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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
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At Revenue Hearing
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Federal payment Of as to 90 per
cent. II that is impossible. he
said. Congress should levy q pay
roll tax OF one half Of one per
cent on gross earnings In the Dis
trict. payable by residents and
non-residents.
Seek Levy on Military
Richard D. Gibbs, president Of
the Merchants and Manufac-
turers Association, took the
same position, also urging that
military personnel stationed here
pay local taxes If they do not
do so elsewhere. He warned
that any increase In downtown
taxes viii drive business out Of
Washington.
Meanwhile. Virginia pelegate
Harrison Mann and Maryland
Delegate Blair Lee III carefully
followed the pleadings for q
payroll tax In preparation for
testifying against the idea.
Generally speaking, We do not
believe 1t wise TO levy new taxes
or to increase existing rates at
this time" Mr.. Baird said In
understanding the trade boards
position that the budget for is
cal 1857 should be held to pres
emit levels.
He did, however, list several
areas Of possible tax advances
designed to have the highest
impact II more funds must be
obtained. But he said his COM
Mittee. after careful analysis.
concluded it Is impossible" at
this time to submit q tax pro-
gram yielding nearly $40 million
In new revenue.
This Is the amount the Com
naissioners have stated win be
required by the end Of fiscal
1857 to meet deficits caused
largely by the pay increases
granted city employees.
Asks Assessment Action
He opposed any increase IN
the real estate tax rate Of &2.20
on each 500 Of assessed valua-
ton until completion Of the
present program to 'equalize
assessments. II there must De
such an increase. he said. It
should be limited to 5 cents.
rs compared TO the 10 cent-boost
considered BY the Commission
erS.
The city heads have disclosed
that $l47.17s. 900 win be required
from the general fund for
running the city next fiscal
year. an increase of $762 1857
over this years budget.
Deficits of $l.520.934 this year
and Of $s.4e4. 900 next year are
estimated. requiring additional
revenues by the end Of fiscal
1857.
Seeks General Fund Cut
Mr.. Baird commended that the
General Fund budget should be
some s. million less than that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
Syrup Burglar
Gets Stuck

A sticky fingered juvenile
taught police q new trick in
breaking into a liquor store early
this morning. but got caught In
the act.
About 2::30 am. q gas station
attendant called police and said
he heard glass crashing down the
street at the Wilcox Liquor Store,
I3225 Georgia avenue NV.
Tenth Precinct Pyts. Leo
Lyons and Robert A. Kelly went
Ito the scene and found the side
pane Of the store show window
smashed and q 16-year-old
|colored youth standing inside.
The youth said he had spread
thick table syrup all over the
window, laid newspapers on the
ground in front Of 1t and then
kicked the window In. The syrup
and paper were supposed to
muffle the sound Of the break,
he said.
| Then. he said. he walked up
and down the block to see IL
anyone had noticed. Seeing no
one, he returned-to the store and
entered through the window. He
said he hoped to find some
money.
The youth whose nickname is
I"Olk Folks" was charged with
housebreaking and sent TO the
Receiving Home to await Juyen-
lie Court action. He has g record
of several previous arrests for
Ihousebreaking and was paroIed
from the National Training
School last month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
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bf inspection for weapons. con-
tinuation of Soviet subversion Of
other nations. the enslavement
OF the, satellite states, the VIOLA
ton Of Is major treaties by the
Soviet Union.
Deeds rather than mere
words or smiles are still an es-
sential prerequisite" Senator
Knowland continued.
Hits Communist Aims
Turning to the Far Eastern
situation Senator Knowland
said the Chinese Communists
have six basic aims. the FIRST Of
which is membership in the
United Nations. The others In
clude the ownership Of Quemoy
and Matsu. the naturalization Of
Formosa and then its passage
into Communist hands, the COM
munization Of Korea through the
coalition process, communication
Of Southeast Asia and finally
removal of the United State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28

lIproposed. on grounds that serv-
.lices should be reduced 10 absorb
unacceptable statutory increases.
The Commissioners. he said.
have adopted an operating ex-
lpense figure $l.e27. 900 higher
than the 1856 figure. and then
Preserved 81 million for supple
Imentals. thus increasing the
budget by nearly 50 million.
1 But he noted that there has
Ibeen very significant" expan-
Ision Of the Districts operation
during the last 10 years. when
total appropriations have gone
from SAT million to $169.5 MIL
lion,
i Sees Federal Lag
4 He acknowledged that the re-
lduced purchasing power Of the
dollar accounts for q large share
LOT the increase. But he went on
Ito say:
Undoubtedly major portion
lot the Districts fiscal problems
stems from the fact that otr
Largest employer. our largest user
lof space, the United States Gov
lernment, is not paying anything
like q reasonable share Of its OBJ
LEGATIONS to this community"
I'VE plan to. and we are con-.
l6dent that the Commissioners
also plan TO. exert every effort to
secure acknowledgment by the
Congress Of this fact and take
corrective action In the form Of
ian increased Federal payment in
the immediate future"
In listing possible new tax
sources. Mr.. Baird said that the
personal income tax law might bel
amended to lower the $4,000 per-
lsonal exemption TO $1,000 and to|
Iadd two brackets at the top oil
the tax scale Of ~ per cent on
income between $40, 1000 and $25.-
200 and 5 per cent on income la
excess Of $4,000.
Other Sources Proposed
Other possible tax sources. he
said, while stresSing that In al-I
most every instance an increase
would throw the District out OF
line with one or both Of the ad-I
joining States land undoubtedly
have q depressing effect on
business volumes" are:
"A 3 per cent tax on admis-
Isions- estimated yield. 100000.
A 20-cent-a-gallon tax on light
wines and Is cents on cham
payne and similar types esti-
mated yield $275.0o0.
IAN increase In beer taxes from
l$l.25 to 50 o barrel--estimated
yield $925.00o.
Make the sales tax on food
consumed on premises start at
l3 cents rather than 81 cents
estimated yield. 100000.
Amend the sales tax TO remove
the exemption for drugs and
medicines except those sold on
prescription or compounded by
druggists for retail sale No
estimate.
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from our air bases at Okinawa
and the elimination Of our
mutual defense pacts with
Korea, Japan. the Republic of
China, the Philippines and
Southeast Asia and the removal
Of the Seventh Fleet from the
Far East.
Certainly as night follows
day, the Communist world win
use Step l. admission of Com
munist China to the u. n. to
set of the chain reaction. by
which they expect to achieve all
six detectives.
They, the Chinese Commu-
nists, hope that following the
elections of 1856 the American
public win become sufficiently
conditioned to accept this grand
appeasement Of international
communism"
Praises Administration
AT the outset OF his address,
Senator Knowland gave high
praise to the record made by
! the Eisenhower administration
in the economic field.
THE state Of the nation Is
good the Senator said. ITO be
sure there are certain agricu.-
ture. mining and Industrial areas
that have not been UP to the
national averages. But we will
not solve our agricultural prob
lens by re-enacting the 90 per
cent fixed parity legislation for
1.-THE basic crops under which more
than 81 billion Of agricultural
products were accumulated"
Senator Knowland praise 4
Secretary of Agriculture Benson
and declared his program Of fiex-
ible price supports Is deserving Of
, whole hearted support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
Reg. 1895 Erector Set

Powerful electric engine runs forward and re-
verse. copoble Of building wndnls, beocons
and other models 1854 model
Evening star., 1955-01-20
TV Replaces Men in Sorting
OF Rail Cars in Potomac Yards

McCarty, yard manager. but he
estimates 1t will save 40 per
cent Of the costs Of the installa-
ton in q year.
With the appearance Of tele-
vision. the yard has gone all out
for electronics. The train sig
mails its own approach and turns
on the cameras and the receivers
q minute before it enters the
camera shed. This gives the in
struments sufficient time to warm
up.
The cameras contain thermo-
stats to keep the temperature
within a range Of at least 20 de-
grees. Lowering temperature will
turn on heat, rising temperature
will turn on the cooling system.
Plans for a similar installation
at the South bound receiving en-
trance are being considered.
Potomac Yard. covering $40
acres and with lis miles Of track,
handles about 10 freight trains
a day for inspection, servicing
and switching.
It Is owned by the Richmond,
Fredericksburg q Potomac Rail-
road and Is used by the Baltimore
g. Ohio. Chesapeake ~ Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Southern Rail-
way systems.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Combined Cancer Therapy
Found More Effective

The combined use Of X-rays
and the antibiotic. aureomycin
may offer a more effective treat
ment Of cancer Of the cervix, II
was reported last night.
DR.. Charlotte r. Donlan
George Washington University
radiologist, reported on the COM
bined therapy at meeting Of
the George Washington Medical
Society. held in the auditorium
of the District Medical Society
Building.
Or. Doniap reported on "a
persons who received the treat
ment. OF this number, four are
alive and well with no clinical
evidence Of cancer. While
stressing the number Of cases
was admittedly small. DR.. Dom
Ian said:
The results are presented
because we feel the method oi
treatment offers possibly q more
effective method Of attack on .
disease which comprises aboul
II per cent OF AL cancers and
from SIS to 66 per cent Of al
cancers Of the reproductive sys.
tenn"
The method calls for the In.
PRODUCTION Of the antibioti.
directly into the blood stream
Evening star., 1955-01-20
TN Conferences
OK for President,
But Not R0yburn

Speaker Rayburn said today
that televised news conferences
may be all right for the White
House but not for the Speaker
Of the House.
When reporters wanted TO
know whether he would follow
the precedent set by President
Eisenhower yesterday, Mr.. Ray
burn replied:
Il win II 7 un-make-up my
mind. He made clear, however.
that his mind Is still firmly
made up against allowing radio
and television broadcasts OF his
conferences as well Is Of House
Icommittee hearings.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
DC. Pay s502,876,OOO
Toward Federal Budget

The District bears .95 OF per
cent Of the tax burden In the
new Eisenhower budget for fiscal
1856, the Council Of State Cham
bers Of Commerce here reported
today in a 6tate-by-Stat report
On Federal spending.
According to the survey. the
Districts contribution TO the
Federal Government for 1855 is
$592. .876, 900.
This figure compares with
Maryland's los per cent tax
burden. or $1,216.956, 900. and
virginia's l.48 per cent. or $685.
63S. 400, the report said.
New York leads the Nation
with a 14.75 per cent share Of
Federal tax payments, or s9.205.-
10000. the survey pointed out.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
122 CoIored Pupils
To Be Promoted 10
Once White Schools

One hundred and twenty
two District junior high students
from formerly all-Negro schools
will be promoted to formerly
all-white schools this month.
The midyear promotions will
be the District school systems
last major pupil integration step
until next fall. Pupils viii enter
high schools January 81, accord
ing TO a new non-racial bounda-
ries.
A total Of 1,0I8 Junior high
seniors are slated for promotion
--571 from schools Of the old
Negro division, the remaining
SIS from formerly white schools.
Destinations Of the i22 SEN
iors moving to integrated former
white schools are: Anacostia.
33: Eastern, Is: Mckinley. 18;
Roosevelt. 90: Western, is, and
Bell Vocational, 1.
One colored boy is slated to
move from a former white school
--Mcfarland-to a formerly coli
ored vocational high. Phelps.
Macfarland acquired some Negro
students last fall.
Junior highs are holding their
last midyear graduations.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
UCS Group 10 Report
On Welfare Program

The United Community Serv-
ices Committee on public as
sistance, out of action since June,
1853, will be reactivated tomor-
row.
The committee was set up to
study who benefits from public
welfare, where they come from,
why they need help and whether
ineligible persons are on the
rolls.
Tomorrow's meeting will be at
1915 pm. in UCS headquarters
at 1i0i M street NV.
The committee is being formed
again to bring up to date its
1853 report, SO the District Conn
missioners will have the latest
information for Congress.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Council Hits
Lack Of Funds
For Juveniles
City Budget Requests
Held inadequate for
Child Project Needs

The Commissioners Youth
Council today adopted a reso-
luton criticizing the lack Of
attention given budget requests
for services to children"
On a motion of Attorney
Ralph Pittman. the council de-
cided to consult with the heads
Of the Welfare and Education
Departments to get specific in
formation to insert in their
resolution.
The matter came up during q
discussion of the councils max
imum benefits project"--in
which all available effort at
cutting down juvenile delin-
quency is marshaled In the Sec
ond Police Precinct.
Cutting the number of pupils
per teacher to 80 is one Of the
steps taken in several schools
there. School Supt. Hobart M.
Corning said he wished the Dis
trict budget requests submitted
to Congress had included funds
to cut the ratio to that figure
across the city.
Others Lack Funds.
Other members pointed out
that other services for children.
such as the Welfare Department
and the Child Psychology clinic
did not receive enough money in
the proposed budget to enable
them to carry on all the activi-
ties they would like.
The council itself receives
$25. .1S0 In the proposed budget.
compared to this years $25, 900.
It had asked $31 900 to enable it
to hire an additional social
worker.
Mrs. Nina Trevvett, executive
director of the council; cited the
case OF Bill" student at the
Thomson School. as an example
Of the help given under the
maximum benefits project.
Clothing Blamed.
''Bill." she said, is member
Of a large family transplanted
to Washington from a share
cropper's shack in the deep
South. 'sBill" was amiable, but
dull, until recently. then became
q bully. a petty thief, and a first
class nuisance In the classroom.
A psychiatrists' examination.
under the program showed his
only trouble was lack of clothes,
she said. He beat UP other chill
dren because he was so upset at
looking different.
With $40 from the Parent
Teachers Association, bill" was
provided with a complete outfit.
including four pairs Of gaudy
shorts.
The new clothes so impressed
Bill that he was late for school
the next day, having stopped to
take \ bath.
The teachers report the two
days since then were days Of
utter peace" without a peep out
Of BILL" Mrs. Trevvett said.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
District Baby Survives
Delicate Surgery

A baby at District General
Hospital apparently has sur
vived delicate surgery per-
formed when the child was Is
hours old.
The child, q boy. was born
with q blockage IN the food route
between mouth and stomach plus
an opening Of the stomach into
the wind pipe. Both conditions.
II not corrected. would have re-
suited In death.
Despite the young age, doctors
were able to open the block and
close the stomach opening after
spotting the conditions through
x-ray and other diagnostic aids.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Woman Charges 2
Absentee Landlords
Neglect Houses

A sense Of immediacy was
added to the League of
Women Voters workshop on
housing rehabilitation needs
yesterday.
During the question-al1-
swer period. q property
owner with holding in the
1900 block Of Eleventh street
NV, got the floor.
Can you help up?" she
earnestly asked the work
shop panel. The problem
in that block, she explained.
was that all the owners. but
two. have refurbished their
dwellings into respectable
places.
But these two"sh said,
they're absentee landlords.
and they haven't done q
thing for their places except
fix the roofs. We've been
trying TO iix up the neigh
bcrhcod. but they have Just
been dragging It down"
Evening star., 1955-01-20
What QUESTIONABLE Asks

The c0nsultGnFs question
ndire on population control
sent to District residents COZ
cred these points:
Should the present population
Of the District increase or de-
crease about 10 or 20 per cent,
should 1t stay as it is, or should
1t do something else.
Should the major portion Of
future growth In the Metro
politan area be forced into the
suburbs or brought into the Dis
trict by an increase in high-pop-
ulation apartment buildings.
Should congestion in down.
town Washington be relieved by
more mass transit facilities,
limitations on the use Of private
automobiles. establishment of
large scale parking facilities,
bans against on-street parking,
establishment Of new express
streets, removal Of some present
buildings and other possible sol
utions.
Shift In Shopping Centers.
The statement which accom-
panied the QUESTIONABLE also
pointed out how the Washington
central business district has
shifted from 'its original loca-
ton around Ohio avenue and
lower Seventh street in a north
westerly direction. now centered
on the F and G street axis be-
tween Seventh and Fifteenth
streets, and extending out along
Connecticut avenue"
The questionnaire asked Dis
trict citizens and planning Of
ficials to say what the size Of
the central business district
should be and what shape 1t
should have.
The statement observed that
"as the area expands, it becomes
increasingly difficult to do all
ones" shopping without moving
the car or taking a trolley or taxi
with considerable expense in
time and money"
Noting a trend of business to
expand into the Maryland and
Virginia suburbs. the question:
naire asked whether this trend
should be encouraged, whether
the northwesterly movement of
the present business district
should be encouraged or whether
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Harness Appointed
To Monuments Post

Forest Arthur Harness, Senate
sereeant-at-arms in the SD
Congress and a former Represen-
tative from Indiana. was ap-
pointed BY President Eisenhower
today as q member Of the Ameri-
can Battle Monuments Commis-
SION.
He succeeds Joseph ]. Foss,
rho resigned because he felt that
III duties as new Governor Of
fouth Dakota would take al Of
his time, the White House said,
Evening star., 1955-01-20
New High Rank
For Macarthur
Urged by Martin

General Douglas Macarthur
would be designated General Of
the Armies Of the United States
under q resolution introduced In
the House today by Republican
Leader Martin.
Mr.. Martin urged that Con-
gress approve the resolution
promptly so President Eisenhower
could make the designation on
Gen. MacArthur's 18th birthday
next Wednesday.
The resolution would create a
new military title. Gen. John
j. Pershing was General OF the
Armies
At present, Gen. MacArthur's
title Is General Of the Army.
which carries I'VE stars. Eight
officers have held that rank In
the history Of the Army, al
during and since World War II.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
BY chorIes J. Yorbroush

Your television programs seem
monotonous?
Consider the case Of the rail-
road man at the Potomac Yards
in Alexandria, who sees nothing
but freight cars all day long.
Key railroad terminal on the
East Coast, the huge train-sort-
ing center today showed OF Its
tight video network which
steps up the speed and cuts down
the cost Of making up freight
trains.
The installation. first Of its
kind in the Nation. permits in
stant identification Of freight
cars entering the yard, flashing
the picture to the man who re-
cords car numbers and initials
for subsequent check with way
bills. BY checking car contents
and destination on the waybill.
| he can Immediately determine
what track the car should be
shunted to and sa@d It on its
way.
| Two Miles Away.
In operation, television came
ras take a picture Of each freight
car entering the yard from the
South, flashing it on q screen
| nearly two miles distant.
The cameras are in a 40-foot-
long shed near the northbound
entrance. Floodlights brighten
the interior like q studio.
AS the train rolls through the
shed at about 10 miles an hour.
the number and initials Of each
car are flashed to the TV screen
2 miles away. Talking into O
microphone. q clerk records on
tape from the screen the car
identification. Car record ofiices
can then sort" the train and
place cars on any one Of the ~
north-bound classification tracks
for making up other trains.
The Tv system replaces the
human process. where identifica-
tion has been made by men on
the ground.
Two Years Of Research.
Nearly two years of research
and testing with various appli-
cations Of television were con-
Quoted at the Potomac yards be-
fore development Of the install
lation demonstrated today. II
cost $4,000. according 10 c. =.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Rigid Boundaries
Hasten Decay, Lane
Says Of Downtown

Redevelopment and rehabilita-
ton Of the downtown area ia
more critical to Washington than
to any other city. Col. Thomas A.
Lane. the Districts Engineer
Commissioner, told the District
Trucking Association yesterday.
Speaking at a luncheon in the
Mayfiowsk Hotel. Col. Lane said
this is true because, unlike most
cities, washington cannot ex-
pand beyond its constitutional
boundaries in order to absorb its
growing suburbs in Virginia and
Maryland.
He called the development Of
the automobile and the burgeon-
ing Of the automotive era the
direct cause Of deterioration OF
"the inner part Of our cities"
Wide Streets Help D. G.
Washington, Col. Lane said, Is
fortunate in that it was origi-
nally laid out with wide streets
and avenues and is only now
beginning to suffer the full i'm
pact Of congestion which has hi
other cities several years before
AS a result, he said, Washing
ton Is in position to take ad-
vantage Of techniques which ths
other cities have worked out tc
handle the problems.
He lauded the leaders Of the
trucking association for theil
part in working out new traffit
regulations which win affect F
q and Seventh streets in down
town Washington The new
rules, which win go into effect
February 10. prohibit double
parking along these streets ant
will lengthen the morning rush.
hour ban on curb parking sc
that trucks may make pick ups
and deliveries at the curb.
Priority ON Moving Traffic.
Outlining the PHILOSOPHY
with which we are approaching
traffic problems Col. Lane sale
first priority will be given to thu
necessity for keeping traffic
moving"
He declared that curb park.
ing is entirely legitimate II Il
does not interfere with the neet
for p1oving traffic and said re.
strictions on parking will be i'm.
| posed only when necessary ts
carry out the first priority con.
sideration,
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Hearing on Revisions
OF Housing Code Urged

A housing workshop group
here yesterday urged Commis-
sioner Samuel Spencer to re-
consider his view against a pub
lie hearing on the latest revi-
sions in the Districts proposed
housing code.
The action came in the midst
Of day-long workshop session
sponsored by the District League
Of Women Voters.
The group. representing near
ly 20 private organizations and
individuals, took the vote on
hearing a letter from the Com
missioner read.