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Evening star., 1954-11-30
CIV Professor Decries Effect
Of High School Snap Courses

eral science, subjects that were
not even offered in 1900.
All right. What do the Statis-
tics mean?
Encourage MediOcrity.
DR.. Latimer, who peps up his
conversation with expressions
like you're dern tootin'," a
phrase never used by Cicero or
Homer, started hunting through
his files.
II used sentence in a speech
once" he said, that was strong.
but not too strong. Oh, yes, here
it is. said:
by permitting the high
schools to become the vocational
bargain Easements of education,
we have insulted the students
intelligence and encouraged
mediocrity by prescribing medi-
ocre subject matter as an in
centive for mediocre minds.
DR.. Latimer said he's afraid
the so-called academic subjects
now are stressed for those who
will go to college. Actually, he
said. the youngsters who aren't
going past high school need SCI
ence, mathematics and Ian
guages the most since they
must get it there or not at all.
''In this age they need train
ing in how to think" DR.. Lati-
mer said, 'the training that
languages, mathematics and sci-
ence will give them. I'd like to
see leaders of industry, of gov
ernment, the President himself
take a strong stand in impress
sing a youngster and his parents
of the value of getting the best
education he can"
The summary by Latin's and
Greeks good friend:
"We1l always need a man
with a trained mind. BY George,
nothing is going to take the
place of that"
Evening star., 1954-11-30

the Galahad repute Senator
Kefauver acquired in the crime
committee hearings. Unques-
tionably many voters, espe-
cially women, have him fixed in
their minds as a crusader, and
this-as Dwight Eisenhower
can testify-is powerful polit-
ical medicine.
The monopoly subcommit-
tees relations with the Justice
Department will be one of the
most interesting aspects of its
activities. Already under Sena-
tor LANCER it is demanding
that Attorney General Brow
nell explain why he consented
to charges of prejudice against
Judge Luther Youngdahl in
the baltimore case., Judge
Youngdahl is a former Repub-
lican Governor of North Da-
kota's neighbor, Minnesota.
The apparent evidence, how
ever, Is that under Mr.. Brow
nell, the antitrust division of
Justice Is carrying on strongly.
He put at its head one of his
ablest assistants. Stanley N.
Barnes, a former Judge. Mr..
Brownell has also vetoed the
merger of the powerful
Youngstown and Bethlehem
steel companies.
The subcommittee plans to
conduct what will amount to
an audit of the antitrust di-
visions actions. It will also look
into administration policies
that Democrats contend are
fostering monopoly.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
0DM 10 Organize
Executive Reserve
OF War Leaders
BY tho Assoeicsed Press

The Government is taking
steps to form an executive re-
serve" of business and labor
leaders subject to call in case of
war.
! Thirty or more industry men
have been invited by the Office
of Defense Mobilization to an
organizing session tomorrow.
ODM will put into operation
a standby force of men trained
in Government duty that may
be copied by other agencies
with important functions in an
emergency.
officials describe the business
man reserve as an administra-
tive counterpart to the military
reserves. They say such a back
log of personnel would help avert
the confusion and delays which
developed in the hurry-up for
nation Of vital Offices in pre-
vious emergencies.
ODM Director Arthur Flem-
ming said one suggestion to be
explored Is the assignment OF
small permanent units to 'relo-
cation" sites picked out for Gov
ernment operations should
Washington itself be bombed
out. There are 80 or more of
these points in nearby States.
ODM already has a nucleus
for its executive reserve. Vari-
Gus industries have sent q num-
ber of top-level men to WASH
ington for temporary Govern
ment service
To have o part in the pro.
gram now taking shape. busi-
ness and union leaders must be
available for full-time duty in
an emergency and for refresher
training in the meantime.
Evening star., 1954-11-30

repeatedly said that If Amer
lea, the one remaining pillar
Of democracy which had not
yet been taunted by the die
tators of that period. did not
act quickly and strongly. the
free world faced a second
world war provoked by the un-
checked members of the tri-
partite totalitarian coalition
Japan. Germany and Italy.
President Roosevelt was i'm
pressed by the arguments. But
domestic political considera-
tions and the reluctance of
Western nations to rouse the
dictatorS whose formidable
military strength they could
not match caused the American
Government to accept a half
hearted Japanese apology and
indemnities for the loss. Two
and a half years later the war
which Europe's democratic
governments had sought so
eagerly to avoid broke out in
its full fury.
The legislative and execu-
tive branches of the Govern
ment are as anxious to bring
about liberation of the vic
Tins of the Red propaganda
moves against us as the Amer
lean people themselves. The
realists in the State Depart
ment are fully aware that re-
ferring this matter to the
United Nations would result
in long discussions and no ef-
fective measures.
The same thing would re-
suit if the SEATO members
were summoned. They would
debate and then issue high
sounding resolutions and proc
lamations. But the effect on
the Reds would be no greater
than pouring water on a ducks
back.
A number of White House
and State Department advisers
are said to have conceived the
notion that Moscow might be
induced to intervene for us at
Peiping as an example of the
tangible proof Of good will"
demanded by President Eisen-
hover as our price for enter
tanning the Communists CO.
existence proposals.
According to these advisers
the Kremlin should be sounded
out by the British and French
ambassadors to see whether
the U. s. S. r. might be will
ing to show mercy" and lib
crate the American prisoners.
If this could be accomplished,
say these advisers, the stern
measures proposed by Senator
Knowland and a number of
other Senators would become
useless. Moreover such a ges-
ture. soothing the feelings of
the American people, would
pave the way for possible rec
onciliation of East and West.
How successful such q Brit
sh-French Intervention might
be is difficult to say. It de-
pends largely on whether we
would be willing to pay the
price Moscow and Peiping
would demand for this act of
"magnanimity." And the Red
demands probably would in
clude withdrawal of the 7th
Fleet from Formosan waters
and acceptance Of the Chinese
Communists in the United Ma
tionS,
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Constantine Brown
Blockade Ruled Out
Other Ways Suggested to Force China
To Free Imprisoned Americans
Constantine Brown

Rejection of the American
note demanding that the Chi
nese Communists free the
prisoners of war they had
sentenced to Jail terms as
"spies" came as no surprise
to the administration.
No logical or legal argument
could have any effect on the
Communists who took this
step to further lower Ameri-
can and Western prestige in
Asia.
Unless pressure from a ma
jority of Republican and
Democratic Senators. backed
by public sentiment, forces a
change Of policy, a blockade Of
the China coast as advocated
by Senate Majority Leader
Knowland will be given no
further consideration.
Secretary Dulles last night
explained why the executive
branch does not feel that it
could 60 to such lengths.
After consulting Great Britain,
which must give at least tacit
approval to make a blockade
effective, Washington learned
that our allies were not willing
to go that far. They are will
ing to intercede in Moscow and
Peiping and even join us in
diplomatic steps before the
United Nations, but no more.
A,number of Senators point
out that technically we are
justified in imposing a ban on
all sea communications be-
tween China and the outside
world. It would not be an overt
hostile act since we and the
rest of the nations which par
ticipated in the Korean cam
palgn are still at war with the
aggressors. The armistice is
only a cessation of hostilities
until a peace treaty is signed.
The state of war, in which a
blockade Is permissible, con-
tinues until the peace treaty
is signed and ratified.
Thus, according to this in
depreciation of international
law, declaring the China
coast hlockaded could in no
sense be regarded as a bellig-
erent act on our part. At the
same time, if our allies gave
their tacit consent to such a
measure 1t seems probable that
the men in Peiping could not
Withstand the pressure and
would find excuses to liberate
all American prisoners in their
hands.
We made the mistake of
not showing enough strength
in 1897 when the Japanese
fouled our flag by bombing
and sinking the gunboat Panay
on the Yangtze River. The
then Chief of Naval Opera
tions, Admiral William D.
Leahy, told President Roose-
velt that a blockade of Japan
would be highly effective not
only in restoring American
dignity in the Far East but
also possibly in putting an end
to Japanese aggression against
China.
Leahy is reliably said to
have told his Commander in
Chief that the Panay sinking
was no accident, but. was a
preconceived step intended to
slap us in the face and gain
prestige for Japan. He further
Evening star., 1954-11-30
supply is being increased by all
hydrogen bomb explosions.

supply is being increased by all
hydrogen bomb explosions.
Due to all this background "a.
diation. the Atomic Energy Com
mission estimates. every human
being receives from .08 to 8 Of
one roetgen of penetrating radia.
ton a year. on the average. This
is far less than is received from
almost any X-ray examination.
1t causes no observable physical
injury. The genetic injury is
something quite different.
Due to cosmic ray lombard
ment persons living in extremely
high attitudes. like Tibet or Bo-
livia, receive much heavier radi-
alton than those living at sea
level. Effects on germ plasm
may be a fruitful field of study.
The question which it is es.
sential to answer, the geneticists
say, Is the amount this relatively
small amount of residual radia-
ton is being raised by present
activities.
Tomorrow: What the Atomic
Energy Commission Is Doing.
Evening star., 1954-11-30

feat him in 1852 and he re-
taliated by travelling across
the State on the Truman
train.
He has always behaved in
the Senate with notable inde-
pendence and has never hesi-
tated-as in the Dixon-Yates
matter - to take anti-Eisen-
hover positions. Democrats do
not admit it but they secretly
cherish hope that one day
he will do a Morse and thus
bolster their control Of the
Senate.
Senator Kefauver is not as
personally unpopular as pres
ent maneuvering would indi-
cate. There is some jealousy
that so freshman a Senator
Should have ascended the pres
idential totem pole so far and
fast, even though he lost.
What his seniors complain
of most is that he seems to
have a talent for the glitterlug
surface of things but leaves
the drudgery to them. His COM
mittees protest he is never
there except for headline-mak-
ing occasions.
The prospect that he may
fall into still another headliner
committee, in a sense in charge
of what they expect to be one
of their best issues, is CALLING
to men like the hard-worklng
Russell of Georgia who are in
a position to make their views
count.
A battle against "the inter-
ests" would of course add to
Evening star., 1954-11-30

Now that 1t has become fash
ionable to try to "censure"
public men for their spoken or
written words. the New York
State Legislature. which is Re-
publican in both houses. may
have on it's hands from the
very outset Of its next session
q proposal to censure the new
Democratic Governor, Averell
Hartman. for conduct unbe-
coming a candidate for public
Office.
This situation might arise
out of the fact that Mr.. Har-
riman wrote during his cam
paign a letter, hitherto unpub-
lished. which contains a Sc
cret pledge that he gave to a
group Of representatives of
railroad labor unions concern
ing future legislation to be
enacted If he were elected. In
that same letter Mr.. Hartman
coincidentally solicited the
votes Of the railroad labor men.
The penal laws of the State
Of New York, like the Federal
Corrupt Practices Act, forbid
an agreement to supply votes
in exchange for any promises
Of legislation, and the legal
question posed would be wheth-
er there was or was not in
the Hartman letter an actual
agreement or promise given in
return for the votes solicited.
Here is the text of the letter
itself:
"16 East 81st street
"New York. %, New York
October 20, 1854
Dear Fellow Railroadman:
"As an old railroadman, it
was a pleasure for me to break
fast with representatives of
railroad labor in our State at
my home on Thursday, October
81, 1854. 1t provided an op-
portunity to discuss problems
Of mutual interest and concern.
Gas I stated at our meeting,
I support the basic railroad
Evening star., 1954-11-30
President S Conference
with NeWsmen OF

President Eisenhower will not
hold his usual weekly news con-
ference tomorrow. White House
Press Secretary James C. Hag-
erty said today.
Mr.. Hagerty said he was not
sure whether the conference
might be scheduled for later in
the week.
The President will meet to.
morrow morning with the Ma.
tional Security Council, Mr.,
Hagerty said. The Security
Council normally meets on
Thursdays.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Dovid Lawrence
Will Hartman Be Censured?
Campaign Letter to Fellow RoiIroodnon' May Result
In Proposal by legislature to Criticize Action

labor laws of our State. In
cluding the full crew law. This
law not only benefits the en-
ployes of the railroads, but the
public as well from the stand
point of safety.
In addition, we must strive
to extend the coverage Of our
sanitation, health and safety
laws to include employees Of
the railroad and express in
dustry. ] can assure you also
that a bill to provide for the
weekly payment Of wages of
railroadmen and express en-
ployes will not meet with a
veto as it did in 1949.
II believe the State govern
ment should give special at
tention and technical assist
ance to the problem of unem-
ployment in our railroad COM
munities. resulting from die
selization.
II earnestly solicit your vote
on Tuesday. November Q,
1854.
Sincerely,
"Averell Hartman"
Photostatic copies of the let
ter have been in the hands of
various persons in the rail-
road world since the election.
The New York State penal
laws provide that any person
is guilty of a felony and "in
addition forfeits any Office to
which he may have been
elected" if he makes any "gift,
loan, promise, offer, procure
ment or agreement :. to pro-
cure the election of any per-
son, etc."
Still another provision makes
it a felony for any candidate
who "gives, offers or promises
any Office, place, appointment
or valuable thing as induce
ment for any voter or other
person to procure or aid in
procuring either a large or a
small vote, plurality or ma
jority at any election district
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Shodow of the Atom
Shadow OF the Atom
Poisons No One Can Measure
The Big Problem in Any Study Of Effects
Of Radiation Is Difficulty of Detection
By Thomos R. Henry
Science Editor Of The s,or

The extent to which expert
mental fission and hydrogen
bomb explosions actually are
poisoning earth, sea and air, as
charged by some geneticists, is
extremely difficult to measure
and admittedly somewhat de-
batable.
Still more debatable are the
potential effects of any future
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Leaves S6 Million Estate

NEW YORK, Nov. 80 R.--
The late Mrs. Burtha M. Fisher.
widow Of Fred j. Fisher. General
Motors executive, left a net estate
Of nearly $6 million. q tax ap-
praisal disclosed yesterday. A
resident Of Detroit, Mrs. Fisher
died on April Is, 1862.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Dim View on DINNER

Ell DORADO, Ark. R.-A
woman driver was stopped at
a police roadblock, where officers
were making a safety check.
Asked to step on the headlight
DINNER switch, the woman
looked in vain for it, and then
commented brightly. 81 think
it's automatic.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
By Arthur Edison
Assoeioted Press Stoff Writer

At a time when this country
needs trained minds as never
before, a George Washington
University professor said today,
more and more youngsters have
been turned to what he thinks
are snap courses in high schools.
DR.. John F. Latimer. profess
sor of Greek and Latin, said it
has been going on for so years.
He says there has been a steady
falling away from what he con-
siders the hard--and more i'm
portant-courses, mathematics,
science and languages.
DR.. Latimer viewed this trend
as "the most urgent educational
problem Of today a threat
to our democratic security"
For years now he has been
distressed because of what is
happening to his beloved Latin
and Greek. He even wrote q
couplet about 1t:
I'LL fares the land, to educa-
tional ills a prey,
Where Latin is de-emphasized
and Greek Is in decay"
During his laments he noticed
q curious thing. Science and
mathematics teachers were
moaning, too. Gould there be
q connection,
Gets Replies to Quiz.
So he began q study, including
the inevitable QUESTIONABLE. Re-
plies are now in from 104 public
school systems in a States, and
DR.. Latimer thinks they con-
firm his worst fears.
In 1900 almost three-fourths
Of all high school students took
Latin. German, French or Span
ish. Now only a fourth do.
Latin took the worst licking,
dropping from so to Z per cent.
This is an atomic age. with
physicists and mathematician
In demand.
Yet in 1900 some 10 per cent
Of all high school students took
physics, compared with less
than 5 per cent In 1953-54. Al
zebra has faded from Sc to 2(
per cent, geometry from ~ to IL
The only increases came II
gAneral mathematics and gem
Evening star., 1954-11-30

because he didn't keep his
promise.
The 19-year-old youth was
let out of Jail in October
after serving time for tamper-
ing with an automobile. He
promised to be good, but stole
an automobile a week later.
Yesterday. Chief Justice
Richard B. Austin of Criminal
Court sentenced Promise to
/ to 8 years In the State peni-
tentiary.
Evening star., 1954-11-30

police records yesterday-all very
legal.
A motorcycle patrolman ra-
diced headquarters that an am
bulance was needed "out on
Amos street." Then he came
back:
mo, make that Andy"
Dallas has an Amos and an
Andy street in the same part of
town.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Free Speech Reminder

DeQUEEN, Ark. P) The flood
of comment on desegregation
in public schools brought this
adlnonition from columnist j. R.
Mckinley Of the DeQueen Citi-
rem: IF there's o newspaper
somewhere which hasn't quoted
your reaction to the segregation
decision. telephone the editor
right now and demand your
tights" !.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Benefit Rebounds

NATION, III. R-After
Mrs. G. j. Clemens organized
and promoted an all-day benefit
for the polio fund, her daughter,
Cathy Sue, 4, became Mattoon's s
third polio victim of the year.
Cathy is being treated at home.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Sixth in q Series Of Seven

widespread use of atomic en-
ergy in industry. Admittedly any
adequate protection against
these is a stumbling block and
will be a major cost item. often
overlooked by more enthusiastic
proponents.
longtime poisonous effects Of
an all-out bomb war between
major powers are, Of course. far
from debatable.
acc Is Source Of Data.
The best and almost only data
available is that of the Atomic
Energy Commission, whose SCI
entific staff is quite alert to the
problem.
A bomb explosion results in
two kinds of radiation. The first
Is instantaneous-the gamma
rays and neutrons emitted by
the atoms as they explode. This
is very intense and deadly to
most living things within it's
range. Thus it is Of little sig
nificance to genetics. which
thinks only in terms of genera
tions and centuries.
The second is quite different
the residual radiation from the
radioactive products of atomic
f1ssion. These form part of the
mushroom-shaped cloud which
follows an explosion. The cloud
soon is broken up by winds. The
radioactive particles are, for the
most part. extremely small.
They may be carried in the air
to great distances-as from Las
Vegas, New, to Rochester, N. Y,
in one publicized instance. They
may even be carried from North
ern Siberia to New York City.
or from Nevada to Moscow.
Eventually most of them reach
the ground. There some re-
main, adding for generations to
the background radiation of the
earth. Many of them are short
lived, losing half their potency
in a few days. Some are quite
long-lived. The 20 or more atom
bomb explosions in the conti-
mental United States have not
resulted in accumulation of a
dangerous amount of radioac-
tivity in the soil, according to
the Atomic Energy Commission.
'Fall-out radioactivity (the
radioactive particles which de-
scend to the earth and which
may cover a large area) is far
below the level which could cause
a detachable increase In muta-
tions. or Unbeatable variations"
continues the same report.
Difficulty Of Detection.
Geneticists admit all possible
precautions have been taken.
The difficulty. they say, is in the
word detachable" for their
thesis is that very few of the
thousands of mutations which
occur in the germ plasm of hu-
man beings can be detected by
any means whatsoever. although
nearly all of them potentially are
lethal. Gross. easily detachable
hereditary differences between
offspring and parents. are rare
and of little genetic significance
they point out. This is why emi-
nent students of heredity like
DR.. Herman j. Muller. Nobel
prize winner of the University
OF Indiana. decry any conclu-
sions which may be drawn from
studies of the children of per-
sons who suffered heavy irradia-
ton in the bombings of Hiro-
shima and Nagasaki. To all out
ward appearances, DR.. Muller
holds, they probably will be per-
fectly normal japanese babies.
There will be few obvious freaks
or monsters. But they will carry
in their germ plasm, for inesti-
mable generations until their
lines die out. the fatal race toxin
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Life in the u. S.
Loser Contests
|Non-SoIoried
Elective Job

PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 3d.
Suit has been filed in Maricopa
County Superior Court contest
ing the election of a man to an
office which pays no salary.
Jewell Turner. Buckeye cot
ton rancher, filed the suit con-
testing election of Clyde Wilson,
Buckeye attorney. to a three
year term as q director Of an
irrigation district. Mr.. Wilson
won at the annual election No
vember 2 by q vote Of 27-26
Mr. Turner charges illegal votes
were cast and counted.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Incident in DuIIos

DALLAS (R.-Amos and Andy
got their names on the Dallas
Evening star., 1954-11-30

Will o the Wisp Promise
CHICAGO R.--william o.
Promise is back in jail today
Evening star., 1954-11-30

Tomorrow: What the Atomic
Energy Commission Is Doing.
Evening star., 1954-07-12

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