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Evening star., 1961-05-09
Cuban Problem

Woodrow Wilson in the
first few months Of his ad-
ministration was confronted
with a problem in Mexico
in many respects similar to
the one now facing President
Kennedy in Cuba. An insur-
rection was in progress there.
JingoiStS in this country
wanted the United States to
intervene on the side Of the
vested interests. Some even
urged that our troops over
run and occupy the entire
country and hold 1t as a vas
sal. Property Of United States
citizens had been expropri-
ated, and here and there
citizens had been imprisoned
or shot. without provocation,
we were told; so there was a
loud cry for armed interven-
ton. led largely by William
Randolph Hearst and his
powerful chain Of newspa-
perS.
President Wilson stated
forthrightly that he would
not countenance armed in
tervention. Self determina-
ton" it will be recalled was
one of his watchwords. He
felt that in due course the
situation would adjust itself
and that the Mexican people
would work out their own
salvation, which it might be
added, they did, even as the
Laotian people would like to
do today. For this policy Of
"watchful waiting" Wilson
was widely criticized and de-
nounced. His policy was char
acterized as irresponsible and
cowardly. Wilson remained
calm and unmoved and in
due course had the satisfac-
ton of seeing his policy
proved correct.
May we not hope that
some bit Of Woodrow Wilson's
idealism. so long dormant.
may now be revived to help
compose the difficulties of
our own country and those
Of the world? It offers a
wonderful opportunity to
young JFK.
Ed Burke
AS deadly serious as the
fiasco on Cuba was and is, it
may have its wry light side.
The bulk Of us, about 99.99
per cent, who never went to
Harvard, were never head of
CIA or State, never a chief
Of staff of a military service
or a White House adviser, of
course, never President, may
now feel a closer kinShip to
the top brass, since all Of us
sometimes make stupid mis-
takes. There may even be a
sort OF grudging admiration
for the magnitude and in
credibility of the mistakes on
Cuba. We may have sunk our
life savings in a phony gold
stock, or mortgaged our home
to invest in the brother-in-
laws perpetual-motion ma
chine, but, brother, we were
never that wrong.
]. Sam MeWhinney, Jr.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Defends Moth Text

n6CeIlGly lie SGdT printed
a letter written by Betty
White Hallman criticizing
the University of Maryland
Project Materials for Junior
High Math. Those who have
responsibility, for teaching
the course. as I, welcome con-
structive comment. However,
such wild and unsupported
statements as polluted with
errors" "SubStandard nota-
tion," and mo reasoning"
serve no useful purpose and
simply reveal little under
standing on the part of the
writer Of the real nature Of
the course.
Let us start off by admit
ting that the text does con-
tain some errors. This is, Of
course, unfortunate. No text
book, however, is completely
free of errors and when one
considers that these mate
rials were produced by teach
ers working under pressure Of
time and without the facili-
ties Of a large publishing
house. the materials are re-
markably well done. Most Of
the errors really do not af-
feet the solution Of a prob
lem when the context is
considered. Also some Of
what might be called Ter
rors" are not actually errors,
but problems incapable Of So
luton with existing knowl-
edge. These were written
purpoSefully to make the
student aware that there
exists such problems both in
the sciences and in every day
life.
Mrs. Hallman makes the
statement that "the child
must memorize patterns" to
be able to solve problems.
Actually the course does not
require memorization at all.
On the contrary, the child
makes his own generaliza-
tions on the basis of an in
ductive approach to prob
LENS. True he looks for
patterns, but the discoveries
he makes about these pat
terms are the product Of his
own reasoning powers and
not forced upon him by a
printed rule that he must
memoriZe.
The course attempts to
place the child in a position
where he can discover why
mathematics works the way
it does rather than how. He
feels that he is part Of the
creative process as he de-
velops number systems for
his use on the basis of plau-
sible reasoning rather than
following blindly the rules Of
others.
All the material of the
course is suitable for Junior
high students and does not
constitute some attempt to
cram high school and college
math" into a shorter period
Of time. This was established
by means of a controlled ex-
pertinent with these mate
rails and traditional materials
in Montgomery County dur
ing 1958-60. The results of
this experiment can be OBJ
tanned from the Montgomery
County Board of Education.
Most important, when the
child completes this course,
he has a greater appreciation
of mathematics as a living,
growing plant which through
careful cultivation will bear
great and useful fruit.
Ephraim G.. Salins,
Springbrook High School
Evening star., 1961-05-09
'Newspeuk'

I read with mixed emotions
Of shame and sorrow that the
jealous minions of the New
Frontier have seized and sold
the work horses of a Penn
Sylvania Amish farmer who
refused to pay Social-security
taxes upon his own earnings
because his faith requires
that he not accept any gov
ernmental benefits.
Since the lexicon Of new
speak" defines independence,
industry and self-reliance as
reactionary error which can
not be tolerated in a we'll
ordered welfare state. 1t is
obvious that this stlipborn
Amishman must be naade to
Evening star., 1961-05-09
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Kennedy Wants Uncle Sam To Pay

and the other by Senator
Maureen Neuberger of WASH
ington, which would pay all
the expenses of campaigning
for President and for mem.
bers of Congress.
The Senate Judiciary Sub
committee dealing with pro-
posed constitutional amend
mentS is to open hearings
May %. It will tackle such
issues as a constitutional
amendment to compel presi-
dental electors to cast their
ballots in the Electoral Col.
lege for the candidates
named by the political party
which the elector represents.
At present, an elector is per-
mitted under The Constitu-
ton to vote for any other
qualified candidate he de-
Sires. There is also proposed
a constitutional amendment
doing away with the Elec-
toral College system.
Morton Opposition Seen
The Senate Rules subcom-
mittee headed by Senator
Cannon of Nevada will have
before it as an early witness
Senator Thruston Morton Of
Kentucky, chairman of the
Republican National Com
mittee. In the past, Senator
Morton has not favored hav-
ing the Federal Government
meet the campaign expenses
Of presidential candidates or
for any other Federal office.
1t seems unlikely he will
favor such a plan now. Dem
ocratic National Chairman
John M. Bailey presumably
will be a witness, too. He
has been invited to appear.
Senator Estes Kefauver Of
Tennessee heads the judiciary
Subcommittee on constitu-
tional amendments. The old
Electoral College system has
been a target of many re-
formers for years. Direct
popular elections have been
proposed, eliminating the
electoral vote of the States
entirely. Also, proposals have
been made to divide the
electoral votes in proportion
to the popular vote in each
State, instead Of having the
winner in each State take all.
The system of private con-
tributions to campaign funds
has prevailed since elections
began in this country. It has
been attacked on many
grounds, principal among
them being the argument
that a big contributor is
sometimes rewarded by pub
lie office or preferment in
legislation if his candidate
wins. Laws have been passed
limiting contributions and
outlawing contributions by
business firms and corpora
tions. An effort has been
made to curb contributions
by labor unions, but it has
not been effective.
But when the system Of
private contribution to elec-
ton campaigns is done away
with and the Government
steps in, another freedom has
been taken away. The cam
paign expenditures all will
come out of the pockets Of
taxpayers-and that is vir-
tually everybody, as taxes 90
today. AS individuals, they
will have no say as to which
candidates their dollars will
go to. Furthermore, if a
strongly intrenched political
party is running the Govern
ment and has the job of
financing an election, it may
well find ways of making an
election merely a ratification
instead of a free election
the kind of thing that goes
on in Soviet Russia, and
would go on in Communist
Cuba if Castro permitted an
election to be held.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Why We Feel Hunoer Ponos
By THOMAS R. HENRY

There Is a spinal hunger"
It is a notable mechanism
in regulating mans appetite,
operating through nerve CEN
ters below the brain and well
below the level of conscious
ness.
This finding from research
carried out at the University
Of Pennsylvania has Just
been announced by the Ma
tional Science Foundation.
The work was carried out
under foundation grants and
auspices.
A quite new concept of
how appetite is controlled
comes from these researches,
according to a foundation re-
port. They deal with integra-
tionS within the nervous sys-
tenn as they affect the feed
ing behavior Of many and
various animals.
Satisfying the Appetite
"A multi-factor concept Of
the regulation Of feeding"
says the report, "is based on
the conclusion that appetite
is satisfied in four ways.
These are gastric diStention
resulting from the process of
eating, relief of low blood
sugar or an inadequate sup
ply Of glucose, shifting Of
body water due to Secretions
into the castro intestinal
tract with subsequent tissue
dehydration, and elevation Of
the metabolic rate resulting
from the intake of food
itself"
Thus, says the report, the
central nervous system is en-
abled to take many kinds of
changes within the body and
integrate them into a pat
tern Of response. 1t has been
believed in the past that all
these changes act as stimuli
to nerve centers of appetite
within the hypothalamus,
one Of the lower centers in
the brain. This now is in
considerable doubt.
4 4
Mode of action of the mys-
terry vitamin, BIZ, which is
essential to animal life, now
has been determined.
This vitamin. found in hv-
ers, frs was isolated about
three years ago. It is effec-
Evening star., 1961-05-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condenSG-
tton. Those not used tDiu be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Wrong Department.?

1t looks as if Stewart Udall
is miscast as Secretary Of
the Interior. Perhaps he
could be shifted to the De-
partment of Agriculture,
where he could head up the
hopf and mouth division.
Angus Sinclair.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
Free Press

I am proud that our Nation
has freedom of the press.
The press needs no inStruc-
ton on its responsibility to
the national interests.
President Kennedy should
know that only Communist
newspapers print news that
only the government wants
them to print. The press has
been kind to Kennedy and his
family in the K enne edy
buildup.
Mrs. Frank Reynolds.
Evening star., 1961-05-09

ernment finance presidential
election campaigns, and/or
the election campaigns Of
candidates for the Senate
and the House? President
John F. Kennedy at a press
conference Friday said he
hoped such provision would
be made by law for preSi-
Dental campaigns before the
1864 election campaign. He
was prompted to make this
statement when he was queS-
toned about a letter sent to
Sc representatives of oil and
gas companies in Washing
ton by an oil man friend Of
Secretary of the Interior
Udall. The letter said that
Mr.. Udall would be pleased
to have them contribute to
the 500 plate Democratic
fund raising dinner on the
Presidents coming birthday.
Mr.. Kennedy said he had
talked with Mr.. Udall and
was convinced there had
been no wrongdoing on his
part. But, the President said,
if the Federal Government
was doing the campaign fl
nancing, such situations
would not arise.
The President told his
press conference, as Mr..
Udall had explained, the
Secretary of the Interior had
sought to have the letters to
the oil men withdrawn. Mr..
Udall, in his own press con-
ference Immediately after the
publication of the letter, had
said he did tell the author
Of the letter, j. K. Evans,
that he. Udall, hoped Evans
and some Of his friends
would attend the dinner"
Apparently Mr.. Evans took
this remark as a go" signal
and sent out the letter. The
issue appears to have been
dropped, and Mr.. Udall
should be glad he is a Dem
ocratic Secretary of the In
terror and not a Republican.
Had such an incident hap
pened when a Republican
Secretary Of the Interior had
certain powers over the oil
and gas industries (Mr. Udall
has them now and a Dem
ocratic Congress controlled
on Capitol Hill, the chances
are almost 100 to / that the
Republican would have been
hauled before congressional
investigating committees and
flayed alive. Such is politics.
Question Raised Before
The question of having
the Federal Government pay
presidential campaign ex-
penSes is not new. Some of
those who press for it now
refer to the fact that the
late President Theodore
Roosevelt, Republican and
Bull Mooser, favored such q
plan. Col. Roosevelt favored
and obtained many impor-
tant improvements in Gov
ernment. But some he did
not, including the recall of
judicial opinions. There still
remains much to be said on
both sides Of the proposals
to have the Federal Govern
ment go Into the business of
financing preSidential-a n d
other-election campaigns.
The whole question of I'M
proving the electoral system
is scheduled to be aired
before two Senate commit
tees. The Elections Subcom-
mittee of the Rules Commit
tee will open hearings on
Thursday on several meas
ureS now before it, including
one offered by Senator Mike
Mansfield, majority leader of
the Senate, which would have
the Federal Government pay
for the radio and television
time used by the candidates.
Evening star., 1961-05-09
U-2, Mr.. White?

j. Sam Mewhinney, Jr
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Evening star., 1961-12-23
Dr.. Guy Lotimer.
Physician Here
For 40 Years

DR.. Guy w. Latimer, 80, a
physician who had practiced 40
years in the Washington area,
died Thursday at Prince
Georges General Hospital after
a brief illness.
A native Of Charles County.
Md, he was a graduate of the
medical school at the Univer-
sity Of Maryland. DR.. Latimer,
who retired 10 years ago, had
served on the stats of Sibley
Memorial, Garfield, Providence
and Prince Georges General
Hospitals. At one time he was
also staff physician at the Ma
tional Training School for
Boys.
DR.. Latimer was a member of
the Prince Georges County
Medical Society, the University
Club, the Corinthean Yacht
Club and the old Riding and
Hunt Club. ....
He leaves his wife, Thelma
S., OF 43l3 G allatin street,
Hyattsville, the home address,
and a sister, Mrs. J. Frank
Gwynn, of Tucson, Ariz.
Funeral services were to be
held today at the GaSch Fu-
neral Home in Hyattsville, with
burial in Fort Lincoln Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
U.S.. Judge II. AtweII 81,
Disputed Segregation Bon

DALLAS, Dec. % (AP).-
United States District Judge
William H. Atwell, 80, who un-
successfully disputed the Su-
preme Courts ban on public
school segregation, died last
night.
He had served on the Federal
bench since 1923 and wrote
countless opinions which were
widely quoted because of their
pungent phrasing.
In contrast to the dignity of
the jurist's courtroom appear
ance, Dallas residents knew him
as former city ZOO commits
sioner who liked to take the
lions for a Sunday afternoon
drive in his car.
Judge Atwell never carried
money. even during numerous
trips abroad with his late wife.
He simply wrote a check when
ever it was time to pay.
No Pockets in Suits
There were no pockets in his
custom made suits-merely two
slits in the jacket, one for a
handkerchief and the other for
his spectacles. Black string ties
tucked into the collar were part
of his habitual garb.
In challenging the Supreme
Court, the Judge held it erred
in deciding segregation of pub
lie schools was unconstitutional.
He contended the tribunal
based its decision not on the
law but on sociological consid-
erations.
If there Is such a thing as
civil rights" he once told a
group of Negroes seeking ad-
mission to crowded Dallas
schools, there are civil wrongs.
1t would be unthinkable and
unbearab)y wrong to make
white students get out of Dallas
Evening star., 1961-12-23

schools so as to let in colored
students"
Judge Atwell disagreed even
after appellate courts set aside
his findings, but complied with
their directives. Dallas schools
started grade-a-year integra-
ton last fall.
Appointed by Harding
During the New York trial of
a Prohibition case in the 1920S,
the jurist told a defendant that
Negroes and whites should not
live. together. Because of the
remark, the Brooklyn Bar AS
sociation accused him of racial
bias.
President Warren Harding
appointed Atwell, then a Dallas
lawyer, to the District Court
bench in 1923. Although eligible
to retire in 1899. he stayed
until December 81, 1854, and
since had been designated to
preside in court at frequent
intervals.
The jurist remained active
on the bench almost until he
suffered a mild stroke Decem-
ber II and entered Baylor
Hospital, where he died.
In private life his dignity
relaxed. He enjoyed chewing
tobacco and playing poker.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
R.H. Monson, "a,
Rudio-T eIevision
Industry Pioneer

ROCHESTER, N. Y. Dec. %
(AP) Ray H. Manson, "a,
former president and chairman
Of the board of the Stromberg-
Carlson Co., died today.
Mr.. Manson held more than
100 patents on telephone. radio
and television devices. He be-
came associated with Strom-
berg In 1916 when it absorbed
Gardord Manufacturing Co. Of
Elyria, Ohio, where he was
employed as an engineer.
In 1881 he was president Of
the Institute of Radio Engi-
neers.
Mr.. Manson served first as
chief engineer Of Strombcrg
and became a director of the
company in 1920. He was
elected a vice president in 1924.
general manager in 1910 and
president in 1945. He retired
as president in l949, but served
as chairman of the board until
1858.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
William L. Uunnu,
Envoy to Ethiopia

Adds ABABA. Ethiopia,
Dec. % (AP).-William L.
Uanna, So, First Secretary of
the American Embassy here,
died yesterday of a heart at
tack.
Mr.. Uanna, a native of Bos-
ton had been stationed in
Ethiopia for three years. He is
survived by his widow and a
son, both of whom are in Ethi-,
opia.
Mr.. Uanna, who received his
law degree at Suffolk Univer-
sity, Boston, in 1912, was a
member of the bars of the
Massachusetts, and the Federal
courts. He also was an engi-
neer with the United States
Army and the Massachusetts
Department of Public Works.
He also served in intelligence
and security capacities with the
United States Department Of
Commerce and the State De-
partment.
The body will be shipped to
the United States for burial.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

thusiasm in helping them track
down elusive facts.
Contributor to TeleVue
Mr.. Prensky was a writer, too
He was the author Of SHOW
Shoppers" a column of laugh
lines from television shows
that formerly appeared in The
Stars TeleVue Magazine.
He and his wife also reported
in The Stars real estate section
their experiences in budgeting,
planning and decorating their
home.
He once was co-author for six
months of a Philadelphia radio
program devoted to instructing
mothers in the care of their
young.
Mr.. PrenSky leaves his wife
Elaine and two children, Neal
and Susan.
Also surviving are two Sis
ters. Mrs. Selma Gadol, of Sill
yer Spring, and Miss Betty
Prensky of Philadelphia.
Services will be held tomor-
row at Bernard DanzanSky and
Sons funeral home, 1901 Four
teenth street NV.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

yesterday at the Washington
Hospital Center.
In the early years of the
Roosevelt administration, Mrs.
Kimberly was commissioned to
do a number Of paintings of
the White House interior. The
paintings were shown all over
the country.
She was the widow of Sam
uel Kimberly. a Washington
businessman who died in the
l920s.
Mrs. Kimberly had long been
interested in organized art. She
was a charter member of the
Arts Club of Washington. of
the Washington Society of Art
lists and of the Washington
Water Color Club. She was also
a charter member of the Mary
Washington chapter of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, and belonged to
the Daughters of 1912.
A native of Washington, Mrs.
Kimberly was graduated in
1885 from Washington Univer-
sity in st. Louis. She was mar
ried in 1894.
Mrs. Kimberly lived for many
years in the 2100 block of o
street NV, and later at 1915
New Hampshire avenue NV.
For the last year she had been
at various nursing homes.
Mrs. Kimberly leaves two
cousins, Mrs. Huberta Thomas
Neergaard Of Crosset, Va, and
Mrs. Carolyn Foreman of
MuSkegee, Okla.
Services will be at 11::30 am.
Tuesday at st. Thomas Episco-
pal church, 18th and Church
streets NV, where she had
been head Of the altar guild for
more than 80 years. Burial will
be in the family plot in Balti-
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Mrs. zuIu Pence,
Retired Secretary

Mrs. Zula F. Pence, 86, a
Government secretary here for
40 years, died yesterday in Ar
lington Hospital after a short
illness. She had lived at 1928
North Court House road, Ar
lington.
Mrs. Pence, a native Of Liv-
ingston, Ala. moved to this
area in 1902 after the death OF
her husband, Edward. Mr..
Pence was a veteran OF The
Spanish-American War.
The same year, Mrs. Pence
went to work as a secretary in
the Department of Agriculture
and remained there until her
retirement in 1912.
She leaves two grandchil-
dren.
Services will be at II am
Tuesday at the Ives Funeral
Home, 2847 Wilson boulevard
Arlington. Burial will be in
Oakwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
9. W. WestfeIdt,
Civic Leader
In New Orleans
BY the Associated Press

George G. Westfeldt, 81, Of
New Orleans, collapsed and died
last night in the home Of a
friend at Alexandria while wait
ing to make a plane connection.
Mr.. Westfeldt, father-in-law
of William Fitzpatrick, editor
Of the Norfolk (VaD Ledger
Dispatch, was pronounced dead
on arrival at the Alexandria
Hospital. A spokesman said he
had suffered a stroke.
The spokesman added that
Mr.. Westfeldt was en- route to
New Orleans.
Mr.. Westfeldt was senior
partner Of Westfeldt brothers,
coffee Importers and a promi-
nent New Orleans civic leader.
A native Of Fletcher, N. c..
he was chairman Of the board
of Mississippi Shipping Co. and
D. H. Holmes Co. Ltd, and a
director of the New Orleans and
Northwestern Railroad, and
Southdown Sugar.
He also was president Of the
Society for the Relief Of Desti-
tute Orphan Boys and a direc-
tor Of the Schlieder Foundation.
He was a past president Of the
Boston Club and the New Or
leans Country Club.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday at New Orleans.
He leaves three daughters,
Mrs. Frederick H. Hunting,
Karachi, Pakistan; Mrs. Will
liam H. Fitzpatrick, Norfolk.
Va, and Mrs. B. F. Eshleman,
New Orleans; a son, George G.
Westfeldt, jr., New Orleans: a
brother, a sister, 13 grandchil-
dren and two great-great
grandchildren.