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Evening star., 1961-12-27

department. unQer MS own re-
organization powers.
If this were done, congress
Sional opponents of the new
department would have to mus
ter enough support to veto the
plan within go days of its an
nouncement by the President.
1t has been widely predicted
that Robert C. Weaver, admin
istrator of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency, would
be named secretary of the de-
partment and, thereby, becoms
the first Negro to attain cabinet
rank.
But this apparently is as far
as the Kennedy administration
will go in the field Of racial
equality in housing until Con-
greSs adjourns next summer,
officials said privately.
Deferring Order
On the advice of administra-
ton leaders in Congress and
some other political advisers,
it was reported, Mr.. Kennedy
is deferring long-considered
executive order barring racial
or religious discrimination in
any housing built with Federal
help in the form of loan, loan
guarantee or mortgage insur-
ance.
Earlier, officials predicted
freely the order would be forth
coming before Congress recon-
vened on January 10. Mr.. Ken
nedy promised such an order
in his presidential election
campaign.
1T definitely will come" one
official said. "The problem is
one of timing. I personally
would guess it will be issued
before next falls election. But
it may be later"
1t was explained the Ken
nedy advisers fear that issuing
the executive order now, or
during the session of Congress,
Evening star., 1961-12-27

that the l948 treaty allows for
eign governments to grant ex-
emptions from safety require
ments. The Liberian govern
ment had granted the exemp-
tionS, but the Mexican govern
ment cannot grant exemptions,
since it has not yet ratified the
treaty.
AS the Nassau, the ship was
last examined at an American
port exactly a year ago. The
very elements which failed to
meet American safety stand
ards, particularly the amount of
wooden construction, were pres
ent in the ship at that time but
were among the exemptions
granted by the Liberian gov
ernment.
Retaliation Feared
The Coast Guard official said
that under the 1948 treaty, this
Government is helpless to do
much about ships which meet
the safety standards of govern
ments party to the treaty but
not American safety standards.
He said that If the American
Government required foreign
ships of treaty nations to meet
American safety standards, the
other governments would set up
impossible standards for Ameri-
can ships.
On two occasions, he said, the
defects were so glaring that
they were brought to the at
Evening star., 1961-12-27
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Fiction and Facts on Kutunqo

tanga President. Fact: Most
critics know and have re-
peatedly said that Tshombe
has been both irresponsible
and troublesome. To object to
the kind of action taken by
the U. N. against him is not,
except in people whose emo
tionalism always outruns
even elementary logic, to in
dorSe Tshombe as a man, and
eachand all of his actions.
For the real, the gut, issue
is precisely what it always
was: Is it wise for the United
States to decide and to CO.
tinue to decide that all its old
Western allies are wrong in
their African policies - even
if, arguably. they actually are
at the possible cost Of even
tually destroying the Western
alliance, with all it means to
Western security and possibly
even to continued Western
life?
This is the true point. It
is an admittedly legitimate
point to the highest figures
in the administration, some
of whom do not relish the
bowling support" of some Of
their friends" 1t will be a
great pity If the screamers-
the men who put Africa"
above anything and every
thing in this world - man
age to pervert the debate into
the mere venomous nonsense
that is involved in the fic-
tions that have been here de-
scribed.
For this kind of spurious
debate" could. indeed, injure
the President and this Re-
public. 1t is no time in his
tory to have a witches sab
bath Of this kind.
Evening star., 1961-12-27

as liberal" as this Govern
ment. In some cases they are
much more so.
Fiction: The anti-Congo
policy people are preparing to
make, or thinking about pre-
pairing to make, some sort of
accusation that in backing
the U. N. in the Congo Presi-
dent Kennedy was soft on
communism" Fact: No re-
sponsible critic of that policy
has for a moment suggested
any such thing or thought
any such thing. The notion
has simply been that in this
instance the President is
wrong or has been wrongly
advised.
To adult minds his tough
ness" toward communism has
been abundantly proved time
and again, and most notably
over Berlin.
Any harm that comes to
the President here, therefore,
will never come from his
adult critics over Congo pol
icy. 1t will come, if it does,
from the petulant innuendoes
Of friends" who simply can
not tolerate dissent. 1t is
they who are raising false
and ugly whispers about
"softness on communism"
They are exactly like men in
a political campaign who
really raise religious bigotry
by ceaSelessly crying out that
somebody else is raising it.
Fiction: Critics of Congo
policy are merely infatuated
by Noise Tshombe, the Ka-
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Supporters Held Horning President
With Emotionoly Absurd Propaganda

The more emotional sup
porters of the Kennedy ad-
ministration's African policy
are going to get him - and
this country - into much un-
necessary trouble unless they
curb the absurd violence Of
their propaganda,
In retort to criticism Of our
support of the United Ma
tionS attack on the Congo
province Of Katanga, these
howlers are setting up a
whole series of melodramatic
and rubbishy straw men
about evil "Katanga Hobbies"
and so on.
Here are their fictions and
here are the facts:
Fiction: Those opposed to
the Katanga policy are prac-
tically all "right-wing ex-
tremists" and maybe also
members of the John Birch
Society. Fact: Many of the
strongest opponents of W h a t
they believe to be an unwise
policy are no kind of extrem-
lists; are well-wishers of the
administration, and have
long been far more effective
against the John Birch Soci-
ETY. than have the excitable
apologists for what has been
done by the United Nations.
Many, moreover. have longer
and better records for inter-
nationalism.
There is also the demon
strable truth that allied gov
ernments which have been
most uneasy about our posi-
ton in the Congo are at least
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Cor Out of Control
Hits Parked Truck

FREDERICKSBURG, Va,
Dec. 27 (SpeciaD Charles
Cheek, "a, of Manassas, Va,
was admitted to Mary Wash
ington Hospital today with
back injuries and facial cuts
when the car he was driving
struck a parked tractor trailer
on the side of Route l at Tri-
angle, State police reported.
Trooper E. c. Folks, said
witnesses reported Mr.. Cheeks
car went out of control on a
slight curve and slid sideways
into the trailer. The driver had
pulled off the pavement to rest,
the trooper said.
Evening star., 1961-12-27
Kennedy Seen Delaying
Housing Bios Order
BY the Associated Press

President Kennedy expected to lay aside executive
order that would prohibit racial discrimination federay
aided housing.
But officials said yesterday he will speed up action
creation of cabinet-level department
housing probably by taking short cut-establshng
Evening star., 1961-09-26
DEAR ABBY
To Dye or Not to Dye
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

have decided that I don't
love this guy. 1t is getting
hard for me to let him kiss
me. but hate to hurt his
feelings.
My mother has advised me
to return his ring, keep ev-
erything else he bought me,
and to break up with him.
Some of my friends say I
should return everything he
gave me, and call it quits.
What should l do?
SORRY
Return his ring, and every
thing else he gave you. Tell
him as kindly as paSsibIe that
you are not in love with
him. And the sooner the bet
ter.
DEAR ABBY: Our daugh-
ter is % years old, and has
her own automobile. She is
going steady with a young
man who lives 20 miles from
here. He has no car. She
dates him on Saturday nights
in the city where he lives,
which means she has to take
him home and then drive
herself home sometimes at
Evening star., 1961-09-26

DEAR ABBY: Will you
please explain why blondS
get so much attention? A
blond can't walk into a room
without turning every male
head her way. She can be
the flooziest looking bleached
blond, but they still look! I
am a good girl" but my
hair is rather drab. I guess
you could call it "dishwater."
l have been seriously con-
sidering dyeing it blond. Tell
me, where do good girls go
when they dye?
DISHWATER
When a good girl" dyes,
she goes the same place a
good girl" who doesn't dye
goes. Psychologists land ad
experts) tell us that VEL
LOW is the most arreSting
color of all. But who wants
to get arrested? Stick to the
natural tones.
\
DEAR ABBY: I have been
going with this fellow for
two years. He has spent over
S2,500 on rings, appliances
and other gifts in anticipa-
tion of marrying me. Well, I
Evening star., 1961-09-26

set of Arthur Hornblower's
"A History of Theatre in
America" philadelphia, 1919
is worth around $12 at re-
tail.
H. L. G.: Your Heinrich
Funck's "Eine Restitution"
philadelphia, 1859, is scarce
and retails at $50 to $40
if in fine condition.
J. R.: The latest price in
dication I find on your Peter
Heylyn's "Cosmographie"
London, 1670), is about $25
at retail if in fine condition.
B. w. j.: Your Herbert
Myrick's buckskin- bound lin
tied edition of Cache la
Poudre" New York, 1905),
retails at $35 in fine condi-
ton. Copies of the regular
edition sell for about SIS.
Dealers pay less, Of course
usually about half the retail
value.
Mrs. E. M. W.: Yes, An
dred D. Mellick, jr.'s The
Story Of an Old Farm" (Som-
erville, 1880, is scarce. About
$50 to $40 is the retail price
for a fine copy.
Mrs. G. E. s.: Your Isa-
bella Beeton's The Book of
ehold Management"
London, 1860, is one of the
more important English cook
books. A fine copy should
be worth $50 to $75 at retail.
Mrs. c. c. c.: Your Capt.
George w. Peppers Personal
Recollections of Sherman's
Campaigns in Georgia and
the Carolinas" GAINESVILLE,
1866, is a SIS book at retail
if in fine condition.
Selected reader questions
will be answered in this COL
umn. Address Van Allen
Bradley in care of The Even
ing Star.
(CopyriEht, 1851, Gen'l Features Corp.
Gold in Your Attic appears Tues
3oys.
Evening star., 1961-09-26

two or three in the morn
ing) alone. Her father is
having a fit about this. Our
daughter says it is better
this way than letting the fell
low drive himself home in
her car and having the car
end up with him on Sunday.
How would you do it? Or
should we let him sleep over?
Is there a solution?
WEARY MOTHER
Let him sleep at your home
If you have a guest bedroom.
If you haven't, the young
man should see your daugh-
ter safely to her door, and
then drive himself home in
her car. He should arrange
to return the car the follow
ing day.
4
What's troubling you?
Write Abby. in care of The
EUening Star. Include self
addressed stamped enDelope.
For AbbV's booklet, Hon to
Haze a LoDeLy Wedding"
send Soc to Abby, Boz 1865,
Beverly Hills, Calf.
Distributed by
McNaught Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Gold in Your Attic
Kalamazoo Journal Ranks Hiqh
By VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

Not too many books have
come from Kalamazoo, Mich,
but there is a little 67-page
paperbound overland nara
tive issued in that city in
1851 that is eminently worth
looking for.
Like so many of the Gold
Rush books of the period.
John T. Clapp's journal"
was crudely and cheaply re-
printed and rapidly disap-
peared. At last count there
were only three copies known.
A fine copy is worth an esti-
mated $1,000 or more in the
collectors market.
The title page reads, in
part:
A JOURNAL OF TRAVELS
TO AND FROM CALIFOR-
MA, WITH FULL DE-
TAILS OF THE HARD
SHIPS AND PRIVATTONS
-. BY JOHN T. CLAPP
KALAMAZOO E.
1851.
Mr.. Clapp left Kalamazoo
In March, 1850. in a wagon,
Travelled to Council Bluffs
by way of Chicago and Joined
a party Of Lake County IN
linois) travellers bound for
the West. He returned in
the fall of that year by way
Evening star., 1961-09-26

Mrs. F. M. A.: Your three
volume set of T. r. Smiths
"Poetica Erotica" New York,
1920, one of 1900 is mildly
scarce and retails in the $40
to $25 range in fine condi-
ton.
D. w. A.: Your Anthony
Collins "A Discourse of Free
Thinking" London, 1919,
is scarce and retails at
around $50 if in good condi-
ton.
R. A. T.: Your two-volume
Evening star., 1961-09-26
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

SMASH HIT: In 1853,
comedian Harpo Marx was
appearing in Moscow. One
day when there was no matt
nee, he decided to take in
the show at another theatre.
he relates in "Harpo Speaks"
with Rowland Barber.
Il had apparently come in
during the intremission. Yet
the curtain was raised and
the stage was lit. On the
stage there was a small table
and a chair. On the table
were two telephones, and a
bunch of knickknacks.
1T was the longest inter-
mission I ever sat through.
Fifteen minutes passed.
Twenty minutes. Twenty
five. Then a buzzer sounded.
People darn near trampled
each other to get back to
thier seats. In 80 seconds,
the theatre was silent as a
tomb.
"A boy walks out from the
wings. He picks up the re-
ceiver of one of the tele-
phones. He listens for a
while, then hangs up with
out saying anything. He
moves one of the little props
on the table. The joint is so
quiet l can hear my wrist
watch ticking. The boy moves
another ,knickknack. A guy
comes out, announces some
thing to the audience and
the joint goes wild.
People jump to their feet
and yell and throw their hats
in the air. This is the craziest
show I ever saw. Finally it
dawned on me what I had
been watching - a chess
match"
Evening star., 1961-09-26
BY LESLIE ]. MASON
Professor Of Educa ton.
TT0iversifv nf Goufharr Hai{fnrpi 4

University OF southern CanIofnia
A new school year is be-
ginning and with it courses
that are new to you.
These courses will involve
many new and unfamiliar
words. How you react to
these words will tell a great
deal about how yoL will re-
act to the new courses.
Your first impressions of
the new courses probably will
not be based on who is sit
ting in the next seat. or what
time of day the classes meet,
or how far you have to walk
to get to them.
Your first and very i'm
portant reaction vii, come
from how we'll you under
stand what the teacher is
saying.
Being introduced to Strang-
ers is always a trying ex-
perience. Often you do not
remember the names of the
persons with whom you have
Just exchanged handclaSpS.
Important Principles
Hearing new words can be
a little like this. The new
words are strangers, and you
don't always quite catch the
names.
Easy listening depends
Evening star., 1961-09-26

there's no connection between
the two.
4
For Mrs. c., Arizona: You
say you have arguments,
arguments, arguments. 1t
takes two to tango, you
know. Is it worth winning
a few battles at the risk of
losing the war?
4
DR.. Steincrohn'S ledtlet,
"HoU to Overcome Tension
and Fatigue" DiH be mailed
on receipt of a stamped. SELF
addressed envelope and 10
cents in coin for handling.
Address DR.. Steincrohn in
care OF The EUeninq Star.
BELL Syndicate Feature
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Have q Question?

ventures.
Evening star., 1961-09-26
MASON ON EDUCATION
New. Words the Key
To Tough Courses

quite firmly on two princi-
pies:
/. The more you know of
the subject, the more respon-
sive you'll be. It's like meet
ing old friends again.
2. You must hear separate
words as they are spoken and
each must bring up it's own
mental picture. Being able to
explain the meaning of a
word doesn't insure you that
you will recognize it when it
pops up in conversation.
Knowing who Roger MariS
is doesn't mean you'd recog-
nize him in an elevator.
BY the same token. read
ing the material at the be-
ginning of a new textbook
is not sufficient introduction
to the strange words you are
encountering.
You must train your ears
to hear the words and your
mind to bring up the proper
mental pictures.
Learn the names. Recog-
nize the faces.
There's an easy formula
for this:
/. AS soon as you get a
copy of the text, read the
introduction and the first
chapter. By doing this you'll
meet the words that are
strangers to you. Find out
what these words mean.
Learn to get a mental picture
of their meaning. When
you've done this, they'll no
longer be strangers.
2. Now pronounce each
word repeatedly until it rolls
off your tongue easily and
naturally. Do this out loud.
When you say a word aloud
you are hearing it and get
ting its mental picture at
the same time.
3. Now compose a sentence
involving the use of the word.
Read it aloud at regular con-
versational speed.
Tape Recorder Practical
I have known students who
dictated a few sentences con-
tanning new words into a tape
recorder. They played back
the tape once or twice daily
for two weeks. The result:
They had become fast friends
with those new words.
The first discussions of the
teacher in which he outlines
the course and sets up the
background for learning are
too often fumbled by stu
dents. They have ears, but
they hear not.
Perhaps an example of
what we're talking about will
prove our point:
Listening to names is easy
when they can be identified:
Chicago, New York, Los An
geleS. Boston.
Now try: Bartoo, Tucum-
carl, Ottumwa.
See the difference?
You can tDrite DR.. Mason in
care OF The EUening Star.
He'll discuss questions OF
greatest general interest in
his articles.
Thursday: Shyness.
Evening star., 1961-09-26
How to Stop
Killing
Yourself
What Causes
Coronory Attack?
By PETER J. STEINCROHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: There
have been so many theories
advanced for the cause of a
coronary attack. What's
yours? Sincerely, Mr.. T, Mi
ami.
/ WISH MY REPLY might
be just as short and to the
point as your question. All
I shall be doing is adding
one more opinion to the
many you say you have
heard or reaG about. Here
it is: I can't be more Ger
tain than anyone else, be-
cause medical science hasn't
yet come up with the one
and unquestionable cause.
However, there are certain
things we do know. For ex-
ample, that atherosclerosis is
at the bottom of it. Coronary
attacks with very few ex-
ceptionS) don't occur in
healthy arteries. In athero-
sclerosis the normally elastic
coronary arteries become
thickened with lime salts and
cholesterol.
We know that fat people
are more susceptible. We
know that in many cases the
cause is a disturbed choles-
terol metabolism-there's too
much fat and cholesterol in
the blood stream and in the
artery walls. For some rea-
son, many people can't handle
the cholesterol in their diets
or the cholesterol manufac-
tured by the liver.
Yet. there are many people
with atherosclerosis who live
out a long life without get
ting a coronary attack,
stroke or kidney complica-
ton. Why? That's what
we really don't know. Hered-
ity plays a part. So does
lack of exercise or too much
exercise. So does tension. So
does obesity.
If you asked me which of
these is most important I'd
have to say they're all i'm
portant. I tell the over
weight patient to take off
those excess pounds if he
wants to forestall a coro-
nary attack. I tell the man
COR womanD with a family
history studded with case his
tories of coronary trouble to
take extra good care of him
self and have frequent check
ups. I tell the man under
daily tensions (the medical
term is Stress that he'd
better learn how to conduct
his business and home af-
fairs in peace: an emotion
ally charged atmosphere in
viteS an attack. tell the
man who is wasting his
energy in sudden spurts of
overactivity like shoveling
snow or playing 36 holes of
golf in one day. to learn
moderation before it is too
late. The same goes for over
eating, and oversmoking.
Are you asking me to make
a choice, Mr.. T.? I'd put
stress at the head of the list.
I think that the man or
woman who lives in tran
guilty has the best chance
for survival. I admit that
it's not easy to become a
tranquil = minded person.
However, where life itself is
the prize. you'll admit that
it's worth the try.
u
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: NV
doctor tells me I have hiatal
hernia and will have tc learn
to live with it. I'm on a
special diet and medicines
which have made me quite
comfortable. What I'm con-
cerned about is the posi-
bility that the hernia may
turn into cancer. Sincerely,
Mrs. K.
AS FAR AS 1 KNOW,
Evening star., 1961-07-13
Spanish Rice Supper

and celery and continue to
stir and brown. Pour in to-
matoes, tomato paste, bay
leaf, salt and cayenne mixed
with hot water. Stir well.
Cover. When mixture boils,
reduce heat and simmer
about 10 minutes. Pantry
beef until lightly Drowned.
Add green pepper and stir
until lightly Drowned, then
remove from heat and stir
in chill powder and sugar
and beef bouillon. Now COM
bine rice and meat mixture
and simmer 80 minutes or
longer. Stir with fork and
add a little water or tomato
juice if necessary to prevent
burning. A slow oven or
large double boiler may be a
help, but don't hurry this.
The flavor improves with
slow cooking, and is almost
better when reheated, but
don't stir too much or the
rice will be mushy. Makes
four to five servings.
Evening star., 1961-07-13
The Viking

"a ounces cream cheese, soft
ened (three 8-ounce pack
ages)
Ia cups mustard favored
salad dressing
6 8-inch pieces enriched
French bread
11a cups garlic butter melted
6 cans (412 ounces each) Nor
wegian Sardines, drained
28 thin Bermuda onion slices
Green stuffed olives
Dill pickle slices
Blend together cream
cheese and salad dressing.
Cut pieces of bread in half
horizontally and toast insides.
Brush with garlic butter.
Spread each bottom piece of
bread with u cup cream
cheese mixture. Cover evenly
with SardineS. Cover SardineS
with overlapped onion slices.
Spread top pieces of bread
with remaining cream cheese
mixture and close sandwiches.
Evening star., 1961-07-13
RibIets,
PIuns

What a wonderful flavor
combination tender lamb
spareribS or riblets, slightly
sweet canned purple plums
and charcoal favored from
the outdoor grill! For a dish
that's different and a sum-
mertime treat, team the plumS
and unusual lamb cuts. Spare
ribs, or riblets, strips Of the
breast, are both so inexpen-
Sive that even the most budg-
et-conScious homemaker can
enjoy them.
Lamb Spareribs
u cup firmly packed brown
sugar
Y cup honey
"a cup vinegar
l whole nutmeg
l tablespoon whole cloves
l Pinch stick cinnamon
l teaspoon whole allspice
l 1-pound 14-ounce can pur-
pie plumS, drained
2 pounds lamb spareribs
Combine sugar, honey, vim
egar and spices cited in bag). i.
Heat to boiling point and cook
10 minutes, stirring OCCASION
ally. Remove spices and pour
syrup mixture over plums.
Broil lamb S to 2 inches from
source of heat or cook on out
door grill 10 minutes, or until
tender. Turn and baste lamb
with syrup mixture frequent
ly during cooking period.
Serve glazed plums with
lamb. Makes four servings.
PIums and RibIets
/ 1-pound can purple plums
u teaspoon nutmeg
/ teaspoon salt
"a teaspoon pepper
112 pounds lamb ribletS
2 teaspoons cornStarch
Drain plums; reserve syrup.
Combine plum syrup, nutmeg,
salt and pepper; mix well.
Brush lamb with syrup mix
ture. Broil ga inches from
source Of heat, or cook on out
door grill ST minutes. Turn
lamb and brush with syrup
mixture. Cook 8 minutes.
Arrange plus with lamb
and cook 3-4 minutes longer.
Meanwhile, blend cornstarch
with remaining syrup mixture.
Cook over low heat, stirring
constantly, until slightly
thickened. Pour sauce over
lamb and plums.
Evening star., 1961-07-13
Nutneq
Cake

25-cup evaporated milk (not
chilled)
"a cup water
l tablespoon lemon juice
IA cups sifted, all-purpose
flour
212 teaspoons nutmeg
! teaspoon baking powder
u teaspoon soda
"a teaspoon salt
y cup soft shortening
l teaspoon vanilla
112 cups sugar
3 eggs
Mix together and let stand
until needed the milk, water
and lemon juice. Sift onto a
piece of waxed paper the
flour, nutmeg, baking powder,
soda and salt. Put the short
ening and vanilla into a 81
quart bowl. With an electric
mixer, beat sugar in grad
ually until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs, one at a time,
until well blended. Beat in
well 1s of the flour mixture.
Mix in u of the milk mix
ture. Beat in well another "a
of flour; then rest of milk
mixture. Beat in well rest of
flour. Pour batter into 2
creased and Toured 8-inch
cake pans. Bake in 350-degree
oven 35 minutes, or until
done. When cool, frost with
butter icing favored with
nutmeg.