Weather Forecast
Cloudy tonight, low 72. Tomorrow chance
of thunderstorms, not as warm by night.
(Full report on Page A-2.)
Temperatures Today.
Midnightf7s 6 a.m 69 11 a.m—Bl
2 a.m 73 8 a.m 72 Noon 84
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102 d Year. No. 173.
Senators Vote
Restrictions on
Jenkins' Work
Won't Be Allowed
To Prepare Final
Report on Hearing
BULLETIN
The Senate Investigations
Subcommittee agreed today to
permit its special counsel, Ray
H. Jenkins, to do preliminary
work in boiling down testi
mony in the Army-McCarthy
inquiry, but decided that he
would not work on the com
mittee report itself. The group
also decided to question the
Defense Department about the
alleged failure of two Mc-
Carthy committee staff mem
bers to obtain security clear
ance.
By James Y. Newton
Democrats on the Senate In
vestigations subcommittee today
were expected to question the
fitness of Special Counsel Ray
H. Jenkins to assist in the work
of drafting a report on the
Army-McCarthy controversy.
The Democrats, it was under
stood, feel that Mr. Jenkins
showed bias in favor of Senator
McCarthy in a Nation-wide tele
vision program Sunday. In it
Mr. Jenkins said, in answer to
a question, that he would ac
cept help from Senator Mc-
Carthy if he decides to run
for the Senate in Tennessee.
The question of Mr. Jenkins
remaining with the subcommit
tee for the report-writing phase
of the long investigation was to
be brought up at a meeting of
the group at 11 a.m.
Moves Uncertain.
Committee Democrats were
said to feel that Mr. Jenkins
should disqualify himself from
further services to the group
since the Army-McCarthy case
is “about to go to the jury—the
committee—and he was sup
posed to be our lawyer.” If he
doesn’t it was understood they
will move to have him disquali
fied. Whether they could do it
was uncertain in view of the
Republicans' 4 to 3 control of
the subcommittee.
Ironically, Joseph N. Welch,
who represented the Army side
of the controversy, said today
that he would back Mr. Jenkins,
should he run for the Senate.
“I’d vote for Jenkins any time
1 had an opportunity.” said Mr.
Welch, a Republican, at the
Harwichport (Mass.) home of a
friend.
Mr. Welch said he had de
veloped a “high regard” for Mr.
Jenkins, whom he faced across
the legal table in the long ses
sions.
Acting Chairman Mundt wishes
Mr. Jenkins to go over the nearly
2 million words of Army-Mc-
Carthy testimony and prepare an
“abstract and synopsis” for the
benefit of committee members.
Mr. Jenkins would do the work
at Knoxville, Tenn., where he
practices law.
Senator Mundt also requested
committee members to bring to
the meeting in writing the issues
they feel should be dealt with in
the committee report.
Potter Visits President.
Meanwhile, Senator Potter,
Republican, of Michigan, said
after a visit with President Ei
senhower yesterday that he had
not changed his position that
heads should roll on both the
McCarthy and Army sides as a
result of testimony given in the
36-day hearing.
The legless war veteran
charged that the record of the
hearing was “saturated” with
untruthful statements indicating
perjury on both sides. He said
he would demand dismissals both
(See HEARING. Page A-2.)
Mrs. Ferriday Upset-
In District Title Golf
Mrs. Edward C. Ferriday, jr„
defending champion in the Dis
trict women's golf championship
being played at Chevy Chase
Country Club, was upset 3 and
2 in the first round today on
her home course by Capt. Lucille
Busch, U. S. A. F.. of Argyle.
Capt. Busch was 2 up at the
turn after being 2 down at the
end of four holes of play.
Betty Garber, champion in
1952, defeated Mrs. H. H. Good
man of Washington Golf and
Country Club, 5 and 4, and Mrs.
George Noble of Kenwood, last
year's medalist, defeated Mrs.
Jack Smith of Prince Georges,
also 5 and 4.
(Earlier Stgry on Page A-17.)
Baby Furniture Sold
First Day by Star Ad
Mr*. M. F.'s baby was no exception
to the rule that children grow. Lika
all youngsters he out-grew his crib
which also included a mattress. Desir
ing to sell the items, Mrs. M. F.
placed an ad in Star Classified. She
found a buyer the first day her ad
appeared. In all, she received 19
calls!
If you have something to buy, trade
or sell, tell the long-established au
dience of Star readers about it. You'll
enjoy speedy results.
Because it produces the best re
sults, The Star publishes more classi
fied ads than the other Washington
newspapers combined.
Phene Sterling 3-5000 and ask for
an ad-taker.
Phone ST. 3-5000
Des Moines Braces for Flood
As Levees Get First Big Test
lowa Property Loss Mounts Into Millions,
1,000 Homeless Under Record Inundation
By the Associated Press
DES MOINES, June 22.
lowa’s capital city braced, it
self today for the greatest Des
Moines River flood in history.
Efforts of city workers were
centered on a new levee system
which protects much of the cen
tral area of the city north of
the downtown business district.
The river is expected to rise
late tomorrow to a crest of 1
to 2 feet higher than the June,
1947, flood which broke through
levees and flooded a wide area.
The stream cuts through the
i heart of Des Moines.
With a forecast of fair weather
I as the main cheerful note, the
crisis eased at Sioux City, Mason
City and Fort Dodge. The Boone
and Webster City areas were
battling all-time flood stages,
however.
Sandbag Battle at Boone.
Boone itself was not in danger,
but guardsmen and volunteers
fought a battle of sandbags as
the river rose to 24.5 feet at the
waterworks outside town. This
was nearly 5 feet over the all
time record.
United States Highway 30 was
closed just west of Boone by
flood waters but east-west routes
across lowa south of Boone, in
cluding U. S. 6 were open. Nearly
all main north-south routes
were open, some with detours.
At Sioux City, the Floyd River
Mrs. Smith Defeats
Jones in Maine by
Margin of 5 to I
Carries All but Four
Os Over 600 Precincts;
Rival Blanked in 19
By the Associated Press
PORTLAND, Me., June 22.
Maine Republicans overwhelm
ingly renominated Senator Mar
garet Chase Smith in yesterday’s
primary and cut down in crush
ing defeat the challenger she
said Senator McCarthy, Repub
lican, of Wisconsin, apparently
put up against her.
Mrs. Smith won by a margin
of more than 5 to 1, over Robert
L. Jones, Senator McCarthy’s 34-
year-old protege.
G. O. P. nomination is tanta
mount to victory in Maine.
A nearly complete count, from
613 of Maine’s 626 precincts,
showed 96,159 votes for Mrs.
Smith, 19,203 for Mr. Jones.
Carries Only 4 Precincts.
Mr. Jones carried only four
of those precincts, one of them
his home city of Biddleford. In
19 others he failed to get a single
vote and was almost shut out in
many more.
President Eisenhower was
“highly pleased” by Senator
Smith’s victory.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty told reporters
he showed the Maine returns to
the President this morning and
would like to announce:
“The President has great ad
miration for Senator Smith and
was highly pleased by the re
sults.”
Mr. Jones’ defeat scarcely could
be translated into ohe for Sen
ator McCarthy for the Wiscon
sin Senator never was a solid is
sue during the campaign, and
neither contestant contended he
was.
Furthermore it wasn’t until
the eve of the primary that Sen
ator Smith came out and said
that it appeared Senator Mc-
Carthy deliberately planted Mr.
Jones in the race against her.
The Smith Jones bajtle was
the only State-wide contest in 1
the primary
In the September general
election, it will be Senator Smith
versus Democrat Paul Fullam,
Colby College history professor, j
who had no competition in the
primary
The only other major races
were both in the Ist congression
(See MAINE. Page A-2.)
Truman Doing Well,
Gets Good Wishes
By the Associated Prosi
KANSAS CITY, June 22.
Harry S. Truman, recovering
from a Sunday operation in
which his gall bladder and ap
pendix were removed, sat up
i about 45 minutes today reading
telegrams and letters.
Mrs. Geraldine Blakemore. a
nurse, said the former President
was feeling much better this
morning after a good night’s
j rest. _
Dr. Wallace Graham, Mr.
Truman’s physician, visited him
briefly early today. Mrs. Blake
more reported Mr. Truman’s
temperature was down from yes
terday, when it was reported
above 100 degrees.
Dr. Graham said last night
, Mr. Truman is getting along as
well as expected but added, “it’s
! a pretty rough situation.”
Dr. Wallace Graham said he
had not allowed his patient to
walk yet and he was not yet out
of danger. The 70-year-old Mr.
Truman, however, was talking
about getting out of the hos
pital.
(Ek lEtomitta
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crested for a second time and all
levees held. At Fort Dodge,
waters were falling.
Many of the 1,000 lowa fam
ilies made homeless by flood con
ditions the last four days were
returning home, but new evacu
ations were occurring at down
stream points. The death toll
still stood at one, but crop and
property losses ran to many mil
lions.
One Town Surrounded.
The small town of Turin,
about 40 miles southeast of Sioux
City, was surrounded as flood
waters of the Little Sioux and
Maple Rivers cut across the low
lands.
Upstream on the Little Sioux
a secondary crest of 22 or 23
feet was anticipated at Cherokee
today. A 22.7 crest, second worst,
was recorded there during the
1953 flood.
Another series of flood crests
surged down tributaries of the
important Cedar and lowa Rivers
in Northeastern lowa. Waterloo
and Cedar Rapids prepared for
crests later this week.
The lowa office of the Federal
Soil Conservation Service esti
mates 725,000 acres of crop land
has been under water during the
last three weeks from torrential
rains. This figure does not in
clude the overflows of the last
two days.
Living Costs
Dip in District,
Rise in Nation
The cost-of-living index rose
slightly during May in most
cities but declined slightly in
Washington, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics announced today.
The national index for all
items was 115 per cent of the
1947-1949 average, the bureau
said, which ruled out any possi
bility that the Nation’s rail
workers might lose a cent an
hour in pay.
The national increase, which
halted a downward trend of the,
last three months, resulted prin- i
cipally from advances of 0.8 per
cent in food and 0.3 per cent for
housing. Other goods and serv
ices were substantially un
changed, the Bureau said.
The Washington decline was
four-tenths of 1 per cent. The
consumer price index for May
stood at 113.7 on a scale on
which 1947-49 prices are 100.
The dip was due to lower prices
for clothing, housing, personal
care and recreation and reading.
Food prices went up. The bu
reau said average retail food
prices advanced 1.8 per cent be
tween February and May to a
level 1.9 per cent higher than
a year ago. Fruits and vege
tables were up 5.5 per cent and
meats, poultry and fish rose 1.9
per cent.
There was a drop of 2.9 per
cent in dairy products as a re
sult of the April 1 cut in butter
support prices. •
Rents for homes went up two
tenths of 1 per cent between
November, 1953, and May, 1954.
The composite housing index
dropped, however, because of
lower prices for oil and solid
fuels and some house furnishings.
Lower prices reported for tele
vision sets, sports goods and
theater admisisons were given as
reasons for a 4.7 decline in the
index for the reading and recrea
tion group.
Cancer and Credit
Stir Stock Reaction
By tho Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 22.—The
stock market generally gained
ground today as investors in
terpreted the Federal Board’s re
duction of commercial bank re
serves as an inflationary gesture.
But tobacco company stocks
were under strong selling pres-
Cigarettes May Shorten Lives of Men
Past 50, Doctors Says. Page A-5
Reserve Board Eases Controls to Spur
Business Credit Flow. Page A-4
sures. Yesterday, the American
Cancer Society reported a link
between cigarette smoking and
cancer and heart disease.
It took nearly three-quarters
of an hour for brokers to combine
buy and sell orders on American
Tobacco. Then the Nation’s
leading tobacco producer opened
at $56 a share on a block of 12,-
100 shares, off $3.50 from the
last sale and a new 1954 low.
f Philip Morris declined $2.50
at $37.50 a share and Reynolds
Tobacco B at $35 a share was
] off $2. Also down at least $2
! were Lorillard and Liggett &
: Myers.
Other sections of the stock
market improved, especially
steels, motors, chemicals, rail
roads, utilities and aircraft
makers. Yesterday the market
inched to its highest levels since
October, 1929.
After the market closed yes
terday the Federal Reserve low
ered bank reserve requirements,
paving the way for credit ex
pansion through the Nation’s
banking system of more than
$7.5 billion.
Rival Forces
Claim Victories
In Guatemala
Major Battle Seen
For Key Rail Town
On Line to Capital
By tho Associated Press
TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras,
June 22.—Government and rebel
forces trumpeted rival victory
claims today in the four-day-old
battle for Guatemala. Both sides
appeared to be mobilizing for a
major fight over the key rail
town of Zacapa.
President Jacobo Arbenz Guz
man’s Communist-backed gov
ernment claimed a success lor its
armed forces at Gualan, east of
Zacapa about 20 miles inside
Guatemala. It said the rebels
were run out of town after a
brief skirmish, but mentioned
no casualties.
The “liberation radio,” speak
ing for the anti-Red invasion
forces of exiled Guatemalan
leader Col. Carlos Castillo Armas,
claimed the rebels held 25 towns
in Guatemala.
Associated Press dispatches
from Guatemala City said Ar
benz’ troops were massing in the
area of Zacapa. a city of some
8.000 on the main rail line be
tween the capital and the
Caribbean port of Puerto Bar
rios.
Five-Hour Battle Reported.
A rebel flyer interviewed near
the Honduran border said Cas
tillo Armas’ men also were mov
ing by truck towards Zacapa.
He said the invaders headed for
the rail center after seizing the
cathedral town of Esquipulas in
a five-hour battle. Three Guate
malan soldiers were reported
killed in that engagement.
An informed source at Tegu
cigalpa indicated a fight for
Zacapa was shaping up. He pre
dicted the rebels would abandon
their guerrilla tactics within the
next 24 hours and seek a pitched
battle with Arbens’ army.
The source also said:
1. At least two Guatemalan
pilots have fled their country in
training planes since the inva
sion began Friday.
2. T*o railroad bridges at
Gualan had been destroyed;
sabotage along the line between
Gualan and Puerto Barrios has
increased; a train which left
Guatemala City for the port of
San Jose has “simply disap
peared.”
3. The rebels have taken over
the rail town of Morales, some
50 miles from Puerto Barrios.
4. A rebel plane machine
gunned and dropped grenades on
San Jose. The rebels also an
nounced that their planes had
bombed Coban, a garrison town
in Central Guatemala, from a
base inside the country.
Rebels Proclaim Government.
The rebel radio broadcast a
threat to bomb Guatemala City
for the fourth time since the in
vasion began. The previous three
bombings were. by single planes
and apparently did little damage.
Castillo Armas has proclaimed
his command the only legal gov
ernment of Guatemala and called
on his countrymen to diasvow
the Arbenz regime.
A spokesman here said the re
volutionary “government” would
announce its cabinet later today.
Prince Georges Arrest
Made in Fireworks Sale
Prince Georges County police
issued a warning today against
the sale of fireworks as the first
arrest of the season was re
ported.
Detective D. D. Forsht charged
William White, 24, colored, of
1301 Eastern avenue. Fairmont
Heights, with selling fireworks.
Mr. White posted collateral of
$38.50. A hearing was scheduled
Friday in Hyattsville Police
Court.
Maryland law prohibits the
sale or display of fireworks or
firecrackers by individuals. A
conviction of possession of fire
works can bring a maximum fine
of SSO, and the maximum fine
for selling fireworks is S2OO.
Large displays by organizations
are permitted by the State In
surance Commission, which has
authority to issue permits on
10 days’ notice.
Congress Ball Game To Help
More Youngsters Go to Camp
On Thursday morning, 240
excited and happy children will
leave Washington’s sweltering
streets for a 12-day stay at
Camps Good Will and Pleasant.
About one third of them will
make the trip out of the ad
vance sales of tickets for the
annual Congressional Baseball
game tomorrow night.
Hundreds more are awaiting
their turn to go to camp, but
funds to send them must be
provided. The Congressional
game offers away to send many
of those waiting.
There are many good seats
available for the game, and
hundreds of eager and needy
children are hoping they will
be filled.
While the game has no $50,-
000 bonus baby to put on dis
play, the man who discovered
17-year-old Harmon Killebrew
S’—* -
White House Opposes Move
To Block Hiss' Retirement Pay
Budget Bureau Cites Contract Rights;
Views Rouse Hostility on Capitol Hill
By the Associated Press
The Eisenhower administra
tion opposed denying Gov
ernment retirement pay to Alger
Hiss or any convict who became
entitled to it as a Federal em
ploye.
The administration stand sur
prised many Congress members.
Representative Clardy, Republi
can, of Michigan said he was
“shocked, aghast, enraged, boil
ing mad.” Representative St.
George, Republican, of New York
called it “inconceivable.”
The administration’s position
was stated by the Bureau of the
Budget, which customarily speaks
for the President, and the Civil
Service Commission to a House
Civil Service subcommittee.
The subcommittee is consider
ing bills applying specifically to
Hiss, and generally to all Fed-
DON HOLLENBECK.
TV's Don Hollenbeck
Found Dead of Gas
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 22. —CBS
TV commentator Don Hollen
beck was found dead of gas in
his midtown hotel apartment to
day and police said it apparently
was a case of suicide.
Police said there were five open
gas jets in # the apartment.
He won the Polk Memorial
Award from Long Island Uni
versity in 1950 for distinguished
reporting on his weekly “CBS
Views the Press” broadcasts. He
was a war correspondent during
World War 11.
Mr. Hollenbeck, 49, was born
in Lincoln, Nebr., March 30,
1905, the son of Clyde and Clara
(Dacey) Hollenbeck.
He attended the University of
Nebraska and worked for 10
years on the Omaha Bee News.
for the Senators will be there
in uniform and playing for
the Republican team. Senator
Welker of Idaho, who was a
pretty fair semi-pro player in
his younger days, is one of Man
ager Runt Bishop’s pitchers. He
will be on hand to step in if
Representative Glen Davis of
Wisconsin, first-string pitcher
who doubles in brass as clean
up hitter, should falter.
The 40 or so members of the
two teams have worked hard
getting into shape for the game,
and they will put on a good
exhibition.
Tickets sell for sl, $1.50 or
$2.50. They may be obtained in
Room 724 of The Star building,
from Congressional secretaries
and at Griffith Stadium. The
parade starting the game will
begin promptly at 8 p.m. After
that, there will be a wonderful
show for about 2 1 /a hours.
eral workers convicted of felonies
involving moral turpitude.
Hiss, former State Department
official convicted of lying when
he denied giving secret Govern
ment documents to a pre-World
War II Communist spy ring, was
invited to state his view on the
proposal to take away his pen
sion.
Through the Prison Bureau
and an attorney, he sent word
from Lewisburg (Pa.) Prison
that he did not wish to make a
statement.
Hiss had a total Government
service of 14 years, 9 months.
Under present law he will be en
titled to retirement pay of S7OO
a year starting December 1, 1966,
after he reaches age 62.
The Budget Bureau, in a letter
to the subcommittee, said the
courts have held retirement
rights are contractual rights
“and that when the United
States enters into an employ
ment contract it is governed by
the same laws that apply to con
tracts made by private citizens.”
The bureau further expressed
“grave doubt” that any one
meeting the conditions of the law
“can be divested of rights which
have accrued to him.”
$2.20 Realty Tax
For District Fixed;
Rise of Five Cents
The- Commissioners today
formally fixed the District’s new
real estate tax at $2.20 per SIOO
of full property value.
The rate is the minimum per
mitted under terms of the new
Public Works Revenue Act. It
is 5 cents higher than the
prevailing levy.
The Commissioners renewed
the tangible personal property
tax of $2 per SIOO valuation.
They formally repealed the tax
on personal household effects.
Under the schedule approved
today, taxes must be paid on
boats valued at more than sl,-
000.
The taxes are applicable in
the fiscal year beginning July
1. Taxpayers are required to
file personal property informa
tion next month. They will be
billed for payment in full in
September, or half in September
and the rest next March.
Join the Ranks
Summer Camp Fund
Contributors Listed
There are children in the
Washington area looking to }#*■
for a helping hand this summer
They would like a summer
vacation at camp. But their
families couldn't manage the
expense.
You can step in and make
their trips possible. For $35.72
you can send a child to camp for
12 days.
Send your contribution to/The
Evening Staj Summer Camp
Fund at The Star Building. You
can pay for 12 days, or chip in
with as much as you care to give.
The following contributions
are acknowledged today:
Previously acknowledged $7,087 81
i Mary Willson Hilliard 10.00
S. B. A. 10.00
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davis 5.00
John A. Riggles 5.00
i Charles H. Pierce. Jr 2.00
! Anonymous 25.00
! E. H. B. 10.00
I Anonymous 2.00
Mrs. William W. Eagles 20.00
Garnett Stackelberg 17.80
Anonymous 5.00
Mrs. Austin Kautz 5.00
Mrs. Leo H. Frelburter __ 10.00
In memory ol son. J. H. E.- 35.72
Philip S. Pierce .. __ 20.00
O. J. Singleton - Son
i Gilbert J. and Wayne J. Gusi 10.00
Kathryn D. Pout 17.80
Mrs. James MacGregor Byrne 35.72
Equality-Waiter Reed Post No.
284. Veterans o t Foreign
Wars 35. ,2
James Willis Robb 5.00
Col. Everett L. Cook 20.00
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Wil
liams „ 15 00
Daniel C. Vaughan 1 • .*6
Alice M. Griffith 3--. . 2
Total t# data *7.468.07
Problems of Paris
The problems of France, declining in
strength midst a modern world of com
plex political and economic conflicts are
analyzed in the second of a series on the
shaky French empire on
Page A-11.
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Slum Code Drafters
Told to Drop All Else,
Produce by July 1
Prentiss Sets Deadline
For Three Officials
In Housing Campaign
By Miriam Ottenberg
Engineer Commissioner Louis
W. Prentiss today told the city’s
housing code drafters to drop all
their other work and come up
with the long-awaited code by
July 1.
Obviously impatient with the
long delay in getting a code,
Gen. Prentiss set the deadline
for action at a two-hour closed
session with the city’s legal, en
gineering and health officials.
The housing code, on the
drafting board for the past nine
months, is aimed at bringing all
forms of housing within the
purview of District inspection.
The goal is to improve housing
and prveent further deteriora
tion of sub-standard dwellings
on their way to becoming slums.
Executive Session Ordered.
The housing code subcommit
tee of the Slum Prevention and
Rehabilitation Committee is
! headed' by William Cary, direc
; tor of the Health Department’s
; Bureau of Public Health Engi
neering. District officials serving
with him are Assistant Corpora
tion Counsel Robert F. Kneipp
and R. Donald Kinney, assistant
superintendent of inspections in
the District Department of Li
censes and Inspections.
Gen. Prentiss told the three
men to free themselves of other
duties before Thursday and go
into executive session that day to
i get the code completed. He made
it clear that he wants a finished
J draft one week after they start
meeting.
He said the non-Government
members of the code committee
also would be invited to sit in
on these sessions, although he
could obviously not order them
to do so.
These include Ralph J. John
son, Washington Housing Asso
ciation; William S. Harps, Wash
ington Real Estate Brokers As
sociation; Alvin L. Abinoe,
Washington Real Estate Board,
George R. Linkins. Building
j Owners and Managers Associa
; tion and Herman Schmidt. Home
Builders Association of Metro
politan Washington.
Draft to Go to Committee.
The completed draft, the gen
eral said, will be submitted to
! the large housing code advisory
! committee which is still in pro
cess of appointment but is sup
posed to be completed by June
30. Then the Commissioners
will take a look at it.
Gen. Prentiss planned to em
phasize the forthcoming housing
code at session with -Chairman
O’Hara of the House District
Judiciary subcommittee this aft
ernoon Representative O’Hara
has been holding up a bill sought
by the District to put teeth into
the law for the condemnation
of insanitary building. The leg
islator wants standards for con.
demnation written into the law.
District officials, however,
want the legislation to give the
Commissioners authority to es
tablish standards without writ
ing them into law.
Code May Serve as Guide.
Gen. Prentiss said that he felt
. that once the housing code is
written it can be used as a guide
for condemnation of insanitary
buildings. Gen. Prentiss said the
board which condemns these
buildings is now using the build
ing code which applies to new
construction.
He said the board should rec
ognize that certain aspects of
old buildings cannot be brought
to the standards of new con
struction, but can be made rea
sonably safe and sanitary. That
: was the attitude that he ex
pected to take to Capitol Hill
i this afternoon.
Budget Hearing
Gets Pleas for
Fund Boosts
Protest Made on
Plan for C. St. S.E.
To Be Major Artery
Citizen spokesmen appeared as
witnesses today to wind up Sen
ate subcommittee hearings on
the District’s record-breaking
$170.7 million budget.
Liberalization of spending pro
grams were asked for in various
services, including schools and
welfare.
Special stress was placed on
the need for expansion of the
District's civil defense program
and for extension of the auto
mobile training program in the
high schools.
Perhaps the sharpest debate
developed over the proposals of
District Highway Director J. N.
Robertson to develop C street
S.E. into a major traffic artery
leading to the East Capitol street
bridge.
Road Project Opposed.
Victor M. Brennan, represent
ing the Capitol Hill Southeast
Citizens’ Association, and Donald
Montgomery, 203 C street S.E.,
led a delegation denouncing the
road project as one that would
wreck property values in the
Capitol Hill area.
They protested such a through
road would hamper the restora
tion of old houses near the
Capitol.
Senator Dirksen, Republican,
of Illinois, chairman of the sub
committee in charge of the sup
ply bill, directed the subcommit
tee staff to ascertain the status
of the C street project.
Speaking for an outlay of $35.-
000 for the high school driving
courses were representatives of
the Commissioners’ Traffic Ad
visory Board, the American Au
j tomobile Association, the Key
stone Automobile Club and
others.
Witnesses included Mrs. George
C. Thorpe, Mrs. Harvey W.
Wiley and Washington I. Cleve
land speaking for the American
Automobile Association; A. Julian
| Brylawski and Nathan Lubar of
! the Traffic Board and Ernest R.
| Brent for the Keystone Club.
Used in Nine Schools.
Mrs. Thorpe said the full fund
was needed so that the training
program, now used in nine high
schools, could be extended to all
16. One proof of the value of
driving training, she said, is to
.be noted in the fact that insur
ance companies charge a lower
premium if the policy is taken
out by trained high school
drivers.
Senator Beall, Repuolican, of
Maryland, who was in charge of
the hearings part of the day,
spoke up to declare that he per
sonally would vote for the full
sum. He recalled that some years
ago, when a member of the
House, he sponsored legislation
to authorize the driver-training
courses.
Senator Dirksen promised wit
nesses that serious attention
would be given their demands for
more money for civil defense.
The Commissioners had asked
for $208,000. as against $90,000
appropriated for the present fis
cal year. The House slashed the
request to $75,000. In the Senat®
hearings, the city heads are ask
ing restoration of the full $208,-
000.
Witnesses supporting the res
toration included Robert E.
Stein, an air raid warden: Mrs.
Sterling McKittrick. Herbert P.
Leeman of the Commissioners’
Advisory Council, and George
A. Berger of the Arkansas- Ave
nue Community Association.
Representatives of the Fed
eration of Citizens’ Associations
submitted a relatively brief list
of appropriation requests.
Burden on Citizens.
! Mrs. Henry A. Bartlett, newly
elected president, asked that
something be done in budget re
ports to make it clear that Dis
trict residents carry most of th®
burden of financing the city. She
said there was a general miscon
ception among people in th®
States that the Federal Govern
ment supports the District be
(See BUDGET, Page A-2.)
Libyan Minister Here
\ Dr. Mansour Fethi El-Kekhia
presented his credentials to Pres
ident Eisenhower today as th®
first minister to this country
from Libya.
Tough Divorce Laws
Encourage Perjury
DIVORCE GRANTED —Although
New York State has stringent divorca
laws, judges and lawyers know that
New York divorces are easy to obtain
and annulments even easier. People
just perjure themselves. Page A-4.
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