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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
Renewal Plan Includes
Mall, 2-LeveI Parking

-25 of them substandard-only
historic Gadsby's Tavern will
remain. Twenty-six families
and q business firms must be
relocated. The city expects to
begin to acquire the property
for demolition this summer.
Under the plan, Market
Square would become a tree
lined mall leading to the newly
constructed city hall front.
Across Royal street, a two-story
eight sided restaurant would
separate the tavern from a
series Of speciality shops.
Other structures proposed for
Tavern Square include two Of
flee buildings and several ''pres-
tige" shops. Courtyards and
shrubbery would separate the
buildings.
Tentative plans also provide
for two-level parking for 200
cars beneath Market Square
and one level for $50 cars un-
der Tavern Square. Stairways
and escalators would run be-
tween the subterranean ga
RACES and the street.
The project, as finally APP
proved by the council, will be
built by private developers
along guide lines set by the
city. The Federal share Of the
cost is estimated at STA mil
lion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
3 Policemen
Linked to
Wheel Theft

Washington police are quietly
conducting an investigation Of
a report linking three police
men TO the theft OF two auto
mobile wheels.
Police Chief Robert v. MUIR
ray today confirmed that the
probe Is under way. He said
the investigators include Police
Inspector Otto p. Fuss, Capt.
Dan Kennedy. seventh precinct
commanding officer. and a
member Of the United States
attorneys office.
The wheels-and tires-were
allegedly stolen last March
from a car parked in a lot
behind a shopping center In the
1900 block Of Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV.
Police sources said the auto
was a 10 or IL year old station
wagon which had been left in
the parking lot for a consid-
cradle length Of time after
being damaged in a collision.
The theft was reported by the
cars owner. a proprietor Of one
OF the commercial establish
ments In the neighborhood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

ments of the area acting TO-
gether for matters of mutual
regional concern"
1t would let the organization
contract for services" This
was not explained, but appar-
emily would let the organization
conduct Joint purchasing pro-
grams and provide other re-
gional governmental services.
Planning Role
Another major provision of
the charter, the resolution
states, calls for it to-: Provide
for the participation of all local
governments in the formulation
of region wide development
plans"
This clause apparently would
give the Council of Govern
ments a regional planning re-
sponSibility, and apparently will
be center of debate and oppo-
sition as the charter question
is examined in each jurisdic-
ton.
The SO members Of the Coun-
Gil of Governments include the
District Commissioners, the
county commissioners of Prince
Georges County. the county
supervisors Of Fairfax, Airing
ton, Loudoun and Prince Will
liam Counties, and the city
councils Of Rockville, Takoma
Park, Alexandria, Falls Church
and Fairfax City. Representa-
tives Sickles and Landlord,
Democrats of Maryland, both
Endorsed the move to give legal
status at last nights meeting,
together with Representative
Matthias, Republican of Mary
land.
DR.. Thomas Wilson, a men,
Der of the Montgomery County
Council which has voted to
drop out of the Council of
Governments at the end of
this fiscal year, nevertheless APP
peared at last nights meeting.
He said he probably was in
favor of the resolution" but
pointed out that a staff report
said the charter organization
might be able to override
minority objections by local
governments.
Montgomery County will
never accept this" Dr.. Wilson
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star Staff Writer

Churchmen from all parts OF
the country should take in
spiration from Washington's
religious leaders and form
committees to combat racial
prejudice.
This was the advice Senator
Humphrey. Democrat OF Min
nesota, had to offer all seq
ments of American society
yesterday. He spoke on the
Senate floor.
Local clergymen have united
to AROUSE the conscience of
this community against dis
elimination and racial inequal-
ity," he said.
He praised the Interreligious
Committee on. Race Relations
as recognition of responsibility
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
TRANSIT SHOWDOWN
TRANSIT SHOWDOWN
Chalk Feels His Firm Has Been Short Changed

The District Public Utilities
Commission from 1856 TO
March, 1861, and the Washing
ton Metropolitan Area Transit
Commission since then.
Not Always Successful
These agencies have pre-
scribed safety. comfort and
other service standards apply
ing to all bus companies under
their jurisdiction. Beyond these
basic requirements. however,
the regulators have, In some
areas, asked d. c, Transit TO
do q little more because Of the
special benefits granted in the
franchise.
In several instances. the reg
ulators have not been entirely
successful in achieving what
they said were required
or desired service improve
ments.
For instance. the company
still has not met what the
p. U. c. said was a firm COM
mitment" TO buy 200 new buses,
made nearly three years ago; in
spite Of an outstanding order
that no more than IL per cent
Of newer, aforementioned buses
be used for sightseeing and
charter trips, the WMATC re-
ported an excess Of this
amount on q spot check: re-
quests that the company print
more timetables for distribu-
ton 10 the public have been
turned down as too costly.
Mr.. Chalk. when asked by
The Star about specific aspects
OF service. said the company's
record In this field was ."self-
evident" Some Of the ques-
tons submitted 10 him which
he has failed 10 give answers
for TO date are:
! What is the basis OF d. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
CIerey's Fight on Bios
Praised by Humphrey

shared by every citizen for
bias and prejudice of the past
100 years.
The 42-member committee
is headed by the Most Rev.
Patrick A. O'Boyle, Catholic
Archbishop of Washington.
Co-chairmen are Bishop VIII
liam F. Creighton Of the Wash
ington Episcopal Diocese;
Methodist Bishop John Wesley
Lord, Bishop Smallwood z.
Williams of the Bible Way
Church Worldwide, and Rabbi
Lewis A. Weintrauh, president
of the Washington Board Of
Rabbis.
Not only ministers, but law
yers, doctors and teachers
should establish similar COM
mittees, according to the Min
nesota Senator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
II Students
To Be Paid
For Learning

The Arlington County School
Board will pay IL yorktown
High School students $3.50 each
for participating in a Ian
guage experiment during their
summer vacation this year.
The project, first conceived at
the University of Michigan, will
require the students to put in
five or six hours a day at the
school from late June until
September, studying Spanish or
Russian languages from record
ings.
The School Board last night
voted to apply for $8.465 from
the Federal Office of Educa-
ton for the pilot program.
School officials said they ex-
pect quick approval from the
agency.
The recorded first year
courses in Spanish and Russian
have been tried in experiments
with adults, but this win be
the first attempt to test the
affects on secondary school
students, according to the
school officials.
The program will work this
way:
Six students studying Span
ish and another half dozen
studying Russian will 60 to the
school five days a week, put
on earphones and listen. On
September /. they viii be paid
$50 each.
School officials said each stu
dent win be a beginner in his
Language course, and it is
hoped he viii be able to en-
roll in the second year Of the
course at Yorktown next fall
The ~ students, already Sc
lected from volunteers, were
chosen on the basis Of high
aptitude but not because Of a
special flair for languages, the
school board said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
81 NEW BUSES
TO JOIN TRANSIT'S
AIR-COOLED FLEET

Eighty-two air-condi-
toned buses have been
ordered by d. c. Transit for
delivery this year. o. Roy
Chalk, president Of the
company. reported today.
Mr.. Chalk said the COM
pany also has bought IA
new mini buses which win
go into operation in the
downtown area within 30
days.
He expects the downtown
shopping center loop TO be
substantially expanded with
the addition OF the new
buses. A public address
system will be installed in
each OF the buses for
announcements.
Mr.. Chalk said an honor
system for the collection Of
fares will be tried on a pay
as you leave from-the-
rear" system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

apparently satisfied hackers Of
both the National Capital Re-
gional Planning Council and
the governmental council. Both
organizations in the last few
months have appeared to be
on a collision course ever which
group will be the top planning
agency for the 2,O00-square-
mile Washington area.
But the real proof of the
compromise will come within
the next six months. as gov
ernmental council officials
hammer out terms of a legis-
lative charter for consideration
by Congress.
The proposed charter would
have to be approved by each
local government, the execu-
tive board and a full meeting
of the entire 68-member Coun-
Gil of Governments. At each
step of the way, local govern
ments will have an opportunity
to disagree over terms.
No "Super Government
Virginia State Senator
Charles r. Fenwick, a con-
sentative Democrat who helped
found the Council of Govern
ments six years ago, stressed
at last nights meeting that the
organization would not become
a super government"
The local governments either
have to work through an
organization which they con-
troll, such as the Council of
Governments, or some Federal
agency or metropolitan govern
ment will be used" the Senator
said.
Fairfax County Supervisor
William H. Moss, a Republican
candidate for the Virginia Sen
ate, opposed the original word
ing of a resolution calling for
legal status. He said earlier
efforts to spell out the planning
role for the Council of Govern
ments had been abandoned, be-
cause of his opposition to any
move which might make the
organization a metropolitan
government"
The resolution adopted last
night authorizes the 19-membel
executive board of the Council
of Governments to draft a char
ter. The charter would official!
recognize the organization al
"the instrument of the govern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
'Teomsters Study Offer;
Ioborers Accept Pact

unchanged under terms Of the
new contract.
The same terms apply to
laborers in the Road, Highway
and Heavy Construction Work.
ers Union Local 456, which has
about 900 members affected by
the contract.
The strike Of the 315 drivers
against Safeway Trails, Inc.
(Trailways), bus company,
which began in mid-May, con-
tinues, but a meeting Of man.
agement and drivers was sched-
uled for Tuesday with a Fed
eral mediator.
I The drivers and company
representatives last met on
May %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

An octagonal restaurant and
a handful of four-story Colon
ial-styled buildings with spa
cious courtyards and ponds
would be built in Alexandria
decaying city hall area under
a proposal announced today.
The plans will be submitted
by the city's urban renewal di-
rector, Martin Smith. at a Joint
public hearing Of the city coun-
Gil and the Redevelopment and
Housing Authority next Thurs
day.
The SIS million project is
slated for Tavern Square, on
which Gadsby's Tavern is 10
Gated, and Market Square, a
half-block site in front of city
hall.
OF the 20 buildings involved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

striking concrete and dump
truck drivers were to meet to-
day to discuss the latest offer
from management to settle a
Is day-old strike that has
slowed work on major building
and highway projects in the
Washington area.
Meanwhile; some 5000 con-
Istruction laborers voted last
night to accept q new three
year contract with the Con-
struction Contractors Council
ending their walkout.
The meeting of the dump
truck and cement truck driv-
ers was called after negotiators
for Local $40. Of the Teamsters
Union, met yesterday with
management at the office Of q
Federal mediator.
The truck drivers are strik-
ing for higher wages and i'm
proved fringe benefits.
A break in the strike by con-
crete truck drivers came re-
Gently when 100 union truck
drivers of the Virginia Con-
crete Co. returned to work
without a new contract. The
remainder Of the $50 concrete
truck drivers stayed off the
job. FL ~. d
The new three-year contract
approved by the membership
of the Construction and Gen.
eral Laborers Union Local IA
raises the current basic wage
Of $2.70 an hour to s2.75. ret
roactive to May "a, the ex-
piration date Of the cid con-
tract, and progressively up TO
$2.92la by November. 1865.
Health, welfare and pension
and disability payments remain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

lions remain to be answered,
IL would seem, before Mr..
Chalk's claims are accepted.
Similarly. when Mr.. Chalk
claims that Transit's profits
should be at least 61a per cent
and that anything less is "un-
reasonable" apart from his
claim that this is the figure
Congress intended the company
TO earn. the question arises:
Why are higher profits
needed?
The regulators decide how
high fares should be on the
basis OF what the company
can prove 1t needs. The burden
is on the company TO prove
It's needs under oath. Any and
all figures the regulators re-
quest are open TO examination
by all interested parties.
d. c. Transit has had the
opportunity and has asked the
regulators for more profits. The
regulators have seen lit not 10
grant as much as the company
wants. They have found lesser
amounts reasonable" The
company has and is challenging
the adequacy Of the fare in
creases II has been granted,
but TO date the courts have not
told the regulators. In effect;
"You have not given enough.
In fact, In the case OF the
1860 fare increase. the courts
said Just the opposite. Just yes
terday the company agreed 10
return about $2.4 million in
past fares collected as a result
OF the appeal Of the 1860 in
crease by two transit riders
The fund would be used for the
benefit Of future transit riders
Two Approaches
II Congress agrees with Mr.
Chalk that Transit Is entitled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

Transit's claim that It Is the
most modern transit system In
American
Mr.. Chalk said before buying
Capital Transit Co. that his aim
was to supply better transport
tation for more people at low
cost. Since 1866. total paSsen-
gers carried have declined
about 80 per cent and fares
have risen about IS per cent.
Why has this been2
What would Mr.. Chalk like
TO see done by City and regula-
tory authorities 10 improve
transit service2
These and many other aues-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

to not less than 61a per cent
profit, then higher fares and
or subsidies would appear to be
the only way to boost profits
up TO this minimum guarantee.
In such case, the riders and
taxpayers called upon to help
guarantee Transit's earnings
probably will ask some guaran-
tees also. One Of them is that
Congress should make a fully
informed judgement.
Senator Morse. Democrat Of
Oregon. has INTRODUCED a reso-
luton for a full and complete
investigation" Of Mr.. Chalk's
claims.
Subsidy With Strings
Congress promised TO look
after the welfare Of the inves-
tors Of d. c. Transit II II gave
the community good transpor-
tation. Under this promise in
the company's franchise, Mr..
Chalk claimed 10 be entitled
TO a school fare subsidy.
Congress passed a subsidy
law, but the only strings at
tached are that the company's
earnings fall below a certain
point set by regulators. Else
where In the United States.
however, subsidies are being
tied In with specific require
ments for improved service.
II subsidies are necessary
this would appear 10 be a fair
way for the company 10 spell
out what II will do 10 for serv-
ice In return. without some ex-
press bargain between the COM
munity and It's transit operator,
there is room for charges OF
bad faith on both sides.
In the end, the desires OF
the public and the company
managers should be the same
more riders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
To Speak to Builders

John F. Henning. Undersec-
rotary of Labor, will speak at
the Washington Building Con-
gress luncheon at 1915 pm.
Monday in the Colonial Room
Of the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07


transportation system" Con-
gress granted specific financial
inducements TO the new opera
tor, d. c. Transit.
President o. Roy Chalk now
Is claiming II has been short
changed on one Of the major
inducing benefits" Congress put
into the company's franchise.
After seven years Of d. G,
Transit operations, the public
would also seem 10 have a right
TO ask how much transporta-
ton II has received for past
benefits granted. II is they
who supply most Of the dollars
TO fulfill those benefits. such
as the SIT million tax relief
the company has received.
Difficulty Cited
The difficulty In measuring
what d. G. Transit has given
In return Is that Congress did
not spell out what II meant by
good transportation" except
10 require that the company
shut down streetcar service and
convert 10 an all-bus opera
ton. This the company has
done. approximately two years
ahead Of the deadline imposed
by Congress.
Beyond the specific CONVEX
sion requirement. however
service standards have beer
left up TO the regulatory agen-
cies which have had continuing
control over transit affairs,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
ON SELLING JOB
Robert Kennedy Goes
Back to School Again

we're going to win that strug-
gle."
Mr.. Kennedy's talk was a
part of the Future for Jimmy"
project of which he is honory
chairman. Edward r. Murrow,
director Of the United States
Information Agency, also spoke
yesterday in the Washington
Urban Leagues Jimmy" pro-
gram at Browne Junior High
School.
A high school graduate makes
500, 900 more in his lifetime
than someone with only an
eighth-grade education, the
former CHS commentator said.
Making another Future fol
Jimmy" talk today, Secretary
Of the Interior Udall urged 60(
Woodson Junior High Schoo
students to develop their in
dividual aptitudes and talents
Before going TO Park View
Mr.. Kennedy stopped at Car
dozo High to inspect the WASH
ington Action for Youths sum-
mer job placement program for
16 to 18-year-olds.
Youths Are Questioned
Squatting down by a table of
high school boys, he asked a
barrage of questions: Whats
your name. what grade are you
in. are you going to finish, are
jobs difficult to get during the
summer. many students drop
out-what is the reaSon?"
He was told "they need the
money" Mr.. Kennedy said,
Tell any of your friends think
ing of dropping out. it will be
very tough If you're unskilled
and haven't finished high
school, to get a job within the
next few years."
One boy who. although he
could benefit from taking his
grammar book home with him
this summer. caught the mood
of most Of the children when
he grinned. looked down at his
palm and said, II amt ever
gonna wash that hand"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07

THE HOUSE is CON-
STRUCTED of timber used
TO temporarily house victims
OF the Johnstown flood in
1889, another Barton prof.
ect. The steamboat design Is
traced to Miss Barton's ad-
miration Of the old boats
which carried her relief sup
plies down the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers.
She also had a brick and
steel vault on the first floor
where she kept funds and
records during her terms as
president Of the Red Gross.
Her service on the battle
fields OF the Civil War are
an American legeno' n
sturdy, New England spin
sttr, she was a loner, arbi-
trary, and she refused TO
delegate responsibility when
running the Red Cross. She
had 10 resign In 1904 in a
dispute over the handling OF
funds. She did not, appar-
emily, approve Of treasurcrs
or OF executive committees.
Her last sad years we're
spent in Glen Echo. She died
1T Of, in 1912.
At the front door, Hem
rietta looked scornfully at
the parking lot through the
trees.
"That old Mr.. wolfson
president Of Capital Trans
40 built that" she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
The
Rambler
y. Above
The C&O
BY JOHN McKELwAY

The strange old home,
practically hidden by pines
and magnolias, rests on a
hunk Of Sand which rises
from thergravel acres Of the
amusement parks parking
lot and resembles an island.
It was built in 1892, down
at the end of Oxford street
in Glen Echo, and up the
steep bluff from the C&O
Canal. And it does look like
a steamboat without its pad
dies.
Faint screams and band
music were drifting over
from Glen Echo when the
Rambler arrived, unan-
nounced, and knocked on the
front door without knowing
II any one was home.
There was a long wait and
then the door was opened to
the Clara Barton House by
a small elderly lady in a
plain, dark blue dress.
Without a trace of irrita-
ton over showing someone
else the house, she began
pointing out the possessions
of Clara Barton, founder of
the American Red Cross. She
walked slowly and carefully
down the wide hallway
which runs the length of the
home, between paneled
walls and antiques lined up
on either side. Overhead
were TERED balconies, re-
sembling the interior Of a
steamboat.
Then we met another
little lady in another dark
blue dress. She carried a
walking stick.
The two girls turned out
to be the Misses Frances and
Henrietta Francis. They
have lived in the house since
1912 with their two other
sisters. The ages Of the sis
tiers range from 70 to "a.
Nov don't you go and put
that in the papers," said
Henrietta, who then winked
and refused to connect the
correct ages with the names
of the Sisters Francks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
BY DAN GOTTLIEB
Star staff Writer

Seven years ago Congress
kicked one transit operator out
Of town and brought in an
other.
, In the hopes Of giving the
Nations Capital a good public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
By MYRA MACPHERSON
Star Staff Writer

For a bright man, Harvard
graduate and all. Attorney Cen
eral Robert Kennedy is GER
tainly going back to school q
lot these days.
Yesterday he added Park
View Elementary and Cardozo
High to a growing list Of
schools he has visited lately,
mobbed and trailed like the
Pied Piper.
His reason for being there is
to tell the children to stay
there; to make them realize
education is their hope for flu
ture jobs and the hope Of the
United States for understand
ing between people.
The Attorney General, who
with seven children at home
had an advantage for this as.
signment, took the stage al
Park View elementary like 9
jovial emcee for Romper Room
sitting at the end of q row or
q child's-size chair.
Led Quiz
After Mr.. Kennedy led a
spirited audience participation
quiz on history, the students
asked him when he became At
torney General. Mr.. Kennedy
said January 81. 1861 and ]
was appointed by my brother
so if you want to become at
torney general yourselves, gel
your brother to be President.
The next question was would
he run for President. Mr.. Ken
nedy said he was not planning
to.
Asked what do you do about
Alabama? the Attorney General
said "if we feel laws Of a State
are unconstitutional we go tC
the Supreme Court and say the
law should not be on the books
Speaking Of Gov. Wallace'l
threat TO bar Negro students
this week from the University
Of Alabama, Mr.. Kennedy sale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
Cities and Counties
Aqree to Draft
Regional Charter
Council Of Governments Reaches
Accord on Legal Status Plan
BY LEE FLOR
Star Staff Writer

Top officials of IL city and county governments in the
Washington have given approval to a COM
promise move to give legal status to the Metropolitan
ington Council Of Governments
The move worked out at the semiannua meeting of the
Council Of Governments last night in Prince Georges County