davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

a final report" justifying the
action and voted on today.
The report, drawn by a special
committee, represented views OF
both proponents and opponents
of the Langley location and
stressed a feeling that a number
of new highway improvements
should be pressed.
It also made clear that the
planners would have preferred a
site within the District, declar-
ing:
1.-THE majority of the commit
tee has accorded overriding
Importance to the emphasis
placed Cby) Mr.. Dulles letter OF
January % that he is not free
to select a location within the
District and that by virtue OF
emergency measures already
taken it is important to him tc
locate on the west side of the
Potomac River"
Allen w. Dulles, CHA director
made this statement in January
in urging the commission to re-
verse it's opposition to the Lang
ley site.
In another vote of more i'm
mediate importance to the City
Highway Department, the COM
mission approved siX-lane
bridge over the Washington
Channel which will provide dl-
rect connections between the two
Fourteenth street Potomac
bridges and the new Southwest
freeway being built along F street
S.W.
District Engineer Commission
err Thomas A. Lane said he was
able to accept the commission S
decision on the independence
avenue route. but insisted on
approval of the direct connec-
ton with the river bridges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

scribes, hoping to find fault with
Him, ask which of the command
ments is the first (there were 613
at that time).
Jesus quoted from Deuteron-
omy, vi4-5, and LeviticuS, xix.18,
''Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, with all
thy soul, with all thy mind and
with all thy strength, and thou
shalt love thy neighbor as myself"
One of the scribes admitted
that this was more than their
offerings and sacrifices. Jesus
answered him, you are not far
from the kipUdny,o of God -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
By FRANK. SARTWELL

Overwhelming response to the
Welfare Departments call for
foster parents for the city's
homeless babies has brought a
change in social work proce-
dures here, and caused the de-
partment to call off a publicity
campaign.
A total of 564 persons inter-
ested in caring for such children
have called the department since
the need was announced at a
meeting of the Public Welfare
Advisory Council.
Department plans to publicize
the need for a month were
called off after the newspaper
stories brought hundreds of
calls.
Drop Radio Appeals
Radio spot announcements
were dropped and a hoped-for
Itelevision series on the problem
will be changed to another well
fare need, a department spokes-
man said today.
For the first time in the city
volunteer workers have moved
into the actual social work OF
the department, handling in
this case preliminary interviews
with prospective foster parents
Volunteers have been used be-
fore for such tasks as producing
entertainment or teaching OF
simply companionship for insti-
Itutionalized persons here.
Miss Marjorie Thaxter, CO.
Iordinator of volunteers for the
department, said a specially
trained group of part-time vol
Iunteers from the Junior League
and the Service Guild took on
the preliminary interviews for
Vic 1iOOQCO 1O0UCI 4tOlllC ulflolOll
Employees of the division vol
|unteered their own services on
week ends and on George Wash
Iington's Birthday.
Publicity Babies"
None of the babies have so fal
been placed in foster homes be-
cause of the length of time
needed to make sure the homes
are suitable, Miss Thaxter said
She expects the first of the pub
licity babies" to go into a home
within 10 days.
Some of the callers were re-
jected after their first interview
for such reasons as lack of space
in the home. interest in adoption
rather than foster home care,
leaving Washington, etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

location OF the Central 1nteln.
gence Agency's SAG million head.
quarters on a Federal site al
Langley, Va.
The commissions vote to use
Independence avenue for the
"interloop" represented defeat
for the District Highway De.
Ipartment, which had wanted te
build the road along Ohio Drive
the park road bordering the
Potomac between Lincoln Me-
mortal and Hams Point.
Revised plans showing how
both routes could be used were
considered.
The commission feeling was
that either would serve traffic
we'll, but that the independence
avenue line would caues far less
disruption of park values ever
though it would cost more. The
Independence avenue route will
cost an estimated SIS million
as against Sill million for Ohio
drive.
Representative jenkins, Re-
publican of Ohio. accompanied
by other Ohio legislators, gave
the commission a petition signed
by the entire Ohio delegation ii
opposition to the Ohio drive
route.
Senator Bender, Republican Of
Ohio, said the disruption of park
areas near Ohio drive (woulc
create an eyesore" which fal
overShadoWed any question oil
cost.
The action on the CHA wa;
the last in a long series of moves
required by law to clear the To-
cation at Langley.
The commission on February
3 had reversed its earlier oppo.
sition to the GAS Langley sitt
but law required transmission o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

ards. Teacher funds can not be
taken from them so as to builc
up the stats of the elementaries
1 James Brincefield, Hines Jun
ior High PTA: We are adamant
in demanding that you follow the
budget recommendations of the
school officials. Parents are will.
ing to be taxed to meet the
costs.
Mrs. Fannie Bigie of the Shep.
herd Park Citizens Association
and the Coolidge High Home ano
School Association: We have
long been aware Of the ever
growing deterioration of the Dis
trict schools. We are not sur
prised to find that District stu
dents are almost two years be-
hind the national averages.
William C. Wise, Alice Dea.
Junior High School Home ano
School Association: The elemen.
tary schools are in dire need oil
all the teachers requested. That
is obvious to all, including the
Commissioners. Equally obvious
to anyone who will take the
time to study the teacher-pupiI
statistics of the secondary
schools is that no surplus oil
teachers exists there. Junior
and senior high schools are
faced with a serious shortage ir
the academic and business SUBJ
jectS.
John Brasel, for the Stanton
PTA: We are worried and heart
sick. God grant we find the
words to show the danger in
store for our children and our
city unless enough teachers are
provided for our schools.
Our elementary enrolment is
expanding at a rate requiring
so teachers a year just to stay
in the same place. AS the Red
Queen said to Alice: "This is a
fast country; you have to run
as fast as you can to stay in the
same place"
Wendell p. Knowles, for the
Hardy Home and School Asso-
citation, talking about merged
grades for lack of teachers: The
40 additional teachers approved
by the Commissioners will not
even keep the city abreast OF
its needs. We don't see how
any far-sighted person can call
this adequate education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

l00. instead OF merely 4u more
teachers for the city'S schools.
/ He was telling the District
Subcommittee of the House Ap.
preparations Committee about
oversize classes and how they
cut down on Johnnie'S education
I He told the subcommittee
! Washington has 668. classes with
40 or more pupils. With classes
of that size, he said. the teacher
simply can not do an adequate
job. Mr.. Gilliland said:
This community has dem
onstrated its willingness to pro-
vide every reasonable cooper
alive effort toward good public
schools. In the face of accumu-
lated inadequacies grown out OF
slashed budget years. our school
people have effectively under
taken the assignment of making
indignation work. We owe them
much for this.
Substantial testimony has
been given by parents support
ing a fair tax bill if the funds
Igo toward our public schools"
Other testimony included:
Russell Shoemaker, legislative
chairman of the PTA Congress:
Year after year we have seen
our school budget torn to shreds
either by the Commissioners or
the congressional committees
while we have steadily lost
ground in the race against in
creased enrollments and aging
and inadequate buildings. Year
| " barcelona budgets have en-
dangered our whole educational
programs.
Mrs. John L. Steele, for Coun-
Gil 6 of the PTA Congress: Over
half of the 1913 classes in the Is
elementary schools in this area
are in the IS to 80 size range and
many of these large classes are
combination grades. One OF
the principals summed it up
when she remarked, 1--WE can al
ways baby sit 40. but we can't
learn EN-"
Mrs. Gloria Riordan, Simon
School PTA: There has been an
annual failure to solve the prob
lem of increased enrolment.
Surely, Congress can't fail to
see the emergency we face. Most
certainly, we can't stop grow
ing to wait for proper school
funds.
UNLESS something is done,
Anacostia High would be forced
to go on double shifts next year.
What kind of economy would it
be if parents were forced to move
out of the District because of the
school situation?
John E. Lawyer of the Wood
row Wilson High School Home
and School Association: Glasses
lin Junior and senior also are too
large, above the so-called stand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
old Firehouse
.MeasureFiIed

A bill to block efforts to move
the old Union Engine House and
which would assure it's use by
the Association of Oldest In
habitants has been introduced
in the House.
The old engine house stands
at Nineteenth and H streets
NV. The International None
tary Fund wants the land to
round out the site for its new
building. All structures adjacent
to the engine house have been
torn down.
The bill to save the engine
house on its present site was
introduced late yesterday by
Representative Thompson, Dem
ocrat of New Jersey. He acted
at the request of the associa-
ton president. Herbert P. Lee
man. The bill was referred to
the District Committee.
Ordered to Vacate
| The action was taken because
the District Commissioners have
directed the association to va
cate the f1rehouse by the end
of this month.
The Thompson bill would
amend an act of March 2, 1891,
which gave the association the
right to use the property "at
the pleasure of the District
Commissioners"
The International Monetary
Fund has offered $4,000 for
moving the building to a site
offered by George Washington
University or to construct a new
building there.
A. d. Smith Opposes
Mr.. Leeman commended that
any new structure on the uni
versity's campus would leave the
association in a position of a
leaseholder without a home of
its own. One veteran vice presi-
dent of the association, Addison
T. Smith, former member of the
House, said he looked with favor
on the proposal of the Monetary
Fund and raised objections to
the pending legislation.
Melvin D. Hildreth, Demo-
cratic national committeeman
for the District. and Mr.. Leeman
conferred with Representative
Thompson regarding the meas
lure.
Representative Thompson has
inserted in the Congressional
Record a speech delivered to the
association January 2 by B. M.
McKelWay, editor of The Star,
and news stories by Star report
ers George Kennedy and William
Millen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

he reported, that they would try
to firm up" their deal and then
return to the commission.
Meanwhile, House Commerce
Subcommittee hearings on the
Washington transit crisis were in
recess to see how the mareuvel
would work out.
The hearings, held to consider
the District Commissioners bill
setting UP a Washington Metro
polital Transit Authority, were
called eff until further notice"
after Mr.. Colladay had assured
Subcommittee Chairman Harris,
Democrat of Arkansas, that he
planned to have something
definite" from the present own
ers of the etc stock in the "im-
mediate future"
Mr.. Colladay had outlined
three different proposals to buy
either the stock of CTC, its
assets or just the controlling
stock owned by the interests OF
Louis E. Wolfson, Florida multi
millionaire. There was no in
dication the stockholders would
sell on Mr.. Colladay's terms, but
he insisted he was optimistic,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

He also called for a new
franchise which would guarantee
the company a 71a per cent re.
turn on it's investment, tax relief
until that amount of profit was
earned and set up labor arbitra-
ton procedures which union
leaders indicated they would OPP
pose.
Earlier, the subcommittee
heard District Commissioner
Samuel Spencer and Mr.. Hayes
report they had turned down
the application of another
would-be private operator seek
ing to take over the CTC
franchise when it dies by act OF
Congress next August IA.
This was the bid of Max M
Kampelman, attorney for a
group of Minneapolis investors,
who want to run an all-bus
system here. He charged city
officials are too emotionally and
intellectually committed to
establishment of a publicly
owned authority to judge fairly
his application, and said he
would carry his case to Congress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Fund to Finish
Project Okoyed
By House Unit
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS

The House Appropriations
Committee today approved $50
million to complete the new
Washington Hospital Center. now
under construction on the Sol
diers' Home grounds.
The item was included in the
big independent Offices appropri-
ations bill for the next fiscal year
beginning July l.
I The committee approved the
budget estimate without change.
noting that the money would
liquidate the remaining amount
of the S19.5 million construction
contract.
Meantime, negotiations still
are underway between Central
Services Administration, which
is supervising the project, and
the Soldiers Home for payment
of about one third of the acreage
turned over to the center.
! The $50 million was carried in
the General Services Administra-
ton section of the appropria-
tons bill.
Other Funds Approved
] Funds to enable GSA to pro-
coed with plans and specifica-
tons for Federal buildings in the
Washington area also were APP
proved by the committee.
The structures included in the
lease-purchase program are the
Civil Service Commission, the
Geological Survey. FedeEal
building in the Washington
Southwest redevelopment area
and ore structure for two agen-
cies. the Coast and Geodetic
Survey and the Weather Bureau.
For this lease-purchase PLAN
ming. the bill carries S. millions.
! A proposal by GSA to launch
a widespread air-conditioning
program in Federal buildings
here with a SIS million fund was
cut by 100000, the report ex-
planned, This leaves $4.5 millions
in the bill for this purpose.
Prospects for further funds to.
help the slum clearance and
urban renewal program in this
area was seen IN Appropriations
Committee approval of $40 mil
lion for capital grants through
out the Nation for this purpose.
For the National Capital
Housing Authority here the bill
provides $4,000 to finance the
112 low rent housing units under
the District Alley Dwelling Act.
Fund for VA Building
! Another prospective Federal
building for the Veterans Ad-
ADMINISTRATION on the Soldiers
Home grounds was given
I$1,1O0.0OO.
Howard University was given
$3.3 million, a reduction of $110,-
900 from the budget request,
but $424.600 above the appropri-
alton for this fiscal year. The
bill includes $386,200 to carry
forward the construction pro-
gram on the campus.
Freedmen's Hospital, which
President Eisenhower has asked
Congress to transfer to Howard
University under legislation be-
ing prepared for Congress, was
given $2,755 900 for salaries and
expenses, the amount of the
budget request.
| Gallaudet College got $615 900
for salaries and expenses and
$2,547,000 for continuing its
construction program on the
campus.
| St. Elizabeths Hospital was
given $6,821, 900, the amount of
its budget request for completion
of the maximum security build
ing now under construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Comedy at Cordozo

The Dramatic Society of Car
dozo High School will present
Jenny Kissed Me-" three-act
comedy, at 8 o'clock tonight in
the school auditorium, Thir-
tenth and Clifton streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
ANOTHER SECRETARY was

ANOTHER SECRETARY was
looking apprehensively at
travel posters decorating the
walls.
81 hope they stay put" she
said. 1--WE had a dickens of a
time getting them up there.
We couldn't put them on the
other wall over there, because
that's wallpaper, and they
wouldn't let us put sticky
tape on that. Thank goodness
we had some wood on this wall
to stick them on"
The posters looked solid
enough, but secretaries do
worry about details.
The theme of the party, one
girl explained, was travel.
Il hope our bosses won't
think that's a hint for them to
60 get lost" she said. "Oh,
dear!"
The secretaries were duti-
fully <trotting their bosses
glasses back to the bar for
refills, something like taking
care OF the inkwells.
Somebody wanted to know
what the two flags were, on
the wall. They looked like
ships signaling pennants.
st hate to show my igno-
rance, but frankly, I don't
know" said the secretary
queried. lone of the other
girls took care of that little
detail"
eve have a lady boss here
for the first time" another
girl said, introducing a charm
ing lady boss, Miss Alene Phil
lips, executive assistant to In
terror Secretary Mckay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
The
Rambler
Secretaries Give
Bosses Night Out
By JACK JONAS


bother secretaries so much
seeing that there's plenty of
ink, speaking softly when the
boss has had a bad night,
making sure pad and pencil
are handy so he can doodle
while he phones
Bosses ought to know that
by now. But everything went
so smoothly at the Kennedy
Warren the other night when
the secretaries entertained
their bosses that all the usual
hassle over details wasn't ap-
parent.
1t was almost like a we'll
run office-well run by secre-
taries, of course. So the bosses
just took the smoothness for
granted, like they take all
things foI granted.
The occasion was the an
nual Bosses Night" party put
on by the Executive Chapter
of the National Secretaries As
ISOLATION.
"Whoosh!" one of the girls
gasped.
Someone asked, solicitously,
what was wrong.
"Those balloons" she said.
We've been blowing up the
balloons" She pursed her lips
and puffed, to demonstrate.
Like that" she said. cts not
easy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

The most important thing in life is our attitude
toward God therefore everything depends it, Jesus
is God 1ncanate The thing He wants is that love
Him more than life itself. What chalenge-to live the
Great Commandment
Tomorrow: Mercedes de Arelza
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
S5.3 Million Slated
For Hospital Center
independence Approved
For 'Inter-Loop' Route

The National Capital Planning Commission today resolved
long highway fight approving of Independence avenue
the citys proposed nteroop expressway
through park land between Tenth street SW and the Lincoln
Memorial
The commission also approved final report" ndorsing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
A Tlrunght fnr Tnhay
Lenten Reflections on Fovorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
BY MRS. MAY o. SKARTVEDT
Teacher Iafayette Elementary School

My favorte Bible story at this time of the church year
takes place in Jerusalem during Holy Week
From Mark we learn that Jesus is the center of a
discussion answering questions and teaching The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
P. U. c. Awaiting Details
On | ronsit Proposal

The District Public Utilities Commission today settled down
await details of Attorney Edward F. ColaoaV
effort to buy out the Capital Transit Co.
Commission Chairman E. C. Hayes said Mr. coaday
and his client Morris Fox president of the BF Transportation
the commission Yesterday afternoon They SAID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
PTA Officials Press Plea 564 Offer 10 Aid
FOR More d.. eochers Welfare Babies

enough parents this happen their chill
dren after there grows up in community obda
determination to do something about it."
speaker John Giland, president of the District
Congress Parents Teachers leader the fight hire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
Street Scenes

Broken bits from kites in
trees and utility wires all over
town. -.
A hardware store on Tenth
street NV. displaying snow
shovels, and not far away a
sporting goods store with soft
ball equipment in its show
windows. -.
The Air Force drum and
bugle corps playing Lady of
Spain, I Adore You" at the
welcoming ceremony in front
of the District Building for
President and Mrs. Gronchi
of Italy. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02

n SALANhDAAAA AAANL, Will
an eye to public relations, took
care of some of the details,
sending over balloons and lug
gage stickers for name cards.
The girls filled in names,
ships and sailing dates.
A highlight of the party was
picking the Boss of the
Year." but the secretaries
didn't dare vote on it, and run
the risk of injuring their
bosses feelings. It was done
by drawing lots-and Miss
Phillips was the lucky boss.
The Secretaries Association,
when the members aren't
handling things in offices and
planning boss-night parties,
spend a lot of their spare time
pushing their Certified Pro-
fessional Secretary" program,
similar to the Certified Public
Accountant plan of long stand
ing.
TOO many people think that
being a secretary means TAX
ing shorthand and pounding a
typewriter" one of the girls
said. "They don't realize all
the responsibilities - and all
the little details that have to
be taken care of every day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-25
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY
Death of Mrs. Luce's Daughter
Glanced Course Of Her Life

wine was fatty imperSonal.
This is the Associated Press.
We are calling to confirm the
death of Ann Brokaw in an
automobile accident"
The shock was so great that
it seemed that Glare might lose
her mind. Harry came back
Immediately to strengthen and
support her. After AIMS bur-
ial at Mepkin, S. c., the Luce's
plantation home. Bernard Ba-
ruch begged Clare to go to his
lovely South Carolina home.
HobcaW Barony. to rest and
revive her spirit. Alone with
Harry, who gave up everything
to be with her, she spent many
weeks fighting despair Finally
she recovered sufficient
strength to go back to Wash
ington and her Job. In Wash
ington her closest friend be-
came Olive Clapper, whose war
correspondent husband, Ray
mond Clapper, had been killed
in the Pacific two weeks after
AIMS death. Olive lived in
big secluded house in Wash
ington, and her home was
refuge for Clare.
Olive cast about for some
thing that would again awaken