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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-11
'Pockinq' the NcPc

Thank you very much for
your editorial Of June 8,
Poor Timing" in which you
call attention to one of those
very important procedural
bills. HR 1884, which somes
times get through Congress
because the public is entire
ly unaware of the true ef-
fects Of the bill. Supporters
of the bill, like those who
once wanted to pack the Su-
preme Court in the hope that
a particular new Judge might
vote their way" are injuring
their own cause. In a tele-
gram June 3rd to Representa-
tive Joel Broyhill, I expressed
my reasons as follows:
RE June 4 hearing HR
1854. Please register my per-
sonal opposition to making
Director Of the ad hoe Ma
tional Capital Transporta-
ton Agency a member of the
38-year-old NCPC, whose du-
ties include passing judg-
ment on proposals by the ad
hoe Meta.
"Stolzenbach assigned spe-
cific temporary job: To plan
a transit system that will
work. HR 1854 confuses the
issue. Passage would handi-
cap duties of both NCPC and
Meta"
Mrs. Charles M. CIegg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-11
Use Of Boiling

/ earnestly hope that our
Commissioners will not sue
curnb to-. the latest short
sighted petition of the WASH
ington Urban League to turn
the Anacostia- Boiling tract
into a mammoth relocation
center for the displaced fami-
lies Of the future who will
require publicly subsidized
housing.
The Southeast citizens
voiced strenuous objection to
this proposal when it was
made last spring, and have
the backing of the Fedora
ton Of Citizens Associations
in their insistence that this
beautiful site be developed as
q prestige residential commu-
nifty to counterbalance the
preponderance of public
housing concentrated in the
Southeast quadrant since
World War II. Such a con-
centration of low income
families is known to be con-
trary to good city planning,
and has been recognized even
by the housing officials who
sought parcel after parcel of
land for this purpose, as an
expedient resorted to simply
because this section of the
city afforded readily avail
able space.
In full recognition Of the
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Learning to Read

1t is gratifying to learn from a COM
nittee OF experts that phonics still is in
good standing in most of the Nations
schools and that most teachers find it
essential in helping Johnny to read
better. The report of the educators,
titled Learning to Read" should tend
to allay fears that today's boys and
girls are tagging in reading Ian gely due
to supposed emphasis on the sight
word system of Identifying words by
how they look rather than by how they
sound
The committee, headed by DR.. James
B. Conant, former president Of Harvard
University. made a study of teaching
methods in the schools after there had
been widely publicized charges that
Johnny, the mythical elementary school
student, was being handicapped in read
ing by ill-advised scrapping Of old
fashioned phonics in the classroom.
Said the committee: "It is not true
that our schools, in general, use pri-
marily sight-word method. 1t is not
true that our schools, in general, do not
teach phonics. We consider phonics
OA4O Va O4AC CocC1lbAdl chil1c. Witk1Oub
phonics most children cannot become
self : reliant, discriminating, efficient
readers"
At the same time, the committee
defended the use of sight-word teaching
as a coordinate system of aiding chill
dren to recognize words when they see
them. However, one of the % commit
teemen disSented as to the coordinate
status of sight-word reading. She is
Mrs. Margaret H. Greenman, director
Of elementary education in Champlain,
Illinois. Mrs. Greenman's minority
statement said: "The first and most
vital step toward making the pupil in
dependent in reading is taken when
phonetic analysis is introduced before
the pupil becomes dependent upon the
memorization of words"
All of the group conceded that some
Of the teaching has been poor" On
the other hand, it was found that some
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Shooting the Falls

The Canoe Cruisers Asso-
citation, being a large body of
canoeists in this area whose
interests include the teach
ing Of whitewater canoeing,
is distressed at the number
Of drownings each year in
the Little Falls section of the
Potomac River. This decep-
lively easy-looking stretch of
dangerous water just above
Chain Bridge takes adven-
turous young lives almost ev-
cry year, creating avoidable
tragedy in their homes, and
public apprehension and con-
Germ. Little Falls is about
"a mile long, has had the
second highest current veloc-
ity recorded in the United
States. and increases in diff
ficulty as one descends. To
a canoeist approaching the
rapids, 1t looks much easier
from the top than it does
from the bottom.
Although reports on these
tragedies and journalistic at
tempts to warn the public
have not stopped the drown
ings, they have undoubtedly
helped. The answer does not
lie In outlawing boating as a
sport, any more than driving
automobiles should be OUT
lawed following a traffic
death. There are, however,
q few points we would like to
make in the interest of Po-
tomac River safety:
Cd Being an expert swim
mer is not enough to get a
canoeist out of trouble in
wild water with complex cur
rents and submerged rocks.
Swimming to q maximum of
m.p.he makes little progress
in currents and undertows
reaching velocities Of 20
m.p.h.
Cd Experience with flat
water or lake canoeing does
not go far in helping a ca
noeist to manage his boat in
heavy rapids, where the prob
lens are entirely different.
CD Little Falls varies in
its depth, its currents, and
its speed from hour to hour
and from day to day with
tides and water levels in the
river.
90 Little Falls should I'M
der no circumstances be run
by people without extensive
experience in whitewater ca
noeing.
t5) The American Red
Cross is well organized to
instruct in basic small-craft
safety, and the Canoe Cruis-
ers Association would well
come the opportunity to in
stfuct any aspiring canoeist
in the principles of white
water techniques, including
the use of decking, suitable
life jackets and basic safety
measures recommended by
the American Whitewater At
filiation.
The Canoe Cruisers Asso-
citation plans to discuss with
the appropriate authorities
installation of bigger and
better warnings at strategic
points where canoeists COM
ing from the Canal to the
river would be amply warned
against what could become
another tragic adventure.
Dick Bridge,
Chairman. Canoe Cruisers
Association.
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Chairman Aorees

I should like to commend
you for the position you have
taken with respect to the
Federal price-fixing so-called
Quality Sterilization Bill.
In answer to the letters
from various associations
which appeared in The Star
on June l critical of your
position. I should like to
make the following points:
This bill would increase
the price of many commodi-
ties to the consumer, par
ticularly prices Of drugs. 1t
would prevent a retailer from
making his own determina-
ton Of what prices he desires
to charge. 1t would give the
manufacturer the right to
determine the profit margins
of retailers. 1t would promote
resale price-fixi on a much
larger scale than 1t has ever
been practiced in this coun-
try. The retailer who did not
desire to conform would rare
ly be in q position to dis
card q nationally advertised
price-fixed product for a lit
tie known product which
might not be price fixed. 1t
would bring Federal price
control into all the States in
the Union, including over
half of the States in the
Union which have either new
er had fair trade price fix
ing or whose courts have in
validated State acts. 1t would
force Federally supported
price-fixing upon those States
whose policy has been con-
trary TO such price-fixing.
One of your correspondents
refers to sales below cost.
Such sales are already
banned in most States and
are subject to existing Fed
eral laws. I might add that a
poll taken by one Of the as
Sociations, on whose behalf
one of the letter writer's
signed his name, shows that
considerable numbers of in
dependent businessmen are
not in favor of this Federal
price-fixing measure.
Emanuel Celler
Chairman, House Com
mittee on Judiciary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-11
Medical Care Issue

In a recent review of the
affairs of'Doctors Hospital /
found an item which seems
of timely interest. Senator
Robert Taft delivered a short
address when he participated
in the laying of the corner
stone of Doctors Hospital in
July, 1899, and the following
remarks were made:
II believe a Federal-aid
program can be worked out.
= believe it can be much SIM
pier and more economical
and much more likely to pre-
serve the essential independ-
ence of the doctors than the
present Wagner bill. I be-
lieve it can be worked out
with the assistance and CO.
operation of the doctors
themselves. We should be,
above all, concerned that ev-
cry patient retain the right
to select his own physician
so that the relationship may
not be disturbed and the sue
cess Of the individual ply
ician may depend on his
real ability instead Of his po-
litical come ctions. We
should be- concerned that no
great proportion of the doc
tors ever become employees Of
the Government. I see no
reason why the present con-
dition Of individual service
should not be preserved. even
though we adopt the prin-
ciple of Federal financial as
sistance.,'
Senator Taft's statement is
just as sound today as when
1t was uttered over 20 years
ago. a.nr-t
Charles STANLEY white MN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-11

Those who view deficit fl
nancing as q sure road to
economic growth and nation
al vitality should pause for a
moment and consider the
experience Of our, neighbor
to the north, Canada. At the
end Of its present fiscal year,
Canada is expected to have
amasSed six straight budget
deficits, the last two of them
the result of deliberate gov
eminent policy, These def
cts will total So billion for
the six years, the equivalent
of about $46 billion in United
States budgetary terms.
These deficits have not
cured the unemployment
problem, which remains Sc
we're. Canada's deficit in bal
ance Of payments is running
at an annual rate of 1899
million. The drain on Cana
da's foreign reserve has be-
come so severe that on May
2 the government was forced
to devalue the Canadian dol
lar to 92.5 cents in United
States currency. As the costs
Of imports increase, so may
the cost of living for Cana
dian housewives. In short,
initiation.
Even with devaluation it is
questionable whether Canada
will be able to hold the dol
lar at this figure. It is sd
mitted that the Diefenbaker
government has been forced
to use $48 million of its cx-
change reserve since devalu-
alton to hold the dollar at
the 92.5-cent level.
The saga of Canada's ex-
perience with deliberate def
cit financing is incomplete.
But the moral of tile story
already is clear: Fiscal ire
sponsibility bears bitter fruit.
Scant wonder, then, that de-
valuation has emerged as the
major issue of Canada's cur
rent national election CAM
paign.
Instead of looking to Eu-
rope for its budgetary policy,
the Kennedy administration
would do better to examine
the Canadian experience -
and then take warning.
william B. Dickinson, Jr.
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A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Operation Bernhard: A Thriller

government funds than it
thought 1t deserved.
Some of the arms were pur-
chased from Yugoslav parti-
sans who seem like rather
strange SupplierS. But some
times they needed what ev-
eryone thought was good,
hard currency more than
guns and there were those
who were out solely for their
own benefit. h
Mr.. Prize writes well of
the fortunes made and the
wild adventures experienced
in the course of Operation
Bernhard" These included
not only flights from Parti- 4
sans who felt that selling
their guns was not the way
for some of their comradesf
to act, but grave difficulties
with the GeStapo and the
German military. For OPP
Grafton Bernhard" was an
S. S. undertaking and its SCI
cret did not go far. And
many of its agents gave
every appearance of being
engaged in the most fragrant
of illegal activities. b
1T WAS ALSO INVOLVED
IN THE BYZANTINE IN
TRIGUES of Hitler's court
where every man was against,
every other, policy was made
and unmade on the basis of
the most irrelevant personal (
considerations and govern
ment agencies were often
mere encounters in the game
The book is full of conver-Ii
sations the details of which.
Mr.. Pirie could not possibly
know. He says that happen
ings known to have taken
place, but unrecorded, have
been imaginatively recon-
Structed." This is q frank
statement of his position; yet
many readers will feel that
he has gone too far. Il
1t might well have been
possible to combine the
thriller aspects of this gen.
timely exciting book with
considerable infor m a tion
about and insight into the.
manner in which the Nazis
governed (if it could be called
that and some of the more
mysterious aspects of the war. /
1t is a pity that Mr.. Prize has
largely let this opportunity
go by. But he has written an
exciting book about a re-
markable scheme that as it
turned out was not so hare
Drained as first appears.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used IL
letters carry writers' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to co,ldenSa-
ton. Those not used tpiH be
returned only tDhen accom-
panied BY self : addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-11

OFENATlON BERNHARD
by Anthony Prize. 303 pp.,
illus. william Morrow g.
Company, IS.
Late in July, 1859, there
were curious things happen
ing on and around the Top
litzSee, an Austrian lake. A
group Of well-equipped tech
nicianS under the direction
Of Wolfgang Loehde, a writer
for the mass-circulation West
German weekly, Der Stern,
were bringing crates out of
the lake. The crates con-
tanned a fortune in notes of
the Bank of England.
How they got there is the
subject Of Operation Bern
hard" by the British journal
list, Anthony Pirie.
The currency had been
produced between 1910 and
1945, but not dn England. 1t
was the work of q small
group Of concentration in
mates working and living in
Sachsenhausen near Berlin
under conditions that by
camp standards were the
height of luxury. The notes,
then, were counterfeit.
But counterfeit seems like
a crude word for SIS million
worth Of currency so beauti-
fully made that the best
Swiss authorities pronounced
it genuine.
The Nazis went to enorm-
Gus trouble to produce this
money at first on the theory
that, properly passed, it could
seriously damage or even de-
stroy the British economy.
They got the right kind of
flax from Turkey, made it
into rags, used the rags and
cleaned them. Then - and
only then-they made them
into paper. All this so that
under ultraviolet light the
paper would appear identical
to that used by the Bank Of
England.
Notes that bore a date of,
say. 1885, had to look old. So
they were passed from hand
to hand in the special cell
blocks at Sachsenhausen. Be-
yond that, a chemical was
added to the ink to "age" it.
1T TURNED OUT THAT
ALL THIS DID LITTLE, if
any. damage to the British
economy. But it did finance
arms purchases and an intel
ligence network for the S. S.
which was getting far less
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Courts and Church
If the line between Church

If the line between Church
and State is so definite
that the Wisconsin Supreme
Court just ruled that school
children cannot be trans
ported to Parochial schools
on buses their own taxes buy
and maintain - then how
can the New York Supreme
Court rule on a disciplinary
action by st. Johns Uni
versity in a matter pertain
ing directly to the faith and
morals of the Catholic
Church?
Mary Schroeder
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WATCHING THE WORLD.
De GouIIe's View of History
PARIS.
BY CROSBY S. MOVES
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor

PARIS.
One of the most striking
things about French Presi-
dent de Gaulle as q national
leader is the highly PERSONAL
lied view Of history in which
he clothes himself and his
actions,
Future historians may have
a perspective of the critical
phase through which France
Is passing rather different
than the bright and conf
dent picture painted by Gen.
de Gaulle last Friday.
But If Gen. de GauIle him
self has any doubts about
the wisdom of his leadership
past. present and future
they form no part of his pub
lie view Of things.
Points In Declaration
The essential points of this
latest declaration can be
briefly summarized.
First, so far as Gen. de
Gaulle is concerned, the
Algerian problem will be
settled once and for all by
the vote on auto-determina-
ton scheduled TO take place
July /. In his mind, there is
no question what the result
of the vote will be. No ques-
ton either that members of
both European and MoSlem
communities in Algeria will
have essential roles to play
in building a new independ-
ent state.
Thus a problem that has
lasted 1872 years will finally
have been solved. This has
been possible because, since
1858. a new French state was
created on the tottering
foundations of the old Fourth
Republic. New institutions
were set UP allowing the new
state to act with authority.
Above all. success in Algeria
was the result of a direct
agreement" between the
people ard the head Of the
state.
Strengthen Institutions
Finally, for the future,
these new institutions must
be preserved and strength
ened II France is to fulfill
its destiny. The lesson of
Algeria applies to all the
many remaining problems
that face the country.
In particular this direct
agreement between the peo-
pie and the one who has the
responsibility Of leading it
has become in modern times
essential to the Republic"
This rosy view Of things
described by some critics as
an exercise in auto felicita-
tion"-has not gone unchal-
lenged in France. In fact
Gen. de Gaulle's latest his
torical appraisal Of the sit
uation has set off o storm Of
criticism more bitter and
more widespread than any.
thing he has faced so far.
A Painful Solution I.
So far as Algeria is con-
cefned. q solution Of q sort
does indeed seem in sight.
There is still a lively danger,
however, that it will turn
out to be one Of the messiest
and most painful solutions
in the history of colonial ex-
periments.
And II Gen. de Gaulle can
not be held responsible for
the acts Of the European
terrorists in Algeria, neither,
so far as many Frenchmen
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are concerned, is there any
reason for self-congratula-
ton in the present situation.
There are many others who
do not share the Presidents
serene confidence when Ii
comes to the future Of the
European community in an
independent Algeria. Far
from a logical step-by-step
progression toward logical
goals, French policy in Al
geria since 1858 has been
marked by sudden turns and
sweeping concessions.
Today the country as q
whole is profoundly relieved
that the seven years Of
"senseless and grievous fight
ing" (most Of it directed by
Gen. de Gaulle) are coming
to an end. But there are
very few who are inclined to
see in it a victory for French
policy or a triumph Of
French craftsmanship.
Little Justification Seen
Even less do they see the
Algerian experience as justi-
fication for the kind Of re-
gime which Gen. de Gaulle is
planning for the future. The
President. of course. is not
merely writing history. but
arguing a political case for
reforms he thinks necessary.
These include, quite GER
tainly, the election of q presi- <
dent and vice president by
universal suffrage as well as
other measures to strengthen
the direct agreement" be-
tween the people and their
chosen leader.
To his critics-to a large
proportion of the intelli-
gentSia-to most Of the press
to virtually the whole po- G
itical community - this
means quite simply the end
OF representative government
in France.
Even those who have no
desire to return to the free
wheeling politics of the
Fourth Republic see in Gen..
de Gaulle'S theories of gov
eminent by referendum" q .
most serious threat to DEM
ocracy. r.. ~
Everything Possible
Everything is possible"
concludes a bitter article in
Combat. everything becomes
possible as long as the
French answer yes to any
question asked" F. z
1t may be-as Gen. de
Gaulle himself is fond OF
saying-that this kind of :
criticism is nothing more
than the mists rising above
the quiet depths of French
opinion.
1t may be that Gen. de
Gaulle's almost mystical
communion with "the peo-
pie" may have more reality
than the divisions and doubts
that seem to beset the
country.
Or 1t may be-as some OBJ
servers here Suspect-that
the regime. having closed the
chapter on Algeria, is in for
serious trouble.
If the vote on July marks
the end of the Algerian
problem, 1t may also mark
the end of the popular man.
date that has sustained Gen.
de Gaulle against all oppo-
sition since his return to
power four years ago.
And if this happens, the
perspective for the future
may be rather different than ,
the one that has been so con-
fidently drawn.
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inadequacy of the supply of
low and middle = income
housing in Washington and
environs, / maintain that it
is neither economically FEAST
bic nor in the best interest
OF those who require such
housing for us to try to meet
the need Of the whole metro
politan area right here in the
land-locked central city. This
is precisely what we have
been doing for the past 20
years.
Marguerite Snyder,
Co-Chairman, Commit
tee on City Planning and
Zoning, Federation Of
Citizens Associations
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Of 1t Is excellent and much Of it is good. I"
On the whole, however, it was the con-
sensus that the schools today "in gen.
eral" are doing as good a job in teaching
the Johnnys and MaryS Of America to
read as current shortages Of competent
teachers and classroom space permit.
Some day they may also be taught
to spell. 3
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OPERATION

OPERATION BERNHARD
by Anthony Prize. 800 pp.,
illus. william Morrow g.
Company, SIS.
Holmes County herald., 1962-04-19
Gilmore Funeral
Services Held
In Lexington

Funeral services for Doug
las Eugene Gilmore were held
Tuesday afternoon at the
Southern Funeral Home Cha
pei with the Rev. Crawford
Ray officiating.
Internment followed in Odd
fellows Cemetery with South
ern Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
A native and life long resi-
dent of Holmes County, Mr..
Gilmore died at his home of a
heart attack early Monday
morning.
At So. he had made a wide
circle of friends throughout
the entire area due to his
friendly and helpful attitude.
He is survived by his wife,
Julia Barrentine Gilmore, and
a son, William E. Billy Gill
more.
A member Of the Oregon
Memorial Church, he had been
a mechanic at Weathersby
Chevrolet Buick Company for
10 years.
PallbearerS were Norman
Weathersby, Frank Hughes.
Bill Mcclellan, Edgar Gwin.
Billy Upchurch, Roy Spell, b.
yd Moss, Hilton Holley, Earl
Ellis, Vernon Hathcock, Roy
Young, Dan Pepper, 2. D.
Spell, Mack G%rantham. John
Mcbride, and Paul Weems.
Holmes County herald., 1962-04-19

Hutton will present a program
of special music and the pub
lie has been invited to attend.
Special Easter Services will
be held at the Tchula Baptist
Church with Rev. Raddin
preaching at II a. m. with an
all music program by the
Holmes Junior College Choir
to be held at the 7:30 p. m.
Sunday evening service. The
public is invited.
Lexington
Easter" The Lord Is Ris-
en- will be the topic at the
First Methodist Church Of Lex
ington Sunday. A prayer
Vigil" well be held from 6 a.
m. until 6 p. m. on Saturday.
Pickens
Special Sunrise Easter Ser
vices will be held Sunday
morning at the Pickens Metho-
dist Church, according to the
Rev. G.. H. Ledbetter. In adj
clifton ten young people will be
received into the church at
the regular morning worship
service. They include Rhett
Presley, Marvin Pepper, Bar
ney Whitehead, Alice Beth AID
kinson, Nicky Helm, Dick AID
kinson, Beth Dickerson, E.. w.
StubbS, and Mary Jane Pope.