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Joan E.-My husband and ]
are in our early 20s and have
been married only q few months,
We have one problem that both
ers me very much.
My father is very conservative
politically. My husband is very
radical. The first time they met
they got into q bitter argument
and my father told me that Tom
was Just no good. When he got
to know Tom better. he liked
him very much, but they always
steer clear Of political discus
sions. It happens that politics is
la consuming interest with both
Of them. however, and I always
feel we are on the edge Of q
volcano when anything verging
on the political comes up.
Tom says I should let him
and my father have 1t out once
and for ALL" but I'm afraid Of
creating bitterness between them.
Just the same. we are very un-
comfortable when We are with
my parents because the things
we really care about are censored
out Of our talk.
Tom E.-Joan's father Is a
good egg. but he Is Just about
the most stubborn. ill-informed
guy I've ever met. I would love
to make Just one small dent In
his opinions.
The trouble is that my father
lin-law has never had any real
opposition. His friends. Of course
all share his beliefs. His family
worships him. There are three
daughters. In addition to Joan
and they all think Daddy is the
greatest. They think exactly
what he tells them to think.
1t certainly bothers me when
Joan starts spouting her fathers
screwball politics. The cir
hasn't a thought in her head
that he hasn't put there. I've
been trying to re-educate her
but the farthest I can get is to
bring her to the point where she
says she doesn't know what she
thinks any more.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Joan seems to have married q
man fundamentally very much
like her father-but with oppos-
ling opinions. Tom appears to be
every bit as dogmatic as his
lfather-in-law.
If Tom is determined to make
q dent" on his stubborn. ILL
inform e d" father-in-law, hi
would do best to keep his mouth
shut. even II 1t means sitting 'or
the edge Of q volcano" This Il
better than plunging into the
volcano.
There can. however. be an en-.
tirely different approach to politi.
cal discussion. The objective car
be not to make a convert, OF
even a dent. but simply TO ali
problems and to deepen one'l
overall understanding Of events
by giving serious thought to thu
foundations Of the opposition
II Tom can change mis- objec-
tive, he probably can gain much
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Law IN THE NEWS
BY PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

Something destined to kick UP
Q considerable ruckus is q deci-
sion Just handed down by the
Supreme Court Of West Virginia
which permits the State to regu-
late the advertising Of under
takers.
Actually this takes in a lot
more territory than the imme-
diate somber world Of the NOR
ticians. II encompasses other
semiprofessions and could touch
virtually all business enterprise
which deals in advertising serv-
ices. 1888
The West Virginia court up-
held the action Of its State
Board Of Embalmers and Funeral
Directors in stipulating what
sort of advertising by under
takers Is ethical and what isn't.
Any ads stating the price Of
funerals. for example, are for
hidden. Is Is the distribution Of
free material or free services
designed TO bring in business.
Newspaper ads are limited in
size and display, and only spot
announcements are permissible
on radio or Tv.
Part Of Nationwide Trend
without doubt there Is O Ma
tionwide trend toward tighten
ing up advertising methods Of
undertakers. The trade itself Is
doing a great deal to weed out
certain practices which have
been criticized on grounds Of
being misleading or in poor
taste. But official regulation Of
the industry's advertising by
duly constituted State boards is
q relatively new development
and 1t is this sort Of action which
is being challenged as an Illegal
invasion Of private rights, or. as
the contesting undertakes In the
West Virginia case argued. "un-
reasonable, arbitrary and OPP
pressive."
It Is okay for the State TO reg
ulate false or misleading ads.
goes the argument, but not TO
decide what Is ethical or un-
ethical. Otherwise, where will II
end? Whose business and what
ads cannot be governed under
the ethical control" theory?
Opponents Of such regulation
point TO q new rule Of the State
board Of South Dakota which
goes further than West Vir-
ginia's. No South Dakota funeral
director can advertise 'in any
manner other than Q one-inch.
one-column professional card
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must tell you about the bad
things as well Is the good.
It was in early spring when
skies are sometimes the color Of
dirty slate and the wind whistles
cold ana true through dead trees
and live wires. Little ballet
dancers Of snow pirouetted on
the highway until cars smashed
through them and left them
broken and dying In the bitches.
The big red building was called
The Poorhouse by some. Laurel
Hill by others and all the faces
behind the big shining windows
were old and hurt.
I went there to see Grandma
Flynn. She wasn't my grandma,
but she had been good to me
when was young and now ] was
nearly broke and ! was going
to visit her and give her two
dollars folded small. It was q
mean thing. but my last book
had been miserable and nobody
wanted to buy 1t. So I walked
into the antiseptic Office and
asked for Grandma Flynn and
they said that II I would sit and
wait someone would bring her.
I sat. Others waited. Some
argued. I remember, as though
1t was last week. that Grandma
used to have Q house on South
street in Jersey City. She was old
and wrinkled then. with rimless
glasses that used to slide al the
way to the bottom Of her nose.
She wore long dresses and she
had big feet and she worked
around o big black coal stove in
the basement and she was al
ways baking a cake for Q little
church on Summit avenue.
Suffered Hard Life
She had blue eyes and laugh
ter IN them and two long white
whiskers on her chin. The laugh
ter and the charity were sur
prising because life had never
been any good to her. Her hus-
band had died when Grandma
was young and she thought that
no other man was good enough
to look ct twice 80 she rented
this old brick barn with a base
ment floor. Q parlor floor and a
top door and In 1t she stacked
roomers who stalled her for the
rent.
She raised Q handsome son
with coaj-washed hair and when
he got his flrst job he married a
girl hemet in q bar and. in q
few years. he died Of tuberculosis.
Grandma was left with q grand
son and she brought this one up
In the image Of his father. She
made beds and cleaned ashtrays
and cooked stews and soups for
buns and took the needy in and
set up cots in the drafty halls.
And. when ] was 16, I met her
and she used to sit and listen to
my dreams and marvel at what Q
great writer I would be some
day II only I would do as my
mother told me and 60 TO church
and never drink. I listened and
paid no attention. Her grandson
was working and he drank all
the time and he never gave her
anything, even at Christmas.
When she wasn't cooking. she
used to press his pants in the
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LAW IN THE NEWS
Curb on Mortuory Ads
Threatens Big Row

published In q regular profess
sional directory Of q newspaper
All other printed matter such as
calendars. circulars. periodicals.
novelties. road signs, window
displays. radio. television, let
tiers and any and all other media
Of advertising Is hereby prohib-
ited." Last month Florid q
adopted a similar rule, and half
a-dozen other States are think
ing about one.
High Court May Decide
Whether such restrictions, as
some believe, are an illegal de-
privation Of property, an i'm
pairment Of contract or an in
fringement Of free speech, may
have to be decided eventually by
the United States Supreme Court.
Those favoring tight restric-
lions on the advertising Of UNDER
takers imply that they are on a
par with doctors and lawyers who
nave traditionally been prohibited
from commercial advertising and
soliciting business. However,
there may be an important legal
difference In that doctors and
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-03

bosis in the veins; and often help
much in the treatment Of severe
pulmonary embolism.
But these drugs. like many
other good things in medicine.
also may be dangerous. They
may cause hemorrhages. It is
for this reason that while the
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almost daily estimations of his
prothrombin time thickness Of
his blood. Laboratory techni-
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the vein. examine 1t, and have
the report for the attending
physician within hours, so he
will know what dose Of the
blood thinner" to prescribe the
next day. If the blood gets dam
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drug for q few days.
In your husbands case, Mrs.
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a safe dose before he Is dis
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while he Is up and about-and
has returned to his usual duties
he will report to the doctors
office once every 5 or Z days for
|prothrombin determinations. In
this way. he will be receiving
harmless doses Of the drug.
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jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
The Hopeless Kind Of Hope

basement on an ironing board
that had brown holes in the
cloth.
She wanted him to look nice
Now 1t was many years later
and I sat and waited and they
brought her to- me and q lady
held her around the waist to
help her walk. We sat and she
squinted and she fought the
years and then she remembered
We talked about old times. and
she laughed in q dry way.
She was SO and she did not
want to appear hurt because she
had learned that. in the poor
house. people frown If you feel
sorry for yourself. So she tried
to appear cheerful and she asked
about my wife and my two little
girls and she said she always
knew I would be q famous writer
because ] did as my mother told
me.
Timidly, she asked about her
grandson and I didn't know
what to say except that he was
sick. II don't want to complain,
she said, but don't want to
die In this place. And I figured
that. II you could md him. he'd
take care Of me-"
I said sure. ! knew what she
meant. But I couldn't tell hei
that the police had found him
unconscious In q 35-cent fiop.
house on the Bowery. They ha6
taken him to Sea View Hospi.
tai In Staten Island. He wal
tubercular and an alcoholic.
So I said that he was sick
and that he wanted to get ir
touch with her. And now she
smiled for real. and said she
knew that her little man woulc
not forget her and how soor
would he be well. I said real
soon. "He won't let me die here
she said.
Completely Forgotten
I asked II the little church on
Summit avenue had done some
thing for her and she said no
they couldn't. you see, because
they had q new young minister
and he didn't even know her
and all the people who remem-
bered the hundreds Of cakes she
had baked were all gone. So
pressed the folded UP two dollars
into her old hand and she pulled
1t away and said no. you mustn't
you have children to take care
of and I said 1t isn't much,
Grandma.
She took it and she stood and
put her bony arms around me
and kissed me on the cheek. and
said / was always such q good
boy. She said that she would
wait now until her grandson 60,
all better and then he would
come TO see her and everything
would be al right. I said sure,
Grandma. Sure.
! never saw Grandma Flynn
again. Neither did her grandson
She died waiting.
COPYRIGHT. 1857
king Features syndicate. Inc.
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lawyers are governed mainly by
rules Of their own professional
societies. not by legislation and
administrative fiat. The latter
method Of controlling business
practices is more apt to be vul-
nerable to judicial veto.
Sunday: How o 81 million eonirsei
con be held iIIesol.
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The FemiIy Council consists Of Q judge.
Q psychiotsist. three elersymsn. q
newspaper editor, q womsn's editeI
and two writer's. Eoeh article Is q
summary Of on oetuol eoss history
The council reports on problems thai
hove been deolt with BY responsible
agencies.
from discussion with his father
1t would be better
than bottling up the things they
really want to talk about. II
would help If his father-in-law
could agree to the same approach
but. as the younger man. Tom
should take the first step toward
reasonable and respectful discus
sion. Despite considerable evil
dence to the contrary, It is pos
sible to have strong, yet friendly
disagreements about politics.
Joan is in q tough position,
but she could become the saving
factor in the situation. She
should try to learn more on her
own so that she does not have
to spout either her fathers OF
husbands opinions. She may be
able to help both Of them toward
less dogmatism-even If neither
modifles his views.
tcopyrisht 1857 General Features corp.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-03

To-day is the birthday Of the
Oldest child Of the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Whose
birthday?
2-Who was our first Secretary
Of the Navy? He was appointed
by the President 159 years ago
today?
3-The lrst airplane to make
a nonstop flight across the
United States landed at San
Diego. Calf. "a years ago today.
Who was President ct that time?
ANSWERS ON Page A-38)
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2607 Connecticut avenue NV.
and the architects, Justement
Elan and Darby Of 2011 K
street NV.
To Raze Hotel
Preparation Of the site. which
was purchased for more than
100000 last October, will en-
tail relocation Of an alley now
bisecting the tract; razing the
five-story Harris Hotel and un-
der-pinning the foundations Of
a small building abutting the
northern side of the plot.
Executive and secretarial Of
fees will occupy the third story
Of the central building: edi-
torial Offices and library for the
associations magazine, The
National Guardsman, the Sec
ond, while the first floor will
house the magazines advertis-
ing. circulation, membership
and accounting departments, in
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z Enter Senate Race
For Harrison Scot

RICHMOND, Nov. 81 R.-
Two candidates have filed for
the special December II cleo
ton to fill the 7th Senatorial
District seat vacated by At
torney General-elect Albertis
s. Harrison, jr.
They are Delegate c. w,
Cleaton of South Hill and j,
c. Hutchinson Of Lawrenceville,
Brunswick County Common
wealth's attorney.
The filing deadline passed at
midnight Tuesday.
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were not disclosed. but an In
formed source said it concerned
10 highly important political
subject"
The source added that Mr..
Rifai also might discuss. the
Syrian-Egyptian propaganda
C ampaign against King
Hussein. The attacks have
slackened recently, repeatedly
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addition to a large lobby and
reception room.
BY Spring Of 1859
A second element of the
structure, extending to the
west, will contain a 408-seat
auditorium with stage. screen
and projection booth. A third
portion. to the. south Of the
main building, will contain a
Hall of States Housing the
flags Of 48 States, Alaska,
Hawaii. Puerto Rico and the
District. the Hall of States will
serve as main entrance for the
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Association of Police Chiefs and
now a police administration
consultant, submitted the re-
port to the Interior Department.
Interior retained his services
last January after clear signs
Of disgruntlement over the Park
Police system among members
Of the force.
On releasing the report,
Secretary of Interior Seaton
announced Conrad L. Wirth,
director Of the National Park
Service-of which the Park
Police is an adjunct supervised
by NCP-has been instructed
to study the Leonard proposals
and to make recommendations
for carrying them out.
Chief Impressed
Park Police Chief Harold F.
Stewart, meanwhile, voiced an
Immediately favorable reaction
to the report. The study find
ings come at a time when the
complaint of a Park Police SER
geant, miffed over being by
passed for promotion. lis being
considered by a Federal court
Judge here's
An unsatisfactory promo
tional system" and limited
promotional opportunities" were
listed by Mr.. Leonard as among
the most glaring weaknesses"
he found on the force.
Among other defects. and
their remedies. the consultant
listed:
/. Poor disciplinary proceed
ure and failure to maintain
proper disciplinary standards.
Subordinates going over the
heads of immediate supervisors
is rather widespread" This is
extremely poor organizational
and administrative practice and
should not be tolerated" Su-
perior officers, as well as off,
Gals in the park service, should
not condone such irregularities.
Moreover, a police trial board,
similar to that of the Metropol-
itan Police Department, should
be established to act on the
more aggravated offenses of
members of the force.
Would Lower Age
Q. Low recruitment stand
ards. The maximum age of
recruits should be lowered from
IS years to 81 years. The edu-
cation requirement should be
ut least high school diploma
or its equivalent, and the ex-
listing system changed so that
no park policeman begins active
duty without first passing police
training requirements. Use of
the Metropolitan Police
Academy for basic training
was given as a possibility.
insufficient Manpower
8. Immediate steps should be
taken to raise the numerical
strength by So, to a new total
of 256 officers and civilians. In
10 years time, the total force
should total 435.
4. Inadequate delegation of
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Hussein Sends
Letter to Suud

AMMAN. Jordan. Nov. 81
R.-Jordan's Deputy Premier
and Foreign Minister. Samir FL
Rifai. new to Saudi Arabia
today with a special message
from King Hussein to King
Saud.
Contents Of the message