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Evening star., 1952-05-02
Suicides Widow Dies
AS Sequel to Shooting
BY the Assoeiaied Press

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May IA
pistol tWirling in the hand of a
young man fired. The bullet
struck his wife above the left eye
Crying 1--we killed my wife,
Lynn Price, %, knelt on the floor
and put fatal bullet through his
own temple.
That was q week ago. Last
night, Mrs. Doris johnson Price,
21, died. Two operations failed
to save her life.
The couples % month old
daughter died in January. A
daughter three weeks old Sill wives
Evening star., 1952-05-02

signed and inadequate buildings
which were scattered widely over
the country"
3. Efforts of the Defense De-
partment and the Quartermastel
Corps to remedy this situation
after the war were defeated ir
Congress owing more to a sectiona
dispute as to where the laboratory
should be located than any lack
of need for the facility.
4. It was generally agreed
among the committees that con-
Quoted hearings on the various
bills that the laboratory is essen
tial.
Compromise Approved.
s. There was quick agreement
in Congress when a compromise
bill was offered later, providing
for an impartial committee" to
select the site.
6. This committee reviewed pro-
posals relative to more than 300
sites in 40 States and made Natick
its mo. /" recommendation.
Z. There exists no plan to move
the Quartermaster Food and Con-
tainer Institute from Chicago to
Natick.
8. There is no reason to believe
that the total construction cost
of $11 million will be exceeded at
Natick.
The opposition contends, how
ever, that additional millions will
be required for equipping the in
IStallation and transferring hun
Idreds Of families of experts and
Itechnicians to Natick.
In particular the report of the
experts found that the impartial
committees" No. l selection was
partly a bog and partly hill
which would cost an additiona
Evening star., 1952-05-02
New Move Starts in Congress
To Block Laboratory at Notick

A second attempt to halt con-
struction of the $11 million Army
quartermsater laboratory al
Natick, Mass, was launched late
yesterday by members of Congress
from five rival States.
Resolutions were introduced in
the House and Senate to hold up
funds, pending a determination
of the legality of the manner in
which the site was selected
Ground was broken on April Is
on the projected research and de-
lvelopment center in the Boston
area.
| Opposition was led by virtually
unanimous delegations from the
States directly affected by the
planned consolidation of ON re-
search in Massachusetts,. The
States were Pennsylvania, Illinois
Indiana, Kentucky and New
Jersey.
Representative Green. Democrat
of Pennsylvania, introduced the
resolution in the House and de-
clared selection of the site was "a
neat bit of sleight-of-hand ir
violation of explicit instructions
from Congress setting up an i'm.
partial procedure"
A companion measure was intro
duced. by Senator Martin, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania, and CO.
sponsored by eight other Senators
from the five States,
Waste Charged. +
Recently. Democratic and Re-
publican Representatives Of thu
States sent Secretary Lovett
letter, asking him to withhold
funds on a project described a!
"a prime example of boondogglins
land elaborately contrived militar!
waste"
Calling for a halt in construc'
1tion and an investigation if neces'
sary, Representative Green mad'
these points:
l. After rejecting several bill
to build the laboratory neal
Boston, Congress agreed to thu
$l1 million appropriation in Octo.
ber of 1949 only because the sits
was to be selected by an I'm.
partial" board.
2. The site finally chosen by
the board near Natick was re-
ljected by some "sleight-of-hand'
in favor of another several mile
distant.
8. This apparently was done or
recommendation of one boart
Imember-a resident of Boston
without consulting with the full
board.
4. The Secretary Of Defens'
should have called for another
selection from the board, if TIN
first was unacceptable.
5. Final selection was made II
a manner contrary to tina
specifically defined by Congress
Held Unnecessary.
6. The new laboratory is an un
necessary expense because func
tions planned there can be NOR
efficiently conducted at presen
Locations near production centers
j Z. The plan would call for re-
moval of 1,100 specialists now EN-
ployed at Philadelphia, Chicago
Jeffersonville, Ind; Cameron, Va
and Washington.
8. The $11 million appropriated
Evening star., 1952-05-02

$500, 900 to 81 million to condition
for construction.
Points in Suppressed Report.
In general, however, the sup
pressed" report declared that:
1T is the considered opinion OF
all the research directors signing
this report that the construction
of a Quartermaster Research and
Development Laboratory at q To-
cation situated as far from Wash
ington and at as inaccessible a
site as Natick actually would de-
feat the purpose for which the
laboratory is to 7be constructed,
namely to consolidate quarter
master research and development
activities in a central location.
Furthermore, it is the con-
sidered opinion Of the research
directors signing this report that
the location of the laboratory so
far from Washington as Natick
may well result in the cancella-
ton of most or all of the econo-
mics anticipated from the consoli-
dation of these activities, through
the additional travel and COM
Imunication expenses required on
the part of its staff in carrying
out its work with the ON activi-
ties and in coordination with
other military and civilian re-
search and development activi-
ties"
In a later report, however, the
same research directors said that
further study had changed their
opinions. They recommended an
alternate site near Natick and
withdrew their objections to the
general location.
The first report was dated April
10, 1851, and the second. Sep
tember 13 of that wear. t.s
Evening star., 1952-05-02
Reds Snub japanese
Newsmen at Panmunjom
BY the Associated Press

PANMUNJOM, Korea, May O.
The Communists today snubbed
japanese newsmen on their first
visit to the Korean truce talks.
Nine Japanese correspondents,
accredited to the United Nations
command. made their first trip
to Panmunjom.
The japanese newsmen said
they were particularly interested
IN learning the attitude of the
Communists in view of Moscow's
recent friendly overtures to Ja-
pan.
But the Communists pointedly
refused to talk to the japanese.
Evening star., 1952-05-02
Benefit Show at Center

A variety show for the benefit
of the First Baptist Church build
ing fund will be given at pm.
tomorrow in the Jewish Com
munity Center, 1929 Sixteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1952-11-09

The sheep revival in Virginia is
climbing into its fifth year.
George w. Litton. head of the
animal husbandry department at
VPI, says estimates, now are that
sheep numbers will show another
increase when the figures are in
the first of 1853.
Meanwhile the record shows
that Virginia, in contrast to the
rest of the Nation, has shown
some sizable jumps the past four
years. In January. 1949. there were
2S2, 900; in 1850. $4,000; in 1851.
297 900, and in 1852. 321 900.
Increases in the United States
were not so great percentagewise.
In January. 1852, the figure stood
at 27,841 900 as compared to &c.
$40, 900 in 1949.
Litton says one thing that
spurred the sheep business this
year in Virginia was the terrific
drouth which cut hay and feed
supplies. Many farmers. he said.
took advantage Of the fact that
ton of hay will help winter lot
of sheep, but won't 60 far with
cattle. Green winter small grain
pasture, when it is good enough
to carry five ewes and their lambs
per acre will cut the amount OF
harvested feed needed in half.
Return of Southdowns.
Another trend in sheep this year
was a return to Southdowns. This
breed, which weighs less but
grades higher than some other
breeds, seemed to have lost out
when the 1851 returns were in.
But this year. prices of South
downs at the ram sales had
slipped only $11.94. while Hamp-
shires were down $42.75; Dorsets
$52.57; Shropshires. $3.50, and
Suffolks. $54.57. Virginia lamb
buyers often made 31a cents to
cents a pound difference be-
tween the Southdowns which
graded blue, and other breeds
grading red, and it was enough
to put SouthdoWns on the come
back trail" Litton said.
Virginia sheepmen are continu-
ing to save early native ewes and
Evening star., 1952-11-09
This Week in the Garden

It is too early to put in Dutch
iris bulbs. They will make early
growth if planted now. Set them
out in late November or early
December, but get the soil ready
now. 1t might be too wet to work
later on. Occasionally it pays tc
cover the area with leaves to pre-
vent freezing.
The ground has been dry and
the evergreenS are shedding
needles. 1t is important that the
evergreens go into the winter in
a ell-moistened soil. This may
mean dragging out the hose ano
turning on the water. A thorough
soaking is important, doubly SC
for those that have been planted
within the year.
While the soil is dry and hard
we should delay digging the dahlia
tubers. They are not likely to be
injured by a freeze at this season
particularly If they were planted
six inches or more in depth. To
try to pry them out of a hard
baked soil is to run the risk OF
causing injuries that rot is likely
to enter.
Sow a mixture of Abruzzi rye
vetch to protect the soil from
washing and to supply humus. II
is the cheapest way to improve
the texture and productiveness Of
the garden soil.
Lacking a compost pit, spread
newly fallen leaves over the garden
area with Is to 35 pounds o1
fertilizer per 1000 square feet o1
area and spade or pillow under. BY
spring the leaves will have decom-
posed and the soil will be enriched
Gather up the unused fungi
.cides, insecticides, herbicides anC
other poisonous materials and put
in a cupboard or other storage
place where they may be safe from
unintentional use and prylne
youngsters. Bordeaux should bt
disposed of because it does not re-
tain its powers for long.
Sort out the garden equipment
that will need repair or replace
ment of lost parts so that they
may be taken care of. Such re.
pairs are easier to obtain during
the slack season than next spring
when time is short and shops are
overloaded with work.
Check the coldframe to see thai
1t is in good condition for next
springs use. Soil and humu:
might well be put in now before
cold weather makes such work diff
ficult. See that the sashes fl
tightly and that slugs and othel
pests will not be a problem.
The dry weather has delayed
the planting of many bulbs. bu
Evening star., 1952-11-09
More Research Is Needed
In Grass Farming Program

silo filling would not be so great.
Mr.. Smith has made some ad-
vances toward solving this prob
lem, and the problem of produc-
ing a greater tonnage Of feed to
offset the lack of corn in the farm
rotation.
In addition to the regular or
chard graSs-Ladino clover pas
lures, he sowS oats and barley to
provide early and late grazing, and
to give either extra silage or a
small grain crop.
If the barley is taken off early
as silage. then the field is imme-
diately worked up and sown into
a mixture of sweet Sudan grass,
soybeans ana sorghum. This is
midsummer insurance against
drought, and provides a late crop
of good silage. The field is then
sown again to a small grain or
pasture mixture in August when
the soybeans have been taken of
| Grass May Be S0wn.
If. on the other hand, the grain
is allowed to mature and is then
combined. a grass mixture is Sown
with it and it is we'll established
when the grain and straw is re-
moved.
Mr.. Smith does not feel that
small grains are without the grass
land program, and finds that the
straw they yield is an important
factor in the operation of a dairy
farm.
The program followed by Mr..
Smith is one that calls for close
farm management and heavy fer
tilization. 1t is concentrated
farming. making every acre of
land produce to its utmost capa-
bility.
Mr.. Smith would like to see ad-
ditional research on better tillage
tools for grass farming, and on
plant varieties better suited to
this area.
He is careful to say that he does
not have the answers. but, like
many of his neighbors. is attempt
ling to do better job.
Evening star., 1952-11-09

Grass farming has made wide
gains in this section, but there
are farmers who believe all the
answers have not yet been given
J. Stewart Smith of Lincoln
Va, a son of one Of the Nations
outstanding geographers, has
turned to grass on his four Lou
doun County farms.
But, like other farmers, Mr.
Smith believes there is a gap in
grass agriculture that has not
been filled. There is need fol
more research in varieties and
machinery use, he believes.
There is the question OF increaS-
ing tonnage. and of spreading the
farm machinery use over a longer
time so that the expensive equip
ment needed for grass may be
more profitable.
Better Varieties Needed.
And there is the problem of
utilizing grass varieties that will
provide for a longer working pc
riod at harvest time.
An example: In the Piedmont
area, in contrast with the North
eastern area, grasses such as Or
chard grass, make greatest growth
in the early spring.
Specialists have advised that
this early growth be put in the
silo, thus taking advantage of the
excess grass in a way that will
give higher quality feed than If it
mad been made into hay. At this
early season, it is almost impoS-
sible in this humid area to make
good quality hay.
According to Mr.. Smith, this ad-
vice sounds easier than it actually
it. 1t is one thing to say, "Cut
your pastures and put the grass
in the silo," and another thing
to get it done.
Few Days for Job.
There are only a few days to do
this work, if the resulting feed is
to be of high quality. But, if there
were grass varieties that would
mature over a longer period of
time, then the problems Of early
Evening star., 1952-11-09
Soil Conditioners
Mo Aid to Growth

Comments on soil conditioners
heard, at the American Society for
Horticultural Science meetings
this summer. indicated little or
|no significant differences in the
growth Of flowers, either in the
greenhouse or in the field.
However. there was an improve
ment in the texture and work
ability of heavy clay soils. No ap-
|preciable effect was noted on
light, sandy soils.
Practically every State univers-
lity or college will continue to dc
research with soil conditioners fol
several years. Out of this study
Twill come information on the use
of the present soil conditioners, al
well as new ones.
Evening star., 1952-11-09
IGreens Show Entries
ICIose November IS

Entries for the Christmas
green's show, sponsored by the
National Capital Garden Club
League December 5 through Z at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, must
be registered by November Is.
Those planning exhibits should
contact Mrs. v. L. Frederick,
Woodley 1888, before the closing
date.
The show will include classes
for all Christmas decorations,
from candles to Christmas tree
displays. A special exhibit to be
called "Jolly Old Saint Nick" will
be open to children.
Evening star., 1952-11-09
Sheep Are Returning to Virginia Forms, Expert Finds

to bring in Western ewes to build
up their fiocks. Some $500 West
ern ewes came into the State this
year. Litton says the early select
ed natives are the best. They'll
produce IL lambs their yearling
Evening star., 1952-11-09

year. Westerns rank second, with
g lamb: and commercial natives
lag with only 6 lamb. Com
mercial natives, Litton says, are
the quickest way out of the sheep
business"
Evening star., 1952-11-09

doors seems impossible, pot them
up in flower pots or deep flats,
Such bulbs will provide early
bloom indoors if kept watered and
cool until they have developed a
good root system.
Check the climbing roses and
other vines to make certain they
are securely anchored and will not
blow about.
Now is the time to set out rose
bushes, lilacs and many other
kinds of deciduous shrubs and
trees. Select those that are we'll
grown, have a big root system for
the size, and that will add to the
beauty and enjoyment of the gar
den. Most yards are small and
do not permit of wide variety
Iof shrubs, so it is important that
those that are planted are good
and will give pleasure.
In spite of the general recon-
Imendations for planting straw
berries in the spring. we hear of
or see an occasional bed that was
planted in the fall that came
through the winter with very little
loss and provided a fair harvest
the next spring. Such plants are
moved with a ball of soil on their
roots. They were usually care
fully mulched to protect them
from "heaving." Such a mulch is
put on after the ground was froz-
en- to keep it frozen.-W. H. Y.
Evening star., 1952-11-09

The dry weather has delayed
the planting of many bulbs, but
Evening star., 1952-07-07

known as the Republican party.
For the Republican party can
not continue to exist as a closed
corporation, or a closed mind.
The bosses are fighting back
as never before for their long
held and long jealously-guard-
ed privileges and prerogatives.
with the result that the atmos-
phere is filled with such bit
terness as this reporter has not
seen in Republican conventions
dating back to 1924. The Old
Guard does not surrender
gracefully.
There are calls for harmony,
frantic calls. But this issue can
admit Of no harmony, nor lack
Of pain, for this is q compound
Of death pangs and birth pangs.
It could not be otherwise.
The logic, as well as the
sweep. Of history is on the side
of the people-and Of Gen.
Eisenhower.
A great political party can
rise above strictly political in
stincts, and the pressures for
such inspiration were beating
like a strong tide through the
swarming delegates, a cross
section Of our people, as the ti-
tanic battle got under way, out
In the open, before the public.
The issue Is plain and simple.
Evening star., 1952-07-07
It's People vs.. Bosses in Chicoqo
Esenhowers Battle Is Tho Of the Public Against the Boc
The Issue Before the COP Is PLon and Simple
Thon1os L. Stokes:

CHICAGO, July Z. - When
Senator Robert A. Taft Of Ohio
returned here on the eve Of the
Republican convention for the
fight Of his life a professional
orchestra hired for the occasion
played the old nostalgia tunes of
long ago in the lobby of the
headquarters hotel along the
lake front.
The musicians now were be-
decked with. win With Taft"
caps askew on their heads
which, from time to time-for
such are the necessities Of poll
tics-have been crowned with
"We Like Ike" hats, or what
have you, and probably will be
again-for musicians must make
q living and can not be too
choosy professionally about can
didates.
They were the songs your
mother and fathers sang-back
when q loaf Of bread cost q
nickel. and a five cent cigar was
a good smoke. and Washington
was a distant white city that
intruded very little. If at all. into
the life Of mama and papa and
the family, and the President
was a benign functionary, and
Europe and Asia were just pic
lures in your geography text
book Of peasants in quaint cos
tunes and rickshaws and Chi
nese junks - and politics and
government were left, by and
large, to the politicians.
OF all this Bob Taft is the
symbol. even though he few
here in an airplane and was
rushed in an automobile to an
air-cooled suite.
Then the band in the lobby
played Dixie" a strange air for
the party which sent the Grand
Army Of the Republic across
the Potomac in the Sixties and
far and wide through the South
eventually. But that. too. was
appropriate.
For Dixie - the South - has
come to life suddenly as an in
citing element in this Republi-
can convention. just as it has
for so long at Democratic con-
ventions, If for other reasons.
Not as your father and mother
remembered the South so far as
Republican politics was con-
cerned-that Is. q handful Of
bosses, not quiet respectable in
their own communities who,
every four years. shepherded
their minions to Republican
conventions to be delivered.
Evening star., 1952-07-07

get a long line Of satisfactory
Presidents.
To the superficial observer, of
course. this looks like a three
ring circus. But actually there
are deep-seated forces which
are being exerted in behalf of
and against candidates. which
do mean something in the eco
nomic and social life Of the
Nation. It isn't all a contest
Of personalities.
Thus, the crowd back of
Taft comprise many regular
Republicans who would be for
Eisenhower if they were con-
f1dent Taft couldn't win-but
they're not convinced of it. AS
between a man of Taft's inti-
mate relationship to legislation
and Eisenhower's unfamiliarity
with such matters, they would
rather have Taft. That's be-
cause they are sure Of him and
are not sure of Eisenhower
he might not be as conserva-
tive as they would like him to be.
II Eisenhower is nominated, how.
ever, they'll get back Of him and
work hard for his election. They
are already suggesting Senator
DirkSen of Illinois for Vice
President with Eisenhower
that is. If he wins first place.
Over on the Eisenhower side,
on the other hand, there's a
deep distrust of the conserva-
tive wing Of the party and a
belief that it will not sanction
a campaign that seeks to win
independent and liberal votes.
While personal prejudices and
local political Affiliations have
much to do with the alignments
for the candidates, there is
nevertheless a basic feeling
Evening star., 1952-07-07

little tricks other politicos did as
o matter Of course.
Also by 1852 the Roosevelt
revolution has developed q mid
die class in the South which
really wants to be Republican
and, in at least one State
Texas-has a fighting chance
to win. BY coincidence, a rail-
road worker named David Eisen-
hover, just before the turn Of
the century. was sent from
Kansas to Texas for q brief tour
Of duty with the result that his
son, Dwight David. was born
there.
Thus Texans are here, bent
upon holy war, in behalf Of a
native son. fighting the old Mark
Hanna system and demanding
to be heard. They argued their
own story that they had won in
a fair fight;; lawyers from Wash
ington and Kentucky argued the
case Of the Taft delegation and
never produced a single witness
from Texas.
Senator Taft is trapped. He
played the game according to
the old rules: an upsurge Of
public sentiment has exposed
the weakness of the old rules.
He needs those delegates; yet.
the more he does to win them,
the more ground he loses with
the independent voter and-to
be fair-with many Republi-
cans.
Gen. Eisenhower probably un-
derstands relatively little of this
background. Yet, in his Kansas
way, he talks of the truth and
honor his humble, God-fearing
parents believed in. The gen.
eral is not the "glamor boy"
many Of his hackers thought
him, but he believes what he is
saying and it takes hold. He
couldn't make a legalistic argu-
ment if he tried; he only keeps
on saying In his corn-belt BARI
tone: "Now this is what be-
lieve." What he believes, it
seems, is what most Americans