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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Contractors Claim Demands
Threaten Unions Existence

vailing wage rate, fringe bene-
fits union employers have to
pay give the open shop COM
petitors an advantage in max
ing lower bids. Union leaders
say this difference is slight.
New Pool Of SkilIs
One Of the advantages Of us
ing union labor, is the unions
hiring hall method of providing
the contractor with the neces-
sary number of skilled men.
But union contractors point out
that the ABC group has started
its own pool" Of competent
mechanics which member firms
draw on when needed. They
thus have the advantage OF
their own hiring hall. .
The council has urged men,
bers to sign a lockout agree.
ment which would bar from all
area jobs any trade or trades
that strike at any individual
job of a council firm. Nearly SC
firms have signed, including 9
number of the larger ones, q
spokesman said.
The present boom in con-
struction here. says John w
johnson, a general contractor
and member of the council
probably means there will b
more than enough work for thu
organized labor force here fol
the next 10 months. The bis
Federal construction jobs, such
as Chantilly Airport. will prob.
ably go to union contractors, hi
said.
| But the bread and buttel
ljobs are the smaller ones" HI
added. This kind Of Govern.
ment building boom happen;
only once in about 10 years. ThC
union carpenters can lose those
smaller Jobs"
What Union Ask
The following unions are ask.
ling for these increases:
Carpenters, involving 4,80C
men. want Is cents an hour
above the present $3.50 rate,
operating engineers, some $50
men, want Is cents ain houl
| for each year or q two-yeal
contract over present rates Of
1921 to $3.50; teamsters, some
400 men, want so cents an houl
over two years above the cur
trent 81 to $40 rates; cement
ImasonS, some $50 men, want
so cents an hour above the
$3.42k2 they're now getting, anc
laborers. some 5000 men, want
35 cents an hour above the
Ipresent average rate of $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

owe MOVED HOUSES
from the Chantilly Airport
site as far as IA miles but
the moving did not cost as
much as this one. We moved
them four to five miles an
hour along the highway. One
day we moved this house only
60 feet but it was a good
days work.
"Our contract calls for a
right of way, The owner of
the house has to provide that.
1t runs into money. For one
thing, he has had to pay
$4,000 to the C&P Telephone
Co. and PEPCO to raise their
wires so we can go under
them. He has to pay for these
men from ASplundh Tree Ex-
pert Co., who are telling and
trimming trees"
The house, which weighs
100 tons, is carried on a tim
Der platform resting on two
huge steel beams. A big truck
ahead with a power winch
pulls the house ahead 10 feet
at a time with a cable tested
at $4,000 pounds tensile
strength, as workmen under
meath the house replace
planks ahead of the tires of
the dollies.
The Rambler checked the
house outside and in. No
cracks in the exterior walls
of tile faced with brick. Not
even a hair line crack in the
plaster inside.
Mr.. Mellen who purchased
the house for $4,000 came UP.
81 paid $1,000 for the lot it's
heading for" he said, "and
my estimate of the cost of the
basement, plumbing, sewage,
gas, electricity and landscap-
ing is $500.
81 hope to sell it for $27, 500,
have reason to believe that l
have a purchaser at that
price"
Mental arithmetic suggests
that his total costs will be
between $4,000 and $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Three Sisters Islands
Studied as Bridge Site

Plans for construction of Potomac River bridge at Three
Sisters Islands under study in the District.
The Highway Department announced yesterday that pre-
mnary engineering drawings for bridge at this site have
been submitted to the National Capital Planning COMMISSIONS
co-ordnating committee.
Harold l. Aiken. Halfway Department director said the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Bea|I Hopeful
For Home Rule
Passage Soon
Senator Supports
District Executive
Chosen BY Voters


Senator Beall Of Maryland
today voiced hope for congress
sional approval Of a District
home rule bill this year.
The Maryland Republican ex-
pressed preference for a bill
providing an elected chief
executive, rather than the
administration proposed APP
pointed governor. But he said
he would support any bill that
would give District citizens
some degree Of democracy.
Senator Beall expressed his
views at a brief hearing pre-
sided over by Senator Hartke,
Democrat of Indiana, chair
man of the Senate District
Commuters judiciary Subcom-
mittee. Mr.. Beall is a COM
mittee member.
Hearing Tomorrow
Mr.. Hartke announced that
the committee will hold q final
session for hearing public
testimony at IL am. tomor-
row. Senator Morse, Democrat
Of Oregon, sponsor of a bill call
ing for creation of a charter
commission and for q public
referendum on home rule, is
referendum on home rule, will
be heard at / pm. Monday. and
the subcommittee then will de-
eide what to recommend.
Senator Hartke declined to
predict the units action.
Senator Beall noted today
that he has been supporting
the home rule idea for is years.
Il have not seen my Efforts
eliminate in home rule for the
citizens Of the District OF Co
lumbia, yet I am not disheart-
ened nor do I feel I should
lessen my efforts in behalf of
this legislation" he said.
Rather, I feel certain the
time has come for all of us to
double our efforts. Now, during
this Congress, is the time to
act, and / have no intention
OF doing otherwise" he added.
The Maryland legislator
called the home-rule effort "a
clear fight for the rights of q
large group Of diSenfranchiseo
persons to enable them to con-
duct their own affairs"
He noted that Congress
after long years of controversy
had finally given statehood to
Alaska and Hawaii.
Asks Real Home Rule"
The Senator said that, il
lhome-rule proponents have the
votes to send the administra.
ltion-urged Governor and terri.
torial Legislature bill to the
White House, they have the
votes to send "a real home rule
bill" there. He is backing an
elected Mayor and city council
measure which is being spon-
sored along with the referen-
dunn proposal by Senator
Morse.
LET us face the issue square.
Ily." Senator Beall asserted. NC
one can govern for others bet
ter than those persons can gov.
ern for themselves. An ap.
pointed Governor isn't and nevei
will be a representative of the
people"
/ Senator Beall opposed Sen.
ator Morse's charter commits.
sion move.
He also predicted that any
bill failing to grant complete
home rule might have some diff
ficulty getting through the Sen.
ate. Prospects of home ruiz
legislation for getting through
the House are generally consid.
cred far more doubtful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Nursery School Fete

The Glenbrook Coop Nur-
sery School. at Ayrlawn Rec
reation Center. Bethesda, will
hold an open house between
$3.50 and 5 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

THE HOUSE WAS pur-
chased from the Roads Com
mission by David r. Mellen
of 6705 Goldsboroughf road,
Bethesda, for $4,000.
Ordinarily the Roads Com
mission has to tear down the
houses which are in their
path. The razing would have
cost about $3.50.
But Mr.. Mellen's purchase
Is speculative. He is not going
to make a fortune on his
purchase.
For one thing, this moving
is an especially expensive one.
The terrain is difficult.
The Braddock Co., house
movers, has contracted to
move the house about three
blocks for $4,000. The amount
would be much less if it were
along a paved highway.
But this house is moving
east along the unpaved grad
ing for the extension Of
Sixteenth street, then along
one block of a narrow street
called Elkhart, then north on
First avenue, a street which
has not been cut through. It's
on the map but it's in the
woods and big trees have to
be felled to make way for the
house.
This is the largest house
we have moved on dollies,p
said John Duncan, vice pres
ident of the Braddock Co.,
who is experimenting the
job. His hands we're muddy
from working with his men.
John is 80 and the company
is 3 years old.
1--WE moved the jockey
house at Laurel 200 feet for
the widening of the track, "
he said. THAT was a large
building, 80 feet long. We
laid two railroad tracks and
used steel rollers.
II want you to notice the
three dollies bearing this
house. Each has six small
wheels with pneumatic tires.
The tires are 30-ply and are
inflated to $50 pounds per
square inch. The set of three
dollies cost $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
The
Rambler
Attends
A House Moving
BY GEORGE REMEDY


Silver Spring housewives
along Second avenue north
OF the Colesville road are
behind in their homework.
They are spending most of
their time watching a az
story brick house slowly pro-
coed to a new location.
Day by day 1t progresses at
an average Of 200 feet a day.
The move Is not bothering
a pair Of wrens nesting under
the caves Of the cornice above
the front door. They go out
for food occasionally and
have no difficulty finding
the house on their way back.
The house was unfortunate
in this: 1t was found to be in
the middle of the survey for
the extension of Sixteenth
street NV, which does not
continue its course due north
but is to loop around the Sill
yer Spring business center.
The house was purchased
by the Maryland Roads Com
mission for about $4,000. 1t
was both a handsome. and
comfortable house with three
bedrooms, and attached ga
rage and a back porch. 1t
was In a pleasant location. A
magnificent dogwood tree is
blooming in the front yard
although the house is gone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30


competition, he claims.
Held Old Argument
This has been his main point
in negotiations. But B. B.
Blackburn, secretary-treasurer
of the Carpenters District
Council, says 1t has been the
contractors argument "for the
past 80 years"
But contractors here point to
the growth Of a group now ex-
panding in nearby Maryland
the Associated Building Con-
tractors, which includes union
and non-union firms. The Con-
struction Contractors Council
involved in the current strike
threat is composed Of about $50
firms employing organized la
Dor.
They say the ABC has opened
up the Baltimore construction
industry where the new group
is strongly entrenched.
Council members say Abe
Arms in nearby Maryland =
there are about 40 members
so far-are winning most
Jobs in the suburban counties
that are under 50 million. How.
ever, they say, the open shor
firms are not yet big enough
to handle the larger bids.
Tracy Coleman, president Of
the nearby ABC chapter, claims
more and more Of the gooc
sized jobs are going to oper
shop firms" in this area. Mr.
Coleman's own general con-
tracing firm, Coleman g. Wood
is open shop.
Two Factors Cited
The primary reasons the oper
shop firms have made stead!
inroads on union contractors
Mr.. Coleman said, are theil
growing financial capacity Il
handle bigger jobs and thu
Taft Hartley Act.
At a meeting this week Of thu
Construction Contractors Coun'
Gil, called to map out its cam
paign against union wage anC
benefit demands, one membeI
told the group that 80 jobs ar,
coming up in Montgomery alonI
worth about Sill million ant
"only S per cent will go union.
Union contractors cite thu
fiexibility that an open shoI
contractor has in the use o.
his LABOR force. Union firms arr
bound by jurisdictional lines es'
tablished by the crafts. Despite
the fact that open shop EN-
ployers generally pay the pre-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Held Old Argument

contractors to meet open shop
competition, he claims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29

on desegregation are. but made
it plain in 1857 that he be-
lieved adequate time must be
given.
He has been judge for the
Eastern District Of Virginia
since 1914, when he was APP
pointed by President Franklin
D. Roosevelt. Before that, he
had been a Federal district
attorney for IL years.
Judge Hutchinson attended
William and Mary College from
1912 to 1914 and, after a special
course in law at the University
of Virginia, was admitted to
the bar in 1919, He began
practice in Boydton the next
year.
The third judge in the dis
trict, Walter F. Hoffman, pre-
sides in Norfolk, where Judge
Bryan formerly sat until the
third judgeship was created by
Congress in 1854.
When all three benches are
occupied, each judge normally
handles the cases coming in his
own court, although technically
Judge Bryan will be response
BILE after September /, for as
signing cases on the docket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
D. c. Truck Driver
Freed in Fatality

A District truck driver was
freed yesterday of manslaughter
filed after his truck ran over
and fatally injured a man in
Kenilworth. Md.
Prince Georges County AS
sistant States Attorney John P.
Mudd nolle pressed the charge
against David Logan, "a. of the
500 block of Twenty-fifth place
NE. Fatally injured in the July
8 accident was Orville T. Marie,
81. listed at l0l5 Eighth street
NV, police said.
The prosecutor quoted police
as saying a witness saw the
victim lie down to sleep by the
rear wheel of the truck parked
behind Franks Tavern, 1903
Kenilworth avenue. Mr.. Logan
came out of the restaurant and
drove away without realizing
the accident had occurred,
police said. Mr.. Mudd said he
did not believe the accident
was due to case of gross negli-
gence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
Terms Given 7
Attacking Couple

Two men were sentenced to
five years each in Jail yester-
day for attacking couple while
they slept in park area near
North Brentwood, Md.
Prince Georges Circuit Court
Judge John B. Gray, jr., ordered
the terms in the House of Cor
rections for Warren P. Hawk
ms, %, of the $500 block of
Banner street, North Brent
wood, and Willie Lee Reeder,
80. of the 5100 block of Lake
land road, College Park.
The men were charged by
police with assault with intent
to kill Claude Coldwell, SO. of
Shelbyville, Tenn, and with
assault with intent to rape his
wife, Lena, 80. The incident
occurred June 9.
The men pleaded guilty to
the charge involving Mr.. Cold
we'll, and the charges involving
his wife were nol-prossed by
States Attorney William L.
Kahler. A third man also was
charged in the case by Mr.
Kahler dropped the counts
against him when he became
a states witness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
CLOSING DATE DEBATED
School Poser Raised
By Late Labor Day
shortened.

term can be shortened.
Although Prince Georges
schools will open the same day
as those in Montgomery
Prince Georges schools will
CLOSE two days earlier. on June
%. Prince Georges School
Superintendent william S
Schmidt said he has not re-
ceiyed complaints about the
closing date.
The District school term runs
from September 8 through
June is, providing 1874 class
days.
Arlington has the longest
school year in the area-l87
days. The Arlington school
year begins September / and
ends June Is. Fairfax County
schools open September / and
close June 8, after 1875 days,
Alexandria schools open Sep
TENDER 8 and close June 10, a
total Of 1870 days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29

If your policy is for a car
owned or principally driven by
an unmarried man under 25,
the increase will be 5000 in
Baltimore, $l4.80 in suburban
Baltimore, 1920 in Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges Coun-
ties and $3.50 in the remainder
of the State.
If your policy is for a car
owned or principally operated
by married men under Is or
is a family car with male
drivers under Is, the increase
will be $17.4O in Baltimore, So
in suburban Baltimore, $8.40 in
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties and $3.50 elsewhere
IN the State.
Property damage rate changes
will include a 81 reduction in
suburban Baltimore and a 50
drop in Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties. Rates in
this category will remain I'M
changed throughout the rest Of
Maryland.
The 80 per cent discount for
farmers automobiles continues
under the new rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
D. C.-Richmond
Train No. 20 to
Be Discontinued

RICHMOND, July 90 (AP).-
The State Corporation Com
mission yesterday granted a re-
quest by the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg g. Potomac Railway
Co. for permission to discon-
tinue passenger train No. 20
between here and Washington
The RF&P proposed that the
discontinued train be CONSOLE
dated with train No. "a. a Sea
board Air Line train from
Florida to New York. No. &c
leaves Richmond at 7:30 am
and arrives in Alexandria al
9:08 am. and Washington at
9:29 am. EST.
Witnesses for the RIFF
testified the extent of the pub
lies use of train No. 20 did not
justify its continued operation
Consolidation of this train with
No. "a, they said, would save
the RF&P approximately $751;
600 a year.
The RF&P'S request drew op-
position from H. Eugene Bryan
a Washington attorney, anc
Phillip B. Brennan, jr., a public
relations consultant in Wash
ington.
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Brennan
testified yesterday they live in
Fredericksburg and use the
train daily to commute tC
Washington. Both said also
that the frequent lateneSs Of
train No. "a in arriving at Fred
erlcksburg means they woulc
not be provided the service they
now get on train No. 20.
Train No. 20 is the only re-
naming train operated by the
RF&P between here and Wash
ington. The railroad proposes
to add additional cars to No
"a to meet commuter needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29

A late Labor Day this year
will delay the closing OF nearby
Maryland schools until late in
June.
A proposal of Montgomery
County school officials to hold
classes through June "A has
brought protests from some
school board members who be-
lieve the closing date is too late
in summer.
Leading the opposition is
Robert E. Morrow, who said he
has received "a number OF
protests" from residents of the
rural county area where he
lives.
1T is running classes too late
in June when 1t is too hot and
students don't learn anything,
Mr.. Morrow said.
Falls on September I
Other Montgomery School
Board members have reported
similar complaints, but Board
President Rose c. Kramer said
most parents she has talked to
realize the late closing is re-
quired to accommodate an ade-
quate instruction program.
Labor Day. the traditional
end of the summer vacation
season, falls this year on Sep
TENDER 7 compared to Septem-
Der ! last year Montgomery
schools and those in neighbour
ing Prince Georges County will
open September 8.
Montgomery School Supt. C
Taylor Whittier said Mary
land law required 100 school
days.
His plan for the next school
term provides for 1856 school
days, three of these set aside
as snow days" in case school
must close because of bad
weather.
ID. c. Term Is 1874 Days
DR.. Whittier said he believes
the three extra days should
not make much difference. He
said teachers are "overwhelm-
ingly" against shortening the
To-day Easter vacation so the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29

general organizer Robert H
Hastings, asked:
/. Recognition by the COM
mission of the right of the en-
ployes to organize.
2. Right of the union to rep
resent its members on matters
relating to wages, hours, work.
ing conditions and grievances
8. Payroll deductions by the
commission for union dues on
the basis of authorization cards
provided by the union.
4. Establishment of a new
grievance procedure which
would provide for union repre-
sentation of the employees in
any grievance.
No Binding Agreement
Yesterdays meeting followed
ruling by Attorney General C
Ferdinand Sybert that the COM
mission could enter into discus
sionS with the union but lacked
authority to make any binding
agreement with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
Maryland
Blue Cross
DeniesWuste

BALTIMORE. July 20 (AP)
Blue Cross Executive Director
r eginald Dabney yesterday
termed unfounded charges the
hospital insurance program is
wasteful.
I'VE have all heard charges
that some subscribers are 'abus-
ing Blue Cross benefits, and
that hospital services are being
used excessively or uneco-
nominically," he said.
Much of the comment on
this subject, I believe, has been
made recklessly, without foun-
dation."
Mr., Dabney defended the
Blue Cross as a legislative coun-
Gil committee opened hearings
into the programs financial
aspect. The lawmakers want to
evaluate the Blue Cross recent
request for a 24.5 per cent in
crease in subscriber rates. Last
October it was granted one of
1879 per cent.
Maryland Blue Cross sub
scriberS averaged only 7.42 days
in a hospital per case in 1858
compared with the national
Blue Cross average of 1853 days,
Mr Dabnoy said.
Committee Chairman John
Clarence North, Democrat of
Talbot, asked whether Blue
Cross might be pricing itself
out of business.
There is no danger as long
as we are able to maintain our
position" the executive director
replied. But rates of private
companies are going up, too"
He acknowledged that growth
of the Blue Cross in Maryland
slowed down a bit last year. He
attributed this to competition
from commercial insurance
firms and the recession.
Mr.. Dabney was the only wit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
Alexandra
Eyes Steiner
Pupil Hurdle

Borderline students In Alex
andria schools may find II
tougher to earn promotions
during the coming school year
Principals of the city's schools
conferred yesterday with Supt.
T. c. Williams about means OF
reducing the wide disparity in
achievement that recent tests
have revealed in virtually all
grades.
Mr.. Williams reported the
schoolmasters concluded that
a sterner look at each pupils
qualifications for the next grade
might be one answer.
1--WE think that perhaps those
doubtful cases should be re-
viewed more critically and that
pupils involved should not be
promoted unless there is rea-
sonable assurance that they will
succeed in the higher grade, y
Mr.. Williams said,
The superintendent asserted
the tests which disclosed a wide
spread in the academic ac-
complishment Of pupils in the
same grades merely dramatized
a situation of which the prin-
cipals long have been aware.
THE problem is not unique
to Alexandria, but the fact that
it is not unique does not mean
that we should not attack it"
he said.
1--WE probably will never be
able to solve it completely, but
to the extent that we can solve
it, then the whole school system
and each individual in it will
profit"
Educators consider that the
presence of unwilling pupils OF
unavoidably slow learners can
impede the progress of the
class as a whole.
Mr.. Williams reported that
in addition to studying the de-
STABILITY Of a stricter promo
ton policy, school authorities
will try to discover other meth
DDS of reducing the extreme in
achievement differences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29

TdCeS yesterday.
The rating organizations said
the new rates were necessary
because claim costs have been
caught in the inflationary
spiral"
The amount of increase var
les widely depending On the
policy, the policyholder and
where he lives. In some cases
motorists outside the Baltimore
and Washington metropolitan
areas may even have slightly
lower rates.
AS an example, say you're
a motorlst complying with the
minimum requirements of
Maryland's dissatisfied Claims
and Judgment Law. That
means you carry $4,000 insur-
ance for bodily injury to one
person in an accident you
cause, $4,000 for injury to
more than one person and
$4,000 for property damage.
If your policy is for a car not
driven by operators under 25
the new rate is $3.50 to $7.2C
higher in Baltimore, $1.2O tc
$3.50 higher in Prince Georges
and Montgomery Counties anc
80 cents lower to 40 cents higher
elsewhere in the State.