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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

the Districts coming consultantS
would provide for the gradual
elimination of such monochrome
ing uses from the coming map
James K. Eagan, general coun-
sci of the American Oil Co.
owner Of the Massachusetts and
Wisconsin avenues station, said
AL we want to do is make a
modern station out of the place. >
He said the station is already
doing a tremendous" business
$4,000 gallons a month.
Mr.. Eagan said the owners
wanted to offer a design thai
conforms intellectually to the
nearby Washington Cathedra
and st. Adams School.
Plans Modern Style
Howard Hultgren, assistant
area manager Of the Sinclair Re-
'flning Co.. owner of the station
.at 1927 Sixteenth street NV.
said plans were to tear out al
the existing structures on the
site and erect a "modernistic'
building.
The two gas stations have beer
in operation for about 80 years
They were at the present loca.
tons before coming was estab.
lished in 1920. Until now, they
have been allowed only to make
repairs but not to remodel OF
replace anything.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Shoppers Offered
Vacation Chance

Merchandise bargains and a
five-day vacation for two in Las
Vegas. New, are promised by
merchants of Silver Spring as
part OF their Shop Silver Spring
Week" now in progress.
The nine-day event runs
through Saturday under spon-
sorship of the Retail Merchants
Division of the Silver Spring
Board of Trade.
The trip to Las Vegas will be
the grand prize for the week. to
be picked from name coupons
left at the various stores. The
award will be made at 8 pm.
Saturday from the stage Of the
Silver Theater on Colesville
road near Georgia avenue.
More than 80 other prizes also
are slated to be given away by
the merchants, with the winners
being drawn from an estimated
more than 100000 coupon en-
tries.
Another feature of the weeks
program will be special bargains
offered to those buying with
silver dollars. Tomorrow, FRI
day and Saturday have been
designated as silver dollar days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

The Maryland delegation to
the Democratic National Con-
vention has declined nmmedi-
ately to follow Estes Kefauver
into the camp of Adlai Steven
son.
Senator Kefauver's withdrawal
announcement yesterday released
the Maryland delegation from
its obligation to cast it's 18 votes
for him on the first ballot.
But leaders of the party's new
guard, who control the delega-
ton, announced they will go to
the Chicago conclave uncom-
mitted to any presidential as
pirant.
The matter will be discussed at
a caucus of the Maryland dele
gates on August IL, the eve of the
convention, at the La Sale Hotel
i'm Chicago. according to State
Controller j. Willard Tawes, del
egation chairman.
Mr.. Tawes said he would not
indicate his preference for the
presidential nominee until then.
Neither would the two other top
leaders of the New Guard, George
P. Mahoney and Michael j.
Birmingham.
Majority Favored Stevenson
However, an informal poll of
the delegation last month showed
a majority leaned toward Mr..
Stevenson, in whose favor Sem
ator Kefauver withdrew.
Senator Kefauver had drawn
1858 votes in Maryland's
presidential primary last May /.
No one else ran for the Demo-
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Cofritz Says Lewis Plan
Out Business

"Under the Lewis plan, the
Temple Heights property would
be useless" Mr.. Cafritz con-
tended. THAT plan would re-
strict development to small two
story apartments that would be
impractical to construct. That is
valuable land now, but under the
Lewis proposal it would be de-
creased in value by nine-tenths
This land is now worth $40 a
foot. But if rezoned as proposed
by Lewis. it would be hard to
sell at 81 a foot.
I'VE have been carrying this
land for some IL years now and
lin the interim, both Mr.. Tonp-
IkinS and myself have been busy,
Engaged in building other VEN
lures. Now we are ready to start
on Temple Heights and the first
unit. the park at your desk
office building, is waiting only
for structural plans.
I'VE have paid a lot of taxes
and interest on the money in
vested-which was around 81
million-on the Temple Heights
property.
THE Lewis plan is injurious
to Washington as a whole. II
has already hurt the city. People
are doubtful about land for sale
and they are being frightened
off. If they rezone the land il
won't be worth as much.
Sees Uncertainty
"The mortgage companies have
steered clear of mortgages be-
cause of the uncertainty brought
about by the Lewis proposals in
many instances. There are lots
Of plants right now in Wash
lngton that run into millions
Of dollars that would be non
conforming in Is years under
the plan. The Potomac Electric
Power Co. plant at Brzzards
Point comes to mind-it would
come under this provision.
Il believe in coming. It pro-
tects the entire city. But if a
good part of Lewis plan were
put into action. I think property
owners would rise up and go into
the courts and make coming I'M
constitutional. This plan puts
coming in Jeopardy"
But George Cater, resident
representative of Mr.. Lewis al
the District Building. sees the
situation otherwise. He declared
Kalorama area citizens in the
Temple Heights region don't
want a Radio City type of de-
velopment there as proposed"
| Mr.. Cater commended Mr.. Ca.
fritz and his colleagues plan to
"overdevelop the site in a resi-
dental neighborhood." He said
the citizens object to over-com-
liberalization. He said the area
lis now zoned for apartment
houses and apartment hotels and
the southern tip of the tract is
for commercial development. In
the rezoning, he said, I'VE pre-
serve the apartment houses anc
apartment hotels, but shrink the
present commercial area a little
Bit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Virginia Legion
Elects W. R. Golfer
AS Commander

ROANOKE, Aug. / (R.-Wes-
ley r. Cofer, jr., of Phoebus was
elected Virginia American Lee
gion department commander yes
terday at the close of three-day
convention attended by 1900.
Mr.. Cofer succeeds A. M. Rem
lex of Roanoke.
Department vice commanders
named we're:
v. c. Drake, Norfolk; Maurice
L. Boiling, Richmond; j. N. Dom
aldson, Appalachia; Vernon B.
Golf, Lynchburg; Lee r. Peters,
Quantico, and Francis P. Patter-
son. Fort Belvoir.
William H. Grosskopf Of Fair
fax was named sergeant at arms.
Delegates chosen for the ma
tional convention were:
Mr.. Cofer, Mr.. Renick. w. c.
Daniel. Danville; Morgan w.
Strother, Richmond; John F..
Wicker. jr., Richmond; F. Clin-
ton Knight. Alexandria; DR..
Thomas S. Ely. Jonesville; WAL
ter Grant, Danville, and Garland
Owen, Chase City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
500 Negroes Enroll
In Student Aid Plan

RICHMOND. Aug. / CP1.-Five
hundred Negro students have
enrolled this summer in Virginia g
out-of-State graduate student
aid program. compared with 700
last summer. the programs di-
rector said today.
DR.. Robert P. Daniel, president
OF Virginia State College. listed
factors accounting for the de-
cline.
One was last years court test
case on educational grants for
students attending church-sup-
ported schools. The outlawing OF
support for such students. cou-
pied with rising costs Of educa-
ton, we're two major causes for
the drop. Mr.. Daniels said.
In addition. he added, an abb
normally large number Of stu
dents entered the program last
year. believing II would be the
last year for the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs are sponsored by The
Evening Star in cooperation
with the Film Center Of WASH
ington and the recreation de-
partments of the District and
Arlington, Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties:
Washington. at Dusk
Rose Park. Twenty-siSth and o streets
Fourth and Van Buren, streets
Third and Eyarts streets NE
oslliwHgsr' F and TWentS-'eeond streets
Cook. North Capitol and p streets NV
Loveioy Twelfth and D streets NE.
Carver, WhittinEham and Lane streets
Anaeostia and Grant streets
Jefferson, Eighth and II streets s.w...
Congress Heishts Savannah and Randls
Hliierest, Thir,y-second and Denver
streets Sc.
Arllnetsn County. $50 pm.
Patrick Henry, 700 walter Reed drive
Carver Center, South Queen and South
Thirteenth street
Prince GesrEes County, $50 PM.
Fairmont Heights Elementary School
sheriff and Addison roads. Fairmont
Beitsyiiie Elementary School, Powder
MIL road. Beltsvtlie.
MontEomery County. $50 PM.
LynnoFeok Recreation Center, Nevdals
Woodlin Elementary School, Luxern,
avenue silver SprtnG
Maryvals Elementary school. Crabb ave.
nue. and Macarthur drive, Rockville
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Capital ronsit
Stock Scars
To New High

Capital Transit stock scared
to 1914 and closed at Is yester-
day, new high for the year, as
purchasers gambled that the
WolfSon interests would get
stockholders approval to con-
tinue the company under a new
name with stable tax benefits.
This is a jump of about So a
share in less than a week.
The stockholders will make
their decision at a special meet-
ing Friday. They will vote on
proposed sale of Capital Transit
assets to o. Roy Chalk and as
sociates. They will also vote on
a management proposal to Gre
ate a new corporation to invest
the proceeds of the $13,45O, 900
sale.
1t is this new corporation
which is thought to have at
tracted buying interest. The
Chalk offer amounts to $14.l0
IA share. At SIG, the closing
price yesterday. the price per
share is substantially higher
than the stock is worth on the
Chalk valuation alone.
The WolfSon interests have re-
ported that tax benefits may run
as high as $3.50 million for their
proposed new enterprise, to be
known as Universal Corp. This
would permit the new corpora
ton to have tax-free income for
possibly five years.
A spokesman for the company
said today that the management
was confident the stockholders
would approve both the sale and
the Universal Corp. proposal at
the Friday meeting.
An opposition group. calling
itself the Capital Transit Stock
holders Protective Committee, is
circulating letters to shareholders
urging them to vote against the
Chalk sale. The letter argues
that an all-cash offer would be
better. The Chalk offer is sos
million in cash and So, $40, 900 in
first lien notes.
The minority stockholders
group is headed by I. William
|Stempil. a Washington attorney
who earlier represented a group
which made an unsuccessful bid
for the company more than a
year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
MoryIond's Delegation
Now Is Uncommitted

cratic nomination. but 58.342
Democrats voted to send the
delegation to Chicago uncom-
mitted.
This legally bound the dele
cation to support Senator Ke-
fauver as long as, lin their con-
scientious judgment" he had a
chance to win the nomination.
Norman P. Ramsey, Maryland
deputy attorney general, said
last night the Tennessee Sem
ator's withdrawal made it I'M
necessary for the Marylanders
to observe the formality of yot-
ing for Senator Kefauver even
on the first ballot.
GOIdstein Fills Seat
The State delegation was
brought back to full strength
yesterday when T. Barton Har-
rington, chairman of the State
Central Committee. appointed
Senate President Louis L. Gold
stein to the seat vacated by Mil
lard E. Tydings. the party's can
|didate for the United States
Senate.
Mr.. Tydings, who defeated Mr.
Ma hOnpv in tho Y11.i,,a on, oor,
then saw Mr.. Mahoney gain con-
Itrol of the party organization at
the State convention, had re-
signed as a delegate because of
illness.
Senator Goldstein was a Tyd-
ings supporter in the primary
and accepted the post after
Philip B. Perlman, former United
States solicitor general, turned
it down.
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Hospital Drive Blocked
Against Referendum Plan

The ruling states that a per-
son who has signed any petition
has the right to have his name
withdrawn at any time prior
to the time it is filed officially
with this Office but this is a
matter which the particular in
dividual must take UP with the
person or association obtaining
the signature.
Duties Are Outlined
The duties of the election
supervisors are confined to ex-
aiming the petition TO deter
mine If 1t contains enough sigma
lures. whether they are sigma
lures Of duly registered voters,
and checking the sufficiency OF
affidavits and other matters.
Petitions for the referendum
on the hospital bill have been
circulated by the Montgomery
County Referendum Association
headed by Julian A. Bartolini.
Miss Dawson said she had re-
ceived more than 30 requests for
Withdrawals.
The deadline for filing the
petitions is August IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

under the unit rule-will give a
complimentary vote to Senator
johnson, Democrat of Texas, be-
fore swinging to Mr.. Stevenson.
Senator Byrd. Democrat Of
Virginia, joined Senator Robert
son, Democrat of Virginia, last
spring in calling Senator Johnson
Ia man of presidential caliber. +"
Battle Is for Stevenson
Gov. Stanley, the delegation
chairman, has not specified a
choice. But the vice chairman,
former Gov. John S. Battle, said,
I'm for Stevenson because I
think he is by far the best man
who has any chance of securing
the nomination"
On the question of a vice
presidential candidate. most of
the delegates are not committed,
but some of them indicated pref
Ierence for Mr.. Battle.
OF the presidential aspirations
of New York Gov. Averell Harri-
man, Arlington's r. Wade Pear
son said: Hartman? Never
heard of him."
He's the best man that ever
was not elected President" said
Thomas j. Broyhill of Airing
ton of Mr.. Stevenson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
President Vetoes Bill
On Gas Station Zonino

President Eisenhower late yes
terday vetoed a bill that would
in effect have exempted two gas
oline stations from residential
coming restrictions.
The two stations, at Wisconsin
and Massachusetts, avenues NV
and at Sixteenth street and Ar
kansas avenue NV, now are
permitted to operate under what
is known as "nonconforming'
use Of zoned property, but not to
expand.
The vetoed legislation would
have permitted changes to mod
ernize the stations.
In a statement explaining his
action, the President pointed out
that there are approximately
5000 instances in the District OF
"nonconforming" use of zoned
property. He said it would be
unfair to legislate benefits for
the two gas stations and not the
others.
Mr.. Eisenhower also recalled
that a three-year study of zon-
ing problems by the District
Commissioners and the National
Capital Planning Commission is
near completion. He expressed
hope that this study would Offer
some solution to the "noncon-
forming use" problem.
"SpOt Zoning Vetoed
Owners Of the two gas sta
tons had tried for years to get
approval TO rebuild. Year after
year they succeeded in getting
bills introduced TO exempt the
stations from coming restrictions
In 1858, a bill finally got
through Congress but was vetoed
by President Eisenhower as spot
coming" that could set a prece-
dent for appeals by 5000 other
owners of noncomforming use
properties in Washington.
The Commissioners had testi-
fed or sent representatives tc
testify against the bill in both
the House and Senate this yes~
Commissioner Robert z. Nc.
Laughlin called such spot ION.
ing" the very antithesis Of
coming itself. tending to break
down coming"
New regulations proposed b.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

A campaign by the Silver
Spring Hospital Association to
encourage residents who have
signed petitions for a referendum
on the hospital bill to have their
names withdrawn has blown UP.
In an advertising campaign
the hospital association has been
listing facts about the bill au-
thorizing a SO million bond issue
for construction Of the hospital.
AT the bottom of the ad has been
a coupon to be signed by resi-
dents asking the supervisor Of
elections to withdraw their
names from the petition.
Can't Strike Name
J. Hodge Smith, attorney for
the election supervisors, has
ruled that the board has no
authority TO strike or withdraw
the names Of any signers from
the petition.
Persons mailing the coupons
to the election supervisor are
getting in return a form letter
from Miss Rose K. Dawson. ma
jority clerk to the supervisors,
reciting the rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
Parks Unit to Open
Community BUILDING

The Maryland-Na Cap
ital Park and Planning Com
will dedicate its new
Parklawn Community Building
at 10 am. Saturday.
The $4,000 structure is To-
Gated at the rear of the Safeway
store at Ager and Riggs roads
in West Hyattsville. 1t is the
fourth community building to be
completed by the commission
this year. Construction Of a
fifth Is expected to start
soon in Anacostia River Park
near the Riverdale Elementary
School.
Highlighting Saturdays pro-
gram will be a concert by the
United States Army Field Band
under the direction Of Mai
Chester z. Whiting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01
U. Of Nd. to Set Up
Branches in Orient

The University Of Maryland
has announced 1t will set UP a
fully accredited scholastic pro-
gram in Japan, Okinawa and
Korea 1t already has such
overseas branches in Europe.
North Africa. the Middle East
and the North Atlantic.
The announcement was made
by the university's president.
Or. Wilson H. Elkins. and the
board Of regents.
The program enables service
men assigned 10 overseas bases
10 work toward degrees and still
continue their normal duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01

II present plans of Harold M
Lewis. District Government zon-
ing consultant, are made effec-
tive, they will drive millions OF
dollars worth of tax-paying i'm
IprovementS out of Washington
into Maryland and Virginia
Morris Cafritz, Washington build
Ier, charged today.
He declared even the threat
of putting the Lewis rezonine
plan into effect has already adj
versely affected business here
The proposed new coming plans
are expected to go before the
District Commissioners for ap.
Iproval about November. The
Commissioners will hold a public
hearing on them.
Mr.. Cafritz said a $25 million
program proposed at Temple
Heights, near Connecticut anc
Florida avenues NV, woulc
have to be abandoned if the
Lewis plans become the Districts
new coming regulations. Mr.. Ca.
fritz and Charles H. Tompkins
another prominent Washington
builder, plan to undertake this
development.
Hotel Planned
The $25 million program in.
icludes: A SIS million hotel, con.
tanning around 1000 rooms; {
garage to accommodate as many
automobiles; a SIS million Office
building. planned at Connection
avenue and T street NV, anC
another SIS million Office building
lat Florida avenue-an on the
Temple Heights property.
Apart from this program, Mr.
ICafritz and Mr.. Tompkins plar
as a start of the long-range plar
to begin construction of an 81
million park at your desk" Office
building, containing some 225. 00(
square feet of space, with park.
ing for some $50 cars, and also
containing number of store:
on the Temple Heights site. Mr.
Cafritz said they plan to start
work on this phase of the devel-
Iopment at Florida and Connecti-
cut avenues NV. within sis
weeks.
The entire Temple Heights pro.
gram can be carried out under
the existing District zonine
regulations, Mr.. Cafritz said.
Property useless"
He said they are now nego.
Itiating with several out-of-t owr
architects for the proposed hotel
which he said would overlook the
city. 1t would be built at the
top of the hill on Temple
Heights,
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2-Acre Lot Proviso
Adopted in Fairfax
Sitter Zonine
LuwAppIies to
Rural Areas

The Freehill amendment re.
coming two-thlrds of Fairfax
County into two-acre lots was
adopted officially today.
1t became effective imme-
diately, sharply upgrading for
mer development requirements
which specified no lot sizes
larger than half acre.
The vote was to /, with SUI
Ipervisor Stuart De Bell voting
alone against the new plan.
The supervisors had agreed by
Ia vote of 4-3 on July 5 to adopt
the Freehill amendment. but
since that time there had been
rumors of a compromise to re-
duce the two-acre lot size re-
quirement to one acre.
Makes Decision Final
Today's action, however, makes
the decision final on one of the
most restrictive coming plans
ever adopted in the Washington
Metropolitan Area.
The amendment takes it's
name from Chairman Joseph H.
Freehill, who originally spon-
Sored it. The coming plan closely
follows the master plan recon-.
mendation of Francis Dodd Nc
Hugh.
The amendment restricts resi-
Dental development throughout
most of the rural two-thirds of
the county to minimum lots of 2
acres.
Within the urban belt Of the
county nearest Washington it
establishes zones requiring lot
sizes of l acre, a half acre.
1900 square feet, 1880 square
feet and 10000 square feet.
The latter two figures are aver
age lot size requirements.
Three Sizes Previously
Under the old county coming
regulations there were only three
lot size categories-a half acre,
1880 square feet and 10000
square feet.
Before the vote was taken Brig.
Gen. Richard P. Ovenshine asked
whether written opinion had
been received from Common
lwealth's Attorney Robert Fitz-
gerald about validity of the zon-
ing amendment. Mr.. Fitzgerald
had commented at the July S
Injecting that he did not believe
IA 2-acre lot requirement would
stand up in court.
Chairman Freehill replied that
he had been waiting for a writ
ten opinion from Mr.. Fitzgerald
'lsince last January 18 when he
first proposed the coming amend
ment, but never had received
one. Mr.. Fitzgerald was not
present.
\ Voting for the amendment be-
sides Mr.. Freehill and Gen. Oven
shine were William Moss, A.
Claiborne Leigh and Mrs. Anne
Wilkins, who moved for its adop-
ton.
Keith Is Absent
Supervisor James Keith was
absent. He had voted against
the plan at the July S meeting.
/ Mr.. Moss, who had voted
against the two-acre plan at the
earlier meeting, said in voting
for it today he wanted it under
stood the amendment always was
subject to revision. Mr.. Freehill
agreed that was the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-01


a presidential nominee from a
convention they said was domi-
mated by liberals.
Sixteen held out for "favorite
sons" of the South, and most of
them declined to speculate on
their individual courses until
they see what forces are present
in the nominating convention
starting August IS in Chicago.
Three were undecided and
seven could not be reached for
comment.
Vote for johnson Seen
The poll Of the delegation was
taken by the Lynchburg Advance
the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch, the
Richmond News Leader, the
Roanoke World-News, the Pc
tersburg Progress-Index, the
Bristol Virginian Tennessean
and The Washington Star.
Nearly everyone interviewed
agreed that the withdrawal Of
Senator Kefauver "sews it up
for Mr.. Stevenson. perhaps or
the first ballot.
Some of Mr.. Stevenson's tor
supporters said they thought the
Virginia delegation-which vii
Igo to the convention uninstructec
and cast its 80 votes as a blot