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Evening star., 1963-01-14
PREFERS RECOGNITION
Meader Dow. grades Profit

than money is the recognition.
The acceptance does some
thing to you. Show people need
acceptance-and comics have
TO be accepted 10 times
as quickly. And there are so
many Illustrations In show
business. It's kinda cut throaty.
II II takes you too long TO
make II, you tend TO get Bit
ter" The only thing Mr.. Meader
really has in common with the
President is that he grew up
In Massachusetts,. Instead Of
Choate, II was an inexpensive
boarding school for Mr.. Meader,
whose father had died and
whose mother worked as a
waitress.
Starting in show business
singing and playing the piano
with a hillbilly band, Mr..
Meader helped support HIM
self working as a waiter in a
bowling alley and as a theater
usher.
All this time he worked at
perfecting a comedy routine
and got a job In a night club
as a political satirist, throw
ing In the Kennedy press con-
ference"
Mr.. Meader, who will give
his own state of the Union"
address this Sunday night at
the Sheraton-Park. seems 10
take all Kennedy compliments
as his due. When told that
Senator Ted Kennedy recently
praised him In a speech. he
yawned and said. "lhats nice
Evening star., 1963-01-14
BY MYhA MACPHERSON
Star staff Writer

President Kennedy's voice
sounded a little sleepy over the
phone and after a couple Of
cigarette coughs the voice said.
well, ah, It's rathah early. ."
II was IL am, but Vaughn
Meader has the typical show
business view that any hour
before noon is the middle Of
the night.
After only one Kennedy sent
ence, Mr.. Meader got around TO
being Mr.. Meader and proceeded
10 support the idea that comics
aren't funny off stage,
Il take myself seriously. /
take everything seriously. / APP
proach comedy In a serious
way" he said In his normal
voice-that sounds not at all
ike JACK, Ied, BopDy or Car
oline.
Mr.. Meader was asked II he
agreed with the President. who,
when pressed for a comment
on Mr.. Meader's FIRST Family"
album. said he thought the
comedian sounded more like
Teddy.
We'll, they've passed II all
around. Let them fight II out.
Ted was asked and he said II
sounded more like Bobby. The
last bit is that Bobby said he
thinks II sounds more like Sar-
gent Shriver."
Now enjoying the sweet smell
Evening star., 1963-01-14
DriVe-In Bandit
Steals $l,811

A gunman robbed the Nc
Donald drive-in on Route /
south of Alexandria early yes
terday Of two days receipts
totaling $1,811.
Fairfax County police report
ed that he forced assistant
manager Pete Apostol to open
the safe just as he was closing
for the night.
The intruder then tied Mr..
Apostol with heavy cord and
escaped with the money in a
cloth sack, police said.
Police are looking for a white
man. in his late 20s, with a
noticeable scar. apparently
from a burn, on his left cheek.
Evening star., 1963-01-14

A passerby who noticed
smoke coming from the roof
sounded the first alarm at 2:l9
pm. Within IL minutes, three
additional alarms we're ordered,
bringing nearly 200 firemen and
"A pieces of fire equipment to
the scene.
Twenty-one of the city's 80
engine companies poured water
on the blazing top floor for
nearly an hour before bringing
the fire under control.
High-pressure water hoses
we're attached atop eight ex.
tended hook-and-ladder trucks
sending streams of water dowr
onto the smoldering roof.
Firemen, working in near
freezing weather, we're con-
stantly in fear that the entire
roof would collapse. Period
ically, sections of the roof and
Evening star., 1963-01-14
BY PAUL HOPE
star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. l4-State
Senator Gilbert Guide barred
the door today against modify
ing Montgomery County liquor
laws this year.
The Republican senator
plans to introduce a resolution
in the General Assembly to-
night calling for grass roots"
study of county liquor laws.
His action. however. did not
bar legislation TO tighten super
vision over, or perhaps elimi-
nate, bottle clubs which have
sprung up in the last few years.
In fact, Senator Guide said IL
is very likely that legislation
will be introduced either by
himself or county House OF
Delegates members to deal with
bottle clubs.
"At the very least, the police
should have powers OF
complete inspection Of bottle
clubs" he said. He added that
serious consideration is being
given 10 a law TO eliminate
them.
Bottle clubs, In which the
patrons bring their own liquor
or send out for II. sprang up
after county lawmakers refused
TO grant more liquor-by the
drink licenses two years ago.
The county has no licensing
law for bottle clubs nor any
supervisory authority over
them.
County restaurant and tav-
ern owners have been clamor-
ing for years 10 modify Mont
gomery's liquor laws. Only
three restaurants are allowed
TO sell liquor by the drink, al
though several Gounty clubs
Evening star., 1963-01-14

Prince Georges County's new
crusading sheriff last night
blamed political pay-offs for
widespread gambling and liquor
law violations in the county,
and charged that attempts were
made to buy him off.
In Prince Georges County,
he said, everybody gets paid
off. A portion of this money
(from the gambling operationsI
found its way into the pockets
Of the politicians"
He said he had been APP
preached in December about
the possibility of calling off his
promised crusade against gam
bling.
IF I wanted to stop, and
set a price, no matter how
high, 1t would be met and met
quickly" the sheriff said as
he addressed a group of so
Evening star., 1963-01-14

side walls fell into the debris.
One fireman, Pvt. Robert E.
Colvin, "a, of Engine Co. 2, was
treated for smoke inhalation at
the Washington Hospital Gen.
ter and later returned to duty.
The Merchandise Building
until recently housed Brinson's
Furniture and Decorating Co.,
the Lucky Strike Bowling Alley
Redman & Brown Furniture
Co., offices of the Diamond Cab
Co.. and several speciality stores
The building occupies the
entire east side of Fourteenth
street between S and Rigg,
streets.
Yesterdays blaze necessitatec
enactment of the District.
Plan E, which calls all off.
duty firemen back to Their
stations. The emergency plan
was Cancelled at 4:3l pm, ac-
cording to Assistant Fire Chief
Henry Galotta, who directed
yesterdays fire fighting.
Traffic on heavily-traveled
Fourteenth street was rerouted
for several hours, police said.
The city's last four-alarm
blaze was April 81, 1862. when
an abandoned warehouse was
destroyed by fire at the old
Naval Receiving Station in
Anacostia. Another four alarm
er four days earlier destroyed a
lumber warehouse at 1884
Eleventh street S. E.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
THERE WAS NO SIGN,

AAASAhS WING ANO oASANt
of course. The CIA is secret.
But why not a Don't Turn
Here For Great Falls" sign2
Soon The Rambler realized
he was headed right back TO
Washington. Eventually, he
was able to turn around and
proceed in the opposite di-
rection, past the CIA again
and over the Beltway.
In desperation, he turned
right off the parkway on 1893
which, incidentally, is the
"old Georgetown Pike" Still,
there was no sign TO Great
Falls. The Rambler was
guessing, like they like you
10 do.
In time. The Rambler
found Great Falls. He had
II all 10 himself.
The falls are more impress
sive in the snow than at any
other time Of the year, The
Rambler decided. There was
a rainbow and an old crow
wobbling around over the
roar.
He left after a while and,
somehow, was able TO find
the new bridge back TO Mary
land without going past the
CIA again.
He tingled with the excite
ment OF discovery new
route TO Great Falls.
Whether he can find II
again is questionable.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
BY WALTER GOLD
Star Staff Writer

A four-alarm fire which de-
stroyed the top floor of an
abandoned warehouse at Four
teenth and S streets NV. yes
terday was touched off by
vagrants, according to District
officials.
More than half the city's fire
fighting force was called out
to battle the blaze which at its
height attracted an estimated
1000 spectators.
One fireman was injured, not
seriously, during an hour-lone
effort to extinguish the fire in
the former Merchandise Build
ing, a Washington landmark
which was slated for demoli-
ton several years ago.
The vacant warehouse has
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Guide Barring Change
In County Liquor Law

have private pouring licenses.
1t is expected that one or
more members of the House
of Delegates may offer legisla-
tion 10 grant more licenses to
restaurants. But such legisla-
ton would be dead from the
start without Senator Guides
support because 1t could not
get through the Senate.
In matters affecting only
one locality. the Senate tradi-
tionally goes along with the
views Of the local senator.
Mr.. Guides resolution will
call fer appointment of a 10
member commission 10 review
the existing law, review the
organization and activities Of
the Board Of License Commits
sioners. and the county-oper-
ated dispensary system, and
review any proposed changes
In the law.
The commission would have
membership from the Board
Of License Commissioners. the
Allied Civic Group. County
Civic Federation, Farm Bureau,
League OF Women Voters,
Medical Society Bar Associa-
ton, Chamber Of Commerce.
Parent Teacher Associations
and a minister TO be selected
by the head Of the Bethesda
and Silver Spring Council OF
Churches.
Senator Guides stand appar-
emily means that even II the
com mission recommended
changes they could not be car
ried out before 1865, when the
General Assembly holds Us
next 90-day session. Local leg
islation usually is not per-
mitted during the 30-day ses-
giong held pyprv othpr ygar
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Sheriff BIomes Political 'Poyoffs'
For Prince Georges Gambling

campaign with an investiga-
ton into "a flourishing num-
bers, horse-betting and mar
cotics industry which exists in
Prince Georges"
Sheriff Jameson talked on
of his recent raids. He said
that under the Wheatley law,
a tax stamp for $3.50 for a
pinball machine is prima facie
evidence that it is gambling
equipment. IS
Under that law" he said,
Il have taken the machines"
Shut Down in 3 Weeks
1T took approximately three
weeks for the two men to shut
down the machines in this
county" the sheriff said. IF
we could have done it in three
weeks then the police depart
ment in this county could have
done 1t in a day." he declared.
: IF we had a good police es-
tablishment in this county, /
would say that the sheriff's de-
partment would have no busi-
ness stepping in"
"As far as ! can TELL" he
added, "a number Of attempts
we're made by police to enforce
the law, but they we're stopped
by higher ups. AS far as / am
concerned. SO per cent of the
county police are completely
honest and reliable men," he
said. 1T is the one per cent
that is at fault" he said.
Police Chief George j. Pana-
goulis has said in the past that
his men have not seized PIN
ball machines unless there has
been actual evidence Of money
being paid players in exchange
for free games won on the
devices. He said this evidence
is still needed TO get a convic-
ton under the Wheatley law.
The former states attorney.
William l.. Kahler, also said
pay off evidence is needed for
a conviction. His successor.
Arthur A. Marshall, jr., believes
differently, and is going after
convictions on the basis Of the
$3.50 gaming stamp.
County Police 1t. George e.
Clements said today patrolmer
are free 10 make arrests fol-
gambling and liquor law viola
tions, but usually refer their
suspicious TO the three man
vice squad. Detectives can build
a stronger case. he added.
4 1t. Clements. In charge OF
the vice squad. said most pa
trolmen do not know enough
about narcotics, and therefore
refer information 10 the vice
squad. A patiolman's arrest Of
a numbers suspect. without first
consulting the vice squad, may
disrupt a large-scale surveill-
ance the squad has undertaken
In efforts TO round up a large
ring Of gamblers, 1t. Clements
said.
Evening star., 1963-01-14

OF money--thc estimate is he'll
get a goodly chunk OF the So
million prciit from the First
Family album alone - Mr..
Meader said "the great thing
about having money is you
don't have TO have any. You
find people willing TO pick up
the bills-accountants TO pay
the bills. managers 10 arrange
things All the things / said
/ was going TO do with the
money, / haven't done. It's not
important now
What sefms to mean more
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Thieves Get $725
From Pharmacy

Thieves broke into a Silver
Spring pharmacy this week
end, failed 10 oDen the safe.
but rot away with S725 In cash
MONTGOMERY County Detec-
tive SGT, George c. Athey said
they entered packett's Phar-
macy, 8706 Flower avenue,
through an exhaust duct that
led into the kitchen.
Sgt. Athey said they left be-
hind some tools used in their
attempt 10 open the safe. They
escaped through the rear door.
he said.
Evening star., 1963-01-14

THE RAMBLER POKED
and probed for a time in
the general area and finally
came to River road. He fol-
lowed this on a northwest
erly course until, once again,
he came to a sign saying the
new beltway was in the area
and Gov. ]. Millard Tawes
had a great deal to do with
it.
Then, there it was. And
there was a sign saying "Vir-
ginia.'
1t is a fine road. There was
little traffic.
Soon, he crossed the new
bridge, glancing up and down
the Potomac, and arrived in
Virginia.
Virginia, like Maryland,
does not like to tell the mo-
toriSt where he is going. The
highway sign people appar-
emily feel everybody will be
driving too fast to read any,
thing and, instead, approve
of guesswork.
Certainly, someone has de-
cided, no one would come
over the Cabin John Bridge
in search of the Virginia side
of Great Falls.
But there was a sign which
beckoned the motorist to the
George Washington Memo
rial Parkway.
1t did not say where the
parkway would take the mo-
torist, it just announced the
road was open, in a way.
The Rambler took the
George Washington Parkway
in hopes Of coming across a
sign to Great Falls.
Instead, after a delightful
spin, he made out a ghostly
building up in the woods
which he took to be the Gen.
trail Intelligence Agency.
Evening star., 1963-01-14

incomes of $4,000 or more, he
said.
ANY taxpayer who remains
in the District to bear such an
unfair and discriminatory bur-
den is a candidate for a psy-
chiatrist," Mr.. Shipley said.
The Democrats spokesman
decried the "hystorical owls of
rising taxes"
District residents have to beaI
"a fair burden" in supporting
their Government in spite oi
the need for an increased Fed
eral payment, Mr.. Sternbers
said. The District has beer
patching a very conventiona
tax structure on a most uncon.
ventional tax base" zone where
over one-half the real property
is exempt, he said, and sug-
geSted study to develop new
revenue sources"
Exemption Attacked
Mr.. Sternberg urged removal
Of the exemption of profess
sionals such as doctors, archi-
tectS and lawyers from the
unincorporated business fran
chise tax.
The removal of the exemp-
ton would not affect D. c,
residents, he said. because of
the effect of the business tax
on their individual income tax,
1T would only hit the nom
resident who uses the facilities
Of the District to carry on his
business eight hours a day.
he said.
The Federation Of Citizens
Associations opposed all the
proposed increases absolutely
and entirely" except for the one
on cigarettes. mo other in
creases should even be consid-
cred until a realistic Fed
eral contribution in lieu OF
taxes has been granted, possibly
based on the formula presented
by Senator Bible. and until a
payroll tax has been i'm
plemented," their statement
said.
The Federation of Civic AS.
sociations opposed the real es.
tate tax increase. "In too many
cases it will be passed on down
to tenants who are least able
Evening star., 1963-01-14
'ShipIey Lashes Plan
For D. c. Tax Rise
BY DAN GOTTLIEB
Star staff Writer

BY DAN GOTTLIEB
star staff Writer
District Democratic and Re-
publican leaders today gave al
most diametrically opposed
views on proposed tax increases
for the city.
District Republican Commit
tee chairman, Carl Shipley,
laShed out at the District Com
missioners' proposed SO million
tax increase program saying
that it will fall more heavily"
on Negroes than whites, drive
more whites to the SUBURBS.
rob District taxpayers of any
personal benefit" from a
Federal tax cut and curb the
city's economy.
Any increase in expenditures
can only be financed out of
an increased Federal payment,
Mr.. Shipley said. The city is
being strangled by "ever-ex-
panding municipal bureauc-
racy," he said, and called for
pruning of the non-essential
functions.
Backed by Democrat
Chairman Arnold c. Stern
berg of the District Affairs
Committee of the District DEM
ocratic Committee backed the
proposed increases on two con-
ditions:
l. That the Federal payment
to the city is increased and
further borrowing is author
lied.
2. Certain programs previ-
ously lacking in the proposed
District budget, such as some
Federal welfare programs, are
added to give the city vital
needed services.
1t is patent nonsense to say
that increased taxes would in
crease the flight to the sub
lrbs,' he declared.
Increased taxes will provide
alternatives, such as a good
school system" to District resi-
dents considering moving out
of the city, he said.
3 Nobody leaves because of
taxes" he asserted. They may
leave because of what the Mac
Carthy report says about the
District" This was reference
to the report to the Board of
Education on the causes of the
violence at D. c. Stadium after
the city championship football
game on Thanksgiving Day.
The political leaders views
came at a public hearing at
the District Building on pro-
posed increases in real estate,
cigarettes and income taxes,
among others.
Effect Upon Negroes
In an opening statement,
Commissioner Walter N. To-
briner said that the Commits
sioners regard the increases as
IAN equitable share to be borne
by local residents"
In support Of his contention
that the proposed increases
would hit the Districts Negroes
harder then whites, Mr.. Ship
ley said that studies of income
distribution in the city 'indi-
cate that nearly "a per cent Of
the Negro families have in
comes Of less than $4,000 a
year, while only 35 per cent of
the white families fall in this
category"
The present income tax rates
range from 2.5 per cent on the
first $4,000 of taxable income
minus personal exemptions
and deductions) to 5 per cent
on taxable income over $25, 900.
Under the Commissioners pro-
posal, the range would be from
2.5 per cent on the first $4,000
to 5 per cent on everything over
$4,000.
Tns increased real estate
tax will do more injury to our
Negro homeowners because seq
regation has forced them to
pay more for older homes with
higher maintenance COSTS" the
Republican chairman said.
Mr.. Shipley also called
equally bad" another feature
Of the proposed income tax.
Approximately five sixth of
the additional tax burden will
fall OH families with combined
Evening star., 1963-01-14

BUT, SHORTLY, EVERY
thing became familiar and
before you could say North
west Passage" The Rambler
found he was headed right
smack back to the Rockville
pike on Interstate 70-S, or
Route 240. The country is
full of surprises.
He avoided getting back to
where he had started by
turning off on Old George
town road where, shortly, he
passed another sign saying
the Beltway was in the area.
However, there was no way
of getting on the Beltway
which, shortly, appeared
overhead. While there was
no sign saying the highway
was actually the Beltway, it
looked like a Beltway ought
to look because there was no
way of getting on the Belt
way.
This is one of the out
standing features of Belt
ways.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
The
Rambler
... Makes q
Great Discovery
BY JOHN McKELWAY

The Rambler attempted,
sometime ago, to find a
Northwest Passage to Great
Falls.
There had been reports In
the press that something
called a "Beltway" was open
in Maryland along with a
new bridge across the Po-
tomac, at Cabin John.
1t was assumed that the
Beltway probably ran from
Rockville west to Cabin John
and The Rambler set out to
find 1t by turning left off
the Rockville pike on Mont
rose road, which is Randolph
road If you turn right off the
Rockville pike, at the same
spot.
Montrose road shortly
passed over what appeared
to be a Beltway of some kind.
And there was a large sign
which indicated the motorist
was in the area of the Belt
way and that Gov. ]. Millard
Tawes was responsible for it
wherever it was. The Ram
bier dropped down and took
the new highway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18

traction on Russia Gas opposed
to the Union Of Soviet So
cialiSt Republics and that this
attraction will eventually bring
down the barriers which today
divide Europe into two hostile
camps.
To Seek Another Term
For his part, Gen. de Gaulle
intends to stay around as long
as possible to promote his
cherished dream. At 70 he shows
no signs whatever of bowling
out while everything still hangs
in the balance. 1t is now an
almost foregone conclusion that
the general will present him
self for reelection when his
present term expires in 1865
And II he lives through It
another seven-year term should
see his grand design well on
the way to reality.
Unless, Of course, this design
should be found incompatible
with American interests and
those Of the alliance as a whole
and can be frustrated along the
way.
Quite clearly 1t is in conflict
with a number Of ideas which
in the past have been warmly
cherished In Washington anc
elsewhere. 1t is in conflict with
those who have preached the
"interdependence" Of the At
lantic community-in particu-
lar those who argue that the
United States nuclear monop.
oily must be maintained at al
cost and with 1t virtually the
whole responsibility for West.
ern policy in the cold war.
II one accepts Gen. d.
Gaulle's own harsh evaluatior
OF American policy - which
amounts to the permanent ex.
tension Of American hegemonS
In Western Europe then hi.
ideas are very hostile indeed.
Contradictory Policies
On the other hand. what may
appear as a conflict between
Gen. de 0aulle and Presidenr
Kennedy seems TO some OBJ,
servers in Europe to be reall,
at conflict between contra,
dictory policies for Europe pur.
sued since the end OF the wa,
by the United States itself
From the beginning the idei
OF a strong united Europe
standing on its own feet hai
been one American ideal. Ant
TO the extent that II was real
tied. II was bound TO clasl
sooner or later with the idei
OF an Atlantic "interdepend
ence" by which American pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-18

organizations lawyers. said the
fund will mobilize its resources
to defend whites and Negroes,
many Of them students, who
are arrested for voter-regis-
tration activities.
I'VE assure them that If they
are arrested, they will have a
legal defense" Mr.. Greenberg
said.
The conference attracted 80
civil rights lawyers, mostly
from the South. to the Howard
University campus. The con-
ference ended yesterday.
The Legal Defense and Edu-
cational Fund is separate from
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People. Roy wilkins, executive
secretary Of the NAACP, and
John Doar Of the Justice De-
partment's Civil Rights Divi-
sion were among the persons
addressing the conference.