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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04
Private Tour Of the Presidents Office

basement and brought to the executive office, would
interest any seafaring 1t made from the tim
bers of England's Inns. Resolute when that ship
dismantled after long and rich history The desk
presented by Queen Victoria to the President and
people of the United States in 1873 and used by
Rutherford B. Hayes and several other Chief
Executives.
Though Mr. Kennedys desk is relatively
cuttered, ii bears such unusual items large Eng
lishmade comb for the famous Presidential hair and
the coconut shell used by the then 1t Kennedy to send
message calling for help when his PIT boat sunk.
The shell is set in glass and paperweight.
swift reader and close student of current affairs,
Mr. Kennedy keeps abundant supply of newspapers
SDAY THE STAR MAGAZINE. WASHINGTON D c., JUNE T..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04

and magazines a table close to his desk Bookcases
are also close at hand. Several handsomely bound vol
umes of his own writings stand on the desk between
bookends fashioned like miniature l2-pOunder can
mons, gift ofthe All clubs Several other items of decor
are also gifts like the two silver lamps repcas Of the
tin lanterns of Revolutionary if by land two if by
sea" fame presented by the White House Correspond
ents' Association.
On the other side of the circular room, near the
fireplace, is an informal conversation with two
sofas and the nowfamed Presidential rocking chair.
When Mr. Kennedy is away from the office, traffic
is quite heavy as Congressman and other officials
seize the opportunity to show the to important
visitors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-06-04

wv HEN a new President of the United States takes
w office it isn't long before the actual office takes
on the stamp of the man. Within few days after the
inauguration, anyone visiting the White House execu-
tive suite could something of the personality of
its occupant Mr. Kennedys enthusiasm for mechanical
gadgets is evidenced by the special pushbuton tele
phone the tape recorder at arms reach and the con-
sole containing radio and television equipment His
equally strong love of the in several model
ships including miniature of the PIT boat he COM
handed in World War II, paintings of historic naval
battles, a carved whale tooth and other nautical
mementoS on his desk.
The Presidents desk ITSELF massive, richly carved
piece discovered by Mrs Kennedy in the White House
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Study Set
On Bunninq
Youth Court

Proposed legislation to abol-
ish the Districts Juvenile Court
will be studied by a subcom-
mittee appointed yesterday by
Robert C. Simmons, prerisent
Of the Citizens Crime Commits
sion of Metropolitan Washing
ton.
The legislation, drafted by
the House District Committee
would do away with Juvenile
Court as a separate entity and
give Municipal Court the juris-
diction over cases involving
young people. The bill has
been criticized as a backward
move which would bring youth
full offenders before courts
used to hearing cases concern.
ing adult criminals.
At yesterdays meeting, the
directors Of the crime commits
sion appointed Mrs. Sally Or.
rison to supervise a systematic
three-month study of the in.
crease of crime in the District
Mrs. Orrison, a former com
mission staff member, is CHIEF
of the research section, train
ing division, of the Interna-
tional Association of Chiefs o.
Police.
Mrs. Orrison will take a
three-month leave of absenc'
from the association If fund
for the crime study are ap'
proved in the fiscal 1862 Dis.
trict budget.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Mental Patients Riqhts
PeriIed , Senators old

cation of the drivers licenses
of psychotics in New York and
Pennsylvania, deprivation of
rights to make wills after dag
noses of mental incompetency
in nearly all States; and the
loss of the right of persons ad-
mitted to some mental hospi-
tails to maintain their mar
riageS.
DR.. Goshen recommended
that judges in all cases make
an assessment of defendants
mental states. This was similar
to a law change suggested by
Subcommittee Chairman Erwin,
Democrat of North Carolina.
He said judges in all cases in
which an insanity defense had
been sustained should have dis
cretion to inquire into the men
tai state of a defendant before
commitment.
DR.. Goshen also urged that
mental hospitals be required to
separate their security and
medical StaffS.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
TEACHER ON TRIAL
Padding Of Student
Is Called Improper

seventh-grade class at Kramer,
Seventeenth and @ streets Sc,
and warned the youngsters three
times to stay away from the
machinery. One other time, he
said, he had told him to stop
running in and out Of the class
room doors.
He said that, after the third
admonition, he had John bend
over and he touched" him
seven or eight times with the
paddle, warning him he would
get swat" If he played with
the machines again.
Fifteen or 20 minutes later,
Mr.. Mosley continued, John
began playing again.
Calls Boy "MischievOus"
I had committed myself to
strike him." Mr.. Mosley said.
Il struck him one time only
because Of the fact I was con-
cerned he would injure him
self or another boy in his
class" he said. Mr.. Mosley
said he had no i'll will against
young Carson. that he has a
son about that age. But he
testified the boy is "mischie-
vous." He said, I've never
had a youngster defy me quite
as bad as he"
District school regulations do
not allow corporal punishment,
Mr.. Sickle said.
Mr.. Mosley. Of the 500 block
Of U street NV, has taught
at Kramer since last Septem-
ber.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
StoIzenbuch
Is Confirmed
For Transit Post

The Senate today unani-
mously confirmed President
Kennedy's nomination of c.
Darwin Stolzenbach to be ad-
ministrator of the National
Capital Transportation Agency.
AS administrator, he serves
no fixed term but may be re-
moved at the pleasure Of the
President. The position carries
a $4,000 annual salary.
Mr.. Stolzenbach has been or
ganizing the agency pending his
confirmation. Yesterday he
urged a Senate Appropriations
subcommittee to grant the ad-
miniStration's request for $780,
900 for the year beginning
July l. The agency budget was
cut back by one-third in the
House.
The White House has yet to
announce the nomination OF
an assistant administrator, to
be paid $18,500 annually.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
J.J.GuntherNomi
For RIA Board Vacancy

President Kennedy today
nominated John Joseph Gun
ther as a member of the District
of Columbia Redevelopment
Land Agency.
Mr.. Gunther, IS, is general
counsel Of the United States
Conference Of Mayors. On the
Redevelopment Land Agency
he will succeed Andrew Parker,
who resigned in March.
Mr.. Gunther has been gen.
eral counsel of the United States
Conference of Mayors since
1858. In addition he also has
been executive director and
counsel of the Gas Consumers
Information Service.
A native of Leavenworth,
Kans., Mr.. Gunther attended
the University of Notre Dame,
the University of Kansas,
National Institute Of Public
Affairs and George Washington
University. During World War
II he served in the Army Air
Corps.
Evening star., 1961-05-04

about 500 loW-lncome families
are on the waiting list to oc-
cupy the buildings which would
adjoin 65 units completed in
1858.
This week, however, the prof.
ect Unexpectedly ran headlong
into the determined opposition
of more than $50 residents of
the area.
The group, petitioning the
authority to locate the project
elsewhere, charged that the
addition Of more low-income
housing would jeopardize prop
erty values in the neighborhood
which they feel is on the verge
Of rapid improvement.
Open to Both Races
The agency explained that
all 65 of its present units are
occupied by colored families
The entire housing project is
open to both races, although
the 125 new units also may be
occupied by Negroes, because
Of their need for low-cost
housing.
I'VE have waited for years
and years for sewer and water
lines in our neighborhood," de-
clared Mrs. Ethel M. Shelton
Of North Horners lane. Nov,
at last, the city is going to put
them in, and right away some
body else wants to ruin 1t with
public housing"
Mrs. Shelton, like many of
her neighborS, represent fami-
lies who have lived in Lincoln
Park on Rockville's northern
edge for several generations
Evening star., 1961-05-04

Most own their own homes,
modest but pleasant, and work
at jobs mostly in the middle
income range. Residents in
clude physicians, teachers and
Government workers.
Middle Class
Were middle class and
proud of it." Mrs. Shelton OBJ
served.
Other residents, among them
Louis Hicks of North Washing
ton street, say that stacking"
public housing in the commu-
nifty would create a ghettolike
atmosphere.
Mrs. Shelton says Lincoln
Park is dangerously close to
that now.
To members Of the housing
authority, these arguments are
distressing and disappointing.
Leslie Cole, chairman of the
organizations board Of commits
sioners, says "our one and only
interest is to improve the liv-
ing accommodations for the
people in Rockville. The reason
for our existence is to establish
and maintain low-cost dwelling
units which will improve living
conditions for many citizens of
Rockville"
1t would be economically un-
feasible, he added, to locate
the project anywhere else be-
cause maintenance and utility
costs would be doubled if the
developments were some dis
! tance apart.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Sports Stadium
To Be Fireproof

The District Commissioners
decided today that all sections
of the city'S sports stadium
will have to meet the new
municipal fire safety standards.
The question was whether to
spend an additional $135, 900 on
portable section, which will
be used for football games.
Plans for this section, seating
about 4,300, provided for deck
ing of impregnated plywood.
The city's new building code,
however, calls for aluminium
decking, to provide greater fire
safety.
The Commissioners decided
that, for Safety's sake, they had
no choice but to approve use
of aluminium.
Evening star., 1961-05-04

The Nations mental patients
are being deprived increasingly
of their constitutional rights by
laws and attitudes similar to
the Districts mandatory COM
mitment procedures, a Mary
land psychiatrist warned a
Senate subcommittee today.
A District law demands man.
datory confinement in st. EliZ-
abeths Hospital of defendants
acquitted by reason of insanity.
But st. Elizabeths is an un-
likely place" for rehabilitation
of such defendants, DR.. Charles
E. Goshen. director of commu-
nifty psychiatric services for
Maryland, testified.
Burden for Doctors
Committed persons generally
are confined in security units
They become charges of physi-
clans who must assume dual
and inevitably conflicting roles
of jailers and therapists, DR.
Goshen told the Constitutional
Rights Subcommittee.
This kind of disposition
"sabotages the intent" of the
commitment law which, he
said, clearly was to provide a
means by which defendants
could be given psychiatric treat
ment to restore them to society
Further, he said, the manda-
tory aspect of District commit
ment deprives such patients OF
their right to choose other and
better means of treatment.
Attitudes DeplOred
Other examples of widespread
attitudes attaching a stigma to
persons with mental disorders
were cited by DR.. Goshen as:
Denial of flying rights to
pilots suffering from psychiat-
ric problems, automatic revo-
Evening star., 1961-05-04

Assistant United States At
torney w. Frank Sickle, jr.,
argued today that a metal shop
teachers padding Of a pupil
was not a proper chastise-
ment Of a student by his
teacher"
He made the point in his
final arguments before a jury
in the trial Of Ira Mosley on a
charge Of simple assault in
hitting John Carson. jr., 13 at
Kramer Junior High School on
March !.
Mr.. Sickle said the teacher
took 1t upon himself to be
Judge. jury and executioner of
discipline" instead of going to
school authorities or to the
youths father.
IF we condone this type of
conduct, we're going back to
the Dark Ages" Mr.. StickleS
said. He said Mr.. Mosley's case
has "far-reaching implications
in student-teacher relationships
in the District.
Act Is Defended
Mr.. Mosley's attorney, Henry
Lincoln johnson, argued that
the schoolteacher properly dis
ciplined the youth. who he said
had refused to stop playing
with shop machinery, to keep
him from harming himself.
"A schoolteacher has the au-
thority to administer discipline
to pupils in his control" Mr.
johnson said. He said the
question in the case boiled
down to whether Mr.. Mosley
used excessive force. He said
the teacher did not.
The youths breach of con-
duct" made it necessary for
the teacher to do what he did
the attorney said.
II don't think we should en-
courage juveniles by saying
oh yes, you can do anything
you want in District schools, -
he said.
Yesterday, young Carson, OF
the 1900 block Of Twenty
eighth place Sc, testified that
Mr.. Mosley hit him 16 times
with a thick wooded paddle
after telling him to stop play
ing with the machines.
Boy Demonstrated
The boy stepped down from
the witness stand and BEN
over, holding his ankles, tt
show the jury the position HI
took when Mr.. Mosley hit him
Mr.. Mosley, however, tolc
Judge Mildred E. Reeves: "I
struck him once. I intended
to sting him and I undoubted.
ly did"
The teacher said the inciden'
occurred after he stopped hi
Evening star., 1961-05-04
BARBARA DIRECTED the

BARBARA DIRECTED the
Rambler to the helicopter
exhibits. In the Sheraton
Room the staff was finishing
the tables for the United
States Chamber of Commerce
dinner. Fifteen hundred
places with white napkins,
cleaning china, shining sill
yer and fresh flowers.
On the stage the enter
tainers, william Tabbert and
Bonnie Murray were practic-
ing their duet over and over
again with Sidney's Orches-
ira. Their spot on the pro-
gram couldn't be more than
80 minutes and here they
were spending hours rehears-
ing it. They were singing
People Will Say We're In
Love-"
The helicopter exhibits
were downstairs. There is
Lee s. Johnson, general man
ager of Sikorsky. The new
thing in helicopters, he
learned, is a series Of Gen
eral Electric turbo-e engines.
IT would be delighted to
give you a demonstration,
he said. zone of our S61s
with two turbo-engines was
at National Airport. But it
has just taken off for Nor
folk"
Asked how much 1t cost,
Mr.. Johnson said, "$600,000."
Oh, well
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Woman Dies
In Northeast
House Blaze

An 88-year-old partially blind
District woman burned to
death today after staggering
to within three feet of her
would-be reScuers as fire
flashed through the living
room of her Northeast home.
The victim was identified as
Mrs. Annabele B. Wright Of
1917 Kendall street NE. She
was pronounced dead on ar
rival at D. C. General Hospital.
According to District Fire
Investigator Burton w. john
son. the blaze broke out shortly
before 10 am. in the living
room Of the two-Story frame
house. Inspector johnson said
preliminary investigation re-
vealed faulty wiring in the
room.
He said Mrs. Wright's body
was found on the floor Of the
front hallway, just three feet
from the doorway where two
neighbors had tried unsuccess-
fully to reach her.
The neighbors were identi-
fled as Julius Frederick, jr., l6.
whose mother. Mrs. Helen
Frederick, spotted the fire from
their second-story apartment
at 1916 Kendall street, and
Dennis B. Groomes, 46, a down.
stairs resident of the same
address.
Young Frederick ran down.
stairs to the Groomes apart
ment and told him the "the
lady across the street was on
fire" according to Inspector
johnson.
The two neighbors then ran
across the street. Both were
credited by the fire investigator
with kicking in the front door
Of the Wright house and at
tempting to rescue the woman.
Inspector johnson said Mr.
Groomes tried three times to
reach the screaming Mrs
Wright, but each time he was
driven out Of the door by heat
fand flames.
Mrs. Wright's grandson, DON
aid Wright, 25, a District
Board of Education engineer
told police he left the house
early today to go to work. He
said he warned his grandmother
not to do anything dangerous
and removed the burners from
the stove to prevent her from
cooking his usual evening meal
to insure her safety.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Meyers to Speak

William D. Meyers, associate
director for public affairs of
the Peace Corps, will address
the high school and college
section of the spring convention
of the Maryland Association of
Future Teachers of America.
The convention will be held
May 13 at Springbrook High
School in Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Teachers Coneqe
Praised in Report
Power to Direct
Education Here
Urged for School

Congress should consider
giving the District Board of
full power to deter
mine the direction of education
here, especially at the college
level, an evaluation report on
D. c. Teachers College recon-
mended today.
Such power would include
the authority to develop q
junior college program within
D. c. Teachers College and the
offering of graduate degrees
there without going to Congress
for approval.
The report, released today,
was prepared by an evaluation
committee of the Middle States
Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, whose reaf-
firmation of accreditation Of
the college was announced yes
terday by DR.. Carl F. Hansen,
superintendent of schools.
The association threatened
to will draw accreditation
three years ago but later
granted provisional accredita-
ton with the understanding
that the college would be re-
evaluated in 1861.
Report Notes Progress
The evaluating committees
report is complimentary to the
college. 1t notes marked prog
ress in virtually every area in
which the association formerly
expressed reservations, with the
exception of the physical plant.
Sub stantial improve
ment has been made in clari-
flying purposes, strengthening
the library, increasing appro-
priationS, broadening the gen.
eral education program, and in
the reduction of overlapping
courses" the report notes.
There is a whole new era
of good will and understanding
among the faculty, students,
administration, superintendent
of schools and board of educa-
ton which is definitely favor
able for the future expansion
and improvement of the COL
lege. The committee was
impressed with the growing
pride which everyone seems to
be taking in the achievements
of the institution and its fu-
ture."
Another recommendation Of
the committee urges Congress
officially to delegate to the
board fiscal authority COM
mensurate with its educational
responsibilities. Certainly the
Board of Education should
have the authority to determine
fees"
Impressed by Breadth"
The report recommends that
the board study the need for
expanding the program to train
high school teachers, "espe-
cially in those areas where the
shortage is becoming serious"
1t finds the breadth and
depth" of liberal studies at the
college so impressive the college
is urged to publicize them more
adequately.
1t notes that the quality of
the student body, although not
as high as one might wish, has
been substantially improved
during the past two years"
1t also praises more precise
and higher admissions require
ments."
Evening star., 1961-05-04
The
Rambler
Recites
Portuguese Sonnet
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

About 80 years ago a Ger
man playwright named Vicki
Baum scored a big hit with a
drama entitled Grand
Hotel"
This grand hotel was in
Berlin. It was a very inter-
esting menage with counts,
baronS Of the decaying aris-
tocracy walking around In
the lobby, some almost pen
nileSS but all treated with
great respect.
But it was probably no
more interesting than one Of
our Washington grand hotels
in full swing.
The Rambler went out to
the Sheraton Park yesterday
to find what's new in hell
copters. The American He'll
copter Society is meeting
there.
First he sought out Bar
bara Norton, the hotel public
relations person. Barbara,
who is both wide-eyed and
blue-eyed, is a very attrac-
tive young woman.
He found her all excited.
do you know who has just
been here?" she asked as
though she still found it hard
to believe.
That would be a difficult
guess. The walls of her office
are covered with framed
photographs of Barbara Nor
ton with Arthur Godfrey and
Barbara Norton with Peter
Lawford. There was even a
picture of Barbara Norton
with Kennedy-the PreSi-
dent, that is. She looked
good in all of them. She is
very photogenic.
"Fostini," she said, "the
man who reads the love let
ters of famous persons and
love verses by great poets"
Evening star., 1961-05-04
Negro Slated
For District
Legal Post

In a move to give Washing
ton Negroes more confidence"
in local law enforcement, a
Negro will probably be named
a top aide in the United States
Attorneys office here.
Administration sources said
this move also would be in line
with President Kennedy's anti
discrimination policies in Gov
ernment hiring.
The move also is being taken,
they indicated, with an eye on
the presidential elections of
1864 when WashingtonianS will
be able to exercise their newly
won right to vote for a PreSi-
dent for the first time.
Until the decision recently
was made to appoint a Negro to
head one of the four divisions
Of the United States Attorneys
office here. Negroes have served
only as assistants within those
divisions. Four Negroes now
hold such jobs.
1864 Voting Eyed
1t is felt by administration
sources that the way Negroes
here vote in the 1864 election
and their attitude toward the
Kennedy administration will be
based largely on what they
think Of the United States
Attorneys office. since that Of
flee has close contact with many
Negro defendants in handling
criminal cases.
The appointment decision
also fits in with the announced
decision Of District Commits
Sioner Walter j. Tobriner tc
investigate complaints that DO
lice here have been guilty OF
roughing up Negroes without
justification when making
arrests.
One source said it is fell
that having a Negro as a tor
aide in the United States At
torney's Office would be a way
Of giving confidence in that
Offices interest in Negro prob
lens"
Although no final assurance
has been given that any spe-
cific Negro lawyer is slated fol
the job. Charles Duncan, son oi
Negro Singer Todd Duncan, i.
reportedly the leading candi.
date.
Backed in January
Mr.. Duncan, former partner
with recently appointed Presi.
dental Aide Frank D. Reeve:
in a District law firm, was be.
ing backed for the job as prin.
clpal assistant in the proSecu.
tors office here as long ago a:
last January.
At that time the Districts
Democratic Central Committee
was seeking agreement from
candidates for the top prose
cutor's job that they would ac-
cept Mr.. Duncan as a condition
Of committee backing.
1t is understood that any Ne
gro who becomes a top aide
in the prosecutors office here
probably will be assigned ini-
TALLY as chief of one of the
four divisions, then later move
up to the principal assistant
ship.
Harmon Promoted
Yesterday it was announced
that Joseph M. Harmon, ar
Assistant United States attor.
ney here since June, 1855, ha.
been promoted to head the civi
division of the United State!
attorneys office.
Mr.. Harmon, AZ, is a native
Of Boston and was graduated
from Catholic University il
1851 with a law degree. An All
Force veteran of World Wa
II, he received the Silver Stal
for bringing his crippled BIZ
bomber back to an Italian bast
after a bombing raid over Aus.
tria in May. 1914.
He has served in the Munic.
ipal Court, the grand jury anc
criminal division of the United
States attorneys office before
being transferred to the civil
division two years ago.