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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
Engineer Sees Southwest Area
As Hub of After-Durk Culture

AS 1UU u AI IG
William Zeckendorf J made q
bid yesterday for distaft support
of the Federal features of his
imposing Southwest Washing
ton redevelopment plan.
Washington. he told gather
ing of 100 women. mostly con-
gressional wives, IN the Hotel
Statler. lacks the seasoning of
sidewalk cafes and first-rate
entertainment that flavors such
capitals as Paris and London.
After visitors have covered the
conventional sightseeing attrac-
tons here, what do they do
when the sun goes DOWN." he
asked.
The multimillion- dollar rede-
velopment proposal for the 350-
acre Southwest waterfront area
as projected by the New York
firm of Webb g. Knapp. which
Mr.. Zeckendorf heads, is pri-
marily residential, he assured his
hearers.
The whole Southwest proposal,
as envisioned tentatively by the
New Yorker, would cost between
$3.50 million and $500 million.
The District would be reSpon-
sible for public improvements,
such as streets and schools, but
the vast bulk would be built with
private capital.
Details Under Study.
Details of the plan now are
under a 12-month study to de-
termine if it is feasible. Pro-
cedures for the study were set
by an agreement signed in New
York this week by Webb &
Knapp and the District Rede-
velopment Land Agency. The
RIA, under eminent domain
powers, would acquire title to the
land and sell or lease it for pri-
vate building.
The plan emissions Govern
ment subsidy to the extent Of
about $50 million for a proposed
opera and symphony music and
convention center.
I'VE believe that, whereas no
opera hall pays in the direct
sense anyway, the music audito-
RUINS should be contributed and
subsidized by the Government
and owned by the Government"
Mr.. Zeckendorf said.
1--WE do not advocate an opera
company here, but rather that
Washington shall be the home
from time to time Of all opera
companies and orchestr q S
throughout the country" he ex-
planned.
Subsidy to Culture.
Thus, he noted, 1t would not
be strictly a Washington venture,
but a sort of subsidy to culture
throughout the country.
It would provide a cross-sec-
ton here of the finest entertain
ment, be an added source Of
revenue to music throughout the
country and set Washington up
as a goal for opera companies
and orchestras, Mr.. Zeckendorf
said. 4
Washington is rich In beauty.
museums. money, tradition and
Government buildings. he said,
but there is an inbalance on the
lighter side of life.
There should be things here
to keep visitors for days and
days after they have seen the
conventional sightseeing places"
he declared.
Mr.. Zeckendorf spoke Of four.
possibly six, theaters which
would attract first run produc-
tons. large-scale dance halls
which would command name or
chestras. skating Kinks and other
entertainment facilities.
He pictured reclamation of
substandard urban areas as lust
hard-boiled economics" as he
described the increased ability
of the land to produce income.
Reasonably Priced Housing.
The Webb & Knapp plan pro-
poses to make the most of the
water front-"the most beauti-
full in the world and the most
neglected''-and will endeavor
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-20
US. Charges Chinese Reds
With Holding IS Airmen
As "POlitical Prisoners"

WASHINGTON, up = T h e
United States today formally
charged the Chinese Communists
are holding Is American airmen
as political prisoners.
A Defense Department state
ment said the Chinese Commun-
lists admitted at the recent con-
ference at Geneva that the Is
are alive and that this has been
verified by Americans, former
prisoners of war, who have been
exchanged since the armistice in
Korea.
The Pentagon announcement
said also that the Communists
have been asked to account for a
total of 526 Americans "who are
either in Communist hands or
concerning whose fate the Com
munists have knowledge as in
dictated in an announcement by
the Far East command in Korea
on Tuesday.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-20
Lazy" Mailman Swims
Mile to Dump Letters

NEW YORK, R-A letter car
rier faces charges of destroying
mail-by swimming out and
dumping it in the Atlantic Ocean.
Authorities said Joseph P. Mi
chalozic, 81, admitted Wednesday
he put the mail in a shoebox and
swan out about a mile off Gilgo
Beach to dump it.
A lifeguard at Lido Beach, some
miles down the Long Island shore,
found the box with the letters still
inside and turned it over to postal
authorities.
Then postal inspectors traced a
shoe company label on the box to
Michalozic, through post office
records showing he had received
a package from the company re-
Gently.
He was quoted as saying his
wife's suicide after childbirth and
pain from a war injury had COM
bined to make him too "lazy" to
deliver the mail.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-20
Skinner BIanes !,
Unequal Subsidies
For Service Halt

SEATTLE, I'D. E. Skinner,
president of Alaska Steamship
Co. yesterday cited political
"shortsightedness" and an I'M
equal government subsidy pro-
gram as high on the list of
reasons why his company will
abandon maritime passenger ser
vice to Alaska this month.
Speaking before the Seattle
Rotary Club, Skinner pointed out
that when Alaska Steam's Denali
makes the final trip northward
next Tuesday, the Canadian gov
eminent will offer the only reg
ular water passenger service be-
tween the United States and
Alaska.
Gas of October l." he empha-
sized, "the average Alaskan must
look to the successor of the Hud-
son Bay Co., a foreign company,
to provide him with water trans
portation to the United States"
Deep cuts have been made in
Seattle Alaska maritime traffic
by government subsidized air
lines" Skinner said.
"Airlines collected 8 million
dollars in direct operating SUBJ
sides in 1885," he added, "plus
million dollars received as
direct incentive to carry U. S.
mail.
Modern airport facilities have
been built throughout Alaska
with government and territorial
dollars but not one penny
has been spent to improve Alas
ka's commercial port facilities"
Skinner said Alaska Steam's
labor costs have rose more than
rs per cent in the past six years
and have contributed much to
loss of 100000 suffered by the
company through its passenger
service.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-20
AL Capone tGangster "
Found Shot to Death by
Assassins in Chicago

CHICAGO, R-Charles CHERRY
Nose) Cole, who survived gang
land shootings when he was a
member of Al Capone's mob, was
found shot to death in an automo-
bile Wednesday night.
Assassins pumped five bullets
into his body.
Gioe, So, and three other Cap
one gangsters were sent to prison
in 1914 after their conviction of
conspiracy for extorting more
than one million dollars from the
motion picture industry. The four
won a parole in 1947 after serving
one-third of 10-year sentence.
The parole caused Juror and
resulted in a congressional inves-
tigation. The inquiry brought out
that Paul Dillon, St. Louis at
torney and friend of former Presi-
dent Harry Truman, and Maury
Hughes of Dallas, Texas, friend
of former Atty. Gen. Tom Clark,
participated in the parole prelim-
inaries.
Eventually the parole board re-
voked the paroles. Gioe later was
released on a writ of habeas
corpus.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-20
World Peace Is Challenge
To Spiritual Pioneers, -.
Sourdoughs Are Told

VANCOUVER, R-Sourdoughs
of the Klondike were told We'd
nesday "the achievement of world
peace challenges spiritual pio-
neers in all lands today"
The 1,0OO-odd members of the
International Sourdough's Assn.
were addressed by Aubrey Sim
mons, member of Parliament for
Yukon Mackenzie, at their 23rd
reunion banquet.
alaska and the Yukon are an
example of international coopera-
ton and good will in a world
familiar with friction and misun-
derstanding," he said. Summers
added:
81 can envision the day when a
railway will be built from Prince
George to the Yukon and Alaska
through the Rocky Mountain
Trench. Such a railway, along the
route surveyed by the Army En-
gineers in 1912, cannot fail"
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-20
BANK cASHES CHECK STUB

PASADENA, Calf, R - This
city's new paychecks which have
stub similar in size and shape
to the check itself caused con-
sternation in local bank.
City Controller o. A. Dietrich
told the city staff session yester-
day he had received a hurried
call from the bank. An official
asked him to send an employee
back to the bank.
"We find we have cashed his
Stub" Dietrich quoted the official.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-20
Alaska Gets $4,000 for
Wildlife Development

WASHINGTON, R-Undersec-
rotary of the Interior Ralph
Tudor announced that $4,000 has
been allotted to Alaska to aid re-
storation and development of
wildlife resources. The money
comes from an II per cent fed
eral tax on sporting arms and
ammunition, levied on manufac-
turerS.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-20
TROY DESTROYED BY FIRE
ON MOVIE SET, THAT IS

ROME, u Tabled Troy was
destroyed again today. Flames
blamed on cigarette butt swept
across a two-acre reproduction of
the city erected for the multi
million dollar Warner Brothers
movie "Helen of Troy"
Only smoking ruins remained
when nearly 100 firemen finally
extinguished the flames after an
hour.
The Nome nugget., 1954-08-20

Letter-Size File Folders For
Sale At The Nome Nugget Office.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
Democrats List 10 Differences
In Eisenhower-Nixon Views

Mr.. Nixon has made on his
campaign tour"
The detailed memorandum"
dealt with Mr.. Nixon's votes as
a Republican Senator from Cali
fornia in 1947-52 in comparing
them with Gen. Eisenhower
views ION major issues" as a
candidate in 1852. Among 10
examples it listed were:
Gen. Eisenhower, June %,
1952-"There must be no waver-
ing in our support for the North
Atlantic alliance which was
founded within the limits of the
United Nations" Mr.. Nixon,
August 18, 1949-"Voted to cut
in half the authorization for
military aid to Europe in the
Mutual Defense Act of 1949."
Gen. Eisenhower, October q,
1952-"We must have better
housing for those Americans
who are now forced to live in
slums and substandard dwell
ings." Mr.. Nixon, June 20, 1949
VOTED to kill low-rent hous-
ing program, and voted against
passage of public housing bill"
Gen. Eisenhower, September 6,
1952-"We can and will find a
sound way to do the job (of
supporting perishable farm
products) :" Mr.. Nixon, July
81, 1949-"Voted against price
supports for perishables (such
as meat, milk and poultry
products) by continuing 80 per
cent supports for 'basics,' but
not for perishables."
Among votes against" farm
ers. workers and small business
the committee said Mr.. Nixon:
Voted to defeat attempts to
repeal or change of the Taft
Hartley Act MAY 3 and 4, 1a49D
). Consistently voted for G. o.
P tax-reduction bills favoring
the wealthy during the S0th
Congress (1947 and l948).
Voted for voluntary rather than
compulsory TEPC February %,
1950)"
AS for comment and rebuttal''
on Mr.. Nixon's recent state
ments, the Democratic memo
randum said among other things
that Mr.. Nixon declared in q
March 13, 1854, speech:
II believe IN congressional
investigations because I know
that If it had not been for the
Investigations conducted by the
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities, Alger Hiss would be free
today :"
On June 26, 1854, the COM
mittee quoted Mr.. Nixon as
saying:
my feeling is that the in
vestigation of all agencies can
be conducted effectively by the
executive branch of the Govern
ment. The executive branch is
going to move to deal with those
problems"
Evening star., 1954-10-07
WeIch Is Back in Capital;
To Tour Defenses in East

Joseph N. WEIGH, Boston attor-
ney who served as special coun-
sci for the Army during the
Army-McC Carthy hearings, was
briefly in Washington today,
again at the invitation of Sec
retary of the Army Robert T.
Stevens.
With IS other business and
professional men Mr.. WEIGH will
make a seven-day tour of mill
tary installations in the East.
The venture is called a Joint
Civilian Orientation Conference"
Mr.. WEIGH explains it this way:
II go look-see at our defenses
and see they're safe and then I
come home, and tell my neigh
bors, we're SAFE"
Mr.. WEIGH declined comment
on the Watkins committee hear
ings on cenSure charges against
Senator Mccarthy.
He reported that he still gets
many lecture bids, but believes
he is fading away as a public
figure. The headwaiter at his
hotel addressed him cordially as
Mr.. Jenkins"
Evening star., 1954-10-07
Corning Warns Students
Star Stah Photo,

school children to return to
their classes. The Metropolitan
Police Department has been
very patient. We cannot and
will not continue to be patient
when there are so many risks
and dangers involved with the
children going about the street
in this manner.
They can be hurt in traffic
accidents and fights. If they
are involved, some of them
may be arrested and will get
a police record which they will
carry through their life. I do
not want to see that happen to
any of these school children.
but it will happen if they cause
trouble and do not return to
classes.
For these reasons, I am ap-
pealing to the parents and to
the children for the return of
the children to their classes.
Evening star., 1954-10-07

from income tax. There is no
limit on the time the credit will
be allowed. If an employe is
paid less than $100 a week in
sick pay, the entire amount win
be exempt.
The exemption on sick leave
starts the first day an employe
is injured or hospitaliZed. Other
wise, it will be allowed at the
beginning of the eighth day If
illness. However, II an employe
is out for 20 days, for example,
and if he is hospitalized for any
one day of that period, his sick
pay for the entire period is tax
exempt. The exemptions are
retroactive to January !, 1854.
AS can be seen, the tax exemp-
tions do not apply in cases of
minor illnesses. An employe
either has to be hospitalized or
suffer an illness of eight days or
more duration before he is en-
titled to tax exemption on sick
leave pay.
X \
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Singers,
male and female, are needed for
the annual winter presentation
of Handers oratorio, the Mes
siah." which is scheduled to be
given on December IL at Fort
Myer. All Defense Department
personnel, civilian and military,
are invited to attend chorus re-
hearsals which begin at 8 pm,
october 10, and which will be
held each Tuesday. Some 200
choristers are needed. Contact
Sergt. Arlo Deiber at jackson
7-9400, extension $40 or 843. 8.
Roy K. Davenport. Technical
Operations Personnel Research
and Procedures Division, Ad-
jutant Generals Office. Army
Department, has been presented
Evening star., 1954-10-07

with an outstanding performance
certificate. Ten-year service
certificates have been presented
to the following Andrews Air
Force Base civilian employees:
Frances K. Rose, Cloid r. Smith
and Raymond E. Montgomery.
i. The Army Engineer Center
at Fort Belvoir, Va, has job
openings for mimeograph opera
tors at salaries of $l.24 to $l.35
an hour. Kelsey l.. Adams, ST.,
Mrs. Dorothy Burke and Joseph
A. Plumer, employees at st. Eliza
beths Hospital, have received
cash awards for meritorious sug-
gestions. Meritorious salary in
creases for superior accomplish
ment went to Mrs. Myrtle Istvan
and Ann Rubin.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
; New Mexico Towns
Hif by Flash Floods
BY the Assoeiosed Press

ROSWELL. N. Mex, Oct. 2
Heavy rains in nearby noun.
tains sent flash floods racing
into three Pecos Valley towns
today. The National Guard was
evacuating families in Roswell.
Artesia and Hagerman.
Rains in the Sacramento
Mountains, which are along the
western edge of the Eastern New
Mexico River Valley. sent floods
of water pouring into the three
towns.
Crest of a reported 27-fopt
wall of water rushing off the
Sacramentos toward Roswell had
not yet hit the city early today.
But water was flowing into
town, although National Guard
Sergt. AL Schmuck said, "You
can still drive about anywhere
in the city-but we expect it to
get much worse"
Families were being evacuated.
hut no estimate could be made
of the number affected. The
National Guard said it was try
inc to control panic and ex-
treme nervous tension" among
residents of some areas OF the
city,
Evening star., 1954-10-07
BY the Assoeioted Press

The Democratic National
Committee said today Vice
President Nixon voted in 10
cases against positions later
taken by President Eisenhower
in the 1852 campaign.
In a special memorandum" it
said is being sent to Democratic
leaders along Mr.. Nixon's cur
rent campaign route, the COM
mittee also gave what it termed:
"a sample listing of Nixon
votes against the welfare of
farmers. working people and
small business operators.
Comment on and rebuttal of
(sometimes from Mr.. Nixon's
own MOUTH recent statements
Evening star., 1954-10-07

School Superintendent Ho.
bart M. Corning yesterday issued
the following statement calling
on the demonstrating student:
to return to their classes:
AS Superintendent of Schools,
I hereby direct all students of
the Washington public schools
who are at present absent in
protest against the integration
of our schools. to return to
their clasSrooms Immediately.
Principals of schools where
such absences are now occur
ring have been directed to
declare absentees who will not
have returned to school by
Friday morning, October 8. in
eligible to receive or enjoy
school honors during the bal
ance of the present school
year. This means that those
students who continue to be
absent after Thursday will dis
qualify themselves.
A. From holding commits
Sions and warrants in the
Cadet Corps.
B. From holding positions
on school publications.
c. From representing their
schools on athletic teams, in
rifle matches, or in musical or
dramatic performances.
D. From being eligible to
hold any Office in any organ
ization, club or activity that
comes under the direction of
the school or from holding any
position representing their
schools.
Those students who return
to their classes by Friday will
be given all possible assistance
by their teachers to make up
the work missed this week;
those who do not return by
that time will seriously jeop-
ardize their scholastic stand
ing because of the continued
absence.
All adults who have con-
facts with school children, and
especially parents, are asked
to use their mature leadership
in ending a situation which
has now become disgraceful
and dangerous.
X X r
Police Chief Robert v. Muir
ray issued a statement pointing
out why all students should re-
turn to their classes. The state
ment follows:
I would like to call on all the
Evening star., 1954-10-07


MIR. Ward and his attorney,
Marcus Borchardt, contested the
firing. They pointed to the Per-
formance Rating Act, approved
by Congress several years ago,
which states that employees are
entitled to a 90-day warning Pc
riod if their work is unsatistac-
tory and a chance to improve
before they are dismissed.
Only several months ago, the
House Civil Service Committee,
in a special report reviewing the
law. stressed that this 9O-day
warning period must be observed
by all agencies.
After a lengthy legal battle,
which originally went as high as
the Court of Appeals and then
was remanded to the Navy De-
partment for appropriate action,
the case again was heard by the
Federal District Court here.
Judge Alexander Holtzof OF
the u. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia ruled IN Mr..
Wards favor and ordered him
reinstated. Now the Government,
through the Justice Department,
is appealing the verdict. 1t con-
tends the Government has the
right to fire an employe for un-
satisfactory work without hav-
ing to give him a 80 days warn
ing.
Meanwhile, Judge Holtzoff has
issued a temporary restraining
order in another similar case to
prevent the Government from
firing an employe without a suf-
ficient warning period. United
States Information Agency en-
ploye in this case is represented
by Attorney John P. Witsil.
\ + + y
ROTH CASE-Meanwhile, the
Supreme Court is expected to
rule soon on the Roth case in
volving the job rights Of civil
service employees transferred to
excepted (non-civl service) jobs.
The case has tremendous i'm
portance for all Federal workers.
Many Government legal Off
cials are predicting that the
Supreme Court will refuse even
to review the appellate court
decision in favor of Mr.. Roth.
in which case the job rights OF
Federal employees would be up
held and Mr.. Roth would be re-
instated to his job as a Justice
Department attorney.
The Supreme Courts uphold
ing of the appellate courts de-
cision would protect Government
employe job rights by guaran-
teeing them civil service job
rights protection even if they
are transferred to a non-civil
service job.
! X k**
TAX EXEMPTION-This COL
umn has had a number of letters
from people objecting that Gov
ernment employees are getting
special consideration" from the
Internal Revenue Service regard
ing tax exemptions for certain
types of sick leave. These letter
writer's are misinformed. The
tax exemptions apply not only
to Government civilian and mil
itary personnel, but to all of the
Nations taxpayers. Government
employees are merely being treat
ed the same as every one else.
Under the new law, here is how
the sick leave exemptions will
work. Sick leave pay up to 500
week in certain cases is exempt
Evening star., 1954-10-07

of defiance of properly consti-
tuted authority"
The PTA organization said it
was reaff1rming it's confidence in
the Supreme Courts antisegrega-
ton ruling and steps taken by the
school system to meet it.
The executive committee of
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations issued a statement de-
claring:
1--WE urge the students and
other citizens of the District of
Columbia to retain faith in the
orderly and legitimate channels
of government for seeking re-
dress for their grievances, rather
than to follow a lawless course
which leads only to ultimate
community chaos and tragedy"
Evening star., 1954-10-07
Leland Case Meets
District. Commissioners

Leland D. Case, new clerk OF
the Senate District Committee,
met the Commissioners today for
the first time on a visit to the
District Building.
Mr.. Case, brother of Senator
Case, Republican, Of South Da-
kota, chairman of the Senate
District Committee. was intro
duced to numerous city depart
ment heads with whom he will
be working, by William P. Gull
ledge, minority counsel for the
committee.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity - Clear
tonight with low about 38 in the
city and some frost likely in
the suburbs with low around 80.
Tomorrow fair and cool.
Maryland - Clear and colder
tonight with low 1886 and some
frost. Tomorrow fair and cool
Virginia-Fair and colder to-
night with some frost in the in
terror and low 1882 in west
and north and 1898 in south
east portions. Tomorrow fair
and cool.
Evening star., 1954-10-07

Wind-Northerly 20-30 miles
per hour diminishing tonight
and becoming mostly gentle
northeasterly tomorrow.
Skyline Drive-Mostly sunny
and quite cool tomorrow with
good visibility.
Pollen count-Six grains per
cubic yard of air for "a hours
ending 8 am. today.
River Report.
(From o. 8. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear at
HarDerS Ferry
Evening star., 1954-10-07

ployes are en-
titled to a 90
day warning
period.
The case in
volv es VIII
liam E. Ward,
a Navy De-
partment en-
ploye. M r.
w a I'd W a S
fired from his
job, de t e
the fact that
his latest per-
formance rat
ing was sat