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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
MARYLAND-YIRGINIA NEWS
Assembly Acts to Define
School Board EIigibIes

On the Fairfax board, Hills
Lory is a special assistant in the
State Departments Information.
al Educational Exchange and
Foreign Exchange Affairs Once;
DR.. Clyde w. Gleason is chief of
the Veterans Administration s
Staff Development and Techni-
cal Advisory Division Counseling
Service.
DR. Merton S. Parsons is an
economist with the Agriculture
Department, and Samuel S. Sol
onion, and attorney in the gen.
eral counsel's Office Of the Small
Business Administration.
On the Falls Church School
Board, Chairman John A. john
son is general counsel to the Air
Force. Four other board men,
bers also hold important Federal
posts.
In Alexandria, only one school
board member is a Federal work
er. He is Edward D. Reed. a
school principal In Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Sertomu Award
Given Meade for
Aiding Rail Victims

Fort Meade was honored yes
terday for its assistance to vic
tins of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road train wreck at Odenton
CMd) last February %.
The Service to Mankind
Award of the Sertoma Club of
Washington was presented to
the post by Raymond B. Leavitt,
president. during special pro-
gram on the parade grounds.
Col. Julian Lindsey. post COM
mander. received the award.
The citation said the award was
for "the noble, valiant work of
Fort Meade personnel in saving
lives and rendering other badly
needed assistance to the nearly
100 persons injured in the
wreck"
The post also was congratu-
lated by the Defense Depart
ment. Hugh M. Milton II,
Assistant Army Secretary,
praised the posts work as re
flecting great credit on the Army
as a whole. The Pennsylvania
Railroad also commended the
post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

damages, even If the driver is
shown to be grossly negligent.
Other actions yesterday in
cluded House approval of these
bills:
BY Mrs. Kathry Stone of Ar
lington, to allow school super
intendents to issue parttime
work permits and provide for
part-time education of chill
dren between ID and l6, under
certain circumstances.
The Locher bill to require the
Governor to leave unappropri-
ated at least 2 per cent of the
general fund budget each ses-
sion so the General Assembly
would have funds available to
appropriate on its own.
The Arlington delegation bill
allowing treasurers to mail tax
bills directly to mortgage hold
erS when the property owners are
notified in writing.
The Senate Education Com
mittee pigeonholed the Boothe-
Dalton school segregation bills
which would route legal attacks
through the State courts and
enact student assignment and
teacher placement plans.
The Senate Rules Committee
deferred action on the Moore
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. schools
resolution until next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
G. O. P. Backs
Prendereost
And Butler

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 2 R.-The
Anne Arundel County Republic
can State Central Committee has
Endorsed the candidacy Of Sena-
tor John Marshall Butler and
William. B. Prendergast, Naval
Academy professor seeking the
party nomination for Congress
from the 5th District.
The announcement came from
Chairman Albert w. Clauss, who
made no mention of other cam
didates seeking the nominations
- including Capt. Joseph K.
Taussig, retired naval hero of
Pearl Harbor who is opposing
Mr.. Prendergast.
The announcement said the
committee is confident the vot-
ers will return Senator Butler
to the Nations capital as "a
member of the Eisenhower
team"
It said of Mr.. Prendergast,
former Government professor at
the Naval Academy and several
other institutions, I'VE note with
pride that the Eisenhower ad-
ministration has deemed him
eminently qualified to serve in
positions of responsibility and
Importance on several of the
Presidents commissions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Legality Issue Studied
On Vote Officials Books

The Fairfax County Electoral
Board chairman repeatedly has
agreed to take a second look o.
the legality of the boards action
in closing the general registrars
books to public inspection.
A dispute over this question
was highlighted by the boards
decision not to reappoint the
general registrar. Mrs. Gladys Is
dell, who has contended that her
books should remain open.
Officers of the county's Demo
cratic Executive Committee. who
met with Electoral Board Chair
man Elmer Duncan, said he had
agreed to make another check
into the matter for possible re-
consideration by the board.
However, Mr.. Duncan. who
was not available for comment
has stated that there is no con-
|nection between the difference
|of opinion over the registration
lists and the boards decision to
hire another general registrar.
j. F.. Wellemeyer. Democratic
Executive Committee chairman
said Mr.. Duncan argued that
there is not enough room in the
general registrars Office to &C
commodate the public.
Mrs. Isdell objected last month
when the board ordered her to
close her books to public inspec-
ton. Any check of voter lists
the board said. would be made in
the Circuit Court clerks Office.
She has since been notified
that she will not be reappointed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Second Colts OfficioI
Joins Tydinqs Team

BALTIMORE, March 2 P1.-
Former Senator Willard E. Ty-
!dings has drafted a second
member of the Baltimore Colts
Organization as he lines up his
team" for the Democratic sena-
Itorial campaign.
Mr.. Tydings announced that
William D. Macmillan, a former
president of the Baltimore Bar
Association and now general
counsel for the Colts football
team, will be his campaign
treasurer.
Earlier, Mr.. Tydings named r
Bruce LIVE. Colts vice president
as general chairman of his cam
Ipaign committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
.Moncure Bill
Goes 10 Stanley
BY star Correspondent of The Star

RICHMOND, Mar. 1.-THE
State Senate yesterday passed
and sent to the Governor the
Moncure bill taking away Ar
lington's right to elect its School
Board. The vote was 1875.
Voting against passage were
State Senators Ted Dalton OF
Radford and Roy Wolfe Of Lee,
both Republicans, and Demo-
Gratis M. M. Long of Wise, D. w.
Bird of Chesterfield and Will
liam B. Spong of Portsmouth.
The bill passed the House OF
Delegates Monday by a vote OF
80-10. At that time all OF the
six Republicans were included
among those against it.
The measure was introduced
by Stafford Delegate Frank P.
Moncure at the request, he said.
of the good people" of Airing
ton. Opponents charged it was
retaliation against the school
board which announced several
weeks ago tentative plans to in
tegrate about so negroes in Is
white elementary schools.
The Governor is expected to
sign the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Expansion Approved
In Phone Facilities

Additional expansion of phone
facilities in the Bethesd a,
Wheaton and Suitland areas Is
included in program totaling
some SIS million approved for
the State of Maryland by the
Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. board of directors in
Baltimore. .....
A phone company spokesman
here said the Washington area
improvements include additional
cable and outside wire facilities
which total about $245 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

fenberg and Constas Gus Ba-
siliko, Washington real estate
men.
Du Pre- Also Named
The fifth defendant named in
the indictment which is the ba-
sis for Mondays trial is Ben
Du Pre-, former roads commits
sion right of way engineer who
has been sought since the in
dictments were returned last
November. officials say Du Pre-
has been living in his native
Mexico and it is rumored he
will appear at the trial next
week.
A second indictment charging
land speculation conspiracy
named as defendants Du Pre-,
Gus Basiliko, his brother George,
and John B. Hudson, a relative
by marriage of one of the Ba-
Siliko brothers. George Basiliko
is fighting extradition from the
District and a trial date for the
second indictment has not been
set.
Conspiracy Charged
The indictments, in general,
charge the defendants with
fraud conspiracy in respect to
purchases and sales Of property
being acquired by the roads COM
mission for Maryland highway
projects.
Attorneys for Goldberg and
Rosenfeld are Robert c. Heeney
and David Macdonald. Gus b.
siliko and Max Rosenfeld are
represented, respectively. by At
torneys Joseph B. Simpson, jr.,
and Walter w. Dawson.
The attorneys also argued mo-
tons for dismissal of the four
count indictment on the ground
the charges did not specifically
state unlawful acts. The dis
missal motions were taken under
advisement by Judges Anderson
and Lawlor, who indicated they
will announce their decision to-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Town Secured
For Jurors in
Murder TriuI

For the third time this week
the Prince Georges sheriff hao
to go into the streets of Upper
Marlboro today to haul in pros
pective jurors for a murder trial
The 38-person panel chosen
for the trial Of Airman &c Sherry
o. Sokolik was exhausted with
only half of the jurors seated.
Monday the same thing hap
pened in the case against Vincent
Marcionette. Sheriff j. Lee Bal
and his deputies had to hunt ur
Jurors four times before filling
Marcionette's jury. On Tuesday
the murder trial of Bonnie Evans
was delayed by a search for tails
men.
Charged With Murder
A. Gwynn Bowie, Marcion-
cites lawyer, who got him of
with a second degree verdict, is
also Sokolik's counsel.
Sokolik, %, is charged with
numbering his rival in a Prince
Georges County love triangle.
The prosecution said it would
introduce a confession. Police
said Sokolik shot William N
Birkett, %, of A Forester street
S.W., last October.
The confession was read at a
preliminary hearing october 81
shortly after the Staying.
Tells of Scuffie
In it, the defendant said Mr.
Birkett struck the first blow dur
ing a scuffle in subdivision
under construction near the
county's Oxon Hill high school
Detective 1t. Earl j. Huber Of
the County Police said Sokolik
confronted Mr.. Birkett to try tt
scare him out of going with
Miss Lois Robey, 20, Forrestville
Md, who stopped dating Soko-
Xix and began dating Mr.. Birkett
after his discharge from All
Force service.
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to the $4,960-a-year job when
her term expires May /.
Mrs. fsdell. in addition to cit
ing a section of the State cleo
ton laws to back her position,
also said that Attorney General
]. Lindsay Almond has ruled that
the public should be permitted to
inspect registration books at all
times.
The difference in the two sets
of lists is that Mrs. Isdell's books
show a precinct breakdown while
the others list the voters alpha
betically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
7 Indicted in Roads Case
To See Grand Jury Record

Two Montgomery County Cir
cult Court judges granted the
unusual" if not unprecedented,
Request for inspection of portions
of grand jury testimony during
pre-trial arguments yesterday in
the Maryland State Roads Com
mission land speculation cases.
Judges Thomas M. Anderson
and Kathryn j. LaWlor ruled
that. because of special circum-
stances, traditionally secret grand
jury minutes could be shown to
Robert j. Rosenfeld and Jerry
Goldberg, two of the seven men
indicted last year on charges Of
conspiracy to defraud the roads
commission.
This is rather unusual
question" commented Judge
Anderson. He added that as far
as he knew, a request for exam
ination of secret grand jury
records had never been made in
the county.
Both Testified to Panel
Rosenfeld and Goldberg tes-
titled before the grand jury and
then were indicted by the jurors
together with the other defend
ants.
In view of the fact they were
not advised that what they tes-
titled to might be used against
them, they should be entitled to
a copy of their testimony"
Judge Anderson said.
A battery of lawyers yester-
day argued pre-trial motions
for Rosenfeld, Goldberg and two
ether defendants whose trial is
scheduled to begin Monday. The
other defendants are Max Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
'Hhsf Sacrifices
Census Bill 10
Lift School Aid
BY . stan Correspondent of The star

| BY a stan Correspondent of The Star
RICHMOND, Mar. 2.-Fairfax
Delegate Omer L. Hirst conclud-
ed today that - legislatively
speaking bird in the hand
lis worth two in the bush.
He agreed to sacrifice a IA
vorite piece of legislation to avoid
defeat of an amendment to the
budget bill. Both would mean
large increases in revenues to
Ifast-growing localities, such as
Fairfax.
The budget. as it left the
House last week. would distribute
school funds on a current years
average daily attendance formula
during the second year OF the
two years beginning July !.
Heretofore. State aid to edu-
cation has been based on at
tendance for the previous year.
Hence a rapidly expanding COM
|munity with an annual increase
LOT 5000 students each year has
Educated those children without
laid from the State until the
following year. BY that follow
ling year, the enrolment prob
ably would have increased fur
ther.
If the formula is placed on
la current basis. Mr.. Hirst esti-
mates his own county would re-
Iceive an estimated 100000 adj
Iditional revenue from the State
In the 1957-58 fiscal year.
Moves to Recommit Bill
Mr.. Hirst moved yesterday to
Irecommit to committee his bill
allowing localities to have spe-
Icial censuses taken between the
official population counts every
10 years.
Under his bill, a county or
lefty that has large population
gain between the 10-year CEN
suses could order another count
and thereby raise the factor in
the FUNDS distribution formulas.
i 81 have been led to believe, "
Mr.. Hirst said, that my bill
would run into some opposition
in the Senate, which already
has the budget bill. Since the
budget contains the current dis
Itribution formula. I don't believe
lit is advisable at this session
70 jeopardize that amendment
by pushing my bill at this
session"
The biggest division of the day
occurred when the House passed.
46 to 80. a bill to permit courts
to consider comparative negli-
fgence' in automobile accident
cases involving pedestrians.
Contributory negligence on the
part of. a pedestrian now-no
matter how Sights an abso-
Lutte legal bar to recovery of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

Two Montgomery County Cir fenberg and ConsaS Gus Ba
judges granted the ko washington real estate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Democrats Set Dinner

HAGERSTOWN, Md. Mar. 2
R.-Washington County Dem
ocrats will hold their annual
jefferson jackson Day dinner
March 6 with Senator Spark
man, Democrat of Alabama. as
the featured speaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
By q star stan Correspondent

ny y 6t8J otAu SOitCobohAeAb
RICHMOND, Mar. 2.-Wher
does a Federal employee become
a "policy-making official" nc
long a CLERK" or "employe'?
The answer to this question
may decide whether Govern
Iment workers on the Arlington,
Fairfax and Falls Church school
boards can continue to serve.
To Be introduced Today
A Joint resolution declaring il
to be the State policy that only
clerks and other employees" OF
the Federal Government, with
out executive authority, may
serve on local school boards was
to be introduced in the General
Assembly today. School board
service by Federal workers
should be limited to those in
minor positions" the proposal
says.
The measure was prepared by
the House Education Committee
and carried the name of Chair
man Harry B. Davis as chief pa
tron.
The resolution is an outgrowth
of the committees action on the
bill of Delegate John Boatwright
of Buckingham to deny all Fed
eral employees the right to serve
on school boards or hold any
other State or local Offices in
Virginia. The Boatwright bill
died in an eight-to-eight tie vote
of the committee Wednesday.
Federal, State Policies Differ
Members of the committee had
expressed concern that perhaps
Federal policy making officials
were serving on school boards,
particularly in Northern Virginia.
The underlying thought among
legislators is that the Federal
Government is committed to a
policy of indignation of whites
and Negroes in public schools
while Virginia has embarked on
a course designed to preserve
segregation.
A resolution, unlike a bill, does
not, have the force of law. How
ever, it does have persuasive
powers when dealing with mat
tiers of policy. It also might be
used as an arguing point in case
any suits are brought to chal-
lenge the right Of Federal en-
ployes to serve on school boards.
The resolution apparently
would be designed to be per-
suasive on Commemorative At
torneys and the courts.
The issue of whether Federal
employees in important positions
can hold School Board Office has
been before Virginia courts. but
the dispute was not settled.
Phrase Underlined
John Locke Green. Arlington
attorney, sought to GUST Govern
ment workers on the Arlington
School Board in 1854. Although
the courts refused to order them
removed, the phrase clerks and
employees" was left underlined.
In an earlier case that year,
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy of
Arlington Circuit Court said in a
decision that policy-making Fed
eral officials should not be per-
mitted to serve on local bodies.
He said that a great many en-
ployes might well be exempted
from the ban.
Number on Boards
On the Arlington School Board
are Barnard Joy, assistant to
the administrator Of the Agricul-
tural Research Administration.
Erwin r. Draheim, personnel
officer Of the Agriculture Depart
ment, and James G. Stockard,
training director of General
Services Administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Number on Boards

On the Arlington School Board
are Barnard Joy, assistant tc
the administrator of the Agricul-
tural Research Administration
Erwin r. Draheim, personnel
officer Of the Agriculture Depart
ment, and James G. Stockard
training director of General
Services Administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
3 Virginia Youths
Injured in Cfosh

Three Prince william County
fVa.)I youths were admitted to
Arlington Hospital last night
with head injuries after a traf-
&c accident In Fauquier County
Va.
Two we're still unconscious
when they arrived at the hos.
pital shortly after $50 pm. They
were Hope v. Green, II, OF
Nokesville, Va. and Robert Lane
16. Of 51s Center street, Manas-
sas. Va.
Also admitted was James Wal
lace, 20. Of Nokesville.
The hospital said the victims
all were riding in a car which
crashed into a tree. but did not
know details of the accident
Their condition today was listed
as fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
MARYLAND-V VIRGINIA NEWS
Alexondrions Preparing
For Attock on Blight

prepared by the q. s. Public
Health Service. would be used
to end the use Of outdoor privies,
to force repairs of dilapidated
buildings, to prevent overcrowd-
ing Of housing units, force COM
pliance with minimum stand
ards for ventilating, heating
and screening Of buildings and
enable the city to use condem-
nation power to close down and
order the removal Of buildings
where necessary.
Pictures Show Conditions
Clarke Slaymaker, city sani.
tation ofhcer. showed film slides
of street scenes in Alexandra de.
plotting the conditions the code
would be used to correct. The
pictures showed how blight has
crept into good residential areas
of the city because of owner dis
interest In maintenance OF
buildings.
Harry Wilbur, assistant sani-
tartan in the city health de-
partment, told the meeting the
rat bite case last month was not
an isolated incident. He said
records for the past five years
show 10 rat bite cases in houses
in the city.
I'VE don't know how many
Others went unreported," he
said.
Denis w. Cahill, director Of
planning for the city, said the
housing code will be presented
to the planning commission
soon. The planning commission
will hold public hearings and
then make its recommendation
to City Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
Home Finance
Probers Plan
Virginia Visit

Virginia. which furnished
many Of the complaints, viii be
visited February II by q con-
gressional committee to hear
testimony on home financing
difficulties Of veterans.
Representative Harrison. DEM
ocrat Of Virginia, said yesterday
q House Veterans Affairs SUBJ
committee has decided to hold q
hearing that day in Stanton.
The exact location for the hear
ing will be announced later.
The decision was reached by
the committee after Mr.. Har-
rison invited the group to go to
Virginia and "let the veterans
give their personal accounts OF
Just what has happened to them
in their efforts to obtain homes. I"
Mr.. Harrison said he had re-
ceived numerous complaints from
veterans and others in Virginia
concerning discounting practices
and other financing difficulties.
Mr.. Harrison said Federal
housing officials had stated early
last year that the voluntary
home mortgage credit program,
set up to channel private mort
gage money into small commu-
mites and rural areas. was meet
ing with success in the Shenan-
doah Valley.
But instead Of success, MFR.
Harrison commended, veterans re-
ported they could not get private
financing except under discount
fee arrangements.
Veterans are banned by law
from paying such discounts, he
said. and the home sellers have
been refusing to absorb them.
The veterans then found them
selves barred from direct housing
loans Of the Veterans Admins
tration because they had not
availed themselves Of the private
loans offered on payment Of a
premium. MIR. Harrison added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-02
|Foirfox H Hal! Building
Along Oyertoxed Sewer

completion Of the relief sewer
work. This does not affect sub
division plats already approved.
May Indicate Break.
Mr.. Klegerman reported that
the sewage overfiows occurred
below Sleepy Hollow road.
which is below the section of
the sewer involved in the relief
work. He said this might mean
a break or serious deterioration
of the line In that area. The
Holmes Run trunk sewer was
installed by the Federal Gov.
eminent about 70 years ago and
later bought by the county.
Supervisor Stuart DeBell OBJ
jected to curtailing all new de-
velopment In the area, saying
he believes each case should be
considered individually.
The supervisors voted to 90
ahead with purchase Of a o.
acre tract on Popes Head road
for Q new county sanitary land
I'LL after hearing protests from
an angry delegation of residents
in the area. The county has
been trying to establish a new
land fill for more than a year,
but ran into neighborhood OPP
position every time a site was
picked.
The Popes Head road site lies
between two. sections of the
Army's Nike station in that Sec
ton of the county. Attorney
Roy Swayze. representing tho
opponents. said there are SO
homes within a mile of the site.
The Army said 1t considers the
site undesirable" but would not
object "strenuously."
A $280.417 sewer contract was
awarded to Martin & Goss, low
bidders. for the new Paul Spring
Branch trunk sewer and collect
ing sewers in the Little Hunt
ing Creek area.