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Every Day, Is. Mother's, Day
★ Washington News Notebook ★
Udall Incident Both Nectar
And Ambrosia to the Gagsters
* BY JERRY BENNETT
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON—<NEA)—In- [ rough with President Kennedy,
terior Secretary Stewart L.. too. Here are a few samples:
Udaii's chagrin and shock over Washington is now known
disclosure of J. K. Evans' let-! as ' Papa Joe's Boys* Town."
terto oil and gas inen in Wash- i When the President appears
infton soliciting $100 ticket!at an official White House
purchases for the Democratic function, the Marine band
dinner honoring President
Kennedy's 44th birthday on
May 27 has inspired a whole
string of new gags. Samples:
President Eisenhower had
his U-2, but President Kennedy
has his U-dall.
it's about time the Udall
epistle gap be closed.
WHEN THE TOURING ver-
sion of the "Ev and Charlie
Show'* appeared at the
National Press Club with the
original cast—GOP Senate
leader Everett M. Dirksen and
GOP House leader Charles M.
Halleck—Dirksen was asked:
"Which letter do you think
will have the most lasting
literary quality:
"J. President Truman's let-
ter to music critic Paul Hume
after his unfavorable review
of Margaret's singing?
'2. Texas GOP State Chair-
plays, "Hail to the Chef.'
Andrew Jackson had his
kitchen cabinet, but President
Kennedy has his steam cabinet,
and when things really get hot
it viperizes.
AN ELEVATOR OPERATOR
in the Maiatico Building where
the Peace Corps has offices
calls the new international aid
organization the Kiddy Corps.
Other day she hollered:
"Toy department!" ^
G. MENNEN WILLIAMS,
assistant secretary of state for
African affairs, has made the
green polka dot bow tie his
trade-mark. But when Tunisian
President H a b i b Bourguiba
came to town, Williams
switched to a red and white
polka dot to honor the colors
of Tunisia's flag. M
SEN. BOB KERR fD-Okla.l,
man llomma J. Porter's letter' chairman of the Senate Space
tc oilmen asking for money to | Committee, his found that you
elect congressmen who would "On * have to be an astronaut
vote for the natural gas bill? 1to have weightlessness prob-
"y. The J. K. Evans letter' icms.
soliciting Democratic $100-a-
plate dinner ticket purchases
on behalf of his friend, Secre-
tary Udall?''
The question was much bet-
ter than Sen. Dirksen's answer,
but he got a laugh out of his
Comment, "As for their liter-
ary value, who will care?"
WASHINGTON GAGSTERS
are beginning to get a little
Kerr dropped hj* weight
from 230 to 210.
Other day in the Senate caf-
eteria he asked for some more
coffee. The waitress replied:
"I'm sorry, but I can give per-
sonal service to senators only."
Philosophically, Kerr said:
"Maybe my look of boyish
slimness was deceiving. At that
moment 1 was short on pull on
both rank and gravity."
m
of the upturn remains to be been
in terms of reduced long-term un-
employment among heads of fam-
ilies, and in various hard-hit occu-
pations and industries.
There weie nearly 2 million
heads of 'lamilies without jobs in
April, and nearly one out of five
construction workers were idle.
However, despite bad weather, «j5iu
struction employment climbed -by
217,000 in April.
Today's figures show the aver-
age factory work week increased
by 6 minutes in April to 39 and two-
tenths hours. Wolfbein called this
significant because there usually
is a small decline in April.
Wolfbein also noted that the
work week, after seasonal adjust-
ment, has risen a full half-hour so
far in 1961. <
April brought small employment
increases, instead of seasonally ex-
pected declines, among 'factory
workers in such industries as pri-
mary metals, principally steel;
metal fabricating, and machinery
manufacturing. Wolfbein said man-
ufacturing employment held steady
at 15 and one-half million in April,
whereas it usually declines by
about 100.000 during the month.
Wolfbein noted one unfavorable
sign, that long-term unemployment
increased by 266,000 in April. The
long-term unemployed are those
Idle for 15 weeks or longer.
All <H Wolfbein's comments to-
day came in elaborating on a la-
bor Department report issued last
week. That report showed employ-
ment rose by 218.000 in April while
unemployment fell 533,000.
F.edrich Nietesche defined a na MaJ. Geu. William Westmoreland,
tion as "a group of men who speak superintendent of West Point, was
one language and read the same bom in Spartanburg, S. C., 46
newspapers." i years ago.
Breekenridge American TV Log
Sunday
We Vow Again At Oslo
Tragedy Of "Dropouts"
By BRUCE BIOSSAT curricula put too limited a gauge
The teacher held up an ordi-i on developing human talents.
nary tin can. She asked her young Many in and beyond the educa-
pupils to write down a list of all; tional world are worried over this
the uses they thought it might be i because the nation still suffers Var
put to. | too many "dropouts" from school.
Thr champion turned nut to be a And unemployment rate among
lad who drummed up 38 separate i dropouts is double that of those
The Dallas Morning News
The United States has met with
its allies in Western Europe and
issued another bluff to Russia. We
hope Khrushchev isn't laughing.
Fifteen members di NATO met
in Oslo. Our secretary of state.
Dean Ru&fe, sounded tough. West
Berlin, he warned, would be de-
fended at all costs— which means
war. We pledged use of Polaris
subs for defense of Western Eur-
ope.
Then, on Thursday, an announce-
ment of the 15 NATO members
vowed "to defend vital areas
around the globe against the men-
ace of the Communist bloc."
That is a significant undertak-
ing Heretofore NATO — purely
a Western alliance —has existed
only lor defense of Western Eur-
ope. Now the United States and 14
European allies announce to the
Kremlin that they will go any-
where in the world in the defense
uses. The teacher viewed him with ]
astonishment.
This little exercise was an exam-
who finish high school.
The unhappy fact, too, is that the
U. S. economy in the 1960s appears
l>le of new efforts some schools j to be moving steadily toward more
are making to search out young- and more dependence on skilled,
sters" creative abilities. Some edu-! trained people. One company offi-
rator* feel that standard tests and
BARBS
By HAL COCHRAN
letting someone else do your
, thinking js just thoughtless-
ness.
A girl it knmrn by the
company she keeps, a sales-
nil in by the companies.
VV$
TOO*
f DID
Next door reminds us that
one of our crying needs is more
spankings.
.Sourness has spoiled mant/
quarts uj nulk and many peo-
ple.
cial called the unskilled "handi-
capped workers in the truest
sense."
Labor department surveys indi-
cate that in this decade about 30
per cent of the young people en-
tering the labor force will be school
•Iropouts. That's better than the
1950s, but nobody thinks t's good
enough.
Why are there so many who fail
to finish?
A study made of the problem in
seven U. S. communities disclosed
that the biggest reason was what
the educators call "adverse school
experience." By this they mean
poor performance, dislike of tea-
chers, sheer boredom.
Tests showed nearly half the
dropouts had below average IQ
ratings.
Nearly all in the "adverse ex-
perience" group were judged defi-
cient in basic reading skills, which
school officials believe provide the
foundation for interest and achie-
vement in school.
Another big factor was family
mobility, vvith frequent changes of
school. Half the hoys who quit
school had left their original home
communities. They simply declined
to adjust to a new school.
Among girls, early marriage
was an important reason. Boys
mentioned it less, but interviewers
'telt some hid this factor behind a
"wish to go to work."
Surprisingly, economic hardship
turned up rather rarely, though
none of the areas studied was suf-
fering major distress and this ele-
ment might well loom larger in
such places.
Obviously, a high proportion of
our tragic dropouts are "lost* al-
most at the outset, when they fail
to set a good reading start.
The educators' deep self-exami-
nation must of course go to the root
of this. But it is heartening that
thev are also thinking beyond, won-
dering whether our schools oper-
ate on ton narrow a base to mea-
sure and shape the full range of our
youngsters' abyJ'les.
of free people against Russia.
The announcement is hailed as
'"total diplomacy" to match the
Communists' total diplomacy
around the world.
But if the past is an indication,
there will be no totality.
The British are not about to join
with us in an invasion of Cuba. The
French are not going to the jung-
les of Indochina again, if they can
help it.
Because of Hong Kong, the Bri-
tish do not want us to "upset" the
Red Chinese — so if we are forced
to fight to preserve Chiang Kai-
shek on Formosa, will John Bull
send ships, sailors and jet bomb-
ers to our side?
Possibly all of them wou'.l help
us in a 'fight to preserve West
Germany, because the whole of
Europe, the existence of NATO
members, would be threatened.
• But these European allies do
not relish going to the jungles of
Laos any more than American mo-
thers relish the thought of sending
their sons there.
Maybe we ought to be more care-
ful about vowing what we will do.
Surely we should mean it when we
vow it. The main weakness so far
of the Kennedy administration is
failure to carry. out bluffs and
pledges.
Teddy Roosevelt advised to speak
softly, and carry a big stick. We
are speaking too loudly without
any stick. Our bark is worse than
our bite. In the meantime. Mr. K
laughs and plunges. forward into
South Viet Nam and Castro thumbs
his nose at us.
17 the foregoing is construed as
cynicism, forgive us. We think the
time has come to act, if we say
we are going to act.
o—:
Work Increase
Is Encouraging
WASHINGTON UP) — The gov-
ernment reports what- it terms a
significant increase in the factory
work week in April, along with
modest employment gains in many
manufacturing industries .The la-
bor Department manpower chief-
Seymour Wolfbeip, says the chan-
ges reflect promising over-all eco-
nomic improvement. But he also
says the real test'of the strength
OUT OUR WAY
The fellow who shokes your
hand may be glad to see you,
end then ogoirv He may just be
winding his watch. • nm •
• Q's ond A's
Q—Why is the word "conter-
minous" now used more fre-
quently than before?
A—Government agencies
have adopted the word to des-
ignate our 48 states, minus
Alaska and Hawaii. The word
means having a common bor-
der.
Q—How many blood groups
are recognized?
A—Four, classed as O, A, B,
and AB.
Q—Which state has the low-
est population density?
A—Alaska with 1.4 persons
per square mile.
Q—Are American Indians re-
quired by federal law to re-
main on reservations?
A—No.
(Ntwipaptr Ent<r rh« AiraciatiM)
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