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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-12
Maryland Editors
Urged 10 Watch for
News Suppression
By the A.,eeio,ed Pros,

BALTIMORE, Feb. 12.-The
president of the Maryland Press
Association today asked editors
of its member newspapers to "be
alert to attempts at news sup
preston and moves toward
secrecy in the conduct of the
public'S affairs
Norman w. Harrington. editor
manager of the EaSton Star
Democrat. made the plea in his
annual report.
I'VE must be certain" he said,
that in our day-to-day coverage
of civic affairs we do not by our
own negligence create the CHI
mate for the growth of such
attitudes
Educate Public.
1--WE must embark on never
ending program Of education
which will ultimately convince
our readers that when news
papers are denied access to the
news it is the peoples and not
the newspapers liberties which
are trodden under.
1T is the peoples right to
know that is imperiled"
Mr.. Harrington told how the
associations officers had rallied
its forces last March to work at
the General Assembly in Annap-
oils against the So-called Dipple
gag rule"
Bar Crime Discussion.
A bill introduced by Senator
DIPPED, Democrat. of Baltimore,
would have prohibited police and
prosecutors from discussing ar
rests and criminal cases before
they came to trial.
Mr.. Harrington said the Mary
land Press Association had been
largely responsible for defeating
the DIPPED bill. voted down in
the Senate 1912 last April 2.
The speech by Mr.. Harrington
to the men who edit and publish
the daily and weekly newspapers
in Maryland opened the 45th
annual convention.
The Chesapeake Association of
the Associated Press, made up
of A. P. members in Maryland
and the District of Columbia, met
at a single session to discuss
legislative and political cover
erage for 1854 and elect officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-12
Cole Bill 10 Propose
Acc Chief for Seat
On Security Council
BY the Asseeieted Press

Representative Cole. Republi-
can, of New York, proposes to
make the chairman of the Atom
ic Energy Commission one of
the Nations top planners be-
cause he says atomic energy is
now at the very heart of all our
plans for military preparedness"
Mr.. Cole, chairman of the Sen
ate-House Atomic Energy Com
'mittee. planned to introduce leg
islation today to make the Acc
chairman a permanent member
of the National Security Council,
the country's top strategic plan
ming body.
Attends by Invitation.
The present Acc chairman.
Lewis l.. Strauss, has attended
council meetings at President
Eisenhower's invitation, Mr.. Cole
says. But, he adds. the chairman
should be "a full-f1edged and
permanent member to serve
as such, no matter which party
has the Presidency"
The Security Council, charged
with co-ordinating global mill
tary. political and economic
planning. includes the President.
Vice President. the Secretaries
of State and Defense. admins
traitor of the Foreign Operations
Administration and director of
defense mobilization. 1t meets
weekly.
Mr.. Cole outlined his pro-
posal in a Lincoln Day speech
last night at Binghamton. N. Y.
Primary Weapons Atomic.
THE time is now measurably
closer" Mr.. Cole said. when our
Nation can place primary reli-
ance for defensive and retalia-
tory striking power upon nuclear
weapons"
nc SdLO lilo hOu1d AiOl 44ACo4l
that atomic or hydrogen weap-
ons will ever replace conven-
tional ornaments completely, "
but added:
Yet. concentration on nu-
clear weapons will win us far
greater military security with
lower overall defense budgets
than would otherwise be nee
esSary."
Mr.. Cole said both Democratic
and Republican members of the
Atomic Energy Committee have
submerged selfish political and
sectional interests" for strict
non-partisanship in handling
atomic affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-12
LewisduIe to Get
Water, Sewer Service

A $50 lao project was approved
yesterday to furnish water for 81
home sites and sewer service for
SO house sites in LewiSdale in
Prince Georges County.
The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission granted the
extensions to Builder Henry M.
Witt, who intends to put up the
new homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-12
Two $4,000 Checks Given
To 7 Arthritis Clinics

Two checks of $4,000 each were
presented to Arthritis Clinics of
Georgetown and George Wash
lngton Hospitals last night by
the District Arthritis and Rheu-
matlSm Foundation.
The money will go toward pro-
vlding a bed for INDECENT arth-
ritiS patients.
Accepting the checks from Mrs.
Helen Parker. secretary of the
board OF directors of the founda-
ton. were DR.. Darrell C. Grain of
Georgetown and DR.. Thomas Me-
Pherson Brown of George Wash
lnqtOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-12
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Evening star., 1954-05-22
Tour Of No. 7 Precinct
Indicates Crime Lesseninq

Community leaders of No. 2
Precinct last night toured it's
alleys and came out with the
opinion that whatever prostitu-
ton or dope traffic might have
existed is on the way out.
This was pointed out by the
Rev. j. Warren Hastings, pastor
Of the National City Christian
Church. Fourteenth street and
Thomas Circle NV, where ear
lier the group had heard Police
Chief Robert v. Murray. He
stressed the Importance of the
church and home working to-
gether in preventing tendencies
toward by crime by young peo-
pie. He also pointed out the need
for more police. emphasizing
their protective value to the
community.
The tour was led by Precinct
Capt. John E. Winters and Pro-
bationary Detective L. v. Denny.
Later, the group was taken to
the station for an inspection of
the records system and other
crime files.
Chief Murray said the police
department alone cannot handle
the problem of delinquency and
that the home, church and school
must give their cooperation.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Prince Georges
Gets Detailed
Map of Streets

A detailed street map Of Prince
Georges County has been printed.
by the Maryland National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commis-
sion.
Copies are available to the
public free Of charge at the Com
missions Prince Georges regional
Office in the Calvert Mansion,
4811 Riverdale road, Riverdale.
The map covers the portion Of
the Maryland Washington re-
gional district within Prince
Georges County. It shows block
numbers and incorporated town
boundaries as well as the COM
MISSIONS park system.
Prepared on a scale Of 1000
feet to the inch, the map repre-
resents over a years work by the
commissions technical staff. A
total Of 1000 copies have been
printed. Revisions win be made
periodically to keep the map up
to date.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
RetriaI Of Dr.. Peckhanl
Recessed Until tuesday

The retrial of DR.. Henry L.
Peckham, jr., 46. on an abortion
charge was recessed yesterday
until Tuesday.
Defense Attorney Albert j.
Ahern, jr., plans to recall for
further cross-examination the
28-year -old woman on whom DR..
Peckham is accused of perform
ing the abortion in May, 1851.
The prosecution yesterday had
witnesses to testify to show that
the woman stayed at a certain
downtown hotel after the date
it is charged the operation was
performed and that DR.. Peck
hams telephone number was
called from the hotel.
The trial is being held in the
q. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
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Evening star., 1954-05-22
Church Federation
Praises D. {. Steps
To End Segregation

The Washington Federation of
Churches has adopted state
ments praising the prompt steps
taken to end segregation in the
Districts recreation facilities
and schools.
One of two statements
adopted by the federation's di-
rectors yesterday praised the
Supreme Court for its voiding of
school segregation. 1--WE firmly
believe" the directors said,
that the American people will
rise to this challenge and seek,
in the finest spirit of our Amer
ican tradition, to implement
these decisions of our highest
court"
President Samuel Spencer of
the Board of Commissioners, and
the Board of Education were
commended "for comforting at
once as to how the courts deci-
sion might be most effectively
and Immediately carried out
locally"
The federation also expressed
the hope that everything possible
would be done to begin integra-
ton with the opening of schools
next fall.
The District Recreation Board
was praised in another state
ment "for it's unanimous and
prompt action to end segregation
in all District recreation units
Immediately"
The federation's directors said
they took this action on the part
of the Recreation Board as "an
indication of the manner in
which the people of Washington
will respond and cooperate in
the program of integration in the
schools and Fairgrounds OF our
r0ynnn1ly1itxy -
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Vest Receives
Suspended
4-Year Term
Ex-Aide Sentenced
On z EmbezzIement.
Counts in Arlington

William C.. Vest. 49,. former
transportation director for Ar
lington schools. yesterday was
given q suspended four-year
sentence on two counts of en-
bezzlement.
Circuit Judge Walter T. Nc.
Carthy placed Vest on proba-
ton on condition that he CO.
operate in taking psychiatric
treatment provided through his
probation officer.
Before suspending the sem
tence. Judge Mccarthy said q
four-year sentence on each
count would run concurrently.
The embezzlement charges
stemmed from q grand jury in
dictment last December accus-
ing him Of keeping receipts OBJ
tanned for the use Of school
buses. The buses had been char
tered by the Optimist Club.
Pleaded Guilty.
Vest pleaded guilty to the
embezzlement charge.
In court yesterday, Vest asked
for clemency, saying he had
suffered a great deal Of mental
torture" since his arrest last
November 80. He told the court:
II will teach my. son and other
children to- profit by my mis-
takes"
Vest, who lives in the 21OOSblock
Of North Pierce strret. Arlington,
also was indicted by q special
grand jury in January on eight
charges. including larceny, en-
bezzlement and perjury.
On April /. he pleaded guilty
in the perjury case to contempt
Of court and was given a 10
day suspended jail sentence.
Other Charges Dropped.
Yesterday. at the request Of
Commemorative Attorney VIII
liam j. Hassan. the court dropped
the larceny charges.
Before the special grand Jury
session. Vest had been cleared Of
charges that he stole tires from
the school bus garage at the
County Property Yard.
Last December. he was fined
$100 after being charged with
mishandling State auto inspec-
ton stickers. He pleaded guilty
to the charge.
Vest was discharged from his
$5.200-a-year job on December
IS.
Vests attorney was Griffin T.
Garnett, jr.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Workhouse Gets First 5
Alcoholic Clinic Prisoners

The Workhouse at Occoquan,
Va. has received the first five
men committed to that institu-
tion by the Alcoholic Clinic
through Municipal Court.
These men will be separated
from the regular prisoners.
Under the present arrange
ments. the court may sentence
a drunk to 80 days in care of the
Alcoholic Clinic. The first 10
days are spent at the District
General Hospital for special
treatment and diagnosis. Then
he is sent to the workhouse for
the remaining 80 days.
There social workers, under
the direction of DR.. Anthony
Zappala, head of the clinic, visit
the patient three or four times
a week. When the sentence has
been served, the clinic recon-
mends to the Municipal Court
that the patient either be re-
leased or given an additional 80
days sentence to be spent at
the workhouSe.
After the patient has been dis
charged, provisions are made to
help him through citizen organ
izations and Alcoholics Anony-
nous.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
kensington Street
Plans 10 Be Studied
AT Hearing! Thursday

The Maryland-National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commis-
sion will hold a public hearing
at 4 pm. Thursday on proposed
amendments to its master plan
for streets in the Kensington
central business district.
" The principal changes call for
the widening of Connecticut
avenue, Plyers Mill road, the
Kensington- Wheaton road, st.
Paul street, Metropolitan ave-
nue., Howard avenue and
Knowles avenue.
Connecticut avenue. Plyers
Mill road and the Kensington-
Wheaton road would be widened
to 100 feet.
On Connecticut avenue from
the boundary of Incorporated
Kensington to Warner street
the commission proposes taking
IS feet each of abutting prop
erty on each side of the present
50-foot right-of-way.
From Farragut street to Law
renee avenue so feet would be
chopped off abutting property on
the east side of the street. The
plan would pave the way for
extension of Connecticut avenue
about l mile to Viers Mill road.
The widening of Plyers Mill
road from its present 80 feet
would be accomplished by taking
land on both sides of the street.
The same is true of the Ken
sington- Wheaton road. now 30
feet wide.
The widening to go feet of St.
Paul street calls, in general, for
taking IS feet of property on
the west side from just south
OF Oberon street to Plyers Mill
road and 10 feet off each side
from Plyers Mill road to Dupont
avenue.
The Knowles avenue widening
calls for taking 80 feet off prop
erty on the north side from
Summit avenue to Connecticut
avenue.
Metropolitan avenue would be
widened to 60 feet by clipping
Is feet off property on each side
of the street.
Howard avenue, running along
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
would be widened from 40 to SO
feet in the Fawcett street area
from so to 78 feet at Connecticut
avenue and from so to 80 feet
in the DERRICK avenue section.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
EXCL Asks Court 10 Block
Deportation 10 Red China

A Chinese mother was arrested
and disappeared after Commu-
mist security police found in her
home an American Army over
coat left by her son, a former
CT, an attorney for the veteran
said yesterday.
The ex-soldier is fighting de-
portation to Red China. Papers
filed in the U. S. District Court
for the District of Columbia yes
terday by his attorney, David
Carliner. charge that his life
would be endangered if he is
sent to that country.
Mr.. Carliner admits that the
veteran, Wong Shew Wing, Sc,
of San Francisco, entered the
United States illegally in 1927.
The overcoat was left at the
mothers home in Kwangtung
Province, following a visit from
the son in 1947, Mr.. Carliner
said.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Delays in Remembering Bring
Many Chevy Chase Headaches

Saturday to catch up on the
backlog. That effort, combined
with staff illnesses and a ma
chine breakdown, caused a tieup
in work in changing addresses
on permits. But by yesterday
the department reported the
backlog nearly had been wiped
out and that they anticipated no
further delays in the process.
Despite the confusion, the
planning commission reports it
has received only "a half dozen
or so" complaints since the re-
numbering became official. The
problems in Chevy Chase are
merely repeat performances of
those which have occurred in
the rest of the Prince Georges
Montgomery suburban area
which have undergone the same
REMEMBERING process.
Evening star., 1954-05-22

Many residents Iof the Beth
esda- Chevy Chase area have CO.
operated with the program Of
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
to fit the suburban Maryland
area into a grid system being
extended out from the District.
But others have not complied
some simply through procrasti-
nation, .otherS through obsti-
macy Many homes still are sport
ing their old house numbers.
Residents of the area were
notified about April that many
of the numbers were being
changed. May l was the date
set for the renumbering to be-
come official.
Adds to Police Trouble.
One police dispatcher put it
this way:
"How do people calling for
aid expect us to find their home
when they give their new house
number over the telephone and
still display the old number be-
side their doorway"
The Bethesda Chevy Chase
Rescue Squad has experienced
the same trouble.
1T could be the difference
between life and DEATH" a rescue
squad dispatcher explained.
Mail Carriers Problem.
The Post Office Department is
also having its problems.
The regular letter carrier has
no trouble with the proper de-
livery of letters whether they
carry the old or new street num-
bers. He knows that Mr.. Smith
lives in the green house two
doors above the church. =
But when a substitute carrier
gets on the route, anything can
happen, Asst. Supt. Roland
Warrington of the Chevy Chase
Post Office said.
One substitute carrier Thurs
day became lost in his delivery
rounds, completely missed a Sec
ton of Aspen street and re-
turned to the Office carrying
about half the mail with which
he had left, Mr.. Warrington said.
"You can be certain we hear
about these delays from resi-
DENTS" he added.
Upsets Felt in Baltimore.
The house REMEMBERING has
had its upsetting effects felt even
in Baltimore where the State
Department of Motor Vehicles
has been swamped with Chevy
Chase residents requests for
changes of addresses on registra-
ton cards, titles and driver per-
mits. The registration change
staff had to work overtime last
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Child Center Tour Impresses
? Holding D. G. Purse Strinqs

thority of appropriating funds
for the District, and as long as
we have that authority it's our
responsibility to see how the
money is SPENT" Mr.. Wilson ex-
planned. 1--WE owe it to the Dis
trict to see at least a little of
what they are doing"
And then he added: "I think
they're doing just as much as
they can with what they have"
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Maryland Preparing
For College Inteqrotion

BALTIMORE, May % (R.-
The University of Maryland
Board of Regents began prepara-
tions yesterday for possible ex-
tension to colleges of the Su-
preme Court ban against segre-
cation in public schools.
The board ordered a special
study to determine how Mary
land should meet such a ruling
If and when it comes.
Judge William p. Cole, jr.,
chairman Of the regents, noted
that the recent Supreme Court
ruling does not apply to colleges
but said it was reasonable to
expect" the court will hand down
such a ruling before the current
term ends.
Negroes already have been
admitted to the university's
gra duate and professional
schools. but the State has re.
tanned segregation on the UNDER
graduate level. At present the
Maryland State College for Ne
groes at Princess Anne, Nd,
operates as branch of the Uni
versity of Maryland.
The regents indicated that
authorities have no way Of
knowing If and how two separate
campuses could be maintained.
In view of this. they said. they
should keep to the minimum
their requests for funds for two
separate campuses.
At the suggestion of Regent
Edmunds Burke, the board asked
DR.. T. B. Symonds, acting presi-
dent Of the university, to hold
back on capital improvement
requests tentatively estimated at
$6,824,O
Also at yesterdays session,
the board:
/. Set November 5, 1854, as
the tentative date for inaugural
ing the university's new presi-
dent, DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, who
is winding up his affairs as head
Of Texas Western College.
2. Decided that the new Glen
l.. Martin College of Engineering
and Aeronautical Science of the
university should be dedicated
the same day, If DR.. Elkins ap-
proves.
8. Heard predictions from DR..
Symons that the university's
enrolment would increase go
per cent by 1865 because of a
rising birth rate and be rs per
cent higher than at present in
1870.
4. Approved suggestions by
Regent B. Herbert Brown to
establish a permanent athletic
committee and to look into the
possibilities Of setting UP q
training program for future en-
ployes Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Fire Excitement Blamed
In Fatal Heart Attack

Excitement caused by a fire
at her home was believed respon-
sible yesterday for a heart at
tack fatal to Mrs. Carrie Lomax,
49, of 721 G street NE.
Mrs. Lomax. colored. was
pronounced dead at Casualty
Hospital shortly after she dashed
from her blazing home and col
lapsed in the street. Hospital
authorities said the woman had
previously been treated there for
a heart condition.
Seventh Battalion Fire Chief
w. L. Hurley said the IRE caused
several thousand dollars damage.
Evening star., 1954-05-22

Two of the Congressman whose
hands hold the strings of the
Districts purse toured one of
the city's installations yesterday
to see howe the money is spent.
"I was impressed" declared
Chairman Wilson of the House
District Appropriations Subcom-
mittee.
"It looks nice-I think it will
be all right" said Representative
Fernandez, Democrat. of New
Mexico, a member of the same
subcommittee.
They were speaking of the
Public Welfare Department es-
tablishments at Children's Cen
ter. Laurel, Md. Accompanied by
the three District commissioners
and assorted lesser city officials,
the legislators went through a
substantial part of the District
Training School for the feeble
minded and the Industrial Home
School for delinquent children,
now nearing completion.
The party moved at a lively
pace through living quarters, din
ing hall, occupational training
rooms and recreation rooms.
Question on Ventilation.
In the Training School. Rep
resentative Wilson, Republican,
of Indiana. playfully swung one
of the pitiful little occupants by
the hands. Representative Fer
nandez wondered aloud whether
building ventilation could not be
improved.
The Congressman, Commits
sioners and retinue fingered in
the kitchen of the central din
ing hall, popping gigantic straw
berries, grown on the school
farm, into their mouths. They
viewed some of the beautiful
needlework and weaving being
done by the girls better mentally
developed and said friendly
things to them as they worked.
The response was warm.
They listened interestedly as an
attache explained the screen COW
ering over the bowl-shaped CELL
ing lights in the dormitory for
high-grade moronS. The occu-
pants, it seems, had taken a
fancy to bringing hot dogs from
the dining hall and keeping them
warm in the light fixture for
late snacks. Only screens could
stop them.
Laurel New to Them.
Although they have gone
through such institutions in their
home States, the two Congress-
men had never been to Laurel
before. It was also a new expert
ence for Commissioner Samuel
Spencer and Brig. Gen. Louis w.
Prentiss. Engineer Commissioner.
The tour idea came to Chair
man Wilson shortly before the
Districts current budget hear
ings began last Wednesday.
'AS I see it, we have the au-
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Industries for Blind Honors
Labor Department Aide

Miss Louise Mcclure, a Labor
Department. specialist on handi-
capped workers problems, has
received an award from the
National Industries for the Blind.
The award praised her work
toward better understanding
and application of the Federal
labor laws as they affect the
workshops for the blind"
Miss MCGUIRE, of the Wage
and Hour and Public Contracts
divisions, received the depart.
mental Distinguished Service
Award earlier this year.