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Ruth Cowun of APP
WEEDS BrudIey Mash

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va.
June 80 (P).-MiSs Ruth Bald
win Cowan, former Associated
Press correspondent in Washing
ton, and Bradley Nash of Har'
pers Ferry and Washington, wert
married here today. She recently
ended a 27-year career as an AS
ISOLATED Press reporter.
DR.. Samuel Reynolds Diehl
pastor of the Martinsburg CIV
Va First Presbyterian Church
officiated at the ceremony which
took place in the historic garden
of the summer home of Mr.. anc
Mrs. John Perry of Pittsburgh
Pa.
Richard L. Coe, drama critic
of the Washington Post anc
Times Herald, gave the bride il
marriage. His wife. Mrs. Chris
tine Sadler Coe, Washington edi'
tor of McCalls magazine, was the
brides matron of honor. Jay
Eyster of Charles Town, w. Va.
was best man for Mr.. Nash, who
formerly held a number of Gov
eminent posts.
After a motor trip through
West Virginia, the couple will bt
at home at High Acres Farm
Harpers Ferry.
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TuIIuhus;see's
Buses Quit

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, June 80
R.-Barring an unexpected de-
velopment. the public bus sys-
tenn for this city of 10000 will
suspend operations at midnight
because Of a boycott by Negro
riders.
Negotiations aimed at a set
Element of the month-long dis
pute got nowhere. The City Com
mission and the Negro Inter-
Civic Council, spearheading the
boycott, each madei proposals
the other refused to accept.
Last night the council voted
to set up its own transportation
system. Car pools have been
used by Negroes since the boy
colt began over the arrest of
two Negroes who refused to move
to the back of a bus. The charges
were later dropped.
The city government offered
to permit the Cities Transit Co
to employ Negro drivers on pre-
dominantly Negro lines as well
as permit open seating on the
Negro lines except for a three
passenger front seat reserved for
white patrons.
The Negro group rejected the
offer unanimously. 1t demanded
the employment of Negro driv-
ers within 80 days and the for.
nation of a 20-man commit.
tee, made up of IL whites anc
IL Negroes. to handle the seat.
ing dispute.
The City Commission rejected
the councils proposals anc
withdrew its own offer.
The entire commission said
Some day there will be a real.
ization on the part Of those tina
have been misled by their so.
called leaders that they hav,
been and are being exploited
for the benefit Of those leader!
for their own glory, advance
ment and gain"
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Durhom Lawyer Urges
Court to Drop Case

public custody were he serving
the second sentence.
A Principle Satisfied
The principle that crime
shall not go unpublished has
thus been fully satisfied in this
case. and l do not feel that the
community's interest would be
served by another trial and pos
siblv further commitment.
Mr. Fortas said he under
stood that psychiatrists who
have examined Durham agree
he is not DANGEROUS to the COM
munity, He added that Durham
is presently employed as a
printer and there is no reason
to assume that he will engage
again in anti-social conduct"
Under these circumstances
he concluded. Il urge you to
forego further proceedings
against Durham. I believe that
the community will accept such
a decision as rejecting the high
est traditions of the admins
tration of Justice"
Mr., Gasch said he was not
prepared to make a decision at
this time and would not decide
the question until he and his
assistants have had an oppor
tunity to review the facts.
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Ford Grants
Total Largest
Since Founding

NEW YORK. June 80 (P.-
The Ford Foundation issued an
annual report today describing
"a philanthropic program under
which grants and appropri-
atoms totaling 137,063. 1854
largest sum in the Foundations
Ihistory-were made.
The fiscal report covers the
period of October /, 1854, to
September 80, 1855. On the lat
ter rate it listed assets Of
$685. 18,567.
Not included in the Founda-
tons recapitulation because.
although begun during the last
fiscal period they were not an
nounced until this year, we're:
The special appropriation Of
$500 million to raise college
faculty salaries, improve medi-
cal education and expand the
services of hospitals to their
communities.
The preparation for the
Investigation Of Foundation
assets which resulted in the
eventual sale Of 100000 shares
Of Ford Motor Co. stock, repre-
senting % per cent of the Foun-
dation's holdings in the company.
Gained Most Attention
H. Rowan Gather. jr., chair
man and president of the Foun-
dation, said these two actions
perhaps commanded most pub
lie attention: the first was, in
the aggregate. the largest sum
appropriated at one time in the
history of American philan-
thropy. and the second opened q
great American business corpora
ton to public investment"
/ Mr.. Gather said the Founda-
ton received $642,600,000 from
the stock sale, before expenses.
He said the Foundation invested
the net proceeds of the sale on
the day the check was received.
"Diversification of it's holdings
will give the Foundation greater
financial f1exibility in carrying
on its program, including pos
sible expenditures of principal
when deemed appropriate by the
trustees" the chairman said.
Merit Scholarship Gift
The annual report also noted
the Foundations appropriation
of 20 million to the National
Merit Scholarship Corp, an in
dependent, profit organiza-
ton created jointly by the Foun-
dation and the Carnegie Corp.
Merit scholarships are four
year competitive awards to nigh
school students, with stipends
determined individually on the
basis of need.
Other major Foundation APP
preparations in the fiscal year
were SIS million for research
into mental illness and emotional
Embellishments. and $7,825, 900
to seven law schools for a 10-year
program of strengthened teach
ing and research.
internationally, the Founda-
ton gave educational assistance
in South and Southeast Asia and
the Near East.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
BY ROBERT X. WALSH

The school construction aid
measure. moving at a legislative
pace comparable to Shake
speare's snail-like schoolboy, has
caused a pile-up that may all
but cancel a House bill to boost
postal rates.
House Democratic leaders shed
no tears at this prospect. They
also do not seem to fret over
a further possibility that slow
progress on the school construc-
ton Federal aid legislation dims
the chances of handling a highly
explosive civil rights bill before
Congress adjourns late this
month.
Democratic as we'll as Repub-
lican leaders nevertheless do not
want undue delay that would
endanger enactment of a school
construction measure SubStan-
TALLY along the lines of the bill
debated in the House last
Wednesday and Thursday. In
an election year, some have re-
marked privately, neither party
would risk blame for blocking a
basic program urged by Presi-
dent Eisenhower and sponsored
in the pending Democratic bill
to help hard-preSsed States build
additional classrooms.
Parties Differ
The parties differ on the meth
cd of distributing Federal funds
on a matching basis to States
Disputes likewise center on
whether $l.6 billion in Federal
aid should be spread over four
years or, as President Eisenhow-
Ier proposed. $1.2 billion be sup
piled over five years.
The particularly controversial
amendment demanded by Rep
iresentative Powell, Democrat OF
New York. has split ranks in
both parties. This amendment,
tentatively scheduled to be acted
on tomorrow. would withhold
Federal school construction aid
from States or local school dis
tricts refusing to integrate their
systems in compliance with the
Supreme Courts decision of May
II, 1854, against racial segrega-
ton in public schools.
Meanwhile, as Congress to-
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Robert P. Rosemon, Guarded
Crossings in 7 ukomu Park

trolman job in Takoma Park.
Mr.. Roseman was a life men,
Der and former sergeant-at-
arms of the Takoma Park Vol
unteer Fire Department. He
was a member of the Holy Name
Society of Our Lady Of Sor-
rows Church. Takoma Park,
where requiem mass will be
offered at 9 am. Tuesday.
Burial will be in st. Johns
Cemetery. Forest Glen. Md.
Survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. Nelson w. Curtiss, 90l
Karlson avenue, Hyattsville,
Md; Mrs. Donald Younker,
Rockville. Md: Mrs. Stuart B.
Lamb. of the Grant avenue adj
dress; 10 grandchildren and IL
great grandchildren. His wife,
Mrs. Caroline King Roseman,
died in 1881.
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D. c. Wife Tells of Burning
Husband to Death With Oil
Postal Rate Bill

Lottie johnson, SO, of SOC K
street S.W.. told police she
poured kerosene on her husband
while he was in drunken stu
por and then burned him to
death yesterday.
The woman, who is colored,
said she became angry with her
common law husband. Harry
Johnson. So, an unemployed
dishwasher. because he failed to
defend her in an argument last
night.
Fourth Precinct Detectives
Francis Verrier and Henry Wes-
ley said the woman told them
her husband had been drinking
and went out on the lawn to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Demonstration at U. N
Backs Polish Rioters

NEW YORK. June 80 (P).-
About 200 persons of Polish ex-
traction staged a demonstration
outside the United Nations
Building today in sympathy with
Poles rioting in Poznan against
the Communist regime.
I'VE demand freedom for Po-
land one placard said. THE
U. N. should stop the massacre
of defenseless peoples
The demonstrators sang hymns
and carried flags--both Ameli-
can and Of the Polish govern
ment in exile. The orderly dem
onstration lasted about so min
uteS.
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morrow enters the home stretch
the Federal aid to school con.
struction bill assumes a still
more important role in the over
all parliamentary picture.
Postal Rate Bill
Republicans, for example, have
been insisting that House Dem
ocratic Leader Mccormack bring
up the administration bill tt
increase postal rates. particular
Ily by raising the first-claSs mai
rate to 4 cents instead of
and lifting the air mail charge
from 6 to Z cents.
Mr.. Mccormack. despite hi!
announced reluctance. has ar
ranged to have the postal meas
Iure come UP tomorrow-but only
for a debate on the Rules Com.
mittee's recommendation fol
time and conditions Of debate
If the House adopts that rec.
ommendation, it will take VI
the bill later. How much latel
is a question that might become
tangled in the congressional ad-
Journment rush.
Before resuming work on thu
school construction bill tomor'
row and considering amend.
ment proposals, the House PLAN
to dispose of numerous minol
matters on the calendar. 1t alsC
will act on another 10 or IL fair.
ly important bills under suspen'
sion of the rule requiring unani'
nous consent for immediate
consideration. Those bills re-
portedly are non-controversia
but could arouse oratory.
In any event, the House hold
scant hope of completing actor
on the school construction bill
before Tuesday and, under {
prior agreement, would not con-
duct roll calls until Thursday.
Furthermore, the foreign aic
appropriation bill is expected tt
be reported out this week Of
next by the House Appropria-
lions Committee. Ordinarily il
would be given priority, ano
thus come up for floor actor
before the postal bill or the civil
rights bill. The foreign aid bill
would provide the money au.
thorized in the mutual security
measure previously passed BY
the House and debated in the
Senate last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

sleep. She said she became
angry, dragged him into the
house and poured kerosene over
his body. She said she then put
papers at his feet, midsection
and head and lit the papers.
The detectives said the woman
told them she had change OF
heart, grabbed a basin of water
and threw it on her burning hus-
band.
BY the time f1remen arrived,
the man was dead, detectives
said. The body was taken to the
District Morgue and Mrs. john
son was charged with homicide
She told police she and her
husband had been living to?
gether since 1921.
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.McNumuru Denies
.Wickershom Quiz
On Land DEALINGS
BY the Associated Press

Senator Mcnamara, Democrat
Of Michigan, has advised Repre-
sentative Wickersham, Demo
crat of Oklahoma. that there
was never ANY thought" on the
part of the Senate Public Works
Subcommittee which he heads tc
investigate land deals of the
Oklahoma Congressman.
Mr.. Wickersham yesterday
made public letter from Sen.
ator Mcnamara stating that
there had been discussion at one
subcommittee meeting concern
ing possible land speculation in
the area of a proposed site fol-
a new Geological Survey Build
ing.
Published reports in a Wash
ington newspaper several weeks
ago said MI Wickersham had
taken an option to buy land in
nearby Maryland. in the general
area of the proposed Geological
Survey Building site, and later
had disposed Of it.
Mr.. Wickersham at that time
denied he he'd engaged in the
land transaction with any knowl-
edge of governmental interest in
the area.
Concerning the subcommittee
meeting on the Geological Sur
vey Building. Senator Mcnamara
told Mr.. Wickersham.
Your name was never men,
toned during the meeting. nor
was there any thought OF in
vestlgating you personally.
might add that there were nc
accusations made against you"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

The court appointed counsel
for Monte Durham on his first
trip to the United States Court
of Appeals disclosed yesterday
that ne has urged the Govern
ment to try Durham third
time.
The attorney, Abe Fortas, rep
resented Durham in the appeal
which resulted in new and
broader test for criminal inSan-
ity. What came to be known as
the Durham decision has been
debated and discussed at legal
and medical meetings all over
the country.
Durham has been convicted
twice on a HOUSEKEEPING charge
and twice the appellate court
has set it aside. After the sec
ond reversal, the prosecution
tried unsuccessfully to get a re-
hearing by the entire appellate
bench. A few days ago. the ap-
pellate mandate was sent down.
clearing the way for a third
trial.
Letter Reviews Case
Il do not know Mr. Fortas
wrote United States Attorney
Oliver Gasch. whether you have
made any decision to bring Dur
ham to trial for a third time.
l do not presently represent
Durham, but / feel that the in
terest of justice and fair play
would not be advanced by fur
ther prosecution"
After saying that the letter
was written entirely on his own
initiative and without request OF
solicitation, Mr., Fortas made
this argument:
Durham was arrested on July
10, 1851, and since that date he
has spent 81 months in ST. Eliza
beths Hospital and Is months in
the District Jail, or a period Of
4 years and 5 months in public
custody.
AT the conclusion of the first
trial, Judge alexander Holtzof
imposed a sentence Of 3 to 10
years, and at the conclusion of
the second trial, Judge David
Al Pine imposed a sentence Of
l to 4 years. Durham has thus
spent more than the minimum
of the first sentence in a pub
lie institution, and he probably
would have been discharged from
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average weekly pay dropped 5s
cents to $78.40. Hourly pay is
at an all-time highD
May Is Best Month
Still, May was the best month
of 1856. Total building outlay;
showed a 5000 million rise
causing the Commerce Depart
ment to post a new construc-
ton estimate for the year -
$44.5 billion, a record for the
18th straight year.
Meantime a Government sur
Ivey Of industry'S intended plant
and equipment spending. taken
at a time when businessmen
were supposed to be jittery
showed plans to step up plant
inves sim tents continuously
through the third quarter.
And though factory employ
ment declined in May, mostly
because of auto troubles, total
employment climbed to 65l4
million, and non-farm employ
ment to nearly go million. The
latter figure was 100000 above
April and 112 million over a
year ago. Unemployment rose
slightly, about $4,000.
Employment Rise Seen
Employment is expected to
rise seaSonally this summer tc
new record of about Sc mil
lion. JoblesSness will rise also
if. as expected, there are not
enough new jobs to take care OF
June graduates.
Retail sales in May went to
a new 1856 high, 212 per cent
ahead of a year ago.
The Government analysts
found this particularly encourag-
ing. for consumers had seemed
reluctant all spring to part with
money, even though total per-
sonal income was climbing. 1t
reached a record rate of $3l7
billion annually in April.
If consumers demand contin-
ues strong, the economists rea-
son. it will be easier Tor industry
to sell off the stock of televiSion
sets and household appliances
which have accumulated at
many factories.
Nevertheless, the inventories
of unsold goods and cars, neces-
stating cutbackS in production,
are among the reasons for ex-
pecting a production lag in the
third quarter.
Steel Stocks High
Another reason is that the
steel using industries have
stocked up this spring in an
ticipation of bad news from the
steel wage negotiations in New
YorK-bad news either way.
A strike would be bad for those
dependent on steel, but a wage
boost--which steelmen say would
cause a price ncrease-would be
bad, too.
In either case. the country
will be using up steel stocks, to
some extent, instead of ordering
new metal. One congressional
staff economist figures steel out
put may drop to IS per cent of
capacity. or perhaps even 80,
for a few weeks"
This expert agrees with ad-
ministration economists that the
gross national product" = the
dollar value of all goods and
services produced-haS been at
about the same rate in the
April-June quarter as in the first
quarter, or around $685. billion
a year. perhaps a little higher
but if SO, only because of price
increases. not actual physical
production.
The third quarter might drop
of a billion dollars or so; not
until the fourth quarter, it is
gen rally believed, will produc-
ion make good the January
forecast OF President Eisenhower
when he sad: We stand at the
threshold of $500 billion econ
omy.''
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u. S. Economists Predict
Slump Now, Rise Later

Government economists today foreSaw business
u followed by October December recovery
production rate slightly above $500 billion year.
Some apprasing prospects at the mdpont Of what may
the countys most described the
chart of 1856 as saucer shaped"
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Toad Is Fast Diqqer

DIES MOINES.-The spade
foot toad has two spadelike
structures on his rear feet that
enable him to dig quickly into
soft garden soil and disappear
with amazing rapidity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

THE SUNDAY STAR All
Washington, D. c. s*ss
SUNDAY, JULY 1, 1885
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Farm Prices Rising
Farm prices, it was pointed
out, have risen at last after a
four-year decline. In five months
the parity ratio measure
Of prices received by farmers as
against the prices they pay-has
risen from 80 to IS.
The auto industry, bellwether
for many others, is 20 per cent
behind record-smashing 1855 in
sales. But last week in Detroit
where $4,000 are unemployed
Ford and General Motors said
unemployment had passed its
peak and some laid-oh workers
will be rehired each week here
after. Large-scale rehiring will
occur in the fall when the new
model year begins.
! officials noted that the auto
industry was responsible for most
Of the weak points visible in the
June issue Of Economic Indi-
Gators" statistical bulletin of the
Presidents Council of Economic
Advisers.
The physical output Of in
dustry was down q Of / per cent
from April to May. Factory en-
ployment dipped about l/10 OF /
per cent. The factory work-week
was l8 minutes shorter, to an
average Of 40 hours; therefore
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School Aid Measure
SLOWS Postal Rate Bill

morrow enters the home stretch,
the Federal aid to school con-
struction bill assumes a still
more important role in the over
all parliamentary picture.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25

Lyndon johnson Of Texas II
enter the primary. but both de-
clined. Senator Holland Of Flor
ida was asked to head a favor
Iite-son" slate of delegate can
didates. He declined because OF
press of important business in
| the Senate. The field is left,
therefore, to Senator Kefauver
and Mr.. Stevenson.
Senator johnson, who has
been more and more mentioned
Ias a possible candidate for the
nomination, is adamant against
getting into the contest. He has
under consideration only a pro-
posal that he head the Texas
delegation to the Democratic
Convention, in a move to end
Democratic strife in his State.
In such a position he would be
considered a favorite-son candi-
date. But Senator Johnson. 1t
is said, will go no further than
that. He has declined to take
sides in the Stevenson
Hartman race for the presiden-
tial nomination-and has so in
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formed all three. He will enter
no presidential primaries.
Mr., Stevenson is entered alone
In the Illinois primary, his horlE
State, April 10. and also In the
Pennsylvania primary, April "a
Illinois viii have 81 and Penn
sylvania IA votes In the Demo-
cratic National Convention.
If Senator Kefauver should
win the primaries in which he is
entered. and those in which he is
expected to enter. he would go
into the party's national conven-
ton with 318 votes out of a total
convention vote of 1872. It takes
a majority to nominate. In 1852,
Kefauver received $40 votes on
the first ballot for the presiden-
tial nomination, and on the Sec
ond ballot, 362la. That was his
highwater mark. Mr.. Stevenson,
who had entered no primaries,
but had the backing of the then
President Truman and many
other Democratic leaders, was
nominated on the third ballot. !,
This year, however, the situa-
ton is different. Senator Kefau-
yer has proved his vote getting
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,sional session. Senator johnson
said. One of his partners is
Thomas Corcoran, former key
laide to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Mr.. Rowe himself was a for
Imer administrative assistant to
President Roosevelt. He also
served as secretary to the late
Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes. as an official in
the Justice Department, and as
"a member of the first Hoover
Commission on. Reorganization
of the Government. He was a
Navy officer in World War II.
Jim Rowe is a valued friend
of 20 years standing" Senator
Johnson said in a statement.
"Over the years, have had the
benefit Of his counsel on a per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
Kefouver to Campaign
For Florida Test Vote

will have that States 28 dele
gate votes without opposition.
Since Senator Kefauver il
meeting Mr.. Stevenson directly
in the Florida and California
primaries. these are regarded as
the important tests between the
two active candidates for the
Democratic nomination. -Four
years ago. the Tennessee Sena-
tor lost the Florida primary to
Senator Russell of Georgia-then
an announced candidate for the
presidential nomination. Sena-
tor Russell's lead over Senator
Kefauver was about $1,000. Even
so, Senator Kefauver was able
to win five delegate votes to 10
for Russell.
Senator johnson Declines
Early in the year. Democratic
leaders in Florida sought to get
Senator Russell and Senator