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Medal of Honor Winner
Heads Marine 7 roininq

that on the day of the tragedy.
Sergt, McKeon had been drink
ing off and on since late morn
ing and the medical officer who
examined him about two hours
after the accident testified he
was in possession of his facul-
ties but had a suggestive odor
of alcohol on his breath"
The general told the commits
tee that the boards found that
while the sergeant was under
the influence of alcohol he was
sane. mentally competent, re-
sponsible for his actions and
aware of the difference between
right and wrong"
The report declared that
Though some members of the
platoon had engaged in what
Sergt. McKeon considered "un-
disciplined behavior" he had mo
authority to take punitive meas
ures" such as the march into an
area with which he was I'M
familiar.
The board said the sergeant
had indicated to some of the
recruits that he was concerned
over their lack of discipline and
spirit" and that he was going
to march them into the swampy,
tidal creek area, even though he
knew some of them could not
swim.
Rescue operations attempted
under McKeon's direction, when
the plight of the platoon became
apparent to him under condi-
lions of general panic" were
described as "disorganized and
mostly ineffective"
Lauds Gen. Pate's CandOr
Committee Chairman Vinson,
Democrat of Georgia, told Gen
Pate that the report had been
presented with complete can
dor" He added that in his AZ
years in Congress. it marked the
first time that senior military
officer has had the courage to
state in public session that his
service could be deficient in some
respect"
AS result of the actions an
nounced by Gen. Pate, Mr.. Vim
son said the committee would
not conduct the probe of Marine
Corps training methods some
members had proposed. But he
added that Gen. Pate would be
Expected to appear at a later
date and inform the legislators
on the extent of the training
procedure revisions.
Representative Short, Repub-
lican of Missouri, former COM
mittee chairman, said the weak
link" in the system appeared to
be failure of Sergt. McKeon's
immediate superior to exercise
greater control over the drill
instructor.
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Spring Concert Set
At HyuttsviIIe School

Music classes Of Northwestern
High School. Hyattsville. will
present their annual spring
concert at 8:l5 pm. Friday in
the school gymnasium.
Glasses Of the Loudoun County
High School, Leesburg. Va, will
participate in the program OF
sacred and folk music.
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Paris Island
Chief Trained
There Himself
BY JERRY OLEARY, Jr.

The man slated to take over
at the Marines tragedy ridden
recruit training base at Paris
Island, S. c., may be the answer
to the problem because "a years
ago he went through it himself
as a rear-rank private.
Maj. Gen. Homer Laurence
Litzenberg. jr., a 53-year-old
veteran of every war or skirmish
since 1922, was in Washington
yesterday when he heard the
news that he was going to be
the new commander at Paris
Island. Reached at the apart
ment of his daughter. Betty Lee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-02
1000 Coming Here
On Lobby Mission
BY the Associated Press

More than 1000 members Of
the Retail. Wholesale and De.
partment Store Employees Unior
planned a mass lobbying pill
grimage to the Capital today
A spokesman said half the
group was due here from New
York by special train and the
remainder from 10 other States
They intended to buttonhole
Congress members for extension
of the dollar-an-hour minimum
wage law to now-exempt store
employees.
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Continued From First Page

AOntluucu rIOH1 EIESO 81
Marine recruiting was report
ed off about is per cent in April
but officials said it is too early
to determine what would result
from the Paris Island disclo-
sures. They pointed out that
April recruiting usually dropped
from the March levels.
After his testimony yesterday
Gen. Pate returned to Corps
headquarters and set up sep
arate recruit training commands
at the South Carolina base ano
at San Diego, Calf, to be headed
by Brig. Gen. Wallace Greene
jr.. and Brig. Gen. Alan Shapely
Court Martial for Sergeant
Sergt. McKeon will be court
martialed on charges including
manslaughter, oppression of re-
cruits." violation of an order
prohibiting possession of alco-
holic beverages. and drinking
intoxicating liquor in the pres
ence of a recruit. provided those
charges are approved by Navy
Secretary Thomas.
Gen. Pate said it was neces-
sary to forward the charges to
Mr.. Thomas for two reasons;
First, civilian counsel chal-
lenged the qualifications of Gen
Burger to convene a court Of
inquiry and by inference has
challenged my legal qualifica-
lions to convene a court for the
trial of Sergt. McKeon.
The other reason is that the
whole country has interested
itself in the cause of the death
of these marines and the Marine
Corps is in moral sense, or
trial as to its responsibility" he
added.
Gen. Pate said he had dis
cussed the findings of the court
of inquiry and the charges with
Mfr. Thomas and Defense Sec
rotary Wilson.
Wilson Approves
At a news conference later
Mr.. Wilson described the find
ings as 1.-THE best possible solu-
ton" and said that he hoped
cit will be accepted by every
body"
Mr.. Thomas issued a state.
ment saying that mo actor
that can be taken can softer
the terrible loss which the re-
spective families have suffered.
He said that he concurred with
Gen. Pate'S plans to strengthen
supervision of recruit training
and expressed confidence "they
will prevent the recurrence of q
tragic incident of this kind
Mr.. Thomas said his office was
how preparing general court
martial charges against Sergt
McKeon.
Gen. Pate affirmed his own
deep, personal shock at the in
cident.
Two Others Face Action
He said disciplinary action to
the fullest extent possible was
being taken, not only against
Sergt. McKeon but also two fell
low drill instructors charged with
drinking with him prior to the
death march. He named them
as Sergts. Richard j. King and
Elwyn B. Scarborough.
Sergt. McKeon was accused by
the court of inquiry of having
betrayed the trust reposed in
him by his country. his corps,
his lost comrades and the fam
lilies of the dead"
The men who drowned when
Sergt. McKeon led his drill
platoon of 70 men on what the
official report called an "un-
authorized and unnecessary
march into a dark tidal swamp
were:
Pfc. Donald Francis O'Shea
Pvts. Thomas Curtis Hardeman
Charles Francis Reilly. Jerry
Lamonte Thomas. Leroy Thomp-
son, Norman Alfred Wood.
The inquiry board reported
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Gutenberg. at 1870 Wyoming
avenue NV, Gen. Litzenberg
said he already had called his
wife at Camp Lejeune, N. c.,
(where he is presently COM
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FOREIGN Film Market

HOLLYWOOD. - Foreign
Showings of American films bring
about 500 million revenue q
year to United States studios.
according to Department Of
Commerce estimates.
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der the hospital survey and con-
struction program of 1916. better
known as the Halliburton pro-
gram.
DR.. Overholser emphasized the
great need Of a hospital in the
Southeast area by pointing out
the area now has only two
tenths Of a bed per 1000 resi-
dents. The desired ratio, he said,
lis Az beds per 1000 people.
Enough Doctors
He also asserted there are
enough doctors and trained help
to staff and operate the hospital
in the area. which. he said. has
some 100000 inhabitants south
Of the Anacostia River.
DR.. Overholser said the need
is accentuated with the removal
of Providence Hospital, leaving
only Casualty and Hadley hos.
pitfalls to serve the area.
Eleventh Precinct Capt. vii.
liam Murphy and Fire CHIEF
Leo w. Mckay, battalion CHIEF
of the area. supported the
project.
I'VE are neglected in the
Southeast for hospitals" Chief
Mckay said.
Robert w. Gleich, represent
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old Suez Company
Still Getting Fees

PARIS, Sept, rs (R.-The
suez Canal Co., although IT has
no more technical control over
the big waterway, is still getting
more than half Of the transit
tolls. a company spokesman said
yesterday.
The tolls are paid by ship
owners to blocked company ac-
counts in Paris or London banks.
Egypt gets the rest of the trans
1t fees. which a company spokes-
man estimated at between 40
and As per cent"
The spokesman said the COM
pany is not contemplating giv-
ing Egypt any share Of the
money 1t gets. Before national
ization. he said Egypt was get
ting Z per cent Of the annual
revenue Of the canal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25

one valued at $4,000 have been
destroyed. An estimated 1000
persons have fed the flames.
At least five and q half miles
of power lines stretching across
the mountains have also been
destroyed. And damage to the
watershed, raising the threat of
winter floods in foothill commu-
mites below. is incalculable.
Among the crews on the fire
line were more than 100 highly
trained, minimum security pris-
oners flown here over the week
end from Folsom Prison in
Northern California. There were
other such prisoners from the
Chino Institute for Men, in
Southern California, and from
various honor camps.
ESQ Experts on Hand
Some $50 New Mexico and In
dian fire-f1ghting experts also
were in the battle, along with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25
Contract Signed
For Southeast
Site

The board Of trustees Of the
Greater Southeast Hospital
Foundation has signed $142. 900
contract for the purchase of an
8l2-acre tract of land at Wheeler
road and Mississippi avenue Sc.
The announcement was made
last night in the Congressional
Hotel as the group rallied to
boost its membership and raise
funds. A down payment on the
property viii be paid within four
months, Attorney Raymond j.
McDonough said.
Representative Landlord,
Democrat Of Maryland, and DR..
Winfred Overholser, superin-
tendent of st. Elizabeths Hos
pital. addressed the rally and
pledged their support to the
group in its campaign to erect a
IS million. 250-bed nonsectarian
voluntary hospital to serve
Southeast Washington and near
by Maryland's Prince Georges
County.
Federal Aid Available
Mr.. Landlord told the group
Federal aid is available to it un-
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Show Will Feature
Rock Creek Duy
The second annual Rock cree.

The second annual Rock Creek
Day will be held on October 7.
A proclamation setting up the
observance has been signed by
Representatives Of the District
Commissioners. the Secretary Of
Interior. Montgomery County
Council and the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
Aspecial feature will be a two
hoIM show beginning at 2 pm.
in the Carter Barron AInphi-
theater. The chairman Of the
committee in charge is DR.. Henry
Hopp Of the Agriculture Depart
lment.
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stars and average citizens, was
described by a forestry official as
out Of danger-unless the winds
change.
But two other resorts were
evacuated as flames moved with
In a mile and a half of them.
Some 200 persons fled the re-
sorts on the advice of forestry
officials.
The blaze yesterday destroyed
q storage building, a workshop,
two houses, two house trailers,
two trucks and four trailerS at
q Boy Scout camp three miles
east Of Lake Arrowhead. The
camp had been evacuated over
the week end.
1000 Flee Flames
The exact number Of cabins
and other buildings lost to the
spreading flames is still unde-
termined, but in addition to the
damage at the Boy Scout camp
It is known that three homes,
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Federal, State and county crews,
Elmer Osterman, fire preven-
ton co-ordinator for the State
Division Of Forestry, said the
rampaging northeast section Of
fire headed toward an area where
there are very few roads. one
or two cabins and nothing else
for several miles except heavy
brush and timber"
"Other parts of the fire look
very good" he added. "The
lines are holding at the present
time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25

ing the oxon Hill (Md) Kiwanis
Club, added his groups name to
the more than so civic groups,
PTAs, service clubs and religious
bodies now members Of the
foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-25
Two California Resorts
Evacuated as Fire Neors

SAN BERNARDINo, Calf Sept rs O9-Fifteen hundred
nrehgter including State prisoners today baed the timber
inferno in the San Bernardno Mountains for fifth day
vemiles-long horseshoe Of flame the northeast
Of the 10500-acre burn the critical sector.
Mie-hgh Lake playground mlonaires
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10. Defective wiring.
IL. StairwayS, stairs and steps
had worn treads and missing
hand rails.
IL. Flammable partitions.
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deteriorating areas.
The "how-to-do-it" demon
stration shows actual steps in
the work of Transforming five
outworn homes in the Foggy
Bottom area. A commentary
prepared by the committee gives
cost data. and also a running
account of how the work was
done.
Houses 80 Years Old
The group of homes is located
at 402-410 Twenty-first street
NV. They are 80-year-old row
houses of brick construction that
we're modernized under direc-
ton of Woodward g. Norris.
Washington real estate firm. The
head Of the firm, Charles L. Nor
ris, ST., is president of the WASH
ington Real Estate Board. Vesta
Corp. is owner Of four Of the
homes, and the Woodward 81
Norris firm owns the fifth.
The Aim commentary supplies
cost data on different parts Of
the work, as well as other in
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windows and doors.
8. Cracked, loose, f1ammable
and peeling interior walls.
9. Sagged, worn, loose, broken
and Splintered floors.
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Our 50th Anniversary Salute
Joseph c. Murray, CPM

Manager. Property Management Dept.
As heed Of our repdly expanding Prop
sriy Management Department, Joe super.
visss the opsroiion Of approximately
100000. 900 worth Of properly in The
D c ArSo He is Certified Property
Monossr, offilisisd with the institute OF
Reel Estois Management, Post President Of
the Project Management Association. Nom.
Der Of Building Owners end Managers
Association. Washington Reel Estate Boord
ond Board Of TrOds. A veteran Of World
Wor ~, he offended American UniJsrsty
and is o member Of the Blessed Soeremsni
Church in Chevy Chose.
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Foggy Bottom Project
Gets National Attention
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS

stepbystep film record of Washington housing rehabi-
taton project will national Build
Better Committee to push reclamation older dwellings
all over the country, it learned today
The National Association of Real Estate Boards
made the film record to demonstrate builders
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ping interiors. and hauling de-
bris, $409.
The cubic-foot cost Of mod
ernization, according to the COM
mittee, was well below what it
would have been for new con-
struction on this site"
The photographs used in the
documentary presentation were
taken by Justin flinders and
Charles T. Stewart, both of the
National Association of Real Es-
tate Boards. Mr.. flinders has
since joined the Washington
Real Estate Board as executive
secretary, and will assume his
new duties on Monday. Handling
Iremodeling work was Builder
Tom Coleman.
Old Deficiencies Cited
The extent of the transforma-
ton is indicated by the cost fig
ures, as well as by the before
and after" photographs accom-
Ipanying this article. At the time
the reconstruction was started,
the buildings had been con-
demned for occupancy. Here is
a list of deficiencies found by
District inspectors, as listed by
the committee:
l. Foundation decayed,
2. Loose structural members.
3. Leaky roof.
4. Bulged. loose, cracked and
decayed exterior walls.
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Electrical work, $3.50.
Ceramic tile, bath accessories,
and Venetian blinds, $3.50.
Hardware and iron work, $408
General cleanup, labor insur-
ance. grading and sodding. $500.
Tearing down old walls, strip
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S. Flue crooks missing and de-
;ayed mortar in chimneys. =
s. Disconnected and defective
iownspouts and cutters.
7. Broken. Lifting, defective
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formation of value to would-be
remodelerS.
The five homes were bought
about two years ago for a total
of $34, 900. Modernized, they are
valued at about 100000. The
cash outlay for remodeling was
relatively large, owing to the
extensive work involved and the
quality of it. The builders con-
sidered this justified by the
Foggy Bottom location, which is
being vastly changed by new con-
struction and restoration work.
Cost Items Listed
Except for outer walls, the
homes were almost entirely re-
built. Among items of remodeling
cost, as certified by the commit
tee, were the following, applying
to each house:
Plumbing and heating costs.
1890.
Carpentry. lumber and mill
work. $2,462.
Masonry and brickwork, 81 .407.
Plastering and repainting, ST.
11E
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

can curb our bad habits and sub
stitute the good habit of thinking
of the other fellow, we are in grave
danger of Transforming the con-
venience and sanitation of modern
packaging into a Frankenstein that
can suffocate US in blizzard of
trash
In the simplest terms, we've got
to stop being litterbugs.
Ike Receivers The "F0Otballs
For the record, President Eisen-
hover launched the Republican
campaign of 1856 in a formal
speech before 500 party leaders
in which he skefehed the eight
point Ilatfornl on which he would
stand 15st iI fact, the President
poured the first breadside into his
opposition nearly "a hours earlier
in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TV
and radio talk addressed mainly
to you men and women on the
farms of America" and incidentally
to all the rest of us.
There seems little doubt at this
writing but that his primary audi
ence, the farm people who are
most directly and Immediately af-
fected, support and applaud his
veto of that "bad' farm bill as
strongly as the rest of us who
would be its ultimate victims.
Many Observers believe that this
unsayory. illogical, economically
reckless and thoroughly unwork-
able biz was concoctad purely for
the embarrassment of the President
and his party Once he had vetoed
impossible measure, Git was said)
the Democrats would then de-
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11
Washington
Letter
Help Your Candidate


A state by state survey by the
National Right to Work Committee
reveals in addition to the Is states
where compulsory unionism Ii now
banned by statute or constitutional
provision, efforts TO provide SINH
lar protection are in the works
in at least Is others Action is ex-
pected at the next sessions of the
legislatures or through statewide
referenda.
On the other side of the coin,
determined efforts by union leaders
to repeal these laws are expected
an Jlo less than II of the right-to-
work states.
IN the meanwhile, union leaders
are organizing to elect candidates
who will vote down right-to-work
measures, and to defeat those with
the courage to vote Independently.
Those who cherish the right to
work-along with the right to vote
and to say what they think-had
better start working, whether to
keep 1t or get it.
A Star Is Bnrn Livery Seconds
Somebody is always taking the
illusions out of life. 1t now ap-
pears that not all movie directors
wear berets. It is also revealed to
us that the great majority of movie
stars are still wearing square
pants.
A further surprise is the report
that there are hundreds of thou
sands of highly Independent, nom
professional movie producers in the
u. S.-most of them parents who
were inspired by the arrival of
new babies. Thus, any who think
the Birth of Nation IS filmed
forty years ago is wrong. It's being
shot every day, more and more
and SO per cent of it in colorl
The source of these revelations
is the keystone camera people, who
have been making home movie
cameras for 80 years. lot OF film
has gone over the amateur sproc-
kets since then. but do-it-yourself
movies really hit their stride with
the beginning of the postwar baby
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

boom-which was timed conven-
iently to follow development of the
low-priced eight millimeter cam
eras.
Nowadays, it seems, the head
of the family can get himself a
deluxe movie camera for no more
than he might have paid in his
younger days for a fancy fishing
reel. And for about a hundred dol
lars, he can get a camera, projec-
tor and all the equipment neces-
sary to set up complete movie
theatre at home. This does not, we
should advise, include the pop
corn machine.
You also can get, from your
camera dealer, a free booklet of
scenarios, designed to fit the sub
jects of greatest interest to anna
teur directors, the acting talent
available-with special emphasis
On Baby-and the most likely To-
cations, at home and on vacation
We can't guarantee the plots, ex-
cept that they all have happy end
ings which any user can
prove for himself.
If visiting neighbors still stick
around after you threaten to show
some movies, well, then you've
passed the acid testi
Turn. Tum. DE Tum Tum Tum :.
The season is once more upon us
when fathers of marriageable
young women are being invited by
their spouses to "get something to
eat downtown tonight. This means
(unless there's heavy session with
the dressmaker) that daughters
friends are giving her shower.
And in case you didn't know, it
was a father who is responsible for
this custom that is now traditional
preliminary to committing matri-
mony. This particular father, it
seems, took a dim view of his pros
pective son-in-law. To cool the
young mans ardor, he announced
that his daughter would receive
no dowry-this being a bridal kitty
an industrious father was able to
assemble in the days before the
income tax.
When this news hit the party
line, the girl-friends of the bride
to-be met at the five-and-dime for
whatever they called it in those
days) with their piggy banks, and
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

lenge. AS a matter of maintaining
living space, we have to be. But,
on the road and in the great out
doors, its another matter. Here,
we have to give the problem some
thought-or else just strew our
candy wrappers, cigarette pack
ages, lunch papers and a dozen
other items of trash over the land
scape. And, as quick survey of
our main highways, parks and pic
mic grounds, our beaches ana syl-
van dells, meadows and mountain
tops will indicate, it takes an aw-
full lot to make a lot of people
think.
Keep America Beautiful, Inc,
has been laboring nightly for more
than two years now to make the
riders and drivers of our more
than so million motor vehicles
more thoughtful KAB has pushed
the idea of carrying a nlitterbag"
in your car to keep the trash col
lected until you find proper re-
ceptacle for it, has enlisted the
aid of all sorts of civic-minded
organizations to provide such re-
ceptacles and to spread the gospel
of mutual responsibility for our
great outdoors. And it has encour-l
aged enforcement agencies in the
various states to put new authority
and compulsion into their anti
litter laws.
With Memorial Day-the first ma
tion-wide outdoor holiday of the
year coming up-with June desig-
mated as National Recreation Month
and July as Picnic Month, we shall
have desperate need of redoubling
our anti-litter efforts. Unless we