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Evening star., 1959-10-15
TARGET: Highway Killers

The agreement between Maryland
and the District under which a driver
whose permit is revoked in one jurisdic-
ton will be unable to get license in
the other should be extended to include
Virginia. And eventually this system of
reciprocity in safeguarding the public
against dangerous motorists should be
adopted throughout the country.
Public safety is imperiled when one
Jurisdiction will issue permit to
driver who has been ruled off the high
ways in another jurisdiction as poten-
tial killer. Yet this is being done every
day in most of the States. The District
Maryland agreement is the first to result
from recent movement by State motor
vehicle administrators to correct the
situation. We hope Virginia soon will
join in the pact and that the time will
come when revocation of a permit in
any State will blacklist the faulty driver
everywhere.
Evening star., 1959-10-15

lCducT UCllCNCo III BCJOAliB
things done. Considering the
complex makeup Of the Sem
ate, the wide divergences Of
opinion and aim in his own
party as we'll as among the
Republicans, he has done an
outstanding job.
In Washington last week
end Senator johnson stated
fatty he is not a candidate
for the presidential nomina-
tion-a reiteration Of earlier
statements. That he would
accept the nomination goes
without saying. He has prac-
tically admitted as much.
What he and his friends will
do or can do to further such
a nomination is not likely to
be disclosed at an early date.
Most strong men are am
bilious and no one has yet
accused the Texan Of being q
weakling.
JOhnsOn's Opposition
Arrayed against the john
son nomination will be the
radical Democrats bent on
controlling the Democratic
National Convention. Along
with them will go many Of
the equally radical labor
leaders, whose aim is con-
troll Of the Democratic Party.
And with them, too. will be
those Northern Democrats
who still fear that nomination
Of any man from the solid
South would mean defeat at
the polls. These are powerful
forces. On the other hand,
the convention will be con-
fronted with the task of pick
ing a nominee from a list of
other possible candidates, all
of whom have weak spots in
their political armor.
For example, Adlai Steven
son, two-time loser in the
presidential race but still the
darling of the eggheadS and
many liberal Democrats; Sem
ator Kennedy of MasSachu-
sets, a Catholic and imma-
ture; Senator Humphrey Of
Minnesota, at present not
known to the American peo-
pie; Senator Symington Of
Missouri, also unknown and
considered too moderate by
the radicals; Gov. Pat Brown
of California, also a Catholic
and a newcomer to national
politics, and finally Gov.
Meyner of New Jersey. scarce
ly known beyond the confines
of his own State.
In comparison, Senator
johnson and his leadership
record may grip the imagina-
ton Of many of the conven-
tion delegates. Further, the
claim that he is of the great
West rather than the South
will do him no harm.
AS of today, Senaktr john
son is 2 candidate for re-elec-
ton toSthe Senate for a third
term. He became the Demo-
cratic leader of the Senate in
1858, an unusual record for a
first-term Senator. Prior to
entering the Senate, he
served for eleven years in the
House of Representatives, a
staunch supporter of Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Wrong Day for Poets?
"a breath of song, a bit of

"a breath of song, a bit Of
rhyme,
That floats above the wreck
of Time"
Most people are poets, in
small measure or great; ar
ticulate or inarticulate. Not
all rhymed lines are poetry,
some are simple rhyme: some
are verse, and some few.
poetry. In poetry, we have
great poems and lesser ones.
A great poem contains a
great idea: not necessarily
rhymed, but rhythmic.
october Is is Poetry Day
in the District. To me,
springtime-the month of
May would be a more fitting
season to magnify this day,
as it is then that flowers be-
gin to bud and birds begin
to sing and nest; youth be-
gins to feel the urge of the
time and break forth in
cadenced speech that seems
to express the surge of the
heart and the hope that fills
the fragrant air.
Without a dream the
people perish" and without q
song life is a desert. Without
the poet there are heavy
hearts which could become
lightened with the lifting
rhythm of a poetic singer.
In short, why should we not
have a Poetry Day for each
season, Spring for Hope,
Summer for Blooming, Fall
for Fruitions, and Winter
for Retrospection.
Georgia Douglas Johnson.
Evening star., 1959-10-15

The misunderstanding be-
tween two PTAS and their
principals become important
to the community at large
when and if they raise the
question of the right of the
public to inquire into its edu-
cational system. I do not
know whether either school
in the current controversy is
involved in a situation of this
kind: but, if so, the PTAs are
certainly acting within their
rights. Furthermore, past ac-
tions of the District of Colum-
bia Board of Education tes-
tify that it acknowledges this
right by publicly answering
questions and criticisms of its
policies. I think, therefore,
that Spaper accounts
intimating that DR.. Hansen
wants or is justified in want
ing a public hands off"
educational policy are mac
curate and perverSe. DR..
Hansen probably would be
the first to admit how much
valuable help and advice he
has received from the sup
posedly unframed public to
which he administers. The
public may be unframed as
educators but it knows what
a good education is and when
it is not receiving it.
The voteless state of Dis
trict of Columbia residents
often forces them to exercise
this critical privilege in
unorthodox ways, but this
fact does not argue that the
right exists. Since the Board
of Education is not elector-
ally responsible to its citi-
zens. public opinion must and
should be expressed in what
ever other ways are possible
even at the expense Of a tenn
porary discontinue of those
responsible for programs or
methods under fire. The
time to worry is when the
public accepts whatever kind
of education is offered with
out showing any interest in
making it more perfect. For
quite a while the general
American public seemed quiz
escent in matters of public
education, but today it has
redirected its energies to
improving it's educational
system. Who will dare to say
that this is not only a right
but a pressing need as we'll?
1t is undoubtedly true that
at the local levels some prin-
cipals and teachers resent
what they term interference
with their school programs.
In many cases I am sure they
are justified. In equally as
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Free Riders

The public schools in the District
are supported by the city'S taxpayers,
and we see no reason why the latter
should be called upon to provide free
education for children whose parents
or guardians are not residents of Wash
ington and who do not pay taxes to the
city.
The question is how and where to
draw the line. Representative Broyhill,
of Virginia, is sponsoring a bill which
would require tuition payments for all
pupils whose parents or legal guardians
do not live in the District This seems
reasonable enough to us. The Broyhill
measure has been opposed in its present
form, however, by Commissioner Nc
Laughlin and School Superintendent
Hansen. The Districts taxpayers have
not been heard from.
AS of now, there are 1913 non-reSi-
dent pupils in the schools. Tuition is
being paid by 108 of these; 901 have
been excused from paying and 604 cases
are under study. According to Mr..
Broyhill, his bill would have produced
$384,715 in tuition payments for the
District last year, and this is not pin
money in community in which the
taxpayer is being squeezed hard and
soon will be squeezed harder.
Under prevailing regulations, nom
resident pupils are excused from tuition
II they live in the District with adults
who support them and exercise control
over them even though they are not
parents or legal guardians. Commits
S1oner Mclaughlin, agreeing that there
Is need to control situations in which
children may be sent into the District
for the purpose of attending schools at
public expense, nevertheless opposes the
Broyhill bill. He thinks the Board of
Education should have discretion to
waive tuition for children living in
Washington with adults who exercise
full care, custody and support" because
parents living out of town are unable to
provide for the children.
We do not see much difference be-
tween this and the prevailing regula-
tions. In either case, the cost of educat-
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Public Gets in Act on TV Quiz Show Inouiv

I thought my education
Was not so far behind But
quiz shows showed stagna-
tion/Had settled on my mind.
Again I'm with the whiz-
zers!/My ego's on the goH
While quizzers quiz the quiz
Zers/And ringers from the
show.
George P. Griffith.
Are the witch hunters back
again? Representative Harris
is back to plague the citizens
with his awesome powers of
prosecuting any and all his
imagination directs. The lat
est target is the quiz pro-
grams. Are there no outraged
citizens who will cry out in
protest?
These programs are given
free to the public as an ad-
vertising gimmick to promote
consumer buying. All the
public asks is that they are
not immoral, and that they
entertain. No one can deny
their keen entertainment
value. In a sense all shows
are rigged up to entertain the
public. In this case no one
was duped or maligned and
only the most perverted mind
could establish a personal in
jury as a result Of the pro-
grams. They certainly inspire
the public to mental attain
mentS, and especially the
children who watch them are
stimulated in an intellectual
manner. Now, why all the
clamor by Mr.. Harris? Is this
all he can find to investigate?
Rugged or not, we who watch
these programs do so from
our own choice, and 1, for
one, wish we had some more
programs like them, instead
of the CORY Westerns that
have replaced them!
d. Christensen.
4 Il 4
We are being faced with a
rash of publicity and acid
comment on TV shows. There
Evening star., 1959-10-15
THE POLITICAL MILL
A Southern President Part p
BY GOULD LINCOLN

The South's only chance
for a presidential nomination
in 1860 rests on Senator
Lyndon B. johnson Of Texas.
The West may claim him,
too. But he comes the closest
to being a candidate Of the
South and the strongest can
didate from that section in
many a long year.
The Southwest's chances
rest, Notwithstanding the at
tacks and threats of the
Democratic radicals Of the
North, on an outstanding and
dominant figure in the Demo-
cratic Party, the majority
leader Of the Senate. 1t rests
on the man considered by
many likely to make the
strongest, most able President
Of all the array Of candidates
and potential candidates the
Democratic Party has to
offer.
In these days of shifting
and mercurial change, when
it is not yet clear what will
be the major issues and
problems before the Amer
ican people in 1861, the ques-
ton Of foreign policy stands
out. And foreign policy of
the United States means the
conformation Of the Soviet
Union. its satellite countries
and Red China. 1t means
primarily the conformation
of Russian Premier Nikita
Khrushchev, the strong man
of the Communist world. If
there is to be a Democratic
President after the election
next year. Senator johnson
is the man best qualified. He
has the courage and the
brains for the task.
Aims for Results
The choice of a presiden-
tial candidate, however, un-
fortunately is not always
made because Of the highest
qualifications for filling the
Office Of Chief Executive. AS
of today, the chances of
Senator Johnson for the
Democratic nomination must
be labeled as outside. This
could change, for the Texan
has q record of remarkable
leadership, despite the criti-
cisms made by the Demo-
cratic radicals headed by
Democratic National Chair
man Paul M. Butler and a
eoterie of Democratic Sena-
tors. That record includes
passing through the Senate
the first civil rights bill in 80
years. The bill, which became
law, is designed particularly
to assure voting rights to all
citizens of the United States.
including the Negroes in the
South. This is basic in safe
guarding American citizen
ship.
Senator Johnson, however
has been attacked by the radi-
Gals as q compromiser, a mere
manipulation. These criticisms
stem from the fact that radi-
cal demands have not been
met in whole, or even in some
instances in major part. He
has been attacked in the same
breath as a dictator. The
truth is, the Democratic
Evening star., 1959-10-15

@. What kind Of animal Is
a barunduki?-D. H.
A. This is the Siberian
variety of chipmunk. 1t is
quite similar to the Ameri-
can chipmunk, but has five
mottled stripes on its back.
@. Who originated the In
ternational Red Cross flag?
p. B.
A. This flag, a red cross on
a white background, is the
national flag of Switzerland
white cross on a red back
ground) with the colors
transposed. 1t was adopted
in recognition of Switzer-
lands initiative in calling the
Geneva Conference Of 1868.
at which the agreement was
signed concerning the inter-
national protection Of sick
and wounded, with their
nurses and doctors.
Evening star., 1959-10-15

has been a big buildup of the
awful" conduct of the pro-
ducers and directors run
ming fixed" quizzes. These
outcries have produced much
unfavorable publicity over
the deplorable situation in
our mass communications.
This has gone so far that
there is talk of congressional
Evening star., 1959-10-15
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

is too detailed. He wants to
pin everything down. The
inner question in his mind
is whether the event he is
telling you about took place
on a Monday or a Tuesday.
To him, this is a momen-
tous question. Let me see,
it must have been Monday
no, let me see, it must have
been Tuesday. I guess, be-
cause Aunt Hattie came to
town that day; no, it must
have been Monday, because
something else happened or
didn't happen.
You get as confused as he
is on the subject.
1t reminds you, as you
change from one foot to the
other, Of the time you at
tended a meeting Of some
sort, and the gathering took
an hour to debate a ques-
ton:
Should the committee Of
welcome to the guest speaker
be composed of three or five
persons?
The meeting was divided
right down the middle on
this great issue.
Three men or five men?
If it had been the fate of
nations the meeting was dis
cussing it could have been
debated with no more fervor.
The upshot?
Three men should greet
the honored guest. AS II 1t
made any difference.
So boring you is not con-
fined to one. You can be
bored to ennui, as the French
say, by two or three or more.
The French disposition, it
was once called, this thing
of being bored by a bore.
Probably it was a sort Of
national pose, but it has
spread to all nations, now,
and nobody escapes.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
LETTERS TO THE STAR
PTA's HossIe With Superintendent of Schools

literal sense and one can only
suppose that there has been
criticism or request for
changes or corrections in the
administration Of the Ray
mond School, or in teaching
details.
Since schools exist for the
pupils, a self-evident fact
that can hardly be question:
ed, except perhaps by Mr..
Hansen who obviously has the
relationship turned around
in his thinking. Is it not the
prerogative Of the parents to
be concerned about the in
struction of their children
and to seek change or cor
rection in the school If they
think 1t to the best interests
of the children?
Characteristically Mr.. Han
sen has not disclosed the
nature of his charges against
the PTA president and ap-
parently he does not intend
to. since he says he "does not
want to get into a cat and
dog fight" from which one
can only surmise that his
charges are petty ones.
Now Mr.. Hansen, when
asked if he would meet with
the PTA, says that he was
always anxious to meet with
people If a constructive pur-
pose can be served" which
meeting might have been a
good idea before he took it
upon himself to eject the
PTA from the school.
One also questions the
fitness Of the school prin-
cipal for her job if she can
not get along with the
parents Of her pupils as
represented by the PTA
through its officials.
The principal and superin-
tendent have indeed created
for themselves a veritable
tempest In a teapot.
Even more indicative Of the
pettiness and obvious in
security Of Mr.. Hansen in
this matter was his order,
when he did permit the PTA
to have one more meeting in
the school, that nothing was
to be discussed except that of
discharge or retention of the
PTA president. This is one
way, OF course, to avoid
further criticism of the
school, school policy or his
action in the matter.
In Russia criticism is sup
pressed differently - heads
roll or the offender is BAN
ished to Siberia. Will we come
to that I wonder?
Rickie Masters.
Evening star., 1959-10-15

many cases they are merely
expressing their contempt for
the ability Of parents to
evaluate their educational ef-
forts. When the latter case is
true 1t is more typical of the
petty educational despotism
of yesterday than Of today's
more competent educators.
Is there a school official to-
day who claims matters of
teachers. principals or school
programs are sacrosanct? If
there is, he is suspect since no
other profession feels 1t has
the right to ignore the Just
criticisms of it's clients.
Any parent who makes an
honest inquiry on what is be-
ing taught in his school or
how it is being taught is en-
titled to as full an answer as
the proper official can give
him. If he cannot get this
answer at a local level, he is
entitled to go as far as nee
essary to obtain it. D. C.
secondary schools are gen.
orally most punctilious in this
respect, but the elementary
schools are still reluctant or
unable to answer many ques-
tions put to them. Whether
this is because the D. C..
elementary program is nebu-
lous and uncertain or whether
1t is because some D. C. ele-
mentary schools are still
strongholds Of yesterdays
educational despots, I do not
know. If the problem exists,
however, it can be solved.
Parents who are PTA
members have the same right
to be informed Of and ques-
ton the educational activities
OF their school as teachers,
who are also PTA mem
berS, have to be informed of
and question PTA financial
policies. When both parties
realize that they are tHavel-
ing the same two-way street,
neither will be so quick to
resent inquiries from the
other. They are partners in
a joint venture whose sue
ceSsful operation depends
upon the best effort Of both.
Carol Fischer.
4 4 4
Sch hool Superintendent
Carl Hansen has highland
edly barred the Raymond
School PTA from holding
meetings in the school be-
cause its president has be-
come persona non grata with
the school principal. Hansen
charged that the PTA pres
ident "interfered with the
schools instruction" This
hardly seems possible in a
Evening star., 1959-10-15

legislation to control the TV
industry.
While this "scandalous"
situation involving some sew
eral hundreds of thousands
Of privately owned and con-
trolled dollars is getting the
spotlight, we seem to forget
that many more dollars of
many more people are now
in the hands of the gang
sters Of the Teamsters Union
as well as less publicized
gangster-run organizations.
Are we going to forget this
situation in our rush to
prosecute these easy-to-get-
at people in the TV industry
and bypass the harder-to-
get-at, but much more i'm
portant. issues Of these gang
sterS?
Richard Bensinger.
4 4 50
In America, land Of free
dom and justice, a man is
innocent until proved guilty.
I am shocked and Sickened
to see that NBC has disre-
garded this basic ideal in the
suspension Of Charles Van
Doren for possible participa-
tion in crooked quizzes con-
Quoted by the same network.
Charles Van Doren, unques-
tionably, was a brilliant man
before the existence Of "21"
and continues to be one al
though "21" has gone off the
air. The reputation of any
human being should not be
marred without definite proof
of crime. NBC has convicted
Mr.. Van Doren in public view
without trial or even specific
accusation.
NBC annot save its
own reputation by sacrifice
ing an individual who is not
essential to the operation of
the television network. Let's
do something about crooked
television shows, but let's do
it without disregarding sacred
American principles.
Pamela Ellen PrOcuniar.
Evening star., 1959-10-15
GEORGETOWN

= = - ~ ~
Dear Sir:
"How do you handle a
bore?
This is an old problem
but as perennially new as
daybreak.
II know a fellow who talks,
talks, talks without saying
anything at all. He seems to
be telling you something,
but when you are through,
and have finally broken
away, you discover you know
no more than you did before.
Il have never been able to
know which to do, listen
patiently. and smile; or rush
away at once. ,
1T seems to me that there
ought to be some intermedi-
ate position, to be both polite
and get rid Of the person
who boreS you.
What do you think?
Very truly, H. p"
4
The bore is as old as hu-
manity.
The animals escape the
epithet because they can
not talk, at least enough to
make us understand.
Perhaps if they could, some
old dog would bore us, too.
AS for the fanciful cat, she
would entertain us. or we do
not know our cats.
Our use of the word bore"
no doubt comes from the
verb, to bore, or to make q
hole by pressure.
1t is the continued action,
the pressure, that does it.
This is boring from with
out, not from within.
The ennui it causes takes
us back to the beginning and
end of all things. Even this
must pass away-but when?
+ \ 4
When the bore is one of
these persons who holds onto
you, physically, then you have
had it, or are having it.
Then it is impossible to
break away.
The thing to do, we be-
lieve, is to start thinking of
something else. Just as long
as you smile, every now and
then, and say Eyes, yes" he
will be satisfied.
1t is like meeting some one
who calls you by name and
expects you to do the same.
You do recognize his face, but
cannot remember his name.
Never ask. Keep on trying to
place the guy, and maybe you
can. If not, just use no names
at all.
The bore knows you only
too well. This specimen of
humanity attacks only kind
ly persons who will put up
with him.
His stopping you is a sure
signal to the world that you
are a kindly, sympathetic
sort Of person.
Perhaps the secret Of the
boresome talker is that he
Evening star., 1959-10-15
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