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purpose, the financing of inte-
grafton litigation.
Mrs. Marx gave to the COM
mittee testimony confirming
previous evidence as to the close
relationship between the various
NAACP organizations. and as
to the answerability of the local
branches to instructions and
directives from the national
organization.
1t is apparent from the in
formation obtained in the Ar
lington hearing that a direct
attack on segregated schools ir
Arlington County had beer
carefully planned and fosteret
by the NAACP for quite somt
time.
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Highway Engineer
To Address Auto Men

Leslie McCarl. District engi-
neer, Maryland State ROADS
Commission, District 8. will dis
cuss the major highway pro-
gram in his district at Wednes-
days luncheon meeting Of the
Suburban Maryland Advisory
Board. American Automobile
Association.
The luncheon will be held at
1915 pm. at the Langley Park
Hot Shoppe: University boule-
ward and New Hampshire ave-
nue.. Langley Park.
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Pep Assembly to Open
Homecoming at Blair $,

MONTGOMERY Blair High
Schools Homecoming week end
- Friday through Saturday
evening = will get under way
ct 2:30 pm. Friday with pep
assembly and mock football
game at the Silver Spring
school.
A bonfire in the school sta.
dunn at $3.50 that evening, a.
float parade through Silver,
Spring starting at noon Satur-
day. reunion that afternoon
followed by the Blair Bethesda
Chevy Chase football game and
a dance Saturday evening in
the gym are also on schedule!
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Sought Definite Evidence

In view of the apparent A.
nancial status Of these indi-
viduals. it would seem that the
contentious which have been
made by the organizations are
not well-founded.
The committee had sought
in all of its hearings and by
other means to obtain some
definite evidence and testimony
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'Crum Session

The final "cram session" Of
a series on county government,
sponsored by the YWCA of
Montgomery County. will be
held at 10 am. Wednesday at
371l Bradley lane, Chevy Chase
County Councilwoman Stella
Werner will lead discussion
on Functions of Local Gov
eminent Other Than Educa-
ton"
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Buptists to Convene

ROANOKE, va. Nov. II (P)
-Baptists from throughout the
State are expected here tomor-
row, Wednesday and Thursday
for the 134th annual meeting
of the Baptist General Asso-
citation of Virginia.
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Thanksgiving Dance

The Mothers Club of Regina
High School, Hyattsville, will
hold Thanksgiving dance Fri
day in St. Bernard's Hall in
Riverdale. Proceeds will be
given to the schools chapel
building fund.
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generally. The new committee
should be given the authority
to inquire into such matters as
subversive activities generally
and more specifically as they
relate to the question of segre-
cation or indignation in the
public schools.
Consequently a bill to estab-
lish the new committee will be
presented to the next regular
session of the General Assembly
by the members of this COM
mittee.
BY further resolution the
committee resolved that its
files should be made available
to any subsequent legislative
investigating committee of the
General Assembly of Virginia
dealing with matters related to
this committees area of in
quiry.
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of persons who should be con-
tacted to sign the petition.
Paragraph six of the instruc-
tons reads as follows:
1.-THE signing of the petition
by a parent or guardian may
well be only the first step to
an extended court fight. There
fore, discretion and care should
be exercised to secure petit
TONERS who will-if need be-
go all the way"
Signed by Leaders
This confidential directive
went out over the signatures of
w. Lester Banks, executive sec
rotary, and J. M. Tinsley, presi-
dent of the Virginia State Con-
ference of Branches. This con-
fidential directive, and a copy
Of the petition are among the
exhibits in the committees files.
An executive committee meet
ing of the Arlington branch
was then held at which circula-
ton of the petition was dis
cussed, and it was signed by
a number of those present. Mrs.
Marx also obtained additional
signatures later.
The petition was presented
to the Arlington County School
Board on July %, 1855.
On october 9. 1855. Mrs.
| Marx attended a State conven-
ton of the NAACP in Char
/ lottesville. at which time Spots
wood w. Robinson III. came up
to her and told her that he
was going to get in touch with
Attorney Edwin c. Brown OF
Alexandria and ask Mr.. Brown
to make himself available for
signing of authorizations in his
presence so that they could
proceed with the Arlington
case. Mr.. Brown had not been
in the suit up until that time.
Testified Some Signed
Subsequently, small meet
ing was held in Arlington. at
which Attorney Brown was
present. and that was the first
time Mrs. Marx saw the au-
thorization forms. Several OF
the forms were signed at that
time by persons who became
parties to the suit.
Mrs. Marx. herself. contacted
others with regard to signing
the authorizations.
She also testified that some
of the plaintiffs were not in
formed of the filing of the suit
until they read it in the news
papers.
1t is noted that the author
ization only authorized Edwin
c. Brown to represent the
plaintiffs and did not name any
other attorneys.
Mrs. Barbara Marx, a State
director of the NAACP, and also
an official of the. Arlington
County branch of the NAACP
gave valuable information tt
the committee along these lines
l Minutes Identified
; In addition she identified the
minutes of the Arlington County
branch of the NAACP dealing
with the institution and main.
tenance of racial litigation
With the consent of the witness
copies were made of these min.
; utes, and they are in the com
; mittee's files. Noteworthy arr
the minutes of meeting helc
: on August 2. 1856, at which {
motion to help defray the ex
: pense of the Arlington County
; school suit was unanimously ap'
: proved and $3.50 was appro'
priated for this purpose. There
: were several references in tn,
! minutes to appropriations anc
| contributions to the Freedom
| Fund" which has been identi'
5 fled as having as its primary
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as to the exact method en-
ployed in obtaining the names
of the plaintiffs to be used in
the school integration suits,
and also what instructions, If
any. emanated from the various
NAACP organizations or Of
ficials with regard thereto,
Among the most valuable in
formation obtained by the COM
mittee along this line was that
developed at the Arlington
hearing. The committee OBJ
tanned by subpoenas duces te-
cum copies of certain minutes
of the Arlington branch Of the
NAACP. as well as certain cor
respondence and other docu-
ments dealing with this SUBJ
iect.
at meeting of the board o
directors of the NAACP OF
October 8, 1850, in New Yorl
City. it was reported that at
conference of NAACP lawyer
held in New York on June 1921
1850, the following resolution
was adopted:
"Pleadings in all educationa
cases-the prayer in the plead
ing and proof is to be aimed a
obtaining education on a non
segregated basis and that NJ
relief other than that will b
acceptable as such.
Further, that all lawyer
operating under such rule will
urge their clients and tn
branches of the Association
involved to insist on this f1na
relief"
Report on Conference
Mrs. Barbara Marx testified
that she attended a NAAC1
State conference in PETERSBURG
on June IL, 1855. at which
time. she, Attorney Thomas r
Monroe. and others from tn
Arlington Branch, talked will
Oliver w. Hill and SpotsWoo'
w. Robinson III. about tn
presentation of Negro children
for admission to the whit
Westinghouse High Schoo
She testified that they were toll,
by Messrs. Hill and Robinson
that this would be premature
and that they should go bac
to Arlington, be patient. an,
that in due time a petition form
would be drawn up by the Stat
legal staff, which would b
furnished to the branches.
On June 80. 1855. a Con
fidential Directive" was circu
lated to the member branche
of the Virginia State Confer
ence, enclosing a form of
petition to be used by the vari
GUS branches in petitioning tn
local school boards for deseg
regation prior to the institution
of any further suits. This con
f1dential directive gave detaile
instructions as to the metho
to be used in processing sue
petitions. as we'll as the type
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Architects to Meet

The Virginia Division OF
the Washington Metropolitan
Chapter of the American In
stitute of Architects has an
nounced a luncheon meeting
at 1915 pm. tomorrow in
Evans Coffee Shop, Alto Lee
highway. Arlington.
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living room with its 30.toct
ceiling was one Of the original
camp meeting tents and the Is
rooms are filed with antiques
and Americana.
Col. James Mccall Chapter
is celebrating its 42d birthday
while Martha Washington
Chapter was founded in 1893.
Among the guests Of honor
at the garden party were Mrs
Harry c. Grove. Mrs. Charles
Carroll Haig, Miss Lillian
Chenoweth, Mrs. Harry C..
OberholSer, Mrs. Godfrey
Creyhe. Mrs. Roy c. Bowker,
Mrs. David L. Wells, Mrs.
James d. Skinner, Miss Mamie
F. Hawkins. Miss Faustine
Dennis. Mrs. Allen r. Wrenn,
Mrs. Ellsworth E. Clark, Mrs.
Leonidas /. McDougle. Mrs.
William Peck Howe, Miss
Elizabeth w. Conrad, Mrs.
Dorothy Whitcomb, Miss Ann
Elizabeth Briggs. Mrs. John
j. Wilson, Mrs. Louis E. CAL
lis. Mrs. James William But
Ter. Mrs. Franklin T. Garrett
and Mrs. Angus A. Lamond.
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GRAFTON Of Republican Women
Of Maryland will convene the
meeting at II am. Mrs. Alb
Hermann, campaign activities
chairman for the National Fed
GRAFTON OF Republican Women,
will explain the Welcome
Neighbor Campaign" Mrs.
Herbert Ryerson, education
chairman for the State Fed
GRAFTON will speak. Mrs. Mary
Caldwell, Chevy Chase. legisla-
tive chairman. will review the
laws passed at the 1857 legis-
lative session.
The conference will con-
clude with a luncheon at l
pm. Mr.. Robert Gray, special
assistant to President Essen
hover, will be the speaker.
Senator and Mrs. j. Glenn
Beall and Representative and
Mrs. Dewitt Hyde will attend
the luncheon.
Mrs. w. Cash Smith.
Woodsboro. Md. Is general
chairman for the conference.
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Republican
Women Plan
|Cumpuiqn

The Republican Women Of
Maryland will meet on Wednes-
day at the Shrine Club, Cum
berland. Md. At this meeting
they will launch a "Wel-
come Neighbor Campaign. +"
The women will be instructed
to call on their neighbors to
give information about the
Republican Party and pro-
grams and to invite neigh
bors to join Republican
women's clubs. The cam
paign has the approval of
President Eisenhower and ma
tional Republican leaders.
This meeting will be the last
Of five, held in Maryland in
the various congressional dis
tricts. Mrs. Vaughn E. Rich
ardson. president Of the Fed
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'DARRegents
AT Party

Peaceful Valley, Washington
Grove. Md. was the scene Of
a garden party yesterday from
4 pm. to Z pm. when Mrs.
William B. Hardy and Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Shantz were
hosts to the Honorary State
Regents OF the D. c. Daughters
of the American Revolution;
the State Ofiicers of the D. c.
OAR and the Col. James Nc
Call Chapter and the Martha
Washington Chapter and their
husbands. Mrs. Hardy is one Of
the Honorary State Regents
and the Parliamentarian
Emeritus Of the D. c. OAR.
Peaceful Valley in Washing
ton Grove is linked with early
Washingtonians who journeyed
there to Methodist camp meet
ings back in the 1870s. The
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FASHION NOTEBOOK

span due to their miracle
flbers that it isn't very much
of a problem any more.
There are certain wardrobe
basics wherever you go. One
is a lightweight good travel
suit; an all-day type of dress:
the dress that doubles for
daytime wear and when the
jacket is off as a cocktail time
fashion; a real afternoon dress
in a pretty silk print that
travels so well; and a short
evening dress.
Cut down on accessories.
Adele insists that she keeps to
a basic color scheme so that
her basic suit will respond to
changes of pearls, white and
gold jewelry, and lots of white
gloves.
And the one bit of advice
all the travel experts are
unanimous in offering is this:
Make sure you take along COM
Portable shoes.
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Continued From Page Dc

and evening in Mexico City.
They don't wear hats and are
conservative in Mexico. That
means no Stacks, shorts or
halter tops in public places or
on the city streets. In the
evening at the very chic res
taurants wear your most ele-
CANT black dress and your
prettiest black sandals.
ADELE SIMPSON, the ia
nous fashion designer who
has written the fashion "blurb"
in the new Encyclopedia
Britannica. offers lots of good
advice to the European vaca-
ton traveller.
She says travel light" Be-
ing comfortable is the most
important thing. Buy clothes
for your vacation that you'll
enjoy wearing once you're
home again. So many fashions
today have a year-around life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28
Two Die in D. {.
Auto Accidents

The Districts 18th and 18Th
traffic fatalities of the year went
into the records today as the
result Of a car-bus crash and
fatal injuries suffered by a pc
destrian.
Mrs. Ida Braver, IS. of 40l5
Georgia avenue NV, was killed
when the car driven by her hus-
band. Leo Drawer, SIS. collided
with a w. M. a. bus at Eight
zenith and Franklin streets NE.
lat 6:42 pm. yesterday.
Police said the back end Of
the car. which failed to heed a
stop sign. was struck by the bus,
spinning the car around and
throwing Mrs. Drawer into the
street. Mr.. Drawer suffered back
injuries and another passenger
in his car, Hyman Berrei, SO,
suffered head and rib injuries
They were admitted to Casualty
Hospital.
The bus driver. Robert 5. Hall,
36. of 1902 o street. Hillside.
Md, and his passengers escaped
injury.
Earnest w. Skaggs, 40. Of
Roanoke, Va, died at Casualty
Hospital of head injuries suffered
when he was struck by a truck
Monday.
An cmploye of the Roanoke
Scrap g. Iron Co.. Mr.. Skaggs
was crossing North Capitol
street nea. Massachusetts, ave-
nue.. Police charged the truck
driver. Theodore Roosevelt
Wasf ington, 26. of "03 Douglas
street NE. with colliding.
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Rockville Store
EmpIoye Reports
5000 Robbery

Some $6,70O in cash and
checks was stolen today from
the car belonging to a Rock
vile food store employee while
he stopped by his home on the
way to the bank. he told Mont
pomery County police.
The victim was Robert E.
IDauenhauer, assistant mana ger
of the APP chain store on
Viers Mill road, OIL the out
skirts OF Rockville.
Police said Mr.. Dauenhauer
told them that about 1915 q m.
he stopped by his home at 1920
Midway avenue to pick up his
coat. Police said he told them
he left the money in a bag on
the front seat and the key in the
switch
When he returned about a
minute later, his cal and the
money were missing. The money
included $2.076 in cash and $4640
in checks which were to be de-
posted for the store.
Police said Mr.. Dauenhauer's
car was found about 80 minutes
later two blocks from his home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-28

It's time for the annual strug.
gle with rusty license plate bolts
District and Maryland auto
tags go on sale tomorrow, They
may be displayed beginning
tomorrow and must be used after
midnight March 81.
Montgomery County got the
Jump on all other communities
In this area. 1t has been selling
Maryland tags since Monday.
Virginia auto plates go on sale
March Is, may be used any time
from that date and must be useC
beginning April Is. Arlington
and Fairfax Counties and Alex.
andria require local tags in addi-
ton to State licenses.
Applications for new tags have
been mailed out by Maryland anc
Washington and the new tag;
may be ordered by mail. District
officials warned that anyone moi
receiving an application probably
moved without notifying the De.
partment of Vehicles and Traffic
There is a SIS fine for this Of.
Tense and those motorists who
have moved without notifying
the department may have to pay
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DC. toProtest
Denial Of Grant

District officials plan to pro.
test a rundown by the Housing
and Home Finance Agency or
some funds to start planning
the projected new SIS million
West Municipal Center building
The District. some month:
ago. asked for an advance
planning grant of $35, 900 fol
the municipal project. Yester.
day HHFA said it was refusing
the grant, pointing out thai
Congress soon will act on 9
100000 planning request in.
cluded in the pending budget.
Col. Thomas B. Hunter. As.
sistant Engineer Commissioner
said he hopes for quick actor
by the commissioners to try Il
get HHFA to reconsider.
Denial Of. the $4,000 grant
Col. Hunter said, could NEAR
delay In completing the new
building, which the District
hopes to occupy by around 1861
He pointed out that the
General Services Administra.
zion is hoping. by 1861. to TAKE
over the site Of the present Dis.
trio Building for enlargement o.
the Post Office Department
building.
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|HospitoIGroup
Picks Officers

Mrs. c. Ashmead Fuller, prom
inent in hospital work, today was
named president Of the Women's
Division OF the new Washington
Hospital Center which will COM
bine the facilities Of Garfield,
Emergency and Episcopal Hos
pitfalls.
Mrs. Fuller's election came at
meeting today of the combined
women's boards of the three
hospitals held at Garfield Hospi-
tai.
Mrs. Maurice A. Selinger was
named executive vice-president.
Other officers are: Mrs. w. H,
Hotel, first vice-president; Mrs
w. John Kenney, second vice.
president; Mrs. Pearsons Rust,
treasurer.
Also. Miss Susan Hacker, as
sistant treasurer; Mrs. H. King
Vann, recording secretary; Mrs.
w. T. Gill, jr.. assistant record
ing secretary; Mrs. c. Carroll
Morgan, corresponding secretary
and Mrs. Edward Fay, assistant
corresponding secretary.
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7 og-ChongingSeosonOn IN;
Sales Open I omorrow

the fine before receiving new
tags.
District auto tags this veal
will have two letters and three
instead OF four. The
Department Of Vehicles anc
Traffic advised anyone purchas-
ing tags by check to make the
check out to Collector of Taxes
D. c."
New license plates may BIZ
bought over the counter in both
the District and Maryland al
the following places
District-Traffic Department
May Building. 469 C street NV.
Monday through Friday from
8:15 am. to 3.45 pm.
Montgomery County--County
Building, Rockville, Monday
through Friday. BIS am. to {
pm.
Prince Georges County
County Service Building, Hyatts-
vile, Monday through Fri
day. 9 am. to 4 pm; Langley
Park Shopping Center, Monday
through Friday. 8 am. to 4 pm;
courthouse. Upper Marlboro
Monday through Friday, $3.50
am. to 4:30 pm.
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STICKY PHONE BOX COINS BRING
TOTAL SENTENCES OF $40 DAYS

Richard @. Simpson found guilty yesterday Of
stealing money from telephone coin boxes.
But police defense lawyers prosecutor and judge all
had sticky fingers before the
United States Attorney Fred Durrah offered greasy
bag with $l8 In change evidence Municipal Court Judge
Andrew w. Howard picked 1t up and examined 1t.
So did Police Pvts John @. Sanders and Melvin Wash
ington, defense lawyers Raymond Brownlow and Arthur
jackson and telephone investigator Ray C. Whip
They all had to wipe their hands after handling the
bag. Mr. Durah said the money bag creased keep
the coins from climbing.
Judge Howard Simpson $40 days in Jail for three
petty arcenes and two counts Of destroying telephones
Simpson 80 Negro lives the 3400 block Of Warder street
NV
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District Heads Urge
Traffic Court Setup
Call for Speed
On Getting Bill
Before Congress

Legislation creating a special
traffic branch Of Municipal Court
with full-time traffic judges serv-
ing it today WIS urged upon the
District Commissioners.
The proposal came from the
Traffic Advisory Board which has
long recommended such a setup
in the interests Of reducing
Washington's traffic toll.
The commissioners indicated
they would act swiftly to place a
recommendation before Congress
this session. Commissioner David
B. Karrick announced he is very
sympathetic to the bill.
The traffic board submitted a
draft of the legislation.
Jurisdiction Over Juveniles
Among its provisions the sepa-
rate court would have Jurisdic-
ton over juvenile traffic vio-
lators. Juvenile Court now exer-
cises that jurisdiction.
No additional judges to the
present 16 would be appointed.
In order TO get the new system
operating as soon as the traffic
court bill might be passed, board
members suggested that traffic
branch judges be named to ti7l
present two vacancies now exist
ing in the court.
1t would require no additional
appropriations, the board EN-.
IphaSized.
Although such a provision is
absent from the proposed bill.
Arthur J. Sundlun, traffic board
chairman. said the members be-
Ilieve all motorists charged with
moving traffic offenses should be
required to appear personally in
court. In many instances now.
these violators have the privilege
of FORGETTING collateral.
Only 10 Per Cent Appear
Mr.. Sundlun said at present
only 10 per cent of such of
tenders show UP to answer
charges.
Under the proposal the traf-
fic judges when not occupied
with their specific assignment,
could be temporarily reassigned
by the chief judge to help out
with other cases.
The proposal is generally pat
termed after the traffic court sys-
TEN recently studied by District
, officials in Chicago, Cleveland
and Detroit.
r At present. traffice judges in
: Municipal Court are assigned to
: that branch on a six-month ro-
tation basis.
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secured. thereby rendering il
dangerous and hazardous"
That Mr.. Davies individually
and as trustee for the owners Of
the neighboring apartment house
was negligent in allowing the
party wall TO remain standing
in a hazardous and dangerous
condition "by reason of the fact
that it was not properly secured
Ior anchored to the adjoining
wall"
That Mr.. Hannah. the apart
ment house manager, was negli-
gent in that he had or should
have had knowledge that the
party wall was in an unsafe and
hazardous condition and failed
ito take adequate measures tc
properly secure the wall to make
1t safe and harmless.
The Stars investigation Of the
topping wall showed that per.
lmitS for the razing of the build,
ing at 2l29 P street were ISSUED
to Leo NJ. Bernstein, who ha:
said the Eighth Realty Corp
headed by him is the owner Of
the premises. and TO the Gen.
leral Wrecking Co.
The investigation showed thai
after a District inspector CAV,
instructions to make the wal
safe. the Eighth Realty Corp
hired a general contractor. j. C
Higgins. to anchor the remain
ing wall to the apartment hous,
next door. The General Wreck
ing Co. has said it did not worl
on the wall.