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Evening star., 1960-10-07
C CotoIytic Agent

I am writing this letter to
correct a misimpression
which your readers may have
formed on reading your re-
porter's account of the Ia
koma Park City Council
meeting on Monday, Septem-
ber 26, entitled "Takoma Park
Integration Study Asked"
At this meeting a letter
which I had written to the
council as an individual and
resident of the town of Ia
koma Park, Md, was read.
Some readers might have in
ferred from your article that
this letter was sent as a re-
suit of official action of a
District of Columbia organi-
Zation known as Neighbors,
Inc, of which I am secretary.
This was not the case. The
town of Takoma Park, Md,
has never been discussed in
membership meetings of
Neighbors, Inc, since N. rs
work is confined to four
neighborhoods of the District
Of Columbia: Brightwood,
Manor Park, Takoma, D. C.
and Lamond-Riggs.
However, since Neighbors,
Inc, is serving as an admir-
able demonstration project
and has inspired communi-
ties as far away as Chicago
and California, I felt that
the city council might be in
terested to know of it's exist
ence and might want to avail
itself of some of N. rs
materials.
My letter was prompted by
two observations:
One, that Takoma Park, a
beautiful old town with many
old. rambling houses. has
problems of incipient blight
due to lack of zoning regula-
tions and enforcement and
the absence of any means to
insist that people keep their
property in reasonable repair.
Two, that city planners
predict a sizeable influx of
Negroes throughout the
counties within the next 10
years. The Silver Spring Min
isterial Association has al
ready recognized this posi-
bility through conducting q
two-day session on the prob
lens of segregation in hous-
ing and churches and
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Disputed Freewoy

The Southside Freeway In
Arlington has become a hot
political issue. Eventual con-
Struction of this Freeway
would benefit all residents of
South Arlington regardless of
their political Affiliations, and
hence, I believe this issue
should not be used as a polit-
ical football.
Traffic on Columbia pike
and Shirley highway during
the rush hours is nearing a
point of Stagnation. How are
we to cope with this growing
problem? Some say we should
wait for the building of a
rapid transit, but the wait
could prove infinite and then
not be adequate.
The age of the automobile
is here to stay: our very econ
omy is measured by the num-
Der of cars produced each
year. Our businesses have tai
lored their services to cater
to the driver so that it is
now possible to conduct a
range of activities without
stepping from your car. The
automobile has taken Arling-
ton and transformed it from
the sleepy suburb to a bus
Ting urban community of the
greater Washington Metro
politan area.
The high cost of construc-
ticn Of the -SouthSide Free
way to the Arlington taxpay-
or is really over-eXaggerated.
since the full burden of cost
would probably be shared by
the State and Federal gov
ernments, when and if it is
''uilt. To my knowledge. only
one main highway has been
paid in full by Arlington
County and that was Wilson
boulevard.
The argument that a new
highway would be of benefit
to Fairfax citizens is inane.
Where would Arlingtonians
be if the Federal Government
felt likewise about building
bridges over the Potomac?
All that is being asked now
of alert citizens is their sup
port for the reconsideration
of much needed highway
capacity in South Arlington.
Thomas B. Grady.
Chairman, Citizens Commit
tee for Southside Freeway.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
THE PASSING SCENE
It's an Upside-Down Campaign
BY WILLIAM S. WHIT

erstwhile unchallenged leader,
follows in every way the lead
of his erstwhile follower, Jack
Kennedy.
Yesterday has become to-
day and tomorrow. Mr.. Nixon
used to hold the copyright
on the tough" campaign
line. Now the elegant Mr..
Lodge of yesterday is surely
quite as "tough"-and often
"tougher"-as he transforms
for the G. o. P.
johnson Reversal
A little while ago Senator
johnson, from his place Of
great. power in the Senate,
could disdain to speak at all.
And when he did speak on
any important matter he
usually read from a carefully
prepared text while Senator
Kennedy listened and ad-
libbed from the back row.
Now it is Senator johnson
who is ad-libbing his way
across the country. sampling
the pastrami in delicatessens,
patting startled tots on the
back, throwing away the
written addresses and "giv-
ing 'em hell" like Harry S.
Truman.
In the past, the wives Of
candidates we're not issues"
but for the exception of Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt. Now Pat"
Nixon and Jackie" Kennedy
are each reckoned to be a
political force hardly less
formidable than a national
committee.
Finally, the most unassail-
able proof that we are indeed
in changing times comes
from the West. In a recent
foray into Oregon, Richard
Nixon was brought up short
by a sign, held by a small
boy, reading "Dick and
Hank" Dick" of course,
Nixon knew pretty well. But
Hank" he had not thus far
run across-until realization
came that Lodges first name
was in truth Henry"
1t used to be said in Bos-
ton that the Cabots spoke
only to the Lowells and the
Lowells spoke only to God
or perhaps the other way
round. Here is surely the
ultimate change wrought by
the campaign: The patrician
Cabot Lodge has now become
just good old Hank.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
TVS GREAT DEBATE

I refer to Doris Fleeson's
recent articles on the first
Kennedy Nixon TV debate.
On the TV picture. your COL
umnist saw Mr.. Kennedy as
one who "looks and is charm
ing" of "patrician grace"
Mr.. Nixon. formerly "pudgy,"
the camera now found show
ing bones and nerves; he
looked tired. and perspira-
tion -. betrayed his intense
inner concentration" Nixon's
"awkwardness" and "lack of
physical grace" was con-
trasted with Kennedy's self
confidence"
In reading this, I suddenly
recalled Mr.. Kennedy'S sew
eral references there and
elsewhere to A. Lincoln,
which I took to be a sort of
Subliminal Identification "a
device common to all politi-
cos). Since I have always
been troubled by the philo-
sophical problem of appear
ance and reality, I sought
out a conjurer forthwith and
he placed me (still infused
with the viewpoint of your
columnist) into a state Of
catalepsy wherein I was en-
abled to be present at one Of
the actual Lincoln-DouglaS
debates. When I was brought
back into my normal state
of catalonia, I found I had
transcribed the following in
automatic writing:
"Mr. Lincoln was, let us
say, not at his best today in
this dusty vile. Plainly hag-
gard and at times uncertain,
he was not aided by his usual
forensic delivery in a high
pitched hill billy twang,
which 1--WE roget to say is
infectious among our least
patrician commonerS. We
were spared his clowning and
off-color pleasantries. His
features lightened OCCASION
ally. but were generally of a
gaunt guinness, alike to one
who indulgeS too much in
thought; a sort of Sad Sack,
in essence. Mr.. Lincoln badly
needs a new and modish
hair-do. Also, a new tie
preferably an old-school one.
Let him mark we'll the sar-
torial elegance of the French
Emperor, Napoleon III. De-
spite all this, It's said that
his wife is of a patrician
may, wealthy Blue Grass
family, which can trace its
ancestry for more than two
generations.
"Mr. Douglas. by contrast,
gave the appearance of solid
Evening star., 1960-10-07

assurance. One who is Apt
as hound to any quest. swift
as terrier, sans rest With in
stinctive social grace, the
quondam Vermont Yankee
trenchantly dem olished
grubby arguments founded
upon mere logic. 1t would be
idle to recount the argumen-
tation, even If we had fol-
lowed it. What is important
is the image presented, and
we recall most the calm show
of inner puisSance by Mr..
Douglas. His ruddy aspect
oozed confidence at every
pore, of which he has a myr-
lad. But he never perspired
(although. of course, both
men sweated at times). Sure
to be elected Senator, this
stalwart may well attain the
highest Office in the land
(barring unseemly divisions
within his own party)."
Now. I am not comparing
the candidates of 1860 with
the two debaters in the out
moded horse-and-buggy era
Of 1858, but I can't help what
I see in my frances after
reading certain of the COL
umns in The Star.
7. L. Perkins.
The stage seUJing for the
opening debate by the presi-
dental aspirants was incon-
gruous. The bare walls, the
slender, Observation-Disclosures
ing chairs, the standing mi
crophones we're reminiscent
of high school debates lex
cept there was no American
flag and accentuated the
youth of the debators. The
view of the back of the heads
OF the reporters was unin-
spring.
I hope that the next sched-
uled debate will be conducted
in a well-furnished library.
and that the debators will
occupy nerous leather
chairs from which they may
talk without rising) relaxed
and deliberate. The report
erS should face the camera,
and the time for rebuttal
should be extended.
Dignity and consideration
of the fact that one of the
debaterS will occupy the high
est office in the land should
spur the arrangers of the
next debate to so arrange the
details that the viewers can
witness it with pride and
satisfaction. A Vice Presi-
dent of the United States and
an important Senator rate a
more dignif1ed setting.
James A. Cannon, ST., MD.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
ReCostro

Castro's statement that he
intends to take our naval
base at Guantanamo Bay
Through the framework of
international law" is the tip
off to his and the Communist
strategy there. Obviously they
think they can get the neces-
sary five votes on the World
Court to capture this and
other prizes. In fact, they
almost have them now, start
ing with two outright Soviet
judges.
All of this makes even more
curious the momentum be-
hind the current powerful
drive for us to repeal the
Connally reservation, unilat-
orally. Guantanamo Bay and
then the Panama Canal are
but two of the issues Khru-
shchev's and Nasser's judges
are trying to get at. This is
the time for caution.
Robert Morris,
President, University of Dali
las, Dallas, Tex.
Il 4 II
This letter probably should
be addressed to Fidel Castro
but I hope it will be brought
to his attention by someone.
1t puzzles me to know why
he is so bitter against the
United States, including his
threat to take Guantanamo,
when this country is largely
responsible for his success in
his revolution. An important
element in Batista's defeat
was the embargo on military
equipment.
Mr.. Castro should realize
that the United States naval
base at Guantanamo is q
source of much income to
Cubans in money spent there
including wages paid to Gu
ban helpers. Likewise the
destruction of the United
States tourist trade is a seri-
Gus blow to the Cuban econ
omy which might have been
avoided by a more friendly
attitude and could in like
manner be restored. 1 appre-
hend Rat Mr.. Castro in an
tagonizing the United States
is injuring his own people.
Fair Play.
Evening star., 1960-10-07

than that on the standard
rate basis.
@. What is the origin of
the term green thumb"?-
P. M.
A. The term may have orig
mated (perhaps in Scotland)
in reference to professional
garde denerS - men whose
thumbs grew green from the
moss constantly encountered
on greenhouse pots and in
soil. However, any good gar
dener is likely to have green
thumbs, as anyone who
works much around plants
gets in the habit of using his
thumbs to press down Tin
potting and planting) and to
thin out or weed plants. ITO
have a green thumb" has
thus come to mean to have
the Unborn or acquired knack
of making things grow.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Milk Pricino

In a recent article, your
paper stated that the dairy
farmer received $5.55 per
hundred lbs. of milk. This is
not presenting a true picture
to our city and rural pur-
chaSers; $5.55 is the price
paid for class I milk. Some
OF our milk land I regret to
say most of our milk went
into class II last month,
which pays a lower price.
Added together we re-
ceive a blend price. In Au-
gust this blend price was
$4.66 per hundred. Deduct
% cents per hundred lbs.
for hauling and 1914 cents
per hundred Lbs. for brok-
erage and the net price to
the farmer was $4.3O5 per
hundred.
A few days later your pa
per stated that the Mary
land and Virginia Milk Asso-
citation paid a premium of
40 cents per hundred lbs. of
milk. This also is a mis-
quote as the 40 cents is paid
only on the Glass I milk
which brings the percent
age down. In August we re-
ceived 18 cents premium per
hundred lbs. of milk; not
the 40 cents you led your
readers to believe. Incident
ally this premium is not sta
tionary and has dropped
from % cents per hundred
in January, 1860, to the pres
ent 18 cents per hundred in
August.
Let our city cousins un-
derstand that we here at
the farm received a little
less than 3S cents per gal
Ion of milk.
Mrs. Smith w. Allnutt
Highland, Md.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Honor Standards

Character, S C h olarship,
leadership, service-these are
the standards by which high
school pupils are indicted
into the National Honor So
ciety throughout the United
States.
In The Evening Star of
September 81 there was an
article concerning the quail
fications of students who will
be taken into the National
Honor Societies of the high
schools of Arlington County
this year.
This is a national organ
ization and no group of dis
gruntled school board men,
berS, parents, administrators
or pupils have the authority
to add to or take from the
standards of it. The. local
chapters will be weakened
because of the lowering of
the standards by the omitting
of emphasis on character. A
high school pupil may be a
poor citizen or dishonest in
school work and may not
have violated a school regula-
ton.
The classroom teacher, the
heart of any school, is more
capable of rating a pupils
character than the files of the
school Office.
Have the high school pupils
of Arlington County been
cheated?
A Former Teacher.
Editors note: The news
story said that the Arlington
School Board had liberalized
admission requirements so
that the honor organization
would be Inclusive rather
than exclusively.
Evening star., 1960-10-07

This might well become
known to history as the year
of the upside-down presiden-
tial campaign.
1t abounds with the odd
and incongruous. Little has
gone according to old form.
And If we do not know ex-
actly where we are going, we
certainly know we are going
somewhere new.
Long tradition gave a Vice
President nothing to hope for
later, unless his chief, the
President. should die. Having
been a Vice President was in
fact an excellent way never
to be deliberately chosen for
President. This time, the
Republican presidential can
didate. Richard M. Nixon, is
not only a sitting Vice Presi-
dent but one who reached
the top nomination with no
real challenge.
Long tradition had it that
vice presidential candidates
should be far more seen than
heard - and not even seen
overmuch. This time, the
vice presidential candidates,
Senator Lyndon B. johnson
for the Democrats and Hen
ry Cabot Lodge for the Re-
publicans, are campaigning
with a no less loud vigor
than their chiefs. They are
stirring a public interest not
tncomparably smaller.
Long tradition had it that
vice presidential nominees
were in every way junior to
the heads-of-ticket. This
time, the older and more ex-
perienced men are running
happily in second place. They
are reversing the old order
In which the younger were
always crowding the foot
steps of the older.
Reversal for Lodge
Cabot Lodge was powerful
in the very senior Senate
when Mr.. Nixon was an un-
known freshman in the very
junior House of Representa-
tives. Now Mr.. Lodge takes
every cue from Mr.. Nixon.
A year ago Lyndon johnson,
as Democratic leader of the
Senate, had a relationship
to Senator John F. Kennedy
like that Of a president of a
large corporation to its new
est third vice president.
Now Senator johnson, the
Evening star., 1960-10-07

@. At what age are ath-
letes usually at the peak of
their performance?AF. B.
A. The age varies with the
individual and with the sport.
One researcher found that, as
a group, athletes are at their
best between the ages of 27
and 90.
@. Do life insurance COM
panies reject many appli-
cantS because of overweight?
y. Y.
A. No; the Institute of
Life Insurance reported not
long ago that about 98 out of
every 100 applications for or
binary life insurance are now
accepted, and that over
weight is a negligible factor
in reflections. However, in
surance on an overweight
person Is frequently issued
only on an extra-risk basis,
and the premium is higher
Evening star., 1960-10-07
CUBA!
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Evening star., 1960-10-07
YesteryeoF's Cuba

I am sending the enclosed
broadside from The Silver
Creek Times, Nebraska-cirea
1890-1900-as a reminder of
Evening star., 1960-10-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used tDiil be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
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other times and other days in
Cuba. I thought the repro
duction might be of interest.
Leon Lenard.
Evening star., 1960-10-07
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKINs SERyIC

@ reader can get an angsr by mail
C. Please inclose enVp
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26

new prescription tablet called
Enarax does all this. 1t combines
oxyphencyclimine - which cuts
down hydrochloric acid by 80 per
cent in two hours - with Atarax,
a tranquilizing agent used by
doctors for several years. And
one dose of Enarax lasts about
IL hours.
Drug Works Well
In an early test of the new
drug, 1876 out of 140 patients
were successfully treated. DR..
Bert H. Leming, Jr., of the
University of Tennessee Medi-
cal Units, Memphis, found
Enarax worked well for 100 of
103 patients.
Many physicians believe that
ulcers could be prevented if we
learned to avoid tense emotional
states. Unfortunately, the ulcer
victim is usually much too busy
to slow down and take it easy.
His stomach responds with more
acid-and the chance Of his get
ting an ulcer.
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26

Bouquets to Bro. Robert
Gerton and DIT. Myrtle Jack
son for heading the commit
tees res ponsible for the
wonderful Washington dinner
on Feb. %.
We welcomed special guests
Judge Al. Flood. Atty. Gen.
Wade Church and Lee Acker-
man. Mr.. Church discussed
the fate of certain bills in the
Arizona Legislature. He
spoke tavorably for the Pub
lie Accommodations measure
and urged everyone to get
behind it.
Again, I hope that all Elk
members realize the impor-
tance of having a state law
to give all people the right
to get service in any place
OF public accommodation. A
person with any kind of pub
lie business should serve "a
man who can pay his way and
one who conducts himself
correctly without regard to
color.
We live in an All American
city and we should speak to
our Legislators and get the
bill passed quickly.
The Military Arm will be ir
charge of the Pacific States
Assn. Convention in May.
Mrs. Arthur BlackShear, head
of the Antler Guard requests
members to attend drill meet
ingS.
Executive Secretary Kermit
eagle, Edward Banks, direc-
tor of publicity, and | attend
ed the Antler Guard Con-
vention in San Francisco,
last weekend.
J.D. Holmes
Exalted Ruler
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26
SCHOOL NEWS

Palmdale PTA will meet
Tuesday, March / at 7 pm.
A skit will be presented by
the first grade upils and
teachers.
Seventh grader Mae James
is the Percy Julian School
spelling champion. Runner
up was Alice Mitchell, eighth
grader.
The Homemaking Dept. of
Julian School hosted the
Roosevelt District Trustee
Board and Superintendent with
a delicious dinner. Board
members Vernon Lassen, Tom
my McReynolds, Chris Jor-
gensen, Supt. T.G. Barr and
Asst. Supt. OIL. Buchanan
were greeted by Principal
CO. Greenfield.
Jackie Smith was chosen
Girl of the Month at South
Mt. High School. She is active
in many school and church
activities.
Jerry Solomon was elected
eighth grade class mayor at
the Grace Court School.
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26

Builders of flying model air.
planes should be interested in a
unique new material called Lam
lite. Used for the first time in
Monogram Models new Bid n
Fly series, Lamilite consists of
sheets of high grade balsa wood
laminated to a colored-finished
skin which adds to the strength
of the model and eliminates the
need for painting or applying de-
Gals. The first three flying model
airplanes offered in the new series
include two exciting racing mod
els and a rugged utility model.
Parts in each kit are die-cut and
for the first time, scored for easy
folding, bending and shaping.
1t is not too early to begin MAX
ing gifts for your children to give
as presents next Christmas. A
family in Oregon is making cal
endars which illustrate the chill
dren's activities each month of
the year. For example, a snap
shot of the children playing in
the snow illustrates January; a
drawing of them giving a valen-
tine to grandmother is for Febru-
ary; etc. The finished product is
one that instills pride in the chill
dren and is warmly appreciated
by relatives and close friends.
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26
First Sign is Pain

Early symptoms may be very
like indigestion. The first sign
sometimes is excruciating pain.
If the ulcer works it's way
through the stomach lining, an
infection starts which may prove
deadly unless surgery comes
quickly to the rescue. Severe
bleeding is another dangerous
complication.
Unfortunately, treating an ul-
Ger is a round-the-clock job. Our
stomachs do not sleep at night,
and healing medication is espe-
cially needed through the long
hours without food. In the past,
patients had to wake up, take
their medicine Cor a glass of
milk, and hope to go back to
their much-needed sleep.
Ideally, therefore, ulcer medi-
cation should cut down the
amount of hydrochloric acid in
the stomach, calm the tense and
driving ulcer patient who is liter
ally "chewing himself out" and
last through the night. Medical
scientists have reported that a
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26
NEWCOMERS

If you have shopped, you know
it's rough TO get credit in most
stores when you're new in
city. It's cosy at Our Furniture
stores. See groups from nice
homes, new and like new, Y off
from bankrupt stores & finance
companies, repossessions. S rms.
include stove, refrie.. washer.
2 bedrooms, liv. rm.. dinette.
All $4o3. Pay $3.50 wk. All Ctd.
Damaged Frt. Warehouse, 607 N.
18th Ave.
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26
Want ADS

FREIGHT domoeed BEDROOM
sets. Damaged so slight it is
unnoti ceoble.
$l4o Blond set $68
5000 Walnut set $o8
$500 Lined Oak set $12o
$500 Solid Maple set $248
SIS Down Delivers any Set
DAMAGED FRT. WAREHOUSE
607 N. 18th Ave.
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26
COUNTY JOBS OPEN

Maricopa County needs
superior court clerks and
stenographers, Wilbur L..
jenkins, personnel director
said.
There is immediate need
for several court clerks. The
positioni pays from 1922 to
1855 per month. A high school
education is required plus
some experience in legal
transcription, and ability to
take oral dictation at the rate
of at least 100 words a min
ute.
Both experienced and mex
perienced stenographers are
needed by the county. Work
erS with two or more years
of stenographic work are re-
garded as experienced, Jen-
kinS said.
Applications should be filed
Immediately with the per-
sonnel department, 1876. w.
Madison.
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26
SAD AND TRAGIC

SAD AND TRAGIC
Broken homes. We pick up or
q each week. 5 rms. furn. like
new, incl. stove, refrigerator.
washer, TV, 2 bdms., liv. rm.
dinette, silver, dishes. All $3.50.
Pay $3.50
Pay $3.50 wk. Damaged Frt.
Warehouse, 607 N. 18th Ave.
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26

Since the 1905, the loss to
taxpayers has been more than
SIS billion, not including other
costs incurred because of the sup
port programs, the Soil Bank,
administrative expenses, farm
products given away, etc.
Arizona tribune., 1960-02-26
REPoSsEssED

lorge Deep Freeze, cost $3.50,
Bal. due $50. Electric range,
cost 1859, bal due $2o. Large
dining rm. set cost $2o5, bal.
S3o.50. lo nm. sound movie
protector, cost $3.50, bal. $o3.
NO MONEY DOWN
4101 S. Central BR 6-4101