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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-23
Falls Church Schools

In the current school con-
troversy in Falls Church, one
fact stands out: Neither the
City Council nor the School
Board has any intention or
plans to provide for an eff
fective solution to the over
crowded conditions at the
George Mason Junior Senior
High School. Both of these
bodies have been and are dis
playing a remarkable and, to
me, unbelievable insensitivity
to public opinion openly ex-
pressed in favor of maintain
ing a f1rSt-class public school
system. If there are those
who do agree with the actions
and decisions taken by the
slim 4-3 majorities on the
council and the School Board,
it is time they stepped for
ward.
Most unfortunately, there
is little probability that this
situation can be altered un-
til 1861 at the earliest. Even
if the June election results
in a council more fayorably
disposed toward schools (as
it WILD, two more years will
elapse before the present
composition of the School
Board can be changed in ac-
cordance with provisions of
the city charter.
In these circumstances, our
citizens, if they viii, can still
do these things: /. Mobilize
ever more effectively public
opinion in support of our
schools. 2. Petition the Gov
ernor of Virginia for a thor
oughgoing review of what has
developed into a serious prob
lem of local government in
Falls Church. 3. Petition the
Legislature to provide, by
charter revision, for an
elected school board. 4. Pc
tition the Legislature to pro-
vide for two-year terms in
stead of four years, for coun-
Gil members.
Samuel c. Vanneman.
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equip and maintain said
school, and while those whose
taxes were largely used must
contribute additional funds
for the education of their own
children. numbering almost
1000, rather than submit to
tyranny from any source,
the evidence is crystal clear
that courts which pass laws
are not only overStepping
their authority but are not
necessarily acting for the
benefit of the majority or the
protection of a minority.
Proud as ] have been of
my graduation from an Ar
lington high school. it would
give me greater pride if my
diploma had come from War
rem County High School.
My hat is off to the real Vir-
ginians in their stronghold
beyond the Blue Ridge. May
their action give others of
us some d-fashioned CUTS.
L. E. Burke.
X x
1t is SOLDERING, if not fright
ening. that an educational
system did not produce out
of 1000 students at least
one who would dare extend
the right hand of fellowship
at Front Royal.
A. r.
x 4 !
Now that the white people
at Front Royal, Va, have
circumyented the Supreme
Court by boycotting the War;
rem County High School, /
suppose the next move of
The Star, the Federal courts
and the NAACP will be to
claim that the boycott is I'M
constitutional and try to
force the white children back
to school. Judging from your
past policy on indignation,
you won't be happy until you
do all you can to make Front
Royal schools like the Dis
trict schools.
w. A. Power, Jr.
x x K e
The Front Royal warren
County, High School opened
as a desegregated school
without a white child enroll
ing. So the courts and NAACP
finally succeeded in running
the white children out of
school. 1t is an awful thing
to happen, any way you look
at it, but it wouldn't be quite
as bad if the. white people
weren't forced to continue to
pay most of the taxes which
go to operate the schools.
The inscription over the
entrance to the Supreme
Court, Equal Justice Under
Law" should be replaced with
Equal Justice Under Law for
the Minority Only"
Nish Showers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-23

@. How long have Gurkhas
from NepaD been serving
with the British Army?-A. F.
A. Since shortly after 1916,
when the Treaty Of Segauli
ended the British Gurkha
War. the Gurkhas have
formed some of the best regi-
ments in the British Army.
The Gurkhas, who are ma
tives of Nepal and the de-
scendantS Of q war-like tribe
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may De used u
letters carry iOriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

reader get mai. question Of fact
Z, selfaddressed. stamped
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Front Royal Boycott

HOratiO AIger.
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Correction

Holicong, Pa.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-08-06
Father Kabat Sees
Farming As Everybody's Business

u Make the use of the land an
integral part of Socio-economic
planning and thinking. Efficiency
in land husbandry is not to be
judged solely by material pro-
duction, but by a balanced con-
sideration of the spiritual, social
and material values that rebound
therefrom to person, family and
society. The land is NOT to be a
source of benefit to a favored
few and a means of servitude to
the many!
p Make the family-type farm
operated by the owner major
objective of legislation and PLAN
ming. The family farm is the back
bone of the nation, something of
fundamental national strength.
The shores Of history are strewn
with the ships of state that floun-
dered and cracked up when land
barons took over.
- Discourage large land hold
ings as undemocratic and UNI
social.
A. Revise land-sale and rental
contracts, mortgage obligations,
and other debt instruments so
that no loss of ownership or in
security of tenure be possible, ex-
cept through negligence or injus-
tice on the part of the farmer
operator.
81 Where and when large-scale
industrialized farming exists and
requires employment of seasonal
and/or year-round labor, demand
for such labor groups a living
family wage, decent housing con-
ditions, and collective bargain
ing.
81 At all times encourage CO.
operatives as a means of intellec-
tual, moral and material advance
ment, especially where large
scale production is necessary and
advisable.
y Insist that education for
land stewardship ana Tor the pro-
ductive home be outstanding fea-
lures of rural education. Too
many schools servicing rural areas
are intolerant Of the special needs
and mentality of the farm chill
dren. Because too much attention
and curriculum is focused on the
requirements of urban life, the
basic educational requisites for q
happy rural life are neglected.
81 Emphasize a special program
of enlistment and training in Sec
ondary, liberal arts, technical and
professional schools for profess
sional service to the rural COM
| munity.
| If these points are not remen1-
bered in future legislation and
in individual, state and national
politics, we have reason to fear
for the well-being of our coun-
try. Every family squeezed off
Continued on page p
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-08-06

For decades now the farm
question has been a burning is
sue in our political arenas and
social studies. 1t is well known
and evident fact that the little
farmer" has been struck hard by
the modern trend towards mo-
nopoly and "bigness". The ap-
parent aggravating instrument
effecting this change has been
the mechanical improvements of
farming methods. Machines are
replacing many men per acre.
This mechanization has trig-
gered an alarming trend toward
commercial farming, and towards
consequent disruption of both
social and economics orders. An
increasing number Of small farm
ers have been dispossessed, and
more and more Of the rich farm
land has come into the hands of
commercial exploiters. This phe-
nomenon has had decided i'm
petus in the recent past, and no
end is in sight.
We could enumerate the vari-
Gus results of such trend CLEAN
ed from historical study; social,
economic, moral, educational, ma
tional and agricultural. But we
will suppose land hope) that you
realize at least a few of the I'm
desired results of this memorable
trend towards "bigness". Just
recall that the decline of every
nation has been marked by the
neglect of sound land policy,
and that land reform has been
among the major steps toward
the reviving of people.
At times such reform has been
directed by true statesmen. But
too often it falls into the grasp
ing hands CT crooked public Off
Gals, who, under the guise of dis
tributing wealth, (but actually to
become more popular and to be
assured of more votes), parcelled
out the land into such small acre
age that the people were only en-
shaved the further. The remedy
became more deadly than the i'll
ness.
Today the important questions
are these: Shall we PROCRAS-
INNATE until the Specialization of
land forces itself upon US with
its later questionable redistribu-
ton? Or shall we SET TO WORK
NOW voluntarily to correct the
abuses that are already working
unnecessary hardships on mil
lions of deserving free" Amer
leans?
Taking it for granted that you
have chosen the latter alternative
we present here a few of the
many ideas which should be fore
most in the minds of our legisla-
tors and our citizens when they
deal with the farm question !.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-08-06
Letters

Pasadena, Calf.
Dear Mr.. East:
Read your religio philosphic
credo in the July 9th issue with
appreciation.
I sincerely hope you go to hell.
l think I would enjoy your COM
pany.
Cordially,
Irwin Ashkenazy
Well - okaY. then. but let's
not rush into it. pde.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-08-06

feel certain that had been the dock that day when
Columbus weighed anchor and set sail for we'll wherever ne
thought he was going he'd have heard my decat voice sang
Hey, Chris, you'll never make IT..
And had been there when the Wright brothers cranked the
engine of their flying machine that day. I'm sure they'd have
heard yell to Them Hey Wilbur and Orve that contrapon
vii never leave the ground!
From those two admissions know would seem I'm oppos
ed progress Such YOU far from the case EXCEPT TOR
God and man. suspect few things more important than pro-
gess But doubts have crep into my mind about some OF our cur
rent progress the effort to reach outer space TO be spectre
Wy? For what earthly reason? wonder the effort isn't little
premature somehow
OF course have no idea to how mush has been spent
being SPENT and will be SPENT in money energy effort materials
TO reach the Mars somewhere out yonder NY pon
assuming have one simply this the energy and effort and
money went into means at attaining something resembling
Peace and Brotherhood on this EARTH would have been spent
for better Space flight not most OF US will have 10 re-
main on this EARTH living and getting along With each oner and
TO do so peace and goodwill far more desirable than
Tipping to the moon just for the hell OF it.
am most serious when say don't understand IT. perhaps
I'm behind the fines may be that my eyes to the ground
and my mind closed Perhaps after ALL I'm opposed to progress
Somehow and repea feel progress in mans relationship with
man of far greater importance than mans relation TO the moon
Why? For what eason Could be attempt by man to escape
his own miserable mess? I'm don't Know it another step
by to attempt control OF the entire earth from ponf IN
space? So please tell why anyone wants to control
the darned thing. For my part they can have it.
Anyway it's this sort of business that makes me always en-
10y god funeral Why not? They're lucky they're out OF IT.
they're longer confronted by ambition greed and spdy Or
are they?
After that morbid note Of doom I'd like to turn to something
bit lighter something about which don't get upset and Won
der the humor Of John Fischer Editor ARPERS I'll admit be-
ing prejudice where John is concerned he's one OF my avoe
people, and most certainly he's Of my favorite writer's
In the February 1859 issue Of HARPERs John did an Easy
Continued Page p
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Well - okaY. then. but let's
not rush into it. pde.
Charlotte, N. c..
Dear Mr.. East:
Regarding your editorial of
July 9: it appears to me as
though you are much nearer to
becoming Christian than it
would be respectable to admit.
: Have you ever read Soren
Kierkegaard? Perhaps you have.
Sincerely,
- Robert McClernon
P.S. What are we going to do
with "Ba-Ba Blacksheep"? On
second reading this sounds as
though it might be an attempt to
undermine the economic super
iority of the superior race. Since
when does black creature have
the right to determine the dis
tribution of worldly goods?
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dear Mr.. East,
1t seems impossible that any
one should question your sincere
ity in confessing your faith Cor
the lack of it) in your July 9th
"East Side" column. Nor should
anybody dare question the hui
mility with which you welcome
constructive criticism" Ia n d
print it, as I well know. But you
must pardon this reader for won
dering what. has happened to
your common sense, when you
say in two consecutive sentences:
"My belief in God is almost abso-
lutte: indeed it is almost child
like. l do not believe in life after
death.
Mr.. East, if you believe in God.
how can you help believing that
man must consciously survive
death? Could a just God ignore
the uneven balance of justice
that his intelligent creatures US
ually experience in this life?
There has to be a righting of
wrongs, correcting of untruths,
a Furnishing of the deliberately
wicked and rewarding of the
long-suffering good. Otherwise
mans sense of justice is forever
outraged, and the God Who Him
self inspired it is responsible -
which is blasphemous and un-
thinkable.
1t is not surprising, then, that
great part of mankind is more
or less convinced Of the reality
of a future life, even independ-
emily revelation. The graves OF
prehistoric men with their food
and weapons), the Happy Hunt
ing Grounds" of the Indians, to
say nothing of the beliefs OF an
Gent historic civilizations, indi-
cate clearly that this conviction
has its roots deep in human ma
ture.
You declare that you cannot
accept the Immortality OF the
soul because you cannot conceive
"what a soul is" AS for myself
| cannot conceive what electricity
| is (is it made up of waves? or
minute particles? or perhaps
both?), but I have to accept II
as a reality, for its effects prove
its existence and certain OF It's
attributes and powers. In tine
same way we learn OF the exist
frontinl1ed on page ~
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of possible interest and know not TO whom is the fact
that august ISL orders for the revised booklet OF editorial
reprints exceeded 800 And now who'd to make it 1900?
Copy has been selected and is at the shop Of now We
aren't sure Of the exact date the booklet will be ready for de-
livery but aouess that it'll be about the middle Of September
As with erst issue of the booklet the copyhas been selected
on the basis Of request for copies Of the paper in which he
copy first appeared.
Aso another thing of which one is sure at present is how
many PAGES the booklet will contain It difficult to determine
how Iona piece will run when reduced from 10 or II point type
to point however, guess the number Of pages would be a.
bout S. but chances for so seem the best guess
Anyway why not buy Of the darn things? You can al
ways send it to someone you don't like.
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80 Star Want Ad Branch Aqencie
all around the town
ARLINGTON

ARLINGTON
Village ia 7-1180
Courthouse Pharm. 1921 NJ Courthouse "a 5-oo6d
Pike Glebe ia 2-66UO
Woodlawn Pham. 1919 N. Gebe Rd ia 2-zzzz
FALLS CHURCH
Falls Church Drug Lee Hwy Leesburg JE 2-1275
1855 W. Broad ST. JE z-44IA
BELTSVILLE
Beltsv1le Pharm. Prince Geo. & Baltimore WE o-o44S
BETHESDA
Bradley Bethesda Arlington Blvd OIL 4-6776
CAPITOL HEIGHTS
Capitol Heights Pharm. 6112 Central Ave- re" o-0SoS
coLESVILLE
HiLwood 7l2 CloVerly 81 EV' 4-o1OO
COTTAGE CITY
Cottage City 1907 Badensburg wa 1-OooU
{. RIVERDALE
Kay 6OO7 66th Ave- Ar. '-of|'
EVANSVILLE .
MARYLAND Newsstand Hamilton ST. AP. 7-0644
KENSINGToN - ,oo,
Fords Pharm 5ilO howard ave- IL o-4N@A
KENT VILLAGE .oo
Village Pharm 1877 LanooVer Ho' Or '-''oO
LANDoVER HILLS oo.
Chandler IO5f De1enSe hwy Or. S-7o'0
MT. RAINIER 49,. oo,o
Rainier Pharm 4OO7 54th ST. WA '-o''o
RIVERDALE - o.
Metro Drug $500 Kenilworth Ave- wa 7-Oozf
ROCKVILLE - oooo
Rockville Pharm 2l4 E. Montgomery ~. $4,000
SEABRooK - - sam
Newsstand 9452 Lanham Severn Ro 81 o-S'
SILVER SPRING - oo
Fairway Pharm $50 Forest Glen Ro Io o-S'O'
VIENNA mn s,,,,
Service 100 Maple ave w. ~ o-'44A
WHEATON - 900.
Grub Pharm Mill Rd 10 5-SSS4
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NORTHWEST ,
Rhode Island Pharm.

NORTHWEST
Rhode Island Pharm.
Sanitary Pharm.
Lincoln Drug
Modern Pharm.
Simpson Pharn1.
Parkview Pharr1.
Shepherd Park
Kinner & Membert
Day Drug
Midtown StationerS
O'Donnell'S Pharn.
Quality Drug
Quigley Pharm.
Kenner Drug
Calvert Pharm.
Higger Pharm.
Chevy Chase Pharm.
Uptown Pharm.
Alban Towers Pharm.
Pearson Pharm.
Mclean Drug Store
Van SAINT Pharrn.
Morgan Pharm.
Georgetown Pharm.
Sugars Pharm.
western Pharm.
Ontario Variety
SOUTHWEST
Cap. Liquors & Drug
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Cap. Liquors & Drug
NORTHEAST

Bayer's Drugs
Beacon Pharm.
Crown Pharm.
E. Cap. Cut Rate
Kenealy'S Drug
Gallaudet Pharm.
Mayfair Pharm.
Bunker Hill Pharm.
Grubbs Pharm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
Police Case
Confession
Rule Upheld

A policeman does not have to
produce. for examination
purposes. notes he made Of q
conversation with o defendant
and which he. used to refresh
his memory before testifyins
against the defendant in court.
the District Court Of Appeals
ruled yesterday.
In its ruling. the court cited
q Supreme Court Interpretation
of the Jencks Act. The high
court had held. broadly. that
summaries Of such CONVERSE
tons do not have to be pro-
duced.
The result of yesterdays de-
cision was to uphold the con-
viction Of John McGill. who
with two others was sentenced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
Police Pvt. Dortch Cited
In Stopping Wild Truck

Hearing the crash. Pvt. Dortch
turned to ind the pickup truck
headed into the intersection to-
ward the lanes Of oncoming
|trafiic.
As the runaway truck APP
preached him. the ofiicer
stepped aside. jumped on the
running board and steered the
vehicle into q clear lane.
Somehow" the committee
reported, "he managed to open
the door Of the trucks cab and
get inside TO apply the brake"
The committee cited the
policeman for his quick think
ing and acting without regard
for his personal safety.
Pvt. Dortch. 20. was APP
pointed to the force In jan
uary, 1855. He and his wife
live at 1407 Langley way. Lang
LEY Park, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21

An agile trafnc policeman
who stopped a runaway truck
at Q busy intersection has been
selected ar Policeman Of the
Month for June. n.
The Award Of Merit Com
mittee credited Pvt. Paul Dortcfl
Of the Ninth Precinct with pre-
venting o major pileup Of We
hicles and possible injury OF
death by bringing the truck To
q halt.
Pvt. Dortch was directing
rush-hour traffic at New York
and Montana avenues NE. on
June 10 when @ pickup truck
slowing down at the intersec-
ton was hit from behind by q
van. The driver Of the pickup
was knocked unconscious when
his head hit the frame Of the
back window In his cab.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21

won q scholarship to study ct
the Corcoran Art Gallery.
Just before re-enlisting In
the Army In 1912. he lived ct
1873 Third street NV. and
worked in the banquet depart
ment Of the Mayfiower Hotel.
Wreckagc Found
Two years after his plane
was reported missing. Sergt.
Dintaman was declared dead
by the Army.
Recently natives were clear
ing the jungle on the Island Of
New Britain when they found
the wreckage Of a plane.
They notified the plantation
owner, who notified authorities
in Australia. The Defense De-
partment was informed and II
sent experts to sift the plane
wreckage.
From an identification tag
land dentures, Defense Depart
ment scientists were able to
identity the remains Of all six
crewmen. including Sergt. Din
taman.
The remains are being
shipped to st. Louis. where they
will receive q common burial
Sergt. Dintaman's brothers,
Alfred and Arthur, and his
sister, Mrs. Gertrude Curtis,
will fly to the services. Sergt
Dintaman also left a brother
Gerald. now serving with the
Army in Korea. and q sister
Mrs. Peggy Johns.
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TO serve 8 TO IS years for armed
robbery and assault with 0 dan
gerous weapon.
The appellate court also
ruled that even though an at
tempt to pistol-whip Q person
fails. the attempt nevertheless
constitutes assault.
The charges stemmed from
the holdup Of several persons
In the apartment Of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank 6trother In the
Whitelaw Hotel here.
Judge Walter M. Bastian
wrote yesterdays opinion with
the concurrence Of Judges
George T. Washington and
John A. Danaher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
Crash With Bus Hurts
Motorcycle Policemen

Park Police Pvt. Powhatan
J. Daniel. IS. suffered . posi-
BILE fractured left wrist and
body bruises when his motor.
cycle collided with q United
States Marine Corps bus at
waterside drive and Roch
Creek parkway yesterday. Parh
Police reported.
He was admitted to George
washington Hospital.
The bus driver was listed al
sergt. william H. Briggs. 20
Of the Marine Barracks. Eighth
and ] streets Sc. No charges
were filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21

IN action January II. 1914
when his Bias bomber failed "a
return from o mission over
Japanese-held Talaud air base
IN the South Pacific.
The bomber. with six crew.
men aboard. was making q low
level bombing attack. Swoop-
ing down to knock out an anti
aircraft gun. 1t destroyed Its
target but was hit by another
gun.
For two years the Army
listed the crew members as
missing In action. It estimated
they had an 80 per cent chance
Of surviving o crash landing on
one Of the jungle islands.
Due for Rotation
sergt. Dintaman. completing
bis 30th mission. was due for
rotation back to the States.
For q long time we had
hopes that he was safe" said
his brother. Alfred w. Dinta-
man of $500 Forty-seventh ave-
nue.. Riverdale. I'VE thought
perhaps he had been taken
prisoner or had gotten in with
some natives.
HE had always been the
kind Of guy who was able to
lake care Of himself"
Thirty years old at the time
he was reported missing. Sergt
Dintaman had served one hitch
In the Army before the war.
He had a talent for art and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
Sign Requisitioned

PORTLAND. I n d. (AP).-
Highway officials were startled
to see that one Of their rail-
road crossing signs had been
painted white and inscribed
with the name Of q nearby
resident and an arrow pointing
the way to his house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
Mems Club Drama

The Mems Club Of Temple
Emanuel will offer for their
annual theAter party the
Power and the Glory" Sunday
at $50 pm. at the Olney
Theater, Olney, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
FomiIy Learns Fate
Of Flyer Lost in 1914

After is years. sergt Charles D. Dntamans family has
learned his fate .
The remains Of the washngon-bo airman missing in
action 1894 have been found on South Pacific island
and are being returned to this country for burial
Serg Dinaman toptrret GUNNER was listed as missing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-21
Michigan Factories
nTTvROT

DETROIT - Michigan has
$4,000 factories, which employ
more than q million workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

Sandwich demand big at your houseP Keep
ahead Of 1t With the big economical 1e-oz.
jar e3 Peter Pan Peanut Butter. Give
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-04
PeterSon.SweeneY

Mrs. Joseph Clagett
Sweeney of Upper Marlboro,
Md, announces the marriage
of her daughter Eleanor
Marguerite to Mr.. Charles
Henry Peterson, jr., son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson of
Silver Spring. The wedding
took place July Is at st.
Mary of the Assumption
Catholic Church in Upper
Marlboro. The couple will live
in West HyattSville.