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Evening star., 1957-08-14
Rockville Picks
Works Director

Rockville City Manager John
Markland last night announced
the appointment Of william c.
Vaughan. 4S. Of Rockville, as
the city's first director Of public
works at an annual salary Of
$4,000.
He replaces the city engineer
and acting public works direc-
tor. Joseph Rodgers. who has
resigned to open a private
engineering firm.
For the past three years Mr..
Vaughan has been q design
engineer in the Montgomery
County Public Works Depart
ment.
In another action, Mayor and
council last night took under
advisement q proposed revision
Of the city building code. 1t
is the 18th law to be considered
in a program revising city
ordinances.
City Attorney David Cahoon,
who drafted the new code. told
the Mayor and Council it gen.
orally follows recommendations
Iof the Building Officials Con-
ference Of America. The pro-
posal makes only a few tech
nical changes in the existing
building code, he said.
The present city building
code follows the Montgomery
County law which in turn pri-
marily accepts BOCAwrecom-
mendations. BY adopting the
BOCA proposals directly, Mr.
Cahoon said. the city will
eliminate a legal and tech
nical mess"
No citizens turned out at @
public hearing on the proposed
new building code
Evening star., 1957-08-14
Kids Have Their Day
At Hogerstown Fair

HAGERSTOWN. Md. Aug. IA (SpeciaD - bue-eyed
boy, tightly cutchng red canded apple in his left hand
scrambled top of gaiy colored booth and picked
baseball
Watch out, honey you'll fall" warned woman. The boy
aimed and threw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06

and now being considered by the Senate
District Committee was prepared pri-
marily to pave the way for certain pre-
liminary studies. The Federal Housing
and Home Finance Agency has earmarked
$4,000 for the studies, conditional on
enactment Of legislation authorizing the
stadium. The investigation is intended
to show whether a stadium of the size
contemplated $4,000 persons) and in the
location chosen (near the Armory in
Southeast Washington would be eco
nomically feasible. If the finding should
be adverse to a bond-financed project of
the sort planned, an entirely new APP
proach to the stadium proposal would
have to be worked out.
To clutter up the pending authorize
tilon bill with unnecessary amendments
in advance Of the studies as to basic
feasibility of the project is premature, to
say the least Congress ought to pass
stripped-down authorization bill now and
await the report of the engineering and
economic experts before considering adj
ditional legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06
Redssuring Crime Report

Police Chief Murray, under attack
by the NAACP for alleged brutality and
discrimination against colored people, is
given high praise by the Washington
Criminal Justice Association in It's annual
report on crime in the Nations Capital.
1t Is worth noting that the associations
membership includes members Of both
races. The association, which regards It
self as a watchdog over crime conditions
In Washington. made study Of police,
prosecution and court participation in
the reduction of lawlessness in the city,
with the Police Department receiving
special praise.
Statistics showing the steady drop in
serious offenSeS here in the past year were
included in the report A major share of
the credit was given to Chief Murray and
his men for increasing the strength of
police patrols on the streets, especially at
night. Policemen, 1t was pointed out,
have worked long hours overtime and on
their days of in order to provide round
the-clock coverage Of trouble" areas. The
extra surveillance activities have paid of
In arrests and in crimes prevented. The
report showed gratifying Improvement
In law enforcement teamwork in the Dis
trict-in contrast to some of the associa-
TONS critical findings in past years. Only
one important phase Of law enforcement
was found to be below par This was
In the sentencing of gambling racket
GERS. In general. however, the association
found that criminals are being caught and
Jailed more frequently than in most other
large cities Of the country. The whole
community has a right to be proud of
the city's outstanding law enforcement
record
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06
Let Them Go

Strictly on dollar basis, disposal of
American farm SURPRISES abroad Is not
proflt-making operation. 1t has, however,
provided an outlet for unneeded commod-
tiles and has brought return in foreign
currencies disable for our own purposes.
Accordingly. there is adequate justif1ca-
ton for legislation, now agreed upon in
House and Senate conference, extending
the Surplus Sale and Barter Act Of 1854
by one more year. BY terms of the ex-
tension, the ceiling for such disposals is
raised from SO billion Of commodities to
81 billion and the President is authorized
to give away an additional $500 million In
commodities for emergency or special re-
lief needs in friendly foreign countries In
addition, the law is liberalized In two re-
spects. One is that the bartering Of farm
SURPRISES for strategic materials from
East European countries within the Com
muniSt orbit-but not Soviet Russia or
Red China-will be permitted. Another Is
that up to Is per cent Of the local cur
rencies realized would be available
under certain restrictionS-for loans for
industrial and trade expansion Of Ameri-
can companies doing business abroad.
Coincidentally, the conference agree
ment on this legislation was reached as
the Department of Agriculture announced
that Government holdings Of price-sup-
ported farm commodities had dropped to
their lowest level in 20 months. Disposal
programs, including the sales and barter
abroad, were credited with playing an Inn
portant part in reducing the surplus pile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06
The Party Wants Him

The note of reservation in Ted Dali
tons announcement-that he will accept
the Republican nomination for Governor
Of Virginia III the party wants him"-is
one of those little courtesies which lend
a certain charm to Old Dominion politics.
For the party wants him all right, and
no one knows it better than Ted Dalton.
Actually, the State Senator from
Radford is by far the strongest candidate
the Republicans could put up against
Attorney General Lindsay Almond, who
is shoo-in for the Democratic nomina-
ton. Senator Dalton polled As per cent
Of the vote against Governor Stanley four
years ago, and while the going may be
rougher this time, he will make race of
1t II anyone can.
AS the campaign moves along, the
public school question will be the central
issue, and it will be interesting to watch
how the two candidates handle it.
Mr.. Dalton says that he decided to
run because his sense of duty" requires
him to continue the fight for 100000
school children Of Virginia against the
cutoff the-funds, close-the- schools pro-
he will walk very carefully around the
question Of indignation. He says that he
wants to keep white schools white, and
keep them open, under a pupil assign
ment plan.
Mr.. Almond is on a more ticklish
spot. AS the Democratic candidate, he in
herits the Stanley fund-cutoff and school,
closing plan, and he is stuck with 1t. But
as good lawyer, he cannot have much
faith in its future. So he is saying, for
whatever the words may mean, that he,
too, will "lead crusade to preserve the
public school system of Virginia from that
threatened destruction which the polit-
ical expediency of certain elements in
Washington have thrust upon It,"
The next four years are going to be
critical for Virginia's public schools. It
is our belief, putting aside politics and
political talk, that the voters of the State
are fortunate to have a choice between
two such candidates as Senator Dalton
and Attorney General Almond. Both are
competent and sensible men. Neither
man, in our opinion, would sacrifice the
public school system on the altar of mo
indignation, anywhere"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06

As an American citizen since
1888. I am shocked and dis
tressed at the wave Of criti-
cism recently leveled against
the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
For example - the Mallory
case. 1t is true that the rapist
admitted his guilt, and that
the death penalty was merited;
on the other hand. the arrest
ing officers failed in courtesy:
Mallory was not introduced to
a Judge until after the police
had made certain Of his
identity.
Then, the murder cases. AS
the Supreme Court so properly
admits, a military wife. whether
Of q general or q private. is
fully justified in numbering
her husband II he takes her
with him to O foreign country.
away from the good old United
States Of America.
Naturally. under the First
Amendment, any Communist
may advocate the overthrow
Of the United States Govern
ment by force and violence. so
long as he uses only q micro
phone. In my "A years I have
never heard any criticism Of
the poem by Il believer Oliver
Wendell Holmes, which be-
gins: "Ay! Tear her tattered
ensign down."
After all. the justices Of the
United States Supreme Court.
/. like myself. are not likely to
have their wives attacked, or
to be murdered by their wives.
And. as they suggest. the Com
munist threats Of violence are
merely words Tin the USA)
and unlikely 10 be translated
into action in the near future.
CT Nikos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06
Spell Out Details Later

A Senate District subcommittee
showed good Judgment in recommending
passage Of stadium bill shorn of non
essential amendments. The House, in ap-
proving the stadium authorization, tackled
on floor amendments relating to land
purchase and interest details. But there
will be time enough to spell out such de-
tails when the Anal legislation for the
stadium Is approved. For it is possible
that completely new authorization will
have to be voted after completion Of the
engineering and fiscal studies planned as
q preliminary step.
Actually, the bill passed by the House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06
Hurricane Warning
Is the tragedy at Can

Is the tragedy at Cameron,
La, a case Of the ancient test
Of shibboleth in our day?
In my town Wednesday
night (June 26), most people
went to bed expecting the
hurricane to strike the coast
Thursday evening. The weather
advisory said 20. Apparently,
the Weather Bureau amended
the forecast Wednesday night
after Audrey picked UP SUM-
Gent momentum to strike in
the morning instead of late in
the evening.
It was in this margin OF err
ror that the test existed. For
it was this Wednesday advis-
DRY which saved the people
who left in time, and destroyed
the people who did not. This
Wednesday advisory was the
perfect example Of the shib-
noleth in our day.
Most of the permanent res
idents of Cameron are small
farmers with crops in the
field, cattle, other livestock,
chickens: or they are subsist-
ence farmers who work part
time, farm part time. To such
a resident. leaving things I'M
tended for two nights is a
matter OF more gravity than
leaving them abandoned for
only one night. Were a choice
available. such a resident
Injured to occasional squally
coastal weather anyway. would
choose one nights absence.
This is good sense.
The Wednesday night ad-
visory indicated q choice. The
advisory stated that the storm
would reach the coast late
Thursday.
In prediction there is mar
gin for error. Especially this
is true In weather prediction.
Since this is true, the plus or
minus margin Of error is part
Of the prediction. Advising
that a hurricane will strike at
a certain hour without includ-
ing the plus and minus margin
Of error is sheer statistical
fantasy. Therefore. what
came over the radio Wednes-
day evening. which did not in
clude the probable margin of
error. was a spurious concoc-
ton doctored UP TO simulate
scientific precision.
There was no choice for the
people Of Cameron. 1t was
leaving Wednesday night or
else not leaving at all. Thurs
day morning would be too late.
william G. Ellis.
Thibodaux. Ia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06
.ickerson's Case

I have always had a healthy
respect for martyrs but have
found the conditions that pre-
cipitate their acts infinitely
more interesting. Col. Nicker-
sons unceasing vocal and dedi-
Gated efforts to support the
Army's missile program seem
to have prepared him a place
beside Billy Mitchell. the
equally vocal champion of
yesteryear who had to resort
to nonconformist tactics to
effect the ultimate establish
ment of a separate Air Force.
We do. after these many years.
have to admit that Billy was
right, even though his meth
DDS were not correct. 1t seems
a shame that the lives of our
more gifted visionarieS have
to be burned out lighting fires
under our sometimes too-slow
or too-cautious leaders.
From various unclassifled
digeSts, articles, scientific pa
pers, and trade journals writ
ten by many of our leading
air and missile people, it can
be deduced that the Army is
getting more for the taxpay-
ers' money in missile-per-
formance-shootS than the
Air Force, but I'm not quail
fed to see the big" picture as
clearly as Mr.. Wilson can. 1t
is easy to see why the Federal
Civil Service and the armed
forces have trouble retaining
vibrant, aggressive personnel.
1t interested me no small
degree to read last month in
The Star that Billy Mitchell's
son was still trying to get
Billy's name cleared Of his
court-martial Of the 20s. Will
Nickerson's son be trying some
day to clear his fathers name?
My son probably won't have
that trouble because usually I
am a "conformist" Govern
ment employee.
Annoyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06
THE POLITICAL MILL.
Showdown Near on Civil Rights Bill
By GOULD LINCOLN

emit view. This bill. they say. is
designed for the particular
purpose Of giving the Attorney
General the right to bring a
civil suit in cases where the
right to vote is denied to any
citizen-particularly the Ne
groes in some Southern States.
There is no intention to use it
in segregated school cases. 1t
is pointed out that under the
existing laws, Federal judge
may hand down an Injunction
at the request of the Govern
ment or the request Of an in
dividual in a school case and
such injunctions have already
been handed down: that con-
tempt Of court in such cases
may be punished by the court
and without jury trials In most
instances; that only If crimi-
nal acts are involved would q
jury trial be necessary In all
probability.
And as for using the armed
forces in any State. the power
of the Federal Government ex-
lists today without any legisla-
ton If it becomes necessary to
maintain order in a State
which fails to do so. In addi-
ton, the administration in
sists no one intends to send
armed forces anywhere to any
State.
KnOwland's Motion First
Consideration Of the civil
rights bill will not be taken
up until Senator Knowland's
motion has been adopted-a
motion to take up. 1t is the
Republican leaders hope that
no long fllihuster against the
motion to take up will be con-
Quoted by opponents of the
bill. Certainly he will not de-
mand long and continuous ses-
sion of the Senate until it has
been demonstrated that a 11li-
buster to prevent the bill from
being laid before the Senate
is actually under way. He
hopes that q vote on the mo-
ton to take UP may be had
within a few days. II not.
however, he is prepared to try
to keep the Senate in contin-
uouS session.
Once the bill is before the
Senate it will be open for
amendment. and it is pre-
sumed that a number of mod
iflcations will be proposed. 1t
is entirely unlikely, however.
that the supporters Of the bill
will compromise on the So
called jury trial amendment.
The fear is that in some States
where feeling runs high it
would be impossible to get a
jury to convict. and jury
trial provision would merely
annul operation Of the law.
So far. the interchanges be-
tween the supporters Of the
bill and its opponents in the
Senate have been polite. his.
however, will be a hard fight
before it is over. Neither side
is likely to give way easily. A
resourceful opposition, as that
conducted by Senator Russell
and his colleagues is likely to
be, could keep Congress here
far into the summer and even
until fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06
BETHESDA, Md.

Dear Sir:
"Can't you do something
about this woman on the radio
who whispers. in a bated
breath, In Moo Awleans, IS
per cent increase in sales OF
Scrambler'?
Maybe it's the same one
who, in much the same voice,
gives a tragic rendering of the
weather and temperatures In
different cities.
MY wife says she should
be shot at sunrise. and I say
sunrise would be too late.
Sincerely, JACK Nc D."
~
No, there is nothing any
body can do about it, Jack.
1t, too, is among the things
we must face, and take.
Maybe 1t is a good thing.
II they can be tragic about
the temperature. somebody
may be laughing heartily when
the world comes to an end.
"Ha, ha. ha" the voice will
gurgle. Il see a big flash,
and hear q rumble.
BLESS me. if it isn't the
world blowing up!
We'll. folks, we might as
we'll laugh about it while we
can.
1T won't be long now. Ha.
ha. ha."
Once we knew a guy, and
the incest. who always had to
laugh about everything he
told.
He went into commissions,
almost, over the following
item:
The funniest thing you ever
heard, he said.
A man jumped of a wharf,
and was starting to drown.
Tee-hee. hee. then another
man jumped after him.
Ho. no, ho-he started to
drown. too Csnicker. smoker,
snicker); and a third man
jumped in.
oh. no, no, ho-
They all drowned. ha. ha,
hal
Perhaps it is a good thing.
in tragic times, to keep a Arm
hold on comedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

A bit Of the morose, when
things get too humorous, is al
ways good.
We repudiate these people
who are always on an even
keel. who won't laugh except
at appointed times. or who
won't see the tragic in the
everyday to save their lives.
A sense Of the ludicrous
makes even the girl on the
radio acceptable.
After all, there is no law
about it.
If you feel like wringing her
neck, well, maybe she is just
trying to be sophisticated. or
somebody told her to do 1t that
way.
1t takes all kinds to make
the entertainment world.
Differences are the heart Of
make-believe, and sometimes
one may think they ought to
be more the heart Of the every
day real life.
1t was different, in the old
days. and especially in the VIII
lagos. or small towns, as Amer
leans prefer to call them.
The different man or woman
was laughed at, all right, but
greatly enjoyed.
Back in our home town
there was an old man named
Soner, or something like that.
He was a lawyer. and car
ried his pockets damned with
briefs.
He had sheafs OF papers in
his coat pockets. notes In his
inner pockets.
His hatband. even, held
pieces Of paper.
He was always writing with
a stump OF a pencil on q
scrap Of paper.
Old Soner. as he was called.
became a town warning to
children.
you look like Old Soner,"
a mother would say. as she
noted a boys pockets full Of
odds and ends.
He was different. Old Soner.
and he served a good purpose.
Maybe. Jack. that girl on
the radio is better than you
think.
Anyway. all you have TO do
Is turn the knob.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06

The long-awaited contest in
the Senate over the Eisen-
hover administrations civil
rights bill is slated to begin
Monday. When Senator
Knowland of California, the
Republican leader of the Sem
ate, formally announced last
Wednesday he would move to
take up the bill as passed by
the House and now on the
Senate calendar, it was with
a determination to keep the
proposed legislation before the
Senate until a final vote can
be had. The California Sena-
tor made this decision-to
force a showdown If possible
at the present session-after
careful consideration. He be-
lieves the legislative situation
is such that the Senate can
give its entire attention to this
issue, even though the debate
should run for q long time.
The passage of the resolu-
ton making funds available to
continue the operation of Gov
eminent agencies and depart
ments after June 80, under the
old appropriations act, re-
moved any dif1iculty. Only a
couple of the annual appro-
priation bills are still hanging
fire. But they can wait. now,
without disastrous effects until
after the civil rights bill has
been disposed Of.
The bill as passed by the
House is desired by the adj
ministration. virtually without
change. Furthermore. If 1t can
be passed by the Senate with
out amendment, it will not
have to 60. to conference be-
tween the two houses. This
would avoid any chance Of a
filibuster on a conference re-
port. AS the House passed the
bill, there was no provision for
Jury trials in cases where con-
tempt Of a Federal court in
junction is concerned. This Is
an amendment which South
ern Democratic opponents OF
the civil rights bill have de-
clared essential. The admin
istration's contention, how
ever, is that any such provi-
sion would disrupt and impair
the judicial system as it now
stands. Undoubtedly in the
Senate an effort will be made
to force the acceptance Of a
jury trial amendment.
Russell Leads Opposition
The latest assault on the
civil rights bill. from a new
angle, was made by Senator
Russell Of Georgia who is lead
ing the opposition to the bill
in the upper house. He argues
that under the bill as now
drafted the Federal Govern
ment can obtain an Injunction
from q Federal court in
school segregation case and
punish for contempt without q
jury trial, anyone who violate;
that injunction. He goes fur
ther and insists that the Fed
eral Government could ano
would send armed forces into
the States to carry out the
courts decree.
Supporters of the civi,
rights bill take a vastly differ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-06

Sometime after 10 o'clock the
police telephoned the home
of the United States Com
missioner Gin order to arraign
HIM. That official was not
available. At 10:45 Mallory
was given a physical examina-
ton by a deputy coroner and
was found to be in good
physical condition. Mallory
told this officer he had no COM
plants to make, except for a
slight cold; he said he had not
been struck or threatened and
no promises had been made.
At about II o'clock he was
confronted by the complaining
witness. Between 1880 pm.
and 1890 am. he dictated his
confession to q stenographer,
who typed it. This typewrit-
ten document was admitted In
evidence at the trial.
Immediately after Mallory
signed a confession officers
questioned him about his
clothing. He told them it was
in the janitor's apartment,
which adjoined the furnace
room where the rape occurred.
He gave written permission to
go to the apartment and get
the clothes and accompanied
two officers on that errand.
The shorts, coat. shirt and
trousers bore seminal stains.
william F. Mcdonnell.
I have been sitting back
waiting to see what the District
would do about the Mallory
case. I can't keep my mouth
closed any longer. Now I real
lie the Supreme Court has tied
our Police Department hand
and foot.
We have the best Police De-
partment now that this city
has ever seen. Chief Murray
and his force have done more
for this town than anyone or
any group has ever done, and
now he is being penalized for
1t.
I have lived in Washington
all my life and, as the father
of two daughters, and having
sisters and q wife that live in
the District, I take this oppor-
tunity to condemn the Su-
preme Court for releasing q
convicted, confessed rapist. to
prey on our female population.
AS far as I'm concerned the
Supreme Court has condoned
and dissolved q capital crime.
How can we ask our Police
Department to keep our
streets free Of criminals. when
our courts pull a stunt like
the Mallory case? Is it any
wonder we lose so many good
experienced officers to other
law enforcement agencies?
Taxed and VOteless Citizen.