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Evening star., 1954-06-09
Juvenile Court Guidebook

Implicit in the standards for juvenile
courts proposed by the Department of Health,
Welfare and Education is a critical appraisal
Of conditions found to exist in many such
tribunals throughout the country But the
shoe seems to fit our own Juvenile Court
remarkably well. Particularly applicable to
the local court is the departments warning
against unnecessary secrecy or the suggestion
OF star chamber proceedings"
This is the first time in three decades that
the Federal Government has suggested stan
dards to govern the administration of justice
in the field of juvenile delinquency. Thirty
years ago the emphasis chiefly was on pro-
tecting minors from the damaging effects of
adult procedures of the law enforcement sys-
tenn. Undue publicity properly was condemned
as harmful to young miscreants. Adequate
measures to safeguard children against news
paper and other publicity were recommended
and generally adopted.
Over the years, however, there has been
tendency to build around such tribunals an
Iron curtain" of secrecy of such impenetra-
b1lity as to place some courts in almost COM
plete isolation from the public they serve.
This is carrying secrecy too far. Even police,
welfare and similar agencies that are charged
by law with collaborating in coping with law
leSSneSS among youth have found themselves
at times virtually excluded from some of the
halls of juvenile justice This has been true,
at least, of WaShington's well-isolated Juvenile
Court. Numerous local groups have criticized
the lack of coordination between the court on
the one hand and the Police Department, We'll
fare Department, United States Attorneys
Office and other official agencies on the other
If there had been better teamwork in the past
1t is doubtful that there would be pending in
Congress proposals to require the court to
waive its Jurisdiction in certain cases. (Such
waivers are opposed by the Federal depart
ment)
The suggested new standards stress the
Importance of good working relationships
among all these agencies, and between the
agencies-including especially the Juvenile
Cortland the press. "The court" said the
Federal statement "owes to the community an
accounting of its work and, through such an
accounting, may receive valuable help and
advice" There is much more along similarly
sensible lines in the Federal recommendations
They ought to be incorporated into guidebook
to govern the machinery of juvenile justice
in the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

O. When did Henry Mencken's bath
tub hoax first appear in print?-L. v.
A. The story first appeared in the old
New York Evening Mail, on December
%, 1917. In it the author gave fas-
cinating account of the introduction Of
the first bathtub into the United States.
and told of laws passed against its use.
The whole thing was pure fiction, but
unfortunately the story was widely re-
printed before the facts became known.
@. Under what conditions can gold
now be bought in England?-N. r.
A. BY virtue of Britain's currency re-
form of March 10. 1854. gold can be
bought in England by any one who is
not a resident of the sterling area. If
he pays for it in United States or
Canadian dollars. The trading unit is
the bar of 400 ounces, worth about
$4,000.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Scientists and the Truth

The distinction between what Is true and
what is false-a distinction which should be of
some Importance to the scientific fraternity
is in danger Of being obliterated in the contro-
versy swirling around the decision in the case
Of DR.. ]. Robert Oppenheimer.
recent illustration can be found in the
open letter to the President from 10 well-known
scientists, including all of the officers Of the
Federation of American Scientists.
The letter makes an appeal, perhaps valid
appeal, for study of our security setup with a
view to devising "a security policy which would
provide the optimum balance between the mega
tive security of secrecy and the positive security
of achievement" Stating the matter another
way, the letter urges that classification policy
should be guided by the concept of high fence
around the small region of truly important in
formation rather than low fence around all
defense activities"
Unfortunately, the impact Of these legiti-
mate suggestions is seriously weakened by a
carelessness with facts in getting down to the
case of DR.. Oppenheimer-a carelessness cf
which any scientist would be ashamed in his
chosen field.
Take this, for example: 1.-THE purge of a
loyal scientist for giving frank advice presents
a grave peril to our Nation" This is not dis
torted by being taken out of context. And it
can only mean that DR.. Oppenheimer has been
"purged" for giving frank advice" The facts
however are quite to the contrary. DR.. Open
heimer has not been purged, or, more accurately,
denied access to classified information, because
he gave frank advice. The majority members
of the Oppenheimer board stated their reasons
for the action taken against the noted scientist,
and the most casual reading of their report
hat wi roy1k dvic
was among those reasons
Further on the letter says this: "Let us re-
member the essential part that refugee sci
entists from Europe played in initiating and
leading many phases of our successful Develop
ment of the atomic bomb; the assistance of Eu-
ropean scientists could be crucial in a future
struggle We seriously doubt whether such for
eign scientists would assist us If our security
policy is characterized by the suppression Of
honest dissent"
Is it intended by this to say that the Open
heimer case reflects suppression of honest
dissent? If so, the statement flies in the face of
what the board actually said. The plain import
of the boards findings was that DR.. Open
heimer'S position with respect to development of
the H-bomb was something less than honest DIS
sent, and that the scientist was not "entirely
candid" concerning this matter in his testimony
before the board.
The Star does not know whether these con-
cluSions by the board were justified or not. It
seems Self-evident, however that if the boards
report is to be criticized it should be criticized
on the basis of what it said and not on the basis
of something it did not say We are in bad
way if responsible scientists are going to associ-
ate themselves in matter of such gravity as
this with public statements which are consider
ably less than strictly accurate.
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Letters to The Star !.

subordinates as Secretary Stevens. re-
sulting in weakness, fatal appeasement.
and finally these deplorable hearings.
The drawing Of an exact and com.
plete line between these powers is q
problem Of long standing. incapable Of
quick and easy solution. However, q
beginning is long overdue, in order
that it may eventually be evolved. For
example. where adequate facilities al
ready exist. within the executive and
judicial fields. for dealing with such
matters as the infiltration of COM
munism. they should be publicized,
reinforced and defended against all
Evening star., 1954-06-09
The Hearing

Perhaps over 100000 anonymous
Government employees have access to
classified material. These employees
have been investigated and cleared by
other Government employees who are
also anonymous. Is it to be determined
that United States Senator is not
authorized to receive classified informa-
ton, Senator who has been duly
elected by the people Of State and
who has been duly selected by the Sen
ate as the chairman Of a committee
charged with the duty, by law. to in
vestigate SubverSion and corruption in
the executive branch of the Govern
ment? The purpose Of the investiga-
ton is to expose wrongdoing with the
hope that public opinion will prod the
enforcement agencies out of the in
ertia that settles inevitably upon bu-
reaucracy. It is odd that emotion on
this subject so influences the intel
lectual process that the same people
who charge investigating Senators with
usurping the executive function also
charge the Senators with the failure
to send single Communist to Jail.
The prosecution of Communists for con-
spiracy and espionage is an executive
function of the Justice Department
which no Senator has usurped. But
there is little doubt that but for their
exposure by Senate committees most
Of the subversives now in prison would
be at large.
McCarthyiSm has become an emo
tionally charged symbol. I have yet to
hear reasoned definition Of its mean
ing. If we could discard the label we
could better understand the issues in
volved.
william M. Burdette, Jr.
It's the same old wolf (New Deal
Fair DeaD all dressed up in sleeps
Republican) clothing.
On the foreign front there is the
endless palaver with the Communists
at Geneva, billions Of dollars going down
the drain in Asia, more billions scat
tered all over the rest of the world for
economic and military aid-the old
ECA, now called Foreign Operations
Administration.
At home, more billions for welfare,
more for rotting agricultural surpluses.
more deficits and more covering up of
Communists in the Government, freez-
ing of files, Withholding of information
from Congress. etc.
Who was it was going to clean up the
mess in Washington?
Joseph d. Smith.
The root of the trouble is not
whether domestic communism has been
adequately rooted out, but the shadowy
separation of powers between executive
and legislative, upon which this dema-
gogue Mccarthy has capitalized.
President Eisenhower has failed to
draw any line. until too late. between
these powers. to be defended vigorously
against all encroachment. The oolicy
was well intentioned, namely to Coop
crate with Congress. but it has neces-
sarily governed the actions Of such
Evening star., 1954-06-09
Questions and Answers
By Thomos R. Henry

A reader can get the answer to any question
of fact BY writing The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau. 1900 Eve st. NV, Washing
ton 5, d. C. Please inclose three f3) cents Tor
return hostage
Evening star., 1954-06-09

Pen-nG1''es nsGy be used Il letters c6yrv
1DTtters correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03
Iaft-Hartley Law Revision
Is Up For Senate Co-Round

Sen. GOiuWatef tR-Ar1Z) 20 f0A0W
Smith with an amendment on the
touchy states rights question.
Goldwater's proposal, which he
said has the backing of White
House labor aides, seems certain
to become the bitterest point at is
sue in this review of one of the
most controversial fields of legis-
lation In recent history.
Taft-Hartley has not been debat-
ed in full on the Senate floor since
1919, two years after the law was
passed over former President Tru-
mans veto. Only two amendments,
both minor, have been adopted to
the 1947 act which, in turn, was
a series of amendments to the 1895
Wagner Act.
Last Jan. IL Eisenhower sent
Congress a special message calling
the Taft-Hartley law "sound legis-
lation'' and listing what he said
were only minor changes needed
to reinforce its basic detectives"
The Senate Labor Committee,
| after weeks Of hearings last year,
adopted revision program three
weeks ago closely following Eisen-
hower's recommendations. The
House Labor Committee also COM
pleted hearings but has not yet
voted out bill.
The only major Eisenhower pro-
posal left out of the Senate COM
mittee's revision bill was one for a
secret, government-conducted poll
Of employees on the question Of
| striking whenever a labor dis
Ihte entered the strike stage. At
least two committee Republicans
land all its Democratic members
Irefused to endorse this proposal.
Sen. Purtell (R-Conn), with
Smiths support, will offer the
amendment during debate.
Goldwater's states rights amend
ment, the author said in an inter-
view, would allow states to enforce
pretty much any labor relations
law in disputes involving interstate
commerce so long as the law did
not, in the words of the amend
ment, "permit employers to
interfere with, restrain or coerce
employees in the exercise of the
rights guaranteed to employees in
the Taft-Hartley law.
In the past few years state Laws
| requiring strike votes before a
strike can take place and forbid
| ding strikes in certain industries,
| such as public utilities, have been
ruled unconstitutional by the Su-
preme Court on grounds they in
terfered with the right to strike.
Goldwater's amendment is de-
| signed to legalize all such state
laws.
Sen. Kennedy (D-Mass), a Labor
Committee member, said Of this
amendment:
''It is an unprecedented abandon
ment of the consistency of federal
regulation of a national problem
and would, as I understand it, SUBJ
ject employers and employees in
interstate commerce to 48 separate
labor laws"
Major provisions in the Repub-
lican bill would ease the ban on
secondary boycotts, give construc-
ton unions special union security
powers and allow them to write
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03
ROWLAND EVANS JR.

WASHINGTON R-president Eli
senhcRsr's request for changes in
the lchgdisrupted Taft.Hartiy law
was % today for q Senate GO
round "A which Republican lead
sr, seemed ccnfident they could
beat down a Democratic move to
pigeonhols the whole issue.
An atten9t by Northern Demo
Gratis TO send the mater back to
the Labor COMMITTEES = ii effect
killing i for, this session s. was
looked for early in the debate,
which may last two weeks.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith R-NJ),
Labor Commiaee chairman fin
ished work oyei tie weekend on a
two-hOur speech he may deliver
today. It outlines tie revision bill
adopted several wees ago by the
committee on stnight party lines.
, Tentative COP .plsns called for
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03
Brutal Beating Is Investigated

READING, Pa. R-A pretty 20
year-old girl was found nude,
beaten and tied to tree with her
own garments last night a short
time after she attended church
reception.
Reading police said Judith An
nette Spang, daughter of a legal
secretary, had been beaten and
tied to the tree in the back yard
OF a northwest Reading home.
The scene of the attack is less
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03

than q mile from the spot where
the nude body Of 15-year-old Dor.
othy Schlappig was found In an
ash barrel in January 1853. The
Schlappig girl had been raped. Her
killer was never apprehended.
The victim Of last nights attack
was reported in a fair condition
at the Reading Hospital. Physi-
clans said she suffered numerous
body bruises and shock. It was
not Immediately determined
whether she had been raped.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03
New Division
TO Be Activated

WASHINGTON IN - The Army
has announced the airborne div
ision, famed Screaming Eagle"
unit of World War II, viii be ac-
tivated May Is as a training div.
ision at TT. jackson, S. C.
The 101st will replace, at IT.
Jackson, the 9Th Infantry Train.
ing Division. The 9Th will be ne
organized % combat division at
Camp Carson, Colo, with men and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03

pre-hire contracts, prevent cleo
tons asked by struck employer
for at least six months after the
strike started, permit fact-find-
ing boards set up to report on ma
tional emergency disputes to rec
ommend settlement terms as well,
and allow states to take jurisdic-
ton over minor labor disputes
which the National Labor Rela-
tons Board refused to handle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03
EXPENSIVE THREAT

URAWA, Japan, 1-The pedder
snaried, ''I've got some rubber
bends, and you better buy.
Il just got out Of six years in
prison, and I've got a gun ="
DR.. Yoshio Miyazaki, So, stepped
back in his house yesterday, lifted
his shotgun and shot him dead.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-03

equipment Of the 3lst (Dixie) Ma
ional Guard Division whose des.
ignation and colors are to be re-
turned to Alabama and Mississippi
In June.
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Evening star., 1954-05-30
Is Proud Hangs Up
New Track Record
In First Coast Race
BY The Assceioisd Press

INGLEWOOD, Calf, May 90.
Holding off a stretch challenge
by the favored First Baby, Is
Proud came on to win the $28,-
200 Ramona Handicap today and
set a new track record for the
six-furlong distance.
Racing before 48,5O0 fans. Is
Proud, owned by the Circle IN"
Farm and ridden by Jockey Ray
York, turned the six furlongs in
100 fiat, breaking the mark of
1.09b set by Special Touch in
1850.
First Baby beat out Vickie
Blue for the second spot, and
Royal Grace was fourth in the
field Of 10 mares and flllieS.
Is Proud, racing on the Coast
for the first time in her four
years on the turf, took a quick
lead and held it. At the far turn
she was almost two lengths in
front of the well-regarded ALI
hhai Lynn. with First Baby
hanging back in the third spot.
Is Proud. winning net $15.-
900. paid $17.9O, $3.50 and $3.50:
First Baby. $3.40 and $3.50, and
Vickie Blue, $4.10.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Katie Key Smashes
Trotting Record in
Rosecroft Victory

Katie Key, 7-year-old mare
owned by Pat Tuccio of River
head, N. Y, broke the track
trotting record at Rosecroft
Raceway last night while win
ming the $4,000 free-for-all trot
eighth race in 2:032s.
She shaved four-fifths of a
second off the previous record
set by Hadley Hanover last sea-
son in the $4,000 Symbol
Gantle Trot.
Katie Key, a soundly beaten
fifth in her first 1854 start the
previous Saturday night, came
with surprising speed from fifth
in the stretch to nip william j.
Alberg's favored Torch Key by a
neck in a photo finish. Katie
Key. despite her previous finish,
was reasonably well backed by
the crowd at S to 2, for payoffs
of $7.20, $3.50 and 4.20.
Thunderati0n Fades.
Torch Key led by half a length
over Thunderation, the early
pace setter, going into the
stretch. but. driver Everett Os-
born shook Katie Key out of the
pack and got her up into the
photo finish. Thunderation faded
to fifth as Duke of Lullwater
moved into third place.
The largest daily double of the
current meeting was paid when
Romola Girl in the first race and
Carries Boy in the second COM
bined for a $204.80 return.
Romola Girl. a 3-year-old filly
owned by Carl and Gertrude
Batter of Silver Spring, was an
18-to-1 shot as she won the first
race of her career after being
converted from a PAGER to a
trotter this year. Carries Boy
went off as the 2-to-1 favorite in
the second race.
Beats Another Long Shot.
With Bill Fleming in the sulky,
Romola Girl came from back in
the pack on the last turn for a
nose victory over Scotch Mite.
another long shot, for payoffs
Of $500, SIG and $10.40.
The aged Thornton Hanover,
a 10-year-old owned and driven
by Charlie Oakley, scored his
first victory in two years in the
third race.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Illinois Takes Fourth Straight
Big Ten Outdoor Track Title

Michigan State contender, in
24.1 seconds.
Fessenden scored an expected
440-yard triumph for Illinois in
48 seconds fiat as Michigan's de-
tending champion, John Carroll.
failed to defend because of
injury.
Maynard-who probably was
the nlini's key man. as events
turned out-had to hustle for a
one-Stride victory over Pete
Gray Of Michigan in the $50 in
1:52.8.
Maynard Builds Lead.
It was Maynard, running the
third leg Of the mile relay. who
turned on . terrific burst Of
speed to overtake pace-setting
Indiana and build a good lead
for Fessenden's closing effort.
Besides Thomson and Will
hams, only one other returning
champion retained his title. Fritz
Nilsson, Of Michigan, an ex-
change student from Sweden,
captured his third straight shot
put crown with q toss Of SO feet
9H inches.
Nilsson yesterday was de-
throned as discus champion by
Roy Pella. a Michigan teammate.
In the two-mile, Gene Mat
thews of Purdue ran defending
champion Rich Ferguson of Iowa
into the ground for a 9:16.3 VIC
tory. Ferguson, who slowed to a
walk on the sixth lap, finished
fourth.
The high jump champions,
Dick Wham of Illinois and Milt
Mead Of Michigan, were de-
throned by Mark Booth of Mich
igan with a winning height Of
of 6 feet 534 inches.
Other new champions were
Earl Smith Of Iowa in the broad
jump. q feet / inch, and John
Cook of Michigan State with a
creditable 4:14.1 mile.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
English Girl Runs
Mile in 1896 for
Fastest by Woman
BY the Assoeiated Press

BIRMINGHAM. England. May
20. - Diane Leather. a good
looking laboratory analyst. ran
a mile in 4 minutes 59.6 seconds
today. the fastest ever run by a
woman.
A f1ve-minute mile in women's
track and field has been looked
upon as the sports greatest
goal. There is no world record
as a mile is not authorized for
women in International Amateur
Athletic Federation regulations.
Only last Thursday Miss
Leather approached ner five
minute goal with q 5000 per-
Torrance. The fastest time by a
woman previous to that was
5:00.3 by Edith Treybel of Ru-
mania last year.
The 22-year-old Birmingham
girls quarter times were 68.8,
2:27. 3:46.3 and 1896.
Miss Leather had set her heart
on the flve-minute women's mile
after Britain's Roger Bannister
crashed through the four-min-
ute barrier with his monumental
1894. May 6.
Miss Leather, who is S feet 10,
won by 160 yards from the sec
ond girl in the race.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
BY m, Assoeisssd Press

LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 29.-
Paced by double victories by
sprinter Willie Williams and
hurdler willard Thomson, Illi-
nois took seven firSts to. easily
capture its fourth straight Big
Ten outdoor track and field title
today. rs
The Illini also had two men
share in a three-way tie for first
in the pole vault and wound UP
with total Of 81 points.
Michigan, with three firsts,
placed second with 40 1I7points.
and Michigan State was third
with 81 9I14. The rest of the
scoring was: Indiana, % m:
Iowa. II 9I14; Purdue, 10; North
western. IL; Minnesota. 10 1T;
Ohio State, S III. and Wisconsin,
2 ~.
The Illini clinched their vic
tory, which matched Michigan's
record of four consecutive out
door crowns (1937-40). with a
'patched-up" mile relay team.
No Records Menaced.
The Illini substituted Ralph
Peterson for ailing Cirillo Nc
Sween olead OF the closing mile
relay and harldily defeated Indi-.
ana as Gene Maynard and Gene
Fessenden ran two superb 44O-
yard legs. - g.
With a guSty, 8-mile-an-h hour
cross wind sweeping Purdue's
new track. no records were men,
aced in the days 13-event pro-
gram.
Williams retained bot hhis 100
and 220 yard dash titles, spin
ming the century in 9.8 seconds
and the furlong in 21.9 seconds
as he barely shaded Ed Brabham
OF Michigan State.
Thomson kept his 120-yard
high hurdle crown with a IA
second triumph and acquired a
new title in the 22O lows as he
edged John Corbelli, another
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Top Horses 10 Compete
In Devon Show This Week
By the Associoted Press

PHILADELPHIA, May o.
Two horses from the Dodge
stables are close to winning per-
manent possession of top tro-
phies at the Devon Horse Show
and County Fair next week.
Some of the Nations finest
show horses will compete in the
228-event affair for $50, 900 worth
of stakes and trophies. The show
starts Monday and runs through
Saturday.
The Long View Farm Chal-
lenge trophy. donated by Mrs.
Loula Long Combs for the
champion three-gaited saddle
horse, will be retired this year if
won by Meadow Princess of
Dodge stables. Meadow Princess
has won twice.
Evening star., 1954-05-30


auette, - feet ia inches; bernard
Bruce. Boston University. % feet 7A
inches: 3-Joel Shankle, Duke. % feet
ga inches: 4-Robert Rittenburg,. Har-
ward, % feet 10 inches; 5-Charies
Pratt. Manhattan. % feet TIA inches.
Javelin throw: AL Cantello. La
Sale. 205 feet u inches: 2-Joe Mar
frank m Schubert. LeSish. is5 iset 2
inches: 4--Shelton Dow. COLGATE. lS4
feet 9 inches: Sd Allen. Boston Uni
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hsttan. a5lss YAIsse seae; Marquette. 17sa:
Pittsburgh. is; Boston University. l1h
Fordham. q: Columbia. q; Duke. 8;
8: syracuse. 8: Seton Haii. Sis: Penn
sylyenia. Sal. .HAryard, 3. La faAe. 4:
Hof Cross 8: wesleyan, 8; NIT. 2:
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