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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
TWO-STAGE BICYCLE THEFT
TRAPS PAIR OF JUVENILES

A couple Of l4-year-olds with penchant for first
rate merchandise had to stage robbery last night in two
phases before they were satisfied.
Shortly after midnight, police said the youths shipped
of the locks the door Of the Mount Vernon Cycle
and Sports Shop at 422 Ninth street NV. and made
straight two Dutch racing bikes-one red one black
Touching nothing else the thieves pedaled of toward the
southwest
fiat tire on one of the bikes brought the pair to
halt There nothing they could do but to head back
to the shop and make repairs from third bike.
Their error in taking the same toward the
southwest
Police caught up with them at Eleventh street and
Maine avenue S.W. The unhappy youths being held
for Juvenile Court action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13

president Of Howard, told the
subcommittee that Within
grade increases have already
been agreed to and that he
could assure the transferred
employees Of other benefits.
Defends Policies
To Mr.. Bernoff's allegations
that Howard University's labor
policies would be unwelcome to
Freedmen's employees, DR.. John
son emphasized that Howard
has lone Of the best groups Of
longstanding employees in the
city"
He said he had called Mr..
Bernof suggesting a meeting
tomorrow afternoon. The full
House Education and Labor
Committee meets tomorrow
morning.
After failing to get subcom-
mittee agreement at the execu-
tive session following today's
hearing, Representative Elliott,
Democrat of Alabama. chair
man Of the special education
subcommittee, set up another
session for GAS am. tomorrow.
AS the open session, ended,
Representative Green, Demo-
crat Of Oregon, asked DR..
johnson why it would hurt to
postpone action till January
since the bill needed an APP
preparation. DR.. johnson ex-
planned that HEW had some
funds that would be available
for planning now. DR.. johnson
added that the hospital is an
integral part of a six-point
program for expanding Howard
medical education program and
this part of the co-ordinated
program is already three years
behind schedule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
Morse Halls
Poll on ) Bills
Hits Acceptance
Of Teacher Scale

Senator Morse. Democrat Of
Oregon, has halted q poll of
the Senate District Committee
on three House-passed bills.
The measures would Cd al
low razing of the Municipal
Fish and Farmers Markets:
(2) guarantee businesses dis
placed by redevelopment pri-
ority aid in relocating, and CD
increase teachers retirement
pay by 10 per cent.
The poll was ordered by the
committee without objection at
a meeting last week. But one
objection from a committee
member can stop it.
Senator Morse made his de-
mand late yesterday. He said
he would insist that the COM
mittee abide by all parlia-
mentary rules.
Committee Counsel William
Gulledge promptly obeyed. The
informal query was to have
been directed to Senators to
speed up action as end-of-the-
session business continued to
overcrowd the Senate calen-
dar.
Senator Morse acted after
Senate conferees had agreed to
a House version of legislation
increasing school teachers pay
by IA per cent. He protested
that Senate conferees aban-
doned a 16 per cent compromise
suggestion contrary to full COM
mittee instructions. So far, the
committee staff has been UNI
able to find those instructions
in minutes of the last commit
tee meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
Army Dental Head

1t. Col. Edmund S. Olsen Of
Kensington, Md. will direct
the United States Army's CEN
trail dental laboratory at Wal
ter Reed Medical Center here,
the Army has announced. He
succeeds Col. Marion L. Mills,
who retired last month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
Porkond WoterInterests
Clash Over Canal Use

gineer District IL years ago.
Preliminary findings in the cur
rent Army engineer survey of
the Potomac watershed indi-
cate the site is still desirable
to assure adequate drinking
water, flood protection and
other benefits for the growing
Washington area.
Representative Christopher
emphasized the vast population
increase in the area. "A pure
clear water supply is one of the
unacceptable requirements of the
public" he asserted. THE time
is long past for making the best
possible use of water in the Po-
tomac Valley"
Overall Plan Stressed
His main fear, he said, in
connection with the pending
Gao bill, is that any substan-
tial development of the canal
area would increase the diff
culties of putting into effect a
comprehensive program of
river basin development such as
the engineers ultimately will
submit to Congress.
Isn't it true that the more
money you spend on a Gao
park, the less chance there will
be Of properly developing the
Potomac Valley on an overall
basis?" the MisSourian asked.
Mr.. Wirth's reply was that
his agency would look at the
problem from a practical
standpoint" The NPS director
pointed out that the additional
land which the agency would
acquire in the River Bend area
would be available to the engi-
neers should a River Bend dam
and reservoir be authorized.
Representative Miller, Re-
publican of Nebraska, was in
terested in a compromise that
would permit park development
yet would not interfere with
any plan to build a dam. A
companion Senate bill contains
"a provision to this effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
BY JOHN w. STEPP
star stan Writer

Public park and water supply
interests in the Potomac River
valley clashed head-on today as
a congressional hearing re-
sumed on a bill to make a ma
tional historical park of vir-
tually the entire length of the
Chesapeake g. Ohio Canal.
Conrad L. Wirth, director of
the National Park Service. as
serted fatty that he prefers
park use of the l85-mile water
front stretch from Seneca to
Cumberland, Md, over a water
storage dam in the vicinity Of
River Bend. just upstream from
Great Falls.
Mr.. Wirth was asked di-
rectly by Representative Chris
topher, Democrat Of Missouri,
whether he opposes or favors
a River Bend dam.
Still Opposed
THE Park Service opposed
it in 1916 and we would oppose
it now if the Army Engineers
would recommend it," he
stated.
Mr.. Christopher seemed in
credulous. you mean you
would oppose a dam even II
it were the most feasible and
reasonable use of the river in
terms of benef1ting more peo-
pie in the Metropolitan Area?"
the legislator asked.
Modifying his statement,
Mr.. Wirth said he would be
broad minded" about it, es-
'pecially II the engineers were
to take all the values into con-
sideration.
He added, however. he be-
lieves other water supply
sources than a reservoir at
River Bend are available to
meet Metropolitan Washing
tons future domestic water
needs.
A water storage high dam at
River Bend was last recon-
mended by the Washington En-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13

raising the existineq 71aEcent
school fare. Tokens now sell at
five for IS cents.
Mr.. Falk opposed q company
plan to drop weekly permits,
Instead, he urged increasing the
permit price from 80 cents to
ST. Permit holders would con-
tinue paying 10 cents a ride
Cross examination on the Fax
proposal was set TO, 1850 am
next Monday. The commission
then will also hear spokesman
for transit's sightseeing com
petitors. ~
Rejects Company FOrmula
The transit company's fare
proposals are intended to take
effect September /. They will
do so automatically unless the
commission denies or orders
them before that time.
Mr.. Falk rejected a fare-fix-
ing method urged by the COM
pany.
The company has asked to
have its allowable return ano
its fare based on its gross rev.
enue, which exceeds SIS million
annually. Instead. Mr.. Falk
proposed a rate base of So
893,189, which would allow 9
less liberal return and require
lower fares.
He said his plan would net
the company a 1853 per cent
operating return or well over
the SIS per cent suggested as
mot unreasonable in the
transit franchise.
Mr.. Falk also submitted an
alternative rate base figure OF
$14,167.375. Figured on this
basis, the Falk fare proposals
would net the company a 5.37
per cent return, the commission
aide said.
Elimination Of weekly per-
mitS as proposed by the COM
pany, when added to the other
fare changes, would increase
the return to 8.84 per cent and
SIT per cent respectively, &C.
cording to the alternative meth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13

BUT THE RAMBLER
wasn't getting a strike.
Irving was concerned about
1t and kept checking the
lure, but still no fish struck.
Young Don Fogel got a
couple Of fish; but not the
Rambler.
The fishing Stacked off
and there was relaxation
and talk. Cab Feldman said
that the limited popularity
of the sack, chemise, trapeze
and bell dresses had given
the dress shops a bad year.
DR.. Feffer said the publicity
concerning the unsuccessful
operation on Arthur God
frey's hip was the worse
thing that had happened to
orthopedic surgery in a
decade. And AL Fogel said
Washington was the worst
taxicab city in the country
for the fleet operator.
The fishing picked up
again but 1t was getting
embarrassing. There we're
about 80 fish in the cooler
and the Rambler hadn't
caught one. Finally at a
quarter to 5 he hooked one.
We we're going in at $50
when Cap'n Roxy noticed
gulls diving for minnows.
That meant rockfish. We
put out our lines there and
by Z had caught another
waShtub of rocks. The RAM
bier caught a few of them.
He's going to have fresh
caught fish for dinner to-
night-that's for sure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
Carpenter, as, Dies
On Construction Job

A 45-year-old carpenter on a
construction project in the 1900
block of Connecticut avenue
NV. was found unconscious at
his job and was pronounced
dead shortly afterwards at
Washington Hospital Center.
Alfred H. Degrosiellier of liz
East Groveton street, Groveton.
Va, had been Welding alumni
mum doors on the fifth floor Of
the project, police said.
The body was taken to the
Morgue for autopsy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13

Secretary of Health. Education
and Welfare. making it clear
that a new hospital to replace
the old Freedmen's depends
completely to the transfer of
the hospital to Howard. II
would become the teaching hos
pital Of Towards expanded
medical teaching program.
DR.. McGuinness emphasized
that the pending legislation for
the transfer would provide the
community with "a better hos
pital, better medical care for
the patient and better medical
education for Howard Univer-
sity students"
Union Concerned
But the union. with some zoe
to 300 members among the 654
Freedmen's Hospital employees
gave the subcommittee a diff
ferent view. Samuel Bernoff
president of Local /, American
Federation, of State. County
and Municipal Employees, ALL
CLIO, was apprehensive as To
the employees future under
Howard.
So far, the hospital employees
leaving Civil Service have been
assured in the bill itself of con-
tinued protection under the
Federal Retirement Act and the
Group Life Insurance Act.
The bill also provides that
agreements to be worked out
between Howard University
and the Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare will in
clude provisions to insure
Freedmen's employees that
Howard University will con-
tinue the same salary levels
and provide other benefits for
them as nearly equivalent as
practicable to Civil Service
benefits.
DR.. Mordecai w. johnson,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
ABC Chief Quizzed
On Liquor Transfer
Asked If Poll
Blocked Wishes
Of Neighbors

A Federal Judge today Ques-
toned whether the Districts
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board may have "fiagrantly
overlooked the wishes" Of
neighbors in granting a liquor
license transfer on MacArthsr
boulevard.
Federal Judge Luther w.
Youngdahl put the question to
Frank E. Weakly, chairman Of
the board. during a District
Court hearing on a request by
the Palisades Citizens Associa-
ton and three individual plain
tiffs for a preliminary injunc-
ton to block the transfer Of
the license held by Macarthur
Liquors, Inc. from 1881 to 5l38
Macarthur boulevard NV.
The Judge did not wait for
the answer to this question, but
Immediately asked Mr.. Weakly
If he thought the board had
complied with the law In the
way 1t determined whether or
not a majority of the residents
near the new store location
were for or against the license
transfer.
Mr.. Weakly said he felt the
board had acted properly.
4l2 Opposed Transfer
When the hearings started
yesterday, it was brought out
that 4l2 residents in the area
protested the transfer. It was
also shown that after a July
hearing on the matter the
board made a population sur
vey, determining that a ma
jority of the owners within 500
feet Of the new location had
not properly protested the
transfer.
Testimony by Mr.. Weakly
showed that the board had its
inspectors make a count of the
houses in the area. then applied
q Census Bureau multiplication
factor Of "a to come up with
q population figure of 929.
Some 4l2 persons had opposed
the transfer at the hearing.
But this morning Judge
Youngdahl asked Mr.. Weakly
two questions bearing on the
"a census figure.
Are you aware the latest
factor used by the Census Bu-
reau is actually 2.2?"
mo, sir" Mr.. Weakly an
swered.
"Are you aware this factor
has no relevance to houses but
only to householder" the Judge
said.
Yes, sir. but it was all we
had to use," Mr.. Weakly an
swered.
Protests Discounted
Under questioning by James
M. Earnest, attorney for the
citizens association, Mr.. Weak
ly said the board had dis
counted some of the protests
because they had been filed on
the wrong form. He admitted
that the forms, however, con-
tanned the same information.
The ABC board chairman
said that board rules require
that protesting owners must
represent a majority Of the
square footage within q 600
foot radius of a new liquor
store location in order to sue
cessfuhy oppose a license trans
fer. He said that figures made
up by the boards staff show
the protestants recognized by
the board owned only about 20
per cent of the property in the
area.
Mr. Earnest maintains that,
If al 1.-The protestants had been
recognized, they easily repre-
sented a majority of the square
footage ownership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13

DDS of figuring. Mr.. Falk said
he felt an 8.8 per cent return
would be excessive.
Mr.. Falk based his support
Of weekly permits on a recent
gain in their use. He said this
might be partly responsible for
improved transit business.
The accountant said his pro-
posals for fares producing a 7.6
per cent return probably would
make it necessary for the COM
pany to pay some District motor
vehicle fuel taxes, from which
it has been excused to date
because the annual return has
been figured at less than 6.5
per cent.
Sightseeing, charter and linn
CUISINE operation of the Transit
company, which Mr.. Falk said
are losing money, were ex-
cluded from his proposed rate
base. He also said in submitting
his proposals that he was as
Stunning Congress would not
grant a school fare subsidy.
Committee Favorable
The Senate District Commit
tee yesterday filed a favorable
report on a bill to have the
District Government pay the
difference between school and
adult fares.
Duane Vieth, attorney for
Gray Lines, Inc, participant
in the fare case, asked the COM
mission to investigate a re-
ported statement by Mr.. Chalk
that a ascent fare would be
sought if the subsidy is refused,
Arthur T. Sonnenberg, PUG,
economist, told the commission
transit has Jagged in convert
ing to an all-bus system.
Mr.. Falk commended the
company, however, for its re-
cent purchase of 100 new buses,
81 Of them air conditioned. He
counted in the approximately
$2.6 million cost Of the buses
in his rate base figure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
CommissionAide Backs
7 ronsit Fore PIonin Part
By JAMES G. DEANE
Str stan Writer

D. c. Transit system as partial backing from the Pub
lie Utilities Commissions staff in its proposal for fare rise
J. William Fak, chief Commission accountant yesterday
Endorsed the transit request for straight 2Ocent cash fare
and 10-cent school fare.
The company wants to do away with tokens as wen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
Freedmen's Transfer
To Howard Is Argued
HEW Ties Shift to New Hospital,
But Union Feurs Civil Service Loss
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
star stan Writer

House Education and Labor Subcommittee today heard
arguments transferring Feedmen Hospital to Howard Uni
versty but deferred until decision giving
consideration TO labor objections.
The subcommittee heard testimony from Dr. Aims c. Nc
Guinness special assistant health and medical affairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
Health Chiefs
Criticized BY
Veteran Aide
House Unit Leader
Worms Finucone
Against ReprisuIs

Or. Arthur Buddington. a
veteran Health Department
employe. today sharply criti-
cized his superiors In the Dis
trict government before a spe-
cial House committee.
Acting Committee Chairman
Mcmillan, Democrat OF South
Carolina, Immediately requested
Health Director Daniel Finu-
cane TO refrain from making
any "reprisals" on DR.. Budd-
ington or other employe wit
nesses.
mo. SIR" promised DR.. Finu-
cane. I'VE accept the study Of
this committee as an attempt
TO help u.s."
The House unit. headed by
Representative Davis. Democrat
OF Georgia. was formed last
year to investigate administra-
ton Of health. public works
and tax programs with the
Government.
DR.. Buddington charged that
morale in his Bureau Of Food
and Public Health Engineering
was lower now than 1t had
been under former bureau chief
Walter Burdette. Mr.. Burdette
resigned in 1857, under fire.
william Cary was named his
successor over DR.. Buddington,
No. 2 man in the bureau ad-
ministered by Mr.. Burdette.
Tells Of Complaint
DR.. Buddington testified that
he was told two months before
the Cary appointment that his
own work, was in part, unsatis-
factory.
Assistant Health Director
Frederick Heath told me that
the mud from DR.. DanieD
Seckinger and Mr.. Burdette
had rubbed of on me-" DR..
Buddington said, in answer to
committee questioning.
The conversation took place
at a May, 1857, conference
lasting from 3 pm. to $3.50
pm, according to DR.. Bud
dington. He said he was so
shocked afterwards that he
went home and made full notes
of the talk.
His notes showed that Dr..
Heath had said, IF you repeat
what I told you. III deny It."
DR.. Buddington said he
would repeat at the commit
tees insistence DR.. Heath's
statement because he regarded
| it as a threat. n
Earlier Probe Recalled
DR.. Seckinger served as
health director Immediately
prior to the appointment Of
DR.. Finucane, named in 1857.
DR.. Seckinger's administra-
ton was strongly criticized by
a special study ordered by
Representative Rabaut, Demo-
crat of Michigan, who handles
the Districts money bills in
the House. This study led to
the probe now under way by
the Davis committee.
DR.. Buddington reported that
DR.. Heath had told him that
everything would have been
all right" in the Health De-
partment except for the Rabaut
report.
Representative Matthews,
Democrat of Florida, and a
Davis committee m e m b e r,
praised DR.. Buddington for his
frank and refreshing" testi-
mony. He asked the health Of
ficer how he accounted for the
low morale.
DR.. Buddington replied that
promotions often did not go to
seasoned employees. Pay is a
factor. he said. He added that
the Rabaut report itself was
demoralizing to department
workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
The
Rambler
-. Finds Thot
Gloss Will Tell
by GEORGE KENNEDY

II see that you are be-
coming quite a deep-sea
fisherman; caught a tuna
off Ocean city, said Irving
Fogel 10 the Rambler.
HAS that spoiled bay
fishing for your How would
you like 10 60 out with Us
after rockfish Tuesday,"
There's nothing the RAM
bier would rather do on 4
workaday weekday than 80
fishing. But It's hard to
find someone who will take
a day off and play.
But Irving Fogel, who is the
proprietor Of Irving's Sports
Center, Tenth and Z streets
NV, has the good sense to
go fishing every Tuesday,
winter and summer.
So yesterday we started
early for DeAle, a pleas
ant little small-boat harbor,
which is one Of the ports Of
the Bay close to Washing
ton-only about 80 miles.
And by o we had showed
off from Capt. Harry
Manifold's dock in the
Suzette, with Capt. Roxy
Neiman at the throttle. He
wasn't at the helm because
he was allowing Irving's
14-year-old son Donald to
steer the boat out Of the
harbor-and that was the
big event Of the day for Don.
Cap'n Roxy is a big young
man who paddles about his
boat in bare feet. It's a big
boat, As feet long with a
cabin, bigger than the oyster
boats in the Bay. He built
1t, which shows that the
craftsmanship Of the water
men is not disappearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13

1T WAS 9 O'CLOCK, the
water almost mirror-like-
not a ripple on it. A mist
was still rising that made it
a hazy world. AS we passed
the little breakwall, duck
blinds doomed out of the mist
on both sides. Swallows
were fitting above the
smooth surface of the Bay
and then a flight of a dozen
black ducks flying in close
formation fast and low over
the water crossed our bow.
AL Fogel, Irving's older
brother who is president Of
Yellow Cab in Washington,
said:
That means an early fall"
We we're heading south
past Holland Point towards
Chesapeake Beach. Cabot
Feldfnan, a former Bostonian
who is proprietor of the
Jenny shop on Connecticut
avenue, said:
II think Irving Fogel is
one Of the best fishermen in
the East. Wait till you see
him catch them"
AS the rods, lines and
lures were made ready, the
Rambler learned that rock
fish are caught by trolling a
feathered hook with a strip
of pork rind behind it at
about 4 miles per hour. The
hook is weighted with lead
weights for the depth desired
and sometimes the fish are
taken near the bottom.
We put out our lines at
$3.50 am. and at 1912 AL
Fogel caught the first fish.
Three minutes later he
caught another. Then Henry
Feffer, an orthopedic sur
geon, hooked one but lost it
while lifting it over the stern.
The champ wasn't doing
so well. We took up our
lines and crossed the Bay
to Sharp's Lighthouse off
Tighlman's Island, and
started fishing again. Here
Irving showed his talent.
He was pulling them in two
at a time with the two lures
on his rig.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-10
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