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official. president Of the District
Health Association and
chairman Of the Commissioners
Youth Council.
Judge Walsh said he was happy
to see Commissioner Karrick go
into the matter. Noting that Mr..
Karrick was approaching the
study from the viewpoint of saw
ing money by postponing con-
struction of a new prison, Judge
Walsh stressed that lit is the
responsibility of a judge to take
care of a defendant before him."
and that he is not responsible
for care Of prisoner after sem
tence.
Drunk Cases Cited
However. he said. he hopes the
study might have "a by-product
which would be beneficial to our
court"
Observing that his court ham
dies a large number Of drunk
cases, Judge Walsh said the Dis
trict jail and prisons have an
average of LOO to 1000 pris-
oners each day who have been
convicted of drunkenness alone.
failing them. he said, is not
the real answer. and the study
may find some other method Of
handling such persons. For ex-
ample, he suggested. the police
might prefer to "hold Saturday
night DRINKS" until early Mon
day morning. ito get them back
on the job" rather than sending
them to court TOR sentencing
after only four hours.
Many such persons. he said,
now go to jail only because they
do not have $40 to pay fines.
The city. he said. does not want
their money. Judge Walsh said.
because lit costs more than that
to feed them"
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Acc Member Gets
1856 Peace Award

Thomas E. Murray, member
of the Atomic Energy Commits
sion, has been selected for the
1856 Peace Award Of the Cath
olic Association for international
Peace.
The award viii be presented
at an association banquet at
Trinity College November 10.
The honor has been presented
annually since 1852 to IAN
American whose outstanding
achievements have helped fur
ther the Christian principles Of
justice and charity in interna-
tional Life " The Most Rev.
Patrick A. O'Boyle. Archbishop
of Washington. is honorary pres
ident Of the association.
Mr.. Murray. a Catholic. has
been a member OF the Atomic
Energy Commission since 1850.
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which says police should arraign
persons arrested without unnec-
essary delay.
They ask us this question: Do
usual police procedures such
as fingerprinting, photographing,
booking, conformation with wit
nesses, re-enactment and checks
on alibis constitute unnecessary
delays?
Split Decision Cited
I'VE could refer them to a
number of Supreme Court and
Court Of Appeals decisions. But
in the latest Of these cases, we
find the nine judges Of the ap-
|pellate court are split three ways.
Six voted to reverse because they
felt the standards laid down in
an earlier case were not followed.
However, five judges felt that
the causation rule Of two earlier
cases is still the law. Under this
understanding. If the delay in
arrangement does not produce
the challenged disclosure, it may
be admitted.
"But. here again, these five
judges are in disagreement.
Three Of them believed there
was no unnecessary delay on the
part Of police in the case under
discussion. Two Of them believed
there was.
Police on the street are re-
Iquired to make decisions without
having the opportunity Of con-
sulting court decisions. 1t would
be most helpful If a short. plain,
concise rule could be authorita-
lively stated for the guidance Of
all law enforcement officers as
well as the public"
Chief Murray Agrees
Chief Murray, who. like Mr..
Gasch. is a member Of the Coun-
ell on Law Enforcement. said he
was in complete agreement with
the prosecutor.
1T Is q source Of anxiety to us
TO know Just what to do" he said.
IF a suspect is arrested for q
serious crime at 8 am. do we
have TO take him before a COM
hitting magistrate at 9 am? We
should have a reasonable time in
which to prepare our case. Right
now, we don't know what con-
stitutes a reasonable time.
I'VE need a clear-cut. concise
law telling US what we can and
can't do"
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Official Hopeful.
On Parole Study

| Hopes of persuading the Amer
lean Probation and Parole Asso-
citation of New York to study a
possible expansion of these meth
DDS of handling criminals in the
District were raised last night.
| Robert E. Mclaughlin, presi-
dent of the District Board of
Commissioners, said the city
hopes to find a modest amount"
of money to finance such a study
and that 1--WE hope the asspcia-
ton can be persuaded to under
take the study for u.s.
Commenting on a proposal by
| the Washington Criminal JUS
9tice Association last week, Mr.
Mclaughlin insisted there was
mo question Of the city trying
to expand the use of parole ano
probation with the present stats
available.
Case Loans Too Heavy
!
/ Interviewed on radio station
WWDC's Report to the People
program. he said. "All our parole
officers are already carrying twice
as many cases as they should"
He said that Commissioner
David B. Karrick, through whom
the recommendation was made
to the Board of Commissioners,
has talked to Judges and
others" about the possibility of
such a study.
The idea was suggested as a
possible alternative to construc-
ton of a new District peniten-
tiary at Lorton. Va, to house
300 to 1000 adult male felons.
The cost of similar institutions
built recently has ranged from
81 million to $14 million.
I Crisis Is Undecided
The crisis in corrections ia
cilitieS was underlined last night
when Donald Clemmer, head of
the District Department Of Cor
rections. reported his depart
ment hit an alI-time high of
prisoners last Thursday.
In the departments October
report, Mr.. Clemmer noted 5000
persons confined in the various
corrections institutions en- a sim
gle day. He compared this with
2.094 prisoners confined on a
single day in 1876.
The department broke other
records during last month, ac-
cording to the report. All-time
highs were reported Tor the Dis
ltrict Jail. the workhouse and
the number Of prisoners in all
District corrections institutions
4 During the month, the aver
age daily total Of Jail inmates
reached 1.196: the daily work.
house population averaged 1877
and the total number in all cor.
rections institutions averaged
1901.
Meets Chief Judges.
I Mr.. karrick said he had
talked with Chief Judge Bolitha
J. Laws Of District Court and with
Chief Judge Leonard P. Walsh Of
Municipal Court.
Both, he said. had been re-
ceptive to the idea. Judge Laws,
Mr.. Karrick said. is a member
of the board Of directors Of the
American Probation and Parole
Association. as is O. Rowland
Shaw. former State Department
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Three Aged, BewiIdered Shack Survivors
Watch BuIIdozers Remove Little Sicily

simple partition. A wood stove
provides both for heating and
cooking. BY modern standards,
it is squalid and Uttered. But
Philip shows it with obvious
pride.
Across the ravine, the Candu-
els gardens produce similar
vegetables. plus row after row Of
flowers.
In a rickety, makeshift wagon.
Carl hauls the cut flowers to sell
to the residents of expensive new
homes which have blossomed a
quarter Of a mile away. The pro-
cess is amazing to watch. In
| jured many years ago. Carl gets
around only with the help of
canes. Over well-marked routes,
he uses ropes to help pull the
wagon out Of the valley, tying
them successfully to trees far
ther and farther up the slope.
Potted herbs line the outside
lof the Canduci shack. Their
pets are four dogs and seven
cats. Along one side are pens
for a few rooters and a remark
able hen.
The brothers bought the hen
last Christmas for dinner. On
Christmas eve. inside the shack,
she laid an egg. Carl pointed
to the hen, and proclaimed that
If she laid an egg every morning
she would not be eaten. So far,
they swear. she failed only one
day-after a dog had crippled a
LEG. The brothers alternate with
the eggs-Carl eats one one day
and Josh the next.
Helped by the "Pensh"
The major source of income
i for all three is the "pensh"-a
contraction for the word "pen-
sion" that they all use to de-
scribe the welfare amounts that
come to Josh and the social
security payments to Philip and
Carl. The amounts, the three
indicated. are between $50 and
$40 each a month.
In advance Of the bulldozer's
arrival last week. Carl and Josh
ripped up thousands of bulbs
from their gardens, and stacked
them in buckets, wagons and
piles around their shack.
They said they want to give
most Of them to their closest
friend. Mrs. Frances Shipper,
who lives in a home built about
two years ago along the parkway
route downriver.
Philip showed up nine years
ago, when the Shippers first
bought their land, then a wilder
ness.
Over the years. he has paid
more attention to the Shipper
property than his own. He re-
luctantly accepts payment. but
THE money doesn't begin to re-
fleet the countless hours Of labor
that are evident in the land
scaping.
Prom the beginning, our love
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BY GEORGE BEvERIDGE

Three bewildered figures hud-
died on the hillside and somberly
watched a bulldozer eat away
the land that has given them
sustenance for five decades.
The scene was the remains OF
Little Sicily" and the three
hgures-whose combined ages
total 222 years-its last inhabit-
ants.
Little Sicily" is a wide, hid
den ravine only Is minutes
driving time from the Capitol
dipping toward the river amid
Virginia's Steep-cliffed Potomac
Palisades midway between Key
and Chain bridges.
A few decades ago. it was
dotted with rambling shacks
housing a community of per-
haps 80 souls. The inhabitants
mostly of Italian descent, were
the families and workers in the
stone uuarries Of the Smoot
Sand & Gravel Co.
None held equity in the prop.
erty. For long periods they were
permitted to squat" by the
quarry owners. Later, each
"leased" his land for 10 cents q
month, payable in advance.
Each built his shack, according
to his own needs.
Timeless Kind Of Life
Today, like the quarries them.
selves, most of the Little
Sicilians" are gone.
Only three weather-worr
Iancients remain, pursuing ir
quiet dignity a fantastic, timeles.
kind Of peasant life that seem.
Infinitely more suited to the hill.
of the old country.
Their hope has been to live
out their days without change
1t is based on a simple con.
Iviction that, despite the end Il
poverty and struggle that 9
different environment might
bring, the life they are Twins
is the best possible one for them
The hope may be doomed.
For Little Sicily" is in thu
direct path of the George Wash.
Iington Memorial parkway, beinf
extended from Spout Run in Ar.
lington to the new Central In.
telligence Agency site neal
Langley. The bulldozer moved IL
to begin a service road last week
In a matter Of months, the few
shacks left will be covered By
NIL dirt or pushed aside by Other
'dozers.
The three figures on the hill.
side were S0-year-old PhiliI
Natoli, Carmelo (Carl) Canduci
70. and his brother. josh
Canduci. 70.
"Fifty-twO Years Ago +. :"
Philips link to Little Sicily
goes back precisely half a CEN
fury. In his broken English, HI
likes to tell about it.
"Fifty-two years ago I leave
Messina land New York.
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New Jersey. ! dig bitches
80 cents a day +. 10 hours
work every day. In two years, I
hear about stone quarry Wash
ington. Pays $3.50 day. So /
come"
At that time, the quarries
were owned and worked by the
Columbia Sand & Gravel Co.,
which permitted the laborers
to build shacks and live in the
lravine above the quarries. In
1881 Columbia was bought by
the Smoot firm. AS a control
over the land. Smoot established
a system of annual land ''leases, I"
charging 10 cents a month.
Since 1913, Smoot records show
no collections.
Philip selected q prime To-
cation. The hillside site for his
shack provided drainage, but
was near fiat, stream-fed land
for gardening, with a natural
spring close by.
A year after Philip arrived,
the Canduci brothers settled on
higher ground across the ra-
vine. The brothers built a larger
dwelling than Philips 12x20
shack. But the original struc-
lures, many times repaired, still
are home to the three old men.
Turned to the Soil
More than 20 years ago-none
Of them is sure just how many
Philips days as a quarry dyna-
inter and Carl's and Josh's jobs
as barge workers. came to an
end. About is years ago. the
Smoot Co. stopped work on the
quarries. Since then, more and
more families have left Little
Sicily"
But with the end Of quarry
work. Philip. Carl and Josh
turned to the soil.
Their gardens literally pro-
duce nearly all they need. Philip
grows sugar corn, beans (Ken-
lucky Wonder, potatoes, black
eyed peas. bush beans, tomatoes
onions and red hot peppers,
which hang in festoons to dry
outside the wooden shack.
During the Potomac's herring
run, Philip dips an expert hand
into the river and salts away the
catch in crooks for the winter
The inquirer who asks whether
Philip ever "snags" herring-an
unforgiveable practice in the
eyes Of the law-gets only an
incredulous smile for his reply.
His self-sufnciency doesn't
keep Philip away from stores
But his needs are simple: a.
salt sugar once in q
while some fat meat beer
or a bottle Of wine" and his
major luxury pure olive oil.
used in all his cooking.
Proud Of His "Shack"
Philips tar paper rooted
shack" "a term he uses him
! self is divided inside by q
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for him and his for us was mu-
ltual." Mrs. Shipper said. Il know
him so well that I'm afraid of
what might happen if he has
to leave Little Sicily
Not A Money Matter
ut isn't a question of money
in any sense. For all of them, it
is taking away the only way of
life they know. They want to
live on what they consider is
their land, in the homes they
built with their own hands"
Watching the bulldozer cut tt
within few yards of their shack
Carl and Josh said they knew
they might have to move anC
that they realized they didnr
own their land.
But the tragedy is that they
may not fully understand.
i Intently watching the 'dozer
Carl muttered, Don't make diff
ference where we go but
ought to give us place if TAKE
my house +. I built hare
work -
Philip. however, hasn't &C.
copied the possibility that HI
might have to leave Little
Sicily"
/ Standing beside the concrete.
lined, cold-water spring he BULL
40 years ago. he pointed to hi
shack. propped off the ground
with quarry stones at its foul
corners.
maybe They Let Me Stay"
"If road goes there. house
move easy. Just prop up with
logs and move anywhere. Maybe
they let me stay on little piece
Of land near here not or
road"
i Federal park officials. who have
taken title to the Sntoot land
through special condemnation
proceedings. are non-committal
but leave at least a ray OF
hope.
National Capital Parks officials
said they will determine whether
it is possible the the Little ST.
oily" veterans could be allowed
to remain-at least until the road
construction is finished two OF
three years from now-away
from the road location but
within the substantial boundaries
of the bordering park area. Until
then. the area won't have any
real park utility.
Also under study is what-ii
AMBIGUITY the last inhabitants
may have built UP during theil
long stay.
1t is Mrs. shippen's hope also
that some nearby location car
be found for Philip and the two
brothers, either on park or pri.
vate land that will have no use
for the next few years.
They all have nearly lived out
their lives" she said. "A few
more years might solve theil
problem"
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Line Brock Floods
Cathedral Basement

Three feet Of water from q
broken water main flooded a sub
basement Of the Washington
Cathedral yesterday. cutting Of
power.
Firemen Of Engine Co. % said
they we're called about Z am
after a Waterman discovered the
break. Firemen pumped the
water out while Department
workers repaired the break. The
electricity was then turned back
on.
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ecutor and police chief want
Congress to settle the question
with q new law.
Heart of the matter is when
confessions given by prisoners
before they are arraigned can
become part Of the case against
them.
In recent months, two murder
verdicts have been set aside by
appellate court rulings on the
ground that the confession
should have been excluded be-
cause the defendant was held
too long before arraignment.
Current Trial Affected
In q murder case now being
tried, the District Court judge
refused to admit the alleged con-
fession despite prosecution ar
gllments that the rule still ap-
parently followed by the major
ity Of the appellate court made
1t admissible.
In the latest review Of the
question in the appellate court
the nine judges split three ways.
Mr.. Gasch and Chief Murray
emphasized that their first con-
sideration in seeking a law is to
know where they stand. Their
second consideration is to give
police enough time to prepare
: their case.
The Districts Council on Law
Enforcement Ia now making q
study Of the question. with the
Junior Bar Section Of the District
Bar Association compiling laws
and court decisions in other
Jurisdictions.
Council Chairman George l.
Hart. jr., said yesterday he con-
sidered the problem very grave"
although he Is not yet prepared
to say whether the council will
propose legislation for the next
Congress. He said as soon as the
Junior Bar Section completes It's
study-expected by the end OF
this month--the council will hold
hearings.
Outlining Proposal
Mr.. Gasch said he would pre-.
pare a rough draft Of legislation
10 propose 10 the council. II
would follow what he thinks 1,
still the majority view Of the
Court Of Appeals here--that .
confession is admissible II It Il
not produced by unnecessary de.
lay In arraignment.
The rule he wants to see fixeC
by law would define what Is nee,
essary and unnecessary delay
state time limits understandable
20 the police and establish /
standard OF conduct for thei
guidance.
THE need for Qualification o
the Law Of arrest and arraign
ment is Of the utmost importance
from the standpoint Of effectiv,
law enforcement" he said.
The police quite properl,
turn 10 members OF the Unite,
States Attorneys once for ad
vice Is to these terms. They asl
e about the meaning Of the rul
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Baltimore Crime Drops

BALTIMORE. Nov. 8 ~
There we're 2.147 crimes COM
mitted in Baltimore during Oc-
tober, a Is per cent decline from
the corresponding month Of
1855.
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TODAY

The American Association
for Jewish Education con-
cludes its meeting at the
Willard Hotel.
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Congress Asked for Law
On Arroignment 'DeIoy'
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG

United States Attorney Oliver aSch and Police Chief
" Murray yesterday called for Congress
all how long police hold suspect before he before
committing magistrate.
With the judges Of the Court Appeals
what constitutes Unreasonable delay" in
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HOUSES for SALE. NV. tcont.

Neutrality-suspicious. AREA
Immaculate 3-bedrm. row brk.: fine
convenient neighborhood; 2 enclosed
porches; gar; gas h.-w.h.; STA, $50.
FRANK s. PHILLIPS, DI. 7-14l1;
avas EM O0oR6
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CAR WASH
Easy Operation
VALET sHoP-ovner ouoteG Al on


VALET sHoP-owner quotes 81 -001
3 wk. ver-the-counter business
Fully equipped.
DEL1cATESSEN AND REsTAU
RANT--Owner quotes over Si,b0t
wk business. A well-eduip. and air
LIQUOR STORE - owner quotes
$4,000 wk. average business Rem
Sll5 mo. Very little competition
store is capable OF doing much NOR,
business
LIQUOR STORE - owner ouotei
81 200 TO SO 500 wk business
shows 1877 gross profit. Rent Sl5t
mo Terms
RESTAURANT AND BAR-owne
guarantees 81 900 wk. business
Does ~ to 50et liquor Air-cond
Has seating capacity OF 100. $1,000
cash will handle.
GROCERY STORE = with mic,
apt Owner quotes $1,000 wk
business. Very little credit Show
q 23es Gross profit Rent Sl12 mo
ROFFELD REALTY co
1899 CONN AVE
DB. e-oOO3 Evos., Wo. e-Ioe'
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STROUT CATALOG-

Opportunities galorel Motels. re-
sorts. tourists and boarding homes.
stores. gas sta. farms. etc. "a States,
3.U46 properties described. WORLD S
LARGEST. 81 years service.
STROUT REALTY. 234-N. Woodward
Bids. WASHINGTON. Sterling 1884
SUPER MARKET. near Naval
Base; no competition: doing better
than 80 800 wkly; same owner 2
HARDWARE. nearby suburbs.
shopping center: owner quotes 500
600 volume for 1855: rent, SIPS
mo hours, 9 to z; priced very low
a. 81 500, complete with approx.
$4,000 clean stock; terms; ex-
miles: near base; S55. 900 volume
for 1855; priced at $4,000 with
RESTAURANT-BEER, nearby sub
urbs, white clientele; owner quotes
$3.50 wkly, sverage, mostly beer;
80 pm. to 1890 am; sat- Q 70
~. Sun. 4 to 10; afr cond, beauti-
fully equipped; seats 1875; $4,000
cash down will handle
GIFT CARD SHOP. NV: $4,000
business for 1855: rent. 500 mo-:
4 closed Sun. $4,000 cash down:
PACKAGE LIQUOR. downtown;
owner quotes $4,000 yearly volume
same owner over 20 yrs: promoter
can double present volume, good
lease, low rental: air cond.; priced
low at $12.500 for license and good
Will. plus stock; $4,000 down will
handle: exclusive. Ewes and suns.
Shea Chasen. RIA. 6-543S.
KOGOD & BOOKOFF
631 Z st. NV. MA. S-9373
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HOUSES FOR sALE-N.w.

BEDRMS., incl, small porch. bath
room, plenty or closet space; LIST
n. liv. rm., din. rm., breakfast rm.,
kit, pWdr. nm. bsmt., shower bath,
comp. steel heating boiler, 2-car
Venetian blinds. 5o7 OGLETHoRPE
ST. NV, RIA. 3-54S3.
8I8 KENNEDY ST. N.W.-House with
: apts.. LIST commercial. Entrance
to basement from front. Wonderful
business possibilities, owner will
finance. Call UN. 4-S905.
MOD. Def. BRICK HOUSE-First
offering. d rms. bedrms., large
sized rms, many other features
south of Walter Reed and west OF
Georgia ave; CT or other terms
STROUP. RIA. $500.
JULY 1; CHEVY CHASE-Brk. z
6edrms; : baths, rec. rm.; $3.50
Open Sunday from .. Conn. tc
Nebr;; right TO Military rd;. right
2.16. MERRYFIELD g. WOODS
OFF UPPER 16th-New offering Diet
baths, mod. kit. fireplace, new cond
yard. flowers, 2-car gar. S19. 800
Clear; death causes sale. RIA. 6-632
s?l WHITTIER ST. N.W.-LovelS
detached home, in beautiful condi-
ton. slate roof. 5 bedrms., perfect
for larPe family; could easily be
converted to apis. fine home fol
81, 800. Call JU. $1,000. BAINUM
REAL ESTATE.
6!2 VAN buren, ST. N.W.-open
l-6. rms. detached home. new
~ decor, front and rear porches,
full bsmt.. incest section. Only
Sl3,90O. Easy terms. LA. $3.50
662O 5th ST.-Det. brick; 3 large
bedrms.; yard; trade, terms. RIA,
3-l l22. RIA. 6-541S.
1892 w. BEACH DR., open today
to 6-Custom-built Colonial In per-
feet condition. Words cannot tel
the story. See today sure. JIM
TUCKER. DU. 10000.
$500 N. CAPITOL-Ideal home fol
doctor; : rooms, 3 baths, front anC
rear porches; basement complete
THE GEE STALK co. Mr.. Mason
CO. 5-l3S0, LII. 4-237l.
UPPER N.W.--Impressive detached
home. q bedrms., . lge. baths. full
bsmt,, modern kit; lovely lot Sub
Stantial down payment OWNER
ia. n-H445.
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COFFEE SHOP

Nicely equipped with stainless kit;
air-cond.: will sacrifice. $1,000 down,
complete price, $4,000.
H NJ. GREENFIELD ia. 9-716S
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Short Hr- I,llncheonett1
HARDWARE

Does $3.50 week. Closed 2 pm. Sat
All day Sun, 8 pm. weekdays. Ideal
spot Reasonably priced. with small
down payment.
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APARTMENT RInG
TENANT WANTED

1412 IRVING ST. NV.
Ladies wear, millinery, pawn
broker mems store. sport shop,
carry-out delicateSsen ethical phar-
macy florist, appliances or any retail
business requiring Ncavv pedestrian
traffic: front of bus stop; store lust
remodeled | MOSKOW1TZ, RE.
1924 or EN-. 2-5676.