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Evening star., 1961-06-18
Humphreys Formula

We are newcomers to
Washington and 1 want to
say we have most thoroughly
enjoyed The Washington
Star. We have felt the
coverage excellent and
informative.
I read carefully the article
by John Barron discussing
the reelection of congress-
men and quoting Homer L.
Krout. administrative assis-
tant to Representative Joel T.
Broyhill. 1 could very we'll
say well said" because of
my experience as an ordinary
taxpayer and as an elected
State official. Our Minnesota
Senator Hubert Humphrey is
an example of this. No mat
ter what the station in life
of a citizen. what his race,
creed or political philosophy
may be, any request of what
ever nature made of Senator
Humphrey is taken care of
without delay by himself or
a member of his able and ef-
ficient staff. This, in my
opinion is the secret of his
reelection time after time to
the office he seeks by the
citizens of his State, and
mine, Minnesota.
We had a Senator from
Minnesota one time who did
not have the time or could
not be bothered by ordinary
citizens who had problems
they chose to take to thei
elected representative in
Congress but he is no longer
representing them.
I could not refrain from
telling you, and John Barron,
through this medium that
Evening star., 1961-06-18
Is Years AGO

The Government dipped
into the Treasury for $1.9
billion Is years ago to start
paying bonuses to World War
I veterans. The Star reported
on June Is, 1886 that "The
first payment in this wartime
obligation was made at Wal
ter Reed Hospital to Patrick
j. Luby, of Elizabeth, N. j.,
who received bonds and a
check totaling $768.07 =. In
the District nearly 30
900 veterans are expected to
share approximately SIS mil
lion . With the expectation
that a majority of veterans
will seek cash Immediately for
their bonds. business enter
prise throughout the country
is anticipating q marked up
swing in trade figures. . :"
Evening star., 1961-06-18
PTA Film unfair

The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
filming in the District OF
Columbia for a Louisiana
Congressman moves me to
report on the National Par
ent Teacher Convention in
Kansas City. Missouri, which
I attended recently as a dele
gate from the Montgomery
County Md Council OF
PTAs.
To advance the theme Of
the convention. which was
The Image Of America
Begins in the Home" the
National Board Of Parent
Teachers had produced a
film entitled Where Chill
dren Come First" for wide
distribution in the United
States and perhaps abroad
for the stated purpose Of
showing us how we can make
PTA work to help depict the
true" image of America. The
film. We were told. cost much
money and labor and was
shown to the convention as
part of the keynote session.
The film presents scenes Of
PTA activities where par
ents and teachers are work
ing together to help children
in school and to provide
them a better education in
matters such as library facil-
tiles. mental health hygiene,
safety and the like. Although
there must have been many
opportunities to show how
PTA is working to help
promote the welfare of all"
children and youth. there
was not a single colored
child, teacher or officer
shown in the film. There
were no Orientals or even
American Indians in the film.
I felt that the national or
ganization of parents and
teachers of over IL million
strong would have damaged its
basic cause and would be un-
fair to itself if it put the film
in circulation. Moreover it
would have missed an oppor-
tunity to show America and
the world how PTA has the
will to cope with a national
problem that some would pre-
tend does not exist.
I expressed these views in
the general assembly during
the discussion period but was
told that the subject would
not be discussed there, that
the film was edited so that
it could be shown to all
parts of the United States"
and that was all there was to
it.
1 urge all PTAers who
agree with me to write the
National Board of the Con-
gress of Parents and Teach
ers. 700 North Rush street,
Chicago IL, Ill, to protest the
films distribution.
Mrs. Theodore A. Miller.
Evening star., 1961-06-18
A Name for Us

I do not know how many
citizens south of the border
object to being referred to as
"Latin-Americans" but I dis
tinctly remember there were
several whom I knew when I
was stationed in Chile who
questioned why we refer to
ourselves as Americans"
and always tagged them with
some other name than plain
American" If they are
South Americans, they con-
tended that We were North
Americans. I suggest that we
should call ourselves Con
glo-Americans." (Short for
conglomerate.l
E. X. EckleS.
Evening star., 1961-06-18
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry icTiterS' correct
names and addresses. An let
ters ore subject to condeRsd-
tion. Those not used iCiIl be
returned only iDheH accom-
panied by self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

Mr.. Krout is absolutely right
and statistics and evidence
so indicate. I was not of the
same political stripe as our
Senator from Minnesota but
I have never hesitated to
turn to him when I needed
information or assistance
and I have never failed to
receive it, promptly and ef-
ficiently. 1t is the secret Of
his success.
Virginia Holm Bye,
Former Secretary Of State,
Minnesota.
Evening star., 1961-06-18
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT ~.
Garments of Goodness

d4Lu the DeduLlIul belong In
the same wardrobe in nature.
In June. when everything is
decked in its gayest fashions.
goodness itself seems to be
the kinSman of beauty. For
in June. whether we look or
whether We listen, we hear
life murmur and see it glis-
ten" And as a great English
man, Charles Kingsley, has
declared in a memorable SEN
tence: Beauty is Gods
handwriting - welcome it,
therefore. in every fair face,
every fair sky, every fair
flower. and thank Him for it
who is the fountain of all
lOvelineSS. That ties to-
gethet, in a Holy Trinity. God
and goodness. and beauty.
The beautiful is essentially
the spiritual making itself
known through the senses.
When God would lead to the
beauty of holiness He so
often makes a stairway to it
by the holiness of beauty.
There is the lure of the
lovely. There is the contagion
of goodness
To be sure. there is such
q thing as the lure of the
loathSOme. RottenneSs is
sometimes phoSphOreScent.
Even the inherently ugly
decked in unabashed white
seems strangely to attract,
even as a serpent charms a
humming bird. The grinning
gargoyleS on the exterior of
medieval cathedrals suggest
the coronation of the gro
tesque. In architecture. in lit
erature. in lie. the repulsive
often exercises a strang e
drawing power.
Always there is the subtle
temptation which comes to
the one with a muckrake. Re-
formers denouncing tn e
loathsome. dealing with the
nasty. often seem unhappy
unless they are exposing
something or showing up
somebody. That is why
Beecher said that he was for
most of the reforms but
couldn't stand most Of the
reformers.
The ripening experiences
of life bring the realization
that even attacks against the
ugly and diSreputable must
be wage6 wisely, tenderly,
and with tears. Paul called it
speaking the truth in love" I"
And, after all is said and
done, the truth is exalted
mostly by exemplification,
not by negation and anath-
emaS. The most convincing
way of showing the deformi-
ties of the crooked stick is
to lay a straight one beside
it. This is not to deny that
evil is contagious. Badness
spreads. The old adage re-
minds US gloomily that one
rotten apple will contaminate
a whole basketful of fruit,
Certain emotional diseases
are highly infectious. Dis
couragement. for instance. Is
there anything more conta-
glOuS? Its garments are SOM
Der. Under its impact people
who were standing on their
feet go down like tenpins as
even one defeatist rolls the
swift and deadly balls. How
quickly that attitude will
seep through a conference. a
committee. or a forum, send
ing the thermometer of mo-
rale from near boiling down
to near zero
Defeatism stems out OF
fear and fear rides off in a
panic like wild horses. Fear
is the father of failure
Lowell makes Hosea Bigelow
say, Folks that's afeared to
fail are sure of failing" But
courage is highly contagious
too. What confirmations OF
that are spread before us in
Evening star., 1961-06-18

The finishing touch on the
Bureau of Standards quad
rangle was in sight so years
ago, as The Star of June II.
1911, announced bids were
about to be let for a new
electrical laboratory, which
would complete the project.
1T is expected the new struc-
ture will cost about $175,000
When completed. the
bureau will have ample facili-
ties for all of its departments
for many years to come. :"
Evening star., 1961-06-18

great possibilities, the slogan "see
America" will have new meaning and
certainly a greater response.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

The Interstate Commerce
Commission demanded bet
ter service from the Capital
Traction Co. so years ago.
The Star reported on June
Is, 1911, that the ICC had
ordered the street car COM
pany to maintain a 15-min-
ute through service on its
Chevy Chase line between the
District line and the 18th
street and New York avenue
NV"
Evening star., 1961-06-18
FROM THE STAR FILES. =.
so Years Ago

A great parade Of women
suffragettes was staged in
London so years ago, The
Star reported on June II.
1911. that between 1000 and
$4,000 women from II ma
tions marched. They were
led by $50 American women
who were given the place Of
honor because the State Of
Wyoming was the first gov
ernment to give women the
right to vote. -"
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Hume, Towes Opponent, Seeking
Democratic Selection for Governor

industry is allowed to suck dry
the economy of a whole Sec
ton of the State in return for
political contributions"
Mr.. Hume, Southern Mary
land manager for the 1858
Democratic ticket and State
party treasurer until he quit
last year. has become a leader
of forces seeking to eliminate
slot machines from the four
Southern Maryland counties in
which they now are legal.
He denounced the Tawes ad-
ministration for contending the
slots are a local issue. He spear
headed unsuccessful efforts to
force a public referendum on
the issue.
He still is serving, by original
appointment of Gov. Tawes, as
a member of Maryland's Board
Of Natural Resources where he
has taken an outspoken inter-
est in trying to streamline and
coordinate interests of the
various conservation depart
ments.
Mr.. Hume is the first person
to announce he would seek the
Democratic gubernatorial NOM
ination. But George P. Ma
honey, who narrowly missed it
in the 1850 and 1854 party pri-
marias for Governor, together
with Gov. Tawes. is expected
to make it at least three man
race.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Falls Church Shelves
Annexation Program

signed by 359 citizens and a
letter from the Taxpayers
League urging it not to pursue
the annexation attempt. The
area of the county sought con-
tains the Seven Corners shop
ping center and some expensive
residential areas.
Council members agreed to
discuss a Fairfax proposal to
merge Falls Church and the
county into one city, provided
the discussion is conducted in
public.
However, they strongly indi-
Gated they opposed the idea.
I'VE should not merely say no
without having heard them, -
commented Councilman Charles
Hedetmiemi.
But this is zone thing I
believe the city's pretty well
united upon. There is no
desire to merge with anybody" /"
The council stressed that it
wishes to cooperate as much
as it possibly can with adjoin-
ing jurisdictions while still pre-
serving the identity and self
rule of Falls Church.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
RombIerStory Manassas
BY TRUMAN TEMPLE
star staff Writer

A happy postscript was
added yesterday to a recent
Rambler column about Wash
ington's last horse-and-wagon
fruit peddler.
The Social Security people
discovered they owed him q
wad of money.
After reading the column in
The Star about Delaware Bar
bour, 75-year-old driver Of the
mobile fruit stand, Social Secu-
rity officials wondered If he
were eligible for benefits-and
if he'd ever applied for any.
A look at the files showed
that Mr.. Barbour had indeed
paid into the government fund
for a couple of years and was
entitled to $50 a month. In
fact, he had some 13 months
of back benefits due.
william Spates, district man
ager for the Social Security
Administration, noted that
after q person reaches the age
of 70, he can collect benefits no
matter how much money he
earns as private businessman
or employe.
Actually, Mr.. Barbour could
have started getting checks
even earlier If he had let us
know" said the manager. Un-
der regulations the administra-
ton can pay benefits to him
retroactively only to June, 1860.
I'VE try to alert people that
Evening star., 1961-07-18

Falls Church has abandoned
its attempt to absorb part of
Fairfax County.
Voting unanimously, the city
council last night agreed not
to appeal a decision in which a
special 3-judge court last month
refused to permit annexation
of of as square miles of the
county.
This represents a major
triumph for Fairfax, which has
conducted an all-out legal de-
fense of its borders.
The county had feared that
despite its initial success, it
still would be confronted with
prolonged. expensive litigation
which. an appeal of the first
court ruling would have en-
tailed.
The council action also could
mean that the limits Of Falls
Church may never be expanded.
Fairfax now is rushing efforts
to transform itself into a city
which under Virginia law is
immune from annexation by its
neighbors.
The council made its deci-
sion after receiving a petition
Evening star., 1961-07-18

ANNAPOLIS, July 1S (AP)
David Hume, former Demo-
cratic Party treasurer who broke
with the -Tawes administration
over gambling issues in South
ern Maryland, has announced
his candidacy for Democratic
nomination for Governor.
There must be hope for
those who are weary of brutal.
power politics" the 45-year-old
Washington attorney said in a
statement announcing his can
didacy late yesterday.
Mr.. Hume, who owns and op-
crates a farm near Bryantown
in Charles County, said he is
taking the step with the hope
Of providing my party with a
choice based not so much on
personalities, as on issues"
Mr.. Hume denounced in his
statement brutal, power poll
tics" by which he said:
Loyalty to the political crony
supersedes that to all the people
Of the State;
Appointments to high office
are made as repayment of some
political debt and not on
ability: ..
Promises to the electorate
are broken or evaded, despite
an overwhelming majority in
both houses of the Legislature
Taxes are increased and
thrust upon a part of our peo-
pie already heavily burdened,
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Montgomery Advances
Teacher Pay Revision

A salary plan paying expert
enced teachers with masters
degrees more than double the
salary for beginning teachers
with bachelors degrees has
been given tentative approval
by the Montgomery County
Board of Education.
The program sets UP ratios
of payment for teachers in diff
ferent experience and educa-
ton brackets.
For teachers with IA years
experience holding masters de-
grees. the ratio Of pay is to be
2.05 times the pay of new teach
ers of bachelors degrees.
This is the main feature OF
the program given tentative ap-
proval by e 4-to-3 vote Of the
board last night.
II the ratio-or index, as Ia
beled by the educators-is ap-
piled to the proposed new start
ing salary of $4.700 for begin
ming teachers tentatively ap-
proved by the board recently,
the;automatic maximum for ex-
perienced teachers with mas
ters' degrees would be $685.,
Board President Harold F,
Breimyer described the boards
action as more than tentative,
but not quite final" The pro-
gram is planned to- become ef-
fective in July. 1862.
A maximum 2.3 times the
bachelors degree starting SAL
ary is offered for teachers with
16 years experience who pass
career recognition evaluation.
Voting for the measure were
William Thomas III, Lucille
Maurer, Robert E. Morrow and
Paul Howard. Opposing the
proposal on the grounds that
the 2.05 figure was too high
we're DR.. Breimyer. Lucy Kicker
and Clifford K. Beck.
Current starting salary for a
teacher with a bachelors de-
gree is $4,500. The maximum
for a teacher with a masters
degree without career recogni-
ton after 10 years Is $7,700
The board hopes the increased
scale will keep good teachers
in the classroom"
In past discussions. the board
has agreed that good teachers
leave the classroom for admin
istrative positions with higher
salaries. Final steps with the
new masters degree scale will
probably be more than $1,000
greater than starting admins
trative salaries, the spokesman
said.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
School Heed Posts Bail
On ShopIifting Charges

dress shop and attempted petty
larceny in a women's apparel
store, Detective Schoen said.
He said a preliminary hearing
was set for August 20 in Hyatts-
vile Police Court. The charges
are miSdemeanors.
Mrs. Rhodes talked with Dis
trict school officials yesterday
about the charge. She was not
suspended from duty.
DR.. Carl F. Hansen, District
school superintendent, said
school officials have begun
their own investigation.
I'VE are waiting for more
facts before taking any ac-
tion," he said.
The superintendent said Mrs.
Rhodes, although not sus-
pended, is on summer .eave.
Evening star., 1961-07-18

cashed a paycheck at Jelleff's
on Saturday, July /.
The FBI made the list pub
lie, in the hope that anyone
having information on the
missing items would contact
the nearest FBI office.
The list included a pair of
ladies' tan sandals; a pair of
white pumps with medium
heels and plain pointed toes;
a sleeveless blouse with blue
green flowers on a white back
ground; prescription SUM-
glasses with dark brown frame,
and a Navy blue straight skirt,
without kick pleats.
Also missing was a white
Evening star., 1961-07-18

leather purse, about 8 by IL
inches, zippered on top with
two matching white leather
handles running end to end,
and matching white leather
change purse. The purse prob
ably contained a black. yellow
and red striped cloth bag used
as a cosmetics container.
The purse usually contained
a gold lipstick holder. and a
flat silver compact with gold
flower design.
Other items listed we're light
blue panty girdle, a white da-
cron or blue nylon half slip,
suntan shade seamless nylon
stockings and a white braSsiere.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Maryland U. to Offer
Librury Science

A new undergraduate pro-
gram in library science educa-
tion will be offered by the
University of Maryland in
September.
The program, the first four
year curriculum in the State
of Maryland, is designed as an
18-credit-hour minor field in
the College Of Education. DR..
Dale w. Brown, who came to
the university last year from
Wayne State University in De-
troit, Mich, will head the new
program.
Evening star., 1961-07-18

A District school principal is
free on 5000 bond today after
her arrest on two shoplifting
charges at the Pen-Mar Shop
ping Center near District
Heights, Md.
Mrs. Alice Lillian Rhodes, 50,
of the $500 block of Ames
street NE, principal at the
Benning School, was arrested
Friday at the shopping center
by Prince Georges County de-
tectives Frank Bishop and
Henry Schoen.
Summoned by w. K. Reeves,
manager of the center, police
said they found a half slip
under a towel in Mrs. Rhodes
purse.
Mrs. Rhodes was charged by
police with petty larceny in a
Evening star., 1961-07-18
FBI Itemizes
Missing Gorb
Of Slain Girl

The FBI yesterday released a
list of clothing items missing
from the apartment of Marta
Santa Cruz, %. Of 1880 Column
bia road NV, found strangled
and raped in a creek near
Lorton Reformatory July 4.
The Bolivian girl, a clerk
typist at Washington Hospital
Center, was last seen when she
Evening star., 1961-07-18

The masters degree scale will
ultimately affect the majority
Iof teachers as a recently rassed
State law requires a masters
degree for certification in the
next decade.
DR.. c. Taylor Whittier. SUPER
intendent Of schools, said he
would like to see" q career
recognition maximum index of
"a for "very outstanding
teaches" This would be $11. .280
If the proposed $4.700 basic
salary for beginners is adopted.
Evening star., 1961-07-18

while lobbyists successfully es-
tablish an immunity for certain
favored interests bearing al
ready a much lighter burden;
Our natural resources. in
cluding that great biological
complex known as the Chesa-
peake Bay, are wasted away;
Government agency is piled
upon Government agency, and
study commission is pyramided
upon study commission;
And by which a gigantic
leech known as the gambling
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Democratic Nominee
Wife FIoridu-Bou

LAWRENCEVILLE, Va, July
10 (AP)-Albertis S. Harrison,
jr., the Democratic guberna-
torial nominee, and Mrs. Harri-
son are headed for a Florida
vacation today to rest. from his
victorious primary campaign.
During the trip Of a week to
10 days. the Harrisons plan to
visit their son, A. S. Harri-
son III.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Metro Area = s;s

Corporation Court for q COM
plete recount.
Mr.. Thomson, seeking his
fourth term in the House, has
until Friday to ask the Court
to examine election ballots.
Defeat of Mr.. Thomson, q
key member Of the Byrd or
ganization in the House, by
Mr.. Lane was certified at q
14-vote margin by the city's
Electoral Board two days after
the election.
Evening star., 1961-07-18
Thomson Muy
Ask Recount

James M. Thomson, member
of the Virginia House of Dele
gates who sought renomina-
ton in the Alexandria Demo-
cratic primary July IL but lost
to Denis K. Lane. said today
he probably" would ask the
Evening star., 1961-07-18

they ought to check on their
benefits. particularly at retire.
ment age, but quite a few don't
get around to it," Mr.. Spates
added. :
1t was a nice sunny Monday
Evening star., 1961-07-18

morning for Delaware Barbour
When he arrived at the Florida
avenue market to load his
wagon, Mr.. Spates walked up
and handed him a check for
$468.
Evening star., 1961-07-14

IN oroer 10 support tne project, test, an
personnel with the following talents:
PRODUCTION TEST EQUIPMENT DE-
SIGN-IncludeS planning, design and
analysis of electronic production test
equipment. Applicants must be expert
enced in controls, guidance and complete
missile systems B.SE.E. or equivalent
experience.
SUPPORT ENGINEERS-Exp in
maintenance and test of solid state digital
computer or inertial guidance equipment.
Three years experience, plus ability to
work with military personnel and equip
ment is desired.
TECHNICAL WRITERS - Electronics
background with experience in compu-
ters, ground support, and/or guidance
equipment Two years experience in pre-
pairing manuals to Government specifi-
cations.
LOGISTICS ANALYST-To prepare pro-
visioning technical Recommendation lists
from blueprintS, parts lists, master le-
leases and vendor Recommendation. Expert
ence required in development Of genera
ton breakdowns from source material in
accordance with Government specifica-
tons:
Evening star., 1961-07-14
THoS. J. OWEN & SON,
Auctioneers, iii Z st. NV,

SALE OF VALUABLE
ROW BRICK DWELLING KNOWN
AS PREMISES NUMBER 2007
KLINGLE ROAD NORTHWEST.
BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust
duly recorded. in Liber No. 1922,
Folio "a ct sea-, of the land rec
ords Of the District of Columbia.
and at the request Of the party
secured thereby. the undersigned
trustees will sell. at public auction
mA N 1Tont r q the ;,prn premises, on MON |;
FoRTY-Fiva O'clock PM. the the
following-described land and prem
ises, situate in the District Of Co
lumbia. and designated as and
being Lot liz Kennedy Brothers.
Inc. subdivision of Lots in Square
261S "Rosemont Park" as per
plat recorded in the office Of the
Surveyor for the District of Co
lumbia in Liber "a at Folio 142.
TERMS: Sold subject to a prior
building association deed Of trust
for approximately SS.966, 90. fur
announced at time of sale; the
purchase. price above said trust
to be paid in cash. A deposit oi
$500 required. Conveyancing. re-
cordinE etc, at purchasers cost
Adjustments made as of date oi
sale. Terms to be complied with
within thirty DAYS. otherwise de-
post forfeited and the property
may be advertised and resold al
the discretion of the trustees.
ALLAN LANG.
tV14.17.19.21.24 Trustees.