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Evening star., 1961-09-27

In the House, District Com
mittee Chairman Mcmillan was
unable to call for a vote. His
colleagues were in no mood to
favor the District with floor
time as the day wore on.
AS for the unemployment
compensation bill, it was poised
to go into second conference
all day. Conferees last Friday
agreed to disagree"
But the same members of the
conference committee we're
named again yesterday. Repre-
sentative Davis, Democrat of
Georgia, late in the day baked
at negotiating in circumstances
which he said tied the hands"
of the conferees.
He apparently was referring
to a compromise worked out
by committee aides on both
sides of Congress with labor
and business leaders. 1t would
have raised the weekly benefit
amount from $50 to so per cent
of the weekly wage of all COW
cred workers, and the payment
period from 26 to "a weeks
Cancellation of benefits for
persons who quit, are fired or
refuse to take jobs would re-
main as in present law.
The House confefees stood
together in declining to meet
on this version last night.
Senator Prouty, Republican
Of Vermont, kept a lonely vigil
at the Capitol, with proxies in
his pocket from Senator Bible,
who was in Nevada, and Sen
ator Morse, who dined in Phil
adelphia. He had permission to
negotiate in conference any
time the House conferees
wanted to meet. The time
never came.
Firemen's Week Reduced
Walter Mason and j. C.
Turner, AFL-CIO national and
local Spokesmen, gave up their
four-day efforts to save the
bill by late afternoon.
Salvaged by the sessions end
were these proposals, awaiting
the Presidents approval:
A bill reducing the firemen's
work week from go to Sc hours.
The Senate accepted a House
amendment clamping a 72-hour
ceiling on any fireman's work
week.
A Federal matching grant of
SO million for construction of
the Southeast Washington
Community Hospital. Private
subscriptions equal to that
amount have been raised.
Some 81 million for land &C
QUESTION and $4,000 for ad-
ministration of the National
Capital Transportation Agency.
ConfereeS early this morning
cut by more than half the SIS
million grant asked by the SEN
ate to buy strips for future
mass transit facilities on area
parkwayS.
Conferees on the last catch
all" budget also cut a 100000
Senate-approved appropriation
to start planning a new Freed
mems Hospital to $250,000.
Evening star., 1961-09-27
The
Rambler
Finds 1t
Isn't Anthrucnose
By GEORGE KENNEDY

For several weeks the
Rambler has been watch
ing a tree near the George
Washington Memorial park
way.
1t is a darling tree, about
20 feet high and of perfect
symmetry.
1t is a sycamore at that
stage of development that
makes you think of a 16-
year-old girl in her first for
NAL.
A few weeks ago its leaves
started to turn yellow, then
brown-far ahead of fall.
First the locuStS change
colors. Then the tulip pop
lars begin to show patches
of pure gold in their verdant
luXuriousnesS.
After that the SycamoreS
begin to turn yellow.
The Rambler began to no.
tice on his drive to work that
other SycamoreS were brown
ing prematurely.
The Star faces Garfield
Park in Southeast Washing
ton. A row of Sycamores bor-
dering the park is in distress
brown leaves and bare
branches.
An editor said, Il am told
that it is due to a fungus
disease called anthracnoSe-
don't ask me how to spell it
look it up yourself.
Why don't you go out to
the Agriculture Research
Center at BeltSville and talk
to the tree pathologiSt, DR..
Curtis May?"
Evening star., 1961-09-27


for two trailblaZing additions
to the law.
One allows Washington resi-
dents to set up their first pres
idential election by 1864. Con-
greSS drew the ground rules for
21-year-old voting, one years
residence, liberal a bSe e
voting and tight absentee regis
tration requirements.
The other authorizes $2.5
million to buy land on which
rapid transit may serve the en-
tire Washington Metropolitan
Area. A new National Capital
Transportation Agency was
granted 81 million for median
strips on two area parkways
and station stops on another.
Committee Conflict
A spirit of compromise on
these major bills belied the
session-long conflict between
the actively conservative House
District Committee and the
watchful, if simply waiting,
Senate committee.
1t was this conflict that
helped stack the cards against
the District.
The somewhat relucta n
chairmen - Senator Bible OF
Nevada and Representative Nc
MILAN of South Carolina -
continued congenial. But they
were under constant, and con-
flicting, pressures to attack
District problems with different
weapons.
Senior House committeeman
called for tough treatment Of
juvenile and adult law offend
ers. They we're sympathetic
to special interest groups -
police, firemen, businessmen
doctors and lawyers - who
turned to them ratherSthan tc
the District Commissioners fol
champions
The Senate committee, on the
other hand, waited to see how
controversial measures woulC
take shape in the other body
Mostly, members were, waiting
for cues from the White House
or the District Commissioners
Presidential pressure never
came on home rule, a proposal
the Senate repeatedly advances
and the House blocks.
President Kennedy took posi-
tive initiative only on nomina-
tions. A bobble over selection
of Frank D. Reeves, the first
Negro ever nominated to be
a District Commissioner, may
have soured the White House
on pursuing other District
objectiveS.
The President quickly Substi-
tuted John B. Duncan, also a
Negro, for Mr.. Reeves after his
first choice was revealed at
hearings as delinquent on Fed
eral tax bills.
From that time on, the Sen
ate committee got no top prior
ity requests from the White
House.
Sudden Action
/ Senators analyzed a stack OF
protests against House action
on local bills, suddenly came to
life and sent three dozen pieces
of District legislation to the
House the last month of the
session.
Time for negotiations had
run out. A series of tardy con-
ferences in the last week of the
session salvaged the vote bill
But revenue and unemployment
compensation legislation fell
victim to uncompromising atti-
tudeS in the two houses.
Evening star., 1961-09-27
Juvenile Court

1t was just another year for
Juvenile Court legislation-still
stuck between committees.
One of the first things the
House will take up next January
is its committee bill, which
would turn the youth court into
q branch of Municipal Court
Evening star., 1961-09-27
Low Bid on Project

RICHMOND. Sept. 81 CAP) .
Virginia Engineering Co.,
Inc. of Newport News was ap-
parent low bidder at $5,245,0OO
yesterday for construction of
the Safety-H e a 1t h-Welfare
Building in Richmond's Civic
Center.
Evening star., 1961-09-27
Hi-Y Discussion

About 125 officers of the
YMCA's Hi-Y and Tri Hi-Y
clubs will discuss the coming
years goals and programs at a
meeting this weekend at Camp
Let's, in Edgewater, Md.
Evening star., 1961-09-27
7 ronsit Subsidy Plan,
JobIess Bill SheIved
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

Members of Congress played Capital City aldermen spas
medically through the last day and night of their session.
They managed to clear few items for the President to
sign into law But tensions the Houses parayzed two
major b-a D. c. Transit subsidy for hauling school children
and a unemployment compensation bill.
Senator Morse Democrat of Oregon took the initiative
Evening star., 1961-09-27
Unfinished D. G. Bills
Outweigh Achievement
Congress Possoee Of Rupid Trunsit.
Voting Lows Is Sole TruiIbIozinq

The session of the 87h Congress built house of cards
out of District legislation
By night much of had collapsed The second session
will be faced with picking up the pieces
session in which the unfinished business of
significance than the sessions accomplishments
Evening star., 1961-03-24
WASHINGTON SAT HERE
No Rocking Chair for George

cinnati from the George
Washington service, circa
1875.
The dinner service was
brought over from China by
Capt. Samuel Shaw Of Bos-
ton. first Secretary of the
Order Of the Cincinnati. 1t
was presented to George
Washington in 17S5. Used at
Mount Vernon, 1t later de-
scended into the family Of
Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Mainly American furniture
Is included in the estate sale,
among the pieces are q Chip
pendale carved mahogany
secretary cabinet, q ChipperT-
dale shell-carved mahogany
lowboy with carved Gabrielle
legs and claw and ball feet,
and two authentic signatures
of George Washington on
vellum. ---M.L.V.
Evening star., 1961-03-24
ANIMAL
KINGDOMS.
CONTINUED

There were more animal
stories at the White House
this morning and happily
and seasonally this one
concerned a white rabbit.
Pierre Salinger. press
secretary to the President.
was asked about q report
that someone from Pitts
burgh, Pa, was sending
little Caroline Kennedy q
white rabbit.
Midst much laughter Mr..
Salinger said, II hope not
II don't know how the
rabbit and the harnsters
would get along"
Young Miss Kennedy
presently has o Welsh
terrier named Charlie, two
wandering hamsters named
Debbie and Billie. and one
canary named Robin.
Evening star., 1961-03-24

the loose seat cushion attestS
to ownership by George
Washington.
The carved Chippendale
mahogany side chair is one
of a set that was used In the
Presidents House in Phila-
delphia.
1t is understood to have
been purchased at . sale
which included some Of
Washington's effects.
Two matching chairs. with
the same history and from
the same set, we're sold in
1928 from the collection of
William Whiting Nolen Of
Cambridge, Mass.
The four dinner plates,
which will be auctioned off
tomorrow afternoon at the
galleries, are the famous blue
and white plates decorated
with the Order Of the Gin
Evening star., 1961-03-24
Response to Kennedy Chair
Really Rocks DR.. TroveI

dent and treasurer, and son
of the president of the P g. P
Chair Co. said he has had
orders from Maine to Florida
in the last three days for the
company's main item-the
oak wood rocker with hand
woven cane seat and back.
The company has been
turning out a half dozen
styles of oak porch rockers
for "a years with a work
force of just so persons.
The chair parts are ma
chine turned, then the cane
seat and back are added and
the rockers fitted for COM
fort. The rockers are then
removed and shipped with
the chair. where they are
re-attached by the buyer.
Mr.. Page said DR.. Travell
has been using her rocker for
some years. The Presidents
Evening star., 1961-03-24

ATTENTION: Committee
on Fine Arts Commission for
the White House and Mrs.
John F. Kennedy.
An historic item Of Ameri-
cana, an authentic dining
room chair that belonged to
President George Washing
ton, will go on the auction
block this afternoon at the
Parke-Bernet Galleries in
New York City.
The chair and four George
Washington dinner plates are
included among 270 lots in
the auction Of property Of
the estate Of the late Regi-
nald M. Lewis, removed from
Easton, Md. by order Of
Joseph w. Drake, executor.
A brass plate. attached to
the back of the chair crest
rail and q statement beneath
Evening star., 1961-03-24
BY MARY L. VAUGHAN
Star Staff Writer

A tiny worry has crept in
to White House Physician DR..
Janet Travels delight in the
tremendous response she is
getting to President Ken
nedy's use of a rocking chair
in his office.
While hundreds of cordial
letters have been pouring in
to her White House office in
the last few days extolling
the virtues of the rocker, DR..
Travell reveals one doubt is
bothering her in requests for
the manufacturers name.
"I can't tell from the let
ters the size of the person
who may use the rocker"
she explains. This bothers
me. Many mention a rocker
for an older member Of the
family. The person might
be some little old lady too
small for this particular
chair"
DR.. Travell originally pre-
scribed the rocker for Presi-
dent Kennedy as far back as
1855 when he tried out onel
in her office and found 1t
comfortable.
1t is her belief that rocking
in the chair breaks up ten
sion by keeping muscles NOV
ing a little, contracting and
relaxing them.
But she stresses the White
House rocking chair specifi-
cally fits the Presidents g.
foot frame. while it might
not be as beneficial when
used by a person but S feet
tall.
Otherwise, DR.. Travell is
perfectly delighted with the
immediate response" to fe-
quests on where to buy the
rocker. II think this is won-
derful. I think the people
will be greatly benefited,
provided they get the chair
that fits them"
Taking in stride the ma
tional revival of interest in
the old-faShioned rocker is q
small rocking chair manu-
featuring company in Ashe-
vile, N. c. that made the
Presidents chair.
w. c. Page, jr., vice presi-
Evening star., 1961-03-24
Mrs. Kennedy
To Leave for
Palm Beach

Mrs. John F. Kennedy and
the two Kennedy children
will leave for an Easter vaca-
ton in Palm Beach on Mon
day, according to Pierre Sal
niger, press secretary to the
President.
An earlier announcement
stated that the President and
his family would leave for
his family's Florida residence
next Wednesday, probably
remaining there until the fol-
lowing Tuesday.
Mr.. Salinger said that
present plans still call for
the President to leave on
Wednesday. He added that
it is not certain how long
Mrs. Kennedy and the two
children will stay in Florida.
The press secretary, at his
morning press briefing to-
day also said that it was not
certain as to whether Mrs.
Kennedy will go to their
leased estate this week end.
Evening star., 1961-03-24

chair, he adds, should last
for from Is to 20 years.
I'm the last couple of
days." Mr.. Page revealed,
"the orders and response
have been tremendous"
We're nightly pleased
with it ALL" he added, I'VE
have enough on hand and
ample stock to fill requests
for some time"
In the past. most of the
Page chairs we're sold in the
South for porch use. Thomp-
son Bros. furniture store in
Anacostia here is the only
local outlet.
I'VE sell a few of the
porch rockers at $24.95 each
every summer" a store
spokesman said. But we
don't have a single one in
stock at the moment. We
can order them in 10 days"
Evening star., 1961-03-24
Mrs. Kennedy
Dodqes Press

Mrs. John r. Kennedy ar
rived home by plane last
night from a spring shopping
gallery visiting trip to New
York.
Reporters were kept at
some distance from the First
Lady. One who tried to shout
a question to her through the
closed windows Of the auto
got only q negative head
shake.
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MRS. ELLA MAE HARRIS

Mrs. Ella Mae Harris, "a, wife OF
Joe S. Harris and daughter of Red
mond and Mollie Berry, died Sun
day at 1925 pm, in her home, 1925
Chaplain Ave. Norfolk va. She was
a native of Fairfield, and had lived
in Norfolk four years, she was a
member of Engelhard Christian
Church.
Besides her widower, survivors
include a son, Benjamin F. Harris
of Norfolk, four daughters, Mrs
Mollie L. Deal, Mrs. Dora E. Groce
and Mrs. Lydia Mae Stroupe OF
Norfolk, and Mrs. Cleta NJ. Will
liams of Hartford, six grandchild-
rem; five great-grandchildren; a
sister, Mrs. Rufus Williams of En-
gelhard, N. c.. two brothers, Clyde
Berry of Fairfield, N. c., and Cecil
Berry of Norfolk.
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OLD RESIDENT RETURNS
TO REVISIT OLD SCENES

STUMPY POINT - Among
many old residents who frequently
return to revisit the scenes of
their boyhood is Eugene NJ. Twi-
ford of Norfolk, who was here last
week. Mr.. Twiford, who left here
so years ago, was the son of the
late Benny Twiford, whose old
home place is no more-its site is
now some distance out in the Lake,
the land all having washed away
during the half century of erosion
that has taken such heavy toll OF
this community's shore line. Mr.
Twiford is now retired from Gov
eminent service in Norfolk where
he makes his home. Of the large
family, only himself and two sis
tiers are living. They are in Chowan
County.
Mr.. Twiford several times year
comes to visit the few living
friends of his boyhood. Another
faithful visitor to Stumpy Point is
William r. Gray of Norfolk, who
has been away equally as long. He
was formerly Clerk of Court OF
Dare County, and also retired from
Government service.
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BY EULA N. GREENWOOD

AS the 1861 N. C. Legislature
moved into it's second full week
of. business, the question that SEEM
ed uppermost in the minds of most
of its members was:
ais the Governor going to tell us
where to go TO get the money with
which to carry out his program"
Luther Hodges did. He came out
for tobacco tax. He lost it. Hold
ges recommended a multi-million-
dollar tax decrease for corpora
tions. He won it. He suggested a
gross receipts tax at one time. He
lost it Hodges went to bat for a
Withholding tax on incomes. He won
it.
Can Shorten Session
You can hear in Raleigh that
Gov. Terry Sanford has told friends
he is not going to insist on specific
tax sources "like Gov. Hodges did,.
On the other hand there is still the
Ifeeling-though it is not as strong
as two or three weeks ago-that
the Governor will point definitely
in two or three directions for new
revenue.
Old-line members say he can pre-
vent lot of turning and twisting
and indecision-and thus shorten
the session-by spelling out letter
by-letter the taxes he prefers to
pick up the extra 20 million dollars
that will be needed in the next
two years to carry out his program.
No Better Off
The word here last week was
that the Governor himself as of
February IS had not made up his
mind about new tax sources. If so,
he had something in common with
at least two-thirds of the Legisla-
ture.
If he should list several paths up
which the solons might travel to
find the extra dollars. needed, the
average legislator will not be help
ed much. Will be no better off than
now. They want Gov. Sanford to
help them make up their minds as
to whether it will be a broadened
sales tax, including food, a soft
drink tax, tobacco tax, or COM
bination.
Don't Bet On Bottle Tax
AS of last week, the legislators
were talking loudest about a one
cent tax on soft drinks. They were
saying that bottlers in 1859 had
pleaded with them through their
crack lobbyist, Fred Bowman of
Chapel Hill, not to break the five
cent ceiling on soft drinks.
They said, further, that they
went along with this argument
but that "by the time We got home
drinks had gone up to six cents
and now they range in price from
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EAST LAKE PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Tommy Wood of
Manteo, with Mrs. Esther Patrick,
visited Plymouth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lonnie Ambrose
and Vernette Cain visited in Salvo.
Richard Ambrose and Odell Fur
Tough of Creswell visited Mrs.
Rena Ambrose's family.
Mrs. Sina Mann was visited by
her children over the week end.
They are Bernice Mann of Ports.
mouth, Allen Mann of Manteo and
Mrs. Thelma Burrus of Manns
Harbor.
Norfolk week end visitors were
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Greet and girls,
Lynn and Tammy, Miller Cahoon
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Bas-
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. David MCGOWAN
and son William and Mr.. and Mrs.
Bonnie Basnight of Elizabeth City
visited relatives here.
Manteo visitors were Mr.. and
Mrs. Emmett Smith and son
(Satch), Wilbur Cahoon, Sam Has
sell, Jesse Twiddy, Richard Twid-
dy, Sylvester Twiford, Mrs. Dixie
Ambrose, Mrs. Julia Primer and
Bert Ambrose.
Miss Blanche Copeland and
granddaughter have returned from
Elizabeth City after a weeks visit.
Willis Greet who has been sta
toned overseas, is home on leave
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bruce Greet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Holmes
spent the week end here at their
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Spruill were
in Kitty Hawk Sunday.
Columbia visitors were Mr.. and
Mrs. Turner Twiford, Mrs. Betty
Berry, Mrs. Thelma Smith, Mrs.
Dixie Ambrose, Joe Spruill, EN-
NETT Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
Ambrose and daughter, Linda,
Mrs. Rena Ambrose, Richard
Twiddy and Satch Smith.
Mrs. Mamie Twiford has re-
turned home from Dix Hospital,
Raleigh; condition not much i'm
proved.
Mrs. Sarah Cahoon who has been
i'll at her home is slowly improv-
ing. Mrs. Frank Cahoon and Mrs.
Annie Twiford of Manteo visited
Mrs. Cahoon Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Ambrose
and daughter and Mrs. Rena Am
brose visited relatives in Norfolk.
Roger, Norman and Miller Ca
hoon, grandsons of Mrs. Sarah
Cahoon and her nephew and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rockford Davidson,
all of Norfolk, visited her Tuesday.
George Ambrose went to Roa-
noke Island Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin MCGOWAN.
Lonnie Ambrose and Jep Cain
were in Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith OF
Portsmouth were here Monday.
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six cents to a dime"
Members of the Legislature we
heard from or talked with last week
were also saying that ga cigarette
tax would be fair tax, would not
hurt anybody, but THEY won't let
us do it. :" 1t was presumed that
THEY means farmers.
Unless the mind of the Legisla-
ture changes considerably, the ex-
emption list to the sales tax (Bi-
bles, mules, prescription medicines,
ETC., etc. will be shortened to prac-
tically nothing-except food.
AS this papers Raleigh reporter
saw it during the second week of
the General Assembly-and there
are 1914 more weeks to go-the
Legislators did not feel disposed to
put a three per cent tax on food
and leave the tax off soft drinks
and cigarettes.
Nevertheless and however, do not
bet your last dollar there will be a
soft drink tax. You can find legisla-
tors who will wager you even mon-
ey there will not be.
Umstead For Food Tax
1t is not generally known, but
Gov. William B. Umstead was all
set to recommend-and fight for
a straight three per cent sales tax
on EVERYTHING, including food,
had he lived until the 1866 Legis-
lature.
The story is, and we have no rea-
son to doubt it, that some of Um-
stead's advisors later met with Gov.
Luther Hodges and came up solidly
with the idea. He is reported to
have vetoed it sharply and definite
lly, remarking that his coming out
for a sales tax on food would mean
his defeat at the polls in his upcom-
ing campaign for Governor in 1856.
From The Notebook
FISH. The only member of the N.
C. Congressional delegation voting
to enlarge the Rules Committee,
thus giving Pres. John F. Kennedy
a tremendous increase in Legislative
power, had lunch with the Presi-
dent in the White House last week.
Rep. Herbert Bonner is the name
and Pres. Kennedy promised
him he will soon be down to Halter
as for fishing See?
GOOD! Balding Bachelor J. Y.
Jordan's bill to raise the expense
amount for legislators from So per
day to $12 per day is expected to
pass :. =. though could run into Sen
ate brakes >. but doubtful {. and
the Buncombe representative will
thus pave the way for his cohorts
to receive $27 pr day for 100 days
(including Saturday and Sunday
and $12 per dav thereafter for
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WANcHEsE PERSONALS

Mrs. Betty Gaslill remains very
ill in the Albemarle Hospital,
Elizabeth City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas o. Biggs,
Mrs. Mccoy Tillett, Jr. and Mrs.
Mearl Meekins Jr., spent Thursday
in Greenville, at East Carolina Col
lege, where Mr.. Biggs is making
arrangements to enroll for the next
quarter and where Mr.. Tillett and
Mr.. Meekins are already students.