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a suit against him charging
he owed another $l5,761 in
taxes for operations of May
fair Mansions from 1948
through 1851. A Federal suit
to recover the balance of the
RFC loan may be filed soon.
Mr.. Howard said these Gov
ernment claims throw a cloud
over Elder Michaux'S title to
the property. He added, how
ever, We're not saying the
project is dead"
Arthur M. Chaite, attorney
for Elder Michaux, said that
once the agencies give some
kind of commitment that the
proposal can be executed as
an urban renewal project, "the
Federal debt will be paid"
Its silly for the RIA to
make payment of the debt a
condition for approval" he
said. The RIA is acting like
a debt collection agency"
Problems Solved
Mr.. Chaite emphasized that
the engineering problems of
building on the old race track
site in Benning have been
solved and that plans can pro-
ceed as soon as the proposal
! is approved. Low-rent housing
| is so critically needed in Wash
ington, he added. that every
effort should be made to make
the Mayfair Mansions addition
a reality. The rents on the
apartments would range from
S78 to Sl00 a month.
Thomas C. Barringer, direc.
tor of the Districts Fedora
Housing Administration Office
said yesterday he still feels the
proposal is practical and woulc
like to see it move forward.
When asked about the pro
posal last month, Commissions
david NJ Walker 0f the ITrhar
Renewal Administration wa!
enthusiastic about it. adding HI
had told the RIA that what.
ever needs to be done, I want
done Immediately"
John R. Searles, jr., executive
director of the RIA, also sale
then that he welcomed the
elders proposal and promised
100 per cent cooperation"
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A St. Elizabeths Hospital
mental patient who last month
used ladder to slip onto the
White House grounds, escaped
from the District Courthouse
today following a proceeding
seeking a jury hearing.
Hospital officials said Joseph
C. Potts, 80, of the 800 block of
E street NV, slipped out of a
room on the first floor and got
away despite a chase by two
attendants.
On September 16, Potts scaled
the high iron fence of the White
House with an 8-foot ladder
and was halted by guards as he
was crossing President Eisen-
hower's putting green.
Planned a Slogan
Police said he was carrying
a can of red paint and a brush
with which he intended tc
paint II quit" on the wall o1
President EiSenhower's execu-
tive office.
Today White House guards
said they had put out al
necessary alertS" should the
man attempt to revisit the area
The Secret Service was work
ing on the case, but Metro.
] politan police said they hac
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ECHO MAY APPEAR
EARLY TOMORROW

Washington area resi-
dents may get a look at the
Echo I balloon satellite at
one minute after 6 am. to-
morrow, weather permit
ting.
The National Aeronau-
tics and Space Agency said
the bright object will ap-
pear south of the city, one
degree over the horizon,
going northeast.
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JudgeDefines
GuideRuIes
For Rees Trial
U. S. Must List
Experts Expected
In SIuying Case
By JERRY O'LEARY, Jr.
Star Stan Writer

BALTIMORE, Oct. 5.-A
Federal judge today set rules
on how much of a preview the
government must give the de-
fense at the kidnap-murder
trial of Melvin D. Rees, jr.
The 31-year-old Washington
area musician. who is accused
of kidnapping and Staying two
members of the Carroll v.
jackson family, sat quietly in
the court room as Federal
Judge Roszel C. Thomson
arbitrated the number of wit
nesses and the amount of evi-
dence. the government must
furnish.
ReeS, who formerly lived at
1908 Madison street, Hyatts-
vile, looked Sallow and said
nothing, but smiled occasionally
as the two-hour hearing pro-
greSSed.
Thirty Goucher College girls
on a field trip were the only
spectators.
Bar Fishing Expedition"
Judge Thomson told Defense
Attorney William ]. Evans:
You are not entitled to a gen.
eral fishing expedition into the
Governments entire case"
However, the jurist declared
the defense is entitled to pre-
pare to produce experts in fields
on which the government will
have expert witnesses.
Assistant United States At
torney John r. Hargrove said
the prosecution will provide the
court-appointed defense attor-
neys with a list of Government
witnesses 18 days before the
trial.
Silent on Witness
Mr.. Hargrove declined to
answer a question from the
bench as to whether the Gov
ernment has an eyewitness to
the kidnapping and murder of
Mrs. Mildred Jackson and her
daughter Susan Ann. 5.
The four members Of the
jackson family. Of Louisa Coun-
ty, Va. vanished on the night
of January IL, 1859, while driv-
ing home on a lonely stretch of
road. The father and the 1S-
month-old daughter. Janet,
were found slain on March 4,
1853, in the woods near Fred
ericksburg. Va. 1t was not until
March 81, 1859, that Mrs.
Jackson and Susan Ann were
discovered beaten and strangled
to death in another desolate
area near Gambrills, Anne
Arundel County. Md.
FBI agents arrested Rees last
June "a in West Memphis, Ark.
The tall, dark-haired musician
was indicted for kidnapping and
murder by a Federal grand jury
in Baltimore. Trial is not ex-
pected to get under way until
early next year.
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his money troubles with the
Government.
Mr.. Michaux needs the ap-
proval of the District Commits
sionerS National Capital
Planning Commission and Re-
development Land Agency be-
fore he can build the develop
ment as a non-assiSted urban
renewal project. He wants to
do it under urban renewal to
get better mortgage terms but
is not requesting Federal cash
Yesterday the Co-ordinating
Committee of the National
Capital Planning Commission
decided approval should be
withheld until Elder MichauS
pays off his debt on the hous-
ing site, next to Mayfair Man.
sions. The committee is made
up of the directors of most OF
the city and Federal planning
agencies here.
RIA Report In
The RIA staff likewise wants
to hold off approval. The Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission itself is expected to
make the same decision at its
meeting tomorrow. The Dis
trict Commissioners probably
will follow suit.
William E. Finley, executive
director of the planning COM
mission, said the co-ordinatine
committee had the RIA staff
recommendation in hand yes
terday when it made its deci-
sion.
Gordon E. Howard, acting
director of the RIA, said his
staff felt it would be better
not to pull the switch setting
the urban renewal machinery
in motion until Elder Michau1
has clear title to the property
he wants to build on.
The Negro evangelist got
about $4,000 from the Re-
construction Finance Corp. il
l949 to buy the % acres along
the Anacostia River where
Mayfair Mansions was built
According to the Treasury De-
partment, the loan should have
been paid off by June 80, 1859
But Elder Michaux still owe.
$273,629 plus interest.
/ The Internal Revenue Serv.
! ice on October 25, 1856, flee
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spending restoration requests
made public today. The Com
miSsioners. at closed session
today, began hearing the ap-
peals. along with some requests
for new spending items, from
representatives of IA depart
mentS.
The recommended 1886 mil
lion budget for the fiscal year
beginning next July / is $3.50
million higher than the esti-
mated amount for the current
fiscal year. But, in coming up
with this spending recommen-
dation, the budget Office re-
duced requests by department
heads by nearly $20.2 million.
Add Up to S4,7O6,OOO
The figures released today
add up to restoration pleas to-
falling $3.8 million plus new
spending requests amounting
to about 100000.
The Police Departments re-
quest was for an additional
$1,l78,400, mainly for funds to
add 266 policemen to the force.
The Commissioners aides had
recommended only enough to
pay for 100 additional men on
a nine-month basis. The budget
Office anticipated it would take
three months for recruitment.
| Police officials are asking for
restoration of the money de-
spite the fact that there are
now 1T vacancies in the de-
'partment's authorized strength
of 2.714. OF these, II positions
are being filled on an emergency
basis by having the men work
on thea day off.
I In addition to the requested
266 men, the department wants
to add 10 men to the accident
investigation unit and another
10 to staff an additional patrol
wagon, bringing up the total to
5000.
School Request biggest
! The departments request was
( second highest, with the largest
restoration amount being
sought by the school system.
/ School officials are asking for
about SIT million above the
amount proposed by the budget
Office. This money would go
mainly for additional teachers
to lower the pupil-teacher
ratio in the elementary grades
and to hold the present ratio
in the Junior high classes.
/ The total figure sought by
school officials includes about
$723,000 for a variety of capi-
tai Improvement projects.
Other budget restoration re-
quests include nearly $850,0OO
from the Welfare Department
and about $436,00O from the
Health Department.
The Recreation Department
is asking for $4,000 to build
a swimming pool in the city's
far Northeast, east of the Ana
costa River and north of
Pennsylvania avenue.
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Voters OK Bond Issue

CHATHAM, Va, Oct. 5 (AP).
-Pittsylvania County voters
overwhelmingly approved a
$7.5 million school bond issue.
The unofficial vote was 3,734
for the bonds and 2,O71 against.
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NEW MARKET DAY.
NormoIIyQuiet Town
Busting to Play Host

The town itself, where most of
the buildings date to the Civil
War and earlier, provides a
quaint backdrop for the price
less furniture and other trea-
sures which are New Markets
stock in trade.
Village Laid Out in 1888
The village was laid out in
1888 as a stopping place for
west bound Conestoga wagons.
Migrating families, burdened
with household wares and live
stock, needed a resting place
and New Market served this
| purpose on the old National
pike between Baltimore and
Frederick.
One of the oldest buildings,
now occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Dorsey Griffith, as an inn be-
fore the turn of the 10th Gen.
tury, and the GrifithS have
many souveniers of its early
days, including the original
sign for the inn.
On the opposite side of New
Markets only thoroughfare is
Mealy's Hotel, which serves
country-style meals, on week
ends.
Like most of the villages
other weekend attractions,
Mealy's will have one of its
rare weekday openings next
Wednesday for the town cele-
bration.
Other Attractions
There will be plenty of side
lights to interest visitors, even
, menfolk who sometimes shy
away from antique shops.
Raymond Smith, of Freder-
ick. will show how Kentucky
rifles are made and William
Moran will give a demonstra-
ton with Bowie knives and old
swords.
The nearly lost art of har-
ness making, which was vital to
New Market in it's early days
will be demonstrated by Clar-
ence Handley. Charles Phleeger
will show how old-faShioned
chair bottoms are constructed
and also will weave baskets.
Not only the sights, but also
the fragrances of New Market
Day" will bring back nostalgia
memories to visitors. MRS. Sid
ney Hammond will make Mary
lands beaten biscuits, using
18th Century kitchen tools. anC
women of Locust Grove Church
of the Bretheren will make
apple butter.
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Michoux Housing PIon.
Strikes Financial Snoq
Agencies Delay Approval for Project
Of Low-Rent Units in Northeast D. c.
BY GEORGE WILSON
Star staff Writer

The roof is threatening to in the lowren housing
project that Elder Lghoot Solomon Michaux build
in Northeast Washington.
In contrast to the of enthusiasm which greeted his
proposal month the agencies concerned bent
withholding their approval until Elder Mchaux clears
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Police Renew Plea
For Force Of 5000
Ask City Heads
To Put Back
Budget Cuts
By SAM EASTMAN
Star stan Writer

Washington police officials
are asking the Commissioners
to override spending cuts by
the budget Office and seek con-
gressional approval for raising
the departments authorized
strength to 5000.
This budget plea is included
in the department heads
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THIS WAS THE MILL
TARY force, a militia less
than 1000 strong, which was
available for the protection
of Washington when Lincoln
was elected and South Caro-
lima seeded. Gen. Winfield
Scott managed to bring $40
regulars in from the frontier
before the Inauguration. No
wonder Lincoln was worried
about the vulnerability OF
the Capital!
Most of the above infor-
nation was cleaned from
w. B. Bryan's History of
the National Capital" But
unlike most local histories,
Bryan's gives little orr no
information about the re-
cruiting in Washington for
the Army of the Potomac
Nor do the many volumes OF
the proceeding of the Co.
lumbia Historical Society
seem to have anything on
that subject.
Information about the
mastering in of the youth of
Washington is at the Ar
chives of the United States.
It is contained in the payroll
records of each company en-
listed. But no one seems to
have dug it out.
There has been much SEN
timental stuff written about
brother against brother" in
the border States of Ken
lucky, the western counties
of Virginia (now West Vir-
ginia) and Maryland. There
must have been many in
stances of brother against
brother" among Washington
families. Many young men
crossed the Potomac to fight
for the South.
That's the sort of thing Mr..
Sedgwick would like to have
brought to him. AS he said,
"ThiS is the last chance"
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The
Rambler
Meets
Civil War Buff
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Met Paul Sedgwick the
other. day. He is chairman
of the District Committee of
the Civil War Centennial.
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III
is general chairman.
Mr.. Sedgwick, who is an
attorney, has offices in the
Barr Building. He is a little
man, with premature white
hair, a bit on the plump side.
He has been a member of
the Washington Civil War
Round Table for years.
do you know the def1ni-
ton of a Civil War buff?" he
asked cheerfully.
He is a Screwball in
search of a minnie ball"
All the Sedgwicks are of
the same family, the late
Ellery Sedgwick, editor of
the Atlantic Monthly, and
Gen. John Sedgwick of the
United States Army, a ma
tive of Connecticut, who was
killed by a Confederate
sharpshooter near Spotsyl-.
vania.
MY father was born in
Johannesburg, N. Y, and I
was born in Chicago" he
said. 1.-THE relationship to
the general is distant.
The local committees,
North and South, East and
West, are asking families
with ancestors in the Union
or Confederate armies to
search their attics for Civil
War diaries and letters. The
committees hope to turn this
material over to local or
State historical societies.
1T will be the last chance
to get this sort of material"
Mr.. Sedgwick said.
People today don't realize
what a Southern city this
was 100 years ago. The war
made the Potomac the po-
litical border between the
North and South. But before
the war it was the Mason
Dixon line, 80 miles to the
north.
Washington was a slave
holding city in a Southern
Slave-holding State.
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THE BIGGEST SCARE
that Washington experienced
was before, not during, the
war. 1t was not that the
South would capture it but
that John Browns raiders
would descend from Harpers
Ferry and cause a servile
insurrection.
Some Southerners serious
" considered making Wash
ington the capital OF the
Confederacy after secession
had succeeded.
At the time of the John
Brown raid the only regular
troops in Washington were
fewer than 200 Marines at
the Marine Barracks. 1t
was the Marines who went
to Harpers Ferry, where they
came under the command OF
1t. Col. Robert E. Lee OF the
Regular Army and captured
the bearded madman.
Our little Army was scat
tered along the Western
Frontier protecting settlers
from Indians. A detachment
could not be spared for the
protection of Washington.
So the militia, the Washing
ton Light Infantry, was in
creased by recruiting to a
battalion of two companies
and the Potomac Light In
fantry of Georgetown filled
H. o,oI-, oF &c oy,o coY1nno0V
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Commissioners Conclude Public Heor-
ing on Budget. Poee ETA
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the young men He had chosen
for His friends. The thirty
years of her having Him were
over; His ministry had be-
gun. But today, she would see
Him again. Everything would
be all right, for this after
noon.
Then, the crisis. The wine
was gonel Could they hold off
for a while, out there at the
table? Was there enough wine
still in the pitchers to last a
little longer?
No, somebody was calling
now for wine. She shook her
head to the discomfited boy
that he was to ignore it. Some
body else called. Again she
shook her head.
Then, joyfully, the inter-
ruption. Out in the courtyard,
the sound of the newly arriv-
ing guests. They were being
greeted. They were being Of
fered a wash-up. And she, His
mother, swiftly there too.
She greeted them in her
usual omething-V
for-E One way. Then she
took Him by the arm and told
Him the news.
Whatever her Sons answer,
the allusion to the inevitable,
it was no news to her. Togeth-
er they had known it always.
Even so, this was today.
That pretty little bride must
have her wedding-maybe the
only perfect memory of her
whole life. This family, strlv-
ing to do something special
for their children's sake-they
must be set at ease. The young
groom must not be humillat-
ed: not even a little embar-
raised Somebody's else's need
was now.
do whatever He tells you
10 do" she said with complete
confidence, even nonchalance,
to the serving men, Then she
hurried back to the kitchen to
oversee the food for her dar-
ling and His friends.
The next time she appears
in the banquet room, the new
corners are seated at table
with the others, eating, laugh
ing. talking, having a good
time.
And, all of a sudden, the
MICS rich sonorous voice Is
beaming out over all the 9TH
or voices. He is calling the
bridegroom to him. He is
praising the winel
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City's Blue Law
Ban Upheld
By High Court

TRENTON, N. j., NC
The State Supreme Court has
unanimously upheld a Para
mus. N. j., Sunday sales law
as a proper exercise of the
borough's delegated police
power"
The court ruled MAY 81
on an appeal brought by
three highway stores against
a Superior Court decision
which also upheld the law.
The effect of the 7 to 0
decision by the states highest
court was to rule that NUM-
cipal Sunday closing laws
drafted in accord with a 1851
state law are still valid, al
though the 1851 law is no
longer effective.
The suit is the third one
by the three stores fighting
the ParamuS law. The first
suit challenged the law on
constitutional grounds. The
second suit a year later
sought to upset the law on the
grounds that it was super
seeded by a 1858 state law.
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Dobson. recording secretary;
Mrs. William Matthias, cores
ponding secretary; Mrs. Ralph
Bruch, treasurer.
Mrs. Joseph Rosati and Mrs.
Emilio Rogers were named
publicity chairmen and Mrs.
Sam Gallione, leaf organizer.
Past president was Mrs.
Raymond Highfield.
The guest speaker was FIR.
Edward j. Kiefer, O.P. of
Aquinas College High School.
Toastmistress for the evening
was Mrs. Robert Kuepfer.
Mrs. John Ptacek was in
charge of the arrangements.
She was assisted by Mrs. Earl
Blackburn, Mrs. Lee
Blackburn, Mrs. Lawrence
Hoffman, Mrs. Louis Kruczyn-
iski, Mrs. John Martin and
Mrs. Frank Sexton.
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Catholic Hymns
On Record

Columbia Records, Master
works Division, has released a
new album by the Choral So
ciety Of st. Dominic, Cleve-
land. The album, entitled
Holy God We Praise Thy
Name" includes fifteen we'll
known Catholic hymns.
Included in the album are:
20 Lord | Am Not Worthy"
"Jesus, My Lord, My God, My
AL" Immaculate Mary" 1--WE
Thee Adore" 80 Sanctissima,'
ooh God of LONELINESS" Hail
Holy Queen" 30 Sacred
Head" save Maria, Thou
Virgin 20 Salutaris Hostia,"
""Tantum Frog" and "Holy
God We Praise Thy Name"
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themselves away, at last, only
because of necessity?
She didn't always wait, eth
er, for people to come to her.
Sometimes she took her gift to
them. Actually she did an
amazing lot of going places.
That visit to Elizabeth, for
instance. Ii is one of the Mys-
teries, we know. But how well
come she was! After a quiet
life together those two, Eliza
beth and her husband, had
lately gone through some of
the most fabulous and explo-
sive of experiences. The one
person they could discuss it
all with, comprehension, was
this lithsome girl coming their
way.
She knew how 10 make q
party out of every occasion;
which is the test Of success.
She knew full we'll the other
time was coming; the time
when there would be need TO
fast and to be sorrowful be-
cause the Beloved would be
gone. But now He was here.
And the people should have
him. The big children and the
little children; the kings and
the shepherds, and all the in
betweens. II was the best
they would ever have in all
their lives. So, rejoice and
share, was the way of our host
ess.
II was at the wedding that
we find the most vivid flash
es of her "givlngness."
What was she doing there?
Was she a friend of the fam
lily? Relative? Guest? We
don't know. She knew so many
different kinds of people. Her
friends were from among all
the different income brackets
possible. We cannot know
which one the bridal couple
was in. We can surmlse they
were just a cut above want.
Probably doing more than
they could afford.
Well there she was. And
with her usual sensitivlty to
other peoples needs and feel
ings, she was perhaps the first
10 know when a crisis arose.
The wedding half way through
and the drinks all gone!
What business was 1t OF
hers? People so stingy or so
improvident not to look ahead,
deserve to be embarrassed,
don't they? And strangers
who start meddling in such
things usually get the worst
Of it.
No doubt they were all
there that day, the med
dlers, the free-wheeling opln-
ion givers. No doubt they had
been at it all afternoon.
And everything moving with
a little Tilt, so the parents and
the bridegroom ceased to be
anxious, her assurance assur-
ing them that everything was
going we'll.
And a song in her heart
Radiance was coming later on.
And Radiance - reflected IN
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To Fati1lla

children, urged prayers for
the conversion of Russia and
the repentance of sinners.
His Eminence Manual Car
dinal Goncalves Cerejeira.
Patriarch of Lisbon, presided
at the ceremonies MAY 49,.
In Fatima's Basilica he took
the place of His Eminence
Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro,
Archbishop of Bologna, who
had cancelled his trip to Fa-
TINA the previous day because
of a sudden illness.
Bishop Joao Pereira Venan-
clio of Leiria, the diocese in
which the shrine is situated,
read the sermon that Cardi-
nal Lercaro was to have de-
liVered.
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To Introduce
New Officers

A - Father John
Soltis, pastor st. Matthew Par
ish, will introduce the Altar
Rosary Society officers at a
Communion Breakfast Sunday,
at the Desert Inn, following
the 1920 am. Mass.
Newly elected officers in
clude Mrs. Richard Boals, pres
ident; Mrs. George Stakely,
vice-president; Mrs. Nelson
Bobb, secretary, and Mrs. Ed
ward Cannon, treasurer.
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New Officers

C~HILLICOTHE - New off.
GERS of the Blessed Virginia
Sodality of st. Peter Church
are: Mrs. James Groeber,
president; Mrs. Russell
Wright, vice-president; Mrs.
Norman Mahaffey, secretary
and Miss Karleen Bethal,
treasurer.
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Pilgrims Flock
For Anniversary

A, Portug gal -
NCWC) - Twenty pilgrim
ages from abroad came to Fa-
time for ceremonies cele-
brating the 43rd anniversary
of the Blessed Virgins first
appearance here.
A steady downpour prevent
ed many Portuguese pilgrims
from attending the ceremon-
les. But thousands came to the
spot where Our Lady appear
ed in 1917 to three shepherd