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his jurisdiction" Mr.. Loser said.
IT'S an impossible task"
Representative Harmon,
Democrat of Indiana, called
the legislation, which already
has passed the Senate, long
needed d" The Senate bill would
add two judges to the one Judge
court.
The witnesses presented
their case very WE'LL" Mr.. Har-
mon said. referring to the three
judges and two Commissioners
who appeared at the opening
hearing. TITS too bad that the
additional judges haven't been
provided before now. This
should have been done five
years ago or longer"
Representative Matthews.
Democrat of Florida, said he
was very much impressed with
the testimony.
1T would seem to me that
we certainly need additional
judges to handle the juvenile
problem here" he said. 1T is
my fervent hope that if the bill
is passed, the future judges will
be of the same high caliber as
the present Juvenile Court judge
Judge Orm w. Ketcham.)"
Representative Dowdy. DEM
ocrat of Texas, said he thinks
a judgeShip bill should be re-
ported on the basis of the
crowded docket. Mr.. DoWdy
was one of the House members
who signed the conference re-
port on the bill providing one
more judge for Juvenile Court
at the last session. The House
failed to act on the conference
report in the waning hours of
the last session.
Representative Morris, DEM
ocrat of New Mexico. said he
did not see how anyone could
Question the need for the leg
lislation. He said he was i'm
pressed that all the witnesses
agreed on the urgent need for
additional judges.
Predict Passage
Predicting that the measure
would pass, he said, The evil
dence shows the need. It's as
simple as that"
Representative Smith, Re-
publican of Kansas, said he
was firmly of the opinion that
Juveniles here now know that
they are not going to be dealt
with as they should because of
the crowded court docket. He
said there cannot be effective
law enforcement without
proper judicial facilities.
Calling for strengthening Of
Juvenile Court. Mr.. Smith se!d
he was convinced that much Of
the trouble with juveniles here
stems from the lack of an ade-
quate Juvenile Court.
II want to see a much better
Juvenile Court than we have
now and I'm going to do every
thing I can to see that we get
it." he said.
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THE GAR GENERAL"
told him the story, how
Early had defeated Hunter
in the valley, then advanced
to HarperS Ferry, where he
crossed the Potomac; how
Gen. Lew Wallace, who later
wrote ben Hur," with a
smaller force tried to stop
him at the Monocacy River
near Frederick, and how
Early's force had marched
through Rockville to Tenley-
town and Silver Spring and
his scouts had arrived at
Fort Stevens Just as the
company Of the 7th Penn
Sylvania Zouaves, including
the general" filed into it.
I'VE raised a lot of dust"
he said. "They thought a
couple of regiments had
arrived"
He fixed his glittering eye
on this reporter again and
with renewed intensity said:
MARK this. Early'S second
in command was John C.
Breckenridge of Kentucky,
who had been Buchanan'S
Vice President. Breckenridge
was ready to apply the torch
to the Capitol where he had
presided over the Senate
only four years before"
The general" was a hater.
The very mention of any
of the Confederate leaders
would cause him to wave
the bloody Shirt-to use
an almost obsolete political
phrase.
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Ministers
Urge Bill on
Condolences

In the Victorian Age. q
distinguished British juris
proclaimed that while bar
riSters and judges are gentle
men" the question of compel
ling men of the cloth to dis
close condolences never will
arise in courts of law.
Today. the question was de-
bated for an hour before the
Senate District Judiciary SUBJ
committee. headed by Senator
Hartke, Democrat of Indiana.
Catholics and Protestants
alike insisted that a law was
needed to protect priests and
ministers from giving just such
testimony in District courts.
Their pleas that legislation
was necessary was disputed by
United States Attorney Oliver
GaSch and Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Robert Kneipp,
speaking for District Commits
sioners and the police force.
The District Bar Association
unanimously favors the House.
passed bill sought by ministers,
Myron Enrich, a bar director,
told Senator Hartke.
Mr.. Enrich said a Court of
Appeals ruling held that min
listers may not be ordered by
judges to reveal what commu-
nicants have told them in con-
f1dence. But this may not
stand as a precedent for any
other cases, he said.
In the case before the ap-
pealS court a minister had
volunteered a confession of a
defendant seeking spiritual
guidance. Then, the trial Judge
called the minister as a witness
Tor the court, he said.
THE minister in this case
judged the defendant guilty of
an offense of which the courts
later found her innocent" Mr..
Erhlich testified.
Pending is a measure to pro-
hibit court examination of any
minister of religion about con-
LESSONS, spiritual advice or
husband and wife problems.
A. Philip Kane, representing
the Archdiocese Council of
Catholic Men, said that Cath
Ollie discipline would guarantee
that no priest would testify
about confessions regardless of
the law. A priest would risk
contempt of court instead, Mr..
Kane said. But without the law,
priests might feel obligated to
testify about other spiritual
communications and domestic
difficulties, under court orders,
he said.
Representing the Chancellor
of the Episcopal Diocese of
Washington, Llewellyn C.
Thomas said Episcopal clergy
men have been called into the
local domestic relations court
to talk about their efforts to
reconcile husbands and wives.
He agreed with Mr.. Kane, ex-
cept that he favored deletion
from the bill of a proviso al
lowing ministers to testify with
the consent of persons who
sought advice from those min
listers.
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The
Rambler
Luunders
The Bloody Shirt
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Some years ago a copy
reader accosted this writer
somewhat antagonistically
with:
you never write about
Virginia or the Shenandoah
Valley or Harpers Ferry
without dragging in Jubal
Early"
He had something there.
Yet the oversigned had
passed more than half his
years on this orb The was
over 80, that Isl when
he first heard Of the
man who almost captured
Washington.
1t was the general" who
ColQ MN.
This reporter, then 81,
was Scrounging around New
York for feature material.
May 80 was approaching,
and he decided to talk to
the men of the Grand Army
of the Republic. There were
a few left. They're all gone
now.
He went to the GAR room
in New York'S beautiful
Federal-style City Hall.
He met the former private
in the volunteers who had
been made a general" at
a GAR encampment years
after the war.
The general" fixed him
with a glittering eye and
said:
II was one of the 7th
Pennsylvania volunteers -
ZouaveS-who debarked from
a river steamer at the
Seventh street dock in
Washington on July IL, 1854.
We went up Seventh street
and Georgia avenue on the
double quick and got to
Fort Stevens, which is at
QuackenboS street, just in
time to save the Capital
from being sacked by Gen.
Jubal Early"
The writer remembers his
surprise that a Confederate
army corps should be de-
Scending on the Capital
from the North and so late
in the war.
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guages. Twenty-six will be
limited TO French, and 20 to
Spanish.
Our purpose is to develop
I in stable number Of students
mastery of at least one foreign
language" DR.. Hansen said.
Work in another language
seems to be most effective at
the elementary level. The chill
dren adapt more quickly and
readily"
Similar Programs
| Many school systems through
out the country have similar
programs, he indicated, al
though Washington possibly is
unusual in having such an ex-
tensive one involving so many
children.
At his weekly press confer
ence today, DR.. Hansen also
released a report on the third
year of operation of the junior
high school reading improve
ment program.
/ Test scores indicated that
during the last school year
seventh graders in the special
classes learned about one-third
more in reading than in any
previous year, eighth graders
gained more than twice as
much as in a former average
year, and ninth graders gained
10 per cent more than in previ-
Gus years.
All the students progressed
to reading levels well beyond
those which they could have
been expected to achieve with
out special emphasis on read
ing, the report stated. The
ninth grade children who have
participated in the program
throughout junior high school
gained so per cent more read
| ing ability than they had in
the previous three-year period.
The special classes in the
schools are supervised by read
ing co-ordinators Mrs. Virginia
M. BinkS and Mrs. Anne w.
Pitts.
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ALMOST A YEAR passed.

ALMOST A YEAR passed.
The period was an exciting
one-the bank holiday, the
Roosevelt Inauguration, the
birth of the New Deal. But
one item in the news was
a reminder of the gen
eral." It was that Roosevelt
had appointed Stephen Early
as his press secretary.
The writer went to see the
old man.
"An Early in the White
Housed" he exploded. What
can be done about it?"
"You might write an open
letter Of protest to the
President" I suggested. ut
did have Page l poSsibilitieS)
We drafted the letter. He
was meticulouS about the
wording.
"You have to be very
careful in addressing your
Commander in Chief" said
the general"
A few days later he called
on me at the Office. He was
extra-well dressed and so
clipper that he seemed 20
years younger.
Wonderful man, that
Early" he said. He produced
a paper.
Here's a conciliatory let
ter from the White House.
He has asked me to lunch
there. I'm on my way to
Washington"
And he was off with malice
toward none and charity to
all. The bloody shirt had
been laundered.
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SLeTS LOT the lessons VINO nave
a readiness to add this program
to their regular third-year
schedule" DIR. Hansen said.
They will be among the more
able children" he explained.
The program itself was an
nounced a year ago when the
superintendent included a re-
quest for nine elementary Ian
guage teachers in the 1959-60
budget. Funds for them have
been approved by Congress.
Details Today
But until today. school Off
Gals had not disclosed what
languages would be taught or
how many children would be
involved.
In making the announcement,
DR.. Hansen did not rule out the
possibility that in the future
other languages would be added
to the program. He said he had
received many suggestions for
those which should be taught
including Russian, Chinese and
Arabic.
Included in the proposed
1960-6l budget is a request for
nine additional foreign Ian
guage teachers to extend the
program through the fourth
grade. Ultimately, DR.. Hansen
said. the goal is to offer instruc-
ton through the sixth grade.
Different Buildings
The nine teachers will divide
the 46 schools between them,
he said. One is scheduled to
teach in seven different build
ingS. The final selection of Spe-
cific schools to participate in
the program has not yet been
made, he said.
The students will be given
half-hour lessons each day. The
rest of the time they will attend
their regular elementary classes.
There will be a total of 81
classes, DR.. Hanson said-34 in
French and % in Spanish. No
one school will offer both Ian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-24
S241.3 Million
DC. Budget
Now IsLaW
President Signs
Supply Measure
For l959-60 Year

The District Commissioners
today received from President
Eisenhower a municipal budget
totaling $241.3 million for the
current fiscal year.
The President late yesterday
signed into law the bill cleared
by Congress. 1t provided a $25
million Federal payment.
After all expenses are met,
city officials should have a
cushion. only recently estimated
at a comfortable 50 million.
Originally. the surplus at the
years end was expected to be
100000. But increases in an
ticipated tax revenue have as
sured less stringent fiscal opera
tons through the year ending
next July l.
Education, health. welfare
and recreation spending will ac-
count for large chunks of Dis
trict funding. Schools will get
$46.9 million, including $4,000
for a new national defense edu-
cational program.
Health and Welfare
Some $34.8 million will be
allotted for health activities. in
Guiding $4,000 for expanded
mental health services and
$4,000 for a medical charities
program. Set aside for well
fare costs was STA million.
enough to add to stats at both
Junior Village and Children'S
Center. The Recreation De-
partment will draw $2.6 million.
Congress granted $266, 900 for
a new pilot lunch program to
give 1000 elementary school
children one meal a day start
ing in December. This was
double what the House asked.
At the first of the year, the
Commissioners put in no bid
for the lunch program.
The Commissioners lunch
plans at the inSiStance pri-
marily of Representative Ra-
baut, Democrat of Michigan.
who heads the House Subcom-
mittee handling the District
budget.
Parking Plan Dropped
Dropped by Congress was the
Commissioners plan for a IS
million underground parking
facility at Twenty-frst and E
streets NV. Congress also
chopped $4,000 from funds for
a citywide survey of parking
problems. The Commissioners
were ordered to use available
funds to examine parking prob
lens and to report to Congress
next January on plans for
meeting future congestion
downtown.
This meant that given a
compelling reason" Congress
would reconsider the under
ground lot, according to Sen
ator Pastore, Democrat Of
Rhode Island, the Senate
Appropriations subcommittee
chairman for the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-24
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The American Society of
Sanitary Engineering ends
a six-day convention in the
Mayflower Hotel.
Opening a three-day
meeting, the 25th Infantry
Division Association is
headquartered in the Stat
Ter Hotel.
The Future Farmers of
America wind up their VIII
lard Hotel sessions.
This information supplied By
the Washington Convention and
Visitors Bureau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-24
Strong Support Is Seen
For Juvenile Court Bill
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star STAFF Writer

Members of the House District subcommittee holding
hearings legislation to add two judges to Juvenile Court
today indicated strong support for the measure.
Only the subcommittee chairman, Representative Davis
Democrat of Georgia reserved comment final action He
said however that he thinks I'VE made good start at
terday's hearings.
Mr.. Davis said further HEARINGS will be held
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-24
Rule Bars Non-BeIiever
From Maryland Office

The Maryland attorney general has ruled that per-
must be ready to declare his belief God hold public
Office in the State.
The opinion to be delivered today to Gov TaweS
who had sought after Roy R. Torcaso 37OS Bright
street. Wheaton appealed to him after being denied notary
public commission.
believer Mr. Torcaso denied his commission BY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-24
BELGRADE Spanish,
French Glasses Set
1900 to Attend Special Courses
In 46 City Elementary Schools
BY ANDREW W. BINGHAM
g.. W.

District School Supt Carl Hansen announced today that
300 third grade students will start studying French and
Spanish this fall in the elementary school foreign language
program.
The special classes will be held in 46 elementary schools
throughout the CITY, he said The principals will select young
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-24
50 Million
Surplus Seen
In Maryland

Maryland's surplus for the
fiscal year ended June 80 is
expected to exceed So million.
A full report on the revenue
picture which has surprised
even the most optimistic of
Maryland's fiscal leaders will
be issued within the next few
days.
State officials want the
figures available prior to Gov.
Tawes' departure for Puerto
Rico August for the National
Governors Conference.
The surplus will be some Sc
million in excess of that esti-
mated when the General AS
sembly closed its 90-day session
last April.
Just two weeks ago State
officials were presenting a rosy
picture that showed an antici-
pated surplus of from Sc million
to 81 million.
Hint From GoldStein
State Controller Louis L.
GoldStein limited at the big up
swing in revenues at a ground
breaking ceremony yesterday
at Marlowe Heights.
Maryland last year increased
its sales and income tax rates
so per cent from 2 to 3 per
cent and added a new Scent
pack tax on cigarettes.
This year. however, the State
was able to avoid any major
tax increases.
Virtually all revenue sources
are up over estimates, but rae
ing revenues fell a little short
of estimates because of the fail
ure of the added ninth races
to produce as much as antici-
pated.
Maryland's budget for fiscal
1861 has a good chance of be-
ing balanced without increaS-
ing taxes provided the State
avoids any major increases in
spending.
Pressure for Raises
The State, however, is under
pressure to improve its mental
health program and to increase
salaries of teachers and State
employees.
The surplus was attributed
chiefly to the general improve
ment in the economy which ex-
ceeded the best hopes of budget
officials.
Most, including Mr.. Gold
stein, fear that a prolonged
steel strike could cause a major
setback in the outlook during
1.-THE next few months.
Evening star., 1959-05-27

in all those years. They
could have been happier.
more fruitful and ! could have
had q bigger family, Now I
am trying to prevent my 20
year-old sister from making
the same mistake.
Louise is the baby OF the
family and we have all given
her a lot Of announcement
IN everything she wanted.
But now she has decided she
wants to be a lawyer. / am
against it. She will have
many more years Of study and
she already is too immersed
in books for her own good.
It's time for her 10 think
about marriage.
Louise FIN afraid I'm
Just not the mother-house-
wife type. I've always hated
housework and I think I'd
Evening star., 1959-05-27

true Of me. I don't miss So
cial life. I'm happy as am.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Martha has a great deal Of
influence over Louise because
she has been and probably
still is an ideal 10 her. But
If she wants to bereally help
ful she should be q little less
rigid in her ideas Of what is
best for her young sister.
A girl Of 20 who has re-
ceived her teachers sen-
couragement to 90 on to
study law undoubtedly has q
lot OF ability and we can see
no reason why anyone should
try to squelch this. Today It
is simply not necessary for a
woman to completely sacrifice
her intellectual ambition and
Evening star., 1959-05-27
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Primo, Trumpeter, Buys a Boat

a trumpet with his eyes
squeezed shut. and who sings
"Old Black Magic" as though
he was q high priest in q
voodoo rite. Well, who cares
as long as he sends the
money?
HE WANTED 10 take a
short cut across the top of
Florida, from jacksonville to
Pensacola. but Keely said no.
Louis was panied. "Why not?"
he said. "Why can't ~" Keely
shook her head no. Because, {"
she said patiently. "there is
no water there, Louis"
Prima will make it. He isn't
quite sure what the second
engine is for. but he'll
make it.
CcopyriRht, 1859. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1959-05-27
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Heart Attack Ends His FotoIisn,
By DR.. PETER ] sTElNcRoHN

ARE You a fatalist? Do
you truly believe that there
is nothing you can do to add
one day to your life expec-
fancy?
I have met a number Of
fatalists in my life. Usually
they would say something like
this: II believe there's nothing
anybody can do to prolong
life. MY date has already
been set in a little black book
somewhere up there. I think
people are silly to worry
about their health-or to do
anything about it. No matter
what they do to put of that
eventful day, it will arrive on
time, no sooner, no later"
I recall one professed fatal
list who was always saying:
Il don't care when I go. It's
in the books. I'm not scared"
He was in perfect health when
he said that. He had never
had a real sick day in his life.
When I saw this same man
months later he had already
changed his tune.
THE YELLOW FLAG was
flying. The once brave man
was now more frightened than
his psychoneurotic friends
whom he had ridiculed so
much in the past.
This man had a coronary
thrombosis. His was a severe
attack and he was still ex-
hausted on the fourth day.
He beckoned me to his bed
because his voice was weak.
I recall him saying in a
hoarse whisper: I've had
time to think. You can't help
it when you're lying all alone
and sick. I remember how
I used to brag about being a
fatalist. Well. that's past.
I'm Just as scared as any nor
NAL human being. / want to
live. I want you to get me
well. I'll cooperate. I'll be
a good patient. Because.
somehow, it doesn't seem to
make good sense anymore that
the man who won't take medi-
cal treatment will live as long
as the fellow who believes in
taking good care of himself"
I treated that man for years.
Although he went back to his
business and became well, he
came in twice a year for a
physical checkup. Never again
did I hear him use the word
"fataliSt" in describing his own
philosophy.
l have known others like
him. Usually the fatalist will
say with bravado: MY time
will come when it comes"
Chances are such a person has
never been i'll. Once they get
a good scare they change their
philosophy.
Evening star., 1959-05-27

go crazy IL I Just had that to
look forward TO. I'd like to
marry some day and then /
suppose I'll buckle down and
do 1t like Martha.
My teachers at college have
given me a lot Of encourage
ment to study Law and I
thought my family would be
proud Of me. You could have
knocked me over with feather
when Martha gave me her
real opinion.
/ always looked UP to Mar
tina because she was such q
success in her career. She
certainly didn't seem to be
unhappy at that time. / al
ways felt we were very much
alike. Martha rarely dated
and I find that the same is
Evening star., 1959-05-27
FEATURE PAcEs

capacity in order to achieve
the emotional satisfactions Of
being a woman.
We win not deny. however.
that in her present frame Of
mind Louise Is headed toward
making the sacrifice in the
opposite direction. Martha
may be able to help her by
showing her complete salts
faction with her present life.
She should encourage Louise