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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02

Colored People, and John T..
Blue, Washington director of the
American Council on Human
Rights.
Earlier Chairman Davis had
brought from subcommittee
counsel william E. Gerber a
statement that no outside group
that asked to be heard had COM
piled with the rule that sum-
mary of the statement to be
given must be filed in advance.
The one exception, Mr.. Gerber
said, was the Arkansas Avenue
Community Association whose
statement was purely srgu-
mentative.
Reports No Reply
Mr.. Mitchell. at the end of
yesterdays session, told Chair
man Davis and reporters he had
asked several times that his wit
nesses be heard. He said he had
no reply. He declared this was
mot IN keeping with usual pro-
Icedure."
He agreed he had not sub
mitted a summary in advance
but said that if he had, it prob
ably would have gone into the
waste paper basket.
Mr.. Mitchell said the NAACP
wanted to provide testimony
from experts Ito refute testi-
mony about the intelligence
quotients of colored pupils and
other falsehoods about integrated
schools"
Asked If he thought this SUBJ
Iject had been sufficiently COW
cred by School Supt. Hobart M.
Corning and others. Mr.. Mitchell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
CORNING DISSENTS
AS GERBER HITS
NEWSPAPER EVIL

Counsel William E. Gerber
OF the Davis school investi-
eating subcommittee gives
short Shrift to most news
papers.
Mr.. erber and School
Supt. Hobart M. Corning
were discussing a newspaper
article yesterday. 1t hap
pened to be from The Star.
DR.. Corning remarked that
he kept complete clippings
of what the papers said.
They are a necessary
evil" said Mr.. Gerber. I'VE
must have them"
DR.. Corning said he
wouldn't go so far. They
are doing a grand job" he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02

start Of indignation, knew that
there was a very wide disparity
between the city's white and Ne
gro students and did not want
the public to know about It,"
DR.. Corning replied he would
judge" this was not true. He said
Mr.. Gerber would have to ask
the board, however.
The school boards integra-
tons policy includes a proviso
that school records may not be
kept by race. The law requires
an enrolment record for each
pupil by race, however, and the
board has permitted a racial en-
rollment count each fall.
Mr.. Tobriner said that, while
he favors releasing general test
RESULTS. he opposes identifying
individual schools because 1t
may destroy morale" MIR. Ger
Der last week made public a set
Of school-by school test scores.
DR.. Corning yesterday also said
he approves giving out general
results but not naming individ-
ual schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
Woman Who Died
In Plunge Identified

A woman who plunged to her
death yesterday on the Calvert
Street Bridge has been identified
as Mrs. Dorothy Ann Kahn, 80
wife Of a Washington invest
ment broker.
I She is survived by her hus-
band. Harry Kahn, jr., Of S Graf
ton street. Chevy Chase, Nd.
and a 2-yeaT-old daughter. Police
said she had been under doctors
care since a reported suicide
attempt last spring.
I Identification was held up for
several hours yesterday. A pass
erby on the bridge found Mrs.
Kahn's purse and took It home.
Assuming II had been lo<s, she
tried at first to telephone the
owner at home before finally
notifying police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
D. c. School Hearings Halt for Time
After Corning Plea for More Teachers

ne mao no way OF nndlng out
about the differing methods "un-
til there was an interminglinl
of the two races in the schools.
DR.. Corning objected to gen,
ordinations made by Chairman
Davis as to the significance Of
intelligence and achievement
tests. He asserted that use Of
test averages overlooked the fac
that many children ranked
higher, and in the case of in.
telligence he said no tests arr
"infallible."
The school administrator also
objected to comparisons made
by Mr.. Gerber between a grouI
lof predominantly white schools
in ''well-to-do neighborhoods'
with predominantIy Negro
schools which DR.. Corning said
were in areas on a lower eco
nomic level. Poorer neighbor-
hoods lack educational advan-
ltages, he said.
The investigators questioned
DR.. Corning extensively or
whether the city'S former colored
schools were financed on ar
equal basis with the white. DR.
Corning said they were not. He
, said the school administration
was not able to obtain enough
, funds either to staff or house the
Icity's colored school children
equally.
Blames Commissioner
Asked by Mr.. Williams whether
J Congress or the Commissioners
had denied requested funds, DR.
. Corning pointed to the city
heads. He said he was not being
. too critical" Of them, however
because they had to keep the
| city'S budget in balance.
DR.. Corning was questioned OF
what part President Eisenhower
played in the decision to Launch
Washington Indignation afteI
the Supreme Courts May, 1854
! decision.
He said there was no direc
communication from the White
House. He noted that the Com
missioners announced pubIicl,
on the day after the decision
however. that the White Hous,
! was interested.
"Of course. everybody knew
that the President had in hi
,, campaign, 1 believe it was. indi
Gated his desire that segregation
in Washington be eliminated,
+ he added.
J Then can it safely be salt
5 that the word did reach thu
School Board or school official
, but it came indirectly through
the city Commissioners" asked
Mr.. Williams.
Not with any push on it tina
I know Of" replied DR.. Corning
Asked If former COMMISSIONS
Samuel Spencer was very much
in favor" of the move, DR.. Corn.
ing replied that he didn't know
that Mr.. Spencer had ever ex-
pressed his personal viewpoint t.
him.
Mr.. Williams said it wa.
pretty generally known" that
Mr.. Spencer's children attended
segregated white schools. DR.
Corning said he didn't know.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
Col. Ahern TO ToIk

Col. Joseph P. Ahern. USA
will discuss coordination OF
Army programming with the
budgetary process before the
Naval Reserve Management En-
gineering Company at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow in the main Navy
Building. Col. Ahern is chief,
Organization and Sys e m 1
Branch. under the Deputy Chief
of Staff for Logistics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02

said mot from the same point
|of view
Mr.. Blue told reporters the
American Council of Human
Rights had been preparing a
brief on the subject but that
this took time. Other groups,
he told reporters. were doing the
same.
Mr.. Blue asked if he could
submit the brief when it was
ready and Chairman Davis
referred him to Counsel Gerber.
I'VE are not afraid to submit
a statement in advance of testi-
mony," Mr.. Blue told reporters.
although it seems to be a way
! of screening out witnesses.
! Representative Dawson. Dem
ocrat of Illinois, Negro member
of the full House District Com
mittee. yesterday charged that
the Davis hearings were illegal
! No Comment
4 He said, in a press statement
released to reporters at the
school hearings. that this was
SO because the House had not
granted permission to the COM
mittee to hold hearings during
the adjournment Of Congress.
Chairman Davis and Repre-
Sentive Williams shrugged this
of with the remark that I'VE
don't want to comment on
that
Mr.. Dawson commended nc
committee of the House may sit
during the adjournment of Con-
greSs without the permission OF
the House and that the Davis
group does not have this in
dispenSable permission"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
Rambling

A fair on Columbia pike in
Annandale, put on by the
Legion and Lions Clubs there,
has a sign which points out
that part of it is for benefit Of
the "Loins Club"
The new lighted cross on
st. Adams Episcopal Church
near Annandale, Va. is having
one unexpected effect. It's
set to come on automatically
at dusk. and when 1t does, one
motorist reports, it makes
those speeding by slow down
and think.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
Danger?

A lady from the Benning
area, who works in a Govern
ment Office facing the Mall,
has a report about the muSh-
room pickers.
Gentlemen appear singly
or In pairs" she writes, Garry
ing paper bags ranging from
lunch size to the giant gro
Gerry size and imperturbably
roam the Mall in search of
the succulent mushroom,
while the Government clerks
wonder If they'll be alive to
return to the Mall tomorrow.
As for us, we prefer our
mushrooms from the market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
Continued From First Page

Republican of Virginia. left
after staying briefly in the
morning.
DR.. Corning, during his testi-
mony, contradicted a number Of
allegations made by witnesses
and interrogators both yester-
day and earlier in the series of
hearings, which opened two
weeks ago.
Denies School Mess"
He fatty denied a statement
by Mr.. Gerber that indignation
has created a mess" in the
city's schools and also denied
that it has lowered the school
systems standards.
He disputed testimony by C.
Melvin Sharpe, Board Of Educa-
tion president. that the integra-
tion program had proceeded too
quickly. The school administra-
tor said he knew of no workable
alternative.
He also denied an assertion
by Mr.. Sharpe that the schools
had an "eScalator" system OF
promotions. under which pupils
were moved from grade to grade
automatically.
Under questioning as to the
reasons for the achievement lag
of Negro pupils, he denied there
was any conclusive evidence OF
lower Inmate ability" on their
part. A main reason for the lag
besides less adequate school and
home conditions than those oil
the city'S white children, was
segregation itself, he testified.
Lack Of Contact
He told the investigators there
was an almost complete lack
Of contact between the city's for
mer white and colored school
divisions and that this undoubt.
eddy was an educational disad-
vantage to the colored.
In discussing the need fol
more adequate school finances
in order to make classes smaller
and make other improvements
DR.. Corning told the investiga-
tors:
Il am not abiding at all. / am
telling you what is essential to
work out good program of edu-
cation in Washington, and II
were in any other city l pre-
sumo 1 would be saying exactly
the same thing. A teacher cam
not be expected to carry the
load teachers have been expected
to carry in this city. or over the
country. for a good many years. .
Mr.. Gerber said: But they
have all been doing it over the
country and getting pretty good
results over the country"
Il am saying l am not slibi-
ing" responded DR.. Corning. Il
am saying that is a basic cause. .
Intangible" Gain
The school superintendent ad-
mitted that he had mo list of
advantages" to advance for white
children as resulting from the
end Of segregation. but he
asserted:
Il think it is quite likely that
there may be gains to the white
children from having a better
understanding OF other people. ("
He added that such a gain was
perhaps in the field OF the in
tanRibles."
He also denied that the exodus
Of white families to the suburbs
could be pnovably traced to inte-
grafton. although he said he
suspected" part Of it was. He
testified that there has been NO
"appreciable upturn" in migra-
ton out OF the city since integra-
ton began in 1854.
Under questioning from Rep
resenatiSe williams, he conceded
that the city's white elementary
enrolment had decreased 20 per
cent in the last two years. COM
pared 10 only l or 2 per cent a
year over q number o. previous
wears. and that this was AN ab-
normally large drop. Dr. Corn
ing said he had been referring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
The cOurS
she said, n
much help.
IRIS please ]
larger inco
average inc
dents was )
Defiant
An air trs
was in a I
from Wash.
and the HI
Prepared

A man on X street stopped
= passerby in the 1900 block.
"Where," he asked, "is the
Republican office that's sup
posed to be around here?"
The passerby pointed up
the street.
But don't get confused"
he warned. There's a Dem
Ocratic Office right next
door"
Don't worry about that"
the man said. I'm prepared.
Look"
He pulled from a pocket a
small metal lapel pin-with
the picture of an elephant
on one side and a donkey
on the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
Boring Of Witnesses
Laid to Davis Group
NAACP and Human Rights Council
Criticize Conduct of School Hearings

against call their witnesses made late
yesterday oude groups when the Davis
subcommittee of the District Committee adjourned hear
ings Washington schools.
They Clarence Mitchell director of the Washington
of the National Association for the Advancement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02

in his testimony to the overall
enrolment.
DR.. Corning was asked at one
point whether he foresaw seq.
lregation returning again because
of the departure of white pupils
He replied. Il am no prophet"
Mr.. Gerber later declared:
I'VE have an abundance Of
proof here that in many areas
the white have moved out stead.
lily and that the colored have
increased in large proportion
and the testimony is that the
schools will shortly be segre.
gated. When that happens, what
are you going to do about it?"
Il will not be here, for one
thing, DR.. Corning answered.
DR.. Corning. with respect tc
school standards, commended
there is a difference between
these and achievement levels. HI
said too many" children are moi
achieving well enough. But hi
cited the college attendance rec
ord of Washington high schoo
graduates as evidence that
standards have not suffered.
The percentage of District
students going on to college, hi
said, far exceeds the nationa
average.
He also cited a large number
OF subject failures in high anC
junior high schools and pupil,
kept back in grade schools last
June as proof that teachers are
not promoting by age anc
height and weight"
Strieter Requirements
Failures have been frightened
up over the last several years
he said, explaining this reflected
stricter requirements.
The former colored and white
school divisions. he said, prob
ably" had the same promotion
standards. He conceded, how
ever:
Il think 1T is quite conceiv-
able that there was a more lib.
eral Interpretation in some
schools than in others"
DR.. Corning was questioned a,
to why more had not been done
by the school administration To
try to bridge the gap between
the two former school divisions
He said he himself did quite
a Bit" But he noted that the
colored schools. by law. had beer
administered separately under 9
Negro assistant school superin-
tendent. And although the tor
school stan was biracial. nc
white person except himself, he
said. had any chance TO observe
what went on in the colorec
schools.
Signiiieance Disputed
This resulted in different en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
Defiant

An air traveller reports he
was in a plane taking of
from Washington recently,
and the hostess, over the
public address system, was
making her routine patter to
the passengers.
We're going to have a won
derful trip" she said, Every
body relax and enjoy your
selves"
Came a small, defiant, and
verging -on-tears reply:
Il don't wanna relax"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02

This resulted in different en-
phases in teaching, as well as
use OF different teaching meth
DDS, despite q common curricu-
lum. textbooks and other mate
rails. he added.
The superintendent noted that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
The
Rambler
Object Music
Beuts You Down
BY JACK JONAS

A middle-aged Alexandria
couple, out of touch with the
latest steps, were invited to a
dance.
So, a reader reports, they
decided to brush up, and en-
rolled for a course of lessons.
At home evenings, they prac-
ticed, polishing the rough
spots.
The exercise, too, they
found, toned them up, and so
they were more than some
what pleased with themselves.
The night of the dance ar
rived, and full of confidence,
they set out. Enjoyed them
selves, too, tr EN- ndously.
They danced every dance, fast
and slow.
The following morning they
awakened to find they were
stiff and sore in nearly every
muscle. This puzzled them,
since it had not happened all
during their long siege of
lessons and longer periods of
practice.
A few days later they found
out why.
Their host had inadvert-
emily played--all evening long
his 331s RPM records with
his record player set at the
IS RPM speed.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01
Alfalfa SiIage Superior
To Field-Cured Alfalfa

ALFALFA SILAGE is a far better
feed for dairy cattle than field-cured
alfalfa. This was proved in five-year
study conducted at the University of
Wyoming. Dairy COWS fed alfalfa 81
LACE produced higher quality milk con-
tanning more carotene and vitamin A.
The trials showed that field-curing
saved the fewest nutrients even under
ideal weather conditions. There was
81 times more leaf loss and 2.8 times
more dry-matter loss when alfalfa was
field cured than when put up as silage.
Rainfall during the field-curing period
reduced dry matter saved to 80 per
cent below that saved by the enSilage
method
Putting up alfalfa as silage was rec
commended as good way of handling
heavy, weedy first cuttings harvested
during cool damp weather. 1t can be
stored either chopped or long.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01
Seed Shows
Promote
CONTINUED from page u

released all the time. In Montana re-
lease is made if and when the variety
has proved itself in the field and lab
oratory as being superior to those va
rietieS already on the recommended
list. Just because a variety has been
released for production in another state
or in one of the provinces, it doesn't
follow that it will outperform recon-
mended varieties for Montana. By
maintaining large areas of production
of one or two varieties, it is easier to
keep quality production and maintain
market favor.
Seed Shows
Seed shows tend to focus attention
on those varieties that are grown in
an area, acquaint show patrons with
the characteristics of varieties of diff
ferent classes and to indicate seed
supplies that are available for the COM
ing planting season. The real value of
shows is derived from general partici-
patton by all the growers in the area
serviced by these shows. The larger
the list of entries, the larger the pa
tronage of the show and the larger the
attendance at the educational meetings
that are usually held in connection with
these shows.
Many of the exhibits found at the
regional and state shows are assem-
Id ~ CHI xrThnT
extension agents are interested in get
ting a preview of seed supplies availa-
Die in the county. One of the important
county seed shows held each March is
in Carbon County, sponsored by the Red
Lodge Chamber of Commerce and
under the direction of County Agent
o. P. Roberts of Joliet The dates of
this show have not as yet been an
nounced.
One regional and two state seed
shows have been held for number
of years and always draw high quality
exhibits. The regional show is the Milk
River Seed and Potato Show which
will be held at Harlem Feb. 2, 8 and 4.
The state shows are The Montana State
Seed and Potato Show, which is held
at KalispelI, Feb. %, % and "a, and
The Montana Wheat and Barley Show,
which will be held in connection with
the Montana Winter Fair at Bozeman,
March 1912.
These shows merit the support of
grain and small seed growers. all over
the state. Premium lists for these
shows can be obtained from your coun-
ty extension office.
You can't win on horse unless you
have made bet, nor can your seed be
Judged a winner unless it's on the
judges table.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-18

"a very wholesome step in the
right direction and he hoped
that it could become a model
for the country.
Called to Comment
Customs Bureau officials were
called to comment on testimony
yesterday that rewards offered
for information about narcotic
sales channeled back to the
cellars across the Mexican bor-
der. Both David Strubinger, as
sistant commissioner, and Ches-
ter A. limerick. deputy commits
sioner Of the Bureau of Customs,
testifie dthat peddlers would not
inform on good customers to get
the rewards and that the rewards
offered are too small to make it
worthwhile for peddlers to turn
in customers.
The subcommittee late yester-
day heard DR.. James Lowry,
present head of the Public
Health Service hospital at Lex
ington, testify that 20 years ago
the typical patient at Lexington
was'a white prisoner, age 80. To-
day, he said, the typical patient
is Negro in his EOS who volun-
teers for treatment. He said the
Negroes who come to Lexington
are usually from the large
Northern cities, while the white
patients are usually from the
small Southern communities.
He reported that a recent
survey Of the patients revealed
that As per cent of them say they
started taking drugs at the age
of 10 or younger.
DR.. Lowry refuted contentious
that most Lexington patients
make repeated trips to the hos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-18

D. Schultz, chief pSychiatriSt al
District General Hospital, explain
the workings Of the new addict
law.
He told the Senators that SO
of the 81 examined at District
General under the program had
simply been released by the hos
pital without going through the
course. When Senator Kefauver,
the committee chairman, asked
him why they were released DR..
Schultz said that the release was
the decision of the United States
Attorneys Office on the basis of
the hospitals report.
Show no Withdrawal
DR.. Schultz explained that in
some cases the suspected addict
showed no withdrawal symp-
toms, either because they had
already withdrawn from the
drug or were not taking large
enough dosage to show any
symptoms. In supch cases, he
said, the hospital report is med
ically equivocal" and the United
States attorney is inclined to
be conservative.
Senator Kefauver asked him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-18

if any followups for treatment
were provided for the released
persons and he said there was
nothing in the law to provide
this.
He said that the facilities at
District General Hospital are so
limited that the hospital tries
to handle no more than 10 to 20
narcotics patients at a time.
He estimated that approx
mately 200 dope addicts a year
in Washington need treatment
and could profit from the COM
pulsory disqualification program.
DR.. Schultz explained that
when addicts are committed by
the court here they go to the
Public Health Service Hospital
at Lexington, KY. He said it
would be better medicine for
them to be treated closer to
home and he recommended the
establishment of local facilities
for treatment and an expansion
of the clinic where addicts re-
port on their return from Lex
ington.
Senator Kefauver said he be-
Tweed the District program was