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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

but it has developed into a
mess.
ut is practically impossible
to make collections from some
of these meters"
Under the mo hands" COL
lection system the treasury di-
vision collectors were to re-
move a locked canister which
holds the dimes from each
meter. Then the canister was
to be turned upside down and
fitted into a key-like object in
a collection device.
But, Mr.. West aid, the can.
nisters are made of such soft
metal that they often gel
stuck in the collection cylinder
In addition, he said, some o.
the doors to the safe-like com.
partment in each meter do MOI
fit properly and are extremely
difficult to open.
THE whole thing" said Mr.
West, has turned out very UNI
satisfactorily,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
Prince William
Budget Hearing
Set Thursday
star staff Writer

MANASSAS, Va, June 15.-
The Prince william County
Board of Supervisors has
scheduled a public hearing at 2
pm. next Thursday on a pro-
posed county budget Of $16,-
182,535.43.
The board has proposed a
tax rate of $3.50 per 500 prop
erty value, which is 40 cents
higher than the present tax
rate. The board, however, voted
to remove the present 81 tax
rate on farm machinery, tools
and livestock. but to retain the
70-cent rate on merchants
capital.
The budget includes $l2,32l,-
878 for schools-$5.422,87 for
school operation and $7,29S,O00
for construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

present contract is due tomor-
row. Mr.. Vessels said the con-
dition of the meters received
tomorrow will have an impor-
tant bearing on what he de-
cides to do about the contract.
Mr.. Vessels said the COM
pany supplying the meters has
been in this field for a long
time and had always furnished
satisfactory meters previously
The District official said he
expects to receive a detailed
report this week on the new
meters from three agencies
the city treasury division
which collects the coins from
the meters; the Highway De-
partment, which maintains the
meters, and the Motor Vehicle
Parking Agency, which decides
where they will be installed.
John West, District treas
urer. said, I'VE were trying to
tighten up on security by buy
ing the yandal-proof meters,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
Pharmacists Set
Virginia Meeting

The s2d Annual Convention
Of the Virginia Pharmaceutical
Association win be held June
23. "a and rs at the Marriott
WinsB Bridges Motor Hotel
Arlington.
About TOO pharmacists and
their wives are expected to at
tend the convention. which h
features the theme Tomorrow
Is Important Today"
Senator Harry F. Byrd, DEM
ocrat of Virginia. and chair
man Of the Senate Finance
Committee. will be keynote
speaker. Speakers at the pro-
fessional meetings will be APA
President Lee E. Eiler, Repre-
sentative Hall, Republican OF
Missouri, a physician, and Lin
wood F. Tice, Dean, Philadel-
phia College Of Pharmacy and
Science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star Staff Writer

Republican members appear
to hold the key to House Dis
trict Committee action on rev.
enue measures for Washington,
The committee is scheduled
to consider financing legisla-
ton for the city Thursday.
There is a sharp split among
the committees Is Democratic
members on two sets of rev.
enue-raising bills. Unless there
are shifts in this lineup, the
votes of the committees 10
Republicans will decide the
questions.
Committee approval of legis-
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tons would need Republican
help.
The pattern has been that
the more liberal Democratic
members are defeated by a
combination of Southern
Democrats and conservative
Republicans.
One possibility this time is a
compromise on the Federal
payment between the flat in
crease to $45 million and the
formula-type measure start
ing at $50 million.
At last Thursdays meeting,
Mr.. Cohelan was prepared To
press for a fixed $50 million
ceiling as q second choice to
approval Of the administra-
tons legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
BNCHARLEs D. PIERCE
So Star staff Writer

Some of the Districts new
parking meters are not only
vandai-proof but also collec-
ton proof. chagrined city Of
ficials have discovered.
Rezford G. Vessels, District
purchasing officer. when asked
how the 4eitg's first yandal-
proof meters are working, said
yesterday that about 10 per
cent of the 500 received SO TAI
appear tobe defective.
In addition. a highly touted
"1o- hands collection system
has begged down because The
tricky mechanical collecting
devices frequently Jam or break
Meanwhile some motorists
Who haze inserted a dime into
the new meters with the ex.
pkctation Of getting so min
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
Cities
and People
They're Big
Boys Now
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS

MOT ONLY irresponsible
1 ' little boys like to play
carelessly with matches-and
fire.
Big boys who should know
better also are inclined that
way, unfortunately.
In recent months there
has been no more certain
place in which to find this
tendency illumined than in
the white-hot pages of an
assortment of giants among
the characterization maya
zines.
In their recent excuses
and exaggerations, an inter-
nal hysteria involving COM
petition and circulation
seems to have spilled over as
the tainted source of divisive
national tensions, feeding a
widening stream of doubt,
confusion and suspicion in
highly charged, pithy, oyer
simplified sentences - With
strong verbs and weak con-
tent-that are better suited
to selling detergents, ciga-
rettes and hair lotion than
to informing readers eager
for facts on which to base an
understanding of complex
issues.
Three weeks ago this space
mentioned that in the June 4
Look Magazine an article en-
titled, "Washington--Portrait
of a Sick City," hardly ex-
hibited the kind of balance
and perspective which that
valuable magazines 7.3 mil
lion circulation might rea-
sonably have been expected
to demand.
AS a national publication
containing another notable
example of carelessly sensa-
tional and inaccurate treat
ment of a serious subject, 1t
might be well also to men
ton here the current issue
of Esquire, and its article
entitled Patterns of Decay"
New slums are Just
around the corner in six ma
jor cities - unless somebody
acts fast" the magazine says,
with a breathless, and by now
all-too-familiar air of crisis
and impending doom.
Westinghouse one might
expect If one is at all ia
miliar with this city's new
popularity as a target for
dire predictions-is listed as
one of the six cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

1T SAYS, AS ANOTHER
example, that an area "just
south Of Dupont circle" Is
now In the process Of going
under" THE truth is, hardly
an area Of the city is the
scene Of more private re-
building and restoration, in
GLIDING both office and
apartment buildings, and
private homes.)
II says, TO cite another ex-
ample, that ironically" the
Redevelopment Land Agency
is located In a new office
building in this area.
(Whereas, In fact, RIA oc-
cupies part Of an ancient, re-
converted apartment build
ing south Of X street In one
OF the most active areas OF
postwar reconstruction
The magazines silliest
statement Of all refers 10
Georgetown. Here. II says, is
a threatened area" existing
ITO the southeast OF George
town University" because AN
institution OF higher learn
ing brings woe TO its sur
roundings."
Far more serious than any
OF these statements, how
ever, is the underlying thesis
OF the comments about
Washington-that slums in
evitably equate with Negro
occupancy. That thesis Is an
unacceptable affront TO all
Washingtonians and all
Americans-both Negro and
white alike.
A responsible magazine
like big boys-should know
better than that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
House Republicans Seen Holding
Key to District Revenue Bills

lation rejecting a compromise
on the pending bills is not un-
likely.
The committee was slated to
take up the revenue-raisine
measures last Thursday. The
session broke up. and was re-
scheduled for next Thursday,
after q protest that some mem
bers could not attend because
the meeting had been called
on such short notice.
Set Wednesday
The meeting had been set
Wednesday after a subcom-
mittee reported out financing
measures sponsored by the
chairman Of the full commit
tee, Representative Mcmillan,
Democrat Of South Carolina.
The subcommittee action
was to reject the flexible fl
nancing proposals backed by
the administration In favor Of
flat increases in the Districts
annual grant from the Gov
eminent and in the city's bor-
rowing ceiling.
One bill approved by the sub
committee, headed by Repre-
sentative Whitener. Democrat
Of North Carolina. would lift
the city's annual Federal pay
ment ceiling from s32 million
TO $45 million. A second bill
would authorize the District to
borrow an additional SIS mil
lion over a period Of years for
general construction projects.
The White House. backed
legislation would set flexible
Federal payment and construc-
ton borrowing ceilings deter
mined by property value for
mulas. For the fiscal year be-
ginning July /, the grant au-
thorization would be $50 mil
lion and the borrowing max
imum would be s225 million.
Six Break Away
The split among the COM
mittee's Democrats on the rev.
enue question was spotlighted
when six OF them broke with
Chairman Mcmillan and in
troduced the Administrations
financing legislation. The pro-
test OF short notice, which won
the one-week postponement.
came from one Of the six. Rep
resentative cohelan, Democrat
Of California.
Most, and possibly all. Of the
committees remaining nine
Democrats are counted as sup
porters OF Chairman McMil-
lan's legislation.
This means that II the
meeting this week Is well at
tended, both Democratic fac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
Retiring Head Of Welfare Council
Sees Group as Community CotoIyst

hope to explain to those still
working toward indignation how
others have desegregated, and
show how often problems an
ticipated never arise" he said
Just SO the mission is ac-
complished, Mr.. Klagsbrunn
doesn't care who gets the credit,
He has used his flair for
action without fanfare. rare in
a publicity-conscious town. To
good purpose during his two
years as hives president,
strengthening significantly the
organizations place In the
community.
Would Rather BE Effective
I'VE could be better known
and understood II we made
headlines daily, but we wouldn't
be as effective" he said. II
would rather be effective"
However. the 54-year-old at
torney wants HWC TO continue
10 speak loud and clear In two
areas In the future as II has
in the past-for more tax dol
lars for adequate health and
welfare programs. and for the
highest possible United Givers
Fund goal.
He wants, too. a loud call
for more welfare volunteers. He
points with pride 10 the 1000
volunteers on hives delegates
assembly. It's main and re-
gional boards, and It's various
committees and conference
groups. but adds. II would like
10 see 10000. or even 100000"
II still viii be a long time
before enough dollars will be
available 10 meet the real
needs Of both public and pn-
yate agencies. Mr.. Klagsbrunn
believes. Volunteers are a vital
need 10 fill the gap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
BY BETTY JAMES
Star staff Writer

Long on awareness Of prob
lens OF the less fortunate.
short OH programs to help
this is the state of citizens
In the Nations Capital today,
Hans A. Klagsbrunn. retiring
president Of the Health and
Welfare Council Of the Ma
tional Capital Area, believes.
But Mr.. Klagsbrunn sees the
community ION the threshold"
of translating awareness into
programs and dollars for them.
Citizens understand as never
before the Importance Of re-
Mobilization and prevention.
Mr.. Klagsbrunn said. He feels
HWC has played a part In
building the growing awareness
that other community prob
lens nave created the welfare
situation here.
Important Points Listed
THE emphasis today Is on
the clear meshing OF welfare
and economic problems-on the
Importance OF employment. Of
Job training and counseling.
and the seriousness OF the drop
out problem" he said.
HWC should act as a cata-
lyst TO stimulate action. en-
couraging It's member agencies
and the community at large
TO ask. what can we do2"
Mr.. Klagsbrunn believes.
The six-year-old organiza-
ton. which is the area-wide
health and welfare planning
group. has worked for desegre-
cation in It's member agencies.
HWC Is supported by the
United Givers Fund, and adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

teachers based on q bellet
that:
Cd The council did not under
stand the effect Of the reduce
ton and was given misleading
information,
CD The present staff now
must be spread more thinly
throughout the school system
so as ito be substantially more
damaging" to education,
CD Surplus funds are avail
able to hire the teachers with
out changing the tax rates.
At the same time, County
Attorney Robert g. Tobin, Jr.,
said he has yet to find any
section Of the law that would.
authorize the council to allo-
cate the funds in q supple
mental appropriation. He is still
researching the matter and
hopes 10 have a formal opinion
for the council on Tuesday.
Council Cut Posts
Council President John A.
Floyd said yesterday he 'pos-
sibly" may have a. statement
on the subject at the Tuesday
meeting. The council, by a four
to-three vote on April Is, cut
the positions at a saving of
$1.2 million.
Councilwoman Kathryn E.
Digs hopes to have by Tues
day a statement she requested
10 days ago Of County Manager
Mason A. Butcher explaining
and reaffirming the Councils
position.
Besides the Committee for
the Public Schools. the letter
carried the names OF Montgom-
cry County branches Of the
American Association Of Uni
versity Women. the Montgom-
cry County Civic Federation,
the Montgomery County League
of women Voters, and the
County Council of PARENT
Teacher Associations.
The evenemegnber s claool
board last week tinanihho1isly
recommended that the council
reconsider the cut. based on
new information concerning
pupil-teacher ratios and teach-
er loads expected in September.
The committee. in a two page
letter. said it could not see any
reasonable question as to the
responsibility and authority Of
the council to provide the funds
"in view of the serious effects
which the cut in teachers will
have on the county school sys-
tenn next fall and the injury it
will cause the children"
Not an Emergency
Mr.. Tobin yesterday reaf-
firmed his earlier belief that
the 200 teachers do not con-
stitute an emergency or a mat
ter Of public health and safety,
for which the Council can
provide supplemental appro-
priations, under the county
charter.
The reduction by the coun-
Gil was made on the recon-
mendation Of its former fiscal
adviser. who said the cut
would increase classroom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
CAMP FUNDFAcTS

How TO send q kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order TO The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail II 10 The Eve
ming Star, Washington 3.
d. c.. or bring cash TO The
Star cashier.
The cost-$43.37 for II
days for one child: $2l.i9
for six days. Lesser con-
tributions are welcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
Official Hit
On Zoning Activity
5 Groups Renew Plea
For 200 New 7 eochers
Montgomery Council Urged to Act
In Light Of 1864 School Figures
BY JAMES B. ROWLAND
Star Staff Writer

The Montgomery County Council yesterday requested
five organizations to It's previous action and renae
funds for 200 additional teaching positions this fall
The Committee for the Public Schools in letter author
lied by four other asked for restoration Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

pupil-teacher ratios to an av-
erage of only Is to /.
A study by The Star last
week on IS Of the 80 high
schools showed that nearly all
English. mathematics, and So
cial study classes in these
schools now have Is or more
students. Educators predict
more crowdeds conditions fol-
lowing the loss of the zoo
teaching positiohsl and an an.
ticipated high sschQelx increase
Of nearly 300 Students,
Miss Diggs said yesterday
the Icountys surplus isAesti.
mated at a little over 81 aiRil.
lion, and she would not want
10 see it wiped ont entirely fOl
school teachers
Would Deplste Funds
If allocated now there would
be no other funds for an emer.
gency occurring in the next IL
months, nor money to use in
the 1964-65 budget, Miss Digs
said. z as5yW
Both she and Mrs. Mary A
Hepburn, another member oil
the Republcah majority, ques-
toned why the school board
would ask for 200 more teach.
ers when their Information in
Dictated, some 200 position,
were not filled last year.
SC hooI Superintendent C
Taylor Wlittier yesterday sale
lall positions have been fillet
and there are no leftover
teacher salary funds that coult
help pay for the 200 positions
He said at5various times o
the year vacancies occur will
teacher designations. and tn
money not needed for these in
term openings is taken int
reconsideration and listed as
lapse account" during bulge
preparations. The lapse &C
count then Is deducted fron
1.-THE total sum needed for
full teaching staff, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Jerry Can't Imagine
Eoting All He Wants

How much anyone eats at
Jerry's house depends on how
fast he gets to the table.
Even II he gets there early,
Jerry said, he still doesn't get
much. That's why Jerry spends
a lot of time at the church
In his neighborhood. For do
ing small chores there. he gets
an apple or some cookies from
the secretary. Or even a little
money.
Ten-year-old Jerry is the
Oldest Of six children. There's
a sister and two sets OF twins.
There are also three fathers,
but they never come around 10
help out.
Share Row House
The children have three mat
tresses on the floor TO sleep
on. They have one bathroom
They share their little row
house with another family.
They have TO use the kitchen
at a certain time, because the
other family uses II too.
Jerry got a few small toys
from a social agency at Christ
mas. but they are broken now.
II Jerry were at Camp Pleas
ant, he would have 10 come 10
meals on time. But there would
be enough for him 10 eat. He
can't imagine that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

Jerry Would Have Bed

II he were at Camp Pleas.
ant, he would have acres ane
acres OF fields and woods II
run In, and q real bed 10 sleer
on.
Your gift could send him
there.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Cubu Murchers
PIod South in
Policy Protest

NEW YORK, May II (AP).-
A group of marchers plodded
southwark today-the vanguard
Of a planned 3,300-mile trek
from Quebec to the United
States naval base at Guam
tanamo, Cuba.
The walk is sponsored by the
Committee for Nonviolent Ac-
ton to protest American policies
and to urge Cuba to moderate
its attitude toward the United
States.
The pacifist organization
plans to start its main body OF
marchers from Quebec May 26
An advance party of about Sc
left Boston Saturday.
The Quebec group, number
ing about 30, will join the Bos-
ton walkers and q contingent
OF Cleveland mixers in Rome
N. Y, about July 3.
After several days Of rallying
and a demonstration in front
Of Griffis Air Force Base, an
undetermined force then will
start hiking south.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Attorney General Sees
Oil Control Inequities

lined problems created by the
ownership of the national pipe
line network by the dominant
integrated companies and the
reciprocal use of such lines
among the select group of own
ing companies"
His predecessor, William P.
Rogers. suggested new legisla-
ton might solve some of the
problems Of pipeline ownership
but made no concrete recon-
along that line, Mr..
Kennedy said.
1T is possible, however, that
orthodox anti trust enforce
ment action could cope with at
least some of these problems, ["
Mr.. Kennedy said, land / be-
lieve such avenues should be
exhausted before seeking new
legislation"
Mr.. Kennedy noted that
some States keep a tighter rein
on oil output than others.
THE effect of this has been
to inhibit the competitive
Evening star., 1963-05-17
By the Associated Press

Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy suggested today that
orthodox antitrust enforce
ment action" could solve some
oil industry problems stemming
from big-company ownership
of national pipelines.
Mr.. Kennedy made the sug-
gestion in a report criticizing
present oil supply control as a
greater burden to independent
producers and refiners than to
corporate giants of the industry.
1t was Mr.. Kennedy's first
report as Attorney General on
the operations of the Inter-
state Oil Compact Commission.
The commission, whose 80
members include the biggest
oil-producing States, was set
up by Congress to help con-
serve the Nations oil supply
and stabilize competition in
the industry.
Mr.. Kennedy noted that pre-
vious reports Of this kind "out-
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Inquest Holds
Man in FotuI
Beating of Wife

A coroner's jury yesterday
held William Jordan, AZ, listed
at the 1900 block of N street
NV, for action Of the grand
Jury In the death Wednesday
morning of his common-law
wife, Edna Mcneil, 33, Of the
same address.
Homicide Squad Detective
Sergt. Samuel E. Wallace testi-
fled that during an argument
at about 10 pm. Tuesday,
Jordan beat his wife with a
cricket paddle about 3 feet
long.
She died the following morn
ing from the beating. which
caused some fatty tissue to
liquify and clog the blood
vesseles in her lungs, accord
ing to Deputy Coroner Jorge
B. Morales.
In another inquest yesterday,
the coroner's jury held Nelson
E. Bush. jr., 20, of the HOO
block Of Owen place NV, for
action of the grand jury in
the hatchet Staying Of william
Jones. II, Of no fixed address.
Mr.. Jones was found beaten
in back of the old Sibley Hos
pital, 1140 North Capitol street,
about / am. on April u. Bush,
arrested later, told police they
had been drinking before an
argument started.
Homicide squad detective
Jack Buch testified at the in
quest that Bush told him Mr..
Jones had asked Bush for a
place to sleep that night. When
Bush said he couldn't do that,
Mr.. Jones swung at his head
with a hatchet.
During a scuffle, Bush said
he took the ak from Mr.. Jones
and hit him with 1t.
Mr. Jones died at the WASH
ington Hospital Center at 2:30
pm. Monday from an abcess
in the open fracture of his
skull, according to Coroner
Richard L. Whelton.
Evening star., 1963-05-17

strength Of those units Of in
dustry whose operations fall
within the areas subject to
most stringent controls" he
said.
by the same token it favors
those companies large enough
that their operations spread
across several States"
Mr.. Kennedy noted that be-
cause major companies can
choose among the States in
which they operate, many
State agencies find it necessary
to use cajolery rather than
compulsion and to tailor pro-
duction limitations to what the
major companies would like. /"