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Evening star., 1955-09-10
Subsidized Learning

Students Of Cannon College In Erie
are getting practical experience in the
investment field" in way that many
an individual would like to get it, namely,
by using somebody elSe's money. In 1850,
publisher Edward Lamb of the Erie Dis
patch set up student investment fund"
of $2,500. Subsequent grants raised the
fund to $4,000. The money is available
for trading in securities, at discretion Of
a council made up of students specialize
ing in business and finance courses at
the college On the basis of recent
market prices, the portfolio had total
value of ,260-beyond operating ex-
penses and tax liabilities In the course
Of running up their modest profit, the
participating students have had an OPP
portunity-and a. reason-for studying
the mechanics Of security trading, Of
research and analysis on corporate re-
ports and of the broader fields Of meas
uring present performance and growth
prospects of single companies and indus
try groups. The primary objective Is to
learn, not to earn.
Mr.. Lamb and the college authorities
are to be commended for their vision.
Investment in securities is-if done wisely
an investment in America. If done
otherwise-and there is no set of infallible
black k-and-white rules-it is costly and
wasteful pastime. If the Cannon gradu-
ates learn their lessons well, they should
profit Individually and the benefit should
be even more far-reaching.. Many an
other investor would appreciate COM
parable protection while learning, and
mt earning
Evening star., 1955-09-10
The Dodgers Win

Brooklyn's Dodgers, who have been
threatening to leave the cozy and old
fashioned confines of Ebbets Field, have
taken the precaution of clinching the
National League baseball championship
before any final decision is made as to
their future home. Already committed
to playing few of their 1856 home games
in Jersey City, and flirting with the idea
of moving to the West Coast by 1857, the
beloved buns" of Brooklyn won this one
"going away" They led from start to
finish, clinching the title Thursday by
numbering" the runner-up Milwaukee
Braves; 10 to 2, while winning their eighth
straight game. With 16 games left to
play, they had 17-game lead in the
won -and-lost colum mn-meaning they
can't lose the lead even If they lose all
their remaining games.
There is, of course, some question
about the wisdom--if not the foolhardi-
ness-of the Dodgers winning the league
title. They have done so on seven previ-
GUS occasions but never yet have they
been able to defeat the American League
title-holders in the World Series. At this
point, the American League race is still
four-team affair with each of the con-
tenders blowing hot and cold from day
to day. Going into the final stretch. the
Cleveland Indians and the New York
Yankees have an uneasy edge over the
Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red
Sox. On certain days, each Of these clubs
has played as If it were afraid to win the
pennant, but there are reasons-money
and glory-why that really is not so.
Sooner or later, even If it requires play
of, one of these clubs is going to win and
the Dodgers are going to know where
they will play part Of their eighth World
Series.
There will be victory parade" in
Brooklyn next Friday-beforei the World
Series. The admirers of dem buns" will
hope 1t does not prove-in the end-to
be premature.
Evening star., 1955-09-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

| Take this Eli" spelling.
Temp Jones insists the way
to spell 1t is 'Hy."
To some other minds, 1t is
properly Hi"
No doubt it is simply q cor
ruption of How are you?"
spoken rapidly and run to-
gether.
It goes in ''How are you,"
and d century later comes out
"Hi."
Our Middle West is famous
for such things.
The English are famous for
1t. Talliaferro comes finally
to be pronounced Tulliver, and
there are hundreds of other in
stances. People whose names
end in "well' commonly pro-
nounce the terminal syllable as
wool" or "wul," so that if you
tried to look up the syllable in
a dictionary, the chances are
you wouldn't be able to find it.
Not far away from Mr.. Jones'
home is an imposing house,
now tenanted by a family with
what used to be called a tow
headed boy.
This child is only about
three, if that old. but he knows
Hi" well enough.
1t is an addition he put on it
that perturbed Jones.
Hi. man." the boy screamed.
"Hi," responded Templeton
Jones. gravely.
The boy ran along the top Of
the wall. yelling after him.
Hi. man." he screamed
again.
Hi" said Jones.
Hi, man." the boy yelled for
a third time.
Three times, young man, Is
enough" said Templeton Jones.
The boy looked gravely out
Of his Sky-blue eyes.
Then he ignored Jones adj
monition.
Hi, man." he screamed.
Evening star., 1955-09-10
Homesick

! sap a wild grape proping
high
With lustrous orowth that
caught my eye.
thought hotD nice IL wouid
be
In my yard beside a tree.
Tenderly took 1t home
And set it out In soft rich
loan.
1t wouldn't live, 1t couldn't
die
Nor did 1t seem to care to try.
And then how clear It came
to me
How much like plants some
folks can be,
When from home they're taken
far
II does not matter iDhere they
are.
They cease to liue like ,1ell
folks should
And cannot die like sick folks
mould
But linger on in ltstless Ddy
With thoughts OF home so far
dtD1y.
1. Warner Jones
Evening star., 1955-09-10

to pay. In big industry wage
contracts favorable to labor
have been concluded without
Federal administrative prompt-
ing. coercion or interference.
The Federal budget threatens
within q year to balance, with
tax relief for the "little fell
lows" in the offing. Our boys
are out Of the Korean pipe
line, and on the international
stage the dove Of peace is
gently cooling.
So, Mr.. Truman, LET the
lower lights be burning" The
campaign is on!
Clifford L. Rein.
Evening star., 1955-09-10
THE POLITICAL MILL
g. o. P. Hopes Look Up in Kentucky
BY GOULD LINCOLN

been Governor, Senator and
baseball commissioner, had
against him Gov. Wetherby
and the State organization, In
addition to Senators Clements
and Barkley. To gain support.
Mr.. Chandler promised his
friends to GUST some Of the or
ganization Democrats and put
them in office. so he has q lot
of uncomfortable Democrats
on his hands. The organiza-
ton Democrats won't like him
If he is going to put them out,
and his friends won't like him
If he doesn't. The result In the
gubernatorial primary was
close anyway with Mr..
Chandler winning by some
thing around $4,000. Mr..
Diederich is counting on many
Democrats staying away from
the polls and on picking UP
many of the anti-C Chandler
Democrats for his candidate,
former United States Attorney
for the Eastern District Of
Kentucky Edwin r. Denney.
Surface Sweetness
Up to the present, the anti
Chandler Democrats are be-
having like little gentlemen.
Gov. Wetherby, Senator Clem.
ents and the defeated Mr..
Combs have all said they will
vote the Democratic ticket
which Is headed by Mr.. Chan
dler. Mr.. Chandler himself is
all sweetness and light, calling
upon all Democrats to rally to
his support. What goes on
underneath the surface is, per-
haps, another thing. The vitu-
perative attacks made by his
opponents on Mr.. Chandler,
and those made by Mr.. Chan
dler on his opponents. had
their effects on the rank and
file of the two factions. The
extent of the damage will be
known only when the vote is
taken in the gubernatorial
election November /. It re.
mains to be seen, too. what
happens during the interim
campaigning.
Mr.. Chandler is q colorful,
vigorous campaigner, with q
strong personal following.
Kentucky is fundamentally q
Democratic State. He claims
he is going to win, and having
won an amazing victory
against heavy odds in the pri-
mary, he may be right. The
Republican mpaign Is
directed against Mr.. Chandler
himself-not against the DEM
ocratic Party of Kentucky. In
deed, they are speaking kindly
Of the development Of the park
system by the Democratic ad-
ministratior1 and Of other pol
icies. They do not want to-
drive the anti Chandler Demo-
Gratis into Mr.. Chambers arms
by an attack on them. What
the Republicans want, Of
course. is to attract the anti
Chandler Democrats to their
candidate. Mr.. Denney. If they
can get about $4,000 of them,
Mr.. Denney is probably "in."
Evening star., 1955-09-10
Near Full Employment

Amid the usual variety Of Labor Day
pronouncementS, many of them shaded
with political coloring, the one of bright
est hue was Secretary Mitchell's state
ment that employment in August had
reached new all-time high of 65.5 mil
lion. Approximately million above the
July level, the figure for August was the
third consecutive monthly record-break-
Ing mark Correspondingly, unemploy-
ment dropped by about 25O,00O between
July and August and was down last month
to 3.3 per cent of the Nations total labor
force-aS compared to per cent year
earlier.
The high level of employment is only
one OF many clear and reliable signs of
our current prosperity. Corporation
sales and profits have been rolling along
almost uniformly to new peaks. The high
employment itself not only has produced
an unparalleled volume of goods and
services, but also-with improved tech
niques and increased automation-a
higher rate of output per worker. And
industry, in confident mood, is con-
tinuing its capital investment while pay
ing out record $5.3 billion in dividends
in the. first seven months of this year
106per cent more than was distributed
in the comparable period Of 1854. The
flow Of last quarter and year-end extra
dividends is almost certain to surpass
previous marks.
In this bright picture there are,
however, few signs of mild warning.
The farm income picture, of course, is
one such sign. Then, high individual
income almost automatically brings high
expenditures for consumer goods. This
demand, plus broad range Of recent
wage increases, is likely to push prices
upsomewhat this fall and cost Of living
indices have risen slightly this summer
after nearly two years of almost total
stability. Wisely, it would seem, the
Government already has imposed some
mild restraints in the form of higher
money rates, increased margin require
ments in securities trading and stiffen-
ing OF terms on Federally guaranteed or
insured mortgages It Is evident that
the economic trends will be watched
closely during the final quarter of the
year and that there will be an effort to
keep the boom healthy but under control.
Evening star., 1955-09-10
Teacher Shortage

1t has been a long time
since you have published a
better letter than the one "On
Teacher Shortage" by Mr..
Kellop. He is so right.
/ am reminded of a school
I attended in 1885. I learned
more in that year than in
any one before or since. We
had two teachers in a one
room schoolhouse out in the
Sticks" My teacher could not
obtain a first grade county
certificate. but he knew how
to teach the subjects the chill
dren needed to learn. Tuition
was free within certain age
limits. Pay pupils were charged
one dollar per month.
Not long ago / visited q mod
ern high school. The building
cost more than a million dol
lars. I stopped by to hear a
class recite a spelling lesson.
This lesson consisted Of 20
words. and I learned that rec
itation was held once a week.
Shades Of DR.. johnson and
Noah Webster! Spelling is a
neglected subject, as all will
agree. That class should have
had daily recitations on les
sons Of 100 words each.
Once. through the miracle
OF TV, I attended a Hollywood
wedding ceremony. When the
groom was asked: "Will you
take - - ETC., ETC." the
answer was II SHALL" which
was a prediction. not a prom
Use, That mans teachers did
not know the difference be-
tween shall and will; between
lie and lay: between sit and
set; between bad and badly.
They did not know case forms,
and probably thought syntax
is the money we pay the min
lister.
Evening star., 1955-09-10
Delays Cost Money

A The cost of delays in bridge building
isIWeH illustrated by what has happened
since Congress authorized the replace
nlent OF the Highway Fourteenth street)
bridge 10 years ago. The legislation
called for twin one-way spans to cost
not more than 81 million for the pair.
Wartime shortages and other difficulties
delayed completion Of the first structure,
the one for northbound traffic, until
1850. BY that time the total cost of the
one bridge had mounted to $6.8 million.
That left only 100000 of the authorize
ton for the second crossing.
Now the Highway Department esti-
mates that it will cost $9.2 million to
build the other twin-needed as an outlet
to Virginia Of the planned Southwest
Freeway. as well as to relieve congestion
OF regular outgoing traffic over the old
Highway bridge. A request for SITS
million with which to start construction
OF substructures for the new bridge has
been included in the departments esti-
mates for fiscal 1857. Also included was
a request for 81 million for substructures
for the Constitution avenue bridge, the
exact location of which remains to be
fixed. The latter project has been held
up for several years because Of disagree
ment among various agencies over site.
That the delays have added materially
to the cost of the badly needed central
area span also is safe assumption.
Evening star., 1955-09-10

"Hi!"
No more democratic greet
ing ever came from the tongue
of man.
It comes the sweetest from
the lips Of a child.
Good morning." and How
dee-do" are standard.
One says Good afternoon"
when it really is morning. or
Good morning" when 1t is
afternoon.
People from certain sections
Of our broad land call after
noon evening, as If by divine
right. You can never feel quite
sure which they mean.
"H!" avoids all this.
1t gets to the point quickly.
and is as right as rain, If you
come from the Middle West,
and have an ear for the Ian
guage Of your old home town.
Templeton Jones had daily
passed a young lady on q tri-
cycle.
She. was about 6 years old,
he judged, and had bright hair,
the kind he always liked, and
violet eyes.
Hitherto, she had paid not
the slightest attention to our
old friend, but this day was
different.
She passed him without a
glance, and then waited until
he came beside her.
Looking up with those violet
eyes from under a vagrant lock
of blond sunshine, she said Just
one word:
"Hi!"
Jones was surprised. and
pleased.
He is easily pleased in a
world where other people seem
to have to have yachts or fancy
motor cars to be even slightly
pleased.
Eli" he replied, as middle
age spoke to youth, and Middle
West to Middle West.
There could be no doubt, in
Jones mind, about the deriva-
tion.
He had heard that exact
word. thousands Of times, in
exactly the same tone, when he
went to q Middle Western col
lege.
Stranger spoke to stranger,
there, Hi" and the response
was equally brief but mean
ingful.
No flubdub, no soft soap. no
apple sauce, just plain Hi" :"
said in the right tone. In the
right way, with a pleasant
smile or reasonable facsimile Of
came.
\ y
When Jones got to the Of
flee, he tried to look up "Hi"
in the. big dictionary, but it
wasn't there. That is one OF
the troubles with the big book,
he thought, the very thing you
want isn't there so often. and
too often.
But it isn't the dictionary
makers fault in the least; 1t
is impossible for them, really.
to keep up with the vagaries OF
American speech, and espe-
cially with the way Americans
insist on spelling, as Jones
does.
Evening star., 1955-09-10
The View Improves

My most sincere congratu-
lations on the announcement
that another temporary build
ing is coming down in the inn
mediate future. plus the added
news that the small temporary
in front of the District Build
ing is also on its way out.
The Star campaign has be-
gun to have a good effect
about the eyesores that have
been disgracing the city for
too many years.
Charles Coulter.
Evening star., 1955-09-10

Republicans. who lost Q
batch Of Governors to the
Democrats In 1854. including
those Of New York and Penn
sylvania. are eyeing the COM
ing Kentucky gubernatoriaf
election with considerable
longing.
Ordinarily, they wouldn't
have a chance to elect q Chief
Executive in the Bluegrass
State. Indeed. they have
elected only q brace of @. o. p.
Governors there In the last
80 years-the last one in 1913.
In both cases. Republican vic
tory grew out of suicidal feud-
ing among the Kentucky DEM
ocrats. which could be re-
peated this year.
Republican State Chairman
John T. Diederich Of Ken
lucky, who attended the Re-
publican campaign school for
State chairmen here. now
closed, told his colleagues the
chances to defeat Happy"
Chandler, the Democratic
nominee for Governor. were
good and growing better. II
Mr.. Diederich is right and this
political plum should fall into
the lap Of the Republican
Party on the eve Of the 1856
national election, it will be
quite a feat and a pSychologi-
cal boost for the g. o. p.
Counts ON Discord
Mr.. Diederich is counting
on the extreme bitterness with
which the Democratic pri-
mary for the gubernatorial
nomination was waged. He
is counting, too. on the fact
that Mr.. Chandler, when he
vas campaigning, announced
many times that II nominated
he was going to get rid Of
Senator Earle C. Clements,
party boss of the State and
acting Democratic leader of
the Senate.
Senator Clements backed Mr..
Chandler's opponent In the pri-
mary. former Judge Bert T.
Combs. The Kentucky Senator
comes up for denomination next
year. If Mr.. Chandler is elected
Governor, his next move-un-
less he buries the hatchet with,
instead Of in, Senator Clements
will be to pick candidate to
run for the senatorial nomina-
ton against Senator Clements.
If Senator Clements should
win the primary, Mr.. Chand-
Ter and his friends might still
cause his defeat in the general
election-particularly If the
Republicans should persuade
John Sherman Cooper, now a
U. S. Ambassador, to return
and make the race. Senator
Cooper has twice been elected
a Republican Senator in Ken
lucky. He was defeated last
year by Senator Alben Bark
ley--"Mr. Democrat" in that
Democratic State. But 1t took
Mr.. Barkley to beat him. Mr..
Diederich pointed out, too,
that during his campaigning
for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton, Mr.. Chandler, who has
Evening star., 1955-09-10
Economical Enough

Frank Kent, in his column.
"The sGame of Politics." in
The Sunday Star Of September
4, talked about the exceed
ingly expensive CIO periodical,
the Economic outlook.
The subscription price OF
the Economic outlook Is $1.50
a year for IL issues.
Mr.. Kent, Of course, has full
right to disagree with the
CLOS viewpoints and publica-
tions; but we must take issue
with his assertion that the
Economic outlook, at a price
Of 1914 cents a copy. is "ex-
ceedingly expensive"
Henry C. Fleisher,
Publicity Director. CIO. !.
Evening star., 1955-09-10

@. Has the Football Hall Of
Fame been built as yet? How
many persons have been elect
ed to it?-E. F. F.
A. New Brunswick, N. j., has
been chosen as the location Of
a Football Hall of Fame. The
proposed building will be con-
structed when funds are avail
able. In three elections. So
players and 80 coaches have
already been named to this
hall Of fame.
@. Has the Soviet Union q
single national nag. or does
each component republic have
its own?-M. 2.
A. Although each republic
has a separate flag. there is
also q state flag Of the USSR.
This is red in color and bears
in the canton the crossed ham,
mer and sickle, emblem OF the
workers, surmounted by q five-
pointed skeleton star. all In
gold.
Evening star., 1955-09-10
POW Code Tested

The Uniform POW CODE OF
Conduct, recently promulgated
with great fanfare By the De-
tense Department, has already
failed In its first test.
A young U. s. Air Force Of
flcer, I'd 1t. Guy H. Bumpas.
was shot down by the North
Koreans on August u and re-
leased on August %. He ap-
parently received serious head
injuries ir the crash Of his
plane, was 'roughed up" by
North Korean soldiers, his
wounds were not sewn until
the second day after his cap
ture, and he was not allowed
to lie down until almost ex-
hausted. 1t is reported in the
press dispatches that the Reds
put him through days Of what
they called friendly chats"
about the purpose Of his mis-
sion.
1t. Bumpas is reported in
the press as giving the Reds
the type o: answers to their
questions which he "knew
wouldn't do any harm" and
as saying that all he did was
to beat around the BUSH"
It seems the Reds asked 1t.
Bumpas to sign ''letter Of
appreciation" for the "iood
and medical treatment" re-
ceived, and 1t. Bumpas
obliged. Judging from one press
release, he was not very care
full in reading the letter be-
fore signing 1t.
The Reds have been having
something Of a field day with
this letter o. appreciation"
1t. Bumpas insists the letter
was not a confession" and
that it did not contain any
references to Fictitious Ener-
ican propaganda" as now
claimed by the Reds. Accord
ing to the North Korean radio,
1t. Bumpas is reported to have
said that 1.-The days I lived here
(in North Korea) will remain
as a beautiful impression
throughout my life."
This incident shows what
we can well expect will happen
in case of another war with
the Communists. 1t is COM
pletely unrealistic to pretend
that any "boy scout oath" is
going to do a man much good
when he falls into the hands
of a bunch of harbarians.
1t is we'll for 1t, Bumpas
that he Is In the Air Force. II
he had happened to be in the
Army, he probably would be
court-martialed, Judging by
the Army's tough attitude to-
ward It's prisoners of war in
Korea. The Army Is trying
former prisoners for acts Of
collaboration" committed un-
der much worse treatment
than that for which 1t. Bum
pas thanked his Red tor
mentors. And the public, to
its shame, shows very little
concerni
Helen ]. Grctz.
Evening star., 1955-09-10

The disguised" Texan who
put in his 2 cents worth about
segregation In the Capital
really meant the part about
2 cents literally. I wonder
how disguised he is with his
own State in connection with
the racial incident at the
Houston airport. The only dis
gusting thing about racial in
tegration is that we slept on
this matter far too long before
acting.
If this Texan wants a
referendum on 'interracial
nonsegregation," tell him to
do this: Start a campaign to
put a President in office who
believes as he does.
Proud Washingtonian.