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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
D. Asks Chunqe
To Ruise Grunts

District officials yesterday
appealed to the Senate Appro-
priations Committee for a
change of language in the
pending funds bill that would
permit the city government to
become eleigible for about
100000 in additional Federal
grants on a matching money
basis.
This would be made in a
change of language involving
the transfer OF some cases Of
the needy from the Health De-
partment rolls to those Of the
Department of Public Welfare,
In House actions on the
pending supplemental appro-
priation bill, District requests
for SAL million we're reduced to
S3.7 million. Aside from the
change of language, Commits
Sioner Robert Z. Mclaughlin
asked for the restoration of
only $4,000.
The change Of language pro-
posal was supported by several
Distict officials. including Ger
aid Shea. welfare director.
The bill is expected to 60 to
the Senate before the end of
this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
Tax Write-Off Bill
Before President

The House has passed and
sent to President Eisenhower a
bill to curtail the war-born
program of fast tax writeoff
benefits for industry.
Without debate, it approved
a Senate provision setting Au-
gust % as the date for cutting
down on the program and di-
recting that 1t be ended by De-
cember 81, 1859, unless Con-
gress meanwhile should ex-
tend t.
Under the bill passed yester-
day, the program would be lin
tied to production Of new and
specialized defense items and
development for the atomic
energy program.
Under 1t, firms may deduct
from their taxable income
within five years all or part of
the cost Of new plants or equip
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
.McKeIdin to TuIk
AT School PurIey

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Aug.
l5.-GovS. Collins Of Florida
and McKeldin of Maryland
will be the principal speakers
at the Southern Regional Edu-
cation Boards annual legisla-
tive work conference here
August 1891.
Gov. Collins. board chair
man, will speak at the opening
general session at which dele
gates will be welcomed by Vir-
ginia's Gov. Stanley. Gov.
McKeldin will address the final
general. session.
State legislators from Is
Southern States are expected
for the three-day conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
Survey Of Shippers
Massachusetts Lawyer
Named to Navy Post

Richard Jackson. a Repub-
lican lawyer from Cambridge,
Mass. today was nominated by
President Eisenhower to be
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for manpower, personnel and
reserves.
Mr.. jackson, who has been
the general counsel of the Bos-
ton & Maine Railroad since
1916, would take over the post
formerly held by Albert Pratt,
who resigned in February.
Mr.. jackson, Sc, served in the
United States Navy from 1912
to 1916. reaching the rank of
lieutenant commander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15

The MOP officials called
residents objections to the CEN
ter ''semivalid." And Mr..
Rhodes talks and letters
"crystallized" the decision Of
the MOP to move, he said.
But the real reasons for the
shift within the MOP, he said.
were threefold. The center,
especially its auditorium, is
too small. Parking, two lots
with a capacity of about is
buses. is inadequate. And the
cost Of improving the dirt road
leading to the center from
Williamsburg would be pro-
hibitive. according to Mr..
Thompson.
Planned Expansion
Trying to serve youngsters
in the mansion is like trying
to lay out q seven-course meal
in a hot dog stand" Mr..
Thompson said.
Although Mr.. Rhodes objec-
ton figured in the decision TO
move, MIR. Thompson said, MOP
officials met the very week
after the center was opened
to discuss how it could be
expanded.
He saio they decided to shove
back the timetable of similar
small museums slated for Fort
Dupont. Fort Washington and
Roosevelt Island and use money
available for them for one large
facility first. About $4,000
could be freed for this central
Rock Greek museum. he said.
Mr.. Rhodes declined to be
drawn into a public contro-
Versy over the center. He felt
that arguments against moving
the center would fall Of their
own weight once aired.
Four nature groups have
Joined Mr.. Gruber IN protesting
abandonment Of the mansion,
however. They are Nature Con-
lservency, Nature Magazine, Ma
tional Parks Association and
the Wilderness Society.
Fiippo Gravatt, treasurer Of
Nature ConServency, said his
organization felt strongly about
abandonment of the mansion
until another center was in>full
swing.
1T prevents juvenile dehn-
quency to get the minds of
youngsters on trees and flowers
and birds and away from wan
dering so into other things, -
he said.
Michael Nadel, assistant exc
cutive secretary of the Wilder
ness Society. said he had asked
Park Service Director Conrad
l.. Wirth to examine very
carefully the reasons advanced
for abandonment of the center. &"
Robert Westwood, editor of
Nature magazine, said he was
very much disturbed" at re-
ports Of the center abandon
ment. He said the center in
its secluded location had been
doing a fine job.
But by far the strongest pro-
test was lodged by Mr.. Gruber,
a part-time naturalist with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
Engineer Found
Shot to Death

HAGERSTOWN. Aug. is (P).
Robert Jacob Garfield. a 80
year-old engineer at the Glenn
L. Martin Co. near Baltimore.
was found shot to death yes
terday in his car.
A .22-caliber revolver was
found beside him. The car was
near the Hagerstown munici-
pal park. D..
Coroner S. r. Wells said rel
at ives of Mr.. Garfield had con-
ferred Tuesday with Hagers-
town police about letters they
said were received from him
threatening suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
By GRACE BASSETT

Il
The National Capital Parks
have been charged with vast
ing $4,000 of tax money by
planning to abandon its Rock
Greek Park nature center
opened for children last Oc-
tober in the old Klingle
mansion.
The Park Service is going
ahead with plans to put up
a new $4,000 center on a
wooded tract at Military road
and Oregon avenue NV. and
vacate the mansion.
The move has been protested
by four conservation groups
and several individuals. John
G. Gruber. vice principal Of
Suitland Junior High School
and a former biology teacher,
said $4,000 was the cost of
renovating the beautiful site
and building" now used.
Charges Budget Pressure
A switch to a new site was a
response to an objection from
a congressional employee in a
position to influence future
Parks budgets, Mr.. Gruber
maintained. He said one of the
objections was heavy traffic on
Williamsburg lane by buses
carrying children to the center.
Assistant MOP Superintend-
ent Harry T. Thompson denied
cost figures and the impIica-
ton Of influence from Capitol
Hill.
He said the cost Of repair
ing the mansion, regarded from
the first as a temporary center,
was $4,000. That included re-
pair jobs on the furnace and
roof that would have been done
regardless Of the use to which
the mansion was put, he ex-
| planned.
The historic house, with
three rooms on the first floor
and two on the second, was
too small as soon as it was
opened, he said. Started as an
experiment. center displays of
live snakes. birds, leaves and
rocks have drawn area young
sters by the thousands.
Points to Senate Reporter
Mr.. Thompson's records iden-
tify the Capital Hill objector as
John D. Rhodes, an official re-
porter for the Senate. Mr.
Rhodes lives at $685. Williams
burg lane NV. at the base OF
the hilltop site of the nature
center.
He called on Mr.. Thompson
April 4. A letter to MOP dated
May 2 from Mr.. Rhodes re-
states the concern of residents
along Williamsburg about the
effect Of the center on their
peace and happiness" He
thanked Mr.. Thompson for his
promise to move the center.
Until the shift is made, he said
he trusted that children would
be well supervised and not per-
mitted to convert the residential
neighborhood into a playground
area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
Senator's 10 Act
On District Bills
Committee Session
Slotted Tomorrow

The Senate District Commit
tee is scheduled to act tomor-
row on more than a half dozen
bills reported favorably from
subcommittee.
The meeting is scheduled to
begin at $50 am.
Among matters to be taken
up are the measure to authorize
the new Sibley Hospital to be
built on a 12-acre site along
Loughboro road and the House,
passed resolution by Represen-
tative Hyde. Republican of
Maryland, proposing a joint
study by the House and Senate
District Committees Of prob
lens affecting the Metropolitan
Area.
The committee also is sched-
uled to consider the nomination
of John Lewis Smith, jr., now
a member of the Public Utili-
ties Commission, to be a judge
Of Municipal Court.
Measures listed for action
also include: A proposed uni
form public assistance law for
the District; others to provide
for the expansion Of the school
lunch program; to amend the
District Corporation Act; to
provide for exemption from the
District income tax of social
security benefits and to provide
extra exemptions for the blind
and persons over IS years of
age; and to provide for real
estate tax exemption for the
headquarters building of B'nai
Birth at Rhode Island avenue
and Seventeenth street NV.
Listed as ready for Senate
District Committee action also
is a measure providing for a
second judge for Juvenile
Court. to meet its greatly in
creased case load. However,
there is a possibility this meas
ure may be handled at a later
meeting because of the absence
from the city Of Senator Frear,
Democrat Of Delaware. who has
taken a particular interest in
the subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15

for a survey of shippers and
manufacturers to find out
whether improving the Potomac
channel from the mouth of the
river to the Washington area
is economically justified.
I'VE will find out just what
this areas harbor potentiality
is" he said.
Would Deepen Channel
If the survey shows channel
development is justified, he
said, the corps-next year will
ask for another $4,000 to take
soundings in order to deepen
the channel to IS feet for
ocean-going vessels. The navi-
cation study would be the first
since 1905 when the channel
was deepened to its present "a
feet.
II. v. H. Duncan, president
Of the Alexandria Chamber of
Commerce. said today he had
mo 1oubt the survey will show
that the channel development
viii fill an area need. The al
location" he said, lis in line
with what we have favored all
along-revival Of the water
borne commerce which once
made Alexandria an important
seaport"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
The
Rambler
Pays Tribute
To q Publisher
By GEORGE KENNEDY

One of the most enter
prising publishers in town is
Sidney Yudein, a Congress
sional SECRETARY, who gets
out the Rolt Can. "The News
paper of Capitol HILL"
He has made every member
Of the Senate and House a
reporter for his publication
by issuing a press card to
each of them.
He says Vice President
Nixon is one Of his best re-
porters and keeps giving him
little items about the young
women in the vice presi-
Dental Office.
Sid takes great pride in the
fact that the White House
sends for 200 copies of his
publication every time it
comes of the press.
This interest on the part of
the White House led him to
appoint Gov. Sherman Adams
as his White House reporter.
This was at the time that
the President was coming to
a decision on running for a
second term.
~Just wire me a yes or no.
Western Union collect" Sid
instructed the former New
Hampshire Governor. Don't
mind the expense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
Jury Holds Altman
In Death Of Infant
Inquest Is Told
FotherAdmitted
FotuI Shaping

A Boiling Air Force Base me-
chanic was ordered held for
the grand jury today in the
death of his 6-month-old twin
daughter.
The action was taken by q
coroner's jury which heard tes-
timony that Airman 1/c Harley
E. Blackwell, 26. had admitted
slapping the baby into uncon-
seriousness August 4 because her
cries annoyed him.
Airman Blackwell did not
take the stand. but his wife.
Patricia, 10, did after being adj
vised by Assistant United States
Attorney Jack Stark that any
thing she says could be held
against her or her husband.
Mrs. Blackwell reiterated an
earlier statement to police that
the baby. Alice June, had fallen
of a davenport and apparently
fatally injured herself a week
before she died last Saturday.
Statements Conflict
This confiicted with teSti-
mony of Homicide Corpl. Sam
Z. Wallace, who said Blackwell
mad admitted beating the baby
while Mrs. Blackwell was away
from their apartment at TO
Atlantic street Sc.
Mrs. Blackwell, who was held
for the inquest, was later re-
leased.
Before the hearing she
sobbed and said: Il don't give a
damn about him, but they say
they may take my children
away and that's what's got me
down"
Police reported that the
three Blackwell children, the
twin girl, Anita Ann, and two
boys, Donald, 3, and Ronald, 2.
had been temporarily placed in
the Junior Village while the
Child Welfare Division decided
what to do with them.
Corpl. Wallace testified police
called in Blackwell yesterday
after a neighbor reported hear
ing cries and slaps in the
Blackwell home August 4.
"Wife Didn't Know"
He said Blackwell told how
he was watching teleyision and
reading when the baby began
crying on the living room
davenport. He first got a bot
tie, and when that did not
help. slapped her until she was
unconscious and resumed his
television program, the police
man said.
Blackwell said his wife did
not know anything about the
slapping," Corpl. Wallace said.
"She said the baby was playing
on the sofa when she returned
to the house, but the mother
keeps telling a different story
every time"
Capt. David c. Usrey of
Walter Reed Hospital said the
baby died a week after the al
legged beating of damage to the
respiratory center of the brain
caused by some force 'exerted
from without"
In his testimony, Corpl. Wal
lace said Blackwell had beaten
his two young sons several
times, and neighbors had
threatened to call police if it
did not stop. Other complaints
of mistreatment were received
by the Public Welfare Depart
ment.
Mrs. Blackwell told reporters
after the inquest she hoped to
leave with her children next
week for her old home in
Guernsey. WyO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
Eye Injuries Costly

ST. LOUIS-Counting COM
pensation costs, medical ex-
penses. and lost production,
eye injuries cost United States
industry well over 5000 million
q year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
$4,000 Waste Charged in Closing
New Rock Creek Nature Center

MOP, who lives at 5401 Wood
land boulevard Sc.
Il am sure thousands Of visi-
tors to the nature center will
be appalled, to know plans are
under way to do away with the
present location" he said.
THE site is excellent for this
fine interpretive facility, the
only one in the entire Park
Service and Washington, d. c.
PrepOsterOus He Says
He said the reason for
abandonment is ''preposter-
GUS" He said the objector to
the center had the National
Capital Parks officials "quaking
in their boots"
He said permanent MOP en-
ployes didn't speak up about
the center because they were
afraid of their jobs.
IN probably lose mine" he
said. But my belief in the
value Of the center and the
serious loss to taxpayers in its
abandonment are more impor-
tant to me than the summer
job"
The old Klingle mansion has
been a thorn in the hide of the
NCP before. In l947, economy
minded Senate committeeman
learned it was rented to an In
terror Department official for
$4,000 a year. This was done
with permission Of Interior Sec
rotary Ickes at a price higher
than rents advertised but not
met outside the Department. it
was testified.
The house is 1875 years old.
It was built by Edward Pierce,
the pioneer who built historic
Pierce Mill in the park. In 1890,
Uncle Sam bought the place for
$9,278. A rare example of
Pennsylvania Dutch architec-
ture in the District. the house
was purchased for its historic
value.
Mr.. Thompson said Mop had
no specific use in mind for the
house once the center is moved
out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
Presidents OK Awaited
On Public Works Bill
Fund Included for Potomac Survey
On Port Needs and Water Supply

President Esenhowers signature awaited today
public works bill that includes Sl65OOO to continue COM
prehensive survey Of the Potomac River.
The 1888 million BILL by both houses Tuesday.
cudes 100000 for of the potentiaes Washington
port and $l05000 for flood control pollution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15
AFTER THE ELECTION,

AFTER THE ELECTION,
Sid came back to Washing
ton and got out an election
edition, giving the final tab
ulation of votes in every con-
test across the country, then
mailed it to every members
home. 1t was the first op-
portunity the members had
to see just how their COL
leagues had done.
He distributes the paper
free but charges 81 a copy
for mailed subscriptions
considers them a lot of work.
The librarian Of General
Motors in Detroit is very
concerned, because several
file copies are missing.
I'D give them to her for
free II they'd advertise" Sid
said. Much of the advertis-
ing is from hotels and restau-
rants on the Hill. He has
had only one ad intended to
affect legislation. That was
a full-page ad from a small
town TV committee that
wants more TV channels.
This year Roll Call will
show a profit for the first
time. 1t will be a small one.
One Of his features is my
Favorite Story" contributed
by members Of Congress. It
is a refreshing reminder that
all the surplus corn is not
stored by the Commodity
Credit Corp.
In the current issue, John
J. Dempsey Of New Mexico
tells about the young man
who campaigned for office
before the days Of radio and
TV. On election night, he
went downtown to watch the
bulletin board. He telephoned
his wife in great excitement
TO tell her he had been
elected.
Honestly" she exclaimed.
why did you have to bring
that up?" he answered.
And In a recent one, Toby
Morris Of Oklahoma told how
a little boy asked his little
sister why grandmother read
the Bible so much, and sister
answered, Maybe she's cram
ming for the finals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15

ana water supply surveys by
the Corps of Engineers.
A Corps spokesman said the
sos, 900 ALLEGATION would be
used to continue a study begun
last year on the north branch
of the Potomac above Cumber-
land. Md. The survey, au-
thorized last year as part of the
Northeast Flood Study, will ex-
tend to the lower Potomac this
year. the spokesman said.
The survey, he said, is based
on a ground rulep' resolution
passed last year by the Senate
Public Works Committee call
ing for "a comprehensive plan
for the control Of floods and
development and conservation
OF the water and related re-
sources Of the basin with en-
phasis on the present and fu-
ture needs for water supply and
pollution abatement"
Survey Of Shippers
The spokesman said his Of
flee will confer with represen-
tatives of the Public Health
Service on how much money to
apportion for study of the poll
luton problem in the Wash
ington area.
The $4,000. another corps
spokesman said. will be used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-15

SID WAS BORN in New
Canaan, Conn.,, which is one
Of the incest towns in the
New York committing area.
His father had a clothing
store there. Sid is one Of
five sons, all in newspaper
work. And he has a sister
who is a reporter on the
Stamford Comm Advocate.
Il seem to be putting out
a newspaper wherever l CO."
he said. MY brothers and
I put out a little paper, both
in grade and high schools, in
New Canaan. When l was a
patient in a Veterans Ad-
ministration hospital in
California, / got out a mime
ographed sheet telling what
about the patients.
The idea for this Capitol
Hill newspaper occurred to
me when I was In the office
of Ayers of Ohio two years
ago. Another member of
the Ohio delegation called
him and asked him about a
Congressman who was sick.
Mr.. Ayers did not know that
the member was sick. Mr..
Ayers then asked his caller
how still another Congress-
man who was sick was doing,
and the caller did not know
the man was i'll.
Il said to myself, There
ought to. be a paper that
would keep them informed
about their fellow members.
The first issue was brought
out in June, 1855, and it has
been coming out every Sec
ond Thursday since, except
for two months during the
1856 campaign september
and October, when Sid was
so busy helping his boss,
Albert P. Morano, Republican
Of Connecticut, get re-
elected that he did not have
time to get out the paper.
Evening star., 1957-08-25
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Evening star., 1957-08-25

NEAR WALTER REED HOSPITAL-S1O ODO DOWH-Vacar
Semdetaehed sroom oriek hon cesner-ha plan Fireplace
ed beths senond oor Pull basement oil heat oiaras
Good location; block Ceorgia transportation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-04

and Sarah Elizabeth Soloman, ~,
Alexandria, Va.
Robert Francis Kramer, 30, 1884 o st.
Sc. and Margaret Josephine DeBord.
Charlie Eddie station. e5. a2oe 18th st
nv; and Dorothy Harris, 10. l742
Robert stevenson Mcclellan, 90. 1928 N
st NV. and Anne Marie Cordes, 20,
213s California st. NV.
Jerry William Gaines. 81. Boiling Air
Force Base, and Betty Ann Bertha
John Allen. AZ, 1911 Lang pi. ne. and
Dorothy Mae Bumbers, 81, 144 L st.
St. Sc. and Edith Peari Moody. Fl.
Robert Donald Douglas, %. $500 Park
pl. NV. and Dorothy Harris Nor
Richard Charles Cilento,. 81 westneld,
NJ, and Carlisle Williams, 20. 3016
Dunbarton ave. NV
william George sgd E Eems e. iI0i PAX
James Albert Buckier, AIS 10th. Sc. and
Doris Janet Todd, %. 63s RaleiEh
Ronald lee Wilson. sg. 1880 lst q.
1775 California st.. NV.
Melvin Mars BOYD, a. Arlington. Va
George ORG cnipep Sess' IT, a. IS, and Bsrnce
Regina Cain. "a, both Of Baltimore.
Washington west, III. 81. Naval, Re-
eeiying,, Station. and Lois Brown
Earl Francis Cherubini, 10, and Marie
Theresa Crescent. 10, both of Bridge
Carl Thsodor Edelin,. 10. 1919 Emerald
st. ne. and Florence Z. johnson. 49,
1875 orleans .pl. ne.
William Rudolph Evans. 81, 1907 Or
rem st. ne, and virginia Louise
CORY. 21, s Rhode Island ave; ne.
ne, and Ethel Willie Glover, Is.
strpnev Myers, Al. walter Reed Army
M asSl H. c sGit en nad ST. " NEE mae F0
Clyde McPhatter. 90, Boiling Air Force
Base. and Doris Marie Slade, IL,
5173 Sheriff. I'd. ne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-04

be fooled" Bishop Lille told a
press conference at the National
Press Club.
Those men are in charge of
their churches and there are still
many congregations in these
countries. We follow the prin-
ciple that the shepherd must
stay with his flock. We told
every minister in the Eastern
Zone of Germany you cannot
move away. You have to stay.
I will not pass judgment on any
body who stays with his congre-
cation and his church."
Doomed by Nazis
Bishop Lille. who was i'm
prisoned BY the Nazis and
sentenced to death, pointed out
1.-THE line of whether to say no
or yes is not clear, as I we'll know
under the Nazis. If an individ-
ual tries to fool us and is just a
servant of the Communist sys-
tenn. he will be found out"
The federation head said he
hoped delegates from eight Iron
Curtain countries will attend the
meeting May Is to Is at Min
neapolis They will come from
Poland. Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
East Germany, Romania, Yugo-
slavia, Latvia and Esthonia.
Bishop Lille, who saw Presi-
dent Eisenhower earlier yester-
day, said he told the Nations
Chief Executive the evangelical
church has been able ito form
the most conspicuous link be-
tween both parts of Germany"
I'VE have been the link of ac-