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which says police should arraigr
persons arrested without unnec.
essary delay.
! They ask us this question: Dc
usual police procedures such
as flngerprinting, photographing
booking, conformation with wit
nesses, re-enactment and check.
on alibis constitute unnecessary
delays?
Split Decision Cited
I'VE could refer them to 9
number Of Supreme Court and
Court Of Appeals decisions. But
in the latest Of these cases, We
flnd the nine judges Of the ap-
Ipellate court are split three ways
Six voted to reverse because they
felt the standards laid down ir
an earlier case were not followed
However, i've judges felt that
the causation rule of two earlier
cases is still the law. Under this
understanding, If the delay in
arrangement does not produce
the challenged disclosure, 1t may
be admitted.
"But, here again, these 1--WE
Judges are In disagreement
Three of them believed there
was no unnecessary. delay on the
part Of police In the case under
discussion. Two Of them believed
there was.
Police on the street are re-
quired to make decisions without
having the opportunity Of con-
Sulting court decisions. II would
be most helpful II q short, plain,
concise rule could be authorita-
lively stated for the guidance Of
all law enforcement officers as
well as the public"
Chief Murray Agrees
Chief Murray. who, like Mr..
Gasch, is a member Of the Coun-
Gil on Law Enforcement. said he
was In complete agreement with
the prosecutor.
1T is a source Of anxiety to us
TO know just what to do" he said.
If a suspect is arrested for q
serious crime at 8 am. do we
have TO take him before q COM
hitting magistrate at Q am? We
should have a reasonable time in
which to prepare our case. Right
now. we don't know what con-
stitutes a reasonable time.
I'VE need a clear-cut. concise
law telling Us what we can and
can't do"
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ZOO ANTEATERS TO SAMPLE
KANGAROO SOUP AND LLAMA

Such dishes kangaroo soup-not favored with hops
and Andes llama TO be offered 10 the Anteaters
Association Of the Zoo at It's fan series Of luncheons
The association despite its name Is dedicated 10 the
eating OF Wild game. The swollen membership nov s5s
with waiting list OF TOO has pressed Gordon Leech
70 serve the feasts twice National Zoo PARK
Restaurant.
The hrs luncheon will be November 10 and H. Msliard
duck viii be offered There will be two more pairs OF
luneheons this month and another brace in December
The offerings will include Northern woods bear
continental royal stag caribou steak and rngpeck pheasant
The animals AZ the Zoo need be- nervous AZ these
announcements the game Is all purchased outside. Mr.
Leech made II clear
The luncheons are he'd from 1880 70 3 pm. The
association has dues the luncheons nave no speakers
Mr. Leech indicated, therefore that the members have
ulcers.
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Acc Member Gets
1856 Peace Award

Thomas E. Murray, member
Of the Atomic Energy Commits
sion. has been selected for the
1856 Peace Award OF the Cath
ole Association for International
Peace.
The award will be presented
at an association banquet at
Trinity College November 10.
The honor has been presented
annually since 1852 TO ian
American whose outstanding
achievements have helped fur
ther the Christian principles of
Justice and charity in interna-
tional Life" The Most Rev.
Patrick A. O'Boyle, Archbishop
OF Washington. is honorary pres
ident Of the association.
Mr.. Murray. a Catholic. has
been a member Of the Atomic
Energy Commission since 1850.
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simple partition. A wood stove
provides both for heating and
cooking. BY modern standards,
it is squalid and Uttered. But
Philip shows it with obvious
pride.
| Across the ravine, the Candu-
els gardens produce similar
vegetables. plus row after row OF
flowers.
In a rickety. makeshift wagon,
Carl hauls the cut flowers to sell
to the residents of expensive new
homes which have blossomed a
quarter Of a mile away. The pro-
cess is amazing to watch. In
jured many years ago, Carl gets
around only with the help of
canes. Over well-marked routes,
he uses ropes to help pull the
wagon out of the valley. tying
them successfully to trees far
ther and farther up the slope.
Potted herbs line the outside
of the Canduci shack. Their
pets are four dogs and seven
cats. Along one side are pens
for a few rooters and a remark
able hen.
The brothers bought the hen
last Christmas for dinner. On
Christmas eve, inside the shack,
she laid an egg. Carl pointed
to the hen, and proclaimed that
If she laid an egg every morning
she would not be eaten. So far,
they swear, she failed only one
day-after a dog had crippled a
leg. The brothers alternate with
the eggs-Carl eats one one day
and Josh the next.
Helped by the ''Pensh"
The major source Of income
for all three is the "pensh"-a
contraction for the word "pen-
sion" that they all use to de-
scribe the welfare amounts that
come to Josh and the social
security payments to Philip and
Carl. The amounts, the three
indicated. are between $50 and
$40 each a month.
In advance Of the bulldozer's
arrival last week, Carl and Josh
ripped up thousands Of bulbs
from their gardens, and stacked
them in buckets, wagons and
piles around their shack.
They said they want to give
most of them to their closest
friend, Mrs. Frances Shipper,
who lives in a home built about
two years ago along the parkway
route downriver.
Philip showed UP nine years
ago. when the Shippens first
bought their land. then a wilder
ness.
Over the years, he has paid
more attention to the Shipper
property than his own. He re-
luctantly accepts payment, but
the money doesn't begin to re-
fleet the countless hours Of labor
that are evident in the land
scaping.
From the beginning, our love
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official, president Of the District
Mental Health Association and
chairman Of the Commissioners
Youth Council.
Judge Walsh said he was happy
to see Commissioner Karrick go
into the matter. Noting that Mr..
Karrick was approaching the
study from the viewpoint of saw
ing money by postponing con-
struction Of a new prison, Judge
Walsh stressed that ut is the
responsibility Of a judge to take
care of a defendant before him."
and that he is not responsible
for care Of a prisoner after SEN
tence.
Drunk Cases Cited
However. he said, he hopes the
study might have "a by.product
which would be beneficial to our
court"
Observing that his court han
dies a large number OF drunk
cases, Judge Walsh said the Dis
trict jail and prisons have an
average Of LOO to 1900 pris-
oners each day who have been
convicted Of drunkenness alone.
failing Them he said, is not
the real answer. and the study
may find some other method Of
handling such persons. For ex-
ample, he suggested, the police
might prefer to "hold Saturday
night DRINKS" until early Nom
day morning. ito get them back
on the job" rather than sending
them to court for sentencing
after only four hours.
Many such persons. he said,
now go to jail only because they
do not have $40 to pay fines.
The city, he said, does not want
their money. Judge Walsh said,
because 1T costs more than that
to feed them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
BY GEORGE BEvERIDGE


Three bewildered figures hud
died on the hillside and somberl,
watched q bulldozer eat ava.
the land that has given then
lsustenance for five decades.
The scene was the remains o.
Little Sicily" and the thre,
flgures-whose combined age,
total 222 years-its last inhabit.
ants.
Little Sicily" is a wide, hid.
den ravine only Is minutes
driving time from the Capitol
dipping toward the river annie
Virginia's steep-cliffed Potomac
Palisades midway between Key
and Chain bridges.
A few decades ago, 1t was
dotted with rambling shacks
housing a community of per-
haps 80 souls. The inhabitants
mostly of Italian descent, were
the families and workers in the
stone Quarries Of the Smoot
Sand q Gravel Co.
None held equity in the prop
Ierty. For long periods they were
permitted to squat" by the
quarry owners. Later, each
LEASED" his land for 10 cents q
month, payable in advance. =
Each built his shack, according
to his own needs.
Timeless Kind of Life
Today, like the quarries them
selves, most of the Little
Sicilians" are gone.
Only three weather-worn
ancients remain, pursuing in
quiet dignity a fantastic, timeless
kind of peasant life that seems
infinitely more suited to the hills
OF the old country.
Their hope has been to live
out their days without change,
1t Is based on Q simple con-
viction that, despite the end to
poverty and struggle that a
different environment might
bring, the life they are living
is the best possible one for them.
The hope may be doomed.
For Little Sicily" is in the
direct path Of the George WASH
ington Memorial parkway, being
extended from Spout Run in Ar
lington to the new Central In
ltelligence Agency site near
Langley. The bulldozer moved in
to begin q service road last week.
In a matter Of months, the few
shacks left will be covered BY
MI dirt or pushed aside by other
'dozers.
The three figures on the hill
side were 80-year-old Philip
Natoli. Carmelo (CarD Canduci.
20. and his brother, Josh
Canduci. 70.
'Fifty-twO Years Ago -"
Philips link TO Little Sicily"
goes back precisely half a CEN
fury. In his broken English, he
likes to tell about 1t.
"Fifty-two years ago I leave
Messina land New YORK;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
Official Hopeful
On Parole Study

Hopes of persuading the Amer
lean Probation and Parole Asso-
citation of New York to study q
possible expansion of these meth
DDS Of handling criminals in the
District were raised last night.
Robert E. Mclaughlin, presi-
dent Of the District Board Of
Commissioners. said the city
hopes to find a modest amount"
of money to finance such a study
and that I'VE hope the associa-
ton can be persuaded to under
take the study for u.s."
Commenting on a proposal by
the Washington Criminal JUS
ltice Association last week, Mr.
Mclaughlin insisted there was
mo question Of the city trying
Ito expand the use Of parole and
probation with the present stats
available.
Case Loans Too Heavy
Interviewed on radio station
WWDC's Report to the People
program. he said. "All our parole
officers are already carrying twice
as many cases as they should"
He said that Commissioner
David B. Karrick, through whom
the recommendation was made
to the Board of Commissioners,
has talked to Judges and
others" about the possibility of
such a study.
The idea was suggested as a
possible alternative to construc-
ton of a new District peniten-
tiary at Lorton, Va, to house
300 to 1000 adult male felons.
The cost of similar institutions
built recently has ranged from
81 million to $14 million.
Crisis Is Undecided
The crisis In corrections ia
cilities was underlined last night
when Donald Clemmer, head of
the District Department Of Cor
rections. reported his depart
ment hit an qll-time high Of
prisoners last Thursday.
In the departments October
report, Mr.. Clemmer noted 5.OO2
persons confined in the various
corrections institutions on a sin
gle day. He compared this with
1904 prisoners confined on a
single day in 1916.
The department broke other
records during last month. ac-
cording to the report. All-time
highs were reported for the Dis
trict jail, the workhouse and
the number Of prisoners in all
District corrections institutions.
During the month, the aver
age daily total Of jail inmates
reached 1896; the daily work.
house population averaged I,572
and the total number in all cor
rections institutions averaged
4.901.
Meets Chief Judges.
Mr.. Karrick said he had
talked with Chief Judge Bolltha
J. Laws Of District Court and with
Chief Judge Leonard p. Walsh OF
Municipal Court.
Both, he said, had been re-
ceptive to the idea. Judge Laws,
Mr.. Karrick said, is a member
OF the board Of directors Of the
American Probation and Parole
Association. as is O. Rowland
Shaw, former State Department
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for him and his for us was mu-
Itual," Mrs. Shipper said. II know
him so well that I'm afraid Of
what might happen If he has
to leave Little Sicily
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Line Brock Floods
Cathedral Basement

Three feet OF water from a
broken water main flooded a sub
basement OF the Washington
Cathedral yesterday. cutting of
power.
Firemen Of Engine Co. % said
they were called about 7 am.
after q Waterman discovered the
break. Firemen pumped the
water out while Department
workers repaired the break. The
electricity was then turned back
on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
Three Aged, BewiIdered Shack Survivors
Watch BulIdozers Remove Little Sicily

New Jersey. I dig bitches
30 cents a day 10 hours
work every day. In two years,
hear about stone quarry Wash
Iington. Pays $3.50 day. So
come"
At that time, the quarries
were owned and worked by the
Columbia Sand & Gravel Co.
which permitted the laborers
to build shacks and live in the
ravine above the quarries. In
1881 Columbia was bought by
the Smoot firm. AS a control
over the land, Smoot established
a system of annual land leases, A"
charging 10 cents a month.
Since 1913. Smoot records show
no collections.
Philip selected a prime To-
cation. The hillside site for his
shack provided drainage, but
was near fiat, stream-fed land
for gardening. with a natural
spring close by.
A year after Philip arrived,
the Canduci brothers settled on
higher ground across the ra-
vine. The brothers built q larger
dwelling than Philips 12x2O
shack. But the original struc-
lures, many times repaired, still
are home to the three old men.
Turned to the Soil
More than 20 years ago-none
Of them is sure just how many
Philips days as a quarry dyna-
inter and Carl's and Josh's jobs
as barge workers, came to an
end. About is years ago, the
Smoot Co. stopped work on the
quarries. Since then, more and
more families have left Little
Sicily"
But with the end Of quarry
work, Philip, Carl and Josh
turned to the soil.
Their gardens literally pro-
duce nearly all they need. Philip
grows sugar corn. beans (Ken-
lucky Wonder, potatoes, black
eyed peas. bush beans, tomatoes
onions and red hot peppers,
which hang in festoons to dry
outside the wooden shack.
During the Potomac's herring
run. Philip dips an expert hand
into the river and salts away the
catch in crooks for the winter.
The inquirer who asks whether
Philip ever "snags" herring-an
unforgiveable practice in the
eyes Of the law-gets only an
incredulous smile for his reply.
His self-sufficiency doesn't
keep Philip away from stores.
But his needs are simple: q. 4.
salt sugar once in a
while some fat meat beer
or q bottle Of wine" and his
major luxury - pure olive oil,
used in all his cooking.
Proud Of His "Shack"
Philips tar paper rooted
shack" IA term he uses him
self Is divided inside by q
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ecutor and police chief want
Congress to settle the question
with new law.
Heart of the matter is when
confessions given by prisoners
before they are arraigned can
become part of the case against
them.
In recent months, two murder
verdicts have been set aside by
appellate court rulings on the
ground that the confession
should have been excluded be-
cause the defendant was held
too long before arraignment.
Current Trial Affected
In q murder case now being
tried. the District Court Judge
refused to admit the alleged con-
fession despite prosecution ar
guments that the rule still ap-
parently followed by the major
ity Of the appellate court made
1t admissible.
In the latest review Of the
question in the appellate court
the nine judges split three ways.
Mr.. Gasch and Chief Murray
emphasized that their flrst con-
sideration in seeking q law Is to
know where they stand. Their
second consideration is to give
police enough time to prepare
their case.
The Districts Council on Law
Enforcement 10 now making q
study Of the question, with the
Junior Bar Section Of the District
Bar Association compiling laws
and court decisions In other
Jurisdictions.
Council Chairman George L.
Hart, jr., said yesterday he con-
sidered the problem very grave"
although he is not yet prepared
TO say whether the council will
propose legislation for the next
Congress. He said as soon as the
Junior Bar Section completes its
study--expected by the end Of
this month-the council will hold
hearings.
Outlining Proposal
Mr.. Gasch said he would pre-
pare a rough draft Of legislation
10 propose TO the council. 1t
would follow what he thinks Is
still the majority view Of the
Cour. of Appeals here-that a
confession is admissible II It is
not produced by unnecessary de-
lay in arraignment.
The rule he wants to see fixed
by law would define what is nee
eAsary and unnecessary delay,
state time limits understandable
10 the police and establish a
standard Of conduct for their
guidance.
The need for Qualification Of
the law Of arrest and arraign-
ment is OF the utmost Importance
from the standpoint OF effective
Law enforcement he said.
The police quite properly
turn 70 members Of the United
States Attorneys once for adj
vice as 70 these terms. They ask
Us about the meaning OF the rule
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him so well that I'm afraid Of
what might happen If he has
to leave Little Sicily
Not A Money Matter
1T isn't a question Of money
in any sense. For all of them. II
is taking away the only way Of
life they know. They want tc
live on what they consider 1.
their land. in the homes they
built with their own hands"
Watching the bulldozer cut tx
within few yards of their shack
Carl and Josh said they knew
they might have to move ant
that they realized they didn'
own their land.
But the tragedy is that the!
may not fully understand.
Intently watching the 'dozer
Carl muttered. Don't make diff
ference where we go bu
ought to give us place If taxi
my house I built hare
work :"
Philip. however, hasn't &C.
cepted the possibility that HI
might have to leave Little
Sicily"
Standing beside the concrete.
lined, cold-water spring he bull
49 years ago, he pointed to his
shack, propped of the ground
with quarry stones at its foul
corners. =
maybe They Let Me Stay"
IF road goes there. house
move easy. Just prop up with
logs and move anywhere. Maybe
they let me stay on little piece
Of land near here not on
road"
Federal park officials. who have
taken title to the Smoot land
through special condemnation
proceedings. are non-committal
but leave at last a ray Of
hope.
National Capital Parks officials
said they will determine whether
it is possible the the Little ST.
ely" veterans could be allowed
to remain-at least until the road
construction is finished two or
three years from now-away
from the road location but
the substantial boundaries
Of the bordering park area. Until
then, the area won't have any
real park utility.
Also under study Is what-if
any-equity the last inhabitants
may have built up during their
long stay.
1t is Mrs. Shippen's hope also
that some nearby location can
be found for Philip and the two
brothers, either on park or pri-
vate land that will have no use
for the next few years.
They all have nearly lived out
their lives" she said. "A few
more years might solve their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
Congress Asked for Law
On Arroignment Delay
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG

United States Attorney Oliver ah Police Chief Robert
Murray yesterday called for Congress say
all how long police hold before he before
committing magistrate.
With the judges Of the Court OF Appeals
what constitutes Unreasonable delay" in ARRANGEMENT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The American Association
for Jewish Education con-
cludes It's meeting at the
Willard Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
Baltimore Crime Drops

/ BALTIMORE. Nov. 3 VI
There we're 2.147 crimes COM
mitted in Baltimore during Oc-
tober, a is per cent decline from
the corresponding month Of
1855.
Evening star., 1956-08-19

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