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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
This and That

filling up space, does not at all reach
the real question.
IF these persons would move over
here to Georgetown and plant their
flowers and shrubs in our red clay they
would have no trouble at all. Some
times the soil needs fixing up bit
with sand, ashes or some Of these new
things they sell and which sometimes
work and which sometimes do not work.
Mostly in Georgetown we just plant
and reap. Asters grow where few people
see them and at times we even have
sweet peas. Some one over here will
be coming up with really rare plants
sometime and no one will think q
thing of it, our soil is so good.
Il have heard people speak dis
respectfully of our old red clay but
they don't know what they are talking
about. It is good dirt and grows things.
What more can you ask?
Every truly, A. D, L."
There can be little doubt that this
correspondent has point.
Growing most things is an individual
matter.
That is. there is the seed, or plant,
there is the soil and there is the grower.
Three individual things, or beings. or
conditions, as one might say
And the greatest Of these, from the
gardening standpoint. is the good earth.
Most persons have been brought UP
to believe there is nothing quite as
good as rich, dark earth. This shows
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"GEoRGEToWN.
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
when you are writing about the
flowers that grow in our community, as
you sometimes do (evidently having
lived over here at one time), please do
not forget to say good word for our
zinnias. gladioluses and asters.
Some Of my friends in other parts
of town tell me they cannot grow any
of these and are much amazed when
they visit us and see what we have
along this line in small garden.
Our yard is fenced. rather walled.
in bricks painted white. This wall
makes a nice background, 1t is true,
but the blossoms would be just as good
against wood fence.
II believe many years ago you wrote
in favor of some sort Of background
for plants. I hate these places with
no fences, with just shrubs or trees at
the boundary lines. Such yards seem
to lack definition, or whatever one
wants 30 call it. can call it lacking.
81 have no difficulty in planting
almost anything / want and. what Is
more to the point, in getting it to grow.
There are always individual plants
that will not do well. The garden
magazines and columns are full Of
pleas from many persons, all wanting
to know why their plants viii not
bloom.
II believe that most of these failures
are due to poor individual plants. to
begin with, and that general advice
about planting. fertilizing, etc. while
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contented Guinea Pig

Contented Guinea Pig
The Star recently published a letter
in which registered nurse urged
Washington residents against an IS.
unnecessary guinea-pig experiment"
the use of fluoride in the public water
supply of Washington. Her facts, how
ever. indicate she has not checked the
results of Texas Marshall plan which
received publicity in The Star when it
recently proved that tooth decay can
be prevented by adding huorides to the
domestic water supply.
First, ! would like to put both the
nurse and the doctor at ease over their
miSbelief that excess water consump-
tien could have harmful effects. A
person would have to drink 400 gallons
of water containing one ppm fluoride-
the amount used in the Marshall pub
lie water supply-before consuming a
dangerous dose. And those 400 gallons
would have to be consumed at one
sitting!
Second, what she refers to as 40 to
30 years experimentation" is actually
IS years of labor, trial and error, ex-
Fermentation, checking and recheck-
ing. Finally the Texas State Depart
ment of Health has come up with the
unacceptable fact: "Fluorides in drink
ing water in -part-per- million
fluoride concentration will materially
reduce tooth decay"
AS Marshallite feel proud of hav-
ing been part of this successful ex-
pertinent and hope other cities will
take immediate advantage of the OPP
portunity that has grown out of the
Texas test. Now college sophomore
have yet to find my first cavity or feel
the dentist drill.
Lewis Cope.
Lexington Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Pulpit and Politics
Walter Fielder.

Some of the Pulpit and Politics"
letters are amazing commentaries on
preSent-day thinking and logic.
A priest, minister or rabbi who fails
to point out violation of the command
ments of God is derelict in his duty. If
he does not do it because of fear or
favor. he is venial.
I hope that it is not necessary here
to enumerate the commandments of
God. though such commandments as
Thou shalt not bear false witness" and
Thou shalt not steal" seem to be gath
ering much dust in the sanctuary and
on the roStrum.
What is more amazing is the assump-
ton that politics and politicians are
above and outside Of religion, and God.
AS God-fearing man, have moth
ing but pity and charity in my soul for
Scribes. PhariseeS, and Sadducees of
today. They are blind leaders of the
blind. The followers of Mussolini, Hit
Ter, Huey Long, Stain, Karl Marx. Me
tzsche, etc.--men who believe man to
be blob of reasoning flesh without
soul
DR.. Sayre, DR.. Davies, Bishop Oman,
Bishop Sheen, ETC., have not only the
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Green Thumb

Plants In my sunny greenhouse on the
stair
Build me bridge across the time OF
frost
And offer, IN exchange for gentle care,
FLOWERS that, lacking shelter, Mould
be lost.
Outside. phere storms preDaA and wild
tOt1d blotps,
Only the ghosts OF summer bloom
remain.
But on the sill my bright-leaued garden
And eager buds press towdrd the
tDi1ld0tDpGne.
A wtnter blossom brings such deep
delight
That. gazing on its transient lopeH-
ness,
! ns1rDel that a thing so frdn and slight
Should hare such potDer to ntoDe me
and to bless.
--Inez Boreloy Kirby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Clear 1t Up-ond Quickly!

Senator SaltonStallS comment on General
Van Fleets assertions of ammunition shortages
in Korea is very much to the point. I'VE all
respect General Bradley and General Collins"
he said, "as well as we do General Van Fleet,
as men of complete integrity and sincere good
faith What am proposing is that General
Bradley and General Collins'be given an oppor-
tunity to place the rather confusing and con-
f1icting views which have been laid before us
in some sort of perspective. which we can
understand, and which will make for sensible
and reasonable comprehension of what, must
admit, is at this moment most disturbing
and unexpected set of circumstances"
One of the most disturbing of these cir
cumStanceS is that General Van Fleet told the
House committee, 1.-THE 9th Army, with its
attached United Nations and Republic of Korea
units, is the best equipped, fed, clothed housed
and cared-for army that we have ever pro-
duced." The best equipped army is not an army
that is suffering shortage of ammunition,
Yet in his Senate committee testimony, he said
that There has been a serious shortage of
ammunition ever since I've been in Korea"
and such shortages "have been critical shortages
ut times"
Another disturbing circumstance is that
stories of ammunition shortages in Korea have
been knocking around Washington for year
or more, but the top authorities at the Penta-
gon have given plausible explanations which
indicated that while at times we have lacked
everything we needed in certain categories,
there has been no really serious shortage in
ammunition. Only yesterday General Mark
Clark and General Van Fleets successor, Gen.
eral Taylor, said there was plenty of ammu-
nition-even if some of it was rationed, as it
usually is.
What the American public, as well as the
Senators, would like to have is a statement
that avoids technicalities and gets down to the
brass tackS Of what the situation is-a statement
that can be subscribed to by General Van Fleet,
General Collins, General Bradley and General
Clark. The implications of what General Van
Fleet has said are terrifying. The question is
whether General Van Fleet intended to leave
the impression that his testimony has left
with the Senators and with the anxious public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Lexington. Va.
Van Ness School

James G. Deane's article in The Star
February 81 describing conditions at the
Van Ness School was not shocking or
amazing since such conditions have been
long apparent. I feel that such an
article performs a public service and I
hope that The Star will continue to
point out such conditions.
Pictures tell a story much stronger
than words and am sure that any one
who saw the pictures of the facilities at
the Van Ness School can understand
more fully why the parents of colored
children in the District have been forced
to take drastic measures in order to
bring to the attention of the public. the
Board of Education, District Com
misSionerS and members of Congress,
the conditions under which their chill
dren are being educated.
The recent budget for schools has
been draStically cut and hope that
the only reason is that the indignation
of the District Schools is expected.
Edward J. MacClane.
X
Recent articles in The Star showing
the urgent need for new school facilities
in the District are very much appreci-
ated by all of us who are interested in
the welfare of public school children.
Both the replacement of Van Ness Ele-
mentary School and new Junior high
school at Fourth and Mississippi ave-
nue. Sc, were requested by the Board
of Education, but eliminated from the
District budget by the Commissioners.
The Importance of these school build
ings land five other projects which were
also eliminated) is confirmed by the
fact that they we're placed among the
first year public works projects by the
Addison Committee.
Any possibility of having these items
restored to the budget by Congress is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07

dependent upon the requests Of citizen
organizations before the appropriations
committees of the House and Senate.
1t is hoped that your good efforts in
bringing before the public the perennial
problem of "too little and too late" for
the school children of this city will
arouse responsible organizations and
individuals to action. Children cannot
wait for an education, and what they
lose each year because of overcrowded
buildings and teacher shortages can
never be replaced
Mrs. Lloyd s. Luther.
President, D. C. League of Women
Voters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07

One can hazard the guess with great safety
that precious few American males will take
kindly to John Foster Dulles blithe remarks
about washing Dishes shining the bottom OF
copper pots and so on" It's all well and good
for him to say that he loves to do that sort of
thing to get relaxation" This is free country,
of course and a man-even If he happens to be
Secretary of State-is entitled to his own opin-
ion and a measure of eccentricity But he goes
too far, he treads on dangerous ground, he plays
hob with domestic tranquility when he implies
that the husbands of this land would be better
of in flesh and spirit if they emulated his ex-
ample and made frequent practice OF volun-
teering to be scullery hands
Does not the Secretary realize that his
words are likely to be seized upon with delight
by wives throughout the length and breadth of
America? Can he not visualize the mischief
that may ensue? Any man who is husband
must steel himself now against mounting pres
sure to drive him to the kitchen sink. Toilworn
from his day at the Office he will sit down to
dinner and when he is through, and ready to
read something or to let his mind be pleasantly
numbed with television, his designing spouse
viii AK him with a bright-eyed stare and urge
him to do the dishes. That's the way to relax"
she will say. "That's the way Mr.. Dulles relaxes,
and what's good for him will certainly be good
for you. Besides there's not much to wash and
dry, anyhow, because all we've had is couple
of hamburgerS."
Alas though. to cook and serve even the
simplest of dinners requires-for some mysteri-
Gus reason-the use of vast number of uten-
sis and plates. The fact can readily be docu-
mented, for instance, that the preparation Of
mere hamburger snack for two involves upward
Of 40 separate items ranging from frying pan
and Spatula to knife and fork All these things
must be washed and dried after the feast Is
consumed, and that is why it is as American as
apple pie for the man of the house to duck out
Of sight as soon as he quits the table. This duck
ing has been going on since the founding Of the
Republic, but it win be harder now because Of
what Mr. Dulles has said And only the other
day he solemnly cautioned everybody against
making reckless statements!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
Curious Wartime HoIdover

Filing of petitions with the Interstate
Commerce Commission for higher fares for bus
service to Pentagon employees centers attention
anew on a curious Federal intrusion in local
transit control This intrusion involves an ICC
order requiring the Capital Transit Company to
give bargain rate to Federal workers across the
river, although the company's buses no longer
operate in nearby Virginia.
The order had its origin in a wartime
arrangement under which Capital Transit
agreed to extend its bus service into Arlington
as an emergency aid to national defense. Being
then engaged in interstate operations the 1CC
properly exercised control over fares charged.
A joint-fare rate enabling passengers on Vir-
ginia buslines to transfer to Capital Transit,
and vice versa; was instituted. When Capital
Transit Withdrew to the District side Of the
Potomac after the war, however, the company
and the District Public Utilities Commission
were surprised to learn that the ICC considered
the joint-fare plan still effective. It's order
continuing the reduced-rate ticket arrange
rnent on Capital Transit lines was protested by
the company as discriminatory, in that it af-
forded Pentagon employees special rate for
intrastate trips which cost all other passengers
the full fare fixed by the District PUG. The
PUG joined with Capital Transit in conteSting
the right of the ICC to fix fare rates inside the
District in conflict with those established by
the PUG, but the Supreme Court upheld the
ICES authority.
The petitions just filed with the ICC by
Capital Transit, the Alexandra, Bancroft &
Washington Transit Company and the Arnold
Line assert that the joint fare established more
than two years ago is far too low, considering
todays transportation costs Capital Transit
says that its 11-cent share of the ascent ticket
~
fare raised to IS cents, to be divided equally
between the Virginia and District carriers.
Whatever the decision of the commission, the
Pentagon fare case is illustrative of the type
of public-utility overlapping and conflict which
have led to increasing demands for creation
of a regional regulatory agency for the WASH
ington Metropolitan Area.
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ton on a party which has supported
many patriotic public officers and
whose brand Gen. Eisenhower carried
into Office January 20.
If President Eisenhower does not put
an end to the snide sniping of Senator
Mccarthy and his like. the President,
and the party which supports him, will
have set this Nation back $50 years.
For the sake of millions who respect
you and your past utterances, Mr.. Pres
ident, who look to you for constructive
action, do not wait till it is too late,
Please do not let these men force Amer
lea and its citizens into hypocritical
stereotypeS such as they.
Celia Keller.
hope that Senator Mccarthy is
included among the controversial per-
sons whose works are not to be used
by the Voice of America. I can't think
OF anything that could do more dam
age to our reputation abroad than his
assertion. made in campaign speech
on November 3 last. that Truman and
Acheson instigated the Korean war
to relieve unemployment in the United
States.
Wilfred p. Campbell.
The tactics Senator Mccarthy and
others use in seeking out Communists
can well be denounced, but at the
same time. if only one part of the
bitter protest now raging over the
methods used. were used in derlouncing
and ferreting out our Red enemies in
schools and elsewhere, we could soon
rid our country Of this menace.
Subscriber.
In these days OF "commies," "pinks,"
'late-hour" husbands, income tax eva
sions and rackets, let us repeal the
NTH amendment and legalize wire
tapping and permit wives to testify
against their husbands. Let us also
urge all family doctors, clergymen,
lawyers and pSychiatrists to reveal, to
investigating committees and courts,
the innermoSt secrets of those who
conf1de in them.
Surely. no straightforward, honest
and upright person would feel hurt if
his neighbors, courts and investigating
committees shared with him all of his
innermoSt secrets! Why, it would re-
duce the neighborhood gossip and lessen
the work of investigating committees
and courts and everybody would be
happy.
Walter Fielder.
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The Snide Shippers

ton of Reed Harris. acting head Of
Voice Of America, this noon of March 8.
It is the most humiliating and SOUL
soaring experience have had in long
time.
No desirable purpose. no patriotic
service can be done by a congressional
committee. such as this headed by Sen
ator Mccarthy, which has attempted
to tell Mr.. Harris and many millions
Of other Americans via television that
they are unfit Americans because of
thoughts, written or oral. held 90 years
ago. The entire approach of this COM
mittee throws miserable, ugly refiec-
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ton would relegate Washingtons bottle clubs
to oblivion, alongside the prohibition era's
speakeasies and clip joints That Is where
they belong, for they have proved to be hang.
outs for gunner and lot of other shady
characters of the underworld.
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Questions and Answers

The Stn readers can get the nnsvs, IN .rx
Stss ic o. taet by either writing The Evening
Wash'r~.-. " D. c, and fnciosine q cents 70. re-.
turn postage 3r by telephoninE SferlinE a.7363
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07
By THE HASKIN SERVICE,

Q, Are people still living in Hiro-
shima, Japan?-S. D.
A. Hiroshima has come back, and is
a Westernized city of 100000 people
and $4,000 new buildings. The predic-
ton that for a generation after the
atomic-bomb explosion nothing could
live there was proved wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-07

@. Where do the worlds largest
snails live?-J. G. o.
A. In Africa. The Achatina fulica
are giants almost seven inches long
and when fully extended as big around
as a tennis ball. Natives of tropical
Africa use them for food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-10
Founder Sole Adaptable

mates it so successfully that
guests of mine who have been
Antoine worshippers for years
can hardly tell the difference,
personally, I believe that any
difference lies simply in my
house not having the atmosphere
of Antoine'sD
Chop up about 6 green onions
very fine and fry them lightly
in a couple of tablespoons of
butter. Chop cupful of fresh
mushrooms and cook them, too,
n the butter, for five minutes.
Now toss in half cup of dry
white wine and cook for five
more minutes. Then strain out
the mushrooms. Cut the sole into
fillots, if the fiShman has not
already done so, and poach these
in the wine sauce. For season.
ing use salt, pepper, lemon juice,
a little chervil or a bay leaf
and add half a cup of oyster
liquid or fresh clam juice. (You
can usually get either of these
where you buy the fish,. Let all
poach slowly until the fillets are
tender. Then put the reserved
mushrooms in an ovenproof fiat
fish dish, and lay the fillet neat
ly on top. Add A-cup of thick
cream to the sauce, simmer the
sauce for 2 or minutes, then
pour over the fish. Sprinkle the
top with grated Parmesan
cheese and glaze in the oven
for just a few minutes. Garnish
with parsley, and serve-with de-
light!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-10

Modern civilization provides
little opportunity for people to
develop creative skillS, and most
of the opportunities have been
monopolized by women, who
have a chance in their own
homes to exercise their taste and
inventiveneSs. For one reason
or another men are largely ex-
cluded from these opportunities.
and most of all in a realm where
many of them could distinguish
themselves. that is, in the
kitchen.
So says IRWIN v. Sperry, pro-
fessor of family development at
the University of Georgia. and
he names four reasons why men
are crowded out of the kitchen:
Tradition.
2. Jealousy of wives over hav-
ing their domain invaded. THE
kitchen is my workshop and I
can't be bothered by having my
husband underfoot or in the
way" is a common attitude of
women.
3. Ignorance of the husband;
he has had no training il cook
cry.
4. Too busy.
When dad does get a chance
in the kitchen, it is usually for
jobs that don't require much
skilI-for instance, emptying the
garbage! DR. Sperry questioned
women as to what they thought
was appropriate kitchen activity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-10
BY Josephine Lowmon

For many years now in this
column I have been telling you
that the by-productS of a routine
of diet and exercise are wonder
full. Actually, the road to beauty
is the road to health because we
must do the same things to
achieve either. Correct diet and
weight and exercise zoom both
health and beauty.
have seen this happen so
many times in my classes AMI
so many women have written me
that this is true. This week
am reporting to you concerning
the results obtained by some of
the women who joined my Eight
Week Self-Improvement Mara
thon last January.
Here it is:
Dear Josephine LoWman,
II started on your eight-week
self-improvement Marathon on
February 4. I weighed 155
pounds. On March 80 I weighed
139 pounds. Here are my
measurements:
Before. After.
BuSt-39 inches 81 inches
Waist-32 inches 80 inches
Hips-39 inches 81 inches
II am 5 feet, 4 inches tall and
80 years old. I am at stand
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BY the Chef

The time-honored argument
about whether a sole is a foun-
der or a founder is a sole has
been a matter of interest to cpl
cures and all those amateur
chefs who like to fuss with foods.
And 1 dareSay many a bride who
has tried to reproduce the f1llet
of sole Marguery that hubby mas
enjoyed at a fancy restaurant on
the honeymoon has gone down
in bewildeiment and Illustration
when the fishman insisted on
selling her a founder.
AS mater of fact, both the
bride and the fishman were right.
Soles are soles, but they are
founders, too-that is, they are
members of a large fish family
that come under the general
heading of founders. In the
group are founder itself, fluke,
yellowtail, dab and lemon Sole
and gray sole. To confuse things
a bit more, the English call
founder "plaice."
All of these fishes have deli
cate, firm flesh, but the very
young founders and the lemon
and gray soles are considered
the finest by gourmets.
At Antoine's in New Orleans,
they serve 'Fillet of Sole, Louis
XIII" that is probably just
about the most wonderful way of
preparing the fish that I have
ever encountered. Closely guard
ed as is the recipe. this approxi-