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Evening star., 1955-11-27

dozen local inter-racial groups
across the State. These groups in
clude on their membership rolls
educators, attorneys. churchmen
and business leaders. One cate
CORY - politicians and members
of the Legislature is notably
absent.
Some persons have raised the
question of why the council
doesn't join forces with the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
yancement Of Colored People in
view of the similarity Of aim.
"The answer is that our meth
DDS and opportunities are differ
ent." says Mr.. Marion. I'VE both
believe in obeying the Supreme
Court. We both believe in strictly
equal treatment for all groups Of
citizens.
But in our methods we differ,
as doctors differ. There are doc
tors who heal with q surgeons
knife. Others use serums, vac
cines and other kinds Of medi-
cines. The NAACP, in this tough
business of healing human in
equalities, Is somewhat like the
surgeon.
"Its lawsuits and court actions
are cutting like a knife into our
body polite. and they are doing
tnat because certain preventive
action was not taken years ago.
III segregation with all its waste
of human values. had not been
allowed to fasten itself on the
South so years ago. today's
surgery would be unnecessary. "
Mr.. Marion, a scholarly. soft
spoken man with prematurely
gray hair. says the council Is
not .'out to fight" the Defenders
or any other pro-segregation
group.
'.Most Important Battle"
"This doesn't mean we aren't
fightine q battle" he declares.
1--WE are. We are UP TO our necks
in what many Of us believe Is the
biggest and most important bat
tie going on in America-the
fight for simple dignity and
equal opportunity for all Amer
leans.
To put it briefly. we are try.
ing to help people to practice
what the United States consti-
tuition proclaims In principle,
and to extend the guarantees Of
the Bill of Rights to all citizens
on q strictly impartial basis.
without special favors or oppor-
tunities to anybody based on
race or color"
Mr.. Marion says there is a
simple religious motivation that
explains the feelings Of most
Council members-the desire to
extend the spirit Of brotherhood.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Influx Brings
New Money to Foirfox

Ia nice house. They are opposed
ito industry but they had better
be in favor of industry or the
taxes on that nice house are
going to be more than they can
stand"
One Of Top Publications
Southern Iron Works. which
lis % years old. is now one of
the three large fabricators OF
this area. All three are doing
about an equal. business, he said,
The two others are Barber and
Ross Co., and Fabricators Steel
Corp.
We drove farther out the
Shirley highway to the Parr-
'Franconia warehouse. leased by
the General Services Administra-
tion. This installation is
valued at 81 million and pays
more than $60.000 year to the
county in taxes. 1t is owned as
an income producing investment
by the Park Avenue Methodist
Church Of New York.
1t is the largest timber-en.
gineered warehouse in the world
Its walls are Of concrete and
were cast on the ground and then
tilted into position. It is one
fourth mile long from door To
door and has more than / mill
lion square feet under its roof
20 acres. to be exact.
1t has $4,000 items on inyen-
tory, from paper clips to gro
ceries. medical supplies. brooms
and vacuum cleaners. We went
inside and were fascinated by the
little carts, electrically powered
through a slot in the floor. slow
ly moving their way to the wait
ing automobile trucks on the
platform.
The industry with the biggest
payroll in the county is on Arl-
Iington boulevard. far removed
from railroad tracks. 1t is the 81
million electronic research la
boratory Of Melpar, a subsidiary
of Westinghouse Airbrake Corp
Because of the highly technical
nature of the work. its 1000 en-
.ployes average $4,000 a year
That means an annual payroll OF
about $6 million, The county
would like to have more of this
scientific type of industry.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Key Figure in Highway Lond Deals
Sought by Montgomery Prosecutor

During the hearing. Du Pre-
said he had paid his former wife
$3.50 q month for i1is first two
years at the roads commission
He said his present wife worked
to help him at the time.
In the spring OF 1854, Du Pre-
bought a $20.500 house at l0109
Parkwood terrace. Bethesda. He
said $4,000 cash on the house
he said.
Du Pre- said his wife and he
had saved for years to purchase
the house and that his father
in-law had kept the money fol
them.
In Charge Of Purchases
Du Pre-, at the time Of his
suspension. was In charge OF
right-of-way purchases for tht
new million dollar a. mile
washington national pike, ths
circumferential belt highwa,
and Route 1893 in Montgomer,
County. :.
4 Du Pre- was described re
.lpeated at the hearings by hi
lsuperiors as a sincere, conscien
tious worker who spent man.
hours at his job. He said that hi
day often began at 1880 am. ant
iran until midnight.
One Of his suhordinates said h,
1often accompanied Du Pre- dur
ling negotiation trips to drive be-
cause Du Pre- nearly always fel
asleep from exhaustion as sooI
las he got In the car.
4 Charged along with Du Pre-
Gus Basiliko and Gutenberg II
THE Montgomery Indictment
were John B. Hudson, Georg'
Basiliko, Jerry Goldberg, ant
Joffre r. Rosenfeld. OF the seven
lonly Du Pre- testified at the hear
ling last July.
/ The indictments stemmed from
Investigations into allegations
that Du Pre- had passed informa'
Ition to Gus Basiliko concerning
proposed road porjects In thI
washington area.
First Contact In 1850
i Du Pres FIRST contact will
iGus came in 1850 when he wa,
lIsent to Calvert County on a roae
project and stayed ct the Murph,
Hotel, operated by Gus Basilikt
land his wife. Du Pre- said h,
knew them at the time as th'
IlMurphys."
il He said he found Gus to b,
LOT q very friendly nature
! who wanted to be helpful"
II always trusted him i'm
Iplicity as have many othel
'lpeople, Du Pre- said.
i Du Pre- became friendly with
Gus Basiiiko, visited him so.
|cially and often called on hin
lin person or by telephone re,
Igarding land values. Du Pr
tIsaid Gus was well informed OF
'lvalues in the Washington arei
IIbecause he and his brother wer.
lin the real estate business.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

The whereabouts Of Ben Du
Pre-, missing link in the prosecu-
ltion Of highway land spectators
lin nearby Maryland. Is the big
mystery" facing MONTGOMERY
County authorities.
The Star, however, located his
wife in Essex, Md, yesterday and
she claimed no law enforcement
authority has contacted her. Es-
Isex is q Baltimore suburb.
"They make such big mys-
ltery Of It," she told The Star
lover the telephone. "You are the
first one who has tried TO con-
tact me-"
II could have given them al
1.-THE information they needed" !"
/ Mrs. Du Pre-, however, said heI
husband could not be reached at
the moment.
Wife Declines Comment
She declined TO comment al
this time" on reports that hel
husband had returned to his ma
Tive Mexico.
/ Police plan to concentrate thii
week on determining the missing
mans whereabouts.
4 II he Is in Mexico, Montgom-
iIery County States Attorney Algei
liz. Barbee plans to seek State
Department aid to extradite him
|if necessary.
Du Pre-, ousted State Road:
'lCommission assistant right-of-
lIway engineer. was one OF sever
men indicted by q Montgomery
grand jury Tuesday on charges
LOT conspiracy TO defraud thu
Commission on land acquisitions
4 Du Pres testimony may b
vital in the prosecution Of thu
Iother six men, all Of whom par.
Iticipated In land deals with the
roads commission.
i Ousted from Post
/ Du Pre- was ousted from hi
'Ipost at the climax Of a hearing
lin Baltimore on his appeal Of
suspension by the roads commits
Ision last July.
| Du Pre- submitted q letter 81
resignation after land recordI
were produced linking him will
IConstas Gus Basiliko in owner
ship Of land in Prince Georges
County on which Max Gutenberg
,lheld a mortgage. Both were in
.ldicted on the conspiracy charges
\ Du Pre- repeatedly had deniet
'lany personal business dealing
with Basiliko and Gutenberg. HI
llhad described his many contacts
with Basiliko as leading to in
.lformation that was beneficial t,
1.-THE roads commission In its lans
ACQUISITION program.
I, As the hearings. came to al
lend. Du Pre- attributed his diff,
.lficulties to being VERY guliible."
with Mr.. Basiliko and man,
Others. ] have been very gullible
Evening star., 1955-11-27

lpupllc SCHOOLS.
It's an assignment the Council
land its $50 members, clearly
realize will not endear the youne
Organization to thousands Of
IVirginians who are reluctant tc
Igive up a way Of life that's as
traditional as southern grits. As
John H. Marion. the councils
lfull-time director, says:
1 "It's a painful time to have
Ito go through, but when the
IWouAds heal--as they will-the
South will be q better and hap
pier place than it was before.
"our Virginia council. through
the medicine Of education and
persuasion. is trying to help IN
| that healing process"
Two Opposing Groups
The Council was organized last
February. four months after its
Opposite number. the Defenders
lof State Sovereignty and Indi-
Ividual Liberties, had its in
lception.
The Defenders are opposed to
even the slightest lowering of the
segregation barrier. They advo-
cate withholding public funds
from counties and cities which
lare willing to attempt integra-
ltion.
The council was set up under
the auspices of the Southern
Regional Council, long a leader
in promoting racial harmony In
the South. About q year and q
half ago, the Regional Council
received a S24o, 900 grant from
the Fund for the Republic, a
branch of the Ford Foundation.
The money was allocated Ia
Iexpand the Regional Councils
work through the establishment
OF afdliated councils in IL south
Iern states. The Virginia council
became one of these.
The Virginia Councils organi-
rational meeting in Richmond
last February brought together
about 20 white and Negro leaders
lof various faiths and pursuits.
10 harter members included.
among others, Or. J. Earl More
land, president Of Randolph
Macon College; Dr.. Thomas
Henderson, dean Of Virginia
Union University: and Mrs,
Theodore F. Adams of Rich-
lmond. wife Of the president Of
the Baptist World Alliance.
w. Carroll Brooke, an Episco-
pal minister in Staunton. was
elected president OF the group.
In May. the council selected Mr..
Marion. q Presbyterian minister
with wide experience in inter-
racial affairs. to run its head
quarters Office in Richmond.
Since then the council has
been working with about half q
Evening star., 1955-11-27
AIexundriun Elected

LINCOLN. Neb.. Nov. 26 (F1.--
Elmer r. Kiehl Of Columbia, Mo.
today was elected grand president
Iof Alpha Gamma Sigma. Other
lofficers named at the fraternity's s
biennial sessions include Ernest
Heiby. Alexandria. Va. treasurer
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Langley Site
For CIA Urged
By Arlington
County Board
Votes a to ] for
Fuirfox Location
BY SAM EASTMAN

BY a Al vote, the Arlington
County Board yesterday urged
the Central Intelligence Agency
Ito build its proposed $50 million
headquarters at Langley in adj
Joining Fairfax County.
| The lone dissenting vote was
cast by Alvin F. Kimel, who
raised questions on the impact of
CIA at Langley on highways,
sewers, bridges, public transpor-
Itation and land use.
The boards action came after
members heard q CIA official,
James Garrison, state that aside
from Langley:
"T know of no other site in
Virginia that would meet the
present criteria."
Follows Fairfax Action
Yesterdays stand on the Lang
ley site parallels that taken by
the Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors. along with Chamber
lof Commerce chapters In both.
Counties.
| Alexandria officials, however,
have been waging what is ap-
parently a losing battle to
Interest CIA in locating within
the city limits on the Winkler
tract, at Shirley highway near
Seminary road. A report pre-
pared for CIA by a New York
firm strongly recommends Lang
ley for the proposed head
quarters.
Action by the board yesterday
was prompted by a request from
the National Capital Regional
Planning Councils executive
committee that this reports be
reviewed by all the Jurisdictions
that would be affected.
/ In a report to the board.
County Manager A. T. LundbeEg
said that it is the opinion of the
planning Office and other county
departments that location by
iCIA at either Langley or on the
|Winkler tract will not affect
Arlington County directly" He
Isaid that If Langley is selected.
the resulting increase in traffic
will be ''remedied" by State or
Federal highway improvements.
Warned on Road Work
! Planning Director Frank L.
Dieter warned that If these i'm
Iprovements are not timed to the
'Iconstruction of the agency
headquarters, Arlington can
expect serious ttrafic) conges-
,Ition" in the northern end of the
County. This, he said, would
lin turn result in" shortcut traf-
nc" on local streets and possible
'Ineighborhood damage"
/ The road projects needed, Mr..
iDieter's report said, are the pro-
posed 6-lane George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway extern
sion from Chain Bridge to the
3site; widening Route 1913 from
IL to 6 lanes from the bridge
Ito Langley. and completion OF
,iGlebe road widening from Lee
highway to the bridge.
Board members also heard
strong support for the Langley
,Isite by representatives of the
Arlington and Fairfax Chamber
Iof Commerce units; John w.
IBrookf1eld, member Of the Fair.
flax County Planning Commis-
lsion and National Capital Re-
Igional Planning Council; and
Richard M, Smith, chairman Of
THE McLean-Langley Citizens for
lCIA.
! Earlier this year, the board
voted in favor of Arlington Hall
Jas the location for CIA. Since
THAT time, however. agency Of
Eflcials have made it clear that
they do not consider the post a
lsiIitabIe IOcation.
Evening star., 1955-11-27
Virginia Session Set
For Racial Debate
Virginia Council Fights
To Outlaw Segregation

RICHMOND Nov 26 tPQuietly and without great deal
of fanfare the virginia Council Relations is going
its members believe must be done to preserve the
Souths honor.
The job is that trying win acceptance In Virginia Of
the Supreme Courts decision outlawng segregation in the
Evening star., 1955-11-27

Warning Against Opposition
"The PTA-ers,n he said, Cthe
Chamber OF Commerce and
members Of the Parent Teacher
Association seem to have differ
ences Of opinion. move out
into the county to be with the
birds and the bees and live in
Evening star., 1955-06-19
Capital Transit
|ToContinueI lis
Glen EchoCars

Although Glen Echo Park now
has Q new owner. the Capital
Transit Company expects to con-
|tinue to operate its streetcars
there. it was reported yester-
day.
The deed, conveying the prop
,erty to the new owner. specif-
|ically reserves the right for the
Capital Transit firm to operate
its cars and maintain its tracks
lat Glen Echo. Cabin John and
Glen Echo cars run to that
point.
Nothing is contemplated
about abandoning the streetcar
line to Glen Echo" a company
spokesman said.
Formerly, Ca pital Transit
Company owned Glen Echo for
many years. But after Louis E.
Wolfson and his associates ac-|
quired control of the property.
a new company. called Con-
tinental Enterprises, Inc, was
set up to take over the nom
transit operating properties of
Capital Transit.
Continental has just sold the
Glen Echo Amusement Park to
the Rekab Corporation, headed
by Abram Baker, long in the
amusement field. Rekab Cor
poration has interests at Pali-
sades Park and Olympic Park,
both in New Jersey. Mr.. Baker
and his brothers, Manuel Baker,
vice president. and Samuel
3 ker, secretary-treasurer of
Rekab, are also interested in
Atlantic City amusementS.
While the purchase price of
Glen Echo Park was not an
nounced, it was recalled that
an offer of SIS million was re-
portedly refused for the property
last year.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
TIE SUNDAY STAR AS
washington, ~. ".
SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1855

minutes Of the supposed attack.
There was a lot of confusion
and even some amusement in
what went on. Oficials could
never agree on the exact number
|of cities bombed" The Agri-
culture Department sent out or
ders lifting farm production re-
strictions without saying they
were make-believe. And Presi-
dent Eisenhower pretty well gave
away the location Of his own
Fhideout by dropping in on his
Gettysburg farm for dinner.
Any summing up of the re-
suits of the exercise must, how
ever, consider some intangibles.
Even If mistakes were made and
confusion often seemed to reign.
Government officials may feel
they can profit by them. SO they
will be better prepared in the
event of a real emergency. Per-
haps a vast amount of good also
will come from it in focusing
public attention on the problems
and arousing wider public sup
port for the civil defense UNDER
taking.
In any event, no one seems
likely to disagree with President
Eisenhower's appeal in the exer-
else windup for "the most de.
vout daily prayers" that an
atomic attack-like the one
simulated last week-never will
be visited on the United States.
Evening star., 1955-06-19

the problem OF radioactive fall
out.
One point illustrates how the
fall-out problem was ignored
The exercise called for the re-
moval Of top Government Off
Icials and key employees to 81 re-
location centers somewhere out.
side of Washington. The fall-out
pattern from the supposed H
bomb blast devastating Wash.
ington would have covered q
number of them. No one could
say what relocation centers
some designed as permanent in.
Istallations, had adequate shell.
tiers against fall-out.
There were other surprising
gaps in the exercise. No military
steps were involved. The test ig-
nored air bases and other targets
that would have been hit as
quickly and certainly as indus
trial and population centers.
Nor was there any indication Of
what the President would have
done in ordering atomic and hy-
drogen bomb retaliation.
In fact, after one false start,
President EiSephouer hiYnsn1f
felt called upon to discourage
any talk Of retaliation, possibly
in view of the approaching Big
Four lat the summit" confer
ence.
There was no way of apprais-
ing whether an enemy could
actually rain down atomic and
H-bombs on three-score or so
Of American cities within t"e
space of one hour and "a
Evening star., 1955-06-19

wages and prices and establish
other economic controls for use
in the event of a real emergency.
At the same time. decisions
reached during the exercise left
mo question but what there would
lbe vast array of such controls,
with or without legislation. The
Agriculture Department. for ex-
ample, disclosed that it has pre-
pared plans for seizing food
stocks and food production in
stricken areas. The Treasury
would impose stringent financial
controls with suspension of the
usual banking and credit facili-
ties. And SO on.
On other points, the test left
many question unanswered-even
|unconsidered. The civilian de-
tense people talked tremendously
of the terrible casualties, of the
industrial loss and the awful
radiation fall-out spewing from
the heavens after simulated H
bomb attacks on IA major met
ropolitan centers.
They played the game accord
ing to a script prepared in ad-
vance down to the last figure on
what the casualties would be in
any given city. But when the
operation dragged to an end Fri
day no one had any real idea of
what the casualties were, how
much industrial production had
been knocked OUT what would
be done to take care of the
KILLED" and injured, and
what, If anything, the admins |
tration plans to do to combat
Evening star., 1955-06-19
Story Of Transit Strikes:
Eosyto Star, Hard to Stop

Easy to start and hard to stor
that seems to be the story
about a rash of transit strike.
to hit the country recently.
Baltimore had one in 1852 thai
lasted 10 days. That seemed 9
long time for the buses anc
Istreetcars to disappear, but there
have been many longer tie-ups
Just a few of them: Detroit, 81
days; Harrisburg, Pa, 80 days
indianapolis, AZ days; Eastern
Massachusetts,, 127 days; Scran.
ton, Pa, in the 18th week anc
still going strong.
They've been long and they've
been costly if one is to believe
facts and figures from the struck
cities. Caught in the pincers o.
management-u n on wrangle.
have been the riding public, but
If the riders have suffered, ever
more so have business. the tax.
payers, and-not least of all
management and unions.
Take Detroit's strike of 3,70(
operators which began April 81
1851 and continued until June Is
Here are some previously un.
published facts gathered by ex.
perts who said they picture the
true impact" of the strike
facts withheld from the Detroit
public.
When the strikers went out
2.750 other transit workers were
laid off. One million daily riders
had to quickly alter their habits
In one sense, Detroit was
luckier than many other cities
in the same predicament because
Of its wide streets and highest
per capita car ownership. No
parking rules were suspended,
permitting motorists to park
three to four deep on some wide
avenues.
Inevitably. car pools formed
and everybody not only got to
work, they seemed to get there
earlier and more often.
Retail Receipts Plunge
But If the people were man.
aging to get to work and back
they were not too mindful about
other things. Retail store re-
ceipts for the two-month period
fell of 80 per cent.
One large store alone lost 81
milion--the estimate for all re-
tail business was three times
that much. Some of the smaller
stores and chain store groups
were nearly driven to the wall
They hurt so badly that many
retailers bought newspaper ads
urging an end to the strike.
Theater men, already hard
pressed by television, said they
almost suffered a death blow"
Downtown church attendance
dropped off sharply and kids had
"a real good reason for missing
school.
Crime Rate Rises
One of the most frightening
aspects was this: The crime rate
rose 20 per cent. The reason was
that police were busy handling
traffic-at an additional cost OF
100000 to the taxpayer for
overtime.
Ironically. the strike ended in
dismal failure because the mayor
invoked a State law prohibiting
strikes by public employees. II
stood up in the Supreme Court
Workers lost their seniority.
Besides that, the workers lost
Evening star., 1955-06-19
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idea of what might be involved
They interpreted martial law as
IA means for enforcing evacua-
ton, for marshaling workers,
supplies and equipment, and for
requiring State and local govern
|ments to help neighboring areas
under attack.
Whatever its detailed meaning
might turn out to be, the great
practical significance of Mr..
Eisenhower's move seemed to be
this: Martial law, as an exercise
of the Presidents inherent pow
ers. would be relied on as a sub
stitute for standby powers.
That means the administration
has no plans to set up in advance
legislated authority to freeze"
Evening star., 1955-06-19
EDUCATOR URGES (
COMPENSATION FOR
BOSSES ULCERS

LOS ANGELES (R.-A
Catholic educator says busi-
ness executives should get
workmen's compensation for
ulcers and heart trouble "be-
cause they are certainly oc-
cupational diseases"
The Rev. Andrew c. Boss.
director of the labor-man-
agement school at the Uni
versity of San Francisco. also
told the 18th annual confer
ence of the American Society
of Training Directors yester-
day that better communica-
tion is needed between minor
and top executives.
Executives trying to
climb over the backs of other
executives to reach the top
this eternal scrambling to
get ahead - breaks down
both communications and
the nervous system" he said.