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Evening star., 1954-12-24

most of them Stevenson sup
porters such as Fulbright and
Monroney.
Their argument is that los
ing fights must be risked for
principle and that the Eisen-
hover legend must be strongly
attacked before the next cam
paign actually begins. Senator
Johnson still likes his way
best.
He will have the support of
the Southerners. The pros
pect, therefore. is for con-
siderable pulling and hauling
as the next session proceeds
toward climax Of the nominat-
ing convention.
In one sense, therefore, the
johnson interview says Merry
Christmas to the President.
But it does no more than
confirm political realities and
remind the pro Stevenson
forces that they aren't home
yet.
The situation bears a GER
tain resemblance to the 1862
Republican pattern. The
Democratic record will be built
In Congress and while no
Democrat there has the COM
manding position Of the late
Senator Taft, plenty of them
are ambitious.
The votes of National Com
rnittee members from 40-odd
States, including the South.
showed Mr.. Stevenson's high
standing with the public. And
the Democratic Governors,
Evening star., 1954-12-24

circumstances like q monSter?n
That was the crux of Shep-
pard's case: That he was in
capable of such an act.
But meanwhile, during the
nine weeks trial. the lawyers
exacerbated to frenzy the un-
avoidahle emotions of Jurors
and spectators in melodra-
matte renditions OF their own
scripts. which only q court
room would stage today, since
any but a captive audience
would boo them off the boards.
They did not seek to b6caim
but to intensity hysteria.
The prosecution wept ex-
crlciatingly for Hecuba. The
defense attorney, Mr.. CorTi-
gan, after q warming-up by
his colleague. Mr.. Garmone,
climaxed the show in the rnaIl-
ner Of q ham actor playing
King Lear. Passing from Juror
to juror he intoned, with the
appropriate gesture. II bring
you Sam Sheppard the
body Of q man 80 years young
more than an immortal
pearl. the purchase OF God,
for whom he poured out his
own blood. including, along
with crucifixion. the Constitu-
ton. sacred and profane love,
communism, and Christmas.
One asked Are these irstrll-
n1ents Of justice serious2 Is
jury expected to deliberate
IN such an atmospheric =
found it disgraceftil. BUT II Is
usual. BY such exhibitionist
histrioaics, trial lawyers be-
come nationally famous. We
think they have missed their
profession.
Actually, the Jury delivered
q Judgment against both the
prosecution and the defense.
For the prosecution was out
to prove that Or. Sheppard
committed d monstrously tand
stupidly) executed crime. cor-
sciously deliherated and
planned. and so introduced no
evidence that might lead to-
any other conclusion. The
defense vas out to prove that
the Immortal pearl. who had
described the srisly night Is
s'like b dream cr 3 nightmare VI
had nothing 70 do with the
murder ct al.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Students Donate S845
For Annex IN Takonla Park

Students Of the J. N. Andrews
Elementary School. Seventh-day
Adventist school in Takoma
Park. Md, again have given up
the exchange of Christmas pres
entS this year to help pay for q
recently completed $4,000 addi-
tion to their school.
The 361 students donated some
$845, which represented their
savings OF nickels, dimes and
pennies.
According to Mrs. Sidney
Tylneson, the schools principal,
this is the second year that the
pupils have relinQuished their
Christmas presents to pay for
the school project.
Last year, they raised more
than ST. 1000, sufficient to paygfor
the lot on which the addition
was erected.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Doris Fleeson-
Johnson Proceeds With Caution
Democrats Cont Agree on Proper Attitude Toward
Eisenhower: To Go Easy or 10y Il on the Line?

In challenging National
Chairman Paul Butler on the
course Democrats should take
toward President Eisenhower,
Senate Leader Lyndon john
son was challenging Adlai
Stevenson. The National Com
mittee elected the relatively
unknown MIR. Butler December
4 solely because he had the
Stevenson imprimatur.
The hint of rivalry for the
presidential n ominat tion In
1856 is sure and strong. It is
not at all surprising In view
Of the party's showing at the
last election. especially the
turning of the tide at the
grass roots.
Senator johnson Is home in
Texas for Christmas. But III
q telephone interview he said
that congressional Democrats
would proceed slowly and care
fully in their opposition to the
President. He implied that
Speaker Rayburn agreed with
him and suggested that indi-
vidual Democrats would dis
courage Mr.. Butler from pre-
iilaturely partisan" utterances.
The new majority leader Is
Q master technician who four
times last session persuaded
his individualistic flock to cast
q solid Democratic vote on
controversial issues, including
the Mccarthy censure. He is
aware, however, that not all
Senators admire his caution.
Evening star., 1954-12-24

factors as mere sliperstitious
notions of no importance To-
the welfare of mankind. But,
soon Is they may. they are
! denonstrably careful to make
sure that something Is pros
vided or decreed Ito make
10 for the loss Of the observ-
ances they decry.
The substitutes. of course.
are completely unsatisfyinG to
those forced to make them do.
But the real menace Of CONF
i11unisn1 has been. all along. b
greater threat to the future
than TO the present. For when
an entire generation has been
born and grown to adulthood
In an atmosphere devoid OF
the gentler emotions, when
that generation has known
nothing but slogans repeated
BY robots over and over again,
shaping young minds and
1 hearts ever toward the harsh
inaterialism and utter absence
of morals on which coimnlu-
niSrn is based. then that gem
GRAFTON becomes b Terrible
threat In being.
There Is always hope. Of
course. that the basic nature
Of mankind will not suffer
these deceits indefinitely: that
the attributes separating men
from beasts will triumph in
the end. Most of us must hold
to this hope as a matter aof
faith, supported In our beliefs
BY the evidence OF history.
But history is a long time In
the making. and tyranny has
ruled for interminable times In
many areas Of the world before
the love Of freedom was able
to assert itself. And In the
atomic age. time just doesn't
wait as long as it used to.
Evening star., 1954-12-24

an instrumentality Of peace
because It's secretary general
Is going To travel all the way
to Peiping to ask for the
release Of the II American air.
men held captive BY Red
China. the principle Of free
dom Of information has been
dealt d body blow.
When the Secretary General
of the United Nations goes
behind the Iron Curtain. evi-
IDENTIFY no correspondents OF
newypspermen from the free
nations may accompany him
and report even the outward
phases Of his mission.
Again and again the United
Nations command IN the ar
raistice negotiations at Pam
f1unjorn In Korea insisted that
neWsnnen from this side must
be permitted to accompany
the negotiators to the scene
of the parleys. though OF
course they were not admitted
In the conferences themselves.
Now Secretary General
Hau1inarskJold says that it's
just too bad, but the talks
will not be Of q nature
usually covered BY the press.
He adds that the rules that
generally apply to the press
do not now apply.
But are there any i1terr1a-
tional conferences from the
scene Of which the press is
ever excluded except those held
behind the Iron Curtain? Why
does the Secretary General OF
the o. NJ. which boasts a Con1-
mission on Human Rights. feel
that he must announce to the
world the surrender Of d great
principle? 1t could be that
the secretary general believes
that only the Communist
newspapermen-who win, of
course, be present--are entitled
Evening star., 1954-12-24

whether such spending should
be increased In comparison with
the present level Of about $41
billion d year S.
No, 10; inclined against i.
Yes, SO. inclined for 2.
Uncomnitted, 54.
Total, 135 out Of sal.
The lawmakers taking q posi-
tive stand against included 80
Republicans, 10 Democrats.
Those definitely favoring an I'M
crease included 81 Democrats,
six Republicans and Independ-
ent Senator Morse Of Oregon.
They were questioned before
this weeks Pentagon announce
ment that overall armed serv-
ices nanpower strength win be
reduced BY 4O3. 900 In the next
18 months.
Not all those who favor put
ting more money into defense
had specific figures In mind.
Those who did mentioned In
creases ranging from slight" to
"about SO billion"
Many Nom Committal.
What happens In this field In
the next Congress obviously
hinges largely on those who are
unwilling TO take d public posi-
tion at this time or who haven't
made up their minds.
Several groups Of legislators,
In almost equal numbers, said
Evening star., 1954-12-24
5 More Bodies Recovered
From Italian AirIiner
sy me Assoeioisd Pres.


NEW YORK, Dec. 24.--An
Italian airliner which crashed
into Jamaica Bay of Idlewild
Airport Saturday. with q loss of
26 lives. gave UP more Of It's dead
yesterday. @
Divers this morning recovered
the bodies Of four men and q
woman. This raised the total Of
those recovered to n. The Ave
were not identified Immediately.
I The divers also located q large
section of the fuselage and said
it probably contained more
bodies.
The plane. on a flight from
italy, crashed while attempting
ia landing at Idlewild. Six Of
those aboard survived.
Evening star., 1954-12-24

Senator Murray, Democrat, OF
Montana. said spending should
be increased to the extent nee
essary to provide a completely
adequate national defense.
Senate Republicans, however,
were generally inclined to take
wait-and-See attitude. They
remarked that '.it all depends
upon world affairs depends on
showing OF need. y doubt need
to increase perhaps we should
reallocate," and will put great
stock in the recommendations of
the President, Secretary of De-
tense and Joint Chiefs Of staff. Z
Evening star., 1954-12-24
Rudford Reaches Munilu

MANILA, Dec. az (R.-Ad-
miral Radford. chairman Of the
United States Joint Chiefs Of
staff, arrived today from Saigon
on q Far East tour. He and Mrs.
Radford left mmediately for the
mountain resort city Of Bagtlio to
be the Christmas guests of United
States Ambassador Raymond A.
Spruance.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
The Legislative Outlook
New Congress Evenly Split
On More Defense Spending

/ the way they vote will depend
on what President Eisenhower
recommends, what America
needs, proof Of the needs, the
state Of international affairs. A
few spoke up for stronger atomic
defense and twice as many for
more air power.
A few members spoke up for
the Eisenhower administrators
original idea, which the 1852
Democratic presidential nomi-
nee, Adlai e. Stevenson, once
described rs % bigger bang for
q buck"
Only two legislators, both
House members. spoke Of q pos
sibility Of cutting defense SPEND
ing or appropriations.
About two Of every three dol
lars the Government spends Is
classified ass for national secu-
rity--the armed services, atomic
weapons. military aid to United
States allies and stockpiling
strategic materials. There have
been indications that for the
next fiscal year, the admins
tration expects To spend $63
billion or $64 billion. including
perhaps $42 billion Tor national
security.
Among four men on the Sen
ate Appropriations Committee.
three were non -colnmittal and
one Democrat who didn't want
his name used urged more spend
ing.
Increases Suggested.
Two House Democrats sug-
gested defense increases Of 10
per cent, which would be some
$4 billion. and another proposed
5 to 10 per cent. A fourth spoke
up for $2.5 billion.
Senator SparkrnaIl, Democrat.
OF Alabama, the Democratic vice
presidential candidate LII 1852,
said he Is for whatever increase
may be required 10 rebuild our
strength where 1t has been
weakened by the present admin
istratior1. Along similar lines.
Evening star., 1954-12-24

This is The third Of d series dealing
with issues in the new Congress os
viewed BY The members themselves
In an Associated Press poIi.
Evening star., 1954-12-24
The Legislative Outlook
By Douglas 3. Cornell
Assoeiafsd Press ssoff Wriisr

A sanpling indicates members
of the new 84tla Congress, caught
in q whirlpool OF conflicting de-
sires for economy and for greater
military might, are split almost
evenly on the question Of boost
ing defense spending.
Participants In an Associated
Press poll lined UP this way on
Evening star., 1954-12-24
LIGHTING
THE WAY
TO PEACE

May the spectacular beauty
Of this giant tree call atten-
ton in our minds and
hearts q. to the divine promise
... Of peace on earth
to men Of good win
=. to the responsibility that
each Of us carry. Our con-
gratulations to those who have
given their time and effort 70
the Pageant OF Peace May
It's message be beamed to al
peoples ... in all lands. ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-11
Time Table
For Budget
Is Set Up

County residents will have
only month to scan next years
operating budget and it's possible
resulting tax rate changes before
the public hearing is held before
the County Council under a plan
approved Tuesday.
The plan, a time table, was
submitted by County Manager
Edward T. Beall. 1t calls for the
capital construction budget to be
published April 16 and prelimin-
airy hearings held month later.
On May II, the operating bud
get will be released. Hearings on
this budget and the capital pro-
posal must be held by law be-
tween June 10 and Is and both
must be adopted by June 30.
Last year, both budgets were
released simultaneously in April.
Even then, some civic groups
barely finished their recommend
atoms by hearing time.
The new plan, Beall asserted,
will give citizens more time to
peruse the budget"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-11
Juiette L0,OD Day Celebrated
By 800 Girl Scouts; Eight
Set for Friendship Party

Celebration of Juliette Low
Day at Richard Montgomery
High School last Sunday brought
out 800 Girl Scouts, Brownies,
and Intermediates from troops
in the Upper County and, at the
same time, produced one of the
most outstanding Girl Scout pro-
grams presented in honor of the
founder of the Girl Scout move
ment.
Highlights of the affair in.
cluded English and Lithuanian
folk dances by Rockville Troop
SO and a skit presenting scenes
from the life of Juliette Low by
Troop $50.
Presentation of the fund col
lected by the Upper County Girl
Scouts for the World Friendship
Fund was made by the Juliette
Low Girls, a group of II Girl
kOSOulo WIN IlldhC tllC PlCoCllLd-
ton by "Stringing Juliette Lows
Pearls"
Tradition says Juliette Low
sold a string of heirloom pearls
in order to obtain funds to start
the Girl Scout movement. The
county girls "restrung" the pearls
with money wrapped in white
paper.
The girls who participated in
the pearl stringing were Nancy
Bradley, Gaithersburg; Linda Nc
Innes, Glenmont; Ruth Ann
Payne, Laytonsville; Judith Ro-
berts, Potomac; Thelma Moore,
Lincoln Park; Dolores Ross,
Rockville; Faith Weller, Pooles-
vile; Donna Sillery, Sandy
Spring and Olney; Sharon Hay.
wood, Veirs Mill Village; Anne
Herman, Wheaton; and Elizabeth
Hiley, Wheaton Woods.
In the early part of the cere-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-11
County Bond
Issue Brings
Low Interest

Halsey Stuart Co. and Associ-
ates, New York investment bank
ing house, was the low bidder
with 2.82 per cent interest rate
on> the county's new $6,850,000
bond sale.
The rate was so per cent lower
than last years high 3.34 per cent
interest rate. Townsend Vain
wright, the county's financial con-
sultant, pointed out the decrease
was well below the 10 per cent
decrease in the bond market.
Mr.. Wainwright said the sale
was indicative of the county's i'm.
proved credit standing.
Last year the average bond
market rate was 2.65. This year
it has been 2.46, he said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-11

monies, Mickey Hudson led the
girls, 800 strong, in Girl Scout
songs and Gaithersburg troops
319 and 548 performed the flag
ceremony.
On February 81, eight county
girl scouts will carry friendship
funds collected by the troops to
the annual World Friendship
Party, to be held at >Internation-
al Student House in Washington.
The eight selected at Sundays
festivities include two Brownies;
two Intermediates; two juniors
and two seniors. They are Doris
Howard, Thelma Moore, Roberta
Collin, Bonnie CAN'T, Maureen
Cosgrove, Donna Sillery Donna
Bright and Connie Drake.
Honored guests who attended
the Girl Scout gathering Sunday
included Mrs. Harold Synder
Mrs. Warren Lockwood, and Dr.
Bathullus, all representatives of
the Board of Directors of the
Council of the District of Column
bia and Montgomery County Girl
Scouts; the Executive Commit.
tee of Upper Montgomery Coun-
ty, and others.
The Executive Committee in
cludes Mrs. Jack Mantel, chair.
man; Mrs. John c. Keresztesy;
Mrs. Robert Wilson, Mrs. Leon
ard Beall; Miss Connie Field;
Mrs. Clarence Mash; Mrs. Glenn
Slaughter; Mrs. John Harvey;
Mrs. Doris Linthicum and Mrs
Maynard Hudson.
Sundays program was in
charge of Mrs. Robert Burkhardt;
Mrs. Maynard Hudson; Mrs Bart
lett Atwood; Mrs. Dale Hunt;
Mrs. Frank Richter; Mrs. Rod
ney Boyer, and Mrs. Richard Lee.
man.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-11
Construction
Off So Million
In Rockville

Building in Rockville drop.
ped nearly two million dollars
last year, according to figures re.
leased by the Mayor and Coun.
Gil
Building permits for the year
1858 for Rockville totaled $4,608,-
075, compared to S6,495, 1853 for
the previous year The actual dol
lar drop amounted to 81 ,S77,278.
Record month for building per.
mits issued in Rockville in 1858
was August, when construction
totaled $728,885. Second high
month was April with $657,500.
In 1852 the peak in building at
the County seat was reached in
May, when permits totaled 1852.
466. August of that year had
$S96,500 worth of building plan.
ned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-11
City Directory
Planned for
County Seat

A preliminary survey connected
with publication of a Rockville
City Directory sometime this fall
is now under way, according to an
announcement made this week by
R. L. Polk and Co., publishers of
city directories since 1870.
The directory, the first of its
kind for the city, also will include
data on other thickly populated
areas of Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties.
A spokesman for the company
said the directory for Rockville
will carry names and addresses of
all persons, 18 years of age and
over, as well as their occupations,
places of employment, and show
whether or not they are heads of
households or renters.
In addition, the directory will
contain a criss-cross section list
ing all streets in alphabetical
order, as well as classified list
ing of business firms and buy.
ers' guide. 1t will include also a
miscellaneous section carrying,
among other things, a history of
the county seat.
Enumerating will get under
way early in the spring. The di-
rectory representative here will
be Mr.. E. C.. Lumley.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-11
Free Rides
For Shoppers
Are Planned

Free bus transportation into
the Rockville business district
from outlying neighborhoods will
include the west end of town and
Frederick Road as well as neigh
borhoods in the vicinity of Viers
Mill Road.
Joe Steingberg, chairman of the
Board of Trade Committee work
ing out details of the service to
be provided by Rockville business
men, said all neighborhoods in
the town are being studied for
possible inclusion in the plan.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-11
New Olney
PTA Group
Is Formed

Plans for a Parent Teacher AS
ISOLATION for the new Olney Ele-
mentary School were inaugurated
last Friday, February 5, when an
organizing committee met at the
Olney home of c. Calvert Hines,
Jr., acting as chairman of the
group.
Among the planning group,
chosen as representative parents
from the communities served by
the school, are Calvin Martin of
Oakdale; James C. Mullinix of
Barnsleys Addition; Mildred
Hawkins, Gladys GLAND, and
James B. Williams of Olney; DR..
Richard u. Sherman, Jr. and Les
Floyd of Manor Club; Paul
Howes of Sunshine-Brookeville;
Mrs. Fred Oyhus of Sycamore
Acres.Norbeck, and J. c. Myers
of Williamsburg Village.
Arthur Johnston, President of
Sherwood PTA, and Francis
Powers, principal of the Olney
school, are serving as advisors.
The new school, which opened
on January 10, has an enrolment
of about $50 children in the ele-
mentary grades. The building, of
colonial design, is situated on a
scenic tract of 10 acres opposite
Olney Inn.
All parents are being invited
to an organization meeting for
the new PTA, to be held on
Thursday evening, February 10,
at the school. The entire school
will be open for parents inspec.
ton from 7:30 to 800 pm, prior
to the meeting. A proposed set
of bylaws will be submitted for
approval and officers will be
elected Refreshments and a
social period will follow the meet.
ing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-11
Slate Not
Committed
Hit Says
Platform and Aims
Outlined by Candidates
AS Election Nears

The temperature of Rockville's
boiling political pot rose this
week with an announcement of
the first complete slate of candi-
dates for offices of mayor and
council in the Towns May cleo
tons.
The slate, headed by Ed Hit,
electrical contractor, who will
file for mayor, includes one wom-
an-the first ever to run for pub
lie office in Rockville.
Hit, who ran a fast but losing
race for council seat two years
ago, said neither he nor his slate
is committed to any faction or
individual, collectively or individ-
ually, and that its chief aim, If
elected, will be efficient admin.
istration of town affairs.
The Hit slate includes Mrs.
Elizabeth Talon; Robert Bridges;
M. W.. Bradshaw, and Walter
Baker.
MIR. Hit
Mr.. Hit is 80 and has operated
his electrical business in Rock
vile for eight years. During the
war he served as a cryptography
with the Navy.
He is a native of Alexandria,
Va, and once was District Boy
Scout Commissioner there. Mar
ried to the former Elizabeth
Byrne of Philadelphia, Mr.. Hit
has two children and lives at
107 Argyle Street.
He is chairman of the local
chapter of the International
Small disbursements Association
and is a member of the Izaak
Walton League. He attends st.
Church in Rockville.
Mr.. Hit said in an interview
today if he is elected, he expects
to set up a new procedure in con-
duct of the mayors office. He
said he expects to keep regular
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-11
Hit Slate Announces For Rockville Elections
Include Woman Becomes First Ever To Announce Rockville City
Walker Hits
BOOkn1ObiIes
For Suburbs

County bookmobiles were pur-
chased for the rural areas of the
county where library buildings
are not available and they have
no business operating in the
suburban area, Councilman
Grover Walker of Gaithersburg
asserted during a clash in the
county council Tuesday.
AS a result of the split, Walker
refused to recommend a replace
ment for a library board vacancy
in his district in protest over the
councils failure to halt opera
ton of the mobile libraries until
budget sessions next Spring.
Walker and councilman J..
Louis Monarch clashed with
County Attorney David Macdon-
aid over the issue. Macdonald
said the working of the library
law establishing bookmobiles in
rural" areas where no other
library facilities exist is vague" "
Therefore, he ruled, the bookmo-
biles can operate legally in SUI
burban areas.
The two councilmen asserted
it was the intent of the council
to limit their operation. Macdon-
aid pointed out that the book
mobiles have been operating in
the suburban area since 1851,
but added the council could, by
an administrative policy ruling,
limit their operations at any
time.