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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Richards Would Free Aid
From Political Conditions

More flexibility in Unitet
States foreign aid programs
coupled with freedom from pc.
1 litical conditions were recon.
mended yesterday by Chairman
Richards of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee in a swan.
song report. Mr.. Richards i.
retiring from Congress.
The South Carolina Democrat
cautioned against basing foreign
assistance relationships" entire
lly on the idea of resistance tt
Soviet Russia. He cited the neec
for improving relations with So
called neutral or former colonia
peoples.
A veteran of almost "a year.
in the House, Mr.. Richards de,
Tended foreign economic assist.
ance as "the most useful non.
military device for inf1uencinf
other nations" He championec
the general aims Of military aic
to friendly nations. In addition
the Representative insisted that
the House committee. no les.
than the Senate Foreign Rela-
lions Committee and the Armed
Services committees in both
branches, must know about new
weapons" because of their import
on foreign policy and military
assistance.
Decreased Aid Predicted
In a bulky review of foreign
aid in the light of current world
troubles and uncertainties, Mr.
Richards nevertheless predicted
smaller annual appropriations
He continued to urge that nom
military aid be maintained
mainly on a loan basis.
Carrying forward his COM
Iparatively conservative stand on
foreign aid in recent years. Mr.
Richards said he was convinced
such programs could safely be
"underfinanced" from now on
unless greater emergencies de-
velop.
The realities of 1887" he de-
clared. might justify a tapering
of from the multi-billion mill
tary and economic aid programs
during the last 10 years. The
current years budget provides for
about $3.8 billion in new foreign
aid appropriations, Of which al
most 50 billion was for military
assistance. He provided no spe-
cif1c estimate on the amount
that safely might be trimmed.
The report and additional COM
ments by Mr.. Richards at a news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

presented to Congress on that
basis.
Institutional and human ele-
ments are more often obstacles
to underdeveloped countries than
is the absence Of capital
Assistance should not be given
unless a country is willing to
make necessary institutional
changes that will assure its
greatest effort"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
American Name Societ,
To Meet This Week

The fifth annual meeting OF
the American Name Society will
be held here Wednesday ano
Thursday in the Burlington and
Statler hotels.
Society president Kemp Ma
lone, professor emeritus of Johns
Hopkins University and director
of the English Language Pro-
gram, Ankara. Turkey, will ad-
dress the opening dinner meeting
Wednesday at 6 pm. in the Bur-
lington Hotel on "Meaningful
F'ictive Names in English Litera-
ture."
Thursday morning and after
noon sessions will be held in the
Hotel Statler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

torney General announced Alb
dulgani is involved in the al
legged swindle, involving "kick-
backs" on orders. The state
ment may have been an attempt
to conciliate army elements in
Jakarta, where rumors of a coup
had been heard for weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

should develop relationships not
based on resistance to the Soviet
Union"
Other Points Stressed
In other recommendations or
comments the report suggested
that:
Foreign aid is part and parcel
of our defense program. Funds
for military assistance should be
placed in the defense budget and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Squows in Majority

NEW YORK.-About 80 per
cent OF the wooden cigar store
Indians Of another generation
were squaws. according to the
National Geographic society.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-08-31
BONN

Hitler's advent, were assured of a
pension upon reaching retirement
age. Many of this group were
swallowed up by the Nazi holo-
caust, but the number of those
who survived is in excess of 1000,
together with the widows or or
phans of those who have died.
Most fled Germany while there
was yet time, some were liberated
from Nazi camps in 1915.
The German State abolished all
Jewish congregations and associa-
lions of communities at the height
Of the Nazi cataclYsm. and took
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-08-31

Affected are rabbits, cantors,
schoolteachers, professors at rab-
binical seminaries, kosher slaugh-
terers and kashruth supervisors,
social workers, physicians and
nurses at Jewish hospitals, Ii
brarians, field organizers and adj
administrative employees who, in the
well-organized Jewish life that
flDurished in Germany prior to
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-08-31

over their assets. For that reason.
even the communities which have
been re-established in present day
West Germany. generally with a
tiny and impoverished member
ship. are in no position to dis
charge the pension responsible
hes Of their predecessors. Bearing
this in mind. West Germany
undertook to assume these pen
sion payments when it signed the
1852 Luxembourg Agreement
with the Conference on Jewish
Material Claims Against Ger
many.
The machinery necessary to re-
deem this pledge was set up in
1883 An Advisory Board" es-
tablished by the Claims Confer
ence has pre-screened some 1000
applications and forwarded them
to the proper German authority,
upon whom the decision devolves.
The Board office located in Bonn,
is in charge of DR.. E. G. Lowen-
thai, a British citizen long active
in Jewish communal work in
Germany. He was an adviser to
the "Central-Verein" of German
Jews, and an editor of its paper,
from 1929 to 1898, editor of the
magazine for Jewish History of
Germany" later senior staff
member of the Jewish Refugees
Committee in London and, after
the war, field director for Ger
many of the Jewish Relief Unit
that was attached to the British
Army of the Rhine.
During the past three years. the
Federal Government has carried
out this pension scheme fairly
and expeditiouslY. more so than
many other aspects of the in
identification program. but the
basic legal structure has hereto
fore been somewhat tentative.
The new directive puts the
scheme on a firm legal founda-
tion and. at the same time. con-
tains a number of improvements.
but also some prejudicial and re-
gressive provisions.
According to the new law, pen
sion applications by former rab-
CONTINUED on Page 1877
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-08-31
New Regulations ON Pensions For Former
German Rnbbis ond Communiol Officials
BY PAUL w. FREEDMAN
hi. 1856. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Inc.)

Copyright. 1856. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Inc)
# BONN
paying pensions former German rabbs
eqational or officials years. entire system
placed legal basis through
ubshed Federal Legal Gazette by the
FINANCE and the Interior
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-12
By HOWARD /. DUTKIN

The newly formed Domestic
Relations Court will not insist
that reconciliation efforts be
made in all divorce actions. a
Judge of the court last night told
a meeting of the District Bar
Association.
A watered- down version Of the
original proposed rule has been
agreed. upon by the three judges
of the court.
Under the new plan. If an at
torney for one Of the parties
upon thorough investigation, Is
convinced reconciliation is i'm
possible. the effort will be
dropped.
IF certain cases will not LEND
themselves to reconciliation, al
officers of the court you should
frankly advise the Judge so al
to avoid waste Of time, Judge
Frank H. Myers Of the domesti'
relations branch told the bal
group.
Revised Rules
It was announced that a Sc
Of revised rules for conduct o
the court had been agreed upol
late yesterday. The revisions vii
be made public in detail by Fri
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-12

make 1t with the idea Of dressing
| it down to some state satisfac-
tory to the court and bar"
Judge John H. Burnett said.
Judge Godfrey l.. Munter drew
mtrth from his audience when
he declared he has been IAN ex-
pert at reconciliation for 80
years" The hunters have been
married for that length of time
and have five children.
He told of the plan to have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-12
New Court Books Down
On Stiff Divorce Rules

day. 1t was said. The new court
begins operations next Monday,
Abandoned in the revised
rules is a former stipulation that
each complaint must be accom-
panied by a copy of the marriage
certificate.
An original rule that seemingly
m e ant reconciliation efforts
would be mandatory regardless
of the feeling of the contestine
parties had evoked criticism
from a group Of lawyers. The
new version apparently repre-
sents a compromise.
The rules must be approved
lby Chief Judge Leonard P
walsh Of Municipal Court before
becoming effective.
The new program, Judge Myers
said. '"arose from recognition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-12

Iof the modern trend IN domes-
tic relations cases."
Judge Myers conceded that
reconciliation conferences are
often unsuccessful, but he said
"if not more than ! per cent can
be patched up then. to me. the
conferences are well worth
while"
While he said cases would be
handled promptly, he promised
that the court would not operate
as a mill" for cheap and easy
divorces.
All three judges Of the new
court addressed the meeting and
agreed the planned procedures
must go through a trial and err
Iror" period. (
1 1.-THE first set of rules was al
radical as we thought we coulc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-12

the problem Of payments piling
up SO as to make payment i'm
possible without the estranged
husband having to borrow or 60
to jail.
The meeting, first Of the an-
tumn season. was held in the
Mayfiower Hotel. AL Philip Kane
introduced the speakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-12

alimony, support and mainten-
ance payments. in certain cases,
paid directly to the court rather
than to the spouse.
This would solve. he explained,
controversy over whether a man
has made the necessary pay
ments to his wife and has merely
lost his receipts.
In addition. he said, such a
method could be used to curb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Baltimore Seeks
Missing Engineer,
ST, 900 in Cash

BALTIMORE, Mar. IS (Spe.
ciaD Baltimore detectives to-
day were seeking an Arlington
CVaD engineer who disappeared
while he was on his way to his
bank with l,100 in cash.
He is Albert Edward Smith
40, of the Smith Engineering Co.
48l4 North Washington boule-
ward, Arlington. His home is
Warrenton, Va, Arlington police
said.
Arlington Detective Capt. Dud-
ley c, Rector said associates in
the firm believe theEe is a posi-
bility Mr.. Smith may be a victim
of foul play.
Capt. Rector said the firm
closed after Mr.. Smiths disap-
pearance.
The missing mans automobile
a bright red Thunderbird sports
car, was found parked illegally
on Redwood street near Calvert
The automobile was impoundeo
by police on March 9 and when
no one claimed it, Baltimore po-
lice communicated with Ar
lington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
District Officials Plead
For Full U.S.. Payment

on this item (the 50 million in
crease), what effect would it have
so far as the District is con-
cerned?"
1t would mean, Mr.. Spencer
replied. that the city might end
up this fiscal year June 80, 1856,
Sin the red"
Walter Fowler, District budget
officer, agreed.
IF we don't get that So mil
lion. we will be in difficulty" he
warned.
Mr.. Rabaut closely questioned
Mr.. Spencer as to why the real
estate tax rate was not increased
by the Commissioners last year
by 10 cents. That would have
raised about 50 million, the same
amount being requested to be
restored to the Federal payment,
he insisted.
"There is always a leaning
over onto the Federal Govern
ment here" Mr.. Rabaut charged.
Clash on Pay Raise
Referring to the pay increases
authorized by Congress which
Mr.. Spencer said had thrown
the District budget out OF
balance, Mr.. Rabaut asked:
What would any other city do
which saw itself face-to-face
with this wage increase"
Mr.. Spencer said the Com
had not backed a
large part of the wage increase.
I'VE didn't think we needed
it." he explained. IF this had
been a self-governing COM
I don't believe we would
have had the wage increase"
Mr.. Fowler. taking up the
question of why the Commits
sioners did not increase the
realty tax last year, declared
that, with the budget balanced.
and no appropriation pending,
IT don't think we had the legal
right to increase real estate
taxes at that time"
Mr.. Fowler feared that. if the
So million were denied now, this
might have an effect on the
pending bill for another SIP mil
lion in revenue for the city.
eff it hurts us there, we are
really stuck" he said. THE
capital outlay program we will
have to present to you for $13
million a little later on will not
have a penny to pay for it, and
we will be in difficult cir
cumstances."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Public Health Confer
ence on Records and Statis-
tics continues in the Shera-
ton-Park Hotel.
The United Service Or
CARNATIONS, Inc, winds up a
two-day meeting in the Ho-
tel Statler.
The National Science
Teachers Association con-
tinues it's meeting in the
Shoreham Hotel.
The American Trade Asso-
citation Executives meet for
two days in the Hotel Stat
Ter.
The American Institute of
Real Estate Appraisers.
Central Atlantic Region,
meets for three days in the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
1854 Register
In Voter Drive

A stepped-up campaign tt
register voters for the May
election here bore fruit yesterday
when 1884 persons signed up.
The registration drive at "a
neighborhood stations and the
District Building continued to-
day.
Yesterdays sign up nearly
doubled the total enrolled fol
the vote since registration begar
December Z. Only 1856 hac
registered up to yesterday fol
the city's first citywide election
in SO years. The total now
stands at $3.50.
The Elections Board received
several emergency calls for ad-
ditional supplies because of the
number of persons appearing al
the neighborhood stations.
Citizens wishing to qualify fol-
the election are permitted to re-
gister at any of the booths or al
central headquarters in the Dis
trict Building. All neighborhooc
booths are on public owned prop
erty. such as Fairgrounds, IL
braries, schools and firehouses.
Yesterdays operation was gen.
orally smooth. There were few
complaints from individuals I'M
familiar with the provisions Of
the law Congress enacted for the
District last year. For the most
part, however. registrants were
in good humor and apparently
grateful for an opportunity tc
cast ballots in a legalized cleo.
ton.
For a large percentage of the
people, this will be the first vote
of their lives.
Registration hours in tn
neighborhood stations are from
/ to 8 pm. today and tomorrow
The hours on Saturday are from
10 am. until 2 pm.
At central headquarters on the
street floor of the District Build
ing, the registration hours are
$3.50 am. to 5 pm. every day
from Monday through Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

District officials made a strong
plea for the full $40 million au-
thorized Federal payment for
this fiscal year. but ran into
sharp criticism during a recent
House appropriation subcommit-
tee hearing.
Asking for restoration OF 81
million cut from the payment
this year, so the city could close
its books June 80 without a
deficit. the city heads met so
much opposition. it appeared
they would not get their re-
quest.
The key witness, District Com
missioner Spencer, stoutly de-
tended substantial Federal
payment to city costs to help
meet the increased expense of
District pay raises and other
costs.
The transcript of the testi-
mony was released today, as the
House Appropriations Commit
tee planned to act on a number
of District supplemental requests
for funds needed to round out
this year.
Rabaut Critical
| Subcommittee Chairman Re-
baut of Michigan. in frequent
conflicts with Commissioner
Spencer, admitted he felt the
city should have some Federal
payment" But he repeated
what he told the Commissioners
last year, that it was time to
shock the District out of its
lethargy."
"It has been asleep at the
SWITCH" he told the Commits
Sioner.
! He criticized the city for not
raising the real estate tax rate
last year when the city was con-
Ifronted with a congressionally
ordered District employe pay
raise.
/ Mr.. Spencer and others from
the city government outlined
reasons why they felt the Fed
eral Government has moral
obligation" to help bear a larger
part of the municipal costs.
They pointed out that Con-
Igress appropriated only $18 mil
lion as the Federal payment this
fiscal year, although Congress
had authorized $40 million.
Questions Need
Representative hatcher, DEM
Iocrat of Kentucky. asked the
Commissioner: Assuming that
the committee doesn't go along
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
FAIRFAX COUNTY
LENDS. DISTRICT
$50 BALLOT BOXES

The people of Fairfax
County are helping the
citizens of Washington get
ready to become voters.
The Fairfax Electoral
Board generously lent so
ballot boxes to the District
Board of Elections for use at
the neighborhood registra-
ton stations this week.
BY borrowing the boxes,
the local board saved an ex-
penditure for equipment
which seldom will be needed
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

Der, Tyler Elementary School or
ganized a remedial third-fourth
grade class for both reading and
arithmetic. The Is pupils as
signed to it had normal intelli-
gence but were all average, and
some still were reading in only
first or second grade.
One boy, Principal Elizabeth
Emmons said, was reading below
fourth grade although he was
IL, and had already repeated the
second and third. In six months
his reading has spurted to fifth
grade level, and by next fall Miss
Emmons expects him to be in
sixth where he ought to be.
"It saved that boy. If he had
gone to regular third grade he
would have been retained again. +"
she said. Nine children were pro-
NOTED from the class March l in
to regular rooms, and nine others
replaced them.
$50 Getting Help
Harry w. Lewis, who super
vises staff of remedial reading
specialists who work in the
school system, said his depart
ment is now aiding some $50
children two or three hours a
week.
The specialists coach young
sters individually. usually from
one to three semesters. The chill
dren usually have normal men,
tality but at the outset cannot
read. The specialists take over
when teachers can't do anything.
| Mr.. Lewis told Of a. boy. now
I IA, with an 10. of 1874 and
educated parents, who read moth
ing because of an emotional
block. In f8 Z months. he was
brought from preprifner to
fourth-grade reader, and he is
now doing satisfactorily in junior
high.
/ Another boy, now 10, was TAX
en- from scratch to second grade
between November, 1854, and
last May.
A third-grade girl reading as a
i first-grader was speeded three
years according to a written test
] and four years according to an
oral one in a year and a halt
of coaching.
A boy almost IL with an SO
10. reading in first grade,
climbed two years in one semes-
ter, and another three years in
two semesters more.
! These cases are typical, Mr..
Lewis said. The first two young
sters are Negro, the second two
white.
i Not Enough Teachers
Remedial work is helping sig
nificantly with indignation, as
we'll as with general education.
The only trouble is that, accord
ing to principals and teachers.
there is too little Of it because
there aren't enough teachers to
do it.
| Mr.. Lewis said his clinical
service has a long waiting list.
Miss Emmons said Tyler prob
ably has at least 200 more chill
dren who ought to be in the
class now limited to Is.
And Miss Lewis at Kimball
told the writer:
I'VE ought to have these
classes in every school in the
city"
TOMORROW: Whose prob
lem child?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

by bread alone"
The devil again tried to pro-
woke Jesus into proving He was
indeed the Son of God, but Jesus
would not yield.
Finally, the devil offered Jesus
all the kingdoms of the world if
He would but fall down and wor-
ship him. Jesus withstood this
temptation and replied, Get thee
hence, Satan" Defeated, the devil
left him alone.
During my "a months in pri-
-of-war camps in North
Korea, the Communist captors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15


concentrated teaching. Not all
problem-pupils are gaining so
Spectacularly, but Miss Lewis
feels the case is fair sample
Kimball is accomplishing this
educational quickening by means
of group of special classes for
pupils behind in their work. The
11-year-old is reading with a
group of mentally slow children
but only temporarily, because his
own mentality is actually above
normal. He already is having
arithmetic with a regular fifth
grade and joins in some Of their
other activities.
Next fall, he will be moved in
with a group of normal young
sters getting remedial reading
help, and a year from then Miss
Lewis expects him to be fully
ready for junior high school.
Outlook Now Changed
This child, a newcomer to the
city, seemed to have little tc
offer when he arrived, Miss
! Lewis said. II would not have
believed he had the intelligence
he has," she said, because he was
slouched and silent. It turned
out that the boy apparently hao
| a serious emotional maladjust-
ment. Now his complete change
of outlook and performance is
proving the first impression was
entirely wrong.
To make possible this educa-
tional Hfe-saving-which Miss
Lewis said is exactly what she
considers it-Kimball is sacri-
ficing the privilege Of having its
ordinary classes smaller by q
pupil or two. One of the RENE
dial classes-for fourth, fifth anc
sixth-graders, has % pupils, ano
the other for lower levels has 10
The subnormal group at present
has IL. But the exchange, &C
cording to Miss Lewis, is vel
worth it, for in bigger classes
the special children would bs
hopelessly lost.
/ sKimbail. at the moment, hal
between so and so colored chill
dren, out of an enrolment Of
some 825. There are two coloreo
girls in the older remedial clas'
and one in the younger.
Classes 4 Years Old
Kimball organized its two
special remedial classes on Mis-
Lewis initiative expressly to hell
tagging but normally intelligent
children. The classes now have
been operating for four years
Miss Lewis is gratifled with tn
results
The program has been an in
valuable help in coping with 6
highly fluid, problem-laden en-
rollment, including easing teach
ing in regular classes. And uni
Iformly it seems to have worked
Some of the special enrollees
have taken an extra year to cover
1.-TWO years work. but so far al
have ended up satisfactorily, In
regular classes at Kimball or in
Junior high school, and on grade
level.
IF they had stayed in ordi-
mary classes, probably many OF
them would, never have learned
I to read" Miss Lewis said. She
recalled another case of boy
now in junior high school who
when he transferred three years
ago from a suburban school In
fifth grade, couldn't recite the
alphabet or recognize or spell
his own name. When he was pro-
NOTED last year he was up tc
grade.
It is not hard to see why
teachers get excited at this kind
of accomplishment. Last Septem-
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Dinner to Aid Bond

A dinner sponsored by the
Student-Parent-Te Asso-
citation of the Annandale High
School will be held at the school
in Annandale. Va. from 5 to 8
pm. tomorrow to raise funds for
the school band.