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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
DISTRICT HEADS REJECT PLEA
TO SAVE M STREET HOUSE

The Commissioners decided today that they have no
authority to stop issuance Of permit to tear down the old
brick dwelling at 2053 street NV adjoining the Old
Stone House in Georgetown
Organized Citizens of Old Georgetown had pleaded
before the city heads to preserve the structure which
may be more than $50 years old.
Corporation Counsel Chester Gray ruled. however.
that since the house has been condemned by the Board
for the Condemnation of Insantary Buildings the Com
mssioners have authority to step in. He said the
board had been given exclusive jurisdiction by Congress
in such matters.
Mr.. Gray noted that the property's owners had re-
quested permit from the Department of Licenses and
Inspections to the structure and that the appca
ton was sent to the Commission on Fine Arts and
disapproyed But he said the Act for the Preservation
of Old Georgetown does not supercede previous law
relating to the repair demolition Of insanitary or un-
safe structures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
New DC. Legion Commander Plans
Expansion Of Youth Activities
Outsiders May Sign

George A. Lawrey, new COM
mander Of the American Lee
gion in Washington, hopes to
pursue and expand the Legion's
youth activities during his year
in office.
Mr.. Lawrey, 80, an examiner
for the District Unemployment
Compensation Board, was
elected, unanimously to head
the District Of Columbia De-
partment at its convention last
week.
He is particularly interested
in the departments Child We'll
fare Foundation, initiated by
Cartha D. peLoach-the man
he succeeds as commander.
Under this plan, members
contribute directly to a fund to
be used for emergency aid to
needy families. A commission Of
department officials investi-
gates cases reported to the de-
partment, and payments Of SIS
to 500 are given to those
deemed. worthy.
Everybody seemed TO like
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
.U.C.AttorneyHits
Transit Advertising
CoI.WeIIingN Nominated
For Brigodier General

Col. Alvin c. yelling. a.. the
Districts Engineer Commits
sioner. today was nominated BY
President Eisenhower for pro-
motion 10 hrisadier general.
Senate confirmation Is re-
CURED.
Col. yelling. q resident OF
1873 lockwood parkway NV.
took over the Engineer COM
missioner's duties last August.
succeeding Mai. Gen. Thomas
A. Lane.
He Is q West Point graduate.
a native Of Covington. KY. and
was stationed in Heidelberg.
Germany. as deputy engineer
Of the United States Army in
Europe before his assignment
as Commissioner.
Col. yelling has been in the
thick Of District problems. some
of which have been resolved
during his tour Of duty here.
He was instrumental in OBJ
tanning agreement on a route
for U. S. 240 in the District.
And under his leadership. the
impasse over a new Potomac
river bridge was broken.
AS the Engineer Commits
sioner. Col. yelling has also
pushed urban renewal pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29

another activity he hopes to
expand.
Under this program, Legion
posts send junior high school
students, selected by their
schools. for q week-long series
Of lectures in government at a
university. The youngsters hear
talks by members Of Congress
and Government officials and
set up q mock government Of
their own.
I'VE had q boys the first
year Of the program, So last
year, and we hope to have more
than 100 this year" he said.
Mr.. Lawrey, born In Concord,
Mass, was q combat infantry
man in Europe during World
War II and was educated at
the Holy Cross and George
Washington Universities.
He has been a Legion mem
Der his Is years in. Washington
and belongs to Lincoln Post II.
He and his wife, Hazel. live
TAT 40 Sherrow avenue. Falls
Church. ;They have a daughter,
Brooks, q and q son, Steve, =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
Central Area
StudySIated
$4,000 Survey Due
By December 81

Federal planners and down.
town businessmen have agreed
to invest $4,000 in a study to
pinpoint the potentials Of
Washington's central city.
Local planning consultant
Carl Feiss has contracted to
complete the survey by De-
cember 81.
He viii be working for both
the National Capital Planning
Commission and the Federal
City Council. These groups
will share costs equally.
"The aim Of our study is to
place the District in the same
position many major cities al
ready have been placed" ex-
planned Robert H. Levi, presi-
dent Of the Hecht Co., who an
nounced the Feiss appointment
last night as chairman of a
joint sponsoring committee.
I'VE want to draft an action
program to make our central
city attractive, modern and
useful; and in so doing. make
1t financially sound"
This is the first attempt to
merge private business and
Federal planning interests in
Washington into a comprehen-
sive Development program.
Mr.. Feiss, with Offices at
1025 Connecticut avenue NV,
Twill work with Boyd T. Bar
nard, urban real estate con-
sultant of Philadelphia.
Technical aid will be fur
nished by Max Wehrly, direc-
tor, and J. Ross McKeever, as
sistant director of the Urban
Land Institute. 1900 Eighteenth
street NV.
BY November, the study win
be handed to a panel OF the
Institutes Business Distric t
Council for review.
Once their advice is in hand,
consultants win draft the final
report. The technical research
is expected to:
Fix boundaries Of the central
city. Define economic problems,
such as assessment and tax
alton. facing the city. Relate
the central city to the sur
rounding Metropolitan Area.
Analyze what. the downtown
district is now and what it
should be in the future. Com
pare Washington's central city
problems with those Of other
metropolitan areas.
Headquarters for the study
will be in Suite 116 of the Ring
Building. Offices Of the Urban
Land Institute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
Senate 10 Act
On Mediocre
Service Families
Affected by Bill
By CHARLEs q. BROOKS


Senate action Is expected to-
morrow on the controversial
Mediocre program which the
American Medical Association
says is headed for collapse.
Unless the Senate strikes the
section of the Defense appro-
priations bill that would limit
the program to $50 million,
treatment of thousands of the
dependents of service personnel
will revert to physicians and
hospitals of the armed services.
1t is estimated that there are
some 10000 such dependents
in the greater Washington area
with more than $4,000 of them
choosing civilian hospitals and
physicians for medical care.
The others use service hospitals
such as Walter Reed, Bethesda
Naval Medical and Boiling Air
Force Base.
Medicare was established
December 7, 1856. Under it,
wives and dependent children
can choose between military
and civilian medical care with
the Government paying the
bills.
The section was placed In
the Defense appropriations bill
by the economy-minded House.
The restriction was designed
to force the military to care
for more dependents in mill
tary hospitals in the belief
that military medical care is
less expensive than civilian.
The Washington Office Of the
ANA disputed this and cited
a study made at the request Of
the Defense Department re-
leased last May. 1t said in
part:
at is the consensus that
the disqualification cost in the
military hospital system would
be approximately the same as
that in the civilian hospital
system if it were possible to
compute the total cost Of both
systems on the same basis"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
Senate Gets Bill
For Compact on
Transportation

A resolution authorizing the
District, Maryland and Virginia
to enter into a compact to
regulate mass public transpor-
tation has been introduced in
the Senate.
An identical measure was
filed last month in the House
by Representative Hyde. Re-
publican of Maryland.
Senators Beall, Republican of
Maryland. and Democrats
Morse, Of Oregon, and Bible, of
Nevada. sponsored the Senate
measure. 1t picks up the Ian
guage adopted early this year
by the Virginia General AS
sembly in approving the COM
pact. Maryland legislators are
expected to pass the compact
next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29

football player; and william
N. Mcleod, jr, House District
Committee clerk.
Armory Board Chairman
George F. Shea announced
appointments yesterday after
President Eisenhower signed
into law a bill to give Washing
ton a 50.000-seat stadium.
Congress handed to the board
the job Of building and main
tanning the giant sports arena.
Managers Cautioned
In recommending legislation.
Senate and House District
Committees cautioned stadium
managers to sign up both local
football and baseball clubs be-
fore issuing bonds to finance
the structure.
The task is bound to be tick
fish, not SO much with George
Marshall. Redskins owner, as
with Calvin Griffith, Senators
president. Mr.. Marshall has
predicted he could close a con-
tract in 10 minutes. He wants
around 10 per cent Of total
stadium revenues.
Mr.. Griffith has been reluc-
tant, however, to trade the old
Griffith stadium which he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
Plan to Bill.
Parents of
VunduIs Hit

The Districts Council on Law
Enforcement has rejected q
move TO seek legislation holding
parents financially responsible
for damages caused by juvenile
delinquents.
The council said yesterday
such a law would put a dis
proportionate burden on some
low-income families.
The idea was submitted by
the Citizens Advisory Council
for the groups advice.
United States Attorney Oliver
Gasch was elected chairman by
the enforcement group. sue
ceeding George L. Hart, IT,,
who was chairman for the last
three years. Donald c. Glenn
mer, District corrections direc-
tor, was named vice chairman.
Walter F. Bramhall, Munic-
ipal Court clerk, was reelected
secretary.
The council asked George b.
Parks, retiring representative
Of the Washington Bar Asso-
citation, to continue as head Of
a committee studying a re-
ported home improvements
racket here.
Three other subjects will DO
studied. They are:
A change in the indefinite
sentence law to allow judges to
parole prisoners on recon-
Of the institution.
Transfer Of nonsupport cases
from Juvenile TO Municipal
Court to reduce the former
courts crowded docket.
A stricSer law on false adj
vertising.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29

grams and attempts to rid the
Potomac river Of pollution.
Previous service In the En-
gineer Corps has found him
in such places as Burma.
Assam and Alaska. He had
served in Washington before
he was named Engineer Com
missioner by President Eisen-
hover in July Of last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29

planned for the waterfront
after rebuilding.
I'VE feel, however, that all
restaurants now doing bust
ness in Southwest which will
be displaced by redevelopment
or highway construction
should have an equal oppor-
tunity to buy or lease these
new facilities"
Mr.. Searles said he prepared
the letters for inclusion In the
record of the hearings partly
because Of testimony by At
torney Edward F. Colladay who
represents some restaurants
now in the Fish Market.
He said Mr.. Colladay had
inferred the RIA had offered
to give the restaurants land
which now is slated for parks.
Mr.. Searles told the chair
men:
THE RIA has powers only
to carry out plans which have
been adopted by the National
Capital Planning Commission
and approved by the District
of Columbia Commissioners.
We have no powers 10 develop
land except in accordance with
such approved plans.
1T is not possible, therefore,
for our agency to offer certain
areas designated for parks.
Although the matter Of pos
sible plan changes to provide
additional areas for waterfront
commercial uses was discussed
with Mr.. Colladay in our efforts
to propose an acceptable solu-
ton. no actual offers we're
made"
Can't Construct Buildings
Mr.. Searles also declared the
RIA has no authority to con-
struct buildings to replace
those to be demolished.
He reiterated the contention
of planners that 1t is impossible
to provide displaced restau-
rants permanent sites before
construction along the water
front is completed.
II would like to emphasize
that under the present plan,
which was the result Of seven
years Of detailed study, the
areas designated for eventual
waterfront facilities are in the
pathway of the existing Maine
avenue" he wrote.
1T is therefore impossible
TO provide permanent new
waterfront facilities for sea-
food restaurants until a new
Maine avenue is constructed.
This is why we have indicated
that temporary relocation or
cessation Of business is neces-
sary for the restaurants in the
fish market. We feel that it
would be unfair to indicate
that opportunities exist when
in reality they do not"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
Bus Line Moy Use
Richmond Turnpike

RICHMOND. July 20 R.-
The State Corporation Com
mission authorized the Rich
mond and Atlantic Greyhound
Corps. yesterday to operate
buses over the Richmond
Petersburg turnpike.
Certificates granted the PEE
titioners bars the buses using
the toll road from making any
stops between the two cities or
carrying passengers bound
fromNOne city to the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29

owns for the new arena which
he would have to lease. He is
expected to demand a higher
percentage, a share of conces-
sions, an annual lump sum or
all three.
Outsiders May Sign
Presumably, the citizen nego-
tiators would court out-of town
clubs to play in the Nations
Capital if talks with Mr.. Grit
nth bog down.
-Four other negotiations must
also be started soon by the
board, Mr.. Shea said. They will
be with the:
!. Interior Department, on
site transfer. The new law per-
mits Interior to lease the sta
dium tract near the Armory to
the board for 80 years, after
which time the stadium and the
land would revert to the
Federal Government. Secretary
Seaton informally has agreed
to the transfer for a nominal
sum, such as 500.
Interest Rates
2. Treasury Department, on
bond interest rates. These are
to be set by Secretary Ander-
son at going rates" according
to terms of the stadium law.
Congress estimated rates at
close to 8 per cent.
3. Architects, to select con-
sultants to blueprint the sta
dunn. A design urged by pre-
liminary consultants of the
New York firm Of Praeger-
Kavanagh-Waterb calls for
an oval stadium. with stands
that rotate on steel beams to
assure fans seats by the infield
for baseball games and on the
50-yard line at football games
4. Underwriters, to settle
terms of the bond issue. Sta
dunn sponsors have pocket
pledges of aid from local f.
nancial leaders to rally public
and private buyers for the sta
dium bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
Harrison Asks
lfChurter Line
Shares Costs
BY JAMES q. DEANE
star stan writer

d. c. Transit President o.
Roy chalk's "elamorixing" APP
preach 10 running the capitals
transit system came under IRE
from q Public Utilities COM
mission attorney today.
Lloyd B. Harrison. PUG chief
counsel, questioned whether
Mr.. Chalk's business policies
actually should be credited
with attracting new riders.
Mr.. Harrison also challenged
some Of the company's adver-
Using and promotional expen-
ditures and questioned whether
they should be charged on
against regular riders.
James H. Flanagan, Transit
vice president. stoutly defended
his boss business philosophy
and practices under q continue
alton Of lengthy cross-exam-
nation begun two weeks ago
on the transit firms applica-
ton for a September / fare
increase. The company wants
a straight 20-cent cash fare
and q l0-cent school fare.
Better Standing
Mr.. Flanagan reiterated
previous testimony that tran.
sit glamorizing efiorts-includ.
ing a major expansion Of char
ter, sightseeing and other
auxiliary business. are for the
benefit of the mass transit
rider.
The company has contended
that sightseeing and similar
fringe activities help keep tran-
sit in the public eye and give
it a better standing in the
community.
Mr.. Harrison questioned
whether a recent leveling on in
loss Of transit riders should not
be tied in part, at least, to rising
costs Of downtown parking and
use Of taxicabs.
Mr.. Flanagan, disputing this
suggestion, called the effects Of
these rises on transit business
as fractional"
Mr.. Harrison also probed into
the philosophy behind the COM
pany's advertising. Submitting
copies Of a newspaper ADVERTISE
ment appearing this week In
connection with a new feet Of
air-conditioned buses, he noted
that the ad contained the
legend. under the d. c. Transit
name, "An affiliate of Trans
Caribbean Anyways"
Owned by Airline
Recalling that the company
has charged of half its charter
and sightseeing advertising to
its mass transit operation, he
asked how this ad would be
charged.
Mr.. Flanagan replied the
regular transit service would be
charged.
Mr.. Harrison then wanted to
know whether ans-Caribbean
Airlines, which owns D. c.
Transit and also is headed by
Mr.. Chalk, wouldn't benefit
from the. ad. He asked why
part Of the cost Of the ad
shouldn't be charged to Trans.
Caribbean.
The PUG counsel noted that
all transit advertising carries
the same legend.
Mr.. Flanagan, however, said
Mr.. Harrison's suggestion would
be Illogical" He asserted that
the airline does not benefit
from the advertising In any way
similar to the benefit to the
transit system as q whole from
the use Of its name in ads for
its charter and sightseeing
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29

become available after South
west redevelopment.
He repudiated statements in
ferring he had offered to
restaurants in the Municipal
Fish Market. sites now desig-
mated for parks in renewal
plans.
In letters to the chairmen Of
Senate and House District SUBJ
committees which have con-
Quoted hearings on the Dis
trict's request to rae the Fish
and Farmers Markets, Mr..
Searles said:
"In all matters relative to the
waterfront development, our
agency is in complete accord
with the District of Columbia
Commissioners"
Displacement Required
Construction of the pro-
jected Southwest freeway and
Washington channel bridge
requires demolition of the mar
kets and displacement Of res
taurants in them and in nearby
areas.
Concerning these restaurants.
Mr.. Searles wrote:
There are a number of sea-
food restaurants in Southwest,
the largest and most numerous
of which are not in the NUM-
cipal fish market. Attractive
waterfront facilities, including
seafood restaurants, are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
SeorIes Sees Agencies
In Accord on Markets

John r. Seares jr executive director Of the Redeveop
Land Agency today told Congress the RIA and District
Commissioners on plans to transform the washington
waterfront.
Mr. Seares also asserted all waterfront restaurants should
equal opportunity to buy lease choice land which will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
HE WAS VERY MODEST

HE WAS VERY MODEST
about the success Of his COM
pany in swimming upstream
against the tide of nationally
advertised flour milled In
Minneapolis or Buffalo by
the big name milling cor
porations.
There is no mill in any
Northern city that does an
entirely local business, adj
vertising its product and
selling 1t under its own
brand in the food stores of
its area. There is a mill at
Ellicott City, Md, near Balti-
more, but its entire product
goes into the prepared mixes
put out by the Doughnut
Corp. Of America, which
owns 1t.
There are some local mills
in Southern cities-in Ten
nessee, the Carolinas and
Texas-that do a local bust
ness. But none have the
variety Of product.
The success was due, he
said, to the fact that his
company began producing
and selling a self-rising
flour in 1890. The selling
was more work than the
milling. but his father and
partner got it placed in
Washington's stores and
Washington grew.
In addition to their
Washington" brand flour
and prepared mixes they put
out a full line Of poultry and
cattle feeds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
Stodium Group Seeks
To Sign Two Teams

four-man committee has been named by the Armory
Board to negotiate contracts with the Washington Redskins
Senators for Of the cy newly authorized stadium
Members Morris Cafritz builder Philip Talbot former
president of the United States Chamber Of Commerce
Of Trade Ralph Pttman lawyer and former BAYLOR University
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29

the idea." he said. "and we
gave put considerable money"
The Boys State program is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29

-O
INSIDE WE MET a slender
young man, s. H. Rogers, jr,
the 36-year-old president Of
the concern.
THAT lineup Of trucks. |"
he said, "has nothing to do
with the bumper crop. We
have had a big crop in this
region as well as in the West.
But this backlog Of trucks is
due to mechanical failure.
The regional crop is almost
all in. This is the tag end.
I'VE depend on the canal
for power, and you prob
ably read about the break
in the canal that left the
Potomac Clipper, the canal
boat operated by National
Capital Parks, stranded
more than a mile from its
Georgetown terminus.
Lack of water in the
canal cut off our power.
Fortunately we can tap
PEPCO's power grid. It takes
about IL hours to make the
change-over.
CAS- you can see, water Is
back in the canal. We
started to change back to
our own power last evening.
1t should be working now but
we have found that the oil
pump lubricating our tur-
bine is not working. So we
have no power and can't
empty these trucks"
The company was started
by his father and a partner
in 1914. It took over a prop
erty called the Cissell mill.
At one time, there we're seven
mills in Georgetown operat-
ing on the fall between the
canal and the river.
The fall from the canal to
the Mills power units is
80 feet.
1--WE don't operate with
the old understood water
wheel and the grinding
stone," Mr.. Rogers said. But
much of our power is me-
chanical and transmitted
directly by shafts and belts
not by electricity. But 1t is
not a wheel, it is a turbine
directly under this building.
And 1t does not turn stone
mill wheels but corrugated
steel rollers, which grind the
grain.
However, we have a small
hydro-electric plant operat-
ing on a similar fall near
Key Bridge. So we have
both direct and electric
power in this building"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29
The
Rambler
80. Checks on
Record Wheut Crop

BY TINS LIIue, We PROBABLY
all are aware that We are IN
a year Of q ncaf-record wheat
crop. There were pictures In
the papers OF Oklahoma
farmers standing IN wheat
that was almost.-well not
quite--as high as an ele-
plants eye.
As the harvest hands move
from Kansas 20 Nebraska
and into the Dakotas, the
experts In the Department
Of Agriculture estimate this
years crop IS second only
TO 1e47's.
This years win be I'm the
neighborhood Of i.s4s 100000
bushels. The 1877 crop was
1859. 100000 bushels.
The Rambler has noticed
high stands OF wheat beauti-
fully cared. IN his recent
motoring through Maryland
and Virginia.
What's all this bumper
crop doing to our local miller
on the Potomac, the Wilkins
Rogers Milling Co.. Inc Of
Georgetown? The thing to
do was to make q personal
not a telephone-call and
find out.
Trucks bearing the golden
grain were lined up more
than a block on X street
under the viaduct.
Evening star., 1958-05-07

CHEVY CHAsE-FAMILY HOME
VALUE. Navy capt. being trans
ferred. Beautiful big family home
In Immaculate cond. Ship-sha pc
inside and out, offering center re-
ception hall. sitting rm., music
rm. or study, lee. din. rm. today's
modern kit. powder rm. plus huge
summer porch. LIST A.: bed
rms, bath, end A.; 5th bed
rm. and bath, 3rd n. Located on
the prettiest street In the entire
community. Realistically priced in
the mid-20s. Call OIL. 6-9344.
once open o It'll q. THOMAS J.
FISHER q CO., INC.