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Evening star., 1960-04-13
Some Form of Aid to All Candidates
Considered as Possibly Not Far OFF
RALPH McGHL

There is an old Chinese
proverb which says that
being without money is like
being buried in rice with
ones mouth sewed up. To be
short of money in politics
provides something of the
same agony of Illustration.
Money is the sinewS of
politics as it is of war, and
the fact that Senator Ken
nedy spent a minimum of
100000 in the Wisconsin
primary and Senator Hum
phrey also spent a tidy sum,
causes the brow to furrow
under the stress of tabula-
ton. If we had primaries in
all States the cost per candi-
date would be a minimum of
SIS million, and there would
still be the national cam
paign for the two nominees.
Senator Kennedy spent
less than 100000 in New
Hampshire. He would have
to spend at least three times
that in a large State such as
California. 1t is doubtful if
the cost would even outdo
as little as 100000 per State.
But If we call it that, we
still arrive at a tremendous
expenditure.
The costs Of modern CAM
paigning are astronomical.
Television, radio, newspaper
advertising and travel all
run into money. Radio and
ads are still the most eco
nomical. But television is
effective. especially for those
who exude what professional
politicians call magic" They
do not say a candidate has
personality or political sex
appeal. Since it is an in
tangible quality with which
Evening star., 1960-04-13
Church Gets Post
By the Associated Press

Senator Church, Democrat
of Idaho, was appointed chair
man Of the Senate Interior
Subcommittee on Indian A.
fairs yesterday to succeed the
late Senator Neuberger, Demo-
crat Of Oregon.
Evening star., 1960-10-08
Levitt Exhibit Opens
BY ROBERT y. LEWIS
ReoI Estote Editor Of The Star

THE MUCH-DISCUsSED entry of Levitt & Sons,
I Inc, into the Washington area housing market
has reached the exhibit stage and-it must be said
the show is an emphatically impressive one.
The firm is the country's leading maSs-builder.
Today it opened eight model homes at Belair, near
Evening star., 1960-10-08

in the Long Island, Pennsyl.
vania and New Jersey
LevittownS, the firm has
applied and refined mass
construction techniques to
a degree hardly approached
by any other builder. 1t gives
evidence of having studied
all its production and con-
sumner problems equally as
well as intelligently ad-
vanced mass-producers in
any other field.
In a sense, therefore, the
firms operations and end
product represents a cul-
tural phenomenon of great
interest not alone to house
buyers and builder-com-
petitorS, but to students OF
the postwar American social
and economic scene. For
heavy-volume mass pro-
duction and mass appeal
are almost entirely of post
war origin in the housing
field.
This is part of the reason
why Belair can be of in
terest to almost everyone
in the Washington area to
see, to study, and to think
about. A visit to the models
is worth the trip.
Design Emphasized
The Levitts success in
competition is obviously no
accident. They have put
themselves in position to
give a unique lot of house
for the money. Yet they
have not achieved this at
the expense of design. For
it is quite obvious that
standardized good design
as it should be-iS a major
factor in their strategy.
The Belair models range
in price from $14,990 to
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$27 500. The firm states
that the lowest priced model
has 1,548 square feet of
finished floor area, not in
cluding a garage. This
brings the price to less than
$40 per square foot, includ-
ing the lot, and plus the
garage. Most builders will
think this is a very low per-
Square-foot price.
Belair is about Is miles
from Washington, as the
crow flies. When the John
Hanson highway is COM
Continued on Page B-2
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Bowie, Md. They will serve
as prototypes of 4,5OO houses
the organization expects to
build on the 2,300-acre
Belair estate.
Several things stand out
about this event:
/. The dimensions of the
model house exhibition area
are on the grandest scale
ever approached in Wash
ington. The exhibit is
worked out expertly and in
good taste, s
2. The house designs are
pleasantly traditional in ap-
pearance, and there is indi-
cation that the community
will have considerable
variety and visual character.
SquoFe-Foot Price
), 8. The announced price
per square foot of space is
= doubtless the lowest any
where in the Washington
area.
: 4. The houses have year.
around air conditioning.
The least expensive house
has four bedrooms and two
bathrooms.
S. The models reflect, to
the interested observer, the
straightforward approach
the Levitt firm m akes
towards its competitive
goals of space, design and
j equipment, for it is these
aspects of housing that the
exhibits emphasize most.
The homes have no base
ments, floors are of tile, and
drywall construction is used.
Federal Housing Admins
tration standards are met,
and FHA financing is avail
able on most models.
Production Large
Z In the course of produc-
ing the nearly $4,000 homes
Evening star., 1960-12-04
WALKER URGES LoNc4RANGE PLANS
DC. Urban Renewal Seen Needing Blueprint

"the technique Of providing
dwelling units for all the peo-
pie on a repeating basis"-the
big challenge Of the program in
his view.
The commissioner also said
q study Of the Governments
property condemnation proce-
dures is 'long overdue" and
that now is the time to place
increased emphasis on conser-
vation and rehabilitation In
urban renewal areas as OPP
posed to wholesale clearance.
MIR. Walker. who has his own
insurance firm in Philadelphia,
became Commissioner Of the
Urban Renewal Administration
on July Z, 1859. He will be re-
placed by an appointee Of
President-elect Kennedy.
The outgoing commissioner
has been mentioned as o pos
sible Republican candidate in
Pennsylvania for Senator OF
Governor. He did not shut the
door on running for public Of.
flce but said his immediate
plans were to 60 back to Phila-
delphia and get into some kind
of housing work.
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Renewal Program was o must.
They hope to get the applica-
ton for the planning funds be-
fore the District Commission
ers within the next few weeks.
William z. Finley, executive
director Of the National Capital
Planning Commission, said the
Community Renewal Program
was "the kind of down.to-
earth, block by block planning
that permits US to understand
our problem"
Thomas K. Fullerton. Assist
ant Engineer Commissioner in
charge Of urban renewal, said
the Community Renewal Pro-
gram would be "a complete in
ventory Of where we are" and
determine what pace and di-
rection Washington should
take to rejuvenate dying sec
tions OF the city with urban
renewal and other tools.
Once the application fol
Federal Community Renewal
Program funds is approved, the
District urban renewal agencies
must sit down again and draw
up the actual master plan. II
lis estimated the plan would
Evening star., 1960-12-04
BY GEORGE WILSON
Star stan Writer

What Washington's urban re.
newal effort needs more than
anything else is a long-range
blueprint so the city will know
where 1t is headed. outgoing
Urban Renewal Commissioner
David M Walker said yesterday.
The Nations top urban re-
newal official told The Star
that such q blueprint Of prof.
ects was far more vital to the
success Of the city's program
than any reorganization Of slum
clearance agencies. (The Dis.
trict Commissioners are ponder
ing reorganization.) ,-.
"It's knowing what you want
Ito do," Mr.. Walker said. (which
makes community development
succeed" The blueprint or
master plan he called for Is
known as a Community Re-
newal Program. It sets up q
timetable of neighborhood prof.
ects after matching needs
against financial resources Of
drawing up the plan.
District urban renewal off,
Icials agreed the Community
Evening star., 1960-12-04
BY DAY THORPE
star Music Critic

Sviatoslav Richter. when he
walked on the stage Of Con-
stitution Hall yesterday after
noon, prepare d to play the
piano under q considerable dis
advantage - although o dis
advantage that most pianists
would not find unbearable.
He was at that moment o
man almost universally ac-
claimed the greatest concert
pianist In the world.
Claudia Cassidy had gone
even farther In the Chicago
Tribune, saying that he was
one Of the greatest pianists
Of all time, and those critics
who had not been around quite
so long were in agreement that
nobody for the last so years
has been able to make Q piano
speak so miraculously.
Constitution Hall was full.
The audience had bought its
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to the national urban renewal
effort as a whole, Walker saw
two big shortcomings: Lack
Of fiexibility by the Federal
Housing Administration and an
overemphasis on luxury apart
ments in renewal areas.
Mr.. Walker contended longer
mortgages and more flexible in
terest rates would encourage
more financiers and builders to
go into urban renewal projects.
Another advantage. he said,
would be q variety Of apart
ments rather than the luxury
types dominating most renewal
areas.
As another inducement to
put middle and lower income
housing on slum- -cleared land.
Mr.. Walker recommended set
ting the price Of the land ac-
cording to what was to be built
on 1t. For example, the develop
er would pay less for his land
If he intended to build a low
rent apartment house.
The fiexibility provided by
these steps. he contended,
would help give urban renewal
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Bowers Family
To Supply Extra
Toys for Needy

Santa Claus will have many
extra toys for needy children
this year. thanks to the Bowers
Family Foundation and the
local business firms and private
donors who support it.
"All you have to do is bring
q toy" TO come to the founda-
tion's annual Christmas Ball,
says Mrs. Gay Bowers, who
started and heads the local
organization.
The ball will be held at 8
pm. December 16 in the
Statler-Hilton Hotel.
Mrs. Bowers said that last
year $500 came to the affair.
and 5000 toys and clothing
articles were donated.
She said that last week the
foundation sent $500 toys to
new African nations:
Another shipment was sent
last month to an orphanage in
italy. and other Christmas toys
will soon be on their way to
orphanages in Haiti and Puerto
Rico. Mrs. Bowers added.
The 63-year-old grandmother
from Arlington. Va, said that
the toys will be distributed
locally to orphanages. hospitals
and agencies for needy children
by business and charity organi-
cations and churches Of all
faiths.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Schools Due
Redistricting
harrington

Arlington school ofiicials are
planning a major overhaul of
school districts to level out at
tendance at the county's
schools.
The opening this year Of a
new high school in the north
ern part Of the county as well
as population shifts through
out the county will require
many school district lines to be
redrawn. school officials said.
The district lines have been
changed slightly every year,
but now, according to School
Supt. Ray e. Reid, "it's time
to stop and take new look at
the situation-at attendance
areas for all the schools"
Attendance areas for kinder
garten classes, elementary
schools and junior and senior
high schools will be involved,
Mr.. Reid said.
He explained that transpor-
tation problems have arisen in
some areas which might be
eased If children were shifted
to another school. In addition,
he said, new traffic hazards
such as the widening Of Lee
highway-have been created
and school district lines may
have to be changed because oi
them.
Plans for the redlstrictine
are in the early stages now
Mr.. Reid said, and 1t Is moi
known how extensive the
changes may be.
School officials hope that thu
new district lines can 60 intC
leffect next fall. NO
Evening star., 1960-12-04
THORPE JOINS OVATION
Richter Best | Ever Heard

that substitutes all sorts of pi-
anistic tricks. for any sustained
musical interest.
Usually no pianist is better
than his material, but Richter
can make anything fascinating.
Perhaps it was wise to end his
recital with this kind Of piece,
for in remembering the play
ing Of Richter we will not only
think Of music but also Of the
players complete mastery Of
every technical device In the
Prokofien sonata.
Richter is o slight, pleasant
individual, o little bald and
with arms like elastic and
shoulders that seem as pliable
as putty. His manner at the
keyboard Is quiet and intense.
The power of his fingers seems
to come not from hts shoulders,
but from his forearms and
wrists, but 1t Is easy to be de-
ceived In this matter.
He holds his wrists very still,
level with and parallel to the
keyboard. He co-ordinateS with
his eye more than the average
pianist-while he glances into
space at the end Of q phrase
now and then: his typical posi-
ton is with head down con-
centrating on the movement OF
his fingers.
The recital was followed by a
20-minute ovation interrupted
four times by encores. Richter's
last recital here this year will
be in Constitution Hall Decem-
ber 20.
Evening star., 1960-12-04

pose of clarity in the ratiflca-
tion drive with key figures In
the States, Mr.. Davis explained.
The overall strategy is to
have the leaders of local Or
ganizations,' such as the
League of Women Voters. the
Junior Chamber Of Commerce.
the Metropolitan Washington
Board, of Trade, and unions.
get in touch with key figures
in their national organizations
in the States. -
Also announced by Mr..
Davis was establishment Of a
committee to review the laws
covering the propriety Of con-
tributions by corporations to
the committees fund drive.
This unit will be headed by
George Monk, Of the law firm
of Hogan and Harrison.
A $25,000 fund campaign to
cover costs Of the Nation-w wide
suffrage effort for Washington
was announced last month by
the joint committee.
The chairmen Of the two
political organizations were en-
listed by request Of the District
Commissioners last month.
They agreed to contact Gov
ernors and State legislators Of
their respective parties to press
for ratification. Mr.. Kenney
and Mr.. Shipley said that. when
Iit appears necessary, they win
personally visit State legisla-
lures next year to lobby for the
presidential vote. -
Leaders In the suffrage drive
have stressed the need for
speed in the suffrage effort.
Forty-seven Of the State legisla.
lures are scheduled to convene
lin 1861. as
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which the committee will be-
checking, Mr.. Foley cited the
promotion and sale Of any un-
authorized events which claim
to have official sanction.
This would include the sale
Of fake souvenirs and tickets,
Mr.. Foley said.
In other appointments an
nounced yesterday. Mr.. Foley
n amed Huntington Cairns
chairman Of the Inaugural
Concert Committee. -
Mr.. Cairns, secretary Of the
National Gallery Of Art, will
be assisted on the committee by
Mrs. Paul Magnuson. *
Herbert w. Klotz was named
chairman Of the Business and
Professional Men and Women
for Kennedy and johnson
Participation Committee. Co
chairman will be Mrs. Kenneth
N. Watson.
In other appointments, Jo-
seph j. O'Connell. jr., will head
the Transportation COMMITTEES.
Mr.. O'Connell. former chair
man of the Civil Aeronautics
Board, will have as his CO.
chairman o. Roy Chalk, head
of D. c. Transit System.
Richard Mccormack was
named executive director Of
that committee.
Mr.. Foley named Milton 6
Kronheim, ST.. as chairman Of
the Oficial Program Commit
tee and Charles Patrick Clark
to head the Decorations
Committee.
Michael B. Deane, q WASH
ington lawyer, will assist w.
John Kenney. Inaugural Com
mittee vice chairman. Mr.. Fo-
ley said. James Nee, president
of the Conference Of State So
cieties. was appointed chair
man Of the State Societies
Committee.
Evening star., 1960-12-04

give Washington residents the
right to vote for President and
Vice President by 1864.
Leaders Of the citizens or
ganization met Friday with w.
John Kenney, chairman Of the
Democratic Central Committee,
and Carl Shipley. head Of the
Republican State Committee,
to discuss details Of the CO.
ordinated campaign.
Victory in Congress
The citizens committee was
successful at the last session
Of Congress in winning enact
ment Of q constitutional amend
ment that would permit District
residents to vote for the first
time in presidential elections.
What is needed now is ratifl-
cation by 80. or three-quarters,
Of the States. Hawaii and Mas
sachusetts. already have rati-
fed the proposal, as has New
Jerseys Lower House.
AS part Of the new co-ordi-
mated drive, the two political
parties will be given desks In
the citizens committee effice.
r. Elwood Davis. committee
chairman, said yesterday that
an announcement will be made
soon on where this ONCE win
be located.
Mr.. Davis also reported es-
tablishment Of a new commit
tee. the Citizens for the Presi-
Dental Vote for the District
Of Columbia. This COMMITTEES
will constitute an activity Of
the full joint citizens comit-
tee, he said.
Clarity Stressed
The name for the new COM
mittee was chosen for the. pur-
Evening star., 1960-12-04

the concert opened. was not
piano music, but o symphony.
The Albert BASES recreated
sustained brass and woodwind
chords, broken octaves In the
bass sounded like eellos and
contrabasses, every voice Of
every phrase was some solo
instrument or some recogniZ-
able tutti. The adagio slow
movement. made UP Of q few
notes under incredibly concen-
trated control, was for me per.
haps the high point Of an
afternoon In which everything
was the Of the greatest excel
lence.
Cantabile playing is the hard
est test Of Q pianist; amateurs
sometimes believe that the pi-
ano is not really o cantabile
instrument. for it is true that
after q note is struck it cannot
be modified in the slightest de-
gree. and q cantabile usually
Is a makeshift series Of deere
scendos.
But the magic Of Richter
continually deceives the ear
Overlapping Of notes. dynamic
devices in accompanying flg-
ures, unbelievably subtle pedal
ing. and other fantastic tricks
turn his piano into q sustenuto
instrument. and 1t reverts "a
percussion only when the music
calls for the sound Of drums.
The Schumann ''Novelettes'
have all Of the composers In
ner feeling, but they lack the
lovable bravura Of the "Etudes
Symphoniques" or the c major
fantasy. for example. They are
cruelty difficult. and while II
was no surprise to find Richter
playing them with apparen,
ease. the color Of his perform
ance. the variety Of effects. and
the relentless tempos (not just
metronomic meters) all created
q new concept Of romantic mu.
sic performance. where preci.
sion is not dryness and instru.
mental color can be many.
tinted and elusive.
Played Prokofieif BagateIles
The last half Of Richter,
program was devoted to ths
music Of his friend and coun.
tryman, Prokofien. Here wa.
the opportunity for the blood.
tingling fireworks Of which M
single instrument except th'
piano Is capable. The ter
Visions Fugitives" are shor
bagatelles that reveal ten pic
lures In lightning flashes.
They are excellent minia'
Itures. but the other little piece'
that followed are somewhat in
consequential. and the long 4
major sonata that ended TIN
recital Is o blatantly noisy worl
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Radio Series Slated
On Planning Agency

Report to the People" a
new radio series about the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commis-
sion. will begin at 1890 pm.
next Friday on Station WDON
In Wheaton.
The programs will be heard
every other Friday at the same
time. Joe Zatman, the commits
sion's public relations director.
will moderate the programs.
The first guest will be John p.
Hewitt. director Of the COM
MISSIONS 5.600-acre park sys-
TEN in Montgomery and Prince
Georges counties.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Safety TuIks

Inspector Dick Mansfield,
safety director of The Star, will
give his safety chalk talks at
the following schools this week :
Tomorrow: Petworth School,
10:45 am.
Tuesday: Keene School. 9:15
and 10:45 am.
Wednesday: Turner School
9:15 and 10:45 am.
Thursday: Brookland School
o:15 and 10:45 am.
Friday: Plummer School, 9:1S
and 10:45 am.
Evening star., 1960-12-04
Arlington
Retains Ban
On Wiretup

: A continuing ban against
overlapping by local police was
decreed yesterday by the Arl-
ington County Board.
But 1t agreed to allow police
to monitor telephone converse
tions Of people who request
them to do so in conjunction
with investigation Of threats or
obscene calls.
The board rejected the ma
jority report of q special citi-
zens committee which recon-
mended that police be per-
mitted. under strict controls,
20 intercept calls while investi-
eating major crimes.
Despite the ban. Common
wealtt's Attorney william Has
san said that State police will
be permitted to continue the
practice Of wiretapping in Arl-
ington.
He said that a ban against it
would constitute IAN open in
vitation to organized crimi-
nails"
Herbert Brown, Leo Urbanske
and Ernest Wilt voted to sus-
tain the order which County
Manager A. T. Lundberg issued
last September to halt wire
tapping. Ralph Kaul voted tc
accept the majority report oi
the committee. The fifth board
member, DR.. Lucas Blevins, was
absent.
Mr.. Urbanske said he was
definitely, absolutely, unequiv.
ocally opposed to anything less
than o court order allowing
government officials Of any title
to permit wiretapping or moni.
toring Of telephones without the
knowledge Of at least one party
OF the conversation"
Mr.. Brown voiced the belize
that dangers inherent in wire.
tapping outweigh its occasiona
benefits"
All board members and Mr.
Hassan agreed that the best
solution to the controversy
would be legislation enabling
the courts to authorize wire
tapping in the same manner
that they issue search warrants
Mr.. Lundberg had issued hi
order after an investigation b,
mfr. Brown disclosed that polict
had been tapping telephones IL
the county for two years.
Evening star., 1960-12-04

siatosIov Richter. piono. Constitution
HoTl. Prosrom: Sonetu in c. Q 6 n
No. 50. Haydn; Three Novelsttes.
Opus n. Nos. !. z. 8. Sehumonn;
Music by PrekoFieH: Ten Visions
Fssitisss. Opus u, Sometime pas
torels. Opus 50: Peysess. opss 50;
Piece No, 3 from Pensses, opus 81;
Sonete No. s. Ia A. Opus 81. En.
cores BY Prokofieff. pebussy, keeh.
moninoH, Chopin.
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beginning January l8.
The committee, headed by
George Weaver. will have the
responsibility Of investigating
and exposing "any and all
practices which might seek to
take advantage of the public
and business under the guise
Of being in the interest of the
1861 inaugural" MI. Foley said.
As an example Of practices
Evening star., 1960-12-04

Another Story and Pictures. Pase A. ]
tickets because Of the name
Richter alone; the house had
been sold out before the pro-
gram was announced. Every
body was there-the general
public. brimming over with
curiosity; genuine cognoscenti
such as record-collectors, mu-
sic-lovers and music critics,
ready to be delighted but not
ready to put up with any
damned nonsense: and finally
professional musicians who, as
o class, never go to any con-
certs In which they do NOT
participate. Richter was max
ing his bid under the guns.
The young Russian played
the game the hard way and the
square way. Drawing his pro.
gram from the three principal
schools Of piano literature, the
high classic, the romantic and
the contemporary, he chose
pieces which. with the possible
exception Of the ProkoflefI
Visions Fugitives," were quite
unfamiliar to the average
American audience. lin fact
there were none Of the happy
"oh"s and "ah"s Of recognition
from the audience until thu
first notes Of the q minoi
Rachmanioff prelude were
heard well along in the en-.
cores.) Richter was quite will.
ing to give his public-whicf
had never heard him before
and which held high expecta.
tions-a true and valid cross.
section Of his talent.
He played for two and q
quarter hours. There was M
evidence of disappointment ir
any part Of the house. As fol
me, I think him the finest
pianist I have ever heard, ant
] have heard most Of the IA.
nous ones Of the last thirty
two years.
Cantabiles Deceived Ear
Richter makes the plan,
sound like an orchestra: "pian,
tone" seems not to exist 70
him, for his music has q
different timbres, often thre,
simultaneously. The wonder
ful Haydn sonata. with which
Evening star., 1960-12-04

take two years to draft and
cost 100000 in staff work. The
plan would program neiehbor-
hood projects for the next 20
years.
Looking beyond Washington