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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01

Investigating legislators say
that delay in loyalty clearances
for Americans is giving United
Nations jobs in Europe to other
nationals who probably involve
a much greater risk" for United
States interests
Recruitment of Americans for
10 specialized United Nations
agencies has been drastically
curtailed" and in some is "prac-
tically NIL" because clearances
have taken as much as six
months. a House Foreign Affairs
subcommittee reported last night.
The group said this poses a
serious threat to the technical
leadership heretofore held by the
United States in European U. N.
activities ranging from agricul-
ture to public health.
The three-man subcommittee
fully Endorsed the loyalty pro-
gram established by the State
Department last year after con-
gressional investigation of some
American U. N. employees. It re-
CURES a full investigation and
clearance of Americans to be en-
ployed by the U. N. or any of its
agencies.
I'm no instance" the report
said, should the standards eS-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
Robert K. Slaughter,
Retired Tax Expert
eY the A..eeiesed Press

BALTIMORE. Feb. Robert
Kemp Slaughter. 76-year-old re-
tired railroad man and tax ex-
pert. died at Johns Hopkins
Hospital after an extended ill
ness.
He was captain Of William &
Mary Colleges first football team
and helped found the first
Southern chapter of Kappa
Alpha social fraternity.
Mr.. Slaughter. native of
West Point, Va. was admitted to
the Maryland bar after gradua-
ting from the University of
Maryland law school in 1905.
After working as assistant to
the president in charge of claims
and accounts Of the Chesapeake
Steamship. Co.. he held a similar
job with the Atlanta, Birming-
ham and Atlantic Railway. In
1918. he became president of the
Alabama Northern Railway.
During World War he served
as a major in the Quartermaster
Corps and afterward Joined the
Bureau Of Internal Revenue at
Washington as a member of the
Commission on Appeals and Re-
views. In 1921, he joined the
Paterson, Teele & Dennis, &C
counting firm with Offices in
Baltimore, Washington and New
York. and in 1894 established his
own tax firm which he headed
until he retired in l943.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
James Vaughan, Is,
Senior Glass Pupil
Al Bethesda High

James M. Vaughan, 10, a Be-
thesda Chevy Chase High School
student who was active in school
sports. died yesterday at the
United States Public Health Hos
pital in Baltimore. where re-
search was under way to deter
mine his illness. He was pre-
viously in George Washington
Hospital.
The youth had been in the
senior class at school only two
weeks before he became i'll.
While junior last year he was
on the Junior varsity basketball
team.
He was the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence M. Vaughan,
1915 Oneida lane, Bethesda. Md.
Mr.. Vaughan is q division chief
in the Agriculture Departments
extension service.
Besides his parents. James is
survived by his sister Carol. who
is a junior in high school.
Memorial services will be held
at 8 pm. tomorrow at Robert
Humphreys funeral home. Be-
thesda. Tokens Of sympathy
may be contributed to the Mont
gomery County Youth Oppor-
tupity Camp, in care of Andrew
K. Kessinger. Silver Spring. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
Joseph Hartman, ~, Cripple
From Disease Since Infancy
Led 'NormoI' Life
Despite Effects Of
Muscular Dystrophy

A 24-year-old muscular dys-
trophy victim who carried on
q normal" life even though he
hadn't walked since his first
year. died Saturday at Prince
Georges Hospital.
1t was a common sight around
Colmar Manor, Md, where Jo-
seph E. Hartman lived, to see
him being carried piggy back to
sporting events, to the movies
and to Bladensburg High School
where he used to be a pupil.
Every morning one of his
friends had shown up at the
Hartman home to carry Joe to
school. He was elected presi-
dent Of the student council.
> Joe knew sports inside out,
his family said. He never liked
a wheelchair. although he had
to use one often. His friends
would carry him on their backs
to watch baseball. football and
basketball games. Sometimes
he would be gone all day, his
family said. Fishing was an
other Of his favorite sports, and
one he could do himself.
After high school. Joe finished
a four-year accounting course at
Strayer's Business College in two
years. The day after he grad
uated he went to work at Sayre
& Stiles, public accounting firm.
805 G street NV. He worked
there until a week before last
Christmas.
He was born in New Orleans
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Delay in Clearing Americans
For u. N. Jobs Criticized

tablished by those procedures
be lowered or relaxed"
The subcommittee proposed a
further study of the problem lin
view Of the fact that the inter-
national organizations reserve
an independent position on the
hiring of the United States citizen
even in the case of an adverse
loyalty report on such an indi-
vidual. For the present, it added,
the U. N. and its agencies have
agreed to wait for clearance be-
fore hiring Americans.
The Congressman urged a
speedup Of investigations which
they said now take several
months for a simple name
check" of an American seeking
only a 90-day job.
The subcommittee is headed by
Representative Morrow, Republic
can, Of New Hampshire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
J. D. NortIlrop Dies,
Minerals Expert With
Geological Survey

John d. Northrop. 81. chief Of
the mineral classification branch
Of the Geological Surveys con-
servation division, died yesterday
after walking out of All Saints
Episcopal Church. Chevy Chase
Circle.
Former church vestryman and
secretary Of the Sunday school
for the last 20 years. Mr.. North
rop had been driven home from
the church but he had returned
apparently to check on q Sunday
school button for q little boy.
He lived at 1887 Legation street
NV.
Mr.. Northrop was nationally
recognized as an authority on
mineral deposits in Federal lands
and laws covering disposal Of
Federal lands to individuals with
the retention of minerals on the
land by the Government.
Joined Survey in 1911.
He had been with the Geolog-
ical Survey since 1911, except
between 1919 and 1921, when
he was a petroleum geologist
for the ASiatic Petroleum Corp.
in Peru and Ecuador and for
the Roxana Petroleum Corp. in
Colorado and Wyoming.
He began work at he Survey
as an assistant classifier and
was formerly principal geologist
and assistant chief of the con-
servation branch.
He was the author of numer-
Gus scientific articles in his
field.
Mr.. Northrop was born in
Troupsburg. N, Y. He received
his bachelor of science degree
in geology cum laude at Syra-
cuse University in 1910 and took
his masters degree the follow
ing year.
In Many Organizations.
He was a member Of Sigma
Psi. Chevy Chase Masonic Lodge.
Society Of Economic Biologists.
Geological Society Of Washing
ton and fellow of the Ameri-
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and came to the Washington
area II years ago. He had had
muscular dystrophy since infancy
and had been totally crippled
since he was Z.
Survivors are his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Hartman, with
whom he lived at 4308 Monroe
street, Colmar Manor; three
brothers. James, Greenbelt. Md:
Carl, jr., and Thomas, of the
home address. and a sister, Miss
Geraldine Hartman, also of the
home address.
Funeral services will be held
at 8 q m. tomorrow at st. James
Catholic Church, Mount Rainier.
Md. Burial will be in George
Washington Cemetery.
His friends in the area who
had been his faithful carriers
will act as pallbearers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
Alvin Siegfried, IA,
Helped Form Panama
Canal Society Here

Alvin Siegfried. IA. retired In
ternal Revenue Service employee
and one of the organizers of
the Panama Canal Society of
Washington, died Friday while
walking in Meridian Hill Park,
near his home. 1856 Euclid
street NV.
From 1907 to 1918, during the
construction of the Panama
Canal, Mr.. Siegfried was chief
Of the stock record division of
the Quartermaster Department
at Mount Hope in the Panama
Canal Zone. He received the
Theodore Roosevelt bronze med
al for his service in connection
with the canals construction.
After his return to the United
States he helped organize the
Panama Canal Society of Wash
ington and was president until
recently.
Mr.. Siegfried was born in
Homer, Iowa, and was a veteran
OF World War I. He was past
commander of the Internal
Revenue Post No. 80 of the
American Legion and a member
of Harmony Masonic Lodge. He
retired in 1850 from Internal
Revenue.
Survivors are his widow, Mary
H., formerly of Wilmington,
Ohio, and two brothers, Webster.
Clear Lake. Dak.. and Charlie
Siegfried, Denver. Colo.
Funeral services will be held
at 1890 am. tomorrow at Hines
funeral home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
John 5. MeaIey, Infant
Son OF Former Resident

The 3-month-o old son of Mrs.
John Mealey. jr.. formerly a
Washington resident and regis
tered nurse. died January "a at
his home in Caribou. Me.
The former Suzanne McBryde,
Mrs. Mealey's husband is an Air
Force doctor stationed at Lime
stone (MeD Air Force Base. The
baby, John Stewart Mealey, was
born October 81 at Johns Hop
kins. Mrs. Mealey and her son
stayed at the home of her par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. Stewart Nc
Bryde, 1920 Wisconsin avenue
NV. for several weeks until
November IS.
Other survivors are the pa
ternal grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mealey, ST., of Providence,
r. I. Services were held in
Carbon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
Florence Bates, IS,
Character Actress
BY the Associoted Press

HOLLYWOOD. Feb. Flor
ence Bates, lawyer and a
baker before she became an ac-
tress at so. died yesterday Of
a heart ailment in a Burbank
hospital. She would have been
Sc February 20.
The noted portrayer of char
acter roles. who was from San
Antonio. Tex, was said to be
the first woman admitted to the
bar in that State, in 1909. During
the depression her husband. Will
Jacoby. lost his oil holdings.
They came to California and
opened a bakery.
In 1910 Miss Bates was APP
pearing in a stage production at
the Pasadena playhouse. A movie
scout saw her. signed her for a
part in "Rebecca." She was so
successful in that role that she
received scores of parts there
after, in films. in radio and
television, and on the stage.
Her husband died three years
ago.
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sessed value. for example, he
said, was $1.8 billion on the 47.6
per cent of taxable land. The
city's population was about 802,-
900. Other cities with which
this was compared included Bal
timore. with $4,000 population,
SIT billion assessed value;
Cleveland. $4,000 population.
SIG billion. and st. Louis, $780,
900 population, $1.1 billion.
Mr.. Martin stressed that since
the District has no extensive
industrial areas. the backbone"
of its taxable land value is the
central business bounded by
Pennsylvania avenue and Fifth,
Nineteenth and N streets NV.
He said this small area, rep
resenting only 1.9 per cent of the
total taxable land. brings in 1875
per cent of the entire tax. He
cautioned that unless this area
is protected, 1.-The economy of
the entire District will be threat
ened."
Makes Other Points.
The assessor noted also that:
/. According to a 1852 General
Services Administration report,
the Federal government was re-
ceiving about $278.000 a year
in rents from land removed from
District tax rolls for some pub
lie purpose" but mot being used
for such purposes
2. The list of tax-eXempt prop
critics is growing steadily. with
about 40 requests for exemption
now pending in his Office.
3. Studies of actual real estate
taxes on various classes of prop
erty show taxes are higher in
the District than in Montgom-
cry. Prince Georges or Arlington
Counties.
Despite the studies he cited,
Mr.. Martin said that probably
no two surveys of comparable
real estate tax rates ever agreed,
and that none can be conclusive.
But at the very least. he said.
the studies show the Districts
taxes are average now.
sails Rate Called High Enough.
Noting that real estate and
personal property taxes are the
only major ones the Commits
sioners can Ak by regulation. he
urged that any increase should
occur only in case Of emer-
gency." and added:
Under existing conditions the
rate of $2.l5 (per 500 value) is
sufficiently high.
AN increase could have
many unfavorable reactions -
acceleration of the movement
to the suburbs. increased
rents. higher prices of goods and
services. and hardships to
thousands who are now strug-
Cling to purchase homes and to
operate businesses"
While the statement did not
deal directly with sales taxes, Mr..
Martin told reporter that any
material extension of the tax
would seriously threaten business
revenues which make up the
heart of the city'S tax structure.
Following. meanwhile. are the
Commissioners major proposals
to increase general fund taxes
about $4.5 annually. and Mr..
Martins comments on them:
!. Alcoholic beverages - In
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h. F. Whitehead, Father
OF Ace APP Reporter
BY the Associated Press

COEBURN. Va, Feb. u
Harry Ford Whitehead, 80, ia
ther of Pulitzer Prize-winner
Don Whitehead. died today after
an extended illness.
A native Of England, the elder
Whitehead came to this country
in 1879. He had served as act
ing county judge of Harlan
County. KY. and acting Mayor
of the city of Harlan. He was
Federal coal administrator dur
ing World War l.
His sons. Don of WASHINGTON.
who has won two Pulitzer Prizes
as a writer for the Associated
Press. and Kyle of Lexington,
KY. each has been editor of the
Harlan Daily Enterprise. <
His wife. the former Miss Eliz-
abeth Bond of Coeburn. died
several years ago.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow at the Coe-
burn Methodist Church, of which
he was a member.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
William Cooper Stevens

EASTON. Md, Feb. l R1.-
William Cooper Stevens. presi-
dent OF the President and Sec
retarieS Club of the National
Rural Letter Carriers Associa-
ton. died Saturday in Memorial
Hospital at the age of SO. He
also was president of the retired
and pioneer carriers of the Ma
tional Rural Letter Carriers AS
ISOLATION.
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can Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Anne Mayo Northrop; two
daughters. Mrs. Lois Salyer.
1859 Forty-fifth street NV;
Mrs. Mollyanne Harris, Bethesda.
Md; two sons, Robert w..
Bethesda, with National Geo.
graphic Magazine; Richard NJ,
PEORIA, ILL.,: a sister. Mrs. John
w. Shive, Barnegat. N. j.. and
eight grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Wednesday at All
Saints Episcopal Church, 3
Chevy Chase Circle NV. Burial
will be In Rock Creek Cemetery.
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crease tax rates on liquor from
rs cents to 81 per gallon. cham
payne from 221a cents to 80
cents and wine from Is to 20
cents, to produce Sill million
more a year.
Opponents contend this would
put Washington retailers at a
disadvantage in dealing with
Maryland and Virginia Compel
itors and drop sales volumes.
Several subcommittee members
have raised similar questions.
and applied them also to pro-
posed boosts on beer and Gig
arettes.
Mr. Martin contends serious
effects" would result from in
creases beyond those proposed.
But he said the taxes compare
favorably with liquor tax rates
Of $1.25 in Maryland, $1.3O in
Virginia and a national average
of $1.54.
Beer Levy Would Triple.
Beer-1ncrease tax from 81 to
SO per barrel. to raise Sill mil
lion more annually.
This compares with a $40
rate in Virginia and a 93-cent
rate in Maryland. Mr.. Martin
said retail prices for premium
brands as of last November, how
ever. stood at S4.51 per case in
the District, S4.77 in Maryland
and $5.l6 in Virginia.
Cigarettes-Increase tax from
! to 2 cents per pack to produce
$750.000 more a year.
Virginia has no State tax on
cigarettes and Maryland has
only a sales tax. Mr.. Martin
said 40 States do have taxes,
none as low as / cent.
"Retaliatory" Taxes Feared.
Insurance - Increase tax on
premiums paid insurance COM
panies from 2 to 2l2 per cent,
to produce 100000 more a year.
District insurance companies
base objections mainly on the
fact that they will have to pay
about 10 times the District tax
boost in "retaliatory taxes to
other States. Under "retalia-
tory" laws. most States require
out-of-State companies doing
business within their borders to
pay taxes no less than taxes
charged in the companies home
Office Jurisdictions.
Mr.. Martin said insurance
companies get considerable reve-
nues from loans. investments
and rental properties, on which
they pay less taxes than other
businesses. He charged retalia-
tory taxes were a clever device"
to hold down insurance tax
rates. He contended companies
have not shown the boost would
increase premium rates. decrease
dividends or prove detrimental
social or economic effects"
l Per Cent Boost in Income Tax.
Individual income taxes-In-
crease rates l per cent to pro-
vide SIS million more. This
would be decreased $850.000 by
eliminating the non-busineSs
personal property tax.
Mr.. Martin noted that no drop
in the city's high personal ex-
emptions $4,000 for the tax
payer and $500 for each de-
pendent) was proposed. because
such exemptions were part of a
compromise to get the per cent |
sales tax in 1949.
Bus lines-Increase tax rates |
charged out-of-city lines which |
operate in the District. to pro-
duce about $4,000 a year more.
Mr.. Martin said the bus COM
panies would benefit from the |
works improvements !
and expressed the opinion that !
the boosts appear to be reason
able"
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Sion Boss Smith, SO

PITTSBURGH, Feb. / (P.-
Attorney Sion Bass Smith, SO, a
nationally known authority on
mining law and prominent in
Pittsburgh Masonic circles. died
Saturday night.
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$4,000 Jewels Stolen

MONTREAL. Feb. (P.-
Thieves smashed a safe in the
fifth floor Offices of Diamond
Industries. Ltd. in downtown
Montreal Saturday and escaped
with $4,000 worth of rings,
bracelets and diamonds.
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veilins in H memory of the late Harry
A. CMOODA) YOUNG, beloved husband
of sally Young and father of Larry.
Steven and Valerie Young will pc held
pm. at the Adas Israel Hebrew Con-
eresation Cemetery. 400 Alabama
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01

WALLS, MARY r. IN loving memory
Of my dear mother. NARY r. WALLS,
ago today. February 1. 1850.
Our hearts still ache with sadness,
Our eyes shed many Q tear;
Only God knows how We miss you
At the end Of four long years
DEVOTED DAUGHTER. GERTRUDE
CORpREW.
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Draths


ch ss4 y VIII Fines on ssasy HOS
pital. WILL GRAY. SON OF James and
Gray: also surviving are one DAUGHTER.
three sisters and many other rela-
tives and friends. After pm. Tues
day FEBRUARY . friends may call at
Johnson & Jenkins Funeral Home, 2O53
February 3 at .ad pm I9nd from &c MY
Cnnrcnt; SSen Snu L Tsmst. sss'
tefmens "ooois"n e'me'es
HARR1GAN, PHYLLIS T. on Friday.
yanuary IS r I254 at wafer Reea army ny
1907 sgth 81; Sc, WE .- 81 joseph
risan and sister , Of Mrs; julia nasti !.
Mrs Mary F. ,UraS, MrS, Antoinetsee
Na arcssfas Nas Sosepn rs Hasrisan rests
Hom sne ava Hrn 9eorF;. sve silver snrins
Nd. Mass viii be offered for the
repose Of her soul on Tuesday. Feb
ruary e. at 10 am. at Fort .Myer
Cemetery nt ~
HAkTMAN: JOSErn EDWAnD. On Ss..
1Iday: January 81 os Iy9ai ~ Cnsyar nGe
Heorsss sEP ene EnwaR TSp HARrS1AN by.
ioTed ' SON Of H Carl Il. and Agnes II II.
brothers and sister; James {, g. s,.G Carl
W, AHonas ~. 80 az norDiav
AlSO sranuihaIsr. JAMES as.h.: E1mersi
H nn,e Hvattsviiie Md where services
m ..s'I ha. 81, T;.sdev Eehrnarv at
$50 am: thence to st. James Catholic
Church. Mount Rainier. Mo where
and friends invited Interment George
Washington Cemetery.
.DDrr u.,a.v y.rue-v
nULM6s, ADDs. ". m a9aI sf sw
~, ISo4; AZ MsGs n uIa az. ~ 20 mo,;rn
ADO!E n ToiiS Sn..tta Rowser: two
OnS Mece; Ts srd Sdward lewis and
nepIews, S~ tr;and Eerrv Meadovs
ueNo.en H ha :,.red sfteT pm
Hsmssins TsS DC .iemeu Rnrnes a.
HMon4nay, ESD,ua Aiy xyan,. stI 4th ST.
sw.. where funeral will be held Tues
day. February .. at ] pm. Kew.
William H. Brown ofhciatins. inter-
ment Payne's Cemetery.
HJJBBARD, CHARLES C., yR. On sun
day JANUARY 81. 1854. CHARLES c.
HUBBARD Jr., Of 55l9 Roosevelt st,
Frances C. Hubbard. Funeral services
and interment private. Please omit
flowers.
JOHNSON, ELIZABETH b. On SUNDAY,
January 81, 1884. at her nome: 81
HETu az J0HNsON, wife of Augustus
e Johnson and mother of John w,
Augustus c.. jr, Can't. Paul c.. s.
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bers of United States Span
ish War Veterans and their
auxiliarieS are cordially in
vited to attend chapel seIv-
ices at the U. s. Soldiers
Home on Wednesday. Fe5ru-
airy 3. 1854. at 9 am: for
II VADE nnr{a1 at II q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-01
In Many Organizati lions.

He was a member Of Sigma
Psi. Chevy Chase Masonic Lodge.
Society Of Economic Geologists.
Geological Society of Washing
ton and a fellow of the Ameri-
Evening star., 1954-08-01

we nave SOLO oy many suites and pieces but the
creased with the inclusion of warehouse have not
come at once Anopportny like this truly very finest M
at octuo savings Of 2O% to 80qo
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of responsibility for the

of responsibility for the
young lives brought there
What then is our respon-
sibiiity. To us, it appears
that parents should make
every possible effort to ere
ate a home so happy, that
your children will never have
to seek the aid of the Jul
venile Court. Should they,
however, find it necessary.
you can believe me when ]
say that from your first APP
proach just inside of 622
Rorer Ave-, S. w., to the
Intake" to the P. o. to the
Judge" You may be sure
that for all the apparent
sternness visible, it is a place
where every confused or
misguided boy, girl or any
member of his family is sure
that he will find the most
practical solution for his
good and the good of his
family.
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sourceful body that S h e
seems, put up a sign. 1t
stated that anyone who cut
or hurt himself would have
all of his priviledges taken
from him until the wound
healed, completely. In other
words, they would be allowed
to come to classse, and to
their meals, but they were
not permitted any form of
recreation until the wound
was healed. Singularly, there
has not been a single self
inflicted wound since that
sign went up.
Then, too, there was a girl
of fine personality with
quite a bit of talent, who
had a flair for taking up
the problems Of other chill
dren and resenting any
seeming injustices heaped
upon others. She would have
a temper tantrum and then,
of course, for days, she had
to be disciplined. One day
Mrs. Smith said to her,,
'why don't you come down
to my office and let off your
steam? I'll understand. We
can shut the door, and no
one else need know" Evil
IDENTITY thought it a pref
ty good idea. Some days
later she knocked at Mrs,
Smiths office door. She
said, MRS. Smith, may ]
come in? I'm ready to ex-
plode." Mrs. Smith replied
"why certainly, close the
door, and let off the steam"
She did. That was the end
of her tantrums. She had
found someone who tried to
understand.
That is only one indication
of what happens in the Jul
venile Court of your city.
Everyone in it feels a sense