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^ WASHINGTON AND VICINITY
FRIDAY, DECEMBER .19, 1947
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Board Weighs
Silver Spring
Zoning Problem
Opponents See Fight
Over Business Area
As 'Battle of Bulge'
The question of whether the Silver
Spring business district should be
extended to Cedar street, Pershing
drive and Ellsworth drive, north of
Fenton street, was being studied
today by the Montgomery County
Commissioners.
Seventeen petitions for commercial
classification of property, along the
three streets were among t9 zoning
applications on which hearings were
held yesterday before the commis
sioners in the Silver Spring Liquor
Dispensary Building. All were
taken under advisement.
The attempt to extend the busi
ness district from its northern
boundary at Fenton street was
termed the "battle of the bulge" by
opponents, who presented a petition
signed by 350 area residents object
ing to rezoning.
Spearheading the fight was Dr.
C. W. Rees, 8613 Cedar street, who
argued that favorabel action by the
commissioners would "materially re
duce the value of homes in the area."
Owners of the properties claimed
they are in an “unenviable position"
because of their proximity to the
Hecht Co. parking lot between Fen
ton and Cedar streets.
Other speakers, including O. E.
Megby, 716 Pershing drive, and
Milton Conn, 8615 Cedar street,
said the parking lot is a "great"
improvement over the ■bramble"
patch" which they said was there
before.
Clergyman Approves Move.
Another opponent, the Rev.
Joseph Deppe. representing St.
Michael s Church on Wayne avenue
and the Academy of the Holy
Names on Pershing drive, said
children attending the church
school and academy “are entitled
to protection from the hazards
which will follow commercializa
tion of the section."
Other opponents included‘Ralph
T. Boyd, chairman of the Zoning
Committee of the Allied Civic
Group of Silver Spring; Howard
Kline, chairman of the Citizens'
Zoning Committee, and Joseph A.
Toussaint, 8605 Cedar street.
The applicants, however, charged
that the master zoning plan which
places the business district’s north
ern boundry at Fenton street is not
"realistic" and that the commun
ity's commercial area is "bursting
*t the seams.”
One of the petitioners. Stephen
Tuhy. jr., 8606 Cedar street, as
serted :
"We worked hard to protect our
homes, but after the Hecht, Co.
store Was built, we realized we had
lost our fight and that the residen
tial ciiaractei; of our area has been
my Children out of the: house be
cause the store's parking lot is
tight up against my back yard.”
Another Petition Opposed.
Another petition opposed by near
by residents was the application of
H. W. Stoehr and M. G. Hunteman,
who sought the reclassification from
residential A to commercial D of
property at Luzerne and Georgia
avenues, silver Spring. The appel
ants said they planned to use the
house on the property as a. funeral
home.
James W. Gill, representing the
North Woodside-Montgomerv Hill
Citizens' Association, presented a
petition bearing the signatures of
217 home owners in opposition to
the proposal. An additional 25 op
ponents appeared.
Sidney Lust, owner of a chain of
theaters in Washington and nearby
Maryland, criticised the commis
sioners for approving an ordinance
last week regulating county open
air theaters without "giving me an
opportunity to appear."
Mr. Lust made his charges in ap
pearing before the board on a pe
tition seeking commercial zoning of
10 acres at Wheaton. He said he
had planned to build a {jrive-in
theater on the tract before the com
missioners passed the ordinance.
Not Notified. He Savs.
Mr. Lust said he had not been
notified of the hearing at which
the ordinance was approved and
had not been given an opportunity
to reply to opposition arguments.
At the hearing last week. Juvenile
Court Judge Alfred D. Noyes said
open-air theaters were a contribut-!
ing factor to juvenile delinquency.
The 17 petitions seeking commer
cial zoning in the Cedar street and
Pershing and Ellsworth drives area
were filed by:
J. S. and B. I Cole. S. D. and H. R.
Cole. J. W. and E. R. Kern. W. E.
and R. C. Marvel. Lillian A. and
Carl W. Humphries, jr., all of whom
own property facing Ellsworth drive
north of Fenton street: T. J. and
E. M. McGrath. 900 Spring street, |
and Mr. and Mrs. Humphries, who |
also own property at 880 Roeder!
road.
Also J. A. and H. P. Moloney. 8608 ;
Cedar street; Irving C. and Gertrude i
L. Gessford. 8610 Cedar street: Mr.1
and Mrs. Tuh.v. C. R. and D. L. Lan
dis, 8604 Cedar street: H. F. and
Nancy Canning. 8602 Cedar street.!
Also William J. and L. M. Turner.
807 Pershing drive; Mrs. Ila M. Me- |
Candlish, 809 Pershing drive; H. W.
and E. F. Silsby. 803 Pershing drive,
and Rosa C. Clark. 805 Pershing!
drive.
Other Petitions Heard.
Other petitions heard were:
Raymond M. Scoville, residential A to
commercial D of about on* acre on the
of Colesvilie road near the North
west Branch.
Former County Commissioner Richard
a Lansdale. commercial D to industrial E
of la no on th* south side of the Ashton
Sandy Spring road at Sandy Spring
K. S. and Lucy Avadikian. residential A
to commercial D of land at Price and
Georgia avenues. Wheaton. •
Clara A Carr, residential A to commer
cial D of property on the south side of
the Laurel-Sandy Spring road at Spencer
vflle.
Springbrook Forest. Inc . residential A
to commercial D of about three acres at
the intersection of the Glenmont-Coies
viile and Kemp Mill roads.
Charles SchefTres. asent for Montgom
ery Arms. Inc., residential C to commer
cial D of lanb at Fenton and Cameron i
streets.
Charles P. and Margaret C. Musgrove. '
residential A to commercial D of part of I
lot' 11--Ml. block ft. North Kensington. 1
Wilbur Stubbs, residential A to eom
werclal D -f part of lots o-.'i. block 8.
North Kens..igton.
?d~ar?. E Caldwell. Almon E. Woolbert l(
and P. M Cross, residential A to C of
ft acres at Old Bladensburc road and 1
Carrol] avenue extended. Takoma Park h
Bo?f residential A to com-;
merclal D of about in acres on the eaatK
gide of Georg it avenue between College!,
•venue «nd Areola drive, wffeaton. I1
David H Gottwals. residential A to C l
ef property in the S.mn block of Oeor- ,
gl» avenue. Silver Spring It
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Eig Urges Rcfisfe ^
For Montgomery
Commissioners
Salary increases for the Mont
gomery County commissioners are
recommended in a letter received
yesterday by County Supervisor Irv
ing G. McNavr from Sam Eig, build
er and owner of the Silver Spring
shopping center.
Mr. Eig, describing himself as one
of Montgomery's largest taxpayers,
urged the county legislative dele
gation to advocate the increases at
the next session of the Maryland
General Assembly. A copy of his
letter was sent to Gov. Lane.
All the commissioners receive base
pay of $1,800 annually. Oliver W.
Youngblood and Wesley I. Sauter
receive an additional $1,200 each
as suburban commissioners, and
Mr. Sauter receives $1,200 more as
police commissioner.
Supervisor McNayr read Mr. Eig's
letter to the commissioners at a
meeting yesterday, but there was
no official comment from the Doard.
Car Hurts 4 Children,
Reported Standing on
Curb in Falls Church
Four children, waiting to cross the
street to enter St. James' Parochial
School at Falls Church, were injured
today when struck by an automobile
as they stood on the curb, according
to one of the victims.
Three were taken to Arlington
Hospital where none was believed
in a critical condition.
Those struck were Barbara. 13;
Joan. 11. and Norma. 8. all daugh
ters of C. V. Pavne. Vienna iVa.i
carpenter, and Billy Leishear. 8. sr»i
of W. E. Leishear. a Government
employe, who lives near Vienna.
According to Mr. Leishear. he was
called by telephone at the hospital
by the driver of the car. who was
with Falls Church police making
an investigation. Police withheld
the name of the driver and said no
i charges had been placed pending
completion of their inquiry.
Blinded by Sun, Driver Says.
Mr. Leishear said the caller iden
tified himself as Arval Erikson of
Falls Church. Mr. Leishear quoted
the caller as saying he was blinded
by the sun as he drove east on West
Broad street and that the children
| had started across the street.
Joan, who received a bruised knee,
| was taken home. Both she and Bar
bara. at the hospital, said the chil
dren had been let out of Mr. Leish
i ear s car and were waiting at the
| curb for traffic to clear to cross the
1 street. The two girls said Mr. Leish
ear drove away and another car
came up to the curb and struck
them. They said the car stopped
and Norma was underneath it.
Norma. Barbara and Billy were
taken to the hospital by a com
mercial ambulance. Norma was cut
ion the arm and bruised: Barbara
| v/as bruised about the body and
Billy was cut on the arm and had
multiple bruises.
No Patrolman at School.
j — Palis ...fiiJiiiLh j
■ tinned at St. James’ School in the:
morning because of a lack of men.
In another accident in Falls
; Church late yesterday Linden W.
Chambers, 4. of 411 West Rosemary,
lane. Falls Church, was struck by a
car in the 1300 block of Seaton lane.1
Police said the boy ran down a
bank and struck the side of a car.
They did not charge the driver. The
child was taken to Arlington Hos
pital. where he was said to have
serious face and head injuries.
Hyattsville Clears !
3 in Traffic Deaths
Three men were cleared of man
| slaughter charges by Trial Magis
trate Arthur P. Owens in Hyatts-1
! ville Police Court yesterday.
Two of them, Roy L. Brown, 43,
of the 1300 block of Holbrook street
N.E., and Phedoro J. Woods, jr., 21,!
colored. Fairmount Heights. Md.,i
i also were acquitted of charges of j
! reckless driving.
Both men were drivers involved
in a collision on the Washington
Baltimore boulevard at Berwyn,
November 11, in which Thomas J.
Woodvard, 48, of 309 Maryland ave
nue N.E., was killed. The victim,
who was riding in a cab, driven by
Mr. Brown, was a brother of Arling
ton County Police Chief Harry L.!
Woodvard.
The third defendant. Cullin B.
Jones, 54, of Cheverly, a Pennsyl
vania Railroad engineer, was found
not guilty in the death of William
H. Thomas, 45, colored, of Bowie.
The victim was struck by a train
operated by Mr. Jones, as he sat on
the tracks near his home December
6, police said.
In other cases, two Riverdale men
escaped with fines and a warning
from Judge Owens after pleading
guiltv to charges of selling beer to
a minor.
The men. Reinhart S. Pohlen, 37.
owner of a tavern, and Earl C.
Sneton, 24. a bartender in the
tavern, were fined $25 each on
charges of contributing to the de
linquency of a minor. The fine
against Pohlen was suspended.
Prince Georges Police
Elect Purdy President
Detective William J. Purdy of the i
Upper Marlboro branch of tHe! i
Prince Georges County Police De- i:
partment is the new president of the 1
County Police Association. He sue- '
ceeds Corpl. Reginald Austin. I
Other officers are Detective Rich- I
ard A. Pearson of the Hyattsville, I
station, vice president; Pvt. Vincent jl
S. Free, Upper Marlboro, secretary, .
and Corpl. Boyd Hamilton, Hyatts-!l
ville. treasurer. j]
Ex-Officer Sues to Test Order
To Vacate for Army Tenant
A former Army officer planned to
appear In Alexandria Civil and Po
lice Court today to test housing au
thority regulations under which he
was ordered to vacate the home he
has occupied for more than two
years.
John M. Webster, a lawyer with
offices in Washington, said he was
ordered out of the home at 142
Williams street. Alexandria, because,
of a wartime provision which should
no longer have effect. His suit
names the Alexandria Housing Au-;
^lority as defendant. ^
Mr. Webster said he and his fam
ily have occupied the house since
1945. when he was judge advocate
at Fort Belvoir. The regulation1
now being invoked, he added, was
intended to protect Army personnel
during the emergency.
He contends that as a veteran he
is entitled to remain and not to be
evicted in favor of Department of
the Army personnel, who may be
either civilians or service men.
Mr. Webster said he proposed to
seek congressional action to protect
veterans in similar circumstances, j
Sales Tax Urged
For Improving j
Virginia Schools
Moses Commission
Asks 2% Levy, Steps
To Attract Teachers
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va.. Dec. 19.—
Sweeping improvements in Virginia's
educational system—with a 2 per
cent sales tax plus increases in pres
ent levies to pav for them—have
been recommended, by the' Moses
Commission. The body was created
by the General Assembly last Jan
uary to study school needs.
The commission’s report to Gov
Tuck yesterday covered the field of
public education expenditures, hnt
it laid emphasis on "the greatest
single problem." that of "providing
an adequate supply of competent
teachers."
It presented a three-fold program
designed to attract and hold good
teachers, and in addition recom
mended :
State ownership and operation of
school transportation facilities.
An increase to S800.000 (virtually
double that of the current yeari of
the extra State help to poorer local
ities.
Further improvements in voca
tional education. I
Dissents From Proposals. j1
The report devoted considerable^
argument in defense of its sales tax!'
and other revenue-raising sugges
tions. and it emphasized that public
meetings had definitely shown that I
the people of Virginia are willing to |
pay for school improvements. One
member, however, dissented from
the revenue-raising recommenda
tions. ,
The dissenter was Watkias M. Ab- ii
bitt of Appomattox, who argued that I,
"the school program should not bei,
tied to any particular tax, but should I,
be financed from the State’s general
fund. Otherwise if a recession oc-i,
curred. the entire school program (
would be jeopardized immediately. If;
the proposed tax plan failed of pas- ]
sage, the program would be lost i'
also.’’ '
The report of the commission. 1
nevertheless, goes into considerable '
detail on revenue-raising sugges-,1
tions, defining brackets for sales
taxes, income taxes, and other means 11
of raising money. 11
Would Raise Salary Base.
The three-phase program to at
tract teachers dealt with higher sal
aries. better retirement provisions,
and a system of sick leave with pay.
The State would provide a minimum
base of $1,600 annually for salaries.
This amount would be supplemented
by the localities according to their
ability on minimum standards de
fined and administered by the State
Board of Education. •
, The maximum retirement allow
! ance would be increased from $1,000
1 firement' would" be “optional’ at Tlie
age of 60, instead of 65.
The State would establish a sick
leave fund of $125,000 per year to
be used to reimburse localities for
one-half their expenditures for sick
leave. Each teacher would be en
titled to 10 days a session, accumu
lative to not more than 30 days.
Ask 5 Per Cent Income Levy.
The commissions program calls
for an overall increase in State
appropriations for public schools in
the 1948-50 biennium of $39,157,001.
In elaborating on its tax program,
‘the commission suggested that a
i rate of 5 per cent on personal in
comes above $5,000 ‘is just and
fair" and estimated this would raise
I $4,075,000 under present economic
conditions.
The commission recommended an
increase in the rate of the corpora
tion income tax from 3 to 5 per
cent and estimated that $6,357,508
would be derived from this. A
"moderate increase" in rates of
gross receipts taxes on public service
j corporations to yield an additional
: $1,500,000 was asked.
The commission was headed bv
State Senator Charles T. Moses of
Appomattox. Delegate William H.
Irvine of Campbell served as vice j
chairman. Members included Mrs.!
William P. Anderson of Mount
Jackson: Dr. George J. Oliver of
William and Mary; Delegate Shel
ton H. Short, jr„ of Mecklenburg:
Dr. Tipton R. Snavely of the Uni-:
versify of Virginia, and Lewis G.
Chewning of Richmond.
Home Decoration Contest
Winners Are Announced
Winnprs in the Christmas home
decoration contest sponsored by the
Bethesda Community Garden Club
were announced today.
Mrs. William J. Norfleet won first
place for the front door decoration
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
eric P. Lee, 6915 Glenbrook road,
Bethesda: Mrs. Robert Ash for the
mantel decoration in the home of
Mrs. Charles D. Herron, 7211 Fair
fax road, Bethesda, and Mrs. Fred
Strine for the table arrangement in
the same home.
The awards were blue ribbons, j
Judges were Mrs. Charles Bittinger.1
Mrs. Ernest Davenport and Mrs.!
Clifford Luce.
New officers of the club have I
elected as follows: Mrs. L. Welch!
Pogue, president; Mrs. Preston
Groome, vice president; Mrs. James
H. Robinson, corresponding secre
tary; Mrs. Herron, recording secre
tary; Mrs. Reginald Alexander,
treasurer; Mrs. J. B. Engle, pub
licity chairman, and Mrs. Lee. Mrs.
Joseph Guard, Mrs. Dickinson. Mrs.
Robert J. Gutheim, and Mrs. Paul
Ferrero, directors.
LETTER TO SANTA—The emphasis isn’t on toys and fancy
gifts in some of the letters to Santa this year. In homes such
as this one, mothers are more interested in warm clothing and
food for the children. The Children’s Aid Society is working to
collect clothing and food to fill the many Christmas pleas reach
ing its offices this year. —Star Staff Photo.
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$408,025 Contract
To Grade Parkway
Extension Awarded
A $408,025 grading contract ha;
just been awarded to start work or
the proposed extension of George
Washington Memorial Parkway un
der Key Bridge for a distance of s
mile and a half to Lorcom Lane ir
Arlington County.
It will provide a short cut to Ar
lington Memorial Bridge and dowr
town Washington.
A Public Roads Administrator
announcement late yesterday dis
closed the award was made to the
Nello Teer Co. of Durham, N. C.
a firm engaged now in grading
the Shirley Highway in Arlington
A long delay in awarding the con
tract resulted from the fact that
only the one bid was submitted.
Held Difficult Job.
Officials said the award seems high
for such a short link rrrthe parkway
but explained it as a 'difficult” job
A good stretch of the road will have
to be cut into the side of a rock}
bank.
This scenic four-lane divided
stretch of parkway will afford com
munities beyond Lorcom lane s
speedy and direct route to downtowr
Washington vja Memorial Bridge
The route will carry the Georgt
Washington parkway under the new
and lessening the traffic jams*™*
RossJvn circle during rush hours.
Beyond the bridge, the parkway
will extend up the Potomac a short
distance to Spout Run. Following
both sides of the iun. the parkway
will run under the Uhle street
bridge to the end• oMLorcom lane
where it will connect with the exist
ing road system.
Winter to Slow Work.
The parkway will touch Lorcom
lane southeast of North Edgewood
street and will connect w’ith Lee
highway near Kirkwood road.
Officials said not much grading
work can oe done during the winter
but they believe some progress
should be made in cutting away
the rock.
As a part of the George Wash
ington Memorial Parkway, the com
pleted link will come under super
vision of the National Park Serv
ice. At the recent meeting of the
National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission, it was decided,
with the concurrence of Maryland
park officials, to expedite the me
morial parkway on the Maryland
side of the Potomac.
Rockville Suit Is Filed
To Sell Ailes Property
A suit seeking permission to sell
a $300,000 piece of property in
Bethesda. now held in trust for the
sister of the late Milton E. Ailes,
one-time Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and president of Riggs Na
tional Bank, was filed yesterday in
Montgomery County Circuit Court
at Rockville.
The property, at. 7212 Wisconsin
avenue, is held in trust by the Riggs
Bank for Miss Lulu M. Ailes, 70.
•ister of the banker, who willed it
:o his mother and two sisters when
le died in 1925.
The action was filed by Mrs. Mar
garet Ailes Wilmer, 1914 Connecticut
ivenue N.W., daughter of Mr. Ailes;
Milton Ailes, jr„ 3220 Prospect ave
lue N.W., his son: Miss Mary Ailes,
mother daughter, of 2126 Connecti
on avenue N.W.; Mrs. Eleanor Ailes.
ormer wife of the banker's son. and
Milton Ailes III, their son, both of
>Jew Orleans.
Defendants are the Riggs Bank
tnd Miss Lulu Ailes.
Through their attorney, Joseph A.
Jantrel. the petitioners claim the
ister, sole survivor of the three
>riginal heirs, lives rent-free on the
>roperty.
If the petition is granted, accord
ng to the suit, all proceeds of the
ale would be invested by the Riggs
Jank. Income from the investment
vould be returned to the sister,
tfter her death, the suit states, the
noney would be distributed among
he five petitioners.
47 Die in Maryland
Traffic in November
ly the Associated Press j
BALTIMORE. Dec. 19.—The State
Traffic Safety Commission reported
yesterday that 47 persons were
killed in traffic accidents in Mary
land during November.
For the first 11 months, this year's
total of traffic deaths is 23 below last
year's figure of 383 for the same
period.
Of the 1ft persons killed in Balti
more city last month. 14 were pe
destrians. The commission urged .
pedestrians to take a more "deft- 1
nite responsibility for their own pro- i
tection.” i
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Needy Mothers' Pleas to 'Santa'
Ask Clothing as Well as Toys
‘ Please omit toys and send them
some warm undies * * *."
That is the plea of a mother of
eight In her letter to Santa, care of
the Children's Aid Society.
“Please help me to make my chil
dren happy on Christmas Day,'' she
wrote. “I have eight children and
I am expecting another one in the
spring.
"By the time we pay our rent, buy
groceries and get some fuel, w^e
seldom have enough to get warm
clothing for the children. The ones
going to school sometimes have to
stay home on sloppy or cold days.
"I can't get around to places to
look out. for them because I am
anemic and can't stand crowds, but
please inform me as to w'hat help
you can give me. I am indeed
grateful * * *.”
Typical of Many Letters.
This mother's letter is typical of
those reaching the society s offices
at 466 H street S.W. at the rate of
about 20 a day.
“They want toys, to make the
children happy at Christmas, but
they also want food and clothing."
Mrs. Fay M. Vawters, resident di
rector, said yesterday. "The need
for clothing seems to be greater
this year than last."
Mrs. Vawters said more than
360 pairs of shoes have been given
needy children by the society
since September.
• wo». +*»«*•. f <mm) and
clothing for Christmas, the society
is pretty well fixed for toys, she said,
but enough food provisions are
needed to fill at least 50 baskets
that have been promised this year.
The society staff mends clothing
and repairs toys,
499 Registered for Party.
Already, 499 children are regis
tered for the annual Christmas
party at 3:30 p.m. Christmas eve.
and at least 600 are expected tb
attend.
Mostly from mothers, the letters
reaching the society foretell a slim
Christmas morning for many fam
Hies unless the society can collect
enough clothing and food to fill
their requests.
“My husband works every day,”
wrote a mother of three, "so we
can try and have something for
Christmas, but so far we haven’t
anything at all and the children
have to eat and we have to pay
$65 a month for rent. So you can
see where our money goes, and they
need some little clothes so bad *,* *.
“So, please, any little toys or
clothi»g of any kind * * *; if you
can help us, try to, or I guess it
will be a sad Christmas for them
unless some one does."
Husband Disappeared.
Another mother wrote: “I guess j
you will think I have a lot of nerve.
But I have six children. My hus- j
band disappeared about six months;
ago. I have had him in court a
couple of times. Since then, we I
have been living on the public as
sistance.
“I just get enough to pay rent
and hardly enough to buy food with
each month. Was wondering if you
could help me get some toys for the
children at Christmas, as I won't
have the money to buy them any
thing. I will be satisfied if I can
get one toy apiece for them, as I
can't buy them anything at all * *
Mrs. Vawters said while the let
ters usually tell their own stories,
all requests are investigated to be
&ur» there i» need before they are
filled.
One day a little boy knocked at
the door of the agency long after
the daily hot meal, which it serves
at 4 p.m., was over, and was given
dinner from the ice box.
"What would you have done If
no one had answered when you I
knocked?” asked the staff worker.
“I probably would have gone home
and forgot I was hungry,” said the
little boy.
Mrs. Vawters said the society is
trying to have enough this Christ
mas so no child it might have helped
will have to forget he is hungry or
cold.
Arlington Board to Get
New Salary Program
For County Employes
The Arlington County Board to
morrow will receive a proposed sal
ary plan covering approximately
750 county employes.
The plan, submitted after almost
six months' study by a firm em
ployed by the county, covers em
ployes of all branches except schools
and the county clerk’s office. In
itial cost to the county was $3,500.
A report accompanying the pro
posal states that salary informa
tion was gathered from almost a
score of communities in the Wash
ington area. Federal salary sched
ules and special reports developed
by trade and professional Organi
zations also were considered, the
report states.
Adequate Compensation.
“The proposed position classifica-i
tion plan permits recognition of the
different types of work in the county
service as well as the differences in
difficulty and responsibility within
occupational categories,” the report,
says. It thus provides the basis
for an eouitable compensation plan.
The report lists five provisions
which the recommended salary plan
contains “in accordance with recog
nized principles of salary standardi
zation," as follows:
“1. The same range of pay for all
positions of a single class of employ
ment, regardless of the department
in which they occur.
“2. A similar salary level for the
>ame type and quality of work un
der similar working conditions.
"3. Pay comparable to that pre
vailing in private and other public I
“mployment in the area and re- i
fleeting the present economic condi- i
dons. i
Provide* Adjustment*. i
“4. Provisions for adjusting in
iividual salary rates within their I
issigned ranges to recognize work I
ifficieney and quality and experi-I
;nee gainca on the job. ;1
“5. Prov* ions for adjustment of
he salary ranges to meet changing I
’mployment and economic condi
ions.”
The report notes that minimum
ind maximum rates, plus a series a
if intermediate steps, are recom- /
nended “in order to provide em- t
>loye incentive and reward for serv- ,
ce • * r
A few salaries now exceed the ^
naximum of the range specified in i
he salary plan, according to the, f
eport. It recommends that these s
lot be reduced. j
^uto Firm Gives Bonus \\
Fifty employes of Bendall-Pontiac, c
dexandria automobile sales firm, r
dll receive Christmas bonuses up to s
wo weeks’ pay, the company an- c
ounced today. | j r
i
Survey Finds Building
Rate on Downward
Swing in Maryland
ly th« Associated Pres*
There are no indications of a
quick end to the current housing
shortage in the State, a University
of Maryland research bureau re
port said today.
The report said the war and its
call on material which otherwise
would have gone into civilian con
struction work had merely ren
dered acute a situation which had
prevailed in some degree for 40
years.
Four of the five key cities in
Maryland have shown a decline in
the annual rate of building over
the last 11 years, the report said.
At present. Dr. John H. Cover of
the university's College of Business
and Public Administration said,
building in Maryland generally is
in a cyclical decline.
Baltimore is an exception to the
overall picture of a decline in an
nual building rates. Its 11-year
average shows a 1.5 per cent in
crease in construction volume.
Cumberland showed a decrease of
almost 10 per cent, Frederick 9.5
per cent, Hagerstown .25 per cent
and Salisbury .06 per cent.
The report showed Maryland's
cycle for the 11-year period reached
a high in 1941. plummeted to a war
time low in 1944, rose sharply to
•each another high in 1946 and Is
mow' on a downward swing.
The report prepared by Dr. Cover
:aid price control on materials, al
ocation of supplies to essential
milding, extension .of additional
:redit to home builders and in
ireased productivity by labor and
nanagement could help relieve the;
urrent acute shortage.
He said revision of building codes!
o permit use of new types of ma
erial also wpuld help.
/irginia Urged to Keep
nsurance Controls
ly tK« Associated Pros*
RICHMOND, Va.. Dec. 19.—En-!
ctment by the Virginia General
issembly of "legislation necessary
3 retain State regulation of insur
nce” was recommended unani
mously yesterday by the Virginia
.dvisory Legislative Council.
In a report to Gov. Tuck* and
ne 1948 General Assembly, the
ALC proposed “an extension of
ur present system of regulation to
Pose lines of insurance not now
cgulated but with a certain degree
f flexibility which is necessary in
ate making procedure.” It also
lid procedures for regulation of all
lasses of insurance should be "as
early uniform as practicable."
Lundberg Names Wir!
Public Service Chief
For Arlington County
Richard M. Wirt, head of thi
Arlington County Sanitation De
partment since 1935, will becomi
director of public service on Januar;
1. County Manager A. T. Lundberj
announced yesterday.
At the same time Mr. Lundberj
announced the elevation to chie
engineer of the county water de
partment of W. I. Jefferies, who ha:
been assistant, engineer since May
1946. The promotion ts effective
January 1.
Also announced yesterday was the
appointment of Thomas Gilmer a:
an assistant Commonwealth's attor
ney. effective January 1. Mr. Gil
mers appointment was made b\
Denman T. Rucker. Commonwealth':
attorney-elect,
With County Since 1927.
Mr. Wirt, 44, is a graduate of Wesl
Virginia University and began wort
with Arlington County on March 1
1927, in the engineering department
As director of public service, he wil
have supervision over the sanitation
water, highways, planning, surveys
public building and equipment divi
sions. The position was held by Mr
Lundberg before he became count;
manager last July.
The position of sanitary engi
neer, which Mr. Wirt will vacate
will be filled later. Mr. Lundber
said.
Jefferies V. M. I. Graduate.
Mr. Jefferies, a graduate of th
Virginia Military Institute in 193£
was an employe of the Alexandrii
Engineering Department until hi
j entered the Navy in 1941. Hi
! served in the Civil Engineer Corp:
and left the service with the rani
of lieutenant on December 1, 1945
He was re-employed by Alexandra
until he came to Arlington.
Mr. Gilmer, 25. a graduate of the
University of Virginia, has beer
practicing law since July, 1945, a:
an associate of the firm Jesse. Phil
lips, Klinge and Kendrick, in Arling
ton. He is a member of the Arling
ton County, Virginia State and
American Bar Association. Mr. Gli
mer will receive $3,000 a year. His
is the second appointment as assist
ant commonwealth's attorney an
nounced recently. The first was
that of Paul D. Brown.
New Witnesses for Pearce
To Testify in Arrest Suit
At, least three additional defense
witnesses are scheduled to testify
today in District Court in the $35,
000 damage suit brought by Maurice
C. Pearce. Justice Department at
torney, charging false arrest.
Mr. Pearce contends he was
neither drunk nor disorderly when
placed under arrest in the Hotel
Statler in February. 194fi. Named
defendants in the suit are the hotel
and two police officers. Detective
Walter E. Grove and Policeman N.
L. Richardson.
| Both Officer Richardson and John
F. Reardon, night manager of the
hotel, testified yesterday that Mr.
Pearce was drunk and disorderly
at the time. Similar testimony
had been given earlier by Detec
tive Grove.
Charges of drunkenness and dis
orderly, which were placed against
Mr. Pearce immediately after he
was arrested, were dismissed in Mu
nicipal Court.
A jury is hearing the ca.se before
Justice Jennings Bailey.
Silver Spring Merchants
To Entertain Children
A Christmas party for the children
of Silver Spring tomorrow will cli
max the Holiday Lane festivities
sponsored by the Retail Merchants
Division of the Silver Spring Board
of Trade.
Beginning at 11 a.m. an hour's
program of entertainment will be
given at the Silver Spring Armory.
Twenty acts will be presented under
the direction of Vivian Nicholson.
Following the program Santa Claus
and his assistants will present each
child with a stick of candy. Mem
bers of the ladies auxiliary of the
Silver Spring Elks will act as
hostesses.
Programs Announced
By Arlington Church
Christmas programs at the First
Presbyterian Church of Arlington at
Glebe road and Wilson boulevard
were announced today by the Rev.
George H. Yount, pastor.
A candlelight carol service will be
held at 5 p.m. Sunday, followed by
a Christmas carol sing at 8 p.m.
Monday at 7 p.m. the church will
hold a Christmas party.
The annual choral service and
holy communion will be held at 11,
p.m. Wednesday. ^
Tenants Charge
Health Menace
At Fairlington
Complain of Piling Up
Of Refuse as Company
Asks County to Help
Tenants of the 3.500-apartment
Fairlington project in Arlington to
day planned protests to the De
fense Homes Corp., former owners
Jof the project, contending a health
j hazard has resulted from infrequent
garbage collections.
Meanwhile, the Fairmae Corp,
which operates Fairlington, dis- ,
closed it has appealed to Arlington
County a second time to assist with
collection of the accumulated gar
bage.
Several letters are being circu
lated for signatures in the develop
ment, it was learned today. They
ask that the Defense Homes Corp.
"take action regarding the health
hazard in Fairlington which has
resulted because garbage collection
has been so infrequent that, garbage
overflows the containers and is a
breeding place for insects and an
attraction for rodents."
Strike on Since December 8.
i Residents, who asked that their
j names not be used, declared the
j bad conditions exist generally
I throughout the development and
| that basements have not been
! cleaned since last week.
Service and maintenance em
jployes, members of the Building
! Service Employes i AFL>, went out
|on strike Dec^nber 8 because of
the* management's refusal to recog
Inize their union. The strike is still
in progress.
William Ziegler, president of Fair
mac, said the company had asked
Arlington County for temporary aid
in making collections, to avert a
health menace. He said collections
had fallen behind because of ab
normal pre-Christmas conditions.
Previously, company spokesman
had said all normal services were
being rendered by employe replace
ments and a private firm which con
tracted to dispose of garbage and
trash.
Claims Right to County Help.
Mr. Ziegler said most tenants had
co-operated with the company, but
that a few had allowed garbage
I to scatter, complicating the collec
tion problem.
He held that Fairmae. as a tax
payer, was entitled to temporary
assistance from the county.
Arlington forces helped with trash
I and garbage collections at the start
of the strike but were withdrawn
after several days. County officials
said this was a stopgap measure in
the interest of public health.
County Manager A. T. Lundberg
said today that about 32 complaints
had come from Fairlington residents
' and that they were being "studied.”
He said a Health Department in
ispector went to Fairlington «yester
j day and will make another inspec
tion today.
The Defense Homes Corp. sold
Fairlington to the Fairmae Corp. in
October, along with McLean Gar
dens in the District. Residents in
dicated today that they felt the
Defense Homes Corp. might be able
to intervene.
noa carriers Donate Slliu.
Local No. 74 of the Hod Carriers
and Building Laborers Union, AFL,
passed a resolution last night sup
porting the strikers and dpnating
$100 to their union.
Meanwhile, it was announced that
hearings on 19 warrants against
I eight persons involved in strike
[clashes at Fairlington have been
[continued until January 16 in Fair
] fax County Trial Magistrate's Court.
[The cases were originally set for
today.
i A nonstriking Fairlington em
ploye was fined $100 and given a
one-year s suspended jail sentence
yesterday in Arlington County Court
on charges which grew out of a
picket line incident a week ago.
Sylvania Tucker, 40, colored, Alex
andria, was convicted by Judge
Hugh Reid of carrying a concealed
weapon. Another charge of threat
ening with a deadly weapon was
dismissed.
Denies Pointing Pistol.
Tucker was accused by Walsh
Robinson, 39, colored, Alexandria,
a striking employe, of threatening
him with a pistol just as Robinson
left a picket line last Friday. Tuck
er admitted carrying a pistol in
a shoulder holster under his jacket,
but denied that he pointed the
pistol at Robinson and threatened
him.
Tucker was placed under $200
peace bond for one year and the
weapon was confiscated by the court.
In another case growing out of
the Fairlington strike, charges of
assault against Thornton Payne, 23.
colored, Herndon, Va.. were dis
missed when the complaining wit
ness, Nathaniel Smith, did not ap
pear. Payne was accused of as
sault on William C. Jones, colored,
an employe of a trash-collecting
firm operated by Mr Smith, which
collects trash from the apartment
project.
Maryland Drops Case
On Liquor Import Tax
Charges against a Silver Spring
man of bringing whisky and beer
into Maryland without paying the
State liquor tax have been dropped
by State's Attorney Walter W. Daw
son. it was learned today.
The man, Kimmon Jones, 34. col
ored. 300 block of Ritchie avenue,
had appealed to Montgomery County
Circuit Court from a $200 fine im
posed August 27 in Silver Spring
Police Court.
Jones was accused of bringing into
Maryland five fifths of whisky and
three cases of beer in his car from
Washington. Under the law. a max
imum of two quarts of any alcoholic
beverage may be brought into Mary
land in any one month without pav
ing the tax.
Mr. Dawson said he had dropped
the case after the Circuit Court
suspended sentence recently in a
similar case on the ground that
munty residents were unfamiliar
with the law
At the time of Jones’ arrest, Mr.
Dawson said the law would be
>nforced. He reiterated that prom
se after dropping the ^ase.