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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1960 Page Three Life in White House Holds Surprises for New First Lady phere of the Roosevelt adminis-tration and the wonderful con-sideration of Bess Truman who told her staff on some of the hot days, 'Finish what you are doing and rest awhile.' " Regarding the ideal relation-ship with her staff, Miss Parks advises the new First Ladv to follow the example of Bess Tru-man. "She was neither too sen--timen- tal or too harsh. She gave you a job, assumed you knew what you were doing, and left you alone until it was done. When merited, she was lavish in her praise. In comparison, the ex-Wh- ite House staffer said Mrs. Eisen-hower "is a perfectionist who is easily angered if things are not done fast enough.Although quick tempered she later makes up for it by being exceptionally nice. Mrs. Roosevelt usually took for granted the work of the staff. Perhaps this is because she did not consider the White House her home. 'This house belongs to the people.' In every way she made the public feel it was true. Lillian Parks won't be there to greet Jacqueline Kennedy when she arrives. That is why she is sharing the knowledge she has gained in her for executive family 30 year tenure. Miss Parks rather sadly but fondly anticipates that the Kennedy's shoudl have a wonderful admin-istration. "The White House is big and roomy, built for dancing and fun as well as for serious matters. I can assure Mrs. Ken-nedy that the White House staff and the nation will enjoy all the parties by just watching or read-ing about them. I know I will." When Mrs. Jacciueline Ken-nedy enters the White House next month she will face a good many unknown situations and most be prepared to contend with pilferage, gossip and a multitude of major and minor crises. "The wife of a President has many adjustments to make in-cluding the fear for the safety of her husband and children," ac-cording to Lillian Parks, author of "My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House." Miss Parks advises the First Lady to protect "herself from the false accusations and criti-cisms that will be aimed at her" and says it was envy that has prompted people to criticize Mrs. Eisenhower's bangs. Mrs. Tru-man's poodle cut and Mrs. Roose-velt's traveling. The author cautions Mrs. Ken-nedy not to avoid criticism by shunning the spotlight and main-tains that the First Lady can do more than any other woman in the nation to raise the regard for women. Miss Parks predicts that Mrs. Kennedy will be shocked when she learns how much is pilfered from the White House as souve-nirs by guests and constituents. "She will no doubt be hurt when she discovers that there are guests who will flatter her to her face and then massacre her in the confines of the powder room. Another thing that will amaze her is realizing that at the White House, just as elsewhere, things wear out. How shocked she may have been to see adhesive tape used to hold the draperies to-gether when Queen Elizabeth stayed there." If Jackie Kennedy should ever lose courage, she can take com-fort that "the White House staff is prepared to love you, to love working for you, and they will do anything to please and pro-tect you." Miss Parks advises, "insure you staff's love and re-turn it with faith. Remember that working in the White House can be very taxing. The staff truly enjoyed the relaxed atmos- - Wildlife Federation Proposes 5 Bills For Utah Legislature A total of five bills relating to fish and game are proposed by the Utah Wildlife Federation for introduction before the Leg-islature as it convenes next month, department of fish and game spokesmen noted as they explained the effect the measure will have on fish and game man-agement. Foremost among these prob-ably is the proposed increase in fish and game license fees, an action that has been widely ac-claimed in some quarters and just as widely condemned in others. In summarizing the need for this increase in revenue, depart-ment director Harold S. Crane pointed out the fallacy of ex-pecting a modern day business organization to operate on the same budget under which that business was operating eight years ago. "Costs of living have continually increased as have those of personal services and other costs attendant to operat-ing a business. If the department of fish and game is to continue to serve the public through the development of new hunting areas, construction of fishing waters and the continued plant-ing of fish and new species of game, an increase in the fish and game license fee is a vital neces-sity." Other proposed legislation 'to be introduced before the state law making body are holdover bills from the session of two years ago. These include an in-crease of five cents in fee paid to each license agent for issuing a fish and game license, bringing this fee to 15c per license. This is considered to be necessary in view of increased expenses at-tending the sale of the licenses, another reflection of the added cost of living. A bill to change several defi-nitions dealing with fish and game designations and the length of residency in the state will be introduced. In the main, this bill would reduce the period of resi-dency required for the purchase of resident hunting and fishing license from one year to six months. This action is necessary in view, of the influx of new people into the state each year and would bring Utah's require-ments more in line with those of other states. Also proposed is legislation to establish a minimum fine for fish and game violations of $50, such fine to be used primarily as guide to justices of the peace. Another change is also pro-posed in licensing, the proposal to give all aliens, except Japa-nese citizens .allowed resident privileges under state and fed-eral laws enacted in 1952, the opportunity of purchasing hunt-ing and fishing licenses on the same terms as a nonresident. 7 Out of 10 Teachers Prefer Teaching To Anything Else Seven out of ten Utah teachers said they liked teaching better than anything else they could think of doing, and if they had it all to do over again 65 percent would choose teaching again as a career. One elementary teacher de-scribed how she felt about teach-ing in the following words: "I feel that teaching brings more happiness and satisfaction than any occupation except mother-hood. I love the children I teach and I sometimes feel that I am really helping them to have a better life." These are some of the high-lights of an opinion poll of Utah teachers conducted for the Utah Education Association by Clark, Bardsley and Haslacher, Re search Consultants. Those teachers who said they liked teaching only moderately well, or considered it an unsatis-factory occupation, gave as rea-sons for their feeling, "Low pay scales, unreasonable work loads, crowded classrooms and unsatis-factory social status in the com-munity." Between one-thir- d and one- - fourth of Utah teachers said they were well satisfied with the re-sults being achieved by the pub-lic school system in which they teach. Sixty-on- e per cent were fairly well satisfied and 8.5 per cent were not satisfied with the results being achieved. Male high school teachers with less than ten years experience were most critical. While a majority of the teach-ers were either well satisfied or fairly well satisfied, with the results being achieved by the schools, they had a number of suggestions for improving school services. For example, teachers were asked what suggestion they would have for improving com-munication between the schools and the public. Closer relation-ships between parents and the teachers got the largest response. Better press relations, with a closer cooperation and better understanding between the press and schools received the second largest vote. Asked what changes would do most to increase their satisfac-tion in teaching, almost one third of the teachers suggested a more reasonable work load by reduc-ing clerical work, cutting extra curricular duties and reducing the work day. One teacher expressed it this way: "Eliminate the mounting clerical work. Give me five min-utes during the day I can call my own." In second place, as a means of increasing satisfaction in teach-ing and close on the heels of a lightened work load was a better pay schedule which would per-mit teachers to maintain a rea-sonable standard of living. Teachers were asked: "Provid-ing there were no financial bar-riers, what curriculum or pro-gram change would you suggest making to improve service in your district?" Among the sug-gestions receiving the heaviest vote in order of the number of responses were: "Reduce the number of students per class room. Set up special classes re-lated to the ability of students, and change the curriculum to include more science, less ath-letc- is and various other curricu-lum changes." Most Utah teachers generally feel free to deal with contro-versy in the classroom. Seventy four per cent of Utah teachers said they were free to explore controversial subjects. Sixteen per cent said they were not free and 5.9 per cent gave qualified answers. Utah teachers generally feel that they are encouraged to try out new ideas and methods in the classroom, About 81 percent answered Yes to the question: "Are teachers in your district generally encouraged to try new ideas or methods or not?"y Features of the school pro-gram most misunderstood by the public, teachers said, were: A lack of understanding of the general aims and goals of edu-cation, including the academic programs and teaching tech-niques. In second place- - was the school financing, problems of taxation, methods of financing, and the general need for school funds. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editor: I am delighted. Having over-come two handicaps the im-mense popularity of President Eisenhower, and insidious re--, ligious prejudice Sen. Kennedy has not only emerged triumph-ant, but has also already proved that he has the acumen of a statesman, the loyalty of a Jef-ferson and complete domestic fidelity. What a man! Warned by the outflow of gold that printing press spending will never do, he is naming for his cabinet men of the highest in-tellectual attainment and build-ers of prosperity. Things will not run wild but carefully ahead with such capabilities. Think of the men Rusk for secretary, of state, McNamara for defense, Udall for interior, Hodges for commerce, Ribicoff for health, Stevenson for the United Nations and Dillon for the treasury. Mc- Namara, the head of Ford, gives up three million dollars just to serve; he and Dillon are both Republicans. How grateful we should be. Our next president is sur-rounding himself with wisdom, experience, verve, self-relianc- e, and courage. The ability to take counsel is one of the greatest at-tributes. The resilience to adopt one-self to new conditions is one of the qualities of great leadership. All hail to our next president! The financial structure of our government is in the hands of conservatives . P. S. MARTHAKIS, Former state senator. ACHING MUSCLES Quickly relieve tired, sore, aching muscles with STANBACK Pow-ders or Tablets. STANBACK'S S. A. (Synergistic Action) brings faster, more complete relief, from pain. Remember . . : Snap back with STANBACK! Rocket Society Charts S.L. Meet Minuteman and other solid propellant rockets will be the subject of the American Rocket Society's first meeting of 1961, the ARS Solid Propellant Rocket Conference. To be held February 1-- 3 in the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City, the meeting has been jointly organized by the ARS Solid Rockets and Propellants and Combustion technical commit-tees. This will be the second meet-ing devoted to solid rocket tech-nology organized by the Rocket Society. In January, 1960, ARS held a solid rocket research con-ference at Princeton University. The theme of this year's meet-ing will shift primarily from the critical research topics toward the engineering and technologi-cal problems associated with solid propellant rockets. One of the highlights will be the two classified sessions de-voted to a study of the Minute-ma- n propulsion system. Papers in the two sessions will deal with the propulsion in each of the three stages of the missile and its assembly and testing. A clas-sified display will illustrate the talks. All other sessions will be un-classified and will cover some of the diverse scientific and enginee-ring- disciplines required for an adequate understanding o solid propellant rockets. Includ-ed will be sessions dealing with structural problems, propellant properties, manufacturing meth-ods, nozzles and gas dynamics. Materials, rockets and grain design problems and motor de sign and operation will also be covered in the program. Two luncheons and a banquet are also planned and the speak-ers for these functions will soon be announced. 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