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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
NAACP Witness
Loses on Appeal

A prostitution conviction
against one of the major wit
nesses in race discrimination
hearings involving Washington
police has been upheld here by
the Municipal Court of Appeals,
The conviction against
Blanche Price. 80. was affirmed
when the court disallowed as
sertions of her defense attor-
ney, Roy Garvin, that Munich
pal Court Judge Armand W.
Scott had improperly adj
mitted hearsay testimony at
the trial.
Miss Price. appearing as a
witness for the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement
of Colored People last week,
told the District Commission
ers hearing the discrimination
charges that she was beaten
by a policeman outside an
Eleventh street NV. restau-
rant last February.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
STRIP-TEASE SHOWS NEED
ADJUSTMENTS POLICE WARN

Prince Georges County Police Chief George ]. Pana-
gous laid down the today for six tavern owners re-
portedly permitting their striptease shows to exceed
limits of propriety.
Certain adjustments must be made" Chief Pana-
gouis told the proprieors These shows must be Kept
within bounds of decency and propriety."
Tavern owners attended the meeting with the chief in
his Seat Pleasant police headquarters along with police
officials from the towns of Comar Manor, Bladensburg
and Brentwood.
The chief said after the meeting his warning followed
complaints that types of shows are running wild
He noted that the number of strip shows in the county
has increased by four this year.
He added THE tavern owners were very much re-
ceptve the PLAN They know whey they stand and they
know what my job isl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06

would amount to less than 10
feet in most years.
Unsightly Areas
Further, the engineer stated,
these marginal areas at many
other reservoirs, rather than
becoming unsightly mud flats,
have either grown naturally
sandy and beach-like or have
been naturally covered with
grassy vegetation.
A summary of statistics kept
by the Army engineers on its
1877 reservoirs in 40 States
shows that, draw-downs and
other changes Notwithstanding,
more than II million recrea-
tion-seekers visited these areas
last year.
This was an increase of 10
million over 1855 and of II
million over the previous year,
Mr.. Schwarz said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
President to Dedicate Acc Building
Friday; Strauss to Preside at Big Fete

addition. CThe Pentagon. by
comparison. has more than 6
million square feet, or 10 times
as much.D
Provisions are made for an
elaborate security system. with
check points throughout the
building. A cafeteria attached
to the Southeast corner and an
auditorium built just off the
Northeast corner will be out
side the security ring, SO the
public can use them.
About $500 of the Aces
1900 employees will be moved
the first two week ends in
January. The Constitution ave-
nue. building will be given up
entirely, but small space will
be retained in the H street
building for the use of the
commissioners. a public docu-
ment room. a hearing room and
several minor functions.
New Wing Planned
When the final wing is COM
pleted in September, 1858. it
will provide space for an addi-
tional 400 employees. The site
would allow further additions.
but none are contemplated.
The commission has worried
all along that its move might
cause severe personnel losses.
Recently. however. the pic
ture has frightened. The COM
mission believes that there will
not be any great exodus Of
workers when the move comes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06

with U. S. 240, a mile from
Germantown, Md. and Is miles
from downtown Washington.
50 Sites Inspected
The commission had looked
at more than so sites within a
radius of 20 to 80 miles from
Washington Monument. The
commission had already out
grown its main building at 1901
Constitution avenue NV. and
spilled over into a second build
ing at 17l7 H street NV.
Congress appropriated $40
million for the job and the
building contract was awarded
to John McShain. Inc. of Phil
adelphia. Three months ago
the John A. Volpe Construc-
ton Co. of Maiden. Mass. was
given a contract for an addi-
tional wing. which is now UNI
derway.
The original completion date
was November 8. this Friday
But the schedule was a tight
one and several labor strikes
and minor design changes
caused delay. The present
completion date is December 6
and it may take a week or so
beyond that date.
S13.3 Million
The whole job will cost 1913
million.
Total floor area is 100000
square feet in the main build
ing and another 10000 in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
Streetcdrs Bill
ToBe0ffered

House District Committee
Chairman Mcmillan has offered
to sponsor legislation to keep
streetcars in Washington.
Current law requires the
ID. C. Transit System. Inc, to
convert its SOB streetcars to an
all-bus system by 1868.
II certainly will be happy to
sponsor legislation calling for
an amendment to the recent
Transit Act to retain streetcar
service" Representative McMil-
Ian, Democrat of South Caro-
lima wrote D. c. Transit Presi-
dent o. Roy Chalk.
Mcmillan pointed out the
terrible predicament" an abb
sence of streetcars would have
caused in the Nations Capital
during the two world wars and
the Korean conflict.
Mr.. Chalk replied yesterday
that corrective legislation sug-
gested by the Representative
would be welcomed by the pub
lie, all governmental officials
and the Defense Department.
He asked to confer with Mr..
Mcmillan on the proposal.
Conference Today
The exchange of letters was
revealed on the eve of a con-
ference Mr.. Chalk requested
with the District Public Utili-
ties Commission. They were
meeting in closed session today
in Offices of Commission Chair
man George E. c. Hayes.
Designed primarily to dis
cuss Ma Chalk's plea for a
$376,334 fuel tax exemption,
the discussions are bound to
encompass the streetcar issue.
Mr.. Chalk's franchise-the
same law calling for conversion
of streetcars to buses-also ties
the tax exemption to that con-
version.
Tax exemptions were to take
effect either on completion of
conversion or earlier if the
commission found "substanti-
al" completion, according to
the franchise.
Mr.. Hayes commented the
commission was obligated to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
AT GEORGETOWN UNI

AT GEORGETOWN UNI
VERSITY, DR.. Charles A.
Hufnagel used dogs in de-
veloping his artificial valve
for the aorta. The heart
pumps the blood into this
major artery and a leaky
valve means an eventually
fatal loss of efficiency. Sew
eral persons are living
healthy lives with these
valves today including a
young woman who became a
nurses aide at Georgetown
Hospital.
At George Washington
University DR.. Bryan Blades
has used dogs in developing
his vascular veins and
arterleS) gratis.
A man who owes his life
to dogs is Norman L. Hickey,
%, a Government drafts
man from Yakima, Wash.
He was brought to the Ma
tional Heart Institute in
August of last year with a
heart condition that was
described as a terminal
illness"
There was a weak spot in
his aorta which had bal
looned and burst like an in
ner tube protruding through
a hole in a tire. While
Hickey was flat on his back,
DR.. Glenn Morrow and his
assistants conducted expert
mental surgery on dogs to
devise an operation that
would save the man. Twenty
one dogs were used.
Then a sponge substance
that looked like a golf tee
was inserted in the weakened
place-something like patch
ing a tire. Young Hickey is
told that he can live a nor
NAL life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06

plan to confer again today.
1--WE hope to reach a decision
before Friday" Mr.. McLaugh-
lin said last night. On Friday,
Commissioner David B. Karrick
is due to leave for South
America.
Before them is a demand
for Chief Murray's dismissal.
The National Association for
Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie charges he condoned ''sys-
tematic exclusion" of Negroes
from coveted police jobs and
failed to discipline officers for
alleged brutality to colored
citizens.
Local NAACP President Eu-
gene Davidson submitted a
six-point program for improv-
ing police operations yesterday.
His attorney, Thurman Dodson,
ended the proceedings with a
denunciation of the principle
of segregation.
Commentator Asked
Chief Murray's attorney,
Roger Robb, asserted the
NAACP had failed to present
a "scintilla" of evidence tc
support either brutality or dis
elimination charges. He praised
the chief as an honest. in
teliigent, fearless, just and
humane" policeman. And he
concluded with this recon-
mendation for the. Commits
sioners:
Chief Murray has won 265
concentrations during his Ca
reer as a police officer.
II respectfully submit hi
is entitled to have one more
commentator - one more ex-
preston of esteem. approval
and admiration. He is en-
titled to have one more state
ment recognizing he has done
a miraculous job as chief OF
police.
THAT statement ought to be
signed, by all three members
of this board"
Cites Promotion Exam
Turning to discrimination
charges, Mr.. Robb stressed that
Civil Service Commission Off
Gals had testified they gave
promotion exams without
knowing anything about ap-
plicants except their numbers,
If colored officers haven't
passed that exam, is that Chief
Murray's fault. Mr.. Robb asked.
He noted that, in 1855. some
go colored officers took promo
ton exams. Five passed.
as that Chief Murray's
fault?" Mr.. Robb asked again.
OF six Negroes eligible to take
lieutenant's exams in 1855, only
two took the test and both
failed, Mr.. Robb reminded city
fathers. He said it passed his
understanding how Mr.. Dodson
could say colored officers failed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06

TODAY

The National Paint, Var
nish and Lacquer Associa-
ton ends its four-day con-
vention in the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
Opening a three-day con-
ference. the Maryland, D. c.
and Delaware Hospital As
ISOLATION is headquartered
in the Shoreham Hotel.
The American Finance
Conference, Inc, closes its
three day convention in
Hotel Statler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06

advance under the language
of the present law"
He said today's conference
would be held within the
framework Of the current fran
chise. In his hands now is a
recommendation on the tax
exemption from William Falk,
chief commission accountant,
but it has been kept confidenti-
al.
II read the franchise as in
dicating that Congress wanted
streetcars converted to buses, -
Mr.. Hayes said. Until we have
an indication that is not the
wish of Congress, we must pro-
coed under current law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06

promotion exams because of
performance ratings given
them by their white superiors.
Variety Of Attacks
Mr.. Robb CHARACTERIZED the
NAACP charges as an attack on
the integrity Of everybody who
disagreed with its view.
"They started with an attack
on the integrity of Chief Muir
ray" he said. Eat the outset,
they attacked the integrity of
this board. AS we went along.
they attacked the integrity of
the Civil Service Commission
Today, they attacked the in
tegrity of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and the news
papers"
He was referring to earlier
testimony of Bishop Stephen G.
Spottswood of the African
Methodist Episcopal zior
Church, formerly local MACE
president. Mr.. Spottswood saic
the FBI dismissed a case Of
alleged brutality, but he dis.
agreed because he knew the
facts personally.
Mr.. Dodson had opened hi,
argument with a charge thai
all three Washington news.
papers had prejudged his CASE
in print.
RObb Raps DodsOn
Mr. Robb also raped Mr.
Dodson for "sneering" at Chie1
Murray's education-he went
through the eighth grade. Ac.
cusing the NAACP attorney o.
intellectual sn b berry," Mr.
Robb said Chief Murray hac
proved on the witness stand hi
was IAN educated gentleman.
A man need not be a graduate
of Harvard. Yale. Princeton OF
Amherst to be a good police
chief, said Mr.. Robb, a Yalt
man, who added that many
lawyers who have passed thu
bar didn't understand all they
thought they knew about theil
own field.
He denied Mr.. Dodson';
statement that he had lin.
simulated" the NAACP wanted tt
run the police department. 81
assert the NAACP wants to run
the department" he main
tanned, And the reason they
want to get Chief Murray is be-
cause he won't let them do it. >
D0dson Denies Sheer
Mr.. Dodson. in his turn
denied that he had sneered al
the chiefs formal education.
Instead. the NAACP point
was that Chief Murray. be-
cause of his lack of training
was unable to have the per
ceptibility" needed to GRASP
how segregation is at work
within the force, he said.
Nobody says, I'm practicine
discrimination But the high
police brass needs to have a
criteria by which to Judge dis
elimination" Mr.. Dodson in
sisted.
when we ask Chief Murray
he says he has no such criteria
This is because he has failed
to grasp the implication of sys-
tematic exclusion of Negroes
in the department" he insisted
Regardless Of how our &C
tions are characterized by Mr.
Robb, regardless Of how they
are characterized by the news
papers, the NAACP reserves the
right, in Gods name, to call
attention to any system that
keeps a few men up and most
men down." Mr.. Dodson pro-
cloirood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
Book Browse Slated

DR.. Robert D. Gilman will
open the second Jewish Book
Browse" of the Arlington-Fair-
fax Jewish Center at II am.
Sunday. He will review Peace
i of Mind by DR.. Joshua Lieb-
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
Delays Errors Hit 4
Psychiatric Building
Opening Of Unit
At D. C.,Generus
Is Postponed

Delays and mistakes in or
dering equipment for the new
psychiatric building at the Dis.
trict General Hospital havf
forced a postponement of the
opening of the unit and may
cause a shakeup in the admin
istration of the hospital.
Almost no equipment of i'm
portance has arrived at tbs
psychiatric unit, which war
scheduled to open in January
Total building costs came tc
$2.549. 900 at the psychiatric
unit. The District had budg-
eted $23O,OOO for equipment.
DR.. Daniel Leo Finucane.
District health director, said to-
day that mistakes made over
the summer in arranging for
equipment orders threw the
place into utter confusion.
DR.. Finucane said he has
not had the time to figure out
where to place the blame. II
can look for the blame after
all of the equipment Is Or
dered," he declared.
Snecial Committee
A special committee. how
ever, has been appointed to
supervise the administration Of
the hospital. Only last spring
a House subcommittee severely
dashed the hospital admins
tration headed by DR.. Philip
A. E. Stebbing. superintendent.
The committee at the same
time severely criticized other
aspects of the Health Depart
ment based on Investigations
made before DR.. Finucane took
over the job as health director.
The committee includes
Charles Beal, deputy hospital
superintendent. Irwin H. Ali.
field and william E. Bowman,
Health Department executives.
David Fry of the departments
fiscal unit has been assigned
to work with the COMMITTEES
and straighten out the s-der-
ing.
DR.. Finucane said Mr.. Fry
and DR.. John Schultz. head Of
the psychistric department.
would now have full response
bility for readying the unit
along with the committee.
DR.. Finucane, in response to
a question. said, Il have no
plans for change in DR.. Steb-
bing's status at this time"
First Meeting
The special committee held
its first meeting last Friday.
At the time of appointment. DR..
Finucane said, he knew there
was trouble at the hospital.
but 81 didn't know the equip
ment problem was in the crisis
that it is in"
He said that a committee
of hospital employees had been
working on ordering the equip
ment. "They thought things
were pretty we'll lined up.
Then some mistakes were
made and discovered which
apparently threw the place into
utter confusion" He indicated
a number of substitutions had
been made for agreed-upon
items. Tor example.
The health director said he
hoped the delay in opening the
hospital would be less than two
months, but added that much
will depend on the manufac-
turers of the equipment. He
pointed out that it could be
opened section by section as
swiftly as equipment came in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06

AN HISTORIC DOG
STORY In medicine is the
work Of DR.. F. G. Banting, a
family physician in Toronto,
who read in a medical jour-
nal that a secretion emitted
from tiny sacs in the pam
creas gland burnt the sugar
in the bloodstream, causing
heat and energy. Diabetes
were deficient in this.
Why, he reasoned, would
It not be possible to inject
this secretion in the diabetes
and arrest the disease. He
went to the University OF
Toronto and with the help
of DR.. c. H. Best started to
tie off the pancreas glands of
dogs and then tried to keep
them alive with injections OF
the secretion from the tiny
islands Cinsulin) from the
pancreas glands of other
animals.
A dog finally lived 70 days
and then Banting knew that
he had something. Millions
of diabetes are alive today
only because of insulin injec-
tons.
In Ardmore, a suburb OF
Philadelphia, German-born
otto Stadler, a veterinarian
with an inventive mind, de-
veloped the Stadler splint to
set the broken legs of dogs.
1t is an application of engi-
neering to the problem
metal pins are drilled into
the bone on each side of the
break and an exterior metal
rod holds the broken parts
together.
This was not only used to
save the legs and lives of
countless dogs that other
wise would be destroyed, but
1t was used during the war
to set the shattered arms
and legs of servicemen.
Stadler's work showed the
usefulness of dogs in expert
mental orthopedic surgery.
Dogs are used for this pur-
pose at the National In
stitutes of Health, where DR..
William I. Gay, a veterinar-
ian, is working on the use of
titanium, a pure metal ele-
ment and noncorrosive, as a
artificial ball for the ball
socket Joint of the hip. After
bad breaks the decay of the
natural ball has crippled
thousands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
Rambler
49,. Toys With Idea
OF Following Dog
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

There's a dog upstairs, and
everyone seems to be worried
about It's fate.
The Rambler is a little old
to expect to follow this
pioneer in space travel.
But you never can tell.
If anyone had told him
after the Lindbergh flight of
1927 that someday he would
be a passenger on a trans
Atlantic fight, he would
have bet against it.
But in rs years, it came to
pass.
Another Is years is a lot to
expect. But, if in the mean
time, space flight becomes
the thing to do, he'll prob
ably do 1t.
All this interest in the dog
going around the world
every 100 minutes suggested
to the Rambler that he look
into the contribution of dogs
in keeping human beings on
this earth--alive, that is.
So he stopped in at the
National Institutes of Health
yesterday.
He learned a lot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
Fort BeIvoir Carnival

The Army Engineers Center
at Fort Belvoir, Va. will hold
a carnival at Speaker Field
House Wednesday eve ming
through Friday evening. Pro-
ceeds will be used for youth
activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
7 estimony Is Studied
AS Police Hearing Ends
City Heads Hope to Reach Decision
By Friday on NAACP's Charges

District Commissioners have begun intensive study
of testimony taken at hearings discrimination
charges against Police Chief Robert v. Murray.
They coseted themselves in the Offices of Robert E. Nc
Laughn president of the of Commissioners for two
hours yesterday Immediately after hearings closed All three
CITY heads plan confer again today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-06
Reservoir Seen
pdyingDividend
BY JOHN w. STEPP

Recreation on man-made
river reservoirs is an "impor-
tant and rewsrding dividend"
for millions Of people in the
view of the Army engineers
now conducting a comprehen-
sive survey of the Potomac
River watershed.
In a talk before the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce, Harry
Schwarz. chief of the Potomac
section of the Washington En-
gineer District. made this as
sertion in the face of persistent
criticism by some groups that
a big water supply reservoir in
the River Bend area would ruin
recreation for miles along the
river.
Mr.. Schwarz conceded that a
major inundation would curtail
certain recreation forms S.
Among these would be hiking
along the old Gao Canal tow
path, whitewater canoing in
the vicinity and boating in the
canal itself.
Recreation Possible
However. the engineer pointed
out, these specific recreations
would still be possible along the
12-mile stretch of river between
River Bend and the District
line.
In addition. he said. a vast
new field of recreation would
be provided on and around a
big reservoir there.
One of these, Mr.. Schwarz
said, would be safe quiet-water
boating for a vastly greater
number of people than can now
use the river" The shores
would be developed for hiking.
camping and picknicking "for
many more people than can
ever use the existing recrea-
tional facilities in the reservoir
area" moreover, he said.
Mr.. Schwarz minimized the
unesthetic effects upon the
shoreline that the periodic low
ering of water level would have.
He said experience has shown
in comparable reservoirs that
this "draw-down" of water
Smyrna times., 1957-06-20

Army Pvt. Raymond Moore,
whose parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Win
field Allen, live in Smyrna, COM
pleted eight weeks of basic COM
bat training under the Reserve
Forces Act program June 8 at
Fort Knox, Ky. Men volunteering
for the six-month tour of active
duty are permitted to finish their
military service in a local Army
Smyrna times., 1957-06-20
With Army in Germany

Specialist Third Glass Charles
H. Sandberg, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Sandberg, Smyrna, re-
Gently participated in a tactical
parachute jump with the 18th
Airborne Division in Germany.
Specialist Sandberg is a police
man in Headquarters and Logis-
tics Company of the divisions
Military Police Detachment. He
entered the Army in January,
1854 and arrived in Europe in
March, 1856.
Sandberg attended Smyrn a
High School.
Smyrna times., 1957-06-20

Reserve or National Guard unit.
The 17-year-old soldier was form
erly employed as an attendant at
the State Welfare Home.
Smyrna times., 1957-06-20
Completes Squad Leaders Course

Completes Squad Leaders Course
Army Specialist Third Class
Charles R. Kreck, whose mother,
Mrs. Mildred M. Patrick, lives in
Townsend, recently was graduat-
ed from the 3rd Armored Divi-
sion's infantry squad leaders
course in Hanau, Germany.
Kreck, assigned to Battery A
of the divisions 509th Field Ar
tillery Battalion, entered the
Army in August, 1855 and was
last stationed at Fort Knox, Ky,
The 19-year-old soldier attend
ed Middletown High School.
C,,k.o-sH.. a.. IT, Cr,xrrro Tyr.aa
Smyrna times., 1957-06-20
Engagement Announced

DR.. and Mrs. ]. e. Robinson,
of Clayton, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Evelyn
Irene, 10 Airman Frederick j.
Bender, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Todd
Bender, of Manistique, Michigan.
Miss Robinson is a graduate of
Smyrna High School, class of
1857. The bridegroom-to-be is
stationed at Dover Air Force
Base. The wedding ceremony will
take place at st. Joseph's Church,
Clayton, on Saturday, June 20.
Smyrna times., 1957-06-20
This Weeks
Social and
Personal
Events
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Temple Heinold
spf Townsend announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Elaine
Rose, to Mr. Donald Charles
Raab, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
E. Raab, Jr Miss Heinold is a
graduate of Middletown High
School.
Smyrna times., 1957-06-20
p erS on a | S

Mrs. G. Harvey Wright had as
her guests over the weekend, Mrs.
w. T. Bryan, Mrs. Lillian Pietsch
Smyrna times., 1957-06-20

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