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Evening star., 1961-07-09
STATUES IN CIRCLES
Garfield Faces a Hearing
BY JOHN McKEEWAY
Star Staff Writer

Garfield and Peace are tying
up traffic. is4.4
Since 1885. q statue Of forms
er President James A. Garfield
has been standing in the middle
Of a circle on Maryland avenue
and the, Mall, looking westward
into the setting sun and some
amazing traffic patterns below.
To Mr.. Garfield's right, about
q block away, stands Peace"
Shes at the end of Pennsyl-
vania avenue, below the Capt.
tol, and also observes the traf-
fic which has managed to get
around Mr.. Garfield to come
and swirl about her. Peace"
has been there since 1877.
In 1857, Basil Lee Whitener,
Ia Democrat from North Caro-
lima, arrived in Washington to
serve his District as a Con-
gresham. AS soon as his con-
Stituents followed, he diScov-
cred they were impressed most
Of all by one thing: the traffic
problems created by circles
with statues in the middle.
Frequently singled out were
Garfield and Peace"
BY 1859. Mr.. Whitener had
listened to the same story so
often he was moved to intro
duce q bill. In q speech on the
floor Of the House. he pointed
out he had nothing against
James A. Garfield. but added
his memorial ought to be taken
somewhere else.
The movement died, how
ever.
Then, this year Mr.. Whitener
was named to the House Dis
trict Committee. About a month
ago, at a meeting of the full
committee, the group Endorsed
his proposal to have a study
made of the whole statue
traffic problem in the District.
Hearings are scheduled for
Wednesday.
One of Mr.. Whitener's diff
cultieS, according to staff aides,
has been in trying to an
nounce publicly that Peace"
should be removed.
BY chance, Mr.. Whitener
could easily be pictured by po-
litical enemies as taking a stand
against peace.
So he has concentrated,
mainly, on Mr.. Garfield. But
even that position has brought
the charge, by a student news
paper in New England, that
Evening star., 1961-07-09

A pale, Inotionless man in q
white suit could avoid all an-
noyance from mosquitoes, the
National Geographic Society
reports. provided he stopped
breathing"
The society, with head
quarters here, presents this
recipe for mosquito avoidance
in its latest News Bulletin.
The bulletin does not men,
tion that the formula would be
effective for avoiding not only
mosquitoes but a wide variety
Of other problems as well.
But the society's discourse
also relates that If one would
disguise himself from a hungry
mosquito, one should grow fat,
smoke pungent cigars and avoid
bananas like the plague. And
never sweat.
Moisture is q prime mosquito
Evening star., 1961-07-09

space. The other, would be in
the removal cost.
William Jennings Bryan once
stood in the way of approaches
to the Theodore Roosevelt
Bridge, now under construc-
ton. They put him in a box
and took him away to Salem,
Ill.
Evening star., 1961-07-09

pRecreational League" or Dis
trict Government Employees
Magazine"
However, a woman who
answered the door said this
was the office for the magazine.
She said Mr.. Feeney is the
editor and publisher, but that
he was not in. She would not
give her name but said she was
Mr.. Feeney's secretary.
Mr.. Feeney has never been
"in" when The Star tried to
reach him.
Nevin Hepner, an employe
in the District Government
Finance Department. said he
used to help distribute the
magazine.
Received No Pay
"Mr. Feeney'S secretary used
to call me and say the Inaga-
zines were ready and ask how
many I needed" said Mr..
Hepner. II would take about
1000 or 1900. We just put
them in a bundle on the guards
desks at the District Building
or the Municipal Center. Then
the employees could take them
or not"
Mr.. Hepner said he received
no compensation for helping
distribute the magazine. He
added that he has nothing to
do with publication of the
magazine.
He said, however, that he oc-
casionally sent in articles and
pictures about District Govern
ment activities as did other Dis
trict employees.
If the District would put
out a publication of its own,
we wouldn't have to use
something like this" said Mr..
Hepner.
Evening star., 1961-07-09
Now They Are Going to Pave
The Streets in CoIored Asphalt

be repaved with bright green
asphalt, a 6-foot wide median
strip along Sherman avenue
win be covered in brilliant
yellow. and forest green walk
ways will replace the blacktop
leading into the Carter Barron
Amphitheater.
The demonstration project
has long range implications.
Instead of a maze of signs
telling motorists which lanes TO
use in complex interchanges of
future freeways. the lanes might
be paved in different colors.
Follow the red lane and you're
off the freeway.
Evening star., 1961-07-09
Camp Fund Facts

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order to The Even
ing Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail it to The Even
ing Star, Second street and
Virginia avenue Sc, or
bring cash. to The Star. A
receptioniSt in the lobby
will direct you to the
cashiers office.
The cost-$41.55 for IL
days, $20.7S for six days.
AL sums received By The Even
ing Star Summer Camp Fund go
to Family and Child Services Of
Washington, . United Givers
Fund agency, for the use Of its
Summer Outines Committee Fam
lily and Child Services Is regis
tered under the District Of Co
lunlbia Charitable Solicitations
Act No, 6-U7-l5l.
Evening star., 1961-07-09

Mr.. Whitener is trying to rid
the city of a Yankee presi-
dent" He was also called a
Southern bigot."
The replacement idea has
two problems.
One, according to the Con-
gressman's office. is that the
city has run out of memorial
Evening star., 1961-07-09
PUG. Ceding Rule
Over Transit Shift
New Agency Due
To Supervise
Streetcurs' End
By SAM EASTMAN
Star Staff Writer

The Washington areas new
transit regulatory agency is ex-
|pected to take over the Job of
supervising the D. c. Transit
Systems conversion of street.
car lines to bus routes.
The District Public Utilities
Commission has had jurisdic-
ton over the gradual switch to
an all-bus operation. P. U. C.
members have agreed, however,
to ask the new WASHINGTON
Metropolitan Area Transit
Commission to take charge of
the conversion problems of the
four remaining streetcar lines.
The move repeatedly is aimed
at avoiding a court challenge
by the company on the question
Of jurisdiction.
The company recently an
nounced it was withdrawing a
Streetcar-to-bus petition filed
with the P. U.C. It then sub
mitted a new conversion re-
quest with the area transit
agency.
One P. U. c. member, Harold
/ A. Kertz wanted the commits
sion to keep jurisdiction over
the conversion. But Engineer
Commissioner Frederick j.
Clarke's view that it would be
better to turn the matter over
to the new agency has pre-
vailed, it was learned yester-
day.
Clarke on Both Boards
The Area Transit Commits
sion will take up the P. .U.C.'s
request tomorrow. There is lite
tie doubt that the new agency
will agree to assume control
over the switchover. Gen. Clarke
in addition to his membership
on the P. U. C. is chairman of
the transit agency.
The P. U. C. conversion deci-
sion would still stand, officials
said.
Last month the P. U. C. said
the company should convert
the four remaining lines by
next June. The opinion Stipu-
lated that the Streetcars must
be replaced with new air-con-
ditioned buses. A total Of 165
buses would be needed. the
commission said.
The company then an
nounced it was withdrawing its
petition for early conversion.
D. C. Transit's franchise pro-
vides for a gradual switchover
to buses by July "a, 1868.
The latest company move
was a conversion request filed
with the new transit commits
sion. This petition asked for
permission to switch to buses
on two lines-Mount Pleasant
and Eleventh street-by Octo-
ber 20. o. Roy Chalk, company
president, said he would re-
place the streetcars with rs new
aforementioned buses.
200 Buses "Over-age"
In it's report last month, the
P. U. c. said the transit COM
pany also is committed" to
buy 100 new buses this year
and 100 next year to replace
over-age buses. This is over
and above the 165 for the COM
plete conversion. At the same
time, however, the commission
said it would be "unwiSe" to
require the company to buy
this many new buses in that
period.
Gen. Clarke'S position is that
the P. U. C. ruling is manda-
tory, and not permissive. He
noted yesterday, however, that
the company has a right to pre-
sent a case for amendments to
the timing and new-bus pro-
visions.
Evening star., 1961-07-09
BY GILBERT GIMBLE
Star Staff Writer

The District is experiment.
ing with rainbow =colore e d
streets.
Highway officials have ap-
proved a Chicago firms request
to pour some green and yellow
asphalt-for free-as a demon
stration of what the future
may hold.
Officials are interested in
possibilities of using the
brightly colored pavement as
an aid in traffic control.
By the middle OF this week
portions Of RosSlyn circle will
Evening star., 1961-07-09
SEND a KID TO CAMP
Adult responsibilities
Rest on Little Becky
Becky is far from the popular

Becky Is far from the popular
image Of the American girl.
Not for her gay adventures
with the family and outings
with friends.
Becky, IL, is responsible for
her mothers well being.
Her mother has several seri-
Gus physical ailments. Once,
when she had a fainting spell
at night, Becky had to call in
the police to help.
Seeing that her mother takes
her medicine night and day is
routine for Becky.
The family has only a rented
room in relatives home. The
relatives don't encourage Becky
to bring in friends.
Whenever Becky can get
away these days, she slips out
and stays out for hours. Her
friends are unknown to her
family.
Relatives Will look out for
Becky's mother while Becky is
at camp. It's the one thing the
girl has shown interest in. and
her mother wants her to go.
A vacation in a real child's
world will be a refreshing break
for q girls childhood is passing
by.
Following is a list of contrib
Evening star., 1961-07-09
Frederick Firm Gets
Contract for Bridges

A Frederick CMd) construc-
ton firm has been awarded a
contract by the Maryland
State Roads Commission to
build two bridges on the Balti-
ore-Washington parkway.
w. P. Campbell Construction
Co. submitted the apparent low
bid Of $495,776.75, State Roads
Commission officials reported.
The two bridges will be built
over the Capital Beltway near
the Glendale road interchange
at the parkway.
Evening star., 1961-07-09


free, but it is fat with ad-
vertisementS, a number of
them from companies doing
business with the District Gov
ernment.
The spring edition of the
District Government EN-
ployes Magazine" contained 323
advertisements. A check with
. sampling Of the advertisers
made by The Star during a
month-long investigation in
dicates that the gross revenue
from this edition was about
$500.
Officials in Dark
The names Of the editor and
the publisher are not listed in
the slick-paper quarterly maga-
zine. which has been published
since 1857. @
Free copies of the magazine
are offered to those who en-
roll in the "City Employees Rec
reation League" No informa-
ton is given on the officers of
this league.
Schuyler Lowe, director of
the Department Of General Ad-
ministration, and Henry F.
Hubbard, District personnel Of
ficer, among other veteran
District officials, say they do
not know what the "City En-
ployeS Recreation League" is.
The phone number given in
the magazine for the league is
the same as that listed in the
telephone directory for Glenn
E. Feeney Of 1340 Ingraham
street NV.
A reporter who visited this
address found q two-story
house in q residential neighbor-
hood.
The house has no sign say
ing either "City Employees
Evening star., 1961-07-09
D. c. Probes Legitimacy
Of 'EmpIoye' Magazine
PrivuteIy-Issued, Ad-Heuvy Periodical
Offered to Recreation Group Member:

District officials investigating the of words dis
Employees" the title privately published
magazine
The inquiry prompted by complaints to the Depart
men Of Licenses and Inspections from advertisers who they
thought the magazine officials District publication
Evening star., 1961-07-09
NdVyto vacate
Part Of Plant
By Next July
GSA Studying
Possible Use of
Weapons FuciIity

The Navy will turn over part
of the Naval Weapons Plant to
the General Services Ad-
ministration by next July.
In a letter to John L.
Moore, GSA administrator, the
Navy revealed that four build
ings or portions of them can
be released as excess property
during the coming year.
Kenneth E. Belieu, Assistant
Secretary of Navy for lnStalla-
tions and logistics, noted that
the action is in keeping with
a decision last March to bring
to a close all industrial activity
at the weapons planC by rext
January.
A GSA spokesman said the
agency Is now undertaking a
thorough study of what use
can be made Of the anwanted
property.
He said GSA will determine
If there is any further Federal
or District use for the yard
structures. If there is none,
then GSA may allow their use
by private industry.
Answer Sought
The Metropolitan Washing
ton Board of Trade has been
anxious to get a definite an
swer from GSA as to the status
of any surplus property at the
old Navy Yard.
William H. Press, executive
vice president Of the Board Of
Trade. said there are "a num-
ber Of prospects" interested in
the Navy Yard property.
1.-The minute GSA tells US ex-
actly what is available, we'll go
to work in getting people lined
up" Mr.. Press said.
So far firms expressing in
terest in locating at the Ana
costa River site of the Naval
installation include q steel and
sheet metal manufacturer, a
petroleum products firm and
other industrial concerns.
I'VE would like q decision as
soon as we could get it because
we're very hopeful we can get
people in there to make pro-
ductive use of the facility" Mr..
Press added.
Building Abandoned
The Navy says one building,
q six-Story structure, has al
READY been abandoned and an
annex to it will be cleared Of
machinery by next April.
Another four-st5fy structure
win be partially emptied by
this October. Another will be
Iready for GSA TO take over in
q year.
All four structures involved
are located at the west end of
the Navy reservation.
Last March, Secretary of
Navy John B. Connally, jr., an
nonuced that a decision by the
Eisenhower administration to
close out the 162-year-old
weapons plant had been af-
firmed after a review. The move
means that 1900 employees
would be laid off this year.
The basic reason for ending
industrial activity at the plant
was that new weapons and
techniqueS and increasing en-
phasis on missiles have elm
mated the plants usefulness.
, 1961-03-18

am sending you herewith draft of a bill to Amend
Title 33 of the Virgin Islands Code regarding applicability
of wharfage charges at the public wharves in Saint John.
The United States Customs Service, which collects
the wharfage taxes for the Government of the Virgin Is
lands, has advised that it has never.collected wharfage
charges for cargo loaded or unloaded at any of the public
docks in Saint John.
Because the law is not clear IN this respect, a question
arose recently when a company doing business IN Saint
Thomas desired to send material to Saint John in connec-
ton with contract there. It appears that the practice OF
not collecting wharfage charges in Saint John should be
legalized, and the attached bill is intended to do SO. 1t is to
be noted, however, that the wharfage charge would be col
lected in Saint Thomas or Saint Crox on cargo destined to
Saint John passing through either OF these islands.
/ recommend that it be adopted.
Sincerely yours,
(Sgd) John D. Merwin
John D. MerWin
Governor
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF HI UNITED STATES
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Charlotte Amalie. ST. Thomas
June 2. 1860
The Honorable
The President of the Legislature
of the Virgin Islands
continued on page
, 1961-03-18
N NOTICE
March Is, 1861

All interested persons please take notice that in accord
ance with Section 4lO9 of Title 80 Of the Virgin Islands Code,
dealing with the Industrial Incentive Program, a Public Hear
ing will be held on Tuesday, March %, 1861 on the following
applications for Tax Exemption and Subsidies:
The Public Hearing on the St. John case will be held at
the Administrator Office, Cruz Bay, St, John, Virgin Islands
at 1880 am.
Name of Applicant Address Type Of Business
|GallowS Point Cruz Bay Guest House
St. John. VI.
C. and F. Invest Contant Housing Project
ment Co. St. Thomas, vi.
The Public Hearing on the ST. Thomas case will be held
at the Municipal Court Building, Charlotte AmaIe, st. Tho
mas, Virgin Islands at 500 pm.
Any persons, firm or corporation interested in the appro-
val or d~isapproval Of these applications may appear and be
heard provided a written statement is submitted to the Board
at least one week prior to the Hearing.
EVAN A. FRANCOI
Executive Secretary
, 1961-03-18

Veterans Drive, the Court construed the existing law that
high-beam there was not illegal. The amendment proposed
is to clarity the law in this respect as well as to prevent
the cruising of vehicles with parking lights only.
recommend that this bill be adopted.
Sincerely yours,
~ tSgd) Roy w. Bornn
Roy W.. Bornn
Acting Governor
THE VIRGI ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
OFFICE OF H GOVERNOR
Charlotte Amalie. ST. Thomas
June 2, 1860
, 1961-03-18
Virgin Isldnds Corporation
OFFERS FOR SALE

! Ford ~ Ton Monorail Truck, Vicorp
No. 95
l international 1R ton Truck. Vicorp No.
124
/ WHY'S Pickup Truck, 4wheel Drive,
Vicorp No. 1874
l Ford Pickup Truck, " ton, Vicorp
No. 1873
These vehicles could be seen at Central Factory
and also at the Bethlehem Factory area by contracting
A. OiReilly or Mr.. r. Ross.
All Proposals to purchase must be submitted to our
Main Office at Golden Grove personally or mailed
% : Virgin Islands Corporation, Post Office Box 1879,
1hristiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, by or before
800 P. M. Qocal timeJ March %. 1861. 8-t-28
Evening star., 1961-03-17

fast on the heels Of the radio
failure in the massive space
craft Russia sent toward Venus.
Two 85-foot dish antennas
were used. A 1888 megacycle
per second signal was trans
mitted using about 10 kilowatts
of power.
Venus, the next closest planet
to the sun from the earth, is
hard to study usually because
of its atmosphere of dense
clouds. On April IL, the earth
and Venus will approach to
within 26.2 million miles of
each other in what astronomers
call an inferior conjunction.
With present equipment, ra-
dio contact is impractical eX-
cept in the short periods before
and after this conjunction.
Evening star., 1961-03-17

year for study Of the ionos-
phere.
The Goddard scientists also
displayed models of an omni-
bus satellite and an observa-
tory satellite to be launched
in 1868.
The omnibus or OGO Orbit
ing Geophysical laboratory is
like a bus in that it can carry
a variety of passengers" Up
to so different experiments can
be put in one satellite. Two
such 900-pound satellites al
ready are scheduled. A whole
series of the buses may be
sent up, each with different
experiments as passengers"
Three astronomical observa-
tory satellites are scheduled in
1868 and 1864. The satellite
carries a 36-inch telescope fol-
looking at stars from above the
distorting influence of the
earth's atmosphere.
Evening star., 1961-03-17
u. S. Bounces Signals
ToVenus and Back

On three separate days in
the past seven, the United
States has bounced a strong,
clear radio signal to Venus and
back-a 70-million-mile trip
that took 612 minutes.
So successful have been the
experiments that National
Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration scientists are conf
dent a two-month radio-bounce
program will tell them:
/. Whether Venus spins on
its axis and, if so, at what
speed.
2. The angle Of Venus axis.
3. The nature Of Venus sur
face.
Evening star., 1961-03-17

They may also provide more
accurate measurements of the
distance between bodies in
space.
DR.. Hugh L. Dryden, deputy
administrator Of the National
Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration, said the first sue
cessful radio transmission was
completed at 9:34 pm. EST
last Friday at the Jet Pro-
pulsion Laboratory Goldstone
Tracking Station so miles
north of Barstow, Calf, in the
Mohave Desert. Contact was
again successful on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
The American success comes
Evening star., 1961-03-17
AdVentists to Join
In Youth Week

Area Seventh-day Adventist
Churches will join more than
5000 Adventist churc hes
throughout the country in OBJ
servance of Religious Emphasis
Youth Week beginning tomor-
row.
Edmund M. Peterson, di-
rector of youth activities of the
Columbia Union Conference of
AdventiStS, announced that all
area churches will observe the
annual Youth Day" in serv-
ices tomorrow.
The theme for the senior
youth group this year will be,
The Higher Happiness; or. A
Guided Tour Through the
Beatitudes." D..
Evening star., 1961-03-17
Webb Shows Stepup
Slated in NASA Tests

BY the time Mr.. Webb had
finished introducing Represent
ative Overton Brooks, chair
man of the House Committee
on Space and Astronautics, the
Congressman wore an ear-to-
ear grin. Mr.. Webb's glowing
introduction was longer than
Mr.. Brooks remarks.
The Democratic Congress-
man from Louisiana said he
would like Mr.. Webb to repeat
those statements in his home
district. Mr.. Webb, seated by
then, said he would be happy
to.
Reviewing 1O-Year Plans
Then last night, Mr.. Webb
spoke at the DR.. Robert H
Evening star., 1961-03-17
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
star Staff Writer

James E. Webb, the new ad-
ministrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration, sounds like a man
who has inherited a slow race
car and is looking. for ways to
make it a winner.
At the dedication of the
Goddard Space Flight Center
near Greenbelt, Nd, yesterday,
he said visitors could see from
the new space research facili-
ties that "the pace will be
stepped up"
And he showed a keen in
terest in the men of Congress
from whom he may have to
ask more gas"
Evening star., 1961-03-17

Goddard Memorial Dinner at
the Sheraton Park Hotel. His
prepared address said he and
NASA's deputy administrator
are making a thorough ex-
animation of the present vail
dity of the 10-year program
worked out last year"
He said they also are study
ing the funds provided in the
budget presented to Congress
by President Eisenhower.
He also stressed efforts to
enlist the cooperation of other
nations in the space effort. At
the Goddard dedication. a model
of one of these cooperative
efforts was unveiled.
Evening star., 1961-03-17
Omnibus Satellite

1t is United Kingdom l, the
first satellite to be Instrumental
by Britain. The Goddard Cen
ter is managing the program
which will launch the satellite
aboard a Scout rocket next
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-07
Caithersburg Washington Grove
BY Sylvia Tate Koran

Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Shorb of
Hollywood, Fla, have beer
visiting Mrs. Shorb's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Stang. Mr..
Shorb has returned to Florida,
but Mrs. Shorb and their three
boys are staying in town a little
longer.
The Gaithersburg Homemade
ers' Club holds their annual
Christmas party at the Civic
Center on Wednesday, Deem
Der Ii at 8 pm. There will be
an exchange of gifts. Hostesses
for the party are Mrs. Philip
Veters, Miss Jackie Gather,
Mrs. Donald Howard, Mrs.
Elmer Fletcher, Mrs. George
McBain, Mrs. Victoria Price, and
Mrs. Charles H. Denhart.
The newly elected officers of
the club, taking office in Janu-
airy, are: Mrs. Andrew Peters,
president; Mrs. Glen Nutter,
vice president; Mrs. Forest Fra
ley, secretary; and Mrs. Ethel
Salter, treasurer.
The adults and children of the
Washington Grove Methodist
Church held a skating party at
Dalamar on Monday evening.
Elmer Fink Of Oakmont ave.
opened the deer season by get
ting an eight point deer, weigh
ing 205 pounds.
The Gaithersburg Clergy
mems Association met last Mon
day evening at the First Bap-
list Church. The Rev. Chester
Rill, as representative of the
GACA, is preaching every
Thursday evening at the Deten-
ton Home and will continue
services through January. Coun-
selling is held after services for
the inmates. The GACA is one
of five ministerial groups par
ticipating in these services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Nutter's
guest last week was Miss Stella
Hines of Covington, Ky.
The Christmas dance to be
held at the junior high on De-