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Evening star., 1961-11-19

of the campus literary maga-
zine.
Three Takoma Park resi-
dents have been elected class
presidents at Columbia Union
College in Takoma Park. They
are James w. Burns Of 1925
Flower avenue. senior; Elvin
Adams. Of 1909 Garland ave-
Evening star., 1961-11-19
S1,oC0 Prize Offered
In WRITING Contest

The Washington Society of
Arts and Letters will award
$1,000 to the winner Of its
feature writing contest.
All area residents between
the ages of Is and 80 are
eligible to compete in the con-
test. which closes February l
1862. Further information
may be obtained by writing
the society at 3125 Nebraska
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1961-11-19

torium, Twenty-first and y
streets NV. The lecture win
be sponsored by the Institute
Of Contemporary Arts and
George Washington University.
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Dr.. TiIIich to Speak

DR.. Paul Tillich of the Har-
ward Divinity School will speak
on Faith and Doubt" at 2
pm. tomorrow in Lisner Audi
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tional engineering honor So
ciety. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Brickman of 32i2
Pauline drive, Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1961-11-19
D crnsrs

Boys caps. With ear warmers. Label
ed for fobric content. 6h-7A.
Boys gloves. Warm wool gloves. Clear
colors. S,M,L.
Boys onkIet socks. Cotton. Rein
forced heels and toes. 8-l0h.
Boys sport shirts. first-quoIity and
iFTegulors. Cotton. 6-l8
Boys underwear, irreguIors. Cotton
briefs, tee shirts. Minor defects. GIG.
chiIdrens' slippers. Assorted styles,
coIors, sizes and materials.
Girls bIouses. Assorted plain and en-
broidered cottons. TIA.
Girls hats. Knitted OrIone ocryIic.
Many styles and coIors. 3-l4.
Evening star., 1961-11-19

Sport shirts. Lone-sIeeve eottons
Prints and clear colors.
Belts. First quoIity leather belts in
black or brown. Sizes 28-4O.
Briefs. First-quoIty. Cotton with heot-
resistont woistbond. S, M, L.
Hondkerehiefs. Cotton. Large l6"
size. Rolled hens.
Hosiery. Stretch and oreyles. Labeled
for fobrie content. 1O-l3.
Poiomo separates. Sonforized cotton
tops and bottoms. AID.
Evening star., 1961-12-07
STARLINGS LOSE HOME
Birds Away, 'Dozers Play

The unusual concentration
of birds first came to the at
tention of the Federal Govern
ment when a survey was being
made of the area around Dulles
International Airport across
the Potomac River in Vir-
ginia. A large flock of birds
was blamed for at least one
jet plane accident near Boston
and authorities feared that a
roost might be located danger
ously near the new airport.
Everybody except the Skill
mans-was relieved to find out
that the Potomac neighborhood
had corner on the bird
market which meant no star
ling hazard at Dulles.
The young men from the
Fish and Wildlife Service we're
only mildly impressed by the
size of the Skillman flock.
Things could be worse, they
pointed out! There is roost
in the Dismal Swamp country
near the Virginia North Caro-
lima border where between 16
and % million birds make their
! homes.
Mr.. Skillman was not viSibly
cheered by this news.
Who wants a patio in the
Dismal Swamp" He demanded.
Evening star., 1961-12-07

the bird populace left the Skill
mans 22-acre thicket and flew
away in a southerly direction
Mr.. Skillman hurried to the
telephone and summoned bull
dozers from the neighboring
farm of Russell Roberts.
Mr.. Roberts. who uses a
private plane for business pur-
poses, was eager to evict the
Starlings because he feared they
might cause interference with
his arrivals and departures by
air. His heavy equipment now
is in the process of leveling
the thicket, leaving only some
selected larger trees instead of
the dense growth that attracted
the Starlings originally.
What will happen when the
birds fly in from the South
next year?
Experts at the Interior De-
partment's Fish and Wildlife
Service predict that they'll shop
around for another thicket in
the neighborhood that fits theil
specifications, and move right
in.
Mr.. Skillman predicts that
a number cf them will make
their new home on his tele-
vision aerial.
Evening star., 1961-12-07
Woman Sworn as New
Assistant Prosecutor

Miss Barbara Lindeman of
1926 Thirty-fourth street NV.
has been sworn in as a new
assistant United States attor-
ney.
The induction ceremony took
place Tuesday in the chambers
of Chief District Court Judge
Matthew F. MCGUIRE, who ad-
ministered the oath of office.
Miss Lindeman, %, was born
in New York. She was gradu-
ated from Sarah Lawrence Col
lege with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in 1854 and received her
law degree from Yale Law
School in 1856. She had at
tended summer sessions of the
Georgetown Law School in
1854 and the George Washing
ton University Law School in
1855.
Before joining the United
States Attorneys office here.
Miss Lindeman was associated
with the New York firm of Sui
livan and Cromwell for 3la
years in civil legal work and
with the New York firm of
Stienberg and Patterson for a
year and a half, handling GRIM
inal cases.
She also had worked as a
voluntary attorney with the
New York Legal Aid Society.
While at Yale she was on the
Yale Law Journal and was a
member of the Order of the
Evening star., 1961-12-07
BY ANNE H. CHRISTMAS
Star Staff Writer

While half a million refugees
from Washington's cold win
ters are enjoying their annual
southern sojourn their erSt-
while home is being leveled
by bulldozers.
The victims of this housing
upheaval are 100000 Starlings,
grackles, cowbirds and red
wing blackbirds that for the
last five years have made their
mild season headquarters on
the Potomac, Md, farm OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Skill
man.
But even as countless other
houseguests all over the world
these .feathered friends began
to pail on the Skillmans when
their mum be RS increased
through the years. Life on the
Skillman patio was not the
same, somehow, when the birds
flew in by the thousands al
dusk each day. Among other
things. they left their mark
on Mr.. Skillman's usually
jovial disposition.
Our farm has become q
startling motel" he was hearc
to grumble. This starting cror
has got to CO."
! Last week, as in other years
Evening star., 1961-12-07
BIG YULE TREE
PULLS IN AFTER
CROSSING u. S.

The Nations Christmas
tree arrived safe and sound
today.
The tree, a 75-foot Doug
las fir from A b rde e n,
Wash, was pulled into the
Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
roads Georgetown station
at 10 am. after the trip
across the continent.
The tree is a gift of the
people of the State of
Washington. Its arrival was
welcomed by some 100 pre-
school children.
It's next stop will be the
middle of the Ellipse, where
it will be the focal piece
of the 1861 Christmas Pag-
cant of Peace.
Evening star., 1961-12-07

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8,
was a day of rumors. Every
reporter who had been to the
White House had his list of
our ship losses. They all in
cluded two airplane carriers.
The only fortunate thing
thing about that disastrous
Sunday 20 years ago today
was that the carriers were
cut in the Pacific.
At 1890 President Roose-
velt went to the Capitol, ad-
dressed a joint session, and
within an hour Congress de-
clared that a state of war
with Japan existed.
Tuesdays Star noted that
smoke from the German
embassy indicated the tradi-
tional burning of diplomatic
documents.
On Wednesday came the
news of the sinking of His
Majesty's ships, the Prince
of Wales and the Repulse, by
Japanese torpedo planes off
the coast of Malay.
On Thursday, G erm any
and Italy declared war on
the United States and within
an hour after receiving this
information officially in a
brief note from the Presi-
dent. Congress again de-
clared that a state of war;
existed.
In his Rise and Fall of
the Third Reich" William L.
Shirer points out that Hitler
was under no obligation to
join Japan's war on the
United States. Berlin was
more surprised than Wash
ington by the attack on
Pearl Harbor. Hitler just
didn't like that man
Roosevelt. So he had Mus
solini join him in the decla-
ration that brought death to
both.
Evening star., 1961-12-07

The men were lined up cafe
terra style to receive their food
on indented metal trays and
were seated four to a table.
The luncheon menu was bean
soup. baked ham with cherry
sauce. oven Drowned potatoes,
buttered peas, cabbage and
peppers, lettuce salad, bread
and butter, brownies, tea, cof-
fee and milk.
If the Guardsmen ate every
thing served at all three meals
one officer said, they would re-
ceive more than 1000 calories
a day. But M/Sergt. Frank
Benedickt, 26 years in the Army
and food supervisor at the mess
hall, said he serves no second
helpings.
When the 13-week basic
training period is completed
he District Guardsmen are 60
ing to Camp Pickett, Va, fol
two weeks of field training
Then they probably will come
back to Meade to finish out
their year.
And if Mr.. Kennedy wants tt
shorten their time in uniform
that's all right with them, too
Evening star., 1961-12-07

Capt. Lanham was asked
whether there was any parallel
in, his outfit to the complaints
from the Wisconsin GuardSmen
about their food, clothing
equipment, housing and lack of
training.
Il can't imagine a unit with
nothing to do" said Capt.
Lanham.
Mess Hall Tour
He took the reporter for an
unannounced tour of the mess
hall where his men were eating.
Evening star., 1961-12-07
RED SCIENCE
ACADEMY
ORDERS STAR

A one-year subscription
to The Evening Star has
been ordered by Russia's
Academy of Science in
Moscow.
The prepaid subscription
order was relayed to The
Star by a New Jersey sub
scription agency which
handles requests for for
eign delivery of American
publications.
Beginning on January l,
1862, the daily Star and
The Sunday Star will be
mailed to the academy's
library in Moscow on DON
skoi way. The Russian
institution is a national
academy for scientists,
scholars and researchers
in many fields.
Foreign subscribers pay
$76.60 per year for delivery
of the daily and Sunday
Star.
Evening star., 1961-12-07
THE RADIO BULLETINS

THE RADIO BULLETINS
did not begin until after 2
pm.
After the postwar congress
Sional investigation one con-
clusion was that Washing
tons awareness of the i'm
minence of war had not
been transferred to Hawaii.
We hung on the radio, but
we couldn't make out just
what was happening. One
Far Eastern expert inter
preting" the news insisted
over the radio that it must
all be a miStake-Some jap
anese admiral had acted on
his own without orders from
IOKyo.
We admired Secretary of
State Hull's eloquence III re-
jecting the final japanese
note.
In all my so years of
public service" he said in
part, Il have never seen a
document that was more
crowded with infamous false
hoods"
It was not until after the
war that we learned that the
note had been intercepted
and decoded and handed to
Mr.. Hull the night before.
Evening star., 1961-12-07

case. he said, the Army duty
came along when he was with
out job and obviously was not
a financial hardship.
First Sergt. James A. Sem
mig, 80, of 47O9 Wissahican
avenue, Rockville. Md, the
outfits top soldier, has four
children and was an installer
for the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. when the call
came. The impact on him was
eased considerably. he said. by
a company policy of making
up the difference between an
employees civilian and mill
tary pay.
At Fort Meade, where the I'd
Army has absorbed 26 Reserve
and National Guard units Stree
the partial mobilization. the
10th occupies four World War
II-vintage, wooden, two-story
barracks. Their mess hall is
across the street and their 81
trucks. a bulldozer. a crane
and the component parts of
their portable 16-ton bridge
are kept nearby.
Three Years in France
The commanding officer,
Capt. Maurice Lanham, "a, of
1900 Piedmont avenue. Lam
ham. Md, has his office in one
of the four barracks at Ninth
and Y streets. Fort Meade. He
is a soft-spoken Negro graduate
of Tuskegee Institute where he
earned a BIS. degree in archi-
lecture. He also studied at
Howard University and has
beer a teacher at Phelps Voca-
tional High School in Wash
ington for the last seven years.
Capt. Lanham, who spent
three years in France as an
officer in the Corps of En-
gineers. has a wife and four
children whom he does not see
any more often than his men
see their loved ones. He and
his two heutenants, 1t. Ross
and James N. Toler, 855 Adrian
street Sc, also a Negro, de-
cided soon after the unit re-
ported at Fore Meade to permit
the men to have their own
cars on the base.
/ However. except for occa-
Sional passes to leave the
reservation, the 107th is work
ing a six-day week and can
return to their homes only late
Saturday and Sunday.
Evening star., 1961-12-07
Final DriiveSet
For UGF Goal
94.3 Mark Noted
By Committee of 100

A laSt-ditch effort to reach
the United Givers Fund quota
gathered momentum last night
at a meeting of the Committee
of 100 at the home Of Morris
CafritZ, Capital Committee
chairman.
General Campaign Chair
man Donald S. Bittinger re-
ported the campaign had
gained $7.355,368 or 94.3 per
cent of the $7.8 million goal.
Mr.. Bittinger called the spe-
cial committee "the greatest
single hope of making up the
very reasonable goal of $7.8
million which is even less than
the minimum requirement of
the 148 UGF agencies"
Mr.. Cafr1tz in turn pointed
out that many of those present
had spent as much or more
energy than himself over the
years in UGF activities.
I'VE can't go On year after
year not raising our quota" he
said. I'VE must make up our
minds that this is the year.
Many people have not been
educated to give, but it is vital
that we all do our share"
Mr.. Cafritz acknowledged
that this years campaign has
raised more than any previous
UGF drive, but emphasized
that the campaign will still
be almost 100000 short Of its
goal when the mop-up opera
tions end.
Il was only too glad to
help organize this effort after
Mr.. Phillips CUGF President
Charles E. Phillips asked me
to-" Mr.. Cafritz said. I'VE
have been carefully analyzing
the giving Of major contrib
utors in the area and have
come up with a list of people
whom we think could give
more"
Mr.. Phillips expressed his
appreciation to Mr.. Cafritz and
to Mark Sullivan, jr., advance
gift chairman. who reviewed
the list of potential contrib
utors. The committee men,
bers were assigned cards for
the final effort and were asked
to report back December 13.
Evening star., 1961-12-07

have promised to give us an
answer as soon as possible" Mr..
Kohn said.
The Philadelphia manage
ment said it decided to break
away from the affiliation it
has had with the National since
1856 because it feels that its
large and devoted following in
Washington" can be served
better under the new arrange
ment.
Instead of two pairs of con-
certs as at present. the orches-
ira will play five single con-
certs each season.
The new set-up will install
as Washington manager of the
Philadelphia Bob Bialek, owner
of the Discount Record Shop
and head of Washington Rec
ords. Tickets for the Phila-
delphia concerts will be dis
tributed from his record shop.
No Serious Problems
Mr.. Kohn said that while the
Philadelphias separate pro-
grams would add a competitive
factor. he saw no serious prob
lens resulting. In the first
place, the National has grown
up to a stature that can hold
its own with any orchestra, he
said.
He said it is too late to sub
stitute another orchestra in the
spots in the National Sym
phony's series vacated by the
Philadelphia, even if that is de-
sired. 1t is likely the National
will add programs of its own,
perhaps with additional soloists.
he said. In other years it may
be possible to have the Boston
Orchestra here more often, he
added. The Boston plays here
twice yearly under an arrange
ment similar to the now de-
funct Philadelphia plan.
The Philadelphians, by the
way, will be here next February
20 and q in their last eve-
nings under the National
: banner. -
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striking a particularly sour
note, one of these dates clashes
with the Nationals customary
Tuesday evening use of the
hall.
The local orchestra's man
agement is somewhat Jared by
it all-not only the unexpected
detection of the Philadelphia,
but the conflict in dates and
the fact that the National was
about the last to hear the news.
Raymond F. Kohn, the Ma
tional Symptoms manager
said he learned by sheer acci-
dent that the Philadelphia had
asked for and received use of
the hall on the Tuesdays of
November 13, January 8, Feb
ruary IL. March 26 and April
%.
Conflict for National
Of these dates, January 8
and February IL conflict
with the Washington orches-
tra'S traditional bookings. On
two other Tuesdays the orches-
ira will be travelling and its
season is over before April %.
Yesterday a meeting between
Mr.. Kohn and Roger Hall, the
Philadelphia manager, settled
the January s hassle and
saved it for the Washington
orchestra. The National showed
that it had the date seWcd up
by contract.
However, February IL still is
up for grabs. since the Ma
tional's practice has been to
contract for the hall month by
month, and the February dates
were not pinned down in
writing. Mr.. Kohn said the
practice has been to submit a
master schedule in the au-
tumn, and this in the past has
been sufficient to reserve the
hall on any Tuesdays and
Wednesdays required.
I'VE have asked the Phila.
delphia Orchestra to consider
two alternate dates instead Of
the February IL date, and the!
Evening star., 1961-12-07
Hearing Tomorrow
On D. c. DeIequte

A public hearing will be held
tomorrow on the desirability
of pressing for legislation to
give the District a non-voting
delegate to Congress.
The hearing. being spon-
sored by the Citizens Advisory
Council, will be held at 10 am.
in Room 500 of the District
Building. About 80 witnesses,
including representatives of the
local Democratic and Republi-
can organizations, are Sched-
uled to speak.
Evening star., 1961-12-07
Bill to Ask Inspection
OF Autos in MARYLAND

study by Senator Parran's COM
mittee resulted from a General
Assembly resolution drafted by
Delegate Blair Lee, III, Demo-
crat of Montgomery, and passed
at the 1861 session.
Cites Disadvantage
Mr.. Boone said that cars
which "flunk the inspection in
the District of Columbia" can
be towed to the Maryland line
land away they CO."
Another legislative commission
headed by Delegate H. Kemp
Mcdaniel. Democrat of Balti-
more County. told the Legisla-
tive Council that it is drafting
a bill to regulate home i'm
provement contractors and
statesmen. The committee was
one of several which said they
were still working and unable
to present specific proposals to
the Legislative Councils last
meeting before the February
session of the General Assem-
bly,.
No Park Action
The Legislative Council de-.
clined to act on a committee
report which leveled a blister
ing criticism against Joseph F.
Kaylor, State director of foy-
ests and parks. The committee,
headed by Delegate William
Houck, Democrat of Frederick,
blamed Mr.. Kaylor for a lack
of park development, and rec
commended that his position be
taken out of the State employe
merit system to make the di-
rector more responsive to the
=. people,"
Taking the job out of the
merit system would remove the
director from protection
against arbitrary dismissal and
make his tenure subject to the
pleasure of an appointive au-
thority such as the Governor
or the Commission on Forests
and Parks.
The Legislative Council said
it did not have time to go into
the committees report and
said that committee membess
could introduce legislation on
their own if they wished. :.
Evening star., 1961-12-07

tive Council by a council COM
mittee which indorsed the
principle" of auto inspection.
The committee. headed by
Senator John Thomas Parran,
Democrat of Charles, said it also
hoped to have a specific recon-
mendation to offer the General
Assembly. Senator Parran said
the committee was undecided
yet on whether to recommend
State-operated inspection sta
tions or inspection by private
garages under State supervision.
Mr.. Boone said his bill would
provide inspection by private
garages under supervision of
the State police. The current
Evening star., 1961-12-07
1ne
Rambler
Will Never
Forget This Day
BY GEORGE KENNEDY
Twenty years ago today.

twenty years ago today.
Who could ever forget De-
Cember 7, 1941?
To many Washingtonians
more than $4,000 of them
to be eXact-the weird
goings on at Griffith Sta
dunn stand out.
1t was the last game of the
season, a poor season, but
the Redskins won it, beating
the Philadelphia Eagles
20-l4.
1t was at the half that
the crowd began to realize
something was wrong. The
public address system of
Griffith Stadium began to
boom with page calls for gen.
erals and admirals and news
papermen to get in touch
with their offices.
The announcer of the
game made no mention of
the bulletins they were hear
ing over the radio-"Pearl
Harbor bombed from the
air"
This writer was not at the
game. He was enjoying a late
Sunday breakfast at the
Crystal City Restaurant at
Connecticut and R. A wild
over at the time, he was
sharing a'room near Dupont
circle with one of the Gov
ernment's old Asia hands.
1t had been a disquieting
week. Kurusu, the special
envoy, had arrived from To-
kyo a few days before and
joined Ambassador Nomura
in talks with President
Roosevelt. 1t was no secret
that the talks were not going
we'll that a crisis was build
ing up.
The old Asia hand was pes
simistic at breakfast.
Its going to be war" he
said, land its going to be
suicide for Japan. They don't
know what they're up
against"
This must have been just
when the japanese torpedo
planes were making their
runs against our Pacific fleet
anchored off Ford Island in
Pearl Harbor.
Evening star., 1961-12-07

Golf, honorary scholastic So
ciety.
A member of the New York
County Bar Association. she
also is a member of the Bar
Association of the City of New
York and the New York state
Bar Association.
The attractive Miss Linde-
man is now working in the
Municipal Court division of the
United States Attorneys office
here.
Evening star., 1961-12-07
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

BALTIMORE, Dec. IA bill
to require inspection of auto
mobiles in Maryland will be in
troduced in the General As
sembly next February.
A. Gordon Boone, Democratic
floor leader of the House of
Delegates and chairman of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee. said he will introduce a
bill which passed the House
several years ago but did not get
through the Senate.
His statement followed a re-
port yesterday to the Legisla-
Council Asks Tighter Paternity Low.
Pnoe b.