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Evening star., 1962-05-16
Falls Church
Faces IT Pct.
Rise in Tax

The Falls Church city counci
last night voted an IL per cen
increase in real estate taxes Il
finance the 1962-63 budget oi
50 million. No change was
made in the personal property
tax rate.
The real estate tax will rise
from $2.92 to 1925 per 800 as
sessed value. The personal
property tax will continue 81
per $100. In Falls Church,
personal property tax does not
apply to household goods as 1t
does in adjacent Arlington and
Fairfax Counties.
Final action on the budget
total and tax rate climaxed a
debate which extended over IL
hours and was attended by
more than 200 citizens.
The council made minor re-
ductions in most budget items.
The biggest savings were made
by eliminating a proposed
emergency financing plan to
build a $480,000 classroom wing
on George Mason Junior-Senior
High School.
Further reductions in school
expenses produced a school
budget Of nearly $l,259,000.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Dunes Authorized
At Virginia Beach

Federal disaster fund officials
today authorized Army Engi-
neers to construct an additional
$3.50 feet Of beach protection
dunes and bulkheads at Virginia
Beach, Va.
William D. Patton. director
of the office of Emergency
Planning's Area 2, said the
authorization is for a 2,200-foot
segment Of protective dune be-
tween Rudee inlet and Seventh
street and for other protective
barriers along the beach front
totaling 1850 feet.
The new barriers will supple
ment previously granted re-
habilitation projects at the
Virginia resort.
Virginia Beach was one Of
dozens of coastal communities
hit in the March 6 storm that
inflicted heavy damage from
Long Island. N. Y, to North
! Carolina.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Public 'FireGroup
Loses Tax Bottle

Public" volunteer fire de-
partments aren't so public after
all. when it comes to tax ex-
emption on their interest
bearing notes, the United States
Tax Court has ruled.
The case involved the Sea-
grave Corp. of Columbus, Ohio
which sells fire-fighting ap-
paratus to volunteer fire COM
panies. The firm had sought
tax exemption on 81, ,468 in in
tereSt-bearing notes, from six
volunteer fire companies.
Among them was the Hooper's
Island Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. Hooper's Island, Md. On
the island in the Chesapeake
Bay, off the Eastern Shore
are located the villages OF
Honga, Fishing Greek and
Hoopersville.
The court said that volunteer
fire companies may be politi-
cal, in the sense that political
is synonymous with public,
but they are not subdivisions
Of the State"
Evening star., 1962-05-16

The House today passed by
a standing vote Of 140-57 q
bill granting D. C. Transit,
Inc, a subsidy for carrying
District school children at q
reduced fare.
Opponents tried several man.
euvers to get q roll call vote
but failed. Trying to kill the
measure were Representatives
Goss, Republican of Iowa, and
Harsha. Republican Of Ohio.
The bill would provide d. C.
Transit with the difference be-
tween the 10-cent fare now
charged school children and
the lowest adult token fare OF
20 cents.
Revenue Provision Cited
However, If the company
earns 40 per cent Of its gross
operating revenue-a figure es-
tablished by the Public Utili-
ties Commission in 1960-it
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Fire Destroys Boot
In Boy; Five Saved

BAYSIDE BEACH. Md, MAJ
16 (AP). Five men leapeC
from a boat into the Chesa.
peake Bay Monday night tt
escape flames which destroyed
their $500 cabin cruiser.
The burning vessel was
spotted from the Anne Arun-
del County shore and within
30 minutes rescue boats were
on the scene.
Treated for shock and ex-
posure were William Covey, jr.
Baltimore, owner of the boat;
Arthur Sitskorn, Rivera Beach,
Frank Coley, Glen Burniei
Adam Kemmer, Pasadena, anc
Carman D. Smith, Glen Burnie
The boat was cruising of
Bayside Beach near Seven Foot
Knoll around 11:40 pm. wher
the flames broke out, apparent.
ly as a result Of a gas leak.
Evening star., 1962-05-16

terday before a jury and Judge
Andrew j. Howard, jr., the
youths attorney. Andrew Car
roll, charged the bus driver
provoked and created the at
tack.
Use of Chain Charged
THE bus driver, who has
emerged as a beautiful swan
in this piece, pulled out a piece
of chain and struck the boy
Mr.. Carroll said. He added
that Colclough and Blocker at
this point came to Richmond's
aid, pushed the driver down
and took the chain away "only
to keep from being whipped"
Mr.. Carroll said the reason
the bus passengers did not
lift a finger to help the driver
is because he provoked the
whole incident"
Assistant United States At
torney Robert Levetown, in his
opening argument. charged
that Richmond tried to pass
the bus driver without paying
and that when the driver triec
to stop him, the youth picked
up a tire chain and beat Mr.
Powell with it.
He said that Colclough anC
Blocker rushed to their friend
aid and also began beating tn,
driver. Then, he added, Blocke
took Mr.. Powell's coin change
and later shared its content
with Colclough.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
BY MYRA MACPHERSON
Star Staff Writer

Last summer the voice was
shrill as 1t went out to the
world from a courtroom in
Jerusalem, demanding death
for Adolf Eichmann.
Yesterday the voice Of Israel's
Attorney General Gideon
Hausner was calm and said
little Of the trial-now being
appealed-which ended in a
death sentence for the former
Gestapo colonel.
I'VE have set a date, now,
May 49," said Mr.. Hausner. re-
ferring to the day the Israel
Supreme Court verdict on the
appeal will be announced.
He said at an afternoon press
conference it would be legally
improper for him to discuss the
trial further. Pressed for a
comment on Eichnnann he said.
slowly, "well, what was striking,
Is that the man did not show
any sign of remorSe.
Asked what he thought Of a
statement Eichmann was sup
posed to have made recently
"anti-Semitism is a terrible
mistake and anti-Semitic
movements should no longer be
allowed"-Mr. Hausner an
swered, "I cannot make any
comment-you must under
stand"
Tells Of Letters
A sardonic note crept in when
the balding, affable 47-year-
old Mr.. Hausner said he re-
ceived quite a lot Of fan mail
from Germany these days since
the trial"
Letters trying to convince
me that many didn't know
what was happening; letters
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Half of Seniors
Have Interest in
Junior Colleges

More than half the Dis
trict's $500 high school seniors
would be interested in attend
ing a public junior college here,
according to a survey released
today.
The survey, conducted by
school administrators and D. c.
Teachers College. also showed
that 1880 seniors would apply
for admission to the proposed
junior college if they were not
accepted at a four-year college
next year.
A bill authorizing a junior
college has passed the Senate
and is in committee In the
House. School officials say that
a junior college could be COM
bined with D. c. Teachers with
little additional expenditure.
A significant result Of the
poll lay in the fact that more
than 300 of the seniors said
that they could not afford COL
legiate tuition, a school spokes-
man said.
"If we are preparing stu
dents for college, the most sig
nificant thing to me is that
about 400 seniors in the regu-
lar or general tracks stated
that they cannot afford to go
to college" said John D.
Koontz, assistant superintend-
ent for Junior and senior high
schools. "The interest shown,
and the number who say they
cannot afford college, would
seem to demonstrate the need
for public junior college," he
added.
The survey went to the school
board today for information.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Woodner Found Guilty
Of Income Tax Evasion

Ian Woodner, So. owner of
the $11-mi1lion Woodner Hotel
here, last night was convicted
by a New York Federal jury
of evading $4,000 in income
taxes in 1852 and 1858, the
Associated Press reported.
The architect-builder, who
was involved in a lengthy Fed
eral Housing Administration
case several years ago in con-
nection with the construction
Of the. Woodner, was released
in $25,000 bail pending SEN
fencing June IA.
In 1857, a Federal jury ac-
quilted him of a charge of
making a false statement to
the FILA to obtain Govern
ment guarantee Of q S. mil
lion mortgage on one unit Of
the Woodner Apartment Hotel
project.
He had been accused, spe-
officially, Of stating falsely to
FILA officials in 1853 that
Rock Greek Plaza, Inc, owner
of the Woodner project, had
no unpaid bills other than its
mortgage on the first unit Of
the large project.
Mr.. Woodner's attorney, Ed
ward Bennett Williams, ar
gued that Rock Creek Plaza,
Inc, had a contract with the
Jonathan Woodner Co. for
construction Of sthe project.
Other testimony indicated that
construction Of the apartment
hotel cost 81 million more than
Evening star., 1962-05-16

saying now that we know we
are ashamed we are Germans,
ashamed of our parents. A
woman sends me white roses
every month.
But there are others. Some
with DEVILS horns affixed to
pictures Of me. Some saying,
you murderer" and, Jews
are the parasites of all the
people. We should erect a mon
ument to Hitler because he at
least attempted to annihilate
you.'"
Champions Cause
Mr.. Hausner was IL when
he and his family left their
home in Poland-a fervently
Zionist home where only He
brew was spoken-for Israel
This was seven years before
Evening star., 1962-05-16
U. S. Mediutors Enter
VEPCO Negotiations

RICHMOND, May 16 (AP) D.
Three Federal mediators, called
in to break a deadlock in con-
tract negotiations, met last
night with negotiators from the
Virginia Electric and Power Co
and the International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers.
The old contract between the
company and union expired
April /. but its provisions were
allowed to continue during ne
gotiations. The Federal media
tors entered the talks Monday
Neither company nor union
spokesmen have made public
the issues in the dispute.
Evening star., 1962-05-16

and Joseph Colclough. l9. of
the 3l00 block of Maryland
avenue NE, gave their version
of the fracas today. They said
it began when the driver pushed
Richmond when the latter tried
to pay his fare after boarding
the bus at Eleventh and U
streets NV. Richmond said
that he had dropped his money
after being jostled by other
passengers boarding the bus.
Fell to Knees
when I was jostled," Rich
mond said, the bus driver
stood up and pushed me. /
fell to my knees and that was
when I asked the driver what
all that was for"
Richmond said he got up
and Mr.. Powell then hit me in
the chest" The youth said
that this made him mad.
II saw him pull a chain from
underneath his seat. It was
like the kind used on tires. He
raised the chain like he was
going to strike me-"
Richmond said he grabbed
the chain and the drivers
other hand but denied ever
striking the bus employe. He
said he was pulled away from
the driver by another passenger
and got off the bus.
Ran Up Front
Colclough said he was at thu
rear of the bus when he frs
observed the commotion. I"
saw the driver with the chair
! and / ran up front becaus
| I thought he was wrong" h
Colclough said he merely re
strained Mr.. Powell by holdin
onto the chain. II never HI
anyone, he said. He denie
taking any money.
The third defendant, William
j. Blocker, 10. of the 280I
block of Central avenue NE.
testified he was in the rear o.
the bus when he noticed thu
struggle. He said he ran tt
the front, pushed his way
through the passengers and left
the bus. He denied striking the
driver or taking money.
In opening arguments yes
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Eichmonn Displayed No Remorse,
Prosecutor Housner Tells D. G.

Hitler came to power. Mr.
Hausner spent the rest Of hi,
life in Israel where he studied
law, philosophy and history
and became a member Of Ha.
ganah, the Jewish defense
organization. He was in private
practice until his attorney gen.
eral appointment, Just one yeal
before the Eichmann trial.
Speaking last night at the
triennial convention of the
B'nai Birth at the Statler Ho-
tel, Mr.. Hausner championec
a cause to which he has dedi.
Gated is life:
Wherever we recognize the
well known signs of anti.
Semitism, Of prejudice they
must be denounced and fought
1t is a dangerous illusion to
believe that small doses Of hate
radiation are not dangerous.
He said 1t was a matter OF
concern that the genocide con-
vention though unanimously
adopted by the U. N. has not
yet been ratified by some coun-
tries. Mr.. Hausner told the
congregation it was alarming
that although some so nation:
have ratified the convention
only three countries have en-
acted the necessary domestic
legislation-Israel. West Ger.
many and Denmark.
The Genocide laws make Il
a universal crime Ito commit
conspire or incite acts which
may cause serious bodily Of
mental harm to innocent people
of a certain racial. religious
grcrp
At last nights B'nai BIRTH
banquet at the Statler Hiltor
Hotel, Senator Javits, Republi.
can of New York, called OF
Congress to ratify the Genocid'
convention.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
New Setup Sought.
For Crime Study
Commissioners
Invite 40 to
Initial Session
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star Staff Writer

A citizens crime study COM
mission is expected to be es-
tablished next month by District
officials.
The Commissioners ere send
ing invitations to about 40 to
attend an organizational
session.
Commissioner Walter N.
Tobriner declined to give de-
tails on the city's new crime
fighting move put said:
plans are developing for the
calling together of a group of
citizens looking to an inquiry
of the crime picture here"
One report was that the new
citizens organization would be
divided into several groups for
various crime inquiries.
Meeting Proposed
The Commissioners action is
an outgrowth of proposal last
month from one of Washing
tons top Negro organizations,
the District Of Columbia
Chamber of Commerce.
This group proposed that the
Commissioners call a city-wide
meeting to assess crime prob
lens here.
The recommendation by the
organization was that the Com
missioners invite representa-
tives of Government, business,
civic. educational and religious
groups.
After receiving this recon-
mendation, Mr.. Tobriner had
said that he had told aides to
draft a proposed formal for
such a conference.
Concern Expressed
In the letter to the Commits
Sioners. Berkeley G. Burrell.
president of the Chamber Of
! Commerce, had said that his
organization is very much con-
cerned with this tcrime) prob
lem and abhors the increasing
incidences of both juvenile and
adult infractions against So
ciety. :"
The idea for a meeting pre-
sumably has been shelved IL
favor of the establishment o
study group.
Mr.. Tobriner has had severa
conferences on the question
with Mr.. Burrell, Attorney
Joseph G. Weeda, a member oi
the District Citizens Advisory
Council. and Sterling Tucker
of the Washington Urban
League.
Evening star., 1962-05-16

the $40 million in mortgages
on the two units.
Both the Rock Creek firm
and the Woodner construction
company were controlled by
Mr.. Woodner.
In the current tax case, the
Government contended Mr..
Woodner failed to report in
come Of $4,000 in 1852 and
$4,000 in 1858. The jury OF
IL men and one woman dis
agreed on two other counts,
covering 1850 and 1851.
Mr.. Woodner faces a maxi
mum penalty of five years in
prison and a $4,000 fine. He
is q resident Of Manhattan.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Bus Attack Defendants
Put Blame on Driver
Youth, 1e, Suys He Wos Pushed
And Threatened With Tire Chain
By WILLIAM BASHAM
Star Staff Writer

Two District youths accused Of assault D. C. Transit
March IL today denied everything and blamed
the incident the driver at jury trial in Municipal Court
The driver, Page NJ. Powell. yesterday testified under
direct examination that his coin changer and
stolen during incident He not questioned about the
alleged assault.
Tony Richmond l9 of the 5000 block of First street NV
Evening star., 1962-05-16
The
Rambler
SuIutes
Suiior Poet
By GEORGE KENNEDY

John Masefield will be "a
years old June /.
The British Poet Laureate
has been so silent so long
that many are surprised
when they hear he is alive.
He is living comfortably
in Oxfordshire, west of Lon
don, at his country place
which he calls Bufcote
Brook, at Clifton Hampden
at the foot of the Chiltern
Hills.
I am afraid John Mase-
fields poetry is not read
much any more.
Instead, contemporary
novels are required reading
in the peculiar twist that
the teaching of our language
has taken in our colleges.
Are contemporary poets
read today?
Book sales do not indicate
1t.
But in the years just be-
fore World War I, John
Masefield was the favorite
poet on the American cam
pus.
Every prep school boy had
recited:
! must 90 dotDn to the sea
again,
To the lonely sea and the
sky,
And all I ask Is a tall ship
And q star to steer her by.
That was kid stuff.
We liked the narrative
poems.
This was when a poet
could sing a song or tell a
story.
We knew about Masefield.
He was a mans man-no
panty waist like Shelley or
sentimentalist like Words
worth.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
MASEFIELD HAD sale.

NAhOGE AEAO AhAD od4lCO
before the mast. He had been
a bartender in a Greenwich
Village saloon. He was a
Socialist and he would not
wear a dinner jacket and he
could write the sort Of stuff
that made boys realize the
magic of words, especially
words in metrical order
with rhyme and rhythm.
"HiS Everlasting Mercy"
was our favorite.
Despite the pious title, 1t
was not a religious poem.
The title was sarcastic.
"His Everlasting Mercy"
is one of a pair Of poems in
which Masefield sought to
emphasize that there is no
Divine justice in this hap
hazard world.
Somehow or other, appar-
emily for no reason at all,
Saul Kane, a poacher, a
drinker, a brawler, and a
town scandal comes to grace.
Saul was an engaging ras-,
cal the sort Of hero that
boys should know about, but
not initiate.
His early immoral life
probably did us no harm.
Poaching was not a fresh
man problem.
Let Saul introduce him
self:
I cut my teeth and took to
fun.
! learned tDhat not to be
afraid of
And tDhGt stuff ,Domen's
lips are made of
r learned tDith Uhdt a rosy
feeling
Good ale makes floors
seem like the ceiling
Ny blood did leap, my
flesh did reuel Saul Kane
Was tokened to the deDil.
You can see that this sort
of stuff would have a defi-
mite undergraduate appeal.
But it's not all jingle.
Masefield had a gift.
The story of Saul Kane's
conversion has to do with an
eventful night in which he
won a dare fist fight that
was heavily wagered.. His
hackers threw a party in the
upstairs room at the tavern.
Listen to this:
Topened toindoD Dide and
leaned
Out of that pig sty OF the
Il tiend
And felt a cool tDind 90
like. grace
About the sleeping Taarket-
place.
Saul takes off from the
party in the pub challeng-
ing anyone to catch him in a
hill and dale pursuit. He
bangs on a Squire's door,
also on Parsons.
Finally on the way back
he runs into the Parson and
and there is a wonderful ex-
change. Saul blames the
Parson for all the economic
and social evils of rural
England.
IT'S A LONG and severe
Indictment but it Is topped
by the Parsons answer.
Part of it goes:
TO get the iDhole tDorld out
OF bed
And tDGshed, and dressed,
and tDdrned, and fed,
To tDork, and back to bed
again.
Saul gives Parson best.
Saul begins to experience
some doubts as to his denial
Evening star., 1962-08-23

Mode Of omozing chemical rubber. Highly
ressiont 10 scUffing, stoins. bad weofher.
Evening star., 1962-09-09
Miss Hardin Is Bride

ceremony and a reception
followed at the Chevy Chase
Club.
Miss Hardin is the daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. B. Lau-
riston Hardin, jr. Mr.. Walker
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver M. Walker.
The bride is a graduate Of
the Foxcroft School, Middle
burg, Va, and Briarcliff Col
lege. She was presented to
society at a dinner dance
given by her parents in 1859
and at the Washington Deb
utante Ball. She was recently
on the staff of Vogue maga-
zine.
Mr.. Walker is in his last
year at the University of
Virginia where he is a mem
Der of st. Anthony Hall. He
plans to enter the firm of
Walker and Dunlop here in
February. He is a member of
the Metropolitan Club and
the Chevy Chase Club.
Evening star., 1962-09-09
UDC Plaque Honors Moury

Melita Peasants and
Vivian Coxendale Osborne,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. F. Mary Osborne Of
Washington.
The Osbornes attended
with their other children
while descendants inyited to
be on hand for the ceremony
also included Capt. Jam es
Maury Werth, USN, of
Charleston, s. c., command
ing officer Of the USS Ever
glades; Mr.. and Mrs. George
Carter Werth of Washing
ton; Mr.. Lewis Herndon
Werth of New York City;
Mrs. Ann Maury Alkire, of
Mechanicsville, Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Maury Van Doren
and Mrs. NJ. B. Van Doren,
ST., of Richmond. The latter
is the widow of a grandson
of Commodore Maury.
Reception Follow
The ceremonies were fol-
lowed by a reception and
luncheon at the Washington
Club where the program in
cluded vocal selections by
Ben Mitchell Morris, tenor
soloist in the Navy Band.
Mrs. Bachman was joined
in receiving the guests by
several UDC officers includ-
ing Mrs. William M. Forrest
of Pendleton, Va, vice presi-
dent general: Mrs. R OBJ e rt
Hamilton Smith Of Phila-
delphia, second vice president
general, and Mrs. E. A.
Anderson of Charlotte, N. c.,
recorder general of the
Crosses of Military Service.
Admiral and Mrs. Eller and
Admiral and Mrs. Stephan
also received.
Evening star., 1962-09-09

A plaque honoring Mat
thew Fontaine Maury as the
pathfinder Of the seas" was
presented yesterday to the
United States Navy by the
United Daughters of the Con-
federacy in ceremonies at the
Naval Oceanographie office,
in Suitland, Md.
Mrs. Robert Bachman,
president general of the UDC,
made the presentation, which
was the elimination of a
major project of her admin
istration.
Maury, who had the rank
of commander. served as hy-
drographer of the United
States Navy from 1912 to
1851 and laid down many of
the principles of oceano-
graphic research and survey
ing still in use today.
He also was a Confederate
hero, having served in the
Confederate States Navy as
a commodore.
Accepts Plaque
Rear Admiral Edward c.
Stephan, oceanographer Of
the Navy, accepted the plaque
and q tribute was paid to
Maury by Rear Admiral E.
M. Eller, director of Naval
History, Office of the Chief
Of Naval Operations.
Capt. Verne A. Jennings,
the deputy oceanographer,
served as the master of cere-
monies, and music was pro-
vided by the Navy Band with
1t. Anthony Mitchell con-
Quoting.
The plaque was unveiled
by twin great-great grand
daughters of Commodore
Evening star., 1962-09-09
DR.. Mcdonald
ToAddressDA

DR.. Ralph w. Mcdonald,
executive director. National
Committee for Support of
the Public Schools, will be
the speaker at the Constitu-
ton Day program sponsored
by the District Daughters of
the American Revolution at
2:30 pm. September Is at
the auditorium Of the Nat
ural History Museum.
Guests will include nation
al and State officers and a
group of newly naturalized
citizens. Chapter r gen IS
will carry their flags.
Evening star., 1962-09-09
Wonun's Club
To ReconVene

The Woman's Club of Lyon
Village will have its opening
meeting of the club year at
8pm. Wednesday at the Lyon
Village Community House.
Delegates to the recent State
convention of the Federation
of Women's Clubs will re-
port convention highhghts.
The clubs Executive Com
mittee will meet at 1890
pm. tomorrow at the Lyon
Village Community House. A
luncheon viii precede the
business meeting.
Evening star., 1962-09-09
The Dunburton
Alumnoe Elect

Mrs. william Randolph
Marshall Of Annapolis has
been elected National Presi-
dent Of the Dunbarton Col
lege Alumnae Association.
She succeeds Mrs. John J.
Cahill Of Cherry Point, N. C.,
who has resigned.
Mrs. Marshall was a mem
Der Of the class Of 1850 at
Dunbarton and served as ma
tional vice president Of the
alumnae association IN 1859.
She is a past president Of the
Boston alumnae chapter.
Evening star., 1962-09-09
Secretaries
Seminar

About 20 certified profes
sional secretaries will attend
the World Affairs Seminar
of the Institute for Certify
ing Secretaries, to be held at
George Washington Univer-
sity today through Friday.
The secretaries are from all
over the country and occupy
positions in both government
and private business and in
dustry, A get acquainted
dinner viii be held at z o'clock
tonight at the Roger Smith
Hotel.