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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19

SlonerS' Citizens coming Advisory
Committee.
A week from tomorrow, thu
District zoning Commission viii
open hearings on the controver.
sial Lewis proposals. The hear.
tngs are expected to require al
least 10 days Of testimony from
dozens Of business. citizen ant
community groups.
The revision establishes new
controls for the future develop.
rnent of all private property. It.
greatest impact will be on vacant
land, but the rules would apply
also to property on which exist.
ing structures would be demol.
tshed and new buildings put up
The So questions submitted b.
the advisory group are an at
tempt to point up major issue,
to be covered at the hearings
They largely reflect bitter oppo.
sition Of business groups to som,
Of the proposals.
Requested by Bartholomew
Mr.. Lewis responses were re.
quested by Harland Bartho.
l0mew. chairman Of the Nationa
Capital Planning Commission
which has strongly Endorsed tn,
Lewis revision.
One Of the key questions wa,
whether final enactment Of thu
revision should be held in
allegiance until completion of {
thorough analysis of the econo.
mic status of the community, it.
parking and traffic problems anC
their probable solution com.
pletion of the mass transporta.
ton study currently being made
and Q final preparation Of an
overall master plan"
Mr.. Lewis replied:
No. Rezoning has been put OF
for 10 years (since the Revised
Zoning Act Of 1898, which con.
templated it, There has beer
developed. in conjunction Will
the rezoning project, an adequate
land-use master plan. and de.
ferment of action until COM
pletion Of other studies referred
to would be clearly q case o,
sailing"
Following are other selected
questions and answers which in
volve each phase of the revision
controversy.
General Policy
@. Would the proposed Lewis
Zoning Plan help to produce
necessary tax revenues, maintain
land-value stability. and main
tain and create employment
within the District Of Columbia
A. Yes. By raising standards
better development would result
and by an improved pattern Of
uses greater stability would fol-
low. AS stated Tin the revision
report). THE total effect Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19
Lewis Sees as 'StoIIinq'
Delay in Zone Revision

zoning conutant Harold NJ Lewis charged yesterday
any effort to put of immediate revision Washngons 3year-
old coming code would be clearly Of staling"
Mr. Lewis the New York expert hired the District
fewe Wahngtons coming charge in
So questions raised about the Lewis revision by
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GREEN TO REIGN UNDISPUTED
AS OLDEST U.S.. LEGISLATOR

Senator Green. the Rhode Island Democrat never at a
loss for time will set at rest lingering doubt that
ne the Oldest legislator to actively Congress
Almost year he became the oldest man ever to
be a. Senator Last November he passed the longevity
achievement OF former Representative Robert Doughton
Democrat OF North Carolina who from the House
January 1883 at the Of SO years 56a days. But
overlooked former Representative
Charles M Stedman Democrat North Carolina who died
ONCE in 1880 at the of SO months and
week from tomorrow Senator Green will have 80
years seven months and 20 days thus the
sional champion for AS chairman Senate For
egn Relations Committee and Senator since 1897 he has
indicated ne expects to be too busy to celebrate
Roll CALL, weekly newspaper of, by and for Capitol
occupants pays special tribute to Wnant S. Gilmore
Senate employee He put in many busy hour discovering
e tenure or former Representative Stedman Mr. Gilmore
also computed that Senator Green has lived 32745 DAYS
he concluded that the Senator bachelor won because
o. leap year Mr. Stedman lived through 81 leap years
senator Green already has survived 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-26

the South. it does believe that II
a union can convince worker
that 1t has a lot to offer him. he
will join despite the AFL-CIO
stand on segregation.
Textile Problem Toughest
The weightiest Southern organiz-
ing problems are borne by the Tex
tile Workers Union Of America. The
textile industry is the largest in
the South, employing over half
million people in some seven States
in the Southeast and making up 10
per cent Of the entire industry in
this country. Less than IS per cent
Of the Southern textile industry is
organized, however.
For a year TWUA had not won
an election to determine its right
to represent workers in Southern
textiles. Then last September
TWUA won a National Labor Re-
lations Board election at the OAR
lington Manufacturing Co.. OAR
lington, s. C. Within six days, the
company closed.
An NLRB trial examiner ruled
a few days ago that Darlington was
guilty Of violating the Taft-Hartley
Act. But he added that because
the company liquidated. no back
pay or other remedy could be
granted to the $50 workers in
volved.
TWUA President William Pollock
says Burlington Industries also has
been guilty Of closing a plant rather
than recognize union. TWUA
says its answer to this will be to
organize so many Burlington mills
that 1t will be impossible to close
all Of them. Burlington is said TO
have the Nations largest textile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-26

a profound influence on youngsters.
II adults tolerate graft. crime ana
corruption, they are merely IN
viting the underworld and its bor-
derline hangers-on to stunt the
moral growth Of their children.
It is q tragedy that our citizens
have not made better use OF the
instruments of delinquency preven-
ton which are available in every
community. In all too many areas
the youth recreation programs. both
public and private. are sorely In
adequate. How much better 1t
would be to spend few more
million dollars in providing young
sters wholesome outlets for their
youthful energies than to pour bill
lions OF dollars into reformatories.
probation systems and related facil-
tiles which are necessary only be-
cause we have failed to act in time.
As q member Of the board OF
directors of the National Boys
Clubs of America, have seen what
can be done. About Is years ago q
new boys club was organized in q
city In the Midwest. Typically. the
club was located where the need
was greatest-in an area where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-26
PAST FAILURE CONCEDED
Labor Girds for New Effort in the South

chain. 1t has 40 mills with 10000
workers.
TWUA plans 10 be more cautious
in the future in calling for repre-
sentation elections. In the past 1t
has been asking for them and los
ing them. The policy has been TO
request an election as soon as 1t
can produce signed requests by
IS per cent of the employees in
volved as required by the Taft
Hartley law. From now on TWUA
plans to wait until it's fairly sure 1t
has a majority of the workers be-
hind 1t before calling for an cleo.
ton.
Mail Technique Used
The textile workers feel they have
found a way around the reluctance
Of many Southern citizens to be
seen with union organizers. When
handbills are distributed they are
accompanied by a card requesting
membership and also a postage-paid
return envelope. Thus personal
contact with the organizer can be
avoided.
TWUA has more organizers than
ever in the South today, between
100 and $50. officials call Southern
organizing a condition of existence.
Financing this Southern cam
paign is not easy for the union. The
present membership Of 285, 1000 rep
resents a loss of 100000 members
in six years. To have money for
organizing TWUA is cutting down
on administration expenses within
the union. All union officials now
carry a heavier work load. Some
union Offices have been closed. The
TWUA paper which used to come
out every other week now comes
out only once a month.
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boys came from two different
families.
During their spree Of destruction.
they we're gone from home for an
entire evening and most of the
following morning. Yet. not one
Of the parents reported the boys
as missing. Neglectful mothers and
fathers such as these are q threat
to the entire community. Let me
say again that II they were made
to answer to society for the acts
Of vandalism and crime committed
by their children, I feel our delin-
quency problem could be greatly
reduced.
Frankly. I sympathize with the
youngster who must turn to out
siders for understanding and guild
ance. Marital strife, divorce and
separation have become all too
commonplace today. A happy home
is one which presupposes loving
care and attention.
Whenever the family is torn by
pickering and distrust, the children
are bound to suffer. And to deny
a youngster the care and affection
Of his mother or father is to leave
q dangerous void in his life. Society
has a grave responsibility to the
young victims Of neglectful parents
and broken homes.
Prevention of delinquency, like
prevention Of other human prob
lens, can be accomplished only
through unified action and q will
to do the job. Schools are charged
with the care Of youngsters
through many Of their wakeful
hours. In how many communities.
however. is the educational sys-
TEN crippled by inadequate STATS
and improper budgets? Denied
funds and competent personnel.
schools may be able to recognize
the problem child" but they can
not be expected to meet the chal-
lenge effectively with the positive.
corrective action which Is needed.
The church and Sunday school
should play prominent role in
the life OF every community. But
in how many neighborhoods can
the wholesome influence Of religion
truly be found? Do adults idly
stand by while temptations are
placed in the path of youngsters
by persons who deal in printed
filth, provide intoxicants to minors.
encourage children to spend their
lunch money on punchboards and
slot machines. or otherwise attempt
to undermine their morals?
The community atmosphere has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-26
BY LARRY ALLEN

CIUDAD TRUJMLO. Dominican
Republic Is o land OF one
man rule. Most Of the 2.6 million
people seem to like 1t that way. At
least nobody does anything about
opposing one Of the worlds highest,
Notwithstanding relationships.
This sun bathed country is pros
pering. It doesn't owe any other
nation q cent. There's no unem-
ployment. Wages are higher than
In most Latin American countries.
Agriculture and industry are BOOM
ing. Bank deposits are increasing.
Public works programs have trans
formed O once revolution torn and
hurricane-ravage land into spot
lessly clean, modern towns and
cities.
And here the word Of one man.
0eneralissimo Doctor Rafael Leoni-
das Truiillo. is law.
The people call him the great
benefactor and the father Of the
new fatherland. At least that's the
only comment one hears.
The outside woodland the
thousands of Dominicans self-exiled
In Puerto Rico, other Latin Ameri-
can countries and the United
States-call him a ruthless dicta-
tor.
The stocky. gray-haired, hard
working 64-year-old Trujillo doesn't
seem to care what anyone calls him.
This is the 9th year Of what might
be called 1.-THE Trujillo dynasty"
The government is family affair
1t includes. for instance. four
brothers OF the generalissimo:
Gen. Hector B. Trujillo. the Pres
ident.
1t. Gen. J. Arismendi Trujillo.
boss of the powerful radio and tele-
vision station La Voc Dominicana.
which controls the dissemination Of
news throughout the nation and all
artistic and cultural programs.
Coils. Luis and Pedro Trujillo,
powerful figures in the armed forces.
The generalissimo Is. among other
things, the commander in chief Of
the army. navy and air force. A
son OF the generalissimo. 1t. Gen.
Jose Garcia Trujillo, is chief OF
staff for the air force. Other close
relatives are holding down key jobs.
Self Satisfaction
The dynasty, which gets things
done whatever methods are en-
ployed, Is satisfied that 1t is giving
the people a good government.
Generalissimo Trujillo says there
"a absolute freedom Of religion.
speech and press in this country.
But no one has ever founded q
newspaper to oppose the govern
ment. I would like that"
What would happen II someone
did found such a newspaper is q
matter If conjecture.
The generaliSsimo is head Of the
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greater Importance than parental
neglect.
Far too many mothers and fathers
today are parents in name only.
They display no real interest in
their children's problems. associates
or the activities which occupy their
leisure time.
Consciously or unconsciously. neg
lectful parents look upon the moral
education of their children as
responsibility of the schools and
the clergy. They do not take the
time to become q genuine part Of
their children's lives. and If the
youngsters succeed in developing
traits Of good character and per-
sonal responsibility. they do so in
spite of-not due to-the guidance
and understanding accorded them
at home.
A loeoI Example
No person need look far to find
the type Of parents to whom /
refer. Here in the Nations Capital
last fall three young victims Of
parental neglect. aged IL. Is and
"A. became the center Of public
attention when they broke into q
suburban school and caused an
estimated $4,000 damage. Each
Of the three had q previous record
Of offenses. One had been on pro-
baton for breaking into Q church.
and the other two were awaiting
hearings on other charges. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-26
Tornado Is Weather
At Its Most Errotic

standing. II the building had been
blown down, this would hardly have
been the case. Instead Of blowing
down in the usual sense Of the
word, the building actually ex-
ploded.
This phenomena Is due to the
atmospheric pressure in a tornado.
AS it moves along, it carries in its
vortex an extremely low pressure.
Suddenly it encounters a building
or some other closed structure.
perhaps a silo. The pressure inside
the building being nearer normal
and therefore much higher pushes
on the walls and-poofi the struc-
ture flies apart.
1t is this difference in pressures
which causes pneumatic tires to
burst in a tornado. or clocks and
bottles to explode.
But what manner Of wind is it
that can move great trees hundreds
Of yards. or lift automobiles 50
feet in the air and drop them in
the next block? Such winds may
have a velocity Of only $50 miles
an hour, or about that of an espe-
cially severe hurricane. but most
tornadoes carry winds of nearer 800
miles an hour. and in rarer cases,
$50 miles an hour and more. The
twister itself will move along its
course at leisurely pace of from
IS to so miles an hour for as much
as 100 miles before dying ian
average" course. if a tornado
knows any averages, will be about
Is miles long,.
Tornadoes. like hurricanes. have
a season" of their own, from
March through June. But here
again, they just can't be depended
upon. for they have occurred in
every month. In March, they are
more likely to be seen in Alabama,
Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee and
Kentucky. In Florida, Louisiana,
the Carolinas. Arkansas and Texas.
April is their month. Missouri.
Kansas. Nebraska and other Mid
west States are more likely to DO
hit in May or June. And May
seems to be the most tornado-laden
of all Last week. nearly 500 had
already been reported this year. .
40-year record.
D. c. Has Hod Them
Although the far western States
are almost immune to twisters.
they have struck in every State and
the District of Columbia. Kansas
and Iowa have been the most sus-
ceptible. while Nevada has seen
only one in recent times.
The District is not in any tor
nado belt" but it has recorded
four in the past 40 years.
While the American Midwest has
more tornadoes than any other part
of the world. they are strangers in
no hemisphere. having occurred in
Scotland. the Bay of Bengal. the
Indian Ocean, of China, in Aus
tralia and of the Arabian
Peninsula.
But none have been so terrible
as the one that struck Annapolis.
Missouri, on March 10, 1925. This
twister actually tore UP pavements.
exploded stone buildings. piled up
so autos in a field outside town,
and failed a passenger train about
in the air like whip.
It was gone in seconds. but IL
killed 1923 persons and left almost
5000 injured.
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of the industry Of which the COM
pany is a member. Union ofiicials
explain it's easier to get company
to go union" when the remainder
Of the industry has done so.
Plan Troinins Sessions
The AFL-ClO will hold a series
of training sessions throughout the
South for organizers. The curricu-
lum includes such things as tech
niques of writing handbills. house
calling, how to use economic
materials. how TO present economic
arguments. In addition there will
be intensive sessions on labor law.
One argument the organizers will
be taught to stress is that 1t just
isn't right for a worker to be a
free rider" In union Technology,
an employe at an unorganized
plant which raises wages to keep
them in line with organized plants
is a free rider" This type Of free
rider" is one Of the AFL-CIO's
biggest headaches in the South.
other headaches for the unions
are right-to-work laws. opposition
OF some members OF the clergy. a
few antiunion municipal ordinances
and difficulty In finding places for
meetings. Union officials also claim
some employers are coercing en-
ployes to stay out Of unions. They
add, however. that it's practically
impossible To prove coercion.
Wherever possible. the unions
will use native Southerners as
organizers to avoid being tagged
as outsiders and interlopers.
One thing labor won't do is change
it's stand on the race issue. While
the AFL-CIO doesn't expect to be
able to change racial feeling In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-26
BY SHIRLEY II. sCHEIBLA


Officials OF the AFL-CIO are now
willing to admit that despite in
tensive effort they have failed to
organize Southern industrial labor
on anything approaching the scale
they had hoped for.
The labor stand in favor Of de-
segregation and the Dave Beck
story, as unfolded in Senate hear
ings, have stiffened the traditional
Southern resistance to organizing
efforts. So serious Is the situation
that some labor experts outside the
unions go so far as to say that
the Southern organizing drive is
dead.
But the AFL-CIo isn't ready to
90 that far. It is. in fact. planning
a new assault on this stronghold
OF unorganized labor Here are
some Of the tactics 1t will use:
When a company has several
plants outside the South. the unions
will attempt to organize those
plants first. Then. the theory is.
1t will be easier to organize the
plants in the South.
Union leaders say that past ex-
perience has shown It's easier for
a union to get a foothold in a plant
owned by company which recog-
nizes that union in its other plants.
They point out that United Auto
Workers. who have bargained with
the Ford Motor Co. for years, have
Just won an election to determine
their right to represent workers at
new Ford glass plant at Nashville.
Tenn.
This strategy doesn't work. Of
course, when a company has only
Southern plants. In that case the
tactic will be TO organize the rest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-26
FIGURES STATE
THE PROBLEM

. Across the Nation an esti-
mated $4,000 juveniles were ar
rested last year, the FBI reports.
This was an increase Of 17.2 per
cent over 1855, although the num-
Der Of persons aged 10 to II In
our population increased less
than 3 per cent.
. In 1856 juvenile arrests were
nearly AZ per cent higher than In
1852, while the Juvenile popula-
ton had increased only 1875 per
cent.
. In 1885 persons under ID
years were involved In ass per
cent Of all arrests for major
crimes In the 1851 American
cities.
Q Juveniles were involved In 66.4
per cent Of the arrests for auto
theft, 53.9 per, cent Of the burglary
arrests, 5O.4 per cent Of the lar
ceny arrests. and 24.7 per cent
Of the arrests for rObberies.
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being educated in the principles Of
democracy and trained as corps
OF leadership" to step into key jobs
here when. and II. "a democratic
form of government comes to the
Dominican Republic"
Head OF the movement is 80
year-old Francisco Javier Guilliani.
a bitter foe OF the "dictatorial rule
Of Trujillo and his denial Of funda-
mental, basic human rights"
Mr.. Guilliani admits the Dominic
can constitution does guarantee
freedom Of speech and press. But
he says: I'D like to see how long
anyone would last in the Dominican
Republic who attempts to exercise
either right"
Tourist DoIIors Drop
The Dominican Republic long has
been a favorite vacation spot for
Americans. and they have brought
tens of millions OF dollars. But
there's been a drop in the tourist
business lately. Apparently Ameri-
cans have been reading and taking
to heart the reports that the die
tator has his own brutal methods Of
eliminating vocal opposition. even
when 1t has appeared in the United
States.
These reports center around the
DISAPPEARANCE OF a Spaniard, Jesus
Maria de GalindeZ, a lecturer at
Columbia University. New York. on
March IL. 1856. and OF a young
American pilot. Gerald Murphy. Of
Eugene. Greg. last December 2.
The professor was bitter foe Of
the dictator and aimed bitter writ
ing against him. Generalissimo
Trujillo's foes say his agents kid
naped DR.. de Galindez as he
emerged from a New York subway
and had him bundled onto plane
and flown here for liquidation
They also say Mr.. Murphy piloted
the plane. and was murdered here
because he knew too much about
Trujillo's methods"
The generalissimo denied know
ing anything about what happened
to DR.. de Galindez He also claims
Mr.. Murphy was killed by Octavio
de la Maza. a Dominican Airlines
pilot. who then killed himself lin
remorse."
That ofiicial explanation hasn't
been accepted by the United States
Department Of State.
To counterfeit what the govern
ment men here claim has been IAN
unfair. untrue wave Of bad publicity
against this country" the Republic
is putting Its first-string diplomats
into the American picture.
Eduardo A. Leon, 81, a tall. DASH
ing, handsome and well-bred Do
minican. recently was sent TO
Washington to take over the newly
created post OF commercial min
ister."
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PROSPEROUS DICTATORSHIP
Dominicons Are DociIe Under TruiiIIo

Another top diplomat going to
the United States. probably in early
June. is DR.. J. Marine Inchaustegui.
40, author and historian. He is to
be consul general in New York and
also have the rank Of minister
plenipotentiary TO the United
Nations.
II Dictator Trujillo has any con-
Germ over the aftermath Of the
De Galindez- Murphy cases and the
drop in American tourism. he
doesn't show It, His dynasty APP
pears imbe6ded in cement.
II there are Dominicans here who
don't like his "dictatorship"-and
there must be-they find 1t health
Ter to do nothing about 1t.
THE Associated PresO