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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
New Jobs Unit
Takes Oath

Members of the newly revi-
talized District Commissioners
Committee on Employment of
the Physically Handicapped were
sworn in today in the Office Of
Commissioner David B. Karrick.
After taking the oath from
Godfrey M. Thornett, secretary
to the Board of Commissioners,
the committe held a meeting to
discuss its task.
The group will work toward
educating the public, breaking
down resistance Of employers to
hiring handicapped persons,
seeking job opportunities for the
handicapped, and coordination
or efforts in the field.
j. Harvey DAILY, management
consultant who is the new chair
man Of the committee, said the
group would make findings on
how many handicapped persons
there are in the city. what their
qualifications are and how many
there are who could
use handicapped persons on jobs.
A subcommittee on occupa-
tional information was set up
under the Craftsmanship of A..
MacGregor Aver and Col. Edwin
E. Bethlehem was named chair
man of the public relations sub
committee. Mr.. DAILY, Glenn E.
Watts. vice chairman, and Bar
rington d. Parker will serve as
tbA steering committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
Lewis Will Meet
With D. c. Officials
On Zoninq Plans

Harold M. Lewis, the Districts
coming consultant, will meet with
city officials during the next few
weeks to work on the final draft
of his proposed District coming
|revisions to be submitted to the
Commissioners this fall.
Interviewed on the WTOh
television program, City Side, .
yesterday, Mr.. Lewis said he ex-
pected to be able to resolve cri-
ticism of his controversial pro-
posals. which have been discussed
at a series of public meetings
recently.
He declared that objections to
the proposals were not more than
might be expected and that they
could be resolved in discussions.
Mr.. Lewis reported that his
office had received more than 300
revision suggestions. Of which he
estimated 30 per cent favored
stricter building controls and the
rest called for relaxation of pro-
visions
Provisions for off-street park
ing floor area ratio for CONNER
cial buildings, nonconforming
lot sizes and the number and
size OF zoning districts are the
principal issues to be ironed out,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs 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
Janney, Wisconsin avenue and Albemarle
RudC,lph. Second and Hamilton streets
Taft eighteenth and Perry streets NE.
Powell, sixteenth and Lamont streets N W
Ne YORK lor ays Avsnq 4 First street and New
Loyeioya Twelfth and d streets NE.
kidRe, Ridge road and Burns street Sc
East Capitol, 5d2b East Capitol street.
Randall. First and Eye streets SW
Douala@ u High DOUGLASS and Stan
Simon, Fourth and Mississippi avenue
Arlington County. $40 PM.
Walter Reed drive
Maury 1000 Wilson boulevard
Prince GEORGES County, $40 PM.
Laurel Elementary School, Fifth and
Montgomery streets. Laurel
Happy Acres Elementary School. sixty
fourth and kilmer streets. Cheverly
MontGomery County. $40 PM.
Glenmont Recreation Center. Randolph
and Bluhill roads, Wheaton
Beach drive. Chevy Chase.
Li14oln Park, Lincoln Park. Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
STORM DAMAGE
.HALTS PICNICS IN
ROCK CREEK PARK

Picnicking will be cur
tailed in Rock Creek Park
for several days, National
Capital Parks officials an
nounced today.
About half of the picnic
tables = those along the
banks of the creek-were
washed away or covered with
SILT" explained T. Sutton
Jet, chief of the public use
branch. 1--WE have asked the
District Recreation Depart
ment not to issue picnic per-
mits for groves along the
creek until the tables are
cleaned or replaced"
Mr.. Jet said picnic facil-
tiles on higher ground had
not been damaged and would
be available to the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23

showing a one-man exhibit at
the Corcoran Gallery.
The class also includes a de-
p artm mt store commercial
artist, a silk-screen printer, a
modern-dance teacher, a D. C.
Teachers College professor OF
English, two high school art
teachers, two lawyers, three
housewives and two employees OF
embassies.
What we're trying to do"
Mr.. Perlmutter said, sis empha-
size good painting, not just
sketching. I want their work
to take on a professional tone. .
Yesterdays indoor session means
homework next week, painting
canvaSeS from the sketches.
Mr.. Perlmutter is confident
some of the paintings produced
by the class will find their way
into Washington galleries when
the regular season opens in the
fall. Miss BeSser'S painting of a
scene in Rock Creek Park al
ready has been exhibited at the
Artists Mart.
Mr.. Perlmutter'S wife, whose
professional name is Norma
Mazo, is also a painter and a
print maker who has exhibited
frequently in Washington. She
often assists her husband in his
Saturday morning classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
Fireman Saves
-
Marine'sLife

An Arlington fireman was
credited yesterday with saving
the life of Marine who stopped
breathing while both were being
taken to Arlington Hospital fol
treatment of smoke inhalation.
Fireman Leslie Hughes. 81
and Marine Sergt. George E
Hackett were overcome by smoke
and heat while fighting a fire
at the post theater building al
Henderson Hall Marine barracks
They were lying side by side
in the rescue squad ambulance
when Mr.. Hughes, a volunteer
fireman with Company No. l
noticed that Sergt. Hackett hao
stopped breathing.
Although gasping for breath
himself, Fireman Hughes started
giving artificial respiration tc
the Marine while rescue squad
man Guy Swarthouse admins
tered oxygen. The f1remen said
Sergt. Hackett began breathing
again in about five minutes.
Mr.. Hughes was treated at
Arlington Hospital and returned
to the fire. Sergt. Hackett and
another Marine. Pvt. Norbert F.
Rypkema, who also was over
come, we're taken to Bethesda
Naval Hospital, where they were
in satisfactory condi-
ton.
More than 200 Marines helped
firemen from the post, Fort Myer
and Arlington County. Marine
Warrant Officer r. E. Trometter,
officer of the day, directed the
first f1re-fighting and salvage of
goods from the theater, the
chapel and post exchange ware
house which also are in the
building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
District Pownbrokers Bill
aces Death in Senate

of the American Institute of
Architects at the corner OF
Eighteenth street and New York
avenue NV. over objections of
District officials. Annual taxes
now amount to 1888.
The Senate also approved tax
exemption for the headquarters
of the National Association of
Colored Women's Clubs, at 1901
r street NV, where present
property taxes amount to 1899
a year.
Two Measures Returned
In other action the Senate
approved a House resolution pro-
viding for public arrangements
for the presidential Inauguration
next January but the measure
goes back to the House because
of the addition of Senate amend
mentS.
Also passed but sent back to
the House for amendments was
a bill to facilitate gifts of stock
and other securities to minor
children in the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
D. c. Heads Pay Bill
Sent to Senate

The House today voice passed
and sent to the Senate a bill
raising the District Commits
sioners' salary to $1,000.
The Commissioners would re-
ceive a raise to $17,500 under an
amendment recently added by
the Senate to the bill raising
compensation of most high
level executives in the Govern
ment. This measure was in
conference today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
Art Class Goes Outdoors
To Paint Beauty Spots

In Rock Greek Park, along t,le
Potomac river or across the John
Philip Sousa bridge on a sunny
Saturday morning this summer
you may see a group of Is OF
20 persons seated at eaSels paint
ing the scenery.
The outdoor artists are en-
rolled in a six-week course
taught by Jack Perlmutter
Washington artist and a faculty
member of D. C. Teachers Col
lege. Mr.. Perlmutter organized
the class in response to requests
from artiStS-both amateur and
professional = who wanted a
chance to have their work crit
icized by an expert.
Yesterday the class met on
the balcony at National Airport
with sketch books instead of the
usual easels to draw what they
saw through the terminals
enormous window.
when the weather is threat
ening," Mr.. Perlmutter eX-
planned, I'VE meet indoors like
this. Ordinarily we do paintings
rather than sketches, but 1 was
afraid to bring the oils inside
I'm even a little worried about
the India ink" he confided
glancing nervously at the people
downstairs. who walked within
close range of an ink bottle.
Most of my students have
exhibited paintings arounc
town" said Mr.. Perlmutter
land at least two have had one
man shows of their own"
Samuel Herman, a Washing.
ton lawyer, and Gloria Besser
secretary to Judge Milton S
Kronheim. jr., of Municipa
Court, have had one-man show.
at D. c Teachers College.
Mr.. Perlmutter is currently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23

A bill to provide for the
licensing and regulation of
pawnbrokerS in the District ap-
parently is dying in the Senate
after passing in the House.
The measure was favorably re-
ported from the Senate District
Committee. But when it was
called again in the Senate during
consideration of the consent cal
endar Senator Robertson, Dem
ocrat of Virginia, objected.
Under a consent calendar call,
a single objection is sufficient to
block action.
Could Be Saved
Unless the Senate leaders
agree to spot the measure for
separate consideration where
there could be full debate, il
appeared the measure is dead
for this session.
In other actions today the
Senate gave its approval to -four
bills of local interest.
One of these would give tax
exemption to the Octagon House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
BY CHARLES A. McALEER
star STAFF Correspondent

INDIANTOWN GAP. Pa. July
23-Washington's largest Army
Reserve outfit, the 317th Infantry
Regiment, is undergoing its an
nual summer training here de-
spite the handicaps of not hav-
ing enough men and lacking
transportation of its own.
Nearly 500 men from the Met
ropolitan Washington Area are
starting the second week OF theil
15-day active duty tour just g
day after 1900 District Nationa.
Guardsmen finished their en-
campmept.
There's a wide contrast be-
tween the two organizations, but
it's no fault of the participants
The Guardsmen, representing
seven units, have a somewhat
similar manpower shortage, but
they definitely aren't lacking in
equipment. The Guard outfits
have an abundance Of trucks
jeeps, cranes, bulldozers and
other movable equipment. They
also have their own kitchen
facilities and other supplies.
Lack Almost Everything
The reservists have none
They came here last week in
a convoy of IL buses. They had
to draw rifles, machine guns
mortars and other weapons from
the base supply. They also had
to borrow kitchen and other
equipment. For vehicles, they
must depend on transportation
by Reserve trucking companies
here for training also from other
localities.
The reServists do have weap-
onS of their own back at their
weekly training center at 213l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
MARYLAND to Battle
For PEPCOFaci|ity
Dutu Gathered
For Hearing on
Power Plant

A Maryland committee today
was assembling engineering data
to meet Virginia opposition to
construction of a new 500 mil
lion Potomac Electric Power Co.
generating plant in Montgomery
County.
The material was being pre-
pared for presentation at a hear
ing before the Rivers and Harbors
subcommittee of the House Pub
lie Works Committee at 10 am.
tomorrow on a bill permitting
construction of a dam at the pro-
posed Dickerson site in Mont
gomery County.
Representative Smith, Demo-
crat of Virginia, is expected to
oppose the dam bill. Virginia
wants the lucrative tax-produc-
ing facility on its side of the
river in Loudoun County.
David Scull, president of the
Montgomery County Chamber of
Commerce and member of a citi-
zens' committee working to get
the power plant built in Mont
gomery, said his group had not
given up hope completely, and
would present engineering infor-
nation at the hearing to refute
Representative Smiths opposi-
ton.
Dam Held Not Needed
Mr.. Scull said he anticipated
Representative Smith would tell
the committee that PEPCO
would not need to build a dam
at the Loudoun site like the one
proposed for the Dickerson site
in the pending legislation.
IF they don't need a dam at
the Virginia site. then they don't
need one for the Montgomery
site, either" Mr.. Scull declared.
He explained that the purpose
of the proposed dam was to store
water for cooling generators. If
PEPCO chooses to use that COOL
ing method. it needs a dam
wherever it builds, said Mr.. Scull.
"Mr. Smiths only valid objec-
tons to the bill must be from an
engineering standpoint and we'll
be prepared to answer him." said
Mr.. Scull.
He acknowledged, however,
that the dam bill has another big
hurdle to clear even if the Rivers
and Harbors Subcommittee in
dorseS it. Before reaching the
House floor. it must go to the
House Rules Committee and
Representative Smith is chair
man of that committee.
Sees Approval On Vote
But we're still working on It
from every angle" said Mr.. Scull.
If we can get the bill to q vote,
there is no doubt Congress will
approve it. We aren't about to
give up"
The committee headed by Mr..
Scull has fought for construction
of the plant in Montgomery be-
cause the plant would serve CHS
toners in that county primarily.
They contend Montgomery resi-
dents, therefore, should benefit
from taxes on the plant.
PEPCO has options on 700
acres near Dickerson, but the
option expires September l. I'm
less the dam bill goes through,
PEPCO is expected to revert to
the original site bought for the
plant in Loudoun County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
Drill
In Third Phase

Operation Alert Sc moved into
its third phase today with WASH
ington presumably destroyed and
the area turned over to the con-
troll of the Federal Civil Defense
Administration.
The second phase ended last
night. AS the result of the city's
supposed bombing Friday, the
area was still so radioactively
hot" that no rescue crews could
get into the area of greatest
damage.
The second phase presumably
extended to IL pm. yesterday
but Col. John E. Fondahl. Wash
ington Civil Defense director
closed down his headquarters
station at Olney, Md, at Z pm.
The electrical storm was making
communications difficult at the
time.
At that time it was assumed
that rescue crews could work
for three or four hours in the
fringes of the B zone, Col For
dahl said. This zone of serious
but not complete damage had a
perimeter 612 miles from the
zero point of attack, which was
the Fourteenth street bridges
The zone line thus would cut a
short distance north of Military
road.
1t was assumed that about
5000 persons still were in the
northern and eastern part of the
zone. 1t was also estimated that
about 10000 had remained in
the completely and partly de-
stroyed areas and most of these
were presumed dead.
officials Confer
Yesterday Col. Fondahl con-
ferred with the District Commits
sioners and then relayed to Fed
eral civil defense headquarters
at Battle Creek, Mish.. the re-
quest that it take control of the
city. This was provided for in
the Presidents executive order
covering the test.
Col Fondahl said the Fire De-
partment's participation in the
test showed that more than 90
per cent of its equipment could
have been evacuated and saved
1t actually moved only enough
equipment to conduct communi-
cations exercises from four
points = Gaithersburg, Olney
Fort Washington and Glenn
Dale, Md.
Police Departures Delayed
The police estimated that only
As per cent of their personnel
got out. Departures of police
men were delayed while, pre-
sumably, they helped control the
heavy movement Of automobiles
carrying those fleeing.
The third phase of the exer-
else involves problems between
the regional civil defense head
quarters at Olney and the ma
tional headquarters at Battle
Greek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
Two Truinmen Hurt
As Freight Jumps Rails

COLUMBUS. Ohio. July % (P).
Two trainmen were hurt,
neither seriously, when 81 cars
of a 40-car Pennsylvania Rail-
road freight train derailed Just
north of here early today.
Damage to the eastbound,
Richmond, Ind, to Columbus
train and property was estimated
unofficially at about 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
Shortages Mar Training
OF DC. 317th Reserves


best to leave them there because
of the mode of transportation.
A change is in the offing, how
ever. When they return home,
the reservists expect to find
three 2l2-ton trucks and three
jeeps assigned to the unit for
the first time.
More men also are on the way,
and it may pick up each year
what with the Army's six-month
volunteer active duty program
for recruits in lieu of the draft
The 317th has SO men taking
advantage of that short-toul
training at Fort Jackson, S. C
When finished there. the recruits
will return to civilian life anc
be assigned to the 317th to COM
plete their required service ir
the reserves.
Labeled Good DEAF
1.-The six-month deal is the
best way the Army has ever haC
for the young man to fulfill hi
military obligation in the re-
serves" declared Col. N. P. Be.
vile, of 1886 South Wakefield
street, commander of the 3l7th
"And the word is gettins
around"
Tie 317th is part of the Re.
serves 80th Infantry Division
now training together at thi:
17,O00-acre military reservation
with a total of about 3,400 men
The division, commanded by
Maj. Gen. William M. Stokes
ILynchburg (Va0 broker, also
has two other regiments, the
318th from Virginia and the
319th, predominately from the
Baltimore area, and four artil.
Ilery battalions from Virginia.
At promptly 6 O'Clock thi'
morning the full division tool
to the field for a three-day
bivouac that will be coupled with
tactical training. night problems
dawn attacks and the like.
Much Practical Work
Last week the training wa!
divided into a combined course
of basic instruction for the re-
lcruitS, three other schools fol
the more experienced, and a spe.
cial tactical school for officers
There has been plenty of prac'
tical work, carrying out the the
cries and instruction giver
throughout the rest of the yea
at weekly drill periods.
The 80th Division was on &C
tive duty during World War II
1t furnished infantry support il
Europe for Gen. Patton's 81
Army. which was principal!
armored.
The 317th has one membe
who served with it during com
bat. Maj. Robert G. Moorhead
of Silver Spring. who as a seconC
lieutenant was wounded ant
captured in Germany and helC
a prisoner for nearly eigh
months. In the Korean war, thu
317th had 40 lieutenants. al
ROTC graduates. ordered to &C.
tive duty. Four of them wert
killed in action. About five have
returned to the 317th.
Col. Beville, an infantry Off
Ger attached to the 9th Air Force
in England in World War II, il
civilian life is staff assistant tt
the chief of the benefits division
of the Veterans Administration
His executive officer, 1t. Col
Benjamin L. Hunton, of 1921
Lawrence street NE. is one o.
the two senior instructors in thu
Washington high school cadet
corps.
Their biggest problems? Re.
cruiting men and inadequate
training facilities at home.
Washington is the largest
city in the United States without
a new armory since the end Of
World War H." Col. Bevillt
NOTED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
Reading Rate

ST. LOUIS.-Reading studies
indicate that a seventh grade
child should read about $40
words a minute; a high school
student from 100000 words;
end a college senior 300.35O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
The
Rambler
Cont Exercise
If You've Had 1t
By JACK JONAS

Another Army man has
added his voice to the plea
for Washington to get out of
the drivers seat and onto
the bicycle saddle.
Maj. Edward Fisher (USA,
Retired) thinks it would be
nice if the Government would
set up one or more bicycle
paths in Rock Greek Park to
help nurse the flabby back to
muscled manhood.
Not only that, he says, it
would help relieve the Wash
ington traffic jam.
Many young people would
take advantage of it," he
writes to the editor, but 1
feel that many older people
would, too"
The question is, major, how
old?
One reason the Hams Point
bicycle rental business folded
a couple of years ago is that
we old codgers past 38 wouldn't
go down there and rent BIZ
cycles any more. Even with
bicycles available at Hams
Point, Washington'S bodies
weren't being toned up by
pedal-puShing.
There was a great boom in
bicycle riding here during the
war, but that was more a mat
ter of necessity than muscle
building. The old family
jalopy was in the garage,
lacked up on its OPA gasoline
rationing coupons, and the
bicycle, requiring no gas, was
the next best thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23

tlvity on the cycling trails
undoubtedly stems from the
fact that home ownership in
the Washington area has
passed the so per cent mark
since the war years.
BY the time a fellow gets
finished moving the lawn,
Spading the garden, digging
weeds from the flower beds,
cultivating around the roses,
spraying the plants, and
crawling around on the roof
to retrieve lost baseballS,
there's little time left for
exercise.
The charcoal has to be toted
up out of the basement, and
the picnic table lugged around
to a new spot in the back
yard. And on week ends, the
family has to be taken swim
ming, and the man across the
street keeps insisting on a
weekly golf game.
And before a fellow knows
it, it's fall, with the leaves to
rake and the firewood to split
and the bulbs to mulch, and
then spring comes along and
the time is taken up climbing
ladders to clean out the gut
tiers or paint the window
frames, or in hauling the
heavy roller around over the
new grass seed.
1t isn't that a man wouldn't
like to get a little exercise,
if he had the time for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23
Rambling

Mrs. Edna King Schwartz
beck, of Boyds, Md, says her
3-year-old son, Tommy, came
in from the yard a few days
ago and startled her with
this comment: "Mommy, |
lost my mind-will you please
come out and help me find
it?"
Here's enc reason young
men can't seem to get ahead
atnese days. One young man,
commenting on a lady col
leagues new haircut, told
her: Il like your hair. You
don't look like Gina Lollo.
brigida, but 1t looks all right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-23

WASHINGTON Is full of OPP
portunitieS. A fellow would
like to drop down to the
YMCA, for example, for a
little muscle building, if he
didn't have that charleyhorse
from working in the garden.
And look at all of the
physical activities going on
this week end. National Cap
ital Parks, beginning at 8
am, has enough tramping
around scheduled to tone up
the most recalcitrant muscle.
That's the time for a bird
walk along the Chesapeake
& Ohio Canal, with another
set to get under way at 10
am, from Ridge drive and
Sixty-first street, in Brook
mont, Md.
There are flower walks, too,
at $3.50 am. and 10 am. in
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens,
and at 2 pm. a walk along
the trails of Theodore RooSe-
welt Island. That looks small
on the map, but try walking
the trails.
Sunday, the exercise gets
under way early-a bird walk
at Z am, and nature walks
at $3.50 and 10 am, all in the
Aquatic Gardens. Then back
to Theodore Roosevelt Island
at 2 pm, to discover life of
a forest in midsummer"
1t would be nice to take ad-
vantage Of some of these
things, If 1t weren't for the
lawn to NOV, the flowers to
be weeded, the hedge to be
trimmed, the swimming to be
done and the golf to be
played. 1t might even be nice
to take a spin along a bicycle
trail.
But there is, indeed, pre-
cious little time for exercise.