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Evening star., 1955-11-29
THE POLITICAL MILL
Hall Really Storted Something
By GOULD LINCOLN

Stevenson, q Hartman or Q
Kefauver.
Chairman Hall buttressed
his belief that Eisenhower viii
run, saying, "He looks a million
per cent: I've never seen him
look better"
One thing Mr.. Hall made en-
tirely clear. He does not con.
slider the timing Of the Pres
ident's announcement con-
corning his future political
plans is important. This Is
especially true II the President
is to run again. But even If the
President decides not to run
as well he maya delay until
next March would not be Q
hardship for the Republicans.
It seems q foregone conclusion
that the nominee Of the Re-
publican National Convention
will have to run on the Eisen-
hover record: that he will have
to bear the approval of Presi-
dent Eisenhower; in other
words. be a candidate for whom
the President can campaign
100 per cent.
Chairman Halls belief and
hope the President will run
'if he feels able" was strength
ened by the keen interest
which the President evinced in
the coming campaign and in
the issues. Mr.. Hall is more
and more convinced that the
President plans to remain
head Of the Republican Party
and to fulfil that responsible
ity. i,
A decision by the President
to run next year will eliminate
what may be a real and bitter
struggle in the Republican Ma
tional Convention over a presi-
Dental nomination. If he says
he viii run, he will be as good
as nominated already. And If
Eisenhower runs, he is ex-
pected to pick as his running
mate Vice President Nixon.
Hall believes this. and so do
most of the Republican lead
ers. The President believes
in Nixon and has only good
words for the manner in which
Nixon has carried out his APP
pointed tasks.
Presumably the President
will have his way in the selec-
ton of running mate
although there may be some
opposition to a denomination
OF Nixon (a) by Republicans
who do not like Nixon and
Obi by Republicans who have
been led to believe Nixon would
weaken the ticket, especially
in view Of the fact that Eisen-
hover has suffered a heart
attack,
The situation Mr.. Hall has
now created Is calculated to
give the President and his Re-
publican followers q strong
position, If. In the end. Ike
does not run and q substitute
must be chosen.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
THIS AND THAT
BY. CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

There is a currently fashion
able cult which teaches you
to accelerate the speed Of your
reading so as to read more
books and in some mysterious
way get more out Of them.
There is. Of course. some-
thing to it. but not too much.
Every good reader has his own
pace, and 1t must not be too
slow. Perhaps those who take
q year to read q book seldom
really enjoy reading.
But to make a business Of
popping UP the reading time
That is something else, and
we believe it can only result
in bad reading.
Whether one should read
word by word, or phrase by
phrase, or sentence by sem
tence, or paragraph by para
graph
This has always been the
question.
Theodore Roosevelt, admit
tedly a great reader. is said
to have been able to 60 through
q whole book in a matter Of
a few minutes, Tipping the
pages over one after another,
without hesitation, as he went.
Yet at the end, he was sup
posed to have taken in all that
was worth while In the book.
~
Most Of us cannot read that
way.
We have a feeling that we
are pretty fortunate that we
cannot do so.
After all, reading is not a
foot race.
Only In modern America,
where we make even our music
an athletic contest, would
reading Of books be put on a
time schedule.
Upon occasion speedy read
ing may be necessary, but we
are speaking only of the
greater everyday love Of books
and the reading thereof.
There is no need whatever
to regard a book as something
to hurry through.
There is no reason for feel
ing that we have to get more
out OF them"
Every book is an experience.
1t may be a little experience.
or a great one; it may be a
slight experience, or a massive
one; the enjoyment may be
small to one reader, great to
another. differing in what each
one brings to the-we al
most said task, when actually
the reading of a book ought
to be and most often is a joy.
We all have set ways of
thinking and talking. so we are
more likely to think of a book
as a task than as a pleasure.
Americans have so long been
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Vaccine Report

In the latest reports on the
effectiveness of he Salk polio
vaccine, the results are ex-
pressed as 80 to 80 per cent"
effective. Does this mean that
the errors involved may be as
much as 80 per cent and.
therefore. the results might be
expressed as so plus or minus
80 per cent? On this basis. the
effectiveness might be as low
as only 20 per cent.
In. The Star editorial of No
vember 18 t"Good News"), 1t
is hinted that geographical lo-
cation c"varying from State to
State'J might be an impor-
tant factor. II this is so, 1t
would seem that this factor
should not be hidden. The
public should be informed in
which State the results showed
most effectiveness and In
which they were least effective.
It would seem that If geo.
graphic location Is q real fac
tor, 1t is important that this
should be established on q
definite and reliable basis, so
that the enthusiasts among
the polio drive" professionals
would not keep on talking
about averages, which might
include areas where the effec-
tiveness of the present vaccine
was near zero.
Omar Emmes.
Editors note: The prelimi-
nary findings OF health au-
thorities indicate that the ef-
fectiveness Of one shot Of Salk
vaccine (the recommended
treatment Is three shotsl has
varied in different parts Of the
country. The statistics show
that the attack rates for par
alytic polio have been from
two to i've times greater In
the unvaccinated than In the
one-shot vaccinated children.
In some States. such as New
York, the vaccinated appear to
have had a 5-to-1 better
chance Of escaping the disease:
in certain other States, like
Georgia, a 2-to-1 better chance.
1t is on the basis of these still
tentative figures that experts
speak of how just one shot of
the vaccine apparently has
effected a so to 80 per cent
reduction in the incidence Of
the crippling form Of polio
myelitis.)
Evening star., 1955-11-29

forced to exert themselves to
get ahead that we have come
to speak Of every pursuit as if
it were q contest of some sort.
Even the word pursuit" calls
up pictures Of the chase in
which Davy Crockett would
have been perfectly at home.
The real reader is he who
likes to read.
No doubt thousands. perhaps
millions, Of young Americans
are forced to read, and do not
like 1t ct all.
When the chance comes.
they no longer compel them
selves to turn page after page.
fast or slow, but give 1t all
up as soon as they can.
They are not real readers.
They may do very well at the
wheel Of Q motorcar, or even
be expert at something or
other, but the world Of books
is not for them.
The true reader, he who
loves books not because Of
what they are but what they
mean to him. viii pace himself
in reading one word after
another.
He win seldom be forced to
go back and read over again q
passage he has just finished,
for this is one Of the things
that makes reading an un-
pleasant experience.
He viii, somehow. have
managed to build up his
vocabulary, so that q book Is
not something strange, but q
chance to use his knowledge.
Word study then must be
primary, in making a good
reader. Without q love for,
an understanding of what
words mean, nobody can read
pleasantly. and build up his
most suitable speed.
If the words are there in
the mind, beforehand. reading
them In a book is just another
chance to meet old friends and
to say how-dee-do to those
with whom one has had only q
nodding acquaintance before.
In other words, reading
then is Just life, which we
all live, in which we are i'm
mersed and of which we are
a part for a time,
Ones speed. in life, is ones
own speed. The natural
rhythm in living is the real
thing. the precious thing. You
accelerate. your speed only
when a bear gets after you,
You speed UP your reading
only when you let somebody
tell you that you are not doing
it according to his way. Look
him in the eye, and say, ''Non-
sense, this is my way, and my
way is right for me. Chase
yourself around the block"
Evening star., 1955-11-29
.Low-Rotes Educators

viii the White House Con-
ference on Public Schools dis
cuss what is being taught our
nations youth and how
taught, asked Parent Dorothy
Webb in her November 20
letter. My guess is that the
assembled school administra-
tors and supervisors will ignore
or skillfully side-step that dan
gerous topic. Why dangerous,
you ask? Because those ad-
ministrators and supervisors
do not want any discussion
which might jeopardize their
own entrenched plush jobs;
they created the present school
curriculum and teaching meth
DDS or they landed top jobs by
going along with 1t.
True. too many Johnnys
can't read; true, decent
standards In teaching and
learning high school subjects
have been destroyed; true,
teen-agers are allowed 10
evade foreign languages. high
er mathematics, science. or
they are passed by an easy
grading system without having
learned such exact subject
matter.
True. with a vastly greater
high school and college popu-
Iation than any other nation
ttncluding the Soviet Socialist
Republics Of Russia). our ma
! tion faces a dangerous pres
ent and future shortage Of
teachers. nurses. engineers.
scientists. Our educated" teen
ayers don't want to undergo
the rigorous study required for
becoming teachers. nurses.
engineers. scientists. Why
should they2 They can get"
the new "adjustment-to- to-life"
glamour courses; they can
"get" admitted to college with
out high school mathematics,
foreign languages, physics,
chemistry. our educated"
teen-agers don't want to be
called a square or a BRAIN;
''Elnsteinl Long hair and a
sweat shirt
Will the White House Con-
ference suggest or sponsor any
change in the present public
schools curriculum. methods.
grading system? II that issue
should be forced on them, my
1 guess is that the Conference
delegates win march forward
q battalion OF statistics ttheir
own concoctionl to prove that
Johnny can read: that our
teen-agers are now better
taught and better disciplined
than were their parents or
grandparents. The delegates
will thunder to parents their
much worn warning that cri-
ticism Of our public schools is
an attack against public school
education by vested interests"
which oppose increased tax
alton by reactionaries who are
against Federal expenditure to
help educate your child -.
Just wait and seel
Al Mere Teacher
Evening star., 1955-11-29

Republican National Cnan-
man Leonard w. Hall, fresh
from talking politics with
President Eisenhower. really
started something when he
predicted Ike will run next
year III he feels that he is
able" Obviously, Chairman
Hall would not make such a
statement If he had nothing
to base It on. He knew, when
he met the press and made
his prediction, it would come
to the Presidents eye. He
knew, too. that such a state
ment by him viii have its
effect on the thinking Of Re-
publican leaders and Republic
can candidates for Office all
over the country. 1t seems
clear. therefore. that many
will now believe Eisenhower
will stand for a second term.
unless the President himself
DEGREES otherwise.
He's Under No Wraps
Mr.. Hall lent further weight
to his prediction by saying ::
$50 far as I'm concerned.
there is no other candidate. :"
He considered himself under
no wraps - because he is
national chairman --t to be
neutral n a race for the 1856
presidential nomination. AS a
matter of fact, Mr.. Hall is
for Eisenhower and SO is all
the rest Of the Republican
national organization.
No one knows today, fnclud-
ing the President. how he will
feel next January, February
or March-when the President
is expected to make a decision.
But if Mr.. Hall is correct
and the President feels he is
able to run and to serve and
the physicians give him a
clean bill of health - the
Presidents decision VIII be to
run. Up until now. Democratic
leaders have felt sure the
President would not run, and
mighty few Republican lead
ers have believed he would
stand for a second term.
With Eisenhower as a po-
tential candidate, the Demo-
Gratis may have to revise their
thinking and their planning.
1t is true that Democratic Ma
tional Chairman Paul M. But
Ter and other party leaders
have maintained right, along
that their presidential NOM
inee could defeat any Repub-
lican, including Eisenhower.
But few people, including Dem
ocratic leaders, believed this
Butler prediction. And If Hall
is right and Eisenhower runs.
with his own approval and that
of physicians, the g. o. P. viii
have good ground for hope in
the 1856 election. The Amer
ican people-or a majority OF
them-would rather take a
chance with Ike than 60 for q
Evening star., 1955-11-29
v. A. BrussoIo.

In reply to your recent edi-
torial. "A War We Must Win"
dealins with our shortage Of
scientists. ! offer these COM
ments:
The chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission has be-
walled the fact that American
colleges will produce only about
half as many scientists as their
Soviet counterparts. Chairman
Strauss correctly states that
the root Of this condition lies In
our poorly trained high school
graduates. He suggests that
scientists ought to volunteer to
teach in our secondary schools.
Volunteer indeed After work
ing hard In the laboratory, /
should teach too, and without
compensation to sweeten the
taskl There is q very real
shortage Of science teachers,
as well as all other types OF
instructors, due to low teacher
pay scales. The Nation is get
ting exactly what it is pay
ing for in the quality of It's
secondary school teachers -in-
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Advance YuIetide
Notice

This year, mg fond nell
tDtShtno friends,
Whose stocks nom all pay
diDidends,
The rare and costly card
eScheW--
Mass production cheer tpiA do.
mean, don't search for Art
so hard,
And spend too much upon my
card
Lest I again, alas, should iDeep
That IT'S not something I could
keep.
Carolyn Ellis
Evening star., 1955-11-29

The Star editorial OF Mo-
vember "a. entitled "A War
We Must VIM" is very timely
and cogent.
Allow me to suggest. being
an engineer myself, q sure an
swer to the problem Of max
ing engineering more attrac-
tive as a career to young peo-
ple--more money. It's as sim
pie as that.
VA RrussnIn
Evening star., 1955-11-29

Q. What kinds of Christ
mas trees will retain their
needles longest after being
brought indoors?-W. r. T.
A. When Cornell University
made some tests on the needle
shedding of popular evergreen
trees, it was found that Doug
las fir held its needles for 80
days at a high room tempera-
ture of 80 degrees F.. red pine
for 20 days. Scotch pine and
Evening star., 1955-11-29

The story Of the Titanic
disaster was just about the
first newspaper reading I did
outside Of the comic strips. so
! count myself a charter mem-
Der of the Titanic Disaster
Bluffs Organization. Having
contributed some material 70
"A Night to Remember" Wal
ter Lords superlative new
book on the subject, / awaited
the book reviews almost as
anxiously as he must have
himself.
It is interesting to note
that the reviews in The Sun
day Star and the New York
Times. while commencing Mr..
Lords temerity in disputing
such a time -hcncred legend as
the bands playing Nearer.
My God. to Thee" and others
almost equally dear to popular
belief, both gave circulation
to another and even more
denonstrably false Titanic
legend--that she was not only
the largest but also the fastest
ship afioat. This must be the
reviewers, own contribution.
I haven't read the entire book
yet, but feel certain. on the
basis of our many conversa-
tions. that Walter Lord made
no such claim: If he did he
made the only error I have
ever caught him in.
The White Star Line, to
which the Titanic belonged,
was not given to understate-
ment. and even it never
claimed fastest" honors for
her. Her top speed has always
been given as 22la knots;
Cunard's Lnsitania and Maui
retania, 5 years older, could
hit rs and better. The con-
fusion in the popular mind
may have arisen from the fact
that the Cunarders were then
on the Liyerpool-NeW York
run, while any record the
Titanic might have made
would have been reckoned on
the Southampton-New York
route. At that, she was up
against three older North
German Lloyd liners rated at
% and 231a knots, so 1t is
doubtful If she could have won
even that distinction easily.
The Titanic has enough
claims to fame--or infamy-
without stealing the laurels
from such far more deserving
rivals as the great old
Cunarders. After all, it took q
German U-boat to kill the
Lusitania's passengers, and the
Mauretania rounded out a
long and glorious career with
out any stains Of blood on
her record.
Ralph whitney.
Editors Note: In his book,
Mr.. Lord implies--but does not
say--that the Titanic was the
largest ship afioat at the time
Of her maiden land final)
voyage. Nowhere does he
either state or imply that she
was the fastest. In an after
word. Mr.. Lord says that the
ship has been inflated by
legend far beyond her real
proportions, so perhaps the re-
viewers may be excused for
adding another superlative to
the Titanic myth. But as Mr..
Lord says, "The Titanic was
impressive enough without
embellishments
Evening star., 1955-11-29

adequate teaching for made
quate remuneration.
II the day ever dawns when
teachers (and scientists) are
paid in proportion to the value
of their work, there viii be no
further shortage Of either.
Nathan r.. ROsenthaI.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Dangerous Age

AS a husband, ! have been
viewing with alarm the recent
rash Of cases in which a wife
has shot her husband and
promptly been cleared. Seems
like a girl could get in more
trouble shooting a squirrel out
Of season.
David A. Heller.
\ 4 \
In the light of the recent
wave of scot-free releases Of
husband murderers. one won-
ders If it is safe to 60 home
any more.
j. Jackson.
4 + 4 y
Surely we are getting soft.
/ would say that no matter
how bad g family argument is,
there is always a law enforce
ment agency to appeal to. In
stead a citizen picks up a gun
and takes the law into his or
her own hands. Self-defense
seems to be the out" It's not
the out. It's against the law
to kill someone. The COM
mandment, Thou shalt not
kill" might as well be written
of and man and wife be given
permission to be armed at all
times. One is not safe in the
confines of his own home.
w. T. Raplee.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to coHden-
sdtion.
Evening star., 1955-11-29

balsam fir for is days and
spruce and hemlock for fve
days or less. Fir trees. by and
large. make the best Christmas
trees.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKlN SERvIC

bI IHE HAShIN SERVICE
Eye n WASN'T
Please '
Evening star., 1955-11-29

@. When will the first presi-
dental primary Of 1866 take
place?--W. s.
A. The first primary will be
held on March IS, 1856, in
New Hampshire.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Sinks Titanic Leqend

Nathan r. ROsenthaI,
Evening star., 1955-11-29
How to Get Engineers

"a Mere Teacher
Hungry Horse news., 1955-10-14
Falls Club Calendar

Newcomers club meets next Tu-
eSday, 8 p. M, at the Masonic tenn
pie. All new ladies of the commun-
ity are welcome to attend. ReServa-
tons or invitations are not necesS.
airy. HOstesses for the evening are
Mrs. Carl Launer, Mrs. Ed Gilk
Mrs. George ALBERT and Mrs. AL
bert Gardner. Meeting opens with
an 8 p. m. dessert.
WSCS Circle / of the Methodist
church meets next Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs, John Roe
del. Ladies are reminded to brin{
clothing for the mission at Brown
ing.
Women's Missionary Federation o
Our SaviOr's Lutheran church will
have circle meetings next week. Hos
tesses are as listed: Naoma circle
g p. M, Wednesday, Mrs. AL Rier
son; Ruth circle, 8 p. M, Wednes
| day, Mrs. Howard Greene; ESthe
circle, 2 p. M, Thursday, Mrs. Cor
Larson.
| Columbia Falls Lodge No. SO, Al
& AM, meets next Wednesday, 8 I
M, at their temple. Work in the SCI
ond degree.
Rainbow Assembly next THURSDAY
Masonic temple. See story.
Rebekah lodge meets next Frida,
2 p. M, at the Masonic temple.
Achievement program will be gi,
en- at Bad Rock Farmers Union NEE
, ing, Oct. 81. Ladies are to brir
cookies. Committee members al
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Casterline.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-10-14
Give Farewell Party
| For Mr.. Mrs. Beatty

A family dinner, Sunday, honored
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Beatty. They will
leave this week for Richmond, Va.
There were 80 relatives at the din
ner, given at the Masonic hall. In
Guided was Kay Sanderson, Mon
tana State University student, who
spent the weekend here. Roberta
Sanderson will remain in Columbia
Falls with grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Saurey. Mrs. Beatty is
their mother.
A series of dinners this week were
honoring the Beattys. Monday, they
were honor guests at a no-hOstess
dinner at Park Headquarters. Tues
day, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Saurey en-
tertained the Beattys, Roberta San
derson, Mr.. and Mrs. Don Green an(
daughters, Kalispell. Wednesday din
ner was at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Don Green.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-10-14
Rainbow States
ConsfifUfinu

Constituting of Columbia Falls
Rainbow Assembly is set for next
Thursday. The Assembly, instituted
March 81, 1854, will receive its char
ter at next weeks meeting.
Columbia Falls Rainbow Assem-
bly, members are to meet at the
Masonic temple at o'clock. A pot
luck dinner for Rainbow girls, Stars
and Masons, is set for $50 p. m
at the temple.
Business meeting, which include!
initiation, starts at 7:30 p. m. AS
sembly members of Kalispell ant
Whitefish have been invited to at
tend. Constitution will take place a
9 p. m. under the direction of Mrs
! Bernice Moore, Missoula, supreme
deputy. Refreshments will conclud,
the evening.
The Assembly met last Thursda,
with Grace Marie Dewitt, worth.
advisor, presiding. Business includes
installation of Pat Ball as Patriotism
with Norma Herbkersman installe,
in the office of Immortality. Mrs
Jack Merz, Eastern Star worth
matron, was introduced
Hungry Horse news., 1955-10-14

Next Sunday will be Lay Sun
day" at Columbia Falls Methodist
church. It's an annual event, with
lay members conducting the service.
In charge are to be Robert Bracket
and Larry Stallings.
Planned, also. for the II a. m.
service will be a special male quar-
tet to sing. A nursery for pre-
school children is sponsored by
WSCS Circle 2 during the worship
hour.
Set for Sunday evening is Senior
Methodist Youth Fellowship, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pat Lee, sponsors. intermediate
MYF meets Monday evenings at the
parish house with Mr.. and Mrs. Box
Bracket, sponsors.
Columbia Falls was represented
Monday at sub-district meeting il
Bigfork. Bishop Glenn Randall Phil
lips, Denver, presided. Attending
from here were Rev. M. O. Smith
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Casterline, Mr.
and Mrs Jesse Sparks, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Mills, Leonard Whitney, Mrs
billiard Ritter, and Mrs. John Beck
with. Sub-district includes churche
in the St. Ignatius to Libby area.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-10-14
Thursday Dinner
For Catholic Men

Fifty men from the parish were
to have dinner together at St. Rich
ards parish hall, Thursday. 1t was
served by the Altar Society. Mrs.
L. A. Schoenberg and Mrs. Otto Cav
alar, co-chairmen.
These men have pledged them
selves to work for the campaign for
the Helena diocese. It's to meet quota
for unit Seminary building and sci
ence and library building at Carroll
College, Helena. Attending the din
ner were men from Columbia Falls
BigfOrk, Somers, West Glacier, Hun
cry Horse, Coram and Martin City
Sectional chairmen are E. j. Mar
anettte, Columbia Falls; Davit
Thompson, West Glacier; Jane!
Lally, Somers; Edmund O'Brien
Bigfork.
The diocesan wide campaign viii
take place, Sunday, in each paris
in the diocese. Men will give up on
day of hunting in its interest. :