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Evening star., 1961-11-22
Contest of Albert and Boiling Expected
To Give Kennedy an Early Reading

rights bill. Both are interna-
tionaliStS.
Mr.. Boiling is the better
known of the two in party
circles generally. But Mr.. Al
bert is more popular in the
House, especially among the
Southerners.
The difference is in style.
AS Democratic Whip for the
last seven years. Mr.. Albert
has gone about his Job of
rounding up votes for the
Democrats with the utmost
politeness. Men who pleaded
they must sometimes put dis
trict before party found an
understanding ear. And the
sharp crack of his whip sell
dom was heard.
Mr.. Boiling is a forceful
aggressive legislator whom
Speaker Rayburn picked to
handle the mitigating with
Chairman Howard Smith Of
Virginia in the embattled
House Rules Committee. His
hackers are for Mr.. Boiling
for Majority Leader, they say.
because he would be a harder
driver than Mr.. Albert in the
job.
AS Mr.. Rayburn's first lieu
tenant on legislative STRAIT
egy in recent years, Mr.. Boil
ling had a unique education
in the working of the intri-
cate committee system by
which the House is run, his
friends argue, and also in
how to anticipate problems
before they arise. He would
Evening star., 1961-11-22
DR.. Sehrt of GNU
Awarded Star Grant

DR.. Edward H. Sehrt, profess
sor emeritus of German at
PGeorge Washington University.
fhas been awarded the 1872
Evening Star Grant of $2.500,
gestablished to aid faculty re-
search projects.
One of the worlds leading
4 scholars in German philology,
kDr. Sehrt recently completed
1.-TWO definitive works on Not
Cker III, the 10th-century Swiss
scholar, based on original man
kuscripts found in a monastery
of st. Gall, Switzerland.
I The fifth annual grant of
] The Evening Star Research
Fund will support DR.. Sehrt's
4 most recent work on an Old
High German-Latin dictionary
(which contains the complete
vocabulary of the works of Not
ker III.
DR.. Sehrt, who began teach
ing in 1915, is a native of Bal
timore and was graduated from
Johns Hopkins University.
4 The majority Of scholars in
his field are in Europe, DR..
Sehrt said. II used to have
quite a bit Of correspondence
Iwith them before the war" he
said, but most of them have
died" He said the trend of
students in the field today is
toward the study of medieval
history. which is becoming more
! popular every year.
4 DR. Sehrt said he was on
sabbatical leave from Johns
Hopkins, studying in the Ii
braries of Europe in 1892" but
Hitler come into power the
next year. I saw what was
happening and came home. "
That was the period of his first
serious research on Notker III,
he said. but I really concen-
4 trated on the work for the past
10 years and finished it last
July"
Although he has been retired
from George Washington since
1858. DR.. Sehrt has continued
his contributions to publica-
tions and now has begun what
ne said will be "the most COM
Evening star., 1961-11-22
DORIS FLEEsoN
Congressional Pulse Taking

know how to work around
obstacles Mr.. Albert might
not see until too late, they
say.
Both men would head the
House for the New Frontier.
The question is how deliber-
ate would be the speed.
Both are beginning the
seven-week campaign be-
fore Congress reconvenes with
characteristic calm. Mr.. Al
bert has sent out kilograms
to all House Democrats ask
ing support. Mr.. Boiling is
busy on the telephone lining
up groups to work for him.
Then, he says, he will just let
the pot boil for awhile.
When Mr.. Boiling told the
administration of his decision
to run for Democratic Leader,
there was no indication that
the White House intended to
intervene in the race or was
opposed to him. If that policy
continues to prevail. Mr.. Boil
ling believes he has a chance
of putting together a coal
ition Of Northern, Eastern
and Western liberals that will
outweigh Mr.. Albert's
strength in the South and
among traditionalists who
favor a leadership plan Of
promotion from within. Mr..
Albert's supporters claim that
if the vote came today, Mr..
Albert would win 2-1.
In any case there is
mutual respect between the
contenders, and Democrats
are not likely to wind up
with blood all over the caucus
room floor.
Evening star., 1961-11-22
CORE to Issue
Guide Against
Biused Stores

The Washington Congress of
Racial Equality in a statement
today said on December l it
will circulate a "Selective Buy
ing Guide" described by the
organization as a list of Wash
ington companies which deny
equal job opportunities to Ne
gro citizens of the community. &"
CORE announced prepara-
ton Of the list some time ago
Evening star., 1961-11-22

in letters mailed to many busi-
ness firms.
For the holiday season, start
ing on Saturday, December Q,
CORE intends to place mass
picket lines around selected
main department stores and
apparel speciality shops which
are either guilty of discrimina-
ton in their hiring practices or
which have attempted to de-
ceive the public by practicing
token hiring" today's state
ment added.
I'VE request that the COM
munity not cross these picket
lines, and not to shop with
these merchants who feel that
they can discriminate against
more than half Of the Wash
ington community with i'm
munity."
Evening star., 1961-11-22
DAVID LAWRENCE

Vice President Lyndon
johnson talked a few days
ago about the way the Com
munists are seeking to bring
about a divided America. He
said they are striving desper-
ately to array class against
class" He pointed the finger
of blame at extremists and
said that "the leaders of
world communism know that
in this ugly business they will
find unwilling allies within
our own society"
But Mr.. johnson, while
criticizing group after group.
never said a word about the
friction going on inside the
labor-union movement in
America. A United Press In
ternational news dispatch
from Nevada now tells of a
walkout of about half the
employees at a nuclear-test-
ing base there. In a juriSdic-
tional dispute, the operating
engineers and plumbers, each
denied the right of the other
to do certain work. About
1000 employees refused to
cross the picket lines set up
by the plumbers.
Yet the United States is in
the midst of a desperate con-
test with the Communists on
the matter of nuclear tests,
and time is of the essence.
Who. therefore, looks out
for the national interest?
The impression has been con-
veyed that strikes at missile
bases have been abolished,
but sporadic Interruptions do
occur. The public is inclined
to blame employers, when
the fighting actually is be-
tween the unions themselves.
The Secretary of Labor, Ar
thur Goldberg. made a speech
last Friday to the convention
of the AFL-CIO industrial
union department, urging
that jurisdictional feuds
should be abandoned. He said
"the country needs a united
Evening star., 1961-11-22

Mr.. Pegler lives in Tucson,
Ariz.
Mr.. Stripping said he under
stood the Catholic Church's
Tucson diocese had granted
disnensation for the marriage.
Evening star., 1961-11-22

prehensive dictionary" treating
the works of the Middle Ages.
DR.. Sehrt and his wife, Helen,
live at 2811 Thirty fifth street
NV.
Evening star., 1961-11-22
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

The White House is worried about extremists" An
extremist is fellow who's so far out he's weghteSs
Kennedy administration official is fired after losing
$1,000 at blackjack His the worst violation of the
Frontier gambling code. He lost
Poultry farmers complain that the trouble with this
Thanksgiving is getting tom turkeys Tom Thumb
prices
One thing you say for the megaton bombs. They
prove the human race refuses to quietly.
Oratory: The art of saying nothing profoundly.
Cafornians who paid ST. 600 have cocktails with
Kennedy get break the "a campaign Democratic
headquarters plans compact cocktails with Bobby at $99595
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Talented Pupil
Is Topic Of D. c.
School Leaders

More than 100 Washington
area teachers, parents and
school administrators yesterday
attended a conference on Gre
ativity in the Education Of Su-
period Children and Youth" at
George Washington University.
Conferences at q morning
session heard a keynote address
by DR.. Harry A. PaSsow, direc-
tor Of the Talented Youth Prof.
ect at Columbia University's
Teachers College.
Seminars were held on social
studies, language arts, reading,
mathematics, indsutrial arts
and music. The conference was
Jointly sponsored by GW's
School of Education and Phi
Delta Kappa, a professional
education organization.
Senator Maurine Neuberger,
Democrat Of Oregon, addressed
conference guests at a luncheon
held in the American AsSocia-
ton of University Women
building, 2401 Virginia avenue
NV. She declared the Govern
ment can well afford to sup
port a program Of grants tc
teachers for foreign-language
study"
Evening star., 1961-03-05

ditions. But for each reader
we do the best we can"
He said the library has many
of It's own staff working In
similar conditions. Only once
this winter has a researcher
complained to him Of too much
heat, he said.
He added that he also got
complaints from researchers
that their chairs squeak or
their neighbors use their paper
clips.
Conditions may change If a
new annex is built. Last spring,
Congress appropriated $4,000
for a study of the library's re-
quirementS. The study could
lead eventually to a new build
ing.
Until that day. researchers
must take what they can get
II can only hope some plan
can be found to air-condition
this area" said one researcher
until other room becomes
available. With the present
heat I feel my efficiency drop
ping as my colleagues doze.
Otherwise, the heat this
summer will make work here
impossible. Private research
for all practical purposes, will
be ended"
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Second Slip
Minimum Of S. Million
Set for Arlington Needs
Punchline Forgotten

addition to the Drew-Kemper
School.
But Mr.. Urbanske expressed
doubts that funds to add multi
purpose rooms at four elemen-
tary schools, something for
which parents repeatedly have
pleaded, will be included.
Careful Screening
Planning Commission men,
bers have suggested that Ar
lington should seek authority
this year to borrow between
$12 and $40 million.
But the County Board, still
conscious of the last defeat,
intends to screen carefully each
item put in the next proposed
issue.
1t also is determined to avert
a tax increase this year, if at
all possible. in the hope of pro-
noting approval of a new bor-
rowing program.
1--WE will have to try to mar
shal public opinion in behalf
Of the bond issue and convince
the people that we are doing a
good, responsible job in fiscal
affairs" Mr.. Urbanske said.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Opera Hall Is First

Work last week was being
completed on the conversion Of
the old private research areas
on Decks A and B, above c and
D. The area, now marked for
other uses, has been air con-
ditioned.
Private scholars who need to
type now vie for about a dozen
desks and about so table Sec
tions in the library's air-con-
ditioned annex. These facili-
ties cannot handle all who
want to use them.
So most must take the 11S
desks on C and D or nothing
Large heating pipes going to
other parts Of the library heat
c and D. The heat is not con-
trollable by the researchers as
it would be if from a radiator.
But there is no other space
available for tipping. The desk
space on Decks A and B is
assigned to those Senators and
Representatives who have re-
duested study rooms, or to Gov
ernment agencies. These areas
are often empty.
Willard Webb, chief of the
Stack and Reader Division al
the library, says some of the
researchers have spoken to him
very bitterly" about their con.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS STEW
Scholars Beef About Heat

At their research desks in the
Library of Congress, private
scholars fused and fumed last
week and complained the y
were being pushed out of the
hemisphere's greatest collection
of knowledge.
The private researchers who
come from all over the world
on grants or private funds ac-
tually were not being pushed
out-just down.
They and their desks have
been moved from relatively
comfortable, Window-l In d
study rooms and areas on Decks
A and B Of the book stacks
down to Decks C and D, where
there are no windows. The
scholars say the temperature
rises to the mid-80s even on a
winter afternoon.
A priests head mods and a
historian drowses. Others blame
the heat for lowered efficiency
The only ventilation is from
air pulled by roof fans through
six-inch slots cut through the
IA levels of stacks. Some re-
searchers say summer temper
atures in the stacks will aver
age in the mid-90s and be
much higher at times.
They say also they have nc
! restroomS on c and D.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Waldorf Murder
Suspect Is Held
By Stute Police

Maryland State Police in
Waldorf last night said they
have arrested a Prince Georges
County asbestos salesman and
charged him with the murder oi
a 61-year-old merchant last
January.
Robert H. Nichols of McKin-
ley, about three miles north OF
Waldorf. was jailed without
bond last night.
State Police said he was ar
rested in connection with the
Staying on January 90 Of Jo-
seph Arthur McKenny at his
store in Waldorf.
Mr.. McKenny was found with
bullet wounds in his head, lying
on the floor Of his store. Money
estimated by police at $4,000
was missing.
Nichols was arrested about
6 o'clock last night by Corpl. B
L. Weimer and Trooper r. G
Vance. police said.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
HONORS GIVEN
rs D. C.. FIRMS

Twenty-six Washington firms
100 years old or older were pre-
sented certificates at the Lin
coin inaugural luncheon. The
Star, founded in 1852, was the
only newspaper on the list.
Gait & Bro, Inc, jewelers.,
was the oldest firm, founded
in 1902. The National Bank Of
Washington, founded in 1909,
was second.
Others were the Baltimore
and Ohio Railway Co., 1885;
Joseph F. Birch's Sons, 1841;
Drinks, Inc, 1859; Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, 1848; A. Eberly'6 Sons,
1849; c. Engel's Sons. Inc,
1850; Firemen'S Insurance Com
pany of Washington, 1887; H.
w. Fisher & Co., 1861.
Also, Harvey's Restaurant.
1858; Jacobs Transfer Com
pany, Inc, 1857; Lansburgh's,
1860; ]. william Lees Sons
Company, 1886; NARROW Coal
Co., 1858; Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Co., of Newark, N. j.,
1845: Oriental Building ASso-
citation, 1861; Riggs National
Bank, 1886; Sealtest Foods,
Milk Division, 1880; ]. H. Small
& Sons, 1855; Tophams, Inc.
1855; w. T. Turton & Sons.
1860; Washington Gas Light
Co., 1848; West Brothers Brick
Co., 1874, and the Willard
Hotel, 1847.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
BY JOHN BARRON
Star Staff Writer

Arlington voters next No
vember probably will be asked
to authorize the borrowing of
between IS and $40 million to
build public facilities.
County residents last May
decisively rejected all nine
parts of a proposed SIS mil
lion bond issue.
However, Leo Urbanske e,
County Board chairman, yes
terday said that needs which
were called critical last year
still exist and more have ac-
cumulated since.
Needs Held Greater
1.-THE needs are great, and
defeat of the last bond issue
has made them greater" he
said.
II would say we now will re-
quire a bond issue of between
$5 and $40 million. Certainly,
IS million would be the mini
mum"
The money would be used
for street improvements, storm
sewers, sidewalks, Libraries
fire-fighting facilities and an
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Inspector Douglas
Honored by Purty

A party was held last night
for Inspector Alexander Doug.
las Of the Metropolitan Police
Department who was recently
promoted from captain to com.
mand the Police Training
School.
He replaces Inspector Wood.
row Winfred who is retiring
The party. was held at A v
Ristorante Italiano, Sixth anc
New York avenue NV.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Chinese Walls Feared
In Highway Building

a bottomless pit" the admin
istrator designate said.
The more highways built, the
more traffic they generate; the
more traffic, the greater need
for parking facilities, he be-
Neyes. And as a consequence Of
highway construction, the city
gets more and more chopped
up." he said.
At any rate, Mr.. Stolzenbach
stressed, the various alterna-
tiveS will be examined in de-
veloping a balanced transpor-
tation system and these fac
tors will constantly be placed
before all the planning agencies
and governing bodies in the
washington region.
The agency's new appointee
who must still be formally
nominated and confirmed by
the Senate, also hopes to move
fast in getting some glimmeI
of relief for commuters.
81 would like to try some ex-
periments," Mr.. Stolzenbach
said, and suggested this one:
Convince the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad to try running
more commuter trains in the
Maryland area and have o
Roy Chalk put D. c. Transit
buses at the stations to wait
for incoming trains and take
commuters to designated Gov.
eernment building centers.
Il don't know if it woult
work or not, but I think some
things should be given a try al
least" he said.
Evening star., 1961-03-05

rangements for the centennial
re-enactment.
After all. he said, this Lin
coin re-enactment cost less
than any other Inauguration
held here in Washington.
He looked among the guests
for Senator Morton Of Ken
lucky, Republican national
chairman. Finding him absent,
Mr.. Schwengel said the trouble
with Republicans is that they
don't pay enough attention to
Lincoln.
But the partisanship was
mostly tongue-in-cheek.
House Speaker Rayburn, son
Of a Confederate soldier, hailed
Lincoln and said the Nation
has put behind the hate and
prejudice of the Civil War.
He called Lincoln's assassina-
tion "the saddest thing that
ever happened in the Nation"
Recalls Another Texan
Mr.. Sandburg said at the
Capitol that Lincoln's first in
auguration was dying time ano
birthing hour"
He noted that at that time
riflemen had orders Ito watch
the windows (along Pennsyl-
vania avenue) and fire on them
in case any attempt should be
made to fire on the presidential
carriage"
He also added a figure to the
re-enactment. He told how Sen.
ator Wigfall, who was a Texar
like Mr.. Rayburn, watched thu
Lincoln Inauguration.
Plainly wearing contempt
defiance on his face, Wigfal
was saying now in pantomimt
what he had said in the Senate
that the old United States oi
America. the Union, was 6
corpse and the question now
Evening star., 1961-03-05
CEREMONY PLEAsEs sANDB0RG
10000 See Lincoln Re. enactment

ers featured a drawing of Vice
President "a. Hamlin. Ham
Inns first name was Hannibal.
John c. Collision of RichA
mond, an amateur actor. played
Lincoln quietly and seriously.
Following legend, he handed
his stovepipe hat to Ralph
Becker, the Washington at
torney playing Stephen A.
Douglas. Douglas, who debated
Lincoln for a Senate seat and
won, was credited with saying,
IF can't be President, at least
I can hold his hat"
Mr.. Collision set aside a walk
ing stick before reciting the
address Lincoln had made.
Lincoln Wit Repeated
With the Union-blue clad
Sharpsburg (Md.) Rifles lining
the Capitol steps and with the
main characters carefully re-
created, the inaugural absorbed
the attention of the crowd,
many of whom were children.
After the ceremony, the ac-
tors rode away by carriage to
reappear and tie up traffic at
the Willard Hotel for lunch. Mr..
Collision, as he introduced we'll
wishers to his wife, repeated
Lincoln witticisms.
The lunch had a menu SINH
lar to one Lincoln had ordered
for his party 100 years ago:
Simple corned beef and
cabbage.
The Marine Band played STIR
ring music Of the era at the
ceremony and the luncheon.
A congressman from South
Carolina, the State that led in
secession, was seen whistling
and tapping his foot to "The
Union Forever"
It was that kind Of day.
Evening star., 1961-03-05

con afterward that the cere-
mony pleased him. He said he
was happy to note that the
crowd was twice the size of the
one at the real Inauguration
100 years ago.
Throughout the ceremonies
the present Nations unity was
noted by Republicans and
Democrats from North ar6
South.
But Representative Schwen.
gel. Republican of Iowa, salo
also at the Willard Hotel lunch
con that he now felt qualified
-"and ready"-to arrange fol
the Inauguration of the next
Republican President. The
Congressman was chairman Of
the joint committee on ar.
Evening star., 1961-03-05

forums, q symphony hall and
a theater, could be added later,
when additional funds come in.
The White House aide said
the President and his staff are
aware of the need for a cul-
tural center. "You can't live
In this city for as long as
President Kennedy has and not
be aware of these things" he
said.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
Arts Center
CuseGoinq
ToKennedy

The case for the National
Cultural Center is being pre-
pared for presentation to Presi-
dent Kennedy, who ID expected
to name a national chairman
for the center's fund drive soon.
A White House spokesman
said a number of discussions
have been held with representa-
tives of the cultural center.
He said detailed plans for the
cultural center and for the
Embarrassing drive that pro-
ponents hope to get under way
in the near future have not yet
been presented to the Presi-
dent.
Good Reception Seen
There's no question:" the
spokesman added, that the
proposal for a cultural center
will get a warm reception"
He added, however, that the
President is not yet committed
one way or another on the
specific plans developed so far
Backers of the center. which
they hope eventually will be q
$75 million structure at the
edge of the Potomac River off
Rock Greek parkway. have
been preparing a Nationwide
campaign to raise funds.
Opera Hall Is First
Preliminary plans call for 9
start on the structure once $3C
million has been collected. Thil
would mean the entire shell oi
the structure could be built
with an opera hall and under.
ground garage completed fol
'use.' The two other main audi
Evening star., 1961-03-05

was how to give 1t decent ..
burial.
Mr.. Sandburg told also how
Representative Tom Corwin of
Lebanon, Ohio, had written 10
the President-elect:: \.
God alone / fear can help
us I think if you live, you
may take the oath"
Punchline Forgotten
Mr.. Sandburg, making his
luncheon remarks following the
Lincoln inaugural re-enact-
ment here yesterday, forgot the
punchline of a favorite Lincoln
joke.
The story relates how ar
Irishman caught in a town
where liquor was not openly
sold asked the druggist for a
lemonade. Mr.. Sandburg. 83
told how the Irishman asked
the druggist to spike it.
Then Mr.. Sandburg paused
and quickly asked a Lincoln
buff near him how the last line
goes. Quickly recovering, Mr.
S andburg added, "'unbe-
knownst to me-
For some, the difficulty re-
called the troubles of poet Rob.
ert Frost at the Inauguration
of President Kennedy. Glare
from the sun kept. Mr.. Frost
from reading some of his re.
marks.
Second Slip
Mr.. Sandburg noted Mr.. Lin.
coin liked the story because hi
liked to add that he was some
times called on to do thing.
"unbeknoynst" to his con.
science.
Civil War enthusiasts founc
another slip at the luncheon
Memorial plates given the din.
Evening star., 1961-03-05

An account Of Lineoln's inaugural. os
reported 10 The Stdr 100 yeors oso.
oppeors todoy in Sunday, The StoT
Mosoxine.
Evening star., 1961-03-05
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
star Staff Writer

Abraham Lincoln's first In
auguration was quietly and
knowingly re-enacted on the
east front Of the Capitol yes
terday before 10000 persons.
Carl Sandburg, Lincoln BIZ
ographer, told guests at a
corned beef and cabbage lunch