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Donkey's StobIemotes

According to Doris Fleeson,
though representatives of or
ganized labor accompany both
Adlai and Estes on their cam
paign travels, they are pub
licly" unobtrusive. because
they believe that talking too
much might do more harm
than good.
Apparently, labor bosses
aren't the only political figures
who have decided to play pos
sum for the duration. For ex-
ample, where is the usually
raucous and highly vocal. So
called liberal" ADA?
According to news reports,
this left-wing group which
yields such a powerful voice
in the Democratic Party is
strongly in back of Adlai. And,
of course, they put their seal
of approval on Estes during
the 83d Congress by voting
him the most Liberal" man
in that Congress.
The psychology seems clear,
however, For so far as political
philosophy is concerned. the
conservative Democrat is a
od-brother in belief to the
average Republican as COM
pared to his own party leader
ship as it exists today. And
the conservative Democrats
might either take to the hills
or enter the. Republican fold if
convinced that Walter Reuther
is, as charged. trying to take
over" the Democratic Party.
Surely, a combination Of
labor bosses and the ADA is
too much to ask of party 10y
atty. Even though our grand
pappies were Graded in the
arms of Jefferson himself!
lila d. SOnnemann.
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School Hearing
The WASHINGTON I

Inc washington newspapers
are to be commended for a fine
job in presenting the facts re-
lating to the segregation issue.
Now that Representative Davis
and Williams have returned to
their respective States to re-
ceive the welcome of conquer
ing heroes, it is interesting to
note what they have accom-
plished.
Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Williams
have proved beyond question
that DR.. Margaret Just Butcher
was 1000 correct in her eval-
uation Of conditions existing
in the District public schools.
The hearings further. proved
that Congressman Davis and
Williams would do well to in
vestigate the schools in their
own communities, since wit
nesses they selected stated that
children from Southern areas
were contributing to the low
ering Of educational standards
in the District schools.
During the hearings, a sub
ordinate school official stated
that colored teachers were not
as well qualified as white
teachers. This was an unfort-
innate statement and extreme
ly unfair to those teachers who
have faced tremendous prob
lens over the years in a seq
regated school system. Col
ored teachers have been handi-
capped by ''hand-me-down"
schools. overcrowded class
rooms, shortages Of all kinds
Of school supplies. the inabil-
ity TO get psychiatric treat
ment for children needing such
help badly and poor admini-
stration at the top level.
Representative Dawson, OF
Illinois. has charged that the
hearings we're held illegally
and, II true. Congress should
take appropriate action on
these charges.
Edward J. Mace Iane.
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Troffic 'BuIIies'

II the authorities sincerely
wish to make our city streets
safer, they should look care
fully at the driving Of some
transit operators. To these
drivers amber looks green. red
means 90 slow, and stop signs
are invisible. Bus turns from
improper lanes. sudden de-
partures without signal from
the curbside and speeding
streetcars are everyday sights.
One could almost Re led TO be-
lieve that the trafnc code ap-
plies TO everyone except the
transit operator.
Nathan n. Rosenthal
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Poe's gold bug came to life
in Mt. Rainier Md garden
recently.
Telling about it. M. B.
writes:
II was raised in the coun-
try but never have seen any
thing like this insect until
coming here.
"They so amazed me / am
dying of curiosity to know
what they are and wonder if
you might be able to identify
them.
I'm our back yard one day
! noticed a spot of pure gold
on the grass.
Il stopped to pick it up lit
was perfectly round, about a
fifth of an inch in diameter) /.
thinking some one had lost a
setting out Of a pin or some
thing, when suddenly it
spread wings and flew of.
Il was flabbergasted.
Il had never before known
there was in actually a gen.
uine gold bug"
**%
This bug is the golden tor
toise beetle, distributed on
sweet potato. bindweed and
other plants of the morning
glory family.
No doubt Of it, Poe saw just
such a bug, before he wrote
his famous story.
Not all insects are "bugs, -
but this one is a true bug.
Our correspondent also en-
closed a drawing of IAN ex-
ceedingly strange insect"
It had a very wide body,
nearly as broad as long. The
body was green and looked
quite comical because Of the
great eyes set far apart in the
square head.
But the amazing part about
it," the letter said. were the
wings. almost three times as
long as the body and trans
parent.
What on earth could the
creature have been?"
-
This creature was a cicada.
commonly called locust, prob
ably a member Of brood 10.
The other broods. including
the Justly famous l7-year- To-
Gust. look exactly the same.
We picked up cicada the
other day. its life extinct. but
in perfect condition.
These are clean, beautiful
insects, with red eyes, and
beautiful green bodies.
II a specimen is kept. the
eye color finally fades. but the
chitin Of which the body and
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Screening Textbooks

According to a recent news
item. Montgomery County is
again being presented with the
same public school fallacy
which was one Of the glazing
weaknesses of the 1949 Ober
Law (known as the Maryland
Anti-Subversive Act). SUBJ
version of American Capital
ist) principles and promotion
Of Communist (socialist) prop
uganda in public schools were
not violations of the Ober
Law. which permitted the tax
supported public schools to
police themselves. 1t may be
recalled that two supposedly
loyal teachers, according to
the Ober Law. were dismissed
from county schools when ex-
posed as Communists.
Now we find that the Board
Of Education is actually giving
serious consideration to SUI
perintendent Norris so-called
plan for screening textbooks.
Although his idea is described
as a new plan" Superintend-
ent Norris is merely suggest
ing that he will be good enough
to create a textbook commit
tee Of three employees, which is
directed by a long-standing
board policy providing for
three readers to review and
select proper and worthwhile
social studies textbooks. How
ever, even this concession to
duty by the superintendent
perpetuates the fallacy Of per-
hitting the public schools to
police themselves.
May I suggest a board ac-
ton which would be beneficial
to Montgomery County public
schools toward restoring some
degree Of public trust and
confidence in the American
integrity Of the school system?
The board should enforce its
policy Of a textbook commit
tee composed Of three board
employees and increase this to
include three civic-minded
outsiders Of unquestioned 10y
atty. Adopting this suggestion
would end the fallacious prac-
tice Of permitting the public
schols to police themselves in
matters Of American civic re-
sponsibility.
Franklin T. Miles.
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strike me only as a scandal
and a disgrace.
/ would point out that this
case is part Of a larger ques-
ton. In the violence of our
postwar reaction against
communism, we tended to for
get the basically similar vile
ness of the fascism which we
had overthrown. There was
too much easy forgiveness of
artists or writer's or politicians
in the countries which sup
ported Hitler and MusSolini.
I think the majority of Amer
leans familiar with Pounds
case would agree with me in
saying that he should stay in
st. Elizabeths-unlesS he pre-
fers to move to Leavenworth.
r. whitney Tucker.
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May ! say that I was shocked
at the sympathetic tone Of the
discussion Of Ezra Pound in a
recent Reading and Writing"
column in The Sunday Star?
! know that some people
argue that Pound has never
been proved guilty Of treason
by a court. But the fact is that
when treason Is defined in the
Constitution as giving aid and
comfort 70 the enemy. Pounds
crime was open. notorious and
not denied By him.
The favors shown him BY
various distinguished writers
quoted in The Star article
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-17

@. Who invented the mono
rail elevated railroad. on which
the car hangs from an over
head rail2--L. o.
A. An engineer in Cologne.
Germany. n a med Eugene
IAngen. The FIRST monoran
line was opened on October
"a. 1900. in the Ruhr Valley.
along Q miles Of the Dreander.
ing Wupper River valley.
There was tremendous opposi-
ton 70 this new type Of rail-
road At the time. but It proved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-17

completely successful. 1t has
now carried many millions Of
passengers without loss Of life.
@. How many world records
did Paavo Nurmi. the long
distance runner, break during
his Olympic career?--B. r.
A. Between 1921 and 1925
he broke eight world records.
Nurni developed his partlcu-
lar rolling gait BY running be-
hind streetcars In his native
Finland.
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|ScoIds Lawrence

David Lawrence's article Of
October 8, headed Compare
sons in Education" is an overt
distortion at which honest
segregationist and migration
lists alike must look askance.
Quoting from a reported
magazine interview with DR..
Omer Carmich a ell, school
superintendent in Louisville.
Mr.. Lawrence makes the fol-
lowing supposedly logic al
points:
l. g. the average Negro
teacher is not as good as the
average white teacher. "
2. Speaking of the average
Negro teacher, DR.. Carmichael
Is further quoted: g. so
whatever group of children a
Negro teacher teaches, that
group of children, in my judg-
ment. will suffer a little"
3. Based upon the above evil
dence, Mr.. Lawrence reaches
his conclusion which he poses
in the form of a question to
the Supreme Court: Whether
the white children (majority)
"aren't being deprived of equal
educational opportunity solely
because of enforced integra-
ton of students and teachers.
First, it should be pointed
out that DR.. Carmichael does
not say that Negro teachers.
are incompetent but that as.
a group they are less COM
petent than white teachers.
Nor does his statement pre-
clude that some of the Negro
teachers individually may be
more competent than the
average white teacher.
However, Mr.. Lawrence, with
considerable lack of logic, rea-
sons from the generalization
to the specific that white chill
dren must perforce suffer edu-
cationally under the guidance
of any and all Negro teachers.
Is this the statement of a rea-
Sponsible journalist or is it
tommyrot?
White or Negro, teachers are
either competent or incompe-
tent and If the latter, should
not be teaching at all. Within
the area Of competency, it
must be presumed that each
local community will engage
the most competent teachers
money can attract. There is
nothing in the Supreme Court
decision on indignation land
Mr.. Lawrence knows this)
which orders or presumes to
enforce the hiring, retention
or reassignment Of incom-
petent teachers.
Teacher competency along
with teaching standards is a
matter for local administrative
policy and only rabid pro-
racists, white or colored, would
place color before competency.
Admittedly, migrating
schools in the now segregated
areas is no simple problem at
best. But the answer will not
be found in politically mott
waited mouthings, in circum-
vention. Unanswered or spur
ious logic, nor in distortions Of
accepted school practices. nor
in white or colored racist
bleatings. This weightiest Of
problems must be grounded.
within the framework Of the
law. with fairness, patience
and understanding. not in hate
but to educate and upon giving
each child his educational due
without prejudice.
Milton A. Mandel.
! attempted to decipher DR..
Omer Carmichael's compare
son of white and Negro teach
ers which appeared in the
column Of David Lawrence.
How can the leading repre-
sentative Of the Louisville pub
Lie school system educe a ra-
tional analysis Of teacher COM
potency when his own lack Of
facility in the use Of the Eng
lish language indicts his Eng.
fish instructors and reveals his
level Of academic competency?
Shirley o. Brown.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used II
letters carry iDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
S0tton.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HANKIN sERV

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Milton A. Mandel.


Shirley o. Brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Anocostio Graduate
Awarded Scholarship

Arthur N Kales son Of MI. graduated from St. Mark
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Oakridge lane. Chevy Chase. has
been elected treasurer Of the
freshman class Of Earlham Col
lege, Richmond, Ind.
4 4
George MyrO, son Of Mrs. Vera
A. Okishevich. 1868 Columbia
road. NV. recently was initiated
into Phi Beta Kappa, national
honor fraternity at Dartmouth
College. Myro was one of a
Dartmouth seniors chosen for
membership.
John L. DObsOn, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil B. Dobson. 1888 North
Harrison street, Arlington, Va.
has received a regional scholar
ship from Wesleyan University
The scholarships are awarded
to freshmen on the basis Of
character and scholastic
promise. Dobson is graduate Of
Washington and Lee High
School.
] X 4 \ X
( Brice McAdOO CIagett. 134S
Twenty seventh street NV, has
been elected to the Harvard Law
Review. Mr.. Clagett received his
bachelor of arts degree from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
Anti Defamation League
MedoI|ions to Honor 3

Senator Lehman. Democrat of
New York, Labor Secretary
Mitchell and Charles P. Taft.
mayor of Cincinnati. win receive
the 1861 Americas Demo-
cratic Legacy medallions here on
Sunday.
The ceremony will be a high
light Of the Anti Defamation
Leagues four-day annual meet
ing.
The league, a B'nai Birth
organization. opens its 43rd an
nual meeting on Saturday in the
Mayfiower Hotel.
The medallions are awarded to
members of the three major
faiths for contribution to the
enrichment of Americas demo-
ratio legacy" Senator Lehman
is the first man to win one twice.
He will be the keynote speaker
at the first session of the Free
dom Forum, at 8 pm. Saturday
The two other award winners
will also speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22

Princeton in 1854. He is ealso {
member Of Phi Beta Kappa.
Peter Miles, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul D. Miles. 1851 Forty
ninth street NV. has beer
elected president Of Gamma Psi
Chapter Of Phi Alpha Theta. ma
tional honorary history society
at Washington State College. He
is a senior history major at the
school.
\ y - \
Carl w. Thatcher, son of Mrs
Marie M. Thatcher, 8708 Rhode
Island avenue, College Park
Md, has been elected vice presi-
dent o fthe freshman class Of
Eastern Nazarene College, VOL
laSton, Mass.
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Sundays award ceremonies
win be televised at 2 pm. on the
NBC network. During that ses-
sion. Robert Sarnoff. president Of
NBC, will receive the leagues
award to NBC for ''the most
dramatic and fortnight tele-
vision program of the year,
bringing the message of democ-
racy to the American people"
The award was for the pro-
gram. Tragedy in a Temporary
Town." televised in February.
1t will be rebroadcast as part Of
the award ceremonies.
At 8 pm. Monday, the league
will have a forum on The Di-
lemma in Race r relations"
Speakers will be DR.. Alonzo G.
Moron, president of Hampton
(Va.) Institute; DR.. Omer Car
michael, Louisville. Ky, SUI
perintendent of schools, and
Harry S. Ashmore, executive
editor Of the Arkansas Gazette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22

TOKYO. Nov. % tP).-Japar
will produce its first made-in-
Japan jet plane in January. Ka-
wasaki Aircraft Corp. has nm
ished tooling to build Lockheed
T33A Shooting Stars for Japan's
air force. The plant has beer
assembling lets but parts were
shipped from the United States,
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graduated from st. Marks
School in Southboro. Mass.
y \
Miss Carol Ann Larkins,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Charles G. Larkins, $3.50 North
Eleventh road, Arlington, Va,
has been cast in the leading role
of the Roanoke College fall pro-
duction THE Rainmaker" by
N. Richard Nash. Miss Larkin is
a freshman at the Salem, (Va.)
school.
X
| Miss Mary HOuck, daughter Of
Col. and Mrs. Cole Houck. 1901
I North Inglewood street, Airing.
ton. Va, has been elected seconc
vice president of the Mary Har-
din Baylor College student gov
eminent association.
X 4 X
Miss Susan Collins, daughter
Of Mrs. Dwight Collins Of 421:
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Arthur N. Kales. son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Morris L. Kales, Of
64O8 Marjory lane. Bethesda,
Md, has been awarded a Thorn
dixie scholarship to Wesleyan
University. Middletown, Conn
The scholarship is renewable
each year. Kales is a graduate
of Anacostia High School.
X 4
John NJ. Kneipple, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John B. Kneipple
1914 Crosby road, Silver Spring
Md, and Joseph F. Mushinski
son of Mrs. Ruth r. Mushinsk
4 of 1907 Westfield drive. Be.
thesda, have been elected to thu
board of WYBC, Yale Univer.
4 sity's undergraduate radio sta
ton. Kneipple attended Landor
School and Mushinski wal
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MARRIAGE
LICENSE
APPLICATIONS

Under d. C. lGtD couples must
apply tor a marriage license on
one day, a0dtt three tull days
and recetUe the license on the
nth day. Sundays and holi-
days are counted the same as
other days.
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5lSt
Anniversary
Fur Sale

If you're thinking Of buying furs for
yourself or giving them for Christmas you
couldn't pick better time to make your
selections than right now at William Rosendorf
In our newly expanded fur salon you can make an
unrestricted choice from our entire stock
at 51st Anniversary Sale prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22
FUR COATS

Dyed Mouton Processed Lamb Coats SALE $4,000
Black Dyed Persian Lamb Paw Coats SALE $4,000
DYED Marmot Coats ----- SALE SI78OO
Dyed Northern Back Muskrat Coats = SALE $1,000
Silver Blue Dyed Muskrat Flank Coats SALE SI88OO
Dyed Newfoundland Hair Seal Coats SALE S2I8OO
Black Dyed Persian Lamb Coats - SALE S298OO
Tip Dyed Sheared Raccoon Coats- SALE $4,000
Natural Gray Persian Lamb Coats 80 SALE $4,000
Let Out Dyed MuSkrat Coats - SALE $4,000
Brown Dyed Squirrel Coats - SALE S398OO
Natural Ranch g. Wild Mink Paw Coats SALE S398OO
Natural Gray Squirrel Coats SALE $4,000
Natural Sheared Canadian Beaver Coats SALE $4,000
Dyed Fur Seal Coats .------------ SALE $4,000
Dyed japanese Mink Coats ------- SALE $4,000
Dyed Canadian Ermine Coats SALE $4,000
Natural Ranch Mink Coats --------- SALE SI898.OO
Natural Wild Mink SALE S2O98.OO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-22

Miss Susan Collins, daughter
Of Mrs. Dwight Collins Of 4212
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ELECTION BRINGS TALE or WOE
TO CANDIDATE IN ARKANSAS

DE WITT, Ark. H1s-Ira Henderson said he "just sat
down and cried yesterday when the bad began
ing in all at once
He was leading in the sixway for Arkansas County
treasurer when the last box reported at 1880 That
box wiped out his slim lead the job to Mrs Marion
Segraves. I.411 to 1890.
Fifteen minutes after hearing final results Of the
election he received word that home which he owned
and which had been in his family for rs yearhad burned
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Elder elderly couple who
occupied the house. at Mr. Hendersons home when
they heard Of the fire. Mr. Elder suffered heart
attack and was still in serious condition today.
short time later Mr.. Henderson received telephone
telling him that his infant grandson had swallowed
artificial fruit and in critical condition. Later he
heard surgery had kept the baby from srangling and
that he would recover
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British Papers
WeighU.S. Vote

LONDON. Nov. 8 [R.-Three
British newspapers expressed
hope today that President Essen
hover. now that the election is
over, would give high priority to
sealing breaches in the alliance
of the United States. Britain
and France.
Though it is not true that an
American administration is to-
tally immobilized in election
years." commented the conserva-
tive Daily Telegraph. there is
an understandable reluctance to
take highly controversial deci-
sions.
I'VE have indeed had reason
to complain that for over three
months American policy seems to
have been slanted in different
and often contradictory direc-
tons, and there has, of course,
during the past fortnight, been
an open breach over the British
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-08
PAUL BUTLER SAYS
ELEcTION SHOWS
FAITH IN PARTY

Democrats National
Chairman Paul Butler
says the election ivividly"
demonstrated that his
party remains the majority
party in the country today"
Mr.. Butler said in a
statement yesterday that
~the trust and faith which
the people Of America hold
in the Democratic Party"
was shown BY the contests
for Senate and House seats
and Governorships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-08

French action in the Middle
East.
"That breach must now be
healed and sealed. +"
Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Ex-
press, which follows an inde-
pendent, imperialist editorial
policy, called for. the replace
ment of Secretary of State Dulles
and urged Prime Minister Eden
to fly to Washington soon for a
frank exchange Of views be-
tween the two leaders Of the
Western alliance.
The liberal News Chronicle
said the President starts his new
term "at a moment Of strong
IAnglo-American tension. but
there is no one better suited 70
Iunravel the confusions.
This is not to exonerate the
Americans from all blame" the
paper continued. THE Presi-
dent. like Britain. has tended to
back both sides in the Middle
East. The common task today
is to repair the damage and find
"a common policy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-08
VOTING MACHINES
SET UP FOR SPLIT
IN TOP OF TICKET

ROYAL OAK, Mich, Nov.
8 R1.--You could actually
vote for a Republican Presi-
dent and a Democratic Vice
President in the suburban
city Of Troy Tuesday.
City Clerk J. Lawson
Lockhart said he set up the
voting machines in that
manner because Of the man
ufacturer's instructions.
IF everyone else was do
ing II the other way" he
said. I'VE must have been
the only place right in the
country"
This is how the vote came
out:
Eisenhower 3.4si: Nixon
1888: Stevenson 1850: Ke-
fauver 2.370.