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(ills Awaiting
His Signature
Some Measures Sent
To Department Heads;
Vetoes in Prospect
By the Auociattd Pr*M
ANNAPOLIS, April 18.—Gov. Lane
went back to work yesterday on a
stack of legislative enactments that
must be examined further before he
can sign them.
The Chief Executive said the
attorney general’s office was busy
screening the remaining measures,
too. Some of them have been re
ferred to the various departmental
heads for comment.
Mr. Lane said, “I don’t want to
be in the position of interferring
with their administration, so I am
asking for their opinion on some
of the bills. After that I will see
how we agree and decide either
to sign or veto the bills.”
He said he didn’t think there
would be any more bill signing until
late next week, possibly Thursday.
He repeated, however, his desire to
have the enactments disposed of as
soon as possible.
vetoes in rrospeci.
A fair number of the bills will
be vetoed because they are either
in conflict with other measures
passed or because they set forth
legal policies which the Governor
opposes.
Screening of the bills by the Gov
ernor and his advisers has moved
faster than in the attorney gen
eral’s office as shown in Wednes
day’s signing. At that time, the
Governor had 140 bills, which in
his opinion were ready for signing,
but they had not yet been studied
by the attorney general’s office.
So far the Governor has an
nounced no hearings on any of the
controversial measures, but there
is a chance that some will be held.
Senate Bills Listed.
A list of some of the House bills
signed was published yesterday.
Among the Senate bills signed are
the following:
SJR 6—Requesting a committee
to study desirability of transferring
the Chesapeake Bay Ferry system
should a bay bridge be built.
SB 9—Authorizing distribution of
a portion of income tax revenues
to Baltimore, the counties and
municipalities.
SB 11—Providing for payment of
recordation tax proceeds to Balti
more and the counties.
Certification of Schools.
SB 34—Providing that schools
charging tuition be certified by the
State superintendent of schools, ex
cept religious institutions and those
chartered by the State.
SB 63—Amending generally the
unemployment compensation laws,
changing benefits and regulations
for applicants.
SB 64—Providing for annual ses
sions of the General Assembly, sub
ject to referendum,
SB 74—Providing for, payment of
the executive secretary of the board
of natural resources, adding two
new members to the board and
abolishing the position of chairman
of the Maryland Publicity Com
mission.
Women for Jury Service.
SB 99—Qualifying women for
Jury service.
SB 101—Providing for pay and
terms of members and employes of
the State Racing Commission and
requiring payments by tracks to the
commission.
SB 164—Providing for emergency
rent control in Baltimore and 10
counties.
SB 166—Changing from 14 to 16
the minimum age under the com
pulsory school attendance act.
SB 227—Increasing the personnel
of the Anne Arundel County police
force and raising force pay.
SB 283—Providing for Charles
County Orphans' Court judges
traveling expenses.
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SB 285—Reducing the size of the
classes of elementary schools from
35 to 30.
SB 287—Providing for increases
In salaries of teachers and prin
cipals.
SB 292 — Authorizing Charles
County Commissioners to borrow
$800,000 for improvements to public j
school buildings.
SB 301—Providing for distribution j
of State school funds and increas
ing the equalization fund tax rate
from 56 to 65 cents.
SB 305—Exempting Chesapeake
Beach farm lands (Calvert County) ;
from town taxes.
SB 306—Authorizing North Beach
(Calvert County) to borrow $250,000
to provide sewerage.
SB 327—Relating to the pay and
expenses of the Calvert County
sheriff.
Financing of Roads.
SB 359 — To provide for the
financing, planning and mainte
nance of State public roads.
SB 360—Providing for the retire-:
ment of all Chesapeake Bay fern
bonds.
SB 361—To terminate the term of
the present State employment com
missioner June 1 and permit the
Governor to appoint a new com
missioner for two years.
SB 362—To terminate the term of j
Motor Vehicle Commissioner W. Lee
Elgin June 30 and empower the
Governor to appoint a new com
missioner for two years.
SB 364—Authorizing the Calvert
County Commissioners to borrow
$500,000 for schools.
Darnesfown Farmer Killed
When Tractor Overturns
Milbert Thomas Butts, 33, Darnes
to»n (Md.) farmer, was killed yes
terday when a tractor overturned,
Pinning him under it.
According to Montgomery County
Police, a 14-year-old helper, John
G- Jackson, colored, endeavored to
free Mr. Butts, but could not move
the heavy machine which had fallen
CR his neck.
The boy ran to a neighbor’s house |
*Rd tailed the Gaithersburg Rescue!
«iuad Dr. Prank J. Broschart
Montgomery County coroner, issuea
* certificate of accidental death.
^°9e Registrar Named
J-h'R.AV, Va„ April 18 (Special).— !
o Pag? County Electoral Board !
'®ERounced John P. Pox will be i
tr*r ior Springfield district. He 1
Jajnes Judd, who has i
eQ from the district. jl
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Workmen shown removing
shrubs in East Potomac Park
to make way for approaches
to be built to the two pro
posed bridges, which will span
the Potomac River.
Cherrry Bloom Queen
In Bethesda to Be
Crowned Tomorrow
The annual Bethesda-Chevy Chase
cherry blossotft festival will be re
sumed tomorrow after a lapse of
six years, when Miss Nancy Darby
of Gaithersburg reigns over festivi
ties on grounds of the Bethesda
Naval Medical Center.
First on the all-afternoon pro
gram arranged by the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Community Council
will be a showing of the blossom
ing cherry trees in Kenwood. Cars
will be routed through three miles
of streets borddTed by the trees be
ginning at noon.
The’ queen and her two attend
ants, Misses Ann Foster and Jeanne
Smith, will drive along the route
led by a police escort beginning
about 1:30, before they go to the
Naval Medical Center for the
coronation.
Band to Open Festivities.
The Washington Oas Light Co.
Band will open festivities at the
Naval Medical Center grounds with
a concert at 2 pm. The queen and
her two attendants will arrive at the
grounds shortly after 2 and will be
escorted to their places on the plat
form on the parapet in front of the
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. MISS NANCY DARBY.
—Brooks Studio.
hospital. The Rev. Otto Scheutze
of Christ Lutheran Church will pro
nounce the invocation. Representa
tive Margaret Chase Smith of Maine
will speak.
Miss Darby will be crowned queen
of the festival around 2:30. After
her coronation, the queen and her
attendants will receive gifts from
Bethesda merchants. William Leb
ling, master of ceremonies for the
festival, will present the gifts.
A one-hour pageant, consisting of
folk dances, a capella choir music
and a parade of flags of the United
Nations, will be presented by stu
dents of Bethesda-Chevy Chase
High School, Leland Junior High
School, Anna May Kraft Dance
School, Boy Scout Troop 11 and
Girl Scout Troop 211.
Trees to Be Sold.
Cherry trees will be sold through
out, the aftrenoon by garden clubs
of the Bethesda area.
The Rev. E. T. Fisher of Our
Lady of Lourdes Church will say
the benediction.
The medical center whert the
program will take place is located
on the Rockville pike, just outside
of Bethesda. Parking accommoda
tions will be provided along the
pike.
The grounds in front of the
parapet where the entire program
will take place, will accommodate
10,000 to 15.000 persons, the commit
tee on arrangements estimated
Red Cross to Organize
Fairfax Disaster Teams
A decentralized plan for the or
ganization of disaster service in
Fairfax County has been adopted by
:he Fairfax County Red Cross Chap
ter. Disaster teams will be organized
m each of the six magisterial dis
ricts, it was announced by John W.
rownley and Mrs. Charming M. Bol
nn, co-chairmen of the Disaster
Service Committee.
Chairmen of the various subcom
mittees are Joseph E. Beard, survey;
Ubert E. Gorham, rescue; Dr. Nel
son Podolnick, medical and nursing
dd; Col. Clyde L. Eastman, shelter;
3ayard D. E%ms, food; Miss Jesse
fammerly, clothing; Mrs. William
3. Freeman, registration and infor
mation; Mrs. C. E. Randall, public
nformation; John H. Rice, purchase
ind supply, and Mrs. Barbara C.
sox, single family disasters.
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This magnolia tree, standing in the way of the approach
to the bridges which will replace the present Fourteenth street
bridge, is being prepared for transplanting to another park
area. —Star Staff Photos.
Shrub* are tied and roots wrapped so the bushes may be transplanted to other park areas.
Practically all the shrubs and rose bushes in the East Potomac garden will be moved and are ex
pected to thrive in their new locations. ■ f
Five Liquor License
Transfers Approved
In Prince Georges
The Prince Georges County Boarc
of Liquor License Commissioner!
approved five transfers and two nev
applications, denied two applica
tions and continued one licensi
transfer at its meeting yesterday
in Upper Marlboro.
Request for a permit by Johr
Donovan Stancliff for the Lanhan
Tavern at Lanham was disapprovec
after a delegation of citizens wh<
claimed to represent 80 per cent o:
the residents of the area protested
Also turned down was the appli
cation of George Washington Sulli
van for the George Washingtor
Sullivan establishment at Ardmore
Granted were requests for nev
permits from Leah Fisher, Fisher’!
Liquor Store, Upper Marlboro, anc
Mary Maude Gray, Shady Oak Inn
District Heights.
Transfers were approved as fol
lows: Ralph Mishkin from Philif
Greenberg, Silver Hill Market, Sil
ver Hill; Edwin Brask from Georg<
Samaras, Chicken Grill, Beltsvilh
Heights: Robert Holtzman frorr
Morris Cofl. Kaywood Delicatessen
Mount 'Rainier; John Andersor
from Lucile Taylor, Federal Grill
Berwyn, and Esther R. Smith froir
Lucy H. Myers, Beltsville Tavern
Beltsville.
Application for a transfer of Mar
tin L. Palmer from Jacob Schuman
the Madison Market, Hyattsville
was continued.
Benefit Dance Tonight
Will Assist 4-H Girls
The Land Ladies' Club, made up
of wives of former employes of the
Land Utilization Division, Agricul
ture Department, will give a dinnei
dance at 7'15 o'clock tonight at the
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
Porceeds of the affair, an annua]
event to enable 4-H Club girls tc
attend Club Week at the University
of Maryland.
Tuck Says He Was Misquoted
On Labor Union Membership
•y tht Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va„ April 18.—Gov.
Tuck said Jack Smith, president of
the Virginia Federation of Labor,
had misquoted him in his views on
membership in labor unions.
Mr. Smith, in discussing a con
ference with the Governor earlier
. this week, quoted the chief executive
| as saying he “would like to see every
I worker a member of a labor organ
ization.”
The Governor said yesterday that
in his talk with the VFL representa
! tives on Tuesday, “I told them that
the ‘right to work’ bill will be ob
served by the State.
"I did point out that the bill
states on its face that it does not
apply to existing contracts. I also
stated that I am not opposed to
labor or to labor unions, but I did!
not state as Quoted that I ‘would
like to see every worker a member
of a labor organization.”
“Whether a man does or does not
belong to a labor organization, or
to any other organization, will not
in the slightest affect his right to
work on a State construction projejt.
This is a fundamental right whifh
the Commonwealth will respect.”
The conversation between Gov.
Tu<?k and the VFL representatives
followed a statement made by the
Governor last Saturday that a “strict
open shop" policy will be followed
on all State construction projects.
The Governor said this policy will
be in accordance with the "right to
work” law which becomes effective
April 30.
Alexandria Offer to Buy
3 U. S. Buildings Approved
The Federal Works Agency has
approved a $60,000 offer by Alex
andria for two USO buildings and
one school, which were built by
the Government during the war,
it was announced yesterday.
The three buildings are the Cam
eron street USO, the Pendleton
street USO and the MacArthur
School. They originally cost $96,
000, $66,000 and $88,000, respec
tively.
The necessary papers must be pre
pared before the sale finally is
executed, according to City Man
ager Carl L. Budwesky. He said
that the two USO buildings will be
used for recreation and the school
will be continued as at present.
Man Fatally Shot in Home
Albert Brooks, colored. 224 North
Henry street, Alexandria, died in
Alexandria Hospital early ' today
after being shot last night during
| an argument at his home. Police
Isaid they are holding his wife,
Emily Brooks, for investigation.
Pupils Carried Resignation
Of Teachers, Yane Says
Boris S. Yane, former president of
the Patrick Henry Parent-Teacher
Association, today said he will ap
<fceal to the State school superin
tenent because pupils were used as
messengers to deliver faculty letters
of resignation from the PTA to
parents.
He said he is writing G. Tyler
Miller, State superintendent of pub
lic instruction to report action he
attributed to G. F. Bagby, principal,
who, with 19 teachers, resigned from
the parent-teacher group Tuesday.
Specifically charged was the de
livering of copies of letters of resig
nation to parents by the school
children.
The letters should have been
malied, Mr. Yane said, because many
children read them.
“We want them to retani their
love and respect for the teachers,”
Mr. Yanes said. “If there must be
differences between the principal
and the PTA. at least let us keep
the children out of it.”
Tuck Orders Seizure
Of Suburban Phone
Facilities May 14
ly the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va.. April 18. —A
proclamation was issued today by
Gov. Tuck stating that at 6 a.m.,
May 14, the plants and equipment
of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele
phone Co. of Virginia, Inc., located
in Alexandria, Arlington County and
Falls Church would be taken over
by the State.
The proclamation, which was
virtually the same one issued
Wednesday stating that the Com
monwealth would seize the tele
phone company’s plants in other
areas of Virginia May 17 in event
of a strike of Virginia Federation of
Telephone Workers, was accom
panied by an executive order desig
nating the State Corporation Com
mission as the Governor’s agents
to operate the facilities.
The new proclamation and execu
tive order were issued because a
strike of employes of the company
in the Alexandria-Arlington area
was scheduled for 6 a.m., May 14,
three days before a strike notice
filed by the VFTW becomes effec
tive.
The State Corporation Commission
will begin shortly a survey of Virginia
Telephone workers to determine
how many will work for the State
if a strike is called May 17.
The proposed survey was an
nounced by a spokesman for Gov
Tuck yesterday after a conference
of representatives of the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co. and the
Virginia Federation of Telephone
Workers adjourned without achiev
ing tangible results in their effort
to prevent the strike. Prepara
tions for the survey began after a
conference between Corporation
Commission officials and the Chesa
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.,
whose facilities will be used by the
State in the event of a strike.
Five-Man Safety Group
Appointed in Alexandria
A flve-man committee to keep the
public “safety conscious” has been
appointed in Alexandria.
The committee, formed at the re
quest of Gov. Tuck's Council on
Safety, comprises Robert T. Mitchell
of the A. B. & W. Transit Co., City
School Supt. T. C. Williams, Police
Chief John S. Arnold, David D.
Squires of the Chamber of Com
merce and Philip B. Hall, assistant
to the city engineer.
City Engineer C. Luckett Wat
kins selected the committee and
said that it will supervise local par
ticipation in a State-wide safety
campaign.
High School Heads to Meet
BALTIMORE, April 18 UP).—
Changes in the Maryland high
school curriculum will be considered
by principals of the institutions at
their fourth State-wide meeting
here May 1-3. They will take up
proposals to broaden secondary
school curricula to tie in with the
six-year elementary school program.
College Construction Program Provides 13% More Space
By George Beveridge
The United States Office of Edu
cation has approved temporary
classroom construction at govern
ment expense of 13 per cent more
buildings than American colleges
now have, an official of the office de
clared today.
Federal aid is necessary to help
carry schools' increased enrollment
leads, swollen to 50 per cent over
their peacetime peak, said Ernest
V. Hollis, chief of the office’s vet
erans’ educational facilities pro
gram. Mr. Hoilis spoke before the
West Virginia College Association
at Charleston, W. Va,
The official said he has approved
emergency construction of 20,000.000
square feet of temporary building,
based on needs found in a survey
of 1,200 schools completed this
month.
Mr. Hollis said his office has asked
the Senate Appropriations Commit
tee to include $20,000,000 in the
present deficiency bill to supplement
funds already set aside. Congress
last year appropriated $75,000,000 to
finance the temporary construction
under a program administered by
the education office and carried out
by the Federal Works Agency.
Space for Students Reduced.
Contracts to colleges have already
been let for 14,000,000 square feet of
the building. But the cost, he said,
will run over $69,600,000—leaving
only $6,000,000 lac the other 6,000,000
feet of building already approved.
Before the war, under conditions
Mr. Hollis described as “just barely
livable." colleges averaged 200 square
feet of property for each student.
Now. he said, the 2,100,000 students
average only 145 feet of residential,
classroom and other space.
“But the $64 question is how
schools are going to provide space
for another million students in
three years,’’ Mr. Hollis observed.
He said schools estimate they will
pick up 600.000 more students this
year, with 3,000,000 enrolling in 1949
and 3,300,000 in 1950.
Mr. Hollis told the educators his
survey covered only "immediate
emergency needs.” The schools say
b
t \
that under ideal conditions they
need 75.000,000 more feet of residen
tial building and 135,000,000 feet of
nonresidential, he declared. They
now have 77,000,000 feet of residen
tial building and 150,000,000 feet of
other space.
Biggest need now is for shop and
laboratory space, with classrooms,
gymnasiums, libraries and cafeterias
following, he said.
Schools Here Respond Heavily.
Mr. Hollis said he expects to hear
from about 200 more schools cov
ered in the survey. When they re
spond, he said, the study will repre
sent 95 per cent of all schools in
the country.
Local schools responded heavily
to the survey, it was learned—prin
cipally with requests for equipment
supplied by the education office
through the War Assets Administra
tion. Equipment requests, ranging
from small petri dishes to a 1,000
pound platform scale, came from
American, Georgetown, George
Washington. Catholic, Howard, Co
lumbus and Southeastern PalTcrst*
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ties and from the Washington Bible
Institute.
Largest approval of temporary
building was granted Howard. Offi
cials of the office said contracts for
the school have been let for a new
engineering building, 18,000 square
feet; an office building. 6,000 feet;
a pharmacy building, 5,400 feet, and
a music building, 5.000 feet.
Will Break Ground Monday.
• A spokesman at the university
said ground would be broken on the
j project Monday.
t Catholic University has approval
for a new physics laboratory build- ,
ing, covering 4,000 feet, a 12,000-foot
engineering structure and other
buildings that bring the total up
to 25,000 square feet, the office said.
George Washington and American,
which won approvals last year, al
ready are using structures built
under the program. George Wash
ington has a 12,500-foot engineering
drafting building and American is
using a two-story temporary »truc-j
ture in back of its offices at 1901 P
street H.W., built through the pro-j
gram last summer.
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Suburban Developers
Now Must Pay Share
On Water, Sewers
The Washington Suburban San
itary Commission today made public
i new policy requiring real estate
developers in Montgomery and
Prince Georges counties to share in
the cost of water and sewer lines to
remote new subdivisions.
Under the policy, the developers
are required to pay a sum equivalent
to the interest on the bonds issued
to build trunk lines connecting their
subdivisions with existing mains.
The contribution, it was an
nounced, is for periods ranging up to
five years, depending on the estimate
of time required for vacant interven
ing land to be developed.
The front-footage assessment plan,
it was emphasized, is in no way
affected by the policy.
Simultaneously, the commission
announced initiation of a survey to
determine future construction policy
to “prevent a disastrous situation
which might arise from over-build
Ing the water and sewer systems.”
Ties in With New Policy.
The survey ties in with the new
oolicy as it will give the commission
i better evaluation of probable fu
ure development trends.
Some lines already have been ex
ended longer than actually neces
;ary. Commission Chairman Frank
3. Smith said, because developers
iubdivlde outlying areas where land
s cheaper and more easily acquired.
“Normal development immedi
itely adjacent to existing communi
/ico wuuiu, in uiuot coacd, pci um> ca
tension of water and sewer systems
it a cost which could be met by
lormal taxes and assessments over
i 50-year period,” Mr. Smith said.
Construction of water mains over
ong distances through undeveloped
ands, however, has resulted in ex
sessive costs, he added.
Unfair Costs Cited.
"It is obviously unfair,” the com
mission chairman stated, “to place
the burden of this excess cost on
the taxpeyers in the rest of the
sanitary district. Consequently, the
:ommission has adopted a policy
Df requesting sizable contributions
toward this high cost from the de
velopers.”
Mr. Smith said the plan has been
well received by developers.
The survey will give a more ac
:urate estimate of the risk when
future extensions through unde
veloped areas are studied, it was
stated.
Pending completion of the study
md establishment of future policy,
the commission will continue to
process applications on hand, Mr.
Smith said. Projects already au
;horized will not be affected by the
survey, he added.
Student Conference Called
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va„ April
18 (/P).—Some 150 delegates, includ
ng members of Young Men's Chris
:ian Association from 31 schools
md colleges in Virginia, are ex-1
pected to attend the annual State I
student conference of the YMCAj
Saturday and Sunday at Natural;
Bridge.
Prints of This Picture Available!
Numerous requests have been received for the aerial photograph of the
Cherry Blossoms which appeared in The Star Monday, April 14. Arrange
ments have been completed to permit mailing of an 11x14 copy of this
picture to any point in the* United States. If you desire a copy of the
picture for yourself or a relative, address Room 600, inclosing 15c in coin
to cover all costs. Including mailing by tube. Address should be printed_
clearly. Copies are also available at the Business Counter off—
11th & Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., for only 10c. The picture i# *
on a fine heavy gteeed paper suitable for framing. I
I A A
Planners Study
River Parkway.
Site in Virginia
Dual Roadway Might
Run Along Bluffs
Above Potomac •
By Rudolph Kauffmann M
A new location for that section
of the George Washington Memorial
Parkway intended to run along the
Potomac River from Key Bridge to
Chain Bridge in Virginia was to
bq studied by Washington's plan
ners today.
Staff members of the National
Capital Park add Planning Com
mission declined to say specifically
what the location is, but they in
dicated it meant the dual roadway
might rv/n oh top of the bluffs along
the river in this stretch, rather
than nearer the water level.
John Nolen, jr., the commission’s
director of planning, said the new
location would benefit Arlington
residents.
Land Yet to Be Acquired.
This section of the parkway is
not yet near the construction stage.
Land far it has not been bought,
owing largely to the fact the Smoot
Sand & Gravel Co., owner of most
of the land needed for the right
of way, has insisted on selling by
the cubic, rather than the square
foot.
The company's contention is that
the Virginia bluffs contain valuable
quarry rock.
The commission, however, keepe
plans for the memorial drive un
der constant study. The latest one
has been prepared at the com
mission's request by road experts
of the Public Roads Administra
tion.
The parkway some day will run
from Mount Vernon to Great Falls
on both sides of the river. Land
for it is bought on a 50 per cent
Federal aid basis, the other 50 per
cent being provided by various com
binations of county, State and even
private funds. The road construc
tion itself will be done entirely at
Federal expense.
Other Items Under Study.
Other matters to come before the
commission today were:
The difficulties of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission in getting the Mary
land Legislature to authorize it to
plan for a larger area and extend
its park purchases; proposals to
build an additional Senate Office
Building, location of the District’s
proposed Unemployment Compen
sation Board Building and the park
and recreation sections of Engi
neer Commissioner Gordon R.
Young’s $228,000,000 six-year mu
nicipal improvement program for
the District.
The commission devoted the en
tire afternoon yesterday to a Joint
meeting with the District's new
Land Development Agency. Plana
made by the commission to date
for rebuilding blighted areas in the
Capital and drafts showing the ex
tent of such areas were reviewed.
Aiello enters Race
For Hyattsville Mayor
Hyattsville voters will have two
candidates to choose from in the
city's mayoralty race May 5 as a
result of the decision of Councilman
Caesar L. Aiello to run for office
against Paxton Holden, son of a
former Mayor. E. Murray Gover,
Mayor for eight years, died last
week.
Mr. Aiello, former city attorney
of Hyattsville and member of the
Council since 1941, representing the
second ward, announced his candi
dacy yesterday. Mr. Holden an
nounced several weeks ago.
Mr. Aiello, a lieutenant colonel of
the Maryland State Guard in which
he was wartime commander of the
Ninth Battalion, originally had in
dicated he would run if Mayor
Gover was unable to seek re-elec
tion. Mr. Gover, however, an
nounced his candidacy shortly be
fore his sudden death.
The interim Mayor of Hyatts
ville, Councilman Robert T. Plitt
of the third ward, is not a candi
date. He has announced he will run
again as councilman and will be
opposed by Hiram L. Lawrence.
Other town candidates to date
include Councilman Thomas E.
Arnold, incumbent, and Howard M.
Smith to represent the first ward;
Council President H. Wilson Spick
nail, second ward; Councilman
Frederick M. Coxen and Henry J.
Heilman, fourth ward. Councilman
David M. Jameson, also of the
fourth ward, has announced he will
not run again because he plans to
move to Clearwater, Fla. t
The city nominating convention
will be held at 8 p.m. Monday in
the Hyattsville Municipal Building.
Mrs. Webb to Give Talk
Mrs. Ruth Webb, supervisor of
elementary education for District of
Columbia schools, will speak on
"Readiness for the First Grade” at
a meeting of the Arlington Pre
School Association at 3 p.m. tomor
row at the Altha Hall School, 2013
North Adams street, Arlington. A
parent-teacher round table discus
sion will feature the meeting.