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Evening star., 1961-01-26
lie Droit Park Residents Resent
Notoriety From 'RombIers' Gang

borhood described the boys
father as a hard worker, active
in a nearby church and "as
honest as the day is long" They
are very nice people," the
storekeeper said.
The youths family did not
formerly live in a redeveloped
area. The father, q house
painter, moved the family here
from an even poorer neighbor-
hood in a South Carolina town
six years ago.
The teen-ager's sister does
not work. but spends each day
with her two children in the
apartment. often watching tele-
vision.
Formed Last Summer
Juvenile Bureau detectives
who are assigned the job Of
keeping city youth gangs under
surveillance said yesterday
that teen-age organizations
using the name lie Droit or Le
Droit Parks have been active
intermittently for some 80
years. The new group, whose
activities did not attract at
tention until this week, was
organized last summer, they
said.
Inspector John E. Winters,
head Of the police departments
Youth Aid Division, said the
leaders of the current lie Droit
Ramblers apparently had be-
longed. at times. to gangs or
groups known as the Gay
knights and the Peace Makers.
Ninety per cent Of the city's
$50 youth organizations. clubs
and gangs are no problem to
u.s." Inspector Winters said. He
said the gangs are constantly
being dissolved, reorganized or
renamed.
Evening star., 1961-01-26
Counties Hear
From Planners m !,
About zorliin|q

The Maryland National Cap
itol Park and Planning Com
mission moved on two fronts
yesterday to produce more va
riety in Washington area sub
divisions.
In one action the planning
agency sent the Prince Georges
County Commissioners q pro-
posed change in the coming
ordinance that would create a
new single-family zone labeled
lR-80.
In another move the Com
mission forwarded to the Mont
gomery County Council a plan
ming staff report taking issue
with proposed changes In q
zoning law that would establish
average density" controls.
By maintaining an average
overall footage as well as q
minimum lot size, planners
hope new subdivisions will
break away from monotonous
patterns Of the past and also
will have land left over to
be dedicated for public rec
reation use.
Arthur K. Stellhorn, director
Of planning, told the commits
sioners that the maximum and
average footages in the Mont
gomery County proposal are so
close that he doesn't see how
any land can be left over. In
the R-90 zone 1t would set q
minimum lot size Of 5000
square feet and an average
of 5000 square feet.
Commissioner Donald e.
Gingery Of Chevy Chase urged
that the Commissioners get to-
gether with the Montgomery
Council to hammer out the
changes. He said that the pres
ent proposal was quite differ
ent from the one considered
earlier by the planners.
Commissioner Louis A. Gra-
velle Of Bethesda urged that
the critical staff report be sent
on to the council Immediately.
In so doing he took a swipe at
the 17-point planning guide"
the County Council recently
prepared the Commission.
when they do q thing like
this" he said. holding up coun-
Gil minutes containing the II
points, II don't think they need
any advice from U.s."
Commission members say
they haven't yet received Of
ficially the councils planning
guide recommendations.
The new Prince Georges res
idential zone would establish o
single e-family category between
Rural Residential CR-R and
the higher density (R-50. It
requires lots Of at least 5000
square feet and a subdivision
average Of at least 10000 square
feet per lot.
The zone can be used for
transition areas as the more
dense suburbs spread to areas
now largerly rural. Planners cite
the Oxon Hill area in southern
Prince Georges aS an area
where the R-S0) zone might
be employed.
Evening star., 1961-01-26
MoryIondU U.
Dedicutes
A-Reuctor

Nuelear engineering at the
University Of Maryland Joined
the big leagues yesterday when
the school began regular op-
Grafton Of its new l0-kilowatt
nuclear reactor.
DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, pres
ident Of the university. dedi-
Gated the reactor In ceremonies
attended by Maj. Gen. Alvin
r. Luedecke. general manage,
Of the Atomic Energy Com
mission, and Harold Ethering-
ton. manager Of the nucleal
power department Of the Allis.
Chalmers Manufacturing Co.,
Washington division.
Allis Chalmers constructed
the reactor. which was fl.
nanced by q $lS0,000 Acc
grant 10 the university.
Maryland thus became one o.
only 80 universities In thu
United States with nuclear re-
actors. The two-story facility
housed in its own building or
the College Park. Nd, campus
Is the first major reactor In the
State.
Nicknamed a swimming pool
reactor," because 1t operate.
underwater. the reactor sits ir
q 6,000-gallon tank which is q
feet high and has an inside
diameter Of Z feet.
The tank Is lined with aluIni'
mum and has concrete walls
feet thick at the top and 61:
feet thick at the base. The en-
tire assembly weighs about 800
tons.
Evening star., 1961-01-26
BY WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star staff Writer

A peppery private business
school executive warned the
Montgomery County School
Board last night against what
he considered It's waSteful
spending Of public funds.
DR.. Jonathan GrosSman, an
owner Of the Temple Secre-
tarial School, Bethesda, told
the board at q public hearing
on the proposed $4e.5 million
budget that some recommend
ed items were unwarranted.
He said extended instruction
which includes night, Satur-
day and summer courses-"is
not part Of the fundamental
mission Of the county school
system"
The educator was particu.
larry critical Of such items %
Self-improvement courses and
the opening Of high school
libraries ct night.
Hits Modelling Course
II like pretty girls and
have no objection to modelling
courses as SUCH" he declared.
But the county should not
subsidize Let's Be Pretty
courses to the ruin Of small
businesses which offer teen
age modelling at reasonable
rates"
He also attacked extended
library hours-though he called
them good In theory"-as o
waste Of money.
He said he had discovered
after spot checks Of one IL
brary that few students ap-
parently used the facilities at
such hours. On one occasion,
the library. except for staff.
was occupied only by "one
teen-ased boy who said that
Evening star., 1961-01-26
Private School Official
Decries County Waste

his mother was shopping and
II was a convenient place to
wait"
The taxpayer, DR.. Grossman
observed, should be spared so
expensive q teen-age sitting
service"
Protects Interest
Conceding that he was
speaking In behalf Of his
business interests. he concluded
that most courses should be
left to private schools in the
area which specialize In such
programs.
DR.. c. Taylor Whittier, su-
perintendent Of schools, has
asked for $58,643 in county
funds to support the entire
expanded instruction program.
Since these services are
largely self-suported through
tuition fees" DR.. Whittier
stated In the budget request,
"a relatively small county ap.
preparation provides valuable
educational opportunities to
our school-age and adult cit
izenS."
According to school officials,
more than 5000 adults were
enrolled In the program last
year.
Comment Favorable
Most other comment on the
operating hudget-which Is
largely devoted to salaries-
was favorable.
Such groups as the county
PTA council, the County Edu-
cation Association and the
American Association Of Uni.
versity Women backed DR..
Whittier's proposal for merit
pay raises for administrators
to begin July !.
The PTA council also urged
the board to grant a teachers
pay raise at the same time.
Such an increase Is not in
cluded In the 1862 budget,
but presumably will be pro-
posed next year.
Bus Plan Backed
About half Of the approx
mately $50 persons attending
the session at Richard Mont
gomery High School in Rock
vile appeared in favor Of an
increase in school bus service
for students.
One Of the speakers. Mrs
Abraham Cohen Of the North
wood Citizens Association. asked
the board II 1t was necessary
for q youngster to die walking
in traffic before such action
was taken.
Must we have q martyr fol-
our cars?" she demanded.
Evening star., 1961-01-26

Mr.. Smith pinned part of the
blame for the areas problems
on Inadequate relocation Of
those who formerly lived in the
redeveloped areas Of Southwest
Washington.
lie Droit Park itself. a virtu-
ally all-Negro area. Is populated
by solid. law-abiding citizens,
including school officials, at
torneys, civic leaders and other
professional men.
An example Of the over
crowding, which Mr.. Smith
traced to inadequate relocation
is the home Of a teen-ager
identified by police as an
officer of the well-organized
Ramblers.
The youth, who was accused
Of participating with 10 others
in a grocery store robbery last
year, lives in q four-room
con d = story apartment one
block east of lie Droit Parks
Second street border.
Until his apprehension Sun
day, the youth, who was on
probation to Juvenile Court.
lived in the apartment with his
mother and father, a brother.
a sister. his sisters husband and
his sisters two small children.
School Drop-Out
He dropped out Of school last
fall, after playing on the junior
varsity football team. He tried
unsuccessfully to find work.
He planned. his sister said, to
enter the Army and marry a
l5-year-old girl who is preg-
nsnt. The sister, who is 10,
dropped out Of school after
finishing the 10th grade be-
cause she was pregnant.
A storekeeper in the neigh
Evening star., 1961-01-26
MARYLANDER
INTRODUCES BILL
TO BAN B-GIRLS
~ 4 star staff Writer


ANNAPOLIS-A bill to ban
"sitters" or "B-girlS" from
nightspots was introduced in
the General Assembly yes
terday.
The legislation offered by
Senate President George w.
Della, Democrat of Baltimore
City, would make 1t a crime
for bar girls (whom Mr.. Della
called "sitters") to solicit
drinks, food or dimes for the
juke box in any place where
alcoholic drinks are sold.
His bill would provide fines
Of $25 to $50 for first Offend
ers and $50 and 500 for
subsequent offenders.
Evening star., 1961-01-26
Democratic Meeting

: The Citizens Democratic Club
Of Prince Georges County will
meet at 8 o'clock tonight at the
bladensburg Town Hall, 4229
Edmonston road, Bladensburg
Evening star., 1961-01-26
Maryland Beer Tax
Increase e Proposed
By PAUL HOPE
Star staff Writer


ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 26.-Leg-
islation to increase the State
beer and wine was tossed into
the fiscal pot which is begin.
ming to boil at the General
Assembly.
The legislation, which was
introduced by seven members
Of the House Of Delegates,
would increase the tax on beer
by 5 cents-from 3 cents to
8 cents q gallon and on wine
BY. Is cents-from 20 to IS
cents Q gallon.
!: Sponsors Of the bill, all Dem
ocrats, are Elroy g., Boyer of
Kent, Charles Moore Of Har-
3erd, Joseph H. McElwee Of
Washington. c. H. Smelser and
Wnliam M. Houck, both of
Frederick. Thomas r. OFar-
fell Of Carroll and j. Clark.
Jr., OF Howard.
The new proposal probably
Will produce repercussions
reaching to the Governors Of
fice. One Of Gov. Tawes' closest
advisors Is George Hooker,
spokesman for the beer indus
Try In Maryland.
aa.s
Earlier Incident Cited
Two years ago, the late Sen
ator Harry r. Phoebus, Repub-
hcan Of Somerset, claimed that
Mr.. Hocker's suggestion to the
Democratic leadership Of the
House Of Delegates brought an
early adjournment to avoid
voting on Mr.. Phoebus' vet
erans' bonus bill which would
have been financed by O beer
$ax.
The new bill provides that all
Of the extra money collected by
the increased taxes be returned
to the localities.
Meanwhile, Gov. Tawes' pro-
poSal to expand the sales tax
by dropping the starting point
to Is cents and extending 1t to
restaurant sales Of IS cents or
more came under fire from
the Restaurant Association of
Maryland.
'Food Is Food"
H. Reginald Dunnock. chair
man Of the board Of the associ-
Atien. today called the pro-
posed tax on meals discrimina-
tory. Food in grocery stores Is
not taxed. Food Is food re-
Eardless Of where it Is eaten,"
he said.
Although most Of the legisla-
tive leaders appear inclined to
60 along with Gov. Tawes' tax
ing program, there is consider
able grumbling among some
legislators. Gov. Tawes' pro-
gram would raise $9.4 million
in additional revenue which
would finance a $9.l million
program Of extra aid to To-
calities for educational and
welfare programs.
3lGov. TaweS also has in
dorsed an increase In the State
cigarette tax which would
produce about IS million, all
Of which would 90 to the To-
calities.
Beer Tax Called Low
Delegate Boyer said his beer
TAX bill would raise about $3.3.
million q year. He said Mary
lands beer tax Is one Of the
lowest In the Nation, ranking
47th among the so States.
Even with the 5 cent In
crease per gallon. Mr.. Boyer
said Maryland's beer tax would
be lower than that Of any
neighboring State.
On another legislative front,
Gov. Tawes got his first re-
buff Of the session yesterday.
The House Ways and Means
Committee turned down by q
2Q-5 vote the Governors pro-
p&al to put the position Of
Commissioner Of Motor We.
hicles into the merit system.
Gov. Tawes had recon-
mended this move in his state
of-the-State message on the
opening day Of the session as
another step in improving the
States traffic and safety pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1961-01-26
BY G. o. HERNDON
Star staff Writer

A small, blight-encircled Sec
ton Of Washington south OF
Griffith Stadium-the lie Droit
Park neighborhood - resents
the notoriety this weeks gang
arrests have brought 1t.
Metropolitan police, since
Sunday, have apprehended II
youths believed to be members
of or connected with a gang
known as the lie Droit Ram
blerS. The ruthless, pistol-car-
rying Ramblers are suspected
of engineering over 80 "hus-
ties" in six months.
Area civic leaders declare
that known members Of the
Ramblers gang live outside the
lie Droit area, which Is bor-
dered, roughly. by Bryant street
and Florida avenue, on the
north and south, and by Geor-
gia avenue and Second street
NV, on the west and east.
Officials at the 18th police
precinct, Of which LIE Droit
Park is a part, agree that gang
members apprehended to date
live outside the area. Gang
members. however, met on
street corners and in play
grounds in or near the lie Droit
area.
Rash Of Robberies
Lawrence e. Smith, a Negro
attorney who grew up In the
area and is now president Of
the lie Droit Park Civic Asso-
citation. said none Of the gang
members live in the neighbor-
hood. He said, however, that a
rash Of robberies" has broken
out in the community since
last November,
Evening star., 1961-01-26

Equally intent on the pro-
ceedings were the defendant's &
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
D. Rees, ST., Of the 5000 block
Of Madison street, Hyattsville.
After q quick visit with their
Evening star., 1961-11-23

tanned / O4O pages. and weighed
more than 4 pounds. Next
years main budget will con-
tain 300 to 400 pages.
Evening star., 1961-11-23

cused the United States of
sending warships into Domini-
can waters so that later they
can send these same warships
against Cuba" The Cuban
delegate called Mr.. Balaguer a
puppet of United States i'm
perialism.
Dominican delegate Carlos
Sanchez Y Sanchez retorted
that Mr.. Balaguer was receiv-
ing instructions from no one.
He asserted the Cuban was en-
gaging in insulting diplom-
acy."
Il represent the Dominican
people and I can prove it," Mr.
Sanchez said.
At this point a Dominican in
the gallery shouted in Spanish
TITS a lie!" He and a compan-
ion we're hustled out.
"The Dominican Republic
does not feel itself threatened,
Mr.. Sanchez said later in the
debate. The Dominican Re-
public has not been invaded
We would have known what tC
do had this been the case"
Evening star., 1961-11-23
Eichmunn Verdict
300 Pages Long

JERUSALEM, Israeli Sec
tor, Nov. % CAPD.-Israeli
judges are preparing a book
sized judgment in the case of
Adolf Eichmann. 1t is under
stood to run about 300 pages
in Hebrew.
Now in the polishing and
translation stage. the judg-
ment will be slightly longer in
the other languages in which
it is to be delivered-German
English and French.
Justice Ministry sources con-
firmed today that, providing
there is no technical hitch, the
court trying the ex-Gestapo
colonel accused Of completely
in the wartime slaughter OF
millions of European Jews is
expected to reconvene Monday
December A
Evening star., 1961-11-23
First Kennedy Budget
ToHoVe Small Formot

President Kennedys Federal budget will 60 to Congress
in formal next The aim is make to
read. and understand"
Budget today annual volume is being
redesigned of being as big as
Evening star., 1961-11-23
Two Fooled
In HoIdup
ShootCIerk

Two holdup men shot a clerk
in a Northeast grocery last
night and fled without taking
any money.
According to Robbery Squad
1t. Orville Erfert. the two men
entered the Busy Corner Mar
ket, 20l E street NE. shortly
before 8 pm.
One man requested a bag of
potato chips from Harry Hall,
63, the stores owner. After the
man placed a dime on the
counter, police said his COM
panion produced a long
barreled gun and announced,
This is a holdup."
Mr.. Hall ordered the pair
out of the store. then called
for Joseph Gaffney, %, a clerk
who was sorting bottles in the
reaR.
4 When Mr.. Gaffney saw the
two intruders, he grabbed the
first man and was wrestling
with him when he was shot
by his gun-carrying compan-
on. police said.
/ The piar then fled from the
store and was last seen running
east in the 200 block of E street
NE, according to a polio e
lookout.
The wounded clerk was ad-
mitted to Casualty Hospital
with a bullet in his left leg
The wound was not serious.
Evening star., 1961-11-23

message, the main statistical
table. and a narrative discus
sion of the principal admins
tration recommendations.
Toward the end Of the book,
there will be a series Of special
analyses, such as those on cash
receipts and payments. some of
which were published sepa-
rately in the past.
Detailed Schedules
The budget appendix will
contain proposed appropriation
bill language and detailed
schedules for budget accounts
and trust funds.
The main budget will con-
tain all the information desired
by most users of the docu-
ment," the bureau said, land
only those concerned with ex-
tensive details will need to
refer to the appendix"
The bureau plans to con-
tinue publication of it's annual
Evening star., 1961-11-23
Bourd of Parole
Changes Rule to
Allow Witnesses
BY the Associated Press

The United States Board of
Parole. sharply criticized in
court for it's parole revocation
procedure, has amended its
rules.
The board said it will now al
low witnesses to testify on be-
half of alleged parole violators
in parole revocation hearings.
Witnesses previously have
been permitted to present writ
ten statements but have not
been allowed to appear in per-
son with the accused.
The United States Court of
Appeals here reprimanded the
board November 9 in ruling
that Lloyd D. Butterworth, a
convicted auto thief, should
have been allowed to call friend
ly witnesses in such a case.
THE parole board apparent
ly still has the notion that these
hearings are mere formalities
and the result a foregone con-
clusion." Judge George T.
Washington said in that case.
"As long as the board evi-
dences this philosophy by deny
ing fundamental procedural
safeguards. we will be compelled
to order new hearings" the
court added.
The board earlier this year
amended its rules to permit the
appearance of attorneys for ac-
cused parole violators. 1t said
the new amendment allowing
witnesses to appear was made
"on advice OF the courts Of the
District of COLUMBIA"
Evening star., 1961-11-23
Judge Considers
Lakewood Club
Contempt Order

District Court Judge Leon
ard P. Walsh has indicated
that he is considering citing
the three promoters of the
Lakewood Country Club for
contempt of court.
The judge directed prepara-
ton of an order requiring the
promoters, Troy V. Post, jr.,
Bill M. Allen and Leroy w.
Pickett, to show cause why
they should not be cited.
The action came yesterday
after Vinton Lee, court-sp-
pointed conservstor Of the
clubs assets, notified the court
Of a New York law suit against
the three promoters.
Judge Walsh was told that
the suit was filed June /, 1861,
in Nassau County, N. Y.
The plaintiff in the New
York suit has obtained a de-
fault judgement against the
promoters corporations, Mr..
Lee said. The suit repeatedly
involves claims for a total Of
$6,107.
Judge Walsh noted that a
court order entered here last
March required the promoters
to notify Mr.. Lee of all liens
or other actions pending or
later filed against them.
Evening star., 1961-11-23

after that to consider the case
Closed despite efforts by Cuba
and the Soviet Union to blow
ftS~up into a major issue.
Cuban Ambassador Mario
Garcia -Inchaustegui called on
The council to condemn the
United States as an aggressor
and order it to withdraw the
ships and planes it stationed
off the Dominican capital when
Two brothers of the late die
{ator, Generalissimo Rafael
Trujillo, threatened a coup.
= Sponsor Lacking
= 1nformants said, however,
Chat no council member-not
even Russia-was willing to
&ponsor such a demand. Cuba
is not member Of the council
. The Cuban complaint was
first debated yesterday at a
stormy council session inter-
,fupted briefly by an outburst
from the gallery by two Do
11ihicans who were rushed from
the chamber by U. N. guards.
: United States Ambassador
Adlai E. Stevenson asserted
Cuba's charges were without
foundation and that there was
evidence of a sinister alliance
between Fidel Castro's forces
and the Trujillo family which
had held sway in the Domini-
can Republic for 81 years.
: Mr.. Stevenson denied Cuban
Charges that United States
ships were in the territorial
waters of the Dominican Re-
public and that United States
planes had flown over Domini-
Can territory.
He said the warships and
planes we're staying outside
Dominican territorial limits
and that they had been sent
to.the Caribbean area with the
flH knowledge Of President
Joaquin Balaguer's govern
E1ent.
Distortion Charged
MIR. Stevenson accused Cuba
Of distorting the situation tc
make anti-American propa-
Rshda and to conceal from the
Cuban people efforts of &
friendly government to aid the
pominicans TO take a great
Etep forward" toward democ.
ghey.
~ Garcia-Inchaustegui &C
Evening star., 1961-11-23
Redistrictinu
0Kd in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, III, Nov. %
(AP). - Congressional redis-
tricting passed the Illinois Leg
islature with votes to spare yes
terday, ending a seven-week
deadlock in the special session.
After cleaning up a few
other bills. the General AS
sembly closed the special ses-
sion.
A bipartisan remapping plan,
worked out by a 10-member
conference committee, sailed
through the Senate, 48-5, and
through the House, l4l-29. 1t
needed 80 votes in the Senate
and 118 in the House.
End of Long Struggle
The bill goes to Gov. Otto
Kerner. who is expected to sign
t Immediately and thus it would
apply to next years congress
sional elections.
The end OF the long struggle,
which began when the regular
session in June adjourned
without solving the issue, re-
moved a threat to congress
sional candidates.
Because of population changes
shown in the 1860 census.
Illinois lost one of its Is seats
in the United States House of
Representatives.
If the General Assembly had
not passed rediStricting, candi-
dates from all of the old 25
Congressional districts would
have been forced to run next
year in a statewide contest to
fill the States new allotment of
"a Congressional seats.
Two in Same District
Some lawmakers said they
were not completely satisfied
with the new map but con-
ceded it was the only proposal
that had a chance of emerging
from the embattled legislature
in which Democrats hold a
majority in the House and Re-
publicanS control the Senate.
Under the agreed Congress
sional map, eight Democratic
seats were set up in Chicago.
three Republican districts in
Cook County, and one so-called
swing district that includes
part of Chicago and a north
west suburban area.
Twelve districts were carved
out for the down-State area.
including a Republican district
made up of Lake. McHenry and
Boone counties along the Wis
consin State line.
The major down-State change
placed two Congressman in the
same district. which would elm
mate one of them in next
years election. They are Rep
resentatives Peter Mack of
Carlinville. Democrat, and Paul
Findley of Pittsfield. Republi-
can. This new district is in
West Central Illinois.