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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-23
NOVEL HICCUP CURE

PHILADELPHIA Up - A police
car stopped the zig-zagging car on
a Philadelphia street and ques-
toned the unidentified youth at
the wheel. His explanation:
"My girl had hiccups and was
trying to scare her out of them"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-23
Antique Sho,c Set

The First censresa tionsl
Church will hold an antique
display in the Church parlors,
SlT William Street. Thursday
from Z .. m. 10 2 p. m.
None OF these antiques has
ever been displayed before in
Key West. They are old tres-
sUres handed down from grand
parents 70 the present ladies Of
the church. All are invited to
attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-23

Thousands Of gray whales mig.
rate every autumn from the Arc.
tic. down the western coast Of AM
erica 10 the bays Of lower Callfor-
ma and return about the middle
Of March.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-23

The average American uses O.
bout hai as many fresh straw
berries as before World War III
but 200 per cent more frozen straw
berries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-18

Thot's right! Wash it and it dries
overnight, never requires ironing,
even resists soiline what q
wonder, busy Juniors! -. wide
shoulder Straps twinkIed with
rhinestones. yards of skirt tipped
in back to keep its beautiful
princess silhouette! Black and
red on white; sizes 7 to Is.
See all of the $lo.e5 news in cottons
and silks too in JeIIeffs Junior Deb
Shop = Fourth Floor, F Street, and
at Shirlineton, Silver Spring, Upper
Conn. Ave.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Dorothy Thompson
Parents and the Modern Schools
they're Advised to Learn What Children Oqht to Know
What They Do Know and How They Behuve

This has been American
Education Week" when citizens
and parents are annually in
vited to visit the public schools
and make inquiries.
The New York State Educa-
tional Conference Board has
suggested six questions which
parents might raise and inves-
tigate. These questions, In the
frame In which they are pre-
sented, seem to be rugged to
confirm the preconceived ideas
Of the dominant progressive"
educationists.
The first question is. do the
pupils master the essential
skills?" followed by the state
ment: Schools which chal-
lenge pupil interest. promote
Well-rpunded development Of
the individual .. attain the
highest mastery OF basic
skills. = The 'tskills, = however,
are not defined. One assumes
that 'basic skills" In grade
Schools include ability to read
with rf1ynr1rnlnnSinya write
Evening star., 1954-11-12

the history and geography of
ones country.
How these Skills are attained
is secondary to the question Of
whether they are attained.
Another question inquiries,
Does the school emphasize
good citizenship?" Pupils, it is
stated. "haye opportunities to
serve through school or class
room government, projects,
committees. or other activities
and 4. learn to govern them
selves through participation In
local school government
At the risk of being de-
nounced as reactionary, we
assert that children initially
learn to govern themselves by
having to observe certain rules
Of department, thus learning
society has enforceable laws
governing their behavior, and
that these correspond iii some
measure to the laws Of civil
lied communities. Interest
ingly enough, visitors are not
urged to observe the deport-
ment Of children.
Despite projects to teach
children the forms and proce-
dures Of government, which Is
law, there never have been SO
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Complaints Decrease
In Juvenile Court

Only 222 complaints were filed
against children in the District
Juvenile Court during Septem-
Der, the lowest monthly figure
since May, 1852, a court report
shows.
The Juvenile Court reported
that since May. 1852. when 222
complaints also were filed, the
figure has steadily increased,
reaching q peak Of 358 COM
plants last March.
September's complaints were
divided into the following cate
gories: SO housebreakings, u
tampering. 50 acts Of careless
ness, 81 unauthorized US Of au-
tomobiles. 90 traffic violations, 10
and attempted assaults.
IA robberies. six accused Of being
drunk or In violation Of liquor or
drug laws and 2 sex offenses.
Complaints for previous Sep
TENDERS totaled 800 in 1853 and
287 In 1852.
Evening star., 1954-11-12

lie Utility Holding Company
Act which broke up the giant
holding company into smaller,
more manageable units and
integrated them geographic
cally and put them under
Government regulation. An
other avenue Of relief was the
iva which Congress created
by enacting a bill sponsored by
the late Senator George w.
Norris OF Nebraska and
espoused by President Roose-
velt. It carried out President
Roosevelt's "yardstick" theory
which called for public power
projects here and there to show
how cheaply power could be
produced and thus. by this
competitive example, to bring
down utility rates. That hap
pened.
So successful was IVA In
virtually making over one area
Of our Nation by proper de-
velopment Of a great river val
ley, that Of the Tennessee,
that the idea was tried else
where. It was not a new idea
really. Theodore Roosevelt
long ago had urged integrated
development Of our rivers by
the Federal Government for
power, irrigation, reclamation
and navigation, on the theory
that the rivers belong to all
the people. The IVA idea
blossomed inthe Pacific North
west in Bonneville in Oregon
and Grand Coulee in Washing
ton, parts of a unified devel-
opment program for the great
Columbia River. and in other
great projects. All that has
been stopped now by the pres
ent administration.
Still ahead of us, however, If
we realize the dream Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, George Norris,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry
Truman and scores Of lesser
pioneers in the ranks, is CO.
ordinated development Of all
OF our great river valleys, de-
velopment by the Federal
Government for all the peo-
pie, out Of the common treas
ury Of all Of the people. so that
we are served at the lowest
cost and, at the same time, our
land is conserved and enriched.
That Is a dream with which
President Eisenhower has not
yet caught upand it is an
old dream too. And most prac-
tical. Just common sense.
Evening star., 1954-11-12

many juvenile lawbreakers. If
children are not conscious Of
laws they must obey, they win
not later obey the laws OF the
community. Teaching chill
dren the procedure Of politics
does not Of itself create re-
spect for Just and reasonable
government.
Another question is, aDoes
your school teach your child
to think?" followed BY the
comment. This is not easy to
answer. Yet in the better
schools children are given
problems which require anal
ysis and planning as well as
mere memory work. Prob
lens existing In the school
and community give pupils an
opportunity to think for them
selves. Z
Here. again, training the
child To think Is relegated
to extra classroom activities.
There is no recognition that
the process of learning basic
skills involves. In itself, de-
veloping the capacity To think.
The test of whether d child
can read is whether he can re-
duce an article Of 5000 words
to 30 precis OF 600. without
Evening star., 1954-11-12

ton Of the political fears he
was inspiring among some Of
his fellow Senators, even
among some Of those who
were not up for reelection.
After the select committee
presented its report this week.
the Wisconsin Senator re-
peated the conversation Sem
ator Watkins had with me
as an indication of his preju-
dice. It is not the business Of
this rep or ter to Judge
whether Senator McCarthy's
surmise was right or not. But
In the face of the categorical
denial of Senator Watkins
who may. of course, have
forgotten the trivial incident
this reporter feels bound to
repeat that he did say what
he now denies.
Washington newspapermen
must develop q pachydermic
skin In the course Of their
professional work. There is q
continuous fight between the
news gatherers and Official
dom. The former are duty
bound to unearth the truth;
the latter frequently tries to
keep it concealed whenever
the facts are likely to be
sensitive" And it frequently
happens that, in the case Of
exclusive news, reporters must
wait for months before their
denied stories prove to be
correct.
For instance, on March 5,
1916. this writer found out
that President Truman had
cabled Gen. George C. Mar
shall, who at that time was
on a special mission in China,
offering him the position Of
Secretary Of State then held
by James Byrnes. The relia-
bility Of the information's
source was such that this re-
Evening star., 1954-11-12

ernment Employees Council. and
Walter Risdon. member of the
In tie irrational Photoengravers
Union.
Mr.. Manbeck said the group
has an appointment to. see
Charles F. Willis, jr., assistant
to Presidential Assistant Sher-
man Adams. He said the admin
istration will be urged to appoint
Mr.. Holtzclaw as director or to
put some one else In the job.
Mr.. Holtzclaw has been acting
director since the retirement
some months ago Of Director AL
vln w. Hall. Without a perma-
nent head, Mr.. Manbeck said,
the bureau morale has slumped
and production is not what it
should be,
The Government Employees
Council also has instructed its
legislative committee to work for
the repeal of the Hatch Act.
Evening star., 1954-11-12

with him nor let him ride
with him In the parade. This
was interpreted by many anti
Mccarthy voters as q sign
the President wanted to re-
main aloof from a candidate
who was prominently allied
with the Wisconsin Senator.
Reports are coming in that
Senator Ferguson, defeated in
Michigan. was hurt in some
respects by the Mccarthy
issue because Of the stay-at-
home vote. This was q form
Of protest against both nomi-
neeS.
The fact remains that the
Mccarthy issue cut deeply into
the Republican chance Of vim
ming the Senate. Despite the
plain implications of the con-
troversy, some Of the same
people who have been needing
the White House all along to
become openly anti-McC Carthy
are now denouncing peaceful
co-existence" inside the Re-
publican Party and insisting
that the President fight 1t out
within the party on a knock
down-drag-out basis. Many of
those giving the White House
that advice are themselves
more in sympathy with Tru-
man policies of the past than
with the Republican Party.
The censure controversy
will leave deep wounds. The
roll-call vote of each Senator
will be remembered. The con-
troversy will carry over into
the next session with more
and more battling between
Republicans. Senator Flan-
ders, Republican, started the
censure movement. He can
wistfully survey the wreckage
Of the 1854 election and prob
ably, If there are no measures
applied by the leaders Of the
Republican Party to bring
harmony in that party in 1856,
he will see a sequel then to
the disunity Of 1854.
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Evening star., 1954-11-12

he said, at one point, that he
had been told by his advisers
and by business people" that
the Dixon-Yates contract was
the way to meet the Acc
power shortage. He did not
mention consulting any one
representing the public, as he
did not.
But the public has a big
interest, and that interest was
recognized finally by Govern
ment' a little more than 20
years ago after a long and
great uphill battle by broad
visioned political leaders in
both parties. This great fight
went on. much Of 1t here In
Washington, while our pres
sent President was moving
about with the Army. Natu-
rally he could not know about
it. That may be excused,
though he might have found
out something about it since
he became President.
Some Of us around here
followed the later stages Of
that battle step by step. How
the utilities finally had over
reached themselves In their
greed we learned graphically
from the six-year investiga-
ton by the Federal Trade
Commission during the late
l920s and the early 1930s.
That showed the way they
had wormed their way into
politics and had exercised the
power they acquired to get
special privileges and vested
rights. Some groups built up
fancy holding company super
structures and used all sorts
Of devices to initiate their
stocks and to establish a valu-
alton basis for rates which,
consequently. were far too
high. In the frenzied finance,
some Of the utility empires
crashed and took many thou
sands of investors down with
them.
When the Franklin D. Roose-
velt administration took Of
flee it found this financial
wreckage and also 1t had be-
fore 1t the Federal Trade Com
missions documented story Of
how it all had happened and
how the public, both as con-
sumers and investors, had been
squeezed and cheated. One
avenue of relief was the Pub
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Gonstontine Brown-
Words With a Senator Recalled
Writer Sets Record Straight on Details of Conversation
Which Senator Watkins Denies Having Had
Constor1tine Brown

This reporter feels compelled
to depart for once from his
self-imposed rule to report
and interpret news without
injecting himself into the dis
cussion.
Last Wednesday. during q
colloquy with Senator Nc
Carthy on the Senate floor.
Senator Watkins denied q
short conversation he had
with this reporter, which was
Of no consequence at the time
1t occurred.
Here are the facts: In the
course Of the Army Carthy
investigation last May. Senator
Watkins visited the caucus
room where the hearings were
being held. He shook hands
with number of Senator'S,
including Mccarthy. during q
short recess. This reporter was
In the room close to the inves-
tigators' table. He knows, adj
mires and has friendly rela-
tions with the Senator from
Utah. Senator Watkins. after
shaking hands with Senator
Mccarthy, turned to this
writer and said srnilingly: Il
hope my home papers don't
find out that ] shook hands
with Joe. They would not like
1t. ! am cordial with all my
colleagues"
This reporter regarded the
incident as trivial. Nobody at
that time gave any thought to
the creation of a select COM
mittee to censure the Wiscon-
sin Senator. Consequently, the
Utah Senator himself did not
imagine that the time would
come when he would have to
be the chairman of a commit
tee to censure his Wisconsin
colleague. This reporter re-
lated Watkins words to Nc
Carthy as q possible illustra-
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Fletcher Knebel
Potomac Fever

New Jersey Democrats demand recount In the Senate
election Democrats fear dirty polls They suspect
Democrats
es team finally signs power contract with the Dixon-
Yates utility group This free enterprise bestthe kind
you get from the Government
Treasury Secretary Humphrey goes duck hunting with Ike
humphrey an expert the birds going South When he took
in it. 80 -
Premier opens campaign against French
hquor French mothers outraged remember their old
saying Lips that touch water win touch daughter"
Civil Service Boss Young urges boost in Congressens
salaries We ought to put Congressman 900
Tor every law they repeal
Louis Wofson challenges Avery to public debate in
the control fight for Montgomery Ward idea And they
could get 81 million for the Tv ghsponsoed by Sears Roe
buck. 80
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Mccarthy Issue Hurts 6. O. P.
Pur Believed to Have Lost Election BY ShunnQ Senator
n Campaign, Which Muy Also Bring Them Defect IN 6
David Lowrence

The Senate may vote to
cenSure Senator Mccarthy,
but 1t cannot possibly rub out
the millions Of voters in his
following. This presents a po-
litical problem for the Repub-
licaa Party in 1856 and may
cost 1t control Of the White
House, as well as Congress.
next time unless the wounds
IN the party are healed.
For the facts are that Cliff
ford Case, who made an issue
Of Senator Mccarthy in New
Jersey, now appears to have
been elected Senator by a
plurality Of fewer than 1000
votes. He failed to win q ma
jority Of the votes cast In
last weeks election. Approx
mately $4,000 votes were cast
for two independent candi-
dates sympathetic to Senator
Mccarthy and, If these votes
had been swung to the Demo-
cratic nominee, he would have
won overwhelmingly. That's
not q healthy situation for the
Republicans to contemplate
for 1866.
In New York State, Senator
Ives, Republican. lost the gov
ernorship' to Averell Hartman
by fewer than $4,000 votes, but
there are reliable estimates
that somewhere between 20O,-
600 and 100000 Republicans
deliberately refused to 60 to
the polls on account Of Sena-
tor Ives stand on the Nc
Carthy censure issue.
These estimates come from
Republican officials in New
York State who are in q po-
sition to know what happened
when the registration totals
are compared with the actual
vote.
Also, Senator Ives two years
ago got more than 1900, 900
Republican majority. which
was more than President Eli
senhower received. There is no
evidence that in the last two
years he has lost his PERSONAL,
Evening star., 1954-11-12

porter wrote the story with.
out any IFS or butts. An ava.
lanche Of denials landed on
his shoulders. President True
man, who was on q trip to
Missouri, denied 1t to the.
White House reporters on his
train. On his return to WASH
ington he issued an even more
vehement denial at his press
conference. Secretary Byrnes
also issued q strong denial
and justly so, since he did not
yet suspect that he was being
eased out.
Many months later, this re-
porter was yindicated when
Mr.. Byrnes finally resigned
and Gen. Marshall was ap-
pointed In his place. The ex.
change Of letters between
President Truman and Secre-
tary Byrnes on January 6.
1947, showed clearly that the
information reported by this
writer the previous March had
been accurate.
Stories Of many Washington
correspondents have been de.
MED by interested officials but
later proved to be accurate.
Official denials are not taken
too seriously by the Washing
ton press corps. In some in
stances a quick and pungent
refutation is taken to mean
that the story hit the bulls
eye. Facts viii always come to
the surface: it does not matter
how late. For this reasons few
newspapermen bother to coun-
ter official denials.
But in the case Of o conver.
sation. such as took place last
May between Senator Watkins
and this reporter. there are no
facts which can confirm it.
Only a reminder of the circum-
stances Of the occurrence can
set the record straight.
Evening star., 1954-11-12
Sunday School Convention
To Open Here Tonight

The Greater Washington Sum
day School convention viii open
at 7:3O o'clock tonight in Metro
politan Baptist Church. Sixth
and A streets NE.
Dr.. Paul s. James of Atlanta,
pastor Of the Baptist Tabernacle.
will deliver the keynote address
tonight. DR.. James will speak
on THE Challenge Of the Sum.
day School,"
Sessions will be held tomorrow
at $3.50 am. and 1880 pm. De-
partmental workshops will be
held at the morning meeting, and
DR.. James will speak on "Quali-
f1cations Of a Teacher"
Evening star., 1954-11-12

y. u % 4 Il E 2 i- ~ Z /.
further reference to the text.
This involves more than mem
ory. It requires discrimina-
tion between what is more or
less important-that Is to say,
perception.
The modern educationists
decry memory" E
But there Is no thought
without memory. Thought in
wolves logical associations, and
the recalling Of knowledge.
Not all the old memory exer-
cises are to be recommended,
but memory can be improved
by exercise. Children do not
necessarily learn to think by
participating In discussions.
These can express completely
thoughtless opinions. But chill
dren must think in order to
solve q problem In mathemat-
les. The reason education for 1
millennia has been basically
grammatical athematical is
that these studies require
memory, association, reason.
perception, and exactitude-
the exercise Of thinking proc
esses, not snap judgments.
Nothing Is more important
than that parents should in
crease their knowledge OF the
public schools. But their in
quiries should not be precon-
ditioned to prevailing educa-
tionist theories.
They should seek to learn
what children ought to know.
what they do know, and how
they behave themselves.
Al poll Of working teachers
would be illuminating. Some Of
the most devoted and intelli-
gent do not share the views Of
the expert" pedagogists who
claim the whole field Of edu-
cation.
But the teachers anonymity
would have to- be protected.
Many are afraid to speak pub
licly for fear Of losing their
iobS.
Evening star., 1954-11-12

popularity. Hence, political
observers from New York are
writing IN to say that Sena-
{ tor Ives was the victim of the
Mccarthy controversy. In the
last three weeks of his CAM
paign, 1t Is estimated $50, 900
post cards were sent to him
by New York State voters, say
ing he would not receive the
vote Of the sender of the
post card unless he declared
himself as favorable to Sem
ator Nice cCarthy.
Reports are coming in from
Iowa that Senator Gillette,
Democrat, who once headed
the Senate subcommittee on
privileges and elections which
initiated the investigation Of
Senator Mccarthy. was hurt
politically in the last few days
of the. campaign by an open
letter from the Wisconsin
Senator. One charge made by
the Wisconsin Senator was
that the subcommittee, when
Mr.. Gillette was chairman,
had asked the postmaster in
Washington to place on the
mail to Senator McCarthy and
his wife what is known as a
mail covers form Of sur
veillance Of personal mail
used, it is said, under existing
law only when fugitiyes from
justice are involved.
A reverse twist to the Nc
Carthy issue occurred in
Illinois, where anti-McCarthy
Republicans voted for Senator
Douglas, Democrat, rather
than for Joseph Meek, the Re-
publican nominee. Charges are
heard that the Illinois Citizens
for Eisenhower didn't go all
out for Mr.. Meek. Among
anti-McC Carthyites, much was
made Of Mr.. Meek's sympa-
thetic attitude for Senator
Mccarthy. When President
Eisenhower visited the Illinois
State Fair during the CAM
paign, he did not invite Mr..
Meek to sit on the platform
Evening star., 1954-11-12

He cited testimony before
Congress that the program calls
for the production of only 1.8
billion notes, or pieces of paper
money. as against 2.4l billion
last year and 2.48 billion the
year before.
Mr.. Holtzclaw said about
1900 employees have been laid
of in two years. The majority
Of layoffs, he said, were due
to chronological improvements
in production, but he also cited
the completion Of the stock
piling operations.
White House visitors.
Scheduled to 60 to the White
House today are Jesse, B. Man-.
beck, president of the Columbia
Typographical Union; George D.
Riley Of the AFL legislative of
fee; Thomas G.. Walters, Gov