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Evening star., 1963-09-18

The darkness which Is
falling on Alabama is falling
elsewhere, too, and nowhere
more somberly than over
the decent Southern cause
in the United States Senate.
This cause is to resist, not
merely in behalf of the South
but in behalf of ordered
freedom everywhere, those
extremist aspects of an Ad-
miniStration civil rights pro-
gram of Federal force which
the President himself long
refused to request but now
demands.
Not long ago the clear
prospect was that he would
at length be granted some
but not all of that program;
for it has unwisdom as well
as wisdom in it. The outlook
was that while measures
would be taken to vindicate
actual Negro rights, notably
the vote, the President would
be denied, for illustration,
Federal sanctions to end
discrimination even on pri-
vate property as a matter of
private choice.
Today, no man can say
how far Congress may go,
lashed by the emotional
storms that blow in from
outrageS in Alabama. What
could have been a grave and
memorably sensible dialogue
on this issue has been so
embittered as to leave the
moderates. inside and out
side the South, all but de-
fenseleSS in the storm.
Not long ago, the Southern
moderates in the Senate
those who are ready to give
ground on the racial issue
but wish to do so only care
fully, considering that CEN
turies of habit must here
be overcome-had an enor-
nous. quiet influence with
Northern and Western mod
crates in both parties. With
in all this merged group
there lay the power Of final
decision on the question.
Change in the Senate
But now a great and ter
rible change in the Senate
has come. First, 1t was in
troduced by the posturings of
the Governor Of Alabama,
George wallace, against
court-ordered and token in
tie grafton even over the
wishes Of local authorities
who were sick of violence and
only wanted to get on with
educating the young. Now
this great and terrible change
has been grievously hardened
by he a dime words from
Birmingham which hang in
memory like a sick miasma:
-Four Negro children killed
in church bombing"
For years, this columnist
Evening star., 1963-09-18
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
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Evening star., 1963-09-18

FAITHS OF A M u II T. A N
THOUGHT edited by Ar
thur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
and Morton White. 614 PIP.
(Houghton Mifflin Co.,
$500
Between 1927 and 1880,
Vernon harrington brought
out the 3 volumes of his mon
umental and celebrated study,
Main Currents in American
Thought"
Now Arthur M. Schlesinger,
Jr., Morton White, professor
Of philosophy at Harvard.
and "a collaborators have
produced a volume called
Paths OF America n
Thought"
Paths are narrow. Most Of
them meander; many become
overgrown before they reach
any apparent goal. Currents
run strong, wide, and deep,
and one great man can hope
to fathom them. But no in
dividual can find-let alone
explore-all the paths.
Parrington's book is some
three times as long as Paths
of American Thought" and
Profs. Schlesinger and White
remark that doubtless others
in the future will try single
handedly to improve on Par
rington's labors in a work Of
comparable scale"
Difference In Times
1t Is q nice sentiment, but
1t may well be a bad predic-
ton. For the extraordinary
difference between PAIRING
ton on the one hand and
Schlesinger and White on the
other is not really a differ
ence in the scope Of the
vision of men. It Is more a
matter Of the difference in
times.
knowledge, as everyone
knows, has expanded. So has
its definition. The modern
intellectual historian faces
not only more data within
any given field than did his
predecessors, but more fields
as we'll, and he has more
METEOROLOGICAL tools to mas
ter and use. Moreover, he is
not likely TO set up q heir
archy Of knowledge; II he
did, he would stand very lit
tie chance Of having II
widely accepted. Paths" and
main currents" are not
literary conceits but cultural
symbols. They say a good
bit about what has happened
since 1927. A new PAIRING
ton is scarcely imminent.
Profs. Schlesinger and
White, for their part, seek Ito
deal with salient aspects OF
the evolution Of the Ameri-
can mind" and they remark
that they have no preten-
sions TO total coverage. This
work." they say. "is not only
collective: 1t is selective."
Painting and music are
omitted, as the editors state.
They remark that they have
not dealt with poetry. but
this is not true. Irving Howe
writes three pages about con-
temporary poetry in an essay
otherwise devoted TO modern
fiction.
Profs. schlesinger and
Evening star., 1963-09-18
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Evolution of American Minds
By DONALD MINTZ

White have a little trouble
with science and scientific
philosophy. I. Bernard Cohen
contributes a Straightfor-
ward narrative of scien-
tific events and education in
10Th century America. Then
Prof. White offers an essay
on "Pragmatism and the
Scope Of Science" an essay
that is supposed to carry de-
velopments up to the First
World War.
But this is an inconvenient
breaking point, and Prof.
White rather hurTiedly skips
past the chronological marker
to deal briefly with two
books by w. v Quine pub
lished in 1858 and 1860
respectively.
Minor Faults
1t is a little furtive, and
the reader hopes that the
next section of the book,
From the First World War
to the Present" will carry
the story further. AS it turns
out, Everett MendelSsohn
offers what is mostly a precis
Of the development Of re-
search and the means for
supporting it. Scientific phil
osophy. however, bangles
back where Prof. White left
it.
This is the only fault Of the
sort In the book. Many Of the
essays overlap slightly, but
the points of view are as
various as the authors, and
the result is heightened
interest rather than the op-
posite. 1t is particularly en-
lig h tening to note how
Richard Chase, Alfred KAHN.
and Irving Howe converge on
the notion Of the absence of
society as a force In Ameri-
can literature before the
rise OF realism towards the
end Of the 10Th century.
The quality Of the con-
tributions is bound to vary.
Only one essay, Paul A.
Samuelson's Economic
Thought and the New In
dustrialism," is unsatisfac-
tory. Prof. Samuelson is
funny but not particularly
informative. on the other
hand, an extraordinary num-
Der Of the essays are Of the
highest quality. and very few
are merely routine.
On balance, Paths of
American Thought" is a
splendid offering whose use
fulness is increased by the
thoughtful guides TO further
reading appended TO each
essay.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Answers to Questions
BY The HASKIN SERVICE

@. How long have imports
into the United States had to
carry marks or labels show
ing their country OF oigin7
e. p.
A. Since March /. 1891.
Unless exception is permitted,
each imported article OF for
eign origin Cor its container)
must be marked in a conspic-
uous place--as legibly. indel-
IDLY and permanently as pos
sible-with the English name
OF the country Of origin.
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Point Missed?

1OuI IrOIlC-pdge story on
September II, by David
Braaten. CORE Protest
Misses Point" is illustrative
of the fact that it is The Star
that misses the point Of the
whole movement towards
equal opportunity in housing.
1t Is not for The Star to
determine that the COM
plant against Marumsco
Hills is 'baselesS," but for
the Federal Housing Author
ity. In whose hands the COM
plant rests. But most i'm
portantly, the editorial
choice made in featuring the
negative, impugning the good
faith of Mr.. Jones and en-
phasizing that the color
barrier" had already been
broken" at MarumSco Hills,
lays bare The Stars own
values. The Star, it appears,
Is quite willing to ridicule
the earnest efforts Of one of
the few organizations that is
actually making a frontal
attack upon the contempti-
BILE and morally indefensible
practice Of racial discrimina-
ton. and The Star is willing
to make its editorial choices
in that vein.
1t is not until one reads
Page 6 that one discovers
that the Army sergeant has
not in fact yet been permit
ted to buy a home in Ma
rumSco Hills; his credit ref
erenceS must yet be checked.
With the wretched reputa-
ton the housing industry
has earned in the past in
finding ways to disqualify
potential Negro buyers for
failure to be a good credit
risk" it will be a marvel If
the Army sergeant Is certi-
fled as qualified" and ac-
tually moves into Marumsco
Hills. 1t is the housing in
dustry. not CORE, that must
demonstrate its good faith,
but for ought that appears
The Star is not aware of past
and present discrimination
common to the housing in
dustry.
Outright refusal to deal
with Negroes is now a rarity
in the housing industry.
Rather, petty strategems and
subtletieS are employed to
give the appearance Of fair
ness without It's substance.
The pity Of the whole situa-
tion is that private persons
must be depended upon to
detect this insidious discrim-
ination to present to the
Government for its action.
There are few such persons
with enough experience to
see the problems. More work
must be done to remove the
forum Of judgment from the
pages Of the press and to place
1t with professional investi-
gators In the Government
agencies which furnish the
financial backing for the
builders Of suburban sprawl.
Thomas III. PlOss
Editors note. Mr.. Ploss
accompanied a CORE repre-
SentatiUe to the housing
Development tDhen the mis-
guided test case tDds made.
Ins n N
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Dirty PooF

It is my understanding
that this fall will see the
Jelleff Boys Club in George
town, headquarters Of Boys
Clubs of Greater Washing
ton, open its full-scale of ac-
tivities with a number of diff
ferent programs aimed at
developing Washington
youth.
One Of these fine programs
will, so / hear, be an expand
ed number Of pool tables for
the games room. The intro
duction and development OF
pool as a regular games
room activity for the Club,
under the direction of unit
director Earnest Pavey, Is a
most interesting use Of funds
1t seems TO me, especially
since / believe United Givers
Fund money is utilized by
the club.
/ question the character
building potential of pool in
America today. and wonder
If the Greater Washington
Boys Club group can not d.
rect some less questionable
use for money within its pro-
grams.
Ramona Hicks Fitzpatrick
Evening star., 1963-09-18
Edward w. KIley

Co-ordinator, Northeastern
Resources Development As
sociation.
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BY CYNTHIA LOWRY

known that the evil penetrating eye
of the motion picture or television
camera adds at least some 10 to is
pounds to the slimmest' star and
makes pleasantly rounded performer
look like a candidate for FattieS
Anonymous.
What is not so we'll known-and,
obviously, not much appreciated-is
that those same lenses do the same
thing-only more SOTO head OF
thick hair.
And, with miSchievous perversity.
they somehow manage to make a
fellow with thin crop atop look like
Yul Brynner.
Ernest Adler, a small, bearded man
who achieved fame and fortune styl-
ing the hair and dreaming up hairdos
for most of the theater's and tele-
Visions top feminine stars, mourns
that one of the diSmaying aspects of
television is that too many of the top
women performers, particularly on
the variety programs, "overdreSS and
have too much hair"
They don't seem to realize"
charged Adler fiercely, that they
can't wear the kind of dress on tele-
vision that they'd wear to a cocktail
party or ball. And it's even worse
when they add those elaborate bout
FAINT hairdos. 1t makes their heads
twice as large as they are-really
deformed and ugly"
THE trick in television," he con-
fided, lis to tone everything down.
You'll never see a really chic woman
appearing in public today-on tele-
vision or off-with her hair rated
and leased"
Adler's heaviest scorn was reserved
for the dressed-to-the-teeth glamor
girls who minced before the television
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cameras on the night the motion
picture Oscars were awarded.
mo names, please" he cautioned.
But some of those women had such
big, ridiculous hairdos that you could
actually see the padding and teasing.
And the clothes ;! Nobody
should ever wear dresses all covered
with beads, or made Of stiff, hard
material for television. The women
with real chic-like Olivia De Havil-
land-were in soft movable, pliable
dresses. Of course, chiffon is always
so great and flattering. And they
wore their hair softly and simply"
Los Angeles is always about two
years behind in fashion anyway" he
charged.
Adler's candidate for the tele-
vision star with the most interesting
hair is Faye Emerson: You can do
anything with it and it looks well"
Adler believes that the next hair
style will be short and canine"
'OshinstOn. D. c.. Moy II. 1868
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE
fCONTlNUEDl

OLDS 80 "se" cow, blue, white
top, blue int, power steering, pow
er brakes, brand-new, new-car title
and warranty, list price S42l3, our
price $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20
HlII a Sanders

THE BEST PLACE TO BUY
ll250 Viers Mill Rd., Wheaton, Md
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AUTOMOBILES FoR SALE AUTOMOBILES FoR SALE

$500, used sedans and
sta. wag. from SIPS. SOUTHEAST
RAMBLER, Branch ave. at Naylor
I'd. se 10 A-79b2
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1000 Wilson Blvd, Arl. IA. z-65oo
PLYMOUTH IS Savoy sedan, auto.
trans, r. and h., good c0nd. Clean.
| S11s or make infer 1Aa- 56p2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-20

THUNDERBIRD ca 1858, company
official cars. Landau. fun power
and air cond. Call MARC MENSH,
no. 2-5000. CHERNER MOTOR CO.
THIRD go Al cond., new uphoi,.
P;;ss;ss p.b;. r. and b., 2-tone green
on week ends.
THIRD 81, new white top. new
tires, owner, garage kent since
new; $4,000 mi. LIKE NEW NJ
SIDE AND OUT. Mechanically per-
feet: Must sell sl.S75 firm.
S3l-l603.
'63 cOnv, Signet 200, only
700 miles, must sell. Take over
payments. 536-6l52.
80 sedan, Woo. auto.
trans, heater, under 1000 mi. $500
cash. Call FE. s-os22.
WILLYs OVERLAND yEEPSTER
~, T. and h., 3D., snow tires, good
running cond. 543-4o6S.
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TEMPEST 81 LeMans sport coupe.
met; blue, r. and h.. Wv, peri.
cond.s $50 and take over pay
ments. RICHARD, e27-e0l3.
T-BIRD 80 sport roadster, fire-en-
1 HTIc. D. ss.ss;. Cost new 5000 our
Hill & Sanders
THE BEST PLACE TO BUY
1880 Viers Mill Rd., Wheaton, Md.
$4,000
T-BIRD IS. Al cond. Auto, full
pow, orig. int, 10000 mi. OWNER
Sl,75. 93l-4756 after S.
THUNDERBIRD '56, auto. trans.
p.b., new paint, top, tires, and rug,
Excel. cond. $l,765. JU. 1915.
THUNDERBIRD '56, r. and h.. W..
W. tires, 2 tops, 3 speeds, standard
trans, $500. WE. 5-5ssl.
THUNDERBIRD 81 hardtop. Cal
A74-6354 after s pm.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PONTIAC 80 Tempest conv., many
extras, demo sale, 1855. FLOOD
PONTIAC, A22l Conn.
PONTIAC '5s 4-dr. Super Chief, inn
mac, $3.50. FLOOD PONTIAC, 422l
Conn.
PONTIAC "a Starchief, low miles, ]
owner since new, $299. FLOOD
PONTIAC. 1921 Conn.
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500 AGEK RID.
W. Hyattsville, Md. AP. T-OllA
OPEN SUNDAY us
PLYMOUTH 80 2-door hrdtp., excel.
cnnd,, guaranteed Owner-driver,
exceptionally low m / ea e. DU.
1872 or AID. A-Ao02.
PLYMOUTH '62 A-door, s-cylinders,
straight trans, like brand-new.
Sl,595.
AIS MOTORS
Valiant Plymouth C ysler-Imperial
$40 Wilson Blvd, Arl., Va.
PLYMOUTHS cost less at SELLERS
SALES & SERVICE, 1913 Balti-
more ave-, Hyattsville. WA. 10000.
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Olnstead

1000 Wilson Blvd. Arl. IA. 7-65oo
PLYMOUTH IS Savoy sedan, auto.
trans, r. and h., good cond. Clean.
$225 or make offer. 24e-56s3.
PLYMOUTH az 4-dr., r. and h., ex-
Gel. cOnd. Must see to appreciate.
$500. CALL so. $500,
PLYMOUTH '49 4-dr., cheap, r. and
h., good running cond. 365-l5l7.
PLYMOUTH 50 VS. 2-dr,, r. and h.,
auto. trans, ! owner. S505, low as
L. P. STEUART CHRYsLER CITY
1900 Wis. Ave. EN-. $4,000
PLYM OUTH 80 va Fury sport
coupe, r. and h., auto. trans, p.s.,
white beauty. sl,095, Low as SS5
L, p. STEUART cHRYsLER CITY
$500 Wis. Ave. EN-. $4,000
PLYMO UTH 50 Fury "s" A-dr.
hardtop, auto, radio, heater, power
steering. S895. Call l. A X r Y
PLYMOUTH 1858 station wagon 4
dr., r. and h. SA9s HE. 4-S7sl.
PLY MOUTH ~. like new. Mist
green, va engine, auto. trans. New
Wv. tires, back-up lights. sl,495.
Phone 277-724S.
PLYMOUTH SO station wagon, auto.
trans, p,s., r, and h., sparkling
cOnd.. S5eS. Bail eys Crossroads
area. 4sl-5s55.
PONTIAC '63 4-dr. hit, fully loaded,
air cond. Guaranteed. Al cOnd.
500 mi. Call 363-2l53.
"e" auto. with power steering, w.
W. tires, 2-tone blue, low mileage,
exceptionally clean, sl,l99. KIRK
MOTOR CO., Our 2lst Year, 1000
Ga. ave. NV, IA. $4,000.
'63 Tempest wagon, power
n"'''i~ demo sale S2,72A. FLOOD
PONTIAC, A22l Conn.
'63 sport coupe, power
eqipped, demo sale, $2,968. FLOOD
PONTIAC, 422l Conn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07

OLDsMOBILE 81 Super "ss" 2-dr.
hdtp., p.s., p.b.i air cond.' very
clean, excel. cond., S5s5, IA. I.5596.
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MOTORCYCLES
AVIATION

EX-AIR FORCE PILOTS-still
like to fly2 I have an ex-W. W.
II trainer for sale in excel. shape.
Burns only 10 Ep'h. Licensed To-
1904. Call XII. 8-a3S7. Don't call
unless you have $1,000 cash.
FOR SALE-Piper Tri-Pacer, $50
sH t ednd Panee . TG'' J and y S1sss eS
S4s-I336 after pm.
PIPER TRI-PACER, PAP, perfect
cond. Fabric new. Engine good.
Priced TO sell. $3.50. Can finance.
CIR. 3-l2e7 or 3S4-47ee.
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CORVAIR 80 Mona, Wv. r. and
h., 4-speed trans, electric clock.
. a d d q d dash, immaculate cond.
must sell, Sl,B95. CIR. 3.J617.
CORVAIR 'bl Mona 7.dr., 4.spd. mr.
shift, r. and h., white with red int. /.
excel. cond. Going In service. 81 $50
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ROYAL, MOTORS

dreds, IS g Q choose 'i from. a' FFL0oT
PONTIAC, l27l Conn. 90 Years.
f FAcEoRY g AR R0p cSNB f slHEsa
glass aydrSS r. s,s and ,. b.; w .oI;t
Kimberly blue iinish, m Stchin h
MOTakide leather int, very low mi
and still under factory warranty
Tremendous savings on this one
Originally sold for S4,52l, our spe
cial sale price, only 1855.
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FLORIDA PROPERTY

SALE on EXCHANGE for pro-
40 acres wa bdrm. cottage,
mr. Sarasota, Fla, Cali MIR.
qEoRGE, Hu. 3-744s or ewes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-07

CHEVROLET "a Bel Air 2.dr. hdtp.,
r, and h., floor shift. beautiful red
and white finish. This car ia a
beauty and priced 10 sell AZ S395.
w dni on approved credit. -.
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CLOSE-OUT SALE

FLEXIBLE BUS, converted 10 cam.
per or trailer. completely equipped.
pynksI stove Ice box, toilet and Ia.
6les Excel. running ondition n.
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WEEK-END SpECIAI,

We have several 1864 mobile
homes Just like new in Stnek
Lived IN less than 90 DAYS. S2ab
On. and assume unpaid balance
ihB3 Hloona, b2xl0, 2 bedrms.
1908 Amor w/washer. b0xtO, .
bedrooms.
1888 Monarch, b6xiO, bath and
"a. bedrms., w/washer.
For further Information call Mrs.
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HsEI .Hs DIES , "ISo" 20, iSp :GpS
or best offer. Call T6.7376.
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IMP0RT-SP0RTS

AUSTIN-HEALEY 80 5000" de
tires excel. cond. $500. JU. g
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MARLEsTTE 1860 59SI0 T. front
i?,VO" gT,igi air con eosd. Us "a, 300 SRH
$1,000 On. Can be seen At south.
east Trailer Park, cY. 1904.
MOBILE HOME 1853. lo-n. vide,
never lived In, fully furn., auto.
washer, will sacrifice. Small dn.
and assume payments. Call 273-6l0l
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jim BISHOP
Youths Toe Line
At Myrtle Beach

There is a happy-looking
crew-cut cop in Myrtle Beach,
S. C. He has a toothy Heston
grin and the attitude Of a man
who e enjoys his work. He
doesn't really. It has just be-
come more bearable because
he has the Endorsement of his
boss and the court. He is ju-
venile Officer Samuel P.
Brown, and he works with
bad boys and bad girls.
Brown and his superior,
Chief W. Carlisle Newton, a
man with a cast-iron jaw,
grew weary of watching ju-
venile offenders SLOUGH in
court and whisper wisecracks
while waiting for the
Judge to lecture them and
send them home. Fear was
not on the faces of the &C.
cused. No judge would dare to
put them away. They knew it.
THE ELINQU NTS
stared at the law. The law
stared back. And the delin-
quents won. The population Of
Myrtle Beach doubled in sew
en- years. The trouble doubled.
In 1858, some citizens held a
few meetings. Among them
were Chief N ewton, Judge
Jefferson M. Long, ST., the
Mayor, and a few mothers
who wanted to help.
Judge Long told the group
that he had studied the case
histories Of many juvenile del
inquents looking for common
denominators. This is what he
found: Almost all had poor
attendance records in school;
they seldom participated in
school extra-curricular activi-
ty; their parents showed little
interest in their work or their
welfare; one or both parents
drank heavily; the children
could get more attention by
doing wrong things than right
ones.
Out of this conference came
a set Of eight rules. The eight
became part Of Judge Longs
court procedure. Each delin-
quent found guilty Of petty
theft, vandalism, street fight
ing or chronic school truancy
was sentenced to the Boys or
Girls State Training School.
Sentence was temporarily Sus-
pended if the child and par
ents agreed to abide by eight
rules:
1. Child Is to report to ju-
venile officer Brown every
afternoon and remain under
his supervision from 3 pm.
until $50.
2. Child must attend church
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services and present proof Of
attendance.
8. Be at home by 8 pm. on
weekdays and 9 pm. on week
ends unless accompanied by
parent or grandparent.
4. Commit no violations Of
law during probation.
S. Stay out Of beer joints,
jitterbug places, etc.
6. Agree not to play pinball
games, slot machines or any
gambling device.
7. Attend school regularly
and show improvement in
work.
8. Obey parents, teachers
and juvenile officer without
question.
It is not an easy code. Sam
Brown had a house full of
youngsters in his precinct sta
ton every afternoon. It wasn't
easy on lax parents either.
They were ordered to appear
in court with the children and
to swear in public that they
would be responsible for ad-
herence to the eight-point pro-
gram. In effect, if the parents
failed, they would be sending
their own youngsters off to
incarceration.
OVERNIGHT, adults gave
up the notion that delinquents
are inevitable. Mrs. W. E.
Ca m eron, ST., wife Of the
Mayor, decided that she could
spare time to teach young girl
offenders. She also rounded
up tutors for boys and girls
who were behind in school
work.
Prominent citizens donated
books, sets Of encyclopedias.
On Friday and Saturday aft
ernoons, delinquents had to
clean school yards and public
parks.
Boys were ordered to clean
and stripe the football field
used by the Myrtle Beach
SeahawkS. In return, they got
free tickets to the games. The
2l9 hours in the police station
every day gave the children a
triple-barrelled lesson. They
learned that policemen are
not e e mics Of teenagers.
They learned something about
police procedure. They used
the rest Of the time to do their
homework.
Is Myrtle Beach's program
any good? The record shows
that none Of the 165 young
sters who have been placed
on the eight-point program
has ever been arrested again.
(copyrisht, 1893, King Feature)