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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03

Heights (Md.) real estate sales
man, said his wife and the
others in the car driven by Mr..
Cordwell we're going to Glen
Burnie, Md, to visit a family
! friend.
Sailor browns
In other accidents, a 81
year-old sailor drowned when
his car plunged of the Balti-
more Washington Parkway into
a drainage ditch at Longfellow
street in East Pines. Md.
The victim was Yeoman &c
Clarence N. Wright, jr, Of
Navy Quarters K, Arlington. A
companion, Yeoman &c Ebert
w. Henderson, 20. also Of
Quarters K, was taken to Be-
thesda Naval Hospital with
head injuries.
Another accident victim in
Fairfax County. Va, has been
tentatively identified as Bertha
Hood of Washington. Police
said she was struck by a car
on Route 2e-211 near Ramp
Washington and died early
yesterday in Arlington Hospi-
tai.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03

VIII enforce 1t with the Army
Of the United States"
II say to you-not in Vir-
ginia." Gov. Almond declared
amid applause, whistles and
shouts from the convention
audience.
Gets Legion Medal
The Governor called on the
Virginia legionnaires and their
families to join in "the Strug-
gle to defend and preserve
constitutional government in
the United States"
Before he spoke Gov. Almond
was presented the highest
honor Virginia legionnaires
can give a citizen-the Legion;
Distinguished Service Medal.
1t is an annual Legion award
with the winner chosen secretly
by the Legion's district COM
manders.
Reject Dues Increase
The medal was presented
Gov. Almond by John J. Wicker
Richmond attorney and veteran
legionnaire who received thu
honor himself in 1856.
Convention delegates repre-
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mlttee created 10 consider this
measure, yesterday announced
a one-day hearing for Thurs
day az 10 am.
Senator Morse made II clear
that he strongly favors the
proposed transfer because !
think q first-elass medical
school should have a modern
teaching hospital"
On the House side. Repre-
sentative Elliott. Democrat Of
Alabama, chairman Of the spe-
cial education subcommittee Of
the House Education and La
Dor Committee. said he wanted
TO hold hearings on the bill
before the session ends II pos
sible. II that Is impossible. he
added, the transfer will get
priority consideration in Janu-
airy.
Although Freedmen's is now
the teaching hospital for
Howard University and the
university's medical school is
responsible for professional
care Of Freedmen's patients.
the hospital administrator is
responsible to the Department
Of Health. Education and We'll
fare. Howard has control
neither over the hospital bud
get nor the hospitals nom
professional employees. The pro-
posed transfer would vest
ownership. control and SUPER
vision In the Howard University
Board, of Trustees.
In addition TO the transfer
itself, the bill carries these
major provisions:
/. Old Freedmen's. with
buildings dating back TO 1908
would be replaced by a new
hospital with a 500-bed capac-
ity. Cost estimates Of s9.157.-
900 presented to the Budget
Bureau provide for planning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
BY ANDREW BINGHAM
star stan Writer


With a sneeze and a sniffle,
another hay fever season is
fast approaching.
For thousands Of susceptible
area residents, Public Enemy
No. during the next few weeks
is ragweed.
Yet its anenemy which the
District tries to eliminate with
an Anticipated cumbersome 1899
weed law.
Any weed more than four
inches high, according to this
law, must be cut down within
seven days after the landowner
has received notice from the
Health Department. The fine
for not obeying is $40 per day.
Two Reasons Why
The law is ineffective for
TWO main reasons, according 10
William H. Cary. jr.. chief Of
the Bureau Of Food and Public
Health Engineering:
/. The IS health inspectors
on the streets have more seri-
Gus concerns than weeds. I'VE
spend greater time worrying
about the bread and milk sold
- the District, for instance.
says Mr.. Cary.
None of his inspectors spend
full time on weeds, although
the department receives about
700 complaints in the hay fever
season. we usually see most
Of them through" Mr.. Cary
says, "but I wonder If we dc
it in time to do much good"
2. Most weeds are on vacant
land-and it's often very diff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
Districts Ancient Anti-Weed Law
Fails to Ease Sneezes and SniffIes

set up an efficient weed-cutting
crew and do the job quickly
and WELL" Mr.. Cary says.
Season Starts About Aug. Is
The ragweed-caused hay
fever season will start just
after mid-August, according to
DR.. Eloise w. Kailin, pollen
expert for the District Medical
Society.
The worst week is usually
August 20 to September S. she
says. although the pollen stays
in the air until the end of
September.
'rRagweed usually causes the
most hay fever" she notes.
Many people however. are also
effected by grass and tree
pollen"
A good weed law, she believes
would ease the discomfort for
many people who live near
concentrated quantities Of rag
weed.
ut would provide local re-
lief. although it wouldn't sig
niflcantly lower the city's over
all pollen count" she says
That's because much of the
pollen would still come to
Washington from areas outside
Of the city"
The real hay fever sufferer
consequently, would do best tt
take n vacation to some I'M
pollinated area.
ITS a fine time of year fol
a trip to Europe. Florida. Of
Bermuda" DR.. Kailin notes
Even Ocean City would be .
! little better than Washington.
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Waterfront
Rozine OK
Seen Soon

Congressional authorization
Of demolition Of the Municipal
Fish and Farmers Markets is
expected this week.
District officials said yester-
day they believe the last major
opposition in Congress to their
request to raze the markets has
vanished.
Senator Robertson, Democrat
Of Virginia. yesterday withdrew
his objections after receiving
assurances that the rights Of
fishermen to use piers along the
fish wharf would be preserved.
Earlier in the week. q House
District subcommittee cleared
a bill permitting destruction OF
the markets.
Demolition of them is re-
quired so that the Washington
Channel Bridge and Southwest
freeway can be constructed In
the waterfront area. Both are
key projects in a multi-millior
dollar program to transform
Southwest Washington. Legis-
lation by Congress is necessary
however, before the District
can abolish the markets.
Col. Thomas B. Hunter, as
sistant District Engineer Com
missioner, yesterday praised
the intelligence and fairness
of members of the Senate anC
House District Subcommittee
which have considered the leg
lslation.
The Districts plan to cleal
the waterfront area has draw
fire from restaurant owners ant
fish dealers in the Fish Marke
who will be displaced by it.
However Col. Hunter saiC
sentiment in Congress nov
seems definitely in favor of tn,
program and that he anticipate
favorable action this week.
The District currently plan
TO demolish the markets b.
october IS. 1859. This schedule
will require that they be va
Gated by July Is of next year.
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Police Hope
Pay Boost
Lures Men

A prediction that Metro
politan and Park Police viii be
at full strength within a year,
came last night after President
Eisenhower signed a 1873 per
cent pay increase for police and
firemen.
Sergt. Alfred A. Capasso of
Park Police, president of the
Policemen's Association, elated
over White House approval,
said the bill was designed for
recruitment and retention.
II hope and predict that
within a years time neither
force will be suffering rem a
loss Of personnel or vacancies. /"
White House Police
The legislation, cleared by
Congress last week, also applies
to White House Police. who get
their personnel from Metro
politan and Park forces.
AS approved by the President,
it sends starting salaries up
from $4,193 to $4,000 a year
The minimum pay for police
and fire chiefs increases from
$13,438 to $4,000. with . new
maximum of $l7,l00 attainable
in 10 years.
Both Police Chief Robert "
Murray and Commissioner
Robert E. Mclaughlin have
said they believed the pay
raise will make it possible to
bring the city's police force UP
to the authorized complement
of 2,508 men.
Fire Chief Willard H. Sutton
also said he believed the new
pay will enable the department
to I'LL its approximately Is
vacancies.
Retroactive to Jan. l
He said he understood the
raise will be reflected in pay
checks for the second pay
period this month and that the
checks for the retroactive raise
going back to January / will
60 to the men in September.
Sergt. Capasso, calling the
measure fair and equitable, ~
said the increases will make
the police here the highest
paid in the Nation, based on
maximum salaries.
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senting $1,000 legionnaires in
Virginia voted down a rs cents
a year increase in dues and re-
fused to open legion sponsored
oratorical contests to Negroes.
And the convention backed up
its resolutions committee which
rejected a resolution which
would eliminate designation of
Negro posts as Negro in Legion
publications.
Harmony prevailed through
the second day Of the conven-
ton which saw the Legion
adopt a raft Of resolutions in
GLIDING one supporting legisla-
ton aimed at limiting the APP
pelate powers Of the Supreme
Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03

flcult to find the owner. They
can only be cut by the District
and charged to the owners tax
assessment after a series of
public notices, according to Mr.
Cary. This is a drawn-out,
complex procedure.
In the near future Mr.. Cary
plans to propose a new law to
District Commissioners. II
would simply state that II
weeds over four inches are not
cut down by a certain date, the
District will go in. cut the
weeds, and put the charge on
the tax assessment.
with such Q law we could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
BOOKLET OFFERS
HELP TO VICTIMS
OF HAY FEVER

Hay fever victims may
get some useful advice
from a l6-page handbook
published by the Allergy
Foundation of America.
To receive a copy of
Hay Fever and What You
Can Do About It." send IS
cents to cover costs to the
foundations Office. 80l
Second avenue, New York
II. N. Y.
1t may not be too late
to get some hints for relief
for this summer. And
there's always next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03

citation with members of Con-
gress to gain enactment of
pending bills to subsidize with
public funds higher bus and
streetcar fares for Washington
school children.
Explains Move
II requested that these bills
be introduced" Mr.. Colladay
explained. And feeling that
this placed me in the scope
covered by the Lobbying Act, il
was decided that at least one
attorney of d. C. Transit should
be duly registered under terms
of the act"
He added that other legisla-
tive matters requiring his per-
sonal appearance on Capitol
Hill could come up a any time
Among these, he said, might be
the proposal for extending the
time limit for removing street.
car tracks and converting to an
all-bus operation. The dead
line is now 1868.
AS required by the Lobbying
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Mrs. Lillian M. Gates. 80; her
daughter, Mrs. Leonard A.
Shoemaker, IS; and a son-in-
law, Cecil A. Cordwell, 43, all
Of 433 Lebaum street Sc.
Critically injured was Mr..
Cordwell's wife, who was trans
ferred from Anne Arundel
County General Hospital in
Annapolis to Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore for skull
surgery.
In satisfactory condition at
the Annapolis hospital we're
Mrs. Esther Topping. So. Of
Norfolk. Va, another of Mrs.
Gates daughters, and Mr.. and
Mrs. David Weyuker of Brook
Ign, N. Y.
ID. c. Woman Injured
In good condition at Provi-
dence Hospital, where she was
transferred from Annapolis was
Mrs. Isabelle Summers. so. Of
sos Foxhall place Sc.
Police said the car occupied
by the weyukers, travelling
south on Route 301. apparently
swerved across the center line
and hit the other car head-on.
Mr.. Shoemaker, a Forest
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II Cars DeruiIed

HIGHLANDS. Va, Aug. 2 up.
Eleven cars of a Norfolk and
Western railway coal train left
the track, smashed a railroad
bridge and blocked traffic on
U. S. $50 in this Southwest vir-
ginia town today. No one was
injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
Family Sees Man
End Life With Rifle

FREDERICK, Aug. 2 (R.-
A Frederick County man shot
and killed himself early today
as his wife and two children
looked on, State police said.
Police we're told that Robert
Coffman, 3S. of Thurmont, had
been drinking.
The mans wife told Trooper
Robert Snyder that Coffman
struck her and their l3-year-
old daughter. then ordered the
daughter to get q 5000 calibeI
rifle and shot himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
Odd Fellows Elect
ReqionuI Officers

LYNCHBURG. Va. Aug. 4
R.-Officers were elected to-
day by the Eastern Odd Fellows
Home Association, Region 2,
International Association Of
Odd Fellows Homes.
They are: Clarence Houston,
Washington. Pa, president; w.
F. Becker. Washington. d. c.,
vice president. and Mrs.
Eugenia Billings, Arlington,
secretary-trea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03

Act. Mr.. Colladay itemized the
specific bills in which his firm
is interested. He listed two
House and two Senate COM
panion measures. One would
authorize the District CON-
missioners to purchase special
transportation tickets from
D. c Transit for resale to
school children at reduced
rates The other provides the
District make up the difference
between the present rs cents
per ride school fare and the
actual cost to the company OF
transporting them.
Fee Is $3.50 a Month
The attorney, long prominent
In Washington's legal field
also registered the fee for his
Capitol Hill services as $3.50
per month, with monthly ex-
penses Of SIS. The total re-
tainer for the services of his
law firm, Colladay a. Colladay,
has been reported as $12, 325.10
a year. d. c. Transit spends
about 100000 annually in le-
gal fees of all types.
Mr.. Colladay is general coun-
sci emeritus and a former pres
ident of the Washington Board
Of Trade. He recalled that on
his advice some time ago, the
board registered under the Lob
bying Act for its activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
Three in Family Killed
As 6 Perish in Crashes

An 80-year-old Washington woman her daughter and
Sonn-law killed Route 301 in Maryland yesterday in
wocar head-on collision that also injured five other
critically.
This brought the total of traffic deaths to six since
Friday night. Twelve persons have been injured
Police identified the dead in the crash Route 30l as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
Nursing Homes Called
Shocking, Criminal
D. 6. Medical Society Report Says
Few Even Meet Minimum Standards
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS
star star Writer

Most Of washnstohs private nursing homes disgrace
to the city District Medical Society report released last
night charged.
The special report by the Committee Public Health
accompanied by ranging from he situation
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Hospital Hearing
Set by Senate
Thursday Session to Air Proposal
For Freedmen's- Howurd U. Link
ny MIRIAM GUTENBERG
star STAR writer

r The iona-recommended move 70 transfer Freedmens
Hospital 10 Howard University 70 the univerys
expanded medical teaching center win get Senate hearing
this week.
\ senator Morse Democrat Of Oregon head Of a special
subcommittee OF the Senate Labor and Public Welfare
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should be burned 70 the
ground"
The tone Of the report was
backed by DR.. Daniel L. Finu-
cane, District health director
who said yesterday that very
few Of the private nursing
homes here meet Washington's
minimum standards.
"a Horrible Situation"
Gerard M. Shea, director OF
public welfare. agreed. saying
1T is a horrible situation" with
many persons barely getting
room and board in rundown
homes.
DR.. Finucane said the prob
lem seems to be one OF eco
Monies. The average person. he
pointed out, can't pay the $500
to $500 per month generally
required by the better homes
The Welfare Department. for
example. allows only $l1o pei
month for nursing home care
for its wards.
DR.. Clifton r. Gruver. chair
man Of the Medical Society''
Executive Committee. while
recognizing the sad state Of
most of the private nursing
homes, declared that a crack
down which would close. many
of the homes would be unwise
at this time, The need fol
nursing home beds is too great
he added.
The report was presented Il
the Executive committee las
week. The committee appointed
three subcomuittees to worl
with the Health Department
and Nursing Home Association
toward improving the situation
SubsidizatiOn Proposed
The committee agreed thert
Is no immediate solution. /
noted. however. a number Of
opportunities, for improvement
in medical care and in santa
ton. The group agreed on thu
need for a long range program
and on the need to explore tn,
possibility Of substituting nurs'
ing homes.
The unusual report from thI
usually conservative Medica
Society is the result Of a surve,
Of physicians earlier this sum
.mer. Responses came from
129 doctors who said they haC
sent patients to nursing homes
during the past two years
Another 102 doctors had no
used the homes recently, anC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
Leqion Hears Almond
Defy Troop Threat

ROANOKE, Va. Aug. 2 QF1-Gov j. Lindsay Almond IT,
told an appaudng State American Legion convention Saturday
no Federal troops will enforce socastc interpretations of the
14th Amendment" in Virginia.
He said Congress and the Supreme Court have embarked
upon sociological doctrine" and nov they saw thew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
KREMLIN AND CAPITOL COMPARED
E.F. CoIIudoy Registers
As I ronsit Lobbyist

Edward f. Coaday of c. Transit Systems platoon
Washington lawyers has registered lobbyist at the Capitol
check of the records of the Secretaries Of the House
Senate yesterday revealed Mr. Coaday signed up July H.
lists himself legislative counsel for the transit firm
He told The Star the main for the
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several gave their reasons for
not doing so.
Many Of the reporting pnysi-
clans use only the few tor
flight nursing homes In the
District so that statistics In
the report show a higher gen
eral rating for homes than the
Committee on Public Health
expected.
However. more than so doc
tors returned special critica
comments with their forms
These comments severely con-
demned the majority Of nurs-
ing homes.
Appalling Conditions"
DR.. Gruver declared:
Remarks by many indicate
conditions which world APP
pear appalling. We must elevate
the standards Of care as BELTS
this Nations Capital TO a
level which allows US to view
with pride rather than shame
the facilities available for the
care nf these patients.
The doctors who responded
to the survey noted a total OF
81 nursing homes in the
District, nearby Maryland apd
Virginia, including non-proht
or voluntary institutions and
unsupported homes. The
committee. however, dealt only
with the proprietary or pri-
vate homes.
A Medical Society spokes-
man pointed out that the doc
tors who made special COM
ments-most of them deroga-
tory-were the ones with the
most experience Win nursing
homes"
Two Forced to Close
Another recalled that the two
most satisfactory of nine homes
he had used were forced out o.
business by inspectors enforcing
fire regulations. aNsf
Three others. the doctol
noted. we're run by women with
personalities shockingly UNI
for the care of patients"
! One was a registered nurse
another a practical nurse anC
the third probably making
false claims to training"
Mrs. Josephine Prescott. heaC
Of Public Health Nursing for thu
Health Department. declared
the situation is Shocking" Slit
added that the department Il
trying to devise ways and mean
Iof correcting it.
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and constructing q new facility
of $50 beds and incorporation |
Of the i50-bed tuberculosis |
annex. which was built In 1870. |
2. Congress would appropri-
ate funds for the partial sup
port Of the new teaching
hospital but with the proviso
that Ito the extent consistent
with good medical teaching
practice" the hospital shall
become progressively more self
supporting.
3. To protect the Civil serv-
ice employees Of the hospital
specific provision would be
made for continued retirement
and insurance coveraee. The
agreement for transfer Of the
hospital would also provide that
Howard University would not
reduce the salary of employees
who transfer and would provide
other benefits.
Urged Since 1889
The transfer has been recon-
mended repeatedly since 1899.
That year. the hospital and the
university formally agreed that
the university would take over
the responsibility for the pro-
fessional care Of patients. An
effort was made to handle the
problem Of dual administration
by making the dean Of Towards
medical school also superin-
tendent Of the hospital but
members Of Congress reported
ly frowned on the proposal. So,
the dual administration has
continued.
These other factors have gone
into the decision to seek the
transfer Of the hospital and
rebuild 1t into q modern teach
ing hospital:
The old hospital is outmoded
and sub-standard. 1t was not
built as a teaching hospital.
The most modern building,
the tuberculosis annex, is two
thirds empty but plans to con-
vert it into a chronic disease
hospital and staff it have got
ten nowhere. The Budget Bu-
reau is loath to approve addi-
tional expenditures pending a
decision on the hospitals flu
ture role.
Involved Setup,
The lack Of modern facilities
particularly the fact that the
hospital has only 10 private"
rooms which are cubicles with
out running water has had
two important effects: First, the
hospital cannot demand full
rates from group-insured pa
tients for facilities below what
Is guaranteed in the contracts.
Second. Negro patients who can
AFFORD TO pay their way often
prefer to 20 to more modern
WASHINGTON hospitals. Since
only a few Negro physicians
nave courtesy privileges at these
hospitals. the patients lose the
services Of their family doctors.
Meanwhile. with Government
support, Howard Is engaged in
a co-ordinated program to dou-
BILE its output Of physicians and
dentists. New medical and dem
tai school buildings have been
built, sustantiatial additions
have been made in the teaching
STATS and more are being re-
quested, negotiations have been
completed for Howard to OBJ
tain one-third of the teaching
privileges at District General
Hospital.
The university last year
stepped up its rate of admis-
sions to the medical and dental
schools so that the enrolment
of 240 medical and 200 dental
students is being increased to
400 medical and 400 dental
students.
Government Aids Program
These statistics tell why the
Government is backing the ex-
panded teaching program: In
1856. the total of 6,S45 medical
school graduates included only
ITS negroes. That year, the ma
tons total of doctors included
1912 white and 4.026 Negro
physicians.