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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
IreIund's Latest

The 35-bedroom Shannon
Shamrock, designed to serve
travellers through Shannon Air
port, opens next week. 1t
closely resembles an American
motel, in style and rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
SAIL THE ST. [ AWRENCE TO EUROPE ABOARD
A CANADIAN PACIFIC WHITE EMPRESS

combination of gracious service
and superb cuisine.
Thrift season fares start az
low as $166, effective August IS,
1859. For full details about the
weekly sailings from Montreal,
see your Travel Agent, or:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

Now a fleet Of three regal White
Expresses sails the sheltered st.
Lawrence Landscape Route to
Europe. You may book aboard
the stabilized, air-conditioned
flagship Empress of Britain, her
sister ship Empress of England,
or the spacious, comfortable
Empress of France.
Each one Of these floating
palaces features spacious sunny
deck areas, large outside state
rooms and excellent recreation
facilities. In the stately res
taurants you will find . happy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
BY JACK BOYLE
Trendex News Poll

NEW YORK. Aug. The
new small American cars will
be successful, this weeks Tren-
dex News Poll indicates.
More than three out Of every
fiye Americans think the new
small cars will be popular
However, the favorable opin-
ions do not necessarily indicate
Intentions to buy.
A Nationwide cross section
Of the public was asked wheth-
er 1t thought motorists would
buy the new small American
cars in volume once they make
their appearance. The replies,
N percentages:
Men Women Total
Yes ------ 62.6 500 61.9
No ------ 2O.S 1877 1872
Conditional
! or don't
know - 1875 24.1 1879
Fhe last category includes
mahy who said, 1T depends on
the. price," 1T depends on the
styling" and ut depends on
quality and performance"
Very few had no opinion.
Each Gives Reasons
Each person interviewed was
asked for his or her reasons.
Among those saying yes, the
most frequent reason was that
the small cars promised econ
omy in operation. While the
reasons did not lend themselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

MIAMI BEACH, FLA.
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MACS HEAD, N. C.
HOTEL NAG'S HEADER

Lorss privofs beech with guard.
Comfortable room furnishings. friendly
dining room overlooking ocean. Rec
commended by Duncan Hines. Write or
phone (243l) Mr.. G. R. cUlpeppeT,
owner, for reservations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
CAPT. Lefever to Head
Anocostio Reserve Unit

Capt. Robert c. Lefever,
World War II patrol bomber
pilot, takes over command of
the Naval Air Reserve Train
ing Unit at Anacostia tomor-
row. He also will be observing
his 44th birthday.
Capt. Lefever succeeds
Comdr. James r. Delezene. who
will serve as executive officer,
He has been acting commander
since the transfer of Capt.
James A. Masterson.
A native of Whittier, Calf. =,
the new skipper served ex-
tensively in patrol squadrons
during World War II. He COM
manded Patrol Bombing Squad
ron 1903 and comes to his new
post from command of Air
borne Early Warning Squad
ron IL.
In 1852 he served as chief
of staff and operations officer
to the air base commander in
the 14th Naval District and
before that was executive off,
Ger of the seaplane tender
Suisun. He also commanded a
helicopter training unit and
more recently attended the
Naval War College, Newport,
r. I.
His war decorations include
1.-THE Distinguished Flying Cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Cunudiun Polio
Cases Level Off

MONTREAL. Quebec. Sept.
is (AP).-Eastern Canada's
polio epidemic appeared on the
wane today but new cases were
still being reported.
In Montreal, where the dis
ease has struck hardest, Is per-
sons were stricken over the
week end. These brought the
count in the Montreal area to
756 since early this summer
Another death raised the IA
tally toll to 40.
City Health Director DR.. Ade-
lard Broulx said the epidemic
had reached a plateau" and
shows signs of diminishing.
Newfoundland, with "a cases,
reported no new victims during
the past three days. A heat
wave was blamed for the spread
of the disease and the lull CO.
incided with a cool snap.
Newfoundland grade schools
are remaining closed until Sep
TENDER 80 but college classes
will open September 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Airport to Install
Rest Facilities for
Delayed Travellers

A new type Of short-term &C
commodations for delayed air
travellers will be built at Ma
tional Airport, probably by
mid-December, Airport Direc-
tor L. w. Burton said today.
The Pullman-type compart-
ments will be housed in a T.
shaped, prefabricated steel
building near the sidewalk
across from the public parking
lots. They will come to the
airport on a concession basis
with the Hotel Corp. of Amer
lea and Airwayte international
Inc.
Instead of sitting out his de-
parture time. the traveller will.
be able to change clothing
freshen upland relax. Cost will
be SO for the first four hours
and so cents per hour there
after.
Each compartment contains
a bed. desk, radio. telephone
toilet and shower. A call Sys-
TEN will notify occupants Of
flight departures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

A 80 per cent increase in
complaints from public and
official sources today was cited
as a justification in seeking
more housing investigators to
arrest neighborhood blight.
The Department of Licenses
and Inspections, which includes
the housing division. is asking
the Commissioners to approve
$44,471 for seven additional
housing inspectors and a clerk.
This is the largest single item
of increase in the departments
$2,415.212 budget request for
the 1861 fiscal year. The over
all request is $121,2l2 greater
than the budget for the 1860
fiscal year.
The additional housing in
spectors, the department said,
will increase annual inspections
of multi-family dwellings to
5000 a year instead of the pres
ent 1000 a year. AS a result,
the department said, these IL
censed dwellings can be in
spected at an interval of two
or three years.
Reporting the increase in
complaints, the department
said that many improvements
have been brought about in
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Sons of Confederotes
UphoIdWiIIioms' Claim

mon name in that area" he
added, referring to the presence
Of a 5-year-old Walter Williams
in Itawamba County when Mr..
Williams would have had to be
Is to be old enough to be in the
Civil War.
Mr.. Crigler said Mrs. Williams
was a member of the old United
Confederate Veterans. "a very
particular organization which
made a thorough study OF every
applicant.
I'm addition, he has been ac-
cepted as a veteran by the
State of Texas and the Fed
eral Government"
Claim Authenticated
Mr.. Crigler said Mr., Will
liams' claim has been anthem
ticated by DR.. w. D. Mccain,
president of Mississippi South
ern College, national adjutant
of the SVC, and former di-
rector of the State Department
of Archives and History.
He quoted Mr.. Mccain as
saying he is certain of Williams
authenticity as a veteran.
Confederate military records
indicate very clearly that Wal
ter Williams was a Confederate
soldier.
Remember, in those days,
you just picked up and went
to war. You didn't sign 16 cop
les of enlistment papers as we
do now"
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Rood Fund StockpiIing
Counties Is Charged

Baltimore County has ao-
vanced a new plan which
would have reduced the amount
received by the city n per
cent last year.
Report Attacked
Mr.. Hooper attacked the
county report as "fallacious'
since it totally neglects the ex-
penditures made by the State
Roads Commission for the sole
benefit of the counties to the
exclusion of Baltimore city.
Nowhere in the report is
there any indication that the
rural counties need the in
creased funds which the for
mula proposed would allocate
to them"
Mayor ]. Harold Grady also
told the commission 1T would
seem unwise" to reduce Balti-
more's share Of highway-user
revenues, since the smooth TOW
of traffic through the metropo-
lis is important to the entire
State.
The commission. appointed
by Gov. Tawes to study the
highway formula, is headed by
Paul J. Bailey, former Repub-
lican State Senator from St
Marys County.
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cred to watch the proceedings.
This, Of course, was not in the
best interests Of our Office ="
The coroner's Office is asking
1925, 700 for the next fiscal year
an increase Of $4,082 over the
current budget.
Also contained in the budget
of the city's regulatory agencies
is the request for $4,000 by the
bile Utilities Commission
which hopes to undertake a
study seeking to revise laws
governing the regulation Of
public utilities.
According to the justification
for the increase, the present
laws are not even collected
under the same title and "fur-
thermore are often complicated
unrelated and similar to q
crazy-quilt patchwork"
Also, the commission is ask.
ing for $4,000 to establish 9
motor carrier bureau" The
purpose of the agency woulc
be review applications for COM
mon carrier vehicle licenses
such as buses, and to determine
whether they meet the require.
ments.
Such a bureau, or agency
would be stated by sever
persons.
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JACKSON, Miss, Sept. Is
(AP).-The Sons of Confederate
Veterans today upheld Walter
Williams claim that he is the
last surviving veteran of the
Civil War.
There is no doubt in our
minds that Williams is a vet
eran," said Tom w. Crigler, jr.,
of Macon, national president.
"As far as we are concerned,
Williams is a Confederate vet
eran and is honored as the last
survivor of the Confederate
Army"
Mr.. crigler said the SVC
Board Of Directors authorized
him to issue a statement back
ing Mr.. Williams claim.
News reports based on census
records in Mr.. Williams home
county Of Itawamba. Miss,
questioned his military record
recently.
The l16-year-old veteran. now
in a coma in Houston. Tex. re-
peated his calm that he was a
soldier.
Cites williams Claim
Mr.. Crigler said the old SOL
der never claimed to be a COM
bat veteran, but only a forage
master concerned with supplies
Those records in Itawamba
County were made 100 years
ago." Mr.. Crigler said. "There
are a thousand ways to make
errors.
walter williams was a COM
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memorial COIIlLHlSSlOH oAiOuAu
center in Washington to serve
as the presidential memorial.
He suggested that the recent
offer by Washington Builder
Morris Cafritz Of Keith's The
alter and the Albee Building
be favorably considered for the
purpose. The District Com
missioners recently turned
down the Cafritz offer, mainly
on the grounds that the city
would have to assume a 81
million mortgage which would
accompany it.
Mr.. Mcdowell referred to
one of his earlier bills which
proposed levying ! mill tax
on each dollar Of revenue the
District takes in. This would
support the establishment OF a
cultural center here.
In his proposed Joint resolu-
ton, similar to legislation in
troduced earlier by Senator
Hartke, Democrat of Indiana,
MIR. Mcdowell specified that the
commission would consist OF
four Senators, four Represent
atives and four private citizens
well versed in cultural matters
to be appointed by the Presi-
dent.
He indicated he thinks there
are already enough statues and
monumental memorials erected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

Two Negroes ate in the small
segregated section while the
incident took place. 1t contain
ed three tables and IL chairs.
Cafeteria supplies were stacked
in one corner.
Mr.. Coates said later that Mr..
Rathwick had pointed to the
room and told him you have
to go back in there and eat"
Mr.. Coates said, 81 didn't feel
like being Inundated. The
room he pointed to looked like
a hole in the wall.
THE eating facilities were
inadequate. They should be
equal and suitable. ! didn't go
in the smaller dining room. but
I could see it was not an equal
facility. ! do not plan to make
a court test out of it,"
operates School Bus
Mr.. Coates has operated the
school bus for the Negro Oak
Grove Elementary School for
the last IL years. He operates
an 85-acre farm which has 80
dairy cows and 81 heifers.
Mr.. Coates has put in 30
years with the Army reserve.
He was on active duty for four
years during World War II, IN
Guiding 10 months in Europe.
He participated in the Nor
mandy campaign and has five
campaign stars.
Mr.. Coates was born on q
Herndon farm which had been
operated by his parents. He
was graduated from Dunbar
High School in the District and
attended Howard University.
His wife, Lutey L., is a re-
tired school teacher. Her 80
years Of teaching ended with
eighth grade instruction at the
Luther jackson High School.
The Coates have two sons,
I'd 1t. Lelie r. jr., %, who is
with a special service company
in Korea and is an agriculture
graduate of Virginia State Col
lege IN Petersburg, and Leo F.,
10. a senior in auto mechanics
at the State college.
Mr.. Coates is a trustee, dea-
con and treasurer in the Chan
tilly Baptist Church. He is ac-
tive in the Fairfax County
Citizens Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

In the Nations Capital in honor
of individual past Presidents
and other American statesmen.
He pointed out that there are
nearly 200 such memorials
here.
He said that a presidential
memorial devoted to this coun-
try's cultural life would fill a
gap such as the capitals Of
other nations throughout the
world have filled for their own
cultural activities for years.
Recalling that creation OF q
National Conservatory of Mu-
sic was authorized by Congress
but never built-nearly 70
years ago, the legislator sug-
gested that the proposed COM
mission might well give some
thought to how this might be
finally established in the Ma
tons capital" The five uni
versities located here could
cooperate in the development
Of such a program. he sug-
gested.
Not only could a national
memorial conservatory further
the musical arts, he said, but
speech, drama, and the terp-
sichorean arts similarly could
be advanced.
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Funds Asked to Speed
Housing Inspections

neighborhoods and blight ten
denotes arrested as a result Of
these complaints to the Housing
Division.
The department warned that
the limited number of increased
inspectors requested would not
provide enough to carry out the
planned program of intensive
application of housing regula-
lions on a systematic area-wide
basis.
Because the Housing Division
got nine instead of 20 additional
inspectors in the 1860 budget,
it was explained. inspectors can
only enter Brentwood and
Barry Farms Code Enforcement
Areas during the 1860 fiscal
year. The projected program
for Deanwood cannot be under
taken in fiscal 1861 nor can the
inspection force in Brentwood
be augmented, the department
said.
The department also asked
for an increase of $5,728 to
provide two inspectors instead
of one in the Adams-Morgan
Demonstration Project - an
urban renewal demonstration
project begun by the District
Government in cooperation
with American University and
neighborhood organizations.
Inventory Asked
Reporting that the Office Of
Urban Renewal has requested
the department to make a COM
plete inventory, the depart
ment asked for an item Of
$8,779 to increase its tabula-
ton and statistical work.
The department said the in
ventory would be started if
the additional stating is ap-
proved. The inventory. it was
explained, will be designed to
meet the operating and plan
ming needs not only of the de-
partment but of the Office Of
Urban Renewal, the National
Capital Planning Commission.
the Redevelopment Land Agency
and similar groups.
The Redevelopment Land
Agency has been criticized for
not providing adequate hous-
ing for the residents displaced
by slum clearance. The inven-
tory would show what housing
is actually available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

Manassas Attorney William
w. May has been appointed
county court judge for Prince
William County, Circuit Court
Judge Paul E. Brown an
nounced today.
Mr.. May, As, succeeds c.
Lacey Compton on October 5
and will complete Mr.. Comp
tons term, which ends in April,
1862. Mr.. Compton resigned to
concentrate on his private
practice.
Mr.. May said he will expand
the $6,300-a-year job to flve
days a week, Monday through
Friday beginning at 10 am. in
the county courthouse in Ma
nassas. Mr.. May said a steadily
increasing number Of cases re-
quired the change from the
present three-day schedule.
The county court hear!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Funds Asked
ForMorgue's
Mobility
The morgue wagon is dying

The morgue wagon is dying.
In its budget for fiscal 1861
the District Coroner's Office
has revealed that the present
vehicle spent approximately
one-third Of the time in the
past year in the garage for
various repairs.
Justifying the need for a new,
$4,000 "passenger-carrying We
hicle," the Office added:
During the past year this
truck has broken down nu-
merous times while picking up
bodies. and on these occasions
the driver had to get the truck
started by himself when pos
sible. However, on several &C.
casions it was necessary to dis
patch another vehicle to the
scene of the breakdown and
transfer the body from one
vehicle to another. During this
process q crowd usually gath
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

BALTIMORE, Sept. is (AP)'
A Baltimore spokesman
claimed yesterday that the for
mula for distributing state
highway money is so inequl-
table that some counties are
stockpiling surplus funds.
Members of a commission
studying the present system OF
distribution wanted to know
the source for such a claim.
Curtis Hooper replied ne
heard in a conversation up
stairs" in the State Roads Com
mission Building where the
hearing was held. Mr.. Hooper
is a member of a Connecticut
firm which prepared a study
for Baltimore City Of highway
use taxes.
Counties Deny Accusation
Christian H. Kahl, Baltimore
County executive. and State
Senator H. Winship Wheatley,
Democrat of Prince Georges,
promptly replied with vigor
that the claim didn't apply to
their counties.
The present formula for dis
tribution of highway money is
80 per cent for Baltimore City
20 for the counties and the
other half for the State Roads
Commission.
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Vienna Council Picks
Guy Wilson as Mayor

The new mayor will preside
at a council meeting tonight
which will select a new towr
manager. The former manager
Brent Romsburg. resigned In
June to become town manager
of Herndon. The town council
will appoint a sixth member tc
succeed Mr.. Wilson later this
month.
Mr.. Wilson, a native to
Texas, came to Vienna from
Roanoke five years ago. He
resides at $40 Albrecht circle
with his wife Mildred and two
daughters, Is and 4.
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May Appointed Judge
For Prince William

cases from the rural areas anc
from four incorporated towns
Haymarket, Manassas Park,
Occoquan and Quantico. The
town Of Manassas has a mu-
nicipal court but some OF its
cases also come to the county
court.
Mr.. May was born in Ken
lucky and came to Washing
ton in 1885. He received his
law degree from the old Ma
tional University in l941. He
was an attorney with the JUS
tice Department when he en-
tered the Navy in 1914.
After two years service, Mr..
May moved to Prince William
in l946 where he had pur-
chased an 80-acre farm on
Route / near Woodbridge. He
and his wife Marguerite have
three daughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Hoffo to Fight Custer
Every Step Of the Way

dissidents to bar Mr.. Hoffa
from the union presidency on
charges his election in 1857
was rugged" The compromise
decree let Mr.. Hoffa take Office
Professionally, under supervision
by the monitors.
Yesterdays report by the
monitors to Judge Let's &C.
cused Mr.. Hoffa Of violating
sections Of the compromise de-
cree relating to "fiduciary'
obligations and conflicts Of in
tereSt.
The monitors charged Mr.
Hoffa violated his f1duciary OBJ
| misunderstanding him to han
die union money for the benefit
of the members-by depositine
$675, 900 Of funds from LocaI
299 in bank accounts drawing
no interest. And the monitors
charged Mr.. Hoffa was guilty
of a conflict of interests because
! he had a financial stake in q
business enterprise that bene-
fitted from 100000 Of the bank
deposits.
After listing the accusations
the monitors asked Judge
Let's to:
/. Require Mr.. Hoffa to &C
count for the disputed funds
within 20 days.
2. Authorize the monitors to
subpoena witnesses and rec
ords and take testimony under
oath to develop the charges.
3. Hold a court hearing on
the charges.
4. Remove Mr.. Hoffa from
office if the hearing confirms
the charges, and require him
to make good any loss of in
come TO the union.
S. Follow up Mr.. Hoffa's
custer from the presidency by
directing the Transfers gen.
ersl executive board to press
charges leading to his expul-
sion from membership in the
union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Negro Juror Excused
In Segregation Protest.

A Negro was dismissed from
the Fairfax Country grand jury
at his own request yesterday
after he was stopped from eat
ing his lunch in the white sec
ton Of the courthouse cafe
terra.
The Juror, Leslie r. Coates,
So, Route !, Herndon, a dairy
farmer and Army reserve cap
tain, told Circuit Court Judge
Paul E. Brown that he wanted
to be discharged because he
would not get anything to eat.
Judge Brown granted the re-
quest without comment.
Mr.. Coates was one Of six
Jurors who were sworn in yes
terday morning to hear %
criminal cases proposed for in
dictment by the Common
wealth's attorney. He was the
only Negro.
The cafeteria, which is In the
courthouse basement, has a
small adjoining dining room
reserved for Negroes.
Frank M. Rathwick, who OPP
crates the cafeteria concession,
said he stopped Mr.. Coates
from sitting down in the white
section. He said he pointed out
that State law required Mr..
Coates. who has served on pre-
vious grand juries, to sit in
the Negro section.
When Mr.. Coates protested,
Mr.. Rathwick related, he called
a policeman lunching nearby
who told Mr.. Coates to remain
standing while he consulted his
superiors. Mr.. Coates remained
standing beside his tray for 80
minutes, Mr.. Rathwick said,
until the officer returned and
ordered Mr.. Coates to obtain
a refund and leave.
The cafeteria manager said
there have been similar Incl
dents during the 512 years he
has operated the concession,
but this was the first time he
had to call police.
Mr.. Rathwick said the Ne
gro section, which is rarely
used, has room for 80 persons,
but that is was the highest
number ever to use it at one
time.
He said white welfare work.
ers sometimes used the Negro
section when they bring COL
O1CN OAI41AL C1l W JIlC CdlCJST1d
between sessions Of the Juve-
nile Court. He said the welfare
people had special permission
because they had to take care
Of the children.
The State law requires seq
regated seating at any public
assembly. including restaurants.
Anyone who fails to take the
space assigned him in such
circumstances is guilty of a
misdemeanor and subject to a
maximum to a $25 fine and
election. the. law states.
The Commonwealth Attor-
ney's Office indicated it believed
Mr.. Coates did not break the
law because he did not sit
down in the white dining Sec
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15

with three stars; the Bronze
Star with Combat "V"; Air
Medal with two stars; Presi-
Dental Unit Citation and Army
Distinguished Unit Emblem.
With his wife, the former
Jean Snodgrass of Ventura,
Calf; and two children, Rob-
ert and Anne, the Captain
lives at 1901 Janney's Lane,
Alexandria.