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Evening star., 1960-12-05

the referendum held on election
day. November 8.
He said the failure made the
referendum invalid although
Maryland voters approved the
measure.
Injunction Sought
Mr.. Pressman's suit sought to
restrain the governor perma-
nently from proclaiming the
compact approved.
Gov. Tawes was given 10 days
to answer the suit. Attorney
General c. Ferdinand Sybert
advised the governor to delay
proclamation Of the compact
until he had time to study Mr.
Pressman's suit.
1t was believed that publica-
ton in today's newspapers in
dicated the States legal posi-
tion would be improved by 60
ing ahead with the proclama-
ton.
But Secretary of State
Thomas B. Finan said the Gov
ernor proclaimed the ratifica-
ton Of the compact "as a mat
ter Of routine as he did on all
the other results Of the elec-
ton"
In his proclamation, the
Governor said. "It appears to
me that there has been a free
and full expression of the pop
ular will Of the voters Of this
State on the case.
1T appears that 244,51O
votes were cast in favor OF the
adoption of said Chapter 269 of
the acts Of 1859, and 2O4,837
votes were cast against said re-
ferred law" he continued.
Now. therefore, I. J. Millard
Tawes, Governor of Maryland,
do hereby declare and
proclaim 1t shall take af-
feet as enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland" the
Governor concluded in the
proclamation.
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IklO4 2 0OAA JSoSSANNS
Annapolis Evening Capital to-
day.
But Baltimore attorney Hy-
man A. Pressman said in q tele-
gram to Gov. Tawes today:
"Your proclamation Of rati-
hcation Of the Potomac River
Compact is q fragrant act Of
Justification.
Quotes Attorney General
knowing as you do that the
compact was not sufficiently
advertised. you have used your
high office to make q false
notification without waiting
to get an official ruling on the
validity of the vote from the
courts, after the attorney gen.
eral declared that the courts
should make the ruling.
"Falsiflcation is reprehensible
regardless of whether or not
you think it will give you q legal
advantage"
Legal publication Of the proc
lamation followed a constitu-
tional requirement for ofiicial
announcement in one daily
newspaper in both Baltimore
and Annapolis.
Fhe compact between Mary
land and Virginia would set up
a bi-State authority to control
fishing in the Potomac River.
Opponents, including Southern
Maryland watermen, have
charged that Maryland would
unnecessarily yield sovereignty
over the rive (which it owns.
Barring further legal compli-
cations, only approval by Con-
gress and the President would
be needed before the treaty
would be in affect.
Mr.. Pressman, who repre-
sents watermen associations in
Charles and st. Marys counties.
charged in a suit filed Novem-
ber 20 that the State had failed
to meet publication Requirements
on the compact in advance Of
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2 Suspects Play Rough
with Police Pursuers

1t was a rough day for two
policemen yesterday-one was
struck by a motorist who re-
fused to stop and another al
most got pushed out of a sec
ond-story window.
Pvt. Kenneth M. Flynn, %,
was struck on the leg but not
seriously injured by a car leav-
ing a parking lot at Southern
avenue and South Capitol
street.
He said he Signaled the
driver, a 17-year-old youth. to
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Maryland to Honor
Late Professor

Two new science lecture halls
at the University of Maryland
will be named in honor of the
late Prof. Nathan Lincoln
Drake in ceremonies at 8 pm.
Thursday.
Prof. Drake, who joined the
chemistry faculty in 1926, was
prof essor and department
chairman from 1910 until his
death in 1859.
The halls are in the new lee
ture hall wing of the chemistry
building.
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1861 Deer Killed

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 5 [AP).-
Maryland deer hunters killed
1851 deer on the opening day
Of the season Saturday. the
Game and Inland Fish Commits
sion reported today.
Chief Game Warden George
B. Shields termed 1t a good
kill" but said no Statewide
figures were available for the
corresponding day last year.
Mr.. Shields said, however, the
total kill last year was only
1854.
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MiIIion-MiIe Record

SALISBURY, Md. Dec. S
(AP).-Dunton A. Wyatt of
Salisbury will be honored at a
dinner here tomorrow for hav-
ing completed l million miles
Of accident-free bus driving.
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Dr. and Mrs Gilbert GrOsvenor right lend their assistance
planting an oak tree Yesterday on the grounds of the E
mentary School in Bethesda The planting
PTA the Gosveno Goth wedding anniversary this
With Dr. and Mrs GoSvenOr Ed Robertson the PTA
who his hand the plaque NewcOm principal
the school, who holds the chairman
of the National Geographic Socey-Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1960-12-05
PIostics Output Rises

NEW YORK-United States
production of plastics during
1859 was about $500, 200, 900
pounds compared with two bill
lion pounds in 1850.
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Towes' Proclamation
OF River Pact AssoiIed

BALTIMORE, Dec. S (AP).-Gov. Tawes' proclamation
ratyng successful referendum vote the Potomac River
compact has prompted critical from attorney
representing opponents Of the agreement.
The Governors proclamation published the Balti-
more Sun yesterday and notice appeared the
Evening star., 1960-01-11
New Postmaster
Named at Fairfax

Charles w. Harris, jr., was
nominated by President Eisen-
hover today to be postmaster
at Fairfax, Va. Mr.. Harris was
named to succeed S. S. Swart,
deceased.
The President sent to the
Senate a total of 779 post
master nominations. Others in
the nearby Virginia Maryland
area included:
Mary E. Lynch, Bowling
Green. Va, to succeed F. G.
Beale. retired.
William c. Deming, Front
Royal, Va. succeeding A. o.
Haley, retired.
Carl A. Parsons, jr., Sugar
Grove. Va, succeeding E. NJ,
Calhoun, deceased.
Bessie c. Townshend, Blu
mont, Va. succeeding R. E.
Denny, resigned.
Ethel NJ. Grover, Solomons,
Md, succeeding G. w. Condiff,
retired.
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most of the census jobs will be
given without regard to politi-
cal party.
Mrs. Coulter also noted that
many of the Northern Virginia
jobs will be filled by persons
without patronage consider
alton.
Most of the enumerators
probably will be housewives
This is a brief description of a
census takers qualifications:
He or she must be an Ameri-
can citizen; have at least a high
school education and be at least
l8 years of age.
What Job Requires
The applicant must have a
personable appearance and a
reputation that is above
reproach.
The census taker has to be
able to follow complex inStruc-
tionS, write legibly and con-
duct interviews in such a way
as to gain cooperation and
confidence.
The census taker cannot be
working on another job during
the few weeks of the counting
period, can't be a Federal en-
ploye or pensioner and can't be
a political party officer.
Finally, he or she must be
in good enough physical shape
to handle the walking and stair
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climbing with reasonable
ease"
Each applicant will be inter-
viewed and given tests before
being hired.
Graduate Of Georgetown
Mr.. Alexis recently moved to
this area from his native Erie,
Pa, where he was in the res
taurant business. He is a grad
uate of Georgetown University's
School of Foreign Service.
He spent most of his youth
in Greece and upon returning
to the United States in 1946
he entered the Army and
served for two years prior to
attending Georgetown.
Mrs. Coulter is a native of
Warsaw, Poland. Her husband,
Kirkley S. Coulter, is a Depart
ment of Interior employe. A
daughter, Barbara, is a stu
dent at the Women's College
of the University of North Car
olina at Greensboro.
Mrs, Coulter has lived in the
District area since 1946 and
became an American citizen in
l948. She has been an active
Republican Party worker since
1912. In Northern Virginia she
has been a precinct chairman
and vice chairman of the Re-
publican County Committee for
two years.
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High Court
UphoIds Rule
On Appeals

The Supreme Court ruled
today that the To-day time
limit for filing an appeal can
not be extended even if the
appellant can prove the delay
was caused by "excusable
neglect"
In a 7-to-2 decision, the
court held that two Washing
ton brothers convicted of man.
slaughter had lost their right
OF appeal because the papers
were filed IL days after the
judgment was entered.
The case involved Troyit and
Travit Robinson, convicted
May 2, 1858, in the street slay-
ing Of Walter T. Smith, %, a
laborer.
The United States Court of
Appeals had sent the case back
to the District Court, saying it
could still take jurisdiction if
the lower court found the ap-
peal delay was excusable. The
District Court found that il
was.
However. today the Supreme
Courts majority held that time
extensions were not permissible
because they produce intoler-
able uncertainty and confu-
SION"
Justice Black and Douglas
in their dissent. asserted an ex-
tension was possible under the
law, thus concurring with APP
pelate Judge David L. Bazelon.
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3 GIRLS IN AUTO
HURT IN CRASH

Three daughters of Second
Precinct Police Pvt. John A.
Mcfarland were injured-one
critically-in a two-car COL
lision at Pennsylvania and
Southern avenue Sc. yesterday
Seven-year-old Sandra Nc
Farland was thrown from the
auto driven by her mother,
Helma, 90, and is in critical
condition at Casualty Hospital.
Sharon, 10, and Susan, 8, were
treated at District General
Hospital for minor injuries. A
fourth daughter, Sheila, 4, was
examined there, but no injuries
were found.
Mrs. Mcfarland, of 3146
Westover drive Sc. was un-
injured.
The other driver, Homer G.
Thompson. so, of Gambrills,
Md. was charged with failing
to yeild the right-of-way to
another vehicle. police reported.
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Copitors Old Columns Await Uncertain Fate

and other material on the
grounds Of the Capitol Power
Plant. the Government is saw
ing money, Mr.. Stewards Of
flee pointed out.
The Smithsonian Institution
has expressed some interest in
the historic pediment depicting
the Genius of America" 1t is
being duplicated in marble in
a carver's shed at the Capitol
by George Giannetti Of Wash
ington. under a contract with
Mcleod g. Romberg. Subcon-
tractor of the Georgia Marble
Co. The restorer is Carl Schmitz
and the carver is Bruno Man.
kowski, both of New York.
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NAMED
Wanted: Recruits to Make the Lonq Lonq Census Trek

Office. covering Prince Georges,
Anne Arundel and the southern
Maryland counties, will be
named later.
The Nationwide census, con-
Quoted every 10 years, will start
April /.
The newly designated census
supervisors are being given four
days of intensive training this
week to prepare them for their
posts.
When they return from
training centers-Mr. Alexis is
being trained in Philadelphia
and Mrs. Coulter at Charlotte,
N. C.-they will open their
Offices and shortly start re-
cruiting personnel.
District Needs 1872
The Washington district office
will be in the General Services
Administration building at
Seventh and D streets S.W.
The Northern Virginia office,
which will cover Arlington and
Fairfax Counties and Alexan-
dria and Falls Church, will be
in the customs building on the
Alexandria waterfront.
For the District job, Mr..
Alexis needs 732 census takers
Officially called "enumera-
tors"-to do the questioning of
each household. Mrs. Coulter
will need 450.
Enumerators are paid on a
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The
Rambler
Asks for
The Old Soft Shoe
By GEORGE KENNEDY

The last time the writer
saw a tent show was in Fair
fax in 1889 on a field now
covered by ramblers and
ranch houses.
He was recalling it rather
fondly the other Gay in con-
Versation at the Press Club.
The audience was made up
of country people. The CO.
median was telling them
about the misadventureS of
the rube who went to the
city. He had trouble with all
the modern inventions, the
streetcar, the revolving door
and the elevator.
Funny thing. The country
audience always got more
kick about the mishaps of
the countryman who went to
the city than the miSadven-
lures of the city slicker
chased by a bull.
Superiority, I suppose.
They felt that they could not
be as stupid as that rube.
And that's what made the
tent shows for the city visi-
tors. They felt superior to
the audience. They wouldn't
laugh at such tripe. But con-
gregational laughter is infec-
tious, and they would soon
find themselves weakening.
The woman of the cast
would put on the skit about
taking on a new hired man.
The man was an oaf, and the
mileage they got over his
confusion as to whether he
wanted milk and muSh" or
"mush and milk" for break
fast was remarkable.
Then there were the Tom
shows. A lot of fun but gone
forever, I suppose. I remem-
Der one with two TopSies.
Eliza crossing the Ohio on
mechanical ice cubes was al
ways exciting. The dogs that
tracked her to the bank were
usually huge great Danes.
Real bloodhounds never we're
satisfactory actors. They
would go to sleep in the
wings and miss their cue,
even when it was a kick.
Evening star., 1960-01-11
By GILBERT GIMBLE
Star Stan Writer

Louis j. Alexis, a 31-year-old
former restaurant operator, is
about to begin a search for
people with time and strength
enough for much walking and
climbing of stairs.
Mr.. Alexis. who lives at 1139
Patrick Henry drive, Falls
Church, Va, was named today
to supervise the 1860 census
in the District.
His counterpart in nearby
Northern Virginia is Mrs. Irene
M. Coulter, a 45-year-old
housewife who lives at 608
South George Mason drive,
Arlington.
Their appointment was an
nounced by the Census Bureau,
which listed the first 145 of 400
census supervisors who ulti-
mately will be chosen to con-
duct the Nations biggest pop
ulation count.
Hughes Also Named
Named to handle the West
ern Maryland area, including
Montgomery and Frederick
Counties, was George r.
Hughes, jr., of Cumberland.
The district Office will be in
Frederick.
A supervisor to work out of
the College Park Md district
Evening star., 1960-01-11
Chute TongIes,
Plane Crashes

WESTMINSTER, Md, Jan.
IL (AP) A parachute caught
in the wind, few open and
tangled the controls of a Piper
Super Cub over the airport here
yesterday, sending the plane
into a skidding crash landing.
The pilot, John Lewis KrebS,
80, of Lineboro, and James Rob-
.ert rockingham, 80, of Pixies
vile, were X-rayed at Univer-
sity Hospital in Baltimore for
possible back and leg injuries.
Mr.. rockingham had been
poised and set to leap when the
wind opened his chute and
flung it curling around his neck
and the controls Of the plane.
Evening star., 1960-01-11

They are expected to be
shipped soon via the Southern
Railway to the Jersey yards of
the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Half and 1 streets Sc.
Carefully lettered and num-
bered with black paint, the old
24-foot columns and other ma
terial removed from the East
Front in the extension program
are jacketed in wooden frames.
This will expedite setting them
up again in a new location.
The columns are Of sand
stone, taken from the quarries
at Aqua. Va, and are nearly
$50 years, the Office of Archi-
tect Of the Capitol j. George
Evening star., 1960-01-11
CASE SOLVED
Boy Spots
2 Burying
TheftLoot

A boy yesterday helped solve
a break-in at the Falls Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars home,
Fairfax County police reported.
Detective Richard A. King
said the boy was on his way to
church when he saw two other
boys burying something behind
an ice cream stand on US.
Route 7.
On his way home, the boy
investigated. He found a rusty
can containing $50 in coins
which he took to Falls Church
police.
He told police he knew one
of the boys who had buried the
can. They picked up the sus-
pect. but he denied committing
any crime. Falls Church police,
who did not know at the time
that there had been a break in,
released the boy.
Later, county police learned
the VFW hall at 113 Shreve
road had been rified of about
SOS in coins. two cases of beer,
SIS packs of cigarettes, 40 cigars
and a pack of chewing gum.
They picked up a second boy
who admitted the theft, Detec-
tive King said. The detective
said police recovered about $50
in coins from him. Meanwhile,
the first suspect had run away
from home, the detective said.
Both young suspects are Is and
live in Falls Church, he said.
Evening star., 1960-01-11

THEY TRIED TO BE
TOPICAL. During the bicy-
cling craze of the '90s, Mr..
Bones would say, I'm a little
stiff from wheeling and
Sambo would counter with,
That's funny, I'm from West
Virginia myself
But there is one thing for
certain about the minstrel
show. 1t was Americas first
original contribution to en-
tertainment and it swept the
world, Just as jazz did in this
century.
Queen Victoria saw an
American blackface minstrel
show. The minStrelS went
around the Horn to entertain
gold miners in California and
to Australia to make life in
the bush more bearable.
"The first minstrel show
was staged in the Bowery in
1843 by Daniel Decatur En-
NETT, the man who wrote
Dixie. Emmett never did
much with it. 1t was Edward
Christy who made it a def
mite form of entertainment.
You might call him the disk
Jockey who put the songs of
Stephen Collins Foster across
Il believe the payola was
very small,
And out Of it came the
dances that probably did
more than the jokes to fasc-
mate the world, the strut or
cakewalk, the shuttle, the
clog and the old soft shoe"
Evening star., 1960-01-11

about another six weeks. The
census taking is expected to run
three weeks. The supervisors
jobs are for five months. with
pay at $500 a month.
Traditionally census jobs are
filled on a patronage basis. The
supervisors and other top posts
are political appointments.
But in the Washington office,
Mr.. Alexis points out, there is
less patronage demand and
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same charge for a joint court
appearance January Is.
Capt. Kratochvil> said the as
sault last Thursday was on a
Brightwood School pupil. The
boy fled when she began to
pray, he said.
The captain said the boy,
who has been turned over to
juvenile authorities. also is ac-
cused of dropping a note con-
tanning indecent suggestions in
front of a girl at Paul Junior
High several weeks ago.
Police said the boy is colored
and the girls involved and the
woman on Oglethorpe street
are white.
Evening star., 1960-01-11

The Smithsonian is building
its new museum of history
and technology on Constitution
avenue, between Twelfth and
Fourteenth streets NV. There
is a possibility that the original
Genius of America" will be
displayed inside this museum.
The statues of War and
Peace that stood on either side
of the main doors in the portico
Of the East Front are being
replaced with similar marble
statues. Mr.. Stewards executive
assistant. Philip L. Roof, antic-
ipates that the old ones will
be placed in some museum.
Evening star., 1960-01-11

Stewart says. Because they are
vulnerable to weathering, and
have been battered by the
years, these columns could not
be used in the new East Front
Of the Capitol. which is now as
suming final shape. The harder
marble is now being utilized.
Many ideas have been put
forward for the future use of
the material taken from the
East Front Of the Capitol. Mr..
Office has received
requests for a piece
of wood. a chip Of stone or
rubble or brick from the his
toric ediflce.
BY storing the old columns
Evening star., 1960-01-11
BY WILLIAM A. MILLEN
Star star Writer

Waiting like faithful SEN
tries for their next post of duty,
the "a historic columns that
adorned the East Front of the
Capitol repose in the yard of
the Capitol Power Plant at New
Jersey avenue and E street Sc.
It's up to the Commission for
Extension Of the United States
Capitol, headed by Speaker
Rayburn, to decide their fate.
Meanwhile, the new columns
of marble that will take their
place are being fashioned by
the Georgia Marble Co. at it's
plants at Tate and Nelson, Ga.
Evening star., 1960-01-11

icizing us for spending Federal
money, it would do well to find
out Just how much Federal
money is involved" the engi-
neer said.
George Staples, GAO associ-
ate director. said his agency
was informed about 66 per cent
Of the States engineering work
was done by consultants. He
said the law requires States to
be suitably organized and
equipped" to handle road work,
and that GAO feels Maryland
simply used too many con-
sultants.
Detailed Figures
Mr.. Pritchett said that in the
years of 1857 and 1858 the total
engineering consultant work
amounted to 21.3 per cent of
the surveys, 52.6 per cent of
the plans and IL per cent Of
the construction surveys. The
rest of the total Maryland work
was done by staff engineers.
Between 1853 and 1856, he said,
consultants did 14.1 per cent
of the surveys. 1928 per cent of
the plans and 4.8 per cent Of
the construction surveys.
Federal Bureau of Public
Roads officials have regulations
dealing with this retirement,
Mr.. Staples said. But he added
that he understands they are
not stringenty enfored in def
erence to difficulties which
States have experienced.
Evening star., 1960-01-11
St. PuuI's Church
Dedicated d by Bishop

The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle, Archbishop of Wash
ington, yesterday dedicated
the new $4,000 St. Paul's
Catholic Church, Damascus,
Md.
The Rev. Raymond B. Mori-
arty, pastor of St. Paul's
Church who organized the
parish in June 1857, celebrated
a mass of thanksgiving. The
Rev. Patrick Begley, pastor of
st. Ignatius Catholic Church,
OXon Hill. Md, spoke.
Evening star., 1960-01-11

from taking the boy to the pre-
cinct for questioning.
Sixth precinct Capt. Karol
Kratochvil said he sent two
officers to the school at Eighth
and Oglethorpe streets NV,
today to pick up the boy be-
cause he At the description of
a boy wanted in an indecent
assault on an 11-year-old girl
in the $500 block of Georgia
avenue NV. last Thursday.
Indecent Remarks Charged
Juvenile papers already had
been filed against the boy,
charging him with making in
decent remarks to a 51-year-
old woman in the 500 block OF
Oglethorpe street NV. on the
same day.
When Detective Thomas r,
Vineer and Pvt. Henry j.
Schade went to the school, an
official said he would have to
call the boys mother.
The woman and a male
friend came to the school.
When the boy was taken
from class. the woman began
to curse and swing at the off,
GERS, Capt. Kratochvil said. The
man at first tried to calm her,
but then joined in. the captain
said.
Scout Car Summoned
Two scout cars were sum-
moned to help subdue the
couple, the captain said. The
woman deposited $50 collateral
on a disorderly conduct charge,
and the man put up $40 on the