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The echo., 1956-11-15
II. B. /. UNDERWRITERS

The following letter has been mailed of the local
presidents and since mailing out the have gotten quite
few favorable replies We think this opportunity for
energetic persons who would like to make good commission
writing B A. do Opportunities like this do
not come often Hurry we get our desired number We
do not want too many underwriters as we would like for
which the underwriters going to work to over
APP another underwriters community.
Dear President:
General President just held conference
and have formulated plans by which to give of our high
school Students who desire opportunity to make extra
hanee We going 10 ask each President to select some worthy
member in his lodge to underwrte B. business for the As
win be their duty make throughout the
Community in which they live and solicit members for your
odge any other lodge Community They will be given
all of the Joining fee These will be issued under
writer's license solicit this H. A. business They will not be
allowed organize lodges however, they might up lodge
but will be required to send Agent down organize the
lodge These individuals will collect joining fill the
application blank and bring the application blank your lodge
and you in turn will notify the applicant when to be present.
the lodge accepts the application for obligation and initiation
81 believe by this method you will able increase your
local lodge membership particular help
membership of the Association general should like have
letter from you setting forth your this
similar letter goes all the Presidents the Association"
a a
who has pleasing personality and who knows how
the people"
"Your friend
Matte L. Larkin Secretary"
MILfmiI
Presidents requested to send the underwater
and his address to the office he has his selection
No underwater will be allowed he has
taken correspondence in this phase of the
office This will prepare the underwater represent
anywhere in the After this been taken
hen license will be ordered from the Department
This is a
After have gotten the desired underwriters
then the Association will select head department.
This be made outstanding phase the Assoca-
Ion the local presidents will cooperate with office
Yes this will be nice job for to sell insurance
and the commission is attractive
Mr. VIM Bell president of H B. A. Lodge No 81 at Iauderdale
Mississippi the first president name of an under
writer This done two days after the were mailed
3ut
We MUST create jobs for BY working together we
will have jobs to offer and the will be the best
10 be found anywhere The H. 3 A. members the more
We do not have enough jobs the persee however we
can make paying jobs the field good living can be
"a q part time job
Secretary
The echo., 1956-11-15
NEW CAPS IN STICK

We are happy to STATE that we
have in stock our new cap hat was
modelled in HE Convention by one of
our local presidents. If you are in
tsrestcd in this cap, please write to
the office for details.
The echo., 1956-11-15
Burial Exercises

Uniform: Men-Dark Suit, white
gloves, white apron, badge and cap.
Women-White dress, white gloves,
badge and cap.
Position: The president stands at
the head Of the casket, the secretary
stands at the right of the president
the vice president stands at the foot
of the casket and the chaplain
stands to the left of the president.
The members will form a semi
circle around the casket with each
member placing his right hand on
the right shoulder of the member in
front of him.
Lodge; Lord, take care of us"
President: we, the members of
the Holbrook Benevolent Associa-
ton, in order to form a more perfect
union, care for the sick, bury the
dead, establish virtue, promote the
general welfare Of our people and
secure the blessings of Prosperity do
ordain this Constitution, invoking
the blessings of Almighty God. Gle
steps forward and throws the Con-
StltutlOn into the grave).
Lodge: Amen,
Vice Pres: This deceased mem
Der carried out the mandates of the
H. B. A. He was willing to abide
by the rules and regulations found
in tf.s Ritual and Guide. Since it
was good enough for hin tt live by
we feel that it is fitting to deposit
it with his remains. (Tha Vice Pres
idsnt stop tor# iEG srli throwl the
Ritual int1 the gt&y y.
Lodge: Amen. Amen!
Secretary: I can truthfully say
that this was a faithful and loyal
member. He kept his poncy in force
at all times by paying the assess
ment levied by the general and To-
cal bodies. Our lodge mas sustained
The echo., 1956-11-15
REPORT BLANKS OUT

We have mailed out report blanks
for the December Board. If you fail
ed to Get yours or you were not sent
sufficient number for your mem
bership, please notify the office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
RedeveIopment Details
Go to Planners Todoy

the official city redevelopment
proposal. Such a hearing prob
ably would be held in about
month.
Adoption by the Commission
ers would permit the RIA to seek
Federal funds to acquire property
in the vast Southwest section,
Irehouse present residents. clear
the land and sell or lease it to
private developers for rebuilding.
Zeckendorf Wants Part
William zeckendorf, whose
New York firm of Webb g. Knapp
is chiefly responsible for devel-
oping the plan. has indicated he
would like to handle about half
of the multi-million dollar pri-
vate development.
The RIA already has held a
number of preliminary confer
enceS with Mr.. Zeckendorf, but
as of now the agency is under no
legal commitment to assure the
New Yorker of any participation.
He has said previously that he
recognized this and was willing
to abide by whatever formula
the RIA sets up for selling or
leasing the land.
The Southwest redevelopment
area, designated as Area c."
contains about AL acres. Nearly
half of this area is taken up by
public thoroughfares, and good
portion of the rest is earmarked
for future Federal development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
Homeless Man
Breaks His Wuy
Into District Jail

A homeless man who knew
what he wanted got 60 days in
Jail today.
Frank Moody, SIS. of no fixed
address. walked into the fourth
precinct last night and an
nounced that he had thrown a
brick through a plate-elass Win
dow of Ben's Restaurant at sol
Fourth street S.W.
He did this. he told police. be-
cause he wanted a place to live
Moody. who is colored, dis
cuSsed the situation with Judge
Edward A. Beard in Municipal
Court this morning. He said he
was pleading guilty to a charge
Of destroying private property
and to an intOxication charge
because he wanted to go to jail
Judge Beard remarked that he
wished he could do more to help
the man get a new start than
send him to jail. He asked
Moody "how much time do you
want?"
III take 60" Moody said.
"All right" said the judge
Sixty days"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
BY GEORGE BEVERIDGE

The stage appeared to be sci
today for final National Capita
Planning Commission approva
of the Zeckendorf plan for re.
developing Southwest Washing.
ton.
The commission already ha;
Endorsed a plan showing the
kind of development which woulc
take place in each block Of
the rebuilt waterfront area be.
tween the Washington Channe
and independence avenue.
During the last two months
however, staff members OF
the commission, various District
agencies and the Redevelopment
Land Agency have been trans
Ilating the plan to complex writ
ten specifications required by
law.
All the paper work and new
maps were to be presented tc
the commission late today.
STATS in Accord
John Nolen, jr., commission
director, said that. so far as
he knows, there is agreement
at the staff level among all the
agencies concerned"
If the planners approve, the
data will go to the District
Commissioners. who will hold q
public hearing on the plan, Their
decide whether to adopt 1t a;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
Providence Finishes
Shift of Patients
To New Hospital

Providence Hospital today com
pleted moving the last Of its pa
tients from the old hospital ir
Southeast into the new build
ing in Northeast.
Thirty-five patients were moved
in the cross-town lift by fleet
OF ambulances volunteered BY
nearby rescue squads and funera,
homes. The patients included /;
mothers, IA babies and 8 medi.
cal and surgical patients
The old hospital stopped ad.
hitting new patients on Marcf
rs and the new hospital begar
admitting patients yesterday.
Hospital officials expressed
their thanks for today's lift t.
the Bethesda Chevy Chase Res.
cue Squad. the Capital Ambu.
lance Service, the Huntemanr
funeral home, Walsh's funera
home. the Kensington Rescue
Squad. Bethesda Naval Hospital
Walter Reed Army Hospital. Hy.
songs funeral home. Hospita
Services, the Warner PumphreS
funeral home and the Wheaton
j Rescue Squad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Association for Child
hood Education winds up its
meetings in the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
The American Institute of
Timber Construction con-
tinues its sessions in the
Shoreham Hotel.
The American Public Re-
lations Association goes into
its second day of meetings
in the Hotel Statler.
The National Association
Of Temple Secretaries con-
tinues a -day meeting in
the Shoreham Hotel.
The Antitrust section OF
the American Bar Associa-
ton starts a two-day meet
ing in the Mayflower Hotel.
The American Academy OF
Obstetrics and Gynecology
begins a three-day conven-
ton in the Mayhower Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
Utilities Board Satisfied
With CTC Sofety Record

The District Public Utilities
Commission yesterday declared
itself satisfied with the safety
record of the Capital Transit Co.
The record. honored as first or
second in the Nation among
transit companies since l943,
was questioned recently by
Julian A. Brylawski, chairman
Iof the Commissioners Traffic
Advisory Board. He said the
company, which had been in
lvolved in no fatal accidents last
year. had been involved in four
this year.
No Let-dOwn Found
Yesterday, after a conference
with etc Vice President j. B.
Ecker, Chairman George E. c.
Hayes Of the Public Utilities
Commission said, Capital
Transit has brought in evidence
tending go show there has been
no let-down in their safety pro-
gram"
Utilities Commissioner Robert
M. Weston pointed out that
there has been mo specific COM
plant" from Mr.. Brylawski and
mo prima facie case Of relaxa-
ton of safety procedures"
Mr.. Ecker said that, while the
company was involved in no
fatalities in 1855, 1t was involved
in FIVE in 1854. seven in 1858, 10
in 1862 and seven in 1851.
Up To 81
Between l945 and l949, he
said, the company was involved
in from 81 to IA fatalities a year
But. he insisted, the company
had won first or second place in
THE annual national safety con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05

tests of the American Transit
Association since 1913. for cities
with more than 100000 popula
ton.
Earlier. the company's pres
ident. j. A. b. Broadwater, met
for an hour and a half with the
District Commissioners anc
members of the Public Utilities
Commission for discussion Of
House Commerce Committee
proposals to keep the company
in business next August. Then
under present legislation, it viii
die by act of Congress. Another
session as planned soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
Processes Get
Straight Tip on

BY AL ALIBRANDO

This curtseying is no small
matter.
1T must have balance and
timing" Mrs. Perle Mesta told
SO Cherry Blossom princesses
today.
Mrs. Mesta, former Minister
to Luxembourg and Washington
hostess of considerable renown.
taught the young women the art
Iof gentle knee-bending in a prac-
tice session at the Hotel Statler's
presidential room.
The princesses will make their
polite bob before the Cherry
Blossom Festival queen at the
festival ball tomorrow night in
the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
ITS an Ordeal"
! ITS an ordeal" warned Mrs.
Mesta, but you must do 1t very
slowly"
From Alabama through Wyo-
ming land territories in be-
tween the young women came
through the practice line under
the watchful eye of Mrs. Mesta.
Keep your eyes on the person
before you" she told Judith
Dunkle, Miss District of Co.
lumbia.
Balance on the right foot"
she advised Pat Morris, Miss
Maryland, from Salisbury.
Even though a good curtsey
still takes some doing, Mrs.
Mesta told her pupils it's not
nearly so rigorous as when she
was presented to England's King
George and Queen Mary many
years ago.
Not So Formal Now
Its not so formal now" she
recalled. Even the clothes in
those days made a presentation
at court a chore"
One of the princesses may
have learned all her curtseying
for nothing. A spin of the wheel
of fortune at the ball by Presi-
dental Assistant Sherm a n
Adams will select one of the SO
young women as Festival Queen.
She will reign at the ball and
will receive her royal crown at
the festival pageant at 2 pm.
Saturday at the Jefferson Me-
mortal.
Because rules for selection of
the festival queen do not per-
nit the name of a District of
Columbia princess to be in
cluded on the wheel of fortune,
Miss Judith Dunkle. this years
District representative, was
named queen for today by festi-
val officials.
In a final word to her pupils,
Mrs. Mesta encouraged them to
remain relaxed while honoring
their queen.
You'll probably be nervous"
she said. II always am, but try
to relax. It's so much easier to
curtsey that way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05

student passed the StenographiC
test.
Shortcomings in reading were
the reason for some students
downfall, he added. The school,
system recently has been com.
batting lags shown up in city.
wide reading tests. especially
among Negro youngsters.
50 to so Per Cent Pass
A Civil Service Commission
aide said so to go per cent Of
those taking the typing-stenog-
raphy tests usually pass. Many
students take the tests only fol
practice, the aide said.
The only requirement for tax.
ing the tests is that the appli-
cant be at least II, the aide
added.
Mr.. Douglas. who spoke at 9
session dealing with employment
problems sponsored by the
Washington Urban League anc
the District Federation of CiviC
Associations, also said 80 pei
cent of the city's private EN-.
ployers won't accept Negro ap.
plicantS.
Employers are asked to specify
whether they will accept Negroe!
when they ask the school system
for job applicants. he said, al
though adding that there is M
official policy on this score.
Fred Hetzel. director of the
United States Employment Serv'
ice here, told another session hi
agency wants to develop closel
cooperation with the schools il
job placement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
Oldest Inhabitants STUDY
Offer Of $1-o-Yeor Site

Others joined In this move. but
when a vote was called for. those
favoring unseating Mr.. Leeman
were unable to muster a major
ity. Mr.. Leeman resented being
charged with bias. he said.
Suter Dissents
Jesse c. Suter supported Mr..
Kronheim. He pointed out the
plan to move the old fire house
to George Washington Univer-
sity's campus would mean the
interior of the building would
be altered. He said the associa-
ton would not have the same
privileges as it now does.
Mr.. Smith read a letter from
the associations treasurer, Bruce
Baird, president of the National
Savings & Trust Co.. saying the
$4,000 offer will be definitely
withdrawn at the end of this
session of Congress. Under the
George Washington University
plan. he said, the association
would have exclusive use of the
second floor of the building. re-
erected on the campus. But Mr..
Baird wrote the university should
furnish heat and light.
Mr.. Leeman reported on a visit
he and Mr.. Baird had made to
the Funds deputy managing
director, H. Merle Cochran, in an
effort to get it to pay into the
associations treasury $4,000
Mr.. Leeman said Mr.. Cochran
was not pleased with the prop
osition and had declared the
Fund had made a fair PROPOSE
ton. He added Mr.. Cochran
declined to submit the $4,000
request to his own board.
Mr.. Leeman urged the associa-
ton to wait until the congress
sional hearing on the entire mat
ter, unless the Fund moves in
the interim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
The
Rambler
Lies Been Stormy
For the Cherry Trees
By JACK JONAS
The Japanese were smart.

They went to a lot of trouble,
some As years ago, sending
over the cherry trees which
now ring the Tidal Basin and
Hams Point.
The trees were called-with-
out much observation-disclosures
Towering cherry trees. Then
World War II came along, and
the good feeling died.
The Koreans, the year after
the last great war started, said
the japanese had stolen the
cherry trees from Korea and
tranSplanted them in Japan.
There were suggestions in
Congress about changing the
name to Korean Towering
cherry trees.
The Horticultural Nomen-
clature Committee sat down to
determine what could be done.
There was no question that
these particular trees sent to
Washington had been grown
in Japan. But, the committee
pointed out, they were in
digenous to Korea and China.
So, in 1943, the name was
changed officially to Oriental
Towering cherry trees, and
that's what they've been since.
After the war the Japanese
got busy again. They made
another gift to the United
StateS-a giant stone lantern.
So now the japanese name
is there again. The lantern
is the japanese Stone Lantern,
set down smack in the midst
of the Oriental Towering
cherry trees. The lantern was
the starting point for this
years festival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05

Mr.. Douglas partly blamed q
shortage of teachers for the low
results in some schools. In other
cases, he said, students had
taken the subjects in junior high
or early in high school. and had
forgotten much of what they
knew by the time they took the
tests.
Some of the students passed
tipping but couldn't meet the
lstenographic requirements. But
many flunked both. Mr.. Douglas
said. In one school not a single
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
BLOSSOM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TODAY
pm-Conferences Of state societies reception and
dance for cherry blossom princesseS Presidential ROOM
Stater Hotel Reception preceded by presentation tro
phies to drill, band and parade contest winners.
TOMORROW
pm-Cherry Blossom Ball. Sheraton Park Hotel.
Selection Of Festival queen be made by spin of wheel
Of fortune.
SATURDAY
2pm.-Cherry Blossom Pageant and GROWING OF queen
at Jefferson Memorial, Tidal Basin.
pm.-Band concert introduction Of festival queen
and princesses. jefferson Memorial
SUNDAY
pm.-Repeat Of pageant at jefferson Memorial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05

AROUND 600 Japanese, er,
Oriental" trees now fringe the
Tidal Basin, a National Capt.
tai Parks spokesman said, with
a slip of the tongue, and a
nearly equal number grace
Hams Point.
They are Of such varieties
as Shirayuki, Ariake, Jo-nioi,
T aki-nioi. Surugadai-nioi,
Somei-yoshino, Mikuruma-
gaeShi, Ichiyo. Fugenza, Fu-
kurokuju and Kwanzan.
In 1885 Miss Eliza Scidmore
saw the cherry trees in Japan
and got the idea they might
help beautify the Capital. For
several years she tried without
success to convince our Gov
eminent of this. Then. in
1909.a she enlisted the aid of
Mrs. William Howard Taft,
who had lived in Japan.
Mrs. Taft rounded up all the
japanese cherry trees avail
able in this country-80 of
them-and had them planted
near where the Lincoln Me-
mortal now stands.
At about the same time DR..
Jokichi Takamini, a Japanese
chemist, was in New York and
heard of Mrs. Taft's interest.
He proposed a gift of 1000
trees.
The japanese bundled up
1000 trees and sent them to
Washington. They got here
December Is, 1910, and after
a lengthy examination the
Department of Agriculture
ordered them destroyed. Too
much disease and too many
bugs, the department said.
When the japanese Embassy
was informed of the action, an
attache smiled and said:
Il believe your first Presi-
dent set the example of
destroying cherry trees, didn't
hep"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05

iSCuQenCS WHO COOk ClNll OeTVlCe
tipping and stenography tests a
year ago failed.
The percentage passing the
two tests was especially small
among Negro students, he re-
ported. Only 7 per cent OF
the students from high schools
of the former colored division
passed, compared with 81 per
cent from formerly all-white
schools. he said.
Breakdown by Schools
Mr.. Douglas gave this break
down for both tests:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
BY WILLIAM A. MILLEN

The Association of Oldest In
ihabitants last night heard Lee
NJ. Bernstein, real estate man
offer it a new site for the old
Union Fire Engine House and Of
fcially thanked him.
In a debate, punctuated by an
unsuccessful attempt to unseat
the chairman, Herbert P. Lee
man, a vice president, the asso-
citation referred Mr.. Bernstein's
proposals to its executive COM
mittee. The association met in
/ the old house. Nineteenth and H
streets NV.
! Despite much discussion last
night, the future of the vener-
able building remained in as
much doubt as ever. The asSo-
cations president. William E
Leahy. due back from Florida
late this week following recuper-
alton from a heart attack. Is
expected to play a major role
in the next move.
Hearing Date Not Set
The hearing by the Judiciary
Subcommittee of the House Dis
trict Committee on a bill by
Representative Thompson, DEM
ocrat of New Jersey, after the
Easter recess. might be interest
ing. But a date for this
hearing has not yet beer
set. This legislation would per-
nit the association and the ole
house to remain where they are
Last night, the association
heard warning by Addison I
Smith. a former Representative
that it might find itself evicteo
soon. without a home and with
the $4,000 offer of the Interna-
tional Monetary Fund with
drawn, unless it makes up Its
mind promptly, The Fund wants
to construct its new building or
the property occupied by the
fire house. although it wa:
brought out the actual site viii
be used only as a driveway anc
park to ornament the new struc'
ture. Mr.. Smith urged the asso'
citation to accept the offer o.
George Washington Universit!
to provide q site TO which Il
move the building
Mr.. Bernstein offered the as
ISOLATION a perpetual lease at S,
annually on the back portion O
a lot adjoining the historic hous'
lat 2618 K street NV.
Auditorium Offered
He also invited it to meet with
out cost in the auditorium of hi
building at Twentieth and I
streets NV, one evening {
month. He said this would stanC
regardless of whether it accepted
his lease offer.
Mr.. Bernstein said that. If thu
$4,000 offered by the Fund Il
insufficient. he will work with
a committee to aid in raising
the necessary money. Paul Brad
shaw made the motion to reteI
Mr. Bernsteins proposals to thu
executive committee and the as
ISOLATION adopted it.
At one juncture during las
nights proceedings, Milton S
Kronheim reiterated his obiec'
ton to Mr. Leeman as presiding
officer. He accused him of con
Quoting a filibuster and having
a narrow viewpoint and sale
someone more neutral than Mr.
.ILeeman should take the chair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-05
Half D. c. Students Fail
Federal Typing Tests
Stenogruphy Shows Fewest Passing;
Percentage Is Lowest for Negroes

District high school students aren't showing up well on
tipping and enographc tests according to school
employment expert
Simon A. Douglas job counselor in the District schools
department told meeting at Howard University
that than half of the Washington public school