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Evening star., 1951-06-08


Of this city. are being weaned away from
entering the teaching profession because
the Federal Government and private in
dustry offer them equal and better sal
aries for positions which do not require
the intensive training and educational
preparation needed by teachers.
It is hoped that the citizens of Wash
ington, individually and through their
organizations and newspapers, will rise
to support proposed pay increases soon
to be introduced in Congress, which will
enable the Board of Education to at
tract into the schools of this city those
persons who will be able to maintain and
improve the traditional high standards
of education which the Nations Capital
has provided for its children.
Could not Congress. by an upward
revision of the District of Columbia
Teachers Salary Act, give to the Ma
ton public notice Of the gravity of the
teacher shortage and of the deleterious
effects Of inadequately trained and paid
teachers on the development of youth?
Could it not thus provide an incentive
for other communities to raise the sal
ary levels Of their teachers, to the end
that all over this Nation the highest
caliber of persons will be entrusted with
the education of our children?
Harriet F. DeMond,
Secretary, Joint Legislative Council
of Educational Organization of the
Public Schools of the District of
Columbia.
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School Children Defruuded

The Joint Legislative Council of Edu-
cational Organizations Of the Public
Schools Of the District Of Columbia
wishes to commend The Star for its
May 81 editorial, "The Teacher Short
age Grows" The discerning analysis of
the cause Of this alarming dearth of new
teacher material places the responsible
ity just where it belongs-on those COM
munities whose shortsightedness and
fallacious parsimony curtail the monies
appropriated for the development Of
their most precious investment, the
youth Of the land.
The children Of Washington are now
and will continue to be defrauded Of
their proper right to the best kind of
education, unless there is proper finan-
cial recognition Of the valuable services
Of the school personnel. Every day po-
tential teachers, young men and women
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Teachers Should Be Included

Superintendent of Schools Corning has ad-
vanced persuasive arguments for salary in
crease for District teachers. Simple justice re-
quires that teachers be included among govern
mental employees being considered for pay raises.
And the welfare of Washington's public school
system also requires that teachers salaries be
kept in balance with the pay of other civil
servants.
The superintendent's recommendation for a
$770-a-year raise for teachers and other school
employees was coincidental with the walkout by
AFL painters in connection with their demand
for wage increase of 10 cents an hour. The
painters now receive $2.42 an hour, at which
rate they can earn more than S., 900 year.
Washington teacher with bachelors degree now
is paid q minimum of $2830; one with a masters
degree is paid minimum Of So, ,330 DR.. Corning
would have these minimum salaries increased to
$500 and $4,100, respectively
The National Education Associations Com
mission on Teacher Education and Professional
Standards, reporting on the serious nature of
the growing shortage of elementary teachers,
blamed competitive salary offers" as q major
cause OF the teacher exodus. The commission
said recently more aggressive action must be
taken II the present quality of instruction In the
elementary schools is to be maintained and fur
ther improved. Not only must competitive salary
0~~S~H @AS AASV oAAA WHINING COuy1tOuS improved,
but teaching must be accorded wider recognition
IN terms OF its contribution to national security
and the perpetuation of democracy"
The principal competition in washington
comes from the Federal establishment. This
competition will become q greater source of
trouble If Federal employees are granted an In
crease and teachers are not. There are already
more than 500 temporary teachers in the local
schools-teachers having qualifications below the
standards fixed for permanent appointees The
NEA found that stems Of thousands of American
ooys and girls are being educationally short
changed" because of substandard qualifications
OF some 100000 elementary teachers. This situa-
ton Will grow worse unless the pay and working
conditions OF teachers are made more attractive
to college graduates than they are today.
Evening star., 1951-06-08

the great day Of American postal his
tory. Goodard's was a private service,
operated in opposition to the still exist
ing English service. Goddard had de-
clared his desire to have the Continen-
tai Congress assume charge and admin
lister this service for all the people.
The Continental Congress took the
matter up and appointed committee
composed Of Mr.. Franklin, Mr.. Lynch,
Mr.. Lee, Mr.. Willing, Mr.. Adams and
Mr.. P. Livingston, who brought in their
report on July 25, ITS.
The report was taken up and con-
sidered the next day, July 26, ITS,
when it was resolved:
THAT Postmaster General be ap-
pointed for the United Colonies =,
salary Of one thousand dollars per an
mum :. that a line of posts be ap-
pointed from Falmouth in New England
Evening star., 1951-06-08
John Erskine

John ErSkine was so successful as a literarv
craftsman that he may be in some danger Of
being thought Of simply In that role. He wrote
oest-sellers by the dozen and made full use of
magazines and newspapers, movies and radio,
Tor the mass circulation of his products. The
steady flow of his books from his desk to the
publishers and then on to the bookstores and
the lending libraries was a phenomenon often
remarked upon by less fortunate writer's. His
luck was proverb, supposedly.
In truth, however the explanation Of DR..
Erskine's achievement was hard work. He was
q thorough scholar, skilled in facts as well as
richly endowed with imagination. Any subject
ne touched became duty and he served it to
the limit OF his powers. The result was total
OF more than forty volumes all definitely his
own and yet all closely related to human expert
ence in universal sense. His mind was liberal,
his heart sympathetic. So it happened that his
stories were kindly in their impact All his
attitudes were philosophic. He was instinctively
poet but became systematic thinker by train
ing and self imposed discipline.
Credit for this traces back in part to the
influence of music on DR.. Erskine's life He was
O pianist Of distinction and an incisve critic
Further, he was great democratizer of noble
melody. Much Of his effort during long period
OF time went into the task of carrying superior
music to public which hitherto had been denied
It, Meanwhile, he earned his bread generally
by teaching at Columbia University and in other
centers Of learning. He was exceptionally popu-
lar among his pupils and his faculty colleagues
alike. The Dictionary of American Biography,
the Cambridge History of American Literature
and many other standard reference "sets" reflect
his talents for persuading people to cooperate
constructively.
DR.. Erskine will be remembered especially by
the young authors he advised and helped His
Junior circle included apprentices who now are
famous. To them has passed the responsibility
for keeping his example alive.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Courtesy Post once.

to Savannah in Georgia that post
age rates shall be twenty per centum
less than those appointed by Parlia-
ment."
The record of the Continental Con-
gress on that day. Postal Independence
Day. closes with the unanimous election
of Benjamin Franklin to be Postmaster
General.
Thus Franklin, who had been deposed
by the British from this very same post,
was placed in charge of the Constitu-
tional American Post Office for the
United Colonies almost one year before
the American Declaration of Independ-
ence, July 4, 1776.
Postal Independence Day deserves to
be remembered. 1t was one Of the first
acts Of open defiance to the authority
OF the English government by the
United Colonies.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Robert Emmet Burke.
Nurse to Nurse

The registered nurse whose letter ap-
peared June was certainly way OF In
saying that nurses and patients were
more congenial when Of the same race
and religion" What difference can such
a silly thing make If the nurse is
good nurse and giving good care to all
patients? The Armed Forces are an
example of this. In their ranks of
nurses any one knows that race or re-
ligion never enters into the matter.
Irene X. Ginsberg, r. N.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Comforting Headline

The front-page news of the transit
radio being banned by the court was q
real treat and also headline comfort
ing to sore or tired eyes. This very
pleasant surprise has started many
individuals commenting upon the mat
ter and some of them viewing it with
extremely pessimistic ideas. The pessi-
mists insist that the Supreme Court
will favor transit radio and that it will
continue to trespass the rights and
privacy Of transit riders.
Having won this first round perhaps
1t would be appropriate for IRA tTran-
sit Riders Association) to extend its
initials as IRA LA LA! Here is hoping
that complete victory for IRA will be
realized.
Robert Emmet Burke.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Shocked

Maryland's Senator Butler, who defeated
Milard Tydings last November, says he is Every
shocked" to hear the result of the trial Of his
campaign manager, Jon NJ Jonkel, who has been
convicted of violating the States election laws.
Senator Butler must shock more easily than
most people would have suspected, considering
the nature of the campaign he conducted
against Mr. Tydings. Apparently he was not
shocked by the use of the composite photo sug-
gesting that Mr.. Tydings and Communist Earl
Browder were on chummy terms. Nor was he
shocked, so far as the record indicates, by any
of the fagrantly false accusations made against
Mr.. Tydings in connection with his investigation
of communism in the State Department. Why,
then, should he be shocked because Mr.. Jonkel
has been fined $4,000?
There is no doubt that MIR. Jonkel violated
the law. He said so himself when he pleaded
guilty to the charges There is nothing excessive
about the sentence, for he might have been
sent to jail. In the face of this clear violation
it is hard to know what else should have been
done with Mr.. Jonkel. But Senator Butler is
shocked and thinks Mr.. Jonkel "is the victim
of an effort to make me appear in an unfavor-
able light"
With all due respect to Senator Butler, that
is sheer nonsense. If he appears in an unfa-
vorable light, it is not because Mr.. Jonkel has
admitted that he failed to comply with the law
Evening star., 1951-06-08

respecting the recording and reporting Of cam
paign funds. And II there is anything shocking
about the case it consists of the fact that while
Mr.. Jonkel can be punished for relatively minor
violation Of the statute, there is nothing that
can be DONE under the law, about the kind Of
campaign that was conducted under his
direction.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Daughter of Mrs. HoIton

~o0SuASb Va WIS., bhOlAOu
One small voice from the lively chorus
Of the Hundreds of Children-and All
Girls" claimed by Mrs. Jessie Moon Hol-
ton wishes to thank you for your splendid
tribute to her and her school in The
Star Of June /.
It was heart-warming to see that the
50th anniversary of this school, which
has meant so much to so many, was not
lost in the great rush of Nationwide and
worldwide news. If Mrs. Holton could
ever be persuaded to write of her years
as a school headmistress in Washington,
many interesting sidelights on scores of
prominent persons who have come and
gone from the local scene would be dis
closed.
Not only has Mrs. Holton had hun
dreds Of daughters, but she has had
hundreds of tepchildren-and all boys.
for she welcomes with open arms all
husbands and fiances. Perhaps Mr..
Kennedy, who has written so sympa-
thetically Of her, Is one.
Elizabeth COrnwell.
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To q Freshmen English Teacher
ION Her RetirementD

Ton Her Retirement)
Remembered till my final day tDiH be
The iDhimper OF Ben Gum, the ques-
tioni1g tap
OF old blind PetD, stGid Dr.. Liuesay,
The BenboD and the bloody treasure
map.
The deadly aim OF Long John SiUer's
cTutch,
Jim In the apple barrel about to
Sneese:-
on my imagination your sure touch
Played stimulating, daring melodies.
Portia became nly big and tuiser sister.
Shylock. my father, toeeping for his
greed
How could Rebecca struggle tcten Bryan
kissed her,
Wicked get charming on his proud,
black steed?
Praise from the hand you trained is little
art:
Take gratitude for LIGHTING ~ this heart.
Alma Roberts Giordon.
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Views on Far East

1t looks very much like the war in
Korea is about to end. We can all be
very glad that MacArthur-C Chang Kai-
shek's friend-was relieved from his
commands In the Far East. There is
no reason on earth why American troops
should fight for years in China in order
to re-establish the Chang regime on
the continent OF Asia.
A Reader.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can ret the answer 10
any question Of fact by either wrttins The
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return postage or By telephoning ST. 1858.
Evening star., 1951-06-08

O. What is inactive yeast?-G. C.
A. The word inactive" in this case
means simply that the fermenting power
of the yeast has been eliminated during
the drying process Of its preparation.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. How long should 1t take to play
Ravel's "Bolero"?-G. G.
A. It is related that Nine. Ida Rubin
stein, for whom it was composed. In
sisted that the music be timed at exactly
17R minutes.
Evening star., 1951-06-08

@. How many Presidents saw service
In the Civil War?-T D.
A. Six. They were Grant. Hayes, Gar
field. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison and
Mckinley.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Letters to The Star

Pennanes may be used letters carry ers
and addresses AL letters subject to condensation
Evening star., 1951-06-08

@. Who was the co-author Of the
Schuman Plan for pooling the steel and
coal industries Of France and Germany?
&C. E. W.
A. Jean Monnet was co-author Of the
plan.
Evening star., 1951-06-08

@. How many airfields were set up
In Manchuria during World War II?-
G. s.
A. At the end of the war there were
over 40 military air11elds.
, 1951-02-21
Minister Scolds
Church For Bias

PITTSBURGH, Feb. Fl (ANP)
demonstration of the zone
ness of the family of God" was
put on here when more than g.
900 persons-Negro and white
gathered at a service sponsored by
the race relations commission Of
the Council of Churches of Christ
of Allegheny (Pittsburgh) County.
Principal speaker at the services
was the Rev. Jitsuo Morikawa, a
Japanese-American, who pastors
the First Baptist Church in Chi
cago. He told the congregation
that the "Christian church re-
quires a daring adventurous step
to save itself from extinction in a
secular world"
He pointed out that the ''worlds
of sports, diplomacy, education,
art and music have gone far ahead
of the Christian Church because
they have been more ready to &C
cept Negroes than the church it
self"
He added that his congregation
was mostly white, but accepts Ne
gro members.
, 1951-02-21

Gibson admitted stealing 20 car
tons Of cigarets, two boxes of R.
G.. Dunn cigars, n o%vercoat and
a brown jacket from Guthrie's
Service Station, 500 w. Third
ST., on Jan. z, and breaking into
the Clark's Drive-In, 300 Third
St., on two occasions. Judge Mills
ordered the sentences to run con-
secutively.
PLEADING GUILTY to maim-
ing and disfiguring another man,
Ralph Elmer Brown, 10, of 528
Hartford St., was sentenced to a
term of one-to-20 years in the
Ohio State Reformatory. Brown
was charged with cutting to wound
, 1951-02-21

Clearance Glenn Powell, "a, of
304 Hartford st.
JUDGE MILLS refused to con-
slider a plea Of probation for Lor-
en- Stephens, 33, of 3OO5 Keturah
Ave-, due to his record, and sent
enced him to one-to-15 years in
the Ohio State Penitentiary for
the burglary of the Andy Furni-
ture Store, 1915 w. Third st.,
last Jan. IL.
RUFUS McCARGO, 33, of 15-
At w. Fifth ST., "just won't stay
in the Workhouse" according to
the guards at the institution who
are still looking for him following
continued on page 81
LET'S make every week Broth
erhood Weeki
, 1951-02-21
Sentences Judge
10 R~eformatory Terms

In the Court of Common Pleas yesterday, Judge
Charles Lee Mills, sentenced Judge Benjamin Gibson, rs,
of 118A Holland Ave-, Crown Point, to two terms of one
to-five and one-to-15 years in the Ohio State Reformatory
when he pleaded guilty to burglary in the day and night
season.
, 1951-02-21
MAGAZINE ROUNDUP

QUICK: Civil Rights. Federal
agencies will be directed by Presi-
sident Truman ''to enforce regula-
tons giving Negroes an equal
break in defense jobs" is the pre-
diction Of Quick Magazine.
PAGEANT: Career Gal, In Sep
ia. Freda DeKnight who writes the
spritely food feature "Date With
A Dish" in Ebony, gets several
kidos in Pageant Magazine. She is
spoken of as "America's first Ne
gro Food editor" and is credited
with making the best clam spread
in America. What's more, she in
vented pansy petal pie, it says.
REDBOOK: Your C hi | d De-
serves A Pet. For any child over
five a pet is a real necessity, says
Joseph Willard and Rena Hamel-
farb in Redbook Magazine. Pets
that are responsive" are best, it
is pointed out. They advise that
you chose a pet that you can live
with. Pedigree, price and fancy
equipment mean nothing. "Child-
rem simply want a pet" they
state.
AMERICAN: Lies Little Prob
lens. The Long Beach, California
police department decided to make
it tougher for criminals, writes
Arthur Lansing in the American
Magazine. So it "added two new
detectives: Paul Goforth n d
Bruce Ketchum."
SEVENTEEN: Record Reviews.
Be sure to hear = Life Is So Pc
culiar; You Rascal You : a duet
by Louis Armstrong and Louis
Jordan (Decca), advises Seven
teen Magazine.
COSMOPOLITAN: High Blood
Pressure. A new technique is being
used in the treatment of high
blood pressure. Resin is given the
patient, which, when it gets into
the bowel, picks up sodium, ex-
plains DR.. Morris Fishbein in
Cosmopolitan Magazine. He adds,
''The resin is not digested, but
simply eliminated, and with it
goes the unwanted sodium"
READERS DIGEST: The Great
est Moment in Marian Anderson's
Life. It wasn't the night when
Toscanini told her that "hers was
the finest voice of the century"
Neither was it the time she gave
the private concert at the White
House for the Roosevelts and the
King and Queen of England. Nor
the time she received the $4,000
Box award cas- the person who
had done the most for her home
town of Philadelphia" Not even
the time she sang before $4,000
or more beneath the Lincoln
statue in Washington, with Cab
met members, Supreme Court
, 1951-02-21

Marian Anderson chose none of
the above events as the greatest
moment in her life when inter-
viewed by a reporter, says Billy
Rose in Readers Digest Magazine.
"Miss Anderson told the reporter
that the greatest moment in her
life was the day she went home
and told her mother she wouldn't
have to take in washing any
more"
WOMAN'S HOME COMPANIONS:
That Dangerous Walk To School.
Women of Louisville, Pittsburgh,
Cleveland and a few other cities
have the answer for preventing
accidents to school children at
school crossings, write Janet and
Harry Gross in Woman's Home
Companion Magazine. These com
munities use women as school
guards, they state. "Not we'll
meaning volunteers but fully ac-
credited and paid auxiliaries Of
the police department." From the
time these women went on duty,
mot one child has been killed or
injured at any school crossing
patrolled by a woman school
guard" is the report.
COLOR: The New Negro Mar
ket. When all the figures of our
latest census are unwrapped, a
new and better Negro market will
appear on the American scene,
states the current Color Magazine,
editorially. Fifty years ago this
market was on the farm, it points
out. "Today, the city is the Ne
gro market of America. About LOO
American cities comprise the bulk
of the Negro market in 1850" it
stated.
HOLIDAY: Atlanta. The city
that survived Sherman and built
its way through the Reconstruct
ton. is today a busy modern alert
metropolis, writes James Street IN
Holiday Magazine. "Here in 49,
o." he says, ga race riot opened
wounds some said would never
heal" He adds, "Today Atlanta
has one of the largest Negro UNI
versity systems in the world and
the highest Negro per capita IN
come"
SPORTS: Basketball's Greatest
Road-Show. Slapstick m e q y
sleight of hand feats and pure
athletic genius make the Harlem
Globetrotters smash box office at
fractions from California to Casa
blanca, writes AL Stump in Sport
Magazine. "Once impoverished
they are the games richest prop
erty today" He says. Their gross
receipts in a 275 game tour last
season Preached a phenomenal 49,
25O.OOO."
, 1951-02-21
Singer Returns
BY O DUNBAR
AMP Correspondent

PARIS, France, Feb. 21-With
the gaiety and charm of pre-war
days, Bricktop has returned to the
Montartre. The American-born
Negro singer is again fast draw
ing the royalty of Europe and
aristocracy of America to the
brightly lit Montmartre, particul-
arly to the Melody Bar where she
performs nightly.
1t has been IL years since Brick
top held Paris cafe society in the
palm of her hand. Like many of
the popular entertainers she fled
Paris when the Germans entered.
Now, 55 years old, Bricktop seems
to live in the perpetual freshness
of youth. While she still is as love-
ly and charming as ever, her
philosophy on money seems to
have undergone revamping. When
discussing how she had won and
lost three fortunes, she quickly de-
clared, "But it will never happen
again. Life is far more too diff
ficult today.
The singers climb to fame and
fortune was as fabulous as her
loss of the three fortunes. She
first became known in the enter
tainment world in Chicago back
in the roaring '2Os. Her name was
Ada Smith and she was a caberet
singer in those days at the Pekin
Inn at 9th and State streets, and
later at the Dreamland Cafe at
, 35th and State.
HER FIRST BIG popularity
came when she teamed with two
other girls who later became IA
NOUS, Florence Mills and Cora
Green. These three formed a mar
velous trio and starred for ever
| al years at the old Panama Cafe,
35th and State streets. The below
| ed Florence Mills went on to be-
come the toast of Broadway AMI
Cora Green, a top rank vaudeville
artist. Bricktop hit her stride in
Montmartre.
When she first returned to
Paris after the war, times were
bad for the most popular artists
| so she decided to return TO Am
erica. For a time she served as
hostess in a small entertainment
place in New York. But unable to
reach the "big time" in the states,
| she moved to Mexico. There back
ed by Edward Jones, the Chicago
policy king often referred to as
the "Baran' who is nov the tar
get of the Kefauver Investigating
Committee, she opened a glamor-
Gus cafe. It's success brought her
back to where she belongs "Gay
Paree."
, 1951-02-21

PHONE YOUR NEWS TIPS to
The Dayton Daily Express by dial
ing MI-7634.
Evening star., 1951-02-05
High. Present. Prop'd

sachusetts, the House Republican
leader, declared in a statement
it is "inconceivable" that the
total Federal tax take could be
raised to $71 billion to balance
the budget asked by the President.
He suggested that Mr.. Truman
Immediately withdraw his budget
and make drastic curtailment"
in non-defense spending. AS an
alternative, Mr.. Martin said Con-
gress should refuse to pass a tax
bill until all requests for defense
funds have been carefully weighed
on the scales of necessity" and
non-military requests pared to
the bone"
Certainly if the administra-
ton intends for the bureaucrats
to feast on fat while putting the
American people on an austerity
diet" Mr.. Martin added. then
Congress must supply the reduc-
ing pills that will bring Govern
ment down to size that we can
afford"
The United States Chamber OF
Commerce joined in the cry for
more economy in non-defense
spending. In a weekend state
ment it said there should be 81
billion reduction in the budget.