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Evening star., 1957-12-11

sionerS are now putting the
final touches to the regula-
tions.
Some Of the suggestions OF
Federal agencies and Govern
ment employe union leaders
will be incorporated into the
CSC's finabdraft. but no major
basic changes from the pro-
posals OF the commission's staff
are expected 10 be made, Mr..
Phillips said.
Under the program. all Fed
eral agencies will be required
to set up promotion programs
based on merit standards guide
lines issued by the csc. They
will have between IL To Is
months TO put the program
into effect.
The csc must approve the
programs and also will periodi-
cally inspect the various agen-
cieS' promotion systems to make
sure that its merit standards
are being observed.
There is now pending in Con-
greSS legislation to establish
independent promotion boards
| in Federal agencies to deter
mine promotions. The meas
ure also would require regular
posting of vacancies by agen-
cies so that employees would
know when promotion oppor-
tunities are available.
The csc hopes its promotion
policy for Federal agencies win
be successful enough TO make
legislation unnecessary. II
feels that any substantive law
on promotions would be too
rigid for agencies TO admin
iSter.
At any rate. Federal employe
leaders as we'll as Congress win
be watching the CSC's program
closely TO see II ii succeeds.
II 1t doesn't. agitation for leg
islation can again be expected
In Congress.
However. since II will take
at least a year or two TO see
IL the csc plan Is successful.
there isn't much likelihood that
Congress will act in the mean
time.
LABOR MANAGEMENT
BlLL-Representative LeSinski.
Democrat OF Michigan. chair
man Of the House Civil Serv-
ice Subcommittee on Federal
Labor-management LEGISLATION
says his group win approve
the measure early next year
for fun committee considera-
ton.
There now is being discussed
In administration circles a pro.
posed presidential executive or
der TO provide some form OF
Federal employe union recog-
milton and procedures for
agencies TO deal with Govern
ment employe groups on per-
sonnel matters and grievances.
However. some Federal EN-.
ploye leaders are dissatisfied
with the plan now being con-
sidered by the administration.
They feel the proposed execu-
tive order would have no teeth
in 1t" and could be ignored
by agency officials who did not
want TO deal with unions. They
also criticize what they term
Evening star., 1957-12-11
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

the west. High Thursday 30
IS in the east and 1880 in
the west. except 1920 from
Washington County westward.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay--Northwest winds
at 20-30 miles per hour and
occasionally stronger today
and tonight. Northwest winds
at 20-25 miles per hour Thurs
day. Some light snow ending
this evening. Cloudy Thurs
day. Visibility mostly good.
but poor in snow.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
For Washington and Vicinity
December 1916
Temperatures will average 6
or 8 degrees below normal.
Normals for Washington are
As and 30. Quite cold Thurs
day. moderating somewhat Fri
day and Saturday but colder
Sunday. Little or no precipi-
tation, but chance OF some
light rain or snow Saturday or
Sunday.
Road Conditions-AAA
West District Of Columbia 10
Pennsylyania turnpike. Icy spots be-
coming hazardous In Northern Mary.
land and Southern PennsyIyanla. Penn
sylyania turnpike, icy spots driving
becoming hazardous, Ohio turnpike,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01

gated in the city schools and that
edueationsl standards had been low
cred IN schools with preponderantly
Negro OF Puerto Rican pupil popu-
lations.
The president of the Board Of
Education promptly asked the Pub
lie Education Assn. a private Or
ganization, to undertake a study Of
the problem and report back.
The work done in the Bedford
StGyvesant area has involved chang
ing school district lines and moving
entire classes from one school to
another in at least 20 schools. 1t also
has pointed up the difficulty Of the
Job faced by the subcommission on
zoning.
MANY Of the schools requiring
better racial balance lie deep in the
heart Of all-Negro or all-Puerto
Rican residential districts. In order
to integrate some Of them, children
would have to be carried great dis
tanceS by bus.
''P S. 25S. which set off the recent
spate of publicity. is a good case in
point; it is deep in the Bedford
Stuyyesant s e c o n of Brooklyn,
which III the words Of a board
makes indignation
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
23,644 Virginia Farms Benefited
Through Conservation Aid Funds

provide watering facilities to per
mt grazing land management TO
protect existing regetative cover.
- 7,f6a acres of trees planted on
farmland as an initial stand for
erosion control, watershed protec-
tion. and forestry purposes com
pared with only 1917 acres planted
in 1851; and
&c 3.G97 acres of forest tree
stands improved by thinning. prun-
ing clearing undesmed vegetation,
and le8eeding compared with only
92l acres improved in 1854
ACP Assistance
ACP c0st-sharing assistance to
Virginia farm ers during 1855
amounted to So 1889 ,256. which was
at thf rate OF about half the cost
Farmers supplied the other half in
the form of money. labor, equip
meht, And materials,
The ACP is administered patton
ally by The Agricultural Col7serva
tics Program Service and in the
State and counties by farmers who
are members of the Agricultural
Sterilization and Conservation Com
mittecs, AT all three levels. repre-
sentatives of the Soil Conservation
Service Forest Service ayd Com
modify Sterilization Service have
responsibilities in the formation or
administration Of the program.
The State Committee includes w.
H Daughtrey, associate director,
Virginia Agricultural Extension
Service and each county committee
includes the county Extension agent
as a member Thus. the ACP is a
cooperative effort to many Of the
agencies Of the U. S. Department Of
Agriculture with direct concern in
conservation Of our nations soil ana
water resources as well as with
representatives Of state organi2a-
tons.
The national ACP. now in its Dist
wear, is reviewed and adjusted an
nually SO that local committees can
best fit it to local conservation
problems and help farmers G It
started o. advanced in conservation
farming, Duncan said
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01

the Board Of Education announced
that several schools had been re-
zoned for the calculated purpose
of providing racially heterogeneous
populations in the public schools in
the Bedford Stuyyesant section. The
board stated further that it was
firnly and uneqmvocally committed
to better racial balance in the city's
schools and that il. was, proceeding
as fast as it could to achieve this.
Because New York is to a very
large extent segregated residen-
tially-again de faeto-its schools
are too. This has been the subject
OF a great deal of attention for the
last three years. The problem came
to the surface somewhat dramati-
cally in 1854 when Dr.. Kenneth c.
Clark, psychologist and a Negro.
charged publicly that Negro and
Puerto Rican children were segre-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
ryi'landering
For Ra &c Mixing
BY ANTHONY HARRIGAN
News and Courier Staff Writer
Charleston. s. G.

NfAdf tGStbU- .. =.
New York City, where indignation
has been the official policy, now in
tends to take another step and end
de facto segregation by gerrynand-
ering school districts in order that
all schools viii be racially mixed
The story Of this new policy has
been told BY Robert A. Poteete,
special writer for The Baltimore
Evening Sun. Excerpts from Pc
teete's account follow
Pressure, applied TO Mayor Rob-
ert f. Wagner during his unsuc-
cessful campaign for the Senate,
pried loose the fact that the New
York City Board Of Education has
been desegregating sc h ools in
Brooklyn. very quietly, for several
months now
The disclosure came about when
an official Of the National Assn, for
the Advancement of Colored People
told the mayor that residents Of the
heavily Negro acknowledgements
section Of Brooklyn were intensely
agitated over the fact that the pupil
population in new junior high
school in the section was nearly 100
per cent Negro.
This was a clear case-th though
by no means the only one in the
city-of de facto segregation. as it is
generally termed here: segregation
that exists in fact, but by inadver-
tenee, rather than by any act of
government It is, indeed, contrary
to stated government policy.
Mayor Wagner promised to look
into the matter Seven days later,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01

Significant advances we're nads
bv Virginia farmers unddr the Agri-
cultural Conservation P Fogram in
1865. according to a reDbgt Just re-
leased by Everett D Duncan. chart
man Of the Virginia State Agricul-
tural Sterilization and Conservation
Committee In Richmond
He reported that primary agri-
cultural conservation mehsures IN
der ACP were carried out on 1914
farms. 4 sos more than the year be
fore and constituting 30 per cent
d Vnginias farmland. These fig
ures are based on actual payments
for performance which were n t
made until the latter part Of 1856.
High on the list OF conservation
measures established daring the
1865 program year under the a9ri-
cultural conservation cQst-sharing
program were 187.853 acres of hay
and pasture as permanent and an
mjal protective cover, and 1886
acres planted 10 trees and timber
stand Improvement. "Thi# acreage
Of protective vegetatiye cover in
only one year shows noteworthy
progress made by fnmeiis Of this
state 10 prevent erosipnI and 10
make better use Of less productive
land Duncan said.
Forestry Interest
Planting of trees and improve
ment Of forest Stands Increased
nearly fire-fold over the year be
fore A total Of 1886 acres were
Involved in this phase Of the pro-
gram as compared to 2 338 acres
IL 1851. The previous. Nah record.
other significant conservation
work carried out on individual
farms under the program included.
q ABB acres of contour strip
cropping and $50 400 linear feet Of
terracing to better manhge and
conserve water on slopiig land
t2I 1897 900 square feet Of sod
waterways in farm fields t3 dispose
Of water without causing erosion,
49, 254 irrigation ponds to con
serve water and prevent erosion:
"a 1862 dams, ponds. and other
structures 10 control erosion and to
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
Melvin Palmer. Y,
Dies in Amelia Home

Funeral services were held sun
day AFTERNOON for Melvin Patrick
Palmer ~ Of Amelia. who died
= his home Friday,
Burial was in the Little Flock
Baptist church cemetery. Nh
Palmer is survived by the widow
Mrs. Mary Fowler Palmer; three
sons. William Otis and Thomas
Edward Palmer, of Amelia. and
Gordon M Palmer Of Richmond
a daughter, Miss Hollie Palmer,
Of Amelia: four brothers, seven
sisters and six grandchildren.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
SPORT S
AFTEII)

Winter is the proper time 10 over
haul your fishing tackle. say Is Jason
Lucas, SPORTS Afield's' anRllng cdi-
ter BY following his advice On off
season care Of your gear You VIII
find everything in tip-top shape
when you need it in the spring.
You may have heard that rubber
waders and boots should be stored
by hanging them up SO that plenty
Of air can get to them Don't do i'll
II viii reduce their life to perhaps
a fifth Of what it should be. The
best method IS TO dry them thor
oughly, roll them up. wrap nj heavy
brown paper and put them b sone
cool place To extend their useful
life still further seal them hs wen
as possible from the air in plastic
bag Or sucf
Another thing to rememH Ter be-
fore putting yom waders away is
that oil and grease are Vfry in
iuroius to rubber. eat into it and
soften it, So if there's th4 least
trace Of this on your wader$ wash
thoroughly with soap and rinse well
A split-bamboo rod even a new
one with perfect barnish. win soon
dislntegrate. irreparably. if kept in
q damp spot. Storing in Rn ex-
tvemely dry place win often cause
ferrules to loosen Glass re- DIS can
stand more abuse. but they also
have their limits And if LETT in a
damp place the metal ferrules can
corode and be ruined, so lis best
10 store one in the same kind of
spot you would a bamboo rod Never
leave any rcd 3ointed up all winter,
for II you do you may Fl nd the
ferrules stuck SO that you'n do dam
age trying to get them apart.
Nylon line doesn't seem to be sub
ject to rot. but moisture win cause
severe c0rroSion to a metal reel
spool So before putting vol II reel
away for the winter, string The line
out and dry it very thoroughly then
wind it back on
Before putting your fly lin away
its good idea to smear it with
some good fly-line dressing Some
Of this may soak it to keep 1t flexi-
Bile, and it viii also keep the air
away from the surface.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01

that lie at the heart Of the problem.
For the short run. School Super
|intendent William Jansen has an
nounced that some sort of 'volun-
teer' program is under considera-
ton. In it, pupils whose parents are
wiling to have them travel in order
to attend well integrated schools
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01

difficult task.
The reason that P S 258 is a
storm center apparently stems from
the fact that it is new school,
completed in 1854 before the board
began reckoning on Indignation in
choosing school sites, and from the
fact that the NAACP branch there
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01

The nations total output of goods
and services elm b e d to q
S4i4.000 600. 000 in the third quarter
OF 1856
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01
is an active organization

is an active organization
"Rezoning, the shifting of school
district lines. will do a lot toward
integrating schools. This, however,
apparently cannot touch the schools
in the center Of one-race areas. For
the long range, the board speaks Of
breaking up the residential patterns
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-01-01

would be permitted to enroll in
schools outside the school districts
in which they live .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27

Paul Olefsky. cello; Harry Mcclure.
piano. Phillips Gallery. Program:
Sonata No. ? (1e55l. David Willens:
Suite No, In c minor, Bach: Sonata
1880. Willis Charkovsky; La Folia.
Marin Marais.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27
NEWS OF MUSIC
OIefsky and Mcclure
Are Superb in Recital

Weber. and Rossini with amaz-
ing authority. The overture is
"a piece which can well stand on
any concert program. and il
whets ones appetite for the same
composers symphony which, to-
gether with the overture, was
discovered only recently.
The featured work of the
evening was Mr.. Bales own Ma
tional Suite No. 8. inspired by
eight watercolor renderings
from the Index of American De-
sign and commissioned by the
American Institute of Archi-
tects.
The suite, which was warmly
received by the large audience,
consists Of Mr.. Bales character
istic arrangements Of American
popular and folk tunes of an
earlier day. 1t exhibits the same
Iskillful Instrumentation and
imagination familiar to devotees
of "The Confederacy" and THE
Union"
After the premiere. Mr.. Bales
presented the score to Mr.. Ed
mund r. Purves, executive di-
rector of the ALA, who called
lit "a happy combination >oi
music and architecture"
Also heard was Charles Sor-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27
NEWS OF MUsIc
BY DAY THORPE

Paul olefsky. cello; Harry Mcclure.
piano. Phillips Gallery. Program:
Sonata No: 2 1852. David willens:
sisss5' 70 WINS charR O Eel La SOFIA Poiis.
Marin Marais.
Although Paul Olefsky is no
longer a resident Of Washington
since he has become first cellist
of the Detroit Orchestra. he still
gives frequent recitals here.
There are few string players
whose appearances are more
welcome.
Mr.. Olefsky's recital yesterday
at the Phillips Gallery with
pianist Harry Mcclure showed
that the cellist has recovered
from an accident in which he
severed a tendon in his left
thumb a year ago.
Two Of the four works pre-
scented were by contemporary
and little-known composers. Few
artists before the public who are
of the high caliber Of Mr.. Olefsky
are so dedicated to the mission
Of bringing new works to the
public.
''It is the composers business
to write music. and 1t is mine to
see that it is heard" Mr.. Olefsky
says. Now there is no reason why
a great artist shouldn't have a
passion for unknown contem-
porary music-it just seldom
happens. Nor were the two new
works played by the duo yester-
day pieces that could be per-
formed only out of duty. Both
were very interesting-well-con
structed, idiomatic for the in
struments. energetic and
melodiouS.
It was. Of course. in the famil-
lar Bach suite in c minor that
Mr.. Olefsky's technical attain
ments and profound musician
ship were most in demand and
most in evidence. know Of no
other cellist who is able to re-
create the six Bach suites with
such ravishing tonal beauty and
such free but controlled rhyth-
mic perfection. To hear the
sarabande as it was played yes
terday-a single melody un-
supported by either expressed
harmony or any but the most
subtle dynamic variety is to hear
Bach at q pitch he never sur
passed.
Harry Mcclure played his
part in the ensemble admirably.
He is q fine pianist. naturally
musical and always in the best
Of taste. His performances. 1t
seems to me, suffer from Q GER
tain diffidence, q lack Of self
confidence. It Is as though Mr..
Mcclure did not think quite 90
well Of his music-making as his
audience does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27
Stouffer, Ex-Husbund
OF Hedy Lamar, Weds

SHREWSBURY, N. j., May ~
R.-Teddy Stauffer of Aca-
pulco. Mexico. former husband of
Movie actresses Hedy Lamar
and Faith Domergue, married
Miss Ute Weller of Hamburg,
Germany, here yesterday.
1t was the fifth marriage for
Mr.. Stauffer, who is part owner
of the Hotel Villa Vera in Aca-
pulco. The bride is in charge
of Pan-American Always air.
line hostesses in Germany.
Movie Actor Enrol Flynn
served as Mr.. Stauffer's best
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27

tee is to obtain Federal legisla-
ton creating a sesquicentennial
commission to coordinate all
celebrations of the occasion,
February %, 1859. The meeting
is set for 8 pm. at old .Ford's
Theater.
Progress reports on the COM
mittee's plans will be made by
Randle Bond Truett of Lincoln
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27
Written Piano Recital
Points to Bright Future
Nv FRANZ C. CAMPBELL


william B.. Written. piano. Hend-
alta in = minor, opus 81, Beethoven
Sonata No. 2. Hindemith: Etudes
symphcniques. eehumann.
In a few years time William
Written will be heard from often
and with distinction as a con-
cert pianist.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Whit
ten played informally to a small
gathering. but his hour long list
was formidable, for 1t included
major works of Beethoven and
Schumann and a short but Diff
ficult sonata Of Paul Hindemith.
Mr.. Written possesses solidly
developed hands. arms and nm
gers. a keen sense of self-criti-
cism. surging energy and imagi-
nation. and the ability to focus
these forces through the music
he recreates.
Conviction is very possibly the
key to Mr.. Whitten's ability to
elicit positive response so early
in his career. Alert as is his
critical ear, his underlying musi-
cal ideas remain assured and in
spire confidence. The momentum
of his strong playing is power
full. not frenetic: the shape Of
his lyric playing Is astonishingly
mature. not effete or senti-
mental.
I would like to have heard
Written play some less pre-
tentious music yesterday. for he
was obviously playing almost to
the limit Of his physical ability
most Of the time.
He manages the difficulties Of
the "Appassionato" and the
Symphonic Etudes" now with
facility and great accuracy. but
really brilliant playing would re-
quire power and agility he has
not yet acquired. He makes the
piano sing clearly. but true elo-
quence will ask for more tone of
warm repose and muscles that
can produce sounds Of greater
variety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27

rentino's rather undisciplined
Three Patterns for Orchestra
and Jack Frederick Kilpatrick's
facile Fifth Symphony, a Is
minute. three-movement work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27
Lincoln Unit Plans
.SesquicentenniuI

A special committee of the
Lincoln Group of the District of
Columbia will meet Tuesday to
launch plans for Nation wide
programs concentrating the
150th anniversary of the Civil
War leaders birth.
The main aim of the commit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27
GolleY Orchestra
Presents New Works
BY IRVING LOWENS

National Gallery Orchestra, Richard
Bales, conductor. National GALLERY.
Program. Overture In D nst Wash
ington performance Hommann: Three
Patterns for Orchestra list Perform.
ancD Sorrentino: National Gallery
suite No. list performanceD, Bales:
Opus la list Washington perform
ancei, Fitzpatrick.
+, Richard Bales brought the
14th American Music Festival at
the National Gallery to a close
last night with an orchestral
concert in which four works new
to Washington, two Of them
heard for the first time anyplace,
were presented.
From a musical viewpoint, the
show was pretty thoroughly stolen
by Charles Hommann, a virtually
unknown early 10 century COM
poser. Hommann's exceptionally
fine Overture in d speaks the
same language as Schubert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

EOR four houncy young singing stars On
L. Tv. q case Of the sniffles has made the
difference between success and obscurity.
The cold In question. combining video
maestro Lawrence Week 70 bed one day.
enabled the teen-age Lennon sisters to
serenade him In his own home. The i'm
promptu concert paid on with their FIRST
appearance on the Week show two weeks
later. Stage-managing the addition was
Weeks own son. Larry. ir.. schoolmate Of
the Lemons. who had been urging his busy
father for weeks TO listen TO the quartet.
Today the girls are popular regulars On
the two Week shows CWA6AI-TV. o:30-lO:3O
pm. Monday and 9-l0 pm Saturday,. thus
carrying on the tradition Of their vocaliz-
ing family Their father. Bill Lennon. q
salesman for q dairy company In Venice.
Calf. used TO be q member Of quartets
that sang with Paul Whiteman and Freddie
Martin In the 1905. And It was grand
father Lennon who first coaxed the girls
into harmonizing By teaching them diff
ferent vocal parts while they were helping