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after a charge of abandonment.
Looking at the mother. the
Judge explained, my job is to
assure the best interests of the
child"
In an effort to carry out this
function, Judge Ketcham de-
voted most of a court day to
this one case as more than a
score of other cases on the
courts overcrowded calendar
were delayed.
To overcome such delays, the
Senate last summer passed a
bill providing two more judges
for Juvenile Court. But a
House subcommittee failed tc
act on this bill and has sched-
uled further hearings on the
legislation for December 10
and IL.
Simple Question
Thus, with one judge avail
able, the wheels of justice
slowed down yesterday to con.
slider a mothers plea.
The issues in the casa;
set forth by the judge-wer'
quite obvious: Should the chile
lremain under the courts care
Through the District Depart.
ment of Public Welfare, OF
should the little girl be released
to her unmarried mother?
But it took four people, AS.
sistant Corporation Counsel
William Patten; Miss Dorothy
Self, a Welfare Department
social worker; the child'l
mother, and James H. Myrick
the mothers attorney to bring
out the facts on which a deci-
sion-the most crucial in thil
child's life-must be based.
And through it all there were
probing questions from tht
Judge.
The testimony showed thu
mother is a 1946 graduate of &
large Mid-western university
1t showed the child has beer
in the care of private chari.
table institutions, or DPW
since birth.
Support Failure
The judge was also told that
the mother has been receiving
psychiatric care, that she ha!
failed at any time to provide
any financial support for hel
daughter, who has been PLACED
in foster homes.
Miss Self said the child ha!
"above average intelligence
and has a good chance of being
adopted by a family and pu
in an atmosphere where sh'
can become a normal, health!
and useful citizen.
Unless the Judge should &C
to take custody away from
the mother once and for all
Miss Self said, the child
chances Of adoption will fad
as she grows older.
The mother pleaded with thu
judge that she loves her daugh'
ter, but has had to spenC
much of her small income OF
pSychiatric treatment for her
self.
Only Talk
1T seems reasonable to m,
that this time, if I'm Willing
to take her, why can't I (dt
SOD and prove I can take carr
of her?" she asked.
why raise (the possibilit!
Evening star., 1959-11-26

THE JONES POINT or
Woodrow Wilson Bridge isn't
going. to be a route for the
Rambler to get into town.
He lives too far north of it.
But it will help a great deal
when it carries all the
through truck traffic on
U. S. Route /.
These public works, vast
and magnificent as they are,
become dwarfed and insig-
nificant when it comes to
the primary thing he is
thankful for.
He is thankful that he is
alive.
He is thankful that he Is
living in America in the Sec
ond half of the goth century.
The good old days were the
good old days. The pace was
slower; there was more lei
sure, but the universe was
not as interesting as it Is
today.
The futureP 1t may be
more interesting but with
the pressure Of population
and the threat of annihila-
tion by improved. weapons, 1t
can hardly be as comfortable.
The Rambler is thankful
that he reached and passed
his Goth birthday without
feeling much older.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Discord PeriIs Plan
For Mental Hospital
North Virginia
Must Wait Until
1862 for Funds
BY CARL IRVING
Star stan Writer

Northern Virginia must wait
until mid-l962 before State
will be forthcoming for
a mental hospital.
Although the General AS
sembly last year authorized
such a facility in Fairfax
County, the SCI million budget
for 1960-62 issued by the State
Department of Mental Hygiene
and Hospitals does not provide
any money.
And unless disagreements
about what kind of hospital it
is going to be are resolved soon.
there may not be one built in
Northern Virginia for many
years. Delegate John c. Webb
of Fairfax-Falls Church warned
today.
Mr.. Webb, who introduced
the bill for a Northern. Virginia
hospital in the 1858 session of
the assembly, said the present
State budget had been estab-
lished four years ago and could
not be changed.
No Such Hospital Nearby
But a Northern Virginia
mental health official called the
delay horrible" because the
nearest State facilities now are
in Staunton and Petersburg.
Miss Frieda Reicher, presi-
dent of the Foundation for
Community Aid for Mental
Patients, said Virginia's Gov.
Almond had written her that
funds would be available for
planning such a hospital this
year If land were provided.
A free 10-acre site was Of
fered in 1858 by the Fairfax
County Hospital Board, near
the 100-bed general hospital
now under construction on
Gallows road near U. S. Route
SO.
Mr.. Webb said there are diff
ferences over what kind of a
hospital it should be. State
officials have talked about a
500-bed facility here. Miss
Reicher and local psychiatrists
favor a 100-bed hospital that
would provide more treatment
facilities.
There also are reports that
some members of the Fairfax
Hospital Board are now object
ing to having a mental hospital
built next to the general hos
pital.
Davis to Speak
These issues may be resolved
as a general meeting to be ad-
dressed by DR.. Hiram w. Davis,
State mental health commits
sioner, at 8 pm. Monday in the
st. Thomas More Church, 10l
North Thomas street, Arlington.
At present. there are no IA
cilities for mental patients in
Northern Virginia. The new
Fairfax Hospital will have about
eight beds for mental patients
when completed in 1860. The
new Alexandria Hospital will
have 20 beds available.
Miss Reicher noted that it
costs Northern Virginians about
$50 in transportation and lodg-
ing for a visit to patients in
the Staunton hospital for white
people and the Petersburg hos
pital for Negroes.
Northern Virginia, which has
100000 people, or about one.
sixth of the State population,
now receives only $4,000 a year
from the State mental health
budget for three mental hy-
giene clinics, which must be
partially financed throug h
United Givers Fund, Miss
Reicher said.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
The
Rambler
is GIod
He's Alive
By GEORGE KENNEDY

On this day the Rambler is
thankful about a number Of
things.
1t may seem strange, but
the first thing that comes to
his mind is a picture he re-
Gently saw in The Star.
The picture told the story.
The Pooks Hill interchange
has been completed. After 10
years the new Route 240, the
national turnpike, has
reached the environS of
Washington.
1t may sound churliSh, but
it is necessary to note right
here, that the new Route so
east, the magic carpet to the
beaches, will not reach the
Kenilworth interchange un-
til two years hence. Also
started 10 years ago, it ar
rived at a connection 4 miles
from the Capital two years
ago. Let's hope it will be
something to be thankful for
on this holiday in 1861.
Then there was that pic
ture in yesterdays Star of
the Jones Point Bridge. That
also will be completed in
1861, but there can be no
complaint about that. Prog
ress since the first piles were
driven has been satisfactory.
1t will be dedicated in 1861
as "The Woodrow Wilson
Bridge" But the Jones Point
designation is likely to stick.
(Who was Jones anyway?
Must look that up some
time.) How many people
know that the northbound or
new Highway or Fourteenth
Street Bridge was dedicated
as the Rochambeau Bridge?
There is a bronze plaque on
1t that proves it.
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Mother Loses Daughter
In Poignant Hearing
Girl, 3, To Get chunee for Adoption
Awuy from Psychiutric Patient
By PHIL THOMAS
star stan Writer

"I take this action with humility and sorrow"
Court judge Om w. Ketcham looked tired as he
said the words yesterday.
He just heard three and half hours Of testimony and
legal argument he told mother she again
custody Of her 3year-od legtmae DAUGHTER
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Homeowners Session

The Homeowners Federation
of Arlington will hear Homer
Brett. jr., speak on "a Cen
tury-and-a-Half of Social De-
mocracy" at $3.50 pm. Friday
in the Broyhill Auditorium,
Evening star., 1959-11-26
Only Talk

1T seems reasonable to me
that this time, If I'm willing
to take her, why can't I (do
SOD and prove I can take care
of her?" she asked.
why raise (the possibility
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

Tide Tables
Furnished By the United States Coast
and 0eodetic Survey
/ Today Tom0FroW
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

Automobile Hghts must be turl
one-half hour after sunset.
Temperatures In Various Cities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

Siskind. Sara Crosby. Elizabeth
Eptin. Essie Hunter. Dorothy
Eeverington. Anna Mcdushlon.
Barbara Murray. Marie Taylor.
Forty-year length Of service
awards, Ward Boote, Irene
Brooks. Jesse Cuts. Gertrude
Darracott. Bessie DeRosa. WI
son Heuer. Theodore King.
Lucy Manning. william Nc
Cauley. Alva Neville, Susie
Richardson. Meta Rouke, Bea-
trice Thompson; IS years.
service. Albert Cyr. Hugh Kerr
win. Frances Smith, George
votava: 80 years service. Hazel
zimmerman, Irene Bradley,
Constance Evans, nellie Com
pers. James Gray, jr, william
drogan. Robert Handley. Ethel
Hoover, Theodore jackson.
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are covered by social security
or the railroad retirement sys-
tenn.
Senator LANCER reminded the
Senate that about 10 years ago
In liberalizing civil service re-
tirement benefits. Congress had
nearly approved Q provision
tax-exempting civil service an
nuities but knocked 1t out at
the last moment. It's about time
for Congress to extend the
same tax exemption privilege to
civil serice annuitants as to
those covered by social security
and railroad retirement. he
declared.
LABOR DEPT.-The Labor
Department has presented the
following awards Distinguished
service, Clara Boyer. Jesse Cuts.
Edward keenan,, William MUIR
ply; meritorious service. Joseph
Bloch. Sophia Cooper. Edgar
Eaton, Sidney Fine; Jean Wells,
James Whitebeck. Janice Bald
win, Dewitt Burke. Walter Ed
wards. Marion Hayes, Kathleen
O'Connor. Pauline Paro, Fran
ces Smith. Mathilda Sugg,
Louise Wright. Arthur Leib.
Lucy Manning. Earl Palay.
Evan Keith Rowe, Robert
Arnold Emeline French, Sidney
Goldstein. Maurice Levin. David
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Chance
Of rain early tonight; low about
81. Some cloudiness and
cooler; high about so.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy to-
night with rain followed by
partial clearing: low tempera-
lures viii range from around
80 in the mountains to the low
40s on the coast. Partly cloudy
and somewhat cooler tomor-
row.
Maryland-Mostly cloudy to-
night with occasional rain; low
In the upper EOS in the noun
tains and in the low 30s else
where. Partly cloudy and
Somewhat cooler tomorrow:
high In the 40s and lower sos.
Small craft warnings displayed.
!. Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Northwest winds Of
1920 miles per hour will be-
come northwest to west at 10
Is miles per hour tomorrow.
Cloudy with rain tonight fol-
lowed by partly cloudy tomor-
row. Visibility 10 miles except
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

NEW CHIEF - Roger w.
Jones today takes ONCE as the
new chairman Of the Civil Ser.
vice Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

Service Committees. Mr.. Broy
Mathematical insurance bill
that would allow each ernploys
to select the insurance group Il
underwrite his or her policy.
Mr.. Broyhill's new bill would
not change the proposed health
medical insurance benefits. But
It provides that the insurance
carrier to underwrite the basic
portion Of Mathematical bene.
fits would be the one selected by
the majority Of employees In any
one agency in Q particular To-
Gale. In other words. one In.
surance group would underwrite
the policies Of all employees In
any one agency in any one city,
This could result In lower
premium costs to the employees
than II each employee were al
lowed individual selection. Mr.
Broyhill feels.
Also. the revised Broyhill
measure would allow employees
to choose either the one com.
pany selected by the Civil
Service Commission to under
write the so-called major
portion Of the health insurance
program or any other company
STEERING similar protection
against long and costly ILL.,
nesses. The pending legislation
In Congress sponsored by top
House and Senate Civil Serv.
ice Committee members would
limit the major" portion Of
the health.medical program
to one insurance group that
would underwrite 1t.
It's believed that at least
some Blue Cross-Blue Shield
groups favor the latest Broy-
hill bill because they feel II
would give them q greater
share Of the business. This ID
particularly true In the major"
medical portion Of the pro-
gram.
Most Federal employee union
leaders favor the legislation as
originally introduced and do
not like the latest Broyhill ap-
proach. However. Mr.. Broyhili
stresses that his newest bill il
being offered only as another
approach to a complicated
problem and that he win sup
port whatever plan has the
best chance Of passage.
It was the sQuabble among
health insurance and indem-
nity insurance groups in previ.
Gus years over getting the lions
share Of the business that
helped stall medical-health in
surance legislation. There are
indications now, however, that
the various health and indem-
nifty insurance groups are about
ready to settle their differences
and divide the underwriting
OF the program in an equitable
manner.
NEW CHIEF - Roger w.
Jones today takes ONCE as the
new chairman Of the Civil Ser
vice Commission.
$50 - H3 50
INCOME TAX EXEMPTION
PLEA - Senator LANCER. Re-
publican Of North Dakota,
urged the Senate the other day
70 approve q measure that
would tax-exempt civil service
annuities.
A longtime member Of the
Senate Civil Service Commit
tee, Senator LANCER said his
bill would merely give retired
Federal workers the same tax
break a. is given persons who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

Harry Kantor. Joseph Masucci.
verna Mc0usin. Margaret Map
per. william holland, Doris
oBrien. Louis sandberg. oino.
SINH. Mary Frances Ward. Ora
Weber and Edna williams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

3-5 miles in rain. Small craft
warnings displayed.
Five-Day Forecast
For Washington and Vicinity
March 1914
Temperatures win average
near the Washington normals
Of $685. with only minor day
to-day change. Precipitation
occurring about Thursday and
Saturday may total "a to u
inch.
ROAD CONTROVERSIAL
west--Distr,et Of Columbia TO Penn.
sylVania turnike. clear: Pennsylvania
turnike, clear: Ohio turnpike. wet;
Vest i. 90 o SSss % rev SaS Slippery Tss spots
the higher elevations
Shirley highway 10 $500, clear:
Richmond south. clear: District OF Co.
uT nSI,h e CsstElSstesT,s sie1 II coum
bia to Delaware Memorial Bridge.
clear: New Jersey turnpike, clear; New
ENGLAND. clear: District Of Columbia TO
HARRISBURG. Pa. clear
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers
Ferry and muddy at Great Falls.
Shenandoah clear at HarperS Ferry.
Temperatures fer Yesterday
Midnight Is Noon - IS
s an. IL pm AZ
Record Temperatures this Year
Highest. 20 on January 81 and
Lowest. II on January 9 and II.
High and Low Of Last - Hours
High. 81 at $50 pm.
low. 80 ct 100 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

the Senate Labor Committee
Senator Mundt. q member OF
the Senate Rackets Commit
tee. urged a Labor subcom-
,mittee to accept two provisions
he has drafted for tightening
up controls over strikes and Sc
.cret elections Of union officers,
Although the subcommittee
already has approved the Ken
nedy-Ervin bill. IL reopened its
hearings last week for testi-
.filony from Senator Mcclellan
Democrat Of Arkansas, Rackets
COMMITTEE chairman and au-
thor of another bill. Senator
Mundt and Senator Curtis. Re-
publican Of Nebraska, demand
ed that they also be heard.
Fears Manipulation
In q lengthy prepared state
sment, Senator Mundt said some
sections Of the Kennedy Erwin
bill are Vulnerable to manipu.
lation and counivance by pow.
erful union bosses or by thos.
who are corrupt"
He contended that under the
law. many workers are COM
PEELED to join labor unions and
pay dues against their will. The
Taft-Hartley Law permits con-
tracts including q union shop
q provision that ell workers
must join the union picked by
the majority II they want to
keep their jobs. :
Senator Mundt said his pro-
posals would establish within
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
|l
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especially monied Iediss
whose husbands hove slipped into
the Tv and sports, "pokeF-with.
ihe-boysS routine Of somonee.
Nov thof you've strained your
back on the reducing machine
and fractured your bulge. with
the lotest Passion copies, he's
still ending up in the Kitchen
with the boys" every time you 90
out Why not give the "reul
woy 10 his heart" Q chaneei Re-
member doneins? Yeu loved Il
and he did, TOO, when love
wes new. Well. IFS still working
rs mosic with men from 10 to
30 u you'll trep thot 6alIohod
Of fouB into meeting you down.
town. we'll sive you o free lesson
together Of ARTHUR MURRAY
-. the Adult School Of Deneins
;. and IL together. we con re.
kindie his interest, well give the
old boy o deol he cont tusn down.
Coll ARTHUR MuRRAY-exeeu-
rive 3-4i0o for on appointment.
X
Be sure to reed. my Husbond,
Arthur MsrroY." BY kothrn Muir.
roy 10 the Saturday Evening Post.
March 7th issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

unions q framework Of demo-
cracy, which will guarantee TO
every union member the right
of unfettered, self-expression In
the selection of his leaders and
In such vital economic matters
as strike determinations"
On election of union officers,
Senator Mundt proposed that
nominating petitions. signed by
2 per cent Of the members. be
prepared 100 days before an
election. with so days for filing
them.
Plan ON Elections
Elections would be conducted
by a special membership COM
mittee representing the candi-
dates. It would have sole au-
thority to supervise the cleo
ton and count the ballots.
Protests on elections could
be made to the Secretary Of
Labor with decisions by a Fed
eral district court. which could
order Q new election.
On strike votes, Senator
Mundt proposed that 20 days
of actual negotiation be re-
ouired before any such vote,
that the vote be conducted by
mail by a special committee
which would include an en-
ployer representative. and that
even when approved any strike
be delayed for another 20 days
to permit additional bargain
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
Stronger Bill on Labor
Demanded byMundt
By the Associated Press

Senator Mundt Republican Of South Dakota said today
that pending labor control bill eaves many gaping oophos
TOR abuse by conniving and corrupt union onicias"
He referred to bill sponsored Democratic Senators
nedy Of Massachusetts, and Erwin Of North Carolina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
New Insurance Bill
Offered by BroyhiII
ny JOSEPH YOUNG
star star Writer

Representative Boyh Republican Of Virginia. today spon-
sored bill that would utilize different approach In the
underwriting Of the proposed Mathematical insurance plan for
Government workers and their families. N5n
Along with top members Of the House and Senate Civil
Service Committees Mr. Broy previously had sponsored
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-16
Nuns Need
CO-WOrkers

The Sisters OF Social Ssrv.
Ice are dedicated TO The Holy
Ghost, follow the ancient Re.
ligious spirituality of Saint
Benedict; do social service
work among fhe youth and the
needy. They work in Catholic
Charities offices, In Spanish
ApostoIafe; teach ~sateehism in
parishes or in cafecheficai
ceniers; recently The Sisters
undertook fhe care OF de-
pendent children in The House
OF Providence of the SYRIA
euse Diocese. Their Foundress
had been . pioneer, being the
first woman representative In
the Hungarian ParIiamsnf.
The Sisters need dedicated
eo-workers; young ladies' for
%eonvenfvaI membership; 9th
ers who might be hindered In
following their Religious vo-
cation, but they could be ex.
terri Sisters; also ladies with
be,afed voeatons can find
their aim Of life within The
Religious Community. Please
write TO:
Sister Superior
Sisters OF Social Service
884 Tiff St.
Buffalo 20, NJ. Y.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-16
CatholicLawyer
To Use Theology
On Problems

BOSTON,--A priest-editor
has urged Catholic lawyers to
use their theology to "shed
hight on some of the darkest
problems of law"
The advice was given by
Father John B. Sheerin,
esp, editor of the Catholic
world, monthly magazine
published in New York by
the Paulist Fathers. He
preached in Holy Cross Cathe-
dral at the annual Red Mass
for members of the legal pro-
fession. After the M a S S,
which was offered by His
Eminence Richard Cardinal
Gushing, Archbishop of Bos-
ton, the lawyers attended a
dinner in honor of former
Canadian Prime Minister
Louis st. Laurent.
Father Sheerln stressed
that civil rights is one legal
area where the infusion of
theology is desirable and
necessary.
1T is my contention" he
told the lawyers, "that your
theology will give you a full
er understanding of the basic
concepts underlying civil
rights, the concept of the hui
man person"
Referring TO the so-called
separate but equal rights"
decision of the us. Supreme
Court, Father Sheerin said:
Had the jurists of so years
ago known their theology,
they would never have &C.
cepted the segregation decis-
ion that consigned Negroes to
what Archbishop Rummel (of
New Orleans) has called a
SGbhuman level of existence"
Instead, he said, Il fear
they went along with a mar
row legalism and shoddy con-
temporary sociology"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-16

Premier's departU repre-
sentafives of foreign eoun-
tries that stand with US in OPP
position TO communism have
told our officials that these
talks with the Russian conn
munists may have their place,
but that we should not be
carried away with them.
And that brings matters
around to a question which
has puzzled many people.
Why was Mr.. Khrushchev so
anxious to come here?
1t was obvious all along
that he would gain a good
deal of prestige from such a
visit, and that he would make
political capital of it. But,
now in calm appraisal, Ameri.
cans can, if they will, see how
Mr. Khrushchev "muddies"
international waters, diverts
attention from real issues and
from Soviet Russia pur-
poses.
There are countries with
diplomatic representa- |
here that have had more in.
innate, and nearer, expert
ence with Soviet Russian in
filtration than we have had.
They are anxious to make
sure that we understand the
real situation in our dealings
with Mr. Khrushchev. They
still stand in fear of Russian
communist subv erSion in
their countries, and they are
pointing out, in a polite way,
of course, that meetings with
the Soviet Premier prompt
dreams of peace that are mis-
leading and dangerous.
Nothing has been changed
for these countries. To OBJ
ieetions thar it is too soon TO
expect any large results from
the Observation-Disclosures h e v
talks, they can point TO The
fact that there have been
promising" times in the
past. like the 1856 summit
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-16

looking forward 10 sacrifice
with 10y.
The SorrowfuI: because
Christ first took the Gross,
The Glorious: because the
Gross leads 10 the Spirit in
our souls and the final Resur-
reetion. Say the WorIdmission
Rosary and you can pray for
all the pssans in the world
that the light of faith may be
theirs. For an offering of 81
and your request we will
send you this WorIdmission
Rosary.
Cut out this column, pin
your sacrifice to it and mail
it to Most Rev. Fulton j.
Sheen, National Director Of
the Society for the Propaga-
ton of the Faith, or your Do
ceson National Director, Msgr.
James Kulp, 246 East Town
Street, Columbus IS, Ohio.