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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
NAACP Leader Warns
Of Negro Vote Boycott

States. He urged the crowd not
to lose heart.
If necessary, he asserted, the
NAACP will "go underground
in the Southern States which, he
said, are trying to outlaw his
Organization.
Mr.. Marshall spoke at the Ver-
mont Avenue Baptist Church to
a crowd of Negroes which the
sponsors estimated at $500. The
rally was held primarily to raise
money and increase the NAACP
membership.
Spokesman said the NAACP
enrolled 1,677 members and
raised $6,838.75 last night. In
addition, one group contributed
81 900 to the legal defense de-
partment headed by Mr.. Mar
shall. The Washington goal is
900 members out of a national
total of 100000. The financial
goal locally is $4,000.
The attorney said all politi-
clans would like to get rid of
civil rights.
whether they like it or not. /"
he said civil rights is an issue.
1T was not made so by Negroes
but by people in the South who
set themselves above God and
the law. by people who insist
upon rule or ruin"
He bitterly criticized the State
|of Mississippi for what he called
mot bringing to justice those re-
|sponsible for the killing Of Em-
NETT Till, the Chicago Negro boy,
and for what he claimed was in
action in other Negro killings.
He assailed Alabama authors
ties in Connection with Montgom-
cry bus boycott and the expulsion
of Miss Autherine J. Lucy from
the University of Alabama.
Likewise, he blasted the Fed
Ieral Government for not prose-
cutting race cases. He said the
Government has ample author
lily to act without getting any
new legislation.
Mr.. Marshall told the applaud
ing crowd that he was unable to
find the difference in a Demo-
cratic Party which is repre-
sented at the same time by Sem
ator Eastland and Adlai Steven
son, the presidential aspirant.
Somebody" he said. has got
to divorce somebody" adding
that Mr.. Stevenson could not ex-
|pect to get his vote and Senator
Eastland's, too.
As for the Republicans, he
said they cannot get his support
until they do something within
the power they already have.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

Thurgood Marshall. chief
counsel for the National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People, declared here
last night that no political party
or candidate for President is 60
ing to get single Negro vote
until it does something that
looks lawful close to civil rights"
Mr.. Marshall told an NAACP
rally that nothing will deter his
organization from its aggressive
program for full desegregation
in the United States.
He said tremendous advance
ment has been made in many
places AND some in Southern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Automatic

A package-laden couple was
leaving one of those super
markets where the doors are
ope r a ted automatically by
treadleS.
The man went through
first. The woman had stopped
inside, meantime, to look at
something. The man, not
fully aware of the advantages
of automation, set down his
bundles and turned - auto.
matically gallant-to open the
door for his wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Fleming Resigns
VuIor Award Post

Robert v. Fleming. chairman
of the Committee on Awards for
Valor to the Police and Fire De-
partments. has resigned. He is
chairman of the board of the
Riggs National Bank.
The Commissioners appointed
George E. Hamilton. jr.. an at
torney, to the committee, which
selects its own chairman from
among the members.
The committee was set up by
Congress in 1929 to award one
gold and one silver medal each
year for outstanding valor in
each department.
Mr., Fleming has been mem
her 81 Zee 1892. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

third did not even try to add to
his share. Instead he buried his
talent. When the master returned
he was pleased with the two who
had doubled their talents. He said
to each one: We'll done good and
faithful servant For unto every
one that hath shall be given"
But to the third servant, who
didn't use his initiative, the mas
ter said, -. from him that hath
not shall be taken away" and
took away the one talent.
This story is applicable to
everyone. Each of us has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Beauty

Well, what's wrong with
Washington women? Moth
ing, as far as can be seen
on a fine day.
But what's this business
about the Mrs. Washington
Contest? More than 300
lovely young women were
entered in the competition,
and now the semi finalists
have been picked--17 from
Virginia, six from Maryland,
and only two from Wash
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

fitting their level of achieve
ment.
DR.. Hansen says this approach
would only make the crisis
worse.
DR.. Hansen came to Washing
ton from Nebraska 10 years ago
Until last year he supervised
elementary schools. Since Their
he has been in charge of the
city's high schools. He has also
until recently been responsible
for the school systems course OF
study.
He was the first official tc
Suggest publicly the full impli-
cations of the present school sit
uation and propose a specific
program for correcting it.
DR.. Hansen in the last yea1
has violated an unwritten school
system rule and has been out
spoken.
/ He has strongly opposed q
high school teacher-giveaway
plan, pushed through originally
by the school systems business
office. later vetoed by the Board
of Education, but now advocated
by the Commissioners.
| Favors -Four Track" Program
He has proposed revamping
the high school course of study
to set up a new "four-track'
program course for gifted
students aiming at the profess
Sions, one for general college
preparation, one for job train
ling and one for slow learners.
He has urged special remedial
classes for tagging 10th graders
whose reading and arithmetic
showed up badly on last years
achievement tests.
He has objected strongly to
the traditional method of judg-
ling teacher requirements by an
overall pupil-teacher average
contending it obscures the wide
but unavoidable variation in
high school class sizes because OF
differences in classrooms and en-
rollmentS.
He has also bluntly stated that
the high schools need more
teachers, despite lack of any very
firm indication that superiors
are supporting him on anything
more than holding the line.
In DR.. Hansen's view. as stated
to this writer. and in series of
formal reports, the basic prob
lem of the city's schools at pres
ent Is that teachers are not
giving children enough individual
attention. This. he has declared
repeatedly, is chiefly because
classes are too large and the
children in them have too many
individual problems.
His solution is twofold: Smaller
classes, and more grouping of
children according to achieve
ment and ability within each
school and grade.
DR.. Hansen and Gen. Lane
appear to have some areas of
agreement. DR.. Hansen agrees,
for example, that the city's
schools cannot afford any gen.
Ieralized "tutorial service" in the
sense, he said, of having a
teacher for each pupil. He agrees
with the general that there is
need for discipline, and for
stress on "basic subjects"
DR.. Hansen also is a professed
believer in maintaining strict
marking and promotion stand
ards. He originated the elemen-
tary report card currently on
trial which revives old-fashioned
Abe marks.
He played an important role
in a tightening of elementary
promotions which was reflected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
MistriaI Denied
0nDefenseP|ea
In RoadsCase
Judge Prescott's Suit
Over Sole of Lund
Reported Settled

Defense motions for a mistrial
and directed verdicts of not
guilty in the roads conspiracy
case in Rockville today were
overruled.
The motions we're made on be-
half of Constas Gus Basiliko and
Max Gutenberg, on trial on
charges of conspiracy to defrauo
the Maryland States Roads Com
mission through land value ma
nipulations.
The court first heard argu-
ments on the mistrial motions
made by Attorneys Joseph B.
Simpson, jr., and Walter W.
Dawson.
The motions were based on a
suit filed Thursday by Chief
Judge Stedman Prescott, naming
Basiliko and two others and
alleging that they had pur-
chased "a acres from him at a
lower price than he would have
required had he had the advance
information on the location OF
the new National pike that Ba-
siliko allegedly had obtained
from Ben DuPre.
Prescott's Suit Settled
The motions were denied by
Judges Thomas M. Anderson
and Kathryn j. Lawlor. The
court said the suit alleged moth
ing that already had not been
alleged in the criminal trial un-
day way.
1t also was announced today
by Attorney David E. Belts that
the suit filed by Judge Prescott
has been settled on terms salts
factory to all parties"
Mr.. Belts represents Albert D.
Misler. one of the defendants
named by Judge Prescott. Mr.,
Belts said. "A stipulation will be
filed later in the week."
Connection Denied
Mr.. Simpson claimed that the
State had failed to connect Of
fenberg with any alleged agree
ment between Basiliko and
DuPre. former Roads Commits
sion right-of-way engineer.
Mr.. Dawson said that If any
conspiracy existed it had been
made either in Calvert County
or in the District of Columbia.
DuPre earlier had testified he
and Basiliko had made an agree
ment at the Murphy Hotel at
North Beach in Calvert County.
He also had testified of nu-
merous meetings with Basiliko
at the BaSile Realty Co. Offices
in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Street Scenes 80.

A dog and his master, walk
ing on Calvert street near Con-
necticut avenue and wearing
matching earmuffs. -.
A counterman in white coat,
apron and cap, chopping kin
ding on the sidewalk near
Thirteenth and G streets
NV. - outside a charcoal
grill. -.
Workmen setting a new
brass and marble marker
Samuel Gompers Memorial
Park" in the park at Eleventh
street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

Lost
At the Flower Show last
week the public address sys-
tenn intoned:
"Will the lost man come
and claim his son? His name
is David, and he misses his
daddy"
Every half hour this went
on the air.
A man and wife, with four
children tagging along,
heard the calls.
II think he's cruel not to
get his child" said the
woman.
"Cruel?" asked the father.
Hes smart. He knows the
kid is being taken care of,
and he can see the show in
peace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

endowed with own talents In daily lives difficult
problems often arise But many times find that with
earnest tries, solve the problems ourselves.
In other words, this parable helps remind that
matter how difficult situation may be, if always
remember that God has given certain abilities to be
used in the right channels and with sincere effort Like
the first two servant-can increase possessions not
only for myself but for my family. After ALL isn't this
why any man works?
Tomorrow: Harold S. King
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

in a 70 per cent failure increast
last June. Il don't think a kic
should be allowed to slip by
he told the writer.
! However. DR.. Hansen on othel
points thinks somewhat other
wise than the Commissioner, whit
has told the school board 81
pupils are a manageable class il
Iprivate schools and that students
for whom group teaching doesn'
work should "get a job"
Must Take All Who Come
public schools are unselective
We must take everyone who
comes along and we can't droI
him till he's 16," DR.. Hanser
pointed out. AS for class size
he has proposed a high schoo
ceiling of 80.
DR.. Hansen told the writer HI
was not certain what Gen. Lane
in his proposal for pupil regrad'
ing. intended. His objection Il
the Lane plan on it's face. he said
was twofold: 1t wouldn't solve
the problem, and it couldn't
Ifeasibly be carried out.
In substance, he gave these
reasons:
Testing is helpful, but it ISM
infallible. 1t would be practically
impossible to tag children fairly
on the basis of a single set Of
achievement tests, or even Severa
tests. For one thing. a chile
might be behind in arithmetic
and ahead in reading.
The plan would require de.
noting presumably thousands o.
children, many to much lowel
grades. Putting teen-agers il
elementary classes with small
Ichildren and small desks woule
Icreate impossible discipline ans
teaching problems.
Demotion Called No Answer
Putting children back in grade
wouldn't accomplish anything
The reason many children are
behind now is lack of enough in.
dividual attention. Demotins
wouldn't remedy that if classes
still stayed big What backward
students need is special teach
ing, which they can get-il
enough teachers are provided
where they are already.
If children are denoted only
in label. it wouldn't mean any
thing. The schools already are
grouping children and giving
them remedial teaching, and
want to do more.
The plan would increase drop
outs, sending more half-edu-
Gated children into the COM
munity when too many are drop
ping by the wayside already.
Demotion would be a serious
psychological blow to a child,
and might hamstring the effect
OF any teaching whatever.
Parents wouldn't stand for it,
Ordinary failures bring objcc-
tons, and rare demotions cause
CONSERVATION"
Whether the plan were adopt
ed or not, according to Dr.. Han
sen, the schools would still need
more teachers.
TOMORROW: Missing links.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Bad Literature
Hit by Rector

Only an aroused and strongly
indignant public opinion can
stem the tide of indecent and
Isubversive literature that is be-
ing put out with increasing
volume today, the Rt. Rev. John
K. Cartwright, rector of st. Mat
Ithew's Cathedral, declared yes
Iterday.
In a Laetare Sunday sermon,
in which he announced reactiva-
Ition of the Catholic Critics
Forum. Msgr. Cartwright warned
Iof "a positively terrifying output
iof books" that are saturating
the minds of readers with ideas
that are poisonous both to the
Christian conscience and to the
American spirit"
These ideas follow two trends,
he said, 1.-THE preoccupation with
Iindecency" and "a savage and
Isubversive criticism of American
society"
The preoccupation with in
decency has taken every form
of the morbid and the ugly, in
Guiding crime. cruelty, physical
filth. the symptoms of disease,
the details of insanity. and par
ticularly sexual indecency, the
cathedral rector declared.
Sees Sordid Books Praised
1--WE see books whose pages are
Idrenched with sordidness not
only being printed and sold and
read, but praised by the critic
chorus in the best known papers,
crowned by national committees
and receiving every form OF
homage known to our publicity
promoters" he asserted. .
The tendency to savage and
wholesale criticism of American
institutions and society, Msgr.
Cartwright attributed in part to
the Communists.
II do not say that all these
writer's are Communists" he as
serted. Some of them are:
conscious ones. Some more are
half-consciouS ones. Many are
unconscious allies Of something
that their conscious mind would
repudiate."
Like Ignorant Children
Those writer's in this last cate
CORY, he said, are not spreading
the MARKHAM gospel, but they
are like vicious and ignorant
children picking the mortar out
of the foundations of society,"
Their busy work of destruction
goes on against religion. against
patriotism, against the family.
And when the stones are all
down we know who will come in
to rebuild them"
UNLESS there is some reac-
tion-not in law and censorship,
but in strong and indignant pub
lie opinion" he asserted, the
very idea Of citizenship and of
freedom will be lost to mankind.
For both rely on decency and
both demand confidence in the
given institutions Of q free So
ciety.a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
A Thnupht fur Unhay
Lenten Reflections on Fuvorte Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
BY RICHARD w. HYNSON
Life Insurance Underwater

The parable of the talents which appears in Matthew,
tells of master who called three of his servants before
him. He gave talents to the first two talents to the
second and one to the third.
The master went away trip, and during his
absence the first two servants doubled their money The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

Official Visitation of the de-
partment president and staff to
James Reese Europe Unit No. 5,
American Legion Auxiliary, is
scheduled for 8 pm. Wednesday
at Banneker Center, $500 Geor-
gia avenue NV,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
CRISIS IN THE SCHOOLS-8
Teachers Only Answer
To Problem, Lane Told
BY JAMES G. DEANE

Hansen assistant school superintendent differs
with Brig Thomas Lane the citys Engineer Commits
sioner about meet the crisis in Washngtons public
schools
Lane testing the citys 100000 pupils
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Tour Of DC-7 Inspiring
To Crippled Children

children boarded 581 DC7 today to
what the planes they had been talking about at school for the
past week really looked like.
Those who could struggled the loading steps to the plane
Others carried by their teachers mothers volunteers All
crippled children who to school at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

John Marshall Grady, IS, son of Mr.. and Mrs James
F. Grady, 1885 Madison street NV, ST. Johns
College High School freshman, is presented $500
bill by Supt of Schools Hobart NJ Corning His essay
what America Means to Me" won the Ambassador
Christian Ravndal award in competition among
children of United States Foreign Service employees.
Star Staff Photo,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

This is the eighth Of q series OF
articles on the teaching problems
OF the District public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12

Tomorrow: Harold s. King
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-12
Visitation Set

TOMORROW:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
Cotton in Demand
After Second Win
lover GiurdeIIo

NEW YORK. May 20 (P.-
Charley (King) Cotton had his
second straight victory over Joey
Girardello. reputation, and a
few offers agains more name"
lighters today.
The 26-year-old ex-Marine
from Toledo, Ohio, earned a split
decision over Giardello in their
bruising 10-round telecast bout
at st. Nicholas Arena last night.
Referee Petey Della (5-4-D
and Judge Bill Recht (7-3)
scored for Cotton. Judge Tony
CaStellano had Giradello ahead.
6-4.
Victory brought Cotton offers
for a July 9 date against either
unbeaten Rory Calhoun or Gil
Turner for st. Nicks, a possible
engagement for Madison Square
Garden and a June 10 bid for
Toledo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
Blue Choir Heads Field
OF 9 Named for Dixie

years Dixie, won by the i'm
ported st. Vincent,
Blue Choir, with Steve Brooks
up. will carry 126 pounds. con-
ceding from 8 to II pounds
to the rest Of the field. The 9TH
ers entered are North Downs
Farms Ocean Lane, 113: Mrs
Louise K. Donovan's Rock Cot
Itage, ITO; Milford H. Dinker's
Afford. 100, and Cockf1eld Sta
ble's Akbar Khan, 10.
Blue Choir, who drew the No
6 post position, won four starts
on the turf in 1854 and was
|freshened up before returning
to competition at Washington
Park about 10 days ago, when he
ran third in the Continental
Handicap.
Ocean Lane equaled a course
record during the recent Laurel
meeting in nipping Raster by a
nose, but was fourth in the
Riggs, which Raster won, and
fifth in the Mr.. Fitz Handicap
lat Pimlico about two weeks ago.
Pimlico will buck opposition
from both Garden State and
Delaware Park tomorrow, but
the Dixie shapes up as one of the
best turf races presented any,
where, to date. and figures to
stir up a lot of interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
.Greenberg Gives
$50 to Fund for
Griffith Memorial

Hank Greenberg. general man.
ager Of the Indians, has sent
his check for $50 to the Clark
Griffith memorial fund, and adds
that he hopes to attend next
Mondays Touchdown Club
luncheon, which will serve the
dual purpose of popping up the
fund drive and honoring the
visiting Cleveland team.
Greenberg's check will be pre-
sented at the luncheon to Char
ley Reynolds of the Home Plate
Club. which is backing plans for
the Griffith memorial, by AL
Lujack, president of the Touch
down Club.
If Greenberg doesn't make it
to next Mondays affair. the
Cleveland delegation will be
headed by Manager Al Lopez
Acceptances already have been
received from such players as
Herb Score, Jim Busby and Early
Wynn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

BALTIMORE, May 29.-Nine
horses were named today for the
55th running of the Dixie Handi-
cap featuring Pimlico's Memorial
Day program, with Mrs. H. L.
Nathenson's Blue Choir rated at
the top of the list for the grass
race at 13s miles.
On paper it shaped up as quite
IA battle for the big end of the
$25, 000-added purse. Mrs. ]. r.
H. Thouron's Tough Rec, who
hung up a track record of 2:17b
for the same distance at Belmont
Park two weeks ago, is expected
to be one of the chief contenders
under l16 pounds. He will be
ridden by Jockey Jack Westrope.
Foxcatcher Farms elevation,
who was the favorite in that
Belmont race and was beaten by
about a length and C. Mahlon
|Kline's Raster, another consist
ent horse, each will carry 1T.
Greentree Stables Maharajah,
who gets in with no pounds and
Will have Teddy Atkinson up,
also is one to be reckoned with.
Some experts concede him a
good chance of scoring an up
set. Maharajah was third in last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
Andcostia Wins
Golf

AnacoStia won its first Dawes
Cup, the interhigh golf cham
pionship, and ended Wilson's
five-year reign with a convinc-
ing 81 triumph yesterday at
East Potomac.
The Anacostia triumph, which
was not unexpected, matches the
interhigh champions against St.
Johns, the Private League tit
lists, next Monday at Brooke
Manor Farms.
Next Thursday Bethesda's de-
Tending champions, representing
the Maryland Bi-County League,
play Westinghouse, the North
ern Virginia winners, and the
title match will be played June
6 at Argyle.
John Redman, the Haney
twins, Joe and Bob, Bob Patter-
son, Bruce McMahill and Carl
Collins made up the winning
Anacostia team yesterday.
In the final Private League
match, st. Johns defeated
Friends. 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
High-Hundicop Golfers Share
Leud in Hinshuw TOURNEY

High handicap players shared
the lead in the first round of the
William Wade Hinshaw Me-
mortal trophy tournament at
Columbia Country Club yeSter-
day, the most important net
event on the women'S schedule
at the club.
Mrs. Frank Parsons, 1O9-32-
n. and Mrs. Julian Heron, 100
23-77, are two strokes in front
Of Mrs. Fred Trew, 92-13-79,
Mrs. Richard Kreuzburg, 84-5-
70 and Mrs. Edgar Brawner. Co.
ITO
The second round will be
played Thursday and the third
and final round in the 54-hole
event on Friday. Representative
Carl HinShaw of California, son
Of the trophy donor, will present
the prizes.
Mrs. Kreuzburg and Mrs. John
K. Barry tied for low gross, the
latter including an eagle three
on the 18th, where she holed
an approach shot, and an eight
on the par-three 10th in another
Of her weird rounds.
INDIAN SPRING Flag tour
nament)-Mrs. Henry Gichner
20 handicap, played her fina,
stroke on the 10Th green; Phyllis
Kebach. Is handicap, on the
18th green. and Mrs. Rubir