davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1953-12-01
Readers Clearing House
Conducted BY BETSY CASWELL
CAKE RECIPES.
MRS. j B. F.. WASHINGTON

(MrS. J B. F., Washington
In answer to Mrs. T. A. B.
of Washington for an old-fash-
ioned pound cake and spice
cake. I have taken these from
my grandmother's cookbook
published in 1886.
Pound Cake: One pound sug-
ar. / pound butter. / pound
flour, 10 eggs, / heaping tea
spoon baking powder. Cream
butter and sugar until real
creamy. Beat egg yolks until
lemon color. Then add to but
ter and sugar. Gradually stir
in flour until all is wet. Care
fully fold in egg whites. Bake
in moderate oven (375 de-
grees) until a straw comes out
clean. Use a funnel-shaped
pan. Flavor with lemon, va
nilla or almond extract.
Spice Cake: Two cups brown
sugar. pack firm; 2 cups flour,
12 cup butter, u cup sour
cream, Il 1a teaspoons cinnamon
and cloves, " teaspoon nut
meg, / teaspoon baking pow
der, 4 eggs. Beat eggs with
sugar and butter. Sift flour,
baking powder and spices.
Add flour and cream to eggs
and sugar. Bake in loaf form
at 375 degrees for 80 to IS
minutes, or in layers.
I hope these are what Mrs.
T. A. B. wants. They are very
good.
FROZEN CREAM CHEESE.
MRS. T. v. F., HerndonJ
Here is a recipe for frozen
cream cheese. which comes
from a cookbook of old New
Orleans recipes. One quart of
milk, 2 cream cheese (this
would be 2 creamed cottage
cheese), 12 pint whipping
cream, 2 teaspoons vanilla,
sugar to taste. Take the cream
cheese and mash it through a
sieve. Add the milk and
sweeten to taste. Add the
whipped cream and whip or
mix thoroughly. Add vanilla
and freeze.
Evening star., 1953-12-01
Sink Stroiner

If you buy an aluminium sink
strainer, make sure it's the stain
resisting type.
Evening star., 1953-12-01
SUGGESTION.

Mrs. C. L., Washington
Here's an unasked for hint
but one which has been very
useful to me. Have you trou-
BILE getting your combs and
brushes clean? Just soak them
in a solution of baking soda
and hot water. and after a
short time a little shaking and
cold water rinse will shoe the
dirt out like magic.
Evening star., 1953-12-01
TART PANS

MRS. D. M. B., SilUer Spring.
Does anyone know how I
can get some tart pans which
are put together like cup cake
pans, but in which the inden-
tations are more shallow and
maybe a little bigger around?
rTh annk NOl1
Evening star., 1953-12-01
QUERIES?
mrs. E. D., ArlinQtO1)

I have several problems which
can probably be solved by some
Of the readers. First, can any
one who has had both natural.
wood cabinets and metal cabi-
nets in their kitchen give an
opinion as to the advantages or
disadvantages of either kind,
such as upkeep. easy to clean,
etc.? Second. there was some
comment made about stainless
steel VS.. porcelain sink bowls. /
would like some more points of
view on this subject. AS you
can gather, we are. in the midst
of house planning and building
and these are some Of the queS-
tions that bother me at the mo-
ment.
Now for more specific re-
quest. I have a copper bottom
whistling tea kettle tmade by
the pioneer in copper-bottom
ware). I find that every once
in while when I am pouring
water there seems to be small
fakes tscum, perhaps0 which
comes with the water. When
the kettle is full, ] do not notice
these fakes. Has any one had
similar experience or does anv
one know how to clean the "
side of these kettles?
4 X \ X
POSTURE AND SEWING.
Mrs. T. E. H., McLeGD
A friend who lives in the
suburbs wants me to pass on
this hint for helping the pos
ture and making some kinds
of sewing more interesting at
one and the same time. Don't
stoop over your sewing all the
time-hand sewing that is
but whenever possible place it
up on rather high surface;
for instance your buffet. And
if you have outside a rather
high hedge plant take your
work outside whenever possible
placing it at a convenient
level for working on it and
standing up to it! When you
have dark clothes to work on,
take them outside and work on
them in the sunshine. Hurry
before it gets too cold, and
don't stay out long enough to
get chilled. This is a grand
tip for good, mild days, don't
you think so?
Evening star., 1953-12-01

Above: rhnestones set in eold-colored
metal
Pin 500
Necklace 1000
Eorrinos 500
Bracelet 1000
Below: rhinestones set in silver-colored
metal
Necklace 500
Eorrines 500
Bracelet $50
Plsose add 2o9s tox
WeL-costume JeweIry, ist Floor
-. elsc ct Chevy Chase and AsxoRdrle
Evening star., 1953-12-01
500 to 1000

She'll sparkle with delight Christmas morning whs
she finds "eweled sets by Trifori beneath the tire
Pieces she'll want to wear grouped or separately.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

and Minister Of Agriculture in the
Provisional Polish Government of
National Unity, which included the
Communists, but he withdrew from
the government when the Com
munists falsified the parliamentary
election returns to give themselves
large majority.
BY October, 1947. Communist ter
ror had so ravaged Poland that all
active anti-CommuniSts were driven
underground, and Mikolajczyk was
informed by friends that if he were
caught by the Communists they
would try him before a special
peoples court" and sentence him
to death.
He left the country secretly via
the Soviet and British zones Of
Germany and eventually reached
the United States.
Mikolajczyk is chairman Of the
Polish National Democratic Com
mittee, which represents various
freedom loving political parties of
Poland: he operates the committee
from his home at 1402s Delafield
place NV. He is also president of
the International Peasant Union, an
organization of peasant parties of
IL Iron Curtain countries. The
IPU has a small Office at 724 Ninth
street NV.
Besides these posts, Mikolajczyk
serves on the Central and Eastern
European Committee. an emigre
group with Offices In Washington
Evening star., 1953-08-23

ing our official credential card"
McDonough explained.
"As soon as we identify ourselves"
said Danny, most of the people
say. o, yes, read in the paper that
you'd be calling; c'mon in. I'll be
glad to answer any questions
"If we're not invited in, we don't
go. In either case we simply ask
whether they have filed an income
tax return this year. In most cases
we are talking to housewives and
most Of them have answered, Yes,
a joint return with my husband
Or No, I didn't myself, but my
husband did-I'm just housewife
and don't earn any money
"Then we ask whether they have
a copy of the return. Many of them
find a copy and we just give it a
quick perusal and bow out with
thanks. Outside we check off the
person as having filed, and go on
to the next taxpayer in our dis
trict.
"We make no attempt to audit.
We are not supposed to. We are
simply gathering statistical infor-
nation on taxpayers as the in
ternal revenue laws require"
But If the Door Is Shut?
But what happens if a household
er, or small businessman, slams
the door in an agents face?
II haven't had one such expert
ence," McDonough said, "but I as
sumo our procedure would then be
to send the person an Office letter
requesting that he come to the local
district Office and go over his return
with u.s., This is the same pro-
cedure we've used in many cases Of
questionable or defective returns in
the past"
McDonough explained that If the
taxpayer says he has filed return,
but that he has kept no copy of 1t.
I'VE simply check him of on our list
and make a notation to look up his
file back at the home Office"
Death and taxes are inevitible. Of
course. But around here you'd never
believe the tax collector was Amer
ica's most unpopular man-unless.
perchance, you've been cheating the
old guy with the whiskers.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

monetization Of the debt now held
by the banks.
But the administration knows,
too, that rapid funding and de-
monetization could put a severe
strain on business, which is geared
to the present amount of currency
and bank deposits. A sudden reduc-
ton could result in a business re-
cession and possibly panic. 1t must
be gradual process, carefully
managed.
Tremendous Potential
In wartime we have seen, again
and again, the tremendous potential
Of our economy for production of
goods and services when urgent
necessity requires them. If we could
maintain this output in peacetime,
when less Of the total must take
the form Of armamentS and be de-
stroyed, our standard of living would
be considerably higher.
Those who chose might work less
and yet have more goods for the
dollars they earn. It is the flow of
goods in greater and greater abun-
dance and at lower prices, as full
use of plant facilities and increasing
productive efficiency lower costs,
that can make us all better off.
Dollars. however, are merely the
tickets or tokens that transfer the
goods to each Of us in exchange for
the services we render. It Is long
run confidence in the value of
those dollars and in the care and
wisdom Of our governing officials
that will give us maximum economic
stability at q high level Of output
In dynamic national economy.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Emqres rom Countries Diplomatic Corps Here

Free Czechoslovakia is DR.. Josef
Lettrich, former president of the
Slovak Democratic Party, which
was the majority party of the Slovak
half Of the country from 1945 to
1948 - when the Red coup took
place.
In Bulgaria today the initials
&c. NJ" are enough to identify a
man whom the whole nation looks
to as symbol of the freedom it
once possessed, and hopes some day
to regain. DR.. Georgi M. Dimitrov
has fought for democracy and free
dom throughout his entire adult
life, and has been sentenced to
death by both the NaziS and the
Communists.
Soved by American
He was saved from the Commu-
niSts by the daring action of the
United States Minister to Bulgaria,
Maynard B. Barnes, who hid him
in the basement of his home for
three months. and then took Dimi-
trov with him when he few back
to the West.
&c. M" divides his time among
several posts in Washington emigre
organizations. He is secretary gen.
eral of the International Peasant
Union, editor of the IPU bulletin,
chairman Of the Bulgarian National
Committee and a member of other
smaller groups.
The Rumanian National Commit
tee, located IN a two-story frame
house, at 2810 Cathedral avenue
NV, is stated by seven persons
under the direction of President
Alexander Visoianu. This pudgy,
nervous, voluble statesman was the
Foreign Minister of Rumania i'm
mediately after peace, but was
forced to flee for his life in 1946.
His was the country that felt the
Russian heel first - and hardest
In fact. it was only few weeks
after Yalta that Vishinsky imposed a
Communist government on Ru-
mania.
Visoianu was present when the
Russian Foreign Minister handed
the ultimatum to King Michael and
asked for an immediate capitulation.
With the Red Army in the streets,
there was no choice.
They Have Hope
It is a sad life to be an exile, and
sadder when the prospects of quick
liberation Of ones country are dark.
But these diplomats in exile betray
not the slightest doubt that the day
will come when they will once again
be free men in their own free lands.
And, as man, all of them agree
that Central and Eastern European
countries must federate themselves
into two regional unions so that
never again will they be picked of
one at time like sitting ducks on
millpond.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

high point in February, 1851, and
the speculative fever that then pre-
vailed has largely abated.
The ability of the administration
to inspire confidence in its policies
becomes more and more essential to
economic stability as the emphasis
of industrial activity shifts from
ornaments to civilian goods. Those
policies involve vast complexity CT
elements only the most fundamental
of which can be noted here. Essen
TALLY, they are concerned with tax
alton, spending, debt management
and monetary activities.
It is no exaggeration to say that
only a widely prevailing belief in
the wholesomenesS Of the Govern
ment's policies for the long run can
prevent the debacle that could come
from two decades Of unbalanced
budgets and continual currency in
f1ation.
DeIicote Tosk
The Eisenhower administration
knows that deficit financing and in
flation go hand in hand; and it is
pledged to halt the depreciation of
the dollar and give the Nation a
sound and stable money. But the
task is a very delicate one. Balanc-
ing the budget, as soon as that Is
possible, would only be the first step.
The inf1ationary potential Of the
huge debt would remain. Funding
the debt and moving it out Of the
banks into the hands of investors is
also necessary. The Federal Reserve
has already begun to aid such q pol
icy by keeping credit somewhat
tight" and discouraging further
Evening star., 1953-08-23

Communist fifth column.
Slavik is heavy-set man with a
deep voice, as BELTS former leader
Of the sokoL athletic clubs. Besides
having been top Czechoslovakian
diplomat and many times member
of the Czechoslovakian cabinet, he
is doctor of law and a popular
Czechoslovakian poet.
The torch of liberty for Czecho-
slovakia is kept burning at the Offices
of the Council Of Free Czechoslo-
vakia, 2051 Park road NV. DR..
Peter Zenkl is president of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Council.
Until the Red coup, he was the
Mayor of Prague and the leader of
the CzechoSlovakian National Soci-
alist Party, the strongest anti-Com-
munist Party of all Czechoslovakia,
as differentiated from sectional
parties.
He spent World War II in q Nazi
concentration camp, where he suf-
fered privation and torture, but after
the German surrender he again be-
came Mayor of Prague. At the
time of the Red revolution in 1943
he was Vice Premier and as such
the object Of special hatred by the
Communists. Despite concerted
search for him by the NKVD, he
was miraculously able to flee the
country unharmed with the aid of
the underground after many hair
raising experiences.
Another official of the Council Of
Evening star., 1953-08-23

per cent; the production Of military
planes, now running at close to 1000
a month, is nearly five times
what it was in June, 1850, and over
100000 new freight cars and 1900
diesel locomotives were added to
the Nations rolling stock.
AS full employment and high
wages swelled spending power, the
demand for consumers goods rose
along with the demand for industrial
products. But the economy met
both in its stride. In 1850 the value
of all goods and services produced
was 1886 billion. Today this gross
national product" is flowing at an
annual rate Of 1858 billion-the
biggest on record.
We are still riding high. The Ko-
rean truce was anticipated, and any
immediate unfavorable effects ap-
pear to have been largely discounted
in business and financial circles.
Security and commodity prices, in
stead of falling precipitously, re-
manned stable: and some have been
edging upward.
The Future?
In the period of transition it is
especially appropriate to ask, How
do we stand. and where are we
headed?" On the prognosis balance
sheet there are many assets, but
there are also some large and press
ing liabilities. Though We can take
stock Of our present situation It. Is
important to realize that the future
trend will depend not on current
statistics but on the attitude Of the
American public whose demand for
Evening star., 1953-08-23

BOSTON.-Next to the process
server probably the most unpopular
man in the Nation, by the very
nature of his job, is the tax col
lector.
At least that's been the common
concept.
But now comes a revelation-in
this part of the country, anyway.
The revenue agent is being well
coined in the New England home
like soldier-son freed from a Com
mie prison camp.
Incredible? Would seem so, but
it's true.
Several weeks ago teams Of Fed
eral tax agents began a house-to-
house canvass Of all taxpayers here
and throughout most of New Eng
land.
In groups of four, the men
bearing the title of internal reve-
nue. collection off1cers-fanned out
in an unprecedented mass to search
for delinquent taxpayers. They be-
gan ringing bells, knocking on doors,
identifying themselves, displaying
their credentials and asking two or
three questions.
Did the move create a furor?
Did the public scream?
Contrary to some news stories
there was no such hue and cry.
Nothing but Courtesy
The people here have taken it in
stride. knowing that these revenue
men have q job to do-a job that is
required by law-and they are CIV
ing them every CO operation. extend
ing every courtesy.
The agents inquiring visits are
not limited to houSeholderS alone.
Small and big businesses are being
checked. Druggists are being in
terrogated about the 20 per cent
cosmetics tax, moving men about
the 8 per cent levy, and employers
about the employees Withholding tax.
Even the bookmaker Is scheduled
to be in the roundup which is de-
signed, theoretically at least
eventually to embrace all taxpayers
in the six-State area.
But why isn't there a shri1l pro-
test from John taxpayer A CRY
Evening star., 1953-08-23

about the Government prying into
his private affairs. A vociferous
protest against guy invading his
home to quiz his wife about his own
business. A slamming Of the door
in an agents face. A "none-of-
your business" attitude.
Even the agents themselves can't
explain it, but to a man they assure
you they have met with nothing but
the warmest. most cordial reception
everywhere they went.
Thomas E. Scanlon, Massachu-
sets director of internal revenue,
thinks he has the answer.
Expected a Fuss
1--WE assumed there would be
furor when this procedure was first
announced" he said. But we have
encountered no such thing. We be-
lieve the answer is that we have one
Evening star., 1953-08-23

and similar offers, good and quick,
good and dead. I'm a lawyer, not
a comedian" he explains.
Together with his son, George,
Judge Romany has one of the most
active law practices in the Carib-
bean. Since his return from Chi
cago, he has won a number Of i'm
. portant cases, one of the most
famous of which involved insurance
claims lodged by group Of his
clients.
The claims arose from the dis
turbances caused by the Puerto
Rican Nationalist Party on october
80, 1850. Because Of some flne-print
wording in the policies. insurance
men wanted the disorders labeled q
revolt-in which event they would
not have to pay of. Judge Romany
contended the Nationalist antics
were q mutiny. He made his con-
tention stick
The "judge" honorific is not an
empty one, like colonel" for
Kentuckians. He actually was q
judge for a time-and a good one.
He stopped gracing the bench
shortly after he sent the whole
Puerto Rican cabinet to jail for
contempt.
Though he is no politician. that
does not mean Judge Romany Is
no partisan. He is just as much
for Ike today as when he stood up
to be counted at Chicago. II am
Mr.. Eisenhower's No. / FAM" Is the
way he puts it.
The Korean armistice is re-
garded by the judge as a feather
in his hero'S cap. "The President
is general; he knows how to fight,
knows the Nations power and Is
perfectly sure of his decision"
Judge Romany says. What greater
achievement could the President at
tain at the present time than end
ing war in which innocent Ameri-
can youths are being killed."
In addition to his fervent Ike
ism, Judge Romany's other political
interest lies in statehood for Puerto
Rico. He feels that only by max
ing Puerto Rico the 49th-or 50th-
or 51st-State will the permanent
link of the Commonwealth to the
United States be established.
The Big Difference
The great practical disadvantage
to Puerto Rico now, as Judge
Romany sees it. is that Puerto Rico
is not represented before the Ma
tional Congress" Puerto Rico has
a Resident Commissioner, who has
quasi membership in the House, but
no vote.
AS far as a vote for the President
is concerned, Puerto Ricans don't
have that, either. But on this
point. Judge Romany is philosophi-
cal.
mo continental citizen who comes
to Puerto Rico enjoys that right.
either" he explains. "On the other
hand, when we Puerto Ricans move
to the United States. we Immediate
ly enjoy that right"
In private life, Judge Romany Is
a devoted husband and father-and
especially a devoted grandfather. In
addition to his wife, Mrs. Maria
Esther Morales de Romany, and his
partner-son George he has q
daughter Gladys and four grand
children, Hernand, 4; Gladys, 3;
George, 8. and Iraida Estela. /.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Romuny-
Little Puerto Ricun
Still Big Ike Man
By Juon l. Morouez

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rlco-Do you
remember Marcelino Romany, the
little man at last years G. 0. p.
convention who gave the Nation
some much-needed comic relief and
valuable lesson in practical democ-
racy? And in the year since his brief
moment of glory, have you ever
wondered what happened to the
comical delegate from Puerto Rico?
In case you have forgotten how
Judge Romany got into the spot
light late that hot convention night.
here is brief reminder:
It was July 8, 1852. The conven-
tion's mood was one of anger as
the roll of States was being called
on the issue of seating pro-Eisen-
hover delegation from Georgia.
When Temporary Chairman Wal
ter S. Hallanan called on Puerto
Rico, the Taft-pledged delegation
chairman cast three mo" votes
Up popped a squat figure and
lunged for the floor microphone.
''Meester Chairman" the figure said,
II call for call Of the roll OF the
delegation"
Things rapidly came unstuck, but
in due course the figure-who ex-
citedly misspelled his own name
"R-o-m-a-n-i"-established his right
to vote on the issue Puerto Rico's
vote finally was recorded as two
nays, one aye.
It was ironic that early the fol-
lowing morning the credentials COM
mittee should rule against the seat
ing of Judge Romany himself. But
win, lose or draw, all admired his
Spunk, and all liked the lesson that
was taught that night-that in a
true democracy, the individual Is
important, even to the extent Of
being able to block for q while the
progress Of the group.
A Nine -Doy Wonder
There was a big furore over the
judge after his night on television.
Every one wanted to shake his hand
and clap him on the back. People
talked about him as a professional
TV possibility. The movies wanted
him for a comic role, and he offered
to go to Hollywood-for 100000.
That stopped the movie makers. n
Judge Romany, now back at his
prosperous law practice in San Juan.
says he set his price high for O.
purpose. He wanted to kill that
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Amozed Tax Collectors Get Royal Welcome DoooDoor

young man with a soft voice and a
disarming manner.
If Danny is a sample of these
agents, they're trained all right.
'It's been a wonderful expert
ence," says Danny. "Of course. most
Of us district agents have had ex-
perience before in making spot
checks of possible delinquent tax
payers in our areas, but this par
ticular canvass is something far
more extensive numerically.
IT want to say-and my story is
no different from any of the other
agents-that people have received
me wonderfully. Why, you wouldn't
believe 1t. In most places I've been
invited to come inside, sit down and
have a cold drink. They've been
tremendously cooperative.
First we identify ourselves. show