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the investigation of ability to
pay in both voluntary and in
voluntary commitments. The re-
port to Mr.. Lowe brought out
that in establishing rates the
Medical Assistance Division con-
siderS the needs of dependents.
d. c. Claim Comes First
Under the law as interpreted
by a District Court decision, how
ever, the Corporation Counsels
Office now takes the view that
dependents cannot be considered
and that the Districts claim fol
reimbursement on hospital bills
comes first.
The report to Mr.. Lowe also
noted, as The Star pointed out
yesterday, that there is now nc
established procedure or machin-
cry for routine re-investigation
OF payments to determine
whether financial circumstances
have changed.
The only way in which a
rate might be adjusted in these
cases." Mr.. Lowe was informed
lis if the patient or his legal
representative petitions the court
for relief. Obviously, the only
adjustments of this type result
in rates being adjusted down.
ward"
The report noted that the
Corporation Counsel's office is
now sending the Medical AS
sistance Division about half a
dozen cases where the court
has been petitioned to make adj
justments because of hardship.
Mrs. Barbara Hodges, chief OF
the Medical Assistance Division,
reported she had not turned
down any requests for review
yet but she said she has made
it clear that her group did not
have the staff to review every
case where the Collector of Taxes
is having difficulties collecting
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investigative machinery for re-
viewing rates charged relatives
and estates for hospital patients.
The Star brought out yester-
day that the Districts present
collection system works hard
ships on some and is suspected
of relieving others who could
pay full rates.
Mr.. Lowe, who has asked all the
affected agencies to recommend
changes in the law and proce-
dures. also asked for informa-
ton on procedures in the States.
State Council Quoted
The report he received quoted
the following statement by the
Council of State Governments
on State mental health pro-
grams:
Approximately half the States
require by law that a determine
ton of the patients financial
status be made before he is ac-
copied at the hospital. This pro-
cedure is not viewed with favor
by most hospital administrators
In view of the fact that
lack of ability to pay should not
and does not act as determin-
ing factor in the hospitals ac-
ceptance of a patient, there are
no compelling reasons for re-
quiring by law that the patients
financial status be settled prior
to his disqualification, while there
are compelling medical reasons
to the contrary"
AS the Star brought out yes
yesterday, the ability of rela-
tives to pay for patients care
at st. Elizabeths Hospital is
thrashed out in the patients pres
ence at the commitment hear
ing of the Mental Health Com
This is requirement
in the law as it now stands.
The Health Departments Med
ical Assistance Division makes
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The
Rambler
Quiet Stroll
On Meridian Hill
By JACK JONAS

A bit of Old World for
mality and serenity is set
down in the middle of bus
Ting Washington.
Meridian Hill Park-not too
many years ago mound of
gravel and clay-is alive these
days with its spring parade of
nursemaids and their charges.
The long green mall at the
top level to the north crawls
with baby strollers. A young
mother sits on the rim of a
small, still-empty pool near
the Fifteenth street entrance
at Euclid street and her
daughter toddleS around the
floor of the pool, splashing
imaginary water.
Other mothers and maids
rest on the weathered oak
benches, keeping watchful
eyes on the children playing
nearby and at the same time
getting a few moments of
welcome rest.
1t is a dog-walking spot,
too. Some strain at their
leashes to investigate a work.
man cutting the grass.
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Band Festival Duy

A band festival day at the Uni
versity of Maryland on Wednes-
day will draw about 1900 boys
and girls representing 40 junior
and senior high school musical
units, sponsors said today.
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Hospital Collection Plan
Here Seen Inconsistent
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG

preliminary to General Administration Director
Schuyler Lowe the Districts methods dealing hospital
bills shows that of its practices frowneon by hosp
tai administrators, it was learned today.
The recent report also hghlights
emnng how much should be paid hospital bills
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FAR DOWN at the end of
this upper-level mall, reached
by pebbled walks bordering
the sides, a statue of Joan of
Arc, her sword appraised, looks
toward the center of the city.
This is a copy of the original
by Paul Dubois in front of the
cathedral at Rheims.
In front of the statue,
standing at the stone railing
atop the high wall separating
the upper and lower levels. is
a park policeman, giving a
more professional look to the
scene below.
Meridian Hill Park is one of
the Nations most beautiful
parks, and it is not duplicated
anywhere else in the country.
Much of its Italian-French
design, like the Joan of Arc
statue, is borrowed, but these
borrowed bits are put together
with individuality.
The parks architecture is
the work of Horace w. Peaslee,
who spent much time in Italy
and France. studying formal
gardens and parks there. 1t
was designed for summer heat
similar to Italy'S, with water,
shade and air circulation
playing major roles.
The most spectacular use of
water is in the cascades, a
dozen-Stepped waterfall tum-
bling down to the lower level.
Many fountains dot the park.
The waterfall leads down to
a long rejecting pool at the
bottom, a pool bordered with
a stool-high wall, another ia
vorite resting spot. At the
east, facing the pool, is the
Buchanan memorial = to
James Buchanan Of. Pennsyl-
vania" and inscribed The in
corruptible statesman whose
walk was upon the mountain
ranges of the law"
Seated beside the pool is
another nurSemaid, winding a
mechanical dog to amuse a
tot in a stroller.
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BEYOND THE POOL, a man
stands looking at the armil-
larry sphere, an elaborate sun
dial of the type used in China
1000 years ago. When the sun
peeps from behind a cloud,
the man looks at the big time
piece, then at a watch on his
wrist, and shrugS.
The sphere stands aStride
Washington's meridian, from
which the hill gets its name.
Across the way, beside the
penSive statue of Buchanan, a
young man peers cautiously
over his shoulder, then pencils
two sets of initials on the
white marble of the memo
rial. The policeman is at the
upper level, out of sight.
Meridian Hill Park, with its
serenity and its design for a
cool appearance in the heat
of summer, give it a deserved
popularity on the hot days.
Although it is surrounded by
busy streets, the traffic is sell
dom visible. High walls and
dense foliage make it seem
like a place apart.
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Rambling

A travel agency is offering
a sort of a solution to the
parking problem. A sign in the
Connecticut avenue agency's
window says; FREE PARK
ING-Bermuda, 500"
A letter has arrived airmail
from Arlington, Va. :.
A man just back from Italy
took his snapshotS-including
one of the Tower of PiSa--to
be developed, When he got
them back he noted the man
who printed them, probably
muttering about amateur pho
tographers all the while, had
righted the leaning tower. +.
A reader points out that
the compass embedded in the
floor OF the Ben Franklin
Post Office, just inside the
Pennsylvania avenue entrance
nearest Twelfth street. has
north pointing south, and
south pointing north.
A peddler's pushcart on
Seventh street NV. bore this
neatly printed sign "old
crapshooters never die, they
JUST fade away"
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PENGUINS PLAYFUL ON ARRIVAL HERE

u
The unhappy penguin struggling with
the biggest pengun the Nays Antarctic expedition Only
the United States
Uss Eo narrowing too much for most the txedd birds
Unschedued delays
Skua gu captured at the South Pole Some other acquisitions will
shipped to Washington later he SaidStar Photo
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Adai Stevenson today made Stevenson could not resist
plain that he is heartily in favor wisecrack.
of home rule for Washington. He posing with Rep
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24
Services Held
For Mrs. Sforks

Mrs. Mary Allen StarkS, 80,
died Thurs. Feb. 16, after an ill
ness of month. Funeral Serv-
ices were held Tuesday at Mt.
Calvary Baptist Church, Rev. G.
N. Hail. officiating. Burial was
in Greenwood Memorial Park.
Born in Louisiana in 1855, Mrs.
Starks came to Phoenix eleven
years ago and resided at 807B
S. 9th Ave. Before coming to
Phoenix, she had been a worker
for many years in Baptist mis-
sionary field in Monroe, La. Mrs.
Starks was a member of Mt. Cal
vary Baptist Church in Phoenix.
Surviving Mrs. Starks are a son,
James Starks, Sr., of Phoenix; 8
grandchildren, James Starks, Jr.,
Jessie Starks, nd Mrs. Joanna
Brown, all of Phoenix. Mrs.
Starks is also survived by SIX
great : grandchildren a n d l 1
great-grandchildren.
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24
Mary Hamilton
) Rites Are Held

Mary Hamilton, 76, a 28-year
resident Of Phoenix, died Friday,
Feb. II. Funeral rites were held
Wednesday afternoon at Mt Cal
vary Baptist Church, Rev. G. N.
Hall officiating. Burial was in
Double Butte G e m etery in
Tempe.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Myrtle Jackson, of Phoenix; a
brother, Boyd Spellman and a
sister, Ellen Johnson, both of
Texas.
Webber's Eastlake Morturay
completed arrangement.
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24
Longsfon u
A CoppeIIo
Choir To Sing

Donning their robes and gowns
for the fifth national tour, and
a second request performance in
west coast cities, the LangSton
A Cappella Singers will sing their
Alma Mater, and board a char
tered bus this week. for a two
week tour in sohgs of national
appeal.
The group is performing in
a dozen western cities including
San Diego, Oakland and Los
Angeles, Calf; Tucson and Phoe-
nix, Arizona; Tiajuana, Mexico,
and Wichita Falls, Texas.
Under the direction of H. Edi-
son Anderson, this organization
of thirty-three college men and
(Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24

The boycott against the city
buses is allegedly a violation of
Alabama'S anti-boycotting law.
Violators may be punished by six
months in Jail and 81 900 fine.
The grand jury which has in
vestigated the matter, puts sole
responsibility for the boycott on
NAACP, which, they charge has
fostered current racial unrest
in Montgomery"
The jurors also stated, "Dis-
trict dislike, and hatred are be-
ing taught in a community
which for more than a genera
ton has enjoyed exemplary race
relations"
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24
Rites For Gold
Sfur Mother

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida
Brooks were held last week at
Church of God in Christ, Bishop
j. w. Taylor officiating. Mrs.
Brooks was a resident of Phoe-
nix for II years and an active
member of the Church of God in
Christ until her recent illness.
She resided at 1922 E. Adams.
Mrs. Brooks is survived by her
husband, Frazier Brooks, ten
children, Seatta Young, An
drilla McMahan, Clarie Cooper,
Jonathan McCardell, Lucious Nc
Cardell, Rose Marie Airline, Fra
zier Brooks, Jr., Ida Mae Brooks,
Burnis Brooks and Arnetta Nc
Gowan. Mrs. Brooks leaves four
sisters and three brothers in
Texas. She is also survived by 26
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24
COUNTY TO HAVE EXAMS

Maricopa County has posted
bulletins this week announcing
examinations for clerk typist II
at the personnel department, 1o6
South First Avenue.
Applicants are requested to
show proof of residence, proof OF
high school graduation, and also
proof of veteran status (if vet
eran's preference is requested),
with them when they apply.
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24
Alabama "Proyer-PiIgrimoge"
Held BY Negroes As Protest

Montgomery, Ala. = Rev. r. D.
Abernathy, pastor of First Bap-
tist Church, proclaimed today
Prayer Pilgrimage Day. On
this day, all Montgomery's Ne
groes will walk rather than drive
their cars or ride other vehicles.
This proclamation is in protest
against wholesale arrest, includ-
ing twenty-five ministers, made
by Montgomery police in an
action against the Negro boycott
of "Jim Crow" city buses. All
who were arrested have been.
booked and released on $500
bond.
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24
Dinner To Be
Held In Memory
Of DR.. Holmes

A memorial dinner honoring
the late DR.. Fred G.. Holmes,
Phoenix physician n d civic
leader, will be sponsored here
March 3 by the Greater Phoenix
Council for Civic Unity.
The dinner honoring Doctor
Holmes, who was one of the
founders of the council, will be
held at Z pm. in the DR.. Holmes
Memorial Room of the Y.M.C.A.,
$50 N. First Avenue.
DR.. Holmes, his son, DR.. Fred
w. Holmes, and the latter'S two
sons, were drowned when their
boat was swept out to sea last
summer. from the mouth of the
Klamath River in Northern Cali
fornia where they were vacation
ing.
Eulogies will be spoken for DR..
Holmes by us. Representative
Stewart Udall, (D-Ariz); Doctor
Howell Randolph, Phoenix ply
sician; and DR.. G.. Hunter Hall,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church.
William P. Mahoney, Jr., Mar
icopa County attorney, is general
chairman for the event; Dewey
Swihart, YMCA executive secre-
tary, program chairman; and
Sheldon Mitchell, Phoenix attor-
ney, reservations chairman.
The event is open to the public.
Reservations at 81 each may be
made by writing Mitchell at the
First National Bank building, or
calling him at Alpine 8-7896.
Ragsdale Realty is also handling
tickets. Call AL 8-6148.
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24

February 29 is the extra day
Leap Year brings. Nothing spec
ial. We just eat three more
square meals mot to mention
that midnight snack. But in
many countries of the free world
across the seas, there are mil
lions to whom February 29 Is
only another day of short ra-
tions, another night of going to
bed hungry. For them, you can
make something special happen.
ST sent to CARE will make sure
that many days this year will be
made richer for some needy fam
lily. Your 81 will send % pounds
of nourishing foods = enough to
help feed a family of four for a
month! Send your dollar today
to CARE, Uew York 16, or your
local CARE office.
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24
CIVIL RIGHTS LOBBY March 4
Art Exhibit To
Open Feb. rs

= A roster of art judges-read-
ing like a "Who'S Who" directory
in Southwestern graphic arts
was announced today by Fran
ceS Kapanke, director of the 1856
Arizona Scholastic Art Awards
Exhibit which opens on Sunday,
Feb. Is for an eight-day run at
Phoenix College.
Confronted with a record
breaking total of 2,100 entries
from junior and high school art
students in So public, private and
parochial schools throughout the
state, the judges by Thursday,
March 1, must screen this
total to maximum of 900 items
for public display in the CALLER
les of Bons Hall.
"The overall quality Of entries
this year-undoubtedly the high
est in the 12-year history of the
Exhibit - makes the judges re-
sponsibility even greater" Miss
Kapanke said today.
"By next Thursday, they col
lectively will have spent several
hundred hours in carefully eval-
uating every entry. Inasmuch as
at least half of the entries are
deserving of hanging, judged by
ordinary standards, limiting the
ffnaiists to 900 is a most difficult
task" she explained.
Miss Kapanke emphasized the
Judges are not aware of the stu
dents identity or the school he
represents until after their Selec-
tionS are made.
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24
LEGISLATION Will Be Pressed For
Adoption Of The Following: Anti
Poll Tax Anti-Lynching> FEPC
By Harry Ring, Staff Writer
of "The Militant"

More than 1000 delegates, rep
reSenting so major labor, minor
ity, fraternal and church organ
izationS will convene in Wash
ington, March 4-6, to lobby for
Congressional enactment of civil
rights legislation. z
The delegation will press for
adoption Of an effective federal
FEPC, anti-lynch and anti-pOll
tax legislation, ban on federal
funds to Jim. Crow institutions
and provisions to eliminate con-
greSsional filibusters.
Among the participating or
ganizations are the AF'L-CIO, the
National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People, the
auto, steel, rubber, garment.
sleeping car porters, electrical
transport and textile workers
unions. Also the American Civil
Liberties Union, the Jewish Labor
Committee, Americans for Demo-
cratic Action and the American
Veterans Committee.
Not A Mass Rally
The organizers of the rally are
not aiming for an all-out rally
in Washington. In his announce
ment of the lobby, Feb. 2, Roy
wilkins, executive secretary Of
the NAACP and chairman of the
sponsoring Leadership Confer
ence on Civil Rights, declared,
''The influence of the assembly
on Congress will depend less upon
the number of individual dele
gates in attendance than upon
the number of state and Con-
gressional districts represented"
Mr.. wilkins said: cit is essen
tial that Congress enact legisla-
ton this session to safeguard the
civil rights of American citizens"
That is certainly the case. But
can the scheduled assembly, as
presently constituted, compel an
unwilling Congress to do so?
The impressive number of i'm
portant organizations supporting
the lobby is a reflection of the
Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24

Vivian Carter chairman of the National Council
Negro Women president of CARE, and Harold
of the World Veterans Fund.- Inc, look CARE
Murray Lincoln cuts the CARE birthday cake at
tenth anniversary meeting of hte nonprof over
agencys Directors AS vice president of
CARE Mrs Mason taking part in setting the policies of
CARE expanding aid to refugees throughout the
free world well its "Self- program With the
American CARE decade OF service
has shipped million textile nd "Self Help"
packages 211 million dollars to the needy
OF 81 countries. in Europe, Latin America.
Arizona sun., 1956-02-24
PUBLIC SCHOOL WEEK
TO BE OBSERVED

During the week of March 4
through 10, many public schools
will have special activities and
observe Public School Week.
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Protest Rejected
On Hall; Miss Lucy
May Join Session

The General Services Admins
tration yesterday rejected pro-
test of 80 Southern House men,
bers and ruled that the Inter-
departmental Auditorium may be
used for the Assembly for Civil
Rights. The three-day meeting
"opens today.
A spokesman for the assembly
said Miss Autherine j. Lucy. Ne
gro expelled from the University
Iof Alabama. is expected to at
tend a session of the conference
today. although she is not sched-
uled to participate in the pro-
gram. She is reported en- route
from New York to Tuscaloosa
Ala.
The protesting Representa-
Itives, all Democrats, appealed to
President Eisenhower to forbid
use of the hall in the Labor De-
Ipartment Building on grounds
that the meeting is political in
mature. A White House aide
said statement will be made
later.
The opening session at 2:3C
pm. will be held at the Metro
Ipolitan Baptist Church. 1925 r
street NV, and a session al
1880 pm. is scheduled in the In
Iterdepartmental Auditorium.
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South CooIs as Miss Lucy
Debates Her Next Move

ibart Grooms ordered university
officials to accept Miss Lucy for
classes Monday. In doing. so,
however. the Judge cleared the
officials of her charges that they
had conspired in the mob action
of February 6. And, in effect the
Judge said the officials were right
lin keeping Miss Lucy away from
the strife torn school.
Meantime, Mr.. Shores and Mr.
Marshall asked that contempt
charges be dropped against the
-four outsiders" who since have
filed 81 million suits each. The
Lucy lawyers said evidence was
lacking to support the charges.
In view of Judge Grooms' rul-
ing that university officials were
| Continued on Page AS, Col. /
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D. 6. Car Kills
Pedestrian, SO

William Bailey. 68. colored.
died last night after being struck
by an automobile in the 1900
block of Eastern avenue NE.
Mr.. Bailey died in District
General Hospital several hours
after the accident at 7:30 pm.
IA pensioner, he lived at 1112
Eastern avenue NE.
No charges were placed at first
against the driver of the car,
William M. Hollway, 80, colored.
a post-office employee, of SIS
Sixty-second place NE. After
the death, a technical charge OF
homicide was lodged. pending
action of a coroner's jury.
Mr.. Bailey was near the mid
die of the street when the
Southeast-bound car struck him.
The death was the 18th Dis
trict traffic fatality this year,
compared to Is at the same date
last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-04

It's better to be lonely than
| to fall for a middle-aged Lo-
Ithario with marriage on his lips
but larceny in his heart.
| That's the moral to be drawn
from the story of Joseph La
Blanc, whose operations were
described yesterday by Post
master General Arthur E. Sum-
Imerfield as a warning to lonely
women.
/ At SIS, LaBlanc romanced at
least five women out of $4,000.
But postal inspectors believe his
depredations involved a lot more
lover many years. He is serving
a 10-year sentence.
! Lonely hearts clubs we're his
vehicle. Women gave him every
thing from false teeth to a new
Cadillac.
Covered Wide Territory
| He preyed on women in Wash
ington; Hyattsville, Md: Chi
cago; Waukegan, ILL.,: Drexel
Hill, Pa; Daytona Beach. Fla;
New York and Indianapolis.
The Washington case dates
back to 1912. when he was ar
rested on a grand larceny charge
in a marriage swindle. There
was no prosecution, apparently
because the victim declined to
press charges.
Because victims we're reluc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-04
Lothorio Who FIeeced Lonely Women
Settles Down for a SpeII-in Prison

Baltimore police to help her find
him. Postal inspectors were
alerted and LaBlanc eventually
was captured in st. Petersburg,
Fla.-with a new, hardtop con-
vertible Cadillac.
Out on bond, his charm still
operated. He married a young
Tampa nurse who knew nothing
about the charges against him
and supported him under the
illusion he was just about to
invest in a motel.
He finally was put out of circu-
lation last month after he pleaded
guilty to a 32-count indictment
charging mail and marriage
fraud.
Two Victims Sold Homes
Stories from the few women
willing to talk about him showed
that:
Two of them sold their homes
expecting he was about to marry
them. They loaned" him money
out of the proceeds.
/, Three of them gave him money
to buy false teeth.
Four of them gave him money
! to buy a new car.
In two cases, he got money or
: the pretext of planting trees OF
: paying off the mortgage on a
See FRAUD, Page Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-04
All Saved as Ship
Sinks Off Alaska

SEATTLE. Mar. 3 (P.-The
7,943-ton freighter Washington
Mail broke up in stormy seas
and sank in the North Pacific
late today but all 81 crewmen
and nine passengers were saved
Coast Guard officials said the
passengers and creWmen were
picked up by the U. S. S. General
Freeman, Navy transport. with
in 10 minutes after the Japan
bound freighter sank.
The ship had previously sent
an sos that it had broken ir
two in the Gulf of Alaska.
Among those saved was Ed
ward G. Netzer, Glen Burnie
Md. and Brother Charles Go.
vaert. so, of Arlington, Va, 6
Roman Catholic missionary.