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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
Shot in Fight Kills
Guithersburo Man

A GaitherSburg (Mdo man
died in Montgomery County
General Hospital today from
shotgun wounds inflicted some
"a hours earlier during fight in
a farm tenant house.
The dead man was identified
by county police as Walter Gid
dings, %. of Route 2, Gathers
burg.
Police said Mr.. Giddings was
struck by a shotgun blast fired
by Charles Hammond. SO. also
of Route 2, Gaithersburg. about
am. yesterday. The incident
occurred while the two men were
arguing in a tenant house on
the farm of l.. r. Sabine OF
Washington Grove.
Hammond was jailed in Rock
vile initially on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill, police
said AS a result of Mr.. Giddings
death, police said a charge OF
murder is to be filed today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
Acies Meeting Hears
Legion of Mary Luuded

The Most Rev. John NJ. Mac
Namara. Auxiliary Bishop Of
Washington, hailed the Legion of
Mary yesterday for its spiritual
work for others.
He presided at the annual
Aches meeting of the legion at
St. Patrick'S Catholic Church.
More than 1000 legionnaires
from 10 local Catholic parishes.
the University of Maryland.
Catholic University. and Holy
Cross Academy attended.
Members of the Legion of Mary
teach religion. visit the sick and
prisoners. and perform other
good works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
Most Hospitals in U. S.
Called Peril to Health

tiers design. build and manage
hospitals.
2. The standards of hospital
care are degenerating because
of low salaries.
3. Doctors have been using
antibiotics to prevent infection
and have killed off many of the
sensitive organisms, selecting
and preserving the rugged
disease-producing strains"
Rate Reported Soaring
/ He said that with some eight
million operations each year in
this country the unavoidable
rate OF subsequent infection in
patients might be about one half
OF one per cent. However. Dr.
Walter charged, the rate is
running from five per cent to
10 per cent and is growing
alarmingly." When serious in
fections of this nature occur, he
said. the death rate runs as high
as 40 per cent.
DR.. Walter listed a number of
ways these infectious organisms
multiply and are spread among
hospital patients. He said that
when unclean hands use an Or
binary bar of soap it is con-
taminated and the organisms
grow. He charged that hospital
laundries are usually operated
sterile and it comes back tc
sterile and it comes back &c
contaminate another patient. He
added that organisms from
dressings not handled correctly
contaminate the air.
These organisms sometimes
get on the floor, he continued
are picked up by a mop handled
by a careless attendant who pro-
ceedS to paint the floor with
these germs" elsewhere.
These conditions exist in 9C
per cent of the civilian hospitals
in the United States and ir
many, many of the veterans
hospitals" DR.. Walter said.
Doctors Vigilance Urged
The surgeon told his colleague.
that lit is up to you to recog.
nize that you too are the villain.
in, plot against your own pa.
tents. The doctors must see thai
hospitals are run properly a.
they we're two generations ago
In those days every doctor wa.
actively interested in cleanliness
I'm those days the laymer
running hospitals were beholder
to the doctors. Today the laymer
speak of their own medica
staff.
DR.. Walter said that 1--WE neec
doctors running hospitals. Some
while ago there came a time
when 1t became fashionable tC
get rid of them"
He urged doctors to stop using
antibiotics as preventative meas,
ures but to use them to treat
infections only.
THESE organisms would dis.
appear in a week with gooo
sanitation in the hospital" DR.
Walter said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
81 School Bill
Extension Hit
BY the Associated Press

A Veterans Administration Of
fetal said today he doubles Con-
gress would be justified in ex-
tending educational benefits of
the Korean CT Bill to peace
time veterans.
T. F. Daley, VA associate gen.
eral counsel, told Senators that
in most instances a draftee "can
anticipate and plan for his pc
Rod of obligated service in a
manner which would minimize
its impact on his education and
his career
The cost of extending benefits
to those indicted after January
81, l955-the present cutoff
would run up to an estimated
$40 million a year by 1862. Mr.
Daley said.
He testified as a Senate Labor
subcommittee began hearings on
eight bills proposing various
amendments to the Korean CT
Bill.
Chairman Thurmond. DEM
ocrat OF South Carolina. said the
bills raise fundamental policy
question" since never before has
this Nation during peacetime
had compulsory military service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18

a undetermined institution. and
it's not our intention to cause
any traffic hazards or harm prop
erty values"
Those have been the two ma
jor complaints by opponents Of
the coming. There also is the
fear that once the residential
barrier is broken along Wiscon-
sin avenue. other pleas for COM
mercial coming will follow.
1854 Effort Recalled
Residents of the Somerset and
Chevy Chase area recall the at
tempt made in 1854 for COM
mercial coming of a tract next
to the one sought for the Hecht
store. 1t finally went down to de-
feat. and so did a bid for a
special exception for the same
property. located at the south
west corner of Wisconsin and
Dorset avenues.
The applicant then was the
Dorset Corp. which still owns
five lots on Dorset avenue. It's
president then and now is Donal
L. Chamberlin. the, developer of
Kenwood.
Mr.. Chamberlin is one of the
few persons who have spoken
out in favor of the Hecht Co. re-
coming. He currently is president
also OF the Bethesda Chamber of
Commerce. but voiced his opin-
ion Of the application as an in
dividual.
Mr.. Chamberlin believes the
added tax revenue that would
come to the county with the new
department store would be much
more than if the area were de-
veloped for private homes.
Addition of a Hecht Co. store
in a neighborhood Just three
blocks from the Woodward &
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
Hearing Scheduled
On DC. Judeeships

Chairman Neeley of the Sem
ate District Committee has
scheduled a public hearing for
2 pm. next Monday on two
pending District judgeship nom
nations.
one Is the nomination of Miss
Catherine B. Kelly to succeed
Associate Judge Nadine GAL
iagher of Municipal Court. for
a l0-year term. President Essen
hover sent up the nomination
January 25.
The other is Orm w. Ketcham
nominated by the President for
a term of six years as Judge of
the Juvenile Court to succeed
Judge Edith H. Cockrill. This
nomination was submitted Jan
Iuary 30.
Both are residents of nearby
Maryland. The District Com
mlttee has received no protest
against the ability or character
OF either nominee. Questions
nave been raised. however, about
a legal point as to whether there
Is a requirement that the Judge
OF Juvenile Court be an actual
resident of the District.
Senator Beall. Republican OF
Maryland, recently asked fol
some legal opinions on this cues.
tion. Meanwhile. the staff OF
the Senate District Committee
began its own examination of tht
legal question so as to be pre-.
pared for questions from the
committee that were anticipated
William p. Gulledege, committee
counsel. said he was about ready
10 set down his views if the COM
mlttee asks for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
Ozark School Leaders
Get First Look at CopitoI

A pair Of Ozark Mountain
boys took their first look at
Washington today. as represent
atives of school where work
not money forms the tuition.
Harvey Sutherland. %. and
Ronald Stanley. 18. were
whisked on the first leg of a
three-day tour of the Capital
with an alumnus of their school
serving as host.
Walter Green. owner of the
Ebbitt Hotel, who attended the
unusual School of the OZarks,
near Hollister. Mo. brought the
youths here after they were
selected for the trip from among
hundreds of other students.
Event May Be Repeated
In addition to qualifying as
leaders and scholars. the two
had to win out in essay COM
petition on why they wanted TO
see the Capital. School alumni
here said the competition and
the journey may become annual
events at the rural co-educa-
tional institution.
Mr.. Sutherland. freshman in
the schools junior college divi-
sion. is studying dairy farming
a vocation he hopes to follow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18

Then quickly learned that all peo-
pie, even those who we're so different
from u.s." were my neighbors. Were
we not all children of God?
After I became somewhat accus-
toned to the fact that had so many
neighbors and always would have, l
considered the word love"
It's easy to love people who are
nice to you, l thought, but how
could l love everybody, especially
those who seemed unkind or whom
/ didn't like. In my first deliberate
step toward complying with this COM
mandment. ! found that kindness to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS

Ninety per cent Of the civilian
hospitals in this country have
become menaces to health. a
Harvard Medical School profess
sor OF surgery charged today.
DR.. Carl w. Walter told a sec
tional meeting of the American
College of Surgeons here that
the rate of infection caused by
poor sanitation in the Nation s
hospitals is steadily rising. Two
generations ago hospitals were
cleaner than they are today. the
surgeon. who is also associated
with the Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital, declared.
DR.. Walter addressed some
1000 surgeons attending the
three-day scientific sessions at
the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
Three Reasons Listed
He listed three reasons for the
increase in serious infection
among patients in hospitals:
/. "Laymen who are essen
TALLY ignorant in medical mat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
More Candidates
For Priests Uroed

Catholic parents were urged
to play a larger part in en-
couraging their sons to enter the
priesthood yesterday by Chaplain
Raymond p. Cahill of Quantico
Marine Base.
Chaplai nCahill was the prin-
cipal speaker at vacations rally
at Blessed Sacrament Auditorium
attended by more than 200 young
men and their parents.
The many new parishes.
schools and other projects in the
Archdiocese Of Washington need
additional priests, he pointed
out. These projects, he explained,
have outstripped the supply Of
local vocations.
The rally was conducted by
the Rev. Martin w. Christopher.
Director of Religious Vocation in
the Archdiocese of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18

Mr.. Stanley. high school senior,
has his eye on an engineering
career
At the Ozark school, he
engineers" a tractor to pay for
his education.
The young men said no one
pays with money. Any ambitious
but poor boy or girl in the
famous mountain region can en-
roll at the huge institutional
city in itself, with its own
church. farm. telephone system.
and power plant.
Montgomery Man Is Escort
Squirting them around the city
today was Walter Baughman, a
lawyer and Montgomery County
councilman who lectures at the
school each February.
Also on hand to welcome them
to Washington was their Con-
gresham, Representative Brown,
Democrat Of Missouri. Tomor-
row they are slated to meet Sen
ator Symington, Democrat of
Missouri. Wednesday they will
wind up their tour with visits to
Arlington Cemetery and Mount
Vernon and a luncheon with
School of the Ozarks alumni
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
Improved Social
'ProgramU Urged
In Southwest
Study Group Critical
Of School, Welfare
And Housing Affairs

After an intensive. three-year
study of 81 children and their
families in Southwest Washing
ton, special community group
today recommended widespread
changes in school. welfare and
housing programs.
The recommendations were
made by the Southwest Neigh
Iborhood Project, sponsored by
the Barney Neighborhood House,
Jaunita kaufman Nye Council
House. Southwest Community
House. Barney Neighborhood
House and the United Commu-
nifty Services.
Recommendations Listed
Chief recommendations Of the
group were:
| /. The Board of Education
should establish a program of
school social workers.
! 2, Smaller classes should be
established where the need exists.
! 3. A lunch program should be
set up in elementary schools.
4. Schools should establish
special classes for teen-agers un-
able to attend regular classes.
For the Public Health Depart
ment there were these recon-
mendationS:
/. The department should ex-
pand its Guidance program at
the Southwest Health Center.
| 2. There should be more CO.
operation between health and
welfare programs.
| 3. The department should re-
establish the prenatal care pro-
gram on a neighborhood basis.
! For the Welfare Department
/. The department should re-
evaluate its programs of financial
assistance to needy families. par
tlcularly the aid to dependent
children program.
2. A homemaker service-dis-
continued in l953-should be re-
established.
Church Service Urged
The Project Committee also
asked private welfare agencies tc
sponsor more dynamic programs
to bring various services closer
to people and at the same time
asked that churches in the
Southwest take more of an in
terest in the community.
/ The report also asked that in
future redeveiopment planning
better timing be used in declar-
ing moritoriums on housing
codes. Tenants. according to
the report. have had no recourse
to the code for period of over
two years.
Children, Parents Observed
The cOmm IN cations
.Stemmed from observations made
during the three-year study OF
children and parents in need of
financial or medical care, some
times both.
although the geographical
area covered was relatively
small" the report of the study
said. 1T can be looked upon as
an indication of problems faced
city-wide with this in mind the
recommendations are made. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
Zoning Fight on Wisconsin Avenue
Old Story to Somerset Residents
By CHARLES A. McALEER

The fight now raging over a
petition to reZone property off
Wisconsin avenue in suburban
Maryland for commercial use is
a story residents of the area
have heard before.
For the second time in the
past three years, an effort is
being made to crack the resi-
dental barrier along that thor
oughfare in the stretch between
the present shopping area at the
District line and the main busi-
ness district of Bethesda, start
ing at Bradley lane.
Whether it succeeds will be up
ito the Montgomery Council. be-
fore which a public hearing on
the application is scheduled in
Rockville at 8 pm. April 26. The
council has jurisdiction in all
Irezoning cases.
Involved now is a 26-acre
wooded tract on the west side of
Wisconsin avenue. just south of
Dorset avenue. entrance to the
town of Somerset and the exclu-
sive Kenwood development be-
yond. Across from it lies all
residential Chevy Chase Village.
Once part of a substantially
larger tract five times as great,
owned by the family of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll. notorious
draft dodger of the First World
War. it is a wedge-shaped tract
which fans out as it stretches
deep into the heart of the ST.
year-old town of Somerset. The
one-time wealthy playboy now
lives on a farm in Southern Vir-
GINA.
Protested by Residents
So far. there has been virtually
nothing but proteSt voiced
against the petition by area
residents. who long have been
accustomed to battling proposed
coming changes for the Bergdoll
land.
The Hecht Co. announced
plans January 81 to erect a new
suburban store in a modern
shopping development on the
property if the plea is granted.
When the proper time comes, f."
company executive said. well
go before everybody and show
them our side"
HarcA Melnicove, vice presi-
dent in charge of publicity and
store planning. said the company
has engaged the best landscape
experts. architects and traffic
engineers We can lay our hands
on" to prepare plans and speci-
fications for the projected store.
The firm, he said. also is con-
lducting economic and customer
surveys which it hopes will sup
port its petition.
I'VE think it's good spot. and
We think we're needed and
wanted there" Mr.. Melnicove
said. It's obvious we want the
.lsites and want the coming. but
wen go in properly so that no
one will get hurt.
THE Hecht Co." he added. sis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18

TODAY

Eastern Agents Conference
moves into its second day at
the Hotel Statler.
National Council of Jew
ish Women continues its
session at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Association of Military
Colleges and Schools begins
its convention at the May
flower Hotel.
Wrapping up a three-day
convention. the American
Society for Public Admin
istration meets at the Hotel
Statler.
One thousand delegates
OF the American College of
Surgeons. sectional meeting.
open a three-day assembly
at the Sheraton-P Park Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18

Lothrop Chevy Chase store at
Western and Wisconsin avenues
would be something the county
should not reject, Mr.. Cham
berlin stated. He feels that Wis
consin avenue should be COM
mercialized from the District
line to Rockville.
Mr.. Chamberlin'S corporation
had asked for its commercial
coming to permit construction of
a medical clinic. At the last min
ute. when he learned a special
exception to the zoning ordi-
nance would allow the same
thing, he asked to withdraw the
rezoning petition.
Councils Rejection Decision
The County Council. predeces-
sor to the one which will hear
the Hecht application, had this
to say IN its order of March 2,
1854 The Council is of the
opinion that since the subject
property lies outside of the
recommended commercial area
as shown on the Zoning Plan
for the Central Business Dis
trict of Bethesda adopted Octo-
Der l6. 1916. the requested zon-
ing would be an unjustifiable
encroachment Of a commercial
use in long established resi-
Dental area"
Less than a month later. or
March 25. 1854, the plea fol
a special exception to allow con-
struction of a building to house
the Yater Clinic met vigorou,
opposition from some of the
same persons opposing the Hech,
Co. rezoning. The appeals
board finally turned it down in
a ruling on May 10. 1854. II
agreed with opponents that such
a clinic would have an adverse
Continued on Page B-3, Col. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18

neighbor included in love Of neghbor.
have since discovered that love is based respect
1t is understanding patience, courtesy tolerance giving
help and comfort not only to the poor but to the lonely
all those in need-and much 1t is giving of self
sharing; 1t cannot be contained, it must spread: this is
the nature of love.
What better time than the season of Lent to con-
centrate loving neghbors? How much peace
full and the world would be If each Of us loved our
neighbor ourselves?
Tomorrow Carl d. Coleman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
Fordhom Club to Meet

The Fordham University Club
of Washington will meet at $3.50
pm. Wednesday in the Alumni
Lounge of the McDonough Me-
mortal Gymnasium at George
town University. 1t will be adj
dressed by the Rev. John j.
Murphy Of st. Michael's Church,
Silver Spring. y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18

Board Of Management of the
Arlington YMCA and the Clar-
endon Methodist Church.
Mr.. Winston is married and
has three children. The family
lives at 304 North Highland
Greet. Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
PTA to Hear Schmidt

Prince Georges County School
Supt. William S. Schmidt will
address a meeting of the Gwynn
Park High School Parent
Teacher Association at the
school at pm. tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
The
Rambler
Big Wheels Vie
For Low Licenses

District traffic authorities
thought they had the low
tag-number problem whipped
this year, with the introduce
ton of the new combination
of letters, plus three numbers,
But then came word that
this year 200 additional pre-
ferred-number tags will be
issued, 1900 in all, and the
race for them seems to be on
in earnest.
The average motorist seems
pretty happy about the new
tags, in general, says Traffic
Director George Keneipp. At
least there's been no criticism
thus far. But at the District
Building the Commissioners
have almost had to hang up a
mo pushing" sign to keep
order. Everybody and his
brother wants a special
number.
Larry Duvall, in Commits
Sioner McLaughlin's office,
said they had a case where
a chauffeur called and said
his boss low number looked SO
nice he'd like to have one
himself.
'And we get requests from
plain, ordinary citizens who
say they have lived here all
their lives and stayed out OF
trouble, and think they're en-
titled to a low number" MIR,
Duvall lamented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
A Tlrnught fur Tnhay
Lenten Reflections on How the Bible
Has Affected Lives Of People You Know
BY MISS MARY NJ. SCHAEFER
Technical Editor. vitro Laboratories

Love thy neighbor myself" Matt. xii 1910 Each
year understand little better the meaning of this
commandment.
That l should love my neighbor myself at first
seemed easy to a child because liked my neighbors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18
Street Scenes

A near-sighted man squint-
Ing at an optical store dis
play.
Christmas decorations still
hanging in the windows at
Marine headquarters of the
Navy Annex at Arlington. For
81, maybe?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18

ACTUALLY, a low license
number is not supposed to get
preferential treatment from
police and it is difficult to
understand why some people
attach so much Importance to
them. But the records show
that those who've had one
will fight tooth and nail to
keep it, even going SO far as
to enlist congressional aid.
The lengthy tenureS of
Commissioners John Russell
Young and Guy Mason helped
complicate the picture. Their
lists of low number holders
remained static so long some
recipients came to regard
their number as a vested
right. When succeeding COM
missioners made changes,
there was real trouble. Mr..
Duvall said the present Com
missioners only have about Is
personal friends on the list.
All others are members of the
Districts civil hierarchy, nor
mally entitled to receive
special plates. or high-rank-
ing Federal officials. Odd that
Government men, who spend
so much time kicking around
big figures dote on little num-
bers when license-renewal
time comes around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-18

ONLY A COUPLE of years
ago former Commissioner
Samuel Spencer and Bill Nc
Leod, clerk of the House Dis
trict Committee, were sport
ing identical No. SO tags. That
was when the city tried to get
two years service out of one
set of tags and many rusted
and had to be replaced. Pic
ture the expression on Nc
Leod's face the night he got
out of his car and saw the
same license on the car
parked directly ahead.
Diplomatic tags are in a
field of their own and do not
complicate the general scram-
BILE for low numbers. Some
people claim embassy drivers
take advantage of their diplo-
matte immunity too often IN
parking and careless driving.
But Mr.. Keneipp says he's
found the embassies to be ex-
tremely cooperative when
traffic violations are reported.
Some are quite fussy about
1t, ne said, land the top men
Will call us after they've been
notified by the State Depart
ment 10 get more details They
sound in dignant at the
thought that any of their
people would violate traffic
rules and I'm pretty sure they
take some action to prevent
a repetition.
Mr.. Keneipp says the Dis
trict's new tags make it easy
to identify cars in accident
cases.
ITS easy to remember three
numbers" he says, "or the
letters. If you get hit and are
lying in the street. all you've
got to do is rise up and take
a look at the numbers and
try to remember the make of
the car. Well get them, for
sure"
Not US We're lying there
until the insurance investi-
gator arrives.