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Evening star., 1956-03-25
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

Montgomery County Demo
cratic precinct chairmen yester-
day officially Endorsed former
Senator Millard E. Tydings for
the party's nomination for the
Senate and John r. Foley for
nomination for the 9th District
seat in the House.
The precinct officials met In
a session marked by a bitter
split in party ranks, with some
81 precinct leaders refusing to
vote on'any Endorsement of can
didates for the May 7 primary
Mr.. Tydings, however, re-
'ceived the Endorsement by a ~
to Q vote. Mr.. Foley was in
dorsed, Al to 2.
Delegates Endorsed
The precinct chairmen also
indorsed by a AZ to 2 vote a slate
of candidates seeking seats as
delegates to the State conven-
tion. The slate which has the
backing Of the Stevenson Foley
Tydings Club includes Clitus o.
Bordeaux. Ruth E. Hayes,
William F. Hickey, B. Houston
McCeney. John P. Moore, Frank
j. Morris, and James P. Welch.
The meeting got under way
with a move by Western subur-
ban Democratic leaders to bar
any Endorsements.
Leading the unsuccessful fight
were State Senator Edward S
Northrop. Mrs. Margaret
Schweinhaut, member of the
House of Delegates: and Alfred
Scanlon. president Of the West
|ern Suburban Democratic Club
Defeatism Marks Session
The meeting was marked by
expressions of defeatism on the
part of the western leaders that
was in sharp contrast to their
enthusiasm and talk of victory
preceding the 1854 primary
when precinct chairmen got to-
gether on a harmony" ticket
which they backed in the pri-
mary.
Mrs. Schweinhaut, a victorious
member of the harmony slate in
1854, said that it has been "a
time-honored custom that the
leadership Of the Democratic
party make no Endorsement in
primary elections"
She said Endorsement by the
precinct chairmen as a body
would give the impression that
the party twas abandoning its
belief in free and open primaries
Evening star., 1956-03-25
Woman Killed
In Auto Crash:
18th Fatality

A 70-year-old woman was IA
tally injured in a truck auto
crash last night. Her son was
ordered held by police. who said
he drove through a red light.
Victim of the crash at Elev-
enth street and North Carolina
avenue Sc. was Mrs. Anna Ber-
rang of 20 Eighth street NE.
Driver of the car in which she
was riding was her son, Louis
Berrang, 40, of the same ad-
dress.
Mrs. Berrang's death was the
25th traffic fatality in the Dis
trict this year as compared to
IS at the same time last year.
Police said the Berrang auto,
southbound on Eleventh street,
ran through red light and COL
lided with a truck driven by
Christ Limperos, 38, of 227
Eighteenth street Sc. Police
said the Berang auto then ca
reened into a parked car.
Police said Mr.. Berrang was
ordered held pending a coroner's
inquest. Mr.. Limperos also was
ordered held, although police
said he had not committed any
violation.
officers from the Accident In
vestigation Unit said Mrs. Ber-
rang was sitting in the front
seat of the car. Another son,
Anthony, also of the Eighth
street address, was in the back
seat. He was not injured. Louis
Berrang suffered minor cuts and
bruises on the head.
Mrs. Berrang was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital, where she died
at Sis pm. about 80 minutes
after the accident. Her injuries
were listed as possible skull
fracture and shock.
Evening star., 1956-03-25
Arlington Group
To Meet in May
BY SAM EASTMAN

The Arlington Independent
Movement has announced 1t will
sponsor convention in May
to set up machinery for year
round operations.
The decision ends speculation
that the coalition group would
be dissolved in the wake Of last
falls elections. At that time it
failed to win any Of the five
contested seats on the County
and School Boards.
Whether the conservative AIM
will field a candidate for tha
lone County Board seat, to be
filled this fall. will be decided
at the convention, it was an
Inounced.
A spokesman. Emory w
Reisinger II. said the conven-
tion under its new constitution
will have three choices. It may
nominate its own candidate. in
dorse a candidate already in the
field or take no action.
Closed Meeting Held
/ AIMS decision to try for a
strong voice in County affairs
was reached at closed meeting
Friday night.
| This group took action on the
recommendations of a seven
member advisory committee,
headed by Alvin B. Peterson.
In the past, AIM candidates
were selected by officials of the
Organization. The new setup ap-
parently marks an end to the
breakfast meetings" sponsored
by the organization for the last
few years.
The convention. Mr.. Reisinger
said. will be open to all qualified
voters.
AIM, like last years rivals, the
School Board Nominating Con-
vention and the Arlingtonians
for a Better County, has been
held together by a loosely knit
interim group.
Rowzee Will Not Run
The county Board seat to be
filled this year is held by George
I'M. Rowzee, jr.. who has an
nounced he would not seek re-
election. Mr.. Rowzee was elected
under the Republican banner
and now is a leader in AIM.
The ABC will hold a nominat-
ing meeting May l6 at Wakefield
High School. The county's Demo
cratic organization has an.
lnounced that once again, it will
not sponsor a candidate in this
race.
The Arlington Republican Or
Iganization will hold a convention
during the week of May IA. New
Executive committeeman will be
elected, along with delegates to
the State and district conven-
Itions. Whether the G. o. P. will
Iput up a County Board candidate
has not been decided.
Evening star., 1956-03-25
Es IAlR EDITION
Foirfox Moves to Build
Schools From Tax Funds

The Fairfax County School
Board yesterday took a step to-
ward financing some construc-
ton with current tax funds.
The board voted 4 to 3 to in
clude $4,000 in the PROPOSED
1867 school budget as the be-
ginning Of a capital outlay fund
up to now, practically all con-
struction has been financed
through bond issues.
The board agreed unanimous
Ily to hold public hearing April
9 on a $l2.088, 1888 budget. The
hearing will be at 7::30 pm. in
Annandale High School.
Cut by S13S,395
The new budget figure repre-
sents a $138,395 reduction from
the $12.2 million budget proposed
earlier. Most of the cut came
from proposed increases in SAL
aries Of teachers. principals and
supervisors. The board ha s
adopted a new teacher pay scale,
but has agreed to spread it over
two years. limiting teachers to a
maximum increase next year OF
$500. The average increase would
have been $700 before the limit
was put on.
Robert A. Walker, director OF
school surveys and information,
said the reductions. plus an in
crease in anticipated Federal aid
would make a net reduction in
the amount of tax funds needed
of $196.395.
The Board of County Super
visors has released a tentative
budget for all county operations,
including schools, which would
require a 95-cent increase in the
present $2.70 tax rate. Although
no separate school rate is set, the
school budget as approved yes
terday would require SO cents
of the proposed 95-cent hike,
Evening star., 1956-03-25
School Building Budget
Put at $11.6 Million

The Montgomery County Board
of Education yesterday wound up
weeks of public hearings and
meetings on its 1956-57 school
building program and came up
with a tentative figure of $11.6
million for spending during the
next fiscal year.
The sum is about $500, 900 less
than the $12.l million proposed
by DR.. Forbes H. Norris. superin-
itendent of schools. The final
draft will be presented to County
Manager M. l.. Reese on Wednes-
day.
After whiting down on sew
eral projects. the board yester-
day tackled an additional $255, 900
onto the budget for renovation
Evening star., 1956-03-25

of the Gaithersburg Elementary
School after staff experts re-
vealed the school to be in run
down condition.
Construction Supt. Jane.
Sheldon submitted a series Of
recommendations calling for de.
molishIng seven classrooms ir
the worst section Of the school
removing temporary structures
which house some of the schools
13 classrooms, erection of a new
11-classroom wing, institution o1
termite and fire control measures
and renovating of the heating
system.
Also approved by the Board
was an outlay of $4,000 for
renovation of the Colesville Ele-
mentary School,
Evening star., 1956-03-25

The original $l2.2 school bulge,
would have required a 75-ceni
increase.
C. Turner Hudgins. boarc
member from Falls Church Dis.
Itrict, made the motion to in.
Iclude $50,000 to begin a capita
outlay fund. He said it cost.
nearly $500,000 in interest
charges over the life Of a bono
issue for each 81 million the
county borrows for school con.
Istruction.
Urges = Beginning
We've got to make a begin
ming toward financing some OF
our construction from current
revenues" Mr., Hudgins said
THE $4,000 isn't much, but il
would be a start and we could
add to it,"
Chairman Robert F. Davis sai6
the county could not finance al
its construction from current
revenues, "but we ought to al
least have a down payment"
All seven members Endorsed
the principle. but three held out
for reducing the amount tc
$40, 900 because of the size OF the
budget. The proposed budget is
about $2.6 million more than the
1866 budget.
Voting against the $4,000
plan were Hills Lory, Theodore
Heriot and Samuel Solomon
For it were Mr.. Hudgins. Mr.
Davis, Clyde Gleason and Merton
Parsons.
The board scheduled a meet
ing April 10 to discuss the budget
again in light of the public hear
ing. It then will submit a final
document to the Board of County
Supervisors, which has final juris-
diction over how much the schooI
board will get in the next fiscal
wear,
Evening star., 1956-03-25
Shot in Thigh,
81, Dies
Woman Is Wounded
In Southwest Affruy

A man was slain-possibly dy-
ing of Highland a woman was
seriously wounded yesterday in
a shooting in a Southwest Wash
lington home. police reported.
The victims were James Clyde
Hamilton, 81, and Anna Mae
Smith, Al, both colored.
Police charged Lonnie Howard,
SO, colored, with homicide. Capt.
Richard Felber of the Homicide
Squad said the man told them
Mr.. Hamilton had been making
eyes" at Howard's girl, the Smith
woman.
Howard was a roomer in the
home where the shooting took
place. He formerly lived in Che
raw, S. c.. the woman's home
town, police said. officers were
staked out at the scene of the
shooting and picked him up
when he returned for his cloth
ing, three hours after the shoot
ing.
An inquest was scheduled for
II am. tomorrow.
Shock Believed Fatal
Detectives said Mr.. Hamilton
was shot in a thigh. A District
General Hospital ambulance doc
tor said the shot was not fatal
Iof itself and the man apparently
died of shock.
The woman was reported in
serious condition in Casualty
Hospital with a bullet wound in
Ia hip, severe head lacerations
and a possible skull fracture.
Police said the shooting oc-
Cured in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Hammond. colored,
.812 Seventh street S.W., where
the Smith woman was visiting
Lovers Tiff Indicated
Mr.. Hamilton, of 300 Second
street S.W,. was visiting the
Hammond home yesterday, police
said.
Police said the suspect and
the woman had "a lovers quar-
rel" Friday night and appar-
emily resumed the argument
yesterday.
The South Carolina woman
told police Howard began shoot
ing for no reason. The pistols
caliber was not Immediately
learned.
Evening star., 1956-03-25

AS far the Christian is concerned, our number
commitment to follow the Master wherever He may lead
which demands complete loyalty, love- obedience rooted
in faith, self sacrifice, time influence intelligence and
giving. When young men and young women unite with
the church. they ought to be able to say without
ton, the words of E. w. Blandly:
II hear my Savior calling,
Take thy cross and follow me,
Where He leads me will follow
I'll go with him, with him all the way"
Tomorrow: Mrs. Anne wilkins
Evening star., 1956-03-25
Board Delays
Teacher Raise
In lnMontgonlery
No Action Is Token
In Doy-Long Session;
$400 Boost TubIed
THE SUNDAY STAR Ali
Washington, D. C. ss
SUNDAY, MARCH rs, 1885
BY SMITH HEMPSTONE

| "A pay increase for county
teachers yesterday was the sub
Iject of most of a special day
long meeting Of the Montgomery
Board of Education, which adj
liourned without taking final ac-
ton on the question.
/ Casualties of the six-hour dis
cussion were moves:
/. To adopt the majority rec
ommendation put forth by six Of
10 members of lay-professional
committee calling for starting
salaries ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000 with a $500 ceiling de-
pending on degree status. In
effect, this would have given
Montgomery teachers a 5000
across-the-board raise.
/ 2. To grant $500 raise to all
teachers.
S40O Raise Tabled
! Tabled until tomorrow night
was a proposal, some form Of
which stands a good chance Of
acceptance, which would grant
q $400 raise to the County's 2,200
teachers. This was the minority
Recommendation of four members
lof the lay-professional commit
tee.
Former Board President Will
ard McGraw. in proposing the
adoption of the majority report.
described the committee as q
I"pretty responsible group Of peo-
Iple whose recommendations we
cannot just brush aside"
Board members Wayne Bird
sell and Mrs. Rose Kramer at
tackled the proposal as insuffic-
lent to permit Montgomery to
compete in the teacher market
with surrounding jurisdictions
and inadequate to attract stu
dents to the teaching profession.
It was defeated by a 4-to-1
vote with board member Wylie
Barrow. who seconded it. not vot-
ing. Board member Harrison
King was not present.
$500 Raise Asked
/ Mr.. Barrow said he did not
feel either the majority or mi
nority reports made a case for
a raise-not one Nickel then
asked for a 5000 across-the-
board increase. There was no
second to the motion.
Board member Lathrop Smith
then moved the adoption of the
minority report which would pay
teachers with bachelors degrees
from $4,000 to $4,000 and MAS
from $4,000 to $6.400.
The Montgomery County Coun-
lcil of Parent Teacher Associa-
ltions and civic groups generally
have supported the minority
Recommendation while the Mont
gomery County Education Asso-
ciation. which represents almost
Jail county teachers, and Super
intendent of Schools Forbes H.
! Norris had asked for a $4,000
minimum annual salary.
Starting salaries in the Dis
trict and other nearby counties
adopted for the coming fiscal
year range from $4,000 to $4,000.
The District is highest with
900: Prince Georges pays S.
1900; Arlington, Falls Church.
Fairfax and Alexandria all have
starting minimums of $3,700.
Maximums range from $3.50 to
$1,000.
| At the moment, 1t seems likely
the board will adopt the mi
nority report when it meets to-
morrow night. 1t also appeared
likely. however. that fringe bene-
fits such as dependency allow
ances which allow $1O0 for each
dependent up to $500 will be
discontinued.
Board members discussing the
salary hike indicated they would
go along with this proposal.
Evening star., 1956-03-25

Heavenly home, and the 18th
chapter of Romans, read by our
son the last evening he was on
board ship before making the
supreme sacrifice, as told to us by
one of the survivors.
The cross is the eternal symbol
of an unadjuSted personality in an
evil world. 1t means to us taking
up difficult duties. The glory of
the resurrection of Christ is the
glory of victory. His arrest, con-
viction and crucifixion all seemed
to spell defeat, but the chains of
death had been shattered when
II
Evening star., 1956-03-25

Mrs. SchWelnhaut Is on a slate o!
seven candidates seeking elec'
tion as delegates to the State
convention.
Caddington Attacked
She attacked State Centra'
Committee Chairman Ward w
Caddington for having person
ally Endorsed an opposition slate
and encouraging and soliciting
candidates to run for certain
Offices.
Describing his position as "un-
tenable" she called on him to
urge the precinct chairmen not
to indorse candidates as a group
Mr.. Scanlon scored the in
dorSement as rash and foolish
and said 1t would lead to a pri-
mary in which there would be
races billed as Organization ver-
sus antiorganization.
Senator Northrop who said he
had been described as a middle
of the roader." said the indorse-
mentS would lead to a party
schism that would spell a Re-
publican victory in the general
election.
State Leaders Hit
| He also took a stab at State
wide party leaders whom he de-
Iscribed as elderly" and said they
had been carrying the party down
to defeat in recent years.
Senator Northrop said that
since the Democratic victory ir
the county in 1854, conferences
and consultations between lead.
ers had become no more thar
"a matter of being told such and
such was being done"
Montgomery County voters
are not going to be flimf1ammeo
or pushed around by anyone
whether it is Brooke Lee or jim
Mann or anyone else." Senator
Northrop said.
The battle lines yesterday were
drawn chiefly down the line es-
tablished by the filing of two
states of delegates for the State
convention.
Club Supports Slate
The slate which won indorse-
ment has been referred to by its
opponents as the Lee -Cadding-
ton" slate. 1t is backed by the
Stevenson = Foley Tydings Club
which has among its members
nearly all of the elected Demo.
cratic officials and many of the
precinct leaders.
The opposition slate. that has
been tagged as the Werner
Mann" ticket, has most of its
support in the Bethesda Chevy
Chase area and the heavily
populated Kensington- -Wheator
area.
Mr.. Mann is a leading sup.
porter of ]. Grahame Walker in
his bid for the Congressional
nomination. Mrs. Stella B
Werner. a member of the County
Council, has been a long time
leader in the western suburban
area and former congressional
candidate.
2 Lead Floor Fight
Leading the floor fight yester-
day for the Endorsement were
Joseph Matthias. of Kensington,
and John P. Moore, of Bethesda
Mr.. Walker said after the
meeting that the real source of
my opposition to his candidacy
became clear when the motion
to indorse my opponent was
seconded eloquently by Col. E.
Brooke Lee.
"Under the Lee machine we
have not given a majority to a
Democratic presidential candi-
date since 1910, or to a Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress
since 1941. That record shows
we need a change.
Evening star., 1956-03-25
A ThnnDht fnr Tnhay
Lenten Reflections on Fuvorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
By MRS. BEATRICE CARMITCHl

Recently Named Outstanding Bible Student
by the Organized Bible Class Association
Two chapters of the Bible very familiar to every
one and dear to me-
They the 23d Psalm repeated by our 6-year-old
daughter the last night before being called to her
Evening star., 1956-03-25

HOLD ON YOUNG LADY, THAT ISNT CANDY
Smith, whipped
Swardly
Mclean
pulled before bite
achievement
Evening star., 1956-03-25
County Democrats Split Independents
On Tydings |ndorsementWN Convene

Mrs. Schweinhaut is on a slate of
seven candidates seeking elec-
ton as delegates to the State
convention.
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Industry Pace
Holds Despite
Steel Strike
BY JOHN BAUSMAN
Associated Press Business Writer

:
NEW YORK, July 21.-The
economy dubbed along at a
comfortably high level this week
apparently taking the big steel
strike in its stride for the third
week in a row.
Outside of areas closely con-
|nected with the strike, people
were spending money faster than
last year. Storekeepers seemed
to figure this was no short-term
spree and sent in heavy orders
for fall merchandise.
There were other signs of pros
perity. Industries continued to
announce big growth plans and
award major construction con-
tracts. Even at strike-bou
steel plants executives tempo
rarily relieved of production
chores studied future expansion
Businessmen trained a wary
eye on the steel strike. A lengthy
shutdown could cause trouble
and the period of grace before
steel supplies give out on a wide
scale was growing shorter.
Thus far the strike has idled
$4,000 steelworkers and highest
estimates of those laid off in al
lied industries run around 10O,-
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If a prolonged strike forces ad-
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Stock Prices Edge Ahead
In Sixth Weekly Advance

week Of a Nationwide steel
strike. of the leading companies,
United States Steel, Bethlehem
and Republic edged ahead
Again the ancient adage of
don't sell on strike news" was
being obeyed by Wall Street.
A number of specialities got a
good play as the tendency con-
tinued to cash-in stocks which
had enjoyed an advance and
give a ride to secondary issues
which had been left behind.
Analysts noted that the market
was in a heavy supply area,
meaning that a lot of traders
previously had placed orders to
sell stocks after they had risen
to a certain price. With the
constant rise in the averages,
these sell orders were being
touched of automatically, like a
string Of firecrackers, moderate
as the daily rises were. The
fact that the market could
absorb this profit taking and
still keep moving ahead on
average was regarded as a very
favorable sign.
The five most active stocks in
the New York Stock Exchange
this week were: Benguet, up "a
at 21s on 279.100 shares; Sunray
Oil. up 25s at %; Standard Oil
New Jersey, up 21s at 601a;
American Telephone g. Tele-
graph, up 70 at 1929. and United
States Hoffman Machinery, up
22s at 2112.
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Girouurd Named
To Engineering Job
On Pacific Coast

PhiliaS H. Girouard, formerly
chief engineer of the Navy Bu-
reau of Ordnance here, has been
named assistant director of en-
cheering at Consolidated Elec-
trodynamics Corp. in Pasadena,
Calf, it was announced yester-
day.
During his IS years at the
bureau here, Mr.. Girouard re-
ceived the Presidential Medal for
Merit for outstanding work dur
ing World War II and the
Distinguished Civilian Service
Award from the Navy.
An engineering graduate of
George Washington University,
he received the schools Alumni
Achievement Award in Engineer
ing in 1947. He is a past presi-
dent of the CIV Engineering
Alumni Association.