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Evening star., 1960-10-20

pleased to have you advise us
Of the number Of letters mailed
so that the appropriate postage
can be calculated"
Mr.. Warburton confirmed
sending the letter to Mr.. Foley
and said the amount of postage
due can not be determined un-
til Mr.. Foley supplies the num-
ber Of letters.
Mr.. Foley, reached while
campaigning In Cumberland,
Md, said he had received II
and had written back asking
Mr.. Warburton to please send
me a copy Of the complaint"
Mr.. Foley added. II have not
yet had a reply. It is quite in
teresting that the general coun-
sci Of the Post Once Depart
ment has seen At to release
this letter. This was a COM
munication that was a matter
Of confidence between the Post
Once Department and me. Who
else could have released it?'
Evening star., 1960-10-20
First Negro
forU.s
Electric Job

The first Negro electrician
ever hired here on a Federal
construction project reports for
work today.
The 34-year -old man was
hired yesterday as a journey
man electrician for light ei(c-
trical work on Federal OfieN
Building No. 6, now under con-
struction in Southwest. 81
He is a member of a Detroit
local of the international
Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers. His papers were pro-
cessed through Local 26 of the
IBEW here. This marks the
first such action by the all
white local.
In announcing the move, the
Presidents Committee on Coy
ernment Contracts hailed it, as
"a breakthrough." -
Negotiations had been c6n-
Quoted for several months sny
the Presidents contracts com
mittee with Matthew Nc
Closkey, the Philadelphia build
er who is general contractor
for the project, and Bancroft
T. Foley, representing the elec-
trical subcontractor, as well as
with union officials.
John Roosevelt, who headed
a subcommittee on the matter,
and Franklin G. Floete, ad-
ministrator of the General
Services Administration. par.
ticipated in these negotiate i6ns.
The action followed confer
ences between Deputy Attorney
General Lawrence E. Walsh
and Mr.. McCloskey at the JUS
tice Department. Mr.. Walsh
said the contractor was told
of what action the Justice De-
partment might bring to en-
force the discrimination
clause in the Government con-
tract and 1t was agreed that
the employment arrangement
be made. -
The contractors had stated
they were not discriminating
but had to rely on referrals
from the all-white Local ,26
Of the International Brother
hood Of Electrical Workers for
their qualified workers.
Evening star., 1960-10-20
Police Seeking:
Men Reported:
Seen at Site

The body Of a woman who
had been raped and murdered
with q blow to the chest wa
found today in an alley be-
hind 1914 North Capitol street.
Police are searching for fou'
men said to have been seer
carrying the woman into tn
alley about midnight. So IA
police have beer unable t.
learn her name.
Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald ascribed death to
blow on the chest so viciou
that four ribs were broken am
q blood vessel ruptured hea
the heart. causing a fats
hemorrhage.
There also were bruises o.
the face and neck, q split lii
and an injury to the left eyt
Fingerprints have been turne,
over to the FBI in an effort. {
establish Identification.
Description Is Given
After an autopsy at the Dis
trict Morgue by Deputy Corone
Richard M. Rosenberg, Hcni
eide Capt. Lawrence A. Hart
nett said the woman had bee
raped.
She was described as whitt
about so, with graying ilai
dyed black. Her print dress an
beige housecoat were pulled ur
and her underclothing, hose an
shoes were missing.
One witness, John G. Kuh
of the unit block of New Yor
avenue N. w.. told police h.
saw four men moving the bod
of a woman into the alley abou
1880 O'Clock last night.
Two men were carrying he.
and two were watching, h.
said.
Body Found at $50 am,
Another man, Harry P. Jone
of 1914 North Capitol stree
said he looked out his rear win
dow about / am. and saw !;
man standing beside a car.
1t was between this car ;sra(
an old garage that the body wa:
discovered at $3.50 am. by Johi
L. Tierney Of 1914 North Capi-
tol street.
The car was Mr.. Tierney'r
and he had entered it to go. t.
work when he noticed his righ
windshield wiper was not work
ing: He got out to look at. ]
and saw the body. lying in /;
3-fDDt space between the ca
and the building. il
When police arrived and Be
gan securing the neighborh0oC'
they found a pair of women
shoes. apparently the deat
woman's, about $50 feet ava:
in the alley.
Detectives began searching
the vicinity for suspects, hut
were not immediately sue
cueSSful.
Evening star., 1960-10-20

Mr.. Keith said that he hopes
to bring the mass transporta-
ton study up-to-date. He said
he expects to look into such
questions as the possibility Of
having a median strip for
rapid transit incorporated into
Highway 66 when it is built in
Virginia.
Mr.. Keith also said he in
tends to study the streetcar
situation here.
He said that it might prove
worthwhile to retain streetcars
in Washington, even If new
routes have to be provided for
them. He added that it might
be possible to convert some Of
the streetcars for rapid transit
use.
Evening star., 1960-10-20
industrial Aid Urged
To Build Washington

lion for the current fiscal year.
The District is expected to ask
Congress to raise the authorized
ceiling.
Raising the Federal payment.
Mr.. McKelway said. is "ahso-
lutely basic to every major i'm
provement under consideration
for this city,"
New Relationship ~
Samuel H. Kaufman, presi-
dent Of The Evening Star News
paper co. and chairman Of the
councils Urban Renewal COM
nittee, said the request by the
House District Committee this
year for the council to study
the Washington urban renewal
program marked "a new rela-
tionship between our citizenry
and a congressional commit
tee."
In his report to the council,
Gen. Theodore M. Osborne said
the group should do whatever
possible to expedite the Army
Engineer studies Of the Potomac
River basin.
Gen. Osborne, chairman of
the councils Potomac Basin
Committee, said he feared the
studies would not be finished
in time to take the engineering
steps required to avert a water
shortage in the Washington
area He said a shortage is
likely" in 1878.
On the whole, said William
c. Foster, council president, the
organization experienced "a
good year" but must continue
working tirelessly toward i'm
proving the city and getting
across the concept that Wash
ington is the concern of all
citizens"
Mr.. Foster, as well as all the
other current officers Of the
council, were reelected. Doug
las r. Smith, president Of the
National Savings and. Trust Co.,
was appointed secretary to
succeed the late Bruce Baird.
Nine new members were elected
trustees Of the council.
Evening star., 1960-10-20
Woman Murdered,
Body Left in Alley
Robert Keith Named
Tronsit Agency Aide

Robert A. Keith, director Of
the National Capital Planning
Commissions Mass Transporta-
ton Survey. was appointed
today as director Of the diVi-
sion Of engineering programs
I'm the National Transporta-
ton Agency.
The appointment was am
nOunced by II. Holmes Vogel,
administrator Of the recently
established agency.
Mr.. Vogel said that Mr..
Keith is the first appointee to
be selected to I'LL one OF the
agency's key technical posi-
tions, a We
i J. Nealy Tomey. former di-
rector of administration for the
National Labor Relations Board,
had previously been selected as
director Of administration for
the National Capital Trans
portation Agency.
The agency. now in tenn
porary ofnces in the Interior
Department Building. viii move
next month to the old Court
of Claims Building at 725 Jack
son place NV.
Mr.. Vogel said that the
agency Is now in the process
Of acquiring a staff and win
soon start making preliminary
studies.
Mr.. Keith viii direct the en-
cheering phases of the agency's
report on recommended meth
DDS Of building and financing
the proposed network Of sub
way and express buses.
The report is scheduled to
be presented to the President
in November, 1862.
Evening star., 1960-10-20

newsletter which was set out
Under the House members
franking privilege.
Mr.. Foley retorted that Her
bert B. Warburton, the gen.
eral counsel for the Post Office
Department and former Re-
publican member Of the House
from Delaware, had released the
letter for political motives.
Matthias Aide Complains
Disclosure of the letter from
Mr.. Warburton to Mr.. Foley
came from Ben c. Fisher, CAM
Ipaign manager for Mr.. Matthias.
On August 90 MIR. Fisher filed
a complaint with the Post Of
flce Department charging Mr..
Foley with misuing his free
mailing privilege.
Mr.. Fisher accused him of
violating a section of postal
regulations which gives men,
bers of Congress and certain
Government officials the right
of franking mail for official
and departmental business"
He said Mr.. Foley mailed a
newsletter giving a resume Of
activities at the Democratic
National Convention and urging
support Of the nominees. In the
letter from Mr.. Warburton to
Mr.. Foley which was disclosed
by Mr.. Fisher, the Post Once
general counsel wrote:
I'VE do not and have not
consider e d correspondence
similar to your letter of August
], 1860 to be correspondence Of
an official nature. Rather, it
appears to be a personal mes
sage from you to your consti.
tuents, coupled with a plea to
support the Democratic nonli-
neeS for the Offices of President
and Vice President.
Under the circumstances, it
lis the duty of the Post Once
Department to collect postage
on each mailing Of your August
!, 1860 letter. We will be
Evening star., 1960-10-20
Boy, II, Tied
To 3 Fires in
Tukomu Park

Takoma- Park police belieys
an ll-year-old boy. arrested
there last night. may have
been responsible for . series Of
arson-type fares which have
plagued the community in re.
cent months.
The young suspect was pickes
up after a small fire or
the parking lot OF the Citizen!
Bank Of Takoma Park at Car
roll and Laurel avenues.
Police Chief Samuel A. Eos.
ter said the boy, under ques.
tioning by detectives, has
implicated himself in three FIRE!
and told how they were set.
One Of the fires caused ar
estimated $4,000 damage JULY
10 to several apartments anc
business places at Carroll anC
Tulip avenues, a block from
where the boy was arrested
Chief Foster said.
+ Another was an AUTOMOBILE
fire at a uSed-car sales lot las
week across the street from tn,
July fire. The third. the on
last night. was confined to ;
pile Of leaves and trash ant
put out by citizens using a hose
! Detective 1t. Russell Mersol
and Detective Corpl. William
Lane placed a juvenile delin
quency charge against the bo.
and released him to his moth
er'S custody while awaiting
action of the Montgomer!
County Juvenile Court.
Police said the mother tolt
them the boy had been unde
care Of a psychiatrist.
They said the boy also wa
questioned about two other aut,
fires In the last few weeks a
the same uSed-car lot ant
about two fires in an unoccu.
pied frame house during tht
night Of July l7-18 at TAO:
Carroll avenue. AL were be.
lieyed to have been caused BY
arson.
The fire which caused $50 ,0O(
damage broke out in q trash
pile behind o grocery and quick.
" spread to q building housing
two apartments and then to thu
roof of a gasoline station. Nint
persons were forced to flee from
the apartments and 10 firemer
were overcome fighting thu
blaze.
There were two other majol
fires during the last eight
months in the Takoma Parl
area, one in February causing
$4,000 damage to the Juvenile
Sales Co. building at Laurel anC
Eastern avenues and the Other
in the District in April at the
Takoma Bowling Center, 81
Cedar street NV.
Evening star., 1960-10-20
WITH HIS FATHER-IN-

WITH HIS FATHER-IN-
LAWS encourag a m ent,
young Grosvenor wanted to
make geography attractive
to Americans. That's where
the missionary spirit came
in. Soon, in more and more
American homes month after
month, the whole family was
reading the illustrated arti-
cles about the primitive
natives of TERRA del Fuego
and Tasmania; the Appian
Way; the cities of the silk
route, Samarkand, Tashkent
and Bokhara; Charing Cross,
Piccadilly Circus and Pail
Mall; Easter Island, Mecca,
Benares, Knossos and Khar-
toum, the Matterhorn and
Jungfrau.
Gilbert Grosvenor has
never had a profit-sharing
contract. The magazine is
entirely owned by the society,
which is a non-profit organ
ization. He's done well, but
he hasn't made the money
that would have accrued to
him If he owned his BRAIN
child.
Taking his guest through
the hall, he pointed to pic
trues taken at dinners for
explorers. Admiral Peary,
Stefansson, Theodore Roose-
welt and Greely.
"They were all very fine
gentlemen he said.
And so is ne.
Evening star., 1960-10-20
ECHO SATELLITE
DUE TOMORROW

The Echo I balloon sat
elite will make one early
morning pass over the
Washington area tomorrow.
the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
said today.
The satellite may be
seen, weather permitting.
at sos am. in the north.
66 degrees over the horizon
and moving northeast.
Evening star., 1960-10-20
FTC launches
Drive 10 Curb
Appliance Ads
Complaint Charges
Georges Lists
Fictitious Savings
BY BERNARD GWERTZAGAN
star star writer

0I 0GA4kN AMI wv zA8 AdAAkAAN
star stan writer !.
The Federal Trade Commits
sion has begun action to elm
mate alleged deceptive adver-
tising IN Washington's electrical
appliance industry.
The FTC filed a formal COM
plant today against one Of the
city,s largest dealers, Georges
Radio and Television Co., Inc,
which does business under the
name, Georges Warehouse SUI
permarts." 2l46 Twenty-fourth
place NE.
In its complaint. the FTC
charged that Georges -has list
ed fictitiously high retail prices
in advertising. thus nisrepre-
senting the savings available to
purchasers who buy at the
company's sales prices"
T George Wasserman, head Of
the firm, said. 1--WE haven't done
anything wrong. We're using
the manufacturers suggested
list prices for the public to
know what they're buying" I"
The FTC also announced that
Ills dealers in the Washington
area have been sent invitations
to attend q meeting on Novem.
Der / with the FTC's bureau Of
consultation.
Public Complains
The purpose of the meeting.
the FTC said, is to help the
dealers develop q voluntary
program aimed at eliminating
any misleading price advertise
ments."
John r. Helm, director Of
the bureau, said the meeting
grew from FTC examination Of
the advertising Of various deal
ers and numerous letters from
the public complaining that the
bargain prices and savings
claimed by some retailers are
fictitious.
Mr.. Helm added, however.
that this action is not to be
taken as an indication that
any conclusions have been
reached concerning the pro-
priety or improperly Of adver-
tising employed by the COM
panies invited"
The conference with the
dealers is part Of an overall
plan advocated by Mr.. Knit
ner in which a particular In
ldustry polices itself to elimi-
nate malpractices which are
fairly widespread.
The irregularities are pointed
out to the dealers by the FrC
and then. 1t Is hoped. the in-
dustry win take necessary
steps. II Il does not, the FTC
can take legal action.
Cites Dual Pricing
In the complaint against
Georges. the FTC said that
the firm issued advertisements
that were false, misleading
and deceptive"
The complaint alleged that
In its advertisements, Georges
listed items such as q ''laun-
dromat washer dryer combina-
ltion" with two sets Of prices,
$420.S5 and $3.50.
| The FTC said that by this
device Georges represented,
directly or by implication. that
the higher prices were the
ones at which the items usu-
ally were sold.
In truth. the FTC said, the
higher stated prices, unac-
companied by any descriptive
language, were substantially in
excess Of the prices at which
the advertised products were
usually and customarily sold
at retail by the respondents in
the recent regular course of
business" "
The complaint also said
prices listed as Mfrs Sug.
List" were substantially in ex-
cess Of the price at which the
advertised product was usu-
ally and cuStomarily sold at
retail in the trade area"
Georges has 80 days to file
an answer to the complaint.
Evening star., 1960-10-20

"WE ARE TO BUILD .
new building on Seventeenth
street."
Ut is TO be a remarkable
building, IS stories high and
a half block long, of glass
and marble, which will re-
place the Emerson and orme
Buick agency and greatly
change the appearance Of
Seventeenth street behind
the Mayfiower. It will cost
more than IS million.)
He turned from his walnut
roll-top desk to a table where
a. bound volume of Harper's
Weekly for 1897 lay open.
There is the item that
changed my life" be said.
1t was headed Grsduas
tions at Amherst. and,
among other things, it SAID
that Gilbert Grosvenor and
his twin brother Edwin had
won eight prizes.
Our father had come
back Ito teach history at
Amherst when we were is.
Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell
knew my father, because he
had given history lectures
before the National Geo.
graphic Society. When she
saw how well the Grosvenor
twins 1--WE were identical)
had done at college, she sug-
gested to her husband that
we be invited to their place
at Nova Scotia during the
summer.
"A couple of years later
when Mr.. Bell wanted q
young man to run the
society's magazine, he Of
fered the job to the one of
us that wanted it. My brother
wanted to become a lawyer,
and did. The job appealed to
me. I took it. The salary was
$100 a month"
That was in the spring Of
1899. In the fall of 1900,
young Gilbert Grosvenor
married Elsa May Bell, one
of the two daughters of the
inventor of the telephone.
Evening star., 1960-10-20
me
Rambler
Visits
Explorers HolI
by GEORGE KENNEDY


There is something Of
the old American missionary
spirit about Gilbert oros-
venOr.
His father went out to
Turkey In 1857 from Amherst
College to teach in Robert
College, an institution
financed by Christopher
Rhinelander Robert. Robert
was a New York tea mer-
chant and an ardent Pres
byterian. The college was
run by Cyrus Hamlin, who
had gone out for the Amer
ican Board OF Foreign Mis-
sions In 1S4O and devoted
himself to the education Of
Christian Armenians.
That is how the man who
made the National Geo.
graphic Magazine happened
to be born at Rommeii Eissar
above the Bosporus In Con-
stantinpple on October %,
1875. He will be s5 this month.
He is a slender white
haired man with q short
clipped white mustache and
remarkably blue eyes.
eI've stayed away quite a
bit in recent years." he said,
I'm Just back from three
months at our place in Nova
Scotia and win soon be going
South. But everything is go-
ing all right. / tell Melville
(his sonl that the magazine
Is getting more readable
every year and our color
reproductions are better
than ever.
Evening star., 1960-10-20
Cub Soopbox Race

A soapbox racer derby for Cub
Scout Pack 800 will be held at
2:30 pm. Saturday at the home
Iof Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard w.
Kemp, 56l4 Third r:-ss NV.
Evening star., 1960-10-20
BY GEORGE WILSON
Star stan Writer

George q. Garrett, chairman
Of the Federal City Council,
has called on his colleagues to
enlist industry in their effort
to build a better Washington.
In q speech at the councils
annual meeting yesterday in
the Statler Hilton Hotel. Mr.
Garrett pointed to the accom-
plishmentS wnef1 corporate and
civic forces combined III such
cities as Pittsburgh and Ralhs
more. 80
Until recently, Mr.. Garrett
said. few national companies
were represented in Washing
ton. But now. he added, WASH
ington has a ver:table who's
who" Of American industry.
The challenge for the council,
he said, is Ito deevlop this
potential" of cooperate assist
ance.
I'VE have all the necessary
ingredients for a Washington
story" Mr.. Garrett said.
The council recently appoint
ed q committee to get national
corporations represented here
interested in Washington'S s
problems. M. C. Nolan. vice
president of Royal McBee Corp,
lis chairman.
Higher Payment Urged
Another job for the council
in its coming year was outlined
by Benjamin M. McKelway, edi-
tor Of The Star. He said the
organization should press for a
higher Federal payment to
Washington so the city can full
fill its obligations.
Mr.. McKelway said that in
fiscal 1862, for example, the
budget viii exceed revenue by
$l6 million unless the Federal
payment to the District is in
creased. Congress Is authorized
to appropriate $32 million for
the Districts Federal payment
but only appropriated $25 mil
Evening star., 1960-10-20
Foley Use Of Free Mail
Stirs Political I empest

Magiands 6th district political pot boiled today
the free mailing privileges of Democratic Representative John
r. Foley who Is opposed by Charles OAac Matthias Republican
- diselosed to the that the Post Once De-
partmen Foley to pay postage on an August
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03

Brakes generate their own worst enemy terrific
heat. Excessive heat is bad because it may
cause brakes to lose part of their effectiveness.
So the faster you can dissipate it, the better
off you are
Buick gets rid Of heat faster by using in-cooled
brake drums On the front wheels, where most
of the braking is done, the drums are aluminium.
They cost more to make but they shrug off
heat much faster than drums made of ordinary
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
If You Want TO Run
II You Won't to Run
Petitions Are Required
In Rockville Elections

Candidates for public office in
the Rockville election April Is
will have to get 100 persons to
sign a sponsoring petition in
order to be eligible.
Only announced candidate so
far is Julian Pete Sante, Rock
vile businessman, who will run
for one of the four councilman
spots. The mayors position also
goes on the political block.
Sante and other independents
will have to line up his own 100
signers who, by putting their
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
Relief Is Approaching
For Daniel Pollock

moved into his home on Tweed
st. in the Meadow Hills subdivi-
sion last spring.
Pollock complained to the
Rockville City Council recently
that the stations air-compres-
sion pump comes on as often
as 20 times an hour.
Furthermore, he said, the
structure has prevented him
from completing the landscap-
ing of his property.
1.-THE season approaches when
you think of working on your
yard" he observed wistfully.
Mayor Alexander j. Greene
assured Pollock that this prob
lem will be solved in the next
two weeks when the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Com
mission takes over sewer serv-
ice in the area.
At that time, the mayor ex-
planned, sewer line will re-
place the pumping station.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
Special Prizes
To Be Offered

A program of special awards
for junior and senior high school
science fair projects dealing
with tuberculosis and heart
disease has been established by
the Montgomery County Tuber-
culosis and Heart Association.
Prizes of $25 will be given in
the form of books, subscriptions
to scientific publications and
special project materials.
Judges will be 10 private
physicians, who will evaluate ex-
hibits in their neighborhoods.
Scientific thought, thorough.
ness, clarity, creative ability,
skill and neatness will comprise
judging criteria.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
WSSC Awards
Seven Contracts

Seven contracts totaling $780,
764 for water mains, sewers,
State roads relocations and
house connections in suburban
Maryland were awarded this
week by the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission.
Four Montgomery County
contracts went to:
John ]. Smarge Co., Inc, Col
lege Park, for construction of
water mains in right of way
from Fields I'd. to US. Route "a,
Gaithersburg, at a contract price
of $68,130.
Elliott Construction Co., Inc,
Beltsville, for construction OF
water mains, sewers and house
connections in various streets,
at contract price of $2692. This
contract also includes the install.
lation of two fire hydrants to
existing mains.
Kelley Construction Co., Inc,
Silver Spring, for construction
of water mains and water and
sewer house connections in
Rock Creek Palisades, at a con
tract price of $2606.
Joseph Canova, Inc, Adelphi
for construction of W ter and
sewer house connections in va
rious streets, at a contract price
of S2107.