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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-22

is just as timely today dealings with foreign nations
as 1t was when Moses received the Law.
For those of whose duty 1t to aot the taxpayers
money wisely there should always be foremost In our
minds the realization that to do otherwise would be to
violate Neither shalt thou steal
Thus the various bills that consider each session
can be measured by an inexibe rule have frequently
turned to that rule-the Ten Commandments
ctng arguments have left my mind plagued with doubts
concerning impending decisions.
Tomorrow: Richard H. Bauer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-22
The
Rambler
The Great Stone
Theft of 1854
By JACK JONAS

One of this city's greatest
unsolved mysteries involves
the Washington Monument.
The big stone obelisk, OBJ
ject Of special attention on
this anniversary of the first
Presidents birth, looks peace
full enough now in its simple
setting on the Mall. But 1t
once was the center of a po-
litical storm.
The mystery grew from an
act of vandalism more than a
century ago. 1t aroused such
public indignation and con-
troversy that work threatened
to halt for all time on the
Monument. As it was, erection
of the shaft stopped for many
years because contributions
fell of after this shocking
event of March S, 1854.
Special memorial stones had
been arriving from all over
the United States and from
foreign countries, to be in
cluded in the Monument.
Among them was a gift from
Pope Piux TX, a three-foot-
long stone which originally
stood in the Temple Of Con-
cord at Rome.
The stone was stored in the
watchman's shack on the
Monument grounds.
On March 5-between l and
q ANA band Of men ap-
preached the shack, where
night Waterman John C.
Stewart was on guard with q
loaded shotgun.
They told him they meant
no harm, Just wanted to look
around. Mr.. Stewart laid the
shotgun aside. Then the hood
lums overpowered him, loaded
the Pope's stone onto a Wheel
barrow, and rolled 1t toward
the Potomac. Before leaving
they pasted paper over the
shack's windows and tied ropes
around the shack to hold the
door shut and keep Stewart
imprisoned.
Mr.. Stewart made no out
cry. He gave the men time
enough to be gone, then broke
a window and burned through
the ropes holding the door.
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tvs liberal and conservative
forces. The school board divided
the bond issue into shorter con.
struction stages, and it sub.
sequently passed.
DR.. Draheim said that did moi
seem to be the solution this time
because 81 million of the ISSUE
was to be used for junior anc
senior high school facilities
land it takes roughly 2l2 year.
to get that kind of school bull
once YOU have the money!"
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Assembly Unit Fovors
BootwrightB Bill, 9 to s

Chairman Harry Davis Of the
Education Committee announced
postponement Of public hear
ing on the Boatwright measure
originally set for tomorrow. un.
til $3.50 pm. Tuesday. This. HI
said. is because the House will b
occupied with the budget bill
which has been set for specia
order tomorrow.
Fairfax Delegate John Webb
requested the public hearing OF
the Boatwright bill. -Four Of tn,
seven members Of the Fairfax
School Board would be removed
because they are Federal en-
ployes. In addition, five of sever
members are affected in Fall
Church and one member Of tn,
Alexandra School Board woult
be removed.
| Consideration of the bulge
tomorrow also probably will de-
lay action on the Moncure bill
repeating Arlington's elected
School Board law.
Reported to House
| After it was favorably acte,
ION, with the Arlington delega
Ition's amendment, the bill wa
formally reported to the Hous
to-day. BY tomorrow it will 1avI
reached the second reading
stage. which means it is debat
liable and amendable.
The overlapping effects Of tn
IMoncure and the Boatwrigh
bills carry great political signfic
lance to Arlington, where periodi
battles are waged between liberia
and conservative elements h
control local governmental af
fairs.
| Last fall the liberals succeeded
in electing two members to tn
Ifive-member county board. whicl
ills the governing body. In add
Ition. the liberals made a cleal
sweep of the school board cleo
Ition by electing three Of thei
members over conservative op
position, to add to the other tw'
liberals there.
/ Under the amended Moncur
bill, with the liberals holding
80 minority on the Count
Board. it was expected that the
would make an intensive cam
'ipaign this fall to win a majorit
by capturing the one availabl
seat that comes up for election
| Thus, the liberals would gal
1.-THE power to appoint members @
their own faction to the Schoc
! Board as long as they manage,
/ to remain in control.
/ If the Boatwright bill is en-
acted. 1t would become effectiv
ION July /. thus making the thre
Federal employees ineligible t
remain In office.
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BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star stan Correspondent

RICHMOND, Feb. 22.-The
House Education COMMITTEES to-
day stands 8 to 6 in favor Of the
IBoatwright bill to bar Federal
employees from holding Offices in
Virginia.
This is disclosed in a poll OF
the Remember committee by
the Washington Star. Two
members insisted they were COM
pletely undecided.
The Boatwright bill. If enacted
would have the effect Of remov-
ling three elected members OF
the Arlington School Board. who
are Federal employees. on July !
Under another amended bill by
Delegate Frank P. Moncure Of
stafford. the Arlington County
Board would name the success
lsors to the three displaced board
members.
The Arlington delegation /.
making an about attempt tt
defeat the measure that sets III
10 ban against Federal employees
Fenwick Sees Defeat
State Senator Charles r. Fen.
wick Of Arlington. said, many
members have told me that Il
the amended Moncure bill i
enacted. that would satisfy theil
objections to the situation ir
Arlington. ! believe we can de-
feat the bill, either in committe,
or on the floor"
Only yesterday, the Hous,
Privileges and Elections Com
mittee approved the bill by Dele
gate Moncure to take away thu
fright Of Arlington citizens t.
ielect their school board.
But the committee adopted ,
compromise amendment from
the Arlington delegation.
Under the amendment, tn,
Moncure bill abolishing tn
elected school board would per
init the elected members to servI
out their terms before their sue
cessors were appointed by tn,
County Board. The Count,
Board also would oil any vacan
cies that might occur. !.
! Thus. under the. Federal EN-
ploye ban of Delegate Johi
Boatwright Of Buckingham, thre'
Of the flve school board member
automatically would become in
eligible to hold office after Jul,
/. The County Board would ap
point their successors.
Some Votes May Change
Despite the results of the pol
taken by the Washington Star
the Arlington delegation ex
pressed confidence that 1t cal
kill the legislation. A few o
those polled said they nigh
change their minds.
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CITY Selects Flower

VIRGINIA BEACH. Va, Feb
20 tR.-The American lotus. a
bright yellow bloom which is
found in profusion in midsum-
Imer. has been selected as the
Official flower Of the City Of Vir-
lginia Beach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-22
BY GENE GOODWIN
Star stan Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 22.-Mary-
land Democrats looked forward
with mixed emotions today to
"a spirited senatorial primary
fight between Willard E. Tydings
and George p. Mahoney.
This will be the fourth con.
secutive primary fight involving
Mr.. Mahoney. His opponents
often have maintained tina,
Democratic setbacks since 1856
are due In a large part to the
aggressive campaign tactics used
by Mr.. Mahoney In the prima-
ries.
The entrance of former Sen
ator Tydings into the Demo-
cratic senatorial primary late
yesterday blocked what wa.
shaping up as a virtual free ride
for Mr.. Mahoney. Until Mr.. Ty-
dings fled here in the Secretary
Of States Office shortly before
IS pm. Mr.. Mahoney had oppo-
sition only from three politically
unknowns.
Files With Flourish
The Maryland primary cleo
ton is scheduled for May z.
Mr.. Tydings, who served Mary
land in the United States Senate
for "A, years before his defeat by
Republican Senator John Mar
shall Butler in 1850. carried of
his formal filing yesterday with
a flourish.
Followed by Baltnmore's May
or D'Alesandro and other back
ers, Mr.. Tydipgs paraded into
the Statehouse here and direct
ly to the press room. There he
told reporters. who had beer
alerted, that he was on the way
that he intends to conduct a
vigorous campaign, which so far
as I am concerned, will be based
on issues and principles and al
devoid of mudslinging and dirt
as / can possibly make It,"
Cameras Record Scene
After the informal press con-
ference, Mr.. 1ydings. who lives
at Havre De Grace, In Hartford
County, led his band to the
Secretary Of States office. There
he filed his candidacy and wrote
out a 1910 check for his filing fee
while a half dozen still and
movie cameramen took pictures
Mr.. Mahoney, meanwhile. re.
Iiterated his confidence that thi,
is his year. He said he has the
support OF organized party
leadership in II Of the States 2;
counties.
The entrance of Mr.. Tyding,
into the race follows a CAREFUL,
Engineered. boom that started 9
week ago Sunday when a grour
of Kent County Democrats urged
the 64-year-old former Senator
to run. Then yesterday. Mayor
D'Alesandro. Democratic ma
tional committeeman for Mary.
land, issued a statement urging
him to run.
Hundreds Of Letters
Mr.. Tydings said he has re-
ceived hundreds OF letters anc
kilograms and probably over
1000 phone messages urging
him to become a candidate.
Others who have fled for the
Democratic nomination to the
United States Senate are An.
drew ], Easter Of Baltimore and
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ADD ANOTHER VOTE
FOR ROBERT {. LEE

These Virginians. they
never give up.
One of them wrote in the
name of Robert E. Lee in yes
terday's constitutional con.
vention election in Alexan-
dris yesterday.
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Sales Tax Boost,
Teacher Raise
CIearedforv Vote
House Committee
Books 1919 Levy
To Findnce Cost
BY . Star s,aft cerr..pood.ns

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. ~. - Bills
to increase the retail sales tax
to finance a school teachers
pay raise were ready today to
move onto the floor of the Mary
land House Of Delegates.
The House Ways and Means
Committee has voted approval
of both the teacher pay bill,
which will cost an estimated
Sill million the first year, and
a companion measure to raise
the State sales tax rate from
q to 3 per cent.
There vas some support on
the committee for increasing
the income tax rate rather than
the sales tax. but the unit yes
terday reiterated its pref s-ence
for the sales levy as a means
of paying the $500 a year in
crease In State teacher mini.
lmums.
Clear Legal Hurdle
One legal obstacle was cleared
last night when Assistant At.
ltorney General Walter r. Tab.
Ter, jr.. ruled that the teachers
pay bill can be considered BY
the House before the STATE
budget is passed. However. Com.
mittee Chairman A. Gordon
Boone said today he will seel
another ruling on whether thu
sales tax measure also may NOV
Through the House ahead of thu
budget bill.
The legal questions may hole
/ up the moving Of the bills Il
the House floor, but the Way,
and Means Committee is firmly
committed to support then
now, come what may.
The only objection to thu
measures at a hearing yesterday
came from the Retail Merchant.
Association of Salisbury, whose
merchants suffer because Of
proximity to Delaware, which
has no sales tax at all.
See Schools Financed
Nilsson S. Raver. representing
the Maryland State Teachers AS.
ISOLATION, approved the sales Ia,
increase to finance the bill. H,
suggested that they yield from
the tax increase-estimated a
$l8 million--also would finance
IS million needed for school con.
struction and SIS million pro
posed for putting teachers undel
social security.
Mr.. Raver pointed out that thu
bill merely would increase Stat,
minimums and further action By
the county governments woulc
be required before the increase
could be passed on to teachers
But he expressed confidence thai
the counties would pass on t
the teachers the extra State aie
money they would receive undel
this bill.
Beginning teacher minimuml
would be raised from $4,000 u
$4,000.
Other Actions Taken
In other actions here:
l.. Senator H. Winship Wheat
ley. jr.. Democrat of Primes
Georges. introduced a bill to ex'
empt parochial school buses ant
school buses Of other religious
organization from the State It'll
ing tax. He also put in bill al
ready voted down in the Hous'
Rules Committee to authoriz'
q $2.5 million bond issue for al
addition to Prince Georges Gen
eral Hospital. The rules Com
mittee held that the House YER
sion OF that measure was no
valid for consideration in thiI
30-day session.
2. Senate Minority Leader
Harry Phoebus introduced hi
usual bonus bill--$90 million f.
nanced by higher LIQUOR taxes.
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perfect legislation which God gave
us in the Ten Commandments.
Thousands Of measures are
brought to the attention OF the
Congress each year, and every one
OF the issues can be considered in
the light of those basic precepts re-
corded in Deuteronomy, S.
Frequently, Of course, the con-
nection is yelled by legal ternli-
nology or the ultra-modern terms
OF this atomic age. But 1t Is
always there.
Neither shalt thou covet !.
onv tI,i,ng that IL thv Y1eiphhor's"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-22
A Thuught fur Tuhay
Lenten Reflections on Foyorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
BY J. GLENN BEALL
Senator From MARYLAND


After 10 years Capitol Hill, find myself rejecting
more and more that portion OF the Bible which, IN all
reverence like to think of as Divine shop talk-the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-22
THE DAY wATCHMAN ar

THE DAY WATCHNIAN ar
rived about then and immedi-
ateiy asked: How about the
dog? Why didn't he drive of
the intruders?"
The two men searched for
the dog, and found him pol
soned.
The next day what re-
manned of the stone was To-
Gated. It had been smashed to
bits beside the river, and
some of the pieces flung into
the water.
The Washington National
Monument Society offered $l00
reward for the vandals, but a
recommendation by the Board
of Aldermen that the city also
offer a reward was turned
down by Washington's Com
mon Council. A grand jury
unsuccessfully investigated
the incident.
Investigators learned later
that the Monument Society
had received a letter from
Philadelphia, protesting in
clusion of the Pope's stone in
the Monument.
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Rambling

The Washington School Of
Ballet has succumbed, at long
last, to a false impression. In
the future, it will bill itself
simply as Washington Ballet"
for stage appearances. Too
many people, the proprietors
say, had been getting the i'm
preston that the school was
presenting a performance OF
moppets rather than profess
SIGNALS.
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A THEORY soon advanced
was that the Know-Nothing
Party, then growing In
strength here, had a hand Ia
the dirty work. Those hold
ing to this belief pointed out
that a meeting place for one
of the party's lodges was at
en-and-one-half and E
streets, not far from the scene.
The Know-Nothings a year
later seized the Monument
Society's records, claiming
their group was sponsor Of the
memorial. A short time after
wards the records were re-
turned voluntarily.
Serious work on the Monu-
ment was not begun again I'M
til 1880.
The names of the yandals
were never made public, but
there Is evidence that they
were known privately. The
Star, when the Monument was
dedicated in 1885, recalled the
incident, and said:
Some of those thought to
have been In on the job soon
afterward turned out badly
Five of them were arrested
for a crime which sent all but
one, who jumped his bail, to
the penitentiary. The reputed
leader was said to have gone
to Texas and to have assumed
another name, under which he
served as a field officer in one
of Sherman's regiments dur
ing the war. Another died ir
prison, and it is now thought
that but one survivor Of the
depredating party who sur
wives lives in the District"
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prefer eadess gas We kept in close communication by
nter-car radio.
Our route took US across the Jersey Turnpike, onto
the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the Ohio Turnpike then
Indiana ST. Louis where picked up U.S. 66
to Los Angeles.
In every town and city we we're held up by crowds of
curious people, clustering around to what tomorrow
looks like The questions they most frequently asked
were:
WhGf is turbine engine? Ii best be described as
the jet airplanes complex cousin. 1t has been called
Cyclone in box and that's just about what it is. The
diagram on the next page shows how it works.
In the front of the engine is an impeler fan which
sucks in air and congresses it into small volume. This
air is then pushed into combustion chamber where it
is fired by fuel sprayed into the chamber The burning
process produces jet of burning expanding gases
that wooSh out of the chamber and hit the blades of
turbine wheel which spins and delivers power to the
wheels of the car.
turbine wheel roateS very much faster than any fan
windmill with which you might compare it - up to
$4,000 revolutions every minute. 1t operates with a
pure steady-owing rotary motion and is ncomparably
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smoother than the piston engine that operates on
series of explosions which jerk the pisons up and down.
How many miles do you ger fhe gallon? We aver
aged - to Ia miles gallon, and know that
tually will get substantially miles per gallon
than present engines.
How fast can il go? We went above 70 miles
hour since observed all speed laws. However, the
top speed of this turbine the smallest could build
is IS mph What the top speed of really big power
full turbine will be, nobody can predict.
Does il need many repairs? We had only two repairs
to make the entire trip. The first night had
change bearing mot actually turbine parD that
overheatng. And at WnSOw, Arz., we discovered
cracked intake casting which we decided to change.
thought it also might be good idea take the entire
engine apart and examine each piece. 1t took only
four and half hours to dsassembe it and put it back
together. We found every piece in tiptop shape. 1t
would have taken more than double that time to do
the same thing to the engine of the car you drive!
In answer 10 OTHER questions: Our ordi-
nary passenger sedan that had been fitted with turbine
engine. But the turbine - Continued on page 20
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the turbOcar, station wagon with
expert mechanics and parts, and a
fuel truck that contained gasoline
with no lead in it : turbine gas
needs no octane since the engine
cannot knock. We can burn ordi-
nary gasoline in the turbine, but we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

QUESTION:: I've read recently 0bOm The 'fwbojef'
automobile, writes Mrs. Joseph " Fer0rO of Miles, Ill.,
will this really replace our preSerf-day cars?
We asked Reporter A. E. HOfcHer ger The
This question from George HuebHer IT, executive engi
charge of research for The ChrySier Corporation.
ANSWER: have just driven tomonow'S automobile
from New York to Los Angeles Called the gas turbine,
turbOcar, it spectacular machine unlike any
thing you have driven And it is unmisak
ably part of your future life as revolutionary in some
ways as FultonS steamboat.
drove the turbOcar along the city streets of New
York. the prareS of Kansas the deserts of Arizona and
California. drove it in temperatures from l8 to SO
degrees In all instances il behaved Spectacuary and
although research men conservative lot, the
turbine must be accepted proven We figure
you will have in your garage in eight years, possibly
much sooner.
Would you like to know what it's like to drive this
turbine car? To start it, you turn the key to on step
down on the acCeleratoT then release the key which
snaps back in place. Within six seconds the fuel ignteS
The engine has a slight rIsng sound like wind blow
ing gently through the treetops The starter meantime
converts into generator and remains engaged.
Release the hand brake and you ready GO Your
controls consist of foot brake an accelerator and
reverse Driving the turbine is much less exhauStng
than driving tOday'S automobiles, found out from
our trip for you feel no moving parts, vibration,
engine drag, no Jerking it's SOFT silky sensation,
if you were being pulled by long flexible rope.
No Hill Slip
Going up a hill is smoother than in an ordinary car
and if you have to stop for light the top of steep
hill. you don't have to worry about the rolling back
when you start up-you do not even have to step on
the brake for the of the turbines power such
that holds the in place by automatically adjusting
the power it delivers.
he behavior IF he he Z 00n,ila
test just concluded almost perfect AS matter of
fact drive each regular new-model engine to
coast and we usually have more problems with them
than did with the turbine. Our consisted of
the turbOcar, station wagon with
!: !: :: !: !:
expert mechanics and parts and
fuel truck that contained gasoline lVe
with no lead in it - turbine gas
needs octane since the engine
cannot knock. We can burn ordi- DIGESTION u
nary gasoline in the turbine, but we -
The Nome nugget., 1956-07-30
NASSER WARNS BRITAIN, FRANCE
 INTERFERENCE WILL CLOSE SUEZ

PARIS, R-President Nasser of Egypt shouted angry warnings in Cairo Saturday that British and French interference" with his standardization of the Suez Canal may impede navigation of the waterway.
 The Egyptian President, well comed to his capital by a wildly enthusiastic crowd, spoke from the window of his office as Brit ain and France took steps to counter his bold seizure of the historic water passage from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
 Britain froze Egypt's sterling balances, estimated at $364 mil lion, and Suez Canal assets in the United Kingdom.
 In Washington, the United States was expected to give full support to British and French moves to deal with the Suez crisis, the most serious of several Mid dle East crises that have arisen since World War II. President Eisenhower again conferred with Undersecretary of State Herbert
The Nome nugget., 1956-07-30

Hoover Jr. and other top State Department officials.
 Secretary of State Dulles, who arrived in Washington from Peru Sunday, was reported by French sources here to have been invited to a London conference between French Foreign Minister Chris tian Pineau and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd today.
 The British Foreign Office de- nied this and later the State De- partment announced in Washing ton that Deputy Undersecretary Robert Murphy is flying to Lon don at once to represent the US. at the Suez talks.
 Pineau told the French Nation al Assembly his government "re- fuses to accept" Nasser's decision to take over the Suez Canal from the French-controlled, largely BritiSh-owned company which has maintained it as an interna- tional waterway for 87 years.
 In his speech in Cairo, Nasser declared Egypt was not interfer- ing with canal traffic, but ne warned:
 q strongly warn the imperial- ist countries that their interfer- ence will cause obstruction of navigation in the canal. l there fore put all responsibility on Brit ain and France for any obstruc- ton of navigation which may re- suit"