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Evening star., 1955-06-14
Papers Signed
For Big Project
in InFoggyBotfon'
Developers to Build
Potomac PIuzo' on
Old Gas Plant Site

Plans for changing part OF
WaShington's skyline with the
development of the old Foggy
Bottom area into a multimillion-
dollar business and apartment
center were released this morn
ling.
The development, to cost ur
to a possible 500 million, is to
be erected on a 10-acre tract
which for many years was the
site of one Of the Washington
Gas Light Co.'S manufacturing
and storage plants.
Plans call for the immediate
construction of an apartment
building including 274 efficien-
cies and three-bedroom pent-
houses, a cooperative medical
building with space for 200 ply
sicianS and dentists and a general
office building, all to cost $14
million. The buildings will be air
conditioned and will include un-
derground parking facilities.
Eventually nine more build
ings, including a hotel overlook
ing the Potomac River, are to be
added.
Contracts Signed
The announcement came at a
lpreSs conference after contracts
were signed between the gas
company and representatives of
THE American Securities Corp. of
New York and a group headed
by John w. Harris of Hegeman-
Harris Co. and the Edmund j.
Flynn Co. of Washington.
The land, the largest tract of
Iundeveloped land in downtown
Washington, is bounded by
Twenty-fourth street, G and H
streets. New Hampshire and Vir-
ginia avenues and the Rock
Greek and Potomac parkway.
The developers said they plan
to ask District authorities for
permission to close certain streets
within the development site to
ireplan part of the area.
Edmund j. Flynn, who's COM
pany has been named selling
agent for the first three build
ings, said that will be sold under
plans employed in more than 40
local buildings over the past IS
years including the Broadmoor,
Hampshire Gardens and the On
tario Apartments
Many Subscribed
He declared that many offices
and apartments already have
been subscribed for and that a
number of organizations are TAX
ing steps to acquire parts OF the
special purpose buildings in the
center. Among them, he added,
are technical and professional
societies, privately endowed
foundations, large corporations
and government agencies.
The American Securities
Corp. has underwritten the pur-
chase of the land and will put
Continued on Page Ais, Col. 4
Evening star., 1955-06-14
STAR WANT ADS
UNBEATABLE

Mrs. N. S. +. certainly met with no
cool response when she used The Stor
Classified to sell her refrigerator. She
not only found o buyer the first doy
her od appeared. but wos still reeeiy-
ing coils from Stor reader prospects
five days later! As Mrs. N. S. r.
hoppiy proclaimed, "You cont beat
The Stor classified advertising"
Like Mrs. N. S. E., IL you hove
something to sell, and wont quick,
positive results, tell it to the mony
people who shop The Stor Classified
every doy.
Phone Sterling 5000 and ask for
on od-taker.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Bohlen Reaches U.S..
After Hop From Russiu

NEW YORK. June IA R.-
Charles E. Bohlen. United States
Ambassador to Russia. arrived
at Idlewild Airport today en-
route to Washington.
He declined to answer report
ers' questions beyond saying he
would have consultations with
government officials and later In
the week would 60 to San Fran
cisco with Secretary of State
Dulles for the 10th anniversary
session of the United Nations.
Evening star., 1955-06-14

Chairman johnston that ne was
ready to testify Immediately in
reply to the Clarke charges.
But the South Carolina Demo-
crat sternly raped the desk and
said:
"Well hear you Friday"
Clarke Worked for NLRB
Senator Carlson, Republican
of Kansas, brought out that Mr.
Clarke came to the Sma,; Bust
ness Administration from tht
National Labor Relations Board
where he started out in 1858 al
a GS-3 clerk-typiSt. He alst
elected that the witness wa
not carried officially as a secur'
ity officer for SBA as he has as
serted ne was, but that he wa!
suspended as an investigator.
after hearing several of you
letters read into the record, writ.
ten when you had been there
(SBA) two months. it seems tt
me you were giving important
instructions to administrator
officials" Senator Carlson said
you not only took hold of the
agency, but were telling them
how to run it-now maybe III,
lin error"
Mr.. Clarke assured the Sena-
tor that he was.
In his prepared statement Mr.
Clarke made these additional
charges against Mr.. McDavitt;
That he utilized information
from full field Investigations un-
der the security program to dis
miss personnel under Civil Serv-
ice procedure; refused to accept
recommendations of clearance
on persons who were, and are,
entitled to clearance; refused to
bring security charges against
status employees or veterans;
forced undated designations to
be sent to him to be used when
he decided to make them effec-
tive, and declared all positions
in the SBA sensitive in order
to satisfy his phobia for col
lecting full field investigations.
A Morale Problem
He said Mr.. McDavitt had cre-
ated IAN unbearable morale prob.
lem" in his Office and had en-
.couraged personnel conflicts ir
order to gather derogatory in
formation on employees.
A case of wire-tapping was
limited at in the questioning ot
the witness by Senator Carlson
He asked Mr.. Clarke whether he
told Mr.. McDavitt that theil
telephone conversation on June
2 was going to be recorded. The
call was made from the Senate
subcommittee office.
mo, I did not" the witness
said.
Senator Carlson asked whether
the conversation was recorded.
II had a transcript of what
went on" Mr.. Clarke said.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Fall |ntegration
Plan Retained

The Montgomery County
Board of Education today re-
fused to call a halt to its sched-
Iule of integrating white and
Negro children in public schools.
It voted 6 to l against a reso-
tuition by board member Harri-
son C. King which would have
called a halt to all moves made
to date toward abandoning seq
regation.
Ten days ago, the school ad-
Iministration announced elemen-
Itary schools near Washington
would be integrated this fall and
that Negro high school students
would be given a choice of the
school they wished to attend.
Turns to Reprimand
The board then turned its
attention to another resolution
by Chairman willard c. McGraw
which, in effect. contains a mild
|reprimand to Supt. Forbes H.
Norris for taking the steps to-
ward integration without con-
|sulting the board. Action was
Expected later today.
The measure would place the
board on record as ratifying DR..
Norris previous steps but at the
same time would make 1t clear
that future policies in this field
would be made by the board
alone.
Board Embarrassed
Mr.. McGraw said DR.. Norris
administrative decisions on in
tegration had placed the board
in an "untenable position"
1--WE must know of develop
ments before steps are taken,"
Mr.. McGraw said.
Another member, Lathrop
Smith, conceded the situation is
embarrassing" but urged in
stead adoption of a comprehen-
sive integration plan detailing a
timetable for all county schools.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

A suspended Small Business
Administration investigator to-
day accused his superior of pho
tostating confidential FBI re-
ports and of falsifying informa-
ton sent to the Civil Service
Commission on the operation of
the employees security program.
Testifying before a Senate
Civil Service subcommittee, Clar-
ence E. Clarke charged that
George v. McDavitt, director Of
the Office of Compliance and
Security, used methods "as COM
munistic as those used by the
Russian government"
He said that Mr.. McDavitt
held that any derogatory infor-
nation was sufficient to dismiss
an employe and asserted that
Mr.. McDavitt's secretary, Marie
Ward, handed him a list Of four
names and told him:
For Gods sake flnd some
thing derogatory on these, Nc
Davitt is hot to fire them"
Reviewed Files
The 28-year-old native of
Portland, Me-, said he reviewed
the files and could not find any,
thing derogatory and reported
that to Mr.. MeDavitt. Nothing
further was said about the
cases, he added.
After the subcommittee ad-
journed, Wendell B. Barnes,
head of the Small Business Ad-
ministration, told reporters that
Mr.. Clarke was in effect IAN
apprentice, who to me doesn't
understand the security pro-
gram nor the regulations under
which it operates"
Referring to Mr.. Clarke'S
blanket and unsupported
Mr.. Barnes noted that
the suspended employe was a
Grade Z and that he had been
working in the security Office of
SBA only since February /.
He said he had looked into
some Of Mr.. Clarke's charges and
found no merit in them. But he
added that II am ready to cor
rect any deficiencies" which may
be found in the security pro-
gram.
AS the committee was adjourn
ing Mr.. Barnes rose to tell
Evening star., 1955-06-14
HELPFUL HINTS
ON STRAWBERRIES

BERRY HlNTs-vioIet FouIkner,
The Stor's food editor, hos some help
ful suggestions for housewives who
wont to toke advantage Of strow-
berry seoson. Poee BIZ.
MOTHERS WEEK-lfs O week off
for mothers and srondmothers ot-
tending the University Of Movland's
RuroI Women's Short Course. Pose
R-l.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Quake Hits Coast Town

Ell CENTRO. Calf, June IA
IR.-An earthquake shook this
Southern California community
Iof 10000 briefly early today. 1t
woke up many residents at 12:46
am. (PDT) and ratified windows.
There was no report of damage.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
Coffee Tops in Jupun
Wen hear you Friday"
Clarke Worked for NLRB

TOKYO, June IA (P.-Japan
the land Of the tea ceremony,
Learned today it uses more cof-
fee than tea. Kyodo News Serv-
ice said the nation uses 4 million
pounds Of coffee a year and 3.5
million pounds of tea.
Evening star., 1955-06-14
BULLETINS
Milk Heorinq Asked

'ssN 'Ss"sS HSNS0
RICHMOND (P.-A public
hearing ''in the immediate fu-
ture" to set new milk price
levels in the ArlingtOn-Alex-
andria area was requested Of
the State Milk Commission to-
day by Safeway Stores, Inc.
British Rail Strike Ends
LONDON R.-',ritain's H.
day-old railway strike ended
today.
(Story on Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1955-06-14

questions Of the witnesses. but
also clashed over the scope OF
the hearing. Several Republi-
!. Continued ON Page AS, Col. G
Evening star., 1955-06-14
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Evening star., 1955-06-14
.DictotorioI Firings Laid
To SBA Security Chief
Suspended Investigator Makes Charges,
Denied by Agency Heed, at Senate Quiz

| Chairman Johnston that he was
ready to testify Immediately in
reply to the Clarke charges.
But the South Carolina Demo-
crat sternly raped the desk and
said:
Evening star., 1955-06-14
WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy and cool tonight and tomorrow
with some showers tonight. Full report
plus resort forecast on Page A-2)
Temperatures Today
The echo., 1955-12-01

farv? Tfrot. rl97se IL 50 nowf
G. D. Cotton. General President
r. v. Pare Viro- President
M. !. Ia1ir Sau7Isr0
The echo., 1955-12-01

before me this % day Of September, 1855.
James A uns
(lIy commission expires Oct. 16, 1858
The echo., 1955-12-01
Lawrence News

--r See .tarv:
7 haze received your letter and
req. proud to hear from you.
-II 90 rly best to get some mem
r7 r. TIE time you say. I am an
&c B. A. Member and I know what
he H. 2. A. is doing.
Mrs. Viola Grisson, No. 3O3
The echo., 1955-12-01
Lodge NO. 70

Dear Miss Larkin:
In regards to your letter request
ing that l add one member on the
membership Campaign ending the
convention, 1856. I will Go M bcs.
% get one or more members r. then
VITA Gods help.
Mrs. Ethel Gilmore
Vossburg, Miss.
The echo., 1955-12-01
| Dear Miss Larkin:

Dear Miss Larkin:
This comes to inform you that
lodge No. 19 lost one Of It's m~r'b rs
in person CT Sister Celia Cullins.
She departed this life Frida" E1o1-
ing, November 10, 1865. She WIS
buried on Tuesday, November p,
1855.
Mr. l. H. Mccall president
Mrs Clarice Spears, Secra-
tary
The echo., 1955-12-01
About Folk We Know

Mr.. J 9. Coleman president of H.
B A Lodge No. 112 of Colli1syille.
Mis- was a visitor in the office a
- avs ego.
NJ Ccl~m7n's trip was for the
oUl- Sc Ct making his report al
: n c0rlv date
The echo., 1955-12-01

II. B. A. MEMBER MEMBERSHIP
CANlrA AGN
The Executive Board and Convention WeAl
on record endorsing Membership Ca1npalgA
in which each member is 10 get a member
The Campaign will end July, 1856.
Letters have been mailed out and we are
hoping and praying that the members Will gel
busy and help us 10 increase our membership
II can be done and we believe that our faith
full members are going to helm do it.
Each mom3ar l--3 h. &c TVTl-- ac
secretary ialIi- aor Thai he or she will OF viii
moi be responsible fol one msmbel between
now and The Convention 1855.
As soon as the applicants are gotten the
members will notify the president Of the local
lodge Of which they belong
We hope 10 be able to report lO,OWmembers
in the Convention in 1885,
Won't YOU help us to realize our dream?
Please do rot w C l'1sv TOW 272 get
vouy one mem Der. There will he ~o~~c 2ll-
bers who will get more than the askinqs, how
ever, we are expecting 90 percent Of the mem
bership to get one.
Have YOU written your letter to the sec1e-
farv? Trot. rleas9 IL SO nowi
C. y. Cotton. General President
?. " Pare Viro President
NJ !. Iar1ir Sa1siay0
The echo., 1955-12-01

90O-Sunday School Superintendent in charge
Mrs Lena Cherry
na5-Great They Played Lords Program
by Sister G. M
u3o-solo by Sister Kelly
I1.4O-r oaa-Ernestine Larsia
1:50-s-.-}osa Hill
l200-5o Miss A. Il
l2I5-9ors he
I2;2O-Co-el.on
Finance Committee in charge Sister Rosa Nelson sr Ami.
123o-sd oulane1t
200-Dnner
30oDeyouon conducted by DuBose Chariot Gillespie
Victoria Pearson and Salhe Kelly
330-Wecome AddressMs5 Mary Alice
34OInroducton Speaker Emerson
The AimWen Baptist C--t-4 Mobile Alabama viii render a
with Mrs Swan Il charge.
450-Coloc.9s
Toe En4ca Commit. IN charge
adjournment
600-BT U. Sister n
73O-Devooa Conducted by following Missionary Societies Mt
Hernan Eastern Star, Methodist Churches
8Q0Inroducton Of the 6pe by Sister Emerson.
8.2QAfrs 1arcisus Mitchell
Title Deborah
83J--Song by FIounou Choir
$40 Short taIk Ruth by 1Ir. Donald
850S Solo, Mrs Sarah Chess
900 Collection
Finance Committee in charge
Rer KS from Pastor
r. Adjournment
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26

that he or she is the one you
should vote for.
Out of this maze of talk pro
and con you've got to try to
put your finger on the best
three men.
Today Robbins is progressive
minded. They know there is an
enormous amount of work to
be done and that it is impera-
tive to have men with foresight,
sincerity, intelligence and cour-
age at the helm. And only those
who come nearest to possessing
these qualifications will be con-
sidered. Now is the time for
these men to come forward and
declare themselves to the voters
by telling them what is needed
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26
CANDIDATE NAMED FOR
COMING APRIL ELECTION

On April 10, 1855 (not very
far off, now the citizens of
Robbins will go to the polls
to exercise the right of suffrage.
The American right to choose
in freedom the candidates whom
they think will best serve them.
The people of this village do
take their politics seriously and
that most certainly is to their
credit.
The different parties have
had their caucuses and have
chosen their candidates. For the
next seven weeks the virtues Of
these candidates will be dinned
into your ears. Each party will
extoll the virtues of their partic-
ular candidates. And each cam
didate will try to show you
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26
LINCOLN PT.A

After being so highly enter
tanned by "The Testers" play
written by Mr., Leroy Boyd,
Program Chairman of the Lin
coin PTA and his cast of facul-
ty members and president of the
PTA, Mrs. Adeline Green, IS
or more interested parents as
sembled in the auditorium Mon
day night and listened to a
very fine Founders Day pro-
gram which consisted of an in
strumental by Mrs. Elaine Rat
lift, dramatic reading by Mrs.
A. Hensley, a solo by Mrs. E.
Trammell and our Principal,
Mrs. Bledsoe assisted by others,
gave two beautiful renditions.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26

The Peoples Party held its
caucus Thursday, February H.,
1855 at 800 pm. at Thomas
Hall.
The members unanimously
accepted the candidates offered
by the Nominating Committee.
The candidates are shown here.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26

and stating your plans for &C
ting in done.
Here is the lineup:
Original Citizens Party:
Thomas ]. Bullock
Talton Barnett
John Shaw
Women's Party
Etlinor White Medley
Frank Moody, Sr.
Lucille Jefferson
Non Partisans
Ebert (Zip) Johnson
U. S. Turner
William Moore
Peoples Party
Oscar Wilson
Harold Dorsey
Lemuel Gordon
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26

Candidate for Trustee on the
Peoples Party ticket. Mr.. Viii
son is well known here by most
of the citizens of the village.
He is married and lives with
his wife here in Robbins.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26

HAROLD N. WILLIAMS
Candidate for election to the
School Board District lat. He
was selected by the West Har-
vey Civic Improvement Assn
and the Dixmoor Citizens Club
in a move to secure greater
benefits for children attending
schools in the District and fair
representation of all people in
the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14

N7oU may not see any headlines about it,
Il but the biggest news in business today
is the great Switch-over from Drawn jobs to
brain jobs - the fast-growing White Collar
Boom. The labor market is shifting from
blue-shirt employees with strong backs to
skilled craftsmen and mental workers.
Whether you are young man looking
for your first job or a seasoned wage
Garner, it is time to take look into the
years ahead and see how you fit into this
very real revolution"
First off, what's at the root Of the White
Collar Boom? Very simply, it's Automa-
ton, that wondrous new word that is crop
ping up more and more often in news
papers and magazines. Electronic machines
will gradually take over the monotonouS
assembly-line chores that semi-skilled and
unskilled workers are performing.
A whole new field of thinking, know-how
jobs will be created - the great need will
be for men who can manage the machines,
or do work too complicated for the
machines. Wilbur F. Murra, Of the National
Education Association, recently warned
convention Of that society that educated
manpower" equipped for the era of auto
nation is in critically short supply.
What this means to you, the wage
Garner, is very plain: in the coming years,
education and training will be more vital
than ever before. In simplest terms, it is
the reading man who will reap the profit
of this new era.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14

The ability to read is the most important
mental skill we ever learn. When you were
in school, about 90 per cent Of everything
v0H learned came through reading, and the
pattern is not much different in the job
world. Teachers say that the commonest
cause of failure in school is lack of ability
to read rapidly and intelligently.
"Biggest Bottleneclrs"
Our in the job world, alert businessmen
are becoming conscious of reading skill.
One personnel manager put it this way:
"Automation is taking hold rapidly in
factories and mills, and we're beginning
to see electronic computing machines in
many Offices. These cost-Saving machines
make possible steadily rising wages for
all Of us.
Biggest bottlenecks now are the minds
of men who haven't increased their ability to
read and absorb the new information that's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
by Lyle M. Spencer
PRESIDENT. SCIENCE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

essential to handling complicated jobs"
Make no mistake that only the blue
Shirters need to wake up to the new empha-
sis on reading. It's also important to
workers who already have white-collar jobs.
A company president who had just installed
a reading-improvement course for his ad-
miniStrative personnel has something to say
about executives as we'll:
The best executives, I'm convinced, are
the ones who are able to maintain broad
outlook and perspective on our business.
That's why insist that our top manage
ment people continue to read widely in
areas outside their own fields"
But in the face of this growing new chal-
lenge, the bitter truth is that most adults
read with appalling inefficiency. Most Of
US stopped learning the skill of reading
somewhere between third and sixth grades,
just when we were really beginning to get
Continued on page n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
WAKE UP AND READ!

L his article is the fourth in
THIS WEEKS 'sWake Up And
Read!" series. In the first,
TVS DIR. Frank Baxter gave
his "Vitamin-A List Of Good
Books. Then Jhan and June
Robbins surveyed the contrO-
versy over methods of teach
ing reading. In the third,
Charles LaughtOn urged that
we rediscOver the pleasures
of Out-loud family reading.
Here, MIR. Spencer tells
how reading can actually put
profits in your pocket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-14
THE WAY TO BETTER JOBS!

New show that of eectronic machines
emphasis This White Collar
BOOM that and really read ahead
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-12-08

Factually, 1,407 lives were claim
ed by traffic accidents from January
through September this year, an in
crease of five per cent over the 1888
deaths in the same period of 1854.
Persons injured total 50,223 for the
first nine months of 1866, as COM
pared to 43,050 for the same period
last year.
u. C. Felty, director of the Depart
ment of Highway Safety, commented,
"With the inevitable heavy travel of
the holiday season facing us, these
figures show why the driving and
walking care urged in the current
Safe-D Driving campaign should be ex-
tended through Christmas and New
Years to every day OF the year."