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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1958
'Fragile Barrier '
Although the Initial headlines were
concentrated on what he had to say
about the crisis in the Formosa area,
Secretary Dulles, In his address to the
United Nations the other day, touched
upon all the major issues that continue
to bedevil the world. These cover a
wide range. They Include the still
explosive situation in the Middle East
and! the dangerously unchecked arma
ments race. They also include ques
tions bearing upon the threat of recur
rent aggression and the desirability of
creating a special stan<f-by U. N. “peace
force" to cope with that threat.
Mr. Dulles has tied in all these
problems with the yearning of human
beings everywhere, especially in under
developed lands, for an improvement
in their well-being—their health, their
housing, their education, their living
standards in general. As he has put it,
“The major obstacle to maximum eco
nomic development is the ever-present
danger of direct or indirect aggression
and the cost of
armament and of collective security.
Whenever there is an outburst of mili
tary activity, as now in the Taiwan
Straits, that is a setback” both to peace
and to mankind’s material betterment.
So the Secretary has emphasized to
the world that the United States—which
takes no pleasure whatever in spending
huge sums of money on arms—is deter
mined to do everything within reason
to promote agreements of a sort that
would enable all nations to. devote the
great bulk of their financial outlays to
the constructive ends of economic ad
vancement. In that'respect Mr. Dulles
has been at pains to affirm that our
country is prepared to make new and
far-reaching commitments to speed up
International developmental programs.
But at the same time, observing that
the U. N. exists chiefly to maintain
peace and work for human betterment,
he has warned the Assembly as follows:
We need to see more clearly that
progress In raising living standards and
in extending freedoms around the world
is being held back because of aggressions
engineered to advance the expansionist
urges of certain countries. The treasures
and energies of the nations are largely
being directed into a tragic and vain
search for armed security in a world in
which aggression is not yet effectively
outlawed. Every aggression is not only
a threat to the fragile barrier that stands
between us and general nuclear war, but
also another setback for the aspirations
of mankind.
Finally, having said this, Mr. Dulles
has asked the Assembly: “May we not
hope that if the minds and efforts of
governments concentrate more fully
upon the welfare of their own peoples
and creative tasks of universal import,
the issues that divide the world may
fade away and the cold war become a
thing of the past?” The answer can at
best be only speculative right now. In
the last analysis, everything depends on
what the furtive Soviet empire really
has in mind in relation to “the fragile
barrier.”
Honoring the Poles
Governor Almond has dispelled any
fears that the State government of Vir
ginia is likely to be “too hospitable” to
a satellite nation of Communist Russia,
namely, Poland. Invited by the Polish
Ambassador to the United States and
by the Jamestown Foundation, host for
the program, to ceremonies commem
orating arrival in America of the first
Polish settlers in the early 1600 s, the
Governor has declined —after receiving
protests against any such fraternization.
As a consequence, the ceremony sched
uled for this week end has been can
celled, although % second one, arranged
independently by the Polish-American
Congress for a week hence, is due to
go on as planned.
Perhaps the Governor’s decision will
please those who protested. But there
are other ways to look at it.
There are few people whose home
land more often has been a battleground
for invasion, or who have suffered more
from foreign tyranny, than have the
Poles. For more than three centuries,
America has been a land of sanctuary
and of opportunity for Polish emigrants
—as it has been for many peoples seek
ing freedom.
In the days when the American
colonies (including, of course, Virginia)
were fighting for their independence,
there were Polish-Americans in our
military ranks. And from Poland itself
came volunteers to "our cause, profes
sional soldiers of daring and distinction.
It was General Washington who ac
cepted their and under whom
such freedom fighters as Thaddeus
Kosciusko became a major general In
the American revolutionary armies amd
Caslmir Pulaski became a brigadier gen
eral and chief of cavalry—later to die
on a Southern battlefield of that war.
Their honored position in our history
is a secure one.
So there is no question about the
retroactive respect which should be ac
corded the first little band of Polish
settlers in Jamestown, Virginia, and to
the millions of Polish-Americans spread
over our country today. These are not
disciples of any foreign Ideology. And
their kinfolk in Poland are more nearly .
political captives than satellites of Com
munist Russia. Presumably, Governor
Almond intended no affront to the Pol
ish-American colony or to its stake in
the American heritage. There is still
a question, however, as ta«the propriety
of his personal “non-recognition” of the
Polish government on such an occasion.
Dr. Malik and the U. N.
The United Nations General Assem
bly has chosen well in electing Lebanese
Foreign Minister Charles Malik as presi
dent of its 13th regular session. In a
narrow sense, since most of the Arab
League and the Soviet bloc were lined
up against him in favor of his good
friend Mohammed Ahmed Mahgoub of
the Sudan, his victory by a comfortable
majority may be regarded as a sort of
“triumph” for our side. For he has
been strongly. pro-Western and pro-
American in his views, including not
least of all those bearing upon our coun
try’s July military moves in response to
Lebanon’s call for help.
Yet it would be' a mistake to put
too much emphasis on this aspect of
Dr. Malik’s election, as if it were some
thing full of extraordinary significance
in the contest between East and West.
Actually, he has long been a leading
candidate for the post, and his elevation
to it is in keeping with a kind of gen
tlemen’s agreement reached last year
in the Assembly. More than that, in
accepting the honor, he has been at
pains to stress that he intends to do
everything possible not to favor one
side against another. Instead, as he
has put it, his objective as president
will be to serve the U. N. as a whole
rather than his own country or any
bloc, and to that end he will strive to.
promote “a spirit of forbearance and
tolerance and patience and understand
ing and mutual accommodation.”
This is as it shoulfl be. After all,
the role of the Assembly’s presiding
officer is supposed to be dispassionate
and beyond partisanship. The scholarly
and personable Dr. Malik has made
clear that he is keenly aware of that
fact, and he can be counted upon to
conduct himself accordingly. The entire
General Assembly has reason for full
confidence on that score.
Endless Spiral
The District budget continues its
seemingly endless spiral upward—carry
ing, as always, the potential threat of
higher taxes to keep the required bal
ance between outgo and income. Since
World War II the budget has grown
steadily until today it is more than 250
s per cent larger than the 1946 budget.
The latest estimates, covering the fiscal
year beginning next July, follow the
general pattern.
Although District budget officials
tfimmed departmental requests by sl4
million, the final figure, slightly less
than $247 million, still is 12.5 per cent
higher than the current budget. Os
course, the budget that eventually goes
to Congress may be smaller, for the
estimates must run the gantlet of a
public hearing before the Commission
ers and of the Federal Budget Bureau.
As they stand, however, the estimates
will require a Treasury loan of nearly
$27 million and full payment of the
authorized $32 million Federal share of
District expenses. The only alternative
—and one that would impose an unfair
burden on District taxpayers—would be
another hike in local taxes.
We hope that the next Congress will
recognize its obligation to appropriate
all of the authorized Federal payment,
especially in Yiew of the larger payrolls
voted at the past session. Meanwhile,
every effort should be made by the Com
missioners to eliminate any nonessen
tial items from the proposed budget—
for experience has shown that the de
partments often ask for more than they
really need or expect to get. <
Women Could Do the Job
As a result of urgings by the Motor
Vehicle Parking Agency, Police Chief
Murray has agreed to assign more po
licemen to the parking meter patrols on
Saturdays. It may be that this reas
signment of men can be carried out
without materially weakening the force
available for patrol of beats in critical
crime But the reassignment
comes at a time when felonies once
more are on the increase in Washing
ton and at a season when nights are
longer and the opportunities for mug
gings, burglaries and many other of
fenses are wider. Under the circum
stances, it would seem more logical to
reduce the parking meter patrols and
strengthen the forces on guard against
major criminals.
Chief Murray’s dilemma could be
solved by adoption of a proposal sup
ported by the Traffic and Enforcement
Committee of the District of Columbia
Advisory Board of the American Auto
mobile Association. The committee
favors the employment of women to
relieve policemen of the task of check
ing on overtime parkers and writing
tickets for violators. The Police Chief
has said that he wholeheartedly in
dorses the idea. However, legislation
probably would be required for such a
special meter corps. The plan certainly
is worth study by the District Commlt-
the next session of CAgress.
i - —•— ■
Tough Year for Fence-Mei\ding!
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Integration Views
The American people have
suffered loss of their rights
and liberties because of
usurpation of power by the
Supreme Court. Public opin
ion on the integration ques
tion is increasing daily.
The will of the people will
prevail over any judicial rul
ing, for the people will work
their will on the Constitution
and the needed amendment.
One sequel will be a change
in Supreme Court procedure
and scope of authority, for
the people are rapidly dis
covering that the court is
making law conducive to
communism and socialism
which they reject. In the
process they will discover who
is running the Supreme
Court and the United States.
The large majority of the
citizens of Virginia will sup
port Gov. Almond to the end
for segregation and States'
rights.
Marshall J. Beverley,
Former Mayor of Alexan
dria, Va.
** * *
As the songwriter put it.
“It s an ill wind that blows
nobody good—" Fur thermore,
“every cloud has a silver lin
ing.” And, from the follow
ing consideration, the South
ern States could take heart
from the arrogance of the
Supreme Court, namely:
Forced by a usurper to aban
don public schools and return
to education by private
schools, that goodly region
will And itself liberated si
multaneously from the domi
nance of the quackery of that
modem phenomenon, the col
leges of education, largely
headed up by Columbia Uni
versity’s Teachers College
and worshiping at the big
toe of the superquack, John
Dewey, educational (sic) phi
losopher, deceased.
Richard L. Feldman.
** * *
Stephen Rock’s letter set
forth the correct definition
of the Constitution. I am
confident that Mr. Rock had
no intention whatsoever of
agreeing with me on my
views of Article I. Section 1
of the Constitution, but,
nevertheless, that is exactly
what he did in the end, when
he said in effect that the
Supreme Court is the inter
preter of the law and, of
course, not “the law of the
land,” a title by which the
highest court of the land,
for some unknown reason, is
known these days. As for
Mr. Rock's remarks about
myself and others stirring up
a hornet's nest by criticizing
the court's decision, I feel the
Supreme Court has already
gotten by with too much for
too long.
The sooner Congress is
aroused to a point of curbing
the court's power, the better
for all concerned, white as
well as colored.
Nish Showers.
** * ♦
Perhaps a fixed “magic
formula"—say 70 per cent
white and 30 per cent colored
(to maintain white domi
nance)—in school enrollment
would provide a possible
solution to the desegregation
impasse.
Beatrice Catricala.
Disorders Abroad
Recent racial disorders in
London and Nottingham,
England, prove that Britain,
which has been so critical of
American attitudes toward
the Negro, is faced with a
serious color problem of her
own. It is not a new problem
(race rioting occurred in
Britain back in 1919) and it
certainly isn’t caused by the
Teddy Boys, undesirable
housing, or economic compe
tition. Race flare-ups in Brit
ain. as in America's northern
cities, result from a natural
antagonism between the two
races, aggravated by the ab
sence of segregation. Another
factor is the high rate of
Negro crime, which is making
for tension on both sides of
the Atlantic.
Britons are (supposedly) a
tolerant people, and they
practice integration as well
as preach it. Negroes and
whites are not separated on
trains or buses anywhere in
England. There no segre-
Pen names may be used if
letters carry writers’ correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden
sation.
gation laws, no bars to inter
marriage. A Negro parent in
Britain may send his children
to any school he chooses.
There is, furthermore, a so
cial mixing of the races in
the lower strata of British
society.
It would be well for colored
leaders in America to note*
that th# absence of a color
line has failed to promote
racial harmony in Britain, or
to bring about real accept
ance of the Negro. Integra
tion, like familiarity, breeds
contempt. Elgar Smith.
What U. S. Needs
Education in a democratic
society requires the train
ing of all the children, all
the people to the develop
ment of the many skills re
quired in our highly com
plex and divergent world.
Our needs, therefore, cover
the skilled and the unskilled.
We need a literate society
that knows and believes in
our struggle to achieve our
democratic state, the prin
ciples under which our Gov
ernment operates and those
of our capitalistic free enter
prise, and the ability of our
people to work and live in
peace and amity. Above all.
we need leaders to mould
our democratic heritage into
a working society for the
people of the world to respect
and emulate.
The advent of the Age of
Sputnik was a rude shock
to Americans. We immedi
ately began a crash program
to catch up militarily to the
Russians. Looking around Cor
an explanation as to why the
“inferior” Russian was able
to beat us to the space age.
we discovered that the Rus
sians were devoting more
time to science and math
than our secondary schools
do, hence they are training
more scientists than we are.
Ipso facto, our educational
system must stress science
and math and to that end
Congress, our President and
even some educators joined
in the public clamor so that
our lawmakers have come up
with a Federal law to help
our schools train more sci
entists.
A careful survey of our
educational system would
have disclosed many weak
nesses—a shocking lack of
able teachers, doctors, en
gineers, skilled artisans. We
need more schools, and above
all, a better educated public
and abler leaders. Education
for democracy requires a
better and more general edu
cation than a dictatorship in
terested in destruction, sub
version and atheistic slavery.
Germany under the Kaiser
and Nazi Hitler also special
ized in scientific education
and its contribution was two
world wars with the great
est destruction of property
and the slaughter and butch
ery of millions. Is this the
false god that we are to fol
low?
We need, deserve and can
afford a better educational
system. We must learn mote
about the factors that deter
mine people’s thoughts and
actions—we must develop
abler leaders—we must find
new and better techniques to
win the minds and hearts of
people—we must find ways
of getting the truth to all
people—we must learn to
live and work together in
peace and brotherhood with
all people. That is the •.vy
ing need of the space age. It
is in this facet of education
that we need a crash pro
gram. If America can afford
to arm arid protect the free
world, it can afford an edu
cational system to make our
country and our world a bet
ter place to live in. The re
cent aid to education bill
fails miserably to meet the
challenge of the Space Age
and to provide Americans
with the kind of education
, for a democratic society that
• we must have to survive and
1 to maintain our leadership of
[ the free world,
i Phelps Phelps,
i Former Ambassador to the
Dominican Republ^:.
Whither 240?
Your September 13 article,
“Planners Scored on 240 Stall
ing,” presented Donald E.
Gingery’s position, which
shows that he must have had
eyes and ears closed at the
public hearing held by the
Maryland State Roads Com
mission in Bethesda last
January on proposed routes
for U S. 240 into the District.
The public, well and ably
represented at that hearing,
went on record against what
Mr. Gingery wants.
The proposed “Wisconsin
Avenue Corridor,” if approved
and engineered, will be a
limited access, high speed
super highway. As such it
will automatically be imprac
tical as a fully useful route
from the Bethesda area to
downtown; for if Bethesda
residents wish' to use it they
will have to stand in line
at the few entrance roads to
get on it and, irthat is the
case, they might as well go
into town the old way. Con
sequently, it cannot serve
with all efficiency the people
jin the area.
The original plans to bring
Route 240 to Cabin John to
by-pass the District and con
nect with circumferential
arteries in Virginia by w r ay
of a bridge across the Poto
mac certainly should make
U. S. 240 an interstate road
and qualify it for Federal
funds under the Government
road building program. It
does not have to connect
with D.C. at Western avenue
to qualify for this.
What Mr. Gingery wants,
it seems, is for the Federal
Government to pay 90 per
cent of the cost for a route to
carry residents from farther
out in the country quickly
through Bethesda into the
city. This can still be ac
complished more logically ’• r
a route west of Bethesda, or
more direct by a route east
of Bethesda, through Rock
Creek Park.
Rush-hour traffic into and
out of tow'n is no picnic now.
The only solution is a fast
and efficient rapid transit
system, so that there will be
no need for so-called “by
passes” or “corridors” for at
best they can only serve us
well for a few years. Does
their expense warrant that?
Efficient mass transporta
tion should be the aim for
1980.
William E. Bisgood.
Route to Chantilly
I wish to take exception to
your editorial commending
proposed access route “B” to
the Chantilly airport. You
assume that people living in
the area of Tysons Corner
would relish the idea and the
actuality of a clover-leaf for
a freeway in their front yard!
Have you ever thought that
there is an electric line pos
sibility to that airport? Why
didn’t you suggest that a fast
monorail would be the an
swer, instead of abetting an
other freeway to the three
poor overcrowded bridges
that such a freeway would
further jam witti automo
biles?
If I were a Senator perhaps
I could prevent a clover-leaf
from cluttering up acres of
ground in a peaceful com
, munity, especially when there
is Route 50 and a railroad.
, both with right-of-ways al
ready acquired.
Route 7 Resident.
1
Nasser's Claims
In Desmond Stewart’s ar
ticle on Nasser in the Sunday
Star, Nasser claims that he
, builds two schools every three
days. If Nasser’s assertion is
I correct, then why are there
almost 4 million Egyptian
. children out of school, and
■ why is the rate of literacy
only some 20 per cent?
Nasser claims that he “does
1 not interfere in other coun
> tries” and that he does not
« intend to build an empire,
i Who does he think he is
i kidding? Hussein of Jordan,
t Chamoun of Lebanon, Bour-
I guiba of Tunisia have all
[ been telling us quite a differ
ent story, a tale of Egyptian
subversion and ambitions for
domination.
L. R.^Karr.
THE POLITICAL MILL
* By GOULD LINCOLN
Nixon Performance to Start Soon
Not since the days of Mar
tin Van Buren has a Vice
President of the United
States been elected Presi
dent—a period of 122 years.
In that time seven Vice
Presidents have reached the
White House through the
death of the Presidents with
whom they were elected.
Three of them later were
elected President in their
own right Roosevelt the
first, Coolldge and Truman.
For the first time since
Van Buren’i day an Incum
bent Vice President is re
garded as a front-runner for
his party's presidential nom
ination. Apparently the
Democrats, as well as the
Republicans, look upon Rich
ard M. Nixon as the probable
G.O.P nominee In 1960. For
in the "Democratic Fact
Book.” Issued by the Demo
cratic National Committee
for use in the present politi
cal campaign, seven out of 96
pages are devoted to tearing
the Vice President down. He
is the man, obviously, the
Democrats figure they have to
defeat.
Vice President Nixon, for
his part, is soon to enter the
present campaign in a big
way. Despite efforts ot his
friends to get him to soft
pedal or straddle on some of
the issues which confront the
country today, Mr. Nixon is
going into a free-swinging
campaign, as he always has
done in the past. Already he
has engagements for major
appearances in Los Angeles,
San Francisco and other
cities in his own State of Cal
ifornia where Senator Know
land, Republican leader of the
Senate, is waging a desperate
and uphill battle for Gov
ernor.
. Mr. Nixon's own political
future may hang on the out
come in this second most
populous State of the Union.
He also has engagements to
speak in Indianapolis—his
port of call on September
29—in Philadelphia, in Co
lumbus, Ohio, and in Lincoln,
Nebr.
Has Strong f riends
This is only a beginning,
however. For his help has
been requested by Repub
licans in many other States.
Already the Vice President
has many strong friends in
the Republican organization
throughout the country. At
present there is no other
Republican on the horizon to
challenge him. If Nelson A.
Rockefeller should be elected
Governor of New York or
Senator Knowland, Governor
of California, or both, the
picture could change. The
Senator, however, has indi
cated in the past he will sup
port Mr. Nixon for the presi
dential nomination two years
hence.
In some measure, Mr. Nix
on’s campaign this year—al
though he is not running for
any office in the November
4 election —must be*consid
ered a warming-up gallop
for 1960. It gives him not
bnly an opportunity to solid
ify his hold on the G.0.P.,
but also to impress the voters
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES f. TRACEWBLL
Temp Jones has been ex
perimenting recently with
royal jelly, the food of the
queen bee.
In recent months, a craze
has arisen for this substance.
It is put in cosmetics, to
the dsspair of governmental
agencies, and into vitamin
products, to the despair of
other Government agencies.
People go right ahead buy
ing it. Just the same, for the
American people are a hope
ful people, and are always
willing to try anything once.
Our friend Jones is the
most hopeful of all.
He has been hoping for
years that he could find some
substance that would make
his hair look as it did 20 years
ago.
Sometimes he stands in
front of his photograph and
wonders at the youthful
sweep of looks that once was
the despair of his associates.
“Your hair,” they said,
jealousy, “is too long. Much
too long. What do you think
you are, a musician?”
Somehow, in America, it is
all right for men musicians
to wear their hair long, but
not for businessmen, writers,
bus drivers, tinners, roofers,
or what are you.
Somehow, the old gag about
long haired men and short
haired women still rankles in
the American mind.
It is all mixed up with
Freud, eggheads and con
vertibles.
** * *
In the old days, Temple
ton Jones was slightly
ashamed of his hair.
He got it cut when the
boys became too rough,
though he hated to do it.
Now, he would give any
thing, almost, to have the
luxuriant hair of his late 20s.
He has tried vitamins, with
little success. He has tried
high protein foods, with
even less success.
Sunshine?
A fraud, w'hen it comes to
helping hair in any way, ex
cept to make blonde women a
bit‘blonder, always a good
thing. Jones says.
Probably no human being
has tried more vitamin prod
ucts than Temp Jones. He
has purchased them in and
out of season, which means
winter.
The latest idea is that
Vitamins are as necessary in
summer as in winter, and
Jones, for one, is in full
agreement here.
of the entire country. He may
be a formidable candidate
for any Democrat to oppose
when the chips are down. He
Is not a "new Nixon,” aa he
has sometimes been de
scribed. He Is a more mature,
more experienced Nixon as
a result of his service In
House and Senate and hia
six years as Vice President.
He has an opportunity to
learn at first hand more about
the Government of the United
States and Its problems, both
foreign and domestic, than
any other man In the Govern
ment today except the Presi
dent, himself.
The Picture Can Change
It Is true that, as of today.
Republican chances for vic
tory in 1960 do not appear
bright. The Democrats are
confident they can elect any
candidate they present for
President. But much could
happen in the next two years.
For example, if President
Eisenhower were to weather
all storms and the country
remain at peace, and if the
country were to recover en
tirely from the recession of
1957-58 and prosperity were
again at a record, the pros
pects of the G. O. P. would
be vastly different partic
ularly as the Democratic
Party seems in danger of is
split between the Northern,
and Southern wings over ra
cial issues.
In the old days, a Vice.
President stood in a kind of
political backwash. His job
was to preside over the
Senate and to make a few
speeches here and there. Not
so with Mr. Nixon. He at
tends all cabinet meetings
and meetings of the National
Security Council—and pre
sides over them If the Presi
dent is absent, as he has
been on a number of occa
sions. He is chairman, too,
of the Committee on Govern
ment Contracts, and he also
attends the meetings of the .
legislative leaders with the.
President each week.
But perhaps his greatest
activity has been travel.
Travel over the world on -
goodwill trips for the United
States, and travel throughout
the Upited States, for both
political and nonpolitical
reasons. Frequently he has
been sent on these tours as
the personal representative
of the President.
On his goodwill tours, Mr.
Nixon has visited 55 countries
—circling the globe. He has
visited all important island
possessions of the United
States. He is personally
known to the heads of gov
ernment and leaders in all
these countries, located in all
the continents. He has done
a good job wherever he has ,
gone, even in Venezuela,
where he was spat upon by
Communist-led mobs. He has
covered 137,764 miles in his
goodwill trips abroad. In this
Country, he has traveled in
six years 248.670 miles. De
cidedly, Mr. Nixon has seen
the world, and the world has
seen him.
If they help at one season,
they help at all seasons.
** * *
Most peopTe take vitamins
to make them feel better.
So that was how Temple
ton Jones got around to royal
jelly.
This substance, stolen from
the hive, has been used for
the last two years for human
consumption, on the belief
that what Is good for the
queen bee is good for peo
ple. too.
It has blossomed in a hun
dred face creams, for the
ladies, and in vitamin mix
tures for everybody.
The joker, of course, is that
what may be good for the
queen bee may not be at all
good for the rest of the hive
—including the members of
the human hive.
But Temp Jones, an ex
perimenter by nature, thought
he would try it.
Like every good American,-
he has a slight unspoken
contempt for the opinions of
other people.
If they say, “Oh, it's a
fake.” Jones immediately
bristles in its defense.
*# * *
Picture our hero, now, go
ing home with his little bot
tle of yellow capsules, each
containing a small amount of
vitamins and 5 milligrams,
count ’em, of the royal jelly
that makes the queen bee so
potent.
Jones swallowed a colorful
capsule with his customary
gusto and ill concealed hope.
Just what he expected, he
didn’t know exactly himself.
Was it to fly away on the
wings of song, bee fashion?
Or was it to become rich
overnight, buy the biggest
rambler of them all, and in
vite all his enemies to a gar
den party?
What happened was none
of these.
He got the worst headache
he'd had in years.
Did he think the royal Jelly
gave it to him?
"None of your business,"
growled he and threw a lit
tle bottle of yellow capsules
into the wastebasket. One
thing was sure. Temp Jones
was no queen bee.
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE
Q How many dollar bills
are in circulation?—P. J.
A As of July, 1958, the
number was 1,368,000.000.^