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Evening star., 1955-07-25
8 Ship Lines PIon
s. Billion OutIuy
BY the Associated Press

The committee of American
steamship lines says six Ameri-
can-flag steamship companies
are taking the first steps in q
So billion ship replacement pro-
gram.
The committee said last night
these and 10 other American
lines will participate in the next
few years in "the largest peace
time ship replacement program
in the Nations history"
1t said the private firms will
bear about so per cent of the
cost Of replacing obsolete ves-
sells, with the Federal Govern
ment supplying the rest Of the
needed funds.
The committee said the first
six firms to take part in the
program are American President
Lines. Moore-McC Cormack Lines,
Grace Line, Oceanic Steamship
Co., Pacific Far East Line and
United States Lines.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Alexandra Seeks
Release of BuiIdino

City Manager Ira F. Willard
today was scheduled to meet
with officials of the Potomac
River Naval Command to seek
release of an Alexandria water
front terminal for private use
The building, the old Ford
assembly plant at the foot OF
Wilkes street. is one of two
river terminals which the city
wants the Government to vacate
The other is the former Naval
torpedo plant which occupies q
three-block area at the foot OF
King and Cameron streets.
Today's conference followed a
recent request by City Council
that the Government give up
the buildings. The city is study
ing plans for developing river
trade in Alexandria.
Evening star., 1955-07-25

might be able to receive a supply
of Salk vaccine in view of tn,
possible epidemic. County ply.
sicians are currently being pollec
on the advisability Of using Sall
shots in the midst of the polio
season.
Case number 18, reported yes.
terday, was described as a 2-year.
old girl living on Route /, neal
Centreville, Va. Admitted tt
Children's Hospital. the child wa.
said to be suffering from a "pos-
sible attack of paralytic polio"
Situation Watched
Health officers in Arlington
County and Alexandria said they
were not considering giving
gamma globulin shots in their
Jurisdictions. DR.. r. G. Beachley,
Arlington health officer, said,
however, that he is keeping an
eye" on the Fairfax situation.
Arlington County has reported
three cases Of polio so far this
year. DR.. T. F. McGough, Alex
andria health officer, said Alex
Iandria has had only four cases
this year.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Foirfox Girl Dies of Polio:
Gamma Shots to Beqin

The Fairfax County Health
Department today reported the
county's first polio death.
The child, identified as Eugene
Printzenhoff, 8, of 402 Lisle ave.
nue., Falls Church, died at Arling-
ton Hospital yesterday of bulbal
polio-most serious form of the
disease.
Her death came at a time
when the county was preparing
to administer mass shots ot
gamma glo ulin-t temporary
polio preventive-in an attempt
to stem what might be an epi-
demic of the disease in that
area.
10 Gases So Far
So far, including the death oi
the Printzenhoff child, the Health
Department has recorded 10 cases
Of the disease. There had beer
one case at this time last year.
DR.. Harold Kennedy said to-
day schedules for administering
gamma globulin are being drawn
Up with hopes Of starting shots
by Thursday. There is still some
chance. he said, that the county
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Hotel Closed,
BusiIiko May
Nov Turn Up

Padlocking of the Murphy Ho-
tel at North Beach. Calvert
County, Md, is expected to bring
Washington real estate man Gus
Basilko back to the county. Of
f1cials there report.
The hotel, owned by Basiliko
and his wife, Marie, was Or
dered closed Saturday when the
two failed to appear in Calvert
County Circuit Court on a con-
tempt citation.
Mr.. Basiliko could not be
reached by Maryland authori-
tives last week for service Of
a subpoena in the hearing or
the suspension of Ben Du Pre-
State Roads Commission assist.
ant right-of-way engineer.
Land Sales Involved
Mr.. Du Pre- resigned Friday
night after disclosure at the
hearing that he was involved
with Mr.. Basiliko in land deals
in Prince Georges County. One
count in the roads commission
charges against him alleged that
he had given tips to Mr.. Basiliko
ION new road locations in Mont
Igomery County.
Calvert County Sheriff Samuel
L. Lyons said that a subpoena
for the contempt hearing had
been issued July Is. The court
citation was rendered on grounds
that the Basilikcs had failed to
Eobey an Injunction to stop a
flow Of sewage from the hotel
onto a neighboring motel prop
Ierty.
Sheriff Lyons said he believed
Mr.. Basiliko would turn up now
that he is losing money on the
hotel, which normally has about
80 rooms available to the public
Goldstein Confirms Statement
State Senate President Louis
l.. Goldstein today confirmed Mr.
IDu Pres statement at the hear
ing Friday that he had been
sent to the Murphy Hotel for
lodging by the Senator in 1850
| Mr.. Goldstein said many
people come into his Prince
Frederick real estate Office look
ing for lodging accommodations
He added that at the time Mr.,
Du Pre- was with another roads
commission employe he knew,
and he sent them to the Murphy
Hotel because it was the only
waterfront hotel near their work
which was heated.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Brothers, 65 and A, Mee'
Here for First Time !

A Washington grocer got to-
gether yesterday with a brother
he hadn't seen before.
Mauricio Sucharczuk, A., of
Buenos Aires, arrived at Wash
ington National Airport, and on
hand to greet him was his
brother, Isadore Kress, IS, of
1920 Gallatin street NV.
There was no comprehension
of language. but a lot of UNDER
standing when the brothers
greeted each other. Mr.. Kress
tried Yiddish and Mr.. Sucharc-
zuk Spanish, but neither knew
the others language.
Mr.. Kress, IS, changed his
name when he came to this
country from his home near
Warsaw, Poland, in 1911
Sucharczuk, he said was "too
long"
His brother, Mauricio, had moi
been born when Mr.. Kress came
to America. He lost contact with
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Colonel Takes Post
lat Walter Reed

Walter Reed Army Medical
Center has a new deputy COM
mander.
He is Col. Thomas J. Hart
ford, who succeeds Maj. Gen.
Alvin l.. Gorby, who has been
transferred to European duty.
Col. Hartford has been COM
manding officer of Tripler Army
Hospital in Honolulu for the
past four years. Prior to this
he was executive officer to the
Army Surgeon General in Wash
ington.
During World War II Col.
Hartford served first in Europe
as deputy theater surgeon and
later as surgeon of the Sd Army
in France and Germany.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Wife of Candidate
Commits Suicide

The estranged wife Of a promi-
nent Prince Georges County Re-
publican killed herself with a
12-gauge shotgun yesterday in
her summer home at Colton's
Point in st. Mary's County, Md,
She was Mrs. Nellie c. Gasch,
Iof 4002 Forty-eighth- street,
Bladensburg. a mother of four
children. Her husband, Frank E.
|Gasch, Bladensburg heating con-
tractor, was the unsuccessful Re-
publican candidate last fall for
county register of wills. In May
he lost. by a six-vote margin.
the race for Mayor of Bladens-
burg.
Mrs. Gasch was found by
members of her family in the
bathroom Of the summer home
with a stomach wound. A shot
gun was at her side, st. Marys
County Sheriff Robert Miedzin-
ski reported.
DR.. Roy Guyther. acting medi-
cal examiner, issued a suicide
certificate.
Mrs. Gasch had been sepa-
rated from her husband most
of the past year. her family said,
and had been suffering from a
nervous disorder.
The couples four children are
Frank, jr., Is; Elroy, l6; Cor
don Lee. 8, and Joan Ellen 5.
Mrs. Gasch also is survived by
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Crawford, HAT Forty-fifth
place Sc; a sister, Mrs. Leroy
Ritenour, Hollywood, Fla, and
two brothers. Andrew F. Gram
ford jr., of 2705 Upshur street
Mount Rainier. and Miles F.
Crawford Of the Forty-fifth place
address.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
MORE WATER FOR VIRGINIA AREAS
Transit Union PROPOSES
New Ideas to Mediotors

lcountants and analysts for ex.
amining company and Public
Utilities Commission records
The company has welcomed 9
complete audit of its books.
The union will take its case
to the people again at 9:15 pm
over television station WTTG
There has been speculation
whether the union might present
a counter-proposal to the COM
Ipany's offer of a week ago.
Mass Meeting Tomorrow
Unless there is a last-minute
switch, Mr.. Bierwagen said the
program Is meant purely tc
bring the public up to date on
the unions side of the strike
The union membership will have
a mass meeting at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the National Guard Ar
mory.
So far the union has not seer
| fit to give Federal mediators 9
counter-proposal to the 10-cent
hourly wage increase and S. a
month pension boost offered by
the company last Monday.
Mr.. Bierwagen said the Offer
''is not worthy of q counter
proposal" The union has not
publicly receded from It's origi.
nal demands of Is cents an hour
for operators and 81 cents fol
mechanics. The former now
make $1.90 an hour and the
latter $2.03.
Although wages rank high
on the unions list of demands
pensions are seen as even more
important. The union is try
ing for an entirely revampec
graduated plan. based on years
OF service and wages.
Mr.. Bierwagen said the union
considers the 10-cent offer some.
thing which could be used ir
bargaining in an across-the
table meeting with the company
The company, however, haI
typif1ed it as "f1nal offer"
Evening star., 1955-07-25
BY HERMAN F. sCHADEN

Still trying to force a wedge
into the transit deadlock, Fedora
mediators heard some "nev
ideas" from the striking union
today.
President Walter j. Bierwagor
of the AFL Transit Union anc
other officials met briefly with
Mediators James A. Holden ano
Gilbert S. McCutcheon this
morning.
Mr.. Bierwagon did not elabo-
rate on the ideas, which the
unions executive board has beer
discussing the past few days, but
called it a new approach to the
problem. He was unable to say
whether he thought it might
produce some results in the 25.
day tie-up.
Attend House Hearing
This mornings meeting wa,
cut short by the necessity fol
union officials to appear at ths
House District Committee.
hearing on proposed strike legis.
lation. The union so far ha.
taken no stand on any of the
several bills before Congress, ex.
cept to request continuation o1
bargaining and other rights II
any development.
The mediators expected tt
hear more about the new unior
ideas In another session this af'
ternoon. This may lead in timt
to one of the rare company
union negotiating rounds.
Still another by-product o1
the 26-day strike, the Board oi
Trade Fact Finding Committee
was to hold its first meeting this
afternoon. The citizens com.
n1ittee is composed of Msgr
Philip M. Hannah, chancellor
Of the Archdiocese of Washing
ton: Richard p. Dunn, president
Of julius Garfinckel & Co., and
Attorney William E. Leahy.
The fact-flnders will meet
with Edward r. Carr, Board OF
Trade president, and William
H. Press, executive vice presi-
dent, for a thorough review OF
the strike.
viii Probe Financial Status
The committees task is to
work out a clear-cut picture OF
the disputes main points: The
company's financial status and
its ability to meet the unions
wage and pension demands. The
company has said it believes
the employees are entitled to in
creases, but claims 1t must have
greater revenue to meet even
one-fourth of the 81 million
1t says the union demands
aggregate.
Has Use of Accountants
Mr.. Press emphasized thai
this Is a citizens committee
representing the public and moi
businessmen, and will report di.
rect to the public. The commit.
tee will have the use of top &C.
Evening star., 1955-07-25

his family. and believed his
brother had died along with the
rest of his family during World
War II. - Nj
Several months ago, friends
visiting from New York men,
toned having attended a birth
day party in Buenos Aires, given
by a Mauricio Sucharczuk.
Letters were exchanged, and
the relationship was established.
Mauricio had moved to Argen-
tina in 1884 and set up a tailor
shop.
At the airport reunion, Mauri.
clio spoke only Spanish. Isadore.
who does not understand Span
Iish, spoke Yiddish, but Mauricio
had forgotten most of that Lam
guage.
The two didn't really need
words as they embraced and re-
embraced. meanwhile blocking
the planes exit. Mauricio's fell
low passengers. obviously enjoy
ing the scene. didn't hurry them.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Sertomu Club Session

The Washington Sertoma Club
will meet at 1915 pm. tomorrow
at 1884 I street NV. Grant
Browning Rowe. Of the United
States Information Agency, will
speak on 1.-THE Contribution of
Thomas Paine to the American
Way"
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Youth, II, browns
In Virqiniu Pond

WARRENTON, Va, July Is (R.
Clarence Smoot. jr.. II. of War
renton. drowned yesterday in a
pond at the nearby Mallory Nash
Farm.
Friends said he was unable to
swim and got into water over his
head.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
By CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

Inadequacy of present laws af-
lfecting the Maryland State
Roads Commission is partly
responsible for the handsome
profits reaped by some land
spectators along new highways
That is the feeling one gets
latter listening to two days oi
Testimony involving alleged tips
lgiven SPECTATORS by Ben Du Pre-
assistant right-of-way engineer
who resigned Friday night.
Among laws almost certain to
draw the attention of some legis-
Ilators are:
l. The present law permitting
the commission to take land by
court order "only in emergencies
2. The lack Of any legislation
to bar members of the legislature
from appearing in behalf of cli-
ents before the roads commission
and other State agencies.
8. The present condemnation
law.
Roads officials are reluctant tc
discuss some of the measures.
Provincial Air Blamed
The provincial temper Of legis-
latorS in the "Free State" has
much to do with this reluctance
The roads commission long
had been a favorite target OF
legislators and any move to in
crease its authority draws q
cold reception at Annapolis.
An example in the last session
was the failure of a bill that
would have given the commits
sion control of zoning along ma
jor highways.
Such a measure would block
the deteriorment of new high
ways creating more "old
Bloody's" as route / had been
tagged because Of traffic hazards
resulting chiefly from the miles
and miles of motels, roadhouses,
and filling stations that have
sprung up between Baltimore
and Washington. .-
The temper of the last legis-
lature was such that the roads
commission did not even seek
excess property" condemnation
rights. although many employees
feel such rights would result in
a tremendous savings in acquisi-
tion payments.
The inability of Il the roads
commission to condemn land
damaged, but not needed for
actual right of way. at time re-
suits in the payment. of excessive
damages, officials report.
Promotes Haggling
With excess o condemnation
rights, properly used, the roads
commission could obtain prop
erty not needed but which, would
be damaged by a new road, then
dispose of it on its own.
The agency instead must hag-
gle over the damage the land
owner claims he will suffer by
the roadway. and often the
landowner or his attorney drives
a hard bargain.
In many of these cases, the
attorney is a member of the
State legislature.
It is difficults to drive a hard
bargain with an attorney-legis-
lator who next month may be
deciding the budget of the roads
commission or the fate of your
specific job, one right-of-way
man explained.
The legislators have never
seen fit to deprive themselves
of this questionable business,
although in many other juris-
dictions it is barred.
In Montgomery County, fol-
example, officials on county
boards. employees and the coun-
Gil itself are prohibited from
representing clients before coun.
ty agencies.
Probably the finest invitation
to SPECTATORS who operate al
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Civilians to Meet

The Washington Civitan Club
will hold its luncheon meeting
at 1890 pm. tomorrow in the
Mayflower Hotel. Bryson Rash,
WMAL radio news commentator,
will speak.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
|Du Pre- Probe Airs Gaps
In Roads Legislation

the expense of the roads COM
mission is the present system Of
acquiring right of ways.
In the ShovePs Shadow
In many cases, the roads COM
mission is buying land virtually
under the shadow of the shovel"
just in front of construction.
That is the case not only on
the National Pike but also on
the Baltimore Tunnel project. A
firm handling right of way ac-I
QUESTIONS on the tunnel project
is getting rs per cent Of acquisi-
ton costs and dollar wise has
less than a third of the land
acquired for aceesses, although
work on the tunnel is underway. :.
The roads commission now
has only an emergency" PRIOR
taking right by which it can
move onto a mans property
after filing papers in court.
The courts, however, have
been extremely critical Of the
roads commission for allegedly
not exhausting negotiations for
the land before taking such ac-
ton and filing condemnation.
In Montgomery County. for
example, it was noted during the
Du Pre- hearings last week, that
the exact route of the new Ma
tional pike has been in the
hands of county agencies and
available to the public since
1851.
Yet the million-dollar "a mile
road is under construction only
to Falls road in Rockville and
only a small amount of right of
way has been acquired south of
there.
Maryland also must file meter
and bound survey plats based on
construction plans for every in
dividual parcel of land 1t needs
for a right of way in prior-tak-
ing and condemnation.
Different in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, on the other
hand swings entirely the other
way, according to A. L. Dittmar,
supervisor of right of way for
the State highway department. |
There a road is planned. sur
veys Of several possible routes
made. and contract drawings for
actual construction completed.
Then the governor and the
secretary of highways signs the
plats and they are filed imme-
diately in all Jurisdictions
through which the road passes.
At that moment the State
attains ownership of the land
needed for the road.
Residents and property own
ers whose lands are taken have
six years to negotiate for DAM
ages through property loss or to
file court claims against the
State.
Damages then are determined
on the lands value Immediately
before the States taking and
Immediately afterward.
Values Still Climbing
In Maryland, on the other
hand, land still is increasing in
value along the known route of
proposed highways. and In con-
demnation suits, the damages
are determined at the time Of the
filing of the prior-taking action.
Between the times the route
of the highway becomes known
and the individual parcels are
put under negotiations, specu-
lators have opportunity to come
in and through transfer manlp-
ulations, push the apparent
value to Sky-rocket heights.
This obviously is costly to the
taxpayer who inevitably pays the
profits reaped by the spectators,
roads officials say.
At the same time officials are
skeptical about the Free State
legislators going very far in cur
ing present ills.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Exchange Club

The Washington Exchange
Club will meet at 1910 pm. to-
morrow in the Washington
Hotel. E. Edward Stephens, di-
rector of the Tax Practice Insti-
ltute. will sneak.
Evening star., 1955-07-25
Leqion Names Brunt

MARTTNSBURG, w. Va, July
25.-Alfred Lee Brant, jr., was
named commander of Perkeley
Post Of the American Legion at
the annual meeting here yester-
day.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
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water, 10 years later to the day.
The first of them actually kept
the date. He entered not believ-
ing there was a chance in a mil
lion the other would remember.
But there was Yale man No. Two
propped up at the bar on the
very stool he had occupied 10
years before!
Amazing" marveled No.
One. Il never dreamed you'd
find this joint after ten long
years.
No. Two turned q bleary eye on
him and growled, ''WhO left?"
THE LAST STRAW. Sophisti-
Gated undergrads of 1855 may
not take college rivalries as seri-
ously as their granddads were
wont to do, but the very sound
of"Yale VS.. Harvard still brings
the light of battle into the
eyes Of any true son Of Eli or
Cambridge.
There was the day, for in
stance, that an ex-football gladi-
ator from Yale, 2l4 pounds of
All-American. got himself mar
ried to a rich and beautiful girl,
the catch Of the season. Society
turned out en- masse for the
nuptials.
When the bride and groom
kneIt before the bishop, the con-
gregation gasped.
Painted by a Harvard rascal on
the sole of the grOOm's No. Is
left shoe, in brilliant crimson, was
ITO Hell," and on the right,
"With Yale!'' BENNETT CERF
Evening star., 1955-05-29
JOHN STRANG

'tSure! Because it's the same
suit
TWO MEMBERS Of the great
class Of Yale 20 met one day in
an obscure gin parlor on Third
Avenue. They cried openly as
they reminisced- about Billy
Phelps and Chauncey Tinker. the
all-conquering swimming teams
developed by Bob Kiphuth: and
Frank Merriwell and Dink
Slower. They swore to meet at
the same bar. come hell or high
Evening star., 1955-05-29

houses signified the filling Of their
rosters, and the great untapped
then wended their way off into
the night. Undemocratic. the
Yale bigwigs decided. but it was
ducky for the lads who were
chosen!
Yale graduateSdreSS well. When
Harvard'S Cleveland Amory OBJ
served. Cambridge men are more
conservative: twenty years after
he's left the campus you can tell
a Harvard graduate by his suit"
a Yale graduate nearby conceded,
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-26

He said he found mo excuse" for the Defense Departments or iginal statement that it was send ing two passenger planes to Eur ope, at an estimated $2O,00O round trip cost, to bring home Sens. Me Clellan, Stennis and Chavez.
 The Defense Dept. said Thurs day, in response to questions, that it was specially dispatching the planes because it had no regular scheduled flight which could fetch the senators on the dates they wanted to return. It said the de- partment must by law provide transport in this case where the three Appropriations subcommit- tee members were travelling on committee business.
 All three senators denied re- questing a special flight, however, and an indignant Mcclellan and Stennis returned Monday on a regular Military Air Transport Service flight instead of the plane sent for them.
 Then the Pentagon issued a public apology to Mcclellan and Stennis, extended yesterday to Chavez. It said the senators neith- CT knew about nor asked for the special flight, and it's plan for the special trip for Chavez had been cancelled.
 Said Russell:
 II think it is about time Con- gress was putting a limitation on the use of planes by those direct ing affairs in the Defense Dept They have got 35 fellows down there, most of whom couldn't be elected to anything, who can or der up a plane and fly anywhere in the world they want to go.
 =. think we should conSid- CT limiting their use of these planes and publicizing every trip they make overseas and how much it costs"
The Nome nugget., 1955-10-26
Senate to Be Asked to Limit Use of
 Military Planes by Pentagon Officials

WASHINGTON, R-Sen. Rus sell O-G0 said today the Senate will be asked to consider limiting the use of military planes by Pen tagon officials as an outgrowth of the furor over transporting three senators home from Europe.
 Russell, who heads the Senate Armed Services Committee and is a senior member of the Appropri- ations Committee, criticized in an interview what he said Hooks like deliberate effort to shoot at the Senate"