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Evening star., 1960-12-01
D. c. Man Held
In Numbers Case

A District man was arrested
on gambling charges yesterday
after Prince Georges County
police said they found about
two dozen numbers slips in a
cigarette box in his shirt.
Police said the suspect Is Neil
Mcmillan. 81, Of the 300 block
OF Sixteenth street NE. was
stopped while riding in a car
in the 5700 block Of Sheriff
road, Fairmont Heights.
Mcmillan was charged with
possession of numbers slips and
operating a lottery, and was
released on $1,000 bond, ac-
cording to Detective Sergt.
George E. Clements. He said a
hearing was set for December
s in Upper Marlboro Police
Court.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
Maryland Schools .
Seek More Money
Budget Total
Shows Rise of
$5.5 Million
BY ALEX. r. PRESTON
Star stan Writer

BALTIMORE, Dec. 1.-The
Maryland Board of Education
has sent to Gov. Tawes 1961-62
budget requests which are SIS
million higher than the total
for the current fiscal year.
All but $4,000 of the pro-
posed increase is accounted for
by mandatory funds that must
be made available for State aid
to education under existing
formulas.
The total budget figure ap-
proved by the board yesterday
is $117.597.647. The current
years appropriation is $112,-
049,419.
Some Boost Mandatory
The lions share of the budget
is earmarked for aid to educa-
tion-next years total amount
ing to $93,350,064. This is an
increase of $5.432,235.
Both DR.. Thomas G. Pu1len,
jr., State superintendent, and
Jerome Frampton, board pres
ident, emphasized that about
$5.1 million of this increase is
mandatory under distribution
formulas now in effect.
"As long as enrollments con-
tinue to rise faster than as
seSsable wealth, the aid-to-edu-
cation budget will rise, too"
said William Sartorius, the de-
partment's finance officer.
Large Area Counties
Prince Georges, with SILL
62,632. and Montgomery, with
$10,363.748, would receive the
largest amounts among the
counties. Baltimore City tops
the State with 1854 million.
Other Southern and Western
Maryland county benefits, un-
der the proposal, would be: Anne
Arundel, STA million; Calvert,
$l.l million; Charles, $1.9 mil
lion; Frederwick, $2.6 million,
and st. Marys. $1.3 million.
Budget screeners may, how
ever, make cuts in some cate
gories. Among those expected
to be given close scrutiny is
a proposal to raise from $3.50
to 5000 the amount of State
aid for each full-time student
in public junior colleges.
Other Requests
The budget raises by $1.6 mil
lion, to $6.047 .468, the total for
State teachers colleges. Other
requests include $2.021 ,603-an
INCREASE of $465,733 - for
teacher scholarships and State
aided educational institutions,
and $1,113,822-a rise of $184,-
l21-to run department head
quarters.
An item of $13.3 million for
teachers retirement is a
decrease of $2.4 million be-
cause Of the payoff of the
systems accrued liability.
In a related matter, the
board approved the draft of
a proposed bill for State aid
to localities under 1.-The bal
anced partnership plan
popularly known as the Mort
plan," for its chief architect,
Prof. Emeritus Paul r. Mort
of Columbia University.
One of the main features of
the Mort plan is that the State
would contribute funds beyond
the level needed to meet mini
mum programs.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
"WHEN A cHnn would

WHEN A CHILD would
ask for a doll or a sled or a
bike" he continued, I'VE
used to look to the parent
and If we got a nod we would
promise 1t.
I'VE found that was some
times a mistake. The next
year some of the children
would come back and kick us
on the shins for not deliver
ing.
Children with faith will
accept that you are Santa
Claus. But If one should ask,
be careful. Say you're one
of Santa Claus helpers. I've
known kids to 60 out and
then come back and spoil
the whole show, while chill
dren are queued up across the
floor, by shouting:
"'You amt Santa Claus.
I just saw him ringing a bell
on the corner
Don't ask them where
they live. You're supposed
TO know-you're Santa Claus.
IF they can't tell you
what they want, ask them If
they like games. That always
helps. They always nod
yes Then, If there is a
line, slide them gently of
your knee and give them one
of the little picture books
you will find in the right
pannier of your chair"
The Rambler donned the
costume, except for the
beard. Fortunately there
was no queue of children to
notice the marked difference
between Mr.. Wise's helper, a
little man, and the Rambler,
when the one went off and
the other went on promptly
at 7.
Mr.. Wise was right. 1t
was a very light night. The
Rambler did his best, even
with an 11-year-old girl in
sixth grade who looked right
into his eyes and answered,
"Yes," when he asked her
If she believed in Santa
Claus. She wanted new
clothes.
Her g. year old sister
wanted a soldiers uniform.
"A WAC's uniform?" I
asked.
mo-" she said, "a soldier
uniform"
"Why?"
Because I'm a tomboy."
He feels like an actor
who has answered a casting
call, had his addition and
finds it impossible to believe
he will ever be given the part.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
The
Rambler
Applies
For d Job
By GEORGE KENNEDY

The Rambler stopped in
woodward & Lothrop's en-
ployment department and
asked If they would be in
terested in a man with a
white beard ana a bowlful of
jelly to spell OF Santa Claus.
Indeed they were inter-
ested. After filling a private
enterprise equivalent of Form
81, he was escorted up to the
head Santa Claus, william C.
Wise, for an interview.
Mr.. Wise was not too en-
couraging.
Employ a Santa with a
real beard?" he asked.
"It,s SO unusual that it
might be unethical."
He shufied through the
papers in his quandary.
''I see he's very well recon-
mended," he said, "but can't
he wear one of our big
boards, like any other
Santa?"
Evening star., 1960-12-01
HE LOOKED at the an

HE LOOKED at the ap-
plicant and said:
He has a very fine beard.
But he would have to stay
away from the barber for
five years to equal ours.
This Santa Claus role is a
very exacting one. 1t not
only calls for the best in a
mamie must have some
training to deliver it.
There is a school for
Santa Clauses In New York.
But it's too late for this ap-
plicant even to matriculate.
why can't he wear one of
our boards? Otherwise don't
see how he can spell me OF.
! go of with my long beard
and he comes on with his
short beard with a line of
kids waiting and the Illusion
is shattered"
Then Mr.. Wise, who is a
very kind man in keeping
with his role, said:
Tonight (Tuesday) win be
very light. I'll give him. a
tryout."
So the Rambler reported at
$50 and was given his in
structions.
when you're dealing with
children" Mr.. Wise said,
you have to remember that
you are dealing with poten-
tial miracles.
Anything can happen.
Don't encourage parents
to get into the act. The
minute they start. talking,
the child is likely to shut up.
"This communication with
Santa Claus is something
religious. Nothing should
come between the child and
Santa.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
FairfaxAI|ots
Five Sites for
Industrial Use
Gotten Opposes
Move, Sees No
Urgent Demand
BY JACK KELSO
Star STAN Writer

The Fairfax County super
visors have set aside five new
|sites for future Industrial use
lover the objection that the ac-
ton would "only lead to land
speculation"
The objection to the boards
action yesterday was voiced by
Supervisor Robert c. Gotten,
Ijr., who said there was mo
immediate urgent demand" for
industrial sites.
The sites acted on were in
the second phase" section of
the planning staff's overall
Recommendations for industrial
development in the county.
The second-phase sites lack
such facilities as water and
sewer service or adequate roads.
The supervisors previously
had set aside four first phase"
sites, which do have the IA
cilities required for industry.
County Planning Director
William c. Burrage told the
board he would like to give the
industrial master plan some
Idefinitive status"
Sees encouragement
Supervisor William H. Moss
urged board action on the sec
ond-phase sites, insisting that
If plenty Of land were available,
industrial developers would be
encouraged to buy large lots
and wide set-backs from the
county's highways.
| Mr.. Moss warned that resi-
dents who buy homes would
object strongly If they did not
know in advance that industry
was to be situated nearby.
The boards approval of the
sites raised to roughly 4,500
acres the amount Of land the
supervisors will consider in the
future for industry.
Action on a large site at Sun
set Hills near Chantilly was de-
ferred because the exact route
of the Dulles Airport sewer line
is not yet certain.
To Hold Hearing
The supervisors also voted to
hold a public hearing on an
ordinance change that would
strip some power from the
county 1ire commission.
The action stemmed from q
circuit court suit filed by the
Falls Church Fire Department
against the fire commission.
which turned down q fire de-
partment application to build
q substation in the Merrifield
area. The suit has not yet been
heard In court.
Under present regulations.
the county's board of coming
appeals approves such q sub
station only with fire commits
sion Endorsement.
The proposed change would
give the commission power to
make only a recommendation to
the coming appeals board.
Evening star., 1960-12-01
BY MARGARET JOHNSON
Contributing Writer

You have to live on N street
to appreciate the change.
Occasionally residents used
to see tourists wandering down
the quiet Georgetown street
admiring the graceful trees
reaching to the roof tops. They
might pause to wonder in
which of the three-story
homes Lafayette was enter
tanned at q banquet.
Now. since John r. Kenne-
dy has returned to his red
brick home at 1907 N street
NV. things are different.
At night, policemen in glow
ing orange jackets direct traf-
fic at each end of the block.
During the day Secret Service
men in their conservative hats
and non-committal stares sur
round the President-elect's
home. Sometimes a crowd as
large as 200 stands four deep on
the roped-off sidewalk across
the street.
During a typical day on N
street, an observer might see
and hear
Il want to get his auto
graph" says a girl pulling on
the chin strap Of her red hat.
Il got one before he was
elected, but it was such a scrib-
BILE mother wouldn't believe it
was really his"
A small blue car stops at the
front door of the home. Some
one whispers, Pierre Salin-
ger (Senator Kennedy's press
secretary :. I recognize him
from his pictures"
Goes Inside
The man, wearing dirty buck
shoes. a brown tweed jacket
and a red sweater, smiles at
the Secret Service agents at
the door and goes inside.
A gray-haired woman daintily
takes a blue handkerchief out
of her handbag. "He doesn't
look like no secretary to me-"
she says to her friend in a tur-
quoise turban hat. YEAH" the
turban hat agrees. He looks
like anything but"
The crowd is growing, and
begins to fill up the door steps
Of neighboring homes across the
street. There is applause every
time Senator Kennedy appears.
Chests strain against the rope
for a better view.
For most, it is their first
chance to see Senator Kennedy
since his election and since the
birth Of his son.
"Only children up here" says
Mrs. Gerhard A. Gesell, the
owner Of 1904 N street, shooing
a few adults of her steps. "Oh,
it's very exciting and the crowd
is very polite" she says, hands
in the pockets Of her blue jeans.
But when they leave and we
Evening star., 1960-12-01
KENNEDYs QUARTERS
n Is for Notable Street

have to sweep. it's as bad as
cleaning out Griffith Stadium -
Miss Helen Montgomery, the
owner Of 1902, shares her front
steps with the crowd. I'm
going to put q bowl Of potato
salad on the table and forget
about cooking" she says.
Open House
Miss Montgomery, who lives
with her 86-year-old father and
two powder blue lovebirds, 10
the hostess Of the block. Her
home - directly across from
Senator Kennedy's front door
lis open to all reporters and
policemen.
She serves her guests hot
coffee. potato chips and mints.
Shes a godsend in this cold
weather" one reporter said.
In an adjoining room, Charles
H. Montgomery and the love
birds watch television while
the reporters make hasty calls
on their direct telephones re-
Gently installed in the house.
Referring to the reporters in
his house. MIR. Montgomery
said, II can't remember all
their names. but they're always
on the spot and make up a
story every time Kennedy does
something"
A woman from> Arlington,
perched on the railing Of Miss
Montgomery's home, says: II
thought 1t was such a beauti-
full day 1t would be a good time
to get a closeup of him with
my camera. But I've been here
two. hours and haven't seen a
thing"
Throughout the day a steady
stream Of cars drive slowly up
and down N street. Children
eating ice cream cones bounce
up and down In the back seats,
more interested in the crowd.
Their parents stare at the
Kennedy home.
Mrs. Elsie Brown, who lies In
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Asking for q Veto

In voting for $1.8 billion Federal
aid-to-education bill, calling for grants
instead of loans and including teachers
salaries as we'll as school buildings, the
Senate could have had no real hope of
final passage. For the liberal program
is sure to run into strong opposition in
the House and, if ever sent to the White
House, probably will be killed by a
presidential veto. The 51-34 vote by
which the Senate approved the meas
ure'is far short of the two-thirdS ma
jority needed to override veto.
1T has been suggeSted-perhapS un-
fairly with respect to some of the bills
supporters-that the idea was to invite
a presidential veto in hope of raising
an tissue" for the Democrats in the
forthcoming campaign. Invited or not,
however, a presidential veto is to be
expected in view of the administrations
announced opposition () to outright
grants of money to the States for either
school construction or teachers pay and
(2) to Federal aid to teachers salaries
even in the form of loans. Secretary
Flemming of the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare has stated re-
peatedly that Federal aid should oe
based on the principle that schools are a
local responsibility. The administration
believes that for the Government to
invest directly in local education would
be to violate that sound principle. Fur
thermore, to include teachers in the
benefits would boost the cost of Fed
eral aid beyond the limits which Fed
eral budget makers have fixed as eco
nomically sound.
President Eisenhower and his aides
favor loan plan involving $500 mil
lion year for f1ve years on State
matching basis for school construction
only. The loans would be available
to communities certified by the State
as unable out of their own resources
to float bond issues to keep pace with
school needs. The loans would cover
principal and interest on bond issues
beyond the financial ability of local gov
ernments. The school construction pro-
gram would be left wholly in the hands
of the local authorities, without in
reference of any kind by the Federal
Government.
This is wise approach to solu-
tion of the serious difficulties in which
many school districts find themselves
today as communities grow and educa-
tion costs rise. 1t is crisis calling for
craftsmanship by the legislators, not
election-year politics.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Wisconsin Ruckus

The wrath of some of Senator
kennedyS supporters at the sudden
switch in the Wisconsin machinery for
selecting convention delegates is fully
understandable. For the change, on the
face OF 1t, appears to enhance the dele
gate prospects of his rival, Senator Hum
phrey, in the April primary. In the
long run, however, as Senator Kennedy
himself has said, the total vote he gets
is apt to be more important than the
number of Wisconsin delegates he wins.
In past Wisconsin primaries, two
Democratic convention votes have been
determined by balloting in each of ten
districts, and eight have been selected
at large" by Statewide voting. The
essence OF the change, installed by
WlSconsin'S Democratic Administrative
Committee, is to raise the ante for the
Notwithstanding rural areas where
Senator Humphreys strength is pre-
Sumed to lie-to total Of Is convention
delegates, and to reduce those chosen
by Statewide voting, where Senator
Kennedy hopes to shine, to a total of
five.
Thus Senator Kennedy might win
popular majority, including the heav-
lily populated urban districts, and still
wind up with minority of delegates.
AN unfair change in the rules" cry the
Kennedy forces, despite the Senator's
own refusal to join the charges. can
artificial ruckuS," the Humphrey people
respond.
The fact of the matter is that the
number of Wisconsin delegates which
either candidate takes to Los Angeles in
July will not be as impressive as the
showing of popular. strength which is
made by Statewide voting. This ira
ditionally is the focus of attention, aud
this is not likely to be altered by mere
showing of delegate strength under the
newly initiated Wisconsin system.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
NucIeor Arms for Allies

On the face of the matter, 1t makes
sense to say, as the President has said,
that we should not deny nuclear arms
and information to our allies If our
potential enemy already possesses both
the arms and the information. For one
effect of such denial will be to impair
the allied ability to fight back in event
OF an enemy attack. Such an attack
would come swiftly, and there would be
no time then to distribute nuclear weap-
onS, much less nuclear information.
There are considerations involved in
this question, however, which do not
show up too clearly on the face of the
matter, and they should be carefully
studied.
One such consideration has to do
with the Russian reaction If we should
undertake to provide the West Germans,
for example, with nuclear weapons. To
say the least, the Kremlin could hardly
be expected to view such a DEVELOPMENT
in spirit of calm detachment. Another
consideration concerns the nature of an
ally. Mr.. Eisenhower said he was talk
ing about allies in whose loyalty we
could have onf1dence-countrieS that
would stand by us in time of trouble. In
other words he seems to have in mind
that we might furnish nuclear weapons
to some, but not to all, allies. The diff
cultieS into which such a policy as this
could lead are Self-evident. Then there
is the fact, well documented in history,
that ones ally Of today sometimes be-
comes an enemy tomorrow. All that
need be said on this score is to recall
that Russia was our ally in both World
War I and World War II.
To mention such considerations as
these is not necessarily to put them for
ward as arguments against the general
proposition which the President seems
to have in mind. What they do call for
is careful study Of the proposition itself,
and since Mr.. Eisenhower recognizes
that new legislation would be needed to
effectuate his proposals, we assume that
there will be ample time for study and
reflection.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Grounded Aqoin

RusSian-American negotiations on
settlement of the formers World War II
lend-leaSe debt have been grounded in
the fog of an old governmental phrase,
namely. terms of reference"
Briefly, our position is that meetings
between United States representative
Charles E. Bohlen and Soviet Ambassa-
dor Mikhail A. Menshikov were to deal
only with the lend-lease issue. We have
been surprised, the State Department
indicates, that Mr.. Menshikov has
brought up other matters-specifical
that there should be a new and more
relaxed trade relationship between the
two countries, plus extension of long
term commercial credits to the Soviet
Union. In effect, Mr.. Bohlen says the
horse has to go before the cart-not side
by side-So no more talks eat this time"
Offhand, it seems that the State
Department makes reasonable enough
case in its definition of the terms of
reference" But the Soviet embassy
stubbornly continues to argue otherwise,
with an inSiStence that has forced the
talks into another dead end. Even so,
the record of these egotiations-dating
back to 1947-indicateS that their on
again-off- again quality is not neces-
Sarily permanent aff1iction The spirit
Of Camp David" may have suffered a
slight strain in the present instance,
but it probably would be an exaggera-
to say it has been irreparably damaged.
Evening star., 1960-02-06

suffer more than mere irri-
tation! A dear cousin of mine
was severely injured by a
pickax inexpertly welded by
a cub reporter of the New
York (Wis.) Times. Your
finest journalists are rarely
given this important assign
ment. I might add.
You people at The Star
were party to a particularly
vicious incident the other day.
I refer, of course, to the story
wherein your reporter-pho-
tographer team caused to be
flooded the burrow Of one
of our most respected mem
berS.
To add insult to injury,
this harried chap was photo
graphed while being brutally
hauled out of his ruined bou-
doir and his picture Haunted
on page one. You had the
decency to omit his name but
the brusque caption "Reluc-
tant Groundhog" was an
unforgivable affront. What
chuck worthy of his wood
would not be reluctant, nay
maddened by such Prussian
treatment?
Nor did it escape my no.
tice that our small accom-
plishment is being under
mined year by year. That Zoo
keeper gives us an insulting
20 per cent grade for accu-
racy. Why, that is 80 per cent
Evening star., 1960-02-06

less than mere chance! Could
we have ever achieved our
reputation with a negative
level?'
I assure you that If the
predictions of any woodchuck
are found to be inaccurate,
you have only your own tech
nique to blame. Can you hon.
estly believe that we can
give our best, or indeed any
sort of rational performance.
after being rudely routed from
our abode. our sleep-dimmed
eyes blinded by f1ashbulbs and
our beings coruscating with
panic? OF course, we cannot.
But let it not be said that
we criticize unconStructively.
I have a = solution for this
unsatisfactory affair. A hu-
man shadow may be a poor
and grotesque substitute, but
we woodchucks are willing to
have reporter stand in for
us and do the shadow casting
next February 2. You won't
even need your best man.
Any knucklehead will do. He
need only be able to dis
tinguish between sunny
day and an overcast one and
observe his own shadow,
make his own prediction and
leave us newspaper-fearing
woodchucks alone. We shall
gladly sacrifice our reputa-
ton as forecasters to gain
another months sweet re-
pose. A. WOOdchuck.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Warsaw Pact Concerto

The main function of Russia'S pup
pet allies in the communique which fol-
lowed the meeting of the Warsaw Pact
countries was to provide sweet music
to accompany the Khrushchev line
Thus, according to Tass, official So
Wet news agency, the eight participant
ing countries wound up their one-day
meeting in Moscow with a lifting in
dorsement of policies previously pro-
claimed by the Russian Premier. The
world, said the communique, has en-
tered into period of negotiations con-
corning settlement of the principal
international disputed issues with the
object of establishing lasting peace,
and the cold war supporters are sustain
ing a defeat" More specifically, there
was a renewed offer of nonaggreSSion
pact with the NATO countries, an ap-
peal for universal disarmament and a
reiterated proposal for ban on nuclear
weapons.
At least one harsh note was sounded,
however, and it will be clearly heard
in the Western capitals. In paraphraSe,
the Warsaw Pact countries renewed the
demand for separate peace treaties with
East and West Germany, and said they
are getting little tired of waiting for
the West to come around to this point
of view. Presumably with reference to
the forthcoming summit meeting in May,
the communique said: "If efforts di-
reeted at signing a peace treaty with
both German states will not meet sup
port, and the problem still faces delay,
then the states represented at this con-
ference will have no way out but to
sign, together with other states which
will be ready for that, a peace treaty
with the East German Democratic Re-
public, and on this basis to solve the
problem of West Berlin as we'll"
What this amounts to is a renewal
OF the threat to hand over to the East
Germans control of the Allied commu-
1lication lines from West GERMANY to
West Berlin. This is unlikely to come
about until after the summit meeting.
and it may be put off until after Mr..