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Fire end Blast
At Airport Cause
$4,000 Dumuqes

A small explosion and fire in
a storage room below the main
lobby at Washington National
Airport caused about $4,000
damage last night.
No one was injured by the
blast which shattered a window
three by six feet and toppled a
cinder block wall of the large
room used to store janitor's sup
plies.
Airport police said the fire was
attributed to spontaneous COM
bustion. The room contained oil
mops. cleaning oils, wakes and
other supplies.
Smoke was discovered about
9:l5 pm, and Arlington County
fire equipment was dispatched
to aid airport firemen. Shortly
after the smoke was discovered
the blast occurred, police re-
ported.
The incident did not cause
any disruption of passenger
service activities, police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06
.2,l34 Measures
introduced to Set
New House Mark
BY the Associated Press

House clerks yesterday finished
tabulating bills introduced on
the opening day Of Congress
and the results showed a mod
ern-day record.
There were 2,l34 bills and res
olutions dropped into the House
hopper on the first day of the
session. in addition to 248 mes
sages and reports from EXecu-
tive agencies.
On the opening day of the
last Congress, 1883 bills we're
introduced and $50 executive
communication received.
Senators will get their first
chance to introduce bills in the
new 85th Congress at noon to-
morrow.
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the bar association group pro-
posed one of these three:
George L. Hart, Jr.. 81, who as
bar association member and now
chairman of the Districts Coun-
Gil on Law Enforcement, pre-
pared and piloted through Con-
greSS the new District laws
covering criminal insanity. MIR.
Hart, partner in the law firm OF
Lambert, Hart & Northrop, has
practiced law here since 1890,
has had extensive war experience
in the Air Force in North Africa
and Europe during World War II,
and is chairman of the Re-
publican State Committee for the
District.
John J. Sirica, So. also a Re-
publican, has practiced law here
since his graduation from
Georgetown Law School in 1926.
He served as an assistant United
States Attorney here from 1880
to 1894. He is now associated
with the law firm of Hogan and
Harrison and heads that firms
trial team for negligence cases,
David G. Bress, 48, a Democrat,
was admitted to the District Bar
in 1881. A partner in the law firm
of Newmyer and BreSS, he is con-
sidered an authority on court
rules and has a wide trial prac-
tice. He was a professor of law
at the Washington College of
Law from 1882 to 1852 and has
been professor of law at
Georgetown University since
Continued on Page AS, Col. 1
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his partlsans make it their bust
ness to interrupt him at every
possible reminder of the bless
ingS that have come to the Re-
public thanks to the wisdom OF
his administration.
DOOrkeeper in Form
Yesterday, almost everything
was as on that pleasant occasion
although the Speaker had ruled
out children. There was the
House Doorkeeper "Fishbait'
Miller bawling "Mist-uh Speak
uh" at intervals, to announce
the entrance of the Senators
the diplomats. the justices. the
cabinet members. and finally
the President himself. Mrs
Eisenhower was in the Presi-
dents gallery. in a yellow
feathered hat and gloves tc
match, sitting with Mrs. Nixon
and the Cabinet wives. The
galleries were TANNED, the
chamber was brightly lit by the
flood lights for wsree,
cameras.
The Speaker of the House
Mr.. Rayburn. varied not a whit
from his time-honored formula
for introducing the President
AS ever, he had "the high priv.
ilege and great honor"
All that was missing was
something to cheer about.
The President was greeted BY
a few yeas" from the Repub.
See SPEECH, Page As
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Film Star Tells
OF kidnapping
Marie Mcdonald
Found in Desert

ENCINO. Calf. Jan. 5 tP.-
Marie Mcdonald returned by
private ambulance tonight to her
home in this Los Angeles suburb
in the San Fernando valley from
which she said she was kidnapped
THURSDAY night
The blonde actress was carried
into the house on a stretcher
from the ambulance whic h
brought her from Indio near
where she was found. in an
hysterical condition. by a truck
driver late last night.
She had been given ISOLATION,
rest and examination in an Indio
hospital today. Detectives talked
to her there about her story of
a terrifying abduction by two
men. captivity for "a hours and
a ride into the desert where she
was dumped out of a car at a
lonely point along the highway
Walks To Ambulance
The actress walked TO the am
bulance in lndio for the 40
mile trip. She was accompanied
by a nurse.
Upon arrival at her home she
was carried in and put to bed. a
maid said, without talking to
newsmen.
Two hours later her attorney.
Norman Brand, emerged and said
Miss Mcdonald had told him:
Il am thankful to be home.
Thank God l am safe with my
.children-there were times when
l thought / would never see them
again"
Mr.. Brand said Miss McDon-
aid was pretty tired. emotionally
shaken--she's been crying and
she's been physically beaten"
He said he did not discuss
the kidnap case itself with her
and added She intended to take
a sleeping pill and hoped to get
a good nights rest.
British Actor Michael Wilding
recent escort of Miss Mcdonald.
drove the station wagon of
Marie's mother, Mrs. Marie Tu-
boni, back from Indio. Mr.. Wild
ing and Mrs. Tuboni had rushed
to Indio to be with her.
Mr.. Wilding visited the house
tonight after Miss Mcdonald
arrived.
Tells Of Demands
Detectives who questioned the
33-year-old glamor girl and
movie star said she told them
the men demanded your rings,
your money and your body"
Los Angeles police said she told
of being raped by her kidnapers,
but a doctor who examined her
said he found no evidence OF
such an attack.
Miss Observation-Disclosures figure
won her the nickname The
Body was wearing paiamas,
robe and slippers when she
popped into the lights of truck
shortly before midnight Friday
night on a lonely desert highway
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fire plug didn't really hinder the
flremen because there were other
plugs near by. 1t was explained
that the first engine company
habitually uses the plug across
the street from a fire so the
ladder trucks reaching the scene
can get close to the blaze.
The car in the way bore a
Massachusetts license plate,
H5-757. Its 85th Congress tag
bore the number $40.
More in sorrow than in anger,
a Fist Precinct policeman deco
rated the car with a ticket.
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Civic and Sports Leaders
Back D. c. Stadium Bill

Senator Stennis, Democrat of
Mississippi. The full commission
will make a report to Congress
on site and other recommended
tons regarding the stadium
about January Is.
Griffith Seeks Action
Calvin Griffith. president of
the Washington Baseball Club.
and George Preston Marshall,
owner of the Washington Red
skins professional football team,
were among those pressing for
action on a stadium.
Mr., Harris said his bill had
been prepared in corporation
with several civic and sport lead
ers, and after conference with
investment bankers who ex-
pressed themselves as inter
ested"
William N, Mcleod. District
Committee Clerk who worked
Continued on Page A-S. Col. 6
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JUICES GsOTSe NELSON ana Ma
dine Gallagher. Neither name
appears on the bar association
list.
"A vacancy exists in Municipal
Court because of the transfer of
Judge Frank Myers to the do
nestle relations branch of the
court. A vacancy exists in Dis
trlct Court because Of the retire
ment last November of Judge
Henry Schweinhaut.
AS for Juvenile Court. where
Judge Edith H. Cockrills term
expired in August, 1855, the bar
association recommended three
names more than a year ago. One
of them, Orm w. Ketcham, 49,
year-old Justice Department at
torney and father of four chill
dren, is rated the leading candi-
date because he has the suppol t
not only of bar leaders but of
civic groups and social WORK or
CARNATIONS. His name is likely
to be the first to go forward
List Gains in Import
The recommendations of the
Judicial Selections Committee of
the Bar Association have gained
added Importance in the last
four years because the nominees
have usually been chosen from
its panels. One bar leader a
Democrat, commented yesterday
that the Justice Department has
forwarded to the White House
only the best qualified nembers
of the District bar with a mini
mum of political considerations
For the District Court vacancy,
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House Group
Seen Cool 10
Davis Report
District Committee
Members Dubious on
School Changes
BY JAMES G. DEANE

Members of the House District
Committee are dubious about the
chances of the Davis report for
bringing any drastic changes in
the Districts integrated public
schools.
The report, resulting from two
weeks of public hearings con-
Quoted last September. plus in
terviews with teachers and school
officials. called for easing school
boundary rules and setting up
separate schools for the mentally
retarded and chronic delin-
quentS."
A check yesterday showed sub
stantial opposition already has
crystallized among some COM
mittee members. Others APP
peared to be on the fence, but
not eager to challenge the Su-
preme Court.
Hyde A Dissenter
One veteran member, who
asked not to be quoted. said:
II don't think there's a chance
in the world of any legislation
getting through Congress"
A Republican predicted that
committee members in his party
would be unanimous against the
report.
Representative Davis. Demo-
crat of Georgia. chairman of
the subcommittee that wrote
the controversial indignation re-
port, still hasn't said how or
when he expects to follow up
on it.
Mr.. Davis and Representatives
Williams of Mississippi and
Jones of North Carolina. Demo-
Gratis, and Broyhill, Republican
of Virginia, signed the report,
Representatives Miller of Me-
braska and Hyde of Maryland,
Republicans, dissented d. Mr.
Jones has since left Congress.
Plans Not Definite
Most Board of Education
members and School Supt. Ho-
bart NJ. Corning already have
opposed the chief Davis recon-
mendations.
The subcommittee majority
tackled on proposal to restore
full segregation to the District
schools. The two-man minority
said this would be unconstitu-
tional, however. and most Dis
trict Committee members said
they felt any effort to do this
would be fruitless.
Chairman Mcmillan of the
full committee. South Carolina
Democrat, last week voiced this
view. He said he hoped for some
palliative" measures. however.
Mr.. Davis could introduce a
bill or bills designed along this
line. He hasn't said what his
plans are, however. Yesterday
he said the matter may be dis
cussed by the subcommittee in
the next two or three weeks.
Critics Caustic
Some Southerners repeatedly
are miffed because of disclosure
by the subcommittee of a list of
Congress members with children
attending the District schools,
The disclosure is reported to have
embarrassed some members at
home.
Other members. both Northern
and Southern, are understood to
feel it would be wise to let the
whole matter drop. Some critics
have charged that the man pur-
pose of the inquiry was 10 obtain
ammunition against integration
in the South, rather than do any
thing about the District schools
One uncertainty is the COM
mittee membership 1t won't be
set for probably several weeks,
See DAVIS, Page AS
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HOSPITAL STRIKE
STRANDS PATIENTS

CONCEPTION. Chile, Jan.
5 Hospital employees
went on strike today, leav-
No patients without attend
ance. The strikers said their
salaries had not been paid.
Police and emergency work.
ers we're summoned TO care
for the most urgent hospital
cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-06

Legislation for a SIS million
Washington stadium to be A.
nanced by revenue bonds was
greeted with favor last night by
civic and sports leaders.
A bin for this purpose, to To-
cate the project in an area long
considered for it near the Ar
mory was introduced in the
House yesterday by Representa-
tive Harris. Democrat. of Arkan-
sas. The measure went to the
House District Committee for
consideration.
The Armory site of 200 acres
north of the Armory and stretch
ing towards Benning Road. drew
general approval from several
quarters yesterday. although one
sports leader said he still would
like a site in Southwest Wash
ington to be considered.
On financial plans for issuance
Of revenue bonds. some civic
leaders estimated that revenues
expected from the sports field
and parking facilities would meet
the required interest on the
securities.
Meeting Set Tomorrow
In another move toward Sc
lection of a site, subcommittee
of the nine-member reactivated
Stadium Commission will meet
tomorrow morning in the Office
of its chairman, Senator Case,
Republican of South Dakota, to
take action.
Senator Case said he person
ally favored the Armory site, but
could not speak for other mem
bers Of the committee.
Representative Landlord, DEM
ocrat of Maryland. another sub
committee member. said he still
was gathering more information
and was not ready to commit
himself to any one site.
Senator Case said his group
will have before it a report from
the National Capital Planning
Commission evaluating various
proposed sites. The site subcom-
mittee will report soon to the full
Stadium Commission, headed by
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WEEK END
Dour Congress Hears
Bod News on Day Off
BY MARY McGRORY

Nobody likes to be called down the office his day of
to hear bad particularly it bad he heard
before.
So it with the members of Congress who out
yesterday to hear the Presidents special message
crisis in the Middle East and his plans for coping with it.
They had in any reading about the matter for
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TEEN Today Appears
In Women's Section

TEEN. The Sunday Stor's moeozinc
for and about young people. will be
found today folded inside Section D,
the Women's Section, after Poee D. 10.
Pull il out, fold it, and reod the
cover story on teen.oeers who "ho,e
school"
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Quukes Felt Near Rome

ROME. Jan. 5 (P).-Two earth
tremors were felt today at Tivoli.
tourist-favored town about 20
miles northeast of here.
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Bar Group Recommends
Z for 4 Judgeships
Offers Names of 10 Men, z Women;
Judges Nelson, GuIIuqher Not on List
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG

The District Bar Associations Judicial Selections Com
mee has sent the of 10 and two to the
Justice Department to fill four udgehips here but has failed
to recommend the reappoinment of two ncumbents
learned last night.
The two judges who still sitting Municipal Court
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some days past in the press. The
Russians have already responded
to it.
Their reception was somewhat
dour.
Yesterdays extraordinary SEES
sion was merely to formalize and
dramatic the gravity with
which the administration re-
CARDS the question.
Notes Inconvenience"
The President. who likes a free
day himself now and then, ac-
knoWledged the hardship he had
imposed on the Congress by not
ing in the first paragraph of his
speech that it was at some in
convenience to yourselves that
they had come.
Ordinarily the Presidents first
visit to Capitol Hill in a legis-
lative year is a festive occasion
when little children play at the
legislators feet, and old men,
bers come back to enjoy the
privileges of the floor for day
The presence of the diplo-
matte corps. the Supreme Court
and the Cabinet insure lustre
The galleries are full of celeb
rites.
The entrance Of the Presi-
dent. particularly one as popu.
lar as Mr.. Eisenhower, is the
signal for prolonged cheering
especially from his own party
And as he tells them that the
State of the Union is better than
ever, and improving every day
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Texts Of Presidents Message and Pro-
posed Joint Resolution. Poee AS
tect any nation in that area that
may be attacked by Communist
forces and which asks for Ameri-
can help.
A S400-million. tWo-year pro-
gram of economic assistance to
strengthen the countries of that
strategic area.
Within an hour after the
President had spoken. Represent
alive Gordon, Democrat of Illi-
nois, new chairman of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, in
troduced a resolution to carry
out both requests.
Hearings Start Tomorrow
The chairman also moved
promptly to start the resolution
through the legislative mill by
calling Secretary of State Dulles
as the first witness IN public
hearings at 1920 tomorrow
morning.
1t soon became apparent that
the major debate on this So
called Eisenhower Doctrine for
the Middle East will be staged
when it reaches the Senate.
In his 3.200-word message, the
President emphasized that the
steps he has in mind. in the event
of Communist aggression An the
Middle East. would have to be
taken subject to the overriding
authority of the UniYd Nations
Security Council"
But at another place in the
document he pointed out that.
while the U. N. can always be
helpful. sit cannot be a wholly
dependable protector of freedom
when the ambitions of the Soviet
Union are involved"
He pointed to RuSsia's disre-
gard of U. N. protests against
the recent suppression of free
dom in Hungary.
And in still another part Of
the message he said the declara-
ton by Congress should be so
couched as to make it apparent
that if need be our words will
be backed BY action"
Mr.. Eisenhower made no eff
Continued on Page AS. Col. 3
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President Asks Right TO Use
Troops ifNeeded in Mideast
House Group
Sets Hearing
For omorrow
BY ]. A. O'LEARY

President Eisenhower laid be-
fore a joint session of Congress
yesterday his new doctrine to
head off Communist aggression
in the Middle East.
Before high officials of this
and other governments in a
crowded House chamber he asked
for:
Standby authority to use
American armed forces to pro-
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Texts Of Presidents Message and Pro-
posed Joint Resolution. Poee AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-10

Continued From First Page
county from county-owned and
operated liquor stores" would
far exceed the present income
from liquor licenses. would re-
duce the cost of police enforce
mept, and using the experience
OF Montgomery County as an
example. probably eliminate the
necessity for additional county
tax potentials."
The county commissioners have
said they will need an estimated
u million In new tax revenues
TO avoid raising the basic county
real estate tax rate OF $2.l5 per
500 Of assessed valuation.
Turning to the pinball situa.
ton, Senator Wheatley said that
he does not believe the machines
should be prohibited because
when they are used as amusQ-
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Porking Lot Mystery:
How Did 1t Happen?

4 Wrecking Co. to raze the house.
at 2l29, 2l3l, 2l33 and 2135
street NV. The space was to b,
cleared for a parking lot.
1t wasn't long before the ques.
ton OF the east wall of 2l29 F
street arose. AS a District inves.
tigator has reported to Mr.
Gwathmey since the incident:
The east 8-inch brick party
wall Of former 1929 p street, ap.
proximately % feet long and AZ
feet high from the sidewalk, hac
been left standing against the
west wall Of 2l27 p street be-
cause it was evidently considered
a party wall and since all indi-
cations showed this to be true
III should not have been removed
at the time the building wa:
RACED"
The notes Of the District in.
spector who checked on the
demolition show four visits IL
the scene while the demolition
was in process. On his May 20
visit, he noted the demolition
was 10 per cent completed. Or
June 8. it was 20 per cent COM
pleted. On June 10, his note:
show a penciled line, Requested
job made safe" and on June 81
he wrote it of with 100 pei
cent"
Sub-COntract0r Hired
On June Is. the Eighth Realty
Corp. which Mr.. Bernstein said
Is the owner Of the property
contracted with Clarence Kig-
gins OF 20l Spring avenue, Ia
koma Park, Md, to do the work
that would make the job safe.
Mr.. Higgins did not need a
separate building permit and his
name does not appear in District
files in connection with this job
Harry Milzman, vice president
Of the General Wrecking Co.
said his men did not do this
work because 1t was not in the
wrecking company's contract
with the Eighth Realty Corp
He said the wrecking company
stopped its work until Mr.. Kig-
gins finished.
On June al, the same day the
inspector wrote 100 per cent"
Mr.. Higgins presented his bill
for t72. His contract called for
him to fill cracks with cement.
put metal flashing on the roof
ana install lag bolts to the party
wall per DC Inspector"
The lag bolts were to anchor
the wall OF the old house to the
wall OF the apartment house.
The Angle Of Anch0ring
The District inspector who
ordered the anchoring, Harry T.
Sisk. has since explained he had
no way OF knowing the two walls
we're not already bonded but the
anchor bolts were 10 be an extra
precaution.
This is the conclusion reached
by George A. Knott, assistant
chief of the Districts construc-
ton section, In a report made
after he examined the holes eft
IN the remaining apartment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-10
Catholic Boy Scouts
Mark Annual 'Sundoy'

More than 1900 Catholic boy
SEQ lts of the Washington area
will, participate in the annual
Boy Scout Sunday at 4 pm
today in St. Patrick's Church.
The special services, presided
over by the Most Rev. Philip
M. a1annan. Auxiliary Bishop OF
Wa Ehington, will be preceded by
"a I1arade in which the scouts
willkmarch from Tenth street and
NeyV York avenue to the church
at Tenth and g streets NV.
Elighlights Of the services will
include presentation of st.
Gee Urge Medals. highest Catholic
award of its kind, to four out
standing scout officials to be
desid mated at the time.
ITO the Altar of God" medals
viii fbe presented to SO Catholic
boy scouts. largest ever to receive
the Honor here.
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The sermon will be preached
by the Rev. Carl Lyon, director
of Catholic Youth Organizations.
In other Boy Scout activities
yesterday 1875 explorer scouts rep
reSenting most Of the troops of
the Prince Georges County Ex-
plorer District Council spent
most Of the day touring naval
reserve training facilities ct Ma
val Air Station, AnacoStia.
The teen-agers lunched with
the reServists and took in such
sights as the air field control
tower. parachute loft and the
and machine shops
They even took a short course in
recognition.
The only disappointment ex-
perienced was that of 80 senior
explorers. They had been slated
for air flights, but bad weather
kept the planes grounded.