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Evening star., 1955-07-03
Raise Spurs
IRe-enIistment

The Pentagon said last night
that a servicemen's pay boost
and a re-enlistment bonus voted
by Congress had served to in
crease the number of enlisted
personnel signing up for addi-
tional duty tours.
An announcement said the
jump in re-enlistments more
than offset the additional cost
|of the pay increase and bonus
when the cost of training raw
recruits was taken into consid-
Grafton.
About SO per cent Of regular
Army personnel eligible for re-
lease in May signed up again.
OF Air Force personnel eligible,
about 81 per cent re-enlisted.
The Navy and Marine Corps
were unable to provide re-en-
|listment figures Immediately.
The percentage OF Army and
Air Force re-enlistments may
|go even higher. This is because
a 90-day period is allowed after
the date of discharge for men
to change their minds and re-
enlist, without loss of grade or
other advantages.
An Army spokesman said
8.150 soldiers became eligible
for discharge in May and that
about $500 re-enlisted imme-
diately. The So per cent rate
compared with 50 per cent in
March.
Air Secretary Talbot said
that of $4,000 airmen eligible
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Daylight Sowing Battle
To Flare Anew This Fall

decided to stay on daylight saw
ing a month longer this year.
changing the clocks only on the
last Sunday of October instead
of In September as they've been
doing. Washington can't go
along with that, however, be-
cause the law authorizing the
Commissioners to take care OF
the matter limits them TO the
last Sunday in September.
So Congress which thought
lit was finally through with the
silly business-is right back on
the spot again.
The Board of Trade has asked
both the House and Senate Dis
|trict Committees for some re-
lief. All that's needed, they point
out. is a simple amendment to
the law, changing September"
Ito November" so the Commis.
Isioners will have more leeway.
The Senate Committee will
probably go along. Its staff has
already prepared a draft of the
bill.
But in the House Committee
will come the trouble. They
haven't got a chance of getting
that bill through this commit
tee." predicts one staff member.
This committee has. taken
such a battering and kicking
around on daylight saving in the
past that they just don't want
Ito hear any more about It,"
Evening star., 1955-07-03
9th Armored
Hears Davis

Assistant Secretary OF the
Army Chester r. Davis last
night said the key to a success
full defense effort by the United
States is that it be integrated
with our allies efforts so a max
imum of power is available.
Speaking to the convention Of
the 9th Armored Division As
sociation. Mr.. Davis said the
United States is best suited to
supply sea power and the strik-
ing ability of land-range land
based air power.
However, he added, I'VE
greatly understate the total
ground strength available for
our common defense effort II
we do not count the very SUBJ
stantial contributions Of our
allies"
He pointed out that in past
wars we have had time to raise
and train an army Of citizen
soldiers, but, he said, time viii
never again be on our side"
1.-THE only answer is a strong
reserve, organized, trained and
equipped before war starts" he
declared. y
Evening star., 1955-07-03

man, Silas c. watkins. He was
taken to the lookup and the
two men returned to Union Sta
ton.
Almost Immediately they
spotted George Moran, 81, of
New York and Sam Moore, alias
Sam Shift, 73. also Of New York,
whom they Immediately recog-
|nized as "iive cannon"
The two men were taken into
custody. The detectives said
their captiyes offered to "do
business"
The suspects were taken to a
room where Washington Ter
|minal Police have a one-way
window. Unseen Terminal Po-
lice watched as the two suspects
|allegedly handed their captors
$100 each and asked to be freed.
Then the suspects were charged
with bribery and yagrancy.
Judge Reeves ordered the
New Yorkers held in $4,000
bond each and imposed a six
month sentence on Harmon,
who was convicted of jostling
and vagrancy.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Youth Council
Area P Boqrd
To Plan Budget

The Commissioners Youth
Council Area p Board will meet
lat 4:30 pm. Wednesday in
Christ Child Settlement House
to consider a budget for its new
ly approved church center youth
program.
The church center program is
another phase of the boards
project to reach out to youth in
the community and bring it in
Ito constructive activity.
Herman A. johnson, chairman
of the Resources Committee, said
that space in st. Benedict the
Moor Church, 800 Twenty first
street NE, and Calvary Epis-
|copal Church, Sixth and ] streets
NE, has been made available
to the program.
A professional social worker
will direct volunteers helping to
conduct the program. which will
be administered by Christ Child
Settlement House.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
BY HARRY BACAs

Washington is building up to
another old-fashioned time-jam
over daylight saving this fall.
It used to happen here every
spring. One evening the kids
would find all their radio pro-
grams coming on an hour early.
Husband would get home from
Ia trip an hour early and find
|no wife to meet him.
All because the rest Of the
country had set its clocks ahead
|w hile Congress hadn't got
around yet to setting ours up.
Finally Congress would act and
the big jam would be ended for
another year.
Two years ago, Congress tired
of its annual role as District
clock watcher and passed a law
authorizing the Commissioners
to set the clocks forward or
back. They thought that would
settle the matter.
Last year the new system
worked all right. When other
cities went on daylight saving.
Washington went right along
with them. But this fall, unless
something unexpected happens,
we'll have another time-jam for
at least a month.
The trouble is that other
Eastern cities such as New York,
Boston and Philadelphia have
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Live Common and Shot
Seized at Union Stotion

Two "live cannon" and a
"shot" turned out to be duds at
Union Station and were defused
in Municipal Court yesterday.
In the lexicon Of the UNDER
world '1ive cannon" are nation
ally recognized pickpockets. A
shot" is a local pickpocket.
Two robber squad detectives.
B. w. Best and Matthew L.
Bailey, told Judge Mildred
Reeves today they had been as
signed to watch Union station
Friday night.
Police had anticipated some Of
the more skilled craftsmen In
the pickpocket field would be
plying their trade because Of the
holiday week end exodus.
The detectives said they spot
ted 78-year-old James j. Han
non, of no fixed address. de-
scribed as a Shot" He had
jostled a 60-year-old Pittsburgh
Evening star., 1955-07-03

Association. OF these. 1865 per-
sons were suspected" Of having
tuberculosis and were asked to
have another X-ray taken at the
Health Departments c street
clinic.
Out Of the 1866, exactly 526
persons showed up and of these
So had tuberculosis, IL were
found to have cancer and 1872
showed signs Of heart disease.
$40 Suspects 'Toose"
What has become of the other
$40 persons having suspected
signs of tuberculosis? One source
in the Health Department says
the department has no, strong
"follow-up" program. He adds,
however. that because of a lack
of personnel and funds it may be
to contact these peo-
pie again and again and advise
them to have another X-ray. To
prove tuberculosis, X-rays are
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Andrews Bose Quieting
Jets and Critics, Too

has made 1t a point to follow UP
personally as many complaints
of undue noise as he can, but If
he can't one of his men will.
Here's a typical result Of such
Citizen indoctrination"-a let
ter received after q visit:
1.-THE family seemed quite
pleased with our visit and ;. the
husband gave me a cigar. Of
fered me q drink Of his private
stock, and promised us a chicken
dinner at our convenience. AL
in all, I think we may add q
couple of more friends to our list. "
This favorable response to
difficult problem from the people
living near Andrews is partly
result Of study Of a booklet gen.
orally know as the "Truax Re-
port" It seems that recently
Truax Field, Madison, Wis, was
a real hotbed for Jet noise. The
Air Forces Air Defense Com
mand instituted experiments tt
cut 1t down, and the results were
so good the plan was put into
effect at Andrews.
In his personal approach Col
Evening star., 1955-07-03

only used as one Of several dag
nostic tools and are never con-
sidered the "final word"
There are other peculiar signs
on the tuberculosis front in the
District today. One is the con-
slant over-crowding of tubercu-
losis patients at D. C. General
while Glenn Dale Hospital con-
tinues with empty beds. Appar-
emily, there is a great amount of
red tape involved in transferring
medically INDECENT patients
either residents or non-residents
Of the District-from D. c. Gen.
eral to Glenn Dale, the city's
tuberculosis hospital.
DR.. Sickler said his depart
ment was at work on this prob
lem currently.
1.-The Health Department" said
an official of the tuberculosis
Association. has been working
on that for the last two years. I"
Evening star., 1955-07-03

|Elkins has actually told his story
on the front porch of q COM
.plainant's home. He points out
why the jets have to fly in the
interests of protecting the Ma
TONS Capital, and why their
very powerful engines have to
make noise. But he also explains
that certain things are = being
done to keep the noise down as
far as possible. For instance:
Pattern Changes Help
The sweeping flight pattern
changes probably are the most
important move toward quiet
The takeoff and landing pat
terms have been altered to avoid
flying directly over Forestville
and Morningside. Pilots are in
structed to turn right after clear
ing the runway and fly between
the two towns instead of over
either Of them.
Specific instructions are given
to avoid flying near Forestville
Elementary School. Only a few
years ago a crippled jet, in an
uncommon instance, crashed not
far from the school, killing the
pilot.
Pattern attitudes also have
been raised from $500 to 1900
feet to lessen ground noise.
AS to night flying. only essen
|tial Jet f1ights-"scrambles" by
the 95th Fighter -Interceptor
Squadron-go on after dark. Thi,
group, together with the 121si
Fighter -Interceptor Squadron ol
the District Air National Guard
has the job of guarding Washing.
ton. Training flights do not re.
sumo until 8 o'clock In the
morning.
But getting back to COM
plants, there is the one sent in
Evening star., 1955-07-03

ally an invitation to spend an hour
or 80 sitting on my front porch
most any evening enjoying the
sound-the horrible sound!!l!--
Of your jets flying at low alti-
tudes over my house?
''It is so peaceful and quiet
here in the country"
But as Secretary Of the Air
Force Talbot once said-the
Jets are there for protection and
not for annoyance Of residents.
They can't help it If they make
And Col. Elkins adds: The
people really should begin to
worry when they don't hear the
noise. That could mean there
was no such thing as the defense
of the Capital.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
TODAY IN MEDICINE
BY JOHN McKELwAY

Ever lose $7,O00-at least
spend $1,000 and never see any
thing come tuInbling back as q
result?
In q way this is what has
happened to the D. c. Tubercu-
losis Association, The Star
learned last night.
The '1oss" goes back to 1854,
when an energetic program
designed to catch unknown
cases Of tuberculosis throughout
the community was launched,
The Public Health Service do
mated q mobile X-ray unit. the
association assigned regular
staff workers and the D. C.
Health Department assumed the
Job Of collecting the X-rays
This mass X-ray Of District cit
izens for tuberculosis (the city's
No. / health problem) was listed
as "co-sponsored" by the Health
Department and the association
At years end, something over
100000 persons had been x
rayed.
Since that time, however. IL
has never been reported how
many cases Of tuberculosis the
search turned u2 As a matter
of fact. no one knows.
Into Same Bin
What happened, it has since
been learned, is that X-ray.
taken from all sources wen
figuratively into the same sta.
tistical bin at the Health De.
partment. While the city coule
tell how many cases had beer
reported or discovered in 1854
there was no way Of telling how
many were picked UP by tn,
community x-ray effort. There
was no breakdown" Of sta
IlStlCS.
DR.. Donald Sickler, present
chief Of the tuberculosis pro.
gram in the Health Department
said when he took over the jot
in March, 1854, he discovered
the Health Department hac
made a commitment 1T coulc
not keep"
The commitment, according
to DR.. Sickler. was to inform the
tuberculosis Association Of the
incidence of TB cleaned from
the x-ray survey. Because Of 9
statistical mix-up which existed
then, DR.. Sickler said he went
to work to change the procedure
Evening star., 1955-07-03

still come from housewives and
they start as early ut z am. The
most bitter calls come after
lunch. This is understandable.
especially in summer months
when there is more flying. The
time comedies with the awaken
ing Of sleeping babies by the Jet
noise. according to the Truax
findings.
But no matter how much Is
done to restrict the noise. there
will always be the inevitable
sarcastic complainant who re-
fuses to listen to any sort OF
reason. Col. Elkins received one
such letter from q woman. tried
to make a personal appointment
but failed. She wrote, In part:
MAY ! extend to you person
Evening star., 1955-07-03

by a lady who said the plaster
on the walls of her home was
by the Jets. An investi-
eating officer reported, however:
"This lady lived a few miles
east of Forestville. The place is
actually quite dilapidated and
the cracks were located in her
kitchen. They turned out to be
cracks between sections Of
plaster board and the plaster
had actually begun to deterior-
ate considerably. It's quite pos
sible that the vibrations from
low flying jet aircraft could
have caused the plaster to fall
out from the cracks but could
not have caused the actual
cracking"
: Whatever squawks remain
Evening star., 1955-07-03
TODAY IN MEDICINE
S7,000for I tuberculosis
ost' in Statistical Bin

Ia complicated, involved task,
as he describes it.
System Changed
The statistical arrangement
has since been changed, accord
ing to DR.. Sickler, so that the
lpresent years program viii yield
the information Of tuberculosis
incidence the association is
after. But as for 1954-"that's
Ia loss" DR.. Sickler said.
Just a hint Of what happened
in 1854 is contained in the an
nual report of the tuberculosis
Association. 1t reports that the
X-ray units were arranged to
blanket the city" "For there
is" the report says. "no section
of the District free from this
disease. During 1854. a total Of
so neighborhoods were surveyed
by this unit, as well as % Gov
ernment departments"
"Yet," adds the association,
Findings on these X-ray surveys
were not made known in 1854.
It is vital that results of all such
surveys be released for use as a
basis for evaluating the problem
and planning a program of TB
control"
Edward X. Funkhouser, execu-
tive director of the association,
informed the statistics had in
effect been lost, said as far as
he was concerned I'VE lost ST.
000." While the community as q
whole did not measurably suffer
If the Health Department fol-
lowed up the cases the survey
did turn up--the whole program
yielded absolutely nothing as far
as knowing how many andswhere
TB cases occurred, Mr.. Funk
houser said. He added the worth
Of such a program also could
not be measured because, simply,
nothing ever appeared on paper
after 1t was completed.
Questions Raised
This year, however, the Health
Department has reported results
of the x-ray survey-but the re-
suits also raise questions, ac-
cording to some tuberculosis ex-
lperts.
For example, in the first four
months Of this year 20,674 per-
sons were screened for tubercu-
losis. according to figures at the
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Bethesdun Elected

Fuller Atkinson of 10303 Mont
rose avenue. Bethesda, Md, has
been elected president of the
Calumet Society at Lafayette
College, Easton, Pa.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
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Evening star., 1955-07-03

for release. more than 1000 re-
enlisted. The 81 per cent re-
enlisting compared with rs per
cent in March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
$4,000 Menu

Despite his lean and aforementioned
appearance, Captain Richard McCutchen
Of the United States Marine Corps must
be man who likes his food. In any event,
he has proved through the weeks it re-
quired for him to win television's biggest
jackpot-$64,0 00-that he must know
whats cooking" when he comes home at
night. There is small chance, indeed, for
Mrs. McCutchen to throw few leftovers
into casserole and convince her Num-
Der One Marine that it is some exotic dish
prepared according to famous but little
known recipe. As for the mess sergeants
on Marine posts, 1t probably would be
easier to cook for the master Of Monte
zuma's halls than to try to fool Captain
McCutchen's palate.
One Is inclined to wonder now how
the chef at Buckingham Palace feels
about all this. Surely, when he served his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
RedeveIopment Progress

Approval of the new broad-scale lay
out for Southwest redevelopment by the
National Capital Planning Commission
opens the way for rapid progress on a
program that, up to now, has been NOV
ing slowly. All major obstacles to the re-
building of the old Southwest section
along lines of the Zeckendorf plan have
been overcome. with one exception: The
question Of site for the Smithsonian
Institutions proposed Air Museum. There
is no good reason, however, why that issue
cannot be settled satisfactorily for all
concerned.
The pattern of redevelopment agreed
to by the planning agency yesterday
previously had been approved by . hard
working co-ordinating committee, repre-
senting technical STATS Of every public
agency interested in the huge slum-clear-
ance and reconstruction project. The
arrangement Of streets. character Of
specific blocks and larger areas and re-
alignment OF the waterfront district were
mapped out in considerable detail. The
whole concept shows an imaginative, yet
very practical, approach to one of WASH
ington's greatest face-lifting UNDER
takings.
Left open, however, for further study
and discussion was the perplexing prob
lem Of the Air Museum. The Smithsonian
Institution had planned to build this
much-needed home for its aviation ex-
hibits at the north end of an imposing
south Mall" envisioned by the Zecken-
dorf firm as the main approach to the
new little city" in the Southwest. In
such q location the museum would be In
conflict with the Mall plan, which Webb
4 Knapp regards as the backbone Of the
whole redevelopment enterprise. The
Smithsonian, fortunately, has other APP
propriate sites available for the museum.
It Is very unlikely, therefore, that the
distinguished Board Of Regents Of that
institution would interpose any unnec-
sssary blockade to realization of the long
cherished dream Of q modernized COM
nunity overlooking the waterfront.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
Teacher on Inteqrotion

In reference to the article
written by James g. Deane in
The Sunday Star, publicizing
the story of q colored boy who
expressed the belief that .
king lived in the White House.
allow me to say that I am
extremely surprised that the
story received such unmerited
attention as was given it under
the title. Academic Standards
Are Major Concern"
Surely anyone reading this
article must have realized. as
was belatedly suggested. that
the remarks and limited ex-
periences attributed to these
seventh-graders were not in
dicative of the average colored
child. This story might well
have been relegated to the
background and not to the
foreground at this crucial
point of indignation. Is it not
Just such stories as this which
cause unmitigated concern
among parents. and is it not
also true that these stories are
frequently misinterpreted by
people who, because Of segre-
cation itself. do not have o
true idea of the aptitudes, in
telligence, and potentialities of
the Negro race? Anxious par
ents readily pounce upon such
information as an index Of the
problems to be expected under
indignation. They do not ascer-
tain q very important fact,
which is that such extremes
are irrelevant in getting an
overall picture of the average
classroom.
Having taught in Washing
ton for more than Is years,
with teaching experience in at
least five schools, representing
a cross section Of the city, I
feel safe in saying that the
belief expressed by the princi-
pal washington school chill
rem should know something
about the city in which they
live) is really quite general.
We recognize the oft-men-
toned fact that there are
many children in our race who
have had limited cultural
advantages. AS teachers we,
therefore, give them as many
experiences as we can. I have
no idea why the knowledges
and experiences Of these par
ticular seventh-graders were
so limited unless they were q
mentally retarded group and
thus spoke and reacted q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-16
Bad Arithmetic

What good does 1t do to
explain to q youngster in the
second or third grade that the
reason he has no teacher for
his grade is that a statistical
error was made downtown?
Will he or she understand why
he doesn't learn more adding
and subtracting in an overly
large class AS plus because
the officials who assign his
teachers failed to add or
divide their figures carefully?
How does a child feel about
having no principal at her
usual office desk-and isn't he
a bit confused about being
promoted" when it means
staying in the same classroom
with the same teacher he had
last year? "Is this moving
forward" he may ask himself.
And well he may ask. since
mixed grades. due to over.
crowding. bark back to post
World War I days. Thirty
summers later our superin-
tendent Of schools treasured
parents and teachers that we
were approaching a 30-to-l
ratio. Progress at last" we
all sighed.
Then three days before
school opened the announce
ment Is made that District Of
Columbia elementary schools
are so teachers short-two Of
whom were actually snatched
from their respective school
where no replacement for their
retiring principal was avail
able either!
Juggling figures may be .
pastirne. but are we educating
children for life satisfactorily
with a fair for circus feats or
playing a game Of statistics
which does not consider chill
dren as individuals but as
numbers on a master chart?
Where are we trying to go
with our District schools?
Forward? Or on q treadmill-
with q boomerang Of future
profile m 3 building UP each
time 1t goes around?
Figures can leland children
won't learn.
Disillusioned Parent.