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mendations to the General AS
sembly for more drastic laws.
including withholding Of State
funds and automatic closing Of
public schools that may be
forced to integrate under Federal
Court order.
Should there be q division
among the proponents OF segre-
gated schools" Mr.. Gray said,
"the results would be far reach
ing and perhaps even disastrous.
Under the circumstances I think
1t best that I should not make
the race"
Meanwhile. more than IS per
cent Of the 100 members Of the
House Of Delegates nov have
come out with early commit
ments TO support Mr. Almond
In the primary. Delegate Melvin
L. Shreves Of Accomsck County
today became the 2sth member
10 indorse him.
Earlier in the week another
Eastern Shore lawmsker. State
Senator z. Amer Ames. jr. be-
came the sixth member Of the
upper branch TO pledge support
There are 20 members Of the
Senate.
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"In my opinion" Mr.. Gray
said. "the issue Of segregation
now facing US in Virginia is Of
the greatest Importance"
Without giving Mr.. Almond a
direct pledge Of support, the
State Senator gave him a pat Oh
the back.
Judge Almond has. Of course,
been prominent among those who
have striven to prevent integra-
ton which most Virginians abb
hor," Mr.. Gray said. land in my
own way have done the best
that ] could to keep our schools
as they are now and to preserve
the integrity Of the races"
Mr.. Almond. as attorney gen.
eral. has represented the State
in defending against segregation
suits fled BY Negroes against
Prince Edward county-which
figured in the original Supreme
Court decision - Arlington
County. Charlottesville and other
localities in the State.
Mr.. Gray. along with a ma
jority Of the members Of the
GRAY Commission, renowned the
pupil assignment recommends
tons Of that group and went
along with Gov. Sankey's recon-
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number exceeded the previous
high by almost so. he said. It
is anticipated that there will be
no vacancies for girls and only
10 for boys, although new facili-
ties at the school were only COM
pleted in the past two years, he
said.
You can increase the child
welfare staff or work to keep
them from coming here in the
first place." Mr.. Shea said.
There seems to be no end to
spending" The children center,
he said. is rapidly reaching its
Saturation point.
Mr.. Shea said 235 children are
awaiting commitment to the
District Training School. At
Junior Village the population at
one point last month reached
284, or 20 over capacity.
They were moved into every
conceivable space" Mr.. Shea
said. Nine children, he said, were
sent to Junior Village because
their mothers were incarcerated.
There were 81 children at the
end of last month at Junior
Village ready to go home, but
they had no home to go to, Mr.
Shea said. These figures are in
dications of tremendous pa
rental indifference" he observed
The department submitted a
survey of so delinquents COM
mitted to the department by
Juvenile Court from July through
September. The survey showed
the children came from District
homes east Of Rock Creek Park
But there was mo substantial
concentration" in any one neigh
lbOrhOOd. the report showed
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PIGS CHOW CALL IS FACTOR
IN DECIDING RAIL CRASH SUIT

CHARLESTON w. Va. P)-A pigs mealtime
decisive factor in damage suit verdict yesterday favor
of the New York Central Railroad.
passenger train struck Arch G. Hunters automobile
at a crossing near Quick W. Va, July 2. 1855 Mr..
Hunter of Charleston sued for $50O00 claiming whistle
didn't blow enough.
Mrs. Fred Hayes who lives the crossing said
habtuay took the blast of the train evening as
signal that it was time to feed her pig
i was standing on the porch" she testified II heard
the train piow up the track told my husband heard
the train blow, and it's time to feed my pig
Mrs Hayes related that she then went into the kitchen
and mixed mash and water for the pig, while there
she heard the crash.
In finding in favor of the railroad Judge Moore observed
that Mrs Hayes had time to mix the before the
accident the whistle must have blown sooner than Mr.
Hunter claimed.
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Welfare Advisory Council
Asks Full Picture on Aid

The total picture" Of public
assistance in Washington was
called for yesterday by members
of the Public Welfare Advisory
Council.
The group ordered the Welfare
Department to prepare a COM
plete analysis Of aid for the need
as background for consideration
of 100 per cent of need, instead
of the proposed IS per cent; for
emergency assistance, and for
an increase in the departments
staff.
I'VE might have been timid
over past years." said Mrs. David
II. Bazelon, vice chairman and
presiding officer. Maybe we
should take a more responsible
position"
The members also asked the
Corporation CounSel's Office to
check whether emergency as
ISistance could be stepped uI
through amendment of the Dis
trict Code. instead of through a
Congressional bill. A consolidated
public assistance bill will be SUBJ
Imitted to Congress this winter
which would give the Commits
Isioners authorization to dispense
emergency assistance.
The Councils request followed
comment by the Rev. Leo ]
Coady. director of Catholic
Charities. that private agencie:
are having a difficult time totally
supporting large families. About
900 persons are now on a WAITING
list for welfare aid. with about
40 per cent probably eligible
according to Welfare Director
Gerard M. Shea.
Mr.. Shea said any additions
welfare appropriations would
have to come out Of District resi-,
dents pockets since the Fedora
Government is paying 81 PEI
cent Of all categories already.
Mr.. Shea noted that a recorC
number Of girls, 176. were il
custody at Children's CenteI
near Laurel last month. Thu
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Marine Dies in Crosh
On Route ! in Virginia

A lo-year-old Marine corpora.
was killed last night in an auto
crash on U. 6. Route In Stat.
ford County. Virginia State Po-
lice said.
Trooper H d. Northern said
the Marine, Donald L. Baksa
assigned 70 a motor transporta-
ton platoon AZ the Quantico
VA Marine Corps School. wa
killed around 1890 pm. IA miles
south Of the Prince william
County line
Police said Corpl. Baksa for
merry lived IN Akron. Ohio.
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the last year Of the company
operating existence.
D. c. Transit, on the other
hand, allowed $42,128 for other
taxes, 63.8 per cent less than
CTC. This was because D. c..
Transit'S congresSionally APP
proved franchise granted ex-
emption from the Districts gross
receipts tax and would exempt
the company from the city's 6
cents a gallon gasoline tax to
the extent it does not make a
profit of 6l2 per cent.
May Escape Tax
D. c. Transit's earnings for its
first "a months Of existence
were at the rate Of about 81 mil
lion . year, without calculating
any allowance for payment of
the gasoline tax. This was con-
siderably below the figure which
the company would be entitled
to earn if the utilities commits
sion approves as proper a profit
of 6ta per cent as compared with
its operating revenue, which to-
tails about $25 million a year.
Thus, it would appear. the COM
.pany will not make enough
money to require it to pay the
gasoline tax.
The company charged $49, 400
against its gross income to pay
interest on heavy debts in
Cured in buying out etc and
showed a net income of $92, 1886
for October. This was 11la per
cent below the comparable figure
reported by CTC for October,
1856
Meanwhile, Morris Fox, first
vice president of D. c. Transit,
said representatives of seven
major downtown stores had
agreed yesterday to finance full
page ads in all Washington news
papers Sunday and Monday
congratulating the company for
linstituting a new shoppers
express" bus service on three
major routes.
The buses are to operate
starting Monday, over a loop
route in downtown Washington
on Pennsylvania avenue. Four
tenth street. q street and Sew
enth street NV.
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World War II in which transit
companies generally have lost
an average Of Z per cent Of their
passengers every year. The old
Capital Transit Co., before the
l52-day strike of 1855 which
brought legislation putting it out
of business, was losing between
and 6 per cent of its pas
sengers.
A utilities commission spokes-
man warned that the increase
shown in October could be ex-
planned by the fact that the
month contains only four week
ends as compared with five week
ends in the same month year
ago.
Drops on Week Ends
Riding. it was reported. drops
on week ends and thus the COM
parison would explain this
years increase. Nevertheless,
the spokesman said, figures for
both last September and Oc-
tober show q drop in riding of
only IL per cent-far below the
national trend.
Transit observers have specu-
lated that the normal decline
i'm passenger riding would have
Ito end sometime, but there have
been only two examples, in New
York and Chicago, where the
decline has slowed or started to
turn upward"
d. c. Transit, in its Septem-
her report, showed a decline of
AZ per cent as compared with
the same month in the previous
year. Even so this was below the
national figure and smaller than
the regular loss reported by
Capital Transit before the strike.
Net Operating Profit
The company reported a net
operating profit Of $142,506 for
October. which was 1873 per cent
lower than the similar profit
reported in october. 1855. by
Gre.
It was noted. however, that
ID. c. Transit had allowed $140,-
200 for income taxes. which etc
did not list. since it wrote of
several million dollars Of its
street railway investment during
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3 Persons Killed
In Auto Crashes
Near Marlboro

Three persons were killed in
two auto crashes in the Marlboro
area of Prince Georges County
yesterday and today. county
police reported.
The latest victim was an An
drews An Force Base sergeant
who was killed when his car,
passing a red flare waved in
warning by a county policeman,
smashed into a power pole in the
$500 block of Allentown road,
Camp Springs.
Fiancee Injured
He was Airman 1/c Gene C..
johnson, rs, who was assigned
to a headquarters squadron at
Andrews. He lived in Whining
ton. N. C. Police said his fiancee,
Miss Patricia Ann Morgan, 30,
of 869 Bellevue circle Sc, suf-
fered a broken right arm and
left leg in the accident. Morn
lngside rescue squad members
worked nearly 30 minutes to free
her from. the wreckage Of the
demolished auto.
County Police Pvt. George
Roland, who had stopped at the
scene of a, minor collision, said
the airmah's car roared by him
travelling at about 70 miles per
hour. AS the auto sped by in
the low-lying fog, Pvt. Roland
tried to flag it down with a red
flare. The crash occurred al
1896 am.
Yesterdays two victims were
identified by county police al
Marlboro as Richard Benjamin
Ford. "a. of Forestville, and
Betty Lou Jones. %, Of 40S
Fifteenth street Sc. Police said
today they had not yet learned
Miss Jones' street address.
They were passengers ina car
driven by Airman lie Joseph
Daniel Curtis. a Forestville resi-.
dent on 30-day leave from the
Air Force.
4 Other Cars Hit Tree
County police said Curtis cal
plowed into a cedar tree OF
State Route 761 about 11a miles
south Of Marlboro. The tree
previously has claimed four auto
crash victims in three years.
County Police Pvt. Lawrence
r. Wheeler said Curtis car. ira
yelling south. went out Of control
on dangerous curve. hit a tele-
phone pole and then the cedar
tree. about 100 feet away. The
crash occurred at about 1885 pm.
/ Mr.. Ford was killed instantly
police said. The woman passen-
ger died in Prince Georges Cen
eral Hospital an hour later. Cur
It's. VIII osuhered only minor In
juries. was charged with speed
ing and two counts Of man
slaughter. A preliminary hear
ling was scheduled TO be held on
December IA in Marlboro Trial
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Sible" to the Potomac Plaza
development area,
Heavy Cut Indicated
How much room this will be
wasn't clear, but figures cited by
the planning commission indi-
Gated a substantial cut. AS of
now. a commission spokesman
said, Potomac Plaza has options
to buy 276.O0O square feet Of
ground from the Washington Gas
Light Co., and proposes to get
another $4,000 square feet in
closed streets. The proposed
road relocation would leave only
about 100000 square feet for the
Plaza development. he said.
Royce Ward, Potomac Plaza
vice president. said that in the
area that would be lost his firm
proposes to build luxury hotel,
apartment and Office buildings.
He told the committee plans
to begin Immediately on a second
building near Twenty fourth
street and Virginia avenue are
being held up by uncertainty
over the road.
Henry w. Herzog, GNU treas.
urer, said CIV expansion threat
Iened by the road, however. dates
back TO 1914, when development
lplanse were approved both by the
District and Planning Commits
sion.
A Years to Buy Block
He commended CIV has been
slowly buying UP land for ex-
.pansion. including one block
which required A years to as
Isemble. He argued this land
could only be replaced at great
cost. More important, he said,
the university hospital and
cancer clinic we're built with the
firm expectation" that they
would be the heart Of medical
center.
Facilities planned in the med
ical center, most Of which would
be affected by the road plans.
he said, include a new medical
school. out-patient facilities, a
doctors Office building. med
.ical research building. nursing.
dental and pharmacy schools. a
rehabilitation center, dormitories
and extensive parking facilities.
Location Of these facilities
were shown onsa GNU plan
drawn by planner Henry S.
Churchill. Mr.. Churchill also
suggested a new route for the
expressway along Twenty fifth
street N.W.--underpassing a part
Of the Potomac Plaza area.
Other speakers In behalf Of
the GNU position was Mai. Gen.
U. S. Grant. III. a university
trustee speaking on behalf OF
CIV President cloyd Heck Mar
vim.
Relocation Opponents
Those who opposed any road
relocation that would endanger
Potomac Plaza included Philip
W. Talbot. president. Washing
ton Board Of Trade. Everett w.
Boothby. president. Washington
Gas Light Co: William 7. Leith,
vice president. Peoples Life In
s1rance Co., which plans a new
building IN the area. and w. l..
McLschien. chairman. McLach-
len Banking Corp. which has
bought space for q branch bank
IN the Plaza project.
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JN0bNA 10Y fAShNA
tailed study out of a number
that had been suggested as pos
sibilities.
The alternate route would run
the six-lane road along the Rock
Creek and Potomac parkway,
Just east Of Twenty seventh
street NV. This would cut of
the end Of the $50 million pri-
vate development proposed by
the Potomac Plaza Corp.
AS now approved. the route
would cut through the four
blocks south of Washington
Circle between Twenty-t hir d
and Twenty-fourth streets NV.
This would knock out expansion
plans of the George Washington
University.
Committee Chairman Claude
Owen stressed the decision to
study one alternate route did not
necessarily mean his group would
recommend a switch.
Cost Estimates Asked
But he asked city highway en-
lgineers to make comparative cost
estimates of the possible reloca-
ton within the next few days.
Then, early next week, the COM
mittee will try to agree on a firm
Recommendation to give the full
Planning Commission at its ses-
sion next Wednesday.
This action was taken after a
hectic three-hour session to hear
arguments Of GNU and the
Potomac Plaza Corp.
Potomac Plaza officials, who
want the route to remain where
Its now approved, said they be-
gan their development this year
IAN apartment at Twenty-fifth
street and Virginia avenue-only
with the firm idea that they
could continue the project toward
THE Potomac River.
| GNU officials. who want the
approved route changed, said
they only built the CIV Hospital
and Cancer Clinic near WASH
'lington Circle with the firm idea
that it would be part OF a
medical center that would fully
utilize the blocks now planned
for the expressway.
Moral Obligation Seen
! Both said the District and the
planners have a moral. if not
legal. obligation to uphold their
projects.
James c. wilkes. attorney for
Potomac Plaza, said an added
Illustration, however, was that
the private developers haven't
been brought in on the road
planning enough to know what
the effect Of a switch really
would be on their projects.
He proposed that all affected
parties be brought in for a
prudent exchange Of ideas that
may result in a mutually salts
factory solution"
/ In a crack at the planning
commission stafi. Mr.. wilkes
said planners In most jurisdic-
tions have a disposition 10 fullJ
appraise developers Of plans al
each stage. Here, he said. the
planners have a feeling
that they owe 1t TO the govern
ment 10 protect the peoplt
against a knowledge Of plans Al
they are being prepared"
Harland Bartholomew. plan
ming commission chairman. said
the trouble vas that plans
weren't far enough along 10 show
developers. Even planning CON-
mission members he said
weren't up-to-date on the pre-
liminary work
7 ft was this point. however
that led the Owen COMMITTEES "a
single out q specific alternate
route for study
Mr.. Owen ordered that the
alternate plan provide the mani
mum amount Of ground pos
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Mr.. and Mrs. Dunce

The Mr.. and Mrs. Club Of the
Northeast Hebrew Congregation
will hold its first annual Chan
lnukak Dance on Sunday at the
synagogue, 1901 Eastern avenue,
Mount Rainier.
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$500 Get Double Delight
AtRestourontC Convention

Well prepared food and the
latest in kitchen appliances were
a double delight for $500 visitors
to the East-South Regional Res
taurant Convention at the Sher-
atom Park Hotel yesterday.
More tasteworthy was the
spread Of exotic foods concocted
by some Of Washington's leading
chefs. The display, called the
Culinary Art Show. was present.
ed by the Epicurean Club Of
Washington.
The three-day convention Of
hotel. restaurant and institu-
tional cooks from the length Of
the Eastern Seaboard will end
tonight with a banquet billed as
the "epicure's delight"
Among the exhibits OF the
Epicurean Club was an en-
throned Alaskan king crab wear
ing a diadem Of gelatin and
lclutching in its arms sceptors
lof impaled lemon peels.
Eagle in Ice
Nearby perched a dripping
eagle sculptured from q 200
pound block Of ice by chef Ed
die Stepitch from the Carlton
Hotel. A ponderous delieacy,
submitted by Clement Maggie
drew pre-ludging favor from
cake fans. Mr.. Maggia's sugar
and paste cake took seven days
10 make. It was topped by q
horse-drawn swan.
Congressional Country Club
Chef Louis Sabantini entered q
quartet Of upended Holsters tip
toeing in a sea Of green gelatin.
Untasted but iayorably re-
eeved was a tWo-layeF cake en-
tered By teen-ased inmates Of
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candidates, thus lessened the
prospects Of an intra-party
struggle for the nomination next
July.
Republicans are almost unani-
mously united behind State
Senator Ted Dalton Of Radford.
who Is expected TO be drafted to
run again. Mr.. Dalton got IS
per cent Of the votes in his race
against Gov. Stanley three years
ago.
Mr. Gray Is chairman OF the
Commission on Public Education.
known as the Gray Commission.
which proposed legislative pro-
gram for preserving segregation
IN public schools.
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Transit System Reports
Small Passenger Gain

small but significant increase in streetcar and bus riding
has been reported by D. c. Transit System. Inc.
In its monthly financial october to the District Pub
lie Utilities Commission the company said had carried $685.
343 passengers increase of S the number
carried the month last the old Capital Transit
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The
Rambler
Picking Up Whot
The Poet Forgot
By JACK JONAS

If Joyce Kilmer ever had to
comb a lawn at this time of
year.. it is doubtful that he'd
have energy left to raise his
voice in praise Of trees.
Leaf-raking is the greatest
single argument in favor of
apartment life, except per-
haps the also-convincing mat
ter Of shoveling snow.
In any neighborhood there
is always one wiseacre who has
to get out and currycomb his
grass while the other males
are attempting to sell their
wives on the idea that dried
leaves should remain undiS-
turbed to mulch the yard.
This first traitor makes 1t
tough on the guy next door.
Chances are that unfor-
tunate fellow Is importuned
into tidying his grounds. This
spreads the disease to the
next house. Eventually it
reaches a point where the
blocks most stubborn free
thinker - well, the blocks
LATEST man, then-is all by
himself with a clutter Of tree
droppings. His wife becomes
armed with the mass weight
Of opinion by all those good
neighbor women standing
shoulder to shoulder, prorak-
ing.
Few heroes are sturdy
enough to Withstand it. If
you know one, you ought to
put him up for President next
time.
Apartment jewellers miss all
this. It is up to the landlord
to take care of leaves and
snow.
Kilmer's enthusiasm for
affairs arboreal isn't the only
puzzle that occurs to a surly
lawn beautician.
Another one is how they
ever managed to reconcile the
word rake" with q man who
goes bouncing around enjoy
ing life,
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Almonds Campaign Gets Big Boost
As Gray Pulls Out Of Governor Race

The campaign Of Virginia At
torney General J. Lindsay Al
mond. jr.. for the Democratic
nomination for Governor next
year received a major lift today
with the withdrawal Of State
Senator Garland Gray Of Waver-
ly from the race.
Mr.. Gray. in removing him
self from the field Of potential
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NewRoute Is Studied
For Inner Loop Road
Commission Hopes to Decide
Expresswuy Issue Next Week
By GEORGE BEVERIDGE

Federal plannerscaugh in whpsaw between development
plans of the George Washington University and the Potomac
Plaza Corphope to decide next week whether recommend
switch in the Inner loop route in Bottom
AS first STEP committee of the National Capital Planning
Commission Yesterday picked alternate location for
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the Maryland State School for
Boys. A yellow cake with poin-
settia design. the cake was the
handiwork Of apprentice cooks
at the school.
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Rambling

You think those mean old
men at the Internal Revenue
Service ever feel the spirit. Of
Christmas2 Well, yes. as q
matter Of fact. they do. Orders
have gone out that until after
the holiday season, no liens
or levies are TO be proc
eSsed.
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Relocation Opponents
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Southeastern Regional
Restaurant Convention ard
Exposition holds is SEMI
Anal session 10 the Sheraton
PARK Hotel
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Sharon Sev visit here from Indianapolis becomes acquainted
with THE Brain bunch switches its
switch controls individual electric Some motors make The Brain
others JudouS setting
Brain to pursue obstacle around barrades and
o the simple toy autos parents had with childhood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-06

Toys have come long way from the old days Of dolls
and cap pistols This is jet flight trainer The card
of instructions feeds through the box at the lower
right The "piot" is supposed to manipulate the con-
trolls in the sequence listed the instructions If all
goes well the model plane stays ION course" and lights
flash all over the dials. The price $28.50.
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Foi'ioH nsIssots Rejects Almoud.
Psss 81