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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-10-01

HoWELLS: HIS LIFE AND
WORLD by Van WYck Brooks.
e. p. Dutton & Co.. New York.
1859. 28T PIP. $500.
It is unfortunate that to many
American readers the name of
William Dean Howells conveys
little more than a reminder of
that exceedingly pedestrian nov
ell, THE RISE OF SILAR LAP
HAM. Van Wyce Brooks, in this
most recent of his books, has per-
formed memorable task in CIV
ing us broader and more valid
appraisal Of the Atlantic Month
ly's most famous editor. In How
els: His Life and World (and the
emphasis is distinctly on world,
and Howells' reactions to it,, the
amazing stature of the man and
his tremendously vital, extensive
and beneficent literary influence
become apparent. Apparent, too,
becomes the quality of the man
himself, who possessed attributes
desirable in anyone, and extra
ordinary in ar artist. HoWells,
"the one American writer who
was aware of all the Others" had
kind of serene sanity, a balance
and total lack of any personal
selfishness or need for self-ag-
grandizement. TO the end of his
life he was actively looking for
writers of talert, and then en-
couraging them with healthy
blend of kindness and objective
criticism. The intimate friend of
both Mark Twain and Henry
James-and this fact in itself is
evidence of en- unusual person
ality-he did more than any 9TH
err critic to rescue Americans
from the dangers of provincial
ity and insular smugness in lit
erary matters. His critical articles
first in the Atlantic and later in
Harper's Easy Chair" section,
were earnestly and successfully
devoted to making his fellow
countrymen aware and apprecia-
tive of the great continental
writer's, especially the contem-
porary giants of France and
Russia.
The product of small Ohio
town, he was rapidly at home
and absorbed in the cultural
mores first of Boston, then New
York, and finally Europe, as he
emerged from The cocoon of Co
lumbus to become thoroughly
sophisticated, cosmopolitan crea-
ture. He continued all his life to
grow in intellectual, spiritual and
critical maturity, and was there
fore ready, in the last years be-
fore death, u applaud the strange
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Compass Points Noted
THE SHAME OF A NATION
Robert G. spivack

i LIZ OAA1AhAI- We l. he OoO n
Once, MANY years ago, Lincoln
Steffens wrote a book entitled
"The Shame o. the Cities in
which he told how corrupt pol
iticians, working with corrupt
businessmen, stjfled the growth
and development Of democracy.
It was a powerful volume and
unfortunately for this country,
which is rich in SC many other
ways, we have always suffered
poverty of journalists like Stef-
fens.
But information, long suppress
ed, obscured, or ignored, does
have a way of coming out. Some
times the way news gets to the
people surprises even newspa-
permen. But, in time, the public
catches on to what takes place
and when it does the average
American usually demands ac-
ton.
If government agencies won
Pulitzer prizes would nominate
the staff of the u. S. Commission
on Civil Rights for an exceptional
job, well done, under trying and
politically hazardous circum-
stances. I refer, of course, to its
report on the deprivation of vot-
ing rights, decent housing and
educational opportunities for Am
erican Negroes.
Some portions of the report
were almost lyrical in their af-
firmation of basic American ira
ditions. It's section on voting be-
gins in this way:
To secure these rights, de-
clared the great charter of Am
erican liberty, governments are
instituted amorg men, deriving
their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed The instru-
ment by which consent is given
or withheld is the ballot.
Few Americans would deny,
at least in theory, the right of all
qualified citizens to vote. A sig
nificant number, however, differ
as to which citizens are qualified.
None in good conscience can state
that the goal Of universal adult
suffrage has been achieved"
The report then goes on to tell
in some detail, Row allegedly clev-
er local election officials prevent
Negroes from voting by asking
them questions that would tax
the memory of the most eminent
scholars. These so-called 'intelli-
gence tests" are often admins
tered by men who could not get
past the fifth grade in elemen-
tary school.
The purpose, of course, is to
keep in OFFICE politicians of mea-
ger qualification who throttle
their opposition, white or black,
with every trick they ever learn
ed the political back rooms.
= 4 \
THE SHAME OF THE NORTH
What makes the Civil Rights
Report larticu iarly valuable,
though, is the Commissions
awareness Of the unhappy situa-
ton that exists in many metro
politan centers obove the Mason
Dixon line.
These were some of the Com
MISSIONS discoveries when it ex-
amined housing conditions in
Chicago (sail to be one of the
worst so far as breeding racial
tensions), New York and Pitts
burgh as well as smaller urban
communities.
First" the report asserts, ''a
considerable number of Ameri-
cans, by reason of their color or
race, are beng denied equal OPP
n0rtunitv IN h0ll~ip0 large nor
Evening star., 1959-11-13

Homemade fruit cakes
have been popping out Of the
ovens Of two local cooks for a
Christmas season sale bene-
fitting the Arlington County
Unit Of the American Cancer
Society.
Weighing in at over three
pounds each are the cakes
of Mrs. Samuel Galloway,
206 Virginia avenue. Falls
Church. Already noted for
the piquancy and flavor of
her bake product, Mrs. Gala
way has added a chocolate
sauce to her list of home
made specials this year.
A variation on the holiday
treat are fruit-nut cakes, be-
ing prepared under the per-
sonal supervision of Mrs.
Gertrude Morris, 1904 South
West street. Falls Church.
To order the cakes or
sauce, call either Mrs. Gala
Evening star., 1959-11-13

the nation from New York
to California will participate
in the meet at the Sidwell
Friends School.
Highlight of the event will
be a welcoming the teams
ceremony, customarily as
sociated only with 1nterna-
tional Matches, at which Mr..
Nixon will be the key figure.
Mrs. Phyllis Pelleu, Be-
thesda Chevy Chase, Md,
heads the Washington Field
Hockey Association, the local
hostess organization.
Cochairmen of the tourna-
ment are Miss Elizabeth
Cooper of Calvin Coolige
High School and Miss Evelyn
Fine, of the Sidwell Friends
School.
Evening star., 1959-11-13
Mr.. Parsons
Is Speaker
For DACOR

Assistant Secretary Of State
for Far Eastern Affairs ].
Graham Parsons opened the
nth series Of lectures Of the
Diplomatic and Consular Of
ficers Retired last night.
The lectures, held in the
Department Of State audi
torium. benefit DACOR's well
fare and other activities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons were
guests Of honor at a buffet
dinner at Dacor House, l7l8
H street NV, prior to the
lecture.
Former Ambassador to
Peru and Mrs. Harold H.
Tittmann acted as hosts for
the board of governors at the
supper. Mr.. Tittmann, pres
ident of the board, later pre-
sided at the lecture.
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Hockey
Tournament
Planned

The annual United States
Field Hockey Association
Tournament will be held in
the District November 26-29
under the patronage of Vice
President Nixon.
This is the first time in the
history of women's field
hockey that the tournament
has taken place here.
Approximately 18 teams
representing ali sections of
Evening star., 1959-11-13
Home Entertaining
To Be Alumnoe Topic

Chi Omega Alumnae Of
Northern Virginia will meet
at 8:l5 pm. November l8
at the home of Mrs. Leonard
H Sims, jr.. in Arlington.
Evening star., 1959-11-13
BAZAAR CORNER

way or Mrs. Morris. All pro-
ceeds will go to the American
Cancer Society.
Evening star., 1959-11-13

A discussion Of Entertain
ing in the Home" will be led
by Mr.. Paul Hochman as
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County Gets New Bid
For Apartment Zoninq

There also was considerable
opposition to a bid by David
r. Isen for commercial coming
of AZ acres on Georgia avenue
opposite the Town and Country
Inn in the Wheaton Glenmont
area.
Mr.. Isen said he proposed to
build a neighborhood shopping
center of six stores. including a
Drug Fair, a bank, a grocery, a
dry-cleaning plant and a florist
shop for which he already has
received commitments.
His attorney, Robert c..
Christie, said the plot, at
Shorefleld road, would be an
extension of the Town and
Country Inn commercial zon-
ing.
Nearby homeowners, led by
Roy r. Torcaso, protested on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20
Assault Dropped
In Dogs Death

A dog fancier yesterday was
freed of an assault charge filed
after he tried to arrest a neigh
Dor for shooting his boxer in
Beacon Heights, Md.
Kenneth w. Largent, 35, OF
6908 Beacon place. was fined
5000 August 20 in Hyattsville
Police Court for assaultine
Jones E. Jarrett, 81, of $500
Ingraham street, after Mr.. jar
rett shot the dog. Mr.. Largent
appealed and the case was nolle
pressed yesterday by Frank P.
Flury, deputy States Attorney
for Prince Georges County.
Both parties said they
wanted to bury the Ratchet and
not perpetuate neighborhood
animosity," Mr.. Flury said.
Mr.. Jarrett was fined SLOT in
Police Court for destroying pri-
vate property and cruelty to
an animal. but he did not APP
peal. He had testified he shot
Mr.. Largent's dog because it
and another dog killed his cat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20

Also, Mrs. Alice Letzler. 237
North Galveston street, an &C
tive member Of the Wakefield
PTA and the Citizens Commit
tee for School Improvement;
Mrs. Nan Manning. also an &C
tive worker in the PTA coun-
Gil; Theodore Taylor, former
PTA council president; E. T.
Holland, 1880 North Danville
street, a banker.
Also, Kenneth Weaver, 42l3
North Thirty-first street, who
has been active in school
groups, especially the Stratford
PTA; William H. Cannon, 5740
North Eighteenth street, a Gov
eminent worker active IN COM
munity affairs. and DR.. William
E. Benson. Glib North Ninth
road, an employe of the Ma
tional Academy of Science.
Council President William
Raleigh and all the candidates
supported public schools during
Virginia's indignation crisis.
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u. S. Workers Drivinq,
Parking Habits Studied

garage at Twenty first and E
streets NV. But Congress last
year wouldn't approve the plan.
Mr.. Heath, who gave both
progress reports. noted that
the proposed garage would
have been in one of the areas
where current off-street park
ing facilities are already full
during peak hours. He added
that the completion Of the
State Department annex will
generate a greater need for
parking space in the vicinity
The survey of Federal en-
ployes was made last July by
an interagency committee I'M
der the direction of the Budget
Bureau. About 100000 queS-
tionnaires were completed, Mr..
Heath said. The job of analyz-
ing them and coming up with
some conclusions about park
ing needs will still take two or
more months, he indicated.
In other action the agency
set up a subcommittee, headed
by Lewis T. Breuninger, to
study what can be done to i'm
prove the appearance Of park
ing lots. Engineer Commits
sioner A. c. yelling had sug-
gested the group undertake this
task.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20

The initial findings of two
separate surveys on the driving
and parking habits OF motorists
in downtown Washington we're
given yesterday to the Districts
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency.
They indicate that:
/. About one-third of the
100,000-plus Federal employees
in the area drive cars to work
every day-and those who park
in private lots pay an average
Of $12 a month.
2. Private off street parking
facilities operating at or close
to capacity during peak hours
are located around the Munich
pal Center, the Interior and
State Departments, and the
areas southwest of Dupont cir
Gle, north of the White House
and between Twentieth and
Twenty-Third sire cts near
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Both surveys, when COM
pleted, should help the agency
decide how to use the SIS mil
lion it has collected-but not
spent-in parking revenues, ac-
cording to William D. Heath,
executive director.
Agency members had wanted
to spend the money-accumu-
lating at the rate of 100000
q year-for an underground
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20

The Montgomery County
Council, already pressed to de-
eide on pending apartment
zoning cases, heard arguments
on still another request last
night.
It involved a bid to rezone
a 62,8-acre tract off Viers Mill
road between Viers Mill Village
and Rockville from rural resi-
Dental to apartment use.
A public hearing on this and
several other new rezoning APP
plications was held at the
County Building in Rockville.
All ran into opposition from
citizens.
The council, which has yet
to decide on 10 apartment
coming cases pending since last
January, also took the latest
applications under study.
1000 Apartments Planned
At last nights hearing Law
renee L. Levin told of plans for
a 1,000-unit apartment develop
ment, to be constructed in Sec
lions of 100 units each on land
north of the projected outer
belt highway, east of Park
lawn Cemetery and south and
west of Rock Creek. He also
offered to donate 8 acres for a
school site.
About rs persons protested
the application, including resi-
dents of Wheaton Woods, Viers
Mill Village, Randolph Hills
and Twinbrook. They argued
that it would increase traffic
along VierS Mill road and de-
preciate home values.
Other Bids Opposed
Mr.. Levin's attorney, David
A. Belts, countered that traffic
would be increased only grad
ually. He also said the park
and cemetery would provide
a buffer between the apart
ments and houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20

class values seem to be prevail
ing" he said.
Some teen-agers will work
half a day to support an auto
mobile rather than an educa-
tion," he said.
This live-for-t today attitude
was held by Judge Noyes to be
one of the most destructive
influences underlying modern
juvenile behavior patterns.
Baltimore City Juvenile Court
Judge Charles E. Moylan said
in another group discussion
that an increasing juvenile de-
linquency rate is largely the
result of a growing confidence
in the work of Juvenile Courts.
People are flooding Juvenile
Courts all over the country" he
said, because they have grad
ually become a clearing house
for good advice"
He said the juvenile delin-
quency rate in Baltimore City
increased 80 per cent in one
year because the procedure
used by policemen to file juve-
nile petitions was simplified.
Ephraim r. Gomberg. direc-
tor of the pending White
House Conference, said the
meetings, which are held every
10 years, will be part Of an "un-
ending effort to expand the
potential of the young
people of our country"
LEGITIMACY, he said, is a COL
lateral problem with juvenileI
delinquency.
Teen-agers, he pointed out,
have 40 per cent of all the il
legitimate children born in the
United States.
Births to unmarried mothers
are rising faster than to mar
ried ones" he said.
Mr.. Gomberg said he believes
working mothers and the shift
ing population contribute
to delinquency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20

already have said they will not
reappoint Mrs. Lane. who was
named originally to the school
board by an opposing political
group controlling the county
board at the time.
Mr.. Joy and Mr.. Stockard
are on the list of IA submitted
by the PTA council.
The others are:
William Lightsey. 23l North
Evergreen street, chairman Of
the Committee to Preserve Pub
lie Schools; Mrs. Theda Henle.
1919 North Wakefield street,
past president of the League of
Women Voters; Mrs. Elizabeth
Weyhe, ABB North Thirty-third
road, vice chairman Of the
Committee to Preserve Public
Schools; Mrs. Elizabeth Camp
bell, 1912 North Glebe road.
former school board member;
Mrs Zelda Kosh, 1905 North
Woodstock street, former head
of the speech department in
Arlington public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20

adult responsibilities" he said
during a panel discussion at the
two-day Governors Conference
on Children and Youth.
Judge Moves said he is not
opposed to prolonged schooling
as such, but pointed out this
does sometimes tend to delay
a teen-aae realization Of re-
sponsibility.
Today, conference delegates
from throughout Maryland are
expected to make recommended
tions for the prevention and
control of juvenile delinquency
which will be presented to the
White House Conference on
Children and Youth by the
States delegation when it con-
veneS in the District next
March.
Judge Noyes said most of the
juvenile delinquency problem
stems right from the home
where youngsters are confused
by present-day cultural de-
mands."
Different Versions
AS an example, he said that
frequently parents tell their
children they are too young to
stay up late. Yet, when it is
time for household chores, the
children are told they are
"grown up now" and able to
assume responsibility.
Other reasons for confusion
and conflict were seen in dis
rupted careers caused by COM
pulsory military service, pop
ulation impacts in suburban
areas and a suburban culture
with limited recreation facili-
ties.
Children have gotten be-
yond the family influence, par
ticularly through the automo-
bile" Judge Moves said. THE
automobile for many teen
ayers is the important thing
in their life.
A second influence, he said,
is the clover class so-called
leather jacket types" who are
being idolized through mass
communications by middle
class teen-agers.
Sights Lowered
This is affecting not only
acts of middle-class children |
hat their ambitions. Lower
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20
CountyPTA
Lists 14for
School Board

The Arlington County coun-
Gil of PTAs last night submitted
IA names to the county board
for consideration as school
board members.
The county board will appoint
three members who will take
Office January /. The seats
currently are held by Barnard
Joy, James Stockard and Mrs.
Helen Lane.
Most county board members
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20

grounds it would reduce their
property values.
Similar opposition was ex-
pressed to a bid to rezone land
at Viers Mill road and Ran
dolph road. near the Viers Mill
shopping center. for CONNER
cial use to make way for a
proposed medical arts building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20
Benefit Cord Purty

Aides to All Charity will hold
a card party at $3.50 o'clock
tonight at the Prince Georges
Plaza Community Hall to raise
funds for the clubs activities.
Donations are SIPS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-20
Conflicting Pressures
Seen Buffeting Youth
BY WILLIAM TALBOT
star Stan Writer
BY a Star staff Writer

BALTIMORE Oct. 2O-Modern teen-agers caught in a
conflicting Of them created by their
parents according to Montgomery County Juvenile Court Judge
Alfred D. Noyes
are prolongng adolescence keeping children in
school longer but at urging them to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-30

manned by italian technicians,
may be stationed In the Venice
area and, perhaps, on the island
In the preliminary confer
ence talks Mr.. Herter is ex-
pected to urge Mr.. Lloyd, Mr..
De Murville and Mr.. Won
Brentano to make German
unification their top goal in
future discussions with the So
Wet Union.
United States officials said
they plan to push for reunifi-
cation even though Soviet Pre-
mier Khrushchev. according to
recent Communist newspaper
accounts, has rejected that APP
proach. Last week Soviet news
papers quoted Mr.. Khrushchev
as declaring, in a speech at
Leipzig March 7, that German
unification would be unreal
istic today"
President Eisenhower will
address the opening ceremony
OF the three-day NATO con-
ference Thursday.
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Continued From First Page
Union would agree to a foreign
ministers conference If the
West wants one before a sum-
init conference.
Declining full comment until
the United States Government
receives the text, Francis w.
Tully, jr., State Department
press officer, told newsmen:
There is nothing new in it.
They have said these things
many times before"
British First to Act
In approving IRBM launch
ing sites. Italy becomes the Sec
ond West European nation to
accept the most powerful oper-
alive weapon in the NATO ar
senal. Britain earlier completed
similar arrangements with the
United States.
Under the Italian agreement,
diplomatic officials said, any
decision to use the IRBMs
would require Joint approval by
the Italian government and the
Atlantic Pact supreme head
quarters. The British agree
ment requires Joint approval by
the United States and Britain.
Sources said the Jupiters,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-30

say now about such a situa-
ton would be bound to be
harmful to people who might
seek such asylum"
Although they announced
that the Dalai Lama's govern
ment had been ousted and the
ruler replaced by his younger
rival, the Communists still tried
to convince the world that the
deposed ruler was on their side.
In broadcasts and statements,
Peiping insisted that he was
abducted from the capital by
"traitorous" rebels and was
being held against his will.
Tibetan sources in North
east India were just as insistent
the ruler had left Lhasa, his
capital, voluntarily to lead the
fight against the Reds in South
Tibet.
Cable to Chou Claimed
Peiping radio announced that
the Panchen Lama cabled Pre-
mier Chou En-lai and Chair
man Mao Tze-tung today
promising to cooperate with
the Chinese Communists.
The broadcast said the Com
munist-installed local govern
ment head praised the mill
tary actions" taken by the Red
army in Tibet.
Peiping Radio indicated the
Chinese hope that the Dalai
Lama would resume his collab-
Grafton with them. 1t said the
Panchen Lama would head the
local regime while the Dalai
Lama is held in "duress by the
rebels.
The Panchen Lama. the
broadcast reported, said that
Premier Chou's orders conform
to the interests of the Tibetan
people and therefore are sup
ported by the Tibetan people
on an ever broadening scale and
with growing enthusiasm"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-30
Easter 'Yeggs'
Take Cash Hams

Yeggmen with a taste for
Easter ham burglarized the
B&L Market, 1910 North Capt.
toll street, last night and
escaped with more than $3.50
in cash also.
According to Russell Brown,
SIS, of Del Ray, Va, co-owner
of the store, the money was in
a large safe which turned up
missing at the start of business
today.
Also missing were "a whole
hams. which apparently were
taken from the market in a
shopping cart, which was found
abandoned outside the forced
rear door of the food store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-30
Argument on Easter
Results in Staying

ATLANTA. Ga, Mar. 80
(AP) "A man was shot to
death yesterday in an argu-
ment over the origin of Easter.
Witnesses told police John D.
johnson. SO, and Herbert Mad
dox, 49, were thumbing through
the Bible when their discus
sion turned into an argument
and Maddox asked his friend
to leave, then shot him in the
head as he was going.
Detectives w. D. Browning
and j. c. Smith said Maddox
would be charged with murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-30
Search Under Way
For Florida Boot

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla,
Mar. 80 (AP).-An air and sea
search started today for Miss
Bonnie, q 35-foot cruiser with
six persons aboard.
The boat put out from
Crystal River Saturday and was
due back at 4 pm. yesterday,
The Coast Guard, which sent
a helicopter out at dawn, said
bad weather is hampering the
search. Names Of those aboard
have not been reported
Crystal River is about 60
miles north Of here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-30
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