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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Threat of BIizzurd
Hostens Journey Of
Bio Christmas Tree

Washlngton's 65-foot commu-
nifty Christmas tree is expected
to arrive here Tuesday.
Its start to Washington from
the Sacramento Mountains Of
Southeastern New Mexico wa.
FASTENED by the threat of a biz.
card there. A delegation repre-
sentlng the citizens of Alamo
gordo who have underwritten the
cost Of getting the big Engle-
mann spruce here. are accom-
panying the shipment by rail.
The tree will be lighted by
President Eisenhower at 5 pm.
December 20.
Nearly SO foreign embassies
and legations have already
agreed to participate in this
years Christmas Pageant OF
Peace which is inaugurated with
the tree-lighting ceremony. Each
will decorate a smaller trt 6
which will be accompanied by a
message of peace from the am
bassador or minister.
These, ano trees from the 46
States, will line a Pathway OF
Peace.
The Pageant Of Peace viii con-
tinue through January /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Little Falls Engineers
Amazed at Own Feat

The engineers around the Little
Falls Dam project are still LOOK.
ing pop-eyed at each other ovel
the latest engineering feaI
wrought on the job.
Source of their professional
amazement is the 4.400 foot Ions
tunnel leading from the dam tc
the raw water reservoir at Dale
carlia just of Macarthur boule.
ward at the District line.
Surveyors long have beer
known for their accuracy. But
here was a surveying job thai
called for establishing a precise
line through solid rock as much
as 220 feet below the ground
surface. To complicate things
the line had to be set after the
tunnel did a IS degree turn just
inside its entrance beside the
Potomac River.
! Two Inches Of
That their hand was steady
and their sight sharp is attestec
by this result: When the diggers
reached Their destination amid
all the murk and clamor at the
bottom of a 100 foot vertica
shaft 4.400 feet from starting
point. they were only two niche.
on center
/ In the tunnel at present the
contractor is lining the long
hole with concrete. His work.
men have proceeded $50 feet
with this painstaking chore
which involves a procedure
whereby a 60-foot long form
must be assembled, concretc
poured solid between its QUITE
Surface and the adjoining rocl
and then. knocked down for re.
assembly and another 60-foot
length of concreting.
The resulting tube must bt
smooth. Of a uniform l0-foot
diameter and must slope at ar
unvarying grade of one-tenth OIL
a foot every 100 linear feet.
Work Has Progressed
! Growing apace out in the oper
is the big pumping station thai
win ultimately force 600 million
gallons of Potomac water daily
from dam through tunnel To
reservoir. Five of the pumps are
already installed at a level well
below the river surface. Obvi-
ously a thorough job Of water
prooflng had been done to a
height well above the river
surface.
Although the eye can barely
detect it. the Little Falls Dam is
itself finished 270 feet out from
the east shore. A deep hole
stretching another 400 feet
across has been dug preparatory
to laying the next section Of dam
1t is in this section where the
little chunk Of rock called Snake
Island is reached that a fishway
will be built to give the shad and
herring access to Great Falls
Plans for the fishway, which
stirred quite a hassle a few
months back. are still only in the
preliminary stage.
When all three parts Of tn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

Little Falls project are completed
by the end of next year the whole
will have cost total of SIS mil
lion.
Due to Operate Next Summer
Another Sc million is going
into filtered water pumping
station on the Dalecarlia Reser-
Ivation proper. This 16-pump
monster will eventually be capa-
BILE Of hosting nearly 500 million
gallons daily of ready-to-dri
water into the Districts distribu-
ton pipe lines. The SUPER
structure now is being built. The
station will be set for action by
midsummer.
Up the Potomac Palisades on
the highest point in the city
meanwhile. construction of two
walls is we'll under way on what
will ultimately be Washlngton's
biggest filtered wafer reservoir
The location is Fort Rsno.
The reservoirs 30O-by-380-
foot base has peen completed.
The walls are 81 feet high--or
deep. since the whole thing will
be underground. Its storage ca
pacity will be 20 million gallons
A second reservoir Of the same
capacity is planned to be stu
ated on adjacent ground.
SIS Million Project
The pool now being built at a
cost of SIG million is due to be
finished by midsummer.
While the diggers and the
builders proceed on schedule with
their efforts. Army Engineer
Corps planners are equally busy
at their drafting tables. They are
working out details for still more
construction thai viii provide
additional raw watef sedimel -
ton tanks and new hitter and
chemical buildings a. Daiecarlia.
So goes the expansion. The rest
is up TO the Potomac herself ana
the people VINO live in her water
shed to insure the flows that
the construction is designed to
handle for an ever-burgeoning
population.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Auto Crone Operators
Form ORGANIZATION

Organization Of Washington
auto crane operators. tn elimi-
nate duplication Of services and
accident chasing" was an
nounced yesterday by the new
group. the Washington Certified
Crane Operators Association.
James Mitchell Jones. counsel
for the association. said the
group Will operate under q code
now being drawn up. He SAID the
association also hoped the new
code would result In quicker eli
mination Of bottlenecks after
accidents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

the most destructive defense
weapons this world has seen. II
would also almost surely mean
that an enemy had started World
War III.
The switch confronting Capt.
Dover. a member of the list
Battalion, 10th AAA Group, sets
in motion the Lorton Nike site,
the largest installation of its
kind in the Nation.
In the parlance Of a new type
Of artillery man, the Lorton site
has IA birds" 1t is a double
site. In other words. it has "a
Nike ground-to-air guided mis-
siles lined up on launching racks
ready "a hours a day to go.
The other Nike installations
around Washington at present
have only IL launchers.
Soon to Be Enlarged
8 Soon, however, 1t. Col. Henry
P. Morse, commanding Lorton
and three other sites in nearby
Maryland and Virginia, says they
will be enlarged to the double
type.
When pointed skyward at the
S5-degree launching angle the
slim rockets about IS feet long,
are a beautiful sight. They per-
sonify speed and grace. Even
standing still they give the i'm
preston Of a bird in flight.
Unlike conventional artillery
weapons, no crewmen are in
sight when one of the huge mis-
siles is fired. Anyone standing
nearby would be burned to a
cinder by the fiery tail blast.
All Nike men retreat to air.
conditioned underground vaults
where a maze Of electronic equip
ment is installed. From begin
ming to end. firing is a push
button affair.
What Could Happen
AS Col. Morse explains it the
following takes place in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

Legislation requiring a SIS
license next year for persons
engaged in the practice Of medi.
cine. law and other types Of per-
sonal service here appears des-
tined for attack at least from
insurance men when Congress
returns in January.
Approximately two thirds Of
some $4,000 persons mailed APP
lplications for the so-called trade
business or professional license
required beginning in 1851
failed to meet yesterdays dead
line for the license application
The provision. adopted by the
Bath Congress when the city'S
Income tax law was amended. II
directed at persons not subject
to the unincorporated business
law.
Exceptions Proposed
One large group questioning
both the appropriateness Of the
legislation itself and the appn-
cation Of the requirement TO ia
members particularly is made W
Of insurance men.
Howard Riordan. president oi
the District Life Underwater,
Association, Inc. commended yes.
terday that the amendment
passed as a sleeper" with many
of those involved unaware Of Il
He said his group would seei
70 have insurance men clearly
excluded from the provision
Meanwhile. the organization Il
leontending that life insurance
solicitors are not required 70
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02


lect pledges from anyone, regard
to bring in the Sill. 900 needed
Carleton d. Smith, general
many would-be donors. not W
called UGF headquarters. Mr..
mai! their contributions to thu
headquarters. 1101 M street
NV. or call for pickup.
We've broken all records, but
we still haven't reached every
one, the chairman wrote to the
volunteers. The $171.O00 still to
be collected represents 2.6 of the
funds $6.6 million goal.
In the last five working days,
UGF volunteers have brought in
$73,215, bringing the drives to-
tai to S6,428.981, or 97.4 of the
quota. The funds will go to sup
port 1872 agencies.
Mr.. Smith said IL Government
units. eight business firms and
six labor unions have been added
to the honor roll standards of
employe giving. They are:
Government units over Ito
per cent: Supreme Court Of the
United States: city of Rockville;
Battery B, 602d AAA Missile
Battalion; Prince Georges Pub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

communications equipment in
control Of the parade to elimi-
nate unsightly gaps.
The thorny job Of choosing
Just who will parade falls to a
Washington real estate man, Ed
ward r. Carr, who is chairman
|of the Parade Committee, for
THE civilian components, and to
Maj. Gen. John G. Van Houten,
chairman of the Armed Forces
Participation Committee, set up
by the Defense Department. Gen,
Van Houten is the commanding
general Of the Military District
of Washington.
To Sift Requests
These two men and their top
associates will winnow the count
less requests that are now begin
ming to pour in.
Because the parade will be
just about cut in half, contrast
led with 1858, only two classes
each from West Point and An
napolis will be in the line Of
march. For the first time in
an Inaugural parade, the Air
Force Academy at Colorado
Springs, Colo. will send its two
classes to Washington for the
occasion.
Five television pickup cameras
will be stationed along the line
of march on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to insure that the narade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

Campbell's Music Co., 11O8 G
street NV.
Seat prices for the black-tie
concert will he Sill, $40, SO, So.
81, Sc and $3.50.
Howard Mitchell. conductor
Of the National Symphony Or
chestra, will conduct the concert.
Details Of the program will be
worked out in cooperation with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

lie Schools and Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
Government units over 100
per cent: American Battle Mon
uments Commission; Pan Amer
lean Union; National Labor Re-
lations Board; Region 3, Gen.
|eral Services Administration /:
Montgomery Public Schools, and
University Of Maryland.
Government units over 80 per
cent: Federal Trade Commits
sion,
Business firm with 80 per cent
or more employe participation
and Honor Roll standards of
average per capita giving
A merica Fore Insurance
Group; Columbia Federal Saw
ings g. Loan Association; Sey-
bolt g. George, Inc; Rothstein
Dental Labs; Royal Crown Bot
thing Co.; Vitro Corporation;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Many Seek to Join.
Inaugural Parade
But 2-Hour Line Will Be Held,
With Controls to Govern Flow
BY WILLIAM A. MTLLEN

While mounts to include everybody the Inaugural
Parade on January 81 plans still have fast-movng
operation directed by radio and eevision strictly limited to
about hours.
But participating units will be cleared with Admiral Arthur w.
Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of staff who grand
marshal.
The Defense Department plans have the latest ARMY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
.Newscuster to Speak

Newscaster Bryson Rash will
address the Desk and Derrick
Clubs annual executives night
dinner at 2 pm. tomorrow in
the Shoreham Hotel. The group
is an organization of women
petroleum workers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Capt. Dover FIicks Switch
In q Push Button War
By JOSEPH BYRNES

In trailer painted stark white, backed up to small
building off Shirley highway Lorton
Va artillery Capt Earl Dover sits before tiny togge switch
he hopes he will have to touch.
The nnocenookng switch in panel Of two dozen similar
gadgeS moved would kyward on columns Of fire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Tickets Ayoiio5Le Dec. II
For inaugural Concert

Tickets for the Inaugural Concert January which
the National Symphony Orchestra top APP
pear at Constitution Hail. will sale Saturday.
Clyde D. Garrett chairman of the Inaugural
mtte said they will sale at the symphony Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

AS Col. Morse explains it the
following takes place in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
About Effort Urged
I o Reach Givers' Goal

teer workers are being urged to COL
rdless of area or team classification
d to meet the drives quota.
raj UGF campaign chairman, said
yet reached by a volunteer, have
Smith said any such persons can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

Elaborate precautions had
been set up to safeguard the
priceless art treasures the Ital-
ian government was to have
shipped to the United States
John Walker, director of the
National Gallery of Art. said the
40 Renaissance paintings were
to have been shipped to the
United States on a naval trans
port under maximum security"
One of the principal argu-
ments advanced by citizens of
Florence and Bernard Berenson,
9l-year-old expatriate American
authority on art. was that the
paintings would be harmed by
sea air. The Italian government
needed the objections yesterday
and ordered the shipment sus-
pended.
Special Boxes Prepared
Mr.. Walker pointed out that
the shipment plans called fol-
for giving the art works maxi
mum protection from the ele-
ments." He said they were to
Ibe shipped in zinc-lined boxes
Mr.. Walker pointed out that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
Safeguards Go Begging
AS Art Tour Is Suspended

other priceless art treasures have
been shipped across the ocean
without damage and that ac-
cepted methods of protecting
masterpieces were to be used.
THE shipment was to have
been handled very, very care
fully" he said.
Hope Still Remains
Despite the disappointment
felt here, at the Metropolitan
Museum in New York and at
other galleries where the paint
ings were to be exhibited, the
Italian government did not COM
pletely close the door to the
goodwill art tour scheduled to
begin next month.
According to Paolo Rossi. Min
lister of Public Education, the
italian government will make a
scientific study to determine
whether the paintings can be
shipped without damage.
Italian artists and art lovers
opposing the shipment also con-
tended the sinking of the Italian
liner Andria Dorea showed there
is no complete protection against
loss of priceless art works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

who had coronary thrombosi,
with myocardial infarction-
heart muscle scarring) first seer
by me during the decade from
1920 to 1890" Also included
were 458 angina pectoris pa
tients.
They were, he said, IAN aver
age lot" Of patients. no more IA
vorable cases than average.
Clinical Recovery
Discussing the coronary throm-
bosis group, DR.. White reported
"Of the SIS patients who had
complete clinical recovery Qike
that of the PRESIDENT following
myocardinal infraction. As COR 81
per cent? were alive after five
years, 81 (56 per cent? were alive
after 10 years, and six I'll per
cent? were alive after Is years. u
Two patients were still alive %
and 90 years later.
Among the angina cases, saver
age survival time has been
very close to 10 years." DR.. White
said. This includes many Sc
we're cases. Some lived more than
Is wears
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Cloudy
and cool with occasional light
rain or drizzle this afternoon. to-
night and Saturday. Low tonight
near So.
Virginia-Cloudy and cool with
occasional light rain or drizzle
this afternoon, tonight and Sat-
urday. Low tonight, 47-53 in the
interior and $3.50 along the
coast.
Maryland-Cloudy and cool
with occasional light rain or driz-
zle tonight and Saturday. Low
tonight. 1888 in the north and
west portions. and $3.50 in the
south and southeast sections.
Small-craft warnings displayed
Tides will be 2 to 3 feet above
normal with minor flooding at
times Of high tide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

the 10 patients survived 10 years
DR.. White added, concluding
a general statistical study made
public last night:
Thus. I have given you al
least a more detailed statistica,
basis for our attitude about the
Presidents recovery which g
year ago seemed so dubious"
Two Associates in Study
The physician added this eau.
ton:
Despite the optimism engen-
dered in general by such an ex.
perience of my own just quoted
life for any of US as well as fol-
heart patients remains unpre-
dictable in addition to the
statistics we must realize
that the practicing physician re-
lies even more on his clinical APP
praisal and judgment about each
individual patient"
DR.. Whites summary covered
studies undertaken by himself
and two associates, Drs. Edward
F. Bland and David w. Richards
They are published this month
in the Journal of Chronic Dis
ease. Johns Hopkins Medica
School.
The specialist said the studio;
covered 200 of my own patients
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Small-craft warn
ings displayed. Northeasterly
winds today continuing rather
strong tonight and Saturday
Visibility fair.
Five-Day Forecast For
Washington and Vicinity
October 27-3l
Temperature will average 5 or
6 degrees above normal. Nor
mails for Washington are 81 and
A for the daily high and low.
Moderately cool over the week
end becoming warmer the first
part OF next week. Rain tomor-
row and Sunday will total
around one-half Of an inch.
River Report
tFrom Y. 8 Engineersl
Potomac River cloudy AZ Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Pals: Shenandoah
cloudy Al Harpers Ferry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

tee on Civil Service. Andrew
Barr has been appointed chief
accountant of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, effective
November II. to succeed Earl C,
King, who is resigning to join
an accounting firm. Br. Barr,
with SEC % years. is now chief
accountant Of the agency's Divi-
sion of Corporation Finance.
Raymond Krebill has been APP
pointed assistant director of the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion's Bureau of Water Carriers
and Freight Forwarders. For
|merly he was a trial attorney
for the Army in transportation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

and public utility matters. !.
William H. Burnette, an infor-
nation clerk in Agriculture's
marketing service, has retired
after nearly 40 years in Govern
Iment. =. The Board of Civil
Service Examiners for Scientific
and Technical Personnel of the
Potomac River Naval Command
lis celebrating its 10th anniver-
.sary. 1t has special authority
from the Civil Service Commits
sion and the Navy to help the
command obtain scientific and
technical personnel. 1t also re-
cruits and examines for certain
positions for other agencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
Gov. Clement Sees
Democratic Victory

DENVER. Oct. 26 (P).-Gov
Frank Clement of Tennessee
said today he feels Adlai Steven
son has an excellent chance to
win the presidential election.
And there is no question the
Democrats will win control of
both houses of Congress by wider
margins than we now hold" he
said in an interview.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

ipensation for the service-con-
Injected death of a veteran. It
will accompany the checks due
November /.
The agency urged widows.
guardians of children and de-
pendent parents receiving COM
pensation to consider all the
facts in the pamphlet before
submitting an application for
benefits under the new law. It
said that in many cases, present
death benefits may be more ad-
Ivantageous than electing benefits
under the new act.
The administration empha-
sized that the new law does not
change death pension benefits
to widows and children of vet
Grams whose deaths were the
result of service.
X **
AFGE-The American FEEDER
Iation of Government Employees
of Washington has elected
Floyd P. Swiggett, jr., of the
Navy Department as national
vice president. The national
organization at its recent con-
0vention reduced the number of
vice presidents the Washington
area was permitted to have
from three to one. Representa-
tives of about so of the 8OI
lodges in this area met at the
District Building Wednesday
night and elected Mr.. Swiggett
by a vote of about five to one.
SPOTLIGHTED - Awards
worth $500 each for outstanding
performance have been given by
Nays Bureau of Yards and
Docks to Capt. James T. Reside,
H. K. Lowry and P. G. Ross.
An award worth 5000 went to
E. A. Taylor, and an award GER
Itif1cate to H. G.. Richer.
Superior performance awards,
with $500 each. went to Gordon
c. Edwards, j. w. Bishop, Myron
D. Crook, Mrs. H. S. Hanback,
and E. w, Most. Similar awards
with 5000 each were given Mrs.
Mabel DeLoach, Miss S. M. De-
Vine and Mrs. Theresa Wallace,
and a letter of appreciation
went to I. Jack Gural, recently
promoted.
Awards of SIS for adopted
suggestions were given Philip A.
Bernstein, Kenneth A. Elsner
Mrs. Madeline Sweeney and Jo-
seph Volpe.
X X
CAPITAL ROUNDUP lar-
ence A. Davis, Undersecretary of
Interior, has been appointed
chairman of the American Bar
Associations Standing Commit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26

to the Government OF making
the payroll deductions.
One of the assumptions of the
survey is that all remittances
from Government agencies will
be sent to a maximum of five
clearinghouse organiza tons
either existing or to be estab-
Ilished, operated by the industry
at no cost to the Government.
The five clearing houses are
expected to be organized along
these lines:
1. Blue Cross (hospitaliza-
tom and Blue Shield medical
and SURGICAL organizations.
2. Commercial insurance
companies.
3. Union type, self insured
plan.
4. Union type. broker opera
ton.
5. All other plans.
All plans would involve adj
vance approval by the Civil
Service Commission. Partici-
patton would be only on a group
basis and membership would be
entirely voluntary.
Government personnel or en-
ploye relations Offices would be
expected to organize the groups
and assume the general manage
ment on their side of the plan.
Such a payroll deduction plan
was considered in the last Con-
greSs, along with proposals for
major medical insurance paid
for by Government. They were
not passed. But Chairman
Murray of the House Post Office
and Civil Service Committee
asked GAO to make the study it
is now launching.
X \ \ \
i NEW BENEFITS-The Vet
Grams Administration is notifying
widows. children and dependent
parents Of veterans who died as
the result of service of their
rights under the act signed by
the President on August /.
A pamphlet containing impor-
tant facts about the new Sur
vivor Benefits Act will be mailed
to each survivor receiving COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-26
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Deduction Plan Studied
orMedicoI Premiums
BY FRANCIS P. DOUGLAS

The General Accounting Office canvassing
agencies for information the feasibility of payroll deductions
for payment of premiums basic medical and hospital insurance
There is such deduction plan for collecting from
members of Group disqualification Group Health similar
organizations One of the aims of the GAO find