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should be better: also there
should be enough class rooms,
unless the money has been d.
verted to less essential con-
struction.
With no more pupils per
teacher, relatively adequate
salaries. and better plants, it
would appear that the teach
ing failure of today is due to
changes in methods and not
to lack of money.
With special reference to
D. c., the 1928 average
teacher salary was the Nations
highest, and the annual ex-
penditure per pupil for all pur-
poses was exceeded by only a
few States, and yet we seem
to be among the poorest in
results.
L. b. Moody.
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Ralph johnson.

The letter of Mrs. Margaret
Just Butcher March y, about
participation of colored ath-
letes in the fund raising drive
of the Big Brothers Club. was
not worthy of a member of the
District of Columbia School
Board.
The analogy of Spartan
slaves and District high school
students is really stretching a
point-and not a very good
one. For, it is commendable
that high school students are
playing for charity and that
the stars" are chosen because
they are stars and without
consideration of race or color.
1t is paradoxical, therefore.
that Mrs. Butcher, who pro-
fesses to advocate elimination
of the color distinction, uses
the color line because the pro-
ceeds are going to a white"
charity. Does Mrs. Butcher
subscribe to denying white
children services or recrea-
tional facilities because the
governing adults will not per-
NIT services to colored young
sters? If so, this is vindictive.
MIR. and Mrs. Milton A.
MandeL
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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Salty Reply

Mrs. Margaret Just Butch
er's "Sportsmanship?" letter
gave the impression there are
no colored Boys Clubs. This is
untrue.
Mrs. Butcher will not or
cannot recognize equality
when it exists. So her pro-
nouncements must be taken
with a grain of salt"
Ralnh VnhnS0n
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that proper supply OF seed
is available before a new va
riety Is introduced.
!. Approximately how many
college scholarships are avail
able to the public?-H. E. T.
A. AS of 1851, the latest year
for which figures are published,
there were 141.554 scholarships
available valued at $31,056,-
754.86, and 124, 223 scholarships
awarded valued at $27,000,-
963.49. There were also 1880
fellowships available, and 49,
$50 awarded.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RY THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Jews OF MUSIC
Composer Conducts
Copeland Program

Presbyterian Choir of so or so
voices was unable to dominate
the large orchestra. Otherwise,
the performance Of the Can't
Gle seemed satisfactory, even
though to my ears the work is a
bit dry and labored.
Schubert Con Motto
The first half of the program
was given over to the last SYM
phony of Schubert, conducted by
Howard Mitchell. 1t is a work
for which DR.. Mitchell has a
special affection. He knows just
how he wants 1t to sound, and
refuses to linger even a moment
over the modulations in the out
Ter movements. He thinks Of the
|andante the way Toscanini does,
with emphasis on Schubert's
ICON moto," and not as a slower
and more pathetic song, perhaps
sung by one Of Schubert's winter
wanderers.
There was a raggedness in the
string section not noticeable in
the COPELAND pieces, and in the
passages where the brass play
bass to the woodwinds they were
inclined to drown out everything
above them.
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.NAACP Official
Denounces New
Red Pamphlet

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. IL P.-
A Louisiana officer for the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People says
a Communist-circulated pamph-
let criticizing segregation seems
designed to hurt his organization
during its struggle for integra-
ton.
A. P. Tureaud of New Orleans.
an attorney for the NAACP. said
yesterday his organization has
never had any use for COM
munism" and denounced the
literature "for all it is worth"
The FBI said it is checking on
the pamphlets mailed from Baton
Rouge and signed by the South
ern Regional Committee of the
Communist Party" The pamph-
let's, criticizing the South for
segregation practices, were re-
ceiyed by residents in New Or
leans and Baton Rouge.
The four-page pamphlet
headed IAN Historic Moment for
the South" urged white South
erners to Join Negroes in the in
tegration fight IF they wish to
secure q richer life in the South
for themselves and their chill
dren."
The pamphlets bore a st.
Louis, Mo, return address.
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NEWS OF MUSIC
INV DAY THORPE

National symphony orchestra,
Howard Mitchell. conductor Aaron
Copland, guest eondgetor. National National
schaefer. director. Constitution Hall
Program: Symphony in c, No. 10,
Schubert; Statements for Orchestra,
COPELAND; -Four Episodes from the Bal
let. Rodeo, Copland; Canticle OF Free
dom, COPELAND.
Aaron COPELAND. one OF the
most vital and exciting Of Amer
lean composers. was in town last
night to put the National SYM
phony through its PAGES. He con-
Quoted two of his older and more
popular works, Statements for
Orchestra" and "Rodeo." both
written in 1912, and the "Canticle
of Freedom" commissioned by
the Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology and first performed
last summer.
Statements" is sort of cere-
bral ballet whose six movements
are entitled Militant" "Cryp-
tic "Dogmatic," subjective. "
"Jingo," and Prophetic" Pressed
for rehearsal time. Mr.. COPELAND
omitted Cryptic" and Dog
matte" probably realizing that
in Washington further exposition
of these adjectives would be
painting lilies and gliding gold.
The other movements OF the
suite are concise and brilliantly
orchestrated Their considerable
rhythmic and dynamic difficult
ties were not too great for the
orchestra, even though State
ments" has not heretofore been
in its repertoire.
Spice and Frenzy
With "Rodeo" Mr.. COPELAND
swung into another and genuine
ballet. AS the music progressed.
its spice and frenzy, and its ten
derness and sentimentality be-
gan to lose some of their appeal,
possibly because, on top OF
Statements" we were hearing
too much Of the same thing. A
symphony or nonprogrammatic
work with fewer epigrams and
more development would have
been more suitable.
"Canticle Of Freedom" is a
setting for chorus and orchestra
of an engaging text by the 14th-
century poet, John Barbour.
Like so many concert pieces for
this combination, the chorus does
not appear until near the end,
and here it seemed anticlimatic.
Perhaps it was because Cop
land In writing the work thought
of a mass Of 200 voices that
Theodore Schaefer's National
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Cabaret Tax


TIE Treasury has turned an
ear today to pro-
posals for a reduction Of the 20
per cent Federal tax on night
club and cabaret tabs.
To the tax collector, it is "a
conspicuous form of luxury tax
you can well afford to pay If
you want to whoop it up a bit.
Dan Throop Smith, special as
sistant on tax policy to Secretary
of the Treasury Humphrey, told
"a House Ways and Means Sub
committee yesterday that nu-
merous proposals now before
Congress to reduce the cabaret
tax from 20 to 10 per cent would
cost the Government $40 million
"a year in revenue.
This, he observed dryly. would
be very "unsolid" from a revenue
with the national
debt at $3.50 billion.
Chairman Forand, Democrat
of Rhode Island. said musicians
seem to be having "a hard time
finding jobs" because many bis
tro owners dispense with enter
tainment in their establishments
to escape the extra 20 per cent
tax that goes on the patrons
tab.
Mr.. Smith said the Treasury
had mo evidence" that reduc-
ton Of the cabaret tax would
increase employment of musi-
clans and hike their income
taxes enough to Offset the initial
tax loss.
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Adventist Revival

Elder E. L. Minchin. associate
secretary of the missionary vol
.unteer department. Seventh-Day
Adventists general conference.
will open a nine-day revival
meeting at 1880 pm. tomorrow
in Capitol-Memorial Seventh
Day Adventist Church, Fifth and
f. streets NV. Meetings will be
held at the church at 7:30 pm.
through January 20.
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National Symphony Orchestra,
Howard Mitchell. conductor; Aaron
PRESBYTERIAN Church Choir. Theodore
Schaefer. director. Constitution Hall.
Program: Symphony in c. No. 10,
Schubert; Statements for Orchestra,
Copland -Four Episodes from the Bal
let. Rodeo. Copland; Canticle OF Free
dom, COPELAND
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-27
By MAY MANN

When she was in New York,
Joan invited me on q motor
trip, and as she drove her new
black Cadillac, with her poo
dies, Cliquot and Camille. be-
tween US on the front seat. she
talked freely about herself.
What. I asked. was the mott
waiting force Of her life, her
success and happiness?
Love-" she said. II need it.
Every woman needs It," She
spoke directly, not the least
self-conscious that she was re-
vealing her deepest feelings.
ITO me love is everything.
A woman has to be wanted,
needed. giving-or she is moth
ing" she continued.
THE need Of love, to have,
to give it. express it, whether
it is with a man. children.
family, career or just people, Is
the sensation Of excitement
that is always new. You feel
its reality only II you are swept
up into it-living 1t. Living 1t
so your heart believes what
your ears are hearing"
Joan was married May 10,
1855 to Alfred N. Steele. q soft
drink manufacturer. 1t was
Joan's fourth marriage, Mr..
Steele's third. They were In
Hollywood together on the
night Of May Q and on the
spur Of the moment Mr.. Steele
suggested they fly to Las Vegas
to be married. Joan never had
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|Women's Club Meetings
In Washington Area

Phi Beta Phi. Arlington
Alexandria Alumnae Club 8
pm, with Mrs. Edward l..
Mason, 1880 Old Dominion
drive, Arlington.
WOman's Club Of Lyon VIII
lage, Bridge Groups pm.
home of Mrs. Glen Poe, 1912
North Hancock street. Airing
ton.
Thursday
Wives Of the Postal Super
visors-8 pm, 1922 Vermont
avenue NV.
Friday
Business Women's Club Of
Fort Belvoir-Card party. 8
pm, Penn Daw Hotel. south
of Alexandria.
Tuesday Woman's Club
Benefit party. 1880 pm. home
Of Mrs. Gertrude Parks. 1902
Decatur street NV.
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them personally rather than
emphasize their professional
contribution to the films and
theater. I think it is because
these individuals lack q feel.
ing of security within them.
selves and are attempting to
gain it by destroying 1t in
those they malign.
II feel that, rather, people
Of the theater and Aim world
should be thought Of as trying
very hard to give Of their best,
so that audiences may leave
the theater with something
real and vital to think about
something which will add
beauty or understanding to
their own lives and their con-
facts with others"
tcopyrisht 1855. New York
Herald Tribune. Incl
lin the second Of this series, ap-
pearing tomorrow. Joan Crawford viii
reveal her intimate beauty and exef.
else secrets for the FIRST time.)
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seeing such magnificent per-
formances as Shirley Booths
in Desk Set Ruth Gordon's
in The Matchmaker the in
comparable Lynn Fontanne
and Alfred Lunt In The Great
SebastianS.' Margaret Sulla-
van in Janus Gladys Cooper
and Siobhan McKenna in The
Chalk Garden and Shelley
Winters and Ben Gazzara In
'Hatful of Rain
"And how I laughed when I
went backstage after seeing
Janus to think that I had to
go all the way to New York to
see my next-door neighbor.
Robert Preston for the first
time in four years.
Actors and actresses are a
special breed of people and
they give so much that it
seems a pity that some people
constantly attack and rtdicule
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STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
As a Buyer of Hats,
What Type Are You?

world the fact that her hus-
band is doing well. thank you.
She may also be the woman
who has no time to shilly-
shally. She has a mission.
To get something smack on
her head and with no funny
business On the part of the
sales help. SHE KNOWS
WHAT SHE WANTS so
heads directly for the hat bar.
There no one bothers her.
She tries on hats to her hearts
content. She loves being left
alone.
Luncheon Talk
We lunched last week with
two of the top men in the New
York millinery industry. They
were busy discussing plans for
the city's observance Of Mil
linery Day. On Wednesday
Times Square gets a new name
and it'll be dubbed Millinery
Square"
Both Walter K. Marks.
President Of the Eastern Wom-
ems Headwear Association. and
Sam Finkelstein, Executive Dr.
rector Of the Millinery Institute
Of America. were in complete
agreement about one thing re-
garding Washington.
We're the fair-haired city Of
the millinery industry. AS cities
60 ours has been one the quick
est to accept the more hat"
look. Stores report that there
has been a 20 per cent increase
in millinery buying over jan
uary Of last year. for example.
Something else we discovered
in conversation with these two
gentlemen who are vitality con-
cerned with hating the Amer
lean female population.
They classify women as
heavy users" if they buy six
or more hats a year. Medium
users" the ones who buy be-
tween two and six. And the
mon or light" are those wom-
en- who buy none or one.
And the tip from these two
experts to women about to en-
bark on an Easter bonnet shop
ping expedition:
Don't Just sit and try a hat
on. Get up and head for the
nearest full-length mirror
wherever you're buying your
bonnet. In that way you'll
discover you're seeing yourself
for the first time-full length
the way you'll be wearing your
hat with your costume.
We pinned down Mr.. Marks
and Mr.. Finkelstein on a few
under the lid" predictions.
They told us that the lemon
yellow tones are gaining wide
acceptance. French bread tones
and all the beiges are clicking.
And the white hat will be i'm
portant from here on in.
Dark horse OF the millinery
race Is going to be summer
red" and that's the latest on
head topics for today.
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By ELEM
Who are you?

"AAo oAS JSA'
Are you the woman who
can't wait for a new fashion
season to be ushered in be-
cause you want always to wear
the newest?
In which case you may be
q statistic that brings you into
the "chic" set of about per
cent. That is you look a new
trend in the face and have the
courage to wear it without
waiting for the crowd to hop
on the bandwagon. This group
frequently isn't as concerned
with fiattery to face where q
hat is concerned, but prefers
to be ION top" Of the fashion
heap.
A second group is the pro-
fessional woman, the careerist,
who has an obligation to her
public, co-workeTs, and herself
to be beautifully hated. It's
also likely to be a mark on her
barometer of financial success
to say she's wearing a design
er's original.
The third group represents
about 95 per cent of the con-
sumner hat buying. These are
women who are active in club
work, mothers Of all ages. and
women in all walks of life who
want to be dressed in a hat
suitable for the occasion, be
it a PTA meeting. church tea.
or an evening at the theater
with another couple.
No. l woman frequently
loves to shop. She really en-
joys just going from store to
store seeing what's in. trying
1t on, and frequently trying
the patience Of the store help.
Nevertheless she spends time
on the hat she'll buy. She
knows that in fashion,
whether millinery or clothes,
the trend nearly always starts
in exaggeration. She has a bit
Of daring in her personality.
No. 2 woman gets that hat
bought. She knows she needs
it for that suit. that coat, that
dress to complete 1t. Cost is
less apt to bother her than
correctness.
No. 3 woman is all Mixed
up. She may be the best GUS
toner that stores millinery
salon has, a woman whose
husband is a great big success
and lets her spend SIS galore
getting the prettiest hat she
can ind. She may be a young
mother on a budget and want
ing so much to present tn the
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Tomorrow

ASAhVhho"
Washington Alumnae Chap
ter, Theta Upsilon--Election of
officers, 8 pm. home Of Mrs.
D. Eugene Copeland, 1927
North Manchester street, Arl-
ington.
Board Of Directors Of the
Federation Of Women's Clubs
Of Montgomery County - 10
am, st. Johns Episcopal
Church in Bethesda. Lunch
con will be served at 1890
pm. and following luncheon
Representative John Bell VIII
liams will give a talk and show
slides Of his recent trip to
Russia.
Women's Auxiliary Of Alpha
Omega Dental Fraternity
Brotherhood tea. l pm, home
of Mrs. Fulton Kraft, 1901
Verplanck place NV. Speak
err: Rabbi Leon Adler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-27
JOAN CRAWFORDS STORY
Star Discusses Motivdting
Forces in Her Full Life

faced with the pressure and
reality Of living.
Il don't believe there Is any
life more. hectic and demand
ing than that Of q movie per-
sonality. The only. way to
handle 1t successfully Is to
turn the pressure into q chal-
lenge, and enjoy it.
Joy and Q sense Of hunor
are saving graces and help to
remove the sense Of pressure.
Motion picture actresses
are very often asked If they
fall in love with their leading
men or costars during the
filming Of a picture. OF, course,
being an actress doesn't un-
make you, as a woman with a
normal woman's reactions,
but in doing a love scene you
create your characters, their
wants, needs and desires and
combine them with your own
experience to get the desired
results.
"It has to be magic for you,
or it isn't for the audience.
But that doesn't necessarily
mean you have to fall in love-
with every leading man or CO.
star. However, I'm not saying
1t hasn't happened on the sets.
Many times an actress who is
lonely or unhappy in her own
marriage can mesmerize her
self into believing her leading
man is actually the romantic
character the script says he is.
Stresses Importance
OF Eastern Visit.
TOO close an association
with motion picture business.
or any one thing, is apt to
ruin ones perspective; that
is why ! think we should all
go to New York once a year to
see the new plays and observe
what is being done in the
theater.
II know I have made a great
mistake in staying in Holly
wood for two or three years at
q time without travelling or
going East.
This year has been such q
stimulating one for me after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-27

Joan Crawford rose from woitrsss
and chorus girl to become on Aeod-
envy Award winning ster. whose face.
figure end voice ore instantly fomilior.
Fortune had o part of course in Joon
crowford's climb to celebrity, yet 1t
wos not al chonee. There appeared,
os she talked to me Of herself. de-
sign in her life, Q determination os
importont as her ottroetEeness and
tolent.
Now, as she neors her forty eighth
birthdoy on March q. she finds O
wonderful excitement in the pottern
Of her work and her fomiIy. Add to
this her beouty. her personoI ehorm.
her distinctive clothes. her Youthful
ness - there you hove what Joan
Crawford is--on exciting women.
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Marriage the Greatest
Love Affair Of All"

Marriage the Greatest
Love Affair OF All"
Every day ! am asked II my
marriage to Alfred is going to
last" Joan said in her low.
warm, resonant voice--a voice
she has trained to reveal al
lure, charm and feminine ap-
peal In person as well as on
the screen.
ITO me, marriage is the
greatest love affair Of all. ! am
an ordinary woman but / have
always dreamed Of falling in
love with an extraordinary
man. In the past. my strong
maternal need to give has
overshadowed the more impor-
tant basic female need to give
but to lean a little. too-and
have the chance to be all
woman I feel this way about
my marriage to Alfred.
II have sought emotional Sc
curity all Of my life. In three
marriages I hoped to find tt
and failed. No woman Is full
filled without her man.
But I'd never marry Just to
get married. Sometimes wom-
en- marry out Of sheer loneli-
ness. ! did once. ! was working
hard and keeping busy being
both mother and father to my
children. but at night, after
they were in bed. ! was alone.
Few seem to believe that
anyone connected with the
glamorous picture business
could ever be lonely. Believe
me, that Is not true. However.
I've learned that loneliness can
lead to self-pity and self -pity
can defeat the best purposes
in life.
"You Have TO Emerge
From Any Retreat"
ITO obtain love and be an
exciting woman you have to
emerge from any retreat which
does not enhance your abilities
and opportunities to demon
strate your birthright - the
right to be an individual.
IF you want to become the
best in any field. you must use
q strategy to conquer any
sense of insecurity because
anyone who is emotionally in
secure could never be a COM
plete success.
"A career woman is often re-
garded as too independent, too
self-centered - yet when she
falls In love, like everything
else she does. 1t is not half
hearted affair.
II have known girls to
marry too young when they
haven't had enough childhood.
They substitute marriage for
the dolls they never had. but
find that they themselves lack
the maturity and understand
ing needed to make a success
OF marriage.
Sometimes it Is just a ro-
mantle idyll which seems to
promise great things but 1t
inevitably collapses when
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IT'S A DATE
TUESDAY

BRIDAL TROUSSEAU
SHOW at $3.50 pm. at the
Emily Shop on F street NV.
Down from New York to do
the fashion commentary at
the show. open to the public.
Is Miss Virginia Bechtold.
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Stork Hovers Over Court
As Citizenship Is Granted

Executive Services, Inc, was
then with the Army Department
as a civilian employe.
The two met again in this
country-not by accident Mr..
VaSapoli says-When she came
here as a student. They we're
married in 1851 after her grad
Iuation from the Staunton tVa.)
college.
Hear Judge Bryan
Judge Albert v. Bryan, who
administered the oath of citizen
ship told the new citizens that
they should always look upon the
Constitution of the United States
AS a personal document which
safeguards individual liberties.
1T is not an impersonal state
paper" he said.
Participating in an informal
ceremony in the courtroom, fol-
lowing the naturalization pro-
cedure. we're the DR.. Elisha C..
Dick Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
Northern Virginia units of the
League of Women Voters and
the Alexandria Civilian Club.
Two young Hungarian stu
dents, who arrived in this coun-
try from their strife-torn home
land only several days ago. were
seated in the courtroom as OBJ
servers. They declined to give
their names, saying they had left
families back in Hungary.