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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

Bottom with new highways in
Montgomery County to the west.
Yesterday, the route restudy
was urged by the 2-to-l vote Of
a special commission commit.
tee. headed by Claude w. Owen.
Mr.. Owen and Thomas Vint.
representing the National Park
Service, voted for the new study.
Gen. Lane voted against 1t.
The report specified no single
route for study, but suggested
possibilities near Twenty-fourth,
Twenty-flfth and Twenty.
seventh streets.
The Twenty-f1fth street pos
Isibility-presented in plan form
yesterday-proposed that the
road underpass the intersection
Of Virginia and New Hamp-
shire avenues, between parts Of
the Potomac Plaza Develop
ment.
FcEmltS AutcrCndnBc
The Owen report said this
would require little or no prop
erty from Potomac Plaza and
would leave GNU intact. In adj
dition, planning commission
staff men argued, it would
permit the loop expressway to
connect with X street west Of
Washington Circle in a fun
traffic interchange. One of their
complaints of the District plan
is that its route, passing through
Washington Circle, would not
permit an east-west underpaSs
of the Whitehurst freeway at
that traffic bottleneck.
Gen. Lane, In a dissenting re-
port to the owen committee pro.
posal, attacked the alternate
road suggestions as "the paper
plans" that might we'll prove inn
practical on detailed engineers
ing study. He said the current
route was suggested by the city's
consultants as the most feasible
after highly detailed and ex.
Ipensive studies.
For that reason, he argued,
if the planning commission isn't
happy with the present route, 1t
should ask the District to rehire
1.-THE consultants for a study that
.lmight take six months.
4 He insisted that nothing pre-
sented to the planners justified
such a study, however. with the
delays it would entail.
! He warned that someone will
be hurt" wherever the road u
built, and chided the commits
sion for thinking Of withdraw.
ing approval it gave the road .
'lyear ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

ing yesterday by o. Roy Chalk.
ID. c. Transit Co. president. 1t
was included in a multiple trans
'portation proposal TO link Wash
.ington and Baltimore by bus and
Limousine service and eventually
by high-speed monorail and he'll
icopter.
Obviously" Mr.. chalks letter
said. "the question Of airline
service through alternate and
additional airports cannot be
divorced from the question Of
transportation TO and from the
airport. and the ability 70 facili-
tate connecting trafiic involving
different airports.
The transit company is in
position 70 furnish bus and
Limousine service and facilities
between points in the Washing
ton area and Friendship airport.
not only from the center Of the
city. but from conveniently To-
Gated and presently established
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transit terminals" the proposal
said.
In discussing yesterdays closed
meeting. Mr.. FITZGERALD pointed
out that service TO Friendship
airport Is increasing rapidly and
It viii be saturated within 4 few
years. 1T won't be long until
the Washington Baltimore area
viii absorb existing sirports," he
added.
Congress last summer turned
down moves TO build a second
Washington airport At fuke.
Va. project favored by the
Civil Aeronautlcs Administrs-
ton and the Air Transport As
ISOLATION.
The Bureau Of Air Operations
meeting yesterday was one Of
several explorations leading up
10 q decision By the CAB On
sOme way Of easing congestion
at National Airport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13
The
Rambler
Our Inoueurotions
Just Kept Growing
By JACK JONAS

The no-left-turn sign is up
on Pennsylvania avenue at
West Executive avenue, and
the East Capitol street en-
trance to the Capitol is
barred.
The inaugural ball commit
tees are busy scanning guest
lists and Congressman are
being pestered for tickets in
the stands. But don't blame
Thomas Jefferson, the first
man to be inaugurated Pres
ident in ceremonies at Wash
ington. He didn't start it.
There were no bleachers, no
parades, no elaborate prepara-
tions or ceremonies for that
first Inauguration here March
4, 1901.
jefferson, a man of demo-
cratic tastes, walked the short
distance from Conrad's Board
ing House to the Capitol. The
ceremonies were in the SEN
ate chamber-then a small
place. One thousand people
watched.
The President-elect, sworn
in by Chief Justice Marshall,
delivered his inaugural adj
dress, then walked back to
his lodging-where. at dinner
time, he took his accustomed
seat at the foot of the long
table which accommodated
the 80 boarders.
Jefferson's voice was so low
when he gave his address
that few we're able to hear
him. There was, therefore,
a heavy sale of the National
Intelligencer outside the Cap
itol when the ceremonies
broke up. Jefferson earlier
had given copy of his speech
to his good friend, Samuel
Harrison Smith, Intelligencer
editor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

SINCE WE CAN'T blame all
this hoopla on Jeffegson, how
about Monroe?
He was the first President
to brave the outdoors for the
Inauguration here. The orig
inal Inauguration - that of
George Washington in New
York-had been an open-air
affair, but Monroe's was the
first open-air event of its kind
in the new Federal City.
Tickets for seats at the in
auguration in 1877 were as
hard to come by as tickets to
the inaugural ball of 1856.
Everybody and his brother
wanted one, and everybody,
obviously, couldn't crowd into
the tiny Senate chamber.
The biggest argument was
between the Senate and the
House. The Senate said it
ought to have more tickets to
hand around because it was
more important than the
House. The House would never
admit this, and anyway there
were more Representatives
than Senators, they said, to
give out tickets, and more
ticketless friends to be made
unhappy.
Both chambers leaped joy
fully at the idea of going out
doors, where there was room
for everybody.
And so a platform was put
up under the CapitolS untin-
ished portico. There, on a
balmy March 4, Monroe made
his address to the biggest
gathering which had up to
then attended an inaugura-
ton.
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FRUIT OF BAD-SMELLING GINKGO
STUDIED AS AID IN CANCER CURE

There's a chance. after all. that the Ill wind of the
ginkgo tree may blow good
crate Of the female ginkgo trees maodorous fruit
has been sent from Washington to Wilmington DEL for
in research
John Batson head Of the Districts trees division
ported he made the shipment to request from
Dr. William H. Kramer director of research for the Eliza
beth Stork Kramer Foundation Of Wilmington.
1t is hoped to extract alkaloid from the heshy sub
stance surrounding the gnkgo nut for testing trans
planted rat tumors.
Washington has about 5000 Of hte trees. The only
trouble is the bad odor from the fruit Of the female tree
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS.
Startling RepeIIent Tests
Hint Clean Parade Route

Downtown ashington's
hordes Of starlings may soon be
squeaking in Illustration, a
pleased District official said to-
day.
The District apparently has
found a sure-fire startling COM
blatant in "Roost-No-More," a
secret formula. Next week the
sticky preparation will be applied
to the tops of trees lining the
inauguration Parale route along
Pennsylvania avenue. from Con-
stitution avenue to Fifteenth
street NV. according to John
w. Batson. superintendent of
trees and landscapes.
This, however, does not mean
the startling will disappear from
the avenues concrete cliffs. 1t
may merely add to the din on
the sides of the avenues storied
structures. Mr.. Batson admitted.
since the birds that used TO
perch in the trees will have to
find new quarters.
The spray, which does not
harm birds. was experimentally
placed on eight of 10 trees near
Kann's store two weeks ago. To-
day. Mr.. Batson found, the small
but noisy little birds had stayed
away en- masse from the eight
trees with pasty limbs but cor
tinued to roost on the two not
sprayed.
So Per Tree
This is the first spray we've
had that stays on indefinitely, "
Mr.. BatSon said with satisfac-
ton. He estimates his crew of
four men should cover about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13
Fairfax Gets
One School Bid
Rate Called
Highest in History
BULLETIN

Fairfax County today re-
ceived a bid of 4.74 per cent
for a SO million school con-
Struction bond issue. The only
bidder was syndicate headed
by the First National City
Bank of New York. The school
board was meeting in special
session to decide whether to
accept or reject the bid, be-
lieved the highest rate ever
offered for Fairfax County
school bond issue.
The STABILITY of Virginia
school bonds faced a new test
today in Fairfax County, where
bids we're hopefully awaited on
a SO million offering.
Bids were scheduled to be
opened at noon by the State
Debt Commission in Richmond
The proposed sale is the largest
since investors began ignoring
Virginia school bonds.
A 81 million issue offered by
Hopewell failed to draw a single
bid earlier this month and South
Norfolk rejected a single bid
on a $500 900 issue because the
proposed 4.99 per cent interest
rate was too high.
Frankly concerned about bad
bond market conditions gen.
orally and the adverse affect
that Virginia's new anti-inte-
grafton legislation is apt to have
on bond sales, the Fairfax
School Board last week con-
sidered calling of the sale.
County officials made a trip Il
New York at the end Of last
week in hopes of getting some
definite word whether any bids
would be received.
They failed to get any definite
commitments. Two financial
houses. however, didn't say they
wouldn't bid-which at least kept
the county's hopes alive that
there might be one or two bids
The SO million offering UP fol
sale today is the second block Of
bonds from $22 million ISSUE
approved a year ago. The first 81
million block was sold last Feb.
ruary at an average interest rate
of 2.99 per cent. That was thc
highest rate the county had II
pay in recent years for a schoo
bond sale,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

UGF Of the agencies which be-
long
3. Agreement with UGF as TO
what share Of the campaign
funds the Chest agencies should
receive.
Council Of Presidents
Some Of the burden OF this
work viii undoubtedly be borne
by another organization formed
last year. called the Council OF
Presidents. A fairly informal ex-
ecutive group. the council con-
sists simply Of the heads Of the
six Chests in the area.
Dissolving the Community
Chest Federation will not mean
any wholesale physical liquida-
ton, or any mass flrings Of en-
ployes. Most Of the workers and
physical equipment, including
the immense files OF contributors,
have been taken over by the
United Givers Fund, which now
operates the Embarrassing mech
anism.
Today's action has been hailed
In advance by Chest officials and
volunteer workers as blessed
simplification in the bureaucracy
of community enterprise. II 10
also being viewed as an impor-
tant step In the increasing met
experimentation Of the Washing
ton area. A loose federation Of
several autonomous local groups
Is giving way 70 increased CO.
operation among the groups
Themselves. a deeper sharing Of
the problems that affect al Of
them.
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BUT OUR STURDY fore

BUT OUR STURDY fore
fathers apparently weren't as
rugged as history tries to con-
vince us they were. Because
four years later they we're
right back inside for Mon
roe's second inaugural. The
reason: 1t was a snowy,
blustery day.
Apparently the real wing
dings got under way with
Jackson's inaugural in 1929.
That was the first to be held
at the East Portico Of the
Capitol. Shortly before it
took place, Daniel Webster
wrote:
Il never saw such a crowd.
Persons have come five hun
dred miles to see General
Jackson. and they really seem
to think that the country is
rescued from some dreadful
danger.
There we're 10000 on hand
for that inaugural at the
Capitol. Afterward, there
was an impromptu parade.
when Gen. Jackson
mounted his horse and began
the ride TO the White House,
the throng surged up Penn
sylvania avenue behind him,
pushing and showing, wing to
be among the first inside the
White House.
From then, on It's become
bigger and bigger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

100 trees. at about So a tree, in
two days next week.
The preparations success has
won the local representative,
American Building Cleaning
Contractors, a demonstration on
trees around the National
Archives Building next week.
The formula, in a thicker form.
can also be applied, with
caulking gun, to the sides of
buildings. according to Ray
mond Greenberg, one Of the
firms partners. He noted that
the Naval Gun Factory is in the
process Of ordering the material.
Varied Devices Tried
In past years increasingly des-
perate Government officials have
tried various means to chase the
starting from downtown roost-
ing places. These included ball
oonS, bells, whistles, electric
shocks and fire crackers, itching
powder and stuffed, mechanical
hawks.
Recorded distress cries were
used for a while. but these sounds
began to get on the nerves of
humans as we'll as the feathered
pests. Some means, such as
incapacitating wax, were stopped
by the Humane Society.
Westinghouse have not been
alone in sharing their cities with
the starting. New York and Chi
cago repeatedly have similar
problems. In 1949, Big Ben
startled Londoners by failing to
sound 9 pm. on time. Big Ben
was running four minutes slow
because Swarms of starlings were
sitting on the hands. holding
them back.
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Rambling

Tom Coll is wondering about
the auto he saw parked the
other day on Fourteenth street
near Chaplin street NV
covered with four inches OF
fresh snow.
A caller said he'd noticed
signs like this beside a con-
Struction project at Seven
tenth and x streets NV:
NO Parking-Police Of Balti-
more County"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

Twenty third and Twenty sixth
streets NV. which the Audi
forum Commission is studying
as possible site for its pro-
posed auditorium and cultural
center.
The auditorium group recently
asked the planners whether the
route could be moved so that
the site it likes would be avail
able.
Through Expansion Area
AS approved now, the route
also cuts through the George
Washington University expan-
sion area.
The planning commission had
before it today a motion to ask
the District to launch expensive
lrestudies Of alternate sites to the
west of the GNU area.
Instead the planners approved
a generally worded resolution
which told the auditorium COM
mission that:
/. Sites in either Foggy Bot
tom or the Southwest redevelop-
ment area are suitable general
Locations for an auditorium"
2. Development problems in
each area conflicting with the
auditorium groups plans do not
appear to be insuperable."
3. Prompt decision on a site
by both the auditorium commits
sion and Congress is essential,
however, because of pending de-
velopments in both areas which
may preclude the availability OF
specific auditorium sites"
Lane Resists Change
District Engineer Commission
er Thomas A. Lane has been
strongly resisting a change in
the approved road route and
Planning Commission Chairman
Harland Bartholomew has beer
pushing for revision.
Gen. Lane said he interpreted
Itoday's action to mean that the
approved route remains on the
books and will progress unles;
Congress decides a change is re-
Iquired to make way for the audi
forum.
He said the District, with this
understanding, will go aheas
with its plan to ask Congress next
year for money to begin buying
land for the expressway.
May Modify Road
! He stressed also that some
notifications in the road may bC
made in any event to fit studies
for a gigantic expressway to con.
meet the Inner loop" in Foggy
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Planners Put Off
Vote on Inner. LooD
Foeey Bottom and Southwest
Held Suitable for Auditorium
By GEORGE BEvERIDGE

The National Capital Planning Commission today delayed
decision whether to request change in the Inner loop
to give the District Auditorium Commission
to state definitely whether to build Foggy Bottom
AS the expreSsway approved Foggy Bottom,
it would through Virginia between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13
SICK, NOT sHIFTLEss
Public Understanding
No. | Need of Alcoholic

District law recognizes alcoholics diseased
at the tme another law here treats public drunkenness
msdemeanor Authorities the latter absurd medieval
and wasteful
But it is job of fearsoe proportions educate the public
into accepting the fact that alcoholic person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13
Chest Expected to Vote
Self Out of Existence

The Community Chest Federation Of the National Capital
Area will probably vote itself out Of existence today.
For 10 years the largest Embarrassing group the Washing
ton the federation apparently end the
trail new kind OF cooperation the charitable orgaza
lions OF the area has made the federation obsolete
The ITO members Of the federation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

DCCI oulilIIlOIICu W Special
meeting at $3.50 pm. at the
Statler Hotel. 1t will probably be
their last.
The federation was born in
1916. when the Community
Chests Of the District and the
five nearby jurisdictions decided
they needed to combine their eff
forts more effectively.
Two Main Functions
The federation's two main
functions were to raise money
once a year and then divide it
among the six area Chests, who
would divide it again among
their agencies.
But formation Of the United
GiverS Fund this year, which
has almost reached its record
breaking $6.6 million goal TO
finance the liz Chest agencies
and 20 others, has taken the
first function away from the
federation.
! The second function. budget
ing. is also being done by a
new group this year. A new
Ilnter-Chest budget group is 60
ing to cut the proceeds from the
lUGF campaign not Just six
ways--for six CheSts-but liz
ways, budgeting all the Chest
agencies at one time in a COM
mon process.
When the 10 federation
board members assemble this
afternoon they win vote on a
resolution which liquidates their
organization and replaces 1t
with a small streamlined group
/ to be known as the Interim
Board Of the federation. The
board would be only II persons
including the present fedora
ton officers. the presidents OF
the six area Chests and an ad-
ditional person from the Chest
of planning council Of each Of
the six Chest areas.
Transfer Powers
The board. in It's last ofIicisl
action. will be asked 10 vest all
its remaining powers and func-
tons In this interim board.
The board will have 70 figure
out ways Of discharginz these
functions without spending any
money. because when the fedora
ton goes out the window, It's for
mer income goes with II.
Among these remaining func-
tions are these:
/. A salary review program,
which helps Chest agencies decide
hon much 70 pay stan workers.
2. Reception Of funds from
UGP for distribution 70 Chest
agencies and the certincation 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-13

1t recommended diverting
funds. now used for penal
procedures and allied uses. TO
the support Of the new projects.
primarily for facilities.
Facilities will have TO be
established on a large scale,
literally to take the place Of
jails." the report said.
This will be the most expen-
sive part Of the program. But
since the candidates for in
patient care are largely at
present jail alcoholics. facilities
for their future care should be
supported by what Is now spent
on the penal system.
Until that transition could be
accomplished. emergency funds
would be needed 20 launch the
program. the report said.
we realize that many viii be
Skeptieal toward the concept
that the alcoholic Is a sick per-
son and that alcoholism Is a
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-07

percent are over so years of age.
The majority of those over Is had
been engaged in manual labor in
Hungary. II percent had been
professionals. 80 percent were
skilled workers and 22 percent
were unskilled.
So far the JDC has been able
to meet the needs of all applicants
Mr.. Zeigellaub disclosed, although
the hardest task has been to pro-
vide them with housing. However,
in view of the expectation of the
refugees imminent emigration
this problem has been solved. But,
he stressed, if the refugees cannot
move on, the situation will be-
come unbearable under the con-
tinued pressure of new refugees.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-07


AS of Nov. 28, there were 5000
refugees registered with the Joint
Distribution Government camps
who have not yet been put in
touch with the JDC, Fred Zeigel-
laub, JDC director in Austria, re-
ported. He said that 1000 of the
5000 registered Hungarian Jews,
had arrived within six days.
Mr.. Zeigellaub said that the
proportion of Jewish refugees in
relation to all FIungarians who
entered Austria is about three
times as great as the proportion
of Jews to the remainder of the
Hungarian population. The pre-
liminarY JDC survey revealed
that SIS percent of the Jewish
refugees are male. that 1s percent
are children below l6 and three
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-07
us. Asks: what is Your Religi0n?

restrained by the Constitution from making laws
regarding establishment of religion.
On the other hand, an inter-faith committee
apparently favored the, census project. The com
mittee, which advised the government, included
Jewish representation. The prevailing view of or
ganized Jewish groups is that such religious
information is desirable for statistical purposes
But section of thinking maintains that the
religious question should not be asked SO as. to
avoid any breach in the wall separating church
and state An organization known. as "Protestants
and Other Americans United for Separation OF
Church and State" is firmly opposed to the census
undertaking.
President James Madison in 1890 opposed even
an official governmental enumeration OF clergy
men. Hesheld it might inject the government into
the realm of religion. Thomas jefferson is like
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-07

AAc PcISeCuClOn>O1 ESypCS Jews
were formally brought to the at
tention of the United Nations
General Assembly last week by
Israel Foreign Minister Golda
Meir who called on the President
of the Assembly to intervene
urgently with the Egyptian gov
ernment to halt its 'inhumane''
actions against the Jews.
Mrs. Meir said in her letter of
protest to the president of the
General Assembly til at 10000
Jews have been affected by the
anti-Jewish measure of the EgYp-
tian Government. THE deportees.
some of whom have already ar
rived in various points in Europe.
are compelled to abandon all their
properly behind them apart from
10 Egyptian pounds and a suitcase
of personal clothing" Mrs. Meir
said. I'm addition to the action
taken against the persons and
property of individuals of the
Egyptian Jewish community. the
Egyptian authorities have also
moved against the community as
an organized body. Jewish hospi-
tails in Cairo and Alexandria have
been sequestrated. the sick ejected
and the medical staff arrested"
The bid for UN action was sup
ported later by Ambassador Abba
S. Eban who told the General
Assembly that Israel had confirm
ed and supported information
showing that Egypt is practicing
a "policy of racial terror and per-
secution against Jews" He told
the Assembly that the Chief
Rabbi of Egypt had resigned in
protest against the prosecutions.
Denouncing the Egyptian prac-
tices as directly in the Nazi fra
dition." Mr.. Eban said Jews Of
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-12-07
BY MILTON FRIEDMAN
Copyright. 1856. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Incl

-WASHINGTON
The u. S. Bureau of Census is
considering questioning people
about their religion in the 1860
decennial census. Answers to
census questions are required by
Federal law.
The question under considera-
ton is: "what is your religion?"
A small test survey of responses
to it has been made in four
counties of Wisconsin.
Some have objected to what