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Biblical Pool of Gideon
OpenAfter25Centuries

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 81
Observation-Disclosures have uncov-
cred the Biblical pool Of Gideon
and the spring Of Ancient Israel
is flowing again after rs CEN
turtles. the University Of Penn
sylvania Museum reported to-
day.
The pool was discovered 81
feet down in hard limestone.
A team headed by DR.. James b.
Pritchard, a research associate
at the Museum and professor
at the Church Divinity School
Of the Pacific, Berkeley, Calf,
made the find.
Restoration of the pool re-
vealed one OF the ancient
worlds remarkable engineering
achievements. the Museum said
The discovery confirms the
Biblical tradition that the men
Of Gibeon-now called El-Job
were drawers Of water" The
arhcheologists also uncovered
a mass Of evidence indicating
that wine-making was a -four
ishing industry before Gibeon
and It's environs were laid waste
by King Nebuchadnezzar IN
5e7 BIC.
The Bible refers TO Gideon
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as the place where the sun
stood still and stones rained
down from the sky as Joshua
routed the invading Amorites.
The ancient engineers, in at
tempting to reach the water
table. dug a cylindrical pit 81
feet in diameter to a depth of
80 feet. Then they carved a
spiral stairway against the
face Of the pit. At the 33-foot
level a tunnel was dug until
water was found at 50 feet.
DR.. Pritchard said the orig
inal work was probably done
with slave labor and may have
taken years. The work Of clear
ing the pit and stairway was
done by 80 men working two
shifts a day for six weeks, he
said. The diggers found a.
water jar lying unbroken in the
spring where 1t had been left
by the last user more than rs
centuries ago.
DR.. Pritchard's team included
Prof. Fred v. Winnett Of the
University Of Toronto: Asia q.
Of Jerusalem; Linda A.
Witherill Of Syracuse. N. Y;
and DR.. Claus-Hunno Hunzin-
ger Of the University Of Goet-
tingen, Germany.
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information and that he was
willing to sell it for $27.5OO.
The letter continued that II
the Russians were interested,
they could find him in Room
1877 Of the Hotel New Yorker
in New York City. French con-
cluded with the remark that
If the Russians were interested,
they should show up before
April Z. as he could stay in
New York only two days before
returning to his post.
French went to the hotel
in New York and was called
on there promptly. as he had
requested, but the people who
opened the door were officers
Of the FBI and the Air Force
ONCE .of Security Investiga-
tons. French was promptly
apprehended, the Air Force
said.
The Air Force said Capt.
French had made no prior at
tempts to peddle secrets to the
Russians.
Capt. French was found
guilty Of violating Article 1874
Of the Uniform Code of Mill
tary Justice. The charges in
volved an offer and an unsuc-
Continued on Page Ale. Col. 6
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Hungarian Minister
Explains His Absence

VIENNA. Sept. 81 R. -
Hungarian Minister Of State
Gyoergy Marosan disclosed In
a Budapest speech today that
he had been in a Moscow sana-
forum during a recent myste-
rious absence from Hungary.
Mr.. Marosan said he had
spent several weeks in a con-
valescent home on the Black
Sea and in q Moscow sanato-
rum, western informants in
Budapest reported.
Ofhcial Communist reports
about his returns had omitted
any reference to his recent
whereabouts.
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Hagerty said I'm not inter-
preting that"
Mr.. Eisenhower's reaction to-
day made it clear that he
realizes peaceful carrying out Of
indignation plans at the Little
Rock high school still is far
from an accomplished fact.
Mr.. Hagerty refused to say
whether the President was "re-
lieved" or ''gratified" at the
rapid series Of Developments in
Little Rock yesterday and today
Hagerty Cautious
I'm not using any words like
that" Mr.. Hagerty told ques-
TONERS. This is Saturday.
School opens Monday. Wen
just wait and see"
AS he spoke, the latest news
from Little Rock was q school
board announcement that the
school which has been the CEN
ter Of controversy would be
open to the colored children
Monday. but that the children
involved were not certain
whether they would try to
enter then.
Mr.. Eisenhower praised the
dignity" and restraint" with
which the nine colored chill
dren and their parents had
conducted themselves through
the ordeal" Of the school
controversy.
Asked whether FBI or other
Federal law enforcement ofa-
GERS would be at the high
See EISENHOWER, Page AS
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Little Rock Negroes
Plan to Enter School
Mayor Gives
Pledge to
KeepOrder
BY WILLIAM HINES
star star Corrannondana

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Sept.
21--An about effort to crack
the color line at Central High
School is expected to be made
Monday or Tuesday despite
the ever-growing possibility Of
white supremacists' resistance
to any attempt to integrate the
school.
Mayor Woodrow wilson
Mann promised tonight that
Little Rock police would be on
hand at the school Monday
morning and would deal firmly
with any individual or group
who might try to create
trouble"
The mayor, in q news confer
ence. said local law enforce
ment officers would be there to
preserve the peace.
Compliance With Law
Our policy is one that will
permit compliance with the law
instead Of obstructing it," he
said.
Asked If the policemen would
help Negro students enter the
high school, Mayor Mann said:
Were not running an escort
service"
Wiley Branton Of Pine Blum
and Mrs. L. c. Bates Of Little
Rock, respectively counsel and
president Of the Arkansas
Branch Of the National Assoc
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People, said today nine
Negro students definitely will
go to the school at an early
date. Whether this date will be
Monday or Tuesday, they indl-
Gated, win depend on condi-
tons.
The Negroes, while cautious
for the safety Of their children,
appeared in no mood to heed q
plea BY Gov. orvaI E. Faubus
to keep the colored children
out Of school for a while. Nor
was there much immediate re-
action on the part Of the Negro
C ON m unity to thinly-veiled
threats Of violence on the part
of leaders Of the white SUI
premacy group here.
The Negroes intended march
on the school building was be-
ing watched closely for its prob
able effect on the popuIace.
Many observers thought citi-
zens were inflamed rather than
placated BY Gov. Faubus' plea
for 'forbearance." The Cover.
Continued on Page Ale, Col. /
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Lote Scores Beat I erps;
Sooners, Navy, GWWin

Maryland lost a heart-break-
ing. 2i-13 football game to
Texas Ann in the Cotton Bowl
at Dallas yesterday in the
drenching rain of a tropical
storm as the Aggies scored
twice in the fourth period.
Both teams scored in the
first period and the score re-
manned tied at TT until the
Aggies went ahead. lat, early
in the fourth quarter when
John Tracey carried 7 yards
to a touchdown and Lloyd Tay-
Tor kicked the extra point.
The Terps stormed back a
few minutes later after re-
covering a tumble. HOWE Dare
scored from the 3, but Roddy
Osborne. Aggies' quarterback,
crashed through to block the
try for extra point. The Aggies
sealed the game by scoring on
q plunge from two yards out
with S. seconds left.
An anticipated stern test for
Oklahoma's powerful team
failed to materialize as the
Sooners rolled to their 4lst sue
cessive victory. crushing Pitt,
$50. at Pittsburgh.
First Big Football Week
In the first big football Sat-
urday Of the season, Navy
crushed Boston College. 1915,
while George Washington Uni
versity defeated william and
Mary. TO. and Virginia tied
West Virginia. 6-6. in a thriller.
The Cavaliers had the ball on
West Virginia's one-foot line
as the game ended.
Other games saw N G. State
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TREASURE CHEST:
TRAVEL MOMENTS

MOMENTS TO REMEMBER ore
the real treasures Of every trip. For
one travellers "unfoFgettobIe mo-
ments"-ond q stimulus for your
own memOries-see Poee B-z4 Of
i, The Stars restyIed Trovsl Pases.
THAT LONG COUNT in the re-
turn match between Jock Dempsey
and Gene Tunney led TO arguments
thot still rose in the sporting world.
On the 30th anniversary Of the
bout. Alon J. Gould, executive edi-
tor Of the Associated Press, ct ring
side. onolyzes the event in retro
speei on Poss 7 Of Sunday The
Stor Mosazins.
MOSCOW SHAkE-UP put
woman in the KremIin. For more
about the blonde ond buxOm RED
Queen" beside khushehev, see
Poss 3 Of This Week.
PRICED INVITATIONS to the
reception BY the Commonwealth
Ambassadors during Queen EIiza-
beth's state visit here ore now in
the moil. For more obOut the COW
etsd bids and a look at British
Embassy proportions. see Poss n,f
Of the Society Section.
TV PREMIERts this week and
returning shows ore singled out for
special attention on Poss Z Of
TeleVue.
THE GlRARD TRIAL foseinaies
John Heney. outhoF Of "Hiroshimo."
The incredible ehonse wrought BY
II year. prompts the Pulitzer Prize
years prompts the Pulitzer Prize
winner to write a fronk and illuri-
netting story Of the ,rial. todoy on
Poss A-32.
FEAR or CANCER Is actually
feor Of the unknown. soys Dr.. Mo-
riOn Hilliord in todoy's instollment
Of her challenging "A Women Doc
tor Looks at Love and LIE" on
Poss ABS.
Complete Index. POSe Az
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whip North Carolina, TO;
Georgia Tech beat Kentucky.
1870, and Boiling Air Force
Base smother Fort Knox, 1876.
SMU beat California, 1876,
in an intersectional game.
A sellout crowd Of 58.942.
lured by the possibility of an
upset, saw Pittsburgh hold Ok
lahoma to a TO score at half
time but the Sooners broke the
game open in the third quar-
ter, twice scoring after recover
ing Pitt fumbles.
Virginia. l3-point underdogs.
scored late in the fourth period
at Morgantown and. missed a
chance for victory when Jim
Bakhtiar's attempted CONVEX
sion sailed wide to the left.
partially as the result of a poor
pass from center. The Cavaliers
stormed back later in the
waning seconds but the clock
ran out to thwart their bid for
a win.
Navy Powerful
Navy. ranked as a national
power in preseason ratings, put
on a show of destructive force
at Boston and Eddie Erdelatz
called 1t the best opener in his
eight years as Nays head
coach.
George Washington scored
late in the third quarter on
Halfback Mike Sommer's IS
yard dash through right guard.
then hung on the rest of the
way.
About 30 other garfies were
being played last night.
"Details In Sports Sectionl
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personally agree with school
integration orders. tle Presi-
dent asserted:
Il am confident that they
viii vigorously oppose any vio-
lence by extremists"
He also expressed confidence
that Little Rocks people will
demonstrate that proper or
ders Of q United States court
win be executed promptly and
without disorder" there.
Necessary Step"
Mr.. Eisenhower described as
"a necessary step in the right
direction" Arkansas Gov. Or
val e. Faubus' action in with
drawing from around Central
High School National Guards
men who had been barring en-
try Of nine colored students
there since September 2.
Gov. Faubus, who insisted
that using the troops in that
way was necessary to prevent
violence. pulled them out only
under protest in compliance
with q Federal District Court
Injunction late yesterday that
ordered him to cease inter-
Iering with the courts inte-
grafton orders.
Asked II the Presidents as
serted confidence that disor-
ders could be avoided in Little
Rock meant that he was saying
Gov. Faubus was all wet" in
his contention that the Ma
tional Guardsmen were needed
TO prevent violence, White
House Press Secretary James C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-22
BY JAMES G. DEANE

The $14l million. six-year
public works plan which a citi-
zens' committee proposed for
the District In June will be
subjected to its FIRST public test
on Wednesday.
A public hearing has been
scheduled for 10 o'clock Wednes-
day morning in the District
Building board room. The Dis
trict Commissioners have in
vited spokesman for civic or
CARNATIONS TO give their views
on the plan. Individual citizens
also win be given an oppor-
tunity to be heard.
The hearing. in the eyes Of
city officials. has considerable
importance. Major proposals
for increased construction out
lays we're under study even
before the i5-man citizens
committee, headed by Richard
P. Dunn. president Of Julius
Garhnckel a. Co.. was formed
TO draft a specific plan.
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Windjammer
Sinking With00
Rescue Vessels
Sight Flares

ROTTERDAM. Sept. 81 R)
"A German four-masted bark
with q crew Of about 90 re-
ported tonight she was sinking
600 miles southwest Of the
Azores after losing her sails in
q storm whipped up by Hur-
ricane Carrie.
The windjammer, the Pamir,
was bound from Buenos Aires
70 Hamburg with q load Of
barley.
A United States Coast Guard
cutter, an American freiehter
and q Liberian freighter
headed for the sinking vessel.
Included in the Pamir's crew
are 81 merchant ship cadets.
The 3,l03-ton. 52-year-old bark
has long been used as q tram
ing vessel as well as a grain
carrier.
45-Degree List Reported
The Pamir's distress call. in
tercepted by the Dirkzwagers
Shipping Agency here, said the
foremast was broken and the
ship was listing at a 45-degree
angle.
The United States Coast
Guard in New York said that
the American freighter. the
President Taylor. reported it
sighted flares at sos pm. EST.
about four miles north Of the
spot where the Pamir reported
herself in distress.
At about the same time, the
Coast Guard said, the Liberian
freighter Penn Trader reported
seeing flares in the same area.
Both ships made for the flare
sources, which may be from
lifeboats. the Coast Guard said.
The International towage firm
Of L. Smits at Maasluis. Neither
lands, said 1t was trying TO
reach the zwarte Zee. its big
gest sea tug. which was in the
area Of the Pamii. In mid
Atlantic, almost an equal dis
lance between the coasts Of the
See SHIP. Page AIS
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Flyer Gets Life in Plot
To SeIIA-Doto to Soviet
By JOHN A. GILES

A 36-year-old B-36 bombar-
der has been sentenced to life
in prison for unsuccessfully at
tempting to sell atomic secrets
to Russia via q letter to the
Soviet Embassy here.
His letter. written while on
leave in washington. was '.in-
tercepted. the Air Force said
yesterday. :
Instead Of Soviet Embassy
emissaries meeting him n the
New York hotel room he desig-
mated last April, he was met by
FBI agents.
Father Of Three
The Air Force yesterday
identified the bombardier as
Capt. George H. French Of Mt.
Vernon. N. Y, the father Of
three children. He vas sentenced
by a general court martial at
Barksdale Air Force Base, La,
headquarters Of the Second Air
Force.
The captain pleaded not
guilty to the charge. Fits court
martial board, composed of
three generals. two colonies,
and two lieutenant colonies,
gave him the maximum SEN
tence for the offense.
In addition TO life imprison-
ment. Capt. French was SEN
fenced to a dishonorable dis
charge and forfeiture Of all pay
and allowances. The sentence
is subject to review by the
I'd Air Force commander, q
Board Of Review and the Air
Judge Advocate General. It
then will be referred to the
Military Court of Appeals.
Capt. French's wife said in
Mount Vernon he spoke to her
yesterday by telephone and de-
MED that he was guilty. She
quoted him as saying I'm all
messed UP financially" and
told her to keep UP her hope.
Mrs. French said she is not Bit
ter toward him, that he was a
good husband and father. Their
children, she added, know only
that he is away on a trip.
Lone Operator
An Air Force spokesman here
emphasized that Capt. French
at no time actually made con-
tact with a representative Of
the Soviet Union.
ITO the best Of our knowl-
edge he was lone operator"
he said. There is no indica-
ton Of any Communist con-
nection. sympathies or other
wise, in French's background. 81
The Air Force filed in some
OF the gaps in the case, particu-
larly how Capt. French hap
pened TO try TO let the Russian
Embassy know that he had in
formation they might want.
AS the Air Force told it, this
is what happened:
A few minutes before or after
midnight Of April 5-B, Capt.
French was spotted strolling
by the embassy grounds. When
opposite the entrance, he was
seen to pitch an envelope onto
the grass inside the grounds
in such a way that II appeared
that he wanted the envelope to
be picked UP.
Capt. French was permitted
to go on his way but Ameri-
can agents, believed to have
been from the FBI. quietly
walked onto the grass, picked
up the envelope and went away
with 1t.
Gave Room Number
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President Is Confident
Of Little Rock Peace
Two Statements Stress Necessity
Of Dissolving School Crisis Fear
BY GARRETT ID. HORNER
star star corrasnnndant

NEWPORT R. l., Sept 2lPresdent Eisenhower stressed
in two statements today that he is counting on the people
Little Rock to dsprove that school ntegration would
provoke violence there.
In what amounted to appeal to the citizens Of the
Arkansas capital city to respect the law whether or not they
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Mode! Housing
For Older Folk
Planned Here
Low-Rent Project
Would Be First Of
Kind in Country

A model S20-unit housing de-
velopment for the elderly
costing IN the neighborhood Of
So million--is planned for con-
struction on q. s. Route so
south Of Glenn Dale Sani-
tariun.
Daniel s. Ring, attorney rep
resenting the group promoting
the project. said it win be the
first Of its kind in the Nation.
He said it is hoped money for
the development win come from
about . half dozen labor unions,
but stressed that mo signed
commitments have been re-
ceived."
The project would be built on
. 35-acre site on Glenn Dale
Road In Prince Georges County
between the new Washington
Annapolis Parkway and q. s.
Route so on q wooded ridge.
Working under provisions Of
the Housing Act Of 1856. the
development construction loan
would be insured by the Fed
eral Housing Administration.
Tenants. under the law, must
be 80 years Of age or older in
such . project. They would
pay relatively low rents.
Meeting Scheduled
Donald Lallemant. Washing
ton public relations consultant
and one Of the promoters Of
the project. said q meeting Of
union leaders and others in
terested win be held at IL am.
tomorrow with FILA Commits
sioner Norman p. Mason in an
effort to gain approval Of the
site.
He slid, once the financing
Is arranged and the FLA in
surance secured cit could be
Up TO 30 per cent Of the con-
struction cost. it would take
about two months before con-
struction could start. With the
unions having representation In
the operating corporation, the
group would operate on q nom
profit basis. John Jameson
White is the architect. |,
Mr.. Ring said the money to
luild the project could come
rom union retirement funds.
I'VE have verbal commit
ments from the half dozen
unions involved, and they seem
quite enthusiastic. But it can't
be stressed too much that this
whole business is in preliminary
planning stages"
Facilities Planned
Mr.. Mason said he UNDER
stands the project viii have q
multi-storied building contain
ing single rooms for the very
old and for single persons.
Married couples would live in
one-story units. Other plans
include the building Of a 10
sore lake, a chapel, infirmary,
common dining facilities, an
auditorium and hobby shops.
Mr.. White said a major hur-
die wiz be sewage facilities,
and the group has under option
additional acreage for the
puliulng OF q sewage treatment
plant. Details on this have not
been worked out with the
Washington Suburban Sanitary ]
commission.
The architect said he has
been most encouraged by the ]
cooperation of FILA officials
in pushing the project through
to completion. He stressed the
development will be the first !
Of its kind in the Nation and
could well serve as a model for
similar developments elsewhere.
J. C. Turner Of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood Of Operat-
ing Engineers. said he will at
tend tomorrow's meeting. He
said he understands the Inter-
national Brotherhood Of Elec-
trical Workers and the Amer
lean Federation Of Government
Employees have also been asked :
TO participate in the financing I
and operation Of the project.
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Decisions on these proposals
have been In allegiance. City
ofiicials also are banking
heavily on mobilizinR public
support for q strong plea 70
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Hearing Set "Wednesday
On Public Works Plan

Congress TO approve and i'm
plement the plan, in whatever
form 1t is finally given by the
Commissioners.
The committees plan con-
tains some radical proposals.
One is TO ask Congress TO grant
the District almost 500 mill
lion in general-fund borrow
ing authority. Borrowing pow
er now is possessed by the
city only for highway, sewer
and water main construction.
Another proposal OF the
Dunn group is to seek an in
crease TO $30.5 million an
nually in the authorized Fed
eral payment. The authorized
amount-which Congress usu-
ally cuts-is now only 500
million.
Solicit Comment
The Commissioners. in no
tices sent out nine days ago.
declared they we're particularly
anxious TO get public comment
on these financial proposals.
Despite the sweeping charac-
ter OF the plan, and controversy
about some Of its detailed rec
concentrations. the public 50
far has not shown any great
See WORKS. Page As
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Gave Room Nnmher

The substance OF the letter
dropped on the grass. accord
ing to an Air Force spokesman,
was that Capt. French indi-
Gated he had some valuable
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Keeps Names Secret

Mr.. Thomson would not dis
close the names Of those whose
forms are being examined, but
1t was learned that those Of
Edwin c. Brown have been
obtained. Mr.. Brown is North
ern Virginia counsel for the
National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored Peo-
pie and has been indicted in
Baltimore on q Federal income
tax evasion charge.
Authorization to get the tax
forms from the Department of
Taxation was obtained from
Gov. Stanley, q committee
source said. He said the Gov
ernor can authorize use Of the
tax records II needed for 4
proper legislative function"
The General Assembly created
the Thomson Committee 70
make a thorough investiga-
ton Of the activities Of cor
pOrations organizations, associ-
ations and other like groups
which seek 10 influence. en-
courage or promote litigation
relating to racial activities in
this State"
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Part Of the Thomson Com
mittee's work Is to study the
need for new laws redenninR
the taxable status Of such cor
porations and Of donations
made to such groups.
The main target OF the COM
mittee is the NAACP. Presume
ably the report Mr.. Thompson's
committee is required to make
to the Governor and the Gen.
eral Assembly will contain rec
concentrations as to whether
the tax-exempt status of the
NAACP or any other racial or.
ganization falling within the
scope Of his committee should
be changed.
The tax forms would enable
the committee to see II the indi-
viduals have claimed donations
to thes NAACP as tax deduc-
tions.
Mr.. Thomson said at a court
hearing Friday in Arlington
that 1t is impossible to investi-
gate organizations without an
investigation Of the individuals
in the groups. He declined to
say what use will be made Of
the tax forms.
The committee questioned IS
witnesses in two days Of hear
ings in Arlington last week.