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Evening star., 1961-01-23
GiIseyHeods Gifts Unit
For Orchestra Drive

Peter Ladd Gilsey. invest
ment counselor. will head the
special gifts division in the
National Symphony Orchestra s
1861 Sustaining Fund Cam
paign for $3.50. 900. campaign
chairman David Ginsburg an
nounced today.
The special gifts division al
ready Is at work on o $135, 900
quota.
The chairman Of the Busi-
ness committee. which will
have q quota Of SIS. 900. has
not yet been announced.
The residential unit, with a
quota Of $74.000, will kick off
February 20 ana continue
through March 81.
Mrs. Samuel z. Carpenter
Of Mclean, Va, will serve as
residential chairman.
Assistants Named
Assisting her will be the fol-
lowing area chairman: District,
Mrs. John D. Walker: Mont
gomery County, Mrs. Keith M.
Pyburn. Sum mner: Prince
Georges County: Mrs. Har-
rison E. Houghton, Hyattsville;
Virginia. Mrs. Harry j. Chen
mock, Falls Church.
Mrs. Christopher T. Bever,
Of Chevy Chase, Md, the Asso-
Citations Chairman. already has
Evening star., 1961-01-23

launched. q drive to raise $10,.
900 through clubs and other
organizations.
Schools chairmen, with o
total goal Of $4,000. are:
Colleges and Universities,
Mrs. Mircea Carp Of Great
Falls; Private Schools, Mrs.
Robert w. Oliver Of Washing
ton: Public Schools. Miss Helen
Stohlman Of Washington: and
Parochial Schools, Mrs. Joseph
M. Feliciano. Of Kensington.
Md.
LuncheOns Planned
The Sustaining Fund Com
mittee will hold four luncheons
during the campaign.
Mrs. william T. Williamson
Of Arlington is in charge of ar
rangements for the luncheons.
Mrs. Frederick B. Lee of Nc
Lean, is in charge Of the pro-
grams.
At a meeting Of campaign
workers, DR.. Howard Mitchell
symphony director, noted the
National Symphony meets al,
most 10 per cent Of its operat-
ing expenses with earnings.
This Is a higher percentage
than most other major SYM
phony orchestra. The Sustain
ing Fund provides money for
symphony expenses not met by
ticket sales and other income.
Evening star., 1961-01-23

The charred bodies removed
from the burned-out interior
Of the cinder-block and frame
home during the early morning
darkness were identified as:
Bernard Green, the uncle of
the children; Aaron Green, 6
and his brothers and sisters,
Joeline. S; Yvett, 4; Winifred.
g., Maryland. 2. and Donald, 9
months: and Regina Wright,
10, half-sister Of the Green
children.
The Wright girls brother,
Lawrence Wright, IL, jumped
into the 10-degree darkness
and was taken to Annapolis
General Hospital suffering
smoke inhalation and minor
cuts.
Roslyn Green. 8. was the
youngster who was away,
spending the night with an
aunt.
In Anne Arundel
The children's parents,
Dolores and Ernest Green, were
with relatives q few miles north
Of their home at the time. The
Evening star., 1961-01-23

Wright children were identified
by police as children Of Mrs.
Green by a previous marriage.
The Green home is located
on a winding gravel road near
this suburban community mid
way between Annapolis and
Baltimore In Anne Arundel
County.
Harry w. Klasmeier, chief Of
the Anne Arundel fire preven-
ton bureau. called the blaze
the worst dwelling fire in the
county's history.
Firemen from eight county
volunteer departments which
responded to the alarm said
the house was "a flaming in
ferno" by the time they arrived.
Police said all the victims
were on the second floor Of the
house when the fire broke out.
The floor Of one bedroom col
lapsed and dropped three Of
the victims to the ground floor,
officers said.
The parents also were taken
to the hospital. where they
were treated for shock.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Teacher Pay
Figures Held
Misleading

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. % (AP).-
Maryland teachers are prepared
for any one who may use q
recent report by the National
Education Association to OPP
pose the teachers pay raise
proposals.
The NEA report places Mary
land 11th among the so States
in the average salary paid to
teachers, estimating 1t at $3.50
q year.
But Nilsson C. Raver, execu-
tive secretary Of the Maryland
State Teachers Association,
said Saturday the report is mis-
leading because about rs per
cent OF the States teachers are
Concentrated in Baltimore and
Washington Metropolitan n
Areas.
He said salaries in these
areas are higher than those in
rural areas. but still are made
quate for urban areas.
This situation distorts the
average salary picture for
Maryland" Mr.. Raver said.
The teachers are seeking q
salary scale Of from $4,000 to
$4,000 from the General As
sembly. q program which would
cost about. $13 million. Gov.
Tawes has Endorsed a much
more limited aid-to-education
proposal.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Seven Children and Man Die
As Fire Sweeps Maryland Home

PASADENA, Md, Jan. %
(AP) midnight fire which
exploded through a two-story
rural home took the lives of
seven children and their 33-
year.old uncle today.
Another youngster who
jumped from an upper window
into foot-deep snow outside
was saved.
Heat from the blaze, which
apparently spread from an oil
furnace, was so intense that
firemen could not recover the
bodies Of the victims for more
than an hour after the flames
had been controlled.
Bodies Identified
The parents of the children
were visiting relatives at the
time. helping with funeral ar
rangements for the grand
mother of the family's father.
Another of their children was
visiting an aunt for the night
and was spared.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Forest. Heights Plans
Sister City Program

Forest Heights, Md, and the
Philippine town Of Villaviciosa
will inaugurate sister city pro-
grams next Monday in cere-
monies half a world apart.
Forest Heights and Villa
viciosa, in Northern Luzon, re-
ceently adopted each other as
sister cities. Each has a pop
ulation of about $500. They
are the first cities in the two
countries to so affiliate.
AS o symbol Of their friend
illness the people of Forest
Heights will present their sis
ter city with the key to Forest
Heibhts.
Mayor Clifford Armhold will
make the presentation. Mauro
Calingo. Philippine minister
plenipotentiary. will accept on
behalf of Villaviciosa. James H.
Mcfarland, jr.. director Of
Evening star., 1961-01-23
MARYLAND BRIEFS
School Bus
Policy Shift
ToBeAsked

A group Of Montg o m er y
County parents. seeking school
bus transportation for their
areas. will appear before the
county School Board tomorrow
night to urge q change Of coun-
ty policy.
The group representing par
ents in the Northwood. Forest
Knolls. Kemp Mill Estates and
Wheaton Forest areas Of Silver
Spring want the county to re.
duce the limit required for bus
transportation from two miles
to one mile.
They have the backing Of the
Sligo Junior High School Par
ent-Teacher Association and
the Allied Civic Group.
A school staff presentation
on transportation policies and
costs is scheduled for $40 pm,
followed by opportunity for
public comment. q school board
spokesman announced.
Tomorrow nights meeting at
the boards office in Rockville
is q prelude to the public hear
ing on the budget at 8 pm.
Wednesday at Richard Mont
gomery High School, Rockville.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
INFORMING RESIDENTS
) Newsletters Issued
By Nearby Towns

in Prince Georges began Cir
culating in 1851 in Forest
Heights. It now is hand-deliv-
cred to about 1000 homes,
Described as an absolute
necessity" by Mayor Clifford
Armhold. the letter also con-
tains news of community
groups such as Boy and Girl
Scouts and the homemakers
club.
1T takes me q week Of eve
nings to prepare the material
for submission to the printer,
Mr.. ArmhoA said.
I'VE take q few ads to help
defray costs but our main in
terest Is getting the news to
the public" he said.
Cheverly Mayor Laurence N.
Woodworth testifies to the
thorough leadership Of his
newsletter by citing O notice
about q special collection Of
Christmas trees on q Thursday.
Residents got the newsletter
on Wednesday and the next
day 800 trees were put out for
pickup" he said.
Delivered BY Employees
Mayor Charles r. Davis of
College Park said he doesn't t
think the town could afford
to discontinue the newsletter
even If 1t wanted to. Published
about every three months,
copies are delivered to homes
by city employees.
Mayor Warren ]. Vinton of
Somerset said his monthly
letter Is mailed both to resi-
dents and nonresident prop
erty owners.
The town commissioners in
District Heights have been
using the newsletter Of the local
citizens association. In Wash
ington Grove the Women's
Club newsletter carries ac-
counts Of council meetings and
dates Of future events.
Other towns with newsletters
ARE Rockville and Takoma Park.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Dean Is Honored

BALTIMORE, Jan. % (AP).
DIR. Noel E. Foss. dean Of the
School Of Pharmacy of the Uni
versity of Maryland. will be in
stalled on April % IS second
vice president Of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton. the university said yes
terday. DR.. Foss has been
dean Of the Maryland phar-
macy school since 1949.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND
Star staff Writer

The public relations craze
that has swept business and
industry Is creeping into mu-
nicipal government In the form
Of monthly newsletters sent to
homes.
Nearby Maryland communi-
ties are finding their reports to
residents are building support
for governmental actions and
creating wider interest in what
happens to municipal taxes.
More and more cities are
turning to this medium to
create support for budgets and
bond issues" said Alan. Beals.
executive secretary Of the
Maryland Municipal League.
Frederick and Annapolis have
even put council meetings on
the radio. he said.
Hyattsville Uses Color
Latest entry is Hyattsville,
which this week will send to
the printer material for q four
page color newsletter with
photographs for mailing to
5000 homes.
by telling the people what
we are doing and getting their
reaction We can tell If it's the
right thing" Mayor Joseph r.
Lilly said.
He noted that Hyattsville
soon will be selling a $500. 900
bond issue for q new municipal
building, described in the first
edition. Residents will be! kept
informed of construction prog
ress plus activities Of all city
departments, Mr.. Lilly said.
Some nine municipalities in
Prince Georges and Montgom-
cry Counties issue newsletters,
ranging from two to twelve
pages. The expense varies from
$50 to more than 5000 for each
monthly issue. depending on
the number Of pages, type Of
printing and pictures.
One Of the oldest newsletters
Evening star., 1961-01-23

Philippine affairs for the State
Department. will represent the
Secretary Of State.
It Is understood that Villa
viciosa is to have q similar
ceremony at about the same
time.
Under the program children
and adults Of the two cities will
be encouraged to correspond,
and exchange information. pic
lures, stamps and the like. =
Evening star., 1961-01-23
PTA Unit to Discuss
County School BUDGET

The Montgomery County
School Boards proposed 1851
81 budget will be discussed by
the County Council Of PTAs in.
a general meeting at 9 pm.
tomorrow at the Fairland Ele-
mentary School, Fairland road
and Columbia pike, silver
Spring.
The School Boards policy on
bus transportation and a State
petition concerning teacher sal-
aries also are on the aeenda.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
BALTIMORE SPREADS SEATS
FOR THE AMERICAN SPREAD

BALTIMORE. (AP)-The citys proposed new civic
center will have seats to fit the growing size of the
American posterior"
Architect A. G. odell. jr, of Charlotte N. c., said
yesterday 20-inch seats will be installed because I'VE
find that many people now have difficulty getting in
and out Of anything smaller"
MIR. oDells firm. which specializes in DESIGNING
coiseums and auditoriums previously has used 1snch
and 19-inch seats in its projects
But the architect says there have been embarrassing
cases OF people getting stuck in their seats
I'VE don't want this to happen in Baltimore "a
we've decided to take no chances" he said
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Rights Chief Quits

BALTIMORE, Jan. % (AP)
The head Of Baltimore's
Equal Employment Opportu-
nifty Commission. Philip A.
Camponeschi. has announced
his resignation to join the staff
Of the United States Commis-
sion on Civil Rights in Wash
ington. Mr.. Camponeschi's sue
cessor in the Baltimore post
will be picked by competitive
examination.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Montgomery Club
To Hear Planners

The Western Suburban Dem
ocratic Club Of Montgomery
County will meet at $3.50 pm,
Wednesday at the Chevy Chase
Village Hall, 5s06 Connecticut
avenue.
James ]. ODonnell, director
Of the Maryland State Plan
ming Department, and Saul
Stern, q member Of the Mary
land Planning Commission. will
speak on future plans for the
State.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Quinn Tumm Tokes
Job With Police Unit

Quinn Tamm Of Chevy Chase,
Md, takes over today as direc-
tor Of the field service division
of the international Associa-
ton Of Chiefs of Police.
Mr.. Tamm served with the
FBI for more than Is years.
He was assistant director until
he was recently named to the
new post.
A native Of Seattle, Mr..
Tamm attended the University
Of Virginia.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
Teachers Plan Center

BALTIMORE. Jan. % (AP).
-Plans, to renovate a four
story building in downtown
Baltimore to be used for a
headquarters were announced
yesterday by the Maryland
State Teachers Association.
Executive Secretary Nilsson c.
Raver said work should begin
about May and the group ex-
pected to be able to move in
by next January.
Evening star., 1961-01-23
PTA Meeting Put Off

The Westfield High School
PTA meeting scheduled tonight
has been postponed until 8
pm. next Monday.
Evening star., 1961-01-23

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Evening star., 1961-01-23

Sidewalk superintendens their glory these days-wh
not one not two but three Alexandria National Bank buildings
under construction right in the busiest sections of Alexandria,
Whether you're Supervising new Main Office on North
Washington Street, the King Street Office the Shirley
Duke Branch you'll be kept busy the weeks and
as all the uramoden equipment that will make up magn
cent buildings into place And when the
you'll discover Alexandria National has overlooked nothing that
will contribute comfort and convenience when you
PS Tell pooch they haven't forgotten him either! He'll find
dog biscuits every drveup window!
suNdha Greater convenienca Gnaatar ALanandua
Evening star., 1961-06-23
Secretary Rusk in the Line of Fire

or the spirit Of the admins
tration.
Somehow, there was q fail
ure Of communications on
that one between the Demo-
cratic leadership and the
White House. 1t is not the
first one; the President has
Just lost two reorganization
proposals in large part be-
cause the chairmen of the
congressional committees in
volved were not brought into
the situation earlier.
Such slippageS-and they
are no more than that
usually can be remedied, but
they alter the psychological
atmosphere at both ends and
the administration opposition
becomes bolder.
With the President un-
available to discuss public
questions, it is wise for Cabi-
net members to pinch-hit and
contribute to an impression
that confident and calm
people are working on what
has to be done. Mr.. Rusk
made that contribution even
if he did not furnish any
striking headlines.
Evening star., 1961-06-23
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Admiral Burke who had differences with the White
House to be replaced Navy by Admiral Anderson
Burke gets the Navys traditional We'll done-but on the
White House side, he feels more like medium rare
The New Frontiers diplomacy: Secret disagree
ments openly arrived at
The networks won't hire Harry Truman for series of
hourong shows They're at least 500 persons would
demand equal time in reply.
After the experiences of Ike and Jack talk of
changing the Inaugural ceremonies Henceforth Pres-
dent would raise his right he belongs to
Blue Cross
The Naval Academy blasted by Admiral Rickover con-
cedes it's so inefficient hardly remember the names
OF such graduates Admirals King, Nmitz Halsey-and
Rickover.
Evening star., 1961-06-23
New Moves in the Berlin Drama

just a few weeks before he
attacked Poland in Septem-
ber, 1899.
Premier KhruShchev, ap-
parently aware Of this weak
spot in Communist history,
tried in his speech to cover
up and excuse the 1889 al
lance of the Soviet Union
with Hitler. The Soviet die
tator now says:
1T was the perfidious pol
icy of the ruling circles Of
Britain and France that
compelled us to conclude a
non-agresSion pact with
Germany in August, 1889"
But the published docu-
mentS giving the details of
the conversations between
the British and French Dip
lomats and the Soviet ENJOYS
including the notorious
Molotov-gave the lie to the
KhruShchev claims. The
tragic truth is that the Krem-
lin thought that, by staying
out Of the conflict, it could
profit by the defeat Of Brit
ain and France and that
Hitler would be taken care of
later when Germany had
been weakened by a lengthy
war. Instead, Hitler, after
conquering the western Sec
ton of the European conti-
nent as he held Britain at
bay, deliberately attacked the
Soviets. The West was not
enthusiastic about helping
the Communists but had no
other choice as the common
objective then was to beat
Hitler.
Even during those war
days, the devious and treach-
erous behavior of the Com
muniSt regime in Moscow was
the cause of constant sus-
picion. These suspicious were
later borne out by the way
the Soviets refused again and
again to honor their wartime
agreements. They now are
trying in the controversy over
Berlin to welsh once more
on their written pledges given
to the very allies who saved
Russia from destruction.
Only in the court Of public
opinion can the guilt of the
Communists be established.
For they themselves are
atheists who do not believe
in morality or in honoring
any pledges they may have
given. To them the end justi-
fieS the means.
(copyright, 196D
Evening star., 1961-06-23
Time for SingIeness of Purpose

offered his plan only to pro-
mote national discussion, and
though he Is a man of the
highest honor and patriotism,
1t has done immense mis-
chief, all the same. For con-
cepts such as free cities"
and peace teams" are the
concept of civilized men who
persist in trusting too much
in the face of the long rec
ord of Soviet contempt for
any policy not based on pow
er and determination.
Stain once asked as to the
Pope, How many divisions
(of troops) has he got?" Mr..
Khrushchev has not asked
how many divisions would
make a peace team; but
that very question is implicit
IN his attitude Of hardening
menace.
1t is no time for public
discussion" however we'll
tended, which offer to Mr..
Khrushchev the slightest
temptation to suppose that
we are going to abandon any
single fundamental right-or
duty-we hold in Berlin. 1t
is a time, instead, to leave
foreign policy where it sure
ly belongs in crisis, to the
President of the United
States.
And it is time to give him
an all-national SUPPORTS a
former President Of the
United States named Dwight
Eisenhower has been the first
to give, and all the way.
Evening star., 1961-06-23
DAVID LAWRENCE
Artificiality over the Berlin

Artificiality over the Berlin
issue prevails on both sides.
When Nikita Khrushchev
dresses himself up in a SOL
dier suit of the rank of lieu
tenant-general and makes a
speech full of hints of war,
Secretary of State Rusk calls
it "Saber rattling," which it
probably is.
Similarly, when the West
carries out a military demon
stration by its troops in Ber-
lin. that's called a routine
alert" The Soviets know
this is done for effect, too.
Basically. neither side
really believes that the other
is gong to war as a conse-
quence of the Berlin issue.
But the Soviet Premier knows
that, if he signs a peace
treaty with East Germany,
the initiative afterward in a
military action will have to
come from the Western allies.
The mere signing of a treaty
between the Soviet Union and
East Germany's so-called re-
public isn't an act of war or
a threat Of war. But if the
East German government, at
the behest of Moscow, starts
interfering some day with
the routes of access to West
Berlin, military force could
be used by the Western allies
to protect the transportation
of any supplies or the move
mentS Of their forces to and
from the city.
SO a huge bluffing match
is going on. Each side wants
to impress the other that it
means business. President
Kennedy comes back from
his talks with the Soviet
Premier in Vienna and uses
the word "somber." The brief
ings here to the press are
characterized by words that
convey a feeling of gravity
and deep concern. But Sec
retary Rusk then tells his
news conference that, while
Mr.. Khrushchev's latest
speech is a keen disappoint-
ment," he would hardly re-
gard the Communist utter
ance as the most serious
threat since World War II.
Somehow, the idea that
any shooting war will come
of it all seems at this mo-
Evening star., 1961-06-23
DORIS FLEESON

Secretary of State Rusk
performed almost above and
beyond the call of duty when
he agreed to hold a press
conference and answer ques-
tions about the manifold
problems which now beSet
United States foreign policy.
A restive Senate is breath
ing down his neck on the
subject Of West Berlin with
suggestions which nobody
had asked for, while at the
same time it is warming up
for a hard crack at the for
eign aid bill which is de-
signed to fortify the free ma
tions. Mr.. Rusk was obliged
to fend off the first tactfully
with appropriate expressions
of gratitude for congresSion-
al interest and at the same
time defend foreign aid.
He is not the first Secre-
tary to experience such con-
traditions in the attentions
lavished on him by the Sen
ate. Some of his predecessors,
mainly those with some ex-
perience in elective politics,
saw the humor in the stu
alton and reacted colorfully
according to their various
dispositions.
Mr.. Rusk has humor, too,
but he seems determined at
this point to be only abso-
lutely correct. This is safer
but less interesting. Further
Evening star., 1961-06-23
He Seeks to Calm the Waters on Berlin
And Fend off Senatorial c contradictions

more his voice. while pleas
ant and educated, is unin-
flected and he speaks very
rapidly. Even his we'll rea-
soned anSwers-and his were
for the most part-tend to
get lost.
There was really not too
much he could say now. AS
surances of a firm stand on
Berlin have been made be-
fore; a telling question to
the Secretary was on how
they could be made to mean
more and his reply was to
repeat them.
The Republican Senators
who have just entered the
diScusSion-Javits of New
York and Cooper of Ken
tucky-want to be helpful.
They probably also thought
it wise to suggest the presence
of a liberal force on their
side of the aisle which though
not a majority has helped the
President in other ways.
Ironically. the serious and
thoughtful Majority Leader,
Senator Mansfield, was prob
ably off in his timing when
he suggested this week free
city composed of both West
and East Berlin might be
possible. This has given
others who are unwilling to
attack the President at this
time a chance to cry appease-
ment which is nonsense as
applied to Senator Mansfield