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attorney and with the acouies-
cence OF the United States At
torney,s once here. he pleaded
guilty 10 q lesser charge
destroying private property. AS
a result Of this. he should have
gotten a sentence OF no more
than a year in jail.
Gets Arson Term
However. when he was sem
fenced In December, 1856
through some unexplained mix
up and without objection from
his attorney-he was sentenced
10 a term Of 2 to 8 years-a
term that should have applied
10 q sentence on the arson
charges.
A year ago. Howkins was
turned down by the appellate
court when he asked TO appeal
without prepayment Of costs.
Last June. the Judge who SEN
fenced him refused TO set aside
the earlier sentence and. In
September. refused TO allow
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houses in which to put the
underpriviledged.
Mrs. Montgomery spoke at a
meeting of the Potomac Chap
ter Of National Association of
Housing and Redevelopment
officials at 1884 I street NV.
Citing experience and studies
in Philadelphia, she declared
that purchase of houses on the
open market can solve the
problems of site acquisition, So
cial stigma. good environment
and the need for large dwell
lings." She said that sound,
used homes also cost consider
ably less than comparable space
in a housing development.
Mrs. Montgomery called upon
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Store Owner Sees
$l75 Points Robbery

A Washington clothing store
owner yesterday told police
that, when he stepped out of
the front door for a breath OF
air, two men stepped out of the
rear door with IS pairs Of
trousers.
Ben Steidel, owner Of the
S g. NJ clothing store, 318
Ninth street NV. said he was
in front Of his store about lis
pm. when he turned to see two
men dashing out the rear
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him TO appeal this judgment
without prepayment Of costs.
Mistake Discovered
But In December. the appel
late allowed him 10 appeal this
latest judgment OF the lower
court. and the mixup In the
sentencing was discovered by
his court-appointed attorneys,
Stanley B. Cohen and Marcus
Cohn.
Yesterday, on a Joint motion
by Hawkins attorneys and the
United States Attorneys once,
the appellate court remanded
the case back 10 District Court
and ordered Hawkins freed
from jail pending resentencing
on the original guilty plea for
the lesser offense.
II is questionable whether
Hawkins will receive any new
sentence at all, since he already
has been in jail for two years
a year more than he could re-
ceive for the offense of destroy
ing private property.
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officials to come UP with bold,
new approaches TO public hous-
ing problems. She said urbani-
cation, which is revolutionizing
American cities. has made old
ideas outmoded and created de-
mand for new ones.
Housing authorities don't
know enough about what goes
on in public housing develop
ments," she declared. They
should get out and spend hours
in the evening walking in them
so they can gain real under
standing of the problems"
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entrance with the pants, valued
at SITS.
Mr.. Steidel said he glimpsed
the retreating backs Of the
thieves and could describe them
only as colored.
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Food Bill Rises

NEW YORK.-According to
the Grocery Manufacturers As
sociation, the Nations per
capita food expenditures for
1857 totaled $40. an increase
of SIC over the 1856 figure. and
are expected to reach SASS this
year.
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Sentence Error Ended
After Extro Years in Jail

comedy OF errors which resulted In q not comic
miscarriage OF justice terminated here yesterday by the
United States Court Of Appeals with the release from a Of
James Hawkins. 67
Mr.. Hawkins Of 1903 Spring road NV. arrested IN
May 1856 and charged with on the advice Of his
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Suburban Housing
For Needy Proposed

Public housing officials yesterday urged to consider
that would place needy families in the suburbs rather
than in crowded housing developments
Mrs Mary S. Montgomery director Of the Phla
depha Housing Association suggested that authorities abandon
construction Of multstory deyeopmens and buy good
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4 .99

You must have ot least one =. = you should hove
several lone eosuoI, the other dFessy and
you can at this priee We sketch but two Of dozens
-. in straw, lace or novelty fobres. White and q
large array Of eolors.
Downstairs store Millinery
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Juniors, Bsiiy's here
with some Of the coolest
eOiions you can pick
BETTY BARCLAY
FASHION SHOW

Be lovely. be Iozy in these
Betty Barclay Jr.'s, sun
fashioned in no-iron drip
dry eottons. Sizes 7 to IS.
A. Shirtwoist sheoth with
summer coverooe in the full
balloon sleeves. Dainty en-
broidey on bodice and
sleeves. Pink blue, IiIoc.
1899
B, Checks pay off in Doeron
and cotton sheath, airy
oroonzo bow. Blue or pink.
1899
c. Polished cotton shines in
stripes, tucked bodice, full
pleoted skirt. Pink or blue.
s.es
D. A wide puff Of sleeves
dipping to q back V. Whirly
skirt, embroidery detail.
Pink, blue or lilac. 1899
Other styles from 500 to
l4.95
Down Stoirs Store, Jr BUDGET
AppoSel also Bethesda Store
and 7 Corners Down Stoirs Store l
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DEADLINE: TUESDAY
Tax Men Awaiting
Lost-Minute Crush

Tardy taxpayers who have
not yet filed their Federal and
District income tax returns face
the stark reality of a Tuesday
deadline.
Tomorrow is expected to be
a heavy day at the Federal in
come tax Office in the Internal
Revenue Building at Twelfth
street and Constitution avenue
NV.
The Districts income tax Of
fee in the Municipal Building
is girding for a driving finish.
Kenneth Back. District finance
officer. said about 10000 Dis
trict income tax returns have
been filed. He estimated an
other 100000 are to come.
No extra hours at the tax
Offices are planned. Closing
time at the Federal Offices in
this area is 5 pm. The District
Office closes at 4:45 pm. Gen.
orally those in line at closing
time are taken care Of, but no
overtime is planned.
Eugene Travers. in charge Of
the Washington Office for the
Director Of Internal Revenue,
said 1t is estimated that about
IS per cent OF the Federal re-
turns have been filed.
The taxpayer who seeks in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-13
BASEBALL TIME
IS HERE AGAIN

A TRIPLE PLAY is offered bose
ball fans in todoy's StoE With
Washington opening its American
League season tomorrow, there ore
baseball pictures, features. Tv
schedules and rosters on Poees C-l
and C-S. There ore more stories in
SUNDAY. The Stor Mosozine ond
on eleetronic pennont forecast in
THIS WEEK Mosozine.
BEFORE THE BLAST thot sent
Americas Explorer satellite sky
word went years Of planning, re-
seorch--ond guessing. Rocket Ex-
pert Wernher Won Braun tells
The Story Behind the Satellites"
on Pose 8 Of todoy's THIS WEEK
Mosozine.
VACATION TIME is coming
closer. Todoy's Trovel Section
spreads out some Of the wonderful
places to see in the United Stutes.
A Stote-by- Stote list and tips on
pIonnins vueotiOns begin on Page
RI.
A 9-DAY DIET to old reducing
will stort tomorrow in The Stor.
Eoch doy's recipes will be oeeom-
ponied by figure exercises. Josephine
Lowmon sets the scene todoy on
Pose DIS.
IS RECESSION the top worry in
voters minds' Todoy's Editorial
Section osks a section Of
Congressman whot their eonstitu-
ents ore concerned obout most,
seven months before the congress
sionol elections. Pooe All.
Complete Index. Poge AZ
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5 Areas Detect Soviet
Underground Blast

ator Humphrey. The area in
which the March IS explosion
took place had not had any
earthquakes for over 40 years. !"
Scientist Edward Teller and
other administration advisers
contend that the Russians could
hold underground nuclear tests
without fear of detection. Thus.
they say. any suspension Of
tests under international agree
ment could be violated by the
Russians without anyone being
the wiser.
The Senator said the infor-
nation gathered by the widely
scattered seismic stations was
sufficiently accurate to deter
mine the time and place of the
explosion. which took place in
the northern 'Urals.
AS a part Of it's inquiry. the
subcommittee has sent a Ques-
tionnaire to 81 seiSmologists in
the United States. Among other
things it asks at what distances
and with how many stations a
nuclear blast could be dis
tinguiShed from an earthquake.
1t also asked for the features
of seismic waves which help
to distinguish an earthquake
from a man-made underground
explosion.
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Senator Humphrey, Demo-
crat of Minnesota, revealed last
night that an underground ex-
plosion in the mountains of
Russia on March Is was de-
tected at several seismic sta
tons from 1000 to 5000 miles
away.
The Senator said the blast
was recorded at one station in
Alaska. two in the Western
part of the United States. one
in Sweden and one in India.
The Senator also reported
that the Senate Disarmament
Subcommittee, of which he is
chairman. is beginning a care
full study of such explosions.
because one of the crucial is
sues in any proposal to sus-
pend nuclear weapons tests in
wolves development Of an eff
fective system for detecting
underground explosions.
Detection of this Soviet un-
derground explosion, which oc-
CURED at a time and place
not previously announced. in
dicates the distances at which
underground explosions can be
detected-particularly if they
occur in areas which have been
free of earthquakes" said Sem
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is that you could slip still
further"
Nixon Shares Feelings
Vice President Nixon. who
has said he favorS a tax cut
over any public works pump
printing" program. is under
stood to share this feeling.
While Government leaders
have no fears that the slump
will turn into a business col
lapse. they are concerned about
the high level of unemploy-
ment in prospect for the
months ahead unless there is
Government action.
Assuming we will go on as
we are" an official explained,
I'VE will face unemployment
levels lowering around 100000
throughout the first three quar-
tiers Of the year"
Unemployment in March to-
tailed 5,l90.0O0. This was an
increase Of $4,000 over the Feb
ruary total and was interpreted
by the President and others as
indicating a slowing down in
the decline.
Government experts expect
some seasonal drop in unem-
See ECONOMIC, Page Ais
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Reds Show Goods,
But Not for Sole

MILAN. Italy, April II tP.-
Soviet Russia has unveiled a
huge exhibit of technical equip
ment at Milan's trade fair
but very little of 1t is for sale.
The Soviet exhibit includes
television equipment. special
radio sets for scientific uses.
cameras and a full-scale model
of Sputnik l. Along caviar
vodka. brandy. perfumes, books
and records are displays of in
struments for atomic power
plants. Big posters illustrate
atomic plants under construc-
ton in Russia. an atomic
powered Ice breaker and Rus
sia's jet airliner-the TU-l04
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Southwest freeway at Canal
street. a pedestrian overpass on
NJ street and widening Of a
Seventh street railroad bridge.
The city also has been asked
to make an important decision
on how much it is willing TO
pay for land being turned over
for streets and public buildings.
The city has a choice Of paying
the RIA acquisition cost or the
written-down prices after clear
ance.
$40 Million for Northwest
This decision has a significant
impact on RLA'S costs, Mr..
SearleS explained.
A $40 million Federal grant is
currently being reserved by the
See SLUM, Page A
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Washington's first commercial
radio stations. WHAQ, which
was in operation from 1922 to
1923.
He was made a member OF
the Department Of Commences
radio Advisory Committee.
forerunner of the present
Federal Communications Com
mission. on which he served
without pay.
In the course of his radio
work, he became aware of the
need for improvement Of
weather balloons. These ball
looms were sent aloft carrying
Continued on Page AS, Col. 6
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Recognition Sought
For rs 'Beep' Inventor
BY HARRY BACAS
Star stan Writer

The "beep-beep" radio sig
nails heard around the world
from high-flying space satel-
lites were probably invented in
Washington SO years ago.
But the inventor. a Washing
ton born engineer. may never
get credit for his achievement
unless the Defense Department
can find the 1925 records Of
his work among the million
and a half cubic feet of CLASH
fed military documents.
The engineer is Dan c.
Wilkerson, 81, now doing auto
motive research for the General
Motors Corp. in Detroit. The
American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers has been asked to
give him an award for his
pioneering radio work, but the
Pentagon will have to declassify
the subject first.
Mr.. Wilkerson was born in
Washington and at tie n d e d
public schools here. graduating
from old Central High in 1915.
He also served at a Senate page
for eight years. As a boy he got
interested in the new science of
radio at the Washington YMCA.
After studying engineering
at the old Maryland State Col
lege and the Naval Academy,
he worked as civilian en-
gineer. with the Army. first at
Camp Grant, ILL.,. and later at
Camp Humphreys tnow Fort
Belvor). Then he Joined a
Washington automobile firm
helped build for them one OF
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ment Land Agency. and 1t. Col.
Robert E. Mathe, assistant en-
gineer commissioner, disclosed
that cost and realty estimates
for the 650-acre Southwest re-
development area are being
completely reviewed.
Appraisers overestimated re-
covery values on a significant
amount of the former Stun land
to which the RIA is seeking
to attract private developers.
the officials said. Mr.. Searles
estimated that the potential
RIA deficit resulting from the
tagging realty values and rising
public works costs might range
from SIS million to S25 million.
Cutbacks Feared
Failure to obtain additional
Federal help could cause cut
backs in renewal plans. Mr..
Searles said. He expressed optu
mism. however, about prospects
for winning the suggested fund
transfer.
The District Commissioners
have been asked both to con-
slider the fund switch proposal
and to agree to some economic
ing on Southwest plans. Mr..
Searles disclosed.
The city has been. asked to
drop construction of three high
way projects costing more than
50 million. These include a
vehicle overpass over the new
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OAR TO Open
9Th Congress
Memorial Service
Set This Afternoon
BY BETTY MILES
star stan writer

With opening ceremonies set
for tomorrow night in Con-
stitution Hail. members of the
National Society. Daughters of
the American Revolution. ar
rived in the Capital in force
over the week end for the 9th
Continental Congress.
Approximately 700 Daughters
already had signed in by yes
MISREPRESENTATION began Fri
day-with about 5000 expected.
The group has a total member
ship Of l92. 900.
Many will attend the tradi-
tional memorial service at 2:30
pm. this afternoon in Consti-
tutional Hall when Mrs. Bruce
L. Canaga. chaplain general,
will lead the service in remem-
brance of ISIS deceased mem
bers.
Among those to be memorial
lied will be a charter member,
Mrs. Aurelia Roach Mcmillan.
Of the Atlanta Ca Chapter
President General Mrs. Fred
erick A. Groves will place a
wreath upon the Founders
Memorial Monument immedi-
ately after the service.
This morning. wreaths were
to be placed at the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier in Arling-
ton Cemetery. and at the
Tomhs Of George and Martha
Washington in Mt. Vernon.
The unfurling Of the IL by
II foot flag from the ceiling
Of Constitution Hall and the
traditional professional will Of
Continued on Page IA, Col. 1
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formation by telephone will get
a break tomorrow. The tele-
phone information service
Republic 7-8850-will be main
tanned until 9 pm. On Tuesday,
however. 1t will be shut of at
the S pm. closing time.
Taxpayers in nearby Mary
land needing help on their Fed
eral returns may go to the
Woodmore Office at l0ll1
Colesville road. The Virginia
District Of the Internal Reve-
nue. Service has an Office at 70l
Prince street, Alexandria, for
Northern Virginia people.
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Pilot En- Route Home
Dies in Jet Crush

SIOUX FALLS. S. Oak, April
II R1.-A Navy pilot en- route
from New Mexico to a visit
with his parents in Minnesota
was killed today when his TV2
jet trainer crashed in a field
about four miles from the
Sioux Falls Airport.
Naval authorities identified
the victim as 1t. Richard O.
Monogram. 80. Kirkland Air
Base. Albuquerque. N. Mex.
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Mrs. Anderson Seeks
Thye's Senate Seat

RED WING, Mimi. April /:
(P).-Mrs. Eugene Anderson OF
Red Wing, former United States
Ambassador to Denmark. an
nounced tonight that she is an
active candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for the
United States Senate from
Minnesota.
She will seek the seat now
held by Senator Thye. Repub-
lican. who is a candidate for
reelection.
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known to readers OF the New
York Times. During those years,
and before that for the Associ-
ated Press, MIR. White was report
ing every phase Of the Washing
ton scene.
AS a columnist for United
Features Syndicate, Mr.. White
will combine his news-gathering
ability with the kind of analysis
and writing skill that won him
a Pulitzer Prize for a biography
Of the late Senator Robert A.
Taft.
Starting tomorrow, his col
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Navy League Attacks
Plan to Unity Defense
Civilian Arm
Avoids Ban
By McEIroy
By c. YATES MCDANIEL
Associated Press STAFF Writer

The Navy launched strong
thanking attack Yesterday on
President Eisenhower's plan tc
unity military strategy. re-
search and spending under a
Secretary of Defense with
greatly increased authority.
The first public opposition
from the military services was
announced through the protec-
tive screen of the Navy League.
which describes itself as "the
civilian arm of the Navy"
The leagues president, John
j. Bergen. made public a sci
of resolutions adopted by the
executive committee of the
group. These resolutions op-
pose major parts of the Eisen-
hover program.
The Navy League is directed
by civilians or non-active mill
tary men.
Oppose Downgrading
The League centered It's
counterattack on the Presi-
dents proposal, which Congress
would have to approve, to re-
duce the three military depart
mentS to the subordinate status
of agencies of the Defense De-
partment. Specifically. the
league resolutions opposed
eliminating a provision in ex-
listing law that the depart.
ments must be separately ad.
ministered."
The league also would limit
to S per cent of total military
appropriations the funds the
Defense Secretary could trans
fer from one function to an
other to meet emergencies.
Defense Secretary McElroy
said on Thursday that he wouIo
need transfer authority for
somewhat less than 10 per cenr
of Defense appropriations.
Cool to STAFF Plan
The Navy Leagte also ap.
peared to oppose the Presi,
dents plan to strengthen the
Joint Staff, which works TO.
the Joint Chiefs. The League
resolution on this point stated
its opposition to measures "es-
tablishing or leading to" the
formation of q National Gen.
eral Staff.
A more direct active Navy
connection with opposition to
the reorganization program
was disclosed in actions of the
Naval Advisory Council. Com
ponent units of the council
operate in the Naval districts
See NAVY, Page A-e
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Paris Agrees
To Talk Again
With 7unisia
Cabinet Considers
Eisenhower Letter;
Assembly Called

PARIS, April IL (P)-Pre-
mier Felix Gaillard accepted
tonight the British american
good Offices plan for reopen
ing direct negotiations with
Tunisia. but reserved the right
to take the Algerian frontier
issue to the United Nations.
A French cabinet statement.
issued at the end of a daylong
session, said the French gov
eminent is willing to use the
United States British SUCCESS
tons as a basis for direct talks
with Tunisian President Habtb
Bourguiba.
Mr.. Gaillard, faced, with
some objections from his own
right wing among members of
the Independent Party. sum-
moned the French National
Assembly into special session
Tuesday, in the middle of its
Easter vacation. to receive his
appeal for backing.
This action, coupled with the
obviously stormy cabinet ses-
sion. indicated Mr.. Gaillard can
expect spirited opposition when
Parliament reconvenes.
Could Be Thrown Out
The cabinet ministers had
before them a personal letter
from President Eisenhower to
MIR. Gaillard urging France to
make another try at solving
her dispute with the Tunisians.
and. in effect. warning France
not to count on American
backing in the U. N. on the
issue.
The Premier is expected to
make today's decision an issue
of confidence in his govern
ment. A defeat would throw
him out of Office and put the
nation into political crisis
again. Mr.. Gaillard has been
Premier since November S,
1857. when he took over as
head of the gath French cabi-
net since liberation in 1914.
The leading Independent
Party member of the coalition,
Agriculture Minister Roland
Boscary-M onsservin. said on
emerging from the cabinet
meeting that there would be
no designations tonight. Earlier
the Independents had threat
ened to withdraw from the gov
eminent thus topping Mr..
Gaillard on the spot---if a ma
jority of the cabinet insisted
on making what they consider
to be excessive concessions to
the Tunisian viewpoint.
The right-wing party delega-
ton in parliament could pre-
cipitate a crisis by overruling
their ministers and forcing
them to step out.
Concession to Right Wing
Mr.. Gaillard and the cabinet
majority made one concession
to the rightwing demands in
reserving the right to take the
Algerian frontier issue to the
U.N. France accuses Tunisia of
harboring Algerian nationalist
rebels and allowing them to use
Tunisian soil as a base for OPP
erations against the French in
Algeria. The present crisis
boiled UP after French planes
bombed a Tunisian border viii
lage February 8. charging the
village was harboring Algerian
rebels.
Under the French thesis. Al
geria is an integral part of
France and Tunisia thus is
guilty of interference in French
domestic affairs. Mr.. Bourguiba
See TUNISIA, Page A-1S