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ID. c. School Probe

The Davis Committee is
about to conduct an investi-
CATION to prove that the inte-
grafton of schools in the Dis
trict Of Columbia has not been
successful. To make certain
that the desired result is
achieved, the Davis Committee
hired a Ratchet man of the
Crump machine as its counsel
and two educators who oppose
indignation on its staff. Mr..
Gerber, the counsel, already
has exhibited his bias with a
vicious and unwarranted at
tack on Mrs. Margaret Butch
er and his statement that
Negro children in Memphis
are happy with segregation. a
debatable and irrelevant as
sumption.
The writer recalls the dis
graceful spectacle the Davis
Committee thrust on the pub
lie two years ago when 1t an
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Arthur Bliss Lane

The recent and untimely
death of former Ambassador
Arthur Bliss Lane was a tragic
loss to his many friends and
admirers but, much more than
that, his death has deprived
America of one of her finest
sons, a man remarkable in
these times who chose without
hesitation the preservation of
his integrity, principles and
ideals to position and material
attainment.
Ambassador Lane gave UP
his brilliant diplomatic career
in order to fight for the truths
and rights he believed in so
ardently and so faithfully and
this he did until the day of
his death. But the memory of
Arthur Bliss Lane will never
die in the hearts and memories
of the Polish people and the
many others similarly OPP
pressed by Soviet domination,
nor will he be forgotten by
those Americans who also have
the courage and integrity to
fight for the preservation of
what is just and decent in this
world.
E. ID. Simpson.
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ness, devoting itself exclusively to pro-
noting voluntary, individual actions that
will help solve national problems.
Through this agency, those who control
the advertising media of the country
contributed an estimated SIPS million
worth of space and time to public service
last year. In its IA years of existence, it
mas probably supported more worthwhile
causes and served more people than
would have been possible through any
other single institution. It merits well
done" for these efforts.
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tempted to prove that the Fire
Department should not be in
tegrated. If the committee is
sincere, it will hear witnesses
who have not been hand
picked by Mr.. Gerber and will
seek the views of outstanding
educators throughout the
United States. 1t will give Mrs.
Butcher, who has more knowl-
edge of the situation than the
committee can have, an oppor-
tunity to present her views. 1t
will hear witnesses proposed by
liberal organizations in the
District of Columbia, people
who know more about the sue
cess of the District of Column
bia schools than Mr.. Gerber.
E. Lewis Terrell.
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Send a Kid to Camp

The Summer Outings Com
mittee of Family and Child
Service wishes to thank The
Star on behalf of the 522 kids
who went to Camps Goodwill
and Pleasant this year through
your generous donations. The
check for $4,000 has made all
this possible.
These children, without this
donation, would not have had
the opportunity to spend
twelve days of fun at our sum-
mer camps. Fun this year for
the children from the hot city
streets was in the form Of
swimming, arts and crafts. ma
ture, pioneer camping, sing
ing and dramatics.
This contribution from you
is a tremendous expression of
interest in the children of the
area on the part of The Star
and its readers in support of
the Camp Fund.
George N. Greene, jr.,
Group Work Director.
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Marine loneliness

After reading the letters In
your columns of August 8 I
should like to draw attention
to a central issue in the affair
of Sergt. McKeon. 1t is the diff
ference between toughnesS and
dumbnesS. 1t is toughening to
take recruits on a night
march; it is dumb to take them
through water if they can't
swim.
Some thousands of years ago
Gideon took his men to the
water and there he sorted them
out. The superior group he took
into battle. and their victory
will live as long as history.
There appears to be much
confusion of toughness with
dumbness, particularly in the
military mind, if we may Judge
by trial testimony. Yet empires
have fallen due to this mis-
take; Napoleon's army persisted
in Russia and the British army
in the Crimea due to it, and it
took a Florence Nightingale to
demonstrate the superiority of
care and foresight and expert
planning over the mere issu-
ance of tough commands.
If a good fighting force can
be produced by the casual di-
rection of a mind beclouded
with emotion and alcohol
splendid. we can get more of
same! But we know it cannot.
The need for mental fitness
recognized by Gideon so long
ago is enormously more vital
today. The greatest physical
toughness will emerge from
those who have received the
most care and skill and devo-
ton from their leaders. The
tragedy of the McKeon affair
is not that it did occur but that
it could occur.
Perhaps those in high places
now bordering the matter will
give some thought to the dis
tinction between toughness and
dumbnesS.
Kenneth Hickman.
Rochester, N. Y.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Main Bout Always Draws Out Votes
By GOULD LINCOLN

an effort to convince the voters
that Eisenhower was intent on
looking after the interests of
the rich. and had put only
wealthy men in high posts. But
Clement made no mention of
the Democratic candidate for
the presidential nomination, q
multi-millionaire, who could
buy out the Eisenhower cabinet
and still have quite q wad
in his jeans-Gov. Averell Har-
riman of New York. Hartman
did not win nomination. But
the great champion Of the small
businessman, the worker, and
the little man generally-for-
mer President Truman-did
his level best to put this mil
lionaire in the drivers seat.
Clement did not leave the
national convention city with
any political personal gains
Notwithstanding his mouth
filling speech. He was forced
to return home with a national
ticket which carries in second
place his arch enemy, Sena-
tor Estes Kefauver Of his own
State.
Reluctant Acceptance
For months, Clement worked
and schemed to defeat Kefau-
ver's attempt for a presiden-
tial nomination. Indeed, Glenn
ent aspired to q vice preSi-
Dental nomination with Ste
venSon, right up to the last
minute. And when it did not
seem likely his ear-splitting
keynote speech to the Demo
cratic National Convention had
gained him a thing, Clement
went along with the idea that
Senator Albert ]. Gore. junior
Senator from Tennessee, might
be the secret weapon to defeat
Kefauver.
Clement, as Governor and
head Of the Tennessee dele
cation, held 1t away from
Kefauver as long as he could.
In the end, he had to follow
Senator Gore, when the latter
Withdrew from the vice pres
idential race and urged the
nomination Of Kefauver. Had
the Tennessee delegation held
out to the end against Ke-
fauver. when he had the NOM
ination almost within his
grasp, the delegation would
have received a mighty thin
reception when it got home.
The Republicans are trum-
peting the good deeds Of
Eisenhower and his admins
tration. Gov. Langlie of WASH
ington, the keynote speaker
of the COP. convention, said
that the Republican Party's
purpose in the coming cam
paign is not to give 'em hell"
but to give leadership to the
American people.
Langlie took occasion to rap
the Democratic administra-
tions of Franklin D. Roosevelt
over the knuckles - calling
them 20 demoralizing years "of
diScord and defeatism in our
public affairs"
The campaign, judging from
the national conventions Of
the two parties and the ora
tory, is not going to be q tame
affair.
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CORPORATION Taxes

Those who viewed the pro-
ceedings of the Democratic
National Convention on their
televiSion sets last week saw
young Gov. Clement, after his
keynote speech, step over into
a Hal March role and inter-
view two child prodigies who
have won large prizes on tele-
vision giveaway programs. Out
of these queries came this in
formation that a wage Garner
making $4,000 a year, having
a wife and two children, pays
$500 a year income tax on his
earnings, while a stakeholder
receiving $4,000 a year in divi-
dends pays only $240 income
tax. This was supposed to
prove something daStardly
about the Republican party
just what, was not clear.
In this case, what was
omitted deserves mention.
Suppose the corporation in
question distributes two-thirds
of its net income after taxes,
in dividends. This is a fairly
high rate of pay-out. possible
only to corporations which are
not in a growth period. This
would place our stockholders
share of after-taX earnings
at $500, before distribution
of any dividends. But the
Federal Government has al
ready beat him to it. The in
come tax rate on any large
corporation approximates so
per cent of its earnings. and by
the time our stakeholder has
$500 of earnings credited to
his interest in the company.
the tax collector has already
taken an equal amount which
otherwise belongs to the stock
holder.
This means that our stock
holders capital has actually
earned $4,000, of which the
Federal Government takes ST.
TAO in total corporate and in
dividual income taxes, the
corporation retains $4,000 for
its future needs, and the
stakeholder gets $4,760 to
spend. In other words, his
capital has to earn three times
as much as the wage earner's
services earn, in order to pro-
duce the same amount of
spendable "take-home" pay,
while the Government. takes
10 times as much from him in
taxes-quite a different picture
from the one Mr.. Clement was
trying to paint. OF course, the
$500 retained by the corpo-
ration still belongs to the
stakeholder, but he isn't going
to get 1t. The corporation
withholds it to insure the con-
tinuation of its ability to pro-
vide the wage Garner with a
Job.
G. Glenn WhitIOck
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STAR CONVENTION BU

STAR CONVENTION b.
REAU, San Francisco, Aug. 81
He can't win"-or words
approaching that doleful pre-
diction-are raised against
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon. Just a week ago they
were used against Adlai Ste
venSon.
Nixon, it appears, will be
renominated by the Republic
can National Convention, as
overwhelmingly as Stevenson
won his second presidential
nomination in Chicago. Harold
E. Stassen stepped up with his
prediction that Nixon would
drag President Eisenhower
down. possibly to defeat.
Former President Truman
pinned the "he can't win"
label on Stevenson. Then. faced
with the fact that Stevenson
had won the Democratic presi-
dental nomination, Truman
recanted-whether he believes
his new position or not.
Obviously, Stassen will have
to make the same kind of
about-face, with a pledge, like
that of Truman, to support his
party's ticket to the hilt. That's
politics, and it has been done
many times before.
The Democrats who do not
like Nixon and who theorize
he will hamstring the Essen
hover ticket, overlook the fact
that the American people do
not, in the first instance,
elect Vice Presidents. They go
to the polls to elect Presidents.
The attacks they are planning
against Nixon-and it was
evident from their convention
speeches they were planning
to run against Nixon in large
part-may be wasted effort.
John @. Public is not likely
to be distracted from the main
bout-which is between Eisen-
hover and Stevenson. AS
President Eisenhower gains in
health and strength. the So
called health issue will fade.
AS he continues to function
fully as Chief Executive, the
charges by Democrats that he
is a "part-time President" will
fall on deaf ears.
Boast Of Accomplishments
For a week the Democrats in
Chicago broadcast in their ma
tional convention speeches and
many radio and television
utterances their attacks on
the Eisenhower administration
and the President himself
This week, the Republicans in
San Francisco are filling the
air with boasts of the accom-
plishmentS of President Eisen-
hover.
The COP. lacks an evan
gelist with as big a voice as
that of Gov. Clement Of
Tennessee-but its speakers
sounded more convincing
especially to people who are,
for the most part. better off
than ever before, without a
wartime economy to make the
jobs.
Clement pointed a finger of
scorn at the President and his
cabinet of millionaires," in
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

The jays drove him high in
a tree. and kept him there by
repeated bomb diving.
When he finally got down,
he did not care to go outdoors
for several days.
BY that time, the blue jays
evidently had taken their
family to other parts, for the
attacks were not repeated.
\ \ 4
This was the summer Jays
pecked our friend, Templeton
Jones. on the back of the
head.
The jays had a nest up the
street, and every time Jones
went by, the birds got after
him.
Nobody but Jones was
molested.
Who could understand why
they picked on him alone?
1t was impossible to get into
a jays mind and find out.
Certainly Of all the people in
the neighborhood, Temp Jones
was the very last to have hurt
a jay, being a great admirer
Of the species.
But how could the jays know
that?
Mockingbirds are among the
best defenders Of their nests.
Usually it is the male that
conducts this sort Of warfare.
Males of the human species
often have wars which are un-
necessary.
Mockingbird males always do.
They had much better be
seeking insects and worms for
their offspring than spending
all their time chasing cats
which in 80 per cent Of the
time are paying no attention
to them and really offer very
little danger TO their children.
Again, how can the Knockers
be made to understand this?
They can't, so that is that.
The best thing our cor
respondent can do is to con-
fine the cat Jimmy to his
quarters until the nesting sea-
son is over.
This will protect his eyes.
and also be good for his
morale.
A mockingbird, doing what
nature tells him to do, easily
can puncture the cornea Of
q cats eye.
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Teaching How to Read

AAAC al b1S4Cs OC1iOUlo, Opc-
cial Courses Speed Johnny's
Reading" by G. o. Herndon
in The Evening Star of August
z would make amazing read
ing if it were not so evident
that Mr.. Herndon is entirely
serious and either believes
what he is writing makes
sense, or is trying to pull the
wool over the eyes of the rest
of us
To quote him: There is in
creaSing awareneSs that the
problem of children with read
ing blocks can be traced to
personality problems" Also
"DiagnosticianS have found
that some poor readers have
parents who have set impos-
Sibly high standards for
them" (Their children.) Also
some razzle-dazzle about chill
dren making the effort out of
the desire to please rather
than the desire to be enter
tanned" Does that make sense
to you? Again, Another
stumbling reader may have
been unprepared at home for
the discipline in school," And
again. Whatever the cause,
school officials have discovered
most problems can be cured"
Whenever before was the
subject of teaching children to
read treated by clinical meth
DDS? This reading clinic-what
is it? What magic is it going to
use?
Not once did Mr.. Herndon
suggest that the trouble might
lie in the school system-in the
method it uses for teaching to
read. He does not say that they
are taught to memorize, par
rotlike, so many new words a
year. Each teacher. / have been
told, can use whatever method
he chooses. but the use of
phonetics is discouraged, and
rarely used at all.
I have also had some expe-
rience with this remedial read
ing. 1t is pathetic thing to
watch these children react
when they are asked to read.
To them reading" is just a
matter of trying to remember
what each word is. There is no
chance given them to use their
own initiative in working out
for themselves how each letter
has a sound of its own, and
standing together they form
words. There is no victory or
sense of accomplishment for
them in mastering a word or
a family of words, based on
the same basic sound. There is
no earnest effort and no Shin
ing eyes, as the result of this
effort.
What does DR.. Forbes H.
Norris. Montgomery County
school superintendent. mean
when he says 1.-THE 1956-l957
reading source should be re-
garded as the beginning of a
preventive program? What
does he want to prevent?
Is our school system trying
to prevent our children from
becoming reasoning, thinking
people, by starting them out In
the first grades to learn by rote
rather than by reason?
b. G. Bien.
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duction Of THE Lost Colony"
open in North Carolina? Is
the play stu being performed2
w. w
A. This symphonic outdoor
production by Paul Green was
first presented on July 4, 1897.
and is now in its 18th season.
It was not shown during four
World War II years. when
coastal blackout was necessary.
It Is presented in an open-air
amphitheater overlooking Roa-
noke Sound at Fort Raleigh
National Historic Site. More
than 100000 people have now
seen Il.
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"TAKoMA PARK, Md


''Dear Sir:
What would you say I ought
to do to a mean mockingbird
that posters the daily life out
of my harmless old tomcat
Jimmy?
Jim can't stay in his own
yard. or even on his porch.
now that this mean bird
harnesses him the moment he
shows his nose outdoors.
II am afraid, if this goes on,
the poor animal will suffer
some real harm.
This mockingbird waits for
him, no matter how early or
late, and the very second he
comes out, tips in on him.
Skimming his back, pecking at
his eyes.
"He will strut up on the lawn
within a few feet of the cat,
at the same time making this
squawking noise that gets in
my ears.
II am tired of listening to
him, and believe If he keeps
on, he may really hurt our cat.
II forgot to say that this cat
has never caught a bird in his
life.
Jimmy simply is not inter-
ested in birds.
This mean mockingbird
adds insult to injury when he
picks on this cat.
"Other cats in the neigh
borhood are not harasSed by
him.
why does he pick on
Jimmy?
Sincerely, M. L. Y"
Who can know the mind Of
a mockingbird?
The mocker undoubtedly
sees a real enemy in this cat,
James by name.
Perhaps somewhere in the
ancestry Of mockingbirds there
were wild cats Of his particu-
: lar color.
Our correspondent does not
specify the cats colors.
Most birds dislike yellow
animals.
We recall the summer a pair
of blue jays made life miser-
able for old yellow Quincy.
The sight Of those blue
feathers against the cats soft
yellow fur is unforgettable.
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@. Why is one Of our Navy
cruisers named for Canberra.
the capital Of Australia?
p. T. c.
A. The USS Canberra
CCAGZ), a guided missile
cruiser. was TO have been
named the Pittsburgh. but
was christened the Canberra
in honor Of an Australian ship
Of that name which fought
alongside ships Of the United
States feet, and was lost. in
the Battle Of Savo Island in
the Solomons in August. l942.
q. When did the nrst BRO
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Rain

Each time IT, rains. I trace its
course
From rivers cool and blest,
And thus NTH bits OF fancy, I
May lull my soul to rest.
Tonight Nth raindrops soft
and street.
7 con1ured up a dream:
plainly sac a film OF mist
Rise out OF Jorddn's Stredml
Katherine Mcclure Amyx 4
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry writerS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtton.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

By THE HASKIN SERVICE
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