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Evening star., 1962-09-26

1t is considered unlikely that
the Commissioners will take
action on the matter of inves-
tigative arrests before the end
of the present session of Con-
gress, expected early next
month. Legislation is pending
which would bar the Commis-
sioners from interfering with
:nvestigative arrests.
In his report, Chief Murray
cites a number of judicial
opinions approving the de-
tention of suspects "for proper
police interrogation and inves-
tigation before Normally
charging (them) in connection
with a criminal offense."
"If all prospective defend.
ants were formally charged
solely on the basis of sufficient
probable cause to justify the
arrest" the chief said, many
cases would develop where the
individuals would have to OBJ.
tain bond or be held for theil
appearance at the next session
of court"
The Horsky report said tina
investigative arrests may NEAR
the prisoner is held incommu
nicado, depriving him of tn
Evening star., 1962-09-26
Report AssoiIs Septic 7 Tonks;
Towes Backs Tight Controls

and the integrity Of the county
health officer and his entire
staff" the State health chief
said.
"It is our hope that the high
degree of interest and concern
which has been generated in
Montgomery County will pro-
vide real help in increasing
public understanding and ac-
ceptance of this problem to the
level of willingness to pay for
the essential extensions of pub
lie water supply and public
sewage disposal into all oul
rapidly expanding metropolitan
areas" the report said,ss
Gov. Tawes brushed aside q
comment from his Republican
gubernatorial opponent. Frank
Small, jr., who said the State
is whfte-washing the Mont
gomery septic tank and well
program. "He is a candidate
on the outside trying to get in
and this statement ranks with
some of his others which show
a lack of information and
knowledge about State affairs, Z"
Gov. Tawes said.
The Governor said the State
and MONTGOMERY County is
moving ahead to bring as much
control as possible over the
septic tank problem.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
District Bills Signed,
Firemen's S Hours Cut
Practice Called UnsOund

President Kennedy today
signed a collection of District
bills including a reduction in
the work week for District fire
fighters.
The signing today of the
work week bill was a culmina-
ton of attempts by the Fire
Department to reduce the So
hour work week which stood at
72 hours just three years ago
Firemen will now enjoy a AZ
hour week.
The reduction will cost the
city about $l.1 million annual
ly and will require the hiring
of an additional 180 men.
Also signed was a bill which
win enable the Police Depart
ment's property clerk to handle
the disposal Of 4ost or aban.
doned property more efficient
ly. Another bill also signed
Evening star., 1962-09-26
D. c. Officials to Get
Housing Bios Ban

anti-discrimination action in
the Nations Capital is expected
tomorrow in a report by the
Civil Rights Commission.
Hearings Held
The commission last April
held hearings on housing dis
elimination practices here.
Before taking any action, the
Commissioners would hold a
public hearing on the proposed
regulations.
The legal basis for the anti
discrimination regulations
would be the Commissioners
general police powers.
The draft order states that
forcing Negroes into Substand-
ard quarters by racial discrim-
ination hurts the entire city.
The order cites such factors as
increased crime and group ten
sions in support of this position
Mr.. Tobriner, president of
the Board of Commissioners,
apparently had planned to keep
the draft regulations under
wraps until after the Civil
Rights Commission would be
made public and the expected
White House anti-discrimina-
ton order issued. The city's
other two Commissioners, John
B. Duncan and Engineer Com
missioner Frederick j. Clarke,
did not know that Mr.. Tobriner
ordered the regulations drafted
until yesterday.
Under the draft regulations,
a court conviction of a dis
elimination charge would bring
a $500 fine or a Today Jail
sentence, or both. Under the
regulations, it would be illegal
for a person whose home is up
for sale or rent to refuse to
sign a contract because of race.
Also covered would be lending
institutions, such as banks.
The draft order also forbids
housing discrimination because
! of religion or national origin.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
Montgomery
Sidewalks
Are Opposed

Armed with pedestrian sur
veys and tax estimates, a siz-
able representation from the
Four Corners Wheaton neigh
borhood appeared before the
Montgomery County Council
yesterday to protest the pro-
posed construction of sidewalks
along University boulevard.
The project, which would
provide five miles of sidewalk
running along each side of the
busy highway, was requested
by more than a dozen schools
and churches between Wheaton
and Four Corners in the inter-
estS of pedestrian safety.
But residents in the vicinity
expressed strong disapproval of
the plan, maintaining that $50
few people walk along the
boulevard that sidewalks would
be a waste of money"
Dean Stricken, of 900 Uni
versity boulevard. promised to
provide Council President
David L. Cahoon a new hat if
he could find sufficient foot
traffic to warrant a sidewalk.
Mr.. Cahoon replied, 1--WE will
look into it-I don't need a
new hat"
II bought my house when it
was the last house out there,
and thought it was country"
MIR. Strickler said. IT wish it
had stayed that way"
Mrs. Donald H. Roxenberg,
of 10917 Siesta road, said that
she is willing to "sit out there
seven days a week, 10 hours a
day, and write down the names
of everybody who walks by
you can count them on your
fingers"
Evening star., 1962-09-26

wipes out the requirement in
present District law that one
half the cost Of repairing a
sidewalk or alley be assessed
against the owner of the ahut-
ting property.
The President also signed
into law bills that would:
Place c. Darwin Stolzenbach,
director Of the National Capital
Transportation Agency, on the
National Capital Planning
Commission as ex-officio men,
Der.
Regulate life insurance writ
ing. This measure is designed
to eliminate reported abuses in
this field.
Eliminate the almost phan-
tom job of Commissioner oi
Deeds of the District. No new
ones have been appointed ir
20 years.
Evening star., 1962-09-26

THE situation in Montgom-
cry County is by no means
an unusual one. Similar prob
lens are being encountered in
other counties of Maryland"
the report said.
Practice Called UnsOund
I'm the face of a rapidly ex-
panding population and a
trend toward standardization
it must be. clearly understood
that the spetic tank and the
practice Of disposing of sewage
and other wastes into thu
ground is basically un'
sound" the report declared.
The State and local healtl
departments are put in thl
position of performing a "vir.
tually impossible task" Of regu-
lating the development Of sub.
division served by individual
wells and septic tanks, anc
some failures must be antic.
ipated, the report stated.
DR.. Perry Prather, State
health director, said that the
ability of the Montgomery
County Health Department hao
been questioned in the furol
over contaminated wells there
II would like to reiterate my
confidence in the competency
Evening star., 1962-09-26

ONCE AGAIN, in the sun
set, the overhead stream be-
gins. They come from the
courthouse at Warrenton,
the rocky ledges of Sugar
loaf Mountain, and even the
very roof of the Department
of Commerce, where Mr..
Skillman himself works on
a lower level.
Neighbors rush out and
bang away Justify on tin
cans, frying pans and other
noise makers to scare the
starlings away from their
houses. The Skillmans lurk
on their own patio, glaring
at the birds and making un-
kind remarks about their
birds daily activities.
Late lunch tonight" OBJ
served the host. Must have
been tied up in the traffic on
Shirley highway"
1.-THE downtown gang i
latecomer, too," comments
his wife. bad day at the
aviary, probably"
They are crying for urban
renewal" mutters Mr.. Skill
man. They'll get it this
winter; we're going to knock
down this thicket, too."
Evening star., 1962-09-26

photographers who "man-
handle the public" and carry
on a business that is almost
sidewalk larceny" Maj. Stover
said.
Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Robert F. Kneipp said he
has not seen "a less dignified
group of sight seeing guides
than those that congregate in
the vicinity of the White
House"
Capt. Joseph V. Osterman,
head of the public vehicles unit
Of the Metropolitan Police de-
Tended the character of the
guides. He said that while they
were gentlemen" they have
generally been unco-operative
in his attempts to act on COM
plants Of tourists.
Tourists Stranded
He said his office has re-
ceived many complaints Of
tourists being stranded on
tours becaus drivers have not
picked them up at buildings at
the expected times.
1t is not uncommon for a
tourist to be solicited "8 to 10
times" in front Of the White
House by different guides.
Capt. Osterman said. This
shouldn't be condoned," he
said.
Under existing regulations, II
a guide does not catch hold
of" a person on the street to
solicit business, it is almost i'm
possible to prosecute the guide,
he said.
, Traffic at the Northwest gate
, of the White House becomes SC
snarled because of curbstone
solicitation of tourists in carr
that police have difficulty get.
2 ting cars in and out of the
grounds, Mai. Stover said.
White House Police are
: asked daily by tourists whether
they have to pay to get into
the White House." he said
! When asked where they got
, this impression, tourists otter
J reply that an "officer on the
! sidewalk" said we would have
, to pay, he added.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
Drunk Drivers
ToGet Stomp
On Licenses

BALTIMORE, Sept. 26 (AP) i.
- The Department of Motor
Vehicles announced today an
alcohol restriction" will be
stamped on the driving Ii
censes of persons convicted of
driving while intoxicated.
Such a motorist also will
sign an agreement saying he
will submit to a breatholizer
test If ever stopped by a po-
liceman who suspects him OF
drinking while driving. The
driver must then surrender his
license II any amount Of alco.
hol is detected in the test. i
he refuses to take the test
DMV investigators will confis.
cate his license.
The new regulations alsC
provide for personal inter.
views for persons convicted
of drunken driving who are
attempting to have their Ii
censes reinstated. They also
must attend driver clinics-two-
hour weekly sessions for foul
weeks - before driving privi-
leges may be reinstated.
The changes are effective
Immediately.
I'VE have the program oper-
ating," said Motor Vehicles
Commissioner John r. Jewell
adding that the action follows
Gov. Tawes' order to agency
heads to check the mounting
toll of highway deaths.
Mr.. Jewell noted that neigh
boring States have a l2-month
waiting period before rein
statement, compared with go
days in Maryland.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
MARYLAND INCREASES USE
OF UNMARKED POLICE CARS

BALTIMORE (AP).-The number Of Maryland
State Police patrong unmarked will be increased
in attempt to reduce the accidental death toll on
State highways
1T has been clearly shown that drivers wilfuly
violate the law if they think they get away with it,
Supt. Carey Jarman said yesterday
I'VE feel that by making the presence of the trooper
less obvious the deterrent effect potential vioators
will be greater than at present"
The State Police count of fatalities this year is 4o6
an increase Of SO over last year.
Evening star., 1962-09-26

SenJlng, themselves Dy dressing
like policemen, and causing
traffic jams and accidents by
stopping cars to solicit Gus
toners for tours.
The photographers were
criticised for high-pressuring
tourists to pay for unsolicited
pictures of themselves and for
"manhandling" the public.
The activities of both were
assailed for detracting from
the dignity of the White House
as q national shrine.
More than 200 guides, pho
tographers and other interested
persons crowded the hearing
room at the District Building.
would Destroy Business"
An attorney representing 200
independent guides said the
regulation changes would de
stroy" the business Of the inde-
pendents and serve the interests
of their corporate competi-
ton"
Attorney F. Joseph Donohue,
a former District Commissioner
who represented the United
Sightseeing Guides and Opera
tors, said the Commissioners
should call a meeting with the
guides to work out a code OF
conduct.
The proposed changes woulc
ban guides and photographers
from any area within 500 feet
of the White House grounds
Other restrictions would estab'
lish more controls over tht
general activities of the guide
! including a requirement tina
tour tickets indicate Whethe
admission to buildings is fire.
or not.
Police Chief Critical
: Speaking of the activities o
the guides and photographers
/, Mai. Ralph c. Slower, com
manding officer Of the Whit
, House Police, declared:
, 1.-THE whole business of uper
ating at the front door lead
, the general public to believ
that it has the blessings of tn
White House." The guides ar
gentlemen" compared to tn,
Evening star., 1962-09-26
By PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 26.-
Septic tanks were described to-
day in a report submitted to
Gov. Tawes as an obsolete and
unsuitable method of sewage
disposal" in areas of rapidly
expanding population. The
Governor Immediately Endorsed
proposed tightening Of septic
tank regulations.
The report, made by the
State and Montgomery County
health departments as a re-
suit of septic tank failures ir
Montgomery County, exoner.
ated Montgomery Health Of
ficer William Peoples of blamC
for the Montgomery situation.
The joint report did not
mention the admission by DR.
Peoples that the county health
department had not followed
the regulations requiring test
ing of wells. Asked about this,
DR.. Preather said that DR..
Peoples has acted in good
faith and has gotten authori-
zation for extra help" and that
he saw mo need to. comment
further on the matter"
Gov. Tawes released the re-
port at a press conference to-
day. s....
New regulations on the
Statewide level have been
drafted by the State health
department. These regulations,
which would increase the min
imum size Of lots on which
septic tanks could be installed,
are being strongly opposed by
some real estate interests.
To Hear Opponents
Gov. Tawes said he stands
behind the health department
unless there are Overriding
reasons for not adopting them
He said opponents would have
q chance to be heard.
The report said that 1t is
absolutely essential that the
extension of public water sup
plies and public sewage dispos-
al systems into suburban areas
be pushed forward with all
speed"
The report said that there il
no evidence that the increase ir
hepatitis cases in Montgomery
last year was due to contain.
mated water.
In Montgomery County, many
wells have been reported con.
taminated because of malfunc-
tioning Septics tanks.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
District Raise
Bill in Senate
Teachers, Firemen
Police Included

A Senate District subcommit-
tee today reported out pay raise
legislation for District police,
firemen and teachers.
Under the legislation. Dis
trict teachers would receive a
IA per cent increase while po-
lice and firemen are scheduled
for an IL per cent increase.
The teachers pay bill is esti-
mated to cost the city $6.2 mill
lion and the raises for police
and firemen an estimated $3.7
million.
Follows Hearing
The action by the subcom-
mittee, headed by Senator
Smith, Democrat of Massachu-
sets, followed a hearing on
raises for police and firemen.
Commissioner Walter N. To-
briner testified that the District
can pay for the raises if they
become effective January of
next year. But he hinted that
by the next fiscal year addi-
tional taxation may be neces-
sary If the city is to meet the
cost of general pay increases.
Under the teacher pay raise
bin, salaries would range from
$4,000 to $1,000.
Police and firemen. mean
while. would range from $3.50
for privates to the top salary of
$4,000 for the chief of police.
Federal Raise Looms
Now moving through Con-
gress is a Federal pay-raise
bill affecting some 10000 Dis
trict classified workers. Cost
of that legislation to the Dis
trict could be 81 million for
the current fiscal year and $5
million in fiscal 1854.
On the House side, legislation
boosting salaries for teachers,
police and firemen is before
the House District Committee.
No hearings have yet been held
Evening star., 1962-09-26
"YOU COULDN'T USE Just

FYOU COULDN'T USE Just
a few of them?" asked Mrs.
Skillman, glancing at the
evening sky which was
dotted with the incoming
mob.
No, indeed, said the Inte-
rior men. Mr.. Skillman was
welcome to the whole lot.
The reluctant host to this
diversified starting rooSt fig
ured, quite correctly, that he
didn't have much choice.
The birds flew in each dusk,
and departed each dawn in
numbers that would bedaz-
zle Audubon himself.
Three of four summers of
life in birdland were enough
for Mr.. Skillman. He and a
neighbor, Russell Roberts,
whose private airplane was
weary of playing games with
incoming starlings, decided
to bulldoze the entire thicket.
When the birds left last
November, the heavy equip
ment moved in. The thicket
was converted into pasture
land and there was rejoicing
in the neighborhood.
The birds returned in June,
and their tail feathers ruff
fled with annoyance over the
change. Where was the
beautiful, secure thicket of
bygone days?
Across the Skillmans' driye'
way was another thicket -
only five acres, but still. a
thicket. The indignant star
lings decided that it might
not be like the old home
place, but it,would do.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star staff Writer

Draft regulations designed
II to outlaw racial housing dis
elimination in Washington will
Il be submitted to the Commits
Sioners within a week.
The city's legal staff is COM
pleting work on the regulations,
which are being drawn up on
orders of Commissioner Waiter
IN. Tobriner.
The regulations, which would
provide fines and jail terms
for discrimination convictions
have the goal of opening the
Districts all-white neighbor-
hoods to Negro residents.
The proposed Commissioners
order banning discrimination
/ in the selling, renting and fin
ancing of private housing
would tie in with expected
Federal action in this area.
Ruling Wanted
No action will be taken by
the Board of Commissioners on
the proposed regulations until
the CORPORATION CounSel's Of
flee submits a companion
ruling on the city's authority
to forbid housing discrimina-
ton.
The key Kennedy administra-
ton move would be the ex-
pected White House order for
bidding the Housing and Home
Finance Agency to back loans
for segregated housing.
Mr.. Tobriner reportedly
plans to dovetail the city's
action with the expected
Federal anti = discrimination
order. The combination woulc
be designed to batter dowr
racial housing bars not only ir
the District but in suburbs a;
we'll.
Specific Federal backing fol
Evening star., 1962-09-26
Officials Rap
Guides at
WhiteHouse
Photographers Also AssuiIed;
Removal From Area Is Sought
BY DANIEL GOTTLIEB
Star staff Writer

Sightseeing guides photographers around the
White House taken to task today by White House and
Metropolitan police officials.
The criticism at public hearing proposed
changes in regulations governing their activities around the
Executive Mansion and elsewhere in the city.
The guides were charged with unidentified msrepre
Evening star., 1962-09-26
The
Rambler
Birdmun
OF Potomac
By ANNE CHRISTMAS


So you think you have
troubles? Take a look at a
Montgomery County man
who doesn't dare to count
his troubles, although he es-
Inmates them at a million.
Give or take a few.
He is a Potomac farm
owner named John F. Skill
George Kennedy is III. He will
resume bis column on his return.
man, who hesitates to gaze
skyward to take a census Of
his troubleS-namely, legions
of starlings and catbirds. He
spent a great deal Of money
to evict them last year, only
to find them back this sea-
son in a brand-new location.
The saga Of Skillman VS..
birds began several years
ago when he and his wife
noticed that they certainly
had their full share of star
lings roosting nightly in a
20-acre thicket near the
entrance to their farm at
Darnestown, Md.
AS the summers rolled by,
the Skillmans observed that
the birds seemed to be dou-
bling or even tripling each
June when they made their
annual return to their
Maryland-type CapiStrano.
Last year, several Depart
ment Of Interior representa-
tives dropped around to con-
gratulate the Skillmans on
attracting all those starlings
away from Dulles Interna-
tional Airport, across the
Potomac River. Large num-
bers of birds might be dan
gerous to jet takeoffs.
Evening star., 1962-01-31

SPECIAL HOURS THIS WEEK!
CLOSED TO-DAY AT2P.M. Open
Tomorrow and Friday, 10 10 9:
Saturday. 10 10 b. Free Parking!
Evening star., 1962-01-31
Antiques Forum to Tour
Rockefeller Home TODAY

Jan van Eyck portrait of
Jan Arnolfini and his wife in
the National Gallery in Lon
don.
Soon after George I came
to the throne in TIA, the
taste for portraiture was in
tensified among the well-to-
do landowners.
Some of the Converse
tion Piece" painters he
named while showing exam
Piles of their work were Flem-
ish like AIKEN and Laroon or
the French Mercier or Ho-
garth and Patch.
The mantle of Hogarth
fell upon Zoffany, a Bohe-
mian Jewish immigrant, who
although he remained a for
eigner in speech and man
ners, assimilated the English
traditions of painting so fully
that he ranks among the best
loved masters of the English
school," he said.
Sir Trenchard, unfortu-
nately, had only a few color
slides to illustrate his talk.
Many of the paintings are in
private collections so that he
was forced to take his illus
trations mostly from catalog
or book sources in black and
white.
He concluded with the
dWindling of a taste for these
conversation pieces after
1900.
THE Victorian genre paint
ers were story tellers rather
Evening star., 1962-01-31
Legislator
ToS Speak

Senator John G. Tower,
Republican, of Texas will ad-
dress the annual Lincoln Day
observance of the District
League of Republican Women
at 1890 pm. Tuesday in the
Mayflower Hotel.
Head table guests will in
clude Senate Minority Leader
Everett Dirksen and House
Minority Leader Charles A.
Halleck; Representative j. w
Martin, jr., Representative
Bob Wilson, Mrs. Ida Smith
Taylor, president of the Vir-
ginia White Speel Republican
Women's Club; Mr.. Bundy
Clarke, president of the
Young Republicans, and
others.
Mrs. Paul H. Hatch, presi-
dent of the league, will pre-
side.
Mrs. j. Laning Taylor Is
program chairman. Mrs. Stu
art G. Fries is chairman Of
hospitality with Mrs. Arthur
Chase Cox as co-chairman.
There will also be musical
entertainment.
Evening star., 1962-01-31
Seattle Woman
Chosen Heart
Mother of Year

SEATTLE, Jan. 81 (AP).
The American Heart Asso-
citation has chosen Mrs.
Thomas E. Fleming III, of
Seattle, as heart mother of
the year.
Mrs. Fleming, 27, under
went open heart surgery
during pregnancy in 1858.
She has had three children
since surgeons stopped her
heart 18 minutes to correct a
congenital abnormality.
The unborn child was the
first to be nourished with
donated blood fed by a heart
lung machine. The child was
born in good health five
months after Mrs. Fleming's
operation but died of pneu-
monia unrelated to the
surgery.
A telegram from DR.. j.
Scott ButterwortR of New
York, president of the asso-
citation. said, Your courage
in undergoing a stopped
heart operation during preg-
nancy . has provided an
inspiring example to Ameri-
can motherhood"