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Evening star., 1961-08-02
HiIF' Residents
Win 2-Month
Eviction Delay
Stores Still Fuce
Order to Leuve
Library Area

A group of beleaguered Cap
itol Hill residents have received
a two-month reprieve in Gov
ernment orders to vacate their
homes.
Yesterday was the deadline
for residents of the area bound
by Independence avenue and
First, C and Second streets
Sc. to be out of their doomed
dwellings so the Government
could take the land, repeatedly
for construction of a new an
mex to the Library of Congress.
Some residents, however,
either unable to find new quar-
ters or awaiting financial set
Elements - had not moved.
About 46 housing units ap-
peared occupied and about lis
unoccupied.
Since the Government is not
ready to order the razing of
the structures, officials of the
Justice Department, the Capitol
Architects office and the House
office Building Commission,
headed by House Speaker Ray
burn, agreed at a hastily called
meeting yesterday to extend
the eviction deadline to Oc-
tober l.
Store DeadIine Unchanged
The deadline for eviction of
about 100 merchants in the
area, March l, 1862. was not
changed. The headlines were
set some months ago by District
Court.
The conferees said the Octo-
Der l deadline for residents is
final. "On that date the bull
dozers will be ordered in to
raze all structures not housing
a business" a spokesman for
the architects office said.
"The date was extended only
because we are not ready to
begin the razing Immediately"
he added. "The House commits
sion has ordered demolition to
start in October"
The ruling obviously meant
that the Government officials
paid little heed to a request by
Representative KearnS, Repub-
lican of Pennsylvania, that both !
residents and merchants of the
controversial block be given
three to five years to vacate.
T. Attacks Deadline
The meeting was spurred by
a letter from Mr.. Kearns to At
torney General Robert Ken
nedy, dated July 81. in which
the Congressman said the dead
lines as set by the court are in
violation Of the clear intent
of Congress" during discussions
Of the eviction issue some time
ago.
At that time, Mr.. Kearns
said, the House, in so many
words, promised" both resi-
dents and merchants from
three to five years" to vacate.
To force them out in less than
half that time is unfair" he
charged. He urged Mr.. Ken
nedy to give them the time
they were promised.
Mr.. Kearns has introduced a
bill to bar expenditure Of funds
for purchase or demolition of
buildings in the area without |
a comprehensive development
plan for all of Capitol Hill. He
is particularly critical of the
fact that a final decision on
exactly what will be built on
the Independence avenue site
has not been made. yet the area
is being evacuated" and the
buildings raZed.
Evening star., 1961-08-02
THESE LITTLE VOLUMES

are excellent examples of
goth century Americ a n
printing and binding. The
type is Baskerville Point 10
on a 12-point base. The
Rambler, who has expert
enced some difficulty with
recent paperbacks (perhaps
at his age he should yield to
glasses read these volumes
with the greatest of ease.
They are reprints Of
Americana, mostly out-of-
print accounts of the story
of the West. Forty-three an
nual editions were edited by
one man with explanatory
footnoteS that are the result
of much research. He was
DR.. Milo M. Quaife, a dis
tinguished historian of the
Midwest.
The book the Rambler
opened first was Among the
Indians" by Henry A. Boil
'ler. During the Civil War
years Boiler. a young Phila-
delphian, was manager of a
fur trading post on the Mis-
souri, in what is now Mon
tana. His book was published
in Philadelphia in 1867.
The older generation to-
day thinks of the crossing of
the continent in terms of
railroads and highways; the
younger generation in terms
of air routes. But in Henry
Boilers day it was a matter
of river routes. His book is a
reminder that the river
steamers went up the Mis-
souri, almost to Great Falls,
Montana.
When Henry Boiler arrived
at his station near the Yel-
lowstone River he knew he
would be cut off from civili-
zation until the steamer re-
turned a year later.
Young Boiler liked the In
dians, savage as they were.
He lived in a village of the
'Gros Ventres CBig Bellies, 3,
who were as slender as other
tribes of the Plains. To prove
their fitness for the warpath
they would inflict tortures
on themselves comparable to
the Spartan boy letting the
stolen fox eat his innards.
Evening star., 1961-08-02

tice Act of 1928. would not
open the door" to a rush OF
unqualified physicians.
Mr.. Multer congratulated DR.
Stubbs on his testimony by
saying that too often the Amer
ican medical profession is pic
tured as a closed corporation.
Shortage Cited
The District Commissioner:
also supported the legislation
In a statement, the Commits
sioners pointed there is a def
mite shortage in the District oi
anesthetists, pathologiSts, ra.
biologists, psychiatrists anC
certain other medical special.
lists.
Also testifying were DR.. How.
ard S. Madigan, acting medica
director of D. C, General Hos.
pital. and Paul Foley, deputy
director of the Department o.
Occupations and Professions
Both added their support to tht
legislation.
DR.. Madigan said that a
present there are three phySi.
clans on the staff at D. C
General who, although they
have demonstrated superior
qualifications, are denied {
license.
One of these, DR.. Philippe
Polani. a radiologist, said HI
had practiced his speciality fol
II years and once ran a 10-beC
hospital in Egypt. However
under current law, he must bt
carried as a special resident
at D. c. General and is denieC
a salary commensurate with
his experience, DR.. Madigar
said.
After a brief executive ses.
sion, the subcommittee reported
the bill favorably to the full
House District Committee.
Evening star., 1961-08-02

efS Salo Jne only tn1ng wrong
with the plan for the new
junior college was that it was
not enough.
Prompt Legislation Urged
The urged prompt passage of
legislation to set up a junior
college division within District
Teachers College. 1t would be
fully accredited from the start,
due to a reconfirmation of
teachers college accreditation
by the Middle States Associa-
ton of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, Wesley Williams, Dis
trict School Board president,
told the Senate District sub
committee. headed by Senator
Morse, Democrat of Oregon.
Senator Morse pledged his
support for as expansive a
JUNIOR college as Congress would
accept.
What will control me is how
much we can get a majority of
members to vote for" Senator
Morse said. "I will move ahead
on further programs as soon as
I count more people in Con-
greSs who will support them. I"
4-Year College Sought
Both William K. Norwood,
chairman of the D. C. Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations
Education Committee, and DR..
Ellis Haworth, chairman of the
D. C. Congress of Parents and
Teachers Legislative Commit
tee, said the junior college
should be a four-year, rather
than a two-year, institution.
DR.. Haworth also insisted it
Evening star., 1961-08-02
YET AN UNKNOWN FIG

YET AN UNKNOWN FIG
URE moving in the dark
would send them into a
panic. Boiler tells of a war
party of IL braves returning
in triumph. They had scout
ed a Sioux village, found an
old woman picking berries
on the outskirts, shot her
down with arrows and
scalped her. Then each brave
struck the body a blow. That
meant a coup which would
be emblazoned on his war
robe. On the way back they
had encountered a stray
horse and stolen it.
A little more than 10 years
later Sitting Bull with his
medicine religious leader
ship was able to bring
5000 such men and boys to-
gether on the warpath, a
power that wiped out Gen.
George Armstrong Clusters
command.
There must be some motto
or moral to all this, the
Rambler thought. Here is
escape literature that really
lets you get away from it all.
Perhaps the moral is Read
America First"
And why not? Life is short
and the books are long.
Abandon that ambition to
read Gibbons Decline and
Fall" You never were able to
get through the first OF the
II volumes. The 5000 years
from the Sumerian clay tab
let's to the exchange of notes
on the Berlin crisis is a long
stretch. Why not address
yourself to the $50 years of
the history of our West?
Evening star., 1961-08-02
The
Rambler
Reeds
America First
By GEORGE KENNEDY

n
During a recent period of
convalescent reading came a
gift from DR.. Gilbert Gros-
venor of the National Geo.
graphic Society.
1t was three volumes of
the Lakeside ClaSsicS-trim
little books bound in blue
cloth and edged with gold.
The Rambler had COM
pleted reading THE Rise and
Fall of the Third Reich" by
William L. Shirer, and George
F. Remnants Oxford lectures
on our diplomatic relations
with the USSR.
He turned a weary head
on the pillow and realized
this gift was something extra.
He had never heard of the
Lakeside Classics. He has
learned since that they are
not on sale in bookstores,
that they are annual
Christmas gift items to
stockholders, customers and
friends of r. R. Donnelley g.
Sons Co. of Chicago. This is
our largest printing estab-
lishment, bigger than the
GPO. For decades this COM
pany has been printing the
telephone book. Beside the
mass printing of this an
nual directory, all best SELL
erS fade, even the Bible.
Recently they have be-
come engaged in producing
Life and the National Geo.
graphic magazine.
Evening star., 1961-08-02

DloCI lOG MCutGdI OOClCOys
Introduced by Representative
Friedel, Democrat of Maryland,
the bill would make it possible
for graduates of foreign medical
schools to become eligible to
take the examination for IL
censing in the District.
Before that, however, the
foreign doctor would have to
pass an examination given by
the Educational Council foI
Foreign Medical Graduates OF
other organizations approved
by the American Medical Asso-
citation, the Association Of
American Medical Colleges, the
Federation of State Medical
Boards or the American Hos
pital Association.
Fail Examination
Fifty-three graduates of for.
eign medical schools failed
the council examination giver
here in April. A total of 164
persons took the exam. AL
were presumed to be working
in area hospitals.
Failure to pass the council
examination can lead to a loss
of visa for a foreign doctor
who is in this country to take
graduate training.
DR.. Daniel L. Finucane, Dis.
trict health director, pointed
out in his testimony today that
there are many well-qualifiec
graduates of foreign medica,
schools who have demon.
strated their superior compe-
tence in American hospitals.
Yet, he said, by present stat
ute they cannot qualify to take
an examination for a license
to practice medicine here.
DR.. Stubbs assured the COM
mittee that the BILL. which
amends the Healing Arts Prac-
Evening star., 1961-08-02
Renewal
Of Howard u. Area
50-BIock Study
Seen PRECEDING
Plea for Funds

The Redevelopment Land
Agency today initiated action
moving toward a badly need
ed" urban renewal study of a
50-block area around Howard
University.
This would be the first pro-
posed study of the university
neighborhood as possible re-
newal area, agency officials
said.
The action was taken at an
RIA meeting at agency head
quarters, 9l9 Eighteenth street
NV, repeatedly at the request
of the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, which
supports the university, and
university officials themselves.
Properties in Area
Included in the proposed
area in addition to the uni
versity campus and its ada
cent residential neighborhood
is Griffith Stadium, Freedmen's
Hospital, D. C. Teachers Col
lege, Banneker Recreation Cen
ter and Mcmillan Reservoir.
The area is bounded by North
Capitol street, Sherman ave-
nue., Columbia road, Michigan,
Rhode Island and Florida ave-
nues and Ninth street.
The agency agreed to press
for a study which it said could
bring development of a pre-
liminary program of urban re-
newal which would lead to an
application for urban renewal
funds from the Federal gov
ernment."
John Searles, jr., RIA ex-
ecutive director, said the con-
situations would be held with
representatives of HEW, the
Office of Urban Renewal, the
National Capital Planning
Commission and departments
of the District Government.
HEW Suggested Study
Mr.. Searles said the study
was suggested by HEW.
Howard University currently
is engaged in an extensive i'm
provement and expansion pro-
gram, and a number of Fed
eral and local officials believe
the time has arrived when at
tention should be given to i'm
proving the university neigh
borhood.
The object of the study and
any possible renewal undertake
ing would be to assist the uni
versity in its efforts to create
a healthy educational environ
ment in its immediate area,
John Stone, assistant urban
renewal planner said.
RIA Board member Richard
Atkinson said there are real
SlumS near the campus
some of them terrible" There
are also many conflicts in the
use of land in the area" he
added.
Mr.. Stone said the study
urged today would include in
vestigation of exactly what is
needed in the area in terms Of
renewal and land use.
Other RIA Action
The RIA board also:
/. Authorized acceptance OF
some $3.4 million in loans from
the District Government for the
purchase of land along E street
S.W.. to be used for conStruc-
tion of the E street ramp to the
inner loop freeway.
2. Agreed to lease tempo
rarily a portion of land along
Maine avenue S.W. to four boat
firms so they will have space
to operate while the land they
now occupy is cleared and i'm
proved. The temporary loca-
tions will be at a spot which
later will be occupied by part
of new Maine avenue. The
firms are Katamac Marine,
Inc, Mart Corp, Marine Sup
plies, Inc, and R. l.. Van Fos-
san, Inc. -
3. Passed a resolution COM
mending James G. Banks, a for
mer RIA staff member for 10
years service. Mr.. Banks re-
Gently was appointed assistant
commissioner for relocation
and community organization at
the Urban Renewal Admins
triton, Housing and Home FL
nance Agency.
Evening star., 1961-08-02
To Enlarge Plant

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 2
(AP) - A 100000 addition
which will increase capacity by
so per cent will be built at
Reynolds Metals Co.'S alumni
mum foil printing plant at
BellWood.
Evening star., 1961-08-02
House Unit Approves
Foreign Doctors Bill
Measure Would Give Graduates
Chance to Obtain D. c. License
BY JOHN McKELWAY
Star staff Writer

House District subcommittee today quickly approved
bill designed to foreign doctors chance to obtain license
to practice in the District
The bill had opposition in todays hearing, conducted
by Representative Muter Democrat of New York 1t
firmly backed by Dr. Donald Stubbs president of the
Evening star., 1961-08-02
District Junior College
Is Pressed at HEARING
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

District junior college urged today at Senate
hearing first step toward municipality financed nSt
tutonS of higher learning.
The District lags behind the States in supporting Junior
community teachers and general colleges and universities wit
nesses argued
Paced by School Sup F. Hansen community lead
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Surplus Budget
Seen as Boost
ToU.S.Gro|wVvfF1 |Vv
BY LEE nj. COIN
Star Staff Writer

|
The campaign to wipe out
the deficit In the United State:
balance Of payments and speed
up economic growth can sue.
ceed only If the Federal budget
shifts from red to black ink
Undersecretary Of the Treas
ury Robert v. Roosa said to.
day.
BY balancing the budget OF
running a surplus, Mr.. Rooss
said, the Government woulo
stop draining away capita
funds needed for private in
vestment.
Private companies must ster
up investment in modern fac.
tories and equipment to enable
the United States to compete
for export markets. he con-
tinued, noting that increased
exports are the key to eliminat-
ing the balance of payments
deficit.
Increased investment, HI
added, also is essential to the
economy's long-term growth.
President Kennedy intends
to submit a narrowly balanced
budget to Congress next month
for the fiscal year starting next
July /. The budget deficit fol
the current fiscal year is
estimated at $6.9 billion.
Reform to Help
In a speech prepared for 9
Joint luncheon of the American
Economic Association and the
American Finance Association
in New York. Mr.. Roosa said
Congress can help promote
private investment by passing
the administrations proposal
for an investment tax credit
He said administrative action
to reform" depreciation rules
also will help.
After the Government does
its part, he said, "the rest is
up to labor, to management
and the spirit of creative enter
prise" He said the private
economy must hold prices down
and turn out quality products
to expand exports and promote
prosperity at home.
Although Mr.. Roosa present.
ed a generally optimistic ap-
praisal Of the balance of pay
ments, he warned that the de
ficit should be expected to be-
come somewhat larger before
the underlying surge of i'm
provement makes dt) solidly
better"
The balance Of payments
deficit totaled $3.7 billion in
1859 and $50 billion last year
With adjustments to exclude
special factors, the deficit was
at annual rates of $14 billion
in the first quarter of this year,
$1.9 billion In the second
quarter and $3.1 billion in the
third quarter.
The deficit is the excess of
public and private payments
abroad over receipts from for
eign sources. Large deficits re-
suit in loss Of gold from Gov
ernment stocks and can under
cut confidence in the sound
ness of the dollar.
"Outer Preimeter" Steps
Mr.. Rosa said short-run pay
ments deficits involve "consid-
cradle risk" despite progress in
solving the long-run problem.
He outlined steps the United
States and other Industrial ma
tions have taken 10 set Up
"outer perimeter defenses" to
prevent crises in the shortrun
while long-run remedies take
hold.
Among these steps, he dis
cussed international co-opera-
ton on interest rates, holding
Of reserve currencies. foreign
exchange operations and other
actions.
Mr.. Roosa observed that
orthodox economic theory Otter
calls for tight money and other
restraints on the domestic
economy to correct balance oi
payments deficits. Noting that
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Development Set
For Thai Region

BANGKOK. Thailand, Dec
% (AP).-The Government an
nounced today that "a, 1t will
launch a $500 million fivesyear
development plan next year
in Thailand's Com m unist-
infiltrated arid northeast
region.
The United States has
pledged financial aid for the
project in the poverty-stricken
area, which contains about one
third Of the Nations "a million
people and almost one-fourth
of its total land area.
Financial Minister Sunthorn
Hongladarom told an economic
conference at Khon Kan that
the northeast, now a dry
wasteland, will change with the
advent Of irrigation, better ed
ucation and improved health
facilities"
Projects will include railway
expansion, irrigation dams end
reservoirs. hospitals, technical
and agriculture schools and a
power station.
The region this year has been
the scene Of three Communist
inspired attempts to separate 1t
from Thailand and join it to
Red-controled portions of
neighboring Laos. More than
100 persons have been arrested
and police are still searching
for conspirators.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
VOTING
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test render (it) invalid on Its
face" the complaint said, cit
ing the United States Constitu-
ton and the 1857 Civil Rights
Act.
Last October, the complaint
said the board of registration
adopted a resolution requiring
all Louisiana voter registrars to
enforce the Interpretation test
strictly.
The complaint cited a PAM
phlet entitled Voter Qualifica-
ton Laws in Louisiana-the
Key to Victory in the Segrega.
ton Struggle" which urged
strict application of the test tc
preserve white political su-
premacy. The pamphlet, &C.
cording to the complaint, wa.
distributed to registrars anc
other public officials by the
States White Citizens Councils
Registrars in some parishes
had not used the Interpretation
test previously but later ap-
piled it to Negroes and not tc
whites. the complaint charged
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Torzon Books Missing
In Area Librories

copies Of TarZan in the adult
section when she came to the
library seven years ago.
No Tarzan books have beer
bought to replace the WORKOUT
ones, she said.
"Tarzan is just plain old
fashioned" Mrs. Nida declared
II haven't heard any calls for
Tarzan books in a long time"
Alexandria Shelves Bare
Alexandria's library director
also reports that Tarzan is
gone from the shelves. "It's
obsolete" said Miss Ellen C,
Burke, library director.
when I was a child there
was just nothing for children;
now there's just everything,
Miss Burke declared.
Mrs. Mary Dulany, chief Of
adult services, Montgomery
County Public Library, said OF
the Tarzan books: ....
I'VE don't have them in the
catalogue, although we may
have a couple as curiosities."
Prince Georges and Fairfax
Counties and Falls Church all
report they don't carry the
Tarzan books.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
U. S. to Sell Food
To YuqosIuviu

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec.
% (AP).-The United States
signed an agreement today to
sell Yugoslavia $45 million
worth of surplus foodstuffs on
long-term credit.
The United States will ship
100000 tons of wheat and 30,-
900 tons of edible oil to Yugo-
slavia. Payment will be made
in Yugoslav dinars.
Yugoslavia purchased 500, 900
tons Of wheat from the United
States earlier this year and
asked for another 100000 tons
because of a bad drought.
The United States response
was delayed by a recohsidera-
ton. of United States policy
toward Yugoslavia as a result of
pro-Soviet positions taken by
Yugoslavia at the September
conference Of Is nonaligned
nations in Belgrade. In No
vember the United States said
it was ready to meet the Yugo-
slav request.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
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over location and other mat.
ters before Congress finally ir
1854 authorized the span which
connects Prince Georges Coun.
ty, Md, with Alexandria, Va.
at Jones Point.
Touches 3 Areas
Parts of the bridge lie ir
Virginia, Maryland and the
District of Columbia, said Mr.
Hodges, noting that motorists
would have a hard time finding
the District section since the
segment is over District-owneo
water in mid-Potomac rather
than land.
Mr.. Hodges also had a wore
about the goats of Goat Island
on the Maryland side. II don't
know what happened to the
wild goats :. I hope they dom
appear in the traffic stream
some day"
Mr.. Hodges was among many
Federal, Maryland, Virginia anc
District officials due to take
part in the dedication.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, SO.
year-old widow of the former
President, originally was sched.
uled to unveil the plaque but il
gravely i'll of a respiratory in.
fection and complications.
Evening star., 1961-12-28

period, in 1887. that Tarzan
ran into trouble in Rio de
Janeiro. Police there said the
book "Tarzan the Invincible'
showed Communist tendencies
and ordered it banned from
book stalls.
Such incidents failed to di-
minish the popularity of the
books. At the time of Mr.,
Burroughs death in 1850, 1t
was estimated nearly 40 million
Tarzan books had been sold
and some had been translated
into more than so languages.
And, over the years, Tarzan has
drawn more at the box office
than any other single movie
hero.
Last night President Noyes
Alexander said his Downey
Lions Club had appropriated
5000 to buy Tarzan and Zane
Grey books for the school dis
trict. He also said he had been
informed that the school dis
trict would accept the clubs
gift.