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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25

last week. For the year start
ing July /. for example. Mary
land will get $50 million in in
terstate highway aid money. in
stead Of the $33 million 1t had
expected earlier.
Norman M. Pritchett, State
Roads Commission chief engi-
neer, said he will recommend
to his commission next week
this speedup:
/. A start of bridge construc-
ton early next year.
2. A start early next year on
a portion Of the Washington
circumferential ssway
from the bridge site to River
road. and extension of Route
$40 from its present terminus
near Tuckerman lane in Be-
thesda toward River road.
Precise starting dates on the
new projects will depend on the
availability Of State funds
needed to match the Federal
aid money.
Virginia highway officials.
meanwhile. said the early bridge
start fits In with their plans
to LET grading contracts this
fall On the Virginia portion Of
the Washington circumferential
road starting at the Cabin John
bridge site.
Land acquisition already is
under way in Virginia and OH
Gals said they hoped construc-
ton contracts could be let by
October from the Cabin John
site at least to Old Dominion
drive. Virginia will get $l06
million this July in interstate
aid money. but also is hard
pressed to come up with the
needed State matching funds,
officials said.
On the Maryland side Of the
river, the main immediate con-
nection for the Cabin John
Bridge is expected to be the
George Washington Memorial
parkway. Two lanes Of the
parkway now are being graded
between Chain Bridge and
Cabin John.
This week, District and Fed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25

"IT WAS WON by R. E.
Dale of the Internal Revenue
Service, who hit 1t right on
the noses months, 0 days
and % hours.
I'VE do our best to give
our customers flavor for a
reasonable price. We serve
no frozen foods and make
our own soups. But I think
the increase is due largely
to Rita. She'll be 7 months
old tomorrow. I wouldn't
call it the hard sell"
Maurice Milstone Of the
Acme Liquor store was up
stairs playing gin. His SON.
in-law and manager, Joe
Biever, admitted business was
off a little but said that was
entirely due to the days Of
the big snow when many Of
our customers couldn't get
here"
Louis Hodges Of Hodges
restaurant on Ninth street
said he couldn't complain.
The roast beef SANDWICHES
that we're a dime are selling
for so cents.
Ernest Guy of Guy, Cur
ran, Inc, the quaint looking
wholesale dry goods business
at D street, said business was
good.
Final call was made on
Jimmy Lake. Jimmy was
tending bar in his place next
to the Shubert Theater, for
merly Lakes Gayety Bur-
lesque.
Il used to play Buffalo,"
said Jimmy, "at the old
Gayety Theater, a burleSque
house. Late in 1901, the
sheriff's son used to like
to stand in the wings. One
evening he invited me to
dinner, and, to my surprise,
took me to his fathers
quarters in the Jail.
Would you like to see an
important MANI he asked,
and he took me downstairs
and there was Leon Czolgosz,
the man who had shot Presi-
dent Mckinley a few weeks
before.
Il was so young that I had
to ask him why he did 1t.
He said:
81 joined this group not
knowing they were anarch-
lists. After a time they said
this had to be done. Some
one held out a broom and
we all pulled straws from it..
I got the short straw"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
Women Voters Cited

The Prince Georges County
League Of Women Voters has
received a citation from the
Lane Bryant Awards for out
standing community service In
1857. when it supported legis-
lation for a juvenile court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25

HIS FIRST CALL was at
the Tenn Penn Restaurant.
The proprietor, Jean Paul
Bernier. made a quick check
in his books and said that
he was doing Is per cent
better than last year.
How did you do it?" asked
the Rambler admiringly.
did you give EN- the hard
sell?"
Mr.. Bernier's reply was:
II think 1t was due to
Rita.
ITS Q family story, but II
you don't mind, I'll tell II.
I'm from Massachusetts,,
OF French Canadian stock.
My restaurant experience
has been largely in Howard
johnson restaurants. I met
my wife, her name was Alma
Little, when ! was manager
and she was a waitress In q
Howard Johnson at Rich
mond-you know, the one
that you almost run into
entering from Washington.
This is the first time
we've had a restaurant Of
our own, and we had two
children, a boy and a girl.
when we took over. Roxanna
is now 6, and Antonio, that's
the French spelling. is 1.
MY wife was the cashier
here, and when she left last
summer most Of the regular
customers knew that she was
going to have a baby. They
asked me so many questions
that when the event oc-
CURED I put a great big sign
in the window:
"It's A Girl
And I was so proud-the
French Canadians love chill
dren-that for the next few
days coffee and cigars were
ON the house. We named her
Rita, and after a few months
we had her picture taken.
1t was such a cute picture
that ! had it blown up to
billboard size, put it in the
window, and offered a al
inch TV set to anyone who
could guess Rita's age at
the time the picture was
taken. Customers wrote their
guesses on 1850 cards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25

VI EObOhiuS WabCA ANoOhANCo.
appearance before the Joint
Committee on Washington
Metropolitan Problems.
Responding TO q direct Ques-
ton. he pointed out that II q
drought equal to that Of 1890
were 10 recur nine years from
now the river fiow past Wash
ington's water intakes would
be about one-half Of the mini
mum requirements Of the area
Similar shortages under the
same conditions in subsequent
years, he added. would be
progressively worse owing to
population increase and per
capita water use.
Irrigation Demands Grow
His calculations. he said. dc
not take into consideration
farm irrigation demands which
have been steadily increasing
in the Potomac Valley.
Obviously interested in the
progress Of the Potomac survey,
committee and staff members
questioned Col. Sumner closely
on the adequacy Of Federal ap-
preparations to date. The engi-
neer stated that unless funds
are raised to q figure close To
$500, 900 for the next two years
the study simply will not be
finished as scheduled by 1861,
I'VE ought to go as fast as
we can" Col. Sumner testified
Senator Beall. Republican Of
Maryland, clearly indicated he
favors doubling the $230.00C
now budgeted for the 1853 por-
ton Of the continuing survey
Similar support came from
Michael w. Straus. former U. s
Reclamation Bureau commits
sioner, who added the Potomac
watershed should be developed
to It's full potential. This. Mr.
Straus said, would include con-
struction Of as many multi
purpose dams and reservoirs a
might be economically feasible
Aware Of Opposition
! He said he was aware OF op'
position to such development
In all my experience ! nevel
have known q river basin We
where water storage proposal
were anything but controver'
sial," he said. But we have go
to keep in mind the creates
good that can be done for tn
greatest number of people"
/ DR.. Harold Kennedy, directo
of Public Health for Fairfa,
County-Falls Church. comedies
that the present program o
building numerous sewage treat
ment plants on small stream
may not be ideal" But. d.
Kennedy added. the current So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
Carpenter Is Called
Sane by Psychiatrist
1867 Drinking Water
Shortage Held Possible
Engineer Warns of vitoI Need
For Potomac Storage Facilities
BY JOHN STEP
star star Writer

Metropolitan Washington faces definite chance" Of
drinking shortage by 1867 unless water facilities
built in the Potomac River watershed Joint congressional
committee was told today
The warning came from Col George B. Sumner. Washing
District Engineer conducting comprehensive
Potomac This Col second
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25

CAUSES STIR-This red
haired woman, identified
by the Secret Service as
Mrs. Edith Finch Of Brook
line, Mass. Is driven away
in custody after she tried
to reach President Eisen-
hower's side when he left
the Smithsonian Institu-
ton yesterday. Described
as telling q story Of not
being able to collect her
Army husbands allotment
checks, she got within 6
or Z feet of the President
before being stopped as he
went to his car after view
ing the Churchill painting
exhibition. She was taken
to District General Hos
pital for observation
Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25

million sewage disposal pro-
gram OF the county is q ire
mendous step" in any case.
bearing in mind the financial
problems Fairfax authorities
face.
River Sitting Up
Earlier, the committee was
told that the Potomac in the
Washington area and farther
down the stream is sitting UP
at an alarming" rate.
This report came from John
C. Geyer. professor Of sanitary
engineering at Johns Hopkins
University. Mr.. Geyer was as
ISOLATED with the Abel Wolman
consulting firm which recently
surveyed the pollution situa-
ton.
One Of the solutions for re-
ducing the amount Of the mil
lions Of tons Of top soil being
washed annually into the area
is the construction Of q major
dam on the Potomac. prefer
ably In the vicinity Of River
Bend, the expert witness as
serted.
A large structure Of the sort
proposed for that location IL
years ago would suitably catch
the slit for many. many years
before the reservoir itself would
start getting seriously filled
with this material.
Key 10 Water Supply
A River Bend dam. according
to its supporters, would also be
the key tot guaranteeing ar
adequate water supply fol
Metropolitan Washington fol
many years into the future
The proposal, which is vigor.
ously opposed by other area in.
terests. would also provide rec.
reation facilities as well al
flood protection for the area.
On the. question Of silt. Mr.
Geyer pointed out that large
dams have proven much more
effective than smaller ones. HI
mentioned the small structure
built on the northwest branch
Of the Anacostia River at Burnt
Mills several years ago for sup
| plying water to the Washington
Suburban Sanitary District.
This reservoir, he noted, /:
now all but useless having be-
come virtually filled with silt
Mr.. Geyer agreed with com.
mittee staff chief Frederick
Gutheim that improved con-
servation practices on up-rivel
farm and forest lands coulC
help reduce erosion of the soil
and consequent river siltation
by as much as so per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
Youth Is Slain
In Street Fight
l Street Junitor
Held in Stubbinq

One OF q quartet Of Balti-
more youths holding a bach
elor party" in Washington last
night was stabbed to death in
q street fight.
The victim, John Melvin
Gordon. Is. was pronounced
dead at the Washington Medi-
cal Center shortly before mid
night. The fight took place
several minutes earlier on the
sidewalk in front Of 1875 L
street NV.
AVERT Wilson. S.. janitor Of
the apartment house at the l.
street address, was charged
with homicide. Arraigned at
4 am. in Municipal Court. he
was ordered held without bond
for action Of the grand jury.
As Capt. Lawrence w. Hart
nett Of the police homicide
squad reconstructed the story.
the four youths had left Bal
timore at $50 O'Clock last night
TO hold a bachelor party" in
Washington for one Of them,
Peter James Robinson. 10. who
Is TO be married May 81.
Went to Cafe
They went to a restaurant in
the l400 block Of I street NV.
where they drank beer and
watched q ''live rock-and-roll
show"
Then they went outside and
on the sidewalk were approach
ed by q young man dressed like
q dude in q f1attop hat and a
white coat" who offered to
show them some fun" The
four went with him to the L
street apartment house.
There. Robinson went in
side with the young man while
his three companions waited
outside. After a time, one OF
the three went in to get
| Robinson. While inside, he
heard a noisy argument in the
street and went back out to
find young Gordon lying on
the sidewalk with q stab wound
in his chest.
A crowd. drawn by the noise,
described the assailant to police
who arrived a few minutes
later. Police identified him as
/ Wilson. the janitor, and ar
rested him about 2:25 am
when he returned to the apart
ment house where he lives and
works.
Janitor's Story
/ Wilson told police he had
tried to warn the youths against
going into the apartment build
ing because they would lose
all their money there" but that
the youths abused him. He
said Gordon lunged toward him,
slipped and fell against the
knife.
The weapon. a l2-inch hunt
ing knife, was found in a bloody
sheath in the apartment build
ing. police said.
/ The dead youth, Gordon
was married. His l7-year-Old
wife has a child and is expect
ing a second. Because Of her
condition, police did not notify
her Of her husbands death but
reported 1t instead to his par
ents, who also live In Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
Bridge at Cabin John
Nav Be Started in $50
River Sitting Up

Construction start early year the Potomac
River bridge Cabin John with the expectation that 1t will
be completed in 1861 Maryland roads officials said today
sepup the bridge project which had been thought to
years away made possible by increased Federal
highway aid funds provided in the act sgned by the President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
The
Rambler
IL. Feels the
Economic Pulse
BY GEORGE KENNEDY,

This column Will enc win
q footnote 10 history.
And that is an accident.
What the Rambler set out
10 do yesterday was 10 check
on this recession, which
seems TO be getting on
peoples nerves.
The Rambler began his
check In q Pennsylvania
avenue block that has been
a retail row so long that In
most cities II would be SUI
fering from urban blight"
The block was that between
Tenth and Ninth streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28
Pickets Praise
Student Quiz

Pickets who protested the
appearance Of Russian AM
bassador Mikhail Menshikov
on q network televiSion pro-
gram with a panel Of college
students yesterday later de-
elared the American students
acquitted themselves so well
they wished they had carried
banners boosting the program
instead"
Bella Bachtai. national Sec
Rotary of the American Hun
garian Federation. said Hun
garian students in New York
who originally stimulated the
picketing called after seeing the
show to praise the American
students.
One Of the panelists was Ed
ward Kennedy, younger BROTH
er of Senator Kennedy. Dem
ocrat of Massachusetts,, who is
q student at the University of
Virginia law school. Mr.. Ken
nedy told a reporter after the
show he felt the Ambassador
was not as direct in his
answers as he might have
been"
Mr.. Bachkai was one Of the
three pickets. He said from re-
ports of friends who saw the
program he felt that this was
far from being a glorification
Of the main actor in the
drama" He praised the tire
mendous degree Of intelligence"
show by college boys and girls
who asked the questions.
The students appeared on
Ruth Hays College News Con-
ference on the American Broad
casting Company's teleyision
and radio network.
Mr.. Menshikov told reporters
after the broadcast he was not
aware the program was being
picketed. He smiled and
shrugged when asked to COM
ment on the action.
Mr.. Bachkai said the Hun
garian students in New York
were angered by ads in a New
York paper advertising Mr..
Menshikov's appearance.
One Of the pickets carrying
Egns-one read "ABc-Tv I'm
fair to Hungarian Students
before the studios Of WMAL-
TV at 4461 Connecticut avenue
NV. was Ernest Malinits. a
45-year-old millworker from
Youngstown, Ohio. who came
to Washington to protest the
Ambassadors appearance. He
said he came to this country
after the Hungarian revolution
In 1856.
The third picket was Halsey
Waters. II, Of Asbury Park.
N. j., a student at Georgetown
University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28

negotiating sessions this after
noon. II declined 10 discuss
details In advance.
However II was learned
that In exchange for the ex-
tension - which would make
contracts expire Just when 1859
models ere ready for intro
duction-the union will ask
the. automakers 10 cut car
prices and boost unemployment
BENEFITS.
Companies involved are Gen.
errl Motors. Ford and Chrysler.
Present JAW contracts expire
about June with all three.
The union said none OF the
three has seen the new pro-
posal. But q spokesman for
one Of the companies, who in
sisted that his Arm remain un-
identified at this time. said a
drafting OF its rejection al
ready is In the works.
The amount Of the car price
slash was not disclosed. It
was understood the union
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28

TO obscure the problems that
can be created by Intervention
that is too much too SOON"
he wrote.
President Carl Z. Allen OF
the Chicago Reserve Bank said
the current recession Is the
result Of unsubstantial growth
In recent years" He added that
while he favored q program
Of tax reduction over q period
Of time, he believes nothing
should be done until II Is pos
sible TO reduce expenditures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28

wants supplemental unemploy-
ment benefits Sub raised
from the present go TO 65 per
cent Of worker take-home pay
10 30 per cent.
Some 100000 Of the JAWS
1850. 900 members now are
laid OF. The union itself Is
laying of 100 OF It's employees
while cutting the salaries OF
Its top executives by 10 per
cent.
Union Advantage Seen
II the industry accepted the
contract extension, the pacts
would run out just as industry
is ready 70 introduce It's 1853
models. Observers said this
would give the JAW a bar
gaining advantage since so
many JAW members now are
laid off and a strike at this
time to back up contract de-
mands would do little more
than help the industry cut
production of an already over
stocked market.
The JAW is seeking a profit
sharing plan, a wage increase
and other benefits in negotia-
tons on present contracts.
The unions newest plan was
reported agreed upon by the
JAWS executive board last
week.
Excise Tax Involved
Another facet Of the proposal
would have the union joining
with the big three in urging
the Federal Government to 40
away with the 10 per cent auto
excise tax as a means Of beef
ing UP auto sales.
The current SUB plan pro-
vides q laid-off worker with up
to IS per cent Of his take home
pay for the first four weeks Of
his unemployment and up to
so per cent for the next %
weeks.
The contract-extension plan
would ask for an increase to
80 per cent Of take home pay
for So weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28

measures may be sufhcient 10
check the business downturn.
1T seems TO me 10 be too
early 10 launch steps along
these lines" wrote Joseph A,
Erickson, president OF the Fed
eral Reserve Bank OF Boston.
IF the business decline ac-
CELEBRATES. then action OF this
type will be appropriate"
Gut Urged Conditionally
However, they said vigorous
steps In the form OF prompt
acting Governmental measures
would be indicated" II consum-
er spending Is cut back sub
stantially this spring.
Under such conditions, they
said yesterday. "a substantial
but temporary reduction In
broadly based taxes would be
most effective and appropriate. /"
They spoke OF cuts In personal
income and corporation taxes
and excise (salesl levies.
Expressing the view that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28
Reserve Heads
Back Tax
If BUYING Laos
ny CECIL HOLLAND
Star stan Writer

A cautioning word about
cutting taxes as an antireces-
sion measure has been voiced
by presidents OF the country's
Federal Reserve Banks In re-
spending 10 a Senate Finance
Committee uuestlonnaiie.
They also warned against
large-scale public works prof.
ects and emphasized. In general.
q feeling that the steps In de-
veloping easier credit and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28
Driver Study Aided

The University OF Maryland
will offer q limited number OF
scholarships TO high school
teachers for summer session
driver education study. Dead
line for application Is Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28

duction 10 combat the busi-
ness downturn.
Iniiation Greater Danger
Malcolm Bryant OF the At
lanta Reserve Bank wrote that
because there Is danger OF q
long-run imitation and prob
ably less danger OF q long-run
recession. and because the
burdens Of the Federal Govern
ment are stupendous. fiscal
measures 10 relieve the recess
sion should not come before
there Is reasonably convincing
assurance that something more
than a relative minor economic
adjustment Is involved"
A similar view was expressed
by II. N. Mangels. president
OF the San Francisco Reserve
Bank.
Two-Edge Problem
THE very real fear Of policy
actions being too little and
too late should not be allowed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28
JAW Offer Limited
To Big 3 Price Cuts

DETROIT April 20 N1.-The United Auto Workers Union
today win propose that It's contracts with the big three
makers be extended for three months One OF the companies
already was reported drafting It's rejection.
The JAW said the plan would be presented TO regular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28

duration. Mr.. Erickson warned
against steps that might con-
tribute 10 imitation.
The course OF the recession
10 date" he said. would sug-
gest that II substantial deficit
financing were undertaken,
either through temporary tax
cuts or increased expenditures.
infiationary pressures might
soon re-assert themselves"
Chairman Byrd. Democrat OF
Virginia, sought the views OF
the II reserve bank presidents
as part OF the Senate commit
tees investigation OF the coun-
try's financial condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-28
~ Questions Asked

He submitted IL specific
questions ranging over q broad
economic area.
The replies Of the bankers
largely support the position
taken by President Eisenhower
and congressional leaders
against an immediate tax re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-18
Miss Ethel linn
|Enqoqed to Wed

DR.. and Mrs. Charles
James linn Of Brooklyn and
Washington announce the
engagement Of their daughter
Ethel Marie to Mr.. Raymond
Joseph Kern, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roman J. Kern. also Of
Brooklyn.
Miss linn was graduated
from Holy Cross Academy.
the Lenox School and the
Junior College Of the Packer
Collegiate Institute. and Is
now attending Marymount
College In New York.
A debutante Of the 1885,
Sc season. she was presented
to society at the Yuletide
Ball in Brooklyn.
Mr.. Kern was graduated
from st. Francis Preparatory
School and is a student at
Brooklyn Polytechnic Insti-
tute.