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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
House Approves Aid
To D. C. Area Schools

schools with a certain percent
age of pupils from federally
employed families. Large dis
trictS, like Montgomery, Prince
Georges and Fairfax counties,
qualify if federally connected
pupils account for 6 per cent
of enrolment. In other area
schools, such pupils must ac-
count for 3 per cent before their
schools qualify.
Representatives Broyhill, Re-
publican of Virginia, and Foley,
Democrat of Maryland, COM
mended the House and eau
toned against discriminating
against nearby areas in the
future.
Mr.. Broyhill said the aid
program administered by
Health, Education and Welfare
Secretary Flemming was lin
unfriendly hands" He recon-
mended its transfer from HEW
to the General Services Admin
istration.
He said that intent was not
as Mr.. Laird had described.
Fundamentally, school aid was
calculated by Congress as COM
pensation to districts for nom
taxable Federal buildings To-
Gated there, according to Mr..
Broyhill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

Washington area schools will
continue to receive Federal
aid that could amount to $l2
million annually by the end of
fiscal 1860, if a HouSe-passed
bill clears the Senate.
The House yesterday agreed
to pay 100 per cent of Federal
funds promised last year to
schools overcrowded by chill
dren whose parents work for
the Federal Government.
But House members were
warned during the floor debate
that nearby Maryland and Vir-
GINA schools may be drawing
more than their fair share of
money.
Representative Laird, Repub-
lican of Wisconsin, reminded
the House the so-called i'm
pacted area" bill had freed
funds for schools adversely af-
fected by Federal installations.
Suburban residents are glad
to have Federal buildings To-
Gated in their area, he MAIN
tanned. Then, he said, people
near the District have a "sad
story" to tell Congress about
hardships imposed on them by
the buildings they sought.
School aid is distributed on
the basis of total enrolment in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
SUNDAYS BEST READING
Can You Be Held Liable
For Your Child's Actions?

IMPORTANT LEGAL NEWS-When your child gets in
trouble can you be held responsible? The is
sometimes yes sometimes no. 1t all depends on
what happened, where and why. Learn the legal
side of parents responsibility by reading IF Your
Child Gets in Trouble" in This Week Magazine.
ST. MARYS COUNTYS MAN OF THE YEAR-There's
one-man Institution down in St Marys County,
Md. He's DR.. Philip B. Bean and, after As years
OF practice, he's become prominent and well
liked that his fellow citizens have chosen him Man
of the Year" Visit with Dr. Bean in SUNDAY, The
Star Magazine.
NEW BOATING Commissioning this Sunday and
appearing weekly thereafter throughout the boat
ing season. read boating expert Hank Bowman'S
column, entitled Water Line" This Sunday,
Mr. Bowman tells you how to select the right anchor
and how to use it properly.-Leisure Sportsman
Page.
HARRY S. TRUMAN AT 75-The whole country is cele-
brating the 18th birthday Of Harry Truman next
Friday For complete account of how the ex-
President lives in his home town of Independence,
No. who he sees and what he does, read Star
Staff Writer Mary McGrorys story in the Editorial
Section.
TEEN-AGE CONVENTION-Anybody who has
staged convention knows what headache it can
be. But a group of nearby Montgomery County
teen-agerS who tackled this job recently not only
ran a smooth show but had fun doing it. The full
story is given in TEEN Magazine.
Phone LINCOLN $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

Chest. He was named execu-
tive director of the Albany IN
" Community Chest and
Council Of Social Agencies
in 1919.
He went to Providence in
1858 as director Of the Rhode
Island Community Chest and
became head of the United
Fund there when it was organ
lied in 1855. UGF reported
that all of Mr.. Smiths fund
raising efforts have been very
successful"
Mr.. Smith is married and the
father Of three sons, Ralph,
Richard and Robert.
With the fourth UGF cam
paign coming up this October,
the new executive director will
find a campaign organization
already at work here, headed
by General Campaign Chair
man Charles E. Phillips, pres
ident of the Equitable Life
Insurance Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
Cloudy Skies
Held Sway
In April

Those who like their weather
varied must have been happy
during April when the tenn
perature ran the scales from q
frigid "a to a sizzling 80.
But it wasn't much of g
month for sun worshipers. the
Weather Bureau revealed in its
summary. There were II
cloudy days, seven partly cloudy
and only SIX with the sun hold
ing sway all day.
AS a result, rainfall meas
ured 4.01 inches compared tC
the April normal of 3.06. Even
all those showers did not COM
lpensate for the dryneSs earlier
this year, and the total rainfall
so far still is 1.84 inches under
normal.
Measurable rain fell IL days
or an average of better thar
one day out of three. There
was only a trace of snow, or
April IL.
The 90-degree peak on April
9 fell 5 degrees below the all.
time monthly record of April
81, 1850. Just three days after
the midsummer heat, the mer-
curry dropped to "a degrees
and repeated on April Is. The
all-time low for the month wa
is degrees April l, 1923.
The mean temperature fol
the month was 58.4 degrees, q
departure from normal of plul
| 4.6 degrees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
Revolving Fund
For Road Lund
Urged in virainio
Mediator Tells Progress

Virginia is being urged to buy
now rights of-way for highways
it will need later.
The Northern Virginia Re-
gional Planning Commission
proposed last night that the
State establish a revolving fund
to buy rights of way for
planned highways before con-
strucLion funds are available.
C. C. Robinson, executive di-
rector of the commission, said
such a fund would save mil
lions, insure availability of re-
quired land and speed the high
way program.
Under the proposal, unani-
mouSly approved by the COM
mission, money withdrawn from
the fund would be replaced
whenever construction of a
highway begins.
Federal aid, Mr.. Robinson
said, could be used to help
establish the fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

The Washington Criminal
Justice Association today
sounded the alarm against
gangsters moving into Charles
County's slot machine opera
tions and spilling over into
Washington.
The warning came in the as
sociation's 23d annual report on
Crime in the Nations Capital" "
1t unintentionally conceded
with last-ditch efforts now be-
ing made by Charles County
casino operators to prevail on
Gov. Tawes Of Maryland to veto
a bill curbing big slot machine
establishments in the county.
Incident to the gambling
problem" the association re-
port said, ''it is felt that all
concerned-and certainly the
police-must keep a wary eye
on the extensive slots machine
operations which are being con-
Quoted in a nearby county lest
perchance these may eventually
assume more gangSter-con-
trolled aspects and tend to spill
over into the District proper"
Pattern Stressed
L. Clark Schiller, the aSSoci-
atoms executive director, said
he had written this phase of the
report two months ago in refer
ence to Charles County. He
said it had been shown else
where that when large-scale
gambling operations exist in a
suburban area, gangster ele-
ments infiltrate the nearest
large metropolitan area like a
Creeping cancer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
Criminal Justice Report Warns
Of Slot Machine 'Gongster' Peril

street crimes of a vicious sort, "
may suggest the need for a
larger force.
2. Two more judges for Juve-
mile Court. A bill creating two
additional judgeships has
passed the Senate but rests in
a House District subcommittee,
8. An extension of the Mu-
Inicipal Courts work IN SCREEN
ling out the cases of alcoholics
who apparently can be helped
by other means than Jail. The
association noted that during
the first five months of the
courts new procedure, the
commitments of alcoholics
dropped from 1901 in Septem-
Der to 1904 in December.
4. Qualification of both the
Mallory and Durham decisions
through legislation. These de-
cisionS involve the right of
police to question prisoners be-
tween arrest and arraignment
and the defense of insanity in
criminal cases.
5. An increase of Is custodial
officers or guards and four spe-
IcialistS at the Lorton Reforma-
tory as requested by the Com
misSioners. The report noted
that on night shifts in the
Ireformatory division only
about 80 employees are avail
able to watch over the 1880
inmates.
6. A full-time parole board,
as recommended by the Kar-
rick committee studying proba-
ton and parole. The report
commended that putting the
entire board on a more perma-
Inent and professional level
would improve rehabilitative
work and save money. 1t was
noted that seven men can be
supervised on parole for what
it costs to maintain one man
at Lorton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
SOUND IN SILENT WORLD
Deaf Boy, 2, Surprises 'Momo'

ideal customer. The blond.
blue-eyed child is uncommonly
alert, and misses little despite
his handicap.
when he is a bad boy, he
shrugs his shoulders and tries
to look innocent" said his
father, Billy K. Heffernan of
Suitland, Md. "And when he
is good, he claps his hands to
applaud himself and expects
you to do it too"
Bruce's father said that shop
ping with the boy is no trouble
if the store has a pet de-
partment.
HE will Just stand there and
look at the birds hopping on
their perches-he never gets
tired Of it." Mr.. Hefernan said.
Taking him to the ZOO is
really fun. He will stand and
watch a giraffe lick her chin.
for example, and then he will
try to lick his. too" the proud
father recalled.
when he's hungry he points
to his tongue, and when he
wants a drink of water, Bruce
will bring you a glass, or more
often. climb on a chair and get
it himself at the sink.
THE sink is his favorite spot
in the house. He likes to wash
dishes, which means pouring
water from one to the other
and then stacking them up in
certain ways which must mean
something to him. but not to
anyone else" Mr.. HefeTnsa
grinned.
MY wife, Betty, usually gets
home later than I do, and
Bruce always opens the door
for her. The other day, she
got a real surprise" Mr.. Heffer-
nan said.
Bruce opened the door and
looked at her sort Of like an
owl.
aThen he said Mana and
! laughed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
DC. Statehood Plan
Urged by Historian
Givers Fund Appoints
Executive Director

Ralph H. Smith. executive
director Of the United Fund,
Inc, Of Rhode Island, was
named executive director Of the
United Givers Fund today.
Mr.. Smith succeeds Ferdi-
nand W Grayson, who left
Washington TO become execu-
tive director Of the United
Fund for the Greater New Or
leans area.
His appointment. which is
effective June /, was unani-
mously approved by the UGF
Executive Committee today. 1t
was announced by John T.
Barnett. senior vice president
Of UGF, in the absence Of Pres
ident Carleton d. Smith, who
is out of the city.
Mr.. Barnett also expressed
the appreciation of the UGF
organization to Bruce Baird and
his special committee charged
with seeking an executive di-
rector to succeed Mr.. GraySon.
The new UGF executive d.
rector was once a teacher and
high school principal, as well
as a football coach, drama
coach and champion swimmer.
A native of Minnesota, he
received his bachelor of edu-
cation degree from Moorhead
Teachers College and his mas
ter of arts degree from the
University of Southern Cali
fornia. He is So.
He came to Washington from
Providence, the headquarters of
the United Fund of Rhode
Island. The fund covers %
Rhode Island cities and towns.
1t campaigns for money for 108
health, welfare and recreation
agencies.
Mr.. Smith has been a social
case worker and, from 1945 to
1949 was executive director of
the Altoona (Pa0 Community
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
Sees No Need
For Amending
Constitution
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star stan Writer

District statehood. without
a constitutional amendment,
today was proposed TO a Senate
subcommittee as a long-range
solution to the problem Of home
rule.
The idea was analysed by
Historian Irving Brant of ll9
Fifth street NE. and praised
by Representative Schwengel,
Republican of Iowa.
They testified before Sub
committee Chairman Hartke,
Democrat of Indiana, after
spokesman for citizen aSsocia-
tons had objected to changing
the present presidentially APP
pointed Commissioner form of
government for any kind of
home rule.
Mr.. Brant said Congress could
cede the District to Maryland,
on condition that Maryland
consent to its being made a
State. Once that consent was
given, Congress would have
power to admit the retroceded
area as a 51st State of Colum-
bia, under the Constitution, he
maintained.
Article w of the Constitu-
ton, in empowering Congress
to admit States, says no State
shall be formed within another
without the consent of the
Legislatures of the States con-
cerned as well as of Congress.
Under this power, Vermont
was admitted in 1871 with the
consent of New York, Kentucky
in 1892 with the consent of Vir-
GINA and Maine in 1920 with
the consent of Massachusetts,.
The reasons for comforting
statehood are magnifled a hun
dred fold today and the objec-
tons diminished to the van
ishing point" Mr.. Brant said.
Yet, so deep is the impress
made by a century and a half
OF inaction that belief in the
power to act has virtually van
ished."
Representative Schwengel
hailed Mr.. Brant's historical
scholarship as worthy and i'm
peccable.P The statehood adj
vocate has written a biog-
raphy of President James
Madison, the Father of the
Constitution"
Il urge the subcommittee
to give serious consideration
to his ideas" Mr.. Schwengel
said. Such a development prob
ably is beyond expectations
this session of Congress. he
added, but he said it would
promise District residents a
long delayed government de
irving its just powers from the
consent of the governed"
Recognizing difficulties Of
home rule here. Mr.. Schwengel
said it was the business of good
government to teach people to
govern themselves.
IF we have not taught
Washington residents we'll
enough that they are ready
by this time, we stand con-
demned before the world" Mr..
Schwengel declared.
Mrs. Edward B. Morris, rep
resenting the Glover Park and
Randle Highlands Citizens AS
sociations, countered with tes-
timony that incredible though
it may seem to you, I find
that the great majority of Dis
trict residents much prefer the
form of government the Dis
trict now has"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
BY MICHAEL MOK
Star STAFF Writer

Bruce is a 2-year-old space
traveller.
His journey is not between
the stars, but from a silent
planet to a world where people
talk and there is music.
When he was 8 months old,
the only sound he could dis
tinguish was the keening of
airplane propellers over the
Alaskan base where his Air
Force father was stationed.
Now when told to run, he
takes off gaily, and when his
teacher says bow" he does so
with the grace of a prince.
A lot of the credit is due the
Washington Hearing Society at
1884 Calvert street NV, where
Bruce goes to school five days
a week.
Here he was fitted with a
hearing aid, is learning to read
lips and has begun to talk.
To help Bruce combat his
serious hearing loss, his teach
ers resort to every trick in the
book, and a few they've made
up themselves.
One of his instructors, RoS-
anne Conway, has a degree in
drama, and her ability to re-
late words to gestures would do
credit to Charlie Chaplin.
Miss Conway, %, has taught
Bruce to listen to music By
feeling the vibrations of a rec
ord player, encouraged him to
make sounds by wiggling pup
pets before his eyes and intro
duced him to breath sounds by
letting the little boy blow out
candles.
when he learned to match
up IL separate colorS, I was so
proud" Miss Conway said. Il
considered it a personal VIC
try" The young teacher. now
Studying for a masters degree
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

in speech therapy at George
Washington University, is one
member of the staff Of the
UGF-supported society. which
is dedicated to helping the
hard of hearing. The school
offers aid to pre-school. school
age children, and also gives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

WE PASSED UNDER Key
Bridge and avoided the stone
piers of the old Aqueduct
Bridge which are numbered
81, 2, 8, 4 and S." in large
figures painted in red. Some
thing to do with boat races,
undoubtedly.
We watched the interesting
concrete arch construction
that is to take the George
Washington boulevard I over
Spout Run on the Virginia
side and saw some very mod
est houses with a splendid
view on the Washington side,
probably on Macarthur bou-
levard just beyond Foxhall
road.
Men were fishing ON both
sides but we stayed well out
in the middle. Fishermen
don't appreciate having their
pools buzzed by outboardS.
Thought we saw a bald
eagle. A great bird took off
ahead, flew slowly across the
river from a tree on the
Washington side. 1t was not
a heron; they're easy to iden-
tify. They fly with their long
legs straight out behind. This
birds offwhite and brown
coloring proved it to be an
osprey, the great fish hawk.
Fish were jumping ahead
as we were approaching the
turn that reveals Chain
Bridge and the Little Falls of
the Potomac.
The Rambler was watching
the fish leap when:
WHAMl The boat ran onto
a rock that was just below
the surface. The aluminium
bottom buckled a bit but did
not break. The propeller
slowed down for a minute as
we slid over the rock but re-
summed with no loss of eff
cheney.
The experienced eye of a
riverman would have realized
that the ripples meant a
submerged rock.
We took it easy gsing back
and stuck to the channel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

| On crime locally. the associa-
| ton found:
That longer sentences are
tending to eliminate the supply
sources Of the dope traffic, the
price Of Illicit drugs is going up
and the number Of new addicts
known to the police is going
down.
That, although the vast ma
jority of gamblers sentenced
during 1858 were relatively
petty violators, fewer proba-
tons were granted and longer
sentences were imposed.
That unlawful acts by juve-
niles showed a 17.2 per cent
increase in 1858 over 1857 but
were still fewer than the crime
rate among juveniles a few
years ago. HOUSEKEEPING is
by far the most frequent Of
tense bringing juveniles into
court.
Proposals Made
During the last half of 1858,
serious crime occurred most
frequently in the ninth, tenth
second and first precincts in
that order.
While the association found
crime under effective control
during 1858, it made these pro-
poSals aimed at gaining even
greater efficiency:
l. Careful study of whether
the present 2,500-man police
force is sufficient to cope With
changing conditions locally
The association said these
changing conditions with a
possible trend to increased
lcrimes of violence, including
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

consultations to adults on en-
appointment basis.
The Society'S goals today
merit special recognition. as
President Eisenhower has
named May to. be Better
Hearing Month"
In Bruce, the society had an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
The
Rambler
-. Leaves q
Wide Woke
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

VIM W wi
Such a wonderful after
noon.
Many men we're yearning
TO be out on the golf course
yesterday.
The Rambler remembered
that aluminium cupboard run
abouts are for rent at the
marina on Columbia Island.
Why not take a run up and
down the Potomac?
He has never been at the
wheel Of a speed boat. But 1t
was an early ambition. As a
boy he remembers seeing
their mahogany hulls cutting
the waters Of Lake George
into spume and foam and q
high wake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01
Construction
Strike Threat
Eases in D. E..
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
star star Writer

Threat of a major strike
among i've construction unions
subsidized somewhat today with
agreement by officials Of the
carpenters locals to continue
working under a contract that
expired last night.
I'VE will stay on the Jobs
at least for a reasonable time
as long as negotiations con-
tinue," said B. B. Blackburn,
secretary treasurer Of the Car
penters' District Council.
Mediator Tells Progress
After negotiations conducted
yesterday with officials of the
CONSTRUCTION Contractors Coun-
Gil. representing 100 Washing
ton building firms, Federal Me-
diator James A. Holden said
some progress was made" The
two sides were urged by Mr.
Holden to get together for the
last minute talks which lasted
for Ga hours.
"The carpenters finally gave
assurance that they would con-
tinue working" Mr.. Holden
said. Further talks are sched-
uled for z pm. Monday.
Four other unions involved
in the dispute also indicated
they would remain on the jobs
pending outcome of the car
penters' negotiations. A meet
ing yesterday with officials for
5000 laborerS ended with the
assurance that they would re-
turn for further negotiations
to be scheduled for next week.
1O-Cent Increase Offered
The carpenters, totaling
about 1890 men, were offered
10-cent-an-hour increases for
this year and next on a two
year contract but asked in turn
for 25-cent-an-hour raises for
each year.
The othg unions involved
cover the operating engineers,
the teamsters and the cement
maSonS.
Negotiators for the cement
maSons have agreed to take to
the membership an offer by the
contractors to settle for a 10
cents an hour this year and a
15-cent-an-hour raise next
year. A vote will be taken on the
offer Tuesday.
Both the operating engineers
and the teamsters are asking
for a 50-cent-an-hour package
raise over Swo years. The con-
tractors have authorized their
negotiatorS to go up to 25-cent-
Ian-hour, spread over two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-01

THESE RUNABOUTS for
rent at Columbia Island for
IS for the first hour aren't
exactly speed boats.
They have 1S-horsepower
motors. But they have the
steering wheel and controls
up front. And they can be
made to step out Of the
water.
He found that he could run
It without difficulty. He has
a hard time keeping the mo-
tor on the lawnmower going,
but this cupboard never
stalled.
He showed out into the
Pentagon Lagoon, keeping
well within the speed limit
of 6 knots. He went under
the stone bridge Of the
George Washington boule-
ward and went OFT into the
river.
Recent rains and high tide
had the water up to the
rivers brim. But a lot OF
flotsam had been washed
into the stream. There were
dead branches so large that
they had to be avoided.
Once in the Georgetown
Channel on the Washington
side, he headed upstream and
opened her up. Wow! There
was all the illusion of speed.
The aluminium hull was slap
ping the wavelets and we
were causing quite a wake.
We we're probably doing about
IL knots.
There was a single Scull on
the river. The oarsman was
sending it upstream with
long sweeps. We gave him
wide berth, also a man in
a canoe who was using a
double paddle.
We went under Memorial
Bridge. These arches, the
Rambler noted, must be
passed under for full appre-
citation. They are akin to the
arches of the Renaissance
bridges over the Arno at
Florence.
The ecclesiastical towers Of
Georgetown University were
dead ahead. Soon industrial
Georgetown was on our right
off our starboard bow, that
is. Smoot Sand and Gravel.
again in operation after a
long strike, had many bargeS
at its wharves. The stacks on
the abandoned electric power
plant stood high against the
sky and the Wilkins-RogerS
Milling Co., home of Wash
ington Flour, showed signs of
being in operation.