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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1956
Christmas, 7956
What does Christmas mean this
year? It means, as always, and perhaps
especially, candles and carols and chil
dren demented with excitement. It
means homecoming and reunion, a cer
tain giddiness in the air, a visible
expansiveness—hard hearts cracking,
frozen faces thawing, the festive board,
the open house. A nerve-racking day It
Is, and exhausting; but also heartwarm
ing, rewarding and magical. Through
the encrustations of the marketplace
gleams its lustre. Joy to the world; the
Lord is come.
For the forgotten and the forlorn,
In this prosperous year, it is an interval
of being remembered. Orphans find fam
ilies for the holidays. The elderly and
unwanted are feted. It is indeed the
season to be jolly.
And who could not rejoice and be
glad in this country, in this season, in
this time of peace and plenty, with lights
In the windows and cheer within. Still
it seems that this year, the world is like
a street, where one house is silent and
dark. The windows are broken; there
1* no heat, no light. The house is de
serted. In a true sense, it is haunted.
That house is Hungary. The rest of the
world—at least that part which believes
in peace on earth and good will to men—
walks past that house in its mind today.
With all our bounty, we cannot give
the Hungarians peace. We can show tl\pm
good will, and we are. The agony and glory
of Hungary seems to have pierced the
most complacent minds. And this year,
amid our comforts and joy, these brave,
ruined people are the living reminders
that Christmas began with a family far
from home, that was not wanted at the
Inn. Starving, wandering and bereft,
they remind us, as nothing else could in
this time of our good fortune,that
Away in a manger,
no crib for his bed.
The little Lord Jesus
lay down His sweet head.
High Cost of Borrowing
The contrast between the low bond
Interest rate offered Richmond and the
much higher rates available to Norfolk,
Fairfax County and other Virginia com
munities illustrates strikingly the value
of good credit. It is clear that local gov
ernments which have attained a high
credit standing will not experience the
difficulties which less fortunate local gov
ernments are having in selling vital bond
Issues for schools or other public services.
Richmond, with a low level of in
debteditess and a continuing record of
prosperity, enjoys a “triple A’’ credit
rating on the bond market, as compared
with Norfolk’s single-A rating and Fairfax
County’s BAA rating. It should occasion
no surprise, therefore, that Richmond
was able to sell a municipal bond issue
at the extraordinarily low interest rate
of 2.68 per cent, whereas Norfolk has had
to pay 3.89 per cent and Fairfax County
4.74 per cent for school loans. Both Nor
folk and Fairfax County have much
greater ratios of indebtedness per capita
than Richmond. Evidently, as Governor
Stanley has stated, the school-integration
situation was not a significant factor, for
Richmond’s loan was a general one that
could be used to build schools.
What the soaring Interest charges
mean to communities with less than
excellent credit ratings is shown by fig
ures Just released on the high cost of
borrowing in two widely separated areas.
South Norfolk, in rejecting a 4.99 per cent
bid on a $520,000 municipal issue, an
nounced that the total interest payments
would have amounted to $400,000 over the
loan period. And Fairfax County, in
reluctantly accepting a 4.74 per cent bid
on a $3-million school bond issue, said
it would have to pay $2 interest for each
$3 borrowed under the 28-year loan.
In Fairfax County the situation is
particularly acute because of the approval
by tha voters last month of $22 million in
additional bonds for capital improve
ments. An SB-mlllion school bond Issue
Is being prepared for offering on the
market next spring. And the Northern
Virginia Regional Planning and Economic
Development Commission has just com
pleted a fiscal survey showing that
Arlington and Fairfax Counties and the
cities of Alexandria and Falls Church
will have to spend $42 million additional
for new schools by 1960.
High Interest rates on bond Issues
are causing officials to consider ways and
means not only of trimming construction
programs in all public service fields but
of paying a larger slice of the bill out of
current revenue. The fiscal survey com
mittee of the Northern Virginia commis
sion recently advised local governments
"to strive to finance some significant
portion of new construction costs from
current revenue.” Certainly the present
fiscal crisis calls for the utmost care in
programing capital improvements and
in negotiating for loans. For savings
today in construction outlay and interest
charges will have a cumulative long
range effect extending over many years.
The Pope's Counsel
Pope Pius, in his somber and moving
Christmas message to the world, has
mentioned neither Soviet communism
nor the Kremlin by name, but he has left
no room for doubt about his views on
the great menace implicit in both. And
he has offered wise counsel to all free
peoples by warning that their very sur
vival depends upon whether or not they
react to that menace in the only way
that can contain or restrain it.
What is this way? In effect, the
Pope has answered by reaffirming the
old truism that in unity there is strength
—that nations threatened by Soviet im
perialism must either hang together or
face the grave danger of being hanged
separately, as is the case of Hungary and
all the other captive lands. As he has put
it, “in face of an enemy determined to
impose on all peoples, in one way or
another, a special and intolerable way of
life, only the unanimous and courageous
behavior of all who love the truth and
the good can preserve peace, and will
preserve it.”
In other words, this is not a time for
weak wills or faint hearts in the free
world. It is a time for fortitude and
determination. It is a time when all like
minded non-Soviet nations must hold
fast together and be prepared—even at
the risk of war, if necessary—to maintain
their liberty and perpetuate those basic
standards of decency and moral law that
should govern humanity everywhere. But
mere words or preachments are not
enough to carry out such a task. As the
Pope has plainly implied, the words and
the preachments must have behind them,
both within and outside the United Na
tions, adequate defensive force organized
on an effective allied basis.
Force, after all, deterrent military
force in being, is the language that the
Kremlin understands best. As long as
the free nations arm themselves with a
sufficient amount of It, and as long as
they remain fundamentally united in
coping diplomatically and economically
with militant communism, there will be
a good chance of holding the Soviet
threat within bounds. Indeed, as the
Pope has suggested, such a course may
also make possible an eventual disarma
ment agreement—including President Ei
senhower’s “open skies” inspection plan—
capable of eliminating present-day fears
and establishing a genuinely enduring
peace. In any case, in the circumstances
now prevailing, our world must certainly
cultivate the kind of “unanimous and
courageous behavior” he has called for.
Traffic Court Experiment
With the assignment of Municipal
Judge Mildred Reeves as the District’s
first six-month traffic judge, Chief Judge
Walsh of the city tribunal has launched
an interesting experiment. The plan, in
dorsed by the District Bar Association,
falls short of the Traffic Advisory Coun
cil’s proposal for appointment of a full
time traffic Judge on a ten-year basis.
But the compromise arrangement is an
improvement over the present rotation
system, under which the judges take
one-month turns on the traffic bench.
The Traffic Advisory Council called
attention to the “shopping” tendency in
a recent report citing wide variations in
traffic sentences imposed by the several
judges in similar cases. The council’s
recommendation for a separate traffic
judge encountered opposition among
some lawyers and judges. Chief Judge
Walsh, after studying the report, agreed
to undertake the experiment of assign
ing judges to six-month, rather than one
month, terms in the traffic division.
Judge Reeves was picked for the first
term. Her interest in traffic problems
and cases has been evidenced by her at
tendance at the recent traffic conference
sponsored by the American Bar Associa
tion at the University of North Carolina.
Lawyers, judges and the public in general
will watch this traffic court refotjn closely
and hopefully, for its outcome will affect
the future administration of traffic jus
tice in Washington.
Hatch Act Reform
Several years ago, Congress amended
the Hatch Act to reduce the minimum
penalty for violation from dismissal to a
90-day suspension from the Government
service. The change was recommended
by the Civil Service Commission as a
means of strengthening enforcement of
the act, which restricts political activities
by Federal employes. Experience with
the modified law, however, has convinced
the commission that further modification
is advisable. For it has been found that
many agencies are ignoring minor viola
tions of the law rather than subject some
offenders to a penalty regarded as too
heavy in relation to a small offense.
Under the circumstances, the commis
sion’s suggestion that it be given full dis
cretion in the assessment of penalties is
realistic and sensible.
The Hatch Act, properly adminis
tered, is a useful measure against im
proper political activities by civil service
workers. It helps to assure a Govern
ment career service free of partisanship
—although it does not prevent Federal
employes from voting in primaries or
elections as they see fit. The law should
be flexible enough, however, to cover
minor as well as major violations. The
proposed abolishment of the minimum
penalty provision in favor of a lesser
punishment when the commission, by a
two-thirds vote, so rules should make the
Hatch Act a more effective safeguard
against politicking by civil service
employes.
, WA9»Na»N STAR-
Uncle Santa and John Q. Claus
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Overworked Words
The Magna Charts was kept
in the Library of Congress
during World War n, but not
too many visitors were inter
ested. During the years I was
working there more visitors
wanted to see the Constitution
of the United States.
“Civil rights” are a pair of
words now overworked. You
see them almost daily in the
press, particularly in items
about Louisiana, Mississippi.
Georgia, etc., as if civil rights
were non-existent in those
regions. Not much else is ex
pected of Northern newspapers,
but isn't it a fact that the
Republicans can outvote the
Democrats down there when
they want to? Where are these
votes coming from if the citi
zens have no civil rights?
Whatever became of the old
fashioned custom of repealing
laws?
Answer: They are taken to
the Supreme Court to be made
unconstitutional by vote of the
majority.
Other words overworked are
the “law of the land.” And
some of the most abusive
words in the language are
hurled around in defense of
the “law of the land” by per
sons who, not long ago. op
posed the "law of the land”
before the Supreme Court re
versed Itself on certain ques
tions! But lawyers will tell you
that once the Supreme Court
reverses Itself on a legal ques
tion, no one can be sure what
is the "law of the land.” And
that every case thereafter
must be heard separately,
under law. For example, when
a Federal Court in Colorado
rules on some question before
it, the decision handed down
would not necessarily apply to
Florida regardless of any simi
larity in cases. The “law of
the land” is that all legal
cases are not the same after
the Supreme Court reverses a
long-standing decision.
E. H. A.
I Lame Duck 1 President
Since the last presidential
election, different ones on sev
eral occasions have made re
marks about the President
being a “lame duck” Presi
dent.
Recently Democratic Repre
sentative Augustine B. Kelley
of Pennsylvania made the
statement that President Ei
senhower would be the first
lame duck President because
of the amendment limiting the
presidency to two terms.
After reading this state
ment by the Congressman, we
felt that the time had come
for someone to make a cor
rection.
According to the dictionary,
a lame duck official is one who
was defeated in the election,
but is still serving until the
end of his term. The President
was re-elected by a majority
of something like 10 million
votes. How can he be consid
ered a lame duck? Who can
say that he would not be
elected again, if there were no
law to the contrary?
If Mr. Stevenson had won
the election. President Elsen
hower would be serving now as
a lame duck President, until
the inauguration of the new
President. But, Mr. Eisen
hower won the election; and
is not, and never will be a
lame duck President.
Wa. B. Baker,
Presiding Elder. Washing
ton District A.M.E. Zion
Church.
Clinton Affair
If a Judge may Jail an
accused man without a duly
enacted law. can he also hang
him?
The Washington attorney
(“Publius”) who wrote that in
a letter to The Star brought
out some points that may cause
aerlous concern to future gen
erations Down there at Clin
ton and or Knoxville when the
accused persons are on trial,
there is expected to be some
thing rivaling the 1925 Scopes
trial at Dayton. Hot dogs,
sandwiches, coffee and donut
vendors may have a field day.
It is not yet known if Elvis
Prealey will appear in person,
but who knows?
Abuse of power eouid. in
time, boomerang against judges
theaaaaivee. to sag nothing ad
Pen names may be used if
letters carry writers' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden
sation.
their families and descendants.
Or could it?
There is a theory that a
rattlesnake cannot be poisoned
by it’s own bite. But how
many times have you seen
rattlesnakes going round bit
ing themselves? Also, some
people eat rattlesnakes. What
is one man’s meat, however,
may be another man’s poison!
Besides, countless books and
volumes on herpetology say
a rattlesnake, biting itself,
does no harm, so who shall
doubt it? Yet, a naturalist
got around to checking up on
it, a while ago, Just to see what
would happen. A number of
rattlesnakes were made to bite
themselves. Well, what hap
pened. your honors?
They all died of the venom.
E. H. Alexander,
Member Tennessee Chap
ter, Federation for Con
stitutibnal Government.
Tax Scales Off?
Joe Louis was heavyweight
champion of the world for
approximately 12 years. Dur
ing this time he reputedly
earned $4,100,000. Unfor
tunately the Federal Income
tax was not subtracted at the
time he was paid for the
various fights in defense of his
title. Like most fighters, Joe
Louis was no businessman and
as a result he has little or
nothing of his vast earnings in
the prize ring. During the
time he was champion he
established a trust fund for
his two children in the sum
of $65,000. He gave freely
of his talent to charity when
ever called upon to do so. both
as a civilian and as a member
of the armed forces. The
Bureau of Internal Revenue
says that his tax bill is
sl.l million. He has paid
on this bill from time to time
and within the past three
months, according to his
lawyer. Attorney Aaron Payne,
he has paid $124,000. Joe
Louis has been and is a oredit
to society.
Jake “Greasy Thumb”
Guzik. reputed pay-off man
for the notorious A1 Capone
and certainly no credit to
society, allegedly owed the
United States Government
$887,000 for back income
taxes. For some unknown
reason, according to the pub
lic press, the Bureau of
Internal Revenue accepted
SBB,OOO, approximately 10
cents on the dollar and wiped
his slate clean.
At the time of his passing,
Jake “Greasy Thumb” Guzik
still wore conservative suits
costing $l5O upward and was
in no wise an object of charity.
I am wondering if the ends
of justice would not be served
if the Bureau of Internal
Revenue at least accorded the
reputable Joe Louis the same
type of treatment accorded a
reputed lawbreaker, the now
deceased Jake “Greasy
Thumb” Guzik, by scaling his
tax bill down to his present
ability to pay without having
the rich and powerful United
SUtes Government take a
trust fund established for his
two children to satisfy a claim
against Joe Louis for unpaid
taxes.
Egbert L. Pollard.
Deaf Child
The Manger and the Wise Men
Complete in miniature
Enthrall the quiet little girl
Who cannot hear the stir
Os whispered prayer and music
That fin the church this
day . . .
She sees the lighted candles,
She knows that others pray.
She reads their lips and follows
Within her mind the sound
Os words that echo In her
Muted and profound.
The stained glass window near
her
With Saints and milk whits
birds
Reaches down to bless her
And hears her fulet words.
Hannah Kahn
Defends Judge
I read with considerable in
terest your editorial criticizing
the remarks made by the Hon
orable Alexander Holtzoff in
the United States District
Court when he imposed sen
tence on Bernard Deutsch.
Your editorial created the im
pression that Judge Holtzoff
was castigating all physicists
engaged in pure research. This
is untrue. What you did was
to lift one or two sentences
out of context. In this respect
you were wholly unfair to
Judge Holtzoff. Judge Holtz
off stated he regretted the fact
that many young scientists
were naive enough several years
ago to become dupes of the
Communist party.
We must never overlook that
many years ago this city was
flooded with a virtual deluge
of “pinkos” and many of them
infested various agencies of
the Government. In my opin
ion this was, and is, a grave
peril confronting this Gov
ernment. In my judgment
both political parties were un
fair to the entire electorate
of this country when they soft
pedaled this important issue in
the recent presidential elec
tion. James J. Laughlln.
(Editor’s note: The Star does
not believe that its editorial
misrepresented Judge Holtz
off’s remarks as made from
the bench, or that it was un
fair to him in any way.)
Hungary and Cyprus
Ever since the Hungarian
uprising started I compared
every phase of it with the two
year-old uprising of the Cyp
riots against the British Co
lonial rule, and I found a
striking resemblance.
I could not, however, find
any resemblance in the at
titude and the position that
the Government and the press
of this country has taken
towards the Hungarian and
the Cypriot fight for freedom.
I have always wondered
what is it that it makes the
Hungarian revolt an act of
heroism and a forceful demon
stration of love for freedom
while in the case of Cyprus
the same fight for freedom is
branded as “unwarranted use
of violence” or “terrorism?"
What is it that it makes the
Hungarian fighters "heroes”
and the Cypriots "terrorists
and outlaws?” Why the kid
naping and deportation of
Imre Nagy, the true leader of
the Hungarian people was
strongly condemned by the
Government and the press
while the kidnaping and the
deportation of Archbishop
Makarlos. the elected leader
of the Cypriots’ was and is
accepted without an official
protest of the United States
Government or any strong
reaction of the American
press?
In your issue of December
20, under the title "Kadar Is
Oiven Power to Jail Any
Strikers” you reported the
following: “The Russian backed
Hungarian government has
re-established the dreaded in
ternment system under which
thousands of people were
jailed without trial during the
Stalin era.” It is common
knowledge that Harding, the
British governor of Cyprus, is
vested with these powers, that
the Kadar government Is now
acquiring, for more than two
years and he has made ample
use of his powers. Hundreds
of Cypriots have been jailed
and are still in jail without
trial or even an explanation.
The same is true for the four
exiled Cypriot leaders. They
have never been tried and
were never given the chance
to answer the phony and un
founded accusations of the
Cyprus colonial despots. Why
Is it that In the case of
Hungary these powers are
“dreaded” while for Cyprus
are considered as “necessary
measures to establish law and
order?”
Why is it that the enforce
ment of an undesired regime
by the Russians in Hungary is
regarded as violation of the
U. N. Charter while the efforts
of the British to enforce upon
the Cypriots a mockery of a
constitution with "limited self
rule” are regarded as “sincere
efforts” for the solution of the
Cyprus problem?
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Civil Rights Legislation Faces Fight
The 85th Congress gets un
derway next week. A great
deal of work lies before it.
Furthermore, both the Repub
licans and the Democrats will
be seeking to make a record
that will appeal to the voters
when the 1958 congressional
campaign gets going.
Time will be the essence of
accomplishment. The Demo
crats control both houses of
Congress, but by a razor edge
in the Senate and by a com
paratively narrow margin in
the House.
Most of the work is done
In committees, which prepare
measures for the consideration
of the House and Senate. They
can speed up legislation or
hopelessly delay It—and even
pigeonhole It.
Both Democrats and Repub
licans are awaiting the Pres
ident’s message on the State of
the Union—to be delivered
January 10 at a joint session
of the Senate and House. It
is expected to contain his re
commendations, his program.
Much will depend on how
quickly the necessary bills to
carry out this program are
presented and the speed with
which they are given commit
tee consideration.
One of the President’s rec
ommendations undoubtedly
will call for civil rights legisla
tion, particularly to strengthen
the hands of the Department
of Justice to see that the Ne
groes in the South are given
full opportunity to vote.
And Just as certainly, this
legislation will be resisted by
the Democrats of the South.
Already It is evident this ra
sistence will run to the length
of a prolonged filibuster in the
Senate, If that be necessary.
Not e since reconstruction
days after the Civil War has
Congress put through civil
rights legislation urged on be
half of the Negroes particular
ly.
If anything effective Is to be
done about it. It must be done
before the two houses are
bogged down with appropria
tion bills and legislation of
major importance—like the
school bill, public power legis
lation, public health measures,
a labor bill, and perhaps a farm
bill. These are domestic meas
ures.
Much time must be also
given to the question of for
eign aid—how much, of what
character and where—and to
national defense.
Always the southern Demo
crats of the Senate have been
able to postpone and effectual
ly delay actual consideration of
civil rights legislation until
later In a congressional ses
sion—so late that it has had
to be bypassed in order to get
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
“ARLINGTON, VA.
“Dear Sir.
“To the millions who have
left their old home, gone out
Into the fast busy world, many
to have their new home, this is
a thought from their old birth
place, expressed in words, as
though a letter from the old
homestead.
“It might be of interest to
some. Thank you.
“Cordially, W. H. B.”
“My Beloved Precious. Chil
dren:
“Season’s greetings to each
of you from your old home.
“Still your home, perhaps
neglected, sad, alone and
lonesome, but a young heart
to always love you.
“The elements of nature
have spared me to live through
many cold stormy winters, and
many blistering hot summers.
"Don’t look as nice, bright
and dressed up as I used to be.
“Time has taken its toll.
“In the twilight of my life,
memory is sweet and pleasant,
cheerful, as I turn back the
faded pages of time to the
glorious and happy days of the
long, long ago.
** * *
“Another year Is soon to
begin.
“I hope you will keep the
Christmas spirit in your heart
every day in the year to come.
“It means more than a few
days’ celebration.
“How happy I was to peep
into that glorious Christmas
Eve.
“Grand lovable devoted
Mother, ‘to bed early, Santa
Claus is coming.’
“I watched her tuck the
covers closely around you, then
bend over the happy smiling
face to bid Good night with a
shower of kisses.
“Ood bless our mothers, they
are the angel messengers from
Heaven.
*• a •
“Upon my big snow covered
roof I watched those eight tiny
excited prancing reindeer come
to a halt.
“Old Santy bounced out, to
shake the snow from his red
coat, and with his bundle of
gifts descend my big chimney.
“He filled each stocking with
goodies, raisins, spples, oran
ges. dandy toys that wers won
derful, and marvelous pretty
dolls.
“Then on Christmas morn
ing. open eyed children in their
nighties rushed to set what Old
flanty brought them.
"Solomon In all his glory
could never describe this pic
ture of happiness
"But old Santa doesn't come
any more.
"As he passes over. now.
his eyes are moist, and he is
toon out of sight.
“I watched you grow up
and leave me behind.
“Many return often, others
never come.
"Many have entered Eternal
Rest. I know they are In
Heaven.
“As I said. I am gsuing old;
don’t be ashamed of me
"Don’t forsake me, tseama
through other pressing legisla
tion. This kind of delaying ac
tion may be expected again.
While the House Judiciary
Committee is headed by Rep
resentative Celler, a New York
Democrat entirely friendly to
civil rights legislation, the
Senate Judiciary Committee
has as its chairman Senator
Eastland of Mississippi a de
voted foe. He could be dis
placed as chairman by vote of
the Senate, but that is so un
likely as to be negligible.
So. the House may get
around to the passage of a
civil rights measure—as It did
In the last session—without
too great delay. If the issue
is really pressed. Or it could
wait on the Senate—and wait
a long time.
The Negroes, both In the
South and In the North, are
not going to be satisfied this
time with lip service on the
part of either the Democrats
or the Republicans. They will
look to President Eisenhower
to use his influence to help get
this legislation through. They
will look to the Democrats in
Congress—who have control of
both houses to come through
for them—or else.
The Negro vote is of great
importance in many congres
sional districts, and in many
States. In the recent elections,
it shifted over to Mr. Eisen
hower in many places. This
shift has sent cold chills down
the backs of the Democrats of
the North and West.
How long Senator Eastland
and the Democratic leadership
in Congress, which is southern,
can sit on this civil rights legis
lation is anybody’s guess. If
and when a civil rights bill
reaches the floor of the Senate
from the Judiciary Committee,
the Democratic leadership will
have to decide when it is to be
taken up.
Even more important, that
leadership will have to decide
whether to keep the Senate in
continuous session to break a
filibuster—or whether it will
help the fllibusterers.
A large majority of the Sen
ate will vote for the passage of
a civil rights bill if it can be
brought to a vote. However, 22
or more determined Senators
can talk almost indefinitely,
under the unlimited debate
rule of the Senate. If a two
thirds vote of the Senate can
be mustered for a cloture mo
tion, the debate can be brought
to an end.
If the President, the Repub
licans in the Senate, and the
Democrats of the North and
West really get into this fight,
they may be able to muster
that two-thirds vote for clo
ture. But they can’t wait until
next June or July.
ber the latch hang* outside.
“Won’t you come to see met
“Some day it will be too late.
“Good bye and God bleu
you. my dear children.
“With a heart full of love.
“YOUR OLD HOME.”
** * *
The last time Templeton
Jones went back to his Old
Home, somebody else was liv
ing in it, and Jones didn't
know him.
Somehow, he had no desire
to walk up and punch the bell.
Or was there a bell? There
hadn’t been, when he lived
there.
Temp Jones sat on the
porch of the house next door,
through the old grape arbor,'
and looked over at the Old
House.
There was the same old
cupola on top of the roof.
There were four big win
dows, looking to the corners
of the town.
Had he, as a child, actually
been up in the cupola or did
he just think that he had?
He seemed to sense the ex
citement of two happy flve
year-olds, as they climbed the
forbidden stairs, and came out
in the cobwebby place with
the four big windows looking
all over town.
The cupola was still there,
but evidently nobody ever
went into It any more. The
whole house had a neat, shiny
modern look, despite its age.
The cupola alone seemed
right. / (
Questions and Answers
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Q Is it normal for a baby
to pay no attention to loud
noises?—B. P.
A. The American Hearing So
ciety says that many babies
ignore loud noises. Doctors
who test the hearing of babies
and toddlers have learned to
use “quiet" and interesting
sounds, such as clinking a
spoon and cup together, or
crumpling tissue paper. If
such sounds are made in easy
hearing range, out of the
baby's sight, a baby with nor
mal hearing probably will
show some response even If
loud noises fail to interest
him.
Q.Are beans native to Amer
ica or are they of European
origin?—O. W.
A. The broad bean, which
somewhat resembles a lima
bean, is native to the Old
World and goes back to pre
histone times. The lima bean
originated in Peru. Oreen
beans ‘snap or “string''' are
native to both North and
South America, and the In
dians used them as a staple
food Early explorers took them
back to Europe with these.
At ring leas and wax bean va
rieties have been developed
from the anginal greea bean.