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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-15
House Unit Votes to Raise Rule on Judges
Narcotics Bureau Budget To Be Checked

. 4 $500 600 increase IN the Fed
era Bureau Of Narcotics budget
wa approved sodaY by the
House Apprcpria lions Committee.
The committee sent to tie
floor for action probably on
Tuesday the total amount re
quested Tor the bureau for The
fiscal year beginning JUL /.
$3.380,000. :
In reporting the measure. how
ever. the committee warned that
public and congressional empha-
sis on the narcotics problem MAJ
induce a belief that the FEEDER II
bureau should become a "saper-
specialized police agency in the
fielu Of narcotics" Il does not
agree that such development
would be a good one, the COM
mittee said, and continued:
~ is the firm position of this
committee that the burea4 can
make a more effective contribu-
ton to The reduction of the mar
cotics menace in the Nation bv
remaining small. selective
group engaged in training and
encouraging the cooper ton o.
State and local authorities. This
is not intended to require nor
mean any de-emphasis on the
current efforts in the held Of
ir ternational traffickers or on
the present scale of bureau &C
Invites dornestically."
/ Anslinger Testimony Barred
! The committee made public
testimony in support Of the
budget request by Narcotics
Commissioner Harry J. Ansling-
er. Mr.. Anslinger credited the
courts with doing more than
we cal. hope for" in wiping out
drug addiction in the Distric..
/ He said a new law imposing
sitter penalties for first offenses
Ior illegal sale of narcotics.
granting immunity to witnesses,
and requiring disqualification for
victims Of the habit has hel7ed
TO bring about a revolution" IN
the Di trict's dope situation.
4 Mr.. Anslinger's reference 70
the situation in the District
came in response t. questioning
10y representative Garfield, Ee-
publican Of New Jersey.
"In our Nations Capital some
years age" M. Garfield said,
there were some tragic dis
closures. Local narcotics officers
In Ute District were disclosed as
being involved In this traffic.
and a study made by this COM
mittec showed that. in man,
respects the jurists we're not
handing down realistic sem
fences. What is the situation
today about the District"
"As I told you last year. Mr..
Anslinger replied, we noticed
a complete revolution going on
IN The District In respect to the
narcotics traffic. Now you have
this compulsory addiction (hos.
lpitalizationl law in the Dis
l!rict plus the fact that YOU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-15

apply he new act OF Congress
e he District speciflcallg.
I'VE Sc a ereat change has
come o"er the Capital in rela-
ton to The illicit traffic. Yoi
canno. make mass raids any
more. and /. gu have difficult
lime M king \ case in the Dis
trict because of this compulsory
addiction Jaw. So i think We
are in really good shape. We
make a few cases, bu. nothing
like they were IN the past Il i
years"
"Wha, about the sent nnces
that are meted out?" Mr.. Can
field asked.
THE sentences that are melted
out are more than we can hope
f." Mr.. Anslinger replied. "All
the judges are melting out SEN
fences comparab'N, and some
times in excess Of, tire average
NEED Jul ir other sections of
the country. So that situation
has positively been corrected"
Some Life Sentences
rhe Bureau o. Narcotics COM
missioner said Ohio has tire stiff :
est law # all the States. A min
imum sentence OF 20 .ears is re-
quired for the illegal sale OF
narcotics there.
In fact" he added, "they
have gone so far in their SEN
fencing IN Ohio, where you Rave
an aroused p lblic. that some of
these judges have actually sent
these men Up for life"
Representative Gary, Demo-
Icrat of Virginia, chairman Of
the subcommittee, called atten-
ton to the new law enacted last
year for the District, which i'm
poses a minimum of five yrars
for the first offense OF illegal
selling of narcotics.
1T is sometimes said that II
you make a penalty too severe
for any part cular violation, you
run into the difficulty that the
jury and courts will not convict
the parties because they feel
that II they are convicted the
sentence is too sevre," Mr.. Garry
said.
Mr.. Anslinger presented figures
showing there was decrease In
drug addiction in the District.
Maryland and Virginia in the
Ifiist 10 months Of 1856, COM
pared with The same period in
1855.
The compa ,isons we're as fol-
lows: Tor the District, l92 cases
in 1855 and l52 in 1856; Mary
land. 100 and 90 ard Virginia,
l52 and 20.
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commission itself has approved
the bridge design.
The committee maintained
that nearby memorials could be
seer more easily from Fridge
than a tunnel, anG thus be ap-
preciated.
Finally, the report pointed out
that the bridge would cost from
$15.5 to $50 million, including
all approach facilities. Tunnel
advocates submitted ar, estimate
Of S25 million for & four-lane
structure, and no figure at all
for a siX-lare one.
S41.6 Million Tunnel
The committee SAID q six lane
tunnel would cost $47.8 million,
a figure mot ccntroverted" by
tunnel advocates.
1t estimated the cost of main
tenance for four-lane tunnel at
close To $l25,00o a wear, and
S310 900 annually for a six-lane
structure. Maintenance of the
bridge was set at $4,000 10 Si4,-
900 yearly.
1t concluded that The cost Of
a tunnel comparable 10 six-
lane bridge would be Sin the
order of 200 to 300 ger cent
more, ard the cost Of mai!aten-
ance in the order Of 500 per cent
to 5000 per cent more"
The council. with president
George a. Garrett presiding, also
said it would continue to press
for a Southwest area location
for the proposed auditorium ano
cultural center for the District
ii is one OF the most i'm
pcrtant projects facing our city
Mr.. Garrett said The council
said lis construction in Foggy
Bottom would stymie project,
already underway there"
Mr.. Garrett said the counci
viii continue its study Of G pos.
sib:e location for proposed me.
mogial to Gen. John j. Pershing
He singled out the area boundet
By Fifteenth ard E sheets anc
PENNSYLVANIA avenue NV.
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Spanish Aide to Speak

Jose Miguel Ruiz Morales. eco
nomic counselor OF the Spanish
Embassy will speak at s:l5
o'clock tonight in the music au-
ditorium Catholic University. He
viii talk on Santiago de CON-
postela, Jerusalem Of the West !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-15

TODAY

'i'he American Academy Of
Occupational Medicine con-
cludes It's three day conVen-
tion in The Shoreham Hotel
The Air Force Association
winds up Its Jet age confer
ence meeting in the Shers
tor-Park HoJel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-15

Club, Seventeenth and Il streets
NV.
I The House District Commit
tee will open hearings Tuesday
on the bridge yersus-tunnel con-
ftroversy.
! Congress authorized a bridge
more than two years ago. but
construction was delayed wher
proposals were made to locate
the structure north of Memorial
Bridge. Before the issue was
settled, advocates of a tunnel
including The National Park
Service. further clouded the pic
lure.
Special Report Heard
They object to a bridge fol-
aesthetic reasons, holding it viii
mar the areas scenic beauty
The argument has boiled down tC
a six-lane bridge as opposed tt
a iour-lane tunnel.
! The council announced it,
support of the bridge after hear.
ing & report by a special COM
mittee, which based its finding:
or testimony from advocates Of
both sides.
The resulting resolution said
construction should begin at the
earliest possible date" 1t said
the council feels that too much
time and effort has been wasted
in this debate"
Reasons Listed
| II presented five reasons fci
supporting a span;
( i. a four-lane crossing Of any
type would De totally inadequate
/ to meet traffic needs.
+ :. Planned street systems or
both sides of tire river have ade
lquate capacity tc accommodate
traffic volumes Of a six lane
structure.
I 3. A bridge would be less cZ-
pensive to build and maintain.
\ :. When aesthetic consiGera.
Stions are weighed. they still d.
not JUSTIFY a four-lane cunne
10ver . SiA-lane bridge.
5. Congress already has ap'
proved a bridge as superior Il
ila. tunnel and money Is now avail
able for bridge construction.
The committee report provided
the details which led the srour
" its conclusions.
II held that a crossing i.
needed to relieve traffic conges-
ton which plaques the area be
tween Northern Virginia and Tx
District.
Better Traffic Claimed
There is G "consisten' superb
!
or,ty in the volume of traffic
that bridge can handle over :
tunnel of the same number o
lanes" Therefore. it would b.
"short-s.ghted" to install four
: lane facility of any kind. Th'
committee pointed out that tn,
tunne, advocates did not sub
NIT a plan for a six-lane tunnel
saying 1t would deliver too man!
cars into the area.
The committee also held tina
! there we're views on both side
: as 10 whether tunnel and it.
bulky masonry entrances. va.
handsomer than a bridge. per sc
1t said it considered the fac
that a Fine Arts Commission
representative said he though
the tunnel was best but thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-15
Rambling

Senator Clark, Democrat Of
Pennsylvania, sent each Of
the girls in his Office a baby
orchid as a valentine, and
along with each the optimistic
note: 1.-THE first 40 day are
the hardest"
The Library OF Congress is
Just about convinced that the
people who use its books are
at heart garnet dwellers. De-
spite an approximately equal
division OF book collections
between the Main Reading
Room In the Main Building
and the Thomas Jefferson
Reading Room in the Annex
only 80 per cent Of It's cali
slips we're filed in the latter
in the last six months Of 1856.
And the Thomas Jefferson
Reading Room has the ad-
vantages Of air conditioning
and permission 70 smo ke. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-15
Bureaucracy

A fellow Who has had more
than his share of Govern
ment red tape found himself
in quick need If a passport,
and, as a prerequisite for that,
a birth certificate.
lie hurried, with perSjmistic
outlook about his chances for
success, to the T istrict Build
ing arriving 10 minutes be-
fore closing time He went up
to the proper counter and
gave his name.
Within five minutes, the
clelx was back with tire birth
certificate.
Il was so shaken BY this
display of efficiency" our
friend reports, that l almost
left 1t lying on the counter
after I'd paid my So cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-15
Federal City Council
Backs Six-Lone Bridge
Civic Leaders Opposed to Tunnel
Under Potomac at Constitution Avenue

Federal Council night backed sx-lane bridge
opposed un.e for the long debated crossing the
tomac River Constitution
It called for immediate construction.
The council influential Of local civic leaders
nounced preference a meeting he metropolitan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-15
Slots

The Library of Congress
Is in for trouble.
1t has, quite ilnOcently
and with the best of inten-
tions, installed three coin
operated typewriters as a
service to readers"
For a dime, the patron
swhO wants tostype can do so
for 80 minutes. This is fine
for copy work. If that IS the
purpose for which they' are
intended.
But how about the fellow
who wants to marshal the
facts he has gained into
some sort OF preSentable
form? Anyone who has
tried to write even letter
home knows that a certain
amount Of staring al the
typewriter is necessary be-
fore the muse visits.
Must this be paid-for
time, with the precious min
utes ticking away as the
writer awaits the muse?
And what will happen when
the writer, finally burning
with zeal, attacks his sub
ject, only to find the muse
frightened away as the
typewriter falls into silence
at the half-hOur deadlineo
Artists of even tempera-
ment are rare, and before
the year is out the Library
may be after a supplemental
appropriation for smashed
typewriters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-15
The
Rambler
Gets Heartburn
From Valentine

Jack Foxe. most weeks. is
ike everybody else--gets up in
he morning grumoles about
it has his coffee. feels better,
goes TO work, cogitates. han
dies the problems AND the
routine, and goes horne again.
What makes min different
This week iS Ills sofe eel tie
niyup WITH senator Flan-
dels' Office and The sac reah-
satior that Washington peo-
de nate 10 BE- left ou5 Of a
good thing.
Mr.. FoXe is & publicity man.
LAST week he got ar idea that
can be described, quite log
ically, as big. Why moi, he
thought, send a mammoth
postcard valentine 10 the .nen
at Operation DeeDfreeze IN
Antarctica as a move 10 pro
mote "The King and Four
Queens" movie.
He got one large enough he
figured, 10 be signed Gv every
body who might want to sign.
1t weighed Ia pounds and was
51a feet by Az feet.
The idea went ever big.
congressman, show business
people, diplomats and a los
Of Just pain people signed
about $500 in all. Not Only
that, there was a picture in
The Star as the postcard was
about to be sent off 10 Ant
arctica.
Since opening this Fan
dora'S BOX, Mr.. EoXe has rad
mis- telephone at his ear al
most constantly. hundreds OF
indignant people, after seeing
the picture IN The Star, have
called to demand why they
weren't allowed 10 sign the
card.
Senator Flanders Office has
been getting some indignant
calls. too-only because one Of
the girls from his Office hap
pened to be handy when the
photographers were there,
and happened to be pretty,
and wound up in the picture.
MIR. Foxe is a little indignant
himself, but his indignation
is directed at Alexander Ora
ham Bell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-07
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH.
Scientist SHORTAGE?

especially pronounced since
1899. Engineers also have lost
ground compared to earnings
of doctors and dentists. lawyers
and college teachers.
There has been q minor in
crease in relative salaries of
engineers since the Korean War
which has encouraged popular
acceptance of the idea of a
serious and basic scarcity of
engineers" There have been
and undoubtedly are tempo
rary shortages Of personnel
with specific skills in certain
parts Of the country" and in
industries heavily dependent on
Iscientists-such as aircraft. pc
troleum, radio, TV.
Supply Increasing
But the record of earnings
makes it clear that relative to
the entire working population
and to the professions as a sep
arate class, there has been nc
shortage-in fact an increas-
ingly amply supply-of engi-
neers."
And while today we're gradu-
ating about $4,000 engineers a
year. by 1860 the total will be
up to 35.O00-40.000; by 1865 II
will be up to SO, 000-60. 900, and
by 1870, to 80, 10000, 900.
So much does this defy our
popular belief that despite the
fact that the evidence is so
effectively and impartially pre-
sented, it's hard to accept.
Nevertheless. let's hope the au-
thors are right.
The report of Drs. Blank
and Stigler may shock the
snooty young man represented
in the New Yorker cartoon but
WOW. it's good news for the rest
of us.
Distributed 1857. 81 The Hall syndi-
cat, Inc. All Rishts Reserved)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-07
|StockAdvance
10 Previous
Record High
BY ED MORSE
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, July 6.-Indus-
trial shares advanced to Q new
peak this week. giving Wall
Street plenty to celebrate on
q long Independence Day week
end. :
For the stock market as q
whole. prices on average were
back at the previous 1857 high.
Despite the July Fourth holi-
day. additionally a dull time
for the market. signifying the
start Of the summer vacation
period. the average this week
made its biggest weekly ad-
vance since the week ended
December 8, 1856.
The Associated Press average
Of so stocks rose $4.20 to
$186.40, exactly equaling the
1857 high. The industrial COM
ponent reached a new high of
$277.30, topping the previous
summit of $276.30 attained Au-
gust 2, 1856.
The Dow-Jones average was
at a new 1857 top of 1859 and
Standard & Poor's 500-stock
index reached a new yearly
high of 1850.
Veteran Wall Streeters could
recall no parallel for the amaz-
ingly vigorous rise on the eve of
July 4. Advance predictions of
a dull week because Of the holi-
day and the vacation period
were a dime q dozen.
Overhanging the national
economy as well as the stock
market were the infiationary
implications of the increased
steel prices which took effect
on Monday. But on that same
day steel production was re-
ported as its lowest ehb since
August. 1856. the prices of nom
ferrous metals were under pres
sure and June auto production
was down.
The five most active issues
on the New York Stock Elk
change this week were: AVCO,
up ! "a at ia on 308, 700 shares;
Bethlehem Steel. up q at 49ss:
General Motors, up / at A:
ChrySler up 33s at 1914; and
Standard Oil New Jersey up
2A at 68A..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-07

Zapata Petroleum 2o34 20 2oiA- y
Rates Of dividends IN the foregolnn
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semiannual declara.
ton. Unless otherwise noted. special OF
extra or extras. b Annual rate plus stoch
dividend. d DECLARED Or paid IN 1857 plus
stock dividend. Q Paid last year. PAY.
able IN stock during 1851. estimated cash
value on ex-diyidend or redistribution
Sass ~, DECLARED u a, e gsid 50 far this year
lative issue with dividends IN arrears
Paid this year. dividend omitted, de.
Ierred or no action taken At last dividend
meeting, Declared or paid IN 1855 plus
stock dividend. PLAYABLE IN stock dur
H .ssf or s; sassbS sssn S Ssus
dating dividend. cid Called. REX divi
dend, \ dis Ex distribution, xr II riGits
NV Without warrants, wv With WarTants
wd When distributed. wi When issued
nd Next day delivery. Elm bankruptcy OF
receiyership or being reormnni1ed under
the Bankruptcy Act. OF secnritl1K a.
sumed by such companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-07
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, July 9 G,.-Grain brok.
ers await the Government's July ]
winter wheat production forecast with
more than. usual interest because Of
ture.
The report will be issued wednes.
day forecasting also total production
Of spring wheat, corn, oats. barley
rye and acreage for soybeans.
Improved weather and harvestine
conditions caused wheat to slump this
week on the Board Of Trade. after or
and soybeans managed to stay slight
~ ahead Of Q week ago.
New style wheat closed Friday 81
TO cents lower than q week ago Fri
day. Corn was u TO LA higher, oats
Ia higher to " lower. rye unchanged
to "a down, soybeans unchanged to IL
uD, and lard 10 to "a cents hundred
pounds higher.
Traders said there Is no doubt
whatever that the Government fore
cast will be down from the June fore.
cast for winter wheat, due TO con
tinued harvesting delays. some acre
s Sss and poos sa anG seneray oV
Francis I. Dupont e. Co.. this weel
predicted winter wheat production O
about 679 million bushels. down abou
~ buoICAo AIOlu bnG NIONCIH
ment's June. l forecast and 43 million
less than his own June forecast.
production at 91s million bushels
down 50 million from the last Gov
-ernment estimate.
t;harp losses in wheat production d,
not make for dangerous supply con
dition. however. Even II the crol
should be reduced 100 million bushels
there would be q sizeable carryovel
q year from now. The, carryoyer 4
believed to be down to about 900 mil
lion bushels now, from 1000. 1000, 00(
Most Of the Texas winter wheat croy
now has been binned in the low plain
and north. However, harvesting de
LAYS have been general In Oklahomi
and Kansas. due TO wet weather. SOM
Oklahoma acreage has been abandoned
Fields are so wet in Kansas 1t ma,
take several days before harvestinI
! days of clear weather In the region.
Range Of prices for the week:
WHEAT (Old style)-
High Low Close Close
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BALTIMORE
LIVESTOCK

Cattle: Compared last week: several
96s-1. 1877 lbs. 25.25-25.5O while the
sold at 3.60-26.00. lots s3.50
carrying end Of GOOD Grade. Most good
and choice slaughter steers sold at
20, 50-25.00. lots at 1880 carrying
end Of grood grade: Most good and
s3 SO with . few standard and good
and low prime 7S0-s2S-ib. heifeTs
23.00-23 so and 4 small lots sold to
24.00. Most choice slaughter heifers
22.00-23.25 with mixed good and
choice lots iS.75-22 90. Standard and
good heifers 16.75-1e 90. Utility and
commercial cows 13.5O-16.50 mostly
1900 down and Gamers and cutters
snS below. dew ' ntity sps so
mefciai bulls 1900 10 90 while cutter
bulls mostly l4.OO-16.bO.
Calves: Compared last week. Vealers
steady 10 weak. Choice and prime
veals 2O.5O-22.OO while good and
choice Grades is.Oo-2O.5o and stan
HoEs: Compared last week: Bulk Of
the mixed y. 8. No. 70 3 100 go
ID; barrows and Sits II .50-22 90 late
S Ioe 20 few SsI mixed s s5sds aa SolSo X
% wei sold a same rsaSe. Mixed
trade .27O-300 ID. weights is7b-
1926 and heavier barrovs and gllts
lbs. down ie.oO-i7 SO at the close
while 4OO-5O0 10. sows 15.50-16 90
and b00-000 ID. veights at 1A.25-
1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-07
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Class I Railroads had an esti-
mated income of SOS million in
May compared with $50 mil
lion in the like month a year
ago.-Association of American
Railroads.
Bitumin0us Production in the
week ended June 20 totaled
100000 tons compared with
10, $685. in the previous week
and 7.198.000 in the like week
a year ago.-National Coal AS
ISOLATION.
Motor Vehicle Output last
week totaled 1925 cars and
l5.491 trucks compared with
125,909 and 24.091 in the pre-
viouS week and 68.110 and H.
SCI in the like week a year ago.
Wards Automotive Reports.
Rail Freight LOadings in the
week ended June 20 totaled
732,349 cars, down 1870 from
the previous week and down
80 from the like week a year
ago.-Association of American
Railroads.
Loans to Brokers and dealers
on other than Government
securities by New York member
banks on July 4 totaled 81 ,085,-
100000, down SIC million from
the previous week and down
$505 million from a year ago.
Federal Reserve Board.
Business Loans by leading
New York banks in the week
ended July 3 declined $l53 mil
lion compared with an. in
crease of $40 million in the pre-
vious week and a rise of $31
million in the like week a year
ago.-Federal Reserve Board.
Otis Elevator Co. announced
1T had been awarded the larg-
est elevator contract in its his
tory-46 elevators and 10 esca-
lators in the Chase Manhattan
building under construction in
New York.
National Cylinder Gas Co.
announced it has obtained Ax-
elusive United States manufac-
turing rights to a Swiss ma
chine that can weld standard
railroad rails into quarter-mile
lengths in less than ga hours.
Sears, ROebuck & Co. June
sales totaled $335,812,l75, I'D
2.1% from 1856; for S months
$l.475,033.235. up 4.69o from
1856.
Montgomery Ward g. Co.
June sales totaled $50, 764,0l8,
down 500 from 1856; for 5
months $386.072.917, VS.. $685.
O83,303 in 1866 period.
McCrOry Stores Corp. June
sales totaled $8.609,3l4, down
5.7SO from 1856; for 6 months
$46, 086,l48 up 0.58o from 1856
National Shirt Shops, Inc
June sales totaled $2,O15.266
up 0.5% from 1855; for {
months $9,328,7s2. up 4.64
from 1856.
Chase Manhattan Bank in G
months ended June 80 earned
$26, 764,958 or $2.06 a share up
ITO from the 1856 period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-07
CAPITAL SECURITIES

Transactions fSE the lss7 s5S nsgsg Friday July
- fSs iSY. ioii. iSS N.tea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-07
Exchange Club Elects
Edgar Hicks President

Edgar Hicks has been elected
president Of the Exchange Club
Of Washington for a one-year
term.
Other new officers are VIII
lard r. Snyder. vice president
and L. Bert Nye. jr.. secretary
treasurer.
Those recently chosen to
serve on the Board of Control
are Robert w. Cheves. Alex
ander Hunter. Rev. X. w. Nc
Cracker and John r. Lewis.
Continuing on this board are
Dwight E. Hahn, Clavin H. Mi
lans and Raymond c. Parsons