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Evening star., 1957-04-27
Costs Nov. Stabilized
After Rise, Expert Says

This article has been pre-
pared By E. H. ,Boeckh, head Of
Z. H. Boeckh & Associates,
considered the leading author
ity in the country on construc-
tiOn-coSt trends. The Wash
ington organisation publishes
c0nStruction-cost INDEXES for
all the major markets of the
United States and Canada, as
iDeH as a monthly publication
called Building Costs. These
iHderes are iDideiy reprinted
by Government agencies and
by trade and professional mag
Gsines. The inder OF costs for
the Washington area is reflect
ed in the tolloDing article.
BY E. H. BOECKH
House construction costs hav,
gone UP sharply since the begin
ming of World War II, as labor
materials and other costs asso
ciated with the building of ,
dwelling have increased. Jus
how much and how fast has thil
increase been?
We will take a brick residence
being built and sold in Washing
ton for $4,000 in April, 1857, al
a basis of comparison.
Back in April, 1914, during tn,
war, when all construction wa.
sharply curtailed by Government
order. but limited housing con.
struction was permitted, thi,
house could have been produced
and sold for $4,000, exactly hall
its present cost.
Price and wage controls vert
still in effect at that time, which
slowed up the rate of rise il
costs. But even with these con
trolls. the cost of the hous,
moved up to $l0.660 by the tim,
the war ended in the summer O.
l94S. just a little over a yeal
later.
With the removal of controls
at the end of the war, the up.
ward movement of prices wa.
sharply accelerated. and by April
1897, about year and hall
later. the house had risen 81
per cent to $13.884, the creates
price imitation in any comparable
period in American history.
Rise More Gradual
So. 10 years ago. the present
$4,000 house could have beer
built for under $4,000: five
years later. in April. 1882, its
price was $18,167, another 80
per cent rise. During the past
five years the rise has been more
gradual but. nonetheless, has
been steady and almost un-
broken. bringing the cost to its
present $4,000.
The war in Europe began in
September, 1889. Our own de-
fense program began in July
1910. at which time the $40, 900
house of today could have been
built to sell for $7.805. BY the
time We entered the war in
December. 194l. its price had
risen to $8,7l4. Since the be-
ginning of our defense program
a house has increased 21a times
in cost: in 13 years it has
doubled.
Wage rates, material costs
taxes. overhead, freight rates
all things that go into a house
Evening star., 1957-04-27

CONVENTION SPEAKER
F. Moran McConihe, COM
missioner of public build
ings of the General Services
Administration, has been
added to the roster of
speakers who will address
the annual convention of
the Washington Rear Estate
Board June 10 to % at vir-
ginia Beach. Mr.. McConihe
is a past president of the
WREB and has been active
in Washington real estate
circles for more than 20
years.
Evening star., 1957-04-27

houses has been satisfied. and
"a lower rate of home building,
for the immediate future, at
least. seems probable.
This decline in residential
construction has brought about
IA leveling of of prices during
recent months. so that no cost
Evening star., 1957-04-27
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Evening star., 1957-04-27
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tets placid ''Benedictus" with q
vigorous "osanna." which indi-
cate that superb dramatic sense
characteristic of Mozart's music,
on stage and of.
The performance. like Mozart
himself, left virtually nothing to
be desired. The choir was ex-
ceedingly well disciplined, sing
ing with precision and accuracy.
This. combined with a well
and beautifully
blended tone. and a highly must
cal style. made for some Of the
best choral singing that this re-
viewer has heard In some time.
George Barritt and Peggy
Zabawa were particularly note
worthy. both in solo and ensem-
BILE. and Ruth Dyke provided adj
Imirable support.
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Mcclure, Bales HundIe
New Concerto AdeptIy
BY FRANK c. CAMPBELL

National Gallery Orchestra. Rich
ard Bales. conductor Soloist. Harry
Mcclure. piano National Gallery Of
Art. PROGRAM, symphony No 81 in
G.. HAYDN; Pelleas ct Melisande. op
a. sieehns; Concerto for Piano and
Orchestra, Evett-
The 30th concert of the sea-
son in the National Gallery
brought back the Gallery Or
chestra under its director. Rich
ard Bales. and Washington
pianist. Harry Mcclure. in a dis
tinguished concert which in
cluded a neglected Haydn SYM
phony. Sibelius' incidental music
for Pelleas and Melisande. and
the world premiere Of an i'm
portant new work Of the Ameri-
can composer, Robert Evett.
Mr.. Bales and the orchestra
played Haydn and Sibelius ex-
ceedingly well. But Mr.. Bales
and Mr.. Mcclure. long cham
pions of new American music,
added even more impressively to
their regulations with a remark
ably adept and perceptive read
ing of the new Evett Concerto.
Robert Evett's Concerto, in
my opinion his best, work to
date. debates compulsive avant-
gardists who attempt to destroy
the past. for it evolves from
conventional sources but the
music is as fresh and alive as
today's conversations.
Movements of the piece are
in the usual -slow-fast Sc
quence of a concerto. When
broken into bits by analysis, the
themes. the rhythms, the har-
monies. the counterpoint, the
forms show no striving for par
ticularly unusual. shock eff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-15
Steffe Is Big Factor

One Of the biggest factors in
the success Of the performance
was baritone Edwin Steffe's NOV
ing rendition Of the role of
Christ. Mr.. Steffe, who has
been heard in Washington before
in both opera and oratorio. is a
singer Of great power. His ex-
quisite diction and easy tech
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-15
NEWS OF MUSIC
St. Matthew Passion
Is EloquentIy Done
nical mastery stood him in good
stead Yesterday.

nical mastery stood him in good
stead yesterday.
Baritone Robert Kirkham,
making his Washington debut,
sang tastefully and correctly
enough. but was obviously out
of his class with Marshall. AL
berts. and Steffe.
The only really unsatisfactory
solo work. however, was that of
tenor David Lloyd, who had con-
siderable trouble in manipulate
ing the high teSsitura and wick
edly jagged lines allotted to the
Evangelist. Fortunately, matters
did improve considerably for Mr.
Lloyd after a rough Part I. and
in his BE still aria he sounded
much more like the excellent
singer so we'll known to local
audiences.
| The more than 200 voices OF
the Washington and Cathedral
Choral Societies, augmented by
the boys of the Washington Ca
thedral Choir, electrified the ca
Ipacity audience with the preci-
sion and nuance of its contribu-
ton. For so large a chorus, this
was no mean feat--but then
Washington audiences are quite
familiar with Mr.. Callaway's
magic touch with such tremen-
douS forces.
The men of the orchestra were
firSt-rate.
There were, Of course, occa-
Sional blemishes unavoidable in
a work more than four hour;
Ilong-for example, a sadly Off
pitch gambia in the Come, heal
ling Cross" baritone aria-but all
in all, yesterdays st. Matthew
Passion must be ranked as one
Iof the finest ever heard in the
Nations Capital, and one of Mr.
Getaways most notable achieve
lmentS.
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Lutheran Choirs Excel
In Mozart Mass in c
By DONALD L. LEAVITT

Church Of the Reformation. julie
zabawa, director; Ruth Dyke, organ.
Soloists; Peggy zabawa. soprano;
ritt. tenor: Donald H Robinson soals bass nal.
At the church. Program: Mass in c,
X. 317. Mozart.
Maintaining its high stand.
ards Of programming and per-
formance. the Combined Choir.
Of the Church of the Reforma.
ton observed Palm Sunday will
the singing of one of the hug,
array of too-seldom heard mas.
terpieces by Mozart.
While the Mass in C, X. 3l7, i
a relatively youthful work, hear
ing a few bars of it is enough t,
certify that 1t is the product O
the composer Of "Idomeneo" ans
THE Marriage of Figaro" TIL,
lovely "Agnus Dei," incidentally
sounds like a younger sister t,
the Dove Sono" from the latte
opera. Composed around tn
same time as the unfinishe,
singspiel. "Zaide," this mas
predates Mozart's better know
operate efforts. But there ar
many things in 1t, such as tn
interruption of one solo quar-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-15
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fects. But a keen ear, a sharp
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EVENING STARS
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The program will be-:
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with the Vienna Philhar-
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Fire Routs Customers
For Exceptional Loss

HOLLYWOOD. April is R.-
A fire in a Hollywood coffee shop
caused damage estimated at sew
Ieral hundred dollars-and then
some.
The extra losses came, the
management explained ruefully
when the $50 customers hastily
departed without paying theii
checks.
The fire started early yesterday
in a kitchen flue Of the Holly.
wood Boulevard Shop.
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NEWS OF MUSIC
BY IRVING LOwENs

washington and Cathedral Choral
Societies. Boys Of the washington
Cathedral Choir. members Of the
National symphony Orchestra. Paul
MarsSsii. Soprano rHS Run ItU'''1 Albert s,
contralto: David Lloyd. tenor; Robert
Kirkham. baritone: Edwin steffe. bari
tone; Werner Lywen, violin: John
Martin. cello: Paul olefsky, viola de
i1tes: Ernest HARRISON s, u oboe oboc;
d'amore. English horn; Richard white,
oboe d'amore, English horn: AIybert
Fuller. harpsichord; Thomas Dunn
positive clavier: Richard Dirksen. or
gan. WASHINGTON Cathedral. Program:
The Passion Of Our Lord According "a
81, Matthew, Bach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
Baptist Council
Elects Officers

Raymond E. Gable. 7O4
Roeder road. Silver Spring, was
elected president Of the District
Of Columbia Baptist Brother
hood Council for the coming
year at the councils seventh
annual laymen's retreat, held
at Camp Wabanna. Edgewater
Nd, last week end.
He is q member Of the Pet
worth-Montgomery Hills Bap-
fist Church.
Other officers chosen were:
william Rice. administrative
vice president; Lawrence Ca.
sazza,. program vice president;
Clifton A. Mack, promotion
vice president; Glenn Haycroft
boys work vice president, anc
Carl Bogardus, mission vice
president.
Also, John Patterson, men,
bership vice president; William
L. Harvey. publicity vice presi-
dent; Russell Price. secretary;
Frank Donald. assistant secre-
tary; Emil Hamlin. treasurer;
Anthony Cassalle. assistant
treasurer and Ray Luby, choris-
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
sos Billion Yield Tops
Excise ! ak Estimates

playing cards during the year
helped contribute nearly 81
million to Uncle Sam. The
purchase Of matches put nearly
So million in the Government
till. And if you bought a FISH,
ing rod or reel you helped swell
those tax collections to nearly
SIS million.
SEQ Million From Cameras
From the sale of cameras,
film and lenses, the Govern
ment collected almost $40 mil
lion. The tax on electric light
bulbs was good for $26 million.
The retailers excise taxes
on luggage, jewelry. furs and
toilet preparations brought in
a third of a billion dollars.
Jewelry alone accounted for
$156.604.000 or nearly half
the total in that category.
The tax on theater admission
during fiscal 1857 was worth
more than SITS million and an
other $54 million was collected
in taxes on club dues and ini-
tiation fees.
Sugar taxes amounted to $50
million. The tax on safe de-
posit boxes was nearly Sc
million and local telephone
service taxes amount to more
than $347 million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
BY the Associates Pres

4 N.
Excise taxes Melted Uncle
Sam more THAI s10.5 billion in
the 1857 fiscal year which end
ed last June 80.
Nearly half the total came
from whisky, beer and ciga-
rettes.
The final tabulation, an
nounced BY the Treasury De-
partEnent today. showed total
excise tax collections of $10,-
647. $4,000 during the 12-month
period, compared to $1,000
l95. 900 in fiscal 1856.
That is considerably higher
than the $9.2 billion predicted
by President Eisenhower in his
budget message to Congress last
January.
Liquor Leads List
The biggest single revenue
producer was the excise tar
on distilled spirits which
brought in $2.121.4ll,0O0 dur
ing the fiscal year. The tar
on beer Melted another $76S
million. and wine was good for
$8S million more.
Total tobacco taxes were
$1.674.050.OOO. Most of this
$3.50. 908. 900 - was on ciga-
rettes. But snu1f users con-
tributed more than SIS million
and cigar smokers kicked in
nearly $45 million.
Those who bought a deck of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Mostly
cloudy this afternoon and to-
night. lowest near 66. Cloudy
and cool with occasional rain
tomorrow. Winds, IL am. to-
day, northeast at Is miles per
hour.
Maryland--Cloudy today, to-
night and tomorrow with rain
by morning. Lowest tonight
$3.50 in the west and in the
COS elsewhere.
Virginia - Cloudy and cool
with occasional rain in the
south this afternoon and to-
night. Lowest in the COS to-
night. Thursday cloudy and
continued cool with occasional
rain. Tides along the coast
and lower Chesapeake Bay are
/ or 2 feet above normal.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Small craft warn
ings displayed along the Vir-
ginia capes. Northeast winds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
Halls
Enp|Oye Sefup

Harris Ellsworth, chairman
of the Civil Service Commits
sion, said last night he feels
the establishment Of a fulltime
administrative assistant to
President Eisenhower on per-
sonnet matters is q good thing.
Speaking at the 10th an
niversary dinner Of the National
Federation of Federal Employees
at the Mayflower Hotel, Mr..
Ellsworth said the appointment
of Rocco Siciiiano as the Presi-
dents personnel adviser will
mean continuous progress in q
modern and co-ordinated per-
sonnet system in Government. "
Until Mr.. Siciliano's appoint
ment this week, Mr.. Ellsworth
had occupied the dual role Of
the Presidents personnel adj
visor as well as csc chairman.
More than 700 persons, led by
members Of Congress and top
Government officials, attended
the NFFE's anniversary dinner.
Senator Marlborough. Demo-
crat Of Texas. a member Of the
Senate Civil Service Commit
tees Pay Subcommittee. pre-
dicted prompt action by Con-
gress next year on Federal pay
raises.
Senator Marlborough said
Federal employees ARE the VIC
Tins Of imitation. not the cause
of it,"
Other speakers included Rep
resentative Hyde. Republican
Of Maryland. and Luther Stew
ard, who headed the NFFE for
81 years until his retirement
several years ago. NFFE Presi-
dent Vaux Owen presided.
A message was received from
President Eisenhower congrat-
ulating the NFFE on its many
years Of service to Government
workers and the country. Mr..
Eisenhower added. Our Gov
eminent is served well and de-
votedly by its civilian employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
HOW TO MAKE


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18

Director Percival Brundage is
planning to resign in the not
too-distant future. Before
coming to the Budget Bureau
last week. Mr.. STAINS was De-
putty Postmaster General.
INTERNAL REVENUE -
James Rivers, director of the
Internal Revenues Public In
formation Division, is resign
ing to become executive
director Of the Tax Executives
Institute at more than double
his present salary. Internal
Revenues information divi-
sion, under the able direction
of Mr.. Rivers and his assistant.
Henry Schneider. is one of the
best IN town.
50 -
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - DR..
John Hagen, director of the
Project Vanguard (earth satel-
lite) at the Naval Research
Laboratory. viii address the
Society for Personnel Admins
tration's first dinner meeting
Of the new season at $50 pm.
Tuesday at the Hamilton Hotel.
DR.. Hagen was on NBC-TV's
Wide Wide World" program
last Sunday Dewey Balch.
vice president for personnel
administration for the General
Mills Co.. will discuss Aspects
Of Management Development"
at a luncheon meeting of the
National Capital Chapter of the
Public Personnel Association at
1918 pm. Friday at the Bur-
lington Hotel The Army's
Once Of Chief of Engineers has
established a welfare fund for
civilian and military personnel
to be used for recreational pur-
poses The Post once De-
partment announces it will con-
tinue for another two years the
blanket surety bonding which
has covered all postal employees
since January /. 1856, without
cost to them Seymour Chal-
fin and lorna Kaukonen of
Labor Departments ONCE of
International Labor Affairs and
members of American Fedora
ton Of Government Employe
Lodge IL have been appointed
labor attaches to serve with the
Foreign Service abroad :. A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18

nine-week special modern ma
sonry seminar for Government
architects and engineers will
start next Wednesday under
the sponsorship Of the Struc-
tural Clay Products Institute,
with morning and evening
classes. The courses are free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18
She'll Kills IA Children

TEL AVN. Israel. Sept. Is
(R.-Fourteen Arab children
we're killed yesterday by the
explosion Of an old shell with
which they were playing. Three
other children were injured,
one seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-18

awards program was distorted
by giving most Of these awards
/ to executives and supervisors
and not to rank-and-flle en-
ployes. The union is headed by
William Ryan.
While some Of these awards
have gone to rank-and-file
white collar classified en-
ployes. blue collar workers
virtually have been ignored.
the union charged. 1t declared
that in the interests of morale,
It would be best to have no
program at all than the pres
ent one.
Charge top" Benefits
No one but top manage
nent has benefited by the pro-
gram" the resolution declared.
The union also adopted the
following resolutions:
/. Establishment of q uniform
policy for a wash-up period, on
Government time, before going
home. It charged that most
Government installations do
not permit such q period and
that consequently many blue
collar workers have to stay
past their regular quitting
time. Wash-up periods are
the rule in industry, the union
declared.
2. Elimination of "speed-up"
systems which the union
charged was prevalent in de-
tense installations.
8. Greater labor representa-
ton on wage board surveys
which determine pay adjust
ments for Federal blue collar
workers.
4. Union recognition legisla-
ton, with true collective bar
gaining" rights for Federal
workers.
S. Modification of the Hatch
Act to allow full participation
In local and national elections. "
s. Retirement after 80 years
service, with full annuity.
&%E
STAINS IN LINE-Rumor at
the Budget Bureau has it that
Maurice STAINS. the new deputy
Budget Bureau director. is
scheduled TO become director
within the next few months,
The rumors are that Budget