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War of the Windows

Not much can be said for January.
Drab days, postholiday letdown, Christ
mas bills, these are its chief features. It
is the month when most people would
rather be elsewhere-some in Canada,
cheerfully Drawing fracture and frostbite
on ski-slopes; some in Florida, paying
500 day to live in coat closets and be
baked on the sands. And then there are
those who try to approximate the weather
OF their dreams in the same office.
Practically the only thing that en-
hvens the routine Of gray January ex-
istence for the stay -at-homes is the sound
of windows being flung open and windows
being slammed shut.
In some Offices window wars lead
to GOODNESS, open breaks, petitions, scenes,
transfers, resignations-nev resigna-
ton, though-between window openers
and window shutters. In most offices, It
kind of cold war, with relentless
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trail Europe. If the police of
that country had not been so
intent upon such minor mis-
demeanors, the very country
itself might not have become
the vassal it is today. America
has grown great because Of its
people, a hardy lot Of indie
pendent souls who do not like
too much boSsing.
There simply aren't enough
policemen to have one sta
toned in every block, and it
would be cheaper to hire a
crew of scavengers to remove
the offending articles. An
ample supply of trash recep-
tacles and an increased force
of street cleaners will accom-
plish more in keeping the
streets tidy in this hemisphere
than a battalion of lynx-eyed
men in uniform.
Roy L. Barrows.
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Federal Pay Reform

Civil Service Commission Chairman
Young has given proper emphasis to the
need Tor long-range overhaul of the
Feoeral classified pay system, rather than
Wecemeal readjuStment in response to
recurrent presSureS. Political expediency
at times in the past has led Congress
to grant patchwork salary relief of a
sort that fails to correct basic inequitieS
in the unbalanced pay structure. Mr..
Y!oungs proposal for study and recon-
mendationS by presidential commission
would pave the way for a comprehen-
sive and fair readjustment of the whole
structure.
Since such study would mean some
delay in pay-raise legislation, employee
groups probably would prefer immediate
raises, spelled out by committees of Con-
greSs at this session. But, as the Civil
Service chief has pointed out to the
American Federation of Government EN-
ployeS, any continuation of the practice
OF raising pay on an across-the- board
plan would only perpetuate and aggra-
vate existing inequalities. This, in turn,
would make more difficult the eventual
task OF reconstructing the pay system on
balanced foundation.
In fact, Congress ought to give seri-
Gus consideration to Mr.. Youngs sugges-
ton that the Civil Service Commission
be given more authority to readjust Fed
eral pay-within minimum and maximum
limits prescribed by Congress. A more
flexible system would permit raises when
conditions warrant, without the necessity
of obtaining specific legislation. Both
the employees and the Government would
benefit from such a reform.
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Physical Education

We see where the Mont
gomery County Board Of Ed
ucation voted to give Mont
gomery Junior College $780,
900 of the $4,000 they re-
quested for a new library.
We have only the highest
respect for Libraries, and do
not for q moment begrudge
Montgomery County young
sters any advantage our taxes
can afford.
But we do wish Montgomery
Junior College had also asked
for a gym. Perhaps then. the
not-so-lucky group Of teen
age youngsters who for vari-
GUS reasons must attend "spe-
cial" education classes at q
neighboring school, which has
its own gym, could get to use
1t for at least an hour or so
a day. Not, as at present, have
it reserved exclusively for stu
dents from Montgomery Junior
College.
Surely this group Of Sec
ondary school youngsters de-
serve and could benefit from
physical education as much as
youngsters in regular classes.
Don't psychologists tell us
that happy physical activity is
a wonderful and healthful out
let from frustration2
And what Is more frustrat-
ing than not being able to
master that mysterious book
learning? Especially, when you
are trying your darndest To
do II?
HararaAl
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Stalks Tax Assessor

The tax assessor for Mont
gomery County is pushing q
publicity campaign to remodel
the tax laws more to his lik-
ing. He is especially attack
ing the new State law which
prohibits him from taxing
fields of corn as If they con-
tanned closely-spaced, high
priced homes. The law was
passed by the Legislature, for
the people. But the Governor
appointed the tax assessor,
and he came here for the pur-
pose Of boosting Montgomery
taxes above those Of other
counties. He has done that
with a vengeance.
His purpose in taxing farm
ers out of the county is to
compel them to sell their land
to builders. who will fill the
fields with homes, and enable
him to collect huge sums for
the State. But the county will
lose on such an arrangement,
because the county pays school
costs, and the county loses
money on each home. The
average home pays $240 taxes;
but requires over $500 in school
services. The average farm
pays $1.400 taxes, and still re-
quires about $500 in school
services. So the county loses
$3.50 a year on each home;
makes 5000 a year on each
farm. The taxpayers must
make UP the county's losses.
The whole thing is this simple:
Tax the farmers out of the
county, and our taxes will
triple!
The schools are taking over
rs per cent of the tax money.
We have a school superintend-
ent who is a big spender. He has
filled our schools with "extras"
such as student bands. They
practice in rooms next to
classrooms, with the result
that our kids can't learn and
certain colleges accept them
only on a probationary basis.
Until cornstalks start going
to school. they are a pretty
profitable thing for this county.
Instead of removing them, let's
put the county on a respect
able fiscal basis.
Allen Sutton.
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WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Sea Organisms Dog Tropical Ships
BY THOMAS r. HENRI

Ships in tropical waters
sometimes sail in moving is
lands of light.
The islands of luminescence
may be green, blue, yellow,
even red. They make con-
cealment of surface naval craft
virtually impossible. They
even build up around the
periscope of a submarine
barely projecting above water.
The light is due to countless
millions of mostly minute sea
organisms which cannot re-
sist congregating around any
moving object. Some emit
light like flreflies, some by
completely unknown mocha
nisms.
The light islands are now
Of outstanding interest to
Navy biologists. according to
a comprehensive exhibit by
the Office of Naval Research
before the convention of the
American Association for Ad-
vancement of Science. Ulti-
mate object of these studies
is to devise some means of
repelling. rather than attract
ing, these organisms.
Man Not So Smart
Mans most marvellous cleo
tronic brains fall far short of
come Of the super-marvelous
performances of birds and
fishes. Various species Of
these animals find their way,
apparently without any guild
ance. over thousands of miles
to precise spots on the earth's
surface. Apparently they
never go astray.
Is there some yet completely
unknown brain mechanism
which makes this possible and
which, if known, might be
electronically duplicated for
intercontinental projectiles?
Such may be one of the
still remote possibilities seen
from researches of the Navy
biologists. according to the
exhibit.
The aim of guided missiles
has improved enormously since
they first were introduced by
Germans late in the war. For
the earliest. fired across the
English Channel from sites in
Holland, it was said that it re-
quired extraordinarily fine
craftsmanship to hit the Brit
ish Isles. With later ones ex-
pert marksmen hit somewhere
around London.
But fishes like salmon and
birds like the Arctic plover
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About the Weather

I was very skeptical when my
10-year-old daughter told me
about her girl friend calling
on the phone to tell her there
would be no school January IA.
Upon calling a member Of a
private school which our boy
attends, we were informed that
it was true there would be no
school in the whole county.
Naturally we wondered why.
We were two very surprised
parents when we learned that
a mere inch of snow would be
considered such a catastrophe.
Since the public roads were
not dangerous or impossible,
is it in the public interest to
close down all schools and stop
the education of our children
due to a heavy frost?
Concerned Parent.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

we might get by withou. being
barked at. but this was not
the case.
Just before you came to
the Zoo, there was a small
house. and it was the master
of this house who owned the
big mean dog.
THE dog came roaring out
as usual.
Who's afraid of him?' said
Temp, in answer to the usual
challenge.
"I'll bet you will run said
one.
Watch me- said Jones.
walking carefully in the center
Of the band.
"He held out his hand to
the big dog.
"The dog let out a ferocious
bark, enough to scare anyone,
showing its teeth as it came
nearer.
Temp Jones always prided
himself on the hundred-yard
dash. This time he was the
first to run. and the last to
get to the gate.
las we got there, I looked
around. and the big dog was
nowhere to be seer, but
Templeton Jones was still run
ming, and he didn't stop till
he got to the lion house.
Sincerely, j. K. R."
\ y
Discretion is Away the
better part Of valor. when it
comes to a dog.
A dog is keyed to mysterious
things.
A mere mortal, whether man
or boy, cannot tell exactly
what a dog makes out of a
passerby.
We are sure that often a
dog goes back a million years,
at least, when he sees a post
man. for instance.
He doesn't see a mailman at
all, but a foraging creature
out of the dim past, with a
pack on his back and a round
about way of walking.
The good man who delivers
the mail is not good to the
dog. He is a trespasser to
dog.
The best way, as every mail
man knows. is to walk straight
ahead. minding ones own
business.
He can scarcely emulate our
friend. Templeton Jones. as a
boy. and make a direct run
for it.
He must attend to duty, and
deliver the mail.
Neither rain or snow, or
gloom Of night, stays these
swift couriers in their APP
pointed rounds" says the of
fetal motto of the Post Office
Department.
1t didn't say anything about
a dog. but he is right in there
barking still.
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At End of Day

The hill that I haze come to
climb
Leans sleeping on the edge of
time.
The vieio from each direction
takes
The shape OF heaven until it
breaks
And runs in its oUn ,DilltuI pdy
Through udlleys at the close OF
day.
From here ! match the sun 90
dotDn
And scamper thoughtleSSlv
through toWn.
Each bird I hear I knoD BY
name.
Each does not knop It's tune
ful fame,
But NTH the rest a uiOil keep
Where earth, and sky, and
vdlley sleep.
Potrieio Robinson King
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apparently could hit a precise
block in London, although
they never had been there be-
fore.
Rubber can be made out Of
mushrooms.
This is of little concern to
rubber manufacturers but may
be of great significance to
organic chemists trying to
synthesize those complex
higher alcohols. the steroids,
Of which some of the most
important hormones, like cor
tisone, are built.
This was reported to the
American Association for Ad-
vancement of Science here by
w. D. and Mildred r. Stewart
and Cedric Bielawski of the
Atlantic Research Corporation
Of Alexandria, Va. The work
is sponsored by the Office of
Naval Research. The rubber
molecule is a good deal like
the steroid molecule. The
latter may quite possibly be
made of the same chemical
building blocks. Study of how
the blocks are formed, the
chemists reported, is a lot
simpler in the primitive fungus
organization of the mushroom
than in higher plants.
Many Rubber Species
They have found more than
20 rubber-producing species.
Hereditary variations have
been produced by lombard
ment with electrons. These
have been grown in laboratory
cultures. Five, they reported,
yielded compounds ranging
from sticky liquids to elastic,
rubbery solids. Chemical
treatment of one of them
yielded a substance which gave
reactions typical of steroids
while its spectrum was that
OF a precursor of rubber.
X X
Approximately so million
acres is going to waste in this
country.
Much of this is along the
rights of way of electric power
lines and oil pipe lines. Much
is along railroad tracks.
Trees must be cut down. In
addition vegetation is killed
unfortunately with chemical
weed killers. Much of this
land could be made useful as
shelter for small game or even
for agriculture, DR.. William
A. Niering of Connecticut
College told the association.
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ment: How often does a really
good automobile driver use his
norma. H.
A. One Of Americas best
known drivers makes this
comment: mo good driver I've
ever known depended on a
horn to keep him out of trou-
ble-and one rarely gets him
self into a position where q
horn blast is needed. From
coast to coast I doubt If a good
driver would average more
than three horn blasts for the
entire route"
@. What was the name of
the man who assassinated the
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Of Austria Hungary in 1914?
H. F.
A. Gavrilo Princip, q fanati-
cal Serbian nationalist.
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Discords Trash Plan

The lady who writes under
the heading Cleanup Cam
paigner" is no DOUBT very
sincere in her efforts to assist
Washington in keeping its
streets spic and span at all
times. AS a former citizen of
Czechoslovakia she cites an in
cident in her native Prague
where a policeman popped up
from nowhere and ordered her
husband to pick up an empty
cigarette pack which he had
thrown away.
To a native American this
smacks over-much of the
police state. a form of govern
ment long entrenched in CEN
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Same Old System

AS an outgrowth of the 1854 shooting
foray in the House of Representatives,
Congress decided to reorganize and
strengthen the Capitol Police force. A
bill to rid the force of political patronage
and put 1t on permanent merit system
basis passed the House, but foundered in
the Senate. AS compromise, Inspector
Robert Pearce of the Metropolitan Police
Department was drafted as chief of a
new force. He was directed to make the
Capitol force over into an efficient organ
ization, with a promise of wholehearted
support from Congress. Nearly two years
of earnest effort to build such force,
however, have brought nothing but
disappointment.
For, as Chief Pearce recently told
a Board of Trade luncheon group, the
same old patronage system is operating
at the Capitol to block his plans for re-
constructing the force along career lines.
Members of the force are picked not by
the police chief but by House patronage
committee and by the Senate sergeant
at arms. Too many of these appointees
are interested only in getting part-time
job while they pursue studies or look for
better employment. AS a result, there
has been turnover of 300 men in the
past two years-in force of only 1875
policemen.
1t is manifestly impossible for any
police chief to fashion an efficient and
effective security force at the Capitol
under such conditions. II Congress
really wants to have its buildings guarded
by reasonably reliable police organiza-
ton Of its own, 1t will have to abandon
patronage as a source Of appointments.
Politics and police efficiency simply do
not mix t.
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H STREET.
II
Dear Sir:

H STREET.
Dear Sir:
II like to think back over
old times. and remember when
was 10 years old and walked
down a curving road to the
National Geological Park.
Young Temp Jones, about
my age. was a member of the
band.
He was interested in ami
mails. even then, and always
Joined the Saturday morning
pilgrimage to the Zoo to look
over the Gagged creatures.
Il remember that the great
cats. particularly the lions and
tigers, were his favorites.
He also liked the dogs, and
swore there was no dog in the
world he would run from. He
might, he admitted, stand still.
He said it never paid to run
from a dog. it might run after
you. which was pretty sensible
for a kid. I think at this late
date.
Il remember that Saturday
morning, because it was one Of
the brightest days ever seen.
only recently we had a
similar day. The sun seemed
to strike squarely into ones
eyes. no matter how he held
his head.
THAT Saturday so long ago,
we boys met at Walters house.
He lived close to Sixteenth
and U streets. on T street, as
I recall.
There were six of us, and
we were on on our favorite
sport. trekking to the Zoo.
I'm those days. boys really
knew their Zoo and its ami
mails.
They liked to go down by
Calvert Street Bridge and walk
across the big stones in the
creek, at that time not too
hazardous an undertaking.
This Saturday morning We
did not go that way.
I'VE decided to go by the
way Of Sixteenth street.
branching of at what we called
Snake road.
IT have wondered since Just
what Snake road really was
called.
I'VE went up Sixteenth
street. past Henderson's Cas-
tie. by the red clay bluffs
where Mcmillan Park now
stands.
Temp Jones suddenly men,
toned the big mean dog that
lived down Snake road.
HE said he wasn't a bit
afraid of him, but it was
noticeable when we began to
go down the winding, narrow
street. that young Jones kept
to the center Of the group.
This morning we thought
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@. What Is the Lumiere
process of color photography?
%. P.
A. In 1904 Louis Lumiere.
French chemist and indus
trialist, made the first success
full color screen for the unit
process Of color photography.
He mixed dyed starch grains
in the ratio Of four green.
three red and one blue. He
then busted the dyed grains
on a glass plate. about $4,000
TO the square inch. and filled
the spaces between the grains
with q fine powder, such as
carbon black. Over all. he
spread a thin layer Of photo
graphic emulsion, thus pro-
ducing q color sensitive photo
graphic plate.
- n1AnaA aakA1A - aSnsa
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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-
Sdtion.
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unique international event and
an encouraging one. He is one
of the few foreign statesmen
who comes with his hand out
only for friendship.
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Ell Abed BOuhafa.

Representative in the United
States for the Committee fol
Freedom Of North Africa.
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headaches and the children develop
a real sense Of importance through
a helping out" attitude.
The former Bobbie CARRIER came
to the big city" from her farm
home, near Waynesboro, Va, at 10.
She supplemented her high school
education by attending q business
college to become proficient in short
hand and tipping. She was secre-
tary for an insurance firm when, In
1871, she married Walter Woodside,
who went on to serve as lieutenant
commander and a naval aviator in
World War II.
"A year after our marriage, Sud
was born" she recalls. TWO years
after that came Donna Ray. Before
realized it, six years had elapsed
since I'd had q job. One day looked
In the mirror. felt had changed
for the worse. I'd lost weight
since quit work. / seemed to with
draw into a shell. created by looking
at four walls. I had lost confidence
and zest for things. Though I liked
housekeeping, I felt tired and
irritable much Of the time-boredom
guess, from washing the same
dishes, day In, day out, and scrub
bling the same floors.
"One night, Woodie, then with the
Internal Revenue Bureaus Tax Re-
view Section, said. Honey, I'd like to
leave work long enough to get my
law degree said quickly, I'll get
a Job to help support the family.
1T was like q tonic to me to return
to work. I did so well with a COS
metic company that was appointed
district manager. in charge Of teach
ing women how to sell the product.
This was in .947, and Suzi was In
school, but Donna Ray. only 2. was
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home. held instruction classes at
home during the day when Woodie
was in law school. When had to
work at night, he was home, study
ing, and could look after the kids"
Mrs. Woodie had to quit work after
her sons birth In 1919. Yet her job
experience proved invaluable. FOR
instance" she says, I'VE wanted wall
to-wall carpeting that cost $3.50. l
took a part-time clerk-typist job
when Walter, jr, was Of nursery
school age, to make the money to
buy it."
Mrs. Woodside explains that
working mother must have two big
points In her favor-a husband who
doesn't insist that q woman's place
Is In the home and well-adjusted
children. And, she adds, for both
parents to work successfully, It Is
matter Of family teamwork.
Take what happened In April. 1855.
At the time, Mr. Woodside was an
attorney for an accounting firm.
One night the parents called a
family meeting.
Kids" their mother said, we're
all going to have to tighten our
belts a little. Your father plans to
set up his own law business. TIN be
q struggle for q while. We all will
have household duties. Suzi, after
school, you'll wash the breakfast
dishes. Donna Ray. you'll dust and
vacuum. And Walter (then 50,
please make your bed. I'll take over
all these chores on week ends. (She
then held her present job, as secre-
tary to Jack Culbreath, assistant
chief of Fish and Wildlife Informa-
ton Division).
walter wrinkled his nose and
piped, .Aw, gee, nom, I can't see
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doing that-that's women's work.
But patience and persistence has
paid Of and, today. Walter Is
champion bedmaker Also. Donna
Ray now makes and packs five
lunches before going to school; Wal
tiers, both senior and junior, 60 to
the grocery, and when there's baking
to be done, we nominate Suzi. the
expert cakemaker.
Believe 1t or not, my working has
helped the kids in school. Their
teachers have praised them for their
independence and ability to make
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quick decisions"
Mrs. Woodside Is looking forward
soon to devoting her entire $S,0O5
annual salary to extras" such as
buying party dresses for her matur-
ing daughters and building up
college funds.
But important to herself Is that
buoyant feeling Of being In touch
with the outside world, through her
work. As she sums 1t up, slnilingly:
II wouldn't give up my job If my
husband landed hundred thousand
dollar case tomorrow"
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M. SUNDAY s,Aa MAGAZINE. WASHINGTON. o. c. NAY Va vz
, 1957-07-02
NOTICE OF SALE
VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION

Offers for sale, AS IS, WHERE IS, FORD PICKUP
TRUCK, Half Ton, Six Cylinder, Engine No. I'D 10
E 12247. Located at Bethlehem Garage. Sale closes
400 p. m. July s., 1857. Offers should be sent to Man
ager, Sugar Department.