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Evening star., 1960-06-30
Arlington Board Takes
Control of Personnel

during them they consider only
personnel, property or impend-
ing legal matters.
The board made no decision
regarding its prohibition of
school social functions, but
probably will do so next month.
The ban was inStigated last
year after some Negroes were
ordered admitted to previously
segregated schools.
Mr.. Stockard said he could
find no reason why the faculty
meeting agenda and the ban
should have been discussed in
closed session.
Evening star., 1960-06-30
Insurance Rates Cut
On Compact Cars

RICHMOND, June 80 (AP)
of compact cars are
due a 10 per cent reduction
in liability and collision in
surance.
The State Corporation Com
mission said the reduction
would be permitted on new and
renewal policies written after
August /. 1t does not apply to
sports cars.
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and a member Of the Fairfax
County Democratic Committee.
A recent proposal by Super
visor William H. Moss to expand
the county's sanitary district
program to gain more urban
services won scant attention.
Herbert E. Harris, County
Civic Federation president,
urged adoption at a November
referendum of the urban coun-
ty form of government.
Evening star., 1960-06-30

The Arlington School Board
in secret session early today
decided to assume new control
over selection of principals and
other top personnel.
They agreed henceforth to
conduct closed sessions before
regular board meetings so that
the board can examine thor
oughly personnel recommends
tions of the school superin-
tendant.
THE board has a legal re-
sponsibility for personnel ac-
tions and therefore must in
terest itself in all strategic ap-
pointments," said James G..
Stockard. who disclosed the de-
cision made in a meeting which
ended at l am. The closed
session followed an earlier pub
lie meeting.
Rubber Stamp" Action
Ever since Ray Reid has
been superintendent. with two
or three exceptions. the board
perfunctorily has approved his
recommendation without OPP
portunity to interview the peo-
pie involved or to review their
background.
This has placed us in
the position Of either rubber
stamping his recommendation
or having to call a special ses-
sion regarding a particular
person"
Mr.. Stockard reported that
in the future the board will
receive at least a weeks notice
of any proposed change in the
upper echelons of school per-
sonnel.
Although he indorSed the
new policy. Mr.. Stockaro
warned of danger that issues
of which the public should be
aware might be discussed in
the secret session.
I'm afraid there is a ten
dency to put more and more
material into the confidential.
folder" he said.
Social Ban Discussed
At the executive session las
night, the board briefly dis
cussed continuance Of its bal
on high school social activitie
and the agenda for the ia,
faculty meeting.
= When criticized about close,
meetings in. the past, boar
members have contended tha
Evening star., 1960-06-30

wants a decision deferred "un-
til the people have had more
time to consider the alterna-
tives."
Mr.. Parker asserted that the
board should step up its ef-
fort to reduce the costs and
increase the efficiency of the
present form Of county govern
ment."
The County League of Wom-
en- Voters, represented by Mrs
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Stute Aide Resigns

RICHMOND, June 80 CAP).
The assistant State chief
medical examiner, DR.. Harold
l.. Beddoe. is resigning, effec-
tive tomorrow. He said he will
return to his home in Tulsa,
Okla.
Evening star., 1960-06-30
Pine Reverses Sell, Bars
Illegally Evidence

Chief Judge David A. Pine to-
day reversed his own District
Court ruling that defendants
can be prosecuted in the Dis
trict with evidence illegally
seized by State police.
The judge said his action was
required because Of Mondays
Supreme Court rulings. The
high court had decided 5 to 4
that the silver platter" doc
trine, in force since 1914, was
illegal.
That doctrine provided that
defendants could be prosecuted
in Federal courts with evidence
illegally seized by State and
local officers.
Federal officers are prohibit
ed from using in court evidence
seized in violation of the Con-
Stitution's Fourth Amendment.
This amendment provide e S
that "the right of the people to
be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches
and seizures, shall not be vio-
lated. :"
Challenged Rulings
In May, Judge Pine had
challenged two rulings by the
United States Court of Ap-
pealS here. These decisions out
lawed evidence obtained out
side the city for Districe Court
cases after what would have
been an illegal arrest by Dis
trict or Federal standards.
Judge Pine had contended
that all the other United States
Courts Of Appeals in the coun-
try had ruled otherwise and
that the local appeals court
misinterpreted a Supre e
Court decision.
Evening star., 1960-06-30
VFW Dedication Set

A new home for the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars Silver
Spring Memorial Post No. 1852.
will be dedicated at $3.50 p. m.
July 10. The new home is To-
Gated at 1876 Fern street,
Wheaton.
Evening star., 1960-06-30
Two-Stote Accord
On Fishing Sought
BY PAUL HOPE
Star STAN Writer

ANNAPOLIS. June 30-The heads Of Maryland and Vir-
gina fisheries commissions today pledged cooperation try
ing to solve problems of the seafood industry they
there to long standing differences
tween the two States.
joint statement by Byrd chairman of the Mary
Evening star., 1960-06-30
Tax Rate at Peak
In Prince Edward

FARMvIILE. Va, June 80 tAP)-The highest real estate
tax rate in Prince Edward Counys history has adopted
for private school tuition grants in hope of maintaining
gated education
The board of supervisors which closed the public schools
last rather than ntegate them last night up
Evening star., 1960-06-30
KIDS FOR KENNEDY
Playground Politics
Gives Him Is Votes
Switches Charged

him around all day chanting
Nixon is a vixen"
Evening star., 1960-06-30

operative efforts should be
short" t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27
BY GOULD LINCOLN
Star Stan Writer

President-elect Kennedy, going
into Office as a new leader of the
Democratic Party, very much as
did the late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt after the 1882 election.
is engaged in selecting the big
Ten"-the members Of his cabinet
who will serve as chief advisers
and as the executive heads Of the
regular departments Of the Fed
eral Government.
This is a task which has con-
fronted every President-elect, al
though George Washington was
inaugurated April 80, 1889, but
made no appointments of the five
members who became his cabinet
until the following September.
Mr.. Kennedy, it is reported, is
anxious to get this chore entirely
out of the way. And we'll he may
for it is important and also there
is much pulling and hauling,
much attempted pressure for vari-
GUS men.
Picking cabinet officers has been
no easy job-and sometimes the
selections made have brought
heartbreaks to Presidents. This
was true especially in the cases
of Presidents Grant and Harding.
One of Grants cabinet members
became involved in squalid trans
actions and impeachment pro-
ceedings were started against him.
Grant allowed him to resign and
so escape conviction. In the case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27
Our Ninth Largest School System

and inadequately heated. One rea-
son for this situation Is that over
seas teachers rank only as warrant
officers in the military establish
ment.
Partially due to such conditions
as well as the military personnel
policies. teacher turnover-one of
the overseas school systems most
serious weaknesses is unusually
heavy and probably twice as great
as in the domestic school system.
AS result, overseas teachers re-
port that instruction stats abroad
are becoming increasingly younger
and less experienced.
Many Deficiencies
Many teachers are highly criti-
cal Of deficiencies In the curricu-
lum, largely caused by what they
regard as either indifference or
excessive economy on the part Of
the services. These teachers COM
plain that there are too few text
books and too many in use are
outdated. Also in many places nee
essary teaching equipment is I'M
available. For example, they point
to lack of suitable science labora-
tories and physical education IA
cilities like a gymnasium. Also
they consider that too little atten-
ton is paid to music and art. In
addition. there has been frequent
objection to overcrowded and even
unhealthy school buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27

on the public school system in
the United States. The director
selects the school principals and
superintendent in his area. In
addition. he has staff specialists
to advise him on the operation of
elementary and high schools as
well as others, such as guidance
counselors.
The pupil-teacher ratio in the
Army schools is about 26-to-l in
the high and 32-to-1 in the ele-
mentary schools. (However, some
junior high schools have about 40
students IN one Glass; In this
country last year the average
pupil ratio was 25.8-to-l
for all schools.
Most Army teachers abroad stay
about three years so that the
teacher turnover is about Is per
cent annually.
In addition to the regular
course of study, the Army offers
students in the first to eighth
grades the opportunity to learn
the language of the country in
Germany, France and Italy. This
program is financed separately out
of welfare funds.
Mobility among Army families
abroad is so great that there is
an unusually high rate of student
turnover. This factor makes it
difficult to conduct an even and
continuing course of study. In
some cases, the makeup of one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27
Some Stronee ASSIGNMENTS

Washington was by no means
the only President to have strange
asSortments of men in his Cabi-
net. And some Cabinet officers
have believed they would in fact,
If not in name, run the affairs
of government. This was the case
in 1861, when Abraham Lincoln
became President, and his Secre-
tary of State, William H. Seward,
rather thought he would dominate
the administration. He found,
however, he was wrong.
The selection of Secretaries of
State has been considered the
most important decision a Presi-
dent-elect has to make in regard
to his cabinet. It is so today.
and the country and the world is
waiting with keenest interest Pres
ident-elect Kennedys choice. In
the case of this high office, Presi-
dents have usually used ability as
the chief. yardstick. In conse-
quence the list of Secretaries of
State contains many illustrious
names. Six Secretaries of State,
beginning with Jefferson, later be-
came Presidents, ending with Bu-
chanan. Also. until the law of
succession Ito the presidency in
the event of the Presidents death
or incapacity to serve) was
changed, the Secretary of State
ranked Immediately after the
Vice-President. The Speaker of
the House of Representatives re-
placed the Secretary of State in
that ranking.
Woodrow Wilson had difficulties
with two of his Secretaries of
State and got rid of them. which
was easy. for the resignation of
every cabinet officer is always in
the hands of the President. The
first Secretary of State who fell
afoul of Mr.. Wilson was William
Jennings Bryan, three times the
nominee of the Democratic Party
for President. Wilson had picked
Bryan partly because of Bryan's
devotion to the cause of peace and
partly because Bryan, by his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27

funds while most of the housing
facilities were provided by John S.
Dickey, president of Dartmouth.
Prominent Participants
The Americans present included,
among others, George Kennan,
former United States Ambassador
to the Soviet Union; Prof. Walt
Rostow of M. I. T.; Grenville
Clark, international lawyer; DR..
Arthur Larson, former special as
sistant to President Eisenhower:
DR.. Philip E. Mosely of the Council
on Foreign Relations, and Russell
Grouse, the playwright. The Rus
sian group, headed by the Ukrain-
ian playwright and poet. Alex
ander Korneichuk - an intimate
friend of Mr.. Khrushchev - in
cluded lawyers. scientists and
artists who hold high places of
their own in Russian life.
During my time as Assistant
Secretary Of State and as United
States Senator I represented our
country as delegate at eight
official" international conferences.
Few had an agenda more care
fully drawn or adhered to than the
one for this private meeting. Few,
moreover, were as fertile in the
yield Of constructive ideas about
issues lying at the base of United
States-Soviet relations,
We talked morning, noon and
night about the psychological
factors shaping the outlook of
the Soviet and American peoples
in their relations to each other;
about the arms race and the prob
lens of disarmament with ade-
quate inspection and controls; and
about the role of industrialized
nations in providing aid to coun-
tries now in the process of eco
nomic development. We talked
also about the role of interna-
tional law in helping to build a
peaceful world; the role of citizens
in developing foreign policy; the
broadening Of cultural exchanges,
and the removal of obstacles to
the flow Of information and ideas.
Fronk Discussions
In none Of this did the Ameri-
cans and Russians form an amen
chorus. There were disagreementS
about practically everything-and
particularly over issues Of fact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27

bearing on the cold war. But
these were partly counterbalanced
by the slow emergence Of some
areas of agreement--or at least Of
understanding Of each .other's
views. Either way. however, it
was talk without snarling or with
out false smiles.
One area Of disagreement came
to the front almost at once when
we talked about the psychic
logical gap" separating the Soviet
Union from the United States.
First We Americans listened to
Russian bill Of particulars against
US, beginning with the American
troops sent to Siberia at the end
of World War /, and on down to
the U-2 incident. Then. on our
side, IL fell TO me to summarize
charges against Soviet censor
ship, jamming of broadcasts,
failure to pernit entry for our
significant books and magazines,
the distorted articles about us in
the so-called great Soviet en-
cyclopaedia." the unhappy and
twisted material about the United
States that appears in Soviet
textbooks for children.
Hollywood Indicted
In a further turn, Sergio Yutke-
vicn, a leading film and theater
producer who was a member of
the Soviet group indicted Hol-
lywood for all its sins of omission
and commission. It was a vigor-
ously stated but familiar argu-
ment, I had heard it often as
far back as l948 when I served as
chairman of the United States
delegation at the U. N. Conference
on Freedom Of Information. But
then, in another turn, there was
a softening note struck by DR..
Trina Logunova, a remarkable
woman on the Soviet delegation.
AS Director of the Research Insti-
tute on Biology and Radium, en-
ploying a staff Of $50, including
research scientists. DR.. Logunova
speaks with great gentleness about
the leading role science and SCI
entists could play in bridging the
psychological gap between Amer
lea and Russia.
At the end, the sense of the
mceting"-as the Quakers would
S; came to this: ....
h sides agreed that each has
right to pursue its own way of
life without interference or dis
ruption by the other. Both sides
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27
BY GEORGE w. CAKES
Contributing Writer

President Eisenhower's recent
order that more than a half of
all military dependents abroad
will be returned to this country
points up little known but i'm
portant fact that the Federal
Government has been operating
overseas the Nations ninth larg-
est school system.
More than 10000 children of
Army, Navy and Air Force per-
sonnet on duty abroad attend
275 special elementary and high
schools in 26 different countries.
Even though fewer troops have
been stationed abroad for some
time, military families have been
increasing so much that the over
seas school population rose almost
Is per cent in the past year. FL
nanced by Defense Department
funds and controlled by each
service, these schools are run by
$500 professional teachers and
school administrators drawn from
our domestic school system.
The three services have pat
termed the course of study after
the United States public school
curricula which most students
have followed before going over
seas and which they will resume,
when they return to this country.
Despite the fact that these schools
are under the direction of the mil
itary and therefore financed by
Government funds, overseas teach
ers have never commended that
there is any governmental attempt
to interfere with the curriculum,
dictate the course of study or in
doctrinate the students with a
military viewpoint. When these
schools were established soon after
World War II, some educators
feared such a possible develop
ment but this has not occurred.
The overseas high schools have
official acceptance in the educa-
tional world and all are accredited
by the North Central Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools
which sends special inspection
teams abroad to evaluate academic
performance. But some teachers
abroad question whether these in
spections, which last two days in
the larger schools. are sufficiently
thorough.
The military services have estab-
lished one standard for the re-
cruitment and pay of teachers.
Regulations demand a minimum
of two years teaching experience
as we'll as an ALB. or BIS. degree.
How the Pay Runs
The average teacher pay scale is
comparable to that prevailing in
many cities of 100000 and over in
this country, but considerably be-
low that of the District of Column
bia, Montgomery and Arlington
Counties. Although overseas teach
ers are given housing, quarters as
signed them are too often in old,
temporary buildings, overcrowded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27
Political Debts Paid

The selection of cabinet officers
in the past has been affected by
many things. Political debts have
been paid of. Great abilities have
been recognized. Geographical
considerations have been taken
into account. Personal friendship
has entered into many selections.
In the days of George Washington,
in the hope Of building a united
country, men of vastly different
PHILOSOPHERS of government were
brought together in the cabinet.
Thomas Jefferson was Secretary
of State and Alexander Hamilton.
Secretary of the Treasury. Jeffer-
son believed in States rights.
Hamilton in a strong Fedora,
Government. In later days the
members of a Presidents cabinet.
have usually been chosen from
his own political party. One ex-
ception to this rule-and there
have been others. was the APP
pointment of two Republicans,
Henry L. StimSon to be Secretary
Of War and Frank Knox to be
Secretary of the Navy, by Franklin
D. Roosevelt when this country
was faced with preparing for q
second World War.
There is no provision in the
Constitution for cabinet" nor
is such a name given. However,
the Constitution does say:
1.-THE President may require
the opinion, in writing, of the
principal officer of each of the
executive departments upon any
subject relating to the duties of
their respective Offices"
George Washington did submit
to his chief executive officers
list of questions. But he also left
word for three of these officers to
meet, if necessary, while he was
absent from the Capital, to con-
slider whether any crisis demanded
the immediate return of the Presi-
dent. The three were Secretary of
State, Secretary of the Treasury
and Secretary of War. This was in
1871 and can be considered the
first cabinet" meeting. The name
derives from the fact that rulers
met sometimes in small rooms or
cabinets, for confidential discus
Sions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27
By WILLIAM BENTON

North American Newspaper Alliance
SOUTHPORT. Conn. - Let's
suppose that all the people on
this planet were suddenly threat
ened by an invasion from outer
space. What would happen? What
do you think the statesmen of the
United Nations would be talking
about? What would you. an in
tiividual citizen, be thinking about
and talking about? Would you be
talking about Cuba or the Congo
or the Soviet Union? Or would
you-along with all the other
rational human beings on earth,
whether Cubans or Africans or
Russians or Eskimos-be talking
about the need to safeguard this
planet for the cause of human
life?
At Dartmouth College recently,
this Is exactly what happened.
Not an invasion from outer space,
Of course: but meeting between
prominent citizens Of the United
States and the Soviet Union to
consider the most important ques-
ton In the world: The problem OF
human survival in a nuclear age.
If 1t seems like a small miracle
that Americans and Russians were
able to come together to discuss
anything at all of consequence,
then the miracle came to pass.
It was the kind Of small miracle,
moreover. that could conceivably
be repeated on large scale.
Between October 29th and No
vember 18th at Hanover, N. H.,
and in New York City, IL dis
tinguished Soviet citizens active
in science and the arts and in
public affairs found it possible to
meet, and to talk as human be-
ings. with a group Of Americans
Of similar private and public
interests.
No Journalists
There was no bombast, no
buster, no playing to a press gall
lery. Indeed, journalists were
barred. It was a self-disciplined
private talk about the common
peril both countries face if they
cannot learn to ease the tensions
that can explode in a thermo-
nuclear holocaust. And it covered
matters, small as well as great,
that offer ground for hope and
progress.
Contact Of this kind between
Americans and Russians is so rare
that it would be welcome at any
time. It Is doubly welcome now
coming amid the continuing ten
'sions in the wake of the failure of
the summit conference. AS one
OF the Americans who took part in
the talks I was especially en-
couraged by a Russian suggestion
that the visit be duplicated next
spring, perhaps in Moscow.
1t was private affair from be-
ginning to end, but if the views
exchanged filter into United
States-Soviet relations, as hope
they will, they can help develop
the new tone necessary for the
conduct Of constructive official ne
gotiationS. The United States
State Department was aware of
the meeting, and was consulted
about the arrangements in adj
vance. But the initiative that
bepught the visit about came from
N:Hman Cousins of New Canaan,
e;iitor Of the Saturday Review.
The Ford Foundation provided the
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For these reasons, many teach
ers serving abroad question the
services contention that the course
of study is on a par with better
public schools in this country.
Therefore the Overseas Teach
ers Association of the National
Education Association is pressing
for an impartial study to be made
Of the overseas school system by
qualified educators. This survey
would examine existing weak
neSses and make recommendations
for greater efficiency, higher aca-
demic standards and better teach
ing conditions in order to develop
more stability in the overseas
school system.
Army
The Army schools have $1,000
students (more than the other
two services) including $1,000
elementary and 10000 high school
pupils. Their 1874 schools stretch
from France to Okinawa with
the greatest concentration in Ger
many. Army schools also operate
in Japan, Korea and even in
Ethiopia. It costs the Army SIC
million a year to run this school
system with its also teachers and
administrators.
Each Army command has a top
civilian educator-the Director of
Education-in charge of all the
schools in his AREA plan based