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Evening star., 1961-07-27
House Ends Heorinqs
On Urban Renewal Bill
Cost to Be Divided

House hearings ended today
on a bill designed to consoli-
date the machinery Of urban
renewal efforts in the District.
A House District subcommit-
tee. headed by Representative
Smith, Democrat of Virginia,
is handling the legislation,
originally proposed by the Fed
eral City Council.
Following an executive seS-
sion of the subcommittee today,
Mr.. Smith said no action had
been taken and added that
further study of the proposal
is necessary.
Basically, the bill attempts to
place all urban renewal activi-
ties in the hands of the Dis
trict Commissioners. Also, the
Redevelopment Land Agency
and the National Capital Hous-
ing Authority would be con-
solidated into a ID. c. Renewal
and Housing Agency"
Reaction Is Mixed
The new concept in redevel-
opment continued to receive
mixed reaction from witnesses
today.
Walter B. Lewis. representing
the Washington Urban League,
said his organization was in
agreement with the idea of
centraliZing authority for urban
developments but asked that
RIA and NCHA remain sep
arate.
He suggested that an ad-
ministrator of urban affairs,
proposed in the bill. should be
directed to coordinate the
activities of the two agencies
in land acquisition and reloca-
ton projects.
Another witness, Mrs. John
F. Snyder of the Federation of
Citizens Associations, generally
supported the bills major
proposals.
Mrs. Snyder asked that the
proposed administrator "be
given strong authority so that
he can lead, rather than be led
by firmly entrenched bureau
Gratis whom he is likely to
encounter"
She said she was against one
proposal in the bill which
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Southeast Man
Held in Staying

A Southeast Washington man.
was charged with homicide to-
day in the shooting of a fellow
tenant with the tenants gun.
District police said Lewis L.
Young 81, Of 1011 Seventh
street Sc. was charged with
the fatal shooting of Isaac Will
liamS, 81, of the same address,
during an argument over
money at about 2:40 a m. today.
Police said Mr.. Williams ep-
parently had borrowed S25
from Young and left his .38-
caliber revolver as collateral.
Mr.. Williams went to the
Young apartment late last
night to attempt to borrow
more money.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
HITS SHAKEDOWN CHARGE
Cordono Promoted
After Used-Cor Probe

Conrad Nicholas Cardano,
the man who helped close down
six used car dealers in a crack
down of their sales practices
here in 1859. is now ironically
accused by one of them of a
shakedown.
Mr.. Cardano wept yesterday
afternoon when he learned that
Ross Rosenberg, a former car
dealer seeking a new license,
had accused him in a public
hearing of taking gifts of "over
500" and two bicycles for his
children.
My father always taught me
to do right and I always have" ;"
he said in a shaken voice. Nov
I am accused of something by
this car dealer.
He insisted he is innocent of
Mr.. RoSenberg's charges.
Mr.. Cardano. Connie" to his
friends, was appointed chief of
the enforcement branch of the
Districts Department of Lii
censes and Inspections in Sep
tember, 1860.
Promotion Followed Probe
His promotion from investi-
gator to chief came after he
was the moving force in gath
ering information for the de-
partment on certain used car
dealers.
The licensing chief also has
letters of commentator from
the armed forces for his lee
lures to servicemen on bases
in the District. Maryland and
Virginia, educating them on
the ins and outs of used-car
buying.
Mr.. Cardano, who is of Ital-
ian descent, was born in Phil
adelphia in 1920, the oldest of
four children.
The Cardano family moved
to Washington in 1885, when his
father, Nicholas, took a job
with the Defense Department.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Smoking in Bed
Sets $1,000 Fire

Fire caused an estimated
$4,000 damage to an apartment
at the Chevy Chase Lake Apart
ments in nearby Maryland
early today.
Montgomery County Fire In
spector Don Battersby said the
fire was caused when Mrs. John
M. Howard, 1920 Manor road.
dozed off while smoking in bed.
A cigarette ignited the bedding.
he reported.
Mrs. Howard, a widow, ives
aroused by her son who smelled
the smoke. She was not
harmed.
Firemen from Chevy Chase,
Bethesda and Kensington con-
fined the fire to the one bed
room but heat and smoke dam
aged the rest of the apartment
unit.A
Evening star., 1961-07-27
QueryFIood
Greets Area
Draft Boost
BY G. o. HERNDON
Star Staff Writer

Increased draft quotas for
August and September have
prompted thousands of area
draft candidates, their parents,
wives and sweethearts to call
local selective service offices
for information, officials re-
ported today.
In the District, Selective Serv-
ice Director John F. Hillyard
said the number of queries rose
from a previous daily average
of 200 to 1000 yesterday.
Armed forces recruiting CEN
terS across the Nation did a big
buSinesS-in some cases COM
parable to activities during the
Korean War, the Associated
Press reported.
The flood of inquiries fol-
lowed President Kennedy'S
Tuesday speech and the De-
fense Department announce
ment yesterday that the Ma
tion's draft quota for August
has been boosted from 5000 to
10000 and that the September
call will be 10000.
The July draft call was 5000.
There was no draft quota in
May or June.
District draft officials said
Washington is required to
supply one-half of l per cent
of the national quota. The
August increase raised the
Districts call for the month
from 40 to IS. The September
call will be for 100 draftees.
Next month the draft call
in Maryland will reach 200 and
will exceed the 300 mark in
September, according to Brig.
Gen. Henry C. Stanwood. the
States Selective Service chief.
Before the quota increase,
the States August call was 1870.
Maryland military officers
said they believe a partial mo-
bilization of Reserve officers
could result in active duty calls
for thousands of Maryland
men. Among those who could
be called are 1000 members
of the Army Reserve Center'S
ready reserve" pool in the
Baltimore metropolitan area,
325 Air Force Reserve men,
bers, about 1000 men in the
| Maryland Air National Guard
and approximately 1,500 Naval
reservistS.
/ Gen. Stanwood said the
States new draft calls could
possibly affect men 81 years old
within six months time"
| Virginia's draft director. Capt
Charles L. Kessler, said the
States call in August will be
increased from Isl to 245. The
September quota for the State
will be over 370.
District officials indicated
that most draftees in August
will be "a or older.
Area reservistS alerted to the
possibility of a return to active
duty included members of sew
eral air transport Squadrons
and Air National Guard tactical
squadrons.
Army Reserve units here in
clude infantry groups and
Signal Corps, intelligence. civil
affairs, artillery and transpor-
tation units.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
TRIGGER MEMORY
Dealer Recalls People
By Cars They Bought

over another car firm on Bla-
densburg road NE.
Then followed a series of
transactions in which he closed
his first lot, sold the second,
land opened Ross Discount Mo-
tors at Tenth street and New
York avenue NV.
The latter firm brought Mr..
Rosenberg his most lucrative
income. He reports he made
as much as $4,000 in a year.
In 1857, he bought a home at
10400 Lorain avenue. Silver
Spring. He says he paid $4,000
for it.
Went to Home Town
When Mr.. Rosenberg was
denied his license in 1859 by the
Department of Licenses and In
spections, he went back to his
home town to work.
He bought a new Rambler
car agency in partnership with
an uncle and commuted be-
tween here and Baltimore fol-
IA months.
| Mr.. Rosenberg said he de-
tcided to apply again for a
license in the District because
committing got the better of
me. I felt I could do it no
longer"
He said he has put his house
up for sale because he is now
in difficult financial straits. u
Mr.. Rosenberg and his wife
Vicky have adopted three chill
dren: Two boys. Eddie, 6, and
Jan. 5, and a girl, Debbie, 8.
They're making him sound
like a horrible gangster, Mrs
Rosenberg said. Hes a woE-
Iderful husband and father"
Evening star., 1961-07-27
TRIGGER MEMORY

Ross Rosenberg is a man who
remembers people by the cars
they buy, not by their names.
During testimony yesterday
before a District appeals board
hearing his request for a new
car dealers license, Mr.. Rosen-
berg was asked questions about
witnesses who had testified
earlier about his old firm, Ross
Discount Motors.
He could not recall the names
of witnesses. He asked his at
torney, What kind of car did
they buy?" He was told the car
model.
He then recalled details i'm
mediately.
It was at this same hearing
that Mr.. Rosenberg accused a
District official of taking bribes
Native of Baltimore
Mr.. Rosenberg, 80, is swarthy
quick, alert and personable. A
native of Baltimore, he quit
school after the 10th grade ano
Joined the Navy. He took a jot
as cab driver after his dis
charge in 1947.
Attracted to the used cal
business, he got a job selling
cars in Baltimore. For foul
years, he reported, he saved his
earnings and lived conserva.
lively"
With his savings bankroll he
came to Washington anc
opened a used car lot at 31G
New York avenue. operating as
Bill Ross, Inc" He moved the
business two years later to the
7400 block of Georgia avenue
NV. The same year, he tool
Evening star., 1961-07-27

He attended Eliot Junior High
and Eastern High, but quit
school at Is.
Some one had to support
the family" he said. MY
father was very sick"
Fought With Marines
He went to work as an elec-
tricians helper. Two years
later he Joined the Marine
Corps and fought with the 1st
Marine Division in the Pacific
during World War II.
After his discharge in 1946
Mr.. Cardano, who is a stocky
5 foot 7. passed an entrance
examination at Catholic Uni
versity. He studied business
economics under the CT bill
and was graduated in 1850.
Two years earlier, he had
married the former Mary
Grifone, a friend of the Car
dano family. They have three
children-two girls, II and 4
and a son, 7.
Mr.. Cardano worked as an
accountant in private business
after he left college until
1855. Then he joined the
Licenses and Inspections De-
partment and worked as an in
veStigator in housing violations
and complaints against money
lenders" He was put to work
on complaints against automo-
bile dealers in 1858.
Six years ago, about the
time he went to work for the
District, he bought a $14,10C
home at 1909 Quebec street
Langley Park, Md. Since that
time he also has held down 6
part-time job as a bookkeepel
lat a Maryland Catholic insti-
tuition. to supplement his
$7,500-a-year income from the
District.
When I got home last
night" Mr.. Cardano said, my
wife asked me: If took the
money from Mr.. Rosenberg
where did it go?"
Evening star., 1961-07-27

filed your application here,
were you willing then to give
him anything further?
A. I was not. 1 couldn't af-
ford it, and I told him on the
phone that I could not afford
any money. I told the person
who called me that I couldn't
afford any money
@. Well, you can't go into
conversation you had with
someone else.
Sales Contract Offered
The car sales contract in
troduced as evidence by Mr..
Bonner indicated that Mr.. Car
dona on September II, 1856,
had purchased a 1853 Plym-
outh for 5000.
The contact noted a cash
down payment of $18 and fixed
the finance charges at the same
figure. The document pro-
vided that the 5000 was to be
paid in 10 installments of $50
a month.
No charges were noted on
the contract for insurance, reg
istration or tag fees.
Mr.. Cardano had told The
Star previously that he bought
the 1858 Plymouth shortly after
he went to work for the De-
partment of Licenses and In
spectionS in 1855.
He said it was financed
through United Securities, but
that he did not recall the spe-
cific financing arrangements
Mr.. Cardano said that at the
time he bought the car he was
not checking on automobile op-
erationS for the Department OF
Licenses and Inspections.
Car Called a Lemon"
II was green as to what was
going on in this town." said
Mr.. Cardano. THAT car turned
out to be a lemon. It fell apart
on me after I spent more
on it than I had spent on any
thing in my life.
II learned my lesson the
hard way. That's why when q
lot of people came in to COM
plain I knew what they were
complaining about"
Evening star., 1961-07-27
THERE IS POLARIS,

THERE IS POLARIS,
which can be fired from be-
meath the sea.
at don't believe we will be
able to get a Saturn in here"
Mr.. Hopkins said. Il saw it
recently at Redstone. 1t is
too big. 1t is more than eight
feet in diameter and it has
eight Jupiters clustered
around it. l understand that
it is to be fired in 1862"
He gave the Rambler a
copy of the Satellite Situa-
;tion Report" issued by the
Goddard Space Flight Center
of NASA National Aeronaut-
les and Space Administration
at Greenbelt, Md.
There are So satellites in
orbit of which five are Rus
sian, the rest American.
Eight of them, all American,
are sending signals to the
earth.
There's a lot more up
there. The castings of the last
stages of the rockets are fol-
lowing their satellites around
the world every hour and 40
minutes or so as the earth
makes it's daily revolution
within the satellites plane.
E(The center of the earth is
the center of the plane OF
every orbit.)
The report notes that 40
.metal objects have been
identified in the plane of the
sNavy's Transit 4-A shot, the
striple satellites that did not
Separate. That doesn't sound
very tidy. But it's nothing to
very about. There's a lot OF
roomh'p there.
Evening star., 1961-07-27

for urban renewal, described the
step "aS a milestone" in urban
renewal activities here.
Until now," he said, I'VE
have been attacking urban re-
newal on a piecemeal basis.
This program calls for a city,
wide survey which will provide
a framework for all of our fu-
ture urban renewal activities"
Cost to Be Divided
The Federal Government will
pay two-thirdS of the cost of
this program. The Districts
one-third share would amount
to $213,333.
In addition to developing a
long-range plan for urban re-,
newal here, the program would
estimate the total need for
urban renewal action and re-
late this to the financial re-
sources available to the COM
munity.
While the Commissioners
approved the recommendation
of Col. Fullerton that they
apply for the community re-
newal grant, they deferred
action on a proposal that the
assistant engineer commits
Sioner for urban renewal be
made responsible Tor the pro-
gram.
Action on this recommended
ton was delayed after William
Finley, National Capital Plan
ming Commission executive di-
rector. said that several of the
governmental agencies that
would be affected had doubts
about the wisdom of attempt
ing to center responsibility for
the program in the hands of
one man.
In another action affecting
urban renewal, the Commis-
sioners approved leasing the
Evening star., 1961-07-27
The
Rambler
& Visits
Rocket Row
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

From time to time his local
wanderings have taken the
Rambler along independence
avenue S.W. behind the
Smithsonian buildings.
On sunny days there is al
ways a convocation of ice
cream push carts and a
crowd of children and par
entS around them.
Had he been walking he
would h ave stopped and
found what it was all about.
But he has been getting
around of late in taxiS and
you just don't ask a taxi
driver to stop because you
are curious as to why the
crowd.
The other day he had oc-
caSion to see a man at the
Smithsonian and the taxi
driver let him out behind the
Arts and Sciences building.
AS there is no rear entrance
he had to walk around.
No wonder there is always
a crowd. This is rocket row.
There between the old octa-
gonal brick building and the
National Air Museum which
is in the World War I equiv
alent of a QuonSet hut, stand
the rockets, just as though
on the launching pads at
Cape Canaveral.
More than a million peo-
pie a year see them. 1t is one
of the top tourist attractions
of the town.
The Rambler just doesn't
know what's going on.
So he called on Philip S..
Hopkins, director of the air
museum.
Evening star., 1961-07-27

1--WE MAY HAVE to change
our name" said Mr.. Hopkins.
people seem to be more in
terested in space than in air.
Come on out with me and
I'll tell you what I know
about these rockets.
1--WE put our first rocket,
a Vanguard, indoors. But
people didn't have a chance
to see it with all the early
airplaneS hanging from the
ceiling.
Now they are really on
view.
Our big Atlas, the one
that can launch an inter
continental balIistic missile,
is photographed almost as
much as the Washington
Monument.
parents like to picture it
with their children grouped
around the base.)
This is the rocket that will
be used to put a man in orbit.
People are always asking
us are they loaded.
THE answer is NO.
Another question is If we
are so short of rockets, how
can we afford to have these
here?'
1.-The answer is that these
are working models. They
are the same size and of the
same materials as the actual
rockets but they never were
intended to be loaded with a
propulsion charge or a war
head"
There stands Vanguard, a
long, slender needle, the $50
phisticated rocket" as Wer-
ner Won Braun called it
the. rocket that was such a
n a ii on al disappointment.
Eleven of them were fired,
three successfully.
And there stands Jupiter,
the rocket designed by Won
Braun at the Army'S arsenal
at Redstone, Ala, which put
Explorer I, our first satellite,
into orbit.
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Commissioners
Okoy Application
ForRenewoIGro
Launch Program to Draw Up
Lone-Ronee City-Wide Policy

The District Commissioners took vital today
$640000 to draw longrange cywide policy
urban renewal
The Commissioners approved application Housing
and Home Finance Agency for grant to begin the
munity renewal program.
Thomas Fullerton assistant engneer commissioner
Evening star., 1961-07-27
ROSENBERG
Cordono Denies He Ever Accepted
$1O0 or 2 Bicycles for Children
Continued From First Page

OOlItlHuCu EEOIH HISO dBC
of Nationwide Motor Sales, un-
til today to post $40 each on
two charges of improper issu-
ance of temporary auto license
tags.
One case, Mr.. King said, in
volved issuance of paper tags
on June % for a 1861 Corvette
convertible to John L. McMil-
Ian, jr., son of Representative
Mcmillan.
Mr.. King said that Mr.. Pap
pas stated that a salesman had
mistakenly given the Mcmillan
youth a temporary tag rather
than a dealers tag.
Mr.. Rosenberg, who is a part
time salesman for Nationwide,
has denied that he played any
role in Nationwide'S action in
allowing the CongresSman's son
to drive the Corvette for several
days.
Rosenberg Appeals Decision
At the public hearing held by
the Board of Appeals and Re-
view Committee, Mr.. Rosenberg
was appealing the denial of a
license which would permit him
to operate a new firm, Star
Motors Inc, at 1900 K street
NV. The denial was based
upon 18 complaints by custom
ers against Mr.. RoSenberg'S
business methods here as Ross
Discount Motors in 1859.
Mr.. Rosenberg went into the
car business in Baltimore last
January but the strain of COM
muting from his Silver Spring
home was too much for him.
"I came back to Washington
and got a $4,000 bond to certify
to my trustworthiness," NJ.
Rosenberg said. II negotiated
to buy the used car lot at 1900
K street."
He said that before he bought
the car lot he called Mr.. Car
dano to ask if he would have
any trouble in getting a used
car dealers license here again.
Mr.. Rosenberg said that Mr..
Cardano told him that "as far
as I am concerned, you are
clean as a pin"
Bribe Suggestion Reported
However, Mr.. Rosenberg has
said that it was shortly after
this that someone else warned
him that he could only get a
license if he were willing to pay
a bribe. Mr.. Rosenberg has
refused to identify the person
who told him this.
During the hearing Mr..
Rosenberg stated that when he
had a license here Mr.. Cardano
had told him that it was not
necessary to list registration,
excise tax and plate charges on
sale contracts. Failure to list
such charges is one of the
complaints that has been made
against Mr.. Rosenberg.
Mr.. Rosenberg displayed the
contract for a car Mr.. Cardano
bought from Bob Wilson Motors
on which he said such charges
were not filled in.
The contract was submitted
as part of the hearing record by
John T. Bonner, attorney for
Mr.. Rosenberg.
Mr.. Bonner led up to his
questioning of Mr.. Rosenberg
on his relationship with Mr..
Cardano by saying that he in
tended to make a record show
ing that the denial of MIR.
Rosenberg's license was based
not on truth. honor and justice,
but was arbitrary and capri
ciouS. ="
Statement Of Attorney
Stating that Mr.. Rosenberg
was denied a license on the
recommendation of Mr.. Car
Evening star., 1961-07-27
Statement Of Attorney

:
Stating that Mr.. Rosenberg
was denied a license on the
recommendation of Mr.. Car
dano, Mr.. Bonner said:
Nov, I am going to proffer
. testimony to you that Mr.. Car
dano was motivated by a desire
other than justice, and I'm
/ going to proffer testimony to
you that Mr.. Cardano had in
the past solicited and received
articles of value, including
money, from this man.
THAT when he applied, he
received word from this source
about which he is to tell you
and if you will permit him.
that a further payment OF
money would ensure a license,
that he told the person in no
uncertain terms that he would
not do it. and then it was that
Mr.. Cardano's recommendation
came out as l say based not on
truth and honor and Justice,
but arbitrary and capricious.
and think that is the funda-
mental thing which I have to
show you that his judgment
was arbitrary and capri
ciouS. :"
Mr.. Bonner then proceeded
to question Mr.. Rosenberg
after the objections of Louis
Robbins, assistant corporation
counsel, were overruled.
Question of Solicitation
Mr.. Bonner: Did you al
any time-were you solicited
and did you give anything OF
value, including money, to
Conrad Cardano?"
Mr.. Rosenberg: Eyes, I did
@. Do you know how much
money you gave him?
A. I can't remember exactly
how much money it was. ]
know it was more than one
occasion.
@. Was it a substantial
amount of money?
A. It was over hundred
dollars.
@. Did you give him any
other gifts or pay for any Other
gifts for him?
A. I paid for two bicycle!
for Mr.. Cardano's children.
@. Now, at the, time yol
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1961-10-20
Tiger
Tales
By Betty Gill

It should be known that the
victory of the Yellowjackets
was not due to lack of school
spirit on the part of the Tigers.
They wereWell backed Satur-
day night by cheerleaders, Tig-
erettes, b a n d members and
students.
Homecoming is the next
event at MPHS. Dark haired,
dark eyed Diane Delmas, dau-
ghter of the Donavan Gautiers,
is our cute queen for 81.
Court members are KathY
Jones. senior maid. Sheila
Grierson. junior maid. Brenda
Grierson. sophomore maid. and
Sina Jane Breland. freshman
maid.
The Nurses Club met Thurs
day to elect a reporter and
program chairman for the COM
ing session. They are Diane
Delmas and Linda Smith.
The monitorial system seems
to be working out nicely-at
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1961-10-20
Demonstration marks first session
of first aid course for civil defense

Opening session of a first
aid course for civil defense in
structors was held Tuesday
night with Mrs. James Carson,
County Red Cross worker, CIV
ing a demonstration.
School PTA presidents and
two representatives from local
churches attended the session
to receive lessons on becoming
civil defense instructors.
The next class will begin
Oct. "a at the Red Cross chap
ter house on Kenney Street
Twenty members is the limit
for each course.
Attending Tuesdays session
were MeSdames John Gatlin,
M. B. Dalton, L. c. Earhart,
Spurgeon ]. Lachaussee, Rob-
ert Thompson, w. A. Green,