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Evening star., 1962-04-09
Kennedy's Message to Congress Seen
NegIecting Need for Single Agency
DAVID LAWRENCE

President Kennedy has
Just sent to Congress a 1000
word essay on the need for a
transportation policy, and he
has made several worth
while recommendations. But,
unfortunately, the President
has neglected the obvious
the designation of a single
executive or agency in the
cover ment to follow
through and get the job done.
During the Eisenhower
administration, it was rec
commended that a Depart
ment Of Transportation be
added to the Cabinet, but for
some unexplained reason Mr..
Kennedy does not renew this
recommendation and leaves
the whole subject Of co-or-
dination in the same con-
fused state it has been in for
many years.
Mr.. Kennedy rightly says
that "an efficient and dyna-
mic transportation system is
vital to our domestic eco
nomic growth, productivity
and progress" and that it
affects the cost of every COM
modify consumed or ex-
ported. But why is transpor-
tation, especially the railroad
industry, in such a bad state
today? The President pro-
vides one answer as follows:
"A chaotic patchwork of
inconsistent and often obso-
lete legislation and regula-
ton has evolved from a his
tory of specific actions ad-'
dressed to specific problems
Of specific industries at spe-
cific times.
THE regulatory commits
sions are required to make
thousands Of detailed de-
cisions based on out-of-date
standards. The management
Of various modes of transpor-
tation is subjected to exees-
sive, cumbersome, and time
consuming regulatory super
vision that shackles and dis
torts managerial initiative"
Mr.. Kennedy's message is
filled with concrete proposals
that request Congress to en-
act laws, for instance, per-
mitting railroads to do away
with minimum rates in open
ing UP competitive oppor-
tunitieS as between water
carriers and other modes of
transportation. He wants con-
Evening star., 1962-04-09

troll of intsr-city passenger
rates limited to the fixing
only of maximum rates. He
urges that certain excise taxes
on transportation be removed
and that a three per cent tax
be placed on fuel used by the
airlines as a "minimal step
toward recouping the heavy
Federal investment in the air.
ways"
AS for the subject of merg-
ers. this is treated in a very
abstract fashion, and it is
difficult to tell whether any
beneficial results can be ex-
pected. About all the Presl-
dent says is that he wants
to form IAN inter-agency
group" which would be di-
rected ito formulate general
administration policies on
mergers in each segment OF
the transportation industry
and to assist the Department
of Justice in developing a
Government position on each
merger application or pres
entation before the regulatory
agencies"
Mr.. Kennedy speaks vaguely
of applying appropriate cri-
terra to the circumstances
and conditions Of each par
ticular case" involving a
merger, and he promises to
recommend more specific
guidelineS than are now
available" This doesn't give
much of a hint as to what's
coming. What so many men
in the business world nave
said before, some of the peo-
pie in the transportation
business are saying now:
The President talks a lot
and puts some sensible ideas
in many of his messages, but
he doesn't do anything about
them"
Mr.. Kennedy's latest mes
sage takes in a wide range of
subjects from highway con-
struction to urban transpor-
tation. He speaks Of the
problem of suburban travel
and transit congestion in the
big cities, but it isn't clear
just why the cities and States
shouldn't tackle this by
themselves without the in
tervention Of the Federal
Government. The President,
however, already sees in this
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When q Salesman
Is Friend in Need

By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,
people do not, In which case
there Is nothing wrong with
asking guests to lay their
wraps on che bed.
Distributed by McNaught
Syndicate, Inc.)
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Comedy in Paris
Set for Curtis
By sHEILAH GRAHAM

current commitments in time
for the August film-starting
date.
On the back lot Of the same
studio, I found Janet Leigh in
a brunette wig preparing to 60
into her scene in Bye Bye
Birdie" which is on location
here from Columbia Studios
Janet is planning to make q
movie ''in France and Switzer-
land in September" When ]
asked if she would be selling
the big 18-room house she
shared with Tony Curtis, Janet
replied, II don't know"-sort o
sadly. Minus furniture, the
mansion, Janet told me. "is
worth $250,000." On today's
market, I would have thought
more. But, according to Janet
there's a lull in the buying
of houses, and with the stock
market having dipSy-doodles,
this could very well be so. -.
But Phil Silvers is looking for
a Six-bedroom house, plus a
guest house. I'm insane about
Hollywood" says Phil. His
wife and two children-3-year-
old Tracy and 2-year-old Nancy
were on the set. and while
Mrs. Silvers dashed in for a
brief shot in the movie, /
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Gold In Your Attic
Book Rare Despite Big Printing

From time to time readers
ask Us to reprint comments
from earlier columns about
their fayorite books. One of
the titles most often asked
about is Margaret Mitchell's
famous Gone With the
Wind"
This modern classic was
issued in q 50,000-copy first
edition In 1896, but fine
copies Of the first issue are
extremely scarce. These val
liable copies bear the date
May. 1886" on the copyright
page.
GONE I WITH THE ! WIND
/ by MARGARET MITCH
ELL ! NEW YORK I THE
MACMILLAN COMPANY !
1886.
The current rare book cat
alog Of Roman Books, Inc,
Fort Lauderdale. Fla, lists 9
mint (perfect) copy Of this
rarity in mint dust jacket ct
$3.50. Other copies have
sold at retail for as much as
$50 in recent years.
Copies dated June, 1896"
are not valuable,
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lesSened the severity Of men,
strual pains.
Taking these tablets does
not interfere with future
planned pregnancies. Chill
dren are born normal, and
there are no abnormal side
effects like cancer Of the
uterus.
To quote DR.. Rice Wray:
Fertility control by nore-
thindrone in subjects Of all
economic levels was found to
be harmless, effective and
more acceptable than any
other method available"
More studies over the next
few years will either reinforce
these findings or cast doubts
on the efficiency Of these
pills. Meanwhile. they seem
to be an easy and efficient
deterrent to pregnancy. Like
all great advances in human
welfare, they will create prob
lens as well as solve them
(Ben Syndicate Featured
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Have q Question?

Mrs. ]. N. A.: L. Frank
Baum's The Wonderful
Wizard Of OF" Chicago,
1900 is one Of scarcest Of
children's books in the first
edition. first issue. If your
copy has the date 1900 on the
title page. check the colophon
Tin this case. a block Of type
on the pasted down back end
paper to see If it is the rare
first issue. It should consist
Of II lines (not 49,. Fine
copies have sold for $500 and
more at retail. Defective
copies are worth much less.
Miss G.. S.: There are rare
book dealers in most large
cities; check the telephone
book for names and ad-
dresses. Dealers also adver-
tise in the classified section
Of the Sunday New York
Times Book Review. In larger
libraries, you may consult the
annual publication "Ameri-
can Book-Prices Current"
which contains lists of deal
ers.
Mrs. g. M: The anon
ymous Horatio Alger, jr., title
Timothy Crump's Ward"
Boston. 1860 is the rarest
and most valuable Alger title.
1t is worth $500 to $1,000.
Ralph Gardner, 1876 Central
Park West, New York %. has
an "Alger Want List" which
he will send you for a
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HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD NANA-
Tony Curtis will make his
Monsieur Cognac" comedy in
Paris before he stars in play
boy" here. Monsieur Cognac, I"
Tony told me on the set of
his present 40 Pounds of
Trouble" at Universal Interna-
tional. 'fs not a gentleman who
sells brandy-he'S a dog" And
there will be a big. widespread
search to find the right pooch.
Tony has lost weight and looks
as slim as when 1 met him a
dozen or SO years ago. Right
now it's not set that Christine
Kaufman will co-star with
Tony in the Paris locationer.
It will depend eventually on
whether Christine finishes her
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acted as baby-sitter for the
children. The youngsters were
very good most Of the time. but
I was relieved that the Silvers'
one-year-old twins were at
home.
Dick Van Dyke had been
hoping to buy the "Zoomar"
property from the Ernie KO-
vaes estate. 'Edie (Adams)
wants me to have It, but there
is so much red tape in the set
ting of an estate" is Dicks
plant.
John Huston will make a
Cinerama travelogue = locale
South Americas soon as he
finishes supervising the musi-
cal scoring Of Freud" in Rome.
The picture was edited in Hol-
lywood. filmed in Munich and
Vienna. After the Cinerama
fling, John directs Kirk Doug
Las in 'Montezuma," which I
believe will be made In Mexico.
The colorful director had to buy
eight new Suitcases to carry all
the art objects he picked up in
Hollywood for his home in Ire
land. When, I wonder, will he
get to enjoy q stay at home?
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
have done it again. They'll
make q fortune with their
Road to Hong Kong" Each
owns 80 per cent of the movie.
1t could have been called Road
to the Moon" as q lot Of it is
astronaut stuff-treated comedy
style Of course. And I must re-
port that Dorothy LamOur still
looks good in q sarong. Ditto
Joan Collins, in a gorgeous fig
ure-huging evening gown.
Leslie CarOn's stock answer
to producers who want to lure
her from hearth and husband
in London: I'm not going any
where. Movies and plays can
be made here"
Van johnson received thou
sands Of letters from similar
sufferers, he reveals, when he
lost the tip Of q finger on stage
while performing in THE Mu-
sic Man" In London. Seems
that Mary Martin lost hers
when q church window fell on
her finger. After the big fat
sum he must pay divorcing wife
EVE, Van assure me he will
never marry again.
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PROPOSALS

CONSTRUCTION OF WATER MAIN,
SOUTH CAPITOL, WATER AND
IT. Sis. s.W., BETWEEN SOUTH
CAPITOL AND N STREETS AND
End AND 7 STREETS Invitation
No. C-62l42-S), consisting Of 1890
LIN. q; f. l9o ~ d la gsS III II; L.
main, 20 lin. It. is" outside dia.
steel water main and so lin, It. ~
ductile cast iron water main. Bid
ding material available from Pro-
curement Office, D. c., Room 4O4,
400 Pa. Ave. NV. No deposit re-
CURED. (Phone Ma. $4,000. Ext;
54sso1. SEALED BIDS to be opened SsS
In Room 424, 499 Pa. ave. NV.
te7,S,11,12,13,l4
sALE-Repossessed Ford, 1860 A
dr.. sed., Serial No. ON32V136S20,
to highest bid received by June
%, 1862 at Greenfield Garage, 227
X st. NV, WASHINGTON, d. c.,
sALE.-RepoSsessed simce 1851 A.
hi1hsst bid received 81 June 20.
1862. at Royal Motors. Inc. 400
Georgia Avenue NV. Washing
Inspected tSn; 2; c. where c jsi1. nsyI be
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
oShOO1 nOAhD AuNltGn blQb VII
mobile classrooms to be delivered
in time for school opening in
September, 1862. Bids will be
received at the School Board Of
flee in Manassas. Virginia, and
publicly opened at $40 PM,
ID. 8. T., on Tuesday. June 20.
Specifications and other details
may be obtained at the School
Board Office In Manassas. le12
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Of
Montgomery Co. will receive field
bids for furnishing Of motor We
hicles until the dates and time
shown, The bids will be publicly
opened in the office Of the d.
Board Of Education. $50 N, Wash
ington St., Rockville, Nd. 6pe-
cifications may be obtained ct
the office of the Director Of Pro-
curement. Bid No. 1892 Motor
Vehicles, June 10, 1862, until
3 PM. E.D.S.T. ie12
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
MONTGOMERY County, Nd, will re-
ceive sealed bids on the below
listed item until the date and
be obtained at the office Of the
Director of Procurement. $50
North Washington st., Rockville.
Md: Bid No. 41-62. driving sim
ulator, until Monday, June 10,
1862 at 3 o'clock PM. te12
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OFFICIAL NOTICES
ADVERTIsEMENT

CoMNdIssTo NERs. B. C.. Washing
ton, May %. 1962.-Notice is
hereby given that the Commission
ers, Of the District Of Columbia
will hold q Public Hearing in the
Board Room, Room 800. DISTRICT
to sttoFa interested hSeT PERSONS pe;SS and
organizations an opportunity to
s sxgEsSs thslr views sr On 4 P PR0
FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF
The DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
ommends the following: 9th Street
N.W-Northbound from Pennsyl-
yania Ave. NV. to Florida Ave.
NV, 9th Street N.W.-south-
bound from S st. NV, to the
Southwest Freeway.. 18th Street
N.W.-Northbound from Pennsyl-
yy aFb s Ave; NV; to Logan gam Circle;
from Thomas Circle. to Pennsyl-
vania Ave. NV, 18th Street NV.
-=Northbound from L st. to New
Hampshire Ave. NV. goth Street
NW.--Northbound from, Virginia
AAyws N.Y. ~, e S.rs cenn N g. ; Aye.
Westbound from Louislans Ave. to
N.W.@East6ound from i4th 81.
NV. to Union Station Plaza. II
Street N.W.-Westhound from 3rd
E. sSs ssrst t. s EWEs5sSo AH rO
10th st; NV. to Massachusetts
Ave. NV. Eye Street NV
Westbound from 10th st. NV.
to goth st. NV. NJ Street NV
Eastbound from Thomas Circle
NV. to 4th St, NV. P Street
c cWEeio NV tn Wisconsin t.s% DuP %Ts
NV. Que Street Tt-Si N.W.4Eass.
bound from Wisconsin Ave. NV.
to 22nd Street NV. 8 Street NV.
-Westbound from 9Th st. NV.
to 9th st. NV. Connecticut Ave.
NW.-Southbound from Eye st.
Nv N.Y., to sd H &; NV. ia Jackson Fl.
Madison Place N.W.-Northbound
from Pennsylvania Ave. to H ST.
NV. individuals and representa-
tiVes Of ORGANIZATIONS intending to
present statements at the Hearing
a are requested asdss!, to furnish . their
numbers in writing to the secrs-
tar. Board Of Commissioner, b.
G.. Room 500, District Building,
14th and Z Streets NV. Wash
ington 4. D.. c., not later than
the close of business on Wednes-
day. June 10. 1862. so that the
name of each person intending to
make a statement may be placed
on the list of speakers. Copies
Of the. Proposed One-Way Street
Plan for the Downtown Area 81
the District Of Columbia may Be
obtained in the Office Of the
Secretary. Room Sill, District
BUILDING 14th and E Streets NV.
Washington 4, D. c. J. B. DUN.
CAN. WATER N. TOBRINER, r.
J; CLARKE. Brig. Gen, Commits
sioners. d. C. jei1.I2,l3
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DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: What do you
do with a husband who is
insurance-shy? We have been
married for is years and
have four children, and he
positively will not carry one
cent worth Of insurance I'M
less he has to. Gle has auto
insurance because he can't
drive a car without it, The
place where he works has
some insurance for him, but
In case something happened
to him we could never make
1t on that. I am worried sick
over 1t, but when I bring 1t
up he says, You're q real
locker, kiddo, and II some
thing happened to me you
could get another guy In Is
minutes" How can you rea-
son with q man who takes
this attitude? We are not
poor. We have a bank ac-
count in six figures.
DISGUISED.
Call a reputable insurance
company and ask for an
agent who can talk to q man
who is bulI-headed and ignO-
rant about insurance. Insist
that your husband hear him
out. He will get an earful. A
man who loves his wife and
family owes them this kind
Of protection.
= + 80
DEAR ABBY: Seventeen
months ago I married a nice
woman. She was q thought
full. tidy and affectionate girl.
Now she doesn't even comb
her hair any more, and her
slip hangs down to her
ankles. She smokes like a
brush fire and likes to sleep
her life away. I made a big
mistake. I wish I could mail
her back to her mother. What
should I do?
DEPRESSED AND
DISAPPOINTED
Your wife Is obviously sick.
Get her to q doctor. When a
man takes q wife, she Is no
longer her mothers RESPONSE
bility, but his! THE same
thing could have happened to
yOu.)
DEAR ABBY: Whenever
we entertain. my husband
and I take our guests coats
and hang them in the clothes
closet. Some Of our friends
ask their guests to "lay their
coats on the bed in the bed
room" We think this is
awful. What do you think?
MRS. PUSSY
If you have the closet space
to hang your guests coats,
congratulations. But some
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OeSplt0 = oO,VOU-cOpy flrSt
edition, this May, 1885,
first issue Of "Gone With
the Wind" Is extremely
scarce.
stamped. self-addresSed en-
velope.
K. D. S.: Your o. Henry's
Heart of the West" New
York, 1000 is a scarce first
edition and is worth around
$50 at retail II in fine condi-
ton.
Miss D. R.: Your Hugh
lettings THE Story Of Doc
tor Doolittle" New York,
1920 Is a scarce children's
book. A fine copy in the dust
jacket Is worth around $25
at retail.
j. M: Prices In this column
are average retail prices for
books in good condition.
Dealers do not pay these
prices but one half or less,
which is fair, considering the
nature Of the rare book
business.
N. D.: Your Joseph H. In
graham's THE Prince Of the
House Of David" New York,
1850 is a scarce first edition.
1t sells at around SIS at re-
tail II in good condition.
H. c.: Your s. Augustus
Mitchell's illinois in 1887"
philadelphia, 1880 is a $40
to $25 book at retail II In
good condition.
M. c. H: Most collected
works" Of such standard au-
thors as Shakespeare, Dick
ems and Scott are Of little or
no commercial value because
they are in plentiful supply.
Sets with volumes missing,
such as yours. are worthless.
BELL Syndicate Featurs)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-12
BY LESLIE J. MASON
Professor of Education.

University Of Southern California
In the first high school
derby for scholarships was
your child "out of the
money!"
why" you ask, were the
Jones boys offered seven
scholarships each, while mine
was not offered even one?
Why not spread the scholar
ships to include those with
perhaps even greater need?"
1t is the system-not the
Northumberland is to blame.
A game among some high
school seniors is to see who
will be granted the most
scholarships. They make doz-
ems Of applications. School
officials sometimes are at
fault too. I have heard high
school principals boast at
commencement Of the num-
Der Of scholarships offered
their front-running seniors.
AS a result of this sort q
thing, universities and COL
leges have been forced to
make substantial charges for
processing applications for
entrance and scholarships.
Obviously, the Jones boys
cannot enter seven colleges.
They just have the dubious
honor of becoming dogs in
several managers at the same
time!
Awarding scholarships to
the right boy and girls is
not a simple task. Every
September finds some schol-
arships unawarded and some
deserving students without
necessary help.
What to Do Now
AS the parent of a student
who wants and needs a schol-
arship, you can still see to it
that he takes effective action.
He should make new in
quiries not only with his
school counselor, but to the
college he plans to attend.
Inquire among local service
groups, sororitieS and frater-
nal groups about scholar
ships. and about the exist
ence of scholarship funds
which are not regularly ad-
vertised and are not granted
on a routine basis.
Before submitting a new
application think carefully
about the ones which did not
produce results. The follow
ing items are Of vital impor-
lance in swaying the persons
controlling the granting Of
scholarships:
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Stop
Killing
Yourself
By PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Please
give me your opinion Of birth
control pills. My obstetri-
clan who prescribed nore-
thindrone assured me it was
100 = per cent effective if
taken correctly. I have found
the pills to be effective dur
ing the past two months I
have taken them, but you will
admit that is too short a time
on which to base an opinion.
I have recently been told that
they are not completely effec-
tive.-Mrs. L.
NOTHING Is 100 per cent
in this world, except maybe
that 2 and 2 make 4. But
from what I have been read
ing in the medical journals
and hearing from some fine
tricians, this new
method Of birth control is
quite effective.
For example, consider the
article in the Journal Of the
American Medical Association
MAY S, 1852 by Edris Rice
Wray, MD, Of Mexico City,
and his associates. They
studied norethindrone Nor
lutin) action on o series Of
1854 women over q period Of
80 months. Among these
patients the average number
Of previous pregnancies was
about five per patient. Some
had had as many as 16 preg-
nancies. Others admitted
having had as many as 10
abortions.
Each patient received a
vial Of 20 tablets and was
instructed to start on the
fifth day Of the menstrual
cycle, and take one tablet
every day until all were
taken. Then. to repeat the
procedure month after
month. mo patient who fol-
lowed the instructions faith
fully became pregnant"
That's about as close to 100
percent effectiveness as one
can get, isn't it, Mrs. L.?
However. I think you
should be prepared for posi-
BILE side effects while taking
Norlutin - or any similar
preparations. Some patients
complain Of nausea or vomit-
ing. Others Of headaches,
hot flashes, acne, pain in
the abdomen, dizziness or
urticaria (skin eruption and
itching). But these nui-
sances, II they do occur, are
most prominent during the
first month or two. AS time
goes on, they become more
bearable and often eventually
disappear.
The success Of treatment
depends, of course, on how
conscientious the patient is
in taking her medication.
Miss one or two days, and
potential success is turned
into failure.
Many patients wonder
what effect the medicine will
have on the sexual libido
(appetite). Most women say
that 1t is increased. One ex-
PLANTATION may be psychology
ical: The fear Of pregnancy
is lesSened. In some cases,
taking norethindrone has
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MASON ON EDUCATION
Scholarship Derby
Not Finished Yet

/. The application blank
must be completely and
neatly filled out. II a blank
space is not applicable. write
none" to indicate that 1t
was not overlooked.
2. Any statement Of per-
sonal autobiography, Of aims
and goals, in answer to ques-
lions such as why do you
wish to attend this college?"
should be carefully composed.
The Controlling Committee
will try to determine from
the short exercise whether
the. student has the ability
to communicate his thoughts
in writing in a manner which
presages success in college.
1t is one Of the major keys.
They may not try to read
character through handwrit-
ing, but handwriting affects
their decision.
Demonstrate Ambition
3. The student should per-
sonally contact and obtain
permission from each person
to be used as a reference.
He should show these
: people his sincere desire to
get a college education. He
should give them a frank
appraisal Of the ability Of his
parents to give him financial
assistance, and Of his own
plans for earning part Of his
expenses.
The more alert students
asking me to be a reference
have presented me with a
written list Of these items,
plus a statement Of their
honors, accomplishments, ex-
periences and other specific
items which can add much to
the effectiveness Of q letter
Of recommendation.
4. Parents, while giving an
honest statement Of their
ability to contribute, should
be careful not to over
estimate it for reasons Of
pride or willingness to be
self-sacrificing.
The real aim Of donors Of
scholarships Is to help stu
dents obtain an education
without undue hardship Ell
ther to themselves or the
parents.
Information on finances
and scholarships can be
obtained from your local
library. Two good sources are
1.-THE New American Guide
to Scholarships, Felowships
and Loans" by John Bradley,
and Scholarships, Fellow
ships and Loans" by Norman
Feingold.
Thursday: Summer school pitfalls.