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Evening star., 1953-05-05
BAKLVA.
MOTHBALL CENTERPIECE.

GMO 14oA4A ZEN EkGE 4ECE.
MRS. H. L. r., Alexandria,
My Baklva recipie is really
delicious, but awfully rich. For
pastry: 2 cups all-purpoSe
flour, cut in u cup shortening,
add l teaspoon salt and / egg
plus water to make u cup.
Knead half a minute only. Re-
frigerate 80 minutes. For fl
ling: 2 cups sliced almonds.
" cup packed brown sugar, /
cup melted butter, / teaspoon
cinnamon, u teaspoon nutmeg.
Mix. For syrup: l cup water,
l cup sugar, grated rind of /
orange and l lemon. Boil syrup
for five minutes. To combine:
: divide pastry into four parts.
Roll one portion on -four board
into rectangle 8" by 16". Cut
in half to form 2 eight inch
squares. Place one square in
eight inch square pan. Spread
2 tablespoons of filling on this
and cover with second layer on
top. Spread with 2 tablespoons
of filling. Continue this end
ing with pastry top. Cut into
Is portions. Pour 3 tablespoons
of syrup over it and bake at
$50 degrees for 40 minutes.
Serve cooled sauce over Baklva.
This is best made one day in
advance.
For a mothball centerpiece:
fill a goldfish bowl with one
quart of water, 2 tablespoons
bicarbonate of soda, / ounce
citric acid and IL napthaline
mothbafls.
Evening star., 1953-05-05
Congressional Club Reception Friday

A reception in honor of wives
OF the chiefs Of foreign diplo-
matte missions in Washington
Evening star., 1953-05-05

will be given by the Congress
sional Club at 3 pm. Friday at
the club, 2001 New Hampshire
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1953-05-05
Outside Bra

A longtime. strapless boned
bra. in a black and white cotton
print. is fetching with skirt or
shorts.
Evening star., 1953-08-14
Clear Selling on the Bay?

have heard discussions of James
Birchfield's recent article "The Poto-
mac and the Chesapeake, Test Tubes
for the Military" but have not had the
opportunity to read it flrst-hand. Ap-
parently Mr.. Birchfleld believes that
boating is radically restricted in the
Chesapeake area.
In the years since the war, know
Of no restricted areas. Undoubtedly,
there are some, but if so, they are SO
inconsequential that have not noticed
them and have heard no one else re-
mark about them until this article
brought up the subject. Apparently,
the restrictions referred to are Of no
practical Importance to the average
yachtSman. (There is just one excep-
ton to the above which was the in
stance of our having to pass around a
submarine net in the Norfolk area on
the way South)
The views expressed by Mr.. Birch
field may be correct for the Potomac,
but they show lack of understanding
of the situation in the Chesapeake.
w. C. McNiel.
Arnold, Md.
editors note: Mr.. McNiel's COM
ment might have been more apt
had he read the article.)
Evening star., 1953-08-14
Franklin L. Fisher

Franklin L. Fishers zeStful enjoyment of
life and the vitality of his interest in the
things around him add to the profound shock
felt by his many Washington friends in the
news of his untimely death in Los Angeles.
There is some personal comfort to those who
enjoyed his friendship and his congenial COM
panionship, in the fact that he was stricken
while on a mission that must have brought him
deep satisfaction. He went to California to
receive, as its representative and one of its
trustees an award by the Photographic Society
of America to the National Geographic Society
in recognition of that organizations develop
ment of the Photographic arts. Mr. Fisher had
been a contributor in that development, and
one of those who influenced its direction.
Frank Fisher was one of the fortunate men
who are able to make a constructive lifetime
career out of personal hobby. When he came
to Washington in 1910 as young man, he had
already made himself an expert and an author
ity on photography and its practical utilization
in the collection and dissemination Of news. He
helped to give Harris g. Ewing q news photo
service which gained worldwide reputation.
In 1915, when he went to the National Geo.
graphic Society as chief of the Illustrations
division Of magazine, he found hinaseh In
an atmosphGIe that gave full rein to his ener-
Evening star., 1953-08-14

Some crazy guy has been feeding the
pigeons at the Chevy Chase bus termi-
nal. The moment he appears, 43 fly
down from their perch atop the termi-
nal building The flashing wings of
these best of flyers make a pretty
picture.
The fat man with the bag of mixed
seeds and grains ducks his head, as
he begins to shovel out the food. The
birds drop to the ground, intent on
getting at the seed the moment their
friend steps back.
Recently, big wooden bench ap-
peared at the head of the limited
buSline.
Since this was the first time in years
that the transit company has done
anything for the comfort of its patrons
at least the seed man felt that way
he thought he could do nothing better
than show his appreciation.
So he sat down, and watched his
birds eat.
Those who have never fed birds may
not realize the soothing effect it has.
Cares Of nations, States, communi-
ties, all the hundred and one harrow
ing details Of the days news, fade
away in the simple picture of hungry
things satisfying their hunger.
&c this very moment, a striped tiSr
eat entered the scene.
Evening star., 1953-08-14
Foce Value

The piouS people in our totpn
Take dim DieD of old Ben BroUn::
He neuer goes to church. they say.
PreteTring In the moods to stray;
Their Sunday ,UorShip neUer shares,
To join them In their hymns, their
prayers:
A man, they say, just can't afford
To be so needless of his Lord!
But as amid the moods Ben todlkS,
To squirrels aud birds he, whispering.
talks,
And often bends the reDerent knee
The better brooks and fotDerS to see:
And softly tre0ds the moss-cloGked miles
That lead bettDeen tree-bordered GiSles.
While sunlight ouerlGys NTH gilt
The Gothic arches Natures built:
Then, as his radiant face Ben raises,
Surely God sees there prayer and
Ina Singleton StovoII
Evening star., 1953-08-14
This and That

He was light gray animal, with q
fine feline face. The cat face, as
created in the beginning, is one of the
finest Of all faces.
The dog face may be queer, created
by the dog tribe to please some aspect
of humanity, the master.
The cat face is as it was in the be-
ginning, without change.
1t is at once knowing, benign, beauti-
full and functional.
The cat face, wherever you find it
at its best, is probably more artistic
than the human.
The two ears at the top of the head
create q better balance than ears on
the side. as in the human model.
The gray cat streaked it for the feed
ing pigeons.
The pigeons, so intent was each one
on getting its fair share Of scratch feed
and "wildbird" food in the mixture,
did not see the cat.
Not a pigeon few, nor any Of the
scores Of sparrows that daily new down
to the feast.
What saved them was the evident
amazement Of the cat ut so many
placid birds.
"He who hesitates- is lost" goes the
old saying, and although the cat had
never heard the maxim. he ekemplifed
It Just the same.
Evening star., 1953-08-14
BY Charles E. TroceWeN
A. Ueland.

Rearing on his hind legs, he started
first toward one bird, then drew back,
and started toward another.
His confusion reminded one of the
situation of the donkey in the old
proverb, when 1t was asked what the
animal would do if placed at equal
distance between two bales Of hay. But
by this time the pigeons and sparrowS
realized the proverbial enemy was
among them.
With a mighty Tapping Of wings.
they all took OH, leaving very puzzled
cat looking up.
The 43 pigeons lined UP along the
roof of the terminal, craning their
necks at the cat.
AS for the cat. 1t looked up at the
pigeons for q moment, then turned
tail and ran out of the terminal lot.
Dogs often interrupt the feeding, but
after one sniff at the seed they decide
they have canine business elsewhere.
The man with the seed, VINO likes
cats even better than birds. was over
joycd at the interruption. Just little
bit worried, though. Would it happen
the next day?
The busy terminal, with its lumber
ing buses, is no place for cat. The
man hoped the cRt would stay home.
But who can n dict the actions OF
q catp
Evening star., 1953-08-14
Canadian Vote

Canada'S national elections have turned
out as expected. After having campaigned on
a platform of performance, not promises"
Prime Minister Louis st. Laurent and his Lib
eral Party have won I'll of the 265 seats in the
House of Commons. This is bit less than what
they gained in 1949, but it still adds up to a
handsome victory leaving no doubt as to the
voting publicS preference.
Mr.. ST. Laurent's chief opposition-the Pro-
gressive Conservative Party-has come out OF
the race a poor second, having won only so
seats. But this is not surprising in view of the
weakness of its campaign-a rather liStleSS and
uninSpired show offering little more than
time for change" speeches and vague
promises to lower taxes and increase govern
ment efficiency. In a booming country, this
obviously was not enough to get much support
from an electorate generally in favor of the
Liberal record.
Canadians have been satisfied for a long
time with that record That is why the Lib
erals first under Mackenzie King and since
1948 under Mr.. st. Laurent, have won every
national election since 1885. The latest victory
is their fifth in a row-a feat never before
accomplished by any party in Canada They
have consistently put on good, solid per
formance" in both domestic and foreign af-
fairs, and the voters have just as consistently
rewarded them by returning them to Office. In
Opposition-with its relatively weak program
seems to have little chance of staging come
back in the foreSeeable future.
Evening star., 1953-08-14
Juvenile Delinquency

am writing concerning juvenile
delinquency and vandalism, so preva-
lent throughout the country today.
There are various causes for it, but
remedy must be available and I am
glad to note that at last something is
going to be done about it on q national
scale as well as on local community
basis!
This is not generally known, but un-
der present law there is little if any,
thing the police can do about either
juvenile delinquency or vandalism I
know. because I recently reported to
the police e'that two boys about II years
Of age chopped down some trees on my
property. One of the boys had a
hatchet and went merrily on his way
whacking at anything he felt like
striking. A boy of entered premises
OF my neighbor, opened paint cans and
threw the contents on walls, desks and
merchandise, doing considerable dam
age.
was informed by the precinct cap
tain that up to 18 years of age they
cannot arrest such vandals; they can
only take them home to their parents.
give the parents a lecture-then hope
for reform, which seldom if ever comes.
I was informed that sometimes they
are kept rather busy taking these boys
home to parents, especially when
school is out.
For instance, at the farmers market
in the Southwest, where truck loads
OF. watermelons are delivered, it seems
gangs of boys go there and separate
into two groups. Some remain on the
sidewalk and some climb on the trucks
and hand down the watermelonS. If
a policeman happens to catch one in
the act. all he can do is to say naughty
boy and take him home to his mother.
He is quite likely to see the same boy
UP to the same trick the next day.
The boys know the police can do moth
ing to them up to certain age.
However, the police captain told ne
that if the same boy is caught over
and over again in petty theft or van
daliSm, then there is the possibility of
having the boy brought before Juvenile
Court for punishment and confinement
in the National Training School for
Boys. But the "theft" must involve
something of considerable value, like
a watch, and the vandalism" must go
beyond something involving few
nickelS and dimes!
Under such procedure a youthful
thief or vandal can be a pretty we'll
seasoned veteran criminal by the time
he reaches 18.
The Stars recent campaign to abol-
ish lone sentence for multiple crimes"
was so successful am wondering it
you would not like to promote a remedy
Evening star., 1953-08-14
For Whom the School Bell Tolls in Vain

w THIN the next few weeks. more
w than million teen-agerS will de-
eide whether to return to school or to
keep working on their summer jobs.
Because their choice Of school, instead
Of work, or q combination of training
and employment, will affect not only
their own earning capacity but also the
national need for technicians and pro-
P. Durkin is asking parents and teen
ayers to talk 1t over thoroughly before
deciding that John or Mary should
drop out of school.
Last year a third of Americas 16-
and 17-year-olds, 20 per cent more than
in 1851, failed to return to school after
taking summer jobs. From 1914 until
last fall there had been a steady de-
cline in the number of boys and girls
who stayed out Of school for work.
Educators say that most school drop
outs have no occupational goal. Their
interest is in getting on any pay roll
with its promise of financial independ-
ence and the coveted status of an adult
Does it pay off?
BUSINESSMEN, employers, labor lead
ers, parents and teachers are being
marshaled by the Department Of La
bor's Advisory Committee on Young
Workers to persuade teen-agers and
their parents that education is a good
investment-for the student, for his
family and for the Nation.
The drive has two goals. First. to
encourage teen-agerS to get as much
education as poSsihle-at least to COM
plete high school. Secondly, it stresses
good working conditions for youngsters
employed either part or full time.
To family councils debating the ques-
ton, Secretary Durkin offers the ind
ings of the 1850 census which shows
that male high-School graduates make
almost as much between the ages of
25 and 70 as those who only COM
pleted the eighth grade make between
IS and 54-the peak of their earning
power. Girl graduates make more by
the time they are 81 than the eighth
grader can ever hope to make.
The cash value of finishing just
the last year of high school over
40-year span amounts to $14,700 for
men and nearly $4,000 for women, on
the basis Of the Census Bureaus find
ingS.
The National Association of Manu-
facturers, through its board of direc-
tors, has resolved that business enter
prise must find way to support the
whole educational program-effectively
regularly and now." The NAM wants
not only more and better schools, but
more boys and more girls in those
schools.
Evening star., 1953-08-14
What Disturbs Mr.. FowIer's Friends

The thing that disturbs Budget Onlcer WAL
ter L. Fowler he writes in note to The Star
sis the apparent implication that the advice of
few citizens selected by former Commissioners
is more to be considered than that of the Con-
gress of the United States"
The thing that diSturbs Budget Officer
Walter L. Fowler'S friends is that he does not
present the issue accurately or fairly, and that
he is permitting his resentment over his per-
sonal status in the District reorganization
shakeup to get the better of his usually sound
judgment
Mr.. Fowler knows very well that any advice
given to the Commissioners by the Congress of
the United States, in legislation or by some
other device, would be Immediately respected
by the Commissioners. He knows very well that
the Congress of the United StateS-in his words
"the worlds greatest and most distinguished
city council"-has given the Commissioners no
advice, official or unofficial as to Mr. Fowlers
position in the District government in relation
to the new Department of Administration and
its director, Schuyler Lowe.
MIR. Fowler knows that an attempt to give
such advice in mandatory form, by writing a
legislative provision into the District appro-
priation bill, was challenged on the floor of the
Senate and thrown out on a point of order.
He knows that the statement by the House and
Senate confereeS on the same BILL expressing
their opinion as to what Mr.. Fowler'S status
should be and included as a part of the con-
fereeS' report to House and Senate but not
included in the bill itself, was not the opinion
of the Congress and had no official significance
He knows further that Congress left to the
Commissioners the responsibility for details of
reorganization, under a reorganization plan
approved by Congress, and that if the details
of such reorganization are to be changed by
Congress, the change should be based on the
evidence of need produced in testimony and
placed in effect by legislation. If the Commits
sionerS, against their better judgment, begin
yielding to the pressure exerted by few men,
bers of Congress to change the status of selected
individuals under reorganization, Mr.. Fowler
knows that reorganization is over and done
with.
One may Sympathize with Mr.. Fowler for
having got his nose out of joint in the reor-
ganization. But if he does not care to work
loyalty with and for the Commissioners, he
should resign or retire.
Evening star., 1953-08-14

Education boosts markets for goods
and services, according to the United
States Chamber of Commerce, which
found the 81 states leading in per
capita retail sales and the number of
telephones in use also lead in educa-
tional levels.
Louis Hollander, president of the New
York State CIO. cites survey Of 4S7
high school principals indicating that
the lure Of job, the attitude of par
entS, and dissatisfaction with courses
offered by schools are the real reasons
why teen-agers are deserting class
rooms.
"A drop-out is seldom found among
those who like school and who are
accepted or participating members in
Evening star., 1953-08-14
Transit Affairs

Monthly and quarterly statistics re-
leased by Capital Transit indicate that
the total number of passengers carried
has diminished since the last increase
in rates was granted. 1t would there
fore, seem logical that if fares were re-
duced, more people would use transit
facilities, and the company and the
union would have more mazuma in the
kitty to wrangle over.
Since 1949 the Public Utilities Com
mission has apparently given the pres
ent owners of Capital Transit and the
recalcitrant labor barons virtually
everything they have demanded re-
gardleSS as to the ultimate effects on
the pocketbooks Of the masses. During
that period $7,440,00O has been dis
perSed in dividends and gargantuan
profits created through the manipula-
tion of the stock by splitting it into
stock. Last year the union leaders Sc
cured 25-cent-an-hour increase in
wages over a three-year period, and
recently threatened to strike over an
increase in the aggregate amount of
pensions received. It appears that the
present company pension together with
the social security allowance amounts
to $197.50 per month for the average
employe.
Thousands of persons who daily ride
the buses and Streetcars here are not
eligible to receive any pension what
soever, much less company pension
with social security thrown in for good
measure.
Nowadays many labor leaders urge
increased wages and higher pensions
and other benefits on the basis of $50
cial justice" 1t would seem that social
justice" also would extend to all COM
mon people irrespective as to whether
they were registered members Of a
labor union or not. The writer would
be willing to gamble and give odds on
the proposition that at least 70 per
cent of the employees of Capital Transit
own private automobiles.
The present management is rapidly
making hick town out of Washington
with its curtailed service. Every eve
ming after 1880 o'clock, a passenger
loses 20 minutes waiting for a vehicle.
Accordingly. it is recommended that
the District Public Utilities Commission
reduce the fare to Is cents with three
tokens for 40 cents, and reduce the
weekly bus tickets to $1.50. That out
standing industrial genius, Henry Ford,
found after he raised wages and re-
duced the price of cars, it increased his
earnings beyond all expectation.
A. LELAND.
Evening star., 1953-08-14
France Chooses Chaos

The shocking spectacle Of q people racing
madly toward anarchy and playing deliberately
at national suicide is being presented in France
today In demonstration of completely ire
Sponsible power, union leadership of both the
right and the left has combined to lay vir-
tually PROSTATE every essential function of a
modern and presumably civilized society.
Starting with protest by rightist unions
OF civil servants against proposed economy
measures in government, the labor paralysis
has spread to almost every nook and corner of
private industry and even of the liberal pro-
feSSionS as the Communist dominated General
Confederation of Labor has moved into the
leading role Premier Laniel, authorized by
the National Assembly to reorganize the coun-
try's shaky economy and sponsor Of the con-
troversial reforms, has stoutly defied the
politico- union leadership and has taken the
orthodox steps to break the strike-requisition-
ing labor to return to some of its duties and
assigning police, military and even convicts to
carry out some Of the governments normal
functions.
AS this is written there is no certainty
as to whether government or a conglomerate
leadership of cynical union heads and disrup-
tive political factions will win the next round
but it is clear that France as nation already
is grievous loser. Not only have business and
from the crisis, the very foundations of law
and order have been seriously shaken. For the
past eight years, France has presented a sorry
picture of political instability and economic
infrmity. Never before in this postwar period
however, has the nation come so close to a
deliberate Self-destruction Of its right, perhaps
disputable at best, to be considered responsible
major power.
It is obvious that strong France could be
a keystone in the community of West European
nations and in fact its capacity to fill this role
has been assumed in the planning of the
collective e-Security effort of the free world. It
has become equally obvious, however, as France
has moved from one crisis to another in these
past eight years that it was doubtfully solid
partner, and events of the past few days have
supported this diSconcertingly worrisome con-
cluSion. nation that is content to suffer
continual Illustration in government and that
will tolerate the Selfshness of special interests
to point where they can paralyze the entire
country certainly is not strong or reliable
ally. Communism and faScism alike breed in
climate such as France is creating for itself
today
The French crisis is an internal one, made
in France. If it is to be resolved, the solu-
tion likewise must be made in France. There
is no channel for foreign political interven-
tion-except the destructive type which is being
manifest by Communist contribution to the
disorders of the day. Nor is there any sound
ground for economic help to a nation which
refuses to help, in fact deliberately Injuries,
itself. Unless Frenchmen of influence and
patriotic purpose can submerge their differences
and control the forces of chaos which seem to
possess the country now the immediate future
OF France will be bleak one