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Evening star., 1961-05-15

crime" he said" but many
times it has the opposite ef-
feet. Juries are reluctant to
find a person guilty if they
know the defendant will auto
matically be sentenced to
death"
Mr.. Acheson and Mr.. To-
briner agreed that several steps
can be taken by legislators and
police to streamline law en-
forcement. Both men sup
ported the Abernethy bill, which
would give to juries the right
to decide if defendant should
receive the death penalty or
not.
Both men opposed measures
to merge Juvenile Court with
Municipal Court and opposed
some police investigating tech
niques which have not held UP
in appeals courts.
Mr.. Acheson said the use
of arrest for investigation" by
District police %. infringes
on civil rights and results in
legal errors which lead to re-
versal of conviction upon ap-
peal"
Arrest for investigation is
used by police when they want
to hold a suspect longer than
usual for questioning. The sus-
pect is not charged with a
specific crime, but is booked
for investigation" and this
goes on his permanent record,
even If he is later cleared.
Evening star., 1961-05-15

seem to think that more white
traffic lines are needed"
The task forces were ap-
pointed by Commissioner Wal
ter N. Trobriner after key con-
gressional committee members
had complained about the city's
steadily rising budget.
Each task force consists Of a
department head, a prominent
civic leaders. and other District
government aides.
H. Holmes Vogel, former vice
president of the Chesapeake g.
Potomac Telephone Co., is the
civilian member Of the task
force which studied the high
way program.
Mr.. Vogel said he was re-
luctant to urge the cuts since
all these programs are certain
ly worthwhile"
The other task force reports
are now being submitted to the
District Commissioners, who
will present them to the House
and Senate District committees
Evening star., 1961-05-15
RIA, Developer
Agree on Price

The price of land has been
agreed upon for two tracts that
will include about 100 row
houses to be built in the South
west redevelopment area.
The Redevelopment Land
Agency and the developer,
Webb & Knapp, have ap-
proved a price of $1.80 a square
foot for a tract at Sixth and g
streets, behind the new Amidon
School. The second tract, be-
tween Fourth and Seventh
streets and the Southwest
Freeway and G street, will be
sold for $1.62 a square foot.
The price for other tracts,
which will contain another l40
row houses, have not yet been
decided, an RIA spokesman
said.
Construction of the homes,
which probably will be offered
for private sale, may start
within six months.
Evening star., 1961-05-15
District Crime Increase Blamed
Generally on Living Conditions

Crime in the District is not
caused by faulty laws or in
adequate police work, but by
conditions of living which have
traditionally spawned crimi-
mails, two city officials agreed
yesterdays
District Commissioner Walter
r. TobTGnet and the city's
newly appointed chief prose-
cutor, David C. Acheson, were
questioned about the possible
causes of the current District
crime wave" on Radio Station
WWDC's District Roundtable, -
last night.
Both men we're asked ques-
tions that would have allowed
them to explain away the
recent furry of violent crimes
by blaming inadequate laws or
police work or soft sentences"
meted out by judges.
Il feel that the present un-
safe condition on our streets" "
Mr.. Tobriner said, sis the result
of a multiplicity of reasons,
and cannot be blamed wholly
on the administrative process
Of law"
Mr.. Acheson, who was ap-
pointed United States Attorney
three weeks ago, said one of the
most difficult obstacles his Of
flee faces in successfully prose-
cutting major crime is the exist
ence Of the mandatory death
penalty.
"The death penalty is sup
posed to act as a deterrent to
Evening star., 1961-05-15
Clarke Opposes Cuts
In Street Lighting

A District Commissioner took
an unfavorable view today of
the first task force report rec
ommending ways to save Dis
trict funds.
Engineer Commissioner Fred
erick ]. Clarke said the pro-
posals made to reduce High
way Department spending by
100000 next year would be
mot a saving but a cut in
services"
He added that he believes
the public would be opposed to
the proposed cuts.
The Highway Department
task force had recommended
saving by slowing down on
such department programs as
replacing Of trees, improving
street lighting and painting
white traffic lane lines or
main streets.
The proposed 100000 re-
duction in the departments s
spending is probably the largest
single saving that will be rec
commended as a result of the
series of task force studies row
being made.
Gen. Clarke said he would
"be reluctant to cut back or
the tree-planting and street.
lighting programs. I think the
public would want them Sc
continue"
I'VE receive numerous letters
asking for more trees and street
lights. In view Of the recent
crime wave, we will probably
receive more requests for street
lights and our traffic engineers
Evening star., 1961-05-15
Red Cross Peace Bid
Proposed by Russian

The president of the Soviet
Red Cross yesterday called on
the International Red Gross to
enSage in a campaign Of prop
aganda for peace.
Prof. G. A. Miterev, president
Of the Alliance of Red Cross
and the Red Crescent Societies
of the Soviet Union, arrived at
National Airport to begin a l2-
day tour of American Red
Cross facilities.
He said the Red Cross al
ready has set a precedent for
peace propaganda, referring to
a 1859 resolution in Athens
that appealed to all govern
ments to preserve peace.
1.-The Red Cross is not only
a charitable organization, not
only an organization for Sys-
TENS and relief in times Of dis
aSter, 1t Is also an organization
which can, in some degree. in
fluence the establishment Of
peace in the world" Prof. Mi
terev said.
"The Red Cross has had ex-
perience in giving relief to g.
900 or 5000 victims of a dis
aster," but If war broke out,
the numbers would be vastly
larger. Therefore, we must take
measures to prevent the catas-
trophe."
Professor Miterev was
greeted at the airport by Gen.
Alfred M. Gruenther. president
of the American Red Cross,
Evening star., 1961-05-15

Asked by Miss Sylvia Bacon,
representing the Junior Bar
Section Of the District Of Co.
lumbia Bar Association, If
either the Mallory or other
court decision made it difficult
to stamp out crime, Mr.. Ache
son said:
I'VE can live with the NAL
lory decision. This decision
said that confessions signed
after long questioning were not
admissible in court. We now
have a Municipal Court setup
which allows the police to ar
raign a prisoner at night.
a.. We have difficulties with
capital crimes and with police
irregularities but these are
not the causes OF crime"
Mr.. Tobriner subscribed to
recent suggestions to increase
the poice force and to bolster
the present force by the use of
auxiliary volunteers to inten-
sify patrol duty.
He said, however, that the
causes of crime probably lie
in living conditions. and in
stability Of youngsters who are
moved from school to school.
He said he would like to see a
thorough study made of the
relation of these conditions to
crime in the District.
THE increase in juvenile de-
linquency here" Mr.. Acheson
said, "is not caused by soft
measures in juvenile court" He
opposed elimination of juvenile
court or the lowering of the age
limit from 18 to Is.
If the age limit were re-
duced," he said, hundreds of
additional cases would be
thrown into District court. This
would require more judges and
more attorneys in my office, all
of whom would have to be
trained to handle juvenile
cases."
Evening star., 1961-05-15
ECHO I VISIBLE
IN D. c. SKIES
NEXT FEW DAYS

The Echo I balloon satel-
lite is again visible at
night in the skies around
Washington.
The 100-foot sphere,
circling the earth about
1000 miles up in space,
was visible twice last night,
appearing like a slowly
moving star. The National
Aeronautics and Space
Agency gave this scehdule
for sky-watcherS for the
next few days:
Tonight at 1923 pm. in
the north, 81 degrees over
the horizon moving north
east and again at 1882
pm, in the north, 10 de-
grees over the horizon,
moving southeast.
Tomorrow at 9:51 pm.
north. SIS degrees, travelling
northeast and again at
11:55 pm, north 64 de-
grees, going southeast.
Wednesday, at 9:15 pm,
north. 56 degrees, going
northeast, and at ll:lS
pm, north. at so degrees,
going southeast.
Evening star., 1961-05-15

Arlington group but action
was tabled.
On April 9 the Arlington
education Association, made up
of HOO teachers, asserted it
would admit negro teachers to-
day, regardless of action by the
State organization.
1855 Stand Reiterated
1t contended this is in line
with a local option policy"
adopted by the State with re-
gard to operation of public
schools.
Mr.. Neal said later the great
est concern of the State direc-
tors, as reflected by their ques-
tions. appeared to be "the eff
feet of Arlington's action on the
YEA in general and on other
local communities.
The State directors resolu-
ton reiterated a 1855 measure
which said "the YEA and all
departments, districts and local
associations must continue to
operate in their historical and
traditional manner"
Last night the directors added
that "in accordance with past
action, any department. section,
District or local association
which admits Negro members
no longer will be considered an
affiliate of the YEA"
On Saturday, the executive
committee of the Virginia
Teachers Association NE
groes), offered to accept the
Arlington Education Associa-
ton as a member.
Evening star., 1961-05-15

1lrSC Wnlte CeacnerS association
in Virginia to desegregate its
membership. This action, he
said, will be taken despite a
1872 vote last night by directors
Of the Virginia Education AS
sociation to expel any member
body that takes such action.
The YEA directors reaffirmed
a policy they first expressed in
1865 as a result of the Supreme
Courts school desegregation
decision the previous year. The
resolution requires member
groups to restrict their mem
bership to white teachers.
Delegation Pleads Case
A delegation of four officers
Of the Arlington Education AS
sociation pleaded their case at
a closed meeting of the State
directors here last night. Those
appearing we're Simeon P. Tay-
lor, the retiring president;
Robert Williams, president
elect; Joseph Courtney, treas
urer, and Mr.. Neal.
According to Mr.. Neal, the
Spokesmen explained the Ar
lington association dropped the
word white" from its consti-
tuition in 1855 on the basis o.
the Supreme Court decision
an action counter to the State
groups policy.
No applications from Ne.
groes were accepted at the
time, however.
Two years ago, the directors
we're told, the matter was
brought up again within the
Evening star., 1961-05-15

MIR. KEHL LEANED against
a SCARED bench in the tower
where an old spittoon nestles
in a corner, and said II came
here the year the tower was
built. Second job ever had.
Before that I was a water
tender. At IA. I lied about
my age"
He talked about an engine
as if it were alive: "As water
tender I had to cut the
engine off the train, take it
and give it water, turn it
around when 1t had to be
turned around.
"I once had my choice Of
staying in the tower or going
to the roundhouSe to become
an engineer. I stayed in the
tower. It's exciting and it
gets nerve racking some
times"
Mr.. Kehl remembers the
busy days of World War II
when every track was filled
and 100000 people going to
all parts of the world poured
through the terminal daily.
tits sad, what's happened
to the railroads. A lot OF
friends lost their jobs"
Mr.. Kehl is called Willy or
Billy by most, and Dutch by
those who remembered the
nickname he had playing
baseball for local amateur
teams.
Mr.. Kehl has lived his life
in the District. Now he and
his wife have sold their
house. On May "a, his 68th
birthday, he will be living in
Seattle, Wash, with his three
children and grandchildren.
I'm going to miss this
place. You wouldn't be a
human being If you didn't
miss It,"
The fellows shouted, good
by, Will!"' He gave one long
and two short blasts on the
whistle. His good-by echoed
over the railroad yards as
william Kehl walked down
the towers SCOT covered
skinny spiral staircase for the
last time.
Evening star., 1961-05-15
ButcherKnife
HoIdup Man
Gets $24O

A masked man believed to be
Washington's busy Butcher
Knife Bandit" staged a day.
light robbery in a downtown
ladies wear shop today and es-
capped with $240.
Five people chased the BAN
dit into a nearby alley but the
owner Of the store, Howard
Sigmund, "a. told reporters
bitterly "at least so other men"
watched the chase without TAX
ing a hand.
The holdup. believed to be
the 30th committed by the
Butcher Knife Bandit" was
staged at 1l:40 am. in Sig
mund's ladies apparel shop at
804 Seventh street NV.
In the store were Mr.. Sig
mund and two women clerks,
Mrs. Catherine Vess, Sc, of the
4600 block of Forty-third street
NV, and Mrs. Gertie eleven.
so, of the 1900 block of L street
NE. Mr.. Sigmund said he was
standing by the cash register
with Mrs. Vess when the rob-
ber entered. The victims said
he was a colored man, wearing
a woman's stocking over his
face and brandishing a 10-inch
butchers knife.
$500 Missed
When the bandit pointed the
knife at the owner and de-
mand the money. Mr.. Sigmund
said he told the intruder, I'VE
haven't taken in much this
morning" However, the knife
Wielder reached over and
grabbed a handful of bills. Mr..
Sigmund said the robber missed
an additional $500 that was
under the cash drawer.
Just then, Mr.. Sigmund said,
a man and woman opened the
door of the store to walk in
and the bandit bolted into the
street.
Mr.. Sigmund said he ran to
the door and tried to chase the
criminal. shouting, Thief!
Help! Stop himi"
The couple followed the run
ming man, as did three clerks
from a nearby store. Mr.. Sig
mund said, but everyone else
on the crowded sidewalk just
watched.
Mask, Knife Found
The purSuers said the bandit
disappeared into an alley in the
300 block Of Seventh street.
Police believe he got away in a
car. In the alley. police found a
stocking mask and long knife.
A suspect was picked up by
first precinct police within a
few minutes and was brought
back to the store so the victims
could look at him. Detectives
indicated there was a conflict
in the Identification because of
the manner in which the mask
distorted the bandits features.
Two other suspects were also
being questioned.
Evening star., 1961-05-15
81 Million Job Let

The Army today awarded a
$2,180,000 contract to the Fair
child Engine & Airplane Corp,
Hagerstown, Md, for continued
work on two drone surveillance
systems. The agency informed
Senator Keating, Republican of
New York, that work will be
performed at Hagerstown and
Wyandanch, N. Y.
Evening star., 1961-05-15

whose recent visit to Russia
prompted the exchange visit
by the Soviet.
Today, Prof. Miterev will ad-
dress Red Cross staff and volt
unteer workers at the national
headquarters here.
He will leave tomorrow for
a look at Red Cross activities
in San Francisco, Los Angels,
Minneapolis and st. Paul. The
visit will also include trips to
New York and Mexico.
Evening star., 1961-05-15
Freedmens Called
Segregated Facility
Jones AssuiIs
Rules Facing
Negro Doctors
BY JOHN McKELWAY
Star Staff Writer

The refusal of District hos
pitfalls to accept more Negro
doctors as staff members has
turned Freedmen's Hospital
into a segregated facility, a
House subcommittee was told
today.
The charge developed at a
hearing on a bill to transfer
the hospital to Howard Uni
verSity.
DR.. Frank Jones, medical
director of the hospital, had
been asked by Representative
Green, Democrat of oregon,
why the transfer of the hospital
has been sought over the years
by officials of the Department
of Health, Education and We'll
fare. Mrs. Green is chairman
of an Education and Labor Sub
committee screening the legis-
lation.
DR.. Jones answered he had
heard the Government did not
want to be pictured as support
ing a segregated facility. He
said the hospitals daily aver
age of 800 patients is "99 per
cent plus Negro" and added
lone or two Caucasians" may
be treated in the course of a
month.
Field Called Limited
DR.. James M. Nabrit, jr.,
president of Howard Univer-
sity, who earlier had testified
IN support of the bill, told Mrs.
Green the only hospital that
Negro physicians have ready
access to" is Freedmen's. But
he added that while Negro pa
tients are accepted at private
hospitals for study and expert
mentation" these same hospi-
tails accepted only a token
number of Negro physicians.
DR.. Jones, a urologist, said
he had been refused staff priv
.ileges at the Washington Hos
pital Center even though he
had pointed out to hospital au-
thorities that the hospital had
been built with Federal funds.
He also charged that the hos
pital had recently turned down
the applications of seven Negro
obstetricians who had applied
for staff privileges. He said
they all had received a letter
from the hospital saying the
staff is filled"
Mrs. Green said she was
shocked to hear that the medi-
cal director of Freedmen's has
been refused permission to prac-
tice."
She scheduled the hearing for
later this afternoon and asked
DR.. Jones to return to the stand.
At one point she described
the administrations efforts to
lower racial barriers in the
White House Press Photograph
ers Association as "supercilious"
while segregated practices are
allowed to exist in the District.
Some Gains Noted
DR.. Jones explained he has
been accepted on the staff of
Georgetown Hospital. He said
most Washington hospitals
have one or two Negro physi-
clans on their staffs and said
the situation has improved
somewhat since the days when
the old Garfield Hospital used
to treat Negro patients "in the
basement"
| Mrs. Green said Welfare
Secretary Ribicoff would testify
Friday on the transfer pro-
posal. 1t was expected he
would be asked his views on
charges of discriminatory prac-
tices throughout the local hos
pital system.
Previously, the transfer of
the hospital has not taken
place because of the objections
of hospital workers who would
lose their Civil Service status
if employed by the University.
DR.. Nabrit testified that the
university is now prepared to
offer the hospital employees
benefits generally equivalent to
those enjoyed under Civil
Service.
Evening star., 1961-05-15
Arlington Teacher Unit
Set to Admit Negroes
Inteerotion Scheduled Today in Face
Of Vote by Stote Association Directors
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star Stan Writer

RICHMOND, May 15.-The white Arlington Education AS
socaon admit 80 Negro teachers membership
today leading its probable expulsion from the Statewide
organization of white teachers.
Richard Neal executive director of the Arlington group
said going ahead scheduled with plans to become the
Evening star., 1961-05-15

at WAS S:2S AM. I saw
the train coming In, not
slowing down. I saw streakS
Of fire coming out and I
could see the engineer trying
to do something to maneuver
the brakes. They Just
wouldn't hold. I blew the
emergency whistle, we
phoned the station master
... there was nothing else We
could do"
Seconds later a thousand
tons of metal roared into the
station at so miles an hour.
The phone call from Tower
K cleared the station masters
office. Although 40 were hurt.
no one was killed.
Mr.. Kehl could see the
gaping hole in the station
and the steaming train but
he couldn't leave the tower
for hours.
I'VE don't have any relief
men. We had to stay here
through our shift. Later we
went up to take pictures and
see everything"
In the long tower room
with its grimy windows is
the long lever machine with
red, black and white handles
where Mr.. Kehl walks back
and forth countless number
of times a day.
Three train directors call
signals: "22 B to a.. F is
D to 80 :" Mr. Kehl bellows
back and flips the switches
which operate the signals
guiding the trains.
He also throws the switches
which move a train from one
track to another.
Evening star., 1961-05-15

utes before people walked
with suitcases, candy bars,
magazines and train tickets.
It also left memories, some
Of them manufactured
sooner or later nearly every
Washingtonion will tell you
he was in the depot to feel
the hot breath OF that deisel.
william Dutch) Kehl was
one who did see it all.
81 had visions of the train
going all the way to the Cap
itol," said Mr.. Kehl, standing
in Tower K for his last after
noon of work Friday.
Tower K, about three city
blocks from the station,
stands Just left OF track 16,
like a huge spider caught in
the steel web of 80 railroad
tracks. I
Here Mr.. Kehl has spent So
years of his life as leverman,
lining up the switches which
control the movements of
trains In and out of Union
Station:
Before saying goodbye to
the tower, Mr.. Kehl glanced
over his shoulder and out
the window to the now quiet
Track is and remembered:
Evening star., 1961-05-15
The
Rambler
:. Sees A Man
At Union Stution
BY MYRA MACPHERSON

ny WXhA MCPHERSON
On a January morning
eight years ago the Federal
Express ran away, ripped
through Union Station and
planted its engine in the
basement.
1t left a crater in the ter
minal concrete where min
Evening star., 1961-05-15

George Kennedy Is III. Ne will re-
sumo writing The RembIer when
he returns.
Evening star., 1961-10-06
REAL ESTATE WANTED
OUT.oF.ToWN REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE LOANS

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. va
rm: house, $4,000 cash, payments
S66 per month. Call LO. b-1071.
Evening star., 1961-10-06
L0rS, ACREAGE WARTEB
COMMERCIAL GROUND

ALL Cash for lots acreage OF
xsY tSEms stSIPY q r G CO 9r n'AF1y RH. a. SSesaOO
Evening star., 1961-10-06

CASH FAST, NO DELAYS-2nd
trust loans. Consolidate bills,
money for any purpose. D. c.,
Nd. Va. Day or ewes. UN. 4-92SS
CONSOLIDATE YOUR DEBTS BY
2nd trust. ,,,INs.1E.I AMERIc;tAN RsIEE;tSE ~ MORT, :
Southern Bldg, Ma. s-333f. I'M
mediate service. 10 to 4:30 pm.
PLENTY FUNDS AVAILABLE, Ist
and End trusts, INTERSTATE
MORTGAGE CO. INC IA. 7-5s00,
VIRGINIA
End Mortgage Loans,
1-5 Years, So
Call LEE CHANEL, JE. 2-S003
Evening star., 1961-10-06
LOTS, ACREAGE FoR SALE

Level lot with street and
utils.; only S1.650. Cash or
terms to responsible party.
Just acquired. Call now.
Evening star., 1961-10-06

CContinued on Next PaEsI
Evening star., 1961-10-06
WATERFRONT PROP. SALE

FAIRHAvEN, Nd adjoin. lots,
cleared, 40x100 It. each; private
Bay: $500 both lots. JE. 3-2046.
LONG BEACH SPECIAL
Evening star., 1961-10-06
FLORIDA PROPERTY
HUNTING APPROPRIATIONS

HUNTING PRIVILEGES on Eround
] hr. from wash. Good squirrel.
rabbit, grouse, quail, deer, coon.
Rustic accommodation can be used.
Now through Feb, $40 for season.
WO. 6-199s.
Evening star., 1961-10-06
MOUNTAIN PROPERTY

LEAVING AREA-will sacrifice lot
and membership in beautiful
Shawnee Land Country Club.
Hunting, skiing. golf, swimming,
fishing. Phone IA. 4-30s3 after
D pm.
Evening star., 1961-10-06
MOTORCYCLES
AUTOS, q TRUCKS for HIRE
TRUCKS FOR SALE

CHEVROLET 1858 l-ton panel,
With new motor, pipe rack and
bins. VIII. 6-2235.
CHEW. new 1851 step side u. ton
pickup, equip. With 6 cyl, direc-
tionai signals. rear bumper. heater,
oil filter. SAle price S1,157,
others to choose from.
CHEW, new 1851 ramp side Cor
vair pickup, equip. with. heater
heavy duty shocks. Sale price
cHEV. new 1861 step side u ton
pickup, II. body, eauip. with
VS. eng, heater, direettonal sig
mails. sale price Sl,S56. Others
Evening star., 1961-10-06
OFFICES, STUDI0S WANTED

6,OO0 50. Fl, Offiee space, down
town area; all / floer: leng term
lease: send al particulars to Box
1896, star.
Evening star., 1961-10-06

FURN. DNTWN. ATR.c0ND. OFFS
recep.. tele. ans. service and use
Of law lib. avail. DI. 7-6693.
KENsINGTON.cO conn. AVE. = Re-
tail or Office space in bldg. 70 be
built. H. J. REVANE, INC. JU. g.
1925 or VIII. 6-232I ewes.
Evening star., 1961-10-06
MACHINERY ana E0uIP.

INC INDUSTRIAL and crawler
John Deere 440 with loader,
p. H. MOORE
U. 8. 301,. l Mile South Of New so
Mitchellville, Md. CE. 6-SlSl
s-9s LINK BELT BACKHoE: ~
I'd. bucket, latest model; $4,000.
TD-J4 3k-yd loader w/Scarifier
$4,000. VIII consider long term
rental financing. ia. 7-7233.
SOLD FARM; compl. line nachin-
cry, in good eond., incl. No. $40
Ford tractor, corn picker. field
harv.. waks.. etc. EN-. 2-3133.
TRACTORS WANTED-With driy-
ers. Work local. single axle and
tandem axle: Call Baltimore,