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area for its use when only a
small section is actually needed
for Congressional Office quarters?
The present plan. according
to association officials, is to pro-
vide parks flanking the legis-
lative buildings within a three
block radius of the Capitol.
So let Congress have its parks,
urged one resident who wished
to remain unidentified. But
why shouldn't some of the his
toric landmarks be preserved as
Islands in the parks?" he added.
Would Keep Quaint Structures
The community feeling. he
added, is to preserve some OF
the quaint structures on d street
and New Jersey and Constitu-
ton avenues on the Hill for such
uses as official residences for
the Speaker Of the House, the
VICE Presidents. o. the United
States and as quarters for visit
ing foreign dignitaries. They're
as nice as Blair House. " he said
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Sense Of the Past EnveIops Capitol Hill
As Hundreds View EorIy Homes

The tour itself included six
stcp-offs beside the Boutique
Shop.
At 3l7 D street Sc, grey peb-
hle-dash is caked over original
brick cloaked rooms of great
charm. The basement floor Is In
brick. Candles burn In the chan
deliers. Stairways are worn. Box
woods dot the little courtyard
In back.
And with all this are such in
congruities as window air condi-
TONERS. a shower stall, card
table on the front porch and a
c. K. Bergman cartoon on a
kitchen wall.
The house at "a D street has
an all-ivy lawn. crudely mangifi-
cent hand-carved nantels: chat
tering parakeets and !. caInelIia
garden trying braveiys 10 bloom
In near freezing temperatures.
Four other houses ID The same
D street row-Nos. 10. IL, is and
22--added their historical weight
in favor Of preservation 81
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The only item In the pending
budget for the monument. he
said, is to replace unsightly
wooden fiagpoles near the base
with bronze ones.
= Mr.. With reported that L.
039 ,901 persons visited the naonu-
ment last year, 29.480 over the
1854 number. At the present rate
of increased visits, he said, ii
can be expected that there will
be more than II million visitors
in the year 1866.
Apart from physical needs, the
park chief declared, the monu-
ment-s guard staff is severely
undermined. He said the staff
had fewer man-hourS of guard
service last year than in 1915
despite a II per cent increase
in visitors.
Parking Plan Delay
Mr.. Wirth noted that some OF
the improvements he proposed
face serious problems. One. fol
example, is that the parking
plan cannot be worked out until
policy is set on new Mall reads
proposed to serve the new
Constitution avenue bridge over
the Potomac.
The society elected two new
members, David E.. Finley ano
Corcoran Thorn, jr.. to bring UP
ito date its list of Is active
members. President Eisenhower
is ex-of1icio president of the
society. Yesterdays session was
presided over by Maj. Gen. U. S
Grant Sd. society first vice
president.
Following its business session,
the group had its traditional
annual luncheon. Special guest
was Wesley D'Ewart. Assistant
Secretary of the Interior,
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Effort Made to Bar Ditch
After Boy, 7, browns

Efforts to reduce the hazard
of a 10-foot ditch on a Peace
Cross flood control project we're
renewed today after q 7-year-
old Coln1ar Manor boy drowned
in it yesterday.
!. Thomas Windsor. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Windsor, 3511
Forty third avenue. fell into the
channel while playing there
with a friend.
His playmate. Joseph G. Mer-
chant. also Z. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Olin Merchant of 3506
Forty-third avenue. also fell in
as he tried to help Tommy. The
Merchant boy was rescued by
Kenneth Waller. 16, Of 1920
Monroe street. Colmar Manor.
Bladensburg High School stu
dent. who heard their cries as
they struggled In the water.
Joseph. called joey by his
family, was In bed at home to-
day to guard against possible i'll
effects Of shock and exposure.
Tells of Plunge
Tommy slipped down the
bank" joey said. telling of the
tragedy. II grabbed him, but his
clothes were so heavy he pulled
me in too. The water came over
my head. I kicked and yelled,
then Kenny tWaller) dived in
and pulled me out. But when
he looked for Tommy. he wasn't
there"
/ Mrs. Merchant said today. IF
lit hadn't been for Kenny. we
Just wouldn't have Joey today.
/ Well never be able to repay
him"
/ When young Waller was I'M
able to find the Windsor boy.
he ran to the nearby home Of
Mrs. Albert J. Klein of 1922
Monroe street and asked her to
| call for help. Rescue squads
from Cottage City and Bladens-
burg found the boy about 4:30
pm. after he had been IN the
water 20 or Is minutes. A re-
suscitator failed to revive him.
Parents Have Another Som
Mr.. Windsor is a roofer in
| Arlington. and Mrs. Windsor is
a teller at the Citizens Bank Of
Maryland branch in Bladens-
burg. They have another son.
Richard. Q. Tommy was a first
grade student at Colmar Manor
School.
Mr.. Merchant, father Of the
boy who was rescued, is a pho
tographer with the Federal
ILithograph Co. in Washington.
A spokesman for the Army
Engineers, who are in charge OF
the food control project, said
steel piling along the ditch
forms a solid wall extending 3
Tor 4 feet above the ground at
the waters edge.
The Merchant boy said the
accident happened at a point
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Two Are Renamed
To Education Board

RICHMOND. Feb. 20 (P,. --
Gov. Stanley yesterday an
nounced reappointment Of Mrs.
John Catcher of Manassas and
william N Netf of Abingdon as
members Of the State Board Of
Education.
They were named for four
year terms ending in January,
1860. .. .....-
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this Kingdom would not be he would have to forsake
his selfish and dedicate himself to life Of humility,
purity righteousness charity and service to Others par
ticulary to those in need.
These both lofty and difficult requirements, to be
sure, but they remain real challenge to all of Ger
tainly times which are characterized by wide
spread fear bitterness and nhumany sorey in need
of the inspiring message of the Sermon the Mount
Tomorrow: Marty Gallagher
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23


clearest summary of the Christian
way of life. In these beautiful and
poetic passages, which are studded
with such gems as the Beatitudes,
the Lords Prayer, the Golden
Rule. and the parable of the wise
man who built his house upon a
rock, Jesus revealed Himself as a
most effective teacher.
In a simple and direct way,
without pomp or ceremony, He
told His followers how they might
achieve the Kingdom of Heaven
through love of God and their
fellow-men. For anyone to enter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23
BY JOHN w. sTEpP

/ Capitol Hill was neck-deep in
nostalgia yesterday as hundreds
of lovers of antique America
Iroamed through a handful OF
early Washington homes.
The occasion was a mostly sad
guided tour Of places slated to
be demolished to make room for
the goth century expansion Of
quarters for the ever-growing
American legislature.
| The Capitol Hill Southeast
Citizens Association sponsored.
collecting a small fee to be de-
voted to the preservation of
landmarks occupying the slope
once known as jenkins Hin.
/ Conservative estimates placed
the number of tourists at 1000
at least The. mass inspection
was die TO begin at pm, but
opened nearly two hours early.
So great was the turnout by
noon that scores of tourists had
to be shunted into the lobby OF
the Congressional Hotel, q nom
Colonial hosiery in the area, TO
await walking room In the tour
spots.
Print Shop First on Tour
Jumping-off place was a one
time print shop on the southwest
corner of First and c streets Sc.
in the shadow of the New House
Office Building.
Typographers may have shaved
away there once upon a time.
Yesterday. the packed scene was
dominated by committee-people
Iof the citizens association pas
isively hawking ancient gew-gaws
Ito eager guests.
! The trade was stupendous.
Somewhere along the line. a
Icigaret smoker innocently asked
for an ash tray in which to dub
his butt.
There was one here a little
while ago." a harassed lady ex-
Iplained over the crowd. But ]
guess it's been sold"
| They called the old print shop
Ia "boutique" for yesterdays pur-
poses. "Boutique" is French for
a shop where you can buy odds
and ends from all over. First
and C was such a place with q
vengeance.
| Dozens Of Old Items
! There were old portraits of
George Washington juxtaposed
with Mason jars Of yellow toma-
to preserves. Persian-type rugs,
canned chilli sauce. potted ge-
,raniums, something called pecan
Icrescents and. of course, dozens
of items Of old crystal, china and
furniture.
In selling and buying. the
crowd was gleeful. The chief
|undercurrent was somber. how
lever.
Why, the citizens and some
buyers wanted to know, must
Congress demolish so wide an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23
IS Public Assistance
Set at Sl8.7 Million

RICHMOND, Feb. 23.-The
State Department of Welfare and
Institutions said today public
assistance payments 10 Virgin
ians last year totaled S18.745.245.
That compared with $l7.999. 300
in 1854.
One Virginian in every 81 re-
ceived public assistance. .---
Average general relief pay
ments dropped $3.50 to s34.75 a
month in December.
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by Conrad L. Wirth, National
Park Service director and society
secretary.
The major improvements, Mr.
Wirth said in his annual report
to the society, include:
/. Elimination Of approach
roads to the base Of the memo
rial and around it "for both es-
thetic reasons and to permit i'm
proved handling of the visitors.
2. A visitor shelter and point
of reception, = at the base of the
monument hill. where visitors
could be given information about
the monument and then ap.
proach it on foot. obtaining the
best possible view of the memo.
rial as they approach"
Parking to West
3. Visitor parking facilities II
the west OF the monument.
4. A new elevator, plus new
wire panels completely enclosing
the elevator shaft.
S. mediate steps" for a con
version OF the monuments cleo
trical system from direct to al.
ternating current. Mr.. With ex'
planned this is required because
the Bureau of Engraving ant
Printing, which supplies the cleo
tricity, is making such a change
in its own power setup.
At its brief business meeting
at the Metropolitan Club, the So
.ciety Endorsed the improvements
In a separate resolution, it alst
urged that first priority in tn.
removal Of Washington's eyesor'
'tempos be given to those build
Iings on the monument grounds
Start With Flagpoles
Mr.. Wirth said he hopes to seel
money to begin the major i'm.
|provements in the budget to bs
submitted to Congress next year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23
CANDIDATE-LISTING
PLAN IS KILLED

RICHMOND. --- The Sem
ate Privileges and Elections
Committee yesterday killed
Republican Senator Ted
Dalton's bill that would
have provided for alphabet
ical listing of the names OF
candidates on ballots.
Generally, De m ocratic
candidates, usually incum-
bents, are listed first under
present practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23
Deal. May Kill Bill
To Curb u. S. Aides
Move Linked to
Arlington OK on
Moncure Plan

RICHMOND, Feb. % (R.-
There were indications today
that the Boatwright bill to bar
Federal employees from county or
city Offices may be killed by the
House Education Committee.
The measure would affect Fed
eral workers on the Arlington.
Alexandria, Fairfax County and
Falls Church school boards. 1t
has been attacked as retaliation
against those Jurisdictions for
their vote opposing part Of the
Gray anti-integration plan last
month, and against Arlington
particularly for announcing
plans to begin integration next
fall.
A hearing on the measure, in
PRODUCED by Delegate John B.
Boatwright of Buckingham, was
postponed until Tuesday.
Reliable sources said the kill
ing of the measure had been part
,of an agreement reached with
Arlington delegates who have re-
lluctantly agreed to go along with
the amended Moncure bill.
Delegate Frank P. Moncure Of
Stafford introduced a bill to strip
Arlington County of its authority
ito elect its school board by popu-
lar vote. But the House Privileges
and Elections Committee ap-
proved the bill with changes that
would let board members COM
plete their terms and would give
the job of naming future school
boards in all Virginia counties to
the county governing boards.
There was a possibility the
House would vote today on the
Moncure bill, which hits back
lat Arlington's school board for
its plans to begin indignation on
an experimental scale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23
Arlington Boy Wins
ESAR Speech Contest

John White. Washington-Lee
High School senior. won top
place in the Statewide oratori-
cal contest sponsored by the
Sons of the American Reyolu-
ton in Virginia yesterday. He
talked on The Constitution
Contract of Liberty"
John. is. will compete in the
S. A. r. national contest at Lake
George. N. Y. May 20. He is
the son of DR.. and Mrs. Bennett
S. White of 1910 Lorcom lane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23

s4nE 1OG NOOnAINu WALL
1890 Equipment" asks a BAN
ner over a display of shiny
new pots and pans. Right next
to the new cooking ware, by
way of comparison. are some
battered old enameled utensils
and a beaten-up coffee pot,
very much like the after
breakfast scene m many
homes.
One firm extols aluminium
awnings and porch ratings.
Another, discreetly set a few
aisles away, insists that
painted steel is the only thing.
A LITTLE woman was survey
ing some automatic; laundry
equipment.
1--WE got one of those at
home" she said, pointing to
the automatic washer. 1T
scares me to death, I'm al
most afraid to be in the base
ment when it's running.
How does 1t know when to
do the things II does, like
turning on the water, turning
it of, throwing in the soap,
dumping in the rinse water,
and all those things? / get
the weird feeling that it might
get mad at something I've
done and start chasing me
around the basement.
Sometimes / think about
trading it in for a good, old
fashioned washboard."
Always decisions.
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Tree Kills Worker

FREDERICKSBURG Va. Feb.
i23 Otis Lee Bowman, 20. of
Falmouth. was struck and killed
yesterday by a falling tree at a
sawmill site In Caroline County
near Camp A. p. Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23
Legislative Agent

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. % Up
Legislative agents and counsel
registered yesterday included
Charles d. Harris and Albert l..
Sklar, Assateague Island Bridge
Corp, Washington. d. c. degis-
lation pertaining to toll bridges) e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23
A Thnnpht fur Tnhay
Lenten Reflections on Fovorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
BY RICHARD H. BAUER
History Professor. University OF Marylan

Many stories in the Bible have been my favores at
one time or another my earliest childhood they served
as my first lessons and steps history and since then
they have conditioned my philosophy of life
OF all stories, has made more lasting impress
sion IN me than the Sermon on the Mount Is the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23
The
Rambler
Time Marches On
At the Armory
By JACK JONAS

There was a time when q
man could throw a few logs
together for a house, lay in a
sack of meal and a side. of
bacon, buy the wife an iron
kettle, and he was in business
as a happy home owner.
But not any more. Now he's
got to make decisions, and
know all about machinery.
This sort of thing is in sharp
focus at the Armory where
the Home Show is displaying
dazzling gadgets that win lead
to a lot of domestic quarrels
in weeks to come.
The gas people, for example,
rub elbows with the electric
people, acclaiming the ad-
vantages of gas, trying to
drown out the drawing power
of the electric peoples glori-
fed Bingo game, a range
complete with lights and
electric, Of course.
Decisions, decisions.
A. lumber company pushes
do-it-yourself power tools,
with demonstrations of the
tools In the hands of experts.
Nearby a contractor asks, in
big red letters, why Do It
YOURSELF"
Another firm has what looks
like d thousand gadgets and
lawn products on display,
along with power mowers and
seeders. If looking at that
makes you tired, you can step
across the aisle and find out
If they mean what it says
under the sign, Learn How to
Lay Brick" Then go home
and brick the lawn over.
Decisions, again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23
Washington Monument
improvements Plonned

The National finance long needed i'm
Washington Monument Of its Mission
So park development program during the next 10
years @5
The ambitious plans disclosed to the Washington Ma
tiona Monument Society 123d annual meeting yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-23
THE WOMAN PASSED on to

THE WOMAN PASSED on to
a laundry company's display
showing how newly washed
shirts are ironed and folded.
A fantastic machine was fold
ing the shirts-slap, slap, slap
and they were done-as they
came hot off the ironer.
See what / mean?" the
woman asked. backing away
to a safe distance.
The air-conditioning dis
play has cut-aways, show
ing the cleaning interior
machinery, intended to explain
why these particular air-con-
ditioners work the way they
do.
Back by the power mowers,
a young salesman was talking
knowingly about cycles and
horsepower, when the man he
was trying to impress asked a
question.
I'D better get the expert
on that" the salesman said,
moving away to fetch another
salesman.
A masters degree In en-
cheering would be helpful in
making all those decisions.
Street Scenes
A Navy commander riding
a motorcycle at Twelfth and
z streets NV. -.
A group of young Germans
in front of an / street restau-
rant, listening to a guide ex-
plain, in German, something
about the building housing
the restaurant. =.
An automobile, parked in
front of a downtown hotel,
with a sign in a side window,
This Car Contains Sample
Shoes, All for One Font"
A truck, with double doors
at the rear, using bottle
opener as a substitute for a
broken haSp. -.
A man lodging traffic to
retrieve a lady's small black
hat blown to the middle Of the
intersection at Wisconsin and
Western avenues. -.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-07
Breast BIisters Not
Uncommon On Chickens

Although there are no sure pre-
ventive measures against breast
hlisters on chickens, good manage
ment practices will keep this
trouble to a minimum, according
to R. S. Dearstyne of the State
College poultry science depart
ment.
Breast olisterS aren't uncommon
among chickens, especially broll-
ers or heavy breeds of layers. The
abnormality is usually caused by a
constant irritation of the area
coming in contact with wire
floors. unbevelled perches, or
sharp objects.
Dearstyne says that one way to
cut down on breast bliSters is to
raise the feed hopper high
enough so that the birds have to
stand to eat. Very often the poul-
tryman wishes to teach the chick
ems to perch at an early age and
irstalls temporary percheS for this
pupose. It's important that the
edges of such perches be bevelled
SO that no sharp edges exist. And
the birds should be given a
balanced diet so that hard bones
and normal skin will develop.
The poultryman h ou d use
birds afflicted with breast bliSters
fol home consumption. The pro-
cessor usually rejects such birds
anyway. However. Dearstyne en-
phasizes that small blister in no
way affects the food value of the
meat.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-07
Timely Care
Raises Home
Resale Value

Compared with home-oWnerS of
a generation ago, current house
| holders are 'nomadS"
Families today don't settle down
on homesteads and stay put. They
move frequently. The Federal Re
serve Board recently found that
almost half of the non-farm fam
lilies that own their homes had
been there for fewer than five
years.
Another study disclosed that al
most half the houses built last
year were constructed for families
that already owned homes at the
time they were arranging to buy
new ones.
This way of living puts pre-
MUM on keeping house in good
condition III order to maintain a
high resale value. A well-designed,
soundly constructed house deter
iorates very little if it is we'll taken
care of.
The secret is making repairs as
they are needed. This not only
spreads the cost over a longer
period of time, but it prevents the
added expense that often results
from neglect.
For example. prompt attention
should be given a leaking roof
Water Seepage can raise havoc
with walls and ceilings
When a roof leaks in one spot,
the rest of it should be held suS-
pect. Various parts of roof wear
out at about the same rate. When
a leak occurs in a weathered roof,
a complete asphalt shingle re-
roofing job is warranted.
In addition to making a roof
weathertight, application of a new
roof over the old one offers an
other benefit in terms of resale
value. Asphalt shingles today offer
a wide variety of colorS in at
tractive dark tones or new, eXclt-
ing paStels. Putting on new roof,
consequently, presents the oppor-
tunlty OF modernlZln9 mouse III
appearance, thus making it more
desirable in the current market
Frequent exterior painting is
another maintenance habit that
pays rich dividends. Four or five
years is generally considered the
maximum interval between paint
jobs. Special emphasis should be
given to the exterior trim, par
ticularly panel doors. ponderosa
pine windows. and shutters. The
highlights of exterior decoration,
they are often taken as clue to
the care a house has been given
Well-cared- exterior mlllWork
gives a house a brightness and
freshness that laSt-minute deco
IA ing Job can never supply.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-07
Formers Told
To Check Seed
Tags Carefully

Tar Heel farmers and dealers
should check the seed tags OF
bean seed carefully to make sure
that they are getting good seed
with good termination, warns A.
A. Banadyga, extension hortl-
cultural specialist at State Col
lege.
Banadyga says that last Febru-
ary. some Wade seed shipped into
the state were not tagged proper
ly. The seed were visibly injured
and the Seed Testing Laboratory
found a termination of only 62
ger cent. termination should be
above rs per cent with good seed.
Seed with many cracked seed
coats have usually been handled
roughly and should be avoided.
Damaged seed will have a low
termination count.
An even if injured seed do
rminate. they usually produce
weak. slow growing, and low
Yielding plants, Banadyga adds.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-07
Hogs Help Former
Supplement Income

Bennie Atkinson OF WalStOn-
burg. Wilson County is doing a
good job of supplementing his
farm income with hogs, according
to Negro County Agent w. G.
Pierce.
He says that Atkinson keeps
three to four brood sows yearly
and markets his hogs twice a
year, preferably December and
June. The reason he follows this
system is that his hogs get to
take full advantage of leftover
grain. and other products in the
field not to mention the green
backs they bring in when money
it is the scarest.
Pierce says that Atkinson, be-
ing a wide-awake farmer, realizes
that the trend in hog production
is to the meat-type animal.
Consequently the Wilson farmer
is disposing of his lard-type boar
ard has secured a young Hamp-
shire boar with meat-type char
acteristics. He's also repalcing his
lardy sows as soon as possible.