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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Commerce Gets Directive
To Push I'd Airport Plans

however. Mr.. Rothschild hedged.
He had not seen the report of
the Commerce Committee, and
so he said: IF there are under
standable instructions in the re-
port, we plan to proceed on that
basis"
This seemed to indicate that
Washington's second airport de-
ponds on the willingness of
Maryland and Virginia Sena-
tors and Representatives to vote
for appropriation.
Agreement on Need
All Is members of the Senate
Commerce Committee agreed
there was urgent need for ex-
pansion of air travel facilities
for Washington. Ten of the Is
members went along with the
thought that these should be
built near Burke. Five of the
members had doubts. Some
agreed with Senator Butler, Re-
publican of Maryland, who urged
that the District should make
use, at least during some new
survey. of Friendship, about 8
miles this side of Baltimore.
The majority of the Senate
Commerce Committee said they
had reviewed various reports and
concluded that they agreed with
Gen. Arnold, who said:
ut is our feeling that the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
did one of the most capable jobs
of locating an airport and it
was a very thorough job. We
believe personally that the Burke
site is the ideal site for an air.
port and that it will serve the
needs of the Washington travel
ing public from a commercial
and a private pilot standpoint
for the foreseeable future"
The majority of the Commerce
Committee added that the evil
Idence before the committee
"leads US to believe that a loca-
ton in the Burke vicinity is the
answer to the problem"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
FEC Plans Action
On UHF TeIevision
BY the Associated Pres.


The Federal Communications
Commission has promised with
in the next few weeks" to take
some undisclosed step on the
issue of ultra-high frequency
(UHF) television.
Senator Magnuson, Democrat
of Washington, said yesterday he
had been so advised by FEC
Chairman George c. McCon-
naughey. Magnuson heads the
Senate Commerce Committee.
which has been urging action.
Nearly all TV programs now
are carried on the IL very high
freqency WIFI channels. There
are more than 70 UHF channels
available, but most present sets
cannot receive such broadcasts.
Few UHF stations can afford to
operate because there are 50 few
UHF set owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Land Offered
College Branch
Virginia U. School
Sought in Fuirfux

A 100000 contribution of
land, buildings and cash has
been offered for establishment
of a Northern Virginia college of
the University of Virginia in the
Springfield area of Fairfax
County.
The Northern Virginia Univer-
sity Center Advisory Council,
meeting in executive session last
night. agreed to look further into
the proposal. The council also
decided to continue to gather in
formation on other possible loca-
ItionS for a temporary and a per-
manent two-year college.
Three landowners offered q
I50-acre tract of the old Ravens
worth estate on Route $40
(Braddock road as a permanent
site for the college authorized
recently by the General Assem-
bly,. The tract has a 2,000-foot
frontage on Braddock road be-
tween Annandale and Burke.
Buildings Offered Free
Buildings on the site also were
Offered. These include two large
houses ard a brick barn. Will
liam c. Simms, chairman OF
the Springfield committee for the
college, said the buildings would
enable the branch to begin op-
CREATIONS this fall.
The three landowners are
Edward R. Carr. president OF
the Washington Board of Trade;
James L. McIlvaine and John
c. Mowbray. They also Offered
$67 500 in cash and would give
the university an option to buy
an additional so acres adjoining
the free tract.
MIR. Simms said the free LAND
is valued at $4,000 an acre. He
said it would cost 100000 tt
reproduce the buildings which
have total floor space of 1900
square feet.
RemOdeIing Seen inexpensive
Mr.. Simms said an architect
has said the buildings could bt
remodeled for classroom use al
small cost. He said resident:
and developers in the Spring.
field area already have pledged
more than $4,000 for the uni.
versity' if it is located in thai
area. He said this would nearlN
cover the cost of remodeling the
buildings.
The advisory council is look.
ing for permanent site for the
branch and for a building OF
buildings which could be usec
temporarily beginning this fall
Several offers of land have
been made by landowners ir
Fairfax County and neighbor.
ing counties. Alexandria ha,
offered its old Lee School fol
temporary quarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

asked for speedy hearing" OF
the case entered yesterday in
Alexandria Federal Court.
Comments of officials
School Board Chairman E. r.
Draheim had no comment on
the suit and Supt. T. Edward
Rutter could not be reached
School Board Member L. Clark
Heating recalled that when the
NAACP called on the board to
announce indignation plans. the
board had referred the question
to the State Board of Education,
THE State said nothing would
be forthcoming until suit was
filed" Mr.. Heating said. We'll,
now that it's pending. let's hear
from them"
The chairman of the County
Board, Wesley w. Cooper. said,
If Mr.. Brown would just get
out OF town, We could solve this
much more easily and quickly"
The suit'wa filed on the second
anniversary of the Supreme
Court decision outlawing segre-
cation in public schools.
Participant Not Advised
One Of the participants is Ed
ward D. Strother of 2819 South
Eighteenth street. newly elected
president of the Hoffman-Boston
High School PTA.
Mr.. Strother said yesterday he
was unaware that a suit was
being filed. but he said he is a
member of the NAACP ano
favors the action. His daughter
Edna, 16. is in the 10th grade
at Hoffman-Boston. county high
school for Negro students.
I'D rather my daughter stayed
just where she u.s." he said, land
| if saw everything at Hoffman.
Boston like they have at Wake
field and Westinghouse. I'd oe
satisfied. But ! want my daugh-
ter to have everything that any
body elSe'S daughter has"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
U. 5. Studying
Seizure Ruling
Upset May Lift Cost
Of Area c Project

Government attorneys are
studying today what their next
move should be after the Court
of Appeals set aside a jury
award for property taken fol
the Southwest redevelopment.
| The case involved a $1,000
award to Miss Mayr1e j. Riley
for her home at 1913 Delaware
avenue S.W. The Redevelop.
ment Land Agency took it UNI
der condemnation proceedings
for the Area B development.
The Court of Appeals, in q
2-1 decision, set aside the eward
and ordered a new trial. 1t
pointed out that the jury award
was $4,000 less that the purchase
price of the home plus the cost
of Improvements. 1t held that
the trial judge should. at least
in part. be a guardian of a home
owners rights.
Roger P. Marquis of the APP
pellate section of the Justice
Department. who handled the
appeal, said rehearing might
be asked of the Court of Appeals.
Fifteen days is allowed in which
to ask that. Or. he said, it may
be decided to ask the Supreme
Court to review the case.
May Add 81 Million to Cost
! What concerns the Lana agency
is the effect of the courts ruling
on this acquisition of land in the
Area C development. This is
much more extensive than Area
B. Also, all of Area B has been
acquired and there are only seven
cases still in litigation concern
ing the amounts Area B property
holders are to be paid.
One attorney said that if the
Appeals Court decision stands it
may make Area C property cost
81 million more than it otherwise
would. 1t was pointed out that:
/ Appraisals of land to be taken
may run higher, with appraisers
having the Riley case in mind.
Fewer properties would be &C
Iquired by negotiation unless
higher prices would be offered.
Owners whose properties had
to be acquired by condemnation
would be more prone to appeal
lower court decisions.
900 Lots in Area b
In Area B there are about 900
lots which were held by about
460 owners. The land agency
was able to acquire between rs
and 80 per cent of the property
through negotiations. Where it
was able to sit down with the
owners for negotiations 1t was
able to acquire 80 per cent of the
property involved. There we're
some cases where properties we're
held by estates, the beneficiaries
of the estates were scattered and
negotiations were not possible.
Area c is about three times
larger than B. There are 4,3l6
dwellings in the area and only
1874 per cent are owner-occupied.
Some industrial property is also
involved. A considerable part Of
the property is held by the Dis
trict and Federal Governments.
The land agency's position on
the Riley case was this: Granted
that Miss Riley had more in
vested in the property than the
appraisers figure and the Jury
award, 1t was still felt that TIE
award represented a fair value.
If property holder made an
unfortunate deal in buying prop
lerty the land agency should not
be made to bail out the owner.
Areas B and c take in prac-
tically all the Southwest area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
By DON S. WARREN


The Commerce Department to-
day was under a directive" from
the Senate Interstate and For
eign Commerce Committee to
adopt a high speed program
for construction of a second air.
port for the national Capital.
A Commerce Department
spokesman said it would comply,
but questions Immediately arose
as to whether this meant an APP
plication of funds for the Sec
ondary airport site near Burke,
Va.
On this point the Senate
Commerce Committee statement
was somewhat vague, although
10 of its Is members signing
the majority report agreed with
the statement of Gen. Milton w
Arnold, of the Air Transport AS
ISOLATION, that the site at Burke
wac OAlC IQCdl ollS.
Senator Monroney, Democrat
of Oklahoma, head of the Trans
portation subcommittee of the
Commerce Committee, said he
regarded the action of the Sen.
ate committee as direction tt
the Commerce Department tt
proceed with the construction Of
the needed extra airport fol-
Washington.
Not Wholly Specific
He said the Senate committed
had not specified just where
this should be built. He noted
however, that it had vetoed
suggestions that it might b.
Andrews Field, and that the ma.
jority of the committee hac
agreed the site at or near Burk,
was 1.-THE best available"
UnderSecretary of Commerce
Louis Rothschild, asked for com,
ment, said he had not yet seer
the official report of the Senate
committee. but expressed thu
thought that the Commerce De.
partment would move "prett!
fast"
When it came down to detail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
River Terrace Unit
Reflects Officers

Mrs. Whit Keith. IT,, of 3453
Eads street NE. was reelected
president of the River Terrace
Community Organization at a
meeting last night at River Ter
race School. Thirty-fourth and
Dix streets NE.
The organization reelected
Howard Boswell and Costas Pr
lostomas as vice president and
treasurer.
Also reelected were. Mrs. An
drew King. recording secretary:
Mrs. Lewis Brown. financial Sec
Rotary. and John Hunter. cor
responding secretary. Mrs. Media
W. Martin was elected reporter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Speedy Hearing Asked
On Integroted Schools
Arlington Bourd Has Until June s
To Reply to Suit Filed by NAACP

The National Association the of Coored
People has requested early hearing of its suit against the
Arlington School the that indignation will
ordered in county schools by September.
The School Board has until June to reply to the suit filed
behalf of % children and IA parents
white
Edwin c. NAACP legal adviser Northern Virginia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Rambling

Things have come to a pretty
pass when a Potomac River
excursion boat from Washing
ton has to advertise in May,
ship Heated"
A man just back in the
ONCE after a week in a cabin
in the West Virginia hills
swears he spotted a fox one
night. contentedly rocking in
the rocking chair on the
cabins front porch. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

Mr.. Strother shoes horses for
"a living and travels through
Maryland and Virginia plying his
trade.
Member of ABC
He is a member of the Council
of Arlingtonians for a Better
County, which held a nominating
convention at Wakefield Wednes-
day night.
Mr.. Strother said other Hoff-
man-Boston PTA officers also
are participants in the suit.
Among the white parents who
Joined in the action is Mrs. Luz
ellie Orndorf of 5000 North
Carlyn Spring road. Mrs. Orn-
dorff said her son. Eugene. in
whose behalf she filed, is in the
first grade at Barrett School.
Mrs. Orndorff said she has no
desire to have her son attend
another school. She said she and
her husband. Jack, would like
Eugene to share our principles
We want him TO belong to an
integrated school system. 1t is in
his behalf in that sense"
Explains Her Position
Mrs. Barbara Marx of 6897
Washington boulevard. said she
was not seeking to have her two
daughters named in the suit at
tend another school. Ann is at
Tuckahoe Elementary and Clare
is at Washington-Lee.
II feel very strongly that seq
regated schools are all wrong.
Mrs. Marx said. 1T starts both
groups of children all wrong.
She added that when they lived
in New York, an older daughter
had no race prejudice at all
But after we moved to Virginia
she started using words she'c
never heard at home"
Mrs. Marx and Mr.. Orndorfl
also are members of ABC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Druft Coils Doctor

RICHMOND. Va. May 10 HP.
has been ordered To-
provide four physicians for the
Navy in the Nations July draft
call.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Imprint

The decision of the Ii
brary of Congress to stamp
ownership marks on its his
tOric documents was being
carried out this month after
two years of painstaking
investigation into proper
methods.
Because of the Overwhelm-
ing number of items to be
marked, the use of mechani-
cal marking machines was
explored.
There was an ink problem,
too. 1t had to be permanent
and yet transparent so it
wouldn't cover words in
cases where it had to be
stamped over printing or
handwriting.
The Government Printing
Office, which has been de-
velOping Government inks
for years, solved the latter
problem by coming up with
a suitable pale-red ink. But
the mechanical stamping
machine was something else.
The size and shape of the
doc m ents differed too
much.
And so a lone clerk sits
deep in the recesses of the
Library, hand-stamping
them one by one with a
small Library of Congress
seal, working against an
almost impossible pile of Is
million documents.
Name
Why do they call it Foundry
Parkway?
The parkway that winds III
from Macarthur boulevard
above Georgetown UniverSit!
got its name from Henry Fox
halls ordnance foundry, which
was on the banks of Foundr,
Branch. Cannons were turnet
out there for the Federal Gov
eminent for more than s.
years.
Shirts
A man we know has some
thing Of a shirt problem,
along with his four brothers.
He says that for years his
mother has been sending
shirts, on gift occasions, to
all five men, but she refuses
to recognize the fact that
her boys have stopped grow
ing.
Always the shirts are a
half-size too large, and re-
peated pointing out of the
growth stability of adult
males does no good.
Riddle
Here's a riddle that's beef
going the rounds recently. l
may be an old one, but it seem
particularly appropriate t,
Washington and its sea of ele
vator apartments.
A man who lives on the 10tl
moor Of such an apartment
gets up in the morning, get
on the elevator Just arount
the corner from his apart
ment, goes down to the frs
floor, gets of and goes to work
When he comes home at night
he gets on at the first floor
gets of at the sixth floor, ant
walks up to the 10th floor.
Anybody know why?
Rambling
Things have come to a prett,
pass when a Potomac Rive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
The
Rambler
Romance Of Spring
Suffers Setbucks
BY JACK JONAS

Two rather disturbing things
have happened recently to
the romance of spring.
One is the decision by Ring
ling Brothers to make a ma
chine do the job of raising
and lowering the big top. That
is almost as distressing a de-
velopment as the abandon
ment, some years back, of
the steam calliope and the
circus parade.
The other concerns a prom
Used June bride who works for
a Washington firm which sells
a punch-card system - the
system which is a sort of poor
mans automation operated
with an icepick.
This young lady's boss,
caught up in the swell of emo
ton surrounding June brides,
has presented as her wedding
gift an deliberately worked out
punch-card system by which
she can quickly sort out, from
her invitation list, who sent
what and when.
When the tent-raising ma
chine is developed, it will
hardly seem worth the time,
for a circus buff still loyal
enough to get up in the wee
hours, to 60 out to the Benning
road lot to watch the tent go
up. No machine can shout
like a rouStabout.
AS for the June bride, the
adventure and excitement of
wondering where in the world
that vase with the pink flow
ers came from will be gone.
The information will be at
hand with the flick of an ice
pick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

Mr.. Strother shoes horses for
"a living and travels through
Maryland and Virginia plying his
trade.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
Egar Murphree
Named Boss of
Missile Program

WASHINGTON, R-The Pent-
agon has ordered top priority for
development of missile powerful
and accurate enough to deliver a
shattering hydrogen charge, at
supersonic speed, to targets thou
sands of miles away.
Secretary of Defense Wilson
took this action yesterday in ap-
pointing Egar V. Murphree to be
a new assistant with broad auth
ority to direct the job of striving
for victory in the missile race
with Russia. Murphree, 81, is
president of the ESQ Research
and Engineering Co. He will serve
without pay while on leave from
ESQ research.
Wilson said Murphree would
devote major emphasis to mis-
siles of the long-range type, par
ticularly ballistic missiles"
The defense secretary desig-
mated Murphree to speak for him
in all matters pertaining to new
missiles within the defense estab-
lishment and before the National
Security Council and the Presi-
dent.
Wilson said Murphree will start
work next week and stay on the
job for at least a year.
Some Democrats in Congress
have been critical of Eisenhower
Administrator efforts in the mis-
sile field, contending this country
has been tagging behind Russia.
Sen. Jackson D-Wash), one Of
these critics, said of Murphree's
appointment: Better Late than
never I hope he will take a
strong administrative control of
the missile work"
Jackson had urged a single civ
ilian official in the Pentagon to
coordinate and supervise the mis-
sile program.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
Chamber Endorses
Alaska Constitution

The Chamber of Commerce, at
its regular noon luncheon Tues
day unanimously endorsed the
Alaska Constitution as written.
The advantages of "cribbing'
all. Seattle-Nome boat shipments
was discussed. The transportation
committee head by Boyd Har-
wood was instructed to take the
necessary steps to endeavor to
bring this advantageous method
of shipping to Nome.
The problem of accommoda-
tons for tourists, long the major
problem for an overnight stay
for visiting people was discussed.
Martha Stephenson was appointed
chairman of a special committee
to work with Charles Frazier and
Willard Mecklenburg to assist her.
Frank Morris of ARC was well
coined as a new member.
Guests were Mary E. Jolley OF
the Welfare Office and Major
Kolb of the ANG.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
Revenue Service Cracks Down On
Communist Party in Five Cities

to arise out of the act made Urea
sury officials and others in the
government anxious to learn the
full background of Moysey's case
against the Daily Worker and the
Communist Party.
In sudden raids yesterday, In
ternal Revenue agents snapped
padlocks on the newspaper and
Communist Party offices in five
cities. The government said the
party owed $389,265 in income
taxes for 1851 and the Daily
Worker $4,000 for 1851, 1852
and 1858.
The party took the position that
it was tax exempt. The Daily
Worker claimed the government
move was an effort to force the
paper to disclose names of its fl
nancial hackers.
In Washington, an Internal
Revenue Service spokesman said
income of political parties which
goes for party expenses and non
individual benefits is tax exempt.
But he said income from profit
making activities is subject to
taxation. The Communists long
have conducted parties, dances.
lectures and the like as fund-rais-
ing devices.
The Daily Workers attorney
said sInternal Revenue officials
assured him that no effort would
be made to interfere with actual
publication of the paper.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
Emergency Food
Drop Is Made To
Savoonga Village

Wien Airlines dropped more
than two tons of emergency food
supplies to Savoonga Eskimo vii
lage on st. Lawrence Island at
7:30 am. yesterday, March 81
from their C-46 plane which is
equipped for airdropping sup
plies.
The shortage of food on the
island resulted when the native
Walrus hunters failed to bring in
enough for subsistence. They have
killed only 80 walrus this winter
when ordinarily they get from 100
to $50 to supply their village
needs.
A similar situation existed last
year when only as walrus were
killed by this village.
The airdropped supplies con-
sisted of rolled oats, rice, dried
fish, beans and butter.
When the food shortage at Sa-
voonga was reported the Juneau
office of the governor, and the
Alaska Native Service authorized
immediate relief with the Sa-
voonga Native Store paying for
all of the supplies, which had to
be purchased.
To aid in this emergency, the
Gamben Eskimo village was for
tunate in killing a large number
of walrus on March II and they
Immediately sent five dog team
loads of walrus meat to Savoonga
which is approximately 100 miles
by the spring time dog team trail.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
Just One of Those Days
For City Commissioner

FORT PIERCE, Fla, R-Yes-
terday was just one of those days
for City Commissioner R. F. Ar
mold.
He was late for jury duty in
the county court and drew a S.
fine.
After an extra long city COM
mission meeting he found an over
parking ticket on his windshield.
Arnold then went to a garage to
have some repair work done on
his car. The mechanic suggested
a spin on us. to test the repair
job.
A state patrolman said he
caught Arnold testing his car at
80 miles an hour.
The summons is answerable in
county court next Tuesday.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
Government Construction
In Alaska in 1856 Will
Reach $110,858,00O

ANCHORAGE R-Government
construction projects in Alaska
for 1856 will reach $110,858,000,
Col. Carl Y. Farrell, district en-
gineer of the Army Engineers,
estimated yesterday.
Speaking at meeting of the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
Col. Farrell said federal building
projects for Anchorage will total
$33 million. Some of these funds,
he added, will be for tWo-year
construction jobs. He said details
of specific projects will be re-
leased soon.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1956-03-28
SECRETARY WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW WHO PUT THE
MOUSE IN PNEUMATIC TUBE

NORMAN, Okla, R-Who put
the mouse in the pneumatic tube?
That's the big question around
the University of Oklahoma Press
building these days.
Mrs. Louis Skinner, a secretary,
especially wants to know the an
swer because the mouse jumped
out of the tube she opened and
ran up her sleeve. Four other sec
retaries scurried for nearby furni-
ture. Mrs. Skinner suspects that
a joking male in the shipping de-
partment was responsible.