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The people's voice., 1959-10-16

convenience of the public is $685.
600. The $2,296,00O, he said, is in
excess of a fair rate of return and
as such no increase in revenues is
merited at the present time, there
fore rates are ''just, reasonable and
non-confiscatory"
The company concludes that under
the act administered by the commits
sion and as interpreted by the court,
that the commission should find a
fair value of all the property used
and useful for intrastate telephone
service as of the end of Decem-
ber, 1859, then find a reasonable
rate of return on such property and
issue an order permitting the COM
pany to put into effect just and nom
discriminatory rates which will yield
the amount of earnings found to be
fair and reasonable. Such increases
they say will be in the interest of the
users, the employees and the investors
of the company and in the interests
of the state generally.
RATE THEORY AT STAKE
1t is the manner of determining
how and on what basis rates should
be made that create the points of
conflict between protestants and the
telephone company.
Protestants decry the use of for
mulas and arbitrary" figures and
prefer historic figures, of record
They say rate structure fair to the
consumer and the utility can best be
determined by figuring the company's
operating costs, taxes, depreciation
and cost of raising necessary capital,
balanced against income and the dol
lars the company needs to make a
reasonable profit" and to Operate
the company efficiently.
The Montana Commission in deny
ing the telephone company rate
increase in 1857 accepted most of the
theories put forth by protestants. The
telephone company stated during the
present case that they do not accept |
hat decision. Whether they can con-
vince the commission that because
he telephone company ignores the
lecision, the commission really didn't
accept any of the protestants' rate
making ideas, will not be known until
he decision is handed down.
The people's voice., 1959-10-16
RATES JUST AND REASONABLE

In his conclusions Leaphart con-
tends that the present rates provide
the company with net operating earn
ings in the amount of $2,296,000
from it's intrastate telephone opera
tions for the year ending April 80,
1859, and that a fair rate of return
upon the average present fair value
of the campany's intrastate utility
property used and useful for the
The people's voice., 1959-10-16

l.
hearings began October 5.
The probe will continue later this
month or early in November. The
group has scheduled three special
hearings in Montana, Wyoming and
Idaho. In addition to Moss, Reps. Neal
Smith Qowa) and Clare Hoffman
| (Mich.) are serving on the subcom-
mittee.
Hoover. under careful cross exami-
nation, revealed he acted for the De-
partment of Interior in negotiations
which led up to the contract signing
with Montana Power last February 9.
He admitted recommending the
government do business with only
one power supplier-Montana Pow
er-even though the company's bid
was substantially the highest of
three formal offers to serve the
park with 100000 kilowatt hours
of electricity.
Hoover testified the Park Service
solicited rate bids from Montana Pow
er and rural electric systems of the
received three as follows:
800 HIGHER THAN ONE
COOP BID
Montana Power Company, Butte,
Montana, 5.422 cents per XVIII; Sho-
shone River Power Inc, Cody, Wyo.,
5.189 cents per XVIII; and Fall River
Rural Electric, Ashton, Idaho, 4.188
cents per XVIII.
Park Electric Cooperative, Living
ston, Mont, though interested in serv-
ing Yellowstone. did not offer form
al bid. (For more details, see last
weeks VOICE, and how Park Electric
was frozen out by Montana Powers
refusal to wheel them additional pub
power to meet the Ma
tional Parks requirement.-EDI-
TORI.
Hoover admitted Montana Power
was much higher in it's bid than the
two rural electrics, but said "other
considerations" made the Montana
Power bid more advantageous.
"You deliberately avoided the OPP
portunity to take the deal which would
be best for the government" Moss
"You have certain obliga-
tions to your government" he con-
tinued. at astounds me that you
should take the higher bid :"
Rep. Hoffman, who interceded for
Hoover and the Park Service through
'ut the hearings, interjected: "He said
hey were cheaper but at no time has
lie said they were BETTER"
Hoover later said negotiations with
he co-ops were discontinued-thou
hey were never notified-because a
lew right-of-way would have had to
'e cut through some 18 miles of vir-
.in park area if coop got the con-
ract.
However, subcommittee investiga-
ions revealed the contract with Mon
ana Power necessitates cutting a new
ight-of-way 40 feet wide through 81
niles of heavily timbered park area.
COST-PLUS
'YPE OF CONTRACT"
Further data indicated the con-
ract quietly signed with Montana
'ower was lucrative cost-plus type,
astly different than that on which
he co-ops had been asked to bid.
In his opening statement Mass said
he Interior Department had been
unco-operative" with the
He said they had asked
Interior for simple files on the case
n July 6, 1859 and did not receive
q answer until October 9 1850
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are not properly able to as
sumo"
The Montgomery Commits
sion said "the lives of children
have been affected by increased
tension which often. effects
their parents.
"These tensions are brought
about by social. economic and
domestic difficulties and other
frustrating influences which
adversely affect the tranquility
Of the home"
The commission added there
is too wide a gap between
privileges extended to many
children and the responsible
ties required Of them"
The Prince Georges County
Health and Welfare Regional
Council, in its report said that
rising living costs, an increase
in working mothers and re-
Taxed parental attitudes toward
children have developed prob
lem children.
Both Montgomery and Prince
Georges delegations said a re-
gional detention facility for
juveniles awaiting court hear
ings is their most pressing need
in suburban Maryland.
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PTA Bourd States
Closed Meeting

The board of managers of
the District Congress of Par
entS and Teachers is holding
an unusual closed meeting to-
morrow to discuss points Of diff
ference between the PTA and
School Supt. Carl F. Hansen.
The decision to make the
monthly meeting a closed Ses-
sion was made last week by the
groups executive committee.
Some of the officers felt it
would be better to have no
more wrangling in public" ex-
planned John B. Gillilland, for
mer president Of the congress
who is now public relations
chairman.
The board Of managers
made up of the top so PTA Of
flcialS-can review the execu-
tive committees action, Mr..
Gilliland said, and there is a
chance 1t may decide to open
the meeting.
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Doing Policeman Loses
Gun, Two Arrested

Two men were held today on
charges of taking a service re-
volver from an off-duty WASH
ington policeman while he
dozed in his car in the 1900
block Of Thirteenth street NE.
Saturday evening.
The policeman, Pvt. Arville
Carter, jr, 20, of the ninth
precinct, was suspended on
charges Of being unfit for duty
because Of drinking.
Capt. Francis G. Davis of
the ninth precinct said Pvt.
Carter was called to the station
house before his midnight tour
of duty after Furman Tibbs, 81,
Of the 900 block of Mount
Olivet street NE, was arrested
for carrying a concealed
weapon.
The weapon turned out to be
the revolver issued to Pvt.
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Carter, who then told of being
robbed that afternoon, Capt
Davis said.
Later police arrested another
man, George WitherSpoon, At,
Of the 1900 block of Eighth
street NV, and charged both
Tibbs and Witherspoon with
the robbery.
In another case, two police
men of the 18th and one from
the 18th precinct were being
investigated for an incident
Saturday night near Ninth and
M streets NV.
Capt. Charles Wright of the
18th precinct said all details
of the fracas had not been
learned, but that one Of the Off
duty policemen received treat
ment for an injury at Freed
mems Hospital.
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REPORTER IN THE CLASSROOM

think" Mrs. Davis says, "but
you start with the little one"
Then. very slowly and in clear
view Of the whole class, she
writes yellow. With each
letter she gives little hints
although she does not call any
of them by their real names.
Remember to start the ball
(the 'o) at the top" she eau
tons.
Each child then is handed an
outline drawing which illus
trateS the nursery rhyme many
learned in kindergarten: Jack
be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack
jump over the candlestick."
The various parts are labeled
with the names of different col
ors. The students are told to
use the appropriate crayon for
each in coloring the picture.
On the back of the picture they
have to print yellow"
Although Mrs. Davis doesn't
mention it, underneath the
drawing is the first phrase of
the rhyme. It is there for good
measure, just to expose the
children to some more words
with which they are familiar
In the spoken form.
In school Technology, such
a technique is called "expe-
rience reading" Both Mrs.
Davis and the other first
grade teacher, Mrs. Margaret
P. Hamer, use it a great deal.
For instance, they always place
the days plans on the board
and go through them with the
class. A typical one would
read:
1--WE will open school. We
viii show and tell. We will en-
Joy a book. We will have num-
Der fun. We will say rhymes or
poems. We will enjoy a film
about health. We will listen to
some music"
And they put on bulletin
boards little stories about class
experiences, often illustrated
with drawings by the children.
Formal Approach Used
Mrs. Hamer has one about
the new library under construc-
ton next door: I'VE went to
see the men work. We saw the
men fill q big bucket. The big
bucket went up, UP, up! The
big bucket came down, down,
down. A big wall is going up,
up, up!" 49,. :
The value Of this technique,
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Other times the page will
have several rows of animals
In each row, one of the rabbits,
squirrels, cows, or whatever will
be unlike the others; the child
has to pick it out.
Only after thus learning the
proper left-to-right pattern in
reading, and acquiring a sharp
ened ability to see accurately,
will the child begin with word
accompanied, to be sure, by
big, colorful pictures) stories.
He will have his own book.
but the teacher will have an
enlarged version ("Our Big
Book") for group instruction.
Typically, it will start like
this:
Page One: "Dick." picture
of boy.)
Page Two: Look, Look. "
(Dick stands on his head.)
Page Three: "Oh, oh, oh. I"
(He falls DOWN.
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used on a lesser scale in kinder
garten, is obvious. I'm sure
some of the children learn the
words just by seeing them and
knowing what they are meant
to represent" says Mrs. Hamer
A more formal APPROACH to
reading is also used in Janney'S
first grades. For those students
who have not attended kinder
garten cit is not required in the
District, and many school Sys-
TENS don't even offer it,, this
usually means, at the begin
ming, readiness" books to teach
good reading habits. Although
1t may seem strange, they con-
sist of pictures, not words.
Sometimes there are four
pictures, in two rows, to a page.
They tell a story-usually a
familiar one-if the child
starts to read" with the top,
left picture, and ends up with
the lower, right one.
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land we capitalize on this and
build on it."
What she means is that the
children, after seeing the words
often enough, will really know
that "l-o-o-k" is, in fact, look.
Not all the students do learn
to read by this sight method.
Those who don't, however, are
often helped by actually writ
ing out the letters and words
themselves. Teaching the sounds
of letters. while more important
in the higher grades, can also
improve reading ability. (Mrs.
Davis will have the class prac-
tice "buh," for instance. for
q b.
Only later in the year, after
they have achieved a limited
skill in reading and writing,
will the children specifically be
taught the alphabet. There's
no point doing it sooner" says
Mrs. Davis. ut doesn't help
them to read, does it?"
One of the first things the
youngsters in Janney's first
grades learn to do is to write
their names. The usual prac-
tice is for Mrs. Davis and Mrs.
Hamer to make out little name
cards for each student. Until
the children learn to memorize
the letters, they simply copy
the cards writing on whatever
classwork they do.
The third R-'Rithmetic- is
also of third importance in first
grade. although it is getting
new attention this year with
the introduction of a complete
ly revised mathematics curricu-
lum.
The children will be expected
by next June to count and
write numbers to 100 and un-
derstand addition and subtrac-
ton with one-digit numerals.
Now they are still learning
to write the numbers and to
understand what they mean.
I heard Mrs. Davis give q
lesson on "5:"
Some Of you are putting the
hat (top line) on the five be-
fore anything else; you can't
do that"
Page Numbers Used
I saw her children doing
their own workbook exercise on
the same numeral. It had
places for writing many IS in
a row, as well as for insertion
after 1894. 1t had picturesI
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Page Four: Look, look. Oh,
look" (He laughs.)
The story continues in
Chapter Two with Jane. The
formal is similar-only the
words have been changed:
Jane. See, See. See Jane =. :"
The teacher will actually
read over the words with her
group of ten or fifteen children.
Then she will pick out a diff
ferent child to read each line
back to her.
One boy says "See, see" in
stead of look, look"
mo, no." says Mrs. Davis.
TITS look" Remember, it has
two eyes Co's) that look at
you"
Alphabet Taught Later
She frankly admits that, in
these early stages, the children
aren't really reading - Just
memorizing. They have WON
derful MEMORIES" she says.
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Surgeon, Veterinarian Team Up
To Save Life of Valuable Mare

Buckingham's recommendation.
He was hesitant about operat-
ing on the mare inside the
stable, not only because Of the
limited space for the humans
involved, but also because she
might hurt herself against the
walls after the anesthetic was
administered.
Willing helpers, including
County Manager M. L. Reese,
another friend of the Wilson's,
made a shield around the i'm
provised operating space with
bales Of hay, to protect After
glow from the wind. Then DR..
Buckingham put her to sleep,
and DR.. Rohrbaugh took over.
1T was the first tendon I
ever treated" the doctor said.
"As a matter Of fact, I don't
normally treat horses at all.
This was an interesting case
because the tendons literally
were cut in half. We sewed
it with wire sutureS and APP
piled a heavy cast. I see no
reason why it shouldn't heal"
The operation of repairing
the tendons took an hour and a
half. and then the assembled
company began waiting out
Afterglow'S return to conscious
ness. However, she remained
sleeping, comfortably warmed
by sun and straw, until mid
afternoon, when she woke up
and was able to get to her
feet.
Today she is hobbling about
her stall.
Concerning her future, both
DR.. Rohrbaugh and DR.. Buck
ingham hesitated to make any
prediction.
1--WE are playing it by ear, in
a sense, because we never have
done this BEFORE" they agreed.
1--WE should know more when
we remove the cast, which
probably will be in six weeks. i"
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Co|byDerllands
G.0.P.Decision
On Support
Hits Smith Move
Booking Thomson
In Delegate Race
BY DAN POOLE
star stan Writer

Alexandria's Republican
House Of Delegates candidate
today called upon the City Re-
publican Committee to deter
mine publicly whether 1t will
support him or his Democratic
opponent in the November 8
election.
Robert T. s. Colby urged q
special meeting Of the city
committee after q member Of
that group, Col. j. r. Smith, re-
vealed he will support the
Democratic incumbent. Dele
gate James M. Thomson, q
massive resistance segregation
list, instead Of Mr.. Colby. the
G. o. p. candidate.
A provision Of the Virginia
Republican Party plan provides
for automatic removal of any
member Of q City Republican
Committee who indorseS an on
ponent Of the @. o. P. candi-
date, Mr.. Colby noted. He
added:
MY platform is clear. / am
confident that the views ! have
expressed overwhelmingly rep
resents the sentiment Of the
entire Republican City Com
mittee, save just one. ]. r.
Smith himself.
"Mr. Smiths comment re-
garding the similarity between
my political philosophy and
State Senator Armistead L.
Boothe has a great deal Of
merit with regard to the school
ISSUE"
He termed Col. Smiths state
ments, made at q meeting Of
the pro-segregation Defenders
Of State Sovereignty and In
dividual Liberties, in Arlington
as representative Of the
Neanderthal views which have
been expressed by a very small
segment of the Republican
Party who have been assistant
Democrats for so many years.
These individuals are the seq.
ment of the party which always
have taken orders from the
Byrd machine"
At the Defenders meeting
Friday night, Col. Smith, whose
wife also is a member Of the
City Republican Committee, in
dicated an unofficial move is
afoe in the COP. ranks to split
the ticket and support Delegate
Thomson who he said 'iS really
on our side, and ] want you to
know that as Republicans we
are on his side"
City Republican Chairman
John Kilcullen was out Of town
on q business trip and unavail-
able for comment on Mr..
Colby's call for a special meet
ing.
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patient, and sewed up the severe
cut with metal sutures before
applying a plaster cast.
DR.. Richard Buckingham,
Rockville veterinarian who first
treated the mare after she fell
in her paddock at the Wilson
home in Glen Hills, said he
welcomed the assistance of an
orthopedic specialist because he
had feared the mare would
have to be destroyed. Severed
tendonS are considered difficult
to treat successfully, he ex-
planned.
At 8 am. yesterday the Will
son family made a bed of straw
outside Afterglow's stall, on Dr..
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Learning Read and Write Starts With Coors for First Graders

also for coloring; each one
either already contained five
objects, or the students were
meant to add the necessary
number to reach this total.
The students, who attend
school for a full day, also are
exposed to a variety of other
subjects: In social studies, they
learn about their neighborhood
the stores, the workers on
the street, places to go for fun,
and Transportation by our
door,; in science they study
the differences between the sea-
sons, rain and snow, planes and
some characteristics of the sun
and earth.
They have organized play
periods for the development Of
coordination and teamwork
and an occasional lesson on
personal health.
1t is impossible to go into all
Of these subjects very thor
oughly; the day isn't long
enough, and reading and writ
ing are more important.
For all of the children, more
over, the first grade is the first
time they have been subjected
to an organized schedule. And
they do get restless.
Small Groups Taught
Both Mrs. Hamer and Mrs.
Davis teach the three RS in
small groups within the class:
it permits them to instruct at
one time children with CON-
parable abilities and to give a
little more individual atten-
ton than would otherwise be
possible.
1t does mean, however, even
more difficulties in keeping
order. Those not in the group
with the teacher are told what
they should do at their desks.
This doesn't mean they will.
But neither teacher has quite
the benign attitude about their
children that is evident in kin
dergarten.
you're 6 years old now, and
big enough to think of Others"
Mrs. Davis frequently tells
of her class.
Persistent misbehavior leads
to only one thing, the princi-
pals office, where the youngSter
will get a stern talk and be di-
rected to sit in a chair until he
thinks better Of his ways.
Tomorrow: A visit to the
second grade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-19
District COP. Asks
Ballot onPresidency
Chance to Note
Preference Seen
As Party Aid

The chairman of the Dis.
trict's Republican State Com
mittee today asked the Board
of Elections to allow voters to
express their choice for PreSi-
dent in next Mays primary
elections.
In a letter to the board,
Chairman L. Shipley said it
would be ''in the public interest
|. to permit a ballot question
to instruct delegates in voting
for presidential nominees at
the Republican and Democratic
conventions"
Mr.. Shipley intimated that
the board was mistaken in
thinking that Congress in
tended to prohibit presidential
preference primaries in the
District.
1856 Report Cited
He said that the boards own
report Of the 1856 election
stated that e. for all prac-
teal purposes, it acted as a
presidential preference for the
Democratic Party, and that it
might well have operated in
the same way for the Repub-
lican Party If there had been
any serious controversy as to
the party's presidential con-
didate."
Mr.. Shipley pointed out that
1t is becoming increasingly Sp-
parent" that there will be a
contest between supporters Of
Vice President Nixon and New
York Gov. Rockefeller in the
District. as well as a scramble
among various Democratic
candidates.
He said that since 1856, when
the Board made the ruling bar
ring presidential preference
questions, experience has
shown that District voters want
to express such preference . :"
Sample Ballots Used
That year, Mr.. Shipley wrote,
both Stevenson and Kefauver
supporters distributed sample
ballots to aid voters.
This assisted voters, faced
with a Republican ballot with
IS names and a Democratic
ballot bearing IS names, he
said.
Allowing the presidential
preference, Mr.. Shipley wrote,
will allow District residents q
greater voice in selection Of
candidates, simplifying the
election and ballot counting,
and be less expensive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-19
BY ANNE H. CHRISTMAS
Star stan Writer

An orthopedic surgeon de-
serted his regular practice
briefly yesterday in what ap-
pears to have been a successful
effort to save a valuable thor
oughbred horse owned by VAL
entine Wilson of Rockville, Md.
DR.. Austin B. Rohrbaugh of
1900 Maple avenue, Chevy
Chase, learned about the plight
'of his longtime friends horse,
Afterglow, who severed two
tendons in her hind leg in a
fall several days ago. He vol
unteered his assistance, al
though 1t was his first equine
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The
Rambler
!. Bids Farewell
To the Evergreen
BY JOHN McKELwAY

For the last 23 years,
between II am. and 2 pm,
Monday through Friday,
about $50 employees Of the
Department of Agriculture
have crossed to the wrong
side Of the tracks and slipped
into an old house for lunch.
There is a gas station on
one side Of the house, a tree
in front and a slaughter
house specializing in veal on
the other side. When trains
pass, there is a prolonged
tremble within the house.
The narrow windows of the
front doors carry a design in
cut glass. Inside, in the main
hall, the walls are decorated
with the covers Of the New
Yorker and the Saturday
Evening Post.
Recently, people picking up
their trays before moving to
the serving line of the cafe
terra have noticed a home
made sign which states:
1.-THE Evergreen will 60 into
orbit October 80, at 2 p.m.,"
Mrs. Victor Tapke, a dig
nif1ed woman with snowy
white hair and steady, light
brown eyes, who will be IS
Wednesday, has rugged up a
"count down" on the sign.
She cut some days of a call
endar and placed them to-
gether on a hook. Each after
noon she removes one Of the
numbers so that the number
of days left for the Ever
green Restaurant, HOG Mary
land avenue S.W., can be
noted by all who come there.
1t viii be torn down in the
redevelopment of the South
west. There are those who
feel Agriculture will never be
the same.