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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24

pour into that part Of the city,
and suggest some of the load be
dispersed" to other bridge loca-
lions.
@. Since Arlington Memorial
Bridge has six lanes, could the
street system in that area handle
another six lanes from a Consti-
tuition avenue bridge?
A. The Park officials say the
system couldn't. The Districts
point, however, is that in addition
to the existing eight-lane Constitu-
ion avenue, the new bridge would
feed traffic into the eight-lane
inner loop" expressway, proposed
for early construction on the WASH
ington side, and to Arlington
boulevard-proposed for rebuilding
to eight lanes as part of the Inter
State" highway system-in Virginia.
@. Hasn't Congress already ap-
proved a bridge and rejected a
tunnel?
A. Yes, in 1854.
@. Why didn't the District 60
ahead and build the bridge then,
when it had a chance?
A. Because, as first approved, the
bridge was quite near Arlington
Memorial Bridge. The Park Serv-
ice, Fine Arts Commission and other
groups asked the District if it
would consider moving the route
away from Memorial Bridge, and
across part of Roosevelt Memorial
Island. The District agreed to seek
an amendment for the change in
route, with assurances of support
from the requesting groups.
@. And they re-opened the tunnel
issue instead?
A. Right.
@. What about the Jones Point
bridge?
A. Jones Point is one of two pro-
posed Potomac bridges that have
little to do with the downtown
Washington traffic problem.
Jones Point is essentially a six
lane bypass bridge to carry traffic
from Virginia highways across the
river at Alexandria to major new
freeways in Maryland. The other
bypass" bridge is west Of Wash
ington at Cabin John, Md, con-
Meeting with the new U. S. Route
240 in Maryland.
@. Won't these bridges take pres
sure off the downtown Washington
bridges?
A. Some. Of course. But officials
say the difference hardly will be
felt during congested peak hours,
when the traffic volumes are so
high in the downtown area.
q. When will Jones Point be
built?
A. At the moment. all Is clear
for it to move ahead Immediately.
Congress has appropriated the total
Sl4.3 million construction money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24
BY GENE GOODWIN

ANNAPOLIS a Maryland
legislator which Hobbies have the
most influence here at Annapolis
and he usually bestows the dis
tinction on the truckers, the school,
teachers and the beer and liquor
barons.
This is not to say that those in
terests have strangle hold on the
Maryland General Assembly; they
do not.
But they are the "big three" of
the current crop of special interest
groups seeking to identify them
selves with the general interests"
in the mirds Of the lawmakers.
Actually, as of this week end,
1877 persons had registered as
lobbyists under Maryland's pioneer
registration law. Before this 90
day session ends on April Fools
Day some $50 probably will have
registered-about one for every
legislator.
The lobbyists plying their trade
here range from the "old pros"
with generous expense accounts,
represer ting big name organiza-
tons and industries, to the unpaid
agents for such groups as the
League of Women Voters anC the
Federated Garden Clubs.
The truckers, who many feel
have taken over the dominant po-
. sition of influence once held by the
railroads. headed by Maryland's
own Baltimore 81 Ohio. are rep
resented here by Thomas E. Wider
man, executive secretary Of the
Maryland Motor Truckers Asso-
citation.
He gets almost automatic support
from the powerful Eastern Shore,
because of that regions dependence
upon the trucking industry for its
commerce. The truckers also gen.
orally pick up good support from
Baltimore City and Western Mary
land.
The Maryland State Teachers
Association is represented by Nilsson
C. Raver and Robert Y. Dubel.
They are working hard this year
for a bill which would raise State
teacher pay minimums $400 next
year and another $500 the following
year, costing the State an estimated
$22 million.
The teachers lobby is considered
to be influential here because of the
pressure that it seems able to exert
at the local level on lawmakers.
through teachers groups. PTAs
and school officials.
''Milson Raver can get 100 tele-
grams on any legislators desk in
one day by picking up the tele-
phone" one Delegate commented
recently.
A Poetic Comment
Mr.. Raver's techniques once
moved a Delegate to recite to the
/, House a paraphrase of Poe's poem,
"The Raven" renamed 1.-THE Raver."
1t began:
often IN this session dre1ry,
hare pondered weak and
tDedTy,
On the curious nays the lobby
has to raid the public store.
While / study this in tDonder.
suddenly there came
thunder 3
As of someone shouting under
underneath my chamber
door.
"'TiS some lobbyist" ntuttered,
"thund'ring at my cham
Der door
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24
HE HARpooN SCARS
Things Will Be Duer When the Wilson's Leave

worked at both from four bulging
brief cases which he carried back
and forth from home to ONCE. He
still works 10 to IL hours q day.
Mrs. Wilson says her husband
usually is up around Z am. 1T is
about the only time I get to talk
with Erwin" she says.
What do you feed a high-powered
executive? Mrs. Wilson says his
favorite foods are Clipped beef or
sailed peanutS-or both-at any
time of day.
Despite his millions and his
three homes-the 4.000-acre Rich
land plantation in Louisiana, a
mansion just outside Detroit and
a summer home on Waloon Lake,
Mich.-Mr. Wilson still has domes-
tic financial problems.
Navy Secretary Charles s.
Thomas once found him signing
checks. looking very dour" and
grumbling as he paid personal bills:
My wife must still think work
for General Motors"
Mr.. Wilson's latest excursion into
the headlines came after he OBJ
served that "a sort Of scandal
a draft-dodging business" developed
in the National Guard during the
Korean war.
The fur flew right UP to the White
House and President Eisenhower
called Wilson's remarks "unwise."
For Mrs. Wilson that tore It. She
said she was indignant" and the
Presidents statement was "uncalled
for"
Then Mrs. Wilson added: 81
think you need a little pat on the
back once in a while. Mr.. Wilson
has been trying to do a good job
. and I think he has done a good
job"
Quoting the Romons
Just before this Mr.. Wilson had
been called to the White House.
When he emerged he was asked II
he had a statement. He retorted:
This Is not my dunghill. Anything
10 De announced, somebody else
ought to announce"
He apparently referred to an
ancient Roman proverb that a cock
crows loudest on the dunghill in
his own barnyard.
Subsequently Mrs. Wilson said her
husband shouldn't have used that
word.
In any case. Mr.. Wilson said he
was delighted" by his wife's stand
Even the President seemed tickled
He invited the Wilson's to fly with
him as far as Augusta, Ca, ane
then go on to Miami for a vacation
in his personal plane.
And how is Mr.. Wilson making
out these days? He once gave .
pretty good summation Of the sit.
uation. which seems to be holdins
good.
THE price Of progress" he said
lis trouble. and ! must be makins
lots OF progress"
tThe Associated Press)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24
IS THE ANALOGY VALID?
A Look at the Sanctions Issue

as a mere holding action" to say
that the u NJ would not consider
such an act as precluding a plebis-
cite for the area.
Secretary Dulles, at his press
conference on February 5, was
asked whether he considered India
in violation of the United States
for its stand on Kashmir, and he
replied: mo, would not say that
there is yet violation"
Thus. in the u. N. handling Of the
Hungary and Kashmir problems. it
is less than clear that there was
a proper occasion for application
Of sanctions.
The United States faces many
complex problems in taking posi-
ton on sanctions against Israel.
But if it does support sanctions,
there appears TO be no basis for the
charge that it is ready to apply
sanctions against a little country
like Israel, but evades the duty Of
applying them against larger defiers
Of the U. N.
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Minerva tOhlo) SchoolteacherS
seems to be a local pastime.
While the frosty locks of old
"foot-in-the-mouth.' as Mr.. Wilson
is sometimes called in these parts.
are intact. there are some reports
that he will continue in his Pentagon
job only until his budget passes
Congress. This would be around
midsummer.
When and If Mr.. Wilson quits
and takes his outspoken wife of A
years with him. this is going to be
a far duller town.
Who will be left to call the White
House a 'dunghill?" Who will fix
an icy blue eye on a battery of
consciously dignified Senators and
address them as you men" as If
they were mere corporation vice
presidents?
Who will call the politically po-
tent National Guard a haven for
draft dodgers during the Korean
war?
And who will be left, after Mrs.
Wilson departs, TO agitate the olives
in the teatime martins by publicly
criticizing the President of the
United States?
He Knows Hot Water
For years the former president
Of General Motors has been in
and out of hot water, usually over
something he has said.
"Some of my friends" he says.
think / contribute to some of
the difficulties myself. ! don't quite
know why, except l haven't been
properly householder. l seem to
have a tendency to tell about the
economic and political facts Of
life in public. You just don't do
that.
For all his blunt falkland ensu-
ing scalping xpeditions--Mr. Will
son has held down his present Job
longer than any man since the
Defense Department was created in
l947.
1t has not been easy. When he
became secretary in January, 1858,
he also became referee in bitter
feud over the strategic roles OF the
Air Force, Navy and Army.
This scrap hasn't been settled
yet, but after some private head
knocking, he has managed to con-
fine most Of the shooting to the
Pentagon range.
Further. he has had to lead the
armed forces into a new era OF
warfare-rockets. guided missiles
and atomic poYer-while at the
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figured that by selling at that time
he lost about So million.
While Mr.. Wilson is a big, big
wheel in Government, there is rea-
son to believe that in some respects
he is an enormously frustrated man.
He has indicated a desire to play
violin. He would like to be a
cartoonist. He would like to be an
athlete. There is some indication
that he has a laundering to be
known as gagster.
AS far as is known, he has made
no progress toward fiddling. He
sent of in 1854 for 10 easy lessons
on how to be a cartoonist. but the
census of working cartoonists re-
mains unchanged.
AS a sportsman he is a bust. As
GIN president he Joined a fox
hunting club and was thrown. In
the fall he dislocated a shoulder
and had to give UP riding. The
tried ice skating and broke a hip.
He took up water skiing and broke
several ribs. Now he plays golf.
Long Work Doy
For all his publicly blithe spirit.
Mr. Wilson is a tremendous worker
AT GIN he had two desks and
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and snarls over navigational clear
ances and maintenance have been
ironed out.
If there are no other bitches
contracts will go out this year for
final design drawings and land
acquisition. The major construc-
ton will be done next year and the
final touches put on in 1859.
@. How about Cabin John?
A. That's farther away. Pressures,
both for the bridge and for new
h'"hw9vr leading to it, however,
are expected to build up when the
new Central Intelligence Agency
center opens in two years at Lang
ley, Va.
@. Getting back to central WASH
ingtOn, can't something be done to
improve the capacities Of existing
bridges?
A. Yes. three things are in the
mill now.
The District has asked Congress
to let it spend money this year to
rebuild the old, three-lane Virginia.
bound Fourteenth street bridge in
to a new four-lane span. This will
add one new lane.
Within a few weeks, the city will
complete the widening and street.
car track removal of Key Bridge.
That will add two more lanes.
This spring, the city also viii
paint another lane on the two-lane
Chain Bridge, thereby trying to
squeeze some more capacity out Of
that narrow structure.
@. Won't these additional lanes
help?
A. Surely. but highway officials
say traffic volumes already are
waiting to use them. That's why
they want six new lanes at Constitu-
ton avenue.
@. Is money a factor in the Con-
stitutiOn avenue bridge-tunnel
fight?
A. Not a very big one. The Dis
trlct claims It can build SiX-lane
bridge with all the required ap-
proach roads for either SIS million
or $l8.6 million, depending upon
the type of bridge. About 80 per
cent of this would be paid for in
Federal highway aid grants. Park
officials claim they can build a
four-lane tunnel, with approaches.
for $25.5 million, and want the
Federal Government TO pick up the
whole tab.
@. If Congress again rejects a
tunnel and approves bridge. could
construction start Immediately?
A. That all depends. Last year,
members of the House and Senate
split over whether the bridge should
have a draw span.
@. Could we take that up after
the tunnel issue is settled?
A. Right.
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A Primer on That Aging Bridge Problem
By GEORGE BEyERInGE

To the Washington newcomer,
still novice in Potomac River
traffic jams. the start of Capitol
Hill hearings last week on a new
Potomac bridge must have seemed
like hopeful sign. But almost any
oldtimer could have cautioned him:
Don't count your bridges. :"
AS the oldtimer anticipated, the
two days of hearings produced little
new. Essentials of the testimony
had been heard during similar hear
ings in 1858, 1854. 1855 and 1856.
At issue was whether a six-lane
bridge should be built from the end
of Constitution avenue NV. to
Virginia, over the Potomac, or
whether a four-lane tunnel should
be built under the river.
A simple choice?
1t seemed so several years ago,
when it first was raised. At times,
it even has appeared that an an
swer has been given. Everyone
seems agreed that something must
NC 0OAGN--dLlu SOOLls DQb IlObIllIlS
has been done and in the meantime
traffic ills have grown steadily.
What are facts? Where do we
stand today? What does the future
hold?
For the newcomer and for the
old Washington hand baffied by the
interminable bridge wrangle. here
is question and-answer primer on
the problem:
@. Well, to start with, who says
we need a new bridge?
A. Only nonmotorist would ask
that The Virginian who works in
town and the Washingtonian who
works at the Pentagon both can
tell you about the tie-upS and de-
layS-especially when it rains. But
If you need evidence:
Washington'S five existing Po-
tomac bridges have 10 traffic lanes.
In the morning rush hours, all 10
of the Washington hound lanes are
damned beyond the capacities they
were designed to carry. In the eve
ming rush hour, all nine of the
Virginia hound lanes are similarly
loaded. This is important to re-
member because the morning and
evening peak traffic loads are the
ones that cause all the trouble.
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embarked on the rearing Of three
daughters and three sons. They
now have Is grandchildren.
On November 20. 1852. President
elect Eisenhower tagged Mr.. Wilson
to become Secretary of Defense. At
a news conference an hour after
the appointment was announced,
Mr.. Wilson promised to give the
job "the darndest whirl it ever had"
But before he could become Sec
rotary. he had to obtain approval
Of the Senate Armed Forces Com
mittee. This was the beginning Of
his long immersion in hot water.
Thot Fomous Quote
Out of his appearance before the
committee In January. 1858. came
the now-famous expression. For
years / thought what was good for
the country was good for General
Motors and vice versa"
There was a mighty hassle with
the Senators over whether Mr.. Will
son would play favorites with GIN.
In the end he obtained committee
approval only after he had agreed
to sell his GIN stock The price was
S225 million Sometime later he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24
ANNAPOLIS REPORT
There's q Lobbyist
For Each Legislator.

Only that and nothing more"
So ! flung the door Dide open:
yes, flung it open uide.
In there stepped the sly-eyed
RGver, and he sided to my
side.
Not the least obeisGnce made he:
not an instant stoned or
stayed he.
But NTH mien that wnS quite
shady. this Is what the guy
implied:
Better gtve US all aoe're askin.
or By gosh. weH haze your
hide
/ said nottin0-only stoIed.
Our third representative in the
big three"-the alcoholic beverage
manufacturers and dealers-seem
content to let their products do
most Of their talking.
Last year, when the six Mary
land breweries were interested in
passing a bill to bar a Canadian
competitor, one delegate publicly
charged that the State House was
"awash in a flood of suds." He was
referring to the abundance of free
beer in committee rooms.
Still stin ing under that criti-
cism, the Maryland brewers have
so far refrained from repeating
that technique 1t could also be
that they have no big legislative is
sues this year.
The hard liquor people also are
lacking in major battles here this
session. However, the House Alco-
hole Beverages Committee room
and some other Offices and hotel
rooms seem to be kept well supplied
with bottled reminders Of where the
general interest" lies in liquor
legislation.
Labor, Utilities Active
Organized labor and utilities also
rank high in influence here, but
not as highly as the 'big three" in
most minds.
The unions put on a large man
agement-type banquet for the law.
makers again this session, complete
with professional entertainers. They
have been doing that since 1855,
when the hated fright to work"
law first became a threat.
The prize for the most "pesky"
lobby goes to the Maryland Petition
Committee, whose members have
been harassing with great emotion
in behalf of segregated schools.
Some Maryland interests have
representatives right in the Legis.
lature itself, probably not by in.
tention.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
for example, will never have to be
too concerned about what the Legis-
lature does to it as long as the
House speakers post is held by
John c. Luber, a trusted employee
in the BIO accounting depart
ment for many years.
Three Of Mr.. Widerman's truck
ers are members of the House of
DelegateS-Orland B. Blades Of
Caroline County. Joseph A. Urban
of Baltimore and Donald E. Six
of Carroll County.
Bethlehem Steel has Delegate Roy
N. Staten of Baltimore County.
The ANA gets guaranteed
representation through DR.. Frank
E. Shipley. State Senator from
Howard County.
Labor legislation gets special at
tention from Delegate Carlton r.
Sickles of Prince Georges County, Q
Washington labor lawyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-24
By Benz PRICE

Charles Erwin Wilson, occasional raconteur told
story OF whale warning her baby whale that only
when you're spoutng you likely to be harpooned"
Few high officials in Government have ignored this
choice bit of advice persstenty than the Charles
Erwin Wilson, Secretary of Defense Which is
why yelling for the scalp of this 67yearod of pair of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-10

spent the week end with their par
ents. Mr. and Mrs M. B. Driskill.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hudson spent
Sunday with their son and family,
Mr.. and Mrs John Hudson. Of near
Pamplin Their granddaughter, Pa
tricia. returned home with them to
spend several days.
Mai Richard Slator. of Langley
Field spent the week end here at
his farm.
Sydney Allen. of Williamsburg
and his children. of Hampton. and
Billy Allen spent the week end here
with their parents. Mr.. and Mrs
G H. Allen.
Frank Fowler, OF the E st I'm
Shore. spent the week end with his
mother. Mrs. Ola Fowler
Mrs. Bert Swalley and Lou. to-
gether with Mrs. Raymond Cher
nault and Johnny, and Tommy Car
ter, Of Worsham. Miss Eunice Cher
nault. Of Covington, and Miss Mary
Norwood Elan, Of Richmond. at
tended the May day exercises. a,
Farmville Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Swalley. Mrs
Baudie Carter and Mrs Billy Stay
ton attended the dance recital al
Jarman Hall Friday. Melinda Lo,
Swalley and Peggy Joyce DeLet
were participants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas DriskiIl
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'I'frock

Leonard Slayton was taken to
Southside Community Hospital Fri
day evening. where he immediately
underwent surgery Those visiting
him from a distance during the
week end were Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Tuck. Of Lynchburg. Mrs. Sally
Holly and son. Of Callands, Mrs.
Rily Suits. Of Danville, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Parker and Carl Slayton, of
Richmond. and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Slayton, of Pamplin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Swalley and
Lou, and Mrs A. NJ. Throckmorton
attended Appomattox county day
May at Appomattox. and heard
Dr. w. Twyman Williams preach at
the surrender grounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Driskill and
children, Of Norfolk. and Mrs.
Thomas Wilkerson, Of Richmond.
Mrs ]. H. Payne has returned
from visiting her daughters, Mrs.
j. l.. Greene. in Arlington, and Mrs.
henry Radkevich in New Castle.
Del.
Miss Fannie B. Shorter spent last
week visiting Miss Mary Shorter
near Cullen.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-10
Old Abilene

Mr.. and Mrs. George n. Blanks
visited their daughter. Mrs. Allen
Mcdaniel. and family. in Blairs
over the week end.
Miss Nancy Blanks spent several
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Garland
Clark.
Miss Susan Mcdaniel is spending
some time with her grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. George Blanks.
Mrs. Elizabeth Denis and Mrs. F
G. Driskill spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Daniel
Of Crewe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Nelson are
visiting their daughter. Mrs. Nit
chell. in Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Driskill, oil
Richmond. spent Sunday with his
mother, Mrs. R. l.. Driskill.
| Mrs. r. l.. Driskill and Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Driskill. and family were
dinner guests Saturday Of Mrs. p
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This Will be the second time
this year that the Glee Club has
combined with the Mary Wash
ilgton organization. Al Christmas
tie two vocal groups presented
Tanders Messiah in Fredericks-
BURG and at Grace Covenant Pres
hyterian Church IN Richmond.
Guest Soioists Featured
For the event the program will
feature four guest soloists who
have appeared with leading sym
paonY orchestras and choral So
cieties in the country Florence
Manning. soprano. Robert Falk
bass Edwina Eustis, contralto:
and Charles Bressler. tenor, will
sine the leading roles from the
olatorio
Manning. and F'alk participated
III the Festival Of Music here at
Hanpden-sydney last year. They
all have distinguished themselves
IN church, oratorlo, and concert
singers in and around New York
City
The oraterio was first perferm-
Cd On August 26, 1916, at Birm-
ineham, England. under the COM
poser's direction. II has become
one Of the most popular of all
oratorios, keeping company with
such works as Handles Messiah
and Haydn's Creation, which the
HIS Glee Club and Madison Col
Ace Choir presented last year.
NJ w. Singers Are Brilliant
The Mary Washington singers
are particularly well known for
the billliance and richness of
Their tone They are under The
direction Of Miss Eva Taylor
Fppes- On Friday evening the TWO
groups viii present the program
At the Mary Washington College
Auditorium at y m.
The 7estlval terminates a
Spring tour which has taken the
Glee Club 10 churches in Lynch
burg Richmond. and Roanoke.
The group also sang with the
Rollins Chapel choh both on the
"liill and at Hollins
MISS Raylene~ Kyler Of New
York City win be the guest ac-
conlpanist at the Concert. and
Ronald Davis will accompany the
combined Glce Clubs.
Tickets Are sI.o0
On the day of the Festival the
Cfiee Club viii honor the Mary
washington Choir and the guest
soloists at banquet in the Com
mons Club before the concert
There Will be an informal social
hom at Johns Auditorium follow
lne the program
Admission to the concert will
he one dollar, and tickets viii be