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Evening star., 1953-06-19
Hemisphere Transit Study
On Defense Setup Urqed

Defense Transport Administers
tor James K. Knudson urged the
Pan-American Railway Congress
last night to make a serious
exploration" of hemisphere de-
fense transportation problems.
Mr.. Knudson spoke to the
groups eighth annual conven-
ton meeting at the Shoreham
Hotel.
He said real progress" has
been made in laying the founda-
ton for a strong defense trans
port system. The railroads, he
said, have worked wonders
since the outbreak Of the war
in Korea in building up their
plant, in increasing their serv.
ice effectiveness and in promot.
ing operating economies"
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Senate Unit Backs
S5OO,OOO Fund for
Peace Cross Project

A Senate subcommittee has
approved $500.000 for construc-
tion Of the flood project at Peace
Cross, Bladensburg, Md.
Denied by the House, in the
Civil Functions Appropriations
bill, the sum was put into the
supply measure by the Senate
Appropriations subcommittee.
But the item still is subject to
action by the full Senate Appro-
priations Committee when it
votes on the bill.
Marylanders for years have
been fighting for funds to re-
lieve the recurrent floods at
Peace Cross. Representative
Small. Republican, of Maryland,
made an unsuccessful attempt to
get the House to write in 81
million when the Civil Functions
bill was up on the floor. He was
defeated, but, with other Mary
land members of Congress, in
Guiding the two Senator's, ap-
pealed to the Senate subcommit-
tee during recent hearings.
The Maryland Legislature au-
thorized use of $4 million in
State funds for the flood control
project. but with a stipulation
the money could not be used
unless Federal funds were made
available. This situation pre-
sented to the Senate subcommit-
tee and apparently made q
favorable impression.
No date has been fixed yet
for the full Senate Appropria-
tions subcommittee to act on the
bill.
Evening star., 1953-06-19

Red Cross and Community Chest
drives and has served as vice
chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the Citizens Commit
tee on Public Works, which helps
prepare the $685. million pro-
gram to rehabilitate the Dis
trict's public works installations.
He lives at 1901 Fordham road
NV.
Among other appointments
yesterday. the city heads renamed
Campbell c. johnson, Herbert
j. jacob and Hugh F. Rivers to
the District Parole Board.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
District Urged 10 Publish
Official Notice PamphIef

Under the latest reorganiza-
ton proposal, the District Gov
ernment would publish a BIZ
weekly magazine carrying official
announcements such as legal
notices and new regulations, now
published in newspapers.
The suggestion comes from the
General Administration Depart
ment in its plan to reorganize
the Office of the Secretary of the
Board of Commissioners. Aside
from the periodical idea, the
plan calls for only slight change
in the present operation of the
Office.
Officials, of the moment, could
give no idea how much the pro-
ject would cost the taxpayer.
But they anticipate that by sell
ing the pamphlet to interested
businesses and citizens, most Of
the cost could be betrayed.
The city heads have the pro-
gram under advisement.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Send q Kid to Comp
Send q Kid to Comp
$H Can't Buy Luxuries, Such
AS a Vacation for Bobby

A year ago Mr.. Brown left his
wife and children. He hasn't
been heard from since.
Mrs. Brown moved in with her
former landlady. The children,
Bobby, 8. and Louise, S, went
with her-for a total room and
board cost Of $25 a week.
It wouldn't be possible in many
places. jolly Mrs. PimSoll makes
it possible because she loves the
kids. She has other persons liv-
ing with her in her frame house
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Montgomery Reports
First Polio Case Of Year

A 7-year-old boy who lives in
the 10000 block Of Georgia ave-
nue.. Wheaton. Md, yesterday
became the first Montgomery
County polio victim this year,
the Montgomery County Health
Department reported.
Health officials said the boy
was admitted to Walter Reed
Army Hospital Monday.
The United States Public
Health yesterday reported 305
cases Of polio throughout the
Nation last week, as compared to
$50 cases reported the previous
week.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Architects Urge
Destruction Of
Iempos Here
Other Groups Asked
To Help Get Rid
Of Old Structures

Initial steps were being taken
today to organize a concerted
drive for the removal of'the Gov
eTnment's dilapidated temporary
Office buildings.
The American Institute Of Ar
chitectS, meeting at Seattle
voted to launch the program
The institute proposes to invite
other organizations to join in
developing a workable program
to remove the unsightly .struc-
lures.
Once the program has been
outlined it will be turned over
to the Government with an offer
of assistance to see the project
through to conclusion.
Glenn Stanton, president Of
the institute, said sit is un-
thinkable" that the tempos be
permitted "to def1le the Capital
Mall perpetually."
tuu Report Expected.
William N. Denton, jr., presi-
dent of the Washington chapter
of the institute, said when the
chapters delegates to the ma
tional meeting return to Wash
ington it is expected they will
make a full report on the re-
moval plans. "Of course we will
support it," he said.
One organization which has
already acted is the Potomac
Chapter of the American So
ciety of Landscape Architects
Meeting earlier this year it
asked for removal of all tempos
on park land. There are now %
such buildings in the city'S CEN
tral area.
Possibility of any early action
Is blocked by cuts in appropria-
tions for rented Office space.
With the elimination Of the
emergency agencies such as the
Office of Price Sterilization and
the Office of Wage Sterilization
some had hoped that a begin
ming might be made in removal
of the tempos by tearing down
the buildings those agencies
had occupied.
Space Needed Now.
Appropriation reductions,
however, made it necessary to
give up rented space and move
Government workers from pri-
vately owned buildings into the
tempos.
The Public Buildings Service
estimates it will have to cut
rented space throughout the
Nation by close to Is per cent
by the end of this year. The
service now is waiting to learn
from the various agencies for
which they supply quarters what
their plans for space reductions
are.
The architects at their Seattle
convention. balloted on a presi-
dent and other officers, with
Clair w. Ditchy, outgoing secre-
tary from Detroit, as the only
candidate for the top Office.
Nominated for first vice preSi-
dent is Norman j. SchlOSSman
Chicago. Other nominees are
George B. Allison, Los Angeles.
and Howard Eichenbaum, Little
Rock. Ark, second vice preSi-
dent; George Balm Cummings,
Binghamton, N. Y, secretary,
and Maurice j. Sullivan, Hous-
ton, Tex, treasurer.
Nominations for regional d.
rectors included Marcellus
Wright, jr., Richmond, Va.
Middle Atlantic States.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Arlington Chest x-Ruys

The Arlington County Tuber-
culosis Association has an
nounced that over $4,000 chest
X-rays were made during the
first week Of Arlington's free
chest X-ray campaign. The
project is sponsored in co-opera-
ton with the State Health De-
partment and the Arlington
Health Department.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
SIG Million School
Too Big, Board Group
Says in vetoing Plans

School ofnc1alS' plans for q
new building for Margaret Muir
ray Washington Vocational High
School are hitting a snag.
An economy-minded Board of
Education committee rejected a
design for the proposed $1.9 mil
lion building yesterday. Two
committee members said the
school was too big. The third.
West A Hamilton, dissented and
supported the school planners.
The committee chairman, Mrs.
Frank s. Phillips. also tried to
cut down on the plans for new
grade school at Fifty-sixth and
East Capitol streets. But Miss
Mary Harriet Parker, the other
committee member. wouldn't go
along with her on this, so the
/ grade-school economy move lost.
The committee met as the
public schools closed their doors
for another school year. The
summer vacation is scheduled to
last until September IA.
The full board will take UP
both building projects Wednes-
day. 1t is expected to leave the
grade school as is, but status of
the Washington Vocational re-
placement lis in doubt.
Both the school projects are
for Negro children, and Negro
board members spoke vigorously
in their behalf.
Mrs. Phillips proposed whole
sale revamping of plans for the
vocational school. She said an
auditorium should be dropped
and the number of proposed
classroomS and supply rooms
should be reduced.
A male teachers lounge is un-
justified because there are only
two part-time men teachers, she
said. She also proposed dropping
courses in photography and dry
cleaning. the former as inap-
propriate for girls and the latter
because only five are now en-
rolled.
Auditoriums at nearby Cook
School and Armstrong and Dun
bar High Schools could be used
by Washington's pupils. she con-
tended.
Supt. Hobart M. Corning op-
posed all the changes. Or. Corn
ing and his aides also energeti-
cally defended the grade school
plans, from which Mrs. Phillips
also proposed to drop an audi
torium.
Mrs. Phillips said she could not
see a need for both an audito-
rum and a large lunch-recrea-
ton room. But the school Off
cials said lack Of either would
hurt the schools program.
May Sell Two Schools.
Board Member Robert r.
Faulkner challenged DR.. Corn
ing's recommendation to aban-
don two old school buildings,
which the superintendent said
are no longer usable. They are
Blake at North Capitol and K
streets. and Hilton, at Sixth and
B streets NE, both now boarded
up. But the committee approved
the move. The buildings pre-
sumably will be sold by the Dis
trict.
DR.. Corning gave the commit
tee lengthy report on other
buildings the school system has
stopped using for teaching.
Ninety-four of them have ceased
to serve as schools since 1874,
the report showed.
Twelve were torn down to pro-
vide sites for new schools. 18
were torn down to enlarge play
grounds, 10 were converted to
storage space and Offices, 81 were
turned over to the District and
sold and 20 were given to other
Government agencies. Only four
buildings now are boarded I'D.
Evening star., 1953-06-19

in Mount Rainier, Md.-the
mother of a boy in trouble with
the law and d rcoming couple
with two children.
Five adults, four children, four
dogs and four parakeets live in
the house. It's a rollicking sort
Of group.
Everybody's pretty happy, and
pretty happy-go-lucky. They
have a good time.
The $25 a week Mrs. Brown
pays comes out of her $36 a week
salary. She works behind the
counter of a drug store.
That $11 left over doesn't
provide many luxuries. The
landlady helps with clothes for
the children. A social worker
chips in shoes. The landlady's
nieceS also help with the clothes
and even provide dancing lessons
for the little girl. But there isn't
much money.
There's no money to send
Bobby to camp, Of course. He'd
like to go-to play baseball on
grass and to swim in a big pool.
Mrs. Brown can't send him.
Even Mrs. Pimsoll can't send
him. But you can. Contribute
to The Star Summer Camp Fund.
The following contributions
are acknowledged today:
Previously acknowledged,
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Corning Sees Value
In Bay Window
For kindeTq0rten

How important is a bay
window to a kindergarten?
Mrs. Frank S. Phillips
wanted to know the answer
when she and other Board of
Education members were, 60
ing over plans for q new
grade school at Fifty-sixth
and East Capitol streets yes
terday.
Supt. Hobart M. Corning
put In some hurried thought,
then replied:
TITS an interesting archi-
tectural detail"
Evening star., 1953-06-19
School Officials
Ask Revision
OF Cafeteriias
Management, Pay
Changes Suggested
By Study Groups
By james 6. Deone

The Districts public school
cafeterias appear headed for
another reorganization - Their
second in less than a year.
School officials yesterday asked
the Board Of Education to re-
vamp the cafeteria management
They also proposed a new way
scale for many cafe employees
In most cases higher. A board
committee approved the pro-
posals and the full board is ex-
pected to follow suit next week
The proposed changes follow
a study by the Washington
Restaurant Association, which
IN turn followed a series of pupil
boycotts against school lunches.
Both students and parents
criticized food quantity and
quality, after the school systems
38 cafeterias were brought under
central management last Deem
ber. Formerly the cafes had
been operated independently by
each school.
Back Wage Revision.
+ officials later made some
changes, including a menu re-
vision. But a committee of the
restaurant association was called
on for advice, and both this COM
mittee and an advisory group
within the school system found
the reyamping necessary. Supt,
Hobart M. Corning told the
board yesterday.
Both committees urged a COM
plete wage scale revision and
both agreed more supervision is
needed to assure proper train
ing and satisfactory performance
in all the lunchrooms, DR.. Corn
ing said.
The proposals leave the present
central management in opera
ton, however.
Planned are these changes:
Eventually all SO cafeterias
are to be divided under four area
managers, operating on a level
under the school systems three
top directors of food service.
Only two area managerships will
be created Immediately, however.
New Manager Plan.
There is now a manager for
every two schools. These man
ayers will be retained for now.
But when they resign or retire.
they will not be replaced. In
stead, eventually, an assistant
manager will be put in charge at
each school, at lower pay. Some
schools will get assistant man
ayers Immediately.
Six more of the present type
OF managers viii disappointed to
fulfill promises already made,
but eventually they will be sue
ceeded by assistant managers,
too.
Area managers will be paid
the same as managers get now
$2,974 per year. But assistant
managers will be paid $1.20 to
$1.50 per hour, depending on
length of service.
Two new pay categorieS are to
be established. One viii cover
cooks and cashiers. They win get
from 95 cents to $1.15 per hour,
depending on length of service.
1886 Cents for Others.
The other category will cover
all other employees. They will get
from IS to IS cents per hour.
All employees except managers
now get 80 cents an hour, so
most will get a raise.
The new pay rates are COM
parable to those paid restaurant
workers outside the school sys-
tenn, DR.. Coming said.
The superintendent said the
increases will boost the annual
payroll by about $4,000, but he
predicted the reorganization
would improve service enough to
increase sales. Changes in food
buying also are to be made, he
said. The cafeteria system is
supposed to be self-supporting.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Rescue Squad to Dine

The rescue squad of the For
estville Fire Department will
sponsor a fried chicken dinner
from 2 pm. to 8 pm. tomorrow
at the Grange Hall in ForeStviile,
Va. Proceeds viii help pay for
. recently-purchased ambulance.
The public Is invited.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Church curhivuI Tonight

The Holy Family Catholic
Church will hold a carnival from
$50 to II o'clock tonight and
from 8 to II pm. tomorrow at
the church, Twenty-third> and
Iverson streets, Hillcrest Heights.
Md. Proceeds will be placed in
the parish hall construction
Evening star., 1953-06-19
President Signs Bill
0nSuspending I Terms
In 7 District Courts

President Eisenhower today
signed into law a bill to provide
that judges of Municipal and
Juvenile courts may suspend
sentences in certain cases.
The measure was one Of sew
eral District bills signed today
by the President.
The judges of these two courts
could suspend both the imposi-
ton or execution of sentences
under the new law.
Petty Offenses Involved.
A large number of violations
in the nature of petty offenseS
under previous law must be dis
posed of by the Municipal Court,
either by fine or imprisonment,
committee report explained, or
by suspension of sentence and
referral to the probation officer.
Many of the cases coming be-
fore Juvenile Court and involv-
ing adult defendants might best
be disposed of by Suspending the
imposition or execution of SEN
tence, the committee explained,
without placing the defendant
on probation. Under the old law
in most cases, If the court sus-
pended sentence, it had to place
the defendant on probation.
Many cases in both Municipal
Court and Juvenile Court in
volved INDECENT people who are
unable to pay even q slight fine
and who under the law had to
be committed to jail or be placed
under supervision Of the proba-
ton officer.
Charter MOdernized.
The other new laws would:
Modernize a charter of Colum-
bus University to increase the
number of its trustees and per-
NIT the selection Of trustees who
are not members of the knights
of Columbus.
Modernize the District code to
provide a simple and fair rem
edy for recovery of real prop
erty that is detained without
right or after the right to its
possession has ceased.
Authorize the probate court to
permit any fiduciary to continue
the operation Of q business for q
period longer than one year after
the decedent's death.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Blue Plains Progrom Today

The Navy Band viii play at an
open house for the Blue Plains
Home Of the Aged and Infirm
from 2 to 6 o'clock this after
noon, instead Of yesterday. as
| reported In The Star.
Evening star., 1953-06-19
Comp Fund Facts

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
to The Evening Star. Wash
ington |, DC.
Or bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost: $35.72 for IL
days, or $l7.86 for six days.
The Star will acknowledge
your gift.
, 1953-08-20

given, or they might have been courses which could not be
translated Immediately into working tools for the teachers
who worked through the summers, J, 1
THE FORD FOUNDATION and Hampton have chang
ed all this, and now. with much qualification we look forward
to one of the most important programs ever to affect the edu-
cation of these Islands. The Ford Foundation should know
that the people of the Virgin Islands are extremely grateful
and will attempt to make that gratitude, meaningful through
the effective and complete use of the program.
GOVERNOR DE CASTRO and come in for
a share Of genuine appreciation. Their dreams and positive
action were the initial steps bringing about the call to the
Ford Foundation.
NEXT MONTH WHEN the program opens will no
doubt open the most significant period in the educational
development of these Islands.
, 1953-08-20

s~TRENoTAf
IN
UNITY
, 1953-08-20
IMPORTANT STEP IN EDUCATION

WI OR1 A4N p = Ii 1N EDOGI14A ~
FEW PROGRAMS relating to education will prove more
valuable than the one the Ford Foundation makes possible
through its grant of 1900 for the training of teachers in the.
Virgin Islands. It has been known for a long time that the.
standard of teaching in the Islands has not been what it
should. We have not kept pace with standards elsewhere,
and many of our teachers were quick to realize it.
o H PAST 40 years we have been doing the best
we could under the circumstances. Equipment was poor,
planning decidedly limited because of what there was to work
with, and those in charge faced a constant headache as they
tried to give our youth the best training SO that they could
compete favorably with high school graduates elsewhere.
SUI HI FORD Foundation grant vii. answer some of
the most crucial problems. No educational system can be
better than its teachers, SO that an improvement in the quail
iy of teachers will result automatically in overall improve
ment of the entire system.
TEACHERS WILL attend late afternoon and Saturday
classes conducted by professors from the faculty of Hamp-
ton Institute. After a certain amount Of work under these
circumstances, the teachers will no doubt spend the required
time on the campus at Hampton where degrees may be had.
We know Of nothing which is more encouraging or inspiring
than to have our teachers in service exposed to formal train
ing by faculty members trained in their respective fields.
THE OTHER D of the program will concern it
self with providing funds for promising graduates of the
local high schools who want to teach. They will head north
to Hampton, and in five years not only have their degrees,
but special work including practice teaching methods.
BUT OUR enthusiasm is with the in-servce training.
On numerous occasions we expressed the hope that some
how the emphasis would be shifted 50 that the training
would lead to the Improvement of teaching Standards FOR
many years summer sessions have been conducted, and while
they were fine as far as they went, to US they somehow did
not 90 far enough. Courses which sounded impressive, but
which might not have related directly to improvement were
Evening star., 1953-09-27
The Male Corner
FIecks
Cheer Up Sonber Suits

I So the men's-wear industry
may be wising up at long last.
1 They're beginning to give men
clothes that are dignified and
practical. yet appealing to a fell
lows vanity and his yen for the
colorful without making him feel
like the Sheik of Araby.
THANKS TO THE EFFORTS
of unWearying yarn-spinners and
fabric -fabricators, the average
weight of a suit has gone way
down. Keep this important ele-
ment in mind when you shop. A
suit does not have to be heavy to
be warm.
We've included the picture to
define and illustrate the bal
macaan" collar. It's named after
an estate near Inverness, Scot
land, and designates a loose-f1t-
ting, flaring topcoat with raglan
sleeves. You've seen variations
of it around for some time now,
and it will be with us for some
time to come. It's formal-infor-
NAL, smart, virile, not pretty"
Evening star., 1953-09-27
By Edward Lawrence

THE NUBS AND STUBS that
dotted mems clothes this past
spring and summer have
spawned a style trend that de-
signers hope will catch the mas
culine taste permanently.
This new trend might be chris
tened the "flecked look" Typi-
cally you'll see a sedate business
suit in black, charcoal. gray, dark
blue or brown, but Sprinkled with
f1ecks or short irregular lines of
red, orange, light blue that give
color and dash to what other
wise would have been the tradi-
tional drab gray associated with
bankers and brokers.
X X X
A PRACTICAL NOTE which
gives this motif the edge over,
say, glen plaid or pin stripes, is
that it will support a greater va
riety of shirt, tie and sock pat
terms. The reason for this is
that the flecks are less assertive,
they blend into the solid dark
background of the cloth, giving
the suit plain, solid look, like
an ordinary flannel.
The Key West citizen., 1953-05-22

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Orld l,itnen
Sails + or India

TILBURY England World
Citizen Garry Davis sailed toward
India today after i sitdoWn strike
outside Buckingham Palace failed
% win him permission ID stay ID
England.
The 3l.year-old actor who re-
nounced his American citizenship
In Paris IN 1913 and called him
self world citizen No. o.1boarded
the Liner Stratheden yesterday just
seven hours before bis deadIine to
leave the country. He had come ID
England originally III the cast of
the play 'StaIag II, which
Topped.
Davis won wide publicity when
lie camped iii front of Queen Eliz-
aheth,s paface earlier this month
iii al effort 10 win an extension
Of his visitors permit. The police
hustled him to court and charged
him with wandering about AS
British law terms vagrancy. The
court gave him until yesterday to
get out of England.
A philosopher Iii India has in.
vited him there Tor j visit.