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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Suggested Transit Plan
To Include All Areas

the representatives on the poll
cy committee would be from
the National Capital Trans
portation Agency, which has
been in conflict with highway
planning in the past.
An improved regional PLAN
ming process is required by
Federal legislation passed last
year. Unless the improved
planning process is established,
Federal aid will be withheld for
the 50 billion highway program
for the Washington area.
The subcommittee recon-
mendations may touch off an
other round in the controversy
over whether the Council of
Governments or the National
Capital Regional Planning
Council should supervise reg
ional planning.
The Regional Plan n ing
Council has recommended a
rival planning process. which
apparently calls for it to super
wise the transportation plan
ming without II representatives
from local governments.
The Council Of Governments
has a transportation committee
now made up of one represen-
tative Of each local govern
ment. Last May, the ira n S.
portation committee asked rep
resentatives of the Virginia,
Maryland and District highway
departments to develop recon-
m e n d a tions on a regional
transportation planning pro-
cess.
On the subcommittee were
high-ranking staff officials Of
the Maryland and Virginia
highway departments, together
with three local officials. The
local officials were Albert
Grant. chief engineer Of the
District Highway Departments
office Of planning and pro-
gramming; Ben Smith, of the
Prince Georges County public
works department, and Philip
B. Hall, public works director
for Alexandria.
The subcommittee's recon-
mendations were reviewed by
the three major highway de-
partments before being sent
back to the Council OF Govern
ment's transportation commit
tee. The committee is sched-
uled to consider the recommen-
dations at a meeting Septem-
Der %, and so far has made no
official decision on the plan
ming process.
The 15-member policy COM
mittee would include one cleo
ted official from every suburban
local government. plus a Dis
trict Commissioner. The three
major highway departments
also would have one voting rep
resentative, along with a vot-
ing delegate from the trans
portation agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

so FAR IN Its history, the
United States never has
really grappled seriously
with the preservation issue.
This has been due partly
to the dynamic nature of
our national Spirit-aspiring
for what is ahead and
som ewh at disinclined to
look back. Partly, also, it is
because man made things
in our new country have
never seemed to the Ameri-
can people to be quite so
precious as the natural
wonders that exist in great
vastness and variety under
the protection Of the Fed
eral and state governments.
AS James Bryce told the
Committee Of 100 on the Flu
ture Development Of Wash
ington in 1918 Gas quoted in
a recent booklet issued by
the National Park Service:
you are still in the early
days of your history and are
only beginning to accu-
mulate historic memories
which, in four or five CEN
turtles, will be rich and
charged with meaning like
those of European cities"
In the last 80 years or
more, however, a growing
conviction has arisen that
we don't really need to wait
at all. For, indeed, we do
already have architectural
memories that deserve phys
ical protection. More and
more communities around
the country are trying to
discover new means of pro-
tecting historic buildings Of
architectural merit before
the bulldozer knocks them
down forever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
GRoUNDRREAKNG NEXT SPRING?
Gushers and TrickIes Swell Culture Center Fund

bookkeeping purposes; 3. Q
generally admired plan for the
center. prepared by, Edward
Durrell Stone.
In addition, the Center re-
Gently got from Congress q
contribution which may prove
most valuable of all: Time.
Under the original legislation
authorizing a Nationwide drive
for funds, Congress ruled that
II enough money for the Center
had not been raised in five
years, all Of the assets would be
turned over to the Smithsonian
In stitution. But before the
deadline was reached earlier
this month, Congress gave the
Center another three years for
Embarrassing.
EApChSC1 HCdNy
On the less impressive side of
the balance sheet, 1t has been
noted by Representative XVI,
Republican Of Iowa, and others
that expenses have been COB
bling UP a goodly share Of the
actual cash income In the last
five years. However. within the
last year. while expenses have
increased somewhat, incom e
has gone UP sharply and
pledges have increased even
one rich who has come in
more sharply.
But those who tend to Judge
an effort to raise $50 million
from school children and busi-
n e ssm e n and art lovers and
foundations and rich people
and music lovers and poor peo-
pile by looking at the balance
sheet at any given m o m e n I
may well trick themselves into
unjustified n o n-optimism, II
not downright peSsimism.
Against this must be weighed
the considered optimism Of Mr..
Stevens, who has been in the
business Of selling dreams -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
BY LEE FLOR
star Staff Writer

All II local governments ir
the Washington area would be
directly represented in q re-
gional transportation planning
process recommended by q
staff subc o m mittee Of the
M etro politan Washington
Council Of Governments.
The subcommittee recon-
mended O 15-member trans
portation study policy commit
tee which would supervise re-
gional planning for highways
officials said yesterday. One Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Cities
and People
A Hopeful
Answer?
By ROBERT J. LEWIS

By ROBERT ]. LEWIS
TOR A GREAT MANY
years, most European
countries, including Com
munist ones, have had Gov
eminent programs to pro-
tect and preserve historic
buildings, and those of ar
chitectural merit.
France, in particular, has
granted considerable leeway
to government controls, and
has even provided for sub
sides which can be paid to
owners as a means Of CIV
ing controls a strong legal
basis.
In this country, the Fifth
and Fourteenth Amend
ments to the Constitution
forbid an owner to be de-
prived Of property without
due process Of law" nor can
private property ''be taken
for public use, without just
compensation"
For this reason, most of
the plans set up around the
country to give local agen-
cies some authority over
historic areas rest on a
shaky legal foundation.
without having the au-
thority to compensate own
ers, or funds to do so, it has
been necessary for agencies
such as washington's Fine
Arts Commission to rely
largely on persuasion, edu-
cation and public opinion as
the means Of enforcing con-
Germ for the protection of
important historic houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

i Nationwide closed circuit tele-
vision show which brought In
1851, 296 after expenses, gave
the Center q videotape Of the
show valued at $4,000 and let
people know about the Center.
Probably most important Of all,
1t gave Mr.. Stevens evidence of
widespread interest in the Gen.
ter to use as a talking point
with potential large donors.
Since then, there have been
several other Embarrassing eff
forts which, on a smaller scale,
have given encouraging evil
dence Of popular support.
In a hastily organized cam
paign Just before school closed
last spring, students In the
Washington area were asked to
contribute, both in money and
by bringing old newspapers to
school. The campaign produced
$40, 000-and m oney is still
coming in.
In a similarly hurried cam
paign among Federal employees
in this area, sl35,000 was
raised.
With these showings Of pub
lie support, Mr.. Stevens and
those who are working with
him have been able to tap in
Icreasingly significant reservoirs
Of money.
The largest so far are the
promise Of IS million from
Ford and the marble from TIA
ly. But. especially within recent
m o this, contributions in the
81 ,000-and-up category have
begun TO come In increasing
numbers from individuals, busl-
nesses and foundations.
Business Group Interested
Perhaps most encouraging so
far has been the indication Of
genuine interest in the Cultural
Center on the part Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
BY THOMAS F. DIMOND
Star Staff Writer


District school officials will
take their problems to Capitol
Hill this week, but the only
chance for immediate relief is
a congressional goa h e a d on
teacher hiring.
School Supt. Carl F. Hansen
and his assistants will testify
before Senator Ro be TT C
Bryd's District Appropriation
Subcommittee as soon as the
unit hears from the District
Commissioners on general fis-
cal needs of the city.
The a mount requested fol
schools is $50. AT 900, including
$17.1 million for construction.
There is q possibility that
the school system will be per.
mitted to start hiring some Of
the 344 teachers requested be-
fore the budget goes before the
whole Congress. If Senator
Byrd and Representative
hatcher, ch air m a n of the
House District Appropriation
Subcommittee, feel the need Il
urgent enough, relief coulC
come in one of two ways.
Two Approaches
An emergency fun ding re.
quest could be submitted To
Congress, asking for an early
appropriation for the school
system. Such a move is unusual
and considered unlikely.
Another possibility is that
Senator Byrd will give the city
permission to hire q certain
number of teachers on q prom
Use to pay the city out Of funds
to be appropriated later.
If the chairman gives this
permission, the number Of
teachers they would allow the
city to hire would be well below
the total requested.
The fact that school officials
are being asked to testify early
encourages the belief that Con-
gress is sympathetic to the CT
tvs school problems. But before
the chairmen made this con-
cession. they would have to be
shown that the need is serious.
The city opened the school
year with some 1000 more stu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

american businessman who has
In legend II not in fact, beer
more interested in the almighty
buck than in culture. The Gen.
ter, in fact, is intended in part
at least as a conspicuous symbol
Of American culture and spec.
tacular reply to the charge
that, in the United States, the
plumbing works but the culture
doesn't.
The Presidents Business
Committee, headed by Ernest
r. Breech, CT airman Of the
board Of Trans World Airlines
has brought in about 81 mil
lion, much Of 1t in recent
m onths, and has Just begun
serious work toward its goal Of
So million.
When he returned to his New
York office yesterday from q
trip to the West Coast, Mr.
Stevens found on his desk O
note reporting that another
$4,000 had just been pledged
by q large corporation.
Seat Endowment Pushed
The seat endowment COM
mittee under the chairmanship
Of Edgar N. Bronfman, presi-
dent Of Seagram 81 Sons. Is
trying to arrange for the en-
dowment OF $500 seats in the
Center at $1,000 apiece. This
would bring in SIS million.
other special projects are
also making O contribution TO-
ward the $40 million goal. The
Center gets 95 cents from each
sale OF recordings made by the
four service bands-and sales
are expected TO pass the
200. 900 mark by the end Of the
year.
The most recently an
nounced special project will be
the sale OF Christmas cards de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
By ORR KELLY
Star Staff Writer

That splendid vision of a
temple to American culture,
which has glimmered like a
mirage on the banks Of the Po-
tUmac for so long, appears now,
at last, to be almost within
reach.
Roger L. Stevens, chairman
Of the National Cultural Gen.
ter's board of trustees, said
yesterday that he expects to
have two important announce
ments to make within the next
10 days-one of them involving
a contribution Gin seven fig
ures."
II have high hopes" he add
ed, that Wen be able to break
ground next spring and have
the Job out for bids by July l."
OF the $50 million needed for
the center. Mr.. Stevens recently
reported to President Kennedy,
he now has 81 million in cash
or pledges and expects to receive
another 81 million from several
foundations in the near future.
Actually, part of the Sill mil
lion figure consists Of q prom
Use by the Ford Foundation to
put up SIS million when the
other contributions reach SIS
million. The Center thus has So
million In cash and pledges, but
when this figure reaches SIS
million the total will jump
automatically TO $40 million.
Impressive Assets
In addition to cash and
pledges, the Cultural Center
has some impressive assets: /.
A valuable site provided by
Congress on the edge Of the
Potomac near the new Theo-
dore Roosevelt Bridge; 2. q
promise Of marble for the Cen
ter from the Italian govern
ment, to which a value Of Sl.1
million has been given for
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with remarkable success - fol
most of his adult life, as q real
estate promoter and q Broad
way producer. He is able, fol-
example, to say that he once
bought the Empire State Build
ing, which is q good ploy In
any game Of one-upmanship
He also, as another example
had the foresight to back
Mary. Mary" the Broadway
play with the Midas touch
which has made almost every
yone rich who has come in
contact with 1t.
STEPPED In Gloom
When President Kenne dy
asked him to take over the
Craftsmanship Of the Cultural
Center two years ago, Mr.. Stew
ems found little to engender OPP
timism. A succession Of profess
sional fund raisers had, despite
substantial fees. done little to-
ward reaching what was then a
goal Of SIS million. II 1t had
not been for the generous and
faithful contributions Of L.
Corrin Strong. a staunch be-
lever in the Center, the whole
project would have been bank
rupt.
Mr.. Strong. a Washington
financier, has underwritten the
expenses Of the Washington
office of the center. while Mrs.
Albert Lasker has made q con-
tribution TO cover the opera
tons of the small New York
office.
The first thing Mr.. Stevens
did when he took over as
chairman was TO get the Center
redesigned, thus cutting his
Embarrassing goal from SIS mil
lion down TO $50 million.
Profits Via Tv
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signed by Jacqueline Kennedy
Proceeds will go to the center
Mr.. Stevens said he didn't
know how much to expect from
this source.
In the Washington area,
which has q goal Of $7.5 mil
lion, or one-fourth Of the total,
2,445,529 in cash and pledges
had been raised as Of Septem-
Der 6. The campaign here is
headed by Mrs. X dy's
mother, Mrs. Hugh D. Auchin-
Gloss, with Ralph E. Becker in
charge Of the general campaign
for gifts under $1,000.
More Help Sought
Still being organized is the
special gifts committee, which
will seek contributions Of such
major items as a heating plant,
chandeliers, staircases and
! a n Escaping from-as Mr.,
Stevens phrased it-"peo
who can give without feeling
It,"
But the Center has already
put out what may prove this
years most unusual Christmas
shopping list. In six pages. 1t
lists the cost Of endowing vari-
Gus parts Of the Center.
You can, for example, pro-
vide the Presidential Box or
one of the SO exterior pillars
for 100000. q pit elevator for
$50, 900, the grand foyer for the
opera hall for 100000 the au-
ditorium Of the symphony hall
for So million, q bar for the
theater for $4,000, q 60-horse
carousel for 100000, or a river
fountain for s25, 900.
Or, II your budget doesn't
match your love for culture,
you can endow o cherry tree
for SIS.
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DC. School Officials to Ask
Go-Ahead in eacher Hirinu

dents, but no additional
teachers, than it had in June. A
request to hire 220 teachers be-
fore the semester began was
turned down by the two COM
mittee chairmen.
Because of the teacher short
age, classrooms have been Sc
riously overcrowded.
I'VE have had diversified class
eS since time began, but the
incidence of them this year is
much higher than ever before,
Supt. Hansen said at q press
conference Friday.
Principa Is have reported
classes running into the upper
SOS. One school had classes ir
the eos, but by shifting stu.
dents was able to lower theil
sizes.
Teachers Needed
At Eastern High School some
teachers have had to give uI
free periods to handle extra
classes. Were trying to stabi'
lie classes at 40 to As students,
Mrs. Margaret StetSon, assist
ant principal said. There ar
some classes, however, at fewel
than 40 pupils, she said.
Eugene Z. Griffith, principa
of Anacostia High School, ex.
planning his need for additions
teachers, said he had diversified
classes in English. social stu
dies, m a h, science. language
and history. One history class
has So students, which is more
than the room can seat.
1t is teachers, not space, that
he needs, Mr.. Griffith said
Some classrooms are empty
part of the day.
Joseph p. Carlo, principal OF
Ba rlou High School, said
We've gott en- to the point
where we consider As to AZ stu
dents per class pretty good
(The Board Of Education re-
commends q secondary school
pupil-t acher ratio Of 25-1
which should mean class sizes
no larger than 80 students.)
Classroom space is not my
particular problem right now
Mr.. Carlo said. MY problem
is lack Of teachers"
Miss Elizabeth Andrews, prin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
BroyhiII Denounces
Council Charter
Calls on 10th District 6. o. P.
To Bur Grab for Handouts
BY CAROL GRIFFEE
star staff Writer

Representative Broyh Republican of Virginia yesterday
called for the defeat Of proposed Federal the
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments said
1t would be just another agency seeking receiving Federal
handouts" -.
Speaking before 10th District Republican candidates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Profits Via Tv

Last November. he put on a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

Perhaps most encouraging so
far has been the indication Of
genuine interest in the Cultural
Center on the part Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-26
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Times Of Showing

Stage
National - MARY, Mary"
$3.50 pm.
Arena Stage-"AIl the WAY
Home; $3.50 pm.
Catholic University - Play.
from Wakefield: 1.-THE Crea'
ton; Abraham; ''Noah"
"Tne Second Shepherds Play"
$3.50 pm.
Washington Theater Club
"Brecht on Brecht"; $3.50 pm.
| Screen
AmbassadOr-"Days Of Wine
and Roses; 1:15, 3:25, 5:25
7:40 and GAS pm.
Appetite Longest Day.
$3.50 pm.
Capitol - "Swordsman o.
Siena": 1:25. 4:45 and sos pm
Cairo" 1855 am. 3:15; $685.
and 1855 pm.
Dupont - Freud; IL, 2:20
4:40. 7:l0 and 0:40 pm.
Keiths-'Love Is @ BALI,
10:45 am, /, 3:l5, $3.50, TAI
and 10 pm.
Macarthur - Long Day.
Journey Into Night; tbs anc
$3.50 pm.
MetrOpOlitan-'Days Of Wine
and Roses; l1:15 am, 1:25
$3.50, $3.50, 7:40 and $3.50 pm
Ontario - Lawrence o.
Arabia; 8:15 pm.
Palace-"Courtship Of Ed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-26

Your Horn" The French touch
will be supplied by "A Shot in
the Dark" which Harry Kur-
nitz adapted from q Marcel
Archard original.
Washington has seen all
three Of these, at the National.
which obviates their return to
this area. Incidentally. the
Kurnitz-Archard Jest will pre-
sent Julia Meade, who rose
from television commercials to
stardom, or namedom, In the
role created so blithely on
Broadway by Julie Harris.
MUSICALS: Since Carter
Barron and Shady Grove put
together their own musicals, 1t
is unlikely that Washington
need be concerned with some Of
the major musical packages.
These may be seen here, being
suddenly in release and avail
able, but not with the COM
panies being assembled in New
York.
on the list presently are
"Irrna Ia Deuce" and "FloWer
Drum Song" Also the Bertoldt
Brecht-Kurt Well "Threepenny
OPERA" a classic which Arena
Stage will be presenting as its
final production Of this season
in May.
It will be Arenas first musi-
cal, by the way.
y 4 . D.
IDENTIFICATION: Another
amusing sidelight on this cor
respondents recent coffee break
with Tad Mosel conferred in
that cliche Of today's theater
chatter, Identification"
"It used to mean q relation
ship between members Of the
audience and the characters
on the stage" Mr.. MoSel unused
smilingly. To-day I think 1t
refers to recognition Of the
stage setting, that living room
with the divan. the end tables.
the lamps, and the fake books
along the wall"
Mr.. Mosel didn't need to add
that this set always is greeted
with applause, like an old
friend.
incidentally, the Mosel visit
here to see Arena Stages pro-
duction Of his double prize
winner, IAN the Way Home, "
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Films of More Thcn Routine Merit

Films of More Than Routine Merit
Quinn the thief saved instead Of
Christ in one Of the best Biblical spectacIes yet
FORTY POUNDS OF TROUBLE"-TittIe Miss Marker" re-
visited cOmicaIly by Tony Curtis and Others
NEVER ON SUNDAY"-VOIate Melina MercOuri in a lively
account Of how life Is for some in Greece today.
"PHAEDRA'-The Miss Merc0uEi In a modern day
version Of the classic triangle Of ancient legend.
"REQUIEM FOR neutrality-suspicious. Quinn in q
moving portrait Of much battered battIer.
Two FOR THE SEESAW"--ROmance in Greenwich Village
deity played by Shirley MacLaine and Robert Mitchum
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?"-Bette Davis
and Joan Crawford in cheerfuIly grisIy horror tale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-26

dies Father: 1880 am. 1880,
1885, 5:35. TAO and 9:45 pm.
Playhouse - David and
Lisa; 1910, 2. $3.50, 5:45. 7:35
and $3.50 pm.
Piazza Stranger knocks:
II, 1:40. $40, s, $40, 8:25 and
1905 pm.
TOwn-"To XIII O Mocking-
bird; 1880. 2:55, $3.50. 8 and
1920 pm.
Trans Lux - 'Diamo on d
Head; ll:20 am, las, $3.50,
5:35, 7:S5 and $40 pm.
Uptown - How the West
Was Won; $3.50 pm.
Warner - ''Mutiny on the
Bounty; $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-26

growth and harvest, spring of
slow Cor not so slow whitening.
And what Of summer? Well,
summer Is just summer.
To summers credit, however,
It Is steadily more insistent
upon recognition. AS against its
old crop Of bedroom and draw
ing room farces, its apparently
endless "Springtime for Henry"
phase, Il Is afraid Of nothing
the year-round theater can do.
It Is ready to hire the most
expensive comedians such as
Danny Kaye, singers such as
Harry Belafonte, and top flight
Broadway stars for big, ex-
tfavagantly produced musicals.
Making this possible are the
country's chain Of amphi-
theaters with huge seating ca
pacities. And, in more and more
instances, tent top coverings
to make these huge population
centers rainproof.
AS for the summer theater,
distinct from amphitheater, it
has become coy with the most
cerebral playwrights, arriere
and avant garde. 1t is no more
afraid Of Miller. Dylan Thomas,
ONeill, Shaw. Beckett, Ionesco,
0iraudoux, Fry. and the likes
Of these than its founding
fathers we're confident of F.
Hugh Herbert, and that ilk.
Accordingly, with the arrival
Of Springs first cuddling day,
drama departments leap over
the next few months, for an
idea Of what summer will bring.
THE PROSPECT: Around
here. there has been no peep
out Of Olney, Carter Barron
Amphitheater, nor Shady
Grove. the latter the areas
music tent. Ellie Chamberlain,
Shakespeare's local handmade
en-, Is the sole summer ENTIRE
preneur already to announce
her forthcoming season.
Elsewhere. the first news Of
plans could intimate o return
to the frivolous. This Is always
the case with the announce
ment Of the first summer
packages" Invariably, it Is
followed by programs Of more
serious producers who have
learned that observation-disclosures
is not the only mood In which
summer drama lovers indulge.
In the frivolous lineup an
nounced to date, one comedy
Of promise is Peter Ustinov's
"Romanoff and Juliet" with
that Immortality funny man,
Walter Slezak. It will stick
mostly to the northern and
New England resort pathway,
as no doubt win Come Blow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-26
Male Actors Needed

The Unitarian Players. in
urgent need of male actors for
their May production of
Waltz of the Toreadors," will
hold tryouts at 8 pm. every
night this week and at 2 pm.
Sunday at Sixteenth and Har-
ward streets NV.