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wide-awake and hright-eyed
at 6 am, rarin' for a full
course breakfast, while I'm
just settling down to serious
sleep. At dinner-time. how
ever, I've hit my stride. I'm
full of pep and try to make
up for morning f'desertion."
Jeffrey B.-The only good
part of our problem is Rhoda
can, tell me how all the TV
plays turn out!
Otherwise, the situation is
awkward to say the least. I
don't know what it is to have
breakfast with my wife on
a week day. Rhoda tried at
first, but 1t was like sitting
opposite a sleep : walking
zombie. So we agreed to a
fair exchange. I'd make my
own breakfast while she slept.
and she'd be chipper and
scintillating at dinner, while
I sagged.
She usually goes to evening
events alone and tells me
about them next day. If we
go together. she handles the
conversation because she
Evening star., 1961-01-12
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

BULK: Veteran Play.
wright-Author S. N. Behr-
man has experienced all the
agonieS Of rewriting during
out-of-town tryouts Of his
plays, and has learned to
take them in stride.
Some years back, his play,
Meteor" starring Lynn Fon-
tame and Alferd Lunt, was
being tried out in Boston, re-
lates Theater Guild Founder
Lawrence LANCER In "The
Plays the Thing"
During one of the confer
ences, it was decided that the
stars needed stronger scenes
OF conflict and more moments
OF tenderness. Sam, who rose
each morning at Z and pro-
duced a few pages of beauti-
full dialogue before break
fast. appeared at the theatre
next day with some sheets of
paper.
Here. Lawrence he said.
are six pages of conflict, and
here are three pages Of
tenderness"
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knows that with my eyes
wide open. I can be fast
asleep!
THE COUNCILS VIEW
It's q scientific truth that
there are two distinct types:
the am. personality and the
pm. personality. It's all tied
up with basal metabolism
and the endocrine system.
We're all like furnaces and
some blaze sooner and die
down faster than others.
Having satisfied himself
that Rhoda was the girl for
him, Jeff couldn't be ex-
pected to get her under the
moonlight and ask: "Are
you an am. personality"
So they must now figure out
a gray zone" for sleep
needs as opposite as black
and white.
They've already accepted
the breakfast-dinner realities.
The arrival of children will
necessitate a rapprochement
of schedules for both Rhoda
and Jeffrey. She may need
Evening star., 1961-01-12
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Rest for Man.? How About Wife!
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Readers may recall that I
have been advising some hus-
bands to take it easy over
week ends. So it is only fair
to give you the opinion of
their wives.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I
must write to you about your
sentence in the paper re-
Gently that goes as follows:
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a cold shower to make 1t by
z am. and he may need a
setting-up drill to push his
day to 10 pm. and be her
pal.
It's not an impossible
divergence. When necessity
demands, they'll synchronize
on sleep, with or without
pep pills and maps.
Copyright 1861,
General Features Corp)
Tomorrow: Girls yak.
Evening star., 1961-01-12
THE PROBLEM

Rhoda B.-I like to stay up
late and wake UP late the
next day.
Jeffrey B.-No matter how
I try. I'm sleepy by 9 pm.
So we don't go out together
much.
THE DETAILS
Rhoda B.-Jeff and I are
married three years and we
have a problem a couple
can't have an inkling of be-
fore marriage. We're never
sleepy at the same time!
When jeff was courting
me he must have taken af-
Evening star., 1961-01-12

CARLO NELL asked the
barber for a shave in SAL
lon de Provence. The bar
Der apologized for his trem-
bling hand: I'm not in the
habit of shaving living per-
sons" 1t turned out that he
was an employe from the
local funeral parlor who had
agreed to substitute for the
regular barber while he was
on vacation.
(Espoir, Nice.)
Evening star., 1961-01-12
WORLD ECHOES
North American Newspaper Alliance

Odd items from the world
press:
ANGELO DALO, a 24-year
veteran of the Ancona police
force, couldn't resist appro-
priating the cross of merit he
found in a superior's desk.
He began wearing 1t even
though the medal cannot be
granted until one has had
Is years of exemplary serv-
Evening star., 1961-01-12

Ice. Nobody complained until
his own wife denounced him.
She said the decoration had
gone to his head and that
he refused to shine his own
shoes.-(n Giorno, Milan)
A POPULAR Christmas
gift in London this year will
be the Scotch card. It not
only delivers seasons greet
ingS to the recipient but is
also good for one glass of
whisky when cashed at the
local pub.
(EXpreSS, London
Evening star., 1961-01-12
THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Night Owl Is Wed
To an EorIy Riser

The FomiIy Council consists Of O
judge. O psyehiOtrist. three clergy
men, three editors and q women's
editor. Eoeh article is summoN
of fomily disagreement pre-
sented to the council. The council
deoIs with problems. major ond
minor. encountered by suidonee
councillors and soeioi workers.
Council editoI Alma Denny.
ternoon maps or something.
because we did get to theater
and he did stay awake. I
didn't know that his NOR
NAL" bedtime was 9 pm.
And I never thought of tell
ing ha mthat mine was mid
night and usually after!
To make things worse, he's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10
Canada Will Adhere
To.|ts NATO Pledge

Canada has an air division of
II squadrons of jet fighters under
NATO command in Europe, an
army brigade group of 5000 men
in Germany, and has committed
the major part of it's anti-subma-
rine fleet to NATO. Mr.. Diefen-
baker said all three Canadian
componentS of the NATO forces
would be strengthened by 3,1OO
officers and men.
Best Avoiloble Weapons
The prime minister also has in
dicated that the governments
long delay more than two
years - in making up it's mind
about whether to accept Amer
lean atomic weapons for Canadian
forces will not continue much
longer. Canadian defense forces.
he said. must have the most eff
tectlve weapons available-which
Is taken to mean that he is only
awaiting the opportune moment
to announce plans to provide nu-
clear warheads for Bomarc mis-
slleS and new F-101 and F-1O4
jets being acquired by the RCAF,
and Honest John missiles being
acquired by the Canadian army.
Both the Liberal and Socialist
opposition groups-the latter now
known as the New Democratic
Party-have opposed atomic arms
on Canadian soil, and the Social
lists have even opposed the arming
of Canadian forces under NATO
command in Europe with atomic
weapons. In the context of the
danger of World War III develop
ing out of the clash over West
Berlin the government is in
stronger position than at any
time since the issue arose to an
nounce a policy of arming with
atomic weapons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10
By CHARLES COOKE
Contributing Writer

Most of the people I know
even the Republicans know
agree that our Presidents public
speaking is characterized by sim
certify, clarity, and an eloquence
totally free of bombast. But I
have found that some of those
who revere him most are among
the most argumentative about his
accent.
A recent group discussion of
this subject was marked by
unanimous approval of the Presi-
dents words and deeds under the
terrific presSures of the tighten
ing international crisis. But this
togetherness did not extend to
the topic under fiery discussion.
"Are we agreed" asked one
member of the group, that the
Inaugural Address was master
full and inspiring document" I'VE
are agreed" the group replied.
We spoke as one, and we meant
it, but we tensely awaited further
development of his ploy.
You all heard it?" he pressed.
We had all heard it. you re-
member that it's ringing opening
words were: We observe today
not victory of party but a cele-
bration of freedom We re-
membered. 81 have a recording
of it," continued the hot-head,
and what he said was: We OBJ
serve today not a victory of potty,
the reference being, of course, to
the Democratic party, or potty.
And in his press conference the
other day, discussing the Detroit
auto negotiations. he referred to
the boggining table.
A Potricion AmoIgom
Nov the point I want to
make" he continued, lis unaf-
fected by the fact that, in the
Inaugural, he also said: 'Togethuh
let us explaw the stahs', called the
U. N. 'owah lahst best hope, and
wildly asked us to remember that
those who fooliShly sought powuh
by riding the back of the tiguh
ended up inside And the point
I want to make is unaffected by
his ress-conference congratula-
lions to the people of 'Atlantar'
for handling indignation in lor-
abiding mamma I concur in the
groups hard-won agreement that
the Presidents accent is patri-
clan amalgam of Massachusetts,
Florida, Virginia, and French Ri
viera international. I agree it
could be summed up as Kennedy
Eclectic'-a phrase recently used
by Time to describe the architec-
ture of the Kennedy clans far
flung homes. 1 applaud the
groups decision, following the two
regrettable fist-fights, to postpone
discussion of whether, for power
full, he says painful or poffle. I
appreciate your granting me, after
six ill-humored ballots, that, for
liberty, he says libbidy, and, for
political, pliddical. But, as to bog
ginning and potty, the point 1 want
to make is"
His voice trailed off. He had
lost his nerve.
The bow is bent, make with
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proposed by Frank B. Ellis, direc-
tor of the Office of Civil Defense
and Mobilization, would not pro-
vide funds for individual home
shelters. 1t would take scores of
billions to build individual family
shelters.
The biggest chunk 1898 Million
of the 1924 million civil defense
budget will go for the surveying
and marking of areas in existing
structures which might provide
protection against nuclear fallout
These would be in such places as
schools, office buildings, banks.
Subways, mines and tunnels.
The survey will be made by
personnel of the Army Corps of
Engineers and the Navy Bureau of
Yards and Docks, under the direc-
ton of the Pentagon's new Civil
Defense Office. Already so per-
sons from each agency are re-
ceiving training for the survey.
Target date for completion of
the survey is December, 1862, a
year after the expected high point
of the Berlin crisis.
Defense Secretary Mcnamara
said the survey would concentrate
first on the critical metropolitan
areas. He said the shelter areas,
when readied, would provide "rea-
sonably adequate protection" for
one-fourth of the Nations popula-
ton, or about As million people.
Mr.. Mcnamara also has called
on local officials to help locate
shelter areas by undertaking their
own surveys Immediately. There
is no way of knowing whether
there will be any appreciable re-
quest to that call.
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humanity possible. Lots were
drawn, Who was the patsy? Right
That evening, by a stroke of
stupendous good luck, I found
myself sitting eXpectantly in front
of a TV set beside an encyclo-
pedically knowledgeable gentle
man, a specialist in, among other
things, Dialect Geography. He
was Mr.. Edward I. Burkart, lee
turer at American University and
a director of the Institute of
Modern Languages.
While we waited for a re-run
of the Presidents most recent
press conference, I grilled Mr.
Burkart.
What is your evaluation of the
Presidents accent?" I asked.
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Boston dialect has soaked out to
all of the city'S suburbs"
I asked Mr.. Burkart about pot
ty, boggining table, and Brooklyn.
Your man is way off base"
said the expert. "All Mr.. Kennedy
does is drop the r. out of party
and bargaining. Couldn't be more
typically New England. Not a
trace of Brooklyn. Once I heard
him say hahd kaw for hard core
an interesting double example of
the same thing. And he alUdyS
says Senatuh Mawss."
What about Atlantar? And
McNamarar? And Cuber?"
Where the letter r. is con-
cerned." said Mr.. Burkart, 1.-The
New Highlander giveth and the
New Highlander taketh away. I'll
explain what I mean when he
comes on" f.,
Sometimes he says Shtate
Department and Shenate," I said.
"Or sheemsh to-"
Just slight thickening of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." said Mr..
Burkart. What he really does
there is to palatalize the s.
moves his tongue up toward the
roof of his mouth. But bark! Here
he isl"
Mr.. Burkart nudged me during
the Presidents opening statement.
You will note" he said, that he
says Atlanta Georgia but the
citizens of Atlantar and Georgia
He simply adds Their for reasons,
probably unconscious, of euphony.
That's why he sometimes says
Cuber instead of Cuba. Usually he
says yee-ah, but he says 'year-in
and year-out.' In somewhat, re-
lated way, the japanese do this all
the time. Depending on the word
preceding it, mouth, in Japanese,
is kuchi, guchi, or even nguchi."
The Eastern Seoboord
His comments were increasingly
edifying as the conference pro-
crossed. "Invawlved - vowel
substitution typical of the north
east Eastern Seaboard. Advance
typical softening of vowel.
done by centering motion of the
tongue. Berleeyin-he usually
makes a heavily stressed Il into
a complex vowel. Aand, paast,
exist, chaatuh-he elongates other
heavily stressed vowels. Note that
he nasalizes any vowel coming
before an n or m"
Mr.. Burkart frowned briefly at
pro-sayss, for process, but forgot
to ask him about it.
We both chuckled at the Presi-
dents unintentional double-en-
tendre about the initiation which
Knocked the economy in 1883" but
I personally would have preferred.
to his Crooshev, Dwight D.
Eisenhower's owlishly onomato-
poetic Crookshev.
Lastly, I noted that Mr.. Kennedy
says nyther every Massacf1u-
sets" said Mr.. Burkart) rather
than neither, and 'eekonomic
rather than eckonomic. But
alas! l got no chance to check
whether he says tomayto' or
tomahto. suspect it's the lattuh.
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the shaft" growled one of the
groups larger members, a former
intercollegiate boxing champion.
There's small strain of
Brooklyn" the wretch said, in a
small, strained voice.
The boxing champ seized him
by the coat lapels. Take that
back" he roared, "or you die like
a dog!" The rest of us milled
about. Like a dawg!" cried one
faction. Like a dahg!" shouted
another.
The Expert Testifies
Finally cooler heads prevailed,
and it was decided to assign one
member of the debating society
to probe the whole matter, if
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10
By GERALD WARING
Contributing Writer

OTTAWA - Committed by
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker
to war if necessary in the defense
of West Berlin, the Canadian
Parliament gravely resumed it's
session Thursday after a seven
weeks summer recess.
With his Conservative support
ers holding four-fifths of the
seats in the House of Commons,
Mr.. Diefenbaker's control over
Parliament is so nearly absolute
that policies he outlined in key
note speech cannot be success
fully challenged.
The Prime Minister made it
clear in unequivocal terms that
West Berlin is vital Canadian
interest, and that to protect that
interest the Canadian govern
ment will not back away from
war - in concert, of course, with
it's NATO allies.
For Flexible Position
But, he added, THE West must
work out an agreed and flexible
negotiating position We must
guard against the peril and
danger of too much rigidity and
in needlessly taking up danger
Gus and perhaps impossible posi-
lions when what is at stake may
be the survival of mankind"
On Thursday the Government
submitted its policy on the East
West crisis to the MP's for debate,
and announced it would ask
Parliament to vote an additional
S35 million for increasing the
armed forces by about $4,000 men.
This country of 18 million people
now has an army. navy and air
force with a total strength of
10000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

To some, civil defense produces
visions of streams of people and
vehicles moving into the back
country. To others it means living
in an underground dugout or a
shored-up basement for a period.
To the skeptics, civil defense is
a waste of time in this era of
missiles and rockets and nuclear
bombs of ever-increasing potency
for death dealing and destruc-
ton.
To the cynics, civil defense is
sort of a game characterized by
helmeted civilians scurrying around
with buckets full Of sand.
To many millions it may mean
life or death in a nuclear attack.
So far as the Berlin crisis is con-
cerned, President Kennedy's new
civilian defense measures cannot
be more than a strategy ma
neuver. In the long-range scheme
of things, however, they might
mean a good deal more.
More than ever, a strong civil
defense program is vital to the
Nations security" the President
said May Is in a message to Con-
gress. To-day civil defense is OF
direct concern to every citizen and
at every level of government"
Budget Is Tripled
At the request of President Ken
needy, Congress tripled the civil
defense budget to a total of 1924
million. The President has moved
major civil defense functions from
the Office of Civil Defense and
Mobilization to the Pentagon.
Through this emphasis the
President may have helped con-
vince Soviet leaders that Ameri-
cans are ready to risk nuclear
war, if necessary, to protect
Western rights in Berlin.
At the same time he has set
more people thinking: it could
happen here. And what is more.
talk of shelter construction by.
private home owners has increased
greatly.
The talk about Federal shelter
programs is all right but when it
comes to shelters, if the home
owner wants one he's going to
have to build it himself-or get
a contractor to do it-and he's
going to have to pay for it. And
the cost can range from 5000
do it yourself, basement-corner
affair to an elaborate underground
shelter ranging up to thousands
of dollars.
On individual Shelters
Although the 1924 million Fed
eral appropriation is almost half
as much as has been appro-
priated during the entire past
10 years for civilian defense,
it still is a relatively small sum.
Beside the SAT billion appropriated
for the armed forces and their
fighting equipment, it is almost
indiScernible. 1t will buy some
surveys, some food stockpiles, con-
struction of a few shelters in new
Federal buildings, some research
and development and public rela-
tons activities.
Even the $40 billion program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

STATIONS chances for the guber-
material nomination.
There is no love lost between Mr..
Stratton and Michael H. Prender-
CAST, New York State Democratic
chairman, who is regarded as ex-
pendable by the Kennedy admins
tration.
Last month, Mr.. Prendergast
said Mr.. Stratton would make a
good opponent for Senator Jacob
K. Javits, Republican of New
York, a political powerhouse, in
1862.
Mr.. STATIONS reaction: why
would Prendergast, who has tried
to ignore me, all of a sudden
recommend me for the Senate?
Maybe it's because of the drive for
governor that my friends have
mounted for me-"
Protecting House Job
AS he feels out his chances for
the gubernatorial nomination, Mr..
Stratton keeps busy protecting the
job he has.
New York must give up Q of
its 43 seats in the House, starting
with next years Congressional
elections. Mr.. Stratton is con-
vinced that Gov. Rockefeller and
the Republican-domina State
Legislature will reapportion dis
tricts in a manner to blend his
with others, thus easing him out.
The Schenectadian has accused
the governor of planning to
"Rockymander" districts "as part
of Rockefeller's determined drive
for the Presidency, in which mem
bers of the States congressional
delegation and the people them
selves are to be nothing but pawnS
along the way"
The governor has scheduled a
November session of the LegiSla-
ture to take up reapportionment,
and has ignored Mr.. STATIONS
requests for public hearings, a
procedure that would flaunt politi-
cal tradition in New York State!
From 6. o. P. District
When elected to Congress by a
whisker in 1858, Mr.. Stratton be-
came the first Democrat to rep
resent New York's 32d District in
40 years. He was reelected by a
comfortable margin last year, and
intends to stay in position to run
again, come what may. AS he puts
it:
Il will have my name in a
Democratic primary for Congress
next spring, no matter which dis
trict 1 might wind up in. I will
not withdraw as a candidate for
Congress unless I decide to let
my friends pursue their drive for
me for governor, and unless am
nominated at the Democratic
convention next summer"
Mr.. Stratton objects to "the
impression some people have that
I am casting about in all direc-
tions. I am first of all a candidate
for Congress"
1t is conceivable that Mr.. STRAIT
ton will have neither the COVER
norship nor his House seat when
{ all is said and done.
Along the way, however, he may
succeed in eroding Gov. Rockefel-
ler's potential as a presidential
candidate, and be left with good
job in the Kennedy administration,
perhaps to try again.
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EMERGING DEFENSE zzz<....<# e@z.1.~
What the Shelter PROGRAM Covers

Civil defense officials said the
Department of Agriculture already
is moving surplus wheat from
Midwestern storage bins to the
east. Some of it is being stored
in mothba1led merchant vessels.
but new storage facilities will
have to be built in the eastern
cities.
While the Presidents new
emphasis on civil defense NAV
not produce much visible to the
average citizen-mostly some new
signs pointing to shelter areas
and perhaps some new evacua-
ton plans-it has spurred a new
interest on the part of the citi-
Zenry.
Booklets on Shelter
Since July /, the OCDM has
printed 3 million more fallout
shelter booklets to meet the de-
mand for information.
Fewer than 1000 home fallout
shelters had been built when a
House committee survey was
made a year ago, but in the last
few weeks one New York firm
alone reported 5000 inquiries and
200 orders.
The Federal Housing Admins
tration has agreed to insure long
term loans for fallout shelters,
and some States and localities
have exempted shelters from prop
erty taxes. The Maryland Cen
eral Assembly approved such an
exemption last winter.
Food firms are experimenting
with and marketing dry-packed
foods for shelters. Most of the
usual canned foods will not keep
much more than a year.
Local building codes are being
revised to make shelter construc-
ton easier. Chicago, for instance,
last month relaxed it's code after
it was found that shelters were
barred by light, sanitation and
ventilation regulations.
Under Mr.. Ellis proposed five
year program. about $40 billion
would be spent for community
and Federal shelter construction,
about half the funds coming from
the Federal Government.
President Kennedy has not
made a decision on the advis-
ability of such an extensive pro-
gram.
There is a risk that a crash
program of major proportions
might be misinterpreted. Said
one student of civil defense:
"A massive shelter program
initiated by either side would be
disequilibrating element in the
balance of terror. With only in
effectual shelter measures the
people of each bloc are in effect
nuclear hostages Of the other.
Putting them under protective
cover deprives the other side of
its hostages in proportion as the
cover is-or is thought to be
effective"
Some specialists in civil defense
believe that Russia has an active
and extensive civil defense pro-
gram, but other observers say that
there are no visible signs to sub
stantiate this.