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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

Force Base in increasing num-
bers for the defenses of Wash
ington.
In fact, yesterdays high-per-
Torrance flight, with youthful
Alt. John j. Sullivan Of
Delmar, N. Y, as pilot, was an
actual intercept mission, using
a B-57 jet bomber as the SIM
ulated target.
SAGE helped get 1t. Sulli-
vans plane in the direction of
the target shortly after take
off. Then it gave him the tar
gets speed, altitude and head
ing, steered the F-106 for its
best line of attack and "locked
on"
Actually, one segment Of the
SAGE operation brings the air.
craft back home with the pilot
touching no controls except the
throttle and has, on West Coast
tests, landed it.
The electronic device, or vast
system of devices which helped
control yesterdays flight, is 10
Gated at Fort Lee, Va, a single
part of the great and growing
air warning network.
1t has almost human-like
ability, without human falli-
bility, to receive, memorize, CAL
culate and record answers in
simultaneously on the face Of a
tube similar to q televiSion
screen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Use of Mail
For Tuition
Grants Urged

An Arlington School Board
member has urged the school
administration to cease requir-
ling applicants for tuitio n
grants to come to the school
Office to fill out the blanks.
Mrs. Helen S. Lane contend
ed at a board meeting last
night that the application
blank instead should be mailed
out, as is done in Alexandria.
She said it sometimes is diff
cult for parents to come to the
Office.
Mrs. Lane said also that a
false impression has been cir
culating that only those who
object to their children attend
ing racially integrated schools
may obtain tuition grants for
private school attendance.
No indication was given as tc
whether any policy change as
requested by Mrs. Lane woulC
be made so that the applica.
ton blanks would be mailed
out to parents who requested
them.
In other business, the schoo
board awarded a contract fol
equipping the home economic!
department at the new York.
town Senior High School tt
Voell Co. of Washington on {
low bid of $11,320.
The award was made after
Stanley Carpenter of the Doug.
las Distributing Corp. of Wash
ington, who had entered thu
second low bid $11, 1894, objected
at the meeting. He contendet
that his was a better bid sine,
it included more equipment.
Board members accepted tn
low bid, however, because boil
of the plans previously hat
been approved by school Off
Gals. Five bids were offered OF
the project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Free Parking
In District Due
Federal Vehicles
Built by Private Capital

The District is preparing a
change in traffic regulations
to permit free parking at
traffic meters for Government
owned vehicles.
The change is being made be-
cause of a Controller Generals
ruling that local governments
can't tax or assess fees against
the Federal Government. The
ruling was made a couple OF
years ago when a Government
employee from the Midwest put
parking meter fees on his eX-
pense voucher.
A draft of the change has
been prepared by the Corpora
ton CounSels office and is to
be forwarded to District Com
missioners for approval.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Parking Permit
Is Granted for
Bethesda Tract

Developers of the Westwood
apartment project and shop
ping center have been granted
a special exception to use a
6.9-acre tract adjacent to West
ern Suburban Junior High
School for off-street parking.
Montgomery County officials
said today.
At public hearings before the
County Board of Appeals on
June Is, July % and August 6.
the parking application met
heavy opposition from residents
of the Westwood-S Springfield
area of Bethesda. The resi-
dents earlier had opposed con.
struction of the 168-unit apart.
ment development on CONNER.
cially -zoned land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
BY JOHN w. STEPP
Star Stan Writer

Postmaster General Summer
field announced the contract
award today for a fully mech
anized post office to be built in
Oakland, Calf.
The award. disclosed at a
press conference in the Post
Office Department. was to the
Food Machinery & Chemical
Corp. of San Jose, Calf. The
initial contract covers a pre-
liminary study and evaluation
of postal problems involved in
he new station, which will serve
the Oakland-San Francisco Bay
area and the IL counties ad-
joining it.
The undertaking, known as
Project Gateway" also will
provide the central point for
processing inbound and out
bound mail between the United
States and such areas as Ha-
wall, Alaska, the West Pacific
and Europe via the polar air.
mail route.
One to Serve East Coast
The project is similar to that
announced last year for Prov
idence, r. I. This one is known
as Project Turnkey" When
lit is finished by the Interna-
tional Telephone & Telegraph
Corp, it will serve the same
functions on the East Coast as
those to be performed at Oak
land.
Immediately after the con-
ference, Mr.. Summerfleld anc
the press corps crowded into
an exhibition room, lined with
more than a score Of mechan.
ical and electronic devices
either in use or being perfected
for post offices throughout the
/ Nation. A number of the gadg-
cts already are being EN-.
ployed or tested in Washing
tons City Post Office.
Included in the mass of click
ing, whirring instruments are
Customer-operated substatior
machines for stamps, envelopes
and money orders.
Machines for automatic read
ing and sorting of typed anC
printed addresses on letters, TO-
sorting parcels to their various
destinations and new mail-con'
veying systems called "mail-f1o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

vote. These hearings are for
me to make up my own mind. "
Mr.. Multer then offered to
escort Mr.. Matthews to the
House floor to sign his second
petition, but Mr.. Matthews de-
clined.
-Four Changes Asked
Mr.. Wheeler urged four
amendments to the pending bill
to make the District a terri
tory, with a presidentially ap-
pointed governor and secretary
and an elected legislative as
sembly. He asked that:
. Elections, nonpartisan in
the bill, be partisan. Candi-
dates should be identified by
political parties, both in cam
paigns and on the ballots, he
said.
o Nominations by wards and
elections at large be changed
to allow candidates to be nomi-
mated and elected at large. Mr..
Wheeler said the city is not so
large that neighborS in differ
ent sections are unfamiliar with
problems of other sections.
. The secretary be eliminated.
He wouldn't have enough to do,
Mr.. Wheeler believes.
. Vacancies in the legislative
assemblies be filled by the legis-
lature rather than the COVER
nor, as provided in the bill now.
Statistics Introduced
Mr.. Wheeler amassed an i'm
pressive stack of statistics to
show that people throughout
the Nation favor suffrage for
District residents.
Under home rule, he said, he
is convinced more people would
move from the suburbs back
into the District.
1--WE don't need Federal
funds" he said. Il don't want
a dime of Federal money. All J
want, like many citizens, is tc
develop the District through
private enterprise"
Also appearing was Aaron
Goldman, who identified him
self as a voteleSs citizen OF
Washington. He also is presi-
dent of the G. B. Macke Corp
of Washington, former presi-
dent of the Jewish Community
Council of Greater Washington
and a native Washingtonian
Federal Interest Cited
IT am a member of the Wash.
ington Board of Trade, but
do not at all agree with its
stand against home rule, "Mr
Goldman said. He said Boaro
of Trade officers were excellent
friends of his, "at least until
today" But he was tempted tt
say with Representa- iv
Schwengel, Republican of Iowa
to the board, Shame on you
for not having more confidence
in representative government
Recognizing the overriding
Federal interest in this city
Mr.. Goldman submitted thai
the territorial bill in no way
would divest Congress of Fed
eral responsibilities. The leg
islation merely delegates mu'
nicipal responsibility, he said
pointing out that, in addition
the President could veto any
act in affecting the Federal
interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
8 Workers Fined
In Luruy Strike

LURAY, Va, Aug. 26 (AP)
Suspended jail sentences and
fines ranging from $35 to $10O
we're levied yesterday on eight
persons found guilty of acts
of violence during a Today
strike at the Virginia Oak Tan
merry.
A charge against a 10th per-
son was dropped.
Union workers at the plant
returned to their jobs yester-
day under a new two-year con-
tract.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

From Fort Lee then, some
body was watching us.
To reach this l 400 miles an
hour requires first of all an
hours briefiing, even for those
who have been slightly initiated
to a slow, slow Mach One
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

only equal to the speed Of
sound.
No tailor ever fitted a suit
with more care than do the
men supervising your life
jacket, your parachute and
most of all-the oxygen mask.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

posed Oakland and Providence
mechanical post Offices are also
on exhibit.
Built by Private Capital
Mr.. Summerf1eld emphasized
that the two big structures, as
we'll as the numerous smaller
ones being built or planned
across the Nation, are being
erected with private capital and
leased to the Post Office De-
partment on a long-term basis.
The new facilities have been
badly needed as the Nations
population has grown to the
point where the Post ONCE De-
partment is now handling 81
billion pieces of mail per year.
The increased use of automa-
ton, Mr.. Summerfleld said, is
part of the Departments pro-
gram that includes the estab-
lishment of Al metropolitan
area mail distribution centers
including Washington-in
the United States to provide the
so-called "next-day" delivery of
mail deposited before 5 pm. on
weekdays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Draft Quote Up

RICHMOND, Aug. 26 (AP1
State selective service Off
Gals reported yesterday that
Virginia has been ordered to
supply pit men for military
service in October. The figure
is 26 more than for September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

M
Committee, before a House sub
committee.
Only 3 Of % scheduled wit
nesses had time to talk at the
fifth home rule hearing this
session in the House. The rest
were asked to come back next
Wednesday for the next hear
ing.
Mr.. Wheeler was citing sup
port for an elected government
from Mayors and Governors
when he mentioned the dis
charge" petition filed by Mr..
Multer to pry home rule legis-
lation from the District Com
mittee.
Petition Assailed
IT have no respect for the
opinion of anyone who favored
Mr.. Multer's first petition, ="
Mr.. Matthews snapped. Even
the author found it so abom-
Unable that he withdrew it,"
Mr.. Multer, who has filed two
petitions, countered that he
had not withdrawn his first.
1t still rests on the Speakers
desk, he said. and it is not
abominable.
Home rule can be voted up
or down by the House without
a committee recommendation
if one more than half the
House membership-or 219-
sign either petition. The first
petition limited debate to one
hour and amendments to those
proposed by sponsors. 1t has
collected 66 signatures.
The second, with Sc sigma
lures. was drafted to satisfy
opponents by permitting two
days of debate and a substitute
petition from District Commit
tee Chairman Mcmillan, Demo-
crat of South Carolina.
Gag" PROPOSAL Charged
1T must express my disap-
pointment that the petition
sponsor, one of the most liberal
members of our House, coulo
ever propose such a gag on de-
bate as his first petition i'm
posed" Mr.. Matthews con-
tinued.
Mr.. Multer held up five vol
umes of home rule hearings
printed since 1947.
Home rule will be debated
on and of the floor, in and out
of committee, long after the
House has rejected or accepted
it," he said. opponents won't
change their minds after one
hour or so hours of debate"
Mr.. Multer said the House
is ready to vote tomorrow OF
home rule after long debate
under the second petition, o.
short debate. under the tlrst
| Matthews amazed"
Mr.. Matthews repeated hi
"amazement" that Mr.. Mute
defended his original petition
He maintained it contradictet
democratic principles. 1t woul'
"say to me, You have no RICH
to even amend this bill, -" tn
Florida Congressman said.
THE gentleman's amaze
ment is only slightly less thai
my own, that despite the fac
he now has a petition promls
ing all the debate he wants, n
still refuses to recommend tn
bill" the New Yorker said.
His Florida antagonist cam
back with 1.-THE gentleman
doesn't know how I'm going II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
2 Congressman Argue
AtHome Rule Hearing
Matthews AssoiIs MuIter's Petition
To Force House Vote on Issue
By GRACE BASSETT
Star stan Writer

Two Congressmen-one for and against District home
etangled today over force House vote on the
issue. 80.
The exchange between Democratic Representatives Muer
Of New York and Of Florida interrupted testimony OF
l. wheeler chairman of District Democratic Central
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26

LOCATION AND DESIGN
of a memorial on this site
are problems that will chal-
lenge the ingenuity of land
scaper and architect.
It must complete a pat
tern with the Washington
Monument and the Lincoln
Memorial that the Jefferson
Memorial on the Tidal Ba-
sin seems to have completed
years ago.
The Jefferson Memorial
made a right angle triangle
of the three monuments. But
the new Roosevelt Memorial
cannot complete a rectan-
gle. 1t would have to be out
in the river to do that. What
to do?
The Rambler was driven
around and driven around
before he came upon the
answer. It didn't come to
him until he got to the OPP
posite shore on Columbia
Island near the inlet to the
Pentagon Lagoon. while
it's not up to him to solve
the problem, there's no
harm in trying.)
1t must be on the water.
The seated Lincoln looks
out upon the Washington
Monument mirrored in the
rejecting pool. Jefferson,
standing under the rounded
dome that derives from his
own design of Monticello,
looks out upon the Tidal Ba-
sin. It is water that enlivenS
these m on UNI e ntS. The
Roosevelt Memorial should
be right on the Potomac and
be designed to be seen from
the river.
Thirty years ago Congress
almost designated the Tidal
Basin site for a memorial
for Theodore Roosevelt. A
few years later a Democratic
administration and a DEM
ocratic Congress gave it to
Thomas Jefferson.
The Theodore Roosevelt
Association purchased Ana
lostan Island in the Potomac
between the Key and Me-
mortal bridges and gave it
to the Government as a site
for a memorial. The Theo-
dore Roosevelt centennial
has come and gone and
nothing has been done about
it.
So has the centennial of
the man he so resented,
woodrow Wilson. A Wash
ington banker, Avon M.
NeviuS, was so sure Congress
would want to memorabilia
the World War I President
that he purchased Is acres
on the Virginia side of the
Potomac for the purpose. It
turned out to be a good in
veStment. It cost him less
than 100000 and when the
Government condemned it a
jury awarded him SIG mil
lion. It is the site of the
Two lima Memorial.
Wilson is to be memorial
lied by putting his name on
the Potomac bridge under
construction at Jones Point.
The one 20th-century figure
to be given an adequate
memorial is Senator Robert
A. Taft who stands in bronze
before a moderniStic stone
bell tower on the Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
The
Rambler
lnspects
Memorial Site
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

Despite yesterdays heat
the Rambler went to the
Tidal Basin lin a taxicab)
to have q look at the site
designated for a Franklin
d. Roosevelt Memorial.
Congress passed a joint
resolution last week setting
aside a 27-acre tract on the
Potomac for the purpose.
The property is a triangu-
lar area bounded by the
Tidal Basin and its inlet, the
river and the parkway
extension of Independence
avenue to the Lincoln Me-
mortal.
The polo field in West
Potomac Park takes a good
part of the area. The caril-
lon of bronze bells presented
by the Queen of the Meth
erlands is standing there
now, but 1t will be removed
to a bell tower to be con-
structed across the river
near the Two lima Memo
rial.
Beyond the polo field to-
ward the Lincoln Memo
rial are a number of tempos
used as dormitorieS for
WAVES during the war and
now occupied by Central In
telligence Agency Offices.
CHA is to move across the
river to the neighborhood Of
Langley When its building,
now under construction
there, is finished. The des-
ignation of the area for a
memorial seems to assure
that no other agency will be
moved in when CHA moves
out-but you can never be
absolutely sure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-26
Mechanical Post Office
For West Coast Is Set

Huge scale models of the pro-
posed Oakland and Providence
mechanical post Offices are also
on exhibit.
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-06

Girls are mad about knit
shirts. That's why we have
somany-crew& &collar, cap
sleeve and dolnan. 7 to Ii.
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-06

Buy right now-ond you save
on our wondey-weoring che
miles. They're fringed n come
In lovely colorfosf hUes. Such
q buy in fact. you'd be SNORT
to pickup exfros for @ color
chonoe to use when fhe
one on your bed needs wcsh-
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-06

Reg. 81 here-as much as
l.49 elsewhere. Carefully
sewn of firm cotton fam
pel ; washable. plaids.' 6-l6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

Of dohfd cruising, VISITING Of
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

dent and assassination-proof
Weighing 2s5.ooo pounds in
contrast to the normal Pull
mans l6o.ooO-pound weight
the Magellan Is 80 sturdy that
not even q sizable charge Of
dynamite exploded beneath II
would bulge 1t from its tracks
Escape Hatehes
Completely armor-plated, the
Magellan has three-inch- thick
windows capable Of stopping
almost any small-arms FIRE.
President Franklin d. Roose-
welt. who was initially opposed
to the idea Of q fortress or
wheels. later came to use the
Magellan extensively during
his wartime travels. He liked
to 60 at about IS miles per
hour. President Truman also
made much use Of the car, but
preferred speeds Of UP to rs
miles an hour.
President Eisenhower. who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

Threading their way through
low-lying Gays to safe anchor
ages on broad sand beaches
are many dozens of fine yachts
with enough cleaning mahog-
any and polished brass to earn
q berth at any of the worlds
fine yacht clubs.
From the Banks Of the Ba-
hamas to the shores Of Vene-
zuela and to Portobello on the
coast Of Panama. they ply the
trade winds Of tropical Amer
lea.
For little more than the cost
Of room and meals In q good
resort hotel. parties Of from
two to II enjoy all the Injuries
and thrills Of yacht cruising
In interesting waters, moving
from island to island as within
dictates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

prefers air travel. used the Ma
gellan only twice: once on q
quick trip to New York. and
again during his state visit To
Canada in 1858.
The big car was last used
ofhcially in January. 1854. when
Mrs. Eisenhower Travelled from
Washington TO Groton, Conn.,.
to launch the atomic-powered
submarine Nautilus. There
after 1t remained inactive. Last
year the Magellan was moved
10 Fort Holabird In Baltimore
for storage.
This year the Ferdinand Ma
gellan, United States Car No. /,
which the Government pur-
chased for the token sum Of
one dollar in 1916, moves to q
sunny retirement in Florida.
A type Of presidential transpor-
tation which began when Pres
ident Andrew jackson jour-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

mas and English Harbour, An
tigua. But there are also fine
charter yachts at Panama. the
Virgin Islands. San JuaA. and
the many harbors Of Cuba.
Eight schooners, seven
ketches and a sloop. accom-
modating up to IL persons each,
operate from famed old Mel
sons Dockyard at English Har-
bour. Charter fees range from
$l96 to $500 per week. plus
basic costs Of fuel. food and re-
|freshments.
Overall expenses, including
the charter price. are estimated
at from $l8 to $40 q day per
person. depending on the eat
ing and drinking habits Of the
guests and the type Of yacht
chartered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
No. l Railroad Car
Retires to Florida

An era Of presidential travel
appears to have come to . close
with the retirement Of the
United States Presidents pri-
vate railroad car. the Ferdinand
Magellan.
Declared surplus by the
White House In April. 1858. the
Magellan has been donated to
the Florida Development Com
mission. which plans to en-
shrine 1t on the campus Of the
University Of Miami at Coral
Gables.
Among the most deliberately
protected and equipped rail-
road cars In the world. the
Magellan Is q reconstructed
Pullman which was prepared
for presidential use by the As
ISOLATION Of American Rail-
roads In 1912. the National
Geographic Society recalls.
Railroad officials. concerned
for the Chief Executives Sc
curity In wartime. designed the
car to be practically acct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
TRAVEL HELP e
New Guide
Lists Tips
On Driving

Europe "A pocket-size 40.
page booklet. Driving Abroad. >
gives such information as how
to read international road
signs. how to ask basic direc-
tons In seven foreign lam
guages, conversion tables fol
European measurement and
currency, and other points
Free from Dept. $40, Califor.
MIA Texas Oil Corporation, $50
Madison avenue. New York
II. N Y.
Europe - The six Alpine
countries - Austria. France
Germany. italy, Switzerland
and Yugoslavia-have Jointly
produced q folder describing
what's available for tourists
in the Alps. Free from the
Alpine Tourist Commission
BOX VI, view York ~, ~. Y
Europe-The British TraveI
Association and the Scandi.
navian Travel Commission
have issued a joint folder de.
scribing what q combination
of travel in Britain and Scan
dinavia have to offer. Free
from travel agents.
Britain A new booklet
britain: A Calendar Of
Events" lists celebrations Of
interest to tourists. Free from
1.-THE British Travel Association
1886 Madison avenue. New
York, II, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Yochtsmen Vocation
In Sunny Caribbean

The skipper-owners Of these
yachts are seagoing innkeepers
who cater to vacationers who
want to loll back and watch
the sun etch ever-changing
patterns on the billowing sails
as multicolored waters rush
past the hull.
Yacht bound vacationers can
be spotted by the unusual lug
gage carried to their sea holi-
day appointments. Few formal
travelling bags are in the lot.
but porters load the holds Of
Pan American Clippers with
big canvas DUNE bags. fishing
and skindiving gear. underwa-
ter cameras and sports clothes
hacked in pasteboard cartons.
Most popular cruising centers
20 get aboard the charter sail
yachts are Nassau In the Bahia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
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