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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
District Teacher Review Board
Is Proposed to Gull Dead Wood

Quoted by is PTA members who
held private interviews with
school principals. A summary
of the information, Mrs. Nc
Farlane said. was compiled by
the School Education Commit
tee of the D. c. Congress"
THE PTA survey showed
clearly" Mrs. McFarlane went
on. that unsatisfactory teach
ers tend to be found in groups
that is, concentrated in GER
tain schools.
I'm transferring teachers,
the movement appears to be,
as one officer expressed it, from
a 'squawking' kind of principal
to the non-squawking kind. He
ends up with quite a collection.
In one Junior high. for example,
IL per cent of the teachers are
problems"
Mrs. McFarlane did not spell
out what the Education Com
mittee or the principals inter-
viewed considered incompe-
tency.
Following the panel discus
sion, delegates to the convention
heard DR.. Mordecai johnson,
president of Howard University,
say that education is a wise
course of action blended with
love and wisdom"
He advised teachers to be
concerned with the "freckled
boy in the front row" who. as
the United States extends its
interests throughout the world,
might be the next representa-
tive in a foreign land of this
icountry's way of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
District PTA Approves
Principle of Home Rule

The resolution charges that
both the Commissioners and
Congress ARE not responsive
to the pleas of the non-voting
citizens of the District for
an adequate school budget"
The home rule resolution was
one of a number passed at to-
days session of the conven-
ton. Other resolutions asked
for a school lunch program for
needy pupils; expanded facili-
ties for mentally retarded
pupils and a program to pro-
vide schooling for expectant
mothers expelled from school
during pregnancy.
The convention ends with a
BANQUET tonight. Glenn E.
Snow, assistant executive sec
rotary of the National Educa-
ton Association, will give the
principal address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
Left Turn Ban
Being Studied
Move Would Affect
Wisconsin NV.

Left turns for southbound
traffic on Wisconsin avenue
NV. at Massachusetts, avenue
may be eliminated shortly.
Harold H. Aitken, District
director of the Department of
Highways and Traffic. said yes
terday that within the next
few days, if D. c. Transit
agrees, steps will be taken to
eliminate the left turns"
This traffic will be turned
left at Garfield street rather
than at the intersection of Mas
sachusetts and Wisconsin ave-
nues.
Mr.. Aitken made the an
nouncement before a luncheon
meeting of the District Advi-
sorry Board of the American
Automobile Association at the
Mayflower Hotel.
He added that careful at
tention was being given to
modification of light cycles
wherever possible so as give a
few more seconds of green to
clear as much traffic as condi-
tons warrant.
"Of course, no small part of
this phase of the program is
wrapped up in the widening
and repaving of all important
arterials such as New York
avenue, Rhode Island avenue,
Sherman and New Hampshire
avenues and North Capitol
street" he continued. These
improvements are required in
addition to the freeways and
parkways systems"
Mr.. Aitken said that traffic
volume into the city continues
to grow.
In 1910 the average daily
number of crossings on the Po-
tomac River bridges was los, 1000,
he said. He added that it had
been estimated that this volume
would be 415,000 by 1880.
The traffic director said the
District had plans, speciflca-
tons and estimates between so
and 100 per cent complete that
had not been advertised for bids
for construction involving work
estimated to cost nearly $50
million.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

such cases is awkward and te-
dious. Protracted hearings be-
fore the board on teachers
qualifications are distaSteful to
most principals who have found
the burden of proving a teacher
incompetent too much to bear
along with their normal duties.
The tendency, school officials
admit, is to allow poor proba-
tionary teachers to become per-
manent. giving them what help
is possible along the way while
gambling they will not cause
too much damage.
The proposed board of review
would be made up of five
schools employees, either super
visorS or principals, and three
teachers chosen from a panel
of teachers drawn from all lev
els of the school system.
Still, DR.. Hansen would nave
the final say. He could over
rule a finding of the board.
Meanwhile, the controversy
was broadened yesterday at the
annual convention of the Dis
trict Congress of Parents and
Teachers IN session at the Sher-
Iaton-Park Hotel.
For the first time. a number
was given Of allegedly incom-
lpetent teachers.
Mrs. Robert McFarlane,
speaking as a parent and APP
pearing as member of a panel
discussion on Rule 10. stated
there we're about $50 such
| teachers, most of whom were
/ in the junior high school level,
The figure, she said. had de-
lveloped in an investigation con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

The principle of home rule
was approved today by District
PTA leaders.
The group, meeting in con-
.vention at the Sheraton-Park
Hotel. passed the resolution
with little discussion. 1t marked
the first time the D. c. Congress
of Parents and Teachers has
taken a stand on the home
rule question.
A handful of some 1000 dele
gates to the convention ques-
toned whether or not the move
would plunge the group into
partisan politics-a step studi-
ously avoided by PTA organ
izationS.
But Mrs. C. Rhodes Cox,
president of the PTA Congress,
assured delegates that backing
home rule in principle was we'll
within the realm of PTA prac-
tees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
SENATOR ANDERSON was

SENATOR ANDERSON was
on the defensive until Sen
ator Cotton suggested that he
had called the Secretary "a
bald-faced liar
Those are not my words"
protested Senator Anderson.
Senator Cotton got back to
the phrase ("unqualified
falsehood"). I'm my part of
the country" he said, that
means a liar"
And that's just what !
intended it to mean," said
Senator Anderson.
The audience, which in
cluded many employees of
senatorial offices, almost
hurst into applause.
1t went on and on. After
a time, the Rambler Joined
a portion of the audience
that was leaving. 1t was
something like the old-time
continuous moving picture
show. After a time you real
lied that this is where you
came in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
Stadium Bill
Action Due
Harris Proposes
Parking Lot OK

Early action is expected in
Congress on legislation to clear
a legal obstacle to the District
planned municipal stadium.
Representative Harris, Demo-
crat of Arkansas, yesterday
introduced a bill specifically
empowering the Interior De-
partment to build and maintain
parking lots and utilities for
the stadium.
The Controller General re-
Gently ruled the department
now lacks such authority. The
ruling caused the House APP
preparations Committee to bar
use of any Interior funds for
the service facilities.
The District Armory Board
which is planning the stadium
already has an agreement with
Interior on the subject.
William N. Mcleod, jr.. of the
House District Committee, said
the committee will take up the
bill as soon as it can be sched-
uled. The parking and asso-
ciated facilities are vital to the
stadium project, which is sup
posed to pay for itself, he said.
Disputes with the Fine Arts
Commission over the stadium's
location and design and the
Washington Redskins over rent
al terms are still to be settled,
but the Interior matter is the
most serious hurdle, Mr.. Nc
Leod said.
The Armory Board has picked
a site near the Armory in line
with East Capitol street. The
Fine Arts Commission has adj
visory power on the matter only,
but Mr.. Mcleod said efforts
will be made to meet commits
sion objections If possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
Inquest Held
In Staying of
Pvt. Shelton

A 34-year-old District man
accused in the fatal shooting
of Metropolitan Police Pvt.
Harold Shelton in a gun battle
last Saturday night was ordered
held for grand jury action to-
day by a District coroner's
jury.
The defendant, Alexander
Truesdale, of the 300 block of
Seventeenth place NE, ap-
peared at the inquest without
counsel. Two patches had been
placed on the right side of his
head for injuries he received
while trying to resist arrest
after the shooting. Pvt. Shelton,
%, of No. 2 Precinct, was pro-
nounced dead on arrival early
Sunday morning at the Wash
ington Hospital Center.
Before the fatal shooting.
Truesdale had been in the
B g. L Restaurant, at 1144
Seventh street NV, according
to testimony by James E. Bea-
thea. cook at that address.
Mr.. Beathea said Truesdale was
arguing with two women at a
table. One of the women was
heard to say that she did not
want to leave with the defend
ant.
Truesdale, Mr.. Beathea said,
drew a .38-caliber revolver and
fired at the women. He then
ran out of the restaurant with
Mr. Beathea after him.
Willie Mae Walker. SO, of
Ills o street NV, is in Freed
mems Hospital in satisfactory
condition from the bullet wound
she received in her side. The
other woman. Mildred Thomas,
%. of AL Newton place NV.
was treated for an ankle wound
! and released.
Pvt. Shelton, according to
Homicide Squad Sergt. Samuel
E. Wallace, ran out of an alley
into the TOO block of L street
INV. and into a volley of shots
| fired by Truesdale. The off,
Ger was struck once in the chest
and once in the left calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

( nlgnC Tor hearings on a Ma
tional Flower. one wall was
banked with blossoms. Pretty
girls circulated through the
crowd passing out popcorn
corsages and smiles.
One young man seemed to be
dressed up as a mushroom. but
he turned out to be John Davis,
a Douglas aide, who said
I'm supposed to be some baker
who won the Revolutionary
War by baking cornbread."
After CarnatiOn Vote
Pumping for the carnation
was Representative Ayres. Re-
publican Of Ohio, who imme-
diately attacked the rose back
ers.
IF you adopt the rose you
will ALLEVIATE two important seq
ments of the population" he
said, and to illustrate, whipped
out a bottle of appropriately
labeled whisky.
This is a blended whisky,
and any mention of roses would
ruin you in the eyes of scotch
and bourbon drinkers" Repre-
sentative Ayres also suggested
that the Rev. Billy Graham
might object.
Senator Douglas, a corn
tassel advocate. defended him
self against Senator Morton,
Republican of Kentucky-him-
self a lobbyist for grass-who
said he would lose the female
vote because the corn taSsle is
male.
The bald eagle is a male
and they don't object to that"
Senator Douglas said.
Survive GOlfing
Backing the rose, was Sena-
tor Scott, Republican of Penn
sylvania.
President Eisenhower dam
ages the grass on bad days, but
i've never heard Of him knock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

ing the heads off roses" he
said.
Abiding to "the rose and
these lesser flowers" Senator
Scott suggested that his lis
teners behold the rose and
brush away the weeds"
Grassman Morton reminded
the hearing that it was Soil
Stewardship Week." and cited
the Importance of grass roots.
Senator Morton added that a
wife feels safe when her hus-
band is cutting the grass, and
even when he isn't, hes on the
golf course and close to the
grass"
Senator Douglas not only
stuffed the voters, If not the
ballot boxes with popcorn, but
had a handful of costumed
aides besides the mobile mush-
room to boost corn.
MarigOld Lobbyist
But it was to no avail. A dark
horse. in the shape of Seedman
David Burpee faced the garden
club and introduced himself as
"a registered lobbyist for mari
Colds
Lights from the television
hookup glittered on his glasses
as Mr.. Burpee spoke quietly of
the hardihood of the marigold
to my honorable opponents
and fellow gardeners.
He said his favorite flower
thrives from Alaska to Hawaii,
and is native to the Americas.
Mr.. Burpee said a national
flower should be something
you don't have to go to the
florists to buy-thank goodness
mo one suggested the orchid"
Looking modest and strangely
out of place away from his
garden, Mr.. Burpee mentioned
that there are mine kinds of
bugs which attack the rose"
My friends" the seedman
said, cts the marigold."
A straw vote was taken, and
it was.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
The
Rambler
Looks in
On q Fight
by GEORGE KENNEDY

A verbal fight, political and
personal. that makes the
headlines will always draw a
crowd In Washington. 2
so the Rambler was not
surprised when he APP
preached the committee room
In the new Senate office
Building, where Senator Clin-
ton Anderson has been chal-
longing the veracity OF Secre-
tary OF Commerce Lewis L.
Strauss. TO find 20 or 80 inter-
ested citizens waiting 10 get
In.
He took his place In line
and soon not only was inside
but had a seat also. A roll
call on the Senate floor had
summoned committee mem
bers and a portion of the
audience had decided against
waiting for them to come
back.
II was the first time he had
been In the building which
We have all read and heard so
much about. He had a hard
time getting there from the
Capitol. The subway, that toy
railroad that Senators and
their office staffs and tour
lists and children so enjoy,
has not been completed to
the new building. Its con-
struction has Constitution
avenue so torn up that you
can't even walk along it.
So your rambling CORE
spondent walked through the
old Senate Office Building,
emerged at Second street and
thought he had it made. He
walked north thinking that
there must be an entrance
under the great marble porti-
cos in the middle of the
block.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
NATIONAL FLOWER DEBATE
MorigoId Wins Round
Over Rose, Weeds
By MICHAEL MOK

Not Senator pull popcorn the of Falls
Church Garden Cubbers.
Paul Douglas of Illinois tried but he Jared better than
three other lawmakers who tried give them the business
they say Capitol Hill
When the gardeners entered the last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

BUT NO, THERE WAS a
marble wall and $50 help mel
a moat behind 1t. But no
doorway. He had to walk to
C street to enter some sort of
service doorway under great
brass lamp.
He still doesn't know where
the front door of the building
is. But he will go back and
locate it when he has more
time.
He made himself comfort
able in his seat during the
intermission and waited for
the show to resume. The COM
mittee room, and he was told
1t was one of several similar
ones, was nobly proportioned
and appointed. The walls
were paneled with blond ma
hogany. The rostrum where
the Senators sit was a wide
arc raised above the floor.
Lewis Strauss, who had
been temporarily relegated to
the position of a defendant
instead of a cabinet officer
whose presidential nomina-
ton has been referred for
the advice and consent" of
the Senate, was at the wit
ness table. He is not a large
man. He wore a dark blue
suit and seemed in good
spirits.
He took advantage of the
intermission to come back
into the audience and speak
to the Baroness SilvercruyS,
one of the most beautiful
women to grace this Nations
Capital. She was the wife of
the late Senator Brien Nc
Mahon, who was the chair
man of the Joint Atomic
Energy Committee,
Soon Senator Anderson
came through the door be-
hind the rostrum and took a
seat at the witness table near
Mr.. Strauss. The members of
the committee Interstate
and Foreign Commerce. took
their places on the rostrum.
Senator Anderson finished
reading a statement that con
cluded his testimony and
Senator Norris Cotton of New
Hampshire began asking
questions.
1t was done with the great
est Difference. He was dis
turbed by the testimony be-
cause of the great respect he
held for the distinguished
Senator from New Mexico.
but did his colleague think
this or that statement of Mr..
Strauss amounted to "un-
qualified falsehood"? They
did not seem to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
Home-RuIe Hearings
Promised by Mcmillan
Dovis Subcommittee Picked to Hold
Public Inquiry; Date Not Announced
By JAMES G. DEANE
star stan Writer

Chairman Mcmillan of the House District Committee today
renewed promise will hold public hearings
District home rule proposals, but set no date
The hearing question raised by Representatives Foley
Democrat Maryland Nielsen Republican of Minnesota
at closed committee meeting. The two and some other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
Renewal PIanGiven
Final RIA Approval
NV. Project
Awaits Action
Of Commission
BY GEORGE BEvERIDGE
star stan Writer

The District Redevelopment
Land Agency today gave final
approval to a plan for the
first urban renewal project in
Northwest Washington.
The action was largely a tech
Inicality. which paved the way
for final consideration of the
plan by the National Capital
Planning Commission tomor-
row and its subsequent adop-
ton by the District Commis-
sionerS.
The so-called Project No. 1"
includes an 8-acre area bounded
by North Capitol street, the
Union Station railroad yards.
G and N streets.
Actually, the RIA approved
the land nearly a year ago. but
it has been held up by the
Federal Housing and Home FL
nance Agency.
Plan Light Industry
The plan calls for removing
/ all existing housing but leaving
some good commercial prop
erty. The area will be rebuilt
as light industrial area.
officials explained that in
most cases sub-standard COM
mercial property also will be
condemned by the RIA. But
owners of such property who
are willing to rehabilitate it
in strict accordance with the
Iredevelopment plan will be able
to retain ownership.
RIA Director John r.
Searles, jr., also disclosed that
the RIA has rejected a request
by William Zackendorf's New
York firm. Webb & Knapp, to
consider a slight move of the
proposed South Mall" along
Tenth street between indie
pendence avenue and the
Washington Channel.
Higher Interest
Mr.. Searles said the request
was turned down because high
way officials said a restudy
would seriously delay progress
on the Southwest freeway at
the foot of the Mall and waste
at least $4,000 in design plans
already drawn.
Mr.. Searles also said that an
HHFA ruling on RIA borrow
ing last year was now costing
the local agency about $1,000
day in higher interest pay
mentS.
He said the RIA borrowed
about $45.6 million nine months
ago at an extremely low inter-
est rate. He said it would have
preferred to make the loan for
a one year period but was
forced by HHFA rules into the
shorter loan. AS a result, he
said. higher interest the agency
will pay on a $52.5 million
issuance of temporary notes
authorized today will cost about
81 900 a day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
PTA to Meet

The George Washington High
School P.T.A. will hold its last
meeting of the school year at
8 pm. tomorrow in the school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

committee members are backing
home rule legislation. but the
committee has traditionally
been hostile to home rule
measures.
Mr.. Mcmillan, after the ses-
sion, said he has an agreement
with Representative Davis
Democrat of Georgia, for the
latter to conduct the home rule
inquiry. However. a subcom-
mittee headed by Dr.. Davis has
some other hearings to get out
Of the way first, Mr.. Mcmillan
said. One subject before the
Davis unit is a bill adding two
more judges to District Juvenile
Court. and another is legiSla
ton dealing with legal aid to
indigents.
Not Discussed Today
There was no discussion of
the home rule issue at today's
committee meeting, members
said. The Senate District CON-
mittee has all but completed
hearings on the same question,
and a number of bills are
pending in the House.
Mr.. Mcmillan declined to
predict whether his commit
tee would approve any of the
pending bills. Both he and Mr..
Davis in the past have stated
their opposition to home rule.
The House committee acted
favorably today on several
routine District bills. One
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

would crack down on so-called
fire sales and going out Of bust
ness sale. Another would tight
en- controls on shoplifting.
A third bill would drop a Is
person ceiling on trustees for
some District corporations. An
other measure would drop a re-
quirement of written theoreti-
cal examinations for dentistry
licenses.
Collection Bill Revised
The committee approved a
revised bill setting up bonding
of collection agencies. The re-
visions narrow the scope of the
legislation to exclude some
businesses which would have
been included under a proposal
I by the District Commissioners
The unit decided to restudy
a proposed measure revising
the District Business Corpora
ton Act and another changing
the law regarding school GEN.
SuseS.
Approved was a measure
sponsored by Representative
Broyhill, Republican of Vir-
ginia, granting some suburban
bus lines the same mileage tax
exemption enjoyed by D. C.
Transit System. The eXemp-
ton would cost the District
about $4,000 a year in tax
revenues, William N. Mcleod,
jr,. committee clerk, estimated.
Evening star., 1959-10-18
How new

Swift and Company are introduc-
ing their Candle Light Frozen
Entrees at a small luncheon in New
York's Hampshire House. Come
to a Pillsbury Breakfast, General
Mills Buffet. Creat-name firms,
which have spent thousands of
dollars in perfecting a product,
launch their new offspring with
all the pride of a proud Papa.
Evening star., 1959-10-18
oHas Exclusive Blackberry Flavor
oGives You Fresh Fruit Ntamin-C
TASTES Like Fresh Ripe Fruit
ROYAL a..,Ap,AN

DissO,,e aw cETATiN : with 1 cup boiling
Bssx' s,.r ADA cup cold water, " Yea YEA.
water "a. Hss .na tablespoon lemon juice;
spoon % ''nsi, ~; slightly thiekened. Set pow "
.. 'ee Whip until frOthy and isnt; t"'s ."S y y
.I, ., H:ss, :s.s,.s ss;;%; scy~1 F:s... rs
s"~ i"'o ny" ~ to a-quar' mold, cs,nIsA cn r%l with
sliced apples and mint sp.,ss: serves r u.
serve with whipped cream SS''''
Evening star., 1959-10-18
They cost millions
of dollars and years
of testing and tasting.
But the new creations
start and end i'm one
place = your kitchen!

FATE September in the Grand
- Ballroom of Chicago's Drake
Hotel, amid a garden setting with
fountains playing, | attended a
lavish coming-out party for twins.
A duet of soups was being intro
duced, brand new from the Campbell
Kitchens.
On center table proudly dis
played against a colorful backdrop
were the little red-and-white-labeled
cans bearing the names Condensed
Old Fashioned Tomato Rice"
Condensed Cream of Vegetable -
Walters wheeled the silver soup
tureens table to table - dip of
this kind, now try the other "a
prelude to luncheon.
Years Of experimenting
A company executive said these
soups have been several years in
the making. Actually, one year is
about the minimum time for a new
products borning. l remember a
party given few years ago in the
Crystal Room of the Hotel Plaza,
New York City, by Thomas Upton
to introduce their Green Pea Soup
Mix. Here it is, they said, after
l3 years of experimenting. The
years, in this instance, were spent
working with the Pea Farmers
Association to find the very best
pea to do the job.
Seldom a week passes that the
mail doesn't bring me a gilt-edged
invitation to a product debut: