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Arizona sun., 1950-04-21

April IA, 1879.
Arnold J. Toynbee, historian;
April ii, 1889.
Jerome Weidman, novelist; April
4, 1913.
Glen T. Seaborg, nuclear chemist;
April 10, 1912.
Leon Blum, ex-Premier of
France; April 9, 1872.
Arizona sun., 1950-04-21
Living Personalities
Born In April

Charles E. Burchfield, water
colorist; April 9, 1898.
Morris Kantor, painter; April Is,
1896.
Robert Casadesus, p1anst; April z,
1899.
Gregor Piatigorsky, cellist; April
II, 1908.
Paul Robson, baritone; April 9,
1898.
Lily Pons, soprano; April 13,
1904.
Carlos Salzedo, harpist; April 6,
1885.
Arthur Schnabel, pianist; April
IT, 1882.
Leopold Stokowski, conductor;
April 18, 1882.
Efrem Zimbalist, violinist; April
9, 1889.
Margaret Aver Barnes, novelist;
April 8, 1886.
James Branch Cabell, novelist;
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Veterans Warned
On Rent Eyictions

The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil today warned tenants of the
county's veterans housing prof.
ects who owe back rent to- pay.
up by January l or face eviction.
The council said approximately
rs tenants owe more than $1,000
in back rent, including one person
who has failed to pay any rent
since he moved in II months ago.
Assistant County Attorney
Plummer Shearin said the county
has been trying to collect back
rents for the last three months
but with Indifferent success"
Eighteen Of the Is persons in.
volyed live in the Sligo Park prof.
ect and the remaining seven are
in Lyttonsville. The county also
operates a third housing project
in Takoma Park.
Councilman Harold r. Ham.
mond cited one case in which the
veteran makes $4,000 a year but
owes 1920 rent.
Most OF these delinquent per-
sons" Mr.. Hammond said, earn
from $2,500 to $4,500 a year and
1t seems to be that people making
that much ought to be able to
pay the maximum rental Of $3.50
a MONTH" ...--. So
County Manager Irving G. Nc.
Nayr asked that he be given au.
thority, in cases where eviction il
necessary. to wait until warm
weather before actually ousting
the tenants. The council agreed
to this. .t.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Civic Federation Asks
Budget Coordination

The Arlington Civic Federation
last. night called on "constitu.
tional" officials of the county, moi
directly under supervision of the
County Board, to furnish the
board with copies of their pro-
posed budgets for 1951-52.
Public hearings should be held
the federation's resolution said, on
budgets of the Commonwealth
attorney. treasurer, commissioner
Of revenue. sheriff and clerk of
the court, whose expenses are PAID
in part by the State.
The resolution said that only
the sheriff has given the County
Board a copy of his budget.
In other action the federation
meeting at Lyon Park Community
House, urged that residents bs
permitted to do plumbing anc
electrical work on their home.
without a county license as 6
plumber or electrician.
The resolution asked the County
Board to amend the plumbing ane
electrical code. Residents still
Would be required to obtain per
NIT and would have to submit Il
coHnty inspection.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Walkers Minimize Bay Bridge Damage Reports

trucked in to I'LL those guile.
caused by the rain. But all the
earth in the whole ramp did moi
come to more than 100000.
How are you going to make q
$500 .000-cost out Of that?
Sure the contractors lost equip
ment. But that's covered by in
surance. They expected storm
damage. They gave that as one
of the reasons why their bids
were so high.
Some of the concrete has beer
Clipped off some of the piers where
barges struck them during the
storm. The contractors will have
to repair that damage. They are
bound to do that under then
surety bonds"
Report to Be Made.
The J. E. Greiner Co., Baltimore
Arm which is supervising the en-
tire construction of the bridge as
consulting engineers, is preparing
a report for the State Roads Com
mission on the storm damage
Yesterday the Greiner Co. engi.
neers were out in the bay to re-
examine the situation.
Gov. Lane conferred with engi-
neers in Baltimore. He declined
comment after the meeting, but 9
source close to him said the Gov
ernor firmly believes that the
bridge design is adequate tt
Withstand bay tides. storms anc
lice. >+1
Evening star., 1950-12-06

Mr.. McNayr quoted Mr.. Cox as
saying improvements to the jail
in resent months have been so
remarkable" that he plans to
recommend that the Bureau Of
Prisons approve it as a place
where Federal prisoners may be
held. ..,-
According to Mr.. McNayr, the
inspector found better administra-
ton, discipline and prisoner mo-
rale. as well as marked improve
ment in the quality and quantity
Of food served inmates.
Until about two months ago,
prisoners received only two meals
day. They now are fed three
times day at no increased cost,
the county manager said
In addition, new.type bars have
been installed on Jail windows.
and the old Jail staff has been re-
placed.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Roosevelt Concert
Invitations Are Ready

lnvitotions to the fifth in this SEQ.
sons keishborhood Concerts by the
NotionoI Symphony Orchestra, TO bs
held in Roosevelt High. School, Mondoy.
December II, now ore ready for dis
tribytion.
The invitotions. which ore issued with
out ehorss by The Evening Stor, sponso,
Of the Neishborhood Concerts, moy be
obtained at Roosevelt High School,
MoeforIond Junior High School, Bon
croft, Bornord,, Health, Petworth, ". 3.
Powell, Raymond, Shepherd, West end
TruesdelI Elementary Schools; Wilson
Teachers College, Soered Heart Aeod-
emy. the offices Of the Reersotion De-
portment ot Sixteenth and Lemont
streets NV. ond ot the business .eoun.
ter in the lobby Of The Stor BsiIdins.
The concert, under the, direction %
Howard Mitchell, will stort OF 8 pm.
II will be broadcast by WMAL, The
Stor's stetion.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Changes in Montgomery Jail
Bring Praise by U. S. Inspector

A Federal Bureau of Prisons in
spector has praised the Montgom-
cry County jail as ''one Of the best
jails in the State" according to
County Manager Irving G. Nc
Nayr.
Mr.. McNayr said the statement
was made by Harold A. Cox, after
a recent inspection of the jail,
which is atop the Rockville Court
house. &-....
The inspectors remarks were in
sharp contrast with criticism he
voiced after an inspection tour
last year. At. that time, he
charged prisoners were given poor
food, and he attacked facilities for
preventing Jail breaks.
Since then, authority over the
jail has been transferred from the
sheriff to the county manager
under a law passed last May by
the County Council.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Fairfax Board Approves
Changes In Planning Bill

Proposed changes in a bill now
before Congress to set up new
National Capital Planning Com
mission were Endorsed yesterday
by the Fairfax County Board OF
Supervisors.
The amendments would give
Virginia and Maryland stronger
representation on the commission
than is now proposed and also
would extend Federal financial
aid to Virginia parks near the
capital.
The Northern Virginia Regional
Planning and Development Com
mission, the Arlington County
Board and the Falls Church City
Council previously had approved
the suggested amendments.
The bill would extend jurisdic-
ton of the commission to areas
within so miles from Washington
Interest In the measure has been
revived by the Federal Govern
ment's plan for dispersal of new
installations.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Cigarette.1ax
To BE Repealed
In Alexandra
Manager Accedes
ToMerchunts and
CounciImen Agree

The Alexandra, cigarette tax
will be repealed effective Janu-
ary /.
City Manager w. Guy Ancell
said today he had carefully con-
sidered the merchants request
regarding the 2-cent cigarette tax
and their claim that this tax Is
driving business out Of Alexandria.
Il feel that the prosperity Of
Alexandria depends to a large ex-
tent on the business done by our
retail merchants. and under these
circumstances I propose to recon-
mend to the City Council that the
tax be repealed as Of January l,
1885," he added.
Mr.. Ancell said a majority Of
the City Council has approved re-
peal Of the tax. He said the coun-
cilmen had assured him they
would Cooperate in living with
in a reduced budget" ..
"They have also assured me
that they do not intend to enter
tain any proposition for addition
al expenditures outside of the
budget except those of an emer-
gency nature" the city manager
said.
There will be no increase in
other taxes to replace the $3.50, 900
which viii be. lost when the ciga-
rette tax is dropped, the manager
said. He said that the lower pro-
fessiunal license tax and the pro.
posed $3.50 real estate tax rate
will be retained. The new rate is
Is cents under the current levy.
To repeal the cigarette tax.
adopted last summer. Mr.. Ancell
said, sit will be necessary to de-
lete certain items from the budg-
ct as well as to reduce the pro.
posed expenditures for other
items" Principal item to be re.
duced is $225. 900 toward construc-
tion Of an incinerator. scheduled
for next year. The city will allot
only $l25.000 in cash for this
project. The balance Of the
money needed to build the in
cinerator will be borrowed. ..
The manager said the council
will meet in closed session tonight
to consider the 1851 budget, not
yet formally adopted.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Measureior REVISING
Constitution Drafted
For Maryland Council
BY the Associoied Press

BALTIMORE. Dec. GA bill to
set up the machinery for calling
convention to rewrite Mary
lands 83-year-old constitution was
drawn up last night by a SUBJ
committee of the Legislative
Council.
If approved by the full council
interim committee of the Gen.
eral Assembly-the bill will be in
troduced in the 1851 session of
the Legislature.
Voters at a referendum Novem-
ber 7 overwhelmingly approved
the calling Of a convention to
draw UP a constitution to replace
the present much amended one.
Calendar Of Events.
Under the subcommittee plan
this would be the calendar of
principal events:
June I. 1951-Effective date of
the new law providing for election
OF delegates and assembling OF
the convention.
June 8. 1951-Final date for
filing by candidates for delegate
to the convention.
June 26, 1951-Special election
to choose the delegates.
September 10. 1951-First ses-
sion of the convention.
April 2. 195z-Special referen-
dun to submit a new convention
or reviSions of the present one
to the voters.
Election of delegates would be
on nonpartisan basis.
Five Months for Work.
The delegates would have about
five months to complete their
work before the General Assembly
met in February, 1852.
This would leave another two
months for publicizing the pro-
posed constitutional changes be-
fore the referendum.
Under the present constitution,
each county and Baltimore City
Legislative district would have as
many convention delegates as it
has members in the General
Assembly. ~ =.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Plan 10 Drop Suburban
Telephone Book Protested

The Arlington County Civic Fed
Grafton last night voted to pro-
test proposed elimination Of the
Northern Virginia telephone book
and branded as a nuisance" con-
solidation of subscribers names in
the large District directory.
Henry j. Smith, manager of the
Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. of Virginia. told the fed
Grafton nearby Virginians are
scheduled to receive a Washing
ton Virginia directory including
nearby Virginia classified adver-
tising.
He said the separate nearby Vir-
ginia directory will almost Ger
tainly" be eliminated next year.
The present District telephone
book contains all numbers listed
in the small Virginia directory, he
declared.
The federation's resolution said
the plan would be "a nuisance
cumbersome and time-consuming."
Evening star., 1950-12-06
BY George Kennedy
Ssuf Staff cesrsspendent

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 6.-Reports
that the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
now under construction between
Sandy Point and the Eastern
Shore suffered damage in the
storm Of November rs that will
total between $500,000 and 81 mil
lion seem exaggerated to the men
working on the job.
The target date for its compile
ton, July 4. 1852. still stands.
The men building the bridge
are undisturbed by scare talk
that it may be impossible to get
the steel to complete the job be-
cause of the Korean war.
Most of the steel for the bridge
has already been rolled and much
of it has been fabricated. Bethle-
hem Steel Co., which is supplying
all the steel and building the
jsuperstructure, has a great deal of
the steel for the bridge stored at
Pier II in Baltimore, ready to be
hoated down to the structure as
needed.
The steel shortage Of World
War II did not stop any struc-
lures that were as we'll underway
as the Bay Bridge, the bridge
builders say :.
McKeldin Made Report.
The gloomy report that the
bridge had suffered more damage
than first reports Indicated; that
it was not being built right tc
Withstand the severe storms OF
Chesapeake Bay, and that the
steel might not be forthcoming
was put out Monday by Governor
elect Theodore r. McKeldin.
The Goyernor-elect said he got
his information from one of the
finest engineers in the business.
The bridge has been identified
with Gov. William Preston Lane
the man Mr.. McKeldin defeated ir
the recent election. ...
None of the bridge builder!
wanted their names used in 6
public controversy with the mar
who will be able to name the new
boss of the job after January
The bridge comes under the State
Roads Commission and Mr.. Nc.
Keldin las said that one Of tn,
first things he will do will be tt
appoint a new chief engineer fol
the commission.
But they did not conceal theil
indignation
Let him name the engineer
who gave him this so-called in
formation" said boss in on,
Of the contractors temporar,
buildings that adjoin the ferr.
landing at Sandy Point. LET hin
give us the mans name, or he
just publicity seeker"
Equipment Was Damaged.
4 The big storm after Thanksgiv.
ing did do a lot of damage, espe.
!; cially to the contractors equip.
ment. The bridge builders dom
want to go through another ex
perience like that. They thinl
they were very lucky to get out O.
I it without loss of life. There wer,
not even any severe injuries to tn,
men.
i One of the reinforced concrete
piers in the shallow water of
Sandy Point was carried away
The engineers think something hi
it. Divers were down in the rela.
lively calm weather yesterday tt
report on where and how it hae
broken off. =
4 The construction in the shallow
water on the Eastern Shore side
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Sothoron Elected
To Porty. Committee

State Senator L. Harold Soth-
oron. president of the State Sen.
ate, has been elected a member OF
the Prince Georges County Demo
cratic State Central Committee
He succeeds Mrs. Mary w. Brown
ing, who died recently.
Senator Sothoron was elected tc
the State Senate in 1912. He lost
In the November Z election to John
Re- Raymond Fletcher, Republican, o1
Cheverly.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Fairiax, Board Agrees
TO Join 10 5 Study Of
Sewer, Wafer Plan

Fairfax County today agreed tt
join in a study toward possible
creation Of a Northern Virgins
regional water and sewer au-
thority.
Acting on recommendation o1
John Brookefield, chairman OF
the Northern Virginia Regional
Planning Commission and Sani-
tary Engineer James j. Cor
balls, jr., the County Board OF
Supervisors agreed to appoint two
members to a committee that will
study the proposal.
Fairfaxs decision gives the
committee the full membership
that was proposed by Arlington
County. which recommended the
survey. Alexandria and Falls
Church earlier had agreed to 60
along with the plan.
Mr.. Corbalis made it clear that,
by joining in the survey, Fairfax
was not committing itself to the
expenditure of any funds and
added "the action VIII not limit
our right to proceed according to
our plans before the committee re-
ports"
Bonds Issued.
Fairfax has issued SO million in
bonds for a sewer improvement
program, including construction
Of a sewage disposal plant.
Mr.. Corbalis pointed out that
Attorney General j.: Lindsay Al
mond of Virginia has ruled that
Fairfax's sewer bond money can
not be used for a joint disposal
system because county operated
plant was specified in the bond
issue referendum.
But if there is any possibility
'of saving any money by creation
of one agency to operate disposal
facilities, we certainly should
look into it," said Mr.. Corbalis.
Sees Operation Saving.
He said "the most that I can
see that we can accomplish
through the survey is a possible
saving in operation. I don't think
there is any hope at the moment
for our participation in a joint
disposal plant construction pro-
gran,' said Mr.. Corbalis.
Supervisor Arthur Shaffer said
he thought the joint survey was
an excellent idea and expressed
the hope that the committee
would consider the possibility OF
pumping Virginia sewage under
the Potomac river to the Districts s
plant for treatment. He pointed
Eout that the committee is sup
posed to study what effects Fair
fax and Arlington bond issue
|referendums may have on plans
for joint sewer facilities.
Mr.. Shelter and Hubbard Massey
of the Fairfax Planning Commits
sion were named as the county's
representatives on the committee.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Women Voters to Hear
Lectures on Point Four

The Arlington League of Women
Voters will hold an open meeting
on the Point, Four Program at
8:l5 pm. Thursday in the Uni
tartan Church. 4451 First place.
south.
Mrs. Rowena B. Romr .el Of the
State Departments Technical Co.
operation Projects staff and Oscar
Meier. chief Of the Economic
Technical Mission to Liberia. will
speak.
Evening star., 1950-12-06

consists Of q ramp Of earth almost
half a mile long. A great deal of
earth was washed into the bay by
the torrential rain that accom-
panied the storm. The sides Of
the ramp are now a corduroy Of
vertical ridges and gullies caused
by the rain erosion-a sight that
is familiar to the motorist along
new roads.
The sinking Of a barge loaded
with temporary steel piling is CIV
ing the bridge builders the most
concern. That piling was to be
used in building an important
cofferdam and it will be hard to
replace due to the steel shortage.
Electronic Aids Used.
Yesterday the contractor, Fred
erick Snare Co. of New York, one
of the six working on the bridge,
obtained Federal Government aid
in trying to find the lost piles.
A coast and geodetic survey plane,
with electror1ic equipment used in
the last war to locate submarines,
few back and forth over the area
north of the bridge where the
barge went down.
The contractor had a boat out
with ship-to-shore radio trans
mission. He also had a telephone
line open to National Airport
which had radio communication
with the plane. The planes pilot
reported to the airport. which
then told the contractor by tele-
phone where the boat should go.
Signals indicating a large guam
! tity of metal under water at one
point were repeated again and
again. When the boat reached
the spot buoy was placed there
as marker, and a diver is 20 go
down today to try to find the
priceless steel.
The missing concrete pier cost
about $4,000. It will cost more
to replace because it was made
on a mass production basis by
equipment that moved from pier
to pier on a temporary roadway.
The equipment and the roadway
have since been removed and the
replacement will have to be done
with floating equipment. :.
Estimate Questioned.
AS to the $500.000 damage, one
of the bridge builders said: =
Say the pier will cost so per
cent more to reconstruct. That's
$4,000. On the other side of the
bay a lot of earth will have to be
Evening star., 1950-12-06
County YWA Office
Moved in Bethesda

The Montgomery County YWCA
office has been moved to the third
floor of the Glenbrook Club, $500
Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda.
The shift from the Y cottage,
which remains at 8410 Wisconsin
avenue, was made to ease the
space problem there.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Fairfax Sets Up
Research Unit
On Government
David Lawrence
To Direct Project;
Stuff to Be Named

A research project to study the
new county executive form of gov
ernment which takes effect in 1852
was created today by the Fairfax
Board of Supervisors.
- David Lawrence. Washington
news writer. who was vice chair
man of county government
. study commission, was chosen to
head the new project. He had
Recommended it's establishment.
> Mr.. Lawrence said the transi-
tion to a county executive system
needs spade work of a factual
nature" He said the research
project could accomplish this in
about four months.
s. The supervisors authorized Mr..
! Lawrence "to assemble a staff of
specialists and technicians fsmu-
lar with the various phases of
county government and to obtain
their services on volunteer
basis. :"
o.. Aid From Residents Sought.
= Mr.. Lawrence explained he
planned to request the service of
county residents at various times
throughout the research program.
He said he also planned to prepare
q handbook for each of the county
departments, as the law requires
them to be set up under a county
executive plan.
& Mr.. Lawrence outlined functions
Of the research project as follows:
:. !. To study the experience of
other counties which have had
similar problems in setting up new
administrative departments.
!. 2. Report methods of establish
Ing a finance department, which,
under the new government, will
assume the entire administration
OF financial affairs in the county.
This department will replace the
elected Offices of county treasurer
and commissioner of revenue.
: New Welfare Group Planned.
3. Prepare for the establishment
OF q new health department, with
2 health board directly responsible
y the Board of Supervisors.
4. Outline new Department
Of Education setup, with a school
board appointed by the Board of
Supervisors.
:, 5. Prepare for a new welfare
department organization, super
vised by a board directly respon-
sible to the supervisors. .
6. A factual outline of func-
tlons and personnel descriptions
because the new government will
require uniform COMPENSATION
for like service"
Also. q survey of setting up
merit system. which WIN be re-
ouirsd under the new plan. s.I
Coyner to Aid Project.
The supervisors appointed Louis
coyner, county treasurer, as Sec
retary Of the research project at
the suggestion of Mr.. Lawrence.
The plan was indorsed by State
Senator Andrew w. Clarke, who
pointed out it was intended solely
as a factual survey. He suggested
that Mr.. Lawrence head the
project since he had devoted a
lot of time to the study of the
county government.
Appointment of a seven member
committee to study the policy
making functions and procedures
OF the Board of Supervisors under
the county executive form was
deferred. at the suggestion of Mr..
Lawrence. He said the research
project should come first. so that
the policy committee could have
the necessary facts on hand in
making its survey.