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Club Pushu
Custer Held
Blow to West

AMMAN, Jordan, Mar. 2 (F1.
1t Gen: John Bagot Club.
dismissed as army commander,
was escorted out of Jordan to-
day under guard of Is tanks.
His custer by King Hussein was
| a new blow to British prestige
in the Middle East.
The British Government, which
set UP Jordan's Arab Legion and
has been substituting it, said it
had assurances friendly relations
would continue. But the Foreign
Office in London said the "ab-
rupt dismissal of this distin-
guished officer" brought deep
concern to London officials.
| The action aroused fears that
more anti-British acts might be
in the offing in country which
has long been regarded as Brit
aims f1rmest friend in the Middle
East.
Sources in the Eden govern
ment expressed concern that
Britain may lose her bases in
Jordan or that extremists there
may lead the legion, long SUBJ
isidized by Britain, into a war
against neighboring Israel. Prime
Minister Eden accordingly met
in a 2l2-hour emergency meet
ing with his ministers to ponder
next steps.
The cabinet now presumably
must decide if it is to continue
financial support of Jordan's
armed forces.
Concern Voiced
The Foreign Office said in an
official statement:
| Gen. Glubb's appointment
was, of course, a personal one
but the abrupt dismissal of this
distinguished officer, who has SO
long a record of service to Jor-
dan. has come as a deep shock
to opinion here. The full facts
which have led to the Kings
sudden action are not known.
Her Majesty's government has
received from the King and
the Jordan government assur-
ances that they wish the
friendly relations between the
two countries to continue, but
they are deeply concerned at
these developments and the pos
Isible consequences. internal and
external. to which they may
lead. They will make an early
statement to Parliament"
Gen. Club, long known as
"Glubb PaSha," was dismissed as
chief of the Army General Staff.
Britain pays Jordan $22 million
annually for support of the TO-
000-man legion. This is more
than half the budget of the Arab
kingdom.
I In January Syria. Egypt and
Saudi Arabia offered Jordan an
annual grant to replace the Brit
ish subsidy. The declared aim
of the Syrian-Egyptian-Saud
Arabian offer was to strengthen
Jordan against ANY Israeli ag-
Continued on Page AS, Col. l
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.Subversive Listing Asked
.By Powell for White Units

first Negro student at the Uni
versity of Alabama.
| 1.-The peoples of Asia and At
RIGA have decided that no nation
f! is going to be a first-class nation
| in tomorroE's world that has
second-class citizens" Mr.. Powell
said.
The world, he asserted, is judg-
ing America as a democracy
upon the basis of the calculated
lawlessness in the six defiant
! States"
Prime Minister Nehru of In
dia and Premier Nasser of Egypt
! for instance. Mr.. Powell said, are
very vitality interested" in what
happens to Miss Lucy and to
those arrested as leaders of the
bus boycott.
| Mr.. Powell, a clergyman as
well as lawmaker, paid special
attention to the arrest OF &c
Negro ministers in the Montgom-
cry dispute.
| Asserting that that action has
placed America ION an equal
basis of religious persecution
with goddess Soviet Russia and
its minions," Mr.. Powell said in
reference to Roman Catholic
prelates imprisoned by Soviet
satellite regimes:
i America now has its Arch
bishop Stepinacs and its Cardinal
Mindszentys."
Mr.. Powell's letter to Mr.
Brownell, which he said was dis
patched today, asked for inclu-
sion on the Justice Departments
subverSive list of those white
See POWELL, page AS
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JOAN CRAWFORD'S
TIPS ON GROOMING

SIMPLICITY BEST-Men with good
toste prefer women with toste for the
simple in dress, soys Joon Crawford,
Hollywood stor. Miss Crawford, whose
dimensions ore those Of department
store monnequin, dresses for the
pure. lovely satisfaction" Of knowing
she is impeeeobIy turned out. Her
suggestions for other women ore re-
ported by May Nom on pose B-7.
WILL GOES TO ToWN-Some Of
the boys in the borocks decide it
would be funny to introduce viii
Stoekdole to drinking and pool shoot
ing. Reed the hilarious outcome Of
their scheme in the lotest chapter Of
Mac Hymon's best seller, mo Time
for Sereeonts," on the Feoture Pose,
AT.
TEXAS ToWERS-A tricky question
about whether Uncle Som hos the ter
ritonot right to build rodcr warning
stotions beyond the generally reeos-
mixed three mile limit is token UP by
Phil Yeoeer and John Stork in Low in
the News, on poee BIB.
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bound and gagged and put into
! a closet.
/ At TAO am. Ernest Marine
| a bank clerk. reported for duty
but was unable to get in. He
went away and came back IL
minutes later. One CT the rob-
bers opened the door and drag
ged him inside.
| Three minutes before the {
am. opening, j. Purdy Unge-
mack, an assistant treasurer, ar
rived to open the bank for the
payday rush of business.
When he entered, the robbers
covered him with a pistol.
They brought Mrs. Kostolol
from the closet, as she had par
of the vault combination ane
Mr.. Ungemack part of it. Tht
robbers made them open the
vault.
OllC 1OObCl, Will d plSlOl IL
his pocket, forced Mr.. UngemacE
to carry the bags of money out
to Mrs. Kostolos' car at the curb
The other robber stood in thu
doorway of the bank holding 6
pistol pointed at the bank officer
AS Mr.. Ungemack came out
to the sidewalk, he brushed
against John Romanello, a high
school teacher and bank custo.
mer. and whispered. Its a holdup
holdup, please call police"
MIR. Romanello ran across thu
street to grocery and asked
the proprietor to call police. A
police alarm was flashed at 81:
am. BY this time the robber.
had disappeared in Mrs. Kosto.
los car in the direction of White
Plains.
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BULLET TN
Red Cross at II Pct.

The Washington area Red
Cross campaign for 1856 got
off to a flying start as dOna-
tiOns tOtaling $165,478, or IL
per cent of the goal, were re-
ported at the first report
luncheon at the United States
Chamber of Commerce. Last
year on the second day of the
campaign, only eight per cent
had been reported. Earlier
story on Page A-12.)
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Protests by PTA Bring
House Survey of Schools

but at least we can hope for
good judgment"
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing told reporters today the
schools have ample space for
the requested 1870 additional
teachers.
He said a report on this score
was requested by District Off
Gals this morning and that it
would be supplied by afternoon.
He also said the schools are
expecting 1000 more elementary
pupils next fall and that classes
will be larger unless more teach
ers are provided.
Thirty-f1ve witnesses took the
stand. Not single voice was
raised against the demand for
more teachers. Parent-teacher
spokesman and others said they
would accept higher taxes to pay
the cost, but as one put it: by
golly, we want some of the extra
revenues earmarked for the
schools"
Witnesses Applauded
Witnesses frequently won solid
rounds of applause from the
audience of more than 200.
Numerous witnesses also urged
a boost in the Federal payment
to help meet the costs and there
were proposals that Congress
authorize a bond issue or a
Treasury loan.
The Commissioners were at
tackled for their shocking" re-
lection of the teacher-recruit-
ment plans of the school au-
thorities, asking funds for only
40 more elementary teachers.
This number, witnesses declared,
would not be enough even to
keep pace with the increased
pupil enrolment expected next
fall.
The Rabaut Subcommittee
open sessions will be resumed at
1880 pm. today, again in the
Caucus Room of the Old House
Office Building. A wide variety
of subjects will be considered.
More than 30 witnesses are to be
heard,
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of a branch of the County Trust
Co., near the center of this
factory suburb on Long Island
Sound, Is miles from the heart
of New York.
The actual looting took only
a few minutes. It was carried
out while two policemen in a
parked police car were only about
IS feet away. unaware that a
robbery was taking place.
The storybook robbery plot
began to unfold at 1915 O'Clock
last night when the teller, Mrs.
Mary Kostolos. a widow, drove
up to her garage four blocks
from the bank.
She was about to open the ga
rage door when a man appeared
out of the darkness. produced a
pistol. and forced her back into
her car.
A second man jumped into the
car and, with one Of the men at
the wheel. they drove to White
Plains, 8 miles away, where they
blindfolded Mrs. Kostolos and
began plying her with questions
about routine at the bank. They
asked who usually appeared first
at the building to open in the
morning, who had the combina-
ton and other details that would
help in their operation.
They returned to Port Chester
took Mrs. Kostolos' bank key, and
entered by the front door about
$3.50 am. They continued ques-
tioning her about whether the
employees had signals, such as
the raising or lowering of win
dow blinds, to give an alarm out
side.
Finally Mrs. Kostolos was
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Roosevelt Centennial CommlS-
sion. The planning commission
must approve the design for the
memorial.
The memorial will be in the
form of a rectangular court on
high land at the islands center
ringed by trees and IL granite
panels bearing Inscriptions from
the 26th Presidents writings and
speeches.
Flame of Bronze
+ In the center of the court
! facing a wide rejecting pool
will be a huge celestial sphere.
the skeleton of a globe about
so feet tall. The structure
known in astronomy as an ar
military sphere" would consist
of three circular bronze bands
From the base of the sphere
Mr.. Hagedorn said, there would
be a 10-foot-tall flame of bur-
nished bronze, representing The
odore Roosevelt's impassioned
ardor in behalf of those essen
tials of popular self government
of which he was declared to
have been the supreme teacher
j On the base itself will be a
bas-relief of Theodore Roose-
welt. Said the commissions re-
port:
! THE sphere, symbolizing the
free spirit, and the bas-relief in
their significance and universal
lily, will together give the Island
Memorial more than national
significance.
They will give it. in fact, a
new dimension. 1t will be not
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Hi|dreth Seeks
D. {. Party Posi-
To Oppose Donohue
In Democratic Race
BY JOHN v. HORNER

Melvin D. Hildreth, longtime
Democratic leader, announced to-
day that he will seek reelection
May / as Democratic National
Committeeman for the District,
Although he had decided to re-
tire from the post, Mr.. Hildreth
was persuaded to reconsider by
Adlai E. Stevenson and others.
Mr.. Hildreth will be opposed
by F. Joseph Donohue, national
campaign chairman for Senator
Kefauver, currently the leading
opponents Of Mr.. Stevenson for
the Democratic presidential
nomination.
The Hildreth-Donohue contest
will add zest to the forthcoming
election, for both are astute vote
getters with good records as party
workers.
Held Post 10 Years
Mr.. Hildreth disclosed several
months ago that he wished to
step down from the national
committee post he has occupied
for, 10 years. He planned to
quit at the end of term which
expires with adjournment of the
party's national convention next
summer.
Many associates here urged
him to reconsider. The Demo-
cratic Central Committee adopt
ed resolutions asking him to run
again.
Late last week Mr.. Donohue
entered the race and this I'M
doubtedly moved Stevenson sup
porters to put additional pres
sure on MIR. Hildreth.
Mr.. Hildreth said today he re-
ceived a telephone call from Mr.
Stevenson in Chicago this week
requesting that he seek re-
election.
May Stimulate Voting
This and the local committee
resolution influenced him great
lily, he said, but beyond that he
| felt a contest with Mr.. Donohue
would help stimulate voter reg
istration here.
IF I'm elected, I'll be a Stew
enSon committeeman. If Mr.
Donohue is elected, he'll be q
Kefauver committeeman"
Mr.. Hildreth said fit is dis
couraging to note that not mt1y
more than 5000 citizens of the
District have registered for thu
election May /. He estimate,
that only about 1000 of these
are Democrats.
Residents have just six weeks
Imore-until April .16-to qualify
Registration headquarters is on
the ground floor of the District
Rui1dinp
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merely a shrine for the great
teacher of the essentials of self.
government, but a sanctuary oi
the free spirit to which, it is MOI
Iextravagant to believe, men Of
every race and color and Greco
from the four corners OF the
earth will want to come to re-
fresh, or to deepen, their appre-
citation of the moral and spirit
Iual foundations of freedom ano
their understanding of the pc.
ilitical institutions that make
freedom a practical reality
among men,"
Plan Extensive Trails
Under the Centennial Commits.
Ision's plan there would be nj
other structures on the island
but extensive trails would be de.
Iveloped for pedestrians.
The new ideas replace earlier
development plans which wer'
knocked out by the proposed
Constitution avenue bridge. Tit
bridge is planned to cross TIT
lower end of the island.
Sketches showing the develop
ment did not include the bridge
Neither did they indicate an,
means of access to the island.
In correspondence with thu
District Highway Department
however, the Theodore Roose'
welt Association, trustees of thu
island, has asked that automo
bile access be provided to thu
lower end from the bridge.
To Cost SIS Million
The entire development plan
officials said, will cost abou
l$2.5 million. The National Parl
Service already has $270,000 il
hand and is asking for anothe
1902 900 for the islands develop
iment in the 1857 fiscal yea
! budget.
The memorial commission
authorized by Congress las
year. said its program will con
sist of three things: Compile
ton of the island development
completion of Theodore Roose
welt Memorial National Park il
North Dakota, and various pro
grams to "signalize the 100tl
anniversary.
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End 10 Forced
Retiring at 70
Asked in House
$500 Million Backed
As Federal Share of
csc Pension Fund
By JOSEPH YOUNG

The House Appropriations
Committee today acted to re-
move the mandatory 70-year age
retirement provision for Fed
eral employees.
In reporting the 1857 indie
pendent Offices bill the commit
tee also approved $500 million
for the Governments annual
contribution to the Civil Service
retirement system.
The committee said the ap-
propriation-which is $305 mil
lion more than recommended by
the administrations intended
to put the retirement system on
a sound financial basis.
Regarding mandatory retire
ment, the committee expressed
its displeasure with the current
law, which requires employees
aged 10 with IS or more years
of service to retire.
Stresses Scientific Advances
The committee declared that:
"In recent years the develop
ment of antibiotic medicines and
other medical advances has in
creased the life span of Ameri-
can men and women dramati-
cally. The retirement act at
the present time makes retire
ment mandatory for a person
aged 10 If he has IS years of
service, even though such a per-
son is physically fit and men
tally qualified. AS larger por-
ton of the population enters the
upper ages bracket there will
be an increasing number of per-
sons who may desire to have
employment with no opportunity
available"
AS approved by the committee
the provision would prohibit the
use of any appropriations for
establishing an age requirement
for jobs in the competitive civil
service, or for making effective
any requirement for mandatory
retirement from the competitive
civil service solely because OF
age.
This provision also would pre-
vent Federal agencies from set
ting age limits on any Job in
hiring new employees.
Concerned Over Finances
In appropriating $500 million
for the Governments 1857 share
toward the retirement system
the committee expressed con-
Germ over the systems financial
soundness.
The committee said the Gov
ernment's failure in past years
to contribute an equal amount
to that contributed by employees
has resulted in a $13.4 billion
deficit as far as the Governments
liability is concerned.
The committee said the admin
istration's request of 1925 mil
lion was greatly inadequate to
meet the situation.
It noted that the administra-
ton had recommended no funds
for the retirement system last
year and that Congress on its
own initiative had voted 1928
millions for this, purpose.
Each year the Federal en-
ployes are paying 6 per cent of
their salaries into the fund and
the Government is not contrib
uting it's share" the committee
noted. 1.-The result is that the
deficit of funds in the retire
ment system continues to in
croacp
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oversize classes, staged a four
hour protest last night against
budget cuts made by the COM
Imissioners at a hearing befoRe
the District funds group. Repre-
sentatives of the District Coun-
Icil of Parents and Teachers ap-
Ipeared en- masse.
They won earnest attention
from all members of the SUBJ
committee, headed by Repre-
sentative Rabaut, Democrat of
Michigan. And one member
Representative Passman, Demo-
crat of Louisiana, said he was
convinced.
Praised by Chairman
They won praise, too, from
Chairman Rabaut. though he
withheld his answer. Every
thing pleaded for here tonight. u
he said, was Christian interest
i'm the welfare of Others"
But he cautioned, I'VE always
seek perfection. / do not object
to that but we have to take
a deep responsibility. You want
more teachers. 1 am not OPP
posed to that. but there must
be classrooms to put them in"
He then announced the SUBJ
committee would seek informa-
ton as to availability of space
and what best could be done
with the school building pro-
gram. Chairman Rabaut added /:
I'VE can't hope for the moon
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erning alliance. Mr.. Mollet so
far has rejected the Red over
lures but did not refuse the
Communist support when they
voted to confirm him in office.
The Kremlin leaders at the
recent Soviet Communist Party
Congress in Moscow advised
Reds in non-Communist lands to
seek alliances with Socialist and
other parties of the working class
as a road to governing power.
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Freight Deruiled

READING, Pa, Mar. 2 (P).
= A Reading Co. freight train
bound from Williamsport to
Philadelphia was derailed early
today about 10 miles west of
here, blocking both tracks of the
railroads main line.
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Gas Fund Quiz
Closes, Leaves
Links UncIear
Testimony Conflicts
On Offer by Neff
To Aid Hickenlooper
BY ]. A. O'LEARY

A special Senate committee
investigating the activities OF
John M. Neff, a lawyer for\the
Superior Oil Co. of California
in connection with the natural
gas bill, closed its hearings today
without clearing up conflicting
testimony as to whether Mr.
Neff offered to make a $2.50(
contribution to the campaign Of
Senator Hickenlooper, Republi-
can of Iowa.
The committee Of two Demo-
Gratis and two Republicans will
begin celebrating in closed ses-
sion this afternoon. 1t has unit
March 10 to file a report with
the Senate.
The investigation was started
when Senator Case, Republican
of South Dakota, revealed during
Senate debate on the gas bill
early last month that Mr.. Nef1
had left a $4,000 campaign con-
tribution with a friend of the
Senator in Sioux Falls, S. Oak
Senator Case rejected the
offer and voted against the ga.
bill, which President Eisenhower
later vetoed.
Broad Probe Ordered
The furore over the Case Incl
dent led the Senate to set up two
committees-one to go to the
bottom of the Case-Neff incident
the other to plan a broad inquiry
into campaign contributions OF
lobbying in any subject.
AS the first committee neareo
the end of its job today, the
second committee was awaiting
adoption of rules of procedure
The new committee will wait fol-
the March 10 report of the first
group before it starts work. =
Hearings on the Case incident
produced testimony that Mr.
Nef made inquiries in five West
ern States to find out how Sen
atorS would vote on the gas bill
1t also showed that two other
contributions of $4,000 each were
offered to the Republican State
Committee in Nebraska-Mr.
Neff's home State-only one OF
which was accepted by that
committee.
Funds Linked to Keck
The testimony disclosed that
the money offered by Mr.. Nefi
came from the personal funds
of Howard B. Keck, president oil
the Superior Oil Co., and were
relayeds to Mr.. Neff by Elmer
Patman, another lawyer for Mr.
Keck's company.
At the final hearings today
the committee failed to clear UP
the direct conflict in testimony
as to whether Mr.. Neff ever men,
toned a campaign contribution
for Senator Hickenlooper tc
Robert K. Goodwin, Republican
National Committeeman fol
Iowa.
The committee also was unable
to throw any further light or
the source of a typewriter list
purporting to show how Senators
stood on the gas bill, which Mr.
Goodwin said was left inadvert.
emily in his office in Des Moines
by Mr.. Neff.
Bank EmplOye Testifies
Mr.. Patman, the last witness
said he was unable to help the
committee in finding the source
OF the list.
The committee today called
Mrs. Anna M. Conner. secretary
for a Des Moihes bank in which
Mrs. Goodwin is an officer, tc
see if she could help clear w
the dispute over whether Mr.
Neff made one or two visits tt
see Mr.. Goodwin in Des Moines
/ Mrs. Conner said she had moi
seen Mr.. Neff and did not know
him, but that she had handled
two long distance phone calls il
which Mr.. Neff was trying tt
contact Mr.. Goodwin.
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Gunner Kidnop Teller,
Loot Bank of $175, 900

PORT CHESTER, N Y. Mar l49-Two pistol-brandShing
gunner kidnapped teller held her captive all night
and then robbed drven bank today of $750O0 virtually
all its cash.
The woman teller was held 10 hours. She was bound
and gagged for a time, but otherwise unframed.
The gunner spent the night preparing for the robbery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
BY DON S. WARREN

New studies of Washington
school needs are being ordered
by the House Appropriations
Subcommittee in charge of the
District budget as a result of a
flood of arguments for hiring
1870 more teachers and for step
ping up school construction.
Parents and other civic work.
ers. alarmed over the effects of
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Memorial Area Planned
For Roosevelt Island
Elaborate Shrine Proposed to Honor
18th President on Anniversary of Birth
By GEORGE BEVERIDGE

Plans for gigantic memorial at the center of
Theodore Roosevelt Island be completed in two
the commemoraon of the Tooth birthday of Theodore
Roosevelt in 1858, were disclosed today.
plans outlined the National Capital Planning
Commission by Hermann Hagedorn director of the Theodore
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Witnesses PIeod for More Teachers.
Poee All
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WEATHER FORECAST

Fair and somewhat cooler tonight. low
near AZ. Cloudy, mild, afternoon showers
tomorrow. Full report on Page A-2)
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