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Evening star., 1960-01-27
Hospitals Ask
Charity Raise
Cite Higher Costs
OF INDECENT Core

Washington hospitals caring
for District indigents last
night asked Congress for full
reimbursement or rates at least
the same as those at District
General Hospital.
James H. Lemon, chairman
Of the committee on indigents
of the Hospital Council of the
National Capital Area, told the
House District Appropriations
subcommittee that the hospi-
tails have been forced into a
precarious financial position in
continuing to take part in the
medical charities program"
He asked that the present
daily impatient rate of $21.2O
be raised to $32 and that the
$3.50 rate for each clinic visit
be upped to $5.l5.
Mr.. Lemon noted that the
proposed budget for fiscal 1861
contains no increase in rates
or additional funds for the
private hospitals although per
diem increases are included for
Freedmen's, st. Elizabeths and
Glenn Dale Hospitals.
The cost of care at District
General. he said, substantially
increased for in-patients over
the last two years. In 1857 it
was $l9.33 per day. Currently
1T is $40 and it will be S32 in
1851, Mr.. Lemon said. This is
a SIS per cent cost increase, he
ladded.
Mr.. Lemon declared that the
contract hospitals here have
lost over $700. 900 on the med
ical charities program during
lfiscal 1883. The loss during the
current fiscal year is estimated
Fto be over F$850,0o0 and the
loss for the next fiscal year
will be 2over $l.l million, he
said. f.
This will be total loss of
some SIS million over three
ifiscal years. he added. Much of
this must be made up by the
paying patient.
Mr.. Lemon said this loss is
in addition to others incurred
by patients not eligible for
tax support. THE problem in
financing INDECENT care is
jeopardizing the life of the
voluntary hospital system" he
said.
The hospitals, he added,
want to continue the program.
1t is a community service and
also means a substantial saw
ing to the taxpayers because it
reduces the need of extensive
capital and operating expendi-
lures by the District which
would duplicate existing facili-
ties.
Mr.. Lemon said the present
budget request provides for
81. .768.086 for the medical
charities program. The hos
pitfalls are asking for $788, ,086
more. or a total of $2,556,172.
Evening star., 1960-01-27

discrimination among voters
through poll taxes can be
eliminated expediciously and
constitutionally by law rather
than by amendment of the
Constitution, Senator Javits
maintains.
So Senate handling of the
Kefauver, Holland and Javits
proposals all bear on the fate
of the District suffrage amend
ment, unopposed in the WASH
ington community.
This resolution, cleared last
session by a Senate Judiciary
subcommittee, would fire e
Washington residents to vote
for electors. District electors
would be equal to the number
of Senators and Representa-
tives to which the District
would be entitled if it were a
State-now, probably five.
Opposed by Holland
In a practical sense. this
would mean that Washingto-
mans would cast ballots for the
President and Vice President or
for electors pledged to support
those candidates. Congressional
clearance and approval by
three-fourths of the States
would give complete primary
and general election powers to
voteleSs WaShingtonianS. Con-
gress. in 1856. set up a system
of District primary elections in
which Democrats and Republi-
cans elect delegates to the
nominating conventions.
Curiously, Minority Leader
Dirksea of Illinois, who .favors
lDlstrict suffrage Is set 10 oppose
! its consideration along with the
Holland Amendment because he
has pledged the Democratic
leadership not TO debate civil
rights until February Is. 81 q
Evening star., 1960-01-27
Kent Gardens Asks
Street lioht Plan

The Kent Gardens subdivision
yesterday filed a petition in
Fairfax Circuit Court to set up
a sanitary district for street
lights.
Under State sanitary district
law, residents pay special taxes
to cover the cost of services
they want. No hearing date
has been set.
Evening star., 1960-01-27
BUDGET
Rhodes Hits Figures
On Federal Payment

trict Commissioners while hop
ing that Congress also will
provide more fiscal help. Mr..
ORourke said District residents
and businesses already are
vigorously taxed" however
and other witnesses were
sharply critical of both city
taxes and expenditures.
Planned Raises Hit
Walter A. Feroe. speaking for
the Central Business Associa-
ton. complained Of too many
cries for free services" and
strongly opposed planned city
payroll increases. He blamed
city financial difficulties on a
policy of tax and spendr which
he said threatens TO put a
back breaking burden" on the
people of the District. His re-
marks drew a commendation
from Mr.. Rhodes.
William K. Norwood, presi-
dent of the Federation of Citi-
zenS Associations, proposed
Tightening Of health, school
and welfare spending and
urged appointment of an in
vestigation commissioner" to
close fiscal loopholeS.
He drew a retort from Mr..
Santangelo discounting the
city's crime problem when he
registered federation backing
for 400 additional policemen,
however. The New Yorker said
crime has been decreasing, and
Mr.. Rabaut told the civic lead
er the committee had received
a request for only $50 rather
than 400 more men.
Tax Rise Urged
Support for higher taxes was
voiced by Mrs. Sol Sher, speak
ing for the National Council of
Jewish Women, but on the
proviso that they be coupled
with the full $32 million Fed
eral payment.
Wilbur D. Thomas, president
Of the American University
Park Citizens Association, said
his group opposed some Of the
tax-rise proposals and was "un-
alterably opposed to any tax
increase Of any kind" unless
Congress grants the Federal
payment as authorized.
A higher Federal grant also
was urged by Charles M. Ma
son, jr., of the Washington
chapter Of Americans for
Democratic Action.
Evening star., 1960-01-27

situation on the Senate floor.
No matter what happens, a
move to win the local vote ap-
pears unlikely before Friday.
Until then. Senators expect
to be caught up in arguments
over policing elections. elimi-
mating poll taxes and filling
House vacancies
Pending before the Senate is
a resolution fspdpsored by
Senator Kefauvkr. Democrat of
Tennessee, to amend the Con-
stitution permitting State Gov
ernors to. fill vacancies in the
House if more, than half the
members are killed by a disaster.
Pushes PsA Tax Ban
Senator Holland, Democrat
of Florida, sees consideration
of the Kefauver amendment as
a chance to tack on his own
proposed Constitutional amend
ment to wipe out poll taxes in
the five States where they re-
main-Virginia, Texas. Missis-
sippi, Arkansas and Alabama.
This anti-poll tax resolution
already has been proposed on
the Senate floor by Senator
Holland although the measure
failed to clear the Senate Judi
ciary Committee. 1t is backed.
as a separate proposal, by %
Senators of both parties.
The Heating amendment is
to come into play at the point
of debate of the Holland anti
poll tax move.
Senator Keating's Repub-
lican colleague. Senator Javits
of New York, will interject. still
another idea certain to. post
pone and possibly tos-elhninate
the try for a vote 3on District
suffrage. Senator Javits wants
to substitute for the Holland
amendment a statutory bar to
poll taxes. Last ivsstiges Of
Evening star., 1960-01-27
Pupils Flee Smoke

Thirteen hundred Wheaton
Junior High School pupils were
evacuated from the building for
20 minutes today as smoke from
a small fire in a chute to the
incinerator filled part of the
building. The fire was extin-
guished quickly, and the chill
dren returned to their classes
at 9::35 am.
Evening star., 1960-01-27
Added Lane Eases
Memorial Span Jam
Traffic Count
Shows Increase
In Auto Speed

More cars are using the Me-
mortal Bridge and are getting
across faster under the un-
balanced lane system, District
officials reported today.
The 4-2 lane system during
weekday rush hours went into
effect for 5-week trial period
on January II.
Today, District Highway Di-
rector Harold Aitken said that
about CTS more cars are getting
across the span between S and
6 pm. than under the old 3-3
lane system.
The traffic count shows that
Memorial Bridge now is carry
ing about $3.50 Virginia bound
vehicles during the evening
rush hour, or an average of
about l,460 per lane.
Under the trial system four
lanes are set aside for cars
coming into the city between
8 am. and $50 am. Between
5 pm. and $50 pm. four lanes
are reserved for Virginia.
bound motorists.
Mr.. Aitken reported these
figures at a meeting of the
Metropolitan Area Traffic
Councils executive committee.
Speed Increase
Another traffic check showed
that motorists are able to move
across the bridge at a higher
speed than before, according
to Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner Jess Unger.
Col. Unger said that at 8
am. cars used to travel at
an average speed of Is miles
per hour across the bridge. The
unbalanced system has in
creased average speed to 18
miles per hour, he said.
In the evening, at Sis pm,
the increase in speed was higher
from an average of 1912
miles per hour to 20 miles per
hour.
The bridge is under the juris-
diction of the National Capital
Parks. The agency's superin-
tendent. Harry T. Thompson,
had resisted the trial and today
said the tryout appears favor
able but that he still has not
made a final decision on keep
ing the unbalanced system in
effect permanently.
Other Factors
Mr.. Thompson explained that
there are other factors involved
IN add1tlOn TO the trafhc counts.
One, he said, is the number Of
policemen needed on the ap-
proach roads at both ends Of
the bridge to coordinate the
flow of traffic after the motor
lists get off the span.
The bridge approach and exit
roadways were widened to ham
die the increased flow of traffic.
In another matter, MI. Ait
ken also had favorable report
for the council on traffic i'm
provement work at Rosslyn
circle.
During the peak morning
traffic, about $50 cars per hour
are able to come up the ramp
from the George Washington
Memorial parkway to get into
the circle and move onto Key
Bridge. Before the improve
ment work the number was
500 per hour.
Evening star., 1960-01-27
New Chamber Head

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 81 (AP)
Elmer M. jackson, jr., gen.
eral manager Of the Annapolis
Evening Capital, has been in
stalled as president Of the An
napolis Chamber Of Commerce
He succeeds Philip Richebourg
Evening star., 1960-01-27
BUDGET
Continued From First Page

formula last year. and that Of
fetal figures were presented
for the first time only recently.
The changes in the figures
for Federal properties were the
result Of a complete study" 3"
they declared.
Representative Santangelo,
Democrat of New York, Joined
with Mr.. Rabaut and Mr..
Rhodes in challenging the city's
tax calculations.
The New Yorker suggested
that New York City property
bears a heavier tax burden
than the Districts. He also
disputed arguments by John
T. O'Rourke, editor Of the
Washington Daily News and
spokesman for the Federal
City Council, that the city is
entitled to a higher Federal
grant for various reasons in
cluding the fact that Congress
itself has authorized more.
"On the average the record
will show that the authorize =
tions in Congress have been
25 and 80 per cent greater
than the appropriations" Mr..
Santangelo asserted. referring
to the record on money bills
generally.
Mr.. Rabaut criticized the
city for waiting to be prodded
by his unit before reassessing
all properties.
"Unimpressed" by Statistics
when they're not doing
their own duty by themselves,
it is not very good to make
a lot of talk about the Federal
payment" he told Mr.. O'Rourke
Mr.. Rhodes discounted q
statement by Mr.. O'Rourke
that the Federal share of the
Districts real estate totals 43
per cent, declaring the statistic
didn't impress me very much. "
"Seventy-three per cent of
my State belongs to the Federal
Government, and it doesn't get
any Federal payment" he said
Mr.. O'Rourke asked how
much Federal money goes to
Arizona.
Il suspect the District would
compare very favorably," re-
piled the Arizonian.
Il wonder" rejoined Mr.
.ORourke.
Mr.. Schiller said the voters
league is backing a program of
tax raises proposed by the Dis
Evening star., 1960-01-27

BUT THEN THE CALLER
said, MY little girl has fallen
in love with the dog Asking
Mrs. Jacobs if she could
identify the dog, she finally
wound up the eorlssfsation
by saying she would bring
the dog around in Is min
uteS. She never did.
During the call Mrs. Jacobs
had offered to bring Alfred
Frank of the Franconia Ken
nels by to identify the dog
If that was necessary. Mr..
Frank had sold the Dober-
man to DR.. Jacobs.
A few days later, Mrs.
Frank received a call from a
woman, at midnight, asking
vaguely for information on
a lost, valuable Doberman."
She wanted the name of the
dog and the pedigree.
DR.. Jacobs had warned the
Franks not to give the name
OF the dog to anyone. 1t was
his guess that if anyone
learned the name of the dog,
the Doberman would feel
completely at home wherever
he was. 1t would be difficult
to win him back.
The woman failed to get
any information out of the
Franks.
Meanwhile, DR.. Jacobs was
running down reports of the
missing Doberman. He went
out to Laurel where one had
wandered into a home. 1t
was not his dog.
With field glasses, he
watched another Doberman
in a yard behind Lamont
street near Mount Pleasant.
1t looked like his Doberman.
He got Mrs. Jacobs and to-
gether they went and talked
to the dog. There was no
recognition.
He went out to Brookland
to check a tip from a caller.
All he found was a nice old
lady who had never had
any dogs. =
Evening star., 1960-01-27
fhe
Rambler
Tells of
A Lost Dog
By JOHN McKELWAY

There is a big stone house
above the Potomac, on the
Virginia side and almost hid
den in the heavy trees. The
address is 1928 North Scott
street, Arlington.
DR.. j. Bay Jacobs, 81, a
Wiry little man, has lived
there since 1888. He built the
house. He is an obstetrician.
DR.. and Mrs. Jacobs have
always owned a dog. The
last dog to live in the house
was a Doberman pinscher.
He was 2 years old, big, black
and tan, intelligent and had
an excellent background. He
spent most of the time in
the house. He stayed near
the front door on a rug
which he would roll up each
morning just before he went
out for a few minutes.
In the evening, if Mrs.
Jacobs turned on the televi-
sion set upstairs - particu-
larly the Peter Gum theme
music - he groaned and
Whined until she let him
come up where he had a spe-
cial rug in front of the set.
He would chew a bone there
and watch television.
On December 10, about $50
pm, Mrs. Jacobs took the
Doberman outside and
walked him to a fenced-in
runway. At the entrance, the
Doberman suddenly bolted
off in the woods, down
through the heavy under
burSh toward the George
Washington parkway. A. fox
lives in the area and the
Doberman may have seen
him.
The Doberman had never
charged off before. 1t was
the first time he had ever
been on his own.
DR.. Jacobs Immediately
placed want ads in all the
Washington newspapers and
offered a Sl00 award for the
dogs return. He alerted all
the dog pounds, dog kennels
and animal rescue leagues
he could think of.
On ber is, Mrs.
Jacobs go a telephone call
from a woman. She asked
Mrs. Jacobs if she owned a
big black dog" and. said the
dog had "chewed up my sofa"
Evening star., 1960-01-27
Suffrage Issue Awaits
Senate Rights Debate
Move to Let District Vote Hinges
On Handling Of Three Proposals
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star STAFF Writer

District suffrage today waits in the wings of Senate civil
rights play.
Senator Keatng Republican of New York, stands ready
call for debate proposed constitutional amendment to
let Wangtonians vote for President and Vice President
When how he will depends swiftly developing
Evening star., 1960-06-26
Cider That's Cider
By JACK JONAS
Star Travel Editor
By JACK JONAS
Star Travel Editor

TNHERE'S to making cider than squeezing apple
1t takes legel drescha, straw pOmace filter and
hefty hausrau to help.
How done in the days when cider cider will be
demonstrated Saturday in the Pennsylvania Dutch country
That's when the Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival gets under
way at Kutztown, Pa
The fete expected to draw 100000 visitors will be held at
and Allentown, Route 222 1t lasts through July y9
Since cider major item in the solid Pennsylvania Dutch
foods, its making will hold the spotlight
is of the principal ingredients of lowarrick
the main dish the foods trad
tonal a Pennsylvania Dutch table
Also the table at the typical meal the
and of these delicacies lowarrck and
cottage cheese
In the first step of cider making the farmer ege
drescha"like whipto beat the grain from the rye and
make it into
While the farmer beats the straw, his wife prepares the
apples These put into handoperated grinding mill AS
the wife the apples the farmer the Wheel
ducing pomace ground apples.
The cider itself has thatched roof supported by
two Alternate layers of and
are placed on a bed beneath the roof
Two round logs then through the and the
farmer and his WIFE standing each side of the cider MILL
push the logs to turn the and lower the heavy roof
The juice from the apples rckes down trough and into
filtercovered contaner
Lottwarrick and smearcaSe will be the festive tables
in Kutztown along with rvvel SOUP astnachts and Amsh
Evening star., 1960-06-26

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Evening star., 1960-06-26

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Evening star., 1960-06-26

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Evening star., 1960-04-27
Cultural Center Hurdle

II supporters OF the National Gull
tural Center have given up hope for
enactment at this session of the routine
bill to expand the boundaries of the
center, they are guilty of excessive
peSsimiSm. For this amendatory legisla-
ton should present no great difficulties
of passage, and it is vital need to
permit continuation of planning and
initiation of the Nationwide fund
raising drive. A bill to accomplish these
purposes is pending in the House and
it is gratifying that Minority Leader
Dirksen has introduced a companion
measure in the Senate. Proponents of
the cultural project, in other parts of
the country. as we'll as here, should make
known the Importance of immediate
action to members of Congress.
Evening star., 1960-04-27
Pre-Summit Threats

To say the least, there is nothing
reassuring in the verbal saber-rattling
which is setting the stage for next
months summit meeting in Paris.
Last week, UnderSecretary of State
Dillon served notice that Mr. Khrushchev
is skating on very thin ice" in declaring
his intention to sign a separate peace
treaty with East Germany if the Berlin
question is not settled to his satisfac-
ton. Mr.. Dillon added: "We must recog-
nize that the issue of Germany and
Berlin, if it cannot be resolved through
negotiations, may involve the gravest of
all issues: The issue of peace or war"
Mr.. KhruShchev now haSareplied in
similar, though tougher, vein. Declaring
that the Dillon speech was filled with
the spirit of cold war, the Soviet Pre-
mier renewed his threat to sign a peace
treaty with East Germany and told a
Baku audience that if the Western
powers do not choose to sign such a
treaty "they would naturally then for
felt the right of access to West Berlin
by land, water and air" For the benefit
Of those who contend that the West is
entitled to keep occupation troops in
West Berlin, he added: II must warn
such hotheads that if force is applied it
will be met with force from the other
side"
All of this is an ominouS prelude to
the summit For while Mr.. Khrushchev
has no right to unilaterally tear up the
occupation agreement, he has the means
to do it. Berlin is 110 miles inside East
German territory. In terms of relative
advantage, 1t is hard to think of a worse
point at which the West might choose
to make stand. Yet the East Germans.
If Mr.. KhruShchev will back them up,
can effectively deny us access to Berlin,
and II this happens we shall have to
beat an ignominious retreat or fight
what could turn out to be a major war.
True enough, nobody planned it this
way. We more or less stumbled into the
Berlin trap, but there we are. And PreSi-
dent Eisenhower has committed the
United States to defend our rights in
West Berlin. So the Khrushchev threats
could be translated into rude reality at
any moment of his choosing. Conse-
quently, we trust that our officials, in
addition to drafting tough speeches, are
preparing for the possibility of a very
tough showdown over Berlin.
Evening star., 1960-04-27

The Star editorial of April
10, urging in effect COM
promise on mass transporta-
ton legislation, seems re-
markably close to the position
that has been taken by the
Interfederation Council.
Certainly there would be
good reason for pessimism
about the future of area
wide mass transit if, after
all the build-up created by
the Mass Transportation Sur
vey Report and the Bible
committee hearings of last
November, the consensus of
area citizens and officials
were insufficient to persuade
Congress to take constructive
action at this session.
Yet, as The Star editorial
points out, such is the real
possibility. There may be
several reasons for the Situa-
ton. We are finding out how
complex a problem a metro
politan organization can be-
come. The effects intended
by the legislation are far
reaching, and officials at
every affected level of govern
ment have a natural tend
ency to think about the
problem in terms of their
respective traditional respon-
sibilities.
We are approaching the
end of an exceptionally busy
election year congressional
session, and time is running
out. Many expected the
Bureau of the Budgets legis-
lative clearance process to
produce a solution that would
be generally acceptable; they
now tend to take an "all
or nothing" attitude with re-
gard to the administrations
proposal.
The difficulty with this ap-
proach is that it ignores the
genuine substantive conflicts
that surround the problem,
and that in fact have not
been resolved. The following
observations are intended to
bring the more important of
these conflicts to the surface,
so that they will no longer be
hidden roadblocks to action
on what needs to be done now
and what can be reasonably
agreed to in a short time.
The administration bill
provides for % creation of
a temporary National Capt.
tai Transportation Agency,
(2) negotiation of a compact
setting up an interstate pro-
prietary agency, and 90 If
Evening star., 1960-04-27
Social Security Cost

1t may be in order at this
time when there is some
alarm about the state of the
Treasury to recall that the
adoption of costly" social
security followed a period in
which the store shelves and
warehouses of the Nation
bulged with goods of all
kinds for which there wasn't
sufficient sale and some ten
to twelve million workers
were idle, while a third of
the Nation were "ill-fed, ILL
clad and ill-housed."
We need the business and
the Jobs. Featherbedding,
payroll packing, ETC., as a
means of evading excessive
unemployment can in the
long run be more costly in
individual initiative and in
tegrity than making it posi-
BILE for the aged to secure at
least the simpler require
ments of decent living.
Benjamin KirsOn.
Holicong, Pa.