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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
December 3

9-BuFns and Allen. Comedy.
Ronnie's Christmas Job book
fires. George Burns and Creole
Allen stor.
$40
4-StonIey. Comedy.
A comedy series starring Buddy
Hockett.
7-Voiee Of FiFestone.
.Cesore Slept, Net. Opera bosso.
IS guest.
9-ToIent Scouts. Godfrey.
Will originate from Miami Beech.
300
Aeon Do. Contest.
Audience participation show.
Robert Aida is host.
7-Eddie Arnold. Music.
81 Love Lucy. Comedy.
When the Ricordos journey to
Hovono, Lucy meets Ricky's
numerous relatives for the first
time and succeeds in making
horrible impression, especially on
Uncle Carlos.
9:25
5-Motthew Warren. News.
$3.50
4-Robert Montgomery. Color.
| Hour. Sunset Boulevard. A
once famous screen star folIs in
love with q moterioIistic young
writer and makes O comeback
attempt thot ends in disoster.
Mary Astor.
5-ConfidentioI File.
Epilepsy"
7-Lowr'ce Weeks New Faces.
Hour. Top tunes and new
talent.
9-Deeember Bride. Comedy.
Ruth Henshow becomes so dis
trouoht trying to redecorote the
house thot Lily gets Mott to hire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
MONDAY
5-News. Warren.
9-The Late Show.


9-The Late Show. Movie.
Ia Hours. "Stincoree." 1884.
A lone wolf outflow terrorizes
Australia by making roids on
the weolthy. Richard Dix. Irene
Dunno Andy Devine.
ll:20
7-Bowling Time.
Don Ellis vs. Ray Sehonen.
ll:25
5-Feofurom0. Film Shorts.
1850
4-Tonight. Ernie Kovocs.
l2:15
5-Thought. InspirotionoI.
100
9-WeotheF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
MARYLAND
Prince Georges Leaders
Ponder StreomIininq

In addition to providing for a
full-time chairman. the bill au-
thorized the commissioners to Gre
ate new departments and positions.
The legislation was aimed at
calming agitation in the county
for following in Mont9omery's con-
troversial footsteps and adopting a
charter form of government with
a county manager. The bill failed
to satisfy charter leaders, who
campaigned against Mr. Sothoron
and the Democrats in the 1850
election and helped install the first
Republican rule in Prince Georges
in 26 years.
The Republican high command.
however, turned out to be equally
cool toward charter. Not only were
the basic parts of the Sothoron bill
retained by G. o. P. leaders. but
they later Joined with Democratic
chiefs in defeating the charter
in 1852.
Since then the charter movement
has died out in Prince Georges and
politicians no longer explode at the
mere mention OF the words, "coun-
ty manager"
Bond Buyers Provide Spur
What repeatedly has started
county leaders today thinking
about such formerly taboo subjects
as county manager is the critical
attitude shown toward the county
recently by the all-important bond
buyers 1t is understood that one
reason the bond houses have given
the county only fair credit rating
is their opinion that the county is
ineftlciently governed
A major cause of this alleged in
efficiency, of course, cannot be
solved by mere reorganization of
county government. Much of it is
caused by the compleXity Of govern
ment in Prince Georges. where resi-
dents are ruled at the same time
by the county. 2S municipalities,
some 20 special improvement dis
tllcts. the Maryland National Cap
ltal Park and the Washington Sub
urban Sanitary Commission.
The county commissioners have
separate study under way on the
improvement districts. which are
merely little semi-municipalities
used by residents of unincorporated
areas to tax themselves for services
such as street lighting and refuse
collection not generally provided
by the county. Some county officials
feel the districts should be elm
mated entirely, with the county
taking responsibility for more mu-
nicipal-type services.
There also is some discussion
among county leaders of transfer
fering at least some Of the functions
of he.planning commission and the
sanitary agency to the county gov
eminent. The idea here would be
to provide more Capitalization,
which the bond buyers seem to feel
would be an improvement
No one seems to know what to
do about the municipalities, which
are more firmly entrenched than
ever since they were granted broad,
new home rule powers under a
1854 Constitutional amendment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
VIRGINIA
Democrats Look to SO
For Defeat of BroyhiII

tation has been steadily climbing
for the past several years.
Conservative Democrats who have
bolted the party to vote for Mr..
Broyhill have maintained a po-
litical affection for Sheriff Taylor
because he has been identified with
the Byrd organization. Yet he has
lent his support to more liberal
causes. such as the Stevenson for
President movement. winning
friends on that side of the fence.
Somehow he has managed to keep
aloof from the bitter factional fights
that have split the Democratic
Party in Northern Virginia.
The youthful-appearing sheriff, in
his early 40s is, in the minds of
many. the local boy who made good.
A former grocery clerk, he is a vet
eran of World War II and has led
many Fairfax County civic and
charitable drives.
And, more important, politically.
he's nearly always present at every
important gathering of the Demo-
cratic clan.
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TORRENT OF PAPER
Trading Stamps Circle District

troverSies elsewhere in the United
States, may be related to the fact
that the Capital is focal point of
current premium trade investiga-
tions The Federal Trade Commits
sion has stamp inquiry under
way. but is not expected to produce
report until the fall, and the Agri-
culture Department has been study
ing the possible effect of stamps on
retail food prices.
Business in Billions
Enveloping the country in a few
years. the stamps, according to
recent estimate, now involve an
annual retail sales figure Of SOS
billion. Consumers involved total
40 million, according to one report,
or 20 million families, according
to another
According to stamp trade maya
zine. attempts to fight the stamps
have included so legislative bills in
"A States-nearly all quashed or
about to be.
In California. anti-Stamp forces
sought legislation to outlaw the
stickers. A group Of Chicago re-
tailerS bitterly assailed stamp plans
as suicide" Here in the District.
an attorney representing a Nation
wide food chain that has resisted
the stamp influx, called the practice
vicious type of competition.
Retaliating against the stamp
opponents, a top official of the
Sperry g. Hutchinson Co. IS. & H.
stamps is quoted in the June issue
of Premium Practice" as saying:
Attempts to pass legislation re-
stricting the use of trading stamps
is special interest legislation
sought by those seeking relief
from the rigors of the market
place"
Sperry g. Hutchinson founded in
1896, is the oldest and, according
to most sources. the largest trading
stamp company. In the past five
years, it has been Joined by vari-
ouSly estimated number of COM
petitors-200 companies, according
to the trade magazine; $40, accord
ing to a university study. and over
400, according to recent Govern
ment estimate.
How II Works
Just how do the stamps work?
The housewife or shopper receives
gummed coupon for each 10 cents
worth of merchandise. These are
pasted in book that will hold L.
200 to 1900 stamps.
Each book may be redeemed for
merchandise having a retail value,
roughly, of 81 to SO. The available
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Bows Clubs in Troubled Times

to be wrecked by indignation. They
argue that Indignation in theaterS
and restaurants has not kept people
away. Even if forced indignation
means a temporary setback, they
feel it will lead to a future gain.
Police club spokesman fear that
migrating the club now may mean
a great loss in contributions. More
than 81 per cent of the contribu-
tons come from white donors, they
say. They also point out that all
three clubs which have been forced
to vacate are white. And they say
finally that the All Souls expert
ment in indignation has been a
failure.
Ask More Time
Supporters of the new, integrated
club at All Souls say it is too early
to expect their club to show results
like those of the older clubs. They
believe they have made an en-
couraging beginning against con-
siderable odds. They say they would
have more members today except
that the police clubs encouraged
their members to boycott the new
club. Unlike the two big club Or
CARNATIONS. they don't have the
support of either Community Chest
funds or uniformed police solicita-
ton for funds. They say the best
sign that indignation can work is
the fact that the younger boys of
both races are mixing together
freely. They say the predominance
of colored boys in the club only
reflects the pattern of the sur
rounding area, which is predomi-
nantly Negro.
Some supporters of the segre-
gated Police Boys Clubs say that
what the Columbia Heights Boys
Club has done so far is evidence
that social indignation is not
wanted and will never work here.
Other supporters object only to
an inSiStence on immediate segre-
cation. They would like to be given
time to work it out gradually.
Sponsors of the new club say
the time for indignation is already
here. They tell this story in one
of the clubs publications:
"On the day the Columbia
Heights Boys Club opened, two
young Negro bows entered rather
tentatively, not sure that the club
was really meant for them. Not
seeing an adult to question, they
started out again. AS they reached
the door, white boy their own
age ran after them shouting,
Come on in. it's okay!"
Eventually. Washington will de-
eide for itself what's "okay."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
BY G. o. HERNDON

Tanning out from a single Denver
supermarket five years ago, the
trading stamp business has con-
quered supermarkets across the
United States with a hail of bill
lions Of tiny gummed coupons
advertised as shortcuts to thrift and
condemned as symbols of predatory
trade practices.
The District Of Columbia, whose
merchants are barred from giving
stamps under the 1871 "gift-enter-
prise act" is an island of uneasy
calm inside the booming Nation
wide stamp business.
Around the Districts borders, in
suburban Maryland and Virginia.
housewives in recent months have
been collecting stamps with the
purchase of millions of dollars in
retail goods.
Based on national estimates of
the premium stamp trade and Bu-
reau of the Census area trade sta
tiStics just published, conservative
calculation indicates the stamps in
the area around Washington rep
resent annual retail sales OF S62
million.
Eyes on the District
Stamp company officials are
cycling the still sacrosanct Wash
lngton market hungrily. New Cen
suS Bureau figures for 1854 show a
retail sales total in the District of
$336,889.000 in bookstores. drug
stores and gasoline service stations
the businesses most favored by
the stamp trade.
The corresponding figure for
nearby Maryland and Virginia is
$340 million.
Although stamp-free. Washington
readers, viewers and listeners are
not exempt from the premium
firms advertising bombardment.
typif1ed by the Top Value stamp
flrm elephant ripping across tele-
vision screens. And trading stamp
company representatives have been
cautiously trying to jar the tum-
blers in the Districts legal locks
against the stamp enterprise.
The Star last December gave an
account of District Commission
ers' session with attorneys for
stamp concerns. who argued that
the Capitals ban was driving bust
ness out of the District into Mary
land and Virginia.
The comparative caution dis
played here by stamp firm officials
hoping to repeal the District law,
as contrasted to the slam bang con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
DISTRICT
Spotlight to Be Focused
On School Study Here

constitutional right of petitionins
Congress.
The end of that particular debate,
of course. came only in four years
of bloody warfare.
Congress today is unable to re-
solve any of the arguments over
indignation. The simple explanation
for this congressional impotence.
currently demonstrated by debate
over Federal aid to education, is
that pro-segregationist in Congress
are about equally balanced by anti
Segregationists. While neither group
is strong enough to force through
its own program, each can stop the
others.
Although the pro-segregationists
call for legislation to curb the
Supreme Court, they are unable to
get it enacted. Nor can the anti
segregationists force through the
proposed ban on Federal aid to
segregated school districts,
Congress. consequently. can serve
only as forum. The House District
Committee plans to make the most
Of this role.
Southern Domination
The siX-man subcommittee is pre-
dominantly Southern Heading it
is Mi Davis The other two Demo-
Gratis are John Bell Williams
Of southwestern Mississippi, and
Woodrow Wilson Jones of North
Carolina. The Republicans are DR..
Arthur l.. Miller OF Nebraska. and
two Washington area congressman.
Joel T. Broyhill of Virginias Tenth
District, and Dewitt S. Hyde of the
Maryland Sixth District.
While the committees intent
might have been guessed with
reasonable accuracy. disclosure that
it had seriously considered Mr..
Perez clearly showed the national
scope of its aim, for MI. Perez is a
national figure.
He. for example. was one of the
organizers of the States Right
movement against Harry Truman
and the Democratic Party in 1948.
Also, he was kingpin in the tide
lands oil fight and is a leader Of
the Southern drive to resist or upset
the school decision.
His interests. and the commit
tees, obviously are not limited To
the District Of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

other 500 alumni" boys who come
in to help supervise and use the
equipment when the younger boys
are not using it. Between $50 and
500 boys visit the club each day in
the summer and about $50 day in
the winter, according to club rec
ordS.
The membership, appearance. and
activities of this club are quite SIM
liar to those of a different organiza-
tion-the Boys Club of Washington.
This organization has two we'll
equipped permanent clubhouses, one
in the eastern section of the city
and one in Georgetown, and a
smaller club in rented quarters in
Silver Spring. The Boys Club of
Washington has not been involved
in controversy as the Police Boys
Club has. 1t does not use District
space or District help. 1t accepts
only white boys for membership.
1t had a budget of $l87,285 last
year, of which $92.l92 came from
lAlC community SAACSi. GdSlC1l
Branch Club has something none
of the Police Boys Clubs has-a
swimming pool Another pool is
planned for the Georgetown Branch.
Enrolment at the three clubs totals
about $500.
Fewer Are Being, Served
The present controversy over in
tegration in the Police Boys Club
has had one obvious result: Fewer
boys are being served. Each side in
the indignation dispute says this is
the fault of the other side.
Police club partisans say at
tempts to force indignation on the
club may wreck it. Spokesman for
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
which has pushed for eviction of
the segregated clubs from public
property-say the club is not likely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
DISTRICT
BY HECTOR Mclean

The District. frequently battle
field for national issues, seems about
to serve in that role again-thls
time over school integration.
This was indicated by considera-
ton of Leander H. Perez, million
aire boss of the Louisiana bayou
area, as counsel of the House District
Committees coming investigation
into juvenile delinquency here.
Although Mr.. Perez did not take
the post. the subcommittee headed
by Representative James c. Davis
of Stone Mountain, Ga. demon
strated in Offering it to him that
it is seeking national audience for
any shortcomings it can discover in
the working of school indignation
here.
Neutrality-suspicious. members of
Congress grimly believe there are
many such shortcomings. and that
most of these have been covered up
in the bulk Of reports going out of
Washington. Their suspicious about
a cover-up have not been allayed by
the failure Of District officials to
respond promptly and fully to
pointed or even slanted questions.
This lack of response only famed
their determination to bring out
what they believe to be suppressed
facts, since Washington has been
held up to the Nation as an example
of how smoothly and quickly school
indignation can work.
Long Time Guinea Pig
Washington's inea-pig role is
nothing new. 1t derives from the
fact that this is the Seat of Gov.
eminent and that Congress has the
exclusive power of legislation for
the District under the Constitution.
This fact made the District the
cockpit Of debate over slavery and
abolition for nearly three decades
before the Civil War. Petitions to
wipe out slavery in the Capital City
were heard and debated through
the District Committees regularly
from 1881 until 1885 when the
House. under the famous gag rule,
ordered them automatically tabled
without submission to committee
Former President John Quincy
Adams, then member of the
House, fought the rule for4years on
the ground that II abrogated the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
BY GENE GOODWIN

There are rumbleS in Prince
Georges County of big changes to
come in the top-level organization
Of county government.
Several responsible county po-
litical leaders. this column has
found, are seriously bordering the
form that the Streamlining might
take. The reorganization move
probably will come to head in the
fall when county legislators hold
public hearings on this and other
subjects of proposed legislation for
the 1857 General Assembly meeting
next January.
There has been a growing irri-
tation among county officials with
what they feel are insurmountable
obstacles built into the countys
present governmental structure.
Prince Georges County is now
governed by flve-member board
of commissioners which has quite
broad executive powers and limited
legislative authority granted to it
by the State Legislature.
1t is the only county left in the
Washington Metropolitan Area that
has not adopted the system of hir-
ing trained administrator to SUI
perviSe the details of running the
government and carrying out the
policies of the elected board or
council. Alexandria, Arlington and
Montgomery have county managers;
Fairfax County has a county ex-
ecutive.
The closest thing that Prince
Georges has to governmental ad-
ministrator is its commissioner
chairman, who works full time and
is paid $500 year plus 81 900 in
expenses, or little more than
twice as much as the other four
part time commissioners The
chairman is chosen by the COM
missioners themselves.
Too Much Detoil
The present ommissioners-all
mocrats-reportedl have found
that since they took Office about 10
months ago. they have become
more and more engrossed in the
minor details of government and
have less and less time for pro-
gram and policy matters.
AS a result, County Attorney
William L. Kahler has been asked
to investigate the forms OF county
government in other parts of Mary
land and in nearby Virginia The
county executive system in Fairfax
has been receiving particular at
tention in his study.
His findings are to be discussed
in conferences this summer be-
tween legislators, county commits
sionerS and other county officials
From these conferences. presum-
ably will Ca come a decision on
whether any change is needed al
all, and Cbl on the form OF reor-
ganization that the county leader
ship will sponsor.
The present form OF government
in Prince Georges was set up under
the so-called Sothoron bill. passed
by the 1850 Legislature under spon-
sorship Of L. Harold Sothoron, then
state Senator and now chairman
OF the countys Democratic Central
Committee. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
VIRGINIA
BY ALEX r. PRESTON

Only two days before Virginia's
congressional primary, professional
Democrats would be the last to
openly admit that they already are
casting about for a likely candidate
to oppose Republican Representa-
tive Broyhill in 1858.
On Tuesday. the only primary in
the State will be held in the nearby
10th district. made up of Arling-
ton. Alexandria. Fairfax and Falls
Church.
Democrats are entered in all of
the other nine congressional dis
tricts for the fall elections but they
are so certain of their strength that
no primaries are being held.
The affair in the 10th district has
been quiet. lethargic campaign
between three contenders for the
party nomination. Prospects are
for possible record low turnout.
The three Democratic contenders.
Morten S. Boyer, Julius Bremen
and Warren D. Quenstedt. just
haven't been able to stir up enough
interest in the race to promise
anything but small turnout.
In Virginia, unlike Maryland, the
voter does not have to register as
Democrat or as Republican.
But If he goes to the polls on Tues
day he is morally obligated" to
support the Democratic nominee
against Republican Broyhill come
November, according to a ruling
from the State attorney general.
Not Worth the Risk
None of the primary contestants
has raised an issue strong enough
to make it worth while for a Fed
/eral employe to risk" identifica-
ton as Democrat at time when
Republicans still control the execu-
tive branch of government, where
most of the Jobs lie.
That is not to say, of course, that
all Federal workers will stay away
from the polls Tuesday.
On the positive side-from Mr..
Broyhill's viewpoint = there are
many who have been thoroughly
sold on the Republicans record of
two terms and want to remain
morally unobligated" to vote
against him in November.
No one high in Democratic coun-
ellis will say these things for attri-
button, but there is a substantial
amount of defeatist talk behind
the scenes.
Some figure there are about
5000 renegade Democrats in the
10th District who have and al
ways will vote for Mr.. Broyhill as
long as he chooses to run.
With President Eisenhower the
presumed candidate to succeed
himself, the consensus seems to be
that this is not the year to make
the big push against Mr.. Broyhill
The idea seems to be that 1858 will
be the year.
Who are among those figuring in
speculation? There's always talk, OF
course, about Senator Charles r.
Fenwick of Arlington who has con-
sistently disclaimed political aspira-
tons at the Federal level. The one
time candidate for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor maintains his
interests lie entirely within the
State.
Many Are Mentioned
Other names frequently heard
are Alexandria State Senator Ar
instead L. Boothe, Arlington Dele
gate Harrison Mann, Fairfax Dele
gate John Webb. Edmund d. Camp
bell of Arlington, former Delegate
J Maynard Magruder OF Arlington,
Mrs. Anne Wilkins, Fairfax County
supervisor. and Arlington Delegate
Kathryn Stone.
But more likely prospect whose
name is heard more and more fire.
quently may be Fairfax Sheriff
John, E Taylor His political repu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12
Nolan Says Eagles Need
More Work Against Zone

over Woodward Prep In a pre-.
liminary to the Georgetown-AI
varsity game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-12
Spain, Marsh,
.WestruIn Sign

Warren SPAIN, the Braves
h d working Southpaw, has
signed for his 18th season with
the club, and two major leaguers
who were seriously hampered by
Injuries last season have accepted
terms for 1856.
Catcher Yves Westrum Of the
Giants signed for a reported
I$l7,50 and Inflelder Freddie
Marsh became the seventh Oriole
to send in his contract.
Westrum suffered a multiple
fracture of his index finger when
struck by a foul tip last July 81
and didn't play another game. He
batted .212, and hit four homers
in his SO games. His finger has
been declared as good as new by
the Giants physician.
Marsh, who also hit PIP. broke
his arm shortly after the start Of
the season and resumed play
July /.
SPAIN, the ninth member Of
the Braves to sign, informed the
club he plans to go to Florida
around February 10 to get in
some extra conditioning before
spring training begins.