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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
Why Earnings Are Down

A report by Norman Strunk,
executive vice president of
the league, and DR.. Leon T.
Kendall. league economist, In
the organizations quarterly
newsletter states "long-run
economic forces are holding
down earnings from mort
gage loans and other long
term investments"
Among these forces Is q
"less buoyant environment"
around direct personal in
vestment in stocks, land, oil,
real property and individual
business, the report states.
Rates of return have been
reduced, but ironically, the
relative risk involved In direct
investments, in equities and
real properties especially,
seems to have increased" the
report states. 1.-THE 1852 stock
market break reminded many
people that the investment
markets hold prospects of
loss as well as opportunities
for gain" The report notes
a slowing, and in some cases
reversal, Of the trend for
homes to rise steadily in
value, making 1t more diff
cult for businesses to get out
Of bad loans without suffer-
ing losses.
A discrepancy between long
and short term interest rates
Is helping to create an "in-
creasing earnings squeeze"
on many of the Nations saw
ings and loan associations
which are paying high short
term dividend rates to savers
while their earnings from
long-term mortgage invest
ments have declined, the re-
port states.
The report by Mr.. Strunk
and DR.. Kendall observes that
these earning problems are
compounded by an increase
in deposits in savings and
loan associations during the
first five months Of 1868.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17
Foxcroft Colony Is Begun

Stuart A. Bernstein g. Co.
Foxcroft Colony, designed
by Edmund w. Dreyfuss and
Associates, will feature q
swimming pool, tennis courts,
a putting green, picnic
grounds and recreation area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17

A tighter hold on the eco
nomic reins by private long
range investors is holding
down earnings from long
term investments despite the
current upswing in business
the United States Savings and
Loan League reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17

The report states that
long term lending among
these institutions In the first
five months of this year is
up 20 per cent over the same
period Of last year. But saw
ings deposits, which draw
high short term dividend
rates, have increased 40 per
cent over the first five
months of 1862.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17

scheduled for occupancy this
fall.
The 17-acre site cost APP
proximately 100000. The
apartments will be built by
the Jerry Wolman Construc-
ton Co. and managed by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17

Construction has begun on
Foxcroft Colony, a 309-unit
apartment complex near
Fairfax Circle In Virginia.
The garden-type project
featuring one, two and three
bedroom apartments is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17

This residence 29O Bronh Avenue S which people hove
through the Christmas time for sole Center ho
dining roOm living Kitchens four poees five bed
three boths hOfb dressing recreation ROOM Oor
ooroqe large porch DECK pu central conditioning
ground Competing dopes dryer deep freeze three
refoerotor and mony other x included at $4,000
below opprud voue Inspection by appointment only through
of the following brokers:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28

LAW VT IH6 oNULANUS. lS51. 00oo west
ern. Tim Holt stars. l0:00-5
my FAVoRTTE SPY" 1912. A pleasant CON-
edy with music. Jane Wyman 11:00-5
Saturday PM.
SWEET ROSIE 0GRADY." 1913. Silly 1890
musical. Betty Cradle. 1880
FLYING LEATHERNEcKS." 1851. Slow war
drama about strict Marine officer. John
Wayne and Robert Ryan. FANG AND
CLAW" 1885. Frank Buck documentary.
1:0o-5
VAS LONG AS YOU'RE NEAR Me-" 1856.
Story of girl who lived her love life twice.
German-made movie. Maria ScheIl THREE
SAILORS AND A GIRL" 1853. Three sailors
in New York with eight months back pay.
Jane Powell, Gordon MacRae. 100
FRESH FROM PARIS" 1855. The world
famous Hollywood night club Moulin Rouge"
is the center of this comy story of hackers
without money. Forrest Tucker ZOO
"THE BICAMIST." 1856. A businessman mar
red to career woman is discovered to have
another wife in another city Edmond o'Brien,
Joan Fontaine and Ida Lupino 2:30-7
LITTLE WOMEN" 1888. Louisa Alcott's
classic story Of four young girls. Katharine
Hepburn and Joan Bennett 400
MONTANA" 1850. Cowboys help to make a
State Of Montana. Enrol Flynn. 500
KANGAROO" 1852. Two fustNes conspire
to kill an aging cattIeman to gain control of
his fortune by legal ruse Peter Lawford
Maureen o'Hara and Richard Boone. 300
"HIGH WALL" 194s. A lady doctor helps a
man regain his memory. then proves he didn't
kill his wife. Robert Taylor 11:00-5
"BY THE LIGHT or THE SILvERY MOON"
1853. A turn Of the century musical comedy
Doris Day and Gordon MacRae lilo
WELLS ISLAND" 1855. The whereabouts of
stolen ruby sends John Payne on a wild
goose chase 11:15-7
"THE LONG GREY LINE" 1855. Tyrone Power
in one Of his best performances as an Irish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28

IepofteT Jonn wayne 1E:90-1
Thursday AN.
STRANGE BARGAIN" 1919. Standard mystery
meIodrama. Jeffrey Lynn. 1905
Thursday PM.
JAZZ HEAVEN" 1929. A young Southern boy
tries to crash New York as a song writer.
Dated light romance Johnny Mack Brown,
Sally 0'Neill. 1:00-5
" MET HIM IN PARIS" 1887. (First-Runl
Gay comedy about the romantic European
a three-week trip. cIaudette Colbert. Mehyn
Douglas and Robert Young. 500
"THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME-" le47. A man,
intending to kill his wife, doesn't succeed,
but through a quirk Of fate. goes on trial
anyway Robert Young. 11:10-5
"TARZAN AND THE MERMAIDS" l94e.
Tarzan battles ruthless white trader Johnny
Weismuer and Brenda Joyce. 1255-9
Fridoy AN.
SYLVIA ScARLETT." 1886. A young girl be-
comes involved with smugglers. Katharine
Hepburn. 1905
Fridoy P.M.
MURRAY CHARLIE, HURRAY" 1871. A hen
pecked husband gets himself in barrel of
trouble. Leon Enrol. 1905
BLAZE OF NOON" le47. About a pilot in
love with the sky who gets married to girl.
William Holden and Anne Baxter. 500
"GUNGA DIN" 1889. Three members Of Her
Malestys Indian Regiment foil native up
rising with the aid of loyal water boy. Cary
Grant, Douglas Fairbanks. jr. 9:00-5
ZONE MINUTE TO ZERO" 1852 A colonel
carries on a romance before leaving for the
pers Of Korea. Robert Mitchum and Ann
Bluh 11:10-5
TREASURE or THE RUBY HILL" 1855. A
rancher steps in the middle Of a fight to
control range land. Zachary Scott. 12:55-9
-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28

THIS LAND IS NINE" A timid school teacher
becomes a hero when his country is overun
by Nazis. Charles Laughton and Maureen
0'hara. 11:l0-5
CONFLICT" 1887. A two-fisted gent breaks
up fake fiqht racket with the aid of a girl
reporter John Wayne. 12:55-9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28
Up From Obscurity

Culture on the culturally conscious
New Frontier has so far been largely a
matter Of bigger and better dinner
parties with higher class entertainment
thereafter. We are therefore delighted
that Congress the other day hauled off
and appropriated five million dollars to
renovate the Old Patent Office Building
for use as a National Portrait Gallery
and a home for the National Collection
Of Fine Arts.
The Old Patent Office Building,
more recently the home Of the Civil
Service Commission, is one Of the au-
thentic architectural monuments Of this
city. Designed in the classical style by
Robert Mills, architect Of the Treasury
and the Washington Monument, the
building deserved to be saved, as now 1t
has been, from the spreading blight of
parking lots.
Perhaps even more important is the
now scheduled rescue OF the National
Collection from It's long invisibility in
the Smithsonian's Natural History Mu-
scum. Tucked away behind the largest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28
Above IdeoIoqy

The catastrophe that has shattered
Skopje in Yugoslavia is one Of those ter
rible things that nature inflicts upon
man when 1t suddenly ceases to be be-
nign and becomes, instead, red in tooth
and claw. Reports from the ancient
Macedonian metropolis tell of ruin on a
vast scale and an appalling death toll.
Political considerations, the theological
differences that divide nation from ma
ton, count for nothing in the presence
Of such matchmaking tragedy. That
is why peoples on both sides of the Iron
Curtain, acting as members of humanity
rather than doctrinaire followers Of this
or that party-line, have been quick to
extend not only their sympathy, but
also concrete aid to Skopje's survivors.
Here mans character is revealed at its
best; here is what must be harnessed
around the world as the essential in
gredient OF a decent and enduring
peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28

elephant ever brought back dead and
hung obScurely high above several acres
of curios IN cases, the pictures OF the
National Collection included this Ma
TONS most extensive holdings in It's
own art.
The National Gallery Of Art-a name,
incidentally, which once belonged to
what is now the National Collection-of-
ferS a marvelously public view Of the
greatness of European painting from the
18th to the early goth century. It is high
time the American government made
American art visible in the American
capital. The new housing for the Ma
tional Collection will be an important
step in that direction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28
Rhuborb in the Roses

Sensitive as we are, not to say
touchy, about the accuracy of Journal
istic Interpretation Of governmental ut
terance, we were grateful to Press Sec
rotary Salinger for clearing up the mis-
understanding about President Ken
nedy's remarks in the Rose Garden to
Boys Nation.
The President told the young boys
he thought they'd done better than the
old boys meeting simultaneously at the
Governors Conference in Miami.
Showed more initiative in some ways"
that was the clause. And the reporters,
fallible and all too human, jumped to
the wild conclusion that the reference
was to the quality Of initiative shown by
the Democratic majority Of the Govern
ors in suppressing discussion and action
on civil rights.
The press, in its defense, made
this mistake because civil rights seemed
to be the only thing the Governors were
doing anything about at all-or not
doing anything about, that is. Now
there remains only the question Of what
Mr.. Kennedy ,Dds thinking Of. The boys
at Boys Nation elected teen-age Gold
waterite as their leader. Could the Pres
ident have meant that initiative2
The more you think about 1t, the
more you have to agree with Mr.. Sal
niger: The President couldn't have
meant anything except compliment
to the boys. The comparison was open
ended. The boys initiative was more"
the way cigarettes and detergents are
better: not better than something
else, Just better. This form Of speech,
known to grammarians as the "agency
comparative" is, Of course, the invention
and indeed the livelihood Of the adver-
Using business, and the conclusion
seems obvious.
Madison Avenue, thou hast con-
quered.
Again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28
Domesticoted Rats

Rome is known for Its pig
cons, Yellowstone Park for its
bears, but wouldn't 1t be q
shame for Washington to be-
come known for its rats2
Norwegian rats, among the
largest in the world, scamper
and play around the foun-
tain In Dupont Circle. They
clutter our Government Of
fees. I experienced the final
outrage. AS ] ate my lunch
by the side of the Potomac
two rats huddled around
someone's lunch remains Just
30 feet away. After they fin
ished, they came TO within six
feet Of me, begging like tame
squirrels.
The increasing domesticity
Of Washington rats - for
which the Sanitation Depart
ment must be held RESPONSE
ble-does not remove their
hazard to health. Humorous
as may be the sight Of rats
begging by the river bank,
their presence In tenements
and even we'll maintained
neighborhoods causes grim
problems. Jack Martinelll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28
Musical Mixup

In your Sunday edition OF
July 81 John Haskins' review
Of La Boheme" at the Carter
Barron Amphitheater con-
tanned two errors.
Francesca Roberto, who was
listed at the head of the pro-
gram, actually sang Mimi. |"
Josephine Guido, who was
named in the review, did not
appear in La Boheme." She
sang Wednesday night in the
Barber Of Seville" and left
after the performance for
New York.
Calvin Marsh did not sing
"Marcello." He traded roles
with Russell Christopher, who
was originally scheduled to
sing "Schaunard."
All Of this information was
In the program which was
handed out to the audience
before the performance.
Hampton E. Brown III.
Editors note: Mr.. HdSkinS
says he suffered a mental
short circuit" and offers par
ticular apologies to francesca
Roberto. a fine young sing
inc actress.
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Ii. 3-5O00I

Shame on you! You have
been complaining about the
telephone c any's all
digit dialing but you have not
acted. Get off your editorial
posterior and strike. So what
If the phone company calls
you 543-5000. Let the public
know that you still are LIN
coin 3-5000I Boldly print it
on the editorial page. Print
it twice on your masthead,
in letters as big as your alias,
The Evening Star. If per-
chance you should ever for
get the 543-5000 equals Lin
coin $4,000, you could always
look on your telephone dial,
upon which the phone COM
pany has left digits and let
tiers, something many critics
seem to have forgotten.
James Joseph Nugent.
Editors Note: Alas, The
days OF lettered dials are
numbered, too,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28
Who's to Plan?

The National Capital Regional Plan
ming Council and the Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments are
engaged in power struggle over which
Of them is to be entrusted with the task
Of co-ordinating regional planning. If
left to themselves they might adopt the
procedure Of the Kilkenny cats and de-
stroy each other But they cannot be
left to themselves. The issue must be
faced and resolved by the local govern
ments within the Metropolitan Area.
The violent verbal attack on the
Council Of Governments by member
of Alexandria's City Council last week
may be followed by other city or county
governing bodies. The substance Of such
attacks is to obscure the issue by at
tempting to discredit the Council Of
Governments, its aims, its motives and
its executive personnel. A comparable
attack in Montgomery County resulted
in the county's unwise withdrawal from
the council But the real issue cannot be
wisely resolved In that fashion.
considered decision, by each Of the local
governing bodies-11 Of which now con-
stitute the Council of Governments. The
decision should rest on which Of the
competing agencies is best able to I'M
dertake the responsibility of regional
planning for interstate freeways, transit
lines, sewer projects, water supply and
other facilities required in the Metro
politan Area, with due regard for local
autonomy.
Last month the Council of Govern
ments agreed to submit its proposals for
legislation, including its request to be
chartered, to each Of the local govern
ments for their review and approval.
At the same time, it proposed that the
Regional Planning Council, an agency
financed by Federal appropriations,
should do likewise.
This was wise move. But because
of bureaucratic red tape, apparently
there has been a delay in presenting
the legislative proposals for the regional
planning council. So instead of conSid-
ering the large, overall issues and COM
pairing the two proposals, regional
planning council supporters are attack
ing the agency established by the local
governments They warn that this
agency, wholly controlled by the local
governments, is planning to undermine
and destroy their autonomy and es-
tablish an all-powerful Federal bu-
reaucracy.
That is pure nonsense. But, involv-
ing as 1t does so many personalities,
prejudices and self-serving ambitions,
it is a sort Of nonsense which is likely
to play a prominent part in the debate
that is developing,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28
Sides With Lawrence

More power to David Law
renee for his consistency in
unfolding the letter Of the
law" as defined by our Con-
stitution. Dean Miller states
that the law should be flex-
ible and various conflicts or
differences Of opinion can be
debated and decided by
people Of authority in our
Government. Does he mean
that right" and wrong"
changes with each genera
tion?. Twenty-Five years or
more ago our Supreme Court
would have been shocked at
the thought Of declaring that
prayer in public schools was
contrary to our Constitution.
But, today, the decision by
current members Of our
court hold this to be a
truism.
II the Constitution is to be
q consistent guide, then 1t
should be followed closely
now as in the days Of our
forefathers. Otherwise, II the
law Is flexible, then who
among us is capable Of decid-
ing whether any decision is
in the middle. the far left
or the far right2 Is Dean
Miller inclined to allow flex-
Utility Of the Constitution so
as to permit aid by our Gov
eminent TO private schools
or would he spring quickly TO
the defense Of Rule Of Law"
as he applies II to our South
ern brethren2 Though every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28
Pentoqon Parking

Thanks to The Star for
publishing the discrimina-
ton against United States
made cars at the Pentagon
parking lots. The Star under
stated the facts in that the
discrimination applies to 72s
lanes rather than Just one
half Of one lane.
The small car lanes were
converted by narrowing the
individual spaces in the pre-
vious normal-size car lanes.
The length Of each space re-
mains the same after the
conversion. Thus there can
be no excuse for setting a
length limit on small cars
to discriminate against those
made in the United States.
BY examining the list Of
cars meeting the length and
width limits, it is evident the
discrimination against United
States-made cars is deliber-
ate. One foreign car is listed
as meeting this standard, al
though it's width is listed by
the Pentagon as being be-
yond the width limits.
To understand the rules
at the Pentagon, one must
understand that the Military
District Of Washington and
its staff Of General Services
Administration employees do
not have the goal of making
these parking areas serve the
convenience of the Pentagon
agencies, the employees. or
the general public. Instead,
they issue rules and follow
policies that create the maxi
mum need for additional en-
ployes to administer.
A 500 cut in their per-
sonnet would be the most
effective step possible to cor
rect the situation.
PentagOn EmplOye.
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slavery, and that the officers
are treated with unmeasured
abuses. OF the latter there
was no doubt whatever. I
have conversed with several
officers who were exchanged
and they all tell me that the
first question asked them was
whether they commanded
Negro troops. II the response
was in the negative, they
were told that 1t was for
tunate for them E.. else
they would be hung or shot.
There is but one opinion
with regard to the treatment
our wounded received In
Charleston. It was cruel,
shameful, barbarous. Nearly
every sentiment Of humanity
seems to have departed from
these South Carolina
wretches. The slightest gun
shot wound, which our army
surgeons would have soon
healed, immediately sug-
gested to these professional
butchers the knife, the saw,
amputation. and, in this cli-
mate, DEATH" On August 3,
1868, this paper printed an
order from President Lincoln,
dated July 80. 1853, In which
the Chief Executive took
cognizance Of reported in
human treatment Of Union
troops: 1T is the duty
Of every government to
give protection TO its citizens,
Of whatever class, color or
condition. and especially TO
those who are duly organized
as soldiers in the public serv-
ice. The law Of nations and
the usages and customs Of
war. as carried on by civil
ICED powers, permit no dis
tinction as to color in the
public enemies-to sell or
enslave any captured person,
on account Of his color. and
for no offense against the
law OF war, is q relapse into
barbarianism and q crime
against the civilization OF the
age. The Government OF the
United States will give the
same protection TO all Its
soldiers; and II the enemy
shall sell or enslave any one
because Of his color, the Of
Tense shall be punished by
retaliation upon the enemy's
prisoners In our possession
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-28
so Years Ago

A Sunday outing IN the
family automobile was not
as perilous so years ago as
it is today, but 1t was still
an adventure. The Stars
automobile editor, Howard
Fisk, wrote on July ~, 1918.
of a 73-mile trip to Piney
Point, Md, In q roadster:
%. Just after leaving T. B.
we encountered President
Wilson returning from La
Plata, where he had at
tended a sandlot ball game.
Laying over an hour In
Leonardtown, we prepared
for the most strenuous part
Of our journey. Our lead
for the greater part Of this
leg was to follow the tele-
graph wires. While many
motorists have imagined that
the road between Leonard
town and Piney Point is i'm
passable, such Is not the
case. >. We did have to
pick our way through some
almost hidden roads and by
paths, and owing TO the mar
rowness Of some Of the
stretches Of the road between
towns and the numerous
curves, 1t is advisable to
make frequent signal warn
inRs. :" 81
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100 Years AGO

The forts IN ana around
Charleston Harbor were the
targets Of steady bonn
bardment by land and sea
during July, 1868, but the
Union could not add them
to its growing list Of war
prizes. One of the main OBJ
jectives was Fort wagner on
Morris Island, which the
North hoped to take and
turn its guns on Fort Sum-
ter. Day after day, land bat
teries and troops under COM
mand of Gen. Quincy Adams
Gilmore and ironclads Of the
fleet Of Admiral John A.
Dahlgren pounded away at
Fort Wagner. Union troops
under Gen. G. c. Strong took
possession of most of Morris
Island and pushed to within
rifle range of the fort. In
deed the saith Massachusetts,,
composed of colored troops,
actually gained a foothold
and planted its colors within
Fort Wagner, but they were
driven back with heavy
losses. The North was ang-
cred when 1t learned that
Robert Gould Shaw, a white
officer of the 54th, had been
buried by "vindictive rebels"
beneath Negro soldiers in a
common grave. The Star Of
July 81, 1868, reported the
fighting was especially bar
barrie. It quoted a New York
Tribune correspondents dis
patch from Morris Island:
"It appears -. that Col.
Shaw. instead Of having been
killed by a Charleston mob,
as was first believed, was
shot In the heart lin the
attack on Fort Wagner) and
buried in a pit with rs Ne
groes. The Charleston papers
all say that $50 Of our killed
we're buried after the as
sault. This extraordinary
proportion OF the killed
to the wounded could not
have been reached without
indiscriminate numbering Of
our soldiers, after they had
fallen wounded and helpless.
Our entire loss, In killed,
wounded and missing, ac-
cording to official reports,
was but l,517; II $50 Of that
number were buried, as rebel
officers and rebel newspa-
pers solemnly assert, 1t was
the most fearful slaughter,
considering the numbers en-
gagged, Of the war. -. The
officers and men Of the 54th
Massachusetts, will not be
given UP, nor has It yet been
positively ascertained what
has become Of them. Unof-
fetal reports say that the
Negroes have been sold into