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Evening star., 1963-04-13
Proud of Schools

Falls Church public school
teachers are on the defen-
sive from being subjected Oft
en- to criticism, but seldom to
praise. Let me offer some
praise. I am a Falls Church
parent with direct interest in
our schools. My two sons
graduated after IL years in
the Falls Church public
schools. Their satisfactory
progress in college has been
helped considerably by the
instruction and inspiration
received from outstanding
teachers in our schools. My
daughter is q student at
George Mason High School.
I am proud Of this school
and have no desire or intent
to seek admission for her in
any private school.
Certainly our schools are
not perfect. I have yet to see
a perfect school. In our i'm
perfect senior high school of
only $50 students, the scho-
lastic achievements are far
above national norms, and
are on a par with the best
schools In this area. A higher
percentage of students are
college-bound from our i'm
perfect schools than from
most schools in this area.
Many graduates have made
the deans list at leading
universities. Our dramatics
group won the highest award
at the annual State one-act
play festival at the Univer-
sity of Virginia. Our bands
and choral groups recently
won high honors at the Dis
trict music festival. Our SCI
ence students surpassed pre-
vious records at local and
regional science fairs. Our
student publications receive
State honors. We have long
led the State Latin tourna-
ments.
The caliber and experience
Of our school board members
are excellent.
One school critics real tar
get seems to be the CBC
Councilmen, who provided
funds to restore teaching po-
sitions cut by a previous
city council, who gave the
people a previously denied
right to vote for school i'm
provements, and who pro-
vided funds to enable the
school board to pay our
teachers as well as any in
Virginia. Does this politically
motivated critic propose that
the city council harass the
school board into resignation
as was done once in the dark
years Of our past, or dis
charge them summarily as
was done more recently In
another Jurisdiction?
Parents who are honestly
unhappy with our imperfect
schools can accomplish more
by discussion with the school
board than by blunderbuss
. letters which cause harm tc
many but seldom hit the
target.
Lee NJ. RhOads,
Councilman, City of Falls
Church, Va.
Evening star., 1963-04-13
Funds for files

The Montgomery County
School Boards "phasing OUT
FILES (foreign language in
the elementary school
taught by competent special
lists will continue to c. use
them trouble until they un-
derstand what is at stake and
act accordingly. AS profess
sional consultant to the
county's P-TA Foreign Lam
guage Committee since 1854,
let me state a few facts:
There is no substitute for
adequate time to learn a for
eign language effectively in
school. The minimum is 7
years, the optimum between
10 and IL years. The world
over. effective foreign Ian
guage programs begin in
grade school. There is to date
no known substitute, and no
sign Of one on the horizon,
for q FILES program taught
by competent specialists us
ing good materials. This has
been the standard in civilized
countries for thousands Of
years. The specifications for
such a FILES program in
American schools have been
spelled out in two statements
by the Modern Language AS
sociation (1956. 1860. Re-
search data strongly support
the MIA statements.
That part of the county
FILES program taught by spe-
cialiSts. using county materi-
ais. and carefully integrated
with the junior high foreign
language program, was initi-
ated by the P-TA In 1854. 1t
has been progressively taken
over and improved by the
county's professional staff.
1t has always been guided by
Mia policy. 1t is profession
ally Of very high quality,
and in no sense is it tempo
rary or experimental.
1t is good to have expert
ments, however, and in the
current county study it is
possible that promising i'm
provements Of detail in ma
terials and methods may be
turned up. But any such i'm
provements will, in all hon.
SSty, have to be matched
against the product of profess
sionally standard, proven
FILES procedure.
To keep a half dozen COM
petent and almost fireplace
able FILES specialists on the
staff would cost about $34,-
900. What is at stake is a
program and a staff carefully
built up to serve urgent needs
by a decade and more OF
parental and professional ef-
fort. There is every reason to
protect 1t and to build upon
it. To destroy 1t is to act
irresponsibly.
Frederick d. Eddy,
Professor Of French,
Georgetown University,
Interim Executive
Secretary. Department Of
Foreign Languages.
National Education
Association.
4
William e. Coyle stateC
that the FILES program wa
an experimental" eight yea
Evening star., 1963-04-13

TWentleS, Wnen we were
moving with laughter and a
certain wistful innocence
from Warren Harding's nor
malcy to the painful reality
Of the depression years in
the 1930s, it was possible to
pick up a sort Of basic
knowledge Of the prize ring
from the training camps and
the big fight arrangements.
Learning how many there
were who lived off one fight
er was q shock. Nor was the
acquiring Of this knowledge
in any sense caused by dis
covering how the fighter was
helpless to protect himself
against the private demands
Of q manager who usually
was tied in with a gangster
mob.
There was, admittedly, an
atavistic quickening of the
pulse in seeing and feeling
the blood lust rise In q huge
crowd. sitting in darkness.
watching q brightly lit ring
where two heavyweights were
slugging 1t out with the kill
obviously near. The night
would be filled with the roar
Of thousands shouting, xiii
himl Kill himi" KNOCK him
out, knock him out"
Melancholy Stories Untold
The ring deaths get into
the paper. What doesn't find
its way into print are the
melancholy stories Of the
many whose brains perma-
nently are damaged. whose
eyesight is dimmed or
blinded. whose reflexes dis
torted. In the Twenties there
were always q number Of
these punchdrunk wrecks
about the camps doing odd
Jobs or cadging quarters. One
looked at them and thought
Of the body broken and
damaged for the profit Of
cold and callous managers
and fixers who referred 10
their contract-chattel as my
bum"
The brutal cestus Of the
Greek and Roman arenas,
and the similar manning ac-
cessories OF earlier civiliza-
tions. have disappeared. But
at least these earlier pro-
ducers OF prize and gladiator
contests we're honest about
II. In our time the six-ounce
gloves, once broken" TO re-
move the padding from the
knuckle area, can cut a man
Up as swiftly and easily as a
surgeons knife.
"The Manly Art OF Modi-
fled Murder" Is the best
phrase. Prizefighting will live
on as Exhibit A 70 mans
greed.
CAN RIGHTS Reserves
Evening star., 1963-04-13
THE POLITICAL MILL
Budget SIoshing Under Way
By GOULD LINCOLN

The Appropriations Commit
tee had eliminated the whole
sum asked for, charging 1t
was q "boondoggle." After a
special request by President
Kennedy and the prodding
Of the Democratic leadership
Of the House, and from the
Democratic National Com
mittee, the administration
forces were able to defeat the
economy group, first by a vote
Of 202 to 172 on q teller vote,
and finally by q record
vote Of 224 to 1874. On this
vote. 20 Republicans Joined
208 Democrats for the bigger
sum, and 80 Democrats
Joined ISL Republicans in op-
position. This was q feather
in the caps Of Speaker
John MCCORMACK, Democrat
ic Floor Leader Carl Albert,
and Democratic Whip Hale
Boggs. The Majority leader,
Mr.. Albert-who halls from
Oklahoma and is well liked
by all his colleagues. South
and North-was particularly
effective in breaking into the
ranks Of the Democratic
Congressman from the Solid
South. Only 81 Southern
Democrats voted to cut out
the public works item. The
opponents Of the big spend
ing Kennedy budget had
hoped for greater support
from that region.
Labor, HEW are Targets
The next appropriation
bill slated to come before
the House is for two Of the
major Federal departments
Labor and Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare. The budget
requests for these depart
ments total $5,759, 100000.
There will be a determined
effort to cut down this sum.
The Agriculture budget fig
ure is $6,375, 100000 (in-
cluding an authorization for
loans Of 1855 million). The
Defense Department budget
estimate is just short of $50
billion, the estimates for the
State and Justice Depart
ments and the Judiciary
total $2,l5S.000.00O and the
estimates for the Independ-
ent Offices they are now
myriad-add up to $14,5l3,-
100000. Then there Is the
1864 public works estimate
amounting to $4,55S, ,000, 900,
another tidy sum, and the
foreign aid estimates of
$4,840, 900, ,000-the President
having already asked Congress
to cut this request by some
$400 million following the
publication of the Clay Com
mittee report on foreign aid.
There are several other
smaller appropriation meas
ures also to come.
All these big budget re-
quests offer opportunity for
the economy-minded mem
bers Of Congress to make
major reductions. No one to-
day expects Congress. how
ever, to slash the Presidents
budget by SO or $40 billion as
urged by some Republicans
and some Of the Democrats.
1t is entirely possible, on the
other hand, that the budget
may be slashed by as much
as SO or 81 billion.
Evening star., 1963-04-13
PEOPLE AND PROBLEMS
The Manly Art of Modified Murder
By RALPH McGHL

Bill Mcclellan, late, able
and noble reporter Of the
sports scene, wrote Of boxing
as THE Manly Art Of Modi-
fled Murder" This was his
rebuke to earlier descriptive
sentences such as "The
Sweet Science" and "The
Manly Art" and to the hood
lum climate in which the art
operated.
McGeehan's is the more
accurate phrase. We cur
rently are witnessing the
dying out Of yet another
move to ban prizefighting
because 1t is an art Of modi-
fled murder. The recent death
Of champion Davey Moore is
but one Of the long mosaic Of
such testimony. There will
be a few proposals, inaccu-
rately described as reforms,
but the brutalities and the
deaths will 60 on until box
ing ceases to reward the greed
Of the underworld, the local
politicians. and the whole
body Of parasites that feed
on 1t. 1t Is the measure Of
the prize ring that 1t has
had always a close. even
intimate, relationship with
thieves. fixers. and with dis
honest Vaccinations in and
out Of the ring. There was
blood and sweat in boxing.
But no honest tears.
Era Of Golden Gates
The great day Of the prize
ring was in the l920s, the
years Of wonderful nonsense,
when million dollar gates
we're commonplace. This was
a time when many OF the
Nations socialites attained
status by joining the gang
ster nobility in owning "a
piece" OF a fighter. II was
estimated that Primo Car
nera, the tall, childlike giant
from Italy. was cut up, as
the saying went, into per-
haps 100 pieces. He was a
great Joy 10 the sordid crowd
that used him. They cheated
and maneuvered him through
a maze Of fights, some un-
doubtedly fixed. They en-
riched everyone save carnera
himself.
Max Baer. who was eccen-
trio enough. and adequately
cynical, once made news by
selling more than 100 per
cent OF himself 10 interested
parties when the Baer wal
let ran thin. His explanation
was that he always con.
sidered himself a thousand
per cent person and still had
more pieces 10 vend.
As one who was an occu-
pant Of the press row seats In
the golden years Of the
Evening star., 1963-04-13

The clash between the
Kennedy money spenders and
the Kennedy budget slashers
in Congress is well under
way-and the clash will be-
come more pronounced as
soon as the congressional
Easter holiday has ended
April %. When the recess
began at the close of busi-
ness Thursday, the Republi-
cans and economy-minded
Democrats In the House had
used the shears on four ap-
preparation bills two sup
Elemental bills for the fiscal
year 1868 and two regular
annual appropriation bills
for fiscal 1964-with con-
siderable effect. Indeed, as
shown by q summary placed
in the Congressional Record
by House Appropriations
Committee Chairman Cannon,
who is strong on economy,
these bills carried, when
passed by the House,
$452,515,400 less than had
been asked by the Kennedy
administration. The first
supplemental bill for Agricul-
ture, passed by the Senate as
well as the House, carried a
little more than $500 million
dollars-the same amount
asked by the Kennedy budget.
1t Is now law. But the second
and presumably last suple-
mental appropriation bill for
fiscal 1963-for public works
acceleration and all other
Government agencies need
ing more money-was slashed
a total Of $202 million. This
Notwithstanding the House
overrode its Appropriations
Committee report and re-
stored to the bill $3.50 mil
lion Of the $500 million for
public works.
Victory for Administration
The regular annual appro-
priation bill for the Interior
Department was cut about
500 million below the Ken
nedy budget requests. The
regular annual appropriation
bill for the Treasury and
Postoffice Departments was
slashed even more - about
$3.50 million below the Ken
nedy budget requests. The
budget requests for these
three departments and the
supplemental requests to-
tailed $9,325,000,0O. The
$3.50 million cut in this total
is not as deep as a well or as
wide as a church door, but
it does represent a material
reduction. The House and the
Senate still have q long way
to go to pass all the regular
appropriation bills, along
with a number Of very large
so-called authorization bills,
the latter providing for new
programs and the extension
of old, before they complete
work on the 1864 Federal
budget.
The administrations first
real victory against the
budget slashers was the res
toration of $3.50 million of
the $500 million requested
by the President to continue
the special public works pro-
gram, begun last year to help
reduce unemployment in
many parts of the country.
Evening star., 1963-04-13
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensd-
ton. Those not used t0ill be
returned only Dhen accom-
panied BY self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1963-04-13

program which the new board
was terminating in five years
to save money pending eval-
uation Of the research.
Mr.. Coyle and I both heard
DR.. Whittier and his staff ex-
plain that the program was
instituted because of wide
spread demand for foreign
language training in the ele-
mentary schools, and that the
reason the research aspects
were built into the program
was to enable staff to eval-
uate the most effective ap-
proach before expanding the
program to the entire school
system, A careful research
program was to be q useful
byproduct Of q desirable ad-
dition to our elementary cur
riculum. The program was to
be expanded, not terminated,
when the research was COM
pleted.
Mr.. Coyle stated several
times during the budget re-
view process that he favored
returning the program to q
self-supporting basis. This is
the real reason for his vote
to terminate the program be-
ginning next year. The "ex-
perimentation" issue simply
provides a convenient smoke
screen to enable him to
achieve that end.
Mr.. Coyle's professions on
behalf Of quality education
sound extremely hollow in
the light Of his votes against
providing modest budget in
ceases for additional teach
ers to reduce large class sizes.
Thauaos G VeraaI
Evening star., 1963-04-13
SATURDAY, APRIL l3, 1868

reality, and 1t means that meat-ax
economies" cannot be made in foreign
aid without peril to the security of the
free world.
Evening star., 1963-02-06
Re. 3-7400, Ext. 261
Wed. Between Q A.M.-5 PM.

FINANCIAL PLANNING TRATNEg.
Expanding brokerage firm needs
woman with college-sales bkgd. No
housewife looking for non-routine
Job with flexible hours. 347- 1897.
FULL OR PART TIME = Sarah
Coventry. Inc, as q fashion show
director. For qualifications. call
F~A QOQa
Evening star., 1963-02-06
NELP MEN

BARTENDER. beer ono lisuerl /,
writ writ. 'PS g SOa soi f'' Hss.tsv sS e r.
Evening star., 1963-02-06

SALEsMAN--we are looking for q
young man mot over 80 years
s9,sr9.D,s o. sss1 With at lsast some selling
position in our sales denartmsnt
Absolutely no knowledge Of mu-
sic necessary. but applicants must
have q car. An opportunity ia
make Q better than average in.
come selling exclusive lines Of mu-
sical items. See Mr.. Satterly.
JORDAN PIANO CO.. corner 13th
and O sts. NV. mornings between
10 and 10 am
Evening star., 1963-02-06
GENERAL INsURANCE

UENEHAL INSUhAFIE
A large general agency requires
underwater in fire. casualty lines:
personal and commercial. Knowl-
Additional benefits. Excel. working
cond. incl. 5-day vk. Only those
with sufficient exper. submit
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Evening star., 1963-02-06

CONSTRUCTION sUPT. for REIN
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Tssppcn,iSiity s.r.rS LCss .sps sspsrisnssi
esI SaS MERRIMhck hERfaSM rEiehE ENoiNEEsiSo e
CORP. OIL. $3.50.
CONSTRUCTION EsTIMAT0R AND
QUANTITY MAN. sroving firm
Of builder-owners needs Q top-
notch man 70 take off multi
story, fireproof, hiRh-rise bldes.
and 10 assist in neRotiating bids
and purchases. Salary open. Box
472-B. Star.
Evening star., 1963-02-06
COLLECTION
ADJUSTOR

Desirable opening for ag-
gressive young man. ake 81
10 20, In automobile d.
vision Of lge. finance COM
pany. Must be high school
graduate. VIII train as Ad-
justor in collection depert-
ment. and will be furnished
with late model automo-
bile. For appointment call
Evening star., 1963-02-06
Oil Burner Mechanic
PART-TTME

EVENING WORK
try, Sl25 per month, . to 9 hours
each evening Car nee. Over 10.
Call 5e7-13S2, 8 to Q pm. and
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-30
State To Support BartIett's Alien
 Ship Seizure biii

Hearings will be held in Wash ington Sept. 5 on Senator Bartlett's bill providing fine up to S10, ,000 or imprisonment up to year, or both for foreign fishery intrusion in territorial waters of United States. Senator Bartlett will hold hearings before Senate Subcommittee Mer- chant Marine and Fisheries of Commerce committee.
 State support for federal as- sistance in emphasizing American jurisdiction over these waters should be most helpful" Senator Bartlett stated, And I am pleased that Deputy Commissioner Edward S. Marvich of State Department of Fish and Game will testify in sup port of legislation.
 Bartlett introduced the bill early in August following sightings in July of a number of Japanese and Russian fishing vessels within one and half miles of Alaska's coast
 Federal laws are wholly made quate to deal with these increasing incidents" Bartlett stated. "It is essential that federal government be given power to back up efforts of states to provide imperative deterrent to foreign intrusions."
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-30

conclusions of future needs. After all the facts were in hand and with the knowledge gained from other similar communities throughout the world, these specialists have printed for us all facts, with many charts and figures to show us the possibilities for such a city as we want, and the practical means or gaining such objectives by 1880.
 I trust that every citizen will study this excellently prepared plan Git can be purchased at the City Hall for a very nominal price) and insist that their City Council prepare the proper enactments to put the plan in force, and then watchfully note that a follow-up is made on each phase of the pro- gram until we have the Utopia m Kodiak to match our unsurpassed scenic surroundings.
 Let Us build for the future. Let
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-30

us have one of the most taikeo- about spots for gracious living in the entire world. We do not need to change all of our winding streets that have such charm of tneir own. The planners have seen to this and have called for creation of charm plus utility in the Dusi- ness section, containing a mall ana shopping centers and scenic ap- breaches to a Near Island bridge, to the Ferry Terminal and to the Naval Base, with through-streets where they can be of the most good in the flow of traffic.
 In anticipating the gradual com pletion of these ultimate plans,
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-30
After 30 Years

(continued from page D
 time over the Alaska Highway to visit him. With his wife and two children he plans to return to Alaska to make his home, working in aerodynamics. The younger son, Don, also married, and with two children, follows the elders pro- fession of teaching, and is an in- vent0r as well.
 The visitors took the next morn ing's flight back to Anchorage from where they planned to drive again to Pullman with a stop-over at Mrs. Merriam's mothers in Spo- kane to tell her what they found on this trip to Alaska.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-30

there is much that we can all do- beginning now. We have many buildings which will fit into the new plans and they should re ceive new coats of paint. Windows should be kept clean and window displays in the stores arranged with taste. We need to keep rub bish off the streets and piles of debris and lumber and what-not out of sight. Above all, we need a civic pride that will stimulate us to do all of these things and permit us to see other ways to bring beauty to our city.
 It can be done. Let's do it.
 A. Holmes Johnson, MD.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-30
Episcopal Church lnQuirers Class

The second in series of h. quirers' classes will be held Mon- day, Sept. 2 at 7::3o pm. in St. James the Fisherman Episcopal Church.
 Persons desiring to learn more about the Episcopal Church are invited to come. The series serves also as confirmation class for those desiring to be confirmed when Bishop William J. Gordon. Jr, visits St. James in October.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-30
Proclamation

WHEREAS, a young and grow ing population in Alaska still finds many needs unfulfilled, which are available in more settled communi- ties; and
 WHEREAS, the Alaska State Elks Association has concerned it. self with brining some of these much needed services to both out lying and urban areas; and
 WHEREAS, a great need has been found for physical therapy for children handicapped by cere- bral palsy or other crippling diseases; and
 WHEREAS, the Alaska State Elks Association has formed a Cerebral Palsy Foundation to bring the treatment to the patient wherever possible; and
 WHEREAS, this treatment is available without charge to all Alaskans regardless of race, color, or creed:
 THEREFORE, I do hereby pro- claim the week of September 70 2 to be
 ALASKA STATE ELKS
 ASSOCIATION CEREBRAL
 PALSY WEEK
 FURTHER, I urge all residents of this community to support the admirable work being done through the Elks' program of help ing to train the handicapped youth of our area to take their rightful place as full citizens.
 Signed
 MERRILL COON
 Mayor
 Editors Note: A similar proclamation was made by Gov. William Egan.)
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-30
tContinued from Page D Thoughts On

Our Council has wisely hired ex- perts in city planning to study every facet of municipal life in Kodak, past and present, upon which to base well-thought-out
Navajo times., 1963-03-21

Closure Of the left diversion
tunnel restricting the flow of the
Colorado River and thus initiating
the storage Of water in Lake Powell
was accomplished March 13, the
Bureau of Reclamation announced
today. Commi ssioner of Reclaim
alton Floyd E. Dominy issued in
Structions to commence storage
Immediately in order to take ad-
vantage of fortuitous circumStan-
ces which will permit earlier
storage than was originally antici-
pated.
Storage in Lake Mead is near
an all-time peak--not only from
cyclical standpoint but addition
ally for this time of year to meet
Lower Basin water needs" Com
missioner Dominy said. "We have
been able to expedite work on the
outlet gate at Glen Canyon Dam to
effect immediate control. This
combination of circumstance
makes this the most favorable time
we could possibly select to COM
mence storage.
1--WE are indeed fortunate to be
able to close the gates thirty days
earlier than anticipated" Com
missioner Donliny added. ''In this
year Of likely reduced runoff, every
days storage will make a diff
ference in the total operational
program. 1t is fully expected that
even with appr roMmately Is percent
Of normal runoff, as currently
forecast from March / snow
surveys, dead storage can be OBJ
tained within 1912 months. This
will insure meeting the power pro-
duction schedule at Glen Canyon
Dam next year.
The dam proper is now more
than 90 percent completed ththa