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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
The
Rambler
...Tokes q Turn
Into GreenbeIt
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

The other day, a woman
called the Rambler to tell
him that, on August / Chats
today, all the 5000 residents
Of Greenbelt, (men, women
and childrep) were to be rid
Of their dogs and cats.
The Rambler took that one
under adviSement. He's lived
with dogs, and he has lived
without them. In retrospect,
the latter condition seems
preferable. Dogs can be too
companionable. They can be
a nuisance. AS to cats, he
has no use for them at all
never had.
He probably wouldn't have
done anything about 1t but
for this happenstance. Yes
terday he was rambling Tin
a company carl in the
vicinity of the University of
Maryland, when he noticed
a sign indicating a right turn
and it said "Greenbelt."
He realized that in, all the
years he has been reporting
this area, he had never
entered the famous New
Deal suburb. He made the
right turn.
Greenbelt, in case you
don't know, is about IS miles
from Washington, between
the new Baltimore parkway
and old U. S. l, a little be-
yond College Park.
It certainly is Americas
most controversial suburb.
Before sitting down to write
this account about his visit,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

it has no shape at all. being at
skies and sevens with any rec
ognizable form. The clam is
just the opposite. being a per-
fectly regular. round. smooth
blah. The human small fry are
all mostly the same shape, very
skinny with few notable ex-
ceptions) and having four al
most identical appendages, with
which they wiggle and run and
throw things. attached to a
small, self-charging torso-dy-
namo. all in perpetual motion.
The strangest shapes at the
seashore are grown-up human
beings. All human beings start
with the same basic equipment,
give or take q variation or so
on account Of sex. That is,
each has one head, two arms,
one chest. one tummy, two legs,
and so on. But the multiplicity
Of shapes produced by the sew
eral locations Of Jumps and
hollows and the diversity Of
corresponding measurements is
scientifically amazing.
Take the midriff. or waist,
measurement for example. It
may be % or So inches, a diff
ference in circumference of 80
inches, or almost a yard. It
seems unbelievable that some
people can accomplish all nee
essary food assimilation with
an apparatus one-tenth the
cubic capacity Of that required
by others. But there 1t is.
There are many different
types Of shapes seen in the
Wown-up human beings. There
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
Appointed to Academy

William c. Diehlmann. 10.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
r. Diehlmann. 1923 Cabot
street. District Heights, Nd.
has received an appointment to
the United States Merchant
Marine Academy at Kings
Point. N. Y. He was nominated
by Representative Landlord,
IDemocNat Of Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01


First Of Two Articles
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here-their estimate, $50 mil,
lion-as exhorbitant. Slumi
still exist. Taxpayers have beer
duped into housing handouts
that fail to rehabilitate fami.
lies, they contend.
The builders are out to quasi
the public housing empire" II
Washington with business.
like" alternatives. Major pro.
posals are:
/. To house lower-incomt
families in the Districts oldel
homes and apartments. Neither
public nor private developer
can put up new houses fol
families with incomes undel
$4,000 annually, Joseph H
Deckman. chairman of the as.
sociation'S public housing com.
mittee, says.
Try it with public manage.
ment and losses will be stag.
gering. he said. and with pri.
vate funds, profit impossible.
But new building still il
economic for middle and higher
income families. And thest
families are leaving oldel
houses in the District to q
into new homes, as they arr
able. an association study
showed.
Calls For Upkeep
"The thing to do is to SCI
that those older houses arr
kept up strictly to good, SAM.
tary and safe Standards" Mr.
Deckman said. Because {
house is old does not mean il
is bad"
The association has surveyed
housing within the District ant
found 10000 :. rental units
A follow-through study under
way will classify units by rent
charged. This project. directe,
by Ernest F. Henry. association
counsel, should be completed il
two months. Builders are bet
ting it will prove enough low
rental units are empty now II
house the city's families in meet
Of that kind of housing.
2. To let limited dividend
companies build rental unit
with some of the same financ
ing advantages enjoyed by pub
lie housing authorities.
Such companies could limi
their dividends to 4 or S pc.
cent. Mr.. Deckman pointed
out. They would pay full take
on their units. He reasoned
that benefits would resound Il
the people through tax re.
turns, and to the tenant
through low rents held dow
by the limit on owners profits
Legislation Possible
This scheme probably woult
require legislation, he said
Private companies would neet
lower rates of interest an,
longer terms of debt amortiza
ton than are now open t,
them through banks. Tn
Federal Government, by guar
anteeing private builders Dor
rowing on better terms, woult
get better housing, he said, an,
rents equal to public rem
scales.
3. To make families ineligibl
for public housing if the,
weren't on local relief rolls
This would take families VIII,
could afford private rents GU
of public housing into private
This view is shared by fewe
builders. Abraham Chaifetz. OF
behalf of the District chapte
lof the Property Owners AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

At night the moon comes up
from beyond the rim Of the
ocean. When full 1t is round,
and it may be any one Of sew
eral colors-red. or orange, a
gold. or silver. It is said that
the sun also comes up out OF
the ocean and is red and round,
but this sight is seldom seen.
There are great gulls and
little fishes. A gull is swept
wing poise, and its counterpart
in the water is a silver fash
a Jet without side pieces. The
cr0b is q terrible shape; indeed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

to draw up a report on the pos
sibilities Of such a step.
The plan would be subject to
the full boards approval.
For the first time in local edu-
cation history, District schools
this summer staged what has
apparently been a successful
attempt to lift achievement
levels. In six elementary
schools. some 1900 children
have been receiving concen-
trated doses of reading instruc-
ton - uncluttered with the
ways Of arithmetic or history,
for example.
While results of the program
are not complete, Mr.. Tobri-
ner is of the opinion great
strides have been made in pull
ing up tagging readers.
Wants Plan Continued
He would like to see the pro-
gram continued. either every
day of the school week or, per-
haps. three days out of five.
Glasses would be held at the
end Of school for one hour in
any school where the need for
such instructions has been
demonstrated.
Students picked for the spe-
cial classes would be those who
have los of IS or above and are
not. more than two years be-
hind in their reading level.
Teachers who have special
abilities in the method Of
teaching reading would be Sc
lected and paid for their one
hours work-a sum based on
the normal rate paid substi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
.HouseunitT Told
Mallory Ruling
.Wi|IBarArrests
Police OfficioI Urges
Congress to Curb
Effect of Decision
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG

One Of the top spokesman for
the Nations police today told
q House Judiciary Subcommlt-
| tee that the Mallory decision
If it is projected to the States
will destroy modern low en-
forcement as it is practiced and
preached today"
The witness, Chief William
H. Parker of the Los Angeles
force, a member of the Legis-
lative Committee OF the Inter-
national Association of Chiefs
of Police. appeared to repre-
sent local law enforcement
agencies.
He said the Mallory decision
of the Supreme Court. which
now requires that District po-
lice and Federal law enforce
ment officers rush prisoners to
arraignment. will have this
result:
Arrests will not be made"
Cites Decisions
Chief Parker cited a series
of Supreme Court decisions
which indicate that more and
more Federal decisions are be-
ing applied to State procedures.
He pointed out that the Su-
preme Court has agreed to
ireview a California case raising
the same issue of delayed ar
raignment as the Mallory case.
In that case. the murder con-
lviction Of John Russell Crook
er. jr.. he said the confession
came Is hours after the arrest
and the arraignment was two
days after the arrest. (In the
Mallory case the confession
came seven and a half hours
after the arrest and the are
raignment came the day after
the arrest because police were
unable to locate the United
States Commissioner on the
night of the arreSt)
Chief Parker cited the
Croker case and another Cali
fornia case-the Bashor MUIR
der case-as examples of po-
lice work at its finest although
there was long time interval
between arrest and arraign-
ment.
He said these cases ARE H.
Illustrative OF local practices
condemned in the Mallory de-
cision and the rule in the NAL
lory case probably will be ap-
piled in the States"
Sees Organized Move
Il am convinced" he told the
subcommittee. that there is a
highly organize4 attempt to
bring about a new order in the
policing of America"
He said there were organ
izations at work now trying to
eliminate many of the present
methods of police work, includ-
ing the use Of cameras, inform
ers and even telescopes.
He called on Congress and
the legislative bodies of the
States ito assume their full
responsibility under the Con-
stitution in spelling out arrest
procedure and rules of EVIL
dence."
Earlier, Acting Chief Melvin
H. Leach Of the United States
Park Police declared that nu-
merous crimes would have re-
NAMED unsolved in Park Police
files if investigative personnel
had been "saddled" by the NAL
lory decision.
Inspector Leach said the real
criminal would benefit most by
the Mallory decision while the
innocent would run the risk Of
police records. He cited three
cases from Park Police files
where prolonged investigation
was necessary to bring a pair of
murderers. an escaped 'lifer and
an attemntnd ranisf To iIisfice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

OF course there are some
handsome ones. with square
shoulders, fiat backs, tight
tummies and stout legs. But
they are the very young. BY
and large, grown-up humans
wearing little clothing are a lot
Iunnier looking than are other
animals in the raw. A friend
from up in the Potomac hunt
country said to me, III you saw
a horse in the shape most of
people are in. you'd get a vet to
lput vim to Sleep"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

Each year a prominent
WaShinotonian. Dho spends
his Ddcdtion at Ocean City.
Nd. sends one dispatch to
The Star, reporting his Uietos
on any one OF a Udriety OF
subjects. The following dis
patch BY the correspondent,
NTH a passion for Gnony-
nifty. Is. De think, in pretty
good shape for publication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

is the simple silhouette type.
The outline Of such a person
consists Of two curved lines,
opposite, beginning at the base
Of the skull and terminating
at the ankle bone, reaching the
greatest separation point mid
way like a football on end. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
BUILDERS
Alternatives Proposed
For Public Housing
BY GRACE BAsSETT

Washington builders engaged in what may be last
ditch fight to keep profit in lowcost housing developments
in the District.
drive to expose both the failures Of public housing and
the chances for private enterprise to meet pressing demands
for home being spearheaded by the Home Builders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
Remedial Class Studied
For End of School Doy
By John M. McKELWAY

The District school system continue its school
program-one solely devoted to remedial readng-nto the
coming school year, it learned today
In back of the proposal is School Board President Walter
Tobrner who has directed School Supt Hobart Corning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

ISOLATION of American, Inc,
proposed the measure to the
Commissioners, however.
Home builders found that 20
percent or 480 of the 2,40O
families now on relief here were
living in public housing. Only
4 per cent or 230 of 5000 single
persons on relief live in public
units.
These are the city's needy
Mr.. Deckman noted. "They
should be in public housing,
and if they were the Welfare
Department would bear hous-
ing costs as part Of their re-
sponsibility for rehabilitation. u
Personally, however, Mr.. Deck
man saw disadvantages to this
system.
Income Determines
Now. eligibility for public
housing is fixed by family in
comes, less deductions for
minors and non-working men,
bers. He said a more equitable
way of adjusting eligibility
might. be to eliminate some OF
these deductions. Congress in
creased them this year.
At least these three and
probably more alternatives will
be fully documented by the
continuing association study,
according to Mr.. Deckman.
Already, the association has
called on District Commission
ers to make a thorough inves-
tigation" of their public hous-
ing.
This request probably viii be
tossed to Congress if city faith
ers to make a thorough inves-
nation to be gathered by the
association by late fall, accord
! ing to builders.
What the association seek;
to get across is the tremendou:
sums taken out of taxpayers
( pockets for the current 5,29t
public housing units in the
District, Mr.. Deckman said
$4,000 Per Unit
Each new unit will cost about
$4,000, almost the same al
private costs, builders esti-
mated.
Only 40 per cent as much will
be paid on public units in lieu
of taxes as would come from
private units. Mr.. Deckmar
contended this so per cent tai
loss was only the beginning Of
| public costs Of the units.
Five projects completed in
1904, for example, cost about
81 million. Annual rents col
lected amounted to 1851 900
But annual expenses of the
units totaled $984.212, he said
If rents were raised. he in
sisted, they would equal privat,
rates. If they are kept at cur
rent levels, Uncle Sam mus
bear too much Of the burden
of public project costs each
year.
Association members sa!
they want to substitute TO
public housing the hard work
free competition and gamble .
profit and loss that have bull
their own businesses.
Urban renewal and publ,
Improvement programs of tn,
Capital City will dislocat,
10000 families by 1860. New
homes must be furnished thesu
families. whether in public o.
private quarters.
National Capital HOUSING
Authority Director James Ring
neweSt ideas for handling pdrt
OF the load through publ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Air Force Associa-
ton. meeting in the Shera-
ton-Park Hotel. goes into
its third day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01


chased by the Methodist
Church.
rent move to obtain the Lough.
boro road property.
Renah F. Camalier, attorney
for the church in the purchase
transaction. confirmed that the
land had been bought from Wire
Properties. Inc, within the last
10 days.
Mr.. Camalier did not disclose
the price for the Ward circle
tract bounded by Massachu-
sets and Nebraska avenues,
Newark street, Tunlaw road
and the projected Forty-third
street. The asking price has
been reported at Sis million.
Announced Last Year
Plans for development of a
large educational and religious
center in the area were an
nounced by church officials
last year. The development
includes the moving of the
Westminster Md Theological
Seminary here as the nucleus
Of the new Wesley Theological
Seminary.
Ground was broken last April
for the first buildings on the
American University campus.
Presently under way on the
campus also are a new school
Of foreign service and school Of
business administration.
Mr.. Camalier stressed that
the Wire property was not pur.
chased oy American Univer.
sity. During yesterdays hear
ing on the Sibley Hospital
controversy before a Senate
District subcommittee. District
Court Judge James r. Kirk
land said he had heard a report
the university had bought the
tract.
Check Of Report Asked
Judge Kirkland said he could
not vouch for this, and the
subcommittee asked that the
report be checked.
Robert v. Fletcher, chairman
of the university board Of trus-
tees. told The Star later 1t was
mot true" that the university
had bought the land across
Nebraska avenue. The hear
ing was on legislation 10 turn
over to Sibley the property on
Loughboro road as a building
site in lieu Of the proposed lo-
cation on the university cam
pus on a tract turned over to
the hospital.
Yesterday, the National Capt.
tai Planning Commission was
asked to furnish positive an
swers today on whether Sibley
should be allowed to use the
Loughboro road site Of the old
National Training School for
Girls.
The demands came from
Senator Morse, chairman Of the
Senate subcommittee as the
group heard testimony on the
effect of the proposal on WASH
ington's future water supply
and other aspects Of the con-
troversy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

Special dispatch from our summer
correspondent AZ Ocean City
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

the Rambler consulted the
clippings in The Star library.
There were eight envelopes
of clippings dating back to
1895. That's more than the
accumulation of Chevy Chase
clippings since the turn Of
the century.
And, the Rambler learned
from the clippings, the dis
pute over pets or no pets
has been going on for years.
In 1910, there was a plebiscite
in which the anti-pet ele-
ment swept the borough
seven to one. There was an
other one in 1919.
THESE DISPUTES amount
ed to only two or three
clippings in the vast ac-
emulation. Greenbelt was
controversial because it was
the Governments initial
venture in the construction,
management and ownership
of homes for rent.
It's a beautiful place.
Twenty-Five years have
brought it to a very respect
able maturity. 1t is more
notable for its hedgerows
than for ivy on its masonry
walls. The hedges are privet
and most of them are neatly
trimmed. They are row
houses. The masonry ones
are prewar; the frame ones
postwar veterans housing.
Their dimensions would in
dictate that the rooms are
small, but the gardens are
beautiful.
The street of shops has a
boardwalk, summer resort
appearance with attractive
young mothers in T shirts
and shorts herding their
children.
We saw no dogs or cats.
Dick Bates, the mailman,
said he thought there were
400. He has been bitten sew
eral times; doesn't mind
dogs as long as dangerous
dogs are kept in leash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

National Capital Housing
Authority Director James Rings
neweSt ideas for handling part
OF the load through public
housing t0iu be detailed tomor-
rom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

OF WaSnlngLOn.
Members have condemned
The total cost of public housing
First Of Two Articles
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-27
ROANOKE ISLAND CLUB
AND LODGE MEETINGS

MASONS: Manteo Lodge, Sec
ond and Fourth Monday Evenings,
in Manteo Town Hall. Wanchese
Lodge, First and Third Thursdays,
Wanchese Lodge Hall.
EASTERN STAR, Second and
Fourth Thursday evenings in Wan
cheese Lodge Hall.
ODDFELLOWS, Second and
Fourth Thursday evenings in
Manteo Town Hall.
REBEKAHS, First and Third
Monday evenings, Manteo Town
Hall.
MANTEO ROTARY, each Mon
day evening, and MANTEO
LIONS, First and Third Tuesdays
in Community Building.
WANCHESE PURITAN, third
Fridays, Wanchese schoolhouse.
DEGREE OF POCAHONTAS;
Second and Fourth Fridays. 1880
PM, Wanchese Masonic Hall.
AMERICAN LEGION, Fl. Ra-
leigh Post No. 26, End Thursday,
1880 PM, Community Bldg, Man
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-27

per.lighways, Slutz recommend
several practices that will keep
your mind functioning and your
senses tuned to the driving task.
l. Stop every 100 miles for
q refrashment break--or switch
drivers If you're travelling with
a companion.
2. Vary your speed and check
your eedometer frequently.
8. IL you're travelling alone,
play IT, radio - loudly, or sing.
A. Keep your eyes moving.
Glance to the front, the rear
view mirror, and the instru.
ments TO avoid the frozen stare
of highway hypnosis"
5. Change your driving posi-
tion periodically by NOV ing the
car seat.
6. If there's glare from the
sun or pavement, wear sum
glasses. (GIare causes eye
strain and drOwsiness.) But,
don't forget to take them off
at shutdown.
"In other words" says Slutx,
ito drive superhighways Eafcl. t,
you've got to work at IT."
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-12-27

signer of the agreement permission
to claim the full exemption.
Claim All Exemptions
Exemptions cannot be juggled,
shifted, punched or pyramided to
gain a tax advantage-but they can
be overlooked. Be sure to claim all
the exemptions you properly can,
because each one reduces your tax
able income by 5000. Remember
that to qualify for an exemption a
dependent must:
ID Have received more than one
half Of his support from you, unless
you file Multiple Support Agree
ments (which may be obtained at
any Internal Revenue Service).
60 Have less than $500 gross in
come for 1857, unless he or she Is
your child and under 10, or full.
time student. "a.
(3) Not file joint return.
90 Live with you (absence while
attending school does not interfere),
or be close relative as specifically
defined in the Official instruction
book, or be a cousin receiving In
ObbbOShVN0t C1TG kOT q AACutAA VI
physical disability who had lived
with you before going to the insti-
tuition.
go Be either citizen OF the
United States or a resident OF the
U. s.. Canada, Mexico, Panama and
in some cases, a serviceman's child
living in the Philippines
II you are supporting dependents
but are not able to file a joint re-
turn because you are unmarried,
you may be able to qualify as the
head of a household" and be en-.
titled to use special schedule OF
tax rates that gives you half the
benefits of income-splitting. In q
situation where, say, a son lives
with his widowed mother and
shares expenses equally; the son
may have to contribute a few extra
dollars before the end Of the year
to qualify as the head Of house
hold.
Each year millions Of taxpayers
put off filing their tax returns until
the April Is deadline. The last min
ute rush to avoid late filing PEN
atty produces not only long lines at
Internal Revenue Service offices,
but also many careless mistakes by
taxpayers. Prepare your tax return
carefully and file it early. Help is
available from the IRIS, which
urges you to consult properly
qualified advisor if you need outside
! assistance.