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Evening star., 1960-03-14

Increase the number of
judges on the Court of Appeals
from five to seven. This was a
major item of Gov. Tawes' 1860
legislative program.
Authorize counties and cities
to undertake urban renewal
programs in blighted areas un-
der the Federal program. This
authority is now restricted to
Baltimore City.
Provide for the line Of sue
cession in case the governor
dies or is removed from office.
Until a new governor Is elected
by the Legislature to fill the
unexpired term, the duties
would be performed by the
president of the Senate. Next
in line would be the speaker
OF the House Of Delegates,
controller, and attorney gen.
eral.
Baltimore Court Plan
Replace Baltimore's police
and traffic courts with a full
time panel of municipal
court" judges. The bill, called
the Baltimore court-reform
measure, resulted in q bitter
battle in the 1859 legislature,
and Gov. Tawes had to pres
sure it through in the face of
opposition from city political
bosses.
Authorize the Board of Pub
lie Works to borrow money in
anticipation of tax collections
to meet deficiencies in the
treasury-but only for appro-
priations authorized by the
General Assembly.
Permit localities, with Gen.
eral Assembly approval, to lend
money to private firms in order
to attract business and industry
into their Jurisdictions. This
bill was sponsored by delegates
from Washington County which
has been hard hit by unem-
ployment.
The Potomac River compact
referendum resulted from OBJ.
jections to the compact by
watermen. The opponents, who
claim Maryland is giving away
some of its rights, were able tc
force a referendum on the issue
by obtaining enough signatures
on a petition asking that it be
put before the voters.
Okayed by Legislatures
The compact, approved BY
the legislatures of Maryland
and Virginia, would replace ar
agreement of 1785. Although
Maryland would retain owner.
ship Of the river, the compact
would set up a six-membeI
commission (three from each
State) to regulate fishing, crab
bing and oystering.
The Charles County slot ma
chine referendum also results
from opponents of a bill passed
by the 1859 Legislature being
able to get enough signatures
on a petition to force it to g
vote.
The bill would prohibit more
than 35 slot machines in any
one establishment. In addi-
ton, it would increase fees fol
slot machine licenses and re-
quire licensees to be residents
Of the county for two years and
registered voters.
Evening star., 1960-03-14
Burns FutoI
ToWon1un,
Purtk Blind

A 77-year-old partially blind
woman died of burns last night
after her clothing caught fire
in the kitchen of her home.
Mrs. Mamie Cooke was cook.
ing breakfast yesterday morn
ing in her home, 1908 Girard
street NV, when her gown
and robe were set afire by Q
stove, police said.
She ran screaming, with her
clothes still on fire, through a
f1rst-floor bedroom and up a
stairway to the second floor.
where her daughter-in law,
Mrs. Rose Cooke, lives.
The clothes set fire to the
stairway and spread to the
roof, f1remen said.
Mrs. Rose Cooke smothered
the fire in her mother-in-law's
clothes with a quilt and then
led her own children, Paul, 8,
and Kathy, 2, to safety.
Thomas A. Newman, a l6.
year-old Explorer Scout, who
lives across the street, ran to
the Cookies home when his
mother noticed smoke pouring
from the roof.
Young Newman ripped sheets
off a burning bed on the first
floor and opened a window to
clear away the smoke.
Mrs. Mamie Cooke was ad-
mitted to Washington Hospital
Center in critical condition with
third-degree burns over 95 per
cent Of her body. She died at
1888 pm.
She was the second woman
to die in a fire in the District
within a week. The previous
Sunday Mrs. Dorothy C. Daily,
a 59-year-old invalid. was
burned to death in a fire that
swept the Hotel 2400.
Evening star., 1960-03-14

saw a new heaven and earth" Chrst's measure of
worth Come We blessed of my Father" There hath no
temptation taken you but such as is common to man.
God will not suffer you to be tempted above that
We able"
Finally with the years, came the realization that
the unity of the Bible lay in it's story of mans ageess
quest for meaning in ife-answered imperfectly and
at times through glass darkly in the Old Testament
but answered with perfection which falls short only
through our own limitations in the picture the nature
Of God and man given us by Christ.
Tomorrow: Carl F. Hansen.
Evening star., 1960-03-14

that could be operated in any
one establishment in tn e
county.
The record number Of con-
stitutional questions was left
for the voters by the 1859 and
1860 legislatures. Bills calling
for constitutional amendments
must be approved by the
voters.
Several Of the constitutional
amendments will have q direct
effect on the suburban Wash
ington counties.
Additional Judges Sought
Two amendments would au-
thorize an additional judge for
each of the circuit courts OF
M ontg mery and Prince
Georges Counties.
Another would require as
sessment Of farms on suburban
fringes at values below sub
division land. This is designed
to counter q court ruling which
said if farms are located in
suburban areas they must be
assessed at suburban-land
values regardless Of whether
the land Is being used for
farming.
Under another proposed
change, Montgomery County
would be given the right to oc-
cupy land needed for streets
and highways before condem-
nation proceedings are COM
plete. The country could take
possession Of the land by pay
ing a price set by a court ap-
praiser, and make the final
settlement after the condemna-
ton proceedings are complet-
ed. This would not apply to
land which has buildings OF
other improvements.
Other constitutional amend
ments proposed would:
Evening star., 1960-03-14

THE REGISTER publishes
administrative legislation"
the rules and regulations is
sued by the departments and
agencies that have the force
of law. 1t has a greater vari-
alton in the number Of
pages than the Evening Star.
1t has been as small as four
pages and upon passage Of
the Administrative Proce-
dure Act in 1946, it went up
to more than 900 pages.
Asked If his paper was in
the black, Mr.. Eberhart
protested:
TITS not supposed to make
money. It's a little hard to
figure what it costs because
we also publish the annual
United States Government
Organization Manual and
the Federal Register Hand
book. But I suppose that if
each Of our $4,000 subscrib-
ers paid US $15-that would
be $225, 900, wouldn't it?-
we would be breaking even.
"The Register was the
result Of the great increase
in administrative orders dur
ing the depression.
I'm the hot oil cases.
panama Refining Co. v.
Ryan,, the Government pro-
ceeded against the company
for illegal overproduction
and the case had been ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court
before it was discovered that
the provision in the code on
which the Government relied
had been eliminated by
executive order before the
suits were brought.
Evening star., 1960-03-14

a pledge to read at least a chap
ter a day. I had read it through
by the age of 13, and twice since.
High points? Mood and need
determined.
There was Johns II write to
you, young men, because you are
strong" There was the prose
poetry of Isaiah, set to match
less music by Handel, Comfort
ye my people" "He shall feed his
flock like a shepherd" Make
straight in the desert a highway
for our God"
NV faVorite CHAPTER. "And I
Evening star., 1960-03-14

IlIlCIuQeO GIlcSe pOScTS.
Did Virginia break with its
traditional fiscal conservatism
as the Assembly passed appro-
Ipriations measures before the
tax money was in sight?
Did Gov. Almonds political
influence wane or gain as he
lost his bid for a sales tax but
won his budget battle?
Who, If anyone. boosted his
gubernatorial stock?
Is 1t. Gov. A. E. S. Stephens
paving the way for his an
nouncement as a candidate for
Governor?
| Was the Southside, tradi-
ftionally a source of Democratic
Organization strength, losing
some of its king-maker role
to the urban areas?
| Many Puzzlers
These and many other puz-
Izlers were up for assessment by
both sides in the political anc
fiscal struggle that dominated
1.-THE Assembly.
The House Appropriations
COMMITTEE broke from custom
and sent out its record $49S
million general fund budget un.
balanced by $80.5 million. A
committee minority battleo
vigorously that this was the
wrong procedure.
An equally determined ma.
jority in the Senate Finance
Committee, fought a tough but
losing battle to keep the budget
bill-slimmed down by $23 mil.
lion-in committee until the
tax revenue bills cleared.
The House Appropriation
minority and the Senate Fl.
nance majority generally wer,
considered in the camp Of Statt
Senator Harry F. Byrd, jr., anC
House Speaker Z. Blackburn
Moore. leading opponents o.
the Almond sales tax anC
spending program.
Specially Taxes
A House coalition claiming 9
majority Of the 100 members
in the lower chamber came ur
with a string Of speciality take;
to make up the budget deficit
after the sales tax bills died.
The Senate Finance group
after a climactic meeting
finally reported the budget bill
when a Senate majority threat.
ened to have the committed
discharged-a procedure that!
almost unheard of.
Senator Byrd and Senator
Mills Goodwin Of Suffolk led {
losing battle on the Senate
floor to have the $23 millior
chopped of the budget but {
20-l9 majority prevailed against
them.
Byrd, Moore in Leading Roles
Senator Byrd and Speaker
: Moore are considered leadinl
possibilities in the race fol
governor. It's debatable JUS
how much stature they gaineC
. or lost as they won their sale
, tax battle but lost the budger
i fight.
Almond forces, meanwhile
, put up a stiff fight for the SALE
! tax but lost. With the help o.
Republicans, they won tn,
Evening star., 1960-03-14
The
Rambler
Visits
Federal Register
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Probably q great many
persons are unaware that
Uncle Sam publishes a daily
newspaper here in Washing
ton-not the Congressional
Record which suspends pub
lication when Congress re-
cesseS, but the Federal Reg
lister which is published five
days a week the year round.
So to enlighten them, the
Rambler made a call the
other day on the editor, D.
C. Eherhart. His Office is on
the fourth . floor of the
Archives building. A huge
Corinthian capital on one of
the columns is right outside
his window and Pennsylva-
MIA avenue is below. The
stone acanthuS leaves of
the capital are strung with
wires.
"The wiring works." Mr..
Eberhart said cheerfully.
"The starlingS used to make
a mess out there and their
chattering of an evening
bordered on the unbearable."
The Federal Register, we
learned, has a circulation of
$4,000. Subscription is SIS a
year (about 6 cents a copy
but half of the $4,000 sub
scriberS are on the free list.
These are offices of the Fed
eral Government and about
600 depository libraries
across the country which are
paid to keep this and other
Government literature avail
able for public inspection.
Paying subscribers are law
offices, industrial associa-
tions, labor unions and in
formation services.
Evening star., 1960-03-14
15ConstitutionC Chonoes
Face Maryland Voters
By PAUL HOPE
Star stan Writer

Maryland will called fall to pass on Is
constitutional amendments-argest number
In addition there will be Statewide referendum
vision Of the Virginia Maryland Potomac River
Charles County voters also will be asked to decide
proposed law which would limit the OF machines
Evening star., 1960-03-14
Many Questions Left
ByVirginio Legislature
Lost-Minute Furry Over Tuxes
Marks Windup Of Assembly

RICHMOND Mar. IA (AP).-Virginias 1860 General As
semb, its legislative acts history left perpexng
ltcal and fiscal questions hanging fire today.
The Assembly quit Sunday at 1924 after hectic
furry the tobacco and other
measures
With the legislators gone, the capitol guessing game
Evening star., 1960-03-14
Northwest MEETING

The Upper Northwest COM
munity Group will meet at 8
pm. tomorrow at 5132 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Evening star., 1960-03-14
Erntrtt Thuugtrta
The Incident Thut Cove Ne
An Appreciation of the Bible
BY ERNEST S. GRIFFITH
Dean, School of International University

What has the Bible meant to me? When did 1t
begin its influence?
AS with countless others, it began in home in
which the family worship was an established custom.
1t continued in church and Sunday school, and in
Evening star., 1960-03-14
Monthly Rehabilitation


Only about 16 Of the 80 acres
will have to be cleared for new
construction. Most of the re-
newal work viii consist Of re-
habilitation Of existing struc.
lures.
Today Vincent A. Holmes,
RLA's realty acquisition officer,
said almost all the so parcels
under purchase contract are
residential property and are
located along both sides of K
street.
The agency, he explained, is
concentrating on this section
because it contains mainly resi-
dental property, which must
be eliminated.
RIA will not seek to acquire
any property through court ac-
ton. the agency's move when
a purchase price agreement
cannot be reached through ne.
gotiation, for about six months.
Instead, Mr.. Holmes said, RIA
will be dealing with the ready,
willing and able" sellers and
with the Hardship" cases. An
example in the latter category,
he said, would be a divorce
case in which a property settle
ment has been ordered.
Evening star., 1960-03-14
RIA Is Advancinq
Northeast Renewal
Lund Acquired
For 100000
Aids Program
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star Stan Writer

Federal clearance last month
for a Northeast Washington
urban renewal project already
has been followed up with the
purchase of about 100000
worth of private property in the
area, according to officials.
It is the first property to be
bought by the Redevelopment
Land Agency outside the city's
initial Southwest urban re-
newal area.
Formal approval Of Federal
loans and grants to help
finance the renewal plans for
an 82-acre Northeast area was
announced about three weeks
ago.
so Tracts Signed For
Since that time. officials re-
ported yesterday, the land
agency has signed contracts to
buy about so pieces of prop
erty there. RIA expects to ac-
quire titles to the property
within 80 days.
The prompt move into the
project area reflects the fact
that the agency now has a
seasoned staff, an RIA official
said today. There was a longer
period between Federal appro-
val and the first property pur-
chases in Southwest's Area B
about seven years ago. The
agency has been criticized for
the slow redevelopment pace
in Southwest.
The Northeast Project No.
1" area is bounded by North
Capitol street, the Union Sta
ton railroad tracks, N street
and the Central Post Office.
The area now has mostly
commercial and light indus
trial property. Plans call for
converting the entire area to
these property uses. This will
mean razing 923 dwelling
units.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

check collector d
for believed be the Oldest used Woe Sudbury Moss
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Back Home in Russia,
Nobody Pounds Table

UNITED NATIONS. Oct. Z
(AP).-Nikita S. Khrushchev
has introduced table -thump-
ing at the U. N, but it's some
thing that isn't done back home
in the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Premier has
astounded U. N. Assembly dele
gates and the world at large
with f1st-pounding tattoos on
his desk to protest things he
doesn't like.
Mr.. Khrushchev has given
his bongo beat accolade tc
British Prime Minister Mac.
milan, Secretary General Dae
Hammarskjold and DR.. Fran
cisco A. Delgado, Philippine
delegation chief.
No Protests in Russia
This is something Russian.
don't do as a show of dissent
in the Supreme Soviet-thC
Soviet Unions Parliament-ir
Moscow, or in the Supreme
Soviets Of the various republics
in Kiev, Minsk, Riga o.
wherever.
Evening star., 1960-10-07

That President Eisenhower
would have welcomed a reso-
luton simply asking East-West
contacts without specifying the
United States Chief Executive
and the Soviet Premier by
name. The President has
plenty of reasons for reject
ing contact with a man who
has so roundly insulted and
vilif1ed him.
Americans also are explain
ing to the Asians and Africans
that the United States regards
U. N. actions seriously, and
that should the resolution have
passed, may have considered
itself bound to act, despite the
Presidents reluctance and dis
taste. The. Communists, on the
other hand. have fiouted U. N.
actions, as can be amply
demonstrated IN the record.
Reds Cancel Gains
The United States has been
| in positions like this before,
and has managed in the past to
weather temporary storms.
When the United States voted
against what Africans and
Asians considered their inter-
ests on questions concerning
North Africa and on the ques-
ton Of the French explosion in
the Sahara, just to select a few
examples. there was much ca
lamity bowling. Americans were
told they had done themselves
irreparable damage, that they
could no longer hope for friend
ship from the Asians and Afri-
cans.
But it did not work out that
way. United States prestige
held Arm. One reason for this
was the activity of the Com
munists themselves.
Every time the United States
gets into a jam, the Commu-
nistS do something to ease the
pain. Their threats and bully
ing and their aggressive thrusts
have Cancelled out events which
might have reacted perma-
nently to United States harm
And the Communists, being
what they are. can be expected
to do it again.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Family Day Set
At Fort Meade

A family day" is planned
for tomorrow at Fort Meade to
acquaint families, friends and
the public with the type of
training an Army Reservist re-
ceives and to demonstrate the
equipment available to train
him.
The exercises are scheduled
between 1880 and S pm. and
will be conducted by members
Of the 316th Special Force and
the 317th Regiment.
There will be a mock battle,
demonstrating infantry tech
niques under a simulated
atomic blast and a demonstra-
ton of helicopters evacuating
the wounded.
Evening star., 1960-10-07

whistle. That's a custom that
almost all Europeans, East and
West, follow.
Whistling is also used to in
suit the referee. You don't
throw empty vodka or orange
pop bottles.
Russians here said they never
heard of Russians back home
doing any table-thumping. but
they have no doubt it means
diSapproval.
It's a slightly different story
in the satellites that didn't
come under Communist dom
ination until after World Wal
II. at least.
Until the Communists took
over, there was the usual par
liamentary freedom of express
sion-Shouts, waving papers ir
protest. stalking up the aisle'
and out. In CZechoslovakia, the
pre- Communist opposition hac
| a favorite shout: "Pfui."
Evening star., 1960-10-07

The Soviet Parliaments don't
have dissidents.
Anybody who makes it up to
the rostrum to make a speech
in any of those groups knows
that he can say anything that
he has down on that paper be-
fore him. His statement has
been carefully checked by party
and government superiors Or
associates before he even gets
on the speakers list.
The same goes for speeches
in Communist Party congresses,
Central Committee meetings
and city councils - and for
Parliaments, party congresses
and council meetings in all the
satellites.
If dissent is called for in some
measure. it's a speech-also
carefully checked by the plan
ners Of the meeting.
Sports Are Exception
There is one exception: Sports
events. If you don't like what's
going on in the ring, on the
! field or on the track. you
Evening star., 1960-10-07
. INTERPRETIVE REPORT

victory against the United
States. They saw what went on
in the former Belgian Congo
from the moment of its inde-
pendence. They took due note
of Soviet interference there
They proved their attentive
ness by overwhelming support
Of Secretary General Dag Ham,
marskjold's activities there tc
restore order in the face OF
violent Soviet Communist at
tackS.
The five so-called neutral
nations who sponsored the
United States-Soviet summit
resolution have acted some-
what less than neutrally on
many an issue.
Sympathy Toward Reds
President Tito of Yugoslavia,
maverick Communist though he
may be, has gone down the
line all the way for Soviet
proposals at this session
Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana has
indicated more than a little
sympathy for the Communist
argument in the Congo. Cana
Abdel Nasser of the UniteC
Arab Republic is deeply in.
volved with the USSR and
often has exhibited hostility tt
the West. President Sukarnc
of Indonesia is being advised
by the chief of the Indonesiar
Communist Party who trav.
eled to the United States with
him. Prime Minister Nehru ot
India supports the Communist
on the issue of Red China'1
membership and some others
although the West consider!
him basically a friend.
Those were the sponsors
The outcome of the struggl,
over the neutralist resolution
likely would have little bearing
one way or the other on theil
attitude regarding future issue
before this Assembly.
But the United States still
has an opportunity to convinct
the other Asians and Africans
that its reasons for opposing
the resolution were valid.
Presidents Position
The President can hardly
place himself in the position
Of permitting the United Statei
to be directed, by the wishes O
five government chiefs claim
ing to be neutrals, to do some.
thing he considers to be agains
the best interests Of the UniteC
States.
The United States is explain
ing to the other Asian ant
African nations what it hal
believed they already realized
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Red Boosts Of Triumph
At U. N. May Bockfire
BY WILLIAM L. RYAN
Associated Press Stan Writer

/
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. T.
The United States is hurting q
bit from its brush with the
neutralists, but the Commu-
nists are premature in jubi-
lantly claiming a victory.
This jubilation could boom
erang, and help turn an ap-
parent American setback into
another Communist defeat.
The Communists are in O
poor position during this ses-
sion Of the U. N. General AS
sembly to point with pride.
They grabbed eagerly at the
neutralistS' disappointment
with the United States and
made it plain to all in the AS
sembly hall that they feel
triumphant about it.
This looks like a major Com
munist mistake.
The Soviet bloc may impress
the original five neutralist ma
tionS, who sponsored the pro-
posal for a meeting of President
Eisenhower and Premier Khru-
Shchev, with claims of an Amer
lean defeat. But they are doing
something else.
May Arouse Fears
The Asian and African ma
tions who voted along with the
neutralists are passionately
jealous of their position Of in
dependence between the two
great power blocs, Communist
and Western.
BY jumping for Joy and cry
ing victory, the Communists
turned a spotlight on them
selves and probably aroused
misgivings among the Africans.
These African nations are
in no mood to be claimed by
the Communists as allies in a
Evening star., 1960-10-07
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, 1960-06-08
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, in quadrupli-
ate. will be received at the
Department Of Property and
Procurement, Division of Pro-
curement, Christiansted, st.
Croix, . Virgin Islands, until
100 A. M. June %, 1860,
and then publicly opened for
the following:
U. S. Monumental Bronze
Tablet
The Government reserves
the right to reject any Or all
lids, to waive any informality
IN bids and, unless otherwise
specified by the Government
Cr by the bidder, to accept any
tenn in the bid.
Copies Of invitation to bid
rlay be obtained from the Di-
vision Of Procurement, Chris
tiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
stands.
4 DOWNING
Commissioner Of Property
and Procurement
Per:
Alphonso RomneY
Administrative Assistant II
1899
, 1960-06-08

CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, IN quadrupli-
cate, will be received at the
Department Of Property and
Procurement, Division o I
Procurement, Christiansted,
St. croix, Virgin Islands, until
100 "A. M. June is, 1860,
and then publicly opened for
the following:
One 4 Wheel Drive one
Ton Truck with cab and
pickup box
The Government reserves
the right to reject any or all
bids, to waive any informality
in bids and, unless otherwise
specified BY the Government
or by the bidder, to acceps
any item in the bid.
Copies of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the
Division D Procurement,
Christiansted, St. Croix, Vir-
gin Islands.
CARLOS DOWNING
Commissioner of Property
and Procurement
By
Aiphonso ROmney
Administrative Assistant II
7-S-9