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Evening star., 1961-04-22

The president of George
Washington University told the
District of Columbia Education
Association today that a sys-
TEN of rewarding superior
teachers with better pay is es-
sential.
DR.. Thomas Carroll told the
District teachers organization
that merit pay for teachers is
coming as sure as we are in the
Hotel today"
The District of Columbia Ed
ucation Association has opposed
merit pay proposals on the
grounds that it is too difficult
to decide effectively which
teachers are outstanding.
However, the association has
propose that incompetent
teachers not receive additional
pay raises.
Plan Exists Elsewhere
DR.. Carroll said that merit
pay plans exist in every seq
ment of our society, including
the Federal Government"
A former member of the
school board of Darien, Conn,
Evening star., 1961-04-22

encourage pulled into the 18th
precinct house at 91O U street
N w, a rather delapidated
structure now in its 10th year.
Senator Byrd eyed with alarm
the open ceilings, peeling wall
paper and improvised carpentry
snoring up joists and beams.
Gould have a fire here very
easily, couldn't you?" he said
to the station clerk. The clerk
said, Yes, sir.
The chief got wind of stab
bing case in Freedmen's Hos
pital and headed the party to
the emergency room for a visit
with the victim. The Senator
talked with the wounded man.
who had a number of knife
cuts around the neck.
The man frightened up con-
siderably when he learned he
was talking to a Senator.
Evening star., 1961-04-22
Traffic PeriIs Historic Site

to William Marbury, a prin-
cipal in the Marbury VS.. Madi-
son legal battle in 1903, i'm
portant because it established
the right of the Supreme Court
to determine the constitution
ality of Federal statutes.
Marbury, while living in his
house on the south side of M
street, added a third story
with overhanging cornice and
may have added a wing.
According to Pat Ahern,
owner of a newsstand across
the street, who sold papers in
front of Marbury House so
years ago, the building once
housed a delicatessen. A cafe
opened shortly after prohibi-
ton, he said, changing hands
several times until Mrs. Helen
Conway bought jules Cafe
about four years ago.
Mrs. Conway knows the
building has a past. The his
tory of the building has al
ways interested me. And you
know what?," she laughed,
Sometimes when I'm here late
at night I like to think about
the people that used to live
here-what they were like, and
what they used to do"
Evening star., 1961-04-22

Did you know that this
building is the historic Marbury
House?" the manager of jules
Cafe at $3.50 M street was asked
yesterday.
First I heard it," replied
Mary Maiatico, as she turned
to place an order.
jules Cafe is a dimly lit
room with wooden booths and
tables, a bar and a small kitch-
en-.
In the basement, cases of
beer are stacked against walls
built more than l80 years ago
and the outline of an early
stable can be seen below huge
20-inch-thick crossbeams.
The cafe and the house it
occupies could be in a vulner-
able position if the Whitehurst
freeway is linked with the pro-
posed Potomac River freeway.
At a recent meeting of the
Progressive Citizens Association
in Georgetown, resolution
was passed to point out the
historical and architectural
value" of the Marbury House
to the Highway Department
and the National Capital Plan
ming Commission.
The house, the last large
Evening star., 1961-04-22

Il was home when it hap
pened. Got into a little argu-
ment," he said sheepishly.
Maybe it would be better to
stay out of arguments at
home" said the Senator with a
smile.
A Quiet Friday
The four cars proWled around
for nearly an hour. For some
reason, the Federal City wasn't
breaking bad" 1t was unusually
quiet for a Friday night.
They next stopped at the
ninth precinct at 525 Ninth
street NE. The Senator walked
to the rear where more drunks
were housed for the evening.
They're right and we're
wrong" a prisoner said. Yeah,
man." answered a husky voice
several cells away. Senator
Byrd grinned and walked to
the front in time to see a drunk
being booked.
The new prisoner dumped his
property on the counter-a
warm can of beer, a comb, an
empty tobacco pouch and a
mound of lint. A suspicious
private suggested he try again.
With a show of great indigna-
ton, the drunk again reached
into his coat and produced a
second can of beer. The Sem
ator and his party found it
hard to keep a straight face.
1t was past IL o'clock as SEN
ator Byrd stood watching color
slides of crime scenes in the
police headquarters identifica-
Evening star., 1961-04-22
FBI Probing Mystery
Toxi Wreck, Shooting

FBI agents today continued
to investigate the deepening
mystery of how a District cab
driver was shot in the head and
crashed his cab into tree on
the Quantico Marine Base.
Max Waschler. SO. of Is
Tuckerman street NE. re-
mained in critical condition to-
day at George Washington Uni
versity Hospital after emer-
gency surgery.
The Diamond cab driver was
driving on Fuller Heights road,
the approach to the Quantico
main gate from U. S. Route |,
at 5 am. yesterday when his
taxi veered off the road and
ramrned the tree.
The crash was witnessed by
two persons. An off-duty mill
tary policeman, identified as
Sergt. Dallas R. Earnest, was
driving the other way when he
saw the cab hit the tree. He
said he stopped his car and ran
over to the cab.
Mr.. Waschler, the Marine
said, was lying half out of the
seat and was talking inco-
herently. What happened?
Where am ~" Mr.. Waschler
said, according to Sergt. Earn
est.
Behind the Waschler cab was
a civilian post office employe
at the base, Chester F. Smith.
Mr.. Smith said he stopped, too,
but could not understand any,
thing the victim was saying.
At first, authorities thought
Mr.. Waschler's head injuries
were due to the crash. However,
doctors at the Naval Hospital in
Quantico discovered what they
thought was a bullet wound in
his head.
The cab driver was rushed to
George Washington where sur
geons removed fragments of
metal from his head. The FBI
said laboratory tests revealed
the fragments were pieces of a
bullet.
Agents searched the road
Evening star., 1961-04-22
CITY WASN'T BREAKING BAD
A Senator ProwIs the Precincts
BY WILLIAM BASHAM
Star Staff Writer

Senator Robert C. Byrd,
Democrat of West Virginia,
last night took a four-hour
jamt through the city to see
what kind of crime I'VE have
on Friday nights"
The Senator, as head of the
Senate Appropriations subcom-
mittee on District finances, is
considering a 1862 budget re-
quest for 100 more policemen
and wanted to see what Dis
trict policemen face every night
of the year.
Shortly before 9 pm. the
Senator and Chief Robert V.
Murray drove away from the
old Senate Office Building. fol-
lowed by three cars bearing
members of the press. The
chiefs car. driven by Deputy
Chief Edgar E. Scott, headed
for the second precinct. con-
sidered the most active in the
city.
Senator Byrd was guided
through the precincts station
house. Drunks peered through
cell bars at the Immediately
dressed legislator as he made
his way down a narrow corri-
dor, The next stop was on the
top floor where police were
interrogating a robbery victim.
Watch Interrogation
Senator Byrd and Chief Muir
ray. stood near detectives as
they questioned the 47-year-old
victim, whose coat and trousers
had been slashed after he had
been dragged into an alley by
three men and a woman.
Photographers asked the Sen
ator to examine the mans torn
clothing. /
May I examine your torn
clothing?" said the Senator in
a sympathetic tone. BY now.
the man being questioned was
becoming a little concerned
with the person everyone was
calling Senator He stared
suspiciously at Senator Byrd
as cameramen took pictures
of the West Virginian checking
the clothing.
A few minutes later IN the
rear of the station house the
Senator and his nearly 20
companions met canine corps
Pvt. Robert Rosenberg and mis-
dog Echo. The short visit
ended with the Senator and
Echo shaking hands.
Within minutes, the four-car
Evening star., 1961-04-22
Putuxent
Rezoning Bid
Is Revoked

A request to rezone 35 acres
of land along the Patuxent
River in Prince Georges County
for heavy industrial use was
withdrawn yesterday.
The land includes a quarter
mile of shore line on the
Patuxent, along whose banks
planning officials soon hope to
start buying acreage for park
and recreation use.
The Maryland Assembly last
month enacted a bill authoriz-
ing State-county m a tc hin g
funds to buy the land, and
S150,000 was included in the
State capital improvement
budget. The conservation bill,
applying to Prince Georges and
six other counties, was Spon-
sored by Delegate Hervey G.
Machen, Democrat of Prince
Georges.
Concrete Plant
Attorney John w. Mitchell,
representing the petitioner,
Richard H. Slingluff. withdrew
the application in view of resi-
dent opposition. If rezoned, Mr..
Mitchell said, the land would
have been used for a concrete
plant that would help supply
the proposed 4.500-home Belair
subdivision one-half mile away
in Bowie.
The County Commissioners in
February granted a special eX-
ception permit for the removal
of gravel from the property,
now Zoned ral-residential.
Any rezoning or new land use
requested in the future will be
aired at a public hearing before
final action is taken by the
county heads.
The commissioners granted
Mr.. Mitchell's request that the
petition be withdrawn without
prejudice" permitting him to
reapply at any time. Petitions
withdrawn with prejudice"
cannot be resubmitted for a
year.
No Delay Expected
Failure of the petitioner to
obtain permission for a con-
crete plant now will not delay
home building at Belair, accord
ing to a spokesman for the firm
of William J. Levitt, developer
of Belair. He noted the firm
already has a special exception
permit for a concrete mixing
plant on Belair property at
old Route so and Route 1877.
A recommendation for denial
of industrial rezoning had been
filed by the Prince Georges
Planning Board. Planners said
there was no need for the
change, and that the request
was a case Of spot zoning.
Evening star., 1961-04-22
St. EIizabeths Fire
Called Deliberate
Second Blaze
In Four Days
Hits Hospital

Deputy Fire Marshal R. Ker-
nit Mullins today said the
second fire in four days at St.
Elizabeths Hospital yesterday
was "set deliberately"
None of the 70 patients who
live in the Women's dormitory
where the fire occurred was
injured. Most of them were out
of the building during the fire.
Flames swept through a Sec
ond-floor room where cloth
ing and luggage were stored,
causing $500 damages.
A patient discovered the fire
and reported it to an attend
ant who turned in the alarm
at 4:4l pm. A second alarm
was turned in at 4:45 pm.
2 Firemen Hurt
Firemen, two of whom were
slightly injured, brought the
fire under control in 30 min
utes. st. Elizabeths Fire Crew
Chief Benjamin Hayes and
Pvt. Robert Cover were treated
for minor burns and lacera-
tions.
Mr.. Mullins said the fire
started extremely fast" and
kept going at such speed that
it was certain someone pur-
posely started it. The whole
pattern of burning" indicated
arson, he said.
Shortly after the fire, DR..
Winfred Overholser, superin-
tendent of St. Elizabeths, said:
"I think this is much more
likely to have been accidental
than the other one. Women
firebugS are very, very rare"
No Connection Seen
Mr.. Mullins doubted there
was any direct connection be-
tween yesterdays fire and the
one Tuesday in a medium seeur-
ity ward two blocks from the
women's dormitory. He added
that the second fire could be
a suggestive action as a result
of the first fire"
The second blaze occurred in
an open" building housing
female patients. DR.. Overholser
said all the patients there have
ground privileges.
In Tuesdays fire, two pa
tientS were seriously burned.
Both blazes started in clothing
rooms, Mr.. Mullins said. The
earlier blaze was a two-alarm
fire, and IS patients we're
evacuated.
Evening star., 1961-04-22
Stolen Car
Hits House,
Driver FIees

A stolen car was driven early
today into the side of a house
in Prince Georges County dis
placing the foundation and
jarring basement support
beams, police reported.
Mrs. Thomas E. Deitch, 4408
Seventy-fourth avenue, Bel
mead, Md, said the car also
ploWed through the yard of her
neXt-door neighbor. DR.. Fred
erick Musser, and uprooted his
name sign.
I'm afraid to have the car
moved because it looks like it's
holding up the house." Mrs.
Deitch said.
The driver apparently was
speeding along a straight
stretch of Seventy fourth ave-
nue. when he lost control of the
car and struck the brick bunga-
low about 3 am, according to
Police Pvt. Herbert King.
Mrs. Deitch said she slept
through the crash but the noise
awakened her husband and
neighbors. A neighbor thought
she saw a man sitting behind
the wheel but he was gone
when she returned a few min
utes later with her husband,
Mrs. Deitch said.
The car, owned by Mrs.
Wanda Lee Ale, TIA Glenridge
drive, was stolen from her resi-
dence, about eight blocks from
the crash scene. She said that
after the crash her husband
found a hose in the back seat
which may have been used by
the car thief to siphon gasoline.
Mrs. Deitch said after the
collision she found two dozen
tickets in her yard for a Land
over Hills Volunteer Fire De-
ment dance. Mrs. Ale said
her husband is an officer in
the department.
Pvt. King estimated damage
to the house at $1,1O0.
Evening star., 1961-04-22

ton office. The last group of
slides showed a particularly
vicious murder of a little girl.
Obviously struck by the mur-
der scene, Senator Byrd Bit
terly remarked: Il can't under
stand why anyone can be
against capital punishment"
More cruising on the streets
followed. Shortly before l am,
the party responded to a man
with a knife" call on the police
radio near Fourteenth and R
streets NV. While waiting
outside a rooming house as
police investigated, the Senator
found himself surrounded by a
knot Of curious onlookers.
In couple of minutes police
came out of the house and re-
ported nothing happened.
supports Bigger FOrce
The Senator wound up the
evening around 1:30 am.
Nothing broke loose to-
night" he said back in his Of
flee, but it doesn't convince
me that we don't need more
men for Chief Murray's force,
For instance, we're supposed to
have several hundred pro-
Castro pickets in town by Sat-
urday morning. Well need a
lot of men for that"
Senator Byrd flatly stated
that he will support the Dis
trict's request for additional
policemen.
Senator Byrd said this won't
be his last trip.
Evening star., 1961-04-22

out of their remarks.
Most of the candidates
pledged loyalty to the Demo-
cratic Party-a subject which is
expected to become a dominant
issue in the campaign-and
two of them referred to public
education, another campaign
issue. All spoke briefly before
an address by White House
Press Secretary Pierre Salinger,
who defended President Ken
nedy's program record in
Congress.
Mr.. Salinger also noted that
Virginia voted Republican last
fall, though the State has a
Democratic administration and
two Democratic Senators.
Candidates Heard
1t. Gov. A. E. S. Stephens,
who heads the anti-Byrd Or
ganization ticket for Governor,
raised the party loyalty issue
by saying he had been a Demo-
crat since 1928 and was "one
of those who didn't have lar
yngitis last fall"
Attorney General Albertis S.
Harrison, jr., who is supported
for 'the governorship by the
dominant Democratic organi-
zation in the State, praised
Northern Virginia for its un-
derstanding and tolerance dur
ing the States difficulties with
school integration.
Alexandria State Senator
ArmiStead L. Boothe, who is
running for lieutenant COVER
nor on the ticket with Mr.,
Stephens. declared he had sup
ported public education mot in
the last two years, not in the
last two months, but in all the
dark years Virginia has passed
through
Suffolk State Senator Mills
Goodwin, rival candidate for
Evening star., 1961-04-22
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Ruth Dean, entitled Woman in the Civil War"
Learn what part they played in the great conflict
MURDER FOR PRACTICE"-What does it take to
become good lawyer? How does an aspiring attor-
ney learn the technique? At George Washington
University, they stage fake murder and take the
case to the Law Schools Moot Court for trial
You'll find out about this dramatic education
method in SUNDAY, The Star Magazine.
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which brings you more program listings and more
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Evening star., 1961-04-22

gaunt building east of Key
Bridge, was built about 1887
by Gen. Uriah Forrest, Revolu-
tionary soldier and statesman
who lost a leg in Germantown.
Gen. Forrest and his partner,
Benjamin Stoddert, first Sec
retary of the Navy, were among
l9 original proprietors" Of the
Federal City.
In 1900 the house was sold
Evening star., 1961-04-22

Lieutenant Governor, replied
that ito indicate there are
those of us who did not support
public education is to play fast
and loose" with the fact.
He said he was a loyal Dem
ocrat and added: Il yield to no
man in my allegiance to the
Democratic Party"
Senator Boothe has fire.
quently criticized Virginia Dem
ocrats who refused to support
the Kennedy-JohnSon ticket
last fall. He has indicated he
will make the subject a major
campaign issue.
Mr.. Boothe also was a strong
supporter of local option and
pupil assignments, a program
vigorously opposed by Senator
Goodwin.
Button, Boyd Speak
The two candidates for at
torney general, State Senator
Robert Y. Button of Culpeper.
and T. Munford Boyd of Char
lottesville, delivered brief ad-
dresses.
Mr.. Salinger cited nine bills
which have been approved by
both houses of Congress. He
said President Kennedy's record
is better than President Eisen-
hoWer'S was in his initial
months in office.
Mr.. Salinger also answered
charges that the present ad-
ministration is bottling up in
formation. The criticism, he
said. comes from the very
people who manipulated figures
during the campaign" last fall.
The present administration
has attempted to make infor-
nation available at all levels of
Government. he said, and
would continue to open up the
channels of communication.
Evening star., 1961-04-22
Women Voters

The monthly meeting of the
Organized Women Voters of
Arlington will be held at noon
Tuesday at Hogate's Restau-
rant, 4001 Wilson boulevard,
Arlington.
Evening star., 1961-04-22
Party Loyalty Issue
Raised by Virginions
Top Democratic Candidates at RoIIy;
SuIinqer Luuds Kennedy's Record
BY JOHN LAWSON
Star staff Writer

All candidates for Vrgina three highest political
offices the platform last night for the first time
during the primary campaign.
All six brief addresses to the TOO Democrats at the
Fairfax County jefferson jackson Day Dinner in Arlington
Towers Except instances they kept the major issues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-06
DON'T DUNK
Wax Blinds Instead

placed under Stat at the CEN
ter of the top slat. Hands
were moved simultaneously
in opposite directions with
an even pull" to keep blinds
from moving in either d.
rection. When end Of Stat
was reached, the hands
worked from the end Of the
next Stat toward the center.
dropping to the center Of the
next Slat, and working toward
the end, until the bottom Stat
was busted. When gloves be-
came soiled. they we're
switched to the other hand
so that palms were clean.
The report stressed that If
blinds are busted frequently
they should rarely need
washing, and cautioned that
dunking them in the bath
tub or spraying them with
a hose is unnecessary and
may shorten the life Of cords,
tapes and top mechanism.
Tests were made by dust
ing blinds with the round
vacuum brush and then
moistening the cheese cloth
gloves with a cleaning and
polishing wax, using fresh
gloves when one pair became
soiled-quicker and easier
then the tub method.
Final advice given in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-06

with dirt distributed evenly
over Stats and tapes. Almost
every cleaning material or
device was used. Dust cloths
and papers streaked the dust
on the Stats and they had
to be gone over two or more
times.
Stats that had previously
been polished with a polish
ing and cleaning wax or an
anti-static product CAUSED
less drag" on the cloth or
paper and dust was wiped
off more easily.
The round brush used with
a vacuum cleaner was good
for busting if the Stats had
been slightly tilted and the
cord tension released.
Gloves made of four thick
nesses of cheese cloth were
found to be handy for
women who have no vacuum
cleaner or would rather use
a cloth. These were made
by spreading the hand and
allowing an extra inch in
the pattern in order to make
them large enough for COM
fort and possible shrinkage.
Here is now the Stats were
cleaned with gloves: TIL e
Stats were tilted forward so
wrists were in a comfortable
position. Thumbs were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-06
Plants Need to Breathe

very good, just don't deliver
that something that the real
ones provide.
In some situations it is easy
to keep the plants in pots
surrounded with peatmoss or
some other similar material,
so that they may be lifted
and taken to the bathroom
or the kitchen for watering.
While this may seem I'M
necessary work, it is often the
ideal way to keep the plants
clean and free from insects,
especially if once a week they
can be placed under the
shower and given a good
hard soaking. Cold water not
only removes the dust but is
just as effective in removing
the insect pests. Where this
method is followed the ham
ding of the excess moisture
becomes only a minor effort
and a small drain pan placed
under an outlet at one end
Of the planter should be ade-
quate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-06

planter box should be water
tight to prevent marring
floors or walls. At the same
time there must be some pro-
vision for removing excess
moisture. The simplest solu-
ton would be to have the
box built into the house at
the time Of construction and
to have a pipe line carrying
the drainage to a suitable
outlet.
Unfortunately. not enough
people grasp the idea of an
effective planter arrange
ment until they begin to
search for desirable final
touches. That is too late to
do 1t the easy way and so
the drainage problem be-
comes a nuisance and a chore
and too often that leads to
the next step-the use Of
artificial flowers which soon
pale on the homemaker and
then the planter is discarded.
Artificial flowers, even
though the modern ones are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-06
By VIVIAN BROWN

Associated Press Newsfeatures Writer
If there is an argument
raging on the care and clean
ing of Venetian blinds. let it
be silent.
A two-year survey by DR..
Elaine Knowles Weaver Of
Ohio State University. an
expert on household equip
ment, should put to rest all
pros and cons on the sub
ject.
The first tests studied the
blind materials. The Stats
steel. aluminium and wood
with white finishes were
washed by a special scrub
bling machine with different
cleaning products. None, ex-
cept ammonia water, dulled
or changed the appearance
of the finish, the report says.
Cleaning and polishing
wakes and antistatic prepa-
rations were put on some of
each of these Stat materials.
Others were left untreated.
All were given 300 hours of
heat and sunshine in a ma
chine. None of the metal
slat finishes was affected and
finish on the wood was only
slightly dulled.
The next tests we're in the
cleaning Of very dirty blinds