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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17

mine the ''hot" areas of fall
out by computing the wind
direction and velocity.
Montgomery County sched-
uled full participation in the
exercise. All the county's fire
departments and two rescue
squads were sending vehicles
to the National Naval Medical
Center at the sound of the
take-cover sirens. At the same
time, Prince Georges County
fire trucks were covering the
Montgomery area, as would
happen in a real emergency.
Evacuation Difficulties
One of the evacuation exer-
ciSeS could not be called an
unqualified success. -Four hun
dred employees of the Federal
Service left the sixth
floor of the General Services
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17

that the youth was visiting his
girl friend here. They arrived
at her home five minutes too
late.
Finally, last month, police
tracked him down in New
Jersey.
Today, Judge Orm w.
Ketcham revoked his probation
for previous charges Of tam
pering with an auto and theft
of beer from a railroad car.
The judge sent him to District
General Hospital for medical
and psychiatric examinations
to determine which sort of in
stitution he should be sent to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
Luncheon Honors
Mother of Year

Mrs. Herbert E. Eberhardt
yesterday was presented with
an award as 1859 District
Mother of the Year"
Engineer Commissioner Well
ing gave her the award at a
luncheon in her honor at the
Cosmos Club Assembly Hall.
Mrs. Eberhardt, a mother of
three. works with her husband.
the Rev. DR.. Eberhardt, at the
Central Union Mission and at
the missions Camp Bennett,
near Brookville. Md. They have
five grandchildren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
ALERT
ALERT
'FuIIout
Measured
By Devices
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
which would be used in event
of an actual attack.
Local broadcasts were made
over 1910, including instruc-
tions from District Civil De-
Tense Director John E. Fondhal,
Health Director Daniel L. Finu-
cane, and civil defense leaders
in nearby Maryland and Vir-
GINA.
Between announcements that
it was all just a test, listeners
were told what streets and roads
they should take in evacuating
the Metropolitan Area, how to
protect food and water against
contamination, the expected
time of attack, and where radi-
alton fallout would be heaviest.
1900 Stations
Twelve hundred such Conel-
rad stations over the Nation
heard OCDM Director Leo A.
Hoegh discuss the Importance
Iof the Conelrad system to
Americas defense.
In the Washington area, mo-
florists and citizens we're asked
only to consider where they
would hide if the take cover"
were in earnest. But Federal
agencies ordered employees to
go to the prearranged shelter
areas.
Where Bomb Hit
Analysis of the mock attack
included this year for the first
time a large-scale test of a
radiation fallout system.
At the time of the assault,
technicians at AZ weather
stations in seven Southern
States were to open sealed en-
velopes to determine where the
hypothetical bomb hit.
BY learning how much radi-
alton was released by the simu-
lated blast, and meshing this
with wind patterns and other
weather information, the tech
nicians will predict where the
fallout will travel. The infor-
nation was to be relayed on
special circuits maintained by
the Weather Bureau and Fed
eral Aviation Agency.
Detection Devices
Radiation detection devices
have been installed at 297
Weather Bureau stations and
600 aviation agency installa-
tons and will be used next year
in a national test.
In the Washington area, the
Military District Of Washington
opened a Pathological center at
the Lorton headquarters and
relocation center to handle the
/ fallout problem. The MDW'S
Chemical Section will deter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17

fornia, has called Assistant
Secretary Fred A. Bantz. Rear
Admiral p. d. Stroop. chief Of
the Bureau Of Ordnance, and
Capt. Charles E. Briner. SUI
perintendent of the factory, as
witnesses.
Copies of the report were
freely circulated until a House
Armed Services subcommittee
questioned the Navy about It.
It reputedly states that the
Gun Factory's operation is un-
economical. However. 1t also
criticized the Bureau of Ord
nance's supervision of the fa-
cility.
In q 10-page letter to Mr..
Moss, Navy Secretary Gates
outlined the administrations
reasons for the bureaucratic
secrecy clamped on the docu-
ment.
Advisory Material"
He stated that the report
consisted almost entirely of
recommendations and other
advisory material"
ANY disposition on our part
to withhold any facts concern
ing our activities or any infor-
nation as to actions taken
upon survey reports" has not
been correct. the Secretary said.
"The only material which
has been withheld is internal
advisory material consisting of
opinions, conclusions and rec
concentrations which ! do not
believe it would be in the public
Interest to furnish" he con-
tinued.
The withholding of such re-
ports has been critized re-
Ipetedly on Capitol Hill. The
latest criticism came from Sem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
Elusive District Boy
Finally in Custody

16-year-od youth wanted by Washington police for
months securely in custody today.
The youth, sought since revolvers found missing
from collectors home last July. returned with
15-yearold Washington girl friend New Jersey village
causing Juvenile Squad officers to sigh in relief
The boys father northeast grocer was charged with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17

ator Hennings, Democrat Of
Missouri, who said that Presi-
dent Eisenhower now is in
dorsing the startling an d
dangerous thesis" that he and
any of his subordinates have
an unlimited power to with
hold from both Congress and
the public any information or
papers which they in their dis
erection decide should be with
held"
Constitution Cited
Secretary Gates said that
the authority under which the
advisory portions of the report
on the Gun Factory were with
held was the Constitution and
does not depend upon any stat
ute.
mo formal written restric-
tions were imposed upon the
availability Of the report within
the Navy" he stated. THE dis
tribution Of the report was
limited to those having a need
to see 1t.
This limitation was applied
from the time the report first
became available"
He added that the report
was not classified. 'It is an adj
visory paper and does not it
self represent an official Navy
position" Mr.. Gates continued.
"We believe that it would be
detrimental to the best in
terests Of efficient management
to release advisory reports of
this type and that doing so
would make 1t more difficult for
us to obtain similar candid re-
ports in the future and might
otherwise adversely affect the
deciSion-making process for
which we are responsible"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
D. c. Territory Bill
Raped byAlaskan
Bartlett Says
Residents Here
Deserve More
BY GRACE BASSETT
star staif Writer

Senator Bartlett, Democrat Of
Alaska, today told a Senate
subcommittee that District resi-
dents deserved more home rule
than they are asking.
He Joined Democratic Sem
ators Kennedy Of Massachu-
sets and Morse of Oregon in
insisting that an administration
bill converting the District to q
territory vested too much power
in the President and too little
in the people.
The territorial measure was
supported at today's hearings
by both Democratic and Re-
publican Party leaders. The
Commissioners have urged its
passage. too. 1t would authorize
the President to appoint q
Governor and secretary and
the people to elect l5-menl-
Der legislative assembly.
Bill Provides for Veto
The Governor could veto acts
of the assembly he judges to be
of Federal interest.
II speak with some knowl-
edge of territorial government.
having lived in a territory for
half a century" the Alaskan
Senator said. II was a nom
voting delegate in the House
during a critical period of time
for Alaska" The bill before
the Senate District Judiciary
Subcommittee also calls on res
identS to elect a non-voting
District delegate to the House.
Senator Bartlett warned that
appointed governors have no
basic responsibility to those
they govern. They RESPONSE
bility is to those who appoint
them, he said.
A Congress geared to dealing
with problems besetting the Ma
ton and the world has no time
to act as a city council, he
added.
"Harried, Harassed
So, the Districts non-yoting
delegate would be the most
harried, harassed man in the
House, handicapped by frus-
trations and unable to do the
kind of job people expect of
him and are entitled to have
him do" Senator Bartlett
maintained.
Asked after the hearing If he
would oppose the territorial bill
ON the floor, Senator Bartlett
said:
mo, / wouldn't oppose It.
Any advance is better than
none. But I hope the COM
mittee will report out a better
bill"
Local witnesses today in
cluded Philip Brown of the
Washington Home Rule Com
mittee, B. Francis Saul Of the
Young Republican Gnu [ te
District. Ted Prahinski of the
Young Democratic LiuD of
Washington, and Herbert Lee
man of the Central Suffrage
Conference of the District. A.
L. Wheeler, chairman of the
Democratic Central Committee.
testified yesterday for partisan
elections of assemblymen under
the territorial bill. Carl Ship
ley, chairman of the Republic
can State Committee, sent a
letter in support of the terri
torial bill. and was expected to
give the subcommittee his views
on partisan elections later.
The bill calls for non-partisan
candidates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
House Group Plans
Gun Foctory Probe
Navy Officials TO Appear Monday
For Questioning on Secret Report
BY JOHN A. GILES
star stan Writer

House subcommittee viii question top Navy officials
Monday their refusal to furnish Representative Lank
ford Democrat Of Maryland report the future Of the
Naval Gun Factory.
The House Government Operations Information subcom-
mee headed by Representative Moss Democrat of Cali
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17

AT RECENT HEARINGS,
Hugh Obear, counsel for one
of the donors, Anne Arch
bold, protested use of the
property for a highway. 1t
was donated and accepted by
Congress for a park.
One of the Senators re-
minded him that the Gov
eminent could condemn the
property. Mr.. Obear replied
that the Government cannot
condemn its own property.
1t can return it to the donors,
then condemn it. What 80
acres paralleling Foxhall
road would bring is a matter
of conjecture. Millions come
to mind.
Yesterdays walk up Foun-
dry Branch was under per-
feet circumstances WON
derful spring day. The
Rambler took the Glen Echo
car to the gulch tits just
beyond Georgetown Univer-
sity's McDonough Memorial
Gymnasium and managed
to make the sharp descent to
the stream.
Then he walked north on a
path above a huge drainage
pipeline 10 feet in diameter.
The stream flows along one
side and the path OCCASION
ally diverts to one side or
the other.
This is the time for wood
land wild flowers and under
foot were violets and hepati-
cas- and that plant with a
platform of wide leaves,
known as the May apple for
the little green ball below.
Glover-Archbold Park is
unimproved park land. 1t is
wilderness. 1t contains a
great many beech trees whose
smooth silver bark is a favor
tie with initial carverS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
The
Rambler
i. Goes Up
The GuIch

Your little Stanley has been
exploring, right here In the
District. His feet are sore
and he Is weary.
He didn't get lost, but he
was surprised at where he
was when he emerged from
the woods into civilization
the pavement that is.
He walked up Foundry
Branch, which is the small
stream that parallels Rock
Greek west of Georgetown.
1t is in a wooded strip known
as Glover-Archbold Park for
its donors. The Senate of the
United States is going to
make a decision in the next
few days about what's going
to be done with 1t.
1t all has to do with a gi-
gantic problem: How to bring
new Route 240 into Wash
tngton.
Shall 1t go through Rock
Creek Park2 Shall a "corri-
dor" paralleling Wisconsin
avenue be blasted through
some Of the best residential
areas of washington and its
Montgomery County fringe?
Shall park areas be sacre-
sanct or homes condemned?
Or can we forget all about it
and go back to roller skates?
The District appropriation
bill, now before the Senate,
contains an item for $500, 900
for surveys and a couple of
bridges for a four-lane high
way through Glover-Arch-
bold Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15

ton of a plan, Fairfax has no
intention of invoking it in vio-
lation of Virginia law.
Assignment by State
Under existing statutes, all
assignments of students must
be made by the State Pupil
Placement Board in Richmond
The placement board thus far
has failed to approve any Negro
application for enrolment in a
white school.
However. next March all
Jurisdictions in Virginia will bt
given the option of handling
pupil assignments.
One factor which is believed
to have influenced the Fairfax
board in its formulation of q
plan is its conviction that loca
officials, rather than Fedora
courts, can best control de-
segregation.
Observers of recent desegre.
cation cases also believe thai
existence of the plan viii
strengthen the position of the
school board should it fall un-
der legal attack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
Twelve Injured
AS 7 rain DeruiIs

CLYDE, N. Y, Aug. Is (AP)
Twelve persons were injured
when three cars of a New York
Central passenger train were
derailed near this Western New
York village yesterday.
The 13-car. tast-bCund train,
the Chicagoan. was roaring
along at rs miles per hour
when the accident occurred.
The trains chief dining-car
cook and his two assistants. all
from Buffalo, were hospitalized.
The full extent of their injuries
was not determined lmmedi-
ately. The nine passengers in
jured did not require hoSpi-
talization.
The derailed cars caromed
over crosS-tieS, tearing up
$500 feet of tile double track
line. Railroad spokesman said
the cars were kept from over
turning by a steep bank Dor
dering the tracks.
The cause If the derailment
was not Immediately known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
Fire Hoses Rout
Milling Crowd in
St. Paul Melee

ST. PAUL, MINI, Aug. is
(AP Fire hoses and squads
of police broke up a Negro dis
trict melee touched of early
today when detectives search
ing for a bandit tried to ques-
ton a man.
Several persons were injured
slightly and a dozen were
brought to police headquarters
Some 200 OF 300 persons milled
in the area.
Two policemen were hit by
rocks. Police said persons in
the crowd threw stones and
bottles at police in a dozen
squad cars sent to the scene
about l am.
Police said the trouble started
when the two detectives asked
a man for identification and
he refused. When they tried
to take the man to headquar-
tiers his friends came to his aid
AS the crowd swelled, police
called for reinforcementS ano
finally a fire truck. Hose
streams were played on the
crowd, breaking it up.
Police Sergt. Arthur Hulteen
said eight of a dozen persons
brought in were being held
without charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
Luroy Picket
Clash Flares

LURAY, Va, Aug. Is (AP).-
Three men were injured slightly
and at least two cars were
damaged yesterday as violence
flared on a picket line here.
Workers of the Virginia Oak
Tannery went on strike Thurs
day. The picket line disturb
ance occurred when some en-
ployes who were still working
were leaving the plant at lunch
time.
Doctors said they treated two
men for arm cuts and anothe,
for an eye injury.
According to a union spokes-
man, the company wanted to
reduce the take-home pay Of
about 10 of the tannery's
higher-paid piece workers. The
union is Local 26-L, Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workers, AFL-CIO.
Horst Andreae, plant man
ager, said the dispute was over
union security.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
Rockefeller Sees
Dewey; Chungein
Poll View Hinted

NEW YORK, Aug. Is CAP)
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
conferred this week with for
mer Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, it
was learned today amid re-
ports the Governor may clar-
ify soon his views on seeking
the Republican presidential
nomination.
Gov. Rockefeller also met
separately with a small group
Of his political advisers.
His advisers. in the face of
reports that he will base his
decision primarily on public
opinion polls, want him to
make clear that such polls
would be only one factor and
perhaps not the decisive one,
Gov. Rockefeller was under
stood to have agreed to clar-
ify his position.
Whether this topic was dis
cuSSed in the meeting with
Mr.. Dewey was not known.
Richard Amper, Gov. Rookie
feller'S press secretary, con-
flrmed that the Governor and
the former Republican preSi-
dental candidate had dinner
together Wednesday but added
only that they discussed
problems of mutual interest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
BY the Associated Press

Any plan to fly Russian and
American flags side by side
during Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev's visit is not only
distasteful, but sickening. says
Senator Bridges, Republican
Of New Hampshire.
Senator Bridges has strongly
opposed the exchange Of visits
between Mr.. Khrushchev and
President Eisenhower. He re-
acted with outrage yesterday
to news stories pointing out II
is customary to line the Cap
itals streets with flags of for
eign dignitaries during state
visits.
The New Hampshire Senator
said he telephoned the protocol
Office of TIE State Department
Ito voice my violent opposition
TO such proposal"
Il was assured. however, that
no such order has been given
and that no decision has beer
reached as yet regarding the
extent of the display of the
Russian hammer and sickle, .
he added IN a statement.
Senator Bridges said II in
tend to continue Directing
strenuously to any plan which
would extend more than the
minimum of protocol to the
Soviet Premier during his visit
here"
The Senator called Mr.
Khrushchev "a man who per-
SonitieS tyranny snd is swoi n
I to destroy our country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
Managing Editors
Pick Richmonder

SEATTLE. Aug. is (AP).-
John H. Colburn Of the Rich
mond CVa9 Times-Dispatch
was yesterday elected president
of the Associated Press Manag-
ing Editors Association.
Mr.. Colburn, who has been
vice president, succeeds
Michael j. ogden Of the
Providence (R. H. Journal
Bulletin. The association is
composed of news executives
whose papers belong TO the
A. p, worldwide news cooper
alive.
J. Edward Murray of the
Los Angeles Mirror-News was
chosen vice president; Roder-
lex j. Watts of the Houston
Chronicle, secretary, and Ma
son Walsh of the Dallas Times
Herald, treasurer. >
General chairman of the
APME Continuing Studies for
the next year will be Ed Stone
of the Seattle Post-Intelli-
gencer. General chairman will
be Sam Ragan of the Raleigh
IN. c. News and Observer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
Air Force Cuts Back
B-58 Production to 81
BY the Associated Press

The Air Force has announced
a decision to reduce the num-
Der of B-58 supersonic pombers
that will be produced this year
The revised production goal
for the IL months that started
July l is 80, stead of the 40
scheduled during a presenta-
ton of the new defense budget
The planes are being built by
Convair at Fort Worth, Tex.
This is a second reduction in
the total number of B-59
hustlerS in less than one year
AS a result of the latest cut
back, the Air Force now has
authority to build a total of SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
Huitiun Invaders
Terrorize VILLAGE

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti
Aug. Is (AP).-Troops were
flown to south Haiti yesterday
where 80 Haitian exiles report
eddy landed and terrorized a
village.
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro
referred to the reported inva-
sion in television address to-
day and suggested a Cuban ad-
venturer was the leader.
Mr.. Castro said the Cuban
recruited IS or 80 revolutionary
army soldiers in Oriente Prov
ince. stole a boat and disap-
peared presumably toward
Haiti.
Authoritative sources here
said the invaders. clad in khaki
and well armed, landed Thurs
day morning and drove the 300
residents of Irois out of their
homes without firing a shot.
Three Haitian combat pla-
toons totaling 10 men rushed
to the coast. All public trans
port from Port au Prince to
south Haiti was stopped today
A number of persons were ar
rested here Thursday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
Virginia Convicts
Escape Guards
At Prison Comp

Police are searching for two
convicts who escaped yester-
day from Virginia State Prison
Camp No. 6 near Woodbridge,
The men, who walked away
while working outside tn e
prison yard, are Gibson Hager-
man. Is, and Perry Short, jr.,
26. Both were TRUSTEES.
Assistant Camp Supt. J. L.
Vinson said Hagerman was
serving an ll-year sentence for
robbery and Short 10 years for
grand larceny. He said they are
believed not to be armed.
Hagerman was described as
S feet 8 inches, 165 pounds,
brown hair, blue eyes and wear
ing white cooks clothing. Short
is 6 feet tall, 165 pounds, brown
hair and eyes and wearing a
white shirt and white or tan
trousers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
Bridges Opposes Flying
Khrushchev Red FLAGS

areas has been sent to Presi-
dent Eisenhower by the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People
The telegram said that to do
so would enable Mr.. Khru-
shchev to score a telling
propaganda point"
Mr.. Eisenhower had said at
"a news conference this week
he would like Mr.. Khrushchev
to see such places as Levittown,
Pa, and suburban housing
near Washington, D. c., to get
an idea of how American
working people live. The, tele-
gram expressed distress at this.
THE suburbs of, Washing
ton are lily-white in occupancy
and Levittown, Pa, has be-
come known around the world
as a town where a single Negro
family had to fight off a mob
in order to occupy a modest
house." the telegram said.
mot even Negro employees
of the Fairless steel plant of
United States Steel were per-
mitted to purchase homes in
the town built especially to ac-
commodate plant personnel"
The telegram. sent yesterday,
and signed by Roy Wilkins,
NAACP executive secretary,
said further:
"Levittown in Long Island,
N. Y. was built as a lily-white
community and Levittown,
N. j.. is presently in court on
charges of refusing to sell to
Negro applicants"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-15
Buzooku Shot Tears
Young Marines Arm

CAMP PENDLETON, Calf.
Aug. Is (AP). - A practice
round from a bazooka overshot
its target yesterday and seri-
ously injured a Marine SER
geant during maneuvers at this
Marine Corps base.
Authorities said the 31a-
inch dummy projectile struck
Acting Sergt. Seymour L. Me-
cum, 20, of Flint, Mich, in the
upper left arm. He also suffered
injuries to his right hand and
jaw. Spokesman at the base
hospital said it was too soon
to say whether Sergt. Mecum's
arm can be saved.