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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25
City Studying
Enlargement Of
Health School
Plan Considered
As Substitute for
81 Million Building
BY JAMES G. DEANE

Possible enlargement of the
present Health School instead OF
construction of a new building is
under study by city officials.
Archie Hutson. District di-
rector of buildings and grounds,
said today he plans to have a
sketch prepared showing the pos
sible expansion. He added, how
ever. that city architects still are
expecting to finish sketches
shortly for a new building.
A 81 million replacement for
the school. which houses crippled
children, is in the budget pend
ing in Congress. Parents, how
ever, have been opposing the pro-
posed site at Mount Olivet road
and Holbrook street NE.
The Health PTA voted last
night to seek a change in the
site. The PTA urged that Thir-
teenth and Upshur streets NV.
location Of the present school.
he used instead.
Terrain Seen Unsuitable
Parents have argued for the
enlargement plan in the past.
They took no stand last night
on this point. however.
Up to now. officials have con-
tended that terrain at the pres
Ient school is not suited to an
addition. at least without undue
cost.
Mr.. Hutson said, however.
that an addition would be pos
Isible and that he plans to take
up the matter with school OFF,
lcialS.
Spokesman for the PTA have
sought intervention of Engineer
Commissioner Thomas A. Lane
in the planning. An aide to
Gen. Lane said, however. that
he felt the matter was properly
one for school officials to decide
and that a recommendation
should come from them.
Assistant School Supt. John
NJ. Riecks said last week that
the plan for a new school at
the Mount Olivet site was set,
Jas far as school officials were
concerned.
Traffic Hazard Cited
The P1'A is complaining that
the Northeast site isn't central
enough, has traffic hazard and
lacks educational advantages of
the Upshur property, which is
adjacent to several other schools.
Parents contend teen age
crippled pupils-who would be
Accommodated by the new build
ing but aren't now-would be
able to use some facilities at
these other schools.
Mr.. Reicks and City Architect
Merrel A. Coe recently visited a
crippled children's school in
Philadelphia to get ideas for the
new facilities.
Parents have urged that the
city make the school a model for
the country and have been seek
ing to have a private architect
hired to make the plans. MIR.
Goes Office has been assigned
the job. however.
One city off1cial said he was
sympathetic to one objection to
the projected Mount Olivet site.
Parents have complained a
"morbid outlook"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25
Auditorium Group
To Meet Lawmakers

Members of the District Audi
forum Commission are expected
to meet at 3 pm. Monday with
the House and Senate District
Committees.
The commission will make an
informal preliminary report. Also
expected to be discussed is legis-
lation to extend the life of the
commission and the date for
making a report of its findings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25
Action Slated
On D. T.. Tax Bill.

The fiscal subcommittee Of
the House and Senate District
Committees will begin writing
their version of the District tax
bill Monday.
Representative Smith, Demo-
crat of Virginia, and Senator
Bible, Democrat of Nevada,
Ichairmen of the House and SEN
ate fiscal groups. have scheduled
a joint meeting for 1920 am.
Monday.
They will be Joined by the
Commissioners and some city
finance officers. who have been
requested to supply additional
information about proposed tax
increases.
The new levies as proposed by
the Commissioners are estimated
to provide SOL million in addi-
tional revenue. Mr.. Smith and
Senator Bible say they do not
expect to exceed that amount
although some requirements of
some of the items new in the
bill will be considered.
The Joint group has been re-
ceiving protests against the pro-
posed 2 per cent tax on admis-
sions to places of entertainment
and to the proposed increase
from SIPS to SO per barrel in
the tax on beer.
The group is expected to de-
eide whether to have another
public hearing at which mem
bers of the Board of Education
would give their views on the
need Of extra revenue to pro-
vide more public school teachers.
Mr.. Smith has suggested that
such pleas should be made to
the appropriations committee
rather than to the tax group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25

investments. So he walked to a
drugstore, faxed a prescription
for poison. took the powder to a
neighboring saloon and drank
it off in a draught of spirits. He
announced to his friends: II
have just drunk enough poison to
kill four men. I prefer suicide
to insanity" Then he fell dead
in the sawdust.
The Stars biggest advertise
ment that day was for "sarsa-
parilla. The Peoples Blood Puri-
fer"
Ball Game Rained Out
The baseball opener was rained
out. 1t was just as well. The
sports editor emphasized that
very few of the 5000 persons
who went out to National Park
to see the season opened ex-
pected to see the home nine win"
A House seat was under dis
pute. The Star editorially
scolded the Democrats for try
ing to keep the rightful occu-
pant, a Republican. from sitting.
That days editorial also chided
the House in general with this
brief report: "A New York
schoolteacher is in hot water be-
cause she drew her pay for days
when she was not present Pe"-
haps she is given to hallucina-
tons and mistook herself 4oI a
Congressman"
The paper, an American Flag
with 38 stars, and the other
documents will be resealed and
reinterred in the combined Capt.
toll Hill congregations church.
The Rev. Donald F. Keith. for
Imer Eastern pastor and Capitol
Hills associate minister. said the
old Metropol;tan's cornerstone
box also will be sealed, along
with one representing the new
CONGREGATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25

A breath Of Gay Nineties air
escaped last night from the cop
per cornerstone box Of the old
Eastern Presbyterian Church.
now merged and occupying
new home.
Inferred April Is. 1892. the
time capsule was opened at the
annual congregational meeting
of the Capitol Hill Presbyterian
Church. This ediflce. at Fourth
street and independence avenue
Sc, is now the house OF worship
for the former Eastern and Met
ropolitan Presbyterian Churches.
Eastern's old church has been
sold.
The Star edition Of that day
was sealed in the cornerstone.
It pictures a gentler time. But
there was turmoil. too.
Items Of the Times
Page one bore scores of church
service notes. There was
piece about an Army lieutenant
who stole his sweetheart from
under paternal guard, made her
his wife. and won reluctant &C
ceptance from his new in-laws.
Easter festivities were in progress
and notes on egg rollings dotted
the columns. Prof. Langley
will give a reception on Thurs
day at the Smithsonian" And
the commission to erect monu-
ments to Gems. Hancock, Sheri-
dan and Logan conferred today
with the Secretary of War and
reported progress is satisfactory"
On the noisier side of the
ledger were such matters as:
Italy was having a cabinet
crisis.
The Star. congratulating it.
self on a world scoop. was able
to confirm officially that it told
the truth in announcing earlier
that the United States and Chile
were breaking off all diplomatic
relations.
un its entirety 1.-THE Demo-
cratic factions in Louisiana are
as far apart as ever"
Up in Rochester. N. Y. con-
stables were red-faced behind
their handlebar mustaches.
Seems they had reported dis
covering the hideway of a band
of dynamiters. Then several in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25

TODAY

The National Society Of
Volunteers of America East
Central Asia concludes its
sessions in the Woodner
Hotel.
The Young Republican
Leadership Conference con-
tinueS in the Raleigh Hotel.
The American Bakers As
ISOLATION goes into its second
day of meetings in the
Mayflower Hotel.
The American Council of
Learned Societies begins a
three-day session in the
Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25
Miss Universe
Drops In for
Visit Here
A world beauty dropped in on

A world beauty dropped in on
the worlds capital today.
Holder of the title. Miss Uni
verse Hillevi Rombin of Upp-
sala, Sweden, is living proof that
judges at Long Beach, Calf :.
have excellent eyesight.
In addition to her beauty,
which consists of l29 pounds dis
triputed perfectly on a leggy
frame. Hillevi appears both in
telligent and candid.
Speaks Five Languages
She speaks five languages
Swedish, English. Spanish, Ger
man and French, and Hillevi
can't understand why she was
selected over IS girls from as
many countries as Miss Uni
verse Of 1856" There were
some gorgeous girls there, many
more attractive than I am. /
don't know how I won"
With the title went a six
month contract with the contest
sponsors, Observation-Disclosures
Pictures.
She said she hadn't been able
to form an opinion, yet, about
American men.
Everywhere l 60 everything Is
arranged. l have just had a
glimpse Of America"
Meets No Young People
you know" she explained, II
haven't had a chance to meet
any young people. meet the
same kind all the time" Mostly
what she has been meeting are
reporters and photographers.
The attractive 2l-year-old
blond is in town to help stir
interest in the Benny Goodman
Story" film due to open Feb
ruary 3 at RKO-Keith's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25
Dome Concert Sunduy

ANNAPOLIS. Jan. IS (P).-
Gov. McKeldin has invited the
public to attend the fourth an
nual Under the Dome" concert
by the Baltimore Recreation
| symphony Orchestra in the
lobby under the famous wooden
dome of the historic statehouse
at 3 pm. on Sunday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25
The
Rambler
The Government?
Its Everywhere
By JACK JONAS

Charles NJ. Dickson of San
Antonio, Tex, ought to open
his eyes.
He sent a letter to The Star
a few days back. Said he
couldn't find the Government
of these United States in
Washington for all the "cabs,
corridors, clerks, coffee, cock
tails and confusion"
Very alliterative, Mr.. Dick
son, but take a good look at
those corridors.
That man hurrying along
with a briefcase might have a
sandwich and a small thermos
of coffee staShed inside. But
he also could have a letter or
a legal brief that will be to-
morrow's headlines. He's part
of the Government.
Take a look into those taxi
cabs The people inside aren't
riding around for the Joy of
riding, or because they have
money burning holes in their
pockets. They're headed for
work, or to a meeting; to a
desk or table piled high with
papers-papers that might af-
feet the citizens of San An
tonic, along with the rest of us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25
GA Assumes Firm Stand
On Langley Building Site
Asks Planners
To Reconsider
Opposition Vote

The Central intelligence
Agency today notified the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission that it is remaining firm
in favor Of the Langley, Va, site
for its headquarters building.
CHA Director Allen w. Dulles
further asked the planning body
to reconsider its present oppose
ton stand at the commissions
February meeting. NCPC last
month voted against the CHA
choice for the Langley site.
In urging prompt action, Mr..
Dulles pointed out that the
agency and the planners have
been studying the location ques-
ton since last February.
Fears Years Delay
Unless can make a final de.
cision at a very early date as to
the location of the building so
that preliminary plans and cost
estimates can be presented to the
Congress during this session."
Mr.. Dulles said, Il am fearful
that the entire project may be
delayed for at least another
year"
Required Response
The formal response Of CHA to
the planning commission is re-
quired by law. CHA. moreover.
must take no action until the
commission has a chance to
study and announce its reac-
ton to the latest CHA announce
ment of position.
After that the intelligence
agency presumably may proceed
with or without NCPC approval.
GAS continued stand in ia
vor of the 750-acre Langley site
was embodied in a six-page let
ter to Commission Chairman
Harland Bartholomew.
In politely rejecting the COM
missions major objections to
the site, Mr.. Dulles termed the
proposed location as "eminently
appropriate" and the best
available one that will serve our
PURPOSES adequately"
Notes Objections
The CHA director noted that
the commissions chief objections
seem to be based on the potential
impact the building would have
on the predominantly rural area
land .he extensive construction
and improvements Of access
highways and bridges. I.
/ Il believe this position to be
basically inconsistent" Mr.. Dulles
declared. since the commission
apparently believes, on the one
hand, that there will be a major
relocation Of our personnel in q
tremendous impact on the area.
while on the other hand, it de-
clareS a necessity for extensive
improvements to highway and
bridges predicted upon the as
sumption that the great majority
of our people will remain where
they presently reside. :"
Cites Convenience
Mr.. Dulles said the site would
be most convenient" to the
homes of the majority of the
members of the CHA staff, thus
eliminating the need for them to
go through downtown Washing
ton to get to work.
He added that CHA prefers to
keep the Langley area in its
present residential use. He said
that since all sorts of CONNER
Icial facilities would be provided
in the building for employees, no
outside commercial facilities
would be needed.
1T is our considered judg-
ment that CHA can use lands
in such manner that the
agency will become an asset
rather than a liability to the
surrounding community" Mr..
Dulles said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25
Street Scenes .

A battered, yellow jeep, its
side curtains drawn against
the chill, and bearing diplo-
matte license plates, going out
Wisconsin avenue during the
evening rush
A girl skipping her way to
school on Florida avenue NV.
and a passerby asking dourly,
where do they get all that
energy at this time of the
morning."
A pedestrian crossin G
against the traffic signal at
Michigan avenue and Fourth
street NE, and waving his
fist at a motorist who narrow
ly missed him. :.
A man making a right turn
from the middle of Eighteenth
street, explaining to a police
man that he couldn't get into
the right lane in time, and
the policeman, not caring,
waving him on. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25

THERE ARE CLERKS, too
a lot Of them-bustling around
in the corridors and hopping
in and out of taxicabs, mostly
going somewhere to do some
thing about or for the Govern
ment. Some say there are too
many clerks, and their bosses
say there aren't enough.
The cocktails flow here
sometimes because someone
wants to peddle something to
a Congressman or a Govern
ment worker in a position to
do something about it. They
don't have much effect, be-
cause at a cocktail party, the
armor is thickest. But the
cocktails keep flowing.
There's confusion, too, thank
heaven. There's always con-
fusion when an idea is born,
because some want to make
it live and some want to kill
it off in infancy, and they
shout about it. Eventually, out
Of the confusion and the
shouting, there comes a hint
of whether the idea is good or
bad.
And there's coffee. That's
like the cocktails. Someone
suggests a cup of coffee while
they talk things over. or some
times they break away for cof-
fee to get out of the confusion
and the corridors that are a
part of their Government
lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-25

TAKE A DRIVE around the
Capitol at night, or go down
to the Lincoln Memorial. Walk
around the EllipSe and look
through the fence at the White
House, or get on an elevator
and listen to the people talk,
and see If you can't find the
Government.
Or just walk the streets, and
see what the plaques on the
office buildings say.
Most important of all, Mr..
Dickson, take a look at the
city. It's a city like San An
tonic. Both have their cabs,
corridors, clerks, coffee, cock
tails and confusion. But it's
more than those things. It's a
place to live and a place to
play and a place to grow up.
It's not all Government
here, by a long shot. That
may be why it was a little diff
ficult for you to see the Gov
eminent.
The bartenders and the
hackers and the ministers,
along with nearly everyone
else in Washington, talk a lot
about the Government. That's
because they've seen it here,
and feel a little closer to it.
Look around down there in
San Antonio. You might find
a small part of the Govern
ment there-probably the only
small thing in all of Texas.
And come back to visit
Washington. We're eager for
you to see what you missed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01
|JuryMayG Get
|Used-Car Case

Complaints of nearly a dozen
persons against the practices Of
Ia used car dealer may lead to a
grand jury investigation Of the
matter. United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover said today.
Detective Sergt. John j. Fitz-
patrick Of the check and fraud
squad said the complainant
claimed the dealer had failed to
make good on promises to pay
higher than-market prices for
cars.
Mr.. Rover said his ONCE was
the complaints. and
that II facts warranted. the
grand jury would hear the story.
Sergt. Fitzpatrick has been
working on the case with As
sistant United States Attorney
FORCES w. Blair and Conrad
Cordano. District License Bu-
reau enforcement officer.
Sergt. Fitzpatrick said one Of
the compliments was Henri
Polack, scientific attache Of the
Netherlands Embassy. Mr.. Po-
lack told him the dealer had
given him a 90-day note with the
promise Of paying $1,000 for his
1855 Ford sedan. The dealer took
the car but failed to make good
within the allotted time. the
policeman was told.
The dealer has made good on
some of the transactions con-
Quoted In this manner. Sergt.
Fitzpatrick learned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01

the vote, Mr. Mollet called for a
new. freely elected Algerian AS
Isemhly whose leaders could nego-
tate q new ''unbreakable" rela-
Itionship with France.
In line with his promise to
work urgently and personally to
halt the fighting in the North
African territory. he is expected
to fly to Algiers soon.
IS Killed in Battle
Continued fighting across the
Mediterranean underlined the
urgency of new negotiations.
Seyenty-six rebels were killed in
scattered battles yesterday. in
Guiding 20 in a clash In the Aures
Mountains. French casualties
were not announced.
The Premier's policy statement
also promised to strengthen the
six-nation Western European
Union and the North Atlantic
Alliance as keys to peace and
liberty.
Mr.. Mollet said his government
intends before summer to sign a
treaty with Frances I'VE WEU
partners-West Germany, Italy.
Belgium. the Netherlands and
Luxembourg-setting up a pool
of nuclear energy for peaceful
purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01

IRica. Honduras and Il Salvador.
The proposed council would co.
operate with the ter-American
Defense Council and operate un-
der the Organization Of Ameri-
can States (oAS).
The defense ministers voted
to recommend adoption Of meas
ures to block any infiltration Of
Communist influence in the
armed forces Of their countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01

Iauto struck him yesterday near
his home.
Witnesses said the child rap
i'm front Of the car. Police
charged the motorist, Robert II.
Brooks. 23. colored. Of the 200
block Of Eleventh street NE. with
failure to obtain District tags.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01
Central America Stutes
Uroe Defense Council

ANTIGUA. Guatemala, Feb. /
R.-The first Central American
Defense Ministers Conference
recommended yesteday creation
Of q Central American Defense
Council.
Those present represented
Guatemala. Nicaragua. Costa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01

AoEt WYE WV eAAS oSNSA AAAASAA'
Communist ieftiSt coalition pie
end the costly Algerian conflict
Socialist Party secretary 6
taught high-school English. wa:
postwar Premier by an unusual
ly large majority of the Ma
tional Assembly early today.
The vote was 420-71 with IS
abstentions.
The chambers ISL Commu-
nists gave their votes to Mr.. Mol
let to pressure him for the Pop
ular Front" tieup they seek with
the Socialists. To counter this.
the Catholic MRP Popular Re-
publican Movement) and other
moderate groups voted with Mr..
Mollet's Republican Front of
Socialists and Radicals. and
most rightists abstained. This
gave the new Premier a major
ity of those voting without the
Reds.
Has Only 1870 Votes
The Republican Front. which
Mr.. Mollet leads jointly with
Radical Party leader Pierre
Mendes-France. actually has only
about 1870 votes in the 596-mem-
Der Assembly. Because Of this the
government is generally conceded
a life expectancy Of only three or
four months.
The Premier's streamlined l3-
man Cabinet includes seven So
cialists. three Radicals, one nom
party man and two others from
splinter groups. Mr.. Mendes-
France is Deputy Premier with
out control Of any ministry.
In outlining his policy before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01

You can't vote In the Dis
trict IL you don't register. Now
Is the time 10 qualify. Regis
tration headquarters on ground
floor Of the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01
Boy Struck by Auto;
Driver Is Churded

Arnold L. Mayes. 6. colored.
1893 Bladensburg road NE. was
In fair condition today in Cas-
ualty Hospital. suffering from
head injuries received when an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01
Fuvorite Exhibit

A voting machine was set ur
at Halle Selassie's Silver Jubilee
Fair in Adds Ababa. Ethiopia,
to enable visitors to select their
fayorite exhibit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01
MoIIet Assumes Duties
As Premier of France

PARIS Feb. Q9-Frances first Socialist Premier since
1947 took the governmental rens today heading
Communist es coalition pledged to prompt negotiations
end the costly Algerian conflict.
Socialist Party secretary general Guy Mollet who
taught English confirmed the nations 22nd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-09

properties along the route would have
been prohibitive. And the State, under
the former Federal-aid program, had in
sufficient money to undertake in the fore
seeable future either reconstruction of
the road or the building of parallel
eXpreSSway.
Now, however, the Federal Govern
ment is ready to put up 80 per cent of the
cost of constructing another u S. be-
tween the two cities, with Maryland con-
tributing the remaining 10 per cent. The
new location has not been specified, but
Maryland State Roads Commission Of
f1cialS have in mind route west of the
old road, largely through open country.
To qualify for the Federal funds, the new
highway must have separate lanes and
access to the lanes must be restricted.
Much of the additional money which
Maryland will get under the Federal-aid
legislation will go for highway improve
mentS already scheduled, including the
outer belt around Washington. All of
these projects are important, of course,
but none holds more promise of saving
lives than the Route job.