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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Fine Arts Group Asks
Shrine Bill Qualification

shrine from distant view but
would provide a suitable setting
for visitors to "rest and con-
template" after studying the
bas-reliefs and Inscriptions de-
plotting Americas history on
the walls.
Shrine's Purpose
The whole purpose Of the
shrine and its setting. the archi-
tect added. is ito stretch the
mind and the emotions"
Moreover, he and Mr.. Clarke
agreed. the monument would be
"a fitting part Of the. Mall line.
AS Mr.. Clarke put it. there
would then be q march Of four
principal elements on one axis .
The shrine's proposed loca-
ton between the I've Jima
statue and the Netherlands bell
tower now being built would Be
symbolic in another respect. the
architects added. The shrine to
Americas freedom would be
flanked on one side BY the art
of war (the Two statue) and the
art Of peace lthe bell-towerl !.
The three memorials, includ-
ing parking lots for $50 vehicles,
would occupy a total of about
is acres Of the 27-acre Nevius
tract owned by the Federal
Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Finance Director
OfFoirfuxN Named

William @. Brady. former
internal auditor for the Airing
ton County School Board. has
been named director Of finance
for the town of Fairfax.
Mr.. Brady Of Route Q. Vienna.
is a graduate of Benjamin
Franklin University in the Dis
trict. The position of finance
director was created recently by
the Fairfax Town Council.
Mrs. Frances L. Cox OF All
South Payne street, Fairfax,
town clerk since 1883. has been
named town treasurer. She also
win continue to hold the clerks
post. 3
Mrs. Cox will take over the
job formerly held by Walter T,
Oliver. who has served the town
for 81 years. Mr.. Oliver has
resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Tuwes Names z
ToStote Agencies

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 10 (AP),
Gov. Tawes yesterday filled
vacancies on the Advisory
Council on Hospital Construc-
ton and the Mine Examining
Board.
Gov. Tawes appointed DR.
Marcus w. Moore Of Baltimore
to the 15-member board which
consults with and advises the
State Board of Health on hos
pital construction under the
Hill-Burton Act. He fills the
unexpired term of DR.. Charles
T. Woodland who died recently
The Governor named Leslie
T. Foote Of Homecoming as the
miners representative on the
Mine Examining Board. He
succeeds Ellis Ellifritz who re-
Gently moved to West Virginia
after serving on the Maryland
board for 10 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19

THEN WE FELL to talking
about the old days when
occurrences were more in
credible than the Westerns
of Zane Grey or TV. Mr..
Purvis did not shoot Dillin-
ger. He didn't shoot at all.
He lit a cigar, a signal that
this was the man. The
agents moved in on Dillin-
ger, who broke and ran
down an alley, reaching for
a gun he did not have. They
cut him down.
We talked about the kid
napings, the Lindbergh case,
the Urschel case, the
Boettcher case, the shootings
in the Kansas City station
when gangsters tried to
rescue a prisoner, Frank
Nash. An FBI agent, three
police officers and Nash were
killed. Purvis was on the
Ohio cornfield when Pretty
Boy Floyd, one Of the par
Elephants in the Kansas City
ARRAY, was killed by agents
in a gun duel. But there
again he didn't fire a shot.
IT started a train once" he
said. I'VE had arrested
Verne Sankey in Chicago for
the kidnapping of Charles
Boettcher II, a wealthy Den
verite. We wanted to take
him to Sioux City for trial.
/ made arrangements with
the Milwaukee line people. I
told them we wanted to put
Sankey in the last car Of the
train, which was to be empty,
to lock both doors and have
him chained to a lower berth
before the train started. We
didn't want another Kansas
City incident.
"Mr. Purvis," said the
superintendent, the train
won't start until the enpi-.
neer gets your signal
Everything went like
clockwork. Sankey was
chained and the doors were
locked when i stepped OF
the rear platform and had
the boyish thrill Of signal
ling a train to start"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19

years. Congress could cancel
the legislative authorization,
but he did not indicate any
intention Of such a eancella-
ton.
Senator Bible said there was
considerable concern, however.
that the Federal Government
might "pick UP the cost Of the
stadium" Mr.. Shea sought to
reassure him on this point.
Conrad Wirth, director Of
the National Park Service, said
II the stadium doesn't pro.
coed, the Interior Department
will cancel its contract per-
hitting use Of the land, but
didn't indicate any imminent
plans on this score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Wheaton to See
Touring Dancers

A program Of international
folk dancing by the Westminster
Lariats of California will be
presented at Wheaton (Md.)
High School at 8:15 pm.
August %. to help raise money
to aid the blind.
The two-hour show will be
sponsored by the Randolph
Lions Club of Silver Spring as
part of its charity program.
The 35-member dance group
will be on a l0,000-mile Nation
wide chartered bus tour which
will bring them to the WASH
ington area on the day of the
Wheaton engagement.
Allen L. Cavaness. president
of the Lions Club, said tickets
now are being sold throughout
the Wheaton community by
club members and stores in the
area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Coaches Pay
BiII'Foding
In Senute

Legislation providing extra
Ipay for extra duty performed
by some Washington school
teachers may drag over until
the next session Of Congress.
Senator Morse. Democrat Of
Oregon. a member of the Sem
ate District Committee, which
today opened hearings on the
Legislation, urged the unit to
postpone action until next year.
Senator Bible, Democrat Of
Nevada, the committee chair
man, also voiced some doubt
that the legislation could be
considered thoroughly enough
for action before Congress adj
journs in the, next several
weeks.
Strong opposition has been
registered with the committee
by some teacher groups to the
principle Of giving extra pay
to some teachers but not
others. Senator Morse, in Q.
letter to Mr.. Bible, advocated
an overall pay increase and
said a bill for such an increase
for all teachers will be offered
in the next session. He said q
.piecemeal approach might
hamper such a pay raise move.
j School Supt. Carl F. Hansen
told Senator Bible he consid-
tered the, extra duty pay plan
Equitable. The school system
now tries to give some time
ION during the school day to
teachers such as coaches who
are assigned extra after-school
duty.
| A House-passed bill would
allow the Board Of Education
to set additional compensation
for various special duties, sub
ject to the approval Of the
District Commissioners. An
alternative bill would stipulate
amounts for certain teachers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19

Pending bills affecting the
proposed Freedom Shrine may
have to be changed to empha-
size that the National Fine Arts
Commission will have a voice
in all planning for the struc-
ture..
The question Of the commits
sion's jurisdiction was raised
today by David Finley, chair
man. He pointed out that the
wording Of legislation to extend
the life and expand the scope
of the National Monument
Commission is ambiguous as to
whether the Fine Arts Commits
sion or the. specially created
Monument Commission shall
have the power to review plans
for the shrine.
No Objection Seen
A member of Interior Secre-
tary Seaton's staff. who drafted
the bills. explained that the
fine arts agency was always
intended to have this review
power. He added Secretary
Seaton would have no objec-
ton to amending the legisla-
ton accordingly If a clarifying
amendment is found necessary
The pending measures would
permit the Monument Commits
sion to stay in existence not
only through all the planning
stages Of the shfine-frequent-
ly called the Freedom Wall
but through actual construc-
ton and financing. The shrine
would be situated just south Of
the Two Jima memorial on the
Virginia side of the Potomac
River.
The proposed rectangular
open topped granite anc
marble memorial to the ere.
alton and rise of the American
Republic must be financed BY
popular subscription or some
other non-Federal means.
Shrines Dimensions
Fine Arts Commission mem.
bers heard a detailed exposition
Of the revised new preliminar.
plans for the shrine, the d.
mansions of which now stant
lat So feet high, 326 feet lonl
and 203 feet wide.
The smaller measurement
are designed to placate thos'
who had objected to q 80
foot-high set of walls thai
might impair the sweepini
vista between Washington an,
Arlington in line with the Ma;
and its three key structures
the Capitol, Washington Monu
ment and Lincoln Memorial.
/ Architects Eric Gugier an,
IGilmofe Clarke emphasized
THAT the lower-lying structure
would be all but hidden by ,
thick grove Of tai willow-oa
trees. LAS
The trees, Mr.. Gugler said
would not only screen tn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
By ALFRED ALIBRANDO
Star stan writer

District Redevelopment Land
Agency officials today predicted
q pickup IN Southwest building
activities If a new housing bill
is passed by Congress.
John Searles. RIA director,
said both the Administration
and more liberal Democratic
backed measures contain pro-
visions which would clear the
way for disposal Of land to
Government agencies and pri-
vate developers.
Mr.. Searles said the General
Services Administration has
commended that, under the pres
ent law, it cannot buy four
large tracts in Southwest WASH
ington on which Federal office
buildings are to be built. He
said GSA interprets Federal
housing laws as forbidding pur-
chase of land until they have
an actual appropriation for
construction Of buildings.
Bills Permit Purchase
Both the administration and
Democratic-s p sored bill:
would permit GSA to buy the
land without having the build
ing appropriation. The foul
sites the RIA is anxious to sell
GSA are on independence ave-
nue. between Sixth and Twelfth
streets.
Mr.. Searles said other pro-
visions in the new housing
legislation would give privatt
developers more liberal mort.
gage terms. He said New Yorh
developer William Zeckendorl
and other prospective develop.
ers William Zeckendorf anc
other prospective developer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Housing Bill Is Seen
As Spur to Building

have been holdinc. L.ck eonc-
what in hope Of constructing
town. houses. and apartments
under the mc-o fcvcrablc
financing terms.
|. The RIA director disclosed
however. that Mr.. Zeckendori
has obtained q Federal Hous-
ing Administration commit
ment to insure the mortgage
on the eastern half Of the
Town Center. between ] and
M. and Third end Sixth
streets S.W.
Northward Expansion Seen
RIA oficials t1aid tine new
laws probably would bring
quick construction on town
houses and apartments north
of the Town Center.
Another nonrzpo ntroversial
feature Of both the admin
Iistratioil and Democratic
sponsored housing legislation
is q provision that would give
cities credit for money spent
by universities in slum clear.
ance projects.
Mr.. Searles cited George
Washington University as ar
example. He said any amount
spent by the school in slum
clearance would be credited by
Federal urban renewal agencies
against the one-third share the
District Is required to put UP
for slum-clearance projects.
Mr.. Searles. who is president
of the National Association Of
Housing and Redevelopment
Oficials, said that while neither
he nor his organization In
dorsed the administrations bill
lit would be better for the Dis
trict's slum clearance program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Split Vote
Names New
Principal

James d. Mahoney, vice
It. ticipal Of Arlington's WASH
ington and Lee High School,
has been named principal of
George Mason High School in
Falls Church.
BY a 5 to Q vote, the Falls
Church School Board last night
named Mr.. Mahoney to sue
ceed Raymond r. Reed; who
resigned last month.
School board members Iytton
III. Gibson and H. u. Strople
cast the negative votes. They
urged that Vice Principal DR.,
Rosaline Edwards be given the
top high school post because OF
her qualifications and length
Of service in the city school
system.
Supt. Irwin Schmitt said he
backed Mr.. Mahoney because
he considered the job "a mans
Job" DR.. Edwards win continue
as vice principal.
Mr.. Mahoney. 81. Of 1913 North
Kenmore street, has been vice
principal Of Washington and
Lee for five years. A graduate
of Emory and Henry College,
he holds q masters degree
from the University Of Virginia
He has taught in a number Of
public schools throughout
Virginia.
j Open Meeting
| The boards action was taker
lin open meeting despite past
policy Of deciding personnel
matters in executive session.
The switch was prompted b!
what Mr.. Gibson termed sin
accurate reporting" of al
EARLIER closed meeting at which
1.-THE board failed to appoint Mrs
Yokiko Tamashiro as a teachel
primarily because Of her Japa.
nese descent. 6@
:. Mr.. Gibson and Mr.. Stropll
denied that Mrs. Tamashir,
had been officially rejected
since her application had neve'
been formally recommended b.
'IMr. Schmidt. Because board dis
cussion had pointed to q 3-to-,
lsplit, with chairman Joseph r
LeMoine expressing no opinion
Mr.. Gibson said, there was n,
clear-cut majority opposed Il
Mrs. Tamashiro's appointment
/ Widespread Protests
!. During last nights discussion
of the Tamashiro case, which
received Nationwide publicity
nearly a dozen letters post
!, marked from Hawaii to New
!. Jersey were read, protesting TIL
boards action.
In other business, the schoo
board agreed to provide schoo
bus transportation for seventh
lgraders. The board decided las
spring to keep the seventh
lgrade back in the elementar!
schools rather than in the higl
/. school. School buses are no
available for high school stu
dents.
A series Of meetings wa
slated to begin in October Il
work out future school con
struction needs. For the, pas
year the board has been un
able to agree on q building pro
Igram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Trout Resigns
As Vienna Mayor

j. Barry Trout. Mayor Of the
town Of Vienna, Va, since June,
1857, has resigned effective
October II.
Mr.. Trout told the town coun-
Gil last night that the burdens
Of the job and the increasing
incompatability" with his re-
sponsibilities to his family and
his work for the Navy Depart
ment required his resignation.
Mr.. Trout was named Mayor
in 1857 after the resignation Of
Louis N. Moore. Mr.. Trout was
elected to the post the next
year. f~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Arlington Girl, lS,
Gets Scholarship
For Nursing

An f8-year-old Arlington girl
has been awarded a $4,000
health scholarship by the or
ganization which sponsors the
annual March of Dimes drive.
The award on behalf Of the
National Foundation was made
by a representative Of its Ar
lington chapter to Catherine
Ingram of 5000 North Twenty
eighth street. Miss Ingram is
q life guard at the Freedom
Park Swimming Pool in Vienna,
Va.
" The scholarship is one Of SIS
made available by the Ma
tional Foundation for outstand-
ing young Americans seeking
careers in one Of i've health
fields: medicine. nursing, phys
ical therapy. occupational ther-
apy and medical social work.
Miss Ingram plans to enter the
University Of North Carolina in
Chapel Hill to study nursing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Roanoke Man Heuds
Virginia State EIks

HARRIsoNBURG. Va, Aug.
10 (AP).-Paul s. johnson Of
Roanoke was elevated to the
presidency Of the Virginia State
Elks Association yesterday.
Other officers were elected as
follows: Landon B. Maxey of
Suffolk, first vice president;
Charles H. Kirsh of Richmond
second vice president; Lemon
Cakes Of Danville, third vice
president; Charles Curtice OF
Petersburg. secretary; and Cecil
lDufie Of Norfolk, treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Boy, 10. Dies Of Polio

RICHMOND, Aug. 10 (AP) -
Virginia's 1859 polio count
stands at 104 today, compared
with the year-ago figure Of ~.
Four new cases were reported
yesterday, one a fatality. A
10-year-old boy died Of bulbar
polio. &
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Library Fund Allotted

RICHMOND. Va, Aug. 10
disqualification Of $314,032
in State and Federal funds to
libraries throughout Virginia
was announced yesterday BY
the Virginia State Library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19

|be as well accomplished on an
lopen-bid basis as by negotia-
ton"
He also called "incongruous''
la proposed amendment to ex-
|isting law which would permit
| the negotiation. inasmuch as
the present law specifically re-
lquires competitive bidding for
Ian subsequent stadium prop
lerty acquisition which costs
more than 5000.
George r. Shea. chairman
| Of the District Armory Board,
and William N. Mcleod. jr.,
clerk of the House District
Committee, voiced surprise and
concern about Mr.. Campbell's
stand.
Planners Saw Saving
Mr.. Shea told Senator Bible,
democrat of Nevada. chairman
of the Senate unit. that sta
dunn planners thought a nego-
tiated contract would save
money. Mr., Mcleod, assert
| ing he was livery much sur
prised' at Mr.. Campbell's OPP
position to the negotiation
approach, said the House unit
| had discussed the question with
associates of the Controller
General and had not supposed
he was negative on the subject.
Robert F. Keller. chief legal
aide to the Controller General.
said the Senate Committee had
asked Mr.. Campbell's views on
the merits Of the negotiation
proposal. The House unit, he
said, asked only about the
legality and was told there was
no legal bar to including nego-
tiation in the terms Of the
pending legislation.
Mr.. Campbell's letter was put
into the record at a hearing on
the House-passed bill specifi-
cally empowering the Interior
Department to spend up to $2.6
million for parking lots and ac-
cess roads for the proposed
stadium on park land adjoining
the East Capitol Street Bridge.
Financing to Be Private
The legislation was drafted
ito meet another objection by
1.-THE Controller General, Mr.,
fCampbell ruled earlier that ex-
listing law would not permit
spending of Interior Depart
ment funds for the parking and
iroad facilities.
1 Mr.. Shea assured Senator
Bible that except for the, In.
lterior contribution he expected
the stadium to be entirely
financed with private money
The Armory Board plans to
Float a bond issue to finance
1.-The construction.
| Mr.. Campbell cited the fact
THAT the Government is to
guarantee the bonds in voicing
his position on the contract
matter.
Senator Bible asked whether
there was any deadline on COM
pletion Of the project. Mr.. Shea
said no time limit was set by
law. He said it is hoped tt
complete the 50,000-seat struc.
ture in time for the 1861 base.
ball season. But he admitted
that Calvin Griffith, president
Of the Washington Senators
has not yet made any commit
ment to move in. and he added
that, negotiations with tn,
Washington Redskins football
team are still in progress.
Cancellation Possible
/ Senator Bible indicated tina
lif for any reason the stadium
project dragged on without an,
} construction for 5, 10 or /!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
Controller Wants
Stodium Job Bids
Opposition to Negotiated Contract
Is Surprising to Officials
BY JAMES G. DEANE

Controller General Joseph Campbell raised new stumbling
block in the Of the projected District stadium today by
opposing the sadu construction by negotiated contract In
stead Of competitive bidding.
Mr. Campbell in letter to the Senate District Committee
said why the stadium construction cannot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
HE HAS BEEN practicine

HE HAS BEEN practicing
law in Florence. s. c., where
he owns the radio station.
This is not the first time
he has come to Washington
on an important assignment.
Eight years ago Senator Olin
d. Johnston of South Caro-
lima, who thinks he is one Of
the ablest men in his State,
brought him here as counsel
for q subcommittee studying
civil service. Senator john
ston is chairman of Post
ONCE and Civil Service and
Is a member of Judiciary.
Mr.. Purvis produced a IA
volume report in more than
two years of investigation,
calling attention to the glar-
ing inequities Of reduction
in-force practices, lack Of
incentive programs, personal
favoritism and veterans
preference. Then there came
a change Of administration,
he went back to South Caro-
lima and nothing much has
been done about it. !
Improving the judicial ma
chinery is just as difficult.
Last year Paul J. Cotter and
q staff made a study for the
Senate Appropriations Com
mittee. They found that
cases on the old system Of
assignment sometimes got
three years behind and, with
q new, improved system,
sometimes got nine years
behind.
Appointment of more
judges would be the easiest
solution" Mr.. Purvis said,
"and probably the most
unsatisfactory" Z. AZ sr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-19
The
Rambler
". n. Coils on
Forgotten Mon
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

The other day the RAM
bier had some difiaculty In
locating Melvin Purvis at the
Capitol by telephone.
Mr.. Purvis has Just taken
up his duties as majority
counsel for a Senate hub
committee on Improving
the judicial machinery I,
That there was some difii-
Guilty in locating him was
not surprising. The subcona-
mittee is q new one and has
just obtained once space on
the top floor (the sixth OF
the new senate ONCE
Building.
What was SURPRISING ~as
that none of the secretaties'
and telephone operators eohl
suited seemed ever to hkfe
heard Of Mr.. Purvis.
He is the former fBIl
agent credited with doing IN
John Dillinger. Americas
Public Enemy No. l." near
a movie house on Chicago's.
North Side Is years ago In
July.
Now SIS with hair grazing
at the temples but a trim
figure (5-foot-9, la poundsl !,
he was delighted to hear
that he has become "the
forgotten man."
II hope you won't empha-i
size my lurid past" he said.
This job is a serious one"
During all his years in the
FBI, Mr.. Purvis does not,
seem to have lost his native
South Carolina accent. At,
any rate, he has it now,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-02-07
GoIdsby Case
Further Delayed

Atty. Gen. Joe Patterson says the
tate has until the end of this
month to prepare its appeal in the
Robert Lee Goldsby case.
Goldsby, 80, a Negro is a native
of Canton and resident Of st. Louis.
He was sentenced to death in 1854
for the fatal shooting Of Mrs. Bry-
ant helms, white woman, near
Walden in Carroll County.
The U. s. Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled last month that
Goldsby was tried by an uncon-
stitutional jury because Negroes
had been systematically exclud-
ed" Goldsby was ordered retired
or released.
The state was given until Feb.
6 to file it's appeal and ask for a
rehearing on the court order. But
Patterson said yesterday he had
gained a 21-day extension to pre-
pare the appeal.
Patterson faces the task Of de-
Gliding how to get a Negro on a
jury in county In which there
are no registered Negro voters.
Mississippi law limits jury duty to
men who are voters.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-02-07
UNCF AIIocates
$4,000 To SO
Member Colleges

New York, Jan. 80 - The 33
member colleges of the United Ne
gro College Fund today received
a total of $577,00O as the final al
locations of 1858 campaign pro-
ceeds, DIR. Benjamin E. Mays, pres
ident of the Fund, announced. Ear
lier grants were distributed in
June and November, 1868.
More than $1,843,OO0 was con-
tributed to UNCF during its 1868
nationwide appeal. Approximate
ly 10 percent of the combined OPP
Grating budgets of the colleges is
raised by the Fund each year.
ALLEGATIONS to member colleges
are based on a formula developed
by the college presidents. The
formula provides that As percent
of campaign proceeds be divided
equally; as percent divided pro-
rortionately according to incomes
from endowments, recurring gifts
and supporting church board
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