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starting with an expanied pro
gram Of summer kindergaroens
on a tuition-free basis.
Launching of a community
junior college program. The
new WoodSon High School and
others would provide good
facilities for beginning. The
vocational program at Wood
son next year will offer the first
courses leading toward a two
year engineering technician
curriculum in electronicS. Ex-
pansion OF this program into
additional post h' school
courses could be sed in
gradually.
Expansion OF the adult edu-
cation program under a full
time staff co-ordinator using
existing facilities and defrayinq
part OF the operation costs
through tuition fees.
A central warehouse and dis
tribution system TO promote
efficiency In handling materials
and equipment. and a radio
communications system. The
present system OF notifying
schools through telephone relay
when bad weather demands
early closing, for example. Is
elaborate and time consuming
Study and creative planning
for use Of temporary. portable
classrooms which might af-
ford more lead time IN the
planning and construction OF
permanent new facilities and
permit a more gradual transit
ton In the redistricting OF
attendance areas.
Tomorrow. Alexandria and
Fails Church,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
REPORT CARD
Bio Vote for Bond issue Reassures Fairfax Schools

Virginia. we're started for chill
dren with learning problems
due to neurological handicaps.
The ungraded primary pro-
gram continued TO spread, and
now involves grades one
through three in 80 schools.
Next year, the number of
schools involved will be about
As.
Team teaching entered its
third year. II began at Mclean
High School, combining courses
In American literature and
American history, and has been
augmented with material on
the arts for view Of American
civilization. Mclean has been
granted an institutional MEM
bership in the American
Studies Association in recogni-
ton OF the offering.
About 900 students received
behind-the-wheel driver train
ing last summer, and others
took II after-school hours this
spring. Many students have
covered the theory Of driving
during the school year. and
behind-the- wheel training will
be expanded this summer. Cars
are supplied free by local dis
tributors. staff and operation
costs are supplied mainly by
the school board, and students
pay a modest tuition.
A new teachers salary sched-
ule pending for this fall would
permit teachers 10 earn $4,000
TO $4,000 In "a years, an annual
increase Of $500 at the bottom
Of the scale and $1,000 at the
top. The increment is strength
ened over previous schedules
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
Zoners Told Pressure Was Exerted
For Russian Embassy Choncery

hoff said. then offered to asl
Martin Decker, Pennsylvania
industrialist, to give them a 10
: foot-wide strip Of the Bonni,
IBrae Estate.
Mr.. Decker has contracted tt
purchase the estate so he car
build the embassy-chancery foi
the Russians.
Misrepresentation Charged.
Other representatives of the
Chevy Chase and Hawthorne
Citizens Associations which are
fighting the proposed embassy
chancery, contended that rep
resentatives OF Mr.. Decker had
used Misrepresentation and
coercion to get support for the
embassy chancery.
They asked the coming board
to investigate IF any deals"
had been made to get backing
for the embassy chancery.
Bruce Sundlun, attorney for
Mr.. Decker, denounced the
charges as utter nonsense"
and insisted mo deals have
been made"
One resident Of the area, who
identified himself as Kenton l..
Harris. 6l67 Thirtieth street
NV, told the board that he
favored allowing the Russian
Embassy Chancery to be built
on the Bonnie Brae Estate.
He said he thought such a
structure would help stabilize
property values.
Il am absolutely sick and
tired Of this keep out attitude
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12

considered for 1864, with addi-
tional ones included in subse-
quent fiscal years. This method
has proven successful else
where, the Agriculture Depart
ment has said.
Mr.. Duncan, in a brief state
ment accompanying Mr.. Brew
er's report, said he hac
discussed with the Welfare
Department the possibility Of
providing at least half a dozer
stores throughout the city ir
such sections as the Far North
east Benning area. Deane ave.
niue, the Southeast-Southwest
neighborhood, the second pre-
cinct in Northwest Washington,
H street NE, Georgia avenue
or the neighboring Northwest
and at the Central Office at
357 Virginia avenue S.W.
AS to the organizing and
licensing Of private drivers to
deliver the food, Mr.. Brewer
proposed that the drivers would
be required to make application
to the Welfare Department and
establish:
l. Evidence of a valid opera
tors permit.
2. Evidence of commercial
registration of the vehicle to
be used.
8. Evidence of a valid solic-
itor's license under authority of
D. C. Code 81.
4. A schedule of proposed
fees to be paid in advance by
recipients for such service.
S. Agreement to maintain the
control records required by the
department.
Exploitation of recipients by
drivers who charge exorbitant
fees was one Of the allegations
of abuse raised.
Mr.. Brewer said that any
thing over $3.50 would be con-
sidered unreasonable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
THE RAMBLER HAD an

THE RAMBLER HAD an
other cup as Mr.. Robinette
told him that the coffee
bean becomes more pow
erfull or robust" the closer
1t grows to the Equator.
There are something like
100 different types of coffee
sold in world markets.
The Rambler left Mr.. Rob-
inette as he was brewing an
other batch and as the dele
gates continued to flock
around the counter. The fact
the coffee was free may also
have enhanced its flavor.
But II also convinced The
Ra m bier that he was
through forever with "in-
slant" coffee. At least Mr..
Robinette's brew did not
burn and send up distress
signals on the way back to
the office.
According TO the Pan
American Coffee Bureau,
coffee Is the favorite bever-
age Of the United States.
The average American Is
said TO drink three cups Of
coffee daily. The bureau
claims that AL million cups
OF coffee are consumed every
day.
II is the Rambler's own
estimate that at least 100
million cups should have
been poured down the drain
instead OF into our sensitive,
delicate stomachs.
But with such men as Mr..
Robinette out spreading the
brewing word maybe things
will get better.
It's q start, anyway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Stan Writer

A Senate subcommittee today
unanimously Endorsed a bill to
ban offices Of foreign govern
ments from all residential
neighborhoods in the District.
The bill was branded rs "un-
qualified discrimination against
Africans" by Pedro Sanjuan,
the State Departments director
of special protocol services.
Asked for comment after the
subcommittee action, he said
the effect of the legislation,
regardless of intent, would be
terrible, absolutely terrible"
Thirteen of the II nations ex-
pected to seek chancery sites
soon are African.
THE only areas most open
to Africans would be cut out"
Mr.. Sanjuan said. Homes are
sold to Africans much more
readily in this city than are
Offices"
This comment drew from
Senator Morse, Democrat OF
Oregon, a statement that Mr..
Sanjuan must assume a large
share of the responsibility for
the unfortunate policies the
State Department has been fol-
lowing on the chancery ISSUE"
Senator Morse denied the bill
was discriminatory. On the
contrary, it eliminates dis
elimination in the future loca-
ton of chanceries because it
will be of uniform application
to all nations"
Pressures Cited
"Mr. Sanjuan's irresponsible
statement to the press today
is In keeping with his incom-
potency as a witness before our
subcommittee" Senator Morse
said in a statement he dictated
from a Senate Foreign Rela-
tons Committee meeting.
The intent of the subcom-
mittee clearly was to unity
coming for chanceries. Sem
ators acted under a variety of
preSSures:
The Soviet Union is seeking
a residential address, 6036 Ore
'gon avenue NV, for an en-
bassy-chancery. Revised plans
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Senators Vote Curb
On Chancery Sites

could lead to new city-wide
coming plans for a grouping of
chanceries. such as the one in
New Delhi.
The Fulbright bill goes be-
fore the District Committee for
action tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Sanjuan said he hoped
committee members were fully
aware Of the effect of the bill
before them" He prefers, as
an alternative, a stringent reg
ulation leaving some discretion
to city officials in fixing
chancery sites.
Chanceries Planned
Expected to build offices soon
are Burundi, Uganda. Tangan-
yika, Kenya, Zanzibar Rhodesia,
Nyasaland, Gambia, Congolese
governments of both Brazza-
vile and Leopoldville. DaIoney,
Nigeria, Sudan and the Middle
East sheikdom of Kuwait.
Relocations are contemplated
by Spain, Sweden and Australia.
The Soviet case, though
scarcely mentioned at Senate
hearings, has been regarded
generally as a kind of lever
forcing decisive chancery zon-
ing action, either by Congress
or by the District Zcning Com
mission.
The effect of the Fulbright
bill on the Soviet Chancery
hinges on time as well as on
the decision of the District
Board of Zoning Adjustment.
The board is considering a for
NAL request to put the Chan
Gerry on Oregon avenue.
If granted permission, the
Russians conceivably could be-
gin construction before Con-
gress enacted any law banning
that kind of building. But a
city building permit would have
to be issued. Issuance would be
considered unlikely it Congress
simultaneously were planning
an absolute ban.
The Fulbright bill, as in
troduced, would have kept
chanceries out of only single
/ family, detached dwelling areas.
Senator Beall sponsored the
amendment to expand the Off
limits area to all residential
districts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
Neighborhood SeIf-Service Units
Urged for Surplus Food Program

ton follows charges of abuses
that led to an investigation by
the District Internal Audit Of
flee. This investigation showed
a high rate of ineligibility
among self-supporting person,
receiving surplus food, and col
fusion between some welfare
employees and the private driv.
ters or 'huStlerS" who deliver
the food in some cases.
Two employees resigned aftel
admitting that they threw
business to certain drivers.
The new plan would put re-
sponsibility for certification OF
all recipients in the public as
sistance division. At the pres
ent time, non-relief recipients
are certified by the surplus
food division.
Responsibility for warehous-
ing, packaging and physical
distribution of the surplus food
would be assigned to the office
of Welfare Controller Alvin r.
Rosin.
Mr.. Brewer said all staff as
signments within the surplus
food division are being re-
viewed, and some reassign-
ments will follow.
Mr.. Brewer also asked for
more staff to handle the new
program. The city's "B" budget
for fiscal 1864 already contains
a request for three new en-
ployes to work in certification.
But still more personnel
should be considered and are
recommended by the United
States Agriculture Department,
Mr.. Brewer said.
The self-service, or chain
store method of delivery would
be possible only If money for
it is provided in the "B" budg-
ct, Mr.. Brewer said.
Two such outlets should be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
Two Negroes Elected
To Port Royul Council

PORT ROYAL. Va. June IL
tAPD.-Voters OF Port Royal
have named two Negro council
men, the first In 40 years.
Oliver Fortune and Embria
Byrd won two Of the seven seats
In yesterdays election In this
rural town Of 1913 population
Straddling U, s. Route 30i 20
miles southeast Of Fredericks-
burg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
REPORT CARD '63

With the closing Of onother
school yeor in the Washington oreO.
students ore tokins home their
report cords. But how did educo-
tion itself foFel This is the fourth
Of six articles assessing the 1867
s. public school session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
The
Rambler
y. Gets q Good
Cup of Coffee
BY JOHN McKELwAY

There are something like
1900 delegates to the World
Food Congress, currently in
session at the State Depart
ment, and all of them seem
to be drinking tremendous
amounts of coffee.
The coffee is free and deli
cious and served in paper
cups.
A visitor to the depart
ment's new wing will find
delegates sitting or stand
ing and drinking coffee, be-
tween sessions, and there
also appears to be a number
of just plain State Depart
ment employees who are not
attending the conference but
are dropping around to
drink coffee.
The coffee is being brewed
by a dedicated man named
Harold L. Robinette, who is
AZ and is the mid-eastern
representative Of the Coffee
Brewing Institute, Inc, of
New York City.
For the last week or so,
Mr.. Robinette, from 9 am.
to 8 pm, has been brewing
over 1000 cups of coffee
daily. He takes great pride
in the aroma and taste Of
his product.
He calls what he is doing
a mission" Normally, he
would be going around try
ing to teach cooks how to
make good coffee. He indi-
Gated one has little trouble
locating a cook in need of
education in this regard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHS
Star staff Writer

Buildings. buildings, build
ings." was a continued refrain
OF the Fairfax County school
year. climaxed by passage OF
a record $22.9 million bond is
sue.
It's approval by county voters
in nearly a five-to-one major
ity constituted the strongest
Endorsement they have yet
given a school bond issue.
School officials saw in that
an expression OF citizen con-
fidence in the school system
a reassuring one after ex-
tended controversies over the
quality Of school construction
The bond money will build
rs schools TO house neadly d.
900 new students expected 10
join the system In the three
years beginning In September,
1864.
Enrolment is expected 10
reach nearly 10000 next year
an increase OF about 1000 stu
dents over the number in the
schools this year.
52s New Class Rooms
I'm this one year." points out
Supt. z. c. Funderburk, I'VE
opened three new high schools
for $500 students. We added
528 classrooms In all during
the year.
I'VE will need a 2.000-student
high school q year for the next
10 years, plus one intermediate
school and six elementaries OF
! 900 capacity.
IF we were 10 get behind a
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that there now is complete con-
tinuity through the grades
Traditional courses still are
available In high school for
students rounding out the pro-
gression Of conventional math
Following a trial run in sum-
mer school, programmed learn
ing Of Spanish was introduced
at Annandale High School. All
modern foreign language
courses In the high schools have
the services Of new language
laboratories. Use OF Station
WETA educational television
lessons continue. with receivers
for all fourth and fifth grades
and, next year, sixth grades.
The new planetariums al
Woodson and Edison High
Schools we're enthusiastically
received into the learning pro-
gram. They will be used for
community activities after
school hours.
Vocational education was
expanded. Programs available
In high school next year will
include air-conditioning and
refrigeration. auto mechanics,
carpentry and cabinet making,
co,metology. drafting and de-
sign, electricity. electronic tech
nology, maintenance and re-
pair, pratical nursing, barber
ing and trowel trades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12

year" he predicts, I'VE would
be like the frog in the well, up
10 two feet in the daytime and
down three at night"
The schools completed the
year with no part-time classes,
although there were some 5000
students on split shifts for
three months OF the session
The county used 80 classrooms
In temporary shelters from
quonset huts TO trailers.
With the county's land area
only about "a per cent devel-
oped, prospects OF a letup in
the preoccupation with school
buildings seem slim.
But school authorities haven't
spent all their time plotting
sites and porting over drafting
boards Mr.. Funderburk cites
a number OF areas In which the
schools stepped forward In the
educational program, and ex-
hibits a summary OF "if-we-
had-the-money" improvements
which he considers not dream
stuff but real needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12

MIR. ROBINETTE is one
of eight gentlemen working
for the institute throughout
the United States. All Of
them try to prevent the
creation of terrible cups of
coffee.
When they find a reStau-
rant that consistently serves
good coffee, the institute
awards a gold cup to the
owners. But If the restau-
rant fails to maintain the
quality, the institute takes
the gold cup back.
Mr.. Robinette poured out
a cup for The Rambler in q
kitchen Just off the lounge
near the conference rooms
and talked about good cof-
fee.
Working with one of those
steaming, chrome urns and
using a regular brand Of cof-
fee, he was pouring two and
one-half gallons of boiling
water, in a slow, circular
fashion, over 16 ounces of
coffee.
He then gave the water
from four to six minutes to
pass through the coffee.
After the filtering process
was completed, he removed
the grounds and then poured
the coffee back in the urn.
He explained this was done
to mix the brew" The proc
ess gives the coffee a uni
form flavor.
1t all looked pretty SIM
pie to The Rambler. He
asked Mr.. Robinette why it
is so easy to find a restau-
rant that serves rancid, or
tasteless or acid cups of cof-
fec.
Most people just don't
know how to make coffee"
he said.
An Irishman stopped by,
slipped from his paper cup
and pronounced: Wonderful
indeed"
An American delegate was
also pleased and found it
necessary to say: "It's sure
better than that stuff at
Agriculture"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12

for the third to fifth years to
add some holding power to the
plan at that point.
Here are some Of the needs
school officials cite for desir-
able development:
Reduced pupil-teacher ratios,
particularly In elementary and
intermediate schools. Present
ratios average 81 pupils per
teacher in elementary. rs In
intermediate and 22.5 in high
school. according TO figures pre-
sented the school board. Under
these ratios. many individual
classes must contain 35 or more
pupils, which is considered too
many for a primary teacher to
attend adequately. Proposed
ratios would be 30, % and %.
Special education teachers
Tor high hools. Certain
handicapped children reaching
the high school now must 20
into the regular program or
drop out. A modified program
for them in high school Is pro-
posed.
Junior College Facilities
An Institutional resources
center 10 provide full facilities
for demonstration and practice
In the use Of new methods and
materials. This is In view OF
changes going on in education
on the fronts OF technology.
psychological research into the
learning process and curricu-
lum revision through Joint eff
forts Of educators, academic
clans and practitioners.
Development OF a full free
Kindergarten system. perhaps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12

The reyisions were submitted
after strong opposition at the
first hearing in April on the
proposed building led to fears
that the request for a coming
exception might be denied.
Under the revised plans, the
height Of the building would
be reduced by making the
structure lower and placing II
on lower terrain.
The overall bulk OF the build
ing would be reduced and n
screen OF evergreens would be
provided.
The opposition is centered
on the proposed ehancery-an
office building for a foreign
Government. The citizens
groups object TO erection OF an
office building In their neigh
borhood which is zoned for
one-family detached homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
Elected Board
Proposed for
DC. Schools
Iowa Republican
Asks 11-Mun Panel
With Fiscal Powers
BY DAVID BREASTED
Star staff Writer

The District should have an
elected school board, Repre-
sentative Schwengel, Republic
can of Iowa, said today.
The House District COM
mitteeman said he is drafting
a bill to create an 11-member
Board of Education with extern
sive fiscal powers including
authority to make public bond
issues.
He said the bill also would
include a formula for Federal
contribution to the school sys-
tenn based upon the amount of
taxable land held by the Gov
eminent and the size of build
ings on the land.
Ten Of the board members
would be elected from school
districts within the District
and one member by Congress,
Mr.. Schwengel said.
Board Called Helpless"
He said that the present
school board is helpless" in
trying to meet school problems
under the current fiscal setup,
dependent on the Commits
sioners and Congress.
An elected school board, set
ting its own budget, he said.
would bring more concen-
trated attention to the schools
from people who are interested
in schools"
Today the Iowa Republican
declared he would favor the
elected board in answer to a
question from Representative
Dowdy, Democrat of Texas, in
a subcommittee hearing at
which Mr.. Schwengel testified
on his bill for a school budget
separate from the Districts.
He later revealed he plans
to submit a bill for the elected
board. The proposal would
eliminate the current procedure
under which a committee of
District Court judges appoints
school board members.
Says Schools Neglected
In a series of visits to Dis
trict schools, Mr.. Schwengel
said, he found schools here are
victims of neglect and short
comings Of almost unbelievable
proportions"
He described one school a.
"unforgivably horrible" ant
said that teachers are "doinI
the very best they can, some
times under impossible condi
tons"
Mr.. Schwengel said, however
that, "the school system has TO
some unexplained reason SOM
of the finest teachers I've evel
met" Mr.. Schwengel himself
taught school for seven years.
House District Committee
Chairman Mcmillan. Demo-
crat of South Carolina, presi-
dent at the subcommittee hear
ing, agreed with Mr.. Schwengel
that there are terribly sorry
school buildings" here, but that
I'VE can't fix it all in one
year."
Aid Recipients Would Work
Mr.. Schwengei said that
within the Hine area thanking
Capitol Hill there is an ECO
nomic lack in a ghetto-like
atmosphere.
He reported that school
faculty members feel that courts
are too lenient, and that the
Congress does not fully under
stand the school problem here.
He said some school people
favor having public welfare
recipients earn part Of their
allotments by working for the
District. Mr.. Schwengel said
he would "go alon g with a
proposition like this"
Later, Representative Dowdy,
who has opposed home rule for
the District, raised the question
Of an elected school board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
BY CHARLES ID. PIERCE
Star staff Writer

Charges that pressure wa.
used to obtain support for con-
struction of a Soviet Embassy
Chancery at 6036 Oregon ave-
nue. NV. were hurled at a
coming hearing today.
Mrs. Charles Lenhoff, 631O
Oregon avenue NV, told the
Board Of zoning Adjustment
that Il resent the type of
pressure" which was used in
an unsuccessful attempt to get
her to sign a petition favoring
establishment of a Russian En-
bassy-C hancery on the 16-acre
Bonnie Brae Estate.
Her statement received thun-
derous applause from a stand
ing room-only, anti-chancery
crowd which filled the District
Building hearing room.
Two wen Calle0
Mrs. Lenhoff said that last
Wednesday night, two men
called at her home and iden-
titled themselves as agents for
Nathan) Luttrell jr) )" owner
of the Bonnie Brae Estate.
When she and her husband
declined to sign a petition IA
voring construction of the new
Soviet embassy-chancery, Mrs.
Lenhoff said that the two men
asked us how we would like
low-cost, undesirable housing"
on the Bonnie Brae Estate in
stead.
The senior visitor. Mrs. Len
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-12
Trail-Blazing Glasses

Special education was ex-
banded, particularly In the
area Of meeting needs for stu
dents with learning impair
ment. Two classes, the first in