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Evening star., 1952-04-04
Slips in Execution.

tecCS. 1t enjoyed the free ADVICE
of top city development men
throughout the country.
Slips in Execution.
The scope of the commission was
extended beyond the city limits
to embrace the development of
the whole Metropolitan Area.
Authority was granted to spend
Federal money for the develop
ment Of park systems. The COM
mission has been functioning en-
ergetically ever since.
Why. then, the present outcry
against the chaotic condition of
Greater Washington?
The answer is that it is one
thing to make a plan and quite
|another thing to put it into execu-
ton. In Washington, unfortu-
|nately, the best laid plans often
|gather the most dust.
It should be remembered that
the planning commission was
never charged with the RESPONSE
billty of putting its plans into
effect. It was never given the
authority to veto rival plans. It's
function is, and almost certainly
must remain, purely advisory.
In each case, the final author
Iity remains with the group that
holds the pursestrings-in Wash
Iington, the Congress and the Dis
Itrict Government; in the suburbs,
the different municipal, county
and State governments. Inside
the District and out, various Fed
eral agencies are also in the
picture.
| Small Choice.
The only chance the planning
commission has of putting over
any plan is to have it approved
land financed by the Government
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Army and the public transporta-
tion lines played a part. AS a
highway plan, it may well be as
good as anything that can be
achieved.
The point is that, despite the
the NCPPC. the plan is very much
"a highway department show. How
membership on the committee OF
its execution would effect the deli
cate balance of the city mechan-
ism is something to. which the
committee admittedly gave only
passing consideration. There is a
feeling that the interests Of overall
area development would have been
served by the careful integratior
|of the highway plan with the larg.
Ier blueprints before it was made
public. There is little evidence
that this actually was done. There
lis little more evidence to indicate
that it will be done before it i.
put into execution.
Reorganization Proposed.
In this kind of situation, thu
problem facing the planners is ont
of salesmanship and one Of pres
tige. It is felt that the divided
planning commissions, when i
comes to peddling their plans tt
local governments, suffer from {
lack of both.
There is a proposal to do some
thing about this. The idea is tt
reorganize the National Capita
Park and Planning Commission
through legislation now being
processed. The activities of the
present commission would remain
much the same: Limited to the
District and to Federal installa-
tions in Maryland and Virginia
All other area planning woulC
come under the jurisdiction Of q
group to be called the National
Capital regional planning council
made up of representatives from
Maryland, Virginia, the District
and the Federal Government.
It is hoped that, between them
the two groups could provide the
super planning agency demanded
by the growth Of the Washington
community. It is felt that such
an organization would carry more
weight with the local governments
than the separate planning agen-
cies do now. It is admitted, how
ever, that neither this nor any
other legislation can cure all ares
headaches with q single sugar.
coated formula.
Sunday: The authority" idea
/ what II can do.
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More than 100000 persons lined
K street NV. last night to watch
a parade of illuminated floats,
carrying the pretty Cherry Bios
som Festival princesses.
At times, parts of the parade
route between Ninth and Twen-
tieth streets looked like they were
bathed in sunlight, as high can
dlepower searchlights cast their
beams along K street.
The estimate of attendance was
made by Chief Mark Raspberry of
the park police and Inspector
Beverly Beach of the Metropolitan
police. Inspector Beach said 430
policemen were on duty along the
parade route, which took nearly
liz hours to pass. 1t was COM
posed of "a floats and numerous
other attractions.
d. C. Officials on Hand.
In the reviewing stand. near
Seventeenth street, were many Of
the city's dignitaries. including
Commissioner F.. Joseph Donohue,
and Brig. Gen. Bernard L. Rob-
inson, the Engineer Commission
Ell, who were the honorary mar
shals; Police Supt. Robert v.
Murray, General Festival Chair
man Edward r. Carr and Parade
Chairman Ludwig Caminita, jr.
AS each unit passed the review
ing stand, Bryson Rash, commen-
tator for WMAL and WMAL-TV.
Tile Star stations, identified it
by name, as he also did with the
prlncesses.
Many floats advertised the at
fractions of their States. Most of
them were pulled by jeeps of the
District National Guard, and they
shone brightly as the searchlight
beams picked up the colors OF the
gaily decorated vehicles.
Spectators around the reviewing
stand had an unexpected laugh,
when the jeep towing the float
of June Klein, Miss Washing
ton," stalled right in front of the
stand. Several newsmen and
spectators gave it a push to start
it again.
Mounted Police Parade.
The parade was led by the Dis
trict police motorcycle squadron
and the police band. A highlight
which followed was the appear
ance of the park policies mounted
squadron of II matched Morgan
horses.
! Among the service organizations
!. participating were the Marine
Drum and Bugle Corps and the
Air Force Drum and Bugle Corps
The Districts Cadet Corp, from
both Divisions / and 2, were a big
hit, as they marched in closed
ranks. So were the Shriners from
Almas Temple, in their multi-col-
ored Oriental costumes. Their
float advertised the forthcoming
Shrine Circus for crippled chill
dren, which takes places in WASH
ington from April % to May 4.
Nineteen cups were awarded to
|the prize winning floats. for their
Excellence in various categorieS.
These awards will be presented
during special ceremonies at the
Jefferson Memorial on Sunday,
Just before the Cherry Blossom
Festival Pageant begins.
The winners were:
Non-State floatS-FirSt, Wash
Iington Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association; second, An
tique Automobile Club; third, Boy
Scouts of America.
Non-State band-First, the Air
Force Drum and Bugle Corp; sec
ond, Marines Drum and Bugle
Corps; third. Metropolitan Police
Band.
! Louisiana Float First.
Non-State marching units
First, George Washington Univer-
sity ROTC: second, Almas Tenn
Iple: third. Washington High
School Cadets.
State float-First, Louisiana;
Evening star., 1952-04-04
40 Witnesses
Sign 10 Plead
Relief Needs
To Ask Senate to
Restore $260, 900
D. c. Budget Cut

Nearly 40 community organiza-
tionS and individual citizens want
to testify on welfare needs at the
Forthcoming Senate hearings on
the District budget, a tally showed
today.
Most of them signed up after a
strategy session called by United
Community Services yesterday.
Others have written to the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
They want to urge the Senate
to restore the $3.50, 900 cut by the
House from the welfare budget.
They also want to make sure
that an $4,000 fund just re-
quested by the Commissioners
goes into the budget. This fund
would pay for plans for a new
National Training School for
Girls at the proposed Children's
Center in Laurel, Md.
Plea for Relief Grants.
Some of them also want to
make a last plea for more ade-
quate grants for families and
children on relief.
Senate committee aides said
formal requests to testify on well
fare needs have been received
from the Federation of Citizens
Associations, General Federation
of Women's Clubs, Americans
for Democratic Action, National
Council of Jewish Women and
several parent-teachers' associa-
tionS.
The following notified UCS they
will seek to testify:
John H. Collier, welfare COM
mittee of the Washington Board
of Trade; Mrs. Barbara Luther,
District League of Women Voters;
Miss Lucille Bruner. Travellers
Aid Society; the Rev. Leo j. Coady
and Miss Florence Murray, Cath
olic Charities: Mrs. Frank M.
Fields, B'nai Birth; Mrs. M. C..
Henry, Croome Settlement School;
Armiger L. Jagoe, jr., Junior
Chamber of Commerce; Mrs.
David L. Bazelon and George M.
Pikser, Jewish Social Service
Agency.
Others Listed for Testimony.
Also Brigadier William Range.
Salvation Army; Rev. William
Schiebel, Washington Federation
of Churches; Mrs. Josephine Pic
colo, CIO Industrial Union; Fed
Grafton Of Civic Associations, with
witnesses to be chosen; National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, witness to be
chosen: Family and Child Serv-
ices of Washington, witness to be
chosen.
Also Miss Doris Meklachek and
others to represent the American
Association of Social Workers.
American Association of PSYCHE
atric Social Workers, American
Association of Medical Social
Workers and American Associa-
ton of Group Workers.
Others are Mrs. Rosina c.
Tucker. Ladies Auxiliary of
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters; Percy Weinberg, Ameri-
can Legion; Mrs. John Ferguson,
Louis F. Bohraus, the Rev. James
H. Sommersille, Mrs. B. L. Hin
ton, Capt. Eupha Gibson, Mrs.
Wayne Coy. Russell Schneider,
Alexander B. Hawes, Thacher
Winslow. Miss Kathryn Scrivener,
Arthur H. Kruse. Paul Cheney
and Mrs. Lucia Whittemore.
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approaches BY
eoIIine now.
The Stor is
corryine m ore
and more clos
sified ods-proof
Of the success
Of The Stor as
a n advertising
medium. This also
means more ods
to process. es.
peeiolIy os the
week end an.
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Our Own Iron Curtoin
BY Crosby S. Noyes

The drive to wrap up Greater
Washington in a neat metropoli-
tan package bears down on the
need for planning on an area
wide basis. The common line is
that there has been too little such
planning.
The fact is, however, that Wash
ington is outstanding among the
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Sunday Star Want Ads

The deodline for placing Sunday
Classified ods is z pm. tomorrow. But
you con help avoid q flood Of coils ot
The Stor switchboard as the deodIine
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brooches. You con help Us BY phonins
Sterling 5000 now to advertise in Wosh.
inston's Number ! classified medium.
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Sixth Of q Series.

larger American cities in the
amount of design that has gone
into its development.
It started back in George Wash
ington's day, when Pierre Len
FAINT first sketched his version of
a great city to be built from
scratch. High watermarks were
reached in street building under
Gov. Alexander r. BOSS" Shep-
herd in the 1870s and in the de-
velopment of parks and buildings
under Chairman Mcmillan of the
Senate District Committee near
the turn of the century. The
question of good taste came under
the long arm of the law with the
creation of the Fine Arts Com
mission by Congress in 1910.
Finally, as the need for plan
ming on a metropolitan basis be-
came evident, Congress set up the
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission in 1926. Its
membership comprised outstand-
ing citizens from Washington and
elsewhere, Federal and local gov
eminent officials and congress
siona] leaders. It's staff included
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Sunday: The authority" idea
it can do.
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Louisiana Float First.

Non-State marching units
First, George Washington Univer-
sity ROTC: second, Almas Tenn
pie; third, Washington High
School Cadets.
State float-First, Louisiana;
Evening star., 1952-01-16
Taft Links Principles
|0f Republicans and
Southern Democrats
By the Associated Pres.

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 49,
Senator Taft, Republican. of Ohio
thinks the principles Of the Re-
publican Party and the principles
|of Southern Democrats are "vir-
|tually indistinguishable."
And because Of this, he said
here last night, he is ''hopeiessly
optimistic that the South will
change its voting tune and back
of applause as he told the cham
presidency this fall.
The Ohio Senator struck a blow
for his own aspirations for the
Republican nomination in whirl-
wind tour of this city. He held
q press conference. appeared be-
fore the Democratic Legislature,
spoke at Virginia Union Univer-
|sity to Negro audience. and then
gave his big speech of. the day
|at banquet Of the Junior Cham
ber Of Commerce.
Senator Taft drew a big round
|of applause as he told the cham
Der banquet he cannot see why
the South won't support a COP
candidate when the regions polit-
ical convictions differ so little
from those Of the Republican
Party.
In his appearance before the
Legislature, the Senator said he
finds himself in agreement with
Virginia Senator'S Byrd and Rob-
|ertSon 'sabout nine-tenths Of the
time" and called this @as high a
degree Of agreement as I have
with any Republicans"
Evening star., 1952-01-16

water on the child, but that did
not revive her..
+ Then, the detective said, Mrs
Jennings prepared lunch for hel
other child. Joseph, 2. She waited
about an hour before going to g
|neighbor's house to call her hus.
band. who works at Bailey's
Cross Roads building supply office
he said.
sFind Mother Weeping.
The husband, Joseph Jennings
g.. told police he came home i'm.
mediately to find the baby motion
less on the bed. He said he re.
allied at once that the child wa,
dead and told a friend to call the
Penn Daw Rescue Squad.
Members of the squad said they
found Mrs. Jennings weeping be.
side the baby'S bed.-
Police said the Jennings were
married five years ago when she
was IA. They moved to Fairfax
County about four years ago from
Pulaski, Va.
A hearing on the murder charge
against Mrs. Jennings was set for
January 30 at Fairfax. She was
being held under $1,000 bond.
Evening star., 1952-01-16
Skyline Skylights
Appeal to Burglars
|ln Morninqside

Skylights on Morningside md,
|skylines have a certain appeal Il
burglars for whom Prince George,
County police are searching today
Joseph McCulley told authori.
tiles thieves smashed skylight or
his Skyline Restaurant at 598s
|Suitland road Monday night
dropped through and ransacket
the place.
The intruders, he said. took SITS
from pinbal1 and music machines
|scooped a supply Of meat from q
deep freeze. picked up several
cartons of cigarettes and topped
OH the loot with two cases oi
whisky.
The same night, Detective Seret
Wilson j. Purdy related, q sky-
light was broken on the Skyline
Market nearby. A heavy iron
grating below the glass stopped
the robbers at that linet
Evening star., 1952-01-16
Civic Group Opposes
Limit on Bond vofino

The Rock Spring Civic Asso.
citation Of Arlington today is
unanimously Of record as opposed
to the limitation Of bond issue
voting to persons owning real
property.
The proposal was brought for
ward by the Waycroft- Woodlawn
Citizens Association, which is
conducting poll of other local
groups on the subject.
The association, meeting last
night in the Rock Spring Congre-
|gational Church Neighborhood
House, heard a talk on sugges-
tions to incorporate Arlington as
a city by Mrs. Joseph c. Wheeler,
chairman Of the Arlington County
Civic Federation's Local Govern
ment Committee.
Evening star., 1952-01-16
BY the Asseeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 16.-If. you
can't beat 'em. jine 'em.
That's what Maryland State
Police are doing to combat the
young speedsters who have turned
10 section Of u. s. Route 40 west
|of the city into q ''hot rod alley"
The department now is using a
powerful, unmarked car to over
take the speeders. It has clocked
at least one ''hot rod" at 90 miles
an hour.
In the first big effort with the
new Car State police last week end
arrested about 80 young speeders
between Baltimore and Howard
County.
Four Of those arrested over the
week end have come up for trial.
Carl q. Rock. 20, Of Halethorpe
and Charles o. Wertzer, 10, OF
Catonsville were fined $500 each
and given Today jail sentences
for exceeding 70 miles IN hour.
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said. I opposed the utility tax
which was defeated and shall
oppose any proposed sales tax"
The candidate recalled that he
was responsible for the city's ordi-
nance prohibiting low flying
planes and he promised to see
that the ordinance is enforced.
A native of Alexandria. Mr..
Beverly is a veteran of World War
II. He held the rank of lieu
tenant commander in the Navy
when released from active duty.
He is a member Of the vestry Of
Christ Church. American Legion
Post No. "a. Veterans of Foreign
Wars; Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce, a
director of the Alexandria Red
Cross Chapter, a director of the
Alexandria Cancer Society and a
member Of the Alexandria Rotary
Club.
Mr.. Beverley is a vice president
of the First National Bank. He
lis married and has three chill
dren.
Evening star., 1952-01-16
Police Join Hot Rod Ranks
In War on Baltimore Speeders

Wertzer's jail term was suspended.
Michael M. Borrell, 20, Of Fort
Devon, Mass, and Robert F.
HUNT, 18, of Catonsville, were
fined $25 and costs each for ex-
|ceeding SIS miles an hour.
Magistrate H. Allen Merger.
who imposed the penalties. said
that If short jail terms don't
work well give more jail time
to repeaters."
The drive Is being directed by
Capt. Carl Dillinger and Sergt.
Champ Zumbrun Of the Waterloo
Barracks.
Sergt. zumbrun had this adj
vice for the ''hot rod" drivers:
let them take their hot rods to
the tracks. II they don't. wen
hit them like lightning"
Orthodox "hot rod" drivers, who
race on tracks, have objected to
being Identified with the highway
|speedsters. They refer to the
as asphalt aces"
Evening star., 1952-01-16
q Women Receive
Nurse Aide Caps

A group of % Arlington anc
Fairfax women received nurse.
aide caps last night at ceremonie.
sponsored by the Arlington Chap.
ter, American Red Cross.
The women completed a train.
ing program at Arlington Hos.
pital. They will perform dutie.
at the hospital and also will aic
in the civil defense programs ol
the two counties.
Ceremonies were held at the
First Baptist Church of Claren.
don. Mrs. Joseph r. Wild. vice
chairman of the Arlington chap.
ter, presided.
The training program was di.
rected by Miss Elizabeth Murphy
assistant director of nursing a
Arlington Hospital: Mrs. Florenc,
Churchill and Mrs. Dorothy Saw,
lyer. registered nurses.
The graduates are: Mrs. Glen,
mis- Ambrose, Mrs. George S. All
man. Mrs. John Baumeister, Mrs
Gustav M. Bacharach, Mrs. H. j
Butler, Mrs. Howard E. Day, jr.
Mrs. Betty Ann dePoix, Miss L.or
raine Dugas, Mrs. Carroll w. Ford
Mrs. Theodore p. Freeman, Mrs
Eldridge Hord, jr.. Mrs. Albert A
MatyaS, Mrs. George II. Michael
Mrs. John B. Diversion, Miss Anni
Lee Rowell, Mrs. j. G. Schnitzel
Mrs. Ala M. Sparks, Mrs. Mar
garet Tom and Mrs. Edward M
Usher. all of Arlington. i
Also Mrs. John P. Bloom, Mrs
Albertina Grider. Miss Gay Had
den and Mrs. Roy C. Smith, all O
Fairfax.
Evening star., 1952-01-16
Governor Raps Union,
Baltimore Transit Firm,
BY the As,oeiatad Pres.

BALTIMORE. Jan. 16.-Gov.
McKeldin has charged both the
Baltimore Transit Co. and the
striking AFL union with IAN at
tack on the public" by refusing
to make a sincere effort to settle
the transit strike.
In a long, bitterly worded de.
nunciation Of both parties, the
Governor accused them Of trying
to advance their own interests at
public expense.
He said the transit company "A
attempting to force some form
of public Intervention that win
bring them an advantage" He
suggested that the company really
hopes it can be sold to the public
at a profit to its investors.
The union. he said. has aetet,
with callous arrogance and In
sists "on making good ia o,,e
sweep all the working Condition.
which for years they have s,ot
been able to gain. ~ '
The strike. now Ii It's severt,,
cay was called to enforce the
demands OF some $500 operators ar
and maintenance workers ~, ~ = !
24-cent hourly wage increase = The
company offered I cents.
Tne Governor said he was not
abandoning his efforts ID hr,nv
about a settlement.
Evening star., 1952-01-16
Fairfax Mother, 1915 Arrested
In Fatal Beating Of Crying Baby

A 19-year-old mother was being
held in Fairfax. jail today on q
charge Of beating her 4-month-
old baby to death.
The woman, Mrs. Ethel Magde.
line Jennings, was quoted by po,
lice as saying she whipped hel
infant daughter, Ethel Marie
when the baby woud not stop cry.
ing yesterday.
Mrs. Jennings was placed undel
arrest at her home. a converted
chicken house on the Leesburs
pike in Fairfax County. just out.
side Alexandria, after the infan'
was pronounced dead on arrival al
Alexandria Hospital. T.
Dies Of Hemorrhage.
After an autopsy. DIR. John A
Sims, Alexandria coroner, said the
baby died of a brain hemorrhage
caused by a blow. There were
several bruises on the infants
back.
Detective Truman King said
Mrs. Jennings told him that when
she whipped the baby yesterday.
the infant gasped and stopped
breathing. She said she threw
Evening star., 1952-01-16
Cut in Automobile
Insurance Rates
Ordered by Virginia
BY the Assoeiated Pres,

RICHMOND. Va. Jan. 49,
Thousands Of Virginia motorist
could count on lower automobil,
insurance rates today.
The lower charges were ordered
by the State Corporation Commits.
sion effective January 81. but sec
sources said there might be some
change in the date. The change.
mean:
A decrease Of Is per cent in rat.
for comprehensive automobile in.
surance.
A cut Of Is per cent in the rats
for 500 deductible collision poll,
|cies.
A reduction Of 10 per cent in ths
rate for $50 deductible collision
policies.
At the same time. the sec or.
deredE that certain special types oi
automobile insurance be raised
44kC0C AlC1uQCs
An increase Of so per cent ir
the flre insurance charges for am.
balances, hearSes and police de.
partment vehicles: q 800 per cent
hike IN the rate for theft insur.
ance Of armored cars: a 90 pei
cent advance In the collision in.
|surance premiums on motorcycles
and a 100 per cent increase in col.
lsion rates for scootmobiles ane
similar vehicles.
In announcing the new sched.
ule for Virginia, the sec turned
down a proposal by Insurance.
firms operating in the State thai
would have required higher rate.
for young drivers.
Evening star., 1952-01-16
Arlington Firemen Ask
Free Uniforms, Auto Tags

A request to the Arlington
County Board to provide uniforms
and free county auto tags to work.
ing volunteer flremen was ap-
proved last night by the County
Volunteer Firemen's Association
at a meeting in Ballston firehouse.
Letters of thanks were ordered
sent to the Arlington chapters OF
the American Red Cross and the
Salvation Army for their work at
the Murphy & Ames lumber firm
fire December %.
John Hager of the Cherrydale
firehouse was installed as the new
president. Other officers include
j. P. Eddington, vice president, and
P. j. Shoots, secretary treasurer