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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25

Several years aso, In the 1914
F'ioed Control Act specifically,
Congress established the pFin.
eiple that In assignment and
distribution OF electric power
iFeiM public power projects,
preference should DO given 10
public bodies, such ~ towns and
municipalities, and eeseperR.
tiVea like those created under
the 1899 Rural EleetriAeatioR
Act, known % REA eo'epeF'
AtlVea,
That same 1904 act provided,
likewise, that the Government
could build tFansmlasion lines,
itself, from the public projects
where this was essential 10 de-
livery OF the power 10 con-
auTaera,
ny this method Of authoriging
the people themselves, through
their Government and their
own co.operatives, 10 utilize
this great natural source Of
energy which belongs 10 them,
there has been On amazing OK
tension OF electrihcatl0n 10
farms and homes such 90 never
had occurred, and would not DO
possible, under private utilities,
The latter had neglected the
opportunity which the people,
themselves, took advantage OF
In the truly democratic, grass
roots way. Naturally the private
utilities resisted. They seuRht
atubbornly In Congress every
step OF the way.
This Ia 10 report that now,
while public attention Ia d.
Verted elsewhere, the private
utilities have launched tho most
extensive and highly financed
campaign since early New Deal
days 10 Kill on this constructive
program,
Broadly, and along O wide
front, tho aim OF the private
utilities Ia 10 grab of remain
ING choice power sites--some
where the Government already
has done preliminary develop
ment-and without the prefer
ence established by law for
local public bodies and cooper
atives. to direct distribution and
sale on their own terms and
20 whom they please. which
In the past. has proved POI
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25

PUBS on the ground that such
would be infiatiohafyl
In other areas the interior
Department, which ID In charge
OF the public power program,
IA In conflict with the Federal
Power Commission which has
granted private utilities licenses
for remaining eheiee sites on
river systems where the Federal
Government has built upstream
dams and provided for the Cos
erdinated development OF the
whole system that makes the
remaining sites 40 valuable,
such 90 the Roanoke River In
Virginia and Kinas River In
California, These issues now are
before the courts,
In the middle OF this whole
battle Ia Secretary of Interior
Oscar Chapman, stalwaft cham
pion OF power development In
the public interest, In the four
years that no has had charge
Of this program, before and
since his appointment 90 secre-
tary In le49, almost as many
miles Of Government transmits
sion lines have been built to
serve the public as In the nine
years previously,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25

Jerry Fox, has haif.heartedly
consented 10 make the effort.
However the ballot will net per.
nit him 10 point out 10 the pres.
peetive VeteF that he IA merely
o stalking horse for Mr., f'rus
man and he hasn't the money
10 advertise the fact,
Under the circumstances,
Democrats expect that Senator
kefauVeF viii carry the primary
without difheultyr u viii giVe
him a Fallyihg point In the
Midwest that he has hitherto
lacked, The trouble seems TO DO
that 1t casts the Wisconsin
Democrats In O role for which
some Of them 90 least have lit
tie taste,
Should President Truman not
run after all and Mr., Kefau.
veF's campaign gather momen-
tum, OF course their spirits
would improve,
But In the background Is
their neighbor, Gov. Stevenson
OF Illinois, generally considered
q likely crown prince In the
event Mr., Truman bows out.
Gov, Stevenson Is popular with
Wisconsin Democrats; many of
them would like to have the
chance to be for him. They can't
be until he gives the word and
he can't give the word until the
President speaks up.
In complaining Of the situa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25
Fletcher KnebeI,
Potomac Fever

The PenAGen orders Gen. Macarthur 10 trim hin Govern.
mehtspaid staR from eaht 10 three Mae close.
mevthed about The hdGnty H has 10 behes lost more than
hail HE ApekesMen, " WY
~
Gen. Ike plans 10 visit Greece and turkey next month"; fs
the greatest military strategy since denahs KhAR-iayng siege
10 censtantlneple 10 deliver New Hampshire -
The Government turns importing and exporting rubber
back to private industry Since most industry executives were
playing weekend G0 when the word country clubs had
to Set up their own emergency wards to handle tho
Of shock. 5fr ".t.ar 'tr,.r, N,
n.. - s"' 1"'a \"
North Atlantic foreign ministers deadlock over whether 10
move the headquarters from London to Paris It's $3.50 split
The men are for PaFs-her wives prefer them In London
at,r
Air Force scientists take up six African posts to observe
todays total eclipse OF the SUM- This the first time history
the Ar Force was ever caught spending money to get something
beside the Air Force into the sun. -. '.'."
Harold Sassen says he'll be glad TO tell congressional
committee how Attorney General Mcerath cot rich ConseSSmen
thought the only left to make money quit work
and deduct yourself as your dependent income
The North Atlantic nations Lisbon Anal approval
30 armed divisions by the end Of the Leaders hope the
European deenses will become popular will claim
1t was really Russian who invented the idea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25

% billion this year for Tho eeyAs
mon Western defense, Thls
eeonolnle recovery, hoWeveF, n
increasing the fears end suAs
ploI0na OF the French 0l their
helahhoF across the Rhine and
may prove The real Alumhllne
block 10 ratification Of the blues
pTlntA tor collaboration Devised
last week IN L0ndon,
" 10 no ekAageFatloN % sAy
that the French people are Tar
more afraid OF Germany than
they ere OF Russia, The real,
and not the relative, success Oh
the Lisbon conference hlhgea
still on F'penehsd German reIAs
tl0hs rather than on appropFlAs
items from the American Gem
aress OF on manifestations OF
aoodWlll among The dlpl0mala
Of the nations which have pavs
tlelpated az that aAlheglna,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25

only highly unsatisfactory but
also expensive 10 the consumer,
Just now the fisht 10 con.
eentrated on the projected
power development OF the Ma
sara River, distinct from
the Great Lakes.Bt, Lawrence
Waterway also now before Con.
Gress, ofiiees OF members of
Congress are flooded with en-
panslve propaganda In behalf OF
construction OF this power pref
cot jointly by hve private com.
panleA, That would abolish
completely the preference guar.
antee IN what In TO DO pOtenti-
ally the biggest power develop.
ment In our country, The
propaganda In generated by
numerous private utility or.
ganisations, including tho SO
called National Association Of
Electric Companies which pays
$4,000 q year 10 ita chief lobby
lat, Purcell l., Smith, ~ we'll %
by the State Chambers OF Com
inerce organization,
The preference clause, like.
wise, would be eliminated under
. proposal for the New York
Authority 10 construct the prof.
cot, This agency was completely
revamped In personnel In 1850
and In testimony here last year
repudiated q previous Joint
agreement with tho Federal
Government 10 glVe public
bodies and co.operatiVes preiers
ences, Instead, II would sell
power OF the bus bar, so.ealled,
% private companies for their
sale and distribution,
A third alternative, offered
In O bill sponsored Jointly by
Senator Lehman, Democrat OF
New York and Representative
Franklin D, Roosevelt, jF., would
provide for Federal construction
OF the project but subsequent
operation by the State OF New
York under terms that would
retain the preference principle,
The iight, underway In other
sectors, also has brought q con.
flict among Government agen.
cies, In the Pacific Northwest
for example, the movement In
Washington OF public utility dis.
tricts, PUBS, as they are called
TO purchase and operate thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25

The feregelng, which came
from 0 stenearAphle record OF
some OF The minutes Of The
PRESIDENTS Loyalty Review
Beard == documents that have
never been made public In full
Indicates that there ere soma
htrAhHe eolnaasnn In the AtatA
DEPARTMENTS Loyalty and nes
eurlty Board, Small wonder that
one OF lta an0keamen can boast
IN public speeches that under
HE regime melody has been dis
missed on diBloyalty grounds
and only Q handful fred for
security reasons,
II begins 10 appear that the
state Departments bunalina
has aiveh Senator Mccarthy hls
biaaest llft, There euaht not 10
DO any tendency 10 decide these
cares with the Idea OF either
supporting or dlapapAalng the
Mccarthy viewpoint, F0p IN jos
seph Mccarthy were Out OF
the Senate, another Senator
would rlse 10 take hlG place and
make q liaht AGAINST Cons
Munlatl0 influence eMerted upon
state Department pelIelea In
the HAF NARt,
Actually there In no cenatis
tutional fright" "a such 10 eeRu
tinued employment In tho Cow
eminent for anybody, Where
an empleye happens 10 bs
charged or accused, he Ia pre-
sumed guilty until proved In
neeent, That's the procedure In
the Government and, though
It's O tough one, II can DO
handled fairly and impartlally
and do justice TO the real party
at integest-the people and the
Government Of the United
States, But However distressing
II may DO TO On individuals
reputation the procedures
should never be allowed TO pro.
teet anyone guilty Of actions
that are. after proper hearing,
found TO DO not In the interest
Of national security or loyalty
to the United States
tReproduotion Rlshts ReSeFved.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25

meht's Loyalty and Security
Beard, but there ore runners
that some persons Inside The
department held n erudge
against him, Instead OF dIamlAAs
lna him, Secretary Aeheaan res
verAed The departments board
and allowed tho man 10 resign,
whether this was or WAS not
juAtlfed Ia something that Will
never DO known because no en-
PLANTATION was ever issued 10 the
public, The fact that the State
Departments own board had
ruled against the man was withs
held from Tive press, and only the
fact that no had resigned and
had been "eleared" by Tho State
Department was ever formally
revealed,
One OF The members OF the
Presidents Loyalty Review
Board has charged THAT the ham
ding Of some Of The cases % the
state Department constituted q
"fraud on the public" Another
member OF the same board made
the i0ll0Wlna comment al that
AAIne meeting
~ has come 10 my attention
that the State Department,
throughout the program for two
ana eneshalf years, has not dis
charged 0 slnale person on the
grounds OF loyalty, What they
do IA 10 bring the empleye In
and say, "ReW, we are aeing 10
ME charges AGAINST you unless
YOU resign, 40 the man resigns
Or they'll hold q hearing and
bring him In and tell him, I'VE
are about to render q decision
OF ineligibillty against you un.
less you resign, -, They have
caused several people TO resign
where they would normally
have gone on through the hear
ing,
Nov, ] don't object TO that
30 much up to that point, but
they even 90 up on appeal to
the person who hears II from
the secretary, and II he comes
out adversely, they permit the
appellant to resign"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25
Doris FIeeson:

The state OF Wisconsin rather
Unexpectedly contributed IL
electoral votes 10 President
Truman In ie49, Over the week
end, Wisconsin Democrats who
really don't want 10 be faithless
10 Mr., Truman have been tfylhG
without much success 10 en-
plain 10 Washington that they
are all about 10 be trapped
Into Ihhdelityr
The trap consists OF the
States new primary law, the
Presidents eeyhess and 6eAas
tor KefauveF's ambition,
The law now says that q eaAr
didate In the Wisconsin pFesi-
Dental primaries must certify
that he wants the Job, Senator
Kefauver last Saturday handed
his entry to Carl Thompson,
Democratic National Committee
man. and will 90 on the ballot,
Informed OF the problem, the
National Committee suggested
that q favorite son be put up to
oppose Senator Kefauver. Since
the Democrats have elected only
one Wisconsin Governor In 81
years and two United States
Senators In about the same pc
Rod. concededly by accident.
the favorite son to beat Ke-
fauver 10 not Immediately APP
parent.
The i94S State chairman,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-25
Private Power ReneWs Attack
Utilities Launch Highly Financed Drive to End Rural
Cooperative Preference Established by Congress

Puget Sound Power and Lieht
Company and the Washington
Water Power Company, az veted
by the people In several refer.
ehda ID being bleeked In preee.
dures now before the Securities
and Exchange Commission here
and by @ ruling by the Pacific
Coast Federal Reserve Beard
Voluntary Credit Restraint
Committee This committee,
packed with representation OF
private banks and investment
houses, ruled against sale TO the
Evening star., 1952-04-20


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Evening star., 1952-06-26
Gene Howe, Veteran
In Texas Journalism
BY the Associated Press

AMARILLO. Tex, June 26.-
Gene Howe. veteran newspaper
man who rose to prominence in
the Texas Panhandle, will be
buried here this afternoon.
The body of the longtime editor
of the Amarillo Globe and News
was found yesterday morning, a
pistol clutched in the right hand.
A bullet hole was in the 66-year-
old newspaperman's right temple.
Mrs. w. j. Flesher, Randall
County justice of the peace, re-
turned a verdict of suicide.
Friends said despondency over his
health caused him to end his life.
AT his death, Mr.. Howe was
chairman of the board of the
Globe News Publishing Co., of
Amarillo. The company owns the
Amarillo Morning News, the
afternoon Amarillo Globe Times
and Radio Stations KGNC, ANA
rillo, and KFYO, Lubbock.
Mr.. Howe was the son of Ed
Howe, famous for so years as
editor of the Atchison, Kans.,
Globe.
Survivors include the widow,
one daughter, Mrs. Shelby Kritser,
Amarillo; a brother, James w.
Howe, Walnut Greek. Calf, a for
mer Associated Press foreign COR
respondent: and sister, Mrs.
Mattel Howe Farnham. Westport,
Conn.,, author.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
George Hall BeaI|, Is,
Retired Official Of
D.. {. Paving Company

George Hall Beall, 73, retired
paving company official and
member of an old Maryland
family. died Tuesday in Emer-
gency Hospital after a long illness.
Mr.. Beall was born at walnut
Range" his mothers historic
Prince Georges County home
which is now used by the Agri-
cultural Research Center at Belts
vile. He had lived in the District
most of the time since his mar
riage in 1905 to Agnes Stewart.
Their home is at 1927 Lamont
street NV.
For many years Mr.. Beall was
general superintendent of the for
mer Crawford Paving Co. here
During World War II ne worked
for the War Production Board, re-
firing when the board was dis
solved.
Besides his widow, Mr.. Beall is
survived by two sons and two
daughters: Stewart Hall Beall,
$3.50 Oliver street NV; John
Rogers Beall. Rockville Center,
Long Island, N. Y; Mrs. Winifrede
Beall Sanborn. 1901 Sixteenth
street NV, and Mrs. Marjorie
Beall Raleigh Of Silver Spring
Also surviving is a sister, Miss
Susie c. Beall of Beltsville, and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
l pm. tomorrow in the Hines
funeral home. 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
DR.. James T. Wright,
|0f Easfon Hospital Staff
BY the A.soeiaied Press

DENTON. Md, June 26.-Dr
James Franklin Wright, of the
Easton Memorial Hospital surgical
staff, died Tuesday at the United
States Naval Hospital in Phil
adelphia.
DR.. Wright, who was Al, was
president of the Caroline County
Medical Society.
A graduate of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity and the Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, he interned
at Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore.
Before entering the Navy, DR..
Wright was associated with the
staffs of the Truesdale Hospital,
Fall River, Mass, and the Jeffer-
son Hospital, Roanoke, Va. He re-
tired with the rank of commander
in 1916.
Survivors include his mother
Mrs. j. Franklin Wright. and his
wife and two daughters, and
S years old, all of Denton; a
Brother, w. A. Stewart Wright, a
Denton lawyer, and two sisters
Mrs. Stoll D. Kemp. Frederick
Md, and Mrs. John Lawson,
Roselle, N: j.
DIR. Wright's wife is the former
Mrs. Deane Vaughan Of Chat
ham, Va.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Col. Wayne 0. Hauck,
Retired Commander
|0f Ordnance Projects

Col. Wayne 0. Hauck, 81, U. S
A.. retired, died Tuesday en- route
to Walter Reed Hospital. He was
taken i'll while visiting his brother
j. Paul Hauck, 1908 Old Blandens-
burg road, Silver Spring. Md.
Col. Hauck was born in Hunt
ington, Pa, and was graduated
from West Point in 1925. He was
an athletic trainer at the academy
for several years.
He was in charge of construc-
tion Of the Indiana and Hoosiel
Ordnance plants at Charlestown
Ind, and the Badger Ordnance
plant at Baraboo, Wis.
Col. Hauck was commanding Of
flcer Of the Reserve Officer Train
ing Corps at Louisiana State Uni
versity in 1943. The following
year he commanded the 1886
Combat Engineers team in Europe
until 1947. He then headed the
|ROTC unit at the University OF
Wisconsin. He was retired ir
April, 1851.
Besides his brother, he is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Mildred
Hauck, and daughter, Miss Mel
sean Hauck, both of Madison
Wis, and a son, 1t. Wayne o
Hauck, jr., on duty in Hawaii.
Funeral services will be held Al
II am. Monday at Fort Myel
Chapel. Burial will be in Arling.
ton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Dr.. Jacob WaIdman, 81,
Ex-HYatfsviIIe Resident

DR.. Jacob Waldman. 81. long a
resident of Hyattsville, where he
had a drug store for many years,
died Wednesday in Cleveland,
where he had lived for the past
year.
DR.. Waldman went to Cleveland
to become president of the Doak
Drug Co.. of which he had long
been representative here.
Dr.. Waldman, who was active
in Masonic anu Jewish organiza-
tions here, is survived by his wife
Bessie, and by two daughters, Mrs
William Lebenson of Baltimore
and Mrs. Jerome Sacks, 604(
Fourteenth street NV.
Funeral services will be held al
|2:30 pm. tomorrow in the Dan
Izansky funeral home, 3501 Four
lteenth street NV. Burial will be
in Adas Israel Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Mexican Admits Killing
OF 81. Louis Woman
BY the Assoeiaied Press

ST. LOUIS, June 26.-A 23-
year-old Mexican has admitted
the brutal hotel room Staying of
Mrs. Irene Thompson. an attrac-
tive 32-year-old mother.
Police Capt. John Buck reported
last night that Jose Romero had
signed a statement saying he
strangled Mrs. Thompson and left
her partially nude body in a room
at the Jefferson Hotel.
Mrs. Thompson's body was
found in the room Sunday. Her
throat had been slashed with a
broken bottle and an electric cord
had been twisted around her neck.
Romero told of having been in
a fight with another man over
Mrs. Thompson last Friday and
then visiting her hotel room later
that night. He said she had
screamed insults at him and
lunged toward him with q desk
pen.
Then. he told officers. he killed
her.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
DR.. John D. Hird, SO,
Professor al GU

DR.. John D. Hird, 88, professor
of chemistry and former treasurer
of the Georgetown University
Medical School, died Tuesday in
his home, 1717 Irving street NV.
A native of Plainville, Conn.,,
DR.. Hird settled in Washington in
1900, after his graduation from
Amherst College. He taught
chemistry at Maryland University
and then served as professor of
chemistry at Georgetown Univer-
sity.
He was also a graduate lawyer
of the Georgetown University Law
School.
For is years, and until his
retirement three years ago, he
was treasurer Of the Georgetown
Medical School.
He is survived by his widow,
Isabella Thompson Hird, and a
son, DENLY T. Hird of Richmond,
Va.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow in the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Mrs. Leonoro Roines,
Former War Writer
By the Assecioied Press

ATLANTA, June 26.-Mrs. Leo
nora Raines, former war cores
pondent for the old New York Sun
and world traveller, died yester-
day at her home.
Mrs. Raines was a staff member
Of the Sun for is years and went
to France in World War to write
battlefield color stories. She lived
for several years in France prior
to World War II and Travelled ex-
tensively in the Far East.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
|A Work, Bowling Star
OF 2Os, Dies in VA Hospifa

AL Work, star duckpin bowler
Of the 1920s, died yesterday at the
Newton D. Baker Veterans Ad-
ministration Hospital at Martins
burg, w. Va. He was about 62
years old. Mr.. Work, a Navy
veteran of World War I, had been
Ill for many years.
He was one of the best known
bowlers of his era and by some
rated the top District left-handed
bowler of all time.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Dratha

WILKINSON. JOHN r. N. Members Of the
Oldest Inhabitants, Inc, are notified of
the death Of Mr.. JOHN F. NJ WILKIN-
SON, treasurer. Funeral services Satur-
day, June %, 1852, at 2:3O pm, at the
Israel Metropolitan C. M E. Church, New
Jersey ave. and Morgan st. NV.
WILLIAM D. NIXON, President.
FRANK D. MCKINNEY, Sec. prs
WILLIAMS. ELIZABETH. On Wednesday
June 25, 1852, ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
Of 4OS 9th st. s.w.. sister of Mary
Northcutt and aunt Of Irene p. Henson,
Florence Robinson, Essay Holland, Min
ME Clark Florence Henry Harry Keene,
Charles Penn and Harvey Northcutt.
Notice OF funeral later. Arrangements by
Maivan d Schey, Inc.
CHARLES. On Sunday. June
22. 1862. CHARLES WORTHAM of SI4
@ st. NV. beloved husband of Marie
workman and father Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Feeley. Also surviving are seven grand
children. six. Observation-Disclosures, four
grandSonS-in-law. seven nieces, three
nephews, one sister-in-law, two brothers.
sin-law, other relatives and many friends.
From 10 am. until IL pm Thursday
friends are invited to cal! at the Mcclure
Funeral Home. 1920 9th st. NV. After
~ Am Friday. June 81, remains will lie
N state at Turner Memorial Church
6th ana Eye SITS. NV, where services will
pc heid at 1890 pm. 1nterment Arling-
ton National Cemetery. 26
Evening star., 1952-06-26
SO European Teen-Agers Take
] our Here Before Trip Home

Thirty-six European teen-agers
who swapped home schooling for
a year in America were getting a
quick look at Washington today.
The youngsters, from 13 coun-
tries, have been exchange students
in many parts of America during
the last 10 months. They are now
on a whirlwind tour preparatory
to sailing homeward.
To Visit Pentagon.
Today the group was to have
lunch at the Capitol and visit the
Pentagon. Yesterday they lunched
at Dumbarton Oaks and there was
a picnic at Mount Vernon. The
youngsters also inspected the FBI.
A large part Of the group are
from Austria and Germany.
Ingeborg Hohenbaiken. pretty
18-year-old from near Vienna, ap-
preciated American freedom. She
lives in the Russian zone.
II grew up when Austria was
not free," she said. "Over here
I can do everything I want. I'm
controlled at home-I have to
watch if I have enough stamps
when I walk on the streets"
(The Russians require citizens
to carry identification.)
Misses Customary Wine.
Rosemarie Edenhofer, 18, of
PasSau, Germany-near Munich
lived with a Methodist minister's
family in Red Bank, N. j. She
missed her customary wine, but
was glad to learn America isn't
all Indians. gangsters and cowboys.
Pretty, blond Christa Michel. IT,
from Schmargendorf, in West
Germany's British sector, was dis
turbed at finding the idea here
that Germany now Is two coun-
tries. ..
The new alliance of Western
Europe and Western Germany,
now awaiting German ratification,
Evening star., 1952-06-26
$4,000 Recommended
For U. 5. Radium Lab

The House Appropriations Com
mittee today recommended an ap-
preparation of $131.O0O for the
Bureau of Standards for emerg-
ency facilities for its radiation
physics laboratory.
The sum would permit con-
struction of a radium laboratory
and an annex to the betatron
building. .>
The committee said The radium
laboratory is needed to isolate the
handling and measurement of
large quantities of radioactive
materials and to insure the safety
of personnel and property.
An outlay of $63, 900 is required,
the committee said, for Construc-
ton of small. but heavy concrete
wing in the betatron building.