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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20

many instances. a PSYCHE
ARTIST must be consulted.
The family and friends of
the potential alcoholic
must help by giving him
every cooperation - not
pity, nor hen-with-one-
chick fussiness, but a gen.
uine friendly acceptance
of him as an Individual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20

ashamed of their weakness; there
fore shame is no good as medi-
cine. They are unable to keep
promises: so pledges are no good.
The one and only prevention for
alcoholism is to get at the root
of the alcoholics Illustration and
either remove it or enable him to
face it. Alcoholics Anonymous has
proved that this requires first a
confession of personal inadequacy
and then a firm reliance upon God.
Esn0siomal Problems
In TREATING the alcoholic. phys
ical damage done by overindulgence
in alcohol and consequently inn
paired nutrition must be overcome.
But the long-range program for
prevention is the solution of the
individuals emotional difficulties.
The physician can help and, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20

How can a moderate" user of
alcohol know when he is threat
ened with becoming an alcoholic?
One clue is the personality descrip-
ton given earlier. but this judg-
ment should be made effectively
by someone other than the patient.
Can you determine by the num-
Der of drinks you have per day
whether you are becoming an
alcoholic?
No! A much better criterion
is: when you begin to need a
drink or seriously feel the lack
of an anticipated drink, then
is the time To watch oast.
When you begin making your
drink just a shade stronger, or pre-
cede the party with a quickie on
the sly, or begin classifying the
number of drinks you have had, or
conceal your drinking from your
family or associates, then you may
already be on the way.
Medical Resources
HE individual or the family
with an alcoholism problem is not
as helpless as was formerly the
case. In addition to Alcoholics
Anonymous there are increasing
medical resources, as medical re-
search broadens the understanding
of alcoholism as a physiological
and emotional problem. There are
some states with alcohol control
and treatment programs, and there
are more and more medical centers
equipped for the handling of this
problem.
Physicians and public health
authorities know what facilities
are available in their own COM
munity or locality.
As in any medical problem, no
one can take the place of the ply
stefan, despite the acknowledged
usefulness of spiritual influences as
typified by the churches and by
Alcoholics Anonymous.
GOOD HEALTH: Next week,
DIR. j. F. COnlin, BostOn's Di-
rector of Hospitals, tells how
to help the hospital help you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
A frank discussion of a
grave American problem

grave American problem
n INVITED the head of a local
IL chapter of Alcoholics Anony-
nous to lunch. The restaurant was
crowded and the only available
table was next to the bar. As we
sat down | remarked half seriously
and half apologetically, This is a
fine place to take an IA to lunch. -
My guest laughed. Think moth
ing of it," he said. ALTHOUGH /
never touch a drink, invariably
offer one to my guests"
Very earnestly he continued, Il
have not had a drink for many
years but am still an alcoholic -
l know that | dare not risk even
one drink" That is the secret
that every alcoholic must learn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-20
A DOCTOR LOOKS AT DRINKING
By WV. Bauer, MD.

DIRECTOR OF TINE suaEau OF HEatTH EDBeATIOM. ANA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21
BY Brian Bell
Third OF q Series

We ran into the two Washington area
men at Jones Beach, miles from the
base In typical American style when
stationed far afield, MATS in Lajes has
given 1t this incongruous name The
adjacent Atlantic Ocean is the only
similarity to the popular New York
summing ground. But as the old gam
bling joke goes, it's the only game in
town.
The two sefgeants chatted with us
while we gazed down the steep slope to
the crowded beach as jazz blared from
a loud speaker. Three ships lay at
anchor in the harbor. A lifes guard
shouted at a swimmer who seemed to
be striking out for the States
You can't go out too far here" Sergt.
Pruitt commented There are sharks
and barracuda out there"
Sergt Fruits wife. Edna, and their
two children. Nancy. 8. and Kathryn,
IS months. were down by the water.
Sergt. Gideon had his wife Mary, their
daughter Donna Lee. 8. and son Dennis,
4. there. too. Everyone wore a thin
layer Of the volcanic ash that passes
for sand at Jones Beach.
AhiS ID tLie AooL picturesque country
I've ever SEEN" Sergt. Pruitt said. gaz-
ing at the blue hills THE weather's
good-never under Is degrees or over
IS. There's plenty to do at the base.
too. We have the richest MOO mon
commissioned officers club in the
world 1t has its own cocktail lounge.
bar room. dining room. terrace. ball
room, game room and stag bar. The
base has its own TV station-the first
one set up overseas-and radio station
You can 60 fishing all summer do some
skin diving or play softball, if you're
an athlete"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21
ENT IN THE AZORES
Find islands Are Long Way From Anything

Want to take a look around the
town." Sergt. Gideon volunteered. Il
didn't want to come out to the beach in
the first place, but the family insisted.
I'll be glad to show you what little
there is
He took us back to his house in the
small settlement of Cruz de Beatrice to
change clothes More than half the
base personnel lives off the field, renting
houses from the Portuguese Sergt
Gideon pays $35 month rent and an
other $40 for utilities in his three room
house.
Sergt. Gideon, once a member of the
District of Columbia National Guard.
has charge of mess at the base hos
pital. even planning all the meals After
he had slipped on a uniform we drove
into nearby Praia da Vitoria. popula-
ton 2,029.
He showed us the old churches.
pastel-colored buildings. and stopped to
talk to some Portuguese leading a COW
down the main street. The natives were
dressed in their Sunday best-black
suits and hats-but without shoes.
THE people are very friendly here"
oEABt S1ACOkl Sdlu, CuSIOII1S are
the same now as they have been for
hundreds of years. You should see a
native boy counting a girl He stands
outside her house and she leans out the
upstairs window to talk to him This
goes on for months before he's allowed
inside the house"
This is all there is" Sergt. Gideon
said after we had covered the some 20
square blocks of Praia ''Angra do
Heroismo. on the other side of the
island. is bigger, but just the, same
You see what we mean about everything
being at the base"
We did. And since we were travelling
alone. we also got the idea about the
Azores being nice with family but no
Paris for the single man.
Evening star., 1955-10-02
Experts Start Cutting
District Budget Items
List Of ? Possible Tox Boosts
Submitted to Commission

Here Is list Of the possible tax increases SUGGESTED
to the District Commissioner to help cover the cost Of
multimon-dollar boosts in city spending, and their
annual WELD.
Evening star., 1955-10-02
Mon, 73, Sloshed
When He Refuses
To Give Up Money

A 73-year.oid man was knitted
on his front steps last night BY
Q bandit Who demanded money.
Hospitaiized at Casualty "a
fair condition was John Leo
TfipoAi. who told police he was
slashed about the throat as he
sat on the front steps Of his
home at 1888 Z street NV. Doc
tors at Casualty said the wound
was not deep.
Police were told by Mr.. Tri-
poni that q colored man ape
preached him about Z pm. and
asked for money. Mr.. Triponi
answered he had none and was
attacked by the man. he said.
Police broadcast . lookout for
Q 35-year-old colored man, about
5 feet 3 inches tall, wearing d
dark sport shirt and dark pants.
Evening star., 1955-10-02
Firemen Hunt
Lost Mon. "

Approximately SO Montgom-
cry County firemen searched d
large portion of silver Spring
last night for q 77-year-old man
missing from his home s;;::ssSSe=
early afternoon.
Ths man was identified as
Peter r. Pomarzynski. who lives
with his daughter. Mrs. Henry
Dombrowski Of ssos ocaia street.
Silver Sprine.
The mans son, Casiner Fo-
marzynski, said the elderly man
was last seen ct about 1915
pm. wl1en he left his home to
mail q letter at i box about
q block away. He said the re-
tired tool and die maker had
pneumonia about q year ago
and recently suffered q stroke.
Firemen from the TakoIna
Park. Silver Spring. Kensington
and Cabin John departments
searched the residential area uf
Silver Spring, bordered BY
Flower avenue, Colesviile road
and Sligo Creek.
Evening star., 1955-10-02
l,z56 TicKETs
FOR SYMPHONY
SOLD By PHONE

A squad Of telephone-
happy women last week
racked up f.75e season ticket
sales for the National SYM
phony Orchestra.
The women. all volunteers.
have been telephOning III
week from an ONCE ii the
Jefferson Hotel.
Between now and October
10, when the National Synn-
phony opens its 25th anni-
yersary season ii Constitu-
tion Hall. the women expect
to make $4,000 calls.
The orchestra viii play 20
regular concerts ID constitii-
tion Hall. Season tickets to
all 20 concerts come ct 3
reduced rate.
The 1,I56 Is broken down
like thiseo4 tickets to the
FIRST series Of 10 concerts
and 072 tickets TO the second
series Of 10 concerts on al
ternate weeks. In addition
the women have sold 5s6l
season tickets to i've special
concerts the Symphony viii
play In Lisner Auditorium.
Evening star., 1955-10-02
Population
In Areu Put at
1,85O,O!lo0 O

Metropolitan washington, sec
|ond .fastest-growing metropolis
tan area Of mcrethan ! million
population ii the Nation. had
AN estimated l.s50 900 residents
in mid-l065.
This area ranks behind Hous-
ton, Tex, In rate Of growth.
among the Is metropolitan areas
with 8 million or more people.
according to estimates prepared
10y the Washington Board Cf
Trade.
The trend 70 suburban living
In this area u revealed III the
estimate that s. per cent Of
1.-THE areas population Is outside
1.-THE District Of Columbia hOun-
diaries. In 1850 only As per cent
lof the population lived outside
the District.
BY 1860 this area should have
= population Of between 8 and
al million with $4,000 of the
total living within the Districts
boundaries. BY 1870 the popula-
ton should reach about "a mil
lion with 800 1000 living within
1.-THE District, and BY 1880 & total
AREA population Of also. 900
could be achieved, again with
only 10000 Of the total living
lin the District. Trade Board sta
Itistics indicate.
In 1880 the Washington Met
lropolitan Area had GA. .lss resi-
dents. In 1910 the total was
l967.o85 and In 1850 II was ! i.464,-
lO89. d
Evening star., 1955-10-02
|Ottenstein Elected
BY Brondeis Club

Victor Ottenstein has been
elected president Of the Branieis
University Club 81 washington.
Mr.. Ottenstein also is a menu
Der Of the Board Of Trustees
Iof the Greater Washington
United Jewish Appeal. the Busi-
mess Group Of the National
symphony Association, the
Mems Club Of the Washington
Hebrew Home for the Aged.
Evening star., 1955-10-02

N e
Adas Israel Congregation and
the Woodmont Country Club.
He Is vice president Of the Dis
trict News Co. and q director
Of the Atlantic Coast Independ-
ent News Distributors Associa-
ton.
Other officers Of the WalthaIl
(Mass.) university club are Man
dell ourisinan and Justin r.
Wolf, vice presidents: Alvin i.
Miller, secretary; Garfield Kass,
life membership chairman, and
Joseph Cherner, Cecil D. Kauf-
man and Benjamin ourisman.
honorary chairmen.
Evening star., 1955-10-02

more than II per cent alcohol
Ito S5 cents 4 gallon $50. 900.
or. to 40 cents q gallon
l$l75. 900.
Or, to Is cents q gallon
5000. 600.
Restaurant Meals Tax all In
stead Of just those costing nor,
than so cents 1T 2 per cent sale
tax rate 5000. .000.
Cigarettes Impose the z pc
cent sales tax without changing
the cigarette tax itself $500
600,
Communication Impose TIN
u per cent sales tax tprincipalll
lon local telephone exchangl
service s4OO 900.
Medicines and Drugs Impos'
the 2 per cent sales taxs600.
900.
Banks - Increase the gros'
earnings tax from I per cent. al
lowing for deduction Of interest
to S per cent $265. 900.
or, without allowing for de-
ductiOn Of interest 1895. 900.
Or, from 4 to s per cent al
lowing for deductions $3.50 !. 600
Or, to s per cent without de-
ductions 1905 900.
Building and Loan AssOcia-
tions - Increase gross earning,
tax from 2 per cent to 3 per cent
$29O, 900.
-Or, from 2 per cent to 4 pei
cent $585. 900.
Nonresident Income Tax
Repeal credit for those who live
III washington but pay In Other
Jurisdictions $l65. 900.
Real Property Rental I'm
pose tax where no services art
performed by owner $15O. 600
Gift Enact 4 gift tax Law
900.
Sales Taxes - Require semi
public institutions to pay them
to raise SEQ. 900: impose them on;
Clutches. eyeglasses, wheel.
chairs. false teeth. hearing aids
etc. - $l00. 600 Make contrac-
tors pay IT on projects for semi.
public institutions $l25. 900.
Levy the 2 per cent sales Sax
on livestock. poultry. seeds, feed
fertilizer. Lime, etc $40. 900.
Levy q per cent sales tax or
food sold hi cars. boats. trains
etc$2, 500.
Personal Property Rental I'm
pose the personal property tas
1850 900.
Admissions TAX Impose 2 pei
cent tan $500. 900.
Allow for congressional pass.
age Of q bill establishing 81
transfer fee on auto Teglstratloni
wiping out payment Of q sec
Icnd $40 or $32 registration fes
for motorists who buy new carr
and transfer their tags-loss o
$230.00
Amend Soldiers and Sailor,
civil Relief Act to require mill.
Itary personnel residing In til,
District. but doniciled elsewhere
TO pay District taxes II none pal,
|elsewhereNo Estimate.
Make military commissaries
and post exchanges In the Dis.
Itrict pay the 2 per cent sale
Itax--No Estimate.
Evening star., 1955-10-02
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

American Society for Test
ing Materials - Committee
D-2 today opens = five-day
meeting at the Statler Hotel,
with more than 400 expected
to be on hand.
National Association Of
Home Builders Fall Direc-
tors Meeting goes In to It's
fourth day Of sessions ct
the Mayiiower Hotel. About
1000 are In attendance ct
the six-day AFFAIR.
Evening star., 1955-10-02
Boys vs. Police
Fisfics Probed


District and Prince Georges
County police last night were in
yestigating two tist fights be-
tween five District policemen and
. gang Of about 20 young men
Friday night n Chillum. Nd.
Three were sent 70 the hospital.
The fracas occurred outside
the apartment building Of Police
Pvts. John g. Brooks and John
N. Hirschheld, 5eO3 fifteenth
place. after two youths made
obscene remarks TO the ofiicers'
wives, Prince Georges County
police reported. The women had
|reprimanded the youths for tam
Ipering with some children's toys
In the yard.
Treated and released at Ie-
land Memorial Hospital after
the second light were Pvt. John
II. Levandoskt. n. of 6206 Four-
|teenth avenue. West Hyattsyille.
and Pvt. Roger N. Rooney. 40. Of
4506 Forty-ninth street NV,
and Clarence Loveleas, 10. Of
3705 Allison street, Brentwood.
one Of the gang members. The
three suffered lacerations. cuts
and bruises 70 the hands. face
and head.
The NTH policeman involved
IN the melee was Pvt. Russell r.
|Lisermore. Of 5604 6ixty-second
avenue, East Riverdale. All are
ASSIGNED 70 the Tenth Precinct.
The first fist fight occurred,
county police said. when Pvt.
Brooks heard two youths swear
ing at his wife because she had
objected 70 their throwing q tri-
cycle AGAINST the wall Of the
apartnlent building.
This fight was stopped when
two county police arrived on the
scene. Pvt. Brooks then rejoined
his fellow 0fIicers n q card game
Evening star., 1955-10-02

Grocery Tax and General
SALES Tax-Tncrease to 3 pei
lcent; total from both sources
$40 million. tThe present grocery
tax rate Is per cent. the gen.
leral sales rate is 2 per cent?
Payroll TaxImpose one-hali
lof / per cent on all earnings
made IN the District. to be paid
lby residents and non residents
alike So million.
sales TaxExtended TO re-
lccipts from sales Of services, ex-
lcept professional and personal
services. such as amusements O1
Iali kinds. laundry and dry clean
ling, automobile parking and stor-
age $s million.
Income Tax ALLOW only d
$1,000 personal exemption 49,
1000 for d man and wife. with
$500 for each dependentl foI
leach income taxpayer. instead oi
the present $4,000 defective
next January D-s3. $40. 900.
or. merely change present
rates t2lz per cent on first
$4,000 Of taxable income, 3 per
cent on second $1,000, 3lz per
Icent on third 5000 and 4 per
icent on all over thaD by charg-
ling 1 per cent on fourth 5000,
Az per cent on NTH 5000 and s
lper cent on all over that
$3.50, 900.
Or, combine the two previous
Suggestions by cutting exemp-
Ition and raising rates g
million.
tAlso suggested was the
possibility of shifting income
tax collections to q current
basis BY withholding taxes
from salaries. This could
nearly double one years taxes.
but forgiveness of orie-hah
years tax was recommended
Grocery Tax Increase from !
per cent to 2 per cent to con-
form with the present general
sales tax rate 81. .240. 900.
Real Estate TaxIncrease 10
cents on each 500 Of assessed
value. from $40 to $2.30-$l 9
million.
Unincofporated Business Fran
|ehise Tax Extend to businesses
|or professions which BY law or
ethics are not incorporated, and
those which more than 90 per
cent Of gross income Is derived
from personal services OF owil-
|ers. .n--$l $50. 900.
Insurance Tax Increase levy
lof net premium receipts from 2
Ito 2 and one-half per cent
E$5T5, 900 or, from 2 to 3 per
cent Isl, $50, 900.
Beer Tax Increase from $l.25
ID barrel to $3--$925, 900.
Wines Taxi Boost IL on wines
containing more than IA per
lcent Of alcohol from 20 cents to
$50 cents b gallon tequaI to pres
Ient tax Of champagne. spark
ling wine and wine artificially
= =
Evening star., 1955-10-02
District Given
Green Lighf on
Plan Fund
Clearance Comes
After Inquiry on
LegOI Technie0lity

The General Accounting once
has given the District clearance
TO spend 500. 900 to develop de-
tailed plans Tor the new Potomac
River bridge near the end of
IConstitution avenue NV.
District Engineer Commis-
Isicner Thomas A. Lane said yes
Iterday the clearance came IN
response to . District query Is
TO its legal right TO spend money
Congress has appropriated for
the span.
The question arose because
plans now call for the bridge TO
he built slightly outside an area
designated By Congress-, Author
llzing the bridge last ,ear. Con-
leress said 1t should cross the
Potomac ct some point between
arlington Memorial Bridge and
the southern tip Of Roosevelt
Memorial Island. Present plans
lean for the span ID cross the
Islands tip thereby moving It
further away from the Inonu-
mental Lincoln Memorial.
Called Important
Gen. Lane said the matter Of
the city's legal right to use the
funds for ! location not spe-
lcifically approved by Congress
was considered important enough
Ito seek the top-level decision.
IN : reply settling the quesI
Itiun last week, Acting Controller
General Frank II. Weitzel noted
that the planning money had
been authorized before Com
|gress pinned down . location
last year.
The District. however. win not
he able to spend sis million also
lon hand for actual construction
Iof the bridge because these
funds were appropriated after
lthe old bridge route Was named.
THE District hopes 10 get Con-
|gress to ofiicialIy recognize the
new location As soon as II con-.
|venes next year.
Tus1, n9Aak ErsAnv q
IN preparation for that. Dis
|trict and Federal 0filcials con-
|cerned with the bridge location
and design win meet ct Gen.,
Lanes once Friday. On hand.
IN addition to city oficials. win
he representatives Of the Fine
Arts Commission. the National
Capital Planning Commission
and the Theodore Roosevelt As
sociatIon.
City and Federal planning
|technicians have worked out .
new route and trafic design for
the bridge which oficials hope
win meet agreement from al the
groups.
Cen. Lane said he hoped I'd
days session. and perhaps one
other meeting. win pin down de-
tails 10 the point that arm
agreement can be reached at q
Planning Commission meeting Ia
November.
II that step Is taken. the Dis
|trict can direct Consulting an,
|gineers 10 prepare detailed plans
for the long-proposed new.
bridge.
Evening star., 1955-10-02
Criminology Courses

George Washington University
WIN open its eighth Institute OF
Correctional Administration to-
morrow. Registration for courses
in criminology and related sub-
ljects will be from . an. TO noon
lat Monroe Hall.
Evening star., 1955-10-02
Urge
Probe
By Congress
Federation Charge.
Lox Organization
And lnefficiency

49, ~ Vac A<~oet ~ EAsteef -ssssrssy.
administration.
The request was voted without
dissent after charges Of adminis-
|trative .ineficiency. q slax or
ganizational structure" and 'ir-
Irregularities" were aired. The
Federation vote was unanimous
after action was recommended
by the education committee.
There was no general discussion,
Complaints Listed
The complaints enumerated hy
Ralph E. cushman. vice chair
man Of the committee. were
various. They included:
/. District public school chill
|dren are from one to three years
behind the national average In
basic achievements.
2. The current school year
opened with 10 schools failing to
receive the number Of teachers
previously assigned to them.
This. the report stated, resulted
la .'chaotic shufiiing Of teachers
from school to school dis
ruption OF long g-planned educa-
ton programs and drastically
oyercrowded classes" "
5. school jurisdictional bound
aries set so that some children
are forced to attend crowded
schools at q considerable dis
lance although one relatively
close BY Is operating well below
capacity.
4. Some children. not entitled
to 1t, are being sch0oled here
tuition-free.
5. Such 'irregularities'' exist
as permitting the .'long- time
use. Of Cardozo High School
here by New York University.
8. Substantial revision Of the
Of the school sys-
tenn" In violation Of the District
of Columbia Code and without
public hearings or advice from
competent authorities.
Oppose Bus Decision
The Federation also took 1
stand against any .'precipitous
and irevocabie decision 70
abandon ali streetcars nov
operated II the final year Of the
Capital Transit franchise.
IN 4 resolution adopted un-
animously and to the accom-
paniment Of applause. the citi-
sens agreed with . report by
Edward c. wilcox. chairman Of
the public utilities committee,
that many Washingtonians pre-
fer streetcar travel To an ail-bus
transit system such Is has been
proposed.
The group engaged In hasslt
over q proposal TO change the
federation meeting nights from
Saturdays to Thursdays. John A
IRemon, federation president, said
lhe feels the Thursday meeting
nights would draw better crowds
and be more convenient than the
weekend date. The question Il
due to be decided at the Decein.
Iber meeting.
A special postage stamp COM
|memorating the late Harvey w
wiley, father Of the Pure Food
and Drug Act, was urged BY the
Moderation. The stamp issuance
would be in conjunction with the
E50th anniversary Of the act nexl
June.
widow Now . DELEGATE
q NJ ' 4st slly
Mr.. wiley. 4 long time Wash.
Ifngtonian, was d member Of the
Kalorama Citizens Association
Il member-b body Of the fedora
Ition. His widow. also i Kaio-
rama member. Ii now q delegate
It0 the citizens federation from
the Federation of Women's
Clubs.
Mrs. Henry A. Bartlett. past
president Of the Federation. was
presented with q gavel honorine
Iher distinguished service Is the
|federation's iirst woman presi-
dent.
The gavel, appropriate In
lscribed. was given to her bs
Fred a. Smith, president Of the
Metropolitan Police Boys Club
whose members made ii.
MRS. Bartlett urged Washing