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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07

transportation problems in this
area.
9,612 Area Taxis
The pioneering move by the
conference last night was con-
sidered significant not only be-
cause it dovetailed with other
hard looks at the taxicab busi-
esS here. 1t also was one of
the first actions of the con-
ference designed to deal with a
specific problem crossing juris-
dictional lines of the metro
politan region - Washington:
M ontgo merry and Prince
Georges counties, in Maryland;
and Arlington and Fairfax
counties and cities of Alex
andria and Falls Church, in
Virginia.
Mr.. Mclaughlin invited gov
erning officers of these juris-
dictions to form the conference
last spring to try to settle
mutual problems together.
Some 9612 taxicabs were re-
ported by Mr.. Sonnenberg to be
operating in the metropolitan
region-8807 District-licensed.
Limits on cabs can be
imposed in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties. as well
as in Falls Church and the Ma
tional Airport vicinity. But no
limits are placed by the District,
Arlington and Fairfax Counties;
Alexandria or the Pentagon-
Navy Annex area, Mr.. Sonnen-
berg'S study showed.
Zone rates prevail in the Dis
trict. Falls Church and for Ma
tional Airport limousines.
Drivers charge by mileage IN
Prince Georges County and by
meters in Montgomery and Ar
lington Counties. Alexandria
and in airport cabs. Either a
zone or meter system is allowed
in cabs running from the Pen
tagon or Navy Annex. Federal
TERRITORY.
Rates vary from 80 to so
cents for the first mile within
the Metropolitan Area. accord
ing to Mr.. Sonnenberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
By TOM BURKE
The picture window craze has

The picture window craze has
spread to the insect world.
A swarm Of hornets, disdain-
ing privacy, has built a nest
against a window pane If he
Henry Willingham home in Ar
lington.
This gives the hornets a fine.
panoramic view of the stair
well of the two-story brick
home at I'LL North Inglew.,od
street. 1t also gives the willing
hams a fascinating view into
the private lives of the hornets.
The nest is about half the
size Of a large. unsheIled COCO
nut. The result is the hornets
only have half a home which
obviously is better than none.
Hornets are described in a
good dictionary as social wasps,
four-wingers that prefer COM
munity life to the cell-like ex-
istence of some Of the other
wasp species.
Less hardy souls than the
Willinghams would undoubted-
ly object to the hornets taking
their socializing urge so seri-
ously.
They're no bother" Mr.. Will
bingham says. I'VE leave them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
HouseApproves Bill
To Better: Pensions
D. c. Police,
Firemen Get
Broader Aid


The House passed and sent
to the Senate today one of the
bills involving the District
police and f1remen's retirement
program.
Approved on voice vote with
out debate was the measure by
Representative Davis, Demo-
crat Of Georgia, designed to
increase annuity benefits of
widows and orphans and Of
police and firemen who re-
tired prior to October /, 1866.
Companion legislation, of
benefit to police and firemen
who have or will retire subse-
quent to October /, 1856. was
blocked on the Senate floor
yesterday. Senator Bible. DEM
ocrat of Nevada, head of the
District subcommittee in charge
OF the biz, said he would make
a motion soon to set it down
for debate.
Among other measures passed
b ythe House and sent to the
Senate we're:
BY Representative Multer.
Democrat of New York, to ex.
empt the SIP million new head.
quarters building of B'nai
Birth from District real estate
taxes. The District Commits.
sioners, who opposed all similar
tax exemption measures, esti-
mated this would cost the city
$25,78 a year.
By Representative Allen, Re-
publican of California. to elimi.
nate the stamp tax on wine,
placing it in the same category
as beer to be reported on an
inventory basis.
BY Representative Davis,
Democrat of Georgia. to provide
that service in the grade Of
inspector and the grade of pri-
vate in the Fire Department
shall be considered in the same
grade for the purpose of COM
putting longevity increases in
compensation.
BY Representative Smith.
Democrat of Virginia, to amend
the law with respect to citizen
ship and residents qualifica-
tons to the directors and
trustees of trust companies.
BY Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee,
making technical changes in
the law regulating the bonding
business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
4OOtoAttend
Legion PorIey
From District

Nearly 400 Washington le-
gionnaires are expected to at
tend the seth national conven-
ton of the American Legion
September 1919 in Atlantic
City. N. j.
An estimated 10000 legion
naires and their families from
all parts of the country will
probably participate in what is
due to be the biggest conven-
ton since the World War /
era. according to C. D. De-
Loach. commander of the Dis
trict of Columbia Department.
Headquarters for the WASH
ington delegation will be in the
Strand Motel.
Commander DeLoach also
announced the appointment Of
Nicholas R. Beltrante as con-
vention press officer for the
convention. A member of the
Washington Police and Fire
Post No. 30, Mr.. Beltrante is
editor of the posts monthly
publication. He also has served
as coeditor of the District de-
partment's monthly bulletin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
PSYCHIATRIST CAN'T DEDUCT
PSYCHOANALYSIS ON TAXES

ApSychiatrs who gets himself psychoanalyzed cannot
deduct the cost Of his psychoanaysis as business
expense the Internal Revenue Service has ruled the
case of a Washington doctor
The pSychiatrst. who reported $4,000 income in
1854 and $4,000 income 1885, said in petition to the
United States Tax Court that $3.50 he paid to another
psychiatrist for personal psychoanaysis" was leg-
mate business expense.
Psychiatrsts very frequently undergo personal psy
choanaysis and such psychoanalysis of the psychiast
is both appropriate and helpful in the treatment Of
patients and the successful practice of psychatry he
declared.
But the Baltimore Internal Office ruled that
the cost of psychoanalyzing psychiatrst is mot an
ordinary and necessary business expense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
The
Rambler
-. Nobody Sees
This Young Lody
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Comdr. Ken Law in the
office of the Chief Of Naval
Operations reports that the
bus tunnel in the Pentagon
was crowded with people
waiting for buses about 5
pm. last week during the
heavy thundershower. No
buses. The rain had tied up
traffic in washington and
they were having a hard time
getting across the bridge.
"Then," he said, "a good
looking blond in a bathing
suit came steaming through.
I suppose you landsmen
would say she was running
at a pretty good lope-right
down the bus route in the
direction they take.
"Out she goes into the rain
at the south end of the tun-
mel. What was most amazing
was that no one seemed to
pay any, attention to her
except me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
Writer Slips Sound Barrier
By CHARLES YARBROUGH

You don't crash" through
the sound barrier. You slip
through something like slipping
into a dry martini.
Not too many years ago the
sonic wall was regarded by
airmen much the same as pre-
Columbus sailors thought of a
fiat world.
But no more.
In North Americans new
FLOOR two-place Jet fighter,
a streamlined brute in per-
Torrance and a dangerously
beautiful thing to behold. I
slipped through the barrier
four times in less than 20 min
utes over Chesapeake Bay to-
day.
The speed was far beyond
the actual speed Of sound. The
altitude was up to 10000 feet
in clear. sparkling sunshine and
"a backdrop Of brightest blue.
Disappointing Sensation
The ride was sheer pleasure.
even climbs at supersonic speed.
but the actual sensation Of
mach busting" - penetrating
the sonic wall-was a disap-
pointment.
Only indication of piercing
the barrier is a fleeting drop
in the altimeter, a sharp jump
in the air speed indicator and
the rate-of-climb instrument.
In fact, there is such a lack
Of sensation that only by
watching those instruments can
one tell he's through.
With North American test
pilot Robert A. Hoover. 35, OF
Los Angeles, we we're over
Baltimore at 10000 feet four
minutes after the takeof al
Andrews Air Force Base. Mr.
Hoover is a man who, If he
ever quits driving airplanes, car
teach public relations. He also
is the F-l00F's best missionary
Running Commentary
Throughout the fight. ever
in supersonic slow rolls. hi
kept a steady chatter of ex'
PLANTATION on the planes be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07

The earth slams toward the
nose with uncanny swiftness
and you jam down in the seat
at twice the normal body
weight when the run turns into
Ia vertical climb.
No Noise Present
The high-speed let-down
back toward is ear-splitting
from pressure. not from noise.
There is none.
The landing was in excess of
$50 miles an hour as the brake
parachute flares out the tail
and grabs for air.
Now where is that dry mar
tint?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
Shuky Beginning

And here are a few from
the Rambler's memory:
The most inauspicious
start Of a journalistic
career, in his book, hap
pened on this newspaper.
A copy boy in his first
week of employment bOr-
rOwed the managing edi-
tors season pass to the
ball park, went to the OPEN
ing game and lost the pass.
No, he wasn't fired. This
managing editor is a very
patient man, likes boys,
has two Of his own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07

havior. much Of which-the
speed, the rate Of climb and
other performance data-still
is classified by the Air Force.
The big, swept-wing brute
first eased through the sonic
wall while climbing at $4,000.
Kick of the after-burner was
something like being tied to a
rocket and the craft surged
forward.
Peak speed was reached after
leveling of at 10000 feet when
Mr.. Hoover nosed down for a
simulated bomb run on a salt
marsh. The altimeter needle
ran crafty backward, spinning
like a berserk compass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07

1cI cIlCc OLccIAlS OOltlIIilILSc
discovered last night.
ITS ridiculous to have such
an unintegrated. inefficient
method of fares" said Robert
E. Mclaughlin. president of the
District Board Of Commits
sioners and conference chair
man.
Committeeman called on
State Senator Northrop. Demo-
crat of Maryland. to report on
the feasibility of area wide
regulation at their next meet
ing on September 10.
Their vote followed a break
down by Jurisdictions of total
cabs, meter and mileage rates
insurance of systems of regula-
ton throughout the area. A
T. Sonnenberg. District trans
portation co-ordinator. made
the study of the hodgepodge
taXicab operations.
He presented data to the
conferees at a meeting in Mr.
McLaughlin's Offices in the
District Building.
Rates Increases Pending
1t came to light at the same
time a House District Subcom.
mittee is preparing a report
to help cure ills Of The Wash.
ington taxicab industry. AlsC
pending now are rate increase.
asked by District and Prince
Georges County taxicab drivers
Mr.. Northrop's committed
can CLEAN important informa
ton from the testimony before
the House subcommittee, Mr.
Mclaughlin pointed out. IhC
investigation will be aimed a.
possible agreement by compact
to set up "taxicab regulatory
body Of some kind" Mr.. North.
rop promised.
The body could be the fore.
runner Of an area regulator,
agency for all private trans.
portation. such as transit com.
panies and sightseeing cars
conferees agreed. A recon
mendation for that kind O
agency is expected this Fal
in the final report of a $400, on
congressional study of mas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
School Board Gets
Ruling on Sessions

Discussions by the District
Board of Education over &C
creditation of CT schools can
be held in executive session, ac-
cording to a ruling by the Cor
poration Counsels Office.
The matter came up when
School Board President Walter
N. Tobriner questioned the
practice of closing the meet
ings to the press.
The Corporation Counsel
said since the procedure was
not an ordinary function" Of
the school board it could be
classed as an executive affair"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
ShirtsIeeve Diplomacy

And Earl Voss, the Stars
State Department reporter,
reports that the power fall
ure Thursday cut off the air
conditioning machinery. Lin
coin White, the departments
spokesman, was not wearing
a jacket as he conducted the
morning press conference.
Was that good or bad? Mr..
Voss did not know.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
|Foggy Bottom
Conflict Nears
House Floor
Site Controversy
On Auditorium
Due Tomorrow

AAC 4lSAAb OtCE WLlcJLlCE JLl6
Federal Government should ac-
quire a big Foggy Bottom site
for the proposed national audi
forum and cultural center re-
portedly will reach the House
floor tomorrow.
Representative Kearns, Re-
publican of Pennsylvania, a
hacker of the Foggy Bottom
move. said agreement has been
reached to call up a Senate
passed conference report which
would authorize acquisition OF
the site.
Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican of Virginia. will lead
a battle to block the acquisi-
ton.
Members of the District Audi
forum Commission. after a
long study. asked Congress to
provide a site at Federal ex-
pense-and favored the Foggy
Bottom area south of Virginia
avenue and west of Twenty
third street NV. The commits
sion said it would try to raise
the $37 million construction
cost through private subscrip-
tions.
Settled in Conference
The House has passed a bill
simply to extend the life OF
the study commission, leaving
the site question up in the air
The Senate passed a bill en-
powering the commission to
select a site. In conference
however. a report since passed
by the Senate would designate
the Foggy Bottom site and
authorize the Government to
acquire it.
Opposition in the House has
delayed consideration for weeks
Majority Leader Mccormack
is among those repeatedly
against the conference report
Mr.. Broyhill said he would
oppose on grounds that the
Foggy Bottom land is prohibi.
lively expensive. and will urge
that a Southwest Washington
location be selected. Mr.. Kearns
said he will argue Foggy Bot
tom is such a logical site fol-
Federal development it should
be acquired regardless of the
auditorium project.
Wiley Asks Early Action
Senator Wiley. Republican OF
Wisconsin. today voiced hope
for early action by Congress or
the proposal.
His statement. placed in the
Congressional Record, was in
connection with his presenta-
ton to the Senate of a dozen
members Of the American Bal
let Theater. now performing at
the Carter Barron Amphithea-
ter here. The dancers, seated
in the gallery of the Senate
chamber. were given a round
Of applause from Senators.
Senator Wiley commented
For years and years there has
been talk Of such a center
Always there has been one
stumbling block after another
Surely this time we win moi
allow the project to be tor
pedoed."
He voiced hope that the bal.
let troupe would be among the
very first to be able to perform
in the cultural center when il
is opened some years hence.
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De Minimis

A. w. Lafferty, who first
came to Washington as a
member of the House Of
Representatives from Ore
gOn in 1911, is in town
about some Western land
litigation.
Mr.. Lafferty is always
good for a story and here
Is one on how he became
a member Of the bar. II
came in a letter to the
Rambler.
II was admitted to the
bar June S, 1896. 'On exam
inatiOn in open court be-
fore the Supreme Court Of
Missouri.
1.-THE court asked me
only three questions. The
preceding Legislature had
passed a freak bill requir-
ing all examinations to be
in open court before the
Supreme Court Of the
State.
THAT requirement lasted
only till the next LegisIa-
ture met but l got under it.
Here are the three ques-
tiOnS they asked me:
81. Give the common
law freehold estates Of
inheritance
"'2. Define the action Of
malicious prosecution
"3. What is a false
arreSt?'
Il a severed them
apparently satisfactorily.
Snow take the OATH
said Chief Justice Shop
herd BarcIary, a young
man of "a with a full
beard.
But Mr.. Lafferty lacks
five days Of being 81
spoke up Clerk John r.
Green.
"De minimiS non curat
lex (the law Is not con-
cerned with trifles),' ruled
Justice Barclary. Swear
him in. He won't have q
client for five days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-07
Area Officials to Study
Toxi Regulation Pact
Mclaughlin Asserts Method
Of Fixing Rates IS inefficient

Governing officials of the Washington Metropolitan Area
will investigate establishment regional regulatory
for taxicabs.
Rates insurance and licensing contradict other
the District and surrounding Maryland Virginia counties
the newly formed Washington Metropolitan Regional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26

benefited mainly the highly In.
dustrialized countries, and thai
the economic gap between these
countries and the underdevel.
oped areas was dangerously
widening.
y The report defined the indus.
trialized area Of the world a.
Western Europe, North America
Russia and Japan; most Of
Africa. Asia and Latin America
remain underdeveloped or semi.
developed.
In the second half Of 1856, the
value of world exports reached
the unprecedented figure Of sos
billion, the report said.
For the year as a whole, the
value of international trade was
IL per cent higher than in 1855, y
it added.
At the same time the indus
trialized countries trade with
each other continued to increase,
to the detriment Of the non-in-
dustrialized countries share of
world trade. The industrialized
countries exports rose by 14.2
per cent over 1855, compared
with an increase Of only 5.6 per
cent in exports Of the non
industrialized countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
|FBI Files Bill
Hearing SET

Attorney General Brownell
win be the first witness Friday
before a Senate Judiciary SUBJ
committee considering a bill to
clarity" the Supreme Court de-
cision requiring the FBI to open
its confidential files to defend
ants in certain cases.
Hearings on the measure, in
PRODUCED by Senator O'Mahoney,
Democrat of Wyoming, will be-
gin at 1880 am. Friday before
the Subcommittee on Improve
ment in the Criminal Code.
Senator OMahoney is chairman
of the group.
The bill would provide that
the Government must furnish q
defendant only material which
Is relevant to the case and
which has been furnished BY
the Government witness who
appears in court. What consti-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Plans Are Drafted
For Flu Epidemic
By The Associated Press

Plans to meet medical man.
power demands in the event of 8
national influenza epidemic are
being drafted by the Public
Health Service and the Ameri-
can Medical Association.
Surgeon General Leroy e
Burney announced this yester-
day after a meeting with ANA
representatives.
He said the discussions had
|centered primarily around medi-
cal manpower demands in the
event a flu epidemic occurs in
this country such as those which
have recently swept Far Eastern
areas.
DR.. Burney said he was sure
the joint efforts of the medical
and public health professions
will constitute a major step to-
ward preparing to deal more eff
fectiyely with any epidemics that
may develop"
He said the service is keeping
q close watch on influenza
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Mrs. Lemnitzer Unhurt
In Emergency Lundino

SEOUL. June 26 R.-A hell
copter carrying Mrs. Lyman L.
Lemnitzer. wife Of the COM
manding general for United
States forces in the Far East,
made an emergency landing on
the Han River sandbar outside
Seoul yesterday. Mrs. Lemnitzer
was uninjured.
Mrs. Lemnitzer was returning
to Seoul after attending fare
well visit Of the general to the
United States LIST Corps area
north Of Seoul. Gen. Lemnitzer
viii become vice chief Of STAFF
Of the United States Army in
Washington next month.
Mrs. Lemnitzer was picked up
by another helicopter and taken
to her quarters. The pilot also
escaped injury and the H.13 hell
,opter was not damaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26

tutes relevant" material would
be left up to the trial Judge.
Nears Qualification
Senator O'Mahoney said a
careful reading Of the Supreme
Court decision indicates this is
what the court intended. But
he said the decision needs
lclariflcation because Of "varied
and contrary interpretations Of
the court decision in the press
and even in the courts"
A result Of the confusion. he
said, has been the virtual
stoppage of criminal prosecu-
ton in some cases, particularly
with respect to violations of the
Narcotics Act"
The bill, he said, is designed
to protect the rights of defend
ants without damaging the Sc
curity of confidential Govern
Iment files.
Conviction Reversed
The Supreme Court decided
last June 8. in reversing the con-
viction Of q former labor union
official, that the Government
must drop the prosecution or re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Most Businesses Fair,
Bureau Chief Reports

Violations and abuses that
constantly come before the Bet
ter Business Bureau are COM
mitted by only a small part Of
the business community, its
chairman, Dewey Zirkin. told
the organizations 37th annual
meeting yesterday at the Hotel
Statler.
Most all businesses today be-
lieve in fair play, operate on an
entirely ethical basis, and, in
general. consider their good rep
utation with the public as their
most valuable asset" Mr.. zirkin
said.
He told the organization that
due to the growth of Metropoli-
tan Washington. the bureau faces
o greater responsibility to the
community and its members.
Managing Director Leland s
Mccarthy in his annual report
advised the membership that
complaints, numbering 5,325,
were 10 per cent less than the
prior year.
Mr.. Mccarthy said he ad-
dressed as different consumer
and business organizations dur
ing the year, telling the bu-
reau's story and as q result the
bureau gained a number of new
members.
Philip L. Graham, president
and publisher Of the Washing
ton Post and Times Herald
spoke.
These officers were reelected:
MIR. Zirkin, who is president of
II. Zirkin & Sons. Inc, as chair
man; John c. Pyles. jr., presi-
dent. City Bank. vice chairman:
Frank A. Gunther, executive
vice president, Security Bank,
treasurer; Oscar !. Dodek, exec
utive vice president and general
manager, D. j. kaufman, Inc,
assistant treasurer and Richard
K. Lyon Of the law firm of Lyon,
Wilmer & Bergson, general coun-
sci.
In addition to the So existing
board members who were re-
elected, these five new trustees
were elected:
John H. Kaufman. assistant
business manager, The Evening
Star Newspaper Co.: Arnold
Fine, president, Advertising Club
of Washington: Bernard j. Ness,
member Of the firm of Johnston,
Lemon q Co.; William F. Nelson,
president, William F. Nelson,
Inc. and Robert F. Wilson, pres
ident. Magruder's, Inc.
Some 400 attended the meet
ing. Guests included: Chairman
John w. Gwynne of the Federal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Peak MARK SET
By World Trade

GENEVA. June 26 R.-The
worlds international trade last
year set an all-time record both
in value and volume, the admin
istration Of the General Agree
ment on Tariffs and Trade re-
ported last night.
But the GAIT annual report
warned that the improvement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26

veal confidential information in
FBI files.
The decision ordered a new
trial for Clinton Jencks, a former
Official of the Mine. Mill and
Smelter Workers Union, on
charges Of filing a false nom
Communist affidavit. It held he
was entitled at the trial to ex-
anime reports from Harvey
Matusow and j. w. Ford. former
Communists who gave informa-
ton to the FBI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Catholics Run 70 Pct.
OF Nursing Schools

CHICAGO.-The 500 Roman
Catholic schools Of nursing in
the United States constitute
more than % per cent Of the
country's total of LBS.
About IS per cent of those
fully accredited by the National
League for Nursing are Roman
Catholic.