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Evening star., 1952-08-03
Underground Parking on Coast
| ToBe Studied by District Aide

confusion to traffic tie-ups in its
immediate vicinity. Cars blocked
traffic during the morning hours
upon entering the garage and
again in the late afternoon when
the garage disgorged its vehicles.
Whether there has since been
a better regulation of this prob
lem, park officials here do not
know. It is one of the things Mr.
Thompson will look into in Cali
fornia.
Would Reduce Park Surface.
Enroute to the West Coast, he
will stop over in Phoenix, Ariz.
to inquire about ''pigeon-hole'
parking. which has been tried
there. He will also visit Spokane
Wash, for the same purpose. The
Park-O-Mat in Washington, or
K street, is an example on a very
small scale.
Park officials are interested in
this new type of garage for the
chief reason that the low height
of the floors can accommodate
more cars in a building than the
standard type. Economically it i.
a sound proposition.
So far as Franklin Square /.
concerned, it was said plans fol
the garage would actually re.
duce the usable surface of tn,
park by 40 per cent. That in it.
self is regarded as a disadvantage
from the public viewpoint
Furthermore, access to the parl
would be reduced to its foul
corners. Park officials say tina
Franklin Square has a lant
valuation estimated between S
and So a foot. That is a primar.
consideration in the underground
garage proposal, for it would say,
the company the cost of buying
high-cost land in some othe
downtown area. t
| Would Uproot Trees.
But there is another factor il
the present plans that disturb
Interior Department officials. Tn
necessary face-lifting for Frank
lin Square would require an eleva
ton that would give it, the ap
pearance of a low roof of-garder
The Fourteenth street side is some
what lower than the ThirteentI
side of the park. K street is con
siderably higher than Eye stree
Walk-up steps would be require
|. for pedestrians wishing to ente
the park from some sides.
Park officials in the past hav
pointed out that there is one valu
of Franklin Square which woul,
be destroyed for years by tn
proposed underground garage
Some of the oldest park trees il
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Committee Heads Named
For Board Of Trade

E. D. Merrill, president of the
Washington Board of Trade yes
'terday named the local business
men to head comittees Of the
board for the coming year.
A. Lee Painter, Jr., president
Iof the American Trailer Co., will
be chairman of the Recreation
Committee, and C. K. Stott. COM
mercial engineer for the Chesa-
Ipeake and Potomac Telephone Co.
will lead the Welfare Committee
| Col. John Lemp was reappointed
chairman Of the Military ana Ma
val Affairs Committee for a third
term. He is vice president OF
Lee D. Butler, Inc, automobile
dealers.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
New Campaign Plan !
Adopted by Chest For
Professional Groups
Doctors, Lawyers, Dentists
To be Solicited by One
Of Their Colleagues

The Community Chest has
come up with a new idea to i'm
prove the results of fund solicita-
ton among the city's professional
people.
Under the plan. physicians will
ask other physicians for dona-
tions; dentists will call on dentists
and lawyers will plead the cause
of the fund drive before other
lawyers. The plan was explored
last year and will be a basic
strategy this year.
Campaign Opens October s
The 1858 fund drive of the
Community Chest and the USO
combined will begin October s.
1t will be the 25th campaign under
Community Chest auspices in the
Washington area.
John S. Hayes, chairman Of the
drives business unit, said the new
type of solicitation promises to
be the most effective way to
reach the areas three major pro-
fessional groups - the doctors,
dentists and lawyers.
"The plan calls for this per-
lsonalized professional approach
to 1,700 physicians, TOO dentists
and $500 lawyers, Mr.. Hayes
said.
ID. F. Linowes is Chairman.
Mr.. Hayes said David F. Lin
owes. Washington accounting firm
head, will be chairman of the pro-
lfessional group. He will be as
SISTED by John ]. Corson, III, and
Charles Began.
/ Other leaders of the group will
! be DR.. Raymond T. Holden and
| IDr. William F.. Nelson, co-chair-
! men for the doctors; DR.. L. M.
/. Lucas and DR.. c. N. Mcmillan. CO.
, chairman for the dentists; and
: John A. Kendrick and Harrington
lid. Parker. co-chairmen for the
;. lawyers.
= Training sessions to teach the
professional men how to be fund
solicitors will be held later.
2 Goal of the drive is $4,150, 600
!, for the 102 agencies serving the
people in the entire Washington
! Metropolitan area. OF this goal,
}, $334,54 represents the Washing
e ton share of the USO camping te
4 finance services to members of the
y armed forces.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
By Nelson M. Shepard

Park administrators aren't TAX
ing it for granted that the pro-
posed huge automobile parking
garage under Franklin Square
would be a panacea for parking
and traffic problems in that con-
gested downtown area.
They've sent Harry T. Thomp-
son, associate superintendent of
National Capital Parks, to the
West Coast to investigate the ex-
Iperiences of Los Angeles and San
Francisco with similar under
ground garages.
Meanwhile, Supt. Edward j.
Kelly is sitting tight on the pro-
posal by Morrison-Knudsen Co.,
builders of the new Pershing
Square underground garage in Los
Angeles, for undermining Frank
lin Square. The company's plans
have received perfunctory investi-
cation, he said. Pending Mr.
IThompson's report, NCP will dis
cuss the matter with the National
Capital Planning Commission be-
fore making up its mind.
Complications Involved.
| On the face of it, the proposed
underground garage sounds grand
in the opinion of many officials
Whether it will work out salts
factorily for motorists and the
public users of Franklin Square
is another question. The park /:
one of the oldest and busiest ir
1.-THE city.
This isn't the first time tina
this problem has come before th'
National Capital Parks Office. Fol
several years it has bobbed up II
various forms in discussion o
ltraffic and parking conditions il
downtown Washington. Man.
District officials have favore,
undermining The Mall for the re
lief of parking. That never go
6 beyond the talking stage. Their
were aesthetic reasons, and it wa
y realized also that the cost and en-
" gineering problem were prohibi
!. tive.
y Government officials are no
unsympathetic with the idea O
l' a block-large garage under Frank
: lin Square. or some other square
q if the project is found feasible
e But of paramount consideration
). in any final decision is the ques
ton of how it might affect tn
value and public use of the park
On that score. at least there ar
some faults with the propoSet
plan.
Traffic Problem Studied.
a A year or SO ago, NCP received
a critical report on conditions ere
ated in downtown San Francisc,
S by the huge garage under Uniol
e Square. The report was made b.
the then chairman of the Plan
ming Commission, William w
! ttIWurster of Cambridge, Mass. Al
i architect, with Offices in Sal
n Francisco, also. Mr.. Wurster con
: suited municipal officials in tina
: city about the operation of tn
. Union Square garage. The Ques
). ton of an underground garage OF
d public property in Washington
: was then being considered.
d While the San Francisco garag
t was an answer to prayer in pro
e viding essential parking space
city officils reported it only adde,
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Youths Bet $28 on Auto Race
But Death Is In on the Puyoff

to miss him. skidded along a ra-
vine 500 feet and hit a tree.
The score: James Taitt, 16
dead; Peter Deem, 18, critically
hurt; Montgomery. critically hurt
unconscious. Dale Taitt. IS. brok-
en- leg and head cuts. The Taitt
brothers and young Deem were
riding with the Montgomery youth
Sergt. Bruce Parsons of Park
lersburg police force, who pieced
together the story, charged the
Baker youth with reckless driving
He wasn't hurt.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
By the Associated Press

PARKERBURG, w. Va, Aug. 2
The bet was $28. Robert Mont
gomery of Parkersburg and George
Baker, jr., of Coolsville, o., both
18, made it. The objective: Rip
ley, w. Va, 36 miles down u. S
Route 81 toward Charleston.
The automobile race started q
little after 2 o'clock this morning
In South Parkersburg young
Baker lost control of his car. hit
"a guard rail and careened back
onto the highway.
The Montgomery boy swerveo
Evening star., 1952-08-03
By WiIIiom A. MiIIen

The new $14.5 million United
States Courthouse at Third street
and Constitution avenue NV, now
has it's first tenants ending a long
fight for adequate accommoda-
tlons.
A number of Offices were moved
in last week, vanguard of many
Evening star., 1952-08-03
First Happy Tenants AreMoving
Into $74.5 Million Courthouse

others to follow during the sum-
mer. BY the time the District
Court term opens in October. it
is expected most Of the courts
will be in the Nations most mod
ern courthouse structure.
Final inspection of the build
ing has not been made by the
Federal Government. But with
the consent of the contractor, the
Charles H. Tompkins Co.. Offices
are moving in piecemeal.
Already in the spacious, air con-
ditioned building, are the Domes-
tic Relations Commissioner, the
Jury Commission, the Committee
on Admissions and Grievances,
the Bankruptcy Office, the Audi
tor. the court reporters and the
United States Marshal's office.
Four Judges Move In.
The offices of four Of the Dis
trict Court judges also have been
moved in - Judges Edward A.
Tamm, Walter M. Bastian, Luther
w. Youngdahl and Alexander
Holtzoff. Other jurists. including
those Of the United States Court
of Appeals, are expected to fol-
low soon.
An ultra modern switchboard
Isetup is now in operation. Instead
of the scattered telephone num-
bers that each of the various Of
fices had in the past, one number
has been assigned. 1t is Sterling
5700. Mrs. Anna Carothers is the
new supervisor in the telephone
room. She will have five operators
The new courthouse will bring
together for the first time the
varied Federal activities of tht
judiciary that have grown up here
in recent years. They have occu.
pied a number of different build
ings in various parts of the city
Features of the new building in.
clude lounges for jurors-a neeC
that Chief Judge Bolitha j. Law!
of District Court impressed or
Congress in his long fight to get
better quarters. Chief Judge Har.
old M. Stephens of the United
States Court of Appeals wa.
equally insistent on getting ade.
quate accommodations to take
care of the growing Federal lega
business.
Waiting Room Provided.
The Jury Commission will have
a waiting room where prospective
Jurors can wait, before being in
terviewed. Provision is made SC
that businessmen, waiting fol-
court duty, can dictate to theil
secretaries and conserve time ir
their regular work.
One of the novel features of the
building is place where jurors
locked up for the night while con.
1sidering important cases, car
sleep. Previously it has been nee.
essary to send them to a hotel.
A cafeteria for the public anc
those having court business and. Z
Judges dining room are other fea.
ttures.
| Some cleanup work by the con.
tractor remains to be accom-.
plished, but in the main the build.
ing appears ready for occupancy
Under the law, the General Serv.
ices Administration will take ovel
jurisdiction of the structure.
GSA officials said the buildins
cost $12.1 million. The cost of thu
land was $2.4 million.
Evening star., 1952-08-03

Washington would be uprooted.
It would take many years for even
fairly large trees replanted in the
park to reach the proportions and
the dignity of these monarchs Of
Franklin Square.
Evening star., 1952-08-03

Goldman, president, Maurice Maser. ex
ecutive director.
Jewish Social Service Agency and Jew
ish Foster Home, Samuel Higger,
American Veterans Committee DR.. Pau
Cooke,
Garfield Douslas Heights Civic Asso
riatinn Mrs Ella r Foster
Evening star., 1952-11-20
Methodists 10 Appeal
To Young People
BY the Asseeiatad Pres,

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j., Nov. 20
The Council of Bishops of the
Methodist Church plans to place
major emphasis on recruitins
church members from the large
numbers of young people who il
says now have no religious affilia.
tionS.
In working on a schedule for the
next four years, the council yes.
terday designated 1854 to 1856 fol
stresSing work with youth.
Bishop John Wesley Lord o1
Boston said there are 20 million
young people in this country who
belong to no church or synagogue
Left without Christian teach
ing. they may become the seedbec
OF communism, fascism, secular.
ism and atheism" Bishop Lore
said, adding, won for Christ, they
will be the bulwark of freedom"
The council in it's semi-annual
meeting here, decided to form a
12-member commission for a New
World Order to study organization
of the United Nations and possible
revision of the U. N. charter.
The newly-formed group is tc
meet with U. N. officials.
Evening star., 1952-11-20
Senators Order Probe
OF Michigan Election
Charge by Democrats
Ry the A,seeiatsd Pros,

A Senate investigation was or.
dered yesterday Of a Democratic
charge Of irregularities in Michi-
gan's senatorial election.
Republican Charles E. Potter
legless World War II veteran and
a member Of the House Committee
on Un-American Activities. un.
seated Democratic Senator Blaii
Moody in the Michigan race. Mr.
Potter's margin was $4,000 votes.
Chairman Hennings Of the Sen.
ate Elections subcommittee an
nounced the committee decided
unanimously to send three investi-
gators to Michigan to study
charges by Democratic State
Chairman Neil j. Staebler. Sen
ators Hendrickson. Republican. o1
New Jersey. and Hayden, Demo
crat. of Arizona, voted with SEN
ator Hennings to make the in
vestigation.
The subcommittee also made
public Mr.. Staebler's letter asking
the investigation of alleged irregu-
larities. :.
Mr.. Staebler wrote the commit
tee that "the recorded Democratic
vote represents only a portion OF
the Democratic vote that could
and should, have been recorded. ~
Mr.. Potter said he had no COM
ment on the committee action.
Senator Moody told reporters: GAS
participant in the election, I will
naturally be interested in what the
investigators find"
Control of the Senate could
hinge on the outcome of the in
quiry. Republicans with Mr.. Pot
ter would have only a one-vote
Senate margin in the new Con-
gress. A reversal of the Michigan
vote result would give the Demo-
Gratis the edge.
Mr.. Potter became a Senator
Immediately after his election vic
tory because Mr.. Moody had been
appointed to serve, only until the
election.
Evening star., 1952-11-20
Inch Of Rain Falls Here;
Cold Front Creeps East

Nearly an inch of rain fell or
the Washington area in the six
hours from l am. to am. today
The forecaster said this morn
ing the rain would continue until
sometime tonight.
Traffic at Peace Cross during
the rush hour was allowed to get
through in spite of an estimated
18 inches of water there. Cars
were backed up more than half a
mile.
In the face of freshening south
easterly winds routine storm
warnings were posted for small
craft along the Atlantic Coast
Winds here will increase, the
Weather Bureau said, to velocities
Of 30-40 miles an hour.
Temperatures today should
hover around so. Tonight, with
the expected cessation of rain ano
the first effects of a cold front
creeping in from the west, the
mercury will drop to around AZ.
Evening star., 1952-11-20
Ex-Magistrate Sentenced
On Six Larceny Charges
% By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 20.-Martin
j. Yamin, 28-year-old former
substitute magistrate, was SEN
fenced to 18 months in prison
yesterday on six charges of lar
ceny.
Criminal Court Judge E. Paul
Mason said he was considering
only the six larceny charges and
that Yamin's more recent con-
viction on a charge of conspiracy
to defraud by staging an auto
mobile accident. was not before
the court.
That case is pending before the
Baltimore Supreme Bench on a
new-trial review.
The larceny cases involved
slightly more han $500 which
Yamin was accused of taking
from a former employer while
working as an insurance adjustor
Evening star., 1952-11-20
Biff|e Plans 10 Retire
After Serving 40 Year,
In Capitol Hill Posts
~ the Assosiated Press

Secretary of the Senate Leslie
L. Biffle said today he Is thinking
OF retiring after A years on Cap
itol Hill.
Mr.. Biffle's job will be forfeited
to the Republicans when they
take over control of the Senate
IN January. Indications are that
j.. Mark Trice. present secretary
to the minority. may be picked
for the job.
The Republicans also will re-
place Joseph Duke. who has been
sergeant-at-arms under the Dem
ocratic regime, with man of
their own.
Mr.. Biff1e, who is 63. said he has
no plans for the future except to
take long vacation.
There were indications, how
ever, that the Democrats would
ask him to stay on as director of
their Policy Committee, or in some
other post. He served in the pol
icy position during the Repub-
lican 80th Congress.
Mr.. Bif1e, an official of the
Democratic National Committee,
toured the country as a chicken
trucker In the 1948 campaign to-
make a personal survey of the
political situation. His reports
indicated President Truman had
a chance to win-which Mr.. Tru-
man did.
In this years campaign, Mr..
Bif1e also travelled extensively ;.
He predicted victory for Gov.
Adlai Stevenson.
Evening star., 1952-11-20
Admiral Hermann
Found Dead by Pistol;
Investigation Ordered
BY the Associated Press

MONTEREY, Calf, Nov. 90
Rear Admiral Ernest E. Hermann,
Sc, superintendent of the Navy's
Postgraduate School here and an
expert on big guns, was found yes
terday in his Office closet. dead Of
a pistol wound in the head.
A service As automatic lay be-
side the body. The Navy called it
an apparent suicide. An investi-
cation was ordered.
Reported Dependent.
Friends said Admiral Hermann,
who commanded the cruiser Bos-
ton in the Pacific during World
War II. had been respondent over
i'll health. Last month he spent
two weeks in the Oakland Naval
Hospital after complaining of
fatigue.
Born in Memel. Germany, Ad-
miral Hermann emigrated to the
United States as a boy and at
tended New York City schools be-
fore entering the Naval Academy,
where he specialized in ordnance
and gunnery.
After his graduation in 1918, he
served in the Bureau of Ordnance
in Washington and authored the
ballistics text book now in use at
Annapolis.
Following World War II service,
IN which his ship supported sew
eral island invasions. he was made
chief of the naval section of the
Military Aid Mission to Turkey.
Logistic Planning Chief.
He later was chief of logistic
planning in the Navy's operations
Office in Washington and took
command of the post graduate
school at Annapolis in June, 1850.
When the school was moved to
Monterey last December, he re-
tained command.
Survivors include his widow, the
former Jean S. Hughes of New
York and a daughter. Mrs. E. j.
Hagstette, WAVE lieutenant.
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Evening star., 1952-11-20
u. 5. Accuses Czechs
Of Towering Up Effort
In Blasts at ENJOYS
By Gornett D. Homer

The United States today ac-
cused Czechoslovakia of making
false charges against America in
order to try to cover up unhappy
conditions" in that Communist
country and distract attention
from Communist spy operations
in the West.
A series of Shop-worn SOY
charges against American diplo-
mats and the Voice OF America
contained in a note from Czecho-
slovakia October 13, were cate
gorically rejected in a note made
public by the State Department
today.
Charge Terror Plot.
The Czech note accused the
United States of using a $l00 mil
lion Mutual Security Act fund tc
recruit espionage agents among
war criminals" who have fed tc
Western Germany and to train
them for "terroristic acts and
murder" in Czechoslovakia.
It alleged that these activities
were directed by Voice Of America
broadcasts. and that agents were
organized and financed by Amer
lean diplomats.
The United States replied that
the $100 million MSA fund ap-
propriated for assistance to the
victims of Communist tyranny is
being used only to care for and
resettle refugees from behind the
Iron Curtain. It added:
only the congenital suspicion
Of the Communists, prompting
them TO see espionage everywhere
and their habitual practice of ac-
cusing others of their own acts
could cause humanitarian assist
ance to refugees to be treated as
subversion. ..
To Conceal Conditions.
ut can be only too plain to
Wofto opinion that CZech0Slovakla
has again made false charges Of
United States aggression and in
reference in it's domestic affairs
in order to conceal the unhappy
conditions in that country which
impell its citizens to seek freedom
by escape and to distract atten-
ton from Communist espionage
operation in many countries"
Dismissing the allegation against
the Voice of America as "a wild
phantasy," the American note
asserted that "a country which
constantly conducts a vicious hate
campaign against the United
States proceeds with singular in
consistency in protesting objective
presentation and legitimate criti-
cism by the Voice of America"
Evening star., 1952-11-20
Virginia Toxpoyers
Jumping the Gun;
IT'S Too Eoriy to File
sy the Assoeiaisd Press

RICHMOND, Nov. 2O.-The
Internal Revenue Bureau Office
here says it's sorry. but we'll just
have to wait q while to pay our
1852 income taxes.
Hoke Murray, director, said
yesterday the Office already is re-
ceiving 1852 returns from eager
Virginians, filled out and signed
You can't do this, Mr.. Murray
explained, because the returns are
for income received during the
entire year and any returns filed
now are incomplete.
Possible cause of so many peo-
pie jumping the gun. Mr.. Murray
said, is that the tax forms were
mailed out a little earlier than
usual this year.
Evening star., 1952-11-20
Man FuIIs Off Plane
I'Chutes Into Lake
BY the Asseeioted Press

SANFORD. Fla. Nov. 90
While taking pictures from a
plane, a public relations man fell
out over Lake Jessup yesterday
His parachute opened and he
landed in waist-deep water A
fisherman carried him ashore.
The photographer, Charles E.
Rinehart, was taking pictures OF
Navy plane for North American
Aviation Corp. which built it. He
was treated at an Orlando hos
pital for arm and leg injuries.
Evening star., 1952-11-20
Cunodion Admiral to Confer

OTTAWA, Nov. 20 R.-Can-
ada's navy chief, Vice Admiral
E. r. Mainguy. is going to Wash
ington next Tuesday for talks
with Admiral w. M. Fechteler
United States Navy head, and
other American Navy officers.
Friday he will visit Norfolk, Va,
the headquarters of Admiral
Lynde Mccormick. supreme allied
commander in the Atlantic.
Evening star., 1952-11-20
u. 5. Will Fly Scorpions
Despite Series Of Crashes
By tho Asseeiatsd Press

The Air Force is going to keer
on flying its F-89 jet interceptoi
the Scorpion"
Roswell L. Gilpatric, Air Force
Undersecretary, said yesterday
there would be no cut in orders
from Northrop Aircraft, Inc, pro-
ducer of the speedy planes. be-
cause Of a series of fatal crashes
which have kept Scorpions
Grounded for two months.
He said wing weaknesses in
earlier models would be corrected
in planes now coming of the pro-
lduction line.
Evening star., 1952-11-20

THE EVENING STAR AS
Washington. D. c. s+s
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, IaS2