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LEONARD LYONS OH, TEACHER! By Wayne CampMI Tuesday, May 27, 1958 Page 30 Telethon for Chevalier Marilyn Monroe sat in the fourth row when her husband, Arthur Miller, was inducted into the National Institute oE Arts and Letters last week. John Mason Brown, who sat on the platform said that Miss Monroels presence gave new dimension to the. speeches: "If you didn't want to listen, you could look." Tallulah Eankhead will try out. George liaison's new play, "Celia," at Kemiebunkport, in July. Leo Strasberg, head of the Actors Studio, will make one ot his rare public appearances on CBS" 'Invitation to Learning," June 1.

A phi la'nUirDpist who just gave mil lions to a new theater project added an odd personal note that no Tennessee Williams plays be shown there. Samuel Goldwyn. whose own "Best Years of Our Lives." is included in the Best of Hollywood Films shown at. the Brussels Fair: is incensed at the failure to list any of Chaplin's films. Goldwyn said: "As an artist.

Chaplin is superb. Also, Chaplin did more than any other person to bring a generation of kids into movie bouses." Mrs. Goldwyn. incidentally, in cleaning out the office files, found a letter from Ranald Col man, written in the 2fl's, stating: "Don't worry about the. dialogue.

Talkies won't last more than 3 or 4 months," BIRDS AND BEES In N.Y. last week it was not the heat nor the humidity, but the torrid Noelle Adam, star of Francoise Sagan's ballet, "Tlie Broken Date." The plot, is sim nlo: "It's about the birds and 1SJS. Held Education Progress 4s another school term draws to a close, educators, parents and all other citizens of the community who are interested in the training young people are receiving to prepare them lor achievement in the world of tomorrow, might do well to reflect upon education achievements or the past year. Nationally, education has been one of the prime subjects of political oratory, particularly since the ascent of Sputnik I. One can still see lingering signs of the near hysteria which swept the education world with the realization that the Soviet Union had surpassed at least one phase of the American scientific effort.

Fortunatelv, cooler heads prevailed and (hose wtio began an immediate clamor for scrapping the arts in favor of the sciences, or copying the Russian system of education, or a myriad of equally disturbing proposals. Have finally died down to an occasional whimper. Such responsible educationists as Dr. Lawrence G. Derthkk, Commissioner of the U.S.

Office of Education, recognized the, need for more emphasis on scientific subjects trie public schools, but also realized nothing was to be gained by embarking on some hastily conceived course simplv for the sake of action. It is obvious, said Dr. Derthick, that "all of our schoois must put more emphasis on the teaching of foreign languages science, mathematics, world geography, other cultures and the humanities. It is also crystal clear that we must' stress unceasingly the principles ar.d meaning ot democracy." Accordingly, "our schools must continue to educate all of our future citizens in an ever widening range and depth of subject matter. This certainly will require smaller classes, a full supply of qualified.

teachers, more adequate "The only plot in this play is against me, Mr. Hooperl" ROSCOE DRUMMOND Executive Business Talent Not Eager for Public Office The When Gen. WASHINGTON ecutives once it gels them? nnK.A',ir reveals the most dis nf mare and more qualified businessmen es this picture: mm liouan ine vear or less Eisenhower was campaigning lor the presidency in 1932, one of the must appealing and persistent promises he made to the American people was this: "I am going to get the best brains in the country, the best executive talent, the widest experience and put them to work for the nation." He has been unable to do it. With all the president's prestige and pert Lisas! veness and personal charm he has been unable to iHi 'World War in 16 ner cent inafwici 37 oer cent 1050 52 'Korean ffmfiiH 67 ner cent m.M 70 ocr cent I nm not sueecstinc thai bus the bees and the lowers. gut the best brair.s, the best ex is ihe ov.lv reservoir or ex Nominations Are Now in Order DREW PEARSON Propaganda Fills Rumanian Billboards Michel Mange, who composed ecutive talent for government service.

But it is an important. reservoir and when you find 1 ,) iinr lark of interest nran i't' ice i ii. irip, I irt writm vou find a steady decline the store window, set aside lor the sale of personal keepsakes, you will see pathetic relics oT the past a statue of a Czarist cavalryman, an old photo of Charlie Chaplin and Lillian Gish, a set of china, a sword worn by one Df King Ferdinand's courtiers. But this is the past. And the Communists are living for the future.

They are tough, practical, and on 1he whole ihe world for our way of life. But on second thought I concluded that maybe we're not so dumb alter all. How would Ihe French like it if we had insisted (in putting a giant statue of Ihvight D. Eisenhower or Cen. George Marshall in the Place de la Concorde in Paris? Eisenhower is the man who liberated France and Marshall is the author of the Marshall plan which reconstructed France.

But they BUCHAREST, Rumania This is beautit.il city of strange paradoxes. In the middle of the city roosters crow in the morning. Around its most ornate pub he square von can hear the ram crow cr.lling in the afternoon. Ami In the evening ion hoar the rhvthm of a jazz bind and the wail of a gypsy flute. jt is a city where the strict coctrines of a Communist regime have clashed with the lackadaisical formal ion of al Uie heel royalty, and the Communist." length of time they are willing to serve, no wonder the president has to reach down into the bottom of the barrel for many of his appointment.

Even the Korean war did not arrest the monnt ing desire to cr.l: short the period of service in Washington. BARELY LEARN JOE It is fair to say, I think, that it lakes fully a year to master eeutive talent, me wiaesi e.Mjeu encc to work for the government. Mute often than not the most qualified, the most promising people refused lo take a government iob and when 1hey did I'ney left it so soon that they hardly gave value received. Time and again the White House has had to fill top jobs with the third, fifth and seventh choice and that's literally true. The situation is getting worse, not belter.

It has been getting steadily worse since the end of World 'War II. TALENT STUDY The Harvard Business school club of Washington, D. C. has just completed, under the direction of Dr. Wilford L.

White of the Small Business Administration, an invaluable study of "Bns inessmtr in their experiences, reactions, difficulties and, most of all, the colossal disinterest of the business community in having them' How hard is il io set the right business executives with the right skills in the places in government where they are most the intricacies of top government jobs. So what da you have when 70 ner cent of the businessmen a ci: facilities, and mav require sucn moiuuL.muiio 6 school day and school term if we are to maintain a high standard of quality." These objectives, listed by Dr. Derthick, provide a good check list for local school boards and administrators to use in determining their own state of progress. Educational changes in the United States must be the evolutionary type, instead of revolutionary; otherwise each wind of criticism would hlow the education system in a new direction. Built in Props Report of the Department of Commerce that personal incomes rose a little during both March and April seems to reflect in part the effectiveness of built in economic stabilizers.

These are such innovations as unemployment insurance, pensions and veterans' benefits. Personal incomes were up nationally $800 million in March over February and StiOO million in April over March. The sum of incomes for April was at the rale of S342.8 billion annually, down only 1 3 per cent from tin record of last August. During both March and April wages and salaries declined minutclv. And these microscopic were more than overcome by rising farm income, increased unemployment insurance and benefits from social security and veterans' programs.

These figures support the expectation that mass purchasing power will hold up well during the weeks in which industry and business prepare for the next upward thrust. government refuse to serve more than a year? What you. have is 70 per cent of the bus Russian urir.y took over from the Nu.i army, and where the landmarks of German energy still stand Mill an airport iar more modern than New York's La. Guardia airport. And a council of ministers building, stern in de the music for the ballet, was lucked inside his hotel room.

He tried phoning the desk about Ins plight, but he speaks no English. The composer solved it. by singing "Open the Door, Richard." Maxwell Rabb, who just retired as President Eisenhower's aide and as the nation's first secretary to the cabinet, received two signal honors last week; He was presented with the chair he occupied durinj cabinet sessions Ihe first non cabinet member to receive such a gift. And then Rabb's portrait, painted by S. Edmund Oppen heirrvwas presented lo the White House for permanent display in the secretary's office.

The presentation was by a Democrat, Oscar Chapman. Walter Slezak, who weighs 280 savs he'll lose 60 pounds at the end of June: He's sending bis son, Leo, to camp Hugh Griffith, who left "Look Homeward, Angel," lor the caliph's role in "Ben Hur," persuaded MG.M to bring his wife to him in Rome: "It I'm 1o play a man with seven wives, you ought Id supply one real wife for me." Sardi's East is open for business. Alajalov, the artist, was discussing the special act of congress giving a United States passport to Michael Romanoff. Alajalov told of his first meeting with "Prince" Michael Romanoff: Alajalov said somebing in Russian to Romanoff, who replied in English. Alajalov tried Russian again.

Romanoff, who knew no Russian, said: "It would be impolite to the other guests if we were to speak in Russian. We'll use English." their jobs and quitting as. soon as they learn I Tlie central conclusion or uic Harvard "BMC" survey is that the United States will never be able to stand up in the race with the Soviet Union if it can't get better men in government for. longer periods. "The 'new competition' with nave no stalues.

Or who; would the Greeks say if we had placed a giant statue of Harry Truman alongside Plato Aristotle and Demosthenes near the Acropolis? Truman was the author nf the doctrine which rescued Greeee. Moscow has done exactly this bv planting huge statues of s't a I i everywhere. In their hearts 1 don't think the Rumanian people or the other Soviet bloc people like his constant stare. The thins you have to remember about Rumania is that it was a rundown monarchy where every royal courtier from the kingrs mistress down had a hand in the public till. Bucharest was considered the capital of sex.

sin. and senstiousness. The late Queen Mother of Rumania was famous for her international affairs. Her son set a royal example to his subjects by bringing his concubine into the palace in such a flagrant manner that his wife, Helen of Greece, went back to Athens. COMMUNISTS AND SEX Whether you agree with the Communists or not, they have tut out the sensuousness and they seem lo have eradicated a cer "is more likely to be won in the sprawling bureaucracy of Washington than on some re moie battlefield.

If the military services can command a certain' The answer of the Harvard Business school club survey is that "there exists a frightening lack of interest in the business community far participation in the government service" and that companies and most businessmen lock upon serving the government more as a "career than as an opportunity for "broadened experience." HARD TO KEEP How hard it is for the government to retain guod business ex FUTURE COMMUNISTS To see how they were looking to the future I went to some of their schools. One was a nursery school attached to a state factory which manufactures clothing. Mothers working in the factory parked 2.00 children, from babies to age seven, in the nursery. I found it excellent. Jn fact it was better than some American nursery schools yhieh my grandchildren have attended, and readers of this column have reason lo know what 1 think of my grandchildren.

The furniture, the decorations, the nursery beds were arranged with taste, cleanliness, and imagination. The manager had no advance notice that I was coming, I simply drove up to the gate, asked to come in. I also visited a pioneer place, a special relaxation and training school for children, to keep them oft the streets and incidentally get them started as young Communists. This one was in the king's old summer palace and it was beautiful. The halls which once housed kings had been revamped into classrooms for study of radio, electronics, telephone, painting, theatre, manual training.

All were extremely well done. There may be a political motive in it. But on the other hand I could find no juvenile crime in the satellite countries, none of the gangs that sometimes plague the streets of Harlem, Brooklyn and Philadelphia, The teen agers are kept busy elsewhere. I'll shortly report further on life behind the Iron Curtain. how much more should the civil sien hul in a way bouuLniil.

it is a city whose parks arc delightful, whnse children are well cared for, whose streets art almost empty oT automobiles, and whose interesting museums built bv the ir.nnarcky. ore well managed by the Communists. It is a cily where you sometimes think that free enterprise is confined to the lapping at the bootblack outside your hotel window every morning. He taps his brush on his box to try to drum no trade his way ol advert is Aside from this there is little advertising in Rumania. The billboards don't promote tooth paste, or hair lotion, or underarm deodorants.

Senators Gore ot Tennessee anil Ncubeiger ol Oregon would baie no trouble passing an anti billboard highway law here. Instead you read billboards promoting the virtues of Lenin and Marx, and the link between Russia and Rumania. If you drive tinder a railroad i (I the lettering on the does not tell you the name of 1he railroad. hails eminent do the same!" It will require a change in.our whole altitude toward government to bring this about. Junior Editors Quiz on EDUCATION 1 tain amount or sin.

But not even the Communists can eradicate They have been harsh and ruthless in taking over the palaces mid estates ot the old regime, and crowding onetime nobility into small rooms with no bathrooms. But they have given these confiscated homes to workers. There is bitter resentment from the old nofcibty and there are cases of genuine sttlfering. In and Lenin and the Rumanian people's republic. STATUES OF STALIN Propaganda is an accepted fac lor in Rumanian life.

It is everywhere. At first it made me figure 1he United Stales has not done so well in propagandizing Except for farm income, the gains personal income do not represent the creation of new wealth, Incomes derived from insurance programs, pensions and benefits amount to living off accumulations of the past, But their very presence deprives economic ebbs of their main force, tends to flatten out recessions almost from the beginning and provides assurance that the ailments of the economic body will be of the shortest possible duration. Not So Perfect Food Sometimes an insignificant item in the news catches the eye. Such as the one from Bethesda, Ihe other day. It.

said: "Scientists in a government laboratory here have developed a nutritionally perfect food. About a quart a day of the artificial food would keep a person happy and thriving. "Housewives could throw away the cooking utensils, for the new food is a liquid that needs no cooking. It is so efficient, there is no waste matter and chemists consider it the perfect rood for man in space." It develops that this great boon to the housewife who dislikes cooking has some drawbacks. First, its taste is terrible.

"Sipping the liquid brings a quick, cloying, sweet taste, followed by a lingering and strong meaty aftertaste, like too strong beef bouillon." Then comes the haymaker: "It costs $34 a quart to produce." Let's Explore Your Mind By Sylvamts M. Duvall, Ph.D. and Evelyn M. Dnvall, Ph.D. RAY TUCKER No Presidential Timber at Governors' Meet YSHlNGTON The recent Miurti HM ernoi if and HARRY SELLS LAND Harry S.

Trumon is about to sell some of his acreage, at an irresistible price. Noel Coward left far Europe last week end to spend a month in a villa on the Riviera. George Jcssel asked Maurice Chevalier to appear on his City of Hope Telethon. Chevalier shook his head, then listed reasons; He's 70, he's working in a cafe and making recordings, he's busy with interviewers, new songs, then said: "What time shall I be there?" Two couples sat in El Morocco one couple born in N.Y., the other in Bucharest, but each had chosen a mate born 4000 miles distant. They were Francis T.

Hunter, the New Yorker who became a tennis champ, and his wife, LLsette Verea, the Rumanian actress, The other New Yorker was the stunning Dolores Guinle Lilman. who was with her husband. Georges Litman, born in Bucharest and now a fabulously successful industrialist living' in Paris. Litmari recently was awarded tlie Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre. Dolores planned a party for the occasion to be attended by France's top military men.

The had to be postponed: Litman had measles. Richard Burton just paid the final bill for that Hawaiian party he gave in N.Y. The bills, including damage claims, came to tlO.000. There were rival piano attractions in N.Y. Sunday afternoon: Van Cliburn, the Juilliard student who won recognition in Russia, rehearsing for the Steve Allen show while Elena Powstuck.

the Russian born pianist now teaching at luiiliard had her students give a recital at Steinway Hall. A man who met Evan Evans of "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," tpld her: "Your name is familiar familiar." portant ror what did not do rather than for its somewhat negligible and unspectacular discussions and disagreements. 7or the first time in 30 years, il did not produce an o'tits Landing presidential candidate for either maior parly, it provided no successor to a line of such eminenls QUESTION: Wko started schools in America? axon versial questions as the supreme court's infringement on state rights under the rug. The Republicans' inactivity is understandable. They hold only two important, governorships Illinois and Ohio and neither Governor Straiten nor Governor O'Neill are regarded as presidential passiblities.

Moreover, the Republican executives seemed to feel that Vice president Nixon cannot be deprived ot the nomination. Un likc Harold E. Stassen, whose miserable showing in the Pennsylvania gubernatorial primary ends his career, none felt any urge to tilt against the CaliEor The Republican governors' generally favorable reaction to the Nixon candidacy, together with his behavior during his unfortunate South American tour, seems lo assure his selection as the GOP standard bearer. POLITE GLARING The Democratic governors' lack of harmony on issues or candidates probably results from potfr um OTHERS'. wp i 3 i sachusetts and Ribicoff of Connecticut ambitious for second place on the ticket.

Moreover, with the possible exception oE the uliraliberai Williams of Michigan, none of the Democratic executives appears to have enlisted the support ot the political king makers or captured the imagination ot the voters outside their respective states. None appeared, to be what the party needs a. sure winner like F.D.R., or President Eisen hawer, DEMS' IIOPEFELS The Democratic governors' failure to seize the spotlight has affected the political thinking of party leaders, on and off Capitol Hill. The Iwd blocs the congressional and gubernatorial frequently clash at national conventions over platform and candidate. The beneficiaries of the colorless Miami spectacle may easily be any one of the senatorial hupe luls.

As of today, such candidates as Senators Kennedy of Massachusetts. Symington of Missouri, ilumpKrey of Minnesota and Jackson of Washington have a better chance for the nomination than they did before their rivals in the gubernatorial camp stumbled and mumbled so badly at Miami. ANSIWER: When the first colonists came to America theywera so busy building homes and establishing settlements that they gave tittle thought to schools. The little education that boyi and girls got came from parents or ministers. E.ut as the colonists got 'settled, they turned their atlentloa to building schools, for they realized the importance of education.

The first school built In the United StateB was a one room building In Boston in 1635. Others followed swiftly. In 163G America got ita first college Harvard, established In Cambridge, Mass. The Puritans of New England gave education in America a big boost in 1642 when they passed a taw requiring that all Puritan coloniee establish schools and that all Puritan children be taught to read. Today more than 20 million students attend elementary schools In the country, nearly 3 million are In high school and 4 million are enrolled In colleges or universities.

FOR YOU TO DO: In the early days of America, schoolmaster often used a ruler or switch to keep unruly pupllB in line. Here's a picture of a schoolmaster about to slap a boy's hand with a ruler. Using it as a guide, see if you can araw a similar picture yourself. (William McGrugon of Woodlyn, wins $10 for eubmlttinf as At Smith, F.D.R., Alt Landon, Tom Dewey, and Adlai E. Stev ci.seon.

All these candidates got Uicir biggest sendotls at the hands of the gubernatorial bloc. The Hirn failure to dominate Ihe political scene is all the more significant in view or the fact that, since the turn of the century 12 governors and only one senator Warren G. Harding have been nominated for the nation's highest "political honor. Naturally, there is rejoicing among congressional rivals for this GOVERNORS' BARREN CONFERENCE The governors failed signally io dramatize any national issue or personality. They agreed to disagree on almost every problem antirecession solutions, tax.

cuts and public works, federal stale relationships, foreign affairs. They swept such contro fix il properly so that you can avoid Ihe smut! thine happening in the future. But blaming and scolding yourself is just as futile as bluming others. It's much heller to try and see how yuu can improve yourscll. Should ynu get tousb wilh aggressive children? No, unless you went to make Ihem even more aggressive.

Studies of how mothers cope wilh their children's behavior reveal that mothers who severely punish aggressive behavior in their children had more aggressive children than mothers who punish lightly. The Harvard stall, which conducted their studies, concludes, "Harsh physical punishment was associated with high childhood aggressiveness." Could be 1hat youngsters learn to bo tough by being treated that way. take a simple ex Charles Laughlon was at a party where he amazed tlie guests with his knowledge of Windsor Castle. "Not fair," said one guest, who remembered Laugh ton's film, "Henry VIII." "You were there od location." this question. Send yoursonaposicarum tiuiti mwi "b6 the fact that so many of them seek the nomination, They glared politely but appraisingly at each other Harriman ot New York, Meyner of New Jersey, leader of 'Pennsylvania, Williams of Michigan, with Furcolo of Mas fimple.

if your car breaks down, for instance, isn't it far better to try to get it going again than to blame either others or yourself? You ought, of course, to know who was responsible for the breakdown whether you or the garage mechanic failed of this newspaper. Tomorrow AP Newsfeatures, in How does food keep inside of canal).