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Evening star., 1961-07-05

Central Labor Council, said
that despite union and manage
ment programs, many workers
disregard safety devices.
MI. Turner, who feels that
the most troublesome safety
problem in construction work is
bad housekeeping" - Uttered
work areas-said, I'VE can lick
the biggest part of the problem
by making as sure as possible
the men have a safe place to
work in"
The division director admits
that there are some accidents
that seem impossible to prevent
Men fall off sturdy ladders they
have used for years, or get in
jured by machines that they
have used thousands of times
Nevertheless, the figure that
bothers the safety division is
the year-end accident record
In the 1861 fiscal year, which
ended last week, there were IA
fatal accidents in the construc-
ton industry alone. Twelve OF
these accidents occurred outside
the District line, and two others
stemmed from natural causes.
In all there were so more
accidents of all types and de-
gree of seriousness in the 1861
fiscal year than there were in
1860. This figure was computed
to the end of May when there
still was one month to run in
the year. In fiscal 1860 there
were 231 ,434 accidents of all
types in all categories of in
dustry in the District.
you can't blame our laws for
this record" Mr.. Thomas said,
1--WE have all the laws we need.
Now all we need is compliance,
and I think this new system
will help us get it,"
Evening star., 1961-07-05


from the Washington Monu-
ment grounds where the two
hour ceremonies were held last
night. About 10000 persons
stood and sat around the Mall
and an estimated 10000 took
up vantage points in the nearby
parkland and in parked cars
along the George Washington
Memorial Parkway across the
Potomac River in Virginia.
There also we're 200 to 300
persons on the White House
lawn itself. Police said they
were the families of the White
House staff.
Walter N. Tobriner, president
of the Board of Commission
ers, welcomed the people to
"WaShington's salute to inde-
pendence." He said everyone
must pledge himself to the
responsibility of maintaining
independence. "Only in this
way can America remain free"
The program started with q
concert by the United States
Army Band. Then, after the
1t. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
director Of the Seleetive Serv-
ice System, said I'VE should
remember those men that long
have had the nerve to declare
themselves free"
Thousands of automobiles
lined both sides of Mount Ver-
non Memorial highway from
National Airport to points be-
yond Memorial Bridge. After
the display ended, police said
cars were creeping bumper-to-
bumper along the highway and
its connecting roads for nearly
an hour.
Evening star., 1961-07-05
VoterVoice
Demanded
By Stephens

SMITHFIELD, Va, July 5
(AP) "A. E. S. Stephens issued
an Independence Day state
ment yesterday calling on Vir-
ginians' Ito demand that they
be given an active, respected
voice in the running of this
Commonwealth"
The candidate for the guber-
Material nomination in the
July II Democratic primary
said that in Virginia "there
are those who would curb in
dividual thought and inde-
pendent action. There are
those who would violate the
independence won almost two
centuries ago."
Mr.. Stephens never men
toned his opponent for the
nomination, Albertis S. Har-
rison, jr., or the political Or
ganization of Senator Harry F.
Byrd, Democrat of Virginia,
which is backing Mr.. Harrison
The Lieutenant Governor said
he was told only Monday that
in one courthouse in Virginia
the office workers were told
that their jobs were at stake
on July II and that the only
employment insurance would
be the election of my opponent.
"ThiS is shocking action, eX-
treme action, undemocratic ac-
ton"
Mr.. Stephens charge brought
an answering statement from
Mr.. Harrison that Mr.. Steph-
ems has a greater desire to be
Governor than to be correct, "
Evening star., 1961-07-05


hours of 5 and 9 pm. is suf-
ficient to convince the pas
Serby that everybody with a
10-by-10 patch of grass is out
there coaxing a charcoal fire
into some Semblance of the
glowing emberS depicted so
vividly in the magazines.
The homeowner'S penchant
for burnt offerings in lieu
of kitchen-prepared meals
cropped up about a decade
ago and has mushroomed
into a major industry, involv-
ing untold quantities of
equipment ranging from sim
pie grills to impressive fur
naces, with all the accom-
panying impedimentia.
Surely the first caveman
who ever stumbled on to the
joys of cooked meat could
not have enviSioned where it
would all lead. Today we have
everything from instant
burning Goals to electronic
rotiSserieS to solar cookers,
even!
And every backyard dweller
has become a sort of private
Central Intelligence Agency,
loaded with secrets for this
or that favored dish and
guarding them far more
jealousy than his grand
mother ever did her famous
biscuit recipe.
Evening star., 1961-07-05

til the violations are cleaned
up.
If the contractor takes too
long to clear up the violation,
he can be brought into court,
and photographs taken by the
inspectors can be used as evi-
dence.
If the contractor corrects
the violations, but later has
similar violations in another
part of the building, he can be
brought into court.
Some contractors complain
that our men are being too
conscientious" Mr.. Thomas
said, But, really, you have to
be enthusiastic to do this work
correctly. It's a thankless job. "
He is quick to point out that
the inspectors usually receive
full cooperation from the con-
tractors. Several contractors
contacted said they thought
that the new program, handled
with restraint" could help pro-
mote safety on the job.
Don't forget" one contractor
said, employers have to pay
tremendous sums to insurance
companies, and that we're work.
ing for good safety records, too.
Some employers, on the big
ger construction jobs, request
safety inspectors to instruct the
workers on the safe way to do
their jobs. The unions, too, have
tried to promote safety through
The Trade Unionist, the weekly
newspaper of local craft unions,
and through educational pro-
grams.
But employers, unions and
inspectors agree that many
times the workers themselves
disregard safety on the Job.
J. C. Turner, president of the
Evening star., 1961-07-05

said. Like all new systems,
this one gets US out of a rut,
and has proven to be the new
broom that sweeps clean"
But I hope that if we keep
at it, this won't be only a tenn
porary clean up. It will con-
tinue to be effective as long as
the inspectors want to. make it
effective"
Spokesman for the construc-
ton industry agreed that the
new policy is having results.
But they told The Star that
they think the inspectors in
some cases are going too far.
We're beginning to see this
new policy as a fund-raising
thing. one general contractor
said. When we see the in
spector coming we say, Get
ready to pay another fine"
This contractor, who declined
to be named said that it 'is
completely impossible to elimi-
nate all safety hazards all the
time from a construction site.
Most of the local contrac-
tors feel these fines should be
reserved for the contractors
who always try to get around
the laws, not for the men who
do all they can to comply"
But Mr.. Thomas said his in
SpectorS have never come
across a contractor who refused
outright to comply with the
laws. They always intend to
correct conditions" he said,
Most of them did, but some of
them let a few things ride"
The contractors reply that
safety laws are particularly
hard to enforce when crews
from dozen of supcontractors
are bringing in materials and
Evening star., 1961-07-05
Controller. Held
In Hospital Theft

The controller of Sibley Hos
pital. was held for the grand
jury in Municipal Court today
on a charge of embezzling 1881
from the hospital.
Judge Harry L. Walker set
bond at $4,000 for William D.
Sturgell, 26. of Deale, Md, who
waived a preliminary hearing.
Police said Sturgell, the ia
ther Of three children, told
them he took the money last
week and went to New York.
He surrendered at the hospital
Monday.
Detectives said they also are
investigating the reported loss
of $4,000 in other hospital
funds at Sibley during the last
three or four years.
Evening star., 1961-07-05
Vote of 375,OOO
Seen in Virginia

RICHMOND, July S (AP).-
The man who should know pre-
dicted the vote in next Tues
days Democratic primary will
be around 375,000-less than
half the number cast in last
falls presidential election.
1T ought to go more, but the
interest is just not there" said
Levin Mock Davis, chairman of
the State Board of elections.
Registrations at the last
count in April totaled about l.
045,000, compared with the
991 900 registered last fall
when 771,000 votes were cast.
Evening star., 1961-07-05

working on the job site at the
same time.
They also complain that they
are being fined for violations
without warning.
"An inspector comes while
we're working on the first floor
of a building" one contractor
said. "He says we have to put
railings around Stairwells, and
we do. Then he comes back a
few weeks later, sees a stair
well uncovered on the fifth
floor and brings us into court
Immediately, because he says
he had been warned about this
type of violation"
Mr.. Thomas said that the
whole idea of the new proce-
dure is ito put the response
bility for on-the-job-safety
where it should have been all
the time-on the employer"
Under the old inspection
system, the safety inspectors
were assigned areas of the city
to cover. They visited construc-
ton sites, pointed out viola
tionS, and went on to other
work. When they came back in
a week or so, the violations may
have continued to exist, Mr..
Thomas said, but by this time
the building was in a more ad-
vanced stage of construction,
and there were new violations.
The inspector wrote up the new
violations, and the cycle was
repeated.
Now. the inspectors are as
signed by Mr.. Thomas and In
spection Supervisor Charles T.
Greene to specific sites. They
inspect the sites with a check
list supplied by the division,
tell contractors of the viola
tions, and stay at the site un-
Evening star., 1961-07-05

ooupllng OF populaCl0n IN the
last decade, Of a network of
spacious parks and Fairgrounds.
Today, suburban Maryland has
the best population-to-park-
land ratio in the Washington
Area.
Now the community planners
are looking 20 years ahead to
make sure the same ratio of
open space will exist for a
population they believe will
double again.
Agency Set Up
Maryland's park conscious
ness awakened in 1927, about
20 years before it was hit by
the urban sprawl. Then the
State Legislature set up the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission,
largely to assure an orderly
plan for the development of
the portions Of Montgomery
and Prince Georges adjoining
the Nations Capital.
The purpose was to make
certain suburban Maryland
would continue to keep up
WaShington'S spacious atmos-
phere over boundary lines.
Montgomery and Prince
Georges landowners were as
sessed 7 and 3 cents, respec-
lively, on $100 of land value,
to pay for new parks. At the
same time, Congress appro-
priated $41a million-of which
some is still being used - in
in Federal funds under Capper-
Cramton legislation that pro-
vided for purchase, with match
ing Maryland funds, or parks
along stream valleys running
ito the District.
Scope Has Grown
The scope Of the planning
commission, its park system
and its assessments have grown
through the years.
Now, the jurisdictional boun-
deries of the commission ex-
tend farther into Montgomery
and Prince Georges, covering
some 628 square miles. 1t
operates over 5000 acres of
local and regional parks and
101 recreation areas and play
grounds.
Montgomery taxpayers now
pay 13 cents on $100 Of land
value, Prince Georges taxpayers
Evening star., 1961-07-05
RIA Is Asked
For Data on
Job
Liberty Contract
Dispute Studied by
Commissioners
By CHARLES d. PIERCE
Star staff Writer

The District Commissioners
have asked the Redevelopment
Land Agency for all documents
pertaining to an RIA wrecking
contract involved in charges
of political pressure.
1t. Col. Charles s. MacVeigh,
assistant engineer commits
sioner, said today that he had
made the request on instruc-
tions from the Commissioners.
Col. MacVeigh said the Dis
trict is interested in exploring
the question of whether the
contract held by Liberty Wreck
ing & Building Materials Co.
for a demolition job in North
east can be renegotiated.
However, Col. MacVeigh said,
This doesn't mean the Com
missioners are trying to tell
RIA officials how to run their
agency"
He added that the purpose
Of requesting the contract doc
uments is Ito become fully in
formed on the contract and
its background"
Meeting Set
Col. MacVeigh said Com
missioner Walter N. Tobriner
and Engineer Commissioner
Frederick j. Clarke are sched-
uled to meet tomorrow or Fri
day to discuss the Liberty con-
tract, the issuance to this
company Of a permit to burn
wreckage and the general ques-
ton Of open burning.
Representatives of the areas
largest wrecking contractors
have charged that granting of
a burning permit to Liberty
has enable this company to
reduce its costs drastically.
They contend the permit was
issued only after the interces-
sion of a Congressman.
Wrecking contractors had
been told by both District and
RIA officials before bids were
asked on this demolition job at |
Northeast Urban Renewal Area
Project No. THAT no burning
would be allowed.
Refers to Rules
These wreckers contend that
they could have cut the bids
by $4,000 If they had known
burning was to be permitted.
At q meeting of the RIA
board today, John Searles, RIA
executive director. told board
members he had been advised
by the RIA counsel that there
appears to be no basis for re-
negotiating the contract.
Mr.. SearleS explained that
any change in the rules after
the contract was awarded was
made by the District and not
by RIA.
Commissioner Tobriner had
asked Col. MacVeigh to check
on whether the contract could
be renegotiated.
Evening star., 1961-07-05

pay 10 cents. This year, for
example, they will place ST.
SOC, 900 and $1,O55,OOO into the
parks fund.
The ambitious goal the COM
nilsson has been working
towards. Parks Director John
P. Hewitt explains, is this:
There is, or will be, a school
playground, recreation area OF
local park within three-quar-
ters of a mile of every home
in either county.
To carry out this goal, and
at the same time to provide
for future population needs for
open spaces. the commission
has devoted half of its park
funds for land acquisition in
the last few years.
Acquisitions Planned
Under a new five-year por-
ton of an overall plan ex-
tending into 1880, it will spend
$28 million for new parklanc
acquisition by 1865. OF this
SIG million will be in Mont
gomery and $l2 million in
Prince Georges.
In Prince Georges, Mr.. Hew-
lit said, the major emphasis
is falling on local parks anC
parks adjoining school grounds
In Montgomery, the commits.
sion is carrying out a moderr
system Of parks purchasing
going into rural farm areas anC
buying development rights.
The reasoning behind this sys.
tenn is to buy land for the fu.
ture, in anticipation of a popu.
lation spread, at present costs
The way it works, the Commits.
sion each year buys a portion
Of the total amount of land il
wants over a 10-year period.
So far it has taken develop.
ment rights on four large lane
parcels in upper Montgomery
County: 312 acres in Dicker.
son, 160 in Cedar Grove, 12C
in Davidsonville and 223 acres
just north Of Gaithersburg. AL
of this land will be designated
as regional parks.
Some Uncertainties
There are some non-rosy as.
poets to the suburban Maryland
picture, however. One Of these
is the Prince Georges County
shoreline along the Potomac
River. which threatens to end
up under subdivisions unless
Congress provides funds anc
helps Maryland convert it tt
safe parkland. Another is thai
the terms of the Capper-
Cramton act has run out
while stream valleys requiring
protection have not. Maryland
is asking for an extension
Both of these issues are now
before Congress.
However, the future of oper
spaces in suburban Maryland
appears brighter than any
where else in the Washington
Metropolitan area.
Evening star., 1961-07-05
THE STANDARD JOKE

THE STANDARD JOKE
that went with charcoal
cookery, in the early days of
its modern popularity, was
the inability of the adult
male to create a suitable fire.
But American know-how was
on his side; on the market
appeared hundreds of quick
starters, and even electrical
devices, guaranteed to turn
any small bed of charcoal
into a blazing inferno within
seconds.
Now that every barbecue
minded person in the coun-
try is equipped with the
simplest and cheapest of
ways to start a fire in his
grill, it follows that anyone,
right down to the most inept
child, can be a great success
at fire building.
Everyone, alas, except Yr.
Correspondent, who appar-
emily is the only charcoal
fancier in this great land of
ours who is unable to per-
form the feat. No matter how
diligently I follow the direc-
tions clearly printed on every
bag of fuel and instant-flam
can, I am less ept than the
youngest child.
Where other people produce
big blazes, my concoctionS
produce only an intermittent
smoke. While their fires turn
white-hot, mine remains so
chilly that the piles of char
coal can be readjusted by
hand when they collapSe-as
they frequently do. While
dinners Sizzle invitingly in
other back yards, small faces
around our picnic table indi-
cate imminent starvation.
1t was during one of these
Commute waits for the
promised charcoal fire on our
patio the other night that an
11-year-old voice piped up
constructively:
Don't worry, Nom. We can
always go back to the old,
modern method in the oven."
Evening star., 1961-07-05
Ton-Free Road Seen
As Vital to Airport
Aviotion Agency
Outlines Stund
On Dulles Field
BY CHARLES YARBROUGH
Star staff Writer

6SeA Sbo4A
The new access highway to
Dulles international Airport
should be a fast, toll-free road,
Federal Aviation Agency Ad-
ministrator N. E. Halaby said
today.
II am determined to keep
the access road free for fast
moving airport traffic." he
wrote Senator Humphrey, Dem
ocrat of Minnesota.
Mr.. Halaby's letter reviewed
developments on the access
highway to the big civil jet
base being built near Chan
tilly, Va. 1t referred to a pro-
posal by Senator Schoeppel.
Republican of Kansas, that the
high-speed highway to the air.
port be made a toll road.
Seen as Extra" Charge
MY inclinations," Mr.. Hal
ably wrote, "are against the
toll road idea because the road
is so much a part of the air.
port. 1t would be almost like
charging passengers for COM
ing into the terminal building
to weigh their luggage and
board the planes"
The administrator said he
could understand why Vir-
ginians who have this good
road running through their
area will want to use it getting
back and forth, and for neigh
borhood trips. No doubt their
desire to use the airport's ex-
press highway will build up,
too, as their communities de-
velop and traffic increases.
This is perfectly under
standable, but that is what
concerns me about changing
the concept of the airport high
way.
MY determination is not to
keep people off the road.
Rather, it is to make sure the
development and usefulness" of
the airport will not be endan-
gered.
Road Called Key to Success
Mr.. Halaby said there seems
to be no question that the "key
to the success of an airport 80
miles distant from the city it
serves lies in swift, safe travel"
between the two.
II am sure that is why both
the House and Senate, in all of
their deliberations on the new
airport, accepted the principle
of a high-Speed, single-purpoSe
access highway" he said.
Mr.. Halaby said that if there
is a way to assure fast, safe
travel between the city and the
airport, and at the same time
make it useful to residents, he
would be happy to consider it.
He pointed out that the Gov
ernment acquired sufficient
right of way to permit con-
struction of additional two
lane strips on either side of
the airport highway and added:
1T may be possible for FAA
to make this land available to
the State of Virginia so the
State could meet the local
traffic needs Of its citizens in
the area"
Evening star., 1961-07-05
17o,ooosee
Fireworks
AtMonument

The District celebrated the, ,
Nations 185th Independence
Day yesterday with the tradi-
tional fireworks, songs and a
minimum of speech making
before an estimated 10000
onlookers.
A few scattered drops of rain
failed to turn the crowd away
Evening star., 1961-07-05

4 quiet crisis" exists in the Nations
porkIonds, according to Interior
Seeeretory UdoIL. This is the last
Of three orioles on the situotion
in the Washington oEeo.
Evening star., 1961-07-05
Free Choice at School
Stressed by'Horrison
BY JOHN BARRON
Star Staff Writer

CROzET, Va July 5-Gubernatoria candidate Abertis S.
Harrison r yesterday proposed constitutional amendment
embodyng principles of the freedom of choice plan which
placed Vrgnas massive resistance to school desegegaon
speaking at this Abermarle County Charottes
VILE he sad Let leave shadow Of doubt on my position
Evening star., 1961-07-05
THE QUIET CRISIS
Model Park System
Grows in Maryland
BY ROBERTA HORNIG
Star Staff Writer

Suburban Maryland taxpayers getting what they
paying fo-the Metropolitan Areas model park system
So far Montgomery and Prince Georges County citizens
have rescued 57S3 in from the flood of
suburban development.
Years of prudent planning have them despite
Evening star., 1961-07-05

BARBECUE SAUCE? There
is a formula for a priceless
one in the head of every
charcoal chef. Marinade
sauce? There are a jillion of
them, with instructions rang
ing anywhere from 24-hour-
in-advance soaking to a mere
80 minutes before dinner is
scheduled. The right way to
grill steaks? More of these
exist than remedies for the
common cold. The perfect
salad? Everybody has one,
but few are telling.
Naturally, the homemaking
pages of newspapers, not to
mention whole magazines,
are dedicated to diSSeminat-
ing information on these
subjects, but your true arti-
san would not Stoop to limit
ing himself to such printed
matter. There always is that
one, exquisite ingredient that
spells the difference between
mere food and a masterpiece.
He who is weak enough to
divulge his treasured secret
to a guest must run the risk
of scorn; once the news is
out, many private remarks
are passed around that at
last we known why old
Georges steaks have that
peculiar taste. 1t has been
established that no mans
recipe is considered the equal
Of his neighbor'S, but thou
sands of people are involved
in a house house survey
of this situation across the
Nation, issuing and accept
ing cook-out invitations.
Evening star., 1961-07-05

Another Story and Pictures. Pose c-l
Evening star., 1961-07-05

George Kennedy is on vocotion. He
will resume writing The RombIer
when he returns.
Evening star., 1961-07-05
The
Rambler
Probes
Suburban FoIkwoy
By ANNE H. CHRISTMAS

Amid the latest push-but-
ton devices for fast and ef-
ficient food preparation, the
average native of Americas
suburbia has left that expen-
Sive, stainleSS-Steel kingdom
and fled to his back yard to
cook dinner.
A drive through any sub
urban haven between the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-11-04
NATURE LECTURE

The l96l.62 school lecture
series provided by naturalists
OF the HTon-Clinton Metropo-
llIan Authority will begin its
annual five.month program on
Thursday. November ..
Bill Hopkins. chief naturalist.
pointed out that Authority ma
'uralistS. are available to give
illustrated lectures on topics of
natural science at schools in the
counties of Livingston. Macomb.
Oakland. WaShtenaw and WAYNE
from November (l96l through
March 81 1862
Over 80 600 YOUNGSTERS in the
t'vc-county area participated in
the lecture program during the
lq60-6l season compared to over
1900 in l95960
This free service may be OBJ
tanned by confscting the Huron
Clinton Metropolitan Authority.
1850 Guardian Bldg. Detroit rs,
ard requesting an appointment.
Esch school can be visited only
one day each year.
Forest wildlifc. birds. cold