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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
ExiIed-For What?

Park Police Chief Harold F. Stewart
has been exiled to Guam for at least
three months, and the reason for this
shabby treatment of the veteran civil
servant remains a closely guarded
official secret. OF course, neither In
terror Secretary Udall nor his aides have
called 1t eXile-thiS sudden assignment
of Chief Stewart ito advise" Guam on
better police methods. The fact remains,
however, that Secretary Udall has been
racking his brain to find some way to
get rid of Chief Stewart, whom he
apparently regards as incompetent. But
If the Park Police Chief is incompetent,
why. insult the GuamanianS by sending
him to advise them on how to improve
their police force?
Perhaps Mr.. Udall hoped that the
Guam assignment would induce Chief
Stewart to resign, as the Secretary had
sought to have him do in the recent
past. If so, the Chief has defeated the
plan, for he, quite properly we think,
continues to refuse to quit under fire.
He rightfully insists that he can be
ousted only under Civil Service Com
mission regulations, which require the
filing of charges and hearing at which
he can answer them. No charges have
been filed, however. Instead, the en-
battled Chief is handed orders to Guam
for three months cor longer" with the
probable prospect of further assign
mentS far from his job in Washington.
1t is logical conclusion that Mr. Udall
has been unable to find any charges
that would stand up against Chief
Stewart. Under the circumstances, the
Punishment to Guam is very devious
business, rejecting great discredit on
all who had hand in engineering it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21

@. Please describe the dull
cimer.-S. j.
A. The dulcimer, q very
ancient stringed instrument
and a remote ancestor of the
piano, in its most common
form consisted of a number Of
metal wires tuned to the
natural scale and stretched
within a shallow, trapezoidal
frame. The wires were at
tached to adjustable tuning
pegs on one side of the instru-
ment. The player struck the
strings with two small wooden
or rock-covered mallets, one
in each hand, to produce
musical sounds. The dulcimer
is still played in some parts
of central Europe.
@. When did the ring be-
come a part of the Christian
wedding ceremony?-L r.
A. AS early as AID. $50.
Among the early Christians
the thumb and first two fin
gers symbolized the Trinity,
and the wedding ring vas
placed on the next finger in
the threefold Holy Name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21

l am grateful to Mr.. Bow
Sher for his letter regarding
the case of the 16-year-old
boy charged with rape be-
cause 1t finally added enough
fuel to my ire to prompt a
rebuttal.
Two issues raised by the
defending attorney merit So
Der consideration, outside of
the pale of blind, emotional
reaction because of the ma
ture Of the crime, namely:
l. Who is the real offender
IN this case-the doer of the
deed or the community which
falls SO short of providing
adequate attention to prob
lem children?
Schools, courts and mem
tai health organizations are
frustrated by meager funds
and inadequate facilities. not
to mention the long waiting
lists Of children in need of
immediate attention. Perhaps
What is needed is a public
hearing where teachers, So
cial workers and probation
officers can present typical
case histories in order to en-
tighten many in our COM
munity on the roots of the
evil.
2. When is a child not a
child? If he commits a bru-
tai crime, he is q man. If
he wants a lucrative job, or
wishes to vote, or to be heard
seriously in matters affect
ing his destiny, he is a boy.
Any intelligent parent
knows that full maturity is
often not reached at ages 10
and 81. And, those of us who
would be honest with our
selves know that the in
creaSes in crime among
youngsters points to a need
to reappraise our adult world
in this Goth century to see
If we have done all that is
possible to improve m oral
standards, spiritual values
and a climate of security in
which to nurture our young
people. 1t is not easy to ad-
NIT that our youth merely
reflect our own decline.
With adequate stating and
an enlightened public, there
is no reason to doubt the
ability of Juvenile Court to
take proper action to han
die cases Of young people up
to age 10.
A child cries silently for
help early in life - this is
what his distressed behavior
Symbolizes-and no one an
swerS. Who is the offender?
Mrs. Reuben T. Harris,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
THE PASSING SCENE
Berlin Wall Is Ugly and Symbolic
By RALPH McGILL

At another street two
middle-aged women stood to-
gether. One was mounted on
a box. Across the wall the
street climbed so that one
could see the shops at the
nearby corner. The woman
on the box had a pair Of
field glasses. A watch was
clutched in one hand.
Il am worried" she said
to her friend who stood with
her. Every day she comes at
this time to buy something at
the shop. Today she has not
come for our visit"
Their visits" had been at
a distance of perhaps 100
yards. But there had been
some comfort in it for them,
a handkerchief waved. a face
brought closer by field glasses.
Now, on this day, she had not
come.
Memorial in West Berlin
The Soviet war memorial
near the Brandenburg Gate
is in West Germany and the
British sector. The British
have put rolls Of barbed wire
all around the small park
area in which it stands. Each
morning the Soviet honor
guard marches in to remain
for the day. They are camera
shy and stay in the back
ground as much as possible.
The wall does things which
emphasize its symbolism. In
one place. for example, it
cuts off a church arch to the
brick entrance arch to the
church yard became q part of
the barrier. The church
stands empty and unattended.
At some points traffic is
permitted. Allied military
personnel may enter the East
Zone. Foreigners, but not
West Germans, are admitted
after close inspection.
1t is an ugly thing, the
wall. The Chinese wall was
three times as high as a man
on a horse. This one varies.
The East Germans seemingly
want it high enough to pre-
vent persons from seeing
over it. The tensions ease
and then increase. A feeling
Of helplesSneSs and frustra-
ton lies heavily on the city.
But it has not given up.
Since the wall was built
we are more than ever like
the hole in a doughnut," said
a Berlin journalist. "All
around us are not merely
guns and tanks. but a heavy
mass Of depressed Germans
from whom most hope has
fled. But before the wall was
built they had time to show
the world what they thought
of the so-called workers
paradise which the Commu-
niSts were promising.
How long their spirit can
hold out without hope is the
big question. I trust the neu-
trail nations have not missed
the moral of Khrushchev's
wall"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
Newsboy Victimized

AS the father OF q hard
working newsboy, I am
amazed at the low level
in the art Of being cheap"
that some So-called Amer
leans can reach. A news
boy conScientiously deliv-
ers newspapers to his Gus
toners as they were ordered
and then suddenly one day
he finds q customers house
vacant, He inquiries next door
only to find they have moved
out without so much as q
note or word to the news
boy. The newsboy tells his
route man, who makes every
effort to locate the move
out" but in the end, who
takes the loss? The hard
working newsboy does. Not
only does he lose his small
margin Of profit (approxi-
mately So cents o month per
customer) but also has to
pay for the papers he has
delivered. I have been in
quite a few countries in this
old world, but never have I
run into anything quite as
low and cheap rs a person
that would deliberately move
out and leave q newsboy
stuck to pay his paper bill.
Walter F. COuls.
Editors Note: Our Circu-
lation Department points out
that carrier boys buy their
product wholesale and sell it
retail. When The Star sells
papers at the carrier rate, it
includes a sum intended to
protect the carrier from the
full loss in cases such as the
one cited above. II he is paid
regularly by all Of his Gus
toners, his profit is, of
course, greater than it would
be without this contingency
allowance, which reduces, but
does not eliminate the loss
incurred when the carrier is
victimized by those described
in Mr.. Couls' letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
Integrotion Crusade

1t Is very disturbing to
read OF the tactics employed
by the Episcopal priests in
jackson, Miss, one of whom
is the son-in-law of Gov
ernor Rockefeller. In all
these arrests the principals
haves entered a sovereign
State with intent to violate
the laws of the State to
establish themselves as mar
tyrs; there is no contention
on their parts that any al
tentative purpose Is being
served. Thus, they are
setting themselves against
the spirit behind the law.
It has been and will be the
position of those favoring
the enforcement Of integra-
ton that the decision of the
Supreme Court must be ac-
cepted without regard to
local sentiments because it
is now the law, and in gen.
eral this point of view has
been accepted, however re-
1uctantly, in the Southern
States. If the law should be
obeyed because it is the law,
then all laws should be so
honored. If there are those
who do not sympathize with
the laws they should cam
paign for their repeal in
lawful manner, not by vio-
lation of other laws them
selves.
1t seems especially re-
grettable these men of the
cloth, who should serve as
the best examples of pro-
priety in the community.
would cooperate in this
willful violation of the law
regardless of whatever pur-
pose may be pursued. If all
of us violated those laws
with which we do not
sympathize and upheld only
those of which we approved.
we would have anarchy in
this land.
1t is also difficult to avoid
questioning the purposes of
the Son-in-law Of the gov
ernor, who must have known
that his intimate relation to
a prominent public official
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
Healthy Committing
Wilhelmina Hetzel w,

Wilhelmina Hetzel writes
with disbursement about
the Capitals transit system.
I fear that the writer has
neglected one bright side to
the picture. The coughing,
crowded, hot buses at the
same time have such q jolt
ing quality as to serve as q
tonic to the bodily functions.
The daily rides compensate
for the ':blackout" carbon
onoxide by attaining
through the unexpected jolt
ing such a sense Of physical
well-being as to make it I'M
necessary for the patrons to
resort as usual to the health
atoria and physical culture
clinics.
At the same time I was
dismayed to read a short
news item that $50 Used
Buses for D. C. Transit" were
coming from Houston. Texas,
probably in just sufficiently
good condition as not to pro-
vide that tonic sense of phys
ical well-being that has be-
gun to pervade the District
through the widespread use
of the jolting transit buses.
Or, when has it become nee
essary to resort to the sec
ond-hand and discarded for
the Nations Capital? Some
years ago I acquired my con-
slant and current physical
being through daily riding
on little jolting street cars
econd-handed to Capital
Transit from Providence,
R. I. Fortunately for me, al
though not too much appre-
ciated at the time, these sec
ond-hand street cars were
like old soldiers that never
seemed to die"
James B. ChiIds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21

expression in newspaper copy
not as yet. I do not recall
its use by any Of my associ-
ates or friends, except posi-
bly, in jest. I know of a num-
Der of school teachers who,
far from being addicted to
the expression, seem to be
obStinately opposed to its
use.
Now. perhaps, all this is
wrong. I'm sanctioning
Amt" Webster's may be
setting the fashion for q re-
formation in our language
which would remove it from
the polite society" class and
make it truly democratic. 1
am sure a lot Of the finest
people on earth use "ain't."
I have heard some of them
use it. Some of these good
folk also use certain other
highly expressive words
which Webster's might con-
slider on its next revision.
The uninhibited, courage
Gus and imaginative users of
amt" may be the builders
of our future language,
rather than those Of us who,
out of long habit, are in
clined to use what we regard
as proper English" If so,
we should see to it that our
public men fall into line. Let
amt" appear in White
House press releases, and in
the Congressional Record.
When that happens, the pa
rade will really start moving.
Then let no person bother
his mind as to where 1t will
wind up, because it probably
will not make much differ
ence.
Felix Gotten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
FDR Memorial Site

There has been some dis
cuSsion as to architecture
and locale of the Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Memorial.
To be historically correct,
it should be erected in Yalta,
in the southwestern region
of the USSR. and should
depict an open hand offering
a globe of the world toward
Moscow.
1t should be as simple in
design as the Yalta Accord
and the Partition of Berlin.
Such intelligent planning
could result in great savings,
tax-wise. since the apprecia-
tive Soviets would be de-
lighted to provide the nee
eSsary funds.
Reginald p. Kennard, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
BERLIN.

0EEb141N.
On the wide stone and
concrete sidewalk at 48 Ber-
nauer StraSSe there always
are flowers. Some are fresh.
Others faded. Early autumn
rains have made sodden the
ribbons, but one may yet
read the gilt lettering on
them. One reads, In stillen
Gedenken" I'm silent mem
ory). It is odd to see the
brightness of the blossoms
on the gritty stones. They
mark the place where a
woman, desperate at being
confined to East Berlin, flung
herself from q third floor
window and died.
The sidewalk is in West
Berlin. The building is in
East Berlin. The lower floor
has been walled up. The up
per flats are rented only to
those believed loyal. Their
occupants may look out on
West Berlin. They may not
go into it.
Wherever there is space,
there Is the wall. 1t is an
ugly, monstrous looking
piece Of masonry. And this
Is good because it would not
do to have such q symbol
possess any redeeming fea-
ture. 1t Is Of dun-colored
cement and cinder blocks,
with here and there old
bricks worked in to fill a
space.
West BerlinerS Jeer
In some places they build
it higher. We watched one
such job. One blond young
man, Of about 20, wearing
overalls, stood atop the wall,
adding blocks. Eleven young
soldiers Of the East Germany
force, their bayonets fixed,
looked on. It could not be
determined If he was being
guarded or worked willingly.
He did not converse with the
guards. He worked steadily.
No other worker was visible,
but now and then someone
on the other side would
shovel UP mortar.
Two bored looking West
German police stood on
their side Of the wall.
Across the street q knot
Of BerlinerS looked on. Some
Jeered the worker, Whats
the matter with you? You,
too, are a German. Why do
you build a wall for your
masters?"
A woman shrilled, Eleven
watch and one works. That
is like you in East Berlin. "
Others stood with binocu-
lars and opera glasses, looking
beyond to the windows of
distant apartment houses in
the windows of which were
relatives or friends.
An old man, fat and gray,
stood silent. Then he said,
Il have seen much, two wars
and now this wall. This hurts
deeper than anything yet. It
is Germans doing it to
Germans"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry sDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condeRsG.
ton. Those not used 1DiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
painted By self - addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
Rebukes Senator

I should like to protest the
foolish comment of the dis
tinguished Senator Stennis,
from Mississippi, who said
that the Episcopal clergymen
who had been arrested for
their migration attempt at
a Jackson, Miss. bus ter
minal were getting a long
way from their pulpitS." He
went on to say that Jesus
never preached agitation"
in the Sermon on the Mount.
Senator Stennis' remarks
smack of those who say that
religion should never inter-
fere with the real world"
and that Christians should
worship their Sweet Jesus.
Meek and Mild" on Sunday
only and never, never "stir
up agitation" Ito use the
good Senator's words.
If Christ's religion is not
relevant to ones daily life,
then religion indeed is the
opiate of the masses. Chris
tianity is suffering too much
now from supporters like
Senator Stennis who think
religion is for Sunday only.
May God give the Senator
strength to be a better poll
tician than he apparently is
as a servant of the Lord.
Ralph Evans.
Sunday school teacher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
1T Amt Good

We are disturbed and sur
prised to see that a reputable
newspaper should speak out
in opposition as you do in
1T Amt Good" without
knowing or checking the
facts. Webster's Third New
international Dictionary says
this at the word amt:
/. a: are not (you-going)
(they - here) (things-what
they used to be- b: is not Git
-raining) (he's here, - he)
C: am not Il - ready -
though disapproved by many
and more common in less ed
ucated speech, used orally in
most parts Of the U. S. by
many cultivated speakers esp.
in the phrase amt I 2 sub
stand a: have not Il - seen
him) (you - told uS) b: has
not Che - got the time) g.
the doctor come yeti.
This entry does not seem
to us to constitute acceptance
or approval Of amt. Its fire.
quent occurrence, in fact, is
severely restricted to less ed
uated speech, and when
"ain't" is the equivalent of
have not" or has not" as
distinguished from "are not"
lis not" or "am not" it is
clearly labeled substandard.
The dictionary now merely
recognizes a linguistic fact
which cannot be disputed
no matter how Objectionable;
there are many speech areas
OF the United States in which
cultivated speakers do use
amt, although even among
such speakers it is likely to
be restricted to the interrog-
alive tag phrase "ain't l."
p. b. Cove,
Editor-in-Chief, G. d C.
Merriam Co.
= 4 -
Now, as to this question
Of whether "ain't" is a good
word Cor expression, let us
agree that usage should de-
termine whether or not a
word should be sanctioned by
such recognized authorities
as our standard dictionaries.
However. in considering the
matter of usage, I am a
little puzzled by amt"
In covering Congress over
a period Of years as a news
paperman, I cannot recall a
Senator or Representative, of
whatever political complex
ion, slipping into the use of
amt" Perhaps some of
them did when I was not
around. I am sure none did
in my hearing. I do not recall
that F. D. R., or any of his
successors in the Presidency,
ever used amt" I do not
recall its use by any of a
large number of Government
officials with whom have
come in contact, including
Cabinet m e m bers, little
cabinet" members, bureau
chiefs, etc.
One may well imagine the
sensation that would be
caused in the Senate Cham
Der If a well-known Senator,
in addressing the chair,
should say, Mr.. President, 1
amt going to talk more than
four hours"
Amt" is not q standard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

A reader can get an answer, by
mail. to any question Of fact by
writing The Star Information Blu
reau, $50 = street NV, Washington
age or Self-addressed, stamped
envelope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
Refreshing Column

In the rush of today's
world, so often we are in
clined only to take time to
criticize, and to let praise
slip by unnoticed. Therefore,
let me take this opportunity
to express my praise for
Marjorie Holmes and her
column. "Of Love and
Laughter" I am certain
many other readers would
agree with me that her col
umn is a highlight in an
already fine newspaper. Her
bits of philosophy, her in
sight into the problems chill
dren face, and the frustra-
tons of parenthood are all
to be treasured.
Many thanks for column
lists like Marjorie Holmes
Dorothy w. Webb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21

would add very greatly to
the news interest and cover
age of the event.
william r, Moses
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-05
Geauga TB Group Endorses
Renewal of Health Levy

AT the regular monthly
meeting of the executive
board of the Geauga County
tuberculosis & Health Assoc
iation a study was made of
the annual report of the
county Health Department.
A. Broughton and James
DinSmore introduced a re-
solution commencing the
work of the department and
affirming the support of the
TB & Health Association in
the renewal of the quarter
mill tax levy, which will be
on the ballot at the Novem-
Der elections.
1--WE are of the opinion"
said Dinsmore, legislative
chairman of the association,
"that our Health Department
has done a remarkable job
during the past year. The in
incubation program alone is
spectacular. with over $4,000
shots given in schools and
clinics. Think what this
means in health protection to
taxpayers. This county has
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-05

a tuberculosis control pro-
gram to be proud of, with 977
nursing visits made and a
careful, accurate followup
record of every case or sus-
pected case of tuberculosis.
Bernard Campbell, Rehabi-
litation Chairman, reported
highly successful sales of pat
ient-made items for Sunny
Acres tuberculosis Hospital,
and a special fund set up for
the assistance of two Geauga
County patients at Mt. Yer
non Hospital.
Maurice A. Fox, President
of the Association, made a
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-05
At THE COURTHOUSE
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Applied For

Gary Lee Lanesky, %. Balm,
bridge Auburn Rd., Chagrin
Falls, and Hermine Emile
Mayer, cambridge Auburn
Rd., Chagrin Falls.
Uria N. Bender, 20. Rt. l,
Middlefield. and Elizabeth N.
Hershberger, 10, Rt. 8, Mid
dlefield.
Robert Bowling, 10, Rt. 4,
Chardon and Lucky Farrar,
10, Montville.
Laurence J. Brown, %, Rt.
2, Mantua. and Madelyn
Thomas, 10. Newbury.
Myron Beechy, 80, Trum-
bull county, o., and Mary
Reynolds, q, PHkman.
Julius Vanyur III, 10, OF
Solon and Donna Mae Ber-
ringer, II, of Bainbridge twp.
Charles Kochert, 80, Ches-
terland, and Peggy French,
80, Rt. 6, Chardon.
Rudolph Joseph Tretera, %
Lyndhurst, and Ruth Lynor
Seufer, %, ChesterIand.
Albert Priem, 80, Paines-
vile, and Betty McClintock,
30, Thompson.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-10-05

of Cleveland VS. Franklin Fag-
an. Jr., 1913 North St., Char
don, with the parties agreeing
there is due 81, $4,000 to Sch
neider Transportation Co.
from Franklin Pagan, Jr,
Lois Schneider, Savage Rd.
cambridge TWP. Chagrin
Falls, O., has been granted 4
divorce from Richard Sch
neider, same address, who
was found guilty Of gross neg
lect of duty and extreme
cruelty. Mrs. Schneider has
been granted care, custody
and control of their five min
or children and he is granted
visitation rights. Mr.. Schneid-
er IS TO pay S4O.UO per week
support for the minor child
rem plus pondage of $50. She
is awarded their property on
Snyder Rd., in Bainbridge
Twp, and he is to have the
obligation Of paying the mort
gage on this property of So,
10000 and she is to have all
household furnishings, lawn
and garden equipment and
tools. Within a year he may
remove cottage from rear of
the property and if he fails to
do this, she is then to have
full. complete and absolute