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The Rambler Will You Love Thy Neighbor? By JACK JONAS The National Housing, Center has made a good start, but going to have to be an sort of postgraduate course. The center is going to start what it calls a down-to-earth course for prospective home buyers. It will tell homeowner hopefuls about such things as home financing, design and location, construction and maintenance. is too said Thomas P. Coogan, chairman of the board of directors, prospective home owner know.

There is a hunger in the he went on, for sound information. So a pilot school will be started here next Monday. Home design, layout, how to pick a good site, what kind of house a family can afford, construction techniques, maintenance and upkeep will be described in four two-hour courses. Mr. Coogan said.

will be covered under home If Mr. Coogan can solve the crabgrass problem, he will earn a place in the heart of all of Washington. BUT SUSPICION persists that a postgraduate course will be needed. It may be that seers will have to be imported from the mystic East to handle the assignment, but handled it must be. There is, for example, the important question of neighbors.

Does the man next door have that look in his eyes? There is something here that needs special attention, more than eight hours of schooling in financing and home maintenance. There is a difference between a cocker spaniel and a Great Dane look, a difference that takes experience to recognize. A cocker spaniel is fine, upset garbage cans. But a Great Dane? He can upset a garbage can without knowing it. And also, is that man next door the outdoors type? Is he one who will be forever out mowing the lawn, raking the leaves and clipping the hedge? Or is he, more happily, the type who appreciates the finer things in life, such as relaxing in a lawn chair and looking contentedly out over the leaf-filled lawn and the overgrown hedge? How is it to be determined, in advance of buying this home, if the man next door is blessed with an adequate supply of tools? Will he be a borrower or a lender? THIS MAY ALL be covered in home maintenance, and it ought to come under financing, too.

After the down payment, there is precious little left for things like rakes, lawn mowers and hose. And who can predict when a special tool will be needed for a special job? If the man next door is well supplied with all types and sizes of chisels, drills and wrenchs, the neighborhood will be more appealing to the prospective home owner. There ought to be some way to measure the man next door before a binding contract is made. reason for unsound home buying decisions is simple," Mr. Coogan said.

lack of factual, usable information for the average home He hit the not interfering with the session on home construction-right on the head. Some factual information is needed, indeed, on such things as whether the man next door is going to keep his car spotless, even on days after rain, or is going to be content to let a little dust go for a few weeks. Some work, obviously, is going to have to be done on these important problems. Rambling Amerlka, the magazine this Government is distributing behind the Iron Curtain, has an appropriate 776 Pennsylvania avenue N.W.... Sure cure: At Tenth street and Constitution avenue N.W, a "light tooted his horn at the car ahead of him Just as the traffic light changed to green.

The motorist in front got out of his car. walked to the car behind, tipped his hat politely, and asked, you want By this time the light had changed again, and the man in a hurry fumed while he waited. American Enrollment Up 12 Prepares to Start Classes in Week American University, oge of the fastest growing educational institutions, began student registration today with the enrollment expected to be near the 6,000 figure when classes start next Thursday. Officials were expecting a 20 to 25 per cent increase in the full-time undergraduate enrollment and from 12 to 16 per cent overall. Last total enrollment was 5.098 in the five schools.

The dormitory facilities which house 450 have long since been filled, and male students are being permitted to live off campus. The Methodist-operated institution will open two new dormitories in February that will accommodate another 150. an orientation period for freshmen and transfer students at George Washington University will get under way at 8 tonight in Lisner Auditorium, Twentyfirst and streets N.W. The will be extended through September 28 to allow more time to help new students with their schedules and to give a wider break between social functions, including fraternity rush periods and receptions. In addition to orientation session, another will be held tomorrow for day students and a third Monday for night students.

Both will be held at 7 p.m. in the Lisner Auditorium. Drug Squad Holds Two Suspects Here Narcotics squad police have arrested two men who live within a block of each other, on warrants charging them with violation of the Harrison Narcotics Act. Eddie Thorpe, 29, colored, of the 1500 block of Corcoran street N.W., was arrested this morning at his home. Police said they found instruments used by heroin addicts.

Ifflj i VACATION Casey, 19, of 1014 South Frederic street, Arlington, gets a helping hand from Jim Trimble, 19, of 3111 Macomb street N.W., as she moves into Mary Graydon dormitory at American University to begin another year of classes. Miss Casey, a junior, and Mr. Trimble, a sophomore, were among the record number of students who registered at the university today in preparation for classes which begin next Thursday. Stanley's Bill Widens Virginia School Battle By ALEX R. PRESTON Staff Correspondent RICHMOND, Sept.

usually polite General Assembly today split over public school segregation to the point that one of its committees is holding the key bills as to forpe release of legislation from another committee. This situation prevailed after the Governor sent another measure to the Legislature yesterday asking that he be allowed to! take over any integrated school, jin the name of the General Assembly, to supplement his primary purpose of withholding I State funds from any school where the races are mixed. The funds-withholding bill is in the House Appropriations Text of Now Proposal by Stanley. Page A-30 Committee. Ten of its 17 members have agreed to bottle up the measure until the House Education Committee reports a pupil assignment bill recommended by the Gray Commission or some similar legislation Impasse Is Emphasised Governor Stanley latest proposal seemed to emphasize the impasse in which the General Assembly finds itself in its deliberations on the Supreme Court's school segregation decision.

The bill was presented by the I Governor as a formal request yesterday to be added to 13-bill legislative package for stopping Negroees from entering white schools anywhere in Virginia. is in no way a substitute for House bill No. bill that would withhold State funds from integrated Stanley told a press conference. That is the bill the Appropriations Committee now has befqre it. Even the opponents of this measure heretofore had agreed to vote to report the bill to the floor and let it stand or fall on own merits.

But the opponents, who art commuted to Obituaries tip igf XflesH Es US faiMr Kl SCHOOL Shaw, 18 (right), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Shaw or 1805 North Taylor stret, Arlington, who is registering as a freshman at American University, gets some advice from senior Nancy Chick, daughter of Mr. L.

T. Chick of 865 South Harrison street, Arlington. a pupil assignment plan, fear that the House Edi)cation Committee may not report the assignment bill. Eight StUI Possible As a consequence, the oppo. nents now are agreed that they will bottle up the fundswithholding measure until the assignment bill is brought out on the floor.

Even then, the opponents reserve the right to fight the funds-withholding plan if it comes up to a vote. The latest pro. posal apparently is designed to break a stalemate in the almost three-week-old special segregation The Governor and his advisers had worked 1 for almost 36 hours before the I newest proposal was offered. In the Senate, his bill had 17 of the 39 members as patrons. In the House there were 38 patrons out of the total membership of 99.

His bill declares the General 1 Assembly will operate schools by invoking the police powers through its agent, the Governor, wherever by the Governor as desegregationoccurs. Could Close Schools The Governor would automatically take over any school or school district at the first instance of Integration. He would close the school or all the schools in the district if conditions so warrant. Reaction to the Governor's, latest plan was immediate. One legislator from Norfolk said, makes bad matters file fretting ssl WASHINGTON, D.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1956 Chain Bridge Road Plan Hit I Tentative plans of the Virginia Highway Department for develj opment of Chain Bridge road in the McLean-Langley area as a four-lane highway came under fire yesterday at Fairfax court. house. Residents of the area lacked unanimity proposals for; solving the traffic congestion problems on the two-lane, winding roadway but appeared to be: unanimous in opposing phases pf the development plans so far; revealed. Nearly 100 residents of the sec-' i tlon attended a public hearing held by the County Board of Supervisors. The board, after an hour-anda-half hearing, adopted a resolution urging the State Highway Department to hold a public hearing before making final dej termination on plans for rebuilding the road.

The nearing received information on tentative planning of the State in a letter written to one of the residents of the area by State Highway Commissioner Jadies A. Anderson. "Route 123 (Chain Bridge road) is classified for ultimate development as a sous-lane divided Mr. Anderson wrote. "There is presently sufficient traffic on this road to justify four lanes at once.

because of our limited funds for road improvements in the Washington Metropolitan Area, it is not possible for us to so improve the road at the present I time. do. however, have funds available for the improvement between Langley fork, which is the intersection of Route 193 Route 123) and the point i where the proposed Oeorge Washington parkway will cross Route 123 east of Langley Mr. Anderson said. Central Figure In Zoning Row Will Leave City Gatter Resigns As Representative Os Lewis Here By GEORGE BEVERIDGE George S.

Gutter, a central figure in zoning revision controversy during the last two years, will step out of the picture tomorrow. He will leave the city on the termination of his job as chief Washington representative of Harold M. Lewis, the New York zoning consultant hired by the District for $141,000 to write a new zoning code. Mr. Gatter said his agreement with Mr.

Lewis had called for his leaving the job during the summer, but that he had agreed on until now. Main Spokesman Since establishing the Lewis office here in November, 1954, Mr. Gatter has been the main spokeffnan and champion of the controversial first draft of Mr. zoning proposal, released a few months ago. A city planner, he has been sharply at odds with Washington business, real estate and professional groups.

These groups contended the Lewis plan far exceeded the scope of a zoning revision by proposing a drastic new pattern of city development. Mr. Gatter took the position at the start at his job that Washington did not have an adequate on which new zoning could be based. He warned then that the Lewis firm, with National Capital Planning Commission staff members, would have to first map a new city-wide development plan. Such a plan has been drawn, and its in Mr.

Lewis' new zoning the basis of the controversy. The plan now is before the planning commission, but as yet has no official sanction. Some Concessions During the last few months, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Gatter have been revising the original proposal, in preparation of a final draft which must be submitted to the commissioners by November 9.

Mr. Gatter disclosed this week that the revision, reportedly near completion, will contain drastic changes, including some concessions on the most controversial points. Mr. Gatter, 33! said he plans to leave immediately for a vacation in Oregon, and has no firm plans aobut his future employment. He will be succeeded in Mr.

Washington office by Robert C. Bingham, a staff employe here since January, 1955. Mr. also a city planner, worked for the Westchester County Planning Commission before joining the Lewis firm. He lives at 9001 Seneca lane, Bethesda.

Strickler Leaves As Aide to Gasch, Joins Law Firm Assistant United States Attorney Frank H. Strickler. for the last three years chief of the Civil Litigation Division. is resigning to enter private law practice. United States Attorney Oliver Gasch announced today he had accepted Mr.

resignation with regret. Mr. Strickler successfully defended several suits brought to block the city's Southwest Redevelopment Plan. In private law practice he will be associated with the law firm of Whiteford, Hart, Carmody St Wilson. A former daw ejerk to Chief Judge Bolltha J.

Laws of District Court, Mr. Strickler became an assistant United States attorney 'in October, 1949. Mr. Strickler, who is 36, is married and has a young daughter. He and his family live at 3470 Martha Custis drive, Alexandria, Va.

Assault on Policeman Conviction Is Upheld Even if an arrest is illegal.l there is a limit to the amount of force one may use to resist it. the United States Court of Appeals said today. The court upheld a ruling by District Judge Alexander Holtzofl in a case involving an assault on an officer. Judge Holtzoff had declined to Instruct the Jury that if the police were attempting an illegal arrest, the defendant could use all force at his command to prevent it. The case involved a battle last September 17 between a metropolitan policeman.

Alfred G. Manfredi, and Asahel Abrams, colored, whom the officer had arrested on a disorderly charge. In the struggle two of the policeman ribs were broken, his collarbone was separated from his shoulder blade and he suffered spinal injuries. Part of one rib later was removed. Ample Rooms Seen For Inaugural Fete Bride Follows Red Tape As Husband Awaits Her A young husband who his bride almost as quickly as he had won her is counting the days until her return from her native Greece.

He is Robert I. Almond, 24. of 1827 Duke street. Alexandria, a clerk in the District Highway Department accounting office. His bride is the former Miss Aliki Pillka, 23, of Athens.

Greece. The two met here July 11. Miss Pilika had just graduated from Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. which she attended on a Fulbright scholarship. She was in this country on a student visa.

Obtained Job Here After graduating, she came to Washington and got a job as a bookkeeper at Woodward Lothrop. She hoped her visa could be extended to allow her to study further at George Washington University. Three weeks later, the young couple was married. They were wed first on August 2 in St. Methodist Church and again on August 15 in St.

Sophia Greek Orthodox Church. For the young bride to remain in the United States permanently, she had to leave the country and apply for re-entry on a permanent visa. Her return passage to Greece had already been paid for under the scholarship and she had promised her parents she would return for a visit. Permanent Visa Approved So on August 24, three weeks after their first marriage, she sailed from New York for Athens. That was a Friday.

The next Monday, Mr. Almond secured approval from the United States Immigration Office and the State Department for the permanent visa. It was transmitted to the United States consul at Athens even before the ship reached there. The Almonds expect to be re- PETITIONS FILED FOR 2 ADDICTS UNDER HOSPITALIZATION LAW The first two petitions for commitment of drug addicts under a new, streamlined compulsory hospitalization law, today were filed in District Court. In both cases, the addicts admitted to their habit and waived hearing.

Both are colored males 35 and 37 years old. According to Narcotics Squad Detective Elden S. Ernst, one admitted using 25 capsules of heroin daily; the other, 15 capsules. The petitions, filed by United States Attorney Oliver Gasch, ask that the users be committed to the Public Health Service hospital at Lexington. with detention authorized until authorities discharge them.

Under the new law. users remain under control of police until committed. Under the old law such rigid control did not exist and the users often disappeared pending court proceedings. Clearance Issue Raised On Jones Point Bridge Apprehension that present plans for the new Jones Point Bridge may not permit sufficient clearance for future navigation needs here is being registered with the District Office of the Corps of Engineers The office has been advised by groups concerned with river transport that the proposed 150-foot length of the center span of the bridge may be insufficient. Some are of the opinion the length should be closer to 200 feet.

Ships Getting Bigger It has been pointed out that ships are getting bigger constantly, and that the shorter span might present clearance difficulties. bridge would place limits on the size of ships that could come up the river," said Clarence J. Robinson, president of the Robinson Terminal Warehouse which- does considerable shipping business. Mr. Robinson said that the largest ships now using the Potomac River have a beam of 70 or 80 feet, but that some concerns hope to bring larger ones up the river In the future The largest ships now using the river regularly are those which supply newsprint to the Abrams had contended the arrest was illegal.

He was con. victed of assaulting the officer and was sentenced to serve one to three years. The case was appealed on Judge refusal regarding the requester lni struction to the Jury. But today the appellate court i declared: requested instruction was I too broad and in a sufficient sense While the i opinion cited former that one has the fight to resist an unlawful arrest. It said, "the right does not extend to killing the officer nor does it extend, in such circumstances I as were shown here, to the in.

fliction of the bodily harm rproved." i The opinion was written by i Chief Judge Henry W. Edgerton and it was concurred in by Judges Charles Pahy and Warden E. Burger. Local-Suburban News ROBERT L. ALMOND Stan Photo JIBS? MRS.

ALIKI ALMOND united here next month. Mrs. Almond sure whether she'll go on and get that degree or settle down to housekeeping at once. But she definitely plans to get her United States citizenship as soon as the law allows. newspapers here.

Mr. Robinson said that about four ships a month bring in a total of 100,000 tons of newsprint a year. Alexandria Chamber The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce has written a letter to the office asking that the 150-foot span be cons sidered carefully. The chamber has led a drive to Increase the port facilities of Alexandria and has pushed leg-' islation in Congress to deepen 1 the channel of the Potomac to 35 feet and widen it to 300 feet, 5 according to David C. Book, busij ness manager.

Mr. Book said the chamber Is seeking careful consideration of the proposed 130-fopt clearance. The Engineers' office will celve comments on the bridge plans until September 24 before making Its final report to i. Chiel of Engineers. A spokesman pointed out, however, that the legislation appropriating $14,435,000 for the bridge construction specifies a horizontal clearance of approximately 150 feet.

He said that any major change from that footage would require additional action by Congress. 1 Formal Protest Filed Capt. O. A Massenburg. presi.

dent of the Virginia Association. which is filing a forl mal protest with the Engineers on the span size limitation, said it could be difficult to get through in bad weather. He said that ships of the size i that carry the newsprint could clear piers 150 feet apart withput difficulty in good weather, but i that it could be dangerous in bad i weather. He advocated somei thing nearer to 200 feet. Capt.

Massenburg explained it i is necessary for ships to or come up the river slightly turned in stormy seas. The ship i then takes up a wider space than normally, and a 70-foot wide ship might actually occupy 100 lor more feet. Officials Meet With Hotel Men To Map Plans By WILLIAM A. MILLEN There will be plenty of accommodations for everybody coming to Washington for the January 21 inauguration, it was announced at a meeting of hotel and inauguration officials today. The session was held at the headquarters of the Hotel Association of Washington, 1331 street N.W.

In another aspect of the inaugural' planning, the District government has scheduled a conference for 11 a.m. tomorrow to discuss proposals for reviewing stands along Pennsylvania avenue N.W. Herbert C. Blunck, hotel association president, said a meeting of his organization will held September 27 to consider details of the inauguration program. Bourbon Dawes, executive vice president of the association, explained no hotels are confliming reservations for the inauguration until after the election, November 6.

There are 9,000 units represented in the 33 Washington hotels which are members of the association. Committee Requested Meeting meeting was set up at the request of the co-chairmen of the District Commissioners Citizens Committee for the Inaugural, George L. Hart, and Melvin D. Hildreth. These officials said they want the hotel men to begin thinking actively about the problem of hotel requirements for the inauguration.

When the inaugural committee is officially set up after the election by the new President, it is considered likely that a special housing group will form part of this organization. Mr. Hart said the housing group will likely consider the use of railroad ears on sidings for housing Inaugural visitors, as well as boarding houses and individual Lt. Col. Robert E.

Mathe, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, has been assigned to co-ordinate the plans for reviewing stands. At session at the District Building, he will go over the plans for the stands with Mr. Hart and Mr. Hildreth. Exploratory Meeting Col.

Mathe explained today the meeting will be an exploratory one so the District government can be prepared to meet the problems arising out of the Inaugural. Both Mr. Hart and Mr. Hildreth are anxious to save money if possible on putting up the stands. They are interested in the possible use qf steel stands to fit around the trees and shrubs and also permit an overhead covering to protect the spectators from the weather.

At session. Col. Mathe said, comments and recommendations on the stands will be sought Also, he asserted, conferees will try to establish deadline dates for the design and the time of issuing specifications to bidders for the stands. The meeting tomorrow will review what was done in prior in, augurations. Congress Voted Funds 1 Col.

Mathe recalled that Con; gress has appropriated $155,000 as a special budget for the District's share of the Inaugural activities. But money for the stands will not come out of this, because they are paid for by funds realized from the sale of seats. The District government is also moving on other fronts in preparation for the inaugural. Col. Mathe said.

These Include: Special arrangements for policing the city; 1 plans for removal of the streetcar loading platforms along Pennsylvania avenue; plans for erecting shields and flags along the streets; installing public convenience stations; roping oIT the parade route; distribution of official inaugural automobile license tags, and special regulations for parking, police, licenses for vendors, etc. City Hospital Gets New Supply Plan The first formal edition of a supply catalog is now in use at District General Hospital, Dr. Daniel L. Secklnger, health director. announced yesterday.

The catalog, plus a new requisitioning procedure, is expected to speed the procedure for obtaining new supplies. One of the chief complaints of medical officers at the hospital In recent years was the lack ol a smooth method to meet the demands for new equipment. CONVENTIONS TODAY The District Office Agency of the Commonwealth Life Insurance Co. winds up Its meetings In the Shoreham Hotel. National Sales Executives opens a two-day board of directors meeting in the Hoi tel Staller.

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