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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
D. c. Using $50 Million
Of New Works Projects

construction about half the
money we have already been
promised"
Gen. Lane, who supervises city
building, sees two blots on the
works record UP to now.
Plans for both d. c. General
Hospital and the public schools
demand realignment. he said.
The $2.3 million psychiatriC
building Of 248 beds at D. c
General. due for completion
within the year. has been criti-
cized by medical men as being
20 years out Of date.
District Consultants John q
Steinle and Isadore and Zachery
Rosenfeld have advised the Com.
missioners that the psychiatriC
treatment facilities Of the new
building went out Of vogue after
World War II.
The consultants urged a ST.
million Indignation Of expan.
sion" at the hospital. Gen.
Lane said city officials were
examining these ideas closely
although Health Department
budget makers figured the con.
sultant's price tag was unrealis.
tically low.
Schools Need 500 Million
Schools, originally scheduled
to get a $34.7 million slice Of
works spending, now need S6s
million, according to the Boars
Of Education and the District
Congress Of the Parent Teacher
Association.
Gen. Lane stressed that thu
overhaul Of works projects, nov
under way by a citizens commit
tee. would translate the program
into new priority jobs. Unit
this study is finished, future
building can be discussed only
Continued on Page AS, Col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
NEW 'BUZ SAWYER
STORY TOMORROW

Look for the new "Buz sewysT"
continuity beginning tomorrow in the
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the romantic islond Of Moioreo and
the ever-foseinotins city Of Paris as
us settisss--"Duz" ioces one Of hb
most exciting adventures ss he Of.
tempts 10 solve The cose Of the
Missing Oil Tycoon"
Don't miss this new "Buz sowysr"
mystery story stortins tomorrow ia
the comic pages Of The Evening sier
yos will lind u high odvsnturs
from besianiap 10 end. phoas ssesIias
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12

directives related to such varied
matters as age limits for APP
pointments. removal of en-
ployes. dual compensation, and
conflict Of interests"
The committee noted that
"this multiplicity Of statutes, ex-
ecutive orders. and directives I'M
doubtedly generates q certain
amount Of confusion and mis-
understanding with respect to
the civil service administration
throughout the Government" It
said all civil service regulations
should be contained in one basic
law. and that unnecessary or in
adequate provisions be elimin-
ated.
Key Proposals
The House committee pro-
posed the following:
81. Replace the Civil Service
Act Of 1883 with q sound statu-
tory framework Of policies for
an efficient and effective civil
service system in the Federal
Government.
"2. Clarity and strengthen the
position Of the Civil Service Com
mission as the central Govern
ment agency vested with author
ity and charged with RESPONSE
bility for the overall admins
tration Of the Federal civil serv-
ice system.
IS. Clearly define the relation
ship Of the Civil Service Commits
sion to other executive agencies
and the extent Of the authority
Of the commission with respect
thereto. and insure that oficial
actions and determinations Of
the commission receive proper
recognition and compliance BY
such agencies, and
a. Continue the present re-
1uirement that not more than
two csc commissioners be of the
same political party. that the
chairman and members Of the
CSC be appointed by the Presi-
dent with the advice and consent
Of the Senate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
BY GRACE BAsSETT

Almost 500 million worth Of
projects in the Capital City''
sos million construction pro.
gram are built and working fol
Washingtonians today.
District residents stood SHARP
increases in their taxes-$2;
million more annually since 1885,
to pay for the big works outlay
In return, local taxpayers have
been given IL schools and mint
penal, fire, health, welfare anc
library buildings in the last foul
years.
Sewage treatment, still ex.
banding, promises to make thu
Potomac river 80 per cent purt
by 1858. A new giant furnacs
burns enough trash collected
from all parts Of the city to I'll
the Washington monument II
two days.
Six-Lane Highways
Motoring Washingtonians car
drive on six-lane highways TO-
ward Annapolis, Baltimore ant
New York points due to stepped
up municipal building.
A survey by The Star com
puted spending for completed
works projects at about SIS mil
lion for sanitary engineering
$40 million for highways: 81
million for public buildings; an,
$l35, 900 for fringe parking lots
with $405. 900 more planned i'm
mediately for more free ca
space.
Engineer Com missione
Thomas A. Lane assessed build
ing progress so far as excellent.
Though the 500 million recor'
to date lags seriously benin,
come Sl67 million either appro
priated or carried in the curren
budget before Congress, Mr.. Ian
was satisfied.
Building normally is abou
two years behind funding" Ger
Lane explained. TN other words
we should have expended 70
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
Beck Note Eyed
For Mail Fraud
Trust Fund
ForWidow
Is Involved
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

Chairman Mcclellan Of the
Senate Rackets Committee sug-
gested yesterday that Teamster
President Dave Beck may have
violated the Federal mail fraud
law IN his handling Of a trust
fund forsthe widow Of his best
friend.
The Arkansas Democrat told
newsmen that "there is a posse
Ibility" that a letter Beck wrote
to Mrs. Ray Leheney last Novem-
Der 16 would come within the
Federal statutes on usingA the
mails to defraud." ~
Beck wrote the letter as the
trustee Of the $4,000 Leheney
memorial fund. In it. he advised
investing the money in mort
cages which would pay SO per.
cent interest. He and a business
associate. Don Hedlund. owned
the mortgages and eventually
sold them to the Leheney fund
for q profit Of $11,5e5. according
to testimony developed by the
committee.
"The treatment he (Beck) ac-
corded the widow Of his dearest
friend is typical, it seems, of his
dominant characteristic of greed
and avarice," Senator Mcclellan
declared. =
Inquiry Resumes Tomorrow
The Mcclellan committee will
resume its inquiry into Beck's
financial dealings tomorrow aft
ernoon. Beck. who has declined
to discuss his finances in previ-
Gus appearances on the stand,
on the grounds Of possible self<
determination, will not be- re-
called until later in the week,
probably Wednesday. the chair
man said.
Beck started the Leheney fund
after the death Of his friend. q
former Teamster ofticial, last
year. The money was raised by
contributions from union MEM
bers.
/ According to testimony given
by Hedlund on Friday, Beck bor-
rowed money from the Team
sters' treasury to purchase the
mortgages-at a discount. He
land Hedlund sold the notes to
the trust fund at par value.
In his letter to Mrs. Leheney.
the Teamster boss did not mem
ton the fact that he and He'd
lund owned the notes and would
profit by their sale.
Tax Angle Also Cited
Senator Mcclellan also as
serted that he thought. that the
Internal Revenue Service and
the Justice Department would be
Continued ON Page AS. Col. 3
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Picture on Poss Ali


Eighth street. Arlington, was
found asleep in the woods near
her habitual play yard only $50
feet from her home yesterday
afternoon.
Too frightened and too tear
full upon being awakened. she
was unable to tell who she was
or where she lived and II took
police and welfare authorities
about three hours 70 get her
back home. Radio and televi-
sion carried her description.
Meanwhile. the father wa
asleep and the mother was work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
U.S.. Gives Strong Pledge
OF Support for Wet Nam

President Eisenhower yesterday backed free Wet Nam
with strong pledge Of continued United States assistance
the face of mounting Communist pressure Southeast
In Joint statement Mr. Eisenhower visiting President
Ngo Dnh Diem declared that Communist aggression
ubveron threatening the political independence of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12

For 3-year-old Sheila Jones. 1t
was something like nov I lay
me down to sleep" and then
waking up in a policemen's con-
vention.
Sheila, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alton Jones Of $40 South
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12
Move to Overhaul
Civil Service Law
Gains Booking
CSC Tells House Of Readiness
To Speed Rewriting Of 1883 Act
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

The Civil Service Commission has agreed to a
congressional proposal that legislation be drafted to
overhaul and modernize the Governments civil service
system, it was disclosed yesterday
In letter to Chairman Murray of the House Civil
Service Committee, csc Chairman Harris Ellsworth
neartily concurred with the House groups recon-
mendation that the original Civil Service Act of 1888
be replaced.
Mr.. Murray and his committee have issued reports
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12

recently cr1Ciclzlng the tace that
the original 1883 act has never
been replaced by a new merit Law
that would deal realistically with
the problems Of the day. Tht
1883 law, which has beer
amended by o multitude of regu.
lations and executive orders, was
scored as outmoded.
Preliminary Work Finished
Mr.. Ellsworth informed Chair
man Murray that the csc has
completed its preliminary work
and now is ready to confer with
the House groups staff on draft
ing legislation to overhaul the
civil service law. A similar letter
has been sent to the Senate Civil
Service Committee asking for
its help.
In its report Of last year, the
House Civil Service Committee
said . new civil service law is
needed to give the Civil Service
Commissioner greater authority
in determining Government per-
sonnet policies and enforcing
agencies adherence to these
rules and regulations.
The House group also said q
modernized law is needed to
strengthen the commissions
hand in dealing with such per-
sonnet actions as appeals, pro-
motions, Observation-Disclosures,
etc. The committee said the new
law should give the CSC COM
plete independence in requiring
agencies to obey regulations and
fun authority to crack down on
offenders. The CSC should be
responsible for its actions only
to the Congress and the presi-
dent. the committee said.
Many Notifications
In its report the committee
said that in addition to the orig
inal 1883 law. there are 10 other
major statutes and IL executive
order which have either broad
eAed ~ limited the authority
and responsibility Of the Civil
Service Commission. as well as
q number Of separate laws and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-12

Thirty nine New Workers.
here for a weekend visit
reached out yesterday and
touched a Washington they will
never see.
Although 1t was a sightseeing
trip. actually the 80 saw nothing.
for all are blind.
Across Washington, during the
day, the barriers against visitors
curious fingers were taken down
at the various monuments.
At the Lincoln Memorial, for
example, the ropes around the
famed statue were dropped and
the 80 invited to feel as much
of the statue as they could.
Slowly and haltingly they
mounted the three marble steps,
some helped by guides, one led
by a seeing-eye dog, the rest feel
ing their way 10 the base.
Guides Aid Sightless
While they ran their hands
along the huge pedestal. six
guides, trained at picturine
scenes for the blind. described
what could not be touched.
Most tourist visitors to the
memorial believed the group,
though seeing nothing. was ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-02
DARK DAY FOR CALUMET
Borbizon, Bordstown
Upset by Long Shots

CAMDEN. N. j.. June l CR.-
C. T. Chenery's Third Brother
a 9-to-l shot, upset Bardstown
today, pulling away to four
length victory over the heavily
favored Calumet Farms star in
the $33,600 Camden Handicap,
closing day feature at Garden
State Park.
Angel Valenzuela rallied Third
Brother. under a ll8-pound i'm
post, from Ave lengths of the
leaders. Ricci Tavi and Bards-
town, at the half mile. BY the
time the field hit the top of the
stretch, the four-year-old son OF
Princequillo took command and
was drawing away at the finish
Bardstown. carrying 1870 pounds
including Jockey Willie Hartack
was two lengths ahead Of. Ricci
Tavi, Christiana Stables entry
in the flve-horse field. Castle
Rock Farms Mr.. First was an
other seven lengths back and
Cedar Farms Cedrus trailed by
five lengths.
Third Brothers time over the
mile and an eighth route was
1896.
He paid $1,000 and $40,
while Bardstown, l-to-5 choice,
returned $3.50 to his hackers
among the 30.ll9 fans. There
was no show betting.
Chenery Melted S22.750 as
Continued on Page CT, Coli
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-02
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
star Racing Editor

STANTON. Del, June L.
Lucky Dip. an unheralded
3-year-old from Harry w. Gug-
genheim's Cain Hoy Stable,
earned himself a starting berth
in the Belmont Stakes two weeks
hence by winning the goth Kent
Stakes at Delaware Park today
while Calumet Farms Barbizon.
the 9-to-5 favorite. fioundered
home eighth. beating only two
horses.
The victor, a French-bred colt
by Alizier. a winner Of the Euro
pean Classic, rallied from last
place and found room along the
rail at the top Of the stretch,
tipped under the wire a length
and q quarter in front Of Roslyn
Farms Inswept. Third money
went to Glenelg Stables Assem-
blyman. who was a half length
behind Inswept after taking the
lead from Barbizon at the far
turn in the mile-and-sixteenth
feature.
Lucky Dip. who was cleverly
ridden by Pete Anderson paid
$20 90. $500 and $500 across the
board. Inswept. the second
choice returned $40 and $500
and Assemblyman was worth
$500 show.
The crowd Of l6.4l6 showed
Continued on Page C-7lCOl. 4
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Orioles Defect
Bombers, 4-3,
Behind Johnson

NEW YORK. June 1 R.-
Billy Gardeners two-run homer
backed up Connie Johnson's
steady eight-hit pitching today
as the Orioles whipped the
slumping Yankees, 4-3. despite
homers by Elston Howard and
Yogi Berra.
The Yanks have lost four Of
their last five starts against the
seventh and eighth-place teams
in the American League.
The "a. year old Baltimore
Highlander gave up Towards
second homer of the year in the
second and yielded another run
in the fifth on a single by Billy
Martin. a sacrifice and Hank
Bauer's single. Berra hit his fifth
homer with nobody on in the
ninth.
Baltimore got to Johnny Kucks
for runs in the second and third
and a pair in the fourth on a
single by Bob Nelson and Gard
ner's homer.
The Orioles scored in the Sec
ond when Bob Boyd and Joe
Ginsberg singled and Boyd came
home when Nelson hit into a
force play. After a single by
Gardner and two walks loaded
the bases in the third. Gardner
scored on Boyd's force out.
Mickey Mantle again went
hitless in four trips to the plate
as his average dropped II points
to .346.
George Kell. closing in on
the 2.000-hit mark, boosted his
career total to 1897 with q
single in the fifth.
1t was Johnson's third VIC
tory and his fourth complete
game Of the season. Kucks
whose record now is Us, lost to
johnson May 10.
The Yanks, odds-on favorites
to win the pennant, dropped
two out of three to last-place
Washington in mid-week. Nov
they have lost two in a row To
seventh-place Baltimore.
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Cardinals Drop
Braves 10 4th
With II Win
Dickson Registers
First Win Of Year;
Spain Knocked Out

MILWAUKEE,, June l R.-
Forty-year-old Murry Dickson
won his first game of the season
tonight as he pitched the Cardi-
nails to a I'll victory over the
Braves.
The Phillies, who blanked
Brooklyn, moved into second
place and the Braves fell to
fourth, 3la games behind the
leading Redlegs.
Dickson. making his fifth try
for his initial triumph, also un-
loaded a single in the eighth
inning that sent home two runs.
A crowd Of 1920 saw the right
handler scatter six hits, only one
of them coming after the fourth
inning.
Warren SPAIN, the first of
three Milwaukee pitchers, was
charged with the loss. his third
against five victories.
The Cards pounded out Is
hits. five of them coming in the
eighth inning when they showed
over five runs. Hal Smith and
Bobby Gene Smith singled. and
Eddie Kasko was safe on an
error by Johnny Logan to fill the
bases and set things up for
Dickson's single.
The only accomplishment for
the Braves was to break Wally
Moons hitting string at "a
games. He failed in five trips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-02
White Sox Beet Tigers, ia,
And Go 5 Up as Yonks Bow
Chicoeoons' 17-Hit Spree
Eruses EurIy 40 Deficit

CHICAGO. June (R.-The
White Sox today 1oosed their
heaviest attack Of the season.
including a string of is singles
for a 1874 triumph over the Ii
gers and a five-game lead over
the Yankees in the American
League race.
A six-run second inning erased
q 40 Detroit margin and
launched Chicago's third pitcher
Gerry Staley. to a fine relief job
for his second victory without
defeat.
The Sox attack also included
a two-bagger by Minnie Minoso
the final blow in a 17-hit bar
rage against four Tiger pitchers
The flve-game bulge now en-
joyed by the White Sox betters
any advantage they held in their
hot 1851 season, when their
greatest lead was AZ games.
The Sox now have won -four
in row and 16 Of their last &c
games.
In sweeping their fifth triumph
over Detroit in as many starts
this season, the Sox handed Billy
Hoeft his second loss against
one victory. Steve Gromek. A
Aber and Lou Sleater followed
Hoeft to the mound.
Jim Wilson. seeking his sixth
victory against two defeats. failed
to survive Detroit'S three-run
first inning.
Rookie Jim Darlington relieved
Wilson and after yielding an un-
earned run in the second was
lifted for a pinch-hitter in the
bottom of the second.
Despite the overall attack
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Californian Runs Mile in 1857;
Red Sox Pin No. 10 on Stobbs> IT.
Don Bowden
is First Yunk
To Beut 400

STOCKTON, Calf, June up.
Don Bowden of the University
Of California tonight became the
first American in history to run
IA mile in less than 4 minutes
as he captured the event in the
Pacific AAU track and field meet
in 1897.
The 20-year-old junior from
San Jose. who ran the mile in
competition just twice this sea-
son. led the field at the start and
his four opponents never figured.
Lanky Don, who stands 6-foot-
8 and weighs 100. sets his own
pace and went the first lap in
.:59.7 seconds as he held a 6-yard
lead over Stanford's Maury
Graves.
Last Quarter in 1851
The long -striding Bowden
stretched out and ran the next
quarters in :61.1, 1913 and :5S.1.
A surprise entry in the mile
over the Baxter Stadium track
at College Of the Pacific, Bowden
said the last lap was the "hard-
Jest" as he turned on his long
Istriding drive.
Bowden's time beat the exist
ing American record of 4:00.5
by Yves Santee of Kansas. 1t was
just seven-tenths of a second of
the world record of $3.50 set by
Australia's John Landy in Fin
land.
The fastest mile ever run pre-
viously in the United States was
the 1885 by Jim Bailey, another
Australian who attends the Uni
versity Of Oregon. He ran his
great race last year against
Landy in the Memorial Coliseum
at Los Angeles.
Timed at 4:O1.6 in Relay
Bowden's best time this year
for the mile had been e:09.9 in
Ia California stanford dual meet.
However. he was clicked in
4:0l.6 running the mile leg Of a
distance medley relay at the West
Coast Relays on May IL at
Fresno.
Big Don. who will be co-captain
of the California track team next
season. holds the National Inter
Scholastic record in the half
mile. a 1898 which he set in
high school in 1854.
Plagued by a heel injury as a
sophomore last season. Bowden
still managed to make the United
States Olympic cam in the 1900
meters event.
Bowden was the California
State $50 champion in 1853 and
"a and set a National college
freshman. mark of Alt for the
mile in 1855.
He was third in the Olympic
trials in the $500 meters last
year with a 3:4S.6 clocking and
seventh in the 1856 NCAA 1900
meter run.
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Sanford HurIs
TWo-Hitter to
Blank Dodgers

PHILADELPHIA. June / up.
Jack Sanford shut out
the Dodgers on two hits tonight,
striking out IL. and contributed
a run-scoring double as the Phil
lies took a 80 victory before a
near-sellout crowd of 30.62l.
Rip Repulski slammed a two
run homer of Roger Craig
in the first inning to give San
ford a quick lead.
The young Highlander was in
complete control all the way in
winning his sixth of the season
against one loss. Singles by Jun
ior Gillian in the fourth inning
and Charlie Neal in the fifth,
plus walk to Neal in the eighth,
were the only slipups In an al
most 1lawless performance.
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Auto Racer Receivers

MODENA. Italy. June l (P.-
Jean Behra. French auto racer,
now fully recovered from the in
juries he suffered in testing a
car for the Mile Mielia on May
10. said today he would drive
a Masterati entry in the 24-hour
lie Mans race June %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-02
NEW HIGH FOR YEAR
Reds Homers
Bury Cubs, 22-2

CINCINNATI. June tR.-
The Redlegs blasted the Cubs
with seven home runs and i've
doubles today as they set q new
season scoring record for one
club in a 22-2 rout.
The previous high for the year
was II runs by the Yankees and
the Athletics. The previous Ma
tional League top was Is by the
Phils against New York on
May %.
Frank Robinson got two of the
Redleg homers while Hal jeff
coat. Gus Bell. Ed Bailey, Don
Hoax and Wally Post each rot
one. Post and Hoax also had
doubles
The Redleg total of % runs
and % hits was more than Gin
cinnati's new scoreboard could
handle It was set to 60 only
as, high as 10 runs and 10 hits
in the totals. so by the seventh
inning the board had run out ,of
numbers. asS
1t was q reasonably close game
for three innings but there was
a hint Of what might be cornine
in the fourth when Jeffcoat and
Bell hit their homers to give
Cincinnati 3 SCI lead. The Cubs
got one of those back in the
fifth on Ernie Banks tri-' end
Dale Longs fly.
Then came the deluge. The
Reds got nine runs and eight
hits in their half of the fifth
and came right back with seven
runs and six hits in the sixth.
Robinson's second home run ac-
counted for the final run in the
seventh.
The Cubs trouble in the fifth
started when Pitcher Dick Little
field fumbled George Groves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-02

bounder to open the inning.
Thirteen other batters went to
the plate before Tom PoholsISy.
the third pitcher, finally got the
side out.
In. between the error and the
fnal out, Bailey hit . two-run
homer. Hoax got a solo blast out
of the park, Robinson got a two
run homer and Post, Bell, Hoax
and Roy Mcmillan each came up
with hits that drove in runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-02
PROBABLE PITCHERS
AMERICAN hrAeug

AMERICAN bEAGUE
Boston at washineton-susee C3-1l
Detroit at chicaeo t2l-Bunning t3-1D
and Fischer f3-1)
Baltimore at New York te)-Brown
u-2l and Ceccareln t0-1b vs.. Ditmar
(2-0l and Terry 900
Cleveland at Kansas city-Mossi (2-O)
W. Kellner (2-3).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago at Cincinnati t2l--Drabowsky
ga and Rush .(O-6) VS.. Klippstein
U-0 and Gross (4-l
vs. Buhi ts.n. '"AuA-'eA'On ''"
Brooklyn Al observation-disclosures
(4-4) VS.. Miller 6-I5.
,a .n T1T Burnside n stsH gS y. R1e
and Purkey t3-3l.