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Continued From First Pag,

COHtlnueu from FIST rage
White House to receive greet.
Iings from several hundred mem
Ibers Of student bands and cheer
ing sections.
AS the youngsters sang Hap
py Birthday, Dear Ike" anc
lchanted I'VE Want Ike" and
For He's jolly Good Fellow,
the President held both arms
high over his head and then
bowed low in appreciation. Al
one point he gestured as if lead
ing the bands.
Floats depicted various phases
Of the Presidents life.
The parade moved down Penn
sylvania avenue to Twelfth
street, to Constitution avenue
and up to Fifteenth street ano
then to the Sylvan Theater for
a rally.
5 Bands in Parade
Units included five bands and
drum and bugle corps. one a
Moose Lodge band from Balti-
more, two American Legio Aux
Hilary drum and bugle corps, a
group from st. Clements School
and the Boys Brigade Of Savage
Md.
Several hundred cars and
trucks. from sports cars to
ljalopies. carried Ike" signs
Many also advocated reelection
of Vice President Nixon, Repre-
sentative Broyhill Of Virginia Is
10th District and William B
Prendergast, Republican candi-
date for Congress from Mary
lands 5th District.
The atmosphere was that of a
college football pep rally. with
horn blowing. outlandish clothes
and pretty girls in a variety OF
Ike" dresses.
A Model-T Ford. driven by a
youth in the uniform of a West
Point cadet. symbolized the Pres
idents life as a West Pointer A
girl in a convertible wore a we'd
ding dress to recall his marriage
Marjorie Webster Junior College
girls rode on a truck waving flags
OF many nations for NATO.
Other cars had signs to show
the President was a friend OF
fishermen and golfers. One. on
a small sport car. said he is a
friend Of small business.
Gets Huge Card
Mr. Eisenhower began the OBJ.
servance Of his birthday. a day
early because it falls on Sunday
this year by receiving a seven
y-eight-foot birthday card from
Naugatuck. Conn. II was pre-
sented by 9-year-old Joseph p
tJay) Donahue. ir.. who won q
contest sponsored by the Manga
tuck Citizens for Eisenhower.
The President gave the boy a
few mementoes in turn. includ-
ing a pen. knife. silver dollar
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Arlington Plans to Attend
PorIey on Delinquency

Arlington County Board members yesterday agreed send
delegates Northern Virginia conference juvenile
delinquency.
The meeting suggested by the City Falls
Tier this week With City Council backing Mayor Herman Fink
urged the governing bodies Of Arlington Fairfax and Alexandria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14
Chalk Maps Plans to Sell
Old and Surplus Buses
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

O. Roy Chalk. boss of Washngton's D. Transit
System to sell throughout the world
surplus buses he acquired from the Capital Transit
And, possible he plans to the District Public
Utilities Commission drop the base method
ing his profit in relation to investment shift
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Givers Fund Will Pass
50 Per Cent This Week

The United Givers Fund campaign will pass halfway
mark this its drive raise $66 million for Washington
charity.
Contributions have reached 40 goal was
nounced last night by Carleton Smith campaign
and NBc vice president This represents 1928 conrb
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Site Deal Seen
AtWestc|1ester
By ROBERT ]. LEWIS

Residents Of the Westchester
Apartments are discussing pos
sible purchase Of about Is acres
adjacent to the buildings to pre-
vent construction Of additional
apartments nearby, it was
learned yesterday.
The land was retained by the
previous owner when the apart
ments were sold to cooperative
ly Westminster residents three
years ago.
A spokesman for Realest, Inc,
a subsidiary of City Investing
Co. Of New York, the owner.
said construction of eight 8-story
apartment buildings on the un-
occupied Westchester grounds
was being considered. Test bor-
ir1es to determine foundation re-
quirements already have been
made. he said.
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Private Talks Held

Private talks have been held
over the last several months by
representatives Of the board of
the Westminster Cooperative
and the New York owners Of
the land. These discussions were
described as being in the nature
OF information" meetings. since.
1t is said, a full meeting of
Westchester residents has vet
to act on the proposal to buy
the land.
The talks were undertaken. a
recent bulletin informed mem
bers of the cooperative. some
time before last February.
though apparently on a desultor:
basis and without announcement.
Interest in the possibility Of
buying the land has been height
ened as result Of submission
by City Investing Co. Of a pro-
posed building layout plan dated
August Is. this year.
Purpose of the board in start
ing discussions was to prevent a
change in the spacious charac-
ter OF the 27iz-acre site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14

There Are l32 Reasons the United 6iver,
Fund Is important.
See The Sior Moso1ine. Page IS
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lions from Virginia, Maryland
and the District.
People are enthusiastic" Mr.
Smith said. But we still have
hundreds of thousands of calls
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Principal Objective

The associations principal OBJ
jective is to convince farmers
and those who deal with farm
ers that the new system is val
liable to them. 1t also works to
raise industry standards. Last
year it produced a 375-page en-
cheering textbook on sprinkler
irrigation systems that won a
top public service award from
the American Society OF Asso-
citation Executives and praise
from Secretary Of Agriculture
Benson.
In 1850, sprinkler systems ac-
counted for only 3 per cent Of all
irrigation. Today, the figure is
Is per cent. Sales Of equip
ment came to nearly 500 million
last year, including 1000 miles Of
pipe in this country and another
1900 miles in other countries.
Glen M. La Fetra. vice presi-
dent Of the Rain Bird Sprinkler
Manufacturing Corp, Glendora,
Calf, is one Of the delegates TO
the convention. One of the
earliest makers Of revolving
sprinkler heads, he got into the
industry as a young man ponder
ing how TO improve the yield in
his family's citrus groves.
Here 10 Meet Competition
Mr.. La Fetra says he came to
the convention TO meet the
competition. ] don't think a
convention is a place to sell
your goods"
His Arms sales manager.
Crawford Reid. also is attending.
Larry A. Smith came to the
convention from Montreal. He
is head Of the irrigation division
Of Aluminium Union Ltd. a
branch Of the worlds second
largest aluminium producer.
Sterling Evans. head OF the
Evans orchard Supply Co. in
Kansas City, Mo. is a whole
saler. He sells irrigation sys-
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to make to finish this campaign
In the next II days" The drive
ends october 81.
More than $4,000 volunteer
csmpsigners are at work to raise
funds for the 1872 agencies par
ticipating in the United Givers
Funds first once-a-year cam
paign.
The Government Units $4,000
volunteers have reported $l,701, :
$40. or so per cent Of their So
100000 goal. The 1000 workers
in the Business Unit have
brought in sl.373.047. or SGT
per cent Of their s2.3 million
goal.
The two units are locked in
friendly competition TO see
which arrives at its quota first.
Secretary Of Labor Mitchell
heads the Government Unit and
John T Barnett. general man.
aver Of Sears Roebuek and Co.
Washington stores. is chairman
OF the Business Unit.
Last 20 Start
The last team 70 start. the
22.000 volunteers in the Metro
politan Unit, have raised Si7s :
2ts. or ~ per cent Of their ST.
100000 goal. Their lob Is being
done oy door-to-door calls on
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Tentative Plans Set

AcntdtiVe PlanS Set
Under present tentative plans
the eight additional building
would provide 5l2 additions
apartments. possibly for coop
erative sale. The four existinr
buildings have about $50 apart,
ments. As a development. tn,
present Westminster is one O
the largest Of its type in tn,
District.
Officers OF the cooperative
corporation could not be reached
last night for comment, but 1t
is understood a valuation on
which an offer might be based
has been obtained and submit
ted TO the New York owners
with a view to further discus
sions.
Some members OF the CO.
operative, II was learned. do not
view favorably the idea Of buy
ing the undeveloped land. since
such purchase would sharply
raise the co-operatives monthly
charges TO residents. At thii
stage. however. there is no OUT
right opposition to a continue
ance Of the talks. It is UNDER
stood.
The board has informed mem
bers no action would be taken
without a special meeting tn
pass on any plan to buy or
otherwise control the undevel-
oped land
At the time the apartments
were sold comparatively, none
of the land went to the buyers
About ~ acres occupied By
buildings was leased for 90 years
TO the coop. The rest was ex-
cluded from the transaction, as
we're commercial facilities.
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Moncure Bill Opponents
Stress Southern Heritoqe

Arlington County Is years ago
from Loudoun County. Va. and
that he was born and educated
in South Carolina.
Mrs. Donald Wilhelm. mother
of four children attending Ar
lington schools. mentioned that
she was a native of Wise County,
Va. and that her father once
was State controller.
Albert R. Warner. jr.. presi-
dent of the Woodrow Wilson
PTA. said his family had lived
in Virginia 200 years--and his
wife's family longer than that.
What's more, he said. he was
born in Richmond.
Mrs. Moselle Caldwell of the
Donaldson Run Civic Association
in Arlington said that both she
and her husband we're from old
Virginia families.
Arlington State Senator Charles
r. Fenwick, who organized the
opposition. was asked II the
background OF his speakers had
anything to do with their selec-
ton.
Well. We did want to make
sure that we. had the best pos
sible representatives appearing
for our side" he replied.
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Combat Battalion
At BeIvoir Gets
Special Uniforms

Members of combat engineer
battalion at Fort Belvoir. Va.
have been issued extra-warm
and distinctive uniforms to wear
while demonstrating combat tao
tics.
The uniform is the rarely seen
Army olive green--made OF
heavy wool. 1t will be sported
by the 9lst Engineer Combat
Battalion.
A Belvoir spokesman said the
green WOOL garb was first used
in the Far East in 1853 and has
since been employed sporadic
ally under adverse climatic con-
ditions.'
The heavy wool attire was de-
signed for use as a garment worn
over Army fatigue uniforms but
will be worn separately in COM
bat drills of the 9lst. Engineer
officers also stated the new uni
form will distinguish the crack
combat troops from those not
actively engaged in the demon
STATIONS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-10
BY MARY LOU WERNER
Star stan Correspondent

RICHMOND, Feb. 10.-Op-
ponents of the Moncure bill were
careful to pick speakers they felt
could make good impression
in Richmond yesterday.
At least six opposition speak
ers selected to appear before the
House Privileges and Elections
Committee came equipped with
long southern backgrounds. sub.
They Jet the committee know it,
too. -. .t
James G. Stockard. Arlington
School Board member, casually
that his ancestors
came to Virginia nearly 200 years
ago.
William G. Watt. chairman of
the executive committee OF the
Arlington Civic Federation. noted
that his grandparents settled in
Fairfax County just after the
War Between the States"
William M. Lightsey. acting
president of the Arlington PTA
Council, let the committee know
that he was a Mason Gas was
Virginia's first citizen. George
Washington that he moved to
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1857 Segregation
Pushed in Virginia
New Reorganization Bill
For Planning UnitDrofted.

Democratic Montgomery County
Council and Prince Georges
County Commissioners.
Mr.. Wheatley argued yester-
day that 1t would be difficult for
the lawmakers to further re-
Organize the commission If new
Democratic commissioners took
over the agency under the terms
Iof the vetoed bill 1t would be
an expression Of no confidence
lin their administration. he said
On the vote. only Delegate
William Wheeler and Warren
Browning. Montgomery Demo-
Icrats. stuck by their guns and
voted to override.
Then the meeting voted to ap-
point the subcommittee to draft
a new reorganization bill fol
possible introduction in a special
session. Named to this subcom.
Imittee from Montgomery were
delegates Browning and Wheeler
and Delegates Harvey Macher
and Lansdale G. Sasscer, Jr.
from Prince Georges.
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tom that is a traitor to the
heritage Of Virginia"
An opposition speaker. Albert
r. Warner. jr., president OF the
Woodrow Wilson PTA. told the
committee he believed in racial
segregation. had supported the
Gray Plan and was proud to see
Virginia taking the lead in inter-
position. He added that the
School Boards action toward in
tegration might be ill-advised,
"but / do not feel it requires the
kind of action under considera-
ton here"
Robert Groom, Arlington real
estate broker, spoke against the
bill. He asked the legislators
how they would slike 1t If Ar
lington State Senator Fenwick
sponsored legislation affecting
one Of their counties. He said 1t
was a custom for local bills to
originate with local legislators.
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Body Of Boy, IS,
Missing 3 Weeks,
Found in Creek

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 10 (P.-
The body of a l5-year-old boy
reported missing nearly three
weeks ago was found yesterday
in Back Creek, a short distance
from the boat on which he lived.
Police said the body was iden-
titled as Charles M. Inman. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S. In
man. His disappearance was
reported February and his
father said at that time he had
been gone since January %.
Houston Thompson reported a
group probing with oyster tongs
first discovered a bicycle and
then found the body under it.
Police speculated the youth
might have toppled from the
wharf while riding the bicycle.
Another theory was he fell
through a thin spot while riding
on the ice which recently covered
the creek.
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FeIonies Fewer;
More Car Thefts

Washington felony cases
dropped Is per cent in Janu-
airy as compared to the same
month a year ago, Commissioner
Samuel Spencer said today.
He released police statistics for
the last IL months through
January. They showed a drop
of a. per cent over the year.
long period.
Sharpest drop came in the
cases of aggravated assault.
There were 2l7 cases during
January, and 367 a year ago.
Auto thefts were up, however,
from 1T to l66 cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-10
SUNDAYS BEST READING
No Time for Sergeants'
Begins in Sunday Star

STRICTLY MIRTH-PACKED-If you want to laugh
out loud, don't miss single fun-fled installment of
mo Time for Sergeants" which begins Sunday and
continues in The Evening Star-the million laugh
story about hilblly draftees riotous escapades in
the Air Force right out Of the pages of the
best-seling novel by Mac Hyman.
WASHINGTONS CHINESE-In The Star Magazine,
Meredith S. Bue tells you about the new look that
runs all through Washngton's Chinese community
today-complete with photos by Elwood Baker which
prove the proverbial twain have met in the Capital
NEW ANGLE ON HEART ATTACKS-Mrs Lyndon B.
johnson, wife of the Senate Majority Leader, tells
what she learned from her husbands heart attack,
and passes along some pertinent advice in her
article, entitled Help Your Husband Guard His
Heart."-This Week Magazine.
MEMORIES OF ABE LINCOLN-Sunday is the 147th
anniversary of the Great Emancipator's birth.
You'll find interesting reading in both The Star
Magazine and This Week Magazine marking the
occasion-true stories you won't want to miss about
Honest Abe.
WOMANS-EYE VIEW-In the Women's Section, Betty
Beales Exclusively Yours" is devoted to the first in
series of articles on how and why some of the
leading possible presidential candidates appeal to
women-the spotlight is on Ike this Sunday.
Choose The Star on Sunday When You Haze Choice
Phone Sterling $4,000 for Home Delivery
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enthusiasm of the dedication
any more than the rain which
fell that day.
Despite the current i'm
parchment trial of President
Andrew Johnson, the story Of
the statues dedication was
the principal news on the
front page of The Star on
April Is, 1868. 1t covered five
and a half of the pages seven
columns. Crowds estimated at
$4,000 to 10000 damned the
street in front of the court
house.
The statue, life size, pictures
Lincoln in an informal speak
ing pose with one hand resting
on a fasces, the symbol of
Government.
1t stood 50 years where it
was dedicated. Then, in 1920,
the old Court House building
was remodeled and the statue
vanished-spirited away by
some who felt 1t was not fancy
enough.
A storm Of protest broke,
but that blew itself out when
city officials made no move to
restore the statue.
Then Freeman Thorpe, an
artist, who also had known
Lincoln personally. came to
Washington. He went to see
the statue, found it gone, and
raised his voice in indigna-
ton.
After a tedious search" he
wrote, Il found the statue
down near the river not
stored at all, but lying out
doors, roughly Grated and
covered partly by an old piece
of gunny sack"
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Transit Probe
Bars TeIevision

BALTIMORE. Feb. 10 LP). -
The steering committee for the
States grand inquest Of Balti-
more's 12-day transit strike set
up a timetable for the probe last
night and voted to bar radio and
television spot coverage of the
sessions which begin Monday.
The committee which will con-
duct the unprecedented probe
under extraordinary powers held
by the Maryland House Of Dele
gates, made 1t clear, however,
that radio and television repre-
sentatives will be welcome at in
quest sessions for news report
ing. Just like the press.
The vote, by the narrowest of
margins. Z to 6. was on a motion
to continue House rules barring
TV and radio coverage.
AS the transit strike neared
the end of its second week, a ris-
ing tide of sentiment seemed to
be building in the State Legisla-
ture at Annapolis that 1t might
have to accept Gov. McKeldin's
seizure bill If the stoppage drags
on.
The House Judiciary Commit
tee was to act today on the bill
which would permit State seizure
Of any public utility in a strike
threatening the public welfare.
The Senate version of the bill
reached the floor yesterday but
was quickly sent back to commit
tee for action on at least six
amendments.
| BIC and union negotiators
meanwhile. had another session
scheduled in the mayors Office
today. The union voted over
whelmingly, 1882 to "a, yester-
day to reject the company's
latest offer of 13-cent hourly
wage increase spread over three
years.
The 1000 striking bus and
streetcar operators and main
Itenance men have asked 20-cents
more an hour in two l0-cent
raises spread over one year. The
present hourly wage is $1.90.
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THE REDISCOVERY touch

NE nED1SSOtLn1 GUuCIl-
ed off a series of claims to
the statue from other sections
Of the country. There were
speeches in Congress to the
effect that If Washington had
spurned the statue, there were
other people who wanted it.
But the statue was carted
back to the Court House, re-
mounted, and rededicated on
April IS, l923-four months
after Sculptor Flannery had
died.
Read Mr.. Thorpe's descrip-
ton of the sculpture and de-
termine if it might not be
worth a visit on Lincolns
birthday to see how he ap-
peared in life:
a better likeness OF
Lincoln than anything in
plaster, stone, marble or
bronze that l have seen, and
l have seen about all that
have been made. Some have
been made that are unques-
tionably great works of art,
but the best Of them are not
accurate likenesses. This one
Is to those who, like myself,
knew Lincoln, pleasing to look
ut, because 1t is accurately
modelled and its simple truth
Is In keeping with the unas-
Iuming man we loved"
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The
Rambler
Faithful Image
OF III-Futed Man
BY JACK JONAS

Who Is to say now how a
man long dead looked in life
century ago?
If you wanted to know what
Abraham Lincoln really looked
like, for instance, and had
only fiat one-dimensional
photographs, where would you
go?
One place, experts say, is to
the first monument erected in
Washington to Lincoln's men,
ory. 1t is the work of Lot
Flannery. a sculptor who knew
Lincoln personally.
The marble likeness-stand-
ing in front of the old Dis
trict Court building on Indi-
ana avenue near Fifth street
N.W.-was quickly and grand
ly conceived, but it was slowly
and modestly accomplished
because, paradoxically, so
many wanted to honor Lin
coins memory that funds to
do so were spread thin.
Lincoln had been dead only
nine days when the City
Council here met to appoint
the Lincoln National Monu-
ment Association and an
nounced the then big goal of
100000 to finance the monu-
ment.
However, it was three years
before the statue was set in
place, and the final total of
the contributions was about
$4,000. Other cities also
wanted memorials to Lincoln,
and thus little money was
raised outside the Capital.
THE SCULPTURES SIM
wA1;c;S,, ILL Mt Il a ,,,Nap }lon
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Tuck Forbids Name
In Presidential Race
BY the Associated Press

Representative Tuck, Democrat
OF Virginia. refused today to
allow his name to be entered in
the Florida Democratic primary
as candidate for the partys
nomination for President.
The one-time Governor Of
Virginia made his position known
in a telegram to Edgar Way
bright, Duval County (FlaD
Democratic chairman.
A movement TO enter Mr..
Tucks name in the primary was
Iorganized in Jacksonville yester-
day by 10 members Of the State
Federation OF Constitutional
Government.