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Evening star., 1960-07-16

them batter their brains out
away from the regular roads.
At IS miles an hour. in the
rain, the trucks would pass
me going downhill and then
hold me up by being abreast
going uphill. And when pass
ing in the rain the big trucks
will throw a spray of dirty
water on a car windshield
that will cause an almost
complete blackout. This Sit
uation would not occur if the
trucks would drive the speeds
posted. The Pennsylvania
Turnpike is a truckers para
disc and a motorists hell.
In summary-it is obvious
that the slow driver is a real
danger that is being recog-
nized and attacked. It is also
obvious that the necessarily
slow uphill trucks are also a
menace that need control too.
Alfred G. FarwelI.
\ 4 =
On behalf Of the Greek
American Progressive Asso-
citation, and its Traffic Safet-
ty Committees throughout
the country, congratulations
to The Sunday Star and
This Week Magazine for the
timely. long-awaited and in
formative article, New Dam
ger: SLOW DRIVER" writ
ten by Donald Robinson.
1t is tragic and ironic that
the "slow driver" believes
that he is a safe driver
whereas experts have learned
that "slowpokes usually don't
kill themselves; they kill
other people, "Thou shall
not kill" the Commandments
state. We pray your article
will awaken the slowpoke.
I note with interest the
many State laws to remedy
the tragedy of the slowpoke
on the highway and, par
ticularly, the Wisconsin law
which can lead to a fine
"if a slowpoke refuses to
give way to the overtaking
driver who blows his horn"
Peter N. Chumbris,
Supreme Counselor. Greek
American Progressive AS
sociation.
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white line down the middle
meaning Don't pass" on this
road. Every time I drive down
these roads at exactly the
posted maximum speed, I
soon have a tail of cars.
Every time some driver to-
ward the rear jumps out of
place to pass the whole string,
solid white line notwithstand-
ing. Am I a danger to traffic
because I refuse to exceed
the speed limit?
Robert E. Reynolds.
y Il \
Referring to the article
New Danger: Slow Driver!"
by Donald Robinson, in This
Week Magazine, I cannot let
1t pass without comment.
At last the admission of
the danger of the slow driver
is out in the open. But-the
article completely lacks men
tion of the menace of the
huge tractor-traile trucks
that go so very slow uphill
and ever-So-fast doWnhill.
The article cites examples Of
slow moving cars that caused
bad accidents but does not
mention the slow moving
trucks that have caused ac-
cidents, or slow moving buses
that have caused accidents.
l have been on buses that de-
hberately drove at snail's
pace because they were ahead
OF schedule, and it's very
obvious why they were ahead
of schedule.
The article mentions the
TACT that "the Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission actual
ly bans all cars now that can
not keep up with traffic on
its fast-moving through
way" I have traversed the
Pennsylvania Turnpike from,
Breezewood to New Stanton
at least 20 times and because
OF experiences with slow
moving uphill trucks and
speeding downhill trucks, I
have abandoned that turn
pike. AS far as I'm con-
cerned, the uncontrolled
trucks have taken over and
they can turn it over to
trucks exclusively and let
Evening star., 1960-07-16
THE POLITICAL MILL
'Hote-Nixon' Campaign Seen
By GOULD LINCOLN

Tne Democratic campaign
will be, unless there is a
marked change, Q hate"
campaign against Mr.. NixcH.
For seven years and more
they have conducted a cam
paign to discredit Mr.. Nixon,
He will strike back in the
months to come. The Demo-
Gratis still believe that enough
people in the country dislike
Mr.. Nixon personally to in
sure his defeat.
With the Democrats seek
ing to bring about the party
unity they hope for, they
are using Mr.. Nixon as chief
whipping boy. The nomina-
ton of Senator Lyndon john
son of Texas enraged Demo-
cratic radicals OF the North
and West, including labor
leaders, the NAACP and the
ADA. The party leaders there
fore are faced with the need
of selling the Kennedy-John-
son cicket in Michigan. for
example. Unless the ticket
has the support Of the large
Negro vote and the labor vote
in Wayne County (Detroit),
there is danger of a Repub-
lican victory. Gov. G. Mennen
Williams frankly admits that
these groups must be won
over. He believes that they
can, and he is going home to
work at the job. He insists
that the intense dislike Of Mr..
Nixon will win the day for
the Democrats.
Powell Role Eyed
In New York, with its big
Negro population in Harlem.
Representative Adam Clayton
Powell will be effective in sup
port of the johnson end of the
ticket. He was indeed support
ing Senator Johnson for the
presidential nomination over
Senator Kennedy. The Dem
ocratic leaders in the State
are delighted with the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Kennedy. They
believe with him at the head
of the ticket the Democrats
can elect candidates to seats
in the State Senate and the
Assembly now held by Repub-
licans. They need these par
ticularly in view of the re-
districting of the State which
is coming up as a result of
the 1860 census.
If Senator Johnson's nomi-
nation for second place OIL
the ticket worries the North
ern wing of the party, it is
sending Southern delegates
home in a much better frame
of mind. Until Senator Ken
nedy tapped Senator johnson
for the place, their bitterness
had been intense. They are
saying with some glee that
having had the Northern rad
icals shove unpalatable doses
down their throats, they have
at last had an opportunity tc
give them a dose of their
own medicine.
Evening star., 1960-07-16

United States. who emigrated
there from Europe at the
same time.
UNDERSTANDABLE, cultural
ties with Europe, especially
with Spain, Italy and France
are strong. 1t is not unusual
to find many members of the
SODRE Orchestra who speak
the languages of those coun-
tries, and who have studied
and performed in that part
of Europe. Montevideo re-
minds me a great deal of Eu-
ropean cities.
SODRE (the full name is
Servicio Official de Diffusion
Radioeletrica, but it is al
ways called SODRE) is, as I
have already mentioned. a
cultural agency of the Uru-
guayan government. 1t has
an ambitious, diversified pro-
gram of year-round activi-
ties. The SODRE Orchestra
which I have come to con-
duct is one of the best in
South America. 1t performs
in its own hall, the. SODRE
Auditorium, which seats
1000, and is at the same
time a radio broadcasting
studio, for all the SODRE
concerts are broadcast over
the national and short wave
radio network of SODRE.
The SODRE radio transmits
live and recorded classical
music from 9 In the morn
ing to midnight every day
Of the year, like WGMS, or
WQXR in New York.
Besides orchestra and ra-
dio activities, SODRE also
maintains a chorus, an opera
company, a ballet and school
OF dance. These artists are
not only presented in Mon
tevideo, but sent by SODRE
to perform in schools and
concert halls throughout the
interior of the country.
These varied cultural pre-
sentations also include many
artists and groups from other
lands. Leading orchestras ot
the world have appeared in
SODRE. Last year our Ma
tional Symphony played five
concerts there, and in 1855
the New York Philharmonic
performed in the same hall
Prominent conductors, great
solo artists, opera and dance
companies are all brought
to Montevideo by SODRE dur.
ing the season which begin,
IN April and ends in Novem-
Evening star., 1960-07-16

of course, but it applies some
what to some of them. It ap-
plies to all of us, from time to
time, as far as that goes.
Truly, we are all human.
Recent events have called
to attention the fact that a
few members of the local po-
lice use rather high-handed
methods in dealing with the
public.
Now this is no new thing.
1t has been going on for a
long time, and will go on un-
til somebody in authority in
the police department sees
fit to stop it.
No one is expecting the
cops to turn into teachers of
etiquette.
Policing a great city is not
a parlor job.
1t is a business that re-
quires rough and ready men,
men of stamina, men who are
willing to plunge into a dark
hole after a vicious fellow
who may be lurking there
with a gun.
That the police Of Wash
ington, in general, are such
men is something of which
the whole city is proud. In
innumerable instances they
have put their heads down
and gone into the jaws of
danger in the dark night,
when there was nobody
around to see and afterward
praise. They knew their duty
and did it. That's the essence
OF a man, nor is it CLASSY"
with all due respect to the
great bard.
1t takes a two-fisted bird
to handle a criminal.
+ y -
This being granted, there
yet remains the fact that po-
licemen have to do daily with
the general public as well as
the crooks.
For every low-brow with a
mental twist that makes him
try to get a living out of the
world in what he thinks is
an easy manner the police
men meet daily hundreds and
thousands of men and women
who are honest, upright,
square shooters" in every
sense of the term.
The Government service is
full Of them, the streets are
filled with them, automobiles
Evening star., 1960-07-16
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

carry thousands and thou
sands of them. Everywhere
you go you meet honest peo-
pie.
So does the policeman.
Now the sad part of it all,
from the officers standpoint,
is that he is unable to tell an
honest man from a crook.
No, you can't do it by look
ing at a man. Maybe a $10.-
900 a year psychologist
might, but a cop is not get
ting $4,000 a year salary.
Old Socrates once admitted
that his face bore the marks
of all sensuality and crime,
but that he had something
in his head-his brain-that
overbalanced his appearance.
*H
So, not being a psycholo-
gist, nor yet a mind reader,
the policeman owes some
thing, certainly, to the thou
sands Of decent and respect
able men and women he
meets each day.
He owes them courtesy,
respect and normal civility.
Yet the next time he gets
'"out among them" here is
the way he is likely to act:
Mrs. Jones owns a fine
home on the corner.
Along one side of her
grounds she has a hedge.
Coming along the other
day, she noticed a couple Of
boys drinking out of a bottle.
They were leaning back into
the hedge, crushing its
branches.
Alongside stood an officer,
laughing with the youths.
Officer, will you please
make those boys get of the
hedge?" asked the woman.
Il suppose you own this
house?" he retorted.
1T just happens that I
do" she replied.
Il guess you own this
bottle Of hootch, then?" in
quired the officer. These
boys found it under your
hedge"
Such incidents must make
the blood of the angels boil,
as it does that of every de-
cent man and woman who is
bent on doing the right thing
and expects to get similar
treatment from others.
These things are instanced
to call attention to some-
thing that can be corrected
as easily as it can be allowed
to run on unchecked.
Authority intoxicates
And makes mere Sots of
magistrates;
The fumes of it invade
the brain
And make men giddy,
proud and vain"
The poet, with poetic
stretching Of the case, has
made that a bit strong.
Certainly authority has not
made our magistrates aught
but eminently fine men. and
a billy and a badge has not
made all our policemen
giddy, proud or vain. Those
it has made a bit up stage"
should be brought down
speedily.
Evening star., 1960-07-16

6O0 AINNIE16O. - DCIuO"
cratic Presidential Nominee
John F. Kennedy Of Mas
sachusetts launched his cam
paign last night with a
personal attack on Vice
President Richard M. Nixon,
his expected Republican op-
ponent.
His speech in the Coliseum
accepting his nomination, en-
titled "The New Frontier"
was aimed at the stars-but
took the slow road" when
Senator Kennedy said, 1--WE
know that it will not be easy
to campaign against a man
who has spoken or voted on
every known side of every
known issue. Mr.. Nixon may
feel it is his turn now, after
the New Deal and the Fair
Deal-but before he deals,
someone is going to cut the
cards. That someone may be
the millions of Americans
who voted for President Eli
Senhower but balk at his
would-be, self-appointed sue
cesSor."
In the original text of his
speech, distributed for pub
lication. this crack at Mr..
Nixon by Senator Kennedy
was "Mr. Nixon may feel it
is his turn now, after the
New Deal and the Fair Deal
but before he deals, someone
had better cut the cards"-an
implication that Mr.. Nixon
would cheat. In his delivery
of the speech, however, SEN
ator Kennedy softened the
charge somewhat.
Rough Campaign Seen
This will be called legiti-
mate political attack. It il
not, however. the kind OF
thing expected in an accept
ance speech by a candidate
for President Of the United
States, beamed to the whole
world as well as the American
people. Should Mr.. Nixon,
contrary to the belief OF
Senator Kennedy, be elected
President, this language may
be rolled over Soviet tongues
when they charge that the
United States cannot be
trusted.
This line Of attack on Mr.
Nixon is an augury of {
rough-and-tumble campaign
with no holds barred, anc
eye = gouging the accepted
technique. If Mr.. Nixon re.
taliates in kind, at least hi
will NOT be subject to {
charge that he started it all
Senator Kennedy did reach
high levels in other parts o.
his speech. His plea to Ameri.
cans to shake off complac.
ency and to unite to NEE
the menace that confront
them, and his pledge to Civ
them bold leadership wer
worthy of a sound and cou
rageous candidate for tn
presidency, for the leadershi
Of the United States and tn
free world.
Evening star., 1960-07-16

Man, proud man,
DreSt in a little brief au-
thority,
Most ignorant Of what he's
most assur'd,
His CLASSY essence, like an
angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tricks
before high heaven
AS make the angels weep"
So Shakespeare. He did moi
have in mind some of thu
members of the Washington
police force when he wrote it
Evening star., 1960-07-16

Nh. TroeeweII is III and in his OBJ
ssnee The Stor is reprintins some
Of his columns Of other yeors. He
requests thot no telephone or
other messages be sent to his
home during his illness. From The
Stor Of July II, 1924.
Evening star., 1960-09-25

have a complete knowledge Of
sign language.
so they'er teaching me signs
while I'm teaching them Rus
sian," he said. when I can't
get my point across, I write it
on the blackboard"
Prof. Yeager learned Russian
while attending an Air Force
language training class at Syra-
cuse University. Holder OF
bachelors and masters degrees
from the University of Indiana,
he came to Gallaudet this Sc
mester because he felt 1.-The
problems of teaching Russian
to the deaf would be a chal-
lenge."
Though the announcement
that Gallaudet was Offering
Russian for the first time this
semester drew only four stu
dents, Prof. Yeager is more
than satisfied.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
EDUCATION
FORUM

Question: My daughter will
be a Junior this year. She is
a war orphan and entitled to
assistance under the War Or
phans' Public Assistance Act.
However, she failed her math
last year and failed it again
this summer. trying to make 1t
up. (Her teacher had not
taught math for five years.
The girl is very active in school
work: Vice president of the
student council, active in the
Methodist Church as choir
leader and Is an all-round So
cial mixer and well liked in
school. Shall I make an effort
to get her into college with
her poor math? My daughter is
heartbroken at the thought of
not going.
Answer: BY all means, she
should go. Despite her poor
math, she may blossom out
into a good student. They say
that Einstein flunked math in
high school. Too many par
ents have the mistaken notion
that, if a child does poorly in
one subject in high school, he
will be unable to enter college.
OF course, it is getting more
dificult to enter college these
days.
However, if your daughter
does well in her other subjects
and, as you say, is active in
extra-curricular activities, she
stands a good chance of getting
into college. One word of ad-
vice: Why not have your
daughter slow down on her
many after-school activities,
concentrate on her studies
more? Perhaps with proper
tutoring she may even pass
math!
A study of the admission
practices that I made recently
Of 1000 accredited colleges
shows that high school grades
are first on the list of require
ments for college admission,
extra-curricular activities are
last.
O.: Would you please let me
know If there are any ac-
credited correspondence schools
that issue degrees in law, engi-
neering or medicine. acceptable
to the various States where a
State examination is required
before you can practice the
profession of your choice?
A.: Most States require ac-
Evening star., 1960-09-25

ILle 1OuI WOTuS LHedIlL.
Translated, they said This
is the letter a in Russian"
Thus. a few days ago at Gal
laudet College here, four pupils
became the first known deaf
students in the United States
to study Russian.
Before they're finished, says
their 28-year-old professor.
Charles H. Yeager, they will
be able not only to read and
write Russian, but they'll know
how to speak it in sign. Ian
guage.
Gallaudet, the Nations only
college for the deaf, instituted
the course this semester. So
far as is known, no lower-level
schools for the deaf teach
Russian.
The four pioneering students
are Philip Pulgrano and Charles
Giansanti, both Is and both of
New York; Marvin Fogel, also
IS, of Florida, and w. Richard
Brubaker. 25. Of Salt Lake City,
All are described by Prof. Yea
ger as excellent students.
Sees Translation Gains
To what use can a deaf per-
son put Russian, and how can
Russian-a language with q
different alphabet-be taught
to the deaf?
The answers we're supplied
by the professor.
"A deaf person who knows
Russian would make an excel
lent interpreter" he said
probably a better one thar
someone who can speak anc
hear" He referred in particu.
lar to the translation of writ.
ten material, primarily texts.
In that connection, they'c
also be much in demand al
foreign language libraries" HI
said.
Regarding their superiority
Prof. Yeager explained that be.
cause his class will involve lit.
tie or no oral communication
his students will spend more
time on the written TECHNICAL.
ties of Russian, learning II
thoroughly.
This, we expect, will make
them more proficient than the
ordinary student" he said.
Alphabet a Problem
He also pointed to the ten.
dency on the part of the deal
to take to" languages.
They've already had tt
Evening star., 1960-09-25

learn a language of their own,"I
Prof. Yeager explained, "and
they're often superior students
in German and French" both
of which have been taught at
Gallaudet for a number of
years.
Prof. Yeager said this is his
first experience with teaching
the deaf, but he expects few
difficulties in the actual teach
ing Of the course.
In the first place." he said,
deaf students can read and
write like anyone else. So as
far as studying and giving
written tests are concerned,
there is no problem at all. We
use the same texts as you'd find
in any other college,"
The trouble spot, he said, is
found in teaching the Language
so the students can speak it
with their hands.
THE AnSt thing we have to
lick" he explained, is the dif-
ference in the alphabets."
Take. for example, the Rus
sian "a"
Their "a is written the
same way as ours" he said, 80
we'll use the "a hand-sign the
boys already know"
But many Russian letters
have no English equivalent.
Develops New Signs
In those cases." he said,
I'm making up new hand
signs"
For the Russians reversed
r." which is not equivalent to
the English r." for example,
Prof. Yeager has settled on
holding the hand vertically,
with the palm facing away
from the body-a totally new
hand sign, which he said will
not conflict with any sign now
in use by Americas deaf.
Gradually, the professor said.
well come up with a Russian
alphabet completely in sign
language-Some of the signs
old and some of them new"
See Students Increasing
Does this mean, then, that
the Gallaudet students will be
able to talk the language with
deaf natives of Russia?
Unfortunately, the answer
Is no.
Sign language differs from
country to country" the pro-
fessor explained, "even between
England and the United States,
so someone will have to come
up with standardized sign
language alphabets.
Unlike his students, Prof.
Yeager is not deaf. nor does he
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Elementary School
Construction Beqins

Construction has begun on a
$l46,000 addition to the John
Nevins Andrews Elementary
School, operated jointly by
Seventh-day Adventist churches
in Takoma Park and nearby
Maryland communities.
The addition, at 1T Elm
street, Takoma Park, will in
clude five classrooms, a cafe
terra. gymnasium and library
facilities.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
LATEST TV INFORMATION

TelevSon programs for the week carried in TV
Magazine with Sundays Star. Following is supplement
tary information todays received after TV
Magazine went to press
400, WRC (4)-Special. / hour The Shari Lewis
Show. Christmas in September" A variety show fea-
turing not only Miss Lewis puppets but her talents
dancer and singer
Tomorrow
II am. approximate tme) WTOP (9), and WNdAL
C-Cuban Prime Minister Fide Castros address to the
United Nations General Assembly.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Seminar Slated

Economics of Competition, "
a graduate seminar, will be Of
fered for the first time this fall
by George Washington Univer-
sity. The seminar will be con-
Quoted by DR.. Abraham D. H..
kaplan, senior staff member
for economic studies at the
Brookings Institution.
Evening star., 1960-09-25

We'll get more done with a
small class" he said, but wait
until next year, I predict Wen
be flooded with applicants"
The college already has set
up its curriculum for a second
year of Russian.
When they's through" Prof.
Yeager said, "Gallaudet's Rus
sian students will have a knowl-
edge Of reading and writing in
Russian equivalents - and in
some cases better than any
found in the regular colleges. "
Evening star., 1960-09-25

tual attendance in accredited
colleges or universities before
they issue a license to practice
medicine or the other profess
sions. However, the corre-
spondence courses offered
through the armed services are
acceptable for credit in q num-
Der of universities. To get the
rulings on the various States I
suggest you write directly to
the accrediting body of the
correspondence schools, at: Ac-
crediting Commission, Ma
tional Home Study Council,
1000 K street NV, Washing
ton 6, D. c.
O.: I am 38 years old, with a
high school education. I am
interested in becoming a guild
ance counselor in high school.
Please tell me the training I
must take toward this field.
A.: You have a difficult, but
not impossible road ahead of
you. You will have to 60 to
college for four years and get
your undergraduate degree.
Concentrate in the field of
guidance and psychology. Your
college guidance counselor
could help map out a program
for you.
In many States, you would
then have to take another
year, possibly two, of graduate
work in the field of guidance.
You would then be qualified to
get a license to serve as a
guidance counselor. In some
communities, a college degree
itself is enough to enable you
to practice.
@. ! have eight years eX-
perience in piSton-driven air.
craft engines and hydraulics,
I would like to take a course
in jets, at least part Of it
home study. But I am a years
old. Do you think I would be
wasting my time and money?
A. I believe that any per-
son. regardless of age. can con-
tinue his studies profitably.
You would not be wasting
time and money" by further
ing yourself in your field,
whether it is jet engines OF
journalism. We have enough
evidence now to say categori-
cally that you are never too
old to learn" If more adults
went to school or college, OF
just took courses for the fun
of it, we would be better of
as a Nation. We need a lit
crate citizenry. Education can
help us get 1t.
@. My 15-year-old son is in
tereSted in becoming a forest
ranger when he finishes high
school. We would like to know
what further education is re-
quired and what schools you
would recommend.
A. He would have to finish
high school and then enroll ir
a college or university. Since
you live in Ohio, you might
check with your State uni.
versities to find out what
courses in forest work are of.
fered. He could then enrol
in the forestry or agriculture
programs of the university h,
attends, and at the end of foul
years he would be qualified tt
pursue his chosen profession.
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