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If he feels such charges are valid he should have ad- dressed his letter to the Mayor and City Council or other authorities who have power to bring remedial action. The a i a Council on Govern- ment of The a i a i i a League is not such an i The only effect the letter may a is to em- barrass the city and possibly to diminish the chance a lias to be named AD American City, to the detriment of both black and white citizens. Certainly the charge made that "Cumberland. is probably the most racist city in the State of Maryland" is easily refuted by pointing to the fact that Mr. John Wormack received the highest number of votes of any candidate in the last councilmanic election.

This appears to be the op- posite of racism. In any i of course there may be a few persons of racist in- clinations, including both black per- sons and white. But certainly the vast majority of Cumberland citizens are advocates of good will and fair play in racial matters. With so many positive factors beginning to surface in the i it would appear a everyone should conduct his a a i in a a that make the entire i the beneficiary of a reservoir of good will. Virginia Payefte Middle Age Is Preferr Scientists keep this carrot in iront of our noses: one of these days, they say, they'll look into a test tube and'there be the secret of stopping our bilogical clocks.

Not right away, maybe. And certainly not soon enough to save those of us who have already begun to feel twinges of mortality. We're still frisky on the inside, you understand. On our good days our bounce- and-bubble quotient is enough to keep any young whippersnapper in his place. It's only when we have the misfourtune to pass a mirror that we come face-to- wrinkled-face with proof a once gravity sets in, it's all over for any skin that's been around more than 40 years.

On those days the bones creak a i louder the muscles inlo old rubber bands and you can't remember where you put the car keys. But that may not have to be. say the test-tube fellows. All they need is a "little more time to fool around with i ex- periments on glands and hormones, and old age may be old a a i them all i is research a indicates we have a i clock in our cells a a them to divide from 40 to 60 times and then stop. Once the gerontologist i nut how 175(5 a the a chassis, al! have to do is concoct some way to nuow "a medical monkey wrench in the works and we stop i older.

As of a i How long we can our i and rheumatism on hnld is i (ah experts can't say. but they i to i H.V a "science is of surprises-." Ann maybe one day snme of us i wind up 200. or even 500. candles on our i a cakes. Which i a i i they do manage to slop clock on the aging process, when they do i a period of life would a a i choose 10 i in for 200 years' 1 Would a i the state of the world, a to" 5 Let's assume, just for a you do.

and a you are faced i a i choice Well, it beats about whom Mr. Ford going tr, i Say it's a 2175 a i i a a bis a They've cracked cone nf our a a a a a a to keep our cells on i age pick Most Of us chance-, are. i ps5 up i I a i a a i place, and i too i i As for hpir.g a perennial teen-ager, forcer it Who a face a i i a a i i 2fio year; a ariul'hood i i a i when we danced a in! and stanerl a and a i i and i new and ke-r in the best shape of our i i i and i i a i i Most folks a clock right there. Before a i and a i set in coupif more i i i to a i a stare at the boob tube when a i i i a i i true As for me. I'd vote for i a a when we knou i a msr it and i ones never We know out tine we gel to enjoy the a i i complications.

and we don't ever have to ski Suicide again. i Ff aturf I97fi Tim PS i There is a lot of a now about how the Court i change with i Douglas gone and a more conservative put in bis place, but is no more i business in public i a i to guess who i be a i to i a vacancy on the court or a i a she gets there. That is not a a i a error, but merely an i i i The speculation in the press i Douglas was ap- i to the Supreme Court more a 36 years ago was a i Roosevelt choose i Schwel- lenbach of the state of Wash- ington, because Schwellenbach was a i i a from the West. Whereas Douglas, came a same a was at a i teaching at Yale and was regarded as an Easterner who was idenlified i the Securities and Ex- change i i i a a a Douglas was i by Ihe Senate, 62 to 4. and the dissenters rejected him on Ihe ground a he was a i a even loo! of a i Street.

A of The New York Times, a stude.nl of the Supreme Court, whose i a for liberal causes was not excessive, said a i a was "most reas- suring." Presidents have a way of choosing Supreme Court on the basis of their past ideo- i a a i a i i a records, and in general, their on the past have been i in the but once their ap- pointees are confirmed and a their places on the bench "for life," the power of the law and the independence and majesty of the Supreme Court a over. Odd things happen. President i i a Warren as the Chief Justice of the United States, because he thought the former governor of California, who had helped him get the presidency, was no legal giant, but a man of "integrity, honesty, and middle-of-the-road philosophy." a at that i was rather hoping to be the com- missioner of baseball, but he accepted the a i as Chief i of the United States and out to be the most activist chief justice of the a a i concluded later on that his appointment of Warren was "a damned fool mistake." So speculation about the High Court is treacherous. When Rossevelt a i i a to the court. Frankfurter was denounced in public as an outrageous Har- vard liberal who had fought the conviction in theSacco-Vanzetti case.

Until Frankfurter died, after years of judicial success, hut tragedy within his own family, he never repudiated his per- sonal support for liberal causes, but at the same time he never allowed his personal erences to interfere with his i i a judgments. He voted the law and the Constitution, often against his personal desires. And at the end. when like Mr. Justice Douglas, his a failed, and President Kennedy called on him at his house on a Avenue in Georgetown now occupied by Henry Kissinger a resigned, soon a died, and left his i to a sad and almost penurious old ase.

The i i a record of the Court lies in its decisions They are i i and a i a But the impon- derables of the court, the rinub's. the personal struggles of judges in Ihe night this is i else. "I a been bothered with i a a a i a i i Douglas said when he i a gave up. i depleies my energy to the ex- tent that I a been unable to my share of the This surprised the press. We a he was in i personal trouble, i i for his i and very near the edge of the precipke.

but almost i a i assumed he would slick it out to the end for political, ideological and personal reasons. We he would never forgive Gerald Ford for trying to impeach i or give Ford the chance to replace him and the balance of power decisively a a i the i a philosophy he had supported for more a a generation. It is i i that the other of the court, a i the doubts of (he press whether i a could a it, still never sided i the press, or put Ihe slightest pressure on Douglas to resign. They merely a i adjusted the court's schedule to his problem, without a single word of advice in chambers, or even in private, and as sur- prised as anybody ejse when he announced his retirement. So it is probably true a the resignation of Mr.

Justice a i a a a of power on the Supreme Court in favor of the conservatives. President Nixon appointed four of ihe nine members of the court and President Ford will now appoint a i but the a a i of the court, if history is any guide, are not likely to be decisive. It is true a the i appointments to the court have tended to vote together: On i i a law questions, they agreed in the last session of the court 83 per cent of the time. On whether the Supreme Court should take i i i of questions, they agreed 86 per cent of the time; on a i a questions, 80 per cent; on questions of racial discri- i a i they were together 71 per cent; on business questions, 65 per cent, and on taxes, 63 per cent. Probably with a new Ford appointee to the court in place of Douglas, the conservative majority will now be even larger and more decisive on questions such as reviving ihe a penalty, but even so, it is a little dicey to assume that a a Supreme Court will change a a i i a decisions before the nation: Appointments to the Suprenn.

Court may be political, but once they are appointed and con- firmed for life, they tend to vote in a different way. The court has a life of its own, as it proved when the Nixon a i i Watergate crisis against the President who appointed them, and the chances are that they will keep on voting for the a i regardless of their past personal or political preju- Mr. Justice Douglas is merely the last symbol of this point. He had his own political prejudices and personal desires, but in the end he did not insist on a i on to support them but decided to get out. The court will be different from now on, a i more right- of-center, but it will not be a Nixon Court or a Ford Court, but something separate in its own way, as it always has been.

Income tacks are what they upholster bureaucrats' easy chairs i A all you can do con- cerning getting old is to try and keep at it. Saving for a a i day won't even buy you an a at today's money value. The revolver was developed 1 3 a ago--control of its possession is a i just about a long behind (he times. The high cost of leaving is why there aren't more divorces. lerry's World John D.

Lofton Jr. Soviet Prison Treble Claim Damages Due Scoff laws In New York State Half of the won by citizens in small claims courts after trial are never paid, a disclosed a startling and sickening fact which led the New York legislature to pass a landmark law imposing stiff penalties on firms lhat ignore small-claims judgments. Under this law, scofflaws who ignore small-claims can be liable for three times the a i i a plus the fee for the lawyers to handle the case. But as yet a mere a of New Yorkers know about this new i for Residents of other states, learning about it, could cer- tainly a that small- claims judgments in their own areas offer meaningful help to the little consumer. One key point, though: this law does not apply to the or- dinary i i i a consumer who may become involved in i Rather, it applies only to businesses and to those who pursue i i activities (like operating a stable of horses).

The reason is that these businesses are engaged in a systematic activity and can properly be required to plan ahead to see that small-claims judgments are paid. This is i i a a businesses must plan ahead to see that wages are paid. There must be a total of three or more unpaid judgments to trigger the special penalty and the defense may use the argument that it did not have the money to pay. The threat of treble damage a a i a i i unquestionably will deter some fast-buck operators who have been i i a a i judgments while continuing to work to attract new suckers' The a i small-claims judgments are to be indexed under the name of the defen- dant, Justice Edward Thomp- son, administrative judge for civil cases in New York City has ordered. (The state legislature recently made this mandatory statewide.) You'll easily spot a name that appears repeatedly should you like to collect three i the original a owed you, plus the cost of collection.

An astounding total of more than 75,000 consumer com- plaints are received each year by the Federal Trade Com- mission in the New York area alone, reports regional director Dr. Lawrence Lamb Benefit Of Wine Intake Questioned yes. I am 'a tittle homemaker' I'm the construction business and I build small homes!" A A Enclosed is an article that a a in our a I wondered at the time whether a good American doctor would agree with it. DEAR READER I read the doctor's com- ments in the article you sent me. I guess you will have (o a a enthusiasm for his wines, but his remarks are subject to.

comparison with known facts even though they might not be so romantic or pleasing to the wine lover. is not a good source of potassium as he claims. By comparison a similar a of orange juice contains more a i a potassium. A a a i are loaded with potassium, a a potassium there without abus- ing your body i alcohol Abuse is the right word. too.

you want to know just how a alcohol can be. even the daily habit of a few i send 50 rents for The a number 1-4. Alcohol. Whiskey. i Vodka.

Wine. Beer. Just write to me for ii in a of the a Evening Times. P.O. Box 1.S51.

Radio City a i New York. NY Ionia. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for a i i You i i out a alcohol will a a the brain, the heart and the i and a it is a a healthy addition to your i as my French colleague suggests. i a i a wine is a pond source of i a i According to (he Department of A i a a I i a i a almost a i in vitamins. unless you uid i or i juice tn your concoction.

A Ihe only good use I documented for i is its a i or tr a -nquili2ing when that is indicated! It is es- sentially a drug habit. It serves as a social lubricant. The need for such a lubricant says a lot about our society. The widespread human need is to be made to feel comfor- table and at ease, and that problem is perhaps a bigger subject than the alcohol habit. a a i Frenchman isn't so secure socially if he needs wine to lubricate his way through life.

But. if it weren't for his wine i a developed his reputation as a romantic. Thoughts "Courage is the first of a a i i because it is the a i which guarantees all 7 i i Churchill. Richard A. Givens.

Of these, 85 cent a a i resolved by the firms involved after an inquiry is received from the FTC. But neither the FTC nor any other inforcemenl agencies have legal powers or resources to settle individual complaints and thus, the mounting emphasis on small claims courts. Among the major unresolved problems are: As of now, small claims courts have no power in most' states to cancel contracts. A merchant can lose in small claims, pay a refund, and still go into regular court to sue the consumer for the full amount of the contract if not yet paid. I a a collection suits can be brought in small claims by lenders and other creditors, so crowding the court calendars that it's hard for consumer cases to be heard.

a consumer complaints are against firms a have gone out of business and, at present, there is no preference for consumer creditors as compared to other general creditors in such cases. The new federal bankruptcy law being considered by House and Senate Judiciary Committees might provide a way for con- sumer relief, but no action has been taken on this point as yet. Arbitration is gaining in- creasing favor as a preferred avenue for consumer redress with both the American Ar- bitration Assn. and the Betler Business a i tribunals to handle disputes. Many small claims courts use a i a A development of dispute set- tlement machinery has been speeded up by the Magnuson- Moss warranty law, which allows consumer suits for damages and attorney's fees for a i to honor warranties, but also allows a to i i i i a grievance machinery set up under the law.

The goal is for simpler and quicker solution of disputes i a i a a customer's right to go to court instead. But once the consumer chooses arbitration, the award is binding. I you, the consumer, cannot get "two bites of the apple" by going to an a i a and then trying the judge if the arbitrator rules for the com- pany. 'Field i Looking Backward 50 YEARS AGO November IS, 1923 Thursday SOCIETY ELECTS The A a County Denial Society elected the following: Dr. A.

P. Dixon. president; Dr. J. H.

a vice president; Dr. J. P. Dewhur.st. secretarv.

and Dr. i i a treasurer A I MAP The i a a arranged and is compiling a city street map wiih push pins i i a i i on each a where automobile and other i a accidents have occured since A i 1. 1925, when the new a i ordinance went inlo effect, A I The Society Ramblers Orchestra has been a i seven berland musicians under the a a of C. of the Roseland A a will be directed by a i Flynn 25 YEARS AGO November 19,1950 Sunday A TO POSTS three new directors were a al the a a meeting of the Cumberland Country Club. Inc.

They are C. A. Brotcmarkle. Leiand E. Spencer and George Millenson.

A berland and Allegany Counly officials are studying a a for joint distribution of surplus foods to needy families. Food is sent here through the Maryland a auspices of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. CLUB A Junior Music Club was organized in a i a Sharon Growden. president; a a Close, i president; Eleanor Ann Mur- phy, recording secretary; Barbara Steam, corresponding a a a i a Hoelzer. treasurer.

A I Next month will a the anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights and 27th a i a of the Universal Declaration of a Rights. In his message proclaiming December 10 as a i Day and December 15 as Bill of i Day, President Ford uges all A i a to a the principles of liberty and juslice enunciated in these documents. It's a good idea. When our i i was being debated in 1737, Thomas Jefferson a i in a letter to James Madison of thetf absence of a Bill of Rights, saying: "Let me add that a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on a general or a i a and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences." In our First Congress. Madison, the principal advocate of a Bill of Rights, defended the idea of citizens rights in these words: "If they are incorporated into the i i i i a of i i consider themselves in a i a a the a i a of those i i be an i a a against every assumption of power in the i a i executive The terrible kinds of abuses that can resull when there is no respect by govern- of such unalienable a rights as life, i and the pursuit of happiness, is dramatically illustrated in a new report published today by A I a i a Titled "Prisoners of Conscience in the U.S.S.K.

Their Treatment and Conditions," the report how thousands of men and women are detained right now in Soviet prison, corrective labor colonies and psychiartric hospitals because of their political or religious beliefs i "that there has never in A i a i a experience been an a i a of a political a in the U.S.S.R.," the study estimates a there are at least 10.000 political and religious prisoners in the U.S.S.R. Based on i i a published materials and accounts by prisoners themselves, their families and friends, the A I report declares that conditions in Soviet penal institutions "not only violate international standards for the a of prisoners, but fail to achieve the standards established in parts of the 's own corrective labor legislation and theory The brunl of the criticism in the report is aimed at Soviet legal norms regarding the detention of persons charged with criminal offenses and suspected of being mentally ill. Soviet law is said to be wholly inadequate in this respect and lays the way open for wrongful incarceration, either on account of political considerations or through the errors and prejudices of psychiatrist and courts. The report slates lhat in a number of cases examining psychijtrists and courts have ruled Soviet citizens to be a ill on direct account of i a i expressed or acted upon dissenting political 01 religious beliefs Often, when friends 01 relatives of such accused individuals arguec against a verdict of insanity, they have been told a "seeming normality" is not a decisive criterion of a health. Too often in America we take for granted whal we have and the kind oW political system we live under.

But if you read this A Internalionaly report, you won't anymore. And one of the things you'll have to celebrale nexi month is a you don't live in the police state that is the Soviet Union. The report is a a i a for S2 at: 200 West 72nd Street. New York, N.Y. 10023 iL'nilcrj Feature Si7idjc.il? i Won 'S Despite high tuitions, the depressed economy and studies questioning the economic pay-off of a college degree, college preparatory schools are thriving, at least in New England.

A survey or more a 200 prep schools from Connecticut to Maine by the Higher Education News Service found enrollment increases throughout the region this fall. Some schools reported inci eases as high as 30 per cent. Boarding schools, which experienced a decline in popularity during the late 1960s and early 1970s, have rebounded even though a a cost i i room and board) now averages between S3, 600 and S5.UOD. A i a a a headmaster of iloldcrness School in New Hampshire, one of the few remaining schools a i requires boys to wear sporls coats and ties to class, much of the is a a i to "politicizing" of the public schools. "Public schools which i themselves embroiled in teacher strikes, busing con- troversies, frozen budgets and politics have disturbed a parents." he says.

"These a i a i a i metropolitan areas, fear their children's educations are neglected as the schools become laboratories for social reform and teachers and programs endure the at- tendant distractions and interruptions." a a college preparatory program, even though costly, now looks very attractive, he says Most A i a families can a'ttord colle.ee prep schools, of course. But there seems to he some i of message here a our public school a i i a and every professional in the field of mass education might be wise to begin i i to. Microscoops Oh. I guess 1 could cross but A have to call a chiropractor whenever 1 wanted to a up. Isn't it loo bad that we can't i polihcians as easily pro team, dc managers? how President Ford can get all ol Ihe free TV i he uams.

All he's do make a campaign speech but ihe i it a secret White House recorded conversation! recorded I can't decide what the i should be. though. I'm torn between cloaks and daggers and trenchcoats vntn special epaletles..