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ate restored the cut. Then.
later. there was a compromise
at S18 million, for the current
fiscal year ending June 80.
Some weeks ago, the Commits
sioners asked that this lost" So
million be restored.
The House rejected this but
on the same day approved an
all time record budget for the
District for the next fiscal year,
beginning July /. and granted
the full $40 million Federal
share. the highest amount pos
sible under the existing law.
New Ceiling Set
Since that time, Congress has
enacted a new revenue bill for
the District, boosting city taxes
by more than $40 million for a
full year of collections and rails
ing the authorized Federal pay
ment to $23 million.
Senate hearings will begin
soon on the regular District
budget for the next fiscal year
with that new S23 million Fed
eral payment in mind.
| Meanwhile. the second supple
mental appropriation bill went
before the House with pro-
vision to restore that lost 81
million. 1t was rejected there
The District Commissioner;
asked the Senate committee tC
put it back But late yesterday
Chairman Hayden, of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, an.
nounced that it had decided tC
go along with the House.
In view Of this decision. il
seemed there was no chance thai
the Senate would upset thi,
Judgment.
One of the reasons was tina
the Senate committee had called
on District officials 10 make I
new estimate as Of the latest
possible time of the total reve.
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wouldn't apply this
year. For one thing, he noted,
it would require legislation. He
also said his proposal was
personal" and hadn't been
taken up with the other judges.
He said he had mentioned his
idea to a number of persons,
however, and hoped it would be
given some serious consideration.
William E. Leahy chairman of
the advisory council, said he had
not heard the suggestion, but
he said he would be glad to bring
it up at a council meeting Fri
day.
One Board of Education mem
Der said the board really ought
to be publicly elected, but added
that he would prefer Commits
oner-appointments to those by
the court. The Commissioners
are closer to the community, he
said.
Bill Asks Removal Power
A bill is pending to give the
court power to remove board
members, in addition to its pres
ent appointment power.
Judge Kirkland said he wished
the PTA Congress would send IN
the names of possible appointees
for consideration.
He said he is about to start
personal interviews with some
of those already suggested by
civic groups for possible appoint
ment this spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-11

OH d IeQueSI yesterday ny IIle
District Congress of Parents and
Teachers that the court make
School Board nominees names
public.
The PTA Congress, in reso-
luton, also said it would call a
meeting to question candidates
publicly. if the court agreed to
the request.
Rejects PTA Suggestion
Judge Kirkland, who heads a
three-judge committee on school
board appointments, fatty ruled
out the PTA suggestion.
He said the court. which is
charged by law with naming
board members, could not dele
gate the task. even to the extent
of preliminary screening. He
also said publicizing the names
of candidates would open the
door to too much mud singing. "
He said. however. that the
court doesn't like the job and
that wed like to get relieved
of it,"
Judge Kirkland's committee is
due to start work soon on some
possible new appointments to
the board, Three present mem
beers terms expire June 3O-Dr
Margaret j. Butcher, Robert
r. Faulkner and DR.. Rowland
F.. Korks All three could be
lreappointed.
A Personal Proposal
Judge Kirkland stressed his
suggestion for switching APP
lpOlntment power to the Com
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Tax Take Ends Chance
To Get Lost 81 Million
BY DON S. WARREN

Because District collections months have
better than had been estimated earlier the District Yesterday
lost its chance to get back 50 million cut made in the Federal
payment year
Last when the authorized Federal placed
$50 million the House sought to cut to sic million The
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Domestic Relations
Court Bill Signed
Measure Provides for 3 New Judges,
Ends System Of Commissioners
Nv STEED EVANS

President Eisenhower today signed bill transferring
District to the Municipal Court
The bill provides for three judges and will do with
the present system of domestic relations commissioners
The be the Domestic Relations
the Munpcal probably will be housed in the Civil Dvi-
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Judge Wants City Heads
To Name School Board
Kirkland Rejects Request by PTA
To Make Appointees' Names Public
BY JAMES G. DEANE

Federal Judge James r. Kirkland today suggested that
District Court be relieved of the job of appointing Washington
Board of Education members
He suggested transferring the the Commissioners with
candidates Commissioners eghtan Citizens
Advisory Council
Judge Kirkland made the proposal throwing cold
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Set Meeting Friday

Set Meeting Friday
His subcommittee, he said, will
meet again in executive session
at 10 am. Friday.
He said. I'VE are talking with
the Commissioners and the Capt.
tai Transit people all the time.
If ultimately we can't come to
some reasonable conclusion Of
our efforts, then we will face the
difficult problem Of some kind Of
public authority.
Meanwhile, a Senate District
subcommittee will meet at ?
pm tomorrow to consider
modified version Of the Wash
ington Metropolitan Transit
Authority bill proposed by the
Commissioners. This would set
up the authority on an interim"
basis for two years, During this
time the system could be sold to
any satisfactory private oper-
ator. If none appeared. the
authority would become per-
manent, with financing by sale
OF revenue bonds to the public.
One question to face the SEN
ate subcommittee was whether
to drop the permanent features
Of the authority bill for the
present and consider only the
interim setup, under which the
District Commissioners would
act as a Board of Directors with
Federal financing.
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GainsNoted inMove
To Keep Transit Co.
'Heudwoy' Made
By House Unit,
Harris Reports

Some Roadway" on an effort
to keep Capital Transit Co. in
business next August was re-
ported today by the chairman
of the House Commerce Subcom-
Imlttee handling the Washington
transit crisis.
Representative Harris, Demo-
crat of Arkansas, spoke after
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Boltimore Tronsit Union Neor Terms
on Contract. Pooe BE-
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his group had met for an hour
and half in closed session.
During the last half hour, the
subcommittee was joined by
j. A. Broadwater, president of
Capital Transit.
Mr.. Harris said the subcom-
mittee and Mr.. Broadwater had
come to mo conclusions"
Withhold Meeting Reports
The lawmaker refused to dis
close reports to the subcommit-
tee from the District Commits
sioners and Capital Transit Co.
on meetings held between the
city heads and company execu-
tives during the Easter recess of
! Congress.
The subcommittee had asked
the Commissioners and company
executives to- work out a deal to
keep the company in business
after August IA, when the etc
charter and franchise are pres
emily scheduled to die by act Of
! Congress.
Although the Commissioners
have made it clear they still
favor the public ownership bill
which they recommended to
Congress. Mr.. Harris said that
as a result of the talks between
company and city officials diff
ferenceS that have prevailed
have been narrowed"
He said it would be "inappro-
pirate" to give details Of the
present position because it is
not necessarily the final deci-
sion-if we get a final decision.
Mr.. Harris said the subcom-
imittee would not ask the Com
lmissioners and the Capital
Transit officials to resume their
conversations.
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Boltimore Tronsit Union Neor Terms
on Contract. Pooe BIZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16
Four Men Seized
In SIT HoIdup
Encouraged by PROPOSAL

Four men were charged with
armed robbery in an $ll.80 hold.
up in Alexandria early yesterday
Detective 6ergt. Robert Jonel
said the four white men forcet
Arthur L. Montague. colored. d
1921 Queen street into their autt
about 2::30 am. and robbed hin
lat gunpoint.
Held under $1,000 bond ar
Horntllal A. Zimbro, Is. ant
Donald A. Henderson, %. botf
lof Springfield: Roy N. Jerman
I22. Of the 800 block Of South
Fairfax street, Alexandria, ant
John Thorpe. 20. Of the 1906
block Of Duke street.
The men were picked up II
an auto for speeding on Duk,
street about seven hours ate
the holdup. Detective Jones sale
when they were taken to TIL
police station they were identi
fed by the robbery victim.
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Defenders Protest
School Bourd Plan

The Arlington plan has drawn
la bitter protest from the County
lunit Of the Defenders Of State
Sovereignty and Individual Lib
Ierties.
In q lengthy telegram to the
board, members of the pro-
segregation group said they
would resist with all our might
THE ''promiscuous mixing Of
Negro and white children in the
classrooms. :"
The telegram, signed by Jack
lRathbone, the chapters presi-
Ident. also called on the board
to drop plans for q $9.4 million
school construction bond refer
endum.
| Mr.. Rathbone's telegram said
his organization was unhappy
lover:
your eagerness to toy with
racial experimentation by inte-
grating white and Negro chill
Idren. !"
Board members also were ad.
vised that the Arlington Defend.
ers would try to block any move
to assign any teacher to q elias,
mot OF his own race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16
Virginio's Voting
On labor Issue Hit

RICHMOND. Jan. Is GA
national labor leader says Vir-
|ginia has one of the worst voting
records in the country when it
comes to legislation for the work.
ing man.
James l.. McDavitt, codirector
|of the AFL-CIO Committee of
Political Education, told q gath
!ering Of 248 State union leaders
here yesterday that lin no other
State is there any worse voting
record against the working man
and no more restrictions on vot-
ing"
Mr.. McDavitt, in a sharply
worded attack on Virginia Con-
gressmen and Legislators, said
"the one thing they fear is con-
|centrated opposition.
Andy Biemiller, a former Con-
gresham from Wisconsin and
now national legislative repre-
sentative of the AFL-CIO, urged
that Gin bills pending for Federal
aid to schools, it is made clear
Federal money can be used only
for free public schools and not
for private schools, no matter
what tag you hang on them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16
Action Premature
|Mogruder Asserts

J. Maynard Magruder, former
delegate TO the General Assem-.
bly, from Arlington who served
lon the Gray Commission, de.
Iclared In o radio address yester-
day that he was worried over the
premature" Indignation an.
riouncement Of the Arlington
School Board.
Certain members Of the
school board were complaining
about haste in calling the State
convention" said Mr.. Magrruder
Now they speak Of deliberate
speed to validate their action
Objective announcements by the
heads Of an important public
body require normal vision In
both eyes. neither one Of which
Is blurred by q political CASTE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16
ALEXANDRIA BURNS
SEVEN BUILDINGS
AS SCHEDULED

Seven buildings In down.
town Alexandria were de-
molished by FIRE yesterday
but it was all planned be-
forehand.
The row Of houses at the
corner Of Royal and Prin-
cess streets was RACED to pro-
vide more parking space for
Alexandria Dairy.
Charles Sampson. assist
ant Alexandria fire chief,
said that when it was learned
that the dairy had bought
the property and expected to
tear down the buildings. the
fire department asked to be
allowed to burn them for
practice.
Chief Sampson said about
so firemen were at the scene
from 10 am. to 9 pm. He
said they practiced going
into the buildings with gas
masks, using fog" and con-
trolling the spread Of fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16

Arizona-John MCGOWAN, 1916
House ONCE Building.
Colorado - Mrs. Pichard s.
Farr. 6205 Thirty-third street
NV.
Connecticut - Mrs. Marion
Dexter. l42 Senate ONCE Build
ing.
Florida-James D. Schneider
1920 Massachusetts, avenue NV
Idaho - Mrs. James Hayden
Arlington Towers. T-707. Airing
ton, Va.
MISUNDERSTANDING. Laurence
Curtis, 1914 o street NV.
Maine - Chauncey Robbins
Republican National Committee
1925 I street NV.
Michigan---Myles Knowles. 801
Bowen Building, 815 Fifteenth
street NV; Mrs. Lincoln Walk.
er, co-chairman. Apartment 843
President Tyler Building. Airing.
ton Towers: David w. Kendall
Assistant Secretary Of the Treas.
Jury, committee member.
Missouri - Frederick Stuck
3700 Massachusetts, avenue NV
Montana - Miss Mollie Clas'
hey, Republican National Com
mittee, 1926 I street NV.
Nebraska--Walter r. johnson
IT'S Cafritz Building, 1925
street NV.
Nevada--Thomas Ross, Is!
Senate once Building.
New Jersey--Mrs. Ormande A
Kieb, 1901 Massachusetts, av'
enue NV.
North Dakota--Miss Louise
Finke. 1918 House ONCE Build
ing.
Ohio-Frank Marriott. ~
Senate ONCE Building.
Oregon-John N. Hamlin, 162!
I street NV.
South Dakota-W. e. O'Brien
248 Senate ONCE Building.
Utah-Mrs. Virginia ] a m e s
582a Little Falls road. Arlington
Virginia-Lee Potter. Republic
can National Committee, 1925
street NV.
Washington--Mrs. Irving w
Thomas, chairman. 1000 Ca.
thedral avenue NV; Over
Clarke, Interstate Commerce
Commission. Twelfth street ant
Constitution avenue NV. COM
mittee member.
Wisconsin-Donald M. Count.
han. 1901 Connecticut avenue
NV.
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Tax
On DC. Duiry
is Upheld

RICHMOND. Jan. is tR.-
The Virginia Supreme Court o.
Appeals today upheld the righ'
OF Arlington County to impose
ia peddler's tax under the coun.
tvs business privilege ordinance
on a District Of Columbia dairy
distributing products in Airing.
ton.
In one Of al opinions handed
down as the court entered the
second week Of its January ses-
sion, the high court said the
decree Of the Arlington Circuit
Court in the case of Thompson's
Dairy. Inc. sis plainly right"
THE essential thing Is that
the ordinance imposes nc
undue burden on. nor discriini.
mates against. interstate com.
Imerce. nor does 1t deny the equal
protection of the laws to the
appellant" said the Supreme
Courts opinion, written by JUS
tice John w. Eggleston.
Further. the opinion said the
Arlington ordinance operates
equally ON all who come .Wikhin
Its terms. whether theysbe resi-
dents or nonresidents or whethe,
the commodities sold or offered
for sale be produced In thi,
State or elsewhere"
Thompson's Dairy, which pro.
tested payment Of $3,937 in ped.
Idler's taxes for 1952-53-54, has
its plant In Washington but
serves customers In Arlington
The dairy appealed from the Ar
Ilington Circuit Court decree
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16
Civil Defense Week
Noted in Fuirfux

This is Civil Defense Week at
Fairfax High School.
A program has been planned
by the Fairfax Civil Defense Of
fice and the Future Homemakers
Club Of the school.
Civil defense exhibits have
been set up in the school, and an
assembly program Wednesday
win feature talks by Inspector
Henry Magarity. county civil de-
Tense co-ordinator; Mrs. Lorna
Richmond. deputy co-ordinator.
and Maj. A. M. Petersen Of the
ground observer corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16
Absentee Voter Drive
Slated by 6. 0. P. Here

The Republican Party an
nounced plans today for the
most intensive campaign in his
tory to line up absentee voters
of Washington.
George L. Hart, jr., District
Republican chairman, SAID the
1856 drive to get Republican
votes for Governors, members OF
Congress and President will sup
lplement the regular work of the
Republican Absentee Voters
Bureau.
In the campaign, the local
%. o. p. committee will co-op-
crate with Republican organiza-
Itions in AZ States which permit
absentee voting.
Organizing Committees
The Absentee Voters Bureau,
with headquarters at 1925
street NV. is organizing a COM
mittee for each of the 40 States
The committees will consist OF
residents Of the respective States
who now are in the District.
It is intended for the COM
mittees to help the bureau COM
pile alphabetical card files with
those listed to boost registration
and get the ballots cast.
The bureau will supply sum-
maries Of registration and voting
laws Of the various States.
Mr.. Hart said the AZ State
Republican chairmen are SUBJ
Uniting information regarding
residents Of Washington. He has
urged Republicans throughout
the country to supplement- this
work by sending similar informa-
ton to their State chairmen or
direct to the Absentee Voters
bureau mere.
Four States which have no
absentee voting laws are Mary
land, New Mexico, Pennsylvania
and South Carolina. Two others,
Alabama and Louisiana, have
laws covering residents Of those
States. only.
Mrs. Faith Gwynne Fisher is
director Of the Absentee Voters
Bureau and John N. Hamlin is
special assistant.
Heads Of State Committees
Chairmen Of the State absen-
tee voter committees who have
been appointed 90 far are the
following:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-16

The life span Of American
men and women has been in
creased so dramatically in re-
cent years that it has brought
doctors q host Of new problems,
DR.. Leonard A. Scheeie, Surgeon
General Of the United States.
said last night.
DR.. Scheele spoke at the Stat
Ter Hotel at dinner which
raised some $4,000 for the
American Medical Center at
Denver. More than 900 persons,
including Government. profess
sional and business leaders. at
tended the dinner, celebrating
the first anniversary Of the
founding Of the Washington Adj
visory Board Of the medical
center.
Since the start Of this century,
pr. Scheele said. the average life
Expectancy in the United States
has jumped from ~ to SO years.
land five Of those years were
added since 1913" At the same
time. he said. the death rate
from certain diseases has dropped
"spectacularly." Tubefc u lOais
deaths have been cut rs per cent
since 1900. y
Oid-Age Diseases Appear
Unfortunately" DR.. Scheele
said. mot all Of this lfe-savins
lis clear gain. As we conquer
many diseases Of early life. more
people are living longer to those
ages when they are most likely
to have cancer, heart disease
land other chronic illnesses"
As q result. he said, hospital
needs are rapidly changing. For
example. he said, fewer hospital
beds are needed for tuberculosis
patients today than were avail
able a decade ago. while the
need for hospital beds for the
chronic diseases has grown
progressively with the rising toll
Iof chronic diseases and the in
lcreasing number of old people. -
The need, he said, win con-
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A mounted policeman in
Rock Creek Park, doffing his
hat to q woman motorist who
had stopped to let him cross
the exit road from X street
NV.
A youngster on Third street
S.W. pulling a red wagon
loaded with neatly bundled
newspapers, toward a Junk
dealer advertising TO buy. :. I.
A scissors grinder changing
his bell on Irving street NV.
near Sixteenth street.
Two young girls on their
way to school on Reno road
NV, peering through a picket
fence to watch q black and
white cat at play. 49,.
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taWmakersHit
Arlington Move
10 Desegregate
School Board Action
Jumps Sun. Soy
Gruy Plan Buckers
BY 8 star star Correspondent

RICHMOND, Jan. 16.-The
Arlington School Boards tenta.
tive plans to begin desegregatior
next September drew unfavor.
able comment from Virginia leg
lislators as they returned Il
Richmond from q weekend re-
cess.
Although the Arlington School
Board said its plans were tailored
to meet the Gray program. soms
LEGISLATORS who supported The
Gray plan were critical Of the
Arlington development.
Part Of the Arlington boards
statement Of policy said:
Assuming that the Legisla-
ture win enact the provisions
recommended by the Gray Com
mission, the Arlington School
Board adopts the following
policy:
"Integration will be permitted
In certain elementary schools In
1.-THE fall Of 1856.
Geographical Basis
1.-THE Arlington School Board
Twin continue the policy, of de-
ltermining elementary school at
tendance areas on a geographical
basis.
Children. whose parents OBJ
jected to their attendance at an
integrated school, will be as.
signed to q school that is not
lintegrated :.
The reaction Of some legisla-
tors was to the effect that Ar
liington had Jumped the gum
by announcing its policy before
the legislature had acted and
before the State Board Of Edu-
cation had declared a policy
Some said the Arlington boards
action was premature. inasmuch
as the Gray Commission pro-
gram may not be enacted until
late in the session or at q special
session to follow in the spring.
It was contended that Airing
tons intention to assign pupils
on a geographical basis-which
would involve only about sc
Negroes now living In white dis
ltricts-runs contrary to the GRAY
Commissions Recommendation
under the pupil assignment plan
Intent Of Gray Plan
The commission. in its report,
had this to say under the as
Esignment plan:
Children who have hereto
fore attended q particular pub
Tic school would not be reas-
signed to o different one except
for good cause shown"
The understanding among
most legislators here is that the
tGray program proposed to min
limize indignation by assigning
Jail children back to the same
schools next fall. This would
leave 1t up to the parents of in
dividual children to show good
cause" why the child should be
sent to another school.
Members Of the Gray Com
mission concede that children
entering school for the first time
or transferring to a locality pre-
sent a different problam. Those
Ichildren would have to be as
sagned on the basis of such fac
tors as availability Of facilities,
health. aptitude and availability
of transportation, under the Gray
plan,