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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-02-22

Spicy, sugar-coated, hot cross buns,
once eaten only on the Lenten Holt
day of Good Friday, are now eaten
all through the Lenten season.
Some weeks ago "Old Timer" in his
column "Horse and Buggy Days"
told you all about the legend con-
nected with Hot Cross buns, so l
won't go into that, but rather here
is a good recipe for them;
Hot Cross Buns
2 cakes of fresh, or 2 packages of
granular yeast
70 cup sugar
23 cup milk, scalded
312 cups flour
II cup melted shortening
"a teaspoon salt
3 eggs
2s cup currants
" teaspoon cinnamon
Soften yeast and dissolve sugar
in luke-warm milk. Add yeast.
Add l cup flour and beat. Add
shortening, salt, eggs and remain
ing flour. Cover and let rise until
double, about l hour. Add currants
and cinnamon, mixing well. Roll
II inch thick on Toured surface. Cut
rounds with 212 inch cutter. Shape
into buns. (You may do this by
hand without rolling). Place on
creased baking sheet. Cover and
let rise until double. Cut cross in
each bun with scissors. Brush with
slightly beaten egg white. Bake in
350-degree oven IL to Is min
utes. With the remaining egg white,
add confectioner's sugar (about "a
cup) to make a frosting. With a
pastry tube, or paper corucopia,
pipe a cross on each bun. Makes
about 2 dozen. If desired you can
use seeded raisins instead of the
currants, and you can also add u
cup of candied fruits chopped fine.
Use these delightful buns often dur
ing the coming weeks.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-02-22

To make crumbs stick to chops
or croquettes, first roll the chops or
croquettes in flour, then dip them
into beaten egg, then into crumbs.
Let stand little while if possible.
This lets coating dry slightly so fat
won't spaptter during frying.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-02-22
By MARY DOUGLAS

and already cooked, add crushed
pineapple to thawed squash, place
in a casserole, dot with butter and
brown sugar and top with halves of
sliced pineapple, Bake in a mod
crate oven for about Is minutes and
the lowly squash turns into de-
licious dish.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-02-22

This corn casserole is something
that you will really like too:
Deyilled Corn Casserole
l package frozen corn, or 3 cups
whole kernel canned corn, e.
IL ounce cans)
l cup corn liquid and milk
2 tablespoons chopped onion
3 slices bacon, diced
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
l teaspoon dry mustard
IL teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Frozen corn, drop into u cup brisk
ly boiling sailed water.
Cover and heat to boiling point,
then uncover and boil 2 minutes, or
until just tender. Drain reserving
liquid to which add milk to make
l cup. Cook onions and bacon until
delicately Drowned. Add butter,
flour and mustard and mix thorough
ly. Add corn liquid and milk grad
ually and cook until thickened, stir
ring constantly. Add Worcester
shire sauce, salt and corn. Turn in
to creased, shallow pan and top with
bread crumbs. Bake in ISOLDE
gree oven for 80 minutes or until
Drowned. Makes 4 servings.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-02-22
The Stork Arrives

The stOrk announces the follow
ing arrivals at the Washington Coun-
ty Hospital:
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-02-22

This corn casserole is something
that you will really like too:
Evening star., 1951-12-11
No Place for SpoiIs System

1t Is reported in Prince Georges County civic
circles that the forthcoming report of the Public
Administration Service, which has been survey
ing the county government, will stress the need
Tor merit system for county employees. There
long has been need for civil service system
there to replace the political SpoS system that
so long has prevailed in Prince Georges.
The spoilS system is hard to eliminate, once
1t becomes entrenched The latest evidence of
the appeal of patronage to politically minded
groups is seen in the demands of Republican
organizations that the county commissioners
conduct sweeping purge" of Democratic office
holders. 1t is to the credit of the new all-Repub-
lican board of commissioners that it refused to
bow to this pressure. Commissioner Daniel
Abbott expressed the boards attitude this way:
"Just being Republican does not qualify
person to hold down county job. We want to
hire as many Republicans as possible-we make
no bones about that-but our prime interest is
In efficient, honest government" That should
always be the prime interest of county boards,
but it has not always been so. The board made
1t plain it would rid the payroll of any deadheads,
whatever their politics.
It is expected that the survey group ap-
pointed to recommend reforms in the Prince
Georges County government, will propose a
completely new personnel system for the fast
growing Maryland county-one based on COM
petitive selection of public employees and ad-
vancement according to merit. There is no place
for the spoils system in any plan for the i'm
provement of Prince Georges governmental
setup.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
BIomes Munitions Makers

War would be the most sardonic Jest
perpetrated by man if one could forget
its hideous realities
Hundreds of thousands of young men
are forced to go to the ends of the
earth to main. mangle. mutilate and
slaughter one another, matching flesh
and blood against machine guns and
planes in what is known as a defense"
action, ten thousand miles from home,
against other unknown, ambiguous boys
known as "the enemy" Then few
old men gather around a conference
table trying to decide who won what
Apparently any incident can serve
automatically to precipitate war, but
endlessly prolonged negotiations are re-
quired to terminate it.
This is written on the anniversary of
Pearl Harbor Day. And today if neces-
sary to keep the war going we will take
Japan in on our side! Likewise Ger
many.
And what for is it deemed necessary
to keep this war, or any other old war
going? Why for the profits of the
munitions makers, of course.
Theresa H. Russell.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Judging DR.. Corning

One does not have to be a partisan of
DR.. Corning to be outraged at the meth
ods used in trying to build a case
against the superintendent of schools
First the Personnel Committee of
which Adelbert Lee is chairman, used
an anonymous questionnnaire-an in
vitation to malicious and irresponsible
accusations. That in itself is an unfair
and un-American practice. Then, after
offering anonymity to those who an
Swer. the questionnaires are secretly
coded to identify the respondent. On
top OF all this, the questionnaire is
filled with questions loaded to bring
answers unfavorable to DR.. Corning.
The appointment of school superin-
tendent is good time to look at the
record. 1t seems to us that DR.. Corning
has done much to improve the schools
and raise their standards. At the same
time, he has often abandoned high
principles in seeking to appease Mr.. Lee
and others who think like him. But, in
any case, he should be judged honestly
on the record. not pre-judsed by his
critics.
Edward d. H0lIander.
Chairman, D. c. Affairs Committee,
Washington Chapter. Americans for
Democratic Action.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Discoveries Concerning 81 Cygni

Astronomers have been making interesting
discoveries about the star they call 81 Cygni 1t
is double STAR moving through space in the
constellation known as the Swan, and profess
sional skygazers long ago realized that one of
its parts travels around the other. D. B. Nc
Laughlin Of the University of Michigan, special
student of the subject, in 1850 reasoned that an
eclipse might occur at some date within ten
years and six months His theory was proved
correct when watchers at the Dominion Astro-
physical Observatory at Victoria, British Co
lumbia noticed, on August II last that the light
of the smaller part of 81 Cygni was shut off
abruptly. The observation continued until
october ia period of 63 days.
But the eclipse itself was not so important
as the results which have accrued from it. The
larger part of 81 Cygni was speeding across the
smaller during those nine weeks at a relative
speed of Is miles second! That means that
it is 1876 million miles in diameter, more than
$50 times the diameter of our sun. 1t follows
that 81 Cygni is roughly is thousand times the
size of the earth from which the recent eclipse
was observed.
Much larger stars, however, exist. Antares,
"the rival of Mars" has diameter of 400 million
miles; Mira, 'the wonderful" 800 million; Betel-
geuse, "the armpit of the warrior Orion" 2S0
million These giants are classified as "red
stars" They are mysteries, but scientists who
have worked on them most intensvely believe
that they are masses of gas, constantly active
and constantly on the march in orbits estab-
Nshed millions of centuries ago. A collision
Evening star., 1951-12-11
BY Charles E. TroceweH

ca, where they live at times amid snow
and ice.
They forever try to get back their
freedom and will escape from a house
in flash, through an opening of no
more than an inch or two.
Even if escaped, they probably will
live, usually taking up company with a
band of English sparrows and finding
plenty OF food at the thousands of bird
feeding stations now sprinkled around
Washington and nearby Virginia.
These blue specimens make pretty
pictures among the more sedate colored
birds.
If any bird watcher sees a really blue
bird of somewhat unusual color eating
and flying with band of sparrows he
may feel sure that he is seeing an
escaped parakeet.
The best way to catch them is a
matter of dispute; some say that wetting
sGtheir wings WitlNa fine spray of water
is helpful but this is harder to do than
say, and might be hurtful to the bird
in cold weather.
The best thing is, of course, not to
let a parakeet escape. This may be done
by vigilance and determination, but they
are very adroit and clever and often
will get out despite all that the owner
can do, if he let's them fly around the
house.
We believe that these birds offer no
particular health hazard at this time,
when purchased from reputable dealer
who explains why his birds are healthy.
Evening star., 1951-12-11

properly controlled, is safer than at
speed limit OF IS miles per hour. Hardly
day passes that some minor accident
does not occur on this road resulting
in dented fender or broken radiator
grille. The speed limit and regulations
now imposed are mainly responsible for
this condition. as it is well known
fact that where speed has been retarded
and congestion occurs, drivers become
irritable and impatient, many cutting in
and out of one lane to another and
becoming careless. Where traffic moves
smoothly drivers are alert and fewer ac-
cidents occur.
On almost any morning during the
rush hour an observer on Lee Boule-
ward will see the bumper to bumper
congestion of Washington n-bound traf-
fic and the almost absence of traffic
in the opposite lanes. Much greater
efficiency could be obtained by making
the entire highway one way inbound
for approximately two hours in the
morning and the reverse during the
afternoon rush hours without inf1icting
undue hardship on the small amount
of traffic which normally uses the op-
posite lanes at these times Certainly
there are a sufficient number Of alter
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Star Stan Photo.

nate routes which could be used by op-
posing traffic during these periods.
Another serious situation which has
been given study and nothing done about
it is the construction of an overpass at
the intersection of Lee Boulevard and
Glebe Road. In an article in The Star
some months ago information was pre-
sented concerning the proposed con-
Struction of an overpass at 10th Street
connecting up with Court House Road
over Lee Boulevard. What purpose this
expensive overpass will serve is beyond
my conception. Certainly it is of far
less Importance than the building Of an
overpass at Lee and Glebe Approaches
to this overpass have already been
started and it is high time that motor
lists and taxpayers who will pay for
the cost of this structure question why
this particular overpass was given
priority over the one for Glebe Road.
1t is time the citizens of Virginia
aroused themselves and demanded that
something be done promptly to alleviate
the ever increasing traffic problem which
now exists and which will continue to
become worse, Roy E. Guard
President, Association of Federal
Architects.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
The Borgoin-Seeking KremIin

With the Soviet bloc alone dissenting, 81
members of the General Assembly have once
again called upon the Security Council to admit
Italy into the United Nations In all probability,
however the Russian veto, as usual will frus-
trate the wishes of the overwhelming majority
That veto has been used four times in the past
to keep the doors closed against the Italians and
there is little reason to suppose that it will not
be used fifth time for the same purpose
Ever since the Assembly first voted in favor
of Italy, the Russians have not bothered to dis
guise the fact that their opposition is motivated
solely and simply by a determination to force the
U. N. into crude kind of horse trading DEAL
With complete frankness they have acknowl-
edged that the Rome government is altogether
eligible for membership and ought therefore to
be let in, but at the same time they have en-
phasized that they will not permit the entry
unless and until the Security Council agrees to
admit Red satellites like Albania, Hungary, Bull
garia and Romania.
This attitude has worked against the ad-
mission of other entirely eligible applicants
among the free nations. In effect, quite openly
the Russians have been seeking to blackjack the
vast majority into a bargain that could hardly
be made without debaSing the meaning of every
thing that the United Nations is supposed to
stand for That is why nine of the Security
Councils II members have up to now found it
impossible to vote favoraby for the satellite out
siders in exchange for a Soviet agreement to
open the doors to countries like Italy. For such
deal, although it may seem at first glance to
have a fair quid-pro-quo look about it, would
simply amount to the abandonment of high
principle for the sake of expediency.
This is so because the Red satellites have
long since demonstrated their unfltness for
membership by practicing policies that have
shocked the free world. These policies-such as
political terrorism, deliberate violation of solemn
treaty obligations, and active participation in
the Cominform'S program of subversion and ag-
greSsion-have done violence to all the basic
tenets of the u N. Charter Accordingly as a
practical matter, the U. N. would be rewarding
evil and stutifying itself if it agreed to the kind
of bargain that the Kremlin wants.
1t may be argued, of course, that since the
Soviet Union and puppet lands like Poland and
Czechoslovakia U. N. members despite their
violations of the Charter it would make little
actual difference If the bargain were agreed to.
Yet the fact remains that such admissions would
involve cynical disregard of the Charters OBJ
legations. Even though expedent action may
sometimes be a form of higher wisdom, the best
course to follow IN this situation would seem to
be strict adherence to principle.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Labor Objects

David Lawrence on December dis
cussed the findings and reports Of the
CLIO Executive Board in the matter Of
eight unions found to be Communist
dominated.
Mr. Lawrence'S column gave the i'm
preston that these unions are still afhli-
ated with the CIO and that the finding
of their Communist domination and the
recommendation for expulsion from the
CIO are still pending.
The fact of the matter is that the
unions mentioned by Mr.. Lawrence were
expelled on various dates during the
spring and summer of 1850.
Henry C. Fleisher,
Publicity Director.
Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Twice in Mr. Lawrence's column De-
cember 3 he refers to eight large labor
unions nov found to be Communist
dominated and recommended for expul-
sion from the CIO." From this. one is
forced to the conclusion that Mr.. Law
renee is guilty of either one of two in
excusable faults, that to say the least
should not exist on the part OF one who
processes to be as well-informed as Mr..
Lawrence claims to be.
AS almost any reader of daily news
paper knows and, certainly as the mil
lions of CIO members know, those eight
unions have long since been expelled
from the Congress of Industrial Organi-
cations. Either Mr.. Lawrence is not as
well-informed as the average newspaper
reader, or he is deliberately distorting
facts and attempting to mislead people.
In the same article Mr.. Lawrence
quotes the CIO report as noting that
in 1948 the United Public Workers had
claimed II per cent of their members
were in the employ of the Federal Gov
ernment, and from that Mr.. Lawrence
wonders" how these persons ''can con-
tinue to get their pay at all in view of
provisions in the appropriation laws
which forbid payments to any Govern
ment employe who is member of
subversive organization" He thereby
infers that all, or some major portion
of the II per cent. are Communists.
1t was made particularly clear by the
CIO report that the IL per cent of Fed
eral employees who were members of the
United Public Workers contained few.
if any. Communists. The action taken
by the CIO in expelling the United Pub
lie Workers was to rescue these people.
as well as the thousands of others in
Communist-do dominated unions, from the
influence of Communist control. To in
dicate or infer that these Federal en-
ployes were, as result of their member
ship in the United Public Workers, Com
munists, casts reflection and disrepute
upon the hundreds of thousands Of
other American workers formerly mem
bers of mmunist-dominated unions
who have thrown off the yoke Of
Communist Party domination and affili-
ated themselves with American trade
unions established by the CIO upon
expulsion of the eight Communication
mated unions.
Mr.. Lawrence attempts further in his
column to make excuses for Senator
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Conscientious Directors

A few weeks ago we witnessed large
numbers of young men rushing to enroll
in certain religious organization and
the question was raised as to whether
such enrolment was for the purpose of
avoiding induction into the armed
forces. During World War II the troop
ship Dorchester" was torpedoed and
sunk with the loss of hundreds of men.
Among those who went down were four
chaplains, Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish. These chaplains encouraged
the terrified, helped the injured and in
the end took off their own life jackets
and gave them to soldiers who had none
The father of one of these chaplains. Dr.
Daniel Polling, in his book, Faith is
Power, For You" discussing the con-
scientious objector, says:
"a conscientious objector who wishes
to follow Jesus and receive the eX-
emption from military service which
was granted to Him without His ever
having asked for it, has only to live as
He lived. has only to be ready to die
as He died. He must own no property
that others than he have to defend. He
must sleep under no roof that would be
blown to bits if others did not chase
away the raiders. He must sail in no
ship that others at the risk of their lives
have to convoy. He must marry no
wife and father no children that others
than he have to sustain and protect
from the vicissitudes of war. He must
devote his every hour of every day. as
did Jesus. to helping others and must
nave no life that is outside the life in
Others Let him fulfill these simple and
obvious conditions and he will have
little difficulty in sharing with Christ
an exemption from military service"
A simple way to test the sincerity of
those who enroll in such organizations
as the one mentioned, would be for the
military authorities to let it be known
that conscientious objectors will be per-
mitted to bring in wounded men who
are under fire. Some one has to do
that work.
F. G. Campbell.
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Worst Part Of Work Is Gettinq There
To the Editor of The Stor: !

AM WONDERING how long residents
L of Arlington and Fairfax Counties
who find it necessary to drive their
Washington in the morning to work and
returning at night are going to put up
with the deplorable traffic conditions
which presently exist on this road Some
years ago, before the great building
boom occurred in this section, 1t was
comparatively easy to drive to work.
Today with the ever increasing con-
struction of housing and apartments,
the population in the areas adjacent to
Lee Boulevard is steadily expanding.
Not too long ago the experts" in
surveying the traffic problems on this
road, decided that there would be a great
improvement by the installation of a
complicated system Of traffic signals
generously spotted on Lee Boulevard
from Arlington Forest to North Nash
Street at Radmor Heights. These sig
mails, or traffic locks as they should prop
erly be termed, have done more to de-
lay and bottle-neck through traffic than
anything else. During the peak traffic
rush more time is now spent and gaso-
for traffic to move than actual time in
travel If this condition continues to
persist with the ever increasing traffic
which will be channeled over this road,
the situation will become hopeless. With
the approach Of winter weather and in
the event of slight snow storm, at least
50qo of the motorists might as well turn
over and get another hours sleep before
starting out. as they will arrive at work
just as soon.
When Lee Boulevard was first planned
1t was intended that it should become
a superhighway with at least six lanes
and a speed limit that would permit ef
ficient movement of ftraffic. For long
time traffic on this road was established
at SO miles per hour but few years
ago it was reduced to 35 in Arlington
County and more recently in Fairfax
County from Seven Corners to the
Arlington County line. Competent traf-
fic experts generally concede that traf-
fic moving at higher rate Of speed,
Evening star., 1951-12-11

between such units, of course, would be terrific
crash 1t might upset the balance of the uni
verse, destroying uncountabe numbers of celes-
tial bodies. The hypothetical danger was illus
trated in the beautiful photographs which the
late Prof. George w. Ritchey made of this
same Swan constellation. His pictures show
entire milky ways of stars in movement. Not
for even single instant have these fragments
OF the cosmos ever been still. They were spinning
when creation began and they almost certainly
will continue to spin forever. There is nothing
else they can do. "The starry armament on
high" has no traffic accidents
Only on earth is there any peril from missiles
propelled through the heavens. The twin star
81 Cygni cannot hurt us; Antares and Mira and
Betelgeuse are no threat to our existence Moth
ing but the atomic stars we humans invent
to throw at each other need cause us to fear
Evening star., 1951-12-11
Though the Sound Is Gone

man remembers pets he one time loued
And tree-hned streets he tUalked in
childhood days
And hop hisimother's hands once deity
nloUed
In family tasks. There are so mann
1GayS
A man recalls his boyhood, euen sound
Returns it to hin, though the sound
is gone
The hioh-pitched squeak of snou on
frozen ground,
A trains sad signal and the birds at
daiUn,
A steamboats, hollow Uhistle on the
riUer,
The steady clop of horse-hooues going
home.
Sometimes Screech o,oPs notes can
make him shiUer
Remembering that night he chose to
roam
Too far and all alone through tog and
mist.
Fondly man recalls his early tears
And every early jog is precious grist
To help him keep remembering
through the years.
Dorothy Horriman