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One Of the first acts Of Comm
sioner Newton when he took offic
in 1862 was to appoint William
Saunders 10 be superintendent O.
this propagating garden. which
proved to be q most fortunate
thing for the Government.
OF interest. no doubt. to the
reader are some OF the early en-
ployes of this department as dis
closed by the city directories. The
one for 1853 mentions Isaac
Newton as Commissioner: r. c.
Mccormick. chief clerk; Royston
Belts, statistical clerk. and c. NJ.
Witherell, NJ. D.. chemist.
A more complete list is given
in the directory for 1864, which
includes: Commissioner Isaac
Newton, Chief Clerk James S.
Grinnell and Disbursing Clerk
RoySton Belts,
Clerks: Lewis Bollman. T.
Glover. j. r. Dodge. A. b, Grosh,
L. L. Tilden. George Helmick
r. A. McLain. William Fletcher
&c. H. Folwell, w. F. Gardiner,
Joseph Killian. William A. Ma
lone. N. McCrea, Joseph C. Wis
well, w. T. Thompson. o. A, STAFF
fore. w. c, Choate. A. C. Wiley,
James H. Knapp. F. c. Murray.
F.. o. Freeman; botanist. w. F.
Saunders.
Seedroom p north between
Sixth and Seventh west: E. II.
Wood, superintendent: A. J.
Longley, J. F. c. Brownell. f.
Tinkin. jr.: w. p. Ballard. j.
Grinnell. j. Moore. M. Reardon.
John G. Schott. A. w. Muzzy.
J. M. Kavanaugh. C. f. Lewis, j.
BudgeS, H. H. Etter messenger.
E. Tonkin twatchman), j. E. NJ.
Bowen assistant messenger and
Samuel c. Dawson tthe writer's
grandfather, and a Civil War vet
erar. who died April l6. 1852
The Government took title TO
the Mall in 1871. but the awsk-
ening for the caring OF the
grounds did not come until after
Congress had conveyed to the
Smithsonian Institution the south
half OF the Mall between Ninth
and Twelfth streets in l846,
shortly after which trees Of manv
different species were ordered
planted by the Board OF Regents.
Then, in 1851. came the improve
ments in these made by Andrew
Jackson Downing, a distinguished
Landscape gardener. Subse-
quently came the Botanic Gar
dens at the extreme east end OF
the Mall, and Babcock's Lake in
the low grounds to the northwest
of the Agriculture Building.
The Civil War brought to tbs
Mall the Armory Hospital. con-
sisting mainly of eight buildings
on Seventh street south of Con-
stitution avenue to independence
avenue. At this time also the
Monument Grounds were used
principally for corrals for cattle,
After the erection OF the original
Department of Agriculture Build
ing, the grounds were beautifully
Handicapped and two rows OF
gingkos were planted. extending
from the building to what is now
Constitution avenue.
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ordlnating agency. Without pow-
er to command, with only the
ability to recommend to the Coun-
Gil OF Foreign Ministers, the depu-
ties will have the job of bringing
military requirements into some
measure of agreement with finan-
cial abilities.
They will have to do this by
the smoothest of diplomatic
technique, for they are subordi-
mates of one group of cabinet
ministers trying to influence two
other groups of. cabinet ministers
who are on the same level with
their bosses. It's a delicate Job,
requires the highest degree of
tact and understanding.
The permanent committees lob
OF co-ordinating cold war plans
OF three different branches of 12
different governments is probably
It's most important, but it is by
no means all.
Two Other Spheres
The foreign ministers deputies
Will have functions in at least
two other spheres.
Although it will not figure to
any great extent, if at all, in the
handling of Marshall Plan aid,
except as the Economic Co-opera-
ton Administrator and it's
European counterpart figure in
the overall picture of the cold
war, it will have important. if indi-
rect. functions with respect to the
military assistance program.
Being a kind of permanent sec
retariat for the Atlantic pact. it
will be concerned in the study and
evaluation of various requests by
our Allies in Europe for particular
kinds of weapons, or particular
amounts of certain weapons.
These requests will not pass
through the permanent commit
tee, for it is not in the chain of
command between the arms sup
plier and the arms receiver. But
it will be called upon to study re-
quests as they are related to the
master plan and to make recon-
mendations to the foreign min
listers on which the American Gov
ernment can act.
The scope of the permanent
committees work also will be
broader than concern with the
immediate functioning of the al
lance and military aid. It will
be concerned with every phase of
the cold war and Russian attack
on the West.
One of the more important of
these subsidiary phases of East
West conflict is economic rivalry
and the burgeoning trade war,
spearheaded by the Russian effort
to drive the dollar out of all the
Soviet sphere in favor Of the
ruble, whose history is as check
cred as its value is doubtful.
A concerted effort by the Rus
slams to cut East West economic
relations and to invade the West
ern markets with the products of
Soviet slave labor would be the
legitimate concern of the perma-
nent committee.
The propaganda war also will
fall within its purview. as will the
rise and decline of Communist
Parties in each of the Western
nations. It will be able. in short,
to watch every phase of the
struggle between East and West
as it affects the Atlantic pact
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News of Music
Tosconin1s 'Post-Retiren1ent' Career
Is Sure to Go on After Tour
By Alice Eversmon

From the reports that have
come concerning Arturo Tosca-
minis tour with the NBC Sym
phony, this jaunt over the coun-
try will not be the farewell ap-
pearance of the noted conductor
as was believed. Protests from
cities not visited have deluged
the management and requests for
return have poured in from
those visited where. like Wash
ington, only a small percentage of
admirers could obtain seats. The
question of another tour next sea-
son was submitted to the conduc-
tor and while no definite Yes
was forthcoming. neither was
there a definite mo"
Had the NBC Symphony fol-
lowed the concert, scheduled here
for Thursday, with another the
next day, both would have been
sold out in record time. Although
the few former appearances of
the renowned conductor in this
city saw also capacity audiences,
there was a feeling attached to
this cross-country junket of his
group that not many such tours
could be undertaken by the 83-
year-old maestro. His vitality has
astounded every one and from all
accounts, he has enjoyed the trip
thoroughly. 1t is said that he
was amazed that the symphony
broadcasts had made such an i'm
preston on the entire American
public.
Surprised by Testimonials.
He was amazed, once before,
under circumstances which formed
the beginning of a new phase of
his career. About IA years ago,
Toscanini led the New York Phil
harmonic Symphony Orchestra for
the last time. He told the man
agement that he was IAN old man"
and wanted to retire. He was
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Agriculture Department Beginning

er of patents from 1886 to l845,
and one of the first subjects which
engaged his attention after as
suming the duties of the Office
was the impulse which had been
given at that day to Improvements
in the implements of agriculture,
and the aid which agriculture
might derive from the establish
ment of a regular system for the
selection and distribution of grain
and seeds of the choicest varieties
for agricultural purposes.
During the administration Of
John Quincy Adams, the consuls
OF the United States were in
structed to forward to the State
Department rare plants and seeds
for distribution. and a botanical
garden was established in WASH
ington. Little was done in the COL
lection and distribution of seeds
thus authorized, but to the asso-
citation of this enterprise with the
Patent Office in the State De-
partment, Mr.. Ellsworth was
doubtless indebted for the hint of
a more comprehensive system of
seed distribution.
81 900 Appropriated
I'm 1886 and 1887. the first two
years of his incumbency, the COM
missioner. without legal authori-
zation, received and distributed
many seeds and plants which had
been gratuitously transmitted to
him. In his first annual report.
dated January /. 1888, he called
the attention of Congress to the
subject, and strongly recon-
mended that provision be made
for the establishment at the Ma
tional Capital of depository of
new and valuable varieties of seeds
and plants for distribution to
every part of the United States,
He further recommended that this
depository be made a part of the
Patent Office.
On the 21st of January, 1889,
Isaac Fletcher of Vermont, chair
man of the Committee on Patents
OF the House of Representatives.
addressed a letter to Commits
sioner Ellsworth, requesting the
communication of information
relative to the collection and dis
trlbution Of seeds and plants.
also. relative to the practicability
OF obtaining agricultural statis-
tics. To this letter of inquiry the
commissioner responded on the
following day. reciting the action
already taken by him to further
the cause of agriculture, and as
signing many reasons why his
previous recommendations should
be adopted. In this communica-
ton. the commissioner suggested
that arrangements could be made
for the exhibition of different
kinds OF grain. exotic and in
dlgenous, in the new Patent
Office.
In the closing hours of the
25th Congress (act of Sd March,
1889. the commissioner was
gratifled by the passage of an
appropriation of $1,000, to be
taken from the Patent Office
fund. for the purpose of collectiro
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RecitoIs by Students

The Washington Musical Insti-
tute will present the last senior
recital Of the season tonight in
the recital hall Of the school at
$50. Piano. voice and violin stu
dents, also original compositions
by the composition class, will have
O. hearing. Those participating
include: Burton Cochran, Patri-
cia Dunlap. Henry Wise, Jane Ma
lone. Winifred Chamberlain, and
Sally West. pianists; Raymond
Garcia, violinist; Celia Bryan,
Helen Treichler, Marian Deasy,
Harris Spooner. Armand Thierry
and Dorothy Rasmussen, vocalists.
Mary Jane Swaninger and Paul
Higgenbotham will be the accom-
panists. The original compost
tions are by Susan Bippus. Mil
dred Dennison, Vivian McMahill,
Marion Myers, Robert Taylor
Charlotte Sinclair and Mildred
Dennison.
A program of music by con-
temporary composers will be pre-
sented tonight at 8 by students
of the Holton- Arms School and
Junior College at 1905 Phelps
place. Katherine Frost is direc-
tor of Music. The following will
play: Virginia Olds, Dianne And
erson. Jenifer Fitch, Mary Jane
Roster, Judy Conger, Suzan
Goetz, Susan Blandi, Suzanna
Frazier. Sally Lipscomb. Sheriff.
Stalker, Sally Scrimgeour. Marie
Phillips, Debbie Carter, Marilyn
Howell, Mary Ellen Quayle, Ann
Hornthal, Shelley Pitman, Lisa
DENLY, Hannah Helsing, Mitzi
Somerville. Mary Truxton Hill.
Florence Hiser. Ann Lynch, Donna
Helsing, Patricia Innis, Helen
Louise Simpson, Harriet Means,
Penny Perkins, Susan Wallace,
Jane Prestone. Mary Lou Smith.
Emily Whitlock. Rita Loving, and
sunny SturteVant.
Harman Nicodemus will present
o group of his students this after
noon at 4 in Takoma Park, Md, 212
Hodges lane. in an informal piano
program. Those participating are:
Joanne Bachelor. Natalie Singer,
Judy Singer, Alan Adelman, Rose
mary Krebill. Lola Powers, Arthur
and Lewis Levy, Albert Nugent,
Carolyn Haley, Frumie Shaten-
stein. Nathan Berger. Margaret
Kline, Sandra Stack, Patsy John
son, Betty Nicodemus, Jean Char
uhas. Don and Barbara Gossage,
Mary Ellen Andrus, and Virginia
Haley.
Mrs. Duff Lewis will present a
group of her violin and piano STU
dents at the studio. Dupont Cir
Gle, this afternoon at 4. Those TAX
ing part are: Ann Austin. Patricia
Englert, Carol Fregieu, Charles
Kirchman, Bernard Poss, Harri-
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TODAY.

The MONTGOMERY COUNTY SYM
soprano, William Groff. tenor. Com
mander Kai de Vermond. bass, as
sisting, The Rockville Gymnasium,
Kinder Prelude. Fusue, B Minor;
and LudmillaS; Grofes Mississippi
Suits Fsest CONCERT YeTs9n 1gSp Of aoqnods nod
Commander de- de- vermond. Gri '' 'D'
VESPER RECITAL, F1eurette Joffrie.
soloists; st. Johns Church, Six
teenth street, 4 pm.
1HH TELEPHoNF GHFSAFEAEG S6MfsNYr 4 roTSMAS SsN.s
GLET CLUB. Robert Davidson. ST.,
director, Barker Hall, YWCA. 4:30
MARIA KoPULos, piano recital. Phil
lips Gallery. 5 pm. Bach's Pre-
eqs' fom fFSsues MIe15 apd clsH: M:
chord. Book IT,; Mozart's Fantasia.
2 Minor Brahms sonata No, l.
Dfaosfy soehs Sea S s0Tss Peems mans
Chopin's ''Etude E Major, op. TO-
No g." "Mazurka. B Minor, op. 80,
No. A.; LisZt'S ''Mephisto Waltz"
NATIONAL LUTHERAN CHORUS, R. z.
sPesT9d sbrS se5stSs sTeetGs Christ LStneran
Presbyterian Church s pm
NATIONAL GALLERY ORCHESTRA.
Richard Bales, director Paul Moor.
pianist, Rex Hinshaw, clarinetist,
soloists, National Gallery Of Art, s
pm. Ives Symphony No. 81; Pis-
tons "Concertino for piano and or.
chestra," Mr., Moor; Diamonds "Mu-
sic for Shakespeare's Romeo and
Clarinet" Mr. Hinshaw.
TOMORROW.
THE Bu6I9 6MIoNTGoMERY COUNTY SYM
soprano. William Groff. tenor. Com
assisting. Leland Junior High School
| Bethesda, SIS pm. Sundays pro.
gram repeated.
FRANCES LEHNERTs. contralto, Lie
der reci5al; Wat Phillips rs,.GGs Gallery iss9
Maedchen sprieht;" ''och Modre, ieh
schumann's "widmung. "Nuss,
baum; Schubert's "Geheimnis" /:
+tsnsi Tssmms. RernTs EriEosnis WsEners MIsS.
lied Strauss SeEf Befreit af'a wie Meseh- soi-
ten wir geheim sic halten'; Mahler's
"Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht. !"
Ich hab Elm sluehend Messer";
Marks Der Ton"
| TUESDAY.
SOLDIERS HOME MILITARY BAND,
| Bandstand, pm.
WASHINGTON CIVIC ORCHESTRA.
| Hendrik Essers, conductor. Leigh
| Roosevelt Auditorium, $50 S,' pim'
spring C2pcert. Beethoven's 'Eg.
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and distributing seeds, proSecut-
ing agricultural investigations
and procuring agricultural sta
tistics. Thus originated the agri-
cultural division of the Patent
Office.
In his annual report Of the
following year, dated January /,
1910. Commissioner Ellsworth
stated that the diplomatic corps
of the United States had been
solicited to aid in procuring val
liable seeds, and that the officers
Of the Navy had been requested
to convey to the Patent Office
such seeds as might be offered.
AS the sixth census was then
about to be taken, agricultural
statistics were deferred until its
completion. In the next report
(January /, l84D it was stated
that 10000 packages of seeds had
been distributed during the pre-
ceding year, and that the agri-
cultural statistics, based upon the
returns of the census, were being
compiled. The Importance of an
annual report of the state of the
crops in different sections, as a
preventive against monopoly. and
a good criterion to calculate the
state of exchange, was COM
mended to the consideration of
Congress, and from this sugges-
ton were evolved in time the an
nual agricultural reports.
"On the 30th of April, l845,
Mr.. Ellsworth resigned the office
of commissioner of patents. The
facts in his official career have
been given in some detail, be-
cause he was really the founder
of that branch of the Government
now embraced in the Department
of Agriculture, and as such en-
titled to honorable mention in
these pages, and because the first
successful steps in the work of
securing Government recognition
of agriculture deserve to be re-
corded. The patience. enthusiasm
and industry of Mr.. Ellsworth in
this work entitle his name to the
grateful remembrance of Ameri-
can farmers"
Newton Wos First Chief
The law establishing the De-
partment of Agriculture as an in
dependent branch of the Govern
ment was signed on May Is, 1862,
by President Lincoln, who ap-
pointed as the first commissioner
Isaac Newton. the then chief of
the section of agriculture in the
Patent Office. who took office on
July /, 1862.
Commissioner Newton was an
enthusiastic, wide-awake execu-
tive and made good use of the
propagating garden at Sixth
street and Missouri avenue as
we'll as the 40 acres lying between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets
and B street north and B street
south. all Of which he conducted
as an experimental farm when
the southern part was not being
used during the Civil War by the
War Department as a cattle yard
for Army supplies. The present
handsome marble building stands
upon part of this early expert
mental farm.
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partmental Auditorium, $40 pm.
Pops" concert.
WEDNESDAY.
AGRICULTURE CHORISTERS, Rich
ard Dirksen, director, Winifred WAL
do, soprano, Edwin Davis, pianist,
soloists. Department of Agriculture
Morley's "Hark' Jolly Shepherd"
d Lassos Good Day. My Love"
Echo Song, The Choristers. Ham
esRs aateri Let o1es he PFfas SsEaDsp aspo
Life" Wind" Miss waldo. Good
els Walk Softly; ouilter,s Now
"sons Of the Fishermen, "oid Joe
Has Gone Fishing," from Britten's
Peter Grimes" The choristers.
soens esoes UPe Bsraue sur sn.rn Toesnn %nor
Major b Minor Mr.. Davis Lam
bert's THE Rio Grande." The Choir
listers, Willoughby Todd, contralto,
THURSDAY.
SOLDIERS HOME MILITARY BAND,
F.nastsnd. F.aak,in B : Charles 4 bandmaster'
N. B. c. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
stitution Hall, $40 pm. .Beethoven's
''Egmont" Overture; Brahms Sym
phony No. A.; Debussy's Iberia;
Smetana's The Moldau": "Wald-
weben'' from Wasner's ''Siegfried";
Overture to Wasners Die Meis-
tersinger."
FRIDAY.
ARLINGTON CIVIC SYMPHONY OR
CHESTRA, Bernard Rosenthal, guest
conductor. washinston-Lee. High
~ n.
isndia"; Hendeissohn' symphony
No. A.; Bach's "Toccata. Fugue. q
Minor" trans. Ernest Forte; Tschai-
kowskys "Capriccio Italien."
SATURDAY.
HAROLD R0NK, baritone, song recital,
Lecture Hall. National Gallery of Art.
3 pm.
SOLDIERS HOME MILITARY BAND,
Franklin B. Charles, bandmaster
Bandstand. 6 pm.
NORMAN FRAUENHEIM. piano recital.
GonZaga High School Auditorium,
$50 pm. Bach-Liszt Prelude.
Fugue. A Minor: Haydn's "Andante.
Variations. Minor; Schumann's
"Phantasie. op. IT.; chopin's Pol
onaise, fiat Minor" ..Nocturne.. r
sharp Major" ''Mazurkas, B FIAT
Minor. A fiat Major" "Etudes. op.
10, No. l2, .op.. %, Nos. 1, g.; De-
bussy's Reflections in the Water"
Fireworks'; Liszt's "Nocturne. My
joys y; Hungarian Rhapsody, No. g."
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French Horn Concerto

The Washington Civic Orches-
ira is featuring Richard Strauss
French horn concerto at it's Spring
Concert Tuesday night at $50.
The soloist will be Leigh Martinez,
teacher of orchestral instruments
in the Baltimore public schools.
Mr.. Martinez holds an M. A. de-
gree in music from Columbia Uni
versity. He played with the Bal
timore Symphony and the Army
Air Forces Band. also conducted
the Baltimore Civic Opera Com
pany in Baltimore and on tours.
Hendrix Essers will conduct.
Music Notices for Sunday Should Reach
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Music Notices for Sunday Should Reach
The Stor on Tuesdoy.
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Proqrunns of the Week
Mendelssohn'S

mont Overture; Mendelssohn's
Symphony No. g. A Minor; Rich
ard Strauss Concerto No. / for
French Horn" Mr.. Martinez; Will
liam. Schuman's "Newsreel"; Rim
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WEDNESDAY.

AIR FORCE SYMPHONY. 1t. Col.
George s.. Howard, conductor. De-
partmental Auditorium, $40 pm.
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Mrs. Duff Lewis will present a
group of her violin and piano STU
dents at the studio. Dupont Cir
Gle, this afternoon at 4. Those TAX
ing part are: Ann Austin. Patricia
Englert, Carol Fregieu. Charles
Kirchman, Bernard Poss, Harri-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-06-30
GET ON THE BALL, NOW! r..

ing that sufficient funds be appropriated forcom-
pletion of Havre-Shelby project. Send wires,.r
olutions letters, to both Montana senators; andto
Sens. William LANCER Wayne Morse, Warren
Magnussen and Chan Quincy
Q Insist further that committee action favoring
cancellation be over-ridden when it comes to the
Senate floor.
Whether Havre-Shelby and the public trans
mission line program is permitted to go full speed
ahead, depends on your militant action NOW.
The committee recommendation on Havre-Shel-
by can be expected within few days-and, it
will be unfavorable- unless the people speak up
and speak up IMMEDIATELY!
you want to ensure reasonably priced power
for yourself in the future; Il you want to ensure
the coming of new industry to Montana if you
want to stop this monumental lobbying fraud
currently being perpetrated by Montana Power,
then you better GET ON THE BALL, NOW!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-06-30

this an another example of the great
need for co-oordination of activities
between federal agencies. In the Ten
nessee valley, since stablishmnt of
IVA, such disputs have been settled
amicably, with both reclamationists
and sports enthusiasts having their
interests reasonably well satisfied.
Of course, in that area, difficulties
are settled right in the valley, rather
than being sent on to Washington
for processing" in the bureaucratic
mill.
FORESTS-ANOTHER EXAMPLE
The cutting rate of Northwest
timber is double the rate of growth.
Six million acres of forests in the
region have been cut over. This is
one of the biggest single contributing
factors to the increasing flood menace
in the Columbia basin. But, because
there is no single agency in the basin
lending direction to the utilization
and protection of our resources, re-
forestation has not kept pace with
the demands for timber
"HALF A PLAN"
Citing recent congressional approx
Continued on page FOUR
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-06-30
$3.50 ACRE FEET OF water SHORT r OR PROJECTS
PRESENTLY AUTHORIZED

In noting this extreme water shortage, and
that it would preclude placing of irrigation
on approximately 100000 acres of arabic
land in Montana, Wyoming and the two Da-
kotas, included under presently authorized
projects, Locke further emphasized that
projects envisioned under Pick-Sloan make
no provision for irrigating another four mil
lion acres of land in the four northern states.
Obvious reason why there will be almost
million acre feet too little water lies in the
extremely wasteful navigation channel the
Army Engineers are determined shall be
built from Yankton, S. D., down stream. The
navigation channel, for which there will be
precious little business, will drain off over
14,250,000 acre feet of water per year &C
cording to Brig. Gen. S. d. Sturgs, Division
Army Engineer at Omaha. Were this water
put to needed land use purposes in the four
upper valley states, it would provide IL acre
feet of water per year to over nine million
arabic
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-06-30
BASIC TENETS or eva BILL EMPHASIZED

Coordination, decentralization, and establishment of
sensible system of budgeng the three basic fundamentals
of the Columbia Valley Administration BILL Assistant
Secretary the Interior Grard Davidson told Montana
pie Wednesday luncheon Helena His audience included
several state officials directors of Western Montana Council
for eva and Montana MVA Association and others.
David
emphasized
A single operating
set of S
getting dollar spent"
Directo of Wash
1t stands that people living the basin have much
knowledge of the needs than does official
S a efficient
a
fromW the of the regio
sensible budgetory including annual
the accurately the financial
the development Under methods
TIC
slime Ism yinpo