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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Police to Make
Minor Repairs
On Vehicles

The Police Department today
made a bid to service its own
motor vehicles at the Ford Build
ing at Pennsylvania avenue and
John Marshall place, but OBJ
tanned only part of what they
wanted.
Service and repairs for the
Police Department vehicles was
moved from the Ford Building
to the Highway Departments
garage at Second and Bryant
streets NV. year ago. The
Highway Department there does
the repair work on police and
other city vehicles.
Chief Of Police Robert v. MUIR
ray and members of his depart
ment told the District Commits
sioners policemen lose much
time in going to the Highway
Department garage which is two
and a half to three miles from
the Municipal Center. They also
said $4,000 could be saved If
the department could do its own
work at the Ford Building. The
Commissioners solution was for
the Police Department and j. N.
Robertson, director Of highways.
to work out an arrangement
more convenient to the police.
It was suggested that minor
repairs be performed at the Ford
Building on a 24-hour, 7-day
week basis. Major repairs would
continue to be done at the Bry-
ant street garage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Johnson Predicts
Quick Action on All
Bills

Senate Democratic Leader
johnson of Texas predicted to-
day that for the first time in re-
cent years this session of Con-
gress will send all Of the regular
appropriation bills to the Presi-
dent before the fiscal year starts
July /.
He said this forecast may even
include the foreign aid money
bill, which usually is debated
during July.
Congress will put through a
miscellaneous supplemental APP
preparation bill before it adj
jounrs late in July, but this
measure would not require pass
age Of a continuing resolution,
since it does not involve the day.
to-day operations of the Govern
ment.
Expressing optimism over the
progress Congress is making,
Senator johnson pointed out
that out Of 215 recommendations
received from the White House,
the Senate has acted on lat thus
far.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
|CurefuIiers Enroll
3 MiIIionth Bow

CURTIS BAY, Md, June q
(SpeciaD. Inspector DicI
Mansfield yesterday enrolled 9.
year-old Warren Porter as tn,
three millionth member of Safe.
ty Carefuliers in a ceremony al
the community recreation cen.
ter here. &
The retired Washington police
captain and veteran safety cam.
Ipaigner entertained $50 young
Isters with a "chalk talk" anC
safety message during the pro-
gram.
Sponsors of the event were
the Maryland Traffic Safety
Commission, represented by Pau
E. Burke, its executive director
and the Baltimore City Bureau
of Recreation, represented By
Harold S. Callowhill, bureau su.
perintendent.
Besides the solid gold mem.
bership card proclaiming hin
the three millionth Safety Care.
fuller enrolled in Washington
Virginia, Maryland, Delawar,
and Pennsylvania by the In.
spector." the boy was presented
with a portable radio set.
Participating in the ceremony
were the Curtis Bay Band, thu
Kingsman Drum and Buglt
Corps and the, st. Leo's Fife anC
Drum Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
ID. c. Airport Jam
Causes Chavez
Deep Concern

Senator Chavez, Democrat Of
New Mexico, one of the KEY
members of the Senate Appro-
priations Committee, today took
the Senate floor to voice deep
concern" as to the adequacy Of
Washington National Airport.
He quoted figures from a mag
azine article showing that at
least as of one day last month
the number Of arrivals and de-
partures from the Washington
port exceeded even those of New
York and Chicago.
The Senate Interstate and For
Ieign Commerce Committee, or at
least big majority of that unit,
has been urging the Commerce
Department to come up with re-
quests for reviving the project
for building a second Washing
ton airport at Burke, Va. That
project was blocked several years
ago. due to the opposition Of
Virginia Senators and the de-
mands Of Maryland Senators
that Washington be required to
make use of the Friendship In.
ternational Airport near Balti.
more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Municipal Bar Fee, Oath
Upheld by Appeals Bench

A 50-cent fee and an oath re.
quired by Municipal Court fol
admission to practice before it
today was upheld by the U. S
Court of Appeals for the District
Phillip w. Austin had sought
to restrain the Municipal Court
from enforcing the requirement
He had commended that, upon
his refusal to comply, he had
in effect, been debarred without
charges and without a hearing
But today the appellate court
declared:
mo charges have been pre-
ferred against Austin, and none
are suggested. He has been a
highly respected member of the
bar for many years. He has not
been refused enrolment. He
has simply declined to enroll
Any time he chooses to become
enrolled as a practitioner in the
Municipal Court. he is perfectly
free to practice there. There is
no debarment in any derogatory
sense"
The appellate court pointed
out that many agencies in the
District have similar require.
ments for practice. 1t cited the
thousands Of cases handled by
Municipal Court and quoted the
judges of that court as saying
the rule establishes a convenient
roll so that persons entitled tc
practice before it can be identi-
fled instantly. Neither the oath
nor the fee is any impediment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

PIon to Speed
Budget Study

A recommended procedure to
streamline the Districts budget
AIRY procedure was approved to-
day by the District Commits
Isioners.
1t is in line with a recon.
Imendation of the Citizens AID.
iSory Council of June IL. It is
designed to eliminate a mass Of
detail to be reviewed by the
Commissioners and to acquaint
the public with the budget set
up more expeditiously.
The plan sets up q timetable
beginning today and extending
to November 9 when the pro-
posed budget is to go to tlle Bud
get Bureau.
The departments are to fur
nish priority lists of proposed
expenditures other than man.
datory expenditures by July 10.
Qualifications are to be pre-
pared in the period from Au-
gust Is to September z.
Staff recommendations on ex-
penditures are to be released in
the period from September 10
to %, and public hearings are
set for September %. The Com.
missioners will then carry out
their final ''markup" of the
proposed budget between Octo-
Der II and Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Sufe-Cruckers Get
$1,000 in Break
At Linen Shop

Safe-crackers, probably ex-
perts, punched out the dial Of
one at the Central Linen Co.,
2149 Queens Chapel road NE,
last night and escaped with
about $1,000, the owner reported
to police today.
The money -as in a metal
cash box. whicl. the company
engineer later recovered, slightly
scorched, from a furnace.
Police we're unable to de.
termine how the safe-crackers
got into the place unless they
were in a part Of the building
when 1t was locked up late yes.
terday afternoon.
They escaped by climbing over
several tons Of coal and going
through a coal chute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Civil Defense
Test Date Set
LocuI Office to Join
In National Exercise

The District Commissioners
today authorized the Office of
Civil Defense to participate in
THE national civil defense exer-
else July 20. But, as was the
case last year, the average citizen
Twill not be involved.
The participation of the local
civil defense organization will
lbe confined to command post
Operations. There will be no
general evacuation of buildings
under the local plans.
What was projected originally
lin the way of a test evacuation
of some of the District residents
into Virginia was Cancelled. Col.
John E. Fondahl. director of the
District Civil Defense Office, said
there had not been sufficient
time to complete arrangements
with the Virginia State organ
iization and local Jurisdictions to
receive "fugitives" from Wash
ington.
1t is understood that the ma
tional civil defense test will in
clude evacuation of key workers
of the various Federal agencies
to dispersed headquarters and
that this will probably be on a
larger scale than last year.
While the exercise, named
l"Operation Alert 1885," will run
from II am. Friday, July 20, to
IL pm. Sunday, July %, the
local citizens are expected to do
no more than note the alert sig
nal to be sounded at 11:08 am.
July 90 and the take cover signal
at 1:45 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The American Electroplaters
Society meets in the Hotel
Statler.
The American Association Of
University Women continues
its Presidents Conference in
the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
The 4th Marine Division
begins a three-day meeting in
the Willard Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

Among other bills passed by
the Senate are those which
would:
Liberalize the retirement of
the judge of the District of
Columbia Tax Court by increas-
ling the term of the judge from
4 to 10 years. permit the re-
Itirement after having served for
20 years or more or having
served for a period aggregatiIlg
no years or more and having
reached the age of 10. or hav-
ling become permanently dis
labled.
Authorize the reimbursement
to the District from Federal aid
grants of $665.000 for the cost
of the highway-railroad grade
separation in the vicinity of East
Capitol street where it crosses
the rights-of-way of the Penn
Isylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
Railroads.
Reduce the registration fees
for small two-wheel trailers and
permit such trailers to be oper-
ated in the District without Dis
trict registration if they are
owned and licensed by another
jurisdiction;
Authorize an extra salary pay
ment of 1924 in the payment of
tillermen and drivers of pumper
wagons of the Fire Department.
And grant tax exemption for
the headquarters here of the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs and the Columbia Histori-
cal Society, SO long as they are
not used for commercial pur-
moses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

boards third Negro member
seconded the Kinks move.
DR.. Kinks recently was de-
feated in an effort to have the
school system retest the city's
pupils and regroup them next
fall according to achievement
level. The proposal closely par.
alleled one made by Brig. Gen
Thomas A. Lane, District Engi-
|neer Commissioner. The Lane
proposal hasn't ever come be.
fore the board.
frightened Promotions
DR.. Corning told board mem
bers the schools will increase
the grouping of pupils accord.
ing to achievement and ability
next fall, however, he also sale
a tightening of promotions be-
gun two years ago will be con-
tinued.
The report card change which
drew DR.. Kinks criticism wa
proposed by a committee o.
parents, supervisors and prin'
cipalS.
The committee wants to re-
tain A-B-C-type marks, revived
last winter after being out o.
use for many years, but it want
to award the marks in relation
to individual ability rather thar
a city-wide marking STANDARD
now being used experimentally
Robert R. Faulkner, who is re.
firing from the board thi'
month, also was critical Of thu
proposed change.
In another split vote yester.
day. the board decided to sum.
mon DR.. Walter E. Hager. presi.
dent of District Teachers Col.
Ilege. for questioning on a recent
cheating case at the college.
Handling Criticized
DR.. Butcher sharply criticized
DR.. Corning's handling Of az
investigation ordered by Thu
board in the case. Mr.. Faulknel
criticized a refusal by DR.. Hagel
to cooperate in the investiga,
ton, terming it "gross insubor
dination."
DR.. Corning, in a report OF
the matter, said he suspected
several members of a class hat
cheated on an exam but tina
only one had admitted it. HI
told the board he couldn't be {
party to withholding diplomas
from any of the students. AL
members of the class were grad.
uated from the college last week
No date was set for DR.. Hager's
appearance, but it probably will
be at the July 2 board meeting
Mrs. Manson B. Petit, DR.
Butcher and Col. Hamilton voted
against asking him to appear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
House Group Backs
More Daylight Time
Approved lO-4
For D. c., Bill
Goes to Floor

The House District Committee,
by a vote Of l0-4, today approved
extension Of Washington daylight
saving time by one month to Oc-
tober %. the last Sunday in the
month.
In taking this action the com.
mittee in executive session de-
cided to send the Senate-pasSed
bill for the same purpose to the
House for action, probably next
Monday, District day.
a The debate over further extern
sion Of daylight saving provoked
considerable dispute in the COM
Imittee, it was learned afterwards,
and resulted in some play Of
humor.
There was no disclosure of who
voted for or against the bill.
The fast time issue has al
ways provoked debate on the
House floor. Many years were
required to get legislation now
in effect, giving the District
Commissioners authority to es-
tablish daylight time here each
year.
The extension by one month
had been urged on Congress by
railroads, airlines, radio and
television executives and other
agencies. The argument for the
bill was principally based on the
fact that Washington, if it went
of daylight time the last Sunday
in September. would be out Of
step with all major cities in the
East.
The committee also approved
and sent to the House a bill
which passed the Senate yester-
day exempting from District real
estate taxes the property of the
| Columbia Historical Societv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Sanitary Bonds
Top Sc Million
SuIe's Interest Rote
Cited by Commission

Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission today sold $8.5
million in water and sewer bonds,
including SIS million floated
without the financial backing OF
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties. at a very fine" inter-
est rate.
The commission awarded the
bonds to Blythe & Co., Inc. OF
New York, lowest of four bidders
at a net interest rate of slightly
under 3.12 per cent. The bonds
will mature in 1899.
No Distinction Made
Townsend Wainwright of New
York; financial consultant to the
commission. said the bond bid
|ders made no distinction between
the SIS million in bonds with
out the guarantee of the two
counties and the remaining 81
million backed by the two
counties.
The acceptance Of the bonds
by buyers is expected to spur
Legislative efforts to remove re-
quirements for the commissions
bonds to be backed by both
counties.
Today's sale in part is the re-
suit of past efforts along these
lines. The Legislature last year
authorized the commission to is
sue up to SIS million in water
supply and storm drainage
bonds, but without the custom
airy guarantee of the faith and
credit" of Montgomery and
Prince Georges.
The two counties are ham,
pered in their own bond pro-
grams because Indebtedness ac-
cruing from sale of commission
bonds affects their own credit.
Surprised by Bids
Mr.. Wainwright told the COM
missioners he was frankly sur
prised by the very fine bids to-
day."
He said the bids were far bet
ter than he expected A slump
ing bond market and the fact
that the commission was selling
bonds for the first time without
full guarantee of the two coun-
ties had led officials, including
Mr.. Wainwright. to await the
bids today with some anxiety.
The Blythe & Co. bid was
3.117 per cent net interest rate
for the 40-year bonds.
The bonds secured by the two
counties in the amount of 81
million will be used for general
construction and sewage dis
posal projects. OF the remain
ing bonds. 81 million will be
used for water supply projects
and 100000 for storm drainage
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
CAMP FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
it to The Evening Star,
Washington 4, D. c., or bring
cash to The Star cashier.
The cost-$36.40 for IL
days. 1920 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

brothers and sisters to school
and sometimes to a nearby set
Element house.
He likes to keep up the appear.
ance that the family is getting
along all right. But it really
isn't. The gas has been turned
off now, and the lights are slated
to go next.
Once when it was raining hard
outside and other children were
waiting to be called for, someone
at the settlement house asked
him how he would get his brood
home.
Stalls for Time
Jerry said he guessed someone
would be coming to pick them up
in a car. Actually, there was no
one to come. much less a car.
He entertained the children in
the lobby until it stopped raining.
The younger children all look
up to Jerry. At the neighbour
hood house. If one gets out of
line, all the others jump on the
Iculprit.
The group work program has
helped the family a great deal,
particularly David. who is IL
and wouldn't mix. He sat in
the back Of the room, walked a
block behind everyone and
wouldn't talk. Then someone
gave him a little job of sweeping
leaves from the picnic area.
Somehow that increased his
confidence. He began to take
part and gradually is unfolding.
The children's mother is graft
fed at the difference in the
youngsters since Jerry has been
taking them to the settlement.
They have learned better habits
of living.
Wants Them Together
She does the best she can, as
she says. with SO many and so
little" She wants to keep the
family together somehow. and
has been trying to 60 to school
at night to prepare herself for
a job.
Jerry has earned q two-week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

whatsoever to the enrolment OF
any attorney already a member
of the bar" the appellate opin-
ion stated.
The opinion was written by
Judge E. Barrett Prettyman and
was concurred in by Judges Will
bur K. Miller and George T.
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

other scientific tests given to
drivers accused of drunk driving.
Provide liberalization of the
pensions of retired school teach
ers.
Senator Morse, Democrat of
Oregon. made a special point of
stressing the Importance of the
drunk driving test bill. He
brought out that the District
Commissioners would suspend
the license Of any accused driver
who refuses to submit to the
blood, urine or breath tests to
ascertain the alcoholic content
in his system. Il
On this point he told the
Senate:
There is growing evidence of
too much driving in the District
by persons who have taken a
cocktail or two and can't handle
it. The time has come to get
tough. We must protect the in
nocent from the alcoholic driver.
We must do all we can to reduce
accidents and fatalities"
The teacher retirement bill
now goes to the White House
for signature. 1t provides for
increases in retired teacher an
nuities ranging from Q to IL
per cent, depending upon the
time of retirement under a for
mula in the measure. The first
year cost of the liberalized sys-
tenn is estimated at about $685.
800. The measure applies to all
teachers and school officers now
retired or who may be retired
prior to December 81, 1857. 1t
lis designed to parallel the Civil
Service Retirement Act of 1880,
as amended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21


The board action called for Z
detailed. course-by-course report
by September on the city's pro,
motion and marking standards
DR.. Kinks said he wanted ii
know the educational OBJECTIVE
of every class. the standard TO
measuring pupil achievement
and how this relates to presen
report cards.
DR.. Corning said he plans II
ask DR.. Kinks for an early con,
ference to learn exactly wha
the board member has in mind
Different Standards Reported
DR.. Kinks said yesterday tina
teachers and principals have re
ported to him that differing
standards exist among the city,
schools.
He also attacked a proposed
revision of present elementar.
school report cards which ha,
been recommended by a specia
committee.
DR.. Corning did not oppose
the standards study. He alst
told DR.. Kinks he had not We
studied the report card proposal.
and had made no plans to ash
the board to authorize puttine
them in effect.
The school superintendent
latter the study was ordered
made plea to board members
mot to stress the negative" ii
regard to the city's schools, how.
ever.
| Declaring that the schools arr
lin fine condition, he said he fell
continued talk about low schoo
standards involves a danger o.
throwing cold water" on thu
hard work of the city's teachers
and that this is not justified.
DR.. Kinks move was opposed
lby Col. West A. Hamilton anC
DR. Margaret j. Butcher, Negro
board members.
Questions Gains
Col. Hamilton said preparing
the report would be a tire
mendous job" and that h
couldn't see what is to b,
gained" DR.. Butcher chal
lenged an assertion by DIR. Kirk
that standards had been diff
ferent in the school system
former separate white and Ne
gro divisions. She said differ
ences in the two divisions werI
based on inequality.
Wesley S. Williams, thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Only l3, Jerry Tries
To Play Fother Role

Jerry doesn't like the idea that his family have
welfare help.
At 49, he already plays fathers role to his younger brothers
and sisters whose actual father deserted them
He contributes his newspaperboy earnings his mother
shoes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
The
Rambler
CupituI Hos Lost
Laugh at Scoffer
By JACK JONAS
What would Thomas Moore,

What would Thomas Moore,
the scoffer, scott at today?
When the Irish poet visited
a fledgling Washington in
1905, he had a hearty guffaw
for the planners who visioned
squares in morasses; ODE
liks in trees" and saw stat
ues to heroes yet unborn"
His sharp pen had a thrust,
too, for the change in the
name of a creek-from Goose
Creek to Tyber.
Smarting under the impos-
sible-to him-outcome Of the
Revolution, Moore failed to
reach beneath to- the foment
that brought first visions Of
freedom and later dreams Of
squares and statues and gram
deur.
Both his laughter and the
Tyber are long ago, but the
foment remains.
It evidences itself in the
search for improvement; in
what some still scott at as
civic pride, and - in Wash
ington-national pride; in the
little pricks of discomfort at
the lack of change, and dis
may at change. This seems
a boom year for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Street Scenes

A small boy dipping a hand
in to splash the water in a
rain-filled horse trough near
Tenth and D streets NV. /.
A motorcycle visitor parking
his cycle between two metered
autos on Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

THE ARGUMENTS for the
moves to the suburbs should
not be overlooked, but they
should be overwhelmed by
the one clear fact that Wash
ington is the seat of Govern
ment, and the Government
should be in Washington.
The best evidence of this is
the busloads of high school
youngsters who flock to
Washington in the spring.
They come not to see another
river or another set of roads
and streets. They come to see
the Washington that has con-
tanned their Government for
156 years, and they expect to
find it here.
The city was built on a
solid foundation.
The British invaded the
young National Capital only
nine years after Thomas
Moore penned his scathing
lines. They burned the Gov
eminent buildings, including
the White House and the
Capitol, the new symbols of
the new Government.
The men Of early Washing
ton could have moved the
Capitol and White House to
a safer" place. But they still
visioned squares in morasses,
obelisks in trees" They re-
built on the original sites.
They were men with faith