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Evening star., 1961-07-15
3 Numbers
Raids Break
$1,000 Ring

Metropolitan police yester-
day broke up a numbers opera
tions they said was doing an
estimated $1,000-a-day busi-
ness with the arrest Of -four
suspects. Police said they seized
a 100-pound burlap bag full OF
numbers slips.
Charged with operating a
lottery were the alleged head
of the operation, William Kay
son, 81, of the 900 block Of Lin
wood street, Hyattsville; Alon-
20, C. VanHook, 43. of the 290O
block Seventeenth street NE;
James H. Lucas, 40, of the
unit block of T street NE;
and Miss Addell Williams. 43,
of the 210O block of Twenty
second street NE. They were
arrested in a series of three
raids.
Kayson was picked up at a
cleaning store he operates in
the 500 block of Ninth street
NV, VanHook and Lucas at
the T street address, and the
williams woman at home. ac-
cording to Capt. Scott E. Meyer
Of the Gambling Squad.
Capt. Meyer said the bag
contained the largest guam
tity of numbers slips I've ever
seen" He said it was found al
the T street address, together
with a total Of $3.50. He saio
officers broke down the door.
The four suspects were re-
leased on $1,000 bond pending
a hearing before the United
States Commissioner on Mon
day.
Evening star., 1961-07-15

"It Is incredible that a racial
policy should be established
for a development of 1000
houses in the Metropolitan
Area of the Nations Capital.
1t is obvious that our for
eign relations might further
be damaged should an African
or Asian diplomat seek housing
in Belair. However, AVG
is equality concerned about the
treatment of Americans. :"
T. Hammond Welsh, legal
counsel here for the Levitt
firm, said its policy has been
and is to obey the law and
conform to the customs and
practices Of the community in
which it is building houses.
Mr.. Cooke said he hoped
Maryland lawmakers would
pass legislation like that
enacted in New Jersey. He
said the Levittown in that
State includes Negro residents.
Mr.. Cooke said a letter also
was sent to Robert C. Weaver,
administrator of the Housing
and Home Finance Agency, to
see If the Levitt firm was re-
ceiving Federal aid of any type.
Another was mailed to State
Department protocol officials,
who have been checking re-
ports of nonwhite diplomats
being refused housing on racial
grounds.
Evening star., 1961-07-15
JOLLY AT CENTURY MARK
Mrs. Mansfield Just Loves to Waltz

got my fingers loosened I'D q
little" Mrs. Mansfield added.
Mrs. Edna M. Boyd, a daueh-
ter of 1881 Thirty-second street
Sc. reported that when she
plays the piano for Mrs. Mans
field, Mother says Well. I
can't stand this any longer
and gets up and does a waltz"
OF Police Family
Widow of a Washington DO
liceman, mother of another,
and grandmother Of a third,
Mrs. Mansfield will celebrate
her Tooth birthday in the same
year the Metropolitan Police
Department marks its CEN
tennial.
When it comes to police mat
ters, she can remember Wash
ington hung in black crepe af-
ter President Lincoln's assassi-
nation.
Her son, retired police In
Spector Richard H. Mansfield,
70, is director of The Stars
school safety program. His son,
Donald, is also retired from the
force. and lives in California.
Mrs. Mansfield has 66 living
direct descendants.
Il used to be q great dancer"
she said. Danced any kind Of
dance. I liked the Irish liz.
Many'S the grand march I led
at dress balls" She still takes
in all the entertainment shows
at Carroll Arms.
All in all, she said about her
first century, "it's been q long
time to live and feel as good as
I do, and get as much use out
Of myself"
Evening star., 1961-07-15
By DAVID BREASTED
Star staff Writer

Take a little humor, blend
with a cold beer now and then,
add a dash of ragtime piano
and it'll help you reach 100,
says Mrs. Alice s. Mansfield.
Mrs. Mansfield speaks with
some authority. She's prepar-
ing to pass the century mark
Tuesday.
She will almost certainly
spice the celebration with a
waggish crack or two or a
waltz around the floor. Dane
ing, her friends agree, is a
rather neat trick for a person
who had to learn to walk again
at 81.
II never thought I'd live to
be 100," Mrs. Mansfield said at
the Carroll Manor archdiocesan
home for the aged, 1922 La
Sale road NE. She arrived
there in an oxygen tent three
years ago after a long bout
with pneumonia, and doctors
thought recovery unlikely.
Benefited by Beer
i've always been jolly and
Joking and going along with
some sort of foolishness. Some
times I go downstairs for a
glass of beer. It's a sort Of
uplift. I think it does a lot
Of good" Mrs. Mansfield told
a visitor.
Il use to love to play the
piano, but I got out of practice
from being i'll so long" she
Evening star., 1961-07-15
BeIin Estate
Is sVuIued at
$8.7 Million

F. Lammot Belin, former
Ambassador to Poland who
died here July g., left an estate
worth $S.7 million, including
1000 shares of Du Pont COM
mon stock to the National Gal
lery of Art.
Mr.. Belin, who died at his
estate. Evermay, at 1923 Twen-
ty-eighth street NV, left the
bulk of his personal property
to his son, Peter Belin, USN
(retired), of 1907 Twenty
eighth street NV. He also left
5000 to an old friend, Gra-
ham Alexander Forsythe. His
wife died in 1915.
Filed for Probate
The will of Mr.. Belin, who
died at the age of 80, was filed
for probate in District Court
this morning by Frederick M.
Bradley. of the Washington law
firm of Hogan and Harrison.
1t lists personal property of
$S,1 million, and unencumbered
real estate worth about $780,
900. The gift to the National
Gallery is worth about 1920. 900
on recent prices Of the Du Pont
stock.
Personal property was broken
down as follows, Stocks. $50
million; bonds, $1.S million;
cash, $4,000, and tangible
personal property, $4,000.
The real estate covers four
pieces of Washington property,
including the Evermay estate,
valued for tax purposes at $685.
900. 1t also includes Cheateu
d'Andelot in st. Amore, Jura,
France. and Andelot at Hog
Island, Nassau, British West
Indies. These are estimated to
be worth 100000.
Official of Du POnt
Executors of the will are Mr..
Belin's son, Peter; a nephew,
G. d'Andelot Belin, jr., of Bos-
ton, and the Riggs Bank of
Washington.
Before joining the State De-
partment in 1917, Mr.. Belin was
vice president of E. I. DUPONT
de NemourS & Co. from 1904
IA. He also was a trustee of
the National Gallery and re-
signed this position shortly be-
fore his death.
Evening star., 1961-07-15

asking for an executive order
abolishing discriminatory hous-
ing policies.
Paul Cooke, national vice
chairman of the ave, said he
hoped the letters to the Cover
nor and the Maryland Commis-
sion on Inter-Racial Problems
and Relations will start a drive
for legislation at the Maryland
Assembly convening next
January.
Mr.. Cooke said a Negro man
and woman recently were each
refused a house at the 1000
home Belair community in
Bowie now being built by Will
liam j. Levitt g. sons, Inc. He
said that, except for their race,
the two potential home buyers
qualified in every respect for
o sales contract-ability to
make initial and future pay
mentS, and job security.
Prospective Negro home buy
ers also plan a visit to Mary
land City. a sprawling resi-
Dental community planned
near Fort Meade. Orders now
are being taken for homes
There.
Mr.. Cooke said that in the
last few years he has written
the Levitt firm several times
asking for their racial policy
but never received a reply. In
his letter to President Ken
nedy, Mr.. Cooke wrote:
Evening star., 1961-07-15
City Of Arlington
Urged by Brenner

The consolidation of Arling-
ton County into a city is pro-
posed in the platform of julius
Brenner who has announced as
an independent candidate for
the Arlington County Board.
Mr.. Brenner 40. an unsuc-
cessful 10th District congress
sional candidate in 1856 and
1858, operates Brenner's Bakery.
Labelling himself a conform
ing progressive" he also called
for "pay-aS-you-go tax plan"
and stabilized salaries for
teachers and county employees
"irregardless of the discrep-
ancies in the budgets of our
.neighboring municipalities"
Evening star., 1961-07-15
Court Blocks
Netherlands
Chuncery

The Netherlands Embassy
has run into a roadblock in its
plans to build a new 50 million
chancery at 1900 Linnean ave.
NV.
District Court Judge David
Pine yesterday signed a tenn
porary order restraining the
District Government for 10
days from granting permission
to the embassy for the con-
Struction.
The order, directed against
the Board of Zoning Adjust
ment and the Department OF
Licenses and Inspections, was
issued at the request of Waver-
ly Taylor, Inc, a building firm
at 2501 Tunlaw road NV.
The firms attorney, Frank
H. Strickler, said the action
was taken to keep the chan
cery out of the residential
neighborhood.
The Taylor company owns
undeveloped land across the
street from the proposed chan
Gerry site. Mr.. Strickler said
the firm believes the lands
$500, 900 value will be sliced
in half if the building is con-
structed.
Under District law, any for
eign government can locate in
a residential area if it has per-
mission from the Zoning Ad-
juStment Board.
The board on Thursday is
sued a permit to the embassy
for the chancery foundation
H. Warren Stewart, zoning ad-
ministrator, said the court Or
der forbids him from issuing
any additional permit to the
embassy. But he would not say
what effect it has on the foun-
dation permit already issued
The case will be argued in
District Court on July "a.
Evening star., 1961-07-15

Efforts to prosecute a man
under the Districts new regu-
lations governing auto sales
foundered yesterday in a sea
of legal technicalities.
The case saw the District
eager for a trial in Municipal
Court. arguing for a lesser
maximum penalty to avoid a
time-conSuming jury trial.
The defendant, Francis Thi-
bodeau. an employe of Nation
wide Motor Sales, Twelfth and
K streets, NV, said he should
face a heavier penalty-and get
a jury trial.
Evening star., 1961-07-15
Almond to Drop
3 Budget Advisers
Hints Stephens
Will Be Named;
Tax Foes Out

RICHMOND, July Is (AP).
Gov. Almond will drop from
his list of budget advisers
three legislators who helped
defeat his sales tax proposals
in the 1860 Legislature.
Three are Speaker Of the
House E. Blackburn Moore Of
Berryville, Delegate w. Roy
Smith of Petersburg and State
Senator Garland Gray Of Wav-
erly. The Governor said yester-
day he would not reappoint
them to the 12-member group
that advises him on the budget.
He limited broadly that enc
man he will appoint will be
1t, Gov. A. E. S. Stephens, the
defeated candidate for the
gubernatcrial nomination in
Tuesdays Democratic primary.
Mr.. Stephens supported the
sales tax program in the Gen.
eral Assembly.
Moore Got Blame
The budget advisory group
is the second agency from
which Mr.. Moore, who will
seek a seventh term as House
Speaker next January. has been
removed by Gov. Almond in
recent months. Earlier, he had
been dropped from the State
Water Control Board.
Mr.. Moore in particular
with State Senator. Harry F.
Byrd, jr.-was blamed by Gov.
Almond last year for the defeat
of his 8 per cent general sales
tax program in the Assembly.
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Gray helped
defeat it and on other occa-
Sions have been at political
odds with the Governor.
The budget group normally
includes the chairmen of the
House Appropriations Commit
tee and the Senate Finance
Committee, plus other members
of the two Houses.
Gov. Almond didn't release
yesterday a complete list of the
people he has asked to serve on
the 12-member advisory group
in preparation of the budget to
be presented to the 1862 General
Assembly. He did, however,
name some of them.
These include State Senators
Thomas H. Blanton of Bowling
Green, j. D. Hagood of Glover,
Edward E. Wiley of Richmond
and Charles r. Fenwick Of Ar
lington, and Delegates Howard
Adams of Northampton, Charles
K. Hutchens of Newport News,
Fred G. Pollard of Richmond,
Toy D. Savage of Norfolk and
Julian H. Rutherford of Roa-
noke. All served on the last ad-
visory group.
Mr.. Hagood is chairman Of
the Senate Finance Committee,
Mr.. Adams chairman Of the
House Appropriations Commit
\ tee.
Gov. Almond said earlier yes
terday he would invite Demo-
cratic gubernatorial nominee
Albertis Harrison. jr., and the
Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, H. Clyde Pearson of Roa-
noke. to take part in planning
for the 1924 budget.
Evening star., 1961-07-15
$1O5,45o
JobSet
At Fl. Myer

The Department of Defense
approved a contract totalins
$105,459 for remodeling oi
quarters at Fort Myer for the
chairman of the Joint Chiefs oi
Staff two days before a new
law became effective which
limits such expenditures to
$4,000.
The contract was let on
June 20 for renovating Gen
Lyman Lemnitzer's Quarter;
No. 6, a two-story residence
built in 1908, an Army spokes-
man said today. A new law on
military expenditures which
states that mo family housing
unit may be rehabilitated at a
cost in excess of $20,000," went
into effect July /.
Plans for the remodeling Job,
according to Army spokesmen,
call for the addition of a sun
porch and dining room and en-
largement Of existing rooms in
the house.
Gen. Lemnitzer is now living
in Fort Myer Quarters No.
while awaiting the renovation
Gen. George H. Decker, Army
Chief of Staff now living at
Fort McNair, will take over
these quarters when Gen. Lem
nitzer moves into Quarters
No. 6.
The house being remodeled
will become official quarters
for all future chairmen of the
Joint Chiefs.
Army engineers said in an
information bulletin that the
$105,459 figure is less than ii
would cost to build a new house
of similar size and quality.
The renovation work is being
done by Nicholson & Boyles
Construction Co., Merrifield
Va
Evening star., 1961-07-15
Legal Dispute Stalls
TrioI Under Auto Law

The unusual reversal of pros
ecution and defense roles came,
it appeared, because the COM
planning witness, an Army
specialist, is leaving for Europe.
Mr.. Thibodeau, in charge OF
the repair shop at the auto lot
was accused of selling a used
car to the serviceman June %
without the required license.
New regulations dealing with
auto sales provide alternate
penalties for violation of Older
and newer sections. Yester-
days controversy was over
which applied.
Violations of older sections
carry a maximum penalty oi
$500 or 80 days. Newer ones
carry a maximum of $500, six
months in Jail or both - ano
the right to jury trial.
Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Thomas c. Bell argued Ii
censes to sell autos were re-
quired under a 1903 law re-
quiring occupational licenses.
Lawyer Bernard T. Levin
representing Mr.. Thibodeau
said the case was under the
1860 regulations on auto sales
and his client should get a jury
trial.
This. he said, was his clients
right. irrespective of the fact
the Army had other plans anc
was sending Specialist AZ
Leonard johnson out of the
country.
Judge Mary C. Barlow, agree
ing with Mr.. Levin, granted
his request for a jury trial
which probably could not be
held until September.
The District noted an imme-
diate appeal. The serviceman
already pulled off one plane
headed for Europe.
Evening star., 1961-07-15
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
4-Question Reader Quiz
Answered in Sundays Star

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of our time? Famous comedian, Harpo Marx, recalls
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read Harriet Grffiths of their preparations
in SUNDAY, The Star Magazine.
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Evening star., 1961-07-15
Composers on Trip

Members of the Washington
Composers Club and their fam
lilies will visit Luray Caverns
tomorrow to celebrate the clubs
35th anniversary.
Evening star., 1961-07-15
Towes Urged to Beck
Integrotion in Housing
AVG Official Charges Negroes
Were Refused at Levitt Project

Gov. Tawes and Maryland study commission today
asked to push for s banning racial discrimination in hous
ing projects such Belar in Prince Georges County.
The request letter from the American Com
ttee oowup sent this President Kennedy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-13

Beautiful ereseent-front SOTO with T.
cushion styling. ehonneIed back with
button tvftine and hondsome welted
base panel. Wonderful seoting comfort
from full FOAM RUBBER seat cushions.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Elder Statesman Speaks

Former President Eisenhower is per-
forming a constructive service in the
practice OF his surprisingly active post
retirement part in public affairs. His
address last Saturday night to a testi-
monial dinner In Chicago for Senate
Minority Leader Dirksen, of Illinois,
falls in this category.
AS he has done before, General
Eisenhower spoke most strongly and
most critically on matters of domestic
policy and his warning that addiction
Ito Soft-headed philosophy" that Fed
eral handouts can cure every national
Ill reflects a point Of view that is held
by maryland not all of one party. If
this Is an echo Of Mr.. EiSenhower's often
expressed plea (while he was in the
White House, for prudence in the fiscal
affairs of Government, for the preserva-
ton OF our free enterprise system and
for protection against creeping social
ism," 1t has become even more timely
today. On foreign affairs, too, the for
nler President was speaking for many
in deploring the seeming indecision and
uncertainty" that may be charged
o5oAAAoU UA1C dOlOE III SuCI1 pTOU-
lens as those of Laos and Cuba.
At the same time, for those who
might misinterpret debate and disagree
ment in the public forums of this
country, General Eisenhower offered the
reminder that we do this "as a single
people," and that in time of inter-
national crisis where the Commander
in-Chief stands, there we must and shall
stand"
1t has been regretted at times that
our political system is such that it does
not provide automatically for continued
public service by those who have held
our highest elective post. 1t would,
perhaps, be better if it did so, but in a
Nation where genuinely free communi-
cation exists there is great potential
value in the simple expression Of views
by former Presidents or others who have
held high Government rank. Unless
voiced only for the sake Of partiSanship,
these represent a useful tapping of ex-
perience and judgment General Eisen-
hover is not by any means far removed
from the problems, domestic and foreign,
which we face today and his commentary
on them is due a respectful reading
from those who are faced with the final
great responsibilities.
Evening star., 1961-09-24

Congo during the past fifteen months.
At the same time, by interpreting the
U. N. charter requirement on the finan-
cial obligations of members to suit their
own nliSerly and miserable practices,
they have avoided any threat to their
General Assembly voting privilege by
paying their minimum percentage of
regular budget" assessments. In 1860,
the Soviet Union contributed a total of
$l8 million while the United States paid
approximately $115 million.
1t is, perhaps, an exercise in futility
even to express indignation. Borrowing
and bookkeeping devices, plus our own
assumption of an undue share Of u. N.
expenses, have served thus far to keep
the organization in business. If there
are other alternatives, they should not
include any wishful thinking that the
Communist bloc, at least, will be shamed
out Of its cynical reneging on its dues"
in the club.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Dead Beats

Budget troubles in the United
Nations are almost as old as the organ
ization itself, but they have become
progressively much worse in recent
years. The explanation is simple one,
namely, that too many members, in
contemptuous disregard Of their respon-
sibilities are refusing to pay their share
Of the costs. Not surprisingly, the Com
munist bloc, which seems currently more
determined than ever to reduce the
international body to impotence or to
turn it into super satellite, leads all
others in the dead beat" category.
The policy of the Communists
toward the money problem is thoroughly
uncomplicated. They merely refuse to
advance a single ruble for any U. N.
activity that does not carry their ap-
proval. On this basis, they have failed
for five years to contribute anything to
the cost of the U. N. peace-keeping force
in the Middle East or to the much more
expensive operations of the U. N. in the
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Bending With the Winds

President de Gaulle, who seldom
grants political concessions publicly, has
made two in recent days that may ease
some Of the baSically unrelated pres
sures that have been bearing most
strongly upon his government
One, entirely personal gesture,
was the announcement that at the end
OF this month he would relinquish the
dictatorial powers which he assumed
last April during the French military
revolt in Algeria. The constitution of
the Fifth Republic, written to General
de Gaulle's own specifications, author
ICES presidential assumption of absolute
powers upon his own finding of a
national emergency. BY their exercise
at that time, President de Gaulle was
able to remove military and civil Off
cials Summarily and to set up special
tribunals for prompt trial and punish
ment. On the surface, at least, this
crisis Is considered past and there has
been mounting criticism from a wide
assortment Of political quarters Of the
Generals seeming reluctance to turn
back his emergency authority.
The second concession, made through
action Of the De Gaulle cabinet, was the
raising Of government-fixed wholesale
milk prices by about per cent. Over
production and falling prices have
prompted widespread protests by French
farm organizations that the De Gaulle
administration has been indifferent to
their problems and there have been
anti-De Gaulle demonstrations In rural
sections of the country. BY noteworthy
coincidence, the cabinet action in this
case was taken only few hours before
the President left Paris on another of
his meet-the-people tours in a rural
region.
Actually, despite the provisions for
strong executive written into the new
constitution, President de Gaulle is not
invulnerable to serious political troubles,
Twelve parties, ranging from the
Poujadists on the extreme right and
Communists on the extreme left, still
are represented in the 552-member
National Assembly. Only through exer-
else OF his emergency powers was the
President able few days ago to side
track a motion of censure, on farm
policy, in the assembly Furthermore.
despite De Gaulle's stern handling of
the military revolt, the hard core of
that leadership and its determined SYM
pathizers in both France and Algeria
retain the capacity to open a new
chapter in crisis. In making his con-
ciliatory moves this week, President de
Gaulle no doubt was mindful of the
fact that a new session of the Parlia-
ment is due to convene on October 3.