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three out Of four beginning with
the 18th.
Doug Ford, PGA champion
from Mahopac, N. Y, blazed out
in 81. but slumped to 81 coming
in to drop into the eight-man
68 bracket which also included
Gardner Dickinson, jr., Panama
City, Fla, pro-. who last Sunday
won his first big one" at Miami
Beach.
Tho Ioodocc.
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Europeans Study
Community Work
OF Civic Groups

Members of the Springfield
(Va.) Civic Association last night
were host to a group of Euro
peans who are studying Ameri-
can community group action.
After dinner in the homes of
IA Springfield families, the hosts
and their guests met in the
Hunter Motel on Shirley High
way to discuss local volunteer
community action and its rela-
tionship to Government.
The European visitors are
spending two months in various
American communities under the
sponsorship of the technical CO.
operation program of the In
ternational Cooperation Admin
istration. They represen t
government, trade union and
commercial organizations in Bel
GUM, Denmark, France, the
Netherlands and Norway.
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SCHOOL NEEDS A JET FIGHTER,
AND PUPILS MAY GET 1T

What Barrett School in Arlington needs jet fighter
for the young uns to play with.
That's what the school PTA thinks and the parents are
ready to back up their idea with cash.
Spokesman for the group asked the Arlington
School Board help the project The plan calls for
requesting surplus jet fighter plane ready for the scrap
heap to be given the school board installation at the
school playground.
Santa Paula (Calif) public school has done it to the
delight and educational enhancement of the children at that
school, the Arlington board told
The plane would be imbedded in concrete slab
stripped of its inner mechansms secured in such way
that the cockpit would be from the ground
Children would climb few get the cockpit
would have several dalS then would leave by
sliding board on the opposite side of the cockpit
Board members expressed interest in the plan but said
the school site too small for adequate recreation purposes
now They suggested asking the County Recreation Depart
ment to permit the jet if obtained to be set up on its
property adjoining Barrett School
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Foirfox Budget Comes Up
Monday for Final Action

Final action on q proposed
$18.7 million budget at a spe-
lcial meeting of the Board OF
Fairfax County supervisors al
2:30 pm. Monday.
Adoption of the budget would
increase the county's tax rate
by rs cents.
The supervisors agreed at their
meeting Wednesday to put up
$4,000 toward employing a tax
consultant to speak for North
ern Virginia before the Cover
nor's Commission on Taxation
at a hearing in Alexandria
June 8.
ZOning Actions
In rezoning actions at that
meeting, the supervisors:
/. Granted an application by
Arthur and Mary Frances Reed
to rezone 1860 square feet on
Leesburg pike adjacent to Seven
Corners from suburban residence
to general business.
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the average home value as of
1858 as determined by the Eco
nomic Survey of Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties
conducted by Homer Hoyt Asso-
ciates.
He conceded that the planners
used 1850 census statistics to de-
termine the number of "dilapi-
dated" and crowded" dwelling
units in each neighborhood, but
those were the only figures avail
able.
Mayor Watkins said he feels
confident that, if the planning
commission had measured the
quality of housing throughout
the regional district as it actu-
ally exists today. Seat Pleasant
would not be anywhere near the
bottom of the ranking.
Expenditures Cited
The Mayor said the planning
commissions report is being cir
culated just as his town. one of
the oldest in the area, is under
gong its greatest progress. He
said about 100000 was spent
on storm drainage and new
streets last year and about $780,
600 is being spent for that pur-
pose this year.
There is only one outdoor
privy left in the town and that
owner is ready to tear it down
as soon as the sewer line reaches
him later this summer" Mr..
Watkins stated.
He said the town government
went to court last year to force
three homeowners to abandon
their outhouseS and hook onto
the sewer line, but most resi-
dents did it voluntarily as sewer
facilities have been extended to
all sections Of Seat Pleasant.
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Civil Defense Leaders
Watch Sky-Truckino

Leaders of Civil Defense and
Ground Observer Corps units in
nearby Virginia yesterday were
given a demonstration of sky
tracking techniques employed by
the Air Defense Command at
Andrews Air Force Base.
The civilian visitors from Alex
andria, Falls Church, Arlington
and Fairfax were briefed by Air
Force officers on the functions of
the 85th Air Defense Division.
Governmental and police off,
Gals of the nearby areas were
among the touring party, ar
ranged by Col. Walter M. Oates,
Northern Virginia Civil Defense
Director. and Maj. Joseph Min
nick, Ground Observer Corps CO.
ordinator for Virginia.
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2. Granted an application by
Frank and Barbara Fox and
C. P. and P. B. Harness to re-
zone three acres on the west
side of Fourteenth setreet ada
cent to Cleveland Heights from
suburban residence to urban
residence. This action was con-
trary to the recommendation of
the planning commission, the
McHugh master plan and the
planning commission m aster
plan.
Rural to Suburban
3. Granted an application by
Velma and Gerald Erbst to re-
zone Al acres on the south side
of Accotink road east of Snow
den road from rural to suburban
residence.
4. Granted an application by
w. S. Hoge. IT., and Charles c.
Clark, IT.. to rezone 20 acres on
the east side of Germantown
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State roffic Records
Dealt Setback in Court

Attempts by Maryland State
Police to use records of traffic
violations as evidence against
drivers charged with second Of
lenses suffered a setback in
Hyattsville Police Court yester-
day.
Prince Georges County Judge
Grover Lee Small found Belts
vile house painter not guilty of
driving an automobile while his
license was suspended on ground
there was no proof that a De-
partment Of Motor Vehicles rec
ord presented by State Trooper
Robert L. Knight was actually
that of the defendant.
Judge Small also held that
the warrant against the defend
ant, Harry Edward Smith, 20,
colored. of Old Mill road. Belts
vile, should have detailed cir
cumstances of the suspension.
Judge Small dismissed the
case despite testimony from
Trooper Knight that Smith had
admitted to him his license had
been suspended.
Warrant Challenged
The not guilty verdict was
granted at the request of John
S. White, defense attorney, who
contended the warrant was
faulty and that motor vehicle
department records lacked suf-
ficient detail for admission in
court.
The ruling followed an opinion
from the attorney generals Of
fee that DMV records are ad-
MISSILE in Maryland courts.
The opinion was written by
Stedman Prescott, jr.. assistant
attorney general. at the request
of Commissioner of Motor We
hicles Frank Small, jr.
Mr.. Small requested the opin-
ion after Judge Small, who is
his nephew, dismissed a similar
traffic case last April 81 on
grounds that the DMV record
constituted hearsay evidence.
Permit Number Omitted
Ignatius Keane. Hyattsville
attorney who was called by
Judge Small as a friend of the
court" to discuss the legal
problem. said he was inclined
to feel that the attorney gen.
eral might be right" but the
record presented as Smiths was
insufficient in detail.
The record held by Trooper
Knight listed only a Harry
Smith .Beltsville. Md" 1t did
not specify the number of the
drivers permit revoked after the
Harry Smith" had his license
suspended July 30, 1854, because
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Mr.. Rutter. Mr.. Draheim and
several of the flve school board
members are expected to attend
the conference, which was set
up with the assistance of State
Senator Charles r. Fenwick of
Arlington.
To Hire 1873 Teachers
In another action, the board
approved the hiring of 1873 new
teachers to fill vacancies for the
next school year. Salary sched-
ules of about 900 teachers now
in the system were approved for
the coming year. A staff member
told the board 81 teaching posts
remain to be filled for the COM
ing school year.
The board received a report
that 800 to 1000 students will
be on double sessions in the
school term beginning next fall.
This would involve from 20 to
81 classes, it was reported.
II the proposed $4.5 million
bond issue for school improve
ments is approved June S, part
OF the overcrowding may be
eased during the next school
year by an addition to the
jamestown Elementary School
which would add IL classrooms.
Schools which will be af-
fected by double sessions next
fall are jamestown with eight
classes in the first through third
grades on double shifts: Madi-
son. four classes of first and
second graders; Nottingham,
four classes Of first graders;
Monroe. two to four classes of
first and second graders: wilson,
two classes OF first graders. and
Drew. eight or 10 classes Of first
through third graders.
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Mayor Disputes Findings
In Seat Pleasant SURVEY

Mayor Ben Watkins OF Seat
Pleasant today challenged the
accuracy of recent survey
which ranked his town among
the lowest in suburban Maryland
in terms Of quality of housing,
density. social conditions and
community facilities.
The survey was made by the
advance planning section of the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. The
results were reported in a pub
LEGATION entitled Residential
Neighborhoods," which the COM
mission issued two months ago.
The surveyors divided the
Maryland Washington regional
district into 1876 neighborhoods
for purposes of their study. One
of these neighborhoods encom-
passed all of the town of Seat
Pleasant except a small section
on the east.
On the basis of the four fac
tors examined, the report listed
Seat Pleasant among the seven
lowest-ranking neighborhoods.
Used 1850 Figures
Mayor Watkins. vigorously
denying any implication in the
report that his town is a Slum,
said that the planning commits
sion used 1850 Census Bureau
statistics in making its conclu-
sions concerning the quality of
housing in the neighborhoods.
About go per cent of the resi-
dental units in Seat Pleasant
have been built since 1885," the
mayor added.
Joseph r. Marches, one of the
planners who made the neigh
borhood study, said that, in ex-
aiming the quality of housing,
the greatest weight was given to
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MARYLAND VIRGINIA NEWS

road north of Route so from
rural to suburban residence.
S. Denied an application by
r. NJ. Small to rezone seven
acres on the north side of Co.
lonial avenue west of Route 623
from rural to suburban resi-
dence.
6. Denied an application by
Frank and Barbara Fox and c.
P. and P. B. Harness to rezone one
acre at the northwest corner of
Route 7 and Fourteenth street
from suburban residence to gen.
eral business.
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Bethesda Women Win
Garden Club Awards

The B esda Community
Garden Club held its 32d spring
flower show Wednesday at Christ
Lutheran Church. Sweepstakes
winners were Mrs. Seymour Yes
termark for artistic arrangement
and Mrs. Charles D. Heron for
most points in specimens. A gold
Ribbon of Merit for best ar
rangement was won by Mrs.
Henry P. Chandler.
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he was involved in an accident
without having liability in
Surance.
Trooper knight said he ar
rested the defendant April 8,
1855, near Laurel. Smith jumped
a $1,000 bond. Trooper Knight
said, but was caught last Apr.
20 in the Muirkirk area. Since
then. Smith has been in the
Upper Marlboro jail awaiting
disposal of the case.
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LEE STRAW HATS

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breezy Lee stroW Styled with new,
neoter brins, topered crowns to give you
the "noturoI" look you want Choose
from complete range Of coIors to COM
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Annual Country Fair

The Central Jewish Commu-
nifty Center of Prince Georges
County will hold its annual
country fair on Sunday from IL
am, to 4 pm, at the farm of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Shatten-
stein of Mitchellville, Md.
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School Boards Lowyer
To Attend Stanley Farley

A prominent Arlington attor-
ney will accompany Arlington
School Board members when
they visit Gov. Stanley in Rich
mond Tuesday to seek State aid
in answering an Indignation
suit.
James H. Simmonds, who has
been legal adviser to the school
board in recent years, was in
vited by the board to attend the
conference as an observer.
School Board Chairman E. r,
Draheim stressed that Mr.. Sim
monds had not been engaged as
counsel to defend the Arlington
board in a suit filed in Federal
District Court in Alexandria de-
handing an end to school segre-
cation.
Asked whether the board had
invited Arlington Commonwealth
Attorney william j. HasSan to
attend. Mr.. Draheim said Mr..
Hassan has never represented
the school board.
Feeling Of Board
T. Edward Rutter, school SUI
perintendent. added that the
board feels the suit filed is not
against them as local officials
but as State officials and for that
reason the aid Of the Governor
and State attorney general is
being sought.
A resolution adopted by the
school board last night declared
that the suit filed by a group of
Arlington parents represented by
attorneys for the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement OF
Colored People was against the
board as IAN administrative de-
partment Of the Commonwealth
Of Virginia"
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Scholarships Awarded

The Mount Vernon Civitan
Club has awarded scholarships
for graduate study to Mrs. Lu-
ellie Presgraves and Mrs. Ida
Briscoe. Fairfax County school
teachers. The two teachers will
speak on their study plans at the
clubs annual election meeting
on lime
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Chicago Unperturbed
As Convention. ,Neors
From The stars Convention Bureau

CHICAGO Aug. 9-There is unwritten rule that the
national political parties do not hold their
Capital and perhaps it's just well that the
1t is doubtful that Wahington-whch excited when
things become hot Congress which
thy when the American Legion back
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No Snub Intended
In Omitting D. c.
On Stevenson Sian
From The stars Convention Bureau

From The stars Convention Bureau
CHICAGO, Aug. 9-DiStrict
of Columbia delegates to the
Democratic National Conven-
ton may be assured that no
snub was intended by the
Stevenson-for- President cam
paign directors.
The Stevenson group opened
a large reception room in the
Conrad Hilton Hotel yesterday
and got ready to do business
today. Along one side of the
room are desks, each with a
sign naming the region-such
as Middle Atlantic"-and list
ing the. States in that region,
Delegates visiting the head
quarters are invited to register
at the appropriate desks.
A reporter noted that the Dis
trio of Columbia does not APP
pear on any sign, although both
Maryland and Virginia are listed
at the Middle Atlantic" desk
He asked a Stevenson official
whether support from the Ma
tons Capital was not being So
licited.
"Oh. my goodness" the Of
fetal replied. THE District isn't
on any of those signs, is it?
We have to fix that up right
away"
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Work Rights
Seen Popular

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 9 (P.-
Senator Goldwater, Republican
of Arizona. has urged the Re-
publican Platform Committee not
to tamper with the Taft-Hartley
law in any way that might en-
danger "right-to-work" laws in
II States.
He made the statement in a
letter to Senator Bush, Republic
can of Connecticut, chairman of
the committee. 1t was released
today.
Senator Goldwater said he was
prompted to write by an article
which reported Secretary of
Labor Mitchell in favor of repeal
of the right-to-work laws, which
ban the closed shop.
Mr.. Mitchell, who has often
urged States to reconsider their
right-to-work laws. has not
stated publicly whether the
G. o. P. should advocate their
repeal.
Such laws are popular and
would be approved by majority
of States. if presented openly and
fairly on the ballot" said Sena-
tor Goldwater, who is a member
of the Senate Labor and Public
Welfare Committee. Therefore
I feel it is imperative that no
such plank be made a part of
Republican platform for 1856"
Senator Goldwater said he
agrees with Mr.. Mitchell that the
Taft-Hartley law needs some
changes and would like to see
proposals along that line backed
by the G. o. P.
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physical examination before
election to determine his own
fitness for another term.
b Mrs. Roosevelt also was quoted
as saying consideration of health
had no part in the decision to
drop Henry A. Wallace as Mr..
Roosevelt'S running mate in 1914.
The Times said this statement
was an interesting sidelight in
view of the current debate in
Republican circles over whether
Richard M. Nixon should be the
Presidents running mate"
The question of President
Roosevelt's physical fitness to
run again was reaffirmed by
Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire,
President RooSevelt's physician,
in his book White House Physi-
cian."
In the book DR.. McIntire re-
called that on the basis of check
ups in 1913, 1914 and 1945 he had
said that the President was in
excellent condition for a man of
his age"
President Roosevelt died of a
cerebral hemorrhage April IL,
1945, at the age of So. about three
months after his Inauguration
as President for fourth term.
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economic environment" has foS-
tered steady economic growth.
I'VE have not entered a new
era in which prosperity can be
taken for granted" Mr.. Parker
said. Our problem now is to de-
velop a program which will en-
courage and protect this con-
fidence. and thereby keep our
Nation moving forward"
Business Spokesman
Mr.. Parker, as head of the
and John S. Coleman. as
president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce gave
their views as spokesman for two
leading business organizations.
Mr.. Parker said that for the
first time in many years both
party conventions can write plat
forms "in a situation of national
prosperity which has not beer
created artificially by war or the
aftermath of war and which is
not being sustained by Govern
ment expenditure"
What is it the American
people want?" he asked. "They
want peace, not at the expense
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Doctors Cleared Roosevelt
For 18th ERIN, Wife Says

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (P).-The
New York Times today quoted
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt as
saying doctors told her husband
less than three months before
his campaign for fourth term
that he could quite easily 60 on
with the activities of the Presi-
dency."
Mrs. Roosevelt recalled, the
Times said, that the President
underwent series of physical
examinations in May, 1914. She
said the only advice given by the
doctors, who found him well
and active" was that he should
rest every day" to ease heart
weakened by the strain of the
war years in the White House.
The Times said Mrs. Roose-
velt's statement took on signifi-
canoe in view of President Eisen-
hower's statement yesterday that
he planned to have a further
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THE EVENING STAR AS
Washington, D. C. ~
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1886

and confidence of the
American people"
Hits Government Excess
Mr.. Coleman, speaking for the
Chamber of Commerce, said that
while the United. States is a
big country with a big economy
and complex society. Govern
ment should be tailored" to
needs and not in excess of those
needs.
Both business witnesses urged
Government economy, lower
taxes on business and reap
praisal of foreign aid expend-
itures. Both called for bans
on requiring membership in
labor unions and further curbS
on labor organizations.
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changing roles in the drama to-
day.
In 1928. it was the South that
favored strict enforcement of the
dry laws, while the Northern
politicians were faced with big
city sentiment for repeal or
modification. Today it is the
South which wants modification
OF the school indignation decision
and State control of civil rights
IN general, while the North up
holds school indignation.
The 1928 convention also
pointed up the fact that a presi-
Dental nominee frequently spells
out his own platform or gives his
own Interpretation during the
campaign to the document his
party has adopted. After he
had been nominated at Houston.
Gov. Smith sent the convention
a telegram, declaring he would
point the way to modification or
repeal of the dry laws. ~