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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17
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John w. Thompson, jr., as
sociate editor of The Evening
Star and President of The Eve
ming Star Broadcasting Co.,
yesterday was elected president
of the D. C. Society for Grip
pied Children.
1T is a real privilege" he
said. "for me to accept the
presidency of the D. c. society
|. which this year celebrates
rs years of service to handi-
capped children in our COM
munity." The group met at tie
American Security g. Trust Co.
Mr.. Thompson succeeded
Frederick P. H. Siddons, and
will serve a one-year term.
other new officers are Miss
Mary Bourke, first vice presi-
dent; Victor o. Schinnerer,
second vice president; Mrs.
John Parks, secretary; Robert
W. Fleming. treasurer; William
E. Miller. assistant treasurer,
and Elwood Davis. general
counsel.
Mr.. Fleming and Shane Mac
earthly were elected to the
board. Thomas H. Evans was
reappointed as administrator
and DR.. William Argy as medi-
cal director.
Billy Smith. 4, of 96l1 Dill
Ston road, Silver Spring, cut
the first slice of cake in cele-
bration of the society's silver
anniversary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17
Angry Boy 7 rops Self,
Dies in Bedroom Chest
Rhyme Gives warning

A bedroom cedar chest turned
into a death trap for an IL
year-old suburban Maryland
boy late yesterday.
Prince Georges County police
said James ]. Gregory, 2219
Beaumont street. Deer Park
Heights. died from suffocation
after climbing into the chest
after an argument with his
mother. Police said the chest
could not be opened from the
inside.
James was angry. police said.
because his mother, Mrs. Mil
dred Gregory, had refused to
let him make plaster molds be-
fore dinner for use at a vaca-
ton Bible school opening to-
day.
He went to his bedroom
about 5:45 pm. barricaded the
door by pushing a bed against
it and then apparently climbed
into the chest, police said.
His body was found shortly
after Z pm. when his sister.
Louise. Is. went to the room to
call him for dinner. According
to Police Corpl. T. D. Bird. the
sister managed to push open
the door and then, not seeing
her brother, opened the cedar
chest.
The family said James had
finished classes ct the Sandy
mount Elementary School yes
terday and been promoted 70
the sixth grade. He had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17
Arlington Doctor Halls
Reds Health Facilities

An Arlington woman doctor
says the Russians have done
an outstanding job in solving
public health problems brought
on by war.
DR.. Thelma Dunn of 2818
North Twenty fourth street re-
turned Sunday after touring
Russian medical institutions
for nearly a month with five
other women doctors from the
United States.
They are greatly to be COM
mended for their approach to
their public health problems"
she said today. 1T was a real
task they faced after the war,
with all the destruction"
She said they had to combat
epidemics of tuberculosis and
malaria in some areas. and, in
the south. a high incidence of
Itrachoma, an eye infection that
often leads to blindness.
They seem to have brought
most Of the more contagious
diseases under control" she
said. 1T is hardly possible to
make comparisons with Amer
lea. We have never faced such
problems"
DR.. Dunn. a National Insti-
tutes Of Health pathologist, spe-
cializing in cancer, said Russia
has not made great strides in
that field because Of her other
health problems.
She was particularly i'm
pressed by a monkey colony
at Sukhumi, a semi-tropical
region near the Black Sea,
where the animals roam in a
nearly natural environment.
Under these conditions they
stay alive for many years, al
lowing medical researchers to
observe them thoroughly.
She said there is q great deal
of emphasis on preventive
medicine. Workers are given
regular physical examinations.
she said. and prevention Of ILL
ness is stressed in medical
schools.
She said a great deal Of at
tention also is paid to maternal
and child care-''the sort of
thing we have been doing here
flor many years"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Gift Could Take Mary
From Poor Home

Last year Mary spent the
Christmas holidays away from
her poverty-stricken home for
the first time.
The 9-year-old girl arrived
on Christmas eve, woke up
Christmas morning to an arm
full Of presents and enjoyed a
traditional holiday dinner.
When a neighborhood house
worker. who had arranged the
visit with the approval Of
MaIy's family, asked her what
she had enjoyed most, Mary
replied. Having a slice Of
bread toasted with butter on it
for breakfast"
There often is no food at
Mary's house. where six chill
dren must share what can be
provided by a very small in
come. Her mother rarely both
ers to get breakfast food in in
advance. Mary has to buy it
first thing in the morning-if
there's any money.
To this little girl camp would
hold all the wonders Of the
world.
Your gift to The Evening
Star Summer Camp Fund can
give all that to Mary.
The following contributions
ore apirYfnxx,ladCad todav.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17

United States Court of Appeals
here touched of the retirement
discussion by asserting that a
direct relationship exists be-
tween courts with a number Of
aged judges and delays in cases
going through these courts.
He declared that the insist
ence Of some Federal judges in
remaining in ONCE after they
have passed their peak is I'M
fair to litigants. the judicial
system and a disservice to the
administration Of justice.
Two Now Over 10
In the District, only two Fed
eral judges are over 70. They
are Judges F. Dickinson Let's,
80. and Judge Alexander Holtz-
of. II. -Four other judges, all
under 70 are eligible to retire
because they have served more
than is years on the bench.
They are Chief Judge Henry
w. Edgerton of the Court of
Appeals. SO; Chief Judge Boz
litha j. Laws of District Court,
IS; Judge James w. Morris, 81,
and Judge David A. Pine, Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17
Judges Cut
Vacations to
SpeedDocket

District Court judges here
this summer will get 9 in
stead of the traditional l3-
week vacation.
The step is being taken to
speed up the business of the
court in answer to criticism
from attorneys and others
here.
In announcing the vacation
cut. a court spokesman said
yesterday that more judges will
be sitting during July, August
and September of this year
than the same period Of any
previous year.
This is a follow-up of an
announcement of last October
by Chief District Court Judge
Bolitha j. Laws. At that time
Judge Laws said he would be
willing to have as many as II
judges holding court during
the summer.
Under the summer schedule
announced yesterday there vii
be eight judges sitting in July
five in August and possibly
seven in September. In previou,
years there have been only
about three judges holding
court in July and Septembel
and only one in August.
The big problem here hai
been with civil Jury cases. will
a lapse Of about 81 months
passing between calendarinl
and disposition of such a case
Figures compiled by the Ad'
ministrative Office of the United
States Courts show that in ifs.
cal 1956-57 the District Court
here disposed of SIS per cent o.
its civil docket. Figures fol
other metropolitan areas in thu
same period show Districf
Courts in Philadelphia dis.
posed Of 38 per cent; Brook
Ign. SO per cent; New .Yorl
City. SO per cent. and Chicago
48 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17
The
Rambler
...... Bemouns
Loss of xonthippe
by GEORGE KENNEDY.

An evening visit 10 the
drugstore Is likely TO result
In a shopping spree. It may
be lawn furniture or 1t could
be an ant colony-although
the latter is unlikely.
Several months ago, after
browsing among the paper
backs at the rear Of our
chain drugstore. the Ram
bier was surprised TO find his
wife selecting a parakeet.
I'm take that one" she
said, pointing TO a little bird,
one Of six In the cage. THAT
one" turned out TO be Soc
rates.
Socrates got his name be-
cause he did q lot OF talking
but no one could understand
him. It was Greek TO US.
He was a pretty bird, yell
low head, blue breast and
black wings and tail feathers.
HIS beak was a small hook,
like that OF Mr.. Punch, and
below 1t were four black dots.
Socrates did not grow. 1t
soon became evident that We
had purchased a runt. But he
grew on US. He was given
the flight ot-the house. The
Rambler tried TO remain in
different but he has to con-
fess that his heart went out
to the little bird when he
found that 1t would trust
ingly climb onto his finger
from a perch and sometimes
alight on his shoulder and
nuzzle behind his ear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17

active in Cub Scout work and
had planned to begin vacation
Bible classes at the Temple
Hills Baptist Church today.
His father. William L. Greg
DRY, is q distributor for the
Washington Post and Times
Herald.
Besides his parents and
sister. James is survived by two
other sisters, Joan, Is. and
Liebe, ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17
New Service
Urged toAid
HousingMoves
Unit Would Help
Relocate Fomilies
In Renewal Plons

Creation Of a Central Relo-
cation Service available 10 al
families displaced by any kind
Of Government housing activity
was urged here today.
The Washington Housing As
ISOLATION, at its annual meet
ing in the Hotel Statler,
adopted the recommendation
OF the Urban Renewal Opera
tons Committee. This would
expand the existing Redevelop-
ment Land Agency's Relocation
Division, headed by James @.
Banks. The association sug-
gests the new service be started
first on an experimental basis.
The committee, set up by
the District Commissioners and
composed Of District and Fed
eral officials dealing with ur-I
ban renewal and improvements.
recommended q Central Relo-
cation Service in 1856. Instead.
the District Commissioners, in
July. 1857. set up a system Of
inter-agency referrals Of per-
sons about to be displaced.
The association today con-
Guided this system has not
worked satisfactorily. Today's
report pointed out:
Comments in Report
There is q substantial and
continuing amount Of govern
mental displacement =. which
is not covered by the reloca-
ton services Of the Redevelop-
ment Land Agency and the
National Capital Housing Au-
thority.
Moreover, it is probable that
the number of families dis
placed by Government action
other than action of RIA and
NCHA will increase substan-
TALLY in the next few years.
Not only will there be far more
displacement by the Highway
Department as work on the
Inner Loop system proceeds,
but the expected acceleration
in enforcement of the Housing
Code and by the Board for the
Condemnation Of Insanitary
Dwellings will create much
more displacement than during
last year."
The association said "there
is an almost complete absence
OF knowledge as to what hap
pens to displaced families" 1t
said the proposed Central Re-
location Service should not be
"crammed down the throats'
of people displaced but should
be available to those desiring it.
| Referral Setup Scored
Assessing the present inter-
agency referral system, the as
ISOLATION report said it has
failed to accomplish either of
the detectives which a proper
relocation system must be de-
signed to fulfill"
THE present system has
given no substantial help to
families in mitigating the hard
ships which Government action
has imposed on them through
no fault of their own" the
report contends.
I'VE must conclude, more
over, not only that the existing
plan is adequate. but that there
is no basis by which, building
upon its principle of inter-
agency referrals. an adequate
plan can be devised. What is
needed. we are still convinced,
is a central relocation service.
THE proper type Of service
would be neither elaborate nor
expensive. provided that RIA
is still willing. as the associa-
ton has been assured that it
is, to make their own reloca-
ton service the basis for the
L a.aA...I ......a-..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17
CAMP FUND
FACTS

How to send a kid TO
camp:
Make out your check or
I money order to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail it to The Eve
ming Star, Washington 4.
d. c., or bring cash to
The Star cashier.
The cost-$36.40 for IL
days, $l8.20 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17
DC. Home Rule Bill
Reported to Senate
Justice Brennan Gives
Warning to Profession
Court Machinery 'Arehuie,' He Says;
Rhyme Offers Modernizotion Steps
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
star stan writer

Supreme Court Justice today told conference
Of judges and lawyers will get nowhere improving the
Of justice until I'VE freely and frankly admit
really how badly profession and of the bench has
Addressine the Attorney Generals Conference on Court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17

THEN CAME the test.
What would Socrates do
when this stranger was
placed in his cage?
For a minute they both
perched on the same cross
bar of the cage. Then Soc
rates sided over to her and
billed her. / suppose that it
is sentimental to think of it
as kissing. But that's what
1t looked like.
We all sighed and went to
bed.
In the ensuing days Kan
thippe occasionally would ac-
cept the billing, but usually
she pecked at him and drove
him off. She was bigger than
he. This had Socrates moping
on his perch. And she COM
municated to him her terror
at being approached by the
human hand. No longer
would he climb upon the
extended finger.
While she never became as
tame as Socrates, Xanthippe
Gained down and soon the
air in the drawing room was
beaten by two sets of wings
and two birds were likely to
perch on your head.
Then came q day and an
hour and q moment when
she was perched on the
coiled spring Of the front
screen door. It was IN
latched. A storm came up
and the Introductory wind
blew the door open and
Xanthippe flew out. She was
last seen flying high and
headed north.
There is an idea around
here that Socrates is discon-
scilate. But ! think he is glad
to be rid Of her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17

CONGESTION, the JurlSl Salu Jflat
none Of us relish exposing our
deficiencies to the public" but
the deficiencies must be pub
licly acknowledged before i'm
provement can be expected.
Justice Brennan, who at
tended the first Attorney Gen.
erals conference two years ago
when he was a New Jersey
judge. called much of the Ma
tons court machinery "ar-
chaic." He cited deficiencies in
the way judges are selected and
the way cases progress through
the courts as well as the re-
luctance of many courts to ex-
pedite justice through pre-trial
proceedings,
Rhyme Gives Warning
The conference of $50 lead
ers Of the bench and bar heard
a warning from Charles S.
Rhyme. president of the Amer
lean Bar Association, that I'VE
can't have modern justice with
model-T machinery"
Mr.. Rhyme criticized political
selection of Judges in State
courts. Calling for lifetime
appointments rather than cleo
ton of judges, he declared,
"Huckstering in the political
arena does not jibe with justice.
1.-THE bench and the bar" he
went on, 'have got to convince
the people of America that the
problems facing their courts
are a problem for John @,
Public. The lawyers must
assume their traditional role
Of public leadership"
Steps Recommended
Mr.. Rhyme recommended
these steps:
Immediate and drastic action
to eliminate backlogs in Fed
eral courts, enactment Of pend
ing legislation to create As
more Federal judgeships, a Wig
orous program to modernize
judicial machinery in the States
and increase in the number of
State judge courtShips. and an
increase in judges pay to get
and keep outstanding jurists.
Meanwhile, prepared to cope
with such touchy subjects as
retirement of elderly judges
and methods of prompting
judges and lawyers to expedite
their work.
The judges age question has
already arisen at the confer
ence on these two scores:
First, legislation is pending
to relieve Federal chief judges
of their administrative duties
at the age of 70. Several speak.
ers yesterday criticized the
present Federal law which
makes the senior judge the
chief judge and administrator
20 Per Cent Average
Second. several speaker.
pointed out that 66 Fedora
judges or 20 per cent of thu
Federal bench are over retire.
ment age but refuse to retire.
The law provides for the re.
tirement Of Federal judges al
full pay if they are IS year.
old and have spent is years OF
the bench or are 10 years ole
and have served 10 years.
Judge Warren Burger Of thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-17

ONE EVENING Socrates
gave US a scare. The newsboy
was coming up the walk with
The Star and the Rambler's
mother-in-law went out to
get it from him, forgetting
that the bird was on her
shoulder. Socrates flew
around to the back Of the
house and out over q copse
of locusts In the dale below.
We all ran out calling to him
and he circled, came back
and lit on the iron railing
of the kitchen entrance. Mrs.
Rambler put out her finger;
Soc climbed on 1t and she
brought him indoors.
The time came when twas
decided to get Socrates a
mate-at the drugstore, Of
course. A beautiful female
with a turquoise breast was
selected.
Her name had to be
xanthippe. Socrates wife,
mentioned by xenophon. in
his brief memoir Of the
philosopher, as being high
tempered" That seems to
be the only basis for the
idea that has come down
through the centuries that
Socrates was henpecked.
Released from her little
box, she was pathetically
frightened. In a panic she
flew against window blinds
and even the walls. We
feared she would hurt her
self.
Socrates would always
perch on something's gold
lamp shade which he has
been picking to pieces is a
favorite. But this bird would
land on the floor behind a
couch and become hard to
find. 1t was decided that it
was necessary to cage her
quickly before she was in
jured.
She was located upstairs
on the floor behind a bath
room door. Mrs. Rambler
caught her but in the en-
counter Xanthippe lost most
of her tail feathers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-29
HOLLYWOOD
BY SHEiLAH GRAHAM
Some Oscar Afterthouohts

HOLLYWOOD NANA).-
Some afterthoughts on the Mo-
ton Picture Academy's Oscar
affair:
When / asked Rock Hudson,
What was it like to be kissed
by Mae West?" He grinned and
replied. I'D rather not be
quoted"
Cute Miy0shi Umeki was
clinging to the hand of Hugh
O'Brian when her name was
announced as winner for the
best supporting actress role.
She almost dragged Wyatt
carp onto the stage with her.
I. Shelley Winters. dashing
past me in a hurry, explained
she had been chewing gum
when Alec Guinness was an
nounced for the best actor
award cher husband, Anthony
FranciOsa, was a nominee) and
she swallowed the gum and a
filling from a back toothl
~ =
jeanne Woodward was still
numb" at the Academy party
afterward in the Bali Room of
the new Hilton Hotel. p. And
didn't Zsa Zsa Gabor look like
Superman in that cloak at
tached to a trapeze gown! I
expected her to take OF and
ny into the PantageS Theater
auditorium. While we're
with dresses, most of the stars
wore the new look-shor, in
front. long in back<-or so
|sheathed they had to waddle
to the mikes. / was under the
impression that fashion con-
|sultant Edith Head had asked
the ladies to steer clear of too
much glittering stuff. As you
know if you watched The show
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-29
WHERE
AND WHEN
and Time Of Showing
Current Theater Attractions

Stage
Arena-"Romeo and Juliet;
$3.50 pm.
Catholic University-"Song
of Bernadette";; $3.50 pm.
NatiOnal-''No Time for Ser
geants"; 2::30 and $3.50 pm.
Shubert-Dark.
Screen
Ambassador - "Ju m p n 6
Jacks; l, AIS and 7::3O pm.
Capitol -" Merry Andrew;
1880 am. 1885, 1885, 5:35, TAO,
$40 and 11:45 pm.
Observation-Disclosures Coun-
ty";; 11:40 am. 2:40, $40, 8:4C
and 11:40 pm.
Dupont-"Gates Of Paris: I,
$3.50, $40. $3.50 pm. and 1920
am.
Keith's-"Day Of the Bad
man.; 1925, $40, 6:15, 9:1O
pm. and 1905 am.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 2,
4:30. 7:05 and GAS pm.
Metropolitan - "Ju m p n 6
Jacks; /, 4:40, $40 and IL
pm.
OntariO-~Witness for the
Prosecution; 1880. $40, $50,
sos and 1915 pm.
Palace The Bro t h ers
Karamazov"; 1885 am, 2::20
$40. 8 and 1880 pm.
Playhouse -" wild Is the
Wind; II am, los, $40, Sis
7:25, $3.50 and 11:40 pm.
Plaza-"And God Created
Woman; II am, 1880. 1885
400. $50. TAO. $3.50 and 11:25
pm.
Trans-Lux-"The Bridge on
the River Kwai"; 10 am, l, 4
z and 10 pm.
UptOwn-"Around the World
in 80 Days; 2 and $3.50 pm.
Warner-"Search for Para
disc: 2 and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-29

Ion TV, they didn't.
I asked Joan Collins, in q
pink taffeta ell-bottomed num-
Der, Who made it?" II have q
little dressmaker and I'm not
telling you her name." said the
saucy siren.
Doris Day, a bejeweled dream
as she came toward me in a
lovely gown, told me sadly she
had sat down in some spilled
coffee in the press tent.
didn't look back. Mel Ferrer,
who danced the mambo with
Doris. paused on the dance
floor to tell me he had just
returned from visiting wife
Audrey Hepburn in Rome
Audrey is there for her Nuns
Story" movie.
There where some complaints
about the black lace pajama suit
worn by ROsalind Russell. Many
See HOLLYWOOD, Page Bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-29
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-29

but because they are so hep
to the plays spirit.
He wonders If that Is be-
cause we here live on such in
innate terms with the Depart
|ment Of Defense.
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OLD ROLE, NEW PLAY:
Arena Stages shining Astrid
Wilsrud will be playing a fami-
liar character next week In the
title role Of ''Mademoiselle
Colombo" Oddly enough. how
ever, her acquaintance with the
Jean Anouilh work is not les
sening her rehearsal load as
compared with others Of the
company. all Of the latter new
to the play.
The explanation for this lies
in the fact that the Colombo"
she did at Stanford University
in the summer Of 1856 was the
Louis Kronenherger adapta-
ton. Arenas production. which
is being directed by Warren
Enters, is q version done by
Denis Canaan.
i ~
NEW SARDI'S: Sardi's, the
most poular dining room in the
English speaking theater. is
going to have an uppish-town
branch.
Vincent, jr., its current exec
|utive head, has acquired q site
for the new restaurant at 1913
East Fifty-fourth street. It will
be known as Sardi's East and
among its features will be q
Steering Wheel Bar. Theater
Room, and Vintage Room. all
designed by Elf von Kantzow.
Topping the Sardi's East
staff will be Arthur Kent. for
mer Met Opera baritone as
host, Fernand as maitre-d'hotel.
and Lucien Pic as chef.
French and italian special
ties will dominate the Sardi's
East menu.
Opening date Of the new res
taurant has not been set, VIM
cent being another sane Sardi
who is leaving that sort Of thing
indefinite, depending upon the
progress Of reconstruction.