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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20
ALEXANDRIANS
PAINTING WINS
CORCORAN PRIZE

Robert F. Gates, an Al
eXandria artist, won the
$500 prize for the best work
in the Corcoran Gallery of
Arts annual Washington
Area Exhibition, the gal
lery announced today.
Mr.. Gates work is an
oil painting entitled
Chair" The show opened
today and will run through
February 20.
Other first-place winners
in the exhibition are Ar
thur Hall Smith of 1920 N
street NV, for painting;
Erna Marie NeveS of 1920
Ranoch road, Bethesda; for
sculpture; Jack Perlmutter
of 2026 I street NV, for
prints and drawings; Rich
ard C. Lafean of 1901 Rus
sci road, Alexandria, for
ceramics, and Louise G.
Cooley of 65O6 Wilmett
road, Bethesda, for textiles.
Judges were Mrs. Adelyn
D. Breeskin, director of the
BALTIMORE Museum of Art;
WIFI a m Zorach, noted
sculptor; Herbert Sanborn,
exhibits officer of the Lii
brary of Congress; Gloria
S. Finn, craftsman, and
Paul V. Gardner, curator
of ceramics and glass at
Smithsonian Institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20
infections in Births Studied
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
Star Staff Writer

The role played by maternal
virus infections in mental re-
tardation, Mongolism, cerebral
palsy and other disorders of
the newborn is being explored
in an unprecedented study at
the National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda.
More than $4,000 expectant
mothers are providing blood
samples for the study.
The blood samples are COL
lected from pregnant women
at Is medical centers through
out the Nation. Sent to the
National Institute of Neuro-
logical Diseases and Blindness,
the blood is tested to learn if
the mother has been exposed to
one or more of about 100 vi
Iruses-ranging from common
cold viruSes to those of polio.
The blood-sample study is
part of an even larger project
to make periodic examinations
and keep records on pregnant
women and their babies at Is
medical centers for at least 10
years.
The aim is a better under
standing of conception, preg-
nancy, labor and delivery in
relationship to the child's
growth and development.
Infections of pregnant women,
their age and nutrition have
already been linked to some
retardations and deformities of
children. The new study is an
attempt to better define the
roles of these pregnancy con-
ditions.
Exact knowledge of what in
fectionS can cause deformities
and retardation could result,
eventually, in vaccines to be
given neWly-wed women that
could protect their future chill
dren, some have suggested.
Research teams under DR..
John L. Sever of the National
Institute of Neurological Dis
eases and Blindness and DR..
Robert J. Huebner of the Ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20
3Ok'd for Judge
In Fairfax

The Fairfax County Bar
Association has Endorsed three
men for a new County Court
judgeShip.
The new judgeship was
created because of an over
crowded County Court docket.
Recommended by the bar as
ISOLATION were County Court
Probation Officer Frank L.
Deierhoi, Substitute County
Court Judge John T. Hazel
and Richard M. Sullivan, a
former Justice Department
lawyer.
John H. Aylor, president of
the county bar association,
said the names would be sub
mitted to Senior Circuit Court
Judge Paul E. Brown, who will
make the appointment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20
So Million
Plaza Loan
Announced

The Urban Renewal Admin
iStration has announced a
$786,276 grant and a $8,389,121
Federal loan to begin work on
the Districts Columbia Plaza
project in Foggy Bottom.
Phil A. Doyle, executive di-
rector of the District Rede-
velopment Land Agency, said
RIA will now start to buy the
remaining AZ parcels of land
:earmarked for the project.
The urban renewal area is
bounded by Virginia avenue
and by E, Twenty-third and
TWenty-fifth streets. 1t is
near George Washington Uni
verSity, the State Department
and Potomac Park.
Nine land parcels, amounting
to about two acres, already
have been purchased and will
be used by the District for
highway projects.
The rest of the land, totaling
more than 8 acres, will be used
for 300 apartments, 400 hotel
rooms, a retail center and an
underground garage for 1900
cars for project jewellers and
State Department employees.
The urban renewal area will
be developed by the Columbia
Plaza Corp, headed by Frank
j. Luchs, president of the
Washington Real Estate Board.
The grant awarded yesterday,
Mr.. Doyle said, will be used to
pay the difference between the
cost of relocating the 1872 IA
miles in the area and clearing
the land, and the. property'S
selling price.
The Federal loan, he said, will
go toward financing the Dis
trict'S share of expenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20
81 Vote Beats
Bland Tract
Rezoning
Chuirmun Casts
Deciding BoIIot
After Long Hearing
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND
Star Staff Writer

A controversial rezoning petit
ton for commercial and apart
ment land in Suitland was
denied yesterday by a rare 81
to- vote of the Prince Georges
County Commissioners.
The case involved 1875 acres
owned by James B. Bland, one
of the six Democrats on the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, and former county
commissioner and county treas
urer.
He requested six acres for a
neighborhood shopping center
and the rest for apartments.
The property is on Silver Hill
road between Suitland road and
New Route 4.
In the voice vote by the all
Democratic county commits
sioner board at the end of a
four-hour public hearing in
HyattSville, A. Preston Perrie
and Frank j. Lastner favored
the petition. Opposing were
Herbert w. Reichelt and M.
Bayne Brooke. Jesse S. Baggett,
board chairman who votes only
to break a tie, cast the vote
that denied the rezoning.
Staff Objected
The rezoning was recon-
mended by the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission over the OBJ
lection of its technical staff.
Engineers said sufficient
commercial and apartment land
already exists in the communl-
ty, noting that in the last two
years more than 400 acres have
been rezoned for apartment use
in that area. This, they said,
could accommodate 10000 per-
sons.
Oscar R. Duley, attorney for
the opponents. called on seven
witnesses who testified addi-
tional apartments would over
load three nearby schools and
increase traffic congestion on
Silver Hill road.
Witnesses also said the apart
ments would Worsen the already
existing storm drainage prob
lem in some sections of the
neighborhood.
Bland Defends Plan
Mr.. Bland said the State
Roads Commission will take a
35-foot-wide strip along the
front of his property for the
widening of Silver Hill road.
His attorney, T. Hammond
Welsh, said projects to alleviate
the storm drainage problem
would be too costly if done for
single family homes but less
expensive if carried out for
apartments.
In calling seven witnesses,
Mr.. Welsh brought out testi-
mony that much of the land is
in a saucer-shaped tract as
much as 10 feet below Silver
Hill road and better adaptable
to apartments rather than
single family homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20
County Board
Shifts Students

The Montgomery County
Board of Education decided to-
day to shift some of the re-
tarded children attending
classes in Sandy Spring to the
Step h en- Knobs Elementary
School in Wheaton.
The move next fall will ease
transportation problems for the
youngsters, many of whom now
spend as much as two hours a
day riding buses to and from
Sandy Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Advice for a Different
Kind Of Weight Watcher

STRATEGY FOR THIN GIRLS-Hollywood star June
AIlySon is Weight-Watcher of a different kind Her
problem is keeping her weight up. For her caloric
recommendations, read Advice To Thin Girls" in
This Week Magazine with this Sundays Star In the
same magazine, some of Americas leading citizens
discuss the controversy about erecting statues of
our heroes in public places
WINTER IN THE COUNTRY-During snoWstorms that
would bring Washington and other lowland cities
10 stop, the mountaineers of Western MARYLAND
continue their daily routines For a word-and
picture story of winter in Garrett County MARYLAND
read SUNDAY, The Star Magazine
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Editor Charles Yarbrough'S report in the travel
pages of this Sundays Star.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20

East Capitol to Sixth street
and north to a dwelling in the
400 block of Sixth street NE,
where Bostic was apprehended
in a friends home.
Police said his rubber oled
shoes had left a distinctive
mark, an L-Shaped pattern near
the toe of the imprint and a
diamond-like impression on the
inStep.
A Canine Corps dog assisted
in the tracking operation, police
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20

tional Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases worked out
the blood tests.
Among the Is medical centers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-01-20

cooperating in the study are
the Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore, and the Medical
College of Virginia, Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
Urban Setback

The 4-to-3 vote by which the Mary
land Court of Appeals has held that the
State Senate need not be reapportioned
is sufficient by itself to show that the
legal question is a close one. And, of
course, it means that the issue should
be carried to the Supreme Court.
The Maryland appellate judges said
they would announce the reasons for
their decision at a later date. Pre-
sumably, however, the majority adopted
the view Of Judge Duckett, who relied
upon an analogy between the makeup
Of the State Senate and that of the
United States Senate. In short, al
though the court says representation
must be related to population in the
lower house, this is not true of the Sen
ate.
The difficulty with this that in
Maryland'S case IA per cent Of the
States population will continue to con-
troll the Senate. Thus, the gain in repre-
sentation in the House Of Delegates
which the courts recently awarded
urban voters can be Cancelled or at least
largely nullified in the Senate.
No such unsatisfactory result should
be willingly accepted unless and until
the Supreme Court has had its say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
Breathing Spell, at Least

Union members in the aero-space
industry have displayed commendable
sense of responsibility toward the ma
tional interest in agreeing to President
Kennedy'S appeal for a poStponement
OF their threatened strike action against
producers Of missiles and space craft
A decision to the contrary inevitably
would have been gravely damaging to
a vital part of our defense and security
program, and, therefore, inexcusable.
The 60-day deferment now agreed
upon will permit the special presidential
board named last week to seek resolu-
ton of the differences between the pro-
ducerS and the two unions involved, the
international Association of MachiniStS.
IN some cases and the United Aerospace
Workers, affiliated with the United
Auto Workers, in others. Basis for set
tlement may be found in formula first
accepted by the unions and the Douglas
Aircraft Company, providing average
wage and fringe benefits amounting to
about Is cents per hour over a three
year period and setting up a So-called
agency shop which requires non-union
workers to pay fee to the unions act
ing as bargaining agents. Most of the
industry has baked at this latter pro-
vision, and 1t is on this issue that the
emergency board undoubtedly must con-
centrate its greatest attention in the
60-day period. In event of failure in this
instance. the President could still turn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
Tale of a Bridge

Before long, the last vestiges of the
old Aqueduct Bridge (who knows the
reason for the name?) will disappear
from the Potomac, leaving only dim
memories Of frustrating venture. In
1880 the citizens of Alexandria were
upset because the Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal was taking business to rival
Georgetown, across the river. Men of
action, they formed the Alexandria
Canal, Railroad and Bridge Co., and
fought back with an idea as zany as
any RUDE Goldberg invention.
If Georgetown was growing pros
porous through canal-borne trade, why
not Alexandria? BY hooking into the
q 0 canal, 1t was reasoned, Alexandria
could drain off part of the Georgetown
bonanza. But how to get the barges
across the river? The answer, strange
as it may seem, was the Aqueduct
Bridge, Atop the stone piers, engineers
constructed a wooden trough wide
enough to accommodate barge, and a
tow path. Above this aqueduct was "the
bridge proper, composed of the roadway,
footway, and parapetS for the passage
of persons, animals and vehicles"
The 1,600-foot aqueduct thus ran
from the g. o to a canal extending
from the Virginia end of the bridge,
and along the Potomac, to the city of
Alexandria. For those days, the cost was
steep, running over 81 million for bridge,
canal and the necessary locks. And it
took Is years of uncertainty before the
facility began operating in 184S.
For time Alexandrians must have
been optimistic. Just before the Civil
War as much as 100000 tons Of coal a
year moved through the canal But the
bridge tolls were high, and Georgetown
merchants did their best to discourage
its use. Furthermore, the wooden aque-
duct began to rot and leak, and it prob
ably was just as well the Government
took over the bridge after Fort Sumter.
Congress finally agreed to a new
superStructure on the old piers, COM
pleted in 1907 Twenty three years later
the Aqueduct Bridge as such died with
the opening nearby of span honoring
Francis Scott Key. For the past 40 years,
however, the unSightly but substantial
piers Of Aqueduct Bridge have stood
watch over small, but engrossing,
chapter of history. Now the Corps of
Army Engineers is finally to blast them
into oblivion SO racing shells may better
use that stretch Of the Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24

to the Taft-Hartley law, ask for an
injunction against strike action for an
additional 80 days and make another
effort to work out a settlement.
All Of this gives time, at least. Even
so, it Is evident that the legal machinery
applicable to labor disputes in industries
vital to the national security, for ex-
ample, is inadequate. The Kennedy ad-
miniStration has placed considerable re-
lance thus far, and with some success,
on Intervention outside the Taft Hartley
formula, and it still may turn to that
law when necessary. Neither recourse,
however, guarantees anything more
than the so-called cooling-off periods
and opportunity for further improvisa-
tons and negotiation. There is need
for more assuredly effective approach
by law. 1t should be a high priority
objective Of the administration and of
Congress, at least during the next seS-
sion, to find this better approach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
Testing and Talking

In keeping with long-Standing ex-
pectationS, the Soviet Union now has
announced plans to set off a new batch
OF atmospheric nuclear detonationS-
the second such series since last Sep
TENDER, when the Kremlin abruptly and
quite ominouSly broke the three-year
moratorium on atomic hydrogen testing.
The prospective new explosions have
been made inevitable" according to
MoScow's propagandists, by the Ameri-
can tests that have been taking place
in recent weeks in the Pacific. Naturally
enough, what the Red propagandistS
studiouSly cover up is the fact that these
tests-which apparently are drawing to
close-were decided upon only because
Of the menace implicit in the Russians
Shattering of the moratorium and their
subsequent massive and unprecedented
series OF detonations in very high mega
ton ranges.
In matters Of this sort, however, the
men Of the Kremlin never hesitate to
distort the truth and turn reality upside
down. So it is not surprising that they
are now trying to avoid propagandistic
black eye around the world by ~ blam-
ing their coming additional explosions
on the United States, (2) accusing the
West OF Threatening us and our allies
with preventive war;" and 90 claiming
that they alone have the right to be the
last to stage nuclear tests-because
America was the first to do so and Rus
STA has to catch up
There Is ample reason to suspect, Of
course, that the impending Soviet deto-
nations have long been planned and
that they would have been carried out
regardless Of whether or not our latest
Pacific tests had ever been staged. What
remains to be seen is whether our coun-
try will respond with additional ex-
Fermentation Of its own. The decision
as to that will be made by the President
in due course, on the basis of careful
scientific evaluation by our experts of
the effects Of the Kremlin'S new series
on our national security If the effects
are found to be significant or potentially
dangerous, then further American test
ing will be likely.
Meanwhile, at Geneva and else
where, talks presumably will continue
in an effort to reach some meeting of
minds on ways and means to put an end
to testing and counter-testing and thus
slow down the ever-accelerating arms
race. Conceivably, If the men Of the
Kremlin would only agree to trustworthy
controls and policing, their last-to-test
proposition might serve as q basis for
fruitful negotiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24

So Cedar HILL" the home
of my grandfather John C.
Van Hook, built by him, and
the original grounds laid out
by him, is now to be part of a
park memorial to Frederick
Douglas, famous Negro.
John Van Hook and John
Fox. an EngliShman, once
owned q great deal Of what
is now Anacostia. They laid
out lots, allocated and gave
sites for school, church and
market. The new town was
first called Van Rockville.
This proving unsuitable, the
name AnacoStia was chosen.
John Van Hook was on the
Northern side in the fight
for the Union. He acted as
messenger between WASH
ington and Harpers Ferry
and at least once was caught
and obliged to swallow the
notes.
Cedar Hill was lost after
the Civil War along with
everything else he owned.
What about a plaque, or
other consideration, being
given for the original owner
and credit for being a CO.
founder of Anacostia?
Caroline Bean Binyon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
A Treaty Is Signed

On its face, a treaty of independ-
ence and neutrality for Laos-signed by
fourteen nations, including the United
States and the Soviet Union-may be
considered welcome solution Of a po-
tentially dangerous problem. Such a
treaty was signed in Geneva this week
and Souvanna Phouma, Premier Of the
little South Asian country, promptly
promised to do everything to maintain
an Independent, prosperous and neutral
Laos" We hope his promise will, or can,
be fulfilled.
1t Is significant, however, that the
Associated Press reported from Geneva
that "the enthusiasm has been notably
stronger on the Communist side than
on the Western side" There are under
standable reasons For the first time
In history, the Soviet Union has estab-
lished formally recognized position in
Southeast Asia and one of its European
Communist satellites, Poland, is mem
Der Of the three-party International
Control Commission set up to monitor
the treaty. The pro- Communist Pathet
Lao Is strongly represented in the coali-
tion government of Souvanna Phouma,
and the latter'S "neutralism" is often
and accurately described as cleft
leaning" There appears to be much less
pro-Western or Communist rep
resentation in that government, a cir
cumstance that will be less disturbing
II the government is in fact a neutral
and Independent one.
With all this, a resolution for the
time being at least has been achieved.
And it is unlikely that anything better
could have been accomplished by nego-
tiation. Only future eventS-not only
in Laos, but in the neighboring areas
OF Southeast Asia-will provide the ulti-
mate answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
No Place to Play

In the District Of Column
bia there is considerable lack
Of grounds for the purpose
Of recreation. At present, it
seems that the trend is to-
ward organized activities, usu-
ally taking the form Of boys
clubs. Being a former mem
Der Of a boys club, I find that
despite the accomplishments
Of such establishments, addi-
tional recreational facilities
are needed. The need for
neighborhood Fairgrounds is
urgent. Many cities have pro-
vided for such needs in guam
tity.
Washington is a city of
great beauty, and its inhabit-
ants should feel it an obi
cation to look out for the
needs Of youth in ways diff
ferent from organized clubs.
This is one method Of &C
complishing the much quoted
phrase keeping them off the
streets"
James Rover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-24
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINcoLBylJ
Michigan Governor Race Close

The Democratic and Re-
publican voters Of Michigan
viii 60 to the polls two weeks
from today to nominate John
B. Swanson, incumbent DEM
ocratic Governor for a second
term, and George Romney,
Republican, to run against
the Governor. Mr.. Romney,
former president of American
Motors. first in the American
field Of compact cars, was
thrust into the spotlight for
the Republican nomination
for Governor last winter.
Having been active in a nom
partisan drive for revision
Of the State Constitution
and vice chairman Of thu
convention which has now
written a new constitution
subject to a vote Of the peo-
pie, he agreed to make the
race. He is without opposi-
ton for the G.. o. P. nomi-
nation. If he can defeat Gov.
Swanson next December, Mr..
Romney will loom as an i'm
portant figure in the Repub-
lican Party, and possibly be
considered for a place on its
national ticket in 1864. As
of today he is given by some
observers a $3.50 chance of
winning.
Mr.. Romney is making his
bid for Governor in a State
that In recent years has been
dominated-so far as State
wide elections are concerned
by a labor-Democratic CO.
alition. Michigan today has
a Democratic Governor and
two Democratic Senators. 1t
all started IA years ago when
G. Menen williams, a
youthful and attractive fig
ure land a Democrat), ran
for and won the governor
ship. He was elected to six
consecutive two-year terms.
When he announced he would
not run for reelection, 1t.
Gov. Swanson was elected
in his stead by a substantial
margin. Gov. Swanson, how
ever, is no "Soapy" williams.
Mr.. Romney, on the other
hand, is a new, outstanding
Woodworking and attractive
candidate. A man who has
made a success in business
and as q civic worker.
OvercOmes Opposition
Since he got into the race
last winter, Mr.. Romney has
been getting about the State,
making as many friends as
he can. When he was first
prominently mentioned for
the goVernorShip, some of the
more conservative Republi-
cans looked askance. They
thought him too liberal. For
Mr.. Romney had expressed
himself as opposed to too
big business as well as to
too-big labor. And indeed,
he has definite ideas as to
what should be done about
both industry and labor. But
this opposition, If it ever
really existed, has died away,
as the Republicans have seen
more and more of Mr.. Rom
ney and have heard him give
his views.
Furthermore, the Republic
can picture in Michigan is
not entirely black. In the
present Congress, for ex-