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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07
Northeast Renewal
Hearing Scheduled
82-Acre Plan
Set Tentatively
For Sept. 9

A public hearing on plans for
an 82-acre urban renewal
project in Northeast Washing
ton tentatively has been set
for September 9 in the wake
Of:
/. Legal clearance by Cor
poaation Counsel Chester H.
Gray Of a revised project plan.
which includes the pinpointing
Of property to be acquired BY
the city.
2. Extension Of a deadline
for submission Of the project
proposals to the Governments
Housing and Home Finance
Agency.
Because of the latest revi-
sions, the plans for the area
Project must be resubmitted
to the National Capital Plan
ming Commission. The COM
mission is to take up the mat.
ter at its meeting next Friday.
Property Specified :.
If no further snags develop in
processing the plans, the Com
missioners are expected to hold
their required public hearing
September 9. Approval by the
Commissioners will be the last
major step before submission
of the plans to the Federal
financing agency, HHFA.
One change made to satisfy
points raised by the corpora
ton counsel's Office was to spe-
city the property to be taken
| by the District in the area,
bounded by the railroad yards,
North Capitol street, the Gem
trail Post Office and N street.
This means that the Com
missioners and the planning
commission will make the land
acquisition decisions when they
take action on the entire plan.
Without this revision, the prop
erty question would have been
left for a later decision by the
Redevelopment Land Agency.
Technical Changes
All but "a lots in the area
are to be acquired by the land
agency.
The city. after passing a July
IL deadline for submission OF
final plans to HHFA, was in
danger of losing a guarantee of
a $6.7 million Federal grant to
help finance the project. The
Federal agency, however, has
approved a request by the Dis
trict for a deadline extension
to October !.
Two-thirds of the redevelop-
ment costs are paid by the Fed
eral Government and the local
ity finances the balance.
Project 1, which lies in
Northeast but originally was
part of the 914-acre Northwest
urban renewal area, has mixed
residential and industrial prop
erty. The plan calls for indus
trial and commercial develop
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07

Public school officials in
Northern Virginia have received
127 requests for applications for
private tuition grants.
School officials said many
students seeking the $3.50 grants
for the coming year have been
attending private schools: I'm
der Virginia's freedom Of
choice" program. grants are
authorized for any child at
tending private non-Sectarian
school.
The program was designed to
provide private schooling for
students who do not wish to
attend integrated public schools.
However, many of those already
attending private schools are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07
MIR. HoRNADAY said:

after the Civil War the
center Of lumber production
moved from New York and
Pennsylvania to the lake
States, Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota.
Most people don't realize
it, but it was the develop
ment of farms in the prairie
States that depleted the for
estS of the lake States. There
was no timber on the plains.
Lumber had to be brought up
by barge and rail.
Everything was built of
wood. 1t was the age Of wood.
The peak Of production was
reached in the first decade
of this century. In 1897 our
sawmills produced As billion
board feet.
"In the depression produce
ton dropped below 20 billion
feet. Last years was 33.5 bill
lion feet.
Theodore Roosevelt was a
member of our organization
and so was his forester
friend, Clifford Pinchot.
Congress had passed an
act in 1891 giving the Presi-
dent the power to withdraw
land from the public domain
as forest reserves. The yell
lowstone Park reserve in
wyoming was the first.
I'm 1907 at the beheSt of
Western Senators, a rider
was attached to an agricul-
ture appropriation bill pro-
hibiting the President from
adding to the reserve in six
Western States.
Roosevelt issued a procla-
nation adding is million
acres to the reserve, then
signed the bill ending his
power to do what he had
Just done.
1.-THE tree farmer of Hyde
Park, N. Y, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, was another men,
Der. In 1888 he created the
Civilian Conservation Corps
as an anti-depreSSion meas
ure and had more than $780,
900 young men working in
the woods that summer, the
greatest activity in the his
tory of conservation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

Opening a two-day meet
ing, the alumni of the Ma
tional Institute Of Dry
Cleaning are headquarter-
ed in the Mayflower Hotel.
The Civil Air Patrol In
ternational Cadet Ex-
change continues its Man.
ger-Annapolis Hotel ses-
Sions.
The Dance Masters Of
America wind up their
Shoreham Hotel conven-
ton.
The National Education
Association World Confed-
Grafton of Organizations of
the Teachers Profession
holds final sessions in the
Mayflower Hotel.
The United States Army
Warrant Officers Associa-
ton continues its Statler
Hotel convention.
This information supplied by
the WASHINGTON Convention and
Visitors Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07

report to work and the length
Of travel time on critical
routes" out of the city.
The study will be conducted
by the Bureau of Traf1lc En-
cheering, Department of High
ways, he said.
The new study actually rep
resents reactivation of partial
studies conducted by the Dis
trict over the last 10 months,
Gen. yelling said.
Study Approved
The Star reported two weeks
ago that the District and D. C.
Transit System. Inc, were
studying possible changes in
staggering of hours. with the
approval Of the Bureau of the
Budget. The bureau has the
final say on any changes of
hours for Government en-
ployes.
Previous studies by the Dis
trict were concerned with the
number of cars on the road at
particular peak-level times.
Gen. yelling pointed out.
"The number Of cars on the
road is not the significant
thing" he said. what is really
important is how long it takes
employees to get to work.
Meanwhile. Col. Unger said
District officials consider the
evening hour traffic rusheS
particularly critical.
Employees often come to
work earlier in order to get a
parking space" he said. But
in the evening. they want to
get home right away"
Test Study
In a test study he undertook
himself, Col. Unger reported. it
took him five minutes to get
from the District Building to
the end of the Fourteenth
Street Bridge at 1880 pm. An
hour later. travelling time was
Is minutes, he said.
I'VE want to get this kind of
information for important
routes throughout the CITY," he
said.
When the District study is
completed, he said, city off,
Gals will meet with d. C,
Transit officials to compare
notes and to set up recommen-
dations of hour changes to
present to the Bureau of the
Budget.
Isaac 3. Goad, director Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07
MIR. CRAIG SAID:

ut was started in 1875 by
DR.. John Warder, an ANA
teur botaniSt of Cincinnati.
There he is on the wall
(pointing to a picture of a
bearded man with a long,
narrow face). He brought in
many physicians, and we
still have a lot of doctor
members.
The caller asked what the
continent was like when the
first Europeans arrived.
"All the early explorers
who landed from Florida to
Maine spoke of the thick
woods" said Mr.. Hornaday.
There were glades or
clearings in the woods; there
had been forest fires before
the match was introduced.
There is a story that the
Indians used to burn the
Valley of Virginia OCCASION
ally so that it would be graz
ing land for herds of bison.
But almost all the area east
of the mountains seems to
have been dense forest"
Mr.. Craig said:
"The great stands of white
pine in New England and
New York and part of Penn
sylvania were our finest for
e5ts. These trees in the vir-
gin forest primeval would
average 100 to 100 feet high
with an occasional giant $50
feet high and more than SIX
feet in diameter. The lowest
branches were go feet above
the ground. Below that, clear
lumber without a knot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07

Washington police are study
ing a plan to round up and
punish drivers who operate
their cars with revoked per-
mits.
To locate motorists defying
District law by driving after
their right to do so has been
revoked or suspended. police
would survey about 500 recent
permit revocations to find out
how many Of the drivers are
still behind the wheel.
This survey was proposed
to the District Traffic Co-or-
dinating Committee today by
Corporation Counsel Clark
King.
Figure Put at so Per Cent
Mr.. King estimated that
about 80 per cent" of the
drivers whose permits Eave
been revoked continue to OPP
crate their cars.
"We see a tremendous num-
Der of such cases in our Office
as the result of traffic VIOLA
tions," Mr.. King said. "There
must be thousands more who
so far have been driving care
fully enough to steer clear of
the law"
The minimum penalty for
driving with a revoked or sus-
pended permit is 500 or 80
days in jail. The maximum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07
The
Rambler
-. Finds Out
About Trees
BY GEORGE KENNEDY


For more than 20 years,
the Rambler has been fasci-
mated by the cross-section Of
a giant sequoia on display in
front Of the home Of the
American Forestry Associa-
ton at 9l9 Seventeenth street
NV. right behind the Army
and Navy Club.
The sign on 1t says that
the tree was 800 years old
and $50 feet tall when cut
down; that 1t was S56 years
old when Columbus discov-
cred America.
On leaving the club the
other day he acted on i'm
pulse, rang the doorbell and
asked what is the American
Forestry Association. He soon
found himself conversing
with Fred E. Hornaday, the
executive vice president; and
James B. Craig, editor of
American Forests, a monthly
publication of the associa-
ton.
1--WE are a conservation or
ganization," said Mr.. Horna-
day, lone of the Oldest in the
country. We are not a trade
organization. The American
Lumber Manufacturers Asso-
citation is the big trade or
ganization In the forestry
field, and there are organi-
cations covering pulpwood
and other forest products"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07
City States New Study
On Staggered Hours
Will Compore Notes With Transit
In Move to Ease Peck Traffic
BY ROBERTA HORNIG
star stan Writer

new study determine whether further staggering Of
hours Government workers should be recommended by the
District will be undertaken during September.
District Commissioner A. c. yelling announced today he
has directed his assistant It. Col Jess Unger to see traffic
study will between the time Government workers
Evening star., 1959-12-03
Diplomatic TrivioIity

1t is fortunate for the dignity OF
diplomatic immunity that the case Of
the slap-happy son of an Iranian diplo-
mat has not become an international
incident. The latest disturbance in
diplomatic circles to come to police at
tention involved a 17year-old Iranian
who quarreled with a 16-year-old girl
about her dates with other boys. The
argument ended, according to the girl,
when the boy slapped her and fired
blank shots from pistol. Police at first
believed the boy was covered by diplo-
matte immunity, but State Department
officials found that the cloak protects
only the boys father, who is assistant
head of an Iranian student mission.
We are glad that this trivial incident
has not burgeoned into a matter for
major representations between our Gov
ernment and that of Iran. And we COM
mend the father of the girl for not max
ing a Federal case of the slap. He has
said he does not plan to press charges
against the youth. The authorities
would have their hands full if they were
called on to act in every boy-girl case
involving slapped face.
Evening star., 1959-12-03
Venus Veil

The successful effort of two Navy
men to get closer look at Venus veil
of vapor has started speculation anew
as to what lies behind the veil And
some speculative scientists believe more
strongly than ever that there is life in
the old girl out there in space.
BY ascending 1000 feet in a bal
loon, Commander Malcolm Ross of Ar
lington and DR.. Charles B. Moore of
the Office of Naval Research were able
to get clear view of the vapor- -cloaked
heavenly body which brightens the sky
these crisp, cold mornings Their tele-
Scopic sightingS, undimmed by low
altitude atmospheric haze of the earth,
provided conclusive proof" of water
vapor around Venus.
Subsequently, several scientists here
for space conference agreed that the
veil of water vapor suggested the pos
sibility of some form of Venusian life.
DR.. Harrison Brown of the California
Institute of Technology went so far as
to theorize that such life, if it exists,
probably would be bonelesS blob, re-
sembling jelly1Sh. We hope not. Some
how that concept, however scientifically
sound, does not At in with our ideas of
what peek behind the veil of our sister
planet would reveal.
Evening star., 1959-12-03
No Jets for Castro

Britain has acted wisely, II reluc-
family, in temporarily rejecting Cuba's
request for Is new jet fighter planes.
The decision, which has been made in
consultation with the United States,
may incense Prime Minister Fidel Castro
and his government, but it is nonethe-
less sound in view of prevailing condi-
tions in that part of the world.
AS matter of fact, the British
could not have decided otherwise with
out preaching an informal agreement
among the Western powers to restrict
the sale of arms to countries in the
Caribbean as long as tension continues
in that area. AS explained by Lord
LanSdowne, parliamentary undersecre-
tary for foreign affairs, the Macmillan
government will gladly reconsider the
matter" when and if the situation i'm
proves, but in present circumstances the
Cuban bid must be turned down.
This may lead to retaliatory meas
ureS against British commercial inter-
eStS in Cuba, and the Castro regime may
try to get the planes from Communist
sources behind the Iron Curtain. But
that is risk that must be taken. AS
things stand now, it would not serve
the cause of Caribbean peace for any
Western country to supply Havana's s
"revolutionarieS" with high-poWered Jet
fighters.
Evening star., 1959-12-03
Mr.. McEIroy Resigns

During his TWO years at the Pen-
tagon, Defense Secretary McElroy had
enough headaches to last lifetime.
The Russians put Sputnik into
orbit just before he took office, with the
result that the new Secretary was imme-
diately swept up. and engulfed in the
furious and frequently excited contro-
verSy touched off by that momentouS
event. Mr.. McElroy refused to panic.
Although obliged to operate within the
limits of a defense budget whose size
was not finally determined by him, the
Defense Secretary stood up to the critics
and Stoutly defended his program. He
pointed out that the amount of defense
spending had to be balanced against the
need to maintain viable economy, and
he insisted that, with all factors con-
sidered, the defense program was ade-
quate to maintain the security of the
United States. Furthermore, said Mr..
McElroy, he was as much interested in
the future of his country and his chill
dren as any other man.
At this juncture, no one can say
with any certainty whether, on balance,
we have been spending too little or
about enough on our armed forces. Nor
is there any assurance that the question
will be definitively answered in the fore
seeable future. Unless there is a war it
may be that we will never know, and
If there IS war, an all-out war, an
answer will become somewhat academic.
While Mr.. McElroy may not have
agreed with every detail of defense
budgets, he would not have stuck around
as long as he did unless he believed in
the overall policy he administered. 1t
is too bad that personal reasons of
an urgent nature" have impelled him
to step out now. The defense assign
ment is so big and so complex that it
takes a long time to master it, Mr..
McElroy has not had too much time in
which to master the details and get on
with his work. But to the extent that
the urgent personal reasons are finan-
cial in nature, one can hardly quarrel
with his decision. After all, he gave up
salary Of $285, 900 year to take the
defense post, with its $25,000 stipend.
Fortunately, his successor, Thomas
S. Gates, ir., will not have to start from
scratch, as did Mr.. McElroy. The new
Secretary has had extensive experience
in the Defense Department, and he
appears to have the confidence and sup
port of the services. This gives him
big head start in big Job.
Evening star., 1959-12-03

become as truly a community theater
as exists anywhere. Among repertory
groups of the Nation, 1t also has made
its mark. The Ford grant, however,
one of only four of its kind, opens a
pioneering opportunity that is virtually
unique. BY providing the money Spe-
cifically to retain actors Of the first
rank on a long-contract basis, the in
tention is to build and maintain resi-
dent company second to none.
During most of its life in Washing
ton, the Arena Stage has been beSet by
problems of every sort. Now, all at
once, a number of hopeful things are
breaking its way, not the least Of which
is its ambitious Embarrassing drive for a
new theater on the Southwest water
front. The Ford grant, however, makes
a perfect icing for the cake.
Evening star., 1959-12-03

Senator Kennedy's extreme
franknesS in speaking on all
issues, not only the recent
birth control issue, certainly
demonstrates still another of
his abilities - namely. the
alertnesS and wisdom to
foresee the psychological re-
suits of interference by the
United States into the prob
lens of foreign countries. 1t
is time indeed for America
to realize that there is an
other aspect of our problem
of foreign relations aside
from ''how much benefit it
will be to America" We must
also realize how much dam
age our "unasked-for help
fulness" might be to US.
Psychologically speaking. we
might find ourselves in a
position analogous to that
of an over-protecting parent.
This is another problem
which should be weighed
heavily.
My point is. however, not
any foreign problem alone,
but the 1860 election-the
future of our country. The
rapid pace at which America
travels and the tremendous
and still increasing number
of decisions to be wisely
made and executed by the
President are tantamount.
If the voter does not rec
ognize and utilize a man
endowed with such wonderful
insight into human nature in
addition to an active fulfill
ment of an immense scope of
capabilities, and If the voter
does not recognize that the
presidency is a potential ca
pability which does not lie
in Kennedy's hands but in
the hands of the voters, he
will have disregarded the
chance for electing one who
actually can fulfill every
qualification for the presi-
dency-or am I naive in
hopefully thinking that the
voter will even step far
enough outside Of his preju-
dices to even consider such
things as Qualifications"
Sue Gibbons.
4 +
To eliminate any possibility
that the next President will
feel bound by any religious OF
moral convictions which
might conflict with his duty
under the Constitution and
laws of our republic. I suggest
that presidential candidates
who are not Roman Cath.
Evening star., 1959-12-03
'Drip-DribbIe Art

I agree with Art Critic
Florence Berryman's evalua-
ton of the American Art
Leagues exhibition at the
Smithsonian. Surely. the pres
ident of that organization is
joking when he claims that
this show heralds the begin
ming of the end for drip
and dribble art"
This, the only remaining
group devoted to realistic
painting, now makes drastic
concessions to drip and
dribble,"
A few more such liberal"
concessions and the AAL
will become indistinguishable
from the exhibitions at the
Corcoran mausoleum. Then,
those of us, the overwhelm-
ing majority, I am sure. who
appreciate realistic art, will
have only the past to remind
us of a very admirable talent
once possessed by man.
DiOgenes.
Evening star., 1959-12-03
CoHous Type

Thanks to the person driv-
ing a white car in the 600
block Of Dahlia street NV.
the day before Thanksgiving,
at about 12:45 pm, my six
children did not have a very
happy Thanksgiving. This
motorist killed their dog in
front of our house. The dog
was at the curb because a
playmate called for my chill
dren to return to school from
lunch-time, and they in
advertently left the door
open and 1t ran out. They
were trying to chase it back
home when it must have be-
come confused and ran into
the street. We could have
understood a little more If
the driver had stopped and
just said I'm sorry: but to
race on down the street was
inexcusable. How do you ex-
plain to a child why an
adult, supposedly responsible,
did not stop his car?
Mrs. Harry A. Layne, Jr.
Evening star., 1959-12-03
Salesman for Peace

When President Eisenhower goes
forth tonight on his unprecedented mis-
sion to three continents, he will take
with him. as Senate Majority Leader
johnson has said. the prayers and hopes
OF all Americans for successful journey.
And these prayers and hopes will ride
with him over each and every one of
the more than $4,000 miles he is Scned-
uled to travel during the 10 days of his
= extraordinary eleven-nation itinerary.
This is mission altogether without
parallel in the history of the American
Presidency. To describe it as strenuous
or rigorous is to give voice to massive
understatement. The geographical ex-
tent of it, the 00-mile-a-day pace Of
it, all the handShaking and speech
making and consultative meetings that
will be involved in it-theSe things in
themselves would seem to be too physi-
cally and mentally wearing for most
men much younger than Mr.. Eisenhower.
Yet he himself has left little room for
doubt that he looks forward to the whole
enterprise with enthusiasm.
In any case as he has just indicated
at his latest news conference, the Presi-
dent feels quite fit enough, in terms Of
his health, and in other terms as well,
to undertake this remarkable and very
arduouS journey. More than that, with
only 13 months remaining in his tenure
of office, he has frankly admitted that
he has been driven to undertake it
by a personal "compulSion"-a pressure
within himself that has been like per-
SiStent inner voice exhorting him to go
where he is going, in Europe, Asia and
Africa, in an effort to clear up miSun-
derStandings about American policy, to
generate good will for our country, and
to do whatever else he possibly can to
promote peace in the world :. with
justice for everybody"
AS he has made clear, of course,
the President is not going to operate
on this mission as "negotiator" seek
ing to settle great issues Of any kind.
But he will be sort of salesman for
peace in every land he visits-and this
can mean much in India, for example,
at time when Prime Minister Nehru's
government is engaged in grave and
potentially explosive dispute with Red
China. It can mean much, too, in more
than one or two of the other countries
he will visit in Asia and North Africa.
And it can hardly fail to be of major
Importance when he meets in Paris with
President de Gaulle, Chancellor Ade-
nauer and Prime Minister Macmillan to
concert allied policy in preparation for
a summit meeting with Soviet Premier
KhruShchev.
All things considered, therefore,
President Eisenhower is embarking on a
mission of far-reaching potential import
to our own country and the world at
large, on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
His journey in that sense may well play
momentous role in easing the tensions
of the cold war and laying the ground
work for a truly decent, just and en-
during peace for peoples everywhere.
GodSpeed to him!