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Evening star., 1955-06-18
Land Dispute
.IsPuf Before
County Board
Langley Park Citizen!
Fight Construction
Of Dwelling Units

A SlX-year-old question over
the right to construct apart
ments in a section of Langley
Park yesterday was put before
the Prince Georges County Com
Imissioners.
The site is a 33-acre tract at
University Lane and Riggs road.
Some residents feel it cannot be
used for apartments since the
lands development is governed
by a provision for a Rural Plan
ming Community contained in
the county coming ordinance.
Phone calls during yesterdays
meeting affected a temporary
delay in actual construction.
Meeting Scheduled
Attorney Harry M. Shooman
representing the residents; Carl
Freeman, the builder, Chris
ISondberg. county building in
Ispector, and William Kahler,
counsel to the county commits
lsioners, will meet at 3 pm. Fri
day In Upper Marlboro to discuss
the dispute.
Mr.. Shooman said the Rural
Planning Community, drawn by
/ the Maryland National Park and
planning Commission, states
that the overall density of a tract
shall not exceed eight dwelling
units per gross acre. He said q
dwelling unit is defined as one
family dwelling or one apart
lment.
| This prescribed density has al
ready been reached, according to
Mr.. Shooman.
The attorney explained that
citizens fought the erection OF
another project by builders Isa-
dore M. Gudelsky and Mr.. Free
man more than a year ago on
the same basis. Mr.. Shooman
recalled that the previous board
of county commissioners upheld
the citizens but said the project
could be completed.
The previous commissioners,
|he added, ruled that no more
building permits for the area
should be granted until the true
coming status is determined. Mr.
IShooman said he believed this
ruling still to be in effect. Mr..
Freeman. the attorney said, now
has permits to begin an 18-unit
and a 24-unit project on separate
parts of the tract.
The area first came into the
news when Representative Broy-
hill some years ago asked that
lit be changed from R-55 to R-18
coming classification so he could
build apartments. The request
was denied, Mr.. Shooman re-
called, and added that later an
other builder sought an Ria
classification, and then withdrew
lit at the request of citizens.
Mr.. Shooman said that un-
known to most persons, the tract
Iall along had been classified Ria
Richard J. Stanley, chairman
Iof the zoning committee, of the
Langley Park Homeowners AS
ISOLATION, said t h oretically
nothing can be built on the land
He said, however, many residents
would not oppose a needed
school or single-family dwellings
Operation Alert Post
In other business, the county
heads heard r. Hal Silvers, civil
defense director of Prince Georges
County. report that during this
weeks Operation Alert a com.
mand post manned by ham ra-
dio operators was set up in the
Hyattsville Red Cross Building.
The commissioners also heard
Representatives from Remington
Rand describe the space saving
and security advantages to be
obtained by putting all. records
deeds, titles and other legal docu-
ments on microfilm. To film
everything through 1853 would
cost about $1,000. The board took
the proposal under advisement.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
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agestrike while efforts continue for
hi a peaceful settlement.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
Boy, a, Is Suffocoted
In Home Refrigerator

DETROIT, June 20 (R.-Gary
Hodge. 4, suffocated in q refrig-
orator at his parents apartment
here yesterday.
The boy climbed inside the
refrigerator after his mother,
Mrs. Rowena Hodge. 26, had
cleaned 1t out to make 1t shiny
for q new tenant. The door
shut.
Mrs. Hodge was in another
apartment in the same building
where she was moving. She was
alerted by Gary's sister, Deborah,
3. who told her, Brothers Sleep
ing In the refrigerator"
Evening star., 1955-06-29
He Hos Bung-up Bike
tR.-Donny

ALBUQUERQUE tR.-Donny
Potter. is. had heard Of swo-
car families. Sounded like 8
good idea. He got another bike
sort of beaten up. but it ran.
His good one he used to ride 70
school. The other was TO use on
his paper route. ~ Just tiidn1
want to bang up my good blk" "
be explained.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
BIG FOUR

Continued From First Page
he thought Soviet Premier Bull
ganin would be able to speak
for the Russian rulers at
Geneva.
Big Question Raised
That, he said, raises a big
question in the Russian puzzle.
No one knows who carries the
dominating influence in the
Russian Government and one
can only hope that people who
have the power of decision will
be there.
Reporters repeatedly came
back in their questioning TO the
Big Four meeting, and the
President expanded a little more
on his hopes each time he
answered.
In discussing the changed at
titude noted on the part OF the
Russian government, Mr.. Eisen-
hover said no one believes the
Marxist doctrine Of world revolu-
ton has been abandoned by its
advocates. But he added that
every effort should be made to
reach some understanding with
the Soviet leaders.
To Leave July Is
The President said he expects
to leave July Is or 16 for the
Geneva conference, opening the
following Monday. He empha-
sized again that the time he can
remain there will be limited be-
cause of the prospective ad-
journment of Congress.
In response to another ques-
ton the President said he hoped
that information given out at
the conference will be more than
a stereotyped communique.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
Geneva Sees Pressures
I o Free Captive Stotes'

these very sincere and dedicated
gentlemen TO express It.
The question is simply whether
the strategy Of the West at the
Geneva Conference and par
ticularly the strategy Of the
United States should be infiu-
enced by . powerful political
lobby whose motives and aims
are so openly limited to q single
facet of the East-West struggle.
There's at. least some evidence,
supported by claims of the AS
semhly Itself. that this Is the
case.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
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Continued From First Page
"a Soviet slogan pregnant with
unmistakable danger to the free
world"
Another scolds the Western
powers for their inertia In re-
gard to the satellite countries.
It warns that unless more active
measures are taken to encourage
resistance among the captive
peoples hopes can be extin-
guished and faith in Western
civilization can be transformed
into hate and contempt" by the
Communists.
Such arguments. however, are
only a prelude to the real busi-
ness of the Assembly meeting.
Spokesman here described this
as another ringing resolution
calling on Western spokesmen at
Geneva to fight it out with the
Russians on the issue Of the
satellite states. On the basis Of
past performance the resolution
will be supported by a mass of
cablegrams to appropriate Off
cials in the course Of the con-
ference itself.
Deliverance at Hand?
Do delegates to the Assembly
|of Captive European Nations
really believe the hour of deliver
Iance for the satellite states is at
hand? In a thank you note to
Secretary Dulles the Assembly
chairman, DR.. Wills Masens, OBJ
served the. secretary's promise to
raise the satellite issue would be
viewed In the captive states ''as
la sign that dawn of the day for
which our people have never
ceased to pray and fight is ap-
preaching"
Privately, Assembly officials
admit there's very little chance
of talking Russia out of Eastern
Europe at this point. Their chief
concern seems to be to prevent,
III they can, any tendency to
perpetuate the status quo in
Europe or any formal agreement
with the Russians which recog-
nizes even by implication their
control over the satellite states,
The question here has nothing
to do with the validity of this
point of view or the right of
Evening star., 1955-06-29

Ito the Commissioners. company
and union, asking to be kept
advised Of steps in the negotia-
ltions.
In the letter to Mr.. Broad
water, Chairman Neely of the
committee asked consideration
of the desirability of arhitrating
the differences to avoid inter-
ruption Of transportation serv-
ices"
Interest of the committee was
shown in this paragraph of the
letter to the Commissioners:
THE importance of the Dis
trict of Columbia transportation
system to the maintenance of
the services of the District and
Federal Government Is so great
that this committee cannot sit
by and watch a dispute grow
which might result in a closing
down of our transportation
system"
The letter also reminded the
Commissioners that the commit
tee is urging prompt action on
some form of tax relief to the
company.
Wolfson Is Prodded
Mr.. Bierwagen's challenge
to Mr.. Wolfson was followed by
kilograms to New York, Chicago
and Washington urging his
attendance.
"Just think what would be
happening today If it were the
company that had offered peace
full arbitration and the union
was insisting on force instead :
Mr. Bierwagen said. I'VE would
be called before Congress and
publicly castigated. We'd have
lbeen tarred and feathered.
what about Mr.. Wolfson?
He seems to be in hiding.
challenge him to come to Wash
ington and face the public anger
that surely would come down on
his head if he insists on settling
this dispute by force rather than
fact"
1t was learned from one Of his
associates that Mr.. Wolfson is
on the West Coast. Mr.. Wolfson
refuses to travel by plane, pre-
ferring to stay close to the
ground. His associates said he
was certain Mr.. WoEson feels
the company's president. Mr..
Broadwater, is handling the
transit negotiations satisfactor-
lily.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
WRONG MAN HIT,
BUT HE TURNS OUT
TO BE RIGHT GUY

BOWLING GREEN. KY.
R.-Sim Edmons. about so,
must be a man of great un-
derstanding and compassion.
He climbed out of bed last
night to answer a knock at
the door and was promptly
slugged on the head with a
rock.
The assailant then took a
closer look at Mr.. Edmons
and the house and offered
an immediate apology.
"I not only got the wrong
man. I even got the wrong
house." he told Mr.. Edmons.
The assailant offered to
take his victim to the hos
pital. but Mr.. Edmons de-
clined. He returned to bed,
refusing to identify the man
or to obtain a warrant.
Evening star., 1955-06-29

Continued From First Page
slider our offer of peaceful arbi-
tration for settlement"
The Wolfson interests from
Florida bought control of the
company In October. 194s. Since
then the company has stood
firmly against arbitrating dis
putes growing out of contract
negotiations.
It appeared Congress has gone
as far as it expects to in devils
ing means of blocking a strike.
Senator Morse said he has no
further plans for action.
There is nothing else we can
do except focus attention on the
seriousness of a strike" Senator
Morse said.
FavOrs Arbitration
He is opposed to any quick
legislation which would induce
compulsory arbitration.
"I think they should arbitrate
it, but it is a matter for the
District Government to handle, -
he added.
Senator Morse was critical of
the company's refusal to arbi-
trate.
This is a company strike, not
a union strike" he said. 1T is
obvious the company either is
going to force higher fares,
which the public cannot stand,
or unload the property onto the
public"
This doesn't mean I'm en-
tirely in sympathy with every
thing the union wants. But the
only way to settle this is through
a judicial process of arbitration.
"1t little behooves the Con-
gress of the United States to
spend its time solving a local
problem such as this one. This
points up the need for home rule
in the Government. I'm sure the
parties in such a dispute always
depend on the case finally get
ting to Congress for relief"
Federal and District officials
were Joined by Washington
businessmen in efforts to avert
the strike. Late yesterday the
Commissioners received a dele
cation headed by Francis J
Kane. president of the Washing
ton Board of Trade. who urged
a 30-day postponement of the
Evening star., 1955-06-29
Union Offers Terms
For 30-Doy Delay

strike while efforts continue for
I a peaceful settlement.
Strike Costs Stressed
Supporting Mr.. Kane were
Herbert ]. Rich. president of the
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association: his executive vice
president, e. A. Pritchard: Will
liam H. Press. the Trade Board &
executive vice president, and
Donald Mccormack. chairman oil
the boards railroad and transit
committee.
The civic leaders recited the
costs they said a strike would
Iexact-$5 million to $40 million
a month for District merchants
I$210.000 a month in transit rev.
enues 100000 a month in Dis
trict taxes and 81 million 9
month to union members.
The transit company made nj
offer to the unions proposals fol
ia 25-cent wage increase, pension
improvements and numerous
other requests. The company
has said fatty it is financially
unable to meet the ST million in.
crease it says the union demands
add up to.
Fare Increase Involved
Tied into the intricate tangle
lis the matter of fare increases
and how much of a boost the
public would stand in a business
that already is losing revenue
and customers.
The Commissioners are giving
most their time to the strike
problem. Commissioner Robert
! E. Mclaughlin, former chairman
lof the Public Utilities Commits.
sion, said no way yet has beer
found to avoid the walkout.
This is the stage for media.
tion," he said. I'VE don't know
| at this time of any legal power
that we have to enjoin strike.
On the matter of a possibl.
l$500.000 relief to the transit
company in gross receipts tax
MFR. Mclaughlin said the Com.
missioners still ''have no atti.
tude" on exempting the com.
pany. Recently, the Commis.
sioners turned down a Public
Utilities Commission recon-.
mendation to relieve Capita
Transit Of this burden.
The Senate District Commit.
tee sent letters late yesterda,
Evening star., 1955-06-29

DUNDEE SCOTLAND-The robes of four Scot college stu
dents playing Sir Walter Raleigh provide dry footing
Queen Elizabeth during rainy review of Queens Col
lege ocer Training Corpsa gesture the Queen accepted
with smile The goth century gaants spread their robes
wet paving the sovereign made her way waiting
car today.-AP Wrephoto.
Evening star., 1955-06-29
Herrines in Demund

The Netherlands Herring Con-
troll Service reports that exports
in The Hague totaled 143. $50. TOO
pounds in IL months.
The Arizona post., 1955-05-20
Mrs. FDR Has
Peace Plan

NEW YORK (JTA)-Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt proposed a
three-fold pla n looking to-
ward a solution of the Pales-
tine problem. Mrs. Roosevelt
who just returned from her
second trip to Israel in three
years, made her suggestions
at a press conference of
UNESCO.
She suggested first the
formation of a volunteer bor-
der patrol consisting of men,
bers of nations not directly
involved in Palestine. T h is
proposal was first made by
former UN Secretary Gener-
al Trygve Lie some years
ago. She also suggested re-
consideration of the Johnston
plan for regional development
of the Jordan River Valley.
The Arizona post., 1955-05-20
Nazi Guards
Arouse French

PARIS (JTA) A public
a ii has gone out to all
Frenchmen who survived de-
portation to NaZi concentra-
ton camps to testify at the
current trial of five former
guards at the Struthof camp
mere many Frenc h m n,
Jews and non-JeWs, were i'm
prisoned.
The testimony at the trial,
b e fore a military tribunal,
has shocked the French pub
lie. Much of the horror of life
and death in the NaZi charm
al house has been reprinted in
French newspapers and the
press has indicated that it
has not published the details
of worse horrors.
The Arizona post., 1955-05-20
Maneuver To
Blame Cabinet
Is Defeated

JERUSALEM CJTA)-The
Israel Parliament reconvened
from its Passover recess and
promptly defeated, by a vote
of 81 to 7, with Ia absentions,
Communist motion of non-
confidence in the gove n
ment. This session, which is
expected to last six or seven
weeks, is the last one before
the elections this summer of
a new Parliament.
The Communist motion cri-
ticized D enSe Minister
David Ben Gurion for an Ear
rogant, sabre-rattling" speech
IN Independence D y a n d
charged that Mr.. Ben Cur
ions address had not been
approved by the Cabinet and
represented a Separat a tbs t
move.
Premier M o S h e Sharett,
who replied for the govern
ment, stated that Mr.. Ben
Gurion had propounded mo
thing new" in his address. He
welcomed the Communist
move, he said, as an oppor-
tunity to demonstrate the
great support which the gov
ernment had. He was follow
ed by representatives of the
right-wing Herut and the left
wing M a p a m and Achdut
Avodah parties, all in the op
position,
The Arizona post., 1955-05-20
Progress Is
Dependent
Continued from Page IL

NCOnCIIlueu from rage H.
has more than doubled to
reach approximately 925,OOO
acres this year. The popula-
ton in transit camps and re-
ception centers has been re-
duced from a peak of 25O,OOO
to about 10000. There are no
longer any tent cities"
DR.. Joseph j. Schwartz, Ex-
ecutive Vice-Chairman of the
United Jewish Appeal, told
the Conference that Israel
and the democratic ide al
might have suffered terrible
setbackS in the past seven
years had it not been for the
steadfast support given to
both by American Jews" He
reported that, in the seven
years of ISraepS existence,
American Jews had made it
possible for the UJA to allo-
cate close to $500,000,000 to
help Israel to transform hun
dreds of thousands of lives
and thousands of years of
changeless neglect"
The Arizona post., 1955-05-20
Red Cross To
Handle Files

LONDON (JTA) - The In
ternational Tracing Service
at Arolsen, Germany, which
is a complete catalogue of all
those imprisoned and done to
death in NaZi concentration
camps liberated by the troops
of the Western Powers, as
well as a catalogue of instruc-
tions from Hitler, Himmler
and other top NaZis for the
determination of European
Jewry, will be administered
by the International Red
Cross under an international
committee.
Negotiations have been
concluded with a British mi
crofilming organization to
copy the entire Arolsen col
lection of about twenty mil
lion documents for the Israel
memorial library for the g.
100000 Jewish martyrs of Ma
zism. The microfilming oper-
alton will take a year to COM
plete. Duplicating the Arol-
sen documents was essential
because the whole 1nterna-
tional Tracing Service was
IAN organization of paper
and wood" whose records and
filing cases needed only a
match to send it up in flames.
Through the initiative of
the ISra el Government the
documents on which former
concentration camp inmates
rely for support of their COM
pensation claims will not pass
to the German Government,
although they will remain in
Germany.
The Arizona post., 1955-05-20
Speculate
On Germany
Continued from Page ~

sale pardon and release, was
disquieting. The beneficiarics
of the new order would be
that handful of the very
worst offenders who had not
already been the recipients of
widespread clemency of Unit
ed States authorities.
Slow Pace
DR.. Wolfgang Schmidt, a
retired German official, ad-
dressed a group of NaZi vic
tins affiliated with the Social
Democratic Party in Regens-
burg. He said that while some
20 per cent of NaZi victims
had been paid their indemni-
fication claims in the past
ten years, IS per cent of the
top Nazi party leaders get full
and ample pensions. One out
of every four Nazi victims,
he said, has died since the
end of the war without hav-
ing received one cent of COM
penSation.
Thousands of victims of
Nazi persecution who are
aged and in need must be as.
sured early and effective
compensation for the DAM
ages and losses they sustain
ed at Nazi hands," Mr.. Kagan
emphasized. "It is hoped that
Germany, which is now mark
ing the attainment of it's SOW
ereignty, will not forget her
sacred obligations towards
the victims of NaZi persecu-
ton.
The Arizona post., 1955-05-20
Tells Senate
CONTINUED from Page IL

(C0ntlnlle0 from rage
try which borders on Israel
or to Israel itself. He said the
US. Government is not fur
nishing military help to either
side in the ISrael-Arab border
disputes. The Middle Eastern
states receiving free grant
arms, he said, are Iraq, Iran,
Turkey, and Pakistan. He
pointed out that these coun-
ries border on the Soviet Un-
ion but not on Israel.
France, it was reported, in
dicating only lukeWarm sup
port for the Western over
lures to the Arab states,
which are flooding the North
African countries with vio-
lently anti-French literature
and news broadcasts. France
finds it preferable to main
tain a automatically "cor-
rect" relationship with the
Arab countries. With Israel,
however, France is on the
best of terms and ISraePs re-
lationS with France can be
said to be the Warmest be-
tween her and any of the ma
jor Western Powers.
The Arizona post., 1955-05-20
New Approach

JERUSALEM (JTA) - Is
rael has opened a diplomatic
offensive a i m e d at getting
herself admitted to the Mid
die East regional section of
the World Health Organiza-
ton, a United Nations affili-
ate. Every state with which
Isra el has diplomatic rela-
tions will be asked to sup
port IsraePs demand, at the
WHO world conference in
Mexico City, that she be in
cluded in the Middle East
region rather than the Euro
pean region, where she was
placed last year because OF
Arab intransigeance.
The Arizona post., 1955-05-20
1000 QUIT TUNIs

- TUNIS (JTA)-More than
tWo thousand Jews left Tunis
for Israel last week. Further
departures are expected this
week.
The Arizona post., 1955-05-20

Arizona Post, May 20, 1855
Evening star., 1955-07-02
Bond
Put at $500

Mrs. Marie Natvig, convicted
several weeks ago of perjury in
connection with the Federal
Communications Col m mission
hearing in the Lamb case, yes
lterday was granted $500 bond,
pending appeal.
The bond was set by the
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia.
Her appeal will be argued some
time in October.
Her attorneys, John and Jean
Dwyer, said they expected the
bond to be posted over the week.
lend. Mrs. Natvig is serving an
I8-to-24-month sentence in Dis
trict Jail. The charges against
her stemmed from testimony at
la Federal Communications Com
mission hearing into allegations
that Edward O.. Lamb, a Penn
sylvania publisher and television
station owner, had Communist
Affiliations.
Evening star., 1955-07-02
BY the Associated Press

The Agriculture Department
has suspended research work at
its big administration buildins
here on certain livestock diseases
to which man also is subject.
The action was taken on rec
ommendation Of committee OF
. outside physicians and veteri-
narians who said there were un-
due hazards because the research
facilities lacked proper safe
guards.
Sixty persons were engaged in
the research work. which was
centered in the east wing Of the
building. Altogether, the wing
houses 800 of the departments
9.605 Washington employees. Of
fees of Secretary Benson and
other top officials are in the GEN.
tral section or west wing.
The work suspended included
research on tuberculosis. anthrax
and other diseases that can af-
feet humans. D
Research administrator Byrn
T. Shaw said steps were being
taken to provide facilities else
where in the Washington area
for the work. 1t may be trans
ferred to the departments re-
search center at nearby Belts
vile. Md.
Mr.. Shaw said the health REC