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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-10-28
Survey Shows School
Board Employs 1870
Dade County
Residents
BY B. M. Hindman

From time to time, during the
last five years, complaints have
come to this office, directly and
indirectly, that Dade County resi-
dents were not given a fair chance
to secure employment in the Dade
County Schools.
This office recently undertook
study of the backgrounds of the
Institutional personnel to determ-
inc whether or not this complaint
was justified. We have included
in this study all principles, deans
librarians, secretaries, registrars,
and classroom teachers in the Ne
gro schools, and effort to detrm-
inc actual facts in the situation. It
was our opinion that, if we found
the complaint to be justified, a de-
cided change in policy was need
ed.
We present the data below in
two clasSifications: CD data con-
corning our personnel, and .(2)
data concerning new personnel
employed for the school year
1950-51.
The principals of the Dade
County Negro Schools, and the
Assistant Director of Instruction
having supervision of Negro edu-
cation, have subscribed to the fol-
lowing policies in recommending
personnel for employment to the
County Superintendent and Trus-
tees.
l. Our primary objective is to
secure the best qualified teachers
for our Dade County boys and
girls.
2. We should not employ any
persons who are not properly
trained and certificated by the
State Department for the position
to which they will be assigned.
3. When we have applicants, ap-
proximately equally qualified for
any specific position, preference
should be given Dade County res
identS.
4. We feel it would be mis-
take to restrict employment en-
tirely to Dade County residents.
There would be danger of Gin
breeding" in such a policy. Also,
one of the best ways to improve
an organization is to bring in a
few people from the outside who
have had experience and have
absorbed ideas and learned new
techniques from similar organiza-
tons in other parts of the nation.
5. We should carry our share of
the burden of training beginning
teachers in service. Consequently
we have not required that new
personnel have previous teaching
experience, as has been done in
many large school systems. How
ever, it would be a mistake to
employ too many inexperienced
teachers in any one school.
A study seems to indicate that
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-10-28

and friendly talk for ten years
come December /.
In days gone by Laura even
used to shine brass, iron sashes
and trousers and keep the Sam
Brown Belts clean. ooh, for the
good old days." sigh all Cadettes.
To all girls taking physical edu-
cation Laura is an indispensable
friend-Miami Edison Herald.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-10-28

ATLANTA = CAMP
here on a transforming
porterS here that he wou
manager of the Dodgers.
Jackie also said that
next year, and explained
the recent pennant race.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Air Force 'Souping' Trick
Save Motorists Money
Opens Way for General Public Use
fLow.Grade and Cheap Gasoline
Bv Thomas r. Henry

An Air Force trick Of "souplng" motors
with alcohol and water developed during the
war may make possible an enormous saving
in fuel costs for motorists.
It opens the way to general use Of rather
low-grade and cheap gasoline with as good
mileage and performance as with mucn
higher and costlier motor fuels.
On two recent test trips of 1000 miles each
an Agriculture Department test truck DEM
onstrated this. Bureau Of Agricultural and
Industrial Chemistry scientists report that
the truck operated as well on 5S-octane
gasoline plus alcohol-water injection as it
would on regular gasoline with an octane
rating of IA or better The mixture consisted
of IS per cent alcohol and Is per cent
water. It was injected automatically into
the trucks carburetor when the engine was
under heavy load, as in climbing hills, accel-
Grating in traffic or passing other vehicles.
Standard Model Truck.
The test truck was a standard model ntted
with small tank under the hood to hold
the mixture. Injection Is controlled BY the
engines manifold vacuum which accurately
reflects the load on the engine. The truck
got sS miles out of a gallon Of gasoline,
about normal for this type Of vehicle which
weighed 10000 pounds when loaded. One
gallon of the alcohol-water mixture was
used each LOG miles.
During at least 80 per cent Of normal
driving according to the Department OF
Agriculture report-that is when a car Is
running on the level at speeds up to about
40 miles an hour-the engine will operate
satisfactorily on 50-octane fuel. Since ordi-
nary gas is 74-octane or better, much Of the
anti-knock quality actually is wasted.
II n u
The first synthesis of mica has been ac-
connplished at the United States Bureau of
Standards.
This material, essential as an electrical
insulator, exists in very limited quantities in
the United States. which is the chief con-
sumer. The countryS annual mica bill runs
to more than $15,000.000. Only l35 tons
with value of less than $4,000 are pro-
duced domestically.
The result came from broad program of
research on f1uorine-type artificial minerals
carried out by the bureau in association with
the Office of Naval Research and the Bureau
of Mines.
Four Ingredients.
The synthetic mica produced by DR.. Her.
bert Insley and his associates has four in
gradients. Three are common materials
used in making glass-quartz, magnesite and
bauxite. The fourth is a compound of the
higher poisonous element, f1uorine, which
acts as crystallizing agent and makes the
synthetic material superior to natural mica
in resistance to breakdown at high tempera-
lures.
Natural mica is the result of process re.
quiring thousands of years at extremely high
temperatures and pressures. The f1uorine
compound did away with the necessity for
these. In producing the new material the
four compounds are placed in platinum
crucible and melted at temperature of about
$500 Fahrenheit. AS the furnace cools to
mica, crystals grow from tiny seed placed
at the bottom of the crucible.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Arrived in Port

The thin-bloaDn harbor fog dispels II. y
crimson morning sun
That flames in peacock lusters on, saDells OF
oil-fln1ed tide; ,-.-
Rose-breasted sno,Dy gulls ascend, descend
aDith plaintive bIeat,
But hushed no10 Is the hourse toghorn that
nightlong crted. -.
And 1aotu beneath colossal arches OF the
bridge the Jretghters come,
Rust streaked upon drab hulls and ,oeary
OF their days; -
En,blems of far foreign skies and IN
conQuerors of time once more. u
Docking like gray phantoms, silently in %
pedrI-gray haze. 30
.y.
o Flying Dragon, Siluer Victory and Eretss
=. but names in ne,DS
ArriUing 7aoiD to churning harbor lDaSh and
se1btrds' screams,
More than these cargoes out OF Asia toeight
your holds,
More than the teak aad spice, you bear O
freight of dreams. ....
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
The President on Rubber

In the late war, with the cutting on
of Far Eastern sources Of supply, our most
critical raw-material shortage was rubber.
Being Nation on wheels, we had to move
swiftly to overcome this problem In order
to keep our military and civilian trans
portation from being paralyzed. Accord
ingly, the Government built and operated
q great new synthetic industry capable
of an annual output of almost million
tons of the indispensable substance.
Today with the war over and with the
natural sources of supply again open to
us, decisions must be made on the disposal
and future operation of our Government
owned synthetic plants, which number
twenty-eight in all, with eleven OF them
now in an inactive standby status. The
law governing the subject-the Rubber
Act of 194S-expires next June 80, and the
present session of Congress must therefore
adopt new legislation to establish long
range policy and to lay down the rules to
be followed in carrying 1t out.
With all this in mind, and in keeping
with the laws requirement that he make
recommendations at this stage regarding
what should be done with the industry,
President Truman has now placed before
Congress set of broad proposals based
on the fundamental objectives of protect
ing the national security and promoting
a free competitive economy. To back up the
proposals, he has also submitted compre-
hensive report drawn up by John r. Steel
man in collaboration with numerous
Federal agencies and private rubber,
petroleum and chemical industries.
The Presidents overall recommended
ton calls for legislation that would be
effective for ten years. Under it, in order
to promote a free competitive economy,
the Government would sell its synthetic
plants to private industry as rapidly as
possible. In doing so, however, 1t would
be guided by specific standards established
by Congress to guard against monopolistic
concentration. In addition, on diminish
ing scale during the life of the new law
or until such time as all controls could be
safely lifted, it would regulate the produc-
tion and other operating phases Of the
facilities that are sold, the purpose Of this
regulation being to serve both the economic
and security interests of the Nation.
AS for our security, the President has
taken into account two central facts:
% That available supply does not yet
equal the worlds unprecedented demand
for natural rubber, and 20 that the Far
Eastern sources conceivably may again be
closed to us at some date in the future
That being the case, he has strongly
recommended that the Nation build up
a stockpile of the natural product, but
within sensible limits, and that we main
tain-partly in an active status and partly
in a standby condition-our present ca
pacity to produce annually nearly million
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Hydroqen Bombs

If it is true that this country can produce
at relatively small cost hydrogen atomic
bomb possibly 1000 times as destructive
as the original atomic bomb, it would seem
important to bear in mind that the Rus
slams may well be able to do the same
thing And if this is so, it has direct
and vital bearing on the questions said to
be in process Of preparation for final
decision by the President
Recent reports, the latest coming from
James Reston of the New York Times,
have been to the effect that the pre-
ponderance of opinion among atomic SCI
entists is that hydrogen bomb can be
produced and that such a weapon would
be capable of destroying targets over an
area of from so to 100 square miles. There
is no official confirmation, of course, of
any of these reports, and they have to
be appraised with that in mind.
If they are well founded, however, and
it is not unreasonable to believe that they
are, there is no cause to doubt that some
of Mr.. Truman's advisers want him to
make another attempt to arrive at an
agreement with the Russians on control
Of atomic weapons. The main questions
in the minds Of these advisers, according
to the Times report, are whether this at
tempt should be made before trying to
produce hydrogen bomb, and, If the
President should oppose any delay, whether
he should not open negotiations immedi-
ately upon reaching the production stage
with the new weapon.
thn Laci
the controlling consideration is the secur-
ity of the United States, the decision
should not be difficult one.
The announcement by the President
last year of an atomic explosion In Russia
indicated that the Soviets had made faster
progress and better progress than most
Of our experts thought possible. They may
still be making better progress than we
think, and If the hydrogen bomb is tech
assume that the Russians cannot or will
not produce it.
II they should get into production before
we do our bargaining position, to put it
mildly, would not be an enviable one
Most assuredly, every possible effort to-
ward an agreement should be made. But
meanwhile there should be no unnecessary
delay IN the production Of this superbomb
II 1t is financially and technically feasible
to make such weapon.
The prospect of world in which both
the United States and potential enemy
are In possession Of hydrogen bombs is
not an inviting one The prospect would
be less inviting, however, if the Russians
had these weapons and we did not.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Franklin the Printer

The role in which Benjamin Franklin
was best known to his contemporaries was
that Of a printer. He was a statesman, a
diplomat, a practical philosopher, an in
ventor, businessman, public official,
and the world in which he lived was
familiar with his achievements in each of
these fields. But when Poor Richard came
to describe himself, he said: 'T am
printer" The Library of Congress, recall
ing this fact in connection with Inter-
national Printing Week. opened an exhi-
bition of Franklin's press productions last
Sunday.
Among the material shown is copy of
"The Religion of Nature Delineated," by
William Wollaston, published in London in
1725. Ben was only nineteen when he
worked on that volume in the establish
ment of Samuel Palmer. He had served
his apprenticeship under his brother James
at Boston and under Samuel Keimer in
Philadelphia. Subsequently, he was to
return to America and to enter into part
nership with Hugh Meredith as sub
contractors for Keimer. The Library dis
plays a copy of William seweps History of
the Quakers," which they produced in 1923.
But 1t was as publisher Of serials that
Franklin made his mark in big way. The
Pennsylvania Gazette was his journal, and
it brought him wide popularity. He con-
tinued to issue it to the end of his career.
The Library exhibits a representative
edition-April S, 1753. 1t also has selected
for the inspection Of visitors the first issue
OF Franklin's General Magazine, which he
suspended after only six months. The
Poor Richard Almanacs, running from 1882
to l757, were what readers really wanted.
They were aimed at the masses, and they
hit the mark. Even now they are fasci-
mating for the mother wit" they reflect.
Perhaps Franklin personally was not the
author of all the aphorisms. In any case,
he collected, edited and distributed them
with taste and skill. Such classics as
Father Abraham's speech at the auction
brought him international celebrity. They
were translated into many foreign Ian
guages and enjoyed tremendous circula-
ton.
Meanwhile, Franklin in 1744 published
Cicero's Cato Major, which he regarded
as his best typographical work. The
Librarys copy bears out his Judgment
But the commoner, the more commonplace
"jobs" to come from Franklin's shop were
his stock-in-trade. His interest was in
mass production Of texts the people needed
the Acts of the Pennsylvania Assembly,
for instance. The Library shows many of
these Franklin did not consider them
artistic. Rather, he looked upon them
merely as practical printing. Yet beauty
rrent iy, The handc,1t tvne WAS rnod and
clear, the paper stock durable, the ink
smooth and permanent in color and tone.
II the presses were faulty, the circumstance
did not detract from the net result in terms
Of material worth saving. Even the hurried
Evening star., 1950-01-18
No Bed of Roses

Disillusioned with our machine civiliza-
ton, fed up with society, sick of conven-
tional living, and weary of hobnobbing with
kings, queens and industrial big shots,
seven prominent Americans-including
woman-have set sail for the WindWard
Islands in search of Utopia. They are self
avowed escapists. They want peace, quiet
and happiness, and if the Windwards-
which are 1,500 miles southeast of Miami
disappoint them, then they are going to go
on and on in their trim little schooner until
they find the port of their dreams and the
land of their hearts desire.
Well, it may be said at the outset that
they will not find the thing they seek.
Although they apparently have lots of
money and a fine boat and plenty of
determination, they can't reverse the laws
of life. This world has never been a bed
of roses, not since the days of Adam and
Eve. Nor is it ever likely to be. Having
eaten, with constantly increasing appe-
tite, of the fruit of the tree of the knowl-
edge of good and evil, man is fated-as is
written in Genesis-to eat of 1t in sorrow
for all the rest Of the days, years and
centuries that may still be allotted to him.
Not completely In sorrow, of course, but
with enough headaches and worry and
occasional torment to remind him that
existence Is not an unmixed blessing, that
one must experience pain to appreciate
pleasure, and that struggle-even If it takes
only the mild form of having to hobnob
socially with kings and queens-is an in
escapable condition of nature. To be sure,
maybe the seven bound for the Windwards
should be envied, or maybe they should be
cheered on with cries Of "bon voyage!" and
good hunting!" But fundamentally their
whole project, like others of the same kind
from time immemorial seems altogether
silly.
For these people are chasing will-o'-
the-wisp. They are searching for the un-
real and the unattainable. Utopia simply
Is not within the reach of mortal and i'm
perfect man. If he ever achieved it. he
would not know what to do with it. The
bowl OF cherries would pail on him. The
freedom from care, the effortless living,
the luxury, the absolute perfection of
fleshly things, the. super -refinements OF a
suPel-Ie11ueu ana SuperneQOnlSClc CIVIL
cation, all would be more than he could
cope with. In due course, rendered labby
and decadent by it, bored stiff, indiffer-
ent to his destiny, and too soft to remain
in the ascendant, he would almost certainly
be overwhelmed by the more industrious,
tougher and struggle-accustoned bugs, and
the earth would then belong to them. 1t
Is not for nothing in the GRAND desioy ~
existence, that ours is no bed of roses.
Evening star., 1950-01-18

first surface navy? OF what value are fleets
of long-range bombers and piles of atom
bombs in fighting preventive war? Will the
presence of these bombers at Clark Field
curb the invasions of Hainan and Formosa?
Citizens such as myself, with access only
to what appears in print do not know the
answers to these questions and in the past
have left them to the authorities. But in
the past three months we do not know
what bombshell Is coming out of a fairly
obscure speech in New York or st. Louis
We read of skirmishes over whose name
is on the Navy Selection Boards list for
promotion, find that the name is off and
then find that it is back on. Men whom we
know to be patriots are denoted and re-
lieved of commands while we are trying to
get acquainted with the names of the speech
makers at New York and st. Louis. We
ask "Who are they?" and no one parti-
cularly knows We read that Gen. Eisen-
hover "a most outstanding American,
indeed, but presently without official capac-
ity) has allotted the budget between the
various arms of service. We are trying to
convince ourselves that navies are no longer
important when out comes James Ships
report telling of the Soviet naval con-
struction.
This confusing pattern cannot continue
Our faith in American standards of fair and
intelligent dealing must continue. Can we
hope that the new session of Congress will
sincerely question the shameful experiences
Admirals Denfield and Began have endured?
Can we hope that inquiries will be reopened
and that anyone with right to be heard
will be heard with no ruinous aftermath?
MRS. " F. B.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Time to Get together

Washington music lovers will have the
unusual opportunity tonight OF deciding
which of two outstanding musical events
they will attend-the National Symphony
concert at Constitution Hall or the Army
Band concert, with Helen Jepson as guest
star, at the Departmental Auditorium
The choice is hard one to make, and for
that reason it is most unfortunate that
both concerts coincide. 1t Is not only
unfortunate but unnecessary.
There is no reason to doubt that the
dilemma confronting concert-goers tonight
could have been ayerted by better plan
ming. Apparently those in charge OF
arranging music events for the Sesquicen-
tennial overlooked the fact that, In sched-
uling series of thirteen Wednesday night
band concerts, featuring noted concert and
opera stars, there would be conflict with
the regular Wednesday night concerts OF
the National Symphony. AS Howard
Mitchell, conductor of the National Sym
phony, points out, the series OF free public
concerts under auspices of the Sesquicen-
tennial Commission constitutes unfair
competition, since the symphony must
charge admission to meet expenses. Right
now the National Symphony is in the midst
of sustaining fund campaign for $4,000
in subscriptions.
It is hard to understand why Sesqui-
centennial officials neglected to consult
local music circles before making definite
plans for the guest star concerts. The
Cultural Development Committee OF the
Washington Board of Trade, the member
ship of which includes many Of the city's
music and art authorities, had offered Its
advice to the commission, but the offer
was ignored or forgotten. The committees
request that Sesqui officials make public
"at the earliest possible moment" any
further plans for events involving music,
the arts and entertainment, so as to elimi-
nate or reduce future conflict, is reason
able one Unless the Sesquicentennial
program is co-ordinated with the regular
cultural routine of the Nations Capital
there will be endless confusion and Ill will.
1t is about time for the Sesqui planners
to get together with local cultural, civic
and trade representatives to work out an
orderly program of special events for the
anniversary celebration. The community
wants no more of these bull-in-the china
shop methods.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Says Marshall Heights Residents
Want to Do Their Own Redeveloping

want TO DO lner OWn hedeVeiOpng.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Your January editorial, Marshall
Heights Again" reads as though you listened
to those who want to experiment with Mar
shall Heights. You did not take the trouble
to consult with us who know our neighbor
hood best.
You believe we have misunderstanding
of the purpose of the program" Somebody
has been kidding you. Our opposition to re-
development is not because we don't UNDER
stand its purposes but because we do UNDER
stand them and because we also understand
how the program would actually work. Con-
gresham John Phillips made them tell more
details of the plan than they wanted to tell.
That was why Congress would not give the
money. Then they tried to dodge around
Congress with an amendment that would let
them borrow the money and another amend
ment kept them from doing it.
The way the thing stands now, the redevel-
opment people are going to have to convince
the Appropriations Committee that they are
going to do an honest job and be fair to us
property owners before they get their money
That Is why they are Squealing like stuck
pigs-because they do not have fair and
honest plan that Congress would accept and
they don't want to have to make one.
I think you ought to read these records
editorials telling us how we should smile
freely while somebody tears down houses
that we worked so hard to build, with no help
from you or the Government or anybody
else. There is a simple way for Marshall
Heights to be improved just as fast as honest
planning and American enterprise will allow
That is for the Government to lift the freeze
that prohibits us from improving our homes
or building new Ones and then for the Dis
trict government to get busy and put in
water and sewers and paved streets, the same
as has been done in other parts of the Dis
trict for other American citizens. District
officials admit that they have been resisting
giving our share Of these pubic improve
ments for eight or ten years. This has made
1t very difficult for us to build the kind of a
neighborhood we want to build and are able
to build. There would be no other cost to the
taxpayers because we and other private citi-
zens would build the neighborhood ourselves
with private financing. This Is the Ameri-
can way and you know it.
MRS. PATSY L. ALLEN.
Chairman, Pioneers Committee of Mar
shall Heights