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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-30
Nations Largest . .


orandum- complaint filed with the
Presidents Committee on Govern
ment Contracts in behalf of the
Negro workers by the NAACP Le-
gal Defense Educational Fund, Inc.
1t accuses the ESQ Standard Oil
Co., Cities Service Refining Corp,
Carbide and Chemical Co., and the
Lion Oil Co. of maintaining n pat
tern of discrimination which con-
fines Negro oil refining workers
to the categories of laborers and
deprive them of job opportunities
and security.
Named as defendants with the
oil refineries are the unions acting
as bargaining agents for the work
ers - the Independent Industrial
Workers Association of Baton
Rouge; Lake Charles (La.), Metal
Trades Council and Local 500, In
ternational Brotherhood of Team
sters "a. F. of L.; Galveston
Metal Trades Council and Local
374, International Union of Oper-
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pected upgrading, seniority rights
and effective Job security"
All of this in spite of the COM
panies' contract with the United
States Government not to discrimi-
nate with respect to employment
and IN spite of the statutory obliga-
ton on the unions involved as bar
gaining representatives to repre-
sent all employees fairly, and i'm
partially, without discrimination on
the basis of race and color, the
complaint concludes.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-30
the classification and pay of labor

the classification and pay of labor
er.
In calling the attention Of the
Committee TO the Incidents where
Negroes have been denied job OPP
portunities, Legal Defense points
out that while the complaint is
made against the four companies
and the named unions, the dis
elimination pract lce persists
throughout the entire oil refining
industry.
Legal Defense and Educational
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-30

Joe's Wife: Gosh, l sure was a
dimwit when l married you"
Joe: NO doubt you were-but
was so infatuated | didn't notice
it."
Evening star., 1955-09-23
Building Owners Oppose
Proposal to Limit Size

Further restricting use Of
downtown land would retard
seriously the redevelopment of
many sites now occupied by OBJ
solete mercantile and CONNER.
cial buildings in the most de-
sirable central locations" Mr..
Bauer said.
I'VE have no unoccupied land
to speak of and the future Of
the downtown area is tied in
with replacement Of existing OIL
buildings and conversion Of sites
from surface parking and other
relatively uneconomic uses.
These proposals by Mr.. Lewis
to limit downtown buildings to
a height of only 30 feet with
further reduction Of height pro-
vided for under a floor-area ratio
formula, would have an incal-
culably adverse effect on the
favorable new-construction &C.
tiyity now carrying the load OF
rebuilding and rebeautifying the
downtown area"
Height limit in present regula-
tions Is fixed at 100 feet in cases
where the building fronts on
streets at least ll0 feet wide and
at 80 feet on narrower streets.
No fioor-area formula at pres
ent imposes any further height
restriction.
Evening star., 1955-09-23
HOUSE GROUP STARTS JUNKET
FOR STUDY OF TV, POLIO, ETC.
BY the Associated Press

House Commerce subcommittee left today for Ave-
weeks tour to Denmark France England Austria Finland
and Russia
The nineman group headed by Representative Harris.
Democrat Of Arkansas will study other things avia
ton generally teevison polio vaccine and Russian trans
portaton
The committee is going first California discuss
aviation with American manufacturers. It will fly direct
from Los Angeles to Copenhagen the polar route
In addition to Mr. Harris, members signed up for the
trip include Representatives Woeron Republican Of New
Jersey Williams Democrat Of Mississippi; OHara. Re-
publican of Minnesota; Mack Democrat of Illinois, Doi
Republican Of Iowa Mouder. Democrat Of Missouri
Derounian Republican Of New York. and Rogers Democrat
Of Texas
Evening star., 1955-09-23
TENNESSEE TURMOIL
Dixon-Yotes SEQUEL
RumbIes in Memphis

Frank G. Clement. a leader in
the Dixon-Yates fight. has de-
scribed the outlook as the po-
tential "Balkanizing" of iva.
The issue is cutting deeply into
the Memphis mayoral race. A
back-to-TVA slate is headed by
former Mayor Watkins Overton,
who pledges he will seek to re-
establish relations with the iva,
If successful there, he would go
through with the auxiliary power
project that presumably would
cost far less than the 500 mil
lion estimated for the Tobey
plan.
The sudden death of Mayor
Tobey last week left the admins
tration forces leaderless. Up to
now they have not been able to
enlist mayoral candidate to run
with the four holdover commits
sioners who are committed to
the Tobey program. Election day
Is November 10.
Temporary Mayor
Temporarily, the Mayors seat
is being filled by another former
Mayor. Walter, Chandler, one
time House member from this
district. He was drafted for the
job and insists he will serve only
until January /, when the new
four-year term begins.
Mr.. Chandler is an advocate
of the Tobey plan, and has said
he wouldn't hesitate to call for
bids for the big plant II he de-
cides that Is proper. He is now
awaiting a report on engineering
studies being made by the New
York firm of Burns and Rowe.
The power snarl-up is bother
ing big business interests who
know that normal growth means
that Memphis has to have more
generating capacity in the next
couple Of years.
We're facing a very serious
situation" says Roane Waring,
attorney, president of the Cham
Continued on Page A-4. Col. 1
Evening star., 1955-09-23
~ HARRY BACAs

Workmen doing q routine
redecorating job on historic St.
Johns Episcopal Church at Laf-
ayette Square have uncovered
structural failures 80 severe that
q S350.000 rebuilding operation Il
needed to save the. building
from collapsing, The Star
learned today.
sagging masonry arches bare
1y support the weight Of the
central dome, q brick addition
to the transept Is splitting
away from the main structure
and the outer walls have sprung
sideways under the thrust Of a
badly-engineered roof.
The church is now safe for
worshipers. by dint OF snoring
up the dangerous weaknesses
with temporary supports. Serv-
ices continue to be held in the
scaffold studded sanctuary.
But the church faces re-
building job which. added to
the cost of land recently pur-
chased. will run close TO half
q million dollars.
Evening star., 1955-09-23
'Junet' Riots
In caribbean

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. % R.-
Hurricane Janet prowled the
Caribbean Sea with 115-mile
winds today leaving great de-
Istruction ,on Barbados. the one
island of the Windward group
known to have felt her violence
Her position was about 1900
miles southeast of Miami.
Storm forecasters said Janet
must have battered some islands
of the Grenadine group. a part
of the Windwards. but they were
wrapped in silence in the storms
wake. st. Vincent. biggest Of the
Grenadines, was directly in
Janet's path yesterday.
A hurricane hunter plane
braved the storms bone-shaking
turbulence in mid-morning to
learn her exact course and in
tensity.
All warnings were down In the
Windward Islands and an earlier
hurricane alert for the Leeward
Chain and Puerto Rico was lifted.
! In a predawn estimate by OBJ
servers at the San Juan Weather
Bureau, Janet, the 10th tropical
storm of the season, was throw
ing her weight around with winds
Iup to lis m.p.h. over q small
area near the center. She was
described as having a well-de-
fined eye about 20 miles in diam
|eteer; her future department was
listed as uncertain.
Gales whipped out 125 miles to
the north and rs miles to the
south.
A pace Of about Is m.p.h. was
Expected to continue throughout
the day.
Evening star., 1955-09-23
St. Johns Church Found
In Stote of Near Collapse

The defects have been charged
TO poor original construction.
even worse work on . later addi-
tion and failure to observe faults
during q 1910 replastering job.
st. Johns. built in 1916. il
known as the Church Of the
Presidents" Every President from
Madison to Eisenhower has
at least visited the handsome
Georgian ediflce across Lafayette
Square from the white House.
Its. present feeble condition
was not suspected until workmen
began q painting and redecorat-
ing. job on the interior. Started
a month and half ago. 1t was
to cost $4,000.
Attempting to replaster
cracked sections on the dome,
in connection with the painting
and decorating job, the work.
ers found plaster lath sprung
loose and eaten by termites. Ex-
ploring, they discovered that
most Of the plaster was in
imminent danger Of falling by
its own weight.
The church building committee
Continued on Page AS, Col. 3
Evening star., 1955-09-23
BY JOSEPH A. FOX
Star stan Correspondent

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Sept. 23.--
They've buried Dixon Yates
down here - they hope - but
there's a rhubarb stirring over
the alternative.
President Eisenhower shelyed
the controversial multi-million-
dollar power project last July
after Memphis came up with
plans for a big, municipality
owned power plant to meet all
local needs.
The late Mayor Frank T.
Tobey engineered cancellation
of Memphis contract with the
Tennessee Valley Authority, in
ducing the President to call of
the Dixon-Yates deal. That prof.
ect was designed to send iva
replacement-power into the
Memphis area.
The people now running the
city wants to 60 through with
the Tobey plan. but all is not
smooth sailing by any means.
An opposition group is seeking
to restore relations with the iva
and put Memphis in the power
business only to the extent nee
essary to supplement the IVA
supply. iva admittedly falls
far short Of satisfying the de-
mands Of coming years.
This faction argues that II
Memphis gets out of the iva
system on July /, 1858. when the
present contract expires, that
can easily be the opening wedge
in the dissolution of the vast
power empire launched by the
New Deal.
Clement Has Doubts
Like fears have been expressed
elsewhere in the iva area Ten
nesSee's phrase.Ynakina C;oy
Evening star., 1955-09-23
BY ROBERT ]. LEWIS

Proposals to reduce the size
Iof downtown buildings In order
to relieve traffic congestion were
assailed today by builders and
owners Of existing downtown
Buildings.
Such new restrictions, If
adopted, would freeze" the
downtown area and prevent its
lredevelopment. killing of a boom
lin new construction that is now
Transforming the city's central
core. they said.
ANY effort to solve the traffic
problem by crippling downtown
redevelopment is primitive,
short-sighted and would create
Ia greater evil than 1t seeks to
solve" the Building Owners and
Managers Association told The
Star.
| Proposals for further restric-
ttions on the size Of downtown
buildings were made public yes
Iterday by District Zoning Con-
sultant Harold M. Lewis.
| Making his third report in a
Itwo-year study Of revisions
needed in coming regulations. Mr..
Lewis said changes were needed
Ito force a "spread-out" of the
business district to avoid "intol-
Ierable traffic congestion" by 1870.
Charles ]. Bauer. executive Sec
|retary Of the Building Owners
and Managers Association, made
this rejoinder::
IF the downtown area ceases
to have a certain density Of day
time population, it ceases to be
downtown. and the flight to the
suburbs has been fully accom-
Iplished.
1.-THE idea Of attempting to
handle all the traffic that wants
to come downtown is obviously
fallacious. An important part
of any basic coming revision must
certainly be the proper solution
Of mass transit problems and
the establishment Of fringe park
ing areas.
Mr.. Bauer reported members
Of his organization said replace
ment Of many obsolete down.
town buildings was entirely de-
pendent upon economic use Of
the present sites.
Evening star., 1955-09-23
BULLETIN
Jail Break FoiIed

Another attempt to break
out Of the Prince Georges
County jail at Upper Marl-
boro--the third In less than
a weck--was foiled today when
authorities were tipped of by
prisoners they had befriendcd.
Police said James r. Sweeney,
FL of Upper Marlboro, and
James J. Canter, 20. Annap-
oils, sawed q hole through q
steel wall. Saturday night .
jailor was slugged by . prison.
er and several prisoners
failed in an attempted es-
escape Sunday.
Evening star., 1955-09-23
Army Finds Some Sergeonts
Crack Up After II Years

LANDSTUHL. Germany, Sept.
% B.-The United States
Army in Germany is trying to
find out why some career
sergeants crack up mentally
after IL to 16 years service.
1t. Col. Frederick A. zehrer
of New Britain, Conn. psychol-
ogy chief at the Army's 2nd
General Hospital here. says IAN
Unexpectedly large proportion" Of
veteran NCO's tnoncommissioned
officers) are winding up N
psychiatric wards.
He made q six-month study
Of 20 sergeants hospitalized for
emotional and social maladjust-
Evening star., 1955-09-23

ments after years Of efficient
service. They came to the hos
pital "incapacitated or func-
tionally inefficient"
The psychologist emphasizes
that his findings reflect only the
initial phase Of q long-range
study.
OF the sergeants, 10 per cent
expressed feelings Of insecurity
and anxiety in relation to the
MOO or officer to whom they
we're responsible" The survey
indicates men who have wives
opposed TO their military careers
may develop anxiety and be-
come inefficient during the past
middle years Of service.
Evening star., 1955-09-23

SuaI0eu py tIOOpS anu poilCe
armed with machineguns. A
red carpet was rolled out
for Gen. Lonardi. Thousands
Of citizens crowded around
the airport limits. cheering
wildly and waving flags. The
military guards held them back
firmly. but made no move to
dampen their enthusiasm.
The planes which accompanied
Gen. Lonardi from Cordoba were
freshly painted with e hugh v
for victory and with the Gross
q reminder that the revolution
was caused in part by President
Juan D. Peron's feud with the
Roman Catholic Church.
Before leaving Cordoba. Gen.
Lonardi spoke Of the possibility
Gen. Peron might be brought
to trial.
''Would Enjoy Rights"
I'VE want to make It impos-
sible for him to again damage
the country" Gen. Lonardi told
Q news conference. I'm case he
is brought to trial, the ex-presi-
dent will present himself as any
other Argentine and enjoy all
the guarantees and rights es-
tablished in the constitution. I"
He did not expand on the pos
sihility Of a trial. but if this
took place it would be on GRIM
inal charges. The asylum grant,
ed Ger. Peron by Paraguay
would prevent his arrest as a
political prisoner.
A 21-gun salute roared over
the River Plate as Gen. Lonardi
stepped from the Dc-3 which
brought him here. He wore the
green field uniform of the Ar
gentine army, with a red and
white generals cap.
Despite tanks and guards, the
crowd surged toward the plane.
It was halted for q moment as
q band played the national an
them, then pushed on again.
Almost Carried By Crowd
A motorcycle escort helped
the provisional president reach
the airport building. about 100
feet from the plane. but he
appeared to be more carried by
Evening star., 1955-09-23

the crowd than walking. Wom-
en- waved white handkerchief
in a traditional gesture Of well
come and the crowd shouted:
"Viva Lonardi."
Greeting him were Rear Ad-
miral Isaac Rojas, who led the
Argentine Navy to victory in the
rebellion, and Gen. Leonide:
Forcher. who led the delegation
Of Loyalists which negotiated
peace terms with the rebels.
After a 25-minute delay be-
cause Of the crush, Gen. Lonar-
dis escort finally got him started
on the smile trip to the center
of the city. He rode in a late
model black Cadillac sedan with
the Argentine state seal embla-
zoned on the door in gold.
Crowds along the route held
up signs. including some saying
Nov! La Plata" That is the
town which had its name
changed to Eva Peron. for the
deposed Presidents late wife, and
now has been changed back
again.
California Oil Hit
Another sign read: "YPF yes,
California no." YPF is the Ar
gentine government oil company.
The signs were intended as
criticism Of a contract Gen.
Peron signed with Standard OH
of California to prospect for oil
in Argentina. Nationalists had
criticized the contract and 1t
had not been ratified.
Gen. Lonardi reached the pink
government building Is minutes
after leaving the airport.
All during the days of the re-
volt, which began a week ago,
Buenos Aires had been afflicted
with the worst weather it has
had IN months--hard rain and
hail. But today-the third day
OF spring--was bright. sunny and
chilly.
Uruguay yesterday became the
first nation to recognize the new
H0vnrnnaar1f Il fnfaieyr, ,,.i,,i,f,.x,
Evening star., 1955-09-23
Death Favored
IN Dope Racket
DunieI Offers Plan
To Punish Peddlers
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG

Chairman Daniel Of the SEN
ate Narcotics subcommittee to-
day came out for the death
penalty for narcotics smugglers
and non-addict peddlers after
former boxing champion Barney
Ross testified 'they ought to be
hung"
Mr.. Ross. lightweight and
welterweight champion between
1883 and 1888 and an addict
himself for five wears before
l947. was the first witness as
the subcommittee resumed hear
ings here. He had made an un-
scheduled appearance when the
subcommittee was in New York
earlier this week to contradict
a prison warden who said nc
addict was ever cured.
Cites Own Experience
Out OF his own experiences,
Mr.. Ross gave the committee q
group of recommendations
among them the death penalty
for narcotics smugglers and
peddlers who are not addicts
themselves.
1--WE made up my mind on
that" Senator Daniel said. "As
far as smugglers and certain
peddlers are concerned. the
maximum sentence ought to be
death"
At present, the maximum
penalty for smuggling is five
years. Under the Boggs Act
the sentences for peddlers range
from two years for the FIRST Of
Continued on Page AS, Col. !
Evening star., 1955-09-23
Boat BIust Kills Eight

RANGOON. Burma, Sept. %
IR.-A crowded river boat ex-
Iploded and san kin flames near
|Bassein. 80 miles from Rangoon,
today. At least eight people were
killed and IS others seriously
injured.
Evening star., 1955-09-23
Inspections Tied
70 DisarInino
Plans Are Reported
Linked BY BuIoonin

FRASER, Colo. Sept. % fF),
Soviet Premier Bulganin is re-
lported to have told President
Eisenhower that II the Eisen-
hover plan for mutual aerial in
lspection and exchange of mill
ltary blueprints Is to be adopted
1T must be as part of q general
disarmament plan.
The eist OF Premier Bulgarlin's
personal message to MFR. Eisen-
hover came out last night and
preparations were under way
today to make public the text
from the Presidents vacation
headquarters.
1t was learned in Washington
that Mr.. Bulganin also told Mr..
Eisenhower the proposed dis
armament program should pro-
vide for prompt remuneration
and abolition Of all atomic
weapons.
A third chief point understood
ito have been made by Mr.. Bull
Iganin was that the program
should apply to all military bases
'of both Russia and the United
States, including those on for
Ieign soil.
Early Release Due
In advance Of Mr.. Eisenhower's
scheduled departure from Fraser
for the Denver White House,
aides said the Kremlin leaders
note might be released for publi-
cation by the days end--or 1t
might be held up until tomorrow.
The timing depended on when
the President gets a go-allead
from Soviet Foreign Minister v.
EM. Molotov. who is in New York
Tor the United Nations General
Assembly meeting.
Meanwhile, the Chief Execu-
tive was drafting a reply to Mr..
Bulganin. 1t will be made pub
Ilic. an associate said. "as soon as
Lit can be made ready" but prob
ably not before next week.
At Mr.. Eisenhower's Rocky
Mountain fishing camp near
here, Murray Snyder, assistant
White House press secretary.
still declined any direct comment
on the content Of the Bulganin
seelEISENHoWER, Page A-4
Evening star., 1955-09-23
MonfgonlerY's
Planners Map
Road System
Eight New DuoI-Lone
Highways Proposed
To Link Rural Areas
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

by CHARLES Il. HOFFMAN
A preliminary master plan Of
highways for rural Montgomery
County providing for eight ma
| jor new dual-lane arterial high
ways has been prepared by the
Upper Montgomery County
Planning Commission, The Star
learned today.
The plan now under study by
the commission and other
county officials also would pro-
vide for circumferential routes
around Gaithersburg and Rock
vile and q major bypass Of the
Damascus business center.
The highway plan, described
as being in its very tentative
stages" has been kept under
close wraps by the planning
commission.
8 Dual-lane Highways
Besides calling for the eight
new dual-lane highways. the
plan also would establish por-
|tions Of at least IL other State
highways and five county roads
as single lane arterial routes.
Once the road reclassification
study is completed. the county
will seek TO obtain dedications or
reservations of rights-of-way for
roads from subdividers seeking
approval of their subdivision
plans.
The plan calls classifications Of
roads as dual lane arterials. 150-
foot right-of-way: four-lane ar
terials tundivided) and single
lane arterials Zone lane each di-
rection), S0-foot rights-of-way::
primary residential. 70-foot right
of-way: secondary residential. So
foot right-of-way. and rural
roads. 60-foot right-of-way.
Intersect Major Routes
A major proposal Of the ten
|tative master plan is the estab-
|lishment of dual-lane. cross
country arterial route extending
from River road on the west via
|P'ney Meeting House road.
Shady Grove road, Muncaster
road and Brookeville road to
Route 81 Georgia ayenue ex-
tended at Norbeck.
The cross-county road would
intersect all major radial routes
out of Washington including
Md. 81. u. S. Route $40, the new
National pike and River road.
It you'd also hit River road
near the proposed Potomac River
Bridge site and would serve an
area tthe seven election dis
tricts north of the route) that
is expected to increase by 8.400
families between 1850 and 1880.
the planning commission said.
New Dual Road
The master plan also envi-
sions River road from the Dis
trict line west to Whites Ferry
on the Potomac as a dual-lane
arterial serving an area expected
to increase over the 30-year
period by 400 per cent or 10000
families.
Moving away from the river
the next dual-lane arterial
planned would be Route % from
the Frederick County line to
Rockville and from Rockville
eastward to Route 81 at Norbeck.
The planning commission said
it expects the western section
to increase in population by only
about 1,500 families but q much
heavier growth is seen in the
area Just west of Rockville to
Route 81. The eastern section
already serves an area which
has public water lines.
Studies of possible bypass
roads around Dickerson, Bealls-
vile and Darnestown are sug-
gested by the commission. It
Continued on Page BIS, Col. !