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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30

tonight. August Heckscher,
White House cultural affairs
director, will speak briefly.
Tomorrow will come the
opening for ordinary members
and on Thursday the gallery
will open to the general public.
Unlike other Washington art
museums, the Gallery Of Mod
ern Art will charge an admis-
sion fee, so cents, for nom
members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30

clause in these contracts does
not apply to doctors seeking
staff privileges at the hospi-
tails.
Several Negro organizations
have complained that private
hospitals in Washington dis
eliminate against Negro doc
tors by refusing to let them
treat their patients at the hos
pitfalls.
For the Record
Mr.. Duncan said that even
though renewal Of the con-
tracts was not before the Com
missioners today II would like
the record to show" that the
Commissioners favor banning
discrimination against Negro
doctors.
Commissioner walter N
Tobriner and Assistant Engi-
neer Commissioner Thomas K.
Fullerton, who was sitting in at
the meeting in the absence of
Brig. Gen. Frederick j. Clark,
Engineer Commissioner, were
silent after Mr.. Duncan's state
ment.
The contracts with the eight
private hospitals will be coming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30
NOTED VISITORS AT PREVIEW
Franz Kline Show Opens Modern Art Gallery

and the original wood in others.
Most of the windows have been
blocked with floor-to-ceiling
panels on which pictures are
hung. There are a few modern
chairs in bright colors. A stair
case wall of bamboo plants in
leaf completes the decor.
The result is an extremely
attractive place to show paint
ings, especially those of the size
and simplicity of Franz Kline's.
Since Mr.. Kline died only
last May, at 81, it was widely
considered among last nights
guests that the gallery had
made a daring and brilliant de-
cision in being the first Amer
lean museum to stage a retro
spective of his work.
The only reservations ex-
pressed were over the great gap
between Mr.. Kline's early work
and his more typical black
and-white distractions. Sew
eral guests observed that his
early work, extending through
the decade of the 1940s, did not
do him justice and would bet
ter have been ignored.
Other guests felt that the
early, figurative work had the
virtue Of showing that Mr..
Kline was able, to paint in a
representational manner. The
early paintings resemble work
by artists as diverse as Modi-
gliani and Thomas Hart Ben
ton, with the latter having an
edge. The later work resembles
no one but Franz Kline, plus,
of course, the many painters
who have initiated him.
The gallery was too crowded
for anyone to see much of the
show except briefly on the
first and third floors. On the
second floor, where champagne
was dispensed, artists, writers,
dealers and trustees were
shoulder to shoulder from 6 to-
9 pm, one hour after the an
nounced closing time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30

THE SCARECROW WAS a
familiar sight in kitchen gar
dens and cornfieldS, crossed
sticks, some with fluttering
rags, some wearing overallS
and a straw hat, even carry
ing a wooden gun. The scare
crow would keep the crows
away for a while but even
tually familiarity would
breed contempt.
Rachel Carson has given
us all a scare with the title
of her latest book, "The 81
lent Spring" The time may
come, she warns, when the
use of chemical insecticides
has killed off all bird life.
An even worse thought is
a spring with only the cav
ing of crows. They can take
q lot Of DOT.
Mr.. Bent's work contains
two local estimates Of the
crow population one and
two generations ago. In a
report published in 1920, an
ornithologiSt named Ober-
holser estimated that there
were 100000 crows in a rooSt
In Brookland in Northeast
Washington.
DR.. w. B. BarrowS esti-
mated that 10000 to 100000
crows came to roost in Ar
lington every night in the
winter of 1867.
The crows can muster no
such numbers today but they
haven't surrendered either
territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30
Halloween Parade

A Halloween costume parade
and street dance will begin at
Z pm. tomorrow in Virginia
Square in Arlington and will
feature the Boys Continental
Drum and Fife Corps of Ameri-
can Legion Post 1879. The free
event is sponsored by the Arl-
ington County Department OF
Recreation and Parks and the
Virginia Square Businessmen's
Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30

erly director of the jefferson
Place Gallery. DR.. Julian Eisen-
stein, president Of the trustees.
wore an oragne bow tie. He
explained that it had been
made from scrap left over from
the orange banners which fly
outside the building.
The opening for originating
members" persons who con-
tributed 500 or more in a fund
drive last spring will take place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30

Last nights audience was
greatly impressed by the trans
formation given the 18th CEN
fury house by Mrs. Breeskin.
Formerly partitioned into an
office building, it has been re-
stored to its original spacious
ness with large rooms and high
ceilings.
The interior is painted white
throughout with black and
white tile floors in some rooms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30

Politicians in nearby Virginia
have taken up the fight over
Cuba.
Republicans in the area last
night termed the question Of
Cuba probably the most impor-
tant issue" in the congressional
campaign.
One of their spokesman,
10th district chairman Robert
j.. Gerber, indicated that Re-
publicans throughout the coun-.
try will try intensely to ex-
plot it during the few days
remaining before the elections.
AS expressed by him, the
party position is that the Ken
needy administration was aware
/ of the development Of an Of
fensive military threat in Cuba
for some time, but that it ridi-
culed Republican demands for
positive action in the Carri-
bean.
JOhnsOn's Comment
Democratic Candidate Angus
lis C.. johnson declared the
Republican position is:
"Of course, we're all behind
what the President is doing,
but we don't like the way he
is doing it."
Mr.. Gerber declared that al
though as early as last July
Republicans began warning that
offensive weapons were being
placed in Cuba, President Ken
nedy denounced pleas for action
voiced by Senator Capehart,
Republican of Indian, as "reck-
less and irresponsible"
Noting that Republican Rep
|resentative Broyhill last month
urged a blockade Of Cuba, Mr..
Gerber said that whether future
decisions of overriding national
Importance are to be made in
consultation with experienced
Congressman or merely forced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30
Car Club Schedules
Benefit for Crippled

The Volvo Automobile Club
of Washington will present its
Drive for Charity "autocroSs"
Sunday at the Towers Interna-
tional Parking lot. Lanham.
Md, beginning with registra-
ton at II am.
Proceeds will go to the Grip
pied Children's Society of Net
ropolitan Washington. The
entry fee will be SO. Awards
and door prizes will be pre-
sented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30
Progress Talk Set

Mrs. Daisy Bates, an integra-
ton leader and author of the
book 1.-THE Long Shadow OF
Little Rock" will speak on the
progress of school desegrega-
ton since 1859 at 1915 pm.
tomorrow in the Howard
University's Biology auditorium
at Fourth and College streets
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30

CROWS SEEM TO BE-
LIEVE that there is always
room at the top. One would
light on the highest twig. He
would sway back and forth
precariously until another
would light above him. Then
the twig would become abb
solutely untenable. They
would fall in flight with
much scolding. The dozen or
so stragglers would finally
quiet down, leaving the top
of the tree vacant.
They are there in the
morning. Now that the heat
of summer is gone, the air
conditioner turned off, and
the bedroom windows left
open, their angry cawing can
be heard as the lights are
snapped on before sunrise.
"Caw, cav, caw!" 1t brings
back the country, haymows
and corn shocks, the smell
Of earth turned in the fall
blowing, the stronger smell
of cattle sheds and the faint
sweet smell of warm milk in
the pail.
an spite of incessant per-
secution," writes A. c. Bent
in his monograph on crows
published by the Smithson-
ian Institution, "the crow
has been able to maintain its
existence in all parts of its
wide and diversified range.
For this it commands our
admiration"
Crows still dominate the
White House grounds and
their carvings on the Hill
causes acute nostalgia among
congressman from rural dis
tricts (most of them especi-
ally as the end of a session
draws near.
When man moves in many
wild birds, the eagles and
wood thrushes and the scar
let hangers among them, go
away. But not the crow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30
School Buildings
Funding Plan Aired
Tobriner Says
Parking Money
May Be Answer
BY CHARLES ID. PIERCE
Star Staff Writer

A shift in funds which would
provide an additional $50 mill
lion for school and other gen.
eral fund construction for the
next fiscal year is being con-
sidered by Walter N. Tobriner,
president of the District Board
of Commissioners.
Mr.. Tobriner said he may
propose to the other two Com
misSioners transfer of more
than SO million from highway
funds to the hard-pressed gem
eral fund.
He added that the highway
fund could be compensated for
this loss by using $3.3 million
in a Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency account for highway
purposes.
Mr.. Tobriner's proposal was
prompted by the fact that the
Districts general fund is faced
with an approximately $34 nil
lion deficit in the fiscal year
beginning next July /. This
deficit is anticipated even If the
District recommends only a
barely adequate budget.
Account Transfer
The general fund pays for
housekeeping expenses and for
construction of schools and
other District buildings.
The parking account was re-
Gently transferred to the high
way fund under an act Of
Congress. Congress has also
sharply restricted the District
power to provide new public
parking facilities.
Money in the parking ac-
count is obtained from meter
collections.
Under Mr. Tobriner's plan
the Commissioners could take
advtange of a law which pro-
vide that the highway fund
can be used to pay UP to Is per
cent of the salaries Of police
men. This law was passed to
make it possible for the high
way fund to pay for some Of
the cost of policing traffic.
Congress Attitude Weighed
The highway fund had been
charged for this expense, now
= paid out Of general funds, I'M
e til three years ago when the
Commissioners at that time
felt more money was needed
for highways.
The transfer of the money
in the parking account would
knock out any major parking
facility construction program
but the District officials be-
lieve Congress would not be
sympathetic to such a program
anyway.
At present no major new
parking facilities can be pro-
vided here without specific au-
thorization of Congress.
A request for approximately
$500. 1000 by the Motor Vehicle
Parking Agency for new park
ing facilities next fiscal year
received an adverse recommen-
dalton from the District Budget
Office.
The budget office took the
position that it could not recA
ommend funds for these prof.
ects since they had not been
authorized by Congress.
Among the projects not al
lowed by the Budget office were
a 1927, 900 proposed appropria-
ton for purchase of land to
provide a Columbia Heights
parking lot and a $139, 900 re-
quest for parking lot at
Twenty seventh and K streets
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30
D. c. Fovors Anti-Bios
Accords With Hospitals
Oppose Bon Of Negro Doctors
By Eight Privute Institutions

Commissioner John B. Duncan said today that the Dis
cts contracts with eight private hospitals for treatment Of
ndgents should amended block discrimination against
Negro doctors.
Mr. Duncan his statement after hearing corpora
ton counses opinion that the present anti discrimination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30
Called Obscene

James j. Fitzpatrick, editor OF
the Richmond News Leader,
testifying as an expert, also
said that the book, although
well written in spots, is clearly
obscene.
Rudd Fleming, associate pro-
lessor of English at the Uni
verSity of Maryland, called the
book "a remarkably unguarded
confession done with vigor .
using language suitable to its
purpose"
He read portions of "Tropic"
describing them as brilliant,
moving descriptions of Paris"
Mr.. Fleming added that it is
IAN extraordinary work hard to
Judge by ordinary standards,
but said that he did not think
it would be harmful to commu-
nifty standards.
Rear Admiral Daniel B. Gal
lery (retired), of Oakton, Va,
said: an my opinion, it is 300
pages of filth with no literary
merits whatsoever"
AS a fiction writer Of books
and magazine articles, Admiral
Gallery said "Tropic" was writ
ten simply for the sake OF
shocking its readers, with every
Iunprintable four-letter word
smeared throughout, almost on
every page"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30
The
Rambler
-. Watches
Grows Go Home
By GEORGE KENNEDY

About z O'Clock, as the
Symphony in Stereo" hour
was starting on WGMS, the
crows would fly up the val
ley.
From. my convalescent
couch I could see them
through the big picture win
COW. Their flight was ragged
yet strong and purposefully
straight and slow enough
to be counted.
Evening after evening
there was Just about the
same number, a little more
than 100.
They were on their way to
roost after feeding all day
along the flats of the Po-
tomac.
Now that my ambulatory
range is Increasing, I am go
ing to- walk Nup the little
Taylor Run Dale and see
where It is they roost. There
still are strips of woodland
that the bulldozers have
passed by in this suburban
area Of western Alexandria
that was so recently rural.
Crows are prudent birds.
If the wind from the north
west was strong and the day
dark, they would start home
a half hour or even an hour
earlier.
There are always some
str agglers whether the
weather is fair or foul. They
do not seem to have any
thing to do with the main
flight. They roost in the
copse of trees down the hill
from our house.
In the late summer eve
nings it was fun to watch
them light on a wild cherry
tree whose top was on a level
with the windows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-30
Witnesses
Argue Value
OfTropic'

"TrOplc OF cancer" a 81
year-old novel which is on more
court dockets than best seller
lists these days, is having an
other airing in Montgomery
County Circuit Court on the
usual question: Smut or mas
terpiece?
The 300-page controversial
novel by Henry Miller is the
subject of a suit by a Silver
Spring couple demanding that
it be restored to the county's
public libraries. 1t was re-
moved from the libraries a year
ago on orders from the county
manager.
The suit originally was dis
missed by Judge Ralph G
Shure, but his opinion was re-
versed by the Maryland Court
of Appeals on grounds that he
had not considered expert tes-
timony on literary merit. pos
sible effects on prurient inter-
estS, and contemporary COM
munity standards of morality
IL Witnesses
In action filed again by Bar
bara and Aaron M. Levine OF
Silver Spring, the court yester-
day heard a dozen witnesses
and continued the case until
tomorrow. 1t is being heard by
Judge Shure without a jury.
County Manager Mason A.
Butcher declared in yesterdays
session that he had requested
library director George More
land to remove "Tropic" be-
cause II felt it was not a proper
book substantially below
the customary candor .
raCner QlSg uSIlIlS'
Mr.. Moreland said he had
not read the book in its entirety
but observed, Il have wiped the
same words from the walls OF
the mems room of the Silvel
Spring library that are in that
book"
John H. Cline, chief editorial
writer of The Star. told the
court that, in his opinion, there
was very little, if any, literary
merit it is a filthy, obscene
book" Mr.. Cline had been
called as q witness because OF
an editorial that appeared in
The Star about the book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-26

trants for the annual national
spelling bees and attended the
national contests, sitting in the
front row with a dictionary on
his lap.
Born in Denton County, Tex.
he attended Huntsville State
Normal School in Texas and
taught school before coming
here in 1912 as a clerk with the
post office. He retired from the
General Accounting Office 20
years ago.
He had lived in Brentwood
since 1918 and was town treas
urer for many years.
Mr.. Helm leaves his wife,
Saxche, of the family address,
3700 Webster street, Brentwood;
two daughters, Mrs. Julia
H. Koenig, 1918 Kennedy street.
Hyattsville, and Mrs. Ruth H.
Sisson. 1909 Twenty-fourth ave-
nue., Avondale.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow at Valleys Funeral
Home, 5000 Rhode Island ave-
nue.. Burial viii be in Fort Lin
coin Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-26
Holiday Crashes
Take 5O5Lives

At least sos persons were
killed in traffic accidents dur
ing the Nations four-day
Thanksgiving week end. 1t was
the highest toll for the holiday
in recent years. ...-
Forty-eight fire deaths and
$50 fatalities in other types of
accidents, including plan e
crashes, brought the total of
those killed in all types of &C
cidents during the 102-hour
period to 706--also the highest
number during five years Of
record-keeping.
The holiday period surveyed
was that from 6 pm, local
time, Wednesday - Thanks
giving eve - to midnight last
night. a-
Accident fatalities for the
Thanksgiving period have been
recorded only since 1858. Before
that, the fall holiday, coming
near the middle Of the week,
had been generally considered
a one-day affair. But it has
gradually developed for million
of Americans into an occasion
for longer. larger family gather
ings, involving increasing high
way travel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-26
Frank E. Boxer,
Retired Lawyer
For Government

Frank E.. Baker, II, a retired
attorney and former Falls
Church resident. died Friday in
Largo, Fla.
Mr.. Baker moved to Florida
from Falls Church one year
ago. He was a native of Ash
land County, Ohio.
He was a Government attor-
ney for II years, serving with
the Defense Department at
Patterson Field in Dayton,
Ohio, and as q contract nego-
tiator for the Navy Depart
ment.
Mr.. Baker also served two
terms as representative in the
Ohio State legislature. He was
a former clerk of Ashland
County. Ohio. He was an &C
tive member Of Second Church
of Christ Scientist in Arlington.
He leaves a son. Richard F.
Baker of La Habra, Calf; a
daughter, Miss Flora E. Baker
of Hunting Towers East, Alex
andria; and two sisters, Mrs.
Vienna Merrick Of Lakewood,
Ohio. and Mrs. Pearl Light Of
Ashland, Ohio.
The funeral will be at ! pm.
Wednesday at Pearson Funeral
Home. 472 North Washington
street, Falls Church. Burial
will be in National Memorial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-26
Probers ReossembIinq
Plane in Which II Died

the stabilizer section Of Flight
297 a quarter Of a mile away
from the spot where the plane
made its death dive. Edward
Slattery. jr.. spokesman for
the CAB, said the rest Of the
birds body was found nearby.
The evidence was said to in
dictate that the impact of the
bird broke the vital stabilizeI
apart.
"Once you have in-flight sep.
aration of these major tai
components, you have an air
craft that is considered uncon'
trollable," said George A. Var
Epps. chief Of safety investiga'
ton for the CAB.
Mr.. Van Epps heads the team
of so men who have been trying
to find out why the plane
plunged to earth and burned
Friday about is miles southwest
of Baltimore.
Thirteen passengers and a
crew of four died in the crash
of the turboprop airliner as il
was approaching Washington
for its first scheduled stop in
sunny weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-26
Hugh w. Koontz,
Worked for GRO
For SO Years

Hugh w. Koontz. SIS, a re-
tired Government Printing Of
flee monotype operator and
proofreader, died Friday at
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda,
after a heart attack.
A native Of Shepherdstown,
w. Va, Mr.. Koontz had lived
in the Washington area since
1907. He worked for the GPO
for SO years.
He was a past chaplain of
GPO Post 80 of the American
Legion and a member of the
International TYPO graphical
Union. He served in the Army
in World War I and was hon.
orably discharged as a cor
poral. :
He leaves his wife Helen B.
and a daughter, Miss Eleanor
L., both of the home address,
FATS Virginia avenue NV;
another daughter. Miss Barbara
Ann Of River Edge, N. j.; two
sisters, Mrs. Charles Ford of
1892 Hatton Point road, Swan
Harbor. Md, and Mrs. Mar
garet Fassett of 1925 Thirty
fourth street Sc; and a BROTH
er, Robert E. Kosntz of Mayo,
Md.
The funeral will be at 1890
pm. tomorrow at Pilgrim Luth-
eran Church, $500 Massachu-
sets avenue NV. Burial will
be in Arlington National Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-26

lCivil Aeronautics Board in
vestigators today began the
task Of reaSsembling the United
Air Lines Viscount in which
II persons were killed last Fri
day.
The tail pieces and all four
engines of the plane were being
put together, as well as pos
sible, at the UAL hangar at
National Airport here.
Nnvestigtors apparently be-
heVe the crash was caused
when the four-engine plane
bound from Newark. N. j., Il
Washington hit a swan as the
pilot started his let-down ovel
Howard County. Md.
The main clue is the carcass
Of a large white bird which
apparently struck the leading
edge Of the airplane's tail just
before the crash near Clarks-
vile, Md. The headless re-
mains Of the bird are now in
a freeze compartment while
investigators continue their eff
forts to determine the cause
of the disaster.
White feathers and part OF
the birds body were found on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-26
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Clear
and continued cool tonight,
lowest about %. Mostly sun
ny and cool tomorrow.
Maryland-Clear and cold
tonight with lowest 20 in the
west and rs to 80 in the east.
Mostly sunny and continued
cold tomorrow, highest in the
4Os. Tides two to three feet
above normal along the coast
with heavy surf and beach ero-
sion.
,-.Virginia-Clear tonight and
cold except cloudy on the coast,
lowest Is to 80. Sunny toinor-
row and continued cold, highest
in the 4Os. Heavy surf and
beach erosion along the coast
will accompany tides two to
three feet above normal.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Small craft warn
ings are displayed over the
lower Bay. Northeast winds
20 knots in the north and 20
to 80 knots in the south will
gradually diminish tomorrow
Fair weather in the north and
cloudy in the south with clear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-26
Herbert Y. He'll
Of Montgomery

Herbert v. He'll, who ran a
general store and gas station
on his farm acreage near
Colesville for 80 years. died
yesterday of a heart attack.
He was 81 years old.
A native of Baltimore, Mr..
He'll was well known in Mont
gomery County. His store and
home were at 18TH Colesville
road.
He leaves his wife, Mary
Agnes; two sons. Jerome A. Hell
of Riverdale, Md, and Pfc. Cal
vert L. He'll of the Montgomery
County Police; four daughters
all Of Colesville, Mrs. Gerald T.
Sargent. Mrs. Robert M. Groves
and the Misses Constance A.
and Faye r. He'll, and five
grandchildren.
The funeral will be at II
am. Wednesday. at the Walters
funeral home, 254 Carroll ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-26
John Lombert, 88, Ex-C Chief
Of Senate Document Room

John william Lambert, SO,
former Tennessee State legis-
lator and retired chief Of the
United States document room,
died yesterday at Sibley Memo
rial Hospital.
Born in Hickman County,
Tenn, Mr.. Lambert attended
Peabody College in Nashville,
Tenn, and taught school be-
fore he was elected to the State
Legislature as a Representative
in 1910. He became a State
Senator in 1919 and left the
office to come here with the
late United States Senator
John Shields in 1913.
He retired in 1852 as super
intendent Of the Senate docu-
ment room.