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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

From Italy, magnetized
cigarette dispenser that
attaches to dashboard.
Press button and up pops
q cigarette ready to light
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12
Released Traitor
To Enter japan
AS StuteIess Man

TACOMA, Wash, Dec. IL
(AP).-After 16 years in prison,
Tomaya CThe MeatbalD Kawa-
kita, convicted war criminal,
left for Japan today, a free
man but stateless.
Kawakita, convicted Of trea-
sonable brutality while an in
terpreter for q Japanese
prisoner-of-war camp in World
War II, was granted freedom
by the late President Kennedy
in one Of Mr.. Kennedy's last
official acts. Mr.. Kennedy
granted leniency on the condi-
ton Kawakita leave the United
States and never return.
Shorn Of both japanese
and United States citizenship.
Kawakita, AZ, could not get a
passport. After a month Of ne
gotiations, Japan authorized
him entry as q "Stateless
person"
The native Californian left
nearby Mcneil Island Federal
Penitentiary late yesterday.
Thanked by two immigration
officials, Kawakita was taken
to the Seattle-T Tacoma Inter-
national Airport and released
to Japanese consular officials.
He left by plane six hours later.
He said he was very glad to
get out Of prison and was CRATE
full to Mr.. Kennedy. He said
he had studied electronics in
prison and would begin a new
life in Japan with the help Of
cousins and friends there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

have about three hours q week.
He says that even children 10
and IL years old. should have
at least one lesson q day.
Mr.. Lempert also suggests
throwing away the rules and
letting teachers have q free
hand. Soviet teachers, even
more than their colleagues in
other countries. are expected to
follow q rigid set Of regulations
so that certain material is COW
cred at the same time all
around the country.
At q recent conference, a
group Of Small-town teachers
asked that they be allowed to
use Russian when they teach
foreign languages, instead of
the language being studied.
This startled" the experts
from the universities, according
to Mr.. Lempert. Because when
these teachers were students,
they spoke beautifully"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

White House Story" q drama
about presidential families.
A. z. Hotchner's script re-
lates what are described as
nonpontical episodes beginning
with George Washington and
ending with the Theodore
Roosevelt family. The produc-
ton, announced yesterday. Is
scheduled for a May Is pre-
miere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12
HOW TO TEACH IVAN?
Reds Feud on Languages

to start Immediately according
to q textbook. They argue
about whether one should ex.
plain to children the foreign
sounds and then go on to the
alphabet. or on the other hand.
to begin with the letters, and
then the sounds"
Russian officials have prided
themselves for years on the
tremendous amount Of time de-
voted to foreign language
especially English-in their
schools. beginning with the pri-
mary grades.
There even are q few pri-
mary and secondary schools In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN
star staff Writer

49, 1880 "A&s@A
Soviet pedagogues are feud-
ing these days over how best to
teach Ivan to speak q foreign
language.
Although apparently an old
argument, it has spilled re-
Gently into the public press.
one rather exasperated
school administrator from Pya-
tigorsk asked In Izvestia the
other day for an end to the
fruitleSs debate. He said the
teachers reminded him Of the
"Big-enders" and the Little
enders" in Swift's "Gulliver's
Travels" who wrangled for
years over how to open an egg,
from the big end or the little.
I'VE have argued too many
years about the methods of
studying foreign languages"
wrote B. Lempert. Some assert
that in studying languages one
ignore completely Cor
almost completely the native
tongue. Others base their
method on a comparison Of the
foreign language with the ma
tive one.
Argue on Approach
They argue also about
whether to begin the study Of a
language without a textbook or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

which students are compelled
to speak only English-with
the exception Of courses in
Russian literature.
But the average student,
some Of the debaters contend,
does not know how to speak
correctly, and also has an in
sufficient reading knowledge, +"
even after studying the Ian
guage from six to 10 years.
Urges Daily Lesson
The problem. in Mr.. Lem
pert's view. Is that not enough
a attention is given to
intensive" study Of the Ian
guage. Too often, children only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12
Helen Huyes to Stur
In Broadway Drumu

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After q five-year absence,
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Broadway to star IN The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

They argue also about
whether to begin the study Of a
language without a textbook or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-12

BRONZINI GIFT
Delightful cologne and
aftershave lotion packed in
rich gold mesh wrapping
with sprig Of holly added to
give that festive touch to a
fine gift. All this in a
beautiful presentation box.
$40 plus tax.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31
Financial Blacklist
How To Deal With 1t

Many rundown city area has deteriorated be-
cause it has been blacklisted by the lending agen-
cies. Some Of these agencies seem to be highly ex-
perienced in maintaining blacklists of form or
another, including the blacklist of Negroes who de-
sire to purchase homes outside of prescribed limits
1t is interesting to learn, therefore, how one
neghborhood dealt with backlisting by savings and
finance institutions. Several years ago the Chicago
neighborhood known as Back Of the Yards" real
lied that 1t the blacklist and that this was
frustrating all efforts to rehabilitate ITSELF improve
the dwellings and living conditions Of its people
and maintain and expand commercial facilities need
ed in the district.
At this point the district organization, known
as the Back Of the Yards Council, surveyed the
council members and determined where they kept
their savings accounts.
Presently all the banks and savings and loan
associations received invitations to come to a meet
ing The finance needs Of the district presented
to them, and very politely but firmly they were
given to understand that the district expected some
consideration from them The institutions got the
word that the blacklist can work two ways. Ths
blacklist was broken, finance again flowed into the
district, to the benefit Of all
There might be a lesson In this for all neighbor-
hoods and for all groups Of people who find them.
selves blacILIsted
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31
Hofs of To Rowan
While MINI,

While Mnnesotans a
and raised Tennessee nonbgod
take pride the recent appointment
Finland Negro he is the first his
nation ambassador.
though state 37-year-od Rowan
had the chance develop his considerable
phere freer Of prejudice than in many other states.
Although he named nnesetas outstanding young
the in 1851 by the state probably
known to most people through his Grow Die" articles
reporter for the Minneapolis Morning Tribune
the need small Minnesota either
base wther the Even though this painfully
good people didn't appreciate having
assumed the status Of controversial figure We would imagine
recent history has pretty well proven him q prophet.
writing abilities achieved ultimate years
with his being awarded Pulitzer prize in journalism
writing about segregation in the South.
further indication Of his ability
Negro U.S.
history.
The AmericanNews congraulates for
serving that skin color abt-On
ANIERICAN-NEWS
Editors Notes Rowan win be the third Negro q
Ambassador, Clifford Wharton, Is serving
Norway Mercer Cook
Rowan the first American
U.s. Navy Rowan has writing
Pulitzer yet
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31

reception publishing very
good Moving publication date ahead inevitable
weekly papers long ago
Friday
Thursday date by which most papers
actually mail distribute Wednesday, gives
advertisers especially retailers three
exposure Of their ads to potential customers.
publication street nestands
sales The January 10 edition had the highest sale
the the entire paper story might
have been factor but following without sensational
homicide the sale the second highest history
Yearly mail subscriptions the increase Also all of which
has all of us grinnng from to
book have been waiting along quietly the other
is nd Then We Heard the Thunder by John Oliver len Alfred
A Knopf Inc, $5e5 and published January 81.
OF
patiently Negroes
and II At last in Kens awaiting
There's do justice to And We Heard the Thunder
in this is probing
the minds of called defend
allowed to enjoy have yet to print
earthly description Negro
World
dared them they
with graphic intensity in this
1t tells how Negro sAdded with
supremacy (ho Negroes)
not have held command white troops for minute.
training average
aegrO unit with white officers from the training to the South
Pacific beaches fashion that the reader avdy follows the
troops from induction the death dealing beaches swept by fire of
Japanese
Negro troops
when they ignored the obvious unfane of asking give his
life for something he could not passages
with both pathos
details the accurately
We read this book
it. We
cOunts uniform for its authenticity its breadth
writing There's a service
the common experiences which Citizen Army had in defending
their country.
book ability print
feelings frightened strug
Cling their able
destruction this grim
Negro
often by Kens telling brings great
Walk, get yourself a copy
which the waiting
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31
The Breast-beaters Are

1t sounds quaint and dated to hear, as we have
been hearing radio and TV lately. southern pol
itcal leaders not to interfere with "our way
Of life" They always stand on high principle-the
constitution, God and country. motherhood, and
Americanism.
Their way Of life is the life of the bully-boy.
and the principles they are fighting for involve the
right Of some people to push other people around.
What makes all this sound so quaint and dated Is
the strange positions which the Dtsdecrat spolees-
men are forced into.
Thus Senator George smathers, Florida Demo-
crat is fighting for the sacred principle Of the fill
buster and Congressman Howard Smith, w. Virginia
Democrat is sworn on his sacred honor to defy to
the death the utterly immoral and dastardly con-
cept of a representative rules committee.
They get so indignant! And the more self-dght-
eous their indignation, the sillier they appear.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31
eOle Miss" Faces DINNER
Future Than Meredith

The reports from Oxford Mississippi repeated
ly tell Of jeering hooting students"-in the cafe
terra in the dormtory the street. wherever James
Meredith put in an appearance before he left the
campus last week.
The repetition of these incidents can only occur
with the connivance active cooperation of the
University officials 1t is clearly the responsibility
of any properly run institution to prevent such
demonstrations corrosive they to the learning
process for which the university exists In the
OF Mississippi 1t Is especially the duty and respon
sibity of the university administration to act be-
cause policies Of worldwide Importance are in
volved.
Instead, the University, by neglectng to dis
cipline the offenders, has let crowd of hoongans
take over set the tone for the entire university and
in effect create worldwide reputation of the in
stitution as a haven Of hoodlums.
Whether James Merediths decision were to
stay on as matter Of principle, to go elsewhere
in the interests of his own education and the per-
sonal safety of himself and his family makes little
difference now far the University of Mssissip-
pi is concerned The university has damaged itself
beyond repair as an institution of learning. CAS- an
institution of football, perhaps it can SURVIVED.
At least one third of the faculty are leaving.
And these are by and large the ablest since those
who leaving those who have been able to get
other jobs. Those who remain largely those who
coulont connect with other colleges. BY the same
TOKEN Mississippi will have to be content to fill
vacancies with applicants unable to get better jobs
for example with colleges not under imminent
danger Of losing their academic accreditation.
Somewhat the same process is going on in the
student body. Serious and ambitious students who
understand the Importance of good education, will
go to colleges and universities capable of meeting
their standards Mississippi will become even more
the school for hoolgans There is ironic justice in all
Of this. Hooligan studnts taught by a faculty Sc
lected for its incompetence! Here is the kind of
higher education that the State of Mississippi de-
serves 1t will surely produce educated" cd-
zenry worthy of that state.
A University Of Mississippi diploma will in the
future be honored in Mississippi we trust It won't
have much value elsewhere!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31
DIE-HARD PAPER SPEAKS OF
WRONG DECISIONS

If anyone should be tempted to
interpret absence of extreme reac-
ton as acquiescence, he would be
mistaken. Resentment Of a bitter
pill does not necessarily erupt in q
spectacular cascade, or in anesth-
esia Of a reluctant patient.
We count on the good people Of
both races to work out their des-
tiny in South Carolina in peace,
despite hostile pressures and wrong
decisions that may from time to
time be forced on them.-News q
Courier, Charleston, SO.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31

of principle, for we still insist that
the states have the lawful right
to run their public schools as they
see fit. And that includes racial
segregation where it is best for the
majority. Nor does it preclude law
full resistance to further integra-
ton. - GreenviIIe, SC. NEWS.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31
DRY POINTS
BY FRED GRAM

An optimist Is a man who ad-
mires the way his automobile will
perform even under the most for
bidding kind of weather conditions.
A pessimist Is one who observes
how his won't.
The tranquiized executive Is not
for big business and industry, says
an employment consultant. What
they want Is the Organization Man
completely equipped with an ulcer,
preferably a contagious ulcer.
Admirers Of Senator Goldwater
are planning a Embarrassing dinner
with no fixed admission price.
They are now debating whether to
use, as the basis for admission, the
income-tax principle Of ability to
pay, or the socialist principle Of
from each according to his
means"
Some not-so-strange bedfellows
are having nightmares about the
teaching Of communism to high
school students. The factual ap-
proach to this subject turns out to
be as abhorrent to the Far Right
as to the Far Left.
When It comes to predicting the
future. the electronic computers
can claim superiority over the old
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31

There really isn't much doubt
left in anyone's mind that we are
becoming one of the LATEST ma
tons on earth We have better
cars and use them for any trip of
over a hundred yards. Golfers
don't walk anymore, they ride
around the course in a golf cart
But now we have stumbled
across a new and even grislier
gadget. Browsing through our fav-
orite out-of-town paper the other
day (the Wall Street JournaD we
came across little paragraph that
says a Denver firm has now come
up with a battery powered push
button spinning reel."-Vale (Ore.)
Enterprise.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31
URGES SCHOOLS TO
BE LEFT ALONE

If school administrations and
student bodies are left alone to
work out their own problems (af-
ter integration) there will be little
furore, if any, and few incidents.
If on the other hand, campuses
are overrun by outsiders who have
no business there, ugly situations
akin to that at Oxford could be
created. This will be doubly true
if agitators from outside the state
are allowed to converge on the
schools. - Anderson, Sc, DAILY
MAIL.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31

representative.
The pertinent question Is who
the government represents. A gov
eminent that represents the corp
crate interests cannot also be rep
resentative Of the working class.
This is because, If the working
class is benefited, the corporate in
terests lose some Of their power
over the working class. The most
striking illustration of this is the
lot of the migrant workers and
the Mexican "wet-backs" that are
permitted to enter the country
illegally to work on the landed
estates Of the western states. Be
cause these farm laborers are not
represented, their lot is dire in
deed. The wealthy land owners
however are able to elect and de-
feat representatives and otherwise
use the checks and balances of
American government to their own
advantage.
Because the Negro generally
also is not represented, the econ
omic lot of the Negro has not i'm
proved despite massive changes in
the relationships between the races
in the past ten years. The effect of
this lack Of representation Of the
Negro citizens was described very
clearly by Whitney M. Young, Jr.,
executive director of the National
Urban League in addressing the
sixth annual convention of the
s o u t h err n Christian Leadership
CONFERENCE (SCLC). Rev. Martin
Luther King incidentally is the
head of the SCLC. According to
Mr.. Young, in spite of massive
changes that have occurred in re-
cent times in relation to the So
called race issues in the United
States, little if anything has been
accomplished in solving the basic
meat, bread, and potatoes" prob
lens confronting nearly 20 million
colored citizens Of America at this
moment.
To substantiate this statement,
he cited the following facts:
~ The average income Of the
colored family today is "a per cent
Of that enjoyed by its white equiv
alent, which actually represents a
decline Of three per cent since
1852.
(2) One out Of every six col
ored homes in the nation Is dilap-
idated and substandard compared
with one out of 80 for white fam
lilies.
81 The average colored child
receives three and half years less
education than the average white
child.
a. The life expectancy Of the
average Negro Is seven years less
than that Of the average white.
True there Is a certain amount
of representation Of the Negro
within the United States but this
representation is only within the
judicial branches Of the govern
ment. BY means Of this judicial
representation, some minimum
steps have been made concerning
basic civil liberties Of the Negro.
Judicial representation, however.
is not adequate for achieving econ
omic security as the decline in in
come Of the average colored family
as compared with the average
white family clearly shows. This
injustice can only be corrected by
means Of legislative representation.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31
FRANKLY SPEAKING
By Everett Luoma

Those individuals that are bene-
fitted by a government are identical
with those individuals who are rep
resented by the government. This
is one Of the facts Of life of any
governmental system. Even the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31

e. DR.. Paul Dudley White, q
past president Of the American
Heart Association, believes human
beings need a mixture Of both ply
sical and mental stress to live a
normal, healthy life. He has this
to say Forty hours Of work
per week Is probably too little for
healthy humans. We spend 50
much time trying to entertain our
selves in our leisure time that we
are probably less culturally adapt
ed than were our grandparents,
who, fortunately for them, did not
have automobiles and television-
they walked, and read" - Isle
(nl.) Advertiser.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31
Our Post This Week
CLIP for Negro History scrapbOC

CUP Tor Negro History Scrapb0oh
January %, 1918 - George s.
Boutwell,, author of the 18th
Amendment, born.
January 80, 1855 - 18th Amend
ment abolishing slavery passed by
Congress.
January 81, 1912 - Ethiopia's
independence restored during I'm
tied Nations war on facists.
January 81, 1915 Negro
troops in mixed units stop Nazis
at Battle Of the Bulge.
January 81, 1888 - Angelo
Herndon sentenced to 20 years for
organizing Negro and white work
ers In Atlanta.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31
PEOPLE STRONG ENOUGH
CLEMSON & STATE
HAVE NO CHOICE

When all possible legal appeals
have been exhausted, Clemson and
the state have no choice but to
comply with the order, whatever
1t is, and try to live with 1t.
None Of this implies surrender
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31

most totalitarian
dictatorship must
represent certain
interests in order
to survive. Fran
CO, the dictator
of sp ain, and
Sen. James East
land Of Mississ-
ippi can there
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-01-31

Tho opinions expressed In
reprints on this page; by the
cOlumnists whose material ap-
pears on this page are not
necessarily the views Of this
newspaper. On this page ap-
pears our editorial views, but
also letters, columns and arti-
cles that do not represent the
papers position. We feel that
even when we disagree with q
position taken by other writ
ers, II their views arc chal-
longing, they should be Of
fered TO our readers 90 that
all sides Of the questions Of
the day may be weighed.