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Evening star., 1951-12-16
By Cospor Nonnes

The new $l.2 million New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church will
open Thursday with ceremonies in
the structure at New York avenue
and H street NV.
A highlight of the opening will
be the presentation of Lincoln's
handwritten first draft of the
Emancipation Proclamation to the
congregation by Barney Balaban,
president of Paramount Pictures
Corp. The document will be pre-
scented at special ceremony i'm
mediately following the dedication
service at 7::45 pm.
Lincoln, during his administra-
ton. worshiped regularly at the
church. rented a pew for $50 a
year, and became a close friend
of the minister, the Rev. Phineas
D. Gurley.
In the 90-year-old church torn
down last year to make way for
the present structure, there was
a Lincoln chapel and a Lincoln
room.
Written Early in 1862.
According to the late Thomas
E. Eckert. superintendent of Mil
itary Telegraph during the Civil
War, President Lincoln started
writing his first draft of the
Emancipation Proclamation in
early June, 1862.
Lincoln visited Eckert's Office
daily to read the war dispatches,
and his writing of the draft took
several weeks.
He would look out of the win
dow TO ra while and then put
his pen to paper, but he did not
write much at once. He would
study between times and when he
had made up his mind he would
put down line or two. and then
sit quiet for a few minutes.
"On the first day-when ready
to leave-he asked me to take
charge of what he had written
and not allow anyone to see it.
I became much interested in the
matter and was impressed with
the idea that he was engaged
upon something of great impor-
tance. but did not know what it
was until he had finished the
document and then for the first
time"
"He told me-" Eckert said, "that
he had been writing an order CIV
ing freedom to the slaves in the
South. for the purpose of hasten
ing the end of the war"
Planned as Bill.
The document, originally
planned as a draft of a bill for
Congress to act upon, eventually
passed into the hands of son or
grandson of a clerk, name un-
known, of the House of Repre-
sentativeS. He rescued the docu-
ment at a time when what were
considered to be useless papers and
documents were being destroyed
by House employees. The draft.
read by Lincoln to his cabinet on
July IA. 1862, was set aside. On
September % that year the Eman-
cipation Proclamation was issued.
The document was bought later
by A. S. w. Rosenbach of Phila-
delphia, and was purchased from
him by Mr.. Balaban short time
ago.
He bought the manuscript with
the purpose of presenting it to a
public institution. But Rabbi Nor
Evening star., 1951-12-16
I'd Store HoIdup in Week
Reported in Alexandra

Alexandria police are investi-
eating the city's second store
holdup within a week.
Leon B. Rubin, a clerk at the
Carver Mems Shop. 111S Queer
street, was held up and robbed
Friday Of approximately $235,
police said. Mr.. Rubin told police
q eolored man came into the store
and asked to see some gloves
When heeturned away, Mr.. Rubir
said, the customer stuck some.
thing sharp in his back and or.
dered him to the rear of tht
store. There, Mr.. Rubin said, h,
was forced to lie on the washroon
floor and the robber tied his hand
and feet with a vacuum cleane
cord. Mr.. Rubin reported $45 wa
taken from his pocket and abou
$3.50 from the cash register.
Police. meanwhile. have ques.
toned three suspects in the rob
berry of Bernard Lehman, owneI
and manager of Ben's Swap Shop
1401 King street. Mr.. Lehman wa.
beaten and critically injured
Wednesday by two colored mel
who robbed his store of $500
police said. He was reported i'm
proved at Alexandria Hospita
last night.
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Theafers in Counties
To Sponsor hatinees
To Aid Needy Families

Sidney Lust Theaters in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties will sponsor Jim Gibbons
Country Store matinees at pm
Tuesday 'in an effort to prevent
tragedy of a single empty stock
ing in suburban Maryland or
Christmas morning"
Admission to the special shows
will be toy or some canned food
which will be distributed to needy
families in the two counties.
In addition to the Lust Thea
ters and radio station WMAL, the
Prince Georges County Christmas
Bureau, a clearing house fol
families in want. will sponsor the
shows.
Sidney B. Lust, owner of the
theater chain, announced that
any one who knows of a need,
family may get in touch with him
to have toys and food sent fol
Christmas.
The Hyattsyille Theater will
present "The Kid From Texas
for the event. At the Cheverly
and the Viers Mill theaters will bt
The Broken Arrow" "Rogues O.
Sherwood Forest" at the HAYWOOD
and the Allen. and "Comanchs
Territory" at the Bethesda.
/ Programs at the Viers Mill ane
Bethesda Theaters will be co.
sponsored by the Social Servic.
Exchange of Montgomery County
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Bethesda Firemen
ToCeIebrate 25th
Anniversary tuesday

The 25th anniversary Of the
Bethesda Fire Department will be
celebrated Tuesday with open
house at the flrehouse, 1920 Old
Georgetown road.
To celebrate the occasion, the
fire board has bought a 19-inch
televiSion set for the two nine-man
Iplatoons on the paid fire fighting
staff under Chief A. J. Bargagni.
The department, one of the
largest and most modern in Mont
gomery County. has five pieces OF
equipment. including four pump
ers and 75-foot ladder truck
Two of the bumpers were bought
during the last two years.
It was on December 18, 1926
that the engine house opened its
doors for the first time on a
volunteer basis. The department
had been chartered six months
earlier, when the late Oliver
Owen Kuhn. managing editor OF
The Star, and the late William
w. Bride led a drive that netted
$50, 900.
Mr.. Kuhn was the first presi-
dent and Mr.. Bride, vice presi-
dent. Other officers were S. Wal
ter Bogley, treasurer, and Hobart
S. Langdon.
In July. 1899, the department
changed to a paid setup under
Chief Bargagni, a retired District
fire lieutenant. 1t answers about
300 calls a year.
Present fire board officials are
Capt. Preston B. Haines, U. S. N
retired. president; Burrell H
Marsh, jr., vice president; G.
Wady Imrie, treasurer, and John
B. Cole, secretary.
Evening star., 1951-12-16

tried for the Senate nomination
again last year
Poll in Montgomery.
He lost the nomination to John
Marshall Butler. however, as q
result of Maryland's unit-vote sys-
TEN. Mr.. Butler then proceeded
to defeat former Senator Millaro
E. Tydings in the general elec.
tion.
A poll is underway among
Montgomery County Republican
officials to determine which oi
three prospective candidates is te
make the race for the nomination
to the 9Th District seat. The three
are:
State Senator Dewitt S. Hyde
Secretary of State John r
Reeves. and r. Duncan Clark. q
former delegate to the Genera
Assembly and a member of the
county's Republican State Centra
Committee.
In addition, State Senator Davic
K. Mclaughlin of Washington
County also has entered the race
for the COP. nomination.
William Prescott Allan, publish.
er of the weekly Bethesda Tribune
has announced for the Demo.
cratic nomination.
Evening star., 1951-12-16

man Gerstenfeld. spiritual leader
of the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation and a personal friend
of the moving picture executive
suggested New York Avenue
Church as the logical home for
a Lincoln document. Mr.. Balaban
will present the document to A. C
Oliphant, chairman of the
church's board of trustees.
Text of First Draft.
The original draft reads:
Fellow Citizens of the Senate
and House of Representatives:
Herewith is the draft of a
bill to compensate any State
which may abolish slavery within
its limits, the passage of which
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Gore, Morkey Formally Enter
q. 0. P. Primary in MARYLAND
3-Wuy Race Due
For Nomination
To Senute Seat
BY J. B. Zotmon

H. Grady Gore, wealthy Po-
tomac real estate man and hotel
owner. yesterday formally filed
his notice of candidacy for the
Republican nomination to the
United States Senate.
simultaneously, D. John Markey,
Of Walkersville. Frederick County,
announced he will seek the G. o. P.
nomination to the House from the
9th (Western Maryland) District.
Both actions had been antici-
pated for some time.
The Senate seat at stake Is
now held by Herbert r. O'Conor,
Democrat. who is expected to try
for another term.
Mr.. Cores announcement pre-
sages at least a three-way race for
the nomination. Other candidates
in the field so far are j. Glenn
Beall, Of Frostburg, 9Th District
incumbent, and Paul Robertson,
Baltimore Republican leader.
Announces at Luncheon.
On the Democratic side, only
LanSdale G. Sasscer, veteran 5th
District Representative, has an
nounced for the Senate. A po-
tential Democratic contender has
appeared in Fred w. C. Webb,
whose name has been advanced by
the Wicomico County Central
Committee. Mr.. Webb, a Sails
bury attorney, is considering the
matter.
Mr.. Gore put>himself on record
for the nomination during a
luncheon for more than 100 of
supporters in Annapolis.
He told representatives of every
county and Baltimore City that a
10-month speaking and listen
ing" tour had convinced him
Maryland Republicans are anxi-
GUS to nominate a candidate who
has the firm backing of individual
voters, rather than a man hand
picked by politicians.
He promised to cover the entire
State at least three times between
now and the primary next May
to give the voters an opportunity
to examine his platform.
Fight for Principals"
"This will be a campaign for
|all the Marylanders who are tired
of government Of the politicians,
by the politicians and for the
politicians"
Mr.. Markey also pledged a
fighting" program against cor
Iruption and imitation and for an
adequate defense program along
with sharp reductions in non-
essential spending.
Mr.. Markey will be a hard man
to beat, in the opinion of political
observers.
He lost to Senator O'Conor by
a slim margin in 1946 and re-
ceived the largest popular vots
in the COP. primary when Ae
Evening star., 1951-12-16
IFirmness in Behalf
OF Rezoning Asked
In Prince Georges
BY J. [. MichoeI

Prince Georges Commissioner
H. Wilson Spicknall yesterday
called on his former colleagues
not to give ground when they
reconsider a zoning petition
Wednesday which he believes will
shape the county's industrial ano
commercial future.
Referring to expected protests
against the boards October deci-
sion, which reclassif1es a 100-acre
tract along the Pennsylvania Rail-
road near Ardwick from rural
residential to light industrial, Mr.
Spicknall said:
Opposing delegations will be
there when the question comes up
again at Hyattsville. This matter
is so important. so vital that ]
urge you to stand firm"
Chance to Object.
The board gave residents of the
AREA, none of whom appeared at
the first hearing, another chance
to object when they complained
they did not know that David
Meade PEBBLES, the owner, had
filed such an application.
In a recent address before the
County Civic Federation, Mr..
Spicknall declared that impracti-
cal opposition to zoning requests
was hampering the county's de-
velopment and saddling citizens
with taxes higher than necessary.
He criticized the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission which he said docs
not want too much zoning."
Later, Mr.. Spicknall explained
that in his opinion the net effect
|of the agency's stand is to en-
courage ''monopolistic" zoning.
That comes about, he con-
tended, when property on one
corner of an intersection is zoned
commercial or industrial and
similar classifications are denied
properties on the other corners.
Calls Position Misunderstood.
The commission has complained
that its position has been mis-
understood and has asked an op-
Iportunity to state its views before
the commissioners.
Mr.. Spicknall said he wanted
to point out the contrast in COM
Imercial and industrial progress
between "misinformed" Prince
Georges and the business booming
Iof Arlington and Montgomery.
81 have made the rounds of
these areas" Mr.. Spicknall said,
land have seen their great de-
partment stores and other evi-
dences of trading and manufac-
turing progress.
1--WE need the same thing and
the way we decide Wednesday
will determine whether we will
welcome industry or serve notice
that there is no use to try to
locate in Prince Georges County"
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Mortinsburg Gets Army Unit

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, Dec.
Is (SpeciaD "A new Army Re-
serve company viii be organized
here Monday, Col. A. r. Reeves.
State military district chief in
Charleston, disclosed today. The
new outfit will be the 359th Pre-
ventive Medicine Company. Men
who were members of the 2345th
General Hospital unit, no longer
an active unit. are being asked to
join the new company.
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Powhoton Company
Pays OFF Employees
lin Silver Dollars
Special Dispoteh 10 The s,or

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Dec
15.-In an effort to demonstrate
that it has considerable purchas-
ing power in the community
Powhatan Brass g. Iron Works
this week paid its employees ir
silver dollars.
More than 10000 of the dollars
were distributed. officials of the
company said they believed the
size, weight and appearance o1
the silver currency would be more
tangible evidence than notes.
The silver dollars weighed more
than TOO pounds.
Evening star., 1951-12-16
More Teachers Asked
To Improve Virginia S
Lower School Grades
BY the Assoeiaied Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 15.-A
commission created to look into
Virginia's public school system
has found it good on the whole
though weak in the primary and
elementary grades.
Schools, however, should "con-
solidate their gains before
embarking on new ventures in
education" the commission be-
lieves.
1t suggests better efforts to OBJ
tain IAN adequate number o1
properly trained teachers in the
primary and elementary grades.
It wants teachers paid &C.
cording to training, experience
and demonstrated efficiency"
The State, it says. should con.
slider locality's efforts at equaliz.
ing opportunity in alloting certain
State school funds to the localities
Particularly, the number of pupil.
lper teacher should be reduced il
many cases.
Report Is Given Governor.
/ All of this, and much more, 4
contained in a 32-page report t,
Gov. Battle and the General AS
sembly today. The commission
headed by House Speaker E
Blackburn Moore, of Berryville
was created by the 1850 Genera
Assembly to "study the establish
ment of foundation program il
education"
It concluded that the State i
doing good job of placing in
creased emphasis on the teachin,
of fundamental subjects, a
recommended by the Denny Com
mission of 1914.
Effective teaching, it found,
hampered most by a lack of ade
lquately trained primary and ele
lmentary teachers, and too heav
Teacher loads.
/ Continued State Aid Urged.
] The commission recommends,
that some State aid to all locs
schools be continued. It did no
think the State should penaliz
ia locality in which schools ear
far ahead in many respects of tn
State school system as a whole
by cutting off equalization fund.
] The commission admitted, how
ever, that it "does not believe tha
any person or group is wis
Ienough to establish a formul
(which will be perfectly equitabl
Iby which local effort can b
measured"
/ Since State funds are provide,
primarily for teachers salarie.
the commission suggests that the
be distributed on a basis whicl
will not permit a locality to say
money on teachers salaries-b
increasing the teacher load-an
at the same time participate on
normal basis in the equalization
funds.
Evening star., 1951-12-16

substantially as presented, I re-
spectfully. and earnestly recon-
mend.
Abraham Lincoln
"July IA, 1862.
BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of
the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That when
ever the President of the United
States shall be satisfied that any
State shall have lawfully abolished
slavery within and throughout
such States. either Immediately, or
gradually. it shall be the duty of
the President. assisted by the Sec
retary of the Treasury. to pre-
pare and deliver to such State, an
Evening star., 1951-12-16
S., 600 Fire Damages
Dairy Near Alexandria

Fire yesterday caused an esti-
mated $4,000 damage to milk
ing shed at Parker's Dairy just
off Route / about 5 miles south
of Alexandria.
The estimate was made by c. B.
Newman, fire marshal for the
Mount Vernon Fire Department
He said cause of the blaze could
not be determined. Also respond
ing to the fire was equipment from
Fort Belvoir. Penn Daw, Franconia
and Baileys Crossroads.
Evening star., 1951-12-16

any time afterward. by law. re-
Introduce, or tolerate slavery with
in its limits, contrary to the act
of abolishment. upon which such
bonds shall have been received,
said bonds, so. received by said
State, shall at once be null and
void in whosesoever hands they
may be, and such State shall re-
fund to the United States. all in
terest which may have been paid
on such bonds"
Dr. George M. Docherty. min
lister of the church, in announcing
the presentation of the document
said, This generous gift will be
warmly welcomed by members of
this church and indeed by all
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Christmas Programs
At Falls Church School

The Madison School Parent
Teacher Association of Falls
Church will present Christmas
program on two successive nights
Children in the first three grades
will stage a pageant at 8 pm.
tomorrow and the upper three
grades will perform at 8 pm
Tuesday.
The association will also spon-
sor Christmas bazaar from $3.50
to 1890 pm. Tuesday in the
school cafeteria.
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Madison School Proorun,

The students of James Madison
School in Arlington will present
two Christmas programs tomorrow
for the school PTA. Primary stu
dents will give carol and recita-
ton show at 2:30 pm. and third
and sixth graders will present a
carol sing and an adoption OF
Dickens Christmas CAROL at
pm.
Evening star., 1951-12-16

amount Of six per cent interest
bearing bonds, of the United
States. equal to the aggregate
value, at -----------dollars per
head, of all the slaves within
such State. as reported by the
census of the year One thousand.
eight hundred and sixty-the
whole amount for any one State,
to be delivered at once. if the
abolishment be immediate, or in
equal annual installments, If it
be gradual interest to begin run
ming on each bond at the time of
its delivery, and not before.
And be it further enacted,
that if any State, having SO re-
Iceived any such bonds. shall at
Evening star., 1951-12-16

people who in the future will
come to the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church to worship" /"
Speaker at the dedication serv-
ice Thursday will be DR.. H. Ray
Anderson of Chicago. moderator
tof the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the
U. S. A. The Rev. c. Stewart
Mckenzie, minister of Western
Presbyterian Church and modera.
tor of the Washington City Pres
bytery, will lead prayers.
The new church is built on the
same lines as the structure it re-
places. 1t will be the third church
in which the congregation, or
ganzied in 1903, has worshiped.
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Quill and Scroll Group
Elects 10 0AIexundrions

The Quill and Scroll Interna.
tional Society at George Wash
ington High School in Alexandris
elected 10 new members last week
They were chosen for their out.
standing work on the school paper
and yearbook.
Elected were: Ann Forest; Steve
Seftenberg, Jacque Stratton, il
Ann Kinker, Joyce Leisner, Anr
Ellison, Lee Ann Leaphart, Bill
Ackor, Betsy Brooks and Carolt
Taylor.
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Assessments
Gain S12 Million
In Montgomery
Increase Is Effective
Jon. |; Tex Revenues
To Go Up Sl20, 900

Montgomery County's assessable
base of approximately $410 million
will be increased about $12 million
beginning January / when new
construction is placed on the tax
books.
The buildings involved were
completed since last October l and
will be assessed for a six-month
period.
This means the county will
receive about $4,000 in addi-
tional taxes. figured on the basic
tax rate of $2.04 per $100 assessed
valuation, to be collected during
the first six months of 1852. Bills
will go out in February.
New Construction Scattered.
These additional receipts were
not included in the current county
budget when 1t was adopted last
June.
The new construction is scat
tered throughout the county, with
most Of it centered in the suburban
area. Included are the new Fig
Building in Silver Spring, the
nearby Colemont Building at Fen
ton street and Colesville road. the
Heidi Bakery on King street. also
in Silver Spring, and about go
homes in the Wheaton City de-
velopnent.
Meanwhile. reasSeSSment of all
commercial properties and apart
mentS in the suburban area, in
cluding Rockville and Colesville,
Is proceeding on schedule.
This work must be completed by
May /, 1852 and the new figures
will 60 on the tax books July for
the 1923 fiscal year.
Judging from recent sales of
these types Of properties, county
officials anticipate a sizeable in
crease over the 1947 evaluations
when they were reassessed last.
After this project is completed,
officials will begin reassesSing all
private homes in the suburban
area. Reassessment of all type of
properties in the rural sections
will follow.
The current commercial and
apartment reassessment is in &C
cordance with the f1ve-year rota-
ton plan required by State law.
Under this plan, all properties
are assessed once every five years.
The f1ve-year plan, in effect
since 1943. will be replaced by a
three-year rotation assessment be-
ginning July I. 1854.
The change was ordered by leg
islation adopted at the 1851 ses-
sion of the General Assembly
after several counties complained
the present plan is inequitable.
Annual System Advocated.
Montgomery officials said both
plans have certain drawbacks,
however, and they favor an an
nual county wide assessment.
They said such a method would
be the fairest. particularly during
periods of changing values.
They explained that, under the
five-year plan, assessments are
put on the books at prevailing
prices.
But under the three year plan,
assessments over each three-year
period will be frozen at whatever
values existed during the first year
of the assessment cycle.
Consequently, If values are high
the first year. all assessments will
be based on those estimates during
the next two years even though
values may drop sharply during
the remaining period of the as
sessment cycle.
Evening star., 1951-12-16
3 One-Act Plays Scheduled

The Barrett Players Group,
sponsored by the Kate Waller
Barrett PTA will present 3 one
act plays at 4 o'clock this after
noon in the Barrett School, 440O
North Henderson road, Arlington
Evening star., 1951-12-16
Abingdon PTA Bake Sole

The Abingdon School Parent
Teacher Association will hold a
Christmas bake sale from 3 to 9
pm. tomorrow at the school, 3035
South Abingdon street. Arlington.
Evening star., 1951-12-16

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