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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
HAYDEN PRAISES
STARS STORIES
ON EAST FRONT

Senator Hayden. Demo-
crat Of Arizona, yesterday
urged all Senator'S to read
the editorial and news
stories in The Star on the
controversy over extension
of the east front of the
Capitol.
The Arizona Senator,
who heads the Appropria-
tons Committee. said The
Star has taken an intelli-
gent and straightforward"
approach to the issue in
contrast with the treat
ment from time to time by
some newspapers and-mag-
azines.
Senator Hayden said The
Star articles fortify his be-
lief that as Senators be-
come aware Of the actual
facts. they will be con-
WINGED the plans should be
carried out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

tributors actually ever any Of the thousands Of
people served by the agencies. Though they have
not seen. yet they have believed. Truly our home
town is blessed
And great is the power that results from the
outpouring Of such faith. 1t is far better world
for what the believers have done
1t is also better world because in the very act
of unsefish giving based on faith the giver per-
sonally is spiritually the richer and more in tune
with God. Faith and belief in the power Of the
human spirit can build mountains of peace and love-
as surely as faith in the power of the atom can
destroy mountains of stone
The Easter season is a time for renewal of faith
and belief in those realities which may not always
be privileged to see.
Tomorrow: harrington d. Parker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

Faith is as real today as
it was following that first
Easter morn when Jesus said
to Thomas, the doubter,
Blessed are they that have
not seen, and yet have be-
lieved."
Last fall, 100000 residents
of the Washington area vol
UNFAIRLY contributed funds
land many their time, also)
to make it possible for l40
agencies to assist many thou
sands of people in need of
health, welfare and recrea-
ton. Very few of the con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

A quotation appearing in The
Stars "Lenten Thoughts" series
last Friday was enormously
attributed to the poet Robert
Browning.
The quotation is 1.-THE world
is too much with us: late and
soon, getting and spending, we
lay waste our powers" These
words are actually the first two
lines of a sonnet by william
Wordsworth,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
So Ask to Testify
On Teachers College

A total of SO persons have
asked to testify on the future
of District Teachers College at
a hearing scheduled for 2 pm.
tomorrow in Franklin School.
The hearing has been called
by a special committee Of the
Board Of Education now ex-
aiming the future course of
the school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

Icornice-are badly damaged in
some places and offer some
possible prospect of danger in
the not very remote future.
For example, a large piece of
the cornice at the internal
angle of the portico fell about
a year ago. If that had been
over the steps, it might have
been serious"
Other records, dating back
to the early days of the 10th
century. report complaints OF
the quality Of the walls, and
difficulties of maintenance.
Marble Intended
William Thornton, the archi-
tect who drew the original
design which was accepted by
George Washington as the
pattern for the east front
intended that the front be
constructed of marble. He was
over-ruled for reasons of econ
omy, however. and the builders
turned to the soft Aqua Greek
sandstone which even then was
being discredited as a lasting
permanent material for claS-
steal construction.
The people who want to ex-
tend the Capitol today say that
had Mr.. Thornton's wishes been
met. there might be one less
reason now to argue for the
extension they say is essential
If the east front really is to
be preserved.
1t is significant that, in their
voluminous testimony against
the extension, critics have gen.
Grated little fire against the
claim that something has to be
done about the east fronts de-
terioration. One charge they
have generated is that j.
George Stewart, the present
Architect Of the Capitol, is not
an architect.
And that's true. For several
years before his appointment
in 1854 Mr.. Stewart was a poll
tician "a member of Congress
from Delaware and a congress
sional employee. But Mr..
Stewart also is an engineer, and
he made his money from a
family construction firm which
specialized largely in the vir-
tually lost art Of stone masonry.
That early experience, Mr..
Stewart says. is one of the
things that give him a healthy
apprehension about the state Of
the Capitol today-and a
downright distrust of the alter
native proposals Of some Of his
expert" critics.
Tomorrow: The Alternatives
to Extension.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
DREW's EXCITEMENT

DIRE WIS EXCITEMENT
was mounting as he explored
the tufts and crevices of
the turf.
Look" he said, there's a
henbit deadnettle about to
bloom. Isn't that a peculiar
name for a fiower?"
We walked along the
rivers brim but saw no
primroses, yellow or other
wise. Drew pointed out
one obvious change. The
branches and twigs Of the
elms no longer traced deli
cate patterns against the
sky. They are thick with
their little blossoms, which
now have gone to seed.
The willows on the rivers
brim are turning an olive
color, which can be noticed
looking across the river.
Most Of them are on the
Virginia shore. We came
upon some willows on this
side. We pulled down
branches of a weeping will
low. Then we could see that
change in color was caused
by tiny leaf shoots emery
ing from the slender buds.
There were fat robins and
a flock of Sparrow-like birds
that Drew identified as pipitS
the Rambler still thinks
they were sparrows. We
heard the song sparrow and
a call that sounded like the
meadow lark. Drew said it
was a pipit.
1t was just a half hours
walk from the Jefferson Me-
mortal. At the end, Drew
said:
I'm so glad you got me
away from the desk. Things
are much further advanced
than l thought"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
CountyExtends
IntegrationP|dn
Bourd Member Hits
GroduoI Approach

The Montgomery County
Board of Education last night
adopted an indignation program
for the 1859 school year,
which one member called
legally and morally wrong"
Mrs. Rose Kramer charged
the program is IAN effort to
delay the desegregation pro-
gram" and drag it out about
20 years.
The program expands the
three-year-old desegregation of
county schools into the up
county area, giving the 1900
pupils in four Negro elementary
schools and TOO in secondary
schools the right to apply for
admission to the schools near
est their home.
Mrs. Kramer, citing the Su-
preme Court ruling Of May II,
1854, which said separate ed
ucational facilities are inher-
emily unequal" said the system
would result in a limited num-
Der of Negro pupils actually
entering integrated schools.
She recalled that last year,
at this time, predictions were
made that 500 Negro pupils
would transfer to integrated
schools. but that only 200 ac-
tually transferred.
More Figures Given
Fred C. Dunn, jr., chairman
of the school systems special
committee on integration, re-
ported that about one-third
of the country's Negro pupils
are in desegregated schools. He
said he expects 200 Negro
pupils to enter integrated high
schools for the first time next
fall but that he had no eSti-
mate of the number of Negro
elementary pupils who will
enter integrated schools.
The school board defeated q
move by Member Wylie Bar
row to remove the superintend-
ent's authority in deciding
whether a Negro pupil could
transfer to an integrated
school, or transfer back after
entrance into an all-colored
school. Mr.. Barrow said the
pupils choice should be "a
matter of right" not subject
to the discretion of the SUPER
intendent.
The board heard its director
of research, Maxwell R. Bur-
dette, report that the annual
testing program showed Mont
gomery County pupils far above
the national average in all
subjects tested.
The tests showed, however
that despite strong gains in
the last three years. that third
and sixth grade pupils were
below expectancy in arithmetic
reasoning and that ninth
grade pupils fell below ex-
pectancy in spelling.
Fuss Over Release
His reports set off a row over
release of the test results on
a school-by-school basis.
Mr.. Burdette explained that
the testing programs can be
understandable to the parent
only If the achievement is
weighed against the potential Of
the student. He added thai
parents can obtain the results
Of the tests on their children
by visiting their children's
teachers.
Asked whether parents are
aware that the pupils take the
test and that the results are
available. he said. "the ones
who go to PTA know it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

NEAR THE JEFFERSON
MEMORIAL, Drew pulled
down a branch of a cherry
tree and examined the buds.
I They were a bit swollen and,
at their tips, a roundish
bulge of green was emery
ing-petal substance.
In front of the Jefferson
Memorial, workmen were
applying a robin's-egg blue
paint to a stand for speak
ers and distinguished guests
of the Cherry Blossom Fes-
tival.
Maybe the cherry trees
will be in bloom for Thomas
JefferSon's birthday" said
Drew. That's April 49,"
We walked over to the
garden between the memo
rial and the river. In the
warmth Of the spring, this
spot is glorious with pansies,
narcissus and forSythia.
In the widespread beds, a
few dwarf blooms of pansies
we're Drawing the chill, and
they didn't look very happy.
We examined the branches
Of the forsythia, which by
this time should be fountains
of yellow. They weren't do
ing a thing.
Our naturalist was getting
desperate. He got down on
his hands and knees on the
turf.
Look, he cried excitedly,
"the chick weed is in bloom.
Drew" said the Rambler
severely, you are never
going to get people in this
area, or any other, enthu-
siastic about chick weeds
rising"
But look" he said, heres
veronica or speedwell. It's
one of the few blue blossoms
In nature"
Sure enough, there was a
tiny blue blossom in the
grass. But to appreciate it,
the Rambler, who is so ma
terialistic that he demands
quantity as well as quality,
would have needed a micro
scope or at least a magni-
flying glass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
Grntrtt Thnughts
How the Bible Has Affected
Lives of People You May Know
BY FERDINAND v. GRAYSON
Executive Director, United Givers Fund

No one has ever atom, but would anyone
deny its existence or its great power?
How could we be less believing in unseen things
that have to do with the human spirit?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
Hyde Urges Eisenhower
To Develop Gun Foctory

Representative Hyde Republican Maryland has urged
action by President Eisenhower to develop the
59year-od Naval Gun Factory for future weapons pro-
gram -
The fate of the former Navy Yard uncertain with
the changeover from to missiles Nearly 500 workers were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
The
Rambler
-. Pokes Around
For Signs of Spring
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Today's opening of the
Cherry Blossom Festival has
been postponed until tomor-
row.
In anticipation, the RAM
bier decided to go to the Tidal
Basin and look things over.
He acquired an expert
guide by telephoning an old
hiking companion, Drew
Chick, a naturalist with the
National Capital Parks.
Don't you think you're
rushing the season." was
Drew's mild protest over the
telephone.
Rushing the seaSonl" the
Rambler retorted in high in
dignation. do you realize
that the sun came over the
yardarm Thursday? Don't
you suggest that I'm rush.
ing the season when I ask
you to find me some signs
of spring almost five days
after"
Drew, who is a mild-man-
nered man from San Fran
cisco. where they have spring
much of the year, made no
further protest. He prob
ably was glad to get out Of
the Office.
We walked together from
Interior to the Tidal Basin.
Look" he said hopefully,
as we crossed the Monument
grounds, "the onion grass
is up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
Drive Started Here
To Give SoIk Shots
Polio Deaths Cited to Stress Need
Of InocuIoting Everyone Under 40

The District Medical Society the Health Department
today opened about campaign to nocuae everyone under
40 with the Salk vaccine.
Dr. w. Watts the societys president declared that
private physicians would closely Health
Department He said the socety executive board met last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
Woodward Backs
Pugh for Judge

Charles w. Woodward of
Rockville, Md. former chief
judge of the Sixth judicial Cir
cult, has Endorsed the candi-
dacy of James H. Pugh for
Montgomery County Circuit
Court judge.
Mr.. Pugh, Democrat, is OPP
posing the Republican incum-
bent, Judge John R. Reeves,
who was appointed two years
ago by Gov. McKeldin.
Judge Reeves headquarters,
meanwhile, today announced
appointment IF Mrs I, ""'"n
Smith as director of organiza-
ton for his campaign. olie nAs
been a resident Of Wheaton for
II years.
Mr.. Pugh's announcement
also disclosed the Endorsement
of his candidacy by Stedman
Prescott, jr.. deputy State at
torney general. The candidate
will join other Democrats in a
tour of the Bethesda Election
Districts It'll precinct this eve
ming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
] Killed, 6 Injured
In 4-Cur Pileup

A 19- year -old Baltimore
youth who was standing in a
filling station giving directions
to a motorist was killed yester-
day and six persons were in
jured in a four-car crash on
the Baltimore boulevard near
Route l76 in Harwood, Md.
State police said George C.
Floros died when he was
crushed between a parked car
and the gas pumps at the filling
station.
He was giving directions to
Mrs. Carol Ann Buettner, 20, Of
Baltimore, who was trying to
reach Carney, Md.
Police gave this account:
A car driven by Army Sergt
Grover Mansel, 81, stationed al
Fort Meade. collided with a cal
driven by the Rev. John Gary
Deal, So, of Baltimore.
This caused the Deal cal
to carom into an unoccupied
parked car in the filling sta
ton and then into the Buettnel
car, police said. Mansel was
charged with driving without
a license and with man.
slaughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
Judge Reeves Hits
Cars as Cause Of
Juvenile Trouble

Automobiles are a contribu-
ting factor in causing juvenile
delinquency, Judge John r.
Reeves OF the Montgomery
County Circuit Court said yes
terday.
Car-owning youngsters, with
great mobility. can get away
from home and into trouble,
he said.
But the Judge stressed that
he would not bar youngsters
from driving. He said that was
a family problem" which de-
pended more on the youths
responsibility" than his age.
He made his comments on
the Georgetown University
Forum televised over WTTG
yesterday. Others on the pro-
gram were Juvenile Court
Judge Emmett Mamma, jr., OF
Prince Georges County, and
the Rev. Albert F. Grau, S. j..
director of Georgetown's Psy-
Geological Services Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22

I won't hurt YOU and Stevie
just smiled.
They had arranged to blow
horns when he was found" she
said. I'VE heard the first horn
blow. and then horns began
blowing all over. We cried and
danced up and down"
Mr.. Wagner dashed out to
meet Mr.. Iden, grabbed the
child and hurried into a wait
ing ambulance.
"UnbuttOn Me"
Il just got glimpse Of his
face, but he seemed all right, +"
she said.
Hospital officials were sur
prised at his good condition,
but said they would keep him
there a few days for observa-
ton.
When he first arrived, nurses
hurriedly began stripping of
his Sodden clothing.
Mrs. Wagner said Steve told
them calmly: You'll have to
unbutton me first"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
ShopIifter
Gets l Year

A District man got a one
year Jail sentence in Silver
Spring Peoples Court today for
shoplifting.
Judge Einar Christensen inn
posed the sentence on Theodore
A. Garland, 20. Of the 700 block
of Park road NV, who police
said was a narcotics addict.
Garland pleaded guilty to a
charge of theft filed after he
was observed shoplifting last
Tuesday at the Hecht Co. store
in Silver Spring.
In ordering Garland COM
mitted to the Marland House Of
Correction, Judge Christensen
said that narcotics users and
shoplifters coming into Mont
gomery County from Washing
ton won't be treated lightly"
Montgomery County Detec-
tive Sergt. Harold Treadwell
said Garland had served time
previously for possession Of
narcotics.
Garland was arrested, he
said, outside the store after
Hecht Co. personnel saw him
take several pairs Of pants and
a coat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
Two Schoolgirls
Hit by Cars
On Way to Gloss

Two girls, 6 and 10 years old,
were injured seriously today by
cars while walking to schools
in Arlington County, Va, and
Prince Georges County. Md.
Mary Lou Thompson, 6,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Thompson. 50l6 Will
liamsburg boulevard. suffered
two broken legs. She was adj
mitted to Arlington Hospital.
Police PVT. James K. Hayre
said she was on her way to
jamestown Elementary School
wnen sh. was strucK by a car
operated by Mrs. Marjorie Tay-
lor, Ill, OF the 1000 block of
Emerson street, Arlington.
Mrs. Taylor, who is a Negro,
brought a successful court chal-
lenge OF Virginias segregated
seating law in Arlington last
year. She was quoted by po-
lice as saying the child darted
into the front of her car.
In the second accident, Kath-
leen Safchick, 10, of 4763 Sixty
eighth place, Woodlawn. re-
ceived a fractured skull when
struck while walking to the
Woodlawn School. She was adj
mitted to Prince Georges Coun-
ty Hospital.
Police said the accident &C.
CURED on Greenvale parkway,
east of Woodlawn drive. They
quoted the driver, Mrs. Bobbie
D. Carter. "A. of 1904 Sixty
ninth place, Woodlawn. as say
ing she was blinded by the sun.
No charges were filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
Hecht Buyer
Dies Crash
On Turnpike

One Hecht Co, employee was
killed and another critically in
jured In an automobile accident
near the southern tip of the
New Jersey turnpike yesterday
afternoon.
Injured fatally was Frank E.
rimoner, SO. Of 6l0l Sixteenth
street N w., women's coat buyer
for Hecht downstairs stores.
The passenger in his car.
Harry E. Cohen Of 1918 Strout
street. Silver Spring, suffered
a punctured lung and possible
back injuries Of which x-rays
were TO be taken today.
State police said the north
bound Timoner car skidded in
the rain, jumped the turnpike's
medal strip and collided with
a car driven by Mrs. Marion
ODonnell, SIS. Of Port Even.
N. Y.
Mrs. o'Donnell. her daugh-
ter, Nancy, 20, and son Mitch
ell, 10, attached TO the Naval
Receiving Station here. were
all seriously injured and adj
mitted to the hospital.
The Hecht Co. employees were
going TO New York on a buying
trip.
Mr. Timoner leaves his wife,
Clare; three sons, Stuart
Monte and Edwin, two broth
ers and three sisters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
BODYBUILDING
Squirt BRINGS
SPLIT CLASSES

The new school opened in
the Burning Tree area of
Bethesda two weeks ago al
ready is overcrowded and
some Of its pupils forced TO
gon on halliday sessions.
School authorities say
they lost a race with a
home builder. More homes
and more children were
available before the school.
tits not unusual. 1t has
happened before" said Les
ter j. WEIGH, planning di-
rector for the Montgomery
County Board Of Educa-
ton.
What it means now is
that 81 first grade pupils
at Burning Tree Elemen-
tary School, of River road.
today began classes on a
split shift basis.
The school has an en-
rollment of 329. This is 70
more than an estimate
made last June.
Its eight classrooms are
in full use and two classes
are using the schools multi
purpose room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
Schools Fight
Cutin Funds
ForTeuchers

District school officials are
determined to save IS teaching
positions, cut by District budget
officials, in the hope that class
size ratio can be reduced to 81
pupils to one teacher,
The ratio would be realized.
if the teachers are allowed. by
next September. 1t would APP
ply only to elementary grades.
This year, the ratio is 1874 to /.
The plea before the District
Commissioners, scheduled to
take up the budget next month,
will be based on the stand that
the additional teachers will not
increase the part-time class
load
Until building programs catch
up. school officials are faced
with finding class space for any
new teacher hired. 1t was in
dicated at the last session of
Congress that members of the
House subcommittee on Dis
trict appropriations are not
ready to grant new teachers if
the part-time load is increased
Last summer, for example,
school officials asked for 100
new teachers. The House al
lowed IA. Then. after search
ing for space and deciding to
use auditorium space for class
rooms, school officials told the
Senate they could reduce part
time classes despite the new
teachers. Eventually, the Sen
ate and House allowed l02 new
teachers. Part-time classes
were reduced from 1853 to 10.
School officials now feel they
can hold the line" on part
time classes. although there is
little hope of any reduction.
Their pitch to the District
Commissioners for the IS new
positions will be along these
lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
HoIIins College
To Admit Men

HOLLINS. Va. Sept. % (AP)
For the first time in more
than 100 years, the doors Of
Hollins College are open to male
students.
The college is inaugurating a
program Of graduate study this
year, leading to a masters de-
gree in psychology. Men will be
enrolled.
Not since 1852, when the "fe-
male seminary at Botetourt
Springs" closed its doors to boy
students and opened the session
with 81 girls, has a full-time
male student attended classes
at Hollins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-22
D. c. Woman Hurt
As Car Strikes Roll

A Washington woman. on
her way to visit an ailing
brother in Philadelphia. was
injured last night when the car
In which she was riding skidded
on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
and crashed into a guard rail.
Maryland State police said
the injured woman was Mrs.
Marie Hageman, so. of COS G
street Sc. She was reported IN
satisfactory condition today IN
Sibley Memorial Hospital with
q fractured leg. Mrs. Hageman's
husband Paul was driving the
car, police said.
Police said the car apparently
hit a slick spot on the road and
skidded into the guard rail.