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The Nome nugget., 1954-02-08
Govt. 10 Cease Competing With Alaska Contractors

SEATTLE, LR - Larry Moore, manager of the Alaska General Contractors, said today that he and eight labor union representa- lives received a reassuring re- sponse from government officials on recent protest against gov ernment agencies competing with private enterprise" in construction work in the territory.
 Moore said labor management committee conferred with officials of the Commerce, Defense and h. terior departments and with nu- merouS congressman.
 "They all gave assurance that the intent of the present admins tration is to promote private en- terprise," Moore asserted, land they said they stood ready to cor rect the competition situation wherever it exists"
 Moore represented industry on the committee and eight union leaders represented labor. All but the carpenters representative in the latter group are now sitting on the opposite side of the table from Moore in negotiations here for the 1854 construction pay scale in Alaska.
 Moore said the objections of the committee were to employment of construction battalion soldiers in new construction work of per manent nature and to highway construction work by the Alaska Road Commission without letting of contracts. He said some past constructions work for the Alaska Railroad also came under fire
 "Our stand is that private con- tractors can do the jobs better dIIQ ct iCSS AOSI u IIlC IdA Pc1J CAS under a system of competitive bidding," Moore asserted.
 Moore said he didn't know whe- ther the committees protests had anything to do with it, but he was encouraged by the announce ment last week that survey and field work for prospective gov ernment projects in Alaska would be on a bid basis by private firms hereafter.
 Defense Department officials concurred, Moore said, in the stand that lack of funds is no reason for having the military use soldiers for new construction work; that if a job is needed it should be put into the budget.
The Nome nugget., 1954-02-08
Walter H. Hodge, Appointed For
 Second Division Judggship, Has Long Background Of Law And Civic Service

, Word was received recently that
 the name of Walter Hart Hodge Cordova attorney, has been pre-
Evening star., 1954-10-02
Housing Farley
Will Hear District
Area Speakers
Federal OfficioIs
To Participate in
Philadelphia Sessions

Washington officials will par.
ticipate in the 21st annual con.
ference of the National Associa.
ton OF Housing and Redevelop-
ment Officials in Philadelphia
between October II and IA.
A workshop on industrial re.
development will be led by Carl
Feiss, chief of the planning and
engineering branch in the hous-
ing and home finance agency's
division of slum clearance and
urban redevelopment.
Among those invited to par
ticipate in the workshop are
Max S. Wehrly, executive di-
rector of the Urban Land Insti-
tute: Carl Lloyd, executive di-
rector of the Society Of Indus
trial Realtors, and Victor Ro.
terus, chief of the area develop
ment division Of the Commerce
Department.
James w. Follin, director Of
the division Of slum clearance Of
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency will address the confer
ence on Policy Matters Are
Your Concern.
Charles E. Slusser, commits
sioner of the Public Housing
Administration, will speak on
ION What Can Commissioners
Depend for Evaluating Opera.
tions?"
John r. Searles, executive di-
rector of the District Redevelop-
ment Land Agency, will preside
over a business meeting Of the
NAHRO Redevelopment Section,
of which he is chairman.
A session -on "Redevelopment
on the Grand Scale" will discuss
the William Zeckendorf plan for
redeveloping $50 acres in South.
west Washington.
Evening star., 1954-10-02
Research Aids
Improvement in
Housing Output
Technical Advances
Yield Big Returns,
Expert Reports
By Joseph H. Orendorff
Former Director. Housing and Home
Finance Agency's Research Division.


Finance Agency's Research Division.
Research has transformed TO-
days houses in surprising ways.
It Is continually improving the
product. It is helping home
builders meet swift : paced
changes in public demand.
No one looking at today's
houses can possibly doubt that
vast revolution in home con-
struction has taken place.
Houses are being built differ
ently-and it is this difference
that Is creating new dividends in
equipment. appliances and other
amenities.
Houses are being financed diff
ferently-and 1t Is this change
that is making ownership easy to
millions for whom it would have
been entirely impossible only a
short time ago.
Houses are being designed diff
ferently-and these changes in
design often result directly from
possibilities opened through re-
search in the fields Of construc-
ton techniques, new materials
and equipment, family require
ments, climate and many other
areas Of inquiry.
PeonIea' Needs Studied,
Many Of the advances made
in today's houses are technical.
But It seems to me that the big
xest discovery of all has been
made in regard to the people for
whom the houses are being built.
Builders are realizing more
clearly every year that the sue
cess Of their industry Is based
on meeting the desires OF peo-
ple-and In offering a product
that people will want in prefer
ence to something else entirely.
People want houses that pro-
vide greater comfort and con-
.venience, that are easier and
less costly to maintain and op-
crate, and that provide q sense
Of pleasure and delight.
In the post war market, when
the shortage Of housing made
selling easy. some builders failed
to grasp the long-range signifi-
canoe Of product Improvement.
But buyers became more selec-
tive as housing production began
meeting critical demands. In
novation and improvements soon
began to appear.
This increasing understand
ing by builders Of the signif1-
canoe Of the truism that houses
are for humans has given a
sustained 1igor to the current
revolution in the housing in
duStry. Progressive builders
everywhere have accepted with
enthusiasm the challenge Of
producing a continuingly i'm
proved product. Progress in the
Continued on Page C-8. Col. -
Evening star., 1954-10-02
Architects 10 Hear
Saarinen, Others
During IS Sessions
Meeting Tuesday
To Toke Up Public
Works Development

American Institute of Arcfi-
tects has announced plans to be-
gin its 1s54-1955 activities with q
luncheon meeting at 1918 pm.
Tuesday In the Burlington Hotel.
The program Is under direc--
ton Of the public works COM
mittee, of which John Mcleod Is
chairman, and will emphasize
public works development.
Principal speaker Is to be VIII
liam Z. Leahy, chairman Of the
Citizens Advisory Council. Com
missioners Spencer and Prentiss
and other District leaders are on
the guest list.
The balance Of the years pro-
gram win include monthly meet
ings on such topics as "Our Fu-
ture Architects" "Color in
Building Industry" Southwest
Development" "Press Relations, I"
and o proposed Smithsonian
Gallery Of Art.
In addition the year will see
an annual Christmas party in
December. an annual business
meeting in May. and a garden
party in June at The Octagon.
The future architects" meet
ing Is q departure for the chap
ter. During this one, scheduled
for November 4, the group will
have architecture students from
Howard and Catholic Universe
ties as guests for q get-together
and exhibit. The guest speaker
is to be Dean Thomas K. Fitz-
Patrick. Of the School Of Archi-
lecture Of the University Of Vir-
ginia.
The chapter plans to have
Zero Saarinen, nationally known
Bloomfield Hills (Micl1.) archi-
tect, speak on the proposed art
gallery at q meeting April z. Mr..
Saarinen's design for such q
gallery once received an award
from the Fine Arts Commission
Waldron Faulkner. a member
Of the chapter and chairman Of
the Color Committee of the
American Institute Of Architects
II planning the January meet
ing on Color In the Building
Industry The program will
ptesent color experts as speakers
Evening star., 1954-10-02

ever to have been held In the
Washington area" Frank Call
cara, chairman Of the COM
mittee arranging for the
observance in behalf of the
Washington Home Builders
Association, said today.
Attendance at the exhibit
homes during the last three
week ends has peen far greater
than any one believed possible.
Both attendance and sales
were at an all-.irne high"
The festival is being held by
the home builders association
in cooperation with The Eve
ming Star as O trade fair Of
the residential construction
industry.
Exhibit houses all over the
Washington Metropolitan area
continue to be open for public
inspection today and tomorrow,
from noon until dark. Approxi-
mately so homes are In the
show. They were>chosen by
an association-appointed COM
mittee to represent q cross
section Of area-wide produc.
ton.
James w. Pearson, executive
vice president Of the Washing
ton Home Builders Association.
said today attendance since the
opening September IL reached
an aggregate Of more than
100000 persons up to yesterday.
During that period having
three week ends 870 homes
were sold at q total cost Of
approximately $14 million, Mr..
Pearson estimated on the basis
Of reports from participating
builders.
A number Of builders re-
ported larger attendance and
more sales over the last week
end than during the first and
second week ends.
Edward r. Carr, former
president of the National As.
Sociation Of Home Builders ana
a former head Of the WASH
ington builders group, said
builders as q whole were
greatly pleased at the success
of the observance here ana
with the public interest shown.
THE results constitute solid
evidence Of the value Of this
kind of exhibition ana are q
real tribute to the level on
which 1t was conducted" he
said.
Houses in the exhibition
were approved in six price cat
egories. ranging from the $8,.
O00-$13.000 classification to the
$32,000-and-up classification.
A map on Page C-3 shows
the approximate location OF
the exhibit homes. and a list
accompanying it provides di-
rections to reach them.
Evening star., 1954-10-02
Builders Report
Attendance
Tops 100000
Event Breoks
All Records,
Official Says
By Robert J. Lewis
Reel Estots Editor Of The Ssor

The Fall Festival Of Homes
observance headed into its
final week end today with at
tendance and, sales figures
already having set an all-t:tne
record.
This event has been the
most impressive of its kind
Mop ond directions to Exhibit Houses,
Pose C-3.
Evening star., 1954-10-02

Continued on Page C-8. Col. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

I'M, who came to the Family
Service Association Of Cleveland
ready to call her marriage quits.
Her husband wouldn't work, he
had turned to drink, he was
living on his parents. and their
intimate relationship was just
about nil.
Why not divorce?
A case worker toiled patiently
with Mrs. NJ, inspired her to give
marriage another try-this time
with more understanding. In
stead Of walking out on her hus-
band, perhaps she could help
him. It is interesting to note.
from the case files:
"a year later Mrs. M. wrote to
the case worker. saying that her
husband hadn't touched a drop
since she had gone back to him.
that they were now entirely
self supporting, and she wanted
the case worker to know how
happy they were."
People sometimes don't know
their own potential for hap
pineSs. A couple drifted diScon-
solately into the Office of the
Family Service of Providence, r.
I. They were intent on divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

Their only question was what to
do about their child. But when
trained workers studied the case
they saw not candidates for
divorce. but potentially happy
man. and wife.
In-Law Trouble.
One commented. 1.-THE basic
ties between this young man and
woman were obvious to U.s." The
key here was to help this couple
establish q home Of their own,
away from the barbs Of pickering
in-laws. Again. from the record
Things worked out beautifully
and q broken family was averted. y
In the case of Mr.. and Mrs.
H.. the divorce suit was already
decided. Divorce granted" said
the Judge, then wisely added,
''but I won't sign the paper for
three days" He knew what he
was doing. Before the three days
were Up the man and wife had
changed their minds. They
decided to stick together-and
are still sticking together. jolted
by their narrow escape into q
new and happier outlook.
For every man and wife. DR..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
Little Rock Methodists
Beck Segregation Bar
D. ,he Asse<iq,edP re.

TNoa~pSt~4t~A
HOT SPRINGS. Ark. June IL.
The Little Rock Conference Of
the Methodist Church today Of
tlcially commended the recent
United States Supreme Court
opinion outlawing compulsory
racial segregation In the public
schools as consistent with the
spirit and teachings Of Jesus
Christ"
The statement which was
adopted unanimously and with
out discussion added that I'VE
further affirm that this decision
is in keeping with what has been,
through many years. the ofdcial
position Of the Methodist Church
as 1t has understood the teach
ings and spirit Of Jesus Christ. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
Woodcutter, 100, Roufs
Bear With CIouf on Shout
BY the Assoejated Press

PORTAL, Ariz., June IA
1clout on the snout is what a
bear got when he messed around
with leathery old Ignacio Flores.
Mr.. Flores, a woodcutter, is
more than 100 years old. He's
an independent man and never
bothers others.
While Mr.. Flores slept, the
bear came upon his camp, rip
ped the vanvas tent to shreds
and whacked the man a vicious
slap on the head.
Mr.. Flores grabbed a stick of
wood and slapped the bear right
back. The intruder numbered
hWay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

Robert w. Laidlaw. past pres
ident of the American Associa-
ton Of Marriage Counselors.
advises: mo two people love each
other continuously: they may
even hate each other occasionally
But in q healthy marriage they
have the insight to see that be-
meath their surface feelings are
deeper feelings: therefore they
do not act impulsively to wreck
their own happiness"
Ton The Other
Woman. Even the happiest wife
in the best run home fears
this creature.
released by the Register and
Tribune Syndicate. 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
Scientists Attuck Bon

NEW YORK, June IL R.-
The Council Of the American
Physical Society today declared
the refusal to restore Atomic
Energy Commission clearance to
DR.. j. Robert Oppenheimer will
have an adverse effect on the
utilization Of scientists In Gov.
eminent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

HELENA.-Montana has more
than 20 million acres of forest
and which comprise more than
bne-fifth the States total area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
Up q Tree

Up q TIS6
LAKE VILLA, Ill. R.-Ray
Bokan, Is. didn't get out on q
limb and saw it of, it merely
looked that way. He was pinned
against the trunk so feet up
when the limb he was saving
dropped and swung around the
tree. Rescued by volunteer fire-
men with a ladder, Bokan had q
skinned thigh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
1879. Us
NO MONEY DOWN

OUTWASHES ALL OTHER DISHWASH.
ERS! Only James patented "Wall of Water
scrubs each dish in turn with ever-mOving
solid sheets of water .. 513 times! Re.
moves even dried egg yOlk, other sticky
foods without pre-rinsing. You keep
your hands out of hot water!
EVEN BABY BOTTLES ARE STERILIZED
by exclusive ''Sterile-dry" process. 40.
degree sterilizing rinse plus fast, 2.
minute radiant heat drying does it. Elm.
mates germ laden towels!
NO DISH WIPINC! James alone rinses with
walls of steaming SOFT water because
only this whiz has built-in automatic water
sOftener. This means no more wiping dishes
by hand. Even glasses and silverware dry
spOtless. You just put 'em away!
COSTS UP to $500 LESS than smaller in.
stalled dishwashers. Costs less when you
buy it at SUN >. and there's no extra cost
of installation. No wiring, no plumbing,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Look They're Bombing Your Poor Old TV Set

Tonht the Night ond Betty tton the S2500o0 Bmbshe Fired Over deo
To Make You
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Todoy,s Schedules
Stoee.

ARENA-"The Crucibe": $3.50 pm.
CARTER BARRON AMPHITHEATER-"Ice Cycles Of 1885,:
$3.50 pm.
NAT1ONAL-"An Summer Long," dark tonight to-
OLNEY-"The Male Animal: 2:4o and $40 pm.
Screen
Observation-Disclosures; $780, $3.50. $685. 735 and GAS
CAPTToL-"seven Brides for Brothers" 1:l5 $685.
$685. 7:45 and 9:55 pm
CoLONY-"The Yellow Balloon: 1880. 42o. e:15 $40 and
10 pm.
coLUMBA-"Gambler From Natchez: 1885. $40. $40. 745
and $50 pm.
DUPoNT-"The Vanishing Prairie llo. 1850. 1885, s:15
and $40 pm.
KErTHs-"The Game Muny": 12:45. sos. $780, TAO and
9:55 pm.
LrTLEAngel Street: $780, $780, 45o $3.50. $40 and $50
pm.
MACARTHUR Murder will OUT: 2. $685. 555. 7:55 and
9:55 pm
-Dragnet" /. 2:45 435. s:25. BIS and
1905 pm
oNTARIo-"susan Slept Here" 3:1o $780, 7:so and Gas
pm.
PAIAcE-"Broken Lance" $40. 525. 735 and $50 pm.
PLAYHOUSE-"Rear Window: lilo. 315, 500. 7:25 and
9:35 pm.
pLAzA-"Rome II O'Clock: l. 255. 4:35 $40. sos and
$50 pm.
TRANs-LUx-"an with Million: 1:o5 1850. 44o. s25.
$40 and 1855 PM
wARNER-"This Is cinerama": 2:so. $3.50 and $40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
The Passing Show
Robert Anderson's
Play His Second
To Open National
By Joy cormody

It Is improbable that slim,
scholarly looking Robert An
derson will have a third play
ready to start the National
theater on a third consecu-
tive season in September, 1855.
Playwrights are not so
routined In their work as
starting pitchers in baseball.
The surprise. indeed. Is that
Mr.. Anderson. the Nationals
starter last season with "Tea
and Sympathy" should turn
up again this year with "All
Summer Long,"
Nevertheless, this he has
done and it would be q pleas
ant custom to extend indef1-
nitely, for Mr.. Anderson is one
Of playwriting's more admira-
BILE and able recruits. He is
not SO exciting-aS no one is
more ready than he to admit
AS when his first play came
here accompanied by Deborah
Kerr but he is a welcome re-
lief from the venerable hacks
Of the trade and their am
bilious irnitators.
Play Is Promising
In "All Summer Long" as
in last seasons glittering first
play which went on to tri-
umph on Broadway, the fledg-
ling member of the Play
wrights' Company is operat-
ing in a private domain in
terms of q pleasant and per-
ceptive style. He has not
written q perfect play in the
new exhibit at the National.
but he has written one that is
poetic and provocative, and
promisingly perfectable under
the direction of Alan Schnei-
der.
It is by no means the dis
appointing second effort that
fate holds in store for so many
authors who achieve first-time
successes.
"All Summer Long" is the
matica1ly in the vicinity of
Anderson's first play. This
one deals with the poignant
experience Of being a boy of
II while "Tea and Sympathy"
was concerned with the, bitter
establishment of an adde's
cent falsely accused OF homo
sexuality. The latter. by the
way. Is stu 4 Broadway hit
and win be returning to the
National, with Miss Kerr.
when At begins q long road tour
slater ID the season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

Also it provides her with the
opportunity to display a heap
of mother love-no new emo
ton to her, Tallulah says,
though one perhaps concealed
from a public used to vixenish,
edgy. riotous roles.
There's nothing unusual
about liking little children"
Miss Bankhead says. "I've
always loved them. little boys
more than little girls. But I
don't have to act a bit in my
scenes with the children in
this play. Those kids adore
me and I worship them"
But No Benefits
Out-of-town spies report
that Dear Charles" gives
every evidence of high success,
having played to record crowds
everywhere on its barnstor,n-
ing circuit. And the advance
sale here has been lively, even
though Miss Bankhead put her
little foot down firmly and de-
MED one rich source of. reve-
nue. by refusing to allow benefit
performances.
Beneflts-which have noto-
riously cold audiences-hot
weather and being kept watt,
ing are Tallulah's pet hates.
Five years ago she an
nounced she was through with
the stage. and subsequently
observed that in 33 years she
had played IS roles. of which
only three were worth any
thing. Why has she come back
now?
81 have to work, darling. and
this part Is a dream role.
There are no quick changes.
no heavy costumes and there's
lots Of Cabling for me.
"But it's not q vehicle for
me. I resent people saying
(see GLOVER, Page E-2J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
By WiIliom Glover
Associated Press Stoff Writer
NEW YORK,

NEW YORK.
Tallulah Bankhead, the re-
nowned theatrical tornado. is
now feeling motherly, mellow
and mildly anguished by all
that talk of temperament.
But, returning next Wednes-
day to the Broadway she
abandoned permanently" five
years ago. the lady known as
loud denies any suggestion Of
change in the Bankhead per-
sonality.
I'm not temperamental. I
never was" slack-clad Tallu-
lah acclaimed as she took
Bankhead strides about the
hotel suite and slipped cham
payne. That's all a legend.
The things I've read about
myself that never happened!
But darling. If one spent ones
time correcting other peoples
mistakes, there wouldn't be
time for anything else in life"
She sat down abruptly, ap-
piled lipstick. lit q cigarette.
IF the public knew what
I'm really like. I'd probably
have no following" she said,
explaining that she's really o
gal who only shows temper
with people who are very
close to me-after all. one has
to let off steam." that she's
a lady who never keeps others
waiting and a performer who
will play "eyen if I've got
neuritis and there are only
three people in the house"
VoItoees Still High
Don't get the idea, though,
that the 1854 Bankhead model
is set at lower voltage than OF
yore. The famous throaty
laugh rings out as she repeats
her favorite story CLEANED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

The comparative closeness
in age Of the first two humans
he has dramatized, Mr.. Ander-
son says, does not imply a
commitment to that area of
experience. It just happened
that the two characters and
their dramatic situations were
the most Immediately beckon-
ing material available. He will
get around to other. quite diff
ferent subjects later. With, one
can hope, the same sensitivity
and sharp dramatic flavor.
"All Summer Long," patent
ly, is a more universal theme
than that of the first Anderson
play. It's precisely drawn hero,
young Willie Munson, facing
the general problem of grow
ing up encounters many of
specific dilemmas which all
boys share in kind If not in
degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

project, was devised primarily
to-make you, the public, realize
that this is not just another
big show-it's a big show in
color.
So "Satins and Spurs,
which Lehman and Staff
Writer Billy Friedberg tailored
for Miss Hutton. becomes the
National Broadcasting Co.'S
first important move in an
all-out drive to make black
and-white TV obsolete. Spec
taculars are one way out
Of the big dilemma faced by
the whole television industry:
How to make the big buying
public yearn for color TV.
The Radio Corp. of Amer
lea, MICS parent, has sunk
around $50 million in the
future of color and would like
to get something out of it.
The problem is that there are
now some 80 million perfectly
good monochrome" Chats
the subtly derogatory word
they are using for black-and-
white) sets. There are only
about 1000 sets in use able to-
reproduce color.
'These spectaculars." COM
mented a TV veteran, "are used
on the public as a softening-
up process. BY talking up
Betty Hutton in color they're
going to get every one steamed
up and feeling they are miss