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Evening star., 1950-09-13
New York Printers Accept
Paw Increase Contract
By the Asseelatsd Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Repre-
sentatives of Local 6 Of the AFL
International Typographical Union
yesterday accepted a proposed
new contract for New York City
newspaper publishers calling for
wage increases of $3.50 a week
and an added $3.50 in benefits.
The 18-month contract will be
voted on next Sunday at a mem
bership meeting of the local. It
was worked out by union repre-
sentatives and the New York Pub
fishers Association which repre-
sents all major dailies here.
William Mapel, vice chairman
of the publishers group, said that
if accepted by the union the con-
tract would become effective Mon
day. The old contract expired
last September "a.
Mr.. Mapel said the $3.50 pay in
crease was for journeymen print
ers. Apprentices will receive
smaller increases based on their
experience.
The present weekly wage scale
is $99 for day workers, $104 for
the night shift and $109 for those
starting work at midnight.
Evening star., 1950-09-13
AIvanleY Johnston Backs
Taft in Reelection Fight
BY the As.eeia,ed Press


CLEVELAND, Sept. 13.-The
Taft-for Senate Committee here
has announced that Alvanley
Johnston, retired head of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, is supporting Senator Taft,
Republican, of Ohio, for re-elec-
ton.
Paul w. Walter, chairman OF
the committee yesterday said Mr..
Johnston was the first widely
known labor leader to indorse
Senator Taft openly. Mr.. Johnston
indorsed Thomas E. Dewey, the
Republican presidential candidate
in 1948.
A letter from Mr.. Johnston to
Mr.. Walter, with the Taft in
dorsement, was dated last May 2,
while Mr.. Johnston was still lead
er of the 80, member union. 1t
said: You can rest assured I will
do what I can in behalf of Sena-
tor Taft"
Evening star., 1950-09-13
Public Hearings Completed
|By Probers on D. G. Crime

Of Twelfth street NV. He said
it was rendezvous for musicians
artists and writer's.
Mr.. Preble said Mrs. Mildred
Grillo, secretary-treasurer of the
club, owns the building in which
the club Is located and all Its
furnishings. The club pays hel
$40O a month rent. In addition
she owns the soft drink concession
and pays the club 40 per cent oj
what she collects. Mrs. Grillo i:
on vacation and he does not know
where the clubs latest account
books are, Mr.. Preble said.
Organized as Charitable.
Although the club is organized
as a charitable and educationa
organization, records he brought
with him disclosed disbursement
of only 81 in the period between
March and November, 1949. Mr.
Preble said.
Vincent r. Grillo, husband O.
the clubs secretary treasurer. sait
he was paid $75 a week as door
man.
Joseph D. Horowitz of Silver
Spring, Md. president of thu
Hideaway Club. in the 3100 blocl
of K street NV, said he borrowed
IS 900 from a friend in Marlboro
Md, to open the establishment
The club has a weekly take" o
$1.100 and is just beginning II
make money, he said. He salt
the club sent two underprivileget
children to camp this summer
and contributes to numerou
charities
Evening star., 1950-09-13
Continued From First Pageo

instead of the three months here
tofore required. The new system,
he explained, would relieve the
unjust burden placed on jurors
who in the past have been re-
quired to sit all day, five days a
week. for three months.
Mr.. Fay said that despite the
heavy burden of cases, his staff
managed to keep almost current
and only about $50 active cases
were carried over at the end Of
the fiscal year.
Donald Clemmer, director of the
Department of Corrections, told
the committee the greatest needs
in local penal institutions are for
a better developed rehabilitation
program and removal Of alcoholics
from prison.
Alcoholics Increasing.
The average daily population at
the Occoquan WorkhouSe in
creased from 679 in 1949 to 952 in
the 1850 fiscal year, he said. Six
ty-three per cent of the prisoners
were alcoholics.
THE number of alcoholics i!
steadily increasing and we are
breeding more and more dere.
licts," Mr.. Clemmer said.
The average daily population al
the District Jail jumped to 2.172
the largest in its history, he said
Last year the average daily pop.
ulation was 1882.
1t. Earl Hartman submitted tn,
Police Departments yearly stats
tical report, which was released
several days ago by Police Chic.
Robert j. Barrett. William Shat
roth, chief of the division o
statistics for the administrative
! Office of United States Courts
4 submitted tables showing thu
number of cases handled in Dis
trict Court in the last two years
Club Officers Questioned.
Late yesterday, the COMMITTEES
shifted it's field to probe oncl
again into operations of after
hours clubs. Officers of two club
missed in the committee examina
ton several weeks ago were ques'
toned.
/ Robert Preble Of Greenbelt. Md.
identified himself as president 0.
the Lyre Club, in the 900 BLOCK
Evening star., 1950-09-13

BOSTON-Average per capita
shoe consumption in the United
States is about three pairs a year.
Evening star., 1950-09-13
Church Moy Be Moved
From London to Sydney

A war damaged church from
London may be moved. stone by
stone. to be rebuilt in Sydney
Australia.
It is st. Mary the Virgin. Alder
manbury, the site of which is to
be sold. It is a Wren church built
in 1877 to replace the one de-
stroyed in the Great Fire. A
church has stood on the site since
before 1148. In the churchyard
were buried two fellow-actors of
Shakespeare. John Hemminge and
Henry Condell. who produced his
plays.
Evening star., 1950-09-13
Sydney Johnston Named

Sydney R. Johnston, Arlington
contractor, has been appointed
chairman of the Arlington Red
Cross Committee on Disaster Pre-
paredness and Relief.
Mr.. Johnson's appointment was
announced today by J. Frederick
Abel, chapter chairman. Mr.
Johnston, native of Arlington, is
a past president of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Part of the disaster committee
job will be to tie its program to
civil defense plans.
Evening star., 1950-09-13
Army Catches Up,
Gives Col. MichoeIis
Infontrymon's S Bodge
BY The Assoeiatsd Press

WITH UNITED STATES
25th DIVISION, Korea, Sept.
13.-The Army got around to
remedying an oversight today.
It awarded the combat in
fantryman's badge to Col.
John H. Michaelis of Lam
caster, Pa. frequently called
the outstanding infantry hero
of the Korean war.
Mike" Michaelis commands
the 9th (Wolfhound regi-
ment.
Evening star., 1950-09-13
Causes BIuze

A 9-year-old girl has been put
on probation by the juvenile court
at Bootle, England, for setting
fire to church altar. She told
the court: 81 got a candle and put
it under the lace. Then I said a
little prayer because I had not
been a good girl"
Evening star., 1950-09-13
Seminary Opens

WESTMINSTER, Md, Sept. 10.
About so new students are ex-
pected to report for the opening
of the 68th annual term at West
minister Theological Seminary to-
day. The return of lis students
Evening star., 1950-09-13
Nehru Seeks Way to Get
Young Leaders in Purty
By the Asseeiated Press

NEW DELHI, India. Prime
Minister Jawaharial Nehru has
expressed concern over the short
age of young leaders in Congress
Party ranks. Most of the promi-
meme men now are over so and
some over 10.
Members of Parliament Sug-
gested Junior ministers of state
and deputy ministers be recruited
and trained for future leadership
Nehru replied that some steps
should be taken but did not favor
the suggestion that ministers be
appointed on a mass scale.
BOSTON-Average per capita
kloa
Evening star., 1950-09-13

TRAP CLOSED ON REDS IN POHANG AREA-A United Nations
task force led by Brig Gen. Gar Davidson former West Point
football COACH shut 5000 Red
Koreans today in the Kyongu M lifting major threat
to Pohang Airport East of YOnchon @ the South Koreans
miles, There little action in the Taegu
CO.. American 25h Division repulsed two efforts by
the Koreans storm dominating heights in Masan O
Az WreuhO
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-01
DIR. DEARBORN BRINGS
 FAMILY HERE FROM N. Y.

Dr. Curtis H. Dearborn, who went Outside this fall to bring his family back here, recently arrived with Mrs. Dearborn, the couples twins and their two other chil- dren.
 The family comes here from Geneva, N. Y. Dr. Dearborn, Az ricultural Research Administra- ton horticulturist, is stationed at Matanuska Experiment station, where the Dearborns will make their home.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-01
VISITS AT FAIRBANKS

Mrs, Mickey Kenneston of Val dez was a recent visitor at Fair banks. She spent several days at the northern city during the week of November 20.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-01
RECORD BOOKS ON HAND AT EXTENSION OFFICE

Farm Record Books suitable for crop histories and containing several valuable mathematical rules are now available at the Ex- tension office, Parker Lester, ag- ricultural agent, announced this week.
 The Extension office recently received a supply of the books which will be sold at the nominal cost of 25 cents each. The book now on hand is a complete re- vision of the edition that was pre- viously made available here by the Extension office, MT. Lester said.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-01
Moose Women Hold Roke Sale, Bozoor Tomorrow

Hand made articles and home baked goods will be offered by the Women of the Moose at a bazaar and bake sale tomorrow. The sale will be held at Grasser's Hardware and will start at 10 am.
 Dainty aprons, pillow cases and pot holders are among the hand made articles to be offered at the pre-holiday sale. Many of the items are very suitable as lovely Christmas gifts, members of the lodge said. The home baked goods will include pies, cakes and cookies.
 Proceeds from the sale will be used for the lodges work here in Palmer, members stated.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18

nations of the world are able 20
compromise their differences with
out resorting to arms. I urge" he
added, that we give the United
Nations our unqualified support
and endeavor to strengthen its
position in every way we can.
The Chapel at the new Veterans
Administration Hospital in Els
mere was also touched upon brief
ly by Senator Frear in his remarks.
The Senator revealed that he is in
cUse touch with General Carl R..
Gray, Administrator for Veterans
Affairs regarding the Chapel facili-
ties at the new hospital. Senator
Frear said he was informed late
last week that plans for a 60-seat
Chapel within the envelope of the
building are on the drawing boards.
Both wheelchair and ambulatory
patients will use the facility which
will occupy rather limited area.
However, the Senator said he was
told by General Gray that at lat
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
STATEMENT BY
SENATOR FREAR
Congress Should Keep Hands
Off Social and Economic
Problems
LET STATES DECIDE

United States Senator ]. Allen
Frear said Monday night that the
proposed investigation of interstate
crime by a special Senate Commit
tee, ''is one of the most construc-
tive steps that could be taken in
the interest of the American peo-
pie" In his weekly statement on
Congressional affairs, Senator
Frear declared that "crime wheth-
er organized or unorganized is a
continuing menace to our society.
1t should be fought vigorously and
relentlessly." Mr.. Frear declared
that the action by the Senate in
authorizing the crime investigation
indicates the growing alarm among
government leaders over the ex-
tent of racketeering. ut is my
hope" he said, "that the investi-
eating committee will spare no eff
fort to ferret out and bring to JUS
tice individuals and organized
groups who infiict their lawless
tactics on innocent and unsuspect-
ing citizens"
Senator Frear also commented
briefly on the proposal by EXPIRES
ident Hoover to reorganize the
United Nations and exclude Soviet
Russia as we'll as its satellite coun-
tries. Mr.. Frear pointed out that
though the United Nations has not
been overly successful in its at
tempts to mediate differences be-
tween world powers, ''it is the only
organization which can ever hope
to bring about harmony among the
worlds great powers" Said Sena-
tor Frear, II feel that as long as
the United Nations exist in its
present form there remains the OPP
portunity for agreement and under
standing. If we are to have world
peace it can only come about if the
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18

At the Thomas Jefferson School in st. Louis,
under the headmastership of Robin Mccoy, some
basic democratic ideas are put into practice. Head
master Mccoy, who has willingly arranged things
so he can be fired by his own faculty, would have
schools stop paying Ip-servce to democracy while
carrying on under what he calls totaltarian set
up We do not necessarily go all the way with
him but because we find his ideas challenging, we
invited him to present them here. He grants that
Thomas jefferson is small independent school,
yet he feels that what is being worked out there
might we'll be adapted, at least gradually, else
where-Educaton Editor
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
By Robin Mccoy

Headmaster of the Thomas jefferson School
Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Teachers are in genteel servitude, and this
causes the basic trouble of the profession its in
ability to attract and keep enough able men and
women The serWtude of the teaching profess
sion arises from its autocratic organization which
has little in common with the democracy it pro-
fesses to teach Every school, college, and uni
versity, public private, large or SMALL is auto
cratic in organization. The autocrat may be kind
of harsh, enlightened or narrow, but whatever his
personal nature he makes every major decision
/ submit that the organization Of the profession
is at fault, and not the many kind and admirable
people who are attempting to make bad system
work WELL In fortunate cases they lessen its
harshness and stupidity, but the system is more
powerful than the individuals within it and it IS
the system which keeps teaching in its position
as the least respected profession.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18

er date, it is hoped to create a
more elaborate place of worship.
Said Senator Frear, 'I want to as
sure those persons, who have writ
ten and spoken to me about this
matter, that I will exert every ef-
fort to have the most fitting place
Of worship established at our new
Veterans Administration Hospital.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
Oxford and Cambridge

For democracy in education we have two il
lustrious examples, Oxford and Cambridge. At
these there is no external board of control; the
teachers make all the decisions. In times of revo
luton and civil strife the teachers have had to de-
eide where they stood and what they would do,
and these same teachers have had to decide when
to build buildings, when to retrench, and when to
expand. Thomas Jefferson School, st. Louis,
Missouri is trying to introduce the democratic
system into American education. Here the trus-
tees are the teachers of the school. These teach
ers elect their headmaster and decide on the mir
ing and firing Of new teachers, salaries, and the
repair of buildings. There is no external board
of control, and if the teachers manage their af-
fairs badly they have no one to whom to pass the
buck. The headmaster comes up for periodic re-
election, as does every member of the staff. The
voting is by secret ballot by black and white
marbles dropped in box.
The experience at Thomas Jefferson School
has been that the democratic system brings to
bear on any problem a wealth of first-hand know
ledge ordinarily unavailable to an administrator.
In democracy opinions count and therefore
people form them; in an autocracy it is often
dangerous to have opinions, and many a teacher
has learned to his sorrow that having ideas on
education is privilege reserved for an admins
traitor.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18

Fresh fruits and vegetables lose
vitamins as they travel from the
field to you or as they remain on
the shelves of your grover. Select
the freshest ones you can when
buying.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
'Well-Meaning Amateurs

Here is the system. The legal control Of edu-
cational institutions is in the hands of board
of trustees or board of education. The members
have rarely if ever actually taught in classroom
and yet they make or approve every fundamental
decision affecting any school, college, or univer-
sity They are businessmen, lawyers, doctors, and
bankers With them education is a hobby and
the control of it part-time job.
These people choose manager, who is called
a principal, headmaster, a superintendent or
president. He is entrusted by them with the
daily affairs of the institution This administra.
tor makes the decisions relating to the internal
affairs of the institution referring anything of
controversial nature to the board of trustees OF
the board of education.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
Good Intentions

The administrator, under most circumstances
is the autocrat of the education system. His
teachers, who are eyewitnesses of his manage
ment and professionals in the field, have nothing
to say about his being hired or fired. His quail
fications for obtaining or retaining his office are
judged solely by his board group of men who
have never taught; well-meaning amateurs who
often give generously of their time and money,
but who remain amateurs. I submit that in pro-
fessional matters good intentions are no substi-
tute for knowledge and experience. What is
ledge of what is actually happening.
The administrator has the power and respon-
sibity of appointing and firing teachers, and of
granting or refusing pay increases. He decides
which teachers shall occupy every position of i'm
portance. The teachers appointed to such posi-
tions have to spend more time on administration
and less on teaching AS the board chose the ablest
administrator it could find, so the administrator
chooses his ablest teachers for administrative
work, leaving the less able to perform the work
of the classroom.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
Open Versus Backstair

Won't there be politics? Yes, of course, be-
cause politics enters everywhere 1t is a question
of choosing the open politics of democracy over
the backstair, secret politics of dictatorship.
People know what is happening in a democracy
and by exerting themselves can affect the result.
In dictatorship there is constant Juggling to
gain the ear of the dictator. His favorite of the
moment has immense influence. This is politics,
too, and of a vicious, degrading kind.
In democratic school the teachers are better
adjusted and broader human beings because of
their participation in all the affairs of the school
instead of those of the classroom alone. Better
teachers means better schools, and anything that
improves the teacher improves education. The
teacher is the heart of the school, for good teach
er can do much for poor student to help him be-
come better, and poor teacher can do harm even
to the finest student
The teachers in our present autocratic school
system have not been trained to take response
bility, and boards of education and boards of
trustees would be reluctant to turn over any con-
siderable power to them. But some steps are still
possible.
board of trustees of private institution
could announce that at its next vacancy the facul
ty would be allowed to elect one of it's members
to the trusteeship. At the next vacancy after
that another teacher could be elected, and at the
next another, with these members serving the
regular terms of trustees but coming up for re-
election at the hands of their colleagues instead
of at the hands of their fellow trustees. Thus a
slow and gradual introduction of tirst-hand know
ledge could be brought into a board of trustees,
and a gradual transition effected from manage
ment by interested amateurs to management by
professionals in the field
In public institutions the board of education
could turn over the management of the institu-
tion to the body of teachers instead of superin-
tendent, with the same responsibility of providing
adequate education, and under the same supervi-
sion as to the proper use of public money. The
teachers could then elect their principals and their
superintendent or their deans and their president
and could vote on the tenure and salary of one
another 1t is paradox to have an autocratic
educational system attempting to train up citizens
for a democracy. The answer to the critics of
democracy is more democracy and better demo-
cracy. The points on which the United States is
most criticized abroad precisely those in which
the United States is not true to it's own democratic
ideals. When we are democratic we are hard to
criticize but there many autocratic, dictator
ial features remaining in our society and our
school system offers blatant example,.
orie W. Speakrndn
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
Can Democratic Ideas Be
Put Into Practice?

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Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
TEACHERS ARE CHALLENGED TO RID FACULTY sETUPS
They Petty DictatOrshps Trying Build

lie Trying to Build Democratic Ideals?
below rather than down from above To me DEM
ocracy means that ultimate decisions are made by
the majority of those people affected by the de-
csion.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
CONTRACT 1896

CONTRACT 1896
STONE FILLED CREOSOTED
TIMBER GROINS
REHOBOTH BEACH
Sussex County, Delaware
5 M. Ft. B.M. Creosoted Timber
Structures
400 L. F. ,Creosoted Timber Piles
18 NJ Fl. BIN. Creosoted Timber
Sheet Piles
160 Tons Stone Fill
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Highway Department at its
offices, Dover, Delaware, until 800 PM,
ED.S.T. Il 100 P. M, E.S.T.) June 7,
1850, and at that time and place publicly
opened for contracts involving the fol-
lowing approximate quantities:
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18
Bottom of the Ladder

And thus we come to the classroom teacher,
the one who is actually with the student most of
the time. This person is entrusted with the pro-
cess of education and yet this person is the worst
both within and without the system. 1t is the
classroom teacher who does the work of education,
who does well or poorly everything that is being
attempted and yet the classroom teacher is at the
bottom of the whole system of servitude.
say that the teaching profession is auto
cratic because all power comes down from above,
and I suggest that in country committed to
democracy a democratic system of education
would be appropriate. By democratic I under
stand a system in which power comes up from
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18

CONTRACT 1895
CREOSOTED TIMBER GROINS
LEWES. BEACH
Sussex County, Delaware
6.5 M. Ft. BIN. Creosoted Timber
Structures
5000 L. F. Creosoted Timber Piles
81 M. Fl. B.M. Creosoted Timber
Sheet Piles
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18

The Employment Agency for these
contracts shall be the Delaware State
Employment Service whose Office is in
the Wagamon Building, The Circle,
Georgetown, Delaware.
Attention is called to the Special Pro-
visions in the proposal, specifications and
contract agreement.
mence within ten (10) days after the
execution of the contract and be COM
pleted as specified.
\ Monthly payments will be made for
ninety (90) per cent of the construction
completed each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a surety bond, certified check, or money
to the amount of at least ten (10) per
centum of the total amount of the pro-
posal.
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the con-
struction of State Highway Contract
NO. ...................
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids.
The contract will be awarded or re-
jected within twenty (20) days from the
date of opening proposals.
Complete sets of plans and specifca-
tions may be obtained after May 20,
1850, upon receipt of five dollars ($5.00)
for each Contract, which amount will
not be refunded.
Make checks payable to the State High
way Department.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
By: ]. Gordon Smith, Chairman.
M. Allan Wilson, Chief Engineer.
Dover, Delaware.
May 10, 1850.
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18

CONTRACT 1897
STONE FILLED CREOSOTED
TIMBER GROINS
BETHANY BEACH
Sussex County, Delaware
M. Ft. BIN. Creosoted Timber
5000 L. F. Creosoted Timber Piles
IL M. Ft. BIN. Creosoted Timber
Sheet Piles
220 Tons Stone Fill
LIS. Removal of Existing Groin Con-
struction
Smyrna times., 1950-05-18

CONTRACT 1898
CREOSOTED TIMBER GROINS
AND BULKHEAD
BROADKILL BEACH
Sussex County, Delaware
M. Ft. B.M. Creosoted Timber
Structures
5000 L. F. Creosoted Timber Piles
33 M. Ft BIN. Creosoted Timber
Sheet Piles