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THE SUNDAY STAR Gil
Washington, d. C.
SUNDAY, MAY 80, 1888
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the q. s. Steel production for
August 81. -. Boris Karloff II
heard an announcer call him
Morris Karloff the other night
win star.
Aside to Milton Q. dun
ninger) Ford: Who told you
what my wife said when ! asked
her to check your program?
#**
Sunday Summary: Willy Ley is
q remarkable man. an authority
on space science and clear and
concise in mis- queries !. But /
couldn't help chuckling when he
pronounced the word "informa-
ton" on Face the Nation
suddenly thought Of Peter LORE.
The interview with Aneurin
Bevan on Meet the Press" was
on Aim and ! suspect the hottest
exchanges between Mr.. Bevan
and panelist Randolph Churchill
were shipped by the editors
shears.
MICS camera crews were
doing a much improved job
covering the Tam O'Shanter
Coli UP to the moment left the
house. They we're switching
back and forth from green to
cover the fascinating action.
Otherwise, 1t was a very quiet
and circumspect TV night. one
Of the reasons being that Hedda
Hopper wasn't on.
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TODAY's Tv
HIGHLIGHTS

500, WTTG t5)-Lamb Ses-
sion: Art Lamb emcees show
from Raleigh Hotel root for
Board Of Trade membership
get-together. Patricia Mori-
son. Robert Montgomery. Ray
Anthony. guests.
500. WTOP ts)-Star Time
Playhouse: Though shot
down at sea. English general
maintains reputation as dis
ciplinarian; Basil Rathbone
S:3O, WRC t4)-Arthur Murray
Party: Singer Georgia Gibbs
and comedian Jackie Miles,
guests.
$500. WRC (l)-Summer The
alter: Ronald Colman as .
sedate psychiatrist with
Ladies on His Mind: Bonita
Hume, Patricia Morrison. Eliz-
abeth Fraser. Hillary Brooke,
$500, WMAL (7)-Danny
Thomas SHOW: Danny invites
newspaper c0lumnist home on
spur Of moment.
$50, WTOP (9)-spotlight
Playhouse: Three Yanks are
trapped In banana-growinR
republic during Little War In
San Dede":: Willard Parker,
John Agar.
1880, WRC dts q Great
Life: Uncle Earl breaks TV
picture tube. so boys borrow
identical set from neighbors
who are on vacation: James
Dunn. Michael O'Shea.
1880, WMAL f7)--Mr. District
Attorney: Exposes vicious
new racket called witnesses
Inc; David Brian.
1880. WTOP l9)-Soldiers Of
Fortune: Tim and ToubO are
hired to "chaperene" q mans
spoiled daughter.
Ills, WTOP tsl-"Sofia An
unknown man is murdered In
Istanbul for secret he alone
possesses: Gene Raymond,
Sigrid Gurie.
11:30 WRC t4)-Steve Allen:
Buster Keaton and Martha
Tilton visit.
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Other AN Stations
FIN Stotions

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TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS

1880. WMAL ~ Eddie Cantor,
Eddie's stock company pre'
sents and d-fashioned melo.
drama.
1855, WWDC-Baseball: Wash
ington VS.. Baltimore.
500. WASH-FM; 1880, WWDG
Treasury Agent: innocent
girl who is witness to muir
derer leaving scene Of crime
becomes target.
$3.50, WRC - Dragnet: Sergt
Friday and Frank Smith solve
murder Of night Waterman In
downtown appliance store.
500. WRC - Biographies in
Sound: THE Babe Ruth
Story" as told by James Far.
ley. Waite Hoyt, Tom Meany
James T. Farrell. AL Schacht
and others.
1000. WRC Fibber and Molly:
MCGEE starts another battle
with post office for failing to
deliver one Of his magazines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
Science Shrinks Piles
New Way Without Surgery
Finds Healing Substance That Does Both
Relieves Pain Shrink Heuorrho;ds

New YORK, N. Y, Especially -
For the first time science has
found . new healing substance
with the astonishing ability to
shrink hemorrhoids and to relieve
pain without surgery.
In one hemorrhoid case after
another, "very striking improve
ment" was reported and verified
by doctors observations.
Pain was relieved promptly.
And, while gently relieving pain,
actual reduction or retraction
(shrinking) took place.
And most amazing Of all-this
Improvement was maintained in
cases where doctors observations
we're continued over a period Of
many months!
In fact, results were so thor
cugh that sufferers were able to
make such astonishing statements
As "Piles have ceased to be a
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6-foot-6, weighs 225 pounds and
has what the Hollywood trade
calls q Randolph Scott Jaw.
So it isn't difficult to figure
out why the chubby, average
sized Conrad, who favors q mus
tache that additionally classifies
him with the bad guys" lost out.
In fact, I doubt II he ever was
really considered for the part.
Producer-director Charles Mar
quis Warren, for example, Is on
record with this statement:
'tVisuGilv. Conrad Just didn't
come across to me as Dillon,
despite his years IN Daried
roles. We had to find SONG
one iDho could fit the part
Gppe0Tnnce-i1ise as ipell as
GctiHg-iDise. Arness gdpe US
that thinning combination"
Well. that's Hollywood for you.
And I'm thinking that it's q
good thing Jack Webb had the
say about his show. "Dragnet. =
when Il switched from radio to
nv.
In the movies. Jack had played
q variety Of bit parts. most of
which were hoods. I saw him in
one on Tv not too long ago and
he was chasing the painting hero
up and down the city streets.
pausing only to Turk In the
shadows and snarl.
Jacks success as the sterling
Sgt. Friday must have come as
a stunning surprise to the fius-
tered Hollywood set. which
promptly tabled Jack as q fiuke
and filed the experience In the
exception that-proves-tlIe rule"
basket.
That Conrad Is an accom-
plished actor Is unquestioned. He
could easily have been made up
to more closely approximate the
'hero" type. But he never had q
chance.
"Gunsmoke" had better be ter
rife.
$50
On the Run:
Steve Allen, who has two
week vacation coming up at the
end Of this month. Is repeatedly
ready to ask NBC to switch the
show to Hollywood permanently
]. My guess Is that there,ll
be a compromise: six months In
New York, six in LA.
Success Of THE $65, 900 Cues
ton" has other networks rush.
ing plans for big-money give
aways Z. Mutual (radio) has
one in the works called Quar-
ter Million Quiz" which would
be on i've nights o week and
feaufe eight contestants daily
competing for prize money-the
topper being $250,000!
Should DuMont sell its two
stations, Broadcasting -Telecast-
ing magazine reports. the buyer
would probably be Paramount
Pictures Corp. The price
tag for WTTG is repeatedly So
million.
NBC hasn't heard from the
sponsors yet, but it's planning
TO take over regular commercial
prime" time once o month this
fall for public affairs programs.
The first, titled. Nightmare
in Red" and tentatively set for
Nov. 3. will depict the rise Of
c Communism !. Others planned
include The Jazz Age" and
Rise and Fall Of a Dictator
the dictator being Hitler.
A show that has been o hit
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problem!" And among these sui.
ferers were q very wide variety
Of hemorrhoid conditions, some Of
10 to 20 years standing.
All this, without the use OF
narcotics, anesthetics or astrin.
gents Of any kind. The secret 10
a new healing substance (Bio-
Dyne") the discovery Of a world.
famous research institution. AL
ready, Bio-Dyne is in wide use
for healing injured tissue on all
parts Of the body.
This new healing substance lie
offered in snppository or ointment
form called Preparation H. Ask
for individually sealed convenient
Preparation H suppositories or
Preparation H ointment with spe.
eial applicator. Preparation n il
sold ut all drug stores. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded.
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teleWSlon lomOTroW-W Wednesday, Aug. II. 1855
wae Co. l.
h@ O.
Mnh I.s Msans sAs@
lis, q sAss.
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on the West Coast (which isn't
exactly the same as being a
hit in New York; Is now being
filmed for syndication and is
supposed to make "Dragnet'
and Medic" seem tame by COM
|parison It's called Conf
dental File"
Edna Best's daughter In real
life. Sarah Marchan, will play
her daughter in Counterfeit, :"
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ON THE AIR
ON THE AIR
Hollywood Is Up
To Its Old I ricks
BY BERNIE HARRISON

Gunsmoke the Dagnet Of Westerns swils into Tv early
next month Saturday CBC1 and had better be good The
fans OF this popular radio series have been seeleyed GRIM
Tipped lot since the circulated that William Conrad
who created Marshal Matt Dillon, wouldn't be In It,
The fellow who will be In It, one James Arness stands
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ADVERTISEMENT.
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Washington area educators
swung back at DR.. Rudolf Flesch
today.
Their chief charges are that
in his book. why Johnny Can't
Read" DR.. Flesch:
l. oversimplifies the problem.
2. Overlooks the fact there is
no single method of teaching all
children to read.
8. Overlooks the fact they use
the phonics method which Dr.
/ Flesch advocates, as well as other
methods.
Statements from educators
follow:
DIR. Alvin W. SCHNEIDER, pro-
fessor of education and reading
specialist at the University of
Maryland:
In why Johnny Can't Read,
DR.. Flesch reveals outrageous
disregard for the truth about
| reading instruction in schools
today. Among other inaccura-
cies, he infers that teachers dc
not show pupils how to SOUND
out words. Teachers definitely
give this instruction. Further
more, authors of school reading
books have provided comprehen-
sive programs in phonics, OF
word analysis.
| DR.. Flesch makes a serious
mistake in his over -simplificatior
of reading, itself. To him. ac-
cording to this book. reading
consists exclusively of word rec
ignition. He disregards PROB
lens of comprehension and in
depreciation of meaning. Reading
is more than word recognition.
To DR.. Flesch, instruction in
associating sounds with letters IL
cure-all for all reading ills
This is obviously an unfoundeo
oversimplification of complex
problems. Phonics is only one OF
many aids which must be used
to help pupils develop power OF
word recognition.
| DIR. Hobart M. Corning, Dis
| trict superintendent of schools:
e! DR.. Flesch seems to base his
whole approach to the teaching
of reading on the phonetic
method. We agree as to the
Importance of phonics. Our
reading curriculum places strong
emphasis on this important sub
iect. Our textbooks have a de-
velopment program of phonics
carefully worked out. in the
accompanying manuals. The
phono-visual charts are listed
for purchase.
However strongly we feel that
| phonics has an important place
in the teaching of reading. we
know from experience and re-
search in the field that good
reading program is based on
experiences that help a child
understand what he reads. Com
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job in producing a great num-
Der of pupils who hated reading.
Sister Brideen, instructor in
the education department, Cath
Ollie University:
Essentially. reading is a process
of getting meaning from the
printed page. 1t embraces both
recognition and Interpretation.
Word recognition implies re-
sponses OF meaning to the appre-
hension of words; it is not Just
responses, as Flesch's program
would imply.
Any program that emphasizes
responses to the detriment of
meaning is psychologically UNI
sound.
It is true that in the begin
ming stages of reading the child
develops a basic sight vocabu-
larry, but he is also taught tech
niques for attacking new words
Independently. Phonics is only
one of the techniques. The
others are context clues. word
form clues and structural
analysis.
It would seem from Flesch's
criticism of current reading pro-
grams that sole dependence is
placed on basic sight vocabu-
larry. It is unfortunate that
the author did not have an
opportunity to visit a school in
which the teacher was follow
ing the manual for her basic
reader. If individual teachers
do not use their manuals, which
are indispensable in assisting
the teacher to guide the pupil
in attacking new words indie
pendently, the current reading
programs do not deserve to be
| criticized.
DR.. Matthew J. Whitehead
| president, Miner Teachers Col
lege:
Flesch's why Johnny Can't
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Read" is a welcome addition to
the controversial problem made
today by both parents and
teachers. Reading is eyerybody's
business who is associated with
the learning experiences of
children.
I do not feel that there is any
one best way in magic approach
to this problem. be it phonetic.
word recognition or experience
One child learns with facility
and profits by one method.
whereas another child needs a
different type of therapy. Chill
dren. too. are different. and that
recognition by American educa-
tors is a factor that in part is
responsible for many of our edu-
cational advances.
Teachers. therefore. in teach
ing Johnny how to read. should
use the technique best suited to
the individual child.
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Educators Say Dr.. FIesch
OversimpIifies Problem

prehension is the test of a good
reader
Phonics is an important part
of our reading program and our
teachers use it to give children
power and independence in
reading.
DIR. Forbes Norris, superin-
tendent of schools, Montgomery
County:
have not read this book as
carefully and analytically as /
should before making any COM
ment: However, my rather
cursory reading of this book,
plus the publicity. lead me to
criticize DR.. Flesch on at least
two counts.
Evidently he assumed that
there is one best method for
teaching reading to anybody and
everybody. and he has found it
Second. he assumes that pho
netic training is ignored in the
teaching of reading today.
One of the fallacies that stu
dents OF reading methods have
been fighting for several years
now is that there is one best
method for all children. There
is a variety of teaching methods
and the good teacher, failing one
method. should try another.
The purpose in teaching read
ing is not to justify a method
but to teach pupils to read. Dr.
Flesch, in my opinion, is wrong
when he puts forth his method
the phonetic method, as some
thing new and a panacea in all
cases. He is wrong, also, to the
extent that he implies that read
ing is just word calling" The
good teacher of reading today
does teach phonics, but it is a
part OF reading, language, SPELL
ing and writing.
To subject all pupils to the
! teaching method advocated by
DR.. Flesch is as bad as the charge
he is making against present
| teaching methods. He is
advocating indirectly a return tc
the day when one-third of all
flrst-grade pupils were failed
and when the schools did fine
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Senate Unit to Meet
On D. c. Nominees

The Senate District Commit
tee will hold public hearing at
10 am. Thursday on the nomi-
nation of Robert E. Mclaughlin
to be a District Commissioner
and also the nomination of
George E. C. Hayes to succeed
Mr.. Mclaughlin, who is now
chairman of the Public Utilities
Commission.
Committee Chairman Nicely,
Democrat. of West Virginia. said
that, If time permits, the unit
also may consider a few other
pending matters.
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Why Johnny Can't Read
Chapter Cleaning or Word Guessing
By FLESCH.

page to see whether there is a
picture. Usually in those fac
tory-produced readers. when an
animal is mentioned there is a
picture of it somewhere on the
page. so 10 to / he'll find that
the word means kangaroo"
And what If there isn't any
picture? Well. then he has to
rely on the sound of the first
letter k if he knows that-or the
length of the word-or its gen.
eral shape-or Just sheer luck.
He might guess kangaroo" or
he might guess plumber" or he
might guess "forget-me-not"
or-most likely-he might Just
sit there with a vacant look,
waiting for the teacher to tell
him what the word is. He knows
very well she'll tell him eventu-
ally. Learning to read, he knows
is guessing or waiting until you
are told what the word means
| You think / exaggerate? On
the contrary: / am describing
exactly what ] saw in one class
room after another and what is
detailed endlessly in all the text
books on how to teach reading.
What does all this add up to?
It means simply and clearly that
according to our accepted system
of instruction. reading isn't
taught at all Books are put in
front of the children and they
are told to guess at the words or
wait until teacher tells them.
Not Taught to Read
But they are not taught to
read-if by reading you mean
what the dictionary says it
means. namely, get the mean
ing of writing or printing"
Now you will say that all this
applies only to the first grade.
Not at all. If you think that
after this preparatory guessing
game reading begins in earnest
in the second grade, or in the
third or fourth, you are mis-
taken.
Reading never starts. The
guessing goes on and on and on,
through grade school, through
high school, through college,
through life. It's all they'll ever
know. They'll never really learn
to read.
TOmOrr What Is
PhOnics? How many sounds
do you make when you talk?
What are they? Is phonics a
difficult technical subject or is
it easy to understand?
From the book why Johnny Can't
Read. BY Rudolf Fleseh, copyright 1855,
by Harper g. Brothers Distributed BY
The Register anf Tribune Syndicatel
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How do you convince thou
sands of intelligent young wom-
en- that reading has nothing to
do with letters and sounds? Sim
Pile. Like this:
First, you announce loudly and
with full conviction that our
method of writing English is
not based on pronunciation.
Impossible, you say? Every
body knows that all alphabetic
systems are phonetic? Oh no,
I quote from page 297 Of Read
ing and the Educative Process
by DR.. Paul Witty Of North
western University: English is
essentially an unphonetic Ian
guage."
This is so ridiculous that 1t
should be possible to just laugh
about it and forget it. But the
reading experts" have created
so much confusion that it's nee
essary to refute this nonsense.
Well then: All alphabetic sys-
TENS are phonetic; the two
words mean the same thing. The
only trouble is that English is
a little more irregular than
other languages. How much
more has been established by
three or four independent re-
searchers., They all came up with
the same figure.
About Is per cent Of all Eng
fish words are partly irregular
in their spelling. The other 81
per cent follow fixed rules. Even
the Is per cent are not "un-
phonetic" as DR.. Witty calls it
but usually contain just one ir-
regularly spelled vowel. done is
pronounced dun" one is pro-
nounced ''wun," are is pro-
nounced "ar." and so on.
Teaching of Letters Avoided
So our English system of writ
Ing is, of course, phonetic, but
has a few more exceptions to the
rules than other languages.
The next step in this great
structure of nonsense and con-
fusion is careful avoidance of
the teaching of the letters:
Current practice in the
teaching of reading does not re-
quire knowledge of the letters. u
says DR.. Donald D. Durrell OF
Boston University. I'm remedial
work, such knowledge is helpful"
If they had their way, our
teachers would never tell the
children that there are letters
and that each letter represents
a sound.
Phonics is usually discussed
In this literature as something
that stupid and ignorant parents
are apt to bring up. | am not
joking: Our teachers are care
fully coached in what to answer
parents who complain about the
abandonment of phonics.
For instance, let me quote
from an official" pamphlet on
Teaching Reading" by DR..
Arthur /. Gates of Teachers
College, Columbia University
published by the National Edu-
cation Association. rr
When a mother storms to the
school," writes DR.. Gates, ITO
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TREASURY'S CHECK
BOUNCES, SOMEONE
FAILED TO SIGN 1T

LOS ANGELES (P). 1T
was something. Of a blow
when the Governments
Treasury check bounced.
Edward Saver said he got
the $3.50 check as refund
of a deposit he had made
with his bid for some war
surplus goods. He just sent
the check to his bank to be
added to his account.
But the bank promptly
sent it back yesterday.
Seems somebody in the
Treasury Department had
neglected to sign it.