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Evening star., 1963-01-30
BY MYRA MACPHERSON
Star Staff Writer

Robert Frost's Washington
home was fittingly a marble
monument to the written word,
the Library Of Congress. Next
door sits the Capitol, another
building which held its fasci-
nations for the 88-year-old poet
who died yesterday.
In the library lobby is a pic
ture of Mr.. Frost. The face in
the picture is true: the shock
Of white hair, the blue eyes
grown watery but still pene-
trating filled with a look that
commands, tell me what you
are"
The picture reminds the front
desk guard and the elevator
man. the Congressman and the
student OF this poet who shuffled
through the halls so many
times and who walked out OF
there one cold night last fall
after his final Washington
lecture.
Two Washington men who
knew him best and needed no
such reminders yesterday. Sec
retary OF Interior Stewart
Udall and the Library's Con-
sultant in poetry Louis Inter
meyer. were out of town when
they heard Of his death.
Mr.. Untermeyer. on leave Of
absence in Newton. Mass. said
over the phone In a choked
voice that he would attend Mr..
Frost's funeral tomorrow in
Cambridge. Mass.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
WHITE HOUSE OFF LIMITS
Sidewalk Ban Stuns Tour Guides

front of the White House
northeast gate, talking about
the rule.
The regulations passed yes
terday by the District Com
missioners will stop them from
plying their business on the
south Pennsylvania avenue side
walk between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets beginning
March Is.
They all believe the rule will
hurt their trade. But most of
them have developed an at
titude of quiet acceptance.
I'm not going to try and
fight city hall, but 1 think they
could have been more under
standing about U.S." Theodore
Farrah, a licensed guide since
1896. said. He and his brother.
Jerry, often work as a team.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Hunt Wdens
In Vanished
TeucherCuse

A Nationwide plea for in
formation regarding Mrs. Allene
Carol Replane, the Laurel,
Md school teacher who dis
appeared nine days ago, has
been issued by Maryland State
police officials.
Capt. Charles w. McGaha,
chief of State police detectives.
said missing persons circulars
were mailed yesterday to nearly
l, 900 law enforcement agencies
across the country.
Mrs. Replane, a 25-year- old
Prince Georges County substi-
tute teacher. vanished on the
night of January 81 after
teaching an adult sewing class
at Laurel High School. Her
car. its headlights still burning,
was found alongside a rural
road south of Laurel.
State investigators are ad-
mittedly baffled by the absence
Of clues in the case. There
was no sign of violence ir the
missing woman's car and police
have not found any indication
that she might have dropped
out of sight voluntarily.
Her husband, William S. Re-
plane, %. also is a county
teacher. Yesterday, he returned
to his teaching post at Laurel
Junior High School after a
weeks leave of absence.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
, PROFOUND

HE was my dearest friend,
He had a unique combination
of wisdom, humor and warmth.
He was so playful and yet so
profound. He played with
words, ideas and audiences too.
He used TO say that inner seri-
business should have outer hui
NOR"
Once when feeling Ill he
wrote, "the Lord knows don't
drink for inspiration and so
mercifully sends me fever as a
substitute" The mood changed
in another letter of that year.
1888, when he wrote OF his
daughter Marjorie's death in
childbirth: THE noblest OF us
all is dead and has taken our
hearts out Of the world with
her"
But even in the days Of
deepest despair-when his son
committed suicide. when his
wife died. In the long days Of
poverty before the late recogni-
ton at 40-Mr. Frost was, as
Untermeyer said, "a stole made
Of New England granite"
Learned 10 Talk
AS the cares grew less. the
man who Mr.. Utermcyer said
"once was timid and shy and
hated TO read his poetry' be-
came a story teller and a pun
dit who learned to enjoy his
own sharp jibes as well as any
audience.
During press conferences he
would stare quizzically from
under bushy brows until a
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Thieves Get Safe
At AIexundriu Firm

An Alexandria finance COM
pany office was broken into
last night and a small safe
containing an undetermined
sum of money was taken. police
reported.
The burglary was reported
by a custodian. Ulysses Fred
Thomas, 46, who discovered at
q am. that the office of the
Ritter Finance Co., 627 King
street, had been ransacked.
police said.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
PLAYFUL, PROFOUND
Library Was Frost's Home

question came to an end.
1t was in the reporters best
interest that the question not
be inane. Reporters gathered
to meet Mr.. Frost when he re-
turned from Russia last Sep
tember and as one newsman
questioned him pompously. Mr..
Frost cut him short with now.
Just what do you mean by all
that?"
The September Russian trip
was shared with Secretary
Udall, who along with Presi-
dent Kennedy helped Mr.. Frost
realize his longtime interest
In politics.
He even turned Mr.. Udall, a
man better known for noun
tain climbing, into a poet. In
a phone call from Nevada
last night, Mr.. Udall said:
Robert Frost was universal in
his humanity and understand.
ing. .. Now that his lovers
quarrel with the world is done,
all who knew or heard him will
carry with them always the
warm glow Of his words. He
will stand tall among Inn
mortals."
His humanity could not be
hi den, even in Russia. where a
peasant woman penned this
lina tribute:
II you are satisfied NTH the
LIGHT from sun, moon
and stars.
Remember, that somewhere,
there eriStS old farmer
Frost.
Evening star., 1963-01-30

inspections in private garages
would be effective.
On the racial issue. the House
Judiciary Committee heard
nearly six hours of testimony
yesterday on bills which would
ban discrimination in hotels
and restaurants.
Pedro Sanjuan, director OF
special protocol services for the
State Department, urged the
General Assembly to ban dis
elimination. He said the United
States Government is contin-
ually embarrassed over refusal
Of Maryland restaurants to
serve foreign Negro diplomats
Nine Recent Incidents
He said that during the past
three months there have been
nine incidents involving for
eign diplomats at Maryland
restaurants.
During the hearings that
lasted from morning to evening
with a break for lunch and
the formal session of the Gen.
eral Assembly, there we're "a
persons who testified for the
legislation, which has the back
ing Of Gov. Tawes.
About a dozen speakers OPP
posed the antidiscrimination
bill on the grounds that 1t
would be an invasion of the
lights of businessmen to serve
y. hom they choose.
Evening star., 1963-01-30

Optimistically he added: !:
Maybe it will be all right when
the public catches on to where
we are"
ITS going to cut us deep,
just how much remains to be
Seen," another guide, Arthur
Burley, said. He said, however
that in some ways he agrees
with the Commissioners.
Il don't think anyone should
obstruct the White House view, !"
he said.
Walter E. La More, who has
sold sightseeing tours on Penn
sylvania avenue for Is years.
said that although he rule will
hurt. "it's just going to have
to work out. I'm not going to
change jobs"
The most optimistic was
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Industrial PurIey
In Loudoun to
Hear SteeImon
By a star stan Writer

LEESBURG, Va, Jan. 3d.
Dr.. John r. Steelman, chairman
of the Washington Board of
Trades Economic Development
Committee, will be speaker at
a Loudoun County industrial
conference March 25.
Thomas w. diZerega, chair
man of the Loudoun County
Industrial Development Com
mittee, said DR.. Steelman. who
is former economic adviser to
President Truman. will discuss
Metropolitan Washington and
Loudoun County as one econ
omic community.
Mr.. diZerega said the con-
ference, which will open Lou
doun county's bid for industrial
development in the Dulles Air
port area, also will be attended
by Virginia's Gov. Harrison.
The one-day conference will
be held at Goose Greek Country
Club and is expected to be aC-
tended by industrialists from
the eastern United States.
Evening star., 1963-01-30

Samuel Daumit, who said he
has worked the Lafayette Park
side of the street most of the
time anyway.
THE only trouble is, when
everybody is working on the
same side. it's going to be
crowded" he said. 1T sure was
a lot better when we could
work where we pleased.
Most depressed Of all are the
street photographers, with 95
per cent of their business COM
ing from swapping pictures of
tourists leaving the White
House grounds after the morn
ing tours.
A spokesman for the group,
Jack Meisler, said simply:
We're finished"
Evening star., 1963-01-30
EAGERLY, THE RAMBLER

EAGERLY, THE RAMBLER
passed to another comic
book, Worlds Finest Com
les" 1t also sells for IL cents
and has been approved by
the Comics Code Authority.
And here 1t became appar-
ent what has happened to
Superman: Every super
body's gotten In the act.
There is a Supergirl, a Bat
man, an Aquaman and an
Aqualad. There is a Su-
perboy and a Supermaid, a
Cosmic Boy, a Lightning Lad
and a Saturn Girl.
Superman is losing his
identity. All Of the others
dress pretty much like he
does-including the cape
which does not seem to ham
per them in flight. which
they are also capable Of.
But there is a major differ
ence. None OF them tries TO
pose as a reporter, undress-
ing and dressing all the
time, like Superman, or try
ing TO hide what they really
are and what they stand for.
Maybe Superman needs a
psychiatrist.
He's worth saving.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
BY ROBERTA HORNIG
Star Staff Writer

Across the street, in Lafay-
cite Park, the only ones we'll
be able to sell are the birds"
Jerry Farrah, a guide who
has worked the White House
for 30 years, painted this pes
simistic lpicture of his job to-
day. He was commenting on
new District regulations BAN
ming guides and street photog-
raphers from conducting their
business directly in front of the
Executive Mansion.
There's no question that
rule is going to put people out
of work." he said.
Mr.. Farrah was one of about
eight sightseeing guides and
photographers who stood on
Pennsylvania avenue today. in
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Widespread Theft of Clothing
Attributed to NV. Teen-oqers

councils Is active area boards,
Mrs. Trevvett also told the
council that area ST in North
east Washington is fighting
the distribution Of hate litera-
ture oy the Black Muslims.
This is a new wave" of hate
literature, Mrs. Trevvett said.
1t has been appearing in the
Brentwood and Ridge road area
she said.
News TO Ryan
Capt. John A. Ryan, head Of
the Juvenile Bureau of the
Metropolitan Police Depart
told the group this is
news TO me-"
Kenneth W. Parkinson. chair
man OF the council. reported
that the District has settled out
OF court a suit for $1,000 for
payment for revision of the
Bigman report on illegitimacy
among District schoolgirls.
The suit was brought by
Stanley K. Bigman. the sociolo-
gist who wrote the report. Mr..
Bigman sued the District and
the council members by name
In General Sessions Court.
The case was dismissed with
prejudice. Mr.. Parkinson said.
We're quite delighted that
the District Building has finally
seen fit TO pay Mr.. Bigman his
he said.
Council Member O. Howland
Shaw stressed that Mr.. Big
mans decision 10 sue was "an
act Of desperation"
The District Commissioners
Evening star., 1963-01-30

down heavily on today's 'hooli-
ganism' and to determine now
from henceforth that lawless
offenders with all their threat
ening bravado, regardless of
race, shall be confronted with
swift punis h m ent for the
greater safety of the innocent
on which they prey" he wrote.
More than 40 persons re-
quired hospital treatment and
scores more were injured after
the Thanksgiving Day game at
the stadium between st. Johns.
a predominantly white Catholic
parochial school, and Eastern.
an. Overwhelmingly Negro public
school.
Full Report Due
DR.. Hansen said the school
staff is currently studying the
committees recommendations
and that a full report will be
made to the Board of Educa-
ton "for review and further
instructions" The findings, he
said, deserve very careful
study and possible early i'm
fermentation"
"The Citizens Committee
was asked to be completely
candid in assessing the causes
of the stadium riots. The
chairman and committee were
asked to spare no punches.
This they have done, and, de-
spite my personal conviction
that the judgments made are in
some cases out Of balance, even
perhaps, superficial. and, as to
overall pupil behavior, too
highly generalized. the report
has already been Of great value
as a stimulus to an aggressive
attack upon school problems"
DR.. Hansen wrote.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
White House
Moy Review
Sisters Span

A presidential recommends
ton on construction Of the
Three Sisters Bridge may be
sent to Congress next month
along with recommendations
on scope of freeway and transit
proposals.
Charles A. Horsky, President
Kennedy's Special Advisor on
National Capital Affairs, said
he expected the President would
review the controversial recon-
mendation for proceeding with
construction of the bridge.
The District Commissioners,
in a sharply -worded report,
have said the National Capital
Transportation Agency's rec
ommendation against construc-
ton Of the bridge should be
overruled.
The Commissioners report is
very comprehensive and gives
a lot of reasons for building the
bridge" Mr.. Horsky said.
But the report has just been
turned in and Mr.. Horsky said
he had not had time to study
1t thoroughly.
1t will receive careful con-
sideration," Mr.. Horsky said.
The appropriation for the
Three Sisters Bridge has been
withheld from the District bud
get following a recommenda-
ton for q deferral of the bridge
by the National Capital Plan
ming Commission.
The presidential review and
decision on the bridge may take
place without further review by
the NCPC. since the group
voted approval Of the bridge
last year.
However, there are sharp diff
ferences between the District
Commissioners report and the
Meta recommendations. The
Commissioners report may be
forwarded to the Meta for its
review before being sent To
Congress.
Budget Bureau officials have
said President Kennedy wanted
to send a message to Congress
next month on the Meta pro-
posals.
Evening star., 1963-01-30

IT WAS OBVIOUS Super
man was talking with more
exclamation points than he
used to-perhaps a sign of
age.
And once again The RAM
bier was puzzled over Super
mans passion for anonymity
hiding as a reporter. Why
he didn't pose as a banker,
or Congressman or under
taker has never been clear.
Or why he didn't just come
out and announce he was Su-
perman and open an office.
Anyway, The Rambler
jumped right into the epi-
sode, fascinated in seeing the
public's reaction to the fact
that Superman was Just a
sloppy reporter on the Daily
Planet after all.
But this never happens.
1t turns out that Perry had
lost his memory at the time
he sliced up Kent'S clothes.
Then, in running away from
the disheveled Mr.. Kent,
Perry, who is actually the
editor of the Planet, but
doesn't know it at the time,
bumps into a statue of Julius
Caesar. The statue is in the
Hall of Fame in the town of
Metropolis. Superman was
lured to the Hall of Fame by
Perry.
Well, the statue knocks out
Perry. Meanwhile, Superman
is saying, Luckily 1 fore
saw this might happen and
removed my Clark Kent
clothes at super-speed!"
So it is when Perry recov-
ers, he sees Superman and
can't remember he was the
one who cut up Kent's
clothes.
Superman, a bit later on
offers the following expla-
nation to no one in par
ticular: "In order to shock
him Perry from his am
nesia, I used my super
breath to make Caesars
statue float in mid-air. Then,
with my heat vision, / IRA
dated the atoms on the stat
ue's outer metallic surface
to make them glow lumi-
nously."
And the great man adds
sympathetically; Poor Per-
ry! Little does he realize that
he had the Greatest Scoop Of
All-Time."
Evening star., 1963-01-30
The
Rambler
: Catches Up
To Supermon
By JOHN McKELWAY

In a mess OF bubble gum
wrappers and old comic
books, The Rambler picked
up the first news he's had
OF superman in some time.
The impression was that
1t was all over for the man
in the blue union suit. He
had dropped gradually off
the comic pages and had
turned TO television for
a while. Apparently he lost
what audience rating he had
had in this area, for he is no
longer appearing, even in the
early morning hours.
But his followers will be
pleased to know he still gets
into town, using the comic
book medium.
One Of his closest scrapes
is told in Action Comics"
a l2-cent publication APP
proved by the Comics Code
Authority.
On the cover, a man in a
business suit has slashed
open Superman's business
suit with a long knife. Stark
ly revealed under Superman's
shirt is the blue union suit
and the never-to- e-forgot-
ten IS" across his chest.
Superman is saying, "Okay,
Perry! You've finally proved
I'm Supermanl But if you
let the news out, you'll ham
per my fight against crime!
AS an old friend, I beg you
to keep my secret!"
But the man called Perry"
answers: Not a chance, Su-
perman! I'm not your friend!
This is a Super-scoop, and
I'm going to print it! BY to-
morrow the world will know
that Clark Kent is Super
mani"
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Academy Bid Let

The Navy today announced
award of a $7,97O,OOO contract
for partial rehabilitation of
Bancroft Hall at the Naval
Academy, Annapolis. The con-
tract was awarded to John Nc
Shain, Inc, of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Complaint Withdrawn


Complaint Withdrawn
Richard X. Lyon, who was
council chairman when the Big
man report was submitted, took
exception 10 Mr.. Parkinson's
pledge that "as long as I'm
chairman Of this council. l will
not sign any contracts"
Mr., Lyon withdrew his COM
plant after Mr.. Parkinson and
other council members assured
him that no criticism Of him
as council chairman had been
intended.
The story Of the Bigman re-
port goes back five years. Mr..
Bigman started his study Of
illegitimacy among District
teen-age school girls in January
1858. He was paid $4,000 for
his original study. which in
cluded recommendations that
a contraceptive service be in
corporated into the District
Health Department. that sterili-
zation be done at the request
OF the mother at District
General Hospital and that
abortion be permitted In special
cases.
The council did not release
the report. Instead, Mr.. Big
man was asked TO tighten II
up and resubmit II without
recommendations. He was given
a contract for this work in
April, 1860, for the fee set at
$1,000. He turned in his final
report in April. 1861.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Full Probe Is Asked
On Welfare Food
Duncan Seeks
Audit of Entire
Surplus Plan

District Commissioner John
B. Duncan today asked We'll
fare Director Gerald M. Shea
to make a complete investiga-
ton of all employees closely as
sociated with the distribution
Of surplus food.
Mr.. Duncan is the Commits
sioner responsible for welfare
matters in the District.
He called for an investigation
after Mr.. Shea disclosed that
a welfare employe has admitted
taking money from two men
who distribute surplus food to
the needy on a volunteer"
basis.
In return for small payments,
the employe gave the food driv-
ers information on surplus food
delivery routes, Mr.. Shea said.
Mr. Duncan also has asked
the District Internal Audit Of
flee to make an audit Of the
surplus food program.
Mr.. Shea said Frank M. Hal
ley. head of the internal audit
office. will designate a men,
ber of his staff to join welfare
personnel in personally inter-
rogating all 20 persons on the
surplus food staff. The in
terrogation was to begin today.
Extent to Be PrObed
He said he has been told that
so far this does not appear
to be widespread but this will
definitely be determined upon
investigation"
Mr.. Duncan said he welcomes
an inquiry by the United States
Agriculture Department, which
provides the food for distribu-
ton. Mr.. Shea has said the
food distribution problem will
be studied this week by an
Agriculture Department inves-
tigator.
The disclosure involves the
Welfare Departments program
of providing surplus food to
certified welfare recipients.
Last December, the depart
ment's Surplus Food Division
had 1926 active cases on its
relief rolls.
Total 1904
/ Welfare officials said the
eases" are, in effect, families.
The total number of needy
persons for whom the surplus
supplies were destined in De-
cember was 48,044, Mr.. Shea
said.
Recent reports of profiteer-
ing in the food program have
centered on the city's food dis
tribution system. Under the
system, food packages for eligi-
BILE recipients are made avail
able at a central distribution
location-at 357 Virginia ave-
nue. S.W.
Welfare officials have per-
mitted some 20 volunteer"
drivers to pick up the bulky
food packages and deliver them
to recipients unable to get to
the center themselves.
Although the volunteers"
were not licensed to accept fees
| for the delivery service, they
have collected donations" from
the recipients ranging from
Is cents TO ST..
Appeared in Office
The welfare director said the
food division clerk appeared
voluntarily in his office yes
terday and declared that one
Of the two drivers from whom
he accepted money has a GRIM
inal record.
The clerk, Mr.. Shea said.
also admitted giving one of the
drivers a surplus food card
made out in the name of a
person whose eligibility had not
been properly certified.
He said the informant de-
clared he had not taken more
than IS a month from the
drivers. Specific amounts, the
clerk said. ranged from rs cents
Ito S1.50.
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Hansen Criticizes Ports
Of MocC Corthy Report

School Supt. Carl F. Hansen
disagrees with some judgments
made in the citizens committee
ID. c. Stadium violence report
but feels its findings will lead
to improvement" of education
here.
In a letter to Shane Mac
Carthy. who headed the 10
member study committee, DR..
Hansen made it clear he is not
in agreement with some of the
conclusions and recommended
tions of the report, which was
highly critical of discipline in
District schools.
The school superintendent's
letter, dated January Is, was
released late yesterday.
DR.. Hansen noted his per
sonal conviction that the judg-
ments made Gin the report)
are in some cases out of bal.
ance. even perhaps superficial"
The committees conclusions on
overall pupil behavior, he added,
are too highly generalized."
OF Great Value
Nevertheless. "the report mas
already been Of great value as
a stimulus to an aggressive at
tack upon school problems" he
said.
The MacCarthy committees
report has been heralded by
Senate Chaplain Frederick
Brown Harris.
You will stand out as
benefactors Of the Nations
Capital because you we're bold
enough and fair enough TO
diagnose the situation without
fear or favor" DR.. Brown wrote
Mr. MacCarthy.
THE time has come to bear
Evening star., 1963-01-30
Road Toll, RocioI Bors
On Assembly Agendo
Maryland Implied Consent Bill FoiIs;
"a Testify for Anti-Bius Measures
BY PAUL HOPE
Star staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS jan 3O-Maryand legislators struggled today
with two problems that have been botherng them
How to cut down the States highway death toll and whether
to open restaurants and hotels to all races.
State Police Supt Carey Jarman told lawmakers his force
is increasing its unmarked from So to said