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Virginia Capitol
Hearings Set

RICHMOND. Feb. 3 (AP).-
PrJlic hearings on proposed
legislation ranging from a
minimum wage to uniform day.
light saving time are sched-
uled during the coming week
by Virginia General Assembly
committees.
Among the public hearings
scheduled are these:
Monday-2 pm, House Ap-
preparations Conn ittee on
renovations to the Capitol: 3
pm, Senate General Laws
Committee on daylight saving
time; 3 pm, Senate Courts of
Justice Committee on the I'M
insured motorist law.
Tuesdays pm. House Gen.
eral Laws Committee on a rs
cent minimum wage; 4 pm,
House General Laws committee
on regulating BARRIERS.
Wednesdays pm, Senate
Courts of Justice Committee on
amendments to the Sunday
closing law.
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Maryland Prosecutors
To Fight Sanity Edict

Maryland's prosecutors plan
to fight proposals to make the
States criminal insanity ties t
similar to the controversial
Durham rule test now used in
the District.
Montgomery County states
attorney Leonard T. Hardy said
yesterday that the prosecutors
would go before the Legislature
to oppose the change, which re-
ceived the backing of the Mary
land Bar Association at a recent
meeting.
Mr.. Hardy was appointed
chairman of a committee of OPP
posing prosecutors at a meeting
of states attorneys which ended
in Baltimore yesterday.
The proposed change would
abandon the present fright
from wrong" test for insanity
for one which would recognize
mental illness or defect as a
defense in itself in criminal
cases.
why would Maryland want
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Ennis Enters
@. O. P. Primary

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 3 (AP) =
Robert E. Ennis of Capitol
Heights yesterday filed for Re-
publican nomination for Con-
gresSman-at-large in the May
Is primary.
The 81 year old Prince
Georges County attorney be-
came the second Republican
candidate for the new seat
awarded to Maryland on the
basis of the 1860 census. New
ton I. Steers of Bethesda had
filed previously.
The seat will be filled on a
Statewide basis in 1862. Four
Democrats have filed thus far
for their party's nomination.
Mr.. Ennis has sought the
Republican nomination to Con-
gress four times previously from
Southern Maryland's 18th dis
trcit. In 1858 he was the party
nominee to run against Rep
resentative Landlord, Demo-
crat. In 1860 he was defeated
in the primary by Carlyle j.
Lancaster.
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to make such a change" Mr.
Hardy said, when we have the
example of the District of Co.
lumbia to show that the pro-
posed type of test just isn't
working"
Mr.. Hardy said that under
present law, to get a convic-
ton, the state must prove that
a defendant knew right from
wrong, and realized the con-
sequences of his act at the
time of the commission of a
crime. The prosecutor said that
under the proposed change, a
defendant only had to show
that he had some mental de-
feet at the time of the crime
to be adjudged innocent by
reason of insanity.
But every criminal, no mat
ter what crime he commits, has
something wrong with him.
Mr.. Hardy said, "or he wouldn't
have committed it,"
Mr.. Hardy said that of all
the states, only New Hampshire
and the District use an in.
sanity test different from the
right and wrong test" which
is legal shorthand for the Nc.
Naughton Rule.
The Montgomery prosecutor
said that Maryland now has
an institution to help criminal.
who have some mental defect
or personality problem but who
are not legally insane.
1--WE in Maryland have thu
Patuxent Institution at our dis,
iposal." Mr.. Hardy said. "Hert
we can send defendants with
minor mental problems, anc
they can get treatment anc
help before they are released.
The Maryland prosecutors
at their Baltimore meeting
claimed that the proposed
change was "r mrodde
through the stats bar associa.
ton during its recent meet.
ing" according to the Associ.
ated Press.
Mr.. Hardy said the change ir
the insanity test did not have
the approval of many crimina
lawyers or judges in the state
The change was recommended
to the bar association by 9
committee headed by DR.. Man.
fred S. Guttmacher, medica
adviser to the Supreme bench
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Arlington Man
Hurt Critically in
Apartment Fire

Harold o. DeVier, So, a house
painter, was burned critically
yesterday when fire swept
through his apartment at ASH
Wilson boulevard, Arlington.
Arlington Fire Inspector
Harry E. Williams said the fire
started about AIS am. in the
living room of Mr.. DeVier's
second-story apartment. Mr.
DeVier was admitted to Airing
ton Hospital with burns over
IS per cent of his body.
A couple living in an apart
ment on the first floor escaped
without harm, Inspector Will
liams said. The cause of the
fire and the extent of damage
have not been determined, fire
officials said.
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BY JOHN BARRON
Star Staff Writer


A bill which explicitly legal
ICES sterilization and implicitly
sanctions birth control has pro.
voked a direct clash between
the Catholic clergy and doctor,
in Virginia.
BY bringing into conflict diff.
fering attitudes involving sex
science and religion, 1t seems
also to have aroused more emo.
ton than has any other issue
yet presented to the current
General Assembly.
Following upon sermons by
priests across the State, legis-
lators have been bombarded
with protests against the pro.
posed law. But it has the
official Endorsement of the Vir-
ginia Advisory Legislative
Council. the Medical Society
Of Virginia and the virginis
Obstetrical and Chronological
Society.
Examples Of the antagonistic
views toward the bill, which
specifically authorizes doctors
to perform Sterilizations If re-
quested by patients, were pro-
vided in statements made last
week by representatives Of the
Catholic clergy and the medical
profession.
Not since Hitler's in
famous genocide has the basic
human right of man to pro-
duce his own kind been so Sc
riously threatened as by this
so-called voluntary Steriliza-
ton. Voluntary does not make
it right any more than one
has a right to gouge out his
eyes or to commit suicide" de-
clared Bishop John j. Russell
of the Diocese of Richmond.
Sees Moral Issue
"Mutilation of the human
body, except to preserve life
and health Of the individual, is
contrary to traditional Chris
tan moral principles, is a per-
version of the law of God. This
House Bill 300 presumes to at
tribute to the State the RICH.
to sanction such perversions. "
He charged that enactment
Of the bill would make doctors
the judge, deciding who will
conceive, bear and bring up
Virginia's citizens of tomorrow
and who may not"
DR.. Thomas Murrell, jr., q
Richmond physician and men,
Der of the council Of the med
ical society answered:
with due respect for the
views expressed by the officials
of the Catholic Church, we
beg to state than any repre-
sentation that this Is in any
way equivalent to Nazi geno-
eide is completely false.
1--WE cannot agree that this
is mutilation of the human
body Such procedure (sterili-
zation), done in the best in
terest Of the health and well
fare of the mother and her
family, is by no means inter-
ference with natural law. We
assume that the gifts and skills
, necessary in the practice OF
, medicine are God-given. II
Is our duty to use them when
, ever possible to further the
health and welfare of patients. "
Sterilization Now Practiced
Concerning parents who seek
sterilization merely because
they feel they cannot support
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vestigation referred to by Mr..
Case was a proposal by Dele
gate Carlton r. Sickles, Prince
Georges County Democrat and
candidate for Congressman
at-large, that the grand in
quest" be conducted by the
House In the savings-loan pic
ture.
While the Governor at first
welcomed any investigation by
that or any other governmental
body, he said Thursday that
the legislative probe was mot
necessary"
Meanwhile there were indi-
cations that the savings and
loan pressure was being stepped
up by the State. New cases
brought to the attention of
enforcement officials are ex-
pected to get into court within
a week or 10 days.
1T may be two or three
months more before we will
have made sufficient investi-
cations to say we're over the
hump" said Albert w. Ward,
director of the Department of
Assessments and Taxation.
Mr.. Ward said his investi-
gators are running into prob
lens of records which are
"loSt," or 'mislaid," or cant
be found" in some of the asso-
Citations they seek to examine.
Those people who are do
ing wrong have had an OPP
portunity to study the situation
and make it more difficult for
us to get information" he said.
tits still an uphill fight
we're getting more resistance.
But by the end of April we
ought to have the situation
well in hand from an inves-
tigative standpoint" he added.
In a side issue Albert R. De-
Ford, president of the Mary
land Savings and Loan League,
said the organization had been
longtime supporter of State
regulation Of savings and loan
firms.
Reply to Letter
The statement was in reply
to a letter by former Gov.
Theodore R. McKeldin to the
Federal Home Loan Board in
1953-which the Democrats re-
ported finding in State files
in which the governor is quot
ed as saying that State savings
and loan firms were against
regulation of the industry.
1.-THE league consistently and
without deviation since the
early 1940s has supported State
legislation to regulate savings
and loan asSociations-in fact,
the league has spearheaded
such efforts" said Mr.. DeFord.
while some uninsured asso-
Citations were vigorously opposed
to State regulation in 1858, I
honestly cannot recall a single
Federally-insured association in
Maryland that opposed Gt) in
that year."
Mr.. DeFord's group is made
up Of United States Govern
ment-insured associations.
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Fordhum Club to Meet

The Fordham University Club
Of Washington will meet at 8
pm. Tuesday in the Kober-
Cogan West Lounge of the
Georgetown Medical Center,
5000 Reservoir road NV. DR..
William A. Pfeiffer of the Naval
Ordnance Laboratory will dis
cuss "Telemetry Systems for
Research and Profit"
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Catholic Clergy Battles Doctors
Over Virginia Sterilization Bill

the problem Of illegitimacy and
consequent neglected children"
He urged the legislators to
enact instead strong paternity
law, provide more maternity
homes for rehabilitation of
mothers Of the illegitimate, al
lot money for additional social
case workers, promote slum
clearance and public health
measures.
Sees New Safeguards
Contending that there are "a
number of instances in WHICH
sterilization is mandatory for
the welfare of the patient" DR..
Murrell argued that the bill
would provide safeguards not
now present by subjecting the
operation to new controls.
He said that "obstetricians
and surgeons as a group are
fundamentally in favor of such
a bill"
The VALC proposal has moth
ing to do with two other bills
concerning sterilization. One
would require sterilization Of
a mother who bears more than
one illegitimate child. Another
would terminate welfare assist
ance if a mother of illegitimate
children refuses to submit to
sterilization. Neither of the
latter two laws are conceded
any real chance of passage.
The VALC measure, however. is
conceded a chance of enact
ment.
The Senate General Laws
Committee will consider the
compulsory sterilization law
SENATE Bill 3T in public hear
lngs February IL. The Senate
and House Courts of Justice
committees jointly will conduct
hearings on the VALC bill
blouse Bill 5000 and the one
regarding welfare payments
'Senate Bill IT'D February IA.
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Corcorun to Exhibit
Art of jane Frank

The Corcoran Gallery of Art
will exhibit the works of Jane
Frank, an abstract artist from
B altimore, from Tuesday
through March 4.
The exhibit is the fourth in
the gallery's Washington Artists
Series for the 1862 season.
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7ODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Fair
and much warmer today with
high in COS. Tomorrow, fair
and mild.
Maryland-Fair and much
warmer today with high in sos
and low COS. Tomorrow, fair
and mild.
Virgtnia-Mostly sunny and
springlike today with high of
So to 70. Tomorrow, fair and
mild.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay - Westerly winds
about Is knots. Variable cloud
mess with considerable fog in
early morning. Visibility near
zero during fog, improving to
10 miles by midday.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harper's
Ferry and clear at Great Falls. Shen-
andoah clear at Harper's Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight ---- IS Noon ------- 32
! am. ----- g I pm, ------ "a
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additional children. DR.. Muir
rell said:
with the world population
explosion and increasing cost
Of living. we do not think that
the medical profession has a
right to make this decision fol-
patients on any theological
grounds"
Virginia doctors now can and
do sterilize by inferential right
patients who assent to the op-
GRAFTON. No statutory prohi-
bition exists. State statutes do
however. authorize sterilization
of certain insane people.
The proposed bill which is
causing all the controversy was
prepared by VALC at the in
stigation of physicians who be-
lieve the law should clearly
delineate procedures governing
sterilization.
Those prescribed by the
VALC bill are as follows:
An adult asking for sterili-
cation would have to make the
request in writing. II married
his or her spouse would have
to consent in writing. At least
two physicians would have to
agree that the sterilization is
desirable. A minimum of 80
days would have to elapse be-
tween the time the request is
made and the operation per-
formed.
The operation would have to
occur in an accredited hospital.
While doctors still would be
liable for any malpractice, they
would be immune from any
civil or criminal action based
merely on the fact that they
had sterilized a patient.
In the case of a minor, ap-
proval by parents and a circuit
court would be necessary
Although the law makes no
specific mention of birth con-
troll, in effect it grants doctors
authority to accomplish sterili-
cation for other than purely
medical reasons.
Bishop, VALC Clash
The vALc report preceding
the bill states:
when it is a question Of the
effect Of the production Of chill
dren by persons who are plainly
not equal to the responsibilities
OF parenthood, Or of adding to
the size Of a family, where the
parents are unable physically
or otherwise to provide ade-
quately for children they have
already had, physicians and
surgeons are much more hest
tant in asserting to the per-
Torrance of such operations. ..
1--WE therefore recommend
that the law be so changed as
to make it clear that in cases
where the well-being of a child
who might be conceived or OF
children whom the parents may
have already Is involved, the
question of the performance OF
sterilization operations should
be left to the discretion of the
individuals concerned, If adults
and the physicians or surgeons
to whom the cases have beer
committed for care"
Bishop Russell commented
II say we shouldn't give them
a law which would protect them
in doing something that is in
trinsically wrong"
He added that he thinks sup.
port Of the bill results from "ar
honest, though misguided and
shortsighted attempt to solve
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The Governors Democratic
cans are loaded for bear"
with the May gubernatorlal
primary in sight.
The Governors more voluble
critics have been David Hume.
former party treasurer, and
George Mahoney, Baltimore
contractor, both runnin g
against Gov. Tawes in the DEM
ocratic primary.
Headed Commission
Mr.. Case, a Baltimore at
torney, headed a 15-man COM
mission which spent six months
drafting the law under which
non-Federally chartered saw
ings and loan firms are now
being regulated, and others
forced into receivership. He
said:
"Misinformed and misguided
aSpirants for public office have
taken the position that Gov.
Tawes failed to act promptly in
discovering the facts under
lying the savings and loan
problem.
"It has also been suggested
that the Legislature should
hold a grand inquest in this
matter"
The issue, he said, "has been
dragged into the political
area" with the public being
exposed" to "half truths, in
situations and calculated mis-
leading statements"
He gave three reasons:
/. THE current political ex-
plosion is being generated, by
and large, by people who know
nothing about the subj e t.
Thus, we have been exposed to
charges calculated to serve the
self-interest of those making
them. rather than the enlight-
eminent Of the general public"
2. Gov. Tawes has no need
to apologize for his part in the
savings and loan controversy.
Having played a part in this
affair, I can assure the people
that this is So"
Mr. Case, an appointee Of
Gov. Tawes on several State
boards, added that "the COVER
nor is as proud as anything he
has done in this administra-
ton. He has taken about as
much criticism as he can take
on this, and will take the gloves
off soon."
8. 1.-THE Attorney General
and the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation are
.. conducting a thorough in
veStigation of the savings and
loan industry in Maryland.
Sees Duplication
ANY other investigation of
this business, either by State
officers or by the General AS
sembly would be a wasteful
duplication Of effort"
Mr.. Case reminded the Gov
ernor's critics that while
"abuses existed in some areas
Of the business, the Case Com
mission investigation also
found that the overwhelming
majority Of the savings and
loan institutions were we'll
managed and conservatively
rum"
'Deplorable as it may be
that the savings and loan prob
lem has been injected into
politics, the fact remains that
the subject is before the people.
>. This being so, it is the
responsibility of all the candi-
dates to deal honestly an d
fairly with the subject"
The General Assembly in
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Israeli Aide to Talk

Members Of Temple Sinai,
300 Military road NV, will
hear Adm M. Talbar, economic
counselor Of the Israeli EN-
basSy, at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
Embassy, 1921 Twenty-second
street NV.
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Tawes Defended
On SCI Stand
BY ROBERT GUTENBERG
Star Staff Writer

Richard w. Case. chief srategst in getting Marylands
first savings and loan regulations the books yesterday
that critics Of Gov Tawes mnformed misguided
and ignorant of the subject.
The statement four days before legislature meets
Wednesday for its regular 30-day session.
The Governors Democratic opponents as Republi-
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white w/black shutters, den
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quiet street: Two minutes TO
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CHEVY CHASE, Hamlet" - Ger
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OWNER URGES QUICK SALE!
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HOUSES FOR SALE-MD.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
fCOkTIkIIEDl

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liv. rm.. beautiful kit. full bsmt
with rec. rm. Priced below tire
market for quick sale
FREE STATE PROPERTIES
PEAT TOpC Ap -ICRR
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HOUSES WANTED TO RENT
HOUSES TO SHARE
HOUSES FOR sALE-N.W.

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Finest quality by Frank s. Phil
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Pi Phillips M nc. 81. 7 Ef4Ek .vs
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tains. M. Kenilworth in-
terch., BALTIC. Wash. park
way, NASA, Md. u, and l..
O00-acre park,
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DIRECTIONS: 14th St. Bridge IL
Columbia pike, follow Columbia
bike to Carlyn Hill dr.. on right
II. G. SMITHY co. ST, 1890
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BELTSVILLE
BIRMINGHAM ESTATES

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in this finest OF sections.
Picture book looking in
every detail. 3 twin bedrms.,
lge. din. rm., paneled wall
firepl., 2l2 baths, level
fenced lot with Ice. oak
trees, cleo. kit, also firepl.
in Ice. de luxe bsmt. Only
S25,950. FLA or conven.
tional terms.
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HOUSES FOR SALE s.W.
HOUSES FOR SALE-MD.

CAPITOL HILI-Several unrestored
adj. houses avail. Reas. Call Elk
3-4490 or RIA. 3-62l7.