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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
Right in 1855

AleXandria's State Senator Armi-
stead L. Boothe thinks that Virginias
package Of anti-integration laws is un-
constitutional He also believes that APP
plication Of such key provisions as the
school closing and fund cutoff sections
can be prevented by an appeal TO the
courts pending decision on the consti-
tutional issues
This, OF course, is Just one mans
opinion. The last word will come from
the courts. But Senator Boothe has, or
had, plenty of support in another opin-
ion which he NexpresSed-that legisla-
ton should be adopted which would
provide for local option on the school in
tegration question. The following three
paragraphs, which we quote, bear on
the point:
The racial problem in Virginia varies
radically in different localities in 81
counties in the north, west and south
west the Negro school population is less
than 10 per cent Of the whole; in "a Of
the southeastern, Piedmont and Tide
water counties II exceeds so per cent,
and in one it is nearly 80 per cent
In some localities where there are few
Negroes the problem Of adjustment is not
so serious as 1t is In localities with large
Negro populations. In the latter, it is
believed that the people will abandon
public schools rather than accept any
indignation. Obviously, the schools
cannot continue without the support of
the people, and we must leave a large
measure of autonomy to the localities
s.ct. laok L. Il
ing Of public schools
Thus the local school boards must be
given wide discretion to meet their pc
culiar local problems The employment
Of teachers; the assignment of pupils;
the regulation or abandonment of trans
portation the operation or abandonment
Of cafeterias; the continuation or ADAM
donment Of athletics, societies of various
kinds, and other extracurricular activ-
tiles; the maintenance of existing social
practices or the entire elimination from
the schools Of every activity but bare
instruction; the maintenance of coeduca-
ton or separation by sex-al of these
must Italics oursl be in the hands of
local people who know their own COM
munities and whose children will profit
or suffer by their decision.
The above is taken from the report
of the Gray Commission, submitted to
Governor Thomas Stanley. on Novem-
Der IL, 1855, and signed by 80 promi-
nent Virginians. Now different tune
is being sung. Many of the 80 signers
are saying that there must be no in
tegration anywhere. And in what will
prove to be a futile attempt to enforce
this they are trying to deprive the local
communities Of any voice in solving
their own peculiar local problems.
This, we think, is deplorable mis-
take and great pity. 1t is going to
cause a vast amount of trouble and &C
complish nothing. The signers of the
Gray Commissions report we're right in
1855. 1t is too bad that they are not
joining forces, in 1858, with men like
Senator Boothe.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Keep Eyes on New York Race

One Of the three big
political prizes Of 1873 at
stake In the November cleo
tons Is the governorslip OF
New York. The other two are
the control OF Congress and
the 'governorship OF Cali
fornia. which Is pressing New
York hard for the title OF
Empire State" These two
contests for Oovemor-one
on the Atlantic and the other
on the Pacific coast-have
strong bearing on the presi-
dental race In 1850.
AS Of today, II appears that
Democratic Gov Averell
Hartman will have as his
opponent former Republican
National Chairman Leonard
Wood Hall. Mr.. Halls name
was tossed in the ring for
mally Monday night by the
Nassau County Republican
Committee. When j. Russell
Sprague. long . power in the
Republican Party Of New
York, announced the COM
mittee's choice for the guber-
Material nomination was Mr..
Hall, a native Of the county.
there was an enthusiastic
demonstration. The support
Of Mr.. Sprague has greatly
strengthened the position Of
Mr.. Hall. Populous Nassau
County will have 80 votes in
the State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
gubernatoTial nominations
are made. Suffolk County's
Republican Committee. too,
has pledged its 80 convention
votes to Mr.. Hall. The dele
gates to the Republican and
Democratic State Conven-
tons will be elected at a
primary on August IL. There
has been strong backing for
Nelson A. Rockefeller. former
aid to President Eisenhower,
and the race for the Re-
publican nomination for
Governor is not yet over. but
the evidences Of gathering
support for Mr.. Hall have
been on the increase in the
last few weeks.
Announcement Awaited
Mr.. Hall, who resigned as
Republican National Chair
man in order to go back to
his law practice early in 1857
after the inauguration OF
President Eisenhower for his
second term-has played a
waiting game, although
friends understood that when
the time came he would make
a bid for the gubernatorial
nomination. An announce
ment that he will be glad to
run If the State convention
picks him is expected at any
time now.
The Nassau County Repub.
licans, at the same time they
Endorsed him for Governor
Endorsed Mr.. Rockefeller fol
United States Senator Sen
ator Ives having said he viii
not seek reelection. And thii
is the ticket the Republican,
may present when all the dust
of conflict dies down-pro-
vided Mr.. Rockefeller is will
ing to run for the Senate
His real objective, like Mr.
Halls, has been the nomina-
ton for Governor. And like
Mr.. Hall, he has indicated hi
was not interested'in running
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
The UncivH War

The articles from James
Whyte's fascinating book
1.-THE Uncivil War" are
worthy of much praise. And,
we, as a family. most heart
lily thank you for the enjoy
ment that we have derived
from reading them in your
always commendable WASH
ington Star.
Janice ROebling NARROW.
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for the Senate. one Of New
York's most influential Re-
publican leaders Is reported
TO have said that II Mr..
Rockefeller Is 10 be on the
ticket, ID will be with the
Senate nomination. Some OF
the upstate party leaders are
taking the position that Mr..
Hall viii make a stronger
candidate for Governor than
would Mr.. Rockefeller - in
deed. they go so far as 10 say
that Mr.. Hall can beat Gov.
Hartman in November
and that II Is very doubtful
that Mr.. Rockefeller would
be successful.
Hall 10 Outline Issues
So, IL looks as though Gov.
Hartman will have TO make
up his mind that Len
Hall viii be his opponent
and that he must expect a
real hammer-and-tong cam
paign-the kind OF cam
paign Mr.. Hall has shown
his ability TO wage. Indeed,
Mr.. Hall, in a speech he de-
livered TO the New York State
Young Republican Clubs last
Saturday, outlined some Of
the issues the q. o. P. is PLAN
ming 10 make. He attacked
Gov. Hartman for extend-
ing the influence Of Tam
many Hall beyond the con-
fines of New York City;
for seeking the governorship
merely as a springboard for
a presidential nomination in
1860; for wasteful spending
and huge State budgets, hard
on the taxpayers; for being
a do-nothing Governor and
blocking legislation passed by
the Republican Legislature
for increased unemployment
insurance and workmen's
compensation, and for not
attacking promptly "the in
visible government Of organ
lied crime in New York
State"
Gov. Hartman has not
yet, openly at least, picked
candidates for the other i'm
portant places on the Demo-
cratic State ticket-including
a nominee for Senator. He
has in recent weeks spoken
favorably of Thomas K. Fin
letter. who has been prom
inently mentioned for the
Senate nomination. Mr.. Fin
letter, a former Secretary of
the Air Force, led the Steven
son-for-President forces in
New York in 1856, when Gov.
Hartman, himself. was a
candidate for the presiden-
tial nomination. His present
friendlipess for Mr.. Finletter
implies a desire to CONSOLE
date Democratic ranks in the
State to back his bid for a
second term as Governor. Mr..
Finletter had with him in the
fight for Mr.. Stevenson, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, widow
of the late President, and
other New Deal Democrats,
who felt bitterly toward the
Governor for the rn-around
he and Carmine DeSapio,
Tammany leader, gave Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, jr., in the
elections Of 1854.
The campaign in New York,
like that in California, will
be decidedly worth watching.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

could not get the tail down.
The appendage hung out OF
the birds mouth for half an
hour.
Within three hours, this
young owl was ready for a
second meal, but could get no
more than four down, this
time.
Experts tell us that owls
put their feet on the game,
and tear it to pieces with
hooked bill, swallowing meat,
bones, feather or fur.
The nutritious portions are
absorbed in the stomach, and
the indigestible parts formed
into pellets and disgorged.
The scientist can tell by
examining these balls Just
what the owl has eaten.
DR.. Fisher examined the
pellets left by two owls living
in one of the towers of the
old Smithsonian Building.
Two hundred pellets were
examined from a pair of
barn owls.
There we're asa skulls. from
225 meadow mice, 2 pine
mice, 179 house mice, 20 rats,
6 jumping mice, 20 shrews.
/ star-nosed mole, and one
vesper sparrow.
1t will be realized that
these particular owls took
few birds, so perhaps one
ought not worry about them
on this score too much.
AS one expert has put it:
owls are always hungry.
They will eat their own
weight in food every night,
if they can get it.
ITO supply such ravenous
children, the parents ram
sack gardens, fields and or
chards every night and catch
as many mice, gophers and
other ground creatures as a
dozen cats,
"For this reason. it would
be difficult TO find birds more
useful about any farming
community. Yet many times
people kill owls through
ignorance"
Jays and other birds do
not like owls, and often gang
up on them in daytime,
sometimes driving them out
Of their roosts. 1t is then
easy to see that an owl.
though he prefers to fly at
night. can do 1t easily enough
in daylight if he has TO.
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Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What are the chances
of holding the perfect hand,
20, in a game Of cribbage?--
T. A.
A. The Association Of
American Playing Card
Manufacturers says the odds
are 812,175 to /.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrttery correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to coHden-
sdtion.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-22

And the ear studies yield ON
nous signs that whales are getting
scarcer.
Whales being caught nowadays
are a bit younger in average age
than they used to be. Years ago,
quite a few whales were 80 or old
er when caught. Now the catch
contains very few approaching this
whale middle-age, report DR.. Rich
ard Laws and Sidney Brown of the
National Oceanographic Institute
here
Their work is part of a study of
whales, their life span, their food,
and habits, all begun by sea-going
British scientists more than 30
years ago. Known as the Discovery
Reports after the ship Discovery
which sailed Antarctic waters on
many stormy voyages-this work
now centers on the oceanographic
institute.
Ear plugs found in the mid-ear of
baleen or whalebone whales are
one means of determining whales
age. The ear plug, made of a horny
material, helps conduct sound. In
female whales, the plug develops
laminations like tree rings.
The markings apparently are tied
in with changes in the female
whales hormone cycle with each
breeding season, Dr. Laws explains.
Ages can also be judged by scars
produced when an ovum or egg
is released from the whales ovary.
Some whales can be dated by ridges
from a bone from the upper jaw.
Whaling ships, and also scientists
who go with factory ships collect
this kind of evidence and ship it
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-22
I'm THE AIR FORCE
BY EIaIns townsend DIcksrson

It's just a pleasure to visit her in
her home. She is an ideal hostess
with special knack for arranging
her lovely pieces of china, marble,
crystal, and furniture that she has
gathered in her two p Z. S. fper-
manent change of station) assign
ments overseas.
Retha was full of news about the
condiment her two sons had left
for her to find in her ice cube
tray in the refrigerator. Her hus-
band is full colonel and her re-
sponsibilities in sharing this i'm
portant position in SAC are many,
but this lovely person always has
time for her friends, and especially
for her sons. These ornery boys
decided to play joke on Mamma"
and they had MIXED in vinegar
two gold fish, the inners of a snake
and one egg and dumped this in the
ice tray. They are darling boys
really. Can you believe it?
Our other Doris Tin our clubl
seems to be back to normal again
after living in a void. This is the
best form of expressing the way.
wives feel when their husbands
leave them for three months
TIDY.
Jean and Nell have been wrap
ped up in summer school sessions
that they have for Air Force chit
dren. It's been a wonderful diver
sion for all the young ones. The.
classes they could participate I'M
included crafts, swimming, drama.
sewing, music, gym. even a charm
course. Since Jean and Nell both.
have four children attending they
felt they must assist in some ca
pacity with the instructions.
We have a real nice group Of
girls in the bridge club and each
week they have something inter-
esting to contribute to liven the,
conversation. My news next time
/ meet them will be the fire we had
this morning. Our TV was making
a most peculiar noise at break
fast. / went to investigate and just
as l arrived at the set a ball Of
fire popped out of the back. Ma,
turally that was my cue to yell,
"Hayes!" The TV spent the NOR
ming outdoors cooling. IT seems
that two wires got too hot, tube.
or resistor melted and that was
about the extent of the damage, but
the smell was terrific. How lucky
we were that we were home and
that it was Saturday morning and
Hayes was here to help.
Now / must get this off to you
by Uncle Sam.
Until next week
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-22
BUYING LAND FOR PROFIT NOW

with business today. The supply
of both goods and labor, at the pres
ent time exceeds the demand. This
especially applies to the automobile
industry. Printing the pump, re-
ducing taxes, or trying any other
artificial gimmicks will not restore
prosperity. But, as soon as de-
mand again equals supply, we will
once more have full employment.
The same applies to selling land or
lots for profit. Our own property
ultimately depends upon the other
fellow,-that is, upon what he
wants.
Prices And Wages
The usual method for bringing
about an increase in demand for
goods is to lower prices. According
to the newspaper advertisements of
today, it appears that retailers are
now really cutting prices and that
there are true bargains. These, how
ever, vary in different localities.
Customers should "shop" and see
for themselves. President Eisen
hover advises everyone to buy
more; but he does not say where"
or when. He leaves that for you
to find out.
Forgive me for so often referring
to the Good Book"-but remember
that the Bible has gradually been
built on the experiences of the
ages,-some $500 years. If you will
turn to the third chapter of Ec-
clesiastes in your Bible, you will
find it says that there is a time
for everything. Therefore, we should
recognize the reality of the busi-
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-22

Babson Park, Mass, August 81,
1858. Please do not ask me if, after
buying land in Florida, California,
or elsewhere in the South or South
west, you can sell it at profit if
you later decide you don't want to
build on it or use it.
Such Land Is Good Security
Let me first say that at this time,
whatever you buy-land, stocks,
bonds, or a small business-you
should buy cash. This. in my hum
BILE opinion, is not yet the time to
borrow money in order to buy any
thing for "quick turn" or profit.
However, l may be wrong and I
hope l am wrong.
On the other hand for those pe0-
pie who will be retiring on PEN
sions in the North, / believe it is
good protection to own a well-lO-
Gated lot in warm climate. But
be sure to buy this as you would
buy life insurance,-for protection,
not for profit. And make sure you
see the land before you buy it.
Supply And Demand
My reason for not now buying
for profit" is because we have no
control over the market when we
wish to sell. When we buy anything,
today we are sitting in the drivers
seat'',-but this is not so when we
sell. The price which we get when
we sell will depend not upon the
real value of the property, but up
on how many other people want to
sell similar property at the same
lime. This we cannot control.
This explains a basic trouble
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-22
2S06 McAlister
Topeka, Kansas
August 16, 1858

2806 McAlister
Topeka, Kansas
August 16, 1853
Dear Friends:
It's raining here today. Our
lawn needed the gentle rain that
1t is getting right now, but during
the past evening it must have been
a more severe rain. One block
away from us, down the hill, the
Shunganunga Creek is bank full.
Two weeks from Monday is La
Dor Day. September is always a
busy month, isn't it? On that holi-
day we're again having a neigh
borhood picnic. September the End
my children have dentist appoint
ments, the 3rd they register at
school and the fourth they begin
their sessions in the third and
sixth grades. School shoes are al
ready bought, but we do have to go
to the drug stores and purchase
their books for the term. It's big
business for the Kansas stores.
usually try to buy second hand
books which the p T. A. sells, but
often the books are revised and
the editions from last year are
paSse.
Something that really is dated
or rather outdated is my husbands
35th birthday. Monday he'll be &c.
He shares this birth date with
little Pat Isaacs. Hope she has a
nice birthday. too.
Besides Monday being Hayes
birthday it is also my bridge day.
Think / will skip it this week and
prepare a special dinner for my
husband instead. All the rest of
the eightsome will be there though.
couldn't take up a whole column
and tell you about each and every
member-it would take reams. But
let me tell you some interesting
things about them that happened
at our last weekly. meeting. These
girls play bridge for real; but as
always, with eight females, there is
much chatter going on. Last week
we played at Doris house. From
1890 until 400 we were in con-
stant awareness that she is the
mother of four lovely daughters
ranging in age from Is to / year
old. They were so cute that day.
Doris sews beautifully and the
wardrobe those four youngsters
displayed that day showed her
agile, talented fingers.
Another member came to club
that day with silver platinum hair.
You can hear the screaming in
your ears, can't you, as we saw her
for the first time.
Mary Louise was leaving the fol-
lowing day for visit in Minnesota.
Mary Louise is a very striking per-
son with a severe pixie hair cut.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-22

ness cycle and time our moves ac-
cordingly We must now bring
business and employment into
balance. This, of course, means that
as prices decline, labor should be
willing to accept lower wages. Re-
storing prosperity is no "one-way'
street.
Best Stocks To Own
The law of supply and demand
applies equally to land, commodi-
ties, and labor. The wageworker
must be willing to take less money
home for a few months and the
builder and the retailer must be
equally ready to reduce prices. If
wageworkers do not now freely
accept lower wages, they must
suffer from partial unemployment.
There is no halfway solution. Nei-
ther the President of the United
States nor the president of any
powerful labor union can, in the
long run, upset the basic law of
supply and demand. | urge readers
to turn again to Ecclesiastes, the
third chapter.
How can the wageworker buy
goods if he is unemployed?" you
ask. / reply that he can do so with
his unemployment insurance and,
if necessary, by withdrawing some
of the savings which he has been
storing up for rainy day." This
gives a hint to investors as to the
best type of stocks to own, viz. 7"
"Own stocks of companies that sup
ply goods which people must buy
whether they are employed or un-
employed"
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-22

The Nations first forest con.
servatiOn postage stamp goes
ON sale October 27 at Tue
son, Arizona during the
annual meeting of the Amer
lean Forestry Association.
The issue was designed by
the Post Office Department
to commemorate the IOOth
anniversary of the birth of
Theodore Roosevelt, one of
this cOuntry's earliest forest
conservationists, and to sa-
lutte the many private and
public. agencies whose COOP
Grafton has helped make
possible the progress In for
est conservation.
First-day mailings will be
cancelled with the above die
featuring the Smokey Bear
and the Keep America Green
forest fire prevention pro-
grams.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-22

an 1O-y6dT-Olu COll0SS 5OpHOIuOTS,
so l must take date dress back
20 school with me, and l don't
want to buy a chemise. / have a
lice figure but I'm just a little
too hippy for d chemise"
A. One of the few styles to
emerge from the sack is the En-
1ire silhouette, and advance fall
Ihowings predict that it will be all
he rage with the younger set, for
whom there couldn't be prettier
jtyle. This was the style worn by
iome of history's most romantic
igures.
@. / have been invited to a very
ormal party where gloves will be
worm. What shall do when | want
O eat or when l must shake hands
With someone2 Should / leave the
gloves on or remove them?
A. Everybody has different con-
ception about how to wear gloves,
Il seems. The French, who produce
elegant little leather gloves, believe
hat gloves should be worn, and
shown off like a hat, not carried.
Etiquette books emphasize. too.
that gloves should not be put on
in the street, and they shouldn't
be carried punched up or dangling
Imply. When you are at party
where liquid refreshment or tiny
sandwich is served, you may re-
move the right glove, holding II
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-22

han few dresses a year." writes,
casually in your left hand or putt
ing it in your bag. At a dinner or,
supper dance, remove both gloves
and put them with your bag be-
fore dining. Never tuck the hand
part of the glove into your wrist.
Shake hands with your gloves on,
except when shaking the hands of
royalty or the President of thes
United States. Keep your gloves on
too, when you are on receiving
line.
@. What sort Of allowance should
have for furnishing my room at.
college? Is my roommate supposedS
to share the expenes of it with me?
A. 1t usually works out so that
roommates ferret out OF their at
tics and Easements just what their
respective families can afford to.
part with in the way Of furniture.
After that if additional items are
needed-new curtains, floor mat.
lamps or bed throws, the two get
together and decide how much they
viii spend on those items, sharing
the cost.
O. Do you see any harm in my.
boyfriend driving me back TO col
lege? It is $50 miles from where |
live.
A. Not if your parents permit
it.