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Evening star., 1954-10-14
D. c. Teachers Union to Seek
Poy Ruise, Smuller Glasses

Hazel johnson and Miss Marion
Magruder. Miss Magruder Is
president or the union.
Other points Ia the new action
program are:
Protect and insure provisions
for leave.
Seek simpler. uniform clerical
forms.
Seek more clerical help for
schools. 3:
Meet needs Of special groups
such as nurses, librarians. at
tendance workers. visiting and
vocational teachers.
Provide special services such
as remedial reading. psychiatric
aid and opportunities for gifted
and retarded pupils.
Seek adequate appropriations.
Press for . formal tenure law.
Protect academic freedom.
Further the iiltegration Of the
school systern.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Mrs. Maize 10 Head
Alexandra Cancer Group

Mrs. Jack Gordon Maize last
night was elected president Of
the Alexandria chapter Of the.
American Cancer Society sue.
ceeding MRS. Malcolm p. LAM
borne, jr.
Other new officers elected at
the organizations annual meet
ing In Carter Hall are Norman
Bernheimer, first vice president:
John Beuchert, second vice pres
ident: Mrs. John D. Hoyle. Sec
retary; Herbert O'Meara, treas
urer, and Charles r. Fenimore,
assistant treasurer.
The organization also named
40 directors for the 1954-55 fiscal
year, and presented awards to
47 persons and organizations III
recognition Of service during the
recent Cancer Crusade IN which
the city raised $14. .6e9, 10 more
than $4,000 above the goal Of
10000.
Commemorative Attorney Earl
II. Wagner. chairman Of the
crusade, and the Junior Carlyle
Woman's Club. which raised
more than $4,000 of the total
la d one-night drive, were among
those receiving certificates of
merit and appreciation.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
LiIlard cudgels Byrd
On University Status

John r. Lillard, jr., Republi-
can candidate for reelection
to the House of Delegates from
Prince Georges County, last
night cudgelled the Democrats
over recent reports on the aca-
demic status of the University
Of Maryland.
Bricks and mortar do not
make q university" Mr.. Lillard
said in q radio talk. The Demo-
Gratis. including DR.. II. C. Byrd,
former university president and
Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor. he said, task you to
cast your ballots to elevate him
from the presidency Of q uni
versity, whose medical school
has been publicly proclaimed
to be on probation, to the. high
est Office in the State"
Mr.. Li1lard devoted his talk
to the four-year reform rec
ord" Of Prince George County
Republicans. "What you must
decide Is clear" the candidate
said. Machine politics on the
one hand. better government on
the other hand"
Evening star., 1954-10-14
G. 0. P. Only Studies
Issue, Landlord Says

Democrat Richard E. Lankford
says the only answer the Re
publican administration has to
q pressing school problem Is to
give it more study.
The opponent Of Representa-
tive Small. Republican, Of
Maryland spoke last night on
WMAL-TV.
Candidate Eisenhowe e r.
pledged to do something about
the serious educational crisis
facing the Nation" in 1852, Mr..
Lankford said. But nothing was
done, he charged.
"The Republican program for
our schools. in short. has been
lots Of study and no action. :
he said.
The crisis. he said, is felt even
more in Federally-impacted areas
such as the 5th district, which
he desires to represent. The
Democrats sought to earrnark
revenue from OF -shore oil leases
for education at the last session
Of Congress-, he said. He esti-
mated Maryland would have
received $118 million from that
source.
but the Republicans de-
feated 1t. he added. They said
we must have more study.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Star Want Ad Brings
I63 Calls FOR Job

Mrs. J. $. c. aesdsd ! pan -tims
domestic worker. After placing IN
od Ii The stor Classified Sic wosl
voyeswhelmsds with the pulling powsr
u Woshinstcn's biggest classified
medium. She NOT only found He riskt
person for fhe job he first day hsrs
ia oppeored, but il oll. shs seesiysd
1853 coils from StoS Feodsf-o opplicnntsi
Year Ii and yeoF out. The Star
produces fhe best yeor- round results
fos elcssified odvsrfissrs. That's vhyl
Tie stor publishes more classified ads
Than fhs other Woshinston news
papers combined.
Il you want - hire, ~, srods or
selI. teII X so ths long -estabfshsd
oadienes u TIN Sui rscders
phons stsslins g. 800 90 - ~
= ed-sakss.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
AAA Offers Plan 10 Ease
Holiday Traffic Congestion

The District Division of the
American Automobile Associa-
tion has come up. with q sugges-
tion to ease traffiC congestion
and parking worries at Christ
mas time.
Division Manager LeVerne
johnson, ii q letter TO Engineer
Commissioners Louis Nv. Prentiss,
has suggested the opening OF
parking areas provided at Gov
eminent buildings to shoppers ia
the evenings and Saturdays. He
pointed out particularly the
Fentagon parking lots as well
as areas near the Capitol, Senate
Once Building and the Muni-
tions Building.
Mr.. johnson added that Of
ncials Of the AB6EW bIsline
have indicated they would ''be
happy 10 work out i program d
this kind with the merchants
of WashAnUton. =
Evening star., 1954-10-14

A teacher pay raise and
smaller classes so pupils as q
maximum viii b sought BY the
Districts unionized teachers this
winter.
The Teachers Union Of WASH
ington last night approved these
among . number Of objectives IN
an action program. The meme
bership voted st the first meet
Eins 81 the school year.
The union. which has an
interraclal menihership. was
formed last year ~ merger of
three former unions. It y AZ
filiated with the American Fed;
eration of Teachers
The session also heard reports
on the national convention held
last month Ii Chicago. Delegates
were Don Goodloe. Miss Selma
B0rchardt, Joe J. Lowefy. Miss
saIlie Tancil, Miss Matte E1ip-
pee. Van Dylks N1alIreE. Mxs.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Gym Instructor Says Refusal
4 b Teoch Dancing G Cost His Job

A former professional ball
player told the Alexandra School
Board last night he was asked
to resign as physical education
instructor In an Alexandria
school when be refused, on
grounds Of religious convictions.
to teach dancing as part Of the
curriculum.
Robert H. Kirk. jr., 400 TWen-
tieth street NE. was supported
In his position hy the Rev. Dale
Crowley. 4 Baptist minister. who
puts on radio programs In the
Washington area.
Mr.. Kirk did not ask for rein-
statement. but fled his protest.
stating he believes dancing Is
zone Of the main forces causing
juvenile delinquency 2
Mr.. Kirk, who said he had
played second base and short-
stop for one Of the Brooklyn
Dodgers farm teams. said noth-
ing In his physical education
training had prepared him to
teach dancing.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Higher Salary Urged
For County Manager

| The Montgomery County
Charter Committee today urged
voters to support referendum
that would take the $4,000 cell
ing OF the county managers
salary.
The committees recommen-
dation was based on its belief
that q more attractive salary is
required to get q qualified man
to Ill the county,s chief admin
istratiye Office.
The average salary paid IN
comparable communities is ST.
800, the committee said. The
committee added that the delay
In filing the post since It was
vacated last May has been due
largely to the salary limitations.
The county cannot afford
penny-wise, pound foolish econ
omy in the administration Of
county affairs "a big business
operation" Edwin B. Patterson,
Charter Committee president.
said.
The committee noted that the
county superintendent Of schools
receives 1890
The referendum. II passed,
would remove the ceiling and
give the county council power
to set the managers pay. The
question Is one Of two referen-
dums involving pay Of county
officials. The other would in
crease the pay Of council mefn-
befs 70 so . meeting from the
present $40 and remove The
present 1880 8 year naazinasllza,
Evening star., 1954-10-14

His father, at the Washington
address. said be had taken bach-
elor degrees st the University of
Maryland and at the University
Of North Carolina and q masters
degree at Bob Jones University
the same school where the evan
gelist Billy Graham was grad
uated
The elder Mr.. Kirk said his
son had been reared In the
Methodist faith hut had joined
the Metropolitan Baptist Church
here because it was close BY.
Mr.. Crowley joined Mr.. Kirk
in stating that they believed
many people object to social
dancing instruction ii the public
schools and that the School
Board should hold . hearing on
the matter.
Edward y. Reed. vice chair
man, who conducted the meet
ing, told them citizens were well
come to bring such questions be-
fore the board at any time.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Why You Give

Joyce Dixon: az. recently
delighted her parents by cry
ing out.
It showed she was beginning
to hear her own voice.
Joyce's mother had measles
before she was born. It left
the baby deaf.
Joyce was about IA months!
old when her mother realized
she was not hearing anything
no matter how loud and
sharp.
-Four months later, Joyce
was old enough for testing.
The doctors found her deaf.
Now Joyce. with your help,
Is crossing the bridge to nor
NAL life. From q world Of ST.
lence she is coming to under-
stand, and make, sounds.
You gave this blue-eyed,
brown haired moppet q new
world through your Commun-
ity Chest contribution.
Her father is q sailor. Her
mother had q second child
shortly after Joyce was found
to be deaf.
The small Navy pay. and
the expense Of the new child
left the Dixons III the posi-
tion of not being able to pay
for the expert training that
Joyce needed land still needs.
So the Washington Hearing
Society. supported Id part by
the dollars you give. provided
the training.
Since January. Joyce has
attended daily classes ii talk
ing and listening. She has be-
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Candidates Differ
On Air Conditioning
|0f County Building

The question of air condition
ing for the new Montgomery
County office Building In Rock
vile heated up a meeting Of
political candidates last night
at the Wyngate School. Bethes-
da.
Mrs. Stella B. Werner, incurn-
bent Democratic member of the
County Council running for re-
election in the 4th district. said
she definitely would vote for
air conditioning when the issue
comes up again.
"I don't think it's d waste for
people to be comfortable at
work." she told members Of the
Alta Visa Terrace. 3 Wyngate
Citizens Association. Lets not
go back to the horse and buggy"
Gravelle Opposes Project.
Louis A. Gravelle, Republican
at-large council member. said
he will oppose air conditioning
because outside ducts would
ruin the appearance Of the
building" Mr.. Gravelle, who is
running against Mrs. Werner
for the 4th district seat this
time, said he was for ''the elm
ination Of waste" in, county gov
ernment.
Mrs. Werner charged the Re-
publican council members with
,ham-stringing her motions dur
ing recent council meetings.
You don't know what it's like
being a Democrat working with
. lot Of Republicans" she said.
On the question OF additional
school revenue. Mr.. Gravelle said
businessmen should be asked for
advice on how to raise school
construction funds.
Would Curb Taxes.
II amio the firm opinion" he
said, "that you can't keep in
creasing real estate taxes"
Mrs. Werner. on the other
hand, asserted the county had
plenty Of revenue sources. "What
we need is new representation In
Annapolis" she said.
Five candidates for the county
school board also addressed the
meeting. They were Mrs. Helen
Scharf, unopposed from the 4th
district; Mrs. Ruth C. Smith, OF
Kensington; Wylie w. Barrow.
incumbent from Chevy Chase;
Wayne Birdsell, of Silver Spring,
and Mrs. Helen Quayle, of Be-
thesda.
Evening star., 1954-10-14

gun to move into the world
most Of us know.
While going to the class one
morning. Joyce said her flrst
real word. Her father pointed
at q dog on the sidewalk, put
Joyce's little hand on his chin
ESQ she could feel the vibra-
tions of speech) and said,,
"Bow-wow. :,
Joyce laughed and said.
"Bow-woW. "
She Is now trying to say
other words, under the guid-
ance ,of Miss Rosamond C.
Wright, = teacher for the So
ciety. She can say ball"
''arm, = mama talthough she
usually says 'snamamama-
Evening star., 1954-10-14

mamaO and Ta," which
means stop"
High Pitch Difficult.
She has a heavy loss In hear.
ing the high ffeQuencies, which
handicaps her on consonant
sounds such as S. sh, ch. j.
and others.
But with her new hearing
aid--donated by the American
Legion Auxiliary Joyce is
coming along. There Is such
a thing as sound to her today.
and when she wants to make it
she does. Earlier. she couldn't
even tell you when she was
hungry" her father remen1-
bers.
Joyce, bright as q newly
minted coin. is b talented PAM
tomimist and mimic Of facial
expressions. She is helping
children in her class who don't
think as fast as she does even
though they hear better.
With your dollars you are
bringing q new dimension into
her life something you may
have always had. and sorne-
thing that dollars cannot
measure.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
On the Air /.
Tonight

Listen at 3 o'clock to-
night as Bryson Rash ex-
splores with Joyce's father
the things you have done
for this cute little girl you
never met. On Station
WMAL.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
.BroyhilI Defends
Record, Asks Webb
For Qualifications

The two-year record Of Rep
resentative Broyhill, Republican,
Of Virginia was attacked again
and defended again in . 10th
district debate at Annandale
School last night.
Challenger John G. Webb, q
Democrat, said Mr.. Broyhill had
compiled an "indefensible record
of duplicity." The Republican
incumbent said firmly that he
was proud to seek reelection on
the record and suggested that
Mr.. Webb advance some reasons
why he is qualified for the Office.
Mr.. Webb renewed his assault
upon the Broyhill position with
respect to the postal pay raise
bill and other Federal salary
legislation. He declared once
more that the Republican ill-
cumbent voted one way In public
and another in executive sessions
of House Committee meetings.
Disputes Chart.
Representative Broyhill de-
clared q big chart used by his
opponent for Illustration was
prepared by the National Asso-
ciation Of Letter Carriers. He
said it is partly untrue and added
the rest Of the information on the
chart had been taken out OF.
context" to misrepresent the
facts.
The Republican conceded the
postal union did not like how he
voted last aeaSon but contendedl
he acted in each instance in ac-
;eordance with the best interests
Of an Federal Seinployes Sin the
long run" He said the postal
union wants members of Con-
gress to follow their dictation"
but said he, for one. win not be
the rubber stamp Of any man or
any party or any organization.
Both Talk at Once.
The Federal pay discussion
generated heat between the cam
didates during q question and
answer period. Some one called
on Mr.. Broyhill to answer the
Webb charges. He launched into
q detailed explanation Of his
stand and was not through when
time expired. So he sat down.
Mr.. Webb jumped up and
called for specific information,
shouting that Representative
Broyhill had not actually done
what he claimed to have done.
For q few moments both candi-
dates were on their feet talk
ing.
Mr.. BroyhiIl said although he
was tempted, he did not want to
lose him temper. Then he adj
dressed the challenger:
II think we could keep this
campaign on q much more cour-.
teous level" The remark was
applauded warmly and the furor
subsided. s
The meeting. sponsored by the
League Of Women Voters, at
tracted several hundred persons.
Independent w. Huiett Phillips,
third candidate for the House in
the district. shared the platform
with the nominees Of the major
parties and drew most of the
laughs Of the evening with some
witticisms. He also plugged hard
for an end to deficit spending and
q lot more attention to financial
soundneSS.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Absentee BoIIots AvuiIubIe

Absentee ballots for the No
vemher . election ARE available
Tor Arlington voters in the ONCE
OF the general registrar, 2O4s
North Fifteenth street, opposite
the courthouse. They win be
available until October Is.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Fire AuxiIiury Dinner

The Ladies Auxiliary Of the
Chillum- -Adelphi Volunteer fire
Department win serve . turkey
dinner from 2 to 5 p.l1l. next
Sunday hi the flrehouse Ut 1901
Risss road. Adelphi. Md.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Mclean Auction SET

A furniture auction win be
held In the parish hall of ST.
Johns Episcopal Church, Me-
Lean. Va. BY the women,s aux
ihazy at $50 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Beard Defense
Bases Plea | on
Claim Of Loss
Jury Scheduled
To Get G0mbler's
Tax Case Today
Dv Richord RODGERS
ssar ssaH cefFsspondsni

81 -
ington gambler Sam Boards IN
come tax case Is scheduled to go
to the jury today.
Thomas ]. Kenney. Boards
principal attorney. Is arguing
that the iieshy bet-taker made
little or no money from his
alleged 36-State gambling en-
pire.
Mr.. Kenney. who began his
closing argument yesterday in
Federal Court here. says Gov
ernment prosecutors have Moth
ing to 60 or-that their case Is
based on phony figures.
Beard is charged with owing
Uncle Sam $1.4 million for
money he hid In 1874, 1916 and
1947.
Challenges Figures.
His lawyer says the Govern
ment has merely produced q
mass Of checks. cash transactions
and bank figures. that do not
take into account the money
Beard had to fork over in bets
he lost.
Testimony has brought out
that Beard handled hundreds of
thousands of dollars In the
three-year period now under
scrutiny. The defense says
those figures do not include
what Beard had to pay out when
he backed the wrong horse, or
when a customer hit the Fight
number.
George Cochran Doub, the
prosecutor. said IN his summa-
ton that Boards lawyers paid
the prosecution q splendid
tribute because they did not at
tempt to dispute "99 and
99/100th per cent Of the evidence
we have, submitted"
Claim Losses.
But Boards lawyers cling to
the claim that the roly-poly
Washingtonian's losses are not
shown in the impressive charts
the Government has drawn.
Mr.. Kenney keeps pounding
away that q 100000 deal in
cashed checks does not mean
any real income at all. Beard
just cashed q lot of checks for
friends, says Mr., Kenney. And
even If he cashed them for gam
blers who were paying him of.
Beard lost the money in other
bets, the lawyer argues.
The main defense argument is
that the Government has not
proven its case-that the Internal
Revenue Service has come up
with figures that don't mean any
thing, except that Beard handled
q lot Of money.
Protects Winners.
Mr.. Kenney said Beard has
not turned over his own records
because revenue agents would be
able to read them. learn who won
money from Beard and hunt out
the winners and harass them for
income tax payments.
The lawyer said the. prosecu-
ton has been running around in
circles, changing its case right.
up to the end Of the trial. He
said the Government overlooked
$4,000 In checks when it re-
duced Boards tax bill yesterday
in closing its case. Mr.. KeAney
said the Government apparently
misread q $4,000 figure as $27.-.
900.
Mr.. Doub told the jury Beard
Is q man of high intelligence. He
said it takes q smart man to
build up q vast gambling en-
pire-'perhaps more brains than
it takes to create q legitimate
business
Mr.. Doub viii have q chance
to speak again after the defense
finishes arguments today.
Chief Federal Judge William
c. Coleman said yesterday the
jury may get the case around
noon today.
Evening star., 1954-10-14
Girl Born Deaf Learning to Speak at Last
Thanks to Help Through Community Chest
High Pitch Difacult.
star s.an Phosos..

mama, and "Ta." which
means stop"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
The Pride of the Peacock
BY Ruth Chatterton Doubleday & Co.: $685.

at the Illustrations of the
daughter Of a glamorous moth
er. Then she swings over to
the daughters reaction to
adultery on the part Of both
parents. This issue Is further
muddied by the fact that the
daughter is crazy about her
fathers mistress, a frumpy
creature who oozes bromides
and old-shoe charm.
Miss Chatterton thereupon
pulls herself together long
enough to consider the theory
that a woman who loses q
man she never loved, sees him
with new eyes when a rival
appears on the scene. But not
for long. And no reader, glad
that this tasteless and inane
search for a theme is about
ended, will complain. It is not
enough, some one should re-
mind Miss Chatterton not to
be mad at any one" when you
write a novel. Almost any posi-
tive emotion will do, but it's
the only place to start.
= IN. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05

was a curtain raiser to the
Civil War. The reports that
came out of Bleeding Kan
sas" are characterized by Miss
Nichols as "the lies that were
megaphoned by press and pull
pit in this first great propa-
ganda prelude to war"
So far as Kansas was con-
cerned, John Brown was
merely q ''bit player" accord
ing to the author. One Of his
"bits" in the tragedy was the
five murders in one night of
proslavery men living along
Pottawatomie Creek. This
brutality shocked both free
soil and proslavery people Of
the community, but the free
soil propagandists elsewhere
chose to ignore 1t. They fas-
tened their attention on the
Southerners' sack" Of Law
renee in which one home was
destroyed and one man was
killed accidentally-a South
Sfner.
Miss Nichols is o New York
magazine editor. During the
war she was with the War
Food Administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Army-Mc Corthy Art

Many Westinghouse spent
uncounted hours during the
spring and early summer,
watching the Army cC arthy
hearings. People capable of
such unf1agging interest
(along with lot Of us who
could take or leave them) will
be fascinated by the exhibition
OF portrait sketches done at
the hearings by Kanarek. The
show opened two days ago at
Franz Bader's Gallery, 1705
@ street, to remain through
September 16.
About 20 large sketches on
view, most of them containing
several portraits, were done
ION the spot" in water color,
gouache and black crayon.
The artist caught the ply,
steal characteristics and fleet
ing expressions Of the cast Of
characters, most of whom
must be as familiar as close
relatives to those who sat be-
fore their television sets, at
tended the hearings, or read
Mary McGrory's telling cap
lures in The Evening Star.
Expressions on the faces of
Mccarthy, Adams, Cohn,
Mundt. Welsh, Jenkins, Fland-
ers. Symington and many
others, are impaled in these
drawings with the immediacy
of shooting a flying duck.
Faces which are respectively
reasonable, frank, sneering,
SNUG, bewildered, angry, argu-
mentative, attentive. imper-
turbable. ETC., make the visitor
want to cheer, applaud, or
kick, as the case may be.
,Kanarek, native of Po-
land, who came to Washington
for the opening of his show,
lived here before the last war.
He has painted portraits in
California and New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
BruziIiun's Show

Ivan Serpa's one-man show
at the Pan American Union
through September Is is the
first exhibition Of any, of his
work in the United States. It
is being presented as the first
step in an interchange between
the Union and Museum of
Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro,
where Sr. Serpa now teaches.
All but three of the 20 pic
lures on view are colleges,
done in a new method in
which the Brazilian artist has
been experimenting. Silk pa
per cuts in geometric shapes
and different colors are over
Tapped and Eliminated by a
cellulose process, compressed
at a carefully determined
temperature. The new tech
nique makes the work more
resistant to weather changes.
The process is set forth in
more detail. in the text of the
catalogue, to be had on re-
quest at the Pan American
Union.
Sr. Serpa's craftsmanship is
admirable, his colors fresh and
clear, and the combinations
varied and pleasing. But when
one has said that. one has
said about all.
The unions catalogue quotes
a lyrical appreciation of these
colleges, saying in part. that
Sr. Serpa has enriched our
aesthetic acquaintance with a