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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15

pietsr,s end Other sisg. Psss AIS
the airport project designated
for chantilly. Va. by Pres
ident Eisenhower yesterday.
went out from Senator Men,
roney. Democrat Of Oklahoma.
chairman Of the Aviation Sub
committee.
In Q letter to Civil Aero
nautics Administrator James
II. Pyle. Senator Monroney
asked that the contract for
airport construction De spread
among at least four films in
order to rush the facility to
completion.
In another TO the Civil Aero
nautics Board. ne asks "imme-
date diversion Of some WASH
ington lone-distance flights to
Baltimore's Friendship Airport.
as recommended by Gen. FL
wood r. Quesada. presidential
assistant for aviation.
A third letter went to Fed
eral highway ofiicials asking Q
rush program on the .top-pri-
ority four-lane, expressway des-
ignated for U. s. Highway 50
as an access to the new airport.
Commerce Secretary Weeks.
within an hour Of President
Eisenhower's designation yes
terday. requested immediate re-
lease of the appropriated Sl2.5
million by the Budget Bureau
to get preliminary work under
way.
The Chantilly site Is about
81 miles west Of Washington
on u. s. Route so. Preliminary
costs are estimated at $i2.9
million. with a probable figure
of $50 million for the COM
pleted project.
Target date for beginning OF
air operations Is late 1860 or
early 1861.
President Eisenhower's rec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
CANNON FEARFUL
ALLIES WILL PANIC
.iF WAR STARTS

Chairman Cannon, DEM
ocrat Of Missouri. Of the
House Appropriations Com
mittee. said yesterday the
United States would not be
able to depend on most Of
It's allies II war broke out
with Russia.
In q statement In the
Congressional Record. Mr..
Cannon said "Our allies
have escape clauses In their
treaties" and all United
States air bases abroad are
ON land under lease sub
ject to revocation without
notice."
with few exceptions"
he said. "our allies are
leaving the back door open
and at the first alarm will
get out so precipitously
they will carry the door
lamb with them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
Truck crosh Kills 6

CANTANzARO. italy. Jan.
IS R.-A truck carrying Is
workers skidded OF q mountain
road and fell in q ravine near
this southern Italian city to-
day, killing six and injuring
the others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
BY MARY McGRORY
star stan Writer

One man, at least. had no
doubts about the Presidents
health today. That was the
President himself.
Mr.. Eisenhower in answer to
a more than polite inquiry said
he was feeling very well.
II he had sunlight. he said.
he would like TO go to the golf
course this afternoon.
As long as he was able to
carry on. he would do as before.
he said. and as for the rest. It
was in the lap Of the gods. and
that was that.
The Presidents views on his
own state Of health were not
entirely in agreement with
those of the people who watched
him. It seemed indisputable
that since his last illness. the
President has slowed down.
Hesltates NOticeably
He spoke more slowly; he
hesitated noticeably between
words. He mispronounced the
name of Russian Premier Bull
ganin. leaving of the FIRST syl-
liable. He miscalled the Federal
Reserve Board. referring TO 1t
as the Federal Board.
Queried about whether he
had any intention Of resigning,
he replied that he had never
considered II in a specific way
After his last illness. he said,
the doctors after q couple Of
hours had assured him that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15


q million postal workers. plus
Q temporary thrce-year cost
of-living bonus Of e2l0 q year
for most postal clerks and
carriers.
The fun Senate Civil Service
Committee meets this after
noon and Il expected 70 ap-
prove its subcommittee action.
The subcommittee legisla-
ton for CLASSIFIED and postal
workers would be retroactive to
last October I. or the first pay
period following that date. \
President Asked 6 Pet.
The subcommittee's legisla-
ton was q little more generous
than the nat 6 per cent recon-
mended by President Eisen-
hover for the majority Of clas-
sified and postal workers.
However. the Senate unit
adopted the administration's
proposal that the present si6.-
900 q year classified pay cell
ine Be raised.
The committee set q new
classified pay ceiling Of ST.
500 q year. The President had
asked for an $4,000 ceiling.
Also adopted By the subcom-
mittee was an administration
proposal that college graduates
hired for managerial. profess
sional and scientific jobs be
hired at Grade Z. instead of the
present entrance Grade s.
The subcommittee's bill
would give all classified en-
ployes a nat rs per cent in
crease up through Grade IS.
Other Increases
Employees in super-grades l6
to 10 would receive somewhat
more than rs per cent due to
the adjustment TO the proposed
si7.500 pay ceiling.
However. committee mem
bers said final details on the ex-
act amount Of these increases
in the top grades have not been
worked out.
The Senators also said the
reason postal workers received
o temporary $240-a-year in
crease in addition TO the rs
per cent raise Is that most of
them are In the lower salary
brackets and do not have the
promotion opportunities that
classified employees have.
The subcommittee is headed
by Senator Neuberger. Demo-
erat Of Oregon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
Quoke Felt in Austrio

GRAZ. Austria. Jan. is R.-
For the third straight day earth
shocks rocked the area around
the town Of Muerzzuischlag.
about midway between Graz
and Vienna. early today. No
casualties or serious property
damage have been reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
President Bans Tax Boost
To Offset Budget Deficit
Voices Hope
For Upturn
In Business
BY GARRETT d. HORNER
star stan Writer

President Eisenhower today
ruled out any talk Of raising
taxes even If it means going
into the red.
He told q news conference
he would prefer a reasonable
amount Of deficit spending
rather than increasing taxes to
keep his 1859 fiscal year budget
In balance.
But he made it clear he still
hopes that revenues will 60 UP
and that domestic spending can.
be held down so as to keep the
new budget In the black.
The President stuck by his
guns in predicting better BUSH
ness this year. He also said
direct Government controls over
the Nations economy were not
needed now. r
This was Mr.. Eisenhower's
FIRST news conference since last
October 30-and his first ques-
tion-and-answer session with
reporters since his stroke-like
cerebral occlusion Of November
IS.
Covers Wide Range
The wide-ranging discussion
covered many questions. Among
other things. it brought thfse
assertions from the President:
l. He has not considered re-
signing and viii carry on in his
Job as long as he Is able. but
would resign II he ever was
convinced he was not up to
doing his job.
2. He has no intention Of
making public the Gather
Committee report. reviewing
present and future defense
problems. because to do so
would destroy the usefulness Of
such confidential studies.
3. He believes that solidarity
in the Republican Party be-
hind the principles he advo-
Gates Is far stronger than
would appear at times. s
{. His convictions about what
should be done to achieve
greater unity in the armed
forces are rather strong. but
he viii not try to impose them
as the final answer in working
for agreement on an effective
defense reorganization. e
Opposes Tax Increase ,
The first question asked the
President today was whether
he would prefer deficit SPEND
ing or raising taxes If Congress
should increase spending 1ig-
ures in his 1859 budget so as
to upset the ''precarious" bal.
ance.
Mr.. Eisenhower conceded
that there was q marrow"
balance in his estimates Of ifs
cal 1859 spending Of s73.9 bill
lion. with revenue rising to
Continued on Page A-17, Col. 1
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many futile efforts. are be-
ginning to despair Of 1t. They
had every reason. however, to
believe at the start that the
Russian claims were valid.
A recent partly.accidental
discovery at the University Of
California, which preceded the
Russian report. Is described by
DR.. Sol Krasner in an Once
Of Naval Research report as
having come very close to
having as profound an effect
on mankind as radar or atomic
fission."
Whether the full potential
Of this start Is TO be realized
apparently depends on the
validity Of Russian claims.
which would vastly enhance
the University Of California
results.
Secret Of Fusion Energy
Fusion energy Is released
when two atoms Of heavy
hydrogen. deuterium, unite TO
form an atom OF the Gas
helium. The helium atom
weighs a little less than the
two deuterium atoms. The
lost mass appears In the form
OF energy.
The combining process, as
II has been envisioned up TO
now. requires enormous tenn
peratures essentially 100 mil
lion degrees Fahrenheit or
about the heat Of the interior
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15

N3R~AgVNA CACGWtANC1 UAA lL3t1KlE
jackson place NV. on La
fayette Park with this direct
appropriation.
Lease purchase agreements
require private builders instead
to put up structures occupied
and repurchased by the Cow
eminent over 80 years.
The President did not link
his budget request to q rejec-
ton OF the Federal lease pur-
chase programs. Legal author
ity for the leasing system died
last July. But the President
urged Congress to revise PLAN
ming on o8 approved buildings
under the program, including
six in the District. this year.
Early Building Advised
His request for direct funding
sought TO carry out recon-
mendations Of q special COM
mission on executive once
space. This presidentially APP
pointed unit warned. last year.
that the Federal Offices must be
built at once on Jackson place
and suggested razing the old
State Department Building at
Seventeenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV. to make
more room for administrative
advisers.
Despite White House back
ing. plans for the executive
once building begged down.
The General Services Admin
istration took title last January
70 the last property ON the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
Eisenhower Still Firm
On Summit Talk Terms
BY EARL n. vOSs
star star writer

There must be very clear
evidence through q foreign
ministers meeting that q sum-
init conference would reach
profitable agreement before
top-level talks can be held with
the Soviet Union. President Ei-
senhower reiterated today.
The President told newsmen
he hopes his letter to Soviet
Premier Bulganin viii get
exactly the same publicity in
the Soviet Union that Marshal
Bulganin's letters got in the
United States. Mr.. Eisenhower,s
3.000-word letter was delivered
in Moscow Sunday. but no word
about it has appeared in the
Soviet press yet.
Again Lauds Dulles
Mr.. Eisenhower also gave
Secretary of State Dulles a
ringing Endorsement as the
wisest and most dedicated man
he knows.
He claSsed reports that Mr..
Dulles had submitted his resig-
nation as trash"
The President said he be-
lieves Secretary Dulles has
greater knowledge in his field
than any other man he knows.
In sipte of criticism Of Mr..
Dulles. which Mr.. Eisenhower
acknowledged. the President
said he wants the Secretary to
stay right squarely on the Job.
Conversations with other world
leaders on their personal eval-
uation Of Mr.. Dulles confirm
the President in his view, he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
President Acts to Speed
Building for His Stoff
Direct Appropriation Is Sought
To Set ST. Million Project Sturted
Nv GRACE RASsETT.
BY GRACE BAssETn


President Eisenhower has taken plans for controversial
$27A million building for his White House staff out Of the
lease-purchasing program.
To speed construction he has asked Congress to free 81
million this session.
Federal Government itself would build the offices for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
Back
7.5% Federal
Pay Increase
$240 o Year Bonus
For PostoI Clerks
Included in Bill
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
star star writer

The Senate Civil Service
Subcommittee on Federal Pay
today approved . rs per cent
pay raise bill for the Govern
ments / million classified en-
ployes.
The group also approved Q
rs per cent pay raise for half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
Rush Action Is Urged
On ChontiIIy Airport
BY CHARLES YARBROUGH
star star writer

Capitol hin stamped rush"
on Washington's second air.
port today.
urgent recommendations
touching on three phases Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
1923 Million
Park Program
Proposed
Planners Would Buy
Lond in Montgomer,
And Prince Georges
BY CHARLES L HOFFMAN
star star writer


star star writer
A $So.e million iong-range
program for parkland acquisi-
ton and DEVELOPMENT In sub
urban Maryland Is in the hands
Of the Maryland National Cap
ital Park and Planning Conn
mission. It was revealed today.
The proposed program was
to be discussed with the COM
mission today BY Parks Direc-
tor John p. Hewitt and
members Of the park and plan
ming stan.
The program calls for the
acquisition Of some l3.400
acres Of park and school sites
In Montgomery and Prince
Georges County.
The total cost Is estimated
at sass million exclusive Of in
terest costs on any bonds is
sued. Another SlS.4 million
win be needed for development,
according to the stan proposal.
The program establishes pri-
critics for acquisition aimed at
reserving earliest the land that
faces the most serious threats
Of being g0bbled up in suhdi-
vision development.
No Financing Plans
The stan makes no specific
recommendations for financing
the vast program. At present
the commission has less than
81 million q year in Mnntgom-
cry and about $3.50 900 In Prince
Georges for acquisition. deyel-
opment. operation and main
tenance Of the park system.
and payment on the commits
sion's bonded debt.
The commission noW has some
400 acres in local and stream
valley parks in the two eoun-
ties. About 900 acres Of this Is
in local parks.
The present park tax IN Mont
gomery IS 10 cents per 500 and
. cents per 500 IN Prince
Georges.
The total cost Of the pro-
gram Includes some All million
in capper Cramton. Federal
park funds for stream valley
land purchases. One-third Of
this amount would he q direct
grant from Congress.
Another Sl.4 million would
be paid by school boards IN the
two counties for their share Of
park-school sites. The pro-
gram does not establish any
priority system for school site
purchases alone.
Five-Year OutIays
In the first i've years the
stan program calls for ssh mil
lion to be spent in Montgomery
and SIS million In Prince
Georges.
During the five-year period,
% per cent Of the total pro-
gram would be paid for In
Montgomery and ass per cent
In Prince Georges.
This is exclusive Of S5.6 mil
lion to be spent in the stream
valley parks in Montgomery
and Sl1 million in Prince
Georges.
The priorities established in
dicate the fear park oficials
have Of the upper section Of
Rock Greek. Northwest Branch
and Paint Branch being over
run BY residential development.
For example the program
emissions for the next year ex-
penditures Of $l.275.O0O for
land purchase along Rock Greek
near Rockville.
Two Regional Parks
The first years program in
Montgomery also calls for
100000 for the first purchases
See PARKS, Page Ale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
TO FIND
THE CAR
YOU HAVE IN MIND

II you're In the market for
q new or used car don't
overlook the many listings
Of top values In the auto
motive columns Of Star
Classified today.
For Just the buy you've
been looking for. at a price
geared TO tit your budget,
see The Star first
Washington's preferred
classified medium by more
than 2 10 I according 10
an American Researe h
Bureau survey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
Preparation Needed

Exploration Of prospects for
q summit meeting should start
through normal diplomatic
channels. the President said.
Later. there could be a pre-
liminary Ambassadors meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15

The first years program in
Montgomery also calls for
100000 for the first purchases
See PARKS, Page A-IO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

of this problem" he said. "the
committee will have to form
some conclusion about the flu.
ture character of the Nations
Capital; that is. as to whether
some industrial development is
to be encouraged or whether it
should be exclusively the seat
Of the Government.
Many thoughtful persons
believe that encouragement of
industrial development would
give the area a better balanced
economy" he continued.
Rear Admiral Paul D. Stroop.
USN, new chief of the Bureau
of Ordnance, said earlier this
month that further study is
necessary before the program
at the gun factory can be
charted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

lytic polio it does not prevent
the spread of the virus. He
added that persons not inoc.
ulated are in just as much dan.
ger of polio as they would be
had the vaccine not been de.
veloped.
Campaign Outlined
DR.. Finucane outlined the
Health Departments anti
polio drive: He said the de-
partment is continuing its i'm.
munization program for in.
fants and pre-school children
in the II child health clinics.
1t has two clinics for all age
groups, one meeting at the
Weightman School at 1890
pm. Fridays and the other at
1890 pm. Wednesdays at the
Southwest Health Center. Pre-
natal patients registered for
Health Department care are
also being immunized.
An additional program is
planned for Easter week in an
attempt to reach as many pre-
school children as possible be-
fore this summers polio sea-
son arrives. Special clinics
will be set up in selected junior
high schools and elementary
schools. This week-long pro-
gram will be repeated a month
later in May for second in
jectionS.
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lalo Oh at the plant earlier
this year.
Mr.. Hyde said he was seri-
ously concerned about the sta
tus of the factory. He said in
a letter to the President:
Il believe this installation
can perform great work for our
future weapons program as it
has for this program in the
past.
There is assembled in this
installation a group of highly
skilled technicians and engi-
neers who are the best in their
rield of work. They have de-
Veloped a production know-how
which would be hard to repro
duce elsewhere: the loss of
those skills would be expensive
and detrimental to our weapons
production"
The legislator said the fac
tory is having trouble getting
technicians because of its I'M
certain future.
He urged that definite steps
be taken to fully develop the
potentially of the Naval Gun
Factory and to set it on a sound
and secure basis as one of the
most efficient installations for
the future defense of our
country"
Mr.. Hyde also looked at the
gun factory in the light of the
economic and industrial devel-
opment of the Washington
area, which is to be studied
by the Joint Congressional
Committee on Washington Met
ropolitan Area Problems, of
which he is a member.
I'm connection with the study
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25
Bundit FIees With $4o
After Grocery HoIdup

A Washington grocer gave up
$40 to a lone holdup man last
night in his store at 400 K
street NE, police reported.
Abraham Gettleman, 48, pro-
prietor of the Victory Market,
told detectives he was counting
the days receipts when the
bandit entered, carrying q
partly covered pistol.
The man demanded money
and threatened to shoot If he
was not obeyed. Mr.. Gettleman
handed over the cash, he said.
The man was described as q
25-year-old colored man. S feet
8 and 1870 pounds, wearing q
gray hat and a trench coat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

insist their records indicate
that as many as IS coats of
paint have been put on the east
front, and that painting was
begun as early as 1919 for the
specific purpose of hating de-
terioration.
There is no dearth of past
warnings about east front de-
fects. In 1885, testifying before
a House committee, Architect
of the Capitol David Lynn cited
it as a reason for extending the
east front and rebuilding it in
marble. Mr.. Lynn noted a num-
Der of defects and added:
II consider the whole stone
work is deteriorating progress
sively. The ornamental parts
the holdings, balustrades and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

nlgnL 10 ADOPT recent recon-
mendati0ns by the United
States Public Health Service.
DR.. Daniel L. Finucane, d.
rector of public health, today
said that there were 70 polio
cases with two deaths in WASH
ington during 1857. OF these
81 had had no vaccine, IL had
had one shot and six had re-
ceived two shots. Only five
patients had all three shots.
DR.. Finucane added So of these
cases were children under 6
and eight victims were over 20.
At a special medical society
press conference, DR.. Finucane
declared that through last jan
uary less than $4,000 residents
here had been given the COM
plete three-shot series out of an
estimated under 40" popula-
ton Of $4,000. Less than 280,-
900 have been given two shots
and some $4,000 one shot.
Virus Still Circulates
DR.. Finucane said that a spe-
cial effort must be directed by
both the Health Department
and private physicians to i'm
munize infants and preschool
children.
Recently Surgeon General
Leroy E. Burney of the Public
Health Service pointed out that
while the Salk vaccine is 90
per cent effective against para
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-25

National Bureau Of Standards
last year studied nine cores of
east front sandstone, two inches
in diameter. which it removed
at random from the wall. The
bureau reported considerably
less evidence of deterioration
than Capitol officials have
claimed.
In general, the bureau con-
cluded that the cores were not
deteriorated significantly to a
depth of more than half an
inch beneath the surface. In
view of this, the bureau sug-
gested the old stone was "suffi-
GENTLY sound to justify further
service" if about half on inch
of the surface were removed,
and the new surface painted.
That recommendation. and
others made by opponents of
the extension for repairing the
present wall in its present posi-
ton. will be discussed in an
article in this series tomorrow.
The Capitol consultants ques-
ton some of the bureaus re-
port. not as to the cores of
sandstone studied, but as to
applying the findings to the wall
as a whole. Wall conditions and
the quality of stones. they say,
vary too greatly for such gen.
ordinations to be made.
The bureau also reported that
frequent painting has proved a
mixed blessing and curse to the
east front. On the one hand,
paint has protected the stone
somewhat from weather. On the
other, the report said. it has
sealed in" moisture which
seeps into the wall through
cracks and defective joints"
In cold weather. the moisture
freezes, and pushes out areas Of
paint and stone.
Marble a Remedy
The Capitol consultants con-
tend this is a problem which |
never will be solved with the
soft sandstone, and only a
marble front would cure. Even |
marble, however. if placed over |
the large cracks. might well |
split in the same places the
stone has. they say.
The bureau report noted that
the Capitol sandstone has stood |
the ravageS-of time far less well
than similar stone on the White |
House, of similar vintage. One
possibility, it said, is that the !
White House may have been |
more thoroughly painted"
and bureau studies showed only
IL coats Of paint on the Cap
itol cores.
| Capitol historians, however,