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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-29
TO-DAY
In History
BY the Associated Press
ON THIS DATE

ON THIS DATE
In 1929, the great depres-
sion of the 193OS began when
the New York Stock Market
virtually collapsed. A total of
1914 million shares changed
hands on what is known as
the most disastrous day in the
history of the stock market.
In 1895, the first ship from
the United States to reach a
California port arrived at
Monterey.
In 1885, the Morse alphabet
code for telegraphy was pat
ented.
In 1900, the first names
were chosen for the Hall of
Fame at New York University
and included George Wash
ington, Abraham Lin C In,
Daniel Webster, Benjamin
Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant,
John Marshall and Thomas
Jefferson.
In 1923 the Republic Of
Turkey was proclaimed.
In 1919, DR.. Alonzo Moron
was installed as the first
Negro president Of Hampton
Institute.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
History Is little else tUhen
q picture of human crimes
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
French philosopher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-29
MASON ON EDUCATION
Look-Soy in Reading
Stirs Method Debate

8. Syllables and sounds -
phonetics?
The hottest arguments GEN.
ter around the Look-Say, or
Look-See approach, which is
an outgrowth of progressive
education and has its strong
hold in New York and Califor-
mia. Advocates of this system
point out that the reader ulti-
mately recognizes words but
does not "say" them. He just
knows" the meaning.
An efficient reader grasps
the ideas without pronouncing
words to himself - without
hearing them in his minds
ear - and without forming
them with his lips or in his
throat. He grasps the mean
ing without actually thinking
individual words!
"Why not start out and con-
centrate on recognition
Only?" ask the advocates of
Look-Say.
What many LoOk-Say advo-
Gates ignore is that skill in
word recognition grows with
the gaining of knowledge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-29
STOP KILLING YOURSELF
Thyroid Extract
Not for Dieting
: BY DR.. PETER J. STEINcRoHk

gram With out consulting a
doctor. l have been losing
about two pounds a week.
Since l am 43 and did not put
on all that blubber in a few
months I have enough sense
to eat correctly and am on a
sensible diet.
Now, as l said, l put myself
completely on an improve
ment program. l changed my
outlook. I have great patience
in reducing, get proper rest in
the afternoon, take sensible
calisthenics, and a good half
hour brisk walk daily. Am
also adopting new hairdo and
skin care and pay strict atten-
ton to my posture. One is
never too old to improve, and
Just politely made up my
mind.-Mrs. G.
4 = 4
BRIEF ANSWERS to queS-
tons:
Mrs. R.: Taking colchicine
pills for govt will not weak
en-" the blood.
Mr.. T.: If your doctor has
prescribed the sleeping pill
for a few weeks don't hesitate
to take it. Don't 60 worrying
about withdrawal symptoms"
from such small doses.
Mrs. c.: Using underarm
deodorants and antiperspir-
ants which contain aluminium
will not cause cancer.
Tomorrow; Dizzy Diet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-29

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: / am
on a diet, walk a good deal,
but S Ell d o m lose. For six
weeks l have given up cake,
candy, ice cream, sweet
drinks, and tried to eat fruits
and drink fruit juices in place
of the others. l lost only about
three pounds in that time.
/ 60 to a nerve specialist
and he tells me not to take
thyroid extract to reduce. He
claims it would upset my
whole nervous system. / want
to lose 40 pounds, and l am
getting deSperate.-MrS. F.
IN MOST CASES thyroid
will not help in weight reduc-
ton. Your weight is coming
from somewhere. You may be
nibbling more than you realize.
Nervous people are prone to
do so. Perhaps taking tran
quiIizerS will help more than
thyroid. (Send for my leaflet,
chow to Overcome Obesity"
Write to me in care of The
Star, inclosing Is cents and
a stamped, sef-addreSSed en-
velope.)
The problem of weight re-
duction is met and fought on
many individual battlefieldS.
Many lose; many win. Here,
for example, is an entirely
different outlook on weight
reduction from Mrs. F.:
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: / went
on a self-improvement pro-
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about words rather than pre-
ceding such knowledge.
Words are made up Of let
tiers. Without knowledge Of let
tiers and their sounds, shape
is the only key available to the
beginner.
All Keys Important
Recognition Of words
through shape or conforma-
ton is too general for begin
ners. Words like ''bag,"
s'beg" and "bog" cannot be
differentiated by shape. Look
Say beginnings thus can lead
to guessing. Guessing curtails
ones ability to read and COM
prehend.
ALI keys to recognition of
words are important = let
tiers, how the word is divided
into syllables. Later the same
will be true of word roots, pre-
fixes and suffixes.
The acquisition Of all Of this
information aids in word rec
ignition even though we do
not go through the process Of
thinking about all Of 1t as we
read.
It should not be a matter,
then, of which we teach first.
Children must be drilled in
all of the procedures. Each
strengthens the other. Without
the habit of grasping the
meaning Of words precisely,
the rest is futile.
Thursday: Progress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-29

It's true that West does moi
know what is going on when he
wins the second trick with the
ace Of hearts. But West mus
return his low heart anyway;
his 10 is a material card only i
East can produce the jack.
AS it happens East does pro
duce the jack 6 hearts, forcing
out the king. West wins a sec
ond trump trick, and East wins
a second diamond trick.
There's a moral in this: Make
the play to defeat the contract
If your partner wants to know
what is going on, he can reaC
the newspapers the next day.
Daily Question
Partner opens with two hearts
(forcing) and the next player
passes. You hold:
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What do you say?
Answer: Bid two no-trump. Il
you had the king Of diamonds
in place of your queen, you
would raise to three hearts al
once.
copyright, 1868, Gen. Features Corp
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Carl Grubert
mLL--T Wo1S BETTER
LTl4AN RSNClOO ANYWAY
By Nell

particular compliment In de-
Scribing a woman of unusual
charm or grace. I'm aware that
our press and magazines refer
to every adult female from a
Strip-teaser to a dowager Ouch
eSS as a lady" Still l resent
being corrected by the ignorant
Tin my eStimation) for referring
to a woman as such, when no
disparagement whatsoever is in
tended. Are there no women"
left in this harried world of ours,
only 'ladieS?"-L Col. W. K. c.,
Washington, D. C.
Answer: Yours Is nice dis.
tinction, one that should be
more widely observed. It's
sometimes a useful distinction,
too. Let me cite a case ir
point.
Like most adult males / fee,
IStrongly-and blast the stats
tics to the contrary-that mos
auto accidents are caused by
women drivers. Usually the
WON en- themselves emerge
mscathed; it's the male who
bewildered by their wildly incon'
sistent driving procedures, hits
the telephone pole.
Feeling as / do, / have otter
had occasion to comment acidly
on the driving behavior of mem
bers of the opposite sex l have
encountered in the course Of
many thousands Of miles Of
travel, most Of it with Mrs.
Morris at my side. On a recent
week end, a particularly fla
grant example occurred. A
Sixtyish female, waving a Gig.
arctic in one hand while con-
versing animatedly with another
woman beside her, drove
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-29
First Of three orioles on reading.

First Of three articles on reading.
also that school dropouts and
delinquency are too often as
ISOLATED with a lack Of read
ing skill.
Reading is a fundamental
matter, whether you are talk
ing about an informed public,
the rejection of drafteeS, the
retraining Of workers dis
placed by machines, or the
production Of more scientists.
So there is no argument
about the need for a better job
of teaching reading. The
argument centers around
method.
Three Ways to Read
Specifically, should pupils
begin to learn through:
/. Recognition Of words by
appearance or shape - Look
- Say?
2. The letters themselves -
the alphabet?
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Have q Question:

j. M: Timothy Dwight was
the author of your Remarks
on the Review of Inchiquin's
Letters" Boston, 1879. It is
a scarce item of some hiStori-
cal interest and should be
worth around SIS at retail.
P. F. c.: The average retail
price for a fine copy Of C. W.
Webber's 1.-THE Hunter-Natu-
ralist" philadelphia, 1882 is
around SIS.
Mrs. r. L. B.: You have the
correct first volume of the
first edition, first issue, of
James Fenimore Cooper's
"The Last Of the Mohicans"
philadelphia, 1826)-with
page SO miSnumbered as page
SO. However, it may be diff
cult to sell without the second
volume. A fine set Of this rare
work should co m m a n d as
much as $500 at retail; copies
less than fine have sold for as
little as SIS.
C. G.: The first edition of
John F. X e n n e dy's why
England Slept" New York,
194O) is a scarce book and
now brings as much as SIS at
retail If fine and in the origi-
nal dust jacket.
Mrs. E. L. S.: The limited
(4O-copy), signed vellum edi-
ton of Charles Ram Kenne-
dy's "The Servant in the
House" New York, 1909 is a
scarce theatrical item. The
retail value of a fine copy is
around $50.
Mrs. +. M: Your william
Atherton's Narrative of the
Suffering and Defeat Of the
Northwestern Army U n d e r
Gen. Winchester" (Frankfort,
1922 is scarce and retails in
the $50 to $50 range if in fine
condition.
Selected reader questions
tDiH be answered tn this
column. Address Van Allen
Bradley In care of The Star.
(Copyright. 1868. General
Features Corp
Gold in Your Attic oppeors
Tuesdays.
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Do Parents Lose
Married Sons?
BY ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,


they don't put feathers In,
mattresses anymore, and
since there were no chicks
around, / investigated. /
found they do put steel
springs in mattresses these
days, and one sharp coil had
come loose and worked its
way through to me!
Sincerely,
VICTIM
DEAR ABBY: The contro-
versy about the Little League
manager brought to mind this
amusing story; A Little
League pitcher had walked
the first eight men at bat. The
manager sent in a new pitch
er. Out Of the crowd stormed
the lads mother. ''What do
you mean taking him out Of
the gamer" she yelled. HE
had a no-hitter going!"
ORLANDO
- .
What's on your nltSdp For
a personal reply, send q SELF
addressed, stamped envelope
to Abby, In care OF The Eve-
ming Star.
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SHERWOOD ON BRIDGE
Unusual Return Sometimes Pays
MISS PEACH
FREDDY
MRS. FITZ
BY ALFRED SHEINWOLD

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won a big tournament from the
Persians and sent one of their
players out to give the final
score to the reporters. The
player was so excited that he
ran all the way to his home
town newspaper and died as he
gave them the scoop on the
final score. This was mighty
poor bridge, and l have a hand
to prove it.
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WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
By WILLIAM MORRIS

Question: I was taught dur
ing my formative years that
the term 'lady" was properly
applied only to a feminine mem.
Der of foreign nobility or as q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-29
By LESLIE ]. MASON

University Of Southern California
How sh all reading be
taught?
A discussion of that point is
one Of the quickest ways to
produce an argument nova
days among educators or
among parents, for that mat
ter.
Although tests indicate that
students read better now than
they did years ago, it is true
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-29
GOLD
in Your
ATTIC
By VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

Although 1t Is far from
being representative of VIII
liam Wordsworth at the peak
Of his lyrical power, his de
scriptive Sketches" a book Of
verse published when he was
q, is considered a great prize
among English literary first
editions.
One reason, of course, Is
that there are fewer than a
dozen copies known. One of
these appeared at auction in
the original unbound but sewn
state in 1915 and brought
$3.50; a bound copy has since
been sold at $525.
The title page reads, in part,
as follows:
DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES.
IN VERSE. TAKEN DUR
ING A PEDESTRIAN TOUR
IN THE ITALIAN, GRISON,
SWISS, AND SAVoYARD
ALPS. BY ". WORDS
WORTH, B. A. of ST.
JOHNS, CAMBRIDGE.
(Two Latin quotations be-
tween rules) LONDON:
PRINTED FOR ]. JOHN
SON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
YARD. 1898.
The book describes a walk
ing tour taken with Robert
Jones, a Cambridge college
friend. It is not very good
verse. In it are indications of
a growing religious skepti-
cism in the mind of the young
Woy.dcryoy-fh
Evening star., 1963-05-19

preparing congressional opinion
for 1t. Normalization Of relations
between the two countries is not
likely to be popular in some quar-
ters on Capitol Hill.
The Department is doubtless
counting on the expected release
Of Cardinal Mindszenty to erase
some of the bitterness against the
Kadar government. The cardinal,
who had been sentenced to life
Imprisonment for crimes against
the state, was released during
the 1856 revolt. He took refuge
in the United States legation
when the Soviet Army smashed
the rebels and he has been there
ever since.
For several weeks reports have
circulated that an agreement
among Pope John XIII, Mr..
Kadar and the United States was
being worked out which would
permit the cardinal to go to the
Vatican or remain in Hungary
as a free man. These reports
grew in intensity last week, al
though some asserted that 1t may
be a while yet before the cardinal
actually leaves his American lega-
ton asylum.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
The Work They Do

AS women have moved into gov
ernment land industry they have
often felt constrained to begin in
areas Of specialization for which
they could claim special insight or
ability. Certainly many women
found their best initial openings in
social security, child welfare, pub
lie assistance, and vocational re-
habilitation. The first woman bu-
reau chief, for example, was Julia
c. Lathrop. appointed by President
Taft to head the Children's Bureau
in 1912. Over the years, as other
occupations have gradually opened
up to women. they have tended to
move In many directions.
Nevertheless, even today there is
still a concentration of women in
the departments and agencies re-
flecting their best early opportu-
mites. The five departments which
have the highest percentage Of
women executives are, in the order
named, the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare (26 per
cent?, the Department of State 15
per cent?, the Departments Of La
Dor and Agriculture leach with 10
per cent?, and the Department Of
Commerce (6 per cent?. Over one
out Of every three women execu-
tives are in two agencies: The De-
partment Of Health, Education and
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Geographical Origins

Women executives in Govern
ment, drawn primarily from tn e
same occupational backgrounds as
the men, come largely from the
same regional, urban-rural, an d
nationality backgrounds. Women
are over-represented for the New
England, Middle Atlantic, West
North Central, and Mountain re-
gions. They are under-represented
for the East North Central, the
East South Central, and the West
South Central areas. The ratios are
not, considering the small number
involved, significantly different for
those of all civilian executives.
From this we may conclude that
women do not, In any meaningful
degree. differ from men in the re-
gion from which they come.
Examination of the sizes of the
cities Of their birth shows again
that women do not differ signifi-
cantly from male civilian execu-
tives in Government. One out of
three (32 per cent? come from
communities under $500 popular
ton. Two out of four come Tin
about equal proportions) from
cities Of $500 to $4,000 and cities
Of 100000 and over. The rest come
from cities Of intermediate size.
This compares to a population
which in 1910 had So per cent of
Evening star., 1963-05-19

sands for lack Of spare parts. It
is a major undertaking for a visi-
tor to get wheels" Taxis have to
be hired by the day. and some-
times they are not available even
then.
Farmers smuggle hides TO Hong
Kong and Singapore to be sold
for hard currency-and the gov
ernment, which could be a major
world exporter OF leather, cannot
get hides to run state-owned tan
neries.
1t is estimated that more than
half OF Indonesia's exports every
year evade government regulation.
There are, Of course, many rea-
sons for the country's economic
woes. Some OF the trouble Is not
that the economy is planned, but
that 1t is inexpertly planned; not
that resources have been ma
tionalized, but that they have been
diverted TO military uses.
Lack Of education and training,
In part a heritage OF colonialism,
is also a factor.
Yet socialism must bear an Inn
portant share Of the blame. Moth
ing else adequately explains the
lack Of initiative, the atmosphere
OF lethargy and resignation, the
tomorrow-itis in Indonesia.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
BY WILLIAM r. FRYE
Special TO The Star

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. - II
one were not already profoundly
committed TO the free-enterprise
system and persuaded OF its eff
cheney, he would be after a swing
through Asia.
The lesson stands out a mile.
even to the casual observer.
Everywhere where foreign capi-
tai is welcomed and given free
rein, economies are booming and
people prospecting. Everywhere
where capital is regarded with
suspicion and subjected TO re-
straint. there is stagnation.
Japan, Hong Kong, and Malaga
are especially striking examples OF
prosperous free-enterprise econo-
mics. Thailand is making
progress.
Singapore has q Prime Minis
ter who calls himself a socialist,
but he has had the wisdom not
TO act like one-and his city has
benefited.
Indonesia, by contrast, is per-
haps Asia's most revealing study
in socialism. President Sukarno
calls capitalism an "evil ideology,"
and behaves accordingly.
1ndonesian friends told me with
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Fear Agents

The Baathists favor a looser
federation than that envisioned
by President Canal Abdel NasSer
Of Egypt and his followers. What
is more, the Baathists, who have
never before ruled a country. re-
gard the Nasserites as agents"
Of the Egyptian President.
Mr. NasseI, for his part, wants
a tight centralized control lin his
hands, from Cairo. He wants
NasSerites included In the govern
ments OF Syria and Iraq. although
there are no Baathists In the
Egyptian regime.
Last week, the confusion and
turmoil In Syria and Iraq con-
tinued, with the ultimate outcome
In doubt.
A week ago yesterday, Premier
Salah Bitar OF Syria resigned fol-
lowing a series Of riots staged by
Nasserites In several cities. The
demonstrators were reacting TO
the dismissal OF AZ pro-Nasser Of
ficers In the Syrian army and
the closing OF two Nasserite news
papers.
Meanwhile. the Iraqi govern
ment Of Premier Ahmed Hassan
Bakr. a Baathist. also resigned.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Women in Government: Origins and Destinations

come from the white-c collar group.
Their occupational origins are pri-
marily in the professions and in
the business owner and executive
classes.
Women executives do not differ
greatly from their male counter
parts in their occupational origins.
except with respect to the profess
sions. Here Gin proportion to the
adult male population in 1930)
those whose fathers were profess
sional men are over-represented
eight and one-half to one, COM
pared to slightly less than five to
one for all civilian executives.
Do the women come In dispro-
portionate numbers from particu-
lar professions? Compared to all
civilian executives, we find that
except for some over-representa-
ton from the families of engineers
and, Interestingly, accountants,
and some over representation
from the families of ministers,
there is no special pattern here.
Even these differences are not Of
much statistical significance.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Middle East:
Unity Pains

Salah Bitar returned on Mon
day as Premier of Syria after
48-hOur resignation" as fellow
Baathists in Iraq formed a new
government.
On April II, an agreement was
signed in Cairo by representatives
of Syria, Iraq and Egypt which
provided for the gradual union Of
the three countries over a two
year period.
Developments Of recent weeks
indicate that this contemplated
transition period may not be
nearly long enough. Some OBJ
servers even question whether a
real Arab union, despite the firm
belief in the idea in Damascus.
Baghdad and Cairo, will come
about at all.
What has happened is this: as
soon as the draft treaty was
signed in Cairo, a battle for power
between the Baathist socialists.
longtime proponents OF Arab
unity. and pro-Nasser elements
broke out in Syria and Iraq.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
THE FOREIGN SCENE

matically. this would mean an ex-
change of ministers. We each now
have charges d'affaires in the
others country.
The possibility Of diplomatic
change became known with the
disclosure of the contents of a
State Department memorandum
on Hungary to the Senate Foreign
Relations and the House Foreign
Affairs Committees.
Another ingredient which fed
the speculation was the Budapest
decision to ease restrictions on the
movements Of five Roman Cath
olic bishops and the persistent
rumors surrounding Joseph Car
dinal Mindszenty, who has been a
virtual prisoner as a refugee in the
United States legation.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Career Is FomiIy

For most Of these women, the
classic decision between career and
family has also had to be made.
Two-thirds 1858 per cent? of these
women are not married, compared
with less than per cent of the
total civilian executives. About one
third of the women are now mar
ried and have made the adjust
ment between marriage and a Ca
reer.
These las women who have be-
come Federal executives have
bucked system which was work.
ing heavily against them when they
were born around 1910. They
elected not to play the highly pat
termed role of women in our So
ciety. They went to college; they
elected to enter the professions;
many Of them made what was for
them the hard choice between
marriage and career. They all had
the determination to stay within
their chosen way of life until they
had achieved positions Of equal
responsibility with many men in
the upper echelons Of our national
Government.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Continued From Page C-l

Continued From Page C-1
prise here that the talks, which
have had many starts and stops
over the years, appear to be run
ming down again. There has been
precious little progress in the lat
est round Of negotiations at
Geneva, where II nations have
been participating in diSarma-
ment talks.
And when Premier Khrushchev's
new note to Mr.. Kennedy revealed
that he has not budged from
what we believe TO be an made
quate position on the matter of
international inspection, the USE
fulness Of further talks at this
time was even brought into
question.
But while the pessimistic Presi-
dent Is, as he said at his latest
news conference, mot hopeful at
ALL" he has not given up all hope.
This was underscored last week
when, five days after the shots
were announced, the Acc and
Defense Department cancele d
plans for three detonations at the
Nevada test site later this month.
Two of the three shots were to
have involved small nuclear de-
vices and the other a chemical