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CHURCHES FOR SALE

CHURCH FOR SAILS mi. west OF
Falls Church, on Lee hwy. at inter-
section Of Dunn Loring I'd. Pews
Tor 1873. Bsmt. with dining area
Kit. and rest-rooms, 2 Sunday
School rooms: parking area fol
20 cars on church grounds. For
write Box 366, Rt. S, Vienna. va
CHURCH LOT, 32x4o; building in
can see Sunday. Nokesville, va.
FRED s. GOODWIN.
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Same basic house as above IN
addition having 2l-FT. DEN
PORCH. partial rec. rm and lava
tory, BUILT-IN GARAGE beautiful
private yard with big trees. patio
and barbecue.
For either OF above homes, from
Hecht's on out Wilson blvd. to n.
left to our open Signs.
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. stores and gas station, all
rented with leases good income,
Approx. 100000 cash to handle ali
three.
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EXECUTIVES

And to those who have attained
status, We are pleased to offer for
your discriminating inspection this
conservative blend of contemporary
styling consisting of 3 bedrms. q
more bedrms., maids rm.. guest rm..
rms. with floor-to-ceiline brick FIRE.
place wall: Western style interior
with beamed ceilings: all purpose
screened porch (and is it large!) +;
push-but tons and many CADETS ali
this and more---in a woodland set
ting on over i2-acre lot in Lake
on today's market at S31.2I5. We
Will be pleased to hear from you.
Call ia, 7-666O,
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MADISON MANOR

lst SI7,UOU
Unbeatable value In this fine N.
Arlington neishborhood. BOTH VA
AND FILA APPRAISED at this mod
est price Lovely center entrance
brick Colonial with 2l-ft LIV. RIM
and mirrored fireplace, large sepa-
rate din rm. equipped kitchen, 3
BIG BEDROOMS tile bath FULL
BSMTn nice lot with trees.
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CABALLEROS

Choice N. Arl. area as the locale
3.bedrm. rancher, styled along line
OF the OLD SOUTHWEST: double
sized corner lot. completely fenced
in, more than-ade1uate Diet. garage
to any home owner; center hall. for,
nal din, rm,, grand piano-SiZed liv
rrn., jalouSied porch, finished rec
rm,, many other features (Spacious
ness, construction, appointments
floor plan). Priced under 100000
with S20.000 LIST trust available
most liberal terms. Call ia. 7-666C
to inspect.
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ALEXANDRIA
"CEDERDALE"
EXCLUSIVE WITH
ROYME LAMBORN

REALTOR
FOR THE BEST IN REAL ESTATE
OF. 1885 OF. 4-S035
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3-Story, 9-rm. house; valuable
corner, zoned LIST comml: HOS New
Hsmpsh ire ave NV
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OPEN | PM.

Dirs.: From Shirley Mem. hwy. at
Lincolnia cloverleaf, IT. on Route 236
approx. 2Ia miles past Annandale.
turn left at Wakefield Forest sign.
ARLINGTON REALTY
2212 Wilson Blvd, ia. $4,000 TIL o
ia
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T-UNIT APT HOUSE. in NV. WASH
ing ton; colored clientele tincome,
$4,000 a YEAR,. Price, Sog,g5O.
Never a vacancy.
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rs in SemifinuIs
OF Contest for
Mrs. Washington

Twenty-Five housewives of this
area have been chosen as semi
lfinalists in the Mrs. Washington
contest sponsored by the WASH
ington Gas Light Co.
Seminal eliminations will
begin tomorrow and end next
Tuesday. The trials will be held
in the Washington Gas Light
Co. auditorium, with five women
ito be selected on the basis Of
cooking and homemaking skills.
The five finalists thus chosen
will compete for the title Of
Mrs. Washington and the chance
to represent Washington at the
Mrs. America finals this spring.
Those listed as semif1nalistS
are:
trude w. Arthur. Mrs. Marjorie L. Bias
ingame, Mrs. Nan NJ. Blunt Mrs. Sunny
Brader, Mrs. Margaret A. Cleveland
Mrs. Bobbie Lee Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth De
CeSsris, Mrs; Cora B. Everett ,.,
Fitzpatrick. Mrs, Ann Fredericks, Mrs.
Caroline G. Gayler, Mrs Peggy Gosman,
Mrs. Joan A. Heller, Mrs. Mary N. Hoff-
man. Mrs, Leda Hintze.
H. Kraft, mrs. Eileen Markham, Mrs.
Pease, Mrs Lyla Ann Porter, Mrs. Biddis
Robinson and Mrs. Virginia Rodgers
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Study Of Midwest Transit
Goes to D. C. Committee

Members of the Senate Dis
trict Committee today began
studying a report by staff mem
bers on how public authorities
operate transit services in Cleve-
land and Chicago. They ex-
pressed belief that the extensive
staff report contributed valuable
information as a guide to the
committee on how they should
solve Washington's problem.
The report was made by William
P. Gulledge, counsel, and Murray
w. Weight, assistant counsel,
and Col. T. M. Nosek, assistant
engineer commissioner. Their in
vestigation was inspired by a
protest by Senator Allott, Re-
publican of Colorado, that while
the Cleveland public operation
was reported successful, a Cleve-
land witness had failed to tell
the Senate committee that there
was involved a $32 million bond
issue voted by Cuyahoga County
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Action Is Due
On DC. Taxes

The House Rules Committee
is expected to act tomorrow on
the bill reported yesterday by
the House District Committee to
raise city taxes by at least $40
million and the Federal pay
ment authorization by 81 NIL
lion.
Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee said
yesterday he will ask for an
early hearing before the House
Rule Committee for a closed
rule on the tax bill to prevent
any hit-or-miss amendments
from the House floor.
Chairman Smith of the House
Rules Committee welcomed the
appeal for the special rule, say
ing he wanted to get this prob
lie mout of the way as soon as
possible"
First of all, he pointed out he
is chairman of the Fiscal Sub
committee of the House District
Committee, which reluctantly
recommended a higher load of
District taxes to meet the cur
rent financial crisis of the Dis
trict. And. as chairman of the
House Rules Committee, he
wants the measure to go to the
House as soon as possible with
out any hamstringing floor
amendments.
The bill was reported from the
House District Committee yes
terday. Soon thereafter. Chair
man Mcmillan told Mr.. Smith
he wanted action soon and with
a closed rule.
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Rambling

An IriShman we know says
he has the perfect st. Patrick's
Day telephone extension
BIT.
North Dakota Representa-
tive Burdick's insistence on
free bread in the House Res
taurant, even though he does
not eat bread himself, is rem
iniScent of the story of the
Tennessee mountaineer who
some years ago logged himself
out in his travelling clothes,
got his gun and mounted his
horse. When a friend asked
him where he was going, he
replied, Il hear Sam Houston'S
started a war down in Texas,
and I'm goin' down to fight
TOR my rights"
A Christian Brother in his
cleric's garb was buying Chris
tian Brothers wine near La
Sale College, a Christian
Brothers institution. :.
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CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The District Dental So
ciety continues its Oath an
nual Postgraduate Clinic in
the Shoreham Hotel.
The Air Force chaplains
go into their third day of
meetings in the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
The Public Health Confer
ence on Records and Statis-
tics continues in the Shera-
ton-Park Hotel.
The Association of Mill
tary Colleges and Schools of
the United States begins a
two-day meeting in the
Mayflower Hotel.
The Mortgage Bankers
Association of America be-
gins a two-day Mortgage
Bankers Clinic in the Hotel
Statler.
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Staying Suspect
Held for Jurors

Wade Raymond Barber, IS, of
229 P street NV, was held for
action of the grand jury by a
coroner's jury yesterday in con-
nection with the death of
Dolphus Leach. As, who died in
a shooting on March 4.
Barber, who is colored, fled to
Richmond after the shooting
but gave himself up two days
later.
Witnesses told police Leach,
also colored, chased Barber into
the street after a pearl-handled
revolver Barber brought into the
house went off, shooting Mrs.
Leach in both legs. Barber turned
on Leach and shot him in the
forehead. Mrs. Leach is recover
ing from her wounds in Freed
mems Hospital.
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Lawyers Get Course
In Atomic Cases

The Atomic Law Institute be-
gan yesterday series of courses
designed to teach lawyers how
to handle contamination and
radiation cases.
The 30-hour course is being
given by the institute in the viii.
lard Hotel. The first class in.
cludes lawyers from the WASH
ington area. Rhode Island, In
diana and Michigan, Bigelow
Boysen, director. said.
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in order to make effective use OF
a muchadvertised rapid transit
system.
Conclusions reached by the
two Senate committee staff men,
bers and Col. Nosek included the
following:
The independent mass trans
it authority as it exists in Cleve-
land and Chicago has resulted
in a workable solution to the
problem of providing an area
wide transit system.
Tax Relief Necessary
Tax relief is necessary for the
operation of an adequate mass
transit system.
Financing Tin these two cities)
has been accomplished by the is
suance of revenue bonds and
equipment trust certificates.
Under a public authority sys-
tenn their physical assets have
been increased and modernized.
Collection and maintenance of
detailed passenger records are
not essential to the successful
operation of a mass transit sys-
tenn.
Rely on Earnings
These authorities are similar
to privately owned companies in
their administrative setup mas
much as they must rely upon
earnings to operate successfully
The construction of the pro-
posed $50 million loop in Cleve-
land is not necessary for the OPP
Grafton of an adequate mass
transit system there.
AS required in Cleveland and
Chicago, all purchases for the
transit system above a stipulated
amount should be awarded by
the board to the lowest respon-
sible bidder after reasonable adj
vertising.
Specifications for buses should
permit competition bidding.
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Humane Society
IOffers Awards

The Washington Humane So
ciety is Offering an award of $500
to the person who performed the
most outstanding act of hu-
manity to animals in the last
year.
The society is also offering
a 500 "Mr. White" award. 1t
will be given to the group parti-
cipating in the most outstanding
humane activity. The award was
named in honor of a cat named
Mr.. White"
Nominations for award candi-
dates are being received at the
Offices of the Washington HUI
name Society, 1881 New York
avenue NV,
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Banned
Near D. {. Vote
Booths
Partisan Efforts
Prohibited Within
Radius of 100 Feet

The Board of Elections an
nounced today that it has
adopted a regulation forbidding
partisan political activity in the
Immediate vicinity of the voter
booths to be opened
throughout the District to-
morrow.
The board banned political
appeals within 100 feet of the
registration stations.
This means that citizens can
not be urged to enroll in either
the Democratic or Republican
Party within the 100-foot radius.
Under pressure of a city-wide
registration campaign spear
headed by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, residents con-
Itinued today to crowd central
registration headquarters on the
street floor of the District
Building.
Hundreds Register
More than 200 signed up yes
terday. the busiest day SO far.
The pace appeared almost as
fast this morning despite bad
weather conditions.
Election Board officials ex-
pressed hope that thousands OF
citizens will turn out when tie
"a neighborhood booths are
opened tomorrow for four days.
Hours of these booths will be
from l to 9 pm. tomorrow
Thursday and Friday, and from
10 am. to 2 pm. Saturday.
These are the only four days
in March for the neighhorhood
registration.
Three-Part Regulation
The regulation banning parti-
san political activity around the
Stations follows:
81. No partisan political activ-
lity shall be carried on or per-
mitted in any building during
any period while 1t is in use as
a voter registration station, OF
shall be carried on within loo
feet OF any such building while
it is so used.
%. AS used in this regulation
the words partisan political &C
tivity' mean any activity intend
led to persuade a person or per-
sons to register in one partic-
ular political party. as opposed
to some other party. The ac-
tivities hereby restricted include
without limitation the display or
distribution of partisan signs or
literature, and the addressing of
persons in a partisan manner,
either by word of mouth, by
means of recordings or loud
speakers or otherwise.
80. This regulation does not
restrict any nonpartisan activity
which, without favoring or men
tioning particular political
party, encourages persons to
register as members of the party
of their choice, nor does it re-
strict the transportation of per-
sons to or from any registration
station for the purpose of regis
tering. regardless of the fact
that all persons so transported
may be of the same political
party"
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District Teacher Survey
Proposed by Spencer

I the congressional hearings on
the city's budget to show that.
of 10 comparable cities, Wash
ington is fifth in pupil-teacher
ratio, with % students to each
teacher, not counting night
school, kindergarten, summer
school or the Americanization
school.
The text of DR.. Corning's
statement:
1.-THE suggestion has been
made, as reported in the press,
that the educational difficulties
presently experienced in the
schools should be solved by de-
noting large numbers of chill
dren to grades more in keeping
with their levels of educational
achievement, as indicated by test
results.
Il am sure that any educator
would share my opinion that the
wholesale demotion of children
would be neither practical nor
educationally sound. Grade
placement of children through
promotion or demotion must be
determined on an individual
basis. The schools have always
had the problem of widely vary
ing abilities and achievements to
contend with in the schools. Pre-
Isumably these differences will
always exist. since children
themselves are so different.
Various Devices Used
Differences are adjusted as
much as possible by various
educationally sound devices such
as grouping children within a
class according to individual
needs. organizing classes accord
ing to the ability and achieve
ment levels of children, estab-
fishing special classes for chill
dren who are in any respect
atypical, individual help given by
the teacher as needed and re-
quiring. students to repeat a
grade or subject.
"These devices have long been
employed and are being re-
emphasized at this time. None
of these devices can be success
full If classes are so large that
the teacher cannot give indi-
Ividual help to children.
THE obvious and unacceptable
solution to the problem of in
Idividual differences and the only
way to assure good teaching is
more teachers so that regular
Glasses can be smaller and so
that more special classes for
atypical children can be Or
,ganized."
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once in five weeks" she said. She
credited an unusually good men,
DRY for her ability to remember
the names of some children
when I started teaching SO
years ago." she recalled. Il had
only eight or nine schools and
got around every four weeks"
A good program, she sug-
gested, would get the instructor
to each class at least two or
three times weekly.
Science Weakest
Elementary schools have a
similar handful of travelling
teachers in science, music ano
art. A l949 report suggested the
total was hardly worth main
tanning. The science quota is
very possibly reflected in high
schools, where it is the weakest
major subject Gin junior highs
according to Science Director
Keith johnson, teachers are
stopping in order to teach
youngsters to read)
1.-The children are getting q
look at science. 1t amounts tc
nothing" said Mrs. Bessie
Cramer, elementary education
director.
MIS-. Cramer noted she has g
staff of seven supervisors for the
city's some 1000 elementary
teachers.
Teachers should be seen ev
cry two or three weeks, but WI
can't even keep up with the new
ones" she said. 1.-THE supervisor
are the ones who have to int
CRATE the school system.
She added tn at with BIZ
classes ''even experienced teach
ers need someone to come in ant
give a boost. But we can't do it.
Part Time Principals
No elementary schools hav
assistant principals, although
some have 100 or more pupils
Some have only part-time prin
cipals and clerks, who alternat
between schools.
Speech-correction teachers ge
to a building once in two weeks
THAT doesn't accomplish on
thing" Mrs. Cramer said.
Few crippled children ar
taught adequately through higi
school and only some of then
are transported.
There even are waiting list
for classes for the hard-of hear
ing and the semiblind.
TOMORROW: Wasted brain
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commissioner Samuel spencer
has stepped into the city's schoo,
row, suggesting that a thorough
survey be made to find out il
the schools are using theil
teachers to best advantage.
Speaking as an individual anC
specifically denying that his
views are necessarily those Of
the Board of Commissioners
which he heads, Mr.. Spencer
said late yesterday:
1.-The Board of Education and
the school administration should
make a thorough study to see
if there aren't things that can
be done within the present re-
sources that would go long
way toward meeting the situa-
ton"
Approves Raising Issue
Without agreeing with the
conclusions of Brig. Gen. Thorn
as A. Lane, Engineer Commits
sioner, that the schools tagging
pupils be denoted, Mr.. Spencer
said he thought it good thing
his colleague had brought the
problem up. Many of the stu
dents from the formerly colored
schools have been behind in aca-
demic achievement. Gen. Lane
suggested these students, under
inte2ration, should be down
graded to work that is within
their abilities,
His speech. given Saturday al
an education meeting in the
District Building. aroused strong
reaction. School Supt. Hobart
M. Corning yesterday called il
neither practical nor educa-
tionally sound"
DR.. Corning's solution is more
teachers, thus allowing smaller
classes and more individual
work. The Commissioners. who
have budgetary, but not admin
istrative, supervision over the
schools. cut the requested num-
Der of new teacher salaries in
the pending budget from 214
to 70.
Cites Tight Finances
If survey such as he sug-
gests showed the schools are
making the best use of what
they have, Mr.. Spencer said, the
Commissioners might be more
likely to allow more expendi-
ture for teachers.
Stressing the city's tight fiscal
Mr.. Spencer said the
total teachers-to-p pupils ratio
here is not out of line with those
of other cities.
He quoted figures gathered for
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links in the present educational
program. Some other links are
missing altogether.
The testing weakness ties, like
most others, to lack of funds.
The type of testing Gen. Lane
was talking about consists of
city-wide exams given annually
to all pupils in certain grades.
This is the kind Of test which
has been showing up the Dis
trict's tagging achievement aver
ages.
Can't Afford Enough Tests
The problem, according to Of
ficials, is that the schools can't
afford to give enough of the
tests and don't have the staff tc
get proper reports out quickly
Not only tagging children are
thus neglected; tests help to spot
bright ones, and under present
conditions many of them may bt
doing far less than their best
without anyone being the wiser
With inadequate group test.
ing, according to Asst. Supt
Carl F. Hansen, the schools cam
hope to do adequate grouping
for teaching.
The other kind of testing
aside from the ordinary day-to.
day kind in the claSsroom-is ar
individual sort intended for chill.
dren who are seriously retarded
or emotionally upset. These take
an hour apiece with a trained
testing expert.
The trouble on individual tests
is hree-fold. There are too few
experts to give them and toe
few clerks to type up the results
The writer in an earlier article
revealed that there is now 9
backlog of 1900 individual test
referrals. And currently there
are some 200 backlogged reports
some dating back to october.
AS for the follow-up, DR.. Irene
Hypps, who has charge of test
ing, put it with only slight exag'
geration: There is nothing"
Hundreds of untested and un,
treated cases carry over from
year to year.
Travelling Instructors
Physical fitness is nationa
problem. Miss Elizabeth F. Mol
ster, a physical education in
structor. told the writer abou
physical training in Washington
elementary schools.
She is one of 10 travelling in
structors who share responsible
|ity for some $4,000 children II
100 buildings. Her assignment
covers Is schools housing III
classes.
II get around to each elias.
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Ice It IS more Than pity or SYM
pathy, it is a desire to serve to the
utmost the neighbor in distress, to
meet his every need, to provide his
every care.
Here we see the need of
Christ's teachings to sensitize
mems consciences; we see also the
need for constant living in the
service of the King, until Chris
tian love and its practice becomes
habitual and spontaneous as was
the love of the Good Samaritan.
I think constantly of this true
and applicable story as I visit
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with the sick in the wards of the Walter Reed Hospital
was called day to the bedside of boy who had
lost both arms in the war He wanted to open bank &C
count with u.s. but thought it would impossible and hope
less assured him his problem could be solved his
account was opened. This gave him uplift and
lease life to know he could handle his financial
problems without depending someone else.
There is always way to help the less fortunate but it
takes time, patience and understanding.
Tomorrow Lisa Kirk