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Evening star., 1955-03-03
lnfegrdfionPl Plan
Faces No Legal
Bar, West Says
City Heuds OK Stond
On Reorganization
Proposed by Corning

wi POl db1On SOhAloCA WC4l1Ou =.
West today told the Commission
ers he sees no legal barrier to
immediate adoption of Supt.
Hobart M. Corning's school ad-
ministrative integration plan.
ANY plan for reorganization
would be valid If 1t did not con-
travene some express provision
of valid law and If appropria-
tions to carry out such a plan
were available" Mr.. West
declared.
Mr.. Vests stand. which was
promptly approved by the city
heads, followed a question from
the Federation of Citizens As
sociations on the legality of the
Corning plan. The federation
query, presented to the Board of
Education on February 20, was
relayed to Mr.. West by c. Melvin
Sharpe, board president.
Plans Approval Expected.
The Corning plan is scheduled
for School Board consideration
at a special meeting at Q pm.
tomorrow. It Is expected to be
approved.
The corporation counsels new
ruling took the same line as one
last year. After the Supreme
CEurt's May II anti-Segregation
de lision. Mr.. West ruled that all
Lays requiring separate white
AID colored schools here were
nullified by the high courts ac-
tion and that integration could
therefore proceed Immediately.
In today's ruling. Mr.. West
cited more recent action by Fed
eral Court here as bolstering his
position. Last September, Judge
Henry A. Schweinhaut in the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia refused to halt
District school segregation, as
serting the Supreme Court de-
cision had thrown desegregation
entirely into the hands of the
Board Of Education.
The federation also brought
the court suit on which Judge
Schweinhaut ruled.
Does Not Indorse Proposal.
Mr.. West, while in effect giving
a green light to school reorgan-
ization. did not indorse DR.. Corn
ings' specific plan. This, he
pointed out. he has not seen.
The District legal officer also
said he feels Congress should
change certain legal provisions
regarding the school system, even
though this need not be done to
clear the way for reorganization
legally.
These changes are desirable,
Mr.. West said, "in order to have
a clear legislative record as to
how the administrative problem
created by the invalidation of
laws providing for a segregated
system is to be handled"
The changes. already submit
ted to Congress by the Commits
sioners, include providing for one
instead of two boards of exam
liners for teacher applicants. one
chief examiner and one assistant
chief instead of dual chiefs, and
two deputy superintendents in
stead Of white and Negro first
assistant superintendents.
Boards Already Merged.
The school system already has
merged the two examing boards.
DR.. Corning, in the plan coming
up tomorrow, has also proposed
retitling the two first assistant
superintendents as deputies.
An aide to the Senate District
Committee said today the re-
Quested legislative changes were
among 80 or 35 District bills
awaiting action and that he
didn't know how soon they might
be introduced.
The citizens federation is
among four civic groups that
have asked to have speakers ap-
pear at tomorrow's school board
meeting.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Novelist Wescott TO Tulk

Novelist Glenway Wescott will
lecture. on "The Disturbance
About the Novel" at the audi
torium of the Corcoran Art Gal
lery, Seventeenth street and New
York avenue NV, at $40 pm.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
Eustern Shore Society

The Eastern Shore Society Of
Washington will meet at $3.50
pm. Saturday at the Club
Studio Of the Fairfax Hotel,
2l00 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
G. of G. Dinner

c. of c. Dinner
The Falls Church Junior
Chamber of Commerce will hold
a dinner meeting at 6:15 pm.
Monday in the Seven Corners
Howard johnson Restaurant.
Evening star., 1955-03-03
A Reader Asks
n NGUUGI ASKS
What Can a Woman Do
To Protect Herself?
Editor, The Star:

I would greatly appreciate
your discussing a subject with
your woman readers sometime
in the near future.
I should think that many
women. who must at sometime
or other be on the streets Of
Washington at night and
alone, would welcome some
words of advice from you.
How can we protect our
selves against attack? Is there
some weapon we may legiti-
mately carry? My mother
says a police whistle, and she
got one for me. May we carry
a commando knife that snaps
open? What does the Police
Department say?
Thank you. We respect your
word.
(Signed) READER.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-10-08
Hey West, Florida
Center of the Florida Keys"

difficult to remember they occur
red over ten years ago. One is
able to see that Mr.. Simonhoff is
not simply writer, or a reporter
of current events, but keen OBJ
server, analyser, and a world
traveller. When he visits foreign
country, he begins first by ac-
quainting his reader with the peo-
pie and their culture. He relates
their history and he analyses
their writer's, statesmen, painters
and politicians. But of prime i'm
portance to him are the Jews, and
their relation to their adopted
country and the particular cir
cumStanceS that exist there. He
speculates on the history of Jew
ish life in each locale and Won
ders if they (the jews have been
treated as human beings in the
past or have been prosecuted as
is so often the case.
Mr.. Simonhoff. judges Ia n d
rightfullY SOY country by its
justice and humanitarianism; by
its treatment of its Jewish in
habitants because Mr.. Simonhoff
is a Jew. and not just in name.
but in his heart also. He is an
authority on Jewish history. past
and present. and on Jewish OUT
standing personalities. those great
men who beam like glittering
stars throughout the centuries. He
knows of their birthplaces and
work places. the impressions they
cemeted into those around them.
When he enters a city his first
thoughts are about the Jewish in
habitants. Often he goes TO great
lengths to find a single Jewish
scul-such as the widow in the
Arctic Circle. And there is that
one magnificent time in France
that Mr.. Simonhoff discovered.
Continued on Page l3l
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-10-08

Harry Simonhofs Book Under Strange Skies
BY Joseph Sokol of Charleston. S. c.
Especially written for The Southern Jewish Weekly
finished reading very interesting book entitled
by Harry Smonhoff. brutalY realistic
book though reader interest and sometime
almost unbelievable content reads like good novel, Its time
encompasses part World War and if
with that time he will probably
Der mo the mentioned in this book.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-10-08

But how differ entity they are
remembered reading about them
now in Mr.. Simonhoff's own
style! They are presented so
wildly and are so alive that it is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Serious D. {. Crime
Drops 6.7% From
February, 1854

Serious crime dropped 81 per
cent in the District during Feb
ruary, as compared with the
same month a year ago, Police
Chief Robert v. Murray has re-
ported to Commissioner Samuel
Spencer.
Part / offenses, which include
homicides, assaults and thefts,
dropped from 1881 cases last
year to 1922 in 1855, the report
showed, for a decrease of 100.
Part 2 offenses, which include
all other types of crime, also
showed a reduction. with a drop
from 1,341 to 903 cases-a diff
ference of 438 cases, or 1927 per
cent.
OF the 1922 Part I offenses
500 were cleared by arrest. 60
by other means and 891 were still
unsolved at the end of the
month.
Three murder cases and three
negligent homicide cases were
cleared by arrest, as were nine
rape cases and two cases of at.
tempted rape.
There were SO cases of rob.
berry, with arrests in 80 cases
Six were cleared up by othel
means and SO cases were left.
The report listed 292 agra
waited assaults, with 208 cleared
by arrest, IL by other means anc
u left unsolved.
Under Part 2 offenseS, IL othel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Third Housing Code
SentD. Heads With
Retroactive Feature

The Districts second major
effort TO adopt a housing code
for the Nations Capital was sent
to the Commissioners today.
The 5,000-word draft approved
yesterday by the Housing Code
Drafting Committee was the
third in less than a year.
It would establish a COM
pletely retroactive" set Of
standards which would apply to
all housing in the District, re-
gardless Of when it was built.
Like the previous effort. Com
missioner Samuel Spencer said.
1t will be submitted to the
Housing Code Review Committee
of more than 40 citizens, headed
by Charles B. Dulcan, ST.
Whether the final product will
come to a public hearing, as the
first effort did last December. Is
still up in the air. Mr.. Spencer
indicated. He said he hopes this
will be unnecessary, but will be
guided by the public's reaction
to the new draft.
Extensive Revision.
The first draft was prepared
last June by the drafting COM
mittee, headed by William H.
Cary, jr., of the District Health
Department. This was revised
extensively by the review COM
mittee in November.
At the December hearing 1t
was roundly criticized by public
health officials among the orig
inal drafters as too lenient.
Some building trade officials and
property owners, however, called
1t too restrictive. Then the Com
missioners ordered the present
redrafting.
The new draft would be en-
forced by the superintendent of
the Districts new housing divi-
sion, in the recently organized
Department of Licenses and In
spections. His decisions could
be appealed to the depart
mental director and then to a
proposed Board of Appeals and
Review, which would hear all
cases arising in the department..
Authority for Variances.
Both the director of licenses
and inspections and the review
board would be authorized to
grant variances from the letter
of the code where the literal
application of any of the pro-
visions of the Housing Code
would result in exceptional or un-
due hardship on the owner or
licensee of any premises by rea-
son of excessive physical diff
Guilty or impracticability of
bringing such premises into full
compliance :"
Record of any such hearings
would be public.
The new draft abandons any
effort to take account of tene-
ments in Washington under that
name. 1t concerns itself with
dwellings" (homes). "two-fam-
lily dwellings," multiple dwell
ings," dwelling units" (apart-
ments) and "rooming units"
The new draft would prohibit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

any sharing of kitchens, but
would allow sharing of bath
rooms by four to six persons. 1t
would force installation of facil-
tiles to meet these standards.
Babies younger than one year
are not regarded as persons.
Cooking, or the preparation
and eating of meals" would not
be allowed regularly in rooming
units, but only in dwelling
units" in which kitchen sinks
are required.
Allows Interior Kitchens.
Interior kitchens are per-
mitted but may not be counted
in calculating the "habitable
area" of the dwelling unit.
This area requires 1870 square
feet of space for the first oc-
cupant. 80 square feet for each
of the next six and IS square feet
for each additional. Occupancy
would be limited by these stand
ards.
Lighting requirements specify
that windows, doors or transoms
facing directly outside except
through porches, equal 10 per
cent of the floor area of each
habitable room; openings for
natural ventilation must equal
per cent of the floor area, or
per cent if mechanical ventila-
ton is provided.
Rooms would have to be
feet high, with at least feet
8 inches clear headroom under
beams, pipes and ducts.
Rental habitations are re-
quired to be 'in a reasonably
clean, safe and sanitary condi-
ton, or repair, and free from
rodents or vermin."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09


in an effort to reach q settle
ment. The agreement was
reached in a day-long series Of
meetings in the PR Offices here.
The dispute centered around
a union claim that the company
had furloughed many workers
needlessly. One section Of the
agreement. which the union
called "a major concession" was
the company's move to reinstate
90 maintenance workers fur
Laughed from its repair shops at
Conway, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
Accord Averts WaIkouf On Pennsylvania Railroad

night in q dispute which had
threatened a strike of 10000
maintenance workers on the Ma
tons largest railroad.
A TWU spokesman called it "a
terrific agreement" He said the
union will strive for similar pacts
with other railroads.
The strike by the non-operat-
ing workers had been called for
last Sunday and then postponed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09

major assaults were listed and
all were reported cleared by ar
rest. Misdemeanor assaults
numbered 101 cases. with 40
cleared by arrest, "a by other
means and 80 were left unsolved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-09
By the Assoeiatsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. e.
The Pennsylvania Railroad and
the CLIO Transport Workers
Union reached a settlement last
Evening star., 1955-01-23
Phone Girls Get
Cat of Grill, But
He Finds Another

Two telephone operators from
the District Medical Bureau.
used to emergencies of every
conceivable kind. yesterday were
responsible for the rescue of a
cat unfamiliar with late-model
automobiles.
The two, Mary McCambridge
and Sarah Marker. were walking
back from lunch to the Medical
Society at l7l8 M street NV.
when they heard sad cry. In
specting, they found a black and
white cat In the grill Of a parked
car.
Even with milk offered. the
cat remained in the same spot.
The car owner finally opened
the hood and the cat jumped out.
At that point. according to
the operators. the cat raced to
the car parked just ahead and
wormed into exactly the same
spot.
Police pried open the window
of the second car, opened the
hood and rescued the cat.
The cat then was taken to the
Medical Bureau where it spent
the afternoon with the oper-
atorS,
Evening star., 1955-01-23
Lonoer RuffIes Small State st0tesmen

himself. Senator Langer only
got deeper In.
Cites Conferedate OfEicial.
Said Senator Holland: Let
me say that at least one cabinet
member was appointed from
Florida, a cabinet member who
still is very much loved in the
South. I refer to the Honorable
Stephen r. Mallery. formerly a
member of the Senate and later
Secretary of the Navy-of the
Confederate States Of America. "
Senator Langer gave up.
His only recruit, Senator
Welker, aired his grievances
against the Eastern seaboard
and the larger states. which "do
not have a monopoly on bril-
lance or political ability. be-
cause after ell. educated men
read out Of the same books
whether they live in Connecticut.
Massachusetts,, New York, Idaho.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

Of the Washington Gas Light
Co.: Ned Brooks Of Meet the
Press; E. B. Burling. jr., attor-
ney; Representative Chatham.
Democrat of North Carolina;
Richard p. Dunn" president of
Julius Garfinckel g. Co.: william
J. Flather, jr.; F. G. Gurley of
Chicago, president Of the Atche-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
road; Col. George S. Howard.
chief Of bands and music of the
United States Air Force; Secre-
tary of Treasury Humphrey:
Senate Majority Leader johnson
of Texas: John H. Kaufman,
assistant advertising manager of
The Star.
Also, Chief Judge Bolitha j.
Laws Of the United States Dis
trict Court for the District of
Columbia; DR.. John H. Lyons:
James B. Morrison. president Of
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
Evening star., 1955-01-23

wyoming. Arizona. Florida of
any other State
What the diplomatic sservice
needs is q little western blood
according to the Idaho legislator
Unhappily. however. Senator
Welker foundered on. the rocEE
bound coast Of Maine, Senator
Smith. representing that State.
rather acidly inquired If the
Senator from Idaho considered
her State an East Coast State.
In regard to appointments she
said, Maine is in precisely the
same position as Idaho.
The gentleman from North
Dakota and Idaho. having failed
in geography. history and
regional reverence, then both
retreated and the appointments
were confirmed. And the next
time anybody calls a State Q
small State. he better smile
when he says it.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

club also elected these other
officers:
Eliot Wadsworth, former
Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury, first vice president: Mr..
Thorpe, second vice president;
Admiral William B. Young, Sec
retary; DR.. Thomas w. McKnew
Of the National Geographic Mag
azine, treasurer; James E. Col
lifiower. sergeant-at-arms, and
Bernard T. Fitzgerald, water boy.
Mr.. Brahany was nominated
by Gilbert G. LaGorce and was
escorted to head table by three
former presidents. B. M. Nickel
way, Robert v. Fleming and Cor
coran Thorn, ST.
In an acceptance speech he
discussed the virtues Of alfalfa.
such as nutrition, high choloro-
phyl content and its ability to
send roots farther for moisture
than practically any other living
thing. He said the policies Of his
administration would be outlined
for the members at the end Of
his term rather than the be-
ginning.
"Then I can speak effectively"
he explained. "Then I can point
with pride without having you
view with alarm. Tonight. all I
promise is an administration
worthy of your most intelligent
suspicious"
After Mr.. Thorpe had spoken,
President Brahany introduced DR..
George Gallup, the poll taker. In
a discussion of the candidates
prospects of victory he carefully
avoided saying yes or no.
The club inducted % members
last night, requiring each to
answer a tough question about
alfalfa. as propounded by Ad-
miral Young. The new members
are:
Everett j. Boothby, president
Evening star., 1955-01-23

phone Companies; George A
Myers; Mai. Gen. Louis w. Prem
tisS, commanding general Of Fort
Belvoir; Admiral Arthur w. Rad
ford, chairman OF the Joint
Chiefs of Staff: General Lemuel
c. Shepherd. jr.. Commandant
of the Marine Corps; Joseph P
Tumulty, jr.: Gen. Nathan F
Twining. chief of staff of the
United States Air Force; Chief
Justice Warren. and Lyle c. VIII
son, vice president of the United
Press and chief of its Washing
ton Bureau.
Air Force Band Plays.
The Air Force Band. its bag
pipers and its singing violins,
all under the direction of Col.
Howard, furnished music for the
occasion. William F. Raymond
sang MY Own United States. -
and Alfalfa's own close harmony
quartet also sang traditional Al
falfa songs.
Broadcast Music. Inc. ar
ranged the professional enter
tainment which included "The
New Workers, Miss Gladys
Swarthout and Isaac Stern, the
violinist.
Dwight E. Rorer led members
and guests in singing the song
Alfalfans have sung for AZ years:
Come to the Land Of Alfalfa,
Come where the clocks never
chime,
Come where i'll humor is only a
rumor
And sadness is labeled a
crime.
Come where the nights are all
gladneSS
And sorrows and care are
taboo.
Come to the land of Alfalfa;
Good fellows are waiting for
YOU"
Evening star., 1955-01-23
BY Mary McGrory

Senator Langelss small drive to
form a small States rights group
has run into q small snag. The
only other Senator who admits
there is any such thing as q
small State is Senator Welker OF
Idaho.
It happened during the con-
firmation debate over the noni-
nation of ex-senator Hendrick-
son of New Jersey as Ambassa-
dor to New Zealand and ex-Gov-
ernor Lodge Of Connecticut as
Ambassador to Spain. Senator
Langer, who is usually the Re-
publicans' lonest ranger, tried to
organize q posse. He wanted to
ride after those Fasteners, who
are always rustling the aInbas-
sadorships, Supreme Court ap-
pointments and cabinet jobs.
He had nothing against either
of the gentlemen under consid-
Grafton, Senator Langer said
Friday--nothing. that is, except
that neither OF them is from
Idaho. Since he himself is from
North Dakota, this might seem
an intolerant point Of view. But
Senator Langer, 1t appears. was
looking at the larger picture OF
eternal Eastern Seaboard raids
on Executive Department plums.
Us little States never get any
thing, he said. Nevada, Montana,
Florida, Arizona, South Dakota.
Idaho and others were always
being passed over. Were they
going to take it lying down?
Holland Springs Up.
They certainly were not. Sem
ator Holland of Florida sprang
to his feet. Small State. indeed!
He would thank Senator LANCER
to remember that Florida is now
18th among the States in pop
ulation. Senator Goldwater OF
Arizona also entered objection.
Why, Arizona is the fifth largest
in the Nation.
Besides, said Senator Holland,
Florida Is not complaining. She's
had plenty of recognition. and
could get plenty more, If only
her citizens could be lured away
from her salubrious climate.
Arizona is not complaining
either. said Senator Goldwater.
She has sent emissaries to Siam
(W. P. Hunt) and Great Britain
Lewis Douglass.
That could well be. said SEN
ator LANCER. But had either
State ever had a cabinet mem-
ber or Supreme Court justice?
In attempting to extricate
Evening star., 1955-01-23
Eisenhower Tells Group
|0f Foreign Trade Plans
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

President Eisenhower yester-
day discussed with delegation
from the Committee on Foreign
Trade Education ways to stimu-
late public interest in his pro-
gram to increase foreign trade
through lowering of tariff BAR
riers.
B. A. Rittersporn, jr., of New
York, said the group, a national
bipartisan organization of young
people indorsing the Presidents
program, sought and received
Mr.. Eisenhower's advice on what
they can do to mobilize support
for it.
He said the President told
them to step up the use of speak
ers before various organizations
and try to get more Of their
members on television forum dis
cussions.
HE sees the need Of intensive
public support for this program
as part of our foreign policy
Mr.. Rittersporn told reporters. Z
Evening star., 1955-01-23

take placeMrs. Thomas r. Holz.
with Jane Pickens. singing star,
and Gene Lockart, the actor
heading the entertainment.
In addition to Mr.. and Mrs.
Nixon, others who will attend In
clude Admiral Arthur w. Rad
ford. chief Of the Joint Chiefs OF
STAFF, and Mrs. Radford; Sen
ator Martin, Republican, OF
Iowa, and Mrs. Martin, and Gov.
G. Mennen Williams, of Michi-
gan.
Conference speakers will in
clude Senator Martin: Gov. Will
liams: Maj. Gen. Charles w
Christenberry. New York, presi-
dent of the American-Ko
Foundation: Mrs. Marguerite
Clark, New York. medical editor
Newsweek Magazine: DR.. William
Cooper, New York, director Of the
cerebral palsy department, Hos
pital for Special Surgery, and
James A. Parke. Washington
chef of the Voluntary Services
Division, Veterans Administra-
ton.
Mrs. Thomas F. Holz Of Phila-
delphia, national president of the
Ladies Auxiliary, will preside
over the dinner. and also over
the all-day conference.
Mrs. william Tanner OF
Jefferson City. Mo-. and Mrs
Alex Miller, Des Moines, Iowa
are co-chairnen of conference
arrangements. Mrs. E, Margaret
Kaye, Silver Spring. Md, District
Department president, will at
tend the conference.