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The people's voice., 1959-04-24
Bradford Highway Investigating

Highway Department, that this strip
of road when completed will cost
approximately $9,OOO,OOO. Exami-
nation of Mr.. Quinnell, Chief Engi-
neer of the Highway Department,
further revealed that he did not
know that Congress has passed a
law citing So Stat. s81, under Sec
tion 9 of the Flood Control Act
which adopted Senate Bill 191 au-
thorizing Mission Dam, which when
completed, would completely inun-
date this $9,OOO,00O strip of road.
This was true, even though nearly
a million dollars of this nine mil
lion dollars came directly from the
gasoline taxes of the State of Mon
tana.
At the termination of this $9,00O,-
900 strip of highway previously men
toned, the Yellowstone Valley mar
rows to width of a few hundred
yards. At this point rock promin-
tory juts into the Yellowstone River.
This, according to the available rec
ords is the dam site of the Mission
Dam, and is also known as "Spring-
dale Hip. At this point, another
rather interesting story begins.
The original plans for the interstate
highway called for an estimation of
three proposed routes around Spring
dale Hill. One of these routes would
have dropped below the rock and fol-
lowed the river bed. Another would
have routed south of the hill through
rather difficult terrain, and the other
would have followed the present
route.
For the purpose of this discussion
we shall refer only to the proposed
route along the river and the present
route and shall ignore the alternative
'oute to the south of Springdale Hill.
The original plans called for 1,700,-
700 to be spent in following the river
quite, and for $2,500,OOO to be spent
,or cutting into the cliff along the
present route.
For reasons that are clear only to
he Highway Department. the route
through the present rocky promintory
vas chosen and the original route
vas abandoned. After the excavation
,egan it was discovered that a ma
erial different in nature from that
believed to comprise Spring
lale Hill existed, and that the Hill,
ather than being of solid rock. was
shale-like material which had a !
endency to slide. The result was
hat it was necessary to enlarge the
xcavation considerably to prevent |
he road from sliding.
Another result was to increase
the total cost of this project to
So, 500, 200, or nearly twice the
amount estimated on its river route.
Before proceeding with the sItua-
on of Springdale Hill perhaps it
-ould be well to explain the method
f bidding and letting contracts in
ne State of Montana. The contractor
oes not bid given sum for an en-
re project, but rather bids a GER
lin amount for the various Jobs that
ppear necessary to complete the
We have set forth in the para
raph following an example of a por-
on of typical bid sheet:
The people's voice., 1959-04-24

Education is matter of values,
rather than wealth., says the Ma
tional Education Association. ''We
have the money to pay for educa-
ton, but we have to decide whether
it's worth as much as new cars or
late-model hi-fi's."
The people's voice., 1959-04-24

I have been so excited about the
Springdale Hill project lies in the
fact that the lower river route was
not taken. 1t is conceded that some
negotiations would have to be made
with the Northern Pacific Railway
because the following of the lower
route would have required the NOV
ing of the Northern Pacific Railway
from it's present location.
However, the testimony of Mr..
Horace Williams, present Program
Engineer and for many years Chief
Plans Engineer with the Highway
Department, revealed that the North
ern Pacific in the past has always
been reasonable in it's dealings with
the Highway Department. So, we can
assume that it should have been no
serious problem in this respect.
However. for some reason best
understood by the Highway Depart
ment, the present route was taken
without even benefit of a prior in
vestigation of the material involved
in the hill. The result has been to
increase the cost of circumventing
Springdale Hill by 1.8 million dollars
over the estimated cost of the lower
route. This is the amount which Mr..
Williams somewhat facetiously re
marked could have permitted the in
stallation and gold-plating of the
lower route.
X
The following points would seem
to be of significance in connection
with the Springdale Hill project:
(1) Failure to study the survey of
the Springdale Hill resulted in a
million dollar mis-calculation of the
cost of road through the hill.
(2) The fact that the Chief Engi-
neer of the Highway Department who
has been with the Highway Depart
ment for over thirty years didn't even
know about the proposed dam site
at Springdale Hill and the fact that |
an impoundment had been authorized |
by Congress which would flood the
$1,000, 900 road from Springdale Hill
% Livingston. This is true even though
Montana would be obliged to pay
approximately 80 of this sum, or
nearly million dollars.
(3) Million dollar contracts in
themselves are seldom encountered
my place except on the Interstate
Highway System. We are now enter
ng into an era wherein such may
'erhaps be more commonplace. How
ver, steps should be taken to avoid
situation where million dollar mis-
alculations by our State Engineers
esulting in given contractor fall
ng heir to million dollar change s
rider, which is in effect the equiva- ,
ent of getting a million dollar con- I
ract without the necessity of bidding {
or it. We assume that there is moth
lg illegal or immoral about this par
cular situation, however, this pro-
edure should be frightened immedi-
tely because if after this extensive
nd extremely expensive multi-million
ollar program of building highways
Continued On Page Three)
The people's voice., 1959-04-24

It is April 10 as I write this col
umn for the paper the week of April
"a. You probably noticed on the front
page, Harry and 1 will be in New
York when this paper goes to press,
and on the 22nd we will have received
one of five Sidney Hillman Awards
for journalism.
I have been so excited about the
Evening star., 1959-12-23

Rev. Msgr. John K. Cartwright
rector of the cathedral, will
preach. The mass will be pre-
ceded by the cathedral choir
singing carols from 1870 pm
to midnight.
Several churches will present
living Nativity scenes on their
lawns tomorrow Christ Lu-
theran Church, Sixteenth and
Gallatin streets NV, will give
performances after the Z pm
children's service and between
the 9 and IL pm. services.
Bethany Lutheran Church
Beacon Hill road and Oak
drive, Alexandria, Va, will give
performances at Z, 8 and $50
pm.
Trinity Presbyterian Church,
Sixteenth and North Ingle-
wood streets, Arlington, Va,
will have showings at Z, 7:3O
/ 8 and 10:30 pm.
Boulevard Baptist Church
Falls Church. Va, will give the
tableau at 7, 7:45, $3.50 and
9:15 pm.
Nokesville Cva0 Methodist
Church will present a living
Nativity from 1903 pm.
Christmas eve services an.
nounced by Was shingtor
churches are as follows:
$3.50 p. m.-St. Adams EpiS.
copal, Wisconsin and Massa
chusett avenues N. w.
1880 p. m.-Reformation Lu.
theran, 2l2 East Capitol street
children's service.
1O:45 p. m. - Reformation
Lutheran.
IL p. m.-Luther Place Mem.
orial Lutheran, Thomas circle
st. Johns Episcopal, George.
town Parish, o and Potomac
streets N. w; McKendret
Methodist, South Dakota ave.
nue. and Twenty-fourth stree
NE; st. Paul's Episcopal, Rocl
Creek Parish. Church road anc
Webster street N. W., preceded
by carols at 10:30 p. m; st
Adams Episcopal.
Sixth Presbyterian, Sixteenth
and Kennedy streets N. W.; Al
Evening star., 1959-12-23

Souls Memorial Episcopal, 2300
Cathedral avenue N. W.; Dunn
barton Avenue Methodist, 3133
Dumbarton avenue n. W; st.
Marks Episcopal, Third and A
streets S. E., preceded by carols
at 10:3O p. m.
HIS p. m.-Epiphany Epis-
copal, 1917 G street N. W., pre-
ceded by carols at l0:30 p. m.
1880 pm. - Westmoreland
Congregational, Westmoreland
circle NV; st. Paul's Epis-
copal, Washington Parish, 2430
K street NV; st. Columba's
Episcopal, Forty-second and
Albemarle streets NV; st.
Johns Episcopal, Lafayette
square, preceded by carols at
II pm.
Maryland churches ANNOUNCE
ing Christmas eve services in
clude the following:
1880 p.m.-St. Andrews Epis-
copal, College avenue and
Princeton street, College Park.
$3.50 p.m.-Grace Episcopal,
1907 Grace Church road, Silver
Spring.
II p.m.-North College Park
Methodist, Rhode Island av-
enue and Hollywood road, COL
lege Park; st. Andrews Epis-
copal; Grace Grace Episcopal.
Virginia churches announce
ing Christmas eve services in
clude the following:
p.m.-St. .Patrick's Epis-
copal. 1415 Brush drive, Falls
Church.
Z pm. - Fairfax Unitarian,
Oakton School, Fairfax.
7:45 p.m.-Boulevard Baptist,
Arlington boulevard and West
colt street, Falls Church.
p.m.-Community Method
iSt, Key boulevard and North
Bryan street, Arlington; Memo
rial Baptist, 3455 North Glebe
road, Arlington.
lO:45 p.m.-Fairfax Method
ist, Kenmore drive and Strait
ford avenue, Fairfax.
ii p.m.-Vienna PreSbyter-
ian. Vienna, preceded by organ
recital at 1890 pm; Falls
Church Episcopal, South WASH
ington and East Fairfax streets,
Falls Church; St. Marks Evan
gelical United Brethren, North
Glebe road and Twenty fifth
street, Arlington, preceded by
music festival at 1890 pm;
st. Patrick's Episcopal.
HIS p.m.-Trinity Presby-
terian, Sixteenth and North
Inglewood streets; Old Presby-
terrain Meeting House, 32l
South Fairfax street, Alexan-
dria.
Evening star., 1959-12-23

tuaries being frightened only
by the flickering tiny flames of
the lighted tapers. The tradi-
tional midnight mass will be
held at Catholic churches with
the choirs of each parish taking
part.
Several thousand worshipers
are expected to gather in Wash
ington Cathedral for the Christ
mas eve worship in a setting of
tall, pointed cedars and flaming
red poinsettias. The long nave
of the Cathedral will be lighted
by hundreds Of candles for the
traditional midnight service of
holy communion, starting at
1880 pm.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Bishop of Washington, will be
the celebrant. The Very Rev.
Francis B. Sayre. jr., Cathedral
dean, will preach.
Special Music
Special Christmas music will
be sung by the Cathedral Choir
Of Men and Boys under the
direction of Paul Galloway,
Cathedral organiSt and choir
master.
The service will be telecast
across the Nation by CBS-TV
from 1880 p.m.-l2:30 am.
More than 5000 worshipers
will fill the great Upper Church
OF the new Catholic Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception on
the Catholic University campus
for the first Christmas mid
night mass tomorrow. The
Right Rev. MSgr. Thomas J..
Grady. director of the Shrine.
will be the celebrant and the
preacher. The Little Singers of
Paris, on tour of the United
States, will sing with the Right
Rev. Msgr. Fernand Maillet
directing.
The mass will be televised on
the ABC-TV network from l2
midnight to am, and will be
telecast locally on WMAL-TV
from IL midnight to 1880 am
1t will be broadcast on the CHS
radio network from l2:45-l
DR.. Shane Mccarthy, Govern
ment official, will narrate the
mass on the telecast.
Admission to the mass is bv
ticket on request at the Office
OF the Shrine of the Immacu-
late Conception.
At st. Matthew's
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
OBoyle. Archbishop of WASH
lngton. will be celebrant at the
~ midnight mass in st. Mat
thew's Cathedral, I725 Rhode
Island avenue NV. The Right
Evening star., 1959-12-23

II, as Mrs. Perle MeSta says
the performance of Berlioz
opera Les Troyans" mex
month in Constitution Hal
will be Washington's creates
cultural event, certainly thu
performance of his oratoriC
"L'Enfance du Christ" there
last night by the Nationa
Symphony under Robert Shaw
should rank rather high on the
list of such such events.
The music itself has hardly
any counterpart, either among
the works of Berlioz or those
of any other 18th Century mu.
sician. The four soloists were
excellent, the chorus - ar
amalgamation of several loca,
choirs-although badly under
rehearSed rose to the sublime
apotheosis of the piece, ano
Robert Shaw and the National
Symphony were at the top OF
their forms.
Berlioz' masterpiece has not
been heard here since 1855
when it was done at the Wash
ington Cathedral under Paul
Galloway, but that it has be-
come an annual event in New
York is easy to understand
The story is tenderly and
graphically retold by Berlioz
who being an atheist could fino
the beauty of the Bible as un-
alloyed by traditional sentiment
as that of the Aeneid.
The music is ravishing-what
can one say about such a series
of vocal and orchestral canoes
each of which seems to be the
perfect expression of the Bibli-
cal picture?
The work opens with Herod's S
dream and his slaughter of the
innocentS. Berlioz disdains
dramatic contrast with a mar
velous sense of fitness, and does
not depict either the terror of
the people nor the killing of
the children. He passes on to
the scene in the manger, the
visitation of angels, the flight
into Egypt, and concludes with
the arrival at Sais.
If there is none of the gran
deur of Berlioz' two other scored
pieces, the Requiem" and the
"Te Deum," there is musical
expression of emotions less
given to facile handling by a
composer. Compassion, love,
fear, simple joy, and the ten
dernesS of the parents and also
of the Ishmaelites. are all en-
bodied in music of an intensity
BerlioZ never achieved again.
Mr.. Shaw. who until the last
few years devoted himself ex-
clusively to the choral litera-
ture, has a sensitive and secure
feeling for "L'Enfance." The
tempoS, I thought, were good
throughout, the estr a
played a score which must be
as transparent as spring water
magnificently.
Of the four soloists, the tenor
and the baritone have by far
the longest and most reward
ing roles. Leopold Simoneau
sang so beautifully, so easily,
so convincingly. that one can
readily believe that a better
realization of his part can
scarcely be imagined even in
the heated fancy of a critic.
Martial Singher. as both Herod
and Joseph. was superb. espe-
cially in the gloomy, restless,
uneasy aria that activates the
whole story.
Jan Rubes and Frances Bible
Evening star., 1959-12-23
NEWS OF MUSIC
Fine Voices Offer
BerIioz Sacred Work

sang less extensive roles. Both
were very impressive, but for
them and for Singher, too, it
was really Simoneau's night
not because any fault could be
found with the other three, but
because Berlioz gave a tenor
the opportunity to make live
one of the most effective and
moving roles in all oratorio,
and Simoneau simply had the
voice and the intelligence to
make the most of it.
Evening star., 1959-12-23
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE
Star Music Critic

National Symphony Orchestra,
Robert Shaw, conductor. Soloists
Frances Bible, mezzo: Leopold Simo-
neau, tenor: Martial Singher, BARI
tone: Jan Rubes. bass. Members
OF the choruseS of American Uni
yersity, Catholic University, Dupont
Park EpheSuS Seventh Day Adventist
Church, Howard University. Il En-
fance du Christ" BerlioZ.
Evening star., 1959-12-23

Under D. C. law couples
must apply for a marriage
incense on one day, iUdit three
JuH days and receiue the
Hcense on the nth day. Sun
Gays and HOLIDAYS are counted
t1e same as other dQuS.
Evening star., 1959-12-23

PONTIAC '55 4-door: T. and h.,
family car: S695, S95 down: bank
Evening star., 1959-12-23

1890 WIS. AVE. OIL. 4-SO00
I'm THE HEART OF BETHESDA"
PONTIAC SO 2-dr. sedan: heater;
under 10000 miles. S700. RE.
5-72S2.
PONTIAC SO convertible; 6eauti-
Evening star., 1959-12-23
CondIeIight Services
Set Christmas Eve

The birth of Christ in the msnger Bethlehem 1859 years
will be reverenty hailed by worshper
at Christmas services
Carols and other sacred Yuede will be sung by
chors and congregations during the worship Numerous
tant churches will have candeght services with
Evening star., 1959-12-20

the story failed to report that
it came in response to this
questions: Which man
(Rockefeller or Vice Presi-
dent Nixon would have
greater appeal to Democrats
and Independents? This is
where, I believe, the New
Yorker has the edge" be-
cause of Mr.. Nixon's greater
Identification with parti-
san combat in the past.
Obviously, the Vice President
has a tremendous lead for
the COP. nomination now.
Second, as to our predic-
tions on the Democratic
nominee, also in response to
a question. the story quoted
Frank Holeman Of the New
York Daily News as picking
Senator Kennedy, and me as
naming Senator Symington.
Actually, the gueSSes were
made just the other way
around (even though this
may cost me prophet Of the
year honors).
Alan S. Emory,
Washington Correspondent
Watertown IN. " Dali!
Times.
Evening star., 1959-12-20

with cancer, heart disease and poliomye-
litis. This is in keeping with the recent
agreement to renew and broaden collab-
grafton between our two countries.
AS explained by DR.. H. Van Zile
Hyde, who specializeS in international
affairs for our Public Health Service:
We'll hold meetings on each Of the three
fields. In 1860, the cancer and heart
disease meetings will be held in the
United States, with the polio discussions
in Russia. Then they'll switch sites in
1861" Moreover, during these two years,
each country will send special scientific
delegations to the other-for periods of
as much as a month-to study and con-
suit on all the problems involved in the
program.
Certainly, although 1t is not likely
to achieve any overnight miracles, moth
ing but good can come from this under
taking. In and of itself, of course, it
cannot put an end to the cold war, but it
can be helpful in abating it. At any rate,
through the cooperation enviSioned in
1t, 1t can do much to improve Soviet
American relations while at the same
time helping to improve the health of
the world at large
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Tale of Two Cities

When the exploding" populations
of two neighboring cities begin to over
lap, it is time for the governing bodies
of both cities to join hands in an at
tempt to guide their growth along or
derly lines Washington and Baltimore
are finding that their satellite COM
munitieS have begun to fill the open
spaces which once separated the two
cities. With the expansion has come
an increasing need for interurban CO.
operation and coordination in the field
of metropolitan planning. The stage
thus has been set for a joint effort to
devise a pattern for future growth that
will be of mutual benefit.
The first step toward such intercity
planning has been taken by the National
Capital Regional Planning Council, the
Baltimore Regional Planning Council
and the Maryland State Roads Com
mission. They have agreed to work to-
gether in sponsoring regional study of
problems affecting the two cities, with
a view to a common approach to the
solution of highway, transportation,
zoning and other matters.
When it is realized that the plan
nerS predict population as large as
million for the District-Baltimor
complex within another 40 years, the
wisdom of stalking out guidelines now
for orderly development is evident. The
teamwork just beginning to manifest
itself is an augury of an era ahead in
which there will be little to distinguish
one metropolitan area from the other
except, of course, in the voting rights
Of the citizens.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
What He Didn't Soy

= In a recent newsletter to his Georgia
constituents, Representative Davis made
several statements of fact concerning
The operation of the Districts Juvenile
Court.
- Our concern is with additional facts
which Judge Davis, who has resisted
the addition of two judges to the Juve-
nile Court, neglected to mention.
- Mr.. Davis told his constituents that
a "great proportion" of serious crime IN
the District is committed by vicious
young criminals between the ages OF
Is and 18 years. He also said that II
the age limits of juveniles in Washing
ton under the Juvenile Courts jurisdic-
tion should be reduced from 18 years to
is years, and these thugs and hoodlums
tried in the other courts of general
Jurisdiction, the case load in the Juve-
nile Court could be reduced by one-third.
This enormously implies that vicious
young criminals between 16 and 18 are
dealt with in Juvenile Court. Mr.. Davis
should have told his constituents that
the Juvenile Court judge possesses and
freely exercises discretionary authority
to send such cases to the adult District
Court for criminal trial
80 Judge Davis wrote that he joins
every "right-thinking person" in the
belief that where Child" has simply
made a misStep every effort should be
made to rehabilitate that child.
He did not tell his constituents that
q fiat reduction in the age limit for
Juvenile Court purposes from 18 to 16
would mean that the cases of all Offend
erS above the age of 16, whether guilty
Of miSStep or a vicious crime, would
have to be disposed of in our adult
criminal courts.
Finally, Judge Davis told his con-
stituentS that If legislation were enacted
providing for this reduction in the age
limit, coupled with the transfer to other
courts of such matters as paternity and
nonsupport cases, there would be no
need to create additional judgeships,
and thus "the taxpayers would be saved
the additional expense" Of two more
juvenile judges.
He neglected to point out that the
transfer of this Juvenile Court work to
other courts would necesSitate the ap-
pointment of more judges to the latter,
probably at even greater expense to the
taxpayers.
The people who live in Judge Davis
district in Georgia may have no direct
interest in this problem, and may be
content with newSletters which tell half
the story. But it is problem which is
of direct and great concern to the peo-
pie of Washington, and, we believe, to
most members of Congress. This is why
we venture to set the record straight.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Qvercrowdinq Checkrein

- Arlington Circuit Court Judge Wal
ter McCarthy's ruling in an important
coming case will greatly strengthen
Arlington's efforts to forestalI further
overcrowding in the already thickly
populated county. Judge Mccarthy cor
rectly depicted Arlington as suburban
community besieged by pressures of
explosive population" in the Washing
ton Metropolitan Area. The county has
every right he held, to resist such
pressures if they conflict with what the
county considers to be its best interests.
The case in question concerned a
request by landowner for the recon-
ing of 'an individual residential area"
on Arlington boulevard to permit con-
Struction of an SO million apartment
building. A County Board denial of
the request led to a suit challenging
the boards action. In upholding the
board, Judge Mccarthy made a COM
ment which should be of interest to
other governmental authorities in the
suburban areas. Notwithstanding any
OF the great metropolitan demands for
apartments or for industrial or COM
merc1al areas" he said, the county has
right to say: "Our people don't want
that kind of development and we are
not going to have it here"
- The decision is a clear-cut victory
;tor county officials who, in their concern
over accommodating traffic, public service
md other problems of growing COM
munity, have sought to tighten coming,
4oulld1ng-code and other controls over
Anrestrained development.