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for the RIA were Neville Miller,
the agency's chairman, and Phil
A. Doyle, the new executive di-
rector.
Mr.. Shannon said CONSTRUCT
tion would begin early next
year. We're going ahead as
quickly as possible, probably
around the beginning of Feb
ruary," he said. t
Council Credited .-
The Federal City Council.
through its Urban Renewal
Committee, has been actively
interested in the project and
has played a part in its de-
velopment. officials said.
The contract-signing cere-
mony was held in front of the
historic WaShington-Lewis
house, at 456 N street S.W.,
which, along with other dwell
ings in nearby Wheat Row,
will be restored as part of the
redevelopment work. The archi-
tect for the project is Chloe
thiel Woodard Smith.
The occasion was the last Of
ficial appearance of John r.
Searles, jr., for the last 10
years executive director of the
redevelopment agency. Mr..
SearleS will leave Washington
tonight to assume a post as
executive director Of the SYRIA
cuse Metropolitan Development
Association, a privately fl
nanced urban renewal and re-
development group in Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
Present for the Harbour
Square ceremony and Skyline
Motor Inn groundbreaking were
all members of the RIA board
except John j. Gunther, who
was out of the city, as well as
District officials and other as
sociated with the two enter
prises.
Evening star., 1961-11-07
To Review Book

Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, for
mer Governor of Wyoming,
will review GuStave Paine's
THE Learned Men" at 1890
am. Thursday in All Saints
Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase
circle, Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star., 1961-11-07
TRAGEDY ON A BRIDGE-BUTLD DING JOB
FoIIout Shelter for 700
Unique FoIIout Shelter

private shelter-sealed against gases germs
well alou-is under construction the American
Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth street NV
Costing $4,000 the project convert the building
subbasement into shelter for 700 women
Five hundred persons work in the Socety's building
No claim to protection from blast effect is made but
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Contract Signed
For Southwests
Harbour Square
EurIy Sturt Seen on Coop Project;
Skyline Motor Inn Breaks Ground
By ROBERT ]. LEWIS
Star Staff Writer

An early start of the Harbour Square apartment
house redevelopment project today
ceremonial signing of contract by officials Redvelop
ment Land Agency and Harbour Square Inc. -
large delegation officials turned up for the unusual
ceremony on the projects Southwest Washington short
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Critical Decision Near
On Inner Loop Future
Planners Action on Thursday Due
To Bear Heavily on Freewuy Program
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star Stan Writer

What has happened the heated controversy that
has suddenly the fate of the Districts Inner Loop
freeway?
the last decade the loop has been funda-
mental for all planning in the District Within the last
has reamed twice by important planning
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studies as an integral part OF
i the city's transportation sys-
TEN for the coming decades.
Now it faces another test by
the deciSion-makers. Basically,
the decision will be made by
Congress next year. But a
preliminary skirmish on the
inner loop question takes place
| this week at a meeting of the
National Capital Planning
Commission.
The NCPC. which acts in an
advisory role to the District
Commissioners on highway
planning. has spent the last
four weeks thinking through
| the consequences of postponing
construction of the $500 million
loop.
Vote Thursday
Its members will gather to
vote on the matter Thursday
after hearing arguments from
the District highway depart
ment, the Fine Arts Com
mission and the National
Capital Transportation Agency.
At issue are four specific
items on the inner loop time
table. The question is whether
the District t Commissioners
should be given NCPC approval
for budget requests covering
the four loop projects. The
four are:
/. That portion of the loop,
on which trucks will be banned,
from the Theodore Roosevelt
Bridge to Maine avenue near
the Fourteenth street bridge
approaches.
This is to include a tunnel
beneath the Lincoln Memorial
grounds and is generally con-
ceded to be needed If the shrine
is to be saved from unsightly
traffic congestion. 1t is to be
paid for entirely by Federal
funds.
2. The center leg, q wide eX-
presSway running north and
south crossing the heart of the
city near the Capitol and con-
meeting the south and north
legs of the loop. It includes a
tunnel under the mall. Only
planning money is being sought
for this project.
3. The east leg, to run north
and south from the AnacoStia
River to Florida avenue NE,
taking the block between
Tenth and Eleventh streets.
This would be the loop link
for Interstate Route 95 which
is to be a third route to Balti-
more. Again only planning
money is being sought.
4. A giant interchange -
known as Interchange C-lo-
Gated at Eleventh street Sc.
forming the connection for the
south leg and east leg Of the
loop and leading to the twin
Eleventh street bridges planned
for the Anacostia River. Con-
fStruction funds are being
sought for this project.
Although the issue is mar
irowed down to these four loop
items, the broader question is
whether the concept Of an
inner loop is still valid.
Ask Transit Study
Those who have raised the
question urge that new con-
Struction starts of highways in
the District be delayed until
the National Capital Trans
portation Agency has made it's
full study for a rapid transit
system for the region. This
study is to be ready in one
year.
c. Darwin Stolzenbach, head
of the transportation agency,
L 81 ~
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time before the groundbreak-
ing for another big Southwest
undertaking : the 204-unit
Skyline Motor Inn to be built
by the HalSa Corp. of New
York.
The Harbour Square luxury
type cooperative development
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Heavy black lines indicate the route of the
Inner Loop. At issue in the current cOntrO-
versy is Q) the portion from the Theodore
Roosevelt Bridge to Maine avenue, (2) the cen
ter leg, (S) the east leg and (4) large inter-
change connecting the east and south legs of
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the loop. Shooting nOrthward from the east
leg is the Northeast freeway which ties into
the third route to Baltimore The Southwest
freeway, stretching from the Washington
Channel to South Capitol street, is now under
construction.
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interruption

Certainly no bonds Of friendship
were severed at the House District Com
mittee session the other day at which
Commissioner Mclaughlin, as he put it,
was placed on the spit and barbecued."
For as anyone who has followed District
affairs in recent years knows, sentiments
Of admiration and respect between the
Commissioner and certain members of
the committee for some time now have
been as warm and as bright as the
grave.
1t is most regrettable, however, that
this episode diverted attention from the
real purpose Of the hearing. The District
Of Columbia today faces one of the most
critical financial periods Of its history,
a crisis which requires new legislation,
more money and, most important of all,
a sympathetic understanding of the
needs Of the city by the District Com
mittee.
This, of course, has nothing what
ever to do with personal animosity. The
stakes are too high for that, whatever
the reasons. Now that the furor is over,
we hope it is forgotten, and that the
committee will get on with the really
important Job Of making the District
Of Columbia the kind Of Capital of
which everyone can be proud.
Evening star., 1961-03-01

public gifts and this is the goal for the
campaign beginning now.
The expanding service Of the
orchestra to this community is a source
Of qualification. Quite apart from its
regular Constitution Hall series Zone Of
the best in the country there is an i'm
preSSive number of concerts for children
from the youngest through high
school. There is workshop for college
students majoring in music. This season,
for the first time, there has been
concert series in Virginia and one in
Montgomery County in Maryland in
high school auditoriumS. For a long
time there has been series Of concerts
in Prince Georges County. The ticket
prices are appropriately low and the
attendance has been good.
AS for the orchestra itself, there
are now ga musicians, and one goal for
the coming year is to bring the total
to 96, thus making it possible for the
orchestra to perform almost every type
Of symphonic work.
The orchestra is one Of the most
vital cultural assets of our cl,r. 1t has
served us well, and it fully deserves our
generous support.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Enlightenment

Your editorial on Febru-
airy %, titled Practical Eco
nomic Unity" should be
labeled Exhibit A as evidence
Of the dangers Of writing
editorials on every subject Of
national import that comes
along. Often enough editors
do not fear to tread where
only a little knowledge is
their guide.
You give a clean bill of
health to the proposed
DECD land what is that?
almost every reader will ask.
II more than 1/1,000th Of
per cent Of the people Of this
country, outside of a few
Federal officials. know what
the DECD. i.e.. the Organiza-
ton for Economic Co-opera-
ton and Development, is,
a prize should be awarded to
them.
Yet, hearings on this pro-
posed international bureau
Gratis delight have already
been held before the Senate
Foreign Relations Commit
tee (after q seven-day notice
and after hearing a dozen
witnesses, nearly half Of
them from the Government);
and the Senate will soon be
voting on 1t.
But what is the DECD?
That is a good question. Pro-
ponents and opponents hold
opposite views. DECD, to be
specific, is to be ratified as
a treaty. To become effective
it must pass by q two-thirds
vote of those present and
voting. This could be three
Senators, assuming no point
Of order were raised about a
quorum.
Did you know that treaties
were ratified in this fashion?
Let me suggest that you
find out about DECD and
listen to both sides. Then
watch what happens. You
may find that the ratifica-
tion Of a treaty is a process
somewhat different from
what is taught in the school
books. And, Of course, you
know that once q treaty is
ratified 1t becomes the Su-
preme law Of the land.
Do you recall the Bricker
amendment which was aimed
at the possibility Of amend
ing the Constitution by the
route Of treaties? May I ask
that you study the DECD
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Hope for Algeria

The steady and stateSmanlike course
that President de Gaulle has followed in
his patient search for solution of the
Algerian problem passed another Signifi-
cant checkpoint in his meeting with
President Bourguiba of Tunisia. For
except to the most uncompromising
extremists of the right and the left, the
Tunisian leader is thought of as perhaps
the most intelligently reasonable man
among the influential native figures Of
long troubled North Africa. Coupled
with this is the fact that he has been,
In effect, the host to the Algerian govern
ment in exile, headquartered in Tunis
for more than two years.
In his visit to Paris, Mr.. Bourguiba
was not, Of course, empowered to repre-
sent the Algerian nationalists officially.
Even so, 1t was tacitly accepted on both
sides that he was intervening primarily
for the purpose of preparing the ground
work for direct negotiations between
General de Gaulle and the Algerian
Provisional Government of Premier
Ferhat Abbas. It is highly unlikely that
Mr.. Bourguiba assumed this role, with its
potential effect on his prestige in
North Africa, without grounds for
believing that he would have some sue
cess. The warmth Of President de
Gaulle'S greeting and the friendly tone
of the joint communique issued after
their day-and-evening session indicate
that Mr.. Bourguiba's hopes were well
founded.
For his part, the French President
was taking one more long stride in the
direction of conciliation. With his
authority to work out an Algerian
settlement affirmed by the mid-winter
referendum, both in Metropolitan France
and in Algeria itself, General de Gaulle
has made it increasingly clear that his
choice is consultation rather than
dictation. This weeks meeting was the
first between the French and TuniSian
Presidents. It's encouraging result offers
real promise, perhaps with further
assistance from Mr.. Bourguiba, that an
honorable and mutually acceptable
resolution Of an old problem is In sight.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Help the Orchestra!

In many respects the National SYM
phony Orchestra's sustaining fund cam
paign, which begins officially today, is
its most important appeal to the public.
The orchestra is in its 30th season; It's
value to the community and its artistic
standing nationally are beyond dispute;
Its value as an international cultural
asset also has been proved.
Unlike a great many symphony
orchestras, there is no government
money for the National Symphony. No
orchestra is able to pay all It's costs
from Its revenues, but the National
Symphony has one of the best records
Of any American orchestra for paying
costs through the box office. Yet it
cannot, by its very nature, be entirely
self-supporting. Expenses for the next
year are expected to be $926,00O. Almost
10 per cent, or $646, 900, will come from
the box office and other income. The
balance, $3.50 900, must be raised through
Evening star., 1961-03-01
Answering Mr.. K

Judging from what he has Just said
to the Indian Parliament, Prime Minister
Nehru does not think much Of Nikita
KhruShchev's latest message to him.
And why should he? After all, the
thing may fairly be described as tire
somely long-Winded piece Of propa-
ganda that amounts to little more than
an insult to the intelligence of any
reasonably civilized and well-informed
citizen of the world.
Thus as a reading Of the text
demonstrates to an almost nauseating
degree, the Soviet Premier has addressed
to Mr.. Nehru a sanctimoniouSly and
viciously verbose misSive made up chiefly
of the following: () A massive dose of
anti-Western venom; (2) crocodile tears
and hackneyed lies about imperialism"
and "colonialiSm"; (3) enormously
repugnant and hypocritical references
to the Kremlin'S championship Of peace
and liberty-a reality-upend claim
In view Of the brutal tyranny of Red
totalitarianiSm; a. another violently
libelouS attack on United Nations Sec
retary General Dag Hammarskjold; and
tones, Of MIR. Khrushchev's demand that
the U. N. be reorganized in way that
would render it utterly incapable Of
effective action in times of emergency.
Nor is this all. For Mr.. K, in his
message to Mr.. Nehru, has called also
for special. measures presumably mill
tary as well as economic and politicaD
to recognize and support the sinister
Antoine Gizenga-a Communist-trained
fanatic-as head Of the Legitimate"
CongoleSe government. In other words,
although the U. N. has long since decided
that that role belongs properly and
solely to President KaSavubu, the Soviet
Premier continues to insist that every
body bow to his will-that the world
organization do an about-face, ouSt Mr..
Hammarskjold, withdraw its forces
from the Congo, give full backing to the
Kremlin- serving Gizenga and thus
virtually surrender the country to Red
totalitarian take-over. And the Russian
delegation, headed by Foreign Minister
Gromyko, is being primed now to press
these demands on the General Assembly,
whose meetings resume in New York on
March 7.
Small wonder, in the teeth Of such
crude, high-presSure tactics, that Mr..
Nehru has indicated complete lack OF
enthusiasm for what Mr.. KhruShchev
wants to accomplish. The same response
should be forthcoming from all free
countries, neutralists and non-neutral-
lists alike. For the dominance-seekin
Kremlin is obviously bent upon either
smashing or ruling the u N, and the
Communist world certainly has
reason to respond accordingly-with
firm and unwavering resistance.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
EnYoY's WithdrowuL

Your editorial regarding
the request by former Am
bassador to Cuba Earl Smith
that his name be withdrawn
from consideration as our
Ambassador to Switzerland
hit the nail on the head. Mr..
Smiths opposition was not
really the Swiss government.
but that small minority Of
vociferouS Americans that
promoted Castro and were
proven to be so wrong.
This same small group Is
now going about to get Tru-
jillo Of the Dominican Re-
public. Anyone that attempts
to point out that we are in
error when we take economic
and diplomatic m e q sures s
against friendly anti-Com-
munist governments Is sub
,jected to the worst type of
insults and SANDERS.
John J. Frank.
Evening star., 1961-03-01
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Adventures of Aerial Explorers
By THOMAS R. HENRY

BALBOA, Canal Zone
Adventures paralleling any
in wartime are the lot Of the
Inter-American Geophysical
Surveys aerial explorers Of
South American jungles.
Such, for example, was
what brought Capt. John H.
MacGuire Gin face with God"
after being caught in a
downdraft over an unex-
plored Brazilian forest.
II landed the aircraft"
he reports, ION top Of a tree.
It fell to the jungle floor,
about 200 feet. I was stunned
and my observer dazed. Our
water consisted Of 10 emer-
gency cans and food was
limited to two cans Of sur
vival rations. Clouds were
lowering and rain started an
hour after we crashed. A fire
for a signal proved impossible
to start. The atmosphere un-
der the trees was dense,
moisture-laden and had no
movement so that any fire
was smothered by its own
combustion"
The terrain was such that
1t was impossible to establish
a camp Of any sort. The next
morning, however. was clear
and they lit fires but the
jungle was too dense for
these to be seen by other
planes passing over the area.
49," he records, I'VE
shouldered our packs and
started on our way. There
was q nearly vertical side
slope which we negotiated
using our riser cords knotted
to strong trees. After a 1900
foot descent we came to q
small stream. This stream be-
came wider and we came
upon a waterfall. We de-
scended the fall with a nylon
cord tied around a large tree.
The slopes on each side were
cut and a way around was
impossible to find.
I'VE came on a flat rock in
mid-stream. On this we
spent the night. The OBJ
server developed a sore
mouth and couldn't eat the
survival candy. We walked
on downstream in the morn
ing becoming increasingly
depressed. Our strength was
failing and this, along with
our low mental outlook. made
little obstacles insurmount-
able ones.
"The presence of a pebble
stream bed with steep sides
covered to the waters edge
with dense vegetation caused
our walking to become O
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AH-Around Athlete

Recently. your paper car
ried two articles, side by side,
on USSR athletes. One arti-
Gle said that the USSR has
10000 hSmmer-throwers. In
the other, it was stated that
when a reporter asked USSR
hig h Jumper v. Brunei
where he purchased the
sweater he was wearing, an
interpreter answered. 1T
was bought in New York for
So" Later, when the same
question regarding Brumel's
sweater was put to the Soviet
team manager, the answer
was, Moscow" Rejecting
upon both articles, I could
not help but think that, OBJ
viously. the new Soviet man
can throw more than ham
mers. Ferdinand.
Evening star., 1961-03-01

stumbling. lurching series Of
painful falls. A gravel bed
came in sight. Here we
stopped and spent the rest
Of the day and that night.
I'VE exchanged life his
tories. We tried to lose our
natural inhibitions against
laying our innermost
thoughts bare to critical
analysis by another person.
Gradually we came to reli-
gion and said a series Of
psalms and an impromptu
prayer. Then we felt better
and planned the next day
and succeeding days.
That night we slept on the
gravel bed and although nv
mind didn't sleep my body
felt completely relaxed. I
got up the next morning
completely convinced that a
power stronger than my will
was at work.
This is a startling reali-
zation, making you feel hum
BILE and weak, yet strong and
sure. After five hours Of
walking we came upon a de-
serted Indian hunting camp,
heard an aircraft engine and
ran for the stream bed. Two
helicopters came over in for
nation and spotted us. Our
ordeal was over"
Evening star., 1961-03-01
WHetop Middle

. The latest Supreme Court ruling in
q wiretap case preserves the right of
State to use wiretap evidence in crimi-
nal case in a State court. But the
arguments advanced in the dissenting
opinion and the contentious of counsel
for the accused man demonstrate again
the need for clarif1cation by Congress
of its intent in adopting the 1884 ban"
on overlapping.
q The case before the court involved
a'man facing trial in New York for
alleged completely In the acid binding
OF his girl friend. He said the evidence
against him had been obtained by
tapping his telephone, and he wanted
the Supreme Court to forbid the State
to use this evidence at the trial. The
dissenting judges said, with touch of
sarcasm, that the majority ruling
leaves the accused "only with the con-
soling knowledge that Congress meant
to protect the privacy Of his telephone
conversations, while the Dement'S Of the
congressional intendment are denied
him" This is equivalent to saying that
IN any criminal case resting wholly on
Wiretap evidence, Congress intended to
safeguard the privacy Of the criminals
telephone even though the result is to
free the criminal.
On the day this opinion came down
the police caught a man identified as
the degenerate murderer Of four-year-
old New York girl. The evidence against
him is not based on wiretaps. But sup
pose 1t were-let'S assume that this man
had been caught solely as a result Of
tapping his telephone. Is 1t the intent
or Congress that the only evidence
against him, that from the wiretap,
could not be used, and that he would
have to be turned loose? Our guess is
that nothing was further from the con-
gresSional mind when the 1884 law was
enacted. -s---- ..-.-.- --..s... -..-.-..-. .,.
The fact is, however, that this would
have been precisely the result had the
case come before Federal court, and
we think action by Congress to clarity
the law is long overdue. There will
always be those who cry that wire
tapping is "a dirty business" But so
Is the murder of little children and the
binding of people by acid throwers.
Wiretapping, under appropriate safe
guards, ought to be made legitimate
and usable tool in law enforcement.
Evening star., 1961-03-01

@. Why does Mt. Washing
ton in New Hampshire have
the worst weather in. the
world"?-N. c.
A. The mountain stands
between two major storm
tracks. one crossing the
United States and another
coming OF the Atlantic Ocean
to the east. Winds from these
two tracks rush up over the
summit where their velocity
is increased as if the air were
being forced through q con-
stricted tube. Mt. Washing
ton has experienced winds
as high as 231 miles per hour
and temperatures as cold Is
Is degrees below zero.
@. When was the Rosetta
Stone found?J.P p.
A. Bearing identical In
scriptions in hieroglyphics,
Greek. and demotic popular,
simplified) characters, this
famous stone was found near
the town Of Rosetta in Egypt
In 1899 by members OF
Napoleon's army.