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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
.AFL-CIO Hears
2 suspended Aides

The fate of two union officials
suspended on charges of malad-
ministration of welfare funds to-
day rested with top officials OF
the AFL-CIO.
The two local officials, Charles
Naddeo, financial secretary
treasurer of a Philadelphia Can
Workers Federal Union, and Paul
Dorfman, financial secretary
treasurer of Chicago Waste
Material Handlers local, Defend
ed themselves against the charges
yesterday in closed session before
AFL-CIO Vice President Joseph
Beirne.
Mr.. Beirne said he would study
the case and make recommends
lions to AFL-CIO President
George Meany. who suspended
the two men December %. Mr.
Meany said he suspended the
pair on the basis of information
revealed before congressional
committees and the AFL-CIO's
own Investigators.
AFL-CIO officials said the two
men have the right of appeal to
the AFL-CIO 29-man executive
council and the convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
$4,000 in Checks
Laid to D. c. Man

A 34-year-old man yesterday
was charged with bogus check
operation which police say Melted
him some $4,000 in less than
three months.
He is booked as Wendell Leon
Holland, "a, of the 3400 block
of Holmead place NV.
Detective Sergt. Benjamin
Clark said Holland used a de-
funct construction company's
checks and offered a Virginia
auto learners permit as identi-
fication in cashing the checks.
The amounts ranged from $40
to $50 each
Sergt. Clark said he opened a
500 checking account at the
City Bank, 1908 Georgia avenue
NV, as a basis for his opera
tons. They added that he had
a 20-year-old man posing as his
son OH several occasions and en-
ployed women to pass as his wife
at other times.
Holland is specifically charged
with two counts of forgery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
Jonitor jailed in Assault
On Two Refugee Women

said he did make a suggestion
to her through signs.
The two women and their
husbands came to Camp Kilmer,
N. j., December "a. Frank
Bald, owner of the Dominion
Garden Apartments. where the
families live. arranged for them
to come to Alexandria.
Can't Speak English
The husbands. one a painter
and the other a carpenter, are
working at the project. Police
said none can speak English,
but they are learning the Ian
guage from neighbors.
The interpreter, Michael Ar
pad. asked Judge Colosanto to
request newspaper reporters
not to use a story on the in
cidents. He said that the Rus
slams would use the stories for
propaganda purposes.
Judge Colosanto told the in
terpreter:
I'VE have free speech and
freedom of the press in America.
That's why we have courts like
this. We're not ashamed of what
We do here. We don't care what
the Communists write about us. !"
Miller was charged with dis
orderly conduct in connection
with the two incidents but the
charges were dropped when
Judge Colosanto pointed out
that neither offense occurred in
Ia public place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
Former Finnish Countess
Among 81 NoturoIized

Ninety-seven persons. including
a former Finnish countess. took
the oath of American citizenship
in District Court ceremonies
today.
Renata Vitzthum Shaw of
Mantta, Finland, north of Hell
sinki. a French teacher at Hol-
ton Arms School. renowned her
family title which goes back to
100. to become a citizen.
Mrs. Shaw. who met her Amer
lean husband when they were
students at the University of
Chicago in 1947. lives at 1927
Twentieth street NV.
The youngest of the new Amer
leans is Vaida Zivtins, 11-year-
old sixth grade student at John
Quincy Adams School. who stood
by her Latvian parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Janis Zitvins of 1858 Six
tenth street NV, as the oath
was administered. The little girl
swore her new loyalty in unison
with her mother and father, al
though her naturalization was
automatically conferred as her
parents took the oath.
The family lived in Germany
for seven years after World War
II while they waited to be adj
United to this country. They are
natives of Riga.
Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer of
the United States, attending the
naturalization ceremonies for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08

A former apartment house
janitor was fined $3.50 and given
a 90-day jail sentence in Alex
andria today on a charge OF
assault and battery on a 20-year.
old Hungarian refugee woman
who arrived in the Virginia city
less than two weeks ago.
He also was fined $50 for
simple assault on second Hun
garian woman who lives in the
same apartment project.
Police Court Judge James N
Colosanto convicted Jerome Mil
Ter, 48. Negro, of the 400 block OF
l. street NV. after a hearing in
which the women told their
stories through an interpreter.
Pushed on Couch
One woman, 20, testified that
Miller pushed her on a couch
after she had asked him to fix
a steam iron which she did not
know how to operate.
Miller was fined $50 in con.
nection with an indecent pro-
posal which police said he made
to the other refugee woman
26, who lived in the same apart
ment. Police said Miller made
an indecent suggestion to hei
in sign language and she or
dered him out in sign language
Miller denied pushing the
woman on the couch, but he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
Lothrop E. Smith Heads
County School Board

Lathrop E. Smith, former
president of the Montgomery
County Council, today was
elected president of the county
board of education.
His election came in a secret
procedure that supplanted the
previous practice of automatically
moving UP the vice president.
Under the present boards pro-
cedure voted last fall all board
members are automatically in
nomination. Balloting is secret
as are the vote tallies.
Mr.. Smith was elected on the
second ballot when he received
the required four votes.
1t took four ballots to elect
Wylye w. Barrow. a former board
president, to the vice presidency.
Mr.. Smith was elected to the
school board in 1854 running on
a JOINT ticket with Mrs. Rose G.
Kramer.
A county resident for some 81
years. he operates a farm at
Travilah. He is a former Army
officer.
Mr.. Barrow. treasurer of the
Washington Gas Light Co., was
appointed to the school board
in l948.
The board today also took
under study the problem of two
way communication systems in
the schools.
The board received a letter
from the Wheaton Woods Par
ent- Teacher Association OPP
posing the proposed installation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
|pTA Suspends
Needy Pupil Aid
due 10 Thefts
Leaders Protest City
Failure to Protect
Turner Annex Office

The District Congress of Par
ents and Teachers today shut
down its aid program for needy
students until the school build
ing housing the program is Sc
cured against theftS.
PTA leaders strongly protested
the failure of the city to safe
guard the program headquarters
at Turner Annex, a school build
ing at 2427 Nichols avenue Sc.
More than $500 worth of new
shoes and clothing was stolen
from the building in break-ins on
two nights over the New Year
holiday.
Served Isl Schools
The PTA aid program serves
ISL of the city's schools. Cloth
ing is normally issued to needy
youngsters on Wednesdays.
Mrs. Charles McGogney, who
directs the program. complained
today that the school system and
the District Government have
been dilatory in putting protec-
tive screening on windows at the
school. Thieves forced a window
in the New Year break-ins.
Miss Nell F. Hiscox, principal
of Janney Elementary School.
reported that school officials
asked the District Repair Shop
to attend to the screening job a
year ago.
John M. Kicks. assistant school
superintendent. said today that
the screening is now under way
and is expected to be completed
by early next week. Mr.. Kicks
said, however, that this will not
guarantee security from thefts.
since it would still be possible
to force entry into the building
if someone were determined
enough.
$3.50 for Alarm
Mr.. Kicks said it would be
possible to install a burglar
alarm with a siren on the build
ing, but he said this would cost
around $3.50, which he said the
school system cannot afford.
PTA leaders. at a meeting of
the organizations board of man.
ayers, discussed the possibility of
a burglar alarm. as we'll as theft
insurance, but no action was
taken on these ideas.
Leaders complained that the
building is only a block and
half from the No. IL precinct
police station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08

Activities Committee, the pro-
duction will portray America S
dedication to President Eisen-
hover for his devotion to world
peace and young people," offi-
Gals said today.
Tickets for the event, on a
first-come, first-Served basis,
will cost 50 and are on sale at
1922 Fifteenth street NV. the
Inaugural Committees uptown
office. Mail orders are being
accepted.
Master Of Ceremonies
The master of ceremonies win
be Representative May, a 81
year-old newly elected Repub-
lican Representative from Con-
necticut.
Celebrities to attend include:
Gov. Joe Foss of South Dakota
and worlds champion swimmer
Shelley Mann of Arlington, Va,
who won a gold medal in the
1856 Olympics at Melbourne,
Australia. She will head a group
of young people participating in
patriotic events.
Representatives of Hungary
and other nations fighting for
freedom will join Americans in
a dedication to "fulfillment of
world peace"
Robert H. McGimsey, COM
poser of "Shadrack." has writ
ten special music for this
program. 1t is called Peace on
Earth"
College Choral Groups
Choral groups from Purdue
University, Lafayette. Ind; Vir-
ginia Military Institute at Lex
ington, Va, and Morgan College,
Baltimore, Md, will sing this
composition, officials said.
In addition to this program,
Young Republicans are planning
other activities during the in
auguration. officials said Young
Republican leaders from 81
States will be here.
The Young Republicans of the
Washington area who are in
charge Of the program are:
Chairman Herman F. Scheurer
| jr., Vice Chairman Edward Jas
kiewicz and Executive Secretary
Robert G. McCune.
Chairman William Armstrong
Of the General Services Commit
tee of the Inaugural Committee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
Two Firms Plan
Shop Centers
Projects Slated
In Alexandra
BY PAUL HOPE

Plans have been disclosed by
two real estate men for multi
million dollar regional shopping
centerS within a mile of each
other on Shirley highway in
Alexandria.
Mark Winkler, Washington
real estate man, said today his
firm and the firm of Webb g.
Knapp Inc, of New York and
Washington. are planning a $50
million center on the Winkler
tract at Shirley highway and
Seminary road. He has said for
several years that he planned
big shopping center on the
tract, but today he detailed plans
for the development.
Omer L. HirSt, Fairfax County
real estate man and a member
of the Virginia House of Dele
gates, plans to ask commercial
coming Thursday for a tract at
Shirley highway and Duke street
for a $12 million center.
The Winkler proposal would
dwarf the new Seven Corners
shopping center in Fairfax
County. Mr.. HirSt's plans dis
closed yesterday are for a center
about the same size as Seven
Corners.
Possible Race Seen
The possibility of a race to
construct the first development
shaped up as both promoters ex-
pressed doubt the area would
presently support two centers
the size of those proposed.
If both were built, it would
mean a major shopping area
would be located at nearly all
the traffic interchanges on Shir-
ley highway out to the Spring.
field-Franconia overpaSs.
Either or both of the centers
would give Alexandria tax reve-
nues a tremendous boost, Mr..
Hirst estimated his center would
do $50 million to $40 million
worth of business a year. Alex
andria's present business volume
is about $3.50 million a year.
Mr.. Winkler said his center
would be among the largest in
the Country. The Webb 81
Knapp firm is controlled by Will
liam Zeckendorf of New York,
who has planned the develop
ment of Southwest Washington.
The firm also has designed sew
eral large shopping centers in
the East, Mr.. Winkler said.
Now ZOned Commercial
Mr.. Winkler said plans are
progressing and that the firm
definitely will build the center.
He said he is negotiating with
the Hecht Co., to occupy the
largest department store planned
in his project. The other small
Washington department stores
are interested in the center,
which would have two depart
ment stores and so smaller
shops. he said.
The Winkler land already is
zoned commercial.
Mr.. Hirst's 47-acre tract is on
the northeast corner Of Shirley
highway and Duke street. A re-
cent city planning department
report said the site is ideal for a
regional shopping center. 1t is
now zoned for apartment devel-
opment. Mr.. Hirst said he does
not now have title to the land
but has had an agreement since
1855 to purchase the tract when
he is ready to develop 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08

the first time. welcomed the new
citizens from 80 nations, telling
them "all the dollars in the
United States Treasury can not
buy the dedication to freedom OF
American citizens"
THE spiritual values of Ameri-
ca far outweigh all the material
wealth We possess" Mrs. Priest
told the group.
Following the oath. admins
tered before Judge Matthew F.
Mcclure. a reception sponsored
by the Women's Bar Association
of the District and the Zonts
Club of Washington, was held in
the Lawyers Lounge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
McCoIIum Gets Post
In Security Bureau
BY the Associated Press

Secretary of State Dulles has
announced the appointment Of
Robert S. McCollum of Denver
Colo, as deputy administrator
for escapes and migration mat
tiers of the departments Bureau
of Security and Consular Affairs
Mr.. McCollum, who will sue
coed Pierce j. Gerety. who SUBJ
mitted his resignation last week
ran for Congress on the Repub-
lican ticket in November but was
defeated by the incumbent Dem
ocrat, Byron G. Rogers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
The
Rambler
Liquor SIeuths
Muff Six Cases
BY JACK JONAS

Maryland agents have been
practicing vigilance, more or
less, in their drive against
overly large purchases of
spirits in District liquor stores
for transport into Maryland.
The week before Christmas,
a lady from Chevy Chase, Md,
went into a District liquor
store near the Maryland
border. After a brief lapse Of
time, she came out again and
drove away toward her home
with six Scotch cases locked
3 in the trunk of her car.
She was just a couple of
blocks over the line when the
Maryland agents went into
action. They halted her, and
after quick questioning, hauled
her to the nearest police sta
ton, despite her protests.
When they opened the trunk
and looked into the cases,
they were red-faced. The
cases were empty - being
taken home for packaging
Christmas gifts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08


corrective workers.
Average Salary
The average salary for the new
teachers is estimated to be
$4,628.
DR.. Norris said that the in
creaSeS over and above that
caused by normal growth amount
to about SO million in the operat-
ing budget. He attributed these
increases to:
/. About $l.2 million to ad-
just salaries to the schedules
adopted last March.
2. About $l3l, 900 to hire addi-
tional clerical workers and ad-
just the present staff to new
schedules.
8. More than $233,OOO to pro-
vide books and supplies to meet
minimum standards established
last April.
4. Some $114,000 for replac-
ing and adding equipment in
existing schools.
S. About $3.50. 1000 for increased
personnel wage adjustments and
higher material costs in oper-
alton. maintenance and trans
portation.
6. Other increases in the ad-
ministrative division and fixed
charges add another $3.50, 900.
The capital budget recon-
mendations propose a SIT mil
lion new junior high school in
Gaithersburg and a $1.6 million
new administrative building.
The budget recommends a 20
classroom and gymnasium addi-
ton at Western Junior High
School costing $9l5,000 and a
SIS million addition including
a library and auditorium at
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08

of a system in the school that
would permit monitoring Of
IclaSsroomS without the knowl-
edge of teachers.
Board busineSs director
Arthur D. Templeton said
specifications for intercom-
munlcation systems were being
redrawn to require that before
IA classroom could be monitored
the teacher would have to turn
on a switch.
The Wheaton Woods system is
being installed at the expense of
the schools PTA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08

today announced that for the
first time spectators along the
parade route on the afternoon
of Monday, January 81. will re-
Iceive a descriptive outline of each
parade unit entering the area
Loudspeakers will be set up along
the line of march and the route
has been divided into nine areas
An announcer in each area will
describe the units.
AS another innovation, Mr.,
Armstrong announced that some
26.000 small hand flags will be
distributed free to spectators
east of Fifteenth street along the
parade route,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
Increase in School Tax
Urged for Montgomery

An operating school budget
that would require a 3l-cent in
crease in the present Montgom-
cry County school tax rate OF
$l.29 per 500 of assessed valua-
ton was recommended today by
School Supt. Forbes H. Norris.
DR.. Norris submitted his rec
commended budgets for current
operations and capital expendi-
lures for the fiscal year begin
ming July at a meeting of the
School Board in Rockville.
They call for SCI million for
operations and $12.3 million for
school construction.
The total recommendation OF
1888 million is a SIS million
increase over the sum appropri-
ated this year by the County
Council.
Operations Costs Rise
The funds requested for oper-
atoms represent 27.4 per cent
increase over those appropriated
for the present fiscal year.
DR.. Norris said that even if the
per pupil cost could be main
tanned. the budget would have
been increased Sis million.
The increases range from 1863
per cent for transportation to
40.5 per cent for administration.
Institutional services, which in
clude funds for teachers salaries,
would be up 26 per cent under
the superintendent recommen-
dationS.
The increased enrolment is
estimated at just under 10 per-
cent and is placed at 62,633 for
the next school year.
The funds sought by the
superintendent include provision
for 222 new classroom teachers,
30 new special teachers and SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
Quiz Of Applicants to Sell
Insurance Backed by D. c.
City Heads OK
Jordan Queries
On Ties to Reds

The District Commissioners
today unanimously backed the
right of Insurance Supt. Albert
F. Jordan to ask about the Com
munist background of would-be
insurance statesmen.
The American Civil Liberties
Union had objected to Mr.. Jor-
dams practice of asking three
questions of applicants for Ii
cenSes to sell insurance. These
were whether the applicant is or
has ever been a Communist,
whether he has been a member
of an organization on the Attor-
ney Generals "subversive list"
and whether he has ever refused
on constitutional grounds to
give testimony.
The city heads upheld the
practice in approving a legal
opinion by Corporation Counsel
Chester H. Gray.
Mr.. Gray noted that District
law requires the insurance SUI
perintendent ito satisfy himself
that the applicant is trust
worthy" and said there is no
legal objection to the superin-
tendent asking the question"
Not Grounds for Refusal
However, Mr.. Gray warned,
the Eyes" answer would not be
grounds for refusing a license.
He said such an answer might
lead to further investigation up
on the basis of which Mr.. Jordan
could grant or withhold a per-
init.
The Commissioners indicated
several weeks ago that they felt
it was proper for Mr.. Jordan to
ask about membership in the
Communist Party or an alleged
ly subversive organization. They
were uncertain, however, about
the issue of a refusal to answer
questions on constitutional
grounds and referred this to Mr..
Gray. His opinion today was
limited TO that issue.
Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin demanded to know
whether the city heads had any
authority to override Mr.. Jordan.
Director of general administra-
ton Schuyler Lowe told him
they could act only by withdraw
ing the authority which they
have delegated to Mr.. Jordan.
Personally" Mr.. Mclaughlin
said, 1T don't think this is of
such a nature as to do this. but
I think it would be regarded as
a dodge if we acted on that
ground"
Never Taken to Court
Therefore, he led the board
of Commissioners into discus.
sion of the basic merits of the
questions.
/ Mr.. Jordan said the questions
had been asked since 1858 and
that no applicant had ever taken
the issue to court. He said it has
been raised only by outsiders.
He insisted that many other
questions are asked covering ar
rest records and financial irregu-
laYitieS.
He stressed that only one ap-
plicant has ever admitted being
a former Communist but that
he had convinced Mr.. Jordan OF
his trustworthineSs and had re-
ceived a license.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
AMERICAS DEDICATION
ribute to Eisenhower
Planned for Inaugural
BY WILLIAM A, MILLEN

program entitled Americas Dedication World
will be given at 23O Sunday January 90 the Sheraton
Park Hotel special feature of the Inauguration
Vice President Nixon Henry Cabot Lodge, r head
the United States delegation the United Nations expected
to top list of celebrities attending.
Under the auspices of the Young Republican Inaugural
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
Getty

A fellow out In Fairfax
County reports he picked up
a city cat at Twelfth and F
streets NV. several months
back and is now learning
about the perversity of
human nature.
The difficulty, he says, is
that she refuses to become
a country cat-knows how
to climb trees but not how
to get back down.
The villain of the piece is
a black tOmcat in the neigh
bOrhood. The first time the
tom chased the city cat up
a tree, and the city cats
owners paid the Fire De-
partment S. to rescue her,
it wasn't too bad.
Then it happened again,
to the tune of another S..
So down to the store went
the Fairfax County man
and bought a leash for his
cat. Now when she goes out,
she's on a leash.
And, he reports, the own
ers Of the black tomcat are
berating him for being in
humane enough to leash a
cat!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
Street Scenes

A post Christmas sale dis
play in a Wisconsin avenue
store with one item labeled
Revolving Lazy Susan" 4.
An auto on M street back
ing into the perfect parking
space-and the driver unable
to open the curbside door
because the fire plug inter-
vened. ;.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
Thorns

The picture in our paper
the other day, showing Ser
entity" the statue in Meridian
Hill Park, with her face bat
tered, brought to mind again
the warning issued by the
parks architect, Horace W.
Peasley.
Mr.. Peasley was most seri-
GUS when he drew for the
park people a prophetic pic
ture, showing vandals crawl
ing around over the statue.
He suggested they plant a
hedge of some prickly shrub,
like firethorn, around its base.
But nobody paid heed.