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classes may be combined for
team teaching, with one teach
er introducing q new unit to
her own class and that Of an
other teacher, who is freed to
prepare for a future lesson.
More Reading Required
Miss Jameson insists on the
cooperation Of different de-
partments, which try to cover
similar material at the same
time.
Students, too, must cooper
ate. They are expected to spend
two and half hours with their
homework each night and on
week ends. Cat Gordon. seventh
graders are expected to spend
l y to two hours each night on
homework; this is increased to
three hours in the ninth grade.
Weekend assignments are op-
tional.)
Jefferson students are called
upon also to do far more read
ing than the regular junior
high requires. Every student
reads IS books for his various
courses during the year. Most
Of these are paperback books,
in which students can make
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tory was cut back to one semes-
ter concentrating on 20th-cen-
tury ideologieS and current
world problems.
BY cutting back the time al
lotted to some subjects. like in
duStrial arts. and to opening
exercises. the curriculum or
garizers were able to increase
the amount of time for aca-
demic courses.
One innovation which Miss
Jameson feels is important is
the use Of flexible scheduling.
Gone is the school day Of seven
50-minute periods. JefferSon's
day Is composed Of Is half hour
periods. A class may meet for
one, two or three periods at a
stretch.
Because classes break UP at
different times. no bells are
rung: Teachers just release
their students at the appointed
time.
Class sizes also are flexible.
A class may be divided into two
or more groups for discussions
or to enable the teacher to
cover difficult material. Or, two
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posts, hamlets and other gov
eminent strongpoints.
American advisers feel the
increased responsibility given
to South Wet Namese field
commanders since the coup will
start showing good results soon.
Americans also feel the United
States Army's 2,700-man ad-
viSory group in South Wet Nam
already is working more effec-
lively with Wet Namese forces
than before the coup.
But the Wet Cong is fight
ing harder than ever, and
they've made some big gains,
here and there. It's going to
be a tough fight" a United
States adviser said.
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Woman, So, Robbed
Sll0 hY Two Men

Two men snatched a pocket
book containing $110 yester-
day from Mrs. HELEN Ramey,
So. Of 303 Kennebeck street,
Glass Manor, Md. as she was
walking in front Of 919 Eighth
street Sc, police reported.
Both men escaped. Mrs. Ra-
mey was taken to Casualty
Hospital with q dislocated
shoulder. She was listed In
good condition.
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Toy Is Mistaken
For Ticking Bomb

LAFAYETTE. La. Nov. 80
(A-A bomb scare arose in the
post office today when a clerk
heard a small brown package
ticking.
The package, about the size
Of a box Of candy. was taken
outside and a bomb expert was
summoned from Fort Polk
about 80 miles from here.
Before the expert could ar
rive. a fireman opened the
package. 1t contained a toy
airplane operated by batteries
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JOHNSON ~. !.
President Asks Restraint
In Agency Hiring Policies

et-making process at q CRIT
ical time Of decision. The
Budget Bureau has been for
weeks putting together pre-
liminary estimates Of expendi-
lures and receipts for the fis-
cal year starting next July /.
Final decisions on the
amounts to be budgeted for
each Government activity and
agency must be made this
month so the Presidents budg-
ct message can be printed in
time for submission to Congress
in January.
The Presidents conferences
with Mr.. Gordon tomorrow af-
ternoon is expected to begin the
decision-making and trimming
process.
Deficit Decline Seen
Treasury Secretary Dillon
estimated a couple Of weeks
ago that Government expendi-
lures for the current fiscal
year would be 81 billion less
than estimated last January
1918 billion instead Of 500 8 bill
lion. Mr.. Dillon's latest figures
also reflected increased esti-
mates Of receipts, putting the
deficit expected next June 80
at SO billion, a decrease Of S1.9
billion from the January esti-
mate.
Budget-making for the new
fiscal year is more complicated
than usual because Congress SO
far has completed action OH
only four of the IL annual
appropriation bills.
Authority Continued
Nearly at the mid-point Of
the 1864 fiscal year, most Gov.
eminent agencies still are OBJ.
Grating under a continuance OF
their fiscal 1868 spending
authority.
The White House announced
yesterday that President John
son signed Friday night n hill
continuing this authority until
January 81.
He also signed a bill increas-
ing authorizations for appro-
priations for the Atomic En-
ergy Commission so it can
carry out nuclear weapons re-
search and other safeguards in
the wake Of the limited nu-
clear test ban treaty.
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WET NAM
Girl Burns Herself
To Death in Saloon

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was killed in the November /
revolt.
She went to an intersection
facing villas occupied by the
Indian, Canadian and Polish
delegates to the International
Control Commission. This
agency has been assigned the
job of watching over Wet Nam
since the nation split under
the Indo-C China settlement of
1854.
Red Gains Reported
Miss Nga worked as a servant
in Saigon and her former en-
ployer told police she once
wanted to burn herself for the
Buddhist cause against Mr..
Diem. Then, the employer was
quoted as saying, she started
worrying about the war" She
disappeared from the house a
week ago, leaving several letters
saying she planned to commit
suicide. police said.
Her suicide comes on the
heels of reports of Communist
gains since the fall of the Diem
regime.
United States officers, here
to advise South Wet Namese
military forces in the war, said
they felt the coup against Mr..
Diem had disruptive effects on
the government side and they
expected it to continue until
the end Of the year.
They express belief 1t will
take another month before all
the staff and command changes
in provincial administrations
and the armed forces have been
worked out.
Reds Capture Weapons
cts hard for people to make
plans when they don't know
from one day to the next who's
going to be running the show,
one American officer said.
During the past week, there
were an estimated TOO casual
ties on the government side and
$50 on the Wet Cong side an
American spokesman said.
The Communists continued
to make important gains in
weapons captured from govern
ment forces in the past week
The Wet Cong is reported tc
have captured 300 government
weapons, against only IS Com
munist arms captured by Sal
gon forces. This Melted the
Communists enough weapons
to equip an entire battalion
Wet Cong Attack
Throughout the nation. Wet
Cong units hammered at out
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q report Of major cost reduc-
ton actions taken during the
past year, and q statement OF
the steps which you propose to
take in the next year to tighten
your operations and effect saw
ings."
In the October IL, 1862, di-
receive referred to by President
Johnson, the late President
Kennedy called for increases in
productivity and efficiency
aimed at limiting the number Of
Federal employees to the abso-
Lutte minimum necessary 70 get
the public business done.
The directive emphasized
that it was expected the same
amount Of work viii be per-
formed by increasingly fewer
people.
An Earlier Plea
Following UP that directive
nearly q year later. on Septem-
Der %. Mr.. Kennedy reported
that in the fiscal year ended
last June 80 Federal employ
ment grew by only $500. while
1t would have increased by
more than 10000 II 1t had
grown at the same rate as pop
ulation.
Mr.. Kennedy then called for
tighter employment targets"
which could not be realized ex-
cept through introduction of
further Improvements in man.
power management.
Mr.. johnson began his sec
ond week in office yesterday
with a series Of conferences
with various White House staff
members.
For today, he scheduled a
10 am. intelligence briefing at
his Spring Valley home by Mr..
Bundy.
A Critical Period
He planned to attend IL am,
services at Saint Marks Epis-
copal Church, Third and A
streets Sc.
Andrew Hatcher, associate
White House press secretary
said he did not know whether
MIR. johnson would spend any
time in his White House office
this afternoon.
Mr.. johnson enters the budg-
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said. IF the elementary schools
teach the fundamentals. the
junior high schools are sup
posed to deal with the world
Of ideas and demonstrate how
the skills learned in the ele-
mentary school can be applied
to the separate disciplines.
IF we give the skillS and a
firm foundation, you can alb
sorb material so that you can
make realistic choices in high
school. If the high schools
raise their levels, then colleges
will not have to give remedial
work. and can function as COL
leges."
Tomorrow: Two kinds Of seventh
erode English.
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Principle OF Ine CILys IdHItu AIIIuUH
Plan-an intensive course which de-
mands more of students and Of teachers
than the usual program. Like Amidon
Elementary, jefferson Junior High is
located in Southwest Washington, at
Eighth and H streets.
From the beginning, the jefferson
Plan had its critics and its advocates.
II still has both
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that their marriage Is totally
accepted by their colleagues.
This white wife recalled that
the considerable student and
faculty opposition to their mar
riage was overcome except In
one or two instances. "As a re-
suit Of our marriage we are,
what you might say. eStranged
from one Of our favorite per-
sons in our profession who was
our professor when we were In
school," the wife added.
The wife, admitting she does
not purpoSely attract difficulty,
said she is troubled by the dis
courtesies shown her when
some people learn she Is mar
ried to a Negro. She is especial
ly enraged at racial designa-
tons.
Hospitals Attitude
II resented the fact that the
hospital automatically identi-
fled our son as Negro without
even asking me about his
race" the wife complained. IT
just don't think that people
should be identified in this
way. It could be a handicap to
him to be identified as white or
as Negro"
A Negro wife who works in
the same downtown Washing
ton building with her white
husband said there were no
snide remarks nor opposition
from their co-workers when
they were married. Their fellow
workers gave them a wedding
gift, she said.
The couple had no difficulty
renting an apartment In subur-
ban Maryland and they were
together when they inspected
the unit. The wife. previously
married to q Negro, said some
people stare at them when they
are out with her child from her
first marriage.
A white Washington widow
said there Is less antagoniSm
and criticism toward interra-
cial marriages now than there
was when she and her Negro
husband were married in the
1920s. Married in Philadelphia
the couple lived In the District
10 years before her husbands
death.
1T was a little rough then
but he tried to spare me q!
much embarrassment as posi-.
ble," the widow recalled. "A lot
of people were upset about oul
marriage and said it woulc
ruin my husbands professional
career, but almost everyone Of
them soon got over it."
The wife, a New Highlander
said she tried not to see Of
hear" the unpleasant things di.
rected at her or her husband
The couple lived in an all-Ne.
gro neighborhood and the wife
was prominently active In COM
munity affairs. Either parent
was the object Of stares anc
sometimes questions when they
were In public with their chill
dren. All members Of the fami-
J ly lived as Negroes. though the
children could have passed fol
white. And the children all lat
er married Negroes.
d. My parents took my mar.
riage rather hard" the widow
. recalled. They changed theil
) attitudes somewhat after 6
Christmas visit with theil
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JEFFERSON
Pupils Study Hours
Increase Under Plan

notes. They may keep these
books.
They will read. for example,
"Of Men and Numbers" for
math; The History Of Reli-
gions," THE Travels of Marco
Polo" and Man. His First Mil
lion Years" for history; THE
Sea Around Us" for science.
Textbooks are used as q
takeoff." Miss Jameson ex-
planned. They should be sup
Elemental to class discussion
and be used to introduce main
ideas. other reading Is an ex-
tension Of these ideas and, to-
gether with the lectures. devel-
ops them"
Firm Basis Laid
Participation in the class
room is another must. Group
discussions are held in most
subjects. The class is divided
into several COMMITTEES"
which meet in the classroom or
in one Of several small, narrow
rooms.
A chairman Is selected on
a rotating basis, and a reporter
takes notes which later are
read to the entire class. Any
students who fail to take part,
or who talk without really con-
tributing anything. are chas-
tised by their fellow students
Miss Jameson says.
The curriculum which has
been devised. and the way in
which it is presented, consti-
tute what Miss Jameson be-
lieves to be a proper Junior
high school education.
I'VE are the middle grades
the intermediate school," she
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For first hand impression, The Stars District edu-
cation reporter Thomas Dimond went back to school,
To compare the jefferson Plan with the standard junior
high curriculum, he divided his time for several weeks
between jefferson and another District junior high
school, Gordon attending seventh, eighth and ninth
grade classes at both.
This sx-part series. which begins today. tells the
story Of what he learned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01

grandchildren. My mother
spent some time with me here
In Washington while closed UP
my husbands business affairs
and it was then. I think, that
she realized I had been happy,
loved my husband, lived in a
decent home and had good
friends"
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%@4 40 VIVIAN AANAAA POA NAAdoAAAl
q home ''in any Of the middle,
calss suburbs in Maryland o.
Virginia"
Publicity Avoided
Racially-mixed couples re.
frain from public unidentified.
ton because they don't know
how publicity would affect
their Jobs and children. None
Of them admitted making any
attempts to conceal their mar
riages and one husband said he
always lets associates and en-
ployerS know his wife is white
None Of the couples reported
knowing more than one other
interracial couple. All Of them
emphasized that they don't
purpoSely seek out other simi-
lar couples merely to create q
circle Of friends.
A Negro wife, who lives with
her white husband and child In
q predominantly Negro South
east Washington neighborhood
said: II see quite a few white
mothers out here with Their
children and I assume they
have Negro husbands. My hus-
band and I don't know any
other interracial couples"
This couple met abroad while
studying at a university anC
eventually married here ir
1861. Their fellow students &C.
cepted their marriage without
qualification, the wife said
Both are "a years old and pur.
sue professional careers.
Parents Adjust
MY family was shocked a
first, but they adjusted and &C.
cepted the marriage" the wifi,
recalled. II must say Negorel
have been rather rude herr
and in my hometown. The!
stare rudely at us when we ART
together in public"
A36-year-old white wife sait
she and her Negro HUSBAND
have experienced very few
difficulties since they werI
married in 1852. They me
while students at q local univer
sity and never have been sub
jected to any obscene remark
or affronts by local people, tn
wife said.
1--WE had no difficulty whel
we purchased our home IL
Northwest Washington" shI
continued. We have no diff
Guilty with our neighbors ant
we don't attract any special at
tention when we are out to
gether with our child. We liv,
in what you might call an int
grated neighborhood."
Opposition Eased
A Negro-white couple mar
ried In q midwestern city fiv
years ago said their familie
readily accepted their union
but their marriage caused tw,
families to move from tn
wife's family's all-white. high
income neighborhood when tn
couple moved in with her par
ents. The couple has lived il
the District two years. hav
professional positions at tn
same institution and repor
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EDUCATION WRITER REVIEWS
JEFFERSON PLAN IN ACTION

Last the District school system began signifi-
cant experiment in junior high school education-the
Jefferson Plan.
The program which entered its second year
this fall extends to the junior high curriculum the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01
Additional Problems

Sometimes couples contem-
plating marriage across racial
lines will seek her advice, she
said. They want to know the
risks involved and some Of the
things to expect. I tell them
they should marry If they love
each other enough because
marriage is a personal thing
All married couples can have
trouble, but a mixed couple can
expect additional problems be-
cause of their racial mixture"
OF the GA marriage applica-
lions filed here between Janu-
airy and the end Of October
this year. the bridegroom was
identified as Negro in so cases
In the remaining II instances
the bridegroom was white
More than 5000 marriage L.
cense applications have been
filed in the District this year,
the great majority Of them, OBJ
viouSly, by non-racially- mixed
couples.
The II applications filed by
racially mixed couples in 1852
included 48 couples where the
bridegroom identified himself
as Negro and % where the
bridegroom said he was white
There were more than 10000
licenses issued by the bureau In
1862. The Is interracial couples
issued marriage licenses here
10 years ago included is Negro
bridegrooms.
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Asks For Reports

S. Seek the advice Of congress
sional committees, private or
CARNATIONS and individuals Gin
finding ways to do the public
business more economically"
6. Submit to me promptly
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JOHNSON
Continued Prom PaEe A-l

Continued From Page Al
I'VE cannot rest on past accom-
plisihments."
There are as many savings
to be made in the future Is
have ever been made in the
past.
The citizens faith in free
government Is strongly influ-
enced by the extent Of his con-
fidence that public servants are
alert and efficient In conserving
the Nations resources entrusted
to their care.
Repeats Thrift Pledge
For this reason. we must
work hard to reduce the cost
of Government, not only for
the sake Of the savings to be
made, but also In the interest
of indicating the peoples con-
fidence in the institutions Of
democracy"
Mr.. johnson ordered q con-
tinued hold-down on Govern
ment employment. But at the
same time he promised to sup
port salary scales which will
enable the Government to re-
tain and recruit talented,
energetic and imaginative en-
ployes."
He recalled that in his ad-
dress to Congress on Wednes-
day he pledged "the utmost
thrift and frugality" in Gov
eminent, that he said he would
insist that the Government
get a dollars value for a dol
lar spent" and that the Gov
eminent will set an example
of prudence and economy"
Keep at Minimum
His first step in carrying out
this pledge, he said, will be
Ito examine agency budget re-
quests with the determination
to hold the 1865 budget to the
barest minimum consistent
with the efficient discharge of
our domestic and foreign re-
sponsibilities."
AS another economy meas
ure, he promised agency heads
full support in efforts to "elim-
mate unnecessary procedures,
curtail or drop programs OF
low utility. institute consoli-
dationS or other organizational
economies. and effect savings
in procurement"
He also said he intends Il
accord increased recognition
to those governmental unit.
and individuals that make
notable advances In providing
efficient service at lower
cost"
JOhnsOn's Requests
To assist in carrying out hi,
thrift pledge, the new Presi.
dent asked department anC
agency heads to-:
/. Assume personal day-to.
day responsibility for makinl
your agency a model Of gooC
management and economical
administration"
2. Press ahead vigorousl!
with programs for manpowe
control and utilization di
rected by President Kennel.
on Oct. II, 1862.
3. Hold agency employment
at or below the personnel tar,
gets established in response Il
President Kennedy's Septem,
Der % statement to the cabi,
net.
4. Make clear to all EN-.
ployes that each is response,
BILE mot only for doing his as
signed job to the best Of hi
ability, but also for devisini
and proposing ways to i'm
prove his performance"
Asks For Reports
5. Seek the advice Of congress
sional committees. private or
CARNATIONS and individuals I'll
finding WAYS to do the publi
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No U. S. Statistics

Among the marriage applica-
tons filed here by Negro-white
couples during the first 10
months Of this year, seven of
the bridegrooms were Negro
servicemen marrying their Eu-
ropean fiancees; II Of the cou-
pies listed Maryland addresses,
the majority noting Baltimore
as the city of residence: and
four Of the couples listed Vir-
ginia addresses.
This years applications
showed that more than 100
other types of mterracial cou-
pies filed for marriage. In this
category. one Of the partners
was identified as white at least
80 per cent of the time while
the nonwhite partner was iden-
titled as Negro Filipino, Chi
nese. japanese. Malayan, In
dian, etc.
The number of white Negro
marriages in the United States
is, a big question mark. There
are no official statistics. A New
York attorney who has studied
miscegenation statutes has es-
timated that there are a mil
lion such marriages in the
country, but that some 800, 900
or so of them involve persons of
mixed ancestry passing" as
whites, a national magazine
article recently reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01
MARRIAGES
MARRIAGES
Mixed Couples Tell
OF Their Problems

Continued From Page Al
restricted them Ito the ghetto"
barring them from purchasing
q home "in any Of the middle
calss suburbs in Maryland or
Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-01

Throughout the nation. Wet
Cong units hammered at out
The Detroit tribune., 1963-11-16
Bruins (ul
{ Mge Squad

LOS ANGELES, Calif.-UCLA
is now in its fifth week of bas-
kctball practicc-and Coach John
Wooden has cut his varsity squad
TO Is players, including seven
returning lcttermen from last
seasons co-AAWU and Los An
geles Classic champions.
The Bruins will be without
Freddie Goss. a flaShy sopho-
more guard and part-time start
err 'Gast season. After consulta-
ton with Wooden, he has de-
finitely decided to forego COM
petition this winter and concen-
trate on his studies. He'll return
next season for his final two
years of varsity play.
UCLA. however. has two great
guards TO carry on in All-Ameri-
can Walt Hazard and Gail Good
rich. Backing them up will be
Mike HugginS, returning vet
who figures TO see lots of action;
and a pair of promising sophs,
Chuck Darraw and Kenny Wash
ington