and Representatives sug-
gested that Congress meet
there instead of the unfinished
Capitol. 1t must be remem-
bered that there were only
about so members of the House
and half as many members OF
the Senate in that day.
Many members Of Congress
were shocked by the two miles
OF swamp pennsylvania ave-
nue. on L'Enfant's map) that
separated the Capitol from the
White House. They thought
that 1t would be much better
to have the Government all
together. Adams. who was to
be the first President to occupy
the White House. was inclined
to agree with them. but WASH
ington thought that separating
the Government departments
from the meeting place OF
the congressman by such an
expanse of almost untravers-
able swamp was a good thing
for the Government depart
ments.
One of the most remarkable
things about the White House.
which will cost $500. 900 to
reconstruct. was that its con-
Istruction was started and well
on the way to completion be-
fore Congress was asked for q
3, nickel. The Federal City was
to have been built with $l20,-
600 advanced by Maryland and
100000 by Virginia and money
raised from the sale Of lots.
The sale of lots was slow. After
five years, in 1876, only $780,
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Presidents Palace. Many Fed
eralists Of that day were not
afraid to use the terms as
sociated with royalty but an
awareness OF Congress probably
made the term mansion" pre-
ferred.
L'Enfant was to have been
the architect Of the Presidents
Mansion and the Capitol.
For the Presidents house."
Jefferson wrote him in 1871.
Il should prefer the celebrated
fronts of modern buildings
which have received the appro-
baton of all good judges" (the
Capitol. he wrote, should be
one Of the models Of antiquity.
which have had the approba-
ton Of thousands of years"D.
Washington wrote the fol-
lowing March, Il would de-
sign a building which should
also look forward. but require
no more of it at present than
might suit the circumstances
Of this country. when first it
shall be wanted. A plan COM
pretending more improvements
executed at a future period.
when the wealth, population
and Importance OF it shall
stand upon much higher
ground than they do at
present"
But L'Enfant was gone when
the time came to design the
house. Like many an artist
imbued with a great idea. he
was a bit high-handed. There
were many incidents. One is
amusing at this late date. Dan
iel Carroll, owner of the land
on which the Capitol was built
and one of the three commits
sioners L'Enfant was working
for. was building a new house
for himself In 1871. 1t was in
the square bounded by E and F
streets and Second street and
New Jersey avenue Sc. When
he ran the line Of New Jersey
avenue in August. Maj. Len
fant found that the Carroll
house extended 7 feet into the
space to be taken by the Gov
ernment (now called the pub
lie parking. a space into which
many Washington buildings in
trude). L'Enfant ordered his
surveyors to pull 1t down, and
they did.
Jeferson's Model
With L'Enfant gone. the
commissioners advertised in
March, 1892. inviting designs
for the Presidents House and
the Capitol. In response. James
Hoban, a native of Dublin, Ire
land. came to Washington from
Charleston. S. c.. and submitted
a plan for the Presidents
House. 1t won the competition
and he chose for his premium
a gold medal. He was en-
ployed at 800 guineas a year to
Superintend the construction.
1t is generally supposed that
Hoban's model was the Duke Of
Leinster's house In Dublin.
Fiske Kimball. a distinguished
architect, insists the design is
not from that model. but from
"a Book of Architecture" by
James Gibbs. the disciple Of
Christopher Wrenn and archi-
tect of st. Martin's-in-the-
Fields. One page in the book is
q design for a Gentleman's
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900 In lots had been sold and
about $loo. 900 OF that was in
non-negotiable paper. In that
year Congress guaranteed loans
the President could make UP to
$500 900 on the City of wash
ington. Two hundred thousand
dollars was borrowed from
Maryland and the loan was
later repaid by the Federal
Government,
The White House was far
from completed when President
Adams moved in and Abigail
Adams. the first lady. wrote
her famous letter about using
the unfinished east room TO
hang clothes for drying. II
was not completed when the
British burned it in 1914. Not
until Architect Benjamin II.
Latrobe's porticos at the front
and rear. the most striking fea-
ture Of the White Houses ap-
pearance. we're put on in the
l82os. could the building be
said to have approached COM
pletion.
Washington's idea that the
White House should be added
TO when the country became
wealthier did not eventuate.
For a time 1t was planned to
add wings for the Treasury and
for the State and other Gov
ernment departments. But 1t
was decided to make them sep
arate buildings.
Sacred Symbol
With the passage OF the years
the simple but we'll proper
toned building with its pillars
became a sacred symbol in the
minds of Americans.
Even II Washington had
wanted it, there could be no
change. The Digges-L' 'Enfant-
Morgan papers in the Library
OF Congress show a map Of
Washington. apparently one of
L'Enfant's sketches. with a
U-fioor plan for the Presidents
Palace. This would have been
carried out II the Treasury and
State wings had been attached
to the mansion.
The Hoban architectural
drawings which have come to
light do not go beyond plans
for the present rectangular
building.
In 1889 Caroline Scott Har-
rison. wife Of President Benja-
min Harrison. interested Fred
erick D. Owen. an architect. In
drawing plans to add two wings
to the White House. each about
equal In size to the present
building. forming a U with the
open end to the south. A long.
low greenhouse at the southern
building line was TO close the
court. Owen added pillared
porticos to the corners. outside
and in. The result looked like
something for the Chicago
World Fair. then being planned.
The Owen plan was revived in
1902 when President Theodore
Roosevelt was planning the inn
portant remodeling OF the in
terror Of the house carried out
in that year. 1t was rejected In
favor Of the subsidiary wings,
which would not change the
silhouette of the original build
ing.
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Sn6lEIudu Sldl cIlCC Sd&l4lOll
of the House Appropriations
Committee wants to pull down
the White House and substitute
a shiny. beautiful. new build
ing Of marble like the Supreme
Court"
A look at the efficient. new
building for the White House
which won the Paris prize of
the Beaux Arts Architects 26
years ago might give even Mr..
Cannon pause. The next gen.
ertion might be as critical Of
this generation for any White
House it built today as this
generation would be of the
last If the building pictured
above were now standing at
1900 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
In fairness to the architect.
Lee Rombotis, a Californian,
his design was a successful ex-
emplar of what was popular in
that day. The problem for the
competition was outlined by
Henry Bacon of Lincoln Me-
moriai fame. The judges in
cluded Henry Gamble Rogers.
Raymond M. Hood, John Mead
Howells, James Otis Post,
Whitney Warren and Charles
A. Platt.
Good Taste Overdone
II it had been built. the
charm of a beautiful building
from the Federal period would
have been lost and the White
House would have been lined
up with the other Goth century
neoclassic Government build
ipgs in that RECOMMENDATION Of
good taste that becomes al
most boring.
Even If the design we're kept
and replica Of the White
House attempted in marble. 1t
would be as obvious a goth
century reproduction as a Dun
can Phyfe drop-leaf table on
a department store sales floor.
The Supreme Court Building.
which Mr.. Cannon cited as a
model, is a good example. In
fairness to its architect. the
late Cass Gilbert, it was never
intended to look like an older
building. He intended it to
look just what 1T is-a chaste
temple of justice Of classic de-
sign built in our times with
modern methods and modern
materials.
1t is the modern methods of
quarrying, the machine-cut
blocks Of stone that date the
modern building as definitely
as machine-made furniture.
The perfect geometry of the
planes Of the Supreme Courts
walls and the angles of its
corners and cornices show that
it was constructed in a day
when the machine had ar
rived at an accuracy the hand
had only approached.
Virginia Stone Used
The White House was built
of sandstone quarried at Aqua,
Va, about so miles down the
river from Washington. Recent
examinations made in connec-
ton with the proposed recon-
struction Of the White House
have shown it to be of q very
light color. an off-white. For
years it was thought that the
term White House for the Exc
cutive Mansion came into use
when the building was painted
after the British burned it on
August "a. 1914. But the late
Wilhelm Bogartus Bryan of
The Star. an indefatigable re-
searcher in matters concerning
Washington. discovered two
letters prior to the War Of 1912
referring to it as the white
house" in lower case letters. He
also discovered report by
James Hoban, the architect
of the White House. showing
that the walls had been painted
before the War of 1912.
Mai. Pierro L'Enfant, who
laid out the city-to-be and
selected the site for the White
House, always called 1t the
Evening star., 1949-05-01
Europe's Recovery Means
Test for Monetary Fund
Postwar Readjustmeni Period Ahead Will
Try Out Formula for Flexible Backing
of Currency With Gold
Ey le~renSs / AsSksans

In wartime Only that ~hleh eoato4tSa 10 'sin hAs Va@s
stands Fops ehoF ess~e~n
ne~c they asatr thea
Of financing POI tAA
Invariably
psntg eaAntt Of WITHOUT exAid
Evening star., 1949-05-01
Truman Health Program
Faces COunter-MeasureS
Bills Offered by Senators Taft and Hill Dc
Not Contain Compulsory Insurance Idea
Expressed in Presidents Plan
By Gould Lincoln

President Trmans national health insurance programwhch
its opponents call compulsory health insurance and socazed
this session Congress for
command and would meet
defeat If pressed at this time.
recogpzd by administration leaders Capitol Hill
Evening star., 1949-08-18
|Keyser|ing Suggests
Steps 10 Ease Recent
Rise in Unemployment

One Of the Presidents top eco
nomic advisers told an audience
here yesterday immediate steps to
ease the recent rise in unemploy-
ment should include a moderate
expansion of Federal works, ex-
pansion Of social security cover
age, swift and immediate execu-
ton of the housing law and sound
support of farm prices.
Although unemployment has
risen from 100000 to 100000
since the postwar boom began to
slack off. Leon H. Keyserling, vice
chairman of the Presidents Coun-
Gil of Economic Advisers, believes
the United States economy is
sound enough now to make stop
gap measures secondary to long
range program.
The speaker told an American
Veterans Committee luncheon in
the AVG clubhouse, 1751 New
Hampshire avenue NV, that
Americans must plan to absorb
from $50, 900 ,000, 900 to 100000
100000 worth of additional goods
and services in the next 10 years
If employment is to be kept at a
high level.
A stable economy must be an
expanding economy. Mr.. Keyser-
ling said, to absorb 650,000 new
workers annually, along with in
creased production per 0nan due
to technical advances. The views
he expressed, Mr.. Keyserling
added. were generally in accord
with those of the Council of Eco
nomic Advisers and the reports of
the President to Congress and the
people.
Although the last conflict was a
total war on a global scale, Mr..
Kayserling said, economic adjust
ments were less difficult than after
World War I. This was due, he
felt, to a wider acceptance of
policies considered revolutionary
a generation ago.
The glowing color of fine hand
made American ruby glassware is
produced by putting a small
amount of gold into the 1000
pound batch of raw materials be-
fore melting the sand and other
minerals to a molten mass.
Evening star., 1949-08-18
Exceptional Peach Harves'
Seen by Virginia Growers
BY the Associofsd Press

CROzET. Va. Aug. 18.-An-
other peach harvest is virtually
complete in this area and major
growers are certain the result
stacks up with exceptional har-
vests of past years for color.
quality and ripening speed.
Growers estimated the crop
totals about 100000 bushels or
1000 railway cars. average yield
for good crop years. If these
figures are confirmed by final
statistics, the estimate would
place the areas output at Is per
cent of the States gross yield.
Chesley A. Haden, central fig
ure in fruit circles around Crozet
for several years, said orchard
Evening star., 1949-08-18

Temperatures of $50 to 180 de-
Igrees have been taken in the sun
along the coast of the Persian Gulf
in Southern Iran, but these are
unofficial records since official rec
ords must be taken in sheltered
and ventilated locations.
Evening star., 1949-08-18

charges deserted her last April
after nearly 40 years of marriage.
The suit says Mr.. and Mrs. Far
rington were married in Chicago
in June, 1909. They have two
married daughters, the petition
said.
Evening star., 1949-08-18

yesterday brought suit in District
Court for separate maintenance
from her husband. Marvin Far
rington, Federal Power Com
mission examiner, whom she
Evening star., 1949-08-18

lists of the area would realize
about $1.000,000 on peaches this
year. q figure based on previous
good years.
Evening star., 1949-08-18
FPC Examiners Wife
Sues for Maintenance

Mrs. Ethelmae n, harrington,
305 Elm street, Chevy Chase, Md,
Evening star., 1949-09-01

District Jail reached an all-time
high Of 964 this week. At no time
since June. when the number
reached e06, had the jail housed
more than 900 persons.
The reformatory at Lorton, Va.
which houses men convicted Of
felonies, no whas a population of
about 1890 and the number has
increased steadily in the last year.
Increase Expected.
Mr.. Clemmer said double-deck
beds must be used when the num-
ber goes over 1900. and that
1900 is "the maximum safe popu-
lation." Any number over 1900
Evening star., 1949-09-01

actually creates unsafe conditions,
he said.
Indications are that the number
will continue to increase, until 1t
reaches the maximum. he stated.
When this happens. any excess
will have to be transferred to
Federal prisons with the approval
of the Commissioners and the At
torney General.
The reasons for the increased
number at the reformatory. as
we'll as the jail and all other
Department of Corrections insti-
tutions, is hard to pin down. au-
thorities agree. The main reason
Evening star., 1949-09-01

seems to be rising unemploy-
ment because Of postwar eco
nomic conditions, 1t was said.
$500 Total.
Also unde rthe department are
the workhouse and the reforma-
tory for women. Persons going to
these institutions, as we'll as the
mems reformatory. are first sent
to jail. The total population of
all these institutions is about
$500 as compared with 2,049 in
1945.
The highest total was in 1889,
with 3,493. In that year. however
the reformatory had the use of
two buildings now used by indus
Evening star., 1949-09-01
Reformatory Crowded
Near Safety Limit Of
1900, CIemmer Says

The Districts reformatory is
steadily approaching a condition
of unsafe overcrowding. according
to Donald Clemmer, superln-
tendent of the Department OF
Corrections.
At the same time. he stated,
the number of inmates at the
Evening star., 1949-09-01
Gordon Hittenmark Is Sued
For Limited Divorce

Gordon A. Hittenmark, As, who
for some years was active in radio
work here as an announcer, yes
terday was named defendant in
a suit for limited divorce and
maintenance, brought by Mrs. Edith
Evening star., 1949-09-01
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
SEPTEMBER ], 1919

ton asking the Department Of
Trees and Parking to put in shade
trees in the $500 block Of Clay
place NE.
Robert F. Tibbetts, president,
conducted the meeting.
Evening star., 1949-09-01

trial concerns. This enabled the
reformatory to house 1,646 in
mates. But even with the extra
space, that was an unsafe num-
ber, Mr.. Clemmer said.
Evening star., 1949-09-01

Evelyn Hittenmark. IS, Of 231C
Ashmead place NV.
Filed in District Court, the suit
charged cruelty and accused Mr.
Hittenmark of drinking.
The complaint said Mr.. and Mrs
Hittenmark were married in May
1913, and lived together until
June of this year.
Evening star., 1949-09-01
River Terrace Group
Asks Shade Trees

The River Terrace Citizens As
sociation last night passed mo-
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Leoion Post to View Film

American Legion Government
Printing Office Post No. SO will
see the motion picture film "Air
Power is Peace Power" at 9 pm,
Friday in the Legion clubhouse,
F2437 Fifteenth street INV.
The film was produced by East
erns Air Lines. .g~x q IN
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Truman Action Due
On Bill 10 Shift Upkeep
OF SuitIand Parkway

The signature of President
Truman today was awaited on
bill to transfer to the Interior
Departments Park Service the
maintenance and operation of the
Suitland Parkway between Wash
ington and Andrews Field. Md.
This was one of the House bills
approved yesterday by the Senate
and sent to the President for sig
nature.
1t had been tied earlier to
plan calling for Federal aid in
the completion of the dual-park-
expressway between the Capital
and Baltimore but more recently
was made a separate measure.
In another action yesterday, the
Senate passed and sent to the
House bill authorizing construc-
ton of a $4,475, 900 radio labora-
tory building for the Bureau of
Standards. \
Site Not Specified.
AS first planned, this radio
propagation building would have
been erected in the District, but
this was ruled out under the Ma
tional Security Resources Board
policy that important installations
should not be constructed in
crowded urban areas.
The final selection of site has
not been identified. The Senate
Committee on Interstate Com
merce, reporting the bill, ex-
pressed belief that land already
owned by the Government could
be used.
In this connection the Senate
group added that Government Of
fciaIs have in mind the possibility
of acquiring sufficient land out
side the District to permit even
the shifting of the entire Bureau
of Standards in an emergency"
Court Police Approved.
The Senate approved, without
change, a House bill to provide
for the creation of a Supreme
Court police force to replace
building guards now commissioned
by the District Commissioners.
This measure, already approved by
the House, is to be sent to the
President for signature.
Three District Government bills
were passed by the Senate, all of
which need House action. One
would permit the Board of Educa-
ton to participate in the foreign
teacher exchange program. in CO.
operation with the United States
of Education.
Another would strengthen the
Districts boiler inspection code.
The third would exempt from tax
alton by the District the property
here of the National Society of the
Colonial Danes of America.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-11-26
Horse Heaven Children
Stuy Home With Pox

day evening at the hall. Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Lampson will fur
nish the music. There should be
a good attendance as most of the
hunters have returned and will
be able to attend. Frank Rich
mond is chairman for arrange
ments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Travis and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dowd were
in Yakima Wednesday.
Fog has shrouded part of the
community most of the time
since the recent rains, making
travel rather unpleasant. Due
to the added moisture, there
have been heavier frosts and
the week end promises colder
weather.
Carl Hanson is driving a new
Studebaker car after wrecking
the old one in a collision.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-11-26

SC intention of fixing it. There
also was a broken toilet tank due
to carelessness of wOrkmen that
was never replaced.
Nearly all the septic tanks in
this community were installed
without dry wells. Our neigh
boris contractor dug an open
ditch for their sewage to empty
out in until he could get a
shovel to dig a dry well for them.
1t was about ten months later
that it was fixed. The OdOr was
nauseating let alone the germs
that the flies drug around this
community.
Let everyone to their own opin.
ion but I feel you should be COM
plimented on your effort to make
these contractors feel responsible
for their work. The average in
dividual can do nothing If the
contractor does not choose to cor
rect his error.
If you should choose to print
this please do not publish my
name as I see no reason to men.
ton names as I haven't and dc
not wish to be involved in any
way.
Name withheld)-
Kennewick
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-11-26

HORSE HEAVEN, Nov. 25-Bil-
ly and Ruth Ann Haworth were
absent from school this week
going through a seige of chick.
en- pox.
Mrs. Jerre Gould is expected
home this week from weeks
visit in Southern California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Heady
were called to Kansas by the
death of Mr.. Heady's brother in
a stationary threshing machine
accident. The brother and fam.
lily visited here for several weeks
this summer. Mrs. Hedwig Lar
son is staying with the two Heady
girls, Mary and Doris during
their parents absence. They
were guests Wednesday evening
of the Henry Dowd family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Tyacke and
children and Dick Long were
visitors of the Charles Tyacke
family in Airing. Ore, Wednes-
day.
The community club Is plan
ming another dance this Satur.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1949-11-26
Having Baby
Not Sufficient

OLYMPIA, Nov. 25-P-Atty.
Gen. Smith Troy said today he
didn't think that a married
school teacher having a baby
was sufficient grounds for dis
missal.
The woman teaches in Clark
county and has. asked for a four
month leave of absence at the
time of the arrival of the storl
expected Dec. /.
County Prosecutor R. Dewitt
Jones said the school board was
unwilling to grant such a leave
largely because of the difficulty
of getting good substitute
teacher for the period. Jones
added the teacher hadn't told