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Matter of Fact

In his letter of october %,
Albert E. Kahn of Glen
Ellen, Calf, quotes Fight
ing Without a War;" by
Ralph Albertson, and Arch
angel: The American War
With Russia" by John Cud-
ahy, in support of Khru-
shchev's assertion that, dur
ing the 1918-192l war OF
intervention in Russia, Amer
lean soldiers fought along
side other foreign troops and
White Guards against Soviet
forces.
If official confirmation OF
this statement is required, l
suggest pages 380-389 of Or
der of Battle of the U. S.
Land Forces in the World
War, American Expedition
airy Forces" presumably
available to the public at
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The Coolest War;?

Two studies released in recent days
provide thought provoking material
about the peaceful" economic compe-
tition now clearly developing between
capitalist United States and Communist
Soviet Russia. In effect, they constitute
a warning that this is not rivalry to
be lightly regarded in our own country.
One, a group study on broad basis,
finds that the Soviet gross national
product has been expanding since 1850
at an annual rate about twice our own
per cent VS.. 3 per cent. While acknowl-
edging that we had large head start
in this category, and that the acceler-
ated Soviet pace still leaves its current
GIMP far behind our own, the industrial
study group points out that the Soviet
record will be prominently cited : to
convince underdeveloped countries" OF
the virtues of communism. 1t is, in any
case, virtually certain to strengthen not
only the economic but the military and
political position of the USSR on the
world scene.
The second, made by Seymour Mel
man, Professor of Industrial Manage
ment and Engineering at Columbia Uni
versity, is limited but precise compar-
alive analysis of machinery producing
industries in the Soviet Union, the
United States and Western Europe. Prof.
Melman spent more than three weeks
visiting Soviet machine-tool plants,
where he found mass production meth
DDS of lower cost and such greater net
efficiency that he considers them an
imminent threat to capture the basic
machinery markets of Latin America,
Asia and Africa.
Soviet victory in such competition,
Prof. Melman said in an interview with
the New York Times, would be nothing
less than a full-Scale economic and po-
litical disaster for all free society. F.. For
whoever supplies the basic machinery
-. becomes the natural source of allied
technology, training and methods of
organization @. =. A preferred position
-. leads to political and other ties in
all other aspects of life in industrial
societies"
1t is on the cost basis, particularly,
that Prof. Melman finds Soviet industry
headed for its greatest acknowledgement
without resort to political pricing" The
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'Kinq-Size Pets

The usual excuses have
been made for the big 100
pound mastiff which practi-
cally scalped the little g.
year-old Fairfax girl when
she went to visit a neighbor.
The dog was declared not to
be vicious. Does this help the
little girl who will be. dis
figured for life?
No one should be allowed
to keep these big dogs such
as maStiffs, boxers, police
dogs. Their power to main
and kill is too great. The fact
that they usually are good
natured dogs does not help
the person who has been
manned and for killed. / read
of a woman whose police dog
attacked and killed her by
tearing the jugular vein. I
read of a postman attacked
by a boxer which tore the
ligaments of his leg to the
extent that he will be Grip
pied for life.
If one must keep a dog let
him keep a little dog too
small to main or kill. The
sausage hounds are affec-
tionate and harmless little
dogs. Why not one of these,
you big dog keepers?
Note the large number of
lawsuits resulting from big
dog ownership. Note the
thousands of law cases
based on abuses of dog own
ership. Are the dogs worth
it?
The foregoing makes COM
mon sense and, for that rea-
son, the dog fanatics are
going to shower you with let
tiers saying that people
should keep big vicious dogs
even though they MAIN and
kill their fellow humans.
E.C.P.
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Imported Talent
THE District Commission

The District Commission
erS can't be blamed for APP
pointing persons to key Dis
trict Government jobs who
do not live in the District.
They should get the best
person they can for the job
to be done. Perhaps their
hands are tied Il don't know
but the Commissioners do not
seem to require the appoint
ees to move into the District
after appointment. District
Highway Director Harold L.
Aitken is an example.
Recent appointments noted
who live outside the District
are David P. Herman as Dis
trict Budget Officer and Thu
man j. Keesey as the Com
missioner's public relations
officer.
We District taxpayers are
faced with rising taxes. One
of the causes for this, al
though not a major one, is
our failure to get a full run
for our tax money. We're
paying virtually all the money
for salaries of District en-
ployes yet too many of the
employees are paying their
taxes to Virginia and Mary
land because of residence.
Perhaps MessrS. Aitken,
Herman and Keesey (maybe
others. tool have a twinge OF
conscience on this point and
intend to move into the Dis
trlct TO help out. / nope so
for besides helping us pay our
taxes, I think their attitudes
toward District problems
would be, at least slightly.
changed if they had a direct
personal interest in them.
H. l. Preston.
Editors note: A number
Of District officials, in addi-
ton to those mentioned, live
outside the District, However,
Mr.. Herman has announced
his intention of moving into
Washington.)
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Firefiqhters' Plea
AS a shocking example of

AS a shocking example OF
undermined fire depart
mentS, the flrefighting facil-
tiles of Fairfax County are
commented upon in the
November issue of Coronet
magazine.
tits time the public knew
the facts of life regarding it's
fire departments. says War
rem Y. Kimball of the Ma
tional Fire Protection AS
ISOLATION" quotes Coronet.
The substandard fire protec-
ton facilities existing in the
Springfield, Virginia, area
should receive serious con-
sideration. The critical need
for a fire station in our COM
munity is we'll documented
by the generally accepted
professional fire engineering
standards. Not a single pro-
feSSional fire engineering
authority or a single fire
engineering 81 "a ndar has
ever been quoted by the
Franconia Volunteer Fire De-
partment to substantiate its
claim that Springfield does
not need a fire station.
The experience of our
personnel in establishing this
department helps to focus
attention on the need for
organizing and systematizing
fire protection in Fairfax
County. The county is nei-
ther exercising its preroga-
tives nor assuming its full
responsibility to the taxpay-
ers when it does not provide
for adequate fire protection
to its citizens.
Taxpayers won't pay for
manpower but are perfectly
willing to buy expensive new
engines, draped with all sorts
of fancy gadgetry. Freight
ers have a derisive nickname
for these: they call them
$4,000 taxis >" states
Coronet.
I'm 1926 (Arlingt o n
County, was a rural area of
small towns with a popula-
ton of 10000 - and eight
fire stations" says Coronet.
Today Springfield has 90
900 people, but not a single
fire station. The magazine
goes on to say that, "Roch-
ester, N. Y, and Providence.
R. I. have E. built new (fire
stations) that cover the city
as it exists, not as it was
so years ago." And so it
should be in Springfield. The
Franconia Volunteer Fire De-
partment was no doubt ade-
quate to protect the area 26
years ago. but it does not
and has not provided ade-
quate fire protection accord
ing to the generally accepted
professional fire engineering
standards for an urbanized
Springfield.
If our county is to squarely
meet and come to grips with
the challenge presented by
its dynamic growth in terms
of families and businesses,
we sincerely believe a re-
evaluation of Fairfax Coun-
TVS fire protection system is
required.
Robert Alan Sloan,
President, Springfield Vol
unteer Fire Department.
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Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

@. What is the name Of
the poem about a boy who
always left the door open?
&C. I.
A This is Godfrey Gordon
GustavuS Gore" by William
Brightly Rands. When he
walked forth the folks would
roar, Godfrey Gordon Gus
tavus Gore, Why don't you
think to shut the door?"
You will find this eight
stanza poem in any of a
number of children's poetry
anthologies. In some the title
is given as THE Reformation
of Godfrey Gore"
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what can you 90 when a
person won't talk to you.
even though you do your
best to talk with him?
Templeton Jones answer
to this is: Let him alone"
The old saying told us that
you can lead a horse to water
but you can't make him
drink.
Certainly the person who,
for one reason or another,
does not choose to be talka-
tive is best left to his own
devices.
This means, left to those
with whom he will talk.
Scientists some years ago
tried to explain why this
state of affairs exists. Their
genes, they said, are not the
same shape.
The round genes people
simply do not mix with the
square genes people.
Maybe there is something
to it, though it explains very
little, as scientific explana-
tions often do. Who that ever
tried to understand the Elm
stein theory ever understood
it?
So
Temp Jones has been try
ing to engage a certain fell
low in talk for at least Is
years.
They still are no closer
than Good morning"
Well, that is something.
Jones knows two guys, in
the same line of work, who
don't even speak.
So, an honest greeting is
something.
Jones at first worried be-
cause he could not get this
guy to talk. They both come
from the same part Of the
country, and have many
things in common.
Their love of books, for
instance.
Both feel that the educated
man is still a man apart, as
in the old days when there
we're few educated people, In
the old days, when civilized
nations were just drawing
out of the times when a man
who could read and write
really stood out, people felt
there was almost a brothers.
in-arms aspect to reading
and writing.
Now that most people read
and write, to some extent,
this feeling of cultural
brotherhood has suffered an
eclipse, but it still hangs in
the back of minds.
Whether we admit it or
not, the closeness of two edu-
Gated men is, or at least ought
to be, closer than the friend
ship of an educated and a
noneducated man. Call it
snobbery if you please.
Jones at first valiantly tried
to draw this man out.
He searched his mind to re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28

Suits and capsules" in
which men may live and
work in gravitylesS emptiness
are being designed by Air
Force engineers and other
specialists.
They are the kind Of garb
one must wear to step out
Of a space ship into moth
ing" and proceed to build
there a space platform, relay
station or supply depot. All
these are contemplated in
the future days Of space con-
quest. Such a suit must be
much more complicated than
the garb necessary inside a
space ship itself or at an
outpost on the moon or Mars.
A spaceship cabin itself
could be pressurized to COM
pensate for the vacuum Of
space and on a satellite or
planet there would be some
kind of gravity.
The Blueprint Stage
Working on the project at
the Wright Air Development
Base at Dayton, Ohio, with
DR. John W. Helm, chief Of
the physiology branch of the
Aero Medical Laboratory, is
one Of the former Luft-
waffe's foremost engineers,
DR.. Otto Schueller. In its
heyday the Luftwaffe had
given some thought to the
problem.
Garb for free space now
has reached the blueprint
stage. 1t may, Helm and
So1ueller pointed out in
a report just published in
the Air Force University's
Quarterly Review, be used in
place of pressurized cabins
for space flight itself, thus
greatly decreasing weight.
But the primary purpose is
for men working outside the
ship and outside anything
at ALL" The final design, ii
is stressed, must protect q
man against such hazards as
extreme temperature (no-
body really knows yet the
temperature Of space), lack Of
oxygen, radiation, accelera-
tive forces, and must provide
food, water, waste disposal
propulsion, means of commu.
nication, and enable perform.
ance of useful work.
The Air Development Lab
oratory scientists have de-
signed a "multi-purpose space
capsule with pressure com.
penSated arm portions which
can serve as a space worker
suit, a swiveling transport
capsule to direct a man int
the best position against &C.
celebrations and declarations
an emergency escape capsul,
and an entrance capsule tt
space stations" Inside thii
the worker will wear al
emergency pressure suit with
a pressure of about flv,
pounds per square inch.
A worker in space, as any
where else, must use hi
hands. This has furnished
one of the most difficult
problems. Hands and part
Of the arms must be out
side any capsule and be abll
to move with some freedom
The scientists believe they
have solved this problem.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

reparably shattered and dew
astated by it. Thus the ply
stefan saves himself pain
when he doesn't tell the pa
tient.
Physician, heal myself.
Peter G. Angeles, MD,
st. Elizabeths Hospital.
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Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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District of Columbia

Starting time is 9 am.
Wednesday, except for voca-
tional high school students who
should report at $3.50 am. and
new elementary students, who
should report at 10 am. All
f1rst-day sessions will end at
1915 pm.
Over 5000 elementary stu
dents will begin the year on
a part-time schedule. Ohcials
hope to halve this figure before
June. If they succeed, there
win be fewer part-time stu
dents than at any time during
recent years. Last year there
were 4,246 such students at
the beginning. and 1882 by
June.
Two new elementary schools,
with a capacity Of over 1000
students. will be open for the
first time. They are Hendley.
at Sixth and Chesapeake streets
Sc. and Drew. at Fifty sixth
and Eads streets NE.
An 18-room addition at Ken
ilworth, an eight-room addition
at Kingsman, and the CONVEX
sion Of the old Health School
into an eight-room annex of
Powell have also been COM
pleted at the elementary level.
In addition. 16 new classrooms
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Alexandra

Glasses start at 8:45 am.
Tuesday. except for ninth
graders at George Washington
and Hammond High Schools,
who should report at 1870 pm.
All first-day sessions will be
brief.
A large addition, containing
% new classrooms, will open at
Hammond. making it possible to
assign some eighth graders to
the school Cor the first time.
There will be no part-time or
extended day classes in the city.
The same nine colored
students who entered white
schools last spring for the first
time will be back this fall. Five
are at Ramsay Elementary
School. two at Ficklin Ele-
mentary School and two at
Hammond High. Another %
Negroes are currently seeking
admission to white schools
through court proceedings.
Superior students this year
will be offered for the first
time advanced mathematics in
high school and French and
algebra in the eighth grade.
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Dennis Avenue Elementary
School in Silver Spring, with
IL classrooms. Another one
jackson Road Elementary, also
in Silver Spring-will be COM
pleted by october IS.
Several new additions, total
ing about So classrooms, will
be ready for use on opening
day. About 200 more classrooms
will be completed during the
year.
For the time being about
1000 children. mostly first and
second graders. will be on part
time schedules. The number
should be reduced to below 750
before the end Of the year.
New features in the academic
program include an expansion
Of foreign language labora-
tories in all junior and senior
high schools; the establishment
Of ninth-grade science labora-
tories for the first time in sew
eral junior high schools; revised
methods for teaching ele-
mentary science and math. and
a new senior high school
American history course. There
will also be an experimental
program in physical education
at Pinecrest Elementary School
in Silver Spring.
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PUPILS URGED TO EXCHANGE
LETTERS WITH RUSSIANS

DR.. Lawrence G. Derthick United States Commits
soner Of Education today urged American school chill
dren to exchange letters with their counerpars in the
Soviet Union.
DR. Derthck said that in his tour last year Of Rus
sian schools he noticed Russian schooooms had exhib-
its and letters from other countries but nothing from
America
He said he had suggested such exchanges between
United States and Russian school children to Russian
officials, but action has been taken yet
However, Oliver j. Caldwell assistant commissioner
for international education of the u ONCE of Educa.
ton said ne knows OF at least school in Connecticut
which has already started such an exchange program
with some OF It's students visiting Russia recently
If anybody wants to write me to find out how to
start such exchange on their own III send their letter
to the right place." Mr.. Caldwell said
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THE SUNDAY STAR cIS
Washington, D. c. tk
September 6. 1859

grade will be finished-the, FIRST
overhaul since l946.
During the course Of the
year, officials win also be un-
dertaking two important prof.
ects which could prove invalu-
able in determining the fu-
ture course schools here should
take to meet student needs.
Follow-Up Study
The first of these is a follow
up study Of June graduates in
the basic track program. The
class of SO was the FIRST to
go all through high school on
the track system .l
The second project is in the
nature Of a talent search"
among seventh graders at Mac
Farland Junior High School.
About $50 students with rel-
atively low intelligence scores
and without any noticeable tai
ents or ambitions will particle
pate in the project. E
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the transition from kindersar-
ten to first grade.
Russian Class Offered
Other ways in which the
schools will be meeting student
needs better this year range
from a new Russian class at
Western High to a free lunch
program for 1000 elementary
children.
Capable eight-grade students
will be taking a special math
course. developed by the Uni
versity Of Maryland and started
last year in the seventh grade.
BY the end of the ninth grade,
these youngsters will have COM
pleted algebra and geometry.
Foreign language instruction
in French or Spanish will start
for 1900 third graders.
Personal and family living
courses. a form of sex educa-
ton, will be offered in all sem
ior high schools, 10 junior
highs and 10 elementary
schools. The program started
last year on a limited basis.
More intensive in-service
teacher training. including a
course on how to challenge the
gifted child, will be provided
A full year of foreign Ian
guage instruction will be of
fered selected eighth graders
for the first time.
Job Conditioning Set
A lay reader program, de-
signed to get more closely cor
rected student papers, will start
in many senior high English
classes.
A job conditioning program
will start for boys who decide
to drop out of school.
Pending congressional ap-
proval, a Junior college divi-
sion of District Teachers Col
lege will be established.
A new math curriculum will
be introduced for the first time
since l948 at all elementary
school levels. The elementary
science program is also due for
greater emphasis. And during
the year a complete revision of
the English curriculum from
kindergarten through 18th
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plhCAiiB yOullBoJCto AL OluooCo
overwhelming, them.
The danger spot-one which
school officials have promised
to watch closely-is that some
children may end UP in classes
which aren't challenging
enough.
In Use Four Years
On the senior high school
level, the division Of students
by ability and interest is old
stuff. The four-track system
basic, general, college prepara-
tory and honors-will be going
into its fourth year when
classes start Wednesday.
For the first time. however
modified versions of this system
will be in effect at the junior
high and elementary levels.
Basic (for slow learners)
regular and honors classes will
be offered in each grade from
fourth through eighth.
For students in the first three
grades. as well as ninth graders.
a less formal ability-grouping
system will prevail. There will
also be basic classes for first,
second and third graders, as
well as many more junior pri-
mary groups-started last year
on an experimental basis for
youngsters having trouble with
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Prince Georges

Overcrowding will force about
500 students on to part-time
or extended day schedules for
the time being. ALTHOUGH classes
generally start at 9 am. the
first day. the schedule varies
considerably for the affected
youngsters.
Last year Bladensburg High
with about 1000 students, was
the only school in the county
so overcrowded that the Sched-
ule had to be rearranged. Many
other schools, however, were on
the borderline: any enrolment
increase would have meant
part-time classes. Thus, this
years increase. combined with
construction delays. has created
the emergency situation.
Between now and June over
200 claSsrooms will be COM
pleted, lowering the number Of
part-time or extended-day stu
dents to about $500. Additional
construction is slated for COM
pletion next summer and fall.
Makeshift arrangements will
exist all year at Bladensburg
and Suitland High Schools,
Buck Lodge Junior High and
possibly some elementary
schools.
Three other junior highs ini-
TALLY will be organized into two
separate schools. each taking
over for a halliday, until new
buildings for the second schools
are completed. They are Blad-
ensburg Palmer Park. John
Hanson-Oxon Hill and Suit
land-District Heights.
Overcrowding is also expect
ed to mean double shifts at
Thomas Addison, Green Valley,
Oxon Hill and Camp Springs
elementary schools. Two others
may be included-Temple Hills
and Sandymount - depending
on enrolment.
Two new elementary schools,
each IA rooms. and six elemen-
tary additions will be opening
on Tuesday. The new schools
are Capitol Heights and Rogers
Heights.
The only curriculum change
this year will be the offering
of a foreign lanSuage-prob-
ably French or Spanish - to
ninth grade students. Previous
ly such instruction has NOT
been offered until the 10th
grade.
Fifty-eight more Negro stu
dents have been authorized by
the school board to attend pre-
viously all-white schools. This
will raise to 315 the number of
Negroes in integrated schools.
The total Negro enrolment in
the county is about 7,100. The
county has 124 schools. Twenty
one are integrated and II all
Negro.