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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

Parkside apartments on Wis
consin ave. made excellent use
of his wooded Rock Creek Park
site. Pooks Hill, the first lux
ury high rise building in sub
urbia, perched high on a private
hilltop in Bethesda.
But whether these isolated
examples were trying to COM
pensate for their distance, or
simply making a wise use Of
their sites-the crush of post
war demand and the creation Of
FILA housing regulations forced
builders into the "608" program.
608's were named after a regu-
lation in the FILA Emergency
Housing Act-The kind of B.
story walk-ups that resulted
from this emergency situation
smothered design, suffocated ex-
Fermentation, squelched every
thing in minimal shelter. It is
these blocks and blocks Of
crowded apartments that set
the cause of enlightenment de-
velopment back 20 years.
True, Prince Georges County,
doubled and tripled its popula-
ton and achieved an enviable
tax surplus in an amazingly
short period of time, but the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

demonstrated monetary value
of apartment construction to
the county budget does not off
set the feelings of many Off
Gals that 608's are an eyesore.
According to Commissioner
Herbert Reichelt at a recent
Suburban Maryland Builders
Association meeting, the county
likes the income but would like
some open space, too.
New Techniques Applied
Early in 1858 one builder had
the same idea. The Carl M.
Freeman firm began applying
to apartments the design and
building techniques derived
from its American contempt
rary homes. Housing, whether
in single family residences or
apartments, is more than four
walls with windows cut in them.
Open space within the house
could be achieved from glass
window walls, building and site
should be planned as a single
unit. The use of patios or bal
comics in what has now become
known as indoor-outdoor living
makes for better living.
The result has become well
known all over the city. Three
floor walk-ups were abolished
with a split-level plan that puts
every unit within one floor of
grade level. Living room studio
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

windows open UP 10 private bal
comics or patios. Individual en-
frances were available. Vault
ed beamed ceilings were used
in many units. Entire walls
were covered with closets; air
conditioning was introduced
first as an option, now as stand
ard equipment; design was dis
tinctively contemporary; and
perhaps most important, land
planning and sitting became a
primary factor.
Build on what we already
have zoned for apartments,
contends Arthur X. Stelhorn of
the Maryland Park and Plan
ming Commission Montgomery
Planning Board. In-lying loca-
tons like Sligo ave. and Fast
West hwy. are the proper place
for further apartment activity,
according to the Stellhorn
forces. Edmund ]. Bennett,
SMBA President, says that
close-in high-rise luxury con-
struction is fine, but far too
costly for the needs Of average
Maryland families.
Whoever wins the great de-
bate, apartments still remain
the only answer to Maryland
expansion. Should they grow
like Topsy influenced only by
mortgage commitments and
land shortages? Or should they
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

The shape Of the Ameri-
can metropolis seems to be
taking on an apartment
look. Suburban Maryland
reflects this national trend.
More people, less space, higher
density.
Most professional land plan
ners view this development as
a challenge, rather than cause
for alarm. Men like Spencer
Sanders, Of S. E. Sanders As
sociates, and Warren Vinton,
Mayor of Somerset, realize that
provision for the booming pop
ulation must be made. To pre-
serve open space they advocate
building upwards instead of
sprawling outwards. To retain
crucial watersheds and stream
valleys, they say realistic plan
ming must relieve the popula-
ton expansion instead Of ignor-
ing 1t.
Sanders, often retained by pri-
vats developers, has applied 20
years of government and pri-
vate experience in planning to
the Maryland countryside. His
work on the Cabin John and
Rock Creek watersheds has
greatly influenced the approach
Of county officials. The term
green fingers" and average
minimum lots" have become
part of the official language
a most important part consid-
ering their impact on compre-
hensive planning.
New Apartment Concept
The new phrase, apartment
parks" will also become part
Of the official language. Sand.
ers hopes. This Is a concept that
would overcome the single-fam-
lily residents objection to apart.
ments in the suburbs. It en-.
visions higher rise buildings
with large setbacks surrounded
by parkland, or low garden
apartments worked into the nat
ural environment, well screened
from neighboring residents. 1t
carries the green fingers" con.
cept of country parkland one
step further into the realm OF
privately developed parkland.
Notable among the building
firms influenced by Sanders
apartment parks" is Carl M
Freeman Associates. One Is
acre tract now under develop.
ment calls for only 2 to 3 acres
covered by buildings, % acres
left in natural terrain.
Even open space has come in
for special attention by profes.
sional builders. James Scheuer
head of the New York urban re,
newal firm now active in South
west Washington, pointed out to
Maryland builders recently that
open space must be handled
1t is not enough just to leave it,
1t must be developed with walk,
ways, seating areas, fountains,
Fairgrounds" There Is nothing
worse than a weed-overgrown
empty field, according to Scheu.
er.
War Brought Setback
Apartment construction in
Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties received q
major setback with the advent
of World War II. Ironically, the
postwar demand that created
so much apartment construc.
ton was also instrumental in
creating a reaction against II.
Prior to the war suburban
apartments reflected the quiet
dignity and tree shaded beauty
OF typical suburbia. Fine ex.
amples were set by the Falk,
land apartments at the end OF
the 18th Street and East.West
hwy, and the Miller-built apart
ments on Eastern ave. near
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

become an integral part of land
planning and architectural con-
sideration? How County au-
thorities and builders meet this
problem determines how we
live 10 years from today. AS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

crumble under the pressure Of.
the population increase in the
next decade and result in grave
injury to the home owners who
expect a stable community
where he builds his home. I
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-25

Carl Freeman has often said
publicly, "The mistakes made
today we will have to live with
for the next IS years" In the
opinion of many, shortsighted
ming policy today will
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-01
A. F. VierheIIer
Retires; 80 Years
As HorticuIturist
BY the Associated Press

Albert F. Vierheller has re-
tired after 80 years as extern
sion horticulturist at the Uni
versIty of Maryland.
After military service in the
World War I, Mr.. Vierheller
established the horticultural
study courses and field projects
at the university for disabled
ex-service men under a CT bill
He later assumed extension
field work with fruit growers
throughout the State.
AS secretary of the Mary
land State Horticultural So
ciety. he has been closely as
ISOLATED with formation Of the
Maryland section of Appalach-
ian Apple Service, four-State
growers organization for apple
promotion.
He also assisted in the setup
Of the Maryland State Apple
Tax Commission to administer
a grower tax for apple public
ity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-01
Wage Law
Delay Seen
TIL Summer
BY LEE M. COIN
Star Stan Writer

The leisurely pace Of House
hearings promises to delay
congressional action on increas-
ing the $1-an-hour Federal
minimum wage and extending
its coverage until shortly be-
fore adjournment this summer
Secretary of Labor Mitchell
is scheduled to lead of testi-
mony before a House Labor
Subcommittee tomorrow. Their
the subcommittee, headed by
Re reese ntative Landrum
Democrat of Georgia, will wait
a week before hearing the
second witness. AFL-CIO Presi-
dent George Meany.
Another six days will pass
before the subcommittee holds
its third hearing, with wit
nesses from the Chamber OF
Commerce Of the United States
The subcommittee's sched-
ule calls for intermittent hear
ings throughout March. Hear
ings are expected to continue
well into April, and perhaps
even longer. with witnesses who
have not yet been scheduled.
Other business will repeatedly
interrupt consideration Of wage
legislation.
After completion of subcom-
mittee hearings. the s,ibcom-
mittee probably will spend
weeks drafting a bill for sub
mission to the full House Labor
Committee. The full committee
may then take quite a while to
redraft the bill and approve it.
Only then will the legislation
be ready to go to the Rules
Committee for clearance to the
House floor.
Some members Of the Labor
Committee may attempt to
speed up action setting a
deadline for the subcommittee
But Chairman Landrum main
tains protracted hearings will
be necessary if demands per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-01

sist for broad extension Of
coverage to workers who now
are excluded from the mini
mum wage law.
The broader the extension,
he indicates, the more wit
neSses will have to be heard.
On the other hand, Mr..
Landrum has limited, a less
ambitious bill could be pl oc-
essed quickly. An increase in
the $1-an-hour minimum is
less controversial than propos-
ais for extension of coverage
to millions Of workers in re-
failing and other excluded in
dustries.
The Senate Labor Subcom-
mittee last year held hearings
and approved a bill sponsored
by Chairman Kennedy, Demo-
crat of Massachusetts, and
others. Favorable action by the
full Senate Labor Committee
had been expected in January,
but still has not taken place.
The committee has been busy
with other issues, and the civil
rights debate has disrupted its
schedule. There is no clear evil
dence that the delay reflects
increasing opposition to the
legislation.
Minimum wage legislation is
expected to encounter little
difficulty in getting through the
Senate, but faces a tough fight
in the House.
Secretary Mitchell is ex-
pected to recommend in tomor-
rows testimony that the mini
mum be increased by a mod
est" amount-lesS than Is cents
an hour-and that coverage be
extended to 81 million workers
who now are excluded.
Senator Kennedy's bill would
boost the minimum by stages
to $l.25 an hour, and gradually
would extend coverage to about
1l.2 million workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-01
Morse Dance Slated

A Morse dance, commemorat-
ing the 65th anniversary of the
Sons of Norway lodges in Amer
lea, will be held at 8 pm. Satur-
day at the Marriott Motor
Hotel on U. S. Route l at the
Virginia end of the Fourteenth
street bridge.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-01
ISSUE: FEATHERBEDDING
Bunk Rooms Get Hot
Over Rail Pay Talk

The men who operate the Notion,
trains ore poid by the mile. The
formula is: 100 miles equoIs one
doY's poy. The ortieIe. the last OIL
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four trips every two weeks. for
$4,000.
But don't forget" he says,
1--WE got a good run and I'm
still working over so hours a
week."
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100000 Of the 100000 railroad
employees would be affected.

100000 Of the 100000 railroad
employees would be affected.
The issue is extremely con-
troversial. as the comments of
the men in the bunk room in
dictate. 1t could provoke a
strike this summer.
Railroad management, in a
43-page "featherbedding" book
let put out by the Association
of American Railroads, declares
the 100 mile rule enables
many railroad operating en-
ployes to earn a basic days
pay in two hours or less" 1t
cites these examples:
The engineer runs his pas
senger train between Washing
ton and New York. a distance
of 225 miles. in four hours.
Counting his check-out time,
he is on duty about seven
hours, receives two and one
quarter days pay under the
100-mile rule-or $48 for the
run. He can make just under
$1,000 a year on this run.
The engineer and fireman on
a Western streamliner cover
the 215 miles from st. Paul to
Breckenridge. Mimi. in four
hours. They lay over one and
one-half hours and then re-
turn to st. Paul on the east
bound sister train. Again I'M
der the 100-mile rule. each re-
ceiveS four and one-third days
pay-or $88,84 for the engi-
neer and $77.45 for the fire.
man for nine hours and 20
minutes of work.
Held Not Typical
But G. E. Leighty. chairman
OF the Railway Labor Execu-
tives Association, terms those
examples red apple" runs, not
typical ones. In any piece
rate SYSTEM" Mr.. Leighty says
there are always some opera
tons which pay comparatively
high wages. . Such runs are
held by less than / per cent
Of all railroad employees"
The men in the bunkroom
scott at these examples, too.
They claim most of the men
wait to be called from a pool
for jobs. spending dozens OF
dreary hours in bunkrooms.
A 20-year fireman waiting in
Washington's bunk room says
his mail run between Wash
ington and New York is con-
sidered a good one. He signs
up for the run in New York at
$40 pm. Monday and arrives
in Washington about $3.50 am
tuesday, run of 9 hours
He then stays in the bunk
room until GAS pm. Tuesday
when he signs up for the re-
turn trip. He reaches New
York about AIS am. Wednes-
day and spends another 2 hours
taking the engine to its base
outside the city. So he feels
he has been on duty from GAO
am. Monday until he heads for
home at $50 am. Wednesday
-33 hours. He receives 1920
for the round trip and makes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-01
BY GEORGE WILSON
Star stan Writer

eating sandwiches at the long
black tables inside the bunk
room. mention arrangements
proposal to revise their pay Sys-
TEN, and then brace yourself
for some of the hottest snorting
since the iron horse first
pounded across the prairies.
Eve work harder and longer
than anybody else in industry
as it is now" says a veteran
engineman, slamming his half
eaten sandwich down on the
table. "And we don't get paid
extra for Sundays or holidays
or overtime either. But that
never gets in the paper"
1.-THE railroads tell everybody
we get a days pay for 100
miles," says another. But they
don't tell you about all the
hours we spend sitting around
q place like this waiting for the
next run"
I'm q featherbedder," adds
a fireman with 20 years serv-
ice. Look around. See any
featherbeds upstairs? Is this
your idea Of home?"
The bunk room adjacent to
the roundRouse is part of the
railroad yard located across
from Hecht's warehouse on
New York avenue NE. Pas
senger crews and their equip
ment lay over there between
runs. The bunk room is a
gritty brick building with
offices. lunch room and lockers
downstairs and dornitory
above. One sleeping room.
called the morgue, is for cat
maps. Men lie there fully
clothed. The others are for
long sleeps.
DeS0late But Free
True, it is far from a luxuri-
Gus place. No meals are served
and accommodations are basic.
But the bunk room is free. if
desolate. Lately, men have
been spending a lot Of time at
its lunch tables discussing the
Association of American Rail-
roads featherbedding charges.
The management association
defines featherbedding as pay
for work not done or needed
and seeks to win support for
changes in work rules. The
rules became open for revision
last November /. National
level negotiations between man
agement and labor on the rules
are expected to begin this
month in Chicago.
One of the biggest changes
sought by railroad management
is the 100-mile-day pay form
ula. AS it is now, 100 miles is
the unit Of pay. Most Of the
men who operate passenger
and freight trains receive one
days pay for each 100 miles
travelled. The crew makig the
225-mile run from Washington
to New York receives 2H days
pay.
Management Objects
Management says this 40
year-old standard is obsolete
and should be changed to 100
miles. It contends the standard
was set when trains went only
half as fast as they go today
Union leaders dismiss the claim
as an effort by management to
give its operating employees a
go per cent pay cut. About
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-01

four trips every two weeks. fol-
$316.8O.
But don't forget" he says
1--WE got a good run and I'm
still working over so hours q
week"
Overtime Limits
Under the so-called dual-pay
formula, a passenger train has
to take more than S hours and
a freight more than 8 hours to
cover 100 miles before the men
receive overtime. If a freight
train took Is hours to travel
the 225 miles from Washington
to New York. the men would
not receive overtime. They
still would be paid under the
100-mile rule.
Besides claiming that raising
the unit to 100 miles would
mean a 60 per cent pay cut for
the men. union leaders stress
that the men receive no away
Trombone expenses, night diff
frential or extra pay for work
ing Sundays and holidays.
The Association Of American
Railroads counters that "such
arguments are basically a
Smokescreen and dodge the
question of stating unnecessary
positions and paying for work
not done" The association says
railroading is a "round-the-
clock, sevn-day-a-week serv-
ice":: that the man running the
trains make enough money to
take care of their away-from-
home expenses, and that they
received a scent hourly wage
increase during World War II
for this.
Would Cut Pay
Management cannot afford to
pay their men even what they
are getting now. the association
claims. Besides increasing the
mile day to $50 miles, railroad
management wants to cut the
pay of the 100000 operating
employees engineers, f1remen,
trainmen, conductors, switch
mem by is per cent and the
pay of incorporating employees
CLERKS, telegraphers, mechan-
les and the likel by Is cents an
hour. 1t also wants to eliminate
the cost-of- Living escalator pro-
visions in the old agreements
The unions want a IL to IA
per cent pay increase for oper-
ating employees. a 25-centtan-
hour raise for incorporating
employees and better escalator
provisions and fringe benefits
So as it stands now. manage
ment and labor are going full
speed toward one of the biggest
head-on collisions in the his
tory of railroad bargaining.
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Evening star., 1960-08-17
THE PASSING SHOW
Elmer Gontry' Returns
In Birthstone Swirl
By JAY CARMODY
nrap,a rr,tNc - Tha Ca

The old time religion roaring into Keiths today with
the arrival of Richard Brooks loudly hraded Elmer Gantr
The prospects of its lingering there for long time
excellent This for the simple that while the wide
SCREEN vvdly coored film is merely imitation Sinclair
Evening star., 1960-08-17

with it the ambition to take
Sister Sharon into the big-time
AS a prophet of profits, he sees
her wasted on square-faced
Grant Wood types who dwell
in the backwoods. 1t is in the
cities where the sin and money
are. Elmer figures to get Sister
Sharon there for a large taste
of both.
At this point, Mr.. Brooks has
pure impure movie rolling
Elmer has achieved the 6piri-
tual seduction of Sister Sharon
and mesmerized a large,
Middle-West community into
erecting frame temple in
which to frame the vulnerable
The single threat on his
evangelical horizon is repre-
sented by Arthur Kennedy, one
of those crusading newsmen
who specializeS in other peo-
pies crusades. With cynical
patience, he waits around to
explode Elmer's. His opportu-
nifty comes when the latter
leading a personal raid on the
city'S prostitutes. finds himself
in a bedroom with, of all sinful
girls, the one with whom he
misbehaved back in that choir
loft.
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He'll only can be the next