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Evening star., 1955-11-30
Businessmen Elect
IJurboe President

William N. Jarboe, owner Of
Ithe Jarboe Printing Co., last
night was elected president of
THE Southwest Businessmen's AS
Isociation.
Others elected to once during
q meeting at the American Sc
lcurity and Trust Co. Offices at
Seventh and e streets S.W. we're:
Louis Gotthold, first vice
president: Melvin Ceppos. sec
Iond vice president: Albert Gins
berg, third vice president: Nor
ton Titelman. secretary; VIII
liam Davis, treasurer; Joseph
H. Schneider, general counsel.
and David Miller and Mr..
Schneider. directors.
Evening star., 1955-11-30
HACKERS REQUEST
TO LIMIT TAxIS
DENIED BY P. u. c.

The District Public Utili-
ties Commission today
turned down a request to
limit the number Of taxi
cabs in Washington.
The commission said it
has no power to do so, al
though it has supported sew
eral bills in Congress to give
it such power.
The request for commits
sion action was made Sep
tember % on behalf of sew
eral Washington taxicab op-
orators.
1t was filed by attorney
James Shenos. who contend
ed that hackers here are
unable to make an adequate
living because of an over
supply of taxis.
Evening star., 1955-11-30
Nike Site Inspector
Indicted in Bribery

BALTIMORE, Nov. 80 (Pl.--A
40-year-old former Army con-
struction inspector was indicted
yesterday by a Federal grand
jury on charges Of taking bribes
in connection with work being
done on Nike guided missile sites
In the Baltimore Washington
area.
Solicitation and acceptance Of
bribes were charges included in
1.-THE seyen-count indictment
against Charles w. Joswick of
Baltimore.
Joswick was employed by the
Army Corps of Engineers. super
visors of the Nike bases en-
circling Baltimore and the Ma
tional Capital. 1t was charged
he sought money from subcon-
tractors to influence his decisions
on inspection matters.
Evening star., 1955-11-30
Bethesda Rescue Squod
Use Of D. c. Doctors Hit

A spokesman for the Mont
gomery County Medical Society
today declared the society has
strongly condemned" a Bethes-
da rescue squad practice of call
ing for District doctors in ar
emergency.
The spokesman, DR.. Charles
I. Warfield. said a society SUBJ
committee will report within o
week on its investigation of pro-
Icedure followed by the Bethesda.
Chevy Chase rescue squad.
Meanwhile, Robert w. Crem.
ins. claaf of the BCC squad
stated the squad has saved time
and received better service ir
emergency situations by using
the Washington Clinic at Wis.
lconsin and Western avenues
Just inside the District.
Speedy Service Stressed
"The service is 80 per cent
better" Mr.. Cremins said. 1--WE
can get q doctor in S or 10 min
lutes from the clinic
He said the speed with which
the clinic doctors respond has
in some cases. eliminated sitting
around giving oxygen to a dead
person for IS minutes" He ex.
lplained that rescue workers must
keep trying to save q persons
life until the person is officiall,
pronounced dead.
! The recue squad chief said the
Evening star., 1955-11-30
Democrats to Seek
Home Rule Support

Members of the District Young
Democratic Club will urge the
national convention of Young
Democrats to adopt resolution
calling for home rule in WASH
ington.
The convention meets tomor.
row. Friday and Saturday in
Oklahoma City.
The District club also has gone
on record urging the establish
ment of a national cultural CEN
ter in Washington.
Delegates from the club to the
convention are Stanley /. Breg-
man, president; Farnum john
son. Charles Lipsen, Miss Betty
Hodges, Joe Panzitta, Mrs. Evelyn
McCutcheon. Miss Sally O'Brien,
Miss Virginia Lanegran. Robert
Salem and Miss Becky Grady.
Evening star., 1955-11-30
Ninth Precinct Police UnveiI
Newly RemodeIed Station

look twice before he can believe
it's a police station.
During the years work the
ninth precinct force continued
to operate through the clatter
and din of the remodeling. Capt.
Lewis B. Peters said that
throughout the year the SWITCH
board and the counter were
moved to different spots in the
building.
A dull, poorly illuminated in
terror was frightened by fresh
gray and green paints and mod
ern fluorescent ceiling lamps.
The station house is a far cry
now from the antiquated build
ing erected in 1889.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer,
Police Chief Robert v. Murray
and Deputy Chief Howard
Covell made an inspection visit
this morning.
Evening star., 1955-11-30

statement, Mr.. Fox said, "We
can do anything any other group
can do. We have commitments,
too." Also. he said. we're op-
Ierators, as well as local people,
and viii operate it ourselves
We can get underwriting Il
they'll give us the franchise. "
A new proposal for operating
the Washington transit facilities
including retaining the streetcars
also has been made to the Public
Utilities Commission.
Or. Joseph A. Wraieht and J
Staten Jenner. who conferred
with the commission yesterday
said they also have discussed the
purchase Of Capital Transit
property with company officials.
They said the price In The
discussion was the $14.4 millior
figure put on the property last
August by Louis e. Wolfson, con-
trolling stockholder Of the transit
company. Mr.. Jenner said j. A
IB. Broadwater had said the own
lers would be willing to take SIC
million in first mortgage bonds
in part payment.
Or. Wraight, an official in ths
Coast and Geodetic Survey. wal
one Of the group known as the
Metropolitan Rapid Transit Co
This group filed and then with.
drew an application for a permit
to succeed Capital Transit.
Mr.. Jenner, who formerly wa,
In the Government, is now Will
the Planning Research Corp. ol
Los Angeles as a transportation
specialist. He lives In Bethesda
Evening star., 1955-11-30

District clinic has a special sta
ton wagon with a siren and a
radio, A second -hand siren was
given to the clinic about three
or four months ago by the rescue
squad. he said. The radio was
installed about six weeks ago
and is tied in with the Glen
Echo Fire Department radio con-
troll unit.
In condemning the rescue
squads procedure, DR.. Warfield
said the squads practice does not
serve the public interest. 1t is
q duplication of services and a
definite inpingment of ethical
practices"
County Society Cited
The doctor said the county
society, through its 3-year-old
medical bureau, operates an
emergency doctor service which
has been cited by several medical
Journals and copied by other
medical societies across the Ma
ton"
The society's emergency serv-
ice, he said. maintains on-call
doctors on a 24-hour basis
throughout the county. He said
the society has divided the
county into six areas and keeps
IA doctor on emergency cali in
each at all times.
DR.. Warfield also declared that
the Bethesda rescue squad ap-
parently contacts the clinic for
"a doctor and. in some cases, ne
elects to take advantage OF
emergency room facilities al
Suburban Hospital. Washington
Sanitarium and Montgomery
County General Hospital.
Fire departments and rescue
squads in the Silver Spring area
use the county society's emer-
gency service. Nelson G. Thayer,
chief of the Silver Spring Vol
unteer Fire Department, said his
men have found the county serv-
ice satisfactory.
Evening star., 1955-11-30
RLAStudies
Changes in
AreuCP Plan

Minor changes in the proposed
Iland-use plan for Southwest
Area G, as outlined today be-
fore the District Redevolopment
Land Agency. would provide
more public park space and
shift the location Of two
churches and an elevator apart
ment house.
William Slayton. planning offi-
cial Of the New York real estate
development firm of Webb q,
Knapp, detailed the proposals
at q regular session Of the agency
Board Of Directors.
Webb 81 Knapp planners made
lthe notifications on the sug-
lgestion Of the National Capital
Planning Commission staff ct
recent meetings.
The alterations now viii be
presented to two co-ordinating
committees Of the commission
land laid before the planning
body itself December is or 16
The RIA board and Webb and
Knapp hope for at least prelimi-
mary approval Of the new pro-
Iposals at the id-February
injecting of the commission.
Principal among the proposed
Hand use changes are these.
1. Moving public school site
on the north side Of street from
Sixth street to Fourth street and
lrearranging the road outlets
from the proposed Tenth street
waterfront overlook" Both OF
these alterations would provide
imroe than three acres of sddi-
Itional park space. according to
1.-THE planners.
2. Switching the location of a
large elevator apartment house
from Fourth street to Seventh
street on the north side Of
4
street.
3. Relocating two churches
from NJ street to I street at the
lcorners Of Third and Sixth street
This would ease the traffic haz
lard for pedestrians since M street
lis an arerial highway.
4. DeVoting more land ada
Icent to the proposed Town Gen.
tier to park use. This would be
ion the southside Of I street just
north Of the center on both sides
lof Fourth street.
The RIA board of adjourn.
lment inspected possible new
headquarters building in tht
heart of the Southwest 1t is cur
Irently concerned with.
The two-stry structure. located
lat 685 Maine avenue. contains
more than IA rooms. 1t is also
iair-conditioned and would cost
Ithe agency about $500 annual
rent.
| John Searles, agency director
said the new quarters would
give his growing outfit adequate
room and would face space occu-
pied by the agency and now
sought by the District govern
tment in the public building al
1899 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Evening star., 1955-11-30

commitments made yesterday X
the District Public Utilities Com.
mission.
The disclosure came as ths
icommission settled down *
choose q private transit operator
lin the next 80 days before Con.
lgress convenes-including tenta.
tive selection of one of five appli.
cants. holding Of a formal public
hearing. final decision, issuance
lof a permit and drafting Of spe.
Icial legislation.
| Mr.. Holland said his group
composed largely Of Baltimore
investors, has a ross-section" oi
representation from Roanoke
Ito Aberdeen. !" Also, he said, II
includes q dozen or more Wash
Iington businessmen who will be
identified only II and when q
franchise Is granted.
He said the group promised
1.-THE utilities commission to incor-
porate here within the next few
days. Probably, he said, it will
llise the name Washington
Transit, Inc
Mr.. Holland said his group had
promised the commission to bus
1900 new 5l-passenger diesel en-.
lgine buses. which cost about
lS22 900 each.
In addition. he declared, the
company plans to shop around
flor 60C used buses, either of the
81 or 81 passenger type.
Total investments, according
Ito Mr.. Holland, win range from
1920 million to $25 million, "de.
pending on whether we rent o.
buy real estate, such as space fol
bus shops, terminals and Office
space
Meanwhile, the utilities com.
mission conferred with Other
applicants in what Chairman
George E. C. Hayes has called
la '1ast-ditch effort to persuade
lpriyate enterprise. to take ovel
1.-THE transit franchise.
/ Mr.. Hayes said the commission
had conferred Monday with Mr.
Holland and yesterday with Nor.
iris Fox. president of the B&T
Transportation, Inc, and woult
meet today with Gregory Han.
kin. former commission chair.
man and counsel for the Metro.
tpolitan Transit Cooperative. Al
Interview is scheduled tomorrow
with Max NJ. Kampelman, coun.
sci for q group Of identified
clients.
Expressing increased optimisrn
EMr. Hayes said yesterday thu
Holland group had answered al
Questions asked by the commits.
sion. He said Mr.. Fox hac
drought In some additional In
formation and promised to supply
Ia Qualification Of earlier material
within a few days.
He insisted that no concessions
have been made by the commits.
lsion. and said none viii be made
prior to a formal public hearing
Commenting on the Holland
Evening star., 1955-11-30


children attending the 75-year-
old school, disclosed the parents
strike plans earlier today.
We've contacted all Of the
parents in the school and have
nearly 100 per cent agreement on
the plan to keep the children
home tomorrow and Friday" he
said. I'VE will not hold a DEM
onstration at the school tomor-
row but Friday we may picket
the building with placards."
Mr.. Hart could not be reached
for comment on Mr.. Corning's
announced change of plans. But
his wife. Mrs. Susan Hart, said:
Il was just notified of the
change by a telephone call from
the school department. / asked
that we be given assurance in
writing that the recommendation
will be withdrawn. Our plans
viii not be changed until we have
that assurance. /"
Mrs. Hart said a meeting of
the parents will be held at 8
O'Clock tonight at her home to
decide whether the strike will be
called OF.
Hearing Was Scheduled
Mr.. Corning,s Office said the
parents of the 140 children at
tending the school had been
scheduled to appear at a hear
ing December 8 Of the school
boards Buildings and Grounds
Committee which was to weigh
Mr.. Corning's recommendation.
That hearing has been called
of" the announcement from Mr..
Corning's Office said.
Mr.. Hart said the strike plans
were arranged to coincide with
the White House Conference on
Education now in session here to
spotlight what can happen to
District parents who have no
vote in the government of their
lcity.
The strike plans were not
sanctioned by the school Par
ent-Teacher Association. Mr..
Hart said.
PTA Opposed Closing
The school PTA had strongly
opposed the planned closing,
however, and delegation from
the group was to present argu-
lments at the committee meet
ling December 8. The students
lat Grant were to be transferred
to the Briggs Montgomery
School at Twenty-seventh and
K streets NV. under Mr..
Corning's original plan.
Parents opposed the transfer
on the grounds the children
would be forced to cross Twenty
third street NV, a heavily
travelled truck route. to get to
the Briggs-Montgomery school.
Evening star., 1955-11-30
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The White House Con-
ference on Education goes
into its third day in the
Sheraton Park Hotel.
The American Public We'll
fare Association opens its
silver anniversary conven-
ton today in the Hotel
Statler.
The American Hospital
Association convention con-
tinues in the Woodner Hotel.
Evening star., 1955-11-30
Church to Show Films

Two short films, Washington:
Shrine Of American Patriotism.
and Giant Of the North will
be presented at Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church, 900
Massachusetts avenue NV, at
Il pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1955-11-30
Orders to Close
School Rescinded
Decision Follows Purents' Threat
To Call Strike at Grant

Plans closing Elementary February
today after threatened keep their chill
dren Of classes tomorrow and Friday.
Supt Hobart M Cornng's Office announced that
mendacn to close the school has been rescinded The
matter win reopened further study spring.
jerry Hart 8OB NV father of two
Evening star., 1955-11-30
! ydings Group Promises
TO Obtain | 200 Buses

Woud-be transit operators represented by former Senator
Niard Tydings 600 buses SOC
they get the dying franchise Of Capital Transit Co
next August l5.
This disclosed by Paul Holland Baltimore engineer
designate Of the proposed company outlining
Evening star., 1955-11-30
The
Rambler
Only Is Days Til
You Know When
By JACK JONAS

These are the days when a
traffic light is needed at every
sidewalk crack.
The iostling, jockeying
crowds thaye burst into the
city from hundreds of start
ing lines. The click Of count
less heels On the pavement be-
comes almest a roar.
The signs have been evident
for nearly a month-the pre-
season window trimming, the
Post off1ce urging early mail
ing and shopping, the good
behavior and sly hints around
the house, the knock of the
Christmas card salesman.
Now suddenly the Christ
mas shopping season has
closed in on the stores, star
ting even the merchants and
the Injured police with its in
tensity.
Evening star., 1955-11-30


THERE ARE SIGNS that
Christmas is not only for the
very young. A bald headed
man strolls along @ street,
turning to look up at each of
the tabled characters from
children's tales, swinging from
the newly decorated lamp
posts. At each glance. his at
titude is one Of discovery.
The window displays, seek
ing to outdo one another with
their attractions for the
youngsters, draw more adults,
fascinated with the mechan-
ical wonders and fairyland
settings. Toyland draws
grownups, too, ostensibly to
select toys for the children.
One man. inspecting a dis
play Of coaster wagons, muses.,
Il wonder what ever happened
70 the Irish Mail2"
The joviaiity Of the crowd
on the streets infects even the
traffic policemen. One warns
q moturist in polite tones to
move his auto from a no.
parking space on e street;
another allows a taxi driver to
make q U-turn at a Penn
sylvania avenue intersection.
A third helps a bewildered
lady move her car from the
middle of the intersection
after she gets caught by a
traffic signal change at Eley-
enth and r streets.
One 1aw-enforcer, between
blasts on his official whistle,
whistles q happy tune with
his lips.
Inside the stores, there are
merry notes of Christmas
music and changing cash reg
isters. Some Of the clerks al
ready have the day before
Christmas harried look. For
the rest of this month of
peace on earth, there will be
little peace for them.
Street Scenes u.
A dog In an automobile
wagging a friendly greeting
TO a policeman ticketing the
car.
A bookstore specializing In
"do it yourself books promi-
nently displaying one titled,
"Drink 1t yourself" ..
A barber shaving himself in
! his empty barber shop.
A wheel-less coaster wagon
made into a flower box in a
yard on Massachusetts ave-
nue. near Eleventh street
NV.
The stone slab portico on
the House Where Lincoln
Died. eroding away.
"A triggerless toy pistol ahan-
doned on the steps Of Thom-
son Elementary Echool. y.
Evening star., 1955-11-30

F STREET is a riot of pack
ages, color and half-heard
conversations "He said he'd
be here by Christmas" "I
don't know how she expects to
get it all done" i. "He can't
do It'll / told him he can't do
I'll" Why don't you carry
her for a while?" Maybe
we can find 1t on up the.
street." "There ought to
be a better way to go about
doing all this" IF we'd
got the one / wanted to. !"
The shoppers lace their way
along the sidewalk and shut
tie In and out Of stores with
the practice of Christmases
past, and the slap-slap-slap OF
the revolving doors is continu-
GUS. But crossing the street
still Is a hazardous operation
involving vacant stares and
protruding bundles shopping
bags loaded with packages al
ready wrapped for the Christ
mas rs days away.
Music and chimes mingle
with the everyday noises of an
air dri1l at work on the
streets, the hiss Of a sand
hlaster cleaning an F street
bank building, the grind of
traffic and the harsh note Of
. policefnafl's whistle.
Salvation Army booths,
with their records and tapes
Of music and song and speech,
dot the downtown area. But
one prtfn little lady in front
Of a @ street store scorns the
comforts of warm booth, re-
fusing to part with tradition.
She works in the crisp open.
swinging a iangling bell to
attract attention, and using
no Mechanical device TO am
plify her voice. The drop Of
coins seems to be more FREE
quent there.
Evening star., 1955-02-07

reserve officers on extended ac-
tive duty. Reserve generals or
admirals would head the major
area reserve commands.
Gen. Westover said the reserve
officers association is willing to
accept whatever plan Congress
comes UP with on military man
power and approves the broad
principles" of Mr.. Eisenhower's
proposal.
But, the general said. the as
sociation feels the administra-
tion's target date of mid-1959 for
starting the buildup of reserves
may be "too little, too late"
The association plan suggested
that each military service be
prepared to "inaugurate inten-
sive training" of its reserves by
July /. 1856.
Under this plan, the "hurri-
cane force" would consist Of
units fully equipped. Few reserve
units are now so equipped.
Gen. Westover said the "hurri-
cane force" would be designed to
be ready for action on the fol-
lowing schedule:
Air Force-H-hour plus 80
minutes; Army-H-hour plus 80
minutes to D-day plus 80 days;
Navy and Marines-D-day plus
IS days: Coast Guard-D-day
plus 10 days.
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Reserve Association
Urges MiIIion-Man
Hurricane Force
BY the Assoeioisd Press

Z
The Reserve Officers Associa-
ton has called for crash"
program of training military
reserves, aimed at creating q
1-million-man hurricane force"
equipped and ready to fight on
short notice-some within 80
minutes of H-hour.
This D-day reserve would be
backed by an immediately avail
able support force of 100000. a
mobilization reserve of LIS mil
lion and the inactive reserve.
The plan would be super
imposed on President Eisen-
hower's national reserve plan
which is now before Congress.
The association said its program
is not in conflict with the ad-
ministration proposal but is de-
signed to accelerate its i'm
plementation and to augment
its provisions" and avoid q
"piecemeal approach"
Senator Thurmond, Democrat.
Of South Carolina. president Of
the association. yesterday an
nounced approval of the plan
by the organizations national
council at weekend meeting.
The detailed program was drawn
up, by a special committee OF
reserve officers from all services
headed by Brig. Gen. Wendell
Westoyer Of Albany. N. Y.
Senator Thurmond told news
men the association plan will
cost more money than the ad-
ministration has asked for the
reserves. But in the long run,
he said. it will cost the taxpay-
ers less because a reserve
trained in fact-which we
haven't now"-will mean less
need for maintaining large reg
kular forces.
The association did not sug-
gest how the 8 million man ac-
tive reserve should be divided
among the services. Nor did it
propose who should be empow-
cred to summon the D-day force
into action.
The plan. as outlined by SEN
ator Thurmond and Gen. West
over. includes two other major
changes in the reserve training
program as it now operates:
l. Instead of once-a-week
training, ready reserve units
would train over a two-day week
end once a month, as some Air
Force and naval units do at
present.
2. Operational control of the
reserves would be placed in the
hands Of a reserve chain of
command. This would call for
creation by Congress of under
secretaries for reserves in the
Offices Of the Secretaries of De-
fense. Army, Navy and Air
Force.
The regular military services
would provide administrative
support, but operational control
would be carried out in all lower
echelons by staffs composed of
half regular officers and half
Evening star., 1955-02-07
Store ThIevery Is Topic
OF Trade Board parIey

Shoplifters. thieying employees.
bad check artists and other
frauds preying on stores viii be
lecture topics next month in q
clinic sponsored by the Board Of
Trade.
It will be in two sessions. $50
am. to 1890 pm. and 1880 to
$3.50 pm, March l6 in the
Washington Gas Light Co. audi
torium. The $3-per-person regis
tration fee includes both sessions.
The clinic will offer practical
guides to merchandising firms
large or small. Speakers will in
clude law enforcement officers.
lawyers. private detectives and
retailing officials.