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Evening star., 1956-08-27

through Southern Maryland with
the idea of getting anywhere. 4"
1t is just a peninsula that ends
at the confluence of the Potomac
and Chesapeake Bay.
Roads Were Primitive
The roads were primitive.
Until after World War l, the
river was the road. During World
War II the Federal Government
built the Indian Head highway
to the Naval Powder Factory. It
runs in a straight line, and,
opposite Mount Vernon, it is
three miles from the river. After
the war Washington continued
its growth east into nearby
Prince Georges County. north
into Montgomery County and
west into Virginia.
Despite the new highway, the
area around it didn't grow south
One reason is that country peo-
pie (the husband with a job in
the city, who like children and
land and chickens and do not
care too much about the appear
ance of their abodes, bought
patches and settled of the high
way.
Today Subdividers are devel-
oping this marvellous virgin ter
ritory with splendid water view:
within is miles of the Capital
But. fortunately for Mount Ver-
non these developments are
above the Fort Washington
headland (Which is Government
owned) or on Piscataway Creek
which is a broad tidal estuary
at its mouth.
There is good county high
way to the river. the Bryan
Point road. I came upon the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. B.
Shafer, a rambler hidden in the
trees with a picture window thai
nicely frames the view of Mount
Vernon across the river.
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Mount Vernon Seeks to Preserve
18th Century View in Maryland

! learned the story of the re-
markable little community called
Moyaone from Mrs. Shafer ano
Mrs. Charles Wagner. The latter
lives up the hill in a glass house
in the woods where eagles watch
the family eat breakfast.
The story is that the opposite
shore from Mount Vernon was
saved from the dissertation of ar
ordinary subdivision by a re-
markable couple. In 1922 Henry
G. Ferguson, a Government ge-
ologist now retired, and his wife
(the author of the aforemen-
toned book) bought a farm or
the river front. Mrs. Ferguson
who died about five years ago
had enough money to buy addi-
tional land when the occasion
called for it.
One of her interests was to
have interesting neighbors. She
purchased 200 acres of land on
the wooded slope and subdivided
it into tracts of five or more
acres. When she died she left
the unsold property to the pur-
chaSers and they formed the
Moyaone Corp. named after hel
other great interest, the Indian
village in the front of her prop
erty on Mockley Point, where
the Piscataway flows into the
Potomac. Mrs. Ferguson wrote
a historical pamphlet on 'Moy-
aone and the Piscataway In
dians."
Fortunately for Mount Vernon
the members of the Moyaont
community are the type Of minol
intellectuals vulgarly called egg.
heads. They like to live in The
woods and are extremely con-
cerned about any threat to the
natural beauty of their ridge
You can't see their house from
Mount Vernon, and that's the
way it is always going to be
Some Of them are concerned
about the National Park Service
obtaining the river-front land
but others are trying to convinc'
them that it does not mean {
recreational park but gimmicl
to obtain easements" and pre-.
serve the Mount Vernon view
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The fact that juries under the
new Federal narcotics law may
recommend the death penalty
for pushers selling to juveniles
will have a powerful psyche
logical effect on the peddler, ;
Chief Lutz declared. HE will
hesitate and be mighty sure he
doesn't sell to juveniles"
However. he added. he believes
the chances are remote" that q
jury actually would recommend
the death penalty.
Also, Chief Lutz pointed out
very few pushers are arrested foI
sale to juveniles here.
Chief Lutz was optimistic
about the civil powers given in
the new District law, providing
disqualification for suspected ad-
diets and requiring that they be
given medical treatment.
Gaming Picture Stands
The police officer. who was
quizzed by q panel Of newsmen
on a WTOP-TV program. City
Slde." said the gambling picture
is about the same in the District
as 1t was five years ago. in spite
of police crackdowns.
Gamblers survive. he said,
through their knowledge Of legal
loopholes. such as the prohibi-
tion Of the use Of wire tap evi-
dence. Also. q gambling organi-
zation can continue even though
key figures are in jail. he pointed
out.
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los Youths to Take
Air Force Oath

Some los area high school
graduates will be sworn into the
Air Force in special between.
games ceremonies at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow at Grifith Stadium.
The Washington Senators.
playing the Chicago White Sox
in a double-header. are SPONSOR
ing training fight for the
youngsters that will take them
70 Lakeland Air Force Use. San
Antonio. Tex. for an ll-week
basic training period. The group
is scheduled 10 leave National
Airport at midnight.
Col. Woods w. Rogers, jr..
commander Of the 3502d recruit
ing unit at olmsted PA Air
Force Base. will swear IN the
youngsters.
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Thieves Loot
Cafe in Sc.

Thieves took a cash register
containing $685. in cash and
81 900 in checks from a restau-
rant at 1880 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc. late last night or early
today.
James C. MCGUIRE. proprietor
of the establishment. said they
entered the place by forcing a
door on the G street side.
Police established the time as
between IL pm. and 2:30 am.
after the register, valued at 500,
and an electric wall clock, which
also was taken, we're found in
an alley between E and G streets.
A witness reported seeing
three Negro youths fleeing from
the area. Two we're described as
between IS and 16 years old and
the other between IL and 13.
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Salvation Army
Comp Season Ends

The 35th summer camp pro-
gram Of the Salvation Army
closed last Saturday with the re-
turn Of the final group Of chill
dren from Camp Happyland in
Prince William Forest Park, Tri-
angle. Va.
During the 10-week season, 621
children in the 9-14 age group
were given 12-day outings.
Two from each group were
chosen to receive the Honor
trophy. The are:
Donna Wade. Annandale, Va:
Mary Myers, 818 North Stewart
street. Arlington, Va; Carleen
Radtke. 3412 Forty-second ave-
nue.. Colmar Manor. Nd; Jane
Pruett, 6 Glen street Sc;
Theodosia Hundley. 400 South
Saint Asaph street. Alexandra,
Va: Sylvia Hampton, 1891 D
street NE: Jimmy Crooms,
Nokesville. Va. and Ray Heslin,
6603 Grieg street, Seat Pleasant,
Md.
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Civil Defense
Reports Gains
In Maryland
Work Seen Becoming
Integral Part Of Our
Everyday Existence

BALTIMORE, Aug. 81 B.-
Maryland Civil Defense officials
with a scolding aside to the Fed.
eral Government, have reported
proudly that their work sis be.
coming an integral part of oul
everyday existence"
The report to Gov. McKeldir
by State Director Sherley Ewing
and his staff described activities
of the Maryland agency during
1885.
.:Maryland's Group Observer
Corps was rated "at or near the
top Of the country in perform
ance," the report said. This wa,
true despite the fact that the
number of active volunteers wa!
considerably lower" than the
total of 5,053 volunteers reg.
istered for observer duty.
Continuous Interest" Cited
"Civil defense activity through
out the State of Maryland in
creased during 1855 as a result
of continuous public interest anc
increased governmental partici-
patton. 1t is very gratifying tt
this agency that civil defense is
becoming an integral part of oul
everyday existence.
1--WE have constantly strived
to obtain such support from the
public and have resolutely re-
fused to employ scare tactics
i'm order to enlist such accept
ance. We take pride in the fact
that many Marylanders accept
the program because they be-
|lieve it is a logical necessity in
Itoday's world"
The Federal Government was
lchided only slightly. The Fed.
Ieral act placing primary respon-
Isibility (for Civil Defense) or
the State and political subdivi.
sions." the report said, "is 6
deterrent to firm and cleal
national leadership policies.
Exercises Reviewed
The report reviewed in detail
some Of the training exercise.
and disaster work of the agency
during 1866.
Special attention was given Il
the darwing-b air alert ir
June; Operation Seascape." one
of the country's first exercises ir
Evacuation by water, in August,
production of a 28-minute film
on State Civil Defense, anc
prompt repair of an Annapoli;
water main which had broken
Under public information, the
report said the agency's Civil
Defense films had been shown tc
1926 persons.
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HALF THE GUARD went on

HALF THE GUARD went on
duty at 9 o'clock at night and
patroled until midnight; the
other half came on at mid
night and remained until 4
am. Their headquarters for
roll call and instructions was
the ale-houSe at the old
Center Market on PennSyl-
Vania avenue.
They wore natty gray uni
formS-CongreSS appropriated
$1,000 to outfit them-with the
letters "a. G." for Auxiliary
Guard, on their uniforms and
gray caps.
Their nightSticks were for
midable weapons. Each was
mounted with an iron spear
head. This was meant orig
inally as an aid to prying
open doors in case of fire or
in pursuit of fugitives. But
some of the auxiliary guards
men became very proficient in
using their nightsticks as
javelins.
Instead of whistles, as used
by today's policemen, each
carried a rattle.
The auxiliary guard did its
work effectively until 1858,
when the Metropolitan Police
Department was formed.
And what happened to the
intoxicated printer who threw
the rock at President Tyler?
Why, he was one Of the first
to be appointed to the auxil-
iary guard.
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Red Cross Aides
Invited to PurIeY

Six Red Cross officials OF the
Washington area have been in.
vited to Battle Creek. Mich, for
a special briefing today on Fed
eral Civil Defense Administra-
ton programs. They are:
Mrs. Robert Whitelaw Wilson,
national director Of the Office
Of Volunteers; Mrs. Kester Hast
ings, deputy director; Miss Mary
Helen Merrill, assistant director;
Miss Catherine Hough, executive
assistant director: Mrs. David
Bon, national consultant, and
Mrs. joseph Wild Of Alexandria,
deputy director for the eastern
area.
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Col. Meudor Shifted

Col. Clark B. Meador, of 640l
North Twenty-f1fth street, Ar
lington. has taken up duties as
chief of the Physical Standards
Research Unit at Walter Reed
Army Institute of Research here.
He had been chief of physical
standards at the Army Surgeon
Generals Office.
Evening star., 1956-08-27
Street Scenes

A boy sitting on the curb on
Eleventh street, dropping pea
nuts one by one into a bottle
OF soft drink.
An Indian couple, she in
her Sari and he in a Harry
Truman sport shirt, on West
ern avenue. :.
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The Potomac Shimmered in
the August sunshine. The only
anachfonisms were a couple of
big dredges up river working at
deepening the channel. The en-
tire horizon across is a wooded
ridge. Below it are the open
fields of farms but the farm
buildings are pretty well con-
cealed by clumps of trees.
$50 far we have been very for
tunate," he went on. This is
what seems to impress our dis
tinguished visitors most. You
know the routine. The State
Department brings them out,
crowned heads. prime ministers,
presidents of republics and for
eign ministers. After their tour
of Mount Vernon they stop here
ito be photographed. They all
express amazement that the view
is so unSpoiled. Europeans from
crowded countries are not used
to that"
Mr.. Wall recently addressed
the Prince Georges County Com
miSsioners at Hyattsville, Md.
on his misgivings about the fu.
ture Of the opposite bank. To-
morrow the commissioners are
to be his guests on a boat tour
lof the shoreline.
Disturbed by RumOrs
What disturbed Mr.. Wall was
rumor after rumor that floateo
across the Potomac. One was
that because of deep water the
opposite shore had been chosen
for an oil pier and tank farm,
Another was that a Texas group
intended to purchase the prop
erty and subdivide it around a
clubhouse which would be a re-
production of Mount Vernon.
/ Mr.. Wall did not say as much
but the thought of a second
Mount Vernon seemed to dis
turb him more than a tank farm,
He suggested to Mrs. Frances
Bolton that Federal interven-
ton seemed to be the only solu-
tion. Mrs. Bolton is a member
OF Congress and the vice regent
for Ohio of the Mount Vernon
Ladies Association of the Union,
which owns Mount Vernon.
Mrs. Bolton, who also is a
Standard Oil heiress. solved the
immediate problem by purchas-
ing the property. a 475-acre
farm. Now the problem is to
complete that protection. Mrs.
Bolton would be glad to give
the property to the National
Park Service If the service would
obtain matching funds to pur-
chase adjacent property.
"Scenic Easements" Sought
What the protectors of Mount
Vernon hope to do is to get a
law through Congress that will
enable the National Park Serv-
ice TO negotiate scenic ease
ments" with the property own
ers. Easements in National Park
Service practice are agreements
that the landowner. for instance
may continue to use his land as
a farm but cannot erect adver-
tising signs or a motel on 1t
The landowner is giving ur
something and he is paid for It
I crossed the river by driving
back to Washington and going
down the Indian Head highway
past Fort Washington and Pis-
Getaway creek. then turning to
the right into the opposite
Mount Vernon country.
The reasons why it has not
been developed were quite evi-
dent. In the old days, to quote
Mrs. Alice L. L. Ferguson, who
wrote q delightful book about
the adventures Of owning a farm
q this country, no one went
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sought the floor to introduce
her as a candidate.
And in an unprecedented
move, she turned the women's
meeting over to Party Chairman
T. Barton Harrington for the
introduction of candidates and
party leaders.
Mrs, Tydings' supporters also
saw posters reading Women for
Eleanor" and United Women
for Eleanor Tydings" removed
from the walls on orders of Mrs.
Otenasek.
Mr.. Mahoney made a strong
plea for support for his nom
ination, asserting the people
want me because / told them
I liked them and they like me-"
He described himself as the
man best prepared ito CO. after
John Marshall Butler" the Re-
publican Senator who defeated
Mr.. Tydings in 1850.
He said the State Central
Committee twas going to give
justice to a man who is justly
deserving of fair play"
Chided by Mrs. Lee
Mrs. E. Brooke Lee of Mont
gomery County, former president
of the women's organization.
finally won the floor. She verb
ally spanked Mrs. Otenasek for
turning the meeting over to Mr..
Harrington.
This is a meeting of the
Democratic women's clubs, not q
meeting of the State Central
Committee" Mrs. Lee said.
Then she introduced Mrs.
Tydings as a woman who can
serve the Democratic Party"
and urged her nomination for
the Senate seat.
j Mrs. Tydings received q
standing ovation but there was
quietness among Mahoney sup
porters who had congregated
near the front of the hall.
i In a quiet, off-the-cuff ad.
dress, she said she originally
had planned to report on her
Husbands health.
; She said he had fought VAL
iantly" to rid himself Of the
!, disease (shingles) which had
stricken him after q campaign
in which he had worked a
little too hard and campaigned
a little too vigorously"
| She also had a word of praise
for Mr.. Mahoney for Ibis hard
fought and clean primary cam
Ipaign."
She said she had been urged
by hundreds of "cloSe and dear
!, friends to go on with the Ty.
dings candidacy"
| Her decision. she said, had
been reached after a sleepless
night"
She said her greatest ambition
in life had been reached when
she became the wife of Millard
Tydings."
She promised to support the
lparty's nominee after tonight's
session.
Backed by D'AlesandrO
/ Mrs. Tydings has the support
of the original Tydings camp
leaders including Mayor Thomas
D'Alesandro of Baltimore, E.
Brooke Lee of Montgomery
County and Lansdale G. Sasscer
of Prince Georges County.
Mr.. D'Alesandro said 35 Of the
city's votes on the central COM
mittee would be cast for her. Mr..
Birmingham promises Baltimore
County's seven votes.
Mrs. Tydings was believed to
have at least so votes as she
entered the race and there was
a hope that the Tydings name
would add to this number.
j. Millard Tawes, Eastern
Shore leader openly supporting
Mr.. Mahoney. yesterday said Mr..
Mahoney still had seven of the
nine Eastern Shore coiintfes
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seek the nomination which hel
husband had been forced to Civ,
up because of illness.
The State Central COMMITTEES
will meet at 8 pm. at the Belve
dere Hotel in Baltimore to de,
eide the nominee. 1t takes Z
of the l52 votes on the commit
tee to win the nomination.
Prior to the session, Nationa
Committeeman Michael j.. Bir
mingham at 6 pm. will give |
dinner at the Emerson Hotel TO
members of the committee ant
has promised to have Mrs. Ty
ldings on hand.
At the same time Mr.. Malone.
will be dining committeeman a
the Belvedere Hotel, trying II
WOO their votes on his behalf.
Both Express Confidence
Both candidates have expressed
confidence of victory.
Shortly after the announce
ment that she had agreed t,
seek the nomination yesterday
Mrs. Tydings told reporters sh,
believed she had enough vote
to win"
Mr.. Mahoney, in the mean
time, said he did not believe Mrs
Tydings' entry into the race hat
changed the situation and tina
1.-THE committee would pick hin
as the nominee.
Mrs. Tydings' announcement
came at the end of a session tha
saw a parade of Democratic can
didates address the States toI
political leaders and the women'i
organization.
Daughter Of Davies
Mrs. Tydings, who is So, is thu
daughter Of Joseph E. Davies
former Ambassador to Russi;
and Belgium. Both her fathe
and grandfather had unsuccess
fully sought Senate seats from
their home State of Wisconsin.
Mrs. /Tydings previously hat
declined to seek the nomination
when approached by part,
leaders.
Tension mounted steadily yes
terday as the women awaited tn
arrival of Mrs. Tydings and som
word on her decision.
At first it was reported sh
had declined to seek the nomina
ton despite entreaties. Then
as the afternoon session prepare,
to get underway, Mrs. Tyding
arrived and the word soon sprea,
that she had agreed to becom
a candidate.
The result caused a swift
change in plans by the presen
leadership of the women's OF
ganization headed by DR.. Mildre,
Otenasek. recently named ma
tiOnal committeewoman will
Mr.. Mahoney's backing.
Refuses to Recognize Backers
Mrs. Otenasek dropped he
earlier announced program t,
have Mrs. Tydings as the lead
of speaker and switched her t,
the end of the line-behind evel
Mr.. Mahoney.
Then she refused to recogniz,
known leaders in the move II
draft Mrs. Tydings as the!
Evening star., 1956-08-27

QtbpOSeQ 10 make IlSIlC OF LHe
ock-throwing incident, but
his friends-and some of his
political opponents as we'll
were Mortified by the personal
attack.
A committee called at the
White House to express its
regrets. The President told
them that sometimes, in the
heat of political differences,
zeal outweighed judgement,
and suggested that they just
forget the whole thing.
Meantime, he sent a note to
the city lookup, saying it was
his desire that the stone
thrower be released.
But his friends wouldn't let
it rest there, and Congress
rushed through law, ap-
proved August %, 1842, ito es-
tablish an auxiliary watch for
the protection of public and
private property in the city
of Washington"
The auxiliary watch Jared
better, salary-wiSe, than the
constableS. The first force was
of a captain, at $1,000 a year,
and Is men-five at $35 a
month and 10 at $50 a month.
They didn't have the same
hours as the constables, al
though some citizens were un-
charitable enough to suggest
that they worked harder in
their shorter hours than did
the conStables.
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Decision Set 7 onight
In Race for Senate
Mohoney and Mrs. Tydines
Seek Central Committee Nod
By CHARLES I. HOFFMAN

battle between Mrs Mllard E. Tydings and George p
Mahoney for the Maryland Democratic nomination
vacated by Mr. Tydngs will be decided tonight in Baltimore
Mrs Tydings tossed her hat into the ring yesterday
at the final session of hreeday meeting the United
Democratic Womens Clubs at Ocean City
She did so after 36-hour drive by group of women
Evening star., 1956-08-27
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

Charles c. Wall superintendent Mount Vernon stood on
the lawn in front of the famous portico and said
Just look at this view 1t could be the 18th century
Here it is just it when George Washngton
would him to the other side to visit his friends Dgges
family, at Warburton Manor Fort Washingtonl."
Evening star., 1956-08-27
The
Rambler
BIuecouts Once
Thin Gray Line
BY JACK JONAS

An intoxicated printer,
standing within a stones
throw Of President Tyler, was
responsible for the first
around-the-clock police force
in Washington.
Before 1842, the city had a
sort of catch-as-catch- can
constable system for day police
duty only. The constables
themselves left something to
be desired. Since their pay for
this police work was $50 a
year, they spent most of their
time earning money at their
trades or professions.
President Tyler was not
known for his conciliatory
manner, even within his own
party, and some of the Wings
were highly indignant at some
of the things he had done.
They expressed their indig-
nation in direct fashion-by
forming a parade and march
ing past the White House,
jeering and booing the Presi-
dent. A few walked boldly
up to the White House and
smeared tar or black paint
on the walls.
A few days later, the print
er, his political opposition
strengthened by a trip to a
local tavern, spotted the Pres
ident Strolling in the White
House grounds. A rock was
handy, and the printer tossed
it.
His aim, luckily, was as
erratic as his walk. He was
seized and hustled off to jail.
Evening star., 1956-08-27
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The American Federation
Of Government Employees
meets at the Willard Hotel.
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