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Evening star., 1956-08-29

MIR. TURNER said he fixes
the toys for the neighborhood
children because it helps fill
in the long, lonesome hours,
and 81 think it's neighborly to
help the kiddies."
And are there a lot of
youngsters in his neighbor-
hood?
There are a lot of kiddies
In almost any neighborhood,"
he said, land this one is no
different. I've seen three or
four generations grow up
around here, and I suppose
I'll see another before I'm
through"
Mr.. Turner, who worked for
the Veterans Administration
nearly 80 years, retired seven
years ago.
II lost my wife even before
that, and when you live alone
you get pretty lonesome" he
said. Fixing the toys gives
me something to do"
II there's an electrician
around with a heart as big as
Mr.. Turner's and time hang
ing heavy on his hands, he
can get in touch with Mr..
Turner at Emerson 3-2109.
Evening star., 1956-08-29

The Capital City School of
Nursing at District General Hos
pital will have two Negro nurs-
ing students this fall for the
first time in its history.
DR.. p. A. E. Stebbing, super
Of the hospital. said
that If more Negroes qualified
before the term begins next
Wednesday they could be ac-
cepted. Twenty other students
are in this falls first-year class.
One Of Six Applicants
Accepted we're Joan Constance
Hearns Of 1923 Central place NE.
and Anita Louise Nickens Of 1888
T street NV.
Miss Hearns was one Of six
Negro applicants who early this
summer were scheduled TO take
the standardized aptitude tests
given by the National League for
Nursing. DR. Stebbing declared
that Of these six only two ac-
tually went ahead and took the
tests.
Miss Hearns passed VERY
WE'LL" he added. Miss Nickens
Evening star., 1956-08-29
New Span Roadway
To Open Tomorrow
Eust Capitol
Bridge Troffic
Be TripIe

A half-mile-long. $Ss million
roadway, connecting the Tew
East Capitol Street Bridge with
East Capitol street and major
Maryland highways, will be
opened to traffic at 10 am. to-
morrow.
The new stretch of East Capt.
tol street. between Kenilworth
avenue and Stoddert place, is ex-
pected to triple traffic volumes on
the bridge almost Immediately.
Since the bridges opening last
November, motorists have found
lit virtually a dead-end PROPOSE
ton Moving off the bridge.
traffic had to use Kenilworth
avenue and Bennipg road to get
to eastern destinations.
The new half-mile stretch will
let motorists move straight out
East Capitol street to the Dis
trict line, connecting with such
routes as Central avenue and
Maryland's George Palmer high
way.
Other Connections Coming
Within a month, connections
also will be made between the
new link and Minnesota avenue.
Highway Director j. N. Robert
son announced.
The great expense of the con-
Meeting stretch resulted from the
fact thatS it tunnels under 10
railroad tracks near Kenilworth
avenue and is in an open cut
between that point and Stoddert
place, underpassing Thirty-fifth
street and Minnesota avenue.
Douglas S. Brinkley, Highway
Department planning engineer,
said the East Capitol Street
Bridges average daily use has
been only about 5000 cars. He
said he expected this to zoom
to between $4,000 and 10000 a
day. Along with this increase.
he said, he expects the Benning
road bridge over the Anacostia,
which now carries about 1900
cars a day, to drop about 25 per
cent in traffic volume.
$1,000 Cars FOreseen
| BY 1870, the East Capitol
Street Bridge is expected to
carry about $1,000 cars daily, as
new and improved Maryland
highways increase its attraction.
Within the next several
months, however. Maryland is
4expected to extend the new
Washington Annapolis freeWay
to George Palmer highway. This
will give Washingtonians an
easy. speedy interim connection
to the freeway via East Capitol
street and Palmer highway un-
til such time as the freeway is
constructed all the way to the
District line in Kenilworth.
Evening star., 1956-08-29
First Negroes to Study
Nursing at D. c. General

however. applied later, took the
tests and also passed, he said.
DR.. Stebbing said that the
class Of % persons is not quite
as large as last years beginning
class Of 20 but he added that
I'VE are very much encouraged
over the fact that 10 this year
are from the Greater WAshingS
ton Area This percentage, he
said. is lArger than last years.
Iale Accepted
Also accepted for the first
time in about five years iSa male
student. Richard Charles Kreisl.
of lot Dawson avenue. Rockville.
DR.. Stebbing said that he is a
former Navy corpsman.
Last spring 1t was revealed
that the school has never had a
Negro student on its rolls. Com
missioner David Karrick made
an investigation and declared
that he believed qualified
Negroes would be accepted. He
said the fact that there have
never been any colored students
was q matter Of coincidence.
Evening star., 1956-08-29
The
Rambler
The Machine Age
Wrecks Mr.. Fixit
Bx JACK JONAS

The age of the complicated
machine has caught up with
Lawrence r. Turner, a man
with a big heart.
For 20 years, in his home
at 4005 Garrison street NV,
Mr.. Turner has answered the
wall of despair.
When a wagon in his neigh
borhood lost a wheel, the wag-
on came to Mr.. Turner's house
for repair. When the head OF
a doll came loose, that, too,
was held out to Mr.. Turner
with full confidence that it
would be fixed. Even a roller
skate didn't offer too much of
a challenge.
"Mr. Turner can fix it," the
youngsters said.
They trooped to his house
with their broken toys, and
he sent them back as good as
new.
81 don't try 10 make any,
thing commercial out of It,"
Mr.. Turner said. Il just like
to help out the Riddles when
l can"
Until recently, that was no
problem.
But these new electrical
toys are too much for me-"
he went on. II can't do it
myself, and I can't find any
place that will fix them"
Evening star., 1956-08-29
Court Moves to Correct
Collateral System Faults

violation or other offense under
Municipal Court Jurisdiction.
Judge Walsh emphasized that he
is not critical of the police. but
of the system that has prevailed
two score years.
He said a master list of
minimum collateral will be drawn
up by Municipal Court judges
and that copies will be sent
to all police precinct stations to
serve as a standard in setting
collateral.
Judge Walsh investigated the
current system following two
cases. In one a man accused of
making a false report of a rob-
berry was permitted to forfeit $25
collateral at the 14th precinct
station. In another a man ac-
cused Of the same offense was
sentenced in Municipal Court to
pay $500 fine or serve 10 days
in jail.
Evening star., 1956-08-29
TWO SAILORS PLAYING HOST
TO CHILDREN AT BALL GAME

underprvileged children from the
District Childrens Center at Laurel Nd living
at the Washington baseball in Griffith Sta
dium today
The windfaI of free hot dogs. soda land customary
baseball sidelights to them through two
aboard, the destroyer escort USS Murray.
Some time ago the sailors. Robert v. Sasso and
Wlbern Mitchell baseball contest in Navy Times
With the $50 prize starter they collected another SIP
from shpmates and wrote Navy Times here suggesting
the money used for the underprveged chdens good
times at the ball games
Both men were hand to greet their guests this
afternoon,
Evening star., 1956-08-29

Immediate correction of the
police system of accepting COL
lateral for misdemeanors was
promised yesterday by Municipal
Court Chief Judge Leonard P.
Walsh.
Judge Walsh said, the 40-year-
old practice of accepting COL
lateral and permitting forfeiture
has no basis in law and no es-
tablished guide exists.
He pointed out that there is
no question of the authority of
the court to designate a precinct
policeman to accept collateral.
The fault lies in the absence of
a schedule of minimum collateral
no set list of offenses for which
collateral could be posted and
then forfeited except in traffic
cases.
Regulations permit police to
accept up to $500 on any traffic
Evening star., 1956-08-29

the Davis school investigating
committee, yesterday.
The visiting educator also had
lunch with Representative Davis,
Democrat of Georgia. the in
vestigation chairman, and mem
bers of the Gerber staff. The
latter are George w. McCown,
Florence Is. c. high school
principal. and Leonard o. Hilder
of Arlington, Va.
Mr.. Roland is serving as a
volunteer consultant in the in
vestigation. Being studied are
District school integration and
other aspects of Washington
school operations.
Representative Davis, who
heads a six-man special subcom-
mittee of the House District
Committee formed for the in
vestigation,. returned to Wash
ington after several weeks
absence yesterday.
Two Hour Meeting
He met behind closed doors
with Mr.. Gerber and his aides
for longer than two hours. After
wards he said the hearings may
be delayed somewhat. because the
staff hasn't completed it's pre-
liminary digging yet.
Today, however, the chairman
said he expects to get hearings
under way about the middle of
next month.
Mr.. Gerber and his assistants
have been interrogating teachers
and school officials for longer
than a month. Much of the
questioning has focused on the
workings of the school system
since it dropped racial segrega-
tion two years ago and problems
growing out of race-mixing.
Mr.. Davis, asked yesterday
whether integration was the
prime interest of the investiga-
tors, said the study is concerned
with "the whole school system. !"
Leaders of the Federation of
Evening star., 1956-08-29
Rambling

When the Senate commit
tees telephone was answered,
Privileges and Elections" the
caller said, II wish I was
privileged enough to be
elected"
Sally Carleton Of 2029 Lanier
drive, Silver Spring, Md,
said she was in the suburban
branch of a department store
out that way recently and
noticed the sign, Help Your
self Desk" and Just below 1t
the sign, Cash :.
Evening star., 1956-08-29

Associations, which
tried to halt District school de-
segregation, are among those
who have been questioned. Mr.
Davis said he didn't know any,
thing about the federation's anti
Iintegration efforts, however.
Hearings Forecast
Mr.. Davis, for the first time
indicated extensive hearings may
be in the offing. He referred to
a series of sessions.
The chairman said Mr.. Gerber
has not been having any diff
ficulty in getting people to talk
The committee counsel recently
denied a newspaper report that
teachers were lodging the in
vestigators because of fear fol
their jobs.
Legislation in Air
Mr.. Davis refused to say
whether he had any inten-
tions of trying to reverse the
integration process here. oil
otherwise alter District school,
operations. He said it was "toc
far off" to say whether the in
vestigation might lead to any
legislation.
Just when hearings will be
held, he told reporters. depends
on how fast the staff completes
it's preliminary work and when
other subcommittee members are
available.
He said he planned to try to
get in touch with other members
today.
Mr.. Davis and Representative
Hyde, Republican of Maryland
met yesterday in House Office
Building cafeteria. Mr.. Hyde
said he told the chairman he
won't be available much from
now on because of election cam.
paigning.
Mr.. Davis expects to be out oi
town again starting tomorrow.
Evening star., 1956-08-29

AS HE SPOKE, a group of
youngsters was playing on the
sidewalk in front of his home.
They were admiring the cleo
trical auto one of them had.
"I hope it doesn't break
down" Mr.. Turner said. 81
hate to disappoint the kiddieS.
They seem to think that I
can fix anything. But these
electrical toys -
"The problem" he contin-
ued, "is this: These toys cost
maybe a dollar, maybe a dol
lar and a half, or maybe two
dollars. And when something
goes wrong with them, it costs
more than they're worth to
get them fixed.
"I've been to ten or a dozen
places, and everywhere the
story is the same. They'd be
glad to fix them, but they say
that the mechanics time is
so valuable nowadays that it
would cost more than the toys
cost originally.
"I like to tinker, but 1 don't
know enough about them to
repair them myself. For one
thing, the working parts are
usually sealed in some way so
that they're hard to get at.
And you have to have a lot of
special tools and a lot of spe-
ciaI knowledge that I don't
have.
81 wouldn't mind paying to
have them fixed, if the
amounts reasonable. But elec-
tricians' wages these days are
really something, and you
can't blame the electrical
shops.
"It'S like automobiles. ]
started driving in Washington
In 1910. I had a two-cylinder
car without any windshield or
top. AS I said, like to tinker
always haVe-and if any,
think went wrong with that
car, could usually fix it with
a few whacks of the hammer
here and there.
II still drive around. I was
out all morning just riding
around. But these cars to-
day-they're too complicated
for me if something goes
wrong. Like the toys"
Evening star., 1956-08-29

q oCAAAOAB AoNOl VIC ASoAASAAV'
Kefauver real Smart"
Shirley Martin, Is, a senior
at Richard Montgomery High
School. announced she is a
Democrat. 81 listen to Mr.. Ste
venson, and he seems to make
more sense to me-" she declared.
And I think Mr.. Kefauver is a
real smart man."
Some of the students attend
integrated schools. others do not.
but all are thoughtful about the
problem.
Dick Traister, II, a senior at
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School and president of the Stu
dent Government Association
there. reported: I'VE didn't ex-
Ipect incidents when Negroes be-
gan to attend our school. We
didn't look for them, we didn't
prepare for incidents and there
haven't been any.
He and the other students at
tending the conference from
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School said the Negro students
participated in school activities.
shared lockers with the white
students. and attended gym with
them. The colored students did
not come to the school dances
this year but may in the future,
the students said. when they
feel more at home.
Finds Them Like Us"
This is the first year we'll
have Negro Students" Shirley
Martin of Richard Montgomery
High School explained. Shirley,
who is president Of the student
council. showed the four colored
students who will attend, two
boys and two girls. around the
school last spring.
"They were fine" she said.
II was so afraid they wouldn't
be like us. but they were"
Richard Armell. Of Mount
Rainier Junior High School, said
that. although two Negro stu
dents got along all right at the
beginning this year. antagonisms
developed toward the end.
Evening star., 1956-08-29
BY BETTY MILES

Elvis Presley? 1--WE like his
songs, but not his style"
Thus the verdict of student
leaders from Montgomery and
Prince Georges County schools
attending the student council
leadership conference near
Shadyside, Md. this week.
The young people spoke UP,
too, on other issues. The ma
tional election; School polls ia
vor President Eisenhower. School
integration: May accept or are
ready to accept it.
Presley, the controversial
young singer, whose gyrating
style has been lambasted by
adults, appeals to the teen-agers.
But they'd rather hear than see
him.
Most Of the students like his
records, but they think his per-
sonal appearances are in bad
TASTE" declared Carol McDor-
man. II, a senior at Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School.
Said Richard Armell, 13. in the
eighth grade at Mount Rainier
Junior High School: II like his
records, but when he appears in
public, he should be more sem
sible."
Revives Dancing
Lois Osgood, II, a senior
at Surrattsville High School in
Clinton, Nd, explained that
Presley and the other rock and
roll" artists. understand that
teen-agers have energy that
must be expressed. The rhythmic
music has helped to revive in
terest in dancing, too. she added
"The novelty OF television is
wearing of in our crowd" she
explained. I'VE listen to radio.
And when we do, we listen to
rock and roll"
Lois scored adult critics who
ideplore today's rock and roll
craze.
You adults all had your own
form Of rock and roll music. "
she said. "It's just not our kind" "
Evening star., 1956-08-29
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The American Federation
Of Government Employees
winds UP its meetings in the
Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1956-08-29
Youth Leaders Reach Presley Verdict:
Like His Songs, but Not His Style

Enthusiasm or not. she pre-
diets the singer has reached the
top of his vogue.
II don't think he'll last too
long" Lois said.
Mention the forthcoming ma
tional election and student de-
bate begins as hot as any held
by partisans before TV screens
in recent weeks.
War Hero Fame
Many of the students per-
sonally favored President Eisen-
hover and reported that polls
in their schools showed him as
the favorite. Some pointed out
they feel as If they have known
Mr.. Eisenhower since childhood.
His fame as a war hero accounts
for his popularity, too, they
added.
HE has more personal ap-
peal to teen-agers. he's more
down-to-earth. sort Of the
grandfather type" Carol Nc
Dorman declared. "He appears
to be sincere. But I wouldn't
vote for him if were old
enough to vote, because Of Mr.,
Nixon. II something should hap
pen to Mr.. Eisenhower, Mr.
Nixon would be President. And
although / think he's a good
Vice President, / don't think he
has had enough experience to be
President"
Shelby Thompson. 16. school,
mate Of Carol at Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School, declared he
is not for Mr.. Eisenhower and
added, Il find myself in a mi
nority most OF the time"
Pat Titus. l3. in the eighth
grade at Bladensburg Junior
High School, broke in with. THE
Democrats seem TO get us into
war, while we have peace under
the Republicans"
Three OF four students from
Oxon Hill Junior and Senior
High School we're Eisenhower
fans. Charles Mcdonald. l3. in
the eighth grade. said he is a
Stevenson supporter, but Lynn
Farley. IL. also in the eighth
grade, Diana Sherman. l6. q
Evening star., 1956-08-29
.AIR-CONDITIONED
BUSES WILL BE
TESTED FOR D. c.

Bus riders we're promised
today that the d. c. Transit
System will test air-coudis
toned vehicles "in the neat
ftltnf0 a.re.s E#l
3 chalk, head ofthe
ntH II.Hsit company. fI3d
out an aifscpnditioned shs
n. NV yesterday. he
said tlie 4 1or is Is degrees
; cooker filh outdoor ten.
peratures.
1T looked like a conven-
tional bus except for a
superstructure on top" he
said. THE superstructure
carries a lotion air-condi-
toner, much more than
enough to keep the bus
cool"
Mr.. Chalk said he couldn't
tell when the cooled buses
will be tested here. He said
he still must confer with
several manufacturers in
terested in building air
conditioned buses.
Evening star., 1956-08-29
90Teen-Agers
.AtCompStudy
Government
BY JOHN STEPP

Responsibility rests easy on
the shoulders of 80 public school
teen-agers now spending the
week at a summer camp near
Shadyside, Md.
This is not to imply the
youngsters have turned their
backs on Elvis Presley and
other frantic phenomena COM
monty associated with teen
ayers.
Elvis may still be real gone.
man-but not so gone that these
teen-agers can't forget him long
enough to tackle the problems
of becoming useful citizens.
The youngsters - some as
young as IL years-are student
council members of 48 Junior
and senior high schools located
almost exclusively in Maryland.
About a score represent Wash
ington area schools.
The boy-girl ratio is $3.50.
They are attending the first
annual student council leader
ship conference co-Sponsored by
the Maryland and national as
sociations of such councils.
Learn Democracy
Their aim is to learn more
thoroughly the art of demo-
cratic government as applied to
the student body of their own
schools. What they learn at
the conference they propose to
apply this semester to such
problems as untidy cafeterias,
pupil-teacher relationships and
general pride in school and self.
outdoor workshops" in a
serene setting of waters edge
woods provide the medium for
this instruction. Guided by a
handful of high school faculty
members and former student
council members now in college,
the youngsters apply themselves
with Zest.
But let it be emphasized that
their workshop brain exercises
are not leaving them pale and
indifferent to the sun, the moon
and ElviS. Nor are the kids
Ineglecting that traditional ward
robe which ranges from shorts,
pedal pushers and jeans to Ital-
Ian necklines. flattops and crew
cuts.
In the afternoon, for example.
none of that West River water
goes to waste. There's SWIM
ming canoeing, rowing and water
skiing. On land, softball. bad
minton and volleyball are among
the athletics offered.
Time for Elvis
When night falls. Presley plat
ters descend endlessly onto the
phonograph turntable. and the
youngsters ecstatically dig the
gibberish that is Elvis' alone.
In calmer moments, there are
campfire songfests and square
dances for this anything but
square crowd. A talent show is
on tap for, tonight.
Six topics are being studied
by the group. divided into FIVE
separate councils. The subjects
cover the objectives, problems,
organization, public relations
and leadership Of student coun-
cils. There is also a sort Of bonus
course to help them spread the
word among their classmates
that there are right ways and
wrong ways to drive an auto
mobile.
One instructor steers the dis
cuSsion in each workshop. Most
of the time. however. teacher
Just leans back and listens to
the babble Of ideas that pours
from the class.
The main stress is on letting
the boys and girls advance their
own thoughts for solving their
own problems.
Evening star., 1956-08-29
Kefauver ':ReaI Smart

junior. and Mouna Maloof. II
a senior, favor the President.
Evening star., 1956-08-29
North Caroline Educator
Enters D. c. School Probe
ConsuItont Confers With Davis and Gerber
In Investigation of Inteerotion Effects
BY JAMES G. DEANE

North Carolina school superintendent taking hand in
the House District school investigation.
M Roland superintendent the New Hanover IN
CO. public schools coseted with William Gerber counsel of
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-01-13
Letter TO THE EDITOR
Anti +i-Semi+ic Propaganda
Campaign In U. S. Foreseen

| To half-informed audience, a
forceful speaker can distort t h e
truth, and tell untruths, and go
unchallenged.
THE AMERICAN Zionist Coun-
Gil is fighting this program.
Through it's action committees it
fights on an official level, an d
through its counter-propagand ac-
tivities it fights on the level of
public opinion. We, as individuals,
can do just so much to combat the
current attack.
The American Zionist Council
has the trained personnel to not
only repulse, but stop a movement
predicated on anti-semitism o
only toward Israel but toward the
American Jew.
THE TIME for inaction is over.
Verbal philanthropy must be re-
placed by practical help, and the
American Zionist Council needs
your help. The Israel situation has
been brought to our doorsteps.
What can you do? Call M S.
Elliot Tempkin, Phoenix Chairman
of the American Zionist Council,
at AL 2-1621.
Mrs. Samson Sobel
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1956-01-13
Temple ShoIom
To Hear Lawyer,
Adds Instructors

Dow Ben Roush, Phoenix attor-
ney and amateur archeologist who
has become interested in the dis
covery of ancient scrolls found in
the Dead Sea area, will be guest
speaker at Temple Sholom relig-
ious services at $3.50 pm. thi s
Friday.
Services are at the Jewish Com
munity Center.
President AL Bleicher has ap-
pointed Hyman Gelfand and Julius
Spiltany as chairmen of the con-
gregation's land fund drive an d
Morris Hurevitz as membership
chairman.
Mrs. Jacob Shaphren has been
added to the religious school staff
as kindergarten teacher. Jack Su-
gar is Bar Mitzvah instructor. Re
ligiouS school is held at 10 am.
Saturdays.