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eating; in fact, they believe the
solution lies here rather than
in licensing.
AS evidence of what educa-
ton can do. they point to the
decrease in complaints to the
Better Business Bureau
Although radio photograph
complaints led all other cate
gories in the year ending last
June 80. they showed a drop of
IL per cent from the previous
year.
Bureau officials attribute this
decline to an increasing public
awarenesS that the cheapest
service call does not necessarily
mean the most reliable repair
job. While complaints were
dropping. inquiries about TV
service were on the increase
The bureau refers all inquiries
to the Electric Institute, which
directs callers to one of its
member firms.
Supervisory Committee
A supervisory committee Of
eight persons. appointed by the
Commissioners and to serve
without pay. would administer
the proposed law. The panel
would include a member of the
corporation counsel staff, a Dis
trict radio mechanics teacher
and six persons with experience
in various areas of the televi-
sion business.
On the advice of the super
visors, the Commissioners also
would name two technicians
under civil service who would
pass on the fitness of repair
applicants. Proposed annual Ii
cenSe fees range from SIS for
apprentices to SOS for service
contractors.
Licensing has a formidable
opponent in Cabell Gwathmey,
District director of licenses and
inspections. In a memorandum
to Commissioner Robert E..
Mclaughlin. Mr.. Gwathmey
has recommended against IL
censing the TV service indus
try because it has little if any
connection with public health
or safety" Inscriptions opera
tors. he says. tend to be elimi-
mated by the normal forces of
the economy"
Spokesman for the Television
Service Association dispute the
argument that health and
safety are not involved. They
point to the case Of 6-year-
old boy in Chicago who was
electrocuted last July IA when
he brushed against a defective
TV set. A coroner's jury ruled
last Tuesday that a factory
defect in the set was the prob
able cause of the bows death.
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I legislation 10 90 tneSe Two
things:
/. Provide the legal tools to
back up orders to get out be-
fore a building caves in.
2. Force owners to stop STALL
ing on orders to repair or tear
down by fixing stiff penalties
for every day they refuse to
comply with the orders.
District Challenged
The legislation was drafted
at the request of Cabell Gwath-
mey, director Of the Depart
ment of Licenses and Inspec-
tions. The Corporation Coun-
sells Office said the measure will
soon be ready to present to the
Commissioners.
The legislation will follow
the lines of laws relating to
insanitary buildings. Right
now it was explained. the Dis
trict can get people out OF
unhealthy buildings but not
out of structurally unsafe ones.
Mr.. Gwathmey said the meas
ure was proposed after several
instances where 1.-THE loophole
in the law was forcibly brought
to the attention of District
inspectors. In these cases. the
occupants insisted on staying
put and challenged the District
to produce any law requiring
them to get out.
The inspections chief said
the occupants are usually will
ing to get out if they can be
convinced of imminent danger
or fall for an order to get out
which is nothing more than a
bluff. In other cases insurance
people step in to insist that
they leave.
But some people, said Mr..
Gwathmey. won't leave-either
because they have no place to
go, don't believe the building
is really unsafe or are aware
the District can't force them
out.
Alley ROped on
Mr.. Gwathmey cited one case
in the 1000 block OF Seventeenth
street NV. where the owner
was ordered to make the place
safe or tear it down within 10
days. The building was con-
sidered so dangerous that the
alley in front of it was roped
of because 1t was expected the
walls might collapse.
Inc place was occupied by a
mother and several children.
The owner made no move to
repair. The woman claimed she
had nowhere TO go and refused
to move.
In this case" Mr.. Gwathmey
said, I'VE had terrible time
getting the woman out. We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Civ Seeks Law to Force
Unsofe-Site Evacuation
Ry MIRIAM OTTENBERG

The District call building unsafe and order repairs
there's the books force the occupants to
out.
To that situation it learned last night District
Building lawyers putting the finishing touches proposed
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OcIlLllS, dLlo E1OWdIQ OOIlueI
proceeded to tap it.
The gimmicks they used were
laws.
One law made Maryland
owner Of the Potomac, up to
the low-water mark on the Vir-
ginia shore. Another law-oi
Marylsnd's Charles County. di-
rectly across the river from
Colonial Beach-sanctioned the
sale of liquor -the-drink and
gambling.
Conflicting laws. passed by a
staid Virginia, banned gambling
entirely and allowed the sale
of liquor only by bottle across
the counters of State-operated
stores.
The Corners figured correctly
that if they could build a bar
Observation-Disclosures ovel
the Maryland-owned river ano
accessible by short pier to Vir-
ginia, they could begin hauling
gold out of that mine.
Six on Shores Today
They were so correct that
others soon followed their lead
Today. there are six slot ma
chine-and-bar combinations or
the Virginia shore, licensed in
Maryland but catering to Vir-
ginia trade. The Corners
operate two of them.
The three brothers really
started something. The gam
bling piers they pioneered
gained stability with passing
years, and few outcries were
heard against them.
But the Governors and lead
ing legislators of Maryland and
Virginia began planning meet
ings to settle interstate dis
agreements over the Potomac
And, more recently, some Vlr-
ginia citizens began making
their objections known.
The first solid citizen-p protest
movement was launched in the
First Baptist Church here.
Il didn't bring up the sub
ject," commented the minister.
the Rev. l.. P. Barnette. 1T
came up during a regular quar-
terly business meeting of the
congregation"
Once the subject did come
up. church members discussed
it at length. Finally. they au-
thorized the clerk and minister
to send a letter to the town
council. requesting each coun-
Gilman to make his attitude
toward the piers known.
Letter Tabled
But the councilmen de-
INJURED. and voted to table the
letter.
Shortly afterwards. another
church, the Colonial Beach
Methodist. went into action.
I'VE called a meeting of the
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we're afraid the building would
collapse with her in it. Just a
short time OTTER we finally got
her out, the building did COL
lapse"
In another case, in the unit
block of New Jersey avenue
NE. Mr.. Gwathmey recalled.
the inspectors found walls
cracking and settling to an ex-
tent that failure is imminent. "
The District began trying TO
get the owner to evacuate the
building and make repairs.
Questioned Authority
When he continued to refuse.
the case was taken to the Cor
poration Counsel's Office but
that led to repeated continu-
ances. various legal maneuvers
and finally an order to vacate
within "a hours. Three months
had passed and a dozen en-
ployes were still working in the
buildings shop. The owner S
attorney called the Districts
bluff and said the city had no
authority to order the owner
out.
The District inspectors. how
ever. finally convinced the at
torney that his client was in
actual danger. The owner
moved out his shop but kept
his Office there. making no
move to repair the place.
The building was finally re-
paired when it changed owner
ship nearly a year after the
District inspectors had reported
the place in danger of collaps-
ing.
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Kdrriek Against
Land Transfer

District Commissioner David
B. Karrick last night reiterated
the city governments opposi-
ton to transferring land near
Dalecarlia Filter Plant to Sib-
ley Hospital.
The proposal made in legis-
lation now pending in the
Senate was characterized by
Mr.. Karrick as decidedly un-
wise" The House has approved
the measure. as has a Senate
District subcommittee.
The hospital wishes to build
a new hospital on the site. at
Loughboro road and Little Falls
road NV. 1t already has a
hard-won location on the
American University campus.
But since Sibley battled the
surrounding citizens in the
courts to obtain coming per-
mission to locate on the
campus. the university has de-
cided it needs the land for ex-
pansion.
Owned BY Church
Both institutions are owned
By the Methodist Church.
The District Commissioners.
along with the Washington
Engineer District and the
National Capital Planning
Commission. have vigorously
objected to the land transfer.
The most serious objection is
based on the need of the prop
erty for expanding Wash
ington's drinking water filtra-
ton plant operated by the
Army Engineer Corps.
Congress to date has turned
the other way when this argu-
ment has been raised. although
steady population increases
and greater water uses are pre-
dicted from virtually every
quarter.
Commissioner Karrick did
not mention the water supply
question in his WWDC radio
broadcast, Report to the
People"
He explained. however, that
very little public land is now
available for public develop
ment" in the District.
Cites Alternate Site
The Commissioners, he added.
might feel differently about the
transfer if the hospital had no
other alternative for a site.
But it has eight acres on the
American University campus. +"
he emphasized.
Among other comments on
the city scene. the Commits
sioner praised The Star for its
generous contribution to ad-
vance the Districts campaign
to employ the physically handi-
capped.
He also indicated he favors
increasing the pay Of the SUI
perintendent Of Schools to at
tract a successor to the retiring
Hobart M. Corning.
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Bor-Gomb|inePiers
Entrenched DESPITE
Church Outcries
BY A. L. SINGLETON
Star Stan Correspondent

COLONIAL BEACH Va, Aug. 10.-Eight Yeas ago three
young brothers arrived here unheraed and almost penns
from their West Virginia home
They found quiet Potomac resort largely dependent
for its economic life the dollars dropped by seasonal
vacationers
They also found untapped gold mine. And Debert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Hearing Set on Licenses
To Battle N Racket
By EMERSON BEAUCHAMP

Is 1t time Tor the Government step
public from INSCRIPTIONS incompetent televon repair
men?
That's the question confronting the District Commits
sionerS at hearing set for 10 80 am Tuesday
Before them is proposed law drafted by Teevision
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Boord Prods Contractor
On 3 Nearby Rood Jobs
By GERRY HERNDON

The Maryland State Roads Commission has told con-
tractor responsible for three of the important highway
construction projects in nearby Maryland
face punitive action.
commission official yesterday said that ultima
um was delivered about three ago. the crews on the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-04
The Grand Strategy of Freedom
BY THE HON. SAMUEL B. PETTENGILL
Former Congressman from Indiana Dem l930-3s

thinking with the trick question, |
what freedom have you lost?"
That's easy to answer II is my
freedom to keep what I earn and
spefh it as I please That's the
vital distinction between European
Socialism and American individual
ism. ITO have and to hold" written
into MILLIONS of title deeds, tells the
story Of the individual incentives
and rewards that have produced
America' S magnificent achievement.
A grand strategy for freedom is
imperative. We must unite on one
point, easily understood, W h C h
touches the pocketbook nerve of
lrilliors Of voters. Intellectual argu-
ments are not enough. You must
appeal to the self-interest of mil
lions. We must find the common de-
nominator of mass resistance to-
Socialism The common denomina-
TOT is the pocketbook On that CON
cept and that alone can We mobi-
lie an army sufficient in numbers
to wage successful war
We must show millions of voters
how they are being hurt-how their
security for old age is melting
away.
Dollars Lose Sense
There are 10000 life insurance
policy holders. AS money becomes
cheap, their security vanishes. A
$40 900 policy paid up in 1910 has
lost $500 or more in terms of
what it will buy today.
A life insurance president has just
toll us of the disastrous effect of
the cheap money policies of the past
20 years on life insurance security
The insurance companies are forced
to earn less, on their investments
Therefore, they must charge higher
premiums for the same protection
Then when the policy is paid, the
money received is taxed more, and
buys less. To cover all these losses,
typical life insurance holder needs
to take out 90 per cent more insur-
ance to provide the same purchas-
ing power and protection as in 1929.
Mott Of the beneficiaries of life
insurance are women. Tell them
what taxes and debt and rotting
money are doing to the security
their husbands have worked so hard
to provide "Old age and want-thou
ii matched pair "
Then there are other millions who
own government bonds. A bond
bought ter years ago for SIS can be
cashed today for $500. But the 500
VIII buy you less than the $50 did
when you turned it over to the gov
eminent And you are ten years
older
Then YOU have SO to 60 million
people who have been compelled to
buy what are called N'social Sc
curity' cards Their hoped-for Sc
curity melts away as dollars be-
come cheap. To make up the loss,
bills are in Congress to pay them
more Of these rotting dollars, add
ing to the tax burden to be carried
by ali industry, forcing prices still
higher, aud the music goes round
and round.
The guarantees of government
are writ on water and carved in
sand Something for nothing is the
moral cancer Of a free society Once
begun, there is no stepping its dead
ly course except to find the lowest
common denominator of the mass
resistance of millions of voters
the pocketbook and the fear of pow
erty in old age This is the grand
strategy of freedom.
Blue is seen as the coming color
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-04

Blae is seen as the coming color
for interiors.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-04

Aap sincerely hopes that 1857 will be the = D pes
wear YOU have ever had IN Pefso'e' "e'"''
wealth and happiness.
And thanks too. for your patronage THIS pa"
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-04

v.,, !, truly has been appreciated
You can depend upon APP 4otry 70 make YOU
ID s.x;no. even greater in 1857. There are 20
.,vinos like cash savings! =
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Bernbureoo Gives
|Meuux Fourth Win
AT Fair Grounds

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 80 (AP).
Bernburgoo. a powerfully
muscled son of Bernborough.
rallied under rousing stretch
ride by Jockey Clarence Meaux
today to win the $4,000 Cres-
cent City Handicap at the Fair
Grounds.
The winner was the fourth
Of the day for Meaux and the
third of the chilly afternoon
for Owner w. Hal Bishop.
The Bishop color bearer over
hauled Speed RouSer and the
late-flnishing Galdar in the
stretch to win by a nose in the
mile and one-sixteenth race.
Bernburgoo went to the post
as the 8-5 favorite of the crowd
Of 1873 and returned $500.
$500 and $500. The victory
was his third Of the year in IS
starts and sent his winnings
for 1857 TO S54,610.
Galdar returned Sc and SO,
while Speed Rouser paid $40.
Bishop purchased Bernburgoo
for a reported $4,000 during
the summer and the big colt
posted his first triumph for his
new owner today. His time
over the fast track was lass.
2 seconds of the track record.
Meaux scored earlier on Co.'S
mic Dust (s24.40) in the fourth,
Platitude t$26.40) in the fifth,
and Texas Bulldog tSl3.60) in
the sixth.
Betting on the eight-race
card totaled S493 .532.
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PlMLICO DOUBLE
PAYS S1,167 AS
81 FANS COLLECT

BALTIMORE. Nov. 90
Ninety two Pimlico pa
irons became a joyful lot
here today for holding the
daily double combination
tickets Of numbers Q and
u.
Those were the winning
numbers of a whopping
record high daily double
for the Maryland season.
s1.167 40 for every 50
ticket.
Two $40 winning double
tickets were sold and "a of
SIN a Her denominations.
Eighty-eight were 50 tick
cts and six were Of the IS
variety. Each $40 ticket
was worth S5.837.
Joe Night. a 3-year-old
owned by George r. Wat
kins. was the primary rea-
son for the big payoi-
winning the first race at
SIS. Mr. Bowes won the
second at $3.50. Stanley
Small rode Joe Night and
Nick Shuk was aboard Mr..
Bowes.-KELLY.
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DAILY DOUBLE PAID $50

THIRD RACE Purse. $4,000;
e D:i: 4. sj.sl;0 l,.ss BY go
Sal sS VIE I1e.s oa, ,e., MsssE ESQ ss g
Msrii Dam, ylnsL Tins. Rspic
Search. Red Challon. Time. i:4ais
FOURTH RACE - Purse $1,000;
optional eiaimins; s-year-elcs: Z
Sss@i. Dsa sMsp s..ao $50 a.es
satin PArasaIl lMlnantl SID
DArk StaFlet, Healthy, Wise fleet,
Pamela jean. Time. 1:13is.
FIFTH RAcE--Purse. $1,000; claim
r.siits1se s.u, shG $50 n i;sSSl0as S,
niue TAX tDereinl ESQ S.ef
Ten Lies tWaGnfFl t.9g
Bushy. fooofas, Good Ana BAD
Good Clsan Fun; Wind 1rs~e Z Pist'i
senator Blake. Time. i;i3A.
Sixth RAcR-Purse. s2.IOO; claim.
Es; 3.yeAI-oaos and up furlones
.f s..., sf y :s,,, M,S 1880 ss s g
ROYAL DUDE. Top Flush. stern stern
sSis It. son,ssof. jones.
MA Ssaec rsd aS,,,, Time; .n ,;,s
SEVENTH RAcE-The Crescent City
Handicap: purse. $4,000. 3-year-olds
> bsrs6srsoe IWss'xl $50 500 2.eo
GaidsF wan Heck 600 a.O0
speed Ro1ssr 1PeBarai 40
q Amber RelSh, Araway. Bie
sweep. b Petels Folly, { Poversmoke.
seaYgusrrs. lime, l;tS.s.
Bishop Stable, Inc. entry.
c Hopedale Stable entry
EIoHTH RACE = Purse. $4,000;
Dllly WhIllv fNaIa'hl 600 100 800
Appease Net tHeck'n) t.g0 ala
sailor I'D sBrOus'dl "a
q Montana. Irish jill. Mala Kee
pueeS y Treys Hish Living. q Battle
Palace stable entry.
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month, was clicked in 3 mi
nutes 321s seconds compared
with Midafterno0n's track rec
ord Of 3:299s in winning the
Display a year ago.
The winner. q bay som Of
Johns Joy-Saracen FIirt, ear.
ried 100 pounds and paid S6.70
$40 and $3.50. Jocko's Walk
ridden by Bill Peake and pack
ing ITO pounds, returned SIC
and e7.2O while Civet, piloted
by Raul Sterling and carrying
LOT, was $3.50 TO show.
Goes 10 Front
Ussery sent Oh Johnny to
the front after the start and
kept him there. He opened a
five or six length lead at times
over Jocko's Walk with the
others never seriously threat
ening at any point.
Eddie Schmidt was fifth fol-
lowing Am b e having, Beam
Rider. Raising Cain and Pro-
Imethean. Oh Johnny netted q
purse Of $39,5O0 and boosted
his lifetime earnings to s216.-
$50.
Today's attendance and ham
die Of S2,910.650 boosted the
I2iO-day seasonal attendance TO
4.7l4.863 and the years handle
figures to $4l6.875,863 The
biggest betting year for the
l54-day season was 1945 when
$3.50 .663.190 was wagered. The
peak attendance was estab-
lished in 1916 when the total
gate was 4.902,i27.
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thinner Wins
Tropical Sprint

MIAMI. Fla. Nov. 80 ~
Jimmer. carrying high weight
Of 122 pounds in the role Of a
$3.50 favorite. easily outran
seven rivals in the $4,000 De-
Soto Handicap today at Trop-
ical Park.
The M. N. Goodwin speedster
led Hubcap. a campaigner bred
and owned by the Mackle
brothers Of Miami, by three and
a half lengths. Hubcap was a
short nose ahead Of Wheatley
Stables Counter Spy who best
ed Grandview Stables Another
Art by two and three-quarter
lengths.
Following Another Art were
Casters Pal. Leather Button
and -Four Elves, another Flor
ida bred. Brussels bolted on
the stretch turn when hope
lessly beaten and was stopped
by Jockey Willie Cook.
Jimmer, a son of Bolero and
Our Bobbie. ran the 5ia fur
longs in l:04h.
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races. He is by Selim Hassan-
Yucca. by Congreve.
Among breeders whose brood
mares will be served by YatastC
are Rex Ellsworth, Leroy Burns
Charles T. Leavitt. Gen. W. w
Kratz. George Pope, Frank c
Bishop. Mrs. Dorothy Barrett
Hugh B. Coates. Rowan and
Thomas.
Rowan said Yatasto has the
most brilliant racing record Of
any horse brought to the
United States since the inn
portation of Ormonde a hall
century ago. The late Louis B
Mayer purchased Beau Pert
from Australia and Alibhat
proved to be another great
stallion in California. Els
worth's great French stallion
Khaled. the sire Of Swaps. now
tops all California stations.
we are trying to upgrade
the quality of California blood.
stock" Rowan said. IF Yataste
breeds anything near his owr
class. California has another
Khaled. We have limited thi:
syndicate to 26 shares to make
a few outside seasons available
to other breeders"
Yatasto was Argentine
champion in l951-52-53 anc
when he retired he was thai
country's leading money vim
ner of all time with 3.46S.327
pesos. He is primarily a speed
horse but won at all distances
in the Argentine and carried
from 1872 to 1856 pounds 10
times. All his starts were in
stakes. His only two losses
came in races when he de-
veloped lameneSs.
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Moss Heads Field
For Nassau Race

NASSAU. Bahamas. Nov. 80
R.-StirlIng Moss. the British
champion. heads q field Of 100
crack sports car drivers who
will compete in next weeks
fourth annual Nassau Speed
Week" races.
Moss. rated second only ia
Argentina's Juan Fangio among
the worlds drivers. is q strong
favorite to win the weeks fea-
ture event. the 250-mile Nassau
trophy race. December Q, and "a
become the first driver to score
q repeat victory.
The Briton won last year In
q German Mercedes. but thi:
year he is switching to a Brit
ish Aston Martin.
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Grandson Of Hyperion
Bought for $25O,OO0

GLENDoRA. Calf. Nov. 80
lR.--A syndicate OF California
thoroughbred owners has pur-
chased the great Argentine
stallion, Yatasto. 9-year-old
grandson Of Hyperion. and he
will stand at stud on the George
Thomas ranch in Glendora.
The syndicate. headed by
Louis r. Rowan. president Of
the California Thoroughbred
Breeders Association. paid APP
proximately S250.O0O for va
tasto. who won % OF "a races
in his three seasons at the
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mate. Mrs. Helen Kellogg's
Hillsdale. was scratched because
Of sloppy track. was 1875 and
paid $3.50 and s2.40. Relaxez-
vous returned $3.50 to show
after finishing three-quarters
Of a length ahead Of william
Haggin Perry's Miocene. The
time was l:48.
The double paid $3.50 on
Bill Keiser's Quarry Slave and
Paul Bongarzone's race ace.
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Foir Grounds Results
BY the Associated Press

FIRST RAcE-Pnrse. 5000, claim.
ne b..,,. Iyssr ;Ss snd sp tssioPss
Duntteath Miss tAdamsl t.2o 3.it
noead fPoparaD 1.sf
Al or Giro Tser Play, lgniiicn
Legatee. Good Credit. Boil Cues.
ton. Youths Hope. Miss Nina
10 Dcu. Time. 1884.
sRcOND RACE - Purse. - 900.
clntInsnS. .i-year-olds up; & furlones
Whiflahesd tselleFsl $50 $50 3 %
Admiral Deal fusesl 100 500
Bandit Jehn tCaFstenst $50
Hastevilie lr.. New Stream, SsFy.
ICE, Payoid. FINAL Move, Rect, Pan
American. Jueae Mac. solarite. Tine
i;isff;ls.d
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Calumet at Hiuleuh

Calumet Farms Fabius.
Princess TURKS. A Glitter. Ken
lucky Pride. Barbizon. Beyond
and Rosewood are at Hialeah
already for 1858 racing-with
Iron Liege. Bardstown and
Amoret among Others soon to
come. Calumet earned a rec
ora S247,375 last winter at
Hialeah.