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Evening star., 1960-05-22

and over water, and he fell
he had to put in an appear
ance in the hope of erasing
some of the understandable
apprehension.
Confidently, Mr.. Howat
ordered the truck down the
rmap. Driven by a slight mar
who wore glasses, the truck
Missed. the ramp of timbers
moaned. 1t made it.
Truck Has Trouble
Mr.. Howat timed the TRIP
over to Roosevelt Island ano
back. The truck, for prac-
tice. had been loaded with
gravel.
On the trip back, the truck
had to back up on the ramp
It failed the first time. Men
scurried around and placed
boards of timber at the bot
tom of the ramp. With Mr.
Howat standing a few feet
away, the boards cracked un-
der the weight of the truck,
which eventually made it to
safety.
The truck had held the in
terest of all the workmen un-
til the fire started.
Another truck, carrying re-
infofced steel bars, had been
waiting for a chance to cross
the river. While it waited, its
gas tank leaked. BY the time
it made it down the ramp and
onto the barge, a tossed match
accidentally started a fire
where the truck had been
standing. Now workmen came
out of nowhere and put the
fire out with extinguishers.
Back to work." said a griz-
zled pile driver, the foreman OF
a band of men working to fit
a steel frame together, one
weighing 130 tons.
The foreman later expressed
Evening star., 1960-05-22
MEN AGAINST THE RIVER
Roosevelt Bridge Job'Is Good Show

dissatisfaction with the way
the bridge is being built. An
engineer came along to say pile
drivers are Of this opinion at
all times on all jobs.
Bernie O'Donnell. IS, the
Districts engineer on the job,
talked about some of his prob
lens.
The men are required to
wear life jackets. Bernie has
to enforce the ruling because
the men don't like to wear
them.
Il had trouble with one man, 4"
said Bernie. until he got
dumped out of one of the out
boards"
And under terms of the con-
tract, trees on the island as
well as those on the District
side of the bridge are supposed
to be protected.
"You take a crane operator
from another part of the
country" said Bernie. "it's hard
to get him to be careful about
trees" ~ 4
(The workmen have been
fenced in both on the District
side and on the island to pro-
tect the bushes and trees else
where.)
To Use Seismographs
when they get around to
blasting" he added, well have
to place about four or five
seismographs around here and
across the river so people can't
blame cracks in walls on the
dynamite"
The SubStructure of the
bridge is now being built by
Peter Kiewit g. Sons Goa So
million job calling for five piers
and two abutments, one on the
island, one on the District side.
The contract also calls for
the construction of sign show
ing a District flag and the
words, District of Columbia
Public Works Program"
THE contract has everything
in it." said Bernie. The stars
on the District flag have to be
3 inches apart"
Unfortunately. plans and
specifications for the bridge do
not include a grandstand or
program.
Yet the construction Of the
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge is.
and will be for at least two
more years, one of the best
shows in Washington.
Evening star., 1960-05-22

Arlington citizens and county
board members showered scorn
yesterday on the latest presi-
dental proposal to build a
Freedom Wall" adjacent to
Arlington Cemetery.
The County Board unani-
mously reaffirmed its opposi-
ton to the $24 million project
which again last week was sub
mitted for Congressional ap-
proval.
Civic organizations and pri-
vate citizens denounced the
envisioned monument as a
'monolithic monstrosity," a
gimmick for the profit of pri-
vate promoters, the 'antithesis
of freedom" and an aesthetic
horror which would blight
existing shrines along the Po-
tomac.
Several suggested that the
$24 million be used to help
build a living memorial" such
as a National Cultural Center
in Washington.
The bitterness of some OF
their attacks was exceeded only
by those of board member
Ralph Kaul who pilloried the
administration and declared
Republican Representative Joel
Broyhill was guilty of 'polit-
ical cowardice" in not appear
ing at the hearing.
Veterans organizations aug
mented the assault.
None of the board members
Or II representatives who
spoke had anything kind tc
say about the latest admins
tration plan.
1t recommends that Congress
appropriate S12 million to con.
struct a rectangular wall oi
marble and granite on the
NeviuS tract south of the I've
Jima Memorial.
Public donations would bt
solicited to defray remaining
costs of the monument which
would be SO feet high. 326 fee
long and 203 feet wide.
Mr.. Kaul few from a Demo
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cut avenue during peak traffic
hours, Mr.. Twiss said. No driver
is going to get in that lane with
the buses if he can avoid it, he
explained. And, he added. re-
serving the lane would mean
police assignments for enforce
ment of the regulation.
In addition, Mr.. Twiss said
studies have shown that the
major delays in the bus runs
are in loading and unloading
passengers, not in slowdowns
because of traffic. :
Yesterday, a D. E. Transit
System spokesman said the
company favors special bus
lanes on Tenth and Twelfth
streets, along with certain other
streets.
Study Being Made
Mr.. Braun, who is heading
the current bus lane study
said it is possible that the high
way department will urge estab.
lishment of a reserved curb
lane for buses on Eleventh
street NV. after the streetcal
tracks there are removed.
Also under consideration Il
the feasibility of SITTING aside
a curb lane on E street NV
and on one Of the other con.
Meeting east-west streets.
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gloves that morning. The
rocks are sharp 40 feet down
Get up on the drill" said
Joe after a long silence.
This was relayed by his
helper to the men working the
drills. Real easy" yelled Joe
Joe came up after a while
He rested again on the ladder
in his patched-up equipment
He said he liked the job. His
last job was on the Jones Point
Bridge. He's been diving for
19 years and, others said he
has a good reputation. He'll
be used again to check the
construction of the cofferdams
and many of the subtle deci-
sions of bridge building will
depend on his judgment.
Operation Photographed
Joe looked with a hint of
amusement at three men who
circled the barge in an out
board motorboat. Two were
in white shirts and ties and
one was taking pictures of the
opHations And about that
tine, back Ton shore, a big
decision was about to be made.
A cotton cement truck was
poised at the top of a ramp
which went down over the sea-
wall at a 30-degree angle TO
a waiting barge powered by
two sea mules. &
The distinguished -lookihg
man pacing up and down the
ramp turned out to be P. K.
Howat, SO, owner and president
of the Howat Concrete Co.,
Inc. In the future, his trucks
will deliver $4,000 cubic yards
of concrete for the bridge.
Mr.. Howat drew his eyebrows
together and explained that a
practice run" was about to
take place.
He said his drivers were un-
easy about going down the
ramp inside a cement truck
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ANNAPOLIS, May II CAP -
A citizens group launched 6
three e-pronged movement today
ito gain more equitable repre-.
sentation in the legislature fol
Maryland's urban counties.
1t said it would carry the
fight before the public. into the
courts and before the legisla.
ture.
Christian H. Kaul, county ex.
ecutive for Baltimore County
was elected president of the
organization, which calls itself
the Maryland Committee fol
Fair Representation.
Royce Hanson, professor Of
government at American Uni
versity and a resident of Mont
gomery County, was named ex-
ecutive vice president.
Rejects Walsh Report
Mr.. Kahl, who was intro
duced at a meeting at the State
house as "one of the real
movers and shakers" of a move
for reapportionment in the leg
islature, denounced failure OF
the legislature to approve the
Walsh report calling for a
measure of reapportionment at
the last session.
This committee will not ac-
!. cept the Walsh committee re-
port, even if it should be ap-
proved in the future by the
legislature" Mr.. Kahl said. 1T
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parties. The group said 1t
would also seek to establish
local organizations in Hartford,
Howard, Charles and other
counties which are experienc.
ing growth and need more rep.
resentation in the legislature.
William H. Wood, a member
of the executive committee Of
the Prince Georges county
council of PTA's, was elected
state secretary and Jesse L.
Maury was named treasurer.
Elected area vice presidents
to form local organizations
were Mrs. Richard E. Lank-
ford of Annapolis, wife of the
5th District congressman, Anne
Arundel county; Andrew Bris-
tow. president of the Inter-
community Council of Balti.
more County; Philip Thorson.
member of the executive COM
mittee of the Federation Of
Citizens Associations in Mont.
gomery County and Mrs. zella
Saylor, member of the Citizens
Committee for Good Govern
ment in Prince Georges
County.
Directors Named
Named to the board of direc.
tors were Michael Paul Smith,
former circuit court judge in
Baltimore County; Clinton
Fair Of the national staff Of
the AFL-CIO, who was &C.
tive in the reapportionment
fight in Michigan; Sam H.
Hopkins, former member of
the house of delegates from
Baltimore City; Mrs. June
Wing. former president of the
League of Women Voters in
Baltimore City; w. F. Strong.
state president of the AFL-
CIO; Paul Warnke, president
of the Western Suburban
Democratic Club in Montgom-
cry County; and John Doherty.
director of the International
Labor Center at st. Johns
College here.
officials Of the Americans
for Democratic Action and the
Maryland League of Women
Voters, who were attending the
meeting. pledged their support.
General Counsel Chosen
Immediately after the ses-
sion, the board of directors
named Alfred Scanlon Of
Bethesda, a Washington at
torney, as its, general counsel
to map out a court fight to
obtain a reapportionment of
seats.
Working with him will be
Johnson Bowie, county solici.
tor for Baltimore County, for
mer Judge Smith, and David
Mcdonald of Silver Spring,
former county attorney for
Montgomery County.
Evening star., 1960-05-22
Costly Trash

ST. PAUL, MINI. CAP.
Minnesota highway department
officials say it cost a quarter
million dollars to pick UP trash
dumped along the States trunk
highways in 1859.
Evening star., 1960-05-22
BY JOHN McKELWAY
Star Stah Writer


A few days back the river
was swollen and in one of its
rare, mean moods.
The men building the Theo-
dore Roosevelt Bridge felt its
power, showed it respect and
confined their activities to
stacking steel on the Seawall
and probing the mud in a safe
inlet of the island.
Driftwood came tumbling
slowly down the river. Now and
then the workmen would raise
up to see how the noble, worn
veteran from Savannah, Ga,
the tugboat Capt. DeYoung,
would make it across the chan
mel. The current in the main.
channel was strong enough to
swing the tugboat around on
its frequent ferrying trips
across the river. 1t had given
up for the day, because of the
river, its job Of pushing loaded
mud barges down river and
pulling empties back.
I'VE can't do much until the
river goes down." said one of
the men.
And they were still talking
about what had happened the
day before. A "sea mule" had
been damaged. Trying to oper-
ate in the current, it had fouled
itself on a cable and had drawn
one of the orange buoys set
onu in the river smack into
its propeller. A welder worked
on the propeller under a tree
in a makeshift boat yard a few
feet from the Rock Creek
parkway.
The mule is an incredible
piece of machinery. 1t is an
engine that floats and is used
to push steel barges called
"fiexiboats," which can be
hooked together to form any
barge pattern the men need.
Both the mules and the flcx-
iboats earned their regulations
in of -shore oil drilling opera
tions and both seem embar-
rassed near the Lincoln Me-
mortal.
Pace Increases
But on another day. when
the river finally had gone down
and regained it's compoSure; the
delicate, colorful. confusing
business of building a bridge
was stepped up. This, too, is
very hard work.
Joe Brogan, 80, a tough, little
man who said he was half
Irish" was resting on a ladder
which went into the water from
a flexiboat. The barge was tied
to a steel frame out in the
river-the site of the first cof-
ferdam and pier to be con-
structed.
An outcropping of rock at
that point had been discovered,
35 feet down, and Joe, a diver,
was needed.
Two drills chartered away.
operated by four men in yellow
raincoats. Water gushed up like
oil.
One of the men shouted
something unintelligible to Joe.
Joe motioned to his helper The
helper picked up the divers
helmet and carefully screwed it
over Joe's head. Then he
wrapped a 65-pound belt
around his boss and Joe went
down the ladder, wallowed
around like a turtle and even
tually went out OF sight with
much bubbling.
Diver Gets $50 a Day
Joe's job was to place the two
drills far enough apart to as
sure success of the future dyna-
mite blast. He was also check
ing the depth of each hole
drilled. 1t was said it would
take about 60 holes to complete
the job. Joe was making $50 a
day and they were getting about
10 holes drilled each day.
Joe-he later said, II can't
see a thing down there"-bel-
lowed an oath over his radio
a word that could be heard over
the noise of the drills.
He does everything by feel
He was wearing a pair of black
woolen gloves which were torn.
He said he had bought the
Evening star., 1960-03-29
OLYMPIC OUTLOOK
By RALPH c. CRAIG

Rome will be ready when
the XVII Olympic Games open
August Is. Construction work
has been completed. Many Of
the facilities have been tried
out, and faults are being elimi-
mated. For example, the track
in the main stadium had to
be widened to provide more
ample lanes.
The Italian Organizing Com
mittee has won plaudite for its
work. 1t has been fortunate in
not having the financial prob
lens which beset Melbourne in
1856. Proceeds from a lottery
were assigned to the Italian
committee when its bid for the
games was accepted more than
four years ago.
4
The 18 sports on the Olympic
program are track and field,
rowing, basketball, boxing,
canoeing, cycling, equestrian,
fencing, soccer. gymnastics,
hockey, wrestling. swimming
modern pentathlon, weigh
lifting, shooting, water polo
and yachting.
Twelve buildings or Stadia
will be used. plus nearly half a
dozen natural locations, such
as Lac Albano for rowing and
conoeing and the Bay of Naples
for yachting. 1t is a full pro-
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you can park along the bank
under Route bridge at Fred
ericksburg.
The rocks under the bridge
are a good place to cast and
take your waders in case you
want to cross the rifles. The
stream is divided by several
rocky islands and the current
swift, so watch your step.
Upriver there is dam. and
we've seen three pound hic-
korieS snagged from the pool
Just below it. Unfortunately
the pool isn't big enough to
allow much casting. although
we hooked one good-Sized hic-
korie last spring.
Downstream the river flows
more calmly toward Chesa-
peake Bay, but a half-mile or
less on the Fredericksburg side
takes you to a power station
which has a spillway with a
swift current that attracts
many hickories and herring,
Casting far out where the
spillway's turbulance joins the
quiet waters, we've caught
dozens of herring and occa-
sionally a hickory, distinguish
able by its size and jutting jaw.
The herring, hickory shad
and white shad are. of course,
members of one family of salt
water fishes that spawn in
fresh water. After the spawn
found in fresh water but stay
to some extent in brackish
waters.
The shad doesn't start mov-
ing upstream until the waters
have reached at least As de-
grees and more preferably, Sc
to SIS. Where they spend the
winter even the biologists dc
not know, but the migration
is progressively northward.
The roe of all these fish is
good but only the flesh Of the
shad has won much favor. Toe
many fishermen go down tc
the Potomac, snag herring ir
the vicinity OF Chain Bridge
and then leave them on the
rocks to rot.
One Of the best fishermen
we know. a shad. hickory jacl
and herring specialist as a mat.
ter Of fact, never throws away
q herring. He has q methoC
Of sailing them down that viii
keep them for months. It wa
his recipe we gave recently Il
Charles M. Heinze Of Fairfax
who wrote:
Il have heard Of several con
Evening star., 1960-03-29
TWO BOWLERS HIT
FOR WHOPPERS

A duckpin shooter and q
tenpinner today were the
envy of countless medium
average bowlers following
spectacular performances
Larry Pizza Of the st.
Ambrose Mixed Duckpin
League at. the Mount
Rainier Bowl. who aver
ages 90. rolled a game OF
204, part of a 437 set. and
Sam Breeden Of the Alex
andria Mixed Foursome
Tenpin League at Pentagon
City. who never before had
hit 900. put together games
Of ais, 257 and 256 for
72s. He averages ITO.
Pizza marked out from
the third box. After three
spares, he fired four
straight strikes, spared and
struck again. Had a shaken
stick gone down in the
ninth frame, he would have
had six consecutive strikes.
Evening star., 1960-03-29

average to 1868. Trailing
him were Joe Clark. Baileys
Cross Roads. l94-6l; Don,
l94-9; Vince Larroque. Rosslyn
Bowl, 1926; John Kovich,
Bonfire, 193-l0; Vern Ash
bacher, Congressional Plaza,
1922; Duey Hippeared, Shir-
ley, 1926; vii Vidlock, Shir-
ley, 1929, and Eddie Miller,
Pentagon City, 1923.
Vidlock's 104 series and 269
game we're the best.
The league will hold its an
nual sweepstakes Sunday at
the Silver Spring Bowling
Center.
The final standings: Shirley,
521a-28ka; Bonfire, 47-34;
Confessional, 46-35; Pentagon
City, 1886: Baileys Cross
Roads, 1888; Rosslyn, 1873;
University Lanes. 36-45;
Wheaton, 33-4s; Greenbelt, 33-
40, and Silver Hill, 251a-552
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known as branch herring, ar
rive in vast numbers and they
are caught by every device
imaginable, from dip nets to
bare hands.
But although it is true that
they won't touch bait, 1t also
is true that they will fall for
a lure just like the hickory or
white shad and what a fight
they put up!
Next to dip netting, most
common method of taking
herring is by snagging, al
though we've seen small boys
corral fish and catch them by
hand.
Snaggers use a weighted
treble hook and when the her.
ring are swimming I'm to I'm
drop it among them with q
short line and stout rod. A
few jerks is all that Is neces-
sary to snag q fish.
Here's a much more sporting
method and the Rappahannock
is where we've had the mos
luck with it. Take a light ROD
about ga feet long and put or
a spinning reel with 4-poun6
test line. We recommend q
fairly long rod because you car
get more distance.
Tie on Shad Darts
On the monofilament, tie q
shad dart-a brightly painted
bit Of lead with feathered tail
They come in gold. silver, red
and white, yellow and white
and various other combina-
tions.
A couple Of feet up the line
tie q loop and put on another
dart. If the hickory shad are
running, you could use a small
gold or silver spoon.
Cast out in the current and
retrieve rather rapidly with
twitches Of the rod tip. Whether
herring or hickories are present
you'll get a surprise. Either
fish viii battle until its on the
bank and you'll be astonishet
at the way they have Of throw.
ing q hook.
There's good fishing for her
ring all up and down the Poto'
mac and when the shad arriv,
q fine place is the stretch IL
front Of Fletcher's Boathousu
on Canal road. You can rent
skiff and anchor in the current
But for spinning herring ant
hickories. we like the Kappa
hammock. Mid or late Apri
usually are excellent times ant
Evening star., 1960-03-29

fiicting methods, but would be
afraid to try them for fear OF
loss. I also have heard that
"snagged" herring should not
be salted down. Is this true?"
How to Salt Herring
First of, there's nothing
against preserving snagged
herring If they are fresh
caught. Don't expect to let fish
lie in the sun several hours
and be worth keeping.
First step is to cut vertically
down the neck. then along the
belly, removing head. entrails
and roe. Rip along the blood
line beside the backbone and
remove as much blood as pos
sible.
In q large crock prepare q
brine strong enough to float
a potato or egg. Put in herring
and leave for two days. Then
discard brine. place the herring
in q wire mesh basket-a clam
basket is good-and shake OF
excess brine. Do not wash.
Using the same crock, put
in a layer Of salt. then a layer
of fish belly cut downward and
so on until 1t is filled. After
putting a final layer Of salt on
top. place a cheesecloth over
the crock and then q wooden
lid. Keep in a cool place.
Evening star., 1960-03-29
SKI TRAILS
BY ROBERT .. RYAN

creosote called "Klister." This
wax, out Of fashion in many
quarters. is still my spring.
skiing standby
When skis are shoulder car
ried, klister has q eapability CT
staining parkas which has to
be experienced to be believed.
but it will make those skis run
even in mashed potatoes" as
ultra sloppy melting snow is
called. Techniques Of skiing re-
quire refinement to handle
heavy wet snow. but at higher
latitudes and attitudes. corn
snow" is q pure Joy to ski.
Corn snow, formed by night
time freezing and daytime
melting, is unfortunately a
rarity in southern skiing. When
spring skiing conditions" are
reported from New England
and western ski areas, corn
snow Is usually encountered.
- -
The sleeper slopes are the
best for spring skiing. Even at
Cabin Mountain, it was found
that the upper drift and bowl
continued to provide good ski
ing, while the lower slopes were
assuming the mashed pota-
toes aspect. The steep slopes,
and the north-faeing slopes
drain well. thus the snow does
not tend to become slow and
mushy.
Classic spring skiing areas
such as Tuckermans' Ravine on
Mount Washington In New
Hampshire are not only known
for the amount of snow held
late into the spring, but for
the good conditions of the
running surface. Provided by
steep, well-drained slopes.
New England offers excellent
prospects for spring skiing this
year In addition to the ever
reliable Tuckermans', most
major New England areas
should offer spring skiing con-
ditions throughout most OF
April. AS long as the informa-
ton Is received here, the
Thursday Star will continue tc
report such conditions. Don't
let the local thermometer and
the forthcoming cherry bios
soms discourage participation
in what to many Is the most
pheasant aspect of skiing.