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Evening star., 1962-09-14
Randolph
Supports DC,
Road Funds

Senator Randolph, Democrat
of West Virginia, has thrown
his support behind the Dis
trict's beleaguered freeway
program in a letter made pub
lie yesterday. p
Funds for three links in the
planned highway system have
been cut from the Districts
budget requests by the House
and last month, a House Dis
trict subcommittee urged that
the brakes be put on the high.
way construction program.
In his letter. Senator RAM
dolph urged the Senate Dis
trict Appropriation Subcom-
mittee to restore the highway
money cut by the House. The
budget is now before this sub
committee, headed by West
Virginia's other Senator, Rob-
ert c. Byrd.
In the letter, Senator RAN
dolph said: II
Il believe it is Imperative
that the proposed District high-
way program be kept on sched-
ule, and I urge that this be
made possible in appropriations
legislation. Delays doubtless
will lead to ultimate added cost
rather than savings.
Another probable by-product
OF delays doubtless will be
further deterioration of the
downtown section and a result
ant loss in revenues. And there
should be avoided the possible
loss Of (FederaD interstate
system funds"
Senator Randolph, who told
Of his request in a Senate floor
speech yesterday, said he was
acting in his role as a member
OF the Public Works Subcom-
mittee on Roads.
In his speech, Senator RAN
dolph said that disputes be-
tween highway and mass
transit supporters have nearly
stalled the freeway program.
Perhaps there is no urban
area in the United States more
plagued than is the Nations
Capital with the vexing prob
lem growing out of exercises in
Semantics and of highway stag
nation as a consequence of the
efforts of mass transit adyo-
Gates of today" he declared.
In the speech, Senator RAN
dolph said that he strongly
opposes bringing highway
planning and construction to a
halt in urban areas-eSpecially
in the Metropolitan Washington
Area-while there is a search
for a transportation with a
magical term"
Evening star., 1962-09-14
Sunday

tackling this incredible assignment SUNDAY, Incl
dentally shines this weekend in an imaginativey
redesigned cover. ,.. ..e.....-
WASHNGTONS HOSTESSES TELL THEIR SECRETS
in This Week Magazine, Washington's prominent
hoStesSes share their secrets of successful party
with you In an article by Lee Walsh, The Stars
Society Home editor, Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Nine.
Herve Alphand wife of the French Ambassador, and
others give hints gracious entertaining.
SPECIAL AMERICAS CUP COvERAGE-The starting
gun for this sailing classic goes off this weekend,
Covering the event for The Star is Leonard Fowle,
a nationally recognized yachting authority and
author. Look for his special reports on the sports
pages.
Phone Lincoln $4,000, for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1962-09-14

THE TWO MET AFTER
WORK and frequented the
Red Light Cafe, a hangout
for local Kansas City jazz
men. Soon Billy was a pro-
fessional pianist, and in 1914
he left home, riding the rods
to New Orleans.
Things were swinging
there" he said. IT hung
around the French Quarter
listening to Louis Armstrong
and King Oliver. When. I
wasn't practicing I was sit
ting-in with different bands
]. it was wonderful then"
He played organ and piano
in a New Orleans church. "It
was a poor church and they
only paid me 81 a week for
Sundays, communionS and
baptism" he said, 80 I took
4 job as a dock hand for
about "a a week."
IzvOn the docks he met
Family SAM" the man who
gave Billy a prophecy: "Son,
if you don't break loose and
stay loose, you'll sink lower
and lower in life. When
there's nothing left to sink
to, you're an old man with a
pack of debts, an aching back
and a tired SOUL"
With Sans words resound-
ing in his ears, Billy left New
Orleans in 1915, working his
way north playing piano in
bars and hotels.
II haven't worked steady
since them" he said proudly.
IF I get hard up, I 60 into
a club and tell the manager
I'll play all night for a feed
and a place to Sleep"
Evening star., 1962-09-14
l Per Cent Pins Tell
Of Generosity to UGF
BY BETTY MILES
Star Staff Writer

The small square lapel pin says 81 per cent"
About 100 proud sporting the pin already
Before many weeks have passed the pins be thick
autumn leaves '-t t-t.
They belong to contributors who have pledged at least pe
Evening star., 1962-09-14
Lie Detector Weighed
InHit-Run Death Probe

three boys were trying to hitch
hike on George Palmer high
way at Glen Arden shortly
after midnight on March "a
a Saturday.
The Mitchell boy, Of 9014
Magnolia avenue, Lanham, was
struck and killed by a car
speeding northeast on the two
lane road. One of his COM
panions, Michael L. Row, Is
of 1929 Seventy-eighth avenue
Lanham Hills, was also hit
and was hospitalized with LEG
injuries. The third boy, James
r. Felker, Is, of 1929 Taylor
street, Bellmeade, last in the
single file, was not hurt.
Delayed Interrogation
A check of the county police
investigation of the accident
showed that:
Investigators hadn't interro-
gated four perSons-including
a town policeman-who arrived
at the scene seconds after the
accident, until their names
were brought to the attention
of Chief Panagoulis by The
Star.
A second town policeman,
who was less than 100 yards
from the accident scene and
who got a look at the hit-and-
run car, wasn't interviewed by
county investigators for SO
days.
The shipment OF the clothes
of the dead boy and his injured
companion to the FBI labora-
tory for testing wasn't made
for 38 days-after one pair oi
pants had already been washed
Evening star., 1962-09-14
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
A Fantastic Highway
Under the Sea

IL MILE.LONG ENGI-
NEERING MARVEL - In
another year Miami and
New York come 10 road
miles closer together. SUM-
DAY, The Star Magazine,
reports on a bold project,
the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Tunnel, which will make
this possible. It's a de-
tailed account with many
photographs Of how the
construction crews are
Evening star., 1962-09-14
The
Rambler
Meets
An Old Pionist
By PHILIP TRUPP

Billy Breezey has played
the piano In countless bars
and speakeasies across the
country. Once he played
. no nky-tonk for william
Faulkner. But Billy's proud
est achievement is that he
has held only one steady Job
Ia 48 years.
4 We met him recently
through the owner of q
George Kennedy is III. He will
7 Fesume his column on bis return.
--<- -------------.----
Washington night spot. The
proprietor ambled to our
table one evening, escorted
hg a tall, healthy looking
man with an imposing shock
of red hair. This Is Mr..
Breezy. a piano player" he
told us.
7 After the pleased to-
meet yous" passed between
US, we asked Billy where he
. waS from and what he was
doing in town. "Just passing
through" came the reply.
Wouldn't have it any other
way.
For 4S years I've been
passing through every State
in the union except Alaska.
I've never been married,
never accumulated a bill, and
can still walk 10 miles with
out getting winded -"
Billy was born in Kansas
City, Mo-. in 1900, he told us.
MY parents were full of
music" he said. MY mother
sang and played the piano
and my father played the
trumpet. My folks were ex-
cited about my interest in
music =. thye taught me
everything they knew"
Sat 10, he left school tohelp
support his family. "Times
we're tough" he remembered,
'iRnd I took a Job as mes
senger in the local post Of
flee" There he met the man
who was instrumental in
shaping his musical career.
His name was Jass Man."
said Billy. "The man could
play most any instrument
drums, piano, tuba, saxo-
phone, trombone the
works. He worked as mail
clerk all day, but when the
office was empty Jass would
hide under the counter and
practice"
Evening star., 1962-09-14

Lie-detector tests may be
used by Prince Georges County
police to cut through the maze
of accusations surrounding the
departments investigation of
the hit-and-run death Of Is
tyear-old Richard E. Mitchell
six months ago.
Inspector Roland Schweitzer
said yesterday that the tests
will be suggested to persons
named in reports on the case
sent to high State police Off
cials and to county political
candidates. These reports
claimed that the county's in
vestigation was marked by de-
lays and omissions and even
suggested the police were "pro-
tecting" a possible suspect.
. Police Chief George Pana-
goulis, who called the cover
up" charges ridiculous" yes
terday ordered a thorough in
vestigation of the accident and
the county's investigation. He
said that use of the lie detec-
tor might be the best method
of clearing the air" of charges
against his investigator and of
dispelling talk of police pro-
lection.
F Others Being Interviewed
Inspector Schweitzer, who
was put in charge of the probe,
said that detectives were check
ing the investigation record
and interviewing additional
witnesses before suggesting to
possible suspects that they take
q lie detector test.
The controversy began as
Evening star., 1962-09-14

George Kennedy IS III. He will
resume bis column On bis return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-25

tually, Of course, one may argue that
this kind Of development-wondrous as
it is technologically have the eff
feet, If nisuSed, of bringing about vast
increase of articulate ignorance on
global scale, by word and picture, and
inStantaneously everywhere, through
the magic of an intricate system of
numerous Telstars DRIFTING thousands
Of miles above us.
However, leaving aside the posi-
bility Of a Tower of Babel erected in
the high heavens by man-made Satel-
liteS, there can be little doubt that
Telstar opens up the prospect of dra-
matte and highly profitable down-to-
earth developments in telecommunica-
tons Of all kinds. In sum, the way is
now clear, as never before, to virtually
limitlesS transmission and reception
on an economically feasible basis-of
messages and pictures through the
medium Of what was once quantity
known, not too long ago, as "the ether"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-25
We'll See in November

President Kennedy spoke like con-
fident, but not immodest, party leader in
telling his news conference this week
Of his plans to test both his own prestige
and the popularity of his New Frontier
in the forthcoming congressional cleo
tions. 1t is a strategy, however, that
may be dictated as much by necessity
as by choice.
Despite top-heavy Democratic mar
gins in both branches of Congress, the
administrators legislative record thus
far is poor one. ReverSes on such
issues as farm and medical care for the
aged have been more spectacular than
the only major accomplishment
passage Of the trade expansion bill, with
reasonable assurance that the Senate
will concur And while Congress habit
ually picks up speed near the end of a
session, current signs indicate that
many of the New Frontier proposals will
fade away-for this year, at least-with
adjournment.
It is part of Mr.. Kennedy'S strategy,
as he first revealed in his angry state
ment after Senate defeat Of the Medi-
care bill, to blame the Republicans and
"a handful of Democrats" for the record
In Congress. But this is an assessment
that is less than accurate-when the
size and makeup Of the Democratic
"handfuP are frankly acknowledged.
Under questioning at his news confer
ence the President agreed that it was
"a pretty big handful"
Actually, Mr.. Kennedy is far from
being politically naive. BY exaggerating
Republican "obstructioniSm" and mini
MIXING the opposition within his own
party, he has presented an initial draft
of his campaign theme. And wisely, he
has diSavowed any intent to attempt
to purge recalcitrant Democrats "a
tactic which backfired badly on Presi-
dent Franklin Roosevelt in the 193Os.
Mr.. Kennedy has promised to campaign
only in areas where there is a clear
choice between Republicans who OPP
pose New Frontier programs and Dem
ocrats who support them. There are
marginal districts, 80-plus in fact, where
a shift on per cent or less Of the pop
ular vote could swing a House seat
from one party to the other, and where
the Presidents personal Intervention
might in some cases be decisive.
Even with this, Mr.. Kennedy is well
aware Of the normal odds against the
party in power making House gains in
an off-year-a result that has been re-
corded only once (1934) in this century.
On this basis, he rejected as too "am-
bilious" the suggestion of a Democratic
gain Of 20 Seats-in favor of hoping to
win an extra five or ten. Perhaps am
bition, too, is relative thing. "WeIl see,"
as Mr.. Kennedy said, "in November"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-25
Crime as Usual

Shocking though 1t was, the knife
attack on woman praying in Wash
ington church was hardly more dismay-
ing than the realization that our society
may be becoming Injured to atrocities.
Because it occurred in church a few
blocks from the Capitol, and because the
victim was a CongresSman's aide, the
assault on Miss Mary Lou Kosterlitzky
drew denunciation on the House floor.
But during the same 24-hour period,
two Northeast laundry employees were
bound, beaten and robbed Of $4,000: a
Southeast liquor dealer was yoked and
robbed Of $3.50, and another bus driver
one Of those men exposed to constant
danger-was set upon by five youths,
beaten and robbed Of $40.
These incidents were little more
than briefs in the daily newspapers.
Why? Because, in all honesty, this was
no crime wave in the accepted sense of
the term. 1t could have been the ex-
periences of any 24-hour period in
Washington.
Twice Representative Becker of New
York took the floor in the House to
comment on the attack on his admins
trative aide. Branding this city a
Jungle" he said: cit is a sad state of
affairs, indeed, that in this great Capital
City Of ours, Washington, D. c., within
three blocks Of the Capitol itself, a citi-
zen cannot even go into church and
pray in safety. I am not blaming the
police Of this city because firmly be-
lieve 1t is more the fault of the judicial
system which permits and forces re-
lease Of criminal suspects so soon after
they have been arrested"
Mr.. Becker is not alone in his con-
Germ. Many people in Washington, while
recognizing that the law cannot be en-
forced by unlawful means, are disturbed
by the ever-increasing restraints being
laid upon officials charged with the
arrest and conviction of criminals. The
rights Of criminals, or of criminal Sus-
poets, should be respected But their
rights certainly should not override the
right, or the opportunity, of a woman to
go into church to pray without being
set upon and stabbed. Congress in re-
cent years has had several opportunities
to balance these rights, but nothing
has been done. Perhaps Mr.. Becker'S
experience will help to bring some con-
StructiVe action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-25
Defends Peace CORPS

The comments made by
some Indian official on the
role of the Peace Corps as
published in your issue of July
Is are most unfortunate and
most inopportune. Away from
my country, I lack first-hand
information to enable me
to comment on the accuracies
of the charges made. I, how
ever, have had the experience
Of coming in close contact
with a large number of Peace
Corps volunteers and I have
been favorably impressed by
their enthusiasm, their ideal
ism, and their genuine ambi-
ton to serve the people Of
the less fortunate areas of
the world. Keeping in view
that the official in question
has praised some of the
younger volunteers in the In
dian contingent, his objection
as to their youth appears to
be illogical and self contra
dictory. Wisdom and eff
cheney are not always related
with age after all.
Dwijendra Tripathi,
Section Leader, Peace Corps
ConSortium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-25
TeIstor's Triumph

Inere is every reason TO speak IN
Superlatives of the historic Give" tele-
vision exchange that has just taken
place between Europe and America via
the Telstar satellite. Future chroniclers
of the event are not likely to downgrade
what present experts are saying of it
namely, that it constitutes an advance
Of the first Importance in the field of
Accommodations, an advance whose
potentialities may prove to be very
great indeed.
In any event, there can be no doubt
that Telstar has scored the most i'm
preSSive kind Of technical triumph (not
to mention propaganda) in its first
formal two-way telecaSt of programs
between our own country and the Is
nations that make up Eurovision, the TV
branch Of the European BroadcaSting
Union. To be sure, there were some &C.
casional technical flaws in the reception
on both sides Of the Atlantic, but the
clarity of the pictures, on the whole,
was striking, breathtaking, and even
spectacular. These are words that may
seem to belong only to the vocabulary of
publicity agents for circuSes and high
priced Hollywood movies, but they are
altogether conservative and restrained
in relation to Telstar'S extraordinary
performance.
True, in his comment on it at the
first Internationally telecaSt news
conference, President Kennedy may
have given voice to an hopeful view
in suggesting that this remarkable new
spatial observation-disclosures it promises
q tremendous speed-up in global COM
munications-must inevitably" promote
better international understanding. Ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-25
Hospital Controversy

Somehow, in the present
hospital controversy in Alex
andria, the fact seems to have
been overlooked that aside
from the $50 additional hos
pital beds which would be
present in the community,
the proposed building would
also include a rather stable
emergency facility which
would serve the residents
quite conveniently in an area
that appears to be growing
on anything but a "long range
program. Perhaps the Com
mittee Of 100" should con-
suit with the builders Of the
various apartment projects
and businesses in the area
and inform them that this
section of Virginia no longer
needs to expand-except on a
long range" program, that
they might all sit back and
just relax. After all there is
now a normal slump in sum-
mer hospital admissions at
Alexandria Hospital. Who
knows If everybody just sits
back and waits, perhaps this
will persist through fall and
winter, and with any luck by
next spring there will be no
need for medical facilities in
Alexandria and adjoining
areas at all. Perhaps Alex
andria would rather leave it
to the other side Of the
river" to make progressive,
practical community Inn
provements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-25
u. S. Fiscal Policy

constantine Brown CJuly
12) quotes an anonymous
Swiss banker, who says our
governments have acted .
and are acting now like the
proverbial improvident sailor
who throws his money away
without regard for the NOR
row." pointing to this years
deficit" of 81 billion, and
to what he claims is our
"extravagant spending" Mr..
Brown apparently thinks his
readers will acquiesce in his
papa knows best" deter
mination that this unnamed
bankers opinion is worth as
much as two cents. I hope
The Star does not hold such
a contemptuous opinion of its
readers.
Mr.. Brown should study the
facts which refute the Euro
peans, who like to point the
finger Of scorn at the United
States dollar" Gas Sem
ator Douglas recently said)
on the basis Of phony COM
parsons between American
and European budgets. Cor
rect comparisons show the
U. s. Government budget
policy has been at least as
conservative" as that Of
Europe.
The United States runs q
surplus in its trade and Elm
visibles" account which Is
greater than most Of the
important European coun-
tries have had since the end
of World War II. The over
all payments deficits for the
US. have resulted from ex-
ports Of capital and from
military and aid expendi-
lures.
The N. Y. Herald Tribune
reports strident criticism Of
our financial policy from
England and Switzerland.
The Swiss trade deficit Is
the largest ever and Britain's
balance Is also a cause for
concern. Also, prices have
been more stable in the US.
than in European countries.
Swiss bankers who are will
ing to be named believe the
dollar Is strong. DR.. Max Ikle,
head of the Banking and
Currency Division Of the
Swiss National Bank and one
of the three top officials Of
the Swiss central bank.
declared that the U. S. is
the strongest financial power
in the world and that the re-
cent improvement in the
balance of payments will
continue.
Sidney KOretx
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-25
A BOOK FOR TODAY
A Trail of Violence Is Retroced
BY DONALD MINTZ
THE GRAVESIDE CT

THE GRAVESIDE COMPAN-
ION, An Anthology Of Cali
fOrnia Murders. Edited by
j. Francis McComas. 30s
pp. (Ivan Obolensky, Inc;
$4.500
Crimes Of violence, real or
fictitious. fascinate almost all
of us. When they are told Cor
retold) within the covers of
books, they are supposed to
come to life with vividness
and detail. At the same time.
the style of the narration is
usually at odds with the
events narrated. It suggests
that murder is good, clean.
cute fun. not too serious
really, and certainly very
amusing. Perhaps this ap-
proach-and the very title.
THE Graveside Companion, "
is q fine specimen-permits
us vicariously to indulge
some atavistic bloodlust and
at the same time to believe
that our motives are less SAN
culinary than in fact they
are.
Whatever his motive may
be, whatever dark recesses Of
his soul are gratified by the
book, the reader Of 1.-THE
Graveside Companion" who
begins at the beginning is
not likely to stop until he
comes to page 300, even
though the penalty may be
an irritable dim wittednesS
that lasts all through the
next, fatigued day.
J. FRANCIS McCOMAS is
a mystery writer who has
edited several magazines in
his chosen field. His contrib
utors, who are crime novel;
lists and/or reporters, have
each offered a cogent sum-
mary of a more or less IA
nous California murder.
Occasionally, the forced
flippancy of the fictional
mystery is evident: Bill
Moore had come to the con-
clusion that the case against
Curley Guy was as full of
holes as a Swiss cheese, with
no mustard" But this sort of
thing is rare. Generally one
can read along In comfort.
Caryl Chessman is not in
the book, for as Mr.. Nc
Comas points out, "he was
not q murderer. He was
executed for kidnapping with
bodily harm"
Nor is DR.. Finch present,
for "I can only say that I
think DR.. Bernard Finch's
murder of his wife was a dull,
clumsy affair, not worthy to
be ranked with the deeds Of
those practitioners I have so
far recorded"
The longest item in 1.-THE
Graveside Companion" is
Stuart Palmer's "a Lady:
Corrected Copy" The lady"
is Barbara Graham, heroine
If that is the word-of a
film of recent memory, 81
Want to Live" Mr.. Palmer's
judgment of the picture is
severe. THE movie, because
Of which the delightful
Susan Hayward won an
Academy Award, was three
quarters fiction, even if
Time Life almost all the
New York newspapers, and
even sophisticated 'Playboy'
swallowed it hook, line, and
sinker as being a factual doc
umentary."
Mr.. Palmer, who covered
the trial and wrote some
magazine articles about Bar