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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08

q Iosale from Q Whita owneg.
The sale brought on near riot.
But the situation now appears
to have cooled of.
All Mr.. Levitt would say to
that situation was that. con-
trary TO the fears Of white own
ers. the property values "have
not gone down"
When the Levitts moved In
with bulldozers and steam
shovels to start the community
here. bucolic Bucks County was
Jared. But unincorporated
Levittown appears to have be-
come an integral part Of the
section now, even though four
competing townships fight over
its Jurisdiction.
It Is a big city. spread out
so much that even the most
seasoned Levitt employee must
carry a map to keep from get
ting lost.
Most Of the residents are
young. The husbands commute
daily to Philadelphia and Tren-
ton and to nearby industries.
such as the big United States
Steel plant nearby.
All on Same Level
Everybody lives on the same
side OF the tracks," a spokes-
man pointed out. There are
no slums TO fret about. no fam
lilies Of conspicuous wealth TO
envy, no traditional upper crust
to whet and thwart social aspi-
rations."
Levitttown is subdivided into
is separate "neighborhoods. +"
each bearing distinctive place
names like Stoneybrook. Lake
side. Birch Valley. Every street
on Stoneybrook. for example.
begins with an "S"--a big help
to the postman and late cele-
brants. 1t is the Nations big
gest planned community since
L'Enfant laid out Washington.
In the struggle against mo-
notony the same floor plan has
been enclosed by four different
types Of exteriors. painted in
seven varieties Of color-so that
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your shape g Levittown house
occurs In the same color only
once every 20 times. Streets
are curved gently for further
esthetic effect and to slow down
traffic.
Prices have remained remark
ably static in the face Of rising
costs. Mass production meth
DDS right on the building site
Levitt carpenters never touch
a hand saw: paint speckled in
two colors comes out Of one
spray gum make the Levitt
price feasible. These methods
are the handiwork of Alfred
Levitt-vice president with an
equal voice in policy. the de-
signer OF Levitt houses and
communities and the inside
cost cutter.
Father Abraham is the out
side man" who has converted
former potato fields into an at
tractive community by not al
lowing any telephone poles on
the streets and overseeing the
planting Of nearly 400. 900 shade
trees, fruit trees and evergreens.
Each house is equipped with six
evergreens at least four feet
tall. and an apple. peach and
pear tree and a grapevine. Esti-
mated value Of landscaping:
$500 q house or So million In all
No other man In history ever
had 50 much money to spend on
decorative vegetation.
But the old houses and state
~ lanes found in the reddish
brown loan Of the area have
been allowed TO stand and the
community built TO blend in.
At Belair, the historic manor
house will remain. But how
the old mansion will be pre-
served has not yet been settled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
YET plot HERO
RECOMMENDED
FOR DECORATION

LANGLEY AIR FORCE
BASE. Va. (P.-A young
jet fighter pilot who lost
his life Thursday after
staying with his flaming
aircraft to avoid q crash in
a densely populated area
will be recommended for
the Distinguished Flying
Cross.
Brig. Gen. Edwin s.
Chickering, commander Of
the 836th Air Division. said
he will recommend I'd 1t.
Wilbert L. Messmaker for
posthumous award Of the
air decoration.
1t. MesSmaker, %. OF
South Holland. III, drowned
beneath the canopy Of his
parachute in Chesapeake
Bay after sticking at the
controls of an F100 Super
Saberjet despite a bailout
order until the aircraft was
over the water.
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the residents face responsibility
for lit miles of streets. COM
plete water supply. sewerage
disposal. drainage and street
light systems. acres Of play
grounds worth about $4,000 an
acre. i've swimming pools worth
s15O,OO0 each. a 100000 COM
munity center and a library.
Additionally. In geographic
or UNCONVENTIONAL groups. they
share responsibility for IL new
schools lland sold at cost to
the local governmentl and II
new churches dand donated by
the Levitts). For about $l8 mil
lion down. they have bought
themselves a city on the in
stallment plan--a city bigger
than Wheeling. w. Va. or
Terre Haute, Ind.
There will be newer things
at Belair." said Mr.. Levitt. He
declined to discuss what they
may be on grounds that plans
have not "crystalized to the
extent that they can be talked
about"
Asked about schools, MIR.
Levitt said the firm would work
out the problem with Prince
Georges authorities.
The Levitts do not sell their
houses to Negroes. This, Mr..
Levitt explained. Is not q mat
ter OF prejudice. but one OF
business.
by various means. / have
come to know that II we sell
one house to a Negro family.
then 90 to 95 of our white Gus
toners will not buy into the
community. That is their atti-
tude. not ours. We did not
create 1t. and we cannot
cure It.
Custom and precedence will
dictate 10 us what we do in
Maryland. We have nothing to
do with changing those customs
and precedents. The people
will determine what to do"
Negro ut Leyittown
There is a Negro family living
here. He bought his house on
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Project
Here Will Cost
500 Million
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
generally described as modern
istic."
3. Clarence Monroe. the firms
chief engineer. early In Janu-
airy will discuss with Prince
Georges County officials prelim-
mary plans for the Develop
ment. such as sewerage facil-
tiles to be built by the Arm and
the water supply. The county
commissioners already have
said that sewerage 'and water
supply would be major prob
lens In connection with the
mammoth development.
4. The company's newly es-
tablished research and develop
ment department already Is at
work on plans for Belair.
Many Unusual Features
There is little doubt that the
Levitts win take advantage Of
their successful experiments
elsewhere. These include the
use Of Thermopane windows.
Whether the radiantly heated
concrete slab-instead Of q
basement--will be used at Bel
air is another matter. The
maSs-produced houses in this
community Of 10000 in upwards
OF 1900 homes all are
equipped with the radiant heat
ing arrangement.
II can only say that they
(Belair houSes) will not be the
same type as you see here" Mr..
Levitt said. las a matter Of
fact, a year from today we
probably will not be building
the same type Of houses that
are now going up in the last
section Of Levittown. The type
of houses we built two years
ago here are no longer being
constructed"
Mr.. Levitt was enthusiastic
about the possibilities at Belair.
II would like TO stress that
anything we do at Belair will
be in accordance with the rules
and procedures laid down by
the local authorities" he said.
we will cooperate with them
100 per cent.
Good Neighbor" Policy
I'VE do not intend TO do a
thing our way Just because IL
is our way OF doing things" he
continued. I'VE are a private
organization ard we will do
things as we are told.
we have no desire but to
be good neighbors."
Mr.. Levitt expressed the
opinion that expanding WASH
ington can move IN only one
direction from now on-"out
Prince Georges way and In the
general direction Of us"
Virginia already Is too built
up and the same is true in the
Bethesda and Chevy Chase and
Wheaton area in Maryland.
he explained. so the logical
place for the population to &C
will be Prince Georges County
where there already is q re-
markahle network Of highways
and parkways and where their
are additional thoroughfare'
planned. and when / say
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
D. c. Drug Suspect
Held in Providence

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Dec. Z
R.-Two men who were picked
up In a raid early today were
being held by police tonight on
charges Of possessing narcotics.
They were identified as Julius
Parrot, %, of Eighth street
NV, Washington. D. c.. and
Archie Storms. 80. of Provi-
dence. A woman and FIVE men
picked up in the raid were re-
leased after questioning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
HEADLINE PERSONALITY
Developer Of BeIoir
Is Dynamic Builder
D, . slar s.aa corrsspondsnl

~ . star stan Correspondent
LEvTTTOWN. Pa. Dec. t.
The man who heads the Arm
which will build the largest
housing development ever con-
templated for the Washington
metropolitan area is a supreme
ly self-confident and dynamic
individual who adhors personal
publicity.
William j. Levitt likes to
read about Levitt and Sons,
builders. OF which he is preSi-
dent. But when 1t comes to
talking about his personal life
he draws the line hard and
fast.
In an interview he at first
wouldn't talk about himself.
even declining to say how many
children he has.
There are two sons, Bill. IT..
"a. and Jimmy. IL.
500 Million Community
With his pretty wife. Rhoda.
he lives in q 20-room Ions
Island mansion formerly owned
by Mrs. Elsie woodward. mother
OF the late William Woodward
VINO operated Belair in Prince
Georges County. Md.
The Levitts bought Belair--
the home OF such turf greats
as Gallant Fox and Nashua
from the Woodward estate. II
is there that they will construct
a 500 million community Of
1000 homes.
While Mr.. Levitt admits that
It is very interesting" that he
first bought the Long Island
mansion from the same family.
ne declares that the two pur-
chases were entirely coinci-
dental"
II wanted to develop the
Washington area for q long
time, but I did not know about
this land until 1t was suggested
to me by q broker" he says.
Mr.. Levitt. who will be 81
next February IL. is a pleasant
conyersationalist who concen-
trates on his caller just as in
tensely as he does on his houS-
ing business which he lives and
breathes even to the extent OF
having lunch at his desk.
He Is a rambunctious hustler
with brown hair and a hoarse
voice. He is S feet 8 inches tall.
The man who has done the
most to revolutionize the hous-
ing industry hates all forms OF
exercise" but is known to have
INDUCED in a game Of golf on
summer week ends with his
wife. He shoots in the low s0s;
she in the low S0s.
Born in Brooklyn. he cared
little for school books. He quit
New York University after his
third year.
After ne had tried his hand
at several jobs. he and his IA
ther "a lawyer decided to build
q house on Long Island prop
erty which they hadn't been
able to sell. His brother Alfred
quit New York University ard
drew plans for the Tudor style
dwelling. They sold the house
ct q profit II and Levitt and
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planned 8 mean Ehe money has
been laid aside for the work."
"6ince we are the first OF the
so-called large builders to enter
the Washington area we feel
that We have a responsibility
of the greatest importance, .
Mr.. Levitt continued. What
we do at Belair will be increas-
ingly important as q pattern
for what follows In the metro
politan Washington area.
"Of course. We have a. re-
sponsibility as a business enter
prise to make an economic sue
cess tthe firms goal is to make
s per cent net after taxes. but
We also know in advance that
what We do at Belair will be
used as a yardstick for future
building. Thus. II we set up
a bunch of row houses. we can
see that 1t would be q stand
ard and others would not go
above 1t.
I'VE are conscious Of what
all this means to the Nations
Capital on which are focused
the ewes OF the country and
the world"
Mr.. Levitt commented that
the home construction industry
has come q long way In the
past few years.
Land Now Improved
Originally the builder only
built houses-ofttimes not even
bothering TO improve the
grounds" he said. THE build
ing industry was then in the
elementary stage.
Nov a high percentage Of
the overall cost goes into i'm
proyement Of the raw ground
and roads. sidewalks, curbs.
sewers and lights long before a
concrete slab is laid or a nail
Is driven"
Here at Levittown the bulk
Of the 5000 million valuation.
Of course. is made up Of individ-
ual houses. which each owner
is free TO treat as he pleases.
But collectively. when Levitt
a. Sons move out next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
Copper Cut Studied

SANTIAGO. Chile, Dec. Z Up
"A mining oficial said today
the government is studying a
proposal for a 10 per cent re-
duction in Chile's copper pro-
duction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-08
Embussuy to Entertain

The Embassy of Israel will
entertain students Of the local
universities from $3.50 to $50
pm. next Sunday at q Chan
nukah reception.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-10-19
WoMAN's DAY NOV. "a
Bethel Announces
Committees

Six committees have been nam
ed to steer the annual Woman's
Day set for Greater Bethel Anne
Church, Nov. "a.
Mrs. Alice j. Hawkins is chair
man of the Souvenir program
committee. Members of the COM
mittee are Mesdames Ruth Black
nell, Ellen Pierce, Catherine Da-
Wis, Doris Dorsey, jeanette Fol-
son, frankie Glover, Fannie Jer-
nigan, Johnnie L. johnson, AL
fronia Kenon and Miss Hattie
Brace. Mrs. Grace P. Smith is CO.
chairman. In charge of decora-
tons will be Mrs. Margaret
Carey, chairman. Members of the
group are: Meslames Marie Price,
Jessie Giles and Mary D. Wash
ington.
Music for the occasion will be
supervised by Mrs. Naomi Sy-
monette. Other members of the
music group include: Mesdames
Mildred Munroe, Ruth Hysmith,
Elton Martin and Miss Lydia
Richardson. A woman's chorus
will serve throughout the day.
Charting the publicity for the
occasion will be Mrs. Marian H.
Shannon. Members of this group
are: Miss Edith c. Grant and Mes
danes Ella Hadley, w. A. Chap
man Jr., and Mrs. Maude K. Reid.
Mrs. o. B. Hogan and Mrs.
Thena R. Crowder, former chair
man of Women's Day program
are spearheading the financial
drive. Others on the finance COM
mittee include: Mesdames Alice
Lemon, Gladys Robinson, E. G..
Daniels, Artie Richardson and
Misses Nellie Moore and T. Gar
nett Walker.
Mesdames Marion Muldrow and
Edna Grant, chairman, and CO.
chairman Of the program have
announced that Mrs. p. Beatrice
Green, wife of the illustrious pre-
late Bishop Sherman L. Green,
of the 18th Episcopal District will
be the speaker for the morning
program. Other members of the
program committee are Mesdames
w. C. Rhetta, Willie Mae Muir
ray, Blanche Dean, Corrine Anton
and Enid Reese.
Rev. ]. B. Blackwell is pastor.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-10-19
Collegians Hold
Election

An almost complete member
ship of collegian men met in
their second meeting of the fiscal
year last Wednesday night to
hold their annual election.
The Collegians Club, Inc, 10
members strong, assembled at the
home of Albert P. Dean, 1868 NV
end terri, and held its regular
meeting with Stanley Sweeting,
club president, presiding. After
the regular order Of business was
dispersed with, election Of Off
GERS ended the itinerary.
DR.. Clarence Hogan, dentist,
was elected president, succeed
ing Sweeting. Other officers elect
ed were: N. Powell, vice presi-
dent; w. Sturrup, secretary; @.
North, treasurer; c. Wyche, par
Humanitarian, l.. Jenkins, chap
lain; S. Sweeting, reporter; W..
Murray, business manager.
A tasty repast was served the
club at the conclusion of its bus
mess, with Mrs. Mildred Dean a
congenial hostess. The years first
meeting was held at the home Of
Charles Johnson in Brownsville.
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Notice Of intention to register
In compliance with House Bill
No. 1f75 No. 2oe53, Laws Of Flor
Ida, t94t.
JAMAICA RELIGIOUS CANDLE
SHOP, 1894 NV. 18th Ave-, under
which name do business. Samuel
A. Senior, owner. Oct. 10, 26;
Nov. 2, 8.
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INFANT CARE for working
mothers. For more information
call FL 1859.
INFANT CARE for working
mothers. For more information
call FIR 1882.
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Personal Mention

MRS. Rose King of Nassau, was
among those arriving in Miami
last Friday evening. She went
home Monday pm.
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FOR RENT

FURNISHED - Single r o o m,
1885 NV 57th st. Call FIR 4-2449
or ME 4-1290 after $50 pm.
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BROOM APT. furnished. Prefer
married couple. Cooking privi-
leges.
1875 NV. 57th ST., Kathleen
Danes.
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I 81 Esst
G&'..'!'!-.'
l|Z2ll3
FOR RENT

S-ROOM apartment at 1861 NV
5th ave. Reasonable rate, nice
downtown location, free running
water. Phone FIR 4-45OS.
o2s
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COMPLETELY FURNISHED q
room apartment, 5000 NV 62nd
ST., call NE 1888.
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NICE ROOM in modern private
home. One person or couple. 2440
NV 60th ST., near 3 bus lines.
The Hicks. OF
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1-BEDROOM APT. Furnishes
1851 NV 58th st. NE $3.50.
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Help Wanted

BARRIER. Apply at l4O8 NV 4th
ave. Mrs. Emma Caldwell, prop.
3 EXPERIENCED beauticians
Good future, nice location, Spry's
Beauty Salon, 1903 NV 3rd Ave.
Phone FIR 0-9372.
WORKING WOMAN to share
apartment with same. p h o n e
FIR l-l9O4, after 6 pm.
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ONE BEDROOM APT. $l4 per
week, 243 NV 14th terri. Phone
FIR 9-3576.
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ONE-BEDROOM APT. With
stove and refrigerator, 2945 NV
46th st. Bus "a passes door.
FIR 9-3576.
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FOR RENT


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FURNISHED Efficiency Apt.
Modern conveniences, convenient
to two bus lines. Located at 1858
NV 46th St., phone PL 8-4433.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE
/ BEDROOM Apt. of furniture.
Including radio, TV combination,
twin beds, modern end table and
coffee table, modern studio
couch and chsir, dresser. frigi-
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Price $500 for group or win sen
in pieces. 247 NV 10th st. after
6 pm, or call NE 5-9253 after
10 am.
2-BEDROOM CHS house on large
lot. Small down payment, $500.
Call NE $4,000 after 8 pm.
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FURNISHED ROOM, hot ant
cold water, reasonable rent. 147t
NV 5th ave. Call NE 4-0563.
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LOWER APARTMENT, 1142 NV
65th st. Not over three occupants,
and no children. PL 1919.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10

ment mission to Trieste. Be-
cause he is q doctor, he re-
spends. against his better
judgment, to an appeal from
a one-time friend, an inter-
national adventurer, and al
lows himself to be taken in
secret to a rendezvous across
the Yugoslav border to at
tend a man desperately
wounded. The patient turns
out to be a former Nazi COL
onel who fled to escape trial
as a war criminal. Eugen
continues to attend this man,
and even tries to help him
escape, despite the young
doctors hatred for all Nazis.
The reason is simple-Eugen
has fallen in love with the
colonel's alluring young wife.
1t could be said, perhaps,
that this novel is more of a
tour-de-force than most of
the authors full-flavored
novels, with their wider hori-
IONS. March the Ninth"
seems too long for it's simple
story; probably it would have
been more effective at half
or two-thirds its length. It's
scope is narrow and yet it is
searching and decidedly re-
Vealing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
Mexican Sotirist

Jose Luis Cuevas' one-man
show of drawings and litho-
graphs, presenting COLLINS.
witches and other monstrous
apparitions. opened the week
before Halloween, and re-
mains through next Satur-
day. at the Ores Gallery, 1744
Columbia road. (Closed Mon
day. But there is nothing
playful or merely fantastic
about his creations. They
are presentations of evil in
subhuman forms; or the i'm
pact of such as in Man
Pursued"
Mr.. Cuevas' drawings in
black crayon or ink and wash.
are executed with an orches-
trail range from delicate line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
Chinn's First

Yuen Yuey Chinn, Chinese
artist who has been living in
Washington for the past year.
teaching Chinese calligraphy
to many delighted pupils, is
having his first American
one-man show at Franz
Bader Gallery through to-
morrow. previously men,
toned here briefly.) In the
past five years, he has re-
ceived three fellowships, in
Guiding a Fulbright; has had
one-man shows in several
countries of Europe. and has
participated in important
American group shows.
In his paintings at Bader,
the mellow colors of Chinese
brocades enrich Occidental
abstract forms. A few of
these are recognizable. but
the majority are inventions
which he calls unknown
objects" to be accepted per
Sc as esthetic shapes. Con-
crete lay minds may find
some of them suggestive:
e.g. of buckets and old
fashioned flatirons in one
instance. Traditional Chinese
painting offers more satisfy
ing themes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
JUBILEE-ONE HUNDRED

JUBILEE-ONE HUNDRED
YEARS OF THE ALLAN
TIC, edited by Edward
Weeks and Emily Flint
(Atlantic Little, Brown;
$7.5O)
The student of American
culture could ask for no bet
ter source material than the
back files of our magazines.
They accurately reflect both
the ideas and the taste Of
their times. And here, culled
from the more than 100 mil
lion words The Atlantic has
published. is a sampling of
the best ideas and the best
taste of the past century.
1t would be hard to mag
inc a more impressive list of
authors Thoreau and
Emerson, Sandburg and Dy-
Ian Thomas, Einstein and
Woodrow Wilson, Mark
Twain and Hemingway are a
few of those present. But
even more impressive in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-10
THE LONDON SHAKES

THE LONDON SHAKES
PEARE: Edited by John
Munro. (Simon and Schus-
ter, 6 volumes; 500
John Munro was one of the
most amazing of an amazing
race of men: British scholars.
He started to work for the
British Post Office when he
was in his early teens. His
hobby was a love for pure
scholarship in literary re-
search. 1t was not until he
was 26 that he went to
oxford as one of DR.. Furni-
wallis working men," BY
1918 he finally had his mas
ter's degree. Already he had
earned a reputation as editor
of various scholarly publica-
tons. This work he contin-
ued after he had the right to
write MA. after his name
but for only one year. The
next year was 1914.
The knowledge of tele-
phones he had acquired in
his youth was in great de-
mand and he Joined the
Royal Engineers Signals.
leaving scholarship behind.
He was not to return to it
full time for 80 years. In the
interval-between the two
World Wars-he continued to
work in the Telephone and
Telegraph service. At the end
of World War II he was
traffic manager of Gable and
Wireless Communications in
London.
Back to Scholarship
On retirement-in 1916
he turned once again to
scholarship and the London
publishing house Of Eyre &
Spottiswoods commissioned
this professional traffic man.
ager to edit an edition Of
everything Shakespeare ever
wrote. 1t would be definitive
for this century. He worked
at it for 10 years and died in
october Of 1856 at 70. Just
as it was being completed.
Now this monumental
work is published in this
country for the first time.
Physically 1t could hardly be
handsomer. 1t is in six vol
umes. bound in buckram
and vellum. stamped in gold,