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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02
BY JOHN NJ. McKELwAY

Those in need of Just about
everything--even television re-
Ipairmen-opened their battered
doors in Southwest Washington
today to those on q tour of an
cient homes and sorry condi-
tons.
Leading the party was Senator
Morse. Democrat of Oregon. who
disturbed by reports Of starving
children in the District, came
down from the Hill to see for
himself.
The Senator was accompanied
by the Districts three Commits
sioners and a host Of other off,
lcials from District agencies and
the Senate District Committee.
The groups first stop was al
Barney Neighborhood House al
470 N street S.W. There the
Senator looked over the settle
ment house and was told of its
work in providing services to
needy families of the hard
pressed area.
Visit Community House
After a stroll through back
alleys and a vince at being told
nine children were burned to
death in one ramshackle build
ing. the Senator passed to South
west Community House, 1915
Fourth street S.W., where. he
was told Of additional efforts
TO aid the poor.
AT one point. Senator Morse
called to two little boys playing
in a dirty backyard.
Hello, boys" the Senator said,
Want to come up and see me?"
With furtive glances the little
boys quickly retreated behind a
leaning fence.
Senator Morse indicated to
one woman, mother of IA chill
ldren who is awaiting the return
Of her husband from District
General Hospital. that he would
see that one Of her daughters
got shoes to go to school in.
II persons in 5 Rooms
This came during a visit to
one family made up of II per-
sons who live in a house of five
rooms. The mother told Senator
Morse and visitors she is paying
$35 month rent and that her
husband recently went to d. c.
General for treatment.
The house. in the 300 block of
M street S.W,. smelled Of smoke
from an oil stove and displayed
pictures Of former Presidents
Roosevelt and Truman. Five
children were almost missed in
one corner Of darkened room.
They eyed the Senator blankly.
In another home, also on M
street. the Senator chatted with
the mother Of six children who
sleeps her four boys in one bed.
District welfare officials .ex-
lplained three or four fathers
have lived In the house at one
time or another.
The Senator. along with other
visitors. questioned the needy
families as to amount of money
they pay for rent and receive
from public assistance grants.
In one home an apparently
happy woman. mother OF nine
children. explained TO the Sem
ator she pays $l8 a week rent
and her husband earns $56 a
week as a laborer. She told
visitors the children have broken
~ 2i-inch television set. When
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02

NEWCOMERS frequently ask
questions that can only be
answered by research. The
staff has to educate them in
that while it is a research
library, the visitors have to
do the research. The Library
has a list of so professional
genealogistS which it sends in
answer to this type Of inquiry.
Sometimes a big research job
runs into money. A Califor-
Man recently paid $4,000 for
q family tree.
The Rambler was unable to
get his question answered. It
is this: Did any Of the adven-
turers Of the London Company
who arrived in Virginia on the
Susan Constant, the Godspeed
and the Discovery in 1907 leave
descendants?
There were no women in the
party. There was a Percy of
the family Of the Duke of
Northumberland among them.
His return to England without
starting a family here is a
great disappointment to the
genealogists.
The Ludwell, Harrison and
Blair tom bstones in the
churchyard on the island are
OF a later period. John Rolfe,
who married Pocahontas and
started a family that included
future Presidents, arrived in
1910.
Fifty persons arriving at
Plymouth, Mass, on the May
flower in 1920 had offspring
and their descendants prob
ably number several hundred
thousand. But did any of the
original arrivals who founded
the first permanent English
speaking colony Is years ear
ller start families? Perhaps
some reader has the answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02

A comparison Of the Districts
free lunch program for school,
children with the arrangement
in Arlington County. Va. and
Montgomery County. Md, today
showed the Capital is far behind
the outlying areas.
Here is the situation as given
by School Supt. Hobart M. Cor
ming Of the District; spokesman
for the Arlington County School
System. and Mrs. Corellf David.
school lunch supervisor in Mont
gomery County.
DISTRICT
Serves no free lunches to ele-
mentary school pupils. The rea-
son: No kitchens in any Of the
city's 100 elementary schools. In
the senior and junior high
schools. 45.964 lunches were
served last year and $50 day
are pelng served now.
A school estimate set at 1884
the pupils who ought to get free
lunches because they are poor
or undernourished but. at the
hearings last week. DR.. Corning
discounted the figures as too
high.
Free lunches are served to pu-
pills certified to the principal as
requiring them. Certification is
by the Welfare Department.
Senior and Junior High School
pupils also can buy lunches for
35 and as cents. Elementary
school children can't get any
thing TO eat at the school.
ARLINGTON COUNTY
Serves lunches in 80 schools To
1000 children daily, about 300
Of them are served free.
One junior high and seven
elementary schools do not par
ticipate because they have nc
facilities. but these schools serve
milk for I cents q half-pint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02

years.
Because these rewards not treasures at
tainabe to chosen few they all the to be
desired for they carry the power that prosaic
day into wealth of happy memories
Each morning when have our silent prayer together
say Please God. help learn today and thank YOU
thank you so very much God for allowing the favor
OF working with my friends, these children"
TomOrr0w-Wnfred OverhOlser
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02
The
Rambler
Shaking Down
A Family Tree

On the fifth floor of the
white marble annex of the
Library of Congress, signs di-
rect those interested to the
genealogical room.
1t must have been the voy-
age here on the Susan Con-
slant that suggested we visit
this center Of family research.
There we met Beverly Brown,
a mild-mannered man who for
years has been helping people
make the backward leap from
: the American middle class to
coronets and Norman blood.
Mr.. Brown was answering a
telephone inquiry that merely
called for a look into Debrett's
Peerage, Baronetage, Knight
age and Companionage. He
called his supervisor, Henry
Dubester, a slender man with
a background in sociology, to
help answer questions.
Both of them, especially Mr..
Dubester, seemed a bit con-
cerned that the visitor would
not take genealogy seriously.
Writers are always making fun
Of it, comparing it to Chinese
ancestor worship and refer
ring to discoveries of skeletons
in closets closed generations
ago.
ITO the people who come
here it's a very serious mat
ter" said Mr.. Dubester.
Most of them are elderly.
There are more women than
men. This is one of the most
popular rooms in the Library.
1t has Is to so visitors a day
10000 a year. Genealogy Is a
national pastime."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02


they wish to give more than
$500 at one level and less at
another.
The bill also raises minimums
for principals and supervisors
by higher amounts.
AS for the cigarette tax, Mary
land is one Of only six States
not taxing tobacco products. In
addition to the Scent per pack
Federal tax, the District Of Co.
lumbia and a. States levy taxes
on cigarettes ranging from 2
cents in the District and three
other States to 8 cents in Louisi-
ana.
Chain stores are now selling
popular brand king sized ciga-
rettes for % cents a pack in
Virginia and % cents in the Dis
trict and Maryland.
Adds to Local Levies
The Scent levy proposed in
Maryland would be on top Of
local cigarette levies of 3 cents
in Baltimore City and County,
2 cents in Hartford. Montgomery
and Wicomico and cent in
Garrett County.
Gov. McKeldin proposed earlier
to balance his budget with q
scent cigarette tax, 2 to
4 cents on cigars and penny
for each 20 cents Of pipe or
chewing tobacco. He intended to
rebate more than half Of the
revenue to the counties.
The Legislature. however. was
able to bring the Governors
budget In balance without any
new tax or tax increase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02

and If we share these principles as
Christ shares them with us, then our
work and our words will stand with
meaningfulnesS.
Teaching is Joy, privilege
rare, and as a profession it holds
many rewards. commonplace as they
may appear on first glance: a smile
OF mutual appreciation coupled with
warm friendship, face that lights
up and seems to say, II understand
that problem now, thank YOU"
secret shared with trusting child,
or a wink Of humor that travels
across a class and on through the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02
Needy Southwest Opens Doors
To Morse, District Heads, Others

asked about empty liquor bottles
in the trash outside, she replied
her husband buys a half-pint
every Friday.
Senator Morse thanked each
hostess and told one her lot
would be improved by allowing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02

the visitors into her home to-
day. Passing down narrow
walkway and stepping gingerly
over puddles. the Senator said
this was his first trip to South
west Washington ''in some
years"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02
A Tlrnnglrt fur Tnnay
Lenten Reflections on How the Bible
Has Affected Lives of People You Know
By ROBERT C. HOGAN
Teacher, John Burroushs School

"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Go We therefore, and teach all nations +"
ST. Matthew, %
II the work do and the words say are based on
the eternal principles OF understanding truth and love-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02
Tax on Cigarettes Voted
To Raise Teochers' Paw
Maryland Assembly Approves Levy
Of Cents Per Pack in Final Action
BY GENE GOODWIN
Star stan Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS Md. April 1.-THE Maryland Legislature adj
joned its 1857 session early today after approving Scent
cigarette tax for $ooayear increase State teacher
salaries.
The 9o-day session halted shortly before 2 N.
The teachers raise bill goes to Gov McKedin who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-02
Report Waited
On Expansion
Of Relief Costs
City Heads to Get
Background Date
On Welfare Needs

Preliminary cost studies for re-
vamping the Districts welfare
relief program were to be placed
in the hands Of the Commission
ers today.
Schuyler Lowe. director Of gen.
eral administration, met yester-
day. afternoon with Welfare Di-
rector Gerard M. Shea and other
city officials to assemble the
background information avail
able on the subject.
It has been estimated 1t would
take nearly SIS million to raise
public assistance checks from the
present SO per cent of what the
city quotes as minimum subsist-
ence to 100 per cent.
But recent demands for the
city to do more to a relief job
have gone further than increased
grants. They include recommon-
dations for the addition of new
categories Of relief recipients and
a continuing emergency type re-
lief program.
Shea Study Submitted
Received at the District Build
ing yesterday. but not yet made
public. was q study begun last
December by Mr.. Shea at the
Commissioners request. when
they raised the relief grants from
10 to SO per cent Of the minimum
standard.
The city heads asked Mr.. Shea
to recompute what he considered
to be q proper standard. The
welfare directors findings, in
GLIDING comparisons with other
cities, are being studied by Mr..
Lowe and the budget Office prior
to submission to the Com
missioners.
Senator Morse. Democrat of
Oregon, who conducted hearings
last week on District welfare
needs, and Senator Case, Repub-
lican Of New Jersey. have said
they were convinced the Dis
trict's present financial assistance
to the needy is inadequate.
Feeding Plan Continues
Meanwhile. the Commissioners
30-day emergency feeding plan
adopted q week ago after reports
that children in Southwest
Washington were going hungry
continued with 80 more families
certified by noon today.
Yesterday, los families were
cleared for emergency food ra-
tons, bringing the total number
Of cases certified by then to 324
families. which the Public AS
sistance Division said represented
l.348 children.
The figure does not count some
46 families given food orders
at Barney Neighborhood House
the week end before last just
after the Commissioners APP
proved the free food plan.
Because Of the number of APP
plicants and because the divi-
sion has no additional stan to
handle the emergency plan. a
call has gone out for volunteers
to interview the applicants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
STENO.-CLERK
STENOGRAPHER

Per. position. starting June
7. in well-est. organization;
5-day, 40-hr. wk.; downtown
loo; good salary. Call Mr..
SEATON, Ma. $1,000,
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SITUATIONS-WOMEN

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
RELP-WoMEN
SECRETARY

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company paid hosp. life insur., sick
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13
HElp-WnMEn
PART TIME

Have you seen Sarah Coventry's
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-13

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-08

proceedings dealing with pro-
posed tests Of pay TV.
IF we are to have a new
national policy" ABC said. 1t
should be decided by the direct
representatives of the people.
There is no good reason
why the proponents Of sub
scription television should be
unwilling to entrust the de-
cision to Congress"
In May, the commission de-
cided it had authority to
authorize subscription TV and
that experimental operations
should be conducted.
IF the opponents of sub
scription television are correct,
and this includes most of the
responsible components of the
broadcasting industry" ABC
said in its brief. the funda-
mental question involved is no
less than whether the Ameri-
can system of free television,
as we know it today. is to
survive"
The brief quoted Leonard H.
Goldenson, president of Amer
lean BroadcaSting Paramount
Theatres. Inc. as saying that
with subscription television lit
seems inevitable that home
viewers will be charged for
everything now on free tele-
vision which is attractive
enough that people will pay for
1t in the home"
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so AT Men
To Simulate
Moon Flight
BY the Associated Press

The Air Force will start
sending so picked men on SIM
ulated week-long flights to the
moon or other out-of this
world destinations next month
The men, in teams of five,
will make their imaginary five
day cruises cramped together
in a chamber not much bigger
than a family automobile.
For periods of 100 hours each
they will eat. sleep, ely" anc
relax in the tiny simulated
space craft only II feet long
Z feet wide and less than
feet high.
But they will never actu-
ally leave the ground. They will
be confined. in a series of Air
Force experiments, within q
specially-built flight station al
the Lockheed Aircraft Corp
plant at Marietta, Ga.
Their purpose will be to test
the capacity of pilots and crew
members to endure-and con.
tinue to function effectively
in the compressed area of a nu-
clear-powered aircraft of al.
most unlimited range.
They will be observed closely
t hrough out the series Of
flights" by a team of Lockheec
scientists assisted by 10 special.
lists from leading universities
The group will include psychol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-08

tanned in a speech by an Air
Force general that had been
officially cleared by the De-
Tense Departments censoring
unit. the Office of Security
Review.
Mr.. Coolidge also cited stories
last August that the X2 expert
mental plane had hit a world
speed record of some 1900
m.p.h. Gen. Nathan Twining,
Air Force chief of staff, was
reported by Mr.. Moss investi-
gators to have given enough
information in a security
cleared speech to have allowed
newsmen to figure out an APP
proximate speed for the X2
A third instance to be brought
up is the reported Defense De-
partment refusal to clear pic
lures of the new B58 bomber
until long after the Air Force
had sought clearance. and pic
lures taken of the B58- in full
public view at Fort Worth, Tex
had appeared in print.
Brig. Gen. A. j. Kinney, Gen.
Luehman's predecessor as Air
Force information chief, and
Capt. j. D. Lamade, the Nays
deputy chief of information,
also were called to testify.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-08

Department building, Mr.. RAN
kin's contacts with the press
are cordial but cautious. But
that is because of the nature
of the job and not the nature
of the man. While Mr.. Rankin
may not have printers ink in
his blood, he can tell newsmen
a thing or two about setting
type-a skill he picked up years
ago in Nebraska.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rankin and
their three children live in
Falls Church, within convenient
committing distance Of the SUI
preme Court. But the profess
sion comes before the avoca-
ton. Not even his 50th birth
day today keeps him from his
role as Uncle Sans Lawyer. "
in connection with Federal
Communications Commission
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-08

Chairman Cannon. Demo-
crat of Montana. of the House
Appropriations Committee said
today Congress still may cut
SIS billion from presidential
money requests this year "if the
Senate and the public stand
firm"
That was the goal of budget
cutters when the present ses-
sion started six months ago and
President Eisenhower said he
wanted $73.3 billion in new APP
preparations.
But, Mr.. Cannon said in an
interview. there are signs that
the Senate is weakening in its
earlier stand against increasing
amounts voted by the House in
appropriations bills. He sug-
gested that the public continue
the insistence he said it demon
strated earlier that Congress
make sharp reductions in APP
preparations.
"The House intends to stand
firm on its reductions" he said,
But there are times when you
must give in if the Senate is
equally insistent on increases.
The bills must be passed"
Fourteen regular and special
money bills have been passed
by both branches of Congress.
The Senate has cut ST. million
and added $l,066 million to
amounts originally voted by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-08

and the lawyer in the case of
Mr. Rankin himself. he has an
interesting background that
ranges all the way from politics
to piccolo playing. Cattle rails
but it is a serious one. as is
everything he does. His as
sociateS say that he tolerates
everything except superficiality
and the habit of leaving a task
half done. He is thorough in
everything he sets his mind to
or whenever he applies his ver-
satile activities.
Born In Nebraska
A native of Nebraska and a
graduate of the University of
Nebraska, where he obtained
ALB. and LIB. degrees, Mr..
Rankin practiced law in Lincoln
from 1880 until Attorney Gen.
eral Brownell persuaded him to
come to Washington in Janu-
airy. 1858. He served as As
siStant Attorney General in
charge of the Office of Legal
Counsel until he took over as
Solicitor General last August
to succeed Simon E. Sobeloff.
now a United States Court of
Appeals judge.
Mr.. Brownell's interest in Mr..
Rankin developed on several
fronts. Both men came from
Nebraska. Mr.. Rankin earned
an impressive reputation as a
lawyer in the Midwest. And he
managed the Nebraska cam
paign for Thomas E. Dewey in
the 1948 presidential race as
we'll as that of President Eisen-
hover in 1852.
In the secluded suite Of the
Solicitor General in the Justice