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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24

by a steady succession Of A.
nancial. legislative and design
hasSles.
Highway Director Harold L.
Aitken said the construction
bids advertised tomorrow will
be opened October 80. This
should mean construction will
begin in November and that
the new span will be open to
traffic by the end Of 1861 or
early 1862, he said.
The old bridge, whose condi-
ton alarmed officials a couple
of years ago, has been under
going constant reinforcement
since. It will be torn down as
soon as the new span is COM
pleted.
The new bridge. to be called
the George Mason Memorial
Bridge, will be built about SO
feet upstream from the OLD
crossing. 1t will have two ma
jor differences.
The first is that it will pro-
vide four lanes of traffic in.
stead of three.
More important. it will re-
ceive Virginia : bound traffit
from two sources instead o.
one. In addition to south
bound traffic from Fourteenth
street. it will receive traffic
directly from Twelfth stree
S.W. and from the new eight
lane Southwest freeway nea.
Maine avenue and the oil
Municipal Fish Market. Thi
freeway traffic will cross Wash
ington Channel on a new bridgl
now under construction nea
the foot of Twelfth street
underpass the railroad track
which cross the Potomac AM
feed directly into the ney
George Mason Bridge.
I AS far as Fourteenth stree
traffic is concerned, the ney
bridge will use substantial,
the same approaches as nov
exist. The same is true 70
roads leading from the bridg
on the Virginia side.
In appearance. the bridg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24

George F. Shea. chairman OF
the District Armory Board, to-
day said the board would "act
very quickly" to build and sign
up tenants for Washington's
new 50.0O0-seat stadium at the
foot of East Capitol street.
President Eisenhower yester-
day signed legislation which
cleared the way for construc-
ton Of the stadium. The bill
authorizes the Interior De-
partment to spend $2.6 million
on landscaping. parking and
utility lines in the stadium area,
Mr.. Shea said he hopes to
schedule a meeting Of the
Armory Board tomorrow. Early
next week, probably Tuesday,
the board will meet with repre-
sentatives of the Washington
Senators and Redskins. the
city's major league baseball
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24

The order, a bureau spokes-
man said, will not affect pol
icies presently in force, but ii
will increase the rates on new
policies and renewals of present
policies.
Breakdown of Rates
Brick residences of less thar
four apartments carry an in
surance rate of 10 cents pei
500 of insurance if they are
in a "B" area, a bureau spokes-
man said. The rate on contents
is Is cents.
The rate on a brick house
in a &C" area increases to II
cents on the building and Is
cents on the contents.
The rates increase sharply
from "B" to &C" if the struc-
lures are larger apartment
houes or commercial establish
mentS.
Baltimore City is the only
area in Maryland with an "a"
rating, which carries a rate of
8 cents on a brick dwelling
and II cents on contents.
The recommendations made
by the bureau last year in
cluded the construction of adj
ditional firehouses at certain
locations in the various fire tax
areas.
Some representatives of fire
companies protested that the
requirements were too strin-
gent.
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requests were submitted late.
DR.. Finucane. in asking for
the $4,000 for hospital plans
estimated that the entire job
would cost in excess of SO mill
lion. The budget office. how
ever. noted that firm" cost
estimates may be available
some time during November.
At that time the Office said II
would favor a funds transfer tc
carry out the hospital CONSOLE
dalton plans.
Some $825.000 has already
been appropriated for expan-
sion of the hospitals surgery
suites, a job which would be
done during the building con-
solidation anyway. This money
could be used for the planning
according to the budget Office
DR.. Finucane said afterwards
that he would not object tc
this transfer, but that he would
ask the Commissioners to re-
store funds for the health cen.
ter and the doctors residence
building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Health Units s. Million
Building Fund Refused

A District Health Depart
ment request for more than SO
million in construction funds
has been refused by the Budget
ONCE.
The action knocks out every
request made by DR.. Daniel l..
Finucane. Health Director, in
the construction budget sub
mitted shortly after the de-
partment's regular operating
budget.
The money was requested to
build a 1880, 900 doctors resi-
dence at the District General
Hospital and to build a North
east Health Center at a cost
of $1,078,000. Another $780,
600 would have gone to finance
detailed plans for the recon-
mended consolidation of the
hospitals three main buildings.
The action has no effect,
however. on the $685., PSI
operating budget approved by
the Budget Office. Decision on
the proposed capital outlay
funds was delayed because the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Capital Unit
Will Replace
Area Council

The Alexandria Community
Welfare Council will cease 10
exist as an independent PLAN
ming organization after the
first Of the year.
Instead, a regional commit
tee will be set up in Alexandria
that will operate under the
Health and Welfare Council OF
the National Capital Area.
A Joint statement issued yes
terday by the Alexandria Com
munity Welfare Council and
the Health and Welfare Coun-
ell said a contract, subject to
approval Of the Alexandra
Council board. will be signed
to that effect between the two
groups.
The next Alexandria Council
board meeting is set for Octo-
Der IA. The contract was ap-
proved by the HWC board OF
directors at a meeting Monday
The regional committee will
begin to operate January /,
1860, and the present Alexan-
dria Community Welfare Coun-
Gil will cease to function for a
trial period Of one year.
The Alexandria Council has
been financed with $4,000 a
year in United Givers Fund
money, allocated by the Health
and Welfare Council, which
budgets UGF money for local
agencies and also carries out
area welfare planning.
The Health and Welfare
Council contended 1t could not
plan on an area basis as long
as Alexandria remained au-
tonomous.
At a meeting of its govern
ing body, the Delegates Assem-
by, several months ago, the
Health and Welfare Council
said it would no longer make
money available to Alexandria
unless 1t became one of the re-
gional committees of HWC
along with all the other areas.
The Alexandria Council con-
tended it could function more
effectively Independently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24

100 families who could be
placed in public housing i'm
mediately IL space were avail
able for them, and that the IS
units completed last April are
full.
I'VE have calls and appear
ances in person by eligible
families every day right here
IN Rockville" Mr.. Hines said
There are no accommodations
for them, although I under
stand that about 1875 additional
units are planned for the fu-
ture. under the terms Of the
public housing bill just signed
by President Eisenhower.
I'VE certainly cannot &C.
commodate any low-incomt
families from the District wher
we haven't room for the eligible
people as quarters now stand.
Mr.. Hines heads a five-mar
board appointed by the Mayor
and Council Of Rockville II
handle public housing requests
John Y. Kerr. director of tn,
Alexandria Redevelopment ant
Housing authority. said: {"
haven't received enough de-
tails on their proposal to com
ment officially on it. But W,
certainly have our hands full
here, and can't conceive o
this commission getting into |
Joint effort to house Washing
tons low-income families
He said. Washington Ger
tainly has a problem end
trying to solve it. We will b
glad to hear from them ant
to help when we can reason
ably be expected to do so.
can't conceive Of them, how
ever. expecting us to rehous
their families.
v. Ward Boswell. chairman
Of the Housing Authority. salt
he had no comment on Wash
ington's proposal until tn
Board had considered it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Marine Science Lob
To Enroll Students

For the first time this year.
students may now enroll in the
Department Of Marine Science
at the Virginia Fisheries Labor
atory at Gloucester Point. DR..
William j. Hargis, jr.. director.
announced.
The laboratory, which en-
cages in seafood research. is
expanding its faculty and grad
uate program. he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Salesman Must Pay
$500 Tax Debt

A Silver Spring meat sales
man has agreed under a COM
promise agreement with the
Internal Revenue Service to pay
1890 on a $230,603 tax liabil-
ity
The taxpayer is Samuel Kol-
ker of 1903 Jennings road.
Mr.. Kolker makes collection:
for the Washington Beef and
Provision Co.. a corporation
controlled and operated by his
sons, from which he receives
a salary Of $118 per week be-
fore taxes, according to IRIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Ex-Judge CoekriII
To Speak at Hood

Miss Edith H. Cockrill. for
mer Juvenile Court judge here.
will speak at Hood College.
Frederick, Nd, tomorrow eve
ming during the schools fresh
men orientation program. Her
subject will be IF I Were Be-
ginning Again"
The liberal arts college this
year enrolled a record 609
women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
DISTRICT TEACHER
FARLEY SET FOR
OCTOBER %, ~

All District public school
teachers will participate in
a two-day educational con-
ference here October %
and "a. Superintendent
Carl F. Hansen announced
today.
This will mean an ex-
ira days vacation for all
students on Friday. Octo-
Der %. he said.
This is the first time
school officials have ar
ranged such a conference,
DR.. Hansen said. at ties in
with our current emphasis
on the basic curriculum. "
he noted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Sundoy-Niters' Purty

The Sunday-Niters will hold
a cocktail party and dance be-
ginning at 6 pm. Sunday in
Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Six
tenth and Juniper streets NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
HE TOOK A SIP of his ice

HE TOOK A SIP of his ice
tea and confessed:
II wouldn't sit down and
write a poem right now,
I Just don't feel like it .
it's got to be a sort of yelling
up from inside.
why is it," he said, scam
ming the windows where
clerks were taking papers out
of one basket and putting
them in another, that with
$500 people working here I
am the only poet? I just
don't know.
"In a way I think that
poetry survives only If it Is
moral-that is, if it en-
hances the good of man
kind" Mr.. Eberhart said, and
then repeated his promise
to bring the children, Dick,
10, and Gretchen, 8, to look
~ we fish in the back yard.
~5nt you've got to have
some sort of a light touch l
suppose, and this converse
ton is getting a bit
serious.
why don't you tell them
I said:
Poetry brightens up life'S
Capitol DOME"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Area Public Housing
Plan Studied by NCHA
BY ALFRED ALIBRANDO
Star stan Writer

The National Capital Housing Authority yesterday d.
rected its staff to investigate the possibilities Of regional
public housing program.
NCHA Director James Ring said he would begin the study
by asking for meeting with the Alexandria and Rockville
public housing directors.
One advantage regional program District be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Rush Traffic
ChaTlgesEyed
Twiss Fuvors
3-Hour Control

| "A pan was unQSr study
today to make rush-hour traffic
regulations effective for three
hours instead of 212 to take
care of the ever-mounting flow
of vehicles each morning and
evening.
The proposal pushed by
Traffic Director Francis E.
Twiss would supplement any
staggering of work hours now
being urged for Government
and private business to relieve
bottlenecks.
Under Mr.. Twiss' plan, the
weekday morning rush hours
would run from Z to 10 o'clock,
instead of 7 to $3.50 as at
present. The evening hours
would be from 4 to 7. instead Of
ending at $50.
Present Regulations
The rush-hour regulations
prohibit parking on most busy
streets, and also specify one
way traffic on some streets
lgeared to the morning inbound
and evening outbound traffic.
The plan is now in the hands
of the District Commissioners
who will have traffic engineers
study it before making a final
decision.
Mr.. Twiss already is doing
something about clearing up
confusion on what days the
rush-hour bans are in effect,
In locations where parking is
permitted on Saturdays and
Sundays. painters are now
making that clear on signs that
now leave the matter in doubt
Mr.. Twiss said the lengthen-
ing of the rush hour also would
mean an improvement on hard
to-read signs, since the figures
on the signs will be larger.
In another aspect of the
traffic problem, Robert S
Keith of the National Capita
Planning Commission. said thai
further staggering of Govern.
ment hours to relieve rush.
hour traffic would be meaning
less unless private employer!
also shift hours.
Federal employment is nc
longer in the majority here
Mr.. Keith said. And as time
goes by the percentage will con-
tinue to decrease"
He added that. I'VE can con.
troll Government workers but
can't do anything about private
employees"
IF the Highway Department
can come UP with a way fol
dealing with private employees il
will mean a lot" Mr.. Keith
said. otherwise. I'VE should moi
expect much change"
District Commissioner A. c
yelling said last month thai
his Office would consult the
Board of Trade this month or
the matter.
100 at Farley
Mr.. Keith spoke at the Sec
ond explanation meeting" Of
the Mass Transportation Sur
vey. which outlines the areas
future transportation needs
More than 100 persons attend.
ed the session at the Interior
Department auditorium.
Officials of the National
Capital Planning Commission
and the National Capital Re.
gional Planning Council have
arranged a complete exhibit or
the proposed transportation
plan in the lobby of the build.
ing.
The display, which presents
"a total solution to the tota,
traffic problem" in the area
will remain there for two
weeks. 1t will be shown in diff
ferent locations throughout
the city during the next few
months.
A feature Of the presenta-
ton is a model of the plar
with a record explaining al
intervals the proposed high.
ways as outlined by red, white
and blue bulbs on the display.
Next Wednesdays meeting
at the Interior Department
will deal with. What systems
and routes best for 1902"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Highway Unit to Ask
Bids for New Bridge
D. c. Officials Hope Construction
Con Get Underway in November
BY GEORGE BEVERIDGE
Star stan Writer

City highway officials will request bids tomorrow for imme
date construction of the ongdeayed Virginia bound
bridge the Potomac River at Fourteenth street NV
The fourane which will replace the 55-year-od
este bridge that carries traffic to Virginia. was
authorized by Congress in 947 has been held UP since
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
Improved Teaching
MappedbyHa
More English
Essays Slated
In High Schools
BY ANDREW w. BINGHAM
Star star Writer n

~ hINDRGW We DAINOkAhM
Star star Writer
District School Supt. Carl F.
Hansen announced today a
two-part program to improve
academic instruction, particu-
larry in English, at the senior
high school level.
The program consists Of:
l. An immediate start on
giving students more compost
ton work and less dull rou-
tine" in their English classes.
2. Eventual reduction Of the
current 25-to-1 high school
pupil-teacher ratio to, perhaps,
20 to l in some subjects. En-
forts to get this reduction, he
said, will not start until the
successful completion Of the
current drive to lower the ele-
mentary ratio to 80 to !.
Lay Readers to Help
A new lay reader program
scheduled to start next week,
he said, should help give great
er emphasis to composition
work in English classes. Under
this program. qualified adults
will help teachers correct stu
dent papers and will hold in
dividual conferences on writing
style.
IF you want to teach a stu
dent to write, you must give
him the opportunity to do So"
DR.. Hansen said. Many Eng
lish teachers currently give a
"disappointingly small" amount
OF composition work in their
classes, he noted.
He added: I'm not critical
Of the teachers. Perhaps they
have been begged down by
technical tasks" He included
among these language drills
and exercises in paragraph
meaning.
The superintendent, noting
that his feeling about compost
ton perhaps does not jibe with
the "old-fashioned educator"
label many have given him,
said he also was disturbed by
the prevalent feeling among
English teachers that compost
ton must be done in class,
rather than as homework.
They apparently think that
when the writing is done at
home it might be done by
parents or friends, he explained.
Curriculum Not Specific
The English curriculum for
high schools states only that
composition should be given,
DR.. Hansen said. It does not
specify in what quantity. Con-
Sequently, there is a wide varia-
ton in how much writing Eng
lish students actually do, de-
pending on the teacher.
Once he lay reader program
has started, he said, school Of
ficials hope it would be pos
sible to establish a minimum
amount Of composition work
which must be given.
The current procedures in
; high school English instrue-
. ton came to his attention in
: discussions about the lay
reader program, DR.. Hansen
said. He called his talks with
teachers, supervisors and prin-
cipals most Informative"
UOuDtS A00e0
Some teachers, he said, ex-
: pressed fears that the lay
readers would actually increase
their own work loads. In the
long run this should not be
: true, he said. The important
. thing. he added. is that the
students get the opportunity to
write.
, Fifty-six persons took the
required exams on September
: IL to become lay readers. The
. results will be announced next
} week. At that time, those who
have passed will be assigned to
schools.
. DR.. Hansen said he expected
to say "a good deal" about
composition when he addresses
the Districts teachers in Con-
Stitution Hall October "a,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24
The
Ra amber
Hears q Poet
Speak of Art
By MICHAEL MOK

There are two back yards
for the Library Of Congress,
and one Of them has lotus
flowers in a pool and fish
swimming around.
I'VE can't sit in here" said
Richard Eberhart, the new
poetry consultant, they've
wet the benches down :.
but would like TO bring the
kids over"
So we moved to the other
back yard where there are
some red flowers, and he lit
up his calabash pipe and re-
called:
He used to be a traffic d.
rector In the Marshall Fields
department store in Chicago,
mot one of those with a
flower in the button hole
but a sort of assistant floor
walker in the basement.
After that, he broke away
and was an ordinary seaman
aboard a freighter, and one
of the proudest days Of his
life was the one on which he
was named an able bodied
seaman.
He took an honors degree
from st. Johns College, Cam
bridge University, and ere
turned to my native land
Just on the eve of the crash"
Mr.. Eberhart made do by
becoming the tutor to the
two adolescent daughters of
Rodney Proctor, the soap
baron, and then schooled the
son of the late King Praj-
hadhipok of Siam. He was a
dreamy lad called ChiraSakti
Suprazhat. He also taught
BongShmara Kridikara, the
12-year-old son of the Sia-
meSe Minister.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24

a new supply Of cheap, vacant
land in surrounding counties
for possible public housing sites.
The NCHA is now restricted
to building or buying property
in the District. And. the agen-
cy's most pressing problem is
the lack of public housing sites
in the District.
Authority Cautioned
Mr.. Ring cautioned the au-
thority not to be too hopeful
on the chances of achieving a
regional setup. The surround
ing counties. he pointed out.
have always been cool to sug-
gestions that public housing
sites be made available in the
outlaying areas for low-income
District residents.
The District housing agency
again discussed the problem of
housing II large families from
Southwest Stun Clearance
Area c. The public. housing
agency has no existing units
large enough to accommodate
the families. which range in
size from II to is persons.
The authority last month
discussed and rejected pro-
posals to convert two units
into one an not economically
feasible.
John Remon, chairman OF
the District Redevelopment
Land Agency. and a member
of the public housing authority
criticized the public housing
staff for taking a negative
attitude"
Staff Defended
William E. Finley, director OF
the National Capital Planning
Commission, defended the staff
The staff report states the
situation quite fairly" he said
Its a monumental problem
There is no easy, simple an
swer."
The housing authority APP
proved Mr.. Rings proposal for
further study of the problem
He said he would contact other
cities to see how they housed
very large low-income families
and would continue to examine
the possibilities for purchase
and rehabilitation Of large
families.
Mr.. Ring also disclosed that
the authority is restudying two
sites in Southeast Washington
for public housing. He said a
project which combines re-
Mobilization of some existing
dwellings with construction OF
new apartments may make
them financially possible.
! George Hines. executive d.
rector of the Rockville Housing
Authority, said that there are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-24

AFTER HIS SIAMESE ad-
venture, Mr.. Eberhart went
to Germany, this time re-
turning to attend Harvard
graduate school.
But my number was up
and I had to go to work"
he said.
when I was an under
graduate at Dartmouth, they
gave me a sweater with a
letter on it for running 100
yards in 10 seconds fiat
that's action in the raw.
But poetry fixes action >. :.
the quality of fixing gives
meaning to mortality"
He burbled on his pipe
stem, swung his feet on the
green bench and continued:
How can poets make out?
Few seem to starve but
equally few get rich.
81 feel that if the impetus
and compulSion to write
poetry is deep enough, the
poet will write regardless Of
the circumstances"
BY this time Mr.. Eberhart
was excited and was shifting
his chunky body around and
his voice echoed in the quad
rangle.
1.-THE fact that we are
going to have a National Gull
tural Center here in Foggy
Bottom shows that the
Government itself is becom-
ing aware of the Importance
of art-we've just got to
have a place like that"
Sometimes I think a poet
is missing something. and In
trying to make up for it be-
comes superordinary." Mr..
Eperhart said.
"And other times I think
just the opposite. that he is
more than whole, that poetry
is the sign of a whole man"
Mr.. Eberhart took over
duties as poetry consultant
at the Library the day before
Labor Day, and since then
has been holding press con-
ferences, meeting the staff
and getting used to his new
quarters.
The Poetry Room has COM
Portable armchairs, restful
pictures and a window with
a balcony overlooking con
struction work in progress at
the Capitol.
The new consultant is on
leave from Dartm GU t h
where he is poet-in-resi-
dence, as well as a full pro-
lessor of English.