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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-02
Construction Started
On 14S-Unit Project
In Town Of Fairfax

Construction has begun on the
first section Of proposed 248-
unit subdivision at Payne street
and West drive in the town of
Fairfax, Jesse johnson. Inc. the
builder, announced today.
The first Of the GA semi-de-
tached homes now under way in
the subdivision, to be called
Ardmore, are scheduled for COM
pletion about May /. Construc-
ton of the second section, which
will include 70 units, will begin
later this month, the builder said.
The two-story houses are be-
ing constructed of concrete Gin
der block and will be built on
lots ranging from 5000 to 49,
900 square feet, the builder
stated. The project will cover
approximately so acres.
The hree-bedroom homes
were designed by Frank Mar
tinelli & Son. architects. in nine
styles. The firm also is the site
planner.
The building corporation.
headed by Jesse johnson. has
developed several subdivisions in
nearby Virginia. including White
haven. Columbia Forest. in Ar
lington, and Greenway Downs, in
Falls Church. He also built Fair
fax Village in Fort Lauderdale.
Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-02
By Roger c. Whitmon

Question: We recently bought
an old home and while washing
of the whitewash we discovered
the mortar between the cement
bricks had loosened and in some
places holes were filled with
paper and whitewashed over.
What can we do to fix the wall?
Could we use satisfactorily q
dampproof paint on this wall?
Answer: Rake out an of the
loose and defective mortar to a
depth of about 2 inches. then
brush out all loose particles. Wet
the interior surfaces with clear
water and pack with q fairly stiff
but workable mixture Of one part
Portland cement and three parts
of clean, coarse sand. Keep the
new mortar damp for several
days to save it from shrinking
when the cement is hardening.
After this work is done you can
coat the walls with one Of the
dampproof cement paints now
on the market. Your masonry
material dealer generally carries
such coatings in stock.
Taking Up Rubber Tile.
Question: How can I remove
rubber tile from my bathroom
| floor?
Answer: This is not a short or
easy job. because well-laid
floor is put down to be perna-
nent. / suggest, If feasible. hav-
ing it done by a professional.
Otherwise, with the help of
sturdy screwdriver or putty
knife. pry up as much as you
can and work hot water under
meath as you go along. This
will take time and patience. Very
probably you will have to use a
sanding machine on the floor
afterward when you get it ready
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-02
Bulletin Published
To Aid Advertisers

A new bulletin on real estate
advertising has been published
by the National Institute of Real
Estate Brokers, c. r. Graham
regional vice president Of the
institutes board Of governors
announced recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Woman Badly Hurt
When Thrown From
Car in Collision

Mrs. Nadine K. Gear, 80. of
1926 South Culpeper street,
Arlington, was injured critically
early today when a two-car col
lision threw her out of her hus-
bands auto on Mount Vernon
boulevard at the south entrance
to National Airport.
Alexandria Hospital reported
she suffered a jaw fracture
broken shoulder and other head
injuries.
Police said her husband, Mich
olas. 80, was turning left of
the boulevard into the airport
entrance. His car was in COLI
sion with a northbound car
driven by Terry d. Baker. SO. OF
Ait w street NV. Mr.. Gear
was charged with making an i'm
proper turn. He was not injured.
Mr.. Baker was released after
treatment at Alexandria Hos
pital. Another rider in the Gear
car and three passengers in the
Baker auto. were released after
treatment at the hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

below the water intake. The
county avoided designing q
treatment plant on Dead Run
and put in the expensive
pumping station to avoid
dumping treated sewage into
the upper Potomac. according
to @. Hubbard Massey. con-
sulting engineer who designed
the Pimmit Run plant for the
county. The fact that the
county is going to the expense
of pumping sewage from one
drainage area into another
that does not drain into the
Potomac above the water in
take is to the county's credit.
incidentally, the Dead Run
pumping station is part of the
county's $40 million sewer pro-
gram, designed according to
recommendations OF q regional
survey conducted in Northern
Virginia. It is not Just an
isolated pumping station the
county suddenly decided to
build.
The principal objection
from District and other
sources to Mr.. Bohby's pro-
posed plant was that it might
set a precedent for establish
ment of countless private
plants along the Potomac
Watershed above the water
intake, which eventually
might pollute the water
supply.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Navy Launches!
Saratoga Today

NEW YORK. Oct. 8 tP. -
Proudly proclaiming her the
worlds heaviest and most pow
erful warship, the Navy today
launches the 60.000-ton super
carrier Saratoga.
Mrs. Charles S. Thomas. wife
of the Secretary Of the Navy.
will smash a bottle of champagne
against the big ships bow in a
ceremony at the New York Naval
Shipyard in Brooklyn.
After being floated out of her
drydock where she was built. the
Saratoga will need six more
months of construction before
she is ready to join the fleet,
The last Saratoga, the famed
fighting carrier of World War
II. went to the bottom among
the Bikini atom bomb test yes
sells. Lessons learned from that
test are presumably Incorporate
ed in the new Sara" but the
Navy avoids the subject of nu-
clear warfare.
In a thick sheaf Of statistics
and information. the Saratoga is
hailed for her "habitability."
comfort. fluorescent lights, air
conditioning and hamburger
shaping machines.
The Saratoga is slightly heav-
Ter and has a completely new
and more powerful propulsion
plant than her sister ship. the
Forrestal. commissioned a week
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
I onpico Fears Disease
As Flood Waters Drop

Capt. Francis o. Fletcher
Naval Attache who Is acting as
chief Of staff for Rear Admiral
Milton E. Miles, commandment Of
the 18th Naval District. empha-
sized the continued gravity of
conditions He compared them
to the 1928 earthquake disaster
in Japan. Capt. Fletcher said
about 10000 people have crowded
into the city from the outer flood
zone. stretching IS miles to the
north, so miles to the west. and
rs miles to the southwest. He
estimated that 10000 dwellings
have been destroyed in the area,
A United States Marine, Robert
ID. MedorS. reported Thursday To
have been the first American To
lose his life in the relief opera
tons, turned up safe and sound
He had disappeared into the
water when his rowboat struck
ia submerged building and sank
"A companion Marine swan tc
safetyA and reported Medor,
drowned. But Medors said he
swan to a building where he
was rescued by another man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Ship to Get
Atomic Power

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, Oct. 8
fP.-The Newport News Ship
building g. Dry Dock Co. will in
stall an atomic reactor and
propulsion machinery in a land
biased ships hull st the Atomic
Energy Commissions National
Reactor Testing Station near
Idaho Falls. Idaho. the Newport
News Times Herald says.
The ACC and Westinghouse
Electric Corp. with which the
Newport News plant is co-ordi-
mating its efforts. said the ship
builders here 'Ehave unique skills
essential to such installation
work"
| The disclosure was the first
to indicate that Newport News
lis putting its atomic energy re-
search into actual practice.
Although announced without
further comment. the installation
award on the Idaho land biased
prototype was viewed as a strong
indication that nuclear research
has come Of age in the local ship
yard.
Plans and specifications for the
$3.5 million program now are
being prepared by Arthur c.
Mckee g. Co. of Cleveland, the
Acc report said. Competitive
bids on later phases Of the work
will be solicited by Westinghouse
soon after the first Of the year
The Newport News yard has
been in atomic research for sew
eral years and in 1853 estab-
lished an atomic power division.
which now employees about 100.
technical specialists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Religious lIIiterucy
Found in Services

Army Chief of Chaplains
Patrick J. Ryan declared yes
terday that religious illiteracy''
is common among the young
men entering the armed services.
But Chaplain Ryan asserted
chaplains in the different serv-
ices are doing a great deal to
overcome this lack.
while in camp, a soldier has
more opportunity to practice his
religion than he eyer had in
civilian life." the speaker told
a Catholic Laymen's First Fri
day Club at the willard Hotel.
Pointing out that there are
now 1858 chaplains on active
duty, Chaplain Ryan said the
Catholics are so chapiains short
of their quota.
He was introduced to the more
than $50 men by the Rev. Ed
ward II. Roach, pastor of Blessed
Sacrament Shrine and spiritual
moderator of the First Friday
Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
John |. Lewis
Leaves Hospital

John L. Lewis, 75-year -old
president of the United Mine
Workers. left Emergency Hospi-
tai yesterday after q two-week
convalescence from "a very
minor heart attack"
DR.. John Minor. his physician,
said Mr.. Lewis was in VERY
good shape and first rate con-
Idition" and could soon resume
his normal duties as chief Of
the miners union.
The labor figures illness was
diagnosed as "a very minor
heart attack with a very minor
coronary damage"
Mr.. Lewis will be rs next Feb
ruary IL. Just prior to his heart
attack he negotiated a 50 per
day wage increase for the nearly
100000 soft coal miners in his
union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
New York Lag
On Housing Hit

NEW YORK. oct. . tR3Two
Federal housing ofiiciai blame
New York City officials ard GER
tain builders for delays In slum
clearance and apartment build
ing.
Walter Fried. regional counsel
for the Housing and Home
Finance Agency. told q Congress
sional housing subcommittee
yesterday the city's handling Of.
land clearance and tenant relo-
cation has been wastefuI In time
land taxpayers money. .
Mr.. Fried also took note Of
criticism Of the Federal housing
administration BY Robert Moses,
who earlier had appeared be-
for the subcommittee.
Mr.: Moses holds a number Of
public positions both in the city
and State-among them the
Craftsmanship Of the city's Stun
clearance committee.
Mr.. Fried said:
'.Mr. Moses has too many ac-
Itivities to know what is happen
ling in each project. =. The Stun
clearance committee itself has
too many activities with only one
lemploye to handle a SIS million
program"
| william A. Schultz. director Of
the New York insuring Office OF
the FILA, said New York City re-
fuses to do what every other city
does undertake the job Of
clearing land and relocating ten
ants"
The subcommittee Of the
House Banking and Currency
Committee, having completed
three days Of hearings here. con-
yvenes in Philadelphia next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08

MEXICO CITY. Oct. 8 R).--
The rampaging Panuco River
had fallen 10 inches at flood
Isodden Tampico today. But the
threat Of epidemics haunted the
stricken city. and a United
States Navy spokesman said the
situation was still grave.
The river still stood 10 feet
above food stage as 10000 per-
sons were packed into only o
small area of the important gull
port whose total normal popu-
lation is 10000.
| Mexico's hydraulic resource:
secretary Eduardo Chavez pre-.
Idicted the Panuco would remain
lat its present level for three
days. then begin dropping grad
Iually.
| The drinking water problem
was nearing solution. With the
arrival Of new supplies of dis.
linfectant tablets and portable
Idistillation units. But cases o.
typhoid. dysentery, pneumonia
Idiptheria, malaria and bron.
ichitis increased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Saudi Arobio Confirms.
Offer Of Russian Arms

CAIRO, Egypt. Oct. 8 R).-
Another Arab country. Saudi
Arabia. today weighed an offer
from behind the Iron Curtain
to sell it guns.
The offer came from Moscow.
Crown Prince Faisal, Saudi
Arabian premier and foreign
minister here for q conference Of
Arab foreign ministers today.
confirmed reports Russia has
made the arms offer. He added
that nothing definite has been
decided"
The disclosure came on the
heels Of an agreement by Egypt
to swap cotton to Czechoslovakia
for armament.
Saudi Arabia. like Egypt, has
rejected an American arms offer,
refusing to sign a mutual secur-
ity agreement with the West.
Prince Faisal said his country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08

Mrs. Hales said. after she
turned in an alarm for the po-
lice TO look for her spouse. that
he had said they would all meet
at the Capitol. The date was for
3 pm.
BY 6:i5. Mrs. Hales, with the
aid Of Capitol Police. had sent
out her alarm. Her husband was
found at the White House about
"a pm. He was waiting for Mrs.
Hales and the children.
The family was reunited. Capt.
toll Police Pvt. Lee Holley said
he was unable TO learn who
made the mistake. The Hales
headed on toward New York,
where they are to see the pre-
view Of a play. THE Carefree
Tree" written by Mrs. Hales
sister. 1t opens Tuesday In the
Phoenix Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Whole Family Now Knows
Just Where the Capitol Is

!. The Hales family today is on
its way to New York, having
gotten the difference between
the White House and the Capitol
Strengthened out among them
selves.
A slight disagreement on
landmarks yesterday left Mrs.
H. Lee Hales. of Logan. Utah.
waiting at the Capitol for four
hours with her daughters,
Marie. 10 and Jane. Is.
As they waited for their hus-
band and father. Mr.. Hales. 81.
ia mail carrier. waited ever more
patiently at the White House.
Mr.. Hales had left his family
lat the Washington Monument.
No doubt about that one, they
Iall recognized it. He had to go
Iget his car looked at; some
trouble with the fanl belt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08

fully supports the Cairo govern
ment in this deal.
The Crown Prince said his
brother. King Saud. had met the
Russian Ambassador to Iran dur
ing a recent visit to Teheran
and that the envoy had made
the offer to supply Saudi Arabia
with arms and other require
ImentS.
Saudi Arabia. since the death
of old King Ibn Saud in 1858.
has become the most neutralist
of the Arab states.
Prince Faisal was asked about
Secretary of State Dulles pro-
'posal in August for an internal
Itional guarantee of Arab Israeli
borders as means Of insuring
peace in the troubled Middle
East. The Crown Prince de-
scribed this as "only statement
which cannot be discussed for
mally or seriously" lfss+S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08

ing for a study of the Algerian
situation. independence for
Algeria. ETC.. France stormed
out of the United Nations.
From geo-politicai stand
point. Algeria has been a part
and parcel of the French
Empire for a century and a
quarter. It is far closer TO
France. geographically, than
the Canal Zone. Alaska or the
Hawaiian Islands are to the
United States.
Imagine, for a moment. the
hue and cry which would be
raised by editorial writer's and
radio commentators in this
country If. by a margin of one
vote, the U. N. decided to in
vestigate the possibilities of
giving liberty to the Canal
Zone. Alaska or the Hawaiian
Islands. The noise raised would
make an H-bomb explosion
seem tame by comparison.
With Korea but half free.
and Indo-China falling to the
red ravages of a Russian brand
of communism, it is easy to see
why eyebrows are raised when
the U. N. leans over backwards
to aneddle into the affairs of
France. Why not have them
investigate the possibilities of
independence for the Confed-
crate States of America? After
all, the States came back into
the Union. after a military
defeat. a shorter period ago
than Algeria has been a part
of the French Empire.
Walter Whitley Hubbard,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
THOMAS |. STOKES
Utilities, Hope and Charity

to charge to their rate-payers
the charitable contributions Of
these utilities.
This raises a question as
to treatment of these expenses
in a rate proceeding before a
regulatory commission the
chairman replied This APP
pears to be a question that
would have to be resolved by
the individual commission.
The rule-making discussed
here involves a question
OF accounting. The answer to
this question does not control
the treatment of these expen-
ditures in a rate proceedirs.
It is believed that what has
just been said also answers
your question as to what effect
a grant of the proposal would
have on State commissions"
In its original notice of re-
ceipt of the proposal four
months ago. in which COM
ments were invited from State
utility commissions and others
interested, the FEC itself had
suggested two alternatives to
meet in part. the telephone re-
quest, one a TAX Offset arrange
ment. Chairman McCon-
naughey advised Senator
Douglas that whether there
would be public hearings on
the matter would depend on
whether such seemed war
ranted by the comments to the
FEC.
To date, FEC files show COM
ments from only 10 State util-
ity commissions, and that of
Hawaii. or those. three are
amenable to the change sought
by the telephone companies
Michigan. Washington. and
Hawaii. The eight opposed are:
California, Kentucky. North
Carolina, New Jersey. New
York, Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia and Wisconsin. Among
others responding. the Radio
Corporation of Americas COM
munications section favored
the change, while the National
Association Of Radio and IT'LL
ity Commissioners was against
it. as was also the Communica-
ti9n Workers Of America, CIO.
X
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Bid to Change Listing of Donations
Arouses Congressional Curiosity

For example, the Kentucky
commission, which has con-
sistently held that contribu-
tons are not properly charge
able to the rate-payer. says
this would be requiring the
customer to make an involun-
tary contribution that would be
difficult to justly" 1t has no
objection. it explained, to rea-
sonable contributions by pub
lie utilities, but doesn't believe
that these should be added to
the customers bill when the
customer has no decision as to
the amount made"
Similarly. the New Jersey
commission said "the rate
payer should make his own
decision about charitable con-
tributions." Making contribu-
lions out of operating ex-
pense would be improper" it
said. adding that the COM
panies should meet their So
cial obligations out of their
own income"
From the West Virginia
commission came the observa-
ton that such contributions
ARE not expenses directly
connected with furnishing
utility services" and 1t made
the point that the nature and
function of a public utility
are ''far different from those
of a private business organi-
zation." The New York COM
mission said 1t does not permit
charitable contributions to be
included as items of operating
expense, which is contrary to
New York law, and added that
it would continue this rule no
matter what the FEC decided,
On file at the FEC is a
letter from Senator Paul H.
Douglas, Democrat of Illinois,
to FEC Chairman George
C. McConnaughey, inquiring
about the ATT and T-USITA
request, and. among other
things, whether approval by
the FEC would permit utilities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEl

Secretary of Dulles viii confer with Ike. The foreign
picture unchanged Our enemies continue to smile
and friends aren't to be trusted yet either.
Democratic Senator Eender we're wasting money in
Democrats In matters Of waste they used
to discriminate against the other four continents.
Republican Gov Lee Of Utah says he won't his Fedara
TIN be close battle The Eisenhower team
has 20 army dvsonsbu Gov Lee has utahs IA Republican
convention votes.
The Democratic Party love the little 1t does
SO much to shrink the economy to fit him.
California Republicans get into fight whether their
knight political joke" we'll at least can't accuse
the Republicans Of laughing at their own joke.
sss
congressional committee tries to ind out why people
leave small farms Easy They start looking for bigger
farmland on the way they pass city.
Harry Truman confers with Gov Hartman Of New York
They much common. Truman started with haber-
dasheTy and wound behind Roosevelt Hartman started
with q railroad and wound behind Stevenson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
VA Finds Veterans
Good Credit Risks

Veterans have turned out to
be excellent credit risks, the
Veterans Administration said
today.
More than 4 million home
loans have been granted for q
total Of $50 billion in Original
principal amounts. Only 22,934
borrowers have defaulted home
loans.
Nearly 10 per cent of the loans
or 1876. have been repaid in
full. the agency announced.
World War II veterans have
until July 25. 1857. to obtain Gl
loans. Korean veterans have
until February /. 1865.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08

Curiosity in Congress about
the maneuvers here of utilities,
especially with Federal regula-
tory agencies with which they
have had considerable success.
is alerted once again by a pro-
posal involving telephones that
could affect your rates.
This is a Joint request by the
giant American Telephone and
Telegraph Company and the
U. s. Independent Telephone
Association to the Federal
Communications Commission
which regulates telephones as
well as telegraph, radio and
television.
What they are seeking is a
change in present accounting
practices of the FEC which
would permit telephone COM
panies to charge to "operat-
ing expenses" all contributions
to, and membership fees and
dues in, organizations en-
gagged in activities beneficial
to the community. These would
include not only charities as
such, but a wide range of
other activities. Such items
are now listed in miscellaneous
income charges.
What the proposed change
would mean is that such con-
tributions would be "above
the line" as it is put, and
thus deductible from operat-
ing income. with the result
that the companies could show
a lower figure for net operating
income for rate-making pur-
poses, and thus lay the basis
for asking regulatory COM
missions. Federal and State,
to increase rates.
That this would. in effect,
be making the customer pay
for charitable and other con-
tributions by the companies
was a contention made by sew
eral State utility commissions
in their comments to the FEC
opposing such q change In ac-
counting practices.