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Evening star., 1960-07-05
Navy Injustice

I am sure that many Of
your readers Sympathize
with Comdr. Rawlins in his
efforts for promotion and
feel that he is receiving harsh
treatment. However, many
naval officers who compare
the selection system in effect
until 1855 with the revised
deep selection" system of
today, will no doubt feel that
Comdr. Rawlins received a
fairer deal than they will,
even with records missing
from his files.
The 'coat-tail" promo
tions, advancement of former
aides and famous sons, re-
sulting from this present sys-
tenn, have had a discouraging
effect upon morale of both
junior and senior naval Off
GERS. I refer to the latest
issue of Naval Institute and
Proceedings in which the
author of a previous article,
entitled Deep Selection
Pros-and Cons" states that
not one Of the hundreds of
letters he received in refer
ence to this article favored
deep selection. This is clear
ly a case of the will of a few
being imposed upon many.
It is small wonder that
senior officers are resigning
prematurely and younger Of
flcers see little future in a
Navy career.
1t seems inevitable that
this unfair practice must
someday be terminated. How
Evening star., 1960-07-05
"PAYOLA STREET"
"Dear Sir.

Lear Sir:
THE name Of the place
where I live is not really
Payola street. ! don't want
the neighbors to know who is
kicking, that is all.
Also, please don't use my
name, as they are mighty
mean eople along this
street.
They have 1t in for jay
birds.
Now, I like jay birds.
They are beauties, in any
light, and especially in the
early morning when the sun
shines on them.
They are wonderful to
watch, and I have seen them
help feed other birds.
Just because they will fly
at you, in nesting time,
doesn't make them mean, in
my book, but these neighbors
Of mine try to wiring their
necks.
There is one man who
kills every jay he can catch.
I'VE still have them, and I
have set myself up as a one
man committee to keep the
jays here.
rs there anything I can do
besides be vigilant?
Yours" etc.
+
Very little. my dear sir.
And what you could do,
you won't, we feel sure.
The jay sometimes needs
defenders. no matter where
they live, because he is a
hig h-flying, wide-ranging,
thing.
Americas jay is perhaps
the most American of all
birds.
His very attitude, his pos
ture, his carriage, Is Amer
lean to the core.
AS for his voice. that, too.
is Supremely of the land of
his birth.
His barbarous yawp, to use
Walt Whitman's words,
sounds over the suburban
and farm areas all day long.
1t is a scream, at times, a
shout, at others.
He, is bold, presumptuous,
maybe a bit contemptuous, Of
others.
At nesting time, he will
not hesitate to fly directly
at the head of any human
stranger getting too close to
his nest.
A resourceful father, if one
Of his offspring gets down
a window well, he will carry
it food until it grows strong
enough to fly out.
The jay is a bit Of a
philanthropist. too.
He often gathers food from
Evening star., 1960-07-05
Road Hogs Run Wild

Regarding the discourte-
Gus. even dangerous driving
habits referred to in letters
to The Star, might there not
be some benefit in a series
Of candid articles such as
those on the used-car rack
ct? Working conditions for
the person or persons assign
ed to such an assignment
might be such as to require
the drafting" of a victim
but the results might justify
the effort expended if not the
risk of the life of the re-
porter.
I don't suppose that libel
laws would permit the pub
lication Of the license num-
bers of habitual speeders,
zig-zag artists, and light
jumpers. to say nothing of
honkers and double -parkers.
AS "A Driver and Pedes-
trian" suggests most of us
know that we drive poorly at
times and that we often drive
with little or no regard for
the other fellow. Most drivers,
If they were honest. would
issue about a half dozen
tickets to themselves each
day assuming they drive 20
miles or more. Maybe the
tickets ought to be issued and
collected.
Locally it might alleviate
any need of an added sales
tax. and nationally it would
certainly bring in much more
money than a postal rate in
crease. OF course it would re-
quire a police force twice the
size of the present one, but
the officer who could not
regularly earn" his salary
twice over would almost de-
serve to be referred to as a
cop"
But then a really thorough
Journalistic study might
achieve the same results with
less Of an administrative up
heaval. Several people now
living might be dead before
our no home rule" govern
ment could institute a keep
traffic safe program.
Until such time as jour-
nalistic or municipality in
spired steps can be taken
against the road hog it might
be suggested tn at if the
known "puSher" can be To-
Gated in time he be subjected
to a bit of delaying tactics.
Tempers won't be improved
but such characters should be
taught that innocent law
abiding people have a right
to use their elbows" too.
Charles .. Stout
Evening star., 1960-07-05
No Joking Matter

Pretty nice the way some
folks figure how the cost of
living has gone up only 2.l%
since our last raise, especially
when they don't have to pay
State income taxes, gasoline
taxes, transportation taxes,
and some sales taxes.
And then, too, we do not
have a taX-free expense ac-
count to help us along with
our salaries.
Just who is kidding who?
Federal EmplOye
Evening star., 1960-07-05
THE POLITICAL MILL
The Fixed Convention Choroes
By GOULD LINCOLN

is broadcasting his own views
on such important problems
as national defense and for
eign affairs. Now he has
gone a step further. He has
virtually predicted that If
Mr.. Nixon does not accept
the Rockefeller views--and
see they are placed in the
Republican national platform
he cannot, and will not
carry that political sine qua
non for the, G.O.P.-New
York State. He is saying that
he does not expect anything
to happen that will prevent
him, Rockefeller. from cam
paigning for the Republican
national ticket-but he has
still to say forthrightly he
will support Nixon if Nixon
is nominated. Rockefeller
continues to be at one and
the same time not a candi-
date and a very anxious can
didate. He has charged the
convention is rigged for Nixon
and against him. All of this
in spite of the fact Rookie
feller had the full oppor-
tunity to fight for the nomi-
nation himself but quit last
December.
Wages Open Fight
Senator Kennedy, who un-
like Gov. Rockefeller, decided
to put up a fight for the
presidential nomination, chal-
lenged all comers to enter
the presidential primary
races. He has won in such
States as Wisconsin, West
Virginia and Nebraska, in
Oregon and in Maryland. He
has replied to the charges
by Mr.. Truman that the
convention has been rugged
for him and undue influence
used. He has pointed out
that he has waged an
open fight; that he has shown
he can win popular support
for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination-as we'll
as the support of party lead
ers-notwithStanding the fact
he is a Catholic. 1t was not
his fault that Senators john
son of Texas, Symington of
Missouri, and Adlai Steven
son did not enter these pri-
mary contests.
How many national con-
ventions, both Democratic
and Republican, have not
been rigged-have not been
subjected to all kinds Of In
f1uence through primary con-
tests and political manipula-
ton? Few, if any. And If
they have not been rigged
1t was not because candidates
and their friends did not try.
Occasionally compromises
have been forced in so-called
smoke-fllled rooms before a
presidential nomination has
been possible. This may hap
pen in the Democratic Ma
tional Convention opening
next Monday in Los Angeles.
Senator Lyndon johnson Of
Texas. majority leader Of the
Senate who seems to have
come up strongly in recent
weeks as a Democratic presi-
Dental nominee, has joined
President Truman in his
charge that the party's ma
tional convention has been
rigged for Kennedy. This
should put at rest reports
that Kennedy-Johnson deal
is on which will result in a
K enn e dy- Johnson ticket,
with the Texan as the vice
presidential nominee.
Evening star., 1960-07-05
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1960-07-05

ever, the many naval officers
who were its victims will
have no recourse for appeal,
only the bitter taste of in
justice.
Evening star., 1960-07-05

The desperate eleventh.
hour efforts to head of the
frontrunning candidates for
the Democratic and Republi-
can presidential nominations
are now forefronted by the
Truman charges that the
Democratic National Conven-
ton has been "pre-arranged"
to bring about the nomina-
ton of Senator John F. Ken
nedy of Massachusetts,, and
by the Rockefeller charges
that the Republican Ma
tional Convention has been
"pre-arranged" to nominate
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon Of California. Pre-
arranged" is merely a polite
phrase for "rigged." stolen or
what have you. At this writ
ing, it does not appear that
either Kennedy or Nixon will
be headed off-though Ken
nedy is in more danger than
Nixon.
Former President Harry S.
Truman, stepped in politics
and how the game is played,
is seeking to convince the del
egates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention that if
Kennedy is nominated he will
be defeated. Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller of New York
not so stepped in the knowl-
edge of politics-iS seeking to
convince the delegates to the
Republican National Conven-
ton that Nixon cannot win.
There is at least one major
difference between the hurlers
of the convention rigging"
charges. Mr.. Truman is not
seeking the Democratic pres
idential nomination - but
Gov. Rockefeller - although
he may deny it-has his
tongue hanging out for the
Republican nomination.
Truman's Argument
Mr.. Truman obviously has
a deep-seated desire to pre-
vent If possible the nomi-
nation of Senator Kennedy
although he has spoken of
Kennedy as a fine young man
who should go far in politics
and government if he will
just be patient and wait un-
til he is more mature. He
has brought out two reasons
prominently for denying the
Massachusetts, Senator the
nomination-he may have
more. The first is that Ken
nedy is too young, too mex
perienced to assume the presi-
dency in these vitality serious
days. The second, that Ken
nedy and his supporters have
improperly brought pressures
OF various kinds on party
leaders-including Governors
and the delegates to the con-
vention, on party workers
and officials. While Mr..
Truman did not say it in so
many words, he seemed, in
his now famous statement, to
be charging that the Kennedy
money and its dollar-power
had been exerted to win this
nomination for this son of a
father reputed to be worth
$3.50 million-one Of the
wealthiest men in the coun-
try.
Gov. Rockefeller, wrapping
himself in a mantle of what
is best for the country and
for the Republican Party, has
complained again and again
that Mr.. Nixon is not stating
his views on the major is
sues-while he, Rockefeller,
Evening star., 1960-07-05

any worse than they actually are. ia
pans weekend voting offers a good les
son on that score.
Evening star., 1960-07-05
Too Much Defeotism

Sidney X. Ackerman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13

to study drama, speech and
dancing this year and next fall
will use her $4,000 scholarship
prize from the Miss America
Pageant to attend school in
Switzerland, where she will
travel and study languages.
How does she feel about com.
ing so close to winning the Miss
America title? "My feelings are
mixed" she comments. "It
would have been wonderful to
walk down the aisle while Burt
Parks sang There She Goes,
Miss America but afterwards
Miss America is expected to
make appearances six days a
week and travel on the seventh
for a year."
Ruth, herself, is currently
making many appearances,
mostly commercial ones for
groups such as the Washington
Redskins, the telephone COM
pany, bowling interests, etc.
"These are very lucrative" she
adds.
Ruth Wolford served as chair
man for the luncheon, assisted
by Miss Frances Bowie, pianist;
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13
How TO Sell 275 Tickets

The Ki-Wives of Silver Spring
know how to attract a crowd to
their annual fashion show. In
addition to gathering the latest
California styles they brought
along two glamorous guests
for their benefit luncheon last
Wednesday at Manor Club.
Handsome Bob Allison, Wash
ington Senators center fielder
who lives in Woodmoor, chose
to sit at the mems table of the
Kiwanis Club. Pretty Ruth
Rea, miss Washington" and
third runner-up in the Miss
America Contest, was a head
table guest along with Mrs.
Marion Wallace, organizer of
the KNIVES; Phebe Doan,
owner of Martins Dress Shop
and commentator for the fash
ion show; Joan Winters, local
fashion columnist, and Peggy
brennan, faculty advisor of the
Keyette Club at Montgomery
Blair High School.
The style show followed a
sumptuous buffet luncheon in
termingled with the awarding
of many handsome prizes. The
luckiest winner, Mrs. Albert
Fausak, 15209 Rosecroft rd.,
Rockville, went home wearing a
white fox capelet.
Club members serving as
models for the parade of fash
ions from Martins included
Mildred Flaherty, Dottie Glot-
felty daughter of club presi-
dent Dorothy Glotfelty), Evelyn
Sanchez, Edna Katz, Bette Fig,
Kitty Spinelli and Gloria Car
mody.
Watching the show, beauty
queen Ruth Rea, a graduate of
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School, revealed that a career
in musical comedy interests
her more than the fashion
world and modelling. She plans
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13
Fall 1850 Child Study Workshop

Parents Can Help Children Find Answers;
The Significance of Discipline"
Consutant Dr. Hugh " Perkins, Institute of Child Study
University of Maryland
Date Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday October 49, 10 and TO-
Place Grace Episcopal Church, Georgia ave. and Grace
Church rd., Silver Spring.
Registration Fee NONE
Bring: Lunch and preschoolers.
Provided: Coffee and babystters.
Anything Special? Yes Special Invitation fathers on
Wednesday night.
SCHEDULE
93010
Overview lecture discipline: redefintion" (Tuesday)
"The Parents point of view" wednesday,
Parents essential Thursday
10:1510:30 coffee
10:3011:30 small group discussion
11:3011:45 sharing group ideas
121 lunch
HAS
Overvew lecture Why Children and youth behave they
do" Understanding my child CTuesday)
"How parent study groups function" Prob
lens of operation Thursday
1:45-215 discussion
2:15230 sharing group ideas
89 pm Overview lecture-"Society & the Parent"
wednesday,
1915 buzz group
$3.50 General discussion
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13
Patricia Fail.
p. B. johnson
Are Engaged

The Rev. and Mrs. James c.
Fail of Rockville, announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Patricia Ann, to Peter Blake
Johnston, son of DR.. and Mrs.
w. Cecil Johnston of Dame
mora, N. Y.
Miss Fail attended Maryville
College in Tennessee and is a
1860 graduate of Columbia Uni.
versity, Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Nursing.
Her fiance graduated from
Colgate University and is with
Anchor Motor Freight of larry
town, N. Y.
A December wedding is
planned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13
Navy Doctors Wives
Plan Luncheon Today

The Navy Doctors Wives
Club of Washington will hold a
luncheon in the Commissioned
Officers Mess at the Naval
Medical Center in Bethesda at
noon today.
A fashion show by Rose Viii
liams of Bethesda will feature
members of the club as models.
Moderator will be Mrs. Phyllis
Boddie of the Bethesda Model
ing School.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13
Attend Bank Convention

Two Silver Spring women,
both officers of local banks, are
attending the 38th annual con.
of the National Associa-
ton of Bank Women this week
in Pasadena, Calf.
Mrs. Avlynne c. Helm, assist
ant secretary of National Saw
,ings, will also spend some time
in Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, where she plans to visit
her son-in-law and daughter,
Robert and Nancy Maloney.
Miss Eleanor Dankmeyer, Sec
rotary of Security Bank, will
stop in San Francisco and
Mexico on her return trip.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13
Child Expert To Speak Here
BY Kathleen Leary
Woman's Editor

An Adelphi, Md, child guild
ance expert who has worked
with parents and teachers on
the other side of the world, will
come to Montgomery County
next week to help local mothers
and fathers understand the sig
nificance of discipline.
DR.. Hugh v. Perkins, of the
University of Maryland's Insti-
tute of Child Study, is serving
as consultant-lecturer for the
Fall 1860 Child Study Work
shop to be conducted by the
Montgomery County Parent
Child Study Advisory Board,
October 1920, at the Grace
Episcopal Church, Silver
Spring.
During the nine months DR..
Perkins spent in Pakistan, from
September, 1858, to June, 1859,
he discovered "a general desire
on the part of all parents, the
world over, to do the best they
can by their children. They
want help in understanding
them," he believes, no matter
where they live.
Five other American profess
sors joined the local educator to
make up the Fulbright Scholar
ship team in western Pakistan.
1--WE visited various schools and
worked with headmasters and
teachers on their most pressing
educational problems, DR.. Per-
kins explains.
Family Went Along
Taking advantage of the edu-
cational values of the trip, DR..
Perkins was accompanied dur
ing the first half of the tour by
his wife and the three Oldest
of their five children, then ages
IL to six
Although they usually lived
in the best hotels, "passable if
one was not discriminating" the
family found themselves prac-
tically camping-out in Multan
where educational research had
never before been undertaken.
Because the hotel accommoda-
tons were impossible, the in
spector of schools moved his
office into the yard so the Per-
kins family could stay in his
bungalow. Even though the
city had a population of 100000
there were no modern facilities
and Mrs. Perkins learned to
cook over a brick and charcoal
fireplace.
"This was one of our most
pleasant stays" DR.. Perkins re-
marks, because my wife was
invited out among the mothers
and teachers. They taught her
to make Pilau, a rice-mutton
chop dish seasoned with cloves,
pepper, cinnamon, and curry,
usually made with mutton or
fish, rice and hot sauce. We
still serve the Pilau, family
favorite, about once week."
Viewed Excavations
Mrs. Perkins tutored the chill.
dren and some days were de-
voted to field trips rather than
paper work. '"They visited sites
of archaeological excavations"
continues DR.. Perkins, "that go
back 5000 years to the time of
Alexander the Great"
The team of American profess
sors conducted the first child
study workshop ever carried on
in Karachi and it drew officials
such as the Secretary of the
Air Force as well as teachers,
students and housewives. The
educators found much interest
in improving curriculum and
examinations, as well as tremen-
dous- concern to know more
about child guidance and de.
velopment. "They were eager"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13

Mildred Browning and Kitty
Spinelli, tickets; Katherine
Brownfield, decorations; Dora
Malasky, favors, and Betty Fig,
publicity.
Among the male guests were
Clarence Browning, 1t. Cover
nor of the Capital Kiwanis Dis
trist, and Harland F. Brown
field, president-elect of the Sill.
yer Spring KiWanis.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13

DR.. Perkins says, "to under
stand the methods used in this
country"
Do suburban parents have
special problems? DR.. Perkins
feels suburban life has 'fntensi-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13
S ENTINEL S cSSEHS. HD'
ThursdsY, October -. i'6o--B3

"Profiles of the Presidential
Candidates" will be presented
at a bipartisan program of the
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
at it's monthly n citing on Oc-
tober 10.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-13

fled" problems of the parent.
"The child has a hard time find
ing his place in the family. On
the farm, he had a particular
job and he could readily see his
contribution"
Evening star., 1960-08-07

A BUSINESSMAN thought his staff
"A was rather lazy and Indifferent,
so he pinned up the following notice:
Bread is the staff of life, but that
is no reason why the life of our staff
should be one continual loaf"
A GROUP of theatrical people was
IA trying to help a former star who
had been persistently unlucky. Know
ing that he was too proud to accept
money as a gift, they rigged up bogus
rattle They told him that they would
all draw slips from hat, and that the
man who drew the number four would
get 81 600 To make sure the old actor
would win, they wrote number four
on every slip.
After drawing, the conspirators
glanced at their slips, crumpled them
up and waited for their friend to an
nounce that he had the lucky number.
But the old fellow never opened his
mouth. Finally, unable to bear the
suspense, they asked him what num-
Der he had drawn from the hat
six and seven-eighths," he an
swered glumly.
Evening star., 1960-08-07
All In Fun

66THIS house, said the real estate
IL agent, has both good and
bad points. To show that / am honest,
I'm going to tell you about both. The
disadvantages are that there is a
distillery one block south and
slaughterhouse one block north"
What are the advantages?"
asked the prospective buyer.
You can always tell which way
the wind is blowing"
Evening star., 1960-08-07

A TTENTION, wives: You can cure
"A your husband of snoring by good
advice, cooperation, kindness and by
stuffing an old shirt in his mouth.
TRAVELING salesman lin diner, to
Il cute young lady opposite him):
Pardon me, Miss, butter"
Young lady: mo, you've never
met me in New York or Hollywood.
/ never 60 to parties, SO you couldn't
have seen me at one l know ought
to be in pictures, but am not lonely,
and I've just had dinner. My boy
friend, a football player who weighs
200 pounds, is in the car outside. Now,
what were you going to say?"
Travelling salesman: Just this,
Miss. Please don't leave yet. That's
not the napkin you have tucked in
your waistband. It's the tablecloth!"
Evening star., 1960-08-07
Laughing It OF
Unwonted Help

OnW0nT0o 00Ip
THE dinner guest vlaOm Gbhor
Il Is he Uho clears the table,
Then carts the dishes to the sink
As fast as he is able.
And though the dining tables clear,
While others haze drink,
Pm scr0pin0 scraps of refuse from
The bottom of the sink. g.
EVELYN WADE
66W7ELL," said the young hus-
w band as he bit into some
bread his bride had baked, Il must
say these are fine biscuits"
Later, the brides mother stopped
him in the hall and asked in a whisper,
Goodness, Brad, how could you say
that those were fine biscuits?"
But didn't say they were fine"
he pointed out. Il merely said l must
say So"
FRED 8. MILLAAM
Evening star., 1960-08-07

66CAY, Mister" said the bright
- youth to the butcher, "your
ad says you have cuts of meat to suit
all purses. Is that right?"
Sure is, son." said the butcher.
What have you for an empty
one?" persisted the youth.
Gold shoulder" said the butcher
Evening star., 1960-08-07

Whot's YOUR fovorits ioks7 Send il TO "AN In
Fun" eto Sundoy. The Stor Moso1ns. 225 Nr0inio
ovsnVs Sc. for possible publication this pose.
SUNDAY THE STAR MAoAZl
Evening star., 1960-08-07

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shaker when measuring larger
amounts. Recipes giving special uses
come with each decanter. Any way
you use Heinz Vinegars, they're so
full favored they go further. And
vinegar costs so little per serving
that it pays to use the best-Heinz!