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Weather Preoccupies

When the weather is clear and
balmy-night and day--you are
the master Of your desires. Life
and what you do with it, is not
predicated upon "how does the
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I'd Sa|k Series
Starts Friday

The second series Of Salk polio
vaccine shots will be admins
tered to children in kindergar-
tens and first grades in District
public and parochial schools be-
ginning Friday.
The opening Of the program,
originally scheduled next Mon
day, was advanced to Friday be-
cause schools will be closed Fri
day, January 81, marking the
end Of the first semester Of
classes.
About 1000 children. accord
ing to the Health Department.
who have not yet received their
first shots because Of absences
or other reasons, are eligible.
So far, the District has been
allocated 76.572 cubic cent?
meters Of the vaccine. The
Health Department said. how
ever. that out Of an estimated
1853. 500 children in the District
within the priority age-that is
l through 10 years-only 1890
have been given their first injec-
ton. Approximately $4,000 have
been given their second injection.
Following Is q list of schools
and the days the vaccine shots
are scheduled for:
Friday. January 2O-Our Lady Queen
OF Peace, Thomson. Walker Jones, kim
ball, Smothers, Truesdeli. Whittier, Hyde,
Fillmore. River Terrace, Raymond.
Hardy, Calvert. Brent. Greenleaf. Noyes,
81. Peter. Pillar Of Fire. Edmonds. Love-
Frances de Sales. Campus, ct, Ceceiia.
Monday. January 23-Moten. Our Lady
of Perpetual Help, Lafayette. Logan,
Kinssman. Cook. Beers. Sumner. St.
Augustine Bruce, Brentwood, Emery,
Fairbrother Bell. Burroughs. Petworth.
Cooke. Mann. stoddert. Bancroft. Hebrew
Academy, Peabody. Buchanan, Gtddings,
Ven Ness. 81. Cyprian. Webb. Grimke.
slowe. Pierce. Maury. Adams and 81.
Tuesday, January a4--Annuneiation.
Blessed Sacrament. Simmons, Wheatley.
Holy Name Davis. Stevens, Monroe, 81.
Anthony, Brookland. Key, jackson. st.
Aloysius, Grant. Oyster, 81. Thomas.
Amidon. 81 Dominic. Anthony Bowen.
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pRoFILEs IN COURAGE
PROFILES IN COURAGE
George Norris Clipped
Cor Connon's Power
By SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY
North American Nevspaper Alliance

At precisely 100 PM winry afternoon early in 1919
Representative John Daze of Pennsylvania left the speakers
chair and walked the House chamber Mr. Daze
Speaker Cannons first assistant ruling the House.
almost invariably succeeded in the chair by Representative
Walter Smith of Iowa The assistant speaker had
reached the door the chamber when Republican Representa-
tive George Norris of Nebraska walked to
Smith and asked If he might be recognized for two minutes
Mr.. Smith agreed.
To Mr. Smiths establishment Representative Norris sought
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harris q Ewing.
its administrations the Nebraska
Senator was one of the party's
most prominent members. chair
man of the Senate Judiciary
Committee and a potential pres
dental nominee.
He rejected the suggestion that
he accept a position as Herbert
Hoover's running mate. and he
attacked the Republican conven-
tons platform and the methods
by which it had selected its
nominees.
Unwilling to commit himself to
Iidential nominee.
ways opposed. and whose plat
form he believed to be equally
weak, Norris toured the country
campaigning for fellow Progress
sives regardless of party. But as
the campaign utterances Of
Democratic nominee AL Smith Of
New York began to fall into line
with Norris own views, he was
confronted with the most diff
cult political problem Of his ca
reer.
George Norris was Q Repub-
lican, a Midwesterner, a Profess
tant and a dry" and Herbert
Hoover was all of those things.
But Al Smith, Tammany Hall
Democrat from the streets Of
New York. and a Catholic who
favored the repeal of prohibition
was none of them.
Joined Smith Camp
Unmoved by either appeals or
attacks, he delivered a powerful
plea for Smith at Omaha.
But in 1928 the people Of Ne
braska were not willing to listen
to the theme Of tolerance or a
discussion Of the issues. Tele-
grams poured in attacking Nor
ris for his support of a Catholic
and a wet.
The landslide for Hoover, who
carried practically every county
and community in Nebraska, as
well as the country as a whole.
embittered Norris. who declared
that Hoover had won on the
false question Of religion and
prohibition, when the real prob
lens were power and farm re-
lief. But he told friend later:
1T happens very often that
one tries to do something and
fails. He feels discouraged, and
yet he may discover years after
ward that the very effort he
made was the reason why some
body else took it up and sue
ceeded. I really believe that
whatever use have been to
progressive civilization has been
accomplished in the things I
failed to do rather than In the
things I actually did do"
tcopyright 19S5-56 By John p. Kennedy
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When the cold weather comes
I'm like a hot-house flower
transplanted into the wind
blown, snow country. My circu-
lation begins to slow and in
stead of being lilnber-as I am
in the sum feel as II I'm walk
ing around on stills rather than
on my own legs.
I suppose somewhere along the
line I got a wrong transfer. I'm
a below-the- border model. I'm
built for siestas, relaxing under
the sun, content with the heat
Iabhoring even the cooling breeze
III 1t is a foretaste Of cold.
enjoy heat where others wilt;
I CONCEAL where others say, isn't
this cold weather invigorating?"
And yet. where do I live? In
Mexico? In Spain? In the Ba-
|hanlas? At the southern tip of
Florida? You guessed 1t. I live
in bleak, rugged New England
I exist In the snow country. We
have summers. yes, but they are
SO fleeting- here and gone-that
all ! associate with this country
Is sleet. ice. snow. wind, shivers,
dark blue days and deep depres-
sion.
Read In your libary and you
will learn that weather does af-
feet the human beings outlook
on life. Well, I'm at the head OF
the list. I'm utterly and divine
Ily happy in the sun, detected
and wondering If life is worth
while in the absence of sun. The
sheer relaxation Of a few clothes
the ability to walk in and out OF
doors without the putting-on
and taking-off: these in them
selves make life worth living
They are the dividends Of mere
existence. For me. Button Up
Your Overcoat." is synonymous
with a form Of imprisonment.
You think you're free to come
and go. but the weather really
makes q prisoner out of you.
You become unnatural. You
look out Of the window and
your plans" hinge on "how it
looks outside"
Weather Preoccupies
When the weather is clear and
balmy-night and day-you are
the master Of your desires. Life
and what you do with it. is not
predicated upon "how does the
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Patterson. st. Joseph. Assumption, shadd,
Turner, Carver, Burryilie, Harrison,
Health and ketcham.
Wednesday. January 25--Seaton, 81.
Bryan. Garrison. Morgan, Rudolph,
Sacred Heart, Eaton. Hearst, st
Teresa. Ambush. 8. J. Bowen, Hayes,
Ludlow. Taylor. Garfield, Richardson,
st. Francis Xavier. Barnard. Randie
Highlands. and Holy Redeemer.
Thursday. January 26---Blair. Holy
Comforter, Murch. Langston. Blow.
Trinity. Our Lady Of Victory. Powell.
s. Gabriel. Draper. West. syphax. st.
Mary, CrummelL Thomas. Mott Scott
MONTGOMERY. Parkview, Bunker Hill,
congres HEIGHTS. Shepherd. Takona and
Anaeostts- Nayior Rd Nursery.
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under debate-a resolution call
ing for a joint committee to in
veStigate the Ballinger- Pinchot
conservation dispute-by requir-
ing the entire House of Repre-
sentatives to appoint the mem
bers of the investigating COM
nlittee. instead of granting the
customary authority to the
Speaker to make such selections.
This was instruction in the
ranks-the first attempt to limit
the previously unlimited power
Of @Czar" Cannon! Norris sue
ceeded in having his amendment
adopted by the narrow margin
Of 149 to 146.
It was the first setback the
powerful Speaker had ever suf-
fered. But for George Norris. the
victory on the investigation res
olution was only a preliminary
step. For in his pocket was a
scrawled resolution which he
had drafted years before-a res
olution to have the House. rather
than the Speaker, appoint the
members of the Rules Com
mittee itself. the committee
which completely dictated the
House program and was in turn
completely dominated by the
Speaker.
Addresses to the Gear"
On st. Patrick's Day in 1910.
Norris rose to address the
Scar" Only minutes before,
Cannon had ruled that census
bill promoted by one of his CO.
horts was privileged under the
Constitution and could be con-
sidered out of order. inasmuch as
that document provided for the
taking of the census. "Mr.
Speaker" called Norris. II pre-
sent a resolution made privileged
by the Constitution" THE
gentleman will present It," re-
piled Cannon. srnugly unaware
Of the attack about to be
launched. And George Norris
unfolded that tattered paper
from his coat pocket and asked
the clerk to read it aloud.
Panic broke out in the Repub-
lican leadership. Cannon and
his lieutenants were masters of
parliamentary maneuvering and
they were not Immediately ready
to concede. They kept the House
In constant session. hoping to
break the less organized revolt
tiers.
Finally. all attempts at in
Limitation and compromise hav-
ing failed. Speaker Cannon. as
expected, ruled the resolution out
of order. Norris promptly ap-
pealed the decision. BY a vote
of 1872 to 100. Democrats and
insurgent Republicans overruled
the Speaker. and by still larger
margin Norris resolution was
adopted. The most ruthless and
autocratic Speaker in the history
Of the House of Representatives
thereupon submitted his resigna-
ton.
The overthrow OF Cannonism
broke the stranglehold which the
conservative Republican leaders
had held over the government
and the Nation. Under the
Gear" the Office of the Speaker
of the House welded what some
times appeared to be very nearly
equal power with the President
and the entire United States
Senate.
Gained Reputation
Norris subsequent career in
the Senate. to which he was
elected shortly after his triumph
over Cannon, earned him a
reputation as one Of the most
courageous figures in American
political life. The overthrow of
Cannonism. although welcomed
In Nebraska by all but few
party stalwarts. had neverthe-
less required tremendous courage
and leadership on the part of a
young Congressman attacking
his party's well-e n tren h e d
leaders and willing to sacrifice
the comforts and alliances that
party loyalty brings. In the
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9ote OHtu 70 tWtS tNottoHs HouttsHeu
it as on infont and carried through
its severest tests upon the attain
ment Of its moturity." This is another
excerpt from the book.
~------>---
Senate he frequently broke not
only with his party but with
his constituents as well.
When Woodrow Wilson, sor-
rowfully determined upon a pol
icy of EARNED neutrality" in
early 1917, appeared before a
tense joint session of Congress
to request legislation authoriz-
ing him to arm American mer-
chant ships. the American pub
lie gave its immediate approval.
The Armed Ship Bill was
rushed through the House of
Representatives by the over
whelming vote of 403 to ia
vote which seemed clearly repre-
sentative of popular opinion in
favor Of the Presidents move.
But in the Senate on March
2, 1917. the Armed Ship Bill met
determined opposition from a
small bipartisan band of in
surgents led by Robert La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin and George
Norris Of Nebraska.
George Norris hated war-and
he feared big business" which
he believed was providing the
stimuli for our progress along
the road to war.
Whether he liked it or not,
the freshman from Nebraska
prepared for one of the hardest,
most embittering struggles of his
political career. The Sixty
fourth Congress would expire at
noon of March 4, when a new
presidential term began. Thus
passage of the bill by that Con-
gress could be prevented If the
Senate could not vote before
that hour; and Norris and his
little band were hopeful that the
new Congress might join in OPP
position to the measure. or at
least give it more careful con-
But preventing a
vote during the next two days
spelled only one word-filibuster!
Reluctant Filibuster
George Norris. an advocate of
a change in the Senate rules to
correct the abuses Of filibuster-
ing, but feeling strongly that
the issue of war itself was at
stake, adopted this very tactic
lin spite of my repugnance to
the method"
Day and night the debate con-
tinued; and on the morning of
March 4 the Senate was a scene
of weary disorder. Those final
minutes" Norris later wrote,
live in my memory"
I'm that chamber. men be-
came slaves to emotion. The
clash of anger and bitterness,
in my judgment. never has been
exceeded in the history of the
United States. When the hour
hand pointed to the arrival of
noon, the chairman announced
adjournment. The filibuster had
won.
But it was a fleeting victory.
For the President announced
that a further examination of
the statutes had revealed that
the executive power already in
cluded the right to arm ships
without Congressional action.
And the President also let loose
a blast, still frequently quoted
today. against "a little group Of
willful men, representing no
opinion but their own. that rem
dered the great Government Of
the United States helpless and
contemplate"
During the next II years
George Norris fame and polit-
ical fortunes multiplied. In 1928.
despite his continued differences
with the Republican party and
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Weather Affects Outlook
BY DR.. PETER J. STEINcRoHN

weather look?" Have you con-
sidered lately. how big business
weather has become?
II you think I belabor the
weather. consider what the news
papers, radio and television are
doing about it. Especially, the
latter two. The first reports
you hear in the morning and the
last at night are about the
weather.
How hot it is in Timbuctoo
and how it is freezing in Kala-
mazoo. Thereu be showers that
skirt the West and hailstones
to plague the East. North had
better watch out for snowfall
and the South had better board
up against tropical storms.
How did our ancestors sur
vive without all such weather
reports? Did they have an ink
ling the blizzard Of '88 was on
its way with the fall Of the first
fake? Were they warned nights
in advance that they might be
showed in? Or did they Just ma
turally wake up to the fact that
1t had been showing steadily for
a few days? And that they'd
have to dig themselves out; or
if they weren't especially in any
hurry would have to wait until
y c'"rn stuff melted.
These days we go to sleep
having made up our minds to put
on rubbers next morning-and
take along the umbrella-because
the IL o'clock news ends up with,
Rain tomorrow" The fact that
it often turns out a sunny day
never lessons our resolve on
similar occasions later In the
week.
Let's Have Surprises
I'd like to get back on the old
surprise basis. not too far back
when / was a kid. You'd never
know--or suspect-what the
next hour would bring. You'd
have to match wits with the
weather. No announcer-but you
alone-should make your own
decision on how to neutralize bad
weather.
After a few times caught with
out q raincoat, the drenched
clothes would enforce a more
careful appraisal of the sky next
time. A sudden cold spell or
snowfall that caught you with
out your overcoat would give you
time to review your weather
representation abilities. While
you lie in bed getting over the
grippe Cor virus if it's more COM
Portable under that nance you
could think it all over. !
As for me, you can have your
weather any way you like 1t. But
III take mine sub-tropical--
where the weather doesn't stay
mad at you for long. There may
be occasional sudden squalls or
protracted warm rains. I'll take
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'ProfiIes in Courage" BY Senator John
:. Kennedy. Democrat Of Mossoehu-
sets. sketches careers Of political
courage: Only the very courageous
will be obIe to keep olive the spirit
Of individuoiism and dissent which
COVE birth to this Nation. nourished
it as on infont and carried through
its severest tests upon the attain
ment Of its moturity." This is onotheI
excerpt from the book.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-01-27
5. ORLANDO, FL0RIDA
"The City Beautiful

lively little mongrel called Tizaz.
There was only a little Of any
thing-as in the case of the dog
but animal or vegetable every
thing was furnishing nightly in
this environment Of care and af-
fection.
At dinner that evening the only
edibles that had not come from
the farm were the condiments and
the cold English-type beer that
was served instead of coffee. We
had fried chicken and the chicken
had been Matched a few yards
away; the Strawberries / had
helped pluck. myself from a bed
I could still see from my place at
the table, and the e1eam for the
Strawberries had come FIR ON a
neighbours holding in exchange
for Ernst's help with his tractor.
After dinner some friends Of the
Danzigers stopped by. I was an
American and America and things
American were admired but. cur
iouslY. not envied: my visit to the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
was discussed and there was
neither fear nor hatred Of Arabs:
government policies were discuss
ed. praised and torn TO pieces: the
possibility of war was considered
and everyone had a place. both
males and females. and everyone
hoped good and calm council
would prevail. They wanted to
work and to prosper and they
were certain that that was all
Arabs like themselves wanted.
Putting the day together again,
it was simple enough. I visited a
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Florida Reporter Visits
israel Family

questions regarding a sister in
America. ! was taken by Zahavia.
Enst and the two boys on a foot
bY-foot tour Of their land. They
seemed to grow everything people
could grow. On that pocket-book
sized farm there was corn and
watermelon. Strawberries. toma-
toes. quavas. plums. potatoes and
beets. There were apple trees and
beds of flowers and of bulbs (onlY
a short time before. Zahavia had
some Of her bulbs chosen for an
exhibition in Sweden). There
were rabbits and chickens and a
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CONTINUED from Page l6)

five and three. Like every Israeli
child ever saw, the two boys
were sturdy and ruddy with
health. There is kind Of child
worship going on in Israel. I'm
like the variety carried on here,
hcwever, it does not seem to spoil
tie children.
The farm comprises only three
4cres. After answering a flood of
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ent and director designate of the
Health Department, has recon-
Imended that the Commissioners
cite the laboratory staff for meri-
torious service under adverse
conditions.
DR.. Finucane, who with other
members of his staff attended
the meeting in the hospital adj
ADMINISTRATION building, reported
that the hospital treated 1910
patients during the fiscal year
ending last June 30--a peak load
that exceeded the figure for the
previous year by 40.
The superintendent said the
heavy case load was due to
shorter disqualification of pa
tents, which is attributable to
drug therapy and chest surgery.
Problem Stin Unsolved
He warned. however. that "the
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problem Of tuberculosis in our
community is far from solved"
DR.. Moe Weiss, chief of medi-
cal service, emphasized that a
hospital such as Glenn Dale has
the increased job Of rehabitat-
ing and training cured patients
for their return to the commu-
nifty.
DR.. Weiss said that since tu-
berculosis has become a disease
predominantly of the older male,
IA tuberculosis hospital increas-
Iingly is becoming general hos
Ipital as well. since it must be
able to treat other ailments as
ISOLATED with advanced age.
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Just on Annapolis road east Of
Lanham, Md.
Construction requisite d in
cludes a new utilities building
$4,000; addition of a second
operating suite, 100000, ano
expansion of laboratory work
rooms, $4,000.
At present the only utilities
structure for storage of equip
ment is a converted garage. The
single operating suite causes de-
lays in handling surgical cases
hospital officials said. The pres
ent laboratory is said to be over
crowded.
Staff Praised
In the latter connection, the
council. led by it's chairman, DR.
w. Montague Cobb, praised the
laboratory crew. DR.. Daniel l.
Finucane. hospital superintend-
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Tax Collection Perfect

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla
For the third consecutive year
the City Of West Palm Beach re-
ports collecting all city taxes
100 per cent. including real and
personal property and railroad
taxes. Net collections amounted
to $2,206,615.03 for the City,
which has a population of 43, 1852.
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Glenn Dale Gets Okoy
On $36O,OOO Request

Impressed by the need for limited expansion facilities
Glenn Dale Hospital the Districts Public Health Advisory Coun-
Gil Yesterday Endorsed three items totang $36OO requested
in the fiscal 1858 budget
The council acted after tour of the hospital
which treats pulmonary diseases The
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Special! s3-s5 La Rel RhinestOnes

They have thot fiery btIionce that marks them as
finer rhinestones, and they're distinguished BY their
cuts-EmeroId cut boguettes, morquise, round ond
peor-shoped Big, bold pins, elaborate necklaces.
eorrinos and bracelets. All set in rhodum-finlsh
metal
200
plus tar
KGnnS-Jewelry-Street Floor, Both Stores
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BY RUTH DEAN

Eleven months of living I'M
der Chinese Communist deten-
ton led Capt. DruSilla Poole
to join the Army Nurse Corps.
When you've lived in a po-
lice state. even for a short
time. and have done without
the freedoms we take as a
normal part of our day, you
can't ever again take them
for granted declared Capt.
Poole. who was here last week
for the 1856 Chief Nurses Con-
ference of the Army Medical
Service.
Capt, Poole. who is educa-
tional co-ordinator at William
Beaumont Army Hospital at
Fort Sam Houston, Tex, said
in an interview that when she
returned to the United States
in June, 1850, Il wanted to
be more than just a private
citizen. I wanted to contribute
my services toward my coun-
try's defense and tell as many
people as possible what a real
threat communism is to the
way Of life as We know it"
Capt. Poole was chief of the
nursing service at Yale-ih-
China, a medical center in
Human Province. largely sup
ported by Yale University
Alumni, when the Chinese
Communist armies marched in
in August. 1949. and "liberat-
ed" Changsha. where the med
zeal center was located.
No Surprise
The plucky nurse was not
caught by surprise. She knew
1t was coming. In fact she was
in Changsha by choice.
From childhood, Drusilla
Poole had wanted to go to
China and work among its
people. To this end, she care
fully planned her education
social work after her gradual
ton from Scaritt College in
Nashville, Tenn, two years of
inter-racial social work in
North Carolina. and finally a
masters degree IN nursing
from Yale University's School
of Nursing. When she heard
about Yale-in-China, she saw
her chance. waited for an
opening and arrived in China
in the spring OF l948.
1t was not surprising then,
that the sudden evacuation by
the American Consulate of all
Americans in China to Shang-
hal on THANKSGIVING Day of
the same year. failed to deter
her.
She stayed only long enough
to assure herself by talking
with other evacuees that the
Consulate's move was "prema-