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REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

Continued From Page AIS
look to the future and attract youth
to the party.
The 1856 Stevenson is not like
Democratic leaders of the past. He
is not q Harry Truman, nor a
Franklin Roosevelt; he resembles in
no way AL Smith or Woodrow Will
son. He is Adlai Stevenson being
Adlai Stevenson, Just as on Friday
night he urged Americans ito be
again our great selves"
With typical sincerity Friday
night he vowed that the Democratic
ticket would win this year, vow
that does not appear hopeless Of
fulfillment when one examines the
party's prospects and the strategy
1t plans to use.
A primary aim is to preserve
party unity in the South and hold
that historically Democratic region
and its 1873 electoral votes as base.
Democrats will concentrate heavily
on four Northern States taken by
the Republicans in 1852 with less
than IS per cent Of the vote: Penn
sylvania. Rhode Island, Delaware
and Massachusetts, with a total OF
SIS electoral votes. Party hopes are
pinned further on States where Re-
publican Governors or Congress
members have been unseated since
1852 These include. notably, New
York with its As Electoral College
votes. The party also feels things
are looking up in Michigan and
Illinois. and many believe that the
addition Of Senator Kefauver, i'm
mensely popular with Midwestern
farmers. viii help swing some Of
those States 10 the Democrats.
All these. in addition 70 . couple Of
border States. would give the
ticket Is 70 IS more than the 3ee
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lection from harrington D. Parker.
a young Negro lawyer. whose call
for an Endorsement Of the Presi-
dents civil rights program here
was countered by Mr.. Harris in
sistence that the program was al
ready an accomplished fact and
needed no Endorsement.
AS one veteran member put it.
the situation became so tense that
mo good Republican could do any
thing but back up the President"
When Mr.. Parker was supported
by his father, George A. Parker.
and by former Municipal Court
Judge James A. Cobb. the State
Committee quickly adopted reso-
luton of Endorsement.
Another recent fight also helped
remold the local party on the
Eisenhower model.
Among the Diehords
Four years ago. the District dele
CATION was one of the diehard sup
porterS of the late Senator Robert
A. Taft, with his hackers squarely
in control of the local party.
Swamped by the generals nomi-
nation and election, they have
fought a careful rear-guard action
to retain power against the relative
newcomers who backed Mr.. Eisen-
hover in 1852. but their position
has suffered slow erosion.
The latest example was expansion
of the State Committees executive
body, under pressure from District
Commissioner Robert E. McLaugh-
lin, to take in two more Of the Ell
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TV Will Force More Convention Changes

that a live television camera. broad
casting onto the air waves, must be
focused on the rostrum from the
moment the opening gavel drops
until the closing gavel signals the
end of session. Mr.. Butler made
1t clear at a hot-and-heavy press
conference Tuesday afternoon that
he did not think this is what gavel-
to-gavel means.
Both Groups Aware
Both the networks and the po-
litical parties national committees
are aware of this. The networks
sell commercial announcements,
which necessarily must be sand
wiched in at various times between
the opening and closing gavels. 1t
is understood, for instance, that
CHS sold Westinghouse q guaran-
teed minimum Of 100 commercials
during the two conventions this
year.
The national committees recog-
nize this fact by requiring the net
works to broadcast. before and after
each session, a disclaimer to the ef-
feet that the party concerned does
not indorse the sponsors product.
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electoral votes required to win the
White House.
The Stevenson Kefauver ticket is
regarded as robbing the opposition
of some anticipated issues and talk
ing points in the campaign. No
longer can the Republicans point
to Mr.. Stevenson as Harry Tru-
mans picked candidate" With the
crime busting Senator Kefauver on
the ticket little ballot fodder will
be pulled by charges Of corruption.
Talk of Communist coddling has
lost much Of its potency since the
downfall Of Mccarthy. Thus. the
three Cs" Of the 1852 campaign
corruption. communism and crony-
ism-will not be there this year to
plague Democratic campaigners in
State after State.
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TheRepubIic0ns
Set the Stage

Republicans have their say this
week. as some 5000 newsmen pack
their typewriters and leave Chicago
for San Francisco and a @. o. p.
convention which, II not promising
the drama. pathos and excitement
Of Chicago. will at least have as
much audience appeal as is possible
in a play whose plot has been long
since revealed.
The O. o. p. Is determined To
make an interesting and entertain
ing show Of It's decision to nominate
an Eisenhower Nixon ticket and Of
It's reply TO the raking that the
Democrats gave the administration.
Where Suspense y lacking. and
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Also, the networks compete
fiercely for the reputation of re-
laying the best news fastest dur.
ing the sometimes long and slow.
moving convention sessions.
All this adds up to the fact that
gavel-to-gavel isn't really gavel-to-
gavel at all. So it becomes mat
ter Of editorial judgment when the
cameras will leave the floor and
go somewhere else.
The networks, it is generally
known, agreed in advance in 1862
and again this year not TO cut
away from major speeches; but
what are major" speeches and
what are minor" ones? And. for
that matter, what are "speeches?"
1t is not difficult, at this juno
ture, to predict what is likely to
happen between the networks and
the parties in the next four years.
Everyone comedies that conven-
tons are approximately IS per cent
fiapdoodle and 5 per cent business.
And likewise, everyone comedies
that Americans are taking greater
interest In politics than ever be-
fore now that TV. has assumed an
adult role.
Tv Will Coll the Turn
The time is coming-and maybe
before l960-some observers believe.
that TV will be virtually In the
position to dictate to the parties
the form and formal Of their con-
vertions. (This is not TO suggest
that the networks ever would be
in a position, or ever would try,
to dictate platforms and candi-
dates.)
When this day dawns, 1t is quite
likely that the networks will in
form the parties that. TO be efitc-
tive, the conventions must %
conducted with the hapdoodle con-
cealed and the business brief and
TO the point.
Possibly this will result in con-
yentions as short as two days--a
time brief enough. II split into say
two four-hour segments q day---to
hold the public interest. Under
such circumstances. II is possible
that the networks could guarantee
and deliver true gavel-to-gayel
coverage, provided the parties
agreed TO some such periodic cut-out
a. five-minutes each hour.
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for seats in the convention.

for seats in the convention.
In Virginia it involved two Taft
supporters versus two Eisenhower
hackers in the third Richmond
area) district. The pro-Taft State
Central Committee had ruled
against the Eisenhower delegates.
In Chicago, the National Commit
tee held that such contests must
be settled at the State level.
The Taft supporters. Richard c.
Page and James M. Moore. were
opposed to a so-called flair play"
amendment to the convention rules
advanced by Eisenhower forces. The
amendment was to prevent any
delegate whose seat was contested
from voting on the qualifications Of
any other contested delegate.
Among those with similar views
on the Taft side were delegates
Oren r. Lewis of Arlington and
Harris T. Richards Of Fairfax.
But Bentley Hite of Christians
burg. the first Virginia delegate to
openly indorse Gen. Eisenhower.
and Robert H. Woods of Pearisburg,
who had just stepped down as State
G. o. p. chairman, upheld the
fair play" amendment.
l3-to- 10 for loft
On the opening day Of the con-
vention Virginia's delegation was
split. 13-to-10. on three issues in
favor of Senator Taft. That was
the vote by which they favored a
Taft-sponsored amendment to the
"fair-play" rule.
BY the same margin E. D. Hilton,
q Taft supporter. defeated Mr.,
Woods for the delegation chair
manship at q caucus. At the same
caucus the two factions split by
the same vote over postponing the
selection of national committee
woman. Taft supporters succeeded
in postponing the decision.
On the conventions third day
the Virginia delegates caucused and
elected State Senator Ted Dalton
Of Radford as national committee
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You Need Plenty Of Time
To Get CTC Route Doto

If you plan to go from one
point to another in Washington
and are not sure what bus or
trolley line to take. allow plenty
of time to get that information.
Capital Transit Co. has a
schedule information service and
has had it for years. It will tell
you the most direct line to take
provided you can reach the
information service Office.
Unless a person calling by tele-
phone is persistent. chances are
that all he will get is the busy
signal. One Star staffer tried
six times on Saturday and that
is all he got.
Another staff member started
calling the information Office
at 9:04 am today. On the fifth
call at 9:27 am. the call went
through. He was asked to mold
the line. At 9:34 the person
who answered the telephone was
back on the line and supplied
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Lack of Interest Cancels
Conference on the Aged

The first Maryland Conference
on Aging. scheduled to open q
three-day stand tomorrow at the
University Of Maryland. was
cancelled over the weekend be-
cause almost nobody seemed to
care
1.-THE lack of interest is rather
battling" said DR.. Dorothy F
Deach, the faculty member who
was to preside. I'VE sent out be.
tween 1000 and 5000 invitations
and the reservations were in the
30s, not much more"
The eight-page program, with
a multiplicity of panel talks anc
lectures on the card, explained
the meetings. goal this way:
1.-THE purpose of this confer
ence will be to create an aware
ness among the citizenry Of
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7 Held for Grand Jury
In Rope Of D. c. Widow

Of the $500 block Of Brothers
place Sc.
The complainant told police
she was forced into a car by the
men in Southeast Washington
last Friday, then taken into the
county and raped.
District police rounded up the
men Saturday after they said the
sister Of one Of the seven talked
of the attack to her employer.
The information was passed on
to police by the grocery en-
ployer.
Police identified the sister as
Mrs. Jessie Brensinger, 36, Of
s242 Indian Head road. Accord
ing to investigating officers, the
sister apparently refused to help
the rape victim when she ran to
her house. The sister told police
she was afraid to give assistance.
Officers said the victim quoted
the sister as saying she couldn't
help rbecause one Of the men is
my brother"
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lake. The stream was halted and
its bed was combed. Trees we're
scaled by searchers for the MUIR
der weapon. Police in an airplane
flew over the vicinity, scanning
Irooftops for the rifle. Finally,
when it still was missing, bull
dozers raked off the brush and
police on hands and knees went
over the ground again.
The old Heurich estate was
searched. Two old wells were
uncovered and plumbed. Sport
ing goods stores, pawnshops,
hardware firms and other shops
were visited.
But no rifle then, and still no
rifle. no really good suspect, not
even q motive found.
At the girls funerals police
men wept. But a year has
passed. The time for tears is
past. This is the period for
persistent slogging, tracing down
reports, hunting out bits Of Cos
sip and rumor and fact, pound
ing the pavement and ringing
doorbells. The manhunters
pledge that it will continue until
Lane Manor's faceless killer is
dead or before a court.
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the information requested,
Elapsed time, 30 minutes.
A woman complained to The
Star she got through to the
information Office but was told
they were too busy to give her
information on bus routes.
E. Cleveland Giddings, Capital
Transit vice president, said the
information Office has busy
hours just as other Offices do,
But he admitted since last Sep
tember various cuts have been
made in the staff. By how
many? Perhaps from is per-
sons to IL or IL; he wasn't sure.
And the number of telephone
lines was reduced.
Mr.. Giddings declined to sup
ply the exact figures on the
staff and telephone line reduC-
lions. He said the cuts were
made for economy.
He explained, Were, going
out Of business August IA, you
know"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Children Need Break
"A Summer Vocation

The Bennings seldom have a
complete meal.
Even if there were a decent
dinner, there aren't enough
chairs for everybody to sit at
the table.
Beans, rice and plain home
made bread dominate the menu
lin this Washington home. Milk
lis out of the question for the
five children.
The children are beginning to
beg.
The two room basement
apartment is damp. There is
only one double bed and a couch
to sleep on. There isn't enough
bed clothing and the family has
colds all the time.
Landlord Is Lenient
Even at that, the Bennings
are lucky in a way. Their land
lord is lenient about the rent.
The children's father is under
court order to support them, but
he doesn't come through. We'll
fare funds available to the
family are pitifully inadequate.
Mrs. Benning loves her chill
dren, but they are too young
for her to leave togo out and
work. The eldest, James, is
only 9.
James has never been any
place. He would enjoy being like
other boys, but coming from a
family that often doesn't have
enough shoes, he finds it tough
trying to keep up with the other
fellows.
Just having bed to himself
would be a big treat to him.
Would Enjoy Camp Trip
| The Bennings are real
Washington family, although
that is not their real name.
You can give James and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
District Again
Safety Winner

Washington has won first
place among cities with a popu.
Iation Of one half to one million
in the 18th Annual American
Automobile Association National
Pedestrian Protection Contest
the AAA announced today. This
is the third consecutive year
Washington has received this
honor.
Arlington County, Va. won q
special Citation for Pedestrian
Protection for no pedestrian
deaths in 1855. Arlington was
the only city in the 100000 to
100000 population class with a
zero fatality rate per 100000
population.
Six Maryland communities in
this area received citations for
excellent pedestrian protection
program" and no pedestrian
deaths over q period of years.
They are Greenbelt, which was
cited for six years without a
pedestrian fatality: Hyattsville,
Mt. Rainier and Takoma Park,
with a four-year perfect record
and Riverdale and College Park
for three fatality-free years.
Even though there were more
pedestrian fatalities here in
1854, the death rate of 81 per
100000 population in Washing
ton was well below the average
of 6.3 for that population group
the AAA said. There we're II
other cities in the Washington
classification.
The grand award winners
we're Kansas, for the state title;
Seattle. Washington, for large
cities. and Newton. Mass. fol
small cities.
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boys like him, whose lives are
one long tale of deprivation, a
wonderful present this summer,
A bed of his own would be only
one of the joys in a 12-day
camping vacation in Prince
William Forest Park, Va, for a
youngster like this.
At camp there viii be regular,
balanced meals, plenty of health
full play and a chance to be one
of the guys, unburdened by the
problems of home.
Your contribution to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp Fund
can make this Transformation.
The following camp fund gifts
are acknowledged today:
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Maryland and its Government
agencies with this, growing social
problem (of developing and
carrying out a program for the
aging); to organize the people
concerned for cooperative COM
Imunity planning and action; to
accomplish community action
and to coordinate State re-
sources"
Earlier this week, Gov. Nc
Keldin's Office in Annapolis sent
out a press release applauding
the conference plan. 1t proudly
pointed out that Gov. McKeldin
recalled that at his suggestion
Problems of the Aged was made
one of the major panel discus
sions at the National Governors
Conference at Bottoms Landing
New York. in 1854. and proved
to be one in which all the State!
and territories were vitality inter
ested."
The press release quoted thu
Governor as saying: II hope thai
all our people will take an in
terest in this conference and it
findings"
DR.. Deach said the invitations
were sent to educators. STATE
labor union officials. manage.
ment representatives, social vel.
fare workers. doctors. nurses
other public health officials
recreation aides and others.
The silence was almost unani.
nous.
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Seven District men, charged
by police with the rape Of a 2e-
year-old widow, were ordered
held today for action Of a Prince
Georges County grand Jury.
Defense Attorney Oscar Duley
said he would try to schedule a
habeas corpus hearing later
today.
Ordered held in Upper MARI
boro by Trial Magistrate Nita S,
Human Crane we're: Joseph c.
Frady, 20. Of the 400 block Of ]
street S.W.; George S. Breeder,
81, of the 600 block Of l street
S.W.: John B. Singleton. IS. of
the 400 block Of street S.W.,
and his brother, Robert, 10. Of
the 400 block Of Sixth street
S.w.; Ronald q. Byroads, 81. Of
the 400 block Of N street S.W.;
Robert E. Richards, Is. Of the
1900 block Of Fourth street S.W.,
and John w. Robertson. IT,. %,
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Charge Of Ripping
Ward Of County
Holds Fuirfux Man

A 20-year-old Fairfax County
service station attendant was
charged early today with raping
a 16-year-old ward Of the County
Welfare Department.
Paul D. Stokley, Of Pender.
was jailed in lieu Of $1,000 bond.
Police said the attack took
place in a car near Herndon.
Police said Stokley picked the
girl up yesterday afternoon at her
foster home to take her to a
ball game and a movie. She
was supposed to be home by Q
O'Clock.
She didn't come home until
about 1890 and after questioning
by her foster parents she said
she had been attacked.
Police said Stokley admitted
taking the girl TO the Herndon
area but denied attacking her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
The
Rambler
Couple Of Curios-
Those Gutehouses
By JACK JONAS

A park workman wearing a
football jersey stood beside a
squat stone building of classic
design, almost hidden by trees,
at the southeast corner Of the
Ellipse.
I'VE change clothes in there
when we come to work in the
mornings" he said.
A plaque set into the side Of
the building in 1850 by the
Washington Sesquicentennial
Committee Identifies it as a
Bulfinch Gate House.
Charles Bulfinch, architect
of the Capitol from 1918 to
1880, believed in fences in the
grand manner, and this gate
house and another now stand
ing at southwest corner of the
Ellipse were designed by him
as part Of the Capitol's en-
closure.
They stood only 20 years at
the Capitol, on each side of
the main antropoa az fha
west, welcoming important
personages and guarding
against nefarious ones.
They have seen many uses
since they were moved to
their present sites in 1847 at
the order of Congress, so the
Capitol grounds could be en-
larged.
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CAMP FUND FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
it to The Evening Star.
Washington 4, D. c., or bring
cash to The Star cashier.
The cost - $36.40 for IL
days, 1920 for six days.
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SIoying Of z Girls in Park
Bottles Police Year Later

fed police. 1t was such a heinous
thing; Mickey had been shot
three times, Nancy was torn by
i'll shots. Eight cartridge cases
were found near a tree. Two
more were a little way off, and
still two more a way removed
from there. There was a blood
spot some distance removed from
the bodies. Reconstructing the
shooting, detectives theorized the
Igunman ambushed the girls,
moved in upon them, still firing
as they attempted to flee, and
followed them when they fell
and fired at least one shot into
one as she lay dying or dead.
5000 Questioned
The investigation has led to
Interrogation of some 5000 men,
women and children. At one
stage or another, questioning of
some 125 of them have Cooked
good" and raised detectives
hopes that here at last was the
killer. The 5000 figure does not
include persons questioned in
faraway cities by officers in the
more than 1000 departments
coast-to-coast that receiver cir
culars on the case.
The circulars included rewards
totaling $4,000: the Metropolitan
Police Association posted $500
of it. and the county forces SIM
liar association contributed $500
The reward is still open.
witnesses described a mystery
man they said they saw in the
park vicinity the day Of the
shooting. He was said to be
armed with a rife. Across his
shoulders were draped what
seemed to be bandoliers, but po-
lice doubt a man would be carry
ing bandoliers with a 20. They
may have been blankets.
This odd figure came to be
known, for want of a better iden-
tity, as "Pancho Villa" He has
not been found.
WED sure like to get him and
either nail it down or get him
out of the CASE said 1t. Earl
j. Huber, the county detective
who has been bounding hundreds
of trails hot and cold, this past
year.
All Clues Pursued
His detective boss, Capt.
Charles Thomson. said mot
many days go past that Huber
isn't running down something
on the case"
Various detectives said robbery
has been ruled out as a motive.
At one time there was a report
that one of the girls had 81
in her handbag. money for a
beauty shop trip, and the money
was not found. Police said the
robbery theory is out the window
now.
Soldiers with mine sweepers
ranged over the park. The cleo
tronic listeners explored the park
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
Rambling

A Wheaton, Md, man re-
ports his 9-year-old son, who
has a pair of shoes to scuff
around in and another pair
for Sunday dress, told him,
Il need a new pair of old
Shoes" :.
The Mats weren't doing too
well at one particular stage
of a game last week at Griffith
Stadium when the lound-
speaker announced: I'VE are
pleased to have with us this
evening members of the
Kiwanis Club from Charles
Town, w. Va" Came a dis
gusted voice from the crowd:
Anybody pitch2" :.
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CONVENTIONS
TODAY

Future Business Leaders Of
America meet in the Hotel
Statler.
Liberty Life Insurance Co.
continues its sessions in the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
National Society Of Sales
Training Executives open a
five-day meeting in the
Shoreham Hotel.