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made by pushing school board
appointments UP from before
the June election to a Septem-
Der council meeting. The
school board members would
thus be appointed by the new
council and would take Once
in October. II approved by
the Assembly, the new plan
will become effective this Sep
tember when the terms Of Mrs,
Jane Dexter and Francis J
Acosta expire.
The right Of referendum by
petition was approved after
Councilman Lee M. RhoadS
switched his stand in a sur
prise move. He spoke at some
length against the revision as
unnecessary and a questionable
step toward delegating council
powers to the people.
The referendum procedure
could produce not responsive
ness but apathy Of the people. y
he said just before casting his
vote in favor of the change.
AS adopted, the measure
would require the council to
hold a referendum upon re-
ceipt Of a valid petition. The
result of the vote would, how
ever, not be binding on the
council.
Also approved by the coun-
Gil were 10 revisions streamlin-
ing and clarifying the charter
with respect to budget proce-
dureS. planning and zoning
matters and routine organiza-
ton and powers Of the Munic-
ipal Court.
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claimed throughout the two
day trial that the money he
took was owed to him by his
employer, Ringgold Hart, a
Washington attorney and
owner Of the 225-acre farm
which Peddersen managed for
three years.
The defendant also testified
that he fed because of a sud-
den disturbing" development
in a custody case involving his
wife's child by a former hus-
band. The PeddersenS fed to
San Francisco but eventually
settled on a farm near Hatties-
burg, Miss.
A year ago Peddersen SUR
rendered to the FBI at New
Orleans. declaring that he was
tired Of running.
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Mclaughlin Reps
Fish Market
Objective of Bill

District Commissioner Robert
e. Mclaughlin today said build
ing a new municipal fish mar
ket in Southwest Washington
would be a step backwards. "
Mr.. McLaughlin'S statement
was in answer to a bill intro
duced by Senator Beall, rank
ing Republican on the Senate
District Committee.
Senator Beall's bill would
authorize the District Ito cause
to be erected a municipal fish
market" near the Southwest
waterfront. The present mar
ket there is being torn down to
make way for new highways.
r The bill specified that the
municipal market shall be fl
nanced on a f-liquidating
basis and shall be suitable for
receiving, preparing and SELL
ing seafood." The bills pre-
amble states that the water
front market is a picturesque
attraction" and that 1T was
the intent of Congress" to find
new quarters for the displaced
fish dealers.
Mr. Mclaughlin. president OF
the Board Of Commissioners.
charged the bill was the result
Of specific pressures. He OBJ
viously was referring to the pro-
tests of the waterfront fish
dealers slated to be displaced.
The Beall bill is in the form
Of a joint resolution. 1t must
be approved by the Senate and
House, but not the President.
Mr.. Mclaughlin said studies
showed municipal fish markets
have become obsolete"
Evening star., 1960-01-12
Judge Defends
Drivers Refusal
Of Drunk Test

A refusal to take a drunk
ometer test is not an admis-
sion Of guilt of a charge of
driving while drunk, the Mu-
nicipal Court of Appeals ruled
today.
The court took this stand in
reversing the drunk driving
conviction Of Charles F. Stuart
Of 1912 Crest road, Silver
Spring, Md.
Mr.. Stuart was charged with
the offense in December, 1858,
and convicted by a Municipal
Court jury last March, follow
ing which he was fined 500.
However, in an opinion writ
ten by Chief Judge Thomas D.
Quinn, the appellate court to-
day said the prosecutor in
Stuart's trial made an improper
remark in closing argument Of
the case:
I'VE hear in all the cases
that the defendant had only
one or two drinks; can't we
reasonably infer that he re-
fused to take the (sobriety) test
because he had more to drink
than he stated?"
But Judge Quinn said Mr..
Stuart had a lawful right to
refuse to take the test.
I'VE come, therefore, to the
basic question here, namely, did
(Mr. Stuart's) refusal have a
justification which was suf-
ficient to preclude an admis-
sion Of intoxication or guilt?
We think it did"
AS a result Of this reasoning,
the appellate court reversed the
drunk driving conviction and
ordered that Mr.. Stuart be
given a new trial.
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the council to hold a referen-
dunn on any proposed new or
dinance upon petition Of 80
per cent Of the highest number
votes cast in any election in the
past five years.
The proposals were among
ID charter amendments recon-
mended by the councils seven
member charter revision COM
mittee and acted upon during
last nights six-hour council
meeting. The State General AS
sembly must give final approval
to the council action.
The appointment change was
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to the bank with Sullivan
police said.
A warrant charging Sullivan
with robbery and kidnapplng
was issued at the time. Chief
Durrer said Sullivan's car was
found abandoned in the Dis
trict.
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Renewal Unit Indorses
Shea Relocation Plan

placed families than the Shea
proposal. But it met opposition
from various District agencies
when it was originally pro-
posed.
The Shea relocation plan is
primarily an extension of the
Welfare Departments present
Landlord-Tenant Consultant
Service, which provides coun-
selling for persons who face
loss Of their homes as a result
Of court action.
$4,000 a Year
The relocation work would
be handled by two additional
social workers and a clerk to
be added to the Landlord
Tenant Service at a cost Of
about $4,000 a year.
Under the plan District agen-
cies displacing families because
Of highway improvements.
school construction or other
public projects would notify
the displaced Of the relocation
service. 1t would then be up to
the families themselves to seek
aid from the Landlord-Tenant
Service.
The service in turn would
interview the families, deter
mine what their needs are and
their financial ability to meet
them. and refer them to public
or private housing agencies.
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Zoninq Board Elects

Mrs. Mary K. Henderson to-
day was elected to a third
term as chairman of the Fair
fax County Board of Zoning
Appeals. A. Slater Lamond
was reelected vice chairman
Of the flve-member board.
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Stockmen to Meet

ROANOKE, Va, Jan. IL
AP).-The annual meeting Of
the Virginia association Of
Livestock Auction Markets is
scheduled here Friday and Sat-
urday.
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Heads Writers Unit

Ben F. Roche of 1908 North
Kentucky street, Arlington, has
been elected vice president Of
the Armed Forces Writers
! League.
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Falls Church OKs Move
1nSchooI Appointments

The Fails Church City Council approved by 6-to-1 vote
last night city charter change designed TO end lame duck
appointments to the school board.
Former Mayor Thomas A. OHaloran cast the dissenting
ballot.
second major change passed 4o3 split would force
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Wednesday: Washington,
9:30-6; Arlington, 1915
, 1960-09-06
LEGISLATIVE RECORD

49, tAO0AD
Continued from Saturday.
THE PRESIDENT: Senator, | think the Record will
show that the Chair calle1 for a Report to have these bills
placed on the Daily File. In order for them to be placed on
the Daily File Il do not need any further waving Of any
rules for the consideration Of these bills.
MR.. OTTLEY: Mr.. Chairman.
PRESIDENT: Senator ottley.
Mr.. OTTLEY: MI. Chairman, / want the Record to
show that / voted for this bill which was proposed by SEN
ators de Lugo and Anduze. I voted for the bill for which
the proponents did not vote.
would like the Record to show that.
MR. E LUGO MI. President. ]
THE PRESIDENTS: Senator de Lugo, do you want to
explain your vote?
MR.. DE LUGo: Mr., President, you have been in
ieeting all kinds of statements into the Record that ! can
not agree with. a
You lust said, a moment ago, that once you placed it
On the Daily File that is it. But, do not agree with that;
and. I am going to speak at the end again. But just 90 not
like this constant injecting Of things into the Record
The Rules are there in plain English
THE PRESIDENT: Are you attempting to muzzle
me or keep the Chairman mouth shut?
MR.. DELUGO: No, Mr.. President
THE PRESIDENT: | have seen that done on the
radio, too, every day.
Bill No. 1881 Act to Amend Title 8, Chapter p, Sec
ton 723 of the Virgin Islands Code, and for other Pur-
poses. Roll Call vote please.
BILL No. 1921
THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
OF THE UNITED STATES
Regular Session
1860
Act to Amend Title 8, Chapter q, Section 723 Of the
Virgin Islands Code, and for other Purposes.
#M@### --
BE IT ENACTED BY the Legislature Of the Virgin Islands:
SECTION i. Title !, Chapter q, Section 723 Of the
Virgin Islands Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The right of any member or other beneficiary to any
annuity, benefit or refund shall accrue as Of the date OF es-
adjustment.
, 1960-09-06

HI PRESIDENT: The bill is passed and will be
ent to the Executive for final sanction and approval.
THE PRESIDENTS: Bill No. 1882 Act to Amend
80, Chapter Is Of the Virgin Islands Code. Roll Call
please
BILL No. 1882
THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
q THE UNITED STATES
Ia .z Regular Session
/ 1860
Act to Amend Title 80, Chapter Is, OF. the
Virgin Islands Code.
, 1960-09-06

$500 - 49, W ASAA 49,
Sec. 243. The Lottery Tickets shall be sold only by
the Commissioner Of Finance, dealers, and dealers ped
dlers. The Commissioner Of Finance shall not collect an
o~vercharge or premium Of any kind on the tickets sold.
The dealers and peddlers dependent upon them, under
their responsibility, may collect once only a surchage on
each fraction Of a ticket sold BY them which shall not ex-
coed a rate to be fixed by the Commissioner Of Finance and
approved by the Governor.
For the purposes Of this chapter, dealer shall be
construed to mean a vendor, either wholesale or retail,
and shall not be construed to mean an agent Of the Com
missioner OF Finance or the Government Of the Virgin Is
lands, and "peddler' shall be construed to mean an tim
Grant seller, and shall not be construed to mean an agent
Of the Commissioner of Finance or the Government of the
Virgin Islands.
Sec. 244. Dealers shall be approved by the Commits
soner of Finance. Peddlers shall be employed by dealers.
Dealers and peddlers shall derive their corresponding re-
Enumeration from the ~sucharge authorized by Section 243,
and in the proportion stipulated by the Commissioners from
time to time.
Sec. 245. The issuance of tickets shall always be
made for the entire ticket divided into such fractions Of a
ticket as may be recommended by the Commissioner of Fl
nance and approved by the Governor.
rNL- 49,
, 1960-09-06

No annuity or benefit shall be increased, decreased,
revoked or repealed, except for error, or where ~specihcal-
~ otherwise provided by this chapter"
, 1960-09-06
Continued from Saturday

H PRESIDENT: Senator, | think the Record will
w that the Chair called for a Report to have these bills
ced on the Daily File. In order for them to be placed on
Daily File / do not need any further waving Of any
IS for the consideration of these bills.
, 1960-09-06
Regular Session

SECTION /. Title 80, Chapter -,
8, Chapter n, Sec 245 and 247 Of the Virgin Islands Code a
and for other Pur- ed and re-enacted to read as follows:
Evening star., 1960-05-17
Southern to Institute
FomiIy Fares June l
In Bid for PASSENGERS
BY DONALD B. HADLEY6
Star Financial Editog

Southern Railway will institute and low famly-fare
plans on and will make further reductions in already
low round-trp fares President Harry A. De Butts told the
annual stockholders meeting at Richmond today.
The fare changes designed to build up passenger
volume he said The family fare plan will the
Evening star., 1960-05-17
Labor, Management
Yielding Is Urged

Labor and management must
each yield somewhat, If infla-
ton is to be made less threat
ening. an American Bankers
Association study said today.
These two groups-and the
public-must find the solution.
The associations Committee
for Economic Growth Without
Imitation through its chairman,
Casimir A. Sienkiewicz, presi-
dent of the Central-Penn
National Bank, Philadelphia
made the report public.
The author of the study is
John M. Clark. past president
of the American Economics
Association and emeritus pro-
fessor Of economies Of Column
bia University. He urges "pru-
dent and circumspect expert
mentation on a variety oi
fronts, supplemented by efforts
to induce the voluntary adop-
ton of less inflationary bar
gaining behavior by q combi-
nation Of investigation. consul
tation and mutual education
rather than by mere exnorta.
ton to more responsible con-
duct"
Evening star., 1960-05-17
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Food Bosket-1o50, 1858, Today
SY SYLVIA PORTER

IA to rs cents. Margarine, h.:
from sos to 81 to IS cents. Cof-
fee, h.: from rs to 95 to 73
cents. Sugar, 5 lbs: from
around 45.4 to 81 to SO cents.
Even these simple prices for
a little marketbasket don't tell
the full story, though. For a
first significant fact is that
there now are startling varia-
tions in price trends from food
to food. In earlier postwar
years, the trend of just about
every food was straight up.
Significant Fact
A second significant fact is
that there now are sensational
differences in prices not only
from neighborhood to neigh
borhood. but from store to
store-even stores of the same
type or calibre. The extent OF
the competition may be famil-
lar news to many housewives
but I humbly admit that not
until I went shopping in the
role of a reporter as well as a
housewife did ! recognize how
big some Of the differences are
In our generation, the time
honored advice shop the
stores. shop the seasons, shop
the sales" hasn't been as true
as it is today.
A third significant fact is
that the very abundance OF
foods permits money-saving
shopping on a scale most Of us
never knew before.
And a fourth significant fact
is that there is nothing in the
outlook suggesting another
takeoff in the price of food.
MyS food marketbasket's
price trend is saying it plainly
the cost of living rises of this
era are coming mostly in serv.
ices-not in food, not in clo-
thing, not much in housing now
either.
Distributed 1890. by The Hall
Syndicate, Inc. All RIGHTS Reservedl
Evening star., 1960-05-17
Auto SuIes Best
In 4o Months

DETROIT, May II (AP).-
Auto industry sales for the first
10 days of this month were the
best first Today new-car sales
in 49 months, according to
Wards Automotive Reports.
Wards said the industry's
May LILO sales totaled 168,413
units. 1t said this averaged to
"a 2l,051-unit daily rate that
exceeded any month-opening
since 2l.700 a day recorded
March lilo, 1856"
Wards said the sales were
5 per cent above the first 10
days of April and SIS per cent
higher than May lilo. 1859.
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Insurance Service, Inc. He
served as club vice president
in the last year and succeeds
William G. Russell.
Other new officers Of the
club include: William F. Drake,
who heads the firm bearing his
name, first vice president; Os-
good P. Willis of Delta Air
Lines. second vice president;
Margaret B. Tyler of Man.
power, Inc. secretary; John j
Ahearn of American Security
g. Trust Co., treasurer.
Elected directors were: Ruth
E. Ansell, Federal Lithograpt
Co.; Sherley c. Folger, Pied
mont Airlines, Inc, and Pau
Tully, Educators Association.
Evening star., 1960-05-17
FNMA Mortgages
Bill Draws Veto
By the Associated Press

President Eisenhower ha s
vetoed a bill that would permit
mortgage lenders to deduct as
a business expense their losses
on the sale of stock in the Fed
eral National Mortgage Asso-
citation.
The White House said Mr..
Eisenhower signed a veto mes
sage Saturday in which he COM
planned that the measure would
apply retroactively ''in a highly
discriminatory manner"
Mr.. Eisenhower said he SYM
pathized with the objectives Of
the bill but felt that the retro
active feature would result in
su bstantial administrative
problems and treat some tax
payers unfairly.
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Good Earnings
Predicted for
Steel Firms

Despite higher labor costs,
the steel industry will have
excellent earnings in 1860 and
steel stocks as a group have
been oversold, one of the Ma
tons leading students Of the
market said here yesterday.
George Whitney, one of the
five trustees Of the SIS billion
Massachusetts Investors Trust,
told a round table of cor
respondent brokerage firms Of
Reynolds & Co. that with
leading steels selling at nine
times earnings, he was con-
vinced there are some awfully
good buys" in the group.
His opinion was given in
answer to a query as to What
group of stocks he thought
were the best buys on the mar
ket today. He was much less
enthusiastic about the motors,
but he said some leaders in
this group probably would show
modest gains this year.
Oil stocks are cheap in rela-
ton to earnings and some of
them may be good buys, he
conceded. However, he felt they
would come back more slowly
than the steels.
MITs largest single invest
ment is in International Busi-
ness Machines. he said. IBM
closed at $462.50 a share on
the New York Stock Exchange
yesterday. NIT Is the Nations
largest mutual fund.
Commenting on the is per
cent drop in listed stock values
since the first OF the year, Mr..
Whitney said he believed two
major factors affected the trend.
One of these was the calmer
view Of the business scene.
People discarded their rosy
expectations Of a spectacular
boom, he said.
The other factor was higher
interest rates, which led insti-
tutional investors to switch
their buying to bonds rather
than stocks, he declared.
Rouse, Brewer, Becker &
Bryant was host to the cor
respondents session of Reyn-
olds & Co. Edgar Rouse
senior partner, and other men,
bers Of the Washington firm
attended the Mayf1ower ses-
sions which were held yester-
day and today.
Evening star., 1960-05-17
Dotronics Stock OffeI
Oversubscribed

President Harry M. Tayloe
of Datronics Engineers, Inc,
1925 st. Elmo avenue, Bethes-
da, Md, has announced that
its recent stock offering OF
rs, 900 shares at 81 par value
has been oversubscribed by the
public.
He said it has been sold
without an underwater as the
officers of this company han
died the transaction. This was
under a Regulation A exemp-
tion granted by the Securities
and Exchange Commission
The money will be used pri.
marily to finance contracts.
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industry and public under
standing are the aims.
Henry j. Kaufman. manag-
ing director of the agency
said this brings to IL the mum.
Der Of trade associations IL
handles-more than any other
advertising and public rela-
tions firm in the United
States.
Evening star., 1960-05-17
Phillips. Inc., Marks
Agency Anniversary

Frank S. Phillips, Inc, an
nounces it has Just celebrated
its 25th anniversary as agency
representation of the Hartford
Accident & Indemnity Co.
George M. Carpenter, now exc
cutive vice president Of the
Phillips firm, arranged for the
agency establishment shortly
after he came with Mr.. Phil
lips in May, 1885.
Evening star., 1960-05-17

AS I went out the door of my
apartment in New York this
past Saturday morning, I picked
up the bottle Of milk. When I
returned from the grocery store
a short while later, I carried a
bag Of eight typical food items;
total cost of the milk and the
bag: $3.50.
Precisely two years ago this
month, had I gone out the same
door, picked up the milk,
brought home q bag of the
identical eight items. the total
cost would have been: $50.
Precisely 10 years ago this
month, had I gone out the same
door, picked up the milk. come
back with the identical bag of
groceries, the total cost would
have been: $4.90.
This is how I measure the
trend in the cost Of food be-
tween the spring of 1850 and
this day-a period covering the
Korean war. periods of pro-
longed boom, a couple of re-
cessions, a virtually uninter-
rupted rise in the overall cost
Of living.
Index Is Cited
On the Bureau Of Labor Sta
tistics' consumer price index
the only measurement we have
Iof changes in our cost of liv-
ing-the food index rise from
l01.2 in 1850 to 1908 in 1858
and now is at 117.7-and in
crease of 1879 per cent in the
first eight years, a decline of
% per cent from 1858 to now.
But these statistics don't
dramatize as does the simple
tracing of the cost of a loaf of
bread or a dozen oranges or a
pound of butter what really has
happened to food prices. Just
to remind you, here are the
prices Of foods in my grocery
bag as Of May 1850, May 1853
and May 1860. Today's prices
are those charged by my favor
ite store in lower Manhattan
and undoubtedly differ from
prices charged by your store.
But they're at least representa-
tive.
Bread: from Is cents to 20
to "a cents. Milk. qt., delivered:
from under II to 29.5 to 80
cents. Round steak. lb.: from
$1.01 to $1.13 to $1.19. Oranges
doz.: from so to 79.5 to rs
cents. Potatoes, is lbs: from
over SO to over 73 to 70 cents
Butter, h.: from around 70 tc
Evening star., 1960-05-17
Henry J. Kaufman
Heads Promotion

Henry j. Kaufman & Asso-
ciates has been named to han
die a three-year promotional
program for the National AS
sociation, Mems and Boys APP
parel Clubs, Inc, an associa-
tion Of travelling salesmen in
these fields. Betterment of the
Evening star., 1960-05-17
De Fronceoux Heads
Sales Executives

Howard de Franceaux was
elected president Of the Sales
Executives Club of Washington
at the annual meeting at the
Mayflower Hotel yesterday.
Mr.. de Franceaux Is vice presi-
dent of Frederick w. Berens