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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
Architects Bar
Free Designs

If Alexandria wants architects
to propose several designs for
new schools, it will have to pay
for them.
The Alexandria School Board
had invited several architects to
submit designs for a replacement
for the Lyles-Crouch School for
.colored children downtown.
But Joseph Saunders, Alexan-
,dria and Washington architect
told the board last night, 1T is
professionally unethical for arch
fleets to give free designs
In other business. the board
was told that the Francis Ham,
mond High School is not ready
for board acceptance even
though much of the interior is
finished Supt. T. C. Williams
suggested the board not make
any piecemeal acceptances but
wait until the entire building is
completed.
Mr.. Williams also reported
that city officials have agreed the
City Council from now on will
act on school budgets as a
whole, assuming responsibility
for the entire school program
and not just that part paid for
by city appropriations.
Mr.. Williams said, There is
"a great advantage in this, that
having approved an entire
budget. the Council then be-
comes responsible for all of il
and must make it good"
The board gave Mr.. Williams
authority to adjust next years
school calendar to avoid the fall
session on September 6. which is
the beginning of the Jewish New
Year. Mr.. Williams said the
opening day probably will be
moved TO Monday. September 10
and the closing date from June
IL, 1857 to June IA. a Friday.
The board approved the super
lntendent's recommendations for
"a new teaching appointments
for next fall. Among them is the
new principal of the Hammond
High School. Marcus Gillespie
as, now principal of the Marion
tVaJ High School. The APP
polntment carries a $1,000 sal
airy on the old scale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
Fair Trade Act Upheld
BY Maryland High Court

ANNAPOLIS. April IL (P).-
The Court of Appeals yesterday
upheld the validity of Mary
lands Fair Trade Act and an
injunction granted under its
provisions against Home Utili-
ties Co, Inc.
Revere Copper g. Brass. Inc,
had obtained the injunction
against the retail firm operating
in Baltimore. Hagerstown and
the District of Columbia to pre-
vent it from selling Revere
kitchen utensils below the price
set by the manufacturer
Home Utilities argued that 1t
had not signed any fair trade
contract in regard to the Revere
products and that the mon
signer" clause in Maryland's act
enforcing the law in such cases
is unconstitutional.
The high court said it could
find mo merit" to the firms ar
guments that the act was an
unlawful delegation Of powers
to private persons and referred
to previous decisions where it
had been held such regulation
was within the States police
powers.
1t also rejected an argument
that the act should be declared
void because it originally vio-
lated Federal antitrust laws.
which were not changed until
after enactment of the Maryland
law.
The high court said other
courts of last resort which had
rejected fair trade acts on con-
stitutional grounds seem TO
have usually done so because of
an unwillingness to accept the
Legislative judgment as to the
economic facts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
Upper County Firemen
Elect Stuub Chief

Chief Charles M. Staub has
been elected to head the Upper
Montgomery County Volunteer
Fire Department, with George
Hillard as assistant chief.
Other officers elected are
Edgar Grub. captain, Company
No. /; John M. Titus. captain
mpany No. 2, and Dan
Breeder. captain. Compan y
No, 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
Board
Expected todd
75Cents 10 Tax
Officials Plan Cut
In School Budget in
Action Tomorrow

A 75-cent increase in the Fair
fax County tax rate is expected
to get tentative approval of the
County Board of Supervisors to-
morrow.
But some members of the board
indicated they will try to achieve
more "austerity" in the school
budget proposals before final ac-
ton on raising the property taX
rate from its present level Of
$2.70 per 500 of valuation
School and county budgets as
originally proposed called for q
total Of 1892 million and a tax
increase of IS cents.
The austerity move was voiced
by County Supervisor Richard P
Ovenshine. a retired Army gen.
eral, during a joint session of
the School Board and Board OF
Supervisors at the courthouse
last night.
Gen. Ovenshine won an ad-
mission from School Board
Chairman Robert Davis that the
proposal for school OUTLAWS is
not in the severest sense an
auSterity budget"
To Cut SI25 OOO
1T is not luxury budget but
it is not real austerity budget
Mr.. Davis agreed.
The supervisors agreed by q
Six-to-one vote that $l25,000 ir
non-operational expenditures
would be pared from the schoo
budget. The two items trimmed
out were a $4,000 item planned
for use against debt service re.
quirements in fiscal 1858 and 9
$50,000 item the School Boarc
planned to use in starting 6
"pay-as-you-go" capital outlay
fund.
/ The reduction vote was tiec
with a request that the Schoo
Board pay back to the genera
county fund a loan of 100000
advanced for the purchase O.
school sites. The loan was made
pending approval of bond funds
/ Mrs. Anne Wilkins, a super,
visor. voted against asking fol
the return Of the money. Sh,
argued that the school site need.
exceed the money available to thu
School Board at the present time
To Explain Revisions.
County Executive C. c. MASSEY
will present revised budget est,
mates to the supervisors at ;
meeting at 10 am. tomorrow
The revisionS will include dele.
tons and changes in both tn,
school and general county bulge
proposals for the fiscal year be
ginning July /.
The revised budget will cal
for a 75-cent Jump in the ia.
rate. The board agreed it woult
advertise the revised budgets TO
public hearing purposes befor,
final adoption of the proposals.
late next month.
Joseph H. Freehill. chairman
Of the board of supervisors, di
rected Mr.. Massey to include
$1,000 raise for himself in tn,
budget he presents tomorrow. MI
Massey's salary will move from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year. Mr.
Freehill said the raise had tn,
unanimous backing of the super.
viSors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12

E." The bags contained only
winter clothing. police said.
Miss Ewing is feet 10 inches
tall, weighs lao pounds, has
grayish-green eyes and light
hair. Police said she occasion
ally wears glasses for near
sightednesS and uently
breaks them. A check also has
been placed on optical firms.
Only clothing description given
was that at the time of her dis
appearance, she was wearing a
brown mouton coat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
The
Rambler
Treasury Was Long
Overdue for q Name
BY JACK JONAS

The Treasury Building is
pretty old to be just getting
an official name.
The Pentagon, for example,
was named in infancy. Al
though Department of De-
Tense" is lettered on its sides,
it is officially The Pentagon.
1t took the White House
only a few years. When Pierre
L'Enfant referred to it while
planning the city, he called it
the Presidents Palace" That
was too much like the ouSted
monarchy, and the residents
of the new country changed
it to Executive Mansion.
Then. in 1914, after the
British burned the building,
the sandstone was painted
white to cover the smoke
marks and people began
calling it the White House.
But the heretofore nameleSS
building housing the Treas
ury Department-n it's to
be called, logically, THE
Treasury Department" - has
been around long enough to
develop legend. It's been
there, blocking the White
House from Pennsylvania
avenue, for 1T years.
Part of the legend is how it
got where it is. The story has
been told so often that in re-
cent years it has crept into
the General Service Admin
istration's official file on the
building.
At any rate, there had been
considerable haggling about
just how the Treasury Build
ing was going to sit on the
site picked for it at Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
Andrew Jackson, the story
goes, became miffed at the de-
lay. He rushed out of the
White House, damned the
point of his cane into the
ground at one corner, and
roared:
Put the cornerstone therel
Put it right there!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
Sothorons to Be Guests

l.. Harold Sothoron. candidate
for Congress from Maryland's
5th district. and Mrs. Sothoron,
will be guests at the annual la
dies night Of the Prince Georges
County Real Estate Board at the
Prince Georges Country Club to-
might.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
New Bank to Open

WARRENTON. Va, April "
(SpeciaD The new Peoples Ma
tional Bank of Warrenton will
be open for public inspection
tomorrow afternoon and Satur-
day. Construction and remodel
ing work was completed yester-
day at a cost of Sl05.0O0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12

A SIMILAR TALE has been
told in connection with other
Government buildings-most
notably about President
Franklin Roosevelt and the
Bethesda Naval Hospital-but
the GSA doesn't vouch for it,
The Treasury has always
been where it is, since Wash
ington became the Capital
City in 1900. At first it was a
wooden building, put up at the
then enormous cost of S40,-
900.
That one suffered the same
fate as the White House
burned by the British in 1914.
Another wooden structure was
set up to replace it. A mys-
ferrous fire destroyed the
second building in 1888.
The Government, by this
time, was getting a little
burned up itself at this con-
tinual liquidation Of the
Treasury's assets, and Con-
gresS authorized "a fireproof
building of such dimensions
as may be required for pres
ent and future accommoda-
tons"
They got the fireproof
building, all right built
solidly of granite brought in
by sailing ship from Maine.
This wasn't an easy task. be-
cause the columns-the most
impressive part of the build
ing's exterior are cut from
single blocks of granite.
Each of these IA Ionic COL
umns is SO feet high, and each
weighs about IS tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
Dance to Aid Retarded

A dance to raise funds for work
with mentally retarded children
will be held at 10 pm. Saturday
at the La Plata Md Armory.
The Southern Maryland District
American Legion Auxiliary is the
sponsor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
e. Up. Women TO Meet

The Fairfax County Women's
Republican Club will hold a
luncheon card party at 1890
pm. Saturday, at Cops Gar
den Room, Vienna. Va. Proceeds
will go TO the 1856 Republican
campaign fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12
Approval Seen
At Meeting Set
For Tomorrow

Congressional moves to solve
the Washington transit crisis
gained speed today.
The Transportation subcom-
mlttee of the House Interstate
and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee headed by Representa-
tive Harris, Democrat of Ar
kansas, was drafting a bill to
restore the franchise to Capital
Transit Co. and keep the firm
in business next August.
Approval of the measure was
forecast when the group meets
lat 10 am. tomorrow.
Meanwhile. a Senate District
subcommittee scheduled a ses-
sion today to consider revised
version of the District Commits
sioners' bill to set up a WASH
ington Metropolitan Transit
Authority to operate the street.
cars and bus system under public
ownership.
Closed Session Held
The House subcommittee met
for an hour and a half in closed
session yesterday. and conferred
for the last half hour with Cap
Iital Transit President J. A. B.
Broadwater.
Afterwards, the subcommittee
ordered the congressional techni-
cal staff to draft a measure trans
ilating into legislative language
the seven points laid down sew
eral days ago by the subcommit-
tee as principles for restoration
of the CTC franchise. 1t was I'M
Iderstood the new draft was de-
Signed to be acceptable to the
company.
The subcommittee had before
Iit yesterday a report from the
District Commissioners including
|another draft with their version
OF language to carry out the SUBJ
committees principles. It was
prepared after conferences by the
Commissioners with Capital
Transit officials at the direction
OF the subcommittee.
100000 Exemption
The measure being drafted for
the House subcommittee would
give Capital Transit exemption
from the 100000 gross receipts
tax as well as the District gaso-
line tax and expenses of snow
removal.
1t also would provide for
speedy action by the District
Public Utilities Commission on
fare increases requested by the
company. Utilities commission
delays on such increases have
produced a running feud with
the company for several years.
The measure also would settle
another element of the dispute
by writing into law a valuation
of the company's rate base. the
dollar statement of its invest
ment in property used for pub
lie service upon which its rate
Iof return is calculated.
Seeks S2.4 Million Cut
The utilities commission has
sought to cut S2.4 million of
the $50 million figure on the
grounds the company's deprecia-
ton account is understated.
The measure also would con-
tinue present fares, which were
negotiated between the company
and the District Commissioners
last summer to settle Washing
tons 52-day strike.
i The measure also would let
the company convert to an all
bus system on a gradual basis
as suggested by w. c. Gilman.
consulting engineering company,
and block utilities commission
efforts to force an immediate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12

THE TREASURY moved in
in 1899, three years before
the first section-the middle
portion-was completed. The
south wing was built in 1861,
the west wing in 1864 and the
north. wing in 1869.
Mayor alterations still were
being made up to 1888, and
last year, for the first time in
its 1T years, the building
was cleaned, making it the
sparkling white it now is.
Many years ago the Treas
ury Department judiciously
called a halt in the matter Of
statues, else it might find it.
self surrounded today. Only
the first Secretary, Alexander
Hamilton, and the second,
Albert Gallatin, stand outside
the building.
The Hamilton statue is at
the south entrance and the
Gallatin statue at the north.
Street Scenes
Two young boys sharing a
pair Of roller skates on Good
Hope road Sc, one wearing
the right skate, the other the
left.
A baby stroller, empty and
unattended, on a streetcar
loading platform on Calvert
street near Eighteenth street
NV.
Confederate-capped teen
ayers visiting the Lincoln Me-
mortal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-12

contact. but unable to get he
bearings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-07

1t took a little thinking to decide
to lead a club right into dummy s
K-J-10.
The play Of the spade suit
had convinced Mr.. Meek that
Mr.. Champion had five cards in
that suit. Mr.. Champion had
shown exactly two diamonds.
That left him six cards in the
other two suits. If all of these
were hearts. nothing Mr.. Meek
did would make any difference.
If Mr.. Champion had four
hearts and two clubs, again the
lead made no difference. In this
case Mr.. Champion would make
his bid if he had the ace OF
clubs and would go set if he
didn't.
But if he had started with five
hearts and one club. a cluk
had to be led by Mr.. Meek with
out delay. Thus it took not cour-
age but merely counting.
tcopyriRht, 1856, General Features Corp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-07

Synopsis: The princess and I made
q powerful wish TO be in Santa Land.
But Just as we were wishing, the
kings horses returned and found US
standing in the road
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-07

wishing we could go to Santa
Land"
The captain jumped down
from his horse. You're TAX
ing me for a fool. Now I'll tell
you something. This girl looks
very much like the Princess
Anne!"
He ran his hands over the
princess yellow curls and bent
down to look into her eyes.
Are you?" he asked. Are you
the Princess Anne?"
1 felt like I might faint dead
away but I squeezed the prin-
cess hand tight in mine and
I cried, Sir. she's dumb! She
can't talk at ALL"
The captain Strengthened
and scratched his head. Then
he said, We'll, the whole
things funny somehow and
I'm taking you both to the
palace for the king to see."
A Cl0aked Soldier Came
He turned to his soldiers.
will one of you take these
two up on your horse?" Before
the nearest man could move, a
white-cloaked soldier at the
very end of the line came up
on a great white horse.
III take them, SIR" he said.
"My horse is the biggest of all"
Without waiting for the cap
tain to answer, he leaned down
and plucked the princess and
me right off our feet and
planted us in front Of him on
the big white horse.
We struggled and cried but
he held us there and wrapped
us around with his cloak.
The captain said. Il don't
remember you, soldier. What's
your name?"
Calhoun McGillicuddy," re-
piled the soldier. II joined your
troop at the last turn in the
road"
The captain scratched his
head again. Finally he said,
"Oh, very well. Garry on!"
Then he mounted his horse
and the whole troop galloped
away with the white horse al
the end of the line.
1t was showing hard and
we could not see beyond the
horses head. After a while We
couldn't even hear the horses
in front. We went faster and
faster until it seemed that we
were not galloping but flying
through a great white space
On and on for hours and
hours we went until at last
the horseman spoke. Look
now! We're almost there!"
This was too much for the
princess. She burst into tears
They Were Flying
Whats this?" growled the
horseman. peeking under the
cloak. why tears when you're
getting your wish?"
"Oh. SIR" 1 said, sit isn't
our wish to see the king"
1.-The king!" exclaimed CAL
houn McGillicuddy. You're not
going to see the king. You're
going to see Santa Claus!"
"Oh. mercy mel" cried the
princess. She threw her arms
around my neck and wept for
Joy.
You mean" I stammered,
you mean you came in answer
to our wish to get to Santa
Land and you're not a soldier
at all?"
"Of course. I'm not a SOL
der" said McGillicuddy,
Gould a soldier f1y?"
Are we f1ying?"
Look down and see."
I did and there. sure enough
were lights beneath us, shining
through the snow.
"There!" said McGillicuddy
That's Santa Land below"
Tomorrow: In Santa Land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-07
CHAPTER FOUR
Calhoun McGiIlicuddy

"Whoaw shouted the cap
tain of the kings soldiers. He
pulled his horse to a standstill
just an inch from my nose.
The other horses halted be-
hind him. The soldiers held
their lanterns high and peered
down at the princess and me
shivering there in the road.
who are you?" asked the
captain. What are you doing
here?"
II am Alexander" I said
in a very small voice. And
this is my sister. We-we're
just standing here making a
wish. Honest, that's ALL"
What nonsense! What kind
OF a wish pray tell me?"
hated to tell him. I knew
1t would make him mad. But
I had to do it, I said, I'VE were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-07
A WORD
TO THE WISE
By MRS. FRANK COLBY

A good many Of our pro-
nouncing errors are the result
of falsely associating certain
words with other familiar words
of similar spelling. For example,
preventive is misprounounced
"pree-VEN- tuh-tive" because Of
the unconscious linking with the
word representative. Column
suggests volume, and. therefore,
is misprounounced "KOL-yum. "
Production, by false analogy
with prediction. becomes ''pree-
lDUK-snun."
There are many such terrible
twins in the American vocabu-
.lary-far too many for a COM
lprehensive listing in this modest
space. But the following err
roneous doublets will serve to
place the careful speaker on his
guard:
Percolate speculate
tsay: PER-koe-late)
Your four
(say: yoor)
Attack attract
fsay. uh-TACK)
Sacrifice ayarice
(say: SAK-ri-fyss)
Kilometer barometer
tsay: KILL-uh-MEE-ter)
Ribald piebald
tsay: RIB-1d)
Babel babble
(ssy: bayfield,
Comely homely
Csay: KUM-lee)
Surprise supplies
Csay: sur-PRIzE)
Similar simulate
tsay: sIM-i-ler)
Flaecid placid
say: FLAK-sid)
Grievous previous
(say: GREE-vuss)
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-07

Mr.. Meek often is outmaneu-
vered in the bidding because he
breads being set, especially when
vulnerable.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mr. Dale
AK963
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6K754
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WEST EAST
(Mrs. Keen (Mr Meek
A72 Asa
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%A97653 %Q42
SOUTH
(Mr. Champion
AAQJ108
8KQJ108
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The bidding:
South West North East
IA Pass 20 Pass
80 Pass 81 Pass
- All pass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-07
Answers 10 Our Presidents

l-President Woodrow Wilson
December Z. 1920.
2-Senator Warren @. Hard
ing. newly elected President
spoke In the Senate on his re-
turn from vacation trip, De.
cember 8. 1920. Thanks, Ruth
3-Nicholss Murray Butler
president Of Columbia University
for ~ years. died in New York
City on December Z. l947 He
was succeeded By Gen. Essen
hover. who became president Of
Columbia IN 1913.
Questions On Page A-SD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-07

For this reason he is on the
defense most of the time and
has developed a fine defensive
game.
II he had made a careless lead
at the crucial point in today's
deal and failed TO count de-
clarer's probable distribution, the
feur-spade contract would have
been made against him.
Mrs. Keen opened the jack OF
diamonds, which held the trick
Mr.. Meek flashing the nine. The
ten of diamonds came next and
this, too. was ducked all around,
At trick three Mrs. Keen
played her last diamond. the
seven went on from dummy and
Mr.. Champion ruffed out Mr.
Meek's queen, using the ten OF
trumpS.
Mr.. Champion then led the
eight Of spades and won with
dummy's nine. He led back a
heart and Mr.. Meek played low
Mr.. Champion put up his queen
trying to hide the fact that he
held a solid sequence in the suit
Dummy was entered again by
overtaking the jack of spades
with the king. A second heart
was led from the board and Mr.
Meek went in with the ace.
Careful as always, Mr.. Meek
thought a while and then led a
club. with any other return Mr.
Champion could have made his
contract by discarding all three
Of dummy's clubs on his good
hearts and ruffing his own club
on the board.
1t is easy to pick out the club
lead, seeing all four hands. But
Mr. Meek had an easy and safe
return in the ace of diamonds
Evening star., 1956-08-30
Solution to Suez Canal Crisis

the same thing with Suez.
It is one thing to win cheers
from nationalist fanatics with
an abrupt seizure of someone
else's property, but quite an
other thing to make the prop
erty pay.
In the circumstances, would
not the West be well-advised
to avoid the humiliation Of
the Arab states that military
action would entail, and at
tack the canal seizure chal-
lenge with weapons of trade,
with hard economic facts?
The Middle East certainly
needs development, produc-
tivity, a busy commerce if the
abysmally low standards Of
living are ever to be raised.
Foreign capital investment is
essential if economic progress
is to be made; no Arab state
can pull itself up by its boot
straps.
Nasser, and other nation
alist leaders with thoughts Of
seizures. can be chastened
with economic facts, but not
bullets.