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Evening star., 1963-01-20

ALMOST AS if the Ameri-
can democracy we're a newly
invented idea, and as if
Washington we're a newly
discovered place, two new
prescriptions for the city's
future have just been placed
before the country.
With minimum recognition
that Washington is the only
city wholly responsible to the
national democracy, both
proposals list a catalog of
the city's ills and appear to
veer towards essentially less
democratic means Of curing
them than exist at present.
Speaking of Washington
development, Architectural
Forum says in its current
issue:
an the absence of a more
specific plan, the elements
that will give form to the
city and region are evolved
piecemeal, and the decisions
are fought out in the faml-
lar battle-ground of official
Washington"
A proper question, it seems,
is: whats the matter with
that?" Who should be trust
ed to prepare an iron-clad
specific plan" that could be
placed in effect without dis
cussion or revision2
It also seems the American
Institute of Architects may
have - also inadvertently -
stepped into a somewhat
anti-democratic trap with
this advice, in the current
Ala Journal:
"If Washington is to de-
velop its fullest potential as
a great city, and as the Cap
ital of the Nation, 1t must
return TO L'Enfant's spirit Of
total design and place It's
confidence in the hands Of
those who possess both the
authority ard the breadth
OF knowledge needed TO solve
its physical problems"
Is this not a rather broad
power for the nation TO give
away7 To whom should 1t be
given? Who is there with the
adequate breadth Of knowl-
edge TO deserve such auto
cratic sway, freed from re-
straining opinion2
Washington deserves more
democracy, not less. Nor is
all bold action necessarily
bad. But the gradual evolu-
ton of the Louvre, with a
unity and character achieved
over 200 years, proves that
respect for tradition also
is not necessarily bad. II can,
in fact, be the key to an
orderly city.
Evening star., 1963-01-20
Open to Public

The general public not rep
resented as formal intervenors
in the fare case will be able
to give their opinions on the
proposed increase at 2 pm. to-
morrow in Hearing Room c Of
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, Constitution avenue
and Twelfth street NV.
At the morning session of
the hearing, formal intervenors
and the commission staff are
expected to begin their cross
examination on the company's
evidence submitted January IL.
The company claimed the fare
increase was justified by rising
labor costs under a new three
year union contract; propor-
tionate boosts given salaried
employees and higher deprecia-
ton costs, partly due to newer.
more expensive air-conditioned
buses.
At present fares, the COM
pany claimed. it would end up
about Sl05.000 in the red this
year. At the proposed fares,
it would have net operating
income Of about SIT million
contrasted 10 it's estimated $l.l
million income last year.
The GSA has been interven-
ing in utility and transporta-
ton rate cases for about 10
years, but this is the first time
il has attempted TO enter a
D. c. Transit case. The statu-
tory provisions authorizing
GSA to represent the executive
agencies Of the Federal Gov
enrment in rate cases make
clear that the purpose Of such
representation is TO obtain
economies for the Government.
The GSA petition to inter-
vene was opposed by d. c.
Transit on the grounds that
the late filing violated the COM
missions rules.
Evening star., 1963-01-20

mends building a transit line in
the middle of Interstate 95,
which does not appear to be
controversial. However, the
agency plans to combine Route
95 with 10, after it crosses
the District line. This would
affect rush-hour traffic to
downtown from Prince Georges
County.
A second major freeway in
Prince Georges County may be
affected. The John Hanson
highway and the Washington
Baltimore parkway now join in
a bottleneck at the Kenilworth
exchange.
The major route to down.
town from the interchange is
the New York Avenue express
way. The Meta in its latest
appendix recommends a change
in the funds budgeted for the
Washington Annapolis free =
way" and this may be a change
in design for the New York
avenue eXpresSway.
The traffic from the four
freeways in Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties would
travel along New York avenue
to reach a possible bottleneck
near the eight lane center leg
freeway.
Third Freeway Proposed
A third freeway in Prince
Georges County that would be
affected is the Henson Creek
freeway sometimes called the
Southeastern expressway). The
Meta report said this could be
"a freeway within Prince
Georges County. After it crosses
the District line, the freeway
would discharge rush houl
traffic into Alabama avenue
and then into Suitland park.
way and Anacostia freeway
Previous plans called for tht
Henson Greek freeway to have
its own freeway connection II
the Inner Loop freeway.
8. Alexandria Fairfax COun.
ty and the District: The Meta
earlier reviewed plans to wider
Shirley highway. However
Shirley highway is to become
Route 95. and Route 95 was to
be the east leg after it crossed
the District Line. The Meta
recommended against the east
leg, and said Route 95 should
become the center leg. Com
muters from Alexandria, Ar
lington and Fairfax County
over the Shirley might be af-
fected by bottlenecks within the
District.
4. Falls Church, Fairfax Ar
lingtOn Counties and the Dis
trict: Interstate Route 66 is
now being designed for eight
lanes to Spout Run parkway.
If the Three Sisters Bridge is
not built, the number of lane
crossings at the Potomac for
the new freeway would be re-
duced so per cent. Within the
District, this is viewed as a
local controversy over building
the Three Sisters Bridge, The
Meta recommended that the
Virginia Highway Department
cut Route Sc to only six lanes
from Four Mile Run to Spout
Run parkway. Because Virginia
now is buying right-of-way for
Route Sc. a decision on the
Three Sisters Bridge has i'm
portance for all Jurisdictions.
The Meta in its appendix
volumes said that the changes
1t proposes would not affect
rush-hour speeds, which would
be increased if its transit and
freeway recommendations were
put into effect.
Evening star., 1963-01-20

dEGllIy w NOAAoANNA OAAN 'AS "o "
responsible organizations" in
developing recommendations to
Congress.
In his message to Congj ess
last Friday, President Kennedy
said decisions on the scope Of
the highway program will be
made promptly"
The Meta has asked plan
ming agencies and local gov
ernments to submit their views
of the transportation report to
the Meta within the next five
days, as part of a special report
to the White House by January
The President wants the
Meta special report as a basis
for the administration message
on Washington transportation.
Tight Schedule
The White House wants to
send the presidential message
to Congress in February. Be-
cause of the tight schedule, the
highway departments, which
are responsible for several
freeways in the Washington
regional transportation system,
may not be included in review
ing agencies.
Elmer B. Stats, deputy di-
rector of the Federal Budget
Bureau, told newsmen last
Thursday that II presume" the
State highway departments
had been asked to review the
Meta recommendations.
The NCTA's report recon-
mended several changes for
freeways which are the joint
responsibility of the District
and Maryland and Virginia.
An agency spokesman said
the State governments and
highway departments had not
been asked because the agency
wanted to receive the opinion,
Of the local governments first
Then the Meta would go II
the State governments anC
highway departments.
Views Sought
In almost identical letter:
sent to local planning agencies
two weeks ago, the Meta said
THE President has asked
that the views of the District
of Columbia Commissioners
Federal departments and agen-
cies, and State and local gov
.ernmentS and other responsible
organizations be considered in
developing the administrators
recommendations to the Con-
gress on both the report and
the transit development pro-
gram"
The suburban areas and free
WayS which would be affected
by the report, and the issues
involved, are:
1. Montgomery County Dis
trict: Interstate Route 70s is
to be a high-capacity freeway
throughout the county, passing
south of Silver Spring to cross
the District line. The report
does not comment on the free
way in Maryland. After the
freeway crosses the District
line, the Meta recommends
that it be a six-lane freeway
combining with another six
lane freeway from Prince
Georges County, for entry into
downtown Washington. Dis
trict plans may call for a sep
arate right-of-way for the
Montgomery County freeway
into the downtown area, or
may call for the combination
freeway TO be eight lanes, in
cluding two reversible lanes.
2. Prince Georges County
District: The META recon-
Evening star., 1963-01-20
States Are ByPossed
On Road Plan Review
Transportation Agency FuiIs TO Ask
Maryland, Virginia Highway Views
BY LEE FLOR
Star staff Writer

The Virginia and Maryland State highway departments
been asked review the controversial eeway and
transit recommendations of the National Capital Tansporta
ton Agency, officials said yesterday.
This is though President Kennedy has asked the
agency to consider the of State land other
Evening star., 1963-01-20
Cities
and People
Lesson of
The Louvre
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS
THE MONA LISA


REFORE THE MONA LISA
~ leaves us, it might be a
good idea to recall the lesson
of the Louvre, the Mona
Lisa's permanent home. Two
centuries were needed to
build that vast and wonder
full building in Paris. And the
French nation has spent an
other 200 years preserving 1t.
In Washington, there has
been increasing public con-
Germ in the past few years
over what is happening to
this city, how its appearance
can be improved, how its
good things can be saved,
and how it can be made
more inviting and useful as
the national capital.
Newcomers to the scene of
battle have a tendency to
throw up their hands, turn
their backs on the past,
blame everything on Con-
gress, the District Building
or the Fine Arts Commission,
and call for drastic action.
They often end up propos-
ing cure-allS offered in the
name of more democracy"
for the District whereas
when analyzed, in fact, they
seem to offer less.
Evening star., 1963-01-20

INSTEAD OF diffusing
power, these proposals too
often are designed to con-
centrate it in a few hands.
Instead of orderly continuity
in the city's character, they
are too often really aimed
primarily at paving the way
for quick changes that might
we'll contribute to more dis
order instead of less.
To youthful, ambitious,
iconoclastic people who
might be restive under the
American scheme of checks
and balances, Washington
admittedly must be a frus-
trating city. Obviously no
system is perfect, nor is
everything ever for the best
in a "best of all possible
worlds"
Yet who is the single in
dividual, or small group-or
even large group-whose de-
cision making could be
trusted implicitly by the
country at large to make
swift and total changes in
the character of the physical
appearance Of this national
city?
Evening star., 1963-01-20
GSARenews Efforts
ToFight Fare Boost
Hearing Asked
ByU. S. Agency
In runsit Case
BY DAN GOTTLIEB
star staff Writer

The Federal Government,
rebuffed in its first attempt to
enter the current D. C. Transit
System fare increase case, will
try again tomorrow. The first
attempt was vigorously OPP
posed" by the company.
The General Services Admin
istration, acting for itself and
a number of other Federal
agencies and departments, Pc
titioned the Washington Met
ropolitan Area Transit Com
mission January IL for permis-
sion to intervene.
The proposed elimination Of
tokens, it said, will raise the
cost of official transportation
and may decrease bus riding.
thus adding to Government en-
ploye parking problems.
The commission turned down
the GSA petition, stating that
GSA had failed to show the
good cause" required by its
rules if such petitions are filed
late. In this case, the commits
sion said, the normal deadline
for filing was December 26.
In a motion for reconsidera-
ton of the commission ruling,
GSA states that before regula-
tory bodies such as the COM
mission, "the rule is firmly es-
tablished that technicalities or
formalities will be disregarded
or subordinated to the ends Of
justice"
Called Ambiguous
Parties having a real interest
in regulatory proceedings
should be heard, the motion
states, in order to insure that
as true, fair and complete" a
record as possible is available
to the regulatory body.
The motion. filed with the
commission late Friday, also
claims that the rule relied upon
by the commission to deny the
original petition is ambiguous"
and was properly construed by
GSA to permit intervention
after the December 26 deadline.
The GSA petition was pre-
sented at the opening Of the
commissions public hearing on
ID. c. Transit's application for
a fare increase.
The company is seeking to
eliminate its 20-cent token, now
used by approximately three
quarters Of its riders, and
charge the basic cash fare now
in effect, rs cents. to all adult
riders in the District. Interline
fares, Maryland fares and all
other fares would remain the
same.
Evening star., 1963-04-03
.City Heads and PUG.
Clash on Transit Audit

Gen. Clarke had pointed out
previously that the District
representative on the WMATC
would have the right to veto
any audit that he considered
unsatisfactory.
Differ on Hearing
Mr.. Bernstein suggested that
the Commissioners hold a
public hearing on the proposed
bill before sending it to Con-
gress. He said that some civic
associations have registered
objections to the proposal.
Gen. Clarke said he docs
not see how a public hearing
could shed any light on the
problem" Commissioner John
B. Duncan asked that the
matter be taken under advise
ment so that he could have
another 48 hours to consider
the question.
At present the P. U. c. auditS
D. c. Transit books to help
determine whether the COM
pany should pay what would
now amount to $750,000 a year
in District gasoline and real
estate taxes.
Under the District franchise
to D. c. Transit, the company
is granted an exemption from
gasoline and real estate taxes
to the extent that its profit
on gross operating revenues
falls below 6.5 per cent a year,
Evening star., 1963-04-03
Fall Out Window
Is FutuI to Youth

Everett Lee Triplett, 10, died
in Alexandria Hospital last
night from injuries received in
a fall from an open second
floor window at his rooming
house yesterday.
Police said the youth was
found about $3.50 am. in a
basement stairwell outside zoos
King street where he lived.
He was suffering from frac-
lures of both legs, the skull,
left arm and pelvis and ap-
parently fell through a window
of his room, police reported.
A roommate, Ernest Graham,
II, who was asleep in the room,
told police they had gone to
bed at 12:45 am.
Evening star., 1963-04-03
Walton Silent
On Reports Of
Arts Selection

william Walton a close friend
of President Kennedy today
referred to the White House
all calls on whether he would be
nominated for a seat on the
Fine Arts Commission.
"I can't comment" the artist
said. A White House spokesman
on cultural affairs said she
couldn't either.
The President Is expected
shortly to nominate members
to fill six vacancies coming UP
on the commission in May.
A spokesman for the WASH
Iington Building Congress,
meanwhile, said she believed
Mr.. Walton would be "a wonder
full selection"
Mrs. Gertrude Cleary, the
congress executive secretary
said: "If he's willing to accept
the position, we think he would
be an excellent candidate"
Evening star., 1963-04-03

District and vicinity-Mostly
cloudy and mild, scattered
showers tonight. low in lower
Cos. Showers ending early to-
morrow followed by clearing
and cooler.
Maryland-Cloudy and mild
tonight, scattered showers,
cooler in mountains. Low to-
night ranging from lower Cos
in southeast to lower 40s in
mountains. Partial clearing and
cooler tomorrow, except con-
siderable cloudiness and colder
in mountains.
Virg in "a Considerable
cloudineSs and warm tonight,
scattered showers mostly in
west and north. Low in lower
Cos except upper 40s and SOS
in mountains. Tomorr
clearing and cooler preceded by
morning showers in east and
south central portions.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Southwest winds
at 10 to 20 knots tonight shift
ing to northwest Is to IS knots
tomorrow morning. Consider
able cloudineSs with scattered
showers late tonight and to-
morrow morning, followed by
Evening star., 1963-04-03
Euirfux Chamber
Backs Bond Issue
For Is Schools

The Fairfax County Chamber
of Commerce gave its support
yesterday to the $29.9 million
school construction bond issue
that will come before voters
next month.
The board of directors in
dorsed the bond proposal after
a school board member, Mrs.
Martha Gertwagen, explained
the systems construction pro-
posals.
Money from the bonds would
build classrooms for 81, 900 new
pupils expected to enroll in the
county's schools by 1867. The
plans call for construction Of
10 elementary schools, three
intermediate schools and three
high schools.
The chamber also Endorsed a
home improvement code being
considered by the Board Of
County Supervisors TO protect
residents from fly-by-night
operators and Substandard
workmanship.
Evening star., 1963-04-03
Corridor Plan Seen ADDING
Costs of SeWer-BuiIdinq

ural drainageways, as proposed
in the general plan, the COM
mission said it has received
many complaints about open
drains.
Unless subdivisions are to be
developed so that adequate
areas rather than minimum
easements are provided for
open drainageways such
type of development will lend
itself to continued complaints
from the adjacent property
owners" the letter said.
In closing, the commission
said "this is the proper time .. 4.
to question the feasibility of
economically providing water
and sewage facilities to areas
Of need" under the corridor
plan.
Evening star., 1963-04-03
BY PETER MASLEY
Star Staff Writer

The wedges and corridors
plan for Maryland suburbs is
considerably more expensive
than other proposals, the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission has charged.
1t said a staff study showed
that instead of saving $l2 mil
lion in trunk sewer construc-
ton, the corridor plan would
cost at least So million more by
1880 and even more by the year
1000.
The sanitary commission
struck out at the treatment of
its sewer and water services in
the wedges and Corridors"
plan in a letter yesterday to
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Prefer "ValIey Plan"
The millions of dollars in ad-
ditional cost, it said, stems
from location of corridor cities
on high ground, and increased
sewer construction costs.
Instead, the commission
urged the planners to look at a
Evening star., 1963-04-03
Kidnapping
OfArIington
Youth Feared

Police fear that a 15-year-old
youth, well known among Ar
lington businessmen and law
yers, has been kidnapped or
become the victim of other
foul play.
They have started a search
Of 13 States for Dennis Gordon
Pennington who vanished last
week end after leaving his
home at 2504 North Eleventh
street.
Officer w. X. Davis Of the
Juvenile Squad described the
youth, the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Pennington, as a witty,
imaginative teen-ager with the
gift of conversation and max
ing money.
Dennis left home at 1880
am. Sunday to deliver fudge
which his mother had made.
He was last seen between 3 and
5 am. Monday in a service
station at Wilson boulevard
and Cleveland street. He took
none Of his 5000 in savings
with him and the candy which
would have brought him $40
was found at the service
station.
Mr.. Davis said the Penning-
ton boy, a pupil at Stratford
Junior High School, was a good
student.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pennington
said that ever since Dennis was
2 he had earned money by
doing odd jobs and selling
things. When the family lived
in Harrisburg, Pa, before NOV
ing to Arlington last year, he
sold peanuts, fruit and candy
in the State Capitol where he
became acquainted with the
Governor and other officials,
according to the father.
Evening star., 1963-04-03
THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. c.
Wednesday, April ;, 1863

valley plan," to permit forma-
ton "of an economical drain
age basin pattern in which
open spaces could be preserved
by coming to provide for rural
development in certain basins
or sub-basins."
On open spaces, the commits
sion gave some advice on zon-
ing to the planners.
"Zoning should stand or fall
on its own merits" the letter
said, adding that water and
sewer services should not be
considered as a real or po-
tential pressure force for zon-
ing change"
LagOOns Held Inadequate
Open spaces can be pre-
served by proper exercise Of
zoning authority to keep de-
velopment out Of open space
areas, the letter advised.
The sanitary commission ar
gued that sewage 'lagoons are
not the answer for long-range
development in the general
plan.
Discussing the use Of nat
Evening star., 1963-04-03
British Get
ak Cut in
Tory Budget

LONDON, April 3 (AP).-
Reginald Maudling handed
Britain's taxpayers a $50 mil
lion-pound ($700 million) tax
cut today in a budget calling
for expansion of the British
economy without initiation.
The finance minister liber-
allied social security allow
ances, abolished the tax on
home-owners and took the
first step toward a tax on all
forms of gambling.
1t was a budget designed to
increase the Conservatives fail
ing fortunes. The ruling party
is threatened by economic
troubles and a resurgent
LahIrite opposition.
Mr.. Maudling told the House
Of Commons that Prime Min
lister Macmillan's Conservative
government Is determined to
achieve a 4 per cent annual
rate Of economic growth. 1t
believes this can be done with
out straining the pound sterling
If management and workers
alike Cooperate.
This was Mr.. Maudling's first
budget. Under British govern
mental practice, the budget not
only fixes the rate of govern
ment expenditure but deals
with the whole range Of taxes
and duties. 1t also contains
the weapons by which the cab
met checks or encourages ex-
pansion.
This budget was a brakes
off one even though Mr.. Maud
ling extended for another year
the governments power to
raise or lower indirect taxes at
short notice should the econ
omy demand quick action.
Conservatives cheered as Mr.,
Maudling declared: The theme
is this budget is expansion
expansion without initiation
expansion that can be Sus-
tanned"
Evening star., 1963-04-03

mittee's invitation still stood
for Mr.. Anderson or anyone
else to testify before the COM
mittee. But he emphasized the
committee wanted specific and
public information and would
not receive confidential ma
terial or permit examinations
and inspection Of records cons
trary to House rules.
Mr.. Burleson reported that
in addition to a previously an-
nounced General Accounting
Office investigation of the
alleged property deal, he has
asked the architect Of the
Capitol to look into all avail
able records to determine
whether anyone in or out OF
Congress might have violated
the law.