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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
"A Heap o. Livin''

The death of Edgar A. Guest, min
strel to the masses, cannot be counted a
loss to the literary world. His poems"
were never, in fact, above the level of
greeting-card verse. But to millions of
Americans he was the only poet" they
ever knew or understood. In an era
when others cultivated obscurity to the
vanishing point, he spoke in unmis
taxable, folksy terms about the simple
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08

men serving our Nation and
I for one am extremely CRATE
full for their contributions to
our country.
I am sure that those blow
hards that are charged with
making the statements de-
rogatory to residents of the
D. c. are men of very small
minds indeed and certainly
not very good politicians for
making such statements. I
hope that their people back
home are informed of their
statements and that they, the
people, will take this under
advisement next election.
Richard X. Roger.
4 4 4
Shades of Fort Sumter and
Dixiecrat hymns of Tobacco
Road, how un-American can
a Representative be? That
great champion of States
rights and Supreme Court
critic. Representative John
L. Mcmillan, Democrat of
South Carolina, chairman of
the committee whose ire
sponSibility autocrRtically
rules the Nations voteleSs
Capital of democracy, ad-
vises District residents to go
back where they came from,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08

public from power abuses
by Hoffa-type union bosses
should actually be drafted
with the help Of the Team
sters. It's like having a judge
ask a defendant to write out
his own sentence.
Senator McClellan's Racket
Committee hearings have re-
vealed countless examples in
which unrestrained power by
union bosses has injured
union employees, the public
and business. The House
committee bill will not stop
these abuses any more than
a spit-ball would stop a
charging lion.
On the other hand, the
Landrum- Griffin bill would
represent some progress In
protecting union members
and the public. 1t would not,
by any means, do the whole
Job that is needed-but it
would be considerably more
effective than the timid,
milk-sop House committee
bill.
If the House fails to adopt
the Landrum-G Griffin bill. and
approves the weak committee
bill 1t will be impossible to
reconcile such action with
the interests of union mem
bers and the public.
r. H. Davis.
= 4
The present steel strike
is a manifestation Of q basic
III in our society, which Is
the unchecked power Of mo-
nopoliStic labor unions which
control most of the labor in a
very great many of our most
important industries. IN
checked, unions in the basic
industries could paralyze the
economy. The present labor
legislation in Congress should
be made stronger.
In the steel industry the
hourly wages have increased
l42 per cent since World War
II, triple the increase in the
cost of living. This is the in
dustry that sets the patterns
for so many other industries.
This vicious cycle Of strike,
wage and price increase, in
flation and then strike again
must stop If our economy is
to remain sound.
David J. Mcdonald. preSi-
dent of the steelworkers
union, insists that the steel
companies can easily afford
a wage increase without the
necessity for a price increase.
But the industry is pouring
most of its profits into need
ed expansion and research.
The steel industry offered a
fair compromise wage in
crease with the stipulation
that the industry would be
allowed to take full advan-
tage of automation and
eliminate featherbedding
The steelworkers are paid
over three times as much
as the Steelworkers in Brit
ain and Germany, countries
with high living standards
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-08
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

reader can get an answer, by
mail, to any question OF fact by
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau, 635 F street NV, WASHINGTON
4, D. c. Please enclose return postage
or Self-addressed stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1959-11-29

Kentucky in 1947 and received
her doctorate from Cornell
University in 1858.
From 1851 to 1858, DR.. Deasy
worked for the Public Health
Service as a researcher in So
ciology. In the fall Of 1858
she came to Catholic Univer-
sity, where she is an interim
associate professor in addition
to being director Of research
in the School of Social Service.
She also is a sociologist on the
faculty of the Washington
School of Psychiatry and a re-
search consultant to the Spring
Grove State Hospital in Ca
louisville, Md.
DR.. Deasy and her husband,
John Paul Deasy, live at 4400
oxford street, Garrett Park,
Md. He is a unit supervisor
at the Library of Congress.
The Star research grant pro-
gram was announced Novem-
ber IS, 1857. The grant pro-
gram includes American, Cath
olic, Georgetown, George WASH
ington and Howard Univer-
stiles.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
New Missile Ship
Set to Join Fleet

BOSTON, Nov. % (AP).-
The first of a new class OF
guided missile destroyer-lead-
ers, the USS Dewey. officially
joins the feet December z in
commissioning ceremonies at
the Boston Navy Yard.
The ship is named for Ad-
miral George Dewey, the Ver-
mont native whose mildly
phrased order, You may fire
when ready, Gridley," brought
destruction within a few hours
to the Spanish feet in Manila
Bay.
The 5,600-ton ship is 512
feet long. 1t is so feet longer
and nearly double the tonnage
of the largest World War II
destroyer.
In addition to conventional
guns, the ship has tubes for
anti-submarine torpedoes. anti
submarine rockets and the
anti-aircraft Terrier III rocket
New electronic gear in search
radar and long-range sonar de-
vices are also on the ship.
The ship will be manned by
Evening star., 1959-11-29
AIeichem Is Topic
AT Jewish Center

''Sholom Aleichem, the Man
and His Works" will be the
subject of q special Jewish
Book Month program at $3.50
pm. Tuesday in the Jewish
Community Center, 1929 Six
teenth street NV.
The program, sponsored by
the center and the Jewish
Community Council. also will
mark the hundredth anniver-
sary Of the birth of Sholom
AIeichem, the Yiddish writer.
Maurice Samuel, author, lec-
turer and translator, will speak,
His lecture will be preceded
by dramatic readings from the
writer's works. Anne Chodofi
will give a reading in English
and Murray Frank will read in
Yiddish.
An exhibit Of Jewish books
will be on display in the center
lobby from 7:45 pm. The en-
tire program is open to the
public free.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
Star Gront to Finance
Negro Adoption Study

DR.. Leila Calhoun Deasy Of
Catholic University has been
awarded a $500 Evening Star
research grant to snalyze the
attitudes Of Negro adults to-
ward adoption Of children.
DR.. Deasy, research director
of Catholic University's Nation
al Catholic School of Social
Service, is the first woman to
receive an Evening Star award
since the program was started
in 1857. The Star makes re-
search grants every year to
each of five universities in the
area. The universities select the
recipients.
The impetus for DR.. Deasy's
study comes from the wide
spread reluctance of Negroes to
adopt children. In the District
alone, there are about 5000
Negro babies born out of we'd
lock each year. Only about l
per cent Of them are adopted.
First of Its Kind
DR.. DeaSy believes her re-
search project will be the first
of its kind. I'VE hope to make
a contribution to the whole
field of inter-group relations
through this study" she said.
The approach win be to hire
10 Negro interviewers to find
out why Negro adults in the
District are reluctant to adopt
babies. The study will be lin
tied to adults Is to so years of
age who either have no chill
dren or have only one child
over five years old. The COM
pleted questionnaireS will be
analyzed by DR.. DeaSy and 10
candidates for masters degrees
at the university. The study
will be completed by the close
of the 1959-60 academic year.
Then DR.. Deasy hopes to have
the study published.
Born in Mount Vernon, Ca,
DR.. Deasy was graduated from
Georgia State College for
Women in 1945. She was
awarded her masters degree in
sociology by the University OF
Evening star., 1959-11-29

specialist on high school science
teaching. sees only one hope
for the future Of science teach
ing in this country.
I'VE have to spark a flame at
the local level" he says. "The
teachers. the parents. the su-
perintendents, the school board
members-all these people must
really want to do something
about it. If we can stir up
the fire in the individual schools
and neighborhoods is our
one big hope"
Evening star., 1959-11-29
EXPERIMENT

Continued From First Page
Schools and Damascus High
School.
District Of Columbia-Beers
Elementary, Deal Junior High,
Sidwell Friends. Blessed Sacra-
ment and Beauvoir National
Cathedral Elementary.
Change May Spread
Although this number is not
large, officials for the public
school systems, as well as for
the Archdiocese of Washing
ton, point out that if the
experimental classes prove sue
ceSsful, they would be inter-
ested in changing the math-
science instruction in all the
schools under their control.
Such a step, they admit,
could take years to accomplish.
1t very likely would mean re-
training teachers, rewriting
curriculums, and not the least
oblem-flnding suitable text
books.
So far, in fact, none of the
teachers seems to have found
a really satisfactory text. Most
merely shuttle around various
sections Of existing science and
math books and curriculums in
their efforts to come up with q
cohesive course which will
cover the required material at
each grade level.
The necessity for such shuf-
fling is one Of the chief reasons
the experimental classes are
costing even the relatively mod
est sum of $4,000. The teach
ers need special free time to
do it.
(There is one alternative:
Writing original material for
the class as the year progresses.
At least one of the teachers
involved in the project-Mrs.
Camilla Fano at Sidwell Friends
is doing just this.)
More than likely, a suitable
textbook has yet to be written
for any sort Of combined math
and science course. The de-
mand for it would certainly not
be overwhelming. According to
DR.. Seeger, st. Louis public
schools, and one or two private
ones, are the only others cur
rently trying out similar meth
DDS Of math-science instruc-
ton.
Because so much is at stake,
and because the teaching tech
nique is so experimental, school
officials here are definitely not
/ AAA . n ~ 3 q ~ SOAAl4441JkAlCIlJo
about future plans until they
see conclusive proof that the
new method has educational
advantages.
Until then, they are Just as
likely to express their doubts
about the project as their
hopes.
Lester H. Smallwood, r.,
Holm Hills principal, notes,
for instance, that there is a
danger in assuming that be-
cause this method is different,
it is better.
"I'm still not convinced about
this business Of counting clouds
instead Of sticks" he says.
Tomorrow: The Different
Methods.
Evening star., 1959-11-29

20 officers and 800 men, many
of them electronic specialists.
Her captain viii be Comdr.
Elmo Russell zumwalt, Tulare,
Calf.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
NOTICE.:

On Thursday November 26 advertised Toy
Washington stu Our Comparison Shoppers reported
the items being sold by another prices
meOeE notified four stores the competitive prices shown below
purchased either the items any the ht Company
original prices please bring your sole slip you
difference -.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
u. S. Rush to 7 rain
Scientists Seen Flop

EDITORS NoTE-SehooIs were mode
q kind Of notionol whipping boy two
Yeors ago for Americas log in the
missile roee. With much fonfore,
ambitious pFOsroms were announced
for better science education. Here
is sObering look ot just how much
hos octuolly been accomplished.
, 1959-08-26
MY dear Senator Hodge

havethe honor to transmit herewith, with my re-
corlnaendation for passage, a draft Of Bill designed to
accomplish an exchange Of land between Mrs. Dorothy
Gordon Of Christiansted, Saint Croix, and the Govern
ment Of the Virgin Islands There is also attached a copy
|of " Drawing No. 81 dated April 7,a1957, on which
the parcels proposed for exchange are delineated
Mrs. Gordon is the owner Of Plot Nc. 2I3 of la Grand
FPrincesse: The public road leading into .Princesse Village
is one Of the boundaries Of her plot, and it was recently dis
covered by the Public Works Department that this road
encroaches on Mrs. Gordons property. After ihvestjga-
, 1959-08-26
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas
Virgin Islands Of the United States
May Is, 1859

transmit herewith a proposed. bill which would en-
able us to- extend the provisions Of Federal Social Security
Act, OldAge and Survivors Insurance Benefits. to the
employees OF the Virgin Islands Housing and Urban Re-
development Authority.
This matter has been discussed with the representa-
tives of the Social Security Administration during the past
two years, and this draft of legislation has been reviewed
by their legal staff members.
earnestly request the favorable consideration Of the
members of the Legislature Of this bill.
Mr.. Ullmont y. James, Assistant Government Secre-
tary, and liason-oficer of the Government Of the Virgin
Islands with the Social Security Administration, and Mr..
Henry a. Millin, Director, Virgin Islands Housing and
Urban Redevelopment Authority, are available for discus
sions on this bill as may be desired.
, 1959-08-26

The attached proposed Bill No 9I2, Third Legislature
Of the Virgin Islands Of the United States, Regular Sessica
1859, ITO Provide for the Retirement Of the Officials and
Employees Of the Government of the Virgin Islands and
Its Related Agencies; and for other Purposes represents
our discussions on this important legislation.
The changes in this. draft as distinguished from the
proposed Bill No. 1884, Second Legislature Of the Virgin Isl
lands Of the United States, Second Special Session 1858
includes the changes which your committee and my adj
ministrative officials have evaluated I'M terms of feasible
employee requests and sound acturial demands.
The rate of contribution has been changed froe3N%
to Az. Provisions have been made to include all service as
acceptable under the predecessor systems. The effective
date has been changed from july I, 1859, to October /,
1859, III order to allow sufficient time for the establish
ment Of basic records and forms.
The enactment Of this bill would be d distinct service
to the employees Of the Government Of the Virgin Islands.
Sincerely,
SgdlaJohnsD -. Merwin
John q. Merwsn
Governor.
, 1959-08-26
Sincerely,
lSgdl John ID. Merw II
John -. Merwin
Governor
Enclosures
GOVERNMENT HOUSE

GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas
Virgin Islands Of the United States
May ~, 1859
The Honorable Walter /. M. Hodge
The President Of theLegislature
Charlotte AInalie
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands
MY dear Senator Hodge:
, 1959-08-26

COHHEOIAN Hi JOU14NFL "a
The House deferred the correction and approval o
the journal Of the Legislative Day, Tuesday, May rs, 1859
MESSAGES FROM GOVERNOR:
The Secretary read the following Messages from thu
Governor Of the Virgin Islands:
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
Charlotte Amalie, st. Thomas
Virgin Islands OF the UnIted STATES
May %. 1859
The Honorable
The President of the Legislature
Charlotte Anlalie
SAINT Thomas, Virgin Islands
, 1959-08-26
LEGISLATIVE DAY. FRIDAY. NAY 81 1859

The Legislature Of the Virgin Islands reconye
2:51 pm. Friday, May %, 1859.
Present were
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MOiOrcycIist
Killed by Car.
DriverCharged

A motorcycle rider was fatal
ly injured today in d collision
with q car on the Baltimore
parkway a half mile south Of
Glenn Dale road.
The victim was identified BY
Park Police as Jack G. Lyle. 20,
of $500 Twenty-second place.
Adelphl. He died IN Prince
Georges General Hospital three
and one-half hours after the
accident.
Mr.. Lyle was driving south on
the parkway behind q friend on
another motorcycle when he
was struck from the rear by q
southbound car about 3 am,
police said.
The driver OF the car. Daniel
II. Schoield, 20. Of 5559 Quincy
place, HyattsviIle. was charged
with reckless driving. Police
said an additional charge will
be filed.
The friend riding in front oil
Mr.. Lyle was David M. Wade
jr., Is. Of Ola Forty-ninth
place. College Park.
Mr.. Lyle was employed at the
Haynes Lithograph Co. in Rock.
vile. He is survived by his wife
and four small children.
The death was the 18th traf.
nc fatality in Prince George.
County this year. There were
10 deaths at this time last year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

Fairfax Board OF County
Supervisors led on q special
budget-cutting session today
with a S630.00O slash In the
school budget.
This cut, along with other
cuts made and proposed. would
drop the prospective tax rate
by 10 cents per 500 valuation,
The total proposed budget,
before cuts. was s34.6 million,
Such a budget would mean a
tax rate Of $3.50. The present
tax rate is $3.50.
The board passed a motion
by Supervisor Anne wilkins To
prepare capital improvement
bond issues for park acQuisi-
ton. Libraries and county
buildings.
The program would be de-
termined by the board on the
basis Of . 5-year plan to be put
forward by the County parl
Authority, County Library
Board and the once Of tho
County Executive.
The board noted that thu
s630,0O0 budget cut actual,
would amount TO $750.00t
through losses in Federal and
State aid.
The original school budget
called for $l4.Il5.407 in count.
appropriations.
Robert Walker, an assistant
school superintendent, said h,
hoped the school board coulc
| adjust the budget without
touching the classroom pro
grams or proposed teacher pa,
raises.
Mr.. Walker suggested tina
$355.000 listed for furnitur.
and equipment and $l00.00l
for school site improvement
could be taken out Of capita
outlay proposals.
Other cuts might be made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
$50 Fine Levied
In FotoI Crash

A District motorist was fined
a total Of $50 yesterday for an
automobile accident which
fatally injured his passenger in
Carsondale. Prince Georges
County.
Hyattsville Police Court
Judge George j. O'Hare ordered
the fines for Curtis G. Neal. IS,
of 1923 Twenty-f1fth street Sc.
The Judge found him not guilty
of manslaughter.
County police said the acct
dent occurred May 2 when
Meals car rammed into an en-
bankment at the end of an un-
finished portion of the John
Hanson highway. Killed was
Kermit Martin. 46, of 30S
Thirty Fourth street NE, po-
lice said.
Assistant States Attorney e.
A. Nichols appealed the man.
slaughter decision and Neal ap-
pealed the fines, $40 for driving
on the wrong side of the street
and $50 for reckless driving
Neal posted $1,000 bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
NURSE IS KILLED
IN COLLISION

BUCKEYSTOwN, Md, May
% tAP).-A 70-year-old wom-
an was killed and two other
persons suffered minor injuries
when a station wagon rammed
into the rear of a panel truck
on U. s. Is last night about 2
miles south of this Frederick
County town.
Mrs. Georgia B. Darby, a
nurse, Of Clarksburg, Mont
gomery County, was pronounced
dead on arrival at Frederick
Memorial Hospital.
She was a passenger in the
station wagon driven by Mrs.
Mary Louise Clagett. 81. also
of Clarksburg. who was not
injured.
Released after treatment for
flesh burns and minor injuries
were truck driver Clifton j.
Hoy. So, of Frederick. and q
passenger, William H. Lyles, jr.,
20, of Tuscarora.
Mrs. Darby worked for many
years as a practical nurse in
Montgomery County and Wash
ington.
A widow, she is survived by q
sister, Miss Mary Buxton. SAIL
Wootto1 avenue. Chevy Chase,
Md. and two brothers, Frank,
Capitol View, Nd, and May.
nard, Purcellville, Va. Funeral
arrangements have not yet beer
COMPLETED,
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Is Students
Win Virginia
Scholarships

RICHMOND. Va. May %
(AP). - College scholarships
were awarded to is young vir-
ginians yesterday by the State
Council Of Higher Education.
The scholarships were estab-
lished last year by the General
Assembly. which appropriated
$50. 900 for q scholarship and
loan program. OF the total
$4,000 was to be used for
scholarships on the basis Of
need and merit. Among recipi-
ents were:
Tenth District--Katrina Mae
Dunlop. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Lee Dunlop of Al
exandria. Parker-G High
School. Virginia State College
$500: and Judy Ann McKin.
cry. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Frances Mckinney Of Alexan.
dria. George Washington High
School. College Of william anC
Mary, $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
PorIey Notes Erosion
On Tidewoter Potomac

But there will probably
never be a single cure-all to
meet the different conditions
along the Tidewater."y he OBJ
served.
A boat tour along the 45-mile
stretch OF the Potomac between
Marshall Hall Md and Dahl
gren (va.) gave the meeting
delegates a first-hand idea OF
the erosion problem. Stark
bare cliffs with undercut trees
lying along their base line the
river on both sides for about
half the 45-mile distance
The uniformly brown color Of
the Potomac, moreover. gives
evidence of erosion elsewhere al
we'll. This mainly is caused by
topsoil run-off from the farm
and suburban land in and above
Metropolitan Washington anC
the farms Of the Underwater
Potomac.
O Robert Hall of the UniteC
States Soil Conservation Servic,
pointed out that sediment de-
posted. by these runoffs owe
the years has so filled parts o
the Potomac and its tributariei
that many once thriving por
towns such as Port Tobacco ar,
now as much as 2 miles from
navigable water.
/ Donald v. c. Birrell, speak
ing for the Washington Engi
Ineer District. told the commits
sion that since 1880 well owe
100 million cubic yards of rive
bottom material washed dow
from upstream have beef
, dredged from the Potomac an,
: Anacostia Rivers in the Wash
ington area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
BACKING TRUCK
CRUSHES MAN

A 27-year-old man was seri-
.ously injured yesterday when
the rear wheels Of a truck
loaded with 8 I ons of sod
ran over his body, Fairfax
County police said.
The injured man, Robert Lee
Makley Of Route /, Fairfax
Station, was knocked down and
run over by a backing truck in
the Waynewood subdivision,
Police Identified the driver as
Everett L. Ewell, 10, Of Centre
vile, Va.
Police said the victim was
raking the ground in prepare
ton for the laying OF sod at
a domestic at Darden and
Croton drives when the fat
bed truck struck him. The
trucks right rear wheels passed
over the workers body, police
said.
A doctor at Alexandra Hos
pital said Mr.. Makley suffered
a ruptured spleen and colon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22

a progress report on commits
sion activities.
In q business session. the
civic federation adopted a
resolution favoring the urban
county plan. which is designed
to keep the county from break
ing UP through land annex
alton and expansion of town
and city services.
Check on Expansion
The resolution also proposed
that existing towns be prohib-
tied from extending their bound
aries. from becoming cities
or from expanding their serv-
ices without the consent OF
the county,
While the county is seeking
such a form of government. 1t
also should seek standby in
corporation powers lin order
that ). titl may be prepared
for all contingencies" the fed
Grafton said.
The federation elected q
new slate of officers. They
were Joseph c. Wheeler. presi-
dent: Herbert E. Harris. first
vice president; Robert T. Pad
gett. jr,, treasurer; Robert r.
Smith, recording secretary,
and Mrs. Doris Weinley. COR
responding secretary. The post
of second vice president is to
be filled in June. Norman
Beckman has been nominated
for the job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-22
Body Believed
Missing Mons

Prince Georges County Po-
lice today are attempting to
establish the identity of a body
in an overcoat found on the
bank Of the Potomac River al
Jones Point.
The fully clothed body was
found yesterday. Police said II
appeared to be a 56-year-old
District man reported missing
more than two months.
Police 1t. Earl j. Huber said
the body was so badly decom-
posed the cause of death is
being listed as undetermined
by the county medical exam
liner, DR.. James /. Boyd.