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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09
Man PIunges
From Sousu Spun

Harbor police today contin-
ued the search for a man who
took an early-morning plunge
into the Anacostia River from
Sousa Bridge.
Richard j. Thompson of 1861
Park road NV. told police his
friend, Raymond Campbell, 35,
of 1884 Walter street Sc.
stopped his car on the bridge
about 3 am, leapedSfrom be-
hind the wheel, ran 100 feet
and then slid over the rail
into the water.
1t. Charles Burns said Mr..
Campbell, a war veteran, was
separated from his wife. He
said Mr.. Campbell tried to
jump from the same bridge in
1858 but was saved and sent to
District General Hospital for
observation. The missing man
was described as a good
swimmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09

Research Projects Agency than
a neighborhood planner.
He urged foresight enough
to think of nuclear energy to
run rapid transit. He said a
single agency. with jurisdiction
throughout the metropolitan
area, was essential to co-ordi-
nate rapid rail and highway
possibilities of the future.
One Fault Found
The only fault he found with
the survey was that it called
for so many super-highwayS
into the central city.
Questioned on this point by
House District Committee
Chairman Mcmillan, Demo-
crat of South Carolina, Mr.,
johnson said:
Il believe that is a principal
point of my paper. Los Angeles
faces an acute problem be-
cause all its highways to the
downtown district are choking
the city.
Highways have great use.
But the program we are talk
ing about here overempha-
sizes super-highways. This also
is a great weakness of the Fed
eral highway program"
He agreed with Mr.. McMil-
Ian that opening freewayS to
trucks would be disastrous"
Professor Heard
The first of a number of wit
neSses from outside the Wash
ington area was Professor
Kingsley Davis of the Univer-
sity of California, an expert on
population growth.
The professor gave the COM
mittee an extended rundown
on Washington's growth as
compared with the national in
crease and said he felt the
planners estimates of a 1880
population here appear to be
somewhat on the low side. 3"
Professor Davis said he would
"bet 500 to $40 that the popu-
lation of the Washington area
will be between 3.3 million and
3.9 million in 1880" instead Of
3 million.
His "bet" was voiced after
Senator Bible said he was COM
pletely confused after hearing
the testimony as to how fast
the Washington area is grow
ing. Earlier, Professor Davis
said a formula he used predicts
81 million people here by 1870,
81 million by 1880 and 6 mil
lion by 1000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09
Juvenile Court Staff
To Cite Load Cause
Detailed Report
Will Be Given
To House Unit

The most detailed statistical
study ever made of the Dis
trict's Juvenile Court opera
tons is being prepared for pre-
sentation to a House District
subcommittee.
The subcommittee will hold
hearings on December 10 and
II to consider legislative rene
dies for the courts overcrowded
docket, including the possibility
of providing one or more addi-
tional judges.
The purpose of the statistical
study is to pin down the main
causes of the Juvenile Court
overload. In the last fiscal year
l03 juvenile cases were waived
to the adult District Court by
Juvenile Court Judge Orm w.
Ketcham. The statistics. pre-
pared by the courts staff. will
come as a supplement to the
annual report of the court and
should be completely compiled
within about two weeks.
Senate Bill Held Up
AS late as September, the
House subcommittee, headed by
Representative Davis, Demo-
crat of Georgia, stalled Sem
ate-paSsed measure to provide
two more Juvenile Court judges
by deciding to hold more hear
ingS on the question.
Since then subcommittee staff
members have interviewed local
lawyers. judges. police and
school officials and staff menu
bers Of public and private
agencies who deal with jul
venileS.
Three schools of thought APP
parently have emerged, accord.
ing to subcommittee sources.
One group feels that juriSdic.
ton of the court, which in
cludes disposition of juvenile
traffic offenses and supervision
over maintenance of juveniles
by parents, should be narrowed
down so Judge Ketcham will
have more time to devote to
disposition of criminal offenses
by local youths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09

We must make provision for
effective coordination with re-
spect to such activities as traf-
fic control. parking, vehicles
entering congested areas, ac-
cess to highways, highway de-
sign, work hours and Office
building locations.
The plan calls for substantial
Federal contributions to the
capital costs of the new trans
portation system. AS a general
rule, the Federal Government
does not assume responsibility
for financing highways de-
signed primarily to meet mass
transportation or other pre-
dominantly local traffic re-
quirementS. Some additional
aid, especially for the proposed
rapid transit system. may be
justified by the special Federal
interest in the Nations Capital,
but long term reliance on Fed
eral financing ould be
avoided. This objective would
be furthered by making every
effort by Federal and local
agencies to emphasize or en-
courage the use of rail transit,
express BUSES and outlying
terminal parking. rather than
emphasizing additional high
ways which tend to encourage
automobile committing.
Until the corporation has
been established and detailed
plans prepared, it will not be
possible to make the kind of
financial analysis which would
enable anyone to be definitive
with respect to the Self-sup-
porting possibilities of the pro-
posed transit corporation. We
recognize that initial Federal
financing of the proposed cor
poration will be necessary. AT
the same time we believe that
the scheduling of capital out
lays for rapid transit services
and the development of fare
schedules should proceed on
the basis that the corporation
will ultimately be self-support-
ing. Further, every opportunity
should be given to private en-
terprise to operate and finance
appropriate parts of the pro-
posed integrated mass trans
portation system, especially the
express bus service and down.
town parking facilities.
Specific legislative proposals
to carry out these recommends
tions will be prepared and sub
mitted at a later date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09
Private Held in Theft.
Of$3,O0O Police Funds

Washington police Pvt. Earl
D. Fox, jr., 40. who was given
a second chance two years ago
after a trial board recon-
mended his dismissal was
charged yesterday with taking
more than $4,000 Of police
funds.
The officer, father of seven
children, admitted taking the
money over a period of several
months from a vault in the
chief clerks Office, according to
Deputy Chief Earl Hartman.
Inspector Hartman said the
shortage was discovered Friday
while office records were being
checked in preparation for a
police sale of miscellaneous
items.
Said to Admit Thefts
Pvt. Fox was summoned to
headquarters last night from
his home in the $500 block OF
Edwin street, Silver Spring,
Nd, and after questioning, ad-
mitted the thefts, Inspector
Hartman said.
He was charged with grand
larceny and embezzlement of
District property and jailed in
the central cellblock.
After a hearing before As
sistant United States Attorney
Edward Daily this morning,
Pvt. Fox appeared before Mu-
nicipal Court Judge George D.
Nelson. The case was continued
to Friday and bond was set at
$4,000.
Inspector Hartman said Pvt.
Fox took the money. totaling
$3.400, in sums ranging from
$40 to $500. The officer said he
used some of the money to pay
bills.
On December 3. 1857. Pvt.
Fox, then II the Twelfth Pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09
The
Rambler
Visits Shrine
With Builder
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

Notes on an inspection of
the Shrine OF the Immdcu-
late Conception NTH John
McShain, the builder, and
some subsequent research
at Library OF Congress:
Met the McShains at But
Ter Aviation hangar at Ma
tional Airport. They few in
from Philadelphia in their
Cessna.
John McShain a little man
with trim white mustache.
Looks more like ex-gentle-
man Jockey than contractor
with more than 500 million
in total jobs under construc-
ton. Very friendly. Easy to
see why friends Affection
ately call him Johnny"
Mrs. McShain very attrac-
tive, red hair, blue eyes. Mar
ried 80 years. Only child a
nun, principal Of convent
high school in Philly.
Driven to Northeast via
Michigan avenue past Sol
dierS Home grounds. Mr..
McShain saw Washington
Hospital Center and groaned.
There's a SIS million job,
and we lost it by 100000
/ per cent. Was I sick that
day! Worse than when Bally-
moss was bumped in the
International"
lBallymosS, odds-on favor
lite, from Mr.. McShain'S Irish
stable, had a hard time max
ing the turns at Laurel last
year; finished third.)
The great ByZantin e.
RomaneSque church of white
marble with It's mosaic dome
of blue and gold was gliSten-
ing in the sun.
I'VE flew over it, coming
down." Mrs. McShain said.
1T looked beautiful"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09
Restaurant Beverage
Association to Meet

The Restaurant Beverage
Association will hold its monthly
meeting at the Roma Restau-
rant, 3419 Connecticut avenue
NV, at $3.50 pm. today.
Nomination of officers will be
made.
Special guest at the session
will be Police Inspector john
E. Winters, chief of the juvenile
bureau. The group will also
hear a report on a forthcoming
minimum wage conference to
setanew pay scales for District
res aurant employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Association of Mill
tary Surgeons of the
United States continues its
May1ower Hotel conven-
ton.
Opening a two = day
meeting, the Industrial
Union Department of the
AFL-CIO is headquartered
in the Statler Hotel.
The International Rub
Der Conference continues
in the Shoreham and
Sheraton-Park Hotels.
This information supplied by
the washington Convention and
Visitors Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09
TRANSIT TEXT
TRANSIT TEXT
Ropid Rail Priority
Is Stressed by Stoots

The following is a teri OF
a statement by Elmer B.
Stats, deputy director OF
the Federal Bureau OF
the Budget, today before
the HouSe-Senate Commit
tee on Washington Metro
politdn Problems
In transmitting the transpor-
tation plan for the National
Capital region to Congress on
July 10, 1859, the President di-
rected that Federal agencies
make a detailed study of the
plan. The President stated that
such recommendations for fur
Their action as were warranted
would then be made to the Con-
gress. The following conclu-
sions and recommendations re-
suit from this further review
and consideration of the trans
portation plan.
The central proposal con-
tanned in the plan for a COM
prehensive transportation sys-
tenn for the National Capital
region represents a constructive
approach for dealing with a
major emerging problem. In
particular, we should like to
stress the Importance of giving
the highest priority to develop
ment of the proposed rail
transit facilities to reduce
travel time and avoid unneces-
sary costs. Approval of the basic
approach of the report. how
ever, should not be construed as
a commitment to any of the
specific proposed locations for
highways, bus routes or transit
lines.
The organizational steps
proposed to carry out the
program are generally sound.
Accordingly, we hope that the
Congress, at the earliest pos
sible time, will ratify the in
terState compact already ap-
proved by Maryland and Vir-
ginia creating an agency to
regulate fares and determine
routes Of private carriers oper-
ating in the metropolitan area.
A temporary Federal corpora
tion should be promptly created
to plan, acquire rights-of way
and construct express transit
facilities subject to approval by
Maryland and Virginia au-
thorities of projects in those
States. The corporation should
also have authority to operate
these facilities or provide for
their operation by private
firms. and existing companies
should be encouraged to con-
tinue and expand their serv-
ices. AS soon as the necessary
groundwork has been laid, a
permanent inter- State agency
should be established, by COM
pact, to succeed both the reg
ulatory agency and the transit
corporation.
The creation of these agen-
cies will not automatically as
sure effective coordination of
the new mass transportation
program with other major COM
munity needs. Procedures will
have to be devised to make sure
that in meeting transportation
needs we neither impair the
beauty of the National Capital
nor create unnecessarily seri-
Gus and costly problems for
community development and
rehabilitation in the areas di-
rectly affected by the rapid
transit and highway routes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09

ization that the area probably
will continue to grow to a size
Of 5 million by the year 1000,
he said.
ut is imperative to undertake
promptly the development of a
new mass transportation sys-
tenn" Mr. Bartholomew said.
THE longer such action is de-
layed, the more the economic
well-being of the community,
as well as its entire welfare,
will be impaired"
The planners system called
for four rail transit routes
spreading from the center of
Washington into Maryland and
Virginia, with all of the down.
town sections being in subways.
Beyond the subway sections,
the rail lines would be on the
surface-either in their own
rights of way or in the median
strips of proposed new free
ways.
The planning chief stated
that he did not feel modern
elevated transit structures"-
presumably monorail-Should
be built in Washington, but
that subways are needed to
protect esthetic values. Later
this week, o. Roy Chalk, DC.
Transit owner. is expected to
give the committee an elaborate
proposal which would use
memorial.
Challenge Offered
A challenge to mold future
growth of the metropolitan
area through the instrument
of mass transportation was
thrown up to the committee by
Roy w. johnson, chairman of
the board of ACTION (Ameri-
can Council To Improve Our
Neighborhoods).
Mr.. johnson, outgoing head
of the Pentagon'S space pro-
gram, said rapid transit, in
particular, could be used to
halt suburban sprawl and the
decay of the central city. To
tackle problems of such scope,
Mr.. Johnson urged committee
members to look far into the
future.
1--WE won't solve problems of
metropolitan transportation by
denying ourselves the resources
we are employing to put man
on the moon or distant plan
ets," he said, talking more like
the director of the Advanced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09

said its main job will be to de-
termine what kind of legisla-
ton it should recommend to
Congress as a followup to the
planners report. .
After hearing the Budget Blu
reau statement, Chairman Bible
said he felt that "our attention
should be concentrated on the
proposed Federal corporation"
He said traffic and travel prob
lens rank first among area diff
ficulties here and assured a
large audience attending the
hearings that 1--WE are fully
aware of the urgency of the
problem"
100 May Testify
AS many as 100 witnesses may
be heard during the five-day
hearing, being held in the Sen
ate District Committee rooms in
the new Senate Office Building
Senator Bible noted that Dis
trict Commissioner Robert E,
Mclaughlin is travelling in Eu-
rope. He ordered read into the
record a letter from the Com
missioner which urged all pos
sible speed in developing an
effective transit system.
The Mclaughlin letter also
stressed the Importance of Con-
gress concurrence in an inter-
state compact with Maryland
and Virginia to set up a transit
regulatory commission for the
region.
Senator Bible said he would
bypass that matter this week
however, since it is being con-
sidered by other committees
10 Years Held Needed
Mr.. Mclaughlin said every
effort must be made immedi-
ately to improve existing tran
sit facilities, since construction
of a rapid rail system probably
would take 10 years. He sale
he also hoped there could bt
improvements in local rail.
road committing services" al
though these would not provide
a permanent solution"
Commissioners A. C. Welling
and David Karrick will testify
in detail later this week, along
with State and county govern
ing officials of the area.
The first two days of thu
hearings are being devoted al
most entirely to a review o
the planners recommendation
and some differing opinions ar,
likely from planning and tran,
sit experts who did not partici
pate in the four-year study
Apparently anticipating them
Chairman Harland Bartholo,
NEW of the National Capita
Planning Commission gave tn,
committee a vigorous defense o
the proposals of his group ant
the National Capital Regiona
Planning Council.
Estimates Called Realistic
He said the estimates of flu
ture Washington area growth
and traffic increases are zen
tirely realistic" and that tn
plan actually is a conservative
one. 1t is intended only t,
meet needs of a population 0
3 million, expected in 1880, ant
, should be designed with Streal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09
Other Proposals

Another school of thought
would leave the courts juris-
diction as it is now, providing
more judges to take care of the
case load.
The third school of thought
calls for creation of a family
court" with extended jurisdic-
ton chat would include adop-
ton matters, for instance and
greater attention to rehabilita-
ton and correction of young
offenders. This, of course. also
would require additional judges.
The subcommittee staff has
discovered that rehabilitation
seems to be one of the courts
greatest problems, with too
many youths coming back to
court again and again.
Subcommittee Problem
Thus, if the short time pro-
vided for the hearings permits,
the subcommittee can be ex-
pected to take a thorough look
at how agencies other than the
court itself might help in
screening out cases before they
come to the stage of a hearing
before Judge Ketcham.
A big roadblock the Subcom-
mittee staff has run into is the
lack of much information as
to the best rehabilitation and
corrective measures to be used
for the average juvenile Of
fender.
If standards for this can be
developed as a result of the
hearings next month, it is pos
sible any legislation reported
out by the subcommittee could
call for increased cooperation
between the Juvenile Court and
agencies such as the Commits
sioners Youth Council, the
Youth Aid Division of the Po-
lice Department and public
and private welfare agencies.
Any such measures would be
aimed at cutting down the case
load now facing the court, and
could be used as an argument
for failing to provide addi-
tional judge power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09
President at Church

The President and Mrs. Eli
senhower attended morning
services at the National Pres
byterian Church yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-09

stalled. That MADE II look
as long as a corridor of the
Pentagon Quilt by John Nc
Shain). But it is not. 1t is
459 feet long.
Comparing square feet OF
floor space" he said, ut is
the seventh largest church in
the world.
Our contract is $14 mil
lion. 1t will cost we'll over $40
million when completed. All
this interior brick is to be
covered with marble"
Too bad in a way. 1t looks
magnificently strong now. No
steel to rust. All masonry
construction. Built for the
ages. Clear glass windows
leave it a little cold. Stained
glass will be installed later.
The largest churches?
"St. Peters in Rome is half
again as large as any of
them" said Mr.. McShain. II
gave it a quick estimate. I
figure that it would cost $134
million to replace it."
The others are the Cathe-
drals Of: st. John the Divine,
New York (EpiscopaD Milan,
Liverpool (Roman Catholic;
Seville, and Cologne. Wash
ington Cathedral (Episcopal)
is longer, as is the Cathedral
of Charities near Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-25

Senator Mundt, Republican
of South Dakota, last night
said Russia is using the Cas-
tro revolution Tin Cuba as a
stepping stone" to develop a
beachhead in Latin America.
In outlining the tragic
record of oppression" of world
communism before the 4lst
convention of the District De-
partment of the American
Legion, Senator Mundt said:
THE aim of the Moscow re-
gime is to penetrate and de-
stroy legitimate governments
in South America"
In the case of Cuba, he
added, the Communists are
using the Castro revolution
as a stepping-stone for their
own aims of selling power and
control in the Western Henri
sphere"
Peril in COmplacency
Senator Mundt, as main
speaker of the Legion conven-
ton in the Shoreham Hotel,
charged that, "complacency
towards the threats of the
Communist conspiracy" is one
of the greatest dangers con-
fronting the American people. "
Another great danger, he
said, is the moral decay re-
sulting from abandonment or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-25
Pistol That Won't Fire
Sets Off Legal Noise

A tiny pistol that wouldn't
fire had a Municipal Court
judge, a battery of legal ex-
perts and several score court
room observers in a puzzled
uproar yesterday.
The legal wrangle was this;
Can a man be convicted Of
unlawfully possessing a f1rearm
if the f1rearm can't fire?
Robert F. Swartz, 33, Of the
2700 block of Fourteenth street
NV, was the man in the mid
die. He was charged with the
possession of a pistol after
conviction for a felony. The
police found the pistol, a .32-
caliber Thames revolver, in
Mr.. Swartz' apartment Thurs
day.
1t was unloaded, and later
it turned out it couldn't have
been fired anyway. Its cylinder
was hopeleSsly damned.
But the District statute, said
United States Attorney Thorn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-25
Assault Charges
Hold Couple in
Beating LundIody

An expectant mother and hel
husband were held under 81, 00(
bond each yesterday in Munic-
ipal Court for allegedly as
saulting a 41-year-old roomine
house manager.
The victim, Mrs. Jeanne Nc
liver of 1017 Ninth Street NV.
is in serious condition with
fractured skull at Casualty
Hospital.
Police charged the pair, botf
tenants at the rooming house
with beating Mrs. McIver with
a stick in her apartment. They
said the husband, Horace Ar
rendale, "a, a part-time house
painter, held Mrs. McIver by
her arms while his wifi
Claude, 35, struck the woman
about her head and body.
Mrs. Arrendale, who APP
peared with her husband be-
fore Judge Andrew j. Howard
yesterday, said she was expect
ing her baby at any moment
The Arrendales have three 9TH
err children. The judge con-
tinued the case until August IA
Assistant United States At
torney John R. Schmertz, jr,
said Mrs. McIver had reported
being beaten previously by thu
Arrendales whom she was try
ing to evict, and was in fear Of
returning to her apartment. HI
said Mrs. McIver had been liv'
ing at a friends house for about
a week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-25
LONG SUES TIME
FOR Sc MILLION

LIVINGSTON, La, July Is
| (AP) Gov. Earl Long, who
us running for reelection, says
publication of a report that he
had gone crazy has damaged
him personally and politically.
In filing a Sc million libel
suit against Time, Inc, yes
Iterday, Gov. Long listed these
81 million damage claims:
| Damage to his business and
professional standing and po-
litical capacity.
Loss of private, public and
official confidence.
Injury to his private, public
and official character.
Mental pain, anguish and
suffering.
Humiliation and damage to
reputation.
Unwarranted invasion of
privacy.
In New York, a spokesman
| for Time, Inc, said there would
be no comment on the suit
filed in this tiny parish
county seat, about 20 miles
east of Baton Rouge, the State
Capital. Time, Inc, publishes
Time, Life and Fortune maya
zines
The suit is based on an
article in the June Is issue OF
Time magazine in which. &C
cording to Gov. Longs petition
it was stated: The fact was
clear; Earl Long had just gone
plain crazy"
The plaintiff termed the
article malicious and de-
] famatory.