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Evening star., 1959-12-11

over the supervisory powers of
the two agencies.
The controversial decision
was handed down by Judge
Ketcham on october 2 when
he committed a 17-year-old
boy to the department, with
the specific provision that he
be placed in the Cedar Knolls
institution.
He further required that the
boy, who has fathered four il
legitimate children and has
been charged with attacking
a policeman last April, not be
released without the courts
approval.
Last week, Corporation
Counsel Chester Gray filed a
motion asking Judge Ketcham
to vacate the October 2 ruling
Limits Authority
This was followed by a more
recent request by the Public
Welfare Advisory Council to the
District Commissioners that the
departments fight be carried
Ito the Supreme Court, if nee
essary."
In yesterdays opinion, Jud@
Ketcham acknowledged the de-
partment's authority to "ar-
range the placement and re-
lease of children committed to
it" but placed limits on it.
1t is up to the court, he said
"to limit or withhold the broad
delegation of its authority to
the department" to insure what
the court considers to be suit
able protection of public
safety"
Judge Ketcham charged that
in the case in question the Wei
fare Department, consistently
was unable to provide adequate
supervision of the boy while he
was in the community"
"His activities not only en-
Evening star., 1959-12-11
S.W. Condemnation
Goes to High Court
Maine Avenue
Owner Appeals
Clearance Plan
By AL ALIBRANDO
Star STAFF Writer

Mrs. Olga Forsberg Donnelly
today carried to the Supreme
Court her efforts to block con-
demnation of property she
owns along Maine avenue in
the Southwest slum-clearance
area.
The property includes land
occupied by Hogate's Restau-
rant at Ninth street and Maine
avenue.
Condemnation of the prop
erty by the District Redevelop-
ment Land Agency was upheld
by the District and the U. S.
Court of Appeals.
In her appeal, Mrs. Donnelly
asked the Supreme Court to
reverse these decisions because
her property is neither geo.
graphically, economically nor
sociologically" related to the
Slum- clearance project.
The appeal contends Mrs.
Donnelly's property is mod
ern and attractive" and part
of a 14-block, self-contained,
n-blighted, non-slum area,
presumably the waterfront
area.
Mrs. Donnelly's appeal also
challenges the conStitutionality
Of the act under which the
slum clearance agency con4
demns land. In rejecting he's
appeal, the Court of Appeals
noted that the Supreme Court
upheld the act in 1854 on a,
similar issue.
In the appellate courts de-
cision, Judge George T. Wash
ton wrote that mo doubt there
are limits to what can be done
in the name of 'redevelopment,'
but those limits :. have not
been exceeded here.
Mrs. Donnelly had asked the
RIA to give her a priority on
another property in the South
west redevelopment area. The
agency rejected her proposal
because she did not submit a
specific proposal. detailing how
she would use and develop the
site. ...
The slum clearance agency
has taken possession of Ho-
gates restaurant and is rentr
ing the property to Joseph and
Watson Rulon, who had leased
the property from Mrs. Dom
nelly. The Rulon brothers are
negotiating with the RIA for a
new restaurant site in the
waterfront area.
Evening star., 1959-12-11

in stabilizing its work force
of nearly 5000 employees. But
he would not say how long that
stabilization could be retained
Senator Butler described the
Navy's announcement as "wel-
come news" but then went on
to say the installation needed
$35 million "of contracts per
year to maintain its present
work force.
"The ne worder is a step in
the right direction but it has
not persuaded me to withdraw
my request to Chairman Rus
sell of the Senate Armed Serv-
ice Committee to investigate
naval defense planning and
procedures" the Senator said
Wrote to Russell
The Senator wrote a letter
last week to Senator Russell
asking an inquiry into sbureau-
cratic hypocrisy" of award and
subsequent cancellation OF
work to the plant. He referred
to a December 2 cancellation of
a fire control program for
guided missiles which the Navy
said on October % would re-
main at the huge installation.
ut seems inconceivable to me
that the Navy did not know in
late October what it was going
to do in early December" he
said.
Actually the Sc million con-
tract was promised the plant
two weeks ago. But then it was
withdrawn for review.
Capt. Briner said that the
Evening star., 1959-12-11
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
Full Christmas Package
In Sunday Women's World

GIFTS, FASHIONS AND HOME DECOR-In The Sun
day Stars WomenS Section the holiday spirit takes
over as Jack and Daisy Celand give you their con-
traStng ideas on Christmas preparations Appear
ing in the same section gift suggestions look
in on the Christmas decor of Washington home
plus glamour fur fashions for Yuetide giving
ON CHRISTMAS CARDS-When and by whom was the
first Christmas card sent? What did it look like?
You'll learn the answers in SUNDAY, The Star
Magazine, along with look into 'The Religious
Revival in Christmas Cards"
TEEN-AGERS AND THE BOMB-Do todays teen-agers
think atomic would mean the end of the
world? Do they think today'S leaders will let" an
all-out war happen? What are their feelings about
the bomb? For the answers, see TEEN.
ROME AND THE OLYMPICS-Rome, the scene of
many spectaces throughout its long history is pre-
pairing for another big next year-the 1860
Olympic Games What the city is doing to get
ready for the event is discussed in The Sunday
Stars Travel Pages.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1959-12-11

A proposal to shorten the
work week of District firemen
was Endorsed today by the
Commissioners Citizens Ad-
visory Council.
The councils action came
after members heard support
Evening star., 1959-12-11
Butler Insists on Probe
Of Navy Job Contract
Senator Says $6 Million Bomb Order
Is Not Sufficient for Weapons Plant

Senator Butler Republican of Maryland said today that
S6 million worth of work to the Naval Weapons
Plant far from a clear signal to its future that
he would continue to push for a Senate investigation
Plant Supt Capt Charles E. Brner described the award
construction 1O1 aerial depth helpful
Evening star., 1959-12-11
Ketchon Stands Firm
On Juvenile Powers

Juvenile Court Judge orm w. Ketcham yesterday firmly
easserted the courts supervisory children under
Welfare Department custody in rejecting District motion
asking him to vacate a commitment order.
His decision in effect refusal to out in long
standing controversy with Department Of Public Welfare
Evening star., 1959-12-11

A WORKING DRAWING
on the wall showed that the
shelter is constructed of
two walls of cinder block
with a thickness of gravel or
other heat-resiStant material
in the space between.
What protection is this
against blast?" Mr.. Arm
strong was asked.
Very little" he said. "It
gives some heat protection. "
He was asked what was
the most frequent question
about the fallout shelter.
"They ask how much it
will cost them to build one" "
he said. Our answer, and
this does not include the
food on the shelves, is
$1,4OO."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28
Great New HALFWAY

The heartland Of the North Ameri-
can continent, vast region of natural
and man-made wealth owned by two
friendly nations, hung out the "wel-
come" sign to new share of the worlds
commerce when the st. Lawrence Sea-
way opened last week. 1t was an invita-
ton eagerly accepted as a fleet of ap-
proximately so ships moved in CAV
westward procession out of Montreal
harbor. These were the first of the
going argosies expected to ex-
change at least so million tons of cargo
yearly along a deep-water route that
runs now for 2,400 miles from the At
lantic Ocean to the fartheSt ports of
Lake Superior.
simultaneously with this beginning
OF new chapter in water transporta-
ton chapter that literally has mixed
meanings to ports all over the globe.
the turbines Of the Second-largeSt pro-
Queer OF hydro-electric power in the
Western Hemisphere started their lob
of generating electricity for an expand
ing complex of new industrial plants on
both sides Of the Canadian American
frontier. The 3,200-foot dam extending
across the river near MaSSena, New
York, will play the double role of helping
to control the water levels for the sea-
way and providing power-producing
energy exceeded in the Western world
only by that of the Grand Coulee Dam
in the State of Washington.
The waterway project has been
dream that must have started with the
earliest Of the French and English ex-
plorerS as they probed the wilderness of
river and lakes in the 18th Century. It
was early in this goth Century that the
dream became formalized in terms of
engineering studies and it was In 1941
that Canada and the United States
reached agreement to translate it into
reality. 1t was not until 1854, however,
that the political and economic obstacles
were cleared away and the work begun.
Actually, there is dispute even today
as to exactly what it viii all mean to
the economies of Canada and the
United States. Our own Midwest is con-
f1dent that both its agricultural and in
duStrial products viii move to world
markets in greater volume, and that it
will have access to imports at better
prices. The reaction of our Atlantic
ports and of competing transport sys-
TENS ranges from apprehension to ex-
pressed unconcern. In the long term,
however, the greater development and
prosperity that seem assured to the
middle Of the continent almost certainly
spell BENEFITS to both Of the nations
affected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28
Campaign Promises

. Speaking of the failure OF
our Maryland General As
sembly to live up to promised
pay boosts to teachers and
State employees, The Star
commented that Gov. Tawes
Learned" the hard way how
easy it is to make campaign
promises lin this case costly
pay raises without. tax in
creases to meet the cost and
how hard it is to keep them.
In all fairness. should not
our new Governor, who has
been on the front lines OF
the Maryland political scene
for many years. and comp
troller to boot, have already
learned that in order to pay
out such huge sums Of money
(the teacher plan alone was
estimated at $35 million) our
suffering tax pockets would
have to be tapped again?
AS we remember. Representa-
tive Devereux, Republican
candidate for Governor.
pointed this truth out in his
campaign opposing Mr..
Tawes. A fortnight stand.
which incidentally, in spite Of
voters saying they want the
truth, seemed to earn Mr..
Devereux great respect, but
no votes.
Lila d. SOnnemann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28

when the spoils system still prevailed In
the selection Of most Federal employees.
But the spells system long since has
been replaced by the merit system,
under which employees are appointed as
a result OF competitive examinations
not because of influential relatives or
political pressures.
establishment of the merit system,
therefore, has made unnecessary and
out Of date any provision to prevent
packing OF the civil service rolls with
relatives of Government ofiicials. II
members Of the same family qualify for
Federal Jobs under the merit system,
there is no good reason for discrimi-
mating against them. Fitness to do the
job is the basic qualification applicable
to all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28

I had received a reasonable
bid for the work l would have
employed a painter. Was
there a painter among the
unemployed during that
time, 1 wonder? I doubt it.
I think the unemployed peo-
pie are the ones who are
either unable to work or have
no inclination to do so.
Jane smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28
Watch for BOBBY Trap

There is a prospect that high alti-
tude and underground nuclear tests
tests which create no significant fall-out
problem-might lead to development of
an effective defense against interconti-
mental balliStic missiles. II this is a
substantial prospect, there is the gravest
doubt that the United States should
agree under any circumstances to a
permanent ban on such tests. Such
ban, given Mr.. Khrushchev'S talk about
burying US, could mean the difference
between life and death for our Nation
on some future day.
In any event, this country ought to
be firm, unyielding and uncompromiSing
in opposition to Limited" inspection
system as companion piece to test
ban. Both the British and the Russians
are talking now about limited inspection.
The details have not been clearly spelled
out. Selwyn Lloyd, Britain's Foreign
Secretary, has told the House Of Com
mons, however, that Prime Minister
Macmillan, when in Moscow last Febru-
airy, preached the limited inspection idea
as a means of allaying RuSSia'S fear of
espionage Under this plan, according
to Mr.. Lloyd, each side should have the
right of limited number of inspections
each year which could not be challenged
from the other side" In other words,
each side would be. free to select for
inspection limited number of cases in
which instruments at control posts in
dictate the possibility of illegal nuclear
tests. =,
The United States ought not to buy
this bill of goods. Russia'S alleged fear
of espionage, we think, is bunk. Even
If it is genuine, why should anyone sup
pose that the Kremlin would be less
allergic to what it thinks of as limited
espionage?
On the record of Soviet performance
over the years, the reasonable inference
is that the Kremlin is holding out for
limited inspection system in order to
have a better chance of successfully
evading nuclear test agreement. II
the Russians want to do away with
nuclear tests, let them agree to fool
proof inspection system. If they will
not do this, we should announce that we
propose to resume our underground and
high altitude tests. The lives of too
many millions of Americans are at stake
for foolish CANDLES with men who want
to play with loaded dice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28
Mr.. Herter Abroad

Secretary OF State Christian A.
Herter is in Paris now for the purpose
of promoting firmly unified allied app
proach to next months Anglo French
American-Soviet conference on Berlin
and Germany. To that end, together
with the foreign ministers of France,
Britain and West Germany, he will
spend the next few days in exhaustive
talks aimed at ironing out number
Of interfamily differences regarding how
best to deal with the Russians at the
Geneva meeting beginning, May II.
This is Mr.. Herter'S first mission
abroad since succeeding John Foster
Dulles as Secretary, and it is not an
easy or simple one. But he is we'll
equipped for it, not merely because of
his rs months of experience as the State
Departments second in command, but
also because he is intimately acquainted
with all the issues involved. Further
than that, his British, French and West
German counterpartS are as anxious as
he to put an end to current allied
Emergencies and to present a solid
front at the forthcoming conference in
Geneva. Accordingly, the United States
and the free world at large have reason
to be confident that his efforts in Paris
will yield good results.
In any event, nothing could be
clearer than the fact that the Western
Big Three must be strongly united on
all essentials when they sit down with
the Russians to discuss Berlin and Ger
many at the foreign ministers get
together two weeks from now. Ger
tainly, If there are any significant allied
differences at that time, the Kremlin
will make the most Of them for wedge
driving purposes Of sort that could
seriously weaken the Vests position at
both the Geneva meeting and the heads
of-government summit conference that
seems likely to follow in due course.
That is why Mr. Herter'S trip to Paris
and the talks to be held there constitute
highly important prelude to the por-
tentouS negotiations soon to be begun
with the Soviet Union.
AS to that, the new Secretary has
taken over from Mr. Dulles at moment
OF great and grave Challenged moment
full OF pitfalls and dangers that ought
not to be underestimated In such a
situation, it is no exaggeration to say
that Mr.. Herter'S responsibilities are
heavier than those of any other Amer
lean except the President himself, and
ne surely deserves from all his country
men-in addition to their best wishes
the fullest measure of nonpartisan
encouragement and support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28
DANGEROUS Air Corridor

A long and desolate stretch of high
mountains marks the air route between
Ankara and Bahrein Island in the
Persian Gulf the route chosen by the
missing British transport airplane carry
ing classified military cargo to Australia.
Through this corridor with its natural
flying hazards, an on-courSe aircraft
would be flying from friendly Turkey
to friendly THANKSGIVING Syria and
Iraq on its right but little more than
100 miles from the dangerous and hos
tile airspace of the Soviet Union on
It's left.
1t was within this same general
area that a United States unarmed
military transport plane was lost last
fall, and our own Government SUISSE
quently charged that 1t had been shot
down by Soviet fighters AS in that in
cident, the Moscow government initially
diSclaims any knowledge Of the fate of
the British plane and thus far an aerial
search over thousands of square miles
of the TurkiSh-Iranian corridor has
produced no results.
There are, OF course, possibilities
that mechanical failure or the sudden
bad weather characteristic of noun
tain flying may have caused the plane
to crash. There is the possibility Of
navigational error, particularly in bad
weather, which might have led the
plane inadvertently across the Soviet
frontier to an unreported disaster.
There remains the question still of why
no laSt-minute radio message was heard,
or perhaps never sent. And there re-
mains, too, the broader question of
whether the obvious risk of flying so
close to Soviet territery-in bad-fying
country-iS worth taking as an alterna-
tive to a longer but safer route,
especially if a plane is carrying secret
military materiel of an important
nature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28
Mans World?

Joseph Young's column Of
April "a reveals that the Civil
Service Commissions pro-
posed health insurance pro-
gram would discriminate
against women. Although a
male csc employees depend
ents would be completely
covered without question, a
female employees husband or
children could not be covered
unless her husband were
completely disabled. This is
grossly unfair since a great
number Of the wives of male
workers are gainfully en-
ployed and some female csc
workers have larger incomes
than their husbands.
1t seems that in our pres
ent society. where every day
We hear preachings of equal
ity and justice for all, wom-
en- are to be the only ones
denied this right.
Sue Chatham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28
Plenty of Work

I disagree with your CORE
spondent Richard Fielder that
there are never enough jobs
for Americans. 1t is true that
a man of IS years Of age is
unsuitable in a job calling
for a man of Is. and a per-
son mentally equipped to do
simple filing should not ex-
pect a job requiring advanced
secretarial skills. But where
can one find a handy man,
a mothers helper, or even a
good house servant? Every
one has become a specialist,
with inflated ideas about
duties and salary.
I have recently had an
experience which could
account for at least two
weeks OF unemployment OF
one house painter. / had six
small rooms which needed
painting. The first price I
received from a painting
contractor was $500 for the
Job. so / did the work myself.
The finest quality paint cost
me $72, brushes and miscel-
laneous equipment $2S. Time
consumed was IL hours a
room, including cleaning up.
The result was a f1rst-class
job costing 500 and 70 hours
labor. The 81 an hour I earned
was the highest pay I ever
received and there were no
taxes to pay on it. And I was
what could be considered an
unskilled laborer whan /
started the job. However, If
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Politics Delays Strauss Confirmation

policy. His readiness to seek
privately produced power for
the use OF the Atomic Energy
Commission, instead Of get
ting 1t from a proposed new
plant Of the Tennessee Valley
Authority brought him into
open conflict with Senator
Kefauyer. The Dixon-Yates
contract for private power,
which later was voided. was
assailed as corrupt. and an
attempt TO place blame on
Admiral Strauss was made.
The Department of Justice
and other government agen-
cies found no blame attach
ed to Admiral Strauss, de-
spite this effort.
Distinguished Career
Admiral Strauss has a long
and distinguished record Of
public service, dating back
to the days Of President
Woodrow Wilson, when he
was secretary and assistant
to Herbert Hoover prior to
our entry into World War 1.
He had 80 years as an offlcer
of the United States Naval
Reserve and was called up for
active duty 10 months before
Pearl Harbor, had five years
on active duty and retired
with the rank Of Rear Ad-
miral.
In l946. Admiral Strauss
was appointed to the first
Atomic Energy Commission
by President Truman, serv-
ing until 1850. During that
period, he proposed and pro-
cured the establishment of the
system of long-range detec-
ton which enabled this coun-
try to learn in August, 1949.
that the Soviet Union had
achieved atomic weapon ca
pability. Immediately after
wards, Admiral Strauss began
the movement for the devel-
opment Of the H-bomb. He
had opposition in the COM
mission, but he had the back
ing Of President Truman, and
the early production Of that
weapon followed. He believes
today that this has been re-
sponsible for peace in the
world.
The Secretary of Commerce
still to be conf1rmed-waS
highly successful in the bust
ness world, too. When he was
appointed by President Tru-
man to the Atomic Energy
Commission, he gave up all
his business connections and
sold his interests.
While it has been denied, q
story gained circulation that
Admiral Strauss opponents
in the Senate had determined
to filibuster in committee and
to delay any action on his
appointment as Secretary Of
Commerce until this session
of Congress expired. In that
event, the President could not
again give him a recess APP
pointment and he would be
out" That the Senate will
confirm his appointment if
and when it gets the chance
has been confidently report
ed. He has many friends and
admirers among the Demo-
Gratis as well as the Republic
cans in that body.
Admiral Strauss oppon-
entS, by their delaying tao
tics, are doing the Depart
ment of Commerce no good.
nor their country either. A
shameful operation.