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Fuside Indianapolis By Ed Sovola

YOU WOULDN'T think a member of the fourth estate could talk.shop in the second grade of a primary school. At School 18, 1001 E. Palmer St. he can. - Precious little that has to do with our schools

surprises me anymore. When educators began shying away from teaching the alphabet 25 years ago, I predicted cultural disintegration and even went so far as to envision a box with a glass viewing front which would be the final catalytic. ® We survived, to a gredter degree than was anticipated, and each innovation was met with a shrug. What did I care? They slipped me under the wire, the three R’s are mine, nobody can take .them away from me and bless Miss McCullough, wherever she may be swinging her ruler, eS

IT'S ONE THING to have your afternoon nap interrupted and see the maid sweeping the dirt under the rug. It’s another to find a little man with a note which doesn’t say how much the rent is being increased but to go to Room 8. of School 18. And shake it up, the presses are rolling. Glory be. : Well, the presses weren't rolling when I arrived at School 18, the children were. Sherri Caviness was 8 years old that day and the “Magic Tree” had bloomed. I'll use the few minutes that remain before the period ends and “The Room 5 Star” is distributed to tell you about the tree. eo >

TEACHER VIVIAN A. SIEGEL, a young lady with fresh ideas (that's the Indiana University influence), has a plastic model of a. tree that sprouts candy whenever a youngster in her class has a birthday. Sherri Caviness had the honor of taking the tree to each of her classmates to pick a piece of candy. It was a big day in other respects. That same day Room 5's newspaper was coming out. The birthday would be duly recbrded for School 18 to see. Miss Siegel began the publication of the newspaper as an aid to reading. She figured if the children read little stories abqut familiar names and happenings, they would be more retentive as well as attentive. The kids love it. The news-

It Happened Last Nig

By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, Mar. 18—Meet Wilson, the sneaky scoundrel and the slimy snake. That’s what poor little me is for writing that recent column about Johnny Ray, the Frank Sinatra of the Fifties. All the Johnny Ray fan clubs have belted me. Just because I called him “the wildest, goofiest, craziest, looniest, weirdest singer since Frankie Swoonatra.” But how did I happen to understate it so

. shamefully in my piece about “Mr. Emotions,”

alias “Mr. Commotion,” the fellow who sometimes breaks down and cries while singing? They say that at such times he leaves the plano and must be alone for awhile. He's that much affected by emotional songs. - Yes, I understated it. He's the maddest, oddest, strangest, quaintest, hair-tearingest melody‘murderer since World War II—and yet I like him. Because he’s an actor. A stylist. A singer... no . .. that I didn't say. ... He's kind of a paid weeper. A professional mourner.

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HIS APPEAL is not just in the East or in juke boxes in Opelousas, La. His songs are second, third, fourth, and ninth of the first 10 juke box favorites. Ten years have passed since the Sinatra hysteria started. Those bobby-soxers had little sisters who were in diapers then. Now the baby sisters have grown up and have Johnnyitis. They write to me. “Why did you write such a juvenile article about him?” asked one little girl—adding that her own age is 16. “How can you write such awful things about Johnny Boy?” wrote Myra Englehardt. “You old people can’t stand something new and different.”

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THE SIGH GUY With the Cry in His Eye is good for Show Business—because he’s bringing in the loot. Of course, if he ever loses his hair, his career will be over. Call him electrifying, contagious, exciting . .. but don’t call him a great singer. “The Violet Ray,” as he is called in some circles because of his manner of gnawing a song to pieces like a dog destroying a bone, is just a young guy making a tough buck. So we wish him luck. And we urge him not to work too hard.

Milestone By Oland Russell

TOKYO, Mar. 18—His quiet departure for the United States today will be another milestone in the colorful career of Willlam Joseph Sebald, diplomat, lawyer, navy officer and once a national collegiate boxing champion. : Bill Sebald, who holds the personal rank of ambassador, is going home for “consultations,” the usual phrase to cover any finagling the State Department may have in mind. There has been speculation from Washington that he may not return. It has been announced that the ambassador will be Robert Murphy, a diplomat with con-

siderable European ‘experience but none in Japan.

This is highly puzzling té most Japanese and” many Americans here, ‘who realize that we are entering a crucial period in our relations with Japan and need in the embassy here all the talent and experience we can lay hands on. Se Se WE ESPECIALLY need people who understand the Japanese, enjoy their respect and confidence and can tactfully peddle American influence to a natioh we want as an ally. It’s a difficult, two-way job—interpreting Japanese thinking to America and at the same time selling America to the sensitive, mercurial Japanese by some other way than ladling out Biv: sale to say that no one else in our state department could fill the bill as well as Mr. Sebald. Some argue that -the top U. 8. diplomatic post in Tokyo requires a man of highest career rank and standing. The Japanese feel that way about their embassy in Washington. So they plan to put two ambassadors there, One will be more of a figure-

“head, a well-known name; the other will do the

real spadework. They don't see why we can't do the same out here,

* IT MAY BE that the State Department isn't forgetting that Gen. Douglas MacArthur was

le for Mr. Sebold’s meteoric rise from Jeaponsibe post in the diplomatic section of §CAP. Through his remarkable knowledge of Japan, Mr. Sebald had worked his way up to where he was in a position to take over when George Atcheson, head of the section, was killed in a 1947 mid-Pacific plane crash. Mr. Sebald, always a quiet, modest, non-con-troversial figure, -also became named chairman of the Allied Council for Japan, where he first met ‘the Russians head-on, and in many an explosive session thereafter proved their most formidable opponent. . ~ ae > FOR THREE YEARS, Mr; Sebald carried on runngng battles with the Russians, principally ever the 300,000 Japanese war <prisoners held by the Soviets. This particularly endeared him to the Japanese, who have written him over a million letters giving details on relatives who vanished into Siberia or Manchuria, and express-

. HEE for his efforts to get them out.

5, ‘Mr. Sebald’s stinging indictments of Russia, his invective and his cold, curt replies to Soviet

Back to Second

paper also informs the ‘parents of classroom news. It's like a letter from teacher. ? ” Po ST @ DAVID DONAHUE had his hand up before anyone else and he was selected to read the masthead. That publication is read thoroughly. Everything but the straight lines is read. “The Room 5 Star” is a one-page newspaper and carries no advertising. a Sharon Miller read the story about Jane Thomson who “went to Mrs, Tattersall’s room on Wednesday. We miss her very much.” Sharon was Kathy's best friend in the room. I don’t know what type of literature you were reading in the second and third grades, but I know words such as dictionary, science, scribble, design, telegraph weren't in my tablet. ; » ahr ANYTHING that happens’ in Room 5 is news and Miss Siegel finds a way to improve her students’ vocabulary. Tommy Smith read “In our room we have a new dictionary. It hangs under the windows. We use it when we don't know how to spell words.” Sherri Caviness read “We are growing sweet potato plants for our science work. We are learning what helps make plants grow.” Before a student raises a hand, he or she must be sure of each word in the newspaper, It would never do to stand at the front of the room and face the class and turn out to be a bit of a dunce. If anyone has any doubt about a werd, by the time a story is read a half dozen times the kid is hep. He can go home and read a la Laughton. Volunteers are plentiful for spreading the news of Room 5. A youngster who demonstrated that the tongue won't fumble over any word gets to take a newspaper to one of the other lower grades and read with the permission of the teacher. “Pony express” runners Jonita Peavler, Adrienne Warner, Tommy Schulz and Gwen Smith burned shoe leather. They brought back reports that “Everyone liked the news.” oo oo < AND WHO wouldn't like such news: “We painted Fairy Flowers on Monday. We put some of them on the bulletin board. We put other Fairy Flowers around the room.” It’s fun to watch children but somewhat depressing. They're going to grow and *“unlearn” magic trées and fairy flowers. Wonder why an “unlearning” school for adults wouldn’t be a good idea. I'd like to attend a semester and leave a few ideas I picked up since the time when fairy flowers grew in my garden.

ht Johnny Ray Comments Stir Hornet’s Nest

Why, in one night of “singing,” "he often loses six pounds and eight handfuls of hair! Yes, it's: funny about the mail you get on columns about singers. I told® you about the bobby-soxers blasting me. Then there was this one: “How much of a moron do you have to be to take up half a column of a decent paper to give a maniac like Johnny Ray a buildup? How much is the payoff?” So SB : THE MIDNIGHT EARL ... Betsy von Furstenberg goes back to the coast in 10 days with real estate-loaded John Reynolds fast on her heels He swears he'll marry her. , . . John Marquand Jr., son of the Pulitzer prize-winning novelist, is working on a book of his own (some of his friends are worried).

Rossellini may direct Canada Lee's next film in Europe. Police . Gazette Nat Perlow is scouring up theater tickets for Nancy Kefauver who's coming to town to celebrate the primary victory. .., The swell new Copa show gave Myron Cohen a chance to spill some of the gags given him by Veep Barkley. Myron remains thé best story teller in the business. Gorgeous Peggy Lee got a wonderful lighting job to complement her chirping.

Miss Lee

> @ EARL'S PEARLS ... To a new bride, says Merv Griffin, every cook book is a mystery novel. “o Oo b TODAY'S BEST LAUGH—The Latin Quarter’s Joey Bishop imitates Ted Lewis’ son by saying, “I hope all my father’s friends are happy.” oe %

TODAY'S DAFFYNITION: “A hypochondriac

is a person with a sick sense.”—Kay Armen. “© Bh SB WASHINGTONIANS are telling of the man who mailed his income tax tothe wrong address. He mailed it to his collector in Alcatraz and he should have mailed it to Sing Sing ... That's Earl, brother,

Diplomat Sebald En Route to U. S.

arguments in the allied council won the admiration of Gen. MacArthur who has praised him for “consistent, clear judgment, initiative and the highest sense of responsibility.” He saw eye-to-eye with Gen. MacArthur .on all his major policies. o & MR. SEBALD’'S well-grounded advice is credited with influencing the peace treaty itself. In consultations here on its framework, he was the right-hand man of John Foster Dulles, who relied on him for sounding out Japanese sentiment. Mr. Sebald reads and speaks’ Japanese easily. He's made a point of talking With Japanese of all classes. He has spoken numerous times before Japanese gatherings and probably has done more than any other American out here personally to spread the American concept of how the U. 8, and Japan should get along after the treaty’s effected. Son 6f a Baltimore physician, Mr. Sebald first came to Japan in 1925, three years after graduating from the Naval Academy. Mr. Sebald is married to a half-Japanese who served the OSS in Washington during the. war. In 1949, by special act of Congress, she became an American citizen.

Dishing the Dirt By Marguerite Smith

Q—How can I force my indoor growing-hya-cinths to come up out of the stalk? Two years

ago I had very good luck with the flowers keep-"

ing right along with the foliage . . . not very tall but blooms full. Last year . .. flowers were large but half of them blooming practically out of sight. Ruth Reckley, 1421 Leonard St. A—Hyacinths have a habit of earrying their heads way down in their coat collars. My favorite scheme to discipline them is to set a funnel over the top of the bulb when I ‘bring it to the light. (That's one reason I usually pot a single

Read Marguerite Smith's Garden Column in The Sunday Times

bulb to a pot). Obviously this funnel must be one that excludes all light except at the very tip. That makes the flower stretch its neck and display itself as it should. For a pot of several bulbs you might make a newspaper cone to fit over it. Q—Should grass seed be sowed on wet or dry ground? Beginner. A—Never. sow any kind of seed in really wet ground. Wait until ground has dried out enough to be crumbly before “you spade or rake it. If in doubt, wait until ground is dry to sow your grass seed, then water it afterward. Seed. and young plants must be kept damp but not ggaked with water until roots have reached down into lower moist layers of soil. :

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By RICHARD HOLLANDER Times Special Writer

PARIS, Mar. 18—Surrounded by imposing evidences of past political and military glory, the French today are the weakest link in the chain of western defense. Geography and tradition made France the logical con-

tineptal keystone in Gen, Eisenhower's NATO plans. Now our vast investment (see chart) in her recovery may turn out to be a total loss from a purely military standpoint.

The disastrous political events of the past few weeks, “hard upon the conclusion of the Lisbon conference, add up to the toughest problem yet to be faced in the total effort toward mutual western defense. » Filure of the French to find political stability likely will have an important bearing on Congressional debate on further foreign aid. The big fight now is between the Communists of the Left and the Gaullists of the Right. As usual, the middle-of-the-road-ers are being crushed. 8 » " SHOULD Gen. Charles de Gaulle come to power, France might crawl into a nationalistisolationist hole with embarrassment to the entire NATO concept. Some Frenchmen charge we pushed them too hard and fast to military preparation. Some American experts believe that if the strain of military costs hadn’t been added to the French economy she might have been in pretty good shape in two or three more years. Every movement upward of

prices of civilian goods, every °*

movement downward of the standard of living, sets off sel“fish political caterwauling, The going has been very tough indeed for the average Frenchman. Since the beginning of the Korean War, prices ‘have gone up from 30 to 45 per cent. The present French mili-

tary budget is three times as,

great as. two years ago. The war in Indo-China, which Frenchmen feel we are inclined to forget about, has been costing $1 billion a year. " » » FRENCH government officials assert that the more than 5 million Communist votes in the last election are largely domestic ‘‘protest” votes. Whatever they are, the Communists, together with the Gaullists on the other side, have greatly weakened France in the eyes of the rest of the western world. France came out of the war with a national inferiority complex, stemming from the ignominiously swift defeat of 1940. Liberation didn't bring automatic prosperity. The Commun-

. EDITOR'S NOTE: How many millions have we poured into the defense of Western Europe? What have we got out of it so far? These are the questions millions of Americans are asking themselves as Cengress debates President Truman's request for 7.9 billion in new Foreign Aid. Armed with hitherto-unpub-lished figures on country-by-country assistance, an outstanding editor-reporter has traveled through Europe measuring the extent of the gains brought by America’s billions. Here is his analysis, in the second of five dispatches supplied exclusively through The Indianapolis Times.

ists and the Gaullists grew on all this. Then there was the traditonal fear of Germany. i . » FINALLY, came the moment

when our efforts abroad were |

focused, not se much upon a long-term stable economic future, but upon immediate defense against the threat of Russian aggression. = This, with NATO and its military offspring, SHAPE, meant that economically tottering nations like France would have to divert increasing proportions of their national budgets toward production ‘for possible war,

To a French people starved for civilian goods we promulgated “guns instead of butter” as the order of the day. Most Frenchman hadn’t ever had the butter. This was gravy for all dissident groups.

But even within this grim picture one finds a few bright spots for collective security. Right now there are 850,000 troops on active duty. Taken together with men already trained, France has an immediate potential of 1,200,000 troops. It is estimated that by 1954, a trained force of 6 million troops could be available—if there is equipment and training facilities for them. To these can be added 90,000 airmen on active duty, and 50,000 men in the Navy. . - # AND she still has one important psychological point in her favor: The pride of past military glory that demands rebirth,

BE LAZY—AND HEALTHY... No. 1

Exercise?—‘Bosh...and

By PETER J. STEINCROHN, M.D. IT AM fully convinced that exercise is bosh. I am trying to pass on to you the reasons for my belief. : Before you get. your teeth into me, it is essential that you know certain facts:

FIRST—I am not a rabid reformer. If after reading what I write in these articles you still believe in the value of’ systematic exercise, I shall not try again to make you see it my way. Your wishes, though

they provoke my sympathy,

will have my deep respect. SECOND—As a physician, I concede the value of exercise for such groups as growing children, young adults, patients with deformities and any other people who have definite medical indications for it. I am not suggesting that all exercise be abolished. THIRD—If at any time in

reading these articles you believe I am making light of my subject or am unduly

facetious, please hear this now: 1 am serious and believe that needless exertion by millions of Americans over 40 years of age is a ‘nonsensical and thoughtless waste of God-given energy. If these articles can trans-

EDITOR'S NOTE: You don't

have to excrcise to be healthy or happy says one of New England's leading physicians. Here, in a series of six articles, Dr. Steincrohn makes a running attack on the ‘Exercise Cult.’ Dr. Steincrohn Is former Chief of Staff of Mt. Sinal Hospital in Hartford, Conn., where he has practiced medicine for vears.” He is author of several books and hosts of scientific articles. This is the first of a series taken from his latest book, HOW TO KEEP FIT WITH-

OUT EXERCISE, just published

by Wilfred Funk, Inc.

No. France—the Weak Link 1

In West's Defense Plans

o Marshall Plan. ..e..,.., $1,868,792000 $ 959,165,000 Lend Lease ...,...,... 372,469,000 InterimAid ........,+.. 313,404,000 176,054,000 Mutual Defense Aid. , .... 1,991,000 10,000 UNRRA . ..... vrsssense 3061,000 409,754,000 Post-UNRRA srmeS rapt 60,000 1 17.41 4,000 American Red Cross. ..., 2,146,000 191,000 Civilian Supplies . ....,.. 134,487,000 Army & Air Force ...e., 109,947,000 $2,651,923,000 $1,907,022,000 9 Export-Import Bank. ,...$1,112.734,000 $ 80,323,000 Surplus Property .:2ea.. 5,957,000 137,968,000 European Recovery ...., 182,400,000 73,000,000 Commerce Dept. (Ships), 43,270,000 60,030,000 Other ...vesrcnan-ess- 363,300,000 1,494,000 $2,697,261,000 ' § 342,815,000 ARMY 11 div, plus troops in 3 inf div, 2 Alpine Indo-China; addition brig, 1 armored brig; al dive await equip. additional units await 3 ment equipment, officers INDUSTRIAL 143%, of 1938 figure 140%, of 1938 figure; PRODUCTI ‘ has unused capacity, . needs modernization MILITARY $3.7 billion (tripled in $1 billion, mostly for BUDGET ‘past 2 years) new equipment MILITARY | Artillery, vehicles, Largely small arms PRODUCTION some planes and and ammunition small naval vessels POLITICAL Unstable, due to Becoming more sta. CONDITION Communist and Caul- ble, but Co “ list strength, inhibit- voters exert Press: ing all-out production against all-out effort

form the “muscle maulers” and |

“exercise. worshipers” into well balanced and relaxed men and women . ., if it teaches them to grow older gracefully without indulging in unnecessary contortions, then I shall pat myself on the back, but not too hard nor too often—this being needless exercise and too much

overdone. ” ” »

THIS series is for those who are over forty. There were 42,766,000 people over 45 ‘in 1950, about 28 per cent of the population. These articles are for. them; for those who have exercised without restraint and are now entering the afternoon of life and asking themselves: “How much must I slow up?” Many a person continues to be overactive only because of the fear that if he relaxes, if he “slows up” in public, if he ad‘mits to himself that he cannot .do the things he did—fhen he will get old before his time.

In this philosophy lies the crux of all that is pernicious in our modern conception of exercise. Somehow we find it difficult, to uproot the tenacious belief that once we stop exercising we shall fade away to useless, hollow husks of our former selves. My purpose is to convince you that overexertion {is unnecessary for your happiness and health, Later I shall support my claims that it 1s often detrimental. : You will learn also that there are other easier and more delightful ways to keep slim and supple, to radiate glowing health, to look well and walk with that springlike stride. » - » WHY do people exercise? Why do you? Isn't it because everybody says it is good? Because you want a nice figure? Because it is healthful? Do not wrongly evaluate exercise because millions of people are fanatical about fits value. Often you do something that may be harmful only because your neighbor thinks it is beneficial. You may somefimes get hurt “following the leader.” ; Inherited from our ancestors, reinforced at intervals by exercise cults, the apparent need for exercise has been imbedded deeply in our nature. And so the rabid ‘believers’

“tell us of our cave-men ances-

tors: how they ran, fought, and struggled with wild animals and the elements, “They had to—or die.” : - she And they proceed to remind us that as we are their descend-

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It sticks deeply in men like George Bidault, defense minister in the last cabinet, who is determined that France will ful-

fill her NATO commitments. Others like him are convinced

ants by only a few thousand years, we are being too similar in form to risk the chance of changing our habits, We must continue to exercise. They say also that if we interrupt our muscular activities we shall warp. Our wondrous machines will dry up; we shall be unable to fight, to defend the family, to work, or to remain healthy for long. Disease will strike us down if we do not stay fit, - Some. have even suggested that sometime in the distant future the human leg will be a

useless appendage. Away with

automobiles. » ~ » WITH all this I must disagree. None of us has to worry much about bringing down a wild bear so that his wife, childfen and the pet wolf may have some supper. That was essential years ago. Today we call up the grocer,

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that only through honor can France win back her place of dignity in the western world. As staunch as France's Bid-

ault, is Italy's defense minister, Rinaldo Fiore-Vernazza.

Where Ridault is small and tired-looking, Fiore-Vernazza is full of robust vitality. In his office he gazes often at a large picture of Garibaldi. . ~ . HE HAS lost count of the number of threats of his life, first by Fascists, and, more recently, by Communists. “The Communists?” he snorts. “Every day I do something to provoke them. And what do they do?” Publicly, he makes these ring-. ing statements, and you are forced to believe that he means them. But between statements and fulfillment are the heart. breaking months of backing and filling while economists and politicians slice the harsh facts of .. daily life along the political lines of least resistance. Italy came out of the war with - more physical destruction than any country except Germany. Her national economy was stalled, Communism was ramp-~ ant, Only swift U, 8. aid in the immediate post-war years (see chart) kept Italy from falling into the Russian camp. - ” ~ TODAY, the Communist vote is still numerically large — though, as in France, non-Red politicians maintain that this simply represents a “protest” oc. Italy had one post-war eco-. nomic advantage over the other European countries. She was prevented by treaty from res building her armed forces s a microscopic minimum, N those terms have changed. Italy is scrambling to its muscles back in shape, and her economy, weak at best, is being bent back upon itself. i Here's the picture: at the beginning Italy's navy was-largely depleted, her army was practically non-existent, her air force down to a few officers. 3 s = = IN THE months since, the U. 8. has been these forces with 3 tanks, 105 and 155 mm, artillery pieces, training aircraft, and some small naval vessels, Soon, Italy will begin to receive F-84 combat jets. There's a feeling of the nation coming alive militarily. If it were not for her geographic position, Italy might wey be tossed to the wolvesss one wanted to be ruthless. However, that position, jutting far out into the Mediterreanais anal Tr od make a 1 against the West. That's why so much time, effort and expense are being poured into the boot in hopes the ancient seams will hold.

NEXT: Eastern Approaches,

Bosh Again...’

Cave men had to be fit from the neck down to survive,

Their reflexes did most of their work. We moderns have to be fit from the Adam's apple up to live. Whether or nof a person is a laborer or partially in that category, he makes his living today with his head. That is where he has to be in good condition,

If people would spend time on systematic exercises for the brain instead of for the biceps and triceps, ‘all of us would be closer to the mjlennium. Muscles after 40 Should be left” alone to be as lazy as they wish. Remember that muscular development is important only as a part of growing. The young child does not have to be told

to use his muscles. » ” n

THE only time of life that you can expend energy seem-

ingly endlessly is when you are under 30. At that period your bones, muscles and nerves are still learning, growing, developing. After 30, you need all the energy you have to you for the rigors of * living” in the manner most us do in this twentieth century. Don’t waste it. Hoard it, Be lazy, to a degree. I should like to remind you, again, of the great numbers of people who for thousands of years have been getting up on their toes shouting: ‘Exercise or ”n

To the descendants of these shouters, I say quietly but firmly and with my feet on the ground: “Bosh—and bosh again—",

(Copyright, 1081, by Peter J. Steine crohn, M.D.

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Especially designed and built for the purpose of transporting the ‘trousseaus of prospective brides,

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