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ing up streetcar tracks and re-
paving the streets. Mr.. Frank
lin said that. in Chicago. when
the transit authority abandons
streetcar lines, it gives them to
the city. Later, when the city
repaves the street it paves over
the old tracks. At that time,
he said. the authority pays the
city $1,000 per single track mile.
Estimates Payment Here
Mr.. Franklin said that, under
this formula, the proposed OPP
Grating company National City
would set up would pay to the
District between 100000 and
$750,000.
Mr.. Franklin said that. in con-
ferring with the District Com
last Tuesday the
company's request for 10 per cent
earnings on gross operating rev.
enues never got to the bargain
ing stage. He said the Commits
sioners opposed any restriction
on the Public Utilities Commits
sion's right to set the earnings
figure as matter of principle.
Later, the Commissioners
agreed to.see a figure of 612 per
cent written into law as a state
ment of current fair earnings.
Mr.. Franklin also said Ma
tional City Lines is willing to
exclude from the operating ex-
penses in calculating earnings
some of the interest it must pay
on its loans.
Mcdonald Seeks Stock
The District Commissioners
last week said all proposals were
unacceptable and called for
public ownership. Shortly there
after, however, they notified
Congress they were satisfied
with franchise terms requested
by a group headed by Mr..
Mcdonald, former head of the
Securities and Exchange Com
and of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. under
President Truman.
Mr.. Mcdonald proposes that
Capital Transit Co. buy out and
retire the stock of its controlling
shareholder, Louis E. WolfSon.
His group proposes it be given
an option to buy up to 10000
shares of etc stock at the $14
price offered by all would-be
buyers and would guarantee to
buy up to 10000 shares if stock
holders other than Mr.. Wolfson
wanted to unload at the $l4
price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-26
|HouseExtends
Daylight Time

The House by a roll-call vote
of 1879 to 100 yesterday granted
the District the right to extend
daylight saving time to the last
Sunday in October. keeping
Washington in pace with big
Eastern and other metropolitan
cities.
This sends the bill to the
White House for signature.
The motion came after an
hour of good old-time debate
about daylight saving time as
such. its benefits and its harm
full effects, during which a motion
was made that would have. in
effect, killed the fast time the
District now uses.
This was on an amendment
offered by Representative Jones,
Democrat of Missouria, to pro-
vide that daylight saving time
here be suspended at any time
Congress is in session.
Representative Harris, Demo-
Icrat. of Arkansas. brought out
that if enacted this amendment
would mean that the District
would have no daylight saving
time until July or August, when
Congress ordinarily adjourns.
In the hit-and-miss debate,
another member wanted to know
what would happen during any
special session of Congress and
Mr.. Jones delightedly said his
amendment would take care of
that. too.
On a voice vote on the Jones
amendment, the chair said the
amendment was lost. Mr.. Jones
then called for a standing vote
and this showed the amendment
was defeated 40 to 81.
Mr.. Jones then made a point
of order that quorum was not
present and at this point Speaker
Rayburn, observing the goings-
on, stalked into the we'll and up
to Mr.. Jones and said a few
quiet words to him. Minutes
later Mr.. Jones Withdrew his
demand for a roll call.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-26

organization OF American states
who also is chairman of the
council of GAS. said the peoples
and the governments of the
republics to the south greeted
with pleasure" the Presidents
plan to take part in this meet
ing as the first official action
after his recovery.
DR.. Jose A. Mora, Secretary
General of the GAS, hailed the
Presidents announced intention
of taking part in the meeting,
which his illness had delayed, as
an example of his steadfast
determination to reaffirm with
other chief executives of this
hemisphere the solidarity of our
inter American system"
The meeting in Panama orig
inally was ccheduled to start
yesterday.
Going to Gettysburg Farm
AS the new dates for the
Panama meeting were set, it
was announced that the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Eisenhower would
spend their 40th wedding ami
versary at their Gettysburg farm
home Sunday and that the con-
templated visit of Prime Min
lister Nehru of India to this
country has been postponed until
the President is further along
the road to recovery.
Mr.. Hagerty was unable to
give any of the details for
the Gettysburg trip other
than to say that the Eli
senhowers would be there over
the week end. 1t may start as
early as Friday. and the Secre-
tary thought it would be more
than a couple of days duration.
There was no word on the posi-
bility that the President might
remain at Gettysburg through
out his convaleScence, which his
physicians estimated at the out
set would require from four to
six weeks from the time he
the emergency alb
dominal operation June 9.
Mr.. Hagerty does expect, how
ever, that the President will have
been discharged from Walter
Reed when he goes to his farm
and will not be returning to the
hospital for anything but a pos
Sible checkup.
The Presidents doctors said
Saturday that he would be able
to leave the hospital in another
week if his condition continued
to improve.
Nehru Meeting Not Set Yet
The meeting with Prime NM
lister Nehru had been set for
July Z. but the Indian leader
cabled the President from Lon
don over the week end, suggest
ing delay so Mr.. Eisenhower
might not be subjected to
undue strain" during his period
of convalescence.
Responding, the President said
he could not be certain that his
condition would permit the
frank and perhaps even some
what protracted talks that both
hoped for as early as the July
date and he suggested the Prime
Minister set another.
Il hope the delay will not be
for long he stressed.
Mr.. Hagerty told his news con-
ference late yesterday afternoon
that he expected Mr.. Eli
senhower to participate in the
final phases of Operation
Alert now scheduled for July
20-26, when major Government
activities will be dispersed to
points outside Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-26

Tomorrow: The mob's Operation
Infiltrotion"-its business and labor
fronts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-26
NV War With the Mob

garment industry, they hired the
Little Augie" gang of Brooklyn
to smash shops and employers.
The businessmen then retaliated
by retaining Legs Diamond. Both
hoods were account executives,
in charge of muscle, for Arnold
RothStein.
Rothstein was killed in New
York in November 1923. Legs
Diamond was shot down on the
streets. Little Augie went the
way of all gangster flesh. But
two of Rothstein's other lieu
tenants survived-for a while
They were Louis "Lepke"
Buchalter and his partner, Cur
rah Shapiro.
Lepke was the loving nick
name for unlovely Louis. And
Gurrah came from the gutteral
noises Shapiro would make when
he shouted at pushcart peddlers
who wouldn't pay him a buck-a-
piece protection-"Gurrah here. "
Cleared 81 Million Year
BY the mid-thirties. these two
men moved into enough bust
nesses and unions to take home
81 million a year before taxes
and who would dare ask them
for taxes! After all, they also
owned a business called Murder,
Inc They invaded the flower.
trucking, bread and apparel in
dustries, among others. They cut
up the field with Lucky Luciano,
who once disciplined the Malta
by knocking off 40 underworld
insurgents in SO hours, accord
ing to what Murder, Ines Abe
Relies and other informants told
the Brooklyn District Attorney
at that time.
They operated mostly through
their terrorization of truck driv-
ers-who were easily intimi-
dated because they could be
picked up alone on the streets
and highways.
Slowly they moved across the
land, tying up with the Capone
mob, the Purple Gang of Detroit
and on to the hoods on the
West Coast.
In the mid-Thirties Thomas
E. Dewey swooped down on
Lepke and Gurrah. He made
things so hot for the mob that
Lepke went into hiding. Finally
the mob could no longer jeopar-
die its huge take" 1t warned
Lepke to give himself up. Lepke
did-he was electrocuted for
murder at Sing Sing. But, as
in the days Of Rothstein. the
mob, the Purple Gang in Detroit
Some of them paid their debt
to society and became infiuen-
tial. respectable" businessmen
in their communities. Others
became the modern manicured
mob.
fr,nnvrirtt 1o5e tha Lfaii Syndicate Tnc \
Tomorrow: The mob's Operation
Infiltrotion business and labor
fronts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-26
Two Planes Collide

SENDAI, Japan, June 26 (P).--
Two Japanese Air Force planes
crashed in Northern Honshu to-
day after tangling their wings
while flying in formation. Both
pilots were killed.
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D. c. Heads Will Support
Chalk ronsit Franchise
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
on the unstated system rate
base or gross operating revenues
would be fair under present cir
cumstances.
Will Convert to Buses
In addition, Mr.. Mclaughlin
said, the Chalk-Fox group, which
is to be financed by the Chase
Manhattan Bank of New York
had agreed to a seven-year pro-
gram of converting from street.
cars to an all-bus operation.
Last Friday, the Commission
ers said another group, headed
by Harry A. Mcdonald hac
agreed to acceptable franchise
conditions. 1t was these which
the Chalk-Fox group accepted
today.
While National City Lines has
put up $250.000 and the Chalk
Fox group has put up $500. 900 as
earnest money the Mcdonald
group has not done SO. Their
representatives are standing BY
to see what happens to the Ma
tional City Lines deal.
Mr.. Mclaughlin. asked how
the Chalk-Fox proposal was bet
ter than any other, said
They've got their money UP
and time is running out. This
leaves less doubt" about a Solu-
ton to the transit crisis. Under
present legislation, Capital Tran
sits franchise and charter win
die by act of Congress on
August IA.
Also Seeking Authority
Mr.. Fox said he and Mr.. Chalk
had abandoned their insistence
on the $18 million rate base
stipulation because, I'VE hold
faith in the District Commits
Sioners and in the Public IT'LL
tiles Commission"
Coupled with the proposed
Chalk-Fox franchise, Mr.. Fox
said. would be a provision to set
up a proposed publicly owned
Washington Metropolitan Tran
sit Authority to take over the
Capital Transit system in event
the Chalk-Fox deal should not
go through.
Technically. the conferees will
meet tomorrow in an attempt to
reconcile the Senate-approved
bill to establish a public author
ity and a House-approved bill
to restore the franchise to Capt.
tai Transit Co. with tax relief
and changes in regulatory pro-
cedures.
The compromise approved by
the Commissioners would give
the Chalk-Fox group. which
plans to establish a new operat-
ing company, relief from a Dis
trict gross receipts tax, plus con-
ditional relief from the gasoline
tax and real estate tax to the
extent the company fails to earn
a return of 612 per cent after
taxes.
Compromise on Earnings
Earlier. B. w. Franklin, vice
president Of National City Lines,
said his firm is willing to reduce
from 10 per cent to 8 per cent the
earnings National City wants
into a congressional
franchise.
Also, he said. National City
is discussing local application of
the formula by which the Chi
cago Transit Authority pays the
city when it abandons streetcar
lines and turns them over to the
city.
In National City's contract
with Capital Transit, NCL asked
for relief from the cost Of tear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
z els in Fuirfux
Survive Explosion
OF 90 NM. Shell

Two soldiers were injured Sc
Iriously yesterday when a shell
exploded at an anti-aircraft in
|stallation in Fairfax County.
They were identified as Spe-
|cialist &c Domingo Sanchez. "a
and Pfc. John E. Pinkney, 10, Of
the 14th Anti-Aircrfat Battalion
An Army spokesman said the
men were cleaning a Comm. shell
when the case exploded at the
.anti-aircraft station on Parker's
lane about five miles south OF
Alexandria.
The victims we're taken to Fort
IBelvoir Hospital where their con-
Idition was described as serious. -
IA post spokesman said they were
expected to recover.
A Mount Vernon rescue squad
member said one soldier had an
arm and leg nearly blown of
and the other had a punctured
abdomen.
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Moncure Bill Stirs
Old Arlington Issue
Two Lose Bid to Revive
Arlington Plans Group

work, the 1858 board set up three
commissioning and Land
Use, Arlington Development. and
Historical Arts.
The terms Of the last three
commission members expire next
Thursday.
Before the vote yesterday,
Commonwealth Attorney William
y. Hassan warned:
1.-The authority to create does
not give authority to tear down.
Unless you have the authority to
abolish, your hands might be
tied"
The Commonwealth Attorney
suggested that any public hear
Iings should be postponed until
he submits a requested report on
whether Arlington legally has q
master coming plan. This report,
ne said, will also furnish informa-
ton on the planning commits
Ision's status.
Chairman Asks for Time
Before voting no. Chairman
Wesley w Cooper said he needed
more time to consider the public
hearing proposal.
Another member, Mrs. Leone
IBuchholz said:
II have no objection to q
planning commission If 1t is
going to do the work it is sup
posed to do and not bicker all
evening"
Commission members. she said.
should be entirely apart from
political Affiliations -
In other action, the board ap-
proved a firehouse site at South
Walter Reed drive and Nine
lteenth street.
Purchase of the triangular
tract OF about l acre was recon-
lmended by County Manager A.
T. Lundberg.
Funds to construct the ladder
company building are available
from a $470,000 fire protection
bond issue approved by the voters
in 1854. Price of the site has been
given as $l1,400.
Fire Marshal Leslie Shelton
told the board that there is a
definite need for the firehouse
in that area"
Opposition to the proposal was
led by L. NJ. Dudley. 1916 South
Monroe street. vino presented a
petition carrying ll3 signatures.
Mr.. Dudley emphasized that his
group favored additional fire pro-
lection, but opposed a firehouse
ION that site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
Rood and Street BUILDING
Hit Peak in Montgomery

Road and street construction
hit a new high in Montgomery
County during 1855 with some
So miles Of new roadways being
built or put under contract,
The construction. valued at
STA million exclusive OF con-
struction carried out by the
State. paralleled the record
housing construction year set in
the county in 1855.
Private developers built some
80 miles Of new streets in the
county's mushrooming subdivi-
sions and took out permits for
10 more miles that have not
yet been completed.
About 81 million worth Of per-
mits were issued to private de-
velopers for private streets. ac-
cording to Mason A. Butcher,
county public works director.
SO Miles q Year
To make way for these new
streets. private building inter-
ests had to get permits to move
nearly / million cubic yards Of
dirt.
During the same period the
county itself either built or put
under contract 10 miles of road
way costing $3.4 million.
County forces built 7.3 miles
Of roadway. Another n miles
were built by contractors and SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05

miles were put under contract
but are not yet completed.
During the last five years the
county has averaged 80 miles OF
new roads a year. bringing the
total county system to 938 miles
This does not include roads at
present a part Of the State
maintained system or under con-
struction by the State under its
l2-year program.
To Protect School Children
Mr.. Butcher said the county
spent about s250,OOO resurfacing
100 miles Of streets and roads OF
Q million square feet Of roadway
Primarily to provide protection
for school children, the county
also built nearly So miles of new
sidewalks and put another 5la
miles under contract.
Major street projects COM
pleted in the suburban area last
year were Fenton street between
street and Sligo avenue
in Silver Spring; and Grandview
avenue between Blue Ridge and
Ennals street in Wheaton. An
other major project put under
contract was a portion Of Wood
mont avenue and the"Woodmont
in Bethesda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
Maryland Reports
Its SuIk Vaccine
Supply Exhausted

BALTIMORE. Feb. 1 tR.-
Temporarily at least. Maryland
has run out of Salk anti-polic
vaccine.
State health officials said yes
|terday they hope more vaccine
viii be available soon.
DR.. Edward Davens, deputy d.
rector Of the State Department
of Health, and DR.. Huntington
Williams, Baltimore City health
director. said in a joint state
ment there apparently is some
misunderstanding about whether
vaccine is available for families
wishing it for eligible children
under 16 and over one.
THE truth is that there is
practically no vaccine to be had
and none has been received in
the State for the last six weeks
except for one small ALLEGATION
which has already been distrib-
uted for use," they said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
Arlington Girl, ",
Wins First Place
In Music Contest

Seventeen-year-old Sally Ann
Stretton. a student at Washing
ton-Lee High School in Airing
ton has been awarded first place
in a music competition sponsored
by the Arlington Host Lions Club.
Miss Stretton, who was ad-
judged winner for her piano
rendition Of a Chopin scherzo. is
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. M. Stretton of 3147 North
Quincy street. Arlington.
Two other young musicians
were chosen to accompany her
to zone finals in the Bland Me-
mortal Scholarship competition.
They are David j. Fetter, a IT.
year-old trombonist and a senior
at Washington-Lee. and Miss
Tempe rockingham, 10, a vocal
ist and ninth-grade student at
Wakefield Junior Senior High.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
Eleventh Victim
OF Baltimore Fire
Dies in Hospital

BALTIMORE. Feb. 4 P.-
Andrew Brady. 81. died today in
South Baltimore General Hos
pital, the 18th victim Of last
Sundays Arundel Park oyster
roast fire and the only man to
lose his life in the flash fire
and panic which followed.
Brady, severely burned. had
been in critical condition in an
oxygen tent since taken to the
hospital last Sunday night.
All the other victims we're
women. About 200 persons were
injured when the crowd OF more
than 1000 stampeded after a
flash fire spread through the
auditorium where the church,
sponsored oyster roast was being
held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
Arlington States
Meetings to Study
School Program

Arlington's $9.4 million refer
endum for school construction
will be discussed at six meetings
this week.
Schedule for the talks, all at
8 PM. follows:
Monday--School Board Mem
Der Barnard Joy at the Cherry
dals Parent-Teacher Association;
E. r. Draheim, board chairman,
briefing session for Arlington
League of Women Voters dis
cussion leaders. Buckingham
community center.
Tuesday Board Member
James G. Stockard, darlington
Pre-school Cooperative Asso-
citation, darlington Methodist
Church.
Thursday - Mr.. Joy, Clay
Fillmore PTA: Mr.. Stockard,
Reed PTA. and Warren Cox. for
mer board member, Maury PTA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05

Surgeons attending Rex Nc
Donald, 10, who begins his sixth
week Of coma in hospital to-
day. say he has shown encour-
aging progress lately.
He has been in Prince Georges
General Hospital since he drove
a car into a tree at 100 miles an
hour on New Years Eve. Two of
his passengers were killed. Three
others were injured. The car was
split in two by the impact. The
accident happened in Largo. Md.
Both his legs were broken. So
was an arm. At least six ribs
were fractured and his jaw was
broken. He was cross hatched
with cuts and bruises. There was
extensive damage to the internal
organs.
Brain Is Injured
But the brain damage made
these other hurts seem minor,
one surgeon said yesterday.
There was a rigidity of the brain
system, land the functions of
the brain were not getting
to his spinal areas"
That rightly has decreased.
HE is making what / think
are voluntary movements with
his hands," the doctor said. I'VE
think he is able to follow us
about the room with his eyes
sometimes. I've felt he was a
little bit aware Of his environ
ment and I've tried to talk to
him. but I can't say that I'm
getting through"
The doctor added there 'is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
Civil Defense Officials
To Meet in Rockville

Hal Kelly. Montgomery County
Civil Defense training director,
will speak at a staff meeting Of
Rockville Civil Defense officials
at SPIN. tomorrow in the Rock
vile City Council Building.
Rockville CD leaders are seek
ing volunteers with clerical. ad-
ADMINISTRATION and communica-
tions experience to assist in city
CD work. Tomorrow's meeting
will be open to the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
100 MPH Crash Victim
Shows Gains in Coma

still plenty Of time for improve
'ment. And I don't think his
present coma condition is neces-
sarily a sign against improve
ment. The prognosis is still
guarded. He has lost a lot OF
weight. but his nutrition has re-
manned remarkably good. / am
confident he is showing neuro-
logical progress"
Another surgeon said, REX is
still in a generally precarious
condition" But this doctor also
said the patient seems to be
gaining.
Skull Fracture Suspected
Young Mr.. McDonald's skull
may be fractured. but X-rays OF
the head have been so poor the
doctors cannot be sure. they said
I'VE can't put him on the
X-ray table" a surgeon said.
I'VE have had to use portable
X-rays and we can't get good
picture. l didn't see any frac-
lures when I operated on him.
CHoles were drilled in the skull
to relieve blood clot pressure.)
From the violence of his injuries.
one might assume the skull was
fractured. But I can't say for
certain"
The boy has recovered to a
point where he takes some nour-
ishment by mouth, but most Of
his feeding is intravenous. HE
is able at times to open his mouth
so the nurse can clean it out. "
one of the doctors added. HE
used to be completely unrespon-
sive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-05
Montgomery Police Warn
On Out-of-Stote Toqs

stay without getting Maryland
tags.
3. Members Of the Armed
Services on active duty who may
use license tags from their home
States but not from States in
which they have been stationed.
4. Residents who have COM
pany cars belonging to firms 10
Gated in the District Of Column
bia.
Maryland plates are not re-
quired for company cars pro-
vided the cars exhibit a wind
shield sticker ohtainable from
the Department of Motor We
hicles granting permission for
use Of the company plates.
The new Maryland auto tags
dark green letters on a white
background-are expected to be
available February % and may
be displayed March !.
Police emphasized they are
undertaking the breakdown cam
paign now to cause residents the
least amount of trouble.