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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
Board Shifts Funds
To Hire Teachers
Rejects Corning
Proposal for
New Principals

BY a split vote and reversing
its finance committee, the Board
of Education decided to drop a
plan for hiring 80 new assistant
principals and instead will use
the funds available for more ele-
mentary teachers.
The action also went against
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn.
ing's wishes for the new princi.
pals, who we're to make up an
Expansion of the city's school
supervisory force.
At yesterdays meeting Of the
board. Walter N. Tobriner moved
ito use the funds for both teachers
and three additional supervisory
directors of elementary educa-
ton. His motion carried by q
vote OF to 3.
The school board had once APP
proved the supervisory expansion
as a part of next years proposed
budget. But in negotiations be-
tween school and city officials,
the Commissioners suggested
using the money-some $500, 900
for teachers instead. Besides
making sure that the salaries Of
l35 more elementary teachers
would be covered. the board also
set aside $20,400 for the three
supervisory directors who will
roam the elementary schools to
aid in the instruction of new
teachers.
Still Seeks $50
The board still plans to press
its main fight for some ESQ ad-
Iditional teachers in an effort to
reduce class size.
! In other action. DR.. Corning
announced that plans for an
addition to Anacostia High
School will be delayed when it
developed that contractors bids
: were far above the $830,0O0
; estimated for the project. Pre-
viously, it had been expected
that the addition, to ease
!. Icrowded conditions. would be
J started this fall. The project now
! must undergo more study.
: The lowest bid was reported to
have been high in excess Of
the S830,0O0 figure"
Z The board also:
r /. Tabled for a month a pro.
e posal by Mr.. Tobriner that an
: investigation be made of the
t methods used to teach reading
c in District elementary schools.
DR.. Corning told the board q
great deal is being done in this
area toward improving the tech
niques and that he will be pre-
pared to report to the board at
its next meeting on these ac-
complishments. Board member
West A. Hamilton pointed out
that this building is already
undergoing two investigations"
and recommended the postpone
Q ment.
Teacher Suspended
2 Ordered a 30-day suspen-
sion without pay of Miss Geor-
d gia A. Peters, a teacher now
r assigned to Spingarn. who was
: charged with falsifying her age
u in obtaining a permanent post.
3. Approved the appointment
it Of Oliver r. Rogers, jr., to be
: principal of Shaw Junior High
it School. Mr.. Rogers is a native
d of Washington. a graduate Of
: Dunbar High School and the
Is old Miner Teachers College. He
II received his bachelor of arts in
1t education from Howard in 1888
!, and his masters degree in edu-
cation from New York Univer-
s sity in 1915.
i 4. Approved a request by Mr..
= Tobriner that the investigation
!. Of the che ting incident at
Wilson Teachers College not be
), dropped. The board asked DR..
i Corning to determine what fur
: ther action is required in the
: incident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
Rambling

A photographer sent out to
get a picture Of a house on
Chevy Chase parkway said he
had no trouble finding the
street at all--he asked a lady
for directions and she told
him: You're standing on
It."
The bookstore at the PEN
tagon was displaying quite
prominently. in its section
devoted 10 children'S books,
copies Of why Johnny Can't
Read"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
Names Finonce Heed

William @. Konold has been
appointed finance chairman Of
the Fairfax County Republican
Committee for the November
election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21
SIow-Motion Freewuy

1t would be hard to find a better
example Of slow-motion road building
than is presented in nearby Maryland.
We refer to the crawling progress since
l94S on the impatiently awaited Annap-
oils Freeway otherwise known as new
Route so and eventually to be designated
as the John Hanson Highway. A survey
OF the freeway situation by Star Reporter
George Kennedy, findings of which are
given In a story elsewhere in today's Star,
offers little hope that the new link be-
tween Washington and Annapolis and
the Bay Bridge will be completed before
1858. That means 1t will have taken ten
years to do the Job.
Work on the new highway d.
vided-lane, limited-access project-start-
ed auspiciously enough when funds and
materials became available after World
War II. But extension Of the road toward
the District line has been an intermittent,
start-and-stop operation in the interven-
ing years. Various explanations have been
made from time 10 time for the recurrent
delAyS-Shortage Of funds, engineering
difneulties and 90 on-but In the mean
time other important highway projects in
Maryland have been begun and completed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21

without so many troubles. The other
projects, incidentally, have been Of more
direct service to Marylanders than the
Annapolis Freeway will be. Most of the
pressure for completion of the freeway
has come from nonvoting residents of
Washington, who want quicker and safer
access to Bay resorts and the Eastern
Shore.
The target date for finishing the
highway all the way to the new Kenil-
worth exchange, where it will connect
with the East Capitol street bridge and
other approaches to Washington, has
been set tentatively for December, 1857.
But target dates for earlier phases of
the job have been missed by wide mar
gins. We hope Governor McKeldin will
make it his business to press for expe-
dited action on this important freeway,
which will benefit Marylanders along
with District and Virginia motorists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21
Heart Pioneers

Back in 1929, in Berlin, a young
German doctor named Werner Forssmann
ignored the advice Of his friends and
performed q dangerous experiment on
himself. AS no one had ever done before
with any human being, he thrust a
catheter tube into q vein In his right
arm and then cautiously pushed 1t up
and around until 1t penetrated his own
heart. And he calmly studied the pro-
ceedings all the while with the help of
an X-ray screen and large mirror.
When DR.. Forssmann did this to him
self Che repeated the experiment several
times), he demonstrated that the interior
Of the living human heart could be ex
plored in way that up to that time had
been thought impossible. But many of
his colleagues, regarding him as an &C.
centric Of sorts, refused to take him seri-
ously, and his friends finally persuaded
him to abandon the whole project. Some
ten years later, however, two Columbia
University profeSsors-Dr. Dickinson w.
Richards, ir., and DR.. Andre F. Cournand
came across a paper reporting on his
work, and they then began their own
researches and tests based on his tech
nique, which they improved upon.
AS result, these three men to-day
DR.. Forssmann, So, is a general practi-
toner in Bad Kreuznach, West Germany
have just been singled out to receive and
share the 1856 Nobel Prize for Medicine
and Physiology. The honor has come to
them, according to the official citation
in Stockholm, because their investigations
have opened up a new pathological
frontier that has made possible important
advances in the war against heart disease.
In the citations words, These investi-
cations have meant that diagnosis can
now be made earlier and with greater
certainty than before. In this way, the
prospects OF preventing further deterio-
ration are increased"
Drs. Richards, Cournand and Forss-
mann have all three expressed surprise
happy surprise-that they have won this
great award. But they have earned It,
For their contribution, beginning with
DR.. Forssmann's decision to take the risk
Of making guinea pig Of himself, un-
questionably has made 1t much easier
for mankind to diagnose and treat vir-
tually all types Of heart ailments. They
deserve not merely the congratulations,
but also the thanks Of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21
Faith and Charity

Kenneth E. Peery complains
that agencies related to reli-
gion should not be part Of a
unified fund raising venture at
all. II any part Of the giver's
dollar reaches a religious
group. then. says Mr.. Peery
g. the true spirit Of religious
liberty is violated"
Religious liberty is our right
TO worship as We please and
the right Of others to do the
same. However, there are those
who champion religious liberty
and freedom but would not
give one cent so that others
might exercise their right to it.
Is charity which stems from
religion to be limited by It?
Do We ask an injured brother
his religion before offering
help7 Should actors. who give
benefit performances gratis.
limit such services 10 their own
faith7 Should actors refuse 70
perform for non-sectariAn or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21
Defense Change in Bonn

In dropping Defense Minister Theo-
dor Blank from his reconstructed cabinet,
Chancellor Adenauer seems to have
thrown kind of sop to West German
public opinion. Mr. Blank has never been
a popular member of the Bonn govern
ment. Generally speaking, he has been
regarded as a rather unexciting if not
mediocre personality. More important
still, large numbers of his countrymen-
who have come to abhor everything mill
tary as a result of their experience in the
Second World War-have been psyche
logically allergic to him largely because it
has been his duty to try to direct the
Federal Republics rearmament within
the framework of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
Thus, among other things, Mr. Blank
has been committed to the idea of Great
ing a 500,000-man West German army
with the help of an 18-month draft. But
only recently DR.. Adenauer, despite his
own personal feeling on the matter and
despite the almost unanimous military
judgment that good ground forces cannot
be built on the basis of short conScrip-
ton term, caved in to the opposition's
demand that the length of compulsory
military service be limited to a year at
the most. So it is not surprising, espe-
cially since the Chancellor and his Chris
tian Democratic Union must reckon with
the fact that they must face national
elections next September, that Mr.. Blank
has been eaSed out. Not unlike politicians
in our own country and other free
nations, Bonn's politicians are not above
sacrificing a colleague when he achieves
unpopularity by eSpousing course that
inspires something less than nationwide
enthusiasm.
BY way of contrast, Mr.. Blanks sue
ceSSor-41-year-o Franz Josef Strauss
has been one of the more popular Of
West Germany'S promising young lead
erS. He has done an impressive job as
minister for atomic questions. Equipped
with an appealing personality and great
deal of talent and energy, he strikes many
of his countrymen as a man who has the
markings of future chancellor. Further
than that, he has considerable personal
following because he has favored a
300,000-man army rather than one of
100000, and he has favored a maximum
of IL months of military service instead
of 10. The fact that Dr. Adenauer has
moved him up to the defense post is
Symptomatic of Bonn's election-year sem
sitivity to the rearmament issue among a
people who have acquired, or been taught,
large measure of antimilitarism. But
Mr.. Strauss is anything but "neutralist"
In his own way he can be counted upon
to promote what he regards-rightly or
wrongly-as the Federal Republics best
possible contribution to the defense of
free Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21
Disturbed by Quote

Many Of us do not desire to
have a retired Army general
as President Of the United
States. / feel sure that many
people will agree that Presi-
dent Eisenhower's remarks, as
reported in The Star Of october
IS, in praise Of a 9-year-old
boy who had borne so coura-
geously fearful burns, You
are a brave little soldier" we're
most unfortunate. 1t surely
indicates that our Presidents
first thought, even in relation
TO a courageous act in a young
boy, Is that he was like a SOL
der. Soldiers are trained for
combat. which means they are
trained TO kill others when
necessary. Cannot q child be
praised for being brave and
self-controlled without calling
him q soldier. which term ear
ries the thought Of destruc-
ton Of human nves7
Sarah '. stAbler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21
THE GAME OF POLITICS
BY FRANK r. KENT
Impressed by Senator NeeIy's Orotory

In discourse NTH her,
Loses, discountenanced,
And like folly shotDs:.
Authority and reason on her
tDait,
As one intended first,
Not after made
Occasionally; and
To conSummGte all,
Greatness of mind,
And nobleneSs there seat,
Build IN her lopeliest,
And create an GtUe
About her.
As guard angelic placed"
Angelic Tribute
The Senator then pro-
ceeded in prose to say:
I'm Philadelphia, in 1885,
in seconding the nomination
of an immortal for the second
Of his record breaking four
terms as President of the
United States, I said: AS long
as the rights, the aspirations
and the hopes of the common
people live, admiration, love
and praise for President
Franklin Roosevelt and Mrs.
Franklin Roosevelt will never
die After the flight of 20
momentous years that firm
belief is confidently repeated
and it is supplemented, sub
ject to slight change, with
Shelley's imperishable lines:
Till the future d0reS
Forget the past,
The SerUice and the tame of
these tho shall be
An echo and a light unto
eternity.
THE recollection of our
great pleasure In what we are
about to hear will be
The RAINBOW to our storms
OF Hfe,
The eUentnp beam that
smiles the clouds dDdy
And ttntS tomorrow Nth
prophetic ray.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the queen of the hearts of the
world - Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt"
1t will be agreed that this
angelic tribute is Senator
Nicely at his best. If it seems
to some Of Mrs. Roosevelt's
friends to do her less than
simple justice" certainly it
has set a mark for oratorical
grease not easy to excel. Even
the oleaginous Senator Hubert
Humphrey of Minnesota has
not approached it in this cam
paign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21

firm what I have said all over
America that in my judgment
history will appraise him as
one of the truly inspired lead
ers of these troubled years.
He lives above the fog of short
term policies, dictated by po-
litical expediency, and sees the
inevitable end of any attempt
TO placate the foe, whose final
target is the United States of
America. To be with him is an
elixir. With a wisdom almost
uncanny he is the incarnation
of the virtues and meanings of
life for which the Free World
contends. The God which
Marxism would Danish from the
universe is for him the reality
behind every sham, the dy-
manic behind every thought of
his brain and every beat of
his heart. He is a spire of the
spirit.
A few days after bidding
this stalwart warrior adieu,
arriving in Formosa l sat down
for a heart-to-heart talk with
Generalissimo Chang Kali
shek. No picture of him brings
out the radiant personality,
the CLEAN of his kindly eyes.
There on Taiwan, he and his
lovely lady, with the increas-
ing millions on that embattled
island. live under the blast
ing threats and the actual
guns Of tyranny. The main
land he loves is under the
brutal control of Marxist
fanatics linked to the Mos
COW regime. Six million en-
srolled Communists are enslav-
ing $50 million Chinese and
with terrible scientific tech
nlqHeS are endeaVorlng to OBJ
hterate in new race of robots
all the glorious virtues and
graces which have character
lied Chinese civilization with
the aroma of mellowed CEN
turtles upon it. Their one hys-
terical hate is for America.
Their other target of viliflca-
ton is Chang Kai-shek. I
found him with no criticism of
anybody in his heart or on
his lips. His superb faith is
contagious and is that the pres
ent situation will in the end
prove a blessing in disguise. His
democratic faith is being
translated into works in all
the island Of Taiwan. He is
no cornered fugitive; he is a
triumphant personality. AS a
practicing Christian spending
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21
LETTERS TO THE STAR

sectarian charities because
they may thereby be helping
people of other faiths? When
a person gives something for
the use Of another religion or
a person in 1t. does 1t detract
from or ennoble his own faith?
Fortunately, in Washington.
there are many people Of many
faiths deeply dedicated to
united giving. and the spirit
Of giving is mellowed into a
broad generosity stemming
from the religion Of their faith.
Milton A. Mandel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21

Before this campaign ends,
and though other matters
press for expression, it does
seem that more publicity than
it has had should be given the
marvellous and moving intro
duction with which that gifted
Democratic Senator from West
Virginia, the Honorable Mat
thew M. Nicely, presented Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt when she
recently spoke at Clarksburg,
w. Va, in behalf of the Messrs.
Adlai Stevenson and Estes
Kefauver.
This was printed in full by
the Clarksburg Exponent
really discerning newspaper,
with an eye for the good, the
true and the beautiful-but
nowhere else. AS a model of re-
straint, good taste, reason, CO.
herence and understatement.
it fits perfectly into the char
acter of the campaign which
these heroic gentlemen are
making for election. 1t ought
to stimulate their following,
particularly among the Ne
groes, with whom Mrs. Roose-
welt is credited with para
mount influence. The Senator
spoke as follows:
Quotes Milton
Mr.. Toastmaster, Ladies
and Gentlemen: In all the wild
seraphic fire of Jewish proph-
cts. in all that Greek and
Roman orators have ever de-
claimed. in all that poets have
ever said and bards have ever
sung there is not, to my knowl-
edge, a single. adequate biog-
raphy. description or eulogy Of
the most famous woman who
is graciously honoring us with
her presence and generously
blessing us with her service
tonight. But by long-range an
ticipation the celebrated John
Milton reports Adam as saying
in praise of Mother Eve the
most nearly appropriate words
ever spoken of our illustrious
visitor. They are as follows:
When / approach
Her loneliness,
So absolute she seems.
And in her self complete,
So nell to knoD
Her DUN, that iDhdt she tUills
to do,
or say,
Seems iDiSeSt, pirtaouSeSt,
DiScreeteSt best
All higher knowledge
In her presence falls
Degraded. Wisdom,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21

The Eisenhower smile Is a
wonderful asset to the Repub-
lican Party. but It hardly pro-
vides the people with an UNI
brella TO protect them against
the dangers Of radioactive
fallout and the other prob
lens raised BY continued test
ing Of nuclear weapons.
Kenneth N. Birkhead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21

The most momentous global
struggle of the ages is being
waged. The diabolical sys-
TEN we face and fight has no
belief in God, no belief in
truth or honesty. fair play,
kindness, or mercy, or in what
civilization has come to re-
gard as fixed moral standards.
It's a conspiracy so monstrous
that a normal person can
scarcely believe it exists. Yet
this very hour this foul oc-
topus. linking the interna-
tional waters, is reaching for
the heart of Asia. If Goddess
communism should finally cap
ture Asia, the America which
we now know will belong to
the past rather than to the
future. The issue is that cru
cial. Therefore, stalwart lead
ers who cannot be fooled or
inundated. who stand val
iantly in this grim day for the
faith of free men, who are
spires of the spirit against the
Asian sky, belong to us-not
Just to admire and praise but
to support with the weapons
that will make tyranny trem-
BILE and tumble.
This last summer it was my
high privilege to take the hand
and to look into the eyes of
three of the greatest captains
of our time on the Asian front
to talk to them about their
cause and ours, to bring to
them the American assurance
that they do not fight alone.
Each of these three heads of
state holding a front line
against our common foe is in
his personal life and sustain
ing faith, a spire of the spirit.
With Syngman Rhee. Presi-
dent of the Republic of Korea,
spent much time in close as
ISOLATION. AS Special Ambas-
sador representing President
Eisenhower, I witnessed his in
auguration for a third term,
for which he was overwhelm-
ingly elected in a popular vote
as free as any in America. At
q brilliant ceremony attended
by uncounted thousands, in his
inaugural message. I heard
this leader Of the Free World
stir deeply that vast company
Of his fellow citizens. After
expressing undying gratitude
to America and outlining an
ambitious. progressive pro-
gram for the next four years,
he declared: II want to tell
you, my dear people. that al
though the Communists be-
lieve the whole world is fall
ing into their trap, disguised
as co-existence, I have faith
that their evil purposes will
be realized in time to save hu-
mainly from total enslave-
ment. Let us once again re-
new our pledge to dedicate
our lives and all we have to
the cause Of a united. indie
pendent, democratic Nation.
We will choose death rather
than life without freedom. AS
long as we stand united under
this pledge i know God AL
mighty will help us" Who,
hearing him utter those words
God Almighty" could but
vividly sense the dramatic diff
ference between Syngman
Rhee's faith and the Goddess
denials of the foe entrenched
less than Is miles from where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21

at least an hour a day in
private meditation and devo-
ton, he illustrates and ex-
emplif1es all that the brigands
who have temporarily captured
the mainland deny in their
blasphemous negations. His
own faith as he expressed it
to me in radiant terms and his
certainty as to the future,
prompted me to quote to him
as he nodded his approval:
God mopeS in a mysterious
IUly
His wonders to perform,
He plants his footsteps on
the sea
And rides upon the storm"
And, as we silently sang that
hymn in our hearts, ! knew I
was in the presence of a spire
of the spirit.
And with the sound of a
great amen" in my heart to
Chang Kai-Shek's intrepid
faith and works. we found our
selves in a few hours dropping
out of the sky by the side of
Manila Bay, where Admiral
Dewey's guns prepared the way
for democracy. Soon we were
in the presence of another head
of an Asian state-Ramon
Magsaysay, President of the
Republic Of the Philippines.
He. too, is an ardent church.
man and Christian. His is a
striking figure and personal
ity. Coming from the common
people, in all his attitudes and
bearing, he is a true symbol
of democracy. He has come to
his high post through peril and
toll and struggle. I reminded
him as we talked together at
the palace that our two democ-
racies, America and the Phil
ippineS, are joined as we con-
tend for the minds of men, for
decency and for the sanctity
of the individual. It was my
JOY to present to him a plaque
from Freedoms Foundation,
which in its citation commend
ed him, among many other
things, for giving accent to
the fundamental belief in God
underlying free life and for his
amending, stern, effective OPP
position to cynical. atheistic
world socialism, commonly
known as communism" Pres
ident Magsaysay replied in
words that deeply stirred the
distinguished company present
from the East and the West.
In what he said was an elo-
quent affirmation Of his belief
in spiritual verities. AS I left
him standing there surround
ed by his cabinet, I thought
there indeed is a spire of the
spirit against the eastern sky,
and so we salute these Eastern
leaders. They are spires be-
cause they point from the
ground to the skies Of the in
finite. They fight not only for
themselves but also for us.
Their fate will be the fate at
last Of the free world. They
stand on our front lines as we'll
as the front lines Of Korea,
Taiwan, and the Philippines.
The battle is one in Korea, or
in Kansas. in Taiwan or in
Texas, in the Philippines or in
Philadelphia. For in this grim
fight which affects every man,
woman and child on this whirl-
ing island in the sky called the
earth, there is no East or West.