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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
Medical O. K.

Many younger man would like to
get as reaSSuring report from his own
doctors as that which has just been
issued by the Presidents physicians.
They say, in word, that Mr. Essen
hover is in excellent" health, and this
seems to be fully supported by the details
of the report. Evidently the President
has made fine recovery from the heart
attack of little more than two years
ago. And the same thing seems to be
true of the ileitiS operation in June,
1856, which caused much doleful shaking
of heads among the amateur medicine
men.
Considering the presSures generated
by the job he holds, these past illnesses,
and his age-67-the President seems to
be pretty hardy specimen We are sure
we speak for everyone in saying that we
hope he stays that way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
Investi1otitis

We have consulted the dictionary
and find no such word as investigates.
There ought to be some word, however,
to describe an acute Inflammation of the
urge to investigated not uncommon
malady which seems to have overtaken
the Thomson Committee on Law Reform
and Racial Activities in Virginia.
Mr.. Thomson, the committee chair
man, represents Alexandria in the Vir-
glnia House of Delegates. His committee
thinks the Legislature should authorize
an investigation Especially in the 10th
diStrict) of textbooks and reference
books used in the public high schools. 1t
also advocates an investigation of Sub
versive activities generally and more
specifically as they relate to the question
of segregation or Indignation in the pub
lie schools"
The committees lengthy report is
Singularly devoid of any facts which
might justify such inquiries as these.
Some of its findings with respect to I'M
authorized practice of the law seemingly
call for further action. There is nothing
IN the report, however, which leads us to
believe that more time and money should
be wasted on further investigations
which probably would accomplish moth
Ing except to assuage the itch to in
VeStigate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
Cost of High Living

Fathers undoubtedly will be less
than surprised to learn that 1t costs them
more to send daughters to college than
to send sons. After all, most fathers
probably learned away back in their
counting days that everything pertaining
to the diStaff side seemed to run into
the big money" category. For the
latest set of comparative statistics,
fathers may thank the United States Of
fee of Education.
At the same time, even the Govern
ment bureau came up with seemingly
paradoxical finding. 1t discovered, first,
that girls spend less money on college
education than do boys but, second, that
dad is tapped for higher percentage
of daughters cash OUTLAWS. The answer
is that boys take more part-time jobs
and earn larger share of what, in turn.
are larger expenditures. What the Office
of Education did not spell out-but one
suspects may be hidden somewhere
among its StatiSticS-iS that fairly
large item in the boys larger expendi-
lures is traceable to taking out other
dads daughters. This, of course, leaves
dad paying two ways for the cost Of
high living" at college. So dad, who
may have worked" his own way
through college in the beginning, Is
simply being worked" again. One
return, perhaps, is that the boys at
college will be learning what is in store
for them-in due time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12

Russia in terms OF output. And a second
weakness in the Khrushchev thesis is
this: That the people of the USSR are
increasing at rate of at least 8 million
year and are therefore likely to keep
on suffering a severe shortage of hous-
ing and civilian goods as long as their
dictatorship insists upon making an all
out effort to expand heavy industry
such as steel-on as big scale and at
as fast a pace as possible.
In fact, all things considered, the
new economic detectives announced by
Mr.. Khrushchev seem to mean-deSpite
his pie-in-the-sky promises-that the
long-suffering Russian masses cannot
look forward to any significant rise in
their low standard of living. During the
past 40 years their country has achieved
very great scientific, chronological and
military power, but it has yet to give
them decent society capable OF salts
flying anything more than their simplest
human wants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
Kniqht Sacrificed

Doris Fleeson's thoughtful
analysis of the public down.
grading forced upon Gov.
Knight Of California was a
strong picture of the hui
initiation that can be thrust
on a respected citizen and
public servant by cold
blooded methods. This ruth
less exhibition. which goes
by the name of Republican
Party unity. brings to mind
the lines written by Lord
Byron about the gladiator
who was "butchered to make
a Roman holiday"
One can be sure. whatever
ones political affiliation, that
Gov. Knight concurred in
this heartless exhibition with
as little happiness as did the
barbarian whom the Romans
flung to the lions. Nor does
the role of sacrificial victim
become Gov. Knight, who
undoubtedly must have held
the respect of his fellow
Californians, who are now.
willy-nilly, sharing in this
disgraceful spectacle. 1t
would be ironic If in the end
the misdeeds of the Know
land-Nixon-Ike com b N e
caught up with the COP.
and California rallied behind
Virginia, New Jersey and
Wisconsin: for surely this
pitilesS show of power on the
part of the administration is
too much for honest people
and voters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12

Thanksgiving week has
been designated by the ALL
American Conference as
Know Your America Week"
1t has the Endorsement of the
President and the backing Of
many national organizations
such as the American Legion,
Fraternal Order of Eagles,
Lions International and Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars Of the
United States. and yet, to my
knowledge. there has been
little or no publicity about it
here in the District.
1t would seem that now.
as never before. Americans
should be united, and what
better way than through a
Nation vide demonstration
of their patriotism as af-
forded by Know Your Ameri-
ca Week?
There are IS organizations
belonging to the All-Ameri-
can Conference. and If one of
these would take the lead
here in the District l am sure
the Others would follow.
Mitchell c. Cl0ksy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12

Thanks for your editorial
of November 3. entitled In
excusable responsibility"
Your comments should have
a beneficial effect on the
morale of the police force.
For the attack was not
directed against the chief as
an individual but as the
head of the department. If
the top man were to become
the victim of malicious &C
cusationS, there could be no
hope for the rank and file.
The NAACP did a disserv-
ice to the citizens of Wash
ington by making unfounded
charges against a public
servant with such an en-
viable record as the present
Chief of Police. A great
amount of time of many
government officials was
taken up in the investiga-
ton and hearing of the base
less charges, which diverted
the efforts of these officials
from their normal duties.
But it is typical of the
NAACP to make groundless
charges against police Of
ficers, which tie up high
officials in unnecessary in
vestigations-at the expense
of the taxpayers.
Certainly, Washington has
not had a better chief of
police than Robert v. Muir
ray in the past forty years.
Neither have the Negroes OF
Washington Jared better
under any of Chief Murray's
predecessors. against whom
no such charges were filed
by the NAACP.
Again I say, Hail to the
Chief"
Lloyd Z. Kelly,
Retired Deputy Chief.
Metropolitan Police De-
partment,
Venice. Fla,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
Khrushcliev's Economics

Nikita Khrushchev, in his marathon
speech marking the 10th anniversary of
the Bolshevik revolution, has set forth
some exceedingly ambitious economic
goals for the Soviet Union. What they
amount to is nothing less than plan
to surpaSS, by 1872 the current total
volume of our American production.
In celebrating on this objective, Mr..
KhruShchev has conceded that the
USSR still is considerably behind the
USA with regard to some items of pro-
duction." A key case in point is steel.
Soviet output of that all-important
commodity is now in the neighborhood
of about 48 million tons a year, as
against our own total of we'll in excess
OF 100 million Accordingly, if they are
to match the latter figure by 1912, and
do the other tasks assigned, the Rus
slams will have to carry through with
heavy industrial effort of the first mag
nitude-an effort that can hardly fail
to keep on depriving the people of the
country of sorely needed consumer
goods.
Despite this, however, RusSia'S
Communist chieftain has painted
roSeate picture of the Soviet future. AS
he has put it, within the next IS years
the USSR can exceed the present volume
of production in the USA. OF course,
In the meantime, the economy OF the
USA can also increase, but as we are
expanding at faster pace. the task OF
overtaking the USA is realizabie." More
than that, he has declared with soaring
optimism that his country has reached
stage when We can rapidly expand
light industry so as to satisfy the re-
quirementS of the population within the
next five or seven years, without in
fringing upon the requirements OF de-
tense and heavy industry
But Mr.. Khrushchev'S sunny fore
cast is open to serious question in two
important respects, among others. True,
the passage of time may vindicate his
view that the Soviet Union, by 1872,
may succeed in surprising the current,
. present, 1857 total volume Of American
production and there can be no doubt
about his country's capacity to manu-
facture all the arms it needs through
the simple guns-before- butter expedient
of ignoring consumer demands. In the
next Is years, however, the economy OF
the United States, according TO most
experts, should expand to degree that
will continue to keep it well ahead OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
Commentator

I would like to commend
The Star and reporter John
McKelway for the story
English Teacher Diverts
Talents to Poor Readers" in
the october II issue.
The problems of the nom
achieving retarded reader are
common to the practices Of
optometry. So often these
are the neglected problems;
even though a complete Wis
ual analysis will detect this
problem when vision is an as
sociste factor. AS the article
pointed out, most children
having a visual-reading prob
lem will go undecided by
parents and teachers because
they do pass the old-fash-
Toned school-screening test,
the Snellen chart. by demon
strating 1920 distance vision.
Fortunately we have a for
ward-thinking man in our
community. associated with
one of our finest high schools,
who recognizes this problem
And more than just recog-
nizing the problem. he is do
ing something concrete about
it. That man is Royce Van
Norman of Mckinley Tech
Our sincerest congratulations
to Mr.. Van Norman. Let us
hope that. through his work
he will help to develop many
more forward-looking educa-
tors such as himself.
Robert H. Teunis, o. D.,
President, D. c. OptometriC
Assn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
THE POLITICAL Mill
Hoover Views the. Science Race
By GOULD LINCOLN

But the strength Of Amer
lea. Mr.. Hoover reminded the
Nation in a Veterans Day adj
dress In New York, lies in
many fields. Admitting that
the minds Of Americans are
today greatly troubled, he
reviewed the fundamental
sources of Americas strength.
IF we have the will to use
them" he said, I'VE can meet
our dangers" First. he listed
as a basic strength the spirit
ual side in this country. with
the increasing attendance
upon the worship of God.
Next, he placed the great
growth of voluntary organi-
cations and institutions en-
gagged in charity and public
welfare. He added: Il have
witnessed our people deny
themselves to save the world,
including our enemies, from
the inevitable and gigantic
famines which followed two
wars. And among them we
saved the lives of is million
Russians, then under the
Communist government. And
there is no less humanity in
the American heart today"
Still Have Courage
On the military side, Mr..
Hoover said: II have watched
our .countrymen rise and fight
two world wars to victory in
defense of our country. The
skill of our military leaders,
the courage of our men and
the willingness of our people
to make sacrifices are no less
today than then"
Asking finally from whence
comes all this strength of
America, Mr.. Hoover con-
cluded: 1T lies in freedom of
mems initiative and the re-
wards of their efforts. 1t
comes from our devotion to
liberty and religious faith. We
will have no decline and fall
of this Nation, provided we
stand guard against the evils
which weaken these forces.
But we have need to exercise
all the strengths which God
has given us"
Mr.. Hoover's references to
the strengths which arise with
liberty and education are
somewhat in line with a pre-
Veterans Day statement made
by Alexander Kerensky. head
of the last non-Communist
government and the first gov
eminent of Russia after the
fall of the Cars. Mr.. Keren-
sky, questioned on the NBC
television progam Meet the
Press" predicted that the
more widespread education in
Soviet Russia becomes, the
greater the demand for lib
erty from a totalitarian dicta-
torship will become. This de-
mand will progress with the
new generations as they come
up. But the counter-revolu-
tion-againSt the Communist
dictatorship-he said. must
come from within. AS for an
other world war, Mr.. Keren-
sky said the hydrogen bomb
had doomed such a conflict.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12

Movements of the hands
and feet almost always ac-
company musical work, and
even modern listening.
Some listeners need to keep
time with the right hand.
while others use the left, and
some keep the right foot in
constant motion.
Many jazz players cannot
function without a mouth
movement. This is rather
unpleasant to watch, and
must be accredited to the
oral side of human nature.
which includes such habits
as smoking and gum chew
ing.
Almost everybody, as he or
she grows older, works up a
sideline of small movements.
Pill rolling. such AS the
twiddling of the thumbs over
and around each other end
lessly. speaks eloquently of a
certain malady.
4
There are, of course, many
unconscious movements of
the hands and mouth and
maybe feet which are wholly
unknown to the person max
ing them. but which some
times have an adverse effect
on watchers.
The common habit of clear
ing the throat, especially in
public places and vehicles, is
a totally unnecessary one. 1t
does no good at all in relief,
though the user thinks it
does. Actually. it just lays
the mine for the next explo-
sion. Medical men insist that
almost anyone can refrain
from coughing if he wants
not to cough. They say that
the more one coughs, the
more he has to cough, and
the only good of a cough
medicine is to break up this
vicious circle.
Unconscious mouth, hand
and foot movements have
their uses. but perhaps most
persons addicted would do
better to think about these
habits, now and then, and
take steps to eradicate them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12


@. Please explain the diff
ference between homogeneous
and homogeneous.-N. H.
A. Homogeneous (ho-MOJ-
e-nus) means "of the same
origin" Homogeneous Cho-
mo-JE ne-us) means "of the
same composition or struc-
ture throughout; uniform;
made UP Of similar parts or
elements" The word no.
mogonous (ho-MOG-o-nus).
used in botany, means "hav-
ing stamens and pistils Of
uniform height in all flowers
of the same species"
@. What does Anastasia
mean?--S. A.
A. This is the feminine
form of the Greek Anastasios.
which means "of the Resur-
rection."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Somebody says he likes to
watch people, their hands as
well as their faces.
Now. there is a good deal
to that.
Some races specialize in
movements of the hands
while speaking; most persons
move the whole arm while
walking.
1t is always instructive,
and helps pass the time away.
to watch pedestrians while
one is riding downtown.
A good point of bus riding
is that the operator takes
over the traffic watching,
leaving the passengers to
their own devices.
With hand on wheel, one
cannot spend much time
noting how Miss A swings her
arms, or how Miss B swings,
well. her arms, too.
Each girl seems to have a
swing all her own. One will
move the whole arm from the
shoulder. the next swing the
lower arm only.
Some are hand flappers,
while now and then one spots
a young lady who holds the
whole arm rigid. This makes
for difficult walking.
The best way to walk, of
course. is to swing it as you
go.
Other parts of the anatomy
have some movement. but
these are mostly concealed
in winter.
1t is the moving hand, not
the moving finger, one sees
in walking.
y
In conversation, ost
people manage to move at
least the right hand for en-
phasis.
Mostly this is wholly un-
conscious.
The oldest thing is to
watch someone gesticulate
while talking over the phone,
Then it is easily seen that
these nervous movements
are done to impress ones
own self. not the other.
Hand motions Of this kind
are really related to the dog s
tail wagging.
1t is much the same release
of nervous force that is
sought; the moving hand
moves, and somehow one Is
able to talk better.
This fact is put to rea'
service when one stammers
q bit.
There are thousands Of
people who are born stam-
merers. but very few Of Their
friends know it. because they
have learned how to use the
hand movements to loosen
their tongues.
The close relationship OF
all parts of the body to every
other part is clearly seen In
this. The unfortunate person
who must say the same syl-
liable an indefinite number Of
times before he goes on tC
complete a sentence can gel
relief by an almost imper-
ceptible wagging of the hanC
The really bad stammerei
is another case. and must USE
more drastic methods. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
Pooling Brains

At the close of World War
II Russian leaders challenged
America and the Western
World to an industrial race
and made the boast that
Russia would win. We are
alarmed that she has won the
race in successfully launching
two earth satellites. This is
not all. She has won the race
in the training of engineers
and in other areas of scien-
tific and social achievements
despite the fact that in 1917
Russia was a feudal country
with 80 per cent of her peas
ants illiterate. 1t appears that
she win continue to win such
victories.
How could it be otherwise
when Russia is employing the
full energies of her 225 mil
lion people-of all races, ma
tionalities. colors and creeds-
in line with the ethical prin-
ciple of equality of human
dignity? On the other hand,
we in the United States are
caught up in the most pitiful
tragedy of the prostitution of
the best minds and the crea-
tive genius of millions of
white Americans in the de-
termination to keep one
tenth of the population NE
gro) in a caste position of
second or third-class citizen
ship economically. politically,
and educationally. The very
best minds and the creative
genius Of millions of Negroes
are being spent in resisting
this degradation.
How could it be otherwise.
when millions of able, in
fluential, and comfortably
living Americans. white and
Negro. stand by silently and
watch the killers of the
American dreams, the de-
stroyers of our potential
greatness, get on with their
tasks. which are harmful to
the Nation as the work Of
any foreign spy.
II. w. Roberts.
Petersburg, Virginia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12

Americans are told by the
United States ONCE of Edu-
cation that Soviet Russia is
outstripping this country in
every phase of scientific edu-
cation and has advanced in
other fields of education. And
waves of criticism from other
sources have hit the Eisen-
hover administration because
tl'e Sputnik and the Mutt
mix have been launched into
space before the United
States has put up an earth
satellite. At this juncture,
without seeking to minimize
the advances made in edu-
cation by the Russians, 1t
may be well to heed the sug-
gestion of Herbert Hoover,
former President and an en-
gineer of wide experience in
his own right. to take a
"bird's-eye view" Of the sit
uation rather than "a worms
eye view Discussing the
strength of America, Mr..
Hoover said: with some
training and understanding
Of science and technology, ]
have witnessed a vast growth
Of scientific discovery and it's
application to invention.
They have given us the high
est standard of living in the
world. We can well re-
spect tn e accomplishments
of Russian technicians. But
we need not forget that they
got the telegraph. the tele-
phone. the electric lamp, the
speaking sound track. the
radio broadcast tube, the air.
plane. the atom and the nu-
clear bombs from us. They
secured the guided missile
from the defeated Germans.
They got their method of
metal treatment and their
radar from us and the Brit
ish. They got their plastics,
their antibiotics. their anti
viruses. their pain killers
either from us or from the
Germans, the British and the
French"
Confident in United States
The point is made by the
report of the United States
Office of Education that the
Russian schools are turning
out more students with more
hours of study of the sciences
than are our schools. It re-
mains to be shown that these
students are more intelligent
or that they make greater
strides in the field of science
than will the American Scien-
fists. Also there seems tC
have arisen - from some
where-the view that Amer
lea is dragging it's feet in the
matter of scientific and tech
biological discovery. That
too. has still to be proved
And speaking further on the
subject of education, MI
Hoover commented: Within
my years"-they are now
more than 80-"I have seer
our institutions of higher
learning expand until today
they turn out more trained
men and women each year
than all the world combined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
Gentle Reminder

AS q kindness to the birds
when wintry weather pre-
vents their obtaining food for
survival, please remind your
legion of bird friend readers
that feeding stations must be
readied before the storms
set in. in order that birds may
know where to obtain a bite
for survival when bitter win
ter does arrive.
Only those who have found
frozen, starved birds can APP
preciate the importance OF
this assistance. Just the
knowledge that one has
helped more than repays the
efforts.
3irdlOveg,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12

live without a rocket-de-
signed automobile. if I can
have rocket protection; I'll
be delighted to relinquish
the housewives dream of a
push-button kitchen, If I
can be protected from push
button warfare.
Enraanla EinahHn nd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-12
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry priterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SdtiOn.
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Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

A reader can gel an answer o. mail
% any factual question By writine The
Se e6iR r., q s' nt %s.binSIoD Buggy
Please 'nelose ? cent for return
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Hail to the Chief

Female Firebrand.
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Know America Week

Petersburg, Virginia