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Evening star., 1955-02-19

from permit requirements vehicles UP to
ia inches wide and operated by con-
tractors Of earth removal equipment
HB3s3-By Montgomery and Prince
Georges County deleeations-To add
Morningside and other areas to the
(Monteomery and Prince Georges dele
sAfa1as.4 Hss24-By Primo. Georges County
and paSyds ior ne tass selection s1
this county prince Georges delegstion)
HB325-By Prince Georges delegation
TO set up longevity pay systems for
Prnss ssss e ne ss.ss
HB32e-By Prince Georges deiega-
tion-To exempt PRINCE Georges from
county commissioners furnish . list OF
names appearing upon the tax books for
the purpose Of selecting Jurors prince
Georges delegation).
Resolutions Introdueed.
HJR11-By Kirkland and Tawes--To
create q special commission to assist the
Tidewater Fisheries Commission In q
study of conservation recommendations
ing industry CBay and Tributariest.
HJR12-By Mach, Hedrick and Urban
To request the Governor to appoint q
eonstrnctins a subway system Tor public
Transportation in the Baltimore metro
politan area fWays and Means).
Bills Passed.
6B50-By MattinRly--To abolish the
present board OF license commissioners
In st. Marys County and to provide that
the county commissioners will constitute
the board (AnendedD.
BIN Enacted,
carrying Of hunting weapons while un-
der the influence Of alcohol or mar
eoties.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
S41,24f Contracts Lef
By Suburban Sanitary

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission today an
nounced five construction con-
tracts totaling $41,24l were
awarded to low bidders this week.
The contracts, all for water and
sewer mains. were approved for
the following firms and projects:
Ganova Bros, Inc. of College Park. for
mains to serve 80 houses in the Booker
T. Homes subdivision. Prince Georges
County. on q bid Of S1s.67S
E.. Paolantonio Construction Co. Of
WASHINGTON. for mains to serve 20 houses
In Woodlawn Heights. Prince GEORGES
County. on q bid Of S9,539.
Joseph Canova, Inc, OF COLLEGE Park,
for mains to serve 4S houses in North
mont subdivision. Montgomery County.
on a bid of 50, 9,1l0.
Marbro Construction Co. Of Coilese
Park. for sewer mains to serve eiel1t
houses on Forty-eighth avenue Clear
view. Prince Georges County. on . bid
Of $1,000.
Marbro Construction Co.. for mains
to serve 10 properties on Ogden road.
Springfield subdivision, MONTGOMERY
County on bid Of 81 .S64. d
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Maryland Senate
Kills Bill 10 End
Primary Unit System
BY o Star s,off Correspondent.

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 19.-Two
drastic Maryland election law
reforms, one to abolish the So
called unit system in primaries,
were defeated in voice votes by
the State Senate yesterday.
The other would have required
an alphabetical listing of can
didates of general election bal
lots, regardless of party designa-
ton,
Both proposals were sponsored
by senate Majority Leader John
G. Turnbull. who was the only
one to speak in their favor on
the Senate floor.
Like Federal System.
He said the unit system
"thwarts the popular will' of the
voters and Maryland ought to
have democracy within the par
ties. as well as in the general
election"
Maryland's unit system is SINH
lar to the Federal electoral COL
lege system and the so-called
borough system in Georgia. Un-
der it, candidates in primary
elections must win a majority of
unit votes. which are cast in con-
vention and are allotted to the
counties and Baltimore City in
accordance with their represent
alton in the State Legislature.
That representation is
weighted in favor Of rural sec
tions and that's the reason Mr..
Turnbull told his colleagues he
knew he was beaten before he
started"
Winners Lost Popular Vote.
In two Maryland primaries,
candidates have been nominated
who did not receive a plurality
of the popular vote. In 1850.
former Gov. w. Preston Lane,
jr., and Senator John Marshall
Butler won the nomination of
their parties even though they
had less popular vote than their
opponents. George p. Mahoney
and D. John Markey.
The unit system does not ap-
ply in general elections.
The other Turnbull bill was
buried in a chorus of mos"
after Senator George Della,
Democrat. of Baltimore City. told
the Senate:
This would never do for
Baltimore City, where we have
educated our people to vote a
straight Democratic or a straight
Republican ticket"
Evening star., 1955-02-19

Z pm. March
2 3 a t t h e
Fairfax High
School caf e.
terra.
This is the
first din n e +
meeting since
the Chambers
reorganization
a year q 6 o.
B e n n e t t w.
King. retiring
president, an
nounced that
dinner invita-
tions would be
- -
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Two-Story House
Damaged by Fire

Considerable property damage
was caused late yesterday durinS
a fire involving a two-story brick
row house at 730 and 1904
Twelfth street Sc. No one was
hurt.
The fire damaged rear porches
on the first and second floors of
the building. Occupants were
listed as Gladys Knesse, %. and
Helen A. White, So.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Two ProjeeE
For SubnorIrlaI
Youths Urged
Institution Costing
So Million and
Clinic Proposed

The District Commissioners to-
day have before them recon-
mendations from the Public We'll
fare Advisory Council, calling for
help for mentally disturbed chill
dren here.
One recommendation calls for
establishment Of a clinic stated
with psychiatrists. psychiatric
social workers. psychologists and
students of those fields to treat
children who are mentally sound
enough to live at home or In
an institution. This plan in
cludes both impatient and OUT
patient treatment facilities.
The second recommendation
in the two-pronged plan asks
a new security institution for
the type Of child now treated
at the National Training School.
The Welfare Department has
estimated the cost of such an
institution at So million.
DIR. Robert D. Lincoln. whose
recommendations to the council
were approved and passed on to
the Commissioners, said:
II believe that both :. should
be carried out in conjunction
with the two medical schools in
the city who may help supply
the necessary professional per-
sonnel, prestige and know-how."
DR.. Lincoln is the consultant
psychiatrist to the Child We'll
fare Division of the District De-
partment of Public Welfare. In
a report to the council yesterday,
he said:
II see an increasing number
of severely disturbed, unbalanced
youngsters who create an in
creasing number Of difficulties
for the community in the form
of increasing number of depend
ents and law violations. In not
too many years (and with some
Of them it has already started
they will be the producers of new
crops of children: and these
larger crops of children, raised
in an environment of indiffer-
ence, deprivation, lack of under
standing and hate. become the
dependents and law violators
five or 10 years from now-prob-
lens for the community.
Appalling Inadequacy.
"The present facilities for in
terrupting this vicious circle :.
are appallingly Inadequate"
In the present welfare institu-
tions, DR.. Lincoln estimated,
there are some 30 or 40 children
the residential care.
Another several hundred" need
clinic visits.
Earlier, the council heard a
report that family breakdown
in the District is increasing.
Miss Gertrude Richman, assist
ant superintendent of the Child
Welfare Division, said the num-
ber Of children requiring the
services Of the division has in
creased IL per cent since 1851.
With more children in need
of care than the budget provides
for. Miss Richman said, I'VE are
making some reflections that
leave children in doubtful home
conditions.
In 1850, Miss Richman said,
240 children were committed to
the department as delinquent.
In 1854, AIT were committed.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Hit-Run Auto Kills
Boy, 12;;SuspectHe|d

Lawrence r. Patterson. jr.,
IL. was killed last night near
his home in Accokeek, Md,
when a car struck his bicycle
on State road 210. His parents
live in Accokeek.
The driver. police said, fed
the scene. but was picked up a
half hour later at a tavern on
Route 224, 4 miles from the
accident scene.
He was identified as Ralph A.
HunZiker. IS, of Oxon Hill.
State police at Waldorf, Md,
charged him with manslaughter.
leaving the scene Of an accident
and with being under the in
fluence of intoxicants.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
By John w. Stepp

A trio of iron horses have
been put out to pasture at Fort
George G. Meade in the inter.
ests of national security.
They angrily belch clouds OF
black smoke all over the place
from dawn til dusk, but they
never move an inch.
Their retirement is being put
to good use, however. Three To-
comotives, nearing IS years OF
age, they supply steam heat to
the four barracks that are tenn
porarily serving as the super.
secret National Security Agen-
cy's installation on the Fort
Meade reservation near Laurel,
Md.
Brought out of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad stable, they
are under lease to the post for
a fee of 81 a day each.
Plant Comes Later.
The 350-ton engines will stay
on the job until a big central
heating plant nearby is COM
pleted. This plant will be big
enough to supply not only the
barracks. but the new NSA
building now under construction.
The latter structure will cost
$40 million and will have floor
space totaling IA million square
feet, spread over three stories.
It will rank third in size-af-
ter the Pentagon and the Gen.
eral Accounting Office-among
Federal buildings in the Wash
ington area.
But long before this wire and
electronically inclosed structure
is completed. the three elderly
steam engines will have rolled
back to Baltimore and oblivion
Meanwhile, they seem to be
enjoying their last days of glory
The three, manned by veteran
B&O engineer -firemen, con-
sumo an average of II tons OF
soft coal daily to supply q con-
slant ITO pounds of steam pres
sure.
Especially rugged pipes lead
from the boilers and carry the
steam about 800 yards under
ground to the barracks. Is this
heating system adequate?
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Integrotion Subject
Of Students Panel

Fifteen students from WASH
ington and nearby Virginia
schools will discuss Youth
Looks at Integration" at q
meeting at 1880 pm. tomorrow
in the Arlington Unitarian
Church, 4444 Arlington boule-
ward, Arlington. Va.
The discussion will be led by
DR.. Julius Schreiber, Washing
ton psychiatrist. Philip Lerman,
Of the Anti Defamation League,
B'nai Birth, win stage q "Rumor
Clinic" Patricia Planck is pres
ident Of the host group.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
EIylWN,
Senate Backs
Probe Of State
Roads Agency
1852 Study Urged
Unit Be Abolished.
MoyIonders Learn
BY III. A.seeies.d Pres.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Feb. 19.-
The Senate gave tentative ap-
proval today to an overall probe
of the State Roads Commission
after learning that q survey
group more than two years ago
recommended the agency be
abolished.
Senate President Goldstein re-
leased a copy of the survey re-
port to the press in the midst
of debate on the bill to set up
the investigations. ~
Senator Goldstein and Sena-
tors Mock. Democract. of WI
comico. Turnbull, Democrat, Of
Baltimore County, and Malkus.
Democrat, of Dorchester, spon-
sored the bill, one Of many con.
troversial measures involving
the Roads Commission.
Suppression Charged. .
Release Of the report, made by
the Public Service Administra-
ton of Chicago. came after Mrs.
Mock declared during debate on
the measure that the commission
had suppressed" the report.
Senator Turnbull added that it
indicated the roads agency had
failed to pass its accreditation
tests" b.
Russell H. Mccain, chairman
of the commission. said Senator
Goldstein and former Delegate
John Wood Logan, Democrat, Of
Caroline, then majority leaders
in the Senate and House, both
were given copies of the report
in 1858.
Mr.. Mccain said the survey
was made at the request of the
Advisory Council on Highway
Construction.
The commission chairman
added that many of the recom-
mendations in the report-such
as proposals for roadside con-
troll and tighter truck weight
restrictions-were later made to
the Legislature and were de-
feated. as
The council was not convinced
that the commission should be
eliminated, Mr.. Mccain added.
Not q True Picture.
Criticisms in the report dealt
generally with the budget of the
highway agency, which it said
did not give true picture Of
total expenditures on roads. =
The budget section on toll IA
cilitieS was without signifi-
cance," the report said, because
the financial program for these
facilities actually was prepared
not by the commission, but by
consulting engineers and the old
Baltimore National Bank, which
handled the construction bonds.
Also criticized was the COM
missions personnel program,
which the report said "stifled the
initiative" of new employees and
discouraged them from becom-
ing roads commission career
workers. ~
The PISA, which described it.
self as a research consultant and
publishing firm, submitted the
report to Chairman Russell H.
Mccain of the roads commits
sion in September. 1852. a few
months before Maryland's 12-
year highway program went into
effect.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Man FeIIed by Blow
And Robbed of S83

A West Hyattsville man was
slugged and robbed of $83 by
two thugs as he stepped out of
his car last night, Prince Georges
County police reported.
william H. Dunn, jr.. 80, a
craftsman, of 1903 Dayton road.
told police he had just parked
his car in front of his home
when two men suddenly ap-
peared. He said he was knocked
unconscious by blow on the
head around II pm. When he
awoke. the men and most of
the salary he received yester-
day were gone. he said.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Plan for Extension
OF Sanitary Facilities
In Rockville Studied

The Montgomery County Dele
CATION to the General Assembly
last night took under advise
ment Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission plan for
extending commission boundar-
les over a wide section of the
county centered on Rockville.
One portion Of the plan. aired
before more than $50 persons in
the County Building. was stren-
uously opposed by Rockville
Mayor Dickran Y. Hovsepian.
Rockville is not in a sanitary
commission district.
Chairman Blair Lee, III, and
Delegates Gilbert Guide. William
Wheeler and Warren Browning
conducted the hearing.
Boundary Extensions.
The plan calls for extension
of the commissions boundaries
as far east as Burtonsville, as
far north as Gaithersburg and
to the south of Rockville to in
clude all of Cabin John Valley.
Mayor Hovsepian urged the
delegates to eliminate from the
plan about IL square miles ad-
jacent to and surrounding the
city in a circle-like band.
This area" the Mayor .ex-
planned. I'VE hope some day
within 20 to Is years-to, annex
to the city, and at that time
we will take care Of the sewer
and water services required
within the band"
If those areas were now put
into a sanitary district. the
Mayor explained, there eventu-
ally would be a conflict Of juris-
diction."
Chief Engineer Harry B. Shaw.
speaking for the commission,
told the Delegates he feared no
such jurisdictional difficulties. He
also said he would advise includ-
ing Rockville in the boundaries
extension.
Farmers Oppose Plan.
Greatest opposition to the ex-
tension Of boundaries to outlying
areas came from farmers. Resi-
dents of the Sandy Spring area
particularly opposed the plan.
"Our wells and septic tanks
now provide us with adequate
facilities one farmer said. IF
we are taken into the district"
he added, 1--WE would have to
pay the tax and we would not
have water and sewer pipes for
Is or 20 years"
Gaithersburg and Olney busi-
nessmen Endorsed the plan.
Many said their facilities are
"far below adequate" 4
Residents of the Cabin John
area. in general, opposed the
plan. ......
Evening star., 1955-02-19
C. SlATE
FI0nlek.g07X Ko0r
While Legionnoires
Attend Own Show
By The Assoeiaied Pres,

CAMBRIDGE, Md. Feb. 19.-
Flames stripped the roof from
the American Legion Home here
last night while most members
of the post watched their min
strel show at a theater three
blocks away.
Firemen, who arrived Just as
the flames broke through the
roof, said they found four Le-
gionnaires sitting in the bar on
the first floor unaware that the
building was afire.
There was no immediate esti-
mate of the damage, but Legion
official said the building was
worth about $4,000.
Most Legionnaires attending or
taking part in the show were not
aware of the fire. Only a few
officials were called away to re-
move records and valuables from
the building.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Retired Iron Horses Serve
Security as Heating Systems

well, as I drove past today
said 1t. Col. r. j. Giesen, resi-
dent engineer for the Army En-
| gineer Corps, which supervises
the construction project. Il no.
ticed a whole lot Of windows
were open in the barracks"
The first locomotive went into
place last November. It's COM
panions teamed up with it last
month. One engine proved in
sufficient. Three on the job
permit one to act as q standby
in case of breakdowns.
Only twice, so far, has an
emergency occurred. One night,
somebody inadvertently cut of
the water supply, so that the
boiler tubes nearly burnt out
On the other occasion, a railroad
spike in the coal clogged the
stoking system. Neither diff
Guilty required more than a few
hours to straighten out. There
were no complaints Of cold from
the open-windowed barracks.
OF Macarthur" Type.
The old freight engines. when
on the road, were capable of
producing ESQ pounds of steam
pressure. They were called the
"Mikado" type until World War
II came along and B6sO de-
cided it would be nice to change
the designation to Macarthur" !"
An especially built rail spur,
about 1000 yards long, had to
be built from the BSzO line just
east of Annapolis Junction.
The SCOT from the ever-puffing
engines lays a thick veneer on
the bulldozed mud and the
woods nearby. An Air Force ma
jor assigned to NSA noted that
when the wind is right-or
wrong-the SCOT cloud pours
right over and through the NSA
barracks.
And that pine grove over
there" he added. 1--WE hope to
make it picnic grounds If we
can ever scrape of the SCOT.
We call 1t the Black Forest"
The greatest shame the old
locomotives face is going back
to Baltimore. pushed by their
arch-enemy, the Diesel-the
same way they got to Fort
Evening star., 1955-02-19

mailed to all members OF the
Chamber and their wives next
week.
Officers to be installed at the
dinner are w. c. Wills of An
nandale, president; Henry WAL
lace, treasurer; Donald E. Ball,
vice president for industrial de-
velopment; Henry F. Rolls. vice
president for residential devel-
opment; S. Cooper Dawson, jr..
vice president for historical at
fractions. and Keith Price. vice
president for public relations.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Miss Huteheson Resigns
u. OF MARYLAND Post

Evelyn Byrd Hutcheson. in
formation specialist at the Uni
versity of Maryland, has resigned
effective March /.
University officials said Miss
Hutcheson, who has been con-
nected with the Agricultural Ex-
tension Service for two years,
will be replaced by Mrs. Margene
Fallen.
Mrs. Fallen was graduated in
journalism from Kansas State
College, and was employed as an
information specialist for a num-
ber of years in her native State.
Miss Hutcheson plans to marry
and live in South America.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
SENATE.
Rills InfrnflneAh

SbNh1E.
Bills introduced,
SB270-By Turnbull-To withhold
racing revenues from cities and towns
health orders for alteration. extension
or installation of sewage system OF refuse
disposal works pending compliance
Of the order judiciary
SB271--by Goodman-To provide for
the examination under oath Of persons
called as Jurors to determine basis Of
CHALLENGES (Judiciaryl.
SB272-by Della-To provide for the
selling Of nsrcotic drugs BY oral Pre-. pEs.
department to issue regulations on the
matter Judiciary.
Resolutions Introduced.
SJR9-by James-To provide Q study
Of the feasibility Of integrating the em-
ployes' retirement system and the teach
ers' retirement system with the old age
and survivors insurance system III
nance).
Bills Introduced.
HB316-by Anne Arundel delegation
Annes Arundel orphans court judges for
every day they. attend court sessions
tAnne Arundel delegationl.
HB31S-by Frederick County delega-
tion--To raise from 25 to 40 per cent Of
assessed value teh amount Of manufac-
turers' stock which may be exempt
seeussy sayny t,Sation II
HB3ie-By calvert. Charles and st.
apopintment of Grand Jury Istenosraphers
IN these three counties ICa1vert, Charles.
8t. Marys delegattons).
!. HBSeo ~ ~ Wilkinson ITO exempt
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Commissioners
Asked 10 Back
Juvenile Court
Support Urged
For Prince Georges
Legislative Act

The Prince Georges County
Commissioners were asked yes
terday to support proposed legis-
lation calling for establishment
of a separate juvenile court for
the county.
Ten witnesses appeared before
the board and testified that the
present system of handling juve-
nile cases fails to provide ade-
quate supervision and rehabilita-
ton because neither magistrates
nor the probation staff can han
die the volume of work.
The commissioners deferred
action on the request. which was
put forward by the county's
Juvenile Court Advisory Com
mittee. No one appeared to speak
against the proposal.
Report Criticized.
A row over the court issue be-
tween the Advisory Committee
and the legislative committee Of
the County Commissioners Youth
Council hared briefly when Mrs.
1rma Bogdanoff, council presi-
dent criticized the legislative
committee for releasing a re-
port on its study of youth prob
lens.
Mrs. Bogdanoff charged that
the report, which said separate
juvenile court is neither neceS-
sary nor economically sound,
represented only the opinions OF
four men and not the entire
council.
Magistrate Theodore Miazga
told of his problems Of coping
with juveniles and pointed out
that Montgomery County spends
less for institutional care for de-
linquents than Prince Georges
because of apparently superior
methods of dealing with youth
problems through its juvenile
court system.
To date, neither the commits
sioners nor the county's delega-
ton to the General Assembly
have expressed enthusiasm for
the separate court idea. The new
Judge, if authorized, probably
would be a Republican, since his
appointment would be made by
Gov. McKeldin.
Tighter Hacker Law Asked.
Earlier, C. Gerald Buscher.
hack inspector, urged the COM
missioners to strengthen taxicab
regulations so that persons with
criminal records will be barred,
from driving cabs in the county.
He said he has turned up
"quite few" cases of drivers
with records ranging from
drunken and disorderly conduct
to rape who have been granted
permits.
Mr.. Buscher, who took over the
inspectors post last Monday, re-
ported that drivers who have
been refused taxicab permits in
other nearby counties and the
District Of Columbia have been
able to obtain permits in Prince
Georges County.
He also asked an end to the
practice of issuing temporary
cab permits. ...... .
Evening star., 1955-02-19
FRIGHT FUTURE {
But ONLY
for she we'll prepaFed

Our modern world needs and re.
wards trained engineers and scien.
lists. But preparation must begin
early with math and science courses
taken in high school. Because, with
out this preparation, your children
cannot enter an engineering or tech
nical college-cannot prepare for .
useful and rich life in this absorbing
field.
For q guide 10 your ehiIdrsn's fvsvrs,
write for ihs free folder "Aftsr Nigh
School, Whsss" Ue sex 40. Mid-Tewn
stssisn. New Yerk 70. ny.
Published as public service is 20.
operation with The advertising Council
Evening star., 1955-02-19
St. Stephens 'Purish Niaht'

The Holy Name Society Of st.
Stephens Catholic Church will
sponsor a "Parish Night" games
and entertainment. at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow in the school hall,
Twenty-fourth and K streets
NV.
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Gov. StanIeyto5peak
To Fairfax Chamber

Gov. Stanley Of Virginia will
be guest speaker at the annual
dinner meeting Of the Fairfax
County Chamber Of Commerce at
Evening star., 1955-02-19
Status of MARYLAND Bills

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 19-Pro-
ceedings in the General Assem-
bley yesterday included: