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Evening star., 1963-05-24
Housing Code LoxitY

We have viewed with in
terest and alarm articles
which recently appeared in
the press referring to neglect
by authorities to pursue cor
rection of violations of the
Housing Code and reflecting
unfavorably upon the de-
partment responsible for the
upholding of this code.
Our association, the D. c.
Property Owners Association
of America, is composed Of
more than 500 members who
manage most Of the rental
property in the District. We
take strong exception to the
inference that the entire De-
partment of Licenses and In
spections has been generally
lax in its enforcement of the
Housing Code, resulting in
some substandard housing for
a segment Of our population.
In the many years that our
members have been working
with Joseph ngenfritz and r.
Donald Kinney, director and
deputy director, respectively,
we have had nothing but the
greatest respect for their in
tegrity and for the under
standing and cooperation
they are willing to extend to
help property owners meet
the rigid demands Of this
code, despite the many hand
leaps under which they
work.
Most local officials and
citizens are aware of the
tremendous demands that
have been made upon some
property owners in recent
years with the great influx Of
a minority level of citizens
overcrowding dwellings with
facilities already taxed to the
maximum. They are aware,
too, of the constant struggle
to keep up with willful dam
age done by many tenants
and vandals with repairs
often destroyed soon after
they are made. 1t is hard to
conceive Of a property owner
who prefers to be faced with
a criminal charge, which is
the penalty for willful neg
lect, rather than make the
necessary repairs on his prop
erty.
With ISL, 900 dwellings in
the District and only 81 in
spectors to keep them under
surveillance, our association
despite the fact that we
often have our knuckles
raped by these people -
firmly believes that Messrs.
Ilgenfritz, Kinney and their
staff do their jobs we'll de-
spite the tremendous chal-
lenge that faces all of us
today in the area Of moderate
and low-priced urban hous-
ing. Frank Calcara,
President, d. c. Chapter,
Property Owners Associa-
ton of America, Inc.
Evening star., 1963-05-24
RebuttdI

While Herbert Harris
letter on my wheat referen-
dunn article was not over
simplified. II was wrong in
several respects. His claim
that the article ignored
negotiations between United
States tariff negotiators and
Common Market countries is
curious-that was one Of the
major points OF the story,
which emphasized that the
international impact Of the
referendum equaled in i'm
portance the domestic effect.
The Farm Bureau TO the
contrary, the "l5-acre" farm
er does not have TO go into
the price support program II
he does not want 10. BY stay
ing out he can grow as much
wheat as he wants on his
base acreage.
II is true that I did not
talk 10 any Farm Bureau Of
ficials personally. ! had as
sumed the avalanche OF Farm
Bureau press releases and
speeches on the referendum
sufficed. II that mountain Of
paper was all In error. !
apologize, but so should the
Farm Bureau public rela-
tions staff.
Nowhere does the article
seem" to indorse any pro-
gram, efficient or inefficient.
That Is Farm Bureau inter-
probation OF what the article
Evening star., 1963-05-24
A BOOK FOR TODAY
An Extremist Voices Dissent
By DONALD MINTZ

q part Of, the crucial issues
of our times: Peace and the
quality of life under modern
conditions in this country
and increasingly in the world.
Civil rights for this disen-
franchiSed group will make
as little difference to our de-
generating future as civil
rights for women have done.
I fear that the liberals press
so hard in this area because
it is a safe kind Of revolu-
ton"
MR.. GOODMAN supplies
an introduction to this let
ter: ". In the (Meredith)
episode, it seemed to me, the
moral issue was entirely lost,
and there was mainly salts
faction in the use of force
and the imposing of will.
Kennedy did not use his
moral authority; he did not
go to oxford, take Meredith
by the hand, and into the
school. If he had then been
hit by a bottle - he might
well have-there would have
been a great change in south
ern liberals. The same would
have ceased covering. But
this matter was handled like
all others in our Cold War
world"
Is the suggestion impracti-
cal? If so. why?
Mr.. Goodman speaks out
as a self-proclaimed pacifist
and anarchist. There is no
doubt about the former.
"Anarchist is a shocking
word, and Mr.. Goodman likes
it. But he is not an an
archist except by is own
idiosyncratic definition.
At this point the good, con-
ventional reviewer should say
that while 1t is obviously i'm
possible to agree with Mr..
Goodman, 1t is so nice TO
have him around as a gad-
fly.
This is patronizing and
will not be said. The fact
is that Mr.. Goodman is an
extremist on everything from
urban renewal to methods Of
dealing with pornography.
But 1t is perfectly possible TO
be both extreme and sensible.
It is well TO bear this In
mind when reading this Inn
portant volume OF dissent.
Evening star., 1963-05-24
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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terS are subject to condensd-
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Evening star., 1963-05-24

said, and any one may inter-
pret the article any way he
sees fit. 1t is also Farm
Bureau language that the
administration program is
inefficient; the National
Farmers Union, the National
Grange and a host of other
farm organizations happen
to disagree.
Mr.. Harris tries to make
my article read the way he
wants it to. I suggest there
is a difference between fair
criticism and political slant
ing. Alan S. Emory
Evening star., 1963-05-24
Cooper's Orbit Here

ties IN my life was the motor
cade procession in honor of
Maj. Cooper. Pupils were ex-
cused from District schools at
II am, Government en-
ployes were given up to one
hour off, and rightly so, in
order to greet this national
hero. In nearby Virginia
and Maryland students were
excused by notes from their
parents and thousands Of
visitors, together with hordes
Of Washington area residents,
lined the parade route to
catch a glimpse of Maj.
Cooper.
I was just one of this vast
throng who waited patiently
for what seemed like hours
(actually about 80 minutes)
for the motorcade to come by
and when it did it was at a
rate Of speed that hardly en-
abled one to catch a glimpse
of any of the occupants of
the vehicles in the parade. In
all honesty, ! don't even know
if I did or did not see the
major. Frankly, I would like
to see similar motorcades Of
of the future proceed at a
much slower rate of speed.
Louis J. Perlstein.
= \
This is to register a bitter
complaint against the inept
handling of Mai. Gordon
Cooper's welcome to the Ma
tion's Capital. Many hours of
planning and thousands of
dollars Of the taxpayers
money went into the prepara-
ton for his welcome, only to
have it all spoiled by Gov
ernment officials and the
Kennedys. While the party
was being delayed at the
White House, so Mrs. Ken
nedy could bring 2-year-old
John, jr., down for a "peek"
and by other minor mishaps,
thousands Of people, includ-
ing the many school children
who were dismissed early,
and Government workers who
were given one hours leave,
stood waiting patiently, only
to be disappointed by having
Maj. Cooper and his party
speed past at rs to 80 miles
an-hour.
They were hurrying the
major to address a joint ses-
sion>Of Congress, which could
not have cared less If he we're
a few minutes late, since
Congress has only passed &c
bills into law in four months.
What about the thousands
of people in the street?
Doesn't their devotion to
their country and fellowman
mean more than a police
captains harried wave of his
hand ordering the motorcade
to speed-up so that all the
people got was a blurr Of
today's hero?
The next time Washington
Is to welcome a hero there
will be many who are less
anxious to line the streets
for hours, unless there are
some drastic changes made to
correct sloppy handling and
apparent disregard Of the
citizenry, including the un-
dersigned.
Marion s. Pearson, Bar
bara ID. Phillips, Emily Fa-
hacker, Mary Lou Ford, Peggy
Y. Hite.
Evening star., 1963-05-24
In Step With Jones

Many LnanKS 1Or JeIlkln
Lloyd Jones serious and
thought-provoking article
C'Double Standards Cut Two
Ways; Endless Setbacks Seen
for Negroes If Responsible
ties Are CLOSED Over" May
20). He voiced what many of
us feel is being left unsaid
by too many Negro leaders.
Good citizenship means re-
sponsibility, regardless Of
color. Responsibility means
living in such a way that
your actions do not hurt
any other person.
Billie Benson.
4 \
Jenkin Lloyd Jones May
20 article was the most SEN
sible expression on the prob
lens of integration that I
have read. Both your news
paper and Mr.. Jones are to
be commended for courage
ously stating the situation as
it must be faced.
Barbara Anderson.
4
My husband and I want
to thank The Star and Jen-
kin Lloyd Jones for the best
and most accurate article on
the ever-preSent subject of
integration. We applaud Mr..
Jones for his courage in stat
ing his beliefs. which in
cidentally are also the beliefs
of many Of us whose opin-
ions will never be recorded.
Elizabeth Trapp.
David Lawrence and Jen-
kin Lloyd Jones have come
closest to the crux Of
the racial troubles of this
country.
Mr.. Jones struck at the real
core of the problem in his
column on May 20. Much
comment has been invoked
by the "so-called" friends of
the Negro about the double
standard that the white
South has allegedly forced
upon the Negro. Seldom is
there any mention of the
misbehavior of the Negro.
the illegitimacy. family aban-
donment or relief loafing Mr..
Jones cites. 1t seems that the
Negro can do no wrong in
many quarters. The trend
has been to blame all the
Negro's troubles on the white
man.
AS Mr.. Jones says. a second
class citizen, as the Negro
chooses to call himself, can
never expect to be accepted
as a first-class citizen while
behaving as a third-class
citizen.
Politicians speak out loudly
against the way that some
particular State or city has
mistreated the Negro. In fact,
II seems that those most
removed from the scene. cry
the loudest and appear TO
be the best informed on a
particular situation. Perhaps
some Of them should look
around their own area and
first correct conditions there.
They appear 10 be do as
we say, but not as we do"
individuals.
BY no means do ! fully
condone all Of the actions OF
Southern leaders nor do I
fully condone all that WASH
ington and the North are
attempting 10 do TO better
the Negro's lot In society.
When the Negro community
shows that II can conduct
itself In a first class manner,
! am sure that the white
community will be much
more receptive OF the drives
for equality being sought.
AT present. extremists are
fighting extremists. Neither
will ever achieve for the
parties involved a working
and agreeable solution TO the
racial problem.
- - aSF s.
Evening star., 1963-05-24
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Copper River current., 1963-12-19

Copper Center School held it's Chri stmas program on Thur sday, the 16th, with children from both Mrs. Donnelly' and Mrs. Roach s room presenting plays and songs for their parents. Gifts were exchanged later, and even Santa was on hand to dis pense goodies, courtesy of the Legion The Glennallen Gradeschool quintet defeated the Copper Center basket ball team by a score of l8-8, in the first scheduled game played during the Thanksgiving holidays. Boys playing on the Copper team were: Howard Helkenn, Warren Johns, James Morgan, Gary Sharon and Paul Sprung. Sub' s were Kenny Johns, Mark Morgan, Donald Morgan, Roy IWan and James Castleberry. High scorer was Warren Johns with , points, and the } other points were made by James Morgan. Coach for Copper Center is Ed Roach. The team is more than a little handi- capped by lack of a gymna sium in which to practice, but enthusiasm makes up for ability almost Hour three fine cheerl9aders were Debby and Diana Donnelly and Fay Evan, all of the lower grades.
Copper River current., 1963-12-19
Chri. Stma s 1903

Chri stmas- Peace on Earth: does it seem to you that mankind has turned Chri stmas into a tragedy? Do you think it a hollow mockery to talk about peace and good will?
 But- the more there is in the world of hatred and greed, the higher goes the value of every individual ~ mind and heart ruled by the Spirit of Chris istmas!
 The outward trappings of Chri stmas may have changed, the accessories may be different- but the spirit is just the same. If it isn't, if our joy is less genuine, if we are more critical and less happy then things are indeed wrong. All the legi ion in the country can't make Chri istmas ri ght, if we make it wrong. Chri istma 6 is in the heart, and each person makes it for himself. The Day ought to mean friend ship and good will. It ought to abound in kindly impulses turned into action. And, of course, the way to get fun out of Chri stmas is to make someone else happy!
 And so, to my friends and neighbors in the Valley : Chri stmas, in this year of '63, that will be so merry, so full of gladness, so rich in kind acts and friendly words, that it will shine in the memory all through the days and months that must pass before it is Chri stmas again, and time once more for me to wi sh you all
 i VERY MERRY CIPI STMAS \NNX ntT
Copper River current., 1963-12-19
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 Our President, Markle Evan, is stll4 in the 4 MS. Hospital in anchorage. It has been reported that he has re- covered successfully from surgery and we have faith that he wi II be back dents absence, Vice-pres esident Bhi lliE Charley has been our acting chairman.
 The program comnli ttee plans a "get togethern on December 3l, at 500 ? MI in the ..NB Hall at Copper Center: There will be free snacks, and visitors are welcome.
 The dogmusher's s meeting will be on January 9, l964, to plan races and ra de trail, according to program chai rman, Hector Evan. The Copper Center Bar has already donated one trophy, and the Commi ttee would like to have 2 or more donated trophies for the races. The costs range from 4l5 to 425. .OO. It will be inscribed by the commi ttee organization. Bell EWan was last years winner and received trophy donated by E and [ store of Gulkana. Our Copper River champi ons ship race will bd in late Februaru or early March.
 The Brotherhood plans a work project on the INB Hall on the first part of the year. Volunteer help is urgently needed.
 The citizenship commi ttee is play- ing an important part in our organ ization. Roy Evan, chairman, reports they plan to obtain educational films This commi ttee studies and reports on all complicated subjects down to child psychology!
 The iANB basketball team made a trip to Valdez to play the State Engineers. The score was 46-4l in favor of the .4NB. Lately, the ANB team lost two games to the ACS and State Engineers, played in Glennallen. Falyers, Ieter- son and Hagalla were absent from both l games, Whi oh was probably our reason for the dOWnfall!
 Written by Wilbur Joe ej1copRer x
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-14
Mrs. Cosgrove,
Widow of EurIy
Car Dealer

Mrs. Alice Cosgrove. rs, wi
dow of a pioneer automobile
dealer in Northeast Pennsylva-
mia and a Washington resident
since 1912. died today at Res
m or Sanitarium in Bethesda
after a long illness.
Mrs. CoSgrove, a native OF
Pittston, Pa, was a member OF
st. AIMS Catholic Church. Her
husband. Raymond p, died in
1851.
A son, John p, was president
of the National Press Club in
1861.
Besides her son, John, OF
9512 Persimmon Tree road, Po-
tomac, Md, Mrs. Cosgrove
leaves another son, James j..
of Washington; a daughter
Mrs. Richard A. Bartlett of Tai
! a h assoc, Fla; three sisters
Mrs. Thomas Gill of Wilkes
Barre, Pa; Miss Elizabeth Gill
roy of ireland, Pa, and Sister
M. Madalena, HIM, of Scran-
ton, Pa; three brothers, vii.
liam F. Gilroy of Pittston;
r aymond P. Gilroy of 204:
Thirty-s eventh street NV.
and the Rev. Leo v. Gilroy o.
Freeland, and four grandchil-
dren.
Services will be at IL am
Saturday at the Hanlon Funer.
al Home, 4748 Wisconsin ave.
nue. NV, with requiem mass al
1870 am. at st. AIMS Church
Tenley circle. Burial will be ir
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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W. J. Shilling,
Policeman Since
'48 in Arlington

William Joseph Shilling, AZ,
an Arlington policeman since
1948, died of an apparent heart
attack Tuesday at his Falls
Church home.
Mr.. Shilling, a native of
Washington, had received sew
eral concentrations for his
work with the public while with
the communications division of
the police force. From 1859 to
1868 he served as hack inSpec-
tor for Arlington, but returned
to communications severa !
months ago.
A paratrooper during World
War II, he served in Germany
with the 82d Airborne Division.
Mr.. Shilling leaves his wife.
the former Mary Margaret
FIX, of 100 Highland avenue.
Falls Church, the home ad-
dress; a daughter, Mrs. Sandra
L. Smith, of Wakefield Manor
Arlington, and one grandson.
Services will be at 12:45 pm.
tomorrow at the Arlington Flu
neral Home, 1901 North Fair
fax drive, Arlington, with bur-
ial at 1880 pm. in Arlington
Cemetery.
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Gen. James H. Reeves, 90,
Hero in War With Spanish

Brig. Gen. James Haynes
Reeves, one Of the 10 oldest
living graduates of the Military
Academy, died at 90, yesterday
in Atlanta after a short illness.
Gen. Reeves, of the class of
1892, was a veteran of the
Spanish American War, the
Mexican Border Campaign, the
Boxer Rebellion, the Philippine
Instruction and World War 1.
From 1924 to 1928 he served
in Washington as assistant chief
of staff for intelligence in the
old War Department. Promoted
to the rank of general in 1927,
he retired in 1884.
Gen. Reeves decorations in
clude the Distinguished Service
Cross for his command of the
$500 Infantry of the seth Diyi-
sion in France during World
War I and the Distinguished
Service Medal for organizing
the unit in the United States.
Other citations included two
Silver Stars, one for action in
Cuba during the Spanish
American War and one for &C.
ton during World War I.
He leaves his wife, Katharine
of Atlanta; three sons, Col.
James H. Reeves, jr., of At
lanta; Col. Joseph R. Reeves
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Mrs. Elizabeth w. Smith,
Veteran District Teacher

Mrs. Elizabeth West Smith, a
teacher in Washington schools
for 35 years, died Friday in
Philadelphia. She was buried
yesterday at Mount Olivet Gem
etary after funeral services at
her home, 1864 Hamilton street
NV.
Mrs. Smith suffered a heart
attack at her sisters home in
Philadelphia.
She started her teaching Ca
reer at the Bordentown In
dustrial School in New Jersey,
where she taught English for a
year, and later taught French
at Howard University. She was
also an English teacher at Shaw
Junior High School.
Mrs. Smith then taught sem
ior English at Armstrong High
School for q years, and later
instructed the same subject at
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Mrs LuIie Dodqe.
Ex-Nurse, Long
Resident of Area

Mrs. Lulie Norman Dodge,
88. the wife of the late William
M. c. Dodge and a longtime
area resident, died Tuesday at
the Oakton CVaO Nursin g
Home after a brief illness.
Mrs. Dodge. a native of Hazel
hurst, Miss, was the daughter
of James NJ. Norman, a major
in the Confederate Army.
A graduate of the old Wom-
ems College of Baltimore,
now Goucher College, she
moved to Washington to study
nursing, and received a degree
from the Columbia Hospital for
Women. She practiced several
years until her m arriage in
1908, when she and her hus-
band moved to a farm at Hay
market, Va, where her five
children were born. They re-
turned to Washington during
the 1920s.
Mr.. Dodge, a former real es-
tate dealer, died in 1858.
She leaves two daughters,
Miss Ysidora E. and Miss Mary
E. Dodge; a son, James H.
Dodge, all of Arlington; two
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow at st. Paul's Church at
Haymarket, Va.
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Jacob E. Cooper,
Thompson's Dairy
Retired Worker

Jacob E. Cooper, 20. former
employee of the Thompson Dairy
Co. and District resident, died
of a heart attack yesterday in
Columbia, Mo.
A native of Prince William
County, Mr.. Cooper worked in
the packaging department Of
ThompSon's Dairy until his re-
tirement several years ago.
Married in 1857, he moved to
Columbia.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Nan
Cooper in Columbia and three
sons and three daughters by a
former marriage; Clifton, Ed
ward, Carlton, Mrs. Frances
Orrison and Mrs. Leona Atwell
all of Purcellville, Va, and Mrs.
Margaret Brown Of Delaware.
He also leaves a step-daughter
Mrs. Mary Forbis Of Columbia,
two brothers, two sisters and
IA grandchildren.
Services and burial will be
at 2 pm. Friday in Prcellville.
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Mckinley High School. She re-
tired in 1862.
An active member of the
English Teachers Council of D.
c., Mrs. Smith travelled ex-
tensively in the Far West and
Europe during her vacations.
After graduating from Dun
bar High School here, Mrs
Smith, who was born in Wash
ington, attended Wellesley Col
lege where she was elected to
Phi Beta Kappa in her junior
year. She received her degree
there in 1924.
Mrs. Smith, who was di'
vorced, leaves her mother, Mrs
Charles I. West, of the home
address, a sister, Mrs. Wilbur
Strickland of Philadelphia, 6
brother, DR.. Charles I. West
jr., of Las Vegas, New. and two
nieces and four nephews.
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Ralph S. O'Leury
Houston Writer

AUCKLAND. New Zealand.
Nov. IA CAP). - Ralph S.
OJeary,, science editor of the
Houston CTexD Post, died yes
terday. apparently Of a heart
attack, at the United S ia t es
Navy Antarctic headquarters at
Christchurch.
Mr.. OLeary had visited An
tarctic installations last week
and was on his way home when
stricken.
Mr.. OLeary had been with
the Houston Post since 1858, as
reporter, city editor and. since
1860, as science editor. He pre-
Iviously had worked for the
Houston Chronicle. the st.
Louis Star-Times and the New
Orleans Item.
In 1854, he won the $500
Haywood Broun award Of the
American Newspaper Guild and
the $500 newspaper award Of
the Sidney Hillman Foundation
for a series of articles on the
Houston chapter of the Minute
Women of the U. S. A. Inc.
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Gen. John Hodge
Funeral Today

Services for Gen. John Reed
Hodge, 10. who died yesterday
at Walter Reed Hospital, will
be held at 3 pm. today at Ar
lington Cemetery.
Gen. Hodge, a much-decor-
ated corps commander of the
Pacific campaign of World War
II, later became the American
commander of occupation in
Korea and then Army field
force commander.
Gen. Hodge, who had made
his home in Fayetteville, N. c.,
since his retirement in 1858,
entered Walter Reed Hospital
November 6.
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1ratha

GILBERT OWEN. On
WsSbinston sanitsrium and Hospital,
GILBERT OWEN WHITAKER Of eoI
BUCKINGHAM dr., Silver Spring, Mo-
husband Of hattie L. Whitaker;
father Of Mrs. Robert ". Clarke;
brother Of Mrs. Blanche Bush. Mrs.
Gladys Ohslund, Harold, Oscar, Edgar
Rondan and Cyril Whitaker. There
taker rests at the Warner E. Pun
phrey Funeral Home, sl3l Georgia
ave, Silver Spring, Nd where serv-
ice will be held on Friday November
is, a 1880 pm. (paIking faciities).
Interment Arlington National Gene
terry. Friends may visit at the Fu-