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Actions-all subject to "rea-
sdfiable' rules to enforce re-
sn0iisibility Of members to
thEir unions.
Enforce rank-and-file rights
Though civil suits for injunc-
ti9ps by aggrieved members:
wien rights are violated
thrppgh threats, force or eco
ndfnfc reprisals, impose GRIM
inal penalties up to a $1,000
Ane and one-year imprison-
ment.
Require national unions TO
elect officers at least every five
years and locals every three
years.
Require secret ballots for di-
rect elections; national officers
may be elected by delegates
voting openly. if the delegates
are chosen by secret ballot.
Guarantee the right of all
members in good standing TO
vote and run for union office,
and to nominate candidates.
Prohibit discrimination in
use of membership lists for
campaigning.
Prohibit use of union or en-
ploEer funds to promote a can
didate for union Office,
Authorize the Secretary of
Laadr to sue for a court order
tossNoid an irregular election.
after investigating complaints
BY aggrieved members; the
court may call a new election
under supervision by he Sec
ret9ry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-03

could be held indoors because
Of rain. the Plattsmouth Journal
topped the story with this head
line:
"Hill City" Project Dedicated
Friday u. Not by q Dam Site
chine I ever played" sss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-03
Trusteeships

Forbid unions to impose trus-
teeships-suspending autonomy
ON subordinate affiliates with
out legitimate" cause.
Require unions imposing
trusteeships to file semi-annua
reports with the Secretary.
Forbid nnisue Of the funds o.
delegate votes of unions undel
trusteeship.
Dissolve trusteeshipS aftel
10 months, unless the parenr
union can prove extension h
necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-03
Dedication Inspires
A Tricky Headline

PLATTSMOUTHs Nebf. (AP)
= When dedication ceremonies
Of q new flood control dam had
to be shifted to town where 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-03

Protect rank-and-fe union members from dictatoral
rs by guaranteeing equal rights freedom speech and
assembly freedom from arbitrary dues increases the right
union officers and fair procedures In disciplinary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-03
aBoR REFORM
labor REFORM
u Main Points of Bill
]: Drafted by Conferees
Ridhts of Union Members

ere is what the major provisions OF the labor reform
Drafted by Senate and House coerees designed to do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
japanese Ship
ToArrive Today

Members of the Port Devel-
opment Committee Of the Alex
andria Chamber of Commerce
will welcome the first japanese
ship to arrive at the port of
Alexandria in more than 20
years at l pm. today.
The ship, the Daido Lines
Korai Maru freighter, is bring
ing a shipment of chemicals
for the r. H. Boyle Co. of
Alexandria.
A welcoming ceremony at
Robinson's Pier will be followed
by a Japanese buffet luncheon
served to members Of the COM
mittee on board the ship.
Paivo Yamada, first secretary
for transportation of the Jap
anese Embassy. will represent
his government at the cete-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
VETERINARIAN
PLEA FAILS:
CLINICS CUT

A protest by Montgom-
cry County veterinarians
against a cut in the hourly
rates paid them for rabies
vaccination clinic work
has resulted in the length
of each clinic being re-
duced to an hour and a
half. instead of two hours.
In past years the vet
erinarians we're paid $12.50
per hour. The veterinarians
said they frequently stayed
long past the scheduled
closing hour to inoculaee
rate arrivals.
The current schedule
calls for the veterinarians
to receive $40 an hour, and
the clinics will close
promptly. Dogs in line
with their masters at
closing time will be inoc-
ulated.
The clinics start May IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Doc Homons Friends to Honor Him With Dinner Here

ton Glee Club, was wakened at
3:15 am. by an expectant
mother, delivered her baby at
Asa am, curled up in the
doctors room at the hospital
until 8 am, put in a day at his
Office and then conducted a glee
club performance.
Native Of Mississippi
Sometimes, he has to cut it
finer. Once, as the glee club
collected at Lisner Auditorium,
he got a call from the hospital.
The time was 7:50 pm. He
raced to the hospital through
the snow. The baby came
quickly and the grateful father
drove DR.. Harmon back to the
auditorium. The $50 perform
ance was only a few minutes
late.
A tall man, he has kept the
spare frame of the athlete. His
iron gray hair and the smile
wrinkles in his face are the
only, indication that he will
celebrate his 65th birthday this
October. He has kept a hint of
the southern drawl from his
birthplace in Mississippi. hint
of southern gallantry with the
ladies dating back to the days
when he and the rest of his
quartet would serenade the girl
students after lights out" at
their Mississippi college.
Son Of a Methodist minister.
DR.. Harmon started out to be
a teacher. After he graduated
from Millsaps College. where
he held the Southern Confer
ence pole vauIting record, he
became principal of a Missis-
sippi high school. Then. while
he was teaching mathematics
and science and coaching the
football, track and basketball
teams at an agricultural high
school, he met and married a
fellow teacher, Miss Grace
Ruble. in 1917.
The loss of their 2-year-old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
1000 Due
At Annual
PTA PurIey

The Districts Congress Of
Parents and Teachers holds its
big conclave tomorrow through
Wednesday at the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
This is the organizations
46th annual convention. Some
1000 delegates from 100 PTA
organizations throughout the
city are expected to attend.
School Superintendent Carl
F. Hansen will address the
group at the opening session, 8
pm. tomorrow.
On Tuesday, a feature will
be a panel discussion of the
controversial rule 10 of the
rules of the board of educa-
ton. This is the proposed rule
which seeks tighter control
over all teachers under the
board of education.
DR.. Mordecai Johnson,
president of Howard Univer-
sity. is scheduled to speak at
the Tuesday luncheon.
On Wednesday, the delegates
will vote on a number of resolu-
tons, one of which asks home
rule for the District.
Then at 6 pm, the group
will hold its annual banquet.
Glenn E. Snow, past-president
of the National Education As
ISOLATION, will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

the troupe, Joined by A
soldiers and the base COM
mander. sang Handel's Messiah
in the darkness of the Arctic.
The day in 1854 when the
Singing Capital Chorus of
the Barber Shop Society
(SPEBSQSA) won the interna-
tional contest. He was the di-
rector but he didn't conduct
that day-a lot of babies were
due to be born around that
time.
Many to Honor Him
On May Is, the men and
women who figured in these
moments will gather to honor
him. And there will be
many others-members of the
Friendly Sons of st. Patrick,
whose chorus he directs; MEM
bers of the Lions Club. whose
quartet he sang with; MEM
bers of the Air Force Chapel
of the Air" which he directs
every Sunday morning on tele-
vision: students he has treated
as associate physician of George
Washington University; the
pupils Of his old junior high
school days and, of course, the
mothers.
Reservations for the dinner,
to be held in the main ballroom
of the Presidential Arms at
Z pm. on May Is. are being
handled by DR.. Richard r.
Randall. 2141 l street NV,
chairman of the Harmon Tes-
timonial Committee who can
be reached at Federal 7-56OO,
and by Miss Alice Porter
Vardaman, Secretary-treasurer,
who can be reached at Dupont
1884. The reservations dead
line is next Saturday.
Speaking of May is and din
ner time, there's one thing on
DR.. Harmon's mind. Three
babies are due about then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

daughter changed the pattern
of their lives. He decided to be-
come a doctor.
The Harmons came to the
Washington area and DR.. Har-
mon became principal of the
Rockville High School. For a
few months. he rode the trolley
into Washington to go to pre-
medical school at George
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

try-the Columbia Junior High.
Again, he started pre-medlcal
school at night. And he joined
George Washington's Glee Club.
GIee Club Head
In 1924, when the director of
the glee club resigned, his
fellow members proposed him
for the job. He took it, with
the proviso that Mrs. Harmon
should be the accompanist.
Their team job continues to
today.
He had intended all along to
go back to Mississippi but music
and friends kept him here.
These are his favorite mem
cries:
The Sunday in 1926, when
his glee club boys doing the
Charleston stopped the show at
Keith'S, then a two-a- day
vaudeville house.
The night in Carnegie Hall in
1880 when his glee club COM
peted for the first time in the
National intercollegiate Male
Glee Club competition. He
prayed his boys wouldn't come
in last. Mrs. Harmon assured
him they were good enough to
come in fourth. They won.
The afternoon in the 1905
when his chorus sang The
Beethoven Ninth with the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra and
DR.. Hans Kinder told him that
music was born in him.
The end of the first show of
his Travelling Troubadours at
Thule in 1852 when it was IS
degrees below outside and
Sandra Stahl, Miss Washing
ton of two years earlier, sang
solo soprano. When the show
ended. the soldiers rushed the
stage and carried the troupe
out on their shoulders.
Christmas Eve of 1854 when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
PERSONNEL LACK BLAMED
$4,000 Dental Clinic
Closed at Hart School

children are being cared for in
the clinics each year. This re-
presents only 2s.S per cent of
the 52,l00 total needy pupils
whose parents can't afford a
private dentist.)
This leaves 71.2 per cent, or
about 37,100 needy pupils, who
should have dental work but
who can't get it.
The number of children
treated could we'll be increased
by adequate stating, DR..
Ostrow declared.
For example, an efficient
dentist should be backed by
one hygienist and one dental
assistant, to take care Of things
like cleaning teeth, answering
telephones, making appoint
ments and general clerical
work.
A fundamental rule, taught
in dental schools. is that a den-
fist should never treat a woman
patient without somebody else
around. But the dentist must
work alone in seven Health De-
partment clinics.
Lone Woman Dentist
In the case Of the Raymond
School clinic, Tenth street and
Spring road NV, the lone dem
fist is woman who has spent
80 years with the department.
School is not always in session
while she works. And, when it
isn't, she is alone in a big build
ing.
DR.. Daniel L. Finucane, Di-
rector Of Health, says that over
the past few years the Bureau
of Dental Health has actually
lost the equivalent of 1874 jobs
due to reallocation of personnel
under Civil Service Commission
rules and the fact that the de-
partment has not been able to
ask for additional money within
grade promotions.
Thus, money for one job must
be distributed to increase the
pay of other personnel. This
may be cured, however, with the
fiscal 1860 budget.
Recently, the District Dental
Society presented a statement
to congressional committee
saying: We'll established serv-
ices have been spread much too
thin and it is no longer possible
to provide adequate coverage
for existing services"
THE unmet dental needs for
the underprivileged and indi-
gent in the District are appal-
ling" the society said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

porting a city college were
found TO be lacking?
And following that. would
the school board ditch the idea
Of a city COLLEGE and support a
Junior college?
One board member. Mrs. Ruth
Spencer. did not like the idea
Of the study in the first place.
Mrs. Spencer heads the boards
committee on District Teachers
College. She felt her committee
had already established the
need for a city college-one
which would grow out of the
teachers college. She had sup
port from some civic groups
and also the local Congress Of
Parents and Teachers. Opposi-
ton to the study held that 1t
was a waste Of time.
Walter N. Tobriner, president
Of the school board. feels the
board could not ask Congress.
or the Commissioners. for any
thing more than the Booz. Allen
e. Hamilton report spells out.
Internal Struggle Seen
So. if the firms recommended
tiorS state a preference. or spell
ouI a greater need for a junior
college, a fight among board
members would probably de-
velop over whether to forget
the report-and ask for a city
coilege-or start working for a
Junior college, backed by the
report.
For those anxious to see a
city college rise in the District,
one school official points out,
there may be nothing to worry
about.
With a junior college," he
said. I'VE would at least have
our foot in the door. 1t would
be bound to grow into a city
college eventually"
But the question Of whether
the city needs either a Junior
college. or a city college. may
well be settled at the District
Building-where the opinion
has long been held that a city
college would cost too much.
Also keenly awaiting the report
Of Booz. Allen & Hamilton are
the city's budget officials, now
beginning work on the fiscal
1861 budget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
AVERAGE FAMILY
GETS ANALYSIS
IN ROCKVILLE

The average" family in
Rockville has come under
study by city planners.
These characteristics
have emerged:
The average family in
cludeS slightly more" than
four persons. Besides the
man and wife, there is one
child under 5 years old and
one child between 5 and Is.
1t was found that Rock
vile should present an at
tractive living area for girls
in the next 10 or Is years
from a matrimonial point
Of view since there are 10
per cent more boys than
girls in these groups.
There are 1877 employed
persons in every 100 homes
and the average family in
come is S7.677. The aver
age family house is worth
about $4,000 and has three
bedrooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

Washington at night. but it was
too much for him and he gave
it up after a few months. He
had almost decided to give up
medicine when the Harmons
lost a second child.
They moved into Washing
ton and DR.. Harmon became a
teacher at the first Junior high
school in this part of the coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

Wherever you go in Washing
ton-a ball game, a concert, a
maternity ward or a church
you're bound to run into some
body who knows DOC Harmon. /"
And If you went to Thule,
Greenland or Baffin Bay or the
Azores, you'd probably find a
soldier who wants to send his
regards to DOC Harmon" of
Washington.
On May 16, a testimonial
banquet will be given for DR..
Robert H. Harmon on the eve
of his 35th anniversary of di-
the choral groups at
George Washington University.
But it will be given by "all
of DR.. Harmon's friends and
associates to honor him for his
outstanding and unself1sh serv-
ice in many fields of endeavor, "
as the invitation says.
Life of Contrasts
Many" is an understate-
ment. He has been a school
principal and a basketball
coach. a track star and a
church soloist, an obstetrician
and ardent sports fan, a direc-
tor of barber shop ballads and
Handel'S Messiah.
His is a life of cantrasts
rather than conflicts. He keeps
an old upright piano in his
doctors Office and comes out
to greet his patients singing
One faithful patient calls up
regularly during Office hours to
keep him informed on the pro-
gress Of the ball games. A re-
liglous man from a ministerial
background, DR.. Harmon will
spot a outstanding soloist dur
ing a church service and per-
Suade her to join his Travelling
Troubadours. He'll talk football
players into glee club member
ship.
In one typical "a hours last
week, he spent the evening re-
hearSing the George Washing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Library Dedication

Dedication ceremonies for the
first public library branch in
Charles County were scheduled
for 3 pm. today in Potomac
Heights. Col. Robert Case.
president of the county library
trustees, will preside at the
program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Only $4,000 Treated
Church Group Picks
Rev. Paul Horn

The Rev. Paul E. Horn of the
Evangelical United Brethren
Church. last week was elected
president of the Silver Spring
Council of Churches.
Klaud K. Bittner of the
North m in ter Presbyterian
Church, was elected vice presi-
dent: Mrs. Kathleen C. Eng
lish of Woodside Methodist
Church, secretary, and Mrs.
Charles L. Pamplin, jr., OF the
Silver Spring Presbyterian
Church, treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Metro Plan Opposed
For Municipal Control

/ consolidation and complete
Capitalization are the key to
efficiency. but / do not think
1t is sound government"
Mr.. Mester declared that
whenever voters are allowed to
decide on metropolitan con-
solidation. they reject it.
The municipal specialists at
the conference on metropolitan
area problems received a warn
ing concerning creation of re-
gional authorities.
Richard w. Case. a Baltimore
tax attorney, said that although
such bodies may be both desir-
able and feasible, comprehen-
sive studies of methods of f.
nancing them should be made
before they are established.
He said that the credit rat
ing of governments in areas
where there is overlapping po-
litical authority tends to de-
cline.
Mr.. Hyde said that the Fed
eral Government should be-
come a taxpayer" in urban
areas where it maintains SUBJ
stantlal installations and en-
ploys large numbers of people.
Urges Aid System
Some system of payments in
lieu of taxes should be devised
which could eliminate such
clumsy aids as the Impacted
Area Program for schools" he
said.
Mr.. Hyde said that one OF
the major difficulties of urban
areas is essentially the human
one OF perSua0lng people IN
different political division to
work together.
He predicted that as adjoin-
ing communities gain expert
ence in cooperating through
such activities as regional en-
terprises they will become more
willing to engage in broader
Joint ventures.
Mr.. Northrop, Mr.. Hyde and
Mr.. Case rejected as prema-
ture any attempt to deal now
with the problems of the BaIti-
more and Washington areas on
a regional basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Board Waits Study
On College Need
ConsuItont Firm Report Muy Fire
Internal Struggle for Junior School
BY JOHN NJ. MeKELwAY
star stan Writer

The District School Board suspens-fuy waiting this
week for delivery Of report whether unsupported city
college is needed
Booz Allen a. Hamilton the school board win have
10 the long standng-and controversal-question.
WHITTIER school board members viii be happy with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
BY JOHN BARRON
Star stan Writer

9teA oheA WAANeA
BALTIMORE, May 1.-The
rush of Americans to the city
lis generating new problems
which threaten to blow up in
the face of urbanites, but new,
metropolitan government is un-
likely to provide relief
This conclusion came today
from Maryland political lead
ers and municipal experts who
told colleagues here that tired
cities and their exploding
satellite suburbs are most
likely to find salvation through
cooperation.
The conference was sponsored
by the University of Maryland'S
Bureau of Governmental Re-
search and the Maryland Chap
ter of the American Society for
Public Administration.
State Senator Edward North
rop, Democrat of Montgomery
County, cited uniformity of
laws, working agreements and
interstate compacts achieved in
the Washington area as an
outstanding example of CO.
operation.
He declared that the APP
proach being followed in the
Washington area is far prefer
able to a super-metropolitan
governments conceived in an
ivory tower" and isolated from
the voice of voters.
Opposes U. S. Agencies
Former Maryland Represen-
tative. Dewitt S. Hyde. opposed
establishment of Federal agen-
cies to contend with problems
which transcend political di-
visions. He said he fayors re-
gional authorities as an alter
native because they permit To-
calities greater influence over
their own affairs.
Mr.. Hyde, along with Mr.,
Northrop, called increased Fed
eral and State aid to urban
areas essential.
But we must insist that
final responsibility for local
problems be borne locally" Mr..
Hyde said.
EdmuSt c. Mester, executive
secretary of the Maryland Mu-
nicipal League, said that the
|proliferation Of municipalities
that exist in areas such as
Washington may be economi-
cally undesirable.
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Reasons for PrOyisO

hedSO0S IOT EIONtSO
Representative Jones wrote
the proviso into his omnibus
building bill, partly because he
was convinced of its merit,
partly because Of Commission
recommendations and partly
because of views of Capitol
Architect j. George Stewart.
Mr.. Stewart envisioned the
tract as site for legislative
rather than executive Offices.
Before hearings last week,
however. Capitol Hill home
owners, taking advantage of
the breach between the Archi-
tect's Office and the Commits
sion, bombarded the subcom-
mittee with protests. Any pub
lie use of the proposed Mall
would damage their recently
remodeled properties, they
charged.
Jones Strikes Pr0vis0
Sensing a fight that could
prejudice passage Of his ma.
tional legislation, Mr.. Jones
struck the Mall proviso from
his big bill.
At weeks end. officials
closest to the proposal took
these positions:
Mr.. jones' personally ia
vor development Of an East
Mall. This area holds the
greatest potential at the least
possible cost for Federal build
ings. Acquisition must be
gradual, however, and not a
pushbutton operation. One of
the reasons ! took out the Mall
was that / didn't want to
frighten people living there
into thinking it would happen
overnight"
Mr.. Bartholomew THE
Mall is of very great funda-
mental Importance to the fu-
ture of the whole public build
ing program in Washington.
Long study has shown the East
Capitol street area is ideal for
future buildings. The objec-
tives of the Federal Govern.
ment and aspirations OF home
owners can be balanced and
managed over a period of years
so that harmony can prevail
The Federal Government
should make every attempt to
avoid those areas recently I'M
proved until the last stages of
the development"
McLaughlin's View
Robert E. Mclaughlin, presi-
dent Of the Board of Commits
sioners-"We are very DESTROYS
of developing an East Mall as
a nice balance to the West
Mall, without overerowding it
with Federal buildings. Annual
tax losses would be $784.916
Nevertheless, enactment would
further development of Nati0n-
wide interest in the beauty of
the Nations Capital"
Frederick Floete. General
Services Administrator, who
would put up East Nah build.
ings-"I have no strong feel
ings now, one way or the
other"