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Evening star., 1950-11-01
APPLESAUCE CAKE;
DENTS IN RUG?
CARDS?

From Mrs. B. v. L.. Arlington.)
In answer to Mrs. L. w. BIS re-
quest for an applesauce cake, I am
sending the one always use and
we think it is delicious.
Two cups sugar. "a pound vege-
table shortening or butter, 2 tea
spoons soda. 3A cups sifted flour,
2 eggs, l teaspoon cinnamon, /
teaspoon allspice. l teaspoon nut
meg, 2 cups raisins (foured), /
cup nuts, / cup of grated pine
apple (optionaD. 2 cups apple
sauce unsweetened.
Cream butter and sugar, then
add eggs. Mix soda with apple
sauce and add. Add flour, spices
and fruit gradually. mixing we'll.
Bake two hours very slowly, at $50
degrees. Leave in pan 10 or Is
minutes after baked.
Now for two requests. My coffee
table has made "dents" in my rug.
I would like to know how to get
these out as it looks terrible when
the furniture is moved to a differ
ent place.
have some Christmas cards
left from last year. They are all
used ones of course but If there Is
any one who can use them for any
purpose I would be glad to give
them away. It seems a shame to
throw them away as they are very
pretty cards.
MOVING HINTS.
(From Mrs. B. T. c., Hyattsville.)
I hope these suggestions will be
helpful to Mrs. D. E. of Washing
ton in packing for a move. This
is a method I have used several
times.
I secure all the cartons possible
then place them in a space or
room where there is very little
traffic. classify all articles, place
them in the proper carton. then
mark each one when filled and
roped so that in unpacking, I
know just what each carton con-
tains.
This eliminates searching
through all the cartons to find the
things you need first. For in
stance, one may be marked linens,
one bedding, one pictures, etc. OF
course, dishes must be in wooden
barrels or boxes on account of
their weight.
Evening star., 1950-11-01
REMOVING WALLPAPER:
STORING FRJJITo

From Mrs. U. j., BerWynJ
In answer to Mrs. w. E. W.,
Arlington, about removing WALL
paper, I recently removed two
layers of paper and q coat Of
water paint from a wall.
First, I sprayed the walls with
very hot water, using my vacuum
Evening star., 1950-11-01
Readers Clearing House
Conducted by BETSY CASWELL
COMMENT;
QUERIES?

(Front Mrs. r. B., W1Shtngton.)
Your feature. the RICH. renders
an invaluable service. Not only
have I found many items of great
help, I have also clipped several of
them and mailed them to family
and friends in New England. 1t is
all SO good.
First, I want to comment on the
letter written recently concerning
woman's task in relation to the
current high prices that go higher
every week. Many feeble attempts
have been made by women to do
that sort Of thing, but I felt that
the letter in your column carried
a great deal more weight because
SO many not only read your fea-
ture, but soak 1t in as we'll.
Second. I have two questions
to ask. The first concerns baby
clothes. Has anyone found a way
to remove vicks and vaseline
stains from baby shirts? And in
the same vein, formula stains.
My other question. Does any
one in this area have a hooked
rug business at home? Or, a small
rug business where rugs are made
to order at a reasonable price
range?
ASSORTED CARDS.
(Fron1 Mrs. A. c. B., Washington.)
Should any of your readers de-
sire a collection of assorted cards,
all occasions for scrap books, etc.,
should be more than glad to
have them write to me through
RICH.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Information and requests sent
In by the tollowing haze been
forUarded to those for Dhom
they 1oere intended: =;
Washington-Mrs. ]. C. F.,
Miss E. c. c.. Miss j. B. F., Mrs.
c. T: H, Miss E. E. S., Mrs.
j. B. S., Mrs. E. R. T., R. A. B.,
Mrs. S., Mrs. c. L. S., Mrs. E. A.
B.. Mrs. j. L. L., Mrs. r. c. P,
Mrs. E. w. B., Mrs. w. r. P,
c. c., Mrs. r. B. S., Mrs. A. F. G.,
Mrs. T. D., Mrs. j. H. H., B. B. S.,
Mr.. B. B.. Mrs. c., Mr.. r. w. D.,
E. G. j., Mr.. M. D., Mrs. H. F. c.,
Mrs. j. c. L., A. D. A., Mrs.
H. E. S.
Arlington-A. M. L., Mrs. r. B.
c.. Mrs. c. B. G., Mrs. M. j. c.;
Beaufort, North Carolina-Mrs.
c. A. H.: Chevy Chase-Mrs.
H. G. O.; Chicago-S. j. L.:
Fairfax-Mrs. N. c. McC.: Gar
rett Park-Mrs. E. D. S.; Green
belt-Mrs. L. u: GuilfOrd, Conn.
Miss A. M: Hyattsville-Mrs.
B. B. W.. G.. M. L.; Hydro, Okla;
Mrs. ]. K. c.: Kensington-
Mrs. G. E. w.; Silver Spring
Mrs. T. A. N.
Evening star., 1950-01-20
Sound of an Ak

He heard the sound of an az, off In the
distance ~
Someone 1oas chopping tpood
And it made him remember time OF
daylight
Out OF doors in frosty ioeather =.
There aDas boy there and an old dog
And the sound they heard
Was the sound OF an az. The dog, nose
to ground, y
Ran on ahead and found him first
Found the boys young father
Standing strong there, standing tall
Amid clean lengths OF cut red oak, ash,
yello1p birch, 81
And his coat toas Off,
His big arm raised the bright or and let
it taH q
Raised it and let it tnn, making
The music an az makes :. making his
1phiteS breath 'S
Curl high and sn1oke-like into the chill,
Lost air of a Dantshed ,pood, tohile the bog
DGtched.
Full of love and listening the boy stood
still. :
Oft in the distance today, someone
Was choppitg t0ood and 1t made hsns
remember
DOROTHY HARTMAN.
Evening star., 1950-01-20
The Eiye-Percenters

There are at least three things that will
impress any reader of the report by Sem
ator Hoey's committee of its findings in
the five-percenter investigation.
The first is that this is not political
document. There is no attempt to smear
any one Senator Hoey and his associates
Democrats O'Conor, Eastland and Rob-
ertson, and Republicans Mccarthy, Mundt
and Smith-were seeking facts and their
report is based on facts. Where they
found it necessary, as in the cases of
such men as General Watt and John
Maragon, the committee members are
severe in their criticism. The report, how
ever, is not merely critical. 1t makes
positive recommendations for curbing the
improper activities of the five-percenters
and where progress has been made along
this line by executive establishments, as
is the case with the Defense Department
and the General Services Administration,
the report does not hesitate to give credit
1t would be a constructive thing if more
congressional report writer's held to the
same high standards.
The second thing that will strike the
reader is the disparate treatment of
offenders within the administration. The
report makes no point of this, but it sets
out the facts. General Watt, for instance,
was permitted to retire under cloud.
General Feldman was publicly reprimanded
by the Secretary of War. But General
Vaughan, whose conduct certainly was not
less reprehensible than that of General
Feldman, goes unrebuked by his superior,
the President of the United States. The
committee did not seek to embarrass the
President by throwing mud at General
Vaughan. It did not hesitate, however,
to criticize the general for intervening to
get building materials for a race track,
when, as Co-ordinator of Veterans Affairs,
he must have known this would reduce
the materials available for veterans hous-
ing. The report also deplored other
activities of General Vaughan in behalf of
Maragon, who was described as an "out-
right fixer."
The committee makes the point that
integrity in government can be main
tanned only when Officials at the top"
really work to achieve integrity. 1t is hard
to reconcile this with the Presidents ap-
parent condonement of General Vaughan's
activities, while lesser officials are punished
for less deplorable conduct.
Finally, the report directs attention to a
condition within the Government, which,
If permitted to continue, will play into
the hands OF the five-percenters.
A Washington firm wanted to get out
of its contract with the War Assets Ad-
ministration for the purchase of 100000
Aerosol bombs. 1t was proper to cancel
the contract. But after several months"
of negotiation the company had gotten
nowhere. So it turned to James v. Hunt,
who, for $4,000 fee, was able to get results
in a few hours by appealing to his official
friends. Fl
AS long as this condition continues it
will be largely futile to cry out against the
fve-percenters. AS long as they can get
results in a few hours which business
man cannot get for himself in matter
of months, the five-percenters will thrive.
Evening star., 1950-01-20
Marsh Reclamation Project

JOiIIl NJ EOpIldiil, WIltlIlS III Tile NEW
York Times, says that preparations for
a broad scientific study designed to pro-
mote the reclamation for agricultural
purposes of 100000 acres of some of the
country's richest soil are now under way
on a woodland tract" thirty miles south
Of Savannah. The work is being done, he
explains, by "a team of Government scien-
lists" headed by Charles B. Gay, soil
conservationist in the Department of
Agriculture. These men will conduct
research into the feasibility of eventually
converting the fresh-water tidal marsh
lands and marine terraces, extending from
Virginia to Florida, into suitable land for
pasture grasses and vegetable crops"
Similar projects have been carried to
success in the Netherlands and in Italy.
One of the durable achievements of Mus
.solini was the draining of the Pontine
swamps and the construction of series of
towns on the salvaged land. The territory
in Georgia to which Mr.. Popham refers
includes the Savannah basin and the
Ogeechee drainage area. 1t is reached by
Ocean Highway, starting at New Brunswick,
New Jersey, and running to Jacksonville.
This highway crosses innumerable estuaries
and inlets, traverses flat country which
never is far above sea level. Known in
part to the early settlers of America from
1885, it follows paths dating back to a
time when the Indians were new in the
neighborhood. The Gulf Stream keeps the
route warm even when roads farther inland
are coated with ice.
But the Georgia Florida marshes always
have been dreaded and consequently much
avoided In 1872 George Fox, the Quaker
missionary, wrote of them as being "bogs
and swampS -. exceedingly wet and
dirty" and in 1880 Francis Asbury the
Methodist preacher, described them as
'hideous" The pioneer planters brought
in African slaves to help them to grow
rice, indigo and cotton for European mar
kets. BY 1884 the ground was becoming
exhausted Yields declined to the vanish
ing point after the Civil War. Nature,
however, gradually has been restoring
fertility. The marshes now are full of
top soil washed down from the hills to the
west. If it were drained, the whole South
east portion of the national map might
be what the polders reclaimed from the
Zuider Zee in Holland are.
Mr.. Gay, according to the report Of his
colleagues here in Washington, has a
thorough mastery of the techniques in
volved in such job as he has undertaken.
The experimental work he has commenced
in Liberty County, Georgia, will be watched
with interest by people everywhere. If he
can meet the So-called "harveStinp qap'
between the close Of the Florida harvest
Evening star., 1950-01-20
Radical but Necessary

The inauguration Wednesday or VIZ
rinia's new Governor, John Stewart Battle,
marked also the Inauguration OF new
era of direct State grants to schools IN the
Old Dominion. Governor Battle frankly
described the grants-for- constructor
policy as radical and as juStitiaole only
by an emergency. That Virginia's public
schools are in need of emergency aid, just
as schools in many other parts OF the
country are in need of help, is fact well
known to the General Assembly. Approval
of the new Governors revolutionary pro-
gram by the Legislature, therefore, is
virtually certain.
Actually, the majority of Virglnlas
voters already had indicated their approval
of the Battle plan in electing the Governor
by an overwhelming margin. He had based
his campaign largely on that part OF his
platform which called for direct gifts to
county and municipal authorities for the
building of new schools. This program
was a far departure from Virginia's ira
ditional policy of placing full responsibility
for school construction on local govern
ment. The most that the State has been
willing to do in this field in the past has
been to make loans from the State literary
fund for school construction.
But it has become evident in recent years.
especially since the war, that the urgent
school needs of today's generation of chill
dren in many localities could not possibly
be met by local agencies without further
outside assistance. In his inaugural ad-
dress, Governor Battle described the situa-
ton as "a real crisis" He pointed out that
for some years past construction costs have
been high, that some schools have been
destroyed and not replaced" that many
have become dilapidated uncomfortable
and insanitary," and that many are over
crowded and operating on the shift system.
Radical and prompt measures must be
adopted" he declared, "to remedy this stu
alton" For the radical" program out
lined to the Assembly by the Governor, the
Legislature was asked to appropriate thirty
million dollars this year and fifteen million
dollars next year for ALLEGATION to local
communities as needed. A formula of dis
tribution on basis of school enrolment as
of last December was proposed. The loan
program will be continued and amplifed
Governor Battles school program is es-
pecially appealing to taxpayers because,
under the budget submitted by retiring
Governor Tuck no increase in taxation will
be necessary to make the. grants. Gov
ernor Battle realizes that there is danger
that the new policy will encourage trend
toward greater reliance on the State for
financial aid not only for schools, but for
other improvements properly the RESPONSE
bility of local government. That is why
he has insisted that the program be plainly
labeled as an emergency step, not to be
regarded as setting a pattern for State
paternalism. It is on this understanding
only that the General Assembly should
make the appropriations promptly,
in accordance with Governor Battles
urgent request
Evening star., 1950-01-20

to go to the mat with the ''pinkish" Actors
Equity Union in New York-the one major
obstacle to the return of the legitimate shows
to our city.
Equity tells the people of Washington in
general and Marcus Heiman in particular
that there can be no legitimate theater here
unless segregation is discarded and persons of
all races are impartially admitted to the Ma
tlonal. Rather than accept the slow transi
ton to gain their point rejecting a tenn
porarily partial segregation, this out-o town
union heads demanded the carte blanche ad-
mission to their charges or else. This high
pressure treatment failed and Mr.. Heiman
accepted the "else" and this out of-town
minority group has kept our best Washington
theater closed
1t seems to me this is the time for the
Senate or House District Committees to con-
slider this matter and provide a solution
by presenting legislation for adoption of
non-segregation policy of admissions in Wash
1ngton's theaters or, possibly only in thea
tiers playing legitimate shows This in itself
would be most tremendous assistance In
accomplishing the ultimate aim
So, let the theater-goers get back of such
measure that would regain and recapture
the National Theater where it's stage equip
ment and capacity can assure Washington
all types OF attractions large or small
I believe Mr.. Heiman would open his the
ater again under the provision of the law
rather than the dictates of minority pres
sure group. DR. FRANK T. SHYNE
Evening star., 1950-01-20

gold Nazi emblem in 1910. Meanwhile,
the Second World War had started. 1t
ended when Essen was wrecked by Allied
air forces. DR.. Krupp, as head of the
Reichsstand, was indicted for promoting
Hitler's conspiracy and using slave labor.
He was too senile to be tried. The last
portion of his life was spent at Salzburg
Castle Now he is dead. What history
ultimately will say of him is anybody's
guess. His own generation condemned him
as an enemy of peace between nations a
foe of democracy, betrayer of civilization.
Evening star., 1950-01-20
Expresses Disapproval of Jury
That Saved Rapist from Death

was shocked at the latest miscarriage of
justice in the Nations Capital 1t was out
rageous for the jury to allow the sadistic
fiend who brutally beat and raped that little
four-year-old baby girl in the tourist home
to escape death in the electric chair. It is
difficult to imagine what one must do in the
District to merit capital punishment think
1t is tragic that in the Nations Capital, law
abiding, decent citizens can expect so little
protection for their women and girls. Even
If this rapist gets the maximum of 10 to
80 years. under the farcical parole system
he can be turned loose on society again after
serving only one third of the ten years, less
five days month off for good behavior
and thus be free to rape someone else's little
girl CHARLES M. KETCHUM.
Evening star., 1950-01-20
The Kinq of the Ruhr'

DR.. Gustav Krupp Won Bohlen und Hal
bach was member of the Krupp family
only by adoption. He married Bertha, the
daughter Of Friedrich Alfred Krupp, In
1905, and thus became head of the firm,
Washington had known him as a secretary
OF the German Legation here. He was a
grandson of General Henry Bohlen, who
served in the Union Army during the Civil
War. His father, having made fortune
In Philadelphia, returned to Europe, and
Gustav actually was born in The Hague
In Holland.
But Bohlen's international contacts did
not broaden his views. He was national
istic German to the core. The Kaiser was
his personal friend, and he gladly placed
his industrial facilities at Essen behind
tmperialiSt expansion. His factories fur
nished the steel for the fleet which Wilhelm
counted on to win Germany permanent
position as the dominant power on the
continent. How close to success the plan
came probably never has been appreciated
by the world public. Had the Allies lost
the First World War, the Krupps and their
political associates would have controlled
the industry of half the planet.
1t was for something like that that
Bohlen, having taken his wife's name,
gambled. When his original venture failed,
he determined to try again. The idea of
submitting to fate was repugnant to him.
Quietly, he built up the Krupp potentials
from 1918 to 1885, Manufacturing all
manner of metal goods, he, marketed his
products wherever he could at profit.
Thus machines and gadgets from Essen
turned up in distant Mongolia and the
heart of Africa. DR.. Krupp, as he was
known in the later phases of his career,
acquired mines and mills and shipyards
in a vast network He was "the king of
the Ruhr," and the Ruhr was the most
productive terrain in Europe.
When Hitler assumed power, he did SO
with DR.. Krupp's approval. The two men
may not have been close partners, but
they certainly were comparatively tolerant
of each other Der Fuehrer went to Essen
In March, 1886, to stage one of his big
theatrical gestures. He gave DR.. Krupp a
Evening star., 1950-01-20
BIuckmuiIinq the U. N.

In walking out of the Security Council
and several subordinate agencies, the Rus
slams have given every indication that they
intend to boycott the United Nations as
long as it refuses to satisfy their demand
ousted to make room for the Peiping Com
munists. In effect, aided and abetted by
their satellites with the exception of the
rebelliouS Polish delegate who has asked
us for asylum, they are resorting to a
kind of blackmail-the blackmail of
threatening to paralyze the work of the
U. N. unless all the members bow to the
Kremlin's will by recognizing the Mao TIE
tung regime as the only legitimate gov
ernment of China.
At the moment, since the overwhelming
majority of the u N. is in complete dis
agreement with the Russians on every
major issue, such blackmail may seem to
make little or no difference. In other
words, so much paralysis exists already
that the Soviet boycott does not appear
to have any particular significance as far
as the immediate situation is concerned.
Potentially, however, it is serious. A lot
VI NOu1iOA ACo-ECll o4SA4ol4J G11C Si11VCu
States-are likely to withhold recognition
from Peiping for long time to come,
which means that Chinese Communists
may be barred from the United Nations
for many many months, during which
the Kremlin probably will continue to
withdraw from participation in the activi-
ties of the Security Council, the General
Assembly and related agencies.
How long can we have situation of
this sort and still have the United Nations?
In its potentialities, If carried on indef1-
nitely, the Russian boycott could prove to
be much worse than a display of bad
temper and bad grace. It could lead to
situation wrecking the U. N. and con-
verting the world into two great coalitions,
one Soviet and the other anti-Soviet.
What we would have then would be con-
ditions comparable to an irreparable break
grimly presaging an irrepressible armed
conflict. This may not be what the
Kremlin wants, but its present conduct
is plainly leading in that direction.
Evening star., 1950-01-20

Another Reader Remembers
Old Potomac Boats


To the Editor Of The star:
am thrilled over the letter of Mrs.
A. D. A. Pray Of Norwalk, Conn, published
on your editorial page Of The Star of Jan
uary II about the Potomac River and would
like to have her know what pleasure she
gave me. I am a 74-year-old native of
Washington and remember SO well all that
she wrote, but am particularly thrilled over
her mention of the steamboat Mattano.
"The Matte as the boat affectionately
was called in our family. was owned by my
father, the late George L. Sheriff, and its
passenger and freight services to all the
lower river landings were managed and
directed by him through his able Captains
NOVEL; and Skinner. I also remember the
name JEFF Posey but do not recall if he was
a captain or not
Many happy hours we spent aboard the
Mattano, visiting the landings and knowing
people who lived down the river. I remember
other steamboats, too: The Armenia, which
was burned; the Mary washington, the W. w.
Corcoran, the June Moseley and the Charles
Manchester with her well-known Captain
Blake.
I likewise am delighted with your Sunday
Star Magazine of January l and am keeping
it for my grandchildren and theirs.
John Clagett Proctor's articles and every
thing concerning the city, it's history and
surroundings, are a joy to me, and deeply
appreciate your successful efforts in keeping
them before u.s.
MRS. JEANNE SHERIFF SCHARF.
Evening star., 1950-01-20
Conveys Her Thanks
For Fair Reporting.
To the Editor of The Star

May express my deep appreciation for
the fair, impartial and dignifed way in
which your newspaper handled the publicity
pertaining to the recent Stebbins court
cases, as contrasted with the lurid accounts
rendered by the other Washington dailies?
IRENE B, STEBBINS.
Evening star., 1950-01-20
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
10riter, although it is permissible for
,Driter kno1Dn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1950-01-20
Calls For Public Support For Plan
To "Recapture'' the National Theater
To the Editor Of The Star:

CaIIS r or fuDHc support r OF FIan
To "Recapture' the National Theater
To the Editor Of The Star:
The current public discussion as to how
to regain the legitimate theatre for Wash
ington intrigues me greatly, not only because
I am theater lover myself, but because I
feel that great injustice has been done the
people of the Nations Capital, all of whom
deserve legitimate shows.
do not doubt the sincerity of the persons
sponsoring Embarrassing campaigns to bring
the legitimate shows back to Washington,
even If it were done in dilapidated store
house instead of its rightful place at the Ma
tional 1heater where the public has been
served for over 100 years with the very best
in stage entertainment.
However. believe these persons are mis-
directing their efforts and perhaps are show
Ing lack OF foresight and courage In refusing