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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-23
EARLY GERMAN PRINTS

PRINTS began in Europe only when paper became
widely available in the 18th century At first there
we're two chief for printed pictures cOlOred by
hand One playing cards; the other was as cheap
religious pictures sold to pilgrims at holy places or
at the great fairs of late medieval life Printed from
carved wOOd-blOcks, these three examples beauti-
fully illustrate the tenderness of popular pieiy as
printing began All these prints and the others on
view at the National Gallery are from the Lessing j.
ROsenwald Collection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
Fire Spotted,
Alarm Given
By Paper Boy

A 15-year-old newspaper de-
livery boy who finishes his daily
rounds with a swimming race
against teammates at Fort
Myer, was a little late for the
pool yesterday.
That was because Michael
Comedian. Of 1902 N. Danville
street, Arlington, had spent a
strenuous morning racing up
and down stairs at 2507 North
10th road, Arlington. arousing
sleeping residents and warning
them Of a fire in the building.
Delivering his papers, Mike
spotted smoke coming out of
the apartment of Kathleen
Meyers and, while the Fire De-
partment was on its way. Mike
dashed through the basement
and-three-story building bang
ing on doors.
Firemen confined the blaze
to a sofa in the Meyers apart
ment. Total damage was esti-
mated at $3.50.
When Mike, q 10th grade
student at Washington and Lee
High School, returned home, he
casually mentioned there had
been a fire in one Of the build
ings on his route. 1t was only
constant questioning by his
father, retired Maj. Gerald v.
Comedian, that got the story to
| the newspapers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
Man Run Over
By ForkIift Dies

A Fairfax County man died
Saturday several hours after
he was run over by a forklift
carrying a 2,300-pound trans
former, Alexandria police said.
The victim was identified as
jennie Albert Boone. Sc, of
IS Sam drive. Police said that
he walked in front of the fork
lift at the Virginia Electric
& Power Company, GOT West
Glebe road, Alexandria, at
1875 am. Saturday.
The operator of the forklift,
C. E. Mills, of SIG North Pitt
street, did not see Mr.. Boone
until the forklift passed over
him, police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
House Okoys Measure
ToPreserve Georgetown

The total cost to the District
under this legislation is esti-
mated at $4,485 900.
The House today also passed
bills that would:
l. Relieve an abutting prop
erty owner of the current re-
quirement that he pay one
half the cost of repairs to the
sidewalk or alley from tree root,
water main or street widening
causes. The bill. already passed
by the Senate, goes to the
White House.
2. Insure that District po-
licemen and firemen continue
to receive free medical care
from the Board of Police and
Fire Surgeons for nonService
connected illnesses and injuries.
3. Permit the substitution of
new trustees in deeds of trust
by agreement of both parties,
rather than having to get court
action.
4. Eliminate the almost phan-
tom job of Commissioner Of
Deeds here. There has been no
appointment of the position of
Commissioner of Deeds for al
most 20 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

on a possible temporary tax re-
duction.
Mr.. Long said a permanent
cut would promote economic
recovery and growth. At the
same time. he urged the clos
ing of loop-holes in the tax
laws.
Mr.. Miller charged that Mr..
Brewster. who is vacating the
seat being sought by Mr.. Long,
voted against returning a tax
bill to the House Ways and
Means Committee after telling
his constituents he would vote
for recommittal.
THE times call for men who
know their minds and who can
act decisively and intelligent
ly," MIR. Miller said. They do
not call for politicians with
split personalities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
RESERVE BLOOD SUPPLY
GONE, RED CROSS SAYS

An acute shortage of blood in Washington
hospitals prompted emergency appeal for blood donors
today by the Red Cross
The agency's Regional Blood Center undertakes to
supply $50 pints of blood daily to "a hospitals,
but with supplies exhausted the shortage
amounts to 1850 pints
More than two-thrds of all current hospital requests
for blood being postponed until supplies be
replenished Red Cross spokesman reported.
Donors urged to go to the blood center at
2025 street NV up to 845 tonight, from am. to
4:30 pm other days. Although negative types
in especially short supply, all types of blood needed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
Talks to UnsnorI Welfare
To Begin in Day or Two

program lin line with sound
welfare philosophy to meet &C
tual, demonstrated need" The
task force also would review
the departments personnel
structure and make "appropri-
ate recommendations to as
sure a high standard Of per-
formance," Mr.. Tucker said.
Mr.. Tucker said The commit
tee hearings painfully awak-
ened" District residents to "the
serious defects in administra-
ton and management" Of the
Welfare Department.
mo citizen can lightly dis
miss the inefficiencies revealed,
nor can genuine chiseling with
motive to deceive be condoned
by anyone" Mr.. Tucker wrote
Commissioner Duncan.
Senator BYRD has emphasized
that children of parents who
may be cut from the relief rolls
because of tighter restrictions In
the program must be fed He
said he is receptive to having
more foster homes, the creation
Of a day care program to help
mothers on relief become self
supporting and the expansion
of Junior Village. if necessary.
Mr.. Duncan said the "sev-
eral suggestions made by the
appropriations subcommittee"
would be discussed in detail
and the adoption of specific
suggestions will depend on
what the Welfare Department
finds it can do under the pres
ent law"
Commissioner Tobriner has
promised the subcommittee that
the District will end welfare
cheating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
WestVirginio
Site Chosen
For School

The National Training School
for Boys will be moved from
here to a site near Morgan
town. w. Va, Senator Robert
c. Byrd, Democrat of West
Virginia, said today.
The move will involve con-
struction of an SIS million
facility there. he said.
The assistant director Of the
United States Bureau Of Pris-
ons, Fred T. Wilkinson, con-
firmed the site choice today.
He said the new site will remove
the school for delinquent youth
from a congested city area.
He said all Of the ITS en-
ployes now working at the
school at Bladensburg road and
South Dakota avenue NE. can
elect to go to the new school
but that experience indicates
about half will find other work
here, rather than move.
Mr.. Wilkinson said planning
money and authorization for q
move have already been carried
by the House and are now in
the Senate Appropriations
Committee, Of which Senator
Byrd is a member.
THE facility" Senator Byrd
said, will be designed to &C
commodate between 400 and
500 male juvenile delinquents
between the ages of Is and 10
who may be sent to the school
from most of the States east
of the Mississippi river"
The Senator said when he
learned the Bureau of Prisons
planned to relocate the 100
year-old school he suggested to
President Kennedy that West
Virginia be selected as the new
site. He said the President
approved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

The House today passed and
sent to the Senate a bill to
help preserve the character Of
old Georgetown.
The legislation would give
the Federal Fine Arts Com
mission q much stronger hand
in saving Georgetown buildings
Of historical or architectural
value.
Under the present Old George
town Act, the District Commits
sioners are not required TO fol-
low the advice of the Federal
Fine Arts Commission on con-
struction work in Georgetown.
The bill passed by the House
today would require the Com
missioners to follow the rec
concentrations of the Federal
agency, not only with respect
to construction of new build
ings and remodeling of existing
structures, but also on permits
for razing buildings.
withhold Permit
Under the bill, the Commits
sioners could withhold a permit
for the razing of a building,
eventhough it might be unsafe
or unsanitary. The Commits
sioners would be empowered to
force the owner to fix up the
property.
The House today also passed
a bill to reduce the work week
of District firemen from Sc to
48 hours.
The Senate had voted for a
reduction to So hours. The bill
now goes back to the Senate.
Under the House-passed bill,
the city would have to hire an
additional 100 men to put the
48-hour work week into effect.
The reduction would cost the
city about $1.1 million for the
first full fiscal year. If the
effective date is December /,
the cost to the city for the
balance of the fiscal year will
be about 100000.
widows Benefits
Also passed by the House and
sent to the White House was
a bill to raise benefits to
widows and children Of Wash
ington policemen and firemen
who had retired, or died in
service, before October 1, 1856.
The legislation will give
these widows and children the
same higher benefits granted
to the widows and children OF
policemen and firemen who re-
tired after the October 1, 1856
date.
AS an example Of the higher
benefits, a widow now drawing
ST. 500 a year will receive either
81, 800 annually, or 80 per cent
of her husbands last annual
salary, whichever is greater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
Meoqer Rain Fall Makes
Area isolated Desert

conditions depend more on rain
up river than locally. There
has been plenty of rain in
areas of West Virginia, Mary
land and Virginia where the
Potomac gets its water.
Dry in Fairfax
R. c. Schmidt, meterologist
in charge of the Weather Bu-
reau station at National Air
port, said the Washington area
has become a sort of isolated
desert.
TITS been spotty," he said.
For instance, one area OF
Fairfax had a couple of inches
the other day. I live in Fairfax
and I stayed dry. That's how
it's been for most of the i'm
mediate Washington area this
summer.
There's no rhyme or reason
to it. Generally when a wet
weather system moves through
an area. it will balance out. But
the usual summer thunder
storms seem to be avoiding us
this year."
He said much of the immedi-
ate Washington area has be-
come a sort of pocket of dry
ness because other areas around
this Section-some not 10 miles
away-have been getting suf-
ficient rain.
Mr.. Schmidt, however, gave
some hope that the problem
might be partially solved today
He noted that the forecast fol
today calls for scattered thun.
dershowers likely this afternoon
and tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

District Commissioner Dun
can. who oversees Welfare
Department operations. said
today that he intends to have
the first of a series of meetings
on the city's welfare problem
in a day or two"
Disclosures of cheating, over
payments and lax administra-
ton of the District welfare pro-
gram were aired in hearings
last week before the Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee
headed by Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat of West Virginia.
Walter N. Trobriner, presi-
dent of the Board of Commits
sioners, described the testimony
as "shockingly revealing" OF
the handling Of relief here.
/ Meanwhile, Sterling Tucker
executive director of the Wash.
ington Urban League, toda!
called for the appointment o
a special, blue ribbon tasl
force which would bring abou
the necessary reforms in thu
city's relief program. Mr.
Tucker suggested that the task
force be composed of ranking
persons with a broad range OF
experience in public welfare
administration in large urban
completes"
Appropriation Guide
Mr.. Duncan said the meet
ings he plans would be with
Welfare department officials
and hopefully the other Com
missioners." The meetings, he
said, will be designed to
formulate "a recommendation
upon which the subcommittee
can base its appropriations. /"
Hearings on the welfare
budget have been recessed until
the end of the month at which
time the Commissioners have
been told by Senator Byrd to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

ALWAYS HE IS pictured
as an old man, but I could
find nothing in the Bible
which designates a certain
age. Do you know the story?
The story is he was bringing
a child on his shoulders by
water. st. Christopher was a
giant at o feet. He didn't
know why the child was so
heavy. He was carrying the
Christ child. I thought it
over and decided Just to do
the head Of st. Christopher
and on his shoulder a small
child"
Mrs. Kormendy carried out
this concept in a Venetian
glass mosaic, S feet high and
8 feet wide. The colors range
from the deep blue Of water
to the rust color of st.
Christopher's beard, and the
lines flow from the figure of
the man to that Of the child.
II try for simplicity in all
that I do" Mrs. Kormendy
said. In her home she Is
surrounded by much of her
works and those of her late
husband, internationally
known sculptor Eugene Kor-
mendy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

report their recommendations
for changing the handling of
the relief program.
The main areas to be eX-
plored, Commissioner Duncan
said, are: investigation Of eligi-
bility of relief clients, the So
called "man-in-the- house" rule
and foster home care and day
care for children of mothers
receiving aid.
Mr.. fuckers suggestion Of
the task force approach was
sent Commissioner Duncan Fri
day.
New Leadership Urged
THE hiring of more investi-
gators or the firing of already
under stated social workers
will not satisfy the depart
ment's genuine and long-rangt
needs and could lead only to I
.. greater rut in the future" MI
!. Tucker wrote COMMISSIONS
Duncan. II have reached thu
conclusion that new Leadership
must rapidly be brought into
the picture if the Welfare De-
partment is to prove worthy
of its name"
Mr.. Tucker said that the re-
forms needed to make the We'll
fare Department a truly effec-
tive instrument of rehabilita-
ton are not likely to come from
within the department.
He suggested that James
Dumpson. Welfare Commits
sioner of New York City. and
Wilbur Cohen. Assistant Secre-
tary Of Health, Education and
Welfare, be asked to serve on
the task force.
The task force, proposed by
Mr.. Tucker. would recommend
changes in the departments
administrative procedures and
! its regulations to bring the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
Indoor Art Show
Set for Bowie

An indoor art show will be
held from l pm. to 6 pm. Au-
gust Is at Bowie (Md.) State
Teachers College by the Bowie
Area Committee on Higher Ed
ucation.
Entries are to be made from
10 am. to 1870 am. on the
day of the event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
@. 0. P. Candidate Hits
Role of Boss Pollock

The name Of Baltimore po-
litiical boss Jack Pollock will
be an issue in the Maryland
general election campaign, just
as 1t was in the Democratic
primary, Republican Newton I.
Steers declared last night.
Mr.. Pollack should be an
issue in this campaign and 1
intend to make it So" Mr..
Steers told a meeting of cam
paign workers in Baltimore be-
fore taking off today on a tour
Of the Eastern Shore with other
COP candidates.
Mr.. Steers is the G. o. p.
candidate for Maryland's new
at-large seat in Congress. The
Democratic nominee is Carlton
R. Sickles.
Support in Primary
The Republican candidate
said he would attack his Demo-
cratic opponent for the support
he received in the Democratic
primary from Mr.. Pollack.
whose influence in Maryland
affairs was a major primary
issue. Mr.. Steers served notice
he also would attack Mr.. Sickles
for the positions he took on
redistricting in the Maryland
General Assembly. the Associ-
ated Press reported.
Mr.. Steers described himself
as pro-labor. but said he
thought it was a mistake for
a candidate to take dictation
from labor"
II think it's wrong to be ex-
clusively pro-labor." Mr.. Steers
said. But that's what my OPP
ponent. Democrat Carlton r.
Sickles, basically is. I don't
think he's representative of all
the people"
Elsewhere on the political
front. Clarence D. Long, the
Democratic nominee for I'd
district congressman, called for
permanent personal and cor
porate income tax reductions.
Political Schizophrenic
And Edward T. Miller, run
ming for United States Senate
on the same ticket as Mr..
Steers, described his Demo-
cratic opponent, Daniel B.
Brewster, as a political schizo-
phrenic who talks like DIR. Jekyl
and votes like Mr.. Hyde"
Mr.. Longs suggestion for
permanent tax cut came on the
eye of President Kennedy's ad-
dress to the Nation. in which
he will announce his decision
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

DURING HER INDIANA
days the petite Mrs. Kor-
mendy also climbed high up
on scaffolds to create a 200
foot panoramic painting of
the life of Christ for a SEM
mary chapel
Most Of my commissions
were for religious works."
Mrs. Kormendy said. Looking
around her basement she
said, "That abstract is a re-
Taxation. When you work for
churches, there is a defi-
mite tradition to follow. You
have to have certain colors
and forms. For example, the
Madonna'S robe is always q
precise shade of blue"
The Kormendys came here
five years ago. Earlier Mr..
Kormendy did a bronze relief
profile of President Truman
and the 22-foot statue of
Christ on the National Cath
Ollie welfare Conference
Building.
They both entered the first
religious show. Mrs. Kor-
mendy. did not enter then for
the next three years; her
husband died three summers
ago. Her most recent work
until st. Christopher was a
mosaic Madonna plaque in
the entrance hall of Dun
barton Colleges new girls
dormitory.
"And then I entered the
show last year with The
Birds and st. Francis 1t now
hangs in the waiting room
Of the State Department.
You know where Won 90 to
get your passport? Well,
there is my st. Francis and
my birds"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
It's official now.

What every gardener, farmer
and lawn owner for so miles
around has known for some
time. is true. The Washington
area is in the throes of a
drought. One official said
Washington is an isolated
desert"
Less than four inches Of
rain has fallen here since June
/, which is not quite half the
normal amount Of moisture
shown by Weather Bureau rec
ords for previous. Junes.
August, a month when the
Washington area normally re-
ceives ATS inches of rain, is
nearly half over and only .05
inches has dampened the soil.
In July, the area received
only 1853 inches of rain COM
pared with the normal 4.26
inches. Last year in August, the
area got a whopping 6.31 inches
and 1895 inches in July.
Less in June
Looking further backward
into 1862, the Weather Bureau
reports the area received q
of an inch less rain in June
.68 inches less in May and 9
quarter of an inch less in April
March was the last month Of
above average rain here and
then the area got only 81
inches = more than the usual
amount.
There is no shortage of water
| in the Potomac river and the
reservoirs are full but thest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

THE KORMENDYS KNEW
each other as children in
Budapest. After their 1922
marriage, their travels be-
gan. Mr.. Kormendy studied
under Rodin In Paris and
they travelled all over Europe
exhibiting. There was a va
cation trip to America in the
late sos and soon after that
Hitler was trampling over
their homeland.
The Kormendys stayed In
the United States, looking
for places where the rent
was low and the ceilings
high" for their massive
sculptures and mosaics.
Mrs. kormendy seems the
least-likely Hoosier, but she
and her husband lived Is
years in South Bend, Ind,
while her husband was sculp-
tor in residence at Notre
Dame.
you work when you are
there. Nothing is there ex-
cept your work." At Notre
Dame she met the medical
missionary DR.. Tom Dooley.
Although he was not an art
student, one day he came
into the studio and some
how he never went out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

fifth annual Washington
Area Religious Art Exhibi-
ton In the Gas Light Co. au-
ditorium. At a glance, it
looked as If art had gone to
a new generation and its
ideas. Young girls in blue
jeans placed welded steel
sculptures on pedestals,
young men were hanging up
abstracts.
Mrs. Kormendy, an artist
all her life, has pre-World
War II memories of exhibit
tons in Venice, Paris, Buda-
pest, but neither her work
nor her thoughts are in the
past. There is an abstract
tucked in a corner of her
basement workshop and her
religious art show entry Of
st. Christopher, the patron
saint of travellers, is, as she
says, "a little unusual"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

George Kennedy is III. He will resume
his column on his return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
The
Rambler
...... ToIks to
AMosuic Maker

Mrs. Elisabeth Kormendy,
slim with blue eyes, silvery
hair and a Hungarian accent,
stood before her mosaic, al
most as tall as she is.
Around her were other
artists and entries in the
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-09-29

many earnest, especially poor
people away from its services.
John saw the great opportun-
ity of giving the people the
Word of God where they were
and b e 6 mn n G the lesson
which was to come fully in
the message of Jesus that God
Is Spirit nearly as important
as the message Whenever
people are ready to listen to
the call for repentance in
preparation for great new
work of God which was about
to begin, John impaired his
message.
SELECTIVITY IN THE NEW
RELIGION:
ellis fan is in His hand.
The religion of the Coming
One who is heralded by John
will be a winnowing fan which
shall separate religious peo-
pie of merit and superficial
ity: The genuine will be sep
arated from the spurious. The
valuable wheat will be safely
stored and the chaff will be
destroyed. One can trace the
truth of this prophecy in the
weighty, sacrificial conditions
which Jesus laid upon His fol-
lowers. The rich young ruler
was too light for the weighty
requirements of Jesus. Lord
we have left all and followed
thee" When people turned
away from Jesus because His
demands were too exacting;
the winnowing fan was oper-
ating. The first voice speaking
for God in the New Testa-
ment ere heralded the COM
ing of Christ and enjoined the
practices which would make
the social order commensu-
rate with the New Day.
PRACTICAL POINTS ON
THE LESSON:
John Heralds the Christ
This lesson brings to a con-
clusion the study of Later He
brew History and Prophets.
The work of John the Bap-
tist as herald of the Christ
may be highlighted as a
bridge between the Old and
New Testaments. The teach
er may emphasize how Johns
MINISTRY met a spiritual num-
ger in the lives of the people
and inaugurated an eraof fuI:'
fiiirnent IN the coming Of
Christ John.S caEto hrepen-
tance may suggest a similar
preparation for the work of
Christ in our own day. We
today, can be the agents of
God to open the way of life,
peace and hope to all human
|lty. We can prepare the way
for the coming of the Lord in
the hearts of our relatives and
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-09-29

requested to meet with Us for
Prince Han Day Celebration
at Turner's Chapel A. M. E,
Church, on Walthall Street, fol
just one hour. So be present
on time.