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Evening star., 1959-12-23
LETTERS TO THE STAR
D. c. Shortchonqinq Itself on Culture?

/ want to commend The
Star for the excellent arti-
Gle about the Corcoran GAL
lery of Art, by John Nickel
way on Sunday. December
l3. 1t is good to have The
Star assure us that the Cor
coran is vigorously alive on
its Tooth birthday and look
ing forward to its second
century Of service in art and
the associated field of educa-
ton.
But, naturally. along with
many other people. it is Mr..
McKelway's discussion of
what will be needed during
these coming years that
holds my deepest concern.
To begin with, one point
should be fully understood.
1t is useless and. indeed, mis-
leading to compare the in
come Of the National GAL
lery Of Art with that of the
Corcoran. These two great
galleries represent two quite
different setups. The Ma
tional Gallery is Federally
owned and largely Federally
supported; the Corcoran is
not and never has been, nor
did William Wilson Corco-
ran intend that the gallery
which bears his name would
be a Federal Government in
stitution.
The comparison, rather,
should be between the Cor
coran and, say, New York's
Metropolitan Museum of
Art. and with other munici-
pal museums throughout the
country. These museums are
greatly assisted by munich
pal tax funds, and couldn't
continue to remain open
without such financial as
siStance.
According to a recent
study made by the Library of
Congress for Representative
Harris B. Mcdowell, jr., Dem
ocrat Of Delaware, included
in the Congressional Record,
September IA, 1859, this city
spends far less on cultural
activities than any of the
other 38 cities surveyed. Our
budget for the fine arts is
only $4,000 as compared
with New York's $2,600,0O0;
Philadelphia's $824,000, and
Baltimore's $448,500.
Why, Hagerstown, Mary
land, gives its Museum Of
Fine Arts $12,500, which is
provided out of its regular
annual budget, only $500
Evening star., 1959-12-23
Pay No Heed, Santa!

Cuba's revolutionary government is
sparing no measures to protect its sub
1ects from subversion. Santa Claus has
oeeh declared persona non grata-on
grounds he is foreigner, too friendly
in the past with the unbearded wealthy.
1t is true, of course, that the old boy is
not Cuban, at least His ancestry dates
back to st. Nicholas, a bishop of Myra,
Asia Minor, in the fourth century. At
Evening star., 1959-12-23

less than the entire amount
the Nations Capital spends
out Of its more than 5000
million budget.
The Star says the Corcor-
an Gallery needs a little
outside help" No, what it
needs is inside" help, and
judging from Mr.. Nickel
ways remarks about lack Of
heat, Of air-conditioning,
and Of peeling walls and
cancelled exhibitions, more
than a little" help is
needed.
Representative Mcdowell
has introduced a bill to pro-
vide l mill out Of each tax
dollar for art and music pro-
grams. The bill is co-spon-
sored on a bipartisan basis by
Representative Carroll D.
Kearns, Republican Of Penn
sylvania, Representative John
r. Foley, Democrat of Mary
land, and Senator James E.
Murray. Democrat of Mon
tana. Also, the intent Of this
bill has the support Of a wide
range Of groups including
the American Federation Of
Musicians, the AFL-CIO, and
even the Washington Board
Of Trade.
The plan suggested in this
bill is one currently in use
in scores Of cities where their
appreciation OF the value of
their art galleries, museums
and symphony orchestras
produces significant civic
support and action. Why
should not such help be
sought, and given, by Wash
ington, D. c.?
We need not try to COM
pete with the ancient capi-
tails Of Europe and Russia.
We are still in the process of
making our world. But let us
compete with our fellow
American cities so we can
take our proper place in the
growing cultural life Of these
United States.
HOrtense Amram.
4
The Stars Sunday feature
article, "The Corcoran. at
100, Is Still Looking Ahead"
is commendable, but the Cor
coran Gallery should have
been compared, not with the
National Gallery of Art, but
with the Nations local, city,
aided museums and galleries
The Star points out that
the National Gallery receives
a yearly grant from the
Evening star., 1959-12-23
Pioneer Educate S

The article by Andrew w.
Bingham which described a
new school in Annapolis
shows that the age of pio-
neers is not past. The writer
notes that the students at
this school are taught New
tons three laws of motion,
not what makes a train or
plane go, and kinetic and
potential energy, instead of
a light bulb or q thermom-
eter.
The children learn to read
phonetically in the first grade
where they also are assigned
homework daily. These lucky
pupils receive this high-grade
education at a cost of $500
a year.
In contrast, our public
schools which now cost about
as much as that per pupil,
use IL years to turn out pu-
pills q majority Of whom do
not know the elementary laws
of science, can barely read
and have never learned to
study. More competition from
such pioneers as in Annap-
oils might help to show our
educationists and the public
that high standards and
teachers who really know
their subjects make schools.
Expensive plant, life adjust
ment and physical education
courses. counselors, psychol-
ogistS, assistant principals
and supervisors sound i'm
preSsive, boost expenses and
tend to distract from the
basic purpose of schools, the
training Of the mind.
J. C. CahiII.
Evening star., 1959-12-23
Great News Missinq

Three weeks ago tomorrow night, as
he departed on his good will mission
abroad, President Eisenhower called
upon steel management and labor to
undertake around -the-c clock negotia-
tions in an effort to avert another
nationwide shutdown Of the industry in
January. He warned both parties that
the country cannot tolerate for long
the Gripping Of its entire economy as a
result Of labor management disputes in
basic industries. What great news" 1t
would be, he added, to receive during his
journey word of a settlement in steel
"fair to the workers, fair to management
and fair to the American people"
Unhappily, there has been no such
great news" in the intervening weeks.
Negotiations have been intermittent,
not around-the-clock. There has been
no settlement reached and little, If any,
progress toward one. If the deadlock
persists until January 6, the National
Labor Relations Board will poll the steel
workers, on a company company
basis, on whether they are willing to
accept the most recent industry offer.
A majority vote against these terms will
leave the union free to resume its strike
when the Taft-Hartley 80-day injunc-
ton expires on January 26-unleSs more
fruitful negotiations take place between
the voting date and the late-January
deadline.
There Is, perhaps, little hope of
progress in two steps scheduled before
January 6. On next Sunday, separate
bargaining teams for SO companies will
meet with union negotiators for COM
pany-by- y-company contract talks. 1t is
an approach requested by the steel
workers union and agreed to reluctantly
by the induStry'S. top-level negotiating
unit, which currently represents eleven
major companies. If these local negotia-
tions are to be productive, presumably
they must take into account the ability
Of each company to meet the master
terms" proposed by the union, or explore
the possibility Of compromise on both
sides of the wage and work rule issues.
On this basis, one requiring bargaining in
good faith by the union as we'll as by
each company, there is possibility at
least of some agreements being reached
and pattern of fiexibility being estab-
lished that might be acceptable on a
broader front.
The second scheduled step is set for
Monday, December 2S, when the preSi-
Dental fact-finding board headed by DR..
George W. Taylor will reopen public
hearings. DR.. Taylor has asked the COM
panies to state their "laSt offer" on that
date, prior to his group making its report
to the White House. With both sides be-
fore the board, there may be opportunity
for informal mediation that would break
the stalemate.
One other factor remains, and 1t is
one which neither management nor
labor should overlook Congress returns
also on January 6. 1t is likely to share the
Presidents view, and that of the public
at large, that another crippling shut
down in steel is not to be tolerated. Not
only free collective bargaining, but real
freedom of enterprise, may depend upon
an accurate reading of the signs by the
OeO0tiat0rS
Evening star., 1959-12-23

Temp. Jones dreams uSu-
ally have a comic side, and
his latest is no exception.
He dreamed he was walk
ing down. the middle of a
beautiful street lined with
fine homes, shrubbery and
trees.
The birds were singing. and
in the windows stood scores
of lovely children and their
mothers.
The children were clapping
their hands, and the mothers
were smiling and waving.
The object of this applause,
Of course, was T. Jones, Esq,
as he walked and sang.
His song was a spontaneous
creation, words and music
complete:
"An-tiq-ui-ty
In a bottle
Is something good to hold;
Antiquity
In a bottle
Is something fine and old"
So sang Templeton Jones.
to the applause of beautiful
ladies and lovely, well-be-
haved children.
Not another living soul was
visible on the wide street.
The joker, of course, was
that Jones doesn't drink.
Friends will laugh heartily
at this idea of the short,
homely Jones striding along
singing, of all things. a
drinking song!
Repression, they would
say, is the explanation.
Jones recalled his song
afterward, and it was not
bad, as drinking songs go.
He remembered the famous
one from "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana"
There was a philosophic
side to Jones dream. His
dreams usually have their
philosophic side.
It was noticeable that
there were no men in the
picture.
= 4
This was a preview, evi-
IDENTIFY, into the world of the
future.
1t is plain, now, that some
thing has to be done to pre-
serve the world.
While statesmen roll out
their solemn syllables, and
generals look to their divi-
sions, and racketeers watch
Evening star., 1959-12-23
Urges Educators to Stop Theorizinq and Teach

grips with our relatively law
less Capital where used-car
dealers are invited to figure
their margins as they please.
In Montgomery County my
off-the-cuff research has
given me q norm, a guide
Evening star., 1959-12-23
VSTAS IN SCIENCE
-Four Layers of Electric Atmosphere
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

The world has four elec-
trio roofs.
These are layers Of atmos-
phere at attitudes Of so, so,
100 and 180 miles. Hitherto
these strata of the so-called
'ionosphere" have been
known chiefly from their
function of bouncing radio
waves back to the earth's
surface instead of allowing
them to escape into space.
This makes possible all ra-
dio broadcasts beyond the
horizon.
Scientists of the National
Aeronautics and Space Ad-
miniStration expect to get in
side them, look at them from
both below and above, and
perhaps bring pieces of them
back to the earth's surface.
During the next two years
their schedule calls of send
ing four sounding rockets,
five satellites and at least
one special space probing
rocket into the ionosphere
region, according to a recent
announcement.
Like Electric Sieve
This ionosphere is made
up of the levels in the high
atmosphere where the suns
ultraviolet light knocks out
er electrons of atoms, pro-
ducing IONS" or electrically
unbalanced atoms. Electric
currents are set up in efforts
Of the primary particles to
balance the unbalance.
DR.. John F. Clark, director
of NASA's planetary science
programs says the "iono-
sphere may be likened to an
electric sieve, or a series
of sieves extending around
the earth. If the size Of the
mesh of the sieve which rep
resents the lower strata is
specified at four inches, then
the effective mesh size Of the
higher regions must be less,
say one inch.
High radio frequencies
may be likened to marbles
which shoot through the
ionic mesh into outer space,
never to return. AS the radio
frequency is reduced to those
primarily used for short-wave
communications, we I'm d
that, like tennis balls, they
penetrate the larger mesh Of
the lower layer only to
bounce back from the higher
Evening star., 1959-12-23

layers. As the frequency is
reduced still further to those
Of the conventional radio
broadcast band, the waves
may be likened to basketballs
which rebound of the lowest
strata"
During the International
Geophysical Year rocket
flights in the Arctic disclosed
the important fact that Joni
zation below the D layer
(about so miles high) is due
to X-rays from the sun, in
contrast to the ultraviolet
light responsible for the nor
NAL higher altitude layers.
The space scientists want
more information about this
phenomenon, which may be
of great significance in fu-
ture worldwide communica-
ton and cannot be obtained
without actual contact with
automatically operating in
struments.
It also has been learned
that the four layers do not
have sharp boundaries, or
deep valleys, between them,
but rather that the en-
tire ionosphere is a con-
nected whole with only minor
variations in the density Of
charged particles with alti-
tude.
Confirmed by Russians
The density of the free elec-
irons is about 10000 per cubic
centimeter from an altitude
Of 1000 to 10000 miles. There
is an appreciable electron
density even at 10000 miles
far beyond what hitherto
have been considered the
atmospheric limits. Evidence
for this, say NASA scientists,
is reliable data reported from
Russian rocket flights.
The Russian confirmation,
DR.. Clark points out, is an
example of what can be
learned from space vehicles
at the extreme edge of the
earth's atmosphere.
Primary objectives Of the
American program are to find
out just what sort of radia-
ton causes the ionization at
various levels, what the at
mosphere is actually COM
posed Of at ionoSpheric levels
and the effects of the electric
currents on the earth's mag
netism.
Evening star., 1959-12-23
Questions and Answers

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
HIGH COST OF NUPTIALS
Chinese Couple Wed
In Secret Ceremony

"But it takes money to do
that here" he said.
The bridegroom is a 40
year-old businessman from
Taiwan, FormoSa. He wore a
dark blue suit. His bride is a
native of Hong Kong. Neither
speak English.
The bride would. not divulge
her age = a custom not re-
stricted to Orientals. But, ex-
planned the interpreter, in
China particularly "women'S
ages are always kept secret"
They politely refused to pose
for pictures, explaining that
their friends, might become
enemies" if they learned about
the wedding.
They were so mysterious, as
a matter of fact, it took a re-
porter some time to learn
which of the women was the
bride. He was told to guess. He
guessed right after three tries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
RAINS POSTPONE
SKYLINE DRIVE
COLOR DISPLAY

Vagaries of the weather
will postpone the peak Of
color on Virginia's Skyline
drive, the National Park
Service said today in a re-
vised forecast.
1t must be something
like predicting full blossom
of the Tidal Basin cherry
blossoms weeks a h e a d.
Fresh rains have prolonged
the greenery on Skyline
drive and fresh winds have
downed leaves which had
already turned.
cold weather like this
in the flat lands means
even colder weather up
there" a spokesman said.
1.-The week end after this
one might find the leaves
at their best"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
London Bobby Pounds Beat Here
But Can't Catch One Policeman

cover their 700 square miles OF
the rest of London proper"
Unable to find a Washington
policeman, the photographers
decide dto take Constable Niblo
in a taxicab for camera shots
beside the Washington Monu-
ment. There they asked an at
tractive woman. standing in
line to enter the Monument,
to pose for them.
She readily obliged, then
shrieked with laughter when
she turned and saw the London
bobby standing beside her.
When she had finished laugh
ing she identified herself as
Mrs. Elizabeth Pybus of London,
here on a sightseeing trip.
She lives in house on Con-
stable Niblo's beatl
Constable Niblo explained to
Mrs. Pybus that he is currently
touring the United States on
behalf of the British Travel
Association, to promote interest
among Americans in visiting
his country.
Despite popular belief Brit
ons do not call their police
men hobbies" That is only
done by American tourists. the
constable said. They are gen.
orally addressed as officer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
By JOSEPH B. BYRNES
Star staff Writer

Constable Norman Niblo dom
ned his high cork helmet, tuck
ed his sturdy truncheon' under
the blouse of his trim uniform,
and set out to pound the pave
ments of Washington.
From the Statler Hilton Hotel
he walked east on K street to
Fourteenth. Then he turned
south five blocks to the Nation
al Press Club building at F
street. Neither he nor his en-
tourage, made up of reporters,
photographers and representa-
tives of the British Embassy,
found what they were looking
fora Metropolitan policeman.
Constable Niblo is a London
bobby and a city policeman,
as differentiated from London's
Metropolitan police. His juris-
diction is the square mile of
medieval London that embraces
st. Paul's Cathedral. the Tower
of London and the financial
district.
Constable Niblo's complexion
almost paled when asked if
such a thing as not meeting a
policeman in that distance
could happen in 1.-The City"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
BY WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star STAFF Writer

why don't you burn the
school DOWN." the 15-year-olc
boy Jokingly asked his compan.
ion.
To the second boy, the re.
mark was not a joke. Forty
minutes later $50 students al
Hine Junior High School
Seventh street and Pennsyl.
vania avenue Sc, were routed
from their desks by a three
alarm fire.
That, according to police, is
how the Hine blaze on Tuesday
began. A tall, lanky boy explain
ed it all yesterday to police anc
fire officials in a fire-scarrec
hall of the school still reekine
of smoke.
II didn't think it would burr
that bad" officers said he tolc
them softly.
Police reported the boy, 10
said he had set the fires be-
cause colored youths at the
school were picking on him
The boy is white. He had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16

A Chinese couple. wary of
offending" their friends here,
who were not asked to the
wedding, pleaded for secrecy
today as they were married in
Municipal Court.
The couple performed their
vows through IAN interpreter
before Chief Judge John L.
Smith, jr. The ceremony in
Judge Smiths chambers was
witnessed by four members of
the family.
"In China" said the interpre-
ter, "a couple traditionally asks
all their friends to the we'd
ding"
The friends spend a week at
the brides home before the
wedding, being wined and
dined, and then stay for sew
eral days after the ceremony,
the interpreter explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16

of Public Roads and the Fine
Arts Commission.
He added that the Highway
Department is not required or
obligated to show the Fine Arts
Commission the entire approach
road system, only plans for
bridges, overpasses, under passes
and ramps.
He pointed out that start of
construction on piers and the
abutments would not foreclose
the possibility of changing or
modifying approach structure
designs later on. He said the
bridge would require more than
two years to complete and there
would be plenty of time for
changes.
Mr.. Aitken also observed that
the bridge and approach roads
have been approved by the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission. He said the Highway
Department and National Park
Service are in Substantial
agreement" on the approach
road plans.
William E. Finley, director of
the National Capital Planning
Commission, said such contro-
VERSES could be avoided in the
future if the Fine Arts Com
mission makes its objections
when plans are first made pub
lie. He pointed out that news
stories and maps published a
year ago explained in some de-
tail the plans now being COM
pleted.
Planning Staff Urged
"There isn't any reason why
the Fine Arts Commission
shouldn't have made it's objec-
tons then" said Mr.. Finley.
He also suggested that the
next Fine Arts Commission
budget include enough addi-
tional money to hire at least
four planning technicians. The
commission now has no tech
nical staff.
They could work staff-to-
staff with us and keep the Fine
Arts Commission informed on
affairs in which the commits
sion has an interest,"" he said.
THE Fine Arts Commission
ought to have a man working
full time with the Highway De-
partment, which will soon have
a 500 million dollar road
building program going," he
added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-16
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
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F1RST-HAND REPORT-What kind of education is
the younger generation of today getting? For the
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reporter in the Classroom" series, which begins
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an on-the-scene report of significance to every
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THE STAR STORY: HARPERS FERRY 1S59-one
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Life Was Like in Those Days"
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