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Evening star., 1958-09-28

enterprises that he needs telephone in the white
Continental coupe he drives another in the black Cadillac
limousine in which he is driven third in the 83-foot
indesel yacht which he cruises and $650-a-month
telephone tie line between his Washington and New York
offices just to keep track of what is going on.
He and his wife live three months of the year in
New York, in fabulous 12-room apartment in A mil
lion building they own. They in Washington for
perhaps four months year, staying often their
yacht in Washington or Annapolis than in the $10OOa
month Mayower Hotel suite which prepared for Harry
Trumans use when he left the White House Odr. Chalk
Truman could it for brief stays but he has always
declined) The rest of the time the Chalks trave-to
Florida, to the Caribbean, to Europe.
Roy Chalk's home and offices in New York are fur
nsed with matchess antiques and hung with priceless
paintings by contemporaries and old masters Among the
Renors and Dongens Roualt he insists is the finest
in existence.
His newly decorated office at D. C. Transit head
quarters also filled with antique furniture pieces Visitors
have compared it to the Blue Room in the White House.
Mr. Chalk will not allow his telephone to stand top Of
his Duke of wellington desk but prefers to keep it in
drawer And new Stereophonic hi system is hidden in
Heppewhite breakfront its twin speakers concealed
behind blue and gold Queen Anne chairs
His favorite games chemin de fer and craps. He
has miniature roulette wheel at the end of his watch
chain friend says he believes Roy Chalk would like to
be President United States but cannot because he is
a naturalzed citizen.
Among his friends are ambassadors, university pres-
dents newspapermen and hnanciers He the organZ
Continued on Page A.22, Col l
Evening star., 1958-09-28

District motorists. These are
typical:
A left turn traffic light at an
intersection where the signs bar
left turns.
A mo parking entrance" sign
iii front of an empty lot where
a hotel used to stand.
A one-hour parking sign in a
block where all the other signs
allow two-hour parking.
''No parking. loading zone
signs in front of a brace o.
empty stores.
Half block long streetcal
platforms at stops used by only
a handful of riders.
Highway Director j. N
Robertson, who ordered the
survey by his traffic engineers
said yesterday that steps are
already being taken to get rid
of one of the long-standine
motorists complaints: The me
left turn" signs that spell ouI
the effective hours in the small
print.
Mr.. Robertson said that 10(
flashing neon mo left turn
signs are on order and 10 arr
expected to be installed soon
These will be lighted only q
the hours when the bar to lef
turns is in effect. The onl!
Evening star., 1958-09-28
ADAMS DROPPED
BY SOCIAL LIST

GREEN BOOK" the soeioI list
Of Washington, dropped Shermon
Adoms' name even before he on
nounced his resignation from tho
White House. Stoff Writer Betty
Beole reminisees on how the presi.
Dental ossistont was lionized at
porties during his tenure. The story
is on Poses D-2 and D-3 tOdoy.
MOVIE REWRITEs hove been
the rule in Hollywood, with few top
shows as originals. The Stur's
drama critic, Jay cormody, dis
cusses whether the movies con
survive on rewrites; comes to the
conclusion thot all hope is not lost.
See THE Posing Show" on Poss
Ell.
AUTUMN's coLoRINe is az
irving later thon usuol in New
England, but full spIendor is due
this week, Travel Editor Jock Jonos
writes from Vermont, His story i
on Pose B-24.
LOOK AT YOURSELF. A top
flight model hos discovered two
secrets thot enobk q womon to
detect her real self end thus select
clothing to make her olwaYs we'll
dressed. Every woman will won't 10
read DO You Hove Mirror Myopial"
in This Week Magazine.
TEEN WORKERS earn their own
spending money, but they also ore
soinins on eorIy erosp in their
chosen careers while they're still in
high school and getting academic
credits. See todoy's cover story ia
Teen.
Evening star., 1958-09-28
D. c. to Escape
Direct Effect Of
Storm Helene

Weather Bureau officials pre-
dicted last night that WASH
ington will escape any direct
effect from Hurricane Helene.
The highest winds expected
here were about 80 miles an
hour.
Washington's weather was
due for a change but not be-
cause of Hurricane Helene.
George H. Brown, Weather
Bureau forecaSter for the Dis
trict, explained that a large
high-preSsure area is moving
into Washington from the west.
bringing with it cooler and
better weather.
Showers were expected to end
early this morning, followed by
clearing, cooler weather with
a high near 10 degrees today
and a low of so degrees tonight.
Northeasterly winds of be-
tween is and Is miles an hour
were predicted.
Evening star., 1958-09-28
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star stah Writer

The Districts highway chief
has ordered a thorough survey
of the city's traffic signals and
parking signs aimed at getting
rid of the ones that battle and
confuse motorists, it was learned
yesterday.
Backing up the survey is the
most comprehensive report ever
made by police Of traffic irri-
tants and how they can be
corrected.
The police survey, now being
reviewed at headquarters be-
fore going to the District build
ing, is the work Of the IA pre-
cinct captains providing vir-
tually a block by block tudy
Of the effect of the traffic reg
ulations on the citizens who
must obey them.
The police recommendation
run the gamut from getting
rid of artif1cially created traf'
f1c jams to making more park.
ing spaces available on down
town streets.
Sprinkled through the re-
ports from the precinct cap
tains are specific examples o
lsigns that harass and confusl
Evening star., 1958-09-28
Victory Seen
For De Gau|Ie
French Vote Today
On Constitution
Ru CRnsRY 81 MOVES

BY CROSBY S. MOVES
European Correspondent of The star
PARIS, Sept. 2S.-Today SO
million Frenchmen make their
decision.
In final bursts of oratory and
exhortation they have been told
that they are deciding the
destiny of France. They also
may well be deciding the future
of the free world.
Oficially they are voting on
the new constitution made UP
of 80 complex articles which
they know, often in a vague
way, represents a revolutionary
departure from their past ira
dition of parliamentary rule
and executive impotence.
But since most Fenchmen,
like most other people, care lit
tie for texts, this is not for
them the meaning of the vote
today. For the great majority
it is a vote for or against the
republic, for or against chaos
and, above all. for or against
Charles de Gaulle.
The eve Of an election is al
ways time to dispense with
unequivocal terms.
Gen. de Gaulle himself set
the tone on the radio last
night:
"Frenchmen, If with my gov
ernment / ask you to answer
yes massively and with all
See FRENCH. Page AS
Evening star., 1958-09-28
Hurricane Blasts Carolina
Wind Of 14OM.P.H.
Wilmington
Loss Put at
ST Million

WILMINGTON, N. C., Sept.
27 (AP).-Winds of 140 miles
an hour. 25-foot waves and
torrential rains Of Hurricane
Helene broke across North
Carolina's coast today and
wrought widespread damage.
Never had winds so strong
been recorded along this
storm-blown coast.
Helene, feinting at South
Carolina coastal cities, only to
alter course, boiled northward
along the Carolinas all day.
She shattered shipping install
lations, gouged out beaches
and shattered buildings and
houses as she kept her eye, or
storm center, always just of
shore. The town of Southport,
N. c., was badly battered.
Highway Patrol Capt. C. r.
Williams estimated Whining
tons damage at 81 million. Po.
lice estimated dwelling dam
ages at nearby Wrightsville
Beach at about 100000.
30 Miles OF Hatteras
The weather bureaus 10
p. m, (EDT) advisory located
the hurricane center 80 miles
southwest of Cape Hatteras.
1t then was moving toward
the northeast at about II miles
an hour.
Hurricane emergency warn.
ings we're displayed from Wilm.
ington to Manteo, N. c., eud
all warnings came down south
of Wilmington.
AS Helene moved eastward
toward the open sea. she hit
Jacksonville, N. c., and the
nearby marine base, Camp
Lejeune. Power was knocked
out, trees blown down and
houses damaged.
| Most people had moved OF
1.-THE eastern North Carolina
beaches of Atlantic Beach, Sal
ter Path, Emerald Isle and
Money Island as they had all
along the path of the storm.
The wind reached so miles on
remote Ocracoke Island before
lpower was turned of and coms
lmunications broke.
After setting the position and
speed of Helene, the Weather
See HURRICANE. Page AS
Evening star., 1958-09-28

he is worm more IMAM 1U Times
that today. He has progressed
from law practice to real estate
investment to manufacturing to
airlines ownership to the opera
ton of WaShington's transit
system. And now he is playing
the role of city planner, with a
set of imaginative designs for
developing Washington's water
front.
Where did he come from?
How did he arrive where he is?
Go back to his best friend in
high school and you find this:
ROY Chalk? I remember him
very we But T haven't seen
him in 80 years. What's his
claim to fame? You say he's a
business genius? That's in
credible. Roy Chalk was never
that type. He was charming and
personable, but never aggressive.
He was a cultured boy. He leaned
to the poetic and literary"
s. That poetic-minded boy to-
day is the master of so many
Evening star., 1958-09-28

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ant and has been in charge of
White House relations with
Congress, where his selection
appeared certain to win wide
approval.
The appointment came just
five days after Mr.. Adams dra-
matte radio-television resigna-
ton from the Presidents staff
as a result of the furor over
his relationship with Boston
industrialist Bernard Goldfine.
In announcing the appoint
ment, the White House said
the President also intends to
name an assistant to Gen.
Persons.
The revamping Of the White
House staff brought about by
the Adams resignation also
saw Bryce N. Harlow named as
Deputy Assistant for Congress
sional Affairs, a new title. Mr..
Harlow has been on the White
House staff since 1858.
Robert Merriam, former AS
SiStant Budget Director, was
recently named Deputy Assist
ant to the President for Inter-
departmental Affairs. Most Of
this work has been carried on
in the past under the personal
direction of Mr.. Adams.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty, announcing
the appointments, said Gen.
Persons will move into his new
position as soon as "an orderly
transition" can be made. In the
meantime, Mr.. Adams will re-
main on at the White House to
assist in the change.
Mr.. Eisenhower also acquired
a new speech writer this week.
Malcolm C. Moos was sworn in
Wednesday by Mr.. Adams to
REPLACE Arthur Larsen, who re-
signed.
Gen. Persons. an affsble in
dividual well-known in con-
gressional circles as "Jerry" and
sometimes as Slick" steps into
one of the most powerful posi-
tions in the executive branch Of
the Government.
Special Creation
Under Mr.. Adams the posi-
| ton had come to be regarded
as second only to that of the
presidency in power and posi-
ton. 1t was a special creation
and never before had there
been anything like it in the
White House.
AS THE Assistant to the
President" Gen. Persons will
run the White House staff and
relieve the President Of much
lof the paperwork and details
See PERSONS, Page AS
Evening star., 1958-09-28
rs SPECTATORS
HURT AT GAME

MOBILE, Ala. (AP).-
About 25 persons were in
jured in the collapse of a
temporary bleacher during
the Alabama : Louisiana
State football game last
night.
Several persons appar-
emily we're seriously in
jured. Ambulances and po-
lice cars streamed into
Ladd Memorial. Stadium
and removed the injured.
The game was delayed
briefly as spectators poured
onto the north end Of the
field.
Evening star., 1958-09-28

crate effort of a State Depart
ment subordinate to undercut
the Secretary of State and sa-
botage his policy" He did not
name the subordinate to whom
he referred.
Mr.. Nixon said in a statement
he is confident the American
people will support the admin
istration's policy In the For
mosa crisis as they come to re-
alize what is at stake.
Not Gaining Support
Mr.. Nixon's statement came
amid strong indications that,
President Eisenhower thus far
is losing his battle for greater
support Of his Formosa policy
at home and abroad. The Vice
President said:
What concerns me primarily
is not the patent and deliberate
effort of a State Department
subordinate to undercut the
Secretary Of State and sabotage
his policy.
what is Of far great E con-
Germ is the ASSUMPTION olN the
part Of those who put out the
story that the weight Of the
mail rather than the weight of
the evidence should be the con-
trolling factor in determining
American foreign policy"
Cites High Stakes
Mr.. Nixon said the respon-
sibility of . leader is to lead
public opinion and not just to
follow it.
What is at stake in the
Formosa Strait" he said, ''is
not Quemoy and Matsu and not
| Just Formosa but the whole
free world position in the Far
East.
''I am confident that as the
American people realize this" !"
Mr.. Nixon added, they will
support the President in the
firm position he has taken that
use of force to settle inter-
national disputes cannot be
tolerated"
Overwhelming Plea
The State Department has
received about 5000 letters
from the American public since
August 30, when Red China
started shelling and threaten
ing to invade Nationalist-held
offshore islands in the For
mosa Strait.
Officials said the overwhelm-
ing majority Of these letters
pleaded in effect: Keep us out
of war. One report was that
80 per cent we're critical, but
officials rejected this as toe
high. They refused. however
to give a precise breakdown.
Mr.. Nixon said the express
sion of opinion by people to
, their elected representatives. by
mail or otherwise, "is construc-
|, tive and helpful, but it can
never be considered the deci-
sive factor in determining the
! course of policy" He added:
"If we indulge in the kind
of thinking which assumes that
foreign policy decisions should
be made on the basis Of opinion
polls, we might as well decide
now to surrender our position
See NIXON, Page A-27
Evening star., 1958-09-28
Faubus' Plan
Wins Easily
Little Rock Votes
For Privute School:
BY RELMAN MORN
Associated Press stan Writer

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Sept.
~ (AP).-Little Rock voted
Overwhelmingly tonight not to
admit Negroes to its all-white
schools.
With all but one precinct re-
ported, plus absentee ballots,
the count stood:
Against 1908.
For 1898.
Gov. Orval E. Faubus said
such a verdict would enable
him to turn the all-white high
schools into private institutions
and reopen them without Ne
gro students. He said he would
act Monday, or soon thereafter.
BY telephone from northern
Arkansas, he told the Arkansas
Democrat when informed OF
the tally:
"The issue was made very
clear in the minds of the people
and they have made the deci-
sion"
Secret Farley Reported
There were reports that
school board members met Sc
cretly tonight. School Supt.
Virgil Blossom said he would
make no statement. however.
To put Gov. Faubus' private
school plan in operation, the
board must lease the schools to
a private corporation. set up in
Little Rock to operate them.
It appeared certain the seq
regationists would rack up
more than 70 per cent of the
total vote.
Those favoring integration
carried only two Of the five
polling places even in pre-
dominantly Negro districts. The
vote at Hall High School
thought to be a center of oppo-
sition to Gov. Fauhus-went
nearly 2-to-1 for the segrega-
tionists.
Hits Washington Schools
Gov. Faubus, in two 30-min.
ute television speeches on con
lsecutive weeks, strongly urged
the people to vote against in.
| tegration. He cited a report
about conditions in the deseg-
regated schools of Washington
ID. c., to persuade voters thai
desegregation in Little Rocl
would have dire consequences.
/ Apparently, he succeeded
completely.
He said tonight, however:
"The segregationists worked
at a disadvantage because the!
had to realize that the disrup
ton of the public school system
as we have known it, was neces
sary to maintain segregation il
; the schools"
. Calls Plan Legal
He assured them his plan t,
operate the schools on a privat,
and segregated basis is who'll.
legal-that they do not have II
comply with the United State
Supreme Court ruling, ordering
integration, in order to get tn,
schools open again.
Here, too, the Governor evi
IDENTIFY succeeded.
Clarence Laws. regional f1elt
secretary of the National AS
See LITTLE ROCK, Page A.
Evening star., 1958-09-28
WHO IS ROY CHALK?
He's q Big Wheel,
But Little Known
By HARRY BACAS
star staff Writer

For who has been blessed by the Pope, saluted
by President Eisenhower and supported by of the
most important bankers in America, O. Roy Chalk Is
surprisingly little known.
He earned his first million dollars before he 30
Evening star., 1958-09-28
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Terps and Navy
Win; Glenn Beats
Round Table

Maryland's football team, re-
bounding from its disastrous
debut, upset favored North
Carolina State yesterday, 21-6
In another surprise, Virginia
beat Duke, 1912. Navy won its
opener over William g. Mary
14-0. Army trounced South
Carolina, 45-8; Notre Dame
took Indiana, 1870, and Ohio
State got a scare before edging
Southern Methodist, 1920. The
Ivy League produced two up
sets, Rutgers over Princeton,
28-0, and Buffalo over Harvard,
6-3. while Yale just did nip
Connecticut, 8-6.
Racing
Round Table failed for the
third consecutive time in his
bid to become the worlds rich
est horse as Clem won the
Woodward Stakes. It was
Clem's third victory in a row
over Round Table, who coulc
do no better than fifth yester-
day.
Baseball
Ted Williams took a three
point lead over Boston Team.
mate Pete Runnels in tht
American Leagues sizzling bat
ting race. Williams got thret
hits in four attempts as Bostor
beat Washington to boost hi
average to .327, while Runnels
despite a home run, triple ant
single, had three-for-six for (
.324 average. The champion
ship will be decided in the flna
game at Griffith Stadium today
"Details in Sports SectiOn).
Evening star., 1958-09-28
Persons Gets
Adams Post
Presidents Aide
Is an Old Friend
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star stan Writer

President Eisenhower yester-
day named retiring Maj. Gen.
Wilton B. Persons. a longtime
associate and personal friend,
to succeed Sherman Adams as
his chief assistant.
Gen. Persons, 81, has been
the Presidents deputy assist
Evening star., 1958-09-28

failed to win integration de-
lays.
The Norfolk School Board
went ahead with the assign
ment of II Negro students to
six white junier and senior
high schools as soon as word
Charlottesville FOrses AheOd With
Schools. Pase A-l2
was received from Baltimore
that the Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals had turned down
the city's plea for a postpone
ment.
In letters to Gov. Almond Of
Virginia and the Negro stu
dents, the board said the af-
fected schools are now closed
under Virginia's massive re-
sistance laws.
Told Not to Report
The letters to the Negro
parents also said: "It will not
be necessary or desirable for
your child to report to the
school until further notice"
Within minutes Of the Nor
folk boards action, Gov. Al
mond released a proclamation
saying the six junior and senior
high schools would come under
his direct control Monday, the
day they were to open.
Norfolk, Virginia's largest
city, thus joins Warren County
in the northern horSe-ralsing
section and Charlottesville in
the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains in the ranks Of To-
calities where schols are closed
under Virginia's massive re-
sistance to'integration laws.
Under the Virginia law, clos
ure of a school is automatic
once a member Of one race IS
assigned to or enrolled in 8
school attended BY members Of
another race. The proclamation
bv the governor Is mainly a
courtesy.
All of the city's junior and
senior high schools had been
kept closed awaiting outcome
Of the appeal. The six schools
include all three Of the city's
white high schools and three
out of four of the city's junior
high schools. The only remain
ing white junior high school
and all three Negro secondary
schools will open tomorrow.
1,O44 Out in Warren
Warren County's 1.044 white
high school students have been
locked out Of class for two
weeks. The city had hoped to
be able to resume classes by
getting a lower court order re-
curing the enrolment Of q
Negro students set aside. Also
closed are two schools in Char
lottesville.
The three-judge appeals court
issued two orders affirming
lower, court orders requiring
immediate integration in Nor
folk and Warren County.
The appeals court heard tht
two pleas for delay in a three.
and-a-half-hour session today
and ruled after comforting be-
hind closed doors most of the
afternoon.
In brief, unanimous opinions
the court announced it was af
f1rning decisions Of the lowe.
See VIRGINIA, Page A.
Evening star., 1958-09-28

QuemOy corso Arrives Despite Hard
shelIins. Pose A-3.
DousIos Sees Atomic War " Reds
Attoek. Page A-3.
Dulles Soys WithdrowOl Would I'm
perioI Europe. Page AS
Evening star., 1958-09-28
China Stand
'SabOfdged,'
Nixon Says
State Department
Aide, Un-Nomed,
Held to BIume
BY WARREN ROGERS, JR.
Associated Press stan Writer

Vice President Nixon said
last night he was shocked by
news reports that mail reaching
the State Department since the
Formosa crisis developed has
been heavily critical of Ameri-
can policy in the area.
Mr.. Nixon attributed the re-
ports to ''the patent and delib-
Evening star., 1958-09-28
Schools Close
For 10000
In Norfolk
Court Also Burs
Inteerction Delay
In Wurren County
BY MARY LOU WERNER
star stan Writer

Schools for 10000 Norfolk
Junior and senior high school
students closed last night after
Norfolk and Warren County
failed to win integration de-
lays.
The Norfolk School Board
went ahead with the assign
ment of II Negro students to
six white junier and senior
high schools as soon as word
Evening star., 1958-09-28

Profile Of Gen. Persons.
Evening star., 1958-09-28

Charlottesville FORCES AheOd With
Schools. Page Az
Evening star., 1958-09-28

Hourly Temperatures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-24
TOP TEEN TUNES
Spicy Ginger Breed
With Cho-Cho Beet

With Langston Hughes"
Hughes reads 80 of his own
poems to arrangements by
Leonard Feather and Charlie
Mingus. The players are Red
Allen, Vic Dickinson, Sam (the
Nam Taylor, Al Williams. Milt
Hinton and Oslo johnson on
one side, and the Horace Par
Ian Quintet on the other. The
music is terrific, with Red Al
len a standout. and it is nicely
cut to the poems measure. But
Hughes does not read well. His
Self-consciouS infection fits
neither the poems nor the fine
jazz. and to make it worse, the
voice is recorded with some dis
tortion. But, my, the music is
good.
Reflections in the Water"
is another lush collection of
lyrical mood music by David
Rose and his orchestra. Most
of these are unfamiliar tunes,
done up with singing strings
and constantly changing So
noritieS.
COOK Laboratories has a
new Stereo demonstration rec
ord called Cooks Tour Of
Stereo." This sampler includes
bits of symphonic music. fla
menco singing, a giant Mexican
marimba, Dixieland jazz, some
full-flavored calypso and q
chorus of wailing cats. Inter-
spersed are such nonmusical
sounds as railway locomotives
(both steam and diesel), buzz
ing flies. jet planes and ships
whistles. All these are fasci-
mating. A drawback, however.
is a fairly inane spoken con-
tinuity which is supposed to set
each scene as the nlicrOphone
moves around the world. The
sound is brilliant, even on q
monaural player. although re-
peated playing with a mona
ural cartridge is probably not
recommended.
RCA VICTOR, which had a
good thing recently in "Elvis'
Golden Records" now follows
with "Como's Golden Records.
a collection of IA Perry Como