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The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-09-28
Fort Laudprdale, Florida
"Venice of America"

to the housing shortage. they cost
relatively more today than they
did 10 years ago. or than they will
10 years hence. They can be OBJ
tanned in one of two ways. out
right purchase or by paying key
money"
One thing which must be con-
Stantly kept in mind in paying
"key money" is that rents in Is
rael are low, being a maximum of
8 Israel pounds room per month
for flats of three and one-half
rooms or less and a maximum of
10 Israel pounds per month a
room for flats of three and one
half rooms or more. Thus rent
constitutes only about 10 per cent
of income, a figure much lower
than in America.
In paying key money" for an
apartment. it is helpful to adopt
the room" Yardstick. To find the
total cost of an apartment. multi
ply the cost of one room" by the
total number of rooms. Do not in
clude the kitchen and bathroom.
or any small balcony.
A room" costs roughly 1000 to
5000 Israel pounds, depending on
the neighborhood in which it is
located. For a private house with
a little garden the price will sky
rocket; for an apartment offer
ing a panoramic and breath
taking view of the Old City Wall
and an Arab Legionnaire Post
so or 100 yards away-the prices
plummets sharply. No explana-
tons are necessary.
The most expensive flats are
located in Jerusalem's Rehavia
Quarter which is close to the CEN
ter of the city and settled mainly
by professional persons and Gov
ernment officials. A room" here.
in an apartment more than 20
years old. will cost UP to 5000
Israel pounds. If you want TO go
further afield. nice flats. newer
and more modern. they can be
obtained in the southern quarters
of Jerusalem German Colony.
Katamon. Baka) for 1000 TO $500
Israel pounds. or for the same
price in the suburbs (Montefiore
or Belt f1akerem). Near the Arm
istice Line. but out of direct rifle
and machine gun fire-but not
out of range. for you can be easily
picked off while on the roof
the figure drops TO l.500 to 1000
Israel pounds. The latter apart
ments. incidentally. despite their
proximity TO No-Man's Land. are
apt to be veritable palaces even
if 20-30 years old. For these Sec
tions of the city were once in
habitated by extremely wealthy
Arabs.
The walls of the houses are apt
to be four feet thick, the windows
arched, the ceilings high, the
floors carefully selected stones,
and the atmosphere" to say the
least, romantic. And in addition,
these Arab houses are comfort
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-09-28
FINDING AN APARTMENT
TN JERUSALEM
BY JONATHAN SHILOH
Copyright. 1856. Jewish Telesraphic Agency. Incl



You've been offered job Israel specifically in jerusalem
The work conditions and contraction five
the though far from what
cepable There only catch propsa-You
find apartment by yourself.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
MARYLAND VIRGINIA NEWS
Tydings Takes Campaign
Fight Into Montgomery

scheduled but Mr.. Mahoney
broke it to whisk out to Fred
erick County and confer with
party leaders. Apparently the
fact that the county's Demo-
cratic State Central Committee
has recently switched its ma
jority support from him to Mr..
Tydings had something to do
with it.
Alton Y. Bennett. a Frederick
lawyer and one of the most in
|fluential county Democratic
figures, has Endorsed Mr.. Ma
honey. He also has the support
|of George F. Albrecht and
George E. Hamilton of the
county committee, who met Mr..
'Mahoney here yesterday. The
candidate also met with James
Maus, who is directing Mahoney
campaign efforts in the north
ern section of the county.
Mahoney's headquarters yes
terday announced the appoint
ment of Henry j. Fowler of Me-
chanicsville as chairman of his
campaign in st. Marys County.
Tydings-for- Senator campaign
posters appeared on poles
throughout Baltimore yesterday.
They were placed there, the Eve
ming Sun said. by the driver
of a city Bureau of Sewers truck
which normally places warning
lanterns at excavation sites.
John j. Hunt. director of the
Bureau of Sewers, said he would
begin an investigation Of the re-
ta0rts of nY1no
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Bryon Backed
For Dobie Seat
By the Associated Press

Prospects for the nomination
of Judge Albert v. Bryan oi
Alexandria Federal Court for the
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
were described as encouraging
today by Representative Broy.
hill, Republican of Virginia.
Mr.. Broyhill said Representa-
tive Halleck. Republican of In
diana, a Republican leader in
the House, recently asked Presi-
dent Eisenhower to give con-
sideration to nominating Judge
Bryan to succeed Judg Armis-
tead M. Dobie.
Judge Dobie. "a, has an
nounced his qualified retire
ment."
Both Senators Byrd and Rob-
ertson, Virginia Democrats, ano
Representative Smith, Democrat
of Virginia. are backing Judge
Bryan.
Senator Thurmond, Democrat
of South Carolina, has been
backing a move to have a South
Carolinian nominated for the
vacancy on the court which
serves Virginia, West Virginia
Maryland and South Carolina.
Evening star., 1956-03-29

Millard e. Tydings was to take
his campaign for the Democratic
nomination for Senator into
Montgomery Comfy today. Yes
terday. he toured Dorchester
County.
A Tydings rally is scheduled
for 8 o'clock tonight at Leland
Junior High School. Chevy
Chase.
His opponent, George P. Ma
honey, made an unexpected ap-
pearance in Frederick yester-
day. The veteran candidate
made one of his "shoe leather"
trips through the area, the AS
sociated Press reported.
Six Weeks to Go
The campaign has less than
six weeks to go before the May 7
Democratic primary. The win
|ner will oppose the incumbent,
Senator Butler. Republican Of
Maryland, in the November elec-
ton.
In Dorchester County. Mr..
|Tydings told voters one of his
principal interests is the welfare
of veterans and their dependents
and he talked especially about
the problems of former service
men of World War I.
Both major Democratic fac
Itions in Dorchester have Endorsed
Mr.. .Mahoney.
COnfers in Frederick
Mr.. Mahoney was scheduled
to get a rest today, according to
his campaign itinerary.
Yesterday an open date was
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Threat Costs
Officer $50

A Massachusetts, policeman
yesterday was fined $50 in Alex
Iandria Police Court and placed
under a $500 peace bond for
Threatening a Washington wom-
an.
James ]. Curran, "A, town
policeman of Aver. Mass, was
ARRESTED Monday night after
making a telephone call from
Alexandria to Mrs. Helene Dan
lilowicz in Washington.
Judge James N. Colasanto
fined Curran $25 for disorderly
conduct, and $25 for using abus-
live language over the telephone.
He gave him To-day sentence
for threatening Mrs. Danilowicz
iii he again molests the COM
lplainal1t.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Palmer Park School Site
Purchase Is Ordered

Ifered to give the sites for schoo
purposes. She said the specia
appropriation request would bt
appropriate since the Schoo
Boards land problems resulted
from action at the county com.
missioner level.
Mrs. Yuill abstained from vot-
ling on the boards latest move
lin the negotiation.
Other School Projects
Three contracts were awarded
for new school construction:
Flintstone Elementary, at the
corner Of Spokane street anc
Comanche drive, Forest Heights
to Young & Crary Inc. of Wash.
ington. for 400, lowest o1
seven bids. The school, expected
to be ready in February of next
year to relieve double shifts al
Forest Heights Elementary, will
have IA classrooms.
Tanglewood Elementary or
woodward road east of Clinton
to Alton Engineering Co. Inc.
Washington, for $375,100, lowest
of ten bids. The school will
have IL rooms.
Sandymount Elementary. or
st. Claire street, Harlow Heights
to Merando Construction Co.
Inc, for $359,500, lowest o1
nine bids. The 14-room schoo
will be identical to Green Valley
and Beaver Heights schools.
All three schools let on con
tract yesterday include multi
purpose rooms, libraries, infirm.
aries and administrative Offices
Evening star., 1956-03-29
a New Key Aides
Named in Fuirfux
Cancer Crusade

Four more key aides have beer
ANNOUNCED for the 1856 Cancer
Crusade in Fairfax County next
month.
Robert c. Fitzgerald, Com.
|monwealth's Attorney for the
county. has been named business
chairman, responsible for con.
tacting businessmen in the
county and the city of Falls
Church.
Billy Joe Starnes. Fairfax rea
estate man, has been placed ir
charge of distribution and callec.
tion of coin cans.
Mrs. Richard De Butts, past
president of the county's Lay
Health Association, and Mrs
Walter Macomber, past president
of the Visiting Nurse Association
have been named co-cl1airmer
|of the special gifts committee.
Their appointments were an.
,nounced by Daniel H. Neviassel
of Vienna, the Crusade chair.
man.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
State Roads
Fees Shared


BALTIMORE, Mar. 20 R.-
A list released yesterday shows
III State Senators and numerous
delegates were among, 348 law
yers who shared in more than
$3.50. 900 in State Roads Commits
sion legal fees last year.
Joseph D. Buscher. special as
sistant attorney general for the
commission, released the list on
request.
He said payments during 1885
includes legal work assigned by
Edward D. E. Rollins. former
attorney general. as well as work
requested by the present attor-
ney general, C. Ferdinand Sy-
bert. Some Of the Rollins
assignments were not completed
until last year. Mr.. Buscher said
Title and Land Work
The roads commission assign
ments included title searching
and land condemnation work.
The list of Senators and fees
paid them last year include:
| Turnbull, Democrat of Balti-
more County, SIS; Redden, Dem
ocrat of Caroline, $1.525: Wein-
roth, Democrat of Cecil, $225;
Malkus, Democrat of Dorches-
ter, $265; James, Democrat OF
Hartford, $970; Mattingly, Dem
ocrat of st. Marys, $1.470; Phoe-
bus Of Somerset, $1,230, and
Mason, Democrat Of Worcester
$495.
Mr.. Buscher and Mr.. Sybert
said they did not believe it was
legally or morally wrong for a
Legislator to take on roads COM
mission work. Mr.. Sybert. how
ever, said it would be improper
for any attorney to represent the
State in a condemnation case il
he represented a property owner
during the same term of court.
Gives Qualified ''NoH
Mr.. Sybert also gave a quail
fled mo" when asked If he
thought it improper for a mem
ber of the Legislature to repre-
sent property owners against the
roads commission.
| II can see nothing wrong with
Ia legislators acting as counsel
for a property owner so long as
he conducts himself in an ethical
and proper manner, deals with
the State Roads Commission at
ARMS length and brings no i'm
proper influence to bear" he
said.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
IAcadernyUrged
TO Put Airfie|d
lon Kent Island

CENTREvILLE, Md. Mar. 20
l(R.-Naval Academy airrnen
Istill hunting for a place to land
iare being encouraged to put
down at Kent Island in their
search for an academy airfield.
Kent Island is across Chesa-
ipeake Bay from the academy
The Navy had zeroed-in on
1.-THE Davidsonville area in Anne
Arundel County but encountered
lstiff opposition over the target
Residents objected.
Queen Annes County business
men. on the other hand, ap-
Iparently would welcome the
flyers with the joy Of an aircraft
carrier skipper bringing in his
brood.
C. Of C. Takes Stand
The Tidewater Chambers OF
Commerce, which includes busi-
nessmen from three Queen
Annes County towns, has taken
a stand "in favor of encouraging
and indorsing a Naval Academy
air station on Kent Island"
The chamber statement said
that on April s it will hold a
public meeting at the fire house
in Stevensville Ito explain to the
people its position in this mat
tier"
Chamber spokesmen said Rep
|resentative Miller, Republican ot
Maryland. would attend the
meeting and that representa-
Itives of the Navy also were being
Invited.
Engineering Study Voted
In Congress, the House Armed
Services Committee has voted to
have an engineering firm make
la study of the airfleld problem.
| The $17-million field would be
fused to give Naval Academy
lmidshipmen air indoctrinatior
land be used by Naval Reserve
f1iers and Navy flying officers
i'm the Washington area.
| At Davidsonville. in Western
Anne Arundel County. the field
would be almost midway be-
tween Annapolis and Washing
ton. On Kent Island, Naval
Academy flyers would reach il
|via the Chesapeake Bay bridge
Ior, more quickly, by water.
Evening star., 1956-03-29

The, Prince Georges County
School Board instructed its at
torney yesterday to try to buy a
school site in Palmer Park which
board members had thought
would be given the county with
out charge.
The 16-acre tract is one Of two
IN the subdivision needed for
school construction.
School officials are now trans
porting about 200 children to
schools outside the area and the
number is expected to increase
next fall.
Land Gift Denied
Acquisition of the sites begged
down during recent months in a
misunderstanding" between the
board and Kennith Frank, de-
veloper of Palmer Park. The
board has been firm in its opin-
ion that Mr.. Frank offered to give
the land for school purposes DUR
ing a zoning hearing on the
project before the former Board
of County Commissioners. Mr..
Frank has denied he had the au-
thority or intention of giving
the land outright to the board.
Yesterdays action was taken
after the board. turned down a
suggestion by Member Louise D.
Yuill that the present Board of
Commissioners be requested to
make a special appropriation for
purchase of the land.
Says Land Was Offered
Mrs. Yuill contended Mr..
Frank obtained proper zoning
for the development after he Of
Evening star., 1956-03-29
CountyCouple
Sue Loan Firm


A Montgomery County brick
layer and his wife have filed a
$205, 900 damage suit against a
Mount Rainier (Md0 small loan
firm alleging that two of the
firms employees forced their way
into the couples home last spring
and injured the plaintiffs wife.
The suit was filed in behalf
of Henry B. Smith and his wife,
Beatrice Elizabeth Smith, resi-
dents of Buck Lodge, Md, by
their Attorney r. Edwin Brown
of Rockville. The suit charges
that two employees of the Amer
ican Finance Co., 1908 Rhode
Island avenue, Mount Rainier,
forced their way into the Smith
home, knocking Mrs. Smith over
in the process, last May 10.
The couple alleged that Mr..
Smith heard the commotion,
rushed indoors from his back
yard and found 'his wife pros
trate on the floor in q state of
severe shock"
The suit further claims that
the two loan company agents
threatened and abused Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith and that they told
Mr.. Smith that what had hap
pened to his wife was "just a
sample Of what was going to
happen to him" II he did not pay
an alleged debt to the loan
company.
Included in the damages sought
by the Smiths is $4,000 in COM
pensatory damages and a total
Of $125,000 in punitive damages.
The two loan firm employees
named In the suit. are Terry J..
r. Taylor and Richard Beavers.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Virginia Park Cobin
Dates NeurIY Filled

RICHMOND, Mar. 20. P.-
The State park systems cabin
reservations are nearly all gone
for the months of June, July and
August.
Park Commissioner Randolph
Odell disclosed a few scattered
dates remain for the Staunton
River. Prince Edward, Hungry
Mother and Fairy Stone Parks.
The eight parks will open the
new season May IA.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Virginia Transfers
Traffic Enqineer

RICHMOND, Mar. 20 (Spe.
ciaD .-J. L. Thomas, district
traffic engineer for the State
Highway Department at Cul.
peper, will be transferred to 6
similar post in the Stauntor
district, the department an.
nounced today.
Mr.. Thomas will be replaced
as traffic engineer in the Cul.
peper district by Karl Noerr
highway engineer trainee at Cul.
peper.
The changes are effective Sun
day,
Evening star., 1956-03-29
Thieves Get $40

Arlington police said thieves
Inetted $40 yesterday by knock
ing q hole in the side of a walk
lin vault room at the District
Building Supply Co.. 555 Jeffer-
son Davis highway.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
|Adelphi Home Burns

Fire early today caused an
estimated $1,000 damage to an
|unbccupied bedroom in a brick
rambler owned by Walter Joseph
son, 9308 Twenty-fi fifth avenue,
Adelphi, Md. Firemen said the
blaze was believed to have been
started by a cigarette.
Evening star., 1956-03-29
GLEN BURNIE BYPASS TAKES SHAPE

Something being added to the Glen Bunie Northern Anne
Maryland State Slxmle stretch
highway under to bypass the community 10 miles south Of
highway will nohsouth through traffic from Route so1 three miles
Baltimore This looks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-21

cine and need not fear the
crushing burden of catastrophe
illness.
There is the need to keep ris-
ing prices from swallowing ur
our savings.
There is the need to readjust
our system of taxation, so that
the burden Of taxes will not
weigh unfairly on those strug-
Cling to support their wives and
children on limited income.
Mentions Education Needs
I want to mention particularly
our needs in the field of educa-
ton. Perhaps this splendid new
school is not the place to talk
about it, but I don't suppose
there is anything more con-
stantly on our minds than our
wish to give our sons and daugh-
tiers the best break possible in
the world. When we don't offer
our children the best schooling
we can afford, we are handicap
ping their future, we are deny
ling them the opportunity for
full development, we are letting
them down.
And that is exactly what is
going on today. Through the
country the school situation is a
national crisis. Our classrooms
are overcrowded, our teachers
are underpaid, and sometimes
even the school buildings are un-
safe In too many communities
the little red schoolhouse has
given way to the big gray fire.
trap. And the reason for this
can be given in a Word-money
Most schools are supported BY
the general property tax, and il
Just can't carry the load any
more.
| We can't put this problem of
any longer. 1 will never be-
Ilieve-nor will any of you-that
the country which can afford
1.-THE biggest motor cars and the
best highways and the highest
buildings and largest aircraft
carriers in the world cant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-21

everywhere: You shall not de
grade free elections in America
Judges support Urged
I hope. too. you will support
two fine candidates for Circuit
Court judges. two men with
notable records in fightine
against crime and juvenile de.
linquency in this area-Charle,
Irelan and Alfred d. Moves.
And I cannot let the occa-
sion pass without saying a woro
about the man who has done
such a remarkable Job OF lead.
ership in Montgomery County
your county chairman, Col
Ward w. Caddington.
I know that Montgomery
County went Republican in l94s
and 1852. But it redeemed it.
self In 1854; and I am conf
dent that it will produce an
even greater Democratic major
ity in 1856!
This is a Democratic year
The rising Democratic tide
which swept the Congress and
SO many State capitals in 1854
engulfed the Republican citade
OF Maine last week. And in No.
vember it will engulf Washing.
ton!
4 1t is not only that our Demo-
Gratis are rallying to the stand
ard. 1t is that there is, il
addition, an increased swing Of
independents and Republican,
toward the Democratic Party
Blairs' Switch Recalled
1t is natural that this swine
should be taking place-and il
is fitting that we should mentor
1t tonight in a school bearing
the name of Montgomery Blair
For the Montgomery Blairs
father and son, were among the
founders of the Republican Party
One Montgomery Tiair was a
member of Lincoln's cabinet
Then, after the Civil War, wher
the buccaneers of finance took
over the Republican Party, the
Blairs became Democrats. In the
spirit of Montgomery Blair,
call on all citizens of Silver
Spring to follow their sage exam
pie and come over to the DEM
ocratic Party, the party of youth
the party Of fresh ideas, the party
that cares about people and gets
things donel
The country has been stalled
on dead center long enough. II
is time for America to get uu
and get moving-to resume the
forward march toward a new
America. based on freedom and
abundance and justice for all.
That is what this election is
about. That is why l am here
in Silver Spring. That is why
Estes Kefauver and I mean tc
conduct the hardest campaign
that this country has ever seen
And. if you will work with US
I have no doubt about the cut
come.
We will win in November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-21
Text Of AdIoi Stevenson's
Speech in Silver Spring

Adlai StepenSon'S speech at
l. Siluer Spring, last night
the Presidents admonition Ia
stick to the truth and his influ-
ence in the Republican household
when we hear no more of these
familiar refrains or when we get
truthful answers to questions like
these:
When Republican orators SLAM
der the Democratic Party as the
war party" or make such in
ferences, do they mean that q
Republican administration woulc
not have defended the United
States from the Kaiser in 1917;
Do they mean that a Republi-
can administration would moi
have fought following the attack
on Pearl Harbor in 1912.
Do they mean that a Republi-
can administration would have
let the Communists take ovel
South Korea in 1850 and destroy
collective security in its first test?
We fought these wars, not a:
Democrats nor as Republicans
but as Americans. And for Re.
Ipublicans to say or imply thai
war is partisan in origin is to be.
little and deny the sacrifices Of
gallant men who three times Of.
Ifered their lives in defense o.
America-or to engage in the
most cynical political double
talk,
Says Truth Begins at Home
i I would say to President Eli
Isenhower's truth teams that
like charity, truth has to begir
lat home! 1t is not commod-
lity-to be packaged and plugged
and pushed for campaign pur-
poses. AS far as we are con-
Icerned, it is a fundamental
principle. a ground rule, OF
democracy's great debate.
/ am particularly glad to get
to Silver Spring at last because
it is the kind Of community in
which I feel perhaps most at
home. I am a suburbanite my
self. ! catch the 7:55 along
with all the men in the gray
flannel suits.
I Nothing has been more sig
Inificant in our life in the last
few years than the growth OF
the suburbs. You know that well
Ienough here in the Silver Spring
Iarea, where your population has
Increased by over $4,000 just
since 1850. And what has beer
going on here has been going
ION across the country. People
are moving to the suburbs al
the rate of nearly a million anc
la half year. Our suburbs are
growing seven times as fast as
the metropolitan centers.
The suburb. in short, is
Americas future. And the char
acter of our future is therefore
going to depend a lot on the
kind of life we develop in oul
suburban communities and il
J our American families. That i,
what I want to talk with vol
Iabout tonight.
Social Gains Cited
The Democratic Party has
-lplayed special role in thu
yIwhole ) process Of suburban
; growth. This great new de-
Ivelopment in our life rests es,
: lsentially on the tremendous so.