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on the ice. He recorded q sur
face account Of the patterns Of
the ice buckling and filmed the
surfacing.
On his second stay on the
ice he had company from
ships engineering officer 1t.
David Boyd.
Both arbitrarily picked out
where they thought Skate would
come up. 1t. Boyd was so
certain that 1t. Meader was
wrong, that he walked over to
the site 1t. Meader had picked.
1t. Meader called apprehen-
sively to his companion: Dave,
I think you'd better move. I'm
certain she'll surface right be-
meath you"
1t. Boyd retorted: "Well, if
she does, you're going to get
q helluva picture"
Neither picked the correct
spot.
En- route to the Arctic,
Skates crew was shown train
ing films and given lectures by
civilian members of the party.
1t. Meader said the voyage
never became dull. He gave
partial credit to DR.. Richard
Arrest, who brought along a
wide variety Of hobby equip
ment.
Movies, other than training
films also were plentiful. Tour
naments were held in three
dimensional ticktacktoe and
checkerS-the two most pop
ular games on the boat.
Though never without a suf-
ficient supply of steaks, Skate
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bathroom scales, is a 500
FOUNDER. Two seconds later,
when gravity zero is reached.
he weighs absolutely nothing.
During the time the plane
is travelling in the arc, pulling
out Of the climb and arching
over at 125 knots at the apex,
the point Of gravity zero pre-
walls. This is a 15-second in
terval.
During this time a person
can literally swim in the air,
or flip himself over. Talking
is no problem. A pencil floats
out Of the hand.
Humans are surprised how
quickly they can adapt them
selves to this strange sensa-
ton. Suction-cup shoes are
used to -EaIk on the ceiling,
now serving as the floor.
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protection to the localities. II
adopted, it will mean mass in
tegration at the whim and
fancy of the NAACP and the
Federal courts. 1t does not
afford freedom of choice" said
Mr.. Abbitt.
Mr.. Abbitt asserted that the
report requires the operation
of public schools, even though
reduced, in every locality, re-
gardless of how much integra-
ton is forced upon it-"and to
my mind that is not freedom
of choice"
1t. Gov. A. E. S. Stephens
defended the report.
"All in all, / think it's the
only approach they could take,
but, of course, a great many
details remain to be ironed
out" he said.
Those who think this is
capitulation need not be dis
couraged," he continued. Its
not capitulation. It's just
realism, drawing up the lines
for the next battle in a long,
long war"
Dalton Gratified
State Senator Ted Dalton,
Republican of Radford, said:
1T is gratifying to see that our
State is coming gradually to a
pupil assignment plan admin
istered by the localities. The
sooner we get there the safer
our schools will be. Too, I
know that educators will be
relieved to see the compulsory
school attendance laws REIN
stated"
Representative Tuck, Demo-
crat of Virginia, said, I'VE need
more resistance, not less"
Mr.. Tuck said the report car
ries many Of the earmarks Of
State Senator Ted Dalton's
campaign platform which was
repudiated by the people in No
vember, 1856" when Senator
Dalton ran for Governor.
Edward r. Carr, chairman Of
Fairfax Country-Falls Church
Committee for Public Schools,
said:
The report attempts to
provide the framework for a
diversity of solutions to the
current school problem in or
der to offer alternatives based
on varying local conditions. -"
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calls Tor providing every STU
dent who chooses a private,
non-Sectarian school with a
Joint, State-local scholarship
which would not exceed $3.50 a
year in the suburban Northern
Virginia area.
Most of the cost would be
borne by the localities, with the
State paying the rest.
Penalties Cited
The proposed plan, in effect,
penalties localities which have
been putting up a high ratio
of local funds to State funds
to educate their children.
Northern Virginia commu-
mites put up a considerably
higher percentage of the total
school budgets, and therefore
will have to pay a higher share
Of the $3.50 tuition grant.
A survey among Northern
Virginia officials showed two
immediate reactions:
l. The $3.50 probably would
not be enough to cover the pub
lie school students fees for at
tending the private school.
2. A concern over lack of
space in the private schools.
3. Local officials will have
to find funds to cover their
share of the expense.
No Eestimate
Refusing to hazard a guess
on how many students now in
public schools could be ex-
pected to apply for the schol-
arships, officials in Fairfax,
Arlington, Falls Church and
Alexandria said their areas
present private, non-sectarian
enrollments, now stand at
about 1000, 600, 200 and $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Polar Seas Like Any Other Water,
Arlington Man Aboard Skate Says
BY JAMES M. CoRAM
Contributing Writer

Slamming through the polar
ice cap is essentially no differ
ent from surfacing IN Long
Island Sound.
THE only real distinction Is
a psychological one" Navy 1t.
Bruce I. Meader said last night.
when we (the crew of the
USS Skate) surfaced at the
pole. we weren't sure we could
break through the ice. Our
apprehension was basically the
same experienced by any
pioneers" 1t. Meader told The
Star.
1t. Meader, who lives at 57l3
South Second street. Arlington,
is the first member Of the
Skates 111-man expedition to
return to the States. He was
flown into Washington Monday
night after being picked up
from the Skate by helicopter.
Though himself a submarine
er, 1t. Meader was not q Skate
crew member. He was assigned
to photograph, film and main
tain a daily chronicle of the
voyage.
Surfaced in Lake
Skates polar surfacing was
done in an ice lake or polynya.
At the time Of the nuclear-
powered submarines first
voyage to the Arctic, the poly
nyas were free of ice.
I'VE had anticipated finding
most of the polynyas the same
as during the summer cruise"
1t. Meador said. "Yet, all but
one in which we surfaced were
coated with ice several inches
thick.
Occasionally, members Of
the crew felt that the boat
was making slower progress
than normal. And twice, we
heard the ice breaking up, but
the sensation of surfacing was
no different from any other
time"
TV Cameras In Bow
Skate was equipped with
television cameras In the bow.
enabling her crew to view her
passage upward through the
ice. The crew watched on re-
ceiving sets placed at the peris-
cope and paSsageway 70 the
coming tower, the lieutenant
said.
The cameras were used to aid
in finding the thinner patches
of ice. Also used in this task
were a variable frequency sonar
set and two standard sonar
sets. A light meter was used
for detecting polynyas.
1.-THE greatest problem in
surfacing," 1t. Meader said,
was that you never knew
when the ice lakes would dis
appear. The large ice masses
would flow into a solid layer
of ice in a few minutes. We
were rugged for a dive at all
times.
Everyone came to the deck
for at least a look at the ice
pack, although a few did not
venture out onto it. That was
because the temperature some
times dropped to 40 degrees
below zero-and when you
added high winds, it produced
an effective temperature of
minus 70 degrees.
However" 1t. Meader en-
phasized, I'VE had excellent
protective clothing and were
able to remain on the ice in
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was out Of fresh milk at the
end Of the first week. Sur
prisingly, the lettuce (iceberg)
survived the entire voyage.
Much of the merrymaking
was spent in limitations. Every
body who had not been to the
Arctic previously, had his nose
painted blue and was forced
to wear paper SunglasSes until
midnight.
For those who had not been
to the Pole before (nearly one
third of the crew a much
sitter initiation was arranged.
1t began the day after Skate
left the Pole.
Brought to "Trial"
The newcomers were charged
with crimes and brought be-
fore Borealis Rex for trial.
They were guilty until proven
innocent. Legal counsel wasn't
allowed until the day after
sentencing.
The officers were charged
with such misdemeanors as
having a non-regulation face,
being a fugitive from another
submarine, and being a reserve
officer. KIP was prescribed in
all cases.
1t. Meader's two children,
Susan, S, and Beau, 8, are too
young to be interested in the
military or scientific value Of
their fathers trip.
They were only interested to
know if he had brought them
anything from Santa at the
North Pole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Senate May Act Soon
On FurIough Threat
BY JAMES G. DEANE
star star Writer

The Senate may next week to head of fund cuts
threatening foughs for District employees
The Senate Appropriations Committee plans to hear
ngs Tuesday the $26 billion supplemental appropriation
bill last week by the House The bill includes District
allotment Of 867 81 million less than the Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Piedmont Truffic Club

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
April 2 (SpeeiaD The an
nual meeting of the Piedmont
Traffic Club of Charlottesville
and the Shenandoah Traffic
Club of Winchester will be
held April Is at the Mimslyn
Hotel, Luray.
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definitely. Our only real prob
lens were chilblains white
weltS appearing on the face)
and polar bears.
"We constantly checked one
another for chilblains. We rid
ourselves Of them by holding
our hands up to our faces and
blowing into our gloves.
polar bears never leave the
Arctic and therefore never see
anything but seals and other
polar bears. They recognize
other polar bears. but mistake
every other dark moving OBJ
ject for seals-their only source
Of food"
When the only polynya
which wasn't frozen over was
discovered, q crew Of four
scuba" divers had to try out
their apparatuS-even though
the temperature was crowding
minus 80. Scuba" means self
contained underwater breath
ing apparatus.
Water Warmer
The water in which the four
divers swan was so degrees
warmer than the weather out
side, but it was still 2 degrees
below freezing. The quartet re-
manned in the water for Is
minutes.
Stalactites measuring 6 feet
and longer were found be-
meath the ice. The divers said
the cold did not bother them
except in the tips of their
fingers and on their lips.
Twice while Skate was sub
merged. 1t. Meader remained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
SchooIship Club

The Massachusetts School
ship Club Of Washington viii
hold a meeting at 8 o'clock to-
night at 1900 North Highland
street, Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02


A CLOCK DOES A WHOLE
CIRCUIT Of lights and costs
more than 5000. The photo
electric cell mechanism costs
about SOS and operates only
one light. But it makes pos
sible economies in cables and
other installation costs that
makes a circuit with the
phi OF o-ele ctric controls
cheaper. The clock is out,
the photo-electric cell in
for new installations.
The District has 1888 miles
of streets and 435 miles
of alleys, lighted by 48,100
street lights and $500 alley
lights. The fluted steel lamp
posts on Constitution ave-
nue., Pennsylvania avenue
and other principal streets
are owned by the District.
But under its contract
PEPCO owns the bracket that
suspends the light from $500
wooden power or, telephone
poles in residential areas.
PEPCO owns all the lamps,
those on the Districts lamp
posts and ON the poles.
The Washington or PEPCO
area has never gone in for
fluorescent or tubular lamps
for street lighting. The
changeover has been from
the incandeScent lamps, in
which a f1lament is kept at
q brilliant heat, to the mer-
curry vapor lamps, large
lantern-Shaped bulbs.
Scores of crews with small
tower trucks are out every
evening looking for burnt out
bulbs. But the public is the
, best inspector. 1t has a way
of telephoning the District
or PEPCO when Leery
doesn't turn on the light.
Requirements in the PEPCO
area, the District, a bit of
Arlington and nearby por-
tons Of Montgomery and
Prince Georges County total
10000 street lamps a year.
The mercury vapoc lamps
cost about So each.
Street lighting accounts
for $4,000 kilowatt hours or
is per cent of PEPCO'S
product for which it is paid
by the District and the
communities SIT million or
As per cent of itAincome.
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miSsioners requested. The Sen
ate may complete floor action
on the bill next week.
The city heads yesterday said
lack of the $1.3 million is ex-
pected to mean temporary lay
offs for more than 5000 city
workers sometime between now
and June 30. Most of the lay
offs, if they occur, will be in
the Health Department, ac-
cording to latest plans. The
health workers would lose three
days apiece.
So Million Restored
The House restored some 81
million which had been slashed
by its Appropriations Commit
tee. in order to prevent still
more layoffs. But the restora-
tons applied only to the police.
fire and sanitary engineering
departments and the school
system.
Senator Pastore, Democrat of
Rhode Island, is expected to
take charge of the Districts
fund plea in the Senate group.
Mr.. Pastore, who heads the
Senate units District subcom-
mittee, was not available for
comment. But he already has
indicated sympathy with the
city's fund plight.
Besides a plea for enough ad-
ditional spending authority to
head of the furloughs and
other emergency economies,
city leaders are expected to
urge q raise in a HouSe-voted
IS million supplementary Fed
eral payment. The city heads
originally sought 50 million.
Cuts CarryOver
The House cuts were chiefly
in funds to meet pay raises
voted city employees BY Con-
gress last year. The cuts are
doubly serious becaQse the
House Appropriations Commit
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respectively. Under the Perrow
plan, all would be eligible to
apply Immediately. Kindergar-
ten students are not included.
Referring to the grant linz
itation, officials pointed to the
likelihood that $3.50 will not
cover the average private
schools tuition.
A check bore them out.
Generally, the private, nom
sectarian schools in the four
jurisdictions showed the tut
tons to range from $3.50 to
$3.50 annually for the lower
granmer school grades to
$3.50 to $3.50 at the senior high
level.
Difficulty Seen
Some difficulty also was seen
by owners and operators of the
private schools. Several said
their facilities are overcrowded
and that waiting lists in some
instances carry as many as 200
names.
OF the $3.50 per student per
year the commission said Ar
lington, Alexandria and Falls
Church each would have to pay
$172.50 compared to the States
$77.50 and Fairfax $147.50 to
the States $102.50.
Based on the present private
school enrollments listed by the
spokesman, the plan would
mean that Fairfax would have
to come up with STAT 500 if all
Of the non-affiliated students
asked for the grants. Arlington
would have to find $103,500
Falls Church $4,000, and Alex
andria $25,875.
No one was willing, however.
to say that the costs would
necessitate an increase in taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
North Virginia Officials
Favor Perrow Report

Northern Virginia officials received the Perrow Com
MISSIONS report favoraby today But down-State
tionsts branded it surrender to integrationsts
Senator Armstead Boothe of Alexandria said the
commission excellent job in its report
tanning desegregaton This is all do if want
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
1000 Pupils Held
Eligible for Grants
Virginia Scholarships Would Go
To Those in Private Schools
BY JOHN ROSSON
star stan Writer

Northern Virginia school officials today estimated that
1000 students enrolled in private schools
there would be eligible Immediately to receive freedom Of
choice scholarships If the Perrow Commissions report on
Virginia school attendance enacted into law by the General
Assembly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02

to maintain a State school
system and still stay in the
Union"
Delegate Kathryn Stone Of
Arlington called it a moderate
plan" She said she would want
to study some proposals care
fully, particularly the recon-
mendation that would allow
localities to dispose of school
property.
She said she was grateful no
change was recommended in
the constitutional requirement
that the State maintain a pub
lie school system. She also said
she was happy the commission
suggested that compulsory at
tendance laws be re-enacted.
Reasonable Approach
State Delegate Omer L. Hirst
of Fairfax County said the
local option phase of the re-
port is "a return to a more
reasonable approach to this
problem"
State Senators Charles r.
Fenwick of Arlington and John
A. K. Donovan were members
of the commission that drafted
the report.
Delegate James M. Thomson
Of Alexandria, also a member
of the commission, signed the
report with reservations. Mr..
Thomson also signed a minority
report that said: 1--WE are not
willing to strive simply for
containment."
Marshall Beverley, opponent
of Mr.. Boothe in the Alexan-
dria Democratic primary for
the State Senate, gave a hest
tant approval Of the plan. ut
gives us a choice, and ! will
still fight for segregation" he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
The
Rambler
-. Looks Into
Illumination
BY GEORGE KENNEDY


For zoe are Oerv lucky, NTH a
ldmp before the door
And Leery stops to light 1t
as he lights so many
more
And o. before you hurry By,
iotth ladder and Nth
light,
o Leeyy, see a little child
and nod to him tonight.
Robert Louis Stevenson. :
What's happened to the
lamplighter?" the editor
asked. Il know he's been
gone a long time, but who
turns on the lights? Does
someone press a button or
throw a switch somewhere?
How many street lamps have
to be replaced a year? Why
don't you look into that?"
The answer is that the
lamplighter has not only
been gone a long time; he's
gone altogether. No one
presses a button; no one
throws a switch.
Most Of the lights in the
area are controlled by astro-
.nomical clocks, clocks that
realize that the sun sets
about a minute later every
day at this time of year.
Some of the newer install
lationS, on M street in
Georgetown, on Vermont
avenue and in some Mary
land suburbs, are turned on
by photoelectric cell mech
anism that doesn't wait for
the sun to go down but turns
on the lights when it gets
dark. They functioned at 8
pm. Good Fri0ay when a
thunderstorm at the hour
associated with the cruci-
f1xion caused daytime dark
I ness that exceeded anything
in the memory of the Oldest
Inhabitants.
This information was OBJ
tanned at the District Build
ing from Herbert A. Friede,
electrical engineer of the
Highway Department, and at
Pepco.
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LIGHT HAS ALWAYS

LIGHT HAS ALWAYS
BEEN considered a deter
rent to crime and in recent
decades as a safety factor
that reduces the number Of
deaths and injuries caused
by traffic accidents.
Mr.. Friede is a firm be-
lever in LET there be light,
the more the better" He
produced an article in a
trade magazine showing that
State street, Chicago known
as a great street" in the
song), has more than twice
as many lumens per light
foot than Washington's best
lighted street, which is M
street west of Rock Creek.
The clocks with the astro-
nomical dials which literally
follow the Commissioners
decree that lights should be
turned on is minutes after
sunset and turned off 80
minutes before sunrise and
tho photo-electric cell mech
anisms which are triggered
by light, both have a way of
turning the lights on for 4,033
hours a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Little Protection

Representative Abbitt, Demo-
crat Of Appomatox, said he was
very much disappointed with
the majority report.
"Its recommendations result
in complete surrender to the
integrationists. It affords little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
ny DAY THORPE
star Music Critic

Is II true that music Is a unir
versal language2 Last night the
Yeh Yu Chinese Opera Associa-
stion gave a performance OF PA
Wang Pieh Chi" a classic Chi
nese opera. Knowing nothing OF
Chinese theater. ! preferred not
10 learn lust a little before see
ing the opera. feeling that the
foreign culture would perhaps
have a more interesting impact
II II were not filtered through
imperfectly acquired knowl-
edge. The opera. therefore.
found me quite receptive but
entirely ignorant. and also moro
than a little sleepy In the sti-
fling heat Of Lisner Auditorium.
The opera. described in terms
Of Western convention, Is PAN
tomime. a sort Of sign-song
recitative, and set musical
aria. sometimes unaccompan-
led, and sometimes favored by
q monotonous consort Of per-
cussion instruments or poly
tonal string instruments. Both
recitative. and aria, / suspect.
are not the work Of an individ-
ual artist. but Of a tradition. ]
imagine that there is a stock
tune and treatment for various
stock situations-do not sup
pose that our own music Is
radically different in this re-
spect-and that the delight ex-
perienced by the devotee comes
from the refinement Of the
recreative artist rather than
from the originality Of treat
ment. To me the music. out-of-
tune, unrhythmical, and harsh
in timbre by our own inappli-
cable standards, was often en-
gaging, and the stylized acting
behind heavy masks and un-
nutural costumes. unusually
with its fetching
syncopations and dreamlike ex-
aggerations. I believe that
probably the opera commune
Gated with me only a little, but
that little was pleasant con-
versation. The answer to my
original question is that music
is not a universal language, ex-
cept according to the sentimen-
talists, but that last nights
opera miraculously approached
intelligibility quite frequently.
The performance, sponsored
by the Sino-American Cultural
Committee for the benefit Of
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was missing. His identity was
unknown.
Rescue squad personnel be-
gan the search about $3.50 pm,
after receiving calls from resi-
dents on the Virginia side Of
river Police said the landing
marks the beginning Of rough
waters which eliminate at
Great Fails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Texun Heads
Cotton Store
Payment List
BY the Associated Press

One Texan owns eight of the
10 largest firms which store
Government owned cotton,
Agriculture Department rec
ords show.
A department spokesman
said Arch s. Underwood, whose
home is listed as Lubbock, Tex.
is the owner of record of firms
which were paid $4,354,996 in
1858 for storing surplus cotton.
The firms we're in a roster of
farm surplus storage payments
for various commodities made
public by Senator Williams,
Republican of Delaware. He
did not lump Mr.. Underwood's
firms together, but the Agri-
culture Department confirmed
his holdings.
The total of payments to Mr..
Underwood's firms did not
rank highest. however. Top
ping the list was the Federal
Compress and Warehouse Co.
of Memphis. Tenn, which re-
ceived $4,447,039.
The Agriculture Department
spokesman said the storage fig
ures represent payments, not
profits. The firms must finance
their own costs of storing the
cotton from the payments.
Senator Williams said the
average cost of storing a bale
of cotton this year is about 43
cents a bale for a month.
The Lubbock firms for which
Mr.. Underwood is listed as
owner and the payments made
to them for 1858 were:
Panhandle Compress &
Warehouse Co.. $1,132.588;
Union Compress & Warehouse
Co., $855.605; West Texas
Compress g. Warehouse Co.,
$610,623; Western American
Warehouse Co., S416,354; Texas
Compress 81 Warehouse Co.,
$370,547: United Compress &
Warehouse Co., 1881 ,961; West
ern Warehouse Co., 1921 ,059.