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Evening star., 1959-10-07
Trade Board to Admit
Women to Membership

plicants will probably be seek
ing admission at the next
membership meeting.
The decision to accept wom-
en- members was made last
July, Mr.. Morris pointed out
when the board Of directors
approved a recommendation to
change the long-standing pol
icy. The recommendation was
made by the groups Planning
Activities Committee. The or
ganization's bylaws do not pro-
hibit women members, but a
policy had been followed over
the years to exclude them.
3 Federation Active
One group that has been &C.
tive in changing the exclusive
policy has been the D. c. Fed
Grafton of Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Clubs.
A majority of chambers oi
commerce throughout the coun-
try have been admitting women
and in some cases women have
been presidents, Mr.. Morris
said. A woman was president
of the Bethesda Chamber OF
Commerce recently, he said.
He said that admission to
some of the Wa hin g t o n
boards social affairs-such as
the traditionally stag annual
spring outing-probably won't
be changed.
"This new policy isn't going
to change the characteristics Of
our organization very much.
Mr.. Morris said.
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system now operated by inter-
County Transit Co.
Mr.. Chalk's proposed acqui-
sition of all the county transit
service not already operated by
| D. C. Transit has been nego-
tiated with Inter- County. The
purchase would have to be
cleared by the Maryland Pub
lie Service Commission and the
Federal Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The D. c. Transit presidents
reaction to the council mem
bers' suggestion was that he
would be delighted to meet
with a small committee to dis
cuss transit improvement when
ever it would be deemed
proper"
He added that if D. c.
Transit takes over the county
operation his goal will be to
give "the same high quality
and high standard of service
and new ideas to improve serv-
ice as we have done in the
District of Columbia"
He said he would give first
attention to providing new
equipment for the county sys-
tenn.
The council members indi-
Gated they are chiefly interested
in speeding public transporta-
ton in Montgomery.
Mr.. Chalk's plan to buy tram
sit facilities in Montgomery
might prompt an opportunity
to achieve a good public trans
portation system in the coun-
ty," Councilman Stanley B.
Frosh said.
! Council President Stella B.
Evening star., 1959-10-07

Werner, noting that the coun-
ty has had an antiquated
transit system" said the
planned purchase might result
in "a program Of express lines
and buses" between centrally
located county terminals and
downtown Washington.
Mr.. Frosh added: I'VE ought
to talk to Chalk and ask
What are your plans for Mont
gomery?' :" G
If and when the proposed
purchase Of county facilities is
considered by the Maryland
Public Service Commission
county heads "ought to indi-
cate there should be a vastly
improved public transporta-
ton system, !" Councilman Da-
|vid L. Cahoon declared.
The council agreed that, be-
fore taking any other step, il
should obtain from legal aides
a report on the legal status OF
the transit purchase. I
Evening star., 1959-10-07
BUDGET HEARING
REOPENS BRIEFLY
FOR ONE WITNESS.

The Districts budget
hearing was reopened for
S minutes today by one
Commissioner for testi.
mony by a lone witness
who had to leave yester-
days all-day session before
being heard.
Commissioner David B.
Karrick, two city officials,
a stenographer, and an
audience of one reporter
heard an appeal for funds
to hire librarians for the
city's junior high schools
and vocational schools.
The witness, Mrs. Dag
mar Wilson, 1413 Twenty
ninth street NV, repre-
sented the Action Commit
tee for Libraries in the
District schools. This group
is made up Of about 20
professionals in various
child reading fields. 4,
Evening star., 1959-10-07

E. K. Morris, president OF the
Washington Board of Trade,
explained today that his Or
ganization has decided to
admit women as members as
merely a matter of evolution"
Mr.. Morris said the govern
ing body of the businessmen's
group has decided to recognize
women's prominent role in the
business and professional fields
The decision marks a change
in policy that has stood firm
for II years-ever since the
organization was founded.
The move, Mr.. Morris said
/ is not expected to transform
the Board of Trade "into a CO.
educational institution"
There are now some 1000
members and only about 300
to 400 women are expected to
join, he said.
Expect 100 Applications
Applications from women
LEADERS will be acted upon by
the boards Membership Com
mittee at a meeting October
18. Those whose applications
are approved will then be
elected to membership by the
organizations board of direc-
tors when it meets November q
Women who will win ap-
Iproval, according to Member
ship Chairman G. P. Price
will be those who "own a busi-
ness, are executives in corpo-
lrations, or are in professional
fields" He said some 100 ap-
Evening star., 1959-10-07
Candidates
School Stand
Stirs Dispute

The Arlingtonians for a Bet
ter County made a campaign
issue yesterday of the fact that
Alfred Grove, a Democratic
County Board candidate, did
not support the Committee to
Preserve Public Schools.
At an ABC luncheon, Will
liam Lightsey, chairman of the
ABC campaign committee, said
Mr.. Grove "has been interested
in public schools for the past
30 days but before that he
didn't show much interest"
During a question and an
swer period at a Monday night
political forum, Mr.. Grove said
he had never been asked to
join the Committee to Preserve
Public Schools.
The committee was organized
to push legislation to keep Vir-
ginia public schools open dur
ing the integration crisis.
Yesterday, Mr.. Lightsey said
Mr.. Grove had been asked to
give his personal indorse-
ment" and to seek the indorse-
ment of the Chamber of Com
merce, which Mr.. Grove then
headed. Neither Endorsement
was forthcoming" Mr., Lightsey
said.
Mr.. Grove, reached at his
campaign headquarters, re-
piled that Mr.. Lightsey, who
headed the school committee,
asked him to place the issue
before the chambers Board of
Directors. He said he did SO
but the board decided it was
a matter of individual choice
and not an issue on which the
board could commit the en-
tire business community"
Mr.. Grove said he was not
asked directly to join The COM
mitee personally but that he
told Mr.. Lightsey he had no
children and had not taken a
stand"
II did state publicly that ]
was in favor of continuing the
public school system" Mr..
Grove said. "The ABC is just
using this to. attack me and
the chamber"
Evening star., 1959-10-07
Adult Dance Glasses
To Sturt in SuitIund

Ballroom dance lessons for
adults from Prince Georges
County will start at 8 pm. to-
morrow at the Suitland Ele-
mentary School, 4625 Suitland
road, Suitland, Md.
Registration for the 10-week
course will begin at 7 pm. Dan
Raymond will teach Fox Trot
Swing, Waltz and Latin Amer
ican dances.
Evening star., 1959-10-07
GoIdstein Wounded
In Hunting Accident

Maryland State Controller
Louis L. Goldstein was hos
pitalized in Hagerstown yes
terday after he accidentally
was hit with a shotgun blast
while hunting pheasants.
He was expected to remain
in Washington County Hos
pital there for several days
mostly for observation, al
though he was not seriously
wounded. Pellets were removed
from his face, both arms anc
chest, but he escaped INJURY
to his eyes. The hospital list.
ed his condition today as coed
Evening star., 1959-10-07
Democracy Issue Stirs
School Dance Wronq|e

he had spoken up at any meet
ing, added. "at the end, ! think
they were with me some oi
them told me they had never
looked at it that way"
Young Rowsey had suggested
the organization sponsoring
the dances be called the Club
81 since the juniors will grad
uate in 1861.
Parents Head Club
The club, already set up, is
headed by the parents of the
class officers. Under the pro-
posed plan the parents would
rent the school facilities and
run the dances on a member
ship system. The club rules
note that all dances will con-
form to Virginia segregation
laws.
Young Rowsey said the plan
caused quite an uproar at the
school," but added that he be-
lieves the majority Of students
favor it.
Club 81 plans a dance Oc-
tober IL at the school. Young
Rowsey said the organization
would start taking membership
applications today.
Groups of parents will prob
ably sponsor private dances
under school board rules for
students in at least three of the
county's six junior high schools,
The three are Gunston, Will
liamsburg and Stratford. The
latter is integrated.
School officials and PTA
spokesmen said similar groups
may be formed at Kenmore and
Swanson Junior High Schools.
Evening star., 1959-10-07
CuItureCenter
Plan Unveiled
Hall Is Included
For Stute Visits

Architect Edward d. Stone
yesterday unveiled preliminary
plans for a national cultural
center in Washington. envi-
sioning a palace-type structure
on the Potomac which could
serve as q river-front recep-
ton center for distinguished
visitors.
Mr.. Stone. speaking at a
meeting of the Presidents
Music Committee in New York
said he planned three auditori'
ums for the building, to be 10.
Gated on a 10-acre site border
ing Rock Greek parkway neal
the Lincoln Memorial.
He foresaw an entrance lead
ing upward through a series o
gardens and terraces to a hug,
hall serving as a foyer for tn,
auditoriums.
The entrance, he said, coult
serve as a reception center fo
state visits, with foreign Off
cials boarding a launch at Ma
tional Airport and travelling b.
water to the center.
The auditoriumS would serv,
as a symphony hall, seatinI
about 5000; an opera house
accommodating between 500
and $500, and a theater, will
a capacity of 1900 to 1900.
Autos would be parked be.
meath the all-white building
he said, so they would not spoi
its appearance.
He compared the proposed
building with the Doge's Palact
in Venice and the Parliament
buildings in London.
The site has been provided
by Congress. The estimated
cost of some $50 million is ex.
pected to be raised by public
subscription.
MIR. Stone said the archi'
lecture should have a timeleSl
quality.
1t should, ne said, "endur,
for generations; its origin los
in history, as it were. repre-
senting $500 years Of archi
lecture, not Is years Of moderl
architecture"
The interior is to have al
air of elegance, Mr.. Stone said
with early plans calling for
white, red and gold colo
scheme, with velvet and bro
cade. and crystal chandeliers
He also mentioned thre
S mailer auditoriums, full,
equipped for performing com
panies, which would be uSet
for poetry readings, lecture
and educational programs.
This may symbolic on
coming of age culturally," MI
Stone said.
Detailed plans for the cen
ter are expected to be release,
here later this month.
Evening star., 1959-10-07

NINE SCHOOL GIRLS
paused and literally pressed
their noses to the glass.
"It's neat Endsville
:. kind of pretty -. keen,"
they chorused.
"But not for the likes of
you," we thought, already
feeling a proprietary interest.
100000" said a hard
faced woman, and uncon-
Sciously rubbed her palms in
the universal gesture Of
greed.
We had been standing
there for about two hours,
pretending to look at a
chrysoberyl from Ceylon in
the next showcase.
An old woman mistook us
for a guard, and asked for
information:
whats it worth, son?"
she asked.
Before answering, we
stared hard at the gem in its
velvet nest, behind the bull
let-proof glass. Safety pre-
cautions seemed SuperfluouS,
1t was so far beyond our ken
or desire.
II don't know, man," we
replied. "It's insured for 81
million, but I suppose it's
worth whatever anyone
wants to pay-priceless, you
might say"
Her place was taken by a
young girl who had the
beauty of Alice in Wonder
land, grown up. Thick black
lashes masked eyes of the
startling blue which Sia-
meSe cats have.
She threw back her hair,
as if in preparation for put
ting on the necklace land it
would have looked well, too.)
Then we saw the reason
fer the safe and the glass
and the guards.
We would have given it to
her without q murmur.
Evening star., 1959-10-07

0OddCAlJ O4oOuooAOu Va q Jld1A
to hold privately sponsored
dances for white students at an
Arlington high school turned
into a heated wrangle yester-
day when one youngSter ques-
toned if it would be democratic
The proposal was outlined at
a junior .class assembly at
Wakefield Junior-Senior High
School by James Rowsey, 16.
Of 201 North Edison street Ar
lington, president of the class.
1t was the first plan outlined
since the school board banned
all school-sponsored dances be-
cause of integration. Wake
field has no Negro students,
but the boards policy applies
to all county schools.
The wrangle started when
Robert Hoy, II, of 3419 South
Stafford street, Arlington, told
his classmates they were taught
democracy in school and should
practice it. Il
B0os and HandshakeS
He said later that he re-
ceived boos when he started
and handshakes when he fin-
ished.
II was sitting there listening
to them" he said, land it ap-
peared to me as it was uncon-
stitutional I don't see why
certain people should be ex-
cluded from school, anyway.
"They opened the meeting
with the pledge of allegiance
to the flag and it appeared kind
Of two-faced."
The youngster, who said it
was the first time in his life
Evening star., 1959-10-07
Chalk WiIIingto Meet
With County Council

O. Roy Chalk expressed complete willingness today to
meet with members of the Montgomery County Council to
discuss of improving public bus service in the county
Council members yesterday said they would like to hold
such session with the D. c. Transit System president who
recently announced plans TO take the entire Montgomery
Evening star., 1959-10-07
7 Young Boys
Admit Firing
Lumber Yard
Brothers, II and l3.
Didn't Like Joint
Set Other BIuzes

4WO ldSL-JdlklIlB, IdSJ-LuOV-
ing brothers. aged l3 and IL
have admitted setting a Capitol
Heights (Md.) lumber yard fire
that cost $45O.OOO and felled %
flremen.
They said they touched OF
the Stembler q Ford Lumber
Yard fire Sunday because they
didn't like the joint" Prince
Georges Fire Marshal Law
renee r. Woltz quoted them
Marshal Woltz said he wa
satisfied, the boys were tellinf
the truth and that he wal
marking the case closed.
The boys also are charged
with setting a fire in the 90(
block Of East Capitol stree
and have admitted two smaller
District fires during their Sun.
day adventures.
"Mile-a-M minute"
"It seems they were con,
stantly on the move" SaiC
Marshal Woltz. "They NOV,
a mile a minute and sometime
talk as fast"
An hour after midnight Sun
day they walked into the 5tl
precinct station in the Distric
and told police their parent
had moved during the day ant
they didn't know where to fint
them.
The reason they moved. i
turned out, was that the boy
had set fire to their home. Thii
came out when the boys over
heard the police radio reportin;
an investigation of the Eas
Capitol street fire. The boy
said this was where they haG
lived.
Draw Diagram
The key to the lumber yarC
fire solution was Detectivu
Richard Darnall of the Juve'
nile Squad, who lives in nearb!
Maryland and thought of tn,
fire there.
Questioned about the blaze
the boys drew an amazingl,
accurate diagram of the lay
out. Monday afternoon the,
were taken to the charred re
mains of the yards and wer
somewhat surprised by wha
they had wrought.
"Wowie!" the elder boy wa
quoted as exclaiming. This i
a. good one"
Poured Out Oil
The boys said they had beel
playing in the sawdust whel
they spotted an, oil can an,
after spreading oil in 1iv
places, set the fires.
The brothers also admittin,
setting two trash fires an,
stealing trinkets from tn
Franciscan Monastery nea
Twelfth and Perry streets NE
Sunday morning.
Their parents had movet
during the day to a hotel OF
Ninth street NV.
Prince Georges police sal,
juvenile authorities will b.
asked to deal with the boy
after the District has disposet
of its case.
Evening star., 1959-10-07
DC. Departments
Present Fund Pleas
Appeals for Restoration of Cuts
BoIstered by Hearing Testimony

The District Commissioners today began hearing appeals
from department heads for restoration of cuts budget OFF,
cals in their spending requests.
The requests in the wake Of yesterdays al-day
budget hearing at which the Commissioners told by
long string of witnesses that budget officers had failed to
Evening star., 1959-10-07

XVI, whose family had the
Jewel for three generations,
lost his head-as did a num-
Der of his pretty playmates
who wore it.
But q hard-headed realiSt
would argue that many
members of the French
sporting set went to the gull
lotine, and not all of them
had anything to do with the
Hope Diamond, either.
Men, by and large. fell into
a sort of library silence be-
fore the gem, and couples
took hands, whether for pro-
lection, or as if to say "at
least we have each other
1t would be hard to tell.
Women were more volu-
able. Many of them COM
pared the diamond to their
engagement rings before
speaking:
would you like to have
it?" a girl asked her COM
panion.
NO" replied the other,
almost fearfully.
"If you work your head
back and forth you can see
it sparkle" said another.
An old couple paused be-
fore the stone, and the wife
told her husband of seeing
the gem on the throat of the
late Evalyn Walsh Mclean,
the Washington hostess, who
had some bad luck of her
own.
From the McLeans, the
diamond went to Harry
Winston, a New York dealer
in precious gems, who pre-
Sented it to the Smithsonian
last year in the hope that it
would encourage the form
ing of an American collec-
ton, similar to the one in
Tower of London. If Mr..
Winston has had any bad
luck as the result of own
ing the Hope Diamond, the
word hasn't leaked out.
Maybe all those other dia-
monds he has offsets the
evil influence.
Evening star., 1959-10-07
The
Rambler
-. Looks Deep
In on Idols Eye
BY MICHAEL MoK

One definition (not ap-
proved by the American
Medical Association of a
psychiatrist is a man who
goes to q burlesque theater
to watch the audience.
Moved by similar scientific
motives, we rambled over to
the Smithsonian to look at
the visitors looking at the
Hope Diamond.
1t occupies a place Of
honor in the institutions
Hall Of Gems and Minerals,
and the cold brilliance Of the
diamonds blue fire attracts
admirers like q magnet.
IT bet At came from a
temple" guessed a bookish
looking shaver in hornrims,
who was chided by an aunt
appearing companion for a
wild imagination.
No so wild. Tradition has
1t tn gem was once the eye
of an idol in India, where a
French adventurer, one Jean
Tavernier, bought 1t from a
thief and smuggled 1t into
France.
Tavernier was torn to bits
by a pack of wild dogs, and
although history does not
record what happened to the
thief who desecrated the
temple, one suspects it was
not that pleasant.
ITS very bad luck, they
say" a housewife remarked
to her companion.
Evening star., 1959-10-07

Cutback Protested
Joseph P. Mccormick of tht
District Congress of Parents
and Teachers, criticized a budg-
ct Office cutback from 112 to 81
new teacher salaries for junior
high schools, asserting that the
larger total is needed to meet
the pressure of rising enroll
ment. And william C. Wise Of
the Woodrow Wilson High
School Home and School AsSo-
citation protested a switch of
20 senior high teacher salaries
to junior high schools and
omission of staff funds for the
new Ballou High School to open
next year, asserting that Will
sons teaching force could not
afford to be depleted.
Mrs. Joseph PAUL, spokesman
for the Fort Reno Playground
Development Committee. and
Mrs. Arthur Lewis of the Murch
Home and School Association
urged funds for play facilities
which Mrs. PAUL said had been
ION the books" for II years in
the vicinity of Wilson High
School and Alice Deal Junior
High School.
Representatives Of a dozen
women's organizations urged
provision for a 500-man en-
largement of the Metropolitan
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SALYO PERSONALS

\S.F.C. Leonard L. Barnett of
Fort Jackson, S. C. spent the week
end with his baby, Leo Barnett,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Hoop
er. Mr.. Barnett left Monday to
visit his wife, Myrtle, patient in
Walter Reed Hospital, Washington.
Faye Womack of Ocracoke is
visiting Dean Hooper.
Della Midget is in Norfolk
with her children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Hooper and
children of Manteo are visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Garland
Hooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Hooper and
daughter Ray of Norfolk are
spending their vacation here.
Mrs. Louise Leary and Lucy
Hooper spent Wednesday in Nor
folk.
Dean Hooper returned from
Ocracoke Tuesday where she visit
ed Faye Womack.
Mrs. Arkansas Hinnant has re-
turned to Portsmouth after visit
| ing her father, Aaron Hooper, sis
tiers Lucy and Maria Hooper.
Mrs. Zilphia O'Neal of Manteo
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Graves
Midget.
Rev. Ed Hooper is conducting a
revival meeting at the Pentecostal
Church at East Lake.
Donald Hooper of Manteo is Wis
liting his aunt, Lucy Hooper.
Little Kirk Harris Of Norfolk
i is visiting his grandparents, Mr..
land Mrs. Burgess Hooper.
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sTUMPY POINT PERSONALS

Mrs. Milton Hooper was hostess
to the Womans Society of Chris,
tian Service Monday evening al
3 o'clock for the Spiritual Life
Meetings. Mrs. Ralph Oneal lee
the program on Prayer-"Swee'
Hour of Prayer" and II Need Thee
Every Hour" was sung: Prayers
were offered by Mrs. Ruth Hooper
and Mrs. r. B. Hooper.
The hostess assisted by Mrs: y
G. Midgette served chocolate
brownies, sailed nuts and cokes &c
masdames: A. C. Hooper, r. b
Hooper, Ruth and Florine Hooper
Miss Margaret Midgette, E. 4
Midpette and D. G. Midgette, 4
r O'Neal, C e. Payne and K. u
Wise. Meeting adjourned to mee'
the first Monday in July with mrs
R. H. O'Neal as hostess and MRS
FIorine Hooper Program Leader.
The M. Y. F. met at the churci,
Sunday evening. Paul Payne leo
tbe program with Dian Payne and
Carol Cooper taking part.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Gray ana
Dial attended the home coming at
Manns Harbor Methodist church
Sunday.
roo;l;o Stenhenson of Rocky
Mount visited Colleen Hooper
Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Hooper
Betty 10, D. w. and David of Nor
folk visited A. B. Hooper and MIS-
Dewey Wise.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Twiford
visited their daughter and son-in-
law Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Vestal Jr.
in Siler City. Mrs. Vestal accom-
panied them home. ~,
Mrs. Alton Best visited Mrs. Ella
Mckinney who is critically i'll at
her home in Nebraska, Hyde
County. D.u..
Mrs. w. NJ. Monette, BLY,
vickie and Bobby left Sunday TO
reside in Norfolk where MI.
Monette is employed.
H. G. Payne, H. L. Meekins spent
the week end here with their
families. They are employed at the
Norfolk Navy Yard. ),
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Nixon ana
Mrs NJ. L. Johnson of Manteo
visited here Sunday. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Hooper OF
Elizabeth City visited Mrs. Fan
ME Meekins, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mason, Car,
Jr. and Debbie of Norfolk visited
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mndgette.
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SUMMER FERRY SCHEDULES
ALLIGATOR RIVER

between Sandy Point in Tyrreii S9Sniy an
Eost luke in Dore County = uS o.
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HATTERAS INLET
between Hofieros VILLAGE in Dore
County and Oeracoke in Hyde County,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-02
Weeks Total
Of PoroIytic
Polio Is 3O4
BY the Associated Press

Paralytic polio cases totaled
S04 in the Nation last week,
the third highest 1859 weekly
figure but % fewer than in the
preceding week.
Reporting this today, the
Public Health Service said re-
vised figures now show 1872
paralytic cases in the preced-
ing week. ended September 10,
to make it the 1859 peak week
so far. This was an increase
of six cases from the 326 origi-
nally announced.
Previously the peak for the
year had been $50 cases in the
week Of August 30.
For the year through Sep
TENDER 26 there have been
3,728 paralytic cases, compared
with 1873 for the correspond
ing 1858 period. In 1855, the
first year Salk polio vaccine
became available, there had
been TAOS paralytic cases re.
ported by this time.
The largest increases last
week were in the New Eng
land and Middle Atlantic
States.
! California and Minnesots